03x09 - The One Where the Sun Comes Out

[bunniefuu]

You know what's going on here?

About my father raping secretaries?

Yes.

LIZ: I want you to find
out if there are any more

women that he's r*ped in
the firm, in the world.

I want to know everything,
so don't bury it.

I heard they fire half
of us in the first month.

Oh, yeah, yeah, I heard that, too.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

We should stick together.

Uh, I'm Lili.

Maia.

(INDISTINCT RADIO TRANSMISSION)

NEWSWOMAN: They're calling
it the Great Chicago Flood.

Eight inches of rain
in the next hours

will mean this is the wettest May ever.

And with a cold snap on the horizon,

we could see a sudden
drop in temperatures

and several freak incidents...

BRIAN: Look, there was a large
puddle in front of the store.

With bad drainage.

I-It was their fault!

Are you paying attention?

Why are you asking me
to repeat this again?

Because I'm taking careful notes, Brian.

That's what we do here
at Consult a Lawyer.

Listen to me, it's their fault!

Well, say that again so I
can take my careful notes.

Your commercial...

Maia, I have a very important
legal emergency on line three.

Doesn't sound like you're caring.

I got two pickles today. Want one?

- Is it sweet?
- Nope.

Thank you.

Did you see the new guy in cubicle ?

He's from our old job.

You're kidding, from Lockhart/Deckler?

LILI: Yeah. Roger. He
got fired four months ago.

Said there were only two
people left from our class.

They should have
T-shirts made up for us.

Yeah. Hmm.

They'll all die of heart
att*cks and we'll live forever.

(BRIAN TALKING
INDISTINCTLY OVER HEADSET)

I'm sorry, Brian, you were saying?

- BRIAN: Listen to me...
- Mm-hmm.

Your commercial led me
to believe that you care.

I'm telling you, it's their fault.

Are you listening?

Oh, my God.

Put that down. Let's go.

Excuse me?

Put down the headset, come on.
This place gives me the creeps.

What do you want, Blum?

I want you to come with me.
Did I not make that clear?

I got a job.

You got me fired.

Yes, and that was five weeks ago.

Now I want to give you a job. Keep up.

What job?

(WHISPERING): What does it matter?

Exactly. My job is not in this sh*thole.

I'm counting to three.

I'll take it.

I'll take it.

SHERYL: No, I'm here now.

Yes. Yes.

(HAIL THUDDING)

Wow. Hail. Next there'll be frogs.

No, I think this is right.

Okay. I'll call you back.

Okay, that was Neil. We
have agreed on a plan.

We want to keep working with your firm.

Good. Uh, we want that, too.

You're not the biggest in Chicago,

but we appreciate your diversity.

Unfortunately, we are
living in a #MeToo world,

and Chumhum has zero tolerance
for sexual coercion these days.

Uh, my father d*ed two
years ago, Ms. Lamore,

and we have addressed that
issue with his victims.

Yes, but you're planning on going public

with these offenses, and
your bad PR will be ours.

So what do you want us to do?

We want the firm to
finance an investigation

on how it handled these incidents.

This is Brenda Decarlo.

She is a lawyer specializing
in issues on sexual impropriety.

She investigated the Olympic
track abuse last year.

Hello. (LAUGHING)

We want her to have
unfettered access to your firm.

We need to make sure there are
no remaining cultural issues.

What do you mean "cultural issues"?

BRENDA: An environment that encourages

the culture of fear, entitlement,

and lack of accountability.

(LAUGHING)

I'm sorry, I know that's not funny.

I have PBA,

pseudobulbar affect.

These are cards explaining it.

- Hmm. Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.

Is this investigation really necessary?

SHERYL: When you go public,
we want to point to a record

giving you a clean bill of health,

so, yes, if you want to keep
us as a client, it is necessary.

(HAIL THUDS)

(GASPS)

No one's condemning anyone.

We just want to get a
read on the culture here

at Reddick, Boseman, Lockhart.

Now, Ms. Decarlo here will
be pulling you all aside,

asking some questions,
just getting a sense

of how we operate.

You can be as candid with
her as you would be with us.

More, actually.

(LAUGHTER)

(BRENDA CONTINUES LAUGHING)

ADRIAN: So I want to say

thank you to you for the best
year this law firm has had.

More clients, more billable hours.

And that is because of each
and every one of you all.

Thank you.

So what do you think?

God, she's a nut,

but we have a g*n to our head, you know?

(PHONE CHIMES)

Wait, Liz.

LIZ: What's that?

It's an emergency.

What's the emergency?

I-I don't know.

Are you going?

Yes, are you?

No. I'm done.

Be careful.

No.

ROLAND: What do you mean "no"?

MAIA: You know, I thought you
were pulling me out of hell,

but I think you're
just dragging me deeper.

Look, I'm months behind in billing.

