"[Nathan] Previously on Eli Stone:" "Mr. Stone, a senior associate, was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm." "I thought you changed." "All that's changed is you're trying to clean up your record for the hereafter." "All-Star catcher Jayson Turk hit a foul ball which struck his coach in the head." " I didn't do anything." " Except find out your wife cheated" " with the guy you killed." " I weathered your hostilities when I was with Eli, but now that I work here, I have got to know:" "What the hell is your problem?" "I don't like who Eli became after he started dating you." "You know I've been seeing things lately." "It's crazy, huh?" "I can't fire you." "I'm not obligated to provide you with an office, an assistant." "We're done." "Looks good, Mr. Stone." "Check it again, Frank." "I'm telling you, I smell a gaseous substance." "Mr. Stone, it's three in the morning." "I've been standing in your apartment for the last 45 minutes listening to you sniff." "[Sniffing] It smells like smoke." "But there's like a fishy quality to it." "It's coming from the bedroom." "You have to smell that." "I really don't, but I'll say anything to get back to my apartment." "Maybe something died in my closet." "[Growling]" " Did you hear that?" " No." "[Sniffs] Whoo... [rumbling]" "I like this blazer." "Is it linen?" "[Screaming]" "What the hell?" "Sorry." "Sorry, there was a thing in the..." " I tripped." " OK, a word of advice?" "Do yourself a favor and buy a plunger." "Because next time your pipes back up, you're on your own." "[# Matthew Perryman Jones:" "Waiting on the Light to Change]" "Eli, what are you doing?" "I'm just making a few adjustments." "Well, you keep that up, you're going to break your station." "It's not a station, this is my office." "Well, your office is tilted to the right a bit." "Here and here." "If Taylor finds out you're answering my phone and bringing me coffee..." " [sniffs] Is that cinnamon?" " Nutmeg." "Don't worry about Taylor." "I'd like to see her try and say something to me." "Peter Johnson." "Peter Johnson." "These are all from the same guy." "Confirming and reconfirming your lunch today." "Apparently Mr. Johnson is under the impression that you are much busier" " than you actually are." " I am busy." "With scutwork." "I'm like the world's highest paid intern." "Stone." "If I haven't said it already, I'm sorry about the whole aneurysm thing." "Tough break, man." "Does it affect your fine motor skills?" "No, not really." " It's mostly..." " Good." "I'm gonna need this red-lined, proofed and duplicated." "Thanks, buddy." "[Taylor] That was a quick trip to the file room." " Wasn't it, though?" " We should..." "I had another call go straight to voicemail while you were gone." "Mmm-hmm." "That happens." "And my schedule, Patti, I need to know when my meetings are." "You mean like the Wednesday morning meeting that's going on right now?" "So hurry on." "Don't be late." "Was there anything else?" "No." "I think we're good." "First up, if you pay attention to nothing else this morning pay attention to this:" "Arvin Solinsky." "Yes, there is something about that name that quiets the room." "Due to extenuating circumstances, we're going to need a new senior associate on the Solinsky team." "You all have the file, become experts." "For one of you, it won't be a waste of time." "Next item, People v. Jayson Turk." "Mr. Dowd, Mr. Bennett, what's happening with our baseball star?" "I saw ESPN covered his arraignment live." "And the late night comedy shows." "Everyone's snickering at the suggestion that Jayson Turk's a murderer 'cause he hit the ball that killed his coach." "[Keith] Having an affair with his wife." "He's a celebrity ballplayer who happens to be using steroids." "Allegedly." "As in "doesn't."" ""There's no such thing as bad publicity" doesn't apply to criminal matters." "We've got a sit-down with the ADA scheduled for this afternoon." "Holy mother of God!" "[Roaring]" "[# Threes and Nines:" "Fireworks]" "I'm sorry." "Aneurysm timeout." "Sorry." "Mr. Stone?" "Peter Johnson." "Junior?" "Sorry, but if I told your assistant I was 15," "I don't think you would've shown up." "Only because I don't practice pediatric law." "I Googled you." "Big settlements." "Big