"Thanks for meeting me." "I..." "I'm sorry to leave without saying good-bye." "I've seen that look before." "That's regret." "No." "No, no." "I don't regret anything." "I just... it's just all a little confusing." "Yeah." "It's hard to know... what I... owe david." "And what you owe yourself." "Yeah." "You, um... you want to get away from here?" "My buddy-- he's got a cabin upstate." "We could go this weekend." "I think I need to sort a few things out first." "Take as much time as you need." "You know where to find me." "Thanks, wes." "The bureau has been on patty hewes's ass for years." "Why can't we find one goddamned thing she did wrong?" "And how did we drop the ball on the infant mortality case?" "We didn'T." "Someone must have tipped him off." "Oh, shit." "It's pam." " What?" " are you alone?" "No." "Well, we need to meet." "Well, so, choose a day next week, and let's be done with it." " How about tuesday?" " Fine." "We'll meet tuesday." "bitch." "I'm worried about you, bro." "It should not take that long to wrap up a divorce settlement." "You gave her the car, the kid, the apartment." "What else does she want?" "Hey, you're welcome to stay here as long as you need to." "But for your own sanity..." "listen to me." "For your own sanity, handle your business." "Get this thing over with." "You deserve to start your life again." "********" "So, it's just the two of us... face-to-face." "Just the two of us." "It looks like you're not going to tell me the truth after all." "You'd better not screw this shit up." "That's okay." "I lied, too." "What's happening with the ultima national case right now?" "Patty's suing on behalf of the shareholders, but she's not really interested in that." "Why not?" "She thinks the unr merger is about an energy trading scheme." "What does that mean?" "It means that unr is using their consolidated power to manipulate energy prices for profit." "Well, can patty prove that?" " No, but that's a a good thing." " Why?" "Because I think she's getting desperate." "You're being considered for energy secretary?" "Well, I'm on the short list." "Don't get too excited." "He still has to be vetted." "out come the skeletons." "Well, I should know by the end of the week." "So, when are you expecting to hear back from colleges?" "Bill whittington heard from harvard yesterday." " And?" " Rejected." "Class valedictorian." "All fives on six aps." "And he volunteers at a homeless shelter on the weekends." "Why haven't you heard back yet?" "The-the letters just started coming out." "I should be getting one any day." "Cory, sit." "How about this girlfriend of yours?" "Has she been accepted anywhere?" "What difference does it make?" "I was just asking." "When are we finally going to get to meet her?" "Yeah." "Why all the secrecy?" "No secrecy." "I just didn't want you guys to meet her until I knew we were serious." "That's fair enough." "Whenever you're ready." "You know what?" "I think I'm ready." "Good." "How's dinner friday?" "Great." "Do we have an energy secretary yet?" "Yes, but we want to vet him before we announce it in the press." " Who is he?" " Phil grey." "Patty hewes' husband?" "I thought it would be to our advantage to create a conflict of interest in her household." "you have one set of swinging hog balls, dave." "I got to hand it to you." "Don't hand me anything yet." "This lawsuit with patty hewes has been going on way too long." "I tried to get her to back off, but I think she needs a bigger incentive." "Meaning what exactly?" "Settle the case." "A big lump of cash may chase her away." "I'm not settling." "This is my company we're talking about." "Is it?" "settle the case, walt." "I remember the very day I brought claire in to meet then ceo alan dupree for his approval." "Mind you, these were the days when I still needed approval." "claire comes in and dazzles." "It was the best interview I've ever seen." "But I'll never forget what the old bastard said after she left." "He turned to me and said, "walt, she's a woman."" "I said, "shit, alan, is that what they call it?"" "and I told him, "alan, i guarantee, if we make her an offer today, in 20 years, we'll be taking marching orders from her."" "And here we are, claire, 20 years later." "Alan dupree is living off a golden parachute in scottsdale, and you're still flying high." "To claire." "well, I just want to thank everybody for coming out tonight." "I love this company, and, uh, I've loved my last 20 years, and I'm looking forward to another 20." "We know that I'm only here because of your belief in me, walt, and, uh, I