- After Louis resigns from Pearson Specter, Harvey, Mike and Donna try to help him get back on his feet, but Jessica's refusal to budge on his contract could hurt all of them in the long run.
- Unable to work anywhere else in New York without bringing along clients, Louis asks Harvey for help, but Jessica says no. Katrina, still loyal to Louis, reveals a client that Louis could steal, which puts Louis and Harvey in direct and hostile confrontation. Mike's ignorance of a small Harvard-related detail inadvertently gives Louis leverage to wrest what he truly wants from Jessica.—statmanjeff
- Louis asks Harvey for a favor. He can't get hired at any of the big firms in New York without bringing clients with him, and the Pearson Specter bylaws prevent that. He wants to take three small clients that he originally brought to the firm. Harvey agrees to take the request to Jessica.
Jessica quickly tells Harvey no, saying she's worried it will create a precedent. She'll give him a glowing recommendation if a call comes in about him, but that's it.
Mike, Rachel and Donna help pack up Louis' stuff.
Jessica tells Katrina she knew what Louis was up to and said nothing, but she's giving her a second chance.
Harvey gets Louis a great new job offer, but he'd have to work in Cincinnati. This is unacceptable to Louis, who says he's going to come after the firm and his clients.
Louis angrily present Jessica a copy of the bylaws that say if the firm doesn't reach out to a client about a change in representation, the outgoing partner can pursue the client. Jessica doesn't seem worried. On Louis' way out, he runs into Katrina, who tells him Jessica had her contact his clients clients, leaving him no leg to stand on.
Mike tells Harvey he's worried. How Jessica treated Louis concerns him that she won't want to keep him around for long. He needs a big job with a big problem to fix to cement his value. Harvey tells him two pharmaceutical companies are merging, the result of their larger control of the industry means the firm would have to drop Harvey's client, VersaLife. He wants Mike to find a way around the law so he can keep VersaLife. This is a presumed insurmountable problem.
Donna comes to Harvey about Louis. She thinks there is another non-New York option for him.
Donna meets Louis as his favorite gun range. She suggests he work in Boston so he can be closer to Sheila. Louis likes the idea.
Louis walks into Sheila's office and tells her he wants them to get back together. She's concerned that he didn't leave the firm for her and that he didn't follow through when he had the option to change his hours and work out of Boston. Most of all, she doesn't think his stance on having children has actually changed. She tells him good-bye.
Harvey tells Donna and Mike that Louis never even showed for the interview in Boston. Mike (who hasn't resolved the VersaLife problem yet) realizes this means things didn't work out with Sheila and offers to pay Louis a visit.
At Louis' place Mike tries to make small-talk, including asking about a key Louis had had framed on his desk. In the end, Louis says he wants to be alone.
Mike goes to see Rachel's father, Robert, and asks him to hire Louis. Robert initially isn't interested unless Louis can bring him clients, but Mike appears to talk him into the idea, with Robert agreeing to an interview.
Mike tells Rachel the news about Louis and her father's firm. She isn't thrilled, and warns that her father always wants something in return from somebody. It isn't determinable from whom he'll ask it.
Louis interviews with Robert. It goes well until Robert says that, unless he can break the agreement and bring him at least one Pearson Specter client, he isn't interested.
Katrina finds Louis at one of his former clients' offices. She tells him it won't work, but offers to give him another possibility if he's willing to bring her to Robert's firm with him.
Donna tells Harvey she's received an email from Louis that he's going after VersaLife. Harvey realizes this means he's there right now and heads to their office.
At VersaLife, Louis tells Harvey he's already poached them. They weren't happy that Harvey hadn't told them he would probably have to drop them as a client. Harvey is furious Louis would stoop to going after one of his clients.
Harvey tells Jessica about losing VersaLife. She knows that somebody on their end must have told Louis to target them. Given the situation with Robert Zane, Jessica is convinced it was Mike.
Harvey goes to Mike, who assures him he didn't tell Louis anything about VersaLife, but he does have a way to get VersaLife back, involving Walter Gillis.
Harvey and Mike meet with Gillis. They suggest he buy a division of VersaLife that deals with a new drug that targets drug addicts. Gillis is still upset, but Mike is able to convince him it's the right thing to do.
Mike goes to Louis' place and tells him about getting back VersaLife. Mike once again references wanting to hear about the key. A devastated Louis asks him to leave.
Harvey asks Robert to hire Louis as a favor to him. Robert isn't interested, but Harvey tells him to think about it overnight, because one can never have too many favors owed him.
Jessica tells Mike she's impressed with his work with VersaLife. She now knows who told Louis.
Jessica calmly tells Katrina she can either resign or be fired. When Katrina realizes Louis didn't land VersaLife and can't take her to Robert Zane, she weeps.
Mike and Harvey have dinner. Harvey runs back and forth to his phone, anxious to hear if Robert got back to him about Louis. Mike makes lewd but friendly jibes about Harvey's latest trend -- showing compassion.
Donna finds Louis waiting in Harvey's office. He's figured out Mike didn't go to Harvard. The key Mike kept asking about was something a person with Mike's grades at Harvard would have been awarded. Mike should have known exactly what it was -- yet he didn't. Louis attempts to call Shhiela and blow the whistle on Mike, but Donna stops him. He leaves to see Jessica; Donna phones and warns her.
Louis arrives in Jessica's office. She won't apologize for covering up Mike's background, since it was to protect the firm. She realizes he wants something. Louis says he wants to be a name partner as the season ends.
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