judgments." "You're on all the law blogs." "You're exactly the kind of lawyer I need." "So what's the case?" "You're suing the school cafeteria to put French fries back on the menu?" "My mom died." "And I want to sue the doctor who killed her." "Wow." "Sorry, Peter." "Last year, my mom, Laura, went in for minor surgery, hernia operation." "The anesthesiologist, Dr. Agon, never bothered to check her charts, gave her the wrong anesthesia and..." "They said she had a heart attack at the table." "It's all in the file." "Looks like you've been to a few lawyers already." " Six." " Well, so you know" " what I'm about to tell you." " Malpractice is difficult to prove." "What does your dad say?" "It was just me and my mom." "Now me and my grandma." " That's awful, Peter." " I'm not looking for sympathy." "I've got cases in the file." "Seven figure settlements." "Nine, ten million dollars each." "With the right lawyer behind me, with the resources of a firm like..." "Well, you see, that's the thing." "I mean, my firm isn't exactly..." "I've been kind of demoted and..." "They won't let me take on new cases right now." "So, I..." " "Dragon."" " No, his name's "Agon."" "I guess I should get his name right if I'm gonna be suing him." "A single mom?" "And she died on the operating table?" "You should meet this kid." "He's all alone." "It's tragic, really." "It is to those of us actually interested in helping people." "I am interested in helping people." "Only because you're afraid of dying and you're trying to suck up to God." "I'm sitting in a cubicle." "I don't even have my own stapler." "Believe me, there are far less humiliating ways that I could be sucking up to God." "Besides, you're perfect for this case." "No one else has the heart, the warm compassion..." " Now you're sucking up to me." " No, I'm not." "We work great together." "We're like a team." "Were like a team." "My suggestion?" "Go find yourself another peon to pee on." "OK, fine." "Be pissed at me, but don't take it out on this kid." " This poor, orphaned kid." " You are unbelievable." "It's like I'm a fish and you're using a kid and his dead mom as bait." "Is it working?" "First year associates can't try cases alone." "It's firm policy." "It's inviolate." "Yes." "But I wouldn't be trying the case alone." "Eli..." "Mr. Stone is..." " Dead to me." " And properly so, sir." "But still alive enough to remain a senior associate, at least technically, and since he can still practice law, thanks particularly to you, sir..." "Flattery and judicious use of loopholes." "Clearly, you know the fastest way to my heart." "Very well, have at it." "With the caveat that you will first chair." "You realize that I've never first chaired a dinner party, let alone a..." "Mr. Stone is on probation." "He is not to participate." "If he so much as sneezes in open court, you will be held responsible." " And by "responsible," you mean..." " I can't fire Mr. Stone." "But you enjoy no such protection." "Good luck with the case." "Wishing you nothing but the best." "[Elevator bell rings]" "You're late." " You're wearing two different shoes." " I am?" "Well, it's your fault!" "I'm operating on zero sleep." "I'm terrified, Eli." " Of what?" " Of losing this case!" "Of getting completely and totally fired." "Your fiancée who's been staring daggers at me ever since" " you and I went to Hawaii together." " On a case." "Just like this one." "Besides that, she's my ex-fiancée." "And besides that, the daggers, all in your head." "Helpful tip:" "Don't ever tell a woman, particularly one who's a senior associate on your case, that she's paranoid." "Yeah, this isn't gonna get old." "First thing I want you to do is fast-track a trial date." " I did it this morning." " Great." "Excellent." "Then you can get to work drafting the subpoena for surgical records." " Pre, during, and post." "Done." " OK." "Good." "Good job." " Agon's assets?" " I got an intern looking into them." " What time is it?" " 9:20." "OK, we have to get to a depo at the hospital where Peter's mom died." "You noticed a deposition?" "Without running it past me first?" " I'm lead counsel." " You're right, with your job in danger, of course you'd want to make all the decisions without any input