David. David.
- David. - Jesus!
What's the matter, David?
Where's Ellen?
We're right here.
Ellen!
Ellen.
Hey.
What's wrong?
I could get used to this.
What're you doing with her?
What do you mean?
Look, I like her.
She's smart, capable.
But come on.
She's not your type of lawyer.
How long are you gonna keep her around?
Ellen brought us Katie.
Katie brought us Gregory.
Right.
So as long as Gregory's still in play,
so is Ellen.
Simple as that.
Jesus.
It's Katie.
Yeah? What does she want?
What's the matter?
Gregory Malina's dead.
Patty was at the beach house.
What did you tell her?
She was there.
By the time I showed up, she was gone.
Looked like she left in a hurry.
Look, Ellen, I wanna help you.
I wanna get you out of here.
But i don't know what to believe anymore.
Someone tried to kill me, Tom.
It was a hit and run. Gregory Malina died at the scene.
So we move on
to Frobisher's deposition.
Here's the game plan,
with one major addition.
Ellen.
Arlington, Virginia, 1983.
Frobisher's Jaguar crashes, killing the girl he's with.
Frobisher denies he was driving, but he was drunk at the time.
He's never charged, so there's no wrongful death suit.
But last week, we received a tip
that Frobisher gave the girl's parents stock in his company.
It's hush money, so we're gonna use it
to show Frobisher's history of obstructing justice.
If we can crack his slick facade in the deposition,
and get him to show his true colors,
it'll be a victory.
- Thanks, everyone. - Thank you.
Hey, sweetheart.
Do you really have to go, Dad?
Yeah, I'm afraid so.
Daddy's lawyer's helping him prepare.
This way, he can focus better and not be distracted by all of us.
Hey, Muhammad Ali used to hole up for six weeks before a fight.
Who's that?
Greatest fighter of all time, after me.
I'm not gonna have time to do that, sweetheart.
Thought you could use this.
Look at you.
What's that for?
The night before your step-mom and I got married,
I was staying in a hotel room,
nervous as shit.
- Dad! - You're old enough.
Anyway, I was cooped up, sweating bullets,
and Holly sent me my three iron.
Why?
It's your dad's good luck charm.
You're my good luck charm now.
What're you doing? Come on, it's just another deposition.
Everything's gonna be okay.
We're gonna be fine.
Trust me.
How ugly is this gonna get?
We're reasonable people.
Yes, we are.
No video camera.
Unreasonable.
- Patty. - What're you worried about?
Your client is a matinee idol.
Unless his herpes has flared up, he'll bejust fine.
- Non-negotiable. - I'll give you home court advantage.
Not interested.
But, since we're on the topic,
how many sessions?
- Seven. - Two.
Five.
I have a lot of questions.
That's what Wikipedia's for.
Okay, three--
But I get the video camera.
That's a big concession.
So's three days.
Deal.
Gregory Malina's dead.
Oh, my.
Hit and run.
That's horrible.
I guess we'll never know what really happened.
Maybe the police will find the guy.
I won't hold my breath.
And Ray--
Shame on you.
What's the matter with you, Ray? You look a little green.
Listen, I got it down to three days.
But she's gonna have a camera.
That's okay, right?
We've prepared. I'm ready.
Yeah, but Art, listen.
What?
You're going into this deposition exposed.
How so?
I don't know what to do about this Arlington business.
I'm sorry.
She's gonna attack you with it,
and there's no clear way I can see to stop her.
I'm not settling, Ray.
Well, I don't know how to protect you.
I'll just have to protect myself, then, won't I?
How're you gonna do that?
You wanted to see me?
How was the beach house?
Amazing. I've been meaning to thank you all day,
but it's just been so busy.
David and I would love to take you and Phil to dinner.
Oh, forget the dinner, Ellen.
I've decided to take you off the deposition.
I would like you to report to Felicia.
She needs some work done on a pro bono she's heading up.
Vacation's over. Get back to work.
Yeah. I'll do that.
What're you doing?
Patty's making me do all this paralegal bullshit.
For the deposition?
No, it has absolutely nothing to do with the deposition.
Good, then put that shit away.
...where Arthur Frobisher is holding a press conference.
I'm going to...
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
In 1983, shortly after the tragedy of their daughter Cindy's death,
I gave the Lambert family stock in my company.
Holy shit.
There are some people who might think that that act
was a sign of guilt,
or worse, an attempt to obfuscate a crime
and to buy the Lambert family's silence.
