"Previously on "eli stone"..." "I just stopped by to tell youthat I'm going to the apartment on thursday to pick up my stuff." "I've always thought you werethe future of this firm." "I just think the way I playthe game has got to change." "You're so surethat breaking things off was the right thing to do." "Molokai,Hawaii" "look at this place." "It's perfect,gorgeous." "It's everything I imagined." "It's hotter thanthmy arm hair just singed off." "Dave,jen,enjoy your vacation!" "I hope the underwater cameraworks out." "Ah,what nice people." "ah,look at this place." "Have you ever seenan ocean like this?" "Yeah,in california." "It's the same ocean." "Yeah,I'm really gladwe're doing this,eli." "This is what they mean when theysay "make every moment count."" "I mean,look at us.Nine hours ago,we were at work,and now we're just-- getting heatstroke." "Don't get too excited." "We have work to do." "Maggie,where's our car?" "We'll walk." "Look it,it'll be fuwe can take in the scenery." "I'm wearing a wool suit." "My internal organs are boilingin their own juices." "Oh,okay,I get it." "You're trying to tell me that you're-- hot!" "Hot,hot,hot,hot!" "How many times are you gonna burn your hand before you learn to take out the plate first?" "{6}3DaysAgo" "The system's worked for me for,like,30 years,patti." "What's going on?" "Well,there are some... rumors floating around that you're not gonna like." "Which do you want to hear first--terrible rumor number one or terrible rumor number two?" " Pick number one." " I pick number two." "They're saying your win on the wolverine S.U.V.Case ve years ago was overturned." "You're gonna have to retry it." "It's not gonna happen." "Posner took over the case once the appeal was filed." "He'll handle the retrial if it doesn't settle,which it will." "How can you be so sure?" "Jeffrey powell's been working on this case on contingency, as in unpaid,for the last five years." "Even self-righteous do-gooders nd to eat." "Besides,this case s tried by old eli." "Everyone around here knows I'm new eli." "New eli is no longer working on the side of evil." "I don't think new eli understands how this place works." "As our senior partner is momentarily absent, let's turn our attention to mundane matters, such as the photocopy department reports paper usage down 8.3% this month." "Explanations?" "It has to do with some green program." "I got,like,a million memos on it,which is kind of ironic." "but those memos were printed on recycled paper." "Ms. Dekker,I applaud your willingness to aver what you no doubt perceive to be an inconvenient truth." "however,copying is a profit center for this firm, which charges clients a 35% markup." "more copies,people!" "Next item-- mitchell vs. Zyre motors,incorporated." "Late last night,first district court of appeals overturned our victory." "Of course,you will once again take the lead on the wolverine S.U.V.Litigation, mr." "Stone,and I will once again be second chair." "Oh,uh,sir,I don't think that,uh... well,I'm--I'm actuall new eli,and..." "I think this is more of a case for... old eli." "Well,perhaps you two can have a conference call." "old eli is uniquely familiar with the wolverine case." "He has a settlement conference with jeffrey powell in hf an hour." "Jeffrey powell?" "I-I've always wanted to meet-- uh,kick his ass,sir." "I'd like to help mr." "Stone... kick it." "Very well,ms." "Dekker." "It'll do you some good to bill some real hours to a real client." "Sorry I'm late,but I had good reason--excellent reason." "In fact,I was welcoming our new hires." "I'm pleased to introduce keith bennett." "And proving that nepotism and merit are not mutually exclusive... my daughter... taylor wethersby." "you joined the firm-- the firm where I work?" "Until last week,we were engaged." "In fact,we should probably talk about last week." "We slept together." "I don't need to talk about it." "Right,I can tell from the way you haven't returned my calls." "Were you calling to get back together,eli?" "That's exactly whyi didn't call you back." "Plus you probably figured we'djust see each other at work." "Oh,don't read anything into it." "Right." "What other reasoncould you possibly have for suddenly leavingyour firm of eight years and coming to work here with your ex-fianc?" "Get over yourself." "My father's been recruiting meto work here for years,okay?" "this firm needs a specialistin family law,and I happen to be a good one-- and excellent