"[Dr. Chen] Previously on Eli Stone:" "All-Star catcher Jayson Turk hit a foul ball which struck his coach in the head, fatally." "They've got his own wife testifying against him." "Thought wives couldn't testify against husbands." "Get down!" "I've been seeing things lately." "Starting to think they're 'cause of my aneurysm." "Maybe I did the wrong thing breaking up with her." "[Jordan] Our client needs a high-profile attorney." " Like it or not, Eli's profile keeps..." " Getting higher." " Taylor, stay as co-counsel." " [Both] What?" "I see things now, things that were always there, but that I just never noticed before." "[Eli] Today will be a good day." "[# Takka Takka:" "Draw a Map]" "I can see the day being a good day." "A very good day." ""See it." "Believe it." "Achieve it."" "There will be no George Michael songs." "There will be no World War II battlefields." "Fire-breathing dragons will not take up residence in my closet." " [Ground rumbling]" " Ow!" "Oh, my God!" "Not the plasma!" "Earthquake!" "Earthquake!" " [Rumbling stops] - [Panting]" "Nice duck." "[Patti] I'm not in the mood, Eli." "Come on, Patti." "An earthquake hits, you only have time to save one thing." " What do you pick?" " A heavy blunt object to hit you with." "I know better than to expect warm cuddlies from you, but the past week, you've been treating me worse than Jordan." "Really?" "And what changed a week ago, I wonder?" "Is this about Solinsky?" "It's about you representing that scum-sucking lizard." "If it bothers you so much, say something." "What?" "That you're lower than Dick Cheney's bunion to be his lawyer?" "Come on, he's just a developer." "Developing my friends and family straight out of their homes." "Why?" "So he can gentrify the neighborhood by building high-rise condos around a retail destination." "You mean malls, where rich white people ride little trolleys from Pottery Barn to Barnes  Noble so their rich feet don't get tired." "I made a deal with Jordan." "I take the case, I get you back as my assistant." " Oh, I mean that much to you?" " Yes, you do." "Then you shouldn't be helping somebody bulldoze my old neighborhood!" " Hey." "What's going on?" " Uh..." "Let's see." "Another celeb got photographed getting out of her car without her panties on, and I think..." "No, with you." "You've been acting weird all week." "And I mean weird for you, which is weird." "I'm fine." "But thanks for your show of gentle concern." " You've been avoiding me." " We're talking now, so I'm not really doing a good job of it." "Maggie, you've been acting strange" " ever since the kiss." " Shh!" "Why don't you just put it on a billboard?" "Look, first of all, I'm not acting strange or weird since the thing." " The thing?" "Second of all, I'm not even thinking about the thing." "I have a boyfriend." "OK, great. 'Cause it seemed like you were upset." " I'm fine." "I'm just..." " Eli?" "I wanted to talk to you before we met with Solinsky, but I'm interrupting." " You're interrupting nothing." " No." "Nothing." "[Eli] Let's go." " Has the jury reached a verdict?" " We have, Your Honor." "We the jury, in the above entitled action, on the charge of murder in the first degree, find the defendant, Jayson Christopher Turk, not guilty." " What happens next?" " In real life?" "In real life, you'd be found not guilty by temporary insanity." "Diminished capacity defense as a result of your steroid use." " And you do probation for a year." " What about the League?" "Could go either way, but you're the best catcher." " Hall of Fame, though?" " [Keith] I'm sorry." " Thinking about the Hall of Fame?" " Yeah." "I've dedicated my life to that, and you guys have got me saying I'm a juicer." "That's the most effective means of winning, as these mock trials proved." "I'm going on trial for murder tomorrow." "Which is why I'm stepping in now." "Your client's worried the cure might be worse than the disease." "Nothing worse than maximum security for 25 to life." "Nobody cares about your Hall of Fame status when it's lights out on Cellblock B." "You with them on this?" "Yeah." "Because you don't have any other options." " This doesn't have to be difficult." " Of course not." "We're two adults who had a relationship now over by mutual agreement." "No betrayal." "No recrimination." "No alienation of affection." "Just an acknowledgement..." "That it would be best if we were apart." "Except for the fact that Solinsky and your father are making us work together." "You review the city council transcripts?" "They approved the taking of Silver Terrace by eminent domain." "Unanimous..." "Taylor, do you feel that?" "[Ground