"[Man] Previously on Eli Stone:" "I've been seeing things." "When do you take it out?" "Given the location of the aneurysm, surgery is a bad idea." " [Nathan] Who's that?" " [Eli] Beth." "The Beth that was your first at-bat?" "Wow." " I feel awful." " And you broke up with me." " Want a drink?" " Stone's out." "Dowd's in." " You're firing me?" " I can't." "I'm not obligated to provide you with an office or assistant." "[Eli] It's been my aneurysm the whole time and I'm going to get this thing out of my head." " Surgery could kill you!" " Won't have anything left to live for." "There's got to be a less humiliating outfit." "Something that closes in the back." "I heard one of the nurses say your butt was cute." "Don't be nervous." "We're talking about surgery on my brain." "What's there to be nervous about?" " Blindness." " Coma." "Long-term memory loss." "Sure." "I can remove it." "It's no biggie." "You've found your man." " Really?" "That's fantastic." " Told you." "Just out of curiosity, how attached are you to your ability to speak?" " So I'd be a vegetable." " No one used the word vegetable." "I was combining blindness, paralysis, and brain damage into one category." "Didn't you mention some hospital in China?" "Tin-tin Puma?" "Tiantan Puhua." "The news won't sound any better in Mandarin." "Look, Eli, are you sure this is something you really want?" "If the something is ending up a drooling idiot, then no." "If it means getting the defect removed that's making my life a living hell, then yes." "Good news is you're already an idiot, the only thing left to do" " is pick a surgeon for the other." " Out of those?" "They couldn't remove a cap from a pen." "They're the best neurosurgeons I could get you." "Let's try the ones you couldn't get." "All right there's one." "Sanjay Rajapaksa, but he doesn't take walk-ins." "He only handles cases from his own hospital." "He did until you applied your powers of persuasion." "All right." "I'll make a call." "You're the best." "Thank you." "Don't thank me." "I don't want to spend my life wiping drool off your chin." "[woman on PA] Nurse Ramirez to Critical Care." "Nurse Ramirez to Critical Care." " Beth?" " Eli!" "Hi." "Hi." "What are you doing at the hospital?" "I, um..." "I'm sorry I just didn't expect to see you." "Ben." "I'm bringing Ben to the doctor." "You know he's not with you?" "Yes, he's at the psychologist." "They work one-on-one for an hour." "Individual counseling." "So how are you?" "I saw you on the news." "I was going to call, but I figured you have enough on your plate." "Yeah, I've been better." "I..." "I got demoted and I lost my office." "I had a fight with my acupuncturist/spiritual guide." "I alienated the one person at work who mistakenly admired me and I made a serious ethical breach which helped get several hundred people kicked out of their homes." "And I broke up with Taylor." "Oh, wow." "That's..." "Oh, Eli, if you ever need to talk, you still have my number, right?" "Yeah." "I just might give you a call." "[Laughing] OK." "Bye." "You'll never guess who I ran into." "Patti, guess." " You're not Patti." " No." "I'm Bradley Kitsis." "I'm your temp." " Where's Patti?" " Not here." "I noticed." "I can see, Bradley." "At least for now." "She left me this note to read to you." " "I'm taking a personal week."" " Personal week?" ""To look after my relatives in Silver Terrace, who, thanks to you, now have no homes!"" ""No homes" is in capital letters, which is why I..." "Thanks, Brad." "I got it." "Our billables are up by ten percent this quarter." "An increase almost entirely due to our success in the Solinsky case." "I can't help but swell with fatherly pride." "I had a lot of help." "Perhaps you'd be willing to apply your deft touch to Judge Doyle." "This being "Doyle the Boil." Good luck." "Judge Doyle has just retained WPK in connection with a medical crisis." "Is he getting the pole removed from his rectum?" "I hear that can be painful." "Not nearly as painful as leukemia, Mr. Dowd." "Judge Doyle needs a bone marrow transplant to treat his cancer, his only donor match backed out of the donation agreement yesterday." "Now that we've established your sensitivity to the plight, you can assist Taylor." "Sir, Doyle the..." "Judge Doyle hates me." "I'm sure you're familiar with my "I could care less" face." "Moving on..." "[# Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me]" "Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. George Michael." "Oh, no, it's not." "Oh, no, it's not what?" "Are you Eli Stone?" "I'm George Michael." "Would you mind not poking me, please?" "I'm sorry." "It's just, you