Programa de TV: Eli Stone - 2x12
Hi Hey!
I'm Tessa 4C Hi!
Uh...
Eli Penthouse A I just moved in over the weekend, from Buffalo Oh yeah?
Um...
Welcome to the building!
And the West Coast Thank you!
Yeah, it's been kind of a whirlwind New job, new apartment, new life Did the new life thing myself last year Really?
So you're an expert then Hah!
Happy to share my insights It's the least I can do I thought they got these things fixed What do you mean?
That I thought they fixed these things What?
It's a vision...
it's a vision...
it's a vision...
vision!!!!
Um...
It was really nice meeting you Yeah I'm going crazy!
What the hell are you gonna do about it?
Well?
Can't you let me have my english muffin first?
That man is driving me out of my mind Which man exactly is behind the Patty-Go-Bunkers week?
Jim Norris, annoying accountant The guy you know that Jordan in his infinite stupidity decided to rent out office space to We need the money Patty Recently the firm's been hemorraging worse than my brain You're gonna represent the me after I kill him, right?
Because I'm gonna need one hell of a lawyer to get me off after the jury hears the gory details of what I did to him The guy pays his rent on time and in full He won't stop bothering me, Eli!
Patty, the coffee machine is out of filters.
Patty, the copier's jammed Patty, the men's room is out of TP I don't do TP!
You made that memorably and terrifyingly clear the day we met Let me be clear Taylor The odds of Jordan Wethersby winning the Joel T.
Belmont award this year Are somewhere between when pigs fly and when hell freezes over Hold on Room service You do realize I placed this order over an hour ago Apologies sir, the kitchen's packed up Sweetheart, with the firm's precarious financial situation I'm not sure we should be spending money buying a table at an award's dinner where I am not going to win an award Fine, if it's so important to you then purchase the table I'll be at the office soon I ordered an eggwhite only omelette This is the third order you people have screwed up already this week How terrible for you Excuse me?
Oh, I'm just expressing sympathy for your whole omelette tragedy How terrible to have to eat yellow eggs I'm really sorry Don't leave I'd like the name of your supervisor So you can get me fired?
I don't know who you think you are But you can't talk to people like this You just talked to me like this You think because you live in a hotel room You wear a 5.000 dollar suit, you're better than me?
If anything that makes you worse Makes you just like the rest of them The rest of whom?
What do you care?
You...
obviously have something you wanna say Why don't you say it?
Them is guys like you Modern day rubber bearants that are sucking this country dry As it happens I'm an attorney And I used to represent many of those rubber bearants Well I used to work for them.
Why did you stop?
We had a mutual parting of the ways Yourself?
I just had a transition to food service You were fired I think the fashionable term is downsized You were fired for cause?
If by that you mean, did they have a reason?
Yeah!
Yeah, they had to give Clayton Wells the ex-CEO a 43 million dollars severance So to come up with the money they laid off me and 300 of my co-workers Have you considered suing to get your old job back?
First thing I thought of before I realized there probably weren't too many lawyers willing to work for free Oh, as luck would have it.
You brought the wrong eggs to the right lawyer Complete and total victory Thank Applematics Mr.
Allen's unconditional surrender Make the best to ruin the day they dared to sue a client, a Posner client Not to worry sir Shaken Technologies won't pay a dime in damages Yes?
Ms.
Dekker?
Oh I, I thought Matt Dowd was handling Shaken Mr.
Dowd has left us For the decidedly ungreener pasters of Wethersby Stone and Associates Summing forth oh it gives me great pleasure to announce that According to inside sources One of our very own has at long last been nominated for the California Bar's Joel T.
Belmont Award Me The firm has purchased a half dozen tables at the awards banquet attendance and applause is mandatory Sir?
What's this?
I'm listening to Jordan Wethersby accept the last six Belmonts I've had occasion to draft down a few stray musings of my own And I'd be most grateful if you two pulled your literary talents and Type them up into a puff-o acceptance speech Feel free to be brilliant I think I speak for us all when I say how happy we are that Mr.
Dowd Has returned to our somewhat empty nest Thank you sir.
It's good to be back And I'm not alone before I left Posner and Klein I drove the line in the water To see if any of their clients would consider leaving with me Did any?
H.
C.
Clemens, if you want them they're yours H.
C.
Clemens won a no-bid contract to build the fort of new houses in New Orleans after Katrina Exactly how many of those houses did they end up building?
They're board isn't exactly made up of saints Keith, show me the company whose is I don't see how this firm, which is dedicated to foster social justice Can represent a company that got rich not helping victims of a natural disaster This isn't about clear consciences, it's about clear checks I thought you guys were having trouble keeping the lights on I think we should consider it H.C.
Clemens is a fortune 500 hundred company with profits into billions Which doesn't exactly live up to the reputation we've been cultivating I won't represent them This minute walk from me And we're all right behind you if this firm doesn't begin taking cases that end in getting paid H.C.
Clemens currently has the legal representation it deserves Jordan And in any case I've already been retained by a new client who requires our attention Who?
A gentleman in his middle years who lost his job Due to corporate greed As a general rule midlife crisis don't make a lot of money But what's money compared to a good cause?
Are you sure about this?
I'm aware of the firm's plight Eli But we began this endeavor of ours with a clear idea of the kind of cases we wanted to be associated with This suit against Everton is about basing right and wrong If it is to be our last crusade then let that case be something we can all believe in To end otherwise, would not be to complete our quest with grace Should I take the look on your face to mean you don't agree?
Not at all...
I just...
You said grace.
Made me think of Grace Ah, the would-be love of your life Patty gossips So she's in Africa?
Kenya Uh, looking on the bright side should our firm close its doors you'll have the time to visit her Welcome aboard Keystar Airlines flight 212 out of San Francisco We stoppped in New York and Rome before continuing on to our final destination: Nairobi Nairobi This plane is going...
to Kenya As I said, your plane to Kenya doesn't take off until after our firm crashes and burns Everton Financial fired my client on fraudulent grounds They claimed he had to be laid off because they couldn't afford his salary And yet somehow found enough money to pay its disgraced ex-CEO Clayton Wells a 43 million dollar golden parachute It wasn't a golden parachute True.
At 43 million it was more like a...
diamond incrusted parachute It was a severance package Which was paid to Mr.
Wells after he was fired himself It was his budged management that necessitated the layouts in the first place And you don't find it perverse that after being paid 220 million to do a bad job He got rewarded with a 43 million dollar bonus?
