"It begins pretty much the typical way-- boy meets girl." "Boy proposes to girl." "Boy sees george michael in his apartment." "Boy gets diagnosed with an inoperable brain aneurysm." "You didn't see that coming." "Wait,it gets better." "Boy meets acupuncturist who's convinced the boy is the 21st centurequivalent of moses." "But instead of parting seas and smashing tablets, boy must somehow interpret and follow the visions he's having and fix the world one lauit at a time." "Needless to say,it's put a bit of a stress on--on,well,everything, but mostly boy's relationship,which is why I'm returning this." "It's a sad story,right?" "Do you have a receipt,sir?" "I told you,I can't find it." "I didn't think I'd be returning my fiancée's engagement ring." "Can't you check your records?" "Either way,you still need proof of purchase." "that'll teach you not to pay retail." "You sure you don't need a ring?" "Uh,not presently,but when I do,I'll be sure to keep my receipt." "I miss taylor,nate." "Ah,it's good to know nothing's changed since you said that five minutes ago." "Maybe I did the wrong thing breaking up with her." "Allow me to provide some clarity here." "You did you the wrong thing,butt wipe." "If I didn't end it with her,she'd end up miserable,shackled to a crazy person." "And a dweeb,but that is her decision." "Get her back before you become even more pathetic than you actually are." "What ithat supposed to mean?" "Eli,you are,like,the worst bachelor ever." "Instead of hooking up with old girlfriends,of which we know there's not many, you break out the microwave popcorn, and you spend your nights in bed watching reruns of tv movies on the we network." "I'm not in bed." "Shows how much you know." "Look,I gotta get some sleep." "I got rounds in less than six hours." "help me,stone." " What did you say?" " Nothing." "Good night,little brother." "Help me,stone help me,stone." " Oh,no." " Help me,sto." " help me,stone." " Oh,no,no,no,no,no,no.No,no,no,no!" "Help me,stone." "Help me,st" "Help me,stone." "No!" "Get back in the tv!" "Help me." "Help me." "Please,stone.Help me." "He came out of the television." "Like that creepy chick in "the ring"?" "Oh,he didn't climb out exactly." "First he was on tv." "Then he appeared in my apartment." "Man,everybody comes to your apartment-- george michael,a boys' choir..." "I'm a little insulted I haven't been invited." "I'm not inviting them." "I don't even know who this guy is." " Does he look familiar?" " No." "How am I supposed to help a guy I've never even met-- take an ad out in the paper?" "You know,get a police sketch?" "This is clearly a ws kind of vision." "Wait and see." "You've categorized my visions?" "Look at my herb shelf,dude." "I'm a little O.C.D.With the labeling." "Now beat it." "Have to get into character for my 9:00." " But- - wait and see" "Eli is a remarkable young man." "I thought we dropped thformality of being diplomatic decades ago,mason." "well,he certainly made for an eventful engagement party." "Taylor's taste in men has always been a few steps beyond my comprehension." "Allow me to enlighten." "She loves eli because she sees you in him-- well,your spirit,your intellect,your ginsu-sharp legal mind." "If I didn't know you any better,I'd say you were buttering me up for something." "Well,as it turns out,there is a legal matter we've been handling in-house." "But since the E.E.O.C.Has allowed the claim to go forward, it's time for me to retain outside counsel." "The E.E.O.C.?" "What's the claim?" "Discriminatory hiring practices." "The plaintiff is a young lawyer that we interviewed but ultimately didn't hire-- i ultimately didn't hire." "So she goes and files a discrimination claim." "He did,actually." "Is he gay?" "Not as far as I know." "Sorry,I don't understand." "What's he alging?" "Racism." "He claims I didn't hire him because he's black." "get away." "I'm having a really lousy week." "Maybe I can help." "My plate's clean." "That's because no one else will work with you." "Oh,come on." "What are you working on?" "Fine." "I need restraining order petition." "Do you know how to draft one?" "Yeah,sure thing." "Who are the parties?" "I'm seeking the T.R.O.Personally,actually." "Really?" "Against who?" "One maggie dekker." "That's two k's good morning!" "Beautiful day,isn't it?" "Oh,my god." "Someone told you." "I heard from denise in H.R.," "But I confirmed with larry in the tech department." "I was afraid it was too good to be true!" "Larry in the tech partment knows that i broke up with taylor?" "Does jordan know?" "I'm not sure,but