know, you're very solid for a vision." " You're an odd man." " At least I'm not a hallucination." "Well, he can see me." "Do you see me talking to anyone?" "A real life, actual person?" "Of course I do, sir." "That's Bono." "Yeah, happens all the time." "I had the glasses first, by the way." "Mind you Bono and I do have something in common, in that we are both perfectly visible." "I'm sorry I've been wasting your time." "No, no, no, please, please." "Stay." "I..." "I'm sorry." "I just don't..." "I don't typically get visits like this one." "Um..." " What can I do for you, Mr. Michael?" " Call me George." "I want you take a case for me." "I found this in the Times." "It's about a young girl thrown out of school for playing one of my songs at a school "abstinence assembly."" "This was all over the news." "What was the song again?" "I Want Your Sex." "Sorry, you're not my type." "That was a joke." "Anyway, I want to hire you to help her get back in." "I'll cover all the legal fees, Mr. Stone." "Call me Eli." "And this is very generous of you." "Obviously, I wouldn't, well..." "I couldn't say no to you." " So if you don't mind me asking..." " Mm-hm." "Why me?" "Why did you come to me?" "Well, you might think I'm the odd one now." "But the other night I had a dream and in the dream I was completely lost, when someone told me I needed to find a lawyer named Eli Stone." "[Eli] Mr. Wethersby?" "You were looking for me, sir?" "That would be inconsistent with the termination of our relationship." "I heard you wanted to see me." "Maybe Bradley meant Mr. Posner." "No, he meant me." "I didn't want you inferring that I craved this conversation." "Nevertheless, I understand that you've been retained by..." "Who was it again?" "George Michael?" "The pop superstar?" "Yes, sir." "Unless there's a problem?" "There is." "Two problems, in fact." "One, you're still on probation." "Secondly, section 6.3, paragraph J of the partnership agreement obligates a partner to oversee any case where the client has a high profile." "I guess it's good then that George isn't technically the client." "Her name is Molly Foster." "She's 17 and much less famous." "I don't have time to waste on semantics." "If someone of Mr. Michael's esteem is involved in this case, then obviously the requirement to oversee applies." "Including appearing in court?" "And managing client relations, yes." "OK, then, welcome to the case." "Mr. Michael will appreciate having a senior partner on his team." " As will Molly, sir." " Who?" "Our client, Molly Foster." "Right." "Right." "I didn't expect this from Jordan Wethersby." "I ask him to send me his best lawyers, he sends me a girl." "Well, let me introduce you to Mr. Wethersby's daughter, sir." "I wasn't talking about her, Dowd." "Good to see you, Taylor." "So let's get to it." "So you're worried about the lack of legal precedent?" "No, I'm worried about the lack of precedent in our favor." "That's why I pay you $550 an hour." "I know this is a long shot, but I have no choice." "I'm dying." "Leukemia progressed to stage four." "Nowhere to go but down." " Did you tell the would-be donor?" " No, Mr. Dowd." "I want him to think I need the extractions of his marrow for my personal collection." "Usually, only family members are an exact match." " The would-be donor is a relative?" " My son." "He knows you're dying and won't help you?" "We aren't exactly close." "He was two when his mother and I divorced." "And I haven't seen Scott since then." "So the settlement conference we're scheduled to have in an hour is the first time you're seeing your son in 19 years?" "Yep." "OK, I'll have all the sharp objects removed from the conference room." "This is critical." "It's important that you let me do the talking," " get us on the right foot with Mary." " Molly, sir..." "She'll be reluctant to dive into the legal waters..." " Eli." " George, hello again." "Sorry, I'm not too late, am I?" "You're off to see Molly?" " No, you're just in time." " Cool." "This is the firm's senior partner, Jordan Wethersby." "He's gonna get us on the right foot." "Good to meet you." "Yes, it's an..." "It's an honor, Mr. Michael." " Yeah, call me George." " George." "It's good to see you again." "You make it sound like we just saw each other last week." "Why don't we all sit down?" "[Matt] Have you had a chance to review our proposal?" "Yes." "Scott?" "This isn't..." "I don't care about the money." "Well, Judge Doyle already prevailed upon your more noble instincts." "I took the test." "Doctors started to describe the procedure to me, and I guess I had second thoughts, OK?" "I'm sorry, it's not like I even