I think I'm gonna die soon.
I sound like a crazy person.
No, you don't.
I get it, believe me.
These neighbors, they drill all around here,
sucking up the water right and left,
which makes the ground unstable.
Now, someone has to be responsible.
My wife is dead.
I've never liked this plan.
Your sister is drilling
on federal fucking land.
Wheeler's become a bit of a problem.
Nothing that a little black crow couldn't straighten out.
He's a warlock.
You should steer clear of him.
Your death is closer than you think,
and the last person you see before you die will be you.
So, how worried do I need to be about you?
No more than usual.
'Cause you've been hiding out here for weeks.
I'm not hiding out. I'm working.
Congratulations.
For what?
- You're pregnant. - Yes.
Yes, I am.
Your Honor, this class action
was illegally solicited.
I am gonna rule in favor of the defense
and grant their motion to dismiss.
- This kind of behavior... - Your Honor, I'll do it for free.
There's no prohibition against solicitation pro bono,
so I'll do it for free.
So, I don't know if you've ever had interest in meeting
or talking to your birth mom.
So inappropriate.
Christina Lukin?
So, you're a realtor and a lawyer?
That is how it worked out, yeah.
- That's amazing. - Thanks. Yeah.
-
Billy McBride knows about the tunnel.
You're going to federal prison.
-
If I were you, I'd think really long and hard
about cutting my clients a big old fat-ass check.
I'm sorry, how much is the settlement?
It's $500 million.
So I'm gonna have money?
Yeah.
I'm moving to Chicago.
My brother, he's got a place there.
At least I met you.
And Denise. She's a good kid.
But she needs her dad.
What's up? What devil bitch picture is here?
She's a fucking criminal.
- You got to let it go, honey. - How can you just let her go?
Why aren't we doing anything?
Many are speculating Marisol Silva's resignation
is a preemptive move to avoid the fallout
from a story the L.A. Times just published,
linking her to a secret state water deal
that's only beginning to be uncovered.
Hey, Billy.
- Diana, wait! -
You know you're fucked when you literally see
- the writing on the wall. - What are you talking about?
You got a really interesting job.
- Family.
Maybe you seeing mirrors,
omen, or whatever it is...
I mean, maybe you've accomplished
everything you're supposed to accomplish in this life.
I haven't accomplished a fucking thing
as far as I can see.
I'm Mark Schafer, and this is Column One.
Since 1996, more than 100 billion opioid pills
have been distributed nationwide.
That's over 300 pills for every man, woman and child
in this country.
And this onslaught of pain medication has led
to 200,000 Americans dying from opioid overdoses.
California, in particular, has been crippled by this epidemic,
but now a savior has appeared: Tom True.
Listen, I'm just a small-town lawyer from Concord, California.
This small-town lawyer is taking on Big Pharma
for their role in the opioid crisis.
Now, these huge pharmaceutical companies
have poisoned our communities
and made a record profit doing so.
They've killed people for money?
Billions. It's ridiculous.
The only way to stop them is to go after their bottom line.
You want to bankrupt them, Tom?
I want to bankrupt them.
And for Tom True, it's also personal.
You lost your daughter
to opioids.
My daughter had a name. Amanda.
She was the last person you'd ever think
- would overdose on drugs. - Amanda True was
an honor student, class president and star athlete,
until a cheerleading accident
left her with a slipped vertebrae.
She was prescribed Trimadone for the pain.
Two years later, she was dead.
And that’s the thing about opioids. No one is safe.
Tom True is suing three companies:
Zax Pharma, the manufacturer of Trimadone,
that denies the addictive nature of the drug.
Tillinger Health, the distributor,
is being accused of looking the other way
when they should've reported unusually large shipments
of opioids to the DEA.
And Russell Drug for failing to report
the massive increase in opioid prescriptions
and the behavior of suspicious customers.
Tom, why do you think someone hasn't come forward
with information that could blow this thing wide open?
A whistleblower?
Well, all I can say is...
there’s gonna be a few big surprises to come.
We’ll return after this break.
Fuck you.
-
Who’s there?
Hey, Tom, it's Ken.
We need you to come into the office.
- Now? - Yeah, now.
Okay. Let me get my jacket.
Tom? Come on, Tom.
- Not smart. -
Don't fuck around, Tom.
-
Hey.
Is the noon train on time?