rumbling]" "[Sings I Feel the Earth Move]" "No, you don't." "Whoa!" "[grunts]" "[Sings I Feel the Earth Move]" "I never did that." "[Shuddering]" "Do I feel what, Eli?" "How great us working together is going to be." "Literally." "[Eli] As if I don't have enough problems, now I'm getting serenaded by my ex and Maggie." "Last time I checked, two seriously hot women singing to you," " not really a problem." " It is if you work with both of them." "I must say, their singing was surprisingly good." "Love triangle portion, figure out with your therapist." "Let's talk about these recurring earthquakes." "For the past months, my life's been falling apart." "Now everything else is falling apart." "Visions aren't a commentary on your life." "In Norse mythology, earthquakes were the result of Loki's punishment." "Have you done anything lately you should be punished for?" "Back on the side of evil this week." "Representing a developer who's tearing down Silver Terrace." "Solinsky?" "That guy's a pig." "If you don't mind, I'm already getting an earful from Patti." " Lie down." " Is it needle time?" "I love needle time." "You're never allowed to call it "needle time" again." "Now, I should be able to help you relive your earthquake vision." "Like under hypnosis." "Maybe you can notice some additional details." " If not, I just clear your sinuses." " Maybe I can save the plasma." " [Ground rumbling]" " Ow!" "God!" "Oh, my God!" "Plasma!" "My plasma!" " Yeah!" " [man] Programming for this report." "Bay Area is experiencing a major earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale." "The epicenter of the quake is located in Silver Terrace." " We'll have much more..." " There was a news report." "Silver Terrace gets destroyed by an earthquake." "Did it say when?" "No, just that it's the epicenter of a 6.5." "So if you lose this case..." "Those people could die." "[# Chris Stills:" "Flying High]" "Call Solinsky, I want to meet with him right away." "Get Jeffrey Powell, I want to negotiate a settlement on the Silver Terrace case." " Going to make this right." " Still representing Arvin Solinsky?" " Yes." " Still helping take my friends' and families' homes and tear down my church?" " Yes, but..." " So, by "make this right,"" "you mean you do the same exact thing you were doing before, but with greater urgency?" " Yes, but..." " Oh, make your own damn calls. [grunts]" "We need to talk." " We've already talked." " No." "We didn't "talk" talk." "We "talk" talked enough for me." "Can I please go back to avoiding you and pretending like I'm not?" "Look, either you're a closet Carole King fan or you have a thing for me." "Who's Carole King?" "So, you don't..." "You don't have a crush on me?" "Not before, but that kind of modesty is a turn-on." "Fine." "I'm wrong." "Believe me, I'm glad to be wrong." "Maggie, since my diagnosis, my life's gotten really complicated." "And I can't deal with any more complications." "We work together." "You report to me." "Nothing romantic could ever happen between us." " You know that, right?" " Yeah." "Of course, I do." "Eli." "You came by my office?" "She..." "Her keyboard jammed." "Jayson Turk committed a crime." "Intentionally, with malice aforethought, he killed another human being." "In front of 30,000 fans and hundreds of cameras?" "Does that sound reasonable?" "Or does it sound like a man who's in an altered state and out of his mind?" "He wasn't out of his mind when he used steroids to bulk up to 245 pounds of solid muscle." "Those same steroids altered his mental state, rendering him temporarily..." "Insane?" "Please." "Let's just call it what it is:" "Another excuse to let Jayson Turk" " get away with criminal behavior." " Celebrities..." "No more entitled to break the law..." "No less deserving of presumption of innocence..." " Than you or me." " While steroid use is against the law," "Jayson Turk isn't being prosecuted for that." "He's on trial for murder." "And, on that charge, he is innocent." "[Eli] Mr. Solinsky, 20 million dollars'd make this lawsuit disappear." "Still trying to wrap my brain around the idea the neighborhood can sue me." "And now you want me to settle?" "Settling avoids a trial, which could delay construction," " in this case, destruction, for months." " City's paying for the properties." "I'm suggesting you pay more so they drop their suit and move out." "It's better to weigh the pros and cons of settlement before trial." "The con would be I pay the denizens of Silver Terrace 20 million dollars out of my own pocket." " I'm not seeing the pro." " Doing the right thing." "The right thing?" "I'm turning an urban