Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | 4 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Here I Go Again
By Jacob Clifton | Season 3 | Episode 15 | Aired on 02.19.2012
Alicia: "Oh my God."
Will: "You know what, I am so beaten by this Wendy thing that I can't even muster horror at this point."
Alicia: "Well, fight it. You don't deserve that. Don't take the suspension, it's not fair."
Will: "It is totally fair, on the merits. I did a terrible thing, and these are the consequences."
Alicia: "Yeah, but it was fifteen years ago, and..."
Will: "Nope. Don't be the me. I'm trying too hard to be the you. Look. I did bad. This is an out. And on top of that, it's only an out because Diane lied and said I supported our Legal Aid and pro bono stuff..."
Alicia: "Which of course you do..."
Will: "No, girl. I fought that hard. Diane had to invoke a Partner Pinky Swear is how hard I fought that."
Will: "No, I did wrong and this is how I will atone. You just helped me decide."
Alicia: "Just like that?"
Will: "Just like that. Thanks."
Alicia: "Six months? Hell. I can't imagine that."
Will: "You gave it up for a decade."
She smiles, blushes; it is beautiful. A lovely little moment. She has changed, so much.
Diane, springing into action: "Okay, then we'll close out the Neil Gross case, I'll reassign your other cases to the partners, you can run it all down for me at the end of today, you can't come back into the office unless it's a business issue or you're handing off cases, I'll file the name change with the Bar right now, we'll call it Lockhart & Associates, where are your keys, here is a box for your shit, kiss on the cheek, see you in six."
Will: "You are a whirlwind of efficiency today."
Diane: "Look, you'll be back. There will be a place for you when you come back. I don't really want to linger over this because it is horrible, but I get where you're coming from and I'm just trying to be cool and not make it weirder."
Will: "It is working! You are awesome."
GROSS TESTIMONY
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