"I was the same way." "Bad things just happen." "No rhyme or reason." "it's just not a reason you can see." "you have to give me the recipe. but that doesn't mean it's not." "I may not see the poison in the ground but it's still there." "I went to Alicia because we didn't cause this Laurie." "This was done to us." "do you have any questions?" "Who else signed up?" "The pesticides were buried here... and here." "A hundred and two families affected in all." "I've spoken to half so far and I'll speak to the rest.{\*by the end of the week.}" "And what happens if I do sign?" "Then we'll bring suit to JNL Pesticides." "They were negligent." "They could have disposed of their Chlorodine reserves properly." "they buried them near your groundwater." "This won't cost you anything." "My firm only takes money if we are successful." "You can come." "I wanted three girls." "I was an only child... and I wanted noise in the house." "Lots of noise." "and I will never have a baby." "Never." "I am." "I'll do whatever you want." "cry whenever you want." "But it's not for the money." "I want them to know they hurt me." " She's a good mom." " I know." "but slow." "Everybody's wary here." "They'll climb aboard when they smell the money." "I don't think so." "It's conservative neighborhood." "They don't like lawyers." "That's why I sent you." "We got a preliminary report back of the core samples." "It's looking like this could reach pretty high. 55 millions." "You're kidding?" "You're gonna change a lot of lives out there." "Just keep signing them up." "Call me when you're done." " What is she saying?" " She says we're good." "How sweet?" "You two have made up." "are you on board?" "I am." "I am out the door headed to another firm." "It's about getting Bond out." "There's only one way to replace a name partner." "A majority vot of the equity partners." "The next partner meeting is Friday." "so he won't expect anything." "Diane asks for and end-of-the-meeting good faith vote." "Bond will think I'm being spiteful." "So he won't have time to line up his troops." "And you have the votes?" "right?" "they're ready to lynch him." "An unfortunate choice of words." "We need to get Julius into this so it doesn't look like the racist white partners... please}?" "Neka." "we're short of a majority." "So we get them back on the reservation." "Back on the reservation?" "Isn't Neka half Cherokee?" "The only thing equity partners care about is year-end bonuses." "So we need to give them a piece of this new class action." "$55 million is a lot of incentive." "Are you sure the $55 million is real?" "It's a consent form." "Just a formality for the court." "Mrs. Florrick." "But that was my friend Gail on the phone." "She thinks I should listen to this other lawyer before I decide." " What other lawyer?" " At Annette's house." "Right now?" "Do you mind if we tag along?" "Looks like we have competition." "I don't know who it is." "False alarm." "The other firm sent a car{\* and driver}." "Talk about tone-deaf." "This community's gonna hate him." "that's all." "But I know what it's like to be exploited." "and they want to use that." "They don't see pain unless it's something that can packaged and sold." "Look at me." "Rosanna." "And Mrs. Florrick." "too." "don't want any lawyer fights in here." "Mrs. Florrick and I are old friends." " Aren't we?" " We are." "Louis was just telling us he has... tardive dyskinesia." "It's a neurological syndrome." "If you see me moving don't think Ms. Florrick has me worried." "I'm glad Alicia's here. but we're both very capable lawyers." "I think you should just go with the firm {\*that }you think has your best interests{\* at heart}." "Mr. Canning?" "That would be me." "I'm it." "One employee." "Low overhead. who pays his salary?" "I guess I do." "I can't drive anymore." "to have a driver." "That's okay." "My brother was in an accident last year." "A taxi ran over his leg." "He can't drive either." "That's terrible." "This is what I love about coming into homes like this... is the acceptance." "This is what America has more than any other country..." "Acceptance." "So you're working for the pesticide industry now." "Why would you say that?" "History." "you gloated about helping big pharmaceutical." "and you defended the wife-killer Colin Sweeny." "So you save JNL money by stealing our class action