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S3 E4 - Don't Throw That at the Chicken

Patty convinces Curtis Gates to postpone Louis Tobin's sentencing for a day so that she can personally interview him about the fraud. Ellen tries to confront Carrie about the drugs, but gets a cold reception and is later pulled back into Patty's life. Joe Tobin, who is an alcoholic, begins drinking again but manages to stop cold turkey. Patty's son, Michael, lies to Patty about having gotten a job and broken up with his girlfriend Jill. Rather than face a life sentence, Louis commits suicide by poisoning his tea, leaving behind an envelope addressed to Patty Hewes, which Joe takes.

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Season 1 (13 Episodes)

E1 - Get Me a LawyerEpisode 1

E1 - Get Me a Lawyer

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Patty hires Ellen despite Ellen having missed the interview. Ellen is assigned to the Arthur Frobisher case. Frobisher offers a settlement of $100 million, with the help of one of the foremen of the employees, Larry Popler. When the employees reveal that they had earlier decided to accept such an offer, Patty pretends to fire her second-in-command, Tom Shayes, for not having known about it. David proposes to Ellen. David's sister, Katie, reveals to Ellen that her upcoming restaurant is being financed by Frobisher. Ellen wonders if Patty hired her simply because of her relationship with Katie. Patty intimidates Katie, making her believe Frobisher is after her.

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E2 - Jesus, Mary, and Joe CockerEpisode 2

E2 - Jesus, Mary, and Joe Cocker

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At Ellen's birthday party, Katie gifts her a pair of Statue of Liberty bookends. In the light of Katie's appearance as a potential witness, Patty asks her clients to reject the settlement for the moment. Patty asks Katie to give her a complete and accurate account of her time in Florida. Still intimidated by Frobisher's people, and upon Patty's advice, Katie signs a confidentiality agreement with Frobisher. Katie finally admits to Patty that she lied earlier, and confides she had one night stand with Gregory Malina while in Florida. Patty offers Ellen a new apartment.

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E3 - And My Paralyzing Fear of DeathEpisode 3

E3 - And My Paralyzing Fear of Death

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When Patty and Ray Fiske are called by the judge regarding the Frobisher case, Patty is asked to provide a brief, documenting a substantial reason to continue with the litigation, by Friday. Patty receives a hand grenade, which has been mailed to her office. Seeing this as possible death threat, Patty takes a 24-hour protection. Patty has Tom investigate Gregory Malina. Patty's husband, Phil, has an accident, when he finds another hand grenade in his car. Ellen has to skip her engagement party when she gets stuck delivering the brief to the judge. Patty's son, Michael, informs his school counsellor about Patty's dream (in which she is assassinated) as if it were his. Patty has him transferred to a reform academy, when she discovers he planted the grenades.

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E4 - Tastes Like a Ho-HoEpisode 4

E4 - Tastes Like a Ho-Ho

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Katie perjures herself during deposition after Gregory intentionally provides her with incorrect information. Patty, knowing all along that Katie was never a viable witness, lets this happen so that Frobisher will withdraw his settlement offer. Patty also discovers that Gregory owned shares of Frobisher's company in 2002, and sold them on the same day Frobisher sold his. David tries to fend off advances from Lila, his patient's granddaughter. Tom explores alternative job opportunities.

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E5 - A Regular Earl AnthonyEpisode 5

E5 - A Regular Earl Anthony

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Patty's clients, disappointed by Frobisher's withdrawal of his settlement and the discrediting of Katie as a witness, decide to fire Patty and hire Tom as their attorney. Using the clients as leverage, Tom finally succeeds in negotiating a partnership with Patty. Katie reveals that she has been in contact with Gregory Malina after their first encounter in Florida.

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E6 - She Spat at MeEpisode 6

E6 - She Spat at Me

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Ellen contacts Gregory and tries to make him cooperate with the Frobisher case. Gregory tells Ellen that Frobisher's Florida meeting was not with his broker. Frobisher plans to have his biography written in order to clean up his image, but ends up getting drunk and physically assaulting the writer. Lila asks for David's help at her home and steals his keys.

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E7 - We Are Not AnimalsEpisode 7

E7 - We Are Not Animals

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Patty's firm subpoenas Gregory Malina in the Frobisher case. Fiske's failed attempt to cancel the subpoena causes him to advise Gregory to leave the city, and Gregory flees, despite Patty's attempt to convince him to appear at the deposition. Tom and Ellen think Patty suspects that Tom tried to hire Ellen while he was planning to start his own law firm. Patty offers her son Michael emancipation papers when he refuses to come home from reform academy.

