Suits s08e16 Episode Script
Harvey
1 Previously on "Suits" Was this whole thing designed to get Restoration back to the table? It was designed to either get them back or to take a chance on an up-and-comer.
Thomas isn't gonna want to be in business with Simon when he finds out about this.
And he's not going to find out about it, because we're not gonna tell him.
Get on the ground.
Wallet and phone.
The same thing that happened to you happened to me.
The deal you made was a ploy to get Restoration Hardware to the table.
- You know.
- You're damn right I know.
I'm taking Glen's offer at the original rate, and I'm putting out an announcement about it.
You cannot do what we did.
I'm telling you, you'll regret it.
You didn't regret it.
You don't know what happens over time when you do something like that.
I'm upset because I lost a client.
No, you are upset because I chose Thomas over you.
Louis didn't get the wrong guy, and neither did you and I.
It's not about the wrong man.
It's about taking matters into your own hands and what happens when you do that.
You broke privilege, and now I'm gonna make you pay.
[dramatic music.]
[cell phone buzzing.]
- Thomas, hi.
- Hey.
You busy tonight? Actually, I think I'm gonna work late.
Donna, you okay? You sound upset.
I didn't know you were gonna put out a press release when you took that other offer.
Donna, the risk you run when you're known as a nice guy is, people think they can push you around.
I had to show them that if you push me, I'm gonna push right back, and I'm sorry that resulted in your firm getting fired.
We're not just getting fired, Thomas.
We're getting sued.
Oh, shit.
Well, no wonder you're upset.
You guys are getting sued because of me.
Well, that's the thing.
It's not just because of you.
It's because of me.
[somber music.]
Robert.
If you're here for a drink, I'd love to, but I've already had a long week, and Rosalie's expecting me.
I'm not here for a drink.
What's on your mind? That prison situation you had a couple years back.
What about it? Those men murdered an innocent man.
You knew about it.
And you didn't do anything.
You here to make me feel like shit, or is there a point in there somewhere? I'm not judging you, Alex.
I did something some years back that I'm not proud of either.
And I guess I'm wondering how do you live with it? At first, I tried putting it out of my mind.
But then it kept popping back up.
Then I thought about doing something, but anything I tried, I'd just end up in prison myself for something I didn't do.
Mm.
So I guess the question is, can you do something about what you did? No, I can't.
Then all you can do is try and make up for it somehow the rest of your life.
[touch-tones beeping.]
[line rings.]
You stuck around and ate the rest of my Chinese, didn't you? You think Laura's gonna let me get egg rolls and fried rice at home? [chuckles.]
Look, I wanted to thank you for staying late.
It means a lot.
Don't mention it, Robert.
Whatever you need, I'm here.
You know that.
I know this sweet and sour chicken isn't gonna eat itself.
No, it won't-- Oh! [grunts.]
Samantha, you still there? [tense music.]
[grunts.]
Robert, call 911! Samantha! I'm at-- [groans.]
Samantha, talk to me.
[dial tone humming.]
God damn it.
[thud.]
[groans.]
911.
What's your emergency? Suits 8x16 Harvey See the money, wanna stay for your meal Get another piece of pie for your wife Everybody wanna know how it feel Everybody wanna see what it's like I'll even eat a bean pie, I don't mind Me and Missy is so busy, busy making money All right All step back, I'm 'bout to dance The greenback boogie Harvey.
What are you doing here? We have a problem.
Come in.
What is it? Long story short, Simon Lowe tried to screw over Thomas Kessler.
You mean that lease deal that came across my desk was bullshit? - Yes, that's what I mean.
Well, Harvey, I know Thomas is one of my oldest clients, but you can't tell him.
We're way past that, Louis.
Donna told him.
What? How could she even know? Because I told her.
Why the hell would you do that? Because she knew something was wrong, and I didn't know what else to do.
I told her to give me some time so I could fix it.
But before I could, she told him.
Then Thomas bailed, and Simon suspected what happened.
Let me guess.
He fired us.
He didn't just fire us, Louis.
He hired Daniel Hardman to sue us.
Say that again.
- Simon hired-- - No, tell me again that Donna put her goddamn relationship above us and now Daniel fucking Hardman is suing my firm.
You want to get pissed off at Donna, or you want to figure this out? [exhales.]
I want to figure this out.
And I sure as shit know you didn't come here without a plan, so what do you have? As I see it, we have two options, the first of which involves going to Robert.
Pass.
Look, he's the only one of us that actually gets along with Hardman.
It's the only chance we have of getting him to be reasonable.
And you and I both know that there isn't a frozen dick's chance in hell that that rat is gonna be reasonable.
Then tomorrow morning, you and I need to go in there with an offer so good, Simon has no choice but to take it and Daniel's left with nothing but a frozen dick in his hand.
[uneasy music.]
[monitor beeping.]
Robert, what are you doing here? I came as soon as I found out where they took you.
- My purse, it had-- - Don't worry about it.
The important thing is, you're here.
I am so sorry, Samantha.
I never should have kept you so late.
It's not your fault, Robert.
If anything, I should have had my guard up.
This isn't on you.
This is on that piece of shit who did this to you.
You're right.
We need to get to the police station.
- I want to make a statement.
- You can do that tomorrow.
- Right now, you need to rest.
- No.
If they have any chance of catching this guy, the first 24 hours-- Samantha, whatever we have to do to make this right, I'm gonna be right there with you.
But tonight, you're staying put and getting better.
Okay.
Thanks for being here, Robert.
I'll always be here for you, Samantha.
[silverware clatters.]
Robert.
You need something? Yeah.
You hear about this Hardman-Pierpont Malls thing? I did.
Alex told me.
- What did he say? - He said he wasn't too happy with Donna making him look like shit with his own client.
Mm.
Can't blame the man for that.
No.
You can't.
Robert, are you okay? Because ever since that thing with Louis-- I'm fine, Samantha.
Do me a favor.
Get to know everything there is to know about this whole Hardman situation.
You never know how it's gonna shake out.
[dramatic music.]
Harvey, Louis, good of both of you to come.
- Can I offer you a beverage? - Oh, actually, yeah.
because this thing's ending right now.
- What is that? - We're doubling the money that you lost when Kessler backed out.
This says that Kessler found out about the Restoration deal because of a clerical error.
That's right.
Information was included on certain deal memos that were just-- Bullshit! You told Alex Williams.
And a clerical error isn't gonna cut it with his board.
They need a head to roll.
Louis is just too stupid to understand that.
You arrogant son of a bitch.
You always underestimated me.
And you're underestimating me, because if I'd wanted to settle with you, I wouldn't have called Daniel Hardman.
I thought you said you called him.
Did I? I must have made a clerical error.
Regardless, it's Louis' firm now, not yours.
And, Louis, we go to court, the world's gonna discover that your firm can't be trusted, and then you will be the king of nothing.
But if you admit that Harvey broke privilege, this can all go away.
I see what this is.
You want to use that admission to come after Harvey's license.
Look at that.
I didn't think you had it in you to figure it out.
Let me tell you something that you will never figure out.
Leaders never betray their partners.
Let's save the betrayal talk for Harvey's ethics hearing, shall we? I imagine I can win this lawsuit and have it scheduled by the end of the month.
You do this, I promise you, I'll be the biggest regret of your life.
No, Harvey.
My biggest regret is, I wasn't the one to rip Jessica's name off the wall, so I'll just have to settle for ripping yours off instead.
Good day, gentlemen.
Harvey, how did it go with Hardman? It didn't.
What does that mean? It means he's not just suing us.
He's trying to get a guilty verdict so he can use it and come after my license.
What? - No, he can't do that! - He can, Donna, because I broke privilege, and he knows it.
But you didn't break privilege.
I'm the one who told Thomas.
And I'm the one who told Alex, and that's how they think Thomas knows.
So what are we gonna do? We aren't doing anything.
Louis and I are handling this.
But if I told them that it was me and not you-- You'd just make it worse.
We told them it was a clerical error, and you'd be proving we did what they're accusing us of.
Harvey, I'm responsible for this.
I want to help.
I'm sorry, Donna, but-- I get it.
If I really wanted to help, I never would have told Thomas in the first place.
Well, I was gonna say the genie's out of the bottle.
We can't put it back in.