It doesn't matter what I think There's zero basis in California statute or case law for the plaintiff's claim He's right Mr.
Wethersby, your client was an at-will employee Under California law that means he could be fired at any time I'm sorry Your Honor, are you arguing opposing counsel's case?
Just stating the legal facts as I see them Being a Judge and all, I do that sometimes You have failed to state a valid legal claim I hereby grant Everton's 12-B-6 motion to dismiss Mr.
Lebokowski Lebokowski?
That's the best name you could come up with?
Frank Lebokowski is my given name Chen is my nom-de-niro Look, if you're looking to talk with a certain lawyer I can't help you Frank Actually I'm looking to talk with a certain doctor Talk about what?
Ok, how long has your throat been hurting?
Uh, a few days How's Eli doing?
Well he was doing great when he kicked you and me out of his apartment Said he didn't want to talk to either one of us again Any fever?
No You two'll work things out You're brothers Brothers with a...
singular hability to piss each other off And let each other down Talk to my brother someday I know that Eli believes that somehow you were I did I'm responsible for your father's death Nate Look, I don't know about this dark truth stuff But the medical truth Is that my fathers' heart disease was a direct result of his drinking Not some voodoo acupuncture You didn't kill him Frank We all have our own truths Nathan And we have to live by them Just as we have to accept the consecuences of believing in them What is Eli gonna do without you?
This is for amoxicilin Unless you wanna stick with acupuncture and eye of newt You're joking right?
Why don't you do the typing?
Because you type faster than I do Magnum You could take some secretarial classes as a backup in case the law thing didn't work out The quicker we get this over with the faster I can go back to not working with you Fair enough Magna Carta Oh, and stop giving me the cute nicknames!
How would you like it if I called you...
Paulie?
My grandfather still calls me Paulie Phones me every Wednesday, hey Paulie how are things going at the office?
That's when he's on and off with his diabetes then he Then he calls me Paul Dekker Dowd, don't you have a sinking ship to jump on?
You know Paul?
I am really gonna miss bumping into youin the men's bathroom I have never felt so superior to another lawyer Hey, how could you not tell me you were leaving?
I thought you and I were, you know, co-strangers in a strange land?
Who am I supposed to vent to when this place drives me crazy?
You can always call or be somewhere that won't drive you crazy I can't go back Matt Because there I'll always just be Maggie Here I'm a respected attorney Yo!
Automag For the most part Jerk I'm sorry I didn't tell you about the copy of dad's journal I ment you're a jerk for being the first one to apologize for being the bigger man I'm the taller better-looking one for sure Will you skip the hug and go straight to talking about sports?
Sure, you know who else would love to talk about sports?
Don't I saw Frank today We just got cool You really think I wanna hear that you've been chilling with the man who killed our father?
He didn't Besides I know how it feels to have convinced yourself over the last ten years that you were responsible for the death of Jeremy Stone You were not responsible for his heart giving out Maybe not, but I'm not convinced that whatever joojoo Frank did is what killed him either I am convinced that he's your friend And you need him Eli What happens the next time you have a vision?
Who you're gonna call?
I had a vision I was on a plane leaving town Guess we shouldn't have bothered to print up all that Wethersby Stone stationary huh?
Well I didn't realize how bad your firm was hurting But Frank's hurting too Eli What else do you need?
I want dad to be alive And he took that from me From you too And if the statute of limitations hadn't passed years ago I would sue him for guru malpractice I'm fairly sure there's no such thing as guru malpractice Executive malpractice?
Yeah, people sue their doctors when they bodge a procedure, they sue their lawyers when they bodge a case I assume they'll also be able to sue their bosses when they screw up So, what are you suggesting?
We sue Clayton Wells the ex-CEO for screwing up the company Lately I've been thinking about how I'm perceived in the eyes of my piers Their estimation of me has been lowered in part because of my association with you But it's moments like this which affirm that partnership So you're gonna call our client?
No, I'm gonna call our clients I see no reason why every employee who lost their job at Everton shouldn't avail themselves of your brilliant theory All three hunded of them First Mr.
Stemple sued Everton Now he's here suing Everton's former CEO I have a few Everton shares in my 401K Should I expect a subpoena too?
You didn't put three hundred people out of work There's absolutely zero precedent for ex-employees of a company suing its ex-CEO for negligence It's innovative, I admit Maybe if Clayton Wells had been more creative himself He and my clients would still have jobs This is nothing more than a clever crowd pleaser Judge CEOs owe a fiduciary duty to their stockholders why shouldn't they owe the same to their employees?
In case you haven't noticed, Clayton Wells was just as fired as your clients With one slight difference, Mr.
Wells left Everton with a 43 million dollar consolation prize Though I am loath to accept it, the plaintiffs have stated a valid if novel legal claim Your Honor I'm sorry counsel.
I am certifying the class action lawsuit against Clayton Wells For executive malpractice It isn't fair!
What isn't fair?
The view from my office?
Yes, pretty spectacular You can see exactly what from your cubicle?
I don't have a cubicle.
I'm talking about Posner's speech What's wrong?
I think we knocked it out of the park There's not a word of mine in this What do you care?
You didn't even want to write the thing anyway Every assignment I'm given gets to my best whether I think it deserves it or not Which is why you wrote your own draft, huh?
I did.
But unlike you I actually included some of your material Priest-rabbi lawyer joke?
Couldn't have to lead it that faster While I greatly respect your previously hidden capacity for one ups manship This is not a creative writing seminar Maggie Muffin This is a lawfirm and I am a partner With a very funny priest-rabbi lawyer joke And vito power You know what?
Posner should use your speech I'm sure he'd rather be reading a speech written by his very own mini-me Are you sure what's going on here isn't that you'd rather be writing the speech for Jordan Wethersby?
What I'd rather be doing Paul, is practicing law A job I was actually hired for at this firm Not the job you mistakenly think I have Being a subordinate for you to kick around just so you can feel better about your own empty life What went wrong?
We made some bad bets Expanded in the markets maybe we should have stayed out of I made investments in R and D that didn't pay off The plaintiffs say you're guilty of executive malpractice That you should be held to the same standard of care as doctors Do you agree?
No, doctors operate in sterile predictible environments Running a diversified multinational conglomerate is like waking up every morning and try to drink from a firehose What about lawyers?
Should you be held to the same standard of legal liability as say me Well no because when those good people in the jury box come back with a verdict this trial's over As far as my stewart ship at Everton goes well, jury's still out Could you elaborate?