think all of us know that." "That your belief in us and the company and your integrity is just astounding." "So, let's hear it for walt." "James Claire, it was a nice party." "Dad, you're leaving already?" "Yeah." "I made plans to meet any old army pal." "I never get to see him." "Okay. well, how are you getting there?" "I'm fine." "Don't worry about it." "My driver can take you, james." "I'd like to walk a bit." "Thanks for coming, dad." "At least he showed." "That says something." "Really?" "What's that?" " You mind a bit of business?" " Please." "About this patty hewes case-- I think it's time to settle." "I don't understand." "The stocks are recovering." "Her case has no merit." "Ah, just settle it." "You can go as high as 50 million." "But you said there was going to be an influx of capital." "There's no reason why the company or your..." "Claire, I've made my decision." "Man's inconsolable loneliness." "Bereft." "Forsaken." "Wretched." "Uh, speaking of retching, I think I may have to." "This guy's a complete fraud." "Tanya, I need your help." " Yeah, okay." " Now!" "I got to go." "Hey, did you hear from any colleges yet?" "Nope, not yet." "Do you want to hit up delaney's party tonight?" "Absolutely." "Uh, did you bring those sketches you were working on?" "I want you to see them, but they're not finished yet." "Why not?" "In order to make sense, they need tire tracks over them." "Preferably from my mom's stretch limo." " Can I drive it?" " Yeah, sure." "Here, take this, and stop socializing." "So, you going to keep up with the brother of steel today?" "Probably not." "I forgot my I.D." "Hey, pam, you got to cut this shit out now." "You're the one that left him." "Who is this?" "1010 wins said the upper level of the gw was jammed, so I breezed right through the lincoln tunnel." "Mom, leave it." "There's maid service." "I'm halfway done." "Hospital corners are my specialty." "I saw mrs." "Moran at pathmark yesterday." "Oh, yeah?" "You two still at war?" "No, we buried the hatchet a month ago." " She asked me what sort of case you were working on." " Mom." "And, of course, i didn't know what to tell her." "You don't have to tell her anything." "People ask me about your work, and I can't answer." "It's embarrassing." "Work is work." "It's fine." "Well, your sister works hard." "She comes by every sunday." " Yeah, I know." " Don't take a tone." "I'm not taking a tone." "Look, I don't want to fight, ellie." "I'm just worried about you." "Mom, why don't we talk about this at breakfast?" "'Cause I'm going to be late." " Ellen, look at me." " What?" "I'm fine." "David was your best friend." "How can you be fine without him?" "I mean, who do you confide in now?" "Because you're certainly not sharing with your father and me." "I..." "I..." "I go to counseling sometimes." "You think I don't understand you." "Ever since you were a kid, everyone thought you had the world in the palm of your hand." "Smart, pretty." "Straight a'S." "But I could always see when you weren't happy, when you were holding something inside." "I can see that now." "You wanted to see me?" "You were late again today." "I know, I'm sorry." "It was breakfast with my mom." "It's hard to get her to stop talking." "Live your life on your own time, not mine." "It won't happen again." "Anything else?" "Are you close to your mother?" "Not really." "She has a hard time understanding my life." "Well, you can always talk to me, ellen." " Thanks, patty." " Hold on a minute." "Shut the door." "Sit down." "I know that michael likes talking to you when he comes to the office." "Yeah, we've chatted a few times." "Has he mentioned his girlfriend?" "No." "Never." "Why?" "He'S... he's been so secretive." "We're finally going to meet her, but I was thinking, if he talked to you about her or..." "No, he hasn't mentioned her, but..." "I mean, he's a teenager." "He's probably more nervous about it than you are." "When did you introduce david to your parents?" " Oh, that was easy." " Why?" "He was premed, responsible, honest." "Yeah, my parents were thrilled." "I got to get back to work." "So, what are we thinking?" "Schizoid?" "Skinhead?" "Scientologist?" "Well, if she has piercings or a tattoo, I'm walking out." "Mom, phil..." "I'd like you to meet jill burnham." " Hello." " Nice to meet you." "Michael's told me so much about you." "I'm so glad we could finally meet." "It's my pleasure." "Have a seat, please." "This place was a great choice." "I used to come here all the time in my teaching days." "Jill taught art history at columbia." "And when was that?" "It