The first 191 lines.
- I've been honest with you about what I want.
I wanna be with you. If you don't wanna be with me,
I think we just need to stay away from each other.
Why did we leave New York?
- Sorry I didn't call, Eddie. I should've called.
- I was ashamed of Eddie. I wish I hadn't been.
What do you want from me?
- I wanna take you and Eddie out to dinner one time
before I go away.
If you think for one second
I'm gonna let you handle my father's will--
- For your information, I had no idea
he named me executor until after he died.
- Whatever he left. I don't care.
Because I don't want it.
- I'm Marvin, new head of human resources.
- We work in a business with people who think
they can get away with anything.
And Marvin knows what the hell he's doing.
Ted represents Sean Baker.
And what Sean wants is Dylan Pryor.
- After Sean told me that I was his choice,
I wanted to celebrate, and the person
that I wanna celebrate with is you.
Dylan, sorry, I can't.
- You got me coffee? - You said you wanted to meet.
- I did, because I did something
that you would be proud of.
- You finally decided to switch colognes?
'Cause we've all been talking.
- Hey, I smell like heaven, and you know it.
I helped Rick get Dylan Pryor a role
in the new Larry McMurtry movie,
which is good for us because--
- We represent Sean Baker, and you just got him his lead.
Exactly.
There's just one thing.
Don't tell me.
There's only so much ownership to go around,
and Dylan Pryor wants a piece of Sean Baker's back end.
Welcome to Hollywood.
- You want me to go up against Rick, don't you?
Something wrong with that?
- No. - Good.
'Cause we're both basically on the same side here.
- But you want me to kick Rick's ass.
Up and down the block.
I mean, we have to protect Sean Baker's back end.
And if there's one thing that I care about,
it's my clients' back ends.
- Do I need to call Marvin from HR?
- He can't stop what's going on in here.
- Can he at least do something
about getting you a new cologne?
- For your information, it's aftershave.
- For your information, it's not getting the job done.
- I smell great.
Dylan, you got my text.
- I did, but not exactly sure why I'm here.
- Yeah, look-- - Rick, I get it.
You ran away after I kissed you.
Message received loud and clear.
- I want to explain why we can't do this.
- Because I'm a hideous troll who repulses you?
That is not it.
I know that, Rick.
It was pretty obvious that you were enjoying it
as much as I was.
I was.
But, Dylan, sometimes clients,
when they see their lawyers fighting for them,
they develop feelings.
But that does not mean those feelings are real.
- Well, what if I want to find out if they're real?
- I don't know what to say to that.
- Say you want to find out too.
- Dylan, you are a phenomenal woman.
Anyone would be lucky to be in a relationship with you.
But I'm your lawyer, and I want to keep being your lawyer.
So for now, this is how it has to be.
- Samantha, are you calling about
the Dylan Pryor negotiation? Because--
- I'm calling about something a little more important.
Avery Jeffers. - Let me guess.
One of your clients made the mistake
of calling that bastard out.
- He was directing a movie for Avery.
They were shooting in the desert.
Avery was pushing the crew to exhaustion.
My client thought people's lives were at risk
and pulled the plug.
Avery's been blackballing Jim all across town.
Not a single studio will hire him.
- You're gonna file a defamation suit
that you can't win. - Ted--
- Samantha, there's a reason that people
don't go after this guy.
He operates off the record.
If you do this, he's gonna take the gun out of your hand,
and he's gonna point it right back at you.
Unless you help me.
- I'm not getting involved in a class action.
Why the hell not?
There's strength in numbers,
and some of your clients must have worked for him.
- Even if they did, none of them
are gonna go on the record.
- Ted, Avery is the closest thing
Hollywood gets to a mob boss.
You're the only person I know
who's taken on someone like that,
and you're the only one I trust to help me try.
There you are.
Got a minute?
- Not if it's about that Avery Jeffers call I overheard.
Look--
- Ted, when I left that monster,
I locked those memories in a drawer,
and I have no interest in revisiting any of it.
- I'm not asking you to revisit anything.
You worked for the man for five years.
You must be able to point me in the right direction.
- You mean towards someone who's chosen
not to come forward so you can talk them
into doing something they might regret.
- I can protect them. - You don't know that.
He still scares you.
And he should scare you.
I've seen what I've seen.
- Rosalyn, who rescued you from that monster?
You know it was you.
You trusted me then.
Trust me now.
- Leah, why do you have a ribbon
taped across your door?
- Because you can't have a ribbon-cutting ceremony
for my new office without a ribbon.
Were you raised by wolves?
- Yeah, Leah, I was raised by a pack
of ribbon-less wolves.
Was that so hard to admit?
Now, to gain entrance,
you simply take these ceremonial scissors and--
Did you not hear that I have scissors?
- Leah, I don't have time for this nonsense.
I gave you this office as a thank-you
for all the work you do.
If you're just gonna waste my time on stupid stuff like--
OK, fine.
Back-end agreements on every deal Sean Baker's had,
Dylan Pryor's quote on every film she's ever done,
and every comparable deal in the last two years.
How did you know--
- If you don't know by now that I'm a badass
who can get you things before you know you even need them,
I can't help you.
Kind of makes me look stupid
for walking through your ribbon, doesn't it?
- Doesn't make you look smart, you know what I'm saying?
- Leah. - You're right, I pushed it.
Thank you for the work,
and I'm sorry about your ceremony.
Oh, I can retie the ribbon.
You can walk down the hall and come back like...
- No. - Nothing ever happened.
- Dillon and Son Detective Agency.
Kevin, it's Stuart Lane.
- Let me guess. You found the bug in your car.
- What bug in my car? - PI humor.
Let's move on. How can I help you, Stuart?
- I want to engage your services.
You mind if I ask why me?
- Because I want to thank Ted for all
that he's done for me recently,
and I thought you'd be the right man for the job.
- You know I'm in New York, right?
That's not a problem.
What I need involves taking care of something in New York.
But just one thing:
can't let Ted know we're doing this.
Why is that?
- Because it has to do with Ted's father.
Hey, sorry I'm late.
Turns out, there's a lot to do before you go to prison.
Yeah, well, I'll get Eddie.
Teddy, wait.
I'd like to go out tonight, just you and me.
- I'm not going out without my brother.
Just listen to me.
This is my last night of freedom.
- He has been looking forward to this.
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