The Good Wife s02e13 Episode Script

I was the same way.
Bad things just happen.
No rhyme or reason.
But sometimes there is a reason.
It's just not a reason you can see.
Mm, this is wonderful.
Give me the recipe.
Thank you.
I may not see the air is polluted, but that doesn't mean it's not.
I may not see the poison in the ground, but it's still there.
I went to Alicia because we didn't cause this, Lori.
This was done to us.
So do you have any questions? Who else signed up? The pesticides were buried here and here.
A hundred and two families affected in all.
I've spoken to half so far and I'll speak to the rest by the end of the week.
And what happens if I do sign? Then we'll bring suit to JNL Pesticides.
They were negligent.
They could have disposed of their chlordane reserves properly.
Instead they buried them near your groundwater.
This won't cost you anything.
My firm only makes money if we're successful.
You can come.
I wanted three girls.
I was an only child and I wanted noise in the house.
Lots of noise.
I'm 26 years old and I will never have a baby.
Never.
- Are you a mom? - Yes, I am.
If you're planning to sue these people, I'll do whatever you want.
I'll testify wherever you want, cry whenever you want.
But it's not for the money.
I want them to know they hurt me.
- Okay? - Okay.
Would you excuse me? - She's a good one.
- I know.
- Yeah? - How's it going? Good, but slow.
Everybody's wary here.
They'll climb on board when they smell the money.
I don't think so.
It's a conservative neighborhood.
- They don't like lawyers.
- That's why I sent you.
We got the preliminary report back on the core samples.
Looking like this could reach pretty high.
Fifty-five million.
- You're kidding.
- Nope.
You're gonna change a lot of lives out there.
Just keep signing them up.
Call me when you're done.
- What did she say? - She says we're good.
How sweet.
You two have made up.
Isn't it adorable? - So are you on board? - If it means getting Bond out, I am.
Otherwise I am out the door, headed to another firm.
It's about getting Bond out.
There's only one way to replace a name partner.
A majority vote of the equity partners.
The next partner meeting is Friday.
And Bond thinks I'm on his side, so he won't expect anything.
Then Diane asks for a good-faith vote.
Bond will think I'm just being spiteful, so he won't have time to line up his troops.
Mm-hm, and you have the votes? Well, we have my people, Will's people and yours, right? Family Law's? Sure, they're ready to lynch him.
An unfortunate choice of words.
We need Julius in this so it doesn't look like the racist white partners.
- Oh, please.
- What do you mean? Wolf, Adams, Howard, Neka.
Minus those four votes, we're short of a majority.
So we need them back on the reservation.
"Back on the reservation"? Isn't Neka half-Cherokee? Look, the only thing equity partners care about is year-end bonuses.
So we need to give them a piece of this new class action.
Fifty-five million is a lot of incentive.
Are you sure the 55 million is real? It's a consent form, Julie.
Just a formality, for the court.
I like you, Mrs.
Florrick.
But that was my friend Gail on the phone.
She thinks I should listen to this other lawyer before I decide.
- What other lawyer? - At Annette's house.
Right now? Do you mind if we tag along? Looks like we have competition.
I don't know who it is.
False alarm.
The other firm sent a car and driver.
Talk about tone-deaf.
This community is gonna hate him.
I just don't like the feeling we're being exploited, that's all.
There are a lot of lawyers out there, looking to make a quick buck.
But I know what it's like to be exploited.
People see you as a victim and they wanna use that.
They don't see pain unless it can be packaged and sold.
Look at me.
- Oh, hi, Julie, Rosanna - And Mrs.
Florrick.
She asked if she could drop by too.
Heh, now, now, I don't want any lawyer fights in here.
Oh, no, Mrs.
Florrick and I are old friends.
- Aren't we? - We are.
Louis was just telling us he has Tardive dyskinesia.
It's a neurological syndrome.
If you see me moving like this or like this, just don't think Mrs.
Florrick has me worried.
I'm glad Alicia's here.
I know I should probably be telling you she's the devil incarnate and her firm is gonna screw up your class action, but we're both very capable lawyers and I think you should just go with the firm that you think has your best interests at heart.
And who is your firm these days, Mr.
Canning? Well, that would be me.
I mean, I'm it.
One employee.
Low overhead.