was right after i got my phd, so, uh... it was '88 to '92." "You okay over by the window?" " Jill's just getting over a cold." " I'm fine." "Thank you." "So, how did you two meet?" "Jill owns a gallery in chelsea." "Some really interesting work." "You two should come down and check it out." "We'd love to." "We still have that wall to fill in the guest room." "You know what I love on a chilly night is a nice barolo." "Excuse me." "Could we have a bottle of the '99 reserve?" "Four glasses." "Absolutely not." "You are 18." "So, jill... do you have children?" "How has retirement been?" "Quiet." "Quiet's good." "Most of the time." "Of course, it wouldn't be so quiet if I had some grandchildren." "You know, if you wanted grandkids, dad, you should have had more than one kid yourself." "It was a bad idea to put all your eggs in one basket." "Your mother didn't want any more." " That's 'cause she was depressed." " That's nonsense." "What do you know?" "You were overseas most of the time." "I knew her, claire." "Don't try to tell me I didn't know her." "Well, I had to live with her, and she was depressed, because, instead of going out into the world and accomplishing something, she had to raise me." "I'm sorry you don't have grandchildren, dad." "I truly am." "I guess there just wasn't enough time." "Time?" "You know, the irony of this is that you're the one who pushed me to go to law school." "Time doesn't have anything to do with it." "Either you want kids or you don'T." "I'm the lead counsel for one of the biggest energy companies in the world." "You know how many women can say that?" "One." "Me." "Yeah." "But what do you have to look forward to, claire?" "I have to get back to work." "thank you for coming in town for my party." "You're leaving?" "Yes, dad, and please don't have another glass of wine." "See you, dad." "Since when did you start smoking?" "Try getting a divorce." "I answered your phone the other day." "Why did you do that?" "Caller id said pam werner was on the phone." "I wanted to get her to back off for you." "Imagine my surprise when i picked it up and there was a man on the line." "It's probably the new guy she's seeing." "Some real estate douche bag." "Keeps threatening me about pam's alimony." "I spoke to pam." "She's not seeing anyone." "She told me she was." "Stop lying." "Pam said she hadn't spoken to you in months." "Now, why don't you just tell me what the hell is going on." "Come on, randy." "Don't give me that shit." "Who was on the goddamned phone?" "I..." "I don't know his name." "Is he from the bureau?" "Look, he'S... it's just some guy who has an interest in our case." "He wants patty hewes taken down as badly as we do." "What's your arrangement?" "From time to time, he... he pays me a little something just to let him know where the investigation stands." "I'm broke, randy." "I have alimony." "I have child support." "Okay, hang on, hang on, hang on." "I'll talk to him." "I'll have him cut you in." "All right, I'll get you the same deal that I got." "It's just more money to do exactly what we're doing anyway." " He hasn't asked you for anything else?" " Nothing." "Think about it." "Please." "I got some of the oolong you like from mcnulty'S." "No, thanks." "Last night meant a lot to me." "Of course, I was surprised at first, but..." "I'm glad you felt comfortable enough to introduce us to jill." "She's become a big part of my life." "When I was growing up, parents rarely had that kind of relationship with their kids." "My..." "I am sure my father would never..." "It was a different era." "Well, I hope you know if there's anything you want to share with me, I'm here." "Thanks." "This isn't the tea I like." "I'm authorized to offer a settlement." "Are you amenable?" "Throw out a number." "We'll see." "Oh, no, i don't work that way." "It's a waste of time." "I offer a number, you reject it, you offer a number, I reject it, and on and on and on and on." "It's so boring." "Well, no one says it has to be boring." "Surprise me." "Let's talk about why you're really trying this case." "You don't care about our wounded shareholders." "I don't?" "What do you think I care about?" "Daniel purcell." "He embarrassed you." "He flipped on the stand." "You want revenge." "My boss doesn't understand that." "He thinks that you're motivated by greed like the rest of the world, but I get it." "I get revenge, so I know that you don't want to settle no matter what the price." "That's very astute." "Good, because I don't want to settle either." "See you in court." "Can I ask you a question?" "Please." "Why