Episode Title: “And My Paralysing Fear Of Death”
Patty Hewes, Frobisher’s lawyer, and the judge in the case which the show centers around are meeting up. The judge takes the two lawyers to task, saying that Frobisher lawyer and that from what he can see Patty doesn’t have much of a case. He sets a deadline of Friday for Patty to get a convincing brief to him else he will dismiss the law suit.
“Oh god, it’s gonna be a shitty week”
Back at the Hewes Associates office, Patty is talking to Ellen whilst she opens a parcel - it turns out to be a grenade. Taking one look at the device, Patty says “Oh god, it’s gonna be a shitty week” and the office is evacuated, with employees having to relocate to Patty’s apartment to carry on working on the case, to meet the judge’s deadline. Ellen asks, “who would want to do this to you?” to which Patty replies, “how much time do you have?”
Meanwhile, Katie Connor is sleeping with Greg - the one night stand from Florida - who we learn is married. She tells him that she will be a witness against Frobisher. He wishes her luck but declines to get involved himself.
Patty’s husband hires a former secret service man to guard Patty following the grenade scare. Patty and her husband visit their son’s school where he has hacked into computers and behaved badly enough that he is near to the point of expulsion. The head explains he is is troubled by a dream Michael has claimed to have had where he is assassinated - we later learn in a family counselling session that this is actually Patty’s dream, and Michael is for some reason claiming it as his own.
Frobisher is visited by the FBI over the grenade. He promises them full co-operation and and then instructs his lawyer, “don’t give them a dog damn thing”. In conversation, Frobisher gives Fiske the impression that it was indeed him responsible for sending the grenade.
Following the long days work that resulted from the office move, Patty sacks 6 employees for calling in sick the following day.
Patty comes to Ellen’s office and is being creepily nice, asking to see family photos. Ellen wonders if Patty was angling for an invite to her engagement party, so she invites her but is sternly rebuked: “it’s a lovely thought. Now close the door, I’ve got work to do”. Ellen is tasked with writing a draft for part of the case against Frobisher. Obviously not expecting much, she asks Tom to re-do it but he says it was perfect, save for a few formatting errors. Patty stitches up Ellen by telling her to personally deliver it to the judge, knowing she will miss her family party, although this does result in Ellen spending valuable time with the judge.
We learn how much Patty’s son hates her as he says everything he does, he does it to show how he can control her. She takes action in to her own hands by having him kidnapped and forcibly taken to a reform academy. It turns out that it was actually Michael that was responsible for sending the grenade.
At the end, we flashback to Ellen in the police station, now talking to Mr Nye who was called on her behalf, and she tells him that she didn’t David - someone was actually trying to kill her.