This crumb cake is incredible.
And the town car and driver outside, who pays his salary? I guess I do.
I can't drive anymore.
I wish I could, but I need to have a driver.
That's okay.
My brother was in an accident last year.
A taxi ran over his leg.
He can't drive either.
That's terrible.
Just what I love about coming into homes like this is the acceptance.
acceptance.
He's right.
So you're working for the pesticide industry now? - Why would you say that? - History.
Last time we met, you gloated about helping big pharmaceutical.
Yes, and you defended the wife-killer Colin Sweeney.
So you save JNL money by stealing our class action and negotiating a low-ball settlement.
Very smart.
Mrs.
Florrick, you seem like such a nice woman on the outside, and then I get this glimpse of the darkness within.
You're gonna have to try harder this time around.
- I'm on to you.
- Yeah, it helped you in there.
They loved it when you attacked my car.
There can only be one class action.
Yes.
I'll see you in court.
- No, no, no.
- Just Yes.
- Just consider it foreplay.
- Then you have to find it.
Yeah, what's up? - "Oh, I had this deposition" - Shh.
- "There was this continuance" - Uh, don't worry about it.
The judge will never - No, no.
- All right, I'll be right in.
You know what I think? I think you're gay.
I think your gay lover phones every time we're about to have sex - and calls you away.
- Oh, yeah? Well, I'll have you two over for dinner sometime.
- Ugh.
- Unh.
- All rise.
- Good morning and welcome.
Uh, before we begin today, I want to remind everybody about the, uh, dum-da-da-da, blood drive.
Ha, ha, I don't wanna hand down any declarations, but blood supplies are low, so I leave it to you and your conscience.
Now, I understand that we have a disagreement over a class certification.
Ms.
Lockhart, you are looking formidable today.
Yes, Your Honor.
We represent the community of Fallstrom in their suit against JNL Pesticides over a recent infertility and miscarriage cluster, and we are asking you to certify our class.
And yet there seems to be, uh, an overlapping contention.
- Mr.
Canning Canning, is it? - Yes, Your Honor.
- Uh, hello.
- Hi.
Uh, being new to your court, I should probably explain a few things.
This movement that you see, I have a syndrome called tardive dyskinesia and it results in these uncontrollable movements.
That's good to know.
My sister-in-law suffers from Huntington's.
Huntington's.
Oh, my gosh.
Yes, it requires a bravery that I couldn't imagine.
I commend you for even being in this court.
Oh, no, please.
It's one foot in front of the other.
- Uh, I very much doubt that.
- Oh, dear God.
And so you want to represent this class, is that right? I've signed up several of the neighbors in Fallstrom, and I believe I'll be the strongest advocate in the case against JNL.
Your Honor, until very recently, Mr.
Canning was in-house counsel at MRG Pharmaceuticals.
For the last eight years, he successfully defeated class actions identical to this one.
Now, it is our contention that he is a Trojan horse, hoping to certify this class in order to destroy it.
So, Mr.
Canning, is that true? Are you a Trojan horse? I definitely like being compared to anyone in Homer.
But, no, sir.
For the last eight years, it's true, I have worked against people like Lockhart Gardner and worked to demolish class actions like this one.
And I was paid handsomely for it.
But six months ago, I quit.
I, uh, sold my stock options and I went out on my own because I saw the error of my ways.
I'm representing myself as an advocate for this class because I used to be on the other side.
Well, uh I can only certify one class, so the members of the losing class will join the ranks of the winning and the losing lawyers will Uh, or lawyer.
will be dismissed.
So in, um, four days' time, I would like both law firms to return and whichever has the most members in their class will be certified.
That's, uh, that's all.
Oh, and, uh, don't forget.
If you're a blood owner, become a Blood donor.
- Where are we? - We're up by six households.
Our life is numbers these days.
Okay, 55 million depends on getting signatures, so let's go.
We're broke.
We have cash on hand for three staff members through the election.
Yup, that's the story of my life.
Always recruited by the losing team.
Yes, but we're the underdogs, so we're hard to dislike.
And why do I get the call? How have I shown myself deserving? We heard you quit Eisner and Gowan, Wendy's polling firm, so we naturally assumed that you were unhappy.
We need a cheap pollster and we thought you'd like the chance to get back at them.
Okay.