But what you can do is let Louis and I do what we have to to get us out of this.
Samantha, how are you doing? Physically, I'm fine.
Mentally, I am pissed the fuck off.
You want to talk about it? Because we can get you some counseling.
This isn't about my feelings, Robert.
I got mugged like 30 other people that night.
The police aren't gonna do anything about it, and you know it.
What are you getting at? I want the name of your investigator and a few days off to handle this.
You think I'm gonna let you track down this guy yourself? - Listen to me-- - No.
Let's say you find him.
What happens then? You hear of an eye for an eye? That's what happens.
Look, if someone attacks you, they attack me.
So we're gonna go to my guy and find this son of a bitch.
But when we do, we turn him over to the DA and let them do what they do.
No, that won't work! I'm not asking, Samantha.
I'm telling.
If you want justice, you're gonna get it.
That's the only way this happens.
Okay.
We'll do it your way.
Just give me the name of your investigator.
Harvey.
What an unpleasant surprise.
Well, it's about to get more unpleasant, because I got to thinking: if Simon was willing to double deal behind Thomas' back, what's to stop him from doing it with someone else? That is evidence of an off-the-books meeting between two of the largest mall owners in America, divvying up retailers and colluding on rents.
So I'm giving you a one-time opportunity to save Simon an investigation.
Well, Harvey, you're right.
Simon did get into a room with Westhaven, and it was off the books.
But they weren't colluding.
- They were discussing a merger.
- Bullshit.
I represented him.
He never said anything about this.
I'd be happy to show you the offer we made to them.
And I assure you, they have a copy in their files right now.
Because you went back and created a paper trail.
Which means all you have on Simon are a couple of dates on a calendar.
And all you have on me is conjecture about what I may or may not have done.
- No, Harvey.
I have a phone call you made to Travis Tanner the night before Restoration backed out.
Turns out, Travis just happens to represent the competitor of Simon's that was drawing up an offer to Restoration when Kessler backed out.
Do you think Tanner will protect you when I get him on the stand? You son of a bitch.
Now, now.
Name-calling won't get us anywhere.
Or maybe it will.
Because I'm willing to drop this whole thing if you will do me the simple courtesy of putting my name back up on your wall.
You would have to resign, of course.
But at least you'd be able to slink away and start up somewhere else, like you did to me.
You really think I'm gonna let you get away with this, don't you? I think you did what I'm accusing you of, and the chickens are coming home to roost.
Are you up to speed on Hardman? [sighs.]
I am.
Robert, he's not gonna give up, and if this thing plays out the way it's headed-- I know.
That's why I came up with this.
- [chuckles.]
Are you crazy? - No, I'm not.
But I need you to make that happen.
Well, then think of something else, because I'll never be able to convince him to do this.
Samantha, you have convinced people of a hell of a lot more than this.
Because I could get to them.
He won't even take my call.
Well, he's sure as shit not gonna take mine.
And you can use his hatred of me to-- You, me--it won't make a difference.
- He hates us both.
- And if we don't do this-- I know what's at stake, Robert.
Then I need you to get this done.
Because I agree-- if this thing plays out the way that it's headed All right.
I'll make it happen.
[dramatic music.]
[grunts.]
Louis.
This is only the second time you've ever come to my home.
First time I was here, I told you that I got you out of a jam.
This time, I'm asking you to get me out of one.
If you're talking about Simon Lowe suing your firm, I heard about that, and I'm sorry.
Well, he's not just suing the firm, Thomas.
His lawyer's using the suit to come after my partner's license.
- You mean Harvey Specter.
- Yes, I do.
So as your first lawyer and your friend, I'm asking you to help me.
Help you how? Simon's lawyer is trying to prove that Harvey broke privilege, and the only people they can go after are Harvey, Alex, Donna - And me.
- That's right.
And Daniel Hardman has not subpoenaed you yet, but it's only a matter of time.
And you want me to what? Leave town? - Or worse yet-- - No, Thomas-- No, no, I don't believe this, Louis.
The guy helped Simon Lowe try to screw me over, and you want me to cover for him.
Thomas, listen to me.
I know you value honesty, so I'm gonna be perfectly honest with you.
Simon was a bigger client.
And Harvey should have sided with him, but he tried to protect you anyway.
And if you don't cover for him, all it's gonna do is take down a good man who I care about.
I'm sorry, Louis.
If this Daniel Hardman subpoenas me, I won't perjure myself.
I assume you're here to discuss my pending action against your firm.
- I am.
I'm also here to drink this 30-year scotch with an old friend.
I appreciate that, Robert.
But what's the saying? Never trust Greeks bearing gifts? I look Greek to you? You look like a man who's trying to have it both ways.
And you look like one who's letting a vendetta cloud his judgment.
They took my firm, Robert.
It's not a judgment.
That's a fact.
And from what I recall, you all but handed it to them with your indiscretions.
And if you're here to litigate the past-- - Fuck the past, Daniel.
I'm here to work something out.
What will it take for you to drop this thing? I said what it would take: my old firm back and Harvey Specter's resignation.
Now, you know I can't do that.
Why not? Because Rachel married his protégé? Because you and Jessica broke the glass ceiling together? We were friends before any of that.
We talked about starting a firm together.
I know that we did.
Then why are you siding with them? They stole everything I built, Robert, forced me out in disgrace, and I have been in the wilderness ever since.
And until my name is up on that wall, I'm not dropping this.
Then what if I can get your name up somewhere else? You mean Rand Kaldor.
Ever since I left the firm, they've been one man down.
You could come in and--and-- And what? They hate you as much as I hate Harvey.
Why would they throw you a lifeline? Because you're Daniel goddamn Hardman, that's why.
Okay, Robert.
You get Eric and Ellen to go in on this, I will let this go.
But if you can't, our friendship isn't gonna stop me from taking Harvey down.
Sohow'd it go with Daniel? It didn't.
What do you mean, it didn't? He already backdated an excuse, and not only that.
He found out I went to Tanner behind Simon's back.
Wait, you did what? I was trying to save Thomas' deal without telling him.
- I had to go to somebody-- - You know what? Never mind.
I don't give a shit.
But what we need to do is figure something out, because this is my firm, and I'm not gonna let that son of a bitch take it from me.
- Louis-- - Why did you have to tell her? That's what I don't get.
Why? He was my client for 13 years.
I wouldn't have told her.
Yes, Louis, you would have.
Last year, you came to me about putting Sheila over the firm.
And I told you as managing partner, I wouldn't do it, but as your friend, I would.
If I had asked you about telling Donna, you would have done the same thing.
You're right.
I would.
God damn it! What's going on, Louis? Thomas said that he wouldn't help us.
You mean he wouldn't help me.
Yeah, I guess that's what I mean.
Why couldn't Donna just wait for you? I don't know, Louis.
I really don't know.
You think you would have come through if she had? Well, I'd like to think so.
Yeah, well, I do too.
'Cause let's face it, Harvey: you pretty much always do.
You're right, Louis.
I do.
And right now, I think I can.
What do you got? They said a head needs to roll on this.
What if, instead of one head rolling, we give them two? Good.
You're here.
I was going over my testimony and could use another set of eyes.
I don't know how to tell you this.
I talked to Cameron Dennis.
The guy's friends put him at a different location, and-- Don't you fucking say it.
Samantha, I'm sorry.
I never should have listened to you.
Look, I know you're upset-- Save it.
I've got something to take care of.
So what are you gonna do, hire someone to break his legs? God damn it, you told me if we did this right, there would be justice.
Where is the justice? That son of a bitch gets off, you know what that makes me? A victim.
I am not a victim, Robert! One of my foster parents would hit me.
It's why I joined the service, why I learned self-defense.
I can't be a victim again, Robert.
I justcan't.
All right, then.
We'll go the other way.
What are you talking about? Cameron Dennis said that if any new evidence came to light, he'll prosecute.
[solemn music.]
Let's get to doing that, then.
No.
You took a risk once to get me this firm.
It's time I took a risk for you.
God damn it, Ellen, there's got to be something you'd-- [scoffs.]
Well, in that case, go to hell.
[receiver slams.]
Well, how much? What's the bastard's price? There is no price, Robert.
He said no amount of money or clients would make up for seeing his firm get torn apart.