Well I'm still damn bullish that my decisions are gonna pay off I'd give anything to still be CEO of Everton and to steer than company into port Thank you So basically You didn't get fired because you made bad decisions Everton's Board made a bad decision when they fired you The Board wanted to mollify panicky stockholders They took the short term view I was focused on the big picture This are uh...
printouts of emails sent to you by Russell Covey Everton's Chief Financial Officer when you were CEO Could you please describe the contents of those emails to the Jury?
I'd have to re-read them first Or read them at all.
According to Everton's IT department you deleted these emails and many others Without reading them Financial shortfall expected.
Your attention required Followed days later by Please call ASAP read financial shortfall Followed just a week later by Urgent, do not delete, that's in all-caps by the way Your immediate action necessary.
Re-merger integration problems I'm sensing a pattern here Well I was too busy doing my job to be reading emails You recognize this document?
It's a snapshot of my virtual Duffer.com homepage It's a website that golfers use to track their handicap, you enter your score after each round you play and Would you care to tell the jury how many rounds of golf you played while you were CEO?
Uh, I closed a lot of key deals on that golf course Really, uh...
name one I forgot, you don't deal in specifics you're a big picture guy Give me your wallet If you're gonna hold up people you work with you should probably go with a ski mask And a gun!
You told me to take care of Jim Norris He doesn't like the soap in the men's room He wants hypoallergenic soap Also known as white-people-can't-do-anything-the-easy-way soap And since our firm cannot afford a petty cash draw anymore OK, but after you've done this do me a favor Find out how much the flights are from San Francisco to Kenya Planning a trip?
No Well, I don't know, I just need to know how much it would cost It'll cost you your assistant What?
This place is hanging on by thread Eli, now is not the time to go gazelle hurting with Grace Well the vision I got sent by the notorious GOD says otherwise What did you see this time?
That we're all about to get a never ending supplied vacation days Maybe you made the wrong interpretation Why don't you let me make an appointment with Dr.
Chen?
I don't need Chen!
I just...
I need to know about the ticket I thought things were going well Eli said he scored some points today So he did Then why do you look like you've already lost?
I'm stressful enough to represent a man I consider my path not taken And now having the responsibility of representing three hundred of them?
You should be three hundred times more proud of yourself I know I am It wasn't so long ago that I would've been defending the ruthless CEO Ironically back then I slept soundly At least there we know such anxiety associated with tonight's award's dinner You don't know you won't win the Belmont In fact I do.
My opposing counsel in the Wells case is also in the nominating committee Doug, do we have an appointment scheduled?
You don't know?
Know what?
Hello!
Have you heard the latest about Everton, folks?
Lovely Everton, our sources in the boardroom tell us that Everton Financial Is in final stage talks to rehire Clayton Wells as its CEO Boo, boo, boo, boom...
what?
Can't believe it?
Believe it!
Take it to the bank and...
smoke it!
They are going to give the...
Can they do that?
Just hire him back?
Yes But why in the world would they want to?
That's why, ENF The continued media coverage of the trial has cost Everton's stockprice to further reroad So they think that if they rehire Wells their stock will go back up?
Obviously but that's not our problem If Everton is willing to rehire Wells then how negligent could he have been in the first place?
I want you to try and get as much of your homework done as you can on the plane What?
You don't wanna take my name?
People know me professionally by my maiden name And I like it It would've been nice if you would've told me that before the wedding What the hell were the republicans thinking?
Did anyone honestly think that Crotch the old Vetrin could be Mr.
Young Hip and Cool?
I guess experience doesn't count for much these days Not against their rockstar This isn't my future it's the past Sir, can I help you find your seat?
What?
No, no I'm OK Dad It's kind of ironic We never get dad to show up for ball games or school play, parents-teacher conferences Now he's a serious regular in my visions This one was from about a decade ago Do you remember him taking a trip abut that time?
No.
But even if I did he wouldn't have flown Dad hated flying!
Why do you think we roadtripped for all our family vacations I still don't know what he was doing in that plane Well, there is one way to find out Come on Eli, don't you think now might be a good time to bury the acupuncture needle?
We don't need Frank, we need google I saw the carrier name and the flight number Keystar Airlines, flight 212 See if there's anything weird-ish Or daddy-ish Woah, that plane uh...
Yeah but dad...
He couldn't have been on it!
What do you think it means?
Motion for summary judgement Now that my client has his job back this case is over The Jury reached a verdict?
Did we win?
No, you lost Hope you guys have a plan B I'm thinking of killing the judge Let's leave that for a plan further down the alphabet.
Judge Bortz's wife would miss him terribly Lucky girl getting to trade in the maiden name and become Mrs.
Bortz All rise!
It would've been nice if you'd told me this before the wedding What are you talking about?
Sir can I see the list of Everton shareholders?
Counsel, I haven't got all day Alright, the defense has apparently made a motion for summary judgement Based on irrelevant development Your Honor To use your dying patient analogy, the patient has hired back his doctor This entire case is premised on Clayton Wells's termination, that termination has been rescinded therefore the case must be dismissed You can't do that Actually I can Watch as I slowly raise the gavel and say motion granted, case dismissed Are you entirely out of your mind?
The fact that Everton's Board wants to rehire Clayton Wells is irrelevant This case is not about Everton's Board, it's about its employees It's shareholders Enough Mr.
Stone Even their spouses I think that you are just a Judge to take us on our maiden name...
I mean, voyage You uh, raise an excellent point Mr.
Stone On further reflexion Everton's decision to rehire Clayton Wells should not preclude the Jury from rendering judgement on its previous teniored ex-CEO Motion for summary judgement denied Did you just blackmailed the Judge?
Not that I'm complaining Something you said reminded me that Brenda Hudson owns 75 hundred shares of Everton's stock in her retirement folder Who's Brenda Hudson?
Brenda Bortz, actually Hudson was her maiden name Judge Bortz has his retirement to worry about And now for the moment you've all been waiting for The Joel T.
Belmont Award for Excellence in Jurisprudence is the highest honor the California Bar Association can bestow on one of its colleagues It is my distinguished pleasure to present the 2009 Joel T.
Belmont Award to Martin Posner Thank you New York, thank you very, very much Thank you all ladies and gentlemen of the jury An obscure 19th century american lawyer you may or may not have heard of Abraham Lincoln said I quote: The leading rule for the lawyer is to leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today Lincoln's challenge to his fellow attorneys hopes its true now as it did a century and a half ago Wine please Nice job with the speech How did you know it wasn't Posner's terms?