There are counsel fee
awards I haven't collected...

You don't need an attorney for that.

I need someone I can trust.

Someone competent. Annunciata.

MAIA: I don't want to be
your office manager, okay?

Or someone relegated to bill collecting.

Well, I don't want that either.

You know, I got Spencer
Marsh coming in tomorrow.

The CEO?

Yup.

Oh, he thinks your
father was a great man.

(CHUCKLES) Ah, my father.

See, that's why you want me.

No, it's 'cause of
your sunny disposition.

Of course that's why I want you.

Or would you rather be liked

or needed? And if you
don't say "needed,"

I'm kicking you right out of here.

Okay, here's what we need to do.

You need a real office in
a real building in the Loop.

Spencer, he won't even
enter a room like this.

Okay. How much?

- What it costs?
- Mm-hmm.

(INHALES)

I'll work with an initial
budget of grand a month

to get your office up and running.

(LAUGHS) No. No, no,
no, no. Way too much.

It's what a real office costs, you know.

I saw what you charged Avery
Ward. You can afford it.

Oh, you have an evil look in your eye.

It's what I look like these days.

$ , a month.

That's your budget.

.

(SPITS)

(SPITS)

(PHONE RINGING)

Thank you for calling Consult a Lawyer.

This is Lili. Please tell
me a little about your issue.

MAIA: Lili, shut up, it's Maia.

Maia?

- What are you doing?
- (ROLAND MOANING)

Opening an office.

I need you to quit.

Quit what?

Your job.

Join me at a new firm I'm
forming. I'll pay double.

I have another pickle from my sandwich.

Do you want me to bring it?

Sure.

RACHELLE (WHISPERING): Diane.

Where's Liz?

She's not coming.

Why?

She's done.

Do you think it's her?

No, her profile came up clean.

That doesn't mean anything.

We don't know what she could do.

What are you talking about?

"Watch out for traitors.

There are people who want to stop us."

Who's that from?

RACHELLE: Valerie.

We asked her how the hack got stopped.

That's what she wrote back.

ISABELLA: "This is my suggestion.

We need to revert to fuller measures.

That's the only way to
educate the White House."

What does that mean, fuller measures?

"I would suggest our first target:

Michael Tyrek.

He's the designer of
the border strategy,

and he's currently
responsible for the death

of three children in El Paso cages.

He must be stopped."

I'm sorry, but what,
what are fuller measures?

Swatting him.

Calling , telling them

that there's a masked intruder
in Michael Tyrek's house.

Oh, my God.

Giving him some of what he gave

- those kids at the border.
- Three children d*ed.

One from dehydration, some from neglect.

That doesn't mean it's
right. I mean, swatting?

ISABELLA: Why doesn't it?

Because he could get k*lled.

- Like he k*lled those kids?
- Shh.

DIANE: Look, I'm not defending Tyrek,

but these tactics are seriously wrong.

Not according to Valerie.

Okay. That is not a text from Valerie.

What do you mean?

Valerie is not who she said she was.

She is a con woman who
started this resistance

so she could take our money.

She is currently in Rikers.

And I have to admit, I-I
made up her first text

because I thought this
group was doing good work,

and I didn't want us to disband.

I'm sorry, what?

I pretended that Valerie was real,

so we could continue the resistance.

Then why do I have a text from her?

Because it's not a text
from her. You made that up.

I had my investigator check on
that number. It is your number,

and you sent it to yourself.

(OVERLAPPING ARGUING)

Hey, hey, hey. Can I
interrupt for a sec?

Valerie warned us that someone
would try to break us up,

and that's what she's doing.

- No.
- Yes.

She's saying exactly the things

to get us to distrust ourselves.

I agree. We're not the enemies here.

The enemy is Michael Tyrek.

Diane,

at the very minimum,
what you're admitting

is that you lied. Why
do we trust you now?

If I have evidence...

If you have evidence, let's see it.

Fine.

Hey, Jay.

Do you still have that
material on Valerie Underwood?

JAY: The con woman in Rikers? Yes.

Can you get me the research on her?

Sure. I'll put it on your desk.

Good, and if you have a mug sh*t,

that would be, that would be helpful.

- Yeah, no problem.
- BRENDA: Today is about transparency

and honesty in a safe space,

and I just want you to know,

none of what we say here
is gonna go any further.

This is just for my edification.

All right, so let's
do our first question.

Do any of you have any
knowledge of other employees

who were subject to sexual coercion

by Carl Reddick or any coworker?

Okay.

This is a bit broader question now.

Have any of you been harassed
by anyone at this firm?

Well, are-are we only talking sex?

Not necessarily. Why?

Well, I mean, it's not sexual,

but this firm definitely
has a lot of racial issues.

Oh, come on, are you kidding me?

No, I'm not. What would
you describe it as?

Okay, I don't think that's
what the report is about.