were you defending a hooker on a cocaine charge?" "Because she needed a lawyer." "Why didn't finn garrety need a lawyer?" "Finn garrety?" "I don't believe I know who that is." "Well, mention that name to your boss, and whatever settlement figure he's authorized, tell him to triple it." "And we'll start boring each other from there." "So what happened with patty hewes?" "She told me to triple the offer." "Don't bother countering." "She'll come back to us." "No, walt, she's not going to settle." "She asked me about the prostitute that you had me defend." "We have nothing to worry about." "She can't hurt me with that." "Can she hurt you with finn garrety?" "Who is he, walt?" "No one important." "It wasn't your prostitute, was it?" "you compromised me." "You had me go into patty hewes' office without all the facts." " Claire..." " No." "I want to know what's going on." "Otherwise I'll go right back to my office and I will type up a letter of resignation." "Take it easy, okay?" "Your father's in town; the stress is getting to you." "There's no reason to be paranoid." "Tell me." "Finn garrety is the son of a friend." "He made a stupid mistake and got himself into trouble." "So you lied to me." "I'm sorry, claire." "I was just trying to protect a friend." "That's all there is to it." "You have one new message." "Hey, it's katie." "You're probably alone in your hotel, working or just going to bed." "So why don't you come out for a change?" "I'll buy you a drink." "Ellen." "I thought there was no way that you were going to come." "Well, here I am." "The staring has got to stop." "If you're going to look at me all night, at least you can talk to me." "do you have something to say or are you just window-shopping?" "Um, I'm moving to chicago in the morning." "This is a big night for you, huh?" "Last night in new york-- you want to make it memorable?" "Sure, why not?" "If I asked you back to my hotel with me tonight, would that be something that you might remember?" "Probably." "This is what people do, right?" "They go out, they get drunk, they hook up." "So what do you say?" "Would you like another round?" "Sure." "Thank you for meeting me so late." "You said you needed my help." "A couple weeks ago, walter kendrick asks me to defend a prostitute on cocaine charges." "the john's name was finn garrety." "I don't know that name." "I did some research." "Turns out he's a big player on wall street." "He trades energy futures." "Since the merger..." "I've been watching unr." "And?" "They've had some unusual power outages across the country." "I was told that too much energy demand was placing a strain on the grid." "Maybe." "But what if someone at unr was purposely shutting off the supply?" "The price of energy would go right up." "If walter kendrick is leaking information about the timing of the shutdown, an energy trader would know exactly when to place a bet." "They'd make a fortune." "If kendrick got caught, he'd go to prison." "He-he'd lose the company." "He'd never do it." "It's way too big a risk." "I know how you feel about him." "He has been good to you." "He made your career, but he is not the man you think he is." "Whatever happened that night in your house with your wife is over." "It's done with." "This is a partnership now." "You have my word." "What are you talking about?" "Aracite is toxic." "The final report said that it was safe." "Kendrick had the report doctored." "Then why'd you testify on his behalf?" "Because I cut a deal with him." "If I certified that aracite was harmless, kendrick promised he would clean it up." "I have nothing to gain by lying to you, claire." "Ask kendrick... if aracite is toxic." "If he denies it, you know you can't trust him." "You want another drink?" "'Cause I have a minibar." "No, no, no, I-i think-- uh-uh-- I think you have had enough." "No, come on, just one more." "Nope, go to bed." "I'm gonna get you some water." " Ellen, what is it?" " I'm so sorry." "It's okay, it's, it's okay." "Lay down, sweetie." "I can'T..." "I can't talk to anyone, katie." "You can." "You can talk to me." "You don't understand." "Ellen, I think you need to take some time to yourself." "I can'T." "Maybe you shouldn't be working for patty right now." "I'm not really working for patty." "What?" "Ellen, you're drunk." "Go to sleep." "I'm sorry I pushed you the other day." "Don't worry about it." "All I care about is being able to protect the company and protect you." "I get it, claire." "Good, because there's something else we need to talk about." " What's that?" " Aracite." "I was