A Mock Trial with Real Stakes | Suits

Sydney Thompson was a consultant with londers global initiative she had a few too many and decided to entertain her friends with an impersonation of her boss Lena lenders this impersonation was recorded and uploaded onto a social networking site the next day she was fired Sydney is now suing for wrongful termination we are looking to see can't cheat your way out of this one Partners have been instructed to only use the Associates in emergency situ uations let the games begin all right when your name is called please step up and meet your match you think you

mean my leis Jean Kaplan I'm glad Jessica finally chose a case with a strong female character last year I was forced to play a traffic cop it's a total waste of my talent wait a minute you play Witnesses oh I don't play anything I am body if I'm on your team you're a winner in that case no Kyle Durant Mike [Applause] Ross Mike Ross Mike Ross Kyle for the plaintiff Ross for the defendant you're the best man left oh by the way Kyle weren't you a national M trial Champion that's right leis in high school

college and last school let's settle or I could beat you the plaintive has shown a pattern of making derogatory statements about my client not the emails which have no tone of voice and are subject to interpretation which is exactly why your argument is shaky at best then beat me in court Kyle there is a reason that Harvey chose me to be his guide you really want to find out what that reason is and how do I know this isn't some sort of trick it's not a trick this is our chance to stand out look settling

gets us in and out of there in 5 minutes you drop the suit and you and I spend the rest of the week making ourselves indispensable to the partners while everyone else buries their heads in Candy Land Court I'm going against my better judgment trusting you shall we have a deal Council for the plaintiff and I agreed to a settlement yesterday he must have understood we had discussed but I never agreed to anything do you have a signed agreement I'm no then we are ready to proceed you have the floor thank you on March 31st

2010 Sydney Thompson was unwittingly recorded on cell phone she made a joke the type of joke that I'm sure every person in this courtroom has made at one point or another yet she was she was only hey are you okay now you care Mr R I'm going to have to ask you not to speak to my client she is not your client she is Rachel the pargal and I only have 5 minutes so you should really get out of my face what's your problem Mike my problem is that you don't have the balls to make

this a fair fight Kyle lawyering isn't about fighting fair and you better watch your false accusations or I might just sue you for defamation the defendant wishes to found ER Sue on what grounds I believe that's my line counselor defamation of character the plaintiff's video negatively impacted the perception of Lena lunders and impaired her financial well-being that's ridiculous your honor in order for there to be defamation that the the statements made would have had been false that's not the case here then you should have no problem proving that in court counter suit is allowed are

you serious would you like to approach the bench and find out how serious I am your honor the defense should have filed counter claims before the trial began yes he should have but no one in this crop of Associates had the foresight to do so and we drafted a whole addendum just because we assumed one of you would so I'm going to allow it do you have a problem with that no your honor this is now a defamation trial you have until Friday to [Music] prepare nice recovery thinking on on your feet but you wouldn't

have had to if you hadn't been so naive thank you your honor we were co-workers we started at the same level and then I was promoted to be her immediate Superior and do you know about the video in question yes I was at the party that night and what were you celebrating that night my promotion same night it's interesting Miss janess what did you think of the impersonation it was too far it was mean so why do you think Miss Thompson did it Miss lenders promoted me Sydney hated it and that's why she made the

video oh thank you Miss janess nothing further you're out did s ever tell you that she hated your promotion not exactly yes or no please no well then how do you know that she hated your promotion I could just tell can you tell what I'm thinking right now that you're wish I would agree with everything you say no I was thinking that if you could actually read my mind I wouldn't bother asking you questions but you can't read my mind can you no I'm a managing director not a no and I'm pretty sure you can't

read Sydney's either and you actually have no idea why she made that video correct I guess I don't no what are you going to do ill will for my boss as matter of fact I to play the woman not the case you say you expected to be passed over for promotion correct yes and yet you applied three times yes and you were never promoted as I said yes and when Nora janess was promoted you wrote scathing emails to the rest of your co-workers in response not scathing the intent was to be funny oh right you

like to be funny who doesn't like to laugh someone whose reputation has been ruined objection just a thought it's testifying sustained Mr Ross questions I'm sorry your honor forgive me I was just trying to be funny on your performance review Lena wrote good work ethic lacks skills do you think that's a fair assessment fair I I don't know your co-workers were promoted and your boss was calling you mediocre are you mediocre no so why haven't you been promoted I don't know do you think you deserve better doesn't everyone so why haven't you tried I have

tried why haven't you improved I didn't say I haven't improved well your review did your 5 years with without a promotion did look you were so angry that you weren't moving forward that you lashed out at your boss made a out of her and everyone was moving past people making good on your potential people who could cut it I can cut it excuse me your honor settlement still on the table what let's settle same deal win-win no I'm good excuse me I've seen the dreamy looks Ross you like her so you're offering me a settlement

because you don't want to hurt her feelings but I'd rather see if you'll break her gety up Cowboy counselor would you like to proceed [Music] now your honor are you sure yes you're honor nothing further Well normally we'd move on to closing statements but it's been a long week and honestly we all know where this is going so court rules in favor of the defendant is adjourned need anything otherwise I'm going to head out celebratory drinks with the associates yep and what exactly are you celebrating you know what you can save the disappointment Harvey I

know what I did do you because what I saw is that you backed off because you were worried about hurting your girlfriend's feelings it was a fake trial all right I weighed the pros and the cons and I decided it wasn't worth hurting someone for the result the result is you just told every partner in this firm including myself that you have a weak stomach you don't have what it takes you know you keep telling me that I have to decide what kind of lawyer I want to be and if I were smart i' probably

be just like you because everybody knows you're the best but I'm also trying to decide what kind of person I want to [Music] be sometimes I like my my kind of person a lot more than yours you want to know what kind of person I am tough but fair I call it like I see it and what I see is a kid who ask for an opportunity still hasn't decided if he wants it or not [Music] [Music] [Music]