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E8 - Blame the VictimEpisode 8

E8 - Blame the Victim

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Patty confronts Larry Popler, one of the client representatives, after she discovers he is leaking information to Frobisher. Larry agrees to help Patty from thereon. Frobisher confirms to Larry that Gregory Malina is still alive. Tom and Ellen meet George Moore, an SEC official involved in Frobisher's investigation. Ellen tries to help her father with an accident case he was involved in.

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E9 - Do You Regret What We Did?Episode 9

E9 - Do You Regret What We Did?

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George Moore provides Ellen with information about Frobisher's past criminal case in order to force Frobisher to settle the class action suit. Gregory visits Katie and explains why he provided her false information

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E10 - Sort of Like a FamilyEpisode 10

E10 - Sort of Like a Family

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After Frobisher quashes Patty's only lead against him ahead of the deposition, Ellen proposes to contact Moore again for further information, but Patty forbids her to do that. Ellen pursues Moore anyway and discovers that he hindered the SEC investigation. Patty fires Ellen for insubordination. Frobisher's wife files for divorce, and Patty uses this against him in the deposition.

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E11 - I Hate These PeopleEpisode 11

E11 - I Hate These People

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Patty offers Ellen her job back. Ellen declines but volunteers to keep helping Patty with the Frobisher case. Lila is back and bringing more havoc into David and Ellen's lives. Patty uses the newly acquired evidence to blackmail Ray Fiske, but offers him an ultimatum.

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E13 - Because I Know PattyEpisode 13

E13 - Because I Know Patty

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As the first season ends, Ellen is cleared of murder charges and Frobisher agrees to settle with his former employees. A surprising flashback reveals why Patty went to the cemetery at David's burial. While Ellen and Katie talk, Hollis Nye plays a role in Ellen's returning to work for Patty.

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Season 2 (13 Episodes)

E1 - I Lied, TooEpisode 1

E1 - I Lied, Too

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Patty is putting efforts into her new charitable foundation when she is approached by Daniel Purcell, a man from her past, who requests her to represent him. Working for two FBI agents now, Ellen encounters Wes Krulik at a group therapy meeting. She also visits Frobisher, who survived the attack on his life and is recovering under strong security. Patty tells Ellen about her still-born daughter Julia. Patty is called to Purcell's home when his wife is found dead.

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E2 - Burn It, Shred It, I Don't CareEpisode 2

E2 - Burn It, Shred It, I Don't Care

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Patty takes Purcell's case. He tells her about a toxicity study of a chemical compound he conducted which yielded very negative results, which were suppressed by his firm. Patty initially transfers the infant-mortality case to Tom but then asks him to reject the case to help her in the Purcell case. Ellen tells Wes about her visit to Frobisher, upon which he advises her to stay clear of Frobisher. Wes is revealed to be following the Frobisher case very closely, including David's murder. Patty deliberately leaks information from her office to find out that Ultima National Resources is behind creation of toxic compound.

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E3 - I Knew Your PigEpisode 3

E3 - I Knew Your Pig

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FBI detectives ask Ellen to back off her investigation but she nonetheless decides to find how Purcell and Patty are related in the past. She uncovers that Purcell served as expert witness in two past trials of Patty, the first one seventeen years ago. Patty tells Ellen she had a liaison with Purcell on their first meeting. Ellen correctly deduces that Purcell is father of Patty's son Michael. Patty asks Purcell to undergo polygraph testafter his wife's murder investigation reveals a case of domestic violence. She has Purcell arrested in order to force him toretainher as his lawyer. Ellen gets a call from Katie who would like to meet her and her new boyfriend. In the meantime, two men working for Kendrick raid a reporter in West Virginia(Matthew Davis) who is investigating water toxicity for Purcell and take away his camera and cell phone. A man is shown pawning the ruby ring that belonged to Purcell's wife.

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E4 - Hey! Mr. Pibb!Episode 4

E4 - Hey! Mr. Pibb!

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While Patty works to clear Daniel Purcell of his wife's murder, Ellen and Tom head to West Virginia to gather information in the case against Ultima National Resources. Ellen and Tom locate a reporter that Daniel Purcell was in contact with, and the reporter gives them a sample of the water taken from Ultimas plant. Patty gives the sample to Daniel, who promises to test it and also testify against UNR. At a preliminary hearing, Daniel surprisingly changes his testimony when Patty puts him on the witness stand. Daniel is later revealed to have poured the sample water into the lake after accepting a bribe from Ultima.

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E5 - I Agree, It Wasnt FunnyEpisode 5

E5 - I Agree, It Wasnt Funny

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Ellen returns to Pattys apartment for a party to celebrate Toms tenth anniversary at the firm. Patty and her son Michael argue over the fact that Michael writes about his father, Daniel Purcell, in his college application essay. Ultima announces a proposed merger&amp

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E6 - A Pretty Girl in a LeotardEpisode 6

E6 - A Pretty Girl in a Leotard

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Patty wages a media war against Walter Kendrick, whom she believes to be responsible for Christine Purcell's murder. Kendrick wages war with his lawyer, Claire Maddox, and his sternest advisor Dave (Clarke Peters). Meanwhile, Ellen gets a step closer to tying Frobisher to David's murder.