They were lying to her, telling her she had the youth vote sewn up.
- And she doesn't? - Mm-mm.
Are you saying that she is weak on the youth vote? No.
You're strong.
See, I was doing a focus group during the last debate.
You were just bumping along in the low 20s.
Then you swore and boom.
I mean, not with the 55-year-olds, but the under-30s.
It was like watching a baby chick's eyes open.
You shot to low 70s and you stayed there.
Kids thought it was honest.
But it's the youth vote.
Yeah, yeah, and they never show up, right? - Except - Yup.
- The new ballot measure.
- Medical marijuana.
The youth vote is showing up to vote for Amendment 31.
We need to stop running away from prison.
See, Wendy gets points because she's black, but she's like Donna Reed black.
You've been to prison and that makes you hard-core.
Matt, come work for us.
I don't know.
I was liking daytime TV.
Well, we're gonna put a nice big television in your office.
These are the houses Canning signed up.
And the blue ones are ours.
So we are up seven households.
Are they open to hearing about Canning's background? Well, I have an ambassador in the neighborhood, Rosanna.
She says that people like Canning personally, but they are open to hearing about collusion.
Class action takes a lot of money.
And my guess is he's not bankrolling this himself.
- I'll look for ties to JNL.
- Good.
And you'll get back in the field.
Quarterly partner meeting.
- Is something up? - Something's always up.
Thank you all.
Good to have everyone here and healthy.
And let's all applaud Philip.
I heard twins.
Good thing that bought you a delay in the Diocese depo.
Now, for the current state of our big-ticket items.
How is everything with the Fallstrom pesticide dump? We're in process.
Lining up our class.
Good.
I'd heard there was a bump in certification.
Judge Abernathy.
He's being, as is his wont, cautious.
But we should know more by Tuesday.
Anything on your end, Derrick? I guess now is as good a time as any.
I just got the go-ahead to announce our newest client, Americans for Growth, a new bipartisan super-PAC with guaranteed financing of 120 million.
Real good job, Derrick.
Canning just leased a four-story brownstone on the gold coast.
Twenty grand a month.
Leased? So he's only here temporarily? I'm checking.
I'm also gonna see if he co-signed his lease.
Okay, good job.
Sorry about that.
- Hi, are you the reporter that called? - Yeah.
Um, is he in? Uh, no, but he's gonna be right back.
Come in.
- Thanks.
- He's been preparing all morning.
- Uh, you're his? - Wife.
Simone.
- And you are? - Kalinda.
Hi.
Um, he said to make yourself at home and to answer any questions you had.
Uh, you can leave your coat right here.
And I have some hummus and pita downstairs I'm gonna get.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
Um, so tell me, how long have you two been married? I don't think I'll answer that one.
I'll be showing my age.
Let's say we were high school sweethearts.
Uh, so is this more about work or home? Both, really.
Okay, fire away.
Is his condition hard on us? Do I have to carry him down the stairs? - I'm sorry, I don't mean to - You're not prying at all.
It's totally fine.
We're used to it.
No, no, no, guys, can you just stay out of Daddy's office? Thank you.
Uh, that's Jay and Bella.
They're not used to these Chicago winters.
- Oh, can I get you a drink? - Actually, could I use your bathroom? Sure.
It's right there.
I'll be right back.
- Sure.
- Okay.
- Hello.
- Hi.
- Um, I'm Kalinda.
- So my wife says.
Louis.
- You getting what you need? - Well, sort of.
But, I mean, anything you can help with this profile would be great.
Oh, uh, that's okay.
I know there's no article.
I've been expecting you.
Or someone like you, someone from Lockhart Gardner.
So are you finding what you're looking for? l I don't know.
What should I be looking for? Something to use against me.
Well, you have a nice brownstone.
Yes, yes.
I'm rich.
Guilty.
See, I think the concern is how you got rich.
- You mean screwing the little man? - More or less.
Oh, no, Woody Guthrie's crying.
You, um You don't seem too bothered by me being here, do you? I'm only bothered by things I don't expect.
May I ask you a question? Do you think people can change? Do I? No, I don't.
So once a corporate lawyer, always a corporate lawyer? Well, I think that six months is a very short time to go from victimizer to victim.
- Saint Paul did it in a second.
