03x08 - The One Where Kurt Saves Dian

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[GUITAR PLAYS UPBEAT TUNE]

♪ Oh, it's sunny and dry
without a cloud in the sky ♪

♪ But here inside it's raining ♪

♪ Lovers will walk around
without a foot on the ground ♪

♪ But in here, it's
bound to be raining... ♪

NEWSMAN: Rumors continue to spread

that the unredacted report
will be released at any moment.

But many still aren't sure
what form this report will take,

and some dispute it's
even a report at all.

Speculations run rampant.

- Expectations are high...
- Sweetheart, have you seen my bag?

KURT: Check the other closet.

Oh.

Got it!

... any word on what
this report contains...

♪ But why can't I say
in here it's raining? ♪

♪ Lovers go for a stroll
dressed up in summery clothes ♪

♪ But in here it's
cold and it's raining ♪

♪ It's raining so hard ♪

♪ Oh, Lord, I wish it would stop... ♪

Do you want me to get us
some dinner on the way home?

No, I'll eat at work.

God, you're the only one working
in this administration, aren't you?

Yeah, that reminds me.

We're invited to
Mar-a-Lago for the weekend.

That was a joke.

Oh, God, you have to
give me more of a signal

when you're joking, or I'll
end up with a heart att*ck.

[LAUGHS]

All I know is they don't deserve you.

♪ But here inside... ♪

- I love you.
- Love you, too.

♪ Oh, the weather
outside is so very nice ♪

♪ But here inside it's raining ♪

♪ It's raining so hard, oh,
Lord, I wish... ♪


♪ Raining ♪

♪ Raining, raining, raining ♪

♪ Drip, drip, drip, drip, raining ♪

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

Ms. Lamore, how are you?

Ready to fight, Diane.

And please, call me Sheryl.

Neil Gross sends his best.

Yeah, he's putting out a fire in Europe.

- Oh.
- This is all Chumhum?

I can't go anywhere these
days without an army.

[PHONES RINGING]

You saw about this unredacted report?

Yes, it's supposed to
turn everything around.

Felix Staples, residence New York,

age... a cause for heated speculation.

I am a political pundit, I'm
a polemicist, I'm a prophet,

and now I'm a pariah.

- And over the last year...
- I'm-I'm not done yet.

I'm also a writer for Breitbart News,

and my school paper, The Event Horizon.

My favorite writers are George
Orwell, Flannery O'Connor

and Kanye West. My
favorite Kanye song...

Okay, I think we have enough.
Thank you very much, young man.

SOLOMON: And over the last year,

Mr. Staples, has your yearly
income been impacted in any way?

FELIX: Oh, my God. Annus horribilis.

I went from six figures
to-to... goose egg.

Why is Solomon Waltzer helping
a nut like Staples, huh?

SOLOMON: Why was your income
so drastically reduced, Mr. Staples?

FELIX: One simple reason...
Chumhum. Let's be honest.

Chumhum is punishing me for my beliefs.

And what form did this punishment take?

Solomon Waltzer came to this case

- late. Find out why.
- Well, Chumhum removed me from

- their social media platforms.
- Got it.

I've gone from page one to page

in-in... in the search engine.

It's a high-tech lynching
for... uppity h*m*.

You see before you a
man virtually invisible.

And why did Chumhum do
this... make you invisible?

Why does anything
happen anymore? Politics.

Liberals are erecting a
huge new wall of censorship.

Why should a person who believes

that third-trimester
abortion is infanticide

be voted off the island?

Why should a person
who believes in religion

or any kind of godless
absolute be simply cancelled?

SOLOMON: You're conservative?

I'm a Libertarian.

Silicon Valley liberals only
accept the smell of their own.

The rest of us have to stand
outside the window of acceptance

our nose pressed against
the steaming glass.

SOLOMON: And that's why you're suing?

FELIX: That's exactly why I'm suing.

Chumhum has bankrupted me.

- So, Mr. Staples...
- Your Honor,

we object to Diane Lockhart
representing the defendant.

- FARLEY: And why is that?
- She used to represent my client.

I have not represented Mr. Staples
in two years, Your Honor.

That's true. She turned her
exquisitely-tailored back on me.

I will not touch on any matters subject

- to attorney-client privilege.
- SOLOMON: We believe any matters

regarding my client will touch

on prior attorney-client privilege.

I see several attorneys
over there, Ms. Lamore.

I count one...

Seven.

Couldn't you use one of them?

Mr. Staples, you put on your website,

"No one who has to
deal with blacks can say

with a straight face all
men are created equal."

I was simply paraphrasing James
Watson, Nobel Prize winner...