Supposed to be.
You don't know where I can turn this star in, do you?
Why, you done with it?
Feels like it's time.
Fair enough.
-
I sent the kid to find you.
Didn’t he come?
He was here.
You've been my friend all my life.
-You got met his job... -Don't sit so close to the TV.
Make you stupid.
...I wanted to be like you, Mart.
You've been a lawman all your life.
None of these chicken shits are gonna help him, you know that?
You risk your skin catching killers. - Yeah.
And the juries turn them loose so they can come back
and shoot at you again...
You're not gonna be a chicken shit when you grow up, are you?
...wind up dying all alone on some dirty street. - No.
Attaboy.
For what? For nothing.
For a tin star.
Hey, Dad.
Wait. It’s almost over.
It's all for nothing, Will.
It's all for nothing.
See what she wants, would you?
Excuse me?
What is Mrs. Ramirez's room number?
What’s a six-letter word for "begrudge?"
Resent.
I don't think that's right.
Left.
Right.
Up.
Down.
So, these scars-- they-they itch a lot,
and-and it burns sometimes,
so, it's been a long time,
so, are they getting infected, or what?
It's not gonna get infected.
Your problem is in your head. You're crazy.
I don't know why you're so obsessed with your scars.
They're ugly...
but they're just scars.
Just keep your shirt on when you see a woman,
'cause the women don't like men in a gunfight.
I wasn't in a gunfight, I already told you that.
So, can you help my breathing any?
'Cause, uh...
sometimes at night I-I have a hard time getting a full breath.
I told you I can help you with your breathing,
but you just have to keep coming to see me.
And drink the shit I give you.
Okay, get up.
This is the good shit.
What's up, gal?
Same as last time?
Almost.
Yeah, what's different?
I can't tell you that.
Some kind of Ming family secret?
You'll have to ask him.
Well, your pop's not exactly what you'd call chatty.
Maybe you're not asking the right questions.
Really?
He knows what he's doing.
I'm sure he does.
What kind of awful leaves and twigs
- and pig snouts are in this one? -
It's almost worth not being well
to keep away from that shit, but...
Drink up.
Guess it's got to be done, huh?
Oh, goddamn it.
Hey, can you make me some dandan noodles?
With a plastic fork, by the way.
Thank you.
I see Elvis hasn't left the building.
He never leaves.
I can't live without her
Wonder how those noodles are coming.
-
Billy?
Yeah?
You're sitting in the dark.
Yeah, I fell asleep.
Uh, come on in.
Okay.
- I, uh...
got you a housewarming.
Oh, you didn't have to do that.
I know.
Well, that's nice of you. Thanks.
Yeah, well, I'm very nice.
Um, there is a saucepan in here,
um, but since you don't, you know, eat food,
you're probably not gonna use it, but if you did,
you have the option to heat it, so...
- Does that stove work? - Fuck, I have no idea.
All right, well, here.
Just take that. Okay.
All right.
What's out here?
There's a guy with some cats.
That's an interesting view.
Oh, yeah.
Great.
Um, so...
You, uh... you're here.
You're in, huh?
Yeah, I'm in.
Good. Yeah, this'll be good.
Yeah. Yeah.
Well, you know, this opioid case is pretty huge.
Um, Zax Pharma settled for 160 mil,
but we still have Tillinger Health
and Russell Drug, so it's gonna be a lot of work.
And I know you're kind of jumping on a moving train, so...
Well, I read all that stuff you sent me.
I think I'm good.
Okay.
Good. Good.
Okay.
Has anybody heard from Tom True?
Mm-mmm. No, not for months.
No, people say he cracked.
You know, his wife left him
after their daughter passed away, so...
I mean, makes sense.
Mm-hmm.
How about you-- you okay?
Sure. Yeah.
I mean, the firm's a little uptight,
little pretentious, but, um, Sam--
she's great, and you'll get to meet her tomorrow.
And there's Rob...
No, I mean you-- are you okay?
Not work.
'Cause I know you've been through a lot of shit
- and stuff, yeah. - I've been through a lot of shit. Yep, I have.
Yeah.
Listen, maybe you don't want to talk about it,
but just so you know, I'm here.
- If you ever want to talk... - You know, I'm gonna...
I'm gonna see you tomorrow.
Okay? Okay.
Thanks for setting up the apartment.