But what about Ellen? You try horse trading with her? I did, and I struck out there too.
God damn it, Samantha! I got Daniel to agree! He thought I came up with Rand Kaldor on the fly, and I sold it to him.
What do you want me to say? I want you to tell me exactly what happened.
Because Eric Kaldor and Ellen Rand are two of the greediest people I know.
So if you're trying to tell me that they're standing on principle, I'm calling bullshit! And it's pretty clear what happened.
Eric tried to force something down your throat, and you let your pride get in the way--like always.
Robert I offered him half your client list, a dividend stream from your equity share, a no-poaching commitment-- And if the carrot doesn't work, you use the goddamn stick.
And threaten him with what? We took half the firm from him.
There is nothing left to take.
[tense music.]
I'm sorry, Robert.
I did everything I could.
We're gonna have to find another way.
Gentlemen, you have five minutes to make your case.
You don't, this will be the shortest lunch in the history of lunches.
- Then I'll get to it.
We offered Simon Lowe a settlement no reasonable CEO would refuse.
So we want to see if cooler heads can prevail.
This isn't about cooler heads.
This is about driving a wedge between me and my CEO, and that's not gonna happen.
- That's the thing, Elaine.
There's no need to drive a wedge, because it already exists.
That is an email chain between me and Simon from 18 months ago.
As you can see, he was looking to relieve you of your duties as chairwoman.
I don't know about you, but if someone did that to me at my firm, their ass would be on the sidewalk ten seconds later.
And if this is true, why didn't you bring it to my attention then? Because unlike Simon, I'm loyal to the guy who writes my checks.
There's no two ways about it, Elaine.
Simon's a threat to you.
Daniel Hardman's a threat to us.
Do you want to neutralize those threats, or do you just want to sit there eating salad while they neutralize you? Gentlemen, I do believe I'll bring this to the board and see if we can't reach a deal.
Just so we're clear, this settlement doesn't close if you only let Simon go.
Believe me, Mr.
Specter, when the board hears about all of this, you won't have to worry about Simon or Daniel Hardman ever again.
Robert! Long time, no chat.
To be honest, I wasn't sure they were gonna let me in.
[chuckles.]
So I take it this means you're accepting my offer.
WellI don't accept opening bids, but if you want to tell me what you need-- God damn it.
She didn't tell you, did she? - Eric-- - No, don't.
We worked together 20 years, all right? I know when you're stalling.
Samantha didn't tell you, and now you're covering for her like you always do.
All right, she didn't.
So, what, you want to mock me, or you want to tell me what it's gonna take? It's simple, really.
Daniel Hardman's name for yours.
- Excuse me? - I said you retire, I take Daniel on as a partner, and that is take it or leave it.
All right.
Let's get to it.
What the ---- is your problem with me? - My problem? - Yeah.
Why'd you take my firm from me? See, that--that right there! That's my problem.
All we ever heard is that it was your firm, your name, your reputation.
You know, we had a little something to do with it as well.
You think I didn't know that? You think I never gave you credit? I think you never let us forget that it was you that got our names on the wall.
I did put your names on the wall! And maybe if you were a little more focused on the big picture than getting a pat on your back-- Well, you never had a problem giving a pat on the back to your little protégé.
- Don't you talk about her.
We would have never gotten this place if it wasn't for Samantha.
- So you always say.
Although you never quite say how.
But if I had to venture a guess-- Not another word, Eric.
If that's how you really feel about me, the answer is no! I'll take my chances with my friend! If you're talking about Ellen, Ellen's not your friend.
I'm talking about Daniel Hardman.
Mark my words, we'll come to some accommodation, and then you and Ellen Rand can kiss my black ass.
Well, I don't know about you, but I think we've earned a drink.
Well, I'd pour you one, Louis, but I'm fresh out of Peachtree Schnapps.
All right, enough messing around.
What's the big news? We got the suit dismissed, and Daniel Hardman is out of the picture.
- Louis, that's great news.
- I just wish I could see the look on his face when he finds out we got the better of him.
- I hate to break it to you, but you didn't get the better of anybody.
Robert, what are you doing here? More importantly, what are you talking about? I knew what you were up against, so I went to Daniel as a friend and offered him a deal.
- What kind of deal? I know what kind of deal, because there's only one thing that son of a bitch would trade taking me down for, and he told me what it is: his name on our wall.
And I would never give him that.
It doesn't matter now, because when Daniel heard that Simon got fired, he thought I was playing him, and he pulled the trigger on an ethics hearing.
What the shit did you just say? They set the date, Louis.
When? - Harvey, before-- - When, Alex? This says the hearing's tomorrow.
They're summoning you, me, Simon, Thomas, and Donna.
- Which means we have less than 24 hours to get our story straight, convince Thomas to corroborate it, and get Donna the fuck out of town.
It's not gonna work, Louis.
Leave me alone, all of you.
- I need time to think.
- Harvey-- I don't want to talk about it, Robert.
You know, I don't care if one day, they get me on any of the other shit that I've done, but to go down for this? To go down to him? - Harvey, we can still-- - No, we can't! Look, he's got me dead to rights.
Mike was dead to rights.
Look what happened to him.
This isn't a jury.
It's a fucking ethics board.
And I did exactly what he said I did.
- Harvey-- - Motherfucker! [glass shatters.]
I said leave me alone.
[dramatic music.]
I know I'm interrupting, but can I come in? Why not? Sitting by myself doesn't seem to be getting me anywhere.
Wellmaybe this will.
Technically [exhales.]
You did not break privilege when you told Donna.
In other words, I could throw Donna under the bus.
I know you won't do it.
But it had to be said.
Then it's been said.
- [laughs softly.]
- What? If this were another firm, she wouldn't even still be working here.
You saying we should fire her? If you're asking me as a name partner, I would say yes.
If you're asking me as her friend, I would say[laughs.]
There's no way in hell I am ever letting that woman go.
Never thought in a million years something like that could come out of your mouth.
Well, maybe this place is rubbing off on me.
You are allcrazy.
- [laughs softly.]
- But maybe that's what I love about it here.
[soft dramatic music.]
He's gonna lose everything because of me.
Donnayou never know how these hearings will go.
You know the worst part is, I don't even know why I did it anymore.
I didn't sleep that night.
I just lay there wondering, "What if Harvey can't get it done?" And then I would tell myself, "Well, he always gets it done.
" And then it was morning, and I hadn't heard from him, and Thomas' business was at stake, and I just-- Donna, you told him because you love him.
Love him? We just started seeing each other.
I'm not talking about Thomas.
Third year of law school.
Rosalie went behind my back about a pro Bono we were doing.
We got in a huge fight, and it broke us up, 'cause I thought she betrayed me, and she thought I thought I was a better lawyer.
But she didn't betray me, and I didn't think I was better.
And none of that had anything to do with it anyway.
What does this have to do with me? I was afraid of committing.
Deep down, she knew it, so she closed the window.
And it made me realize I didn't like being on the other side of the glass.
I didn't do what I did to make Harvey realize anything.
Neither did Rosalie.
She did it so she could move on.
Thomas, I appreciate you seeing me on such short notice.
You said it was about Donna, so of course I'll see you.
- What's going on? - It's simple.
Donna was the one who told you about Simon but I want you to say it was me.
You want me to lie.
Look, I know you're a man of your word, but she risked all this because she knows how much your business means to you.
Well, she worked her entire life to get to where she is, and the truth comes out, she'll be barred from working in a law firm for the rest of her life.
What am I not seeing here, Harvey? How does all this protect you? It doesn't.
I just don't see why she has to stand in front of that firing squad too.
All I'm asking you to do is protect her like she protected you.
[both chuckling.]
- Oh, no, no, no.
You were the first one to take an offer.
Yeah, but then you went to another firm.
Because back then, they weren't gonna hire a man like me, no matter what school I went to.
I could have got you in.
They hired Jessica.
Years later.
I couldn't wait for that.
I still think we would have made a great firm.
Zane Hardman.
Wait, why is your name first? You let Jessica go first.
You let Rand and Kaldor.
Yeah, you're right.
I don't have to go first.
I know where I stand.
Go ahead, take it.
Hardman Zane.
No.
I don't want it now.
[cell phone buzzing.]
- Excuse me a moment, Daniel.
