The Good Fight

With just the lipstick, nothing fancy.

I'm in a bit of a

rush today. Um...

I know I said that the soul within me,

no man can degrade, but...

I may have been mistaken.

I like the monkey.

I just finished my second double shift this week,

and the administrators here

are telling us not to spend too much time on certain patients.

I've seen people die that shouldn't have.

This was a

once-in-a-century pandemic.

Once in a century.

The medical workers are being championed as heroes.

They gave of their time,

- They gave of their lives... - Do you have a question,

- Mr. Glubman? - How can you now

sue the same heroes

for the death of one person?

That person was my daughter.

And I am sorry for your loss, Mr. Rivi,

but Harbor Hospital is not responsible

for your daughter's death.

Pia's death.

Use her name.

She died in your hospital

with no one to hold her.

To comfort her, kiss her cheek.

She was in perfect health,

and you...

You let her die.

We let nobody die, sir.

Well, then release the records.

It's your hospital. Why are they being denied to us?

We've already said HIPAA rules prevent us

from sharing Pia's medical records

- with unauthorized recipients. - I am her father.

Unauthorized includes family members.

Legally, she was an adult and entitled to medical privacy.

I have a new exhibit to introduce.

A video created by a Harbor Hospital employee.

And the crazy thing is

we treat our VIPs like they're royalty.

But if you're not a VIP?

COVID is a killer,

but if you're Black or brown at this hospital,

that's worse.

Did Pia Rivi

receive inferior treatment at Harbor Hospital

because she was Latinx?

Of course not.

That... that is offensive.

And, uh, we will need time to verify

that this "video" is real.

Well done. Bien hecho.

Ah, muchas gracias.

It comes from having a good investigator.

Agradecemo.

I want you to meet my wife. She, uh

she kept me sane when I was in prison.

There she is.

Wait, wait, wait. Wait.

Isabel.

This is Carmen.

Hello, Mrs. Rivi.

The hospital administrator told the lawyer

that if we really had this Dr. Debby,

they would have to settle at $5 million.

Would $5 million be acceptable to you, Mr. Rivi?

Anything to make them hurt.

I want them to know they hurt my daughter.

Nice meeting you.

Thank you.

Thank you for sitting down with me.

I just want to make sure that, this, this hand-off is, uh,

seamless and nothing falls through the cracks.

I appreciate that, as does Kurt.

I've been in touch with the FBI, Madeline Starkey.

Her, uh, suspect, Dylan Pike,

he's not as tight-lipped as Kurt.

No one is as tight-lipped as my husband.

How can I help?

On a scale of one to ten,

what is Kurt's willingness to take a deal?

He's not on that scale.

That is not an option.

I'm fairly certain

that I can get him less than one year.

- Two-year probation. - Why are you even discussing deals?

Kurt is innocent.

So was I.

But we decided that jail time was the best option.

You know as well as I, that

sometimes, it's not about innocence.

Jay brought you some information.

What was it?

I can't divulge that.

He clearly found something incriminating about Kurt,

or you wouldn't even be considering a plea.

Diane, I'm not at liberty to discuss priv...

Your lawyer-client privilege

extends to everyone at this firm.

You're not asking me as a lawyer.

You're asking me as his wife.

And I'm not going to participate in any charade

that ignores the spousal issues at play here.

Then I should leave.

Talk to your husband, Diane.

He gives me permission,

I can talk.

Bad news.

Same.

You first.

I found Dr. Debby.

Her full name is Deborah Hammond,

and she passed away, two weeks ago from COVID.

Darn.

You say "darn."

I won't be offended if you say "damn."

Parental training.

Ah.

I also start every email with "Dear."

- What? - Uh...

Nothing. Uh...

- G-Go ahead. - Are you okay?

Uh, yes. It's just the lights.

I had a COVID thing last year.

- It's nothing serious. - Oh. Uh...

Harbor Hospital sent over the breakdowns we subpoenaed,

but their stats don't show any substantial disparity

between races when it comes to COVID deaths.

We need to find someone at the hospital

willing to back up Dr. Debby's allegations.

I'll get on that.

- Yes? - Uh...

A bunch of us hit the bar across the street, on Wednesdays,

to de-stress.

If you ever want to join us,

we'd love to have you.

I generally like to cling to my stress.

It keeps me sharp.

I'll think about it.

You're not hearing me.

I hear every word you say.

Then why are you willfully withholding information?

Anything you tell me

is protected by the firm's privilege

and marital privilege.

Then why did you call the FBI?

- Maybe I should go. - No, stay.

It was the right thing to do.

I never thought it would blow back on you.

Um, okay.

We need to discuss this Congressional tour

that you arranged for Dylan Pike,

the day before the insurrection.

Pike was a veteran.

You work at the VA.

Helping him was, was part of your job.

We're not constructing rebuttal, yet.

I want to hear, in Kurt's own words, what he was thinking.

I was doing him a favor. He asked.

I made a call. That's it.

Do you plan on being a part of every conversation

I have with Kurt?

Maybe.

I'm a good lawyer, Diane.

But I'm a lousy couples therapist.

You could find one of those for a lot less.

Did I make you think I wanted a therapist?

I just need to know when I'm talking to my colleague,

and when I'm talking to Kurt's wife.

Okay.

Let me ask you, as his wife,

are you still talking about taking a deal?

No.

He's done nothing wrong.

And if I ask you as a lawyer?

It's not good.

The Feds want a head.

So, you shot Dr. Debby's videos?

Yeah.

Yeah, I tried to do the one-shot Goodfellasthing

down the hallway, into the ICU.

But?

Fucking hospital rules.

I had to keep throwing in a cut.

Dr. Debby had you upload the videos to TikTok?

Yeah. I edited them together with a whip pan.

I got this really cool software.

What do you mean, "edited them together"?

TikTok only lets you upload about a minute.

You know, four 15-second videos strung together.

I helped Dr. Debby pick which takes to use.

I added the captions, the filters.

I added the whip pan.

- She did a lot of takes? - God, yes.

People think this disease

only affects old people or poor people.