"Dark-skinned people have
uncontrollable sex drives."

Objection, Your Honor. Relevance?

- Sustained.
- Your Honor, Mr. Staples's postings

constitute hate speech.

My client has a clearly-defined
policy against hate speech.

They also sell it as
a no-holds-barred forum

- for the free exchange of ideas.
- But that doesn't come

without a responsibility
to society as a whole.

Ideas, Mr. Boseman. The free
exercise of intellect and imagination.

FARLEY: As fascinating
as this is, gentlemen,

you are in court,

- and there's a witness on the stand.
- Yes.

Apologies, Your Honor.

Mr. Staples, aren't you
just playing the ref?

Is that a sports metaphor?

By claiming bias against

your right-wing speech,
aren't you just attempting

to move Chumhum closer to yet more bias

against all left-leaning speech?

Uh... no.

Well, I just want to start
by saying, great work today.

Really, that was...

ADRIAN: Thank you.

LAMORE: Good stuff.

And this shouldn't take long,
but we have a few headlines,

and then we can dive into
some of the specifics. Brad?

First, uh, the judge.

I don't think she was always engaged.

VANN: Right. Felix
Staples is entertaining.

We need to counter that
with our own engagement.

DIANE: Okay. How?

Try bringing more...
urgency to your cross.

- VANN: And emotion.
- CAYMAN: Yeah.

- W-We need to feel more.
- For whom?

CAYMAN: Sheryl. We need someone
for the judge to latch on to.

And root for.

Think a-a demonstration,

like Denzel Washington in Philadelphia.

You know, that moment
when he made Tom Hanks

take off his shirt on the stand.

So, you want me to have
Sheryl take off her shirt?

[LAUGHTER]

Well, not that, but something like that.

We can't lawyer by committee.

I don't want you to.
No, we hire smart people.

We ask them to listen to each
other, and then do their best.

It's a symphony of
minds. A team of rivals.

So, when we get a chance,
we want to talk to you about

an issue that we're having
here at Reddick/Boseman.

What issue?

It's a #MeToo issue.

[PHONE CHIMES]

Okay, well, we'll set up a time.

- Okay.
- Oh, and, uh, one other thing.

You're losing your second chair.

PR thinks you should replace
Diane with a black lawyer.

A woman would be good.

Young.

Okay.

What'd she say?

We're setting up a time to discuss.

When?

Haven't set it up yet.

Yeah.

GARY: So, this is exciting.

Yes, I'm usually
investigating a m*rder, so...

[CHUCKLES] What are you reading?

"As is evidenced in the
petitioner's May , ,

Income and Expense Declaration,
attached here to as Exhibit ,

his living expenses total approximately

$ , per month."

Hmm. Grisham?

Almost. What are you reading?

"He pauses...

studying the jury intently,

his eyes probing.

Michael: What does it mean
when we say 'shadow of a doubt'?"

- Oh, and you're Michael.
- Michael Cash.

Fresh-faced lawyer.
Marches to his own drum.

In the midst of paperwork, a
partner bursts in and says...

I need you on a m*rder case.

- Wow. Do you win?
- I do. I'm just that good.

I fall in love, too.

- Well, that's all in a day's work for Michael Cash.
- Yeah.

Do you want to read it?

Suggest how to make it more real?

[LAUGHS] I don't think
that's what they want.

Oh, yeah, sure they do.

No, a lawyer's life
is not really TV-ready.

We rarely have partners bursting in.

And most of our day is taken up
with paperwork, not court, so...

Lucca, I need you in court.

Sorry to interrupt.

Uh, I need you on the Staples case.

Are you okay with that?

Sure, yeah. I mean, I
was just doing paperwork.

- Okay. : .
- Yeah.

Hmm.

Shut up.

How do these work?

Are you talking to me?

You're the Reddick/Boseman
investigator, right?

Right.

Then help me with these,

and I'll tell you what you need to know.

What are they linked to?

Are they Bluetoothed to your phone?

[CHUCKLES] I don't know.

Here.

You should really have
a passcode on this.

It's my small rebellion
against modern life.

So, what do you want to know?

You're taking all the
fun out of investigating.

Well, we can make it a game.

Why are you representing
an idiot like Felix Staples?

It's a good free-speech case.

Hate speech isn't free speech.

I'm not talking about Mr. Staples.

I don't understand.

One thing I've learned in
all my years doing this...

the court case is
rarely about the client.

It's about a statement?

That's the game?

You wanted it to be fun.

[SIGHS] Put these in your ears
and they automatically turn on.

Oh. Thank you.