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E7 - New York SucksEpisode 7

E7 - New York Sucks

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Furious at Patty for the new alliance with Arthur Frobisher, Ellen gives the FBI a new lead that could bring Patty down. In the process, however, loyal Uncle Pete (Tom Aldredge) ends up taking the fall.

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E10 - Uh Oh, Out Come the SkeletonsEpisode 10

E10 - Uh Oh, Out Come the Skeletons

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As Patty ramps up the pressure on UNR, her foes start to crack. Meanwhile, Wes and Ellen's relationship takes a new turn, and the FBI investigation of Patty takes a shocking twist.

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E12 - Look What He Dug Up This TimeEpisode 12

E12 - Look What He Dug Up This Time

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Ellen convinces the FBI to radically change their approach in the investigation. Meanwhile, Daniel Purcell re-enters Patty's life and becomes critical to her case against UNR.

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E13 - Trust MeEpisode 13

E13 - Trust Me

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Patty goes to extremes to win her case against UNR, as Ellen's season long quest for revenge builds to an explosive conclusion. Patty discovers that Ellen has been working with the FBI to build a case against her and she decides to frame Ellen for bribing a judge. The recurring images of Ellen shooting Patty are finally clarified.

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Season 3 (13 Episodes)

E1 - Your Secrets Are SafeEpisode 1

E1 - Your Secrets Are Safe

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Patty Hewes has been appointed by the U.S. government to recover billions of dollars lost to the largest investment fraud in Wall Street history. The new case pits Patty against the powerful Tobin family, which includes Joe Tobin, Marilyn Tobin, and the family's trusted attorney Leonard Winstone. Meanwhile, Ellen Parsons adjusts to the challenges of her new job and life away from Patty Hewes, by trying to get a drug dealer to give the name of his supplier to the D.A.s office. Patty promotes Tom Shayes to named partner, and Tom speculates about whether Ellen might want to return to the firm.

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E2 - The Dog is Happier Without HerEpisode 2

E2 - The Dog is Happier Without Her

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Patty and Tom investigate the Tobin's further, and stumble upon a mysterious woman with the initials D.M.M. In trying to find her, Tom asks Ellen for a personal favor. Meanwhile, Joe Tobin decides to start using his fathers secret funds to help his family, and Patty turns to her ex-husband Phil when her beloved dog stops eating. Tom receives devastating news that threatens to tear his family apart when he learns his investments were tied up with Tobin's fraud and that he has lost everything.

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E3 - Flights at 11:08Episode 3

E3 - Flights at 11:08

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Patty and Tom try everything they can, including requesting a favor from the D.A., to prevent Danielle Marchetti from fleeing the country. Joe Tobin and Leonard Winstone consult a doctor after Danielle's accident, who agrees that she can fly if necessary. It is revealed that Joe and Danielle were once involved, and Danielle starts exhibiting symptoms of subdural hematoma, which the doctor warns Joe would kill her if she were to fly. Tom informs his in-laws, whom he had advised to invest their savings with a firm associated with Tobin, that their money is gone. Ellen tries to support her sister Carrie, when Carries husband leaves her and their baby Charlotte, and accidentally discovers drugs in Carries luggage. Patty manages to intercept Joe and Danielle, who is unconscious in the back of Joes car, which is headed to the airport.

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E4 - Don't Throw That at the ChickenEpisode 4

E4 - Don't Throw That at the Chicken

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Patty convinces Curtis Gates to postpone Louis Tobin's sentencing for a day so that she can personally interview him about the fraud. Ellen tries to confront Carrie about the drugs, but gets a cold reception and is later pulled back into Patty's life. Joe Tobin, who is an alcoholic, begins drinking again but manages to stop cold turkey. Patty's son, Michael, lies to Patty about having gotten a job and broken up with his girlfriend Jill. Rather than face a life sentence, Louis commits suicide by poisoning his tea, leaving behind an envelope addressed to Patty Hewes, which Joe takes.

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E5 - Its Not My BirthdayEpisode 5

E5 - Its Not My Birthday

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As Patty's birthday draws near, she goes head-to-head with Curtis Gates over access to Danielle Marchetti, who is released from hospital. Ellen becomes more involved with the Tobin case and winds up having a romantic interlude with Josh Reston, an investigative journalist she met while working on the UNR case. Marilyn Tobin meets with Patty and confides in her that Danielle and Louis had a child together, and that her daughter, Carol, is not coping well with her father's death. Patty gets Danielle toplead the Fifthat her deposition. Afterward, Carol Tobin pays Danielle a visit that night, and Tom finds Danielle dead in her apartment. Carol is shown throwing an empty vial into the river.

