The Good Fight (2017) s06e04 Episode Script
The End of Eli Gold
1
Are you all right?
I think so. You?
Yeah. Wow.
Yes.
Wow.
You're very calm.
No, no, that-that is not what I heard.
- Because you're listening to Fox.
- I am not listening to Fox.
What is it? What happened?
- A car bomb next door.
- Reaching all the way up here?
- It was parked on the top floor.
- Who did it? - I don't know.
It was antifa or the militia.
It was the militia.
- Was anyone hurt?
- No one knows.
I certainly hope not.
We cannot keep working like this.
I agree, so how do we know
it was the militia or antifa?
- We don't exactly know.
- We don't know.
We guess.
And no one else is left in the building?
We-we haven't checked.
We're-we're getting out of here.
Yeah.
That's a fucking car bomb.
That's what that is.
- Anybody hurt?
- Some flying windows,
broken glass, but no injuries.
It's the militia, right?
Is anyone taking responsibility?
- No one yet.
- It's from the protests, Your Honor.
Well, I'm sure they'll tell us
when to clear the building.
Let's get back to it.
Please continue, Mr. Sheen.
Mr. Gold, were you involved
in the planning and carrying out of the
so-called "Democratic Watergate"?
I have been advised by counsel
to invoke my rights against
self-incrimination
under the fifth amendment.
Mr. Gold, did you, in fact
Your Honor, must we
go through this charade?
My client intends to invoke
his fifth amendment rights
to all these questions,
not because he did it, but because
- I have advised him
- Counselor,
can we just accept that Mr. Gold
is going to take the fifth?
No, Your Honor.
I would like to see his reaction
to all of my questions.
If I may continue?
Mr. Gold, did you, in June of 2020,
plan and execute
the burglary of the offices
of the TV producer, Mark Burnett?
I have been advised by counsel
to invoke my rights against
self-incrimination under
the fifth amendment.
Does your look of horror
imply that you're scared
of the truth coming out?
Objection. My client
was being sarcastic.
Well, let's hold off on the sarcasm,
please. These charges are serious.
Mr. Gold, did you intend to burglarize
Mr. Burnett's offices in order to locate
and purloin outtakes from
the TV show The Apprentice?
I have been advised by counsel
to invoke my rights
against self-incrimination
under the fifth amendment.
Mr. Gold, did you, in fact, try
to acquire these outtakes
because you believed
they showed President Donald Trump
using the "n-word"?
I have been advised by counsel
- to invoke my rights
- Mr. Gold, did you in fact
May I finish answering, please?
I have been advised
by counsel
to invoke my rights
under the fifth amendment
of the Constitution
of the United States
of America
the world,
Earth.
Yeah.
Mr. Gold did you, in fact,
enlist the technical know-how
of your daughter,
Marissa Gold, sitting
right over there, in
turning off Mr. Burnett's
security system?
Objection. Not in evidence.
Oh, I understand your objection,
given that you have added
Ms. Gold to your defense team
in order to prevent her from
answering these very questions.
Your Honor, if Mr. Sheen
wants to bring charges against
Ms. Gold, let him do it.
Otherwise, he should stop
harassing my co-counsel.
Sustained.
Any more questions?
Mr. Gold, did you add your
daughter to your defense team
so that she couldn't answer
these questions?
- Objection, Your Honor.
- Sustained.
Mr. Gold, have you noticed
how many words your daughter
has said from the defense table?
Objection. Relevance.
She hasn't said any words. It's relevant
because Ms. Gold has only
been a lawyer for a month,
and she's been added
to your defense team
in order to prevent her
from incriminating her dad.
Your Honor, can we get
the objections ruled on
before the next outrageous question?
Sustained.
Counselor, if Mr. Gold
is your only witness,
I think I'm going to
dismiss these charges.
No, uh, I have another witness.
Uh, Your Honor,
uh, we would like to call
a new witness to the stand.
Sure, another witness
who will take the fifth over
Uh, Your Honor,
we ask for a short break.
Well, it seems Ms. Gold
has found her voice.
Yes, we'll recess until tomorrow.
What the hell are you doing?
She's doing her job.
Landau's turned on us.
Frank.
I can't talk to you, Eli.
Let's head out this way.
Fuck.
Dad, you and I need to talk.
Eli, we need to strategize.
You fucked me.
When did you become so foul-mouthed?
You asked for access to Pegasus,
the security system.
I thought it was for a client of yours.
- You can't prove it wasn't.
- Oh, my God. I never would've
given you access if I thought
you were gonna do something
this stupid,
- or this sloppy.
- Marissa.
This is just a bullshit hit
from the Republican attack machine.
How many phones did you hack?
Just Mark Burnett or all of NBC?
I didn't do this
because there's no proof I did this,
so this argument is a
massive waste of time.
- Hello, Diane.
- Hello, you two.
Here, have a flower.
One for each of you.
Thank you.
Oh, Diane, there's something
shiny in your Ow.
- It's a piece of glass.
- Oh, yes,
- I had a window explode on me.
- What?
Yeah, at my doctor's office.
You were near the car bomb?
Are you all right?
Yes. I'm surprisingly well.
As a reminder, the uh,
we bought two tables
for the Democratic fundraiser
tomorrow night, so it'd be great
if we could fill them.
Let's invite the associates.
It's not usually how we do things.
But change is good,
- right?
- Well, yeah, we can
absolutely invite
some of the associates.
Yeah.
Uh
Now, regarding the budget review
Why Democratic fundraisers?
Well, the DNC has thrown us
a lot of work over the years.
That's a valuable relationship
to maintain.
Maybe we should consider
a more grassroots approach to outreach.
Meaning?
Local Black churches.
That's where we need to spend our time
- and our resources.
- Okay.
We will definitely consider that. Uh
- you can see that the projected income
- There's one other
thing I'd like to consider.
- The adjusted draw.
- What's that now?
The equity partners need to receive
the original draw they were
promised by STR Laurie.
Agreed, but if you, uh,
look at the earnings
- from this past quarter, I don't
- No, no.
No, this is Ri'Chard's top priority.
There is too much disparity between
the partner-level draw
and the equity-level draw.
- I need to make this right.
- Agree. 100%.
Amen.
You hated my ideas.
Uh, no, it's just that you
promised something that
the firm cannot deliver.
With STR Laurie's
profit participation,
the money's just not there
- for the equity partners.
- Uh, I have access to the books.
There are certain adjustments
that could be made.
Which would affect the quality of life
here at the firm, and with people
resigning right and left
Just, uh, let me fiddle with the numbers
and present you with a plan.
Fine.
Fine, but can
can you let me see the plan
before you announce it?
- I can do that.
- Great.
I'm an extrovert.
I can get a little carried away
in a room full of people.
Noted.
- Jesus is Lord.
- Oh, yes, he is.
But you are not.
Jay.
- Don't worry. No one was injured.
- What?
- Wait, what?
- The car bomb.
It wasn't intended to kill.
Just to make a commotion.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
That's not what I need you for.
Come here, come here.
- What's up?
- Um
I, uh Well, it-it doesn't
seem as important now,
but I-I need you to look into Mr. Lane.
In what way?
Background. You know, go deep.
Even small things. Stuff that would
normally sneak by
a regular background check.
Why?
I need to see what he's about.
- God.
- I think we should do
a safety course for the firm
and get some more security.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. That makes sense.
Just keep me posted with what we
need to do.
Ah, he's pissed, that's why.
Landau thinks I kept him from
a job in the Biden White House.
- Did you?
- Yes, but so what?
Good, we bring that up on cross.
Show he's biased.
I mean, what could he say
about you anyway?
I don't know what he'll lie about,
but we talked about wanting
those Trump outtakes.
You talked? How much did you talk?
Just theoretically about a burglary,
but not in a concrete sort of way.
You could still sell it as someone
taking our plan and running with it.
Sure. Maybe I took it and
burglarized the building myself.
Marissa, do you need a moment?
No, this is my moment.
Here, with my loving dad,
- supporting him.
- So, there was
a plot? Is that what we're saying?
It was standard rat-fucking. You know,
you talk about 100 possibilities
to mess with the other side.
Y-You talk about sending hookers
to their prayer breakfast.
They do the same to you, but you
don't break the law.
And if you do break the law, you
do it through intermediaries.
Where are you going?
To my desk, to do actual work.
Your work is here.
No. I You don't need me.
I am a laughingstock in court.
- Get another lawyer to do that.
- Marissa.
If you quit,
- they will subpoena you.
- I know.
I might have to testify.
- Whoa, that is not
- Wait, wait, wait.
Wait. Hey.
Okay, what do you want, Marissa?
You want me to take you
on a father/daughter picnic?
Is that it?
You want to go to Disneyland?
Get photos taken with mouse ears?
This is who we are. If you're
in trouble, I help you.
If I'm in trouble, you help me.
- We're transactional.
- Exactly.
- Always have been, always will.
- Okay.
Here's the transaction.
I cross-examine Landau.
No, Marissa. Wesley is first chair.
