"(ELECTRICITY HUMMING)" "(CLOCK TICKING)" "(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)" "Wonderful." "Are the leeks too overpowering?" "Not at all." "That's as good as the one we had in Florence." "Don't humor me." "I'm not." "How was rehearsal?" "Did what's-her-name behave herself?" "She takes the whole section for granted." "I'm debating whether to say something." "absolutely." "Don't keep it inside." "Ready for the chiffonade?" "thanks." "if she's compromising the work... the Schubert is coming along nicely." "It's more about morale." "Morale can affect quality." "God knows the hoops that Howard jumps through just to keep the troops humming." "true." "You deserve a medal for this." "Please." "It's no big deal." "Your soy ginger marinade? so I thought I would try that." "you are a trouper." "And I apologize in advance." "Let's just say he's something of an acquired taste." "how bad can he be?" "let's have a high sign." "(TIMER BEEPING)" "How about the old Carol Burnett thing?" "where she pulls her earlobe?" "exactly. and we'll get rid of him." "whatever you want." "(TIMER BEEPS)" "You know why she did that?" "Carol Burnett?" "Hmm? and..." "(DOORBELL RINGS)" "Seriously?" "He's early." "You're a doll." "Hmm." "(TIMER BEEPING) look at this place!" "Jimmy." "Thanks for coming." "Bring it on in here. (CHUCKLES) yeah." "little taste of home for you." "(CHUCKLES)" "Had to look all over town to find a place that had it." "(LAUGHS)" "Didn't have time to wrap it." "thanks." "You're good." "Yeah. (SIGHS)" "I'm lookin' for a place." "REBECCA:" "Mmm-hmm." "I've been staying at the Ramada." "I found a few that I like." "has a pool." "I figure I'd better start working on my tan." "(CHUCKLES) seriously considering that option." "I strongly suggest sunscreen." "you'll fry." "Excellent point." "Sunscreen." "Check." "(SIGHS) a violinist?" "Mmm." "a crazy-talented one at that." "Mmm." "wow." "Chuck is very gracious." "She's being modest." "Rebecca is widely respected amongst her peers." "Hmm." "Yo-Yo Ma came to our wedding." "man." "(CHUCKLES)" "I've been meaning to apologize about that." "I'm truly sorry I wasn't..." "No worries." "Please." "(CLEARS THROAT) tell us about your first week at Hamlin Hamlin  McGill." "It was great! you gotta start somewhere." "(CHUCKLES) which is surprisingly complicated." "piece of paper spits out?" "Not anymore." "Hmm." "Thing's practically a computer." "It's like a goddamn space shuttle. you know?" "Hmm." "Met some nice folks." "Guys and gals." "actually." "(SIGHS) Learned everyone's name and I licked a ton of stamps." "seriously." "Unh..." "Yeah?" "I got..." "The thing is raw as hell." "rookie mistake." "sounds like you had a very productive week." "Yeah!" "It was really great." "I wanna thank you for having me over." "the best meal I've had in a decade." "(CHUCKLES) the fish is perfection." "And the..." "Risotto." "Risotto." "(SMOOCHES)" "Thank you." "That was very kind." "you know?" "Aside from being super-talented with the..." "Yeah." "lucky man." "(CHUCKLES) cheers to that." "Oh." "(SOFT MUSIC PLAYS)" "(CLEARS THROAT)" "(COUGHS) Pardon me." "All right." "(BOTTLE THUMPS LIGHTLY)" "What's the difference between a vacuum cleaner and a lawyer on a motorcycle?" "The vacuum cleaner has the dirt bag on the inside!" "(BOTH LAUGH) lawyer jokes." "and I've heard maybe 100." "Yeah." "It all comes from a place of affection." "of course." "What do you get when you cross The Godfather with a lawyer?" "An offer you can't understand." "Very clever." "Never heard that one." "I have nothing but the utmost respect for your profession." "it's a pillar of... why do they bury lawyers under 20 feet of dirt?" "they're really good people." "(LAUGHS) (CHUCKLES)" "What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 60?" "Your Honor!" "(CHUCKLES)" "What's the difference between a tick and a lawyer?" "no." "The tick falls off when you're dead!" "Bam!" "Love that one." "(REBECCA LAUGHS)" "You like that?" "(CHUCKLES)" "Just joking." "I want you to know how seriously I take my job." "I'm grateful for