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E6 - Don't Forget to Thank Mr. ZedeckEpisode 6

E6 - Don't Forget to Thank Mr. Zedeck

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Stuart Zedeck and Joe continue to play games with each other over Louis Tobin's hidden money. Under pressure from the judge to make progress with the case, Patty turns to an unlikely source: a man whom she jailed for fraud. His information leads Patty and Tom to an offshore financial schemein Antigua. Ellen and Curtis question Louis doctor about his patients apparent heart attack, and the doctor confesses that he aided in Louis suicide but had nothing to do with Danielle Marchettis death. Toms financial problems weigh heavily on him, and he attacks the broker who reinvested his funds with Tobin. Tom figures out that the Tobin's must have been using Danielle Marchettis daughter to smuggle money out of Antigua.

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E7 - You Haven't Replaced MeEpisode 7

E7 - You Haven't Replaced Me

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Patty sends Tom to Antigua to find the Tobin's hidden money, but he finds he already has enemies on the island. Ellen has Josh Reston write an article about Alex Benjamin that she knows Patty will dislike, knowing Patty will eventually figure out Ellen is behind the scheme. Leonard learns that his mother has died and winds up being blackmailed by his own father, Albert Wiggins, who knows a dark secret about Leonard. Ellen tells Patty that Carol Tobin visited Danielle Marchetti on the night Danielle died, and the two agree to collaborate on the case. Patty joins Tom in Antigua, and they meet with a contact who can help them gain access to the Tobin's bank accounts

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E8 - I Look Like FrankensteinEpisode 8

E8 - I Look Like Frankenstein

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Carol Tobin has disappeared, and Ellen works closely with Tom in to track her down. Tom takes Ellen to the homeless man, Barry, and he agrees to keep an eye out for Carol, who has been making credit card charges in the area. Arthur Frobisher returns to the fold to promote his newwind power initiative and tries to attach a young actor named Terry Brooke to promote it

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E9 - Drive it Through HardcoreEpisode 9

E9 - Drive it Through Hardcore

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Patty and Tom try to get closer to Carol Tobin, while Ellen has to deal with something more personal when her sister Carrie is arrested on drug charges. Leonard worries about Carol, who seems to be coming unhinged under the stress of having murdered Danielle and of being hidden away. Frobisher has Terry and his movie-producer partner meet Patty, in hopes of dissuading them about their intention to simply portray Patty as a villain in his upcoming biopic. But when Patty deeply insult Frobisher at the meeting, he abandons his inclination to give her a fair portrayal and agrees the film should portray Patty as a villain. Patty and Tom intercept Carol at a fake therapy appointment they had set up, and Carol starts feeding them information. From this, they discover that Tessa Marchetti did spend Thanksgiving with her mother and wonder why she might be lying to them. Ellen asks Patty to help Carrie, and Patty brings Julian Decker back to redecorate her apartment.

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E10 - Tell Me I'm Not RacistEpisode 10

E10 - Tell Me I'm Not Racist

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Patty's clients are unsatisfied with her progress and request her removal from the Tobin case. Judge Reilly gives Patty one week to make significant progress. Ellen's colleague at the D.A.s office, Nick, learns Ellen has been collaborating with Patty on the case and rats her out to Curtis Gates. Ellen is haunted by dreams of a mysterious woman, and after finding the woman's picture among some old photos, she decides to pay her a visit. Leonards father arrives in town and continues his streak of blackmail. Tessa Marchetti learns from Tom that her mothers death may be linked to the Tobin's and agrees to help Patty in the case, but Gates arrests her before she can be questioned.

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E11 - All That Crap About Your FamilyEpisode 11

E11 - All That Crap About Your Family

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With Tessa Marchetti in Gates custody, Patty is forced to make a deal with him, turning over evidence that Carol Tobin was involved in Danielle Marchettis death. After Patty disowns Ellen, Tom comes clean to her about putting the case in jeopardy by approaching Tessa with information about her mothers death. Ellen seeks answers about her childhood and discovers the woman from her dreams was a babysitter she lived with for sixth months, when her mother was feeling overwhelmed. Ellen was almost adopted by this woman, but Ellen's mother changed her mind at the last minute. Patty and Tom send Tessa Marchetti back to Antigua to retrieve a copy of the forms she signed that allowed her to take the Tobin family's money out of the country. Tessa and her bodyguard are assassinated on the orders of Joe and Marilyn Tobin.