Okay, then you don't need me.
Wait! Marissa.
Just give me a minute.
This is not an easy time
to be alive, for anyone.
Every day there seems to be
something new to worry about.
There's this low hum of anxiety
that's become knitted
into the fabric of our lives.
And we're all so used to it,
we think this is the way
life is supposed to feel,
but what I tell my patients
is it doesn't have to be like that.
I don't want to treat just the body
or the mind.
I want to treat the soul.
God, I love your voice.
Did you know
that one in every five people
suffer from chronic anxiety?
- Are you one of those people?
- I didn't think I was, but
maybe I am.
Well, if you are, I'm here for you.
I want to help you
feel the kind of spark
you haven't felt in a long time.
Keep talking.
I don't want you to just be happy.
- Mm.
- I want you to be truly content.
I want you to feel pleasure
in every part of your life.
How's that sound?
Good.
Mm. Really good.
Hey.
Kurt. Kurt.
- You're home.
- Yeah. I, uh,
I thought you sounded
a little lost on our last call.
I see you've been missing me.
Well, yeah, yeah, I am missing you.
Good. I've been missing you, too.
Let me take a shower.
No. No, cowboy, come on.
- I like you funky. Let's go.
- I smell like an airplane.
Good, let's join the mile-high club.
Come on.
I'm ready for takeoff.
Oh, no, don't.
No, it's so peaceful.
Oh.
I have to. It's work.
Yeah.
How bad?
We had nothing to do with that car bomb.
No one knows.
Just be ready for when the media calls.
"The NRA mourns this
senseless loss of life,
and our thoughts and prayers are
with the victims, et cetera"
The world moves
from craziness to craziness.
That's why the most important
thing is inner peace.
That's why I'm here.
Kurt.
Kurt, I want to tell you something.
All right.
I've been taking this treatment
that I think you should know about.
It's it's for anxiety.
I'm sorry, what
what anxiety?
Well, you know,
since the world fell apart.
I mean, the Cold War,
Roe v. Wade, civil rights, violence
in the streets, and
I started thinking a lot about death.
And it wasn't good.
Why didn't you tell me?
Well, I mean, you weren't here.
And I'm telling you now,
maybe because I feel better.
I-I found something that works.
It's called PT-108.
It's like ketamine,
but it's not as powerful.
Ketamine? Isn't that, like,
a horse tranquilizer?
Well, not in this case.
It's FDA approved,
and it's administered
and supervised by a doctor.
Oh, so, where'd you find this doctor?
Is this through somebody you know?
I found it on the Internet.
Well, if you're not feeling well,
you should go see a real doctor.
We can look for referrals together.
Why are we even having this discussion?
Because you brought it up,
and you're taking drugs.
No, I'm not taking drugs.
No. And I'm I am not asking
for advice or even help.
I'm just sharing something.
I-I'm sharing a good thing.
- Diane
- No.
I-I understand
you're concerned because you care,
and I appreciate it,
but it's-it's okay.
Okay? Let's just
leave it alone.
Welcome back to Go Ask Alan,
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And now to our final segment.
The release we're most
anticipating this month is
"Thirty Minute Docket",
a juicy podcast about cases
within a Chicago law firm.
I've spent more years of my life
inside the courtroom than out.
Three decades, 426 cases and counting.
- My name is Ri'Chard Lane
- Oh.
and I'm a litigator.
Is-is there is there
something wrong, Officer?
We will go from this worship
with the freedom of those
that trust in you.
In the name of Jesus.
Amen.
Amen.
- Ri'Chard.
- Oh, oh, oh, gentlemen
and madam, this is
my partner, Liz Reddick,
daughter of Carl.
Hello, hello. Nice to see you all.
Ri'Chard, can we talk in my office?
- Uh
- Thank you. So nice to see you all.
Take care. Buh-bye.
What the fuck are you doing?
I'm
meeting with local pastors. New clients.
No. "Thirty Minute Docket"?
Oh. It's just an idea.
Wh No. No, it's not just an idea,
not when I hear it on NPR,
- it's not just an idea.
- It was on NPR?
No. This is a independent
Ugh, Ri'Chard, this is wrong
on so many levels,
I don't, I don't even know
where to start.
You can't just take our cases and
They have fictionalized names,
and I've been checking with our clients.
- But they're not your cases.
- Right.
That's why I check
with the lawyers involved.
And you just put your name in
instead of theirs?
Well, that's just good branding, Liz.
The listener needs someone
to identify with.
Oh, my God, you-you don't
even see why this is wrong.
Liz
This law firm has to update itself
or be swamped
by the future.
People are drawn
to strength,
and this makes us strong.
We will lose clients.
We've already drawn clients
who have heard
the promo for it.
Just give it a chance, Liz.
Liz, may-maybe it's
an embarrassment, maybe.
No harm, no foul.
You can't just make decisions by fiat.
This is not "you", this is "we".
This whole law firm is always "we".
Ubuntu: I am
because we are.
All right.
This is how it works.
You have an idea, any idea,
you want to scratch your ass,
we talk, we discuss,
we agree,
and then you can move forward.
Not before. You need to stop
with this "better to ask
forgiveness than permission" bullshit.
Do you understand?
Get out of my office.
I want you to come to dinner tonight.
Why?
Let's get to know each other
personally.
I want to know what makes you tick.
You can find out what makes
me tick. Come on.
- No.
- Come on. Come on, come on!
- I make a mean Cajun catfish.
- No, I can't.
7:00 p.m.
It'll be my apology.
- We have the Democratic fundraiser tonight.
- Exactly.
It'll be our excuse.
Then we won't have to go.
I
7:00 p.m.
Mr. Landau, is it fair to say that,
in the months leading up
to the election of 2020,
you were in constant
contact with Eli Gold
about the campaign strategy to defeat
Donald Trump?
If you were a Democrat in 2020,
that was Job Number One.
And as part of Job Number One,
did Eli Gold ever propose
breaking into the offices
of Mark Burnett?
Objection. Hearsay.
Illinois Rule 803, hearsay exceptions.
You might look it up, young lady.
Overruled.
Please answer, sir.
I have to acknowledge that
Eli's proposal to break into
The Apprentice's office
may have been said in jest.
Your Honor, non-responsive.
Please instruct the witness
to confine his remarks
- to answering the question.
- That's what he did, Your Honor.
- No, he did not.
- What are you, eight?
The witness is allowed to contextualize
the defendant's statement
in whatever way he wants.
Witness's remark stands.
Mr. Landau, was, uh,
the defendant's daughter,
Marissa Gold, ever present when
breaking into Mark Burnett's
office was discussed?
- Objection. Irrelevant.
- Objection, Your Honor. - CHASE: Overruled.
Sounds pretty relevant to me.
She was not,
but she was working
as an investigator at the time,
and he suggested she may have
some tricks of the trade to share.
Your Honor, move to have
Marissa Gold disqualified
- as defense counsel.
- Based on what?
Based on being called to testify.
I submit the only reason
she's been made part of the defense team
is to prevent her from testifying.
How the fuck would you know that?
Ms. Gold, I will not tolerate
the use of profanity
from your father or you. In fact,
I will hear arguments
tomorrow on the motion
to call Marissa Gold
as a witness.
Come in with your arguments ready.
Can you get the gate for me?
- Oh, sure.
- Thanks.
Thank you.
Do you want a pastry?
They're day-old, but they're great.
They'll last five minutes in there.
No, I-I'm fine. Thank you.
Let me get my keys. Can you hold this?
Uh, sure.
Are you here to see Becky?
Uh, no. Ri'Chard.
Oh, yeah. You're the workmate.
Come on in.
Watch out for the train tracks.
I always trip on them.
Ri'Ch! Your friend is here.
Hold on, let me set my purse down.
- Sugar!
- Oh.
Oh. Hi. Hi.
Are you here for Ri'Chard?
He's in the kitchen.
- Can I take your shoes?
- Uh, sure.
- Can I, can I put this down somewhere?
- Uh, your pastries?
The kids really shouldn't
have that much.
Oh, they're-they're not, uh
Oh, sorry, that's Oliver, he's fine.
Um, can I get you a drink?
Uh, I-I brought, uh, some wine, so
We have two specialty drinks:
a Fashionable,
which is Ri'Chard's version
of an old fashioned,
or a spicy sidecar.
Uh, I'll try the Fashionable.
One second.
Oliver!
Can I, uh Oh, wow.
- Whoa.
- Who are you?
Uh, I'm I, uh, I'm-I'm Liz Reddick.
- I'm
- You really shouldn't be giving the kids sugar,
- not this close to bedtime.
- Oh, no.
The Some-Someone else
handed this to me.
Uh, can you point me
in the direction of Ri'Chard?
You'll have to take off
your shoes first.
Oh, hey, uh, you're
not supposed to have,
uh Oh, you know what?
You're not my kids.
Okay.
No more pastries.
What's going on out there?
I want these kids to eat.
- Ri'Chard?
- Oh, hey, Liz.
Come on in.