and negotiating a lowball settlement." "Very smart. and then I get this glimpse of the darkness within." "You're going to have to try harder this time around." " I'm on to you." " It helped you in there." "They loved it when you attacked my car." "There can only be one class action." "I'll see you in court." " Just consider it foreplay." " Then you have to find it." "What's up?" "I have this deposition..." " "{\*Then there's}And this continuance..."" " Don't worry{\* about it}." "The judge will never..." "I'll be right in." "You know what I think?" "I think you're gay." "I think your gay lover phones every time we're about to have sex and calls you away." "I'll have you two over for dinner sometime." "And welcome." "I want to remind everybody about the..." "Blood drive. so I leave it to you and your conscience." "I understand that we have a disagreement over a class certification." "you are looking formidable today?" "We represent the community of Fallstrom and we're asking you to certify our class." "And yet there seems to be an overlapping contention." "is it?" "I should probably explain a few things. and it results in these uncontrollable movements." "That's good to know." "My sister-in-law suffers from Huntington's." "Huntington's." "My gosh." "It requires a bravery that I couldn't imagine." "I commend you for even being in this court." " One foot in front of the other." " I very much doubt that." "is that right? I believe I'll be the strongest advocate in the case against JNL." "Mr. Canning was in-house counsel at MRG Pharmaceuticals. he successfully defeated class actions identical to this one." "It is our contention that he is a Trojan horse helping to certify this class in order to destroy it." "is that true?" "Are you a Trojan horse?" "I definitely like being compared to anyone in Homer." "sir." "}" "I have worked against people like Lockhart/Gardner and I was paid handsomely for it." "But six months ago I quit." "I sold my stock options and I went out on my own because I saw the error of my ways." "I'm {\*here }representing myself as an advocate for this class" "{\*precisely }because I used to be on the other side. so the members of the losing class will be dismissed." "I would like both law firms to return and whichever has the most members in their class will be certified." "That's all. become a..." "Blood donor." " Where are we?" " We're up by six households." "Our life is numbers these days. so let's go." "1000)}The Good Team presents 2000)}Episode 213:" "Real Deal" "We're broke." "We have cash on hand for three staff members through the election." "That's the story of my life." "Always recruited by the losing team." "we're hard to dislike." "And why do I get the call?" "How have I shown myself deserving?" "Wendy's polling firm." "240)}So we naturally assumed that you were unhappy." "240)}We need a cheap pollster." "{\*and we thought}You'd like a chance to get back at them. 240)}telling her she had the youth vote sewn up." "And she doesn't?" "Are you saying that she's weak on the youth vote?" "220)}You're strong." "220)}I was doing a focus group during the last debate." "220)}You were just bumping along in the low 20s." "and... boom. 220)}but the under 30s." "220)}It was like watching a baby chick's eyes open." "220)}You shot to low-70s and you stayed there." " Kids thought it was honest." " But it's the youth vote." "right?" "Except..." " The new ballot measure." " Medical marijuana." "The youth vote is showing up to vote for Amendment 31." "220)}We need to stop running away from prison. but she's like Donna Reed black." "220)}You've been to prison." "220)}And that makes you hardcore." "Come work for us." "I don't know." "I was liking daytime TV." "240)}We're gonna put a nice big television in your office." "These are the houses Canning signed up." "And the blue ones are ours." "So we are up seven households." "Are they open to hearing about Canning's background?" "240)}I have an ambassador in the neighborhood..." "Rosanna." "240)}She says that people like Canning personally." "240)}But they are open to hearing about collusion." "240)}A class action takes a lot of money." "{\*My guess is }He's not bankrolling this himself." "240)}I'll look for ties to JNL." "Good." "And you'll get back in the field." "Quarterly partner meeting." "Is something up?" "Something's always