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E12 - You Were His Little MonkeyEpisode 12

E12 - You Were His Little Monkey

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For the sake of the case, Tom resigns from the firm after Judge Reilly uncovers his financial troubles. Tom is later seen purchasing the car that rams Patty off the road. Albert Wiggins is arrested, and Len bails him out. Josh Reston receives a tip from an informant on the police force and turns the information over to Ellen, who tells Patty the real Leonard Winstone died in a car accident decades before and Leonard is in fact Lester Wiggins, Alberts son. Ellen leaks the information to Joe Tobin, who confronts Leonard and disowns him. Toms wife kicks him out and in his desperation, he turns to Leonard, who offers to restore Toms finances and reputation in return for immunity from prosecution. Meanwhile, Jill accepts Patty's offer to walk out of Michaels life for the price half a million dollars, but instead she uses the money to buy an apartment and a Jaguar for Michael. Patty learns from Terry Brooke that Frobisher may have paid to have David Connor killed, and she and Ellen take the information to the D.A., Curtis Gates. Later, Ellen reveals to Patty that Tom leaked his finances to Judge Reilly to set up his own resignation, to free himself to make a deal with Leonard that would allow them to bring the Tobin family down.

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E13 - The Next Ones Gonna Go in Your ThroatEpisode 13

E13 - The Next Ones Gonna Go in Your Throat

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Patty, Ellen, and Tom decided to make a deal with Leonard Winstone so they can win the Tobin case. But Patty tries to call the deal off when she gets cold feet and decides to accept losing the case. Tom, however, lies to Ellen and says that Patty let him go through with it. The deal goes awry when one of Zedecks men finds Tom and stabs him three times when Tom wont give up Winstones location. Winstone ultimately shows up and is attacked by Zedecks man. Tom turns on Zedecks man and bludgeons him to death. Tom then manages to make his way to home, where a drunk Joe Tobin is waiting for him. Joe fell off the wagon when Marilyn told him his father had committed the fraud to protect him when Joe promised unrealistic returns to clients. Joe drowns Tom in a toilet and throws his body in a dumpster. Marilyn, after being disowned by Joe for her lies, commits suicide by jumping off a bridge into the East River. Patty also has to deal with Jill, who didn't leave Michael despite the deal they had made. Patty has Jill arrested for statutory rape using the chromosomal reports Michael had given her. It is revealed it was Michael, infuriated with his mother, who rammed into her with Toms car. Joe is arrested, and Patty gets him to confess to Toms murder. Wes returns and tells Ellen about Rick Messer. Ellen says she has moved on, but Wes, feeling she deserves justice, goes after Frobisher and turns him in for David's murder, having to turn himself in during the process'

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Season 4 (10 Episodes)

E1 - There's Only One Way to Try a CaseEpisode 1

E1 - There's Only One Way to Try a Case

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Two and a half years after the death of Tom Shayes, Ellen Parsons has a new job and a new boyfriend. She now works for Nye, Everett & Polk but feels that the company does not respect her legal input. She begins an interest in Howard Erickson and his private military company, High Star Security. Ellen's high school friend, Chris Sanchez, has recently left High Star and she begins to reconnect with him as to get closer to the company's secrets. Howard Erickson tries to renew his company's government contracts with help from Jerry Boorman, a ruthless mercenary. Patty, currently in the midst of a lawsuit against a French pharmaceutical giant at Hewes and Associates, advises Ellen not to look into the company, as they are extremely dangerous. Patty personally struggles with a court order to see a therapist for anger issues, and to find a nanny for her two-year-old granddaughter, Catherine.

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E2 - I've Done Way Too Much for This GirlEpisode 2

E2 - I've Done Way Too Much for This Girl

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After having the High Star case rejected by Nye, Everett & Polk's senior partners, Ellen is determined to try the case on her own but needs Patty's resources in order to do so. She refuses to ask Patty for help, not wanting to owe her former boss anything. Erickson and Boorman stage an elaborate scheme to get Sanchez out of the country, which includes the bombing of his therapists office and an assassination attempt. Sanchez believes he is being targeted by an Afghan man bent on avenging his brother, who was killed by Sanchez and his men during the last High Star mission in Afghanistan. Ellen has a group of friends pretend to threaten her about High Star in front of Patty, who afterwards offers her resources to Ellen. Desperate for answers, Sanchez gets redeployed to Afghanistan in hopes of finding those responsible for the attempts on his life.