one." "in fact,W.P.K.Is damn lucky to have me." "Just..." "I-I gotta..." "Just...one--one second." "it's keith,right?" "I'm eli." "Well... uh,welcome to the firm." "Donald,you know I'm n asking you." "I'm telling you." "showing up in my officeat 9:30 A.M." "It's sad,actually,how muchyou obviously still want me." "bense,what is it?" "Just need a little face time with my favorite ex-boyfriend." "I'm your only ex-boyfriend." "You've been crying." " Something happen at work?" " It's nothing... just my lifecompletely falling apart." "Is the baby okay?" "Yeah,the baby's fine." "It's donna." "She's having some sortof breakdown." "She's moved out." "But... she's pregnant." "I know she's pregnant." "I was at the embryo transfer." "It's my egg,for god sakes." "I don't get it." "Is there someone else?" "Yes." "Jesus." "My former lesbian lover is nowa heterosexual jesus freak." "she's seeking sole custodyof the baby,matt." "She's hired a lawyer." "Yeah?" "Well,so have you." "Mrpowell?" "Maggie dekker." "I'm a big fan." "I wrote a paper duringmy second year of law school on your strategyin the nuxoll class action." "This is a new trick--tryingto distract me with a sycophant." "It's like you can seeright through me,jeff." "Let me tell you something." "You're the worst kind oflawyer-- a hypocrite who pretends she cares for the common man while big business heats her pool." "Okay?" "Congratulations on the appeal." "You pulled a rabbit out." "But since we both knowyou're out of tricks-- you're the expert on tricks,eli." "Jeff,we went over thisfive years ago." "My subpoena'sstl on the books,as is the court order granting my motion to compel." "What am I missing here?" "It's what I'm missing--stanley lyme." "I can't find him,jeff." "I'd have better luckfinding W.M.D.S in iraq." " You could subpoena those,maybe." " Who's stanley lyme?" "An engineer,worked for zyre motors-- one of 12he wanted to depose,none of whom had anything of note to say." "Yes,but stanley lymeis the only one to conveniently disappearright before I could depose him." "Which wasn't my fault." "We're a law firm,not witness protection." "So instead of goingon another fishing expedition, why don't we settle thisand avoid repeating history?" "If you want to." "This is r number." "Just checking to seeif the zeroes ever stop." "It's half what a jury will awardadam and cori for lost income,pain and suffering,punitives." "I already won thisonce before." "What makes you thinkI won't again?" "Because this time the jurywon't be shielded from the consequences of zyre motors' criminal negligence." "Wait." "What's he talking about?" "Five years ago,adam mitchell'sinjuries were so gruesome, eli was able to convincethe trial judge that the mere sight of themwould prejudice a jury." "So they heard a dry recitationof adam's testimony transcript." "But this time,the jury will hear adam's storyfrom adam himsel" "nice to see you again,mr." "Stone." "Eli Stone Season01 Episode05" "you spend the night here?" "Posner told me to bill more hours,so I started looking for lyme." "Not even posner wants you to pad the bill looking for a witness that could help the other side." "We are legally obligated to find stanley lyme." "No,we are legally obligated to make a reasonable effort to find him, and I made it five years ago." "But I was thinking maybe he has friends,relatives." "I found them." "I asked.Nothing." "There is actual work I need you to do for this case-- a case you volunteered for,remember?" "Wh-- that was before I knew we were working on the side of evil-- representing a company that manufactures an S.U.V." "That flips over,crippling people?" "There is no evidence that zyre motors was responsible for his accident,maggie." "Look,just because adam mitchell's in a wheelchair,it doesn't make him a saint." "Either way,it's a yucky case." "It's "yucky"?" "Did you get your law degree by watching "legally blonde"a bunch of times?" "Well,if we have to try to win,I'm at least going tomake sure we win by the rules." "I'm finding mr." "Lyme." "You know this won't makejeffrey powell like you,right?" "I don't really careif he likes me." "A little respect would benice... from both of you." " Eli!" " What?" "Brain aneurysm,remember?" "It was bad enough when taylorwas calling me 16 times a day." "Now she's workin' here,and you didn't stop it?" "Well,I didn't know,and besides,it's not likeshe consulted me before she took the job." "What do you want me to do,get her fired?" "Now