- It's the second week of January.
- Martin, Roy, and Joe are in a super fancy Manhattan restaurant.
- Martin goes on and on about how powerful the Republicans have become, especially with Reagan in the White House.
- Both Roy and Martin are trying to convince Joe to take the job at the Justice Department.
- Roy talks about how loyal Martin is to him. He asks Martin to rub his back because he's got a sore spot. (Is it actually a lesion from AIDS? Hmm.)
- Martin gives him a backrub.
- Roy's "friend" tells Joe that they can't wait much longer for an answer about the job.
- Roy tells Martin that Joe is keeping him waiting because of Harper.
- Roy hands Joe a letter. The letter says they're trying to disbar Roy, meaning that he couldn't be a lawyer anymore.
- Joe asks why.
- Roy says it's because they don't understand the law the way he does. They don't get how flexible it can be.
- Martin gets to the point, though, telling Joe that it's because Roy borrowed half a million dollars from a client (a big no-no, apparently).
- Joe is really sympathetic and tells Roy that he's sure he had a good reason for doing it.
- Brushing off Joe's sympathy, Roy says that they can't prove anything anyway.
- Joe says he'll do anything to help Roy.
- Awesome, says Roy, why don't you take the job in the Justice Department and then help rig it up so that I don't get disbarred.
- Joe refuses, saying that would be unethical.
- Roy goes off on him, telling him to stop being such a goody two-shoes and just do it.
- Joe says he'll think about it.