know you or anything." "I know." "I know." "And I'm sorry," "I truly am." "But I'm asking for your help here." "And believe me when I tell you that's not something that comes easy for me." "I went through this phase where I'd send you things, letters, report cards." "What did you ever do with those things anyway?" "I thought..." "I thought I shouldn't promise a relationship I couldn't deliver on." "Yeah." "Yeah, well I guess I can't deliver now." "Sorry." "I don't think we'll be settling." "You are a dead ringer." "It's amazing." "Mom!" "You have to see this George Michael impersonator Chloe hired!" " It's hilarious." " Hi, Molly." "Great to meet you." "I've read about your expulsion, and I've hired these attorneys" " to help get you back in." " Shut up." "No way!" "Please come in." "Can I get you gentlemen anything?" "Coffee?" "Something British?" "Crumpets or a pint of bitters?" "No, thank you." "Sir, you're unusually quiet." "Are you feeling OK?" "I feel fine." "Don't ever touch me again." " So you totally read about me?" " Yeah." "That is so cool." "Tell us exactly what happened at school." " There was this lame-ass assembly." " The abstinence-only assembly." "Twice a semester, some expert in never ever having sex tells us all about it." "After two years of this... bull, I decided to take a stand." "I snuck into the principal's office and played I Want Your Sex over the PA." "The challenge is circumventing the Supreme Court's decision in" "Morse v. Frederick, which limits free speech on school grounds." "So you're saying I could lose?" "Always a possibility in litigation, Ms. Foster, but you gotta have faith." " Another one of your songs, I think." " Oh, that's right." "Yeah." "Excuse me." "Hey, it's me." "I just got off the phone with Rajapaksa." "You remember?" "The super neurosurgeon?" "Well, it took a lot of begging and a new set of golf clubs, but he's agreed to see you." "It's a risk either way you slice it." "Actually, there won't be any slicing involved." "We'll burn it out of you." "That's just what I always wanted." "So you guys will talk and let me know?" "Yeah, we'll call you later." "Thank you so much." "Anytime." "[Sighs]" "Awesome." "OK, there's an OR free week after next with your name on it." "You sure that's the guy?" "He's competent, confident, expert in the latest techniques." "If he were any more qualified, he'd be a TV character." "I'm not asking for a description." "I'm asking if that's the guy." "I can't make that choice for you, Eli." "It's too big." "You're the only one who can do that." " You want this thing out or not?" " I want it out." "I just..." "I'm not sure that this is the right time." "I'm having a strange week." "From you, that's something." "George Michael showed up in my office, for real this time." "Don't joke." "The same day I happened to bump into Beth, and she has a connection with him." " Beth?" "Beth Keller?" " Yeah." "Her son sees a doctor at this hospital." "I was thinking of giving her a call." " Wait, a call like..." " Like a date, yes." " Yeah." " Why not?" "I'm newly single, about to be aneurysm-free." " Well, yeah." "But..." " But what?" "Nothing." "Just, you know..." "be careful, all right?" "I mean, I know I'm not the reason my parents split and my father left, but when you're a kid, that's how it feels, like it's your fault." "But now you have a chance at reconciling with your father." "If I give him my bone marrow." "What kind of relationship do we have with those strings attached?" "How do you know whether you're a compatible donor?" "I got tested." "Three months ago he called me up." "No "how are you?" No "sorry I wrote you off."" "Just "I've got cancer, would you get your blood tested?"" "The test determined that you are indeed a compatible donor." "Yes." "I'm a match." "Hoping the family similarities end there." "Why go through having yourself tested if you're not prepared to go through with donation?" "Is it because maybe you have an obligation to your father, however estranged he may be?" "I got tested because..." "I wanted to see if I was a match." "I wanted to see if I could save your life." "So I could tell you to go choke on it." "[Molly] My reasons were just." "I knew I'd get in trouble." "I just didn't think I'd be expelled." "Did you not know school policy gives the principal discretion to expel anyone whose behavior "interferes with the learning of other students or disrupts the education process."" "Yes, but that assumes what was happening at the assembly was learning." "The abstinence-only lady tells us condoms don't work, that girls who have abortions are prone to suicide." "And because