[ATM BEEPING]
[SIGHS]
[DOOR BELLS JINGLE]
[MAN 1 SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON TV]
Yeah. Yeah.
[DOOR CLOSES]
- You got any toys? - There.
CASHIER: There at the...
MAN 1 [ON TV]: One night, he's driving by a construction site.
[DOOR BELLS JINGLE]
MAN 2: Open it up. Don't fool with me, man.
Don't fool with me. Hear me? Open it up!
CASHIER: All right, all right. MAN 2: Get out the money. Come on.
Stop stalling, man. Stop stalling. Don't you fool with me.
It's okay. I got it, I got it. I got the safe right here, man.
MAN 2: Don't you fool with me, man, I'll blast your ass!
MAN 2: Get it. Give me the money. - Okay.
MAN 1: Half-inch sheets, exterior grade.
It just happened to fit the bill.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
MAN 1: So he says, "Who's gonna miss them?"
So he stops his car and under cover of darkness,
he piles up half a dozen of these sheets of plywood on his roof
and somebody's looking to buy them.
Shh!
MAN 1: So he says, "If I drive really slowly..."
NINA [OVER PHONE]: Oh, my God.
You were in a robbery? Where are you?
At a police station.
I was the only one who saw the robbery.
I didn't want you to worry.
Yeah, I'll call you back, hon. Someone's here.
NINA: Yeah, please call me back. - Yes. Bye.
- That's okay if you wanna finish. - No, I did. It's the wife, you know.
Oh, yeah, I know. Hey, I'm Cary Agos with the state's attorney's office.
I wanna thank you for helping us out here.
- No problem. OFFICER: Poor attendance.
Um, why don't we talk in private? This is kind of a noisy room.
CARY: So we may need you around for trial, Mr. Dolan.
Oh, you, uh, found a suspect.
No, no. But if we do, we'll need you around for trial.
Oh, right, uh, Cabo.
[CHUCKLES]
- Pretty pricey. - No, no, it's, uh... It's my in-laws.
Oh, in-laws.
So
you told the officer you didn't touch anything in the store
and you're just looking for a squirt gun for your son.
It's his birthday today. Why?
Um, well, it's just, uh...
The police, they dusted for prints
and they found yours on this display here.
TRAVIS: Ah, yes.
When I entered the store, I, um... I was looking at some of the greeting cards.
- So you did touch something. - The display, yes. Why?
Oh, just trying to figure out what happened.
So you wanted to buy a greeting card, not a toy.
No, I wanted to buy a toy.
So why did you touch the cards?
Is there something wrong, uh?
I don't think so. Is there?
I think I'd like to leave now.
CARY: Oh, I'm afraid I can't allow that, Mr. Dolan.
- Why? - Um, ugh...
We're holding you for investigation.
[HANDCUFF CLINK]
[CHATTERING]
Right down here.
Mr. Dolan, I'm Alicia Florrick.
- Are you the public defender? - No.
I'm registered with City Bar's pro bono program. They referred your case.
- But if you'd prefer a public defender... TRAVIS: No.
- This is crazy. ALICIA: I know.
I mean, I saw a robbery
and they think because my fingerprints
were on the display that was thrown down, that I did it.
Actually, Mr. Dolan, the police have an eyewitness
who saw you struggle with the clerk and shoot him.
That is not true. I don't...
Okay, listen. Don't say a word to anyone, okay?
Will you call my wife? Uh, they took my cell.
- Actually, don't call her. I'll call her. - Okay.
So are you following me now?
Just going where the pro bonos take me, Cary.
I don't suppose you'd let me question him more.
I mean, he's innocent, right?
CARY: Thank you, Mr. Boylan.
- Are you ready? - I guess I am.
HARCOURT: Okay, send the first one.
And take all the time you want.
Hello.
Hi.
- May I help you? - No, I'm good.
HARCOURT: Okay, there's gonna be five total.
All right, walk to the line.
Turn to your left.
Touch the wall.
And turn back.
MAN: Yeah.
No, not him.