Yeah. Please don't be late tomorrow.
Thank you.
What's with the driver?
Coming or what?
You're traveling kind of light these days.
Just going with the emotional baggage?
- Oh, boy, that is... -
That is too soon.
Good morning, Sonya.
Thank you.
Okay, so...
Uh, you got pretrial motions, discovery,
and you got jury consultants over there.
Hi, Patty.
I don't know who you are. Okay.
Have you spoken to Sam? - I... Yes.
I, uh... I did last night, but I did not this morning.
Is she coming in today?
Uh, I would assume yes, she would be.
Billy McBride. - Yeah.
Ava Wallace-Margolis. Welcome.
Your reputation precedes you.
We'll have to do a proper introduction later.
I'm running to a meeting.
But, Patty, make sure Mr. McBride
- has everything he needs. - Okay.
The fuck do you think I'm doing?
Ava's the chairwoman for the firm's executive committee.
- Seems like a nice gal. - No, she's a bitch. Yeah.
She's also married to the name partner
Samuel Margolis, but he's dead, so...
Whatever. Hi.
Griffin Petock's office confirmed tomorrow, finally.
Oh, that took long enough.
Griffin is the opposing counsel and a massive dick.
- What? - No intro...
- Okay. Uh, Rob, Billy. - Okay.
Billy, Rob Bettencourt, senior associate.
- How are you? - Yeah, Rob's been
on this with Tom True since the beginning,
so he's kind of helping us move along.
Yeah, I've been drafting
our jury questionnaire for voir dire.
I got some ideas I want to run by you.
Yeah, sure.
Yeah, you want to cool your jets,
let him get settled in first?
Want to try that? Okay.
Let's go.
All right. - Go ahead.
- Please, you go ahead. - Okay.
So, this is home base.
Oh, okay, hey. Uh, everyone, can you...
Please, in the back, stop what you're doing for a sec.
Thank you. And, uh, gather round.
Let's go. Come on, come on.
You in the back, too. Thank you.
As you all know, uh, Tom True has left
for-for personal reasons.
And, uh, we're very fortunate
to have the legendary Billy McBride taking his place.
Oh, well, yeah. No, stop.
Stop it. Enough. No more clapping.
Just stop it.
Billy, you want to... want to say anything?
I'm sorry?
Uh, do you-do you want to say anything?
Oh, no. No, I'm fine.
- Okay. Uh, great. Patty, just... - No.
All right. Uh, as you were.
You got a lot of people on this, don't you?
- Yeah. Yeah, it's pretty great, right? - Yeah.
So, um...
everything you need relating to Zax Pharma--
you can find that on your desk.
Uh, I also included a binder
with all the info on Tom's settlement out of court.
Yeah, we have to focus on Tillinger Health.
Uh, right, uh, Tillinger.
That's one of the major pharmaceuticals...
The trial is set for Monday, but we have...
What time's the meeting? - 10:00 a.m.
First thing we have is...
I forgot. I got to... I got to go.
What?!
Uh... no, you don't.
You don't have to go anywhere.
Billy!
- Wait, uh...
is he coming back?
'Cause the call's in, uh, 14 minutes.
Yeah, no shit, Rob.
You look like shit.
Yeah, I feel like shit.
I had a long day.
It's the middle of the afternoon, dude.
I do better at night.
- Ah... - Good first day at work?
Samantha Margolis.
Managing partner at Margolis & True.
- You can call me Sam. - Okay.
- Hi, Sam. - Hey.
Looks like we're both playing hooky.
Yeah, looks like that.
My dad always insisted on greeting every new attorney
day one, at the door.
There's nothing more important
than a good first impression. You can't take it back.
So...
- here's to fucking that up already. -
Actually, I think this is a better first impression.
Oh, good. I'm glad.
You know, I... actually, I knew your dad.
- Really? - Yeah, a long time ago.
I was just a kid.
- You mind? - Sure.
Yeah.
I went up against him in court.
How'd that go?
It went great for him.
Uh-oh.
He cut me to pieces.
- Oh, no. - About an hour later,
he came and found me at a bar down the street.
Came up and shook my hand,
and he said, "That's the first time in a long time
that I've had to sweat in court."
- And it didn't even sound
like bullshit, coming from him.
So you can imagine how much it meant to me,
somebody of his reputation, you know,
taking a little out time for a little shit like me.