up." "Thank you all." "Good to have everyone here and healthy." "220)}And let's all applaud Philip." "I heard twins." "Good thing." "That bought you a delay in the Diocese depo." "200)}Now for the current state of our big-ticket items." "How is everything with the Fallstrom pesticide dump?" "We're in process." "220)}Lining up our class." "220)}I heard there was a bump in certification." "cautious." "But we should know more by Tuesday." "Derrick?" "220)}I guess now's as good a time as any." "Americans For Growth." "220)}A new bipartisan Super-Pac 220)}with guaranteed financing of $120 million." "Canning leased a four-story brownstone on the Gold Coast." "20 grand a month." "220)}Leased?" "220)}So he's only here temporarily?" "I'm checking." "I'm also going to see if he cosigned his lease." "Good job." "220)}Sorry about that." "Are you the reporter that called?" "220)}Is he in?" "though." "220)}He's been preparing all morning." "220)}" " And you're his..." " Wife." "Simone." "220)}" " And you are..." " Kalinda." "220)}He said to make yourself at home and to answer any questions you had." "You can leave your coat right here." "And I have some hummus and pita downstairs" "I'm going to get." "how long have you two been married?" "{\*I don't think }I'm not gonna answer{\*that one} because I'll be showing my age." "Let's just say we were high school sweethearts." "is this more about work or home?" "190)}Both really." "Fire away." "Is his condition hard on us?" "190)}"Do I have to carry him down the stairs?" "190)}" " I don't mean to..." " You're not prying at all." "It's totally fine." "We're used to it." "Can you just stay out of Daddy's office?" "Jay and Bella." "220)}They're not used to these Chicago winters." "could I use your bathroom?" "it's right there}." "I'll be right back." "So my wife says." "Louis." "Are you getting what you need? anything you can help with this profile would be great." "It's okay." "I know there's no article." "I've been expecting you." "{\*Or someone like you.}Someone from Lockhart/Gardner." "are you finding what you're looking for?" "I don't know." "What should I be looking for?" "Something to use against me." "You have a nice brownstone." "I'm rich." "Guilty." "I think the concern is how you got rich." "You mean from screwing the little man?" "More or less." "Woody Guthrie's crying." "do you?" "I'm only bothered by things I don't expect." "Can I ask you a question?" "Do you think people can change?" "Do I?" "I don't." "always a corporate lawyer?" "I think that six months is a very short time to go from victimizer to victim." " Saint Paul did it in a second." " So you're Saint Paul?" "I'm someone who thinks Lockhart/Gardner is just this side of incompetent deserving people." "Tell Kalinda why I quit my job." "hon." "of course she does." "Course I do." "Louis was amazing. and that day he quit." "I'm sorry to hear that." "He decided he wanted to stay home and help me." "I'll just let you guys talk." "Nice to meet you." "too." "Think that might be why I want to help a class action of women who miscarried?" "I don't believe you." "It's a trick." "It's kind of an elaborate trick having your wife miscarry." "It's either not true or it's irrelevant." "believe me." "{\*I think h}He's getting in your head." "I think you're right." "It's still a trick." "I'm gonna check into 27 Equity." "I'll call you back later." "I hate being my mom." "being your mom?" "I'm not really my mom." "I didn't think I was either." "I ran in the opposite direction." "Have some pastrami." "That's okay. waiting for my dad to return home." "And here I am." "And where is he?" "I'm outta here." "Look." "there's two." "Come on." "what's the point?" "I don't want this." "What do you want?" "I don't know." "Sometimes it's best just to remain friends." "That's what I found." "So this is a very serious issue that doesn't get enough attention." "205)}There is a measure that I would support 205)}that takes medical marijuana seriously." "205)}I've seen firsthand the damage" "to lives." "$200 later." "All you have to do is call me when you see this car enter that garage." "I'll give you a call." " You lost two." " Who?" "the Hathaways and the Wicks." "I was just heading over there." " How did he know to go to them?" " {\*I don't know. }He went to them first thing." "too." "Please come in." " I just want to