- Oh, so you're Saint Paul? No, just someone who thinks Lockhart Gardner is just this side of incompetent and is gonna lose a lot of money for some very nice, deserving people.
- Hey, hon? - Yeah.
Tell Kalinda why I quit my job.
Oh, I don't think she wants to hear any of that, hon.
Sure, she's a reporter.
Of course she does.
- Of course I do.
- Okay, um.
Well, uh, Louis was amazing.
I miscarried and that day, he quit.
Uh, I'm sorry to hear that.
He decided he wanted to stay home and help me.
I'll just let you guys talk.
- Nice to meet you.
- You too.
Think that might be why I wanna help a class action of women who miscarried? I don't believe you.
It's a trick.
It's kind of an elaborate trick, having your wife miscarry.
No.
It's either not true or it's irrelevant.
He's in the pocket of the corporate interests, believe me.
- I think he's getting in your head.
- I think you're right.
It's still a trick.
Okay, I'm gonna check into 27 Equity.
- I'll call you back later.
- Okay.
Will? Oh, I hate being my mom.
- Oh, hi.
- Hi.
Do you hate that, being your mom? - I'm not really my mom.
- I didn't think I was either.
Everything I did, I ran in the opposite direction.
- Have some pastrami.
- That's okay.
My mom spent half her life in tears, cooking dinner, waiting for my dad to return home.
- And here I am.
And where is he? - Oh, um, I think - I warned him.
Fall for me and I'm out.
- There was a meeting Now look at me.
Go ahead, there's two.
Come on.
So, what's the point? I don't I don't want this.
What do you want? I I don't know.
Sometimes it's best just to remain friends.
That's what I've found.
So this is a very serious issue that doesn't get enough attention.
There is a measure that I would support that takes medical marijuana seriously.
I have seen firsthand the damage our drug policy, if you can call it, has done to our court system, to our families, to lives.
- A hundred now, 200 later.
- Mm-hm.
Okay.
All you have to do is call me when you see this car enter that garage.
Okay, I'll give you a call.
Thank you.
- We lost two.
- Who? The two I was worried about.
The Hathaways and the Wicks.
I was just heading over there.
How did he know to go to them? I don't know, but he went to them first thing.
He visited Julie this morning too.
Please, come in.
I know Mr.
Canning visited.
But before you make any decision, I just wanna chat That's okay.
I wanna sign with you.
Oh, I'm sorry, then.
That's great.
I just don't like how this back-and-forth - is hurting the neighborhood.
- I know.
It'll be over soon.
And I didn't like what he was saying about your firm.
He What did he say? Finally found a use for this nanny cam.
Well, I know her firm, Lockhart Gardner.
And in normal economic times, they'd be exactly the kind of firm you'd be looking for.
But right now they're undergoing a partnership battle for control of the firm and the partners need this class action in order to fight for that control.
I don't know if it's true, but I thought I should bring it to you.
You didn't say anything? No.
Then how? There's a mole.
I mean, listen, uh, half the convicts I knew in prison were there because of drugs.
- Not too many hits.
- It'll grow.
Peter's the first one talking about it.
What does this do for our older constituents? It's a dog whistle.
No one else hears it.
But, uh, here, I don't know what to do about this.
Who's That man walking down the street? Peter Florrick Who's that man you'd like to meet? Peter Florrick That's right, that's right He's here to fight - What the hell? - It gets worse.
- Let's hear it - Peter is the man Peter is the right man Peter has a plan Peter has the right plan He's not black, he's not white He's got a plan to make it right - Who is it? - Neil Howard Sloan-Jacob.
He's a supporter, our supporter.
You ask for civilian involvement and this is what you get.
Sing it loud We're not just one, we're a crowd Not just you, not just me We're the Peter family It's been zipping around the college blogs.
It has more hits than Peter's speech.
He promises to make a new video every week.
God, it's like a hostage crisis.
Peter has the right plan You know the worst thing to happen to any candidate is to be unhip.
Ask Hillary in '08.
I'll contact him.
Hey.
Peter is the right man I know who to talk to.
About this? Really, I'm on it.
No, no, no, about helping us with the youth vote.
- Who? - A guy I met in prison.
I don't get it.
How did he know about our partnership fight? It's not just that.
Canning's been one step ahead of us all week.