- Mm-hmm.
Cameron? Robert, I have some news, and I thought I owed it to you to call.
[melancholy music.]
[softly.]
Please don't tell her.
Robert, whatever it is, - I have to testify this morning.
- I know.
Then what is it? Remember when I said I couldn't make up for what I did? I think I can.
But I'm gonna need your help, and you might not like what I need it for.
Well, I know what it's like to live with a weight on your shoulders.
And if I can help you take it off, why don't you go ahead and tell me what you need? - Thomas.
- Can I come in? Of course.
I was just getting ready for this morning.
I know.
That's what I wanted to talk about.
Look, if this is about Louis coming to see you, if I had known he was gonna do that-- It's not about Louis coming to me.
It's, um--it's about Harvey Specter coming to me.
- Harvey came to you? - Last night.
- What did he say? - Well, he pretty much said that he was about to lay himself down on the train tracks for you, and he wanted me to help tie him down.
Well[scoffs.]
I-I don't know exactly what that means-- Who are you to him? I don't know how to answer that.
I got it when Louis came to me.
This comes out, it hurts his firm.
It hurts his partner.
He wouldn't want to see that happen.
But then Harvey came to me, and all he seemed to care about is you.
So if you can't tell me who you are to him, maybe you can tell me who he is to you.
I don't know who he is, Thomas.
I just know that he's somebody that I can't seem to figure out how to cut out of me.
But I want to.
And I have wanted to, and apparently, I tried to when I told you what was going on.
But the truth is, I don't know if I'll ever be able to.
Thomas Kessler shook my hand and said yes to a deal.
He had no reason in the world to back out until Harvey Specter gave him one.
When you confronted him with this allegation, what did he do? He paid off my board and got me fired.
It wasn't a payoff.
It was a settlement that we offered you first.
Along with a fabricated explanation about Kessler finding out due to a clerical error.
The contents of that offer are not admissible here.
In other words, you're preparing to change your story? As far as I'm concerned, it's time to get to the main course.
I call Harvey Specter.
Where is she? She said she didn't care if she was summoned or not.
She couldn't watch.
What are you gonna do? I don't know.
Shortly after Simon Lowe told you he was using Thomas Kessler as a pawn, Kessler pulled out of their deal.
- Why was that? - If you're asking if I told him about my client's plans, I didn't.
- Then how did he find out? - I don't know.
Maybe Restoration clued him in.
Maybe he overheard someone at dinner.
Or maybe it was the clerical error nonsense you tried to pull before.
- What's nonsense is, I did not share my client's privileged information with another client, yet he brought this complaint anyway, and he did it because he knew Pierpont Malls was about to drop their suit against my firm because it had no merit.
They dropped it because you paid them to.
Mr.
Specter, Mr.
Hardman has a point.
I find it hard to believe that Thomas Kessler wasn't informed by your office, so I ask you do you stand by your answer? I stand by the fact that he has to prove what I did.
I don't have to prove what I didn't.
Then I say it's time we ask someone else.
Mr.
Williams, did you or did you not inform Thomas Kessler that his firm was being used as a stalking horse? No, I did not.
Then is it true Mr.
Kessler knew he was being used? I can't speak to what my client did or didn't know.
Then let's talk about what you knew.
You got his original landlord to make him a better offer, did you not? Yes, I did.
And there's nothing wrong with using Pierpont's offer to get a better deal for my client.
It's what they were doing to us.
Yes, but the difference is, when he got the offer, he turned it down.
Why would he do that? - Because - Because what? Why would a man turn down a better offer and then take out an ad in the "Journal" pronouncing the value of integrity over profits? It's because he knew what Simon Lowe was doing, and you knew he knew.
And I remind you, I will call Thomas Kessler, and he will tell me the truth, because he is a man of integrity.
All right.
I knew.
And I told my client, which was my obligation.
Finally.
You knewbecause Harvey Specter told you.
No.
I knew because Robert Zane told me.
What? I can't cover for you anymore.
You're not covering anything.
I had no reason to break privilege.
Yes, you did.
You saw a way to get back at Harvey Specter and Louis Litt for taking you down as managing partner.
You knew if you broke privilege, he would take a hit and you would take the firm back.
Mr.
Chairman, that is a fabrication.
This is obviously a hit job on an innocent man.
If he's so innocent, then why do I have an email from Robert Zane informing me of Simon Lowe's duplicity? - You're in on this? - Mr.
Zane.
Is this true? [suspenseful music.]
It is.
I can't hide it anymore.
Oh, no.
They orchestrated this whole thing.
Ask Kessler.
Mr.
Kessler, who was it, Robert Zane or Harvey Specter? All I know is that Alex Williams informed me of Pierpont's plan.
I can't speak to who told him.
No.
Travis Tanner admitted Harvey called him the night before.
Then why isn't he here? Obviously because he got to him! Robert, as this is a disbarrable offense, I ask you again, under oath, is this email real? Did you do this? I did.
Then do you have anything to say in your defense? Only that I did what I felt was right at the time.
I didn't regret it then.
But I do now.
Robert, why are you doing this? I'm making up for what I did wrong.
Well, I'm sorry to say, but that's not enough.
You hereby forfeit your license to practice law.
This matter's now closed.
[gavel bangs.]
[low murmuring.]
How could you do it? - Samantha.
- You've been working your whole life for this.
How could you just throw it away? I didn't throw it away.
That's what I need you to understand.
Well, I don't understand it.
How could you take the fall for something you didn't do? How could you do that to me? Because I did something else, and I can't live with it anymore.
What are you talking about? That man that attacked you the one that we put away-- That's why you did this? Robert, he got what he deserved.
He was killed, Samantha, murdered in his own cell.
And it's my fault.
Now, he may have been a piece of shit, but he was someone's son, and he wouldn't have been in there if it weren't for me.
Why didn't you tell me? Because it wasn't your burden to bear.
But I am telling you now because I need you to understand.
This is redemption for me.
What am I gonna do without you? You've got your name on the wall.
You don't need me anymore.
The truth is you haven't needed me for a long time.
[soft music.]
I don't want to be alone.
You're not gonna be alone here.
You've got Louis and Donna and Alex.
It's not the same thing.
Ha-ha.
You want to talk the same? I've seen you and Harvey together.
You're peas in a pod.
[laughs.]
Go to him.
Seek him out.
And who knows? Over time, you might even Might even what? Nothing.
Now come over here and give an old man a hug.
You looking for him too? I went to call Donna after the hearing.
She didn't answer, but when I came back, all you guys were gone.
There wasn't really a reason to stay.
Alex, if you'd have told me you were gonna do that-- That's why Robert wouldn't let me tell you.
I know I need to thank him - But you need to know why.
- Yeah.
- I do.
- Because, Harvey, sometimes people are carrying around a burden they need to put down that has nothing to do with you.
What burden? None of your goddamn business.
Stop moping around my office.
I'm retired.
I'm not dead.
And, Harvey I knew what I was doing.
I'm good with it.
Well, then if it's all right with you, what do you say, to celebrate your retirement, I finally take you out for that burger? You got it.
But not tonight.
Something like this happens, makes you know what's really important.
And for me, it's Laura.
Hey.
You sure you don't want to tell me what that burden was? Isn't it enough I saved your sorry ass? And by the way, most people get a gold watch.
I get a goddamn burger.
Why you gotta push it? Now we gotta get him a watch.
Hey.
u want to get a burger? Sorry, Harvey.
Robert's right.
I need to get home to the woman I love.
[contemplative music.]
Shouldn't you be out celebrating? You'd think so, but losing Robert kind of takes the charm off the victory.
Listen, Harvey, I appreciate this, but I don't need you checking up on me.
Where else do I have to be? You know, I lost my mentor too.
Jessica Pearson.
Robert used to talk about her all the time.
What was she like? Let's just say she was to me what he is to you.
It was hard losing her, but it gets easier.
He believed in me.
He was the only one who ever did that.
The only one who saw who I was.
All my baggage, all my flaws.
And he accepted you anyway.
He didn't just accept me.
He loved me.
Not easy to find someone like that in this world.
No, it's not.
I mean, what am I supposed to do when I have a big victory or a terrible loss and the only person I want to run and tell isn't there? What am I supposed to do? Samantha, I'm so sorry, but I have to go.