of all of those misconceptions, students in abstinence-only programs are less likely to use contraception." "Objection." "Are we to accept her as an expert witness?" "The plaintiff's knowledge or, I submit, lack thereof goes to the merits, or lack thereof, of the pedagogy Ms. Foster's protest was taking issue with." "Ms. Foster, please limit your answers to your direct experiences." "Molly, how has the school's policy affected you?" "First, my lab partner got pregnant." "Then a friend." "I don't want to tell her name 'cause her mom would kill her." "She got gonorrhea in her throat." "I decided I had to do something." "Thank you, Molly." "Very descriptive." "And the something you decided to do was to play the song" "I Want Your Sex at a school assembly?" "That's a mature form of political protest." "The execution of Ms. Foster's protest isn't at issue here, only whether it's protected under our country's constitutional principles." " Is that an objection?" " A strenuous one, Your Honor." "Sustained." "There was no other course of action?" "You couldn't have organized a petition?" "I wanted to expose the hypocrisy." "And when you did, do you think you were being disruptive?" " I hope so." " Thank you." "No further questions." "That was invigorating." "It reminded me of my salad days, standing up, making a compelling objection." " In the middle of my examination." " On an issue of significance." "Not just freedom of speech, but the application of that right to our nation's youngest, ones who are disenfranchised, not having the right to vote..." "Something on your mind, Mr. Stone?" "I was just wondering if it was possible that you were a fanboy of a certain celebrity client?" "Mr. Stone, did you just characterize me, Jordan Wethersby the Second, senior partner of one of this country's most prestigious firms, a fanboy?" " Of course not, sir, but..." " I didn't think so." "And for the record, my musical tastes are none of your concern." "In the name of all that's good and holy, what now?" "[# I Got You Babe]" "I Got You Babe?" "I hate that song and I would never sing it under any circumstances, even hallucinatory ones." "Just like you would never go out with one of our co-workers." "Something you want to ask me?" "No." "Because I don't listen to my visions anymore, so..." "Considering last week, a.k.a. Bribing a judge, that's probably for the best." "Without admitting or denying anything, there won't be any more of that." "I'm having it taken out." "The aneurysm." "I thought it was too dangerous." "The ability to swallow is overrated." "Is there something going on with you and Matt?" "No." "You know, if you hadn't dumped me repeatedly, I might add," " I would say you were jealous." " I'm not jealous." "It's just been a rough week." "OK?" "You wouldn't happen to have any time later?" "I'll tell you all about it." "Look, I get the feeling you're alone right now." "So am I. But I'm trying to move on." "So I can't be that shoulder for you to cry on." "I'm sorry." "I just..." "I can't." "It's OK." "Hey, Beth." "It's Eli." "[Laughs]" "I was thinking about what you said the other day, about needing to talk to someone, and I kind of do." "Principal Ackerman, you said that Molly was expelled because her actions were a violation of school policy, correct?" "Students have to learn about consequences." "That's why the school has a strict zero-tolerance policy in those circumstances." "Zero tolerance?" "So, you expel every kid who pulls a prank." "When those pranks are disruptive." "So last fall, when the football team kidnapped the mascot from a rival school, did you expel the team?" "I didn't deem that prank disruptive to students' educations." "What about when the senior class glued the teacher's lounge door shut?" " Those students were suspended." " Not expelled." "Sounds like your zero-tolerance policy is more like a six-tolerance policy." " Objection." " Pass the witness." "Principal Ackerman, why does your school have an abstinence-only program?" "It's the only sex education that the government will give us money for." "If word got out that a student played a sexually-explicit song during one of your assemblies..." "I'd lose funding and the school would have no sex-ed program." "Is that right?" "I don't know." "What I do know is that playing a song that promotes promiscuous sex during a lecture on abstinence risks the program for everyone." "The plaintiff would like to call a rebuttal witness." "Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou." "It's the legal name of the artist who wrote the offending song, Your Honor." "Mr. George Michael." "Fine." "Court will