I'd be happy to tell him myself." "Let me try his extension." "Patti,I broke up with taylor because of my aneusm." " Oh,and I thought your condition was a bad thing." " If you told jordan that, that would be antithetical to my continued employment at this firm." "You're the only guy who could dump the boss's daughter and be worried about getting fired for something else." "You gotta suss out what taylor told jordan." "Call her assistant." "Or you're seeing jordan at the staff meeting." "Why don't you... suss it out for yourself?" "Mr. Stone." "Morning,sir." "Fine." "I mean,I'm fine,sir." "How are you?" "Things could be better." "New matter--we're being retained by mason andrews." "The mason andrews?" "There's only one that I'm aware of." "I need a second chair." "Mr. Stone,you're not volunteering." "I wasn't sure if,uh... well,I thought under the circumstances..." "I'm sure mr." "Andrews would be well-served by such eloquence." "Mr. Stone?" "What is it now?" "Man,I gotta start bringing my camcorder to these meetings." "I think I ate some bad sushi." "It's 10:00 in the morning." "Will you excuse me mifor a nute?" "you have to do something." "I am with a patient right now,eli." "I'm a patient,too." "Not right now,you're not." "You have to write me a prescription for sleeping pills,anxiety medication-- beg for taylor's forgiveness and call me in the morning." "Jake,I'm so sorry about that." "ah,uh,please ignore him,jake." "This is my little brother who's been attached to my hip since I was 3." "Every time I have him removed,he grows back." "It's okay." "Nice to meet you." "I'm jake mccann." "Eli." "Eli stone." "Eli Stone Season01 Episode04 what's going on with you?" "Why do you care so much?" "The guy just woke up from a coma,for god sakes." "Wait,he woke up from a co-- jake mccann is coma guy!" "You've been treating coma guy!" "Chen was right." "YeahI saw him on "kimmel" and" ""good morning america." Who is chen?" "Doesn't matter." "Listen,you have to ask him-- no,no,he does not need a lawyer,eli." "He was in a coma." "Comas don't just happen by accident." "Well,in this case,they do,you know?" "He happened to fall off of his roof while he was cleang out his gutter." "Just ask if he has any legal problems." "If he doesn't,I'll leave you and coma guy alone." "If this ends up in a malpractice suit,I'm gonna kill you,tool." "Where's your representation,mr." "Bennett?" "I'm pro se." "I didn't spend three years in law school to pay some guy to do what I can do myself for free." "And what's that-- lose spectacularly?" "Matt dowd,right?" "Didn't you just get spanked for $5 mil by a lawyer in your own firm?" "Let's talk about a trial date." "Actually,we don't think you want to take this matter to trial." "It's not in your best interest." "I've never met an opposing counsel who's concerned with my interest." "I'm just trying to save you time and rule 11 sanctions for filing a frivolous claim." "The E.E.O.C.Gave me go-ahead for this trial, so it might be a little less than frivolous." "Be that as it may,a suit like this would make you virtually unemployable in this town." "Not if I win it." "Which you won'T." "What are you gonna do,argue mason andrews is prejudiced against african-americans-- that he's prejudiced against himself?" "Not himself or aone in his current zip code." "It's black folks like me he can't stand." "Get back to me about a trial date." "Seems pleasant enough." "Can't imagine why he'd have a hard time finding a job." "What do you mean,you don't understand?" "Well,if you haven't figured it out yet,honey,you haven't been listening hard enough." "is that taylor's assistant?" "Are you really gon do that every me I finish a call?" "Is it annoying?" " You ve no idea." " Good." "Find out exactly whataylor told jordan,and I'll stop." "Ask her yourself." "She's standing right behind you." "Taylor." "Uh,what are you doing here?" "Lunch with dad,actually." "How are you,patti?" "Better than I've been in quite some time." "I can explain." "You're nervous about what I might tell my dad, so you dispatched your assistant to pump mine for information." "I guess I don't need to explain." "Look,I just stopped by to tell you that" "I'm going to the apartment on thursday to pick up my stuff." "I still have my key,so you don't have to be there to let me in." "Taylor?" "For what it's worth,I feel awful... unbelievably awful." "And you broke up with me... so you can imagine how I feel." "you call at the worst times,nate." "It's coma guy." "Turns out--and I can't believe I'm saying this-- he does need a lawyer." "Mr. Mccann,my