- Rachel's father becomes the defense attorney in a gender discrimination lawsuit being prosecuted by Pearson Hardman, and Louis wages war against the new associate hired by Harvey.
- Pearson Hardman represents a woman suing her employer for sexual discrimination in not promoting her in favor of less qualified men, The firm representing the company is headed by Rachel's father. Rachel asks Mike to work on it, and Harvey decides to use her against her father, which only infuriates him. Meanwhile, Katrina Bennett, the D.A. Harvey hired, starts at the firm; Louis, still irate that he wasn't allowed to hire the lawyer he wanted, makes her life miserable.—rcs0411@yahoo.com
- Open with it seeming like Harvey and Mike are buddies again. Jessica comes in and tells Harvey that the attorney they had been dealing with on an important gender discrimination case has died and been replaced.
We learn the replacement attorney is Rachel's father, Robert Zane. Over a birthday lunch Robert tells Rachel he's taken the case and we learn that she tries not to advertise the name of her father. There is clearly tension for Rachel over wanting to prove to her father she is smart enough to be a lawyer.
Louis waits for Katrina Bennett in her office. He tells her that he is going to be supervising her work closely. She doesn't like it, but he doesn't give her much choice.
Rachel asks Mike to make her the paralegal for the case her father will be trying. Mike is shocked her father is such a high-profile attorney.
Robert sits down with Harvey and Mike. He offers a fraction of what his predecessor had accepted for the client. Harvey isn't taking it, which means Robert will be re-deposing Sloane Mosley.
Katrina brings Donna cookies in order to get information about Louis. She advises her to be "ready to go the distance."
Robert meets with Jessica. He suggests her firm needs a win, even if it means much less money for their client.
Jessica tells Harvey that Robert told her he thinks the firm needs a win. This seems to infuriate Jessica.
Katrina meets with Louis and apologizes for any possible misunderstanding. She "begs" for his help and asks him to sign on as first chair on one of her cases.
Harvey meets with Rachel and asks if it will rattle her father having her sit in on the deposition.
Prior to the deposition Harvey asks Robert what his daughter will think of him after he tears into Mosley. He reminds Robert that he tore up their deal. During the deposition Robert rips into Mosley and Rachel looks uncomfortable. Mike cuts the deposition short.
After the deposition, Rachel yells at Mike for trying to protect her. He assures Rachel that she isn't what is most important.
Katrina ends up tricking Louis into missing a court date with a particularly picky judge. Fined, he is furious, but she appears to be a worthy adversary.
Mike is upset with Harvey with making things personal. Harvey says Robert started the process when he challenged their firm. An upset Jessica waits for Harvey, telling him that the client wants to take Robert's lower offer.
Harvey meets Robert on the golf course, who now revokes the settlement and challenges him to a trial.
Louis shows up at Katrina's trial. He has replaced the paperwork she needs for her case with pictures of him photoshopped as various U.S. presidents. This gets her in deep trouble with the judge.
Rachel tells Mike about the problems she's having with her father. She hasn't told her father she's going to law school. She's struggled her whole life seeking her father's approval.
Donna asks Louis to "let it go" with Katrina. Louis tells her to get lost.
Mike comes to Harvey with word that the company had been using similar language during evaluations of female employees they wouldn't promote.
Harvey and Mike tell Robert there were 113 different employees in various departments who got the same treatment. Harvey tells him the number he'll get in court is now ten times what it was in the original settlement.
Louis tries to enter the courtroom and finds that his expensive nail scissors were hidden in jacket pocket. He is placed under arrest by an officer who is friendly with Katrina.
Rachel talks to Robert. He says he's watching her "fail" and it's tearing him up inside. She tells him about her LSAT scores.
Katrina finds Louis in a holding cell. He tells her his problem with her isn't that she's a "pretty face," but rather that she took a job from somebody more deserving. They call a truce.
Robert tells Jessica he wants to decertify the class action suit. He wants to merge firms.
Harvey tells Jessica they can only take these types of attacks for so long.
Jessica shows Robert that she's willing to prosecute every single one of the individual cases, even if it means crippling her firm. She thinks by the end of the process she'll be the winner.
Robert tells Rachel he's dropping the case. They seem to be getting along well. After he leaves, Mike pops into Rachel's office with a framed copy of her LSAT score.
Robert tells Jessica his firm is passing the case along to Daniel Hartman.
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