from me." "Well, scheduling that depo was a smart idea." "Good initiative." " OK, then, so now I'm going to..." " Borrow a pair of matching shoes, grab your notes, back here in five." "OK." "Guys, this has been going on too long." "Being here, this seems like a mistake." "I pay you to talk to the DA so I don't have to." "You want to give Sweren some face time, show him that respect." "Respect?" "I did nothing wrong." "This feels like I'm looking for a favor." "No, that's why we've got him traveling to us." "You're the reasonable citizen pointing out the error of his ways." "Which is why we wanted your wife here." "To show support." "Well, I guess she thought she was supportive enough by sleeping with my third-base coach." " She's kind of moved out." " That's tough, I'm sorry." "It wasn't exactly her choice I kind of packed for her." "Pragmatically, Jayson, if you guys could reconcile that wouldn't be the worst thing, trial strategy-wise." "He's kidding, right?" "I thought the whole idea behind meeting with this guy was to avoid a trial." " It is." " All I'm saying..." "This got messengered over from the ADA's office." "Where is the ADA?" "He's not coming." "Put it in." "[Man] I bet you a thousand bucks you can't do that again." "All right, all right." "Mikey, one right over the plate." "[All groaning]" "Well, I guess we know why the ADA didn't come to our meeting." "He didn't have to." " Because of that?" " Our defense was gonna be," ""Who could hit a ball accurately enough to kill somebody?"" "The tape's the answer." "He'll argue it proves means and premeditation." " That was me goofing around." " Believe me when I say it's not gonna play that way to 12 people in a jury box." " We need to talk about options." " Absolutely not." "We're going into the court with a straight "not guilty" defense." " Nothing less." " Jayson..." "No, we're done talking." "I was right." "I should have stayed home." "You're the lawyers, you fix this." "I'm not going to court because I hit a damn baseball." "Why are you so intent on selling out our client?" "I know you got a Jayson Turk lunchbox and everything, but wake up." "Killing a guy with a foul ball's obtuse even for Wile E. Coyote." " I don't care what's on that tape." " An opinion informed by your two and a half weeks of criminal defense experience?" "He's your idol, I get it, but all a jury's gonna see is a black man who killed the guy who was banging his wife." "The video's a smoking gun." "We've got a meeting with the judge tomorrow." "If we can get the "smoking gun" excluded, will you get behind a straight acquittal?" "That's a pretty huge "if."" "[Maggie] In your capacity as administrator of Cypress Memorial, were you present for work on March 26th of last year?" "Are you going to ask me that question for every day of the past year?" "Well..." "I like to be thorough." "Let me jump to the bottom line." "When a patient is taking migraine medication, like Ms. Johnson was, and an anesthesiologist who pushed opiates like Dr. Agon did, you end up with what we call a "serotonin storm."" "It's preventable and it's what killed your client's mother." " And so you..." " Fired his ass." "Then I tried to figure out why we hired him in the first place." "Why?" " Is my favorite vowel." " Agon came very highly recommended." "We didn't hear any of the rumors until after Laura Johnson's death." " What rumors?" " Negligence, malpractice, a mortality rate 15 percent higher than the norm." "The truth is, St. Vincent's unloaded this guy on us." "They knew about Agon's track record and covered it up because they were exposed all over the place" "You can't blame another hospital for malpractice committed at yours." "You want to sue us, go ahead." "Shut me down." "I haven't slept in three years." "Of course, you'll be depriving this community of the only ER in 20 miles." "I have a better idea." "We drop our lawsuit against your hospital." " What?" " And you retain us as counsel." "Peter Johnson will be your co-plaintiff." "I'm sorry, Ms. Brehe, but he's not supposed to speak." " Who are we all suing?" " St. Vincent's." "My client and your hospital both suffered because St. Vincent's lied." "I like the sound of that." "I'm in." "What's our next step?" "I avoid getting