associate maggie dekker." "Pleased to meet you,coma guy-- mr." "Coma guy-- mccann!" "Mr. Mccann." "Don't mind her." "She has tourette'S." "No,no,it's--it's okay." "Ever since "kimmel," I get it everywhere I go, which is kind of ironic since when I went to sleep," "I had no idea who kimmel was." "Must have been hard on your wife." "Yeah,but,uh,she coped by leaving me for my best friend and business partner." "Starting to figure out why you want to hire a lawyer." "I already have,actually." "He said I should just take the 10 million that brooke and adam are offering me and walk." "Wait. $10 million?" "Ter I slipped off the roof,adam took our start-up public,and it tripled in value." "$10 million's a lot of money." "I don't care about money." "I care about my company,what I built,and I want to get it back." "She got it in the divorce,I'm guessing." "Yeah,it was a pretty sweet deal." "Brooke got my company,and adam got my wife." "How are you not the most bitter man on earth?" "Well,who says I'm not?" "Here I am,sitting down with two more lawyers." "One and a half,actually." "The problem is,if the divorce gave brooke the company, then it's gonna be pretty hard to undo that." "But I was in a coma." "It doesn't matter." "California's a no-fault state,so if brooke wants a divorce,she gets one." "And even if we could contest it,it would be hard to do since the marriagewas annulled,so... oh,god." "It's a good sign when he does that." "If you want to undo the divorce,your best shot is to contest the annulment." "But thateans we'd have to... yeah,yeah." "Let me see if I have this right,mr." "Stone." "Your client wants to regain control of his company, so you're contesting the annulment of his marriage?" "It doesn't sound quite as ridiculous when I explain it,your honor." "I wouldn't be so sure." "Mr. Mccann and mr." "Stone are asking the court to insert itself into a church matter." "Overturn one,actually,but I'm glad you've been paying attention." "Only because I keep waiting for some mention of the separation between church and state." "That still around?" "It's hard to tell with the current administration." "Funny,but you're gonna have to do better than comedy if you want to convince me not to kick this,mr." "Stone." "Your honor,the first amendment doesn't insulate the church from a civil suit, as the recent spate of priestly misconduct cases demonstrates." "Jake mccann has every right to contest the annulment of his marriage." "On what grounds?" "There have been no allegations of fraud,impropriety or any other form of misconduct." "Depends how you define "misconduct," miss halston." "Both ecclesiastical and california state law require that both parties be notified of annulment proceings." "My client wasn'T." "He was in a coma." "Yes,thank you for reminding me." "Not only was my client not notified of the annulment,he was unable to contest it, something he had every right to do under church law." "Even if mr." "Mccann was fully conscious, there's no reason to believe the church wouldn't have granted the annulment anyway." "That's what trials are for-- to find out what did or would have happened." "I am not gonna let this go to a full-blown trial on just your say-so." "But I'm not inclined to grant the defendant's motion to dismiss,either." "Your honor" "I want to hear from the priest who vitiat the marriage." "Evidentiary hearing 2:00 tomorrow." "Adjourned." "Everything was going great." "In two weeks,I blazed through the screening process." "They sat me down with partners and senior associates." "The only people I didn't meet were the guys in the mailroom." "but then I had lunch with mason andrews." "Now I was terrified." "This man was my hero,a'ight?" "But the minute I shook his hand,I knew the feeling wasn't mutual." "And so begins the speculation." "It's not speculation." "It's experience." "That look that mason andrews gave me when we sat down" "I've seen that look a million times-- that look that says that I'm less than." "Your honor,we didn't realize that mr." "Arews gave him the "ls than" look." "Move to skip the trial and enter judgment for the plaintiff." "Mr. Dowd,I know you're eager to impress your own boss, but please let mr." "Bennett finish his account." "He cracked a joke about defending some people from my old neighborhood, asked me if I wore my hair this way so that my criminal clients would identify with me more." "Then he excused himself,citing a court appearance." "He didn't have one." "I checked the dockets." "The only reason I didn't get hired was the same reason he left