HARCOURT: Send in number two.
Walk to the line.
You wearing those glasses when you saw the murderer?
- Yeah. HARCOURT: Turn to your left.
No, definitely not.
He was much thinner than that.
Okay, send in number three.
HARCOURT [OVER PA]: Number three, step forward.
Stop on the line.
Look in the lens.
Don't move.
That's him.
Are you sure?
CARY: That's the man you saw struggling with the cashier
- and firing two bullets into his head? - Yes. Definitely.
HARCOURT: Okay, head back in, number three. Thank you.
Travis Dolan, an unemployed former Parks employee.
He's broke, about to be evicted. He's Mr. Everyman,
except this Everyman walks into a convenience store to rob it.
Doesn't count on the cashier having a gun. Shoots him. Kills him.
Sees a passing patrol car pulling up.
Puts his gun down, hides in the back of the store,
pretending to be a witness.
- Prints on the gun? - No usable prints,
- but a solid eyewitness. - No cash taken?
[SIGHS]
He didn't have time. Patrol car surprised him.
There was a struggle, right?
CARY: During the commission of a robbery.
- You want second degree? - Heh.
Offer second degree. I'll take it to him.
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
Once again, I look for my liaison, but where is she?
And once again, I have a job
that sometimes takes me, oddly, out of the office.
So, what, I handle this meeting on my own?
- Is that it? ALICIA [OVER PHONE]: You do.
You're a big boy, Eli, and Will and Diane don't bite.
Yeah. It's not them I'm worried about.
Okay, so here's my advice, Eli:
Don't bite them. Okay?
Always the level-headed one.
Okay, I need you to work with me full-time.
- Really? - Yes.
I need investigator time.
The law moves slow, I move fast.
I'm managing three campaign crises right now.
And the cheese lobby has just taken me on full-time.
Yes, the cheese lobby.
You're fast, you're a pro, I need you full-time.
They won't let me be full-time.
That's why I'm telling them.
I don't like sharing.
And between you and me, and whoever else you tell,
once I ask you,
I need someone as investigator when I leave here
for opposition research.
That's not gonna happen.
It is gonna happen because I'm gonna make it worth your while.
More money, more power, more self-reliance.
DIANE: Hello, Eli. How are you?
ELl: Great. Good.
Will, how are you?
- I'm good, Eli. Always a pleasure. - Julius Cain, head of Litigation.
Nice to meet you.
Um, so I've hit the ground running, as you're well aware.
And now, I think it's time to take a breath and reassess.
No, 10 minutes.
And I need both Alicia Florrick and Kalinda...
- What's your last name again? - Sharma.
- Sharma dedicated to my department full-time.
Lobbying and crisis management are a 24/7 business,
and I need 24/7 dedication.
No. Anything else?
Am I making you money?
Uh, you are.
Encouraging clients to keep political business in-house?
- You are. ELl: Then I can't be splitting
Alicia and Kalinda's time with legal.
Alicia is supposed to be at this meeting. Where is she?
She's on a case, a case that makes us money.
DIANE: Uh, why don't we discuss this, Eli?
We take your concerns very seriously.
He'll stay because it's in his interest to stay.
It's only in his interest to stay if we encourage cooperation.
- He doesn't want cooperation. - Look at the numbers, Will.
The dairy people bring in almost as much as we lost last year.
But at what cost? Uh, if we dedicate Alicia to Eli,
what are we pulling her from? How much are we losing?
Well, actually, at the moment, Alicia is working on a pro bono.
Okay, why are we still doing pro bonos?
Because we're still a member of...
And why am I the only one who's worried about the economy?
We're heading into a double-dip recession
without a bankruptcy department, without tax lawyers.
And our lawyers, some of our best lawyers,
are busy doing pro bono?
ELl: I need to talk to you.
KALINDA: About?
Things.
Players. Political crosscurrents.
[DIANA SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
KALINDA: Really? You seem smart enough to figure that out.
I'm smart enough to know I need your help figuring it out.
We've expanded, Will, beyond our means.