th's good thinkin'." "I'll get you in with mr." "Wethersby." "Even if I could convince jordanto fire his own daughter," "I can't do that,'cause last week,I-I sorta... go on." "slept with her." "You fell off the wagon?" "How could you do that to me?" "I wasn't thinking ofyou at that particular moment!" "Well,thank god!" "Mr. Posner,what a surpriseto see you here." "How are you today,sir?" "Patricia." "You ready,mr." "Stone?" "We're due in court for opening statementsin 20 minutes." "The baby was conceivedusing my client's egg." "How about we all agree this is something ofa gray area and compromise?" "Jessica and donna co-parent." "Ah,pical." "You ask usto concede everything we believe in,and you call it a compromise." "Not everything." "Donna's free to give upchicks for dudes." "In fact,on behalfof dudes everywhere,I welcome her endorsement." "In the absence ofa formal surrogacy agreement, donna has all the rightsthat naturally fall to a child's birth mother, including the right to protect that childfrom any and all influences she deems harmful." "I'm a harmful influence now?" "I need to protect my baby." "Our baby." "We're confident to letthe judge decide that one." "I need your breasts." "Is this some sort of testto see how litigious I am?" "Because when it comes to sexualharassment,the answer is very." "Look,I'm representing a chickwho's suing a chick who's represented by a chick, and I just found out the judge happens to be..." " a chick?" " Exactly." "You know,if they were all black,I'd ask that keith guy, but I really need a womanup there with me." "This is important." "And you couldn't havejust said that?" "I thought I did." "Look,the client's an oldfriend." "We dated in college,and she's suingher ex-girlfriend for parental rightsover their unborn fetus." "Your ex-girlfriend's a lesbian?" "Who isn't these days?" "Anyway,it's a family case." "That's your thing,and I couldreally use the help." "Besides,think about how crazyit's gonna drive stone." " All right,tell me about the case." " Okay." "In one instant,a life can change." "They say a picture's wortha thousand words." "At the end of this trial,you will be askedto put a price tag on how much this young man'sability to walk is worth." "I hope you're preparedto do th." "oh,it is wonderful dating imiami." "All the single men under 80 are cocaine smugglers." ""the golden girls."" "It was a great show." "You're probably wondering whatit has to do with this case." "Well,I'll tell you-- about as much as the footagemr." "Powell just showed you." "That wasn't the S.U.V.That adam mitchell was driving, and that wasn't adam mitchelldriving it." "Oh,and adam mitchell's carnever caught fire." "No,that was just a stuntto make you angry at my client." "Mr. Powell saidthat at the end of... that at the end the trial,you'll be asked to put... a price tag on walking." "anyone who looks at this trialfairly and objectively... mr." "Stone!" "nothing further." "I need flip-flops to goto the men's room,and W... now they're singing in court-- the one placethat's been vision-freE." "And what'sthis week's musical number?" "It's "one more try"by guess who?" "George michael?" "What are you,his comeback tour?" "Can we just proceed to the vision interpretation,please?" ""One more try"?" "Here you are,trying a case one more time." "Maybe god wants you to do thingsdifferently this time." "God could send down one ofthose pillar of fire thingies,I still couldn't drop the case." "Free will is what defines us,eli." "Oh,really?" "'Cause I don'tfeel like it was a choice to be a prophet,you know?" "Things wereso much easier before." "I wasn't so confusedall the time and morally conflicted and-- alone?" "Is this still about taylor?" "She joined my firm." "Oh,that's whyyou're so crabby." "I miss her." "Seeing her every dayis just gonna make it worse." "Eli,what you'regoing through is rough." "You shouldn't go through italone if you don't have to." "Maybe "one more try"is about her." "What is this,multiple choice?" "Dude,it's not likeI have a copy of "prophecy for dummies"lying around here somewhere." "What do you think the visions are about?" "It was like a sign from god." "My first ultrasound,when I sawthat tiny little heartbeat... a small miraclewas growing inside of me,and I..." "I realized thatI was going to be responsible for another person's soul, and I knew what I had to do." "Renouncethe homosexual lifestyle?" "Objection to the term"lifestyle"-- it's prejudicial,close-minded