Shadowing Practice: When Harvey Specter Loses Control | Suits - Learn English Speaking with Video

I'm sorry, Harvey.

You set me up.

No, Lewis, you set yourself up.

The sales offer was meaningless until you read it.

This is cheating.

You cheated, Lewis.

You broke the rules, and you have to pay the price.

People may think that lawyers will do anything, that they can do anything.

Now, I'm not willing to accept that, okay?

You can't go skirting the rules and justify it because you think someone else broke the rules, okay?

You cheated, and you lost!

End of story.

Harvey, I won.

His play acting by the fax machine, that was so obvious.

I found out Kelsey owned United International.

I thought if they wanted the paper so badly, how much would they overpay for it?

50%.

Harvey, you overpaid 50% for a business so buried in expenses from the employee deals that I made.

You could barely stay afloat.

And then all I had to do was convince Madison to sit back, have fun, watch her sister fail miserably.

I won.

Your client got what she wanted.

So did ours.

Jessica asked to make everyone happy, everyone's happy.

It's a draw.

Just hold on a second.

You tell me the truth right now.

This will win to you?

Fine, Louis.

You win.

You were a step ahead, you got Mike.

Ten days.

You think I want him now?

I just wait the floor with him.

Sign this affidavit that we never received that memo from Coastal Motors.

Oh, my God.

Oh, I'm...

There are napkins over there.

I knew he wasn't a lawyer.

I didn't think he was an idiot.

I knew he was an idiot.

I didn't know he was spastic.

I'm sorry, guys.

When you get this cleaned up, come see me.

I'll get you a fresh one.

What the hell was that?

What?

You know what?

It was an accident.

It was intentional.

You ambushed me with a cup of coffee.

Think I haven't seen Ronan?

It was all I could think of.

Meaning?

Donna was supposed to tell you.

Tell me what?

You can't sign the affidavit.

You'll be committing perjury.

What the hell were you thinking?

I didn't know how to tell you.

Harvey, I found the memo.

Is that so goddamn hard?

You don't understand.

It had my name on it.

I stamped it in.

That implicates you.

Did you keep it from me four years ago?

I don't even remember seeing it four years ago.

Then I don't give a what it implicates.

You don't keep it from me now.

I had never made a mistake like that, and I thought that I needed to.

Look, keeping it from me isn't a mistake.

It's a decision.

I wanted to protect you.

Lying to me doesn't protect me.

It betrays me.

Betrays you?

If I had told you the truth, that you don't.

You don't keep things from me!

You keep things from me all the time!

That's because I'm your boss!

Well, maybe you shouldn't be my boss anymore!

I did what I thought I had to do for you, and if you can't...

just fire me.

Let me explain something to you.

That memo doesn't hurt me, it helps me.

If I had buried it, we wouldn't have it.

But you found it, so that's a good thing.

What?

What would you do?

Oh, what did you do?

Alison had that friggin' camera and I was...

She implied that we were...

What did you do?

Let's go.

You destroyed it?

I'm not gonna fire you, Donna.

I might kill you, but I'm not gonna fire you.

What are you gonna do?

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What you should have done from day one.

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So you did have the document from Coastal Motors?

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Objection.

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Harvey, you're the defendant.

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I wasn't objecting to his question, just his tie.

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I do have to look at it, you know.

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It's fun, isn't it, Harv?

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Hanging out, catching up, learning about your fraud.

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I hate to burst your bubble, Trav, but there was no fraud.

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There was no fraud?

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What you just said, you had the document.

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Yes.

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We went back through the case files, found the report.

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Whoops.

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That's it.

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Whoops.

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I hope you got that.

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Whoops?

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Your defense is whoops?

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All right, you've made your point.

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You made us a settlement offer that we would never take.

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Let's talk about one that we would.

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This is a deposition, not a settlement meeting.

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Every meeting is a settlement meeting.

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Fine.

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The offer was $5 million, and Harvey gets disbarred.