Nothing says Maggie Dekker more than an obscure historical quote You'll be interested to know I only co-wrote it Paul Rollins?
How did you know?
Just a lucky guess I know you two are spending some time together Did you have a vision about me?
About me and Paul?
Let's just say I...
I saw you together I know it's none of my business No kidding So there is something going on with you two?
You know when I said last week that we were friends?
I didn't mean the kind of friends who could have this kind of conversation Martin.
Congratulations.
It's a well-deserved honor Well I have to confess it's a bit a surprise.
I wouldn't have expected you to be the better man Well that would explain our parting of professional ways Excuse me, before we wind things up tonight we have one more colleague to hear from Taylor Wethersby Good evening This year the California Bar Association is introducing a new accolade to recognize commitment to the legal system Beyond the collection of courtroom and boardroom victories And while most of us are just trying to find our way in this world as lawyers There are very few of us who use the law To make the world better And so it is with great pride that I've been asked to present the first annual Ackerman Humanitarian Award To Jordan Wethersby Wow.
You really do have your own office And I have an actual law degree to go with it Thought Posner gave a pretty good speech here tonight I thought so too, since I wrote it Yeah, no need to thank me for what I did by the way What do you need Paul?
I...
I minored in theater in undergrad So you would've done a better job delivering the speech?
The Paul Rollins you work for is a part I play It's a...
it's a character And truth be told the other lawyers in this firm are the same way They're playing roles So that when their...
their alteregos cut corners or reach ethical boundaries Or speak inapropriately to highly talented subordinates It doesn't feel like bad behavior Because they're not really doing it This is the weirdest apology ever OK my point is...
in spite of my considerable intelligence it's taken me a while to see that In the production known as Posner Klein The part of Maggie Dekker is being played by herself Why are you telling me this Paul?
Because I suspect that you're a pretty good judge of character This week, I suddenly found myself wanting you not to judge me Without all the facts I'll see you Maggie Eli Stone is a clever lawyer Mainstreet is furious With lawstreet lately and for a very good reason People are loosing their jobs While the heads of these corporations continue to collect 7 and 8 figure bonuses and golden parachutes It's a patent unfairness that the plaintiffs are hoping they can convert into a financial windfall And it all seems so perfectly reasonable doesn't it?
Then why shouldn't CEOs be held to the same standard as doctors?
Well, have you been to a doctor lately?
The high prices, the needless tests The bureaucracy That's all to shield them from lawsuits And now they want corporate executives to be subject to the same second guessing Do you know what that will do to America's ability to compete in the global market place?
If you take away the golden parachute How will we attract qualified men and women to run these corporations that give us our jobs Mr.
Stemple and his co-workers they lost their jobs and that is a tragedy, one that happens far to often these days But to give them what they're asking for Could cost you your job Ms.
Miller's argument has a familiar ring to it CEOs have to make billings because without them there are no jobs for the rest of us Greed is good Rising tide lifts all boats, prosperity trickles down Don't tie our hands with regulation Well, you've seen how that worked out Doug Stemple and his co-workers didn't loose their jobs Clayton Wells lost their jobs for them And not because anyone second guessed him or tied his hands He ran Everton into the ground then ran away with a golden parachute But Ms.
Miller is right about one thing The vast majority of us depend on CEOs like Clayon Wells for our livelihoods So why shouldn't the law hold them to the same standard of care as doctors And stock brokers as accountants and attorneys Why shouldn't they be held to the same standard of basic competency That you're held to In your job Ladies and gentleman this is your captain speaking We're on a bit of a delay here but we should be cleared to push back in just a few minutes So please Champagne sir?
Sit back and relax No Champagne mam?
Excuse me, everbody just stop what they're doing for a minute Please could everyone just listen for a minute This plane is going to crash I'm trying to imagine what you must be thinking Looking at me the wacked-out guy dirty wear jacket telling you that this plane...
the plane that you're on is...
Gonna crash And that your lives will end today But I saw it I saw you and you and you and you and you all Look, I need you to imagine something else Just imagine, being in your homes tonight safe Watching TV, watching news, watching story after story About this plane going down And then imagine your friends and your family Caught in a panic And then imagine answering because you weren't on this plane Listened to the nut with the dirty jacket and you got off and you lived You lived!
Sir!
I need you to come with us You don't have to...
you don't have to believe in the messenger to believe in the message Come on sir Get your stuff Are you serious?
Yes, I am We are not flying on this plane Grace You're so weird Has the Jury reached a verdict?
In the matter of Stemple at all versus Clayton Wells We the Jury find in favor of the plaintiffs And award damages in the amount of 300 dollars Finding gross negligence to exist We further award punitive damages in the amount of 220 million dollars Congratulations Surprise!
You've only missed our birthdays by 4 months and 8 months respectively Welcome to WS and As first we-just-won-a-gazillion-dollars-and-safe-perform firm Just say this will need to become an annual event Who are these guys?
Oh, these are the movers I hired to clear out Jim Norris's office I waited a full minute after hearing the Jury verdict before tossing his annoying ass out the door Come on, taste these mushroom tarts.
They're divine!
What if the verdict hadn't gone our way?
It'll be a wake!
So long as it's not a going away party Don't worry, I kind of misinterpreted the vision Try imagine my galloping shock!
You're not planning on jumping are you?
It's only one story.
Don't let your broken leg lift my spirits Long time no visit What brings you to Chinatown?
There's a great dim sum place around the corner The first time you walked into my shop I knew one day the truth would come out about how your dad died I practiced my grand speech about how your dad begged me to do it and how I How was I gonna beg at you for forgiveness Frank Did you know your dad's name Jeremy was a derivation of Jeremiah?
God told Jeremiah "You would go to them but they'll not listen to you" How's that for mind screw?
They did listen Frank The vision that he had Why he desperately needed the dark truth He saw a plane crash People dying and...
He saved them Some of them at least, uh...
He convinced them to get off the plane One of those people was Grace She was on that plane He saved her too You helped save her I'm so...
I'm so sorry I took your father from you Eli You didn't And it was wrong of me To accuse you like that You had every right to be angry You're his son Yeah...
well that's the thing I um...
finally realized that So were you You were son in the ways that mattered When me and Nate couldn't get far enough away from him you were there Being what I never was He loved you Eli I know I know that But I didn't know him You know?
At least not the him not stinking of alcohol and failure But you, even for the briefest moment you knew him for what he could be Someone who could change the world So what I came here to say Is thank you From the both of us Thanks
I'm Tessa 4C Hi!
