The Good Fight

I'm retiring.

What? Why?

I've done as much as I can do here.

I will stay until the end of the year,

but after that I should move on.

STR Laurie wants a 20% downsizing

of the firm.

Okay. I retire.

That'll be cut in half.

Do you believe him?

This is some selfless act?

Are you kidding me?

This is about the Democratic Party.

Four years from now, we need an African American candidate

- that can go the distance. - So, how can I help?

You can be that candidate.

Step one to running: You write a book.

A political statement.

And a memoir.

Got you a contract with Simon & Schuster

to write about your political awakening.

Years ago, I wanted to create

a law firm run entirely by women,

but it never worked out.

So, why not now?

- What, Reddick/Lockhart? - Just you and me.

- We don't bring in a third. - Partners?

Partners.

Stella Corben. I am Inspector General

at the Department of Justice.

I say this with a heavy heart,

but Judge Cain is guilty of accepting a bribe.

This carries a sentence of up to 15 years.

Isn't this retribution

for Judge Cain's coming to your office,

requesting whistleblower protection?

Of course not.

You're here as a whistleblower, Julius.

Didn't Judge Cain come to your office

with accusations about something called Memo 618?

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Memo 618 is a document

used to intimidate judges into ruling

for the more powerful party.

And you are testifying that Judge Cain

didn't come to your office regarding this?

I'm testifying that Judge Cain came to my office

to put pressure on me to drop the bribery charge.

Well, it's a good thing I recorded that meeting.

Objection.

Counselor, is that a one-party consent recording?

It is, but in federal court,

one-party consent is permissible.

We're in Illinois, a two-party state.

Sustained.

- They're going to destroy me. - We'll move for a recusal.

She'll just deny it.

Not if we threaten to expose her complicity

- regarding Memo 618. - How can we do that?

Who died?

That is the Lucca I know and love.

: Bianca.

Um, what time is it?

12:30. Are you asleep?

No.

No, no, no. What do you need?

- What are you doing? - Bianca, you always ask me that.

My life is not that interesting.

I go to work. I go to bed.

I don't jet off to exotic places.

I need you to fly to England.

- What? - I need you to go to England

to buy the St. Lucia resort for me.

Be my proxy. Get a good price.

Okay. Uh, when?

Tomorrow. Hold on.

- Mm-hmm. - Bianca,

I-I've never been outside of the country.

You went to St. Lucia.

For three hours.

Well, now you're going for three weeks.

Call me when you get there.

Bianca.

- I have a son. - I know.

I have a nanny for you and Joseph on the plane.

Call me when you get there.

So, what I have in mind is a book called Ten Cases,

outlining my top ten police brutality cases,

making the connection between police and systemic racism.

Oh, I love it.

So, how about this? Talk about your ten cases

but how they opened your mind

about how white and Black can work together.

But that's not really the book I want to write.

I understand. I understand but consider it.

Your Honor, this is a high-conflict divorce.

And the key is this psychological study.

: I wouldn't present it as a psychological study.

Just use the evidence.

When I want your legal opinion, I'll ask for it.

David, this judge rejects psycholog...

Your Honor, I'd like to submit as evidence this study

that the respondent has narcissistic...

Don't bother, Counselor.

Psychiatrists can make anything sound bad.

Lucca, I have a friend who's frustrated.

I need some advice for her.

Marissa, where are you?

In court. Why? Where are you?

In London.

Good, say hi to the queen for me.

This friend is getting frustrated with her job,

and she maybe wants to be a lawyer.

What's the quickest way she could become one?

- What do you mean, the quickest? - I don't know, like,

is there some way to accelerate the process?

Some schools offer a 3+3 program.

You can go to law school

during your last year of college.

No, no, she's not in college. She has a job.

She just...

Okay, it's me.

- You want to become a lawyer? - I don't know.

I'm just checking. I hate being talked down to.

Okay. First of all, you'd be great.

I would, wouldn't I?

- I could wipe the floor in court. - Second of all,

enroll at law school.

Take summer programs.

You can get it down to two years.

- Oy. - I know.

It's... it's not easy.

Where are you, in church?

No. That must be Big Ben.

Okay, uh, let's talk when you get in.

Marissa, I am actually really in London.

Okay, I'll come by your office this afternoon.

Jay, hey, uh...

Can I call you back, man? I'm kind of, kind of busy.

: Who-who is this?

It's Adrian, Jay, you called me.

Why did I call you?

Jay, I'm trying to write right now.

I... I think...

I think you're my father.

: Okay.

All right, get some rest. We'll talk tomorrow.

- All right? - Something's wrong.

I'm having trouble seeing.

Where are you, Jay?

Jay, listen to me. Did you take anything?

No. I don't like pills.

Where are we going?

We're going to the hospital.

There's something very wrong with you.

What?

I-I... I don't know.

There's this thing from China.

Have you been with anybody from overseas?

I don't know.

- What-What's from China? - Just stay still.

Don't try to get up.

Hello, Diane. Thanks for meeting with us.

How could I not?

What can I do for you, Mr. Bloomberg?

Let me take you back to 2016.

- Pre-Trump? - No.

Post-Harry Dargis.

Remember that name?

Of course.

Four years ago, I represented him in federal court.

His daughter was shot and killed.

With an illegally purchased gun.

- And we lost. - But we had a good case,

and now we're working on the appeal.

We have a date in front of the Supreme Court later this year.

Really?

What were you working on?

- My book. - Oh, right.

How is that going?

It's bullshit.

What about you?

Oh, it's this Supreme Court gun control case.

Could be really momentous.

But...?

They have the wrong strategy.

They're making technical points when they really should be

trying to sway Chief Justice Roberts.

Okay.

Tell 'em that.

D.C. lawyers.

They don't want to hear it.

What the fuck?!

- Whoa! - The fuck?

Can I tell you what I really want?

Sure. What?

I want to argue in front of the Supreme Court.

If that's what you want,

you fucking tell 'em that.

I'm telling them my book is shit.