So, if it's not about the
client, who's it about?

PM?

You're not gonna tell
me what "PM" means?

Ask Ms. Lamore. She knows.

They're working!

ADRIAN: "PM"? Well, what does that...

- What does that mean?
- He wouldn't say.

He said ask Sheryl Lamore.
She would know.

So, you don't throw up before you go in?

I... Sorry, what?

You don't throw up
before you go into court.

No. You do?

Yeah. In theater I did.

- Oh... Oh, okay.
- Hey, wait.

Mm...

Oh, yeah. This is your good side.

- I have a good side?
- Yeah, everyone does.

Break a leg.

Thanks.

Now DJT, as I like to call
him, because he is my boo,

DJT is trying to get to the
bottom of Crooked Hillary

and Swampy Schumer's dirty dealings.

Mm-hmm. Dirty, double-crossing,
low-down dealing...

And this weekly video log of yours had

a significant presence on Chummy Video.

- Is that correct, Ms. Leather?
- Just Leather, baby.

And Lace.

Uh, can we hold the cross-talk, please?

- You may continue, Le-Leather.
- Yes.

We had significant presence,
until three months ago.

SOLOMON: And why is that?

LEATHER: 'Cause she and her company
didn't like our political views.

- Mm-hmm!
- Uh, can we hold the "Mm-hmm," too, please?

Billionaires want to keep black
folks on the Democratic plantation.

Ms. Leather, were you
ever told the reason

you were dropped from Chummy Video?

Oh, they made up some
nonsense about hate speech.

But my sister and me,

we don't have a hating
bone in our bodies.

- It was our support of Tr*mp.
- Objection.

- Uh, yes. Sustained.
- SOLOMON: Nothing further, Your Honor.

LUCCA: Uh, just a few
questions, Your Honor.

You referred to...

You referred

to the Parkland High School
students as "crybabies."

- FARLEY: Is that a question, Counselor?
- Not yet.

You said that, did you not?

LEATHER: We said people

who blame everything on
the NRA are crybabies.

- Testify! [CHUCKLES]
- No, Lace. Stop.

Uh... [CLEARS THROAT]

And, ma'am, uh, when you said,

"If a son of mine decided... "

- [STOMACH RUMBLING]
- Uh...

[EXHALES]

Are you all right, Counselor?

Uh, yeah. I just need
a moment, Your Honor.

- FARLEY: Sure.
- Lucca!

Want me to take this cross?

- No, I got it. I got it.
- I...

[PANTING]

[GROANS]

Okay. Okay.

What was that about?

He says he throws up
before going on stage.

Suddenly I feel like th-throwing up.

He talks about my good
side, and I'm all...

Why do I give a sh*t what he thinks?

Just... Okay.

Go back to your training.

Your hours in court.

[EXHALES]

You're not some idiot actor.

You're Lucca Quinn.

You're f*ckin' Clarence Darrow.

"As long as the world shall
last, there will be wrongs.

And if no man objected
and no man rebelled,

those wrongs would last forever."

There you go.

Impervious.

Omnipotent.

Ready to k*ll.

This is not pretend.

This is real.

[CLEARS THROAT]

[DOOR OPENS]

You all right?

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Hey, do what I do.

Just imagine everyone in
there without their clothes on.

Gary, I-I need to ask you a favor.

- Yeah, sure.
- Stay out of court.

[CLEARS THROAT] Why?

- I need to focus.
- Got it.

- Got it completely.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]

- Kick some arse.
- [CHUCKLES]

Got it.

Are you all right now, Counselor?

[CLEARS THROAT] I am, Your Honor.

Because we can delay for a day.

Counselor?

Do you have more questions, Counselor?

Uh...

I do.

I'm good.

[CLEARS THROAT] Uh...

Ma'am...

Ma'am, did you also say,

"If a son of mine

decided he was gay,
I would b*at his ass"?

[SCOFFS] That was a joke.

Let's turn to your income, Ms. Soloway.

Leather.

You know, actually, your
real name is Soloway,

so I think I'll use that.

LEATHER: Your Honor,

I would like to be
referred to as Leather.

- FARLEY: It's not up to you.
- LACE: Boo!

Ben, would you escort Lace
out of the court, please?

- LACE: I'll be good.
- FARLEY: Oh, you will be good,

- But in the hall.
- LUCCA: Ms. Soloway,

what happened to your income
after Chumhum took you off

- its social media platforms?
- I have no idea.

Well, you appeared on Conservative TV

only once before they
kicked you off Chumhum.

How many times after?

I-I don't recall.

Well, is it possible you've appeared

times since being banned?