Uh...
Eli Penthouse A I just moved in over the weekend, from Buffalo Oh yeah?
Um...
Welcome to the building!
And the West Coast Thank you!
Yeah, it's been kind of a whirlwind New job, new apartment, new life Did the new life thing myself last year Really?
So you're an expert then Hah!
Happy to share my insights It's the least I can do I thought they got these things fixed What do you mean?
That I thought they fixed these things What?
It's a vision...
it's a vision...
it's a vision...
vision!!!!
Um...
It was really nice meeting you Yeah I'm going crazy!
What the hell are you gonna do about it?
Well?
Can't you let me have my english muffin first?
That man is driving me out of my mind Which man exactly is behind the Patty-Go-Bunkers week?
Jim Norris, annoying accountant The guy you know that Jordan in his infinite stupidity decided to rent out office space to We need the money Patty Recently the firm's been hemorraging worse than my brain You're gonna represent the me after I kill him, right?
Because I'm gonna need one hell of a lawyer to get me off after the jury hears the gory details of what I did to him The guy pays his rent on time and in full He won't stop bothering me, Eli!
Patty, the coffee machine is out of filters.
Patty, the copier's jammed Patty, the men's room is out of TP I don't do TP!
You made that memorably and terrifyingly clear the day we met Let me be clear Taylor The odds of Jordan Wethersby winning the Joel T.
Belmont award this year Are somewhere between when pigs fly and when hell freezes over Hold on Room service You do realize I placed this order over an hour ago Apologies sir, the kitchen's packed up Sweetheart, with the firm's precarious financial situation I'm not sure we should be spending money buying a table at an award's dinner where I am not going to win an award Fine, if it's so important to you then purchase the table I'll be at the office soon I ordered an eggwhite only omelette This is the third order you people have screwed up already this week How terrible for you Excuse me?
Oh, I'm just expressing sympathy for your whole omelette tragedy How terrible to have to eat yellow eggs I'm really sorry Don't leave I'd like the name of your supervisor So you can get me fired?
I don't know who you think you are But you can't talk to people like this You just talked to me like this You think because you live in a hotel room You wear a 5.000 dollar suit, you're better than me?
If anything that makes you worse Makes you just like the rest of them The rest of whom?
What do you care?
You...
obviously have something you wanna say Why don't you say it?
Them is guys like you Modern day rubber bearants that are sucking this country dry As it happens I'm an attorney And I used to represent many of those rubber bearants Well I used to work for them.
Why did you stop?
We had a mutual parting of the ways Yourself?
I just had a transition to food service You were fired I think the fashionable term is downsized You were fired for cause?
If by that you mean, did they have a reason?
Yeah!
Yeah, they had to give Clayton Wells the ex-CEO a 43 million dollars severance So to come up with the money they laid off me and 300 of my co-workers Have you considered suing to get your old job back?
First thing I thought of before I realized there probably weren't too many lawyers willing to work for free Oh, as luck would have it.
You brought the wrong eggs to the right lawyer Complete and total victory Thank Applematics Mr.
Allen's unconditional surrender Make the best to ruin the day they dared to sue a client, a Posner client Not to worry sir Shaken Technologies won't pay a dime in damages Yes?
Ms.
Dekker?
Oh I, I thought Matt Dowd was handling Shaken Mr.
Dowd has left us For the decidedly ungreener pasters of Wethersby Stone and Associates Summing forth oh it gives me great pleasure to announce that According to inside sources One of our very own has at long last been nominated for the California Bar's Joel T.
Belmont Award Me The firm has purchased a half dozen tables at the awards banquet attendance and applause is mandatory Sir?
What's this?
I'm listening to Jordan Wethersby accept the last six Belmonts I've had occasion to draft down a few stray musings of my own And I'd be most grateful if you two pulled your literary talents and Type them up into a puff-o acceptance speech Feel free to be brilliant I think I speak for us all when I say how happy we are that Mr.
Dowd Has returned to our somewhat empty nest Thank you sir.
It's good to be back And I'm not alone before I left Posner and Klein I drove the line in the water To see if any of their clients would consider leaving with me Did any?
H.
C.
Clemens, if you want them they're yours H.
C.
Clemens won a no-bid contract to build the fort of new houses in New Orleans after Katrina Exactly how many of those houses did they end up building?
They're board isn't exactly made up of saints Keith, show me the company whose is I don't see how this firm, which is dedicated to foster social justice Can represent a company that got rich not helping victims of a natural disaster This isn't about clear consciences, it's about clear checks I thought you guys were having trouble keeping the lights on I think we should consider it H.C.
Clemens is a fortune 500 hundred company with profits into billions Which doesn't exactly live up to the reputation we've been cultivating I won't represent them This minute walk from me And we're all right behind you if this firm doesn't begin taking cases that end in getting paid H.C.
Clemens currently has the legal representation it deserves Jordan And in any case I've already been retained by a new client who requires our attention Who?
A gentleman in his middle years who lost his job Due to corporate greed As a general rule midlife crisis don't make a lot of money But what's money compared to a good cause?
Are you sure about this?
I'm aware of the firm's plight Eli But we began this endeavor of ours with a clear idea of the kind of cases we wanted to be associated with This suit against Everton is about basing right and wrong If it is to be our last crusade then let that case be something we can all believe in To end otherwise, would not be to complete our quest with grace Should I take the look on your face to mean you don't agree?
Not at all...
I just...
You said grace.
Made me think of Grace Ah, the would-be love of your life Patty gossips So she's in Africa?
Kenya Uh, looking on the bright side should our firm close its doors you'll have the time to visit her Welcome aboard Keystar Airlines flight 212 out of San Francisco We stoppped in New York and Rome before continuing on to our final destination: Nairobi Nairobi This plane is going...
to Kenya As I said, your plane to Kenya doesn't take off until after our firm crashes and burns Everton Financial fired my client on fraudulent grounds They claimed he had to be laid off because they couldn't afford his salary And yet somehow found enough money to pay its disgraced ex-CEO Clayton Wells a 43 million dollar golden parachute It wasn't a golden parachute True.
At 43 million it was more like a...
diamond incrusted parachute It was a severance package Which was paid to Mr.
Wells after he was fired himself It was his budged management that necessitated the layouts in the first place And you don't find it perverse that after being paid 220 million to do a bad job He got rewarded with a 43 million dollar bonus?