Where? I just have to.
[upbeat music.]
Thomas isn't gonna want to be in business with Simon when he finds out about this.
And he's not going to find out about it, because we're not gonna tell him.
Get on the ground.
Wallet and phone.
The same thing that happened to you happened to me.
The deal you made was a ploy to get Restoration Hardware to the table.
- You know.
- You're damn right I know.
I'm taking Glen's offer at the original rate, and I'm putting out an announcement about it.
You cannot do what we did.
I'm telling you, you'll regret it.
You didn't regret it.
You don't know what happens over time when you do something like that.
I'm upset because I lost a client.
No, you are upset because I chose Thomas over you.
Louis didn't get the wrong guy, and neither did you and I.
It's not about the wrong man.
It's about taking matters into your own hands and what happens when you do that.
You broke privilege, and now I'm gonna make you pay.
[dramatic music.]
[cell phone buzzing.]
- Thomas, hi.
- Hey.
You busy tonight? Actually, I think I'm gonna work late.
Donna, you okay? You sound upset.
I didn't know you were gonna put out a press release when you took that other offer.
Donna, the risk you run when you're known as a nice guy is, people think they can push you around.
I had to show them that if you push me, I'm gonna push right back, and I'm sorry that resulted in your firm getting fired.
We're not just getting fired, Thomas.
We're getting sued.
Oh, shit.
Well, no wonder you're upset.
You guys are getting sued because of me.
Well, that's the thing.
It's not just because of you.
It's because of me.
[somber music.]
Robert.
If you're here for a drink, I'd love to, but I've already had a long week, and Rosalie's expecting me.
I'm not here for a drink.
What's on your mind? That prison situation you had a couple years back.
What about it? Those men murdered an innocent man.
You knew about it.
And you didn't do anything.
You here to make me feel like shit, or is there a point in there somewhere? I'm not judging you, Alex.
I did something some years back that I'm not proud of either.
And I guess I'm wondering how do you live with it? At first, I tried putting it out of my mind.
But then it kept popping back up.
Then I thought about doing something, but anything I tried, I'd just end up in prison myself for something I didn't do.
Mm.
So I guess the question is, can you do something about what you did? No, I can't.
Then all you can do is try and make up for it somehow the rest of your life.
[touch-tones beeping.]
[line rings.]
You stuck around and ate the rest of my Chinese, didn't you? You think Laura's gonna let me get egg rolls and fried rice at home? [chuckles.]
Look, I wanted to thank you for staying late.
It means a lot.
Don't mention it, Robert.
Whatever you need, I'm here.
You know that.
I know this sweet and sour chicken isn't gonna eat itself.
No, it won't-- Oh! [grunts.]
Samantha, you still there? [tense music.]
[grunts.]
Robert, call 911! Samantha! I'm at-- [groans.]
Samantha, talk to me.
[dial tone humming.]
God damn it.
[thud.]
[groans.]
911.
What's your emergency? Suits 8x16 Harvey See the money, wanna stay for your meal Get another piece of pie for your wife Everybody wanna know how it feel Everybody wanna see what it's like I'll even eat a bean pie, I don't mind Me and Missy is so busy, busy making money All right All step back, I'm 'bout to dance The greenback boogie Harvey.
What are you doing here? We have a problem.
Come in.
What is it? Long story short, Simon Lowe tried to screw over Thomas Kessler.
You mean that lease deal that came across my desk was bullshit? - Yes, that's what I mean.
Well, Harvey, I know Thomas is one of my oldest clients, but you can't tell him.
We're way past that, Louis.
Donna told him.
What? How could she even know? Because I told her.
Why the hell would you do that? Because she knew something was wrong, and I didn't know what else to do.
I told her to give me some time so I could fix it.
But before I could, she told him.
Then Thomas bailed, and Simon suspected what happened.
Let me guess.
He fired us.
He didn't just fire us, Louis.
He hired Daniel Hardman to sue us.
Say that again.
- Simon hired-- - No, tell me again that Donna put her goddamn relationship above us and now Daniel fucking Hardman is suing my firm.
You want to get pissed off at Donna, or you want to figure this out? [exhales.]
I want to figure this out.
And I sure as shit know you didn't come here without a plan, so what do you have? As I see it, we have two options, the first of which involves going to Robert.
Pass.
Look, he's the only one of us that actually gets along with Hardman.
It's the only chance we have of getting him to be reasonable.
And you and I both know that there isn't a frozen dick's chance in hell that that rat is gonna be reasonable.
Then tomorrow morning, you and I need to go in there with an offer so good, Simon has no choice but to take it and Daniel's left with nothing but a frozen dick in his hand.
[uneasy music.]
[monitor beeping.]
Robert, what are you doing here? I came as soon as I found out where they took you.
- My purse, it had-- - Don't worry about it.
The important thing is, you're here.
I am so sorry, Samantha.
I never should have kept you so late.
It's not your fault, Robert.
If anything, I should have had my guard up.
This isn't on you.
This is on that piece of shit who did this to you.
You're right.
We need to get to the police station.
- I want to make a statement.
- You can do that tomorrow.
- Right now, you need to rest.
- No.
If they have any chance of catching this guy, the first 24 hours-- Samantha, whatever we have to do to make this right, I'm gonna be right there with you.
But tonight, you're staying put and getting better.
Okay.
Thanks for being here, Robert.
I'll always be here for you, Samantha.
[silverware clatters.]
Robert.
You need something? Yeah.
You hear about this Hardman-Pierpont Malls thing? I did.
Alex told me.
- What did he say? - He said he wasn't too happy with Donna making him look like shit with his own client.
Mm.
Can't blame the man for that.
No.
You can't.
Robert, are you okay? Because ever since that thing with Louis-- I'm fine, Samantha.
Do me a favor.
Get to know everything there is to know about this whole Hardman situation.
You never know how it's gonna shake out.
[dramatic music.]
Harvey, Louis, good of both of you to come.
- Can I offer you a beverage? - Oh, actually, yeah.
because this thing's ending right now.
- What is that? - We're doubling the money that you lost when Kessler backed out.
This says that Kessler found out about the Restoration deal because of a clerical error.
That's right.
Information was included on certain deal memos that were just-- Bullshit! You told Alex Williams.
And a clerical error isn't gonna cut it with his board.
They need a head to roll.
Louis is just too stupid to understand that.
You arrogant son of a bitch.
You always underestimated me.
And you're underestimating me, because if I'd wanted to settle with you, I wouldn't have called Daniel Hardman.
I thought you said you called him.
Did I? I must have made a clerical error.
Regardless, it's Louis' firm now, not yours.
And, Louis, we go to court, the world's gonna discover that your firm can't be trusted, and then you will be the king of nothing.
But if you admit that Harvey broke privilege, this can all go away.
I see what this is.
You want to use that admission to come after Harvey's license.
Look at that.
I didn't think you had it in you to figure it out.
Let me tell you something that you will never figure out.
Leaders never betray their partners.
Let's save the betrayal talk for Harvey's ethics hearing, shall we? I imagine I can win this lawsuit and have it scheduled by the end of the month.
You do this, I promise you, I'll be the biggest regret of your life.
No, Harvey.
My biggest regret is, I wasn't the one to rip Jessica's name off the wall, so I'll just have to settle for ripping yours off instead.
Good day, gentlemen.
Harvey, how did it go with Hardman? It didn't.
What does that mean? It means he's not just suing us.
He's trying to get a guilty verdict so he can use it and come after my license.
What? - No, he can't do that! - He can, Donna, because I broke privilege, and he knows it.
But you didn't break privilege.
I'm the one who told Thomas.
And I'm the one who told Alex, and that's how they think Thomas knows.
So what are we gonna do? We aren't doing anything.
Louis and I are handling this.
But if I told them that it was me and not you-- You'd just make it worse.
We told them it was a clerical error, and you'd be proving we did what they're accusing us of.
Harvey, I'm responsible for this.
I want to help.
I'm sorry, Donna, but-- I get it.
If I really wanted to help, I never would have told Thomas in the first place.
Well, I was gonna say the genie's out of the bottle.
We can't put it back in.
But what you can do is let Louis and I do what we have to to get us out of this.
