Not Safe for Work

I know. I know.

Hey, man. It's been a while.

Land anywhere yet?

- No. - Yeah, it's tough out there.

Well, they say it's coming back.

Not for me, it's not.

I'm sorry.

Put the gun down!

Somebody had to do something.

Don't do it! - (GUNSHOT)

The FDA has approved Denning Pharmaceutical's new wonder drug.

Another blockbuster quarter for Denning Pharmaceutical...

The news that the company's new drug Prophidil,

is on the fast track to FDA approval.

A major class action suit against Denning Pharmaceutical

is gaining momentum on allegations

that the company had evidence that its flagship drug, Prophidil,

has potentially fatal side effects.

No, I'm on my way to the office now.

(ON PHONE) You can't put yourself in danger.

In danger? No, no, I'm not in danger.

The news said he worked for Denning,

isn't that the case you're on?

He killed seven people.

Yeah, including himself. So, I think I'm safe.

Though I think he may have ruined any chance of my getting a promotion.

- How come? - He screwed me.

- What do you mean? - 'Cause he was our key witness.

You don't have other witnesses?

Yeah, but without him, the whole case is a bust.

I know, I'm not an expert, but you wanna hear what I think?

Of course, I do. Talk to me.

I think you need a security detail.

Someone should make sure that you're okay.

You're good.

- Interesting, interesting. Will you get reassigned?

I hope so, I wrote a memo on the Gambizzi case I'm turning in today.

That's great.

Yeah, I should be on Gambizzi by lunch.

Mom, I gotta go, I gotta go. I'm running late.

- Love you. - I love you too.

Excuse me, sorry. I just gotta... Sorry.

I need to get through. Thank you. Okay.

- Thanks. - (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

Tom. It's Monday.

I knew that.

- Tom. - Janine.

So what's going on in there?

The servers went down in Kansas City last night.

- We lost all off-site backups. - Oh.

You're gonna be making copies all day long.

Yay, I love making copies.

Really? Not really. Where's Emmerich?

Hmm, on the warpath.

- I gotta get this to Moyers. - Got it.

Why don't you take the scenic route?

- And don't let him see you. - I love you, Janine.

- You're all set. - I love you too, Barney.

- Wish me luck. - Good luck.

Thank you.

- Ooh! - Oh!

- Jefe! - (SPEAKING IN SPANISH)

(ON P.A.) Donna, your lunch appointment has arrived.

She's in the waiting area.

We need to update our file on the Pamona case.

Per our conversation this morning,

I finally convinced Munson to get off the dime.

He's agreed to extend an offered settlement

to the amount of 1.5, structured over three years.

First payment due at signing.

Tell him we'll agree to it. If he tries to counter, shut him down.

I need the Amato file.

Here.

Give this to Murray and get it back to me.

He's got to initial it by noon today. Thank you.

You notice I'm never late.

- (SIGHING) - And I've got two kids.

I wondered why you had all those pictures of children on your desk.

Oh, shit.

Tom!

- Get this filed away. - Yes, sir, right away.

I also need 20 copies of each of these for the Harcourt presentation tomorrow.

Also... Sorry, hi.

I went ahead and I included Prophidil heart attack victims, uh,

along with the stroke patients already in the class.

Case goes to trial tomorrow.

Our lead witness decided to go on a suicidal rampage

at the defendant's office on Tuesday.

So I don't have time for innovation.

One motion, and it's done.

And defense won't mind 'cause they're gonna be hearing from

- the heart attacks sooner or later anyway. - Tom...

We work off a 40 cut of whatever the court awards the plaintiffs.

Lifetime care cost of each stroke victim is millions.

Burial cost of your heart attack victim is 10,000 bucks.

Got it, got it.

You think you're doing the right thing, Tom.

The one great aspect of this justice system is that

there is a market for all kinds of cases.

Large firms, like us, will take care of the expensive victims.

Small ones can take care of your heart attacks.

Psst! Tom!

I think he likes you. (CHUCKLES)

It doesn't matter anyway.

The case is a bust after the whistleblower went postal.

No case is a bust when you're billing out a $12 an hour paralegal,

at $65 an hour.

Christ, Roger, they're only paying you $12 an hour? Ouch!

Now we'll preview the unredacted versions...

(ON P.A.) Jack, meet your client in conference room B, please.

Your memo's on Moyers' desk.

Oh, you're my hero... Heroine, heroine.

This is Tom.

Yes, sir, right away.

Looks like I'm gonna be joining you on the Gambizzi case.

Oh, yeah? How's that?

I submitted a memo this morning.

Moyers wants to see me in his office.

Hey, uh, speaking of heart attacks,

she is wearing the form fitted gray thing that is just...

- You're so gross, Roger. - ...unbelievable.

You gonna talk to her this time?

If you do, tell her I want my boxers back.

He's ready for you.

- Tom? - Yeah.

Shirt's untucked.

- (KNOCKS) Come in.

You wanna see me, sir?

Yeah, Tom, hey! Thanks for coming. Here, take a seat.

Thanks.

Never been in here before.

- Yeah, yeah. - It's cool.

Yeah, it's nice, huh? 225 square feet.

- Nice. - And fifth biggest office in the building.

- (CHUCKLES) - Yeah.

So, Tom, this memo on Gambizzi...

It's all your own work? No one helped you or advised you?

It's a fascinating case.

Yes.

I really feel like there's a spousal privilege aspect to the case

that's been overlooked.

And so I hope the memo helps shed some light on different...

- (CLEARS THROAT) - (SHREDDER WHIRRING)

- I don't understand. - (SHREDDER STOPS)

Tom, when you neglect the cases that we assign you,

you neglect the client.

Without the client, all of this, it disappears.

Gambizzi's small fry.

It's cases like Harcourt v. Denning that keep the lights on.

- I understand. - Do you?

Emmerich wants a follow-up with you later.

Awesome. Thanks.

Yeah, anytime, Tom.

(ON P.A.) Mr. Ryan, please hold for Miss Higgins.

Mr. Ryan, please hold for Miss Higgins.

So long, Harcourt.

- Oh, hey, Thomas. - Oh, hey, Anna.

The Xerox machines in the copy room were all occupied so I just...

Oh, well, I noticed some files out of place the other day, so can I show you those?

Yeah, that's... Yeah.

- You said you quit. - Tough day.

Moyers didn't like the memo?

He shredded it, in front of me.

- Thanks for the support. - (CHUCKLING)

How's that for support?

That's a little better.

The guy's a total loser.

You should seriously not care what he thinks.

Yeah, I don't care what he thinks.

I do care what Emmerich thinks.

Now he wants to follow up with me this afternoon.

Okay. Okay, here's what you do.

You apologize, you act sincere, and then you forget it ever happened, okay?

- Don't take it personally. - I know.

Listen, everyone's always gonna have to answer to someone.

Emmerich doesn't.

- Ever met his wife? - Well, that's true.

Good news is I get fired, we can stop sneaking around.

You get fired, and I'm dumping you.

That wasn't funny.

So not funny, not funny, not right now.

It's kind of.

Come on, babe, it's kind of funny.

Come here.

- You're so mean. - Shh.

I gotta get that.

Hey, don't take it personally.

Chin up.

How many of those do they need?

Hey, hey!

I'm sorry.