- She asked the question.
- So you want us to just shut up?

- Isn't that part of the problem?
- Okay, wait,

l-let's go back.

What are the racial issues
you're talking about?

You were paid. All of
you associates got money.

Because they're trying to pay us off.

- The partners want us to shut up.
- Exactly.

- That's why they gave us the bonuses.
- That was the agreement.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

Uh, okay, so why were you paid?

- We were paid one-time bonuses.
- To shut us up.

Okay, so let's talk about that.

Thank you.

Wow. I like the smell.

I do, too.

REALTOR: If you like it, I'd snap it up.

I have a start-up circling.

Does it come with the furniture?

It can. I'll need a
six-month commitment.

When can we move in?

You sign the papers,
you could be in today.

How tall are you?

Me? Six foot.

You should be my secretary.
I need a secretary.

REALTOR: Let me think about it.

- Can I feel your arm?
- Yes.

I want this place.

Okay. Okay.

We want it.

(ARGUING CONTINUES)

Look, as a man,

I acknowledge sexual
harassment is a problem.

Oh, thank you. As a man?

We appreciate you recognizing that.

Oh, my God, I'm on your side here.

Really? You're on our
side? You're against r*pe?

Wow. Thank you.
I mean, I-I appreciate it.

I'm just saying there are
other problems here, too.

And what are they?

Number one: men weren't even considered

to head up Matrimonial Affairs.

Uh, hold on, you're
attacking my department now?

We have two female name partners
who are biased against men.

Ugh, wow, yes, please educate us

about the perils of the working man.

You're in no place to criticize.

You're basically stealing Jay's job.

- What? I'm not stealing his job.
- That's what I'm talking about.

Women have an inside track here.

No, no, no, no, no, no.
That is not a gender thing,

- that is a race thing.
- JIMMY: What about class disparity?

That's right. This place is
divided along racial lines.

No, it isn't. The mail
room didn't see a cent

of the bonuses y'all got.

Yeah, but that's because of race.

No. (SCOFFS) You don't
even know my name, do you?

What does that have to do with this?

When you need our
support, it's black power,

but when we need your
support, you don't even see us.

- Oh, okay...
- That is absolute truth.

Don't even debate about that.

(OVERLAPPING ARGUING)

You got a minute?

Sure.

This investigator is supposed
to interview us all tomorrow.

Okay.

So just be honest. You'll be fine.

One of her questions was,
"Do you have knowledge

of other victims of
Mr. Reddick's coercion?"

Well, that makes sense.

That folder I gave you,

the investigation into the other women.

I know, I, uh...

I still haven't read it.

I will.

Uh... in the meantime...

Nothing to Brenda?

For now.

Okay.

Oh, Marissa.

Are there any other
copies of that report?

No.

My notes, but that's it.

Okay.

Good. We'll talk tomorrow. Thanks.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(TAPS DESK)

(LIGHT KNOCK ON DOOR)

- Liz.
- Yeah?

The, uh, investigator
has a question for us.

- Yeah.
- (CLEARS THROAT)

Uh, just a quick
question. I think it's best

to address this together... Please. Hi.

Hi.

Is it going well downstairs?

Oh, it's going... fascinating.

Well, that's...

- not the word I was expecting.
- (LAUGHS)

So, as part of my investigation,

I've perused company
e-mails... (STIFLED LAUGH)

(GIGGLES)

Mm.

(SHARP EXHALE)

(SNIFFS) And it's come to my attention

that I would like to ask you about

two specific communications.

They were sent...

between you two...

um, and they reference,

uh, an inappropriate relationship

that it's "best no one know about."

Simple question.

What's the relationship
you're referencing?

Um...

And a year ago, you say right there,

um... "It's over.

It was a one-time thing.
No one needs to know."

It's about Carl, clearly.

Yeah.

Right.

Except it was sent three months
after Mr. Reddick's death.

And eight months before, Ms. Reddick,

you were told about your
father's inappropriate actions.

You know, you know what?

I think, I think this was about

a relationship between two peers

here at the firm.

- BRENDA: Good.
- Yeah.

Which two peers?

We've agreed to not divulge their names.

I won't divulge their names, either.

I just need to know
that it was consensual

between two peers.

I-It was consensual.

Oh.

It was between you two.

Okay.

Hmm.

Uh, it... (EXHALES)

It was a moment of weakness.

It was a one-time thing.

- Mm-hmm.
- I was recuperating

from a g*nsh*t injury. Liz was there.

Yeah, but as I said, it was consensual,

and we are both name
partners at the firm.

So... we would like to
avoid any embarrassment

by not including it in the report.

- Agreed.
- Yeah.

It doesn't fall under
my original purview.

- Good.
- Um...

- Thank you.
- But...

you both testified in court

that there was no sexual...

contact...

between you.

So...

that's...

perjury.