chat..." " That's okay." "I want to sign with you." "Then that's great." "I just don't like how this back and forth is hurting the neighborhood." "I know." "It'll be over soon." "And I didn't like what he was saying about your firm." "What did he say?" "I finally found a use for this nanny-cam." "I know her firm..." "Lockhart/Gardner." "they would be exactly the type of firm you'd be looking for." "But right now they're undergoing a partnership battle for control of the firm." "And the partners need this class action in order to fight for that control." "I thought I should bring it to you." "You didn't say anything?" "Then how...?" "There's a mole." "Half the convicts I knew in prison were there because of drugs..." "Not too many hits." "It'll grow." "Peter's the first one even talking about it." "What does this do for our older constituents?" "It's a dog whistle." "No one else hears it." "But... I don't know what to do about this." "Who's that man walking down the street?" "Peter Florrick!" "Who's that man you'd like to meet?" "Peter Florrick!" "that's right." "He's here to fight!" "What the hell?" "It gets worse." "Let's hear it!" "Peter is the right man." "Peter has the right plan." "he's not white." "He's got a plan to make it right." " Who is it?" " Neil Howard Sloan-Jacob." "He's a supporter." "Our supporter." "and this is what you get." "we're a crowd." "we're the Peter family!" "It's been zipping around the college blogs." "It has more hits than Peter's speech." "He promises to make a new video every week." "it's like a hostage crisis." "Peter has the right plan." "you know the worst thing to happen to any candidate?" "It's to be unhip." "Ask Hillary in '08." "I'll contact him." "Peter is the right man!" "I'm on it." "about helping us with the youth vote." " Who?" " A guy I met in prison." "I don't get it." "How did he know about our partnership fight?" "It's not just that." "Canning's been one step ahead of us all week." "But only you and I knew this." "Rosanna." "Rosanna was here earlier when you went upstairs for your partner meeting." "You think she overheard us and then slipped it to Canning?" "I don't know." "I'll see if she flipped." "Anything on who's financing Canning?" "It's not JNL Pesticides. a New York hedge fund." "it's the newest thing in litigation." "They did the same thing last year with the Ground Zero workers." "The lawyers borrowed $35 million to finance the lawsuit." "The interest was astronomical." "15% a year." "the why's he doing this?" "I think there's a chance he's sincere." "Doesn't matter." "We still need to beat him in court." "through e-mails." "Let me check your computer." "Your car just showed up." " {\*It's }Not much of a cushion being up by them{\*two people}." " It's all we need." "All rise." "Thank you all for returning promptly." "Court is now in session." "And where are we on the class overlap?" "Mr. Canning?" "sir. 41 to 39." "I believe were tied at 40." "At least when I count my letters of consent." "Ms. Lockhart?" "Your Honor." "But what is true is a matter that came to our attention:" "just today Mr. Canning colluded with JNL Pesticides" " at their company headquarters." " Really?" "Colluded?" "Your Honor}I visited JNL at their invitation to see what kind of deal could be made." "I must admit I was too busy bargaining with JNL to follow opposing counsel." "But I did manage to come away with an offer of $2 million." "this suit is worth 20 times that amount." "but I do know {\*that }$2 million is considerably more than what's currently on the table: zero." "it was not within your purview to negotiate on behalf of the class action." "I didn't reach out to JNL." "They reached out to me." "Because this is a sweetheart deal. isn't it better that a Trojan horse like myself get whatever deal can be made now instead of waiting the five or six years." "Your Honor." " For the $50 million they're hoping for?" "Lockhart/Gardner's position is to fight." "They make enemies of their opponents." "I make them my friends." " Because you intend to lower the deal!" " I intend to get a deal!" "A fight takes time." "Ask your clients if they're willing to risk that time." " Why don't we make a deal now?" " All right!" "I'm glad to see you've all given blood." "Let's not spill any more here." "It is within my purview to marry these and that is what I intend to