To respond to that, I'm gonna turn this part over
to Cindy's father, Carl.
Thank you, Art.
Folks, for my wife and I, the particulars of this tragedy
were put to rest almost three decades ago.
This is the police report from the accident.
It documents the angle of impact and the numerous injuries
sustained by both Cindy and Arthur.
This report convinced us at that time, and we remain convinced,
that our daughter was driving that car.
- Why did you take the stock? - Mr. Lambert!
Unbelievable.
Arthur Frobisher provided financial support to my family
because he loved my daughter.
The fact that it wasn't made public is to his credit.
Character's what you do in the dark. Isn't that what Christ teaches us?
Jesus.
Thank you, Carl, and thank all of you for coming today.
I just wanna say I'm relieved and grateful
that this issue can finally be put to rest.
i don't know what to believe anymore.
Someone tried to kill me, Tom.
Come on, Ellen.
When I left Patty's apartment, there was a dead body.
There was blood on the floor. A window had been broken.
You've got to go there. You've got to go to Patty's apartment.
The police didn't find anything.
Someone's covering it up.
Look, without any evidence, what can i do?
Let's go, Parsons.
Get me bail. I'll do the rest myself.
Patty?
Okay, boy, okay.
Here's a good boy. Yeah.
Good boy.
Patty?
- We were set up. - Or there's a leak in the office.
I don't want anyone in the deposition but you, Tom.
We're going into lockdown.
Ms. Hewes, I'd like to meet with Mr. Moore and question him.
No.
He could be the source of the leak.
This thing's been buried for 25 years.
I said no.
Call George Moore. Set up a meeting.
What the hell was that press conference?
It was Art's idea, he did it on his own.
And you let him? Your job is to control your client.
- He won't listen to reason. - Your incompetence is staggering.
Listen, asshole, this Arlington fiasco is on you.
I warned you from the start that this was ajackass move,
and now you've exposed yourself to Patty's people.
Now just lay low and let me do my job.
Clearly you can't.
Maybe I'll tell him about you and Gregory Malina.
You don't wanna do that.
You gave that kid stock and told him when to sell it.
Arthur finds out the full story, he'll have to settle.
You better be careful.
I can take you down at any moment.
Go ahead, you'd be taking yourself down as well.
You can't touch me, Ray. Arthur needs me.
And so do you.
Which one do you think looks best?
- I like this. - Yeah?
Yeah. Use a Windsor.
It's assertive and formidable.
I never learned how to tie that, actually.
Can you believe that?
Billionaire doesn't know how to tie a rich man's knot.
Here, sit down. I'll do it for you.
- Holly usually helps me with this. - Yeah?
I wanna thank you, Ray.
For my invaluable sartorial assistance?
No, for everything.
The last 16 years.
Especially the last five.
I mean, I know they haven't been easy.
I know I can sometimes kind of be a--
Bull in a china shop?
This life is so full of people trying to screw you.
You shake hands with 'em one day, the next day they're trying to stab you.
But you.
You may be the only one I can trust, Ray.
You're a good friend.
Let's go show 'em what we got.
SPE stands for special purpose entity.
I'd like to mark as exhibit seven
a chart entitled "Frobisher value analysis,"
dated March 4, 2001.
Do you recall seeing this exhibit seven before?
It's important to establish that it wasn't me personally
that set up these entities.
They were incorporated
under the direction of the chief operating officer.
So despite running the company, you take no responsibility
for these entities that your COO created?
Insofar as I was his superior,
yes, a certain amount of responsibility
must be inferred.
But as far as direct responsibility,
no, no, I don't believe that I can be held personally responsible.
Mr. Frobisher, you were intimately involved
in founding your company.
Running your company.
Bankrupting your company.
And yet you sit here today wanting us to believe
that you have no idea where the money went.
Objection. One more of those, Counselor,
and we're gonna have ourselves a problem.
Look, all those SPEs and "hold cos,"
every company has them.
I know when you see them up there on the big chart
with all those colors and arrows
and unrestricted this and off-shore that, you--
you think that they've been designed purposefully
to confuse the heck out of you.
And you know what? It works.
'Cause it confuses the hell out of me.
Which is probably why I'm a CEO and not a CFO or a COO.
So, you don't consider it your duty
as chief executive of your company
to understand its financial underpinnings?
A chief executive's job is to set his company's agenda.