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E3 - I'd Prefer My Old OfficeEpisode 3

E3 - I'd Prefer My Old Office

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Ellen sets herself up at Hewes & Associates and files her case against High Star. Chris provides testimony from Afghanistan via video link, but after being threatened by Anthony Carter, reverses his testimony. During the deposition, he sends Ellen a coded message that leads her to a friend of his, a vet who may know more than she thinks she does about the final High Star mission. Meanwhile, Boorman deals with a mysterious detainee in his safe house, presumably the terror suspect who was abducted during the October mission that went wrong. Leaving a sick Catherine with Ellen, Patty departs for Boston with Huntly, who has managed to close in on Michaels possible whereabouts. Their attempts prove unsuccessful and Patty returns to New York, where Ellen confides in her that she is in over her head with the High Star case and needs Patty's personal help. Unbeknownst to Patty, Michael has returned and is watching her. Three days later, a Muslim man is shown handling a carefully wrapped package and has a map targeting Hewes & Associates.

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E4 - Next Ones on Me, BlondieEpisode 4

E4 - Next Ones on Me, Blondie

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The Muslim man turns out to be Nassim Marwat, a friend of Sanchez's who presents Ellen with Chris military medallion and offers her information about what is happening in Afghanistan. Through contacts in the Muslim-American world, Boorman is able to determine Marwat's identity and uses it to pressure Howard Erickson into giving the order to have Anthony Carter torture Chris for information about what Marwat knows. Meanwhile, Patty and Ellen turn to Bill Herndon, a drunken colleague of Patty's with Washington contacts, who says he can give them further information about High Stars activities in the Middle East. He reveals to Patty that High Star was extracting terrorist suspects for the CIA.

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E5 - Well Just Have to Find Another Way to Cut the Balls Off of This ThingEpisode 5

E5 - Well Just Have to Find Another Way to Cut the Balls Off of This Thing

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Ellen and Patty have decided to move Nasim to a safer place. Boorman poses as a cab driver. Just as Ellen and Nasim are about to enter Boorman's cab, Victor Huntley and a security team pick them up and take them to Hewes & Associates. Patty tells Ellen about Herndon's discovery on Dust Devil. She also informs Ellen about C.I.A.s involvement, which means their phones could be bugged. Ellen connects "DD" with "Dust Devil." Catherine falls ill and Patty consults with Dr. Weisler, who orders tests for the toddler so Patty hires a nurse. Erickson meets with Jack Shaw about the new witness, Nasim. They suspect Sanchez sent Nasim over from Afghanistan. Boorman meets with his girlfriend, who is a French intelligence officer. Patty and Ellen prep Nasim for the deposition. Shaw warns Erickson that the Dust Devil papers have been requested in discovery from Ellen. Erickson meets with a DOD official to discuss the discovery requests, and reminds him that its best to conceal the information. Boorman tries to blow up Ellen's bus, but the bomb is discovered. F.B.I. tests hair found on the bomb, and arrest Nasim Boorman set him up. Nasim is incarcerated.

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E6 - Add That Little Hopper to Your StewEpisode 6

E6 - Add That Little Hopper to Your Stew

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Patty is still worried about Catherine's health. Nasim is in a federal detention center. He is now useless as a witness, because he was labelled a terrorist. Herndon tells Patty and Ellen that the C.I.A. must have helped frame Nasim. Erickson and Shaw meet with Department of Defence officer Trent Prowse, who wants to make sure Erickson can handle the $100 million contract coming his way, Erickson is also planning on purchasing land for his new training facility. Michael comes to see Patty and demands to see Catherine, Patty considers it. Ellen calls Patty from her old cell phone, knowing that its tapped, and asks Patty to meet her in the park. Patty and Ellen meet while Herndon secretly takes photos of the area. Boorman is unknowingly photographed but not yet identified. Patty tells Michael she knows of his past, and that he's not ready to be a father. He needs to prove to her that he's changed before he can see Catherine. Ellen finally agrees to speak with the Times correspondent who's been trying to contact her, and asks for his help in tracking down Chris in Afghanistan. Patty receives a court summons Michael is suing her for custody of Catherine.

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E7 - Im Worried About My DogEpisode 7

E7 - Im Worried About My Dog

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Patty continues therapy sessions with Dr. Baldwin. Boorman tells Erickson Nasim was deported, and he wants Erickson to make a decision about Sanchez &amp

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E8 - The War Will Go on ForeverEpisode 8

E8 - The War Will Go on Forever

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Dean, the reporter that Ellen has been talking to, meets with a contact in Afghanistan and asks him to help him look for Chris Sanchez. Boorman arrives at the safe house to find his girlfriend waiting for him. She had been following him to prove that she could learn his secrets, and discovered that the terror suspect he's been imprisoning is just a child. She asks who the boy is and why he's locked up. Boorman angrily throws her out. Patty informs Ellen that Shaw filed a motion to dismiss, and the judge wants a hearing that afternoon. Ellen is worried about her argument to keep the case going with two witnesses now gone. Patty agrees to join her at the hearing. At the hearing, Patty persuades the judge to let case go forward. The judge grants Ellen's request to depose Erickson. Ellen handles the first round of the deposition, and successfully gets Erickson angry. Dean tells Ellen that locals are aware of a few High Star men were killed in a mission in October. He's still working on finding out more, but cant push too hard, too fast. He later finds out that someone wants to kill a High Star employee.