Yeah. He was really generous.
Very sweet.
Well, here's to Samuel Margolis.
Yeah.
I like to just get it right out in the open.
There's no point in hiding it.
I see Dr. Ming for multiple sclerosis
and the symptoms: pain, fatigue.
My balance is sort of iffy most days.
There seems to be a new shitty symptom
that emerges every month.
But then I have really good days, so... go figure.
Sorry about that.
It's fine.
It is what it is.
You see Dr. Ming as well, for your...
- For getting shot, yeah. - Right, I wasn't...
gonna say that, but Patty did tell me.
And how is-how is that?
How are you doing?
- Getting shot? - Well, I mean, how are you now?
Well, I have a half a lung over here,
but it, uh, it's better than no lung, so...
Guess you count your blessings, right?
Mm.
- Well, at least you're alive. - Uh-huh.
I, um... I flatlined for six minutes.
That's what they said.
- Really? - Yeah.
Wow.
Yeah. I was dead, and then I wasn't.
That must have...
Do you remember any of it?
You mean like a golden light and angels and all that stuff?
- Sort of, yeah. - No, I...
I didn't see any of that.
What did you see?
It's like I'm in a movie.
Some weird, surreal movie.
Fragments of my life kind of
randomly thrown together,
like some weird jigsaw puzzle.
Ah, it's hard to describe, but, uh...
...it just keeps lingering.
It's like, um...
it's like I'm supposed to take care of something
- but I don't know what it is. - Hmm.
You feel like that just repeats again and again in your mind?
- Yeah, all the time. - Hmm.
Except when I'm thinking about the case, of course.
- Of course.
That's why I hired you.
- Well... -
- Jesus Christ.
- Hi. - I heard that Billy McBride walked out
in the middle of the team briefing.
Mm-hmm. Yes, he sure did.
- Yep. - Well, that's not what we do here.
No, of course not.
Um, I worked with Billy for a long time,
so I know how to handle him.
He needs a long leash.
Oh. Well, might you consider a pinch collar
to go with that long leash?
I'm very aware of his reputation.
Well, his reputation is he wins cases.
You know, we've actually never had
a La Verne law school graduate
on track for equity partnership before.
Have you been bragging to your alumni association?
Yes, I have.
Yes, I bet you have.
That was Sam. She's made a very strong case
that you and Billy could deliver
on a billion-dollar litigation for our firm.
No pressure, no, but... but it would be a real shame
if McBride pissed on the carpet
and derailed your campaign for partnership.
My vote's the partnership vote,
and I really don't like piss on the carpet.
I don't blame you.
I don't.
God!
-
Hey, you.
Are you in San Francisco working as a hospice nurse?
What?
Your doppelganger's at the window
across the alley from my apartment.
Tell her I say hi.
- You working? - Yeah, I'm on
hour three, waiting for this dipshit to visit his side piece.
Which may or may not happen tonight.
- Thought you liked the gig. - I do, I...
You know, it's just a lot of sitting in freezing parked cars
and... digging through people's trash.
Where's your apartment?
It's in Chinatown.
Margolis & True set me up.
It's close to my doctor.
You ever gonna go back to L.A.?
Probably died on the beach
if Patty hadn't come looking for me.
Why didn't you tell me this earlier?
I'm telling you now.
It's okay,
there's a place for me here
and I got a job to do.
Do you want to hear about Denise?
She's living her life wherever she is,
and knowing the details aren't gonna...
it's not gonna make any difference.
Jesus Christ, Billy. Come on.
It's okay.
She and I'll figure our shit out at some point.
Shit, fuck. I got to go.
Is the train still on time?
Any minute now.
Are you okay?
- I'm sorry? - Are you okay?
Yeah, yeah.
Dad, what are you doing?
You promised.
Don't answer that.
-
Hello?
Oh, I see the old phone still works.
Who is this?
Next to the sink.
Top drawer.
We found Tom's car
at the airport.
Parked in long-term parking.
- And Tom? - Don't know.
I don't think he left town.
Didn't pass through security, either.
There's no record of him boarding any flights.
So what was he fucking doing at the airport?
Don't know.
Looks like he just rode the shuttle around for a couple
of hours before he vanished from the security cameras.
So you've lost him again?
He lost us.
Anything I can help you with?
Well, I guess that depends on who you are.
Security.
Oh, okay, cool.