recess until tomorrow." "You're a judge." "The case comes before you, do you order one human being to undergo a painful procedure to benefit another?" "Bottom line, if I were a jurist on this," "I could find precedent to support saving my life." "My son can be as angry as he wants at me, but last time I checked, being a lousy dad didn't carry the death penalty." "You know, I had a dad." "He left my mother when I was six, for her best friend." "I saw him summers and every other Christmas..." "I'm sorry, at what point did Mr. Dowd become a witness?" "At the point when you let me finish." "My dad died three years ago." "And if I had a chance to save his life," "I think the first thing I'd want to know is why I should." "Because regret's a lousy thing to live with." "That's sweet." "They should put that in a poem or something." "We're all here wondering why Scott should feel any regret at all." "You're as much a stranger to him as my father was to me." "More so." "We're family." "However estranged we may be, nothing changes that." "No, you changed it." "You walked out that door two decades ago, and you never looked back!" "So I should die for that?" "Scott didn't give you cancer, judge." " You want him to save you?" " Yes." "Tell us." "Tell us why he should." "Because he's my son." "He has an obligation..." "No, he doesn't." "You pissed away any obligation he had to you." "Now tell us why he should help you now." "Because I want to live." "I want to live." "And the only chance I have of that is him." "Beth?" " Taylor." "We met at..." " Your engagement party." "Of course." "It's so nice to see you." "What are you doing here?" "Is everything OK?" "Your son?" "Oh, he's great, thanks." "No, I'm not here on business." "I'm having dinner." " With Eli?" " Yeah." "That's great." "Old friends catching up." " Have fun." " Thanks." "What are you doing?" "I desperately, desperately need a margarita." "And you want me to come with you?" "Right." "Great!" "Well, let me just... or not." " [Eli] She..." "No, she didn't." " [Beth] Yes, she did!" "Melanie Bose totally had the hots for you." "So that's why you were talking to me at that party?" "You were wing-woman for the girl with the headgear?" "When she found out that we slept together, she never talked to me again." "That's because you were a college whore." "I know!" " Wow." " What?" "I was just thinking, this is a good week." "George Michael's here." "My case is interesting." "And I haven't laughed like this in a long time." "Thanks for going out with me." "It's my pleasure." "With all that's going on with you, I'm glad that I can be here." "You don't know how nice it is to hear." "Lately, I've been less popular than Melanie Bose." "You're going through a rough time." "But think of all the people that you've helped." "OK, me and Ben for two." "Winning that Beutel trial changed our lives." "I mean, you have to know that." "I do know that." "It just doesn't change the fact that..." " That I'm alone." " I'm so sorry, Eli." "God." "I just broke rule number one." "You know?" "Don't tell a girl on a date with that you're lonely!" " Oh, God." " What?" "Are you OK?" "Uh, yeah." "No." "Nate told me..." "He said that he was gonna tell you today." "Tell me what?" " About you guys dating?" " Yeah." "Of course he told me that!" "Thank God." "Oh, my God." "For a second there, I thought you didn't know." "Oh, no." "Well, that would be awkward." "[Taylor] To losers!" "National order of total losers," "San Francisco chapter, in session." "What?" "Don't look at me like that." "You didn't have plans tonight either, loser." "Believe me, I could've had plans." "Plenty of plans." "With plenty of ladies." "Fine." "I'm the only loser then." "To me!" "No, you're not a loser, Taylor." "You're smart, you're hot, you're funny... you're hot." "And an excellent drinker." "He's getting it out." " Who's getting what out?" " Eli." "The aneurysm." "Out." "Bye-bye, aneurysm." "Turns out, that's not why he dumped me, anyway." "What are you talking about?" "I thought he wanted to protect me." "I thought he didn't want me to see him suffer." "Turns out the aneurysm was just an excuse." "Eli dumped me because he just didn't love me enough." "I don't know much about aneurysms, but something's gotta be wrong if he dumped you." "That's sweet." "What you said in court today, about your dad." "Now I know why you have to be so damn cocky all the time." "Why you only date these vapid bimbos." "You're scared that you're gonna be abandoned by someone you actually care about." "Sometimes it's just so hard to be the real me." "She told you." "Have you any idea how humiliating that