Alec!
We're gonna be late.
Hi.
Hey.
You know, it's Tuesday.
I know, I was just in the neighborhood.
Beth,
I've said you can't just pop by when...
Just five minutes.
All right.
Well,
I'm not just gonna leave you standing out in the snow.
Really quick, we're on our way out.
Okay, yup.
Beth's here, Sam.
Hey, Sam.
He has soccer practice and then a sleepover
at one of his teammates' houses.
Rather have one with me.
All right, you can have a minute
but we just gotta go.
Thank you.
Alec!
Want a soda?
Hmm?
Soda?
No, thank you.
Wanna sit?
Is that the sports pages?
Anything interesting about your beloved Knicks in there?
There's nothing beloved about the Knicks at the moment.
Alec is doing really well.
That's good.
He's happy.
That's good.
It is good, Beth.
You know what, Sam?
Dad?
Yeah?
Can I barrow your warm hat?
Hey, Alec.
Which one, the blue one?
Yeah.
You bought that for me.
I know.
No, you can't, no.
What? It looks better on me.
It doesn't look better on you.
When the kid is right, the kid is right.
That kid is all right.
You do look better than me.
Give me one of those fists.
You said hey to Auntie Beth?
Yeah.
You wanna tell her what Coach James said to you?
He said that he might make be the goalie.
Really?
What did Coach James say to you about it?
He said that...
Big stretch.
He said the most trustworthy person
has to have it.
That position.
Really?
That's you?
Mhmm.
That's a huge honor.
Dude, where's your trumpet?
Oh.
Here, tell her about band.
I'm only second trumpet in band.
I should be first though.
But Dillon Moore sucks up to the music teacher.
Oh, doesn't he?
Dillon Moore sucks.
I got you...
No sucking.
I got you a present.
A Wynton Marsalis CD.
The guy at the store said that
he is the best trumpet player ever.
Pretty cool, huh?
Yeah.
This is pretty cool.
Yeah - Bud?
Do you mind if I hold on to this thing for you
until after you finish Mr. Pearson's science project?
Good idea.
And then you can play it
over and over and over and over.
Why can't we listen to it now?
What's your science project?
It's for the water cycle.
We have to make a diagram of how the water cycle works
and stuff.
We get to show it off.
All right, guys, we're gonna be late.
Yes, you're gonna be late.
You guys should go.
Yup, all right.
I do think you left your trumpet in your bedroom.
You?
Let's go get your trumpet. Come on, let's go.
See you later.
Oh, did you say bye?
Bye.
Bye, Alec, I'll see you next time.
Yep!
Beth?
Yeah?
You gotta call before you come over, please.
Yes, yeah.
Okay.
I'm sorry about the CD.
I never heard of a kid who liked that kind of jazz.
Is he any good?
It's just,
we don't just give presents.
He earns rewards.
We're not gonna spoil him.
Also...
What?
If you run into people in the neighborhood.
We don't want people...
Just don't go telling them your whole life story.
I'm sorry, we had to move out of Fort Green
and now we have a good reputation for the family.
Is that okay?
All right.
I'm gonna go.
And I'm gonna get you the stuff that mom left you.
It's in storage but I'm gonna have that for you next week.
Great.
That's great.
Do you hear me?
Oh my god, can I go?
We have that meeting tomorrow, right?
Yeah.
That's relaxing too.
Is this okay? Not too hard?
You are late!
You have customer waiting!
I'm sorry.
Hurry up!
What's up, Adele?
How are you?
They were lies because I didn't hit her.
But yeah, I hit her, but it was self defense.
Okay, well look, we're on your side, Maria.
We are not the ones you have to convince.
Well I have good news.
Yeah.
And all of this bad news.
No, good news.
Because of your good grades and Miss Perez's recommendation,
the learning center I told you about,
Better Options,
has agreed to give you a full scholarship to their program.
Half or full?
Full. Everything.
Yeah.
No, no.
She says, "Are you lying to me?"
No.
It's the truth.
It's a full scholarship
and we're gonna appear in court later this week
to get the judge to approve your transfer.
Yeah.
So soon.
I wanna study.
I know, you will.
How exciting.
And my baby?
Am I gonna get him back?
I think right now it's one thing at a time.
But your mom is doing an amazing job with Mickey.
She said he's happy.
And he's healthy.
Yeah.
Do you have photographs?
I don't have any.
But we'll get some, we'll bring you.
We'll make sure we'll bring her some pictures.
Yeah, from her mom.
You'll be able to hang up all your pictures
at Better Options.
And...
Sorry.
It's okay.
I was gonna say she can talk to her mom
but I know if she can so don't say that.
So close.
Tell her, so close.
Okay.
And just, you know,
no more.
I didn't hit.
I don't hit.
They attacked me.
Don't admit to anyone else that you hit her.
It was self-defense.
I know.
Feels nice with it, yeah.
It's like a princess nightgown.
This is the dress.
That's my vibe.
You don't even need the lingerie.
Just...
Swoop.
Just keep cutting pieces of it off.
I think it's just lovely.
I think the form is perfect.
I mean, do we have thoughts, ladies?
Glorious.
Gorgeous.
I don't know.
I'm gonna cry.
I love the lace.
Aw, you're gonna cry?
Do you think it's too much with the belt?
- I was wondering. - No.
No?
- Absolutely not. - You don't think?
Mom, I think she wants to see it without.
This comes off.
We can just see it without it.
Can I untie it?
Sorry, is this okay?
Yeah, yeah, definitely.
Just wanna show her the options.
I just want her to be able to see
what it looks like with it off, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
No, no, this is what I wanted. It's fine.
Yeah.
Look in the mirror.
She wants to see the options.
Why?
She wants to see what it looks like.
Just let her see.
That's how the dress is designed.
She just wants to look.
I'll stay out.
I think we need the band back on anyways.
It looks better with it.
You're right, Jess is right.
I don't think it's too much.
I think it's beautiful, really.
It's perfect.
Is there a slit in it too?
Oh, I love it.
Oh my god.
That's like a happy surprise.
Jesus Christ.
No veil.
I feel like this green is too Earthy for me.
I don't really feel like this is
the dress for us.
Why?
Because it's like forest green.
Like, we look like trees.
We have a lot of other options.
Green, I know they're green, mom.
You know how I feel about green.
What are you talking about?
Green is meant to be bad luck
for people who work in the theater.
We can't have that.
No bad luck.
Mother.
Not now.
No, it's really,
it's a bad thing for people in the theater
because Molière, he was an actor and a playwright,
and he died in the middle of a play
and he was wearing green.
So it's just tradition that we don't like to wear green.
Let's try blue?
Blue would look beautiful with a beach wedding.
Yes.
Are you okay with blue?
Yes, yeah, it's fine.
Are you sure?
Yeah.
Just tell her no.
No, it's fine, it's fine.
No, it's Monica's wedding.
If she wants green, then we're wearing green.
It's not.
It's really okay.
If you wanna do green, we'll do green.
To show off their figures.
We'll just at least try blue.
Do you want everyone to try another dress?
Okay, everybody, let's try another dress.
Try pink, I love pink.
Blue. Blue.
Everyone will wear blue?
Okay, let's just go.
Yeah, it's fine.
Can you just, can you pin?
Oh yeah, sorry.
No, it's okay.
Daniel?
Are you kidding me with that?
What?
Name one play by Molière.
So let's...
Backtrack because everything is kinda interrelated.
And let's talk a little bit about the landlord situation
with the residence that you were at.
Because if we can deal with that,
maybe we could alleviate the situation
with what's going on in terms of the shelter.
The point is that you bringing a photo forward
will make perfect sense along with the citation.
But the problem is if we don't have photographic evidence
then they can just fight it and say,
"It's not true. It's not true."
Hey, Jan.
How're you doing?
I'm good, nice to see you guys again.
Good to see you, good to see you.
Say hi to Miss Jan.
How do you do?
He was just explaining to me a little bit about
the situation with the shelter that they were in.
So if we actually took a picture, got caught...
Yes.
You can't get fired from a job for taking a photo.
Is the avenue we need to go down to find out what,
what happened there with the payment plan.
Right.
And any of the eviction notices
that they might have gotten or might not have gotten
because that happens all the time too.
You want it to be in the system that you went,
that you were, you know.
It doesn't meant anything
if you just tell a neighbor or something.
That doesn't hold up in court.
So we definitely need you to go see a doctor
and have that documented, okay?
Did you guys already talk about
what happened with his landlord?
Is there any way we could just...
We're definitely having trouble with that.
You know what I'm saying?
It was the final notice and it was only the first notice.
Right.
No having stamps on the paperwork.
Right. Right.
You know, conniving stuff
and I don't have a way of proving it.
I don't have a, I can't afford a lawyer.
You called several times.
You hit the right place.
We've got investigators who can be able to deal with that.
Thank you. I really appreciate you.
Yeah, we've seen this a lot, unfortunately.
Yeah.
You wanted to see me?
Yeah.
Judge agreed to release Sean Jones.
That's great.
What pushed it over the edge?
Other than your genius.
The knife.
He realized that the prosecution
was trying to sluff over the screw-up.
They were.
So I'm gonna need you to come with me tomorrow,
if you can, to pick this kid up.
I don't think I can tomorrow.
I can help you...
Believe me, I'm not asking
because I wanna hang out with your amazing self.
Listen,
this kid has been in jail for fucking three years.
I need some help keeping him on the steady
and you're really good with that.
What?
Just seems like big bad Carlos
is scared to go by himself.
Oh, please.
I gotta use everybody's best assets here, girl.
You're a pretty white girl.
Sean's gangbanger friends are gonna be there
and I would quiet like to have them focused in
on looking good for you
as apposed to being all bent out of shape
and out for blood because their boy, Sean,
was wrongfully arrested.
Okay.
Yes, I'll be there.
Let me know if there's anything else you need me to do
other than be your bodyguard.
Maybe you can try to excavate that little charm
from that cynical pit that you call a personality.
That would be cool.
Mhmm.
I'll dig deep.
For you.
I actually do have something else.
Grab a seat.
Uh-uh.
Good or bad?
Well,
that all just depends on who's hearing it, right?
Okay.
I'm hoping for you it's gonna be good.
Deborah?
Mhmm.
She got offered this job in D.C.
And she's taking it, she told me this morning.
Good for Deb.
Yeah, good for Deb.
Good for Deb.
Good for you too.
Come on, Jess,
you were like third in your class at Columbia, right?
I'm offering you a job.
Oh.
Oh god.
Carl's fine, thanks.
I've only been a junior litigator here for a year.
I mean, there's like five people ahead of me
for that promotion.
I run a meritocracy, here, Jess.
I don't want them.
In or out?
I'm flattered.
Don't be flattered.
Be concise.
I got like a sit down with apposing council and a client
in like an hour, so, yes or no.
It's an amazing opportunity.
I just...
Concise.
Councilor.
I don't know what I wanna do with my life.
I mean, let alone with my job.
I mean,
I kinda came to the Watch Dogs to figure that out
and taking a senior position here
is a very, very big commitment
and I thought I'd have another year to figure that out.
Yeah.
Well, you don't.
And the caveat to this whole thing is
that with this change,
I'm gonna have to offer your current job to someone new.
Someone who's willing to come in here
and establish themselves.
I told you what I'm trying to do here.
I'm trying to establish these permanent teams.
I'm trying to build something here
so we can actually do something for this community.
So it's kinda like shit or get off the pot time, kid.
Shit.
Okay, so is that an exclamation or is that an answer?
Just give me a second.
I mean,
it's my mom.
I still live at home and...
You still live at home?
You shouldn't tell clients that, though.
You should pay me more.
Well maybe that's what I'm in the middle of trying to do.
Look,
my mom freaked out when I told her I was coming
to the Watch Dogs for a year.
She wanted me to go to a big, fancy firm.
Jess,
I'm not offering your momma the job.
So obviously it's best for all of us
if this goes as smoothly as possible.
With the least amount of stress for everyone.
"Less stress."
That's the operative word here,
especially for young Alex.
- Alec. - Alec.
Alec, yes.
I'm so sorry.
Been a long week.
Alec.
So what we've initially proposed here...
It's no longer acceptable.
We talked about this on the phone this week, Rebecca.
What we're talking about is shared custody
in favor of your clients.
We're not even asking for time at Christmas
or summer vacation.
What's changed?
My clients have changed.
They've changed their minds which is their right.
Gabby and Sam, they both feel that Alec needs consistency
and they're worried that moving him
between two houses regularly, it might but a strain on him.
That's bullshit.
Beth.
You need to be quiet here
because she's gonna be writing down everything you say.
Okay, just let me do this.
The child is already confused
about who your client even is.
Due respect, that's because your clients
never even told the boy that my client existed
while she was incarcerated.
Which fell within their discretion,
as the child's legal guardians
the second your client signed the consent form.
My client signed a form
when she was in a prison hospital on suicide watch
under the influence of major sedatives and mood stabilizers.
That's a really nice image for the judge.
She signed it, Carl.
The legal guardians are not willing to adjust custody.
Excuse us, please.
What're you doing, Bec?
I'm doing what my clients asked me to do.
My client's looking for a permanent job.
Yeah.
She's looking for two bedroom apartments
that she can hardly afford so that she can be with this boy.
Come on, Bec.
Advise your clients not to do this.
This is family, here.
It's a family.
We don't wanna go before a judge and argue this.
Your client doesn't want to go before a judge.
Our side, we're fine with it.
It's not my clients who are going to hear the words,
"manslaughter,"
"drug addiction,"
"maximum sentence" attached to their names.
They don't don't wanna walk into a court room
frightening Alec.
Not your way.
Rebecca.
Carl,
off the record,
you need to say yes to what I'm about to propose
because the yare very concrete about his
and if you don't agree to this new offer,
I'm gonna leave this room, I'm gonna go into court
and I'm gonna push for no contact at all.
Really?
Yes.
She got out early on good behavior, Rebecca.
Look at that woman,
she's completely transformed herself.
Hey, Gab.
Beth!
Shut up!
I'm just...
Gab?
Okay.
Hey, I'm begging you.
I'm so sorry I came by without calling.
I'm so sorry about the CD.
It won't happen again.
I was just trying to be friendly, you know.
- We are willing to. - I was hoping that
- offer your client. - We could be friends.
- Shut up! - Supervised.
Shut up!
- Beth. - Visitation.
Once a month.
- No! - Becca.
Supervised visitation.
No!
Once a month.
I'm begging you.
I'm begging you, Gabby.
Try to ask your client to calm down.
Can you please?
I will do anything to make this go away.
Beth, okay.
Gabriel?
I'll do anything.
Please.
Stay with me for a second.
Stay with me.
You gotta calm down.
I don't know what the fuck...
You gotta calm down.
We can agree to this for right now.
We can agree for this.
It's the first step.
We agree to this
and then in a couple of months,
everybody's a little bit more comfortable.
Yeah but they lie.
And then we renegotiate.
They lied.
Carl?
Do you see what they're tying to do?
They lied.
They're trying to bait you.
They want you to lose your shit in this room, Beth.
Don't do that.
Don't do that for your boy.
Carl?
Give us a second, Rebecca!
I'm so sorry, could you please give us a second?
It's not over.
This is not over, I promise you that.
Okay?
Come on.
Okay.
Okay, so for the moment we agree.
All right.
You motherfucker.
Beth.
You're just gonna sit over there and laugh?
You put her up to this, didn't you?
That's enough.
It was your idea, wasn't it?
We're leaving.
Okay.
Because she'll never love you
as much as she loved Jeremy, is that why?
Is that why you hate me?
Because I tried to get them back together?
Come on, let's go. Stand up, we're done.
Sam?
Pull yourself together.
Is that why you don't like me?
Carl?
Pull myself together.
Let's go.
We are done.
Beth.
I advise that you get your client to calm down.
Hey Sam, I'm really sorry.
I didn't mean to get angry, I'm so sorry.
Keep her away them!
Hey, Gabby, I'm really sorry.
All right, stop.
I'm sorry that I got upset!
It won't happen.
It's okay.
Beth.
Beth, you need to sign some papers.
Fuck you!
Another satisfied customer, huh boss?
I hate to lose.
What happened?
They refused to share custody with her son.
It's really messed up.
They had agreed on terms, you know,
and then they sprang it on us in the office,
hoping that she would lose her shit.
Mission accomplished.
Damn.
I'm sorry.
I'll be surprised if she ever sees that kid again.
La La, come here, La La.
There's my girl.
I wanna give you my phone number.
Why?
Good point.
Well argued.
I didn't do as well on my midterms as I woulda hoped.
You know, school can be kinda hard on us.
And so I stupidly had a few drinks.
A huge mistake that I'm extremely sorry for.
And worse than anything, when I got in that car,
I put a lot of people's lives in danger
and that's unforgivable.
Yet,
I stand here today, a changed man,
thanks to the help of my councilors,
my family,
and my sober brothers and sisters.
And I ask for that very thing.
Forgiveness.
And also, to become a living amends
to help out other young men.
Face the truths of their own demons.
And on that note, I wanna thank Officer Ramirez
and I wanna thank you, your honor,
for giving me that wake up call that I sorely needed.
Well,
thank you, Mr. Beckett.
You've obviously done a tremendous amount of work
in your outpatient program.
I see no reason why a young man
with such a bright, promising future
should have his whole life ruined
because of a momentary laps in judgment.
A laps in judgment that you are so clearly remorseful of.
Thank you, your honor.
That being said,
there's the issue of Mr. Vaperelli
and how he's unable to work.
He's been in that situation ever since you
hit him three months ago.
So...
How do you propose to rectify that?
I don't know, your honor.
You see, I do.
That's why I get to be the judge.
Here's my idea.
I think that you, now that you've completed your program,
that you should work with Mr. Vaperelli
at his bodega for three months.
For free, of course.
Till you pay him back for all the time he's lost
and help pay for some of the replacement staff
he's gonna need to keep that place running.
What about my school, your honor?
After school and on the weekends.
Your honor,
man, I'm grateful, I really am.
Your honor, I got finals coming up, man,
and I don't know how I'm gonna be able to do both.
You're a smart guy.
You'll figure it out.
Good luck on finals
and with your new job.
Thank you, sir.
But just...
We're done. Come on.
Bruce.
Yes?
People versus Mendez.
How are you councilor?
Hi.
Hi, Maria.
Thank you.
Your honor, as you know,
being incarcerated is traumatizing for anybody
but especially for somebody as young as my client.
I'd like to request her handcuffs be removed
while she's in the courtroom.
The state has no objection, your honor.
Okay but I'm...
I'm reading the case history right here, Miss McCabe,
and it seems that your client found the fortitude,
while she was incarcerated last week,
to attack two other inmates and put one in the infirmary.
Your honor, with respect,
my client was the one who was attacked.
Here's a hint if you're gonna ask the judge for something,
try not to interrupt him.
Denied.
Your honor, a special program called Better Options
has offered to take Maria into
their high school equivalent course.
She could continue learning English
and she would get individual treatment for both whore...
Her...
Excuse me.
Individual treatment for both her mood disorder
and her learning disability.
It's all right here in a scholarship
and they could take her right away
and even offer daycare for Maria's baby.
Judge?
I really...
Not yet, Maria.
Please, I really want to go.
Maria, not yet.
No, yes, I promise.
I promise you that I will listen.
Start by listening to this.
Don't talk unless somebody asks you a question.
Okay?
Just make sure she understands.
Okay, okay.
Mr. Fischer?
One second, your honor, please.
I have no objection.
I'm not convinced of this
unless your client's behavior improves radically.
So, we're gonna revisit this in two weeks.
Your honor, with respect,
they may not hold the scholarship for two weeks.
Maria could lose this opportunity.
Señor.
Please.
No, Maria.
Tell her to be quiet, please.
Maria.
I'm not prepared to send her out into society
after such a recent act of violence.
So we will revisit this in two weeks, on the 29th,
and then I will decide...
Your honor?
This is the point where you say, "Yes, your honor."
Yes, your honor.
Maria, Maria.
Maria, look at me.
Just wait two weeks.
Sonya, tell her, explain to her that everything's okay.
Bruce! Bruce!
Get her out.
Tell her to calm down.
Young lady!
You will not come in to disturb my courtroom.
Okay, calm down.
Calm down.
Thank you, your honor.
I don't wanna be arrogant.
You have my permission.
Sound as arrogant as you like, Beth.
Okay.
I'm strong-willed.
If I commit to something,
I'm not gonna quit, I'm gonna see it through to the end.
What else?
I'm a people person.
What does that mean to you?
I was hoping you weren't gonna ask me that.
I mean that I think I have a pretty good sense
of what people want
and I think I can give it to them
without them feeling weak for needing it.
Very clever.
That's one of the secret keys of the service industry.
And the third?
I'm good on my feet.
I could only think of that strong-willed thing
and then I pulled that people person thing out of my ass.
So, I mean...
Excuse me, out of the air.
Yeah, sorry, I don't usually curse.
I don't usually curse.
Oh no, don't worry about it.
Okay,
well, look, I'm not gonna lie to you.
I need somebody for this position yesterday.
My last waitress just walked out on me.
Oh.
Went to live with her boyfriend in San Francisco.
Bitch.
Sorry.
Now you can excuse my curse.
What's with the the ten year gap
in employment history, though?
Did you have a child?
I did, actually, but that's not why.
I went to prison.
Right.
But I was released on good behavior a year ago.
Okay.
That's fine, you don't have to get into the details.
You want to ask me anything about it?
I really want this job
and I feel like I've fully benefited
from the rehabilitation that I received
while I was serving my time
and I wanna be totally upfront with any potential employers.
May I ask what the charge was?
Manslaughter.
Okay.
Do you want me to tell you what happened?
No.
That's...
Okay.
We'll call you in a few days.
We'll let you know.
I thought you needed someone yesterday.
That bitch in San Francisco.
Yeah, no.
I am available immediately if you do need someone.
I know.
Sure.
We do.
I just...
My supervisor needs to look things over
and he may have some other people that he wants me to see.
You know how it is.
Yes.
Yeah.
Well,
thank you for your time, Beth,
and good luck.
Please, please.
I just...
I really need this job.
I'm trying to get my son back
and I need this job so I can pay a decent lawyer
and have a chance against them
and I just need someone to take a chance on me
because every time anybody hears about my record,
then they just...
They...
I just need...
I just need one person
to stand up and take a chance
and I will...
I'll do anything.
Fuck.
You all right?
Yeah, no.
That was...
Yeah.
You're...
Um...
Sorry, I have to...
- It's okay. - I gotta get back.
Yeah.
Um...
We probably shouldn't tell anybody.
It's okay. We're good.
I just don't wanna...
I'm not telling anyone.
Okay, cool.
So?
Will you call with the schedule?
Just give me a day or two.
Okay.
All right, cool.
Thank you.
Yeah.
There's a side door in the hall.
I'll find it.
Just, I don't want...
I'll see you.
- Okay. - Yeah.
Were you from?
I'm from Fort Green.
Oh.
How long you been working here?
A few months.
Kim's my normal girl.
I know.
She told me to be nice to you.
Yeah, she's a sweetie.
She's got real future ex-wife potential,
if it hadn't been for the whole language barrier thing.
Oh, surprise, surprise.
Fucking dick just gave me three dollars
for a 75 dollar treatment massage and pedicure.
Three dollars.
Fucking dick.
At least you get your share at the end of the day.
Oh, Mina, I don't wanna hear it, okay?
Look at you.
Maybe if you worked a little harder you'd get your share.
What is up with you?
Go fuck yourself, Beth.
Kim.
What the fuck did you just say to me?
You deaf?
Why don't you say it again?
Hey!
Why don't you come over here and say that to me again?
Beth!
You shouldn't have said that.
You provoke her.
Okay, come on.
Shit.
I'm sorry, Kim, that wasn't fair.
If I were you, I'd say "that's fine" pretty quickly, Kim.
"That's fine, pretty quickly, Kim."
Did I scare you?
No.
You looked scared.
No.
So what're you gonna do?
I don't know.
All I can think about
is going to their fucking hous and taking him
after I beat the shit out of my brother-in-law.
And then what?
Listen, I didn't say it was a good idea.
I'm not gonna do it.
I'm just saying I can't think about it
without feeling like I'm gonna fucking kill someone.
Okay.
Maybe you gotta think of this like a test or something.
Of your spirit.
Oh my god.
Mina, my spirit has had too many tests.
I don't think I can take any more.
It can.
No, I think it can.
But you have to decide the next part of the story.
Right?
We decide in life the results we deserve.
What is that, some Chinese proverb?
Dr. Phil.
You're a mess, you know that?
Are these all gels?
I don't know.
I think gels ruin your nails.
What about red?
No.
Judge Alonzo does not like that.
He likes modest girls.
Oh does he think someone's intellect
hinges on their nail color?
Yes, he does.
Hi.
Who's getting the manicure?
Uh, me.
Great, I'm your girl.
Come this way.
You don't really take care of these, do you?
You sound like my mom.
Somebody has to say something.
You're a pretty young woman.
You've got the nails of a ten year old boy.
Yeah.
She's always getting on me about stuff like that.
By the way,
you're much, much younger than my mom.
I didn't mean.
Are you coming on to me?
No.
I mean, I'm flattered.
I think, actually, since I'm technically
employed by you right now, it's not really appropriate.
No, I wasn't coming on to you.
You're messing with me.
I am.
Okay, great.
Oh, girl, no.
You're not bitting these, are you?
Are you bitting your nails?
Okay, I'm about to change your life.
This last thing I'm gonna put on today,
it's a solution that prevents
people from bitting their nails
but if you put your fingers anywhere close to your mouth,
it's gonna stink.
I know, my mom used to put that on me
when I was a little girl.
See that?
I'm liking this mom of yours more and more.
Think of me fondly every time you look at your hands.
Do you have any kids?
Nope.
I just mean,
you seem like you know what you're talking about.
You know what, this is kinda tricky, actually,
so I should probably concentrate on this for now.
Okay?
Mom?
Mom, I'm so, so, so sorry.
I really am.
We waited an hour
but then I thought it was best we start eating because.
Daniel's parents wanted to go to Time Square
before their flight took off this afternoon.
Do we have to do this?
I'm sorry.
Daniel left just like a half an hour ago
but Monica's in the bathroom.
Is she mad?
You can ask her
but I don't think she is because we're used to it.
Get off the fucking cross, mom, we need the wood.
I mean...
Don't swear at me right now.
Are you kidding me?
Also, who has a brunch in the middle of the day
in the middle of the week, okay?
I have a job.
Oh you work? That's lovely.
I work too.
You sister worked,
your sister worked really hard on this brunch.
We show up.
We show up for our family!
And just wipe off that look.
Now is not the time to be indignant.
No.
Now is the time for me to be apologetic, right?
You know, that's why you love this.
You guys get to be perfect and I'm the fuck up,
so I'm sorry.
I do not love this.
Okay, it's just.
I...
I don't...
Well, I was just to totally embarrassed.
Give me a break!
I mean, did anyone try calling me?
It's really not our responsibility
but we did try to call you.
I am sorry.
I know.
Okay, I guess my phone was on silent.
I've been in court all day fighting for this girl
who just got sent back to juvenile hall.
I don't care.
I really don't care.
I know it sounds terrible
but I don't care about this person.
I care about my family, is that okay?
So do I.
Is that so stupid?
No.
- I don't think so. - I care too.
I do.
You care?
I am going to work, okay?
I have to learn 28 pages.
Maybe you can meet Daniel's parents at the wedding.
Unless, of course,
there's one of the downtrodden you have to save that day.
She's being a little dramatic.
Yeah, you know the story, I'm sorry.
- I'm sorry. - It's okay.
I'm gonna go look after mom, make sure she's okay.
Okay.
I'll see you later.
I like that color.
Hello.
I'm sorry, we're closed.
Oh.
I was just.
Hi, excuse me.
I just wanted to talk to you for a second.
Hi.
Did you leave something here?
Um, no.
What can I do for you?
I just wanted to apologize to you.
For what?
When I came in and saw you,
I pretended like I didn't know who you were
but I actually I recognized you.
I know who you are.
Who am I?
I saw you the other day outside the Watch Dogs
with your lawyer, Carl.
He's my boss.
I work there.
That was a bad day.
Yeah, he told me.
I mean, nothing specific.
Yeah, well he's not supposed to tell you.
Right?
Isn't that...
All he said was that things hadn't gone your way,
which, to be honest,
a blind person in the street could've guessed.
Do you need something?
Well,
do you wanna get a drink?
I don't really drink with people I don't know.
Okay, well I wasn't trying to be weird.
Strangery.
I just got in a huge fight with my mom
and I need a drink.
What?
"Strangery."
I know, can you give me a second?
I'll come have a drink with you.
Really?
Yeah.
Pretty much all I do is drink with strangers.
So,
you'll do.
It's gonna be like 10, 15 minutes.
Okay.
Are you sure you're okay sitting here, by the way,
near the bathroom?
I'm fine.
Sorry, what were you saying?
Go on.
I was saying that your boss, Carl, fucked up
and now I'm screwed.
What's your situation?
The Watch Dog's, it's like a schoolyard.
You know, everybody helps everybody out.
We share case info.
Etcetera, etcetera.
All under legal privilege, of course.
I know it's about a kid but that's it.
Ew.
See, I told you it works.
I know, I do it like twice an hour.
Eventually it's gonna break you of the habit.
You'll be thanking me.
My mom makes me so angry.
She just really knows how to push my buttons, you know?
Of course she does, she made them.
It's my son.
My sister and her husband took care of him
while I was in prison.
I went to prison but I assume you know that.
Yeah.
And then I made Gabby Alec's legal guardian
because he was just a tiny baby
and now they won't share custody.
Well,
I mean it's understandable.
What's understandable?
Just, you know.
Fuck you, that's not understandable!
They won't let me see my son.
Well, no.
What the fuck are you talking about?
Look.
Forget I said that.
I was trying to think like a lawyer.
I don't wanna make a big deal about it,
but don't ever touch me again, okay?
Okay.
It's a touchy subject.
So sorry, so sorry.
It's okay.
Need anything else?
I'll have another one.
Do you want another one?
Sure.
Okay.
Thanks.
Hey.
I apologize.
I need to just use the bathroom real quick.
Well look who we have here.
Tell me you're not torturing yourself
for not letting me give you my number.
Okay, I'm not torturing myself.
God, you're killing me.
What're you, stalking me?
Yeah, I'm stalking you at my neighborhood bar,
where we met least night.
Peter?
Peter.
I did leave a really big impression on you, didn't I?
Let me see that for a second.
One tiny, quick little second.
You'll have it back before you even know it left your hands.
There you go.
Now you have my number.
Okay, now you have mine.
I'm on to you, pal.
Yeah,
you got me.
You might hear from me.
Then again, you might not.
You probably will.
Was that a friend?
Maybe, not really.
He's cute.
Mhmm.
So what happened?
What happened what?
With your mom.
Oh.
It's kind of a touchy subject.
She doesn't want any visitors today, ma'am.
Are you sure you spoke to Maria Mendez?
I talk to the girl every day.
Right, of course, I'm sorry.
Okay, can you ask her again?
No, ma'am, she was very clear.
Do you think you could maybe
give her a message?
Sure.
Tell her that I got the program to hold her spot
and that she will be transferred in two days.
Okay.
Have her sit tight until then.
Tell her it will be okay.
Okay.
Thank you.
That's weird, yeah?
Yep.
Is it weird?
I mean, day drinking?
I'm in if you're in.
Fuck yeah, let's do it.
Yeah?
All right.
I mean, look,
it's one of the perks of being the boss, right?
Vince.
Hey.
What's up?
So weird, I was just hang out and you guys should walk by.
It's crazy, right?
Hey.
- Hi. - Hi.
I didn't get a new phone.
What?
I did not get a new phone,
in case that's why you didn't call.
You thought I had a new phone.
I didn't, same phone.
Thought you were gonna call me.
Um, I can...
No, no, no, sorry.
Is that the new waitress.
Are you the new waitress?
Beth, here,
was just walking past, let' go.
I'm not walking past.
I'd like to talk to you, actually.
Okay.
Do you mind?
I do.
Why don't you just...
What? Suck a dick again?
You want me to suck your dick again?
Do you have to suck his dick?
Did you maker her suck your dick?
Is that how you got the job?
Kelly.
You know what, I'll meet you back inside.
I forgot a draft of the menu anyway that I wanna get,
so can you ask Jamie to print one out
and I'll be right in.
I'll be right in.
Okay.
Just stay warm.
Be right there.
Where does this go?
In your mind, when you were planning this whole thing out,
where is the best place that is goes?
I don't like what you're saying to me right now, Beth.
I don't like it.
It's scary.
You're scaring me, Beth.
What are you talking about?
You come up and you threaten me
and the girl I gave the job you wanted to, that's...
No I didn't.
I'd say you did.
You may have even told me that you were gonna kill me.
You may have said that you were gonna hurt my daughter.
I have a daughter, by the way.
You may have even told me that you have been watching her
go to and from school.
All because I didn't give you this little job.
I don't wanna see you again, Beth.
Do you understand me?
I do.
Okay, I was thinking about it
and no, absolutely not.
- Yes. - No, no, no.
Yes it was.
It was.
It most certainly was.
It doesn't make any sense.
Remember, Bobby went in drag.
Oh my god, he was Marilyn Monroe.
What?
So awesome but it was jus the makeup.
Just the face.
The rest, he was still in his school uniform.
His makeup was amazing.
He was so much better at it.
Right?
Got married?
Married?
Yes.
I can't believe the idea of that man
confining himself to one dick
is mind-blowing.
Yeah.
Okay, hang on. Hang on.
The debate doesn't make any sense.
None of it makes any sense.
We were 15.
So you're dressed as a beat poet,
you're a...
Love child.
And Bobby is Marilyn Monroe?
That's right.
What's the topic?
Something about the 70s.
The 70s were a bad influence.
Yes, that's it.
Why weren't you there?
I had been suspended, remember?
Oh my god.
For having sex with James on the basketball court.
That was then?
Yeah.
I mean, please.
The infamy, the fame.
No autographs, please.
Okay, I will let this die...
Oh, god.
After the question.
Okay?
Where you for the topic or against the topic?
I don't think we had any fucking idea,
to be honest with you.
I just remember you kept talking
about the Seven Deadly Sins.
Yes, oh again, no relevance at all, what-so-ever.
And you kept repeating "lust."
Lust.
"Lust, Fiona, you can feel it deep in your breast."
I think that's probably why we were disqualified.
Yeah, you think? Maybe?
Totally worth it.
Really?
That's because you didn't have to go
in front of the entire school and apologize the next day.
Totally worth it.
You were always trouble, you were trouble.
You were.
My mom used to always say you're gonna wind up in jail.
Fuck.
Shit, I'm sorry, Beth.
It's all right.
Oh Sally, don't worry.
I don't forget I went to jail.
It's fine.
Actually, they call it prison.
It's fine, who wants another drink?
No.
Please.
I want to but I...
Oh, come on. Don't let that be the...
It's not, it's fine.
It's fine.
I thought that a half an hour ago.
Yeah, I kinda have to kick you guys out in a little bit.
Don't let this be weird.
I really don't want it.
I know, I'm sorry.
It's not weird at all.
I have to go to a birthday party with my stupid kid tomorrow
because it's so freaking early.
Yeah, it's Henry's only night off.
He's gonna be home in a little bit.
Oh and they haven't fucked in two months.
Sad but true.
True facts.
Cheers.
I'd like to meet him.
Yes, we gotta arrange that.
This month is a little tricky,
but I think next month I'm wide open.
So hopes Henry.
It was so, sorry, you have to have give that to me.
It was right out there.
It was hanging there waiting for me to pluck it.
Yeah.
Okay, so you call me
and we'll go to that new Japanese place on Houseton,
I was telling you about.
Morgan's?
That place isn't new, it's like three years old.
Well it's new for.
Shit.
Hey.
One of us disappeared for ten years.
It's weird.
It's okay.
It's a little weird.
It's a little.
It's a little weird.
Okay, here's a dumb question.
I'm gonna ask it.
Uh oh.
Did you, are you able to color your hair in prison?
I wanna know.
That would be so important.
That's one of my big fears.
Hold on.
I'm not able to...
Let's go on the record as saying,
we agree it's a dumb question, right?
We agree it's a dumb question
but we also agree I need the answer.
Yes you can.
You can?
Yes.
Want some nuts?
I'm good, thanks.
More wine?
No, thank you.
Are you on for a repeat performance from last week?
Get me drunk, I mean.
No.
Because you don't have to get me drunk.
I'm pretty sure you're gonna get lucky tonight, okay?
Is that right?
I'm gonna have,
do you want more wine?
You drink the wine.
Fuck this, you know what I do want is...
Hey, excuse me?
Can I get a scotch, double, please?
Same.
Sounds good.
I didn't even know I had this jacket.
It's nice.
Thanks.
You trying to impress me?
Yeah.
Well, you already did that.
So I should stop trying?
You don't have to.
I was glad you called.
I was glad you answered.
I haven't done that in...
forever, called a girl.
I was actually nervous coming over here.
You were pretty confident putting your number in my phone.
Thought that was a bold move.
Well, my life is
generally one badly thought out move after another.
So take that for what it's worth.
You were nervous.
That's nice.
Tell me.
My ex-wife.
I'm sorry, this is a stupid topic to bring up.
Tell me.
I don't know how this is gonna come out
but I'm just gonna say it.
The shit I saw over there,
in Afghanistan,
is some of the most horrific shit that exists in this world.
But I miss it.
Because I knew who I was over there.
And I knew who my friends were.
And trust meant something
and it was a fucking nightmare.
But I was awake.
But this shit with my old lady and my kid,
this is...
someone who...
I trusted completely.
She destroyed me,
she took away everything I had.
Took a different kind of nightmare.
Because I know that there's a monster out there
and I can't see it and I can't fight it.
How do you not think of your daughter
every second of the day?
I do.
Will you take me home with you?
Can I get the check, man, please?
It's okay, I don't care about the drinks.
I'll pay for them.
Well that's mine.
This one's yours?
This is yours and that's Sonya's.
Everyone.
I'm making a mess here.
As usually.
I do! I do!
We've been drinking a lot.
All right.
To Monica.
To me.
To you!
To the bride.
To the blushing bride.
Cheers.
Beautiful bride.
We forgive you.
Thank you all for coming.
And thank you for planning all this.
He's the best, right?
He's the greatest.
I'm not so in love with the in-laws,
but I guess that's tradition, right?
Are they weird?
Yeah, they're a little weird.
Are you drunk? What's happening?
Let's open presents.
All right.
Woo!
Okay. This one is from...
Me! Me! Me! That's mine!
I was getting to that.
This one is from Felicity.
Oh, okay, really? Thank you.
There's a card in here.
Wait, don't read the card.
Don't read it out loud.
Read it! Read it!
No, cards should be read the next day.
It's true.
This is beautiful.
It's like the one you had.
Yeah.
Wow.
You left the sticker on though.
It's like the one you had.
But I got it red.
Shut up.
Thank you.
This...
We're sticking with this tradition.
Yes.
What is it? What is it? What is it?
Show us.
Come on.
We knew someone had to get you something sexy.
Okay.
Bow-chika-bow-wow.
Oh.
Yes.
Put it on.
Sonya, no phones.
No phones.
I'm sorry, it's the Watch Dogs.
No phone zone.
It's Carl, he says your phone is off.
Did you hear that? My phone is off.
My phone is not even in this room.
Jess, take it.
No.
Tell him I'll call him back.
Where were we?
We're passing out gifts, mother.
He needs to talk to you.
Okay, I'll be really quick.
I promise.
I'll be quick.
Hi.
No, I'm at my sister's bridal shower.
Yeah, we're supposed to...
Yeah.
We're supposed to go back to court tomorrow.
Yeah, I know who you are talking about.
What about her?
Okay.
I, I, I...
Yeah, I'm here.
I just, I gotta call you right back, okay?
No, no, no, I'm fine.
Bye.
I like that sound!
Play your best song.
We're doing great.
I think we'll have even amounts, right?
On both sides.
Tickle?
Tickle those.
It's got all these messages.
Shooting star.
You have ten seconds.
Ten seconds for what?
Wanna tell me what you're doing here?
I'm helping with the concert.
I'm helping volunteer with the parents.
I made sure he got raised properly
because you couldn't do it yourself.
That help you sleep at night?
It's called delusional reframing, in case you're interested.
Thank you.
What do you call it when a person re-imagines
all the disgusting things that they did
as somebody else's fault?
What about that?
What did you think was gonna happen when I got out?
You were just gonna lie to him?
Till he was old enough to be safe.
What do you mean, safe?
Safe from what?
Me?
Safe from me?
I'm sorry, I don't wanna fight.
Yeah you do.
No.
You wouldn't come like this.
I know you're in a hard position with Sam.
I know he hates me
and he doesn't want Alec anywhere near me.
But could you just ask him if he could...
Can you just tell him that I'll be nice?
Can you just tell him...
Can you just tell him that I'll do anything?
I'll force him to like me.
It's not Sam.
He actually convinced me, originally,
to share custody with you and I changed my mind.
Because I want to protect Alec.
If you just show up like this again,
at his school, at the house,
anywhere that he's gonna be,
next time I'm gonna call the police.
Thanks for calling me first.
You got it.
You know we don't pay overtime here, right?
You've come to drink with me, great.
If not, fuck off.
Hey, for the record,
that's concise.
Oh, damn.
So the landlord, he put alarms on the front door last week
and they tend to go off when the door gets open after hours.
Yeah, the security guard arriving with his gun drawn
was kind of a giveaway, thank you.
The answer's yes.
Oh, well,
I didn't hear from you so I kinda spoke to Terry about it.
Well kinda unspeak to Terry.
Carl.
The job's mine.
I thought maybe after today...
You thought after today, what?
I'm not going out on that.
You think that's the kind of person I am?
No, I don't.
I'm never gonna let that happen
to one of my clients again.
Yeah, you will.
No, I won't.
I won't allow that to happen to anybody ever again.
Yes, yes you will.
It's gonna happen, Jess.
It's gonna happen over and over and over again
and that's just the way it's gonna be.
You're not gonna let that happen, huh?
No.
Oh really?
Who the hell do you think you are?
I mean, if you can stop it from happening
then I can definitely stop it from happening.
Don't you think I would if I could?
All you can do is fucking give it your best.
Shit like today is definitely gonna happen again and worse.
And that girl dying, it doesn't really mean anything.
I mean...
It's a very sad situation
but it's not like you're gonna learn some romantic lesson
from all of this and use it to save all the other girls.
No, Jess, no.
It's just one endless slog.
Why tell me that?
Because you need to hear that.
Bad shit happens to people who don't deserve it
every fucking second of the day.
Yeah.
That's why we do what we do here.
That's why what we do means something.
It means something.
Forgive me for saying this,
maybe it's a little heroic.
I'm gpnna deny every using that word
if you ever hit me up with this again.
Know what you're saying yes to.
The answer's still yes.
Don't stay out too late here.
I need you bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
when you come to work in the morning.
Hey, the seniors here,
we're the ones who set the example.
Hey, Carl?
Yep?
There's a condition.
Hey.
Oh my god.
Did you get the restraining order?
The restraining order.
I don't wanna talk about it.
I told you I don't wanna talk about it.
I don't like talking about it in front of my job.
Okay.
Well, you're probably gonna have to get
used to talking about it
since I'm the one who's representing you now
in the custody dispute.
Have you been drinking?
Yeah.
How much?
All of it.
So just to be clear,
you didn't concent, even verbally,
to your son being told that your sister's
his biological mother?
No.
All I know is that she stopped bringing Alec to visit
and then, when my mother died,
she stopped coming altogether
and whenever I talked to social services about it,
they said that you can't force someone to visit
and especially once they're the child's legal guardian.
It's hopeless.
It's not hopeless until I say it's hopeless, okay?
You need to understand one thing, Beth.
I am the one who's running this,
not you.
Do you understand?
Okay, good!
Now,
what have you got on her?
On who?
You mean, besides she stole my kid?
Yes.
And that she's a bitch?
Was she violent?
Did she use drugs while you were growing up?
Did she cheat on her first husband?
Has she ever committed a crime?
I need something I can use
that is going to scare the living shit out of her
so she gives us what we want.
Why do you wanna help me?
This girl I was representing
killed herself today in custody.
She was 17.
I had just gotten her into this program
that was gonna help her graduate high school.
We were gonna appear in court tomorrow
to schedule her release.
I failed her.
It was my fault
and she fell through the cracks.
A judge refused her a release last week
because Maria didn't fit the picture
of what a good person is supposed to look like.
Neither do you.
Do you want my help or not?
Yes, please.
Okay.
What do you have on her?
When she graduated college,
Gabby worked as a teacher
and there was a field trip fund that the class had
to go to the zoo.
There was a new litter of lion cubs.
Don't need to hear about the lion cubs.
And the class was raising money so that they could go
and Gabby got caught stealing the money.
200 dollars.
She had a gambling problem.
What happened?
She got fired and that was the end of the story.
Does Carl know about this?
No, it was eight years ago.
Okay, well I'm going to make it
seem like it was yesterday.
Hello?
Your sister...
got fired from being a teacher
because she was stealing money from children.
We're gonna go for full custody.
What?
Yeah.
I mean your sister lied to your son about you
and she has a history of child abuse.
Child abuse?
Taking money from kids that are in your care,
that's child abuse.
Is that child abuse?
It will be when I'm done telling the court that it is.
She doesn't gamble anymore, she went to therapy.
I don't care.
And neither should you.
You're protecting her.
Do you think she's protecting you?
Do you know the things that are gonna be said about you
in a courtroom in front of a judge?
Things that your sister
is going to allow her lawyer to say about you.
Beth,
we need this.
If this doesn't go your way, you may never see Alec again.
When you're gonna punch someone bigger than you,
you get one chance.
You have to make it a good one.
Do you need to throw up again?
I probably should.
Good, huh?
He's good.
Sounds nice.
Alec, that's my son,
he likes jazz.
He started listening to it when he was basically a baby.
My mom told me.
So I've been listen to it.
Cool.
Where is he?
Some of the notes sound wrong.
I don't get it.
You're gonna laugh at me, that's all right.
It's okay.
I'm not laughing at you.
Sounded like you were laughing.
I'm laughing because you're right.
It's called dissonance.
So that when it resolves,
there's a sense of completion.
No, I was gonna say you didn't let me finish my thought.
Excuse me, I apologize.
It's okay.
Continue.
I was just gonna say what you said.
That I know it's supposed to sound wrong
so that it will eventually sound right.
Yeah, right.
I guess.
I mean, I didn't like it at first either.
No?
No.
I really think, with the exception of my kid,
I think that a lot of the really important things
in my life, the things that I really enjoy,
I didn't like them at first.
They kinda had to grow on me.
Oh yeah?
Yeah, you know.
Maybe they're rude or abrasive
in my first experience of them
but then they get a lot sweeter and nicer
and I figure out how to handle them.
You're a douchebag, you know that?
Oh, there she is.
Welcome back, thank you for joining us.
You seem really good.
I am.
It's nice.
Yeah.
It's always helping me, which feels good.
Helping you with what?
With my son.
Excuse me.
I'm really sorry to interrupt.
Are you from Fort Green by any chance?
Yeah.
Did you grow up on Willowbee Street in Fort Green?
Yeah, I lived on Willowbee.
It's Elizabeth, right?
Beth, no one calls me that anymore.
Do I know you?
Yeah, come on, it's George.
You know, I grew up on the corner.
Oh yeah, maybe.
Yeah, maybe.
I was sitting over there and I was like,
"I know that girl from going up."
I thought, "No way, that can't be true."
You know?
It's a small world, there,
aye George from the corner.
What's going on, man?
Can I help you with something?
Yeah.
You can get her to give my best friend his sister back.
You filthy fucking cunt!
What the fuck did you say?!
Huh?
Hey!
What the fuck did you say?
You wanna fucking talk to a woman like that?
Why don't you show some fucking respect, huh?
You might know her but you really don't fucking know me.
I will take your fucking head off
and not even think about it.
Stop it!
You fucking hear me?
Come on!
You fucking hear me?!
Yes!
Fucking piece of shit!
I will kill you.
Michael said that all I had to do was drive the car.
That's it.
That he would go in, rob the store,
we'd go home.
Easy as pie.
I...
I heard the gunshot
and when he came out, his face looked different.
Like he was a completely different person
and I knew that something had...
And he just told me to...
He screamed, "Go!"
And I just slammed on the gas
without even looking at the road.
I almost didn't even feel the thud.
Until the whole car bounced in the air
when we ran over whatever it was that I had hit.
And I slammed on the breaks
and I looked out the back mirror,
back window.
There was just a little shape.
I couldn't even really see anything.
And he screamed, "Drive!"
And so I just took off.
And we passed a squad car a few blocks away
and they chased us because I was speeding
and then I hit a traffic light
and Michael went through the...
Thorough the windshield.
Most of him did, anyway.
It was pretty graphic.
Fuck.
Natalie was on her way to get chili powder for her mother,
who was making dinner,
and she had her headphones in,
so she hadn't heard the shot, didn't hear my car.
My lawyer said that since Michael was gone
that the judge was probably gonna want someone to blame
and that I should expect a harsh sentence.
I think it was especially hard for my sister
because she had finally gotten over her own problems
and suddenly she known as the sister of a child killer.
I served...
ten years out of 15.
I got out a year ago.
I understand that you
probably hate me now, so...
Let me drive you.
Thank you.
Fuck.
My clients agreed to this meeting only due to the fact
that there was an obvious surprise
the last time she was here...
Yes, well thank you.
Having said that,
we are expecting something definitive.
I'm glad you brought that up, Rebecca,
because we do have something definitive
to put on the table today.
Go ahead.
What I'm about to say, my client has agreed,
to keep in the confines of these four walls,
but in order to keep it out of the courtroom,
we are going to need your complete
and totally agreement to our new terms.
New terms, right.
Okay, get to the point or I'm walking them out of here.
I wouldn't do that if I were you.
Some new and disturbing information has come to light
about one of your clients.
It seems that when Mrs. Bradly was a teacher,
she decided it would be okay to dip...
You can have full custody.
Beth.
It's okay.
I'm not gonna contest.
I will visit him if and when you want me to.
Alec is a little boy.
Growing up is confusing enough
without putting him through this.
I don't want him to be...
I don't want him to be my age,
dealing with the consequences of this shit.
You raised him.
You're his parents.
You did a good job, Gab.
Beth, do not do this to yourself.
So I put myself in your hands.
Stop, you can't do this...
Listen, stop.
I can't tell you how much it means
that you wanted to stand up for me.
Okay?
But this is it.
You know where to find me if you want us to meet up.