The Good Fight

Diane?

Want to use the conference room?

Diane, would you want to use the conference room instead?

No, I'm fine.

Did you hear what happened?

What?

It wasn't suicide. The guy was trying to hang a banner

on the roof.

- Oh, my God. - Yeah.

"Fight the Hate."

I guess he slipped and killed two protesters on the street.

That is... horrifying.

It might get ugly today.

The rumor is, he intentionally jumped from our office

- to kill two Proud Boys. - Oh, geez, I give up.

Diane, um,

I'm ready.

Oh.

Good. How awful.

Did you hear it was somebody who slipped?

And people think he jumped from here.

God, that's crazy.

All right, I'm-I'm headed out. Do you want a ride?

No, I'll catch up with you. I have to gather my files.

Whoa!

God.

Was this found in the dorms?

Yes, in the study room.

And this, where was this found?

It was thrown through one of the classroom windows.

- That must have been terrifying. - It was.

Everybody dove under their desks.

And what did the school president do?

She said, "Don't worry,

the administration had everything under control."

But there were five other bomb threats

- after that, weren't there? - Yeah.

That's when my parents said, "You got to come home.

- "It's not safe anymore." - And did you?

Yes, but the school wouldn't refund

my tu... our tuition.

And that's why you're all here in arbitration?

- You and 58 other students? - Yes.

We want our tuition back. We want to use the money

- at a safer school... - A whiter school.

Let's not interrupt please, Madam President.

No further questions.

Go ahead, ma'am.

Uh... Mr. Jones,

where did you go after you left Wilson Clayman?

What college?

- Mm-hmm. - Notre Dame, but

o-only because it-it was safer,

- not because it was, uh... - Whiter?

I didn't say that. No, I just meant "not as"

- "alternative." - Okay, so you were looking for someplace safe

from...

this

and this?

They don't have to be real to terrorize you.

What are you doing?

Uh, this is our firm's investigator.

I just want him to take a look at these.

Mr. Jones, this is the college enrollment contract...

The same as the one in our office?

Well, they're terrorizing Black institutions.

Any idea who?

Not yet.

Now, in what way is Wilson Clayman responsible

for the current protests happening

- in Chicago? - I can answer that.

If you were witness, I would welcome it.

Mr. Cage, if Ms. Red dick is finished,

- I have an exhibit. - Go ahead.

I'm sickened to bear witness

to the state of affairs in this country.

Books are being banned and burned

and hidden in the shadows

to keep people ignorant,

to keep people out of their power.

School districts are fighting tooth

and nail just so they don't have to teach about race or

racism or American history.

It's disgusting

and it's wrong.

This is what I don't understand.

If I said anything like that about anti-white bias,

I would be called racist.

She's an educator. She shouldn't

be trying to start a race war.

The first bomb threat came two days after Ms. Allen-Hellman

made these remarks. If she hadn't given

her little speech, Wilson Clayman

wouldn't have become a target.

That's why the college is responsible.

So, you're saying we brought this on ourselves?

- Madam President... - No, I will not

hold my tongue

and allow white supremacy to control the narrative.

These kids and their parents,

they want to bankrupt my school.

We can't afford to refund tuition.

That's why it might be time to pursue your liability insurance.

That means we're admitting fault?

No, it means that you're being smart.

We're not paying.

That's-that's not an option, Mr. Sandel.

- You are the school's insurer. - Yeah, Ridley Mutual

is not recognizing your claim.

The injury to students' academic

experience was due to threats made from unknown parties.

In other words, terrorism.

The school's policy insures against that.

Well, uh, "terrorism," uh,

is defined as "violence or"

"the threat of violence absent

provocation," so your arbitration already,

uh, proved that the terrorist acts were based on

President Hellman's speech.

Oh, my God, this is Kafkaesque.

Uh, Mr. Sandel, uh, we

contest your interpretation of the policy's language,

and we are prepared to take legal action.

See you in court.

Well, this can't be good.

Good luck.

Thank you.

Oh.

There she is, Princess Di.

Oh.

- How's Kurt doing? - Well, thank you.

Tell him I want his dekes.

Oh.

Dekes are decoys.

They-they went duck hunting together.

Oh.

So, what do we need down here? Oh, no, no,

you stay, too.

Well, um, we didn't expect to see you gentlemen down here,

but thank you for taking our meeting.

Uh, not to take up too much of your time,

we'd like to review a few

financial issues.

Yes, uh, well, despite

international disruptions,

uh, this past quarter has been stronger than expected.

That was noted. Well done.

And being under your umbrella

has been very beneficial,

and we do not take that for granted.

However, uh,

we have noticed that our equity partners

are two weeks behind

in their pay.

Have you checked with accounting?

We have.

It's not coming from them.

As you might imagine, uh, there's been a bit of grumbling.

How odd.

To be honest with you,

the Russian sanctions over Ukraine

have affected our business

- more than we anticipated. - How so?

We're not receiving payments from some of our clients.

Russian clients?

It's from past work, money owed, not new clients,

but the U.S. government

is still confiscating our money.

And, um,

what can we do?

We have a date in court

to argue for our funds to be released.

What would be helpful is if you argued for us.

They're biased against us for our accents

and our international business.

It would be good to have local color.

We don't mean "color" in that way.

Oh, good thing the government loves Black lawyers so much.

I'll-I'll tell Kurt you said hello.

Diane.

Are you okay?

What do you mean?

Well, I-I think you should take a day or two off.

You just saw a man die right in front of you.

Oh, no, no, I'm... I'm fine.

I just, I need a few hours. I'll just go walk

- in the sunshine. - Okay. Good.

Good, go. Work can manage

without you for a few hours, and I'll see you in court.

Okay.

"My heart leaps up..."

"...when I behold a rainbow in the sky."

"So was it when my life began."

"So is it now I am...

woman."

How are you doing?

People keep asking if I'm all right.

Are you?

Well... I saw a man

d-die outside my window.