Suits (TV Series)

Yesterday's Gone (2014)

Kelvin Wheeler: Bailiff

Quotes 

• Bailiff : Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God!

  Jessica Pearson : I do. But before we start, I would like to make a statement. I am here to tell the truth, but what I want you to understand is that the truth is subjective.

  Henry Gerard : The truth is the truth.

  Jessica Pearson : No, the law is the law. We can define where the legal line is. I'm talking about the truth. The truth is much more complicated. By the letter of the law, Quinton Sainz may or may not have been competent. I can't say what's true with 100% certainty. I just don't know. But what I can say with certainty is that Quinton knew what he was doing when he trusted me to look over his best interest.

  Henry Gerard : How do you know that?

  Jessica Pearson : Because I knew him. Just because someone can't check off everything on the list that is required to be competent doesn't mean they aren't better at whatever they do than the rest of us. And Quinton Sainz was an amazing man with an amazing mind. And if he were here right now, I'd still listen to him on any subject sooner than I'd listen to anybody else.

  Henry Gerard : That's all very touching, but we're not here to talk about the truth. We're here to deal with the letter of the law.

  Jessica Pearson : Have you never met someone who bought the letter of the law and shouldn't be able to do what they do? Who beats the odds?

  Henry Gerard : Your honor!

  [Raising his voice] 

  Jessica Pearson : We are talking about a man's life. We're talking about his legacy. And I dispute that those things are less important than the letter of the law.

  Henry Gerard : Your honor, what has to happen is very clear, you have to undo this Injustice.

  Jessica Pearson : Yes. This is about Justice, but the issue is whether Quinton Sainz was competent when he made that mean executor, but rather, would it have been his intent to do so if we were. This man dedicated his life to one thing, and the circumstances surrounding how he decided to protect that thing it's not the question.

  Henry Gerard : It's a question of law, Miss Pearson.

  Jessica Pearson : No, it is a question of doing what is right.

  Judge : Motion to remove Jessica Pearson as a executor has been denied. Court adjourned.