blight into a clean, safe place." "Citizens who live there won't be able to afford to park there." " Eli." " [Eli] I'm sorry, but this is how Silver Terrace's lawyer is gonna paint you." "Right now, people still think you're a good guy." "Which I'm sure is true, Arv." "But..." "This trial will be very bad for that perception." " [Eli] You don't look that happy." " It's not an overwhelming amount." "It's three times what the city already paid." "Which wasn't very much to begin with." "I don't know what Mr. Powell has promised you, but are you willing to bet 20 million he's right?" "[All whispering indistinctly]" "We'd get this money on top of what the city already paid us?" "Those checks can't compensate for the loss of the homes you raised your children in, your grandchildren in." "The city says it can take away your community because the neighborhood is lost." "Take this money and you're agreeing with them." "I think you can tell your client his offer is rejected." "What were you doing back there?" "Trying to undo Powell's "power to the people" brainwashing." " Arvin Solinsky, please." " What are you doing now?" "I think I can get them to take 25 million." "It's Eli Stone calling." "Or it was." "That was me making a call to Arvin." "To our client, to put up another five million." " Can cover it out of petty cash." " It's malpractice to shove a settlement down his throat?" "What's going on?" " We can win this at trial." " A trial will take too long." " Solinsky can wait." " I can't." "They can't." "Eli, what is happening?" "Whatever it is, you can tell me." "My visions they guide me." "They tell me what kinds of cases I should take." " Or what I should do." " Eli." "That's..." "Crazy, yeah, but it's the truth." "I saw myself take my dad's ashes to India." "I saw Jake McCann die last month before it happened." "And two days ago I saw Silver Terrace get destroyed by an earthquake." " If we don't get these people out..." " These things you're seeing" " are symptoms of your aneurysm." " I wish they were." "You need to get help." "That's not the kind of help I need right now." "[Cell phone beeping]" "Jayson and I have been married for five years." "Obviously, it wasn't a perfect marriage." "No, there've been infidelities on both sides." "Jayson had his baseball groupies in I don't know how many cities." "And, for the past six months," "I had been involved with Jon Quesada, his third base coach." "Why do you believe your husband murdered Jon Quesada?" "Sidebar, Judge." "Trying to elicit testimony that the defendant threatened the victim's life." "Mr. Sweren needs to be reminded what's said between" " husband and wife is privileged." " I'm good, thanks." "Mrs. Turk can speak to Mr. Turk's" " character and capacity for murder." " Agreed." "Objection overruled." "Step back." "[Mouthing]" "Mrs. Turk, can you explain to the jury why you think he committed murder?" "Jayson is a jealous man." "He's possessive, insecure." "He won't permit me to have male friends." " Was he this way before steroids?" " Yes." "It is who the man is." "Did Jayson ever raise a hand to you?" " No." " What about fights, barroom brawls?" "No." "Jealousy is Jayson's hot button." "You also had affairs with Gerrit Wilson, Jim Wacker." " Where might those men be buried?" " They are still alive." "Maybe because you had those affairs before Jayson started steroids." "For what it's worth, I'm sorry I sprung this on you before trial." "Moving forward, I insist that any further changes in strategy" " be run through me first." " I'm not crazy, Taylor." "[Patti clears throat]" " Patti." "What are you doing here?" " My civic duty." " Powell subpoenaed you?" " Yep." "He thinks I'll make a very convincing witness, and I tend to agree." "What was it like to grow up in Silver Terrace, Miss Dellacroix?" "No one had a lot, but what we had, we shared." "If you were short on grocery money, the church helped out." "If your gas was going to be cut off, neighbors chipped in to pay the bills." "That spirit is still there." "You just have to look past the peeling paint." "Objection." "Relevance?" "City exercised eminent domain 'cause it designated Silver Terrace a blight." "I'm exploring the veracity of that determination." " Objection overruled." " Back to the peeling paint." " What did you mean by that?" " The neighborhood has its problems, but it's still a long way from being written off for dead." " [Audience murmuring]" " Thank you, Miss Dellacroix." "Pat..." "Miss Dellacroix, under the law, "blighted" has a specific legal meaning." " Do you know what it is?" " Objection, condescending." "It was not." "I've been a legal