Samantha, how are you doing? Physically, I'm fine.
Mentally, I am pissed the fuck off.
You want to talk about it? Because we can get you some counseling.
This isn't about my feelings, Robert.
I got mugged like 30 other people that night.
The police aren't gonna do anything about it, and you know it.
What are you getting at? I want the name of your investigator and a few days off to handle this.
You think I'm gonna let you track down this guy yourself? - Listen to me-- - No.
Let's say you find him.
What happens then? You hear of an eye for an eye? That's what happens.
Look, if someone attacks you, they attack me.
So we're gonna go to my guy and find this son of a bitch.
But when we do, we turn him over to the DA and let them do what they do.
No, that won't work! I'm not asking, Samantha.
I'm telling.
If you want justice, you're gonna get it.
That's the only way this happens.
Okay.
We'll do it your way.
Just give me the name of your investigator.
Harvey.
What an unpleasant surprise.
Well, it's about to get more unpleasant, because I got to thinking: if Simon was willing to double deal behind Thomas' back, what's to stop him from doing it with someone else? That is evidence of an off-the-books meeting between two of the largest mall owners in America, divvying up retailers and colluding on rents.
So I'm giving you a one-time opportunity to save Simon an investigation.
Well, Harvey, you're right.
Simon did get into a room with Westhaven, and it was off the books.
But they weren't colluding.
- They were discussing a merger.
- Bullshit.
I represented him.
He never said anything about this.
I'd be happy to show you the offer we made to them.
And I assure you, they have a copy in their files right now.
Because you went back and created a paper trail.
Which means all you have on Simon are a couple of dates on a calendar.
And all you have on me is conjecture about what I may or may not have done.
- No, Harvey.
I have a phone call you made to Travis Tanner the night before Restoration backed out.
Turns out, Travis just happens to represent the competitor of Simon's that was drawing up an offer to Restoration when Kessler backed out.
Do you think Tanner will protect you when I get him on the stand? You son of a bitch.
Now, now.
Name-calling won't get us anywhere.
Or maybe it will.
Because I'm willing to drop this whole thing if you will do me the simple courtesy of putting my name back up on your wall.
You would have to resign, of course.
But at least you'd be able to slink away and start up somewhere else, like you did to me.
You really think I'm gonna let you get away with this, don't you? I think you did what I'm accusing you of, and the chickens are coming home to roost.
Are you up to speed on Hardman? [sighs.]
I am.
Robert, he's not gonna give up, and if this thing plays out the way it's headed-- I know.
That's why I came up with this.
- [chuckles.]
Are you crazy? - No, I'm not.
But I need you to make that happen.
Well, then think of something else, because I'll never be able to convince him to do this.
Samantha, you have convinced people of a hell of a lot more than this.
Because I could get to them.
He won't even take my call.
Well, he's sure as shit not gonna take mine.
And you can use his hatred of me to-- You, me--it won't make a difference.
- He hates us both.
- And if we don't do this-- I know what's at stake, Robert.
Then I need you to get this done.
Because I agree-- if this thing plays out the way that it's headed All right.
I'll make it happen.
[dramatic music.]
[grunts.]
Louis.
This is only the second time you've ever come to my home.
First time I was here, I told you that I got you out of a jam.
This time, I'm asking you to get me out of one.
If you're talking about Simon Lowe suing your firm, I heard about that, and I'm sorry.
Well, he's not just suing the firm, Thomas.
His lawyer's using the suit to come after my partner's license.
- You mean Harvey Specter.
- Yes, I do.
So as your first lawyer and your friend, I'm asking you to help me.
Help you how? Simon's lawyer is trying to prove that Harvey broke privilege, and the only people they can go after are Harvey, Alex, Donna - And me.
- That's right.
And Daniel Hardman has not subpoenaed you yet, but it's only a matter of time.
And you want me to what? Leave town? - Or worse yet-- - No, Thomas-- No, no, I don't believe this, Louis.
The guy helped Simon Lowe try to screw me over, and you want me to cover for him.
Thomas, listen to me.
I know you value honesty, so I'm gonna be perfectly honest with you.
Simon was a bigger client.
And Harvey should have sided with him, but he tried to protect you anyway.
And if you don't cover for him, all it's gonna do is take down a good man who I care about.
I'm sorry, Louis.
If this Daniel Hardman subpoenas me, I won't perjure myself.
I assume you're here to discuss my pending action against your firm.
- I am.
I'm also here to drink this 30-year scotch with an old friend.
I appreciate that, Robert.
But what's the saying? Never trust Greeks bearing gifts? I look Greek to you? You look like a man who's trying to have it both ways.
And you look like one who's letting a vendetta cloud his judgment.
They took my firm, Robert.
It's not a judgment.
That's a fact.
And from what I recall, you all but handed it to them with your indiscretions.
And if you're here to litigate the past-- - Fuck the past, Daniel.
I'm here to work something out.
What will it take for you to drop this thing? I said what it would take: my old firm back and Harvey Specter's resignation.
Now, you know I can't do that.
Why not? Because Rachel married his protégé? Because you and Jessica broke the glass ceiling together? We were friends before any of that.
We talked about starting a firm together.
I know that we did.
Then why are you siding with them? They stole everything I built, Robert, forced me out in disgrace, and I have been in the wilderness ever since.
And until my name is up on that wall, I'm not dropping this.
Then what if I can get your name up somewhere else? You mean Rand Kaldor.
Ever since I left the firm, they've been one man down.
You could come in and--and-- And what? They hate you as much as I hate Harvey.
Why would they throw you a lifeline? Because you're Daniel goddamn Hardman, that's why.
Okay, Robert.
You get Eric and Ellen to go in on this, I will let this go.
But if you can't, our friendship isn't gonna stop me from taking Harvey down.
Sohow'd it go with Daniel? It didn't.
What do you mean, it didn't? He already backdated an excuse, and not only that.
He found out I went to Tanner behind Simon's back.
Wait, you did what? I was trying to save Thomas' deal without telling him.
- I had to go to somebody-- - You know what? Never mind.
I don't give a shit.
But what we need to do is figure something out, because this is my firm, and I'm not gonna let that son of a bitch take it from me.
- Louis-- - Why did you have to tell her? That's what I don't get.
Why? He was my client for 13 years.
I wouldn't have told her.
Yes, Louis, you would have.
Last year, you came to me about putting Sheila over the firm.
And I told you as managing partner, I wouldn't do it, but as your friend, I would.
If I had asked you about telling Donna, you would have done the same thing.
You're right.
I would.
God damn it! What's going on, Louis? Thomas said that he wouldn't help us.
You mean he wouldn't help me.
Yeah, I guess that's what I mean.
Why couldn't Donna just wait for you? I don't know, Louis.
I really don't know.
You think you would have come through if she had? Well, I'd like to think so.
Yeah, well, I do too.
'Cause let's face it, Harvey: you pretty much always do.
You're right, Louis.
I do.
And right now, I think I can.
What do you got? They said a head needs to roll on this.
What if, instead of one head rolling, we give them two? Good.
You're here.
I was going over my testimony and could use another set of eyes.
I don't know how to tell you this.
I talked to Cameron Dennis.
The guy's friends put him at a different location, and-- Don't you fucking say it.
Samantha, I'm sorry.
I never should have listened to you.
Look, I know you're upset-- Save it.
I've got something to take care of.
So what are you gonna do, hire someone to break his legs? God damn it, you told me if we did this right, there would be justice.
Where is the justice? That son of a bitch gets off, you know what that makes me? A victim.
I am not a victim, Robert! One of my foster parents would hit me.
It's why I joined the service, why I learned self-defense.
I can't be a victim again, Robert.
I justcan't.
All right, then.
We'll go the other way.
What are you talking about? Cameron Dennis said that if any new evidence came to light, he'll prosecute.
[solemn music.]
Let's get to doing that, then.
No.
You took a risk once to get me this firm.
It's time I took a risk for you.
God damn it, Ellen, there's got to be something you'd-- [scoffs.]
Well, in that case, go to hell.
[receiver slams.]
Well, how much? What's the bastard's price? There is no price, Robert.
He said no amount of money or clients would make up for seeing his firm get torn apart.
But what about Ellen? You try horse trading with her? I did, and I struck out there too.