Yes, we're one of the few all-service firms left standing,
but we did it at a cost and we can't continue this way.
- What way? - We need Bankruptcy.
If there's one department
that will survive a double-dip recession, it's Bankruptcy.
I mean, to build one from the ground up would take time,
but luckily enough, we can acquire one off the shelf.
- How? - There is a firm breaking up.
Malpractice is going one way, Acquisition another,
Bankruptcy, I just found out, is going with Litigation.
- Oh, no. - Yes. You need to talk to her.
- We already said no. - When we thought it's just Litigation.
- If it's Litigation and Bankruptcy... - Then you talk to her.
No. Everybody's gonna be vying for her Bankruptcy department
and we need someone who has a preexisting relationship.
I don't even know where she is.
The Midwest Bar Association.
Celeste Serrano is doing a seminar in dispute resolution.
Get us Bankruptcy
and we won't have to dance to the tune of Eli Gold.
Have you noticed no matter how high we go,
we're still dancing to someone's tune?
Welcome to leadership.
I don't wanna see any lawyers pushing off their CLE hours.
Guess who's in town. The Midwest Bar Association.
ALL: Oh!
That's right. That's right. Just get it over with.
I have one more item I wanna talk about.
The Department of Justice has identified certain
and I'll use their word, "biases," in how we plea-bargain.
So I've agreed to the government's request
to detail an AUSA to this office, not to monitor us,
but to work with us and be as one of us.
So please welcome Imani Stonehouse. Imani.
Hello.
You're all under arrest.
[ALL CHUCKLE]
PETER: Okay, let's get going.
Imani, I'd like you to meet Cary Agos.
He'll be showing you the ropes.
He already has.
Uh, maximum sentence to a black drug dealer.
Discount to a white killer.
Okay.
I'm off to a great start.
The white defendant, he had no priors.
And no crack.
Heh, oh, yeah, yeah, you got me there.
Big bad white prosecutor out to put down the black man.
And black woman.
[CHUCKLES]
WOMAN [OVER PA]: Ethics in Law will begin in 10 minutes
in conference room A.
[CHATTERING]
WOMAN: Please don't forget to sign in.
And remember to pick up your name cards.
EDDIE: Will Gardner.
What the hell are you doing here?
Hey, I've got 30 hours of CLE like everyone else.
Well, come up to the 34th floor if you wanna continue that legal education.
Strippers and Acquisitions.
Maybe later.
GENE: It would be a trend.
MAN: No, no, no.
GENE: So, uh, uh, based on this,
uh, I believe, uh, um,
it's not just, uh...
I should've known you'd be here.
OSTERMAN: The, uh, buying... - Heh, he's amazing, isn't he?
The criminal mind,
- the unique mind, - Yeah.
You always hated him.
Nope. Just thought he was a bad boss.
You were jealous.
Of?
OSTERMAN: In Asia.
You did not.
After the staff meeting on 9/11. Remember? He was in tears.
You slept with him?
We didn't do much sleeping.
Oh, ow, okay, you can stop now.
OSTERMAN: Educational privation are, uh, pandemic.
You found out it wasn't only Litigation, that Bankruptcy is coming with me.
So you're here to charm me?
To offer you a home.
Um, what about your lawyer friend, Alicia Florrick?
Why isn't she here to charm me too?
[ALL APPLAUDING]
WILL: What are you looking for?
To come to Lockhart, Gardner.
- A three-year commitment to Litigation. - Oh, come on.
And a 5 percent bump in salary
and a fifty-fifty split on Hammett Aerospace.
The jetliner crash? Mm-hm.
Mr. Osterman.
- Remember me, Celeste? - Oh, yes, heh.
- How are you? - In Baltimore?
Oh, my goodness, yes, heh. Excuse me.
Three-year commitment to Litigation, a 5 percent bump in salary
and we'll call it a day.
We have other suitors.
I'll talk to Diane.
Until the economy improves, we're calling a halt to pro bonos.
Plead out the ones you've got,
then we need everyone full-time back in the office.
