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?
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
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