that lunch early." "Black people like me make black people like mason andrews uncomfortable." "What did mr." "Andrews say his problem was with black attorneys?" "He'd never state his prejudice outright." "Did he ever tell you why you didn't get the job?" "No." "So you have no evidence from mason andrews' mouth or any of his friends or colleagues that he didn't hire you because of your race?" "Asked and answered,counsel." "Why didn't you apply for a job with my firm,mr." "Bennett?" "We recruit from the same applicant pool as andrews worth." "Just didn't think it'd be a good fit." "So you made a choice about what firm fits you best, and yet you're suing mason andrews' firm for making the same kind of decision." "It's not the same kind of decision." "I beg to differ." "Perhaps I should sue you for discrimination." "I did not go through 12 years of catholic school and three yes of law school just to sue god." "We're not suing god." "We're suing the catholic church." "Like that distinction's gonna matter when my skin is roasting in the nonconsuming fire of all ernity." "Just as long as we're not being dramatic about it." "No,I'm serious,eli." "Look,don't let this rough-edged demeanor fool you." "Beneath this tough exterior beats the heart of a girl who still believesn god,prayer and marrying for life." "Eli,mr." "And mrs." "Rivera are here without an appointment." "Or an attorney,apparently." "Where's your attorney?" "Patti,is it too much to ask you to insulate me from illegal ex parte conversations?" "This isn't some legal technicality to us,mr." "Stone." "This lawsuit is playing havoc with our lives." "The situation also seems a little inconvenient for jake." " Jake is my best friend." " Was." "You won't find two people on earth who care about him more than we do." "That kind of sucks for jake." "What were we supposed to do?" "It had been three years,and every doctor,all of them, said that he was never gonna wake up." "you can't blame us for not beinable to see the future,mr." "Stone." "And you can't blame jake for wanting to get his life back." "His life?" "But he doesn't want his life back,mr." "Stone." "He wants ours." "Well,jake disagrees,which is why we're in litigation, and litigation is why we can't continue this conversation." "Now please go." "Patti,you're supposed to be my gatekeeper." "You're suing god,and you're telling me what I'm not supposed to do?" "I'm not suing god!" "Speaking of the man upstairs,jordan would like you in his office... pronto." "suing god now,are we,eli?" "not the almighty,sir." "Uh,just his church." "Actually,not an entire church,just a priest." "Um,people do that all the time these days." "It's like buying a hybrid." "that's not why I summoned you." "Please sit down." "Taylor told me about you breaking off the engagement." "I'm not angry with you,if you're concerned." "I'm not concerned." "I..." ""panicked" would be more accurate." "I hope I didn't influence your decision in any way." "Is that what she-- she wasn't forthcoming with specifics." "She's amazing,sir." "And I'm sorry it didn't work out,but,uh... the reason is... personal." " If there nothing else?" " No." "You can go." "Jake?" "* I was feelin' so bad *" "* I asked my family doctor just what I had * oh,not again." "I graduated number one in my harvard law school class." "After my first interview," "I overheard the two men I'd just been talking with joking that..." ""letting a negro into harvard was like teaching a donkey to ice-skate."" "That's not being hired because of your race." "is that why you started your own firm?" "Yes,and I'm proud to say that my hiring practices are the most diverse in the country." "And these would be the associates you've hired?" "Well,some of them." "The others had better things to do than to help defend me this afternoon." "nothing further,your honor." "How well do yorecall our lunch that day,mr." "Andrews?" "Well enough." "Do y recall asking me about my hair?" "Yes,because it seemed unkempt." "Do you ever wear a 'fro?" "Dreads?" "How about some cornrows?" "Objection." "I doubt mr." "Andrews' hair choice has any relevance." "It has as much relevance as my hair had to do with me not getting the job." "Overruled." "Do you believe you had to change your appearance any way to fit into the corporate world that you now dominate?" "Well,of course,b that's not racism." "That's common sense." "But you don't believe I made tho changes." "As a business owner,I have a right to make decisions about who I do and do not hire." "That right is protected by law." "Provided you don't