- Louis Litt: [in a voiceover] Dear Harvey and Jessica, there comes a time when a man must look at himself in the mirror, to judge himself instead of waiting to be judged by others, and for me that time is now. You both know I came to Pearson Specter right out of law school, but what you may not know is this is the only place I've ever worked. It's the only place I've ever wanted to work. It is my life, it is my home, and the people that work here are my family. You're like my parents, and the partners, they're like my brothers, and associates under my care are like my children. And I'm ashamed to admit it, but I put all of you in jeopardy for my own personal gain. I told myself it was for the greater good, but the truth is I-I just wanted to feel on the same level as both of you, I... I can deny that no longer. I can excuse my actions no longer. Although we've had our differences over the years, there are no two people I respect more. Your names are on the wall for a reason, and mine is not for a reason, and I refuse to put either one of you through the pain of having to fire me; so, effective immediately, I, Louis Litt, am resigning from Pearson Specter. Please take care of my home.
- Sean Cahill: Did you come here to personally deliver my files?
- Harvey Specter: I came here to personally deliver this.
- Sean Cahill: Well, if it's an invitation to your birthday party, I think I'm busy that day.
- Harvey Specter: That's too bad. I promised the children a clown.
- Katrina Bennett: The last time I saw you, you were worried about going to prison. What did you decide to do?
- Louis Litt: I went to Harvey and Jessica, and I told them everything.
- Katrina Bennett: What?
- Louis Litt: Jessica said that I made a mistake, and they're working on a way out.
- Katrina Bennett: Louis, have you seen... ANY mafia movie ever made?
- Louis Litt: I'm not really a fan of the genre. I find it to be a little offensive to Italians...
- Katrina Bennett: Shut up, and listen. She's telling you to your face she'll let you live, but behind your back, she's making plans to whack you.
- Sean Cahill: Eric, obviously these allegations are crazy.
- Eric Woodall: Of course they are.
- Sean Cahill: So just... prove it to 'em you've got nothing to hide.
- Eric Woodall: [cornered] This is ridiculous. I-I-I am not gonna dignify... I'm your boss.
- Sean Cahill: [to Harvey, Mike and Louis] Gentlemen, give me a minute.
- Louis Litt: Yep.
- Mike Ross: [to Woodall] By a minute, he means ten to fifteen years.
- Harvey Specter: [also to Woodall] In about a half an hour, you're gonna need a really good lawyer. When that happens, don't call me.
- Donna Paulsen: Harvey, I don't even know what exactly Louis did.
- Harvey Specter: He broke the law to close Forstman.
- Donna Paulsen: He broke it or Forstman made him break it?
- Harvey Specter: What's the goddamn difference?
- Donna Paulsen: Harvey...
- Harvey Specter: You don't have to say it, Donna, I've heard it a thousand times. Louis only did this to get my approval. And, you know what? I don't give a shit that I agreed to be his best man. He put you, me, and every one of us in jeopardy to get what he wanted.
- Louis Litt: Harvey, I can explain.
- Harvey Specter: Explain what, that you put the firm in jeopardy all because you had to be the hero?
- Louis Litt: I didn't do it to be the hero. I didn't even know I was gonna do it at all.
- Harvey Specter: What?
- Louis Litt: The deal was closed, and you were so happy we won. Then I went back that night, Forstman said if I didn't funnel the money overseas, the deal was off, so I did it.
- Harvey Specter: There's more.
- Jessica Pearson: How do you know there's more?
- Harvey Specter: Because with Forstman there's always more.
- Louis Litt: He made me take a million dollars out of the deal so I couldn't turn on him later.
- Jessica Pearson: Jesus Christ.
- Louis Litt: I had no choice!
- Harvey Specter: Bullshit, you had no choice! You coulda said no at any goddamn point along the way, but you didn't, because all you cared about was yourself.
- Louis Litt: Okay, if I care about myself so much, how come I'm in here telling you that I'm gonna confess?
- Harvey Specter: You want to confess? Be my guest!
- Jessica Pearson: Harvey, that's enough. Louis. the problem with that is that we're innocent. Cahill's plan is to throw mud against the wall and see what sticks. You tell him about what you did, and all of a sudden, everything sticks.
- Charles Forstman: What do you want, Harvey?
- Harvey Specter: I want you to undo the dirty deal you made with Louis Litt.
- Charles Forstman: Dirty deal. Doesn't sound like me at all.
- Harvey Specter: How does prison sound? Because the S. E. C. is gonna get a record of the shit you pulled tomorrow morning.
- Charles Forstman: There is no record, 'cause I didn't do anything. Louis Litt came to me, and he's the one who embezzled money.
- Harvey Specter: And your grudge isn't with Louis. It's with me; so, let him go. Live to fight me another day.
- Charles Forstman: If I let him off, I let you off, and I don't think I want to do that.
- Harvey Specter: Then you're forcing me to turn you in for what you did twelve years ago.
- Charles Forstman: No way. You're not gonna do that, because you did it too, pal.
- Harvey Specter: But if you did it to Louis and you did it to me, you did it to a hundred others, and if you don't do what I'm asking, I'll just have to find the one in a hundred that's in a position to turn on you.
- Donna Paulsen: Louis, I understand why you did what you did.
- Louis Litt: You do?
- Donna Paulsen: Yes. You went down a path with the best intentions, and then it just got worse and worse until it was too late.
- Louis Litt: Feel like shit.
- Donna Paulsen: And you should.
- Louis Litt: What? But you just said...
- Donna Paulsen: I understand? I do. But I don't think you understand that every other time you screwed up, it was a mistake, and this time, it was a choice!
- Sean Cahill: You got Judge Hopkins to let you start depositions on your malicious prosecution bullshit?
- Harvey Specter: He didn't think it was bullshit, which is why he's letting me start with your boyfriend Eric Woodall.
- Sean Cahill: You trying to take my eye off the ball, Harvey?
- Harvey Specter: This is the ball, Sean. It's a wrecking ball, and it's headed your way
- Harvey Specter: How long have you worked for the S. E. C.?
- Eric Woodall: Two months.
- Jessica Pearson: And where were you before that?
- Eric Woodall: I worked at the U. S. attorneys' office.
- Harvey Specter: Until I got you fired for malicious prosecution.
- Eric Woodall: You didn't get me fired. You slandered me to a person in power, which caused me to leave a job I loved.
- Jessica Pearson: To avoid getting fired.
- Louis Litt: I read the Eric Woodall deposition, and I thought I could help.
- Jessica Pearson: Help what?
- Louis Litt: You're here to shut down Sean Cahill, and he's not gonna give up without a fight.
- Jessica Pearson: Louis, I don't have time for this. So take your arguments and get the hell out of here.
- Louis Litt: Please, Jessica, I want to help.
- Jessica Pearson: I don't need your help. We're about to put this thing to bed.
- Louis Litt: And I feel responsible.
- Jessica Pearson: You *are* responsible. You are the entire reason we are in jeopardy, and you want to sit your stupid face in front of Cahill? You may as well wear a sign that says "depose me next". And if he does that, you will tumble like a House of Cards, because you are ruled by your emotions, and that is the reason why we are in this situation in the first place.
- Mike Ross: You know what I think?
- Harvey Specter: What?
- Mike Ross: I think we both could've used a better lawyer in that deposition.
- Louis Litt: I told you I went to see Cahill. He wasn't there. Five minutes later, Eric Woodall shows up. I say two words, "Charles Forstman." He hustles me outta there like I'm his mistress with his wife coming up the driveway.