God damn it, Samantha! I got Daniel to agree! He thought I came up with Rand Kaldor on the fly, and I sold it to him.
What do you want me to say? I want you to tell me exactly what happened.
Because Eric Kaldor and Ellen Rand are two of the greediest people I know.
So if you're trying to tell me that they're standing on principle, I'm calling bullshit! And it's pretty clear what happened.
Eric tried to force something down your throat, and you let your pride get in the way--like always.
Robert I offered him half your client list, a dividend stream from your equity share, a no-poaching commitment-- And if the carrot doesn't work, you use the goddamn stick.
And threaten him with what? We took half the firm from him.
There is nothing left to take.
[tense music.]
I'm sorry, Robert.
I did everything I could.
We're gonna have to find another way.
Gentlemen, you have five minutes to make your case.
You don't, this will be the shortest lunch in the history of lunches.
- Then I'll get to it.
We offered Simon Lowe a settlement no reasonable CEO would refuse.
So we want to see if cooler heads can prevail.
This isn't about cooler heads.
This is about driving a wedge between me and my CEO, and that's not gonna happen.
- That's the thing, Elaine.
There's no need to drive a wedge, because it already exists.
That is an email chain between me and Simon from 18 months ago.
As you can see, he was looking to relieve you of your duties as chairwoman.
I don't know about you, but if someone did that to me at my firm, their ass would be on the sidewalk ten seconds later.
And if this is true, why didn't you bring it to my attention then? Because unlike Simon, I'm loyal to the guy who writes my checks.
There's no two ways about it, Elaine.
Simon's a threat to you.
Daniel Hardman's a threat to us.
Do you want to neutralize those threats, or do you just want to sit there eating salad while they neutralize you? Gentlemen, I do believe I'll bring this to the board and see if we can't reach a deal.
Just so we're clear, this settlement doesn't close if you only let Simon go.
Believe me, Mr.
Specter, when the board hears about all of this, you won't have to worry about Simon or Daniel Hardman ever again.
Robert! Long time, no chat.
To be honest, I wasn't sure they were gonna let me in.
[chuckles.]
So I take it this means you're accepting my offer.
WellI don't accept opening bids, but if you want to tell me what you need-- God damn it.
She didn't tell you, did she? - Eric-- - No, don't.
We worked together 20 years, all right? I know when you're stalling.
Samantha didn't tell you, and now you're covering for her like you always do.
All right, she didn't.
So, what, you want to mock me, or you want to tell me what it's gonna take? It's simple, really.
Daniel Hardman's name for yours.
- Excuse me? - I said you retire, I take Daniel on as a partner, and that is take it or leave it.
All right.
Let's get to it.
What the ---- is your problem with me? - My problem? - Yeah.
Why'd you take my firm from me? See, that--that right there! That's my problem.
All we ever heard is that it was your firm, your name, your reputation.
You know, we had a little something to do with it as well.
You think I didn't know that? You think I never gave you credit? I think you never let us forget that it was you that got our names on the wall.
I did put your names on the wall! And maybe if you were a little more focused on the big picture than getting a pat on your back-- Well, you never had a problem giving a pat on the back to your little protégé.
- Don't you talk about her.
We would have never gotten this place if it wasn't for Samantha.
- So you always say.
Although you never quite say how.
But if I had to venture a guess-- Not another word, Eric.
If that's how you really feel about me, the answer is no! I'll take my chances with my friend! If you're talking about Ellen, Ellen's not your friend.
I'm talking about Daniel Hardman.
Mark my words, we'll come to some accommodation, and then you and Ellen Rand can kiss my black ass.
Well, I don't know about you, but I think we've earned a drink.
Well, I'd pour you one, Louis, but I'm fresh out of Peachtree Schnapps.
All right, enough messing around.
What's the big news? We got the suit dismissed, and Daniel Hardman is out of the picture.
- Louis, that's great news.
- I just wish I could see the look on his face when he finds out we got the better of him.
- I hate to break it to you, but you didn't get the better of anybody.
Robert, what are you doing here? More importantly, what are you talking about? I knew what you were up against, so I went to Daniel as a friend and offered him a deal.
- What kind of deal? I know what kind of deal, because there's only one thing that son of a bitch would trade taking me down for, and he told me what it is: his name on our wall.
And I would never give him that.
It doesn't matter now, because when Daniel heard that Simon got fired, he thought I was playing him, and he pulled the trigger on an ethics hearing.
What the shit did you just say? They set the date, Louis.
When? - Harvey, before-- - When, Alex? This says the hearing's tomorrow.
They're summoning you, me, Simon, Thomas, and Donna.
- Which means we have less than 24 hours to get our story straight, convince Thomas to corroborate it, and get Donna the fuck out of town.
It's not gonna work, Louis.
Leave me alone, all of you.
- I need time to think.
- Harvey-- I don't want to talk about it, Robert.
You know, I don't care if one day, they get me on any of the other shit that I've done, but to go down for this? To go down to him? - Harvey, we can still-- - No, we can't! Look, he's got me dead to rights.
Mike was dead to rights.
Look what happened to him.
This isn't a jury.
It's a fucking ethics board.
And I did exactly what he said I did.
- Harvey-- - Motherfucker! [glass shatters.]
I said leave me alone.
[dramatic music.]
I know I'm interrupting, but can I come in? Why not? Sitting by myself doesn't seem to be getting me anywhere.
Wellmaybe this will.
Technically [exhales.]
You did not break privilege when you told Donna.
In other words, I could throw Donna under the bus.
I know you won't do it.
But it had to be said.
Then it's been said.
- [laughs softly.]
- What? If this were another firm, she wouldn't even still be working here.
You saying we should fire her? If you're asking me as a name partner, I would say yes.
If you're asking me as her friend, I would say[laughs.]
There's no way in hell I am ever letting that woman go.
Never thought in a million years something like that could come out of your mouth.
Well, maybe this place is rubbing off on me.
You are allcrazy.
- [laughs softly.]
- But maybe that's what I love about it here.
[soft dramatic music.]
He's gonna lose everything because of me.
Donnayou never know how these hearings will go.
You know the worst part is, I don't even know why I did it anymore.
I didn't sleep that night.
I just lay there wondering, "What if Harvey can't get it done?" And then I would tell myself, "Well, he always gets it done.
" And then it was morning, and I hadn't heard from him, and Thomas' business was at stake, and I just-- Donna, you told him because you love him.
Love him? We just started seeing each other.
I'm not talking about Thomas.
Third year of law school.
Rosalie went behind my back about a pro Bono we were doing.
We got in a huge fight, and it broke us up, 'cause I thought she betrayed me, and she thought I thought I was a better lawyer.
But she didn't betray me, and I didn't think I was better.
And none of that had anything to do with it anyway.
What does this have to do with me? I was afraid of committing.
Deep down, she knew it, so she closed the window.
And it made me realize I didn't like being on the other side of the glass.
I didn't do what I did to make Harvey realize anything.
Neither did Rosalie.
She did it so she could move on.
Thomas, I appreciate you seeing me on such short notice.
You said it was about Donna, so of course I'll see you.
- What's going on? - It's simple.
Donna was the one who told you about Simon but I want you to say it was me.
You want me to lie.
Look, I know you're a man of your word, but she risked all this because she knows how much your business means to you.
Well, she worked her entire life to get to where she is, and the truth comes out, she'll be barred from working in a law firm for the rest of her life.
What am I not seeing here, Harvey? How does all this protect you? It doesn't.
I just don't see why she has to stand in front of that firing squad too.
All I'm asking you to do is protect her like she protected you.
[both chuckling.]
- Oh, no, no, no.
You were the first one to take an offer.
Yeah, but then you went to another firm.
Because back then, they weren't gonna hire a man like me, no matter what school I went to.
I could have got you in.
They hired Jessica.
Years later.
I couldn't wait for that.
I still think we would have made a great firm.
Zane Hardman.
Wait, why is your name first? You let Jessica go first.
You let Rand and Kaldor.
Yeah, you're right.
I don't have to go first.
I know where I stand.
Go ahead, take it.
Hardman Zane.
No.
I don't want it now.
[cell phone buzzing.]
- Excuse me a moment, Daniel.
- Mm-hmm.
Cameron? Robert, I have some news, and I thought I owed it to you to call.