(CLEARS THROAT)

(STAMMERS)

Is perjury part of your mission?

No.

- Not originally.
- LIZ: So...

then there's no need to pursue it.

(LAUGHING)

(SHARP BREATHS)

Thank you.

Hmm. (CLEARS THROAT)

(DOOR OPENS)

f*ck.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

Welcome to your office.

- I'll show you around.
- How much is it?

Doesn't matter.

I already committed you to six months.

I got to spend six months in here?

You don't have to spend
six minutes in here, Roland,

but this is your law firm now.

Who's she?

MAIA: Your head of litigation.

- Am I committed to her for six months, too?
- Yeah, you are.

Now, this is your
office, okay? That's mine.

- And that's Lili's.
- Who's Lili?

I-I am.

Who goes into those offices?

I don't know, that's up to you.

Your entourage?

As long as they don't come
out when clients are here.

(GROANS) Okay.

I don't like the smell.

I don't like the decor, the view,

- whatever the f*ck that is...
- That's called a desk.

What's on the desk?

- The blotter?
- Look... (EXHALES)

Clients come to me...

because I keep it personal, you know?

Unorthodox.

When one of them comes
in here, they're gonna,

they're gonna think I've gone corporate.

Roland, I've looked over your billing.

Okay? When was the last time
you looked over your billing?

Is that a trick question?

You've lost $ , to your entourage.

Do you know that?

They've stolen it from you.

You've lost five clients
in the last eight months

because they can't get hold of you.

Now, that is $ . million

in yearly billing down the drain

because you can't pick
up the f*cking phone.

- Don't try and change me.
- I'm not.

I will pick up the phone for you.

I will meet with clients
here when you don't.

You can f*cking sh**t up
to your heart's content,

but you know...

to do it right, you need money.

This is where you'll make that money.

(SNIFFS)

I don't have to set foot in here?

No.

This is where you'll set foot.

♪♪

♪♪

(ROLAND GASPS)

You understand me.

No.

But I understand money.

So you're the... managing partner.

- I am.
- Have you noticed the desks

on the nd floor are segregated?

African Americans are all

in the northeast bullpen

and the Caucasians are
in the northwest bullpen.

Uh, no. (LAUGHS)

Wait, what?

The workplace is segregated.

We don't segregate.

Mm-hmm, well, this is a map

of how the associates

and the paralegals are arranged.

Yeah, but we don't do that.

We work on a hot desk system.

The employee chooses their own desk.

Then they're choosing segregation?

But that's not us.

That's the employee choosing
where they want to sit.

I have individually interviewed
all of the associates.

And many worry that

you pushed for Marissa Gold's promotion

- because you're sleeping with her.
- (SPUTTERS) Oh!

(COUGHING)

Are you okay?

Yes. (COUGHING): No.

Wait... wait.

People think I'm sleeping
with Marissa Gold?

- Yes.
- I'm not.

Um...

on five occasions, you and Ms. Gold

left the firm together
midday and shared a cab.

But that's...

wait, how did you know that?

Your company credit card.

And Ms. Gold's off-site contact numbers

- were the same as yours.
- Oh, God.

- Mm-hmm.
- (LAUGHING)

Okay, okay.

Look. (CLEARS THROAT)

Marissa was helping me to prepare for...

an off-site job interview.

On five occasions?

Yes.

Look, I haven't told
the other partners yet,

and I would ask that

- you keep it private.
- Mm-hmm.

But, uh...

I'm gonna be a federal judge.

Mm-hmm.

- (PHONE RINGS)
- (HEADSET BEEPS)

Hello. Blum, Rindell & Associates.

How may I help you?

Uh, let me connect you.

(MACHINE BEEPS SHRILLY)

- It's that one.
- (BEEPING STOPS)

Do you know what this is?

Looks important.

It is.

- Where was it?
- On the floor.

Oh, good.

We're ready to f*ck them up, Spencer.

Then why haven't I been
able to get you on the phone?

Because I'm an assh*le.

And that's why he has me.

He's the f*ck-up.

I'm the k*ller.

You're really a Rindell?

Raised at his knee.

Taught me everything he knows.

(ROLAND LAUGHS)

Don't be misled by her appearance.

She's a Venus flytrap.

Prosecutors think she's a pushover,

then... whomp.

Okay.

To be honest, I thought I'd
take my business elsewhere.

- But you guys do to my enemies what your father did...
- (DOOR OPENS)

... and I'll make you rich.

Well, that's how we get off.

The tears of our opponents.

(WHISPERING): This
was delivered for Blum.

(SOFTLY): For Blum?

(NORMAL): What the hell?

Oh, they're just f*cking
with me, that's all.

It's Reddick/Boseman.

They're an old firm, dying out.

And we're a new firm.
It's just jealousy.

They're getting you disbarred
for suborning perjury.

No, no, no. They're
trying to get me disbarred.