It doesn't matter what I think There's zero basis in California statute or case law for the plaintiff's claim He's right Mr.
Wethersby, your client was an at-will employee Under California law that means he could be fired at any time I'm sorry Your Honor, are you arguing opposing counsel's case?
Just stating the legal facts as I see them Being a Judge and all, I do that sometimes You have failed to state a valid legal claim I hereby grant Everton's 12-B-6 motion to dismiss Mr.
Lebokowski Lebokowski?
That's the best name you could come up with?
Frank Lebokowski is my given name Chen is my nom-de-niro Look, if you're looking to talk with a certain lawyer I can't help you Frank Actually I'm looking to talk with a certain doctor Talk about what?
Ok, how long has your throat been hurting?
Uh, a few days How's Eli doing?
Well he was doing great when he kicked you and me out of his apartment Said he didn't want to talk to either one of us again Any fever?
No You two'll work things out You're brothers Brothers with a...
singular hability to piss each other off And let each other down Talk to my brother someday I know that Eli believes that somehow you were I did I'm responsible for your father's death Nate Look, I don't know about this dark truth stuff But the medical truth Is that my fathers' heart disease was a direct result of his drinking Not some voodoo acupuncture You didn't kill him Frank We all have our own truths Nathan And we have to live by them Just as we have to accept the consecuences of believing in them What is Eli gonna do without you?
This is for amoxicilin Unless you wanna stick with acupuncture and eye of newt You're joking right?
Why don't you do the typing?
Because you type faster than I do Magnum You could take some secretarial classes as a backup in case the law thing didn't work out The quicker we get this over with the faster I can go back to not working with you Fair enough Magna Carta Oh, and stop giving me the cute nicknames!
How would you like it if I called you...
Paulie?
My grandfather still calls me Paulie Phones me every Wednesday, hey Paulie how are things going at the office?
That's when he's on and off with his diabetes then he Then he calls me Paul Dekker Dowd, don't you have a sinking ship to jump on?
You know Paul?
I am really gonna miss bumping into youin the men's bathroom I have never felt so superior to another lawyer Hey, how could you not tell me you were leaving?
I thought you and I were, you know, co-strangers in a strange land?
Who am I supposed to vent to when this place drives me crazy?
You can always call or be somewhere that won't drive you crazy I can't go back Matt Because there I'll always just be Maggie Here I'm a respected attorney Yo!
Automag For the most part Jerk I'm sorry I didn't tell you about the copy of dad's journal I ment you're a jerk for being the first one to apologize for being the bigger man I'm the taller better-looking one for sure Will you skip the hug and go straight to talking about sports?
Sure, you know who else would love to talk about sports?
Don't I saw Frank today We just got cool You really think I wanna hear that you've been chilling with the man who killed our father?
He didn't Besides I know how it feels to have convinced yourself over the last ten years that you were responsible for the death of Jeremy Stone You were not responsible for his heart giving out Maybe not, but I'm not convinced that whatever joojoo Frank did is what killed him either I am convinced that he's your friend And you need him Eli What happens the next time you have a vision?
Who you're gonna call?
I had a vision I was on a plane leaving town Guess we shouldn't have bothered to print up all that Wethersby Stone stationary huh?
Well I didn't realize how bad your firm was hurting But Frank's hurting too Eli What else do you need?
I want dad to be alive And he took that from me From you too And if the statute of limitations hadn't passed years ago I would sue him for guru malpractice I'm fairly sure there's no such thing as guru malpractice Executive malpractice?
Yeah, people sue their doctors when they bodge a procedure, they sue their lawyers when they bodge a case I assume they'll also be able to sue their bosses when they screw up So, what are you suggesting?
We sue Clayton Wells the ex-CEO for screwing up the company Lately I've been thinking about how I'm perceived in the eyes of my piers Their estimation of me has been lowered in part because of my association with you But it's moments like this which affirm that partnership So you're gonna call our client?
No, I'm gonna call our clients I see no reason why every employee who lost their job at Everton shouldn't avail themselves of your brilliant theory All three hunded of them First Mr.
Stemple sued Everton Now he's here suing Everton's former CEO I have a few Everton shares in my 401K Should I expect a subpoena too?
You didn't put three hundred people out of work There's absolutely zero precedent for ex-employees of a company suing its ex-CEO for negligence It's innovative, I admit Maybe if Clayton Wells had been more creative himself He and my clients would still have jobs This is nothing more than a clever crowd pleaser Judge CEOs owe a fiduciary duty to their stockholders why shouldn't they owe the same to their employees?
In case you haven't noticed, Clayton Wells was just as fired as your clients With one slight difference, Mr.
Wells left Everton with a 43 million dollar consolation prize Though I am loath to accept it, the plaintiffs have stated a valid if novel legal claim Your Honor I'm sorry counsel.
I am certifying the class action lawsuit against Clayton Wells For executive malpractice It isn't fair!
What isn't fair?
The view from my office?
Yes, pretty spectacular You can see exactly what from your cubicle?
I don't have a cubicle.
I'm talking about Posner's speech What's wrong?
I think we knocked it out of the park There's not a word of mine in this What do you care?
You didn't even want to write the thing anyway Every assignment I'm given gets to my best whether I think it deserves it or not Which is why you wrote your own draft, huh?
I did.
But unlike you I actually included some of your material Priest-rabbi lawyer joke?
Couldn't have to lead it that faster While I greatly respect your previously hidden capacity for one ups manship This is not a creative writing seminar Maggie Muffin This is a lawfirm and I am a partner With a very funny priest-rabbi lawyer joke And vito power You know what?
Posner should use your speech I'm sure he'd rather be reading a speech written by his very own mini-me Are you sure what's going on here isn't that you'd rather be writing the speech for Jordan Wethersby?
What I'd rather be doing Paul, is practicing law A job I was actually hired for at this firm Not the job you mistakenly think I have Being a subordinate for you to kick around just so you can feel better about your own empty life What went wrong?
We made some bad bets Expanded in the markets maybe we should have stayed out of I made investments in R and D that didn't pay off The plaintiffs say you're guilty of executive malpractice That you should be held to the same standard of care as doctors Do you agree?
No, doctors operate in sterile predictible environments Running a diversified multinational conglomerate is like waking up every morning and try to drink from a firehose What about lawyers?
Should you be held to the same standard of legal liability as say me Well no because when those good people in the jury box come back with a verdict this trial's over As far as my stewart ship at Everton goes well, jury's still out Could you elaborate?