Yeah, I’m just kind of getting myself
acquainted with the place.
Well, you know, people are
a little sensitive since Tom went missing.
Oh, I can imagine, yeah.
Yeah.
Have a good night.
Yeah, you, too, bud.
...invisible monster.
How would you live like that every day?
Every second of every day.
The answer, I'm sorry to say,
is that...
you wouldn't.
You couldn’t.
A life in that kind of constant pain--
that kind of relentless suffering...
...that's no life at all.
Now, we've all seen the TV news programs
where our critics
say we are motivated by greed
by profits alone.
Well, we are a business, yes.
We do make money.
We make a good deal of money
by providing an essential medical product.
There's no shame in that. And I would say,
"If you don’t like it, you can sue us."
But they already have, and we came out on top,
- so... -
- Where's the popcorn? - Uh...
- It bother me, though, it offends me... - Sorry.
Uh, was that, was it too loud or...
I thought we settled Zax Pharma.
Oh, yeah, we did.
Uh, Tillinger’s up next.
I just wanted to cue up his speech for tomorrow morning.
He’s a snooze, but Zax is...
just so mesmerizing.
- Yeah, he's a real showman, all right. -
So I was hoping to find, uh,
Tom’s original notes on a Tillinger Health thing.
Did you find the case materials we left in your office?
That should have everything in it.
Yeah, I-I don’t trust clean, unmarked transcripts.
I want to start from the beginning.
Okay, um, well...
Tom worked from home for the last few months.
That’s probably where his notes are.
He never uploaded anything to our computer system.
Didn’t trust the system?
- More like he was a bit analog. - But there is no price
you can put on that.
- You were close to Tom, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, Patty said something about the stress
of his-his daughter and wife and, uh...
Yeah, um...
- that’s the story. - Is there another story?
I don’t know, but...
he would never walk away from this case.
Why’s that?
His daughter overdosed.
These cases, they were, uh,
they were personal to Tom.
Then why would he walk away?
Something spooked him or...
maybe someone.
Did he say anything?
Uh, not to me, but
there was one thing.
Last time I went to see him at his home, he...
he wouldn’t let me in.
He said it was... too dangerous.
Did you tell anybody that?
Sam. Yeah, they’re close.
I can get you the footage of the video depositions,
if that helps.
Yeah, I'd appreciate that.
Thanks.
Hey there, kiddo.
Wha... Hey, could you hold the elevator? Ho...
Hey, hey, hey, hey! Hold the...
Patty Solis-Pa-fucking-pagian.
She has a track record.
But I’m tired of having this conversation.
You will never see what I see.
What, an excess of hair products?
Don't be petty.
Randy Hayes and his two goons
on the board are on me to open the books.
And I can’t keep sugar-coating
how financially screwed we really are.
Do you want to move your office to a derelict storefront
in Oakland? 'Cause I really don’t.
Billy and Patty will be delivering
big, fat settlement checks, you just need to have patience.
Christ.
Your father would never have done things this way.
I guarantee we’ll settle these cases.
Half a billion dollars or more.
You can’t guarantee anything.
Yes, I can.
Over nine months in 2007,
you shipped four million prescription opioids
to a single pharmacy in Bellwether, California,
a town of less than 1,000 residents.
- Yes. - Why didn’t you flag that as suspicious?
It’s not our job to question
the professional judgment of the doctors.
We rely on the pharmacies
to monitor the prescriptions they fill.
If they failed
in their duty, that’s on them, not us.
We’ll get around to them, too.
Let’s take a break, back in 15.
Fine. Can I get a cup of coffee?
Hey, where’s the kid with the coffee?
I have no idea. - Come on.
This is Tom True.
May I ask who this is?
No, I understand.
What kind of information do you have?
Look, if you’re worried and want to come forward,
we can protect you.
Why don’t we meet in person? Can we meet?
Any time, any place.
Hello?
No, I'm alone, no one’s here.
No, this phone's not bugged.
Hello?
Excuse me?
Do you have the time?
- I'm sorry? - What time is it?
Oh, the time, yeah, sure.
It's, uh, six minutes till 12:00.
Ever notice how 11:54 looks like 11:54
when you see the numbers,
but when you see it on a clock,
it looks like six till 12:00?
Yeah, I guess so.
- Are you okay? - Are you okay?
You have a nice night.