- Oh, here's your drink.
- Oh.
I am so happy to meet
Ri'Chard's work wife.
Oh, thank you. It's
- nice to meet you, too.
- Let's go. Upstairs.
- Hey.
- Too spicy or just spicy enough?
Oh. Mmm. It's just enough. It's good.
Sorry about all the chaos.
It was supposed to be family game night,
but someone didn't read the calendar.
It wasn't on the calendar.
How's your drink?
Oh, it's, uh
Ah, it's good.
That's-that's good.
So, is, uh, your house
always this confusing?
Ah, diplomatic word. A house
is always warmer when there are
more people in it, don't you think?
Uh, are, uh,
- all of these your children?
- Uh, no, uh,
some of them. Uh, some are neighbors.
I found I never had
to worry about my kids
if I made our house the most
- fun one on the block.
- Mm-hmm.
- Then all the friends came here.
- Yeah.
- Uh, how many kids do you have?
- Oh, just one.
Uh, well, you should've
brought, um, him? Her?
Him. Him. No, he's-he's-he's
with his dad.
Oh, th-that's right, you're
divorced. Oof. I could never
- do that.
- Why?
I, um,
have trouble ending things.
Jesus is Lord.
All authority in heaven and earth.
Oh, the bottle's in the fridge.
I thought you two were going to
that Democratic thing tonight.
Uh, we decided
to stay home and, um, talk.
Talk about what?
Why we hate each other so much.
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Have you been
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Our first performers tonight were
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Well, hello.
Oh, hi.
I saw you in there heading out.
I-I just wanted to say
hello before you left.
Oh, no, no, no. I-I-I just have a stain
on this metallic fabric.
Oh, I'm sorry.
No, no, no, I-I don't drink a lot,
and-and never within 24 hours
of the treatment.
I wasn't keeping track.
I should have known I'd see you
at something like this.
Why's that?
Oh, our conversations about politics.
Oh, right, right, right.
Oh, God, is this boring.
A screwdriver.
Hello.
Except I don't know you, do I?
Lyle Bettencourt, this is Marissa Gold.
She's a lawyer at our firm.
- Are you a client?
- No.
Okay, I give up.
Uh, Diane and I bumped
into each other on a trip.
Oh, shit.
Nice to meet you.
I have to go stop my dad
from killing someone.
So, what are the ?
What are the ethics of this?
The ethics of standing
next to each other
at a bar talking? I think we're okay.
Okay, but I don't want
to break any rules.
So, how are you?
You mean after the treatment
- or after the explosion?
- Both.
Let's say both.
Blissfully neutral.
My feet tingle. Not a bad thing.
And colors still tickle my brain.
Good.
Do you need to come back?
Come back to you?
Yes, I want to come back.
I-I think it helps. Don't you?
- Think it helps? Yes.
- Mm.
- Can I ask you a question?
- Sure.
You're always so calm.
Do you Do you take
your own treatment?
No. If I had a need, I would,
but I haven't yet.
But, you know, let's give it
a couple of years.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
I found it in the car.
Oh, good. Uh, uh, Diane
and I were just talking.
- Oh. Hi.
- Hi.
I'm Alyssa. Nice to meet you.
And you. I really should get back.
Yeah, us, too. They'll be
passing around the hat
pretty soon health care,
health care, health care.
See you, Diane.
Bye.
They're using you
to send me to prison.
Are you okay with that?
What, you think I wanted to testify?
And as far as who can avoid
prison, I have
- the utmost faith that it's you.
- Dad, come on, let's go.
Look, Frank, is it an apology you want?
- Is that what this is about?
- What are you talking about?
Dad, this entire conversation
can end up in court. Come on.
Listen to your daughter, Eli.
You're hurting yourself.
Dad, stop. Why are you doing this? Stop.
Do not follow me into the men's room.
You think I betrayed you
with the president.
- Let it lie, Eli.
- I did you a favor.
As soon as Biden tanked in the polls,
you would have been put out to pasture.
Jesus Christ, can I have some peace?
Tell me you don't think
you're gonna be rewarded
for giving me up.
Tell me you're not that fucking naive.
You did this to yourself.
When I found out you were serious
Die, Eli Gold, you fucking Jew!
Thanks for coming over.
Did we settle anything?
No but it was interesting.
- It was.
- Yeah.
Next time we should probably get drunk.
- Here.
- Oh, yeah.
Oh, God, we are one with you.
What is that? Amber Alert?
Um
Oh, God.
It's some kind of shooting near here.
- Some protest shooting.
- Oh, my God.
It's at the Democratic fundraiser.
One casualty. Francis Landau.
Head of the Democratic Committee?
Oh, my God, yeah. I-I know him.
Downtown is on lockdown until
the shooter is apprehended.
20-block radius around the ballroom.
We're ten blocks from the Straton.
You should probably make
yourself comfortable.
You're gonna be stuck here for a while.
Oh, God.
Dad, can I get you anything?
Dad?
Oh, it was so weird.
I was right beside him.
And this guy just came up behind us
and said, "Die, you filthy Jew,
Eli Gold".
Eli Gold.
He thought he was killing me.
The world has gone crazy, Dad.
But Frank's dead because of me.
He's not even Jewish. He's
He's got three kids.
And he's, like, Presbyterian
something or other.
I'm glad you're alive, Dad.
- Did you see him leave?
- Who, the shooter?
- Uh-huh.
- No.
I heard the sound. I didn't
know it was a gunshot.
I thought it was a garbage can
falling or something.
And I turned to the door,
but there was a crowd in the way.
What am I doing with my life?
What? What do you mean?
People hate me.
They hate me so much,
they want to kill me.
Dad, they want to kill us
because we're Jewish. Okay?
You could be selling pretzels
on the street,
they'd still want to kill you.
No. It's like Lee Atwater. Remember him?
At the end he-he apologized.
He had, uh, brain cancer or something,
but he died and-and he said,
"I'm sorry for Willie Horton".
You come into the world
wanting to make it a better place,
and you end up just making a mess.
You make a difference, Dad.
You make a difference to me, anyway.
If I die, you'll be there, right?
- You'll give the eulogy?
- Dad.
You're not dying.
We just live in a bad time, Marissa.
I've got to change my life.
I've got to stop.
I've got to confess.
Confess what?
Everything. What I did.
No, you don't. Dad, no.
Mr. Gold, can we talk to you over here?
Dad, just say what you saw.
Okay? Don't say anything else.
I'll drive you home.
All right, so
I have to ask this question.
Which one of them are you married to?
Which one is your wife?
Well, I-I-I-I must have seen, what, four?
I needed a cheat sheet to keep track.
Uh, will it offend you if I told you
- none of them?
- None of them?
What is this, a commune?
Just a loving household.
And you're a Christian?
Born in the blood of Christ.
Okay.
My wife died.
One is her sister, one is her friend.
One is my friend,
one's a college dropout.
Um, I-I collect female energy.
Watch out, women have dinner
here and never leave.
Don't knock it.
You might just like it.
Okay, all right, well,
since we're bearing our souls
to each other,
what are you in this for?
Is it the money?
What-what are we talking about?
The women?
No, no.
Reddick and Associates.
Oh.
Power. Respect. Independence.
Uh, branding my name.
What about you?
No, let me guess.
You're into this for
your father's legacy.
Oh, my God, no.
No.
No, I always wanted to be
the opposite of my father.
When he was a defense lawyer,
I became a prosecutor.
When he was representing Goliaths,
I represented Davids.
That's what I like about you.
That rebellious spirit.
That's what makes you hot.
Oh God.
You're so funny.
- I
- Why is that?
Well, but you-you
you don't know it's too much
until you push it.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah,
that sounds about right.
When I first started my career,
I wasn't so polished.
I didn't care because
I knew I was smart.
I could win any debate,
so what did it matter
how I presented myself or what I wore?
Well, you've changed.
Yeah.
Right out of law school,
I got to the final round
of interviews at my dream firm,
and the partner,
ooh, he brought me into the board room,
and there, in front of all
the other partners,
he pulled out a laser pointer
and he pointed it
at every part of me.
Explaining how someone
with shoes like that
could never survive.
How someone with this haircut
would be laughed out of client meetings.
How someone in a
in a polyester suit, like mine,
would end up in the gutter.
I was trash.
Sorry.
Yeah, but it was an incentive.
I'm sure everybody has an incentive.
That was the day I told myself,
"I will show him".
"I will be everything he said I wasn't".
And that's how I ended up here with you
in a $10,000 suit
drinking a $900 bottle of wine.
Oh, well, it looks like
we have the all clear.
All right, well, um
this has been very illuminating.
I'm glad you approved.
Yeah. Oh, gosh, okay.
Well
I will, um, see you at work.
I'll see you at work.
God, nothing seems real right now.
Or lasting.
You okay?
I-I was talking to someone
at my table afterwards,
after the shooting,
'cause we were all just stuck there,
and this person brought up
the connection
- between love and death.
- Huh?
It's like in-in Tristan and Isolde.
