Finale question (spoilers)
Why did Jimmy cut things off with Eileen? He wanted her friends to like her again. But did Eileen decide to cancel the settlement? And if so, doesn't Jimmy lose his $million+ percentage?
shareWhy did Jimmy cut things off with Eileen? He wanted her friends to like her again. But did Eileen decide to cancel the settlement? And if so, doesn't Jimmy lose his $million+ percentage?
shareYes, I think he gives up all his settlement money just to get the old lady back with her friends!
I don't see how it would work though. Once you say you will settle, you sign papers, and jimmy even got a check, you can't go back and say "oops no, I think we will hold out for more".
I don't see how Sandpiper would go for that. They made an offer and the offer was accepted.
It was implied, when he talked to the lawyer outside the nursing home, that the settlement wasn't a done deal yet. The old ladies will get more, and Jimmy won't get paid until they do. Not sure how he got that attorney to go through that little scene with him, though. She doesn't seem the type.
But good for Jimmy -- he had tried to be a shitbag but couldn't quite stomach it.
In last week's episode, (the one before the finale), didn't he already have a check that he was celebrating, just when Kim was leaving the office before her accident?
How would he have a check already if the settlement was not signed and final?
Jimmy doesn't lose any money. Just that he will have to wait for it for x months instead of very soon. Probably he would get a bit more even. The reason he started the whole thing with the old ladies was more that he would like the money straight away since it was so much anyway. Then he decided to do that thing in the finale just to get Eileen back with her friends, sacrificing his payday (and the good relations to all those clients).
shareIt's also for them because they are old and if the settlement process drags out to years, they could die before they get anything. A bird in the hand is worth two birds after you are dead.
That's a really common tactic when big corporations are up against older plaintiffs. Just drag it out until they die.