Cary's resisting a plea.
- What's on the table? - Second degree, 20 years.
For murder with eyewitness? Sounds like a worthy offer.
The client's resisting.
Okay. I'll help out there.
- You want me to talk to Legal Aid? - No, I'll do it.
WOMAN: Miss Lockhart. - I at least owe them an explanation.
Yeah, Will, where are we?
She wants 50 percent on our jetliner class action.
She has the crew, we've got the passengers.
- Thirty-five percent. Maybe. - Okay, tell Celeste 35 percent.
The way you usually do, your charm.
Heh, I believe in you.
Bye.
She's playing hard to get.
Mr. Dolan, how are you?
I'm okay. Thank you. I just, uh...
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
I'm so sorry.
No.
We love you.
- Can I, uh...? - No, not yet. No contact.
Jake, this is all just a big mistake, all right?
I'll be home soon and we'll celebrate your birthday, all right, kiddo?
Daddy loves you very much.
[SOBS]
Come on. No record. Not even a parking ticket.
- That's why I offered second degree. - Shave off another five years.
You haven't met my workmate, have you?
Imani. Imani Stonehouse.
She's an AUSA to make sure there's no racial imbalance
- in plea-bargaining. JULIUS: Heh.
So that's what's going on here?
You're hard bargaining for what, appearances?
I don't think it's just appearance.
I think it's another state's attorney preoccupation,
forgotten in a month.
I think he liked you.
JULIUS: What's the plan?
Turn the preliminary hearing into a poor man's deposition.
Get the prosecution to show their hand.
Judge isn't gonna let that happen.
BAILIFF: All rise.
The Honorable Francis Flamm presiding.
No, no. Everybody sit down, please.
- Justice Tie-Die? - Mm-hm.
Oh, Evelyn made a great zucchini bread if anybody wants.
[IN LOW VOICE] Evelyn. Go ahead. Hand it around.
Go on.
Uh, offer her flextime, the option to telecommute.
Tell her we'll find her a corner office.
We're out of corners.
- Where are you, a football game? DIANE [OVER PHONE]: Oh, yes.
My midday treat to myself. No, Legal Aid.
Come on, Diane, you don't have to break up in person.
- Just make a call. - Mr. Coyne, please.
Tell him it's Diane Lockhart.
Yeah, well, that was the plan, but my guilt was getting to me.
Guilt is for the weak.
[CHUCKLES]
Go. Sweeten our offer.
The cashier pulled this gun
from a holster he had under the counter,
then they just started firing.
And you were standing 20 feet from the window.
And how far was the shooter inside the store?
Your Honor, again, objection.
This is a preliminary hearing.
The defense is using this as a poor man's deposition
to get a preview of our case.
Yup. Heard it the first time, counselor.
Got it? Overruled.
ALICIA: And how far was the shooter inside the store?
He's killing us.
- Get used to it. - Ten feet. Probably.
So 30 feet in total?
JULIUS: Twenty feet to the window, 10 feet inside.
Was he on the sidewalk or in the parking lot?
And so I'm curious, Mr. Boylan,
were you on the sidewalk in front of the store or in the parking lot?
BOYLAN: On the sidewalk. - On the sidewalk.
Yup. I can see into the store. There's no reflection problem.
Where did he say the shooter went?
Where did this person go after you saw him shoot?
- Back into the store to hide. - So you saw him hide.
No. I'm just...
He went toward the rear.
ALICIA: So maybe the real robber went out the back door.
CARY: Heh, objection.
It's one exit. Punch-key lock. You need to know the code to get out.
- Damn. ALICIA: Detective, have you heard
- of cross-racial identification? - Ah, I have.
- You don't give it credence. - Do I think some whites
tend to misidentify black suspects
because they have trouble distinguishing features? Yes.
But the eyewitness here was black and the accused white.
And have you seen studies that blacks often misidentify whites?
HARCOURT: I haven't, but I'll take your word for it.
Didn't Mr. Boylan give a more general description of a white suspect
before he saw my client at your desk being questioned?