secretary since you were an itch in your daddy's pants." "I know an objectionable question when I hear one." "Miss Dellacroix, could we leave the objecting to Mr. Powell, please?" "Of course." "I'm sorry, Your Honor." "How would you compare Silver Terrace..." "Objection, speculative." "I could not let that stand, Judge." "[Audience laughing]" "Maybe it'd better if I did the cross-examination." "You think you'll have better luck, by all means." "If Silver Terrace is so alive with community spirit, why'd you move away?" "I wanted a shorter commute to work, but it is still my church home." "When was the last time you were in Silver Terrace?" "Time flies." "I really don't remember." "Do you remember getting carjacked down the street from the church?" "Guess without a car, you really did need a shorter commute." " [Eli] Judge, you wanted to see me?" " Mr. Stone." "Walk with me." "This isn't ex parte because it's not about the case." "It's about you." "Obviously, I've heard about your recent trouble with the Bar." "I guess you haven't been living under a rock." "Obviously, I'm concerned you might use your illness as an excuse for some of that unusual behavior I hear you're prone to." " I would never do that, Your Honor." " Good." "I admire your client, Solinsky." "He is a self-made man." "My son-in-law is a wannabe developer in San Diego." "I imagine it would mean the world to him to partner with an "Arvin Solinsky."" "Unfortunately, there's only one and he happens to be my client, so..." "There's a project he could get off the ground if he had Solinsky as a partner." "I can't tell you how appreciative I'd be if you introduced my son-in-law to Mr. Solinsky." "After the case is over, of course." "I'm sorry, Judge." "I don't enjoy that kind of relationship with Mr. Solinsky." " Are you sure about that?" " I am, sir." "I'm also sure your request is a serious breach of ethics." "Considering your trouble with the Bar, who do you think they're going to believe, me or you?" "[Chuckles] Forget I said anything." "You have a good afternoon, Mr. Stone." "You too, sir." "[# Citay:" "Eye on the Dollar]" "I guess it's a question of what I'm willing to do to win." "This case isn't about winning or losing, Eli." "No, it's about "saving lives and being a prophet, God's go-to guy."" "For someone touched by divinity, you whine a lot." "Possibly touched by a theoretical divinity." "And bribing a judge doesn't really sound like a plan God would come up with." "Moses was running from the law when he saw the burning bush." "Martin Luther broke the law by translating the Bible." "Martin Luther King broke a bunch of laws in civil disobedience." "For that matter, so did Gandhi who, by the way, was also a lawyer." " Sorry." "I'm not breaking any laws." " I'd never tell you to break the law." "Aren't you?" "[Ground rumbling]" " Eli?" " We got to get out of here!" "No, we don't." "It's all in your..." "Patti!" "Patti!" "[Dr. Chen's voice] Dude, you've got to calm down." "You OK?" "I've never seen you when you're having one of your visions." " It's intense, bro." " [Exhales deeply]" "Eli." "Eli!" " Remember how I was hearing music?" " Think I could forget?" " You might not believe this part." " Just this part?" "Sometimes I have visions of the future." "Am I being punk'd?" "Is that cute Ashton Kutcher going to jump out here?" "I hear he appreciates the mature woman." "Patti, ever since my aneurysm, I've had certain gifts." "This some lame attempt to get me to stop being mad at you?" "No." "I swear." "I saw an earthquake and it destroys Silver Terrace." "That's why I'm helping Solinsky." "I have to get your former neighbors out." "Eli." "If you are running a game on me, so help me God..." "No, actually, it's God I'm trying to help." "That's who I think these visions are from." "Even if you think I'm nuts, it doesn't change the fact" "Solinsky's settlement deal is a good one." "Why would the association listen to me?" "You're part of the community." "They trust you." "You can get them to take the deal." " Eli, I..." " I know." "I could be crazy." "But what if I'm not?" "[Jayson] I wasn't in my right mind." "I don't even remember it happening." " Aiming to hit Jon Quesada?" " Any of it." "I remember looking down third base where Jon was and and I snapped." " When you say you "snapped"..." "I got angry." "It started in my gut, and it spread until I could taste the bile in my mouth." "And the next thing, my head is spinning, and after that..." "I honestly couldn't tell you what happened next." "I can." "You hit a line drive straight at Jon Quesada's head." "I know." "I saw the tape." "That's hard when you're