You know how I know that?

Because you knew that one day I’d come in here asking for this.

As much as that was an ouch moment, can’t say that I disagree with her. The ramifications of his  decision to hire Mike, one based on whimsy and ego, are still spiraling out of control and costing the firm more and more. It’s weakened Harvey, Jessica, even Donna, and especially the firm.

Pearson Hardman represents itself to its clients as a firm that will provide Harvard-educated lawyers and the clients pay for that. It may be foolish, it may be shallow, but it’s what it is. We know that outside perjuring himself in court, Harvey is fine with lying to people, including his clients and co-workers, if he thinks that he is right, and very often, he does in fact make plays and decisions that end up in satisfactory outcomes for everyone. In Mike’s case, he’s decided that his memory and understanding are enough to outweigh his not having gone to Harvard or indeed, any law school, and that’s where he’s wrong. Mike knows the law but he doesn’t know how to be a lawyer. He doesn’t understand how to represent his client first and foremost and he doesn’t understand the importance of privilege and confidentiality.

The main players have been spending so much of their time and effort to cover for Harvey’s decision, one which he’s never even been punished for, despite the position in which it’s put Jessica and the firm. Harvey’s gut makes great short-term decisions, but if he can’t look to the future of the firm first, then perhaps he’s not ready to have his name on the stationary.