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Jonathan, what are you doing here?

Forceman bought the Wexler shares.

What?

They went back in the market and he snatched them right up.

Holy shit.

We win.

We do?

Mm-hmm.

You do.

It's not over yet.

I want you to drop a tender offer right away.

Jonathan.

What?

I've been thinking about Forsman. And?

You know we wouldn't have been able to do this without him, right?

No shit.

So think about what else we could do with him.

You want to team up with him?

Well, you don't need to convince me, but how the hell are you going to convince him?

By giving him a discount on this deal.

How much of a discount?

Thinking somewhere in the neighborhood of...

100%.

What was so important you couldn't tell me over the phone?

I want to offer you something.

It's my lucky day.

Everyone's bearing gifts.

You want me to buy controlling interest in the Sidwell Investment Group?

I want you to buy it at an 80 million dollar discount.

The exact amount I was going to cut him out of. Was?

Did you change your mind?

You're not going to cut him out of Gillis?

Guess you haven't heard.

I'm done with Gillis.

I sold my interest to Logan Sanders.

What the hell are you talking about?

That wasn't our deal.

What can I tell you?

When you're the biggest bully in the yard, people give you their lunch money without you even asking for it.

Oh my God, you son of a bitch.

You promised me that I would control what happened to that company.

I promised you if we won.

We didn't.

You did.

Yes, I did.

Then our other deal is off the table.

You're gonna give Jonathan Sidwell his goddamn cut.

How about I give you something even better?

What the hell is this?

A job offer.

You gotta be kidding me.

What, you think I was gonna hang you out to dry?

I could use a smart son of a bitch like you're working for me.

You're the last person in the world I'd want to work for.

I'm the only person in the world you want to work for.

Why is that?

Because you're a nobody.

You're a former lawyer who's been an investment banker all of ten minutes

and is about to blow the biggest deal that ever came his way unless you come over to me.

Go to hell.

Mike, Mike, Sidwell wants to see you.

Don't tell me he...

He knows.

Shit.

You little piece of shit.

Jonathan, let me explain.

There's nothing to explain.

You sold me out the second you connected with Forstman.

No, I...

I thought I could get out of it, all right?

But then you took Forstman's money and I...

You're gonna put that on me?

I took his money because I thought we were partners.

I didn't know you were gonna stab me in the goddamn back.

Stab you in the back?

If I didn't make this deal happen, you said you were gonna fire me.

I don't give a shit what I said.

I took a chance on you.

You spat in my face.

Jonathan, I...

You stood right there, selling me on forcement to stop me from finding out you betrayed me.

No, I did that to stop me from having to betray you.

Jonathan, he still owes us money, all right?

We can still go after...

There isn't enough money in the world for me to ever trust you again.

Listen to me.

No, you listen to me!

There is no goddamn we.

You're fired.

Jonathan, we can still talk to forcemen, all right?

You think I didn't try that?

Who the hell do you think told me that you sold me out in the first place?

Here.

Put this on your mantle.

Remember me every time you goddamn look at it.

Rachel or Donna?

Who told you to check up on me?

You don't think I'd do that on my own?

No, I don't.

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Well, I wouldn't have, because I didn't think you'd need it.

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Then I found out you got fired. So what?

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People lose their jobs every single day.

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Yeah, not people like you.

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Something's going on.

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Why'd you get fired?

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You mean other than the fact that I picked a fight, I couldn't win?

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I don't care how it turned out.

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You went 15 rounds on your first shot.

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No way Jonathan Sidwell lets you go after that.

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It was Forsman, wasn't it?

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I only got his money if I agreed to cut Sidwell out of the deal. And Sidwell found out?

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He didn't just find out.

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Forsman told him.

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Son of a bitch.

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Yeah, there's more.

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That son of a bitch has offered me a job.

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Mike, you can't do it, and you know it.

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What choice do I have?

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I was an investment banker for ten minutes, and I blew the only deal I'm ever gonna get near.

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Well, that sounds exactly like the kind of bullshit Forsman tells people to wrap them around his finger.

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Doesn't mean it's not true.

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Yes, it does.

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I could get you five interviews before tomorrow.

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But how are you gonna do that?

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By making five goddamn phone calls.

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And what are you gonna say when they answer?

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You're gonna tell them I was a Harvard-educated lawyer working for you?

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Because you do that, I might as well go back to being a fraud.