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E9 - There's a Whole Slew of Ladies with Bad Things to Say About the TalibanEpisode 9

E9 - There's a Whole Slew of Ladies with Bad Things to Say About the Taliban

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Afghan men hired by one of Erickson's men transport Sanchez in the trunk of a vehicle without ACs knowledge. AC angrily calls Erickson and demands to know why he's not in the loop on moving Sanchez. Boorman meets with Patty to explain his history with Erickson. He tells her "Dust Devil" was a way for the U.S. to distance itself from handling terror suspects after Abu Ghraib. In exchange for Erickson's services, Boorman agreed to keep government contracts coming. Boorman confirms for Patty that the C.I.A. shut down Dust Devil well before the last mission, and claims the C.I.A. can no longer control Erickson. They are happy to let Patty "take him off their hands." Boorman explains he's protecting the boy who has no connection to "Dust Devil," and informs her boy is an assets child. Patty and Ellen don't believe Boorman, and decide they need to speak with the boy. Patty asks Huntley to kidnap the boy

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E10 - Failure is LonelyEpisode 10

E10 - Failure is Lonely

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Anthony Carter stops the Afghan men from killing Chris Sanchez. Ellen tells Erickson to make an offer to her clients and she will make sure the case is dropped as long as he produces evidence that Sanchez is alive. Patty and Michael meet regarding Catherine. He and his attorney inform Patty their case is built on proving Patty is an unfit mother with witnesses to back that up. Patty is disdainful, insisting that she will be able to destroy any witness they can come up with to smear her character. Sanchez wakes up, and Carter tells him Ellen made a deal to save his life. They create a proof of life message. As Carter leaves the holding cell, its revealed that they are back in the U.S. on the High Star compound. Meanwhile, Boorman decides to go after the boy on his own and forces Ellen to bring him with her when she drives out to the High Star compound with the papers she needs to exchange with Erickson to ensure Chris release.

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Season 5 (10 Episodes)

E1 - You Want to End This Once and For All?Episode 1

E1 - You Want to End This Once and For All?

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In the wake of the High Star case, Ellen launches her own firm, and according to Patty, is looking for a high profile case to help her make a name for herself. Simultaneously, Ellen is testifying against Patty in Michael's custody suit.

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E2 - Have You Met the Eel Yet?Episode 2

E2 - Have You Met the Eel Yet?

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Publicly stating that he did not intend to expose Naomi's private life, Channing McClaren is involved in a media frenzy. Patty and Ellen face each other in court, where Ellen suspects that the judge is favouring Patty. An enigmatic woman named Kate Franklin approaches Ellen and offers to be her new associate. However, Ellen discovers that Kate had worked for Patty twenty years ago, and as a loyalty test sends her to Patty, making demands she doubles the offer Ellen made. Patty falls into the trap and tries to hire Franklin. Having overheard a conversation at Patty's, Kate confirms Ellen's doubts about the judge, leading Ellen to hire Kate and blackmail the judge. At the same time, a private investigator working for Ellen finds evidence about Naomi meeting Channing, contradictory to Channing's statement. After the judge recuses himself from the case and a new one steps in, Ellen finds out that Patty had orchestrated everything. The judge was ruling in favour of Ellen, so Patty manipulated Ellen to believe the opposite, making room for a new, more favourable judge.

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E3 - Failure is FailureEpisode 3

E3 - Failure is Failure

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Ellen confronts Channing about the video in the hotel corridor where he allegedly meets Naomi. He confesses that he has met with Naomi twice. Once in Rome and the second time in the hotel room briefly before her suicide. He claims that they only discussed the arrangements of their agreement without anything happening between them. As a result, Ellen deposes Rachel Walling who gives her a different story. Namely her mother had met Channing twice, but they had sex the first time while the second he tried to rape her. As a proof she has Channing's damaged cigarette box which he had thrown in the wall while threatening her mother. After days of seeming defeat, Ellen questions Rachel about the last phone call she had with her mother. Rachel says that her mother called and they talked briefly about their mutual love and they said their goodbyes.

