Fatal Call

So, uh, what mess brought your life here, Mitch?

Where do I start?

You know, that's kind of an asshole thing to ask, Ted.

I never denied who I was, Simon. Settle down.

Well, I needed a change of scenery.

- My boy Simon here hooked me up. - That's right.

What do you say you change the scenery and get us a couple more drinks, huh?

Oh, I'll get it.

Simon, Simon, let the new guy go.

I got it.

And you can put it on my tab, too.

And loosen up that tie, for God's sakes,

You look like an idiot.

What is this, a funeral?

Bartender? Three beers please,

And put them on the tab of the pasty white guy in the blue shirt.

Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth.

Nothing easier...

- than flattery! - Than flattery!

A Dostoyevsky fan!

- Yes. - Wow.

- I am impressed. - I am really impressed.

That's my favorite book.

I love Russian novels, the endings in particular.

Oh yes, you've got to love those tragic endings.

Yes, they're the best kind, aren't they?

Hey Mitch!

How you doing on those beers, huh?

Oh, God.

That guy hit on me last week.

Oh, really?

How'd he do?

Well, I'm here and he's there, so you figure it out.

Good point, yeah.

Are they friends of yours?

Uh, co-workers. Eh, one of them's a buddy.

The smart one?

Yeah.

Hmm.

He's afraid of women.

No, he's...

Yes, he is.

Yes, he is.

So should I take my beers and...

No, we're talking, aren't we?

Yeah.

Screw him.

I'm Mitch.

Hi Mitch, I'm Amy.

Nice to meet you.

It's nice to meet you too.

You've probably heard this one before, but,

Um, come here often?

No, this place was just on my way.

To where?

To where I'm going.

Where are you from?

I'm from here, actually.

Where are you from?

Redmond.

Redmond. Wow, you're a long way from home.

Long enough

What brings you here?

Just had to go.

We can't run from our problems, Mitch.

We have to face them.

Tolstoy?

Chekhov?

- No. - No?

Can I buy you drink?

Thanks, but, um, I should get going.

Do you have a pen?

Thanks.

Well, just like that, huh?

Well, you know your Crime and Punishment.

How could I not?

Lucky me.

We'll see.

Call me.

Call me on Tuesday.

Burger and brats.

Water, please.

You okay, buddy?

You kidding me?

Hey!

Hey, that's right! Keep walking, punk!

You fucking bastard.

Yes, very.

Hey, today's the day.

Just call her already, will you?

Don't you have somebody else to bug,

Or maybe a computer server to fix?

Server's are fine, Mitch.

It's your turn, anyway.

- Well, lucky me. - Yeah. We'll see.

Oh, hey, did I tell you?

I got two tickets for Saturday night's game.

You should totally take her, if she'd go with you,

Which she probably wouldn't because she's way out of your league.

Ha. That's funny.

Don't let him give you a hard time, Mitch.

He's a curmudgeon.

Cur-what now?

A jerk.

Like Shorty, over here, he's just jealous.

So's jackass.

You going to let him talk to you like that?

Take this boring piece of crap back too.

Give me King, Koontz any day, but...

Coloring book?

Nice.

Will you just call her already?

The suspense is killing me, Besides, she smells like money.

I'd tap that.

Ted would do anything for a buck.

Who wouldn't?

Guys, don't you have somewhere to be?

Guys, see you later.

All right, all right.

Oh, don't forget!

I've got tickets.

Man, they've got to get these things fixed.

Oh!

Hey, let me get that for you, Lily.

Oh, thanks! You're a sweetheart.

- I've been told. - The conference room.

All right. What's all this?

It's this investigation.

Now see, you wouldn't have to do all that heavy lifting

If you didn't switch sides of the aisle.

Yeah, well, I got tired of defending

Guilty people for free.

Well, there had to be a few, occasional innocent ones, huh?

Yeah, sure.

Those are the ones that got me through the day.

Take a break.

Seriously, take a break. Come on.

The "D.A.'s" office never sleeps.

Well, they take breaks.

So Mitch, what are you doing here?

What do you mean?

I mean paralegal work.

It's not you.

Well, Simon got me the job.

I figured it's something to do temporarily until

I found something else to do, and I kind of like it.

You hang out with Simon and Ted a lot, huh?

Well, Simon I grew up with.

Uh, Ted, I don't know him at all.

Yeah, watch out for that guy.

I guarantee you he's going to be one of those jerky attorneys

We hear about in the news.

Thanks for the warning.

- Sorry to interrupt. - Hi, guys.

Mitch, this is, uh, Detective Zyler and Detective Koduri.

- Hey. - Hi.

Here's the stuff you asked for.

Could you please not smoke in here?

Does it look like it's lit?

Technically, he's right.

Hello?

Amy!

Yes.

Hey, it's, it's Mitch.

We met the other night at the...

I know where we met, Mitch.

Listen, I was wondering if maybe you would like to go out

With me some time, you know? Or maybe grab some dinner.

How about today?

Really?

Come on, be adventurous, Mitch.

Let's do something this evening.

I'm sure I could think of something.

Hey.

What?

What's your problem, man?

What the hell was that?

I don't know what you're talking about.

What are you doing here, man?

You don't look like you belong.

It's a long story.

Oh, what happened to you, the old lady beat you up?

You could say that.

Yeah, whatever.

Give me your money.

You're robbing me now?

No, no.

I'm not robbing you.

The way I see it, you owe me for a new jacket,

A new shirt, and a new beer.

So just give me your money.

All right, I'm sorry about that.

- I'll get you the money. - Yeah, yeah.

I think I'll start with this, too.

You can't have that.

Like hell.

Like hell!

Where's he at?

Go, go, go!

Don't let him get away!