Well I'm still damn bullish that my decisions are gonna pay off I'd give anything to still be CEO of Everton and to steer than company into port Thank you So basically You didn't get fired because you made bad decisions Everton's Board made a bad decision when they fired you The Board wanted to mollify panicky stockholders They took the short term view I was focused on the big picture This are uh...
printouts of emails sent to you by Russell Covey Everton's Chief Financial Officer when you were CEO Could you please describe the contents of those emails to the Jury?
I'd have to re-read them first Or read them at all.
According to Everton's IT department you deleted these emails and many others Without reading them Financial shortfall expected.
Your attention required Followed days later by Please call ASAP read financial shortfall Followed just a week later by Urgent, do not delete, that's in all-caps by the way Your immediate action necessary.
Re-merger integration problems I'm sensing a pattern here Well I was too busy doing my job to be reading emails You recognize this document?
It's a snapshot of my virtual Duffer.com homepage It's a website that golfers use to track their handicap, you enter your score after each round you play and Would you care to tell the jury how many rounds of golf you played while you were CEO?
Uh, I closed a lot of key deals on that golf course Really, uh...
name one I forgot, you don't deal in specifics you're a big picture guy Give me your wallet If you're gonna hold up people you work with you should probably go with a ski mask And a gun!
You told me to take care of Jim Norris He doesn't like the soap in the men's room He wants hypoallergenic soap Also known as white-people-can't-do-anything-the-easy-way soap And since our firm cannot afford a petty cash draw anymore OK, but after you've done this do me a favor Find out how much the flights are from San Francisco to Kenya Planning a trip?
No Well, I don't know, I just need to know how much it would cost It'll cost you your assistant What?
This place is hanging on by thread Eli, now is not the time to go gazelle hurting with Grace Well the vision I got sent by the notorious GOD says otherwise What did you see this time?
That we're all about to get a never ending supplied vacation days Maybe you made the wrong interpretation Why don't you let me make an appointment with Dr.
Chen?
I don't need Chen!
I just...
I need to know about the ticket I thought things were going well Eli said he scored some points today So he did Then why do you look like you've already lost?
I'm stressful enough to represent a man I consider my path not taken And now having the responsibility of representing three hundred of them?
You should be three hundred times more proud of yourself I know I am It wasn't so long ago that I would've been defending the ruthless CEO Ironically back then I slept soundly At least there we know such anxiety associated with tonight's award's dinner You don't know you won't win the Belmont In fact I do.
My opposing counsel in the Wells case is also in the nominating committee Doug, do we have an appointment scheduled?
You don't know?
Know what?
Hello!
Have you heard the latest about Everton, folks?
Lovely Everton, our sources in the boardroom tell us that Everton Financial Is in final stage talks to rehire Clayton Wells as its CEO Boo, boo, boo, boom...
what?
Can't believe it?
Believe it!
Take it to the bank and...
smoke it!
They are going to give the...
Can they do that?
Just hire him back?
Yes But why in the world would they want to?
That's why, ENF The continued media coverage of the trial has cost Everton's stockprice to further reroad So they think that if they rehire Wells their stock will go back up?
Obviously but that's not our problem If Everton is willing to rehire Wells then how negligent could he have been in the first place?
I want you to try and get as much of your homework done as you can on the plane What?
You don't wanna take my name?
People know me professionally by my maiden name And I like it It would've been nice if you would've told me that before the wedding What the hell were the republicans thinking?
Did anyone honestly think that Crotch the old Vetrin could be Mr.
Young Hip and Cool?
I guess experience doesn't count for much these days Not against their rockstar This isn't my future it's the past Sir, can I help you find your seat?
What?
No, no I'm OK Dad It's kind of ironic We never get dad to show up for ball games or school play, parents-teacher conferences Now he's a serious regular in my visions This one was from about a decade ago Do you remember him taking a trip abut that time?
No.
But even if I did he wouldn't have flown Dad hated flying!
Why do you think we roadtripped for all our family vacations I still don't know what he was doing in that plane Well, there is one way to find out Come on Eli, don't you think now might be a good time to bury the acupuncture needle?
We don't need Frank, we need google I saw the carrier name and the flight number Keystar Airlines, flight 212 See if there's anything weird-ish Or daddy-ish Woah, that plane uh...
Yeah but dad...
He couldn't have been on it!
What do you think it means?
Motion for summary judgement Now that my client has his job back this case is over The Jury reached a verdict?
Did we win?
No, you lost Hope you guys have a plan B I'm thinking of killing the judge Let's leave that for a plan further down the alphabet.
Judge Bortz's wife would miss him terribly Lucky girl getting to trade in the maiden name and become Mrs.
Bortz All rise!
It would've been nice if you'd told me this before the wedding What are you talking about?
Sir can I see the list of Everton shareholders?
Counsel, I haven't got all day Alright, the defense has apparently made a motion for summary judgement Based on irrelevant development Your Honor To use your dying patient analogy, the patient has hired back his doctor This entire case is premised on Clayton Wells's termination, that termination has been rescinded therefore the case must be dismissed You can't do that Actually I can Watch as I slowly raise the gavel and say motion granted, case dismissed Are you entirely out of your mind?
The fact that Everton's Board wants to rehire Clayton Wells is irrelevant This case is not about Everton's Board, it's about its employees It's shareholders Enough Mr.
Stone Even their spouses I think that you are just a Judge to take us on our maiden name...
I mean, voyage You uh, raise an excellent point Mr.
Stone On further reflexion Everton's decision to rehire Clayton Wells should not preclude the Jury from rendering judgement on its previous teniored ex-CEO Motion for summary judgement denied Did you just blackmailed the Judge?
Not that I'm complaining Something you said reminded me that Brenda Hudson owns 75 hundred shares of Everton's stock in her retirement folder Who's Brenda Hudson?
Brenda Bortz, actually Hudson was her maiden name Judge Bortz has his retirement to worry about And now for the moment you've all been waiting for The Joel T.
Belmont Award for Excellence in Jurisprudence is the highest honor the California Bar Association can bestow on one of its colleagues It is my distinguished pleasure to present the 2009 Joel T.
Belmont Award to Martin Posner Thank you New York, thank you very, very much Thank you all ladies and gentlemen of the jury An obscure 19th century american lawyer you may or may not have heard of Abraham Lincoln said I quote: The leading rule for the lawyer is to leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today Lincoln's challenge to his fellow attorneys hopes its true now as it did a century and a half ago Wine please Nice job with the speech How did you know it wasn't Posner's terms?