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What if I can get Jessica to take you back?

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What if you could bring my parents back to life?

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Because both those things have about the same chance of happening.

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Mike, I'm trying to help you.

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And I appreciate that, but I only have two references, Harvey who has to lie for me

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and Jonathan who wants to kill me.

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Mike.

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Arvie, it's enough.

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As much as you want to help me, you have no idea what it is to have been a fraud and have to start all over.

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You want to see me?

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You don't seem in a good mood.

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I'm not.

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We can talk about it later.

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I walked all the way down here.

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We can talk about it now.

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I was just gonna ask how Lewis' talk went.

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Bullshit.

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That is not an I have to come talk to you conversation.

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I want to bring Mike back.

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That is not a conversation I ever want to have.

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Jessica.

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Harvey, I haven't slept better since his last night, except for every night since.

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And I'm not going back.

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In case you really were wondering, Lewis took his thank you like a dick.

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And if that's all, I'm going home.

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Mike, what are you doing here?

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What are you doing here?

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You know what?

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It doesn't matter.

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I'm here to take a job.

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Wait, what?

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No, you can't do that.

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What do you care?

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Mike, listen to me.

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I know I'm mad at you about Sheila, but I don't care about that right now.

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You cannot take a job with that man.

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I don't have any other options, Lewis.

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And I'm in this position because you paid that man Greenmail

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because you paid that man Greenmail to walk away from my deal in the first place.

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Believe me, I wish I hadn't.

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What the hell is that supposed to mean?

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Mike.

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You know what?

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It doesn't matter.

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None of it matters.

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This is about Rachel, isn't it?

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She told me she hurt you.

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Believe me, I understand.

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But you cannot do this because of that.

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This is a job, Louis, all right?

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I'm not robbing a bank.

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It's not a job.

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It's a decision.

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And I'm not going to let you make it.

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Yeah?

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What are you going to do about it?

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Anything I have to.

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You wanted to see me?

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I thought you wanted to see me.

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I wanted to see you both.

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Lewis, is this about implementing your request with Sheila?

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It's about retracting my request with Sheila.

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What happened?

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I thought...

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Nothing happened.

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I hired Mike Ross back at the firm.

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What?

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If Sheila and I are meant to be, we'll make that work.

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But Mike was going to do something that I could not let him do.

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So I'm using my reward on him.

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Okay, Louis, I...

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It's a great choice.

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I'm proud of you.

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Why don't you give me a minute with Jessica and see if we can't get him in office?

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Thank you, Harvey.

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Thank you both. Is that it?

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I'd still like to be able to take Rosh Hashanah off, if that's okay.

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I think we can work something out.

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No way.

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Jessica.

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Mike Ross is not coming back to this firm.

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You heard Louis.

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He already gave him the job.

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He can ungive him the job.

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It's too late for that, and you know it.

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Well, it damn sure didn't help when you jumped on in there and told him it was a great choice.

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It was a great choice, and if I hadn't jumped in and let you speak your mind, you know what he would have heard?

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Something's wrong with Mike Ross.

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You don't know that.

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Yes, I do, and so do you.

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This is Louis we're talking about.

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And you rejected his first request.

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Because it was unreasonable.

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And the only way you're gonna convince him that this is unreasonable is to tell him why.

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Harvey?

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Jessica, the only way to make him take that offer back is to force him to do it, because he's gonna ask you why again, again and again and no matter what you say he's gonna know you're foolish.

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And then how long do you think it's gonna take him to remember

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that last year he wondered if Mike even went to Harvard?

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You could at least pretend to hide how happy you are.

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I may be happy about it but you know I'm right

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and the truth is I never should have let him go in the first place.

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Welcome home, sailor.

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You were out to sea a long time.

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I was, but now I'm back.

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This place hasn't changed a bit.

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Maybe it has.

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Is this a new Spinners album?

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No. And you know it's not new.

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You and Harvey joked about it.

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I could have sworn that was a different one.

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Said the man with the photographic memory.

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Okay, that doesn't mean I've seen every album.

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You have no idea where to go, do you?

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Not a clue.

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Come with me.

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Donna, I went to the bullpen and some guy with a soul patch was sitting at my desk.

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That's because it's not your desk anymore, and you're not cool enough to pull off a soul patch.

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I dispute that.

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Are you even capable of growing a soul patch?

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I had a goatee my sophomore year of never.