discriminate." "Could the brother in the back stand up again,please?" "what's the difference between this gentleman... and me?" "Well,he's not suing me,for one thing." "that's,uh,that's funny." "Uh,any other differences?" "Well,his experience and his were a better fit for my firm, if that's what you mean." "If I subpoena his law school transcripts,am I likely to find that he was alsoutatorian at one of the leading law schools in the country-- your alma mater?" "Mr. Bennett,there's no doubt you're an intelligent man, or you wouldn't have made the lunch in the first place." "So there's no other differences between this black man and me?" "Are you blind?" " Which one of us is darker?" " Objection!" "How about the way we dress?" " He's badgering the witness." " He even looks like you." "Mr. Bennett,settle down,or I will hold you in contempt." "The difference is th he doesn't use his race as an excuse for shiftless behavior." "Would you care to elaborate on that,sir?" "Happily." "You showed up at that luncheon with an attitude that I've seen in other black men-- k eiceus for rt are, as if the rules that apply to the rest of us don't apply to them." "If I am prejudiced against anything,it's that kind of arrogance!" "So the day we had lunch, you weren't eating with a harvard grad with stellar recommendations and a 3-for-5 record in the public defender's office." "U were eating with a young,arrogant black punk with an unkempt 'fro." "No wonder you left early." "Father hewson,could you please tell the court, what is a marriage in the eyes of the catholic church?" "It's a holy sacrament,a lifetime bond between two people before god." "Yet here we are,in the presence of two people still living, yet no longer bound in the eyes of the church." "That's what an annulment does." "So this lifetime bond--you can just in a split second erase it?" "The process is not that simple." "I'm sure it's not." "For example,I'm surethat some spouses oppose the annulment requested by the other spouse." "Yes,some do." "But jake mccann didn't deserve that opportunity?" "I nsulted with mr." "Mccann's doctors." "Every one of them told me he wouldn't wake up." "So I guess what you're saying is,uh,jake's recovery was a miracle." "Yes,it was." "I guess it's kind of a shame, then,that a priest,of all people,wasn't holding out for such a miracle." "Do you think that god's decision to spare mr." "Mccann's life was a sign that he wanted him to fulfill his eternal marital obligations to his wife?" "I don't presume to question god's plan for any of his faithful." "No." "I guess you just erase the vows they make." "Why are you doing this?" "I waited for you to wake up,jake." "Three years I waited." "Two of them,I barely left the hospital." ""In sickness and in health." Those were the vows,brooke." "That's easy for you to say." "You were asleep." "I was alone." "I needed someone." "And now?" "Do you still need him now? I'm so sorry." "What were you thinking at that lunch,mason?" "What was I thinking?" "He rolls in in a cheap 5-button zoot suit with bad shoes." "We're sitting at the best table in the derby room." "He greets the waiter like they're homeys on a street corner." "Can you see putting him in a room with a corporate client?" "Only if they wanted to win their case." "I made sacrifices so he could go to harvard, so he'd be considered for a corner office instead of a janitorial job." "But the price is you've got to act,look and dress a certain way." "Now I'm sorry if that interferes with his keeping it real, but it's not the way we run things at andrews worth, and it's not the way you run things either,unless, of course,you've changed your hiring practices lately." "I'm gonna win this case,mason,because that's what I do for my clients." "But if you want to settle,I'll help you work out a number." "Just make sure it's not a guilty conscience that's telling you to make a deal." "My conscience is clear." "We'll go to verdict." "Then I'll see you in the morning." "but we're winning." "Yes,the judge will probably vacate the annulment,but... but I don't think we're winning." "'Cause what you're trying to win,jake,you can't get from a lawsuit." "I thought yosaid I could get my company back this way." "Your company,yes." "But not brooke." "Well,I don't care about brooke anymore." "I don't think that's true." "She loves him,jake,and she's happy with him." "You want her to be happy,right?" "Look..." "I know a little something about living on borrowed time, and you've already lost five years of your life." "Don't spend the rest of it in a courtroom." "It's