The Good Fight
Thursdays on Paramount+The Good Fight Season 5 Episode 5: "And the firm had two partners..." Quotes
Julius: On a scale of 1 to 10, what is Kurt’s willingness to take a deal?
Diane: He’s not on that scale. That is not an option.
Julius: I am fairly certain I can get him less than one year.
Diane: Why are you even discussing deals? Kurt is innocent.
Julius: So was I, but we decided jail time was the best option. You know as well as I that sometimes it’s not about innocence.
Diane: You’re willfully withholding information. Anything you tell me is protected by the firm’s privilege and marital privilege.
Kurt: Then why’d you call the FBI?
Julius: Maybe I should go.
Diane: No, stay. It was the right thing to do. I never thought it would blow back on you.
Julius: You plan on being a part of every conversation I have with Kurt?
Diane: Maybe.
Julius: I’m a good lawyer, Diane, but I’m a lousy couple’s therapist. You could find one of those for a lot less.
Diane: Did I make you think I wanted a therapist?
Julius: I just need to know when I’m talking to my colleague and when I’m talking to Kurt’s wife.
Diane: OK, let me ask you as his wife. You still talking about taking a deal?
Julius: No, he’s done nothing wrong.
Diane: And if I ask you as a lawyer?
Julius: It’s not good. The Feds want a head.
Diane: I’m not Kurt’s lawyer anymore. This way.
Madeline: Well, I think you should see these.
Diane: I’m not Mr. McVeigh’s lawyer.
Madeline: Yes, but you are his wife. As you can see, these are the bullets taken from your apartment when we searched it. As you can see, when we opened the boxes of Kurt’s shotgun shells… hold on, hold on, we found initials drawn on each of the shells. Look, here’s a TM, BT, another TM. At first we were confused about the whole initials thing, but then Dylan Pike pointed out that they were the initials of legislators of the Illinois General Assembly.
Diane: Could you get security up here? This woman is harassing me.
Madeline: Harassing? Someone like me, a federal agent?
Diane: This federal agent is harassing me. Please ask security to meet me upstairs.
Madeline: So that’s right, Dylan Pike informed us that your husband has designs on a similar insurrection against the General Assembly. He also these zip ties and plans to kidnap five top Springfield legislators and put them on trial. Whoa.
Diane: You understand I’m a seasoned lawyer. This doesn’t work on me. I’m not gonna run crying to my husband, “How could you?” The very fact that you came to me and not Kurt’s lawyer shows how weak you think your evidence is, so here’s a piece of advice, Madeline, one wife to another. If you believe these photos, don’t bring them to me. Take them to Julius and tell him to make a deal.
Carmen: Mr. Glaubman promised me a settlement offer.
Racehorse: Well, that’s not going to happen. I enjoy fighting too much, and you look like a fun opponent. I hope if you don’t mind if I depose one of your witnesses, a Dr. Debra Hammond, Dr. TikTok.
Carmen: Dr. Hammond is deceased.
Racehorse: Well, that ought to keep her answers brief. I seem to remember hearing there was an acute shortage of trained medical personnel due to the COVID pandemic. Is that what you remember as well, doctor?
Carmen: OK, are we done here?
Racehorse: Yet even in the midst of a nationwide shortage, you were let go. The way I see it, smells of incompetence.
Carmen: Or retaliation.
Racehorse: I wonder doctor if you wouldn’t agree there are a number of factors that go into the type of treatment a patient receives, and some have nothing to do with race or connections. For instance, the patient’s own wishes.
Carmen: Is Harbor Hospital prepared to make a settlement offer?
Racehorse: No, but they are prepared to respond to one. As of 9 a.m. this morning, a counterclaim for defamation was filed on Harbor Hospital’s behalf.
Carmen: Great negotiating tactic.
Racehorse: Here’s the thing, Ms. Moyo. Ask your drug kingpin client if he’s happy about being deposed. Remind him he has to answer every question I ask him on the record, then we’ll talk settlement.
Diane: It’s insane for you to stay silent. I know it’s your code, your stupid cowboy code.
Kurt: You keep saying that.
Diane: Because it’s true.
Kurt: No, because I don’t like how the authorities use lies like these to get me to turn on…
Diane: Dylan Pike is going to send you to prison because he knows you won’t respond to his lies. John Wayne doesn’t punch first, but he does punch back.
Racehorse: As much as I don’t want to disparage the good doc, it seems her social media popularity was important?
Liz: Objection.
Racehorse: On what grounds.
Liz: General assholery.
Jay: Why are we here?
Douglas: Because we’re dying.
Jay: When did you last see a doctor?
Douglas: Yesterday, no, no, it was Thursday. What’s your name?
Jay: Jay.
Douglas: I’ve reached out my hand. Can you grab it.
Jay: I’m trying.
Douglas: Let’s do this. Let’s keep each other alive, OK.
Frederick Douglass: Here they come. They think you’re in a coma.
Jay: They don’t think we’re conscious, do they?
Frederick Douglass: No, you’re in a coma.
Liz: Where did you get that number?
Jay: I was at the hospital.
Liz: Yes, but where did you get that number?
Jay: A memory.
Carmen: Can we get any more of these memories?
Liz: I don’t know.
Jay: What I remember won’t be helpful.
Carmen: Why not?
Jay: Well, I remember Frederick Douglass and Karl Max sitting in the corner and talking to me.
Carmen: You had hallucinations?
Jay: Yes.
Carmen: So you’re not sure what’s real and what isn't?
Jay: Yes.
Carmen: What should I do? I don’t want to lose this.
Liz: Then you need to tell your client the upside and the downside. This can only be his decision.
Carmen: Thanks.
Liz: Yes?
Carmen: I want to learn from you. My attitude is knowing, but it’s just my attitude. It’s not who I am.
Liz: Carmen, when I was your age, I acted exactly the same way. I wanted to be perfect, so I acted like I was perfect because bluff is always a part of it. But just let me help you when I can. Ask questions.
Carmen: I will.
Liz: Tell Rivi it’s his decision whether to go forward or not, but if Racehorse does depose him, we’ll find a way to punish him.
Carmen: I like the sound of that.
