The Good Fight

So, please look at the camera, but once it passes you,

if you could exit, sir, is the note. Okay.

Okay, let's send the camera to one.

Can you hear me, sir?

Yes.

Can you talk for a minute?

About what?

Anything. We just need a sound check.

Check, check. One, two, three, four. Check.

Good. It'll just be a minute.

You'll hear the feed from our main studio,

and Ted will introduce you.

Just speak to the lens please.

Uh, that's right.

Thank you. Thank you.

Uh, ex-excuse me.

Now, these are the same lawyers

offering their services free of charge.

Uh, please, let me, let me finish, ma'am.

My apologies.

I-I can't see you.

Well, I'm not involved in the Peepercase,

but I think it was a mistake

for the defense attorney to concede the point.

Thank you, sir.

That's it?

Yes. I'll be in in a sec to unhook you.

Uh, excuse me.

What? The show last night.

You were good. Thank you.

Uh, Diane, Julius? In your office.

And there's a visitor here for you.

I put him in the conference room. Who?

I don't know. Dale somebody.

Morning.

Well, Mr. Jeffrey Toobin, how did it go?

Fast.

So, um, who's in the conference room?

Dale Kuzma,

editor of Peeper News.

Damn.

I talked about Peeper last night.

He's probably pissed off.

The next time they ask me to be a pundit,

: Tell me no.

Uh, wait, wait, wait. We've got to discuss Lucca.

We can't ask her if she's pregnant. It's illegal.

And Lucca's not saying anything.

No, but she has the Marconi case in two months,

so if we're gonna make a change, we have to make it now.

That's why she's not saying anything.

She don't want to get bumped to second chair

biggest case of the year.

Okay. I'll talk to her friend, Maia.

She might know what delivery date we're looking at.

Um...

So, about my case

and what you said.

Look, I shouldn't have said anything.

And that's between you and your lawyer.

I fired my lawyer. I want you.

Excuse me?

I want you as my new lawyer.

What do you need from me?

Mr. Kuzma, you're in the middle of trial.

No. We just finished voir dire.

Trials take months of preparation.

My comments, my criticisms of your lawyer,

completely uncalled for.

But... was it true?

Well...

there are probably some unknowns I'm not aware of.

What do you want, a retainer or something? Mr. Kuzma,

the judge will never agree to a change in lawyer

this late in the process.

Yeah, he will. He hates my current lawyer.

Come on, this is the forces of evil

against the forces of good.

Join the good.

: All right.

What's wrong?

There's another visitor here for you.

Do people not make appointments anymore?

Who is it? Franz Mendelssohn?

Franz Mendelssohn is here?

In reception. Who is he?

Oh, my God, he wants to buy us out.

No, he already bought Stanley and Gledhill.

So? That's what he does. He gobbles up smaller firms.

Did he say what he wanted? No.

Want me to ask? No.

Because I said no.

You want me to take it to my client?

Add another zero.

I have to go.

Mr. Boseman, hello.

Franz Mendelssohn. Good to meet you.

We've never met? Chicago, and we've never met?

I believe we, um, move in different circles.

We'll, we're all in the same circle now.

And, Diane Lockhart, I know you.

Franz, hello. It's nice to see you looking so well.

No, not so well. Strange times.

And, Julius Cain, yes?

That's right. Hello.

Well, I apologize for not making an appointment...

Oh, not at all. Not a problem.

But I saw your clip online today, Adrian,

and I said this is someone I need with us.

My clip? I didn't know I had a clip.

And 300,000 likes.

Whoa. Do you have a moment?

Uh, please, yeah. Thank you.

So, let me tell you why I'm here.

Franz, please, sit, sit. No, it's all right.

I-I like pacing.

So do I. Well, then,

let's circle each other

like caged beasts.

Now, I'm sure you saw that,

last week, Wilk Hobson committed suicide.

Yes. Terrible. But did you know

that his partners don't agree with the police assessment?

They have reason to believe

that it's one of these copycat murders...

a disgruntled client killing another attorney.

Now, the big six firms have been meeting

over the last few weeks

to discuss how to address this problem.

Roger Hill, hit by a van.

Dan Oxenbold, shot in the chest.

And now Wilk Hobson.

We want you to attend our next meeting.

But we're not one of the big six.

True. But, Adrian, we saw you on cable news last night,

and we were impressed.

We have agreed to invite one more firm... yours.

Uh, what are these meetings about?

An existential threat to our livelihoods

and our lives.

Chicago lawyers are being killed,

and the authorities are too busy making lawyer jokes to help us.

No one sympathizes,

so it's up to us to do for ourselves.

Whoa.

Respect.

Big-time.

Whoa! One in seven firms.

What did you say last night on the news?

I do not know.

I... I thought it was stupid.

You were good. You should take a look.

Lawyers have had this coming for a long time.

And if they're looking over their shoulders now, I...

maybe that's a good thing. Uh, excuse me.

Now, these are the same lawyers

offering their services free of charge?

Well, you look good. It's the big head.

Big heads play well on TV.

Please let me finish, ma'am.

Excuse me, I'm not a "ma'am."

My apologies.

I can't see you.

Okay, 30 seconds.

Adrian, do you have a take on their recent legal moves?

Well, I'm not involved in the Peeper Newscase,

but I do think it was a mistake

for the defense attorney to concede the point.

Have they asked you to come back on?

This week. I told them no.

Holding to the First Amendment.

I mean, it's not just the First...

Thank you very much, Mr. Boseman.

Maybe you should reconsider.

You know what Gore Vidal said. Mm-mm.

Never pass up a chance to have sex or appear on television.

: Okay.

: Lawyers have had this coming for a long time. And...

No workstations available?

Uh...

I got here too late.

Quick question.

Has Lucca talked to you?

About?

About her... condition.

Uh, no.

Do you think she will? I...

I think she wants to be thought of as a lawyer,

and not an expectant mother.

Okay.

When's the next pretrial motion in the Marconi case?

Day after tomorrow.

Okay. You handle the motion.

Uh, Mr. Cain?

Lucca is first chair.

Yes, but not for this motion.

You take it. Why?

Uh, because I'm a partner, and you're an associate,

and I want you to take it.

Is this about Lucca's condition?