the..." "Oh." "How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?" "Classic set-up here. and one to sue the ladder company!" "(BOTH LAUGH)" "Comedy gold." "I'm here all night!" "go. (LAUGHS) okay." "anyone?" "We have a homemade blueberry crumble with vanilla ice cream." "sounds terrific." "I love a fruit-based..." "Blueberry..." "I think I know one!" "yeah." "what do lawyers and sperm have in common?" "that's a..." "Um." "Three million... one-in-three-million..." "BOTH:" "Have a chance of becoming a human being." "(BOTH LAUGH)" "Love that one!" "(CHUCKLES)" "don't you think?" "Sure." "Thanks again." "I don't know what you were worried about." "Jimmy's great." "he's..." "Yeah." "what's going on tomorrow?" "(INHALES DEEPLY) back-to-back partner meetings after lunch." "It shouldn't be a late one." "Thought any more about what's-her-name?" "you know?" "(SIGHS) I'll see what kind of mood she's in when we wrap." "Smart." "What do you call 25 attorneys buried up to their chins in cement?" "Not enough cement." "What?" "(INHALES SHARPLY) oh." "(CHUCKLES)" "Yeah." "Mmm." "(CRICKETS CHIRPING)" "(PRINTER WHIRRING)" "(CELL PHONE BEEPS)" "(DIALLING)" "(RINGING) you've reached the voicemail of Kim Wexler." "and I'll get back to you as soon as I can." "(BEEP) It's me again." "I think I found something that could help get you out of there." "I'm gonna make things right." "would you?" "(CELL PHONE BEEPS)" "(WHIRRING CONTINUES)" "(PRINTER BEEPS)" "(SIGHS)" "ERIN:" "Hi." "Whoa!" "I didn't mean to sneak up on you." "(SIGHS) I just thought everyone was gone." "Nope." "I'm here late most nights." "Ah. you threw away a soda can." "You're going through my trash?" "No!" "(CHUCKLES)" "I was just dropping off papers at lunchtime and I happened to notice it in your trash can." "it's fine." "Office cans are for recyclable paper." "big can in the kitchen glass and aluminum." "We take our ecological footprint pretty seriously here." "the big can is where I should throw my empty scotch bottles?" "I get it." "Go green." "Good." "Was there anything else?" "one quick thing." "I have the brief you gave Cliff this morning." "The plaintiff's opposition to the defendant's motion?" "I have a few notes. but it's probably easier if we just go over them together." "Jesus." "Those are Cliff's?" "they're my notes." "if you have a minute." "it's just that we have a particular house style." "right?" "Yep." "And I came in as a fourth-year." "That's right." "why is a second-year giving notes to a fourth-year?" "I know the house style." "Does Cliff have you babysitting me?" "No!" "This is just one associate helping another." "the Roman numeral headings?" "We use all-caps for those. but Cliff likes them cantered. we put two spaces after a period on all our documents. but it really looks so much cleaner on the page." "You went a tad overboard with the quotations. it disrupts the flow of your argument and it gives the impression you don't know how to write an argument of your own." "so..." "You have a tendency to overuse the words "clearly" and "obviously." "it's a matter of personal opinion... but I was just on my way out." "if we could continue this first thing tomorrow morning." "I was thinking we should just get 'er done now." "No time like the present!" "Sure." "Let's roll up our sleeves and apply a little elbow grease." "Great! and I will see you momentarily." "You got it." "(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)" "(KEYS JINGLING)" "(HIP-HOP SONG PLAYING)" "(CELL PHONE RINGING)" "miss Wexler?" "You can call me "Kim"." "it's 20 to midnight." "Are you asking me if you can leave?" "I'm not your supervisor." "Don't stick around on my account." "Kim?" "Right behind you." "Just finishing up this last one." "(DOOR OPENS)" "(DOOR CLOSES)" "(MUSIC STOPS)" "(WATER POURS)" "(BOX LID THUMPS)" "(SIGHS)" "(CELL PHONE RINGING)" "(INSECTS CHIRPING)" "(THUMPING ON GLASS)" "(KEYS JINGLE) again." "Thanks." "please?" "Hey." "Five minutes." "Just give me five minutes." "Here's how we're gonna handle this travesty of justice." "Wexler v. Hamlin Hamlin  