But you can't testify against me

and they don't have anything else.

Blum, this is a subpoena, okay?

It could be the end of this firm.

- So stop it.
- (GASPS)

- How do I do that?
- You know your firm.

Help me fight 'em.

You know, they have a problem
with their founder, Reddick.

He was raping secretaries.

Will you stop making sh*t up?

I'm not making it up.

You're already in
enough trouble as it is.

Okay? Suborning perjury.

- Oh...
- Don't compound it.

Oh, my God.

More sinned against than sinning.

Find out for yourself.

Carl Reddick, civil rights icon,

was raping his secretaries.

That's why Reddick/Boseman
is coming after me.

Because I found out.

(EXHALES)

NEWSMAN: Two young Guatemalan
children d*ed yesterday

in Border Patrol custody,
causing protests in Washington.

Senior White House
consultant Michael Tyrek,

the mastermind behind the new familial

self-estrangement border policy,

has continually reiterated that
they do not separate families,

insisting that the parents

can choose to keep their child with them

in detention or release them
to a government facility.

Do I find the loss of life
at the border regrettable?

Of course I do.

But we did not put those children there.

Their parents did.

And we will not take the blame
for those children's deaths.

I know what you're thinking.

This is evil, right?

Harming kids is evil.

Especially when they're as cute as that.

This isn't about cuteness.
It's about an evil policy.

But if you agreed with the
policy, it wouldn't be evil?

No. If this were about k*lling children,

it wouldn't matter whether
I agreed with the policy.

Okay, then, let's talk about abortion.

Oh, my God, I knew you
were gonna go there.

Because it's the obvious place to go.

In your mind, a woman's right to choose

trumps the right of the unborn.

In my mind, the integrity of
our borders trumps the lives...

You would prefer to talk
about the unborn because

you don't want to talk about
these two Guatemalan children.

So when do you start caring?

When a child looks like this?

You're confusing matters. You
don't care about these children

on the border because
they don't look like you.

They're not white.

You can't empathize with
them or their parents,

and that allows you to do evil.

Yes, and, by that logic, you
can't empathize with the unborn

because they don't look like you,

and that allows you to do evil.

LIZ: Are you okay?

Oh. Uh, yeah. It's just, it's the news.

Oh, God, I know.

It's awful these days.

Is the Book Club on it?

Yeah.

Good. I mean, I might be done with them,

but I'm glad they're out there fighting.

I've come around to why you lied.

I have decided not to disclose
what was in your investigation.

These six other women
haven't asked to come forward,

and I think we should
respect their privacy.

- I could talk to them.
- No.

Let's just let it go.

None of them were in the law firm,

so I don't want it to
become our business.

Okay.

Thank you.

I can't promise they won't
come out on their own.

I know, and we will deal with
it when and if it happens.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(EXHALES)

(PHONE VIBRATING)

(LAUGHS SOFTLY)

Gold!

Friend!

Ah!

Ah, what a good call. I was...
I was in such a bad mood today.

Well, I have been a bad friend.

Okay? I was going
through a terrible time.

Now you're not?

No. No, I'm, uh,

I am starting a firm.

- What?
- Yeah.

Oh, my God. Congratulations.

You're such a f*cking star.

Ah. Old-fashioneds?

Uh-huh. Two each.

To your new firm.

Thank you.

- Ah, so good.
- Mmm.

What? So where is your office?

It's on Marble.

- In the Loop?
- Mm-hmm.

How can you afford that?

I have a benefactor.

Well, to benefactors.

I'll take that.

Okay, so, wait, why were
you so unhappy today?

Oh, uh, no reason. I don't, I
don't like when people pretend

to come clean and then just
shove their secrets deeper.

You sound like you're coming out.

(CHUCKLES) Yeah, wouldn't that be nice?

(LAUGHS)

(QUIETLY): That would.

I could really try
to be gay, but I think

I would just laugh too much.

(LAUGHS): Oh, you...

No, I think you'd be great.

I could see that.

♪ Miserable past ♪

♪ There must have been
a moment of truth... ♪

(CHUCKLES)

No...

No. I...

I like f*cking, but I don't
like f*cking up friendships.

Same here.

That's why our generation
doesn't f*ck as much.

We, we're too adult.

(LAUGHS): Yeah.

Yeah, we take ourselves to the
edge and then we just back up.

(IMITATES CAR BEEPING)

(LAUGHS)

Hey, you know what
someone said to me today?

They said that Carl
Reddick r*ped his secretary.

I told them they're full of sh*t.

♪ Nothing comes from nothing... ♪

What, they're not full of sh*t?

I can't answer that.

Oh, my God. I said it couldn't be true.

Who told you?

Someone I know.

(WHISPERS): That's terrible.

Yeah. You remember him at the firm.

He was like a statue come to
life, like Martin Luther King.

