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problem with the drives was serious.

-Not so serious.

-I didn't wanna cover anything up.

-I'm not covering anything up.

JOHN:
Give us worst-case.

We go back to the drawing boards

and we're down for nine months.

Nine months? Meredith said six weeks.

Look, nobody likes to go back to

the board, but it can be an advantage.

Is there a problem?

This isn't an inquisition, Bob.

I feel like I'm pulling teeth.

John just wants to get a handle on

what the problems are with the lines.

-I don't know is the honest answer.

JOHN:
Wait a minute.

You are the head of Manufacturing.

You are in charge of Arcamax.

There are problems with it...

...that could take nine months to fix,

which I assume means a year.

And the bottom line is...

...you don't know?

Goddamn it.

Goddamn it!

Jesus Christ!

-Tom.

-Just the man I wanted to see.

Phil, this is not

gonna work out with Meredith.

-Evidently not.

-She set me up.

-She set me up.

-I saw. Sit down.

-Why? What'd I do?

-Please, would you just sit?

Meredith told me

about your meeting last night.

What?

What'd she tell you?

She wants to handle the intervention

internally, which is best.

-She still cares about you.

-Wait a minute.

What'd she say?

Not to put too fine a point on it,

she said you sexually harassed her.

I sexually harassed her?

-What would you call it?

-Phil, she jumped me in her office.

She jumped you? You're in denial.

That's typical.

She almost raped me.

You need help.

You have to accept responsibility for--

What do you call this?

What about that?

Looks like she was

forced to defend herself.

Defend herself? The woman can

kick the sh*t out of both of us!

-It may have seemed different to you.

-I didn't harass her.

She harassed me.

I've never even heard of a woman

harassing a man.

What are you doing here?

-I'm here as your friend.

-My ass, you're my friend.

When Garvin finds out about this, he's

gonna wanna throw you out on your ass.

I'm saying let's keep this quiet.

That's what Meredith wants too.

Resolve this quickly and quietly.

Want your wife to find out?

We're gonna have to tell her

at some point.

They'll get the whole thing,

and it'll be on the front page of the paper!

I'm offering you a chance

to make a new life.

Keep your family out of this mess.

Keep your job.

Obviously, some kind of lateral move.

Lateral? When you say lateral,

you mean out of the division.

You can't stay here.

She's scared out of her wits.

I'm not leaving this division.

I've spent 10 years here. I built this place.

-Now, we got a spin-off going on--

-We're thinking, you know, Austin.

Austin?

BLACKBURN:
I told him what she said.

He claimed it was the other way around.

He said she harassed him.

What? He denies it?

You know how it is.

The man always denies it.

Is he crazy?

I offered him a lateral move to Austin.

To Austin. That's like a duck making

a lateral move to " l'orange."

Phil, he's too smart for that.

Let's hope he's smart enough

to see he has no options.

Take care of this.

This is a goddamn bomb we're sitting on

that can blow everything sky-high.

Meredith is key to the merger.

I can't have her involved in a sex scandal.

And I won't say goodbye to $100 million.

You got that?

Yeah, I-- I get the picture, Bob.

Tenth floor.

Down the hall and make a right.

GEER:
There were no witnesses?

-No.

Her assistant left earlier in the evening.

A cleaning lady was outside the office.

I don't know how much she heard.

-Did you report that to anyone?

-In the morning, yeah.

What was the company's response?

They believed her.

They suggested I transfer to Austin.

I heard they were selling Austin.

The point is, if I go to Austin,

I lose everything, all right?

My stock options,

everything that I worked for.

-Did you call anyone after the incident?

-No.

-Did you tell your wife?

-No.

-Oh, boy.

-Why not?

I didn't wanna upset her. I felt guilty putting

myself in the position in the first place.

How would you characterize

Miss Johnson physically?

She's very pretty.

She was Miss Teenage New Mexico.

So you were kissing.

Yes. And then she began to rub me.

Rub you where?

You know....

Your penis?

Yes.

And?

I don't feel comfortable talking about it.

-Because I'm a woman?

-Because you act like it's a game.

-Mr. Sanders, why are you here?

-I want to know what my options are.

What your options are?

I wanna know whether I can sue her

for sexual harassment.

To do that, you have to convince a jury...

...you were alone with Miss Teenage

New Mexico and you said no.

Sexual harassment is not about sex.

It is about power.

She has it, you don't.

If you sue, you'll never

get another job in computers.

If you don't, they'll bury you in Austin.

Sue, and it's news. Don't, it's gossip.

If you sue, no one will believe you.

If you don't, your wife won't.

They will make your life hell for the next

three years until this case goes to trial.

And for that privilege, it's gonna

cost you a minimum of $100,000.

Do you not think it's a game, Mr. Sanders?

It's a game to them.

How do you feel about losing?

BLACKBURN:

That's what Meredith wants.

To resolve it, quickly and quietly.

They said she's not

gonna press charges. Why?

She's accused me. Why stop there?

Why not press charges?

Meredith didn't press charges...

...because she couldn't.

DigiCom is planning a merger

with Conley-White.

It is supposed to happen this Friday.

They think that we are as conservative

as they are.

With a scandal, Conley going to bed with

Katie Couric, waking up with Jessica Hahn.

Garvin is out $100 million.

I think we might make a plaintiff

out of this guy yet.

No, a potential plaintiff.

I don't have to sue. I just threaten to sue.

That's a very dangerous game.

Are you willing to play it?

-F*** them.

-Now you're talking my language.

For the next three days...

...this loose cannon is in a position

to put a lot of pressure on this company.

And they on you, Mr. Sanders.

They on you.

Call security.

Throw him out on the sidewalk.

Bob, we have to appear to be impartial.

Keep him in his job,

keep paying him, no hassles.

I made Tom Sanders.

Who the hell is he to sue me?

Sexual harassment, under Title Seven.

He'll file with the Human Rights

Commission if we don't fire Meredith.

If he files, it becomes public.

It'd blow the deal.

We realize that. So does he.

He's blackmailing us.

This is America, goddamn it.

The legal system is supposed

to protect people like me.

It gets worse.

His lawyer is Catherine Alvarez.

Great. She'd change her name to

"TV Listings" just to get it in the paper.

I'm trying to get them to mediate.

Keep it quiet.

Mediate?

I want you to cut his balls off.

Did he say mediate

or split the difference?

I'm just hoping he'll agree.

Alvarez will tell him not to.

He'll agree.

He doesn't want this out in the open.

We pushed him too hard.

He has nothing to lose.

Really? He hasn't told his wife yet.

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