Yes, but only you and I knew this.
Rosanna.
Rosanna was here earlier when you went upstairs for your partner meeting.
You think she overheard us and then slipped it to Canning? - I don't know.
- I'll see if she flipped.
Anything on who's financing Canning? It's not JNL Pesticides.
It's this, 27 Equity.
A New York hedge fund.
Oh, my God.
It's the newest thing in litigation.
They did the same thing last year with the Ground Zero workers.
The lawyers borrowed $35 million to finance the lawsuit.
- The interest was astronomical.
- Fifteen percent a year.
So if he isn't in the pocket of JNL, then why's he doing this? I think there's a chance he's sincere.
Doesn't matter.
We still need to beat him in court.
How did you communicate with Rosanna? On the phone, through e-mails.
Let me check your computer.
Yeah? Your car just showed up.
Not much of a cushion being up by two people.
It's all we need.
All rise.
Thank you all for returning promptly.
Court is now in session.
And where are we on the class overlap, Mr.
Canning? Some of the Fallstrom neighbors haven't decided yet, sir.
Uh, yes, Your Honor, but of the neighbors who have, we have a majority, 41-to-39.
No, no, actually, uh, I believe we're tied at 40.
At least when I count my letters of consent.
Is that true, Ms.
Lockhart? Mr.
Gardner? I think the, ahem, dust is still settling, Your Honor.
But what is true is a matter that came to our attention.
Just today, Mr.
Canning colluded with JNL Pesticides - at their company headquarters.
- Really? Colluded? - Mr.
Canning? - It's true.
I visited JNL at their invitation to see what kind of deal could be made.
I must admit I was too busy bargaining with JNL to follow opposing counsel, but I did manage to come away with an offer of $2 million.
Your Honor, this suit is worth I don't know if that's true.
zero.
Mr.
Canning, it was not within your purview to negotiate on behalf of the class action.
I didn't reach out to JNL.
They reached out.
This is a sweetheart deal.
Even if what Ms.
Lockhart is saying is true, isn't it better that a "Trojan horse" like myself get whatever deal can be made now instead of waiting five or six years - I object.
- Objection.
- for the $50 million they hope for? Lockhart Gardner's position is to fight.
And they make enemies of their opponents.
I make them my friends.
- You intend to lower the deal.
- But I didn't get a deal.
A fight takes time.
Ask your clients if they're willing to risk time.
- Why don't we make a deal now? - All right.
I'm glad to see you've all given blood.
Let's not spill any more here.
It is within my purview to marry these two classes, and that is what I intend to do.
- But, Your Honor - But, Your Honor No, no, no.
Mr.
Canning, Ms.
Lockhart, Mr.
Gardner, look across the aisle to each other.
Look.
By the powers vested in me by the State of Illinois, I now pronounce you one class.
Congratulations.
Get a good deal.
I don't care if he says we're married.
We're in charge.
Ugh, okay, well, we'll make the best deal we can, okay? You going for a quick run? Maybe not so quick.
Look, I'm sorry about dinner.
We just got this thing and Hold on.
- Hey, Kalinda, what's up? - It's not a leak.
What do you mean? What isn't? Why Canning is ahead of us.
He put Spector Pro on Alicia's laptop.
That's keylogger software.
- What? - Every key Alicia hit was sent through a Wi-Fi parasite program to another computer.
That's how Canning knew.
- Can we prove it? - Well, we can trace it back, but he'll know we're tracing.
- You wanna use it? - Alicia, send an e-mail to Diane saying our geographical report places the target amount at 70 million.
- Okay.
- You wanna chase up the offer.
Then have Diane write back, saying we're willing to take it to 85 million.
If Canning's in bed with JNL, they'll be terrified.
- Okay, will do.
- Okay, call me when you're done.
Okay, I'll go for a jog with you.
I have a date tomorrow night.
You? You what? I have a date with a South African soccer player tomorrow night.
- You do not.
- I do.
Picking me up at 8.
Is he gonna come in one of those cute little soccer uniforms? I don't care how he comes.
I don't understand.
- You breaking up with me? - No, just putting things on pause.
- I'm not falling in love with you.
- I know.
I need a little cooling-off period.
Thirty days.
No, you told me not to fall in love with you and I didn't.
I know.
