@pauli (and other discussion of these points)
The offer was for the firms to merge. Jessica revealed that as she read the offer.
Jessica made her decision to leave the firm after that moment.
Some people don't have to read every text as it comes in. If you text me, I might not read it for several hours ... maybe the next day.
Mike is the most interesting character on the show, but they did err when they took the focus of the show off of Mike and what makes him unique. They need to get back to that.
Of course they were going to win the capital case. That's a given when you watch these shows. Perry Mason won every case (but two) for nine years. People watch to see how, and because they enjoy the characters and their interaction.
They are going to have to introduce a new character to fill Jessica's role. She was the voice of reason when everyone else was busy being a loose cannon. The "merger" could have done that, as the Robert Zane character could easily be that person.
I was surprised that they didn't use Jessica's devotion to her pro bono client in a more dramatic board room scene. That would have been a more satisfying conclusion than the "deus ex machina" stock purchase. Plus, you can't actually quietly buy up a majority interest in a major corporation like that, for a few reasons. The most important is that there isn't that much of its stock on the market all at once. You'd drive the price up to ten times the current bid price if you tried. Even if you could find a small group of major stockholders and try to buy the stock directly from them rather than through the market, there's no way you'd get them all to sell without protracted negotiations and paying a high premium. However, there are also SEC filings and public disclosures involved in executing a hostile takeover. It takes at least months just to get started.
Yes, the complaint about the daughter not looking like Leonard was just dumb. However, I thought the "young Jessica" needed to look more like Jessica ... different bone structure, different nose, different pigmentation.
All that said, we've watched every show, and will continue to do so as long as it lasts. USA has consistently had the best series over the last 15 years or so, compared to the traditional "big 3".
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pauli_gomez
8 years ago
@vranger
Well, I was commenting on the OP points.
When Zane offered to merge he explicitly says it was personal. For me it was clear than his offer was to Jessica and wouldn't hold without her. She says no for the reason she mentioned, she wanted to be the top partner. Then she went home, she thought about all that and she decided to leave. By that time, she was under the impression than Reynolds had already went to Zane. At the end, when she realized Luis and Harvey had managed to keep him, she probably thought Zane wouldn't want to merge without her.
It's not explicitly said, but it's not too far fetched, so it won't be a point making it the worse episode.
And I understand about texting, but you are probably not a super well paid corporative lawyer with a firm in danger. When you are in that situation you want to be available to everyone, specially the list of possible clients that could be cancelling appointments and things like that-
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vranger
8 years ago
If a super high paid corporate lawyer is pulling out their phone to read texts in court, or in a meeting with a client, they won't be a super high paid corporate lawyer for long. LOL When you're on one client's job, you don't distract yourself with another client's job.
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