killed by my brother." "St. Vincent's is his hospital." "Dude." "What the hell?" " Nate, did we have?" " You sue my hospital, my place of business, and you don't tell me first?" "I was going to, but then I knew that you would get mad and there'd be yelling." "And, obviously, I was wrong." " You know how I spent my morning?" " I heard that doctors like golf." "In the chief of staff's office listening to him lose his mind because some jackass is suing our hospital for malpractice" " committed at someone else's hospital!" " Aren't you overreacting?" " It's not like I named you in the suit." " That is not the point." "We don't need lawyers to keep us honest." "Someone dies and no one wants to find out what went wrong more than us." "But now what we don't need is to be dragged into court because some..." "Because someone is looking to make a buck." "St. Vincent's dumped this guy, Nate, and a 15-year-old kid's mom died because of it." "So you can go back and you can tell your boss that you tried your best, but the money-grubbing ambulance chaser you're related to couldn't be swayed." "Videotape has no evidentiary value." "That's their argument?" "Not all videotape." "This particular videotape." "Someone let the Supreme Court know because it would be news to them." " Counsel's being an ass." " Got an idea." "Why don't we exclude the entire baseball game during which Coach Quesada was killed?" "That was on video." "Mr. Bennett, you were being premature." "Now the ADA's being an ass." "Your Honor?" "You pin your case on anonymously sourced video." "Did you really imagine there wouldn't be a motion to exclude?" "No, but I didn't imagine you'd actually grant it." "I haven't granted anything yet." "But I am going to hear their argument." " Call me crazy." " Your Honor, evidence is only admissible if it's more reliable than prejudicial." "And here it's not reliable because it's digital." "All right, all right." "Mikey, one right over the plate." "[All groaning]" "You swing that lumber pretty good, Paul." "Did you play college ball?" " It's a stunt." " True, but it's a good one." "Without the author of the tape, I can't determine its reliability." "The recording's out." "Defense motion granted." "My name is Trevor Snyder." "I am chief administrator for St. Vincent's Hospital in San Francisco." "This is a copy of the 805 health facility reporting form received by your counterpart at Cypress Memorial, already admitted as plaintiff's B." "Could you read the highlighted paragraph out loud?" ""It is with great regret that I recommend Jeffrey Agon." "Regret not because I have concerns about his ability, but because a doctor of his unassailable record is impossible to replace."" "And now could you read it again louder?" "Or, instead, could you tell me whose signature is at the bottom?" "That would be mine." "And when you wrote in the letter that" "Dr. Agon's record was "unassailable," what did you mean?" "It meant his record could not be attacked." "Why is it that Cypress Memorial heard nothing about the three patients who died at your hospital?" "Wasn't Dr. Agon the anesthesiologist in all three surgeries?" "He was cleared of any wrongdoing." "Dr. Agon himself was called to account for the incident at our Morbidity  Mortality conference." "Yes, the M and M conference." "I think I'd like to see the transcript..." "Objection." "Under evidence code 1157 peer review conference transcripts are inadmissible." "Sustained." "Get at it another way." "So three patients dead in two months." "I guess the only explanation would just be, what, bad luck?" "Those patients died in my hospital, Ms. Dekker." "On my watch." "I don't appreciate what you're implying and I don't approve of what you're doing to my colleague's reputation." " You mean attacking his record." " Yes." "Well if I'm doing that, it's not exactly "unassailable," is it?" " [Maggie] How awesome was I today?" " [Eli] You were awesomely awesome." "You signaled it, I said it." "It was like I was inside your head." "You know, I made up a little song about first chairing." "You want to hear it?" "Maybe later, but probably not." "So we have Dr. Agon himself tomorrow." "He won't underestimate you." "You have to hammer him." "He'll say "accidents happen."" "He's