was?" " This isn't how I wanted..." " That finally, after months of misery and loneliness and visions, I finally ask someone out, and I think we're making a connection, only she's already dating my brother." " I was gonna tell you." " I could tell from the way you didn't." "We had come from the doctor." "You have life-altering decisions on your plate." " I didn't want to make things worse." " By telling me you're happy?" "I was trying to protect you." "Well, I'm a big boy, Nate." "You dating Beth wouldn't have even registered before I made an ass out of myself." "OK, all right." "So you would've said, "Hey, that's great." "My life is tanking worse than the latest Ben Stiller movie," " but I'm so glad you're happy."" " Maybe I would've, yeah." "Who knows?" "I've been an idiot lately." "I pushed Taylor away, I pushed Maggie away, Patti, Chen..." "I thought no matter how much an idiot I was," " I wouldn't push my brother away." " You haven't." "You've been dating the girl I lost my virginity to for two months," " and you haven't mentioned it." " I said I was sorry." "You call the doctors, make the appointments, but you don't want to go anywhere near this decision, because you're afraid of how you're gonna feel if it doesn't work, if I end up paralyzed or worse." "You're a doctor." "But you're my big brother, man." "And I need you now more than ever." "And if this is your idea of helping me, thanks but no thanks." "Eli, wait!" "Wait!" "[Cat meows]" "Come on, kitty, move." "You're on my jacket!" "Give him a pet." "Sonny Bono loves to be touched." "Your cat's name is Sonny Bono?" "That's so weird." "It was between that and Jason Bourne." "Trying to sneak out of here, aren't you?" "Wow." "I'm not sure I've ever been snuck out on before." "No, wait, I have." "I'm not sneaking out, I've..." "Just leaving." "Quietly." "I've got court." "I know." "With me." "Please be seated." "It is profoundly disturbing to me that one human being could willfully deny another their last hope for life." "But that doesn't change the very real fact that there is no legal precedent to support Judge Doyle's claim." "The plaintiff's suit for breach of contract and specific remedy of performance is hereby denied and judgment granted to the defendant." "Scott..." "Scott, I know I don't deserve what I'm asking for, but please, don't do anything that you..." "Mr. Michael, tell me, what inspired your song, I Want Your Sex?" "A song, which rose to number one on the world charts, a song that helped you win a Grammy for Best Album of the Year." "Well, it was inspired by a relationship." "Like most of my work, it was autobiographical." "You heard Principal Ackerman describe the song as encouraging promiscuity." "But it's just the opposite." "Ironically enough, I wrote the song about abstinence." "And I was in love with someone at the time." "How do you feel about your song being used to protest an abstinence-only sex education program?" "Well, I applaud it obviously." "When I wrote it, we were in year six of the AIDS crisis, a crisis that Ronald Reagan did not even address publicly until there were over 21,000 people dead." "And what the government is doing right now, funding federal programs that tell children that condoms don't work, is killing people all over again." "Thank you, Mr. Michael." "These are the lyrics to I Want Your Sex." " Please read the highlighted portion." " "Sex is natural, sex is good, not everybody does it, but everybody should."" "Do you not think?" "Do you deny that these lyrics could be understood to promote sexual activity?" "No, to deny that would be ridiculous." "Nothing further, Your Honor." "But would Ms. Abrams' interpretation of the lyrics be appropriate in the context of an abstinence-only sex education program?" "Well, I don't think I can answer that, because an abstinence-only sex "education" program is an oxymoron." "Abstinence can only be a choice if you have all the facts." "I love this country." "I love the fact that you guys have a constitution, that you practice separation of church and state." "But I don't think I'm alone in wondering what's going on with that right now." "And, in my opinion, right now, America could use a lot more people like Molly." "The whole world could." "The clock is ticking." "Judge Tate's decision is imminent." "My recommendation would be to settle this now." "Get out while you can." "We don't want out." "Judge Tate is not gonna insert herself into a school matter." "Consider Mr. Michael's testimony." "Judge Tate certainly will." "All the negative media attention has to be getting to you." "[Jordan] Wait until George does his press