Suits

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Previously on "Suits"...

- You think that I don't know that all your problems

are solved if I tell them that Harvey did this?

- I would be lying if I said it didn't cross my mind

that maybe Mike should think about making a deal.

And now that they've taken in your father, you can't tell me

that the thought hasn't crossed yours too.

- Thinking about it and talking about it aren't the same thing.

- I got a call about an article on Mike Ross' meteoric rise

to Junior Partner.

The problem is there is no Mike Ross.

You reported it anonymously,

because you didn't want to look bad.

I reported it anonymously

because I was ashamed that it happened on my watch.

- I loved you, and you let some stupid secret

come between us because you couldn't trust me with it.

- All you have to do is admit what you did,

and all of this goes away.

Sheila came forward.

She admitted she was the one who wrote the e-mail.

- You and your partners are hereby subpoenaed

to hand over every single document in the entire firm.

- Harvey, I'm not sure this is the best idea.

- We need to know what she has. What's the downside?

- The downside is that we move up the trial.

- Mike, this trial's coming, whether we like it or not.

And the more time we have knowing her game plan,

the better off we'll be.

- Holy shit. - What?

- I took the LSATs with this guy.

So what?

- So he can give Gibbs something she doesn't even have on me yet.

- Yes, but to do that, he'd be ruining his whole career.

Which means, even if he remembers you,

he's more afraid of you than you are of him.

So calm the hell down.

- All right, let's make this quick.

- Your Honor, making it quick is exactly

what we're asking you to do.

She hasn't handed over her discovery yet.

I'm still building a case,

and we haven't even set a date for the trial yet.

- And the check's in the mail, and all the other things

people say when they don't wanna do what they have to do.

- What I have to do is protect the public

from the likes of you. - All right, that's enough.

Get that discovery to them by the end of the day.

- In that case, we'd like to ask that the day of the trial

be set in the next two weeks.

- Objection, Your Honor, she's had weeks to...

- You can't have it both ways, Mr. Specter.

You can't demand discovery and ask for more time.

Trial starts in two weeks.

Jessica, we have a problem.

- Thanks for pointing that out, Jack.

I had no idea.

- I'm not talking about the trial.

I'm talking about this.

What the hell is that?

An Op-Ed in the Journal.

"There is no way on God's green Earth

"that at least one of the three name partners

"at Pearson Specter Litt

didn't know what was going on under their own roof."

- "God's green Earth." Who wrote it?

A partner at Skaaden.

If it wasn't them, it would've been someone else,

because they smell blood. - I don't care what they smell.

I've given up everything for this firm,

and if anybody tries to take it from me,

they'll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands.

- And what's your goddamn plan? - Excuse me?

- Jessica, our reputation's taking a beating.

We need to rehabilitate it.

That means pro bono, and you know it.

- One free case is not going to move the needle,

no matter how worthy it is.

- I'm not talking about one case.

I'm talking about a series of cases

for our clients' most valued charities.

- Oh, this better not be another scheme, Jack.

You think this is a move?

- Now why would I ever think that after you tried

to take my firm from me six times in the last ten minutes?

- I did try to take over from you.

But I've been at this firm my entire career,

and I am fighting for it now.

- And you think I'm not? - I'm sure you are.

But you're also the reason I'm holding this indictment

of our firm in the first place,

because what they're saying is true.

And don't you dare try to tell me

you didn't know about Mike Ross,

because we both know you did.

What the hell do you want?

- Oh, since you made me come all the way down here,

I thought I'd save the taxpayers some money on hiring a server.

A server for what?

- For your fiancée. I'd like to ask her some questions.

Get the hell out of here.

You want to serve a subpoena, you serve it to her.

- Well, then I wouldn't get to see the look on your face.

Did you really think I wouldn't hit you where it hurts?

I was saving your weakest spot for last.

Have a nice day, gentlemen.

- What? - You know what.

It's time we give that woman a taste of her own medicine.

- What the hell is that supposed to mean?

- It means we hire a lawyer from an outside firm,

and we dig up dirt on someone she cares about.

- Are you out of your mind? - You saw what she did to Donna.

It's only a matter of time before she tries to pull

the same shit with Rachel. - Mike...

- Harvey, you're the one that taught me that when someone

puts pressure on you, you put it back on them.

- I also taught you if you're gonna take a swing at someone,

you better knock them out, and if we pull the shit

that you're talking about and get caught,

all that happens is I get thrown off this case,

and it's game over.

- Harvey, I can't stand by and watch while the people

I care about get attacked, and neither could you.

Mike, I promise you,

I will be there for Rachel every step of the way.

In the meantime,

I need you going through every one of those boxes.

Because if that woman is ready to go to trial,

she's got a lot more than an e-mail

from Louis' girlfriend.

.

- Rachel Zane. - Yes?

My name is Anita Gibbs. I'm the...

Yes, I know who you are.

I'm flattered you came for me personally.

But we aren't supposed to talk for another three days,

and I don't have my lawyer with me, so...

- This isn't a formal interrogation.

That won't be necessary.

- Then I'll tell you what is necessary.

You're going to put in writing that anything I say to you

is inadmissible.

- I suspected you'd say that, which is why

I prepared this.

I understand if you'd prefer to ask somebody who's actually

completed law school if that's legally binding.

- I'm perfectly capable of determining

if this is legally binding or not.

And I'm not going to let you

bait me into saying anything to you.

Well, that's fine with me.

I'm not looking for you to talk.

I'm looking for you to listen.

Well, it's official.

No matter what happens at trial,

this firm isn't surviving Mike Ross.

- I know about the editorial, Louis.

What editorial?

I'm talking about the summer associate applications.

- How bad is it? - Three people.

Not just any three people, the three people that never

should've made it to Harvard in the first place.

Goddamn it.

Sheila's sending us the bottom of the barrel.

- She's giving us the sludge that grows

at the bottom of the barrel. - Then...

I think it might be time to start looking beyond Harvard.

- Yeah, that's a great idea. You know what?

We should start shitting in the urinals

while we're at it.

I'm not talking about

the University of Arizona, Louis.

I'm talking about Columbia, Yale, Stanford...

- And I'm talking about appearances.

We break our rule and suddenly hire outside of Harvard...

- We already broke our rule for Rachel with Columbia.

- Please, that was different, and you know it.

No. It was because of Mike,

which makes it the same goddamn thing.

One way or another, we are going to keep this firm going.

So if you don't wanna go outside of Harvard to do that,

then I suggest you go up to Cambridge,

and convince Sheila to start feeding us

some worthy goddamn applicants.

- Okay. So first you pick me up,

then you bring me to my favorite café.

- What can I say? I do my homework.

- As do I, Ms. Gibbs, which is why I'm not falling

for you pretending to be my friend.

- You're right. I'm not your friend.

But I am willing to pull some strings

to get the man you love into Columbia Law School.

- And if you think that I'm gonna buy that fairy tale,

the only strings you're trying to pull are mine.

- The only fairy tale here is the one where you believe

you get out of this thing unscathed.

- Okay. We're done here.

- Rachel, I'm just trying to give you your options.

I know my options.