Their love is so intense, it-it,
you know, it can last
even after they die.
You don't know what I mean, do you?
Diane, I think you're
asking me questions
that you know I don't
know the answer to.
And I'm not sure why.
I'm not here for a literature test.
I'm here 'cause I love you.
You know who I am.
You know what I'm good at.
What I care about.
Do you love me?
Yes.
Have I passed the test?
Yes.
We need her, Your Honor.
We don't have Frank Landau
anymore for tragic reasons.
Marissa Gold is alive and well
and able to testify.
Is that your only argument
you need her?
Circumstances have changed. A man died.
And as far as I can tell,
only one person
stood to benefit from his murder.
Excuse me, what the fuck?
- Ms. Gold.
- I'm sorry, Your Honor, but what is he implying?
Fox News reported that
Eli Gold was arguing violently
- with the victim just before the murder.
- I was there.
The gunman's target was
my father, not Frank Landau.
So he claims, anyways.
Oh, my God, are you nuts?
- Let's keep this respectful, please.
- Tell him.
He's implying my father killed someone.
I saw my dad's shirt
covered with Landau's brains.
Your Honor, look at that table.
How many lawyers
does one man need, especially if he's
as innocent as he pretends.
Mr. Gold is allowed to choose
his own defense team.
Hold on! I'm ready to rule.
Prosecution has made
a compelling argument,
and I'm granting the motion.
Ms. Gold, get ready to testify.
This can work.
Good.
Uh, we thought it might.
It's very
generous of you to, uh, give up
a portion of your bonuses.
Well, it's worth it
for the goodwill of the firm.
It might still be a little tight,
but there are other places
I can pinch from.
Well, go ahead and pinch.
Yeah, I-I must say,
it's great to see you two
have united on this.
It'll be a big relief for the partners.
- There have been grumblings.
- Anytime.
- Good job, Liz.
- You, too.
Hey.
How's it going down there?
As far as I can tell,
there's just more people
and more arrests.
Yeah, the assassination last night.
They're blocking off the lobby today.
Everybody's being directed out
through the loading dock.
Okay, well, that makes sense.
Just keep us posted
if there's anything that we need to do.
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay?
I dug deeper into Ri'Chard.
I thought you'd want to hear about it.
Oh, God, yeah, I I almost forgot.
- What do you, what do you have?
- Past history.
He has history with the firm.
- What firm?
- Ours.
When your dad was running it.
Really?
Ri'Chard was a first-year associate,
he applied here, and your father
wouldn't hire him.
In fact, Ri'Chard filed
a class discrimination suit against him,
but Reddick used his contacts
to quash the suit
before it became public.
Ri'Chard told me last night that
he got rejected from his first firm
because his clothes looked cheap,
and he said the partner
called him trash.
Mm, yeah, that's probably your dad.
Did he mention that?
No.
Do you think he's here
with some secret agenda?
I don't know.
What would it be?
Do you have a minute?
Uh, Marissa, this is not the best time.
Could we, uh, talk tomorrow?
I have to testify against
my dad today, so not so much.
Yeah, yeah. Sorry.
- God, it's getting worse, isn't it?
- Yeah.
- Thought it'd be over by now.
- Yeah.
So, I figure you've heard
about this case against my dad.
I have.
The judge is making me testify
now that the prosecution
doesn't have Landau.
And the things they're gonna
ask me about are
things I did.
- Did you know what your father was gonna do?
- No.
He kept me in the dark. Unsurprising.
But if I tell the truth,
it'll be bad for him,
and if I withhold the truth
You would be perjuring yourself.
And jeopardizing my law license,
which I know I've only had it
for a couple months,
but I kind of like it.
Well, I'm sorry, Marissa,
I can't advise you
to perjure yourself.
I know.
If it's okay, I wanted to ask
about your father.
You know, since we're both in the
ethically-compromised dads club.
It's not a very fun club
to be in, is it?
It sucks.
When we uncovered that stuff
about your dad and the women,
you asked me to find out
how many more there were.
I did that.
I put it in a folder and gave it to you.
Did you ever read it?
- How will that answer help you?
- I don't know if it will.
I-I'm-I'm just trying
to figure out what
Uh, no.
No, I didn't read it.
Eli.
You look lost.
Marissa will be here in a minute.
It's getting bad down there.
Yeah, it is.
I'm so sorry about Frank.
I am, too.
They were coming for me.
I know.
Do you have any protection?
I-I have a few guards down by the car.
I have 'em for a couple days,
then their contracts will run out.
It feels weird. I'm-I'm a mechanic.
I'm not a public figure.
We're all public figures now.
Come on in.
Sure. Why not? Let's drink.
Cheers.
Was there a better time, or
has it always been like this?
I don't know. Whenever I'm
smack-dab in the middle
of the time, I always think
it's the worst time,
and then, I don't know,
five years later I think,
"Huh, that was a pretty good time".
- I fell apart today.
- Well, that makes sense.
A person was murdered right beside you.
And they thought they were murdering me.
Yeah, so how could you not fall apart?
I've been wondering how much
I've been contributing
to all this.
Turning the opposition into the enemy,
turning the enemy into psychopaths.
Eli, you're not the one
who assaulted the Capitol.
How do we get out of this?
They're shouting, so
do we just shout louder?
I don't know, but if we don't
shout back, they'll win.
And when they win,
they will trash everything.
Oh, my God, I am so exhausted.
Okay, so
here's what I suggest.
Finish your drink, stand up,
pull yourself together,
and go out there and kick some ass.
This country is worth
fighting for; it always was.
And our enemies want to
stop voting from happening.
That's not just galling,
that is the end of America.
And we can't let that happen.
Where do you find your optimism?
In a hallucinogenic drug called PT-108.
- Are you joking?
- No.
Tell me if you want me to set up
an appointment for you.
Eli, I need you to fight the good fight.
I need to know that
there is someone out there
who can quarterback the game.
Because I know our politicians
aren't up to it.
It has to be you.
The person behind the scene.
I'm sorry, if you want me to
contribute to your bodyguards,
I will, but you have
to get back in the fight.
Hey.
Marissa Gold, how are you?
- Better now.
- Why?
'Cause I was listening to you two,
and I decided something.
Let's get to court, Dad.
Okay, daughter.
Hello, you must be Diane.
Oh. Hi.
- It's you.
- Ye-Yes, hi.
I'm here for my session
with Dr. Bettencourt.
Yes, I know.
I'm sorry, we met at the fundraiser.
That was awful, wasn't it?
The shooting, yes.
Anyway, I'm Dr. Alyssa Schuman.
Dr. Bettencourt had to go
out of town last minute,
take care of a personal matter.
So I'm filling in.
Do you have any idea when
Dr. Bettencourt will be back?
Not as of now, but
we'll keep you posted.
May I offer you some cucumber water?
No.
Then let's get you hooked up.
My father is brilliant at certain things
but a disaster at others.
I guarantee you
he thought Pegasus
was just a winged horse
until you brought these charges.
Ms. Gold, do you know
the meaning of perjury?
Objection.
Seriously?
Sustained.
Okay, I'll ask you directly.
Did Eli Gold ask you
to get ahold of a copy
of the security system Pegasus?
My dad calls me for
technical advice sometimes.
I've explained to him
how to embed images
in emails or tweets,
which, by the way,
he still calls "twitters".
You do that, too?
Guilty.
I've helped him set up Zoom calls.
But I've never helped him spy
or hack, and I certainly
haven't helped him use Pegasus.
Ms. Gold, if you're telling the truth,
then why did Frank Landau
believe that you were involved
- in the attempted burglary?
- Mr. Kirkpatrick
is about to object on the grounds
that your question calls
for speculation.
I suspect Judge Chase
would sustain that objection
and tell me not to answer you.
But I would like to try
to answer your question.
Go ahead.
Frank Landau had seen me help
my dad with technology
on other occasions
and, without evidence,
jumped to the wrong conclusion.
And you can hardly blame him, Mr. Sheen,
as it appears he was only
following your example.
Jews will not replace us!
- Thank you.
- Hey.
I'm your daughter.
- Where you headed?
- D.C.
Landau's gone.
Dems need me.
You can stay for another night.
We'll have dinner.
I'd better not.
They might shoot you,
thinking you're me.
Jews will not replace us!
Incredibly,
your mother had to talk
me into having a kid.
I know. She told me.
I'm glad she did.
You're my greatest achievement.
Don't be a stranger.
I won't.
And I won't forget what you did today.
Don't get shot, Dad. I would miss you.
I'd miss me, too.
I'm worried this is
the last time I'll see you.
Don't say that.
Stay safe.
Jews will not replace us!
Jews will not replace us!
Jews will not replace us!
Jews will not replace us!
Jews will not replace
Are you all right?
I think so. You?
Yeah. Wow.
Yes.
Wow.
You're very calm.
No, no, that-that is not what I heard.
- Because you're listening to Fox.
- I am not listening to Fox.
What is it? What happened?
- A car bomb next door.
- Reaching all the way up here?
- It was parked on the top floor.
