The Firm

Previously on The Firm

Sarah Holt was in the military.

She's former army.

The reason I couldn't find a record on her

was she's enlisted as a Sarah Dawson.

That's her married name.

They're all dead.

The numbers!

Each one is a patient insured by Noble that died within the last year.

They get assigned new numbers as soon as they pass away.

Margaret Whittaker's number is on the list.

Margaret Whittaker's t one Sarah's accused of murdering?

Sir, they're getting closer.

We can't take that chance. McDeere needs to go.

These guys want to hunt me down, I'm gonna give them a trail to follow.

Everybody hold their positions.

Something's wrong.

What do you see?

Window smashed in.

I've got blood on the floor.

Whose blood? I'll check it out.

Get in the house. Something's wrong.

All right. So, what's the next step

We know what the Moxon numbers mean.

They're all Noble patients who died within the last year.

And one of them is Margaret Whittaker,

the woman Sarah Holt supposedly killed.

What about the other names? What do we know?

I know more than names; I know the addresses.

I've been calling, tracking down families.

Waiting.

Good. Ray?

I'm all about Sarah right now.

We know she was in the military, we know she was married once,

so I'm reaching out to her ex-husband.

Go about business as usual.

Go to work... go to yoga... Guys, we will make it through this.

We will.

I'm sorry.

I know what he did was horrible, but he's still my brother.

Jim, he killed the owner of the home, the father.

- He was sentenced to death? - Yes, fourteen years ago.

He's scheduled to be executed in Virginia in 3 days.

He asked me to find a lawyer to go speak with him.

Ms. Thorne... death penalty cases are highly complex.

I would assume that he had qualified lawyers

- and they filed multiple appeals... - This isn't about an appeal!

He told me to tell you he's ready to die,

and he needs a lawyer's help to face the end on his own terms.

- What does that mean? - I don't know, he didn't tell me,

but he's my brother, and I promised to do this one last thing for him.

- Mrs. Thorne - - Please!

I saw you on the news. What you did for Elena Vasco,

the woman accused of taking that baby...

No one wanted to help her, and you did.

Jim needs someone willing to help him when nobody else will.

Just talk to him.

Help him die with dignity.

So we have 11 names off the original Moxon list.

One is Margaret Whittaker, that's what we know.

And that leaves us ten to follow up on.

And they're all dead?

We have to confirm that, but yes,

they're listed in the Noble database as deceased.

Right.

Are you sure you want to do this?

- You should be teaching. - I'm sure.

That's why I called this morning and talked to my vice-principal,

and told him that I'm gonna take a break for a while.

I didn't realize you were considering that.

Yeah, Mitch and I talked about it.

It just - It makes sense with everything that's going on.

I think you're right. You should take a break.

And you can go back when all this is behind us.

Okay, five names each. We track down whatever info we can...

Ooh, that could be one of the families.

I left a message earlier.

Law office of Mitch McDeere. This is Tammy.

Yes?

Trudy Hale, yes!

Oh no.

I'm so sorry to hear about that.

Really? Are you sure?

No, it's just... we haven't spoken in years.

Thank you.

You remember my Aunt Trudy, my mother's older sister?

Not really, should I?

That was her lawyer.

Apparently she died last spring. She lived in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

And he's been trying to track me down.

Not so easy in Witness Protection.

He found me now.

And... I just inherited a house.

Mr. Thorne, I was hoping that we could talk more privately.

Maybe at the courthouse.

Warden keeps me on lock down here.

3 days away!

People in desperate situations do desperate things.

Your sister told me you wanted to see me.

- She didn't tell you why. - She said she didn't know why.

Mr. Thorne, you know you have exhausted all of your appeals.

Don't want an appeal.

Ready to die for my crime.

I killed a man. I meant to.

Wouldn't do it now, but that's who I was,

that's what I did, so... no tears, no excuses.

You read my record?

Nineteen trips to the punitive segregation unit.

No one's giving me clemency.

Acceptance, it's my one and only choice.

Then why am I here?

When the government decides to kill you,

people start paying attention.

In my case, it's all over the news.

That's how I saw this.

It's an article about the man I killed.

His name, Tom Bower.

That's his wife and daughter.

She's sixteen.

She's dying.

Heart disease.

It's got me thinking.

Thinking what?

How the end of my road is right around the corner.

Something good could come from my execution.

I'm listening.

She needs a heart.

It just so happens I won't be needing mine much longer.

You want to donate your heart to your victim's daughter?

That's right.

It says there that she won't last out a year.

Mr. Thorne, I'm not sure the law would allow it.

Or that she would even take it.

So, let's find out!

You talk to her, you convince her.

I'm not sure I could do that.

Please.

I'm not asking for forgiveness. I'm not asking for anything.

I was a terrible man, I've been a terrible prisoner,

I never did one damn good thing in my life.

So if I can do one good thing with my death...

I'm not saying that it makes it right.

I'm just sayin'... maybe it makes it a little less wrong.

Can you help me with that?

I know that this is a lot to handle.

You want me to take a heart for my daughter

from the man who murdered her father?

- He's your client? - No, he is not my client.

I wanted to meet with you first

to see if this is something that you would even want.

What I want!

How about a child who remembers being held by her father.

Mrs. Bower, I can't pretend to know what you're feeling.

But, is there a chance

that she could be offered another heart in time?

I don't know.

She isn't first on the recipient list.

Now this is a targeted donation.

You understand that?

It makes me sick to even consider

doing anything that might make that monster

feel one iota better about himself.

We can't guarantee that he is a match

or that the judge would even allow it.

But we can try.

What kind of a mother would I be if I didn't?

I won't do it!

Christina... I don't want it.

Not from him.

If I have to die, then I die.

And let me lose you too?

I couldn't bear it.

That man's heart beating everyday inside me.

It is an organ, a muscle.

It is not the center of his soul or does it have anything at all

to do with his spirit.

It is a blood pump.

And you need a new one in order to become the young woman

that your father dreamed you could be.

You didn't know him.

I have a daughter.

And that is every father's dream.

I want to meet him.

I need to know he's going to go through with this.

He destroyed us once;

I'm not going to let him do it again.

I looked at the stats

and if Christina doesn't accept the donation,

then there is a good chance she won't make it

to her next birthday.

And now they want to meet Jim on death row.

Yeah, she wants to look him in the eye

and make sure the offer is genuine.

10 Vincent Avenue, Oxon Hill.

I found the deed!

I'm a home owner.

Oxon Hill! Boom!

That place could be worth quite a chunk of change.

We're not gonna sell it, Ray!

Come on, Tammy, you love our apartment.