I know.

When was this?

The last ten years.

How many?

His secretary,

the stenographer at work.

And some others outside of work.

I can't believe this.
I can't believe this.

That's why we're being investigated.

That's why I'm in a bad mood.

Because they want to bury
even more of these r*pes.

Wait, stop. N-No, we shouldn't
talk about this anymore.

Why?

I called you because I really
wanted to see you, Marissa,

because I was happy, okay?

Not because I wanted to know anything.

Okay. I-I don't understand.

I have to go.

Why?

Because everything that
we talk about from now on,

you're gonna blame me for.

- Why would I do that?
- 'Cause I'm not at your firm.

Right, but why does that matter?

You're gonna hate me.

Just remember: this has
nothing to do with us.

Okay?

I love you.

I wish everything was different.

♪ Some... thing good. ♪

(MAIA CRYING IN DISTANCE)

(EXHALES)

What?

Aw... What's wrong, Maia?

I know something that will help us.

Well, then-then, that's good, isn't it?

A friend will interpret it as betrayal.

Mm.

Is it betrayal?

I don't know.

I've lost track these days.

Well, then tell me.

KREUTZER: It is the policy
of ACDB Commission that

disciplinary and unauthorized

practice of law matters
be handled expeditiously,

with due regard to the
right of the respondent

to have ample time to
prepare his defense.

Mr. Roland Blum, have
you had adequate time?

No. But I don't want to delay justice,

and I have confidence in
this board to tell my accusers

to crawl back under the
rock from whence they came.

KREUTZER: Mr. Cain,

you brought these charges
of suborning perjury?

Yes, Officer Kreutzer, uh,

because we were serving

as cocounsel, we have actual knowledge

of Mr. Blum putting his
dietician on the witness stand

and representing him to
the court in sworn testimony

as a former insurance company executive.

KREUTZER: Mr. Blum, how do
you respond to the allegations?

"By treason's tooth bare-gnawn

and canker-bit. Yet I am as noble

as the adversary I come to cope withal."

Uh, it would be helpful, Mr. Blum,

if your responses were more on point.

What I find particularly
galling is that Julius Cain,

whom I put on my shoulders

and hoisted up to the
Federal Circuit Court bench

sits schtum while I'm flayed open

by his erstwhile partners'
false allegations.

KREUTZER: Why would Reddick/Boseman

be making false allegations?

ROLAND: To impede a
lawsuit they know is coming.

I represent two women, Lydia
Johnson and Sheila Freeman,

both of whom have suffered sexual trauma

at the hands of Carl Reddick.

Both of whom have had that trauma

indelibly etched on their psyches.

KREUTZER: Do you have
supporting affidavits?

With my reputation on the line,
you think I'd come without them?

I can't believe he's fighting
a false witness charge

with two false witnesses.

DIANE: Are they?

False?

ADRIAN: What do you mean?

DIANE: Liz.

No.

I had Marissa investigate
when I found out about Cynthia.

And she gave me a list of names.

So they're real?

Yeah. Marissa.

I'm sorry, I...

(DOOR CLOSES)

(EXHALES)

(PHONE RINGING)

Hi.

MARISSA: You're with Blum?

Yes.

You f*cked me over?

- Not intentionally.
- Oh, my God, I can't believe it.

Marissa, it's not what it seems.

It is.

It always is.

(CRYING)

How long have you been sitting on this?

- JULIUS: On what?
- Are you kidding me?

Campaigning to be a federal judge.

Look, I-I didn't think
it was serious at first.

Then it got serious very quickly.

I didn't want you to think
that I had a split agenda here.

But you did.

No. I didn't do anything

that would undercut my work here.

Except everything.

I am just as harassed for being white

- as you are for being black.
- (LAUGHTER)

Yeah, you are just as harassed

by being put on all those Chumhum cases.

What a terrible burden

you have to endure, Lance.

See? She's always making fun of my name.

- MICAH: Oh, the horror, the horror.
- It's your name.

Lance. What do you want me to call you?

Okay, we all just need to cool it, okay?

Everybody here is harassed in some way.

I'm sorry, in what way are
you being harassed, Marcie?

MARCIE: Cultural appropriation.

That one time you wore
chopsticks in your hair.

I'm not Chinese, but Michelle is.

Okay, I'm working in a crazy land.

I'm just saying we all have
to stick to our lanes. Okay?

(ALL TALKING AT ONCE)

What's wrong?

Brenda implemented a new seating plan

to replace the hot desk system.

Oh, yes, she told me.

She believed everyone was separating

into racial cliques and
she wanted to assign seats.

- I said yes.
- It's a disaster.

You know, I-I think we
need to talk about Brenda.

I think she's undermining us.

Okay, look... the
associates are professional.

They can live through
this for one more day.

(LOUD CLANG)

What's that about?