I suppose so.

Laura Ingraham introduced
you as "two black girls

ground down by the bootheel
of political correctness."

Is that accurate?

- That sounds like her.
- Your website sells coffee mugs,

lawn signs, Volga River
cruises with Leather 'n' Lace,

and you opened for
Ted Nugent in Branson.

Objection. Relevance.

LUCCA: The relevance
is that these two women

have suffered zero negative
consequences from Chumhum's action.

In fact, they have profited from it.

Isn't that right, Ms. Soloway?

No further questions, Your Honor.

- She's a star.
- Amen.

NEWSMAN:... full confirmation.
The unredacted...

Hello, handsome.

- KURT: How was your day?
- Ooh.

Better now.

And imminent. And might
also include a recording.

NEWSMAN : That's right, Tom.

Sources in Justice have suggested
that this unconfirmed report

might come in the form of
digital sound recordings,

and some are even suggesting

that this recording might
even include singing.

TOM: Singing? What kind of singing?

NEWSMAN : That's still
unclear. But many have pointed

to the fact that Vice President Pence

has been known to hum
the songs from Wicked.

KURT: Everything all right?

Uh, yes. Good.

What was that?

Oh, nothing.

So, how was your day?

[SIGHS]

You told me I was bad at lying.

And it's true.

But you're bad at it, too.

What, this?

[CHUCKLES] It's just
something I'm-I'm dealing with.

What does "the hack" refer to?

And who's "they"?

Diane, we're not roommates.
That was our agreement.

We're in this together now, so...

so if you're in danger, I need to know.

What does the hack refer to?

First I need a drink.

♪♪

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Synced & corrected by QueenMaddie
http://www.addic ed.com

I'm part of a group.

A political group.

women.

We are attempting to undercut
support for Tr*mp in .

And this is someone
who wants to stop you?

I think so.

And the hack?

I can't tell you.

Kurt, there are certain work things

touching on politics
that you can't tell me.

And there are certain things

touching on politics
that I can't tell you.

We have found a way to bifurcate
our lives and make it work.

So trust me when I say I-I...

I can't tell you.

Is it dangerous?

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

I don't think so.

If it is, I will overlook
politics to help.

"Stop, Diane. They know about the hack."

What in the entire f*ck?

So someone knows about us?

- DIANE: I don't know.
- Are we in trouble here?

- We don't know that.
- Could I see it?

POLLY: Is somebody
gonna say it out loud?

We have a mole.

- To what end?
- POLLY: To stop us.

DIANE: Anybody wanted to stop us,

all they'd have to
do is call the police.

RACHELLE: Maybe they
don't want to stop us.

Maybe they just want to stop
the hacking of the voting machines.

Who was against it?

- I was.
- Yeah, but then you were for it.

Isabella was against it. She still is.

This is probably what they want.

Make us paranoid and doubt each other.

Listen, there is a chance that
the authorities are onto us.

Is it possible to abort the hack?

Do we want to do that?

RACHELLE: Let's find
out whether the malware

has infected the other machines yet.

Sure. And I'll check
into the social media

- of the rest of the group.
- Meaning we'll spy on ourselves?

- POLLY: I don't have to.
- No. Do.

We need to know what we're dealing with.

[CAMERA BEEPS]

LAMORE: Freedom of speech.
It's the bedrock of our philosophy.

We only draw the line
at extreme statements.

What would you call extreme?

Threats of v*olence. Hate speech.

But you're very careful
about what you put into

- that category?
- Of course.

In fact, as you know,

we had a conflict with
Mr. Staples in the past.

Excuse me?

I don't know. Tell me.

In , comments Felix Staples made

on our website were flagged
as potential problems.

We held a hearing, and
he defended himself.

What was the outcome of that hearing?

- We reinstated him, and
- Hmm.

he used our services
freely for two more years.

And so Chumhum doesn't alter
its search algorithm to disadvantage

- certain kinds of speech?
- Absolutely not.

We have never manipulated the
algorithm for political purposes,

nor we would ever do so.

ADRIAN: Thank you.

Your company has never
manipulated its algorithm

for political reasons. Is
that correct, Ms. Lamore?

It is. The whole point is
to stay politically neutral.

Then tell me about Praying Mantis.

Would you like me to
repeat the question?

- [WHISPERS] PM.
- No.

I believe it's often code-named PM.

Shut this down.

FARLEY: Ma'am, do you have an answer?

[CLEARS THROAT] Your Honor,
the plaintiff has not provided

the defense with any
information about this program.

We are not familiar with it.

It's their program.

I don't see why they need
any information from us.