You're like a coach.
Sometimes even a cheerleader.
You provide goals.
You lead by example.
I always believed that it was my duty
to inspire my employees,
so that together, we could build something...
remarkable.
- Hello? - Mr. Moore, it's Ellen Parsons.
She spent the day
lobbing me softballs, loosening me up.
It's gonna get a lot tougher.
But Ray says the day went well.
Good, I'm glad.
Is there anything you need?
Anything I can do to make this easier for you?
No, just talking to you helps.
I love you, Holly.
I miss you guys.
We miss you.
Night.
Good night, Arthur.
He's going through so much.
It's been hard for you, too. Don't forget that.
I'm so grateful I found you.
I don't know how I would've--
We'll get through this.
It'll be easier once you tell him.
We have to wait until after the deposition.
Ms. Parsons.
I put my ass on the line for you.
- Mr. Moore. - I trusted you with Arlington.
And your camp leaked it.
Why would we do that?
You don't understand how Frobisher operates, do you?
Someone in your office is in his pocket.
Or you are.
Grow up.
I could get killed for what I told you.
You people had the opportunity to take down Frobisher,
and you blew it.
Case isn't over yet.
Well, we are.
You get nothing else from me.
And tell Tom Shayes to stop calling.
Mr. Moore?
If there is a connection between you and Arthur Frobisher,
we will find it.
Watch yourself.
George Moore is full of shit.
He's saying we leaked Arlington.
What have you found?
Moore was one of five SEC commissioners appointed.
- By who? - The President.
Moore headed up a team of investigators
to look into possible fraud in Frobisher's company.
Who's Laura Watkins?
One of Moore's investigators.
But in 2002, just before the government trial, she was fired.
Moore said her methods were unsound.
After the trial, Watkins did this interview.
She said that Moore removed her for investigating too aggressively.
It's the first and last interview she ever did.
You think Moore shut her down?
Now she works for an accounting firm here in the city.
Have you told Patty about this?
No.
And I'm not going to until I'm absolutely sure I have something.
George Moore made a big show of going after Frobisher.
But you didn't believe he was?
No. Behind the scenes, Moore did nothing.
He forced us to keep investigating Frobisher's stock broker,
months after it was clear that it would be a dead end.
Did you ever figure out Moore's agenda?
No, but the weekend before Frobisher dumped his stock,
we were getting ready to expose the accounting fraud in his company.
The same weekend Frobisher was in Palm Beach.
Yeah, exactly.
And you know where George Moore was that same weekend?
No, we had no reason to look into that.
Well, he was in Jacksonville, Florida,
less than four hours away,
at an SEC commissioners' retreat.
George Moore chose that location himself.
He said he wanted to play the 17th hole at Sawgrass.
Good morning.
Arthur Frobisher.
Yeah, I know who you are.
Yeah, I probably shouldn't be talking to you.
How's the coffee here?
When I was your age, I used to run from moments like this.
Standing two feet from somebody who hates your guts.
Now, I love this shit.
Was your trip to Palm Beach in June 2002
primarily business or pleasure?
Business. I was there to deliver a speech at a luncheon.
That's where you met Katie Connor.
No, we never met in Florida.
I was told later that she was one of the caterers.
And afterwards, you approached her about financing a restaurant.
My attorney contacted her on my behalf, yes.
Why such interest in a novice chef?
Objection. Vague.
At the luncheon, an herb-encrusted pork loin
made quite an impression.
I was told later that it was Ms. Connor's creation.
Yet your financing of Ms. Connor's restaurant
halted shortly after she agreed to testify in this case.
Why was that?
Ms. Connor went through a series of personal struggles.
Exhibit 41.
Please mark as exhibit 41.
Do you recognize this man?
No, I don't.
Let the record reflect that exhibit 41 is a photograph
of Gregory Malina.
Were you aware that Mr. Malina was in Palm Beach
the same weekend you were?
No, I've never seen him before.
So you didn't know he was romantically linked to Ms. Connor?
No, I did not.
Or that he owned 1,000 shares of stock in your company?
My stock was publicly traded. A lot of people had it.
Or that in June 2002,
he sold his stock the very same morning you sold yours?
No, no, I didn't know that.
Are you aware Mr. Malina is dead?
No, no.
But like I said, I've never seen this man before.
I'm very sorry to hear that.
I think that will be all for today.
Did you give Gregory Malina stock in my company?