Are you talking about the artist's sketch?
I wasn't.
But sure.
[CHUCKLES]
[FLAMM CLEARS THROAT]
Uh, continue, please.
And this artist's sketch was done
prior to Mr. Boylan seeing my client in the police station?
Yes, but I wouldn't call the description general.
Isn't it possible that Mr. Boylan only fixated on my client as the shooter
because he saw him being questioned by police?
And couldn't this sketch direct you to the real killer?
No. We have the real killer.
Your Honor, defense asks for access to this sketch.
Seems like a reasonable request.
Counselor, any trouble getting it to them?
MITCH: Any more questions? I gotta get back to work.
Uh, yeah. So you were here yesterday during the shooting.
Yes. It was crazy.
The cops got here really fast.
People running around and screaming.
Did you see anyone who looked like this running around, screaming?
- I thought they caught the guy. KALINDA: No.
I don't know. This looks like a hundred people.
- Do you mind? - Sure.
Yeah, try and get the crime scene photos.
Cops aren't giving me access.
We also would suggest, Your Honor, that it would be helpful
to have access to the crime scene photos.
They do have access, Your Honor, in discovery.
Which we always get at the last minute.
Because we have to prepare them, so it takes time.
- Well, who prepares it, counselor? - Uh...
Give me their number.
Maybe they can expedite it.
Hey, Tim.
Listen, can you find out who bought a lottery ticket
from its bar code?
[CHATTERING]
You do know you're in the criminal law mixer?
I like criminal.
The men are so straight.
So we're fine with a 3-percent bump and a two-year commitment
- to your litigators. - Know what it means to feed the rat?
Do l...? No.
You can live your sweet little domesticated life,
you can date your cute little apple-cheeked lawyer...
WILL: Heh, apple-cheeked.
- But eventually, you have to feed the rat,
return to the wild.
Oh, that's fascinating. We're not going above 3 percent.
You need to feed the rat, Will.
You are killing yourself trying to be normal.
I am normal.
- Mr. Florrick, hi. Big fan. PETER: Hello.
I came here especially hoping to bump into you.
I think you know Will Gardner.
- Yes, I do. Hi, Will. - Peter.
You two have so much in common, don't you?
We do have a lot in common.
And how do you two know each other?
Us? We...
Worked at the same firm together a long time ago.
CELESTE: We did a lot more than that.
The Baltimore firm. Osterman, Lee, Canfield.
It was my first job out of college.
My first threesome was with Will.
[WILL CHUCKLES]
That's true.
- What was her name again? - Ahem. Celeste, okay.
Well, you have to start somewhere.
[CHUCKLES]
Oh, so... Alicia Florrick, huh?
Well, she works with Will, she's married to you.
That must be quite an arrangement. Discuss.
It is quite an arrangement, yes.
Any awkward moments?
You mean, besides this one?
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
How many kids do you have, Peter?
Two. A boy and a girl.
I love boys and girls.
It's very domestic.
- What ages? - Sixteen and 14.
CELESTE: Well, that's a very good age. Isn't that a very good age, Will?
Me, I don't get kids.
I mean, I get why they're important, but...
- You get them if you got them. - Really? I don't know. I'm too selfish.
Have you ever met his kids?
- No, I haven't. - Really?
Alicia never brought them to work?
I think I'll head out. It's good to see you, Peter.
Yeah.
SILVESTRE: Who did you say you were with again?
The Lottery Control Board.
A lottery ticket was paid out yesterday for $5.
It should have been 500.
Well, that's my receipt, heh, all right.
But I bought it as a gift for my son.
- Oh, where's your son? - Oh, he moved back here, home, heh,
- a few months ago. - Lovely.
Uh, Mrs. Silvestre, may I use your bathroom?
SILVESTRE: Oh, hi, dear. Did you have a nice day?
There's a young lady here for you.
- Who? - She's from the Lottery Control Board.
Where is she?
Hello.
ELl: I feel like you're cheating on me. - Only for money.