looking over the documents that daniel purcell leaked to patty hewes." "What for?" "Well, it always bothered me that he flipped on the stand." "His original research states that aracite is highly toxic." "He was wrong and he admitted it." "So there's nothing we need to worry about." "There's nothing we need to clean up in west virginia?" "I'm telling you aracite is safe." "Okay, because if there's anything in this that can come back to haunt us ever, I need to know." "No, you don'T." "You just need to do your job and be my goddamned lawyer and stop asking questions." "What do you think?" "It's all right if you hate it." "It's not for everyone." "No, it isn'T." "I appreciate you making time to come see me." "I, I called because I felt like we should talk." " May I ask you a question?" " Sure." "You appear to be an intelligent, attractive woman." "Why are you dating a child?" "We both know that michael is not a child." "Are you mentally ill?" "I really think I understand what's going on here." "And, uh, it's not about me and michael." "No?" "You're facing the prospect of an empty nest, so you're clinging to this notion that michael still needs you." "And, I mean, I can assure you he doesn'T." "But you'll see-- that's a good thing." "You will break his heart." "And when you do-- I'll rip your face off." "I have to get back to work, but feel free to stay." "And, uh, if you see anything you like, I'll give you the family discount." "He lied." "thanks for these." "I compared them." "It's clear the final report was doctored." "I'm sorry, claire." "He told me there was no reason to clean up aracite, because aracite wasn't toxic." "So he lied to both of us." "I gave half of my life to this man and his company." "And it turns out he's a criminal." "What are you going to do?" "I don't want to think about it right now." "I miss you." " You've been drinking." " What do you care?" "I'm heading out." "****" " What?" " I think I want in." "Oh, good." "I'm going to want to meet this guy first." "I will set that up." "All right." "What, you-you-- you're going out with the stewardess?" "Yeah, don't tell pam." "Oh, shit, I won'T." "Have fun, baby!" "Can I come in?" "That's not good-- you're back already?" "You leaving?" " What's wrong?" " I don't know." "I have to tell you something." "The first time we went to the firing range, I..." "I told you something I probably shouldn't have." "You said someone tried to kill you." "Yeah." "It was my boss." "Patty hewes?" "I knew... some things about her." "And she got paranoid and tried to get rid of me." "That's insane." "Why the hell are you still working for her?" "I'm not." "You lost me." "I'm crazy to be telling you this." "But I just feel like if I don't talk about it," " I'm going to lose my mind." " Tell me." "Five months ago, i was approached by the fbi." "*******" " Ellen." " Mr. Nye." "Get in the car." "I'm agent harrison." "This is agent werner." "They said they were investigating patty hewes, and they... they asked me to be an informant." " And-and you said..." " Yes." "Jesus." "Thanks for the chat." "How's that been for you?" "You can't imagine the toll it takes when everyday is a lie." "She met with someone in a limo." "You got it." "No." "No, I can'T." "Why is parsons still alive?" "Because I found out why she's been meeting with the feds." "What the hell is she doing?" "The fbi is using her as a cooperating witness against patty hewes." "That's all parsons cares about right now." "Taking down patty." "Frobisher doesn't need protecting." "This has got nothing to do with protecting frobisher." "You understand?" "This is about me." "Parsons knows too much." "You're safe, rick." "You have nothing to worry about." "That's right." "I don'T." "'Cause you're going to do it." "Or I call your old lieutenant." "I tell him what I know." "And I send you to prison for life." "********" "You killed him, didn't you?" "From what I hear, the man was a drug addict." "It's a tragedy." "You didn't have to do that, asshole." " He was going to play along." " No." "He was playing you." "That is... that is bullshit, and you know that's bullshit." "He made a call to the deputy director of the bureau." "No." "No, he wouldn't have done that." "He reported you to the higher-ups." "you don't have to worry." "The deputy director knows i have an interest in this case." "Is my... my supervisor in on this?" "Of course he is." "Now, get me patty hewes." "******" "So it seems like you're not going to tell me the truth after all?" "You'd better not screw this shit up." "That's okay." "I lied, too."