The Good Fight

["VISSI D'ARTE" FROM PUCCINI'S TOSCAPLAYING]

Ow! Ow.

How many times I got to tell you?

Take out your teeth.

Very simply...

a journalist was shot and killed.

Now, a note was left on his body, reading:

"Kill all reporters."

And yet the ASA

is instead prosecuting my client,

saying Chris shot him.

Why?

Because he was supposedly being paid

by my colleague's client to be a hit man.

Now, does that sound overly complicated to you?

Because it does to me.

: Uh... reporters are being

targeted by protesters

all over the world.

You have your Saudi assassins,

your alt-righters,

your Maltese hit men, and...

And yet the, uh...

the ASA...

is, in fact, targeting

- two innocent men. -

I mean, why not go after the extremists

who want to kill reporters?

Would you fuck me?

That note... "Kill all reporters"...

it tells us that this was

- a political act. - Good morning, Your Honor.

I'd like to approach the bench, if I may.

You realize you've just interrupted

your colleague's opening, Mr. Blum?

Yes, and I only do so in the interest

of saving the court time.

Approach.

You're wearing that? What is it, Mr. Blum?

Let me put it this way.

It does a grave disservice to my client...

to compel him to be tried jointly

with this...

- young lady's client. - You're objecting

- to this now? - I only just learned of it.

Counsel was notified six weeks ago.

This is a joint trial.

Step back. Let your colleague continue.

Reasonable doubt.

Burden of proof.

I mean, outside the courtroom we never hear these words.

But we come in here and we put on a pageant,

and we pretend we don't care

about the very thing we care about the most:

who actually killed this guy!

Well, this court case is different,

because I know who killed him.

This...

is who.

- Objection, Your Honor. - Why would you object?

- What are you afraid of? -

Wait a minute. Now, I'm not gonna let this

get out of hand. So stop it.

What's he doing? Nothing.

We just need to keep to our defense.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Lawyers.

Oh, they'll tell you, always:

"This case is not a whodunit."

Well, I'm saying the opposite: "This is a whodunit."

And this is who done it.

No objection at this point?

At the appropriate time,

I'm gonna open this envelope,

and I'm gonna read you the name

that is written on a piece of paper.

First...

you're gonna say, "That's impossible.

That's insane."

But then you're gonna think about it.

And then you're gonna say...

"How could it be anybody else?"

How indeed?

: Geoffrey. Hey.

Any last-minute words of wisdom? Well, we don't have anyone

with matrimonial experience, and

you're bringing six clients in with you.

I don't think you need any last-minute words,

wise or otherwise.

Just stay out of politics?

Welcome to my world, brother.

- So, I said to the judge,

"Custody goes to values, Your Honor.

It turns on one issue."

What is that?

White Sox or Cubs.

That's great.

Uh, any other questions?

Uh...

I have one.

It's about your record in matrimonial litigation.

Ask away.

Well, it might be nothing more than a coincidence,

but in looking through your CV, I noticed that the vast majority

of your clients are men.

Is there any particular reason for that? I think it's the firm.

We're all-service, and many of our CEOs and VCs

are transferred over from acquisitions.

- Tell me what your worry is. - Well, I've been shepherding

a lot of our divorce cases here in the last few weeks,

- and 60% are women. - Well, if you're worried,

I work just as well with men as women.

Uh, excuse me, please.

I got in touch with the clinic in Tanzania,

the one that handled Kurt's injury.

- Their English is actually better than mine. - And?

Nurse Doto said it was an accidental shooting

by another member of the hunting party,

and it was 48 hours before he was brought in.

So what was the delay?

She didn't say.

But then I...

checked Eric Trump's Instagram.

- And? - He posted

a picture of himself standing over a dead giraffe

within that 48-hour period.

You're telling me Kurt was shot by one of the Trumps,

but they didn't take him to a doctor

because they wanted to shoot a giraffe?

I don't want to draw a conclusion, but... yeah.

He's got the experience and comes with six divorce clients.

I say nobody we've seen comes close.

: Let's... let's just hire the man.

You won't be sorry.

Lucca?

What? I...

- think we should keep looking. Looking?

- Wh-What are we looking for? - For someone who doesn't

only look at the men in the room.

Okay. No disrespect to Lucca, but this is really

- a partner-level decision. - No, no. Lucca has been handling

our matrimonial clients... I think we should take

- her opinion into account. What do you want to do?

Let's keep looking at other people.

Look, we do not need to come to a decision right at this minute.

Are you wanting the job?

The...? Heading up matrimonial.

Oh, that's not why I was arguing...

Do you want the job?

- I don't know. - Well, decide,

because this guy is way ahead of you,

and I'm gonna have to vote for him

unless you can make a strong case against it.

- How's it lookin'? - Good.

You got six out of the eight votes.

I'll try not to let myself get too excited quite yet.

That's smart.

Looking forward to working with you.

That may not happen, in any case.

- What do you mean? -

I'm not supposed to say anything, but I was

at a Historical Law Society wine tasting,

- and according to a reliable source... - Bob?

- No, a reliable source. -

You're near the top of the list for

an appointment to the Seventh Circuit.

- A... a federal judgeship? - Yes.

- You're kidding. - No.

- I'm not high-profile enough. - You're black.

And conservative.

And people whose business it is to know...

know about you.

So, what was that about?

- What? - Encouraging Lucca to rip into Payton.

I didn't encourage her. I just said that

- we should take her opinion into account. - Geoffrey Payton

makes sense for this firm, Liz.

He brings in top-drawer clients.

Yeah, and he's a member of the Historical Law Society.

: Ah. I knew it!

Liz, you're bringing politics into this,

- in a way that's not... - No.

Politics is in this.

And since when did you become a Republican?

Oh, please. I'm trying

not to let politics get in the way

of moving the firm forward. And this is

our first hire since our fresh start, so I am having

a second look, okay?

So...

I guess we're back to...

"who are we?"

I don't think we ever left it. But you do agree

- we should be looking ahead to the future? - Yeah,

a future where Trump wins in 2020.

- : What? - No, no, I see

what you're doing.

These associates you're trying to hire,

and-and this partner... you want to bring in

- more conservative voices. - We're hiring