and offensive." "It's nice to see yousuddenly so supportive of the gay movement,mr." "Dowd." "Now pipe down." "Well,I neverconsidered melf... gay." "I always thoughtthat I would marry a man." "But,um,I fell in lovewith jessica, and I thought thatI could love her enough to make myself somethingthat I'm just... not." "And how did you come to that realization?" "Well,after the ultrasound,I started going backto church." "After a few monthsand a whole lot of prayer,I knew what I had to do." "my familyis speaking to me now." "They're welcoming meback home." "This is what I want." "This is what my baby needs." "you're carrying a fetus conceived with jessica's egg,aren't you?" " No,nothing like that." " Then I'm confused." "Why would you go through a costlyand time-consuming procedure to carry someone else's baby, miss milton,if you didn't intend to co-parent?" "I was a different person then." "I wasn't myself." "You seem to havea relatively smart lawyer there." "I'm kind of surprisedshe hasn't told you that doesn't matter." "It was indescribable." "I could barely breathe." "The roof was cshed in,and it was pressingagainst my head." "And I felt like if I just let go,that it would all be over." "What kept you hanging on?" "My cell phone,funny enough." "It started ringing,and I couldn't reach it, but I could see cori's number on the caller I.D,and I knew... that I had to hold on so that I could dance with herat our wedding." "According to the statementyou gave the C.H.P." "Your S.U.V.Flippedwhen you swerved tavoid-- and--and I'm quoting here" ""a metal object in the road."" "Yeah,that's right." "Where were you driving fromat the time of the accident?" "Uh,deer hunter lodge." "I was having dinnerwith cori." "You mean the deer hunter lodgeand tavern,actually." "Did you consume alcoholthat night?" "A few beers,but I-I wasn't drunk." "Right." "You only had "a few beers."" "Your wife called youon her cell." "Where was she?" "She was back at the lodge." "The lodge and tavern." "So you left without her?" "Cori and I--we... we had an argument,but it wasn't a big deal." "There must have been quite a few police and E.M.T.Personnel at the accident scene." "Any of them findthe metal object that you say caused you to swerve?" "You would have to ask them." "Uh,I did." "I have affidavits from,uh,from every singlepolice officer and E.M.T." "Who was at the accident scenethat night,and none of them foundthat metal object." " Objection--facts not in evidence." " That's too bad." "I agree,your honor." "That metal object is not in evidence." "So let me see if I havethis straight,mr." "Mitchell." "You had a few drinks,but you weren't drunk." "You left your fiancéealone in a bar after a fightthat wasn't that bad, and you swerved to avoid a metalobject that no one found." "That S.U.V.Was defective." "That is why it rolled over." "Yes,it rolled over,but that doesn't meanit was defective,sir, and it doesn't meanthat your driving wasn'T." "Oh,come on,maggie." "Don't give me that look.I was doing my job." "Well,I don't want to watch it." "I won't be in court tomorrow." "I'm gonna find lyme." "Maybe he knows what's right." "I hope you're happywith yourself." "Do any women around herelike me anymore?" "where the hell am I?" "Hawaii,brah." "Hawaii?" "eli?" "Eli?" "Eli, are you okay?" "You passed outon the bathroom floor." "I did?" "I'm callingyour brother." "uh,taylor,taylor,come in here." "Just... please don't call nate." "In fact,it would bevery considerate of you to forgetthis ever happened." "What about the guy who dragged you out of the men's room?" "And what about the 50or so lawyers,paralegals and assistants who saw him do it?" "I say I've been doing a cleanse,and I got light-headed." "What really happened,eli?" "Normal stuff." "I-I-I walked in,and suddenly I was in hawaii." "It's just like you to goon our honeymoon without me." "Well,look on the bright side,you know?" "At least this isn'tyour problem anymore." "I want you to be my problem." "You joined the firmbecause of me?" "You make it sound pathetic." "I don't think it's pathetic to fight for somethingthat's important to you-- something that'sthe most important." "I'm gonna be here every day,eli,until you give us-- one more try." "Taylor,if you're freetomorrow night,uh,I think we're supposed to" "I mean,I-I'd like to,uh,talk things out... go for dinner together?" "I'd love that." "*******Why are we oining about this alleged waiver now?" "It's unfair