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E4 - I Love You, MommyEpisode 4

E4 - I Love You, Mommy

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Patty arrives in her office to find her granddaughter Catherine sitting at her desk. When Catherine refuses to move, Patty lashes out at her, only to see Catherine replaced by Ellen. It's the same dream Patty had earlier. But this time Ellen says, I love you, Mommy. Waking up from her dream, Patty finds herself on the couch in her apartment. Patty meets an old friend Roger Kastle, who tells her she's on the short list for the Supreme Court. When the SEC blocks Patty's access to Princefield's computer servers, Patty goes to the media saying that McClaren sexually assaulted Naomi Walling. Incensed, Ellen schedules a hearing with Judge Gearheart, who in turn issues a gag order on both women. When Ellen complains that Patty manipulated the situation, Judge Gearheart takes offense and tells her the order stands. Ellen learns her mother, Denise, left her abusive husband Gary.

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E5 - There's Something Wrong With MeEpisode 5

E5 - There's Something Wrong With Me

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Ellen dreams of her attack only to wake up in her office. Patty arrives in Ellen's office for a meeting. After Patty fishes for a minute, Ellen bluffs that she bought the Princefield information from the hacker and Patty doesn't let on that she actually does have it. While Ellen works to track down the hacker, Patty learns that Princefield's CEO has been cooperating with the SEC's investigation. The SEC official acknowledges he has recordings of Naomi's communications. Patty threatens him to find any records of Naomi's communications with McClaren or Patty will issue a press release indicating that SEC knew about the insider trading, but failed to act on it. Ellen schedules a meeting with Judge Gearheart, where Beth Kim provides evidence that Patty bought the information. Patty hands over the information. Ellen has another nightmare only to bolt awake in her office. Patty visits her dying father in the nursing home. The old man offers to put Patty in his will. She declines and tells him never to contact her again.

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E6 - I Need to WinEpisode 6

E6 - I Need to Win

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Ellen continues to have disturbing dreams about her late fiance. Later, she thinks that she sees the hitman who tried to kill her years ago. Her trauma counsellor advises her to drop the case. In separate interviews with Patty and Ellen, Thomas Weld, who had stayed in the room next to Naomi, says he did not hear an argument from Naomi's room, which does not help Patty's case. Ellen pushes further by promises not to expose Weld, discovering he was carrying on an affair at the hotel. Naomi's daughter Rachel is confronted by Naomi's former boss, which causes her to consider dropping the case. Later she's approached directly by McClaren who convinces her to listen to his side of the story. In his retelling, McClaren is less aggressive. Instead, McClaren is awkward and his extremely poor social skills create a misunderstanding. Despite his actions quite clearly constituting a sexual assault, he was trying to be seductive and persistent, not aggressive.

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E7 - The Storms Moving InEpisode 7

E7 - The Storms Moving In

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Channing learns about the death of Samurai Seven, the computer hacker. Meanwhile, Patty and Ellen travel to Maine University to depose Dr. Lee Collins, a computer science expert who analysed Princefield's servers. Chris Sanchez, who now counsels military veterans, learns that the military routinely prescribes antidepressants to servicemen suffering from PTSD via web chat sessions and sends them back to combat without meeting a doctor in person. Chris wants Ellen to give this story to Channing. Channing meets with Beth Kim, Samurai Seven's girlfriend, where she tells him that Ellen, Gitta and Patty met Samurai Seven behind Channing's back. Rutger Simon meets with a major funder of McClaren Truth and describes the information that Samurai Seven leaked and how both sides of the cases now have access to it.

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E8 - I'm Afraid of What Ill FindEpisode 8

E8 - I'm Afraid of What Ill Find

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Ellen continues private counselling, while Patty continues to be courted for the Supreme Court. However, Patty is warned that she must first deal with any existing improprieties, which reminds her of the attempted murder of Ellen. Gitta and McClaren go to Ellen with the information that Torben both assisted in Fund 23s insider trading and funds McClaren Truth. Michael discovers that his maternal grandfather, Lyle Hewes, is still alive and wishes the family land to go to Michael after his death. Lyle fails to convince Michael to drop the custody case. Later, Michael fails to convince Patty to release her portion and allow him to inherit the family land.

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E9 - I Like Your ChairEpisode 9

E9 - I Like Your Chair

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After Ellen visits Uncle Pete's widow in her search for the man who was hired to kill her, the widow contacts the assassin, named Patrick, to warn him. Ellen gives a part of the blood stained business card to the detectives who worked the case of David's murder, asking them to test it for the DNA of her assassin. The press surrounding the case suddenly becomes positive when Chris Sanchez and McClaren Truth release the anonymous information on the soldiers with PTSD.

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E10 - But You Don't Do That AnymoreEpisode 10

E10 - But You Don't Do That Anymore

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The press surrounding the case suddenly becomes positive when Chris Sanchez and McClaren Truth release the anonymous information on the soldiers with PTSD. Patty reveals to Ellen that she knows the identity of Torben and she demands the complete finances of McClaren Truth. Ellen finally learns the identity of her assassin, Patrick Scully, a petty criminal. Patty accepts the nomination for the Supreme Court.

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