not in your right mind." "Counsel asking us or telling us?" "Were you taking performance enhancing drugs at the time Jon Quesada died?" "On the advice of counsel, I decline to answer." "I'll ask it another way." "Let me see if I've got this straight:" "The steroids, which you conveniently won't admit to taking, put you in a rage, which conveniently killed the man who was having an affair with your wife, which conveniently you can't recall now." "I'm sitting in this chair on trial for my life, Mr. Sweren." "There isn't anything convenient about this for me." "Redirect, Your Honor." "Mr. Turk, Jon Quesada was sleeping with your wife and you knew about it." "Do you expect this jury to believe that what befell him was just an unfortunate accident?" "Obviously, some part of me wanted to end the man." "But, I swear to God, I never intended to do him any harm." "The defense rests, Your Honor." "The people intend to call a rebuttal witness, Your Honor." " Who?" " Carly Turk." "Sidebar, Your Honor." "I fail to see how Ms. Turk can elaborate on the testimony she's already given." "Unless the DA's circumventing spousal privilege and get Mr. Turk's threat in." " Suspicious?" " Suspicious a lot." "Cut it out." "If Mr. Sweren wants to recall a witness, I can't stop him." "But, if Carly Turk so much as repeats what the defendant mumbled in his sleep," "I'm holding you in contempt." " [Taylor] What's going on?" " Powell called, he wanted a meeting." " Which one of you got to my clients?" " What are you talking about, Jeff?" "The residents of Silver Terrace had a sudden and inexplicable change of heart." "They'd like to accept Mr. Solinsky's offer and dismiss the case." "Could we have a moment with our client?" " I don't think we should settle." " What?" "This is the same offer we were willing to make three days ago." " You said the offer was a good idea." " When it'd avoid going to trial." "But, we're here, I think we can win." "Chances of winning are 50l50, at best." "And I can't recommend a 20 million dollar payout on top of attorney's fees you're incurring with those odds." " You're right." " Mr. Solinsky..." "Eli, I know you want to settle and I respect your point of view." "But, Taylor's right." "If they wanted a check, they should've taken the money while they had the chance." "Thanks, Taylor." " Taylor, what the hell?" " I know you're angry." "But, I am looking out for our client's best interest, not trying to evacuate Silver Terrace because I can see the future." "Eli!" "OK, now we have to win this in court." " I'm glad we're on the same page." " You can tell Arvin I'll be closing." "Not sure that's a good idea." "Even if you don't believe these people are in danger, believe that I believe it." "So, between us, who wants to win this thing more?" "All he ever wanted to do was win." "I think he felt like he had to compete with the other players who were juicing." "To your knowledge, was he taking steroids on the day Jon Quesada died?" "I saw him give himself two injections." "Immediately, his mood changed." "But he still seemed in control of his actions." "He was very angry." "His temper was flaring." " Were you in fear for your safety?" " No." "I was afraid for Jon." "Jayson said he was going to kill him." " Mrs. Turk!" " Move for an immediate mistrial." "Clear the courtroom now." "A privileged conversation, the contents are prejudicial." "I told her not to break privilege!" " Sure you did." " There's no reason for a mistrial." "The jury can be instructed to ignore the statement." "No instruction could persuade a jury to ignore that statement." "I hate granting mistrials almost as much as I hate unfair trials." "If you declare a mistrial, Jayson can't be tried again." " Double jeopardy." " Doesn't apply in a mistrial." "Does when the mistrial arises out of prosecutorial misconduct." " He's set on winning any way he can." " Court grants immunity against slander, doesn't mean I won't file." "You boys take a ruler to the men's room and measure yourself, fine, but keep it out of my courtroom." "I want to talk to Carly Turk." "Then I'll make my ruling." "Arvin Solinsky, pillar of the community." "Just not the community he's trying to bulldoze." "Talking to yourself?" "Not a good sign." "Neither is the fact I'm going to choke on the biggest closing in my entire life." "Don't you think that's overdramatic?" " It's real estate, not life and death." " You'd be surprised." " What is it, Eli?" " I can't tell you." "If I tell you, you're going to think I'm insane." "Just like everyone else." "Maybe." "But I can't help you if you don't talk to me." "If I don't win this case, the people