surprise." "These documents were never produced." "Uh,we just receivedmiss benson's paperwork from the clinic yesterday,your honor." "Besides,this is a motionfor injunctive relief,therefore no discovery, and therefore no obligationto produce." ""Donor hereby waives allparental rights and relinquishes "" "all such duties to any child resulting from the fertilizedhuman egg hereunder."" "I can see why you're poleaxed." "Miss benson provided us withall her documents for review." "I assure you this waiver was not among them." "Nonetheless,she signed it." "Fair point." "Waiver's signed,waiver in." "What about visitation?" "I'll go to ohio every otherweekend." "I'll move there." "Come on." "Don't do this to yourself." "What do you mean?" "You might want to startconsidering the possibility... that you won't be a partof the baby's life." "But you have other options,jess." "You can have another baby... with someone who loves you." "I'm not saying likea couple or anything." "I could just... donate some of my boys." "Heck,if you want,I could evendo it the old-fashioned way." "I'm truly selflesslike that." "Matt... beneaththat frat boy exterior,you're actually very sweet." "you always were." "But I don't wantjust any baby." "I want the one I madewith the woman I love." "Right." "It was devastating." "One minute we hadour entire lives ahead of us, and the next I waschanging out his catheter." "I gave up my careerwhen we realized that adam would needround-thclock care." "It must be hard." "We take it day by day." "Some daysare better than others... for adam and for me." "How do you getthrough the bad days?" "I remember how close we cameto not having any days,good or bad." "Adam testifiedthat you tried calling him after he left the tavern?" "That's true." "Phone records indicate that youtried 7 times in 12 minutes." "I was worried about him." "I mean,clearly I had reason to be." "Yet you couldn't have knownthat he'd been in an accident." "We'd had a fight." "I wanted to make sure that he was okay." "Really?" "'Cause if my fiancéewas calling me like that,I'd think it was pretty urgent." "Objection." "The witnesstestified that she was worried." "One phone call is worried,your honor." "Seven in a row is urgent." "Overruled." "But tread lightly,mr." "Stone." "Mrs. Mitchell,why was it so urgent that you get in touch with adam?" "If he wasn't that drunk,he wasn't that angry,why were you so worried?" "I don't know.I-- you don't know." "Yet youcalled him once,then again,then again,then again,then again-- adam was angry,and he was on the road,and it was dark-  and he'd had too muchto drink?" " Maybe." "Maybe he did." "Ah,I've been lookingall over for you." "Bet you thoughtyou could avoid me,but what you don't know is that no man on earthcan hide from me." "I find people,and I don'tjust find any people." "I find people named... stanley lyme." "Yes!" "No." "Well,kind of." "See,I found the next best thing." "I found out who lyme met withright before he disappeared." " Wanna know how?" " No." "I called ze motorsand spoke to the head of H.R." "I asked her when stanleystopped working there." "She said the last day he workedat zyre motors was june 12th,which struck me as funny, 'cause I remember that on june 11th,someone herebilled zyre motors 2 hours for "lemon reversal."" " Maggie- - don't you see?" ""Lemon" is lyme!" "Someone here met with lyme before he disappeared,and you know who it was?" "Martin posner." "You know that?" "Well,why didn't you tell me?" "I told you I looked for lyme." "I told you that further lookingwas a waste of time." "So you know posner met with lymebefore he disappeared?" "What--why didn't you do something?" "Such as what,convincing posnerto produce the witness he went to the trouble of hiding in the first place?" "Well,what aboutdoing what's right,what's required by law?" "Maggie,I hate to be the oneto tell you this,but we workat wethersby posner  klein." "We're the guys who beat upon paraplegics and their wives when we're not busy making suresatan's getting a break on his taxes." "If you think that,then why do you work here?" "I thought you had changed." "Why do you work here?" "I may be trying to change,and I might not bepulling it off lately, but at least I knowwhat this ple is." "Has it ever occurred to youyou might be a better lawyer if you saw thingshow they are instead of how you wishthey were?" "Maggie." "I know this isa strange question." "Like you askany other kind." "Are you by any