Well, she's suggesting
we integrate the mail room

by hiring three white workers.

But that would mean letting go of

- three African-American workers.
- We're not doing that.

She said it's essential for
a clean report to Chumhum.

Well, then we're gonna
get a dirty report

because that is insane.

And, um, what about Blum?

All right, we need to come clean.

We tell the court everything.
We tell Brenda everything.

This is what we should've done

three months ago, you guys.

That's how we get Chumhum
and Blum off our backs.

I agree.

We've read your supporting
papers, Mr. Blum,

and we understand your defense.

Good. Then you see I'm innocent.

We have also been given
a preliminary report

by Reddick, Boseman & Lockhart.

It divulges all the details of their

co-founder's sexual indiscretions.

In the opinion of this panel,

the motive you ascribe to
Reddick/Boseman doesn't hold up.

They have no secret to hide,

so the allegations against
you remain credible,

and we'll be deciding on
your disbarment presently.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

There is, uh, there is one more thing.

I have a... (CLEARS THROAT)

I have a witness.

A key witness.

A witness who will speak to
Reddick/Boseman's culpability

in these charges against me.

Give it up, Roland.

Oh, you would love
that, wouldn't you? Yeah.

Well, I am driven by a
deeper passion: the truth.

And the truth is that their firm...

... is subject to the Himmel doctrine.

How is that relevant here?

It states that if an attorney

has reason to suspect misconduct

on the part of another
attorney, said attorney

has an affirmative duty to report it.

Failure to do so is punishable
by suspension or disbarment.

Are you saying we were
somehow in violation

of the Himmel doctrine?

Oh, not "somehow."

There's a witness who will testify

that if-if perjury
was, in fact, committed,

it was known to your firm

and their lawyers.

All right. Make this witness

available and we'll hear from him.

Not him. Her.

(PHONE BUZZING)

LIZ: What is it?

Is it Tr*mp?

NEWSMAN: In what appears
to be a prank gone wrong,

several police units were dispatched

to the Virginia home of Michael Tyrek.

After a call reporting
a hostage situation involving

- young children, SWAT teams arrived...
- Is that...?

... at the Tyrek home and
sh*t one armed adult male.

It's been confirmed

that the fatality was

senior White House
consultant Michael Tyrek.

What do I do?

You're sure it was them?

They were talking about swatting him.

I could have stopped them, but I...

Oh, my God, I didn't.

I-I think I must secretly
have wanted it to happen.

You didn't want him dead.

They didn't either.

Do you think they'll do this again?

Diane, you have to report them.

No.

What if someone else dies?

Liz,

we are tied to them. Do you understand?

No one will believe that
we're innocent of this.

Then-then you need to show
them that it was all a lie.

Valerie, everything.

POLLY DEAN: We're deciding what next.

We're wondering if we should
go after his chief of staff.

No. Absolutely not. You cannot do this.

Did you see the news?

They're taking it seriously.

They're taking k*lling a man seriously.

They're not taking the cause seriously.

RACHELLE: Yes, they are.

Did you watch MSNBC? It's
about k*lling begetting k*lling.

It's exactly the point
we wanted to make.

Stop it. Everyone, stop it.

This is a lie. Here.
Valerie brought us together

to steal our money. There is proof.

She is a liar.

She is a swindler.

It doesn't matter, Diane.
We're way past that.

We're past polls. We're
past favorability ratings

and precincts and voting machines.

They're conducting w*r against
us, against their citizens.

POLLY DEAN: These are
the rules of warfare.

This is not warfare.

ISABELLA: You two have never been

% committed, not
even from the beginning.

We know about your husband.

Working in the V.A. We know who you are.

We're not gonna let you
get anybody else k*lled.

(LAUGHS) It's not up to you.

We'll see.

You two are just as culpable.

I need you to testify.

No.

- You'd be testifying to the truth.
- No.

The truth is you suborned perjury.

I tried to stop you, and
Boseman tried to stop you.

- That's not the truth.
- Blum.

Maia, listen to me.

The truth is what you make it.

You build the facts into the
truth that serves your purpose.

If it stops serving your purpose,

you rebuild it into something else.

That's what keeps you from being a sl*ve

to how people define you.

That's how you become your own person.

You define what truth is.

Now, this committee is gonna disbar me

unless Reddick/Boseman
backs off. The truth is,

my fate

and the fate of this firm

is in your hands.

Where you going?

Home.

I need you in the
committee tomorrow at noon.

(SNIFFS)

So...

are we gonna talk about it?

Adrian, we have so many things
that we could talk about,

I have no idea where to even start.

Um... us.

What part of us?

As I remember, we told each other

that it was a mistake and that
it would never happen again.

And that mistake is about
to appear in a report

handed over to Chumhum
and all the partners.

- We don't know that.
- We know that the investigator is thorough.

We know that we just
talked about coming clean.