Thirty days.
I'll call you at the end of February.
You okay? Am I? Yeah.
Why? I just asked you what you thought a good compromise come-out offer was and you said, "Yes.
" Oh, I'm sorry.
I'm distracted, I, um Life is complicated, isn't it? It can be.
I don't know what I want.
I'm very good when I know what I want, but when I don't, I suck.
- Is this work? - It's, uh Nothing.
I need friends.
I need, like, a fat buddy who I can tell things to and get drunk.
I'll work on that.
Will, do you have a minute? It'll just be a minute.
Think we need to talk to Diane about backing away from litigation.
Why? Think she's letting her leftist activism get the best of her.
A year ago, that might have been true, but not now.
Take over the pesticide case.
Why? It's not mine to take over.
She's pushing for an $85 million deal.
She'll never win.
How do you know that? How do I know she won't win? How do you know she's looking for 85 million? I know.
- But you can't tell me how? - Trust me.
My information is solid.
Alicia wanted her to come in at 70 million.
Diane pushed it to 85.
Okay.
I'll talk to Diane.
Good.
Thanks.
Get out of here.
I will not get out of here.
Heh.
Peter asked me personally to ask you personally.
No.
No, no, no.
That does not happen.
It does happen and it's happening to you.
I didn't think anyone saw that old video, but I knew I had to do something.
- Well, it was very entertaining.
- That was the whole point, you know? People think that politics can be so dry, but I think it can be fun.
So, what is this position? Oh, well It's the liaison to the political director.
Me.
And I can send you anything? Song ideas? Commercials? Or ways to make the Glee songs for Peter? Yes.
We've been trying to get the public involved, get them to coordinate with our message.
So, yes, send everything to me.
And it's not better if I just do it on my own? No.
It's better if it comes from my office.
And I'm sorry we can't offer you a stipend at this time, - but if things work out - No, no, no, I wanna keep my day job.
This is just so great.
Mr.
Gold, please tell Peter that I think he's amazing.
By the way, why did you do this for Peter? - Why? - Hmm.
He spoke at the school about bullying.
About making fun of kids.
He said people see someone who's different than them and they never get a chance to really know them.
And the only way to make life rich is, next time, have lunch with them.
Well, he said it better than me, but the week after that, I could just feel that the mood here was different.
I never thought words made much difference, just music.
But he changed people.
Not for that long, just a few days.
And music can't do that.
So that's what makes this so great, is that I will be working for him.
It will be great.
- Nice meeting you, Mr.
Sloan-Jacob.
- Yes, Mr.
Gold.
I only covered the 27th floor desktops.
Twenty-eighth floor was off-limits.
I found keylogging software on Alicia's desktop, Julius Cain's and Neka's in Litigation.
Now, given that wide of a distribution, it's more likely to be Bond spying than Canning.
Two equity partners and one junior associate.
Why Alicia? - Her close connection to me? - That would be my guess.
He wouldn't wanna put keylogging software on your computer, but he wanted to keep track of what you wrote to Alicia.
What did you tell her? Alicia? About this? Nothing.
Thank you, Kalinda.
I think we need a moment.
No, I think Kalinda should stay.
She can help us.
I think we should do the same thing we were planning to do with Canning.
- Use it? - Yes.
Diane, you write to Julius about getting to Bond's weakest votes.
- Get him to fire his own people? - Yes.
We need the majority of equity partners to vote Bond out.
- We can't pick off his votes.
- But he can.
I think I'm liking this.
It's gonna be hard to go back to the law.
So you just got out of prison? Yeah, November.
Eight months.
Heard that you got caught up for a while.
- Home monitoring.
It's not so bad.
- Yeah, I've been there.
- How's your mom? - Oh, she's hanging in there.
- Yours? - She hates my last album.
- So, uh, you miss anything about it? - What, being inside? - Goddarn.
- You are funny.
Foolish question.
- So, um, I guess I owe you one, huh? - No.
No, hey, the legal advice was free.
But it was good advice.
Better than anything I've gotten on the outside.
I'm glad.
- So, what do you need? - I need the youth vote.
I'm sorry.
Hey, I told you, brother, that tat.
Nice Black Panther right there, you'd get my vote.
I was thinking maybe just an interview.
You and me.