like I lost her twice,you know?" "Once whenI went into the coma and again when I woke up." "I understand why you're angry." "I just don't think brooke's the one to be angry at." "Okay." "Settle it." "So what was that about-- the "borrowed time" thing?" "Nothing." "Nothing?" "Maggie,everything's fine." "thought you weren't coming." "Thought you decided it'd be better if I did this alone." "I know that you didn't tell your dad about the aneurysm." "Thank you." "I love you,eli." "You haven't figured that out?" "I meant it when I said yes." "And I meant it when I asked." "Seems like a long time ago." "Three months." "I,uh,tried to return this." "They wouldn't take it back." "No receipt." "It seems like diamonds really are forever,huh?" "just like you to make a major purchase without getting a receipt." "I didn't think I'd be taking it back." "It's funny." "I thought it mig be a sign." "What does that mean?" "You were so sure that breaking things off was the right thing to do." "The guy I'm representing was in a coma for five years." "We're talking about work now?" "They told his wi he would never wake up." "So she left him." "And it's hard to blame her." "It was a freak acciden when they got married, she didn't know he would go into a coma and their lives would be ripped apart." "You know what could happen to me,and... and you still want to stay." "that's what I've been telling you all along." "I ruined our engagement party." "Your father hates me." "why would you think either of those two things would matter to me more than you?" "what does this mean?" "I don't know." "Taylor?" "guess we should probably talk about last night." "Taylor?" "help me." "Help me." "I am." "I'm gonna settle the case first thing this morning." "I promise." "there's--there's no need to be on my floor." "help me,stone." "there's something wrong with him." "Yeah." "Yeah,you're right." "The guy just woke up from a 5-year coma." "He's a freak of nature." "No,medically wrong." "I think you should check him out again." "And what test would you recommend,dr." "Stone?" "I was thinking an M.R.I.,Maybe?" "And I was kidding!" "Okay,he's had,like,50 M.R.I.S in as many days, not to mention constant monitoring and more meds than I would care to count." "Believe me,if the was something to catch,weould have caught it by now." "In the past few days,I've been very,very close to him." "He's practically been following me home." "Well,yeah,yeah,of course you feel close to him." "Yeah,it's a sympathetic transference." "You have a neurological condition." "He's suffered a neurological trauma-- that's not it." "That's not it." "I'm telling you,I know there's something wrong,nate." "How,eli?" "How do you know that?" "I just do." "it's bad enougthat you convinced him to go to court." "And now you want to subject him to more tests, which will cost him time and thousands of dollars,on a hunch?" "I won't do it,eli." "I'll talk to you later." "I've got patients." "My first week as a public defender,I went in for an arraignment, and while I was waiting,an A.D.A.Approached me and told me the gallery I was sitting in was reserved for attorneys,nodefendants." "Yeah." "When I told him i was lawyer, he got this...this look... on his face." "It was the same look mason andrews gave me when I first met him, and the A.D.A.Was white." "Mason andrews is black,but the attitudes and assumptions-- exactly the same I'm sure many of you are thinking," ""black on black prejudice?" "That's ridiculous.It's impossible."" "Wasn't all that long ago they would have said the same thing about interracial marriage or desegregation." "Maybe the most telling measure of the strides we've made is the fact that today a black man can rise to a level where he can actually practice... discrimination... even if it is against another black man." "Mason andrews lived through the challenges of segregation on his way to harvard law school... became a pillar in the local african-american community and a famed advocate for civil rights." "Does that sound like a racist of any stripe?" "There's a difference,ladies and gentlemen,between discrimination...and discretion." "All mason andrews did was exercise his legal right not to hire someone he didret ca for." "Now we all witnessed,mason andrews' dislike of mr." "Bennett is steeped in their shared racial heritage." "I would even go so far as to admit mr." "Andrews rbors some resentment of young black men like keith bennett." "But resentment iac't rism." "And if you have any doubt of that, ask yourselves,if these two men were white... would we