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How about $100 million? And Harvey gets disbarred.

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Tanner, you want to take this to court, go right ahead.

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I'd rather watch her cut you down than see her cut a deal anyway.

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You know, I see why hairdo wants to roll the dice, but why you?

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You just went from $5 million to $100 million, and you're questioning why I don't want to sell.

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If that's the sticking point, I might be able to go to $0 million.

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But the one thing I won't budge on is he gets disbarred.

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Hey, I'm doing you a favor.

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I mean, what does he, cause a headache like this once, twice a month?

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Doesn't matter, because he cures more than he makes, like when you stuck your nose into my case last year, and he beat you.

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Crushed him.

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Then he took his ball and went home.

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Should've stayed there.

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Look at that, finishing each other's sentences.

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How cute.

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No wonder you won't throw him under the bus.

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Good for you, Harvey.

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I mean, you're, uh, throwing her under the bus.

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Watch yourself, Tanner.

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Oh, what's the matter, Harv?

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Did I offend your delicate sensibilities?

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You want to take your ball and go home?

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I'm gonna take my ball and shove it here.

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Harvey. Of course.

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Your coiffed hair.

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Your pretty nails.

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See, she's the man, and you're the girl.

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You know, it's funny.

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I would have thought she'd prefer someone like...

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This deposition is over.

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Oh, what, is Mommy gonna take you home now?

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Wait.

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That's it.

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You got a thing for Mommy.

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And now it all makes sense.

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Because I actually looked into your Mommy.

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And it turns out that the whole time you were home with Daddy, Mommy was out banging.

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Point, Tanner, I'll see you and Cora and Harb.

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Alice, it's not done.

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We know.

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We're working all the clients.

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No, it's more than that.

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She's taking McKinney and Klein.

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It's just two more associates.

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No, it's more than that.

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I tell you the rats are jumping ship and you say it's fine, but Donna nods and you're busting out life jackets?

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You have a history of panicking.

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He's not panicking.

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Clark, Owens, McKinney, Klein, these aren't just fifth years.

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They're the best fifth years.

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They're Lewis's first class of associates.

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He gave her a report card?

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Harvey, you do not know that.

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Well, I'm gonna goddamn find out.

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Cut it out.

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All right, I'll talk to you later.

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Bye.

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I never liked you, Lewis.

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You're a vindictive, sniveling rat, but I never thought you'd betray your own firm.

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I've never betrayed this firm.

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What do you call helping Allison Holt poach our associates?

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I had nothing to do with that.

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I love this firm, Harvey.

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You were a traitor when you voted for Hartman, and you're a traitor now.

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Like I've told you before, I'm not the only one in this firm who voted for Hartman, and I voted to oust him once I knew.

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Once you knew, you had to save your own ass.

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You know what, Harvey?

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Just get out.

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Get out.

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I did nothing wrong.

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Jesus.

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You bugged my office.

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You ran to Hardman about the CM lawsuit.

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You sold your soul for senior partnership.

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And once you got it, you created a drug policy with the sole purpose of firing me.

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I did it for Hardman.

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Maybe Hardman wanted me dead.

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But you're the one who went out, got the gun, aimed it, and fired it at my head.

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And it blew up in my face.

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And what would have happened if it didn't?

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I was under orders.

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Were you also under orders when you ran to Hartman about Monica Eaton?

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How did you know it was me?

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Because I set it up!

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Because I know who you are!

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Are you still gonna tell me you're not helping Allison?

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Harvey, I swear to God I did not do this.

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Maybe not.

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But now that you've done what you've done, I will never trust you.

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Pearson Hardman is my life.

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Well, here's what's gonna happen from now on.

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You and I.. we're done.

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Don't drop by my office.

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Don't ask Donna for information.

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You're the guy that nobody wants, but we can't get rid of. But I'm senior partner.

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So I can't make you leave.

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But as far as I'm concerned...