of Silver Terrace, or at least a lot of them," " are going to die in an earthquake." " How do you know they'll die?" "Don't ask me how I know, I just do." " OK." " "OK?"" " You believe me?" " Why wouldn't I?" "[# Nina Nastasia  Jim White:" "How Will You Love Me]" "Well, I don't know." "Because someone saying they can see the future is ludicrous." "Well, good thing you didn't just tell you." "You really believe me?" "I'm not saying you can see the future." "But, since I've gotten to know you, you've been nothing but honest and sincere." "And, yeah, totally obnoxious." "But, if you tell me something, I believe it's true." "I told my brother," "I told Patti," "Taylor..." "None of them believe me." "You didn't even hesitate." "You know, you're pretty amazing." " Eli, no." " I'm sorry." "Look, you can't have it both ways, Eli." "You said nothing could happen." " I know I did." "I'm sorry." " So we agreed there's a line." "Please, just stop crossing it." "[Judge] The rule of double jeopardy, that a defendant cannot be tried twice, does not apply in the case of a mistrial." "Except when the mistrial is the result of prosecutorial misconduct, as alleged by the defense here." "I've spoken privately with Mrs. Turk, and she confessed to me that her spontaneous outburst of privileged information was, in fact, a planned statement coached by the Assistant District Attorney." " Your Honor, she's lying!" " [Judge] She's your witness, counsel." "And you don't want to be ticking me off any more than I already am." "I'm finding there was prosecutorial misconduct in this case, jeopardy attaches, and the defendant cannot be tried again." "Accordingly, this matter is dismissed with prejudice." "Mr. Turk, see probation, then you're free to go." "Mr. Turk?" "Bigger than the World Series, Mr. Wethersby." "Bigger." " Congratulations, man." " [Laughs]" "Ready for the cameras?" "The term "born ready" comes to mind." " [Cameras flashing] - [Indistinct shouting]" "Going back to baseball." "I feel wonderful." "Now that the evidence is closed, if there's no objection," " I'm ready to render my decision." " Don't want to hear final arguments?" "I don't believe they'll materially affect my ruling, Mr. Powell." "The Supreme Court has ruled that expanding tax revenue is in public interest, and city officials have decided that's what Mr. Solinsky's project will do." "If this is not what residents of the city want, they can vote their elected representatives out." "But I am bound to uphold their decision." "Judgment for the defendant." "The TRO is hereby lifted and I'm issuing a minute order instructing the residents of Silver Terrace to vacate with all deliberate speed." "[Woman] Where am I supposed to go?" "All right." "Sign here and initial here." "That's it." "Your major league suspension's officially lifted." "Batter up." "Thanks, bro." "Before we're done, I brought you a little something." "A head start on the divorce pleading before Carly had time to hide any assets." "It's just another signature." "Look, guys." "I think we're going to try to work it out." " There's still love there, you know?" " [Keith] No, I don't." "She cheated on you and tried to stick you in prison." "How much love could we be talking about here?" "The DA didn't conspire with Carly to blurt out the threat, did he?" "She conspired with you." "You're worth more on the outside than on the inside." "Smart." "All she had to do was have a spontaneous outburst and say Sweren coached her." "You get a mistrial, jeopardy attaches, you walk clean." "You know why you loved that 'roid rage defense so much?" "Because it fit your picture of who I was." "You thought I was stupid." "You were wrong." "I should have seen it." "Sweren may be a bottom-feeder, but he's not a cheater." "You are." "Rules are for other people, right?" "I was about to lose everything." "Great players perform under pressure." "I did what I had to do." " We done?" " Oh, yeah." "We're done." "Thanks, bro." "I couldn't have done this without you." "Now would not be a good time to say "I told you so."" "Actually, it is." "You fought me this whole time." "I was the bad guy for not getting on the Jayson Turk bandwagon." "If it had been any other guy, same set of facts," " we would've been on the same page." " I'm a jerk because I believed him." "No." "You're a jerk because you didn't believe me." "Makes you feel better, people'll figure it out when they see him with Carly." "I'm not the only person who can add two plus two." "No." "No, he'll get away with it." "That's what he does." "Congratulations." "To you, too." "I'm not sure I had anything to do with it." "Do you