even be here today?" "Where's adam?" "He didn't want to be here." "Jake's agreed to the settlement terms." "You and adam will retain control of the company." "I got the,uh,execution drafts right here." "All signed." "I guess,uh..." "I guess we're done." " Thanks." " You're welcome." "Thank you." "For what it's worth..." "I'm glad you and adam found each other." "I hope you have a good life." "I want you to." "Jake?" "That's the man I fell in love with." "jake!" "Call 9-1-1!" "help me,stone." "are you alright?" "What was it?" "I thought he was okay." "He was." "He...he... he had an acute M.I...heart attack." "You know,his heart could have been compromised by the coma... but there weren't any signs." "It'S... it's like it just...stopped." "Are you okay?" "I mean,like you said,there weren't any signs." " There's nothing you could've-- - just...go." "All righ" "has the jury reached a verdict?" "we have,your honor." "In the matter of bennt vs.Andrews, we the jury find no basis for the charge of racial discrimination under the current guidelines of the equal employment opportunity commission." "Therefore,we find for the defendant,mason andrews." "As no counter claim was brought by the defendant, there will be no damages assessed in this case." "Court is now adjourned." "Mason...congratulations." "Well,thank you." "I guess you were right,not allowing me to settle." "Lunch at the club next week?" "I'll call you." "Mr. Bennett?" "Congratulations on the win." "You didn't have the law." "No,but I had the facts." "Some facts,but not proof." "I was wrong before when I said no firm would hire you." "What,you're looking for more black lawyers over there?" "No." "I need more great lawyers." "I can't believe you talked to eli." "You promised you wouldn't intervene in my relationship." "He works for me,taylor." "I promised not to intervene." "I didn't promise not to speak to him." "I'm a lawyer." "I look for loopholes." "But you can'T... our relationship is still... it's still complicated,okay?" "You can't go around bullying him into staying with me." "I have not done,and have no plans to do,any such thing, nor do I feel the need to." "What does that mean?" "I think eli is more than a little conflicted about his decision, as any sane man would be." "I think so,too." "But,taylor,it's equally obvious that he's in a state of...confusion." "I don't want to see you get hurt." "You taught me to fight for the things I care about." "I care about eli." "And I know what I wanna do." "are you eli stone... ass-hat at law" "how much did you drink?" "I'M..." "I'm not sure." "But when the bartender asks you for your keys back, you gotta figure that's not a good sign." "Or a good sign,depending..." "I cabbed it over." "You gonna be okay?" "Ah,it's not like jake was the first patient I ever lost, although that doesn't make it suck any less,you know?" "There's nothing you could've done,nate." "You couldn't have seen it coming." "I know I couldn'T." "So how did you?" "The reason I came to you,and I asked you to do something about jake was..." "I knew he was gonna die." "You mean,you saw the future?" "are you sure you're not the one who's been drinking?" "You know I've been seeing things lately." "Well,I'm starting to think that they're not just ause of my aneurysm." "I think they may have some greater significance." "Eli,look,it is only natural that you would want to place your diagnosis-- no,nathan." "Something's happening to me... and it's how I knew jake needed medical help." "He started singin' "good lovin'."" "You know those lyrics?" ""I was feelin' so bad." "I asked my family doctor just what I had."" "that you." "That's why every time I saw him,he was dressed as a patient." "I was supposed to get you to help him." "Oh,my god." "I know you don't believe me." "I sure wldn't,but,uh..." "I had to tell someone else,someone closto me." "Eli... when dad died,I..." "I put a ssette in his coffin." "It was of a song that he,uh,he kept singing." "when he took me upstate for that fishing trip... he...he just kept singing it over and over." "I hate fishing,and he was the worst singer in the world." "but,um,that trip was... it was really special me." "The song on the cassette was "good lovin'" by the rascals." "Nobody else knew aut that." "It's crazy,huh?" "Yes,just a little bit." "I need a drink-- more to...drink." "Well,I'm out of bourbon." "You had enough,dude." "but,uh,I do have some microwave popcorn." "Okay." "and you know what?" "There's a rerun of "working girl" on the we channel." "dude,you have got to get back together with taylor."