Watch the classic “Dethroning a Partner” clip from the legal drama series Suits, created by Aaron Korsh.
Suits Cast:
Gabriel Macht, Meghan Markle, Patrick J. Adams, Rick Hoffman, Sarah Rafferty, Gina Torres, Amada Schull, Dulé Hill and Katherine Heigl
Stream Suits now on Peacock!
Suits Cast:
Gabriel Macht, Meghan Markle, Patrick J. Adams, Rick Hoffman, Sarah Rafferty, Gina Torres, Amada Schull, Dulé Hill and Katherine Heigl
Stream Suits now on Peacock!
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:00 (suspenseful music)
00:03 - Pursuant to New York civil code,
00:07 a settlement based on fraudulent representation
00:09 can be voided by the court.
00:12 - Who are you?
00:12 - My name's Mike Ross, I work for Harvey Specter.
00:15 (car alarm beeps)
00:16 - Get off my car.
00:17 - As far as we can tell, there are only two people
00:20 who knew about the problems with the CM Hood,
00:22 Sarah Layton and you.
00:24 But I think there was a third.
00:28 - You know, last time I was ambushed in this garage,
00:30 I gave in, not this time.
00:32 - You met with Daniel Hartman
00:33 the night before Sarah Layton's last day.
00:35 We have his calendar.
00:38 - What do you want?
00:40 - I want you to sign this affidavit stating
00:41 you told Daniel Hartman about the problems with the hood
00:44 and that he advised you to bury those problems
00:46 and cut a deal with Sarah Layton.
00:48 - Harvey came to me, told me to settle,
00:52 and then we'd be done.
00:54 Now you're threatening me, telling me to put it in writing,
00:56 and then we'll be done.
00:58 - Sorry, Junior, we are done.
01:02 - That kid better get here fast.
01:12 He'll come through.
01:13 - Harvey Specter has refused to take a mandatory drug test,
01:16 leaving me no choice but to terminate his employment.
01:19 As is his right, he's requested a hearing to dispute this.
01:23 - Thank you, Daniel, but I'm not here to dispute anything.
01:26 After all, I was high.
01:28 I was high because I was being forced to work for you.
01:31 A man who, it turns out, knew CM was negligent
01:36 before I ever even took the case.
01:38 - This is not the time.
01:39 - Shut up, Lewis.
01:40 - Don't do this.
01:42 - If you go, I go.
01:43 Do you deny knowing about the defects?
01:48 - Unequivocally.
01:48 - And you deny writing this memo, sending it to Tanner,
01:51 knowing that he would come after this entire firm?
01:55 - That's why he settled,
01:56 because you told him it wouldn't hold up.
01:59 - Now, that's wild conjecture, and it's bullshit.
02:02 - Why'd he settle?
02:03 - He settled because I did what I do.
02:05 - That is not an answer.
02:06 - Yes, it is.
02:09 This ends here.
02:10 The two of you have now slandered me,
02:12 which violates the morality clause
02:14 of the partners' agreement.
02:15 - It's not slander if it's the truth.
02:17 - Unfortunately, you don't have a shred of evidence,
02:21 because the evidence doesn't exist.
02:23 - Well, actually, it does.
02:25 - This is a partners-only meeting.
02:27 - So have Tanner sue me, but in the meantime,
02:29 I think the rest of the partners are gonna wanna see this.
02:32 It's a signed affidavit from Lawrence Kemp,
02:34 stating that he told Daniel Hardman
02:36 about the defects in the CM Hood six years ago.
02:39 May 7th was the date of that meeting,
02:41 per your calendar, to be exact.
02:43 - You just denied knowing anything about that,
02:48 unequivocally.
02:50 I guess you were just lying to cover up the fact
02:52 that you were behind this entire suit in the first place.
02:55 - Is that the basis of this?
02:59 A coerced lie from a man trying to say,
03:03 "My lawyer made me do it."
03:06 No way that holds up in court.
03:08 - Doesn't have to.
03:09 Just has to make these Harvard-educated lawyers
03:12 understand that you made each and every one of them
03:15 spend $100,000 of their own money
03:18 to buy you control of my firm.
03:21 - I think we've heard all we needed to hear.
03:23 Harvey has admitted to violating the drug policy.
03:26 All those in favor of his dismissal.
03:28 - Looks like you lost.
03:38 I'm glad you brought up the bylaws.
03:40 Fraudulently suing your own firm is grounds for firing.
03:44 - You have no proof of that?
03:46 - All those in favor of Daniel Hardman's dismissal.
03:49 [tense music]
03:52 ♪
03:54 - Hey, Harvey, I know I'm not a partner,
03:55 but do you mind if I-- - Go ahead.
03:56 - Nice.
03:58 Daniel, that $3 million of our money
04:02 you've spent on yourself...
04:04 ♪
04:05 Consider your partnership bought out.
04:08 (thudding)