The defense requests a
recess to confer, Your Honor.

You've been taking an awful
lot of breaks over there.

SOLOMON: We have no
objection, Your Honor.

My guess is the defense
wants to make us an offer

to stop this in its tracks.

Uh, first off, Sheryl,

we think you did a
great job on the stand.

- We just have a few thoughts.
- Go f*ck yourself.

LUCCA: Ms. Lamore,
what is Praying Mantis?

This is irrelevant to this case.

ADRIAN: Your boss may have
just perjured herself in court.

That makes it relevant.

This is what Waltzer wanted all along.

- It's proprietary.
- ADRIAN: And we are your lawyers, so tell us.

It's an exploratory program.

It's a customized version
of our search engine

that we're developing for China.

Wait, customized?

As in, it allows China
to censor content?

We don't like to call it censoring.

It just obeys the laws of the land.

So you did manipulate your algorithm.

It's the Chinese market.
You need to toe the line,

or you get frozen out of the market.

♪

_

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

SOLOMON: I won't presume to tell
Ms. Lamore how to run Chumhum,

but it strikes me she has
a public relations nightmare

hanging over her head.

That's you as an objective
observer saying that?

When people start to hear
the details about their collusion

- with the Chinese government...
- Collusion. Really?

You thought this was just an issue
of fringe freedom of speech.

This is an issue of
freedom of speech in China.

It's about silencing % of the world,

and then opening
yourself up for business

to the other strongmen of the world.

We're obeying the law.

Okay, Sol, what are you looking for?

Hello.

Hi.

They work great. Thank you.

Mr. Waltzer,

how much do you want?

- million.
- LAMORE: Oh, go to hell.

You're the National Enquirer
blackmailing Jeff Bezos.

- And we'll be damned if we give in.
- The difference here,

Ms. Lamore, is this isn't
a d*ck pic of Neil Gross.

This is your company
altering their algorithm

to appease the Chinese.

And it's about you perjuring yourself.

And for a very ugly
reason, too. million.

Okay, we'll, uh, we'll discuss it.
We'll get back to you.

Okey-dokey.

We're not settling.

You should take a minute and
consider the PR side of this.

I don't need any more
advice on my g*dd*mn PR.

No, we're in the right here.

We can't let every assh*le
come to us with their hands out.

Okey-dokey.

Oh, uh, Jay, remember when I asked you

to find that woman Valerie Peyser?

You mean the convict who said
she worked for Eric Holder?

Yeah.

Can you find out where she is now?

She's still in prison.

Are you certain of that?

Unless you think she
received early release.

- I'll check.
- Thanks.

Oh, and, uh...

just come to me with it.

Liz doesn't need to know.

♪ Sometimes I feel ♪

♪ Like a motherless child ♪

♪ Sometimes I feel ♪

♪ Like a motherless child ♪

Since when did my office
become a public space?

♪ Sometimes I feel ♪

♪ Like a motherless child ♪

♪ A long way from home ♪

Your lawyer just left, Mr. Staples.

Yes. He doesn't know I'm here.

Because I have an offer for you.

Don't you want to hear it?

- [PHONE CHIMES]
- This is Diane Lockhart.

Plaintiff Felix Staples
has just appeared

in my office with an offer.

I've advised him to
return with his lawyer,

but he has ignored my advice.

Diane, how I've missed you.

Only you and my mother ever spoke

to me in the third person.

Di-Diane Lockhart has
been a perfect lady.

I have no complaints.

And I now have an offer for her.

I am willing to settle
this case right now

for . mil.

[LAUGHING]

Perfect. I've got it.

I've always wanted your
laugh as a ringtone.

We are not paying you
$ . million, Mr. Staples.

- Your case is desperate.
- Mine may be,

but not Mr. Waltzer's.

He eats idealism for breakfast.

I, however, am offering you savings.

Because I'm broke.

I'm reduced to consignment couture.

So, please, consider it.

[DIANE'S LAUGHTER PLAYS ON PHONE]

Now you'll always be with me.

♪ Sometimes I feel ♪

♪ Like a motherless child ♪

♪ The longer I lie... ♪

We might be able to get
out of this for . mil.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

No. We think we can weather this.

Okay.

- BAILIFF: All rise.
- And we're back.

You have a witness, Mr. Waltzer.

Yes, Your Honor. Mr. Brad Cayman.

- FARLEY: Is he here?
- SOLOMON: Yes, right there.

He's the head of public
relations for Sheryl Lamore.

- f*ck.
- FARLEY: Mr. Cayman, come on down.

Get sworn in.

Are-are you...

Come on.