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They don't even work here anymore.

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Okay, look, I...

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Shut your mouth!

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I risked everything for you.

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Then I did it again. And again.

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Wait, you weren't there.

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I didn't have to be.

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Jessica?

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Jessica, you work for me.

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I know I do, but I was just trying to get you what you wanted.

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Your name on the door.

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No, you got Edward Darby's name on the door.

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My part of the deal is gone.

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What?

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You never told me that.

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I didn't think I needed to tell you that, because I didn't think you would ever betray me.

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Harvey, look at what we've done.

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You and me.

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You broke the Chinese wall.

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I got information directly from Scotty.

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That's two ethical violations that six weeks ago would have made your stomach turn.

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That's not why you did it.

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Fine.

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But look me in the eye and tell me it's not true anyway.

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You know what?

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It doesn't matter, because you don't get to make my decisions for me.

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Isn't that what you were trying to do for me?

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This is a private conversation.

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You want to have it out.

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Let's have it out right now You might want to go

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Sorry

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You're back in the associates pool Harvey come on turns out

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you're not the best lawyer I've ever seen in fact You're fired.

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No, he's not you're gonna overrule me on that too I didn't overrule you on the other.

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I beat you fair and square.

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No, you didn't.

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You're right.

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I cheated, like you.

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You jumped to the other side.

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You put me on the other side.

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I had a deal that put your name right next to mine.

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And it wasn't even up there yet, and you started acting like it was on top of mine.

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To protect you.

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Bullshit.

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This wasn't about protecting me.

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This was about advancing you.

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That's what this whole thing is about.

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What?

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Hartman said it.

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I didn't think it was true.

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He said, you don't trust me.

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He meant, you're afraid of me.

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Afraid of you?

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Boy, I just kicked your ass.

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And you didn't just want it.

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You begged me for it.

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So now, you're going to stay here, be humble, and learn your goddamn place.

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How long have you been waiting here?

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Since I found out what you need.

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What I need is for you to leave me alone.

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No, what you need is information on Ava Hesington.

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Look, in 2008, her company tried to destroy evidence of...

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Noilsville?

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Okay, well, in 2010...

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They bought off a whistleblower.

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And if the next thing you're gonna tell me is about an environmental impact study in 2006, don't.

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You think you're not replaceable?

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I got all that from an associate I picked at random.

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I've been doing this before I met you, and I'll be doing it long after I've forgotten all about you.

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You had enough?

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No. No, you know what?

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I haven't, because you haven't.

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Excuse me?

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You haven't said whatever you have to say to rip me to shreds enough so that you can start to forgive me.

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So go ahead.

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Whatever it takes, I can take it.

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Go.

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Harvey, I am sorry, alright, but I need you to listen to me now!

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Listen to you?

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You know when I would have listened to you? That night.

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Jessica threatened me.

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I don't care.

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Anyone comes at you with any threat at all, you come to me.

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I don't give a shit if it's the Queen of England.

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You come to me, you tell me, you tell me everything.

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That's what goddamn loyalty is.

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Emanuel Mariga, 20 years ago at the University of Cape Town as an econ major.

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Always had a head for business.

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He was also on the rugby team.

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You know who else played rugby?

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Stephen Howley.

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Stephen's record from Cambridge included a semester abroad at the University of Cape Town. That year's team.

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They had a hell of a season.

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They're still a team.

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Darby was clear.

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Whenever he has a problem, Stephen's the one he sends in to fix it.

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And Ava's problem was his problem, so when she came to him to get her pipeline built...

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He went to Stephen.

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You want to know what it took to set up those murders?

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One phone call to Mariga from the offices of Darby International, from Stephen Huntley's London office.

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From there, Mariga calls Nick, Nick calls Ava, and the whole thing is set in motion.

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They thought they were paying for a bride, but they were actually paying for murder.

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And they never knew the connection.

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And when Ava's about to be charged for murder, Stephen shows up to make sure we'd never find out.