- Who did it? - I don't know.
It was antifa or the militia.
It was the militia.
- Was anyone hurt?
- No one knows.
I certainly hope not.
We cannot keep working like this.
I agree, so how do we know
it was the militia or antifa?
- We don't exactly know.
- We don't know.
We guess.
And no one else is left in the building?
We-we haven't checked.
We're-we're getting out of here.
Yeah.
That's a fucking car bomb.
That's what that is.
- Anybody hurt?
- Some flying windows,
broken glass, but no injuries.
It's the militia, right?
Is anyone taking responsibility?
- No one yet.
- It's from the protests, Your Honor.
Well, I'm sure they'll tell us
when to clear the building.
Let's get back to it.
Please continue, Mr. Sheen.
Mr. Gold, were you involved
in the planning and carrying out of the
so-called "Democratic Watergate"?
I have been advised by counsel
to invoke my rights against
self-incrimination
under the fifth amendment.
Mr. Gold, did you, in fact
Your Honor, must we
go through this charade?
My client intends to invoke
his fifth amendment rights
to all these questions,
not because he did it, but because
- I have advised him
- Counselor,
can we just accept that Mr. Gold
is going to take the fifth?
No, Your Honor.
I would like to see his reaction
to all of my questions.
If I may continue?
Mr. Gold, did you, in June of 2020,
plan and execute
the burglary of the offices
of the TV producer, Mark Burnett?
I have been advised by counsel
to invoke my rights against
self-incrimination under
the fifth amendment.
Does your look of horror
imply that you're scared
of the truth coming out?
Objection. My client
was being sarcastic.
Well, let's hold off on the sarcasm,
please. These charges are serious.
Mr. Gold, did you intend to burglarize
Mr. Burnett's offices in order to locate
and purloin outtakes from
the TV show The Apprentice?
I have been advised by counsel
to invoke my rights
against self-incrimination
under the fifth amendment.
Mr. Gold, did you, in fact, try
to acquire these outtakes
because you believed
they showed President Donald Trump
using the "n-word"?
I have been advised by counsel
- to invoke my rights
- Mr. Gold, did you in fact
May I finish answering, please?
I have been advised
by counsel
to invoke my rights
under the fifth amendment
of the Constitution
of the United States
of America
the world,
Earth.
Yeah.
Mr. Gold did you, in fact,
enlist the technical know-how
of your daughter,
Marissa Gold, sitting
right over there, in
turning off Mr. Burnett's
security system?
Objection. Not in evidence.
Oh, I understand your objection,
given that you have added
Ms. Gold to your defense team
in order to prevent her from
answering these very questions.
Your Honor, if Mr. Sheen
wants to bring charges against
Ms. Gold, let him do it.
Otherwise, he should stop
harassing my co-counsel.
Sustained.
Any more questions?
Mr. Gold, did you add your
daughter to your defense team
so that she couldn't answer
these questions?
- Objection, Your Honor.
- Sustained.
Mr. Gold, have you noticed
how many words your daughter
has said from the defense table?
Objection. Relevance.
She hasn't said any words. It's relevant
because Ms. Gold has only
been a lawyer for a month,
and she's been added
to your defense team
in order to prevent her
from incriminating her dad.
Your Honor, can we get
the objections ruled on
before the next outrageous question?
Sustained.
Counselor, if Mr. Gold
is your only witness,
I think I'm going to
dismiss these charges.
No, uh, I have another witness.
Uh, Your Honor,
uh, we would like to call
a new witness to the stand.
Sure, another witness
who will take the fifth over
Uh, Your Honor,
we ask for a short break.
Well, it seems Ms. Gold
has found her voice.
Yes, we'll recess until tomorrow.
What the hell are you doing?
She's doing her job.
Landau's turned on us.
Frank.
I can't talk to you, Eli.
Let's head out this way.
Fuck.
Dad, you and I need to talk.
Eli, we need to strategize.
You fucked me.
When did you become so foul-mouthed?
You asked for access to Pegasus,
the security system.
I thought it was for a client of yours.
- You can't prove it wasn't.
- Oh, my God. I never would've
given you access if I thought
you were gonna do something
this stupid,
- or this sloppy.
- Marissa.
This is just a bullshit hit
from the Republican attack machine.
How many phones did you hack?
Just Mark Burnett or all of NBC?
I didn't do this
because there's no proof I did this,
so this argument is a
massive waste of time.
- Hello, Diane.
- Hello, you two.
Here, have a flower.
One for each of you.
Thank you.
Oh, Diane, there's something
shiny in your Ow.
- It's a piece of glass.
- Oh, yes,
- I had a window explode on me.
- What?
Yeah, at my doctor's office.
You were near the car bomb?
Are you all right?
Yes. I'm surprisingly well.
As a reminder, the uh,
we bought two tables
for the Democratic fundraiser
tomorrow night, so it'd be great
if we could fill them.
Let's invite the associates.
It's not usually how we do things.
But change is good,
- right?
- Well, yeah, we can
absolutely invite
some of the associates.
Yeah.
Uh
Now, regarding the budget review
Why Democratic fundraisers?
Well, the DNC has thrown us
a lot of work over the years.
That's a valuable relationship
to maintain.
Maybe we should consider
a more grassroots approach to outreach.
Meaning?
Local Black churches.
That's where we need to spend our time
- and our resources.
- Okay.
We will definitely consider that. Uh
- you can see that the projected income
- There's one other
thing I'd like to consider.
- The adjusted draw.
- What's that now?
The equity partners need to receive
the original draw they were
promised by STR Laurie.
Agreed, but if you, uh,
look at the earnings
- from this past quarter, I don't
- No, no.
No, this is Ri'Chard's top priority.
There is too much disparity between
the partner-level draw
and the equity-level draw.
- I need to make this right.
- Agree. 100%.
Amen.
You hated my ideas.
Uh, no, it's just that you
promised something that
the firm cannot deliver.
With STR Laurie's
profit participation,
the money's just not there
- for the equity partners.
- Uh, I have access to the books.
There are certain adjustments
that could be made.
Which would affect the quality of life
here at the firm, and with people
resigning right and left
Just, uh, let me fiddle with the numbers
and present you with a plan.
Fine.
Fine, but can
can you let me see the plan
before you announce it?
- I can do that.
- Great.
I'm an extrovert.
I can get a little carried away
in a room full of people.
Noted.
- Jesus is Lord.
- Oh, yes, he is.
But you are not.
Jay.
- Don't worry. No one was injured.
- What?
- Wait, what?
- The car bomb.
It wasn't intended to kill.
Just to make a commotion.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
That's not what I need you for.
Come here, come here.
- What's up?
- Um
I, uh Well, it-it doesn't
seem as important now,
but I-I need you to look into Mr. Lane.
In what way?
Background. You know, go deep.
Even small things. Stuff that would
normally sneak by
a regular background check.
Why?
I need to see what he's about.
- God.
- I think we should do
a safety course for the firm
and get some more security.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. That makes sense.
Just keep me posted with what we
need to do.
Ah, he's pissed, that's why.
Landau thinks I kept him from
a job in the Biden White House.
- Did you?
- Yes, but so what?
Good, we bring that up on cross.
Show he's biased.
I mean, what could he say
about you anyway?
I don't know what he'll lie about,
but we talked about wanting
those Trump outtakes.
You talked? How much did you talk?
Just theoretically about a burglary,
but not in a concrete sort of way.
You could still sell it as someone
taking our plan and running with it.
Sure. Maybe I took it and
burglarized the building myself.
Marissa, do you need a moment?
No, this is my moment.
Here, with my loving dad,
- supporting him.
- So, there was
a plot? Is that what we're saying?
It was standard rat-fucking. You know,
you talk about 100 possibilities
to mess with the other side.
Y-You talk about sending hookers
to their prayer breakfast.
They do the same to you, but you
don't break the law.
And if you do break the law, you
do it through intermediaries.
Where are you going?
To my desk, to do actual work.
Your work is here.
No. I You don't need me.
I am a laughingstock in court.
- Get another lawyer to do that.
- Marissa.
If you quit,
- they will subpoena you.
- I know.
I might have to testify.
- Whoa, that is not
- Wait, wait, wait.
Wait. Hey.
Okay, what do you want, Marissa?
You want me to take you
on a father/daughter picnic?
Is that it?
You want to go to Disneyland?
Get photos taken with mouse ears?
This is who we are. If you're
in trouble, I help you.
If I'm in trouble, you help me.
- We're transactional.
- Exactly.
- Always have been, always will.
- Okay.
Here's the transaction.
I cross-examine Landau.
No, Marissa. Wesley is first chair.
Okay, then you don't need me.
Wait! Marissa.
Just give me a minute.
This is not an easy time
to be alive, for anyone.
Every day there seems to be
something new to worry about.
There's this low hum of anxiety
that's become knitted
into the fabric of our lives.
And we're all so used to it,
we think this is the way
life is supposed to feel,
but what I tell my patients
is it doesn't have to be like that.