SOLOMON: Mr. Cayman, have
you recently been to China?

Do I have to answer that?

Yes, unless you want to plead the Fifth.

I met with members of
the Chinese government,

but really, who in
the tech world hasn't?

Anyway, Sheryl asked me to.

SOLOMON: How many times?

CAYMAN: Maybe eight or ten times.

SOLOMON: Did you ever discuss creating

a censored search engine
with Chinese officials?

There are million
Web users in China, okay?

You have to dance while
the music's playing.

- Is that a yes?
- Yes.

Yes.

So, in spite of China's long history
of human rights abuses,

you felt that million users were
too tempting a market to pass up.

Look, I-I'm just the PR guy.
I don't make strategic decisions.

I'm-I'm-I'm all about image.

We can tell.

So, notes on Mr. Cayman's
performance, anyone?

[CLEARS THROAT]

You tell them...

Okay.

. million. They've got us.

Wait. We have to stick together.

We can't just guess. But we need
to find who wrote that note.

Which we'll do. But this is not helpful.

You know my opinion. It's one of us.

- Someone trying to stop us.
- What's going on?

We got a text warning.

- From whom?
- Valerie.

- Go ahead, read it.
- Wait. Who did...

Who did she write to?

Me.

Go ahead, tell them what it says.

ISABELLA: "I'm glad it's going well.

Just one warning. Book
Club members may try

to undercut the group
with false messages.

Ignore them."

How did she know to write to you?

I contacted her through
some Obama people we know.

Can I see that text?

So, Diane, are you sure the
message you found was real?

What do you mean?

Could it be one of these false messages

that Valerie is warning us about?

I... don't think so.

Well, it's just odd that it wasn't
sent to anybody else's house.

Nope, she's still in prison.

Valerie won't be
released for six months.

And would she be able
to text from prison?

No. Not legally.

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

What's going on?

[CLEARS THROAT]

Isabella's lying about Valerie.

How do we know this?

Because I lied about Valerie.

In what way did you lie?

Valerie is a scam artist who
formed the resistance group

so she could steal our money.

She went silent because she is locked up

at Rikers Island for identity
theft and check fraud.

Isabella made up
that text because...

Well, I don't know why.

Because she wants to stop the hack.

So the whole group is... bullshit?

It started as bullshit,

but it was doing such great work that

I lied... to keep it together.

[SCOFFS]

My life is simple, Diane.

I have a son, I have a
mortgage, I have my job.

And I go from home to
work, and work to home.

So this stuff, this...

bullshit intrigue...

I'm done.

It's too much static.

It's too much drama.

- So you want out?
- Yeah, tonight I want out.

I'll think about tomorrow.

_

[COMPUTER CHIMES]

♪♪

_

[TIRES SCREECH NEARBY]

♪♪

Josephine?

- Yes, sir?
- Do we have a database

of government employees?

Yes, sir. What are you looking for?

- I have a partial plate, but no name.
- Does he work at the VA?

I don't think so, but
here's his license plate.

_

JOSEPHINE: What kind of car was it?

MCVEIGH: It was a Mazda Miata.

_

_

_

JOSEPHINE: His name is Stephen Dinovera.

Of the NSA?

You want me to get him on the phone?

[SIGHS] No. No, not yet.

Let me think, um. No.
Thank you, Josephine.

Ow. Could you not crash into me?

They greased our wheels.

This morning, he's
standing by the coffee pod

for, like, ten minutes,
wondering why it's not working.

It's like, duh, it needs
more water, dude.

- Who are you talking about?
- New guy.

Nathan whatever.

What is his deal?

I thought we're not supposed
to write anything down.

Right?

I don't like that guy. He
asks too many questions.

DINOVERA: Maybe it's
just 'cause he's new.

Maybe.

Hey. What kind of
questions does he ask you?

Uh, "Why do you do this?
Why do you do that?"

What? Why?

You think we're under surveillance?

Oh, sh*t.

ADRIAN: Ah.

- Mr. Staples.
- Oh.

We're ready to settle.

We have it written up here. . million.

. ?

Where'd you get that?

Diane. You approached her, Mr. Staples.

Oh, my goodness, no.

Didn't you know, she
has a tendency to... lie?

LUCCA: She recorded you
saying it, on her phone.

Well, I have a recording of
her calling me a cocksucker.

That's what happens in
a world of deep fakes.

million.

Just wait for our next
witness. It might go up.

Mm-hmm...

By the way, I think R. Kelly is
getting a raw deal, don't you?

See you in court.

[WHISPERS] We need to
f*ck that assh*le up.

Yeah.

Fatima Kashgari.