Think that makes it better?
Between Will and Diane, who holds more power?
It's equal.
It's never equal.
Yeah.
Diane has more power in Criminal than Will in Civil.
But Diane controls the purse strings.
Only by default. Will hates dealing with it.
But if Will says "no," is it real?
Often.
You're not helping much.
Darn.
And this Julius guy, what about him?
Oh, he's head of Litigation.
He doesn't like me.
Why doesn't he like me?
You're the new and shiny thing.
Does it matter that he doesn't like me?
No.
Anybody else with power?
- David Lee, Family Law. - Heh.
And Alicia, where does she stand in all of this?
Yes?
She's only a third-year associate, but she matters.
- Because of her husband? - Various reasons.
She can persuade people.
People as in Will?
- What are you looking for, Eli? - The hierarchy.
Usually I can figure it out,
but this place is like a mom-and-pop store.
It's all Will and Diane.
And if you wanna persuade Diane, you persuade David Lee.
If you wanna persuade Will, you persuade Alicia.
And here comes your next customer.
Okay. Where are we?
Uh, according to the time-coded register receipt here,
this lottery ticket was redeemed seconds before the murder.
- Whose ticket? - Mitch Silvestre.
He's a manager from a fish market across the way.
As you can see, there's a slight resemblance
between him and the artist sketch.
Can you get more on Silvestre?
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
- I'm on him. - Good.
We need to delay in court.
- What are you doing? - I'm working on a pro bono.
- What are you doing? - I don't know. Whoring myself out.
WILL [OVER PHONE]: I sort of miss you.
- I sort of miss you too. - What can we do about that?
ALICIA: I don't know. What do you wanna do?
- Hey, let me call you back. ALICIA: I'll be here.
Okay. Love you.
- I said that... - I know.
No, automatically, mechanically. I didn't mean anything.
Will, don't worry about it.
- L... It's not that I don't care. - Will, call me later.
Right. Goodbye.
I'm sorry, okay? Don't pout.
I'm fine.
But you're not accepting my apology.
- What do I gotta do? - Bring us Bankruptcy.
Okay, I'll come clean.
You're not chasing me, Will. I'm chasing you.
- You're chasing me? CELESTE: Yes.
- How are you doing that? - Litigation and Bankruptcy
are, in fact, leaving the firm, that is true.
So is Tax and Family Law.
And we're all regrouping.
As what, heh, a jazz combo?
No, as a new firm.
And we want you.
Celeste, I know you're a dreamer, you like to live in your head,
but what in your wildest dreams would make you think I would leave my firm,
one of the most prestigious in Chicago, to come work
for what is basically a start-up?
Because I have the one thing I know you want.
- What? - You can't even guess?
WILL: I can't even begin to guess.
I'm happy where I am.
Baseball commissioner.
It's the one thing George W. Bush wanted more than the presidency.
- Don't play games with me. CELESTE: I'm not.
The league's our biggest client.
The commissioner is getting on in years.
He needs a successor.
The successor's gonna come from our firm.
You know baseball.
You know the law.
- I don't believe you. CELESTE: Call some friends, Will.
You know who to call. Look at me.
I'm not making this up.
When I go all in, it's not with a stone-cold bluff.
I got my Dispute Resolution seminar in 10 minutes.
If you wanna discuss how this will work, stop by.
Not Judge Powers, Judge Romano.
- And tell her the brief is on its way. WOMAN: Got it.
Sorry about that. I've been in court all day.
- No problem, Mr. Coyne. COYNE: Maggie, hold all calls.
- Give me about five minutes. - You were a litigator
- at Portman and Michaels. - Partner track.
Dropped out. Couldn't stand all the meetings.
- Next door down, man. - Thanks.
Thank you for picking up the slack on the shooting.
I hear you have two lawyers on the case.
- L... Really? COYNE: It's good to see
considering all the firms that are pulling back these days.
- The Handley deposition's over there. - Uh, yes, well, actually,
I need to, uh, talk to you about this, uh...