Absolutely not.
Then who the hell tipped him off?
I have no idea.
Doesn't matter at all. Malina can't hurt you.
You know what I think?
I think George Moore engineered this whole hit and run.
George is capable of a lot of things.
What does that mean? What do you mean?
I think he leaked Arlington.
For Christ-- why would he do that?
Save his own ass, get you to settle.
Senior partners want to meet with you.
- We'll talk about this later. - For Christ's sake.
Marshall, come on in. Amos, good to see you.
Arthur, you remember Marshall Phillips, Amos Denninger,
my superiors in everything but shortness and baldness.
Come on in, sit down.
Amos, you look good. You all right?
I'm well, thanks.
Mr. Frobisher, wejust want to assure you
that every one of our firm's resources is at your disposal.
Well, Marshall, I appreciate that.
But I tell you something, with Ray here,
never felt more confident.
I could get you fellas a drink.
No, nothing for me, thanks.
Really? I'm gonna freshen myself up here a little bit.
I'm fine, thank you.
So, to what do I owe this pleasure?
- Yeah, in chronological-- - Ms. Hewes.
I've found a way to help.
I went back to George Moore, and he had--
You did what?
I spoke with George Moore.
Who told you to do that?
It was my own initiative. I thought we should follow--
Thought? Who told you to think?
You are in this office to wait for instructions.
You don't have license to think.
You havejeopardized the only serious lead we still have.
How could you be so stupid?!
Just get out of my office.
I'm so sick of your bullshit.
What did you say to me?
You heard me.
Get out.
And don't bother coming back.
Give this to Patty.
Whatcha looking for, boy?
You a good boy?
Excuse me.
Jeez!
Does Ms. Hewes know you're here?
She gave me an extra set of keys.
How did you get in?
Service elevator.
Ms. Hewes had a water delivery.
Make sure you lock up when you go.
Will do.
Ellen?
Hey.
I was just fired.
What happened?
The thing is, I'm fine.
Seriously, I feel great.
- Yeah? - Yeah!
Let's go out.
Let's get drunk! We still have some friends, don't we?
- There he is! - Arthur, come here.
I tried to head you off.
I got some bad news.
She's divorcing me.
I am so sorry, Art.
- Where'd you get this? - Papers were filed this morning.
God.
Who else knows about this?
Well, it's just us and the court.
It's not public yet.
Look, I'm gonna reschedule today's session.
No, no, no. I'm prepared for this.
Art, listen to me.
You are distracted. I cannot have you in that room
in anything less than top form.
I'm fine.
Put this away.
Come on.
Mr. Frobisher, two days after you returned from your trip to Florida,
you gave a speech to your employees.
Yes, that's correct.
Exhibit 67.
It's a transcript of Mr. Frobisher's remarks
dated June 21, 2002.
Were you aware that your company
was being investigated by the SEC at the time?
Yes, I was.
And yet you still told your employees
that the company was on sound financial ground?
I was confident that we were.
I firmly believed that the SEC investigation
would turn up no financial irregularities whatsoever.
Exhibit 68.
This is an e-mail you sent your CFO, is that correct?
Yes, it is.
It's a rough draft of the speech you wrote,
the one you intended to give your employees.
Yes, it appears to be that.
In the margin, you wrote the words "too rosy,"
followed by a question mark.
"Too rosy?"
I think I was wondering about the tone of the speech.
I was debating whether or not
to acknowledge the climate that we were in at the time.
By climate, you mean the SEC
was about to expose your accounting fraud?
Objection.
For me to ignore the pending SEC report
would have threatened my credibility.
So in my final speech, I decided to mention the investigation,
and even a possible action against us by the SEC.
But you also continued to insist that your company
- was financially sound? - Yes.
And your employees trusted you?
Absolutely.
For almost 35 years, they knew that I was fully committed to them.
There's nothing more important to the well-being of a company
than the relationship between its workers
and its management.
It's sort of like a family, isn't it?
Yes, it's very much like a family.
And you were the head of the household?
You might say you were both husband and father
to your employees.
Objection.
You could say that, yes.
And was it your job to hold the family together?
Yes, it was.
- And you failed. - Objection.
I'll rephrase.
Was it very painful for you when you failed?
Objection! I'm warning you, Counselor--
I'm merely asking Mr. Frobisher about his commitment
to his company.
Would you agree that the crumbling of that relationship
is nothing less, really, than the dissolution of a marriage?
