Suits

Previously on Suits...

I want to work with you. Come to Pearson Specter.

If all you want to do is work with me,

I can find a job somewhere else.

Scottie, that's not all I want.

- Then say it. - I want you in my life.

It's over, Mike. I'm onto you.

And I'm going to expose you

for the lying piece of filth that you are.

Louis, I went to Harvard. I just changed my grade.

You cheated,

and now you're looking at me to help you get away with it.

- No, Louis-- - Get out of my sight.

Louis, he did it so that he can practice

the thing that we all love.

And if you don't let it go,

he's never gonna be able to practice it again.

You make Mike confess,

you might as well throw his life down the toilet.

You say we're friends.

A friend wouldn't ask me to do this.

No, Louis.

A friend just won't hold it against you if you don't.

Hey.

Where did you race off to so quickly this morning?

I went to see my mistress.

Mm. Mm-hmm, and what's her name?

Felony.

Really?

And how would you feel if I said the same thing to you?

It depends. Is she hot?

Mmhmm, you realize

you're just digging yourself in deeper now, don't you?

Well, then it's good that I was really out getting you...

This.

Minnie Mouse.

I got a copy from your dad.

I thought it would complement Panda.

It's perfect.

Good, because I have a new lease on life.

And I wouldn't if it weren't for you.

I am not the only one

who helped convince Louis to let it go.

I know.

So are you gonna get something for Harvey?

I want to, but what do you get

the man who has everything?

The same thing you got me.

A picture of him dressed as a mouse?

No.

Something money can't buy.

Hmm.

What do you need?

- Advice. - That tie has got to go.

I've been wanting to say something for months.

It's not about the tie, is it?

You know it's not about the tie.

You're just giving me shit.

We take our opportunities where they present themselves.

Now what can Donna do for you?

- I need the perfect gift. - Mm. Who is it?

Rachel? Something personal,

preferably a picture from her father.

How could you possibly--

- Jessica? Simple and elegant.

Or wild and crazy, the choice is yours.

Louis? Oh, God, doesn't matter.

Just get him anything. He'll cry for days.

What about Harvey?

There is no gift for Harvey.

He gets what he wants,

and he doesn't want what he doesn't get.

And my knowing that is the only gift he'll ever need from me.

Donna, ever since I've been here,

every morning, I step off that elevator wondering

if this is going to be my last day.

Last week, that day came, and Harvey said, "not today."

I...

I just--I need to get him something

to let him know what that means to me.

- Okay. - What?

There is one thing that Harvey has been wanting to get

for years, and he hasn't been able to.

- What is it? - No, it's too personal.

And I don't see how you're going to be able

to make it happen when he couldn't.

Whatever it is, it'll make the perfect gift.

Before we do anything else,

I'd like to officially welcome our newest senior partner,

Dana Scott.

I'd like to thank you all for bringing me in.

And I assure you, I will be hitting the ground running.

Well, that's what we like to hear.

Harvey, where do we stand on Franklin Courier?

They just announced plans for the acquisition Friday.

I'd like to take lead on this one.

I guess the ground has been hit.

It's yours.

Shit. I am so sorry.

I had an incident at Logan.

Did I miss anything? Not really.

Scottie's going to be handling the Franklin acquisition.

You're kidding, right?

Franklin's my client. I was five minutes late.

Ten minutes, actually.

Well, I don't care if I skipped

the whole goddamn meeting to get a full-body wax.

I landed that company when they were a regional shithole,

and I don't need some interloper to--

Scottie's a senior partner, Louis.

Oh, this is bullshit.

Then I guess you're saying the bylaws are bullshit.

My bylaws are a work of art.

I know.

And the bylaws clearly state that if a senior partner

is more than ten minutes late to a meeting,

he or she has no standing.

Well, that rule doesn't take into consideration

a partner being late due to reasons beyond his control.

Wait. I'm sorry.

"This rule shall not be abridged by any circumstance,

"including but not limited to family illness,

"criminal detention, and travel delay.

For without punctuality, we are animals," right?

How dare you quote me to me? This isn't over.

Yes, it is.

They're still your client, Louis,

but it's Scottie's transaction.

Moving on.

Boom.

What's this?

Oh, it's only the greatest gift you've ever received.

Better than M.J.'s jersey from the 63-point game?

If this folder had played in that game,

it would have scored 80 points.

Okay, I don't even know what that means.

Neither do I. Just open it.

A run-of-the-mill corporate case.

I don't get it.

Just look at the attorney of record on the other side.

A. Eliot Stemple.

How did you know?

I talked to Donna. She told me everything.

- Define "everything." - Oh, I don't know.

He kicked your ass in moot court three years running at Harvard.

You're kind of upset about it. It keeps you up at night.

Yeah, well, if she told you everything,

you'd know he's been ducking me for the past ten years.

Harvey, I just told you

this gift is better than M.J.'s jersey.

Do you think I'd make that kind of claim

if I couldn't deliver on it?

What are you saying?

I'm saying

that A. Eliot Stemple is not ducking you today.

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Louis, if this is about Franklin Courier,

I've made my decision.

- It's not. - Okay.

Then what's this about?

- It's about Franklin Courier. - Louis.

Jessica, I want to know where I fall in the pecking order

with regard to Dana Scott. There is no pecking order.

I don't look at things that way. Great.

That means I'm behind her because she's banging Harvey.

I'm going to pretend I didn't just hear that.

Well, unfortunately,

I can't pretend that you didn't just screw me over

on behalf of your partner's girlfriend.

Louis, I didn't screw you over.

Your own bylaws did.

And if the shoe were on the other foot

and you'd taken the case from her,

you'd be sleeping like a baby.

What does that have to do with anything?

All right, you know what, don't bother answering that question.

As far as I'm concerned, Dana Scott is dead to me.

Louis...

Did it ever occur to you that these situations

may sometimes be a result of your own doing?

What on God's green earth are you talking about?

You have an opportunity to bond

with our newest senior partner

or make a permanent enemy of her.

And I'm saying, in the past,

you've generally chosen the enemy route.

Can you give me a specific?

- Off the top of my head? - Mm-hmm.

Pemberton, Yates, Cohen, Duffner, Ramirez...

That's five isolated incidents.

Robinson, Jenkins, Gardner.

Okay, okay, fine. What's your point?

My point is, if you let this thing go,

you can change the entire course

of your relationship with Scottie...

And who knows,

maybe even redefine yourself within the firm.

Words to live by.

Jessica, you may have just changed

my entire outlook on life.