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Look, it's not your desk anymore because you're on the other side of the bullpen now.

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Which other side?

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The other side.

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Like, not the side that you were on.

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Towards the door or away from the door?

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Which door are you talking about?

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Which door are you talking about?

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You know what?

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Just shut up and keep walking.

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You're not here five minutes, and you're already a pain in my ass.

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This is the other side of the bullpen. Are you serious?

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I know.

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I fought a tooth and nail.

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I mean, if it were up to me, you'd be setting up shop in the file room.

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You did this, didn't you?

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Well, I did not do it.

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Thanks, Tom.

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It's good to have you back, Mike.

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Well, some of us have work to do.

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And of course, by some of us, I mean you.

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As soon as word got out that you were coming back, the partners started taking numbers to give the boy wonder their work.

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Thanks, Donna.

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You already thanked me.

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Not for that. For not mentioning Rachel.

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Mike.

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Come on, you expect me to believe you don't know what's going on.

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I know enough to know that it's between you and her.

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So you got yourself an office.

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That's not as nice as the one I had, but...

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It's still a step up.

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You mean because it's smaller or because the view is worse?

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I mean because it's my old office.

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You're shitting me.

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Look in the top left drawer.

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You're serious?

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I am.

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Donna said she did this.

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She had the idea to give you an office.

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It was my idea to give you this office.

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And it just happened to be empty?

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Something like that.

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Right.

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It's good to have you back where you belong.

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Okay, enough fun.

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Sean Cahill's trying to go through every file we have on the takeover.

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You in?

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Sure as hell don't want to do an amicus brief for Paul Porter.

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Good.

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Then figure out a way to keep Cahill from getting his hands on our documents.

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And do it fast because we don't have much time.

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Harvey, have you considered the fact that he's been going after us for collusion and we didn't collude?

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What are you getting at?

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Why don't we just give him all the files?

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We have nothing to hide and fighting him makes it look like we do.

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That's what I said to Jessica.

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You know what she said to me?

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A cop follows a car long enough, he's gonna find a busted tail light.

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And even if he doesn't, he's gonna bust it himself.

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Speaking of Jessica, you never told me how she felt about me coming back.

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Find a way to beat Cahill, and then ask me that again.

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Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Mike Gets Rehired at the Firm”. This video has 308 sentences and 2287 words to shadow. The speech runs for 13:46. The speaker talks at a natural 166 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 80 of its 308 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
bullpen noun		An enclosed area used to hold bulls.
patch noun	/pæt͡ʃ/	A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a…
betray verb	/bɪˈtɹeɪ/	To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
unreasonable adjective	/ʌnˈɹiːz.(ə)nə.bl̩/	Without the ability to reason; unreasoning.
banker noun	/ˈbæŋkəː/	One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for…
bust verb	/bʌst/	To break.
amicus noun	/ˈæm.ɪ.kəs/	Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case.
collude verb	/kəˈluːd/	to act in concert with; to conspire.
collusion noun	/kəˈluːʒən/	A private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation.
goatee noun	/ˌɡoʊˈtiː/	A beard trimmed to grow only at the center of the chin.
retract verb	/ɹɪˈtɹækt/	To pull (something) back or back inside.
ungive verb		To take back something that had been given.
snatch verb	/snæt͡ʃ/	To grasp and remove quickly.
mantle noun	/ˈmæn.təl/	A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops.
sophomore noun	/ˈsɑf.mɔɹ/	A second-year undergraduate student in a college or university, or a second-year student in a four-year secondary school or high school.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
find out verb	To discover, as by asking or investigating.
come back verb	To return to a place.
check up on verb	To examine or inspect something in order to determine its condition; to check out.
figure out verb	To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
get out verb	To leave or escape.
get out of verb	To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
go back verb	To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
go back to verb	To stem from; to originate in.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

You're gonna put that on me?
You think I didn't try that?
You don't think I'd do that on my own?
You did this, didn't you?
Why don't we just give him all the files?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	I've been thinking · he's been going
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	if it were up to me, you'd be
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	haven't heard · who's been · has offered

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 106 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, gonna, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: collusion /kəˈluːʒən/, foolish /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/
Long words — get the stress right: unreasonable /ʌnˈɹiːz.(ə)nə.bl̩/, photographic /ˌfəʊtəˈɡɹæfɪk/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like bullpen, patch, betray.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?