You watch what you say.
Your position is that the collapse of your company
wasn't your fault, is that right?
Yes, that's correct.
I was mislead by the accountants.
I take full responsibility, but not the blame.
I understand. It's like marriages.
Companies just fail sometimes.
Irreconcilable differences.
No one is to blame. Is that your position?
One more like that, and we will walk out.
Is that your position, Mr. Frobisher?
Or is the failure of this relationship, as you call it, your failing?
- Patty. Patty, I'm warning you. - Your breach of trust.
- You are out of line! - Your infidelity to your--
God damn it!
This is bullshit!
- This is bullshit! - Art--
I'm done here. This is bullshit. This is absolute bullshit,
and you know it. No, I'm done. No, I'm done.
- Arthur-- - I'll see you in court, you bitch.
Are you kidding me? Divorce?!
You blindsided me, you know that, Holly?
We'll talk about this later, Arthur.
Did you want Patty Hewes to use this against me?
- Of course not, of course not. - Is that what you wanted?
Then why now? Why now, Holly?
Arthur, this isn't about the case!
- It's about us! - No, bullshit! You screwed me!
You screwed yourself, too, you know that?
This is our money, we're talking about our money here!
I'm sorry, Arthur.
Look at this! I gave you everything you ever wanted!
Stay away from me.
I coulda ended this any time I wanted, you know.
I coulda made this go away months ago.
- What're you doing? - Move the car.
Come on.
Did you even think about the kids? You ever think about that?
You move that car, I will kill you.
Open the window, let's talk. Come on.
Holly, come on, open the window.
Open the--!
Holly, talk to me! Enough of this shit!
Talk to me, will ya?! Talk to me!
Stop the car! Stop the damn car!
Hey, Ray. The hell with this.
I can't take any more of it. Just make an offer.
How's my favorite divorce attorney?
Men and women still hate each other, so I'm good.
Boy, thanks for the tip.
I hope it didn't get you in trouble with your client.
I just blamed it on the clerks at the court.
High profile divorce like this.
Yeah, they would've leaked it to the press anyway.
Besides, this thing's gonna be about custody.
And infidelity.
I owe you one.
- Cheers! - Cheers!
Ellen, where are you gonna work now?
I don't know, I have no idea.
I don't care! Do you know where I can work?
Where can I work?
Subway station!
A diner? Some place good!
Work at a diner!
- I could get tips! - Here's to her!
Yes!
Could be a sushi photographer.
You could have a kiln.
Clean Jaguars.
Take it easy.
- Raymond. - 500.
- 500? - You heard me, Patty.
They'll say it's as much as you could've hoped for.
More than fair.
Let's wrap this up.
Patty?
It's tempting, Ray.
I could use a vacation.
You deserve one.
But I've still got work to do.
Patty.
No deal.
If Gregory Malina was worth killing, he must have known something.
If he testified? My guess, we'd be talking ten figures.
Not so chatty now, are you, Ray?
You won't get more than 500 out of my client, Patty.
Evening, Ray.
I don't know what he's talking about.
Doesn't matter. Grades were in and she goes,
"What would I do in that case? I'll tell you what I would do, Caulder.
"I'd--" Lemme tell it! "I'd tell you what I would do.
I'd 'sub-penis' him."
She said "sub-penis"!
She said "penis" in law school.
And he was like,
"Who do you think you are, Ms. Parsons?!"
With this silver streak.
He was so sleazy. He kept asking me out on dates.
Who the hell is this guy? Where is that guy?
He sounded like Pacino in Heat.
- Who is that? - It's my mom.
This is Ellen Parsons. You can leave a message here,
or reach me at my office at (212) 752-4708.
This is some pretty interesting stuff you found.
I don't even want a goddamn centerpiece.
You want a centerpiece? What is a centerpiece?
I didn't realize it was the honeymoon.
I hate that shit!
You were right.
Whoever tried to clean up the body missed something.
What?
Blood. I saw blood.
Look, I gotta take this to the police.
Did you get any word from Patty?
I've left messages.
I've told her that she's gotta come back here.
She doesn't wanna come back.
Why not?
Ellen, Patty is a lot of things.
But she's not a murderer.
I know things, Tom.
Things that could destroy her.
You think Patty tried to kill you?
To protect herself?
The only way that I'm gonna find out
is if I talk to her.
Face to face.
So call her.
Tell her I know she tried to kill me.