An interview? That all? I mean, I thought we were talking about a fundraiser.
Oh, sorry.
I was just passing by.
Uh, what kind of fundraiser? Just so we're clear, we didn't consider the offer made to your co-counsel, Mr.
Canning, to be a low-ball offer.
We consider it to be our offer.
- Our best, last and final.
- Well, how nice for you.
- We'll see you in court.
- Good.
Okay, wait, wait.
Look, we're not trying to pick your pockets.
We just need to show the judge a hint of movement.
- No, we don't.
- Yes, actually.
Yes, we do.
Mr.
Canning, can we talk to you a minute? - Good job.
Nicely played.
- Oh, don't even pretend.
What? - We're good cop, bad cop here.
- No, we're not.
- You're undercutting us.
- We'll contest any low-ball offer.
It's a lucky world where $2 million is a low-ball offer.
Don't worry, we're doing great.
Don't you just look at them and feel something? - Excuse me? - Those mothers.
They miscarried.
They can't have children.
Don't you feel something when you hear them or is your cynicism that deep? Mrs.
Florrick, you don't know me.
You don't know what my life is.
I may have the greatest compassion for them in the world or I may have none.
It's irrelevant.
What I owe them is not my compassion.
It's my ability.
And that's what I'm giving them.
Canning got Rosanna to flip to his side by showing her a document from JNL Pesticides.
What kind of a document? An internal analysis of what they were willing to pay.
- Does she have a copy? - No, he just showed it to her.
It doesn't matter.
He'll claim it's privileged.
- Part of negotiations.
- No.
- He can't.
- Sure, he We gotta get to Judge Abernathy.
Your Honor, there is no reason for Okay, okay, please don't put me in the position of refereeing everyone.
We had our settlement offer accepted.
Two-point-four million dollars with 1 million in reserve for future claims.
That offer was made to Mr.
Canning and not Okay.
You don't have a deal, Mr.
Foxson, until the court certifies a deal.
- Now, who is this witness? - Mr.
Carl Hobart, Your Honor.
And what will he testify to? An exhibit we would like to place into evidence.
Okay.
So proceed.
Mr.
Hobart, what is your job? My job? I'm a claims analyst with 27 Equity.
- And that is a hedge fund? - Yes.
And you were recently sent a document by Mr.
Louis Canning? Objection, Your Honor.
Relevance.
Uh, um, uh, Mr.
Canning, you can't object to your own co-counsel.
Objection, Your Honor.
Relevance.
I think I'll overrule that on absurdity alone.
You may answer.
Yes, I was sent a document for review.
As collateral for Mr.
Canning's loan? Yes.
Uh, we loaned Mr.
Canning $4 million for this lawsuit, so we needed to see all relevant documents.
And this document under discussion was prepared by JNL Pesticides stating how much they were willing to? - Objection.
- Objection.
Your Honor, this document was part of evidence and is therefore privileged.
- It therefore cannot be used in court.
- That would be true, Your Honor, except that Mr.
Canning pierced his own privilege by showing this document to a hedge fund.
Now, he can't have it both ways.
Either it's privileged or it's not.
- And now it's not.
- Your Honor That seems a particularly good point, Mr.
Canning.
You can't pick and choose when privilege applies.
Do you have anything else? No, Your Honor.
Okay, I'll admit it.
Nicely played.
Thank you.
Still have to make a deal.
My guess is it'll be easier now.
So that was all cynical, right? You were just trying to lower the amount of the award? I think people were harmed here.
And I think companies ought to pay for their mistakes.
But I think companies are paying too much for their mistakes.
And I think lawyers are helping people distort the amount of harm.
That's all.
So if that's cynical, then I'm a cynic.
It worked.
That's one of his votes.
Looks like he's sending him back to D.
C.
I love it.
How was your South African soccer player? Fictional.
I don't know what this is.
l I don't like needing anyone.
I know.
It's not commitment.
It's just preferential treatment.
I can deal with that.
You smell like you.
You smell like Will.
I thought I could do without it.
But you have to be more gentle with me.
I'm not as tough as I look.
Okay.
We're climbing with the 18- to 25-year-olds.
Congratulations.
Suddenly I'm hip.
I never thought you weren't.
The rapper, Young Boxer, he's gonna do a benefit concert for me.
So how was your day?