conference." "A good point, sir." "You know what, this isn't worth it." "Enough is enough." "We'll reinstate Molly, all right?" "No!" "I did this to make a point." "I want the school to have a real sex education program." "We've been through this." "There's no way." "I'm sorry." "The school can't have a sex-ed program that doesn't receive funding." "Actually, I think I know how we can raise that kind of money in one night." "A hero arises!" "How fast can you get a message out?" "Six seconds." "[Matt] There are avenues we can pursue." "Other angles, more money." "Everyone has a price." "Appeal to his mother." "She may see things our way." "No, I..." "I think we all know I'm getting exactly what I deserve." "Judge, use what time you have left." "Reach out." "Make contact with your son." "No, I'm..." "I'm done using other people for my benefit." "Then do it for his." "His testimony was proof." "He needs to let go of that anger, otherwise he'll end up..." "Just like the Boil?" "You make a persuasive argument, Taylor." "And thank you both for everything." "Nice picture, Mr. Dowd." " When was this picture taken?" " Uh... this summer." "This man, with the familial resemblance, would be your uncle?" "Your much older brother?" "Because I know there's no way it's your deceased father." "Taylor." "I wanted to think that you were a human being, but you are a pig." " OK, I lied." " In court!" "Oh, come on!" "I wasn't under oath." "I was trying to win a case." "How relevant is it whether or not my father's alive?" "It's extremely relevant." "That is why I slept with you!" "Oh, come on, you didn't have such a bad time last night." "The quality of the time is irrelevant because last night was a drunken, stupid mistake." "Any chance we could make the same mistake tonight?" "Not even the slightest." " OK." "But if you change your mind..." " I won't." "Interesting." "Your new office." "Well, square-footage-wise, it's an improvement." "Everything ready for tonight?" "Insurance, security, lighting rentals?" "Yeah." "One of the perks of having a client roster as big as the phone book." " Can I help you with something, sir?" " I came by to..." "Apologies are difficult for a man like me." " But gratitude..." " You helped me, sir." "What I mean is it's been some time since a case has made me, well, feel something." "I can see why you've been finding your new calling so fulfilling." "Plus, you got to meet George Michael." " You don't think he noticed?" " It was barely obvious." "I discovered his music back in the early years of this firm." "I was stuck on this hellacious document production." "Just me and a roomful of files, working past midnight for three weeks." "I'd stay so late, it was just me and the cleaning crew." "And one of them had a boom box and all he played was... [both] George Michael." "Most nights, that music was the only thing that kept me going." "I still associate it with my better days." "I doubt those days really were better." "They were." "And now, as I enter the waning side of my life losing everything is like the sun going down on me." " Mmm." " Sorry." "Thank you, Eli." "This has been the best week I've had in a long time." " Hey." " Hey." "You all right?" "I may be getting there." "Look, I should've told you about Beth." "And I should've..." "Nate." "Shut up." "You didn't do anything." "Except the girl I lost my virginity to." "[Chuckles]" "Yeah, um..." "Gonna be weird between us?" "No." "I'm used to weird by now." "And you're my brother." "And even when I want to poke out your eyeballs I still love you." "So I've been thinking of Dr. Rajapaksa." "He's our guy." "You sure about that?" " If you are." " You're the doctor, and I trust you." "Then he's the one we're picking." "I'm sticking around to make sure he's the right choice." "Are you sure you want to do this?" "I have never been more sure of anything in my life." " Is he gonna be OK?" " Jordan?" "He's gonna be just fine." "You did a good thing this week, Eli." "You're the one doing the good thing." "A high school football stadium's a step down from the Staples Center." "It means the world to these kids." "These days, you just have to do what you can to try to make a difference." " Yeah." " Can I give you a bit of advice?" "If anyone could..." "I know I've had my share of hits, but I've taken a few hits too." "And if there's anything I've learned, it's that no matter what, you just have to keep going." " Do you know what I mean?" " I think I do." "Good." "Well, that's settled then." "Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. George Michael!" "[Crowd cheering]" "[# Amazing]" "[All clapping in rhythm]"