Guys, it's a go on the Packer appeal.
See if you can pull up some U of C intern time.
[INHALES]
Ties? Gentlemen, you go to court, you wear a tie.
- Heh, sorry about that. - Heh.
I'm sorry, um...
I know this, uh, might not be a great time for this,
but we have to, um... Ahem.
Our firm is bowing out of our pro bono obligations.
Just till things pick up.
You know, the economy.
I get it. Don't worry about it.
Thank you for fighting for us, anyway.
Well, I mean, we hope to return when things improve.
That's okay. We're not sure we'll be here. We lost our funding.
You... What, your state funding?
Yeah. Budget crunch.
So, what are you gonna do?
Don't know. We still have a few options so...
Such as?
COYNE: Such as knocking on a few doors,
yelling at a few rich people, heh.
I've learned in the not-for-profit world
that eventually, someone steps up.
Well, I should go.
Yes, thanks.
You know, it's good to finally meet you in person.
And you.
I wish, uh...
I don't know what I wish.
The world were different.
Heh, that sounds good.
I'll be here waiting.
[MUFFLED HIP-HOP MUSIC COMING FROM HOTEL ROOM]
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Will Gardner, what the hell took you so long?
Hey. Uh, come on in.
You don't wanna miss the Q&A.
[ALL CHEERING]
WILL: No, thanks.
I'm looking for, uh, Dispute Resolution: Neutrality something or other.
EDDIE: Next door on the right.
Phew!
MAN 1: Oh, kidding me? MAN 2: Yeah.
[MAN SIGHS]
Hey, look who's here. We saved you a seat.
MAN: Gotta pay to play.
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
Do you need help?
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
KALINDA: Yeah?
I'm on him now.
- Alcoholics Anonymous? KALINDA: Yeah.
- Mitch goes to meetings twice a week. - What about cash in the envelope?
Legit. And he was chapter treasurer.
He likes to bet at the track, but it was all of his own money.
- Still doesn't mean he wasn't the killer. - Yeah, but this does.
I checked the register at the convenience store. It's an hour fast.
It could be an accident or it was monkeyed with
to run a lottery scam.
It still puts him at the store an hour before the murder.
We can still tell a story.
The guy worked a few doors down.
He knew the code to the locks.
A 30-year-old who likes to gamble.
Whose financial situation is bad enough, it forces him to move home.
Uh, I appreciate that we're trying to find a fall guy,
but putting this on an innocent man?
Isn't that how our client got into this mess?
We're defending our client.
BAILIFF: All rise.
The Honorable Francis Flamm presiding.
Well, good morning, everyone.
It's good to see you all here again.
Oh, and I see we've grown by one at the defense table.
Yes, we have, Your Honor.
I've been so moved by the plight of Mr. Dolan
that I have decided to lend my assistance.
Well, it's great to have you, Miss Lockhart.
And I understand your team would like to argue a motion to dismiss.
ALICIA: Yes, Your Honor.
The prosecutor has built this case on one weak reed,
a single eyewitness.
An eyewitness who was 30 feet from the crime,
and who only identified our client
after seeing the police questioning him.
Mr. Dolan has no record.
He has a wife and a son who are here in this court right now.
He is an innocent man, Your Honor,
and it would be unjust not to dismiss these charges.
- Let me. Argue. - Let you what?
Your Honor, injustice comes in all shapes and sizes.
It's not just in the man held, it's also in the man released.
My grandfather once said:
"A judging brain requires a listening ear."
I think that was true then, but it's doubly true now.
You need to hear our full case before you can decide.
To dismiss before you hear would be, heh, an injustice.
Your grandfather is the Reverend Roy Stonehouse?
- He is, Your Honor. - Well, heh, I'm honored.
- How is he? - He's good. Uh, recovering, heh.
Well, please tell him how greatly he's admired.
- My first thesis I wrote was on Selma. - I'll tell him, heh.
And convey my respect as well.
We all owe men like your grandfather a huge debt.
But let's not forget that this case is about an innocent man.