Nothing says Maggie Dekker more than an obscure historical quote You'll be interested to know I only co-wrote it Paul Rollins?
How did you know?
Just a lucky guess I know you two are spending some time together Did you have a vision about me?
About me and Paul?
Let's just say I...
I saw you together I know it's none of my business No kidding So there is something going on with you two?
You know when I said last week that we were friends?
I didn't mean the kind of friends who could have this kind of conversation Martin.
Congratulations.
It's a well-deserved honor Well I have to confess it's a bit a surprise.
I wouldn't have expected you to be the better man Well that would explain our parting of professional ways Excuse me, before we wind things up tonight we have one more colleague to hear from Taylor Wethersby Good evening This year the California Bar Association is introducing a new accolade to recognize commitment to the legal system Beyond the collection of courtroom and boardroom victories And while most of us are just trying to find our way in this world as lawyers There are very few of us who use the law To make the world better And so it is with great pride that I've been asked to present the first annual Ackerman Humanitarian Award To Jordan Wethersby Wow.
You really do have your own office And I have an actual law degree to go with it Thought Posner gave a pretty good speech here tonight I thought so too, since I wrote it Yeah, no need to thank me for what I did by the way What do you need Paul?
I...
I minored in theater in undergrad So you would've done a better job delivering the speech?
The Paul Rollins you work for is a part I play It's a...
it's a character And truth be told the other lawyers in this firm are the same way They're playing roles So that when their...
their alteregos cut corners or reach ethical boundaries Or speak inapropriately to highly talented subordinates It doesn't feel like bad behavior Because they're not really doing it This is the weirdest apology ever OK my point is...
in spite of my considerable intelligence it's taken me a while to see that In the production known as Posner Klein The part of Maggie Dekker is being played by herself Why are you telling me this Paul?
Because I suspect that you're a pretty good judge of character This week, I suddenly found myself wanting you not to judge me Without all the facts I'll see you Maggie Eli Stone is a clever lawyer Mainstreet is furious With lawstreet lately and for a very good reason People are loosing their jobs While the heads of these corporations continue to collect 7 and 8 figure bonuses and golden parachutes It's a patent unfairness that the plaintiffs are hoping they can convert into a financial windfall And it all seems so perfectly reasonable doesn't it?
Then why shouldn't CEOs be held to the same standard as doctors?
Well, have you been to a doctor lately?
The high prices, the needless tests The bureaucracy That's all to shield them from lawsuits And now they want corporate executives to be subject to the same second guessing Do you know what that will do to America's ability to compete in the global market place?
If you take away the golden parachute How will we attract qualified men and women to run these corporations that give us our jobs Mr.
Stemple and his co-workers they lost their jobs and that is a tragedy, one that happens far to often these days But to give them what they're asking for Could cost you your job Ms.
Miller's argument has a familiar ring to it CEOs have to make billings because without them there are no jobs for the rest of us Greed is good Rising tide lifts all boats, prosperity trickles down Don't tie our hands with regulation Well, you've seen how that worked out Doug Stemple and his co-workers didn't loose their jobs Clayton Wells lost their jobs for them And not because anyone second guessed him or tied his hands He ran Everton into the ground then ran away with a golden parachute But Ms.
Miller is right about one thing The vast majority of us depend on CEOs like Clayon Wells for our livelihoods So why shouldn't the law hold them to the same standard of care as doctors And stock brokers as accountants and attorneys Why shouldn't they be held to the same standard of basic competency That you're held to In your job Ladies and gentleman this is your captain speaking We're on a bit of a delay here but we should be cleared to push back in just a few minutes So please Champagne sir?
Sit back and relax No Champagne mam?
Excuse me, everbody just stop what they're doing for a minute Please could everyone just listen for a minute This plane is going to crash I'm trying to imagine what you must be thinking Looking at me the wacked-out guy dirty wear jacket telling you that this plane...
the plane that you're on is...
Gonna crash And that your lives will end today But I saw it I saw you and you and you and you and you all Look, I need you to imagine something else Just imagine, being in your homes tonight safe Watching TV, watching news, watching story after story About this plane going down And then imagine your friends and your family Caught in a panic And then imagine answering because you weren't on this plane Listened to the nut with the dirty jacket and you got off and you lived You lived!
Sir!
I need you to come with us You don't have to...
you don't have to believe in the messenger to believe in the message Come on sir Get your stuff Are you serious?
Yes, I am We are not flying on this plane Grace You're so weird Has the Jury reached a verdict?
In the matter of Stemple at all versus Clayton Wells We the Jury find in favor of the plaintiffs And award damages in the amount of 300 dollars Finding gross negligence to exist We further award punitive damages in the amount of 220 million dollars Congratulations Surprise!
You've only missed our birthdays by 4 months and 8 months respectively Welcome to WS and As first we-just-won-a-gazillion-dollars-and-safe-perform firm Just say this will need to become an annual event Who are these guys?
Oh, these are the movers I hired to clear out Jim Norris's office I waited a full minute after hearing the Jury verdict before tossing his annoying ass out the door Come on, taste these mushroom tarts.
They're divine!
What if the verdict hadn't gone our way?
It'll be a wake!
So long as it's not a going away party Don't worry, I kind of misinterpreted the vision Try imagine my galloping shock!
You're not planning on jumping are you?
It's only one story.
Don't let your broken leg lift my spirits Long time no visit What brings you to Chinatown?
There's a great dim sum place around the corner The first time you walked into my shop I knew one day the truth would come out about how your dad died I practiced my grand speech about how your dad begged me to do it and how I How was I gonna beg at you for forgiveness Frank Did you know your dad's name Jeremy was a derivation of Jeremiah?
God told Jeremiah "You would go to them but they'll not listen to you" How's that for mind screw?
They did listen Frank The vision that he had Why he desperately needed the dark truth He saw a plane crash People dying and...
He saved them Some of them at least, uh...
He convinced them to get off the plane One of those people was Grace She was on that plane He saved her too You helped save her I'm so...
I'm so sorry I took your father from you Eli You didn't And it was wrong of me To accuse you like that You had every right to be angry You're his son Yeah...
well that's the thing I um...
finally realized that So were you You were son in the ways that mattered When me and Nate couldn't get far enough away from him you were there Being what I never was He loved you Eli I know I know that But I didn't know him You know?
At least not the him not stinking of alcohol and failure But you, even for the briefest moment you knew him for what he could be Someone who could change the world So what I came here to say Is thank you From the both of us Thanks