Uncle Pete killed the dog. Tate Donovan gave him money, and he gave Tate the dog collar to pass on to Patty.Cearbhaill said:I don't get the money changing with Uncle Pete either but I suspect someone sharper than me will be along to explain.... maybe. Or it's a mystery- which is good IMO. I'm hooked.
Seems I'm just full of "duh" moments on this show...Rob Helmerichs said:Uncle Pete killed the dog. Tate Donovan gave him money, and he gave Tate the dog collar to pass on to Patty.
It's going to be played out over the season.NatasNJ said:Do we know what happened to the new hire lawyer? Or is that something that seems to be played out over the season?
And it would appear we know what happens to her fiance since (unless I'm wrong that's who it was)NatasNJ said:Do we know what happened to the new hire lawyer? Or is that something that seems to be played out over the season?
I was thinking about this last night also. Who is the show based around, Glenn close or Ellen? I assume Ellen from the terms of the story but Glenn Close is clearly the draw to the show. So interesting to see how it pans out and if they go forward how they make it happen and with who.Werd2406 said:Ok, now it makes sense! And that makes it even better!!! Can't wait to see how this plays out....but I can't see them doing a second season since it appears Glenn Close to be kinda the bad guy(or girl).....and Ellen seemed pretty shook up/not wanting to see her so....a second season seems a bit hard to picture?
I got two words for you: FX and Vic Mackie.cwoody222 said:I'm sure we're going to learn to love her throughout the season.
I was totally duped - I believed Tatescooterboy said:Edit to add: when Ellen went to visit the fired Tate Donovan, it was then I guessed that his firing was a sham and they were just reeling her in.
I was duped as well, but I'm not sure it was fair--the plan was pretty, well, silly. She "fires" Tate so Ellen will go to him and be fooled? But what are the odds that Ellen will go to him in the first place? Patty was assuming that Ellen would get exactly far enough down the suspicion road to question her, and far enough down the trust road to consider Tate a reliable source of information, but not far enough down the suspicion road to wonder why she should trust Tate in the first place, and not far enough down the trust road to trust Patty.Cainebj said:I was totally duped - I believed Tate
I didn't realize right away the firing was a scam, but I thought that Tate's character was either still being watched by Patty or that he would run to her with what he knew in an attempt to get back in Patty's good graces.scooterboy said:Edit to add: when Ellen went to visit the fired Tate Donovan, it was then I guessed that his firing was a sham and they were just reeling her in.
Legally speaking, there is no conflict of interest there, as long as new attorney hasn't done any legal work for sister (reviewing a purchase contract for restaurant equipment, as a favor, for example). Unless the attorney has an attorney-client relationship with a relative, there's no conflict. AFAIK, there's not even a cconflict if husband and wife are on opposite sides of a case, representing opposing parties.SeanC said:I'm hoping AJRitz will pop by at some point.
This is my question for AJ:
Plaintiff hires new attorney.
New attorney discovers that her sister's new restaurant is being financed by the defendant.
There is an open question of whether the plaintiff knew of the relationship between the new hire/sister/defendant.
The sister is almost certainly going to be the key witness against the defendant.
Is it just me or isn't that a huge conflict of interest?
I know, I know, it's just a show, still I'm curious.
In the show it is implied that the lawyer sister is the restaurant sister's lawyer.AJRitz said:Legally speaking, there is no conflict of interest there, as long as new attorney hasn't done any legal work for sister (reviewing a purchase contract for restaurant equipment, as a favor, for example). Unless the attorney has an attorney-client relationship with a relative, there's no conflict. AFAIK, there's not even a cconflict if husband and wife are on opposite sides of a case, representing opposing parties.
I don't think that was relevant to the plan. She fired him so he could keep doing the dirty work without Ellen suspecting, IMO. It didn't matter whether Ellen went to him for advice. Thus his comment about how only Patty could pull it off - Ellen knew why she was hired and yet still produced the witness.Rob Helmerichs said:I was duped as well, but I'm not sure it was fair--the plan was pretty, well, silly. She "fires" Tate so Ellen will go to him and be fooled? But what are the odds that Ellen will go to him in the first place?