do." "Your Honor... look across the aisle to each other." "By the powers vested in me I now pronounce you one class." "Congratulations." "Get a good deal." "I don't care if he says we're married." "We are in charge." "We'll make the best deal we can." "You going for a quick run?" "Maybe not so quick." "I'm sorry about dinner." "We've just got this thing and..." "Hold on." " Kalinda." "What's up?" " It's not a leak." " What do you mean?" "What is it?" " Why Canning is ahead of us." "He put Spector Pro on Alicia's laptop." "That's keylogger software." "Every key Alicia hit was sent through a Wi-Fi parasite program to another computer." " That's how Canning knew." " Can we prove it?" "but he'll know we're tracing." "send an e-mail to Diane saying our geographical report places the target amount at $70 million." " You want to chase up the offer?" " Then have Diane write back saying we're willing to take it to 85 million." "they'll be terrified." "Will do." "Call me when you're done." " I'll go for a jog with you." " I have a date tomorrow night." "You what?" "I have a date with a South African soccer player tomorrow night." " You do not." " I do." "Picking me up at 8:00." "Think he's gonna come in one of those cute little soccer uniforms?" "I don't care how he comes." "I don't understand." " Are you breaking up with me?" " No." "Just putting things on pause." " I'm not falling in love with you." " I know." "I just need a little cooling-off period. 30 days." "That's all." "and I didn't." "I know. 30 days." "I'll call you at the end of February." "You okay?" "Am I...?" "Yeah." "Why? and you said "yes"." "I'm distracted." "isn't it?" "It can be." "I don't know what I want." "I suck." "Is this work?" "It's..." "Nothing." "I need friends." "a fat buddy who I can tell things to and get drunk." "I'll work on that." "Will?" "Do you have a minute?" "It'll just be a minute." "I think we need to talk to Diane about backing away from litigation." "Why?" "I think she's letting her leftist activism get the best of her." "but not now." "Take over the pesticide case." "Why?" "It's not mine to take over." "She's pushing for an $85 million deal." "She'll never win." "How do you know that?" "How do I know she won't win?" "How do you know she's looking for $85 million?" "I know." " You can't tell me how?" " Trust me." "My information is solid." "Alicia wanted her to come in at $70 million." "Diane pushed it to 85." "I'll talk to Diane." "Get out of here!" "I will not get out of here." "Peter asked me personally to ask you..." " personally." " No!" "That does not happen!" "That does happen." "And it's happening to you." "I didn't think anyone even saw that old video." " But I knew I had to do something." " It was very entertaining." "you know?" "People think that politics can be so dry but I think it can be fun." "What is this position?" "It's the liaison to the political director... me." "And I can send you anything?" "Song ideas?" "Commercials?" "Or ways to make the Glee songs for Peter? get them to coordinate with our message." "send everything to me." "{\*And }You don't think it's better if I {\*just }do it on my own?" "It's better if it comes through my office." "I want to keep my day job." "This is just so great. please tell Peter that I think he's amazing." "By the way..." "Why did you do this for Peter?" "Why?" "He spoke at the school about bullying." "About making fun of kids. and they never get a chance to really know them. have lunch with them." "but..." "I could just feel that the mood here... was different." "I never thought words made much difference." "Just music." "But he changed people." "just a few days." "And music can't do that." "So that's what makes this so great... is that I will be working for him." "It will be great." "Mr. Sloan-Jacob." "I only covered the 27th floor desktops." "28th floor was off-limits. and Neka's in Litigation. it's more likely to be Bond spying than Canning." "Two equity partners and one junior associate." "Why Alicia?" "Her close connection to me?" "That would be my guess. but he wanted to keep track of what you wrote to Alicia." "What did you tell her?" "About this?" "Nothing." "I think we need a moment." "{\*No. }I think Kalinda should stay." "She can help us." "I think we should do the same thing we were planning to do with Canning." "Use it?" "you write to