McGill?" "You want me to sue my own firm?" "it's ready to go." "all right? show 'em we mean business." "(SIGHS) look at you!" "(INHALES DEEPLY) you're here." "for what?" "It has nothing to do with your performance." "You're being mistreated." "Chuck is punishing you to get to me." "pure and simple." "who has an image to uphold. and Chuck was nowhere in sight." "Chuck is behind this." "you are behind this." "and now I'm paying the price." "I should've known better." "I'm keeping my head down and I'm getting through this." "And I'm most certainly not suing HHM." "Kim... who would hire me?" "That would be career suicide." "All right." "Then I quit Davis  Main." "What does that accomplish?" "(SIGHS) It's the only way to get you out of dutch." "whether you wanna believe it or not." "he lets up on you." "Wow." "My knight in shining armor." "That is some sacrifice." "Quitting a job that you've been trying to tank since day one." "That's not true." "I dig myself out of this hole." "Jimmy." "one day or pissing off your boss." "And don't insult my intelligence by saying you are doing any of this for me." "You don't save me." "I save me." "Just please go." "(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)" "(TELEPHONE RINGING)" "Hey." "Is Erin in yet?" "(SIGHS)" "Goddamn pixie ninja." "I owe you a big apology." "I have a medical condition." "GERD." "Gastroesophageal reflux disease." "right?" "It affects the lower oesophageal sphincter. or not?" "You bet." "(CELL PHONE BEEPS) it's Kim Wexler." "How's things with the alumni group?" "(CELL PHONE BEEPS)" "Top 50?" "(LAUGHS) Go UNM Law!" "wondering if you've heard that Santa Fe Place is looking for new outside counsel?" "They should really be considering Hamlin Hamlin  McGill." "We..." "Huh." "Must've just been a rumor." "let's grab a drink soon." "bye." "(CELL PHONE BEEPS)" "I remember you mentioned your brother worked in Intel's legal department? would you happen to know if Intel is happy with their legal representation?" "(CHUCKLES) but I'm seeing someone at the moment." "you know what?" "Just call the main number and they'll find me." "(PAPER RUSTLING)" "(CELL PHONE BEEPS) and she said you had a friend who... they already settled." "I heard you ended up at Harvard Law." "she was my roommate." "I'm an attorney at Hamlin Hamlin  McGill." "We're actually known for teaming with other firms on large contracts." "I know them well." "It's a great firm." "We met at that ABA mixer last year?" "bourbon shots." "That was me." "congrats on landing the Honeywell contract." "Huge amount of work." "too." "How was your lunch?" "Good." "turkey wrap." "MIKE:" "How's the place?" "they allow dogs." "We can't ask for more than that." "I can't get Kaylee out of the pool." "she's a prune." "MIKE: (CHUCKLES) I'm glad she's enjoying it." "I better get her dinner started soon." "Go to the restaurant." "it's too expensive." "I have groceries in the room." "Don't worry about that." "Take her out." "Mike." "She misses you." "You think you might come by later?" "not yet." "I don't want her to see me looking like this." "How bad was it?" "the next car I get's gonna have airbags." "whenever you feel you're ready." "It's okay." "It looks worse than it is." "You give Kaylee a kiss for me." "I will." "darling." "hold up." "What the hell happened to you?" "right?" "Erin." "Mike." "Nice to meet you." "(JIMMY HUMS THEME TO ROCKY)" "Tim." "Jimmy." "this clerk and I go way back." "We're like this." "so can I handle it?" "sure." "Surprise!" "Bet you never thought you'd see me again." "Mmm-hmm." "I need a summary judgment hearing" "before he... (GULPS)" "Don't have it." "perhaps?" "Nope." "Thursday at 2:00." "Now that's my final... (INHALES SHARPLY)" "You're pretty." "Will you be my new mommy?" "What are you doing?" "What?" "That's a bribe!" "It's a gift." "That's how it works here." "You grease the wheels of justice." "Give me..." "That's not how it works." "You submit the paperwork and you get a date." "Period." "What don't you understand about finessing?" "I apologize for my colleague." "She's new." "Is there