have any idea why Arvin asked me for the phone number of Judge Salese's son-in-law?" "No idea." "That's funny, because Arvin said you would." "Something about a meeting you arranged?" "He was under the assumption I knew." "Eli, tell me you didn't do anything crazy to win this case." "You know, now's really not a good time." "I promised Maggie I'd proof her summary judgment motion." "I suppose you'll be catching a flight to Ohio." "She sent out an office-wide e-mail." "She went home to Ohio for a week." "I guess you don't know anything about that, either." "[Cell phone ringing]" "[Exhales deeply]" " Patti." " [Patti] I just want you to know," "I'm not coming back into the office today." " Where are you?" " My church." "You know, the one you're getting torn down." "No, Patti, not the church." "There's going to be an earthquake and you..." "Patti." "[# Shawn Hlookoff  Blake Neely:" "Life in Faith]" " [Whispering] Patti!" " What are you doing here?" " You've got to get out of here." " Why?" "This place isn't getting demolished until next week." "Not like anything else is bringing it down." " No earthquake." "Where is it, Eli?" " I..." "I don't know." "It may come tomorrow or in a few days." "Or a few months." "Or a few years, maybe?" "The last time I came here, I prayed for my father." "He was in the hospital." "He didn't make it." "I have not been able to walk through those doors since." "I just couldn't believe anymore." "But you said God was talking to you." " And I thought, maybe..." " I did see you in here." "You don't see anything, Eli." "God doesn't talk to you." "You're sick and you need to get better." "You're the one I was praying for this time." " [Jordan] Are you certain?" " He stopped short of admitting it." " But yeah, I'm sure." " I see." "You understand, however, that there's nothing we can do." " Yes there is." "We kick him to the curb." " Excuse me?" "Drop him as a client." "Don't take another penny." "You're talking about hundreds of millions of pennies in commissions and fees." "His agent sent his endorsement contract." "I know." "You've never demonstrated a particularly active conscience, Mr. Dowd." "This isn't finding a tax loophole so some billionaire can save $5,000, sir." "It's a human being, killing another human being, and making this firm an accomplice after the fact." "Your firm." "My firm." "I really don't think that's what you want this place to be." "I know I don't." "You really feel that strongly about it?" "I do." "For some time, I've made no secret of the fact that I saw Eli as my heir apparent at this firm." "It is also no secret that his status has changed." "And where he has fallen short, you've risen to the occasion." "But I never saw the leadership qualities in you that I saw in him." "Until now." "We'll drop Mr. Turk as our client, effective immediately." "Thank you, sir." "I was just closing up." "Patti's at the Silver Terrace Church." "You know, just like in my vision." "But, while I was there, I just..." "I couldn't help but notice a distinct lack of earthquake." "Maybe the earthquake was metaphorical." "Maybe because you got the people out, you prevented the whole thing..." "Maybe." "Maybe." "Maybe." ""God works in mysterious ways." "Ours is not to reason why."" "For a God who seems to want people to believe in him, you'd think he'd offer up some evidence, some proof of his almighty existence!" "That's what faith is, Eli." "Belief in the absence of proof." "I keep waiting for some small confirmation that there is a God." "That I haven't just destroyed my life for nothing." "You going to tell me there was more meaning in your paycheck than in the people you helped?" "Could you have done that without faith?" "I did it all without faith!" "I did it with my law license!" "The one I pissed on yesterday!" "What about the things you learned about yourself?" "Your father?" "Me?" "Was that all some coincidence?" "If that is proof God is behind everything that's happening, it also means that he wanted me to hurt the people who love me the most." "[# Winterpills:" "Cranky]" "That he wanted me to break their hearts, break the law." "He wanted me to force people out of their homes!" "I'm sorry, man!" "That is not any kind of God I want to believe in." " I know how hard this is..." " Can't even begin to know!" "None of this is real." "None of this is because of God." "It's been my aneurysm the whole damn time and it's going to stop!" "Going to find a surgeon and I'm going to get this thing out of my head" " as soon as possible." " That surgery could kill you!" "If I don't get it out now," "I won't have anything left to live for anyway."