chance,uh,a member of a gospel choir?" "Why,yes,I am." "All black people are,particularly all black women." "We love to raise our handsand praise jesus!" "You're being sarcastic now." "Not just now." "So you're not in a gospel choirwith,say, a relative of a guy named stanley lymewho knows where lyme went and why no one canfind him?" "What is this about,eli?" "I'm sorry." "I just... maggie's right." "I-I pretend toethis new guy,but,uh..." "I'm still pond scum." "Old eli reared his ugly heading court today,savaginga paraplegic victim's wife-- old eli,who let martin posnerhide a witness who just might makethe plaintiff's case." "I want to do the right thing,but..." "I've waited five yearsto hear you say that." "Don't ask me why I knowor how I know, but I knowwhere stanley lyme is." "What?" "How?" "What did I just say?" "Now do you want to knowwhere lyme is or not?" "Get your stuff." "Meet medownstairs in ten minutes." "Our flight leaves in an hour." "Flight?" "You were right." "That's the lasttime I'm gonna say it,okay?" "I was just thinkingabout where we should... what is it?" "I'm rry." "I have to work tonight-- the zyre motors trial." "You know,I wouldn't cancel unless it wasabsolutely necessary." "Eli,should I packan overnight bag?" "*****work too hard." "taylor?" "So... no overnight bag?" "Still here?" "I haven't found anything that trumps the waiverjess signed yet." "Nothing proving donnaintended to st with jessica?" "I've learned moreabout lesbian love than i ever cared to know." "And believe me when I tell youthat's a high bar." "hey,you want to graba drink?" "So stone's outand dowd's in,huh?" "All right." "Let me clear off the desk." "You're not reallythis much of a pig." "No,I am." "The only woman iwasn't like this with was jess." "Pathetic,I know." "No,it's not pathetic." "I know a thing or two aboutwanting at you can't have." "You know,if I didn'tknow him any better," "I'd never believe stone couldbe dumb enough to let you go." "He hasn'T." "I mean..." "I mean,we're-- you know,we're stillworking things out." " right.Well,let me tell ya..." " thanks." "The only thing worse thanlosing the love of your life is having her findthe love of hers." "You're a therapistwhen she's happy,a relationship coachwhen they fight... a cameramanwhen they throw a party." "Did you record the shower?" "It was a partyfull of lesbians." "There was no way I wasn'tgoing to record it." "Matt,you gottaget me that tape." "Okay,so we know he ownsa surf shack,right?" "Uh,so maybe we cannarrow down the candidates by posing as surf journalists and-- the town's about a block long,veronica mars." "If you're so smart,you find it." "What?" "Am I missingomething?" "I thought the whole pointof me disappearing was that you guys wouldn't,you know,appear." "Yes,but I recently locatedmy professional conscience." "Well,mazel tov,but that's you." "For me,disappearingwasn't about conscience." "It was about survival." "Zyre motorsput out a hit on you?" "Just ignore her." "You ever see "the insider"?" "That's actuallya pretty accurate depiction of what happens towhistle-blowers in this country." "Doing that R.P.E.Was the biggest mistakeI ever made." "What's an R.P.E.?" "Rolloverpropensity evaluation." "What did you test?" "Zyre motors alwaystested their S.U.V.S' static stability factor--that's its risk of rollover-- using carswith optimal tire pressure." "But tires losetheir air pressure,right?" "And--and you toldzyre motors about this?" "Wrote up a full reportto mr." "Reidy himself." "He buried it." "A few months later,I get paid a visitfrom a partner in ur firm." "He's got a checkfor $2 million and a few suggestions abouthow I might want to spend it." "I'm really sorry you guyscame all this way,but I-I won't testify." "Got a whole new life now,and I'm not risking itby saying so in open court." "It's all right,mr." "Lyme." " You don't have to." " What?" "wrote up a full report to mr." "Reidy himself." "He buried it." "A few months later,I get paid a visit from a partner in your firm." "He's got a check for $2 million and a few suggestions about how I might want to spend it." "well,I supposeI have two reactions." "First is,you're fired." "I don't care what pieceof paper jordan signed." "Second is,we havenothing to worry about." "This is hearsay." "It's inadmissible." "You can't fire mefor discharging an ethical and legal obligationpursuant to a valid subpoena and motion to compel." "As for the hearsay issue, out-of-court statementscan