had an above-average number of accidents." "Don't get into statistics, the jury will tune out." "Keep Peter in your eye line, don't forget him." "If you remember why you're there," " the jury will too." " I'm sorry." "And don't apologize before you've screwed up, it's not encouraging." "No, I meant I'm sorry for how I reacted." " To your aneurysm." " Thanks." "But what does this have to do with our case?" "You really care about it." "Not just about winning." "You care about winning it for Peter." "You're right." "You're an object of ridicule, a professional pariah," " reduced to barely practicing law." " I feel better." "If you're sucking up, there are better ways." "Well, God and I enjoy a pretty complicated relationship." "At least I'm starting to believe in what he wants me to do." "[# Five Times August:" "Perfectly]" "It's like I see things now, you know?" "Things that were always there, but that I just never noticed before." "Like people who need help." "Including high anxiety, borderline competent junior associates." "Well, at least I'm "borderline" now." "[Cell phone rings]" " Uh, hey." " Hey." " How are you?" " Good." "I'm good." "How are you?" "There's no way to ask this without it sounding weird, but..." "I have a surprise that I'm sure no one would appreciate more than you, so I was hoping you'd be free tomorrow night?" "Tomorrow night." " Looking forward to it." " Me too." "Medicine's dirty little secret's that it's not an exact science." "Wish it were." "So if medicine isn't an exact science, Dr. Agon, does that mean that operational complications are never the doctor's fault?" "Not "never," but in this instance I was cleared by a thorough investigation." "[Maggie] This "thorough investigation" being the M and M conference which is shrouded by secrecy." " Objection." " I would like to answer that." "I petitioned the hospital to release those transcripts." "It was my reputation on the line." "The hospital's pathology department attributed those deaths to malignant hyperthermia." " What is that?" " On rare occasions, a patient will have an extreme and fatal reaction to anesthetic." "The body temperature will spike and the heart fails." "And it's completely unforeseeable." " Like..." "lightning." " That's right." "So, what you're saying is that three of your patients just happened to be struck by lightning?" "Your metaphor belittles the very real human tragedy here." "Your admitting and OR privileges were suspended for six months last year," " isn't that right?" " Yes." "Because I was on sabbatical, not suspension." "I took six months off to finish my book, Principles of Anesthesia, which is now being taught in medical schools across the country." "I'm sorry for your loss, son." "And more than anything in the world," "I wish I could bring your mom back." "Was that as big a disaster as I think it was?" "No, it could have been worse." "It could still be going on." "Why didn't you tell me she was going to do the talking?" " I hired you, not her." " Well, we're a team." "And we're not done fighting yet." "Either of us." "Going to court was supposed to make it better, but..." "I feel worse now than I did before." "I'm gonna make you a promise that I'm not supposed to." "There's no amount of money that we can win that will make up for what happened, but that's not why you're here, anyway." "You want justice, right?" "Well, that's the promise I'm going to make to you." "I won't stop until you get it." "OK?" "I was just calling you." "Celebration dinner tonight." "You, me and Turk." "You're paying." "No, I'm not because there's nothing to celebrate." "Sweren just delivered an updated witness list." "The first addition:" "Carly Turk." "That's OK." "We roll with it." "She can't hurt us." "You're right." "She can kill us." "She's the murderer's wife." " She has something to say?" " Calling your own client a murderer." "You actually believe he killed this guy on purpose." "Understand this, it doesn't matter what I believe." "They're not going to convict Jayson Turk." "You ever even watch a baseball game, Keith?" "This guy's the greatest catcher since Johnny Bench." "He's a national treasure." "Open your eyes and be a lawyer." "The DA believes they have the crime of the century