[melancholy music.]
[softly.]
Please don't tell her.
Robert, whatever it is, - I have to testify this morning.
- I know.
Then what is it? Remember when I said I couldn't make up for what I did? I think I can.
But I'm gonna need your help, and you might not like what I need it for.
Well, I know what it's like to live with a weight on your shoulders.
And if I can help you take it off, why don't you go ahead and tell me what you need? - Thomas.
- Can I come in? Of course.
I was just getting ready for this morning.
I know.
That's what I wanted to talk about.
Look, if this is about Louis coming to see you, if I had known he was gonna do that-- It's not about Louis coming to me.
It's, um--it's about Harvey Specter coming to me.
- Harvey came to you? - Last night.
- What did he say? - Well, he pretty much said that he was about to lay himself down on the train tracks for you, and he wanted me to help tie him down.
Well[scoffs.]
I-I don't know exactly what that means-- Who are you to him? I don't know how to answer that.
I got it when Louis came to me.
This comes out, it hurts his firm.
It hurts his partner.
He wouldn't want to see that happen.
But then Harvey came to me, and all he seemed to care about is you.
So if you can't tell me who you are to him, maybe you can tell me who he is to you.
I don't know who he is, Thomas.
I just know that he's somebody that I can't seem to figure out how to cut out of me.
But I want to.
And I have wanted to, and apparently, I tried to when I told you what was going on.
But the truth is, I don't know if I'll ever be able to.
Thomas Kessler shook my hand and said yes to a deal.
He had no reason in the world to back out until Harvey Specter gave him one.
When you confronted him with this allegation, what did he do? He paid off my board and got me fired.
It wasn't a payoff.
It was a settlement that we offered you first.
Along with a fabricated explanation about Kessler finding out due to a clerical error.
The contents of that offer are not admissible here.
In other words, you're preparing to change your story? As far as I'm concerned, it's time to get to the main course.
I call Harvey Specter.
Where is she? She said she didn't care if she was summoned or not.
She couldn't watch.
What are you gonna do? I don't know.
Shortly after Simon Lowe told you he was using Thomas Kessler as a pawn, Kessler pulled out of their deal.
- Why was that? - If you're asking if I told him about my client's plans, I didn't.
- Then how did he find out? - I don't know.
Maybe Restoration clued him in.
Maybe he overheard someone at dinner.
Or maybe it was the clerical error nonsense you tried to pull before.
- What's nonsense is, I did not share my client's privileged information with another client, yet he brought this complaint anyway, and he did it because he knew Pierpont Malls was about to drop their suit against my firm because it had no merit.
They dropped it because you paid them to.
Mr.
Specter, Mr.
Hardman has a point.
I find it hard to believe that Thomas Kessler wasn't informed by your office, so I ask you do you stand by your answer? I stand by the fact that he has to prove what I did.
I don't have to prove what I didn't.
Then I say it's time we ask someone else.
Mr.
Williams, did you or did you not inform Thomas Kessler that his firm was being used as a stalking horse? No, I did not.
Then is it true Mr.
Kessler knew he was being used? I can't speak to what my client did or didn't know.
Then let's talk about what you knew.
You got his original landlord to make him a better offer, did you not? Yes, I did.
And there's nothing wrong with using Pierpont's offer to get a better deal for my client.
It's what they were doing to us.
Yes, but the difference is, when he got the offer, he turned it down.
Why would he do that? - Because - Because what? Why would a man turn down a better offer and then take out an ad in the "Journal" pronouncing the value of integrity over profits? It's because he knew what Simon Lowe was doing, and you knew he knew.
And I remind you, I will call Thomas Kessler, and he will tell me the truth, because he is a man of integrity.
All right.
I knew.
And I told my client, which was my obligation.
Finally.
You knewbecause Harvey Specter told you.
No.
I knew because Robert Zane told me.
What? I can't cover for you anymore.
You're not covering anything.
I had no reason to break privilege.
Yes, you did.
You saw a way to get back at Harvey Specter and Louis Litt for taking you down as managing partner.
You knew if you broke privilege, he would take a hit and you would take the firm back.
Mr.
Chairman, that is a fabrication.
This is obviously a hit job on an innocent man.
If he's so innocent, then why do I have an email from Robert Zane informing me of Simon Lowe's duplicity? - You're in on this? - Mr.
Zane.
Is this true? [suspenseful music.]
It is.
I can't hide it anymore.
Oh, no.
They orchestrated this whole thing.
Ask Kessler.
Mr.
Kessler, who was it, Robert Zane or Harvey Specter? All I know is that Alex Williams informed me of Pierpont's plan.
I can't speak to who told him.
No.
Travis Tanner admitted Harvey called him the night before.
Then why isn't he here? Obviously because he got to him! Robert, as this is a disbarrable offense, I ask you again, under oath, is this email real? Did you do this? I did.
Then do you have anything to say in your defense? Only that I did what I felt was right at the time.
I didn't regret it then.
But I do now.
Robert, why are you doing this? I'm making up for what I did wrong.
Well, I'm sorry to say, but that's not enough.
You hereby forfeit your license to practice law.
This matter's now closed.
[gavel bangs.]
[low murmuring.]
How could you do it? - Samantha.
- You've been working your whole life for this.
How could you just throw it away? I didn't throw it away.
That's what I need you to understand.
Well, I don't understand it.
How could you take the fall for something you didn't do? How could you do that to me? Because I did something else, and I can't live with it anymore.
What are you talking about? That man that attacked you the one that we put away-- That's why you did this? Robert, he got what he deserved.
He was killed, Samantha, murdered in his own cell.
And it's my fault.
Now, he may have been a piece of shit, but he was someone's son, and he wouldn't have been in there if it weren't for me.
Why didn't you tell me? Because it wasn't your burden to bear.
But I am telling you now because I need you to understand.
This is redemption for me.
What am I gonna do without you? You've got your name on the wall.
You don't need me anymore.
The truth is you haven't needed me for a long time.
[soft music.]
I don't want to be alone.
You're not gonna be alone here.
You've got Louis and Donna and Alex.
It's not the same thing.
Ha-ha.
You want to talk the same? I've seen you and Harvey together.
You're peas in a pod.
[laughs.]
Go to him.
Seek him out.
And who knows? Over time, you might even Might even what? Nothing.
Now come over here and give an old man a hug.
You looking for him too? I went to call Donna after the hearing.
She didn't answer, but when I came back, all you guys were gone.
There wasn't really a reason to stay.
Alex, if you'd have told me you were gonna do that-- That's why Robert wouldn't let me tell you.
I know I need to thank him - But you need to know why.
- Yeah.
- I do.
- Because, Harvey, sometimes people are carrying around a burden they need to put down that has nothing to do with you.
What burden? None of your goddamn business.
Stop moping around my office.
I'm retired.
I'm not dead.
And, Harvey I knew what I was doing.
I'm good with it.
Well, then if it's all right with you, what do you say, to celebrate your retirement, I finally take you out for that burger? You got it.
But not tonight.
Something like this happens, makes you know what's really important.
And for me, it's Laura.
Hey.
You sure you don't want to tell me what that burden was? Isn't it enough I saved your sorry ass? And by the way, most people get a gold watch.
I get a goddamn burger.
Why you gotta push it? Now we gotta get him a watch.
Hey.
u want to get a burger? Sorry, Harvey.
Robert's right.
I need to get home to the woman I love.
[contemplative music.]
Shouldn't you be out celebrating? You'd think so, but losing Robert kind of takes the charm off the victory.
Listen, Harvey, I appreciate this, but I don't need you checking up on me.
Where else do I have to be? You know, I lost my mentor too.
Jessica Pearson.
Robert used to talk about her all the time.
What was she like? Let's just say she was to me what he is to you.
It was hard losing her, but it gets easier.
He believed in me.
He was the only one who ever did that.
The only one who saw who I was.
All my baggage, all my flaws.
And he accepted you anyway.
He didn't just accept me.
He loved me.
Not easy to find someone like that in this world.
No, it's not.
I mean, what am I supposed to do when I have a big victory or a terrible loss and the only person I want to run and tell isn't there? What am I supposed to do? Samantha, I'm so sorry, but I have to go.
Where? I just have to.
[upbeat music.]