Julius about getting to Bond's weakest votes." "Get him to fire his own people?" "Yes." "We need the majority of equity partners to vote Bond out." " We can't pick off his votes." " But he can." "I think I'm liking this." "It's gonna be hard to go back to the law." "So you just got out of prison?" "Yeah." "November." "Eight months." "Heard that you got caught up for a while?" "I've been there." " How's your mom?" " She's hanging in there." " Yours?" " She hates my last album." "do you miss anything about it?" " What?" "Being inside?" "You are funny." "Foolish question." "huh?" "}" " The legal advice was free." " But it was damn good advice." "Better than anything I've gotten on the outside since." "I'm glad." "what do you need?" "I need the youth vote." "brother..." "that tatt... nice black panther right there..." "you'll get my vote." "I was thinking maybe just an interview." " You and me." " An interview?" "} I thought we were talking about a fund-raiser." "I was just passing by." "What kind of fund-raiser?" "Just so we're clear. to be a lowball offer." "last and final." "How nice for you." "Then we'll see you in court." " Good." " Wait." "}We're not trying to pick your pockets." "We {\*just }need to show the judge a hint of movement." "we don't." "we do." "can we talk to you a minute?" "Good job." "Nicely played." "Don't even pretend." "What?" "we're not." "You're undercutting us." "We'll contest any lowball offer." "It's a lucky world where $2 million is a lowball offer." "Don't worry." "We're doing great." "Don't you just look at them and feel something?" "Excuse me?" "Those mothers." "They miscarried." "They can't have children. or is your cynicism that deep?" "You don't know me." "You don't know what my life is. or I may have none." "It's irrelevant." "What I owe them is not my compassion." "It's my ability." "And that's what I'm giving them." "Canning got Rosanna to flip to his side by showing her a document from JNL Pesticides." "What kind of a document?" "An internal analysis of what they were willing to pay." " Does she have a copy?" " No." "He just showed it to her." "part of negotiations." "he..." "We got to get to Judge Abernathy." "Please don't put me in the position of refereeing everyone." "We had our settlement offer accepted. with one million in reserve for future claims." "and not... until the court certifies a deal." "who is this witness?" "Your Honor." "And what will he testify to?" "An exhibit we would like to place into evidence." "proceed." "what is your job?" "My job?" "I am a claims analyst with 27 Equity." "And that is a hedge fund?" "And you were recently sent a document by Mr. Louis Canning?" "Your Honor." "Relevance." "you can't object to your own co-counsel." "Your Honor." "Relevance." "I think I'll overrule that on absurdity alone." "I was sent a document for review." "As collateral for Mr. Canning's loan? so we needed to see all relevant documents." "And this document under discussion was prepared by JNL Pesticides stating how much they were willing..." " Objection!" " Objection!" "privileged." "cannot be used in court. except that Mr. Canning pierced his own privilege by showing this document to a hedge fund." "or it's not." " And now... it's not." " Your Honor?" "Mr. Canning}." "You can't pick and choose when privilege applies." "Do you have anything else?" "Your Honor." "I'll admit it." "Nicely played." "You still have to make a deal." "My guess is it'll be easier now." "right?" "You were just trying to lower the amount of the award? and I think companies ought to pay for their mistakes. and I think lawyers are helping people distort the amount of harm." "That's all." "then..." "I'm a cynic." "It worked." "That's one of his votes." "Looks like he's sending him back to DC." "I love it." "How was your South African soccer player?" "Fictional." "I don't know what this is." "I don't like needing... anyone." "I know." "It's not commitment." "It's just preferential treatment." "I can deal with that." "You smell like you." "You smell like Will." "I thought I could do without it." "But you have to be more gentle with me." "I'm not as tough as I look." "We're climbing with the 18- to 25-year-olds." "Congratulations." "Suddenly I'm hip." "I never thought you weren't." "The rapper Young Boxer{\*he's} is going to do a benefit concert for me." "how was your day?"