here." "They're prosecuting a celebrity, they've got 100,000 witnesses, and now they've got his own wife testifying against him." "It is time for us to earn our keep and come up with a strategy beyond" " "he didn't do it."" " Even if he didn't." "Ask yourself this:" "You want to be his friend or keep him out of jail?" " [Piano music plays] - [Indistinct chattering]" " [Eli] I'm glad you called." " [Taylor] Really?" "[Eli] I love surprises." "At $3,000 a ticket, you better." "Three thousand?" "Is Jimi Hendrix playing?" "It's for charity and my career took an upturn today." " I'll be able to afford it." " What kind of upturn?" " I got Solinsky." " You..." " Are you upset?" " No, I could not be happier." "You seem disappointed that I'm not disappointed." "Just surprised." "And maybe a little confused." "I don't know." "I was prepared for disappointed or jealous or even angry." "But "couldn't be happier" throws me a little." "Well, I don't know why it should." "I guess it wasn't that long ago when you would've been upset." "Well, I'm in a different place in my life now, I guess." "A different place from me." "[Applause]" "[Audience cheering]" "[Man] Ladies and gentlemen, George Michael." "Oh, not now." "Please." "Thank you so much for coming." "[# George Michael:" "Older]" "Wait..." "This is incredible." "Full circle." "Thank you for that." "I thought you might enjoy the real thing." "I thought I was never gonna see George Michael when he wasn't standing on my coffee table." "It turned out to be kind of appropriate, I guess." "George's house call marked the beginning of the end for us, so..." " Listen, Taylor..." " So I was thinking maybe we should give each other some breathing room at work." "Steer clear." "You know, just until we get our bearings." " I'm sorry." "What were you going to say?" " Same thing." "You know, breathing, steer clear, bearings." "But just less concisely and with none of the right words." " Travel safe." " You too." "OK." "[Growling]" "Whoa!" "[yells]" "[Horse neighing]" "[Grunting]" "Nate?" "[# Saturn Missiles:" "Before and After]" "[Knocking on door]" " [Groaning] - [Panting]" " You're a knight." " It is night." "It's 2:00 in the morning." "You know something." "You're supposed to help me." "I had a vision." "[Groans] You mean another episode." "OK." "So I sued your hospital because I was getting fly-bys from a dragon, and now I'm getting nearly trampled to death by a knight on a horse." "Nate, the knight was you." "An hour ago, you were chasing a dragon down Foster Street on horseback." "An hour ago, I was here." "Asleep." "And my horse hasn't been ridden all night." "Can I please go to bed now?" "My client's mother was killed by Dr. Agon's malpractice." "Dr. Agon." "D-R-Agon." "Dragon." "Knights slay dragons, Nate." "Do you have any idea how delusional you sound?" "I mean it's like watching Charles Manson on the Wheel of Fortune." "How did I know your patient was going to die last month?" "Or about the song you and Dad sang on the fishing trip?" " You believed me." " I believed that they were massive coincidences that totally blew my mind, yeah." "I was hammered at the time so if you had told me" "I had an arm growing out of my forehead, I'd have believed you." "You know something about my case." "Now what is it?" " You were at Agon's M and M conference." " The confidential proceeding that I can't talk about even if I was there?" "That conference?" "I need to know what was said." " You can tell me." " I can't." "That's what "privileged" means." "As a lawyer you'd know that." " Were you part of the cover-up?" " No." "God, no." "And, yeah, I thought the guy was incompetent." "One of the nurses called him a "lawsuit in scrubs,"" "but I had no idea that they had lied about his record." "It doesn't matter, there is no judge in the universe who will allow me to testify about what was said." "You're right." "But you just helped me anyway." " [Door opening] - [Cars honking]" "[Judge] You understand you're under oath." "I do." "Mr. Snyder, you testified that Dr. Agon had resigned from your hospital," " that you didn't fire him." " Yes." "That is right." "Is that clear enough this time?" "And just before Dr. Agon resigned, he lost a patient, a man named Eric