any possible way we can still get Thursday?" "I'll give you 2:30 Thursday." "The 14th." "That's next month." "We'll take it." "does this go on my official Stasi report?" "I'm not trying to get you in trouble." "I'm trying to keep you out of it." "I'm gonna hit the men's room." "The men's room." "(TOILET FLUSHES)" "(TOILET FLUSHES)" "(WATER RUNNING)" "Bill?" "How am I doing?" "How are you?" "hanging in." "Yeah." "Word on the street is you're over at Davis  Main now." "Lucky son of a bitch." "dancing with the devil." "how are things at the District... that must be sweet." "They give you a car?" "Bet they gave you a car." "Yeah." "They gave me car." "What kind?" "It's a..." "No!" "Don't tell me!" "I don't want to know." "(CHUCKLES)" "I bet it's German." "Is it German?" "it's German." "The cup holder's..." "You got a sick office?" "I bet you got a sick office." "it's got a little fireplace." "Fireplace!" "I'd kill my mother for a fireplace." "I'd kill her for a window." "right?" "right?" "She is a bright young man named Omar." "Omar." "you've got a little something on your... yeah." "Yeah." "It's vomit." "Again." "The worst part?" "Could've come from two different defendants." "Scumbags." "They're all scumbags." "where you living?" "They put you up?" "It's a corporate apartment." "It's just... no!" "Don't tell me." "(CHUCKLES) Christ." "I gotta run." "who tried to rob a library." "Bill." "Have a great day." "Yeah." "Yeah." "(DOOR CREAKS) Lucky bastard." "Hello." "Hi." "This is Kim Wexler." "I did leave a message." "And I was just... ma'am." "I'm sorry to bother you." "Hi." "This is Kim Wexler." "I was looking for Jennifer Johnson." "I'm an attorney." "I will let them know." "Okay." "Nope." "Got it." "Totally understand." "This is Kim Wexler from Hamlin Hamlin  McGill." "(CLEARS THROAT) Actually..." "Hi." "Can I just..." "Would you tell him I'll call him right back?" "(CELL PHONE BEEPS)" "Okay." "Just let me know when it's a good time." "Got it." "Okay." "Thanks for your time." "Claudia?" "Kim Wexler." "I'll let him know." "(CELL PHONE BEEPS)" "(DOOR OPENS)" "This is Kim Wexler." "I was looking for Jillian Coagen." "I met you last year at the ABA mixer." "For your advice." "Let me get you some." "All right." "Just give me a call." "Great." "Kim Wexler." "I did call yesterday." "Okay." "I totally get it." "(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)" "(CELL PHONE RINGING)" "(CELL PHONE BEEPS)" "Paige?" "You did?" "That's so nice to hear." "(CHUCKLES) as well." "Really?" "I..." "I couldn't be more thrilled." "the firm and I. (CHUCKLES)" "Absolutely." "I'll tell him right now." "I'm sure we can get something on the books tomorrow." "at the latest." "too." "bye. (CELL PHONE BEEPS)" "Yes!" "(CHUCKLES)" "(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)" "(CLEARS THROAT)" "There she is." "Hi." "KIM:" "Hi." "so good to see you!" "too." "our CEO." "Kevin." "And you." "our senior partner." "Pleasure." "Likewise." "We're thrilled to have you folks here. if you can believe it." "back when my dad ran the place!" "Wow." "I can remember the cover of my first passbook." "It was a silhouette of a..." "Cowboy." "A cowboy on horseback." "Yes." "Standing next to a cactus." "I loved that cowboy." "I was saving up for that horse." "What the heck else is money good for when you're seven years old?" "(LAUGHTER) we have a little presentation for you in our conference room." "Along with some snacks and a soy mocha latte with your name on it." "Oh." "This one?" "She's a keeper." "Shall we?" "KEVIN:" "Let's do it." "(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)" "I think that couldn't have gone any better." "Pleasure to meet you." "Fantastic." "I'll see you soon." "Thanks for setting this up." "I'll talk to you soon." "Paige." "(ENGINE STARTS)" "Congratulations." "Right back at you. you know." "Maybe put together a list of staff associates we can put on this." "I'll put Francis on that." "You've got enough on your plate in doc review." "(KNOCKING ON DOOR)" "Coming." "Huh." "Hey!" "HOWARD:" "Catch you at a bad