For The People

Previously on "For The People"...

This is the United States District Court

for the Southern District of New York...

the highest-profile trial court in America.

Ms. Krissman, I'm on duty today.

When cases come in, I e-mail them to you.

What I don't like is Kate Littlejohn.

I want to steal all her tabs and binder clips.

You could be a good lawyer if you tried.

- We can do this, right? - We can do this.

I have firsthand knowledge that the AUSA handling the case

filed the additional claims for the sole purpose

of pressuring Ms. Locarno into a deal.

What are you doing? That was a personal conversation.

I did what I had to do.

And now I'm gonna do what I have to do. I'm leaving.

I want you to stay with me in the apartment.

We have to do this together.

I don't want to do it any other way.

Jay? You are going to be late.

Lebne.

Hey, I'm gonna head in early, okay?

No, not okay. Come sit down.

I'm not hungry.

You're hungry. You wake up hungry. Always have.

You live here, Sandy.

I know you feel weird about it, but you shouldn't.

This is your home, your kitchen...

...your food.

Anything in here, eat it.

Mm.

Not that.

That's Seth's.

Right.

Okay.

So, you keep saying you're fine with him leaving,

but for real?

He left. It is what it is.

It's two years with someone you really liked,

and you're just... "Mm"?

If it were only year, would I get...

So, do you think it's not over?

Do you think he's coming back?

Well, he has until November 3rd.

Ezra, you in there?

You said you were gonna be gone by today.

Ezra!

I have to shave and shower and get to work.

We talked about this.

Your listing said "One-bedroom apartment,"

the clear implication being that

not only could I use the one bedroom,

nothing about sharing.

Now, contract law was somewhat of a specialty of mine

at my last firm, so I know what I'm t...

A few wins last week.

Won't break any records, but who's counting?

Six wins. Six wins is right. Not great.

Good win for Ms. Littlejohn.

Mr. Knox, Clay, Felton, Arnie, win, win, win.

And, oops, one loss from...

Oh, and here he is now.

- Good morning. - Not for you, apparently.

We were just talking about losers.

Well, m-my case was thrown out. Can we really call that a loss?

- Oh, we can call it a big loss. - To your girlfriend.

- Ex-girlfriend. - I'm not surprised.

Actually, I was the one who left, and she...

And, so, while you are on probation,

you will assist Kate.

What? Wait, What did I do?

Sorry. Roger, you got a sec?

Anybody who's new, this is United States Attorney Douglas Delap.

Congratulations on putting that terrorist away.

Really good stuff.

Thank you, sir. It was a total team effort.

Okay, we're done here.

This used to be my office when I ran Criminal.

I know why you're here.

Feels smaller, dimmer somehow.

And you don't have to worry about it. It's taken care of.

You should get a tall plant... draws the eyes up.

What do I worry about, Roger?

The guy who shot Assemblywoman McCray at her campaign rally.

We're charging him six different ways.

The press office has been mobilized.

You think I walked downstairs to your interior office

so I could hear you tell me you've contacted the press

about a shooting at a rally being covered by the press?

This is not what I worry about.

I got a call 15 minutes ago

from the attorney general of the United States

asking why we had dozens of open investigations

into prescription-drug fraud

and not a single case brought in the last three years.

Those cases are difficult to make.

Oh.

Okay.

Should we get the A.G. on the box

and let him know how difficult this is for you?

There's an opioid crisis in this country...

an epidemic.

Your boss's boss's boss...

that's the president of the United States,

if you're following along... is worried about that,

which means you need to worry about it

all the way down here, too.

Start filing charges,

or this office is going to feel smaller and smaller.

Reporting for duty, Sergeant Littlejohn.

Thank you. You can wait right out there.

I'll let you know when I'm ready for you.

- That was a joke. - Which part?

Opioids.

This office has investigated 25 doctors

for prescription-drug fraud in the last three years,

and we haven't brought a single charge

against a single doctor.

This was my problem. Now it's yours.

You need a tall plant in here... draws the eyes up.

I am ready for you now.

Great job last week, everybody.

Heather, nice work on the downward variance with Judge Fry.

He's always tough on sentencing.

Verdict in Fayed obviously wasn't what we were hoping for,

but Sandra fought valiantly

and laid a solid foundation for appeal.

But the bear claw this week goes to Allison,

who got a very rare full dismissal

in the Locarno matter.

Judge Finch leaves on his annual vacation tomorrow,

so get a continuance on this however you can.

Sandra, you're on duty, unless...

I got it.

Jay, my office.

Did that sound like "Jay, come to my office so I can fire you"

or "Jay, I didn't want to tell you in front of everyone else,

but you're clearly my favorite"?

- No, not that one. - What was the first one again?

- Should I sit? - Up to you.

How are you feeling?

Fine. Yeah.

Um... I'm sorry. In what context?

Your job. In the context of your job.

I feel good about my job.

Is this about my fraud case?

We never talked about it.

Got a maple bar.

It's not a bear claw.

I'm gonna sit now.

You negotiated a good plea deal, Jay,

but you also made some serious mistakes in that case.

He was a really good con man.

And you were really under-prepared.

Everybody's under-prepared next to Kate Littlejohn.

But you're right. I was. No excuses.

It won't happen again.

You've heard about the shooting of Assemblywoman McCray?

Sure. She survived.

Yes, the FBI just made an arrest...

Carl Wayne Clarke.

I'd like to give this to you,

but it requires total commitment.

Yes. I want it.

Let's make sure you heard

- the "total commitment" part. - I did.

Because that was a really important part.

In this climate, there'll be a lot of eyeballs on this case.

You'll be representing this department.

It won't be a training exercise.

I totally understand.

Look, straight up, this is what I want to do...

Jill.

Jill?

"Jill" is fine.

This is what I want to do.

I know I didn't get off to the strongest start,

and I can keep blaming Kate Littlejohn for that,

and I intend to, but I want you to know,

I'm all-in... total commitment.

Carl Wayne Clarke?

I'm his lawyer.

I figured the worst thing I'd get was a Jew.

What the hell are you supposed to be?

I'm your lawyer.

- He's a Nazi. - Okay.

A white-supremacist race warrior.

If you're trying to convince me

he's a person with repellant views,

"Nazi" pretty much covers it.

Why didn't you tell me?

Because it doesn't matter.

- It matters to me. - Why does it matter to you?

Because I don't want to defend him.

This is your total commitment?

- There are exceptions. - How many?

He hates me!

Hates who I am!

But maybe you can't understand that.

I've defended men charged with rape, Jay... many times.