I don't want to treat just the body
or the mind.
I want to treat the soul.
God, I love your voice.
Did you know
that one in every five people
suffer from chronic anxiety?
- Are you one of those people?
- I didn't think I was, but
maybe I am.
Well, if you are, I'm here for you.
I want to help you
feel the kind of spark
you haven't felt in a long time.
Keep talking.
I don't want you to just be happy.
- Mm.
- I want you to be truly content.
I want you to feel pleasure
in every part of your life.
How's that sound?
Good.
Mm. Really good.
Hey.
Kurt. Kurt.
- You're home.
- Yeah. I, uh,
I thought you sounded
a little lost on our last call.
I see you've been missing me.
Well, yeah, yeah, I am missing you.
Good. I've been missing you, too.
Let me take a shower.
No. No, cowboy, come on.
- I like you funky. Let's go.
- I smell like an airplane.
Good, let's join the mile-high club.
Come on.
I'm ready for takeoff.
Oh, no, don't.
No, it's so peaceful.
Oh.
I have to. It's work.
Yeah.
How bad?
We had nothing to do with that car bomb.
No one knows.
Just be ready for when the media calls.
"The NRA mourns this
senseless loss of life,
and our thoughts and prayers are
with the victims, et cetera"
The world moves
from craziness to craziness.
That's why the most important
thing is inner peace.
That's why I'm here.
Kurt.
Kurt, I want to tell you something.
All right.
I've been taking this treatment
that I think you should know about.
It's it's for anxiety.
I'm sorry, what
what anxiety?
Well, you know,
since the world fell apart.
I mean, the Cold War,
Roe v. Wade, civil rights, violence
in the streets, and
I started thinking a lot about death.
And it wasn't good.
Why didn't you tell me?
Well, I mean, you weren't here.
And I'm telling you now,
maybe because I feel better.
I-I found something that works.
It's called PT-108.
It's like ketamine,
but it's not as powerful.
Ketamine? Isn't that, like,
a horse tranquilizer?
Well, not in this case.
It's FDA approved,
and it's administered
and supervised by a doctor.
Oh, so, where'd you find this doctor?
Is this through somebody you know?
I found it on the Internet.
Well, if you're not feeling well,
you should go see a real doctor.
We can look for referrals together.
Why are we even having this discussion?
Because you brought it up,
and you're taking drugs.
No, I'm not taking drugs.
No. And I'm I am not asking
for advice or even help.
I'm just sharing something.
I-I'm sharing a good thing.
- Diane
- No.
I-I understand
you're concerned because you care,
and I appreciate it,
but it's-it's okay.
Okay? Let's just
leave it alone.
Welcome back to Go Ask Alan,
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And now to our final segment.
The release we're most
anticipating this month is
"Thirty Minute Docket",
a juicy podcast about cases
within a Chicago law firm.
I've spent more years of my life
inside the courtroom than out.
Three decades, 426 cases and counting.
- My name is Ri'Chard Lane
- Oh.
and I'm a litigator.
Is-is there is there
something wrong, Officer?
We will go from this worship
with the freedom of those
that trust in you.
In the name of Jesus.
Amen.
Amen.
- Ri'Chard.
- Oh, oh, oh, gentlemen
and madam, this is
my partner, Liz Reddick,
daughter of Carl.
Hello, hello. Nice to see you all.
Ri'Chard, can we talk in my office?
- Uh
- Thank you. So nice to see you all.
Take care. Buh-bye.
What the fuck are you doing?
I'm
meeting with local pastors. New clients.
No. "Thirty Minute Docket"?
Oh. It's just an idea.
Wh No. No, it's not just an idea,
not when I hear it on NPR,
- it's not just an idea.
- It was on NPR?
No. This is a independent
Ugh, Ri'Chard, this is wrong
on so many levels,
I don't, I don't even know
where to start.
You can't just take our cases and
They have fictionalized names,
and I've been checking with our clients.
- But they're not your cases.
- Right.
That's why I check
with the lawyers involved.
And you just put your name in
instead of theirs?
Well, that's just good branding, Liz.
The listener needs someone
to identify with.
Oh, my God, you-you don't
even see why this is wrong.
Liz
This law firm has to update itself
or be swamped
by the future.
People are drawn
to strength,
and this makes us strong.
We will lose clients.
We've already drawn clients
who have heard
the promo for it.
Just give it a chance, Liz.
Liz, may-maybe it's
an embarrassment, maybe.
No harm, no foul.
You can't just make decisions by fiat.
This is not "you", this is "we".
This whole law firm is always "we".
Ubuntu: I am
because we are.
All right.
This is how it works.
You have an idea, any idea,
you want to scratch your ass,
we talk, we discuss,
we agree,
and then you can move forward.
Not before. You need to stop
with this "better to ask
forgiveness than permission" bullshit.
Do you understand?
Get out of my office.
I want you to come to dinner tonight.
Why?
Let's get to know each other
personally.
I want to know what makes you tick.
You can find out what makes
me tick. Come on.
- No.
- Come on. Come on, come on!
- I make a mean Cajun catfish.
- No, I can't.
7:00 p.m.
It'll be my apology.
- We have the Democratic fundraiser tonight.
- Exactly.
It'll be our excuse.
Then we won't have to go.
I
7:00 p.m.
Mr. Landau, is it fair to say that,
in the months leading up
to the election of 2020,
you were in constant
contact with Eli Gold
about the campaign strategy to defeat
Donald Trump?
If you were a Democrat in 2020,
that was Job Number One.
And as part of Job Number One,
did Eli Gold ever propose
breaking into the offices
of Mark Burnett?
Objection. Hearsay.
Illinois Rule 803, hearsay exceptions.
You might look it up, young lady.
Overruled.
Please answer, sir.
I have to acknowledge that
Eli's proposal to break into
The Apprentice's office
may have been said in jest.
Your Honor, non-responsive.
Please instruct the witness
to confine his remarks
- to answering the question.
- That's what he did, Your Honor.
- No, he did not.
- What are you, eight?
The witness is allowed to contextualize
the defendant's statement
in whatever way he wants.
Witness's remark stands.
Mr. Landau, was, uh,
the defendant's daughter,
Marissa Gold, ever present when
breaking into Mark Burnett's
office was discussed?
- Objection. Irrelevant.
- Objection, Your Honor. - CHASE: Overruled.
Sounds pretty relevant to me.
She was not,
but she was working
as an investigator at the time,
and he suggested she may have
some tricks of the trade to share.
Your Honor, move to have
Marissa Gold disqualified
- as defense counsel.
- Based on what?
Based on being called to testify.
I submit the only reason
she's been made part of the defense team
is to prevent her from testifying.
How the fuck would you know that?
Ms. Gold, I will not tolerate
the use of profanity
from your father or you. In fact,
I will hear arguments
tomorrow on the motion
to call Marissa Gold
as a witness.
Come in with your arguments ready.
Can you get the gate for me?
- Oh, sure.
- Thanks.
Thank you.
Do you want a pastry?
They're day-old, but they're great.
They'll last five minutes in there.
No, I-I'm fine. Thank you.
Let me get my keys. Can you hold this?
Uh, sure.
Are you here to see Becky?
Uh, no. Ri'Chard.
Oh, yeah. You're the workmate.
Come on in.
Watch out for the train tracks.
I always trip on them.
Ri'Ch! Your friend is here.
Hold on, let me set my purse down.
- Sugar!
- Oh.
Oh. Hi. Hi.
Are you here for Ri'Chard?
He's in the kitchen.
- Can I take your shoes?
- Uh, sure.
- Can I, can I put this down somewhere?
- Uh, your pastries?
The kids really shouldn't
have that much.
Oh, they're-they're not, uh
Oh, sorry, that's Oliver, he's fine.
Um, can I get you a drink?
Uh, I-I brought, uh, some wine, so
We have two specialty drinks:
a Fashionable,
which is Ri'Chard's version
of an old fashioned,
or a spicy sidecar.
Uh, I'll try the Fashionable.
One second.
Oliver!
Can I, uh Oh, wow.
- Whoa.
- Who are you?
Uh, I'm I, uh, I'm-I'm Liz Reddick.
- I'm
- You really shouldn't be giving the kids sugar,
- not this close to bedtime.
- Oh, no.
The Some-Someone else
handed this to me.
Uh, can you point me
in the direction of Ri'Chard?
You'll have to take off
your shoes first.
Oh, hey, uh, you're
not supposed to have,
uh Oh, you know what?
You're not my kids.
Okay.
No more pastries.
What's going on out there?
I want these kids to eat.
- Ri'Chard?
- Oh, hey, Liz.
Come on in.
- Oh, here's your drink.
- Oh.
I am so happy to meet
Ri'Chard's work wife.
Oh, thank you. It's
- nice to meet you, too.
- Let's go. Upstairs.
- Hey.
- Too spicy or just spicy enough?
Oh. Mmm. It's just enough. It's good.
Sorry about all the chaos.
It was supposed to be family game night,
but someone didn't read the calendar.