time?" "Not at all." "Come in." "(GLASS CLINKING)" "I hear clinking." "Does that mean we have something to celebrate?" "We sure do." "What are we drinking to?" "Got a juicy one for you." "Mesa Verde!" "On retainer." "even better." "Congratulations." "One of your golf course conquests?" "Kim Wexler brought them in." "Fourth-year associate snags a quarter of a million in billings?" "She's probably having a couple drinks herself." "I assume?" "We'll see." "Huh." "Hmm." "Interstate expansion." "Complex case." "three regulatory commissions we'll be dealing with." "Months of work for HHM." "Maybe years." "(BEEPING)" "(CRICKETS CHIRPING)" "(ENGINE SHUTS OFF)" "(CAR DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)" "(SIGHS)" "Mr. McGill." "(SWITCH CLICKS)" "sorry!" "I didn't know anyone was here." "Just dropping off some Sandpiper stuff." "You're in early." "More like late." "(CLEARS THROAT) good to see you here. working until 9:00. and the phones ringing." "(CHUCKLES)" "How about some coffee?" "thank you." "Would you mind making me some? what with the electricity." "Sure." "No sugar." "Just a splash of soy milk." "I think we have it." "Kim?" "make two cups." "(SNIFFLES)" "I guess it's true what they say." "The early bird gets the worm." "if you like worms." "(BOTH CHUCKLES)" "Hmm." "(SNIFFLES)" "May I ask you a question?" "Of course." "Do I have a future at this firm?" "you and I." "(CUP THUMPS LIGHTLY)" "My brother left you holding the bag." "you're not the first person to go out on a limb for him." "I made the same mistake over and over again." "And now Howard has." "And he blames you." "It's a damned mess." "Did Jimmy ever tell you anything about our father?" "no." "My dad." "Our dad... the personification of good." "in any form." "He was born without the gene. penny candy." "but it kept food on the table." "And the neighborhood loved Dad." "what was going on in their lives." "This little corner." "He made it better." "I was named after him. and his dream was to be his own boss." "He put everything he had into that place." "I was away at college when he put Jimmy to work there." "watching our father. he ran into money troubles. set the ship straight. but I discovered" "000 was just gone." "Vanished over the years." "Jimmy had pilfered it in drips and drabs." "Just took it out of the till." "My dad wouldn't hear it." "Nope." "Not his Jimmy." "He ended up having to sell." "he was dead." "no one cried harder than Jimmy." "My brother is not a bad person." "He has a good heart. he can't help himself." "And everyone is left picking up the pieces." "Is there any coffee left?" "No." "I got it." "I'll talk to Howard." "Pour a little oil on troubled waters." "You're being wasted down in doc review." "Good job with Mesa Verde." "(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)" "(BELL DINGS)" "(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)" "(SIGHS)" "Mind if I join you?" "Hi." "What can I get you?" "Coffee." "Black." "Coming right up." "(SIGHS) Mmm." "He really did a number on you." "I'm sorry." "I know you?" "he's my nephew." "Hothead." "Always has been." "Kid thinks he's a boxer." "He should have shown you respect." "I apologize to you on behalf of my family." "Apology accepted." "And you know what?" "He should go to jail." "Best thing for him." "Teach him respect for his elders." "But not for eight years." "Less." "Much less." "You see what I'm getting at?" "Not really." "maybe 10." "he got your wallet." "That's right." "I would like for you to tell the police that the gun was yours." "Would you?" "You're both a little hot under the collar about whether you bumped his car or not." "But there was a scuffle and he got your gun." "My gun?" "Your gun from your pocket." "and that's how his prints got on it." "Then I would be subject to the gun charge." "You're an ex-cop." "They'll go easy on you." "you're a psychic." "make him apologize." "And he serves for battery." "Nothing else." "I'm looking for the best possible outcome for everybody. 000." "(CUP THUMPS LIGHTLY)" "Think about it." "(CUP THUMPS LIGHTLY)"