I am an activist, working on behalf
of the Uighur community in China.

My community.

And what are the Uighur, Fatima?

They are a Muslim minority in China.

SOLOMON: And are they being
detained in internment camps?

FATIMA: Yes. One million of us are being

confined in what the Chinese
term "reeducation camps."

And what does reeducation refer to?

Changing our religious beliefs.

We are ordered to sing hymns
praising the Communist Party,

and write self-criticism essays.

[WHISPERING] Can't you
object to this? Jesus.

- This has nothing to do with us.
- No, we'll be overruled,

and it will just make it worse.

SOLOMON: When did you leave China,

- Fatima?
- FATIMA: Three years ago.

There was a crackdown. I
heard about it in advance.

I-I can't say from whom,

- you understand.
- We do.

And I tried to warn others.

I used Chumhum to announce
that the authorities were coming

to arrest dissidents,
religious activists.

But Chumhum was cooperating
with the Chinese government.

We weren't, we weren't cooperating.

SOLOMON: What happened next?

My Chumhum e-mail messages were used

to round up members of
my family, my friends.

[SNIFFLES] My husband, two sisters,

my brother are all in
internment camps in Xinjiang.

LAMORE: The version of
Chumhum she's referring to

was withdrawn from China.

And any version we roll
out there in the future

would not be subject to such misuse.

We've insisted upon it.

Of course, like everyone else,
we have to comply with the laws

of the places we operate in.

And if those laws are
discriminatory, or oppressive?

Social media and Internet connectivity

help spread democracy.

They help everywhere,
but especially in places

that don't have open societies.

The thin end of the wedge
is the end you put in first.

That's how change starts.

Thank you.

[LINE RINGING]

[PHONE RINGING]

DIANE [OVER PHONE]:
This is Diane Lockhart.

I'm away from my phone right now.

Please leave a message.

KURT [OVER PHONE]: Diane, I found
out who left the note at our door.

His name is Stephen Dinovera,
and he works for the NSA.

Call, and we should discuss.

AUTOMATED VOICE: One new message.

To save the message, press one.

To delete it, press...

sh*t.

- What are you doing?
- God,

don't sneak up on people.

Isn't that the job?

The job is to stay invisible.
It's an important difference.

Are you deleting files?

I'm just organizing my desktop, okay?

[SIGHS]

[CLEARS THROAT]

What?

What is it?

TED [OVER VIDEO]: Going the
extra mile to get it right,

the handsome British actor is in Chicago

studying how real lawyers do their job.

How is the Windy City treating
this young man from London?

[CHUCKLES] Oh, it's, it's been so great.

I-I love it here. I love, you
know, the energy, the pizza.

[CHUCKLES] We do love our deep-dish.

GARY: [LAUGHS] Yeah.

Um, but it's more than that,
though, it's, it's the people.

Ooh. Anyone in particular?

GARY: [LAUGHS] Um, actually,
I, I did meet someone who's

made a huge difference in my life.

You know, someone who's really
made me really face things

I didn't want to face. Someone
who's opened my heart,

made me want to be
a much better person.

Do you have an announcement to make?

[LAUGHS]

Um, not yet.

Let's just say that coming here

has already changed
my life for the better.

And, um, you know,

whatever this-this thing is,
I'm determined to see it through.

TED: Well, that's a scoop. Right...

Do you hear that? He's talking
about you on television.

What? What's wrong?

Nothing. I mean, it's weird.

You know? We've only
known each other a week.

Lucca, he's great. Don't be stupid.

♪♪

KURT: Hello.

Hello?

We need to talk.

Who are you?

_

Don't hurt me. I was
just trying to help.

Please.

Help with what?

I'm quitting, just so you know.

I've destroyed every audio
of her talking about the hack,

but I can't cover for her forever.

- What hack?
- What?

What'd I say?

What hack?

[SIGHS, CHUCKLES]

Her group is trying to
steal the next election.

They've hacked a voting
machine, the ESG- .

If they don't stop
before it goes online,

Diane will go to jail, or worse.

I'm sorry, but I'm not
her enemy. I'm her friend.

Burt Atwell from the
Election Assistance Committee.

Do you want me to find
out what it's regarding?

KURT: No, I got it.

Burt, hi. How are things?

Good.

No, just a small thing.

Um, off the record, I've
been asked by our friends

in Mar-a-Lago to take the ESG-
voting machines out of service.

No, the family is coming out
with their own machines.

Yeah. And if you decommission
the old ones now, then

they'll have an opening to bid.

No, just say the, uh, old
machines didn't comply

with the Disabilities Act or something.

Thanks a lot.