Shelby." "And by "lost" I mean killed." "Dr. Agon didn't kill anyone." "He was cleared of malfeasance or negligence." "At your hospital's Morbidity and Mortality conference." "Specifically, the one held August 11, 2006?" "Objection." "Ms. Dekker's forgotten what's said in these conferences is privileged." "I haven't asked him what was said at the conference." "Stay on the right side of that line, counsel." "Objection overruled." "[Maggie] Are notes taken at these M and M conferences?" "Specifically the August 11th conference?" "Yes." "There is always a stenographer present." "We take detailed notes," " but..." " [Maggie] Don't those notes reflect testimony establishing significant negligence on the part of Dr. Agon?" "Did his nurse describe him as a "lawsuit in scrubs"?" " Those are privileged!" " Is that a yes?" "Objection." "Counsel hasn't produced these transcripts to the defense." "I haven't introduced any transcripts... yet." "[Judge] Objection overruled." "Answer the question." "Was there significant negligence?" "Yes." "[Maggie] And one last thing." "If Dr. Agon hadn't resigned, you were going to fire him, correct?" "Yes." "That might be something his next employer deserved to know, don't you think?" "Five hundred thousand, exchange of releases," " and a confidentiality agreement." " Five hundred thousand?" "That's... insulting." "I'm insulted." "I'm advising my clients to be insulted." "The malpractice wasn't committed at my client's hospital." "After what happened, I'm not sure the jury cares, but maybe I'm wrong." "One-point-one." "I don't have board authorization to go any higher." "Too bad, because you're going to have to go higher." "One-point-five." "Firm." "Take it or leave it." " I think we'll... take it." " Take it." " We'll take it." " No." "It's not enough." "Could we have the room, please?" "[Door opens, closes]" "You promised." "This isn't justice." "One point five million is a lot of justice, Peter." "You were right, money won't bring my mom back." "I want someone to say that what they did was wrong." "I can't promise you that." "No lawyer can." "I don't know what the jury's going to do." "I guess..." "I need to find out." "All right, Peter." "If that's what you want to do then we'll do it." "I am so sorry, Tom." "No, no." "No, it won't happen again." "I promise..." "Hello?" "Patti!" "Patti." "I just got off the phone with Tom Brevoort from Chaykin Technologies." "A call, I might add, I picked up myself." "And he was furious that I hadn't returned his five previous phone calls." "I'm sorry." "I can't imagine what could've happened." "I know you think I'm the Wicked Witch of the West..." "East." "She was worse." "They dropped a house on her." "But I am your boss now, Patti." "You are on my desk, which means you have a choice to make." "I get a choice?" "Really?" "Well, it's been nice working with you." "No, Patti." "You have a choice between working at this firm or not." "When Eli was demoted, they were going to let you go." "I intervened." "Eli loves you and so I wanted to protect you because of that." "So here's the thing." "This is entirely in your hands." "You decide how this plays out." "Because after this last week, I've got to be honest with you, either way is fine with me." "[Judge] Has the jury reached a verdict?" "We have." "In the matter of Peter Johnson and Cypress Memorial v." "St. Vincent's Hospital, we find in favor of the plaintiffs and award compensatory damages in the amount of $28,000." "Because of the institutionalized fraud on the part of St. Vincent's, we further award punitive damages in the amount of $8 million." "[# Chad Doucette:" "How I Feel Smile]" "Wow." "Wow." "Eight million is..." "Wow." "You have to split that with Cypress Memorial." "Ms. Brehe said she was going to name a wing after my mom." "That's cool, right?" "Seven lawyers later, I'm glad you hung in there." "Your mom would be proud." "Thank you so much." "OK, bye." "Congratulations, counselor." "[# The John Butler Trio:" "Good Excuse]" " I have to go kill myself." "Goodbye." " Maggie, it's only weird if we..." "If this is how she reacts when she wins a case," "I do not want to be here when she loses." "No, it's not about the case." "She's just..." "You don't want to know." "Even