be admissible where the witness isunavailable, and we probably don't want to invitean investigation as to why mr." "Lyme is unavailable." "You're not really blackmailinga partner of this firm and one of its clients?" ""Blackmail"is an ugly word,sir." "I think a better term,and for all our sakes, a more accurate one,is "limitation of liability."" "You have exposure here." "Zyre motors has exposure,and I am suggesting a wayto limit that exposure-- specifically,we settle,preferably by offeringan amount so substantial that the plaintiffs haveno choice but to accept, thus making sure certainquestions don't get asked." "Or you can throw that recorderin the trash." "I doubt I'll be doing that,sir." "thank you all so much for coming to our egg party, especially those who made this joyous occasion possible, but mostly to jessica, for giving me the most precious of gifts-- literally a piece of herself." "honey,I want you to know you will always have my heart." "this was shotafter miss milton testified that she had goneback to church, after she claims that she was having doubtsabout her relationship." "Seems to me you've gottwo choices here,your honor-- give my clientequal parental rights or give miss miltonan oscar." "this isn't over yet." "Jeez,jeff,can I at leastget the offer out before you reject it?" "This is what our clientis prepared to settle for." "$5 million." "Sealed." "We can wire the money today." "Trial's not goingthat bad for you." "Something'sgot you spooked." "You wish." "No,miss dekker hereprevailed upon zyre motors to do the right thing." "She can be very persistent." "Miss dekker,you ever decide to leavethis insidious institution... thanks,but,um... on wednesdays,they give us muffins." "Looks likewe've got a deal." "But I will draftthe settlement papers." "Jeff,are you evergonna trust me?" "Muffins?" "Well,you wanted to knowwhy I work here." "There you go." "It's all about the muffins." "You did this." "Don't bother denying it." "I know it was you." "You know what was me?" "Do not insult my considerableintelligence,patricia." "You told stonewhere to find the engineer." "Haven't youpunished me enough?" "You've barely acknowledgedmy existence in five years." "You do realize it's been... it's been five yearssince you broke up with me?" "It's also been five yearssince eli tried this case for the first time." "You ended things between usbecause of this case?" "Because of what you did inhis case." "And I let you,because I was falling for you." "So I looked the other way." "Well... now that it's behind us... do you thinkthere's a chance we could give this... us... one more try?" "I'm sorry,martin." "I don'T." "all rise." "The law is clear." "The waiver is legally binding,and the exceptionsdon't apply in this case." "But... the...spirit of those exceptions-- that the parties' trueintentions be honored--does." "Accordingly,I find that the intention of this couplewas to co-parent their baby and therefore grant ms.Benson's petition for joint custody." "I'm,uh,further enjoining ms." "Milton from leaving the bay area." "we're adjourned." "donna..." "I talked it over with my familyand our minister,and we all agreedthat if this happened... it would be bestthat after the birth,I just go back home to ohio." " You mean- - you can have him." "I won't contact you again." ""Him"?" "it's a boy." "I'm sorry." "I'm so sorry." "That thing with maggiewasn't what it looked like." "At least we're acknowledgingwhat it looked like." "I guessit wouldn't help if I said I'd sooner pull outmy nostril hair than spend six hourson a plane with maggie." "Pull out your nostril hair?" "Really?" "It's not important." "I should never havecome to work here." " We'll figure it out." " Will we?" "Will I ever really be ableto make you happy,eli?" "Eli,jordan wants to see you." "He says it won't wait." "congratulations,stone." "You wanted to see me?" "Morton reidy,C.E.O.Of zyre motors-- you know,the manyou extorted into settling-- filed a grievancewith the state bar." "He couldn't do that withoutadmitting he paid off a witness." "You're assuming the grievancewas related to stanley lyme." "Your literal song and danceing open court was the basisfor his complaint, calling into questionyour fitness to practice law." "I'm not gonna likewhere this is going,am I?" "The bar appointeda prosecutor who's learned the zyre motortrialwasn't your only incident." "She's recommended they initiate disbarmentproceedings against you,eli."