The Firm Where Every Day Is A Winding Road (Of Pain). The entire firm is cajoling Lindsay into taking the deal for Guzman. The Emperor, his Rodiness, points out that Lindsay can't very well go into court with the whole "the cops planted the drugs" argument when Guzman has a prior. She looks at her husband: "First of all. I think I can beat the search." Eugene: "If you can't. Will the deal still be there?" She doesn't know. Bobby thinks she should take the deal. Jimmy does too. And so does Rebecca. The front door opens to reveal Harland Bassett, sporting his wonderful comb-over. He calls, "Eugene?" As everyone realizes who is actually at the door, they try to find various places to hide. I think Bobby ends up under his desk, curled in a fetal position, calling out, "Mommy."
The Courthouse Of Helen's Defeating Pain. Helen and a young woman are sitting on a bench outside the courtroom. The DA instructs Meredith about giving testimony by explaining she needs to be as detailed as possible. Meredith looks like she's about fifteen. She looks even younger that Little Lucy. Mrs. Non-Nicholson says, "Look, I know this is rough, but I'll be there for you. I'll walk you through it." Meredith turns to look at Helen, who at this point looks like she's about eighty. "I don't understand why it's me who has to go on trial." Helen's oh-so-helpful advice: "You're not going to be on trial. It's just going to seem that way." Lucy "O Saviour Where Art Thou" Hatcher comes strolling up and sits down beside Meredith. "Your parents didn't fly in?" Meredith talked them out of it. Lucy tries to tell her that she needn't feel shame; she didn't do anything wrong. But still, Meredith thinks the defense attourney is going to blame her for what happened. Lucy insists that that's standard strategy in date-rape cases, but "if you just go in there and stay strong, stick to the truth, you're going to be fine." Blah Lucy is so great, blah Meredith never would have made it this far, blah sainthood blah.
The Courthouse Where They Make Up Cases For Pain. Manny Guzman, his mother, his brother, and Lindsay are talking about the case in a conference room. Manny insists the "stuff" wasn't his. Lindsay says, "Ten grams, Manny. You could be looking at a lot of time." Hector thinks that if the DA's office is offering eighteen months, that means they think their case is weak. Mrs. Guzman pipes up, "Maybe he knows they were planted." Lindsay insists that Richard wouldn't prosecute if he honestly thought that the case was set up by the police. She sits and then proceeds to say, "This DA, he seems to be insisting that something else could be in play here." Pause. Head roll. Pause. "Do you know what that could be?" Manny whines, "No." Except you know that he really does know what's going on. Hector thinks that the DA is bluffing because Richard is afraid he might lose the suppression hearing. "It's possible." But Lindsay doesn't get that feeling; she's concerned that the state might pull the plea if they win the suppression hearing. Manny doesn't want to plead guilty to something he most certainly didn't do. He wants to try to suppress the search and go from there. Lindsay's hair looks like a mushroom as she ponders his decision.