It wasn't on the calendar.
How's your drink?
Oh, it's, uh
Ah, it's good.
That's-that's good.
So, is, uh, your house
always this confusing?
Ah, diplomatic word. A house
is always warmer when there are
more people in it, don't you think?
Uh, are, uh,
- all of these your children?
- Uh, no, uh,
some of them. Uh, some are neighbors.
I found I never had
to worry about my kids
if I made our house the most
- fun one on the block.
- Mm-hmm.
- Then all the friends came here.
- Yeah.
- Uh, how many kids do you have?
- Oh, just one.
Uh, well, you should've
brought, um, him? Her?
Him. Him. No, he's-he's-he's
with his dad.
Oh, th-that's right, you're
divorced. Oof. I could never
- do that.
- Why?
I, um,
have trouble ending things.
Jesus is Lord.
All authority in heaven and earth.
Oh, the bottle's in the fridge.
I thought you two were going to
that Democratic thing tonight.
Uh, we decided
to stay home and, um, talk.
Talk about what?
Why we hate each other so much.
Hello, Democrats.
Welcome.
Now, isn't it nice to be
in a room filled with people who believe
in democracy and free elections
and climate change and
freedom of expression?
Have you been
on a college campus recently?
Our first performers tonight were
devastated when their show got
shut down because of COVID
You all right?
I just hate hypocrisy.
Really? That's new.
their own ensemble, dedicated
to racial justice
and LGBTQ+ rights.
So, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
The Hamilton Swings.
All right. How you doing, Democrats?!
O beautiful ♪
For spacious skies ♪
Spacious? Just check out
that apartment of mine.
You all right, Ms. Lockhart?
Uh, yes. Yes, I just, uh
I'd better I'd better
get some club soda.
Majesties ♪
America, America ♪
Well, hello.
Oh, hi.
I saw you in there heading out.
I-I just wanted to say
hello before you left.
Oh, no, no, no. I-I-I just have a stain
on this metallic fabric.
Oh, I'm sorry.
No, no, no, I-I don't drink a lot,
and-and never within 24 hours
of the treatment.
I wasn't keeping track.
I should have known I'd see you
at something like this.
Why's that?
Oh, our conversations about politics.
Oh, right, right, right.
Oh, God, is this boring.
A screwdriver.
Hello.
Except I don't know you, do I?
Lyle Bettencourt, this is Marissa Gold.
She's a lawyer at our firm.
- Are you a client?
- No.
Okay, I give up.
Uh, Diane and I bumped
into each other on a trip.
Oh, shit.
Nice to meet you.
I have to go stop my dad
from killing someone.
So, what are the ?
What are the ethics of this?
The ethics of standing
next to each other
at a bar talking? I think we're okay.
Okay, but I don't want
to break any rules.
So, how are you?
You mean after the treatment
- or after the explosion?
- Both.
Let's say both.
Blissfully neutral.
My feet tingle. Not a bad thing.
And colors still tickle my brain.
Good.
Do you need to come back?
Come back to you?
Yes, I want to come back.
I-I think it helps. Don't you?
- Think it helps? Yes.
- Mm.
- Can I ask you a question?
- Sure.
You're always so calm.
Do you Do you take
your own treatment?
No. If I had a need, I would,
but I haven't yet.
But, you know, let's give it
a couple of years.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
I found it in the car.
Oh, good. Uh, uh, Diane
and I were just talking.
- Oh. Hi.
- Hi.
I'm Alyssa. Nice to meet you.
And you. I really should get back.
Yeah, us, too. They'll be
passing around the hat
pretty soon health care,
health care, health care.
See you, Diane.
Bye.
They're using you
to send me to prison.
Are you okay with that?
What, you think I wanted to testify?
And as far as who can avoid
prison, I have
- the utmost faith that it's you.
- Dad, come on, let's go.
Look, Frank, is it an apology you want?
- Is that what this is about?
- What are you talking about?
Dad, this entire conversation
can end up in court. Come on.
Listen to your daughter, Eli.
You're hurting yourself.
Dad, stop. Why are you doing this? Stop.
Do not follow me into the men's room.
You think I betrayed you
with the president.
- Let it lie, Eli.
- I did you a favor.
As soon as Biden tanked in the polls,
you would have been put out to pasture.
Jesus Christ, can I have some peace?
Tell me you don't think
you're gonna be rewarded
for giving me up.
Tell me you're not that fucking naive.
You did this to yourself.
When I found out you were serious
Die, Eli Gold, you fucking Jew!
Thanks for coming over.
Did we settle anything?
No but it was interesting.
- It was.
- Yeah.
Next time we should probably get drunk.
- Here.
- Oh, yeah.
Oh, God, we are one with you.
What is that? Amber Alert?
Um
Oh, God.
It's some kind of shooting near here.
- Some protest shooting.
- Oh, my God.
It's at the Democratic fundraiser.
One casualty. Francis Landau.
Head of the Democratic Committee?
Oh, my God, yeah. I-I know him.
Downtown is on lockdown until
the shooter is apprehended.
20-block radius around the ballroom.
We're ten blocks from the Straton.
You should probably make
yourself comfortable.
You're gonna be stuck here for a while.
Oh, God.
Dad, can I get you anything?
Dad?
Oh, it was so weird.
I was right beside him.
And this guy just came up behind us
and said, "Die, you filthy Jew,
Eli Gold".
Eli Gold.
He thought he was killing me.
The world has gone crazy, Dad.
But Frank's dead because of me.
He's not even Jewish. He's
He's got three kids.
And he's, like, Presbyterian
something or other.
I'm glad you're alive, Dad.
- Did you see him leave?
- Who, the shooter?
- Uh-huh.
- No.
I heard the sound. I didn't
know it was a gunshot.
I thought it was a garbage can
falling or something.
And I turned to the door,
but there was a crowd in the way.
What am I doing with my life?
What? What do you mean?
People hate me.
They hate me so much,
they want to kill me.
Dad, they want to kill us
because we're Jewish. Okay?
You could be selling pretzels
on the street,
they'd still want to kill you.
No. It's like Lee Atwater. Remember him?
At the end he-he apologized.
He had, uh, brain cancer or something,
but he died and-and he said,
"I'm sorry for Willie Horton".
You come into the world
wanting to make it a better place,
and you end up just making a mess.
You make a difference, Dad.
You make a difference to me, anyway.
If I die, you'll be there, right?
- You'll give the eulogy?
- Dad.
You're not dying.
We just live in a bad time, Marissa.
I've got to change my life.
I've got to stop.
I've got to confess.
Confess what?
Everything. What I did.
No, you don't. Dad, no.
Mr. Gold, can we talk to you over here?
Dad, just say what you saw.
Okay? Don't say anything else.
I'll drive you home.
All right, so
I have to ask this question.
Which one of them are you married to?
Which one is your wife?
Well, I-I-I-I must have seen, what, four?
I needed a cheat sheet to keep track.
Uh, will it offend you if I told you
- none of them?
- None of them?
What is this, a commune?
Just a loving household.
And you're a Christian?
Born in the blood of Christ.
Okay.
My wife died.
One is her sister, one is her friend.
One is my friend,
one's a college dropout.
Um, I-I collect female energy.
Watch out, women have dinner
here and never leave.
Don't knock it.
You might just like it.
Okay, all right, well,
since we're bearing our souls
to each other,
what are you in this for?
Is it the money?
What-what are we talking about?
The women?
No, no.
Reddick and Associates.
Oh.
Power. Respect. Independence.
Uh, branding my name.
What about you?
No, let me guess.
You're into this for
your father's legacy.
Oh, my God, no.
No.
No, I always wanted to be
the opposite of my father.
When he was a defense lawyer,
I became a prosecutor.
When he was representing Goliaths,
I represented Davids.
That's what I like about you.
That rebellious spirit.
That's what makes you hot.
Oh God.
You're so funny.
- I
- Why is that?
Well, but you-you
you don't know it's too much
until you push it.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah,
that sounds about right.
When I first started my career,
I wasn't so polished.
I didn't care because
I knew I was smart.
I could win any debate,
so what did it matter
how I presented myself or what I wore?
Well, you've changed.
Yeah.
Right out of law school,
I got to the final round
of interviews at my dream firm,
and the partner,
ooh, he brought me into the board room,
and there, in front of all
the other partners,
he pulled out a laser pointer
and he pointed it
at every part of me.
Explaining how someone
with shoes like that
could never survive.
How someone with this haircut
would be laughed out of client meetings.
How someone in a
in a polyester suit, like mine,
would end up in the gutter.
I was trash.
Sorry.
Yeah, but it was an incentive.
I'm sure everybody has an incentive.
That was the day I told myself,
"I will show him".
"I will be everything he said I wasn't".
And that's how I ended up here with you
in a $10,000 suit
drinking a $900 bottle of wine.
Oh, well, it looks like
we have the all clear.
All right, well, um
this has been very illuminating.
I'm glad you approved.
Yeah. Oh, gosh, okay.
Well
I will, um, see you at work.