Adrian, I just want this small portion

of my life not to be public, okay?

Just this much.

Okay.

Okay.

Liz.

You regret it?

What?

f*cking.

(SIGHS)

What do you want to hear?

Oh, Jesus.

- Forget it.
- No-no, I'm serious, I'm serious.

- What do you want to hear?
- I said forget it, Liz.

Okay.

No. I don't regret it.

Me neither.

But it was once.

Just once.

Yeah.

Night, Liz.

Night.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

("BETTER THINGS" BY
DAR WILLIAMS PLAYING)

- ♪ Here's wishing you the bluest sky ♪
- _

- ♪ And hoping something better ♪
- _

♪ Comes tomorrow ♪

♪ Hoping all the verses
rhyme and the very best ♪

♪ Of choruses to follow ♪

♪ All the doubt and sadness ♪

♪ I know that better
things are on their way ♪

♪ Here's hoping all the days ahead ♪

♪ Won't be as bitter
as the ones behind you ♪

♪ Be an optimist instead
and somehow happiness ♪

♪ Will find you ♪

♪ Forget what happened yesterday ♪

♪ I know that better things ♪

♪ Are on their way ♪

♪ I know tomorrow you'll
find better things... ♪

Okay, yeah, thank you for your honesty,

especially about these additional

sexual indiscretions of Mr. Reddick's.

Anything you'd like to add, Brenda?

The firm is dysfunctional,

but it's not about the sexual issues.

It's struggling with
its recent growth spurt,

but I've put some plans
together to correct that.

And Mr. Reddick's actions?

They are regrettable,

and I think it'll cause a loss of faith

in the firm for a while, but that

hopefully is temporary.

Thank you.

- Thank you.
- And thank you all.

We've enjoyed working with you.
Mr. Gross wishes you the best.

Th-That's it? We're done?

I'm afraid so.

(LAUGHING)

God.

The report didn't matter.
They decided already.

♪ I know you've got
a lot of good things ♪

♪ Happening up ahead... ♪

Where are you going?

Out in the sunshine.

All our problems will
be here when I get back.

♪ I know tomorrow you'll
find better things ♪

♪ I know tomorrow ♪

♪ You'll find ♪

♪ Better things... ♪

Has your witness arrived, Mr. Blum?

Uh, she seems to be running a
bit late, but she'll be here.

This is a delaying tactic, Mr. Kreutzer.

Oh, you wish.

The panel has reached a determination.

If you have further evidence,
we'll hear it in appeal.

Mr. Blum, suborning perjury
is a serious offense.

Mr. Arthur Garber never worked
in the insurance business.

Well, then he fooled me
as well. I-I am shocked.

We're recommending the
censure of Reddick/Boseman

for their failure to report

this misconduct in a timely manner.

It wasn't intentional, Mr. Kreutzer.

Oh, you're full of sh*t.

Hold on, Blum.

We're also recommending
that you be disbarred.

What the f*ck?

This concludes the
business before this panel.

Thank you all for your time.

What, you-you-you think this
is the end of Roland Blum?

(CHUCKLES)

You think I-I'll just go

and live a life of-of
quiet contemplation

and-and flannel shirts?!

Yeah, you, you enjoy your waning moments

of power and prosperity, you smug,

half-smart hall monitors!

Well, Roland Blum will rise up.

Like Lazarus.

Drive you all into the f*cking sea.

DIANE: ♪ In about an hour ♪

♪ The sunlight's gonna fade ♪

♪ And you and me ♪

♪ Will divvy up the wine ♪

♪ Like everything else here ♪

♪ Yours and mine. ♪

Diane.

What do you want?

Don't.

Don't what?

We know where you live.

Where you work, where
your husband works.

You make one call,

tell one person,

we're coming for you.

So this is how we fight Tr*mp?

(SCOFFS) No.

This is how we fight Tr*mp.

You gave up a long time ago.

We'll be watching.


♪ Elvis sings, Miley twerks ♪

♪ Ain't it great how culture works? ♪

♪ You can borrow things
that don't belong to you ♪

♪ She wore a bindi and
she's not even Indian ♪

♪ Someone got a new tribal tattoo ♪

♪ When white college kids wear dreads ♪

♪ Fans put feathers on their heads ♪

♪ Do they celebrate,
appropriate, malign? ♪

♪ Touchy, tangled mystery of
context, race and history ♪

♪ Everybody draws a different line ♪

♪ So here's a list of times
when blackface is acceptable ♪

♪ There are zero times when
blackface is acceptable ♪

♪ You won't always get it right ♪

♪ But even if you're
straight and white ♪

♪ Just a step out of
your lane is not a crime ♪

♪ Try a new perspective ♪

♪ You see, everything's subjective ♪

♪ And you don't have to
be talking all the time ♪

♪ No, you don't have to
be talking all the time. ♪