S01E22 - Moot

"Moot" is the twenty-second episode of Season 1 of We Can Fix Pawbert and the second part of a two-part Suits crossover.

Synopsis

The Pearson Specter Litt team transforms the safehouse into a mock courtroom to prepare witnesses for cross-examination. Harvey Specter subjects Pawbert to brutal practice questioning, teaching him to redirect attacks to the evidence rather than defending himself. A motion is filed to disqualify the corrupt prosecutor Grazella.

Plot

The safehouse has transformed overnight into something unrecognizable—a war room layered with tablets, documents, and the evidence of corruption laid out like an autopsy. Donna Paulsen presents her findings to the group: e-filing access logs prove Louis Grazella accessed defense documents before they were officially served, and a shell nonprofit funded by Lynxley Holdings made consulting payments to Grazella's brother-in-law. Luther produces security footage from a private club showing Vale and Grazella meeting twice a month, at one point exchanging an envelope. The prosecutor has been bought through three layers of insulation.

Jessica Pearson directs the team's focus to what comes next: testimony that can survive cross-examination. The furniture is rearranged with clinical precision—the dining table becomes a counsel table, chairs form a mock jury box, and Jessica sits in a position that radiates judicial authority. Dr. Fuzzby appears on a tablet to monitor and offer grounding if needed. Harvey Specter straightens his cuffs, and something shifts in his posture—he is not Harvey Specter anymore. He is Ryshard Vale.

Pawbert takes the stand first. Nikki Bramble conducts direct examination, establishing the basics: the guilty plea, the cooperation agreement, the reason for testifying. Pawbert delivers the anchor Jessica gave him—he finally saw what he was becoming, and he does not want to be that anymore. Then Harvey begins cross-examination. He forces Pawbert to confirm every violent act he committed personally, then pivots to the damaging truth: Milton did not order any of it. The crimes were Pawbert's own choices.

Harvey presses harder, attacking the cooperation agreement as a deal that incentivizes false testimony. When Pawbert looks toward Luther for reassurance, Harvey notices and exploits it immediately. He questions the nature of their relationship, demanding to know if Pawbert has engaged in romantic or sexual conduct with his security officer. The room holds its breath. Pawbert admits the truth. Harvey frames it devastatingly—a convicted criminal sleeping with the mammal assigned to protect him, whose testimony will corroborate Pawbert's. Dr. Fuzzby calls for the anchor phrase from the tablet. Pawbert steadies himself and redirects: his guