1 00:00:07,175 --> 00:00:09,677 ( knocks on door ) 2 00:00:13,381 --> 00:00:16,784 OKAY, ALL RIGHT, I'M COMING, I'M COMING. 3 00:00:21,522 --> 00:00:23,757 WHO IS IT? 4 00:00:23,857 --> 00:00:25,493 Man: DELIVERY. 5 00:00:25,593 --> 00:00:27,528 OKAY. 6 00:00:30,898 --> 00:00:32,866 MR. PRINCE. 7 00:00:32,966 --> 00:00:36,204 WHAT, YOU THOUGHT IF YOU MOVED TO BROOKLYN I WOULDN'T FIND YOU? 8 00:00:36,304 --> 00:00:40,341 WELL, IS-- IS EVERYTHING OKAY? 9 00:00:40,441 --> 00:00:43,377 OKAY? WHAT, DID YOU FORGET ALREADY? 10 00:00:43,477 --> 00:00:46,747 NO, OF COURSE I DIDN'T. 11 00:00:46,847 --> 00:00:48,249 HOW COULD I EVER FORGET THAT? 12 00:00:48,349 --> 00:00:50,218 NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. 13 00:00:50,318 --> 00:00:52,586 YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY THINKS THEY CAN JUST RUN AWAY. 14 00:00:52,686 --> 00:00:55,223 - WELL, NOT ANYMORE. - I'M REALLY CONFUSED. 15 00:00:55,323 --> 00:00:58,792 IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR. HAS SOMETHING HAPPENED? 16 00:00:58,892 --> 00:01:01,262 I GOT THE REPORT BACK FROM THE NAVY. 17 00:01:01,362 --> 00:01:05,999 THERE WAS NO SIGN OF A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION. 18 00:01:06,100 --> 00:01:09,570 I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. 19 00:01:09,670 --> 00:01:12,406 BUT YOU KNEW MY SON WASN'T READY TO FLY. 20 00:01:12,506 --> 00:01:14,775 YOU KNEW. 21 00:01:14,875 --> 00:01:16,810 AND YOU DID NOTHING TO STOP HIM. 22 00:01:16,910 --> 00:01:19,680 NOW HE'S GONE. 23 00:01:19,780 --> 00:01:21,315 YOU STILL PRACTICING? 24 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:24,118 WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME INSIDE? 25 00:01:24,218 --> 00:01:26,854 IS THIS YOUR NEW OFFICE WHERE YOU HELP PEOPLE, 26 00:01:26,954 --> 00:01:29,490 LIKE YOU DID ALEX? 27 00:01:29,590 --> 00:01:31,425 I WOULD-- I WOULD NEVER GO IN THERE. 28 00:01:31,525 --> 00:01:35,062 MR. PRINCE, ALEX'S DEATH WAS A TRAGEDY. 29 00:01:35,163 --> 00:01:36,830 I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE WHAT YOU'VE-- 30 00:01:36,930 --> 00:01:39,800 I DON'T WANT YOU TO IMAGINE IT, MAN. I WANT YOU LIVE IT. 31 00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:41,569 I UNDERSTAND YOUR RAGE. 32 00:01:41,669 --> 00:01:43,571 YOU UNDERSTAND NOTHING. 33 00:01:43,671 --> 00:01:46,340 YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING, DOCTOR-- 34 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:47,808 MAYBE YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THIS. 35 00:01:47,908 --> 00:01:49,677 WHAT'S THIS? 36 00:01:49,777 --> 00:01:52,446 A LAWSUIT AGAINST YOU. 37 00:01:52,546 --> 00:01:54,648 I TOLD THEM I'D SERVE THE SUMMONS MYSELF. 38 00:01:54,748 --> 00:01:57,485 ( sighs ) 39 00:01:57,585 --> 00:02:00,288 UM, 40 00:02:00,388 --> 00:02:02,423 CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS, PLEASE? 41 00:02:02,523 --> 00:02:04,024 IS THAT GONNA BRING HIM BACK? 42 00:02:04,124 --> 00:02:06,126 NO, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT GONNA BRING HIM BACK. 43 00:02:06,227 --> 00:02:09,330 WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT KILLED ALEX 44 00:02:09,430 --> 00:02:11,232 IN THE FIRST PLACE-- TALKING WITH YOU. 45 00:02:11,332 --> 00:02:13,867 I DID NOT KILL YOUR SON, MR. PRINCE. 46 00:02:13,967 --> 00:02:16,069 OH, YEAH? 47 00:02:16,170 --> 00:02:18,839 TELL THAT TO HIS SON. 48 00:02:21,542 --> 00:02:22,910 I'M SORRY. 49 00:02:23,010 --> 00:02:25,813 OH, NO, THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. 50 00:02:25,913 --> 00:02:28,015 YOU'RE GONNA PAY. 51 00:02:28,115 --> 00:02:29,883 I WANT YOU TO PAY. 52 00:02:40,328 --> 00:02:41,962 ( outside door slams ) 53 00:02:42,062 --> 00:02:44,498 ( exhales ) 54 00:02:47,768 --> 00:02:50,604 ( theme music playing ) 55 00:03:09,089 --> 00:03:12,092 ( people chattering, phones ringing ) 56 00:03:12,192 --> 00:03:16,564 ( distant jackhammers rattling ) 57 00:03:41,422 --> 00:03:43,891 MR. WESTON, THIS WAY, PLEASE. 58 00:03:44,958 --> 00:03:46,894 THANK YOU. 59 00:04:03,911 --> 00:04:06,280 PAUL. 60 00:04:06,380 --> 00:04:08,682 IT'S BEEN A WHILE. HOW ARE YOU? 61 00:04:08,782 --> 00:04:10,651 I'M-- I'M FINE. 62 00:04:10,751 --> 00:04:13,354 IT'S MIA, ISN'T IT? 63 00:04:13,454 --> 00:04:17,024 I WASN'T SURE YOU WOULD REMEMBER. 64 00:04:17,124 --> 00:04:18,959 OF COURSE I REMEMBER. 65 00:04:19,059 --> 00:04:21,028 I'M SURE I'VE CHANGED. 66 00:04:21,128 --> 00:04:22,863 ( chuckles ) 67 00:04:22,963 --> 00:04:25,699 WELL... 68 00:04:25,799 --> 00:04:29,169 ACTUALLY, I HAD AN APPOINTMENT 69 00:04:29,269 --> 00:04:31,339 WITH A MR. ELLIS. 70 00:04:31,439 --> 00:04:34,041 I KNOW. UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S STUCK DOWN IN D.C. 71 00:04:34,141 --> 00:04:36,043 HE SENDS HIS APOLOGIES. I'M COVERING. 72 00:04:36,143 --> 00:04:38,278 OH, OKAY. WELL, THEN MAYBE 73 00:04:38,379 --> 00:04:40,180 I SHOULD WAIT FOR HIM TO COME BACK. 74 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:42,182 OH, YOU CAN, BUT HE MIGHT BE A WHILE. 75 00:04:42,282 --> 00:04:43,917 AND I'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT YOUR FILE. 76 00:04:44,017 --> 00:04:45,553 OH. 77 00:04:45,653 --> 00:04:49,657 BUT STILL, GIVEN OUR HISTORY... 78 00:04:49,757 --> 00:04:51,459 GOD, PLEASE, PAUL. 79 00:04:51,559 --> 00:04:53,727 THE FIRST HEARING IS IN EIGHT WEEKS. 80 00:04:53,827 --> 00:04:56,029 I THINK IT'S IN YOUR BEST INTEREST TO GET STARTED. 81 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:58,632 EIGHT WEEKS? IS THAT ENOUGH TIME? 82 00:04:58,732 --> 00:05:01,201 WELL, EXACTLY. LOOK, YOU'RE HERE. 83 00:05:01,301 --> 00:05:03,303 LET'S JUST DO THE FIRST CONSULTATION. 84 00:05:03,404 --> 00:05:06,974 I WILL ASK SOME QUESTIONS. YOU'LL ASK SOME QUESTIONS. AND THAT'S IT. 85 00:05:07,074 --> 00:05:10,844 MR. ELLIS CAN SEE YOU NEXT TIME IF YOU'D LIKE. 86 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:14,748 - OKAY. - GREAT. 87 00:05:17,618 --> 00:05:20,187 WELL, A BEAUTIFUL VIEW. 88 00:05:20,287 --> 00:05:22,823 YEAH, ALL THE TRAPPINGS. 89 00:05:22,923 --> 00:05:24,057 RIGHT. 90 00:05:24,157 --> 00:05:26,093 HAVE A SEAT. 91 00:05:29,530 --> 00:05:32,332 I'VE HANDLED A LOT OF MALPRACTICE CASES. 92 00:05:32,433 --> 00:05:36,704 MALPRACTICE? 93 00:05:39,773 --> 00:05:42,142 I CAN IMAGINE HOW DIFFICULT THIS MUST BE FOR YOU. 94 00:05:42,242 --> 00:05:45,713 NO, I'M FINE, 95 00:05:45,813 --> 00:05:47,347 REALLY. 96 00:05:47,448 --> 00:05:50,418 MALPRACTICE? 97 00:05:50,518 --> 00:05:53,654 HOW DO WE-- HOW DO WE BEGIN? 98 00:05:53,754 --> 00:05:55,589 WE'LL START WITH SOME PERSONAL INFORMATION, 99 00:05:55,689 --> 00:05:57,658 JUST TO VERIFY. IS THAT OKAY? 100 00:05:57,758 --> 00:05:59,292 SURE SURE. 101 00:05:59,393 --> 00:06:02,696 - YOU'RE 53? - YEAH. 102 00:06:02,796 --> 00:06:05,633 - YOU LOOK GREAT. - THANK YOU. 103 00:06:05,733 --> 00:06:09,036 MEN ARE LUCKY LIKE THAT. GOD, IT'S ANNOYING. 104 00:06:11,104 --> 00:06:13,607 YOU HAVE A B.A. AND AN M.S. FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 105 00:06:13,707 --> 00:06:16,176 AND A PhD FROM THE NEW SCHOOL. 106 00:06:16,276 --> 00:06:17,845 - THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. - THANK YOU. 107 00:06:17,945 --> 00:06:20,414 AND THEN, AFTER YOUR NEW YORK INTERNSHIP, 108 00:06:20,514 --> 00:06:23,383 YOU JUST PICKED UP AND MOVED. 109 00:06:23,484 --> 00:06:26,386 NO, THAT WAS A FEW YEARS LATER. 110 00:06:26,487 --> 00:06:29,022 I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE BALTIMORE INSTITUTE. 111 00:06:29,122 --> 00:06:31,659 RIGHT, IN THE SUMMER OF '88, 112 00:06:31,759 --> 00:06:33,761 RIGHT BEFORE I STARTED LAW SCHOOL. 113 00:06:33,861 --> 00:06:37,765 AND NOW YOU LIVE AND WORK IN BROOKLYN. WELCOME BACK. 114 00:06:37,865 --> 00:06:40,801 THANK YOU. WELL, I JUST ACTUALLY GOT BACK LAST SUMMER. 115 00:06:40,901 --> 00:06:42,102 I SEE. 116 00:06:42,202 --> 00:06:46,106 AND YOU'RE RECENTLY DIVORCED? 117 00:06:46,206 --> 00:06:48,041 DOES IT SAY THAT IN MY FILE? 118 00:06:48,141 --> 00:06:50,377 FROM YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY-- IT'S THE FIRST YEAR 119 00:06:50,478 --> 00:06:53,046 YOU'VE CIRCLED THE "D" ON THE FORM. 120 00:06:53,146 --> 00:06:56,750 THEN I GUESS I AM D-VORCED. 121 00:06:56,850 --> 00:06:58,418 - AND THREE CHILDREN? - YES. 122 00:06:58,519 --> 00:07:01,088 ARE THEY WITH YOU? 123 00:07:04,625 --> 00:07:06,727 ALL RIGHT, SO I ASSUME YOU UNDERSTAND 124 00:07:06,827 --> 00:07:08,428 THE BASICS OF THE LAWSUIT. 125 00:07:08,529 --> 00:07:10,163 YOU KNOW, TO BE QUITE HONEST, 126 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:12,432 I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND ANY OF IT. 127 00:07:12,533 --> 00:07:14,902 OKAY, LET'S START FROM THE TOP. 128 00:07:15,002 --> 00:07:18,405 YOU'RE BEING SUED BY YOUR EX-PATIENT'S ESTATE. 129 00:07:18,506 --> 00:07:20,974 THEY CLAIM THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD 130 00:07:21,074 --> 00:07:23,010 THAT MR. PRINCE WASN'T READY TO FLY, 131 00:07:23,110 --> 00:07:25,412 AND YOU SHOULD HAVE ALERTED THE NAVY TO HIS CONDITION. 132 00:07:25,513 --> 00:07:28,281 THEY'RE SUING YOU FOR $20 MILLION... 133 00:07:28,381 --> 00:07:30,083 FUCKING HELL. 134 00:07:30,183 --> 00:07:33,353 ...ONLY $3 MILLION OF WHICH IS COVERED BY YOUR INSURER. 135 00:07:33,453 --> 00:07:35,388 ( exhales ) 136 00:07:35,489 --> 00:07:38,626 - WOULD YOU LIKE SOME WATER? - UH-HUH, PLEASE. 137 00:07:38,726 --> 00:07:42,229 - OR MAYBE SOMETHING STRONGER? - WHAT? 138 00:07:42,329 --> 00:07:43,897 IT'S A JOKE. IT'S JUST A BAD JOKE. 139 00:07:43,997 --> 00:07:47,467 SORRY I'M NOT AT MY MOST JOVIAL. 140 00:07:47,568 --> 00:07:50,571 WELL, WHO WOULD BE? 141 00:07:50,671 --> 00:07:52,773 IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, 142 00:07:52,873 --> 00:07:55,943 THIS LAWSUIT IS WITHOUT MERIT, 143 00:07:56,043 --> 00:07:59,312 BUT WE LIVE IN A LITIGIOUS SOCIETY. 144 00:07:59,412 --> 00:08:03,450 SO THIS-- THIS FIRST HEARING-- 145 00:08:03,551 --> 00:08:06,587 IT COULD JUST GET THROWN OUT? 146 00:08:06,687 --> 00:08:08,989 IT COULD. AND IT SHOULD. 147 00:08:09,089 --> 00:08:12,760 BUT THE THRESHOLD TO ALLOW A CASE TO GO TO TRIAL IS SUBJECTIVE. 148 00:08:12,860 --> 00:08:15,896 THERE'S THE LAW, AND THEN THERE'S THE JUDGE YOU DRAW. 149 00:08:15,996 --> 00:08:18,832 BUT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH A DIVORCE, SO YOU MUST KNOW THAT. 150 00:08:18,932 --> 00:08:21,569 YEAH, BUT THE LAW IS STILL THE LAW, ISN'T IT? 151 00:08:21,669 --> 00:08:25,372 YES, BUT YOUR PATIENT WAS A YOUNG MAN, 152 00:08:25,472 --> 00:08:27,875 A FATHER, A WAR HERO. 153 00:08:27,975 --> 00:08:30,678 YEAH, WELL, TO BE ABSOLUTELY HONEST, 154 00:08:30,778 --> 00:08:33,981 I DON'T THINK THAT HE WOULD SEE HIMSELF AS A WAR HERO. 155 00:08:34,081 --> 00:08:36,249 EITHER WAY, A HOME-TOWN JUDGE 156 00:08:36,349 --> 00:08:38,986 MAY WANT TO GIVE HIS FAMILY THEIR DAY IN COURT. 157 00:08:39,086 --> 00:08:41,822 BUT I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WOULDN'T GO TO TRIAL. 158 00:08:41,922 --> 00:08:43,991 IT SHOULDN'T. BUT IF IT DOES, 159 00:08:44,091 --> 00:08:46,794 JURIES CAN LET EMOTIONS GET IN THE WAY OF THE FACTS, 160 00:08:46,894 --> 00:08:49,563 ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SUICIDE CASES. 161 00:08:49,663 --> 00:08:51,865 WHAT DO YOU MEAN, SUICIDE? 162 00:08:51,965 --> 00:08:55,468 ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT YOU THINK ALEX KILLED HIMSELF? 163 00:08:55,569 --> 00:08:57,404 THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. 164 00:08:57,504 --> 00:08:59,506 BUT HIS ATTORNEYS CLAIM THAT HE DID, 165 00:08:59,607 --> 00:09:01,374 AND THEY'RE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, 166 00:09:01,474 --> 00:09:03,510 DEPOSING EVERYONE HE KNEW. 167 00:09:03,611 --> 00:09:05,646 AND THEY WILL FIND PEOPLE WHO'LL SAY 168 00:09:05,746 --> 00:09:09,149 THAT HE SEEMED DEPRESSED AND NOT HIMSELF. 169 00:09:09,249 --> 00:09:10,984 AND THE NAVY REPORT-- 170 00:09:11,084 --> 00:09:13,687 WELL, OF COURSE THE NAVY ARE GOING TO ABSOLVE THEMSELVES. 171 00:09:13,787 --> 00:09:15,923 OF COURSE THEY ARE. THAT'S NOT REALLY A BIG SURPRISE. 172 00:09:16,023 --> 00:09:19,459 WELL, WE WILL BE MAKING THAT POINT IF IT GETS THAT FAR. 173 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,395 BY THEN IT BECOMES A CONTEST OF EXPERTS. 174 00:09:22,495 --> 00:09:26,099 WE'LL FIND PEOPLE TO TESTIFY THAT YOU UPHELD THE STANDARD OF CARE. 175 00:09:26,199 --> 00:09:29,737 RIGHT, AND THEY'LL PAY PEOPLE TO SAY I DIDN'T. 176 00:09:29,837 --> 00:09:33,874 I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS CAN BE HAPPENING. 177 00:09:33,974 --> 00:09:36,343 PAUL, THE POINT IS, THESE THINGS DO HAPPEN. 178 00:09:36,443 --> 00:09:38,245 AND THAT'S WHY FIRMS LIKE OURS EXIST. 179 00:09:38,345 --> 00:09:41,514 YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY CHOSE THIS FIRM FOR A REASON. 180 00:09:41,615 --> 00:09:45,118 DID YOU FOLLOW THE BOLINGER CASE? 181 00:09:45,218 --> 00:09:47,788 THE SURGEON WHO OPERATED ON THE WRONG SIDE OF SOMEBODY'S BRAIN? 182 00:09:47,888 --> 00:09:50,357 I MEAN, THAT GUY WAS COMPLETELY INCOMPETENT. 183 00:09:50,457 --> 00:09:52,926 THE FACTS WERE AGAINST US. 184 00:09:53,026 --> 00:09:55,696 BUT I WAS HEAD COUNSEL AND WE WON. 185 00:09:55,796 --> 00:09:58,498 SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY 186 00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:00,167 CHOSE YOU BECAUSE THEY THINK I'M GUILTY 187 00:10:00,267 --> 00:10:02,636 AND YOU GET GUILTY PEOPLE OFF. IS THAT IT? 188 00:10:02,736 --> 00:10:04,304 NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT. 189 00:10:04,404 --> 00:10:08,776 MY POINT IS I'VE HANDLED DOZENS OF NEGLIGENCE CASES, 190 00:10:08,876 --> 00:10:12,479 MANY OF WHICH SEEMED FAR WORSE THAN THIS ONE. 191 00:10:12,579 --> 00:10:14,648 I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN HELP YOU. 192 00:10:14,748 --> 00:10:16,717 ( phone rings ) 193 00:10:16,817 --> 00:10:18,652 I SAID NO CALLS, HENRY. 194 00:10:18,752 --> 00:10:20,721 It's Mr. Nesky. 195 00:10:22,555 --> 00:10:25,826 DAD, I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A MEETING. ARE YOU OKAY? 196 00:10:25,926 --> 00:10:29,997 OH, I'M SO GLAD. AND IT FITS? 197 00:10:30,097 --> 00:10:32,632 I KNOW MOM HATES GREEN, BUT I LOVE YOU IN IT. 198 00:10:32,733 --> 00:10:36,136 OKAY, I HAVE TO GO. I LOVE YOU. BYE. 199 00:10:38,071 --> 00:10:39,639 ( pushes button ) NO MORE CALLS. 200 00:10:39,740 --> 00:10:42,009 I'M SORRY. MY FATHER. 201 00:10:42,109 --> 00:10:43,476 IT'S OKAY. 202 00:10:43,576 --> 00:10:45,846 SINCE HE SOLD THE CANDY STORE, HE HAS SOME FREE TIME. 203 00:10:45,946 --> 00:10:47,715 A LOT OF FREE TIME. 204 00:10:47,815 --> 00:10:49,249 HE MUST BE VERY PROUD OF YOU. 205 00:10:49,349 --> 00:10:53,954 I'VE COME A LONG WAY FROM THE PULASKI BRIDGE. 206 00:10:54,054 --> 00:10:55,989 ANYWAY, LET'S KEEP GOING. YOUR SESSION NOTES-- 207 00:10:56,089 --> 00:10:58,792 YOU HAVEN'T SENT THOSE IN YET. WE'RE GONNA NEED THOSE RIGHT AWAY. 208 00:10:58,892 --> 00:11:01,328 I DON'T HAVE ANY NOTES. 209 00:11:01,428 --> 00:11:03,130 REALLY? 210 00:11:03,230 --> 00:11:05,598 I DON'T TAKE NOTES. 211 00:11:05,699 --> 00:11:08,368 OH. THAT COULD BE A BIT OF A PROBLEM FOR US. 212 00:11:08,468 --> 00:11:10,003 WHAT DO YOU MEAN, A PROBLEM? 213 00:11:10,103 --> 00:11:12,439 LOTS OF THERAPISTS DON'T TAKE NOTES. 214 00:11:12,539 --> 00:11:14,407 I MEAN, I START A SESSION-- I'M IN IT. 215 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:16,844 I KNOW EVERYTHING THERE IS TO BE KNOWN ABOUT THE PATIENT. 216 00:11:16,944 --> 00:11:19,079 I DON'T NEED TO WRITE IT DOWN. 217 00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:23,283 OKAY, WELL, MAYBE BECAUSE OF SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, YOU SHOULD. 218 00:11:23,383 --> 00:11:25,585 PROCESS NOTES MAY NOT BE 219 00:11:25,685 --> 00:11:27,955 THERAPEUTICALLY IMPORTANT, BUT LEGALLY-- 220 00:11:28,055 --> 00:11:30,190 SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING-- THAT A BAD THERAPIST WHO TAKES NOTES 221 00:11:30,290 --> 00:11:32,860 IS BETTER THAN A GOOD THERAPIST WHO DOESN'T TAKE NOTES? 222 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,228 - IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? - I'M NOT SAYING THAT AT ALL. 223 00:11:35,328 --> 00:11:37,798 AM I SOME KIND OF CRIMINAL BECAUSE I NEVER TAKE NOTES? 224 00:11:37,898 --> 00:11:40,700 I WOULDN'T SAY NEVER, PAUL. I'M PRETTY SURE YOU TOOK THEM WITH ME. 225 00:11:40,801 --> 00:11:42,702 ( phone ringing ) 226 00:11:42,803 --> 00:11:46,139 CAN WE TAKE A BREAK? I'LL JUST BE A MINUTE. 227 00:11:48,208 --> 00:11:51,078 DAD, NO, I'M GOOD. ( continues indistinct ) 228 00:12:59,079 --> 00:13:02,082 SORRY. MY FATHER DOESN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND 229 00:13:02,182 --> 00:13:04,784 THE CONCEPT OF "SHE'S IN A MEETING." 230 00:13:04,885 --> 00:13:07,554 THOSE AREN'T MINE-- THE CHILDREN-- 231 00:13:07,654 --> 00:13:09,923 IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING. 232 00:13:10,023 --> 00:13:11,424 THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL KIDS. 233 00:13:11,524 --> 00:13:14,027 MY NIECES. I NEVER MARRIED. 234 00:13:14,127 --> 00:13:17,197 IT'S FUNNY, A LOT OF WOMEN LAWYERS ARE LIKE SHRINKS-- 235 00:13:17,297 --> 00:13:19,232 THEY DON'T PUT OUT PERSONAL PHOTOS. 236 00:13:19,332 --> 00:13:21,801 BUT SINCE THEY'RE NOT MY KIDS, I FIGURED-- 237 00:13:23,003 --> 00:13:25,906 LET'S KEEP GOING. WHERE WERE WE? 238 00:13:26,006 --> 00:13:28,308 I THINK THAT YOU WERE REMINDING ME 239 00:13:28,408 --> 00:13:31,211 THAT I TOOK NOTES WHEN I WAS YOUR THERAPIST. 240 00:13:31,311 --> 00:13:34,414 YOU HAVEN'T BEEN MY THERAPIST IN 20 YEARS. 241 00:13:34,514 --> 00:13:35,748 I SHOULDN'T HAVE BROUGHT IT UP. 242 00:13:35,849 --> 00:13:38,185 I DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE. 243 00:13:38,285 --> 00:13:41,754 I WAS KIND OF UNCOMFORTABLE ANYWAY. 244 00:13:41,855 --> 00:13:45,258 EVERYONE WHO COMES IN HERE UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IS. 245 00:13:45,358 --> 00:13:47,127 LET'S GET BACK TO SOLVING THIS. 246 00:13:47,227 --> 00:13:50,597 OKAY, YOU DIDN'T TAKE NOTES. 247 00:13:50,697 --> 00:13:54,167 DID YOU CONSULT WITH ANY COLLEAGUES 248 00:13:54,267 --> 00:13:55,969 ABOUT MR. PRINCE'S TREATMENT? 249 00:13:56,069 --> 00:13:58,171 WELL, YES, ACTUALLY. 250 00:13:58,271 --> 00:14:00,840 I HAD WEEKLY SESSIONS LAST YEAR 251 00:14:00,941 --> 00:14:03,710 WITH WHAT WE CALL A SUPERVISOR. 252 00:14:03,810 --> 00:14:07,080 GREAT. WHAT IS HIS OR HER NAME? 253 00:14:07,180 --> 00:14:11,084 GINA TOLL. DR. GINA TOLL. 254 00:14:11,184 --> 00:14:13,653 OKAY, THAT'S A RELIEF. 255 00:14:13,753 --> 00:14:16,289 - IS SHE IN MARYLAND? - MM-HMM. 256 00:14:16,389 --> 00:14:18,858 OKAY, GREAT. WE'LL HAVE TO GET A DEPOSITION FROM HER. 257 00:14:18,959 --> 00:14:22,095 IS THAT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY? 258 00:14:22,195 --> 00:14:26,633 WE NEED TO AFFIRM THAT YOU DID ALL YOU COULD FOR MR. PRINCE. 259 00:14:26,733 --> 00:14:31,138 WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'LL DO IT. 260 00:14:31,238 --> 00:14:32,906 WHY NOT? 261 00:14:33,006 --> 00:14:36,376 WELL, BECAUSE OUR RELATIONSHIP 262 00:14:36,476 --> 00:14:40,513 HAS BEEN A LITTLE STRAINED AT TIMES. 263 00:14:40,613 --> 00:14:43,016 OH. OVER THIS? 264 00:14:45,585 --> 00:14:47,487 DO YOU THINK SHE MIGHT BELIEVE 265 00:14:47,587 --> 00:14:49,789 YOU'RE IN SOME WAY CULPABLE? 266 00:14:49,889 --> 00:14:52,459 I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW 267 00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:55,695 WHAT SHE MIGHT THINK. 268 00:14:55,795 --> 00:14:58,631 - IS THAT A YES? - I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW. 269 00:15:06,839 --> 00:15:09,642 LOOK, IN THE FIRST PLACE, 270 00:15:09,742 --> 00:15:13,846 ALEX WASN'T IN TREATMENT THAT LONG. 271 00:15:13,947 --> 00:15:16,816 WHY NOT? 272 00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:21,054 THE-- THE PROCESS OF SEPARATION 273 00:15:21,154 --> 00:15:24,324 IS QUITE COMPLEX. 274 00:15:24,424 --> 00:15:26,893 DID YOU REFER HIM TO SOMEONE ELSE? 275 00:15:26,994 --> 00:15:28,328 HOW DID IT END? 276 00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:31,031 I DON'T SEE WHAT DIFFERENCE THAT MAKES. 277 00:15:31,131 --> 00:15:34,401 OH, IT CAN MAKE A LOT OF DIFFERENCE. 278 00:15:36,136 --> 00:15:38,005 WHY DID THE TREATMENT END SO QUICKLY? 279 00:15:38,105 --> 00:15:39,339 WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY QUICKLY? 280 00:15:39,439 --> 00:15:42,009 WELL, BEFORE THE PATIENT WAS BETTER. 281 00:15:42,109 --> 00:15:44,011 IT WAS HIS CHOICE TO LEAVE. 282 00:15:44,111 --> 00:15:48,348 WHY? WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT LAST SESSION? 283 00:15:48,448 --> 00:15:50,117 HE SAID THAT-- 284 00:15:50,217 --> 00:15:53,386 HE SAID HE WAS READY TO FLY. 285 00:15:53,486 --> 00:15:55,922 AND HE TOLD ME NOT TO SCREW UP HIS LIFE. 286 00:15:56,023 --> 00:15:59,692 AND YOU LET HIM GO? 287 00:16:01,661 --> 00:16:03,496 YES, I LET HIM GO. 288 00:16:03,596 --> 00:16:06,366 HIS ATTORNEYS ARE GOING TO CLAIM THAT HE WASN'T PSYCHOLOGICALLY FIT. 289 00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:08,701 SUICIDES OFTEN SEEM BETTER BEFORE THEY KILL THEMSELVES-- 290 00:16:08,801 --> 00:16:11,404 UPBEAT AND DETERMINED ONCE THEY HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE. 291 00:16:11,504 --> 00:16:13,840 OF COURSE, SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY DOING BETTER, 292 00:16:13,940 --> 00:16:15,675 THEY SEEM UPBEAT AND PUT PLANS INTO PLACE. 293 00:16:15,775 --> 00:16:18,245 SO WHICH WAS IT WITH ALEX? 294 00:16:18,345 --> 00:16:21,681 I DON'T KNOW. I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. 295 00:16:24,651 --> 00:16:26,319 ( sighs ) 296 00:16:26,419 --> 00:16:29,522 LOOK, MY PATIENT DIED. I'M HUMAN. 297 00:16:29,622 --> 00:16:34,227 YOU KNOW, I HAVE DOUBTS. 298 00:16:34,327 --> 00:16:36,263 DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEM? 299 00:16:36,363 --> 00:16:38,231 NO, MIA, 300 00:16:38,331 --> 00:16:41,701 I DO NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEM. 301 00:16:44,671 --> 00:16:47,374 GOD, THIS-- THIS IS-- 302 00:16:47,474 --> 00:16:49,309 IT'S KAFKAESQUE. 303 00:16:49,409 --> 00:16:52,445 PAUL, WE'RE IN A BATTLE HERE. IT'S NOT LIKE THERAPY 304 00:16:52,545 --> 00:16:55,848 WHERE YOU USED TO TELL ME TO LOOK FOR THE GREY. 305 00:16:55,948 --> 00:16:57,550 NOT NOW. 306 00:16:57,650 --> 00:17:01,088 THE LAW IS WIN OR LOSE. THERE IS NO SUBTEXT HERE. 307 00:17:01,188 --> 00:17:03,856 ACTUALLY, I THINK THERE IS 308 00:17:03,956 --> 00:17:06,659 QUITE A BIT OF SUBTEXT HERE. 309 00:17:06,759 --> 00:17:08,161 I DON'T FOLLOW YOU. 310 00:17:08,261 --> 00:17:10,463 YOU ASKED ME IF ALEX'S TREATMENT WAS TOO QUICK. 311 00:17:10,563 --> 00:17:13,200 YOU ASKED ME IF I ENDED HIS THERAPY BEFORE HE WAS BETTER. 312 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:15,102 THAT'S JUST DUE DILIGENCE. 313 00:17:15,202 --> 00:17:17,970 BUT IT COULD ALSO BE THAT THE-- 314 00:17:18,071 --> 00:17:22,275 THAT THE WIRES ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT CROSSED. 315 00:17:22,375 --> 00:17:25,412 IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU ARE, IN FACT, 316 00:17:25,512 --> 00:17:28,215 EXPRESSING SOME OF THE FEELINGS THAT MAYBE-- 317 00:17:28,315 --> 00:17:30,517 BENNETT, I'M IN A MEETING. 318 00:17:30,617 --> 00:17:33,052 YES, I KNOW, APOLOGIES. I WANTED TO MEET DR. WESTON. 319 00:17:33,153 --> 00:17:36,089 - I'M BENNETT RYAN, MANAGING PARTNER. - PLEASED TO MEET YOU. 320 00:17:36,189 --> 00:17:39,292 I JUST WANTED TO APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF MR. ELLIS. 321 00:17:39,392 --> 00:17:41,261 BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW I WAS THRILLED 322 00:17:41,361 --> 00:17:43,463 WHEN MISS NESKY GRABBED THE CASE. YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS. 323 00:17:43,563 --> 00:17:45,132 BUT YOU KNOW THAT. 324 00:17:45,232 --> 00:17:47,734 I UNDERSTAND YOU TWO GO BACK A WAYS. 325 00:17:47,834 --> 00:17:49,969 THANK YOU, BENNETT. 326 00:17:50,069 --> 00:17:52,339 OH, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED, 327 00:17:52,439 --> 00:17:55,142 PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CALL. 328 00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:58,010 THANK YOU. 329 00:17:58,111 --> 00:17:59,946 - OH, MIA. - YES? 330 00:18:00,046 --> 00:18:03,250 I HAVE TO RAIN-CHECK OUR MEETING. SORRY. 331 00:18:04,751 --> 00:18:06,586 NO PROBLEM. 332 00:18:08,121 --> 00:18:09,589 IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK. 333 00:18:09,689 --> 00:18:11,624 WHAT DO I THINK? 334 00:18:11,724 --> 00:18:15,195 - HE SHOULDN'T HAVE WALKED IN HERE LIKE THAT. - IT WAS FINE. 335 00:18:15,295 --> 00:18:18,398 ACTUALLY, IT WASN'T FINE. I'M THE HEAD LITIGATOR. 336 00:18:18,498 --> 00:18:21,468 OKAY, HE'S THE MANAGING PARTNER.. 337 00:18:21,568 --> 00:18:24,637 THERE WAS A LOT OF SUBTEXT BEHIND THAT PERFORMANCE. 338 00:18:24,737 --> 00:18:26,406 THERE WAS? 339 00:18:26,506 --> 00:18:29,609 YEAH, BUT IT'S OKAY. YOU DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 340 00:18:33,380 --> 00:18:35,282 YOU KNOW, MIA, I THINK-- 341 00:18:35,382 --> 00:18:37,484 I THINK WE SHOULD STOP NOW. 342 00:18:37,584 --> 00:18:39,752 WHEN MR. ELLIS COMES BACK- 343 00:18:39,852 --> 00:18:41,488 WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? 344 00:18:41,588 --> 00:18:45,158 I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER. 345 00:18:47,627 --> 00:18:49,596 THAT'S FUNNY. 346 00:18:49,696 --> 00:18:51,964 - HAVEN'T WE BEEN HERE BEFORE? - HOW DO YOU MEAN? 347 00:18:52,064 --> 00:18:56,903 I WAS 22, DEALING WITH A CRISIS, 348 00:18:57,003 --> 00:18:58,871 AND YOU JUST DISAPPEARED. 349 00:18:58,971 --> 00:19:01,274 THAT'S WHAT YOU REMEMBER? 350 00:19:01,374 --> 00:19:03,243 NO, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. 351 00:19:03,343 --> 00:19:05,011 YOU WERE THERE ONE WEEK AND GONE THE NEXT. 352 00:19:05,111 --> 00:19:08,114 MIA, OBVIOUSLY I-- 353 00:19:08,215 --> 00:19:10,617 I'M NOT A PERFECT THERAPIST. 354 00:19:10,717 --> 00:19:13,886 BUT IF I-- IF YOU DID FEEL ABANDONED, 355 00:19:13,986 --> 00:19:16,423 I APOLOGIZE. 356 00:19:16,523 --> 00:19:20,293 DON'T GIVE ME THAT I'M-SORRY-IF-YOU-FEEL BULLSHIT. 357 00:19:20,393 --> 00:19:23,663 I FELT ABANDONED BECAUSE YOU ABANDONED ME. 358 00:19:23,763 --> 00:19:26,699 I'M SURE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN OUR SESSIONS. 359 00:19:26,799 --> 00:19:29,168 OH, DID WE? MM-HMM. 360 00:19:29,269 --> 00:19:31,070 THEN HOW COME THAT LAST DAY 361 00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:34,140 I SAT THERE ON YOUR COUCH, DEVASTATED? 362 00:19:34,241 --> 00:19:37,244 MIA, I WAS MOVING WITH MY FAMILY TO MARYLAND. 363 00:19:37,344 --> 00:19:40,880 I COULDN'T LEAVE. YOU TOLD ME I HAD TO. 364 00:19:40,980 --> 00:19:44,551 I GAVE YOU A GIFT THAT DAY. DO YOU REMEMBER? 365 00:19:44,651 --> 00:19:48,087 WELL, I'M NOT EXACTLY-- IT'S-- 366 00:19:48,187 --> 00:19:50,290 NO. YEAH. 367 00:19:50,390 --> 00:19:53,293 I NEVER EVEN HEARD FROM YOU AFTER I LEFT. 368 00:19:53,393 --> 00:19:56,263 IT'S NOT USUAL FOR THERAPISTS 369 00:19:56,363 --> 00:19:58,265 TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH PATIENTS WHEN THEY-- 370 00:19:58,365 --> 00:20:00,433 WELL, SOME DO, 371 00:20:00,533 --> 00:20:02,769 IF THE PATIENT MEANS SOMETHING. 372 00:20:02,869 --> 00:20:04,170 MIA, OF COURSE YOU MEANT-- 373 00:20:04,271 --> 00:20:06,038 YOU KNOW WHAT? FORGET IT. FORGET IT. 374 00:20:06,138 --> 00:20:07,440 THIS IS STUPID. 375 00:20:07,540 --> 00:20:10,910 WE CAN STOP HERE. LET'S STOP HERE. 376 00:20:12,479 --> 00:20:14,614 IT'S MY TURN. I'M THROWING YOU OUT. 377 00:20:14,714 --> 00:20:17,317 MIA, 378 00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:21,421 BENNETT SAID THAT YOU GRABBED MY CASE 379 00:20:21,521 --> 00:20:23,656 WHEN ELLIS GOT DETAINED. 380 00:20:23,756 --> 00:20:26,158 I'M JUST CURIOUS 381 00:20:26,259 --> 00:20:28,628 WHY YOU THINK YOU DID THAT. 382 00:20:28,728 --> 00:20:30,330 I DON'T KNOW. IT DOESN'T MATTER. 383 00:20:30,430 --> 00:20:32,499 YOU KNOW, THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU, 384 00:20:32,599 --> 00:20:34,367 YOU WERE JUST A KID. I REMEMBER YOU WERE WORRIED 385 00:20:34,467 --> 00:20:37,337 THAT YOU WOULDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH YOUR FIRST SEMESTER OF LAW SCHOOL. 386 00:20:37,437 --> 00:20:40,206 BUT NOW LOOK AT YOU. 387 00:20:40,307 --> 00:20:42,309 LOOK AT WHERE YOU ARE. 388 00:20:42,409 --> 00:20:44,477 WHERE AM I? 389 00:20:44,577 --> 00:20:46,813 YOU'RE THE HEAD LITIGATOR-- 390 00:20:46,913 --> 00:20:49,716 A WALL FULL OF CLIPPINGS. 391 00:20:51,784 --> 00:20:55,355 I THINK THAT YOU WANTED ME TO SEE THAT-- 392 00:20:55,455 --> 00:20:58,858 TO SEE THAT YOU ARE NOW A SUCCESS. 393 00:20:58,958 --> 00:21:01,428 I'M A SUCCESS? WHY? 394 00:21:01,528 --> 00:21:03,330 BECAUSE I WORK IN A TALL BUILDING 395 00:21:03,430 --> 00:21:05,498 OR BECAUSE I WEAR A PRADA SUIT 396 00:21:05,598 --> 00:21:07,600 OR BECAUSE I SUMMER IN THE HAMPTONS 397 00:21:07,700 --> 00:21:10,470 AND GO TO ALL THE GALA OPENINGS AT THE FUCKING MET? 398 00:21:10,570 --> 00:21:13,406 YEAH, I MADE IT THROUGH LAW SCHOOL 399 00:21:13,506 --> 00:21:16,376 AND ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP FLOOR 400 00:21:16,476 --> 00:21:19,178 WITH THE BEAUTIFUL VIEWS 401 00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:20,580 AND THE WINDOWS THAT DON'T OPEN 402 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:22,782 AND THE FUCKING JACKHAMMERS THAT NEVER STOP. 403 00:21:22,882 --> 00:21:25,652 AND YOU KNOW WHAT I DO WHEN I WIN A CASE, 404 00:21:25,752 --> 00:21:28,821 ONE OF THOSE HOPELESS ONES THAT ONLY I WOULD TAKE? 405 00:21:28,921 --> 00:21:32,659 I GO OUT AND I GET DRUNK WITH MY GAY SECRETARY, 406 00:21:32,759 --> 00:21:36,162 AND THEN I STUMBLE HOME TO MY ONE-BEDROOM CONDO 407 00:21:36,262 --> 00:21:39,666 AND I PRAY THAT I CAN FALL ASLEEP. 408 00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:51,143 WERE YOU HOPING TO SHOW ME 409 00:21:51,243 --> 00:21:54,414 BOTH HOW WELL YOU'VE DONE 410 00:21:54,514 --> 00:21:57,083 AND HOW SAD YOU ARE? 411 00:21:59,652 --> 00:22:02,755 I SEE YOU SITTING THERE 412 00:22:02,855 --> 00:22:04,290 AND ALL I CAN THINK-- 413 00:22:04,391 --> 00:22:07,360 I CAN'T STOP THINKING 414 00:22:07,460 --> 00:22:10,062 IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY. 415 00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:11,764 HOW DO YOU MEAN? 416 00:22:11,864 --> 00:22:16,035 DON'T TELL ME YOU FORGOT THAT TOO. 417 00:22:19,872 --> 00:22:22,108 NO. 418 00:22:22,208 --> 00:22:25,878 NO, ME NEITHER. 419 00:22:32,218 --> 00:22:34,954 THIS WAS A MISTAKE. 420 00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:38,224 I'LL GET YOUR FILE TO MR. ELLIS. 421 00:22:38,324 --> 00:22:39,692 HE'LL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB. 422 00:22:39,792 --> 00:22:41,961 HE'S ALMOST AS GOOD AS I AM. 423 00:22:42,061 --> 00:22:43,563 IT'S FINE. 424 00:22:43,663 --> 00:22:45,932 I'LL MAKE SURE ELLIS GIVES IT TOP PRIORITY. 425 00:22:46,032 --> 00:22:48,167 THANK YOU. 426 00:22:48,267 --> 00:22:49,569 LOOK, I-- 427 00:22:49,669 --> 00:22:51,804 AND I REALLY DO HAVE TO KICK YOU OUT. 428 00:22:51,904 --> 00:22:53,840 I HAVE A MEETING WITH ANOTHER CLIENT. 429 00:22:53,940 --> 00:22:55,675 I UNDERSTAND. 430 00:22:58,945 --> 00:23:00,647 THANK YOU. 431 00:23:03,416 --> 00:23:05,585 MIA... 432 00:23:33,345 --> 00:23:36,182 ( music playing )