Well, I think that still needs to be determined, don't you, counselor?
- Yes. What I meant, Your Honor... FLAMM: Yes, it's all right.
I know what you meant. I just think that it would be unjust
to summarily dismiss this case, uh, before offering a listening ear.
And so your motion is denied, Miss Lockhart,
and the other two with you.
We will move directly to trial.
Oh, and, uh, Miss Stonehouse, thank you.
I have chills.
[CHUCKLES]
I don't like to use that much.
- Does it get you into restaurants? - Heh.
[MAN 1 SIGHS]
MAN 1: Okay. MAN 2: Ugh.
[MEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
- I'm out. - Oh, come on.
- Not when you're up like that. - Yup. When I'm up like that.
We'll be here tonight. After the Civil mixer.
I'm fine, thanks.
- Take you to breakfast? - No.
- Jeez, you sound so definitive. - Yup.
So I'll hear from you on the baseball commissioner job?
Celeste, no. I didn't like this life, not even when I was living it.
I didn't like not knowing when I was being conned or conning.
- You don't think there's a job. - No, I checked.
In 10 or 15 years, there's a chance I could vie for baseball commissioner.
What a sad thought that is.
Losing what I love now to chase something in the future.
CELESTE: What do you love?
You said, "Losing what I love now."
- My job. - I don't believe you.
I don't believe you love it.
What you love is winning.
And you can't win big enough at Lockhart Gardner.
This is your dream.
What happened to pursuing your dream?
What happened to work?
Not everybody can pursue their dreams.
Someone has to work.
Whoa, well, that is so sad.
No. Not really.
Take care.
KALINDA: That's the cashier's bay.
And that's where the shooter was.
And the line of sight checks out.
I'm not seeing what's good.
The line of sight checks out
until the cashier reaches under the counter for the gun.
JULIUS: The wall would have hidden the cashier from view.
KALINDA: And Boylan told the police the cashier pulled the gun
from a holster taped under the counter.
But he couldn't have seen him reach under the counter for his gun.
Unless he was in the store.
Boylan tried to escape, saw the patrol car pull up
and pretended to be an eyewitness, not a killer.
So let's go talk to Cary.
Only a few more minutes.
[DOOR OPENS]
I've always waited for bad things to happen.
Every day.
Travis sees the good things.
And I'm always waiting for the bad.
Well, this is good.
I know, heh. I don't wanna be that anymore.
The worst thing happened and we're still here.
Will you thank the other two lawyers?
Oh, I will, but it was really the prosecutor.
He reversed himself.
[DOOR OPENS]
Hmm.
Oh, heh.
[SIGHS]
- Can l...? - Yes.
BOY: Daddy.
[CHUCKLES]
Hey, buddy.
How's it going?
BOY: It's good.
Yes?
Oh, nothing.
I'm, uh, just looking.
An espresso machine would be nice.
Oh, hey. The release went well?
It did. You should've been there.
No. I didn't do enough.
ALICIA: Hi. - Hi.
How was whoring?
Unproductive.
Listen, about what I said yesterday...
Will, please, I'm on the phone with my kids and say, "I love you."
And then I'm on the phone with my mother-in-law and say, "I love you" too.
It's an accident.
Yes.
But do you think we should talk?
No, I don't, actually.
You don't?
No.
- Are you sure? - I'm so sure.
I've never been so sure.
I'm not interested in anyone else.
Will,
you're talking about it, eek.
- No fuss, no muss. - That's me.
Celeste Serrano is forming her own firm.
Bankruptcy, Litigation,
Family Law.
I don't wanna be careful anymore.
I don't wanna count every penny
and worry more about failing than doing what's right.
Okay.
Legal Aid is losing its office space.
Everybody's pulling back because of the economy.
I wanna bring them in-house.
There's room next to Eli.
He won't like it, but he'll have to live with it
until we find more room.
When our lawyers have free time,
they can offer it to Legal Aid.
You should've broken up on the phone.
[CHUCKLES]
I wanna do this.
And I want your okay.
Okay.