The Good Fight
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Diane: I would like to report the name of one of the January 6 rioters I saw on your poster: Dylan Pike. No, I’d rather not leave my name. No, I don’t.
I have to admit I’m baffled. How can it be that Chumhum gets away with something any newspaper would go under for doing? Unfortunately, the law is the law. It may be unfair, but it is the constitution. Section 230 stands, and the statute ties my hands.
Judge Friend
Benjamin: I don’t understand. Who are you?
Carmen: Carmen Moyo.
Benjamin: No, no, why are you important?
Carmen: I don’t think that I am.
Benjamin: Then why do I have my top client asking for you?
Carmen: Who’s that?
Benjamin: Mr. Wolf-Coleman.
David Lee: Your client is Wolf-Coleman? What does he need?
Benjamin: Last night the police searched his home for any evidence of rape. They believe they found something, and Mr. Wolf-Coleman wanted me to contact Carmen Moyo to represent him, so how did that happen?
Carmen: Is your client an acquaintance of Oscar Rivi?
Benjamin: The drug dealer, no.
Carmen: Is your client currently at Minard Correctional?
Benjamin: He was, yes. Why?
Carmen: I’m representing Mr. Rivi.
Wackner: Thoughts?
Marissa: Well, it’s copyright law. Nobody can copy unless they have the right.
Wackner: They both borrowed from “Emily in Paris.”
Marissa: Right, look, there’s no real money here. All they want is attention and to feel like they’ve won.
Wackner: End of “Wizard of Oz.”
Marissa: What?
Wackner: Scarecrow getting a diploma.
Marissa: Right, can you make one?
Wackner: I’m in Copy Coop. I can make anything.
Diane: I’m your wife, which means that anything you tell me is privileged communication, so this is not the time to be the taciturn mountain man. Just tell me. Tell me everything.
Kurt: About?
Diane: Who did you take shooting?
Kurt: Veterans with PTSD. I volunteered to shoot with them on Saturdays. They’re not criminals.
Diane: Then just give the FBI their names and explain that.
Kurt: One of these veterans said he was going to DC and he wanted a tour of the Capitol. I called a congressional office to arrange it.
Diane: When was this?
Kurt: On January 5th.
Diane: Which congressperson?
Kurt: I’m not gonna say.
Diane: Kurt, I can’t tell anyone.
Kurt: I’m not gonna say.
Diane: OK, you’re not gonna talk to the Feds again. I’m gonna talk to them.
Kurt: You think I’m in trouble?
Diane: Yes, I think you’re a Trump official who trained an insurrectionist in firearms.
Kurt: I didn’t train…
Diane: And then arranged for them to scout the Capitol. I think that’s the definition of trouble.
Wackner: Be my law clerk.
Marissa: What, no. I have a job.
Wackner: Work here, part-time, full-time, your call. Flat flee, 10% of all the legal filings, unlimited use of the copy machines.
Marissa: Your honor, this is not a court. I don’t know what it is, but it’s…
Wackner: The future. Come on, be here.
Marissa: I can’t. I have a job. I want to pass the bar. I want to be a real lawyer.
Wackner: You know why all these people are here? Because the courts and the lawyers and the appeals have made justice unattainable, out of reach to anyone who doesn’t have a shitload of money to wait it out. That’s why Exxon beats out Mr. Nobody. Read Kafka’s “Before the Law.”
Marissa: Now I’ve got homework.
Wackner: It’s one page long. Don’t be a philistine. Justice is only just if it’s available to everyone.
Diane: Why are there hundreds of teddy bears in our reception?
Marissa: Is that a legal euphemism I don’t understand?
Diane: No, this was sent to you. It’s a Marissa bear.
Marissa: That doesn’t even look like me.
Diane: That would seem to beside the point. What is going on Marissa. Why are there hundreds of bears in our office?
Marissa: Let me find out.
Diane: If you’re finding out, you must have some suspicions, so…
Marissa: I offered some advice to a client who was buying a Build-a-Bear franchise. My guess is this was a thank you.
Diane: What client? You’re not a lawyer. Why do you have clients? Oh my god, this is about that Copy Coop court?
Marissa: I made sure it didn’t interfere with my responsibilities.
Diane: Marissa, no. By participating in that simulacrum of a courtroom you expose this firm to malpractice, sanctions, god knows what else.
Marissa: I’m just offering the judge some advice and helping him with his copyright office.
Diane: If you wish to continue your employment at this firm, you will never do anything like that again. Do you understand?
Madeline: Just to be formal, Kurt, I’m Agent Starkey with the FBI.
Diane: We understand. We don’t need the musical introduction.
Marissa: I can’t do it. I’m sorry.
Wackner: Why not?
Marissa: My boss said no. You don’t need me anyway. Let me connect you with a real lawyer.
Wackner: Marissa, listen to me. I asked you for a reason. You know just enough not to crush what I’m doing here. A real lawyer will look for reasons why not. I need someone to look for reasons why.
Marissa: I can find you someone.
Wackner: I don’t want someone.
Diane: That’s bad, David as our boss.
Liz: Yeah, but I have a worse worry.
Diane: OK.
Liz: We were griping about our new client, and two minutes later, David Lee comes running down the stairs to talk to us. That’s quite a coincidence.
Diane: You think he bugged your office?
Liz: I don’t know. You know him better than I do. Would he do something like that?
Diane: Oh yeah.
Liz: Great. So what do we do?
Diane: Have Jay look for bugs at night when we can hide it from David.
Liz: Oh god, if we actually spent this much time lawyering, we’d be Supreme Court justices by now.
Diane: Wow, I’m surprised Mr. Pike didn’t accuse Kurt of being responsible for 9/11.
Madeline: Certainly, you have a better joke than that.
Diane: No, this isn't a joke to me. Dylan Pike will say anything to reduce his sentence.
Madeline: I do consider his statement with some skepticism, and the only way to get to the truth is with a grand jury. A subpoena has a tendency to sharpen the senses.
Diane: Odd you don’t have a musical cue for that.
Madeline: Hold on. Oops, that’s not right. I can always subpoena you, Kurt.
Diane: I’ve thought about this. I believe I contribute to this firm, and I worry I’m going to be pushed aside, so I think we need another African-American partner, and we should discuss whom, but I want a commitment from you that I will retain a name partner position no matter what.
Liz: Diane, as long as I have any power over the decision, you will retain your name partner position.
Diane: Thank you, and let’s discuss a third partner.