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I'm so sorry, Harvey.

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Harvey.

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Harvey, what are you gonna do?

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Ah!

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Ah!

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Ah!

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Lewis, we gave you one job and you blew it.

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How the hell did you screw up those negotiations?

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Screw up?

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Come on, what are you talking about?

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They got us the corporate jet, we keep our first dividend checks, and they pay for our new letterhead.

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You know what?

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You just put that in your pipe and you smoke it.

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I don't give a shit about the goddamn letterhead.

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You don't think I know that?

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Nobody cares about the goddamn letterhead, okay?

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Nigel went after Mikado.

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What the hell is Mikado?

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Not what, who.

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She's a cat.

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He went after your cat.

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He went after his cat.

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He tortured his cat?

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He deprived her of my letters.

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Lewis?

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You lost your shit during a negotiation because someone didn't read your letters to their cat?

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Harvey, please.

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I'm sorry.

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I lost my head.

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I don't even remember signing the agreement.

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Well, you did!

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And, Lewis, you've been asking Jessica to give you the ball instead of me ever since the day I met you.

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Well, she gave it to you.

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And you just went and scored a touchdown for the other team.

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Lewis, I can't believe it.

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I give you one goddamn job to do, and you...

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What are you doing up there?

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Harvey, please, I can explain.

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Explain why you stood in front of the judge like a moron?

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What possible explanation?

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Sheila got engaged.

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What? When?

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This morning.

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Louis, I'm sorry.

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I was so sure that you were just coming around about having children, you know?

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That's why I've been turning down all those J-Date requests.

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We'll get Mike another way.

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Oh, you're goddamn right.

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We're gonna get him.

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I'm gonna get that son of a bitch if it's the last thing I do.

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What are you talking about?

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He used the Sheila news to get into my head, Harry.

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Used the news or gave you the news?

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Please.

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What difference does it make?

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What difference does it make?

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It makes all the difference.

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Like, on the one hand, I feel for you, and on the other, you're the world's biggest idiot.

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Look at my computer.

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I've been staring at it for three hours.

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It's real.

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I don't believe it.

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Yeah, that Adonis on that yacht.

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Sheila's fiancée.

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That Adonis is a Photoshopped picture of Lorenzo Lamas from 1998.

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Who the hell is Lorenzo Lamas?

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Well, I can tell you who he isn't.

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He isn't Sheila's fiancée.

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Oh, thank God.

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Are you even listening?

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It was bad enough that Nigel rattled you with your unread cat letters.

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Now you're letting Mike do this?

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Harvey, please.

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Shut the hell up!

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Look, I tried to warn you, and you stood there with your stupid leg up in the air, telling me that the student was no match for the master for the master

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and all it took was one doctored picture for you to shit the bed.

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I didn't mean to.

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Shut the hell up.

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You and I are gonna have a talk right now.

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Okay, whatever it is, it can wait.

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I need to tell you something.

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Does that have something to do with why my sister just left here too upset to go out to dinner?

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You piece of shit, I knew it what you do to her now.

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I didn't do anything to her, Louis.

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And when I say now, I mean as opposed to before, when you slept with her.

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That's right.

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Donna, the one you tried to steal from me at dinner the other night, told you.

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Calm down.

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I didn't try to steal any.

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You made a promise to me!

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And even after I told you about when Esther and I were kids and the boys used me to get to her, you still went ahead and betrayed me.

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Louis, it had already happened.

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And I was just now about to tell you.

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Bullshit.

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You were never going to tell me.

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You were going to keep it to yourself to the Louis, you have to believe me.

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I swear I was just about to tell you.

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What you're about to do is get your ass kicked.

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All right, watch yourself.

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Don't threaten something you can't handle.

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You don't think I can handle you?

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You also thought I was too stupid to find out, but I did find out.

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I found out that you're nothing but a lying, cheating...

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I didn't cheat with Esther!

