Fairly Legal (TV Series)

Gimme Shelter (2012)

Sarah Shahi: Kate Reed

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Lauren Reed : [as Kate settles in informally during meeting]  Have you ever considered setting your clocks forward so that you're not always late?

  Kate Reed : No.

• Lauren Reed : [at meeting]  Ben, where are you?

  Ben Grogan : Oh, you know me, I'm... litigating. I'm making money. You're streamlining and

  [with reference to Kate's eating:] 

  Ben Grogan : brunching or whatever.

  Lauren Reed : [winking]  I brought in six new corporate clients.

  Ben Grogan : [impressed]  Okay.

  [to Kate:] 

  Ben Grogan : And what is it you do?

  Kate Reed : Me?

  Ben Grogan : Yeah.

  Kate Reed : Oh, you know, bonbons, bubble baths, naps, shoe shopping.

  Ben Grogan : [patronizingly]  Oh, that's right, you mediate. You take potentially lucrative lawsuits and try and settle them out of court.

  Kate Reed : My hourly rate is higher than yours.

  Ben Grogan : [snaps]  Irrelevant. I work on contingency.

• Ben Grogan : Second rule of humanity: Somebody's gotta fail. Survival of the fittest, baby.

  Kate Reed : Is that your excuse for not having a conscience, Darwin?

  Ben Grogan : No, not being born with one is.

  [to Lauren:] 

  Ben Grogan : Are we done? I'm busy.

• Lance Ward : [regarding the work to be done, a box of files, with no concern for those tred upon]  You can figure on an hour an inch.

  [chuckles] 

  Lance Ward : That was a banker joke.

  Kate Reed : Shoot me. I'll bet that was a banker's joke too.

  Lance Ward : Just keep and eye on the clock. And try not to get emotionally involved.

• Lauren Reed : Aaron Davidson wants Reed & Reed to represent his campaign.

  Kate Reed : He's a self-serving viper, why would we do that?

  Lauren Reed : He's the most powerful man in the city.

  Kate Reed : Lauren, how could you even consider it?

  Lauren Reed : Kate, I... I don't think we can just view this through a personal lens.

  Kate Reed : Oh, really? What kind of lens do you use? I mean, forget that Justin's my ex. He is the better candidate.

  Lauren Reed : Maybe. But cultivating a relationship with the candidate that is gonna end up running that office is just smart business.

  Kate Reed : Oh, you have a crystal ball now?

  [rises] 

  Kate Reed : I have a dinner.

  Lauren Reed : Walt, there's... there's something else.

  Kate Reed : You know, I divorced Justin. That doesn't mean that I'm ready to work against him. I mean, if you've already made up your mind, why did you even bother asking?

  [leaves] 

  Lauren Reed : I...

  [calling after her:] 

  Lauren Reed : Kate!

• Justin Patrick : Listen to me, Kate. Kate, hey, I never wanted to hurt you!

  Kate Reed : [as she storms away]  Fallout's a bitch!

• Kate Reed : [to Ben]  You know what? Do not measure me by your yardstick. Okay? You and I, we are nothing alike.