I'll see you at the range.

In the interest of a quick settlement,

we've agreed to offer million.

But no more.

[CLICKS TONGUE]

No.

That is double what you wanted, Felix.

That's before I heard about
these reeducation camps.

My God. Awful.

You're so full of sh*t.

Those are hateful words, Diane.

SOLOMON: Mr. Staples and I
have very different ideologies,

but on this we agree:

you've operated unchecked far too long.

million,

and we'll agree to create
an independent tribunal,

a social media Supreme
Court, to guide us toward

greater transparency and accountability.

Put me on this tribunal,
and we'll consider it.

- And million.
- [DIANE LAUGHS OVER PHONE]

Sorry.

SOLOMON: Call us when you decide.

FELIX: Oh, hi, Mr. Hannity, how are you?

No, I'm wonderful.
I've never been better.

Wonderful! [LAUGHS]

Well, Mr. Gross thinks
we should pay him.

- Okay, we'll put together the offer.
- Okay.

Sheryl, before you go.

- Chumhum is our most important client,
- Mm-hmm.

and so we wanted to warn you

about something that will
be appearing in the news

in the next few weeks.

Is this the #MeToo problem?

- ADRIAN: Right.
- Okay. What is it?

Uh, my father, over
the course of ten years,

forced his secretary to
perform oral sex on him.

Uh, he apparently did
this with other women.

We don't know how many.

This is Carl Reddick,
the civil rights icon?

Yeah.

We'll be laying out all the details

to a friendly journalist
within the week.

Were there any attempts
to pay this woman off?

Yes.

That's not good.

We know that.

It's a very sensitive time.
We have a zero tolerance policy

for workplace sexual impropriety.

We understand, and
we are cleaning house.

Okay.

Let me sit down with Neil Gross.

- He may just want to move on.
- Good.

Good.

Oh... you... uh... "Move on"
as in put this to the side?

No. "Move on" as in
"go to another firm."

But I'll get back to you.

[SIGHS]

RACHELLE: Where's Liz?

- Oh, she's taking a break.
- Why?

[SIGHS] I don't know.

Polly, you got something.

POLLY: Yeah.

I was checking on the
status of our hack.

And?

The voting machines are gone.

- They've been decommissioned.
- What?

Look, all I know is the
Election Assistance Committee

took them off-line today.

- [GROANS]
- Why?

They're replacing them with new ones.

- They found the hack.
- No. I don't know.

Maybe it's even about
the Republican hack.

So we're back to square one?

[DIANE LAUGHS]

Bye.

Where are you going?

- Home.
- W-We've got to figure this out.

No. I have to go home.

GARY: We can still make the
reservation if we leave now.

Uh, yeah, actually, Gary,
do you have a second to talk?

Sure.

- What's wrong?
- [CLEARS THROAT]

Nothing. It's just, um...
[CLEARS THROAT]

I saw the interview you gave
to Ted Willoughby.

- Oh, God, no, not that.
- Yeah, that.

And look, Gary, I like you, I really do.

Uh, but, it's just, you know,
my life is-is complicated.

No, I'm-I'm actually really
glad you saw that, because, uh,

it opens the door to a conversation.

- Oh, I don't think we need one.
- I think we do.

- No, Gary... No, I...
- It'll only take a minute. Please.

Uh... Lucca. [CLEARING THROAT]

Have you ever taken a personality test?

Excuse me?

A free personality test.

I know, I know, I-I thought
it sounded stupid, too,

but, uh, it's actually really
opened my eyes to the reactive mind.

That's what I was talking about,

coming to Chicago,
having my heart opened.

But I thought you said
someone changed your life.

Yes. The Commodore.

L. Ron. Dianetics.

It's really great. You
should think about it.

♪

That's great.

Um... You know, it's late.

I think I-I actually
have to get up super...

Yeah, okay..

... early, tomorrow.

♪ But here inside... ♪

Sorry. I'm just gonna...

GARY: Okay, cool.

♪ Without a foot on the ground ♪

♪ But in here, it's
bound to be raining ♪

♪ It's raining so hard, oh,
Lord, I wish it would stop ♪

♪ Raining, raining... ♪

It's over.

That note, the hack.

I took care of it.

I'm glad.

♪ Heard the weatherman say
be happy, be well and gay ♪

♪ But why can't I say
in here it's raining ♪

♪ It's raining so hard, oh, Lord... ♪

NEWSCASTER TOM: Highly placed
sources are still insisting

the unredacted report will
now be released tomorrow.

And though Vice President Pence
has denied singing "Defying Gravity"

on the accompanying digital materials...