The Good Fight

It's gone.

Martha? What's gone?

They tore it down. It's gone.

Everything is gone.

- Your restaurant? - Yes.

They can't do that... the judge enjoined the demolition.

Well, someone did it, because it's not here.

You screwed up, Mr. Canning.

Mrs. Lockhart. Hello.

- How did I screw up? - You thought you were going up

against some small pro Bono defendant,

but I've been bankrolled by STR Laurie

to go after cases that interest me,

and this one really interests me.

You seem angry, Diane.

See you in court.

Jay,

I need photos of the site

and interviews with the construction foreman.

We need to nail down who gave the go-ahead to the bulldozers.

They'll probably argue that it was all a miscommunication

between new Orchard corporate and the, uh, contractors.

So we need to get it on record.

You'll probably have the same problem

with the Rare Orchard CEO.

They just made that easier.

It's no longer about eminent domain,

it's about unlawful seizure.

So we don't have to depose him.-I'll pull the injunction order.

Thanks, Jay.

What the fuck?

Tell Dad if he wants to come berate me,

do it himself, don't send his Democratic Committee lapdog.

- Democratic Committee... - Every time

I even talk to a Republican, Dad is crawling up my ass.

- What Republican... - I am not a Republican,

and I'm not gonna vote Republican,

but I might fall in love with a Republican

and have little Republican children.

- What Republican are you... - No, no, no, no.

You just tell Dad to fuck off, okay?

- And you fuck off, too. - Frank.

- We're ready for you. - Good.

So nice seeing you, Marissa.

I thought you said Frank Landau was here for me.

No. I said Frank Landau is here.

Fuck. I know you've heard it before...

This is the most important election of our lifetime...

But... this is the most important election

of our lifetime.-Should we get Diane in on this?

- No, I'd rather keep it just us for a minute. - Why?

DNC is looking to reengage the African American community.

- Really? - The presidential election

comes down to Florida, Michigan, North Carolina,

Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,

all of which have huge African American electorate.

We don't capitalize on that,

we don't take back the White House.

- Those are the facts. - What do you need from us?

A strategy for reengagement.

We want hearts, not just votes.

An exclamation mark agenda that gets black voters energized

and turning out at '08 levels or better.

No, this is a campaign issue.

You need PR people.

Why-why come to us?

One, you're an African American firm.

Two, we've worked with you before on impeachment.

You fired us before on impeachment.

No, we fired you.

Yes. Now I remember.

No hard feelings.

And three, we need attorney-client privilege.

The risk of a leak at a PR firm is just too high.

So, what do you say?

- Damn it! - I just told our top client to fuck off.

Whatever you're dealing with can't be worse.

- I can't find an injunction order. - On what case?

Tecades v. Rare Orchard.

- When was it? - Three days ago.

Maybe it wasn't entered into our system yet.

I checked the courthouse system, too.

You probably just...

It's not there.

- Thanks. - Maybe it's under a different name.

Did you try the docket number?

Whoa.

- What? - It says there's no case.

No Tecades v. Rare Orchard.

How is that possible?

- I don't think it is. - Jay.

I need you in the conference room.

- Why? What's wrong? - Nah, nothing's wrong.

We just need you in the conference room. All right?

Please don't tell me that.

Lucca. I need you upstairs in the conference room.

Oh, uh, what's wrong?

Nothing's wrong.

Why does everybody think something's wrong?

Just... just...

Uh, Bianca, I have to go.

No, it's just work.

Because I work.

Because I'm not independently wealthy like you.

I don't always say that.

Okay. Okay, I'm hanging up now.

Because I am.

Because my boss needs me.

Okay, I'm going now. Seriously.

No. Bye.

Goodbye. Bye.

Did you check the courthouse system?

Theirs and ours. No case.

No injunction. No docket number.

Well, there was an injunction, right?

- Yes. Three days ago. It was in our system. - You saw it?

- Yes. - Did you print it out?

No. But we never do.

- It's in the system. - Okay,

check to see if anyone printed out a hard copy.

Maybe there's some... compulsive Luddite around here.

I'll go to the courthouse.

- Why? - Julius.

I mean, he gave the order.

Right.

Want me to go?

Uh, no. I know who has a way with him.

And that leaves us

with one very important question.

What's the biggest issue

facing the African American community today?

Let it all hang out. Let's hear it.

Lack of voting rights.

Okay.

Anybody else?

- Racism. - Police brutality.

Institutional racism.

Good, good, good.

All right, follow-up question.

What is the Democratic Party currently doing

to combat racism?

The Democratic Party's doing

- jack-shit to combat racism. - Jay, Jay, come on.

And the Republicans are doing

- so much better? - The Democrats care more

about civil rights, but... where's the policy?

Laws don't get passed in a vacuum.

Yeah, but they're trying, at least.

- How about the Green New Deal? - But that's not

just for black people.

I mean...

black people will benefit, yeah.

But you want me to get excited, line up to vote,

maybe even miss work?

Then I want to feel like the Dems are talking right to me

about me. What gets us that feeling?

Excuse me. I need to take this.

It's really interesting stuff so far.

Hey, hey, hey.

Uh... maybe we take it down a notch

on the DNC bashing.

Look at you.

Marissa!

Oh, my gosh!

Well, I owe a lot of this to you.

No, no, no.

Okay, some of it.

How are things at, uh, Reddick/Boseman?

Or is it, uh...

STR Laurie...

- Reddick... - Weird.

We call it STD Laurie these days.

STD?

Oh! Ha-ha-ha-ha...

That was a false laugh, Your Honor.

So, do you have a minute?

Mm, court in five minutes,

but, uh...

let's keep 'em waiting.

- I have the power now. - That's what I like to hear.

- What's up? - There was an injunction on a case a few days ago...

An injunction against a demolition...

And we can't find it in our system.

We can't find the case, either.

It's something you signed.

Hmm. What case?

Tecades v. Rare Orchard.

"Rare... Orchard."

It's not in the system.

Yeah, but it's something you ruled on.

Are you sure?

- If it's not in the system... - We're pretty sure.

Diane...

- this is old news. - No, it's not.

We're bringing suit against Rare Orchard

for ignoring a judge's injunction,

but we can't do that if we can't locate the injunction.

- I'm no longer on the case. - But you ruled on it.

- And you know that you ruled. - I've had

two dozen rulings since then... I can't tell you