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It was two grown people making a goddamn decision for themselves.

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Well, that decision ended with her walking out of here near tears because she didn't have all the facts.

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Like the fact that you're a serial womanizer who can't stand when anyone else has...

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Shut the hell up!

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So he takes whatever woman's inside.

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I'm telling you so messed up from whenever goddamn thing happened to him in his pathetic childhood

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Get away from me Hey,

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I was wondering when you'd show up.

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Don't act like you don't remember me, Harvey.

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We both know why you're here.

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I don't know what you're talking about.

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I'm here because I represent the prison.

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Bullshit.

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I pulled the string and you came.

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You think it's a coincidence I'm standing here while you're walking out?

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Okay, Gala, you got my attention.

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You want me to step inside?

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You want to come out here?

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We both know that's not possible.

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You've only 13 years.

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I'm gonna collect.

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I didn't do anything to you that that investigator didn't start me knowing.

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Well, if his little boyfriend ever shows up in here, I'll be sure to take it up with him.

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What do you want, Gallo?

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I already have what I want.

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Which is knowing that every time your phone rings, you're gonna ask yourself, is this the call where you find out

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that the guy who's in here for you is never coming out?

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Get him!

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Listen to me, you son of a bitch.

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You think I can't hurt you in here?

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I'll put a goddamn bounty on your head.

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I'll pay him whatever it takes to break your legs.

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And if that doesn't work, I'll wait till you get out and I'll kill you myself.

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So unless you want that to happen, don't you ever even look at Mike Ross again.

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Ring ring, counselor.

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Ring ring.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “When Harvey Specter Loses Control”. This video has 465 sentences and 3331 words to shadow. The speech runs for 21:17. The speaker talks at a natural 157 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 89 of its 465 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
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.
cheat verb	/ˈt͡ʃiːt/	To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
whoop noun	/wuːp/	A loud, eager cry, usually of joy.
disbar verb	/dɪsˈbɑː(ɹ)/	To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his or her status and privileges as such.
letterhead noun	/ˈlɛtə(ɹ)ˌhɛd/	A portion of text at the top of a letter, identifying the sender and often giving their address etc., used for formal correspondence.
memo noun	/ˈmɛməʊ̯/	A short note; a memorandum.
affidavit noun	/ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/	A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
implicate verb	/ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/	To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
overpay verb	/oʊ.vɚ.peɪ/	To pay too much.
overrule verb	/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɹul/	To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
deposition noun	/ˌdɛp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/	The removal of someone from office.
traitor noun	/ˈtɹeɪtɚ/	Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers their country to an enemy, or…
negotiation noun	/nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/	The process of achieving agreement through discussion.
bury verb	/ˈbɛɹi/	To outlive.
threaten verb	/ˈθɹɛt.n̩/	To make a threat against someone; to use threats.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
find out verb		To discover, as by asking or investigating.
get out verb		To leave or escape.
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
go ahead verb	/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/	To proceed with; to begin.
turn out verb		To end up; to result.
buy off verb		To pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt payment or other service.
calm down verb		To become less excited, intense, or angry.
catch up verb		To pick up suddenly.

Sentences worth repeating

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

This will win to you?
You think you're not replaceable?
You don't think I know that?
You don't think I can handle you?
You think I can't hurt you in here?

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 doing · you've been asking · I've been turning
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	If I had buried it, we wouldn't have · if that doesn't work, I'll wait
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	haven't seen · you've made · Should've stayed
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is set · be charged

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 179 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/, ethical /ˈɛθɪkəl/, pathetic /pəˈθɛtɪk/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: deposition /ˌdɛp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/, negotiation /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, ambush /ˈæm.bʊʃ/, intentional /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/, objection /əbˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: affidavit /ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/, deposition /ˌdɛp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/, negotiation /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, replaceable /ɹɪˈpleɪsəbəl/, sensibility /ˌsɛn(t)səˈbɪləti/

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 betray, cheat, whoop.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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