I'll see you at work.
God, nothing seems real right now.
Or lasting.
You okay?
I-I was talking to someone
at my table afterwards,
after the shooting,
'cause we were all just stuck there,
and this person brought up
the connection
- between love and death.
- Huh?
It's like in-in Tristan and Isolde.
Their love is so intense, it-it,
you know, it can last
even after they die.
You don't know what I mean, do you?
Diane, I think you're
asking me questions
that you know I don't
know the answer to.
And I'm not sure why.
I'm not here for a literature test.
I'm here 'cause I love you.
You know who I am.
You know what I'm good at.
What I care about.
Do you love me?
Yes.
Have I passed the test?
Yes.
We need her, Your Honor.
We don't have Frank Landau
anymore for tragic reasons.
Marissa Gold is alive and well
and able to testify.
Is that your only argument
you need her?
Circumstances have changed. A man died.
And as far as I can tell,
only one person
stood to benefit from his murder.
Excuse me, what the fuck?
- Ms. Gold.
- I'm sorry, Your Honor, but what is he implying?
Fox News reported that
Eli Gold was arguing violently
- with the victim just before the murder.
- I was there.
The gunman's target was
my father, not Frank Landau.
So he claims, anyways.
Oh, my God, are you nuts?
- Let's keep this respectful, please.
- Tell him.
He's implying my father killed someone.
I saw my dad's shirt
covered with Landau's brains.
Your Honor, look at that table.
How many lawyers
does one man need, especially if he's
as innocent as he pretends.
Mr. Gold is allowed to choose
his own defense team.
Hold on! I'm ready to rule.
Prosecution has made
a compelling argument,
and I'm granting the motion.
Ms. Gold, get ready to testify.
This can work.
Good.
Uh, we thought it might.
It's very
generous of you to, uh, give up
a portion of your bonuses.
Well, it's worth it
for the goodwill of the firm.
It might still be a little tight,
but there are other places
I can pinch from.
Well, go ahead and pinch.
Yeah, I-I must say,
it's great to see you two
have united on this.
It'll be a big relief for the partners.
- There have been grumblings.
- Anytime.
- Good job, Liz.
- You, too.
Hey.
How's it going down there?
As far as I can tell,
there's just more people
and more arrests.
Yeah, the assassination last night.
They're blocking off the lobby today.
Everybody's being directed out
through the loading dock.
Okay, well, that makes sense.
Just keep us posted
if there's anything that we need to do.
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay?
I dug deeper into Ri'Chard.
I thought you'd want to hear about it.
Oh, God, yeah, I I almost forgot.
- What do you, what do you have?
- Past history.
He has history with the firm.
- What firm?
- Ours.
When your dad was running it.
Really?
Ri'Chard was a first-year associate,
he applied here, and your father
wouldn't hire him.
In fact, Ri'Chard filed
a class discrimination suit against him,
but Reddick used his contacts
to quash the suit
before it became public.
Ri'Chard told me last night that
he got rejected from his first firm
because his clothes looked cheap,
and he said the partner
called him trash.
Mm, yeah, that's probably your dad.
Did he mention that?
No.
Do you think he's here
with some secret agenda?
I don't know.
What would it be?
Do you have a minute?
Uh, Marissa, this is not the best time.
Could we, uh, talk tomorrow?
I have to testify against
my dad today, so not so much.
Yeah, yeah. Sorry.
- God, it's getting worse, isn't it?
- Yeah.
- Thought it'd be over by now.
- Yeah.
So, I figure you've heard
about this case against my dad.
I have.
The judge is making me testify
now that the prosecution
doesn't have Landau.
And the things they're gonna
ask me about are
things I did.
- Did you know what your father was gonna do?
- No.
He kept me in the dark. Unsurprising.
But if I tell the truth,
it'll be bad for him,
and if I withhold the truth
You would be perjuring yourself.
And jeopardizing my law license,
which I know I've only had it
for a couple months,
but I kind of like it.
Well, I'm sorry, Marissa,
I can't advise you
to perjure yourself.
I know.
If it's okay, I wanted to ask
about your father.
You know, since we're both in the
ethically-compromised dads club.
It's not a very fun club
to be in, is it?
It sucks.
When we uncovered that stuff
about your dad and the women,
you asked me to find out
how many more there were.
I did that.
I put it in a folder and gave it to you.
Did you ever read it?
- How will that answer help you?
- I don't know if it will.
I-I'm-I'm just trying
to figure out what
Uh, no.
No, I didn't read it.
Eli.
You look lost.
Marissa will be here in a minute.
It's getting bad down there.
Yeah, it is.
I'm so sorry about Frank.
I am, too.
They were coming for me.
I know.
Do you have any protection?
I-I have a few guards down by the car.
I have 'em for a couple days,
then their contracts will run out.
It feels weird. I'm-I'm a mechanic.
I'm not a public figure.
We're all public figures now.
Come on in.
Sure. Why not? Let's drink.
Cheers.
Was there a better time, or
has it always been like this?
I don't know. Whenever I'm
smack-dab in the middle
of the time, I always think
it's the worst time,
and then, I don't know,
five years later I think,
"Huh, that was a pretty good time".
- I fell apart today.
- Well, that makes sense.
A person was murdered right beside you.
And they thought they were murdering me.
Yeah, so how could you not fall apart?
I've been wondering how much
I've been contributing
to all this.
Turning the opposition into the enemy,
turning the enemy into psychopaths.
Eli, you're not the one
who assaulted the Capitol.
How do we get out of this?
They're shouting, so
do we just shout louder?
I don't know, but if we don't
shout back, they'll win.
And when they win,
they will trash everything.
Oh, my God, I am so exhausted.
Okay, so
here's what I suggest.
Finish your drink, stand up,
pull yourself together,
and go out there and kick some ass.
This country is worth
fighting for; it always was.
And our enemies want to
stop voting from happening.
That's not just galling,
that is the end of America.
And we can't let that happen.
Where do you find your optimism?
In a hallucinogenic drug called PT-108.
- Are you joking?
- No.
Tell me if you want me to set up
an appointment for you.
Eli, I need you to fight the good fight.
I need to know that
there is someone out there
who can quarterback the game.
Because I know our politicians
aren't up to it.
It has to be you.
The person behind the scene.
I'm sorry, if you want me to
contribute to your bodyguards,
I will, but you have
to get back in the fight.
Hey.
Marissa Gold, how are you?
- Better now.
- Why?
'Cause I was listening to you two,
and I decided something.
Let's get to court, Dad.
Okay, daughter.
Hello, you must be Diane.
Oh. Hi.
- It's you.
- Ye-Yes, hi.
I'm here for my session
with Dr. Bettencourt.
Yes, I know.
I'm sorry, we met at the fundraiser.
That was awful, wasn't it?
The shooting, yes.
Anyway, I'm Dr. Alyssa Schuman.
Dr. Bettencourt had to go
out of town last minute,
take care of a personal matter.
So I'm filling in.
Do you have any idea when
Dr. Bettencourt will be back?
Not as of now, but
we'll keep you posted.
May I offer you some cucumber water?
No.
Then let's get you hooked up.
My father is brilliant at certain things
but a disaster at others.
I guarantee you
he thought Pegasus
was just a winged horse
until you brought these charges.
Ms. Gold, do you know
the meaning of perjury?
Objection.
Seriously?
Sustained.
Okay, I'll ask you directly.
Did Eli Gold ask you
to get ahold of a copy
of the security system Pegasus?
My dad calls me for
technical advice sometimes.
I've explained to him
how to embed images
in emails or tweets,
which, by the way,
he still calls "twitters".
You do that, too?
Guilty.
I've helped him set up Zoom calls.
But I've never helped him spy
or hack, and I certainly
haven't helped him use Pegasus.
Ms. Gold, if you're telling the truth,
then why did Frank Landau
believe that you were involved
- in the attempted burglary?
- Mr. Kirkpatrick
is about to object on the grounds
that your question calls
for speculation.
I suspect Judge Chase
would sustain that objection
and tell me not to answer you.
But I would like to try
to answer your question.
Go ahead.
Frank Landau had seen me help
my dad with technology
on other occasions
and, without evidence,
jumped to the wrong conclusion.
And you can hardly blame him, Mr. Sheen,
as it appears he was only
following your example.
Jews will not replace us!
- Thank you.
- Hey.
I'm your daughter.
- Where you headed?
- D.C.
Landau's gone.
Dems need me.
You can stay for another night.
We'll have dinner.
I'd better not.
They might shoot you,
thinking you're me.
Jews will not replace us!
Incredibly,
your mother had to talk
me into having a kid.
I know. She told me.
I'm glad she did.
You're my greatest achievement.
Don't be a stranger.
I won't.
And I won't forget what you did today.
Don't get shot, Dad. I would miss you.
I'd miss me, too.
I'm worried this is
the last time I'll see you.
Don't say that.
Stay safe.
Jews will not replace us!
Jews will not replace us!
Jews will not replace us!
Jews will not replace us!
Jews will not replace