if I did, my boss wouldn't approve of me wasting my time." "Speaking of which, have you seen Ms. Wethersby?" " "Ms. Wethersby?"" " Yes." "Jordan wants to see her in his office." "Apparently you too." " The day started off so well." " Life is full of disappointment, Eli." "Are you all right?" "Yeah, it's just... [sighs deeply] It's no fun anymore." "Well, I guess that's why they call it work." "Never used to feel like it." " Patti?" " Taylor Wethersby's office." "No, she isn't." "May I take a message?" "Temporary insanity?" "Are you kidding me?" " It's still a not guilty plea." " Yeah, not guilty because I'm crazy!" "What happened to not guilty 'cause I'm not guilty?" " Your wife happened." " I thought wives couldn't testify." "We tell you your wife's cooperating with the DA, and that's your response?" "What other kind of response are you looking for?" ""She couldn't possibly have anything to tell the DA." "I never threatened him." That'd be nice." "He was screwing my wife." "I threatened him, but I didn't kill him." " That's the way it looks." " I don't care how it looks." "Look, we're not your entourage, OK?" "You pay us to tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to." "This will work." "The law says you're not guilty if you weren't in your right mind." "Steroids have that effect." "I told you, I don't do that crap." "Bottom line, you admit to the steroid use, we can protect you on the murder charge." "You agree with him?" "Jayson, listen to me, man:" "The day I passed the Bar, you hit for the cycle against Detroit." "The day I joined this firm, you caught Balderrama's no-hitter." "I can chart my entire adult life by the things you did in yours." "Now I'm telling you I'm not so sure you weren't aiming for your coach, and I'm your biggest fan." "So you tell me, what's a jury gonna think?" "If I say I'm juicing, that's it." "They'll kick me out of the league." "My sponsors, The Hall of Fame..." "We're talking about your life here." "Baseball is my life." "I'll think about it." "[Door opening]" "You're not fooling anyone, Mr. Stone." "Though Ms. Dekker was the attorney of record, courthouse insiders have figured out who truly deserves the credit for this afternoon's victory in the St. Vincent's case." " I didn't do anything special." " This changes nothing between us." "I mention the courthouse gossip because it reached the ears of Arvin Solinsky." "Our high profile client feels he needs a high profile attorney and, like it or not, Eli's profile keeps..." " Getting higher." " Solinsky doesn't need me." "Taylor's a far better choice." "Believe me, I made that case, but he wants you." "And regardless of what he wants, it'd be malpractice to entrust the case solely to you." " Taylor, you'll stay on as co-counsel." " [Both] What?" "I recognize that the timing is not ideal, but..." "Sir, you have to tell Solinsky that I'm unavailable." "Tell him anything." "Tell him I got hit by a bus." "Even if I got to drive it, I couldn't do that." "The firm can't afford to lose Solinsky." "Make no mistake, by the end, you will be on the Solinsky case." "So let's jump to the end of this meeting." "What is it you're looking for here?" "Some of your privileges back?" "Your expense account?" "Your company car?" " Your old office?" " I don't want my office back." "You have the right person in there." "All I want is four walls and a door." " No more cubicles." " Done." "And one more thing." " [Phone ringing]" " Eli Stone's office, please hold." " Hi." " Hello, sweetie." " I'm here to see Mr. Stone?" " Right this way." "[# Matthew Perryman Jones:" "Beneath the Silver Moon]" " Mr. Johnson's here." " Hey." "Nice office." "It's unorthodox." "Well, kind of goes with my practice." "Is everything OK?" "The school cafeteria took French fries off the menu, so I'm thinking about suing." "My grandma told me I need to bring you a thank you gift, and the check hasn't cleared yet." "So I thought, maybe," "I'd give you something else." "My mom used to read this to me all the time when I was little." "I know it's weird, giving you a book, but it means a lot to me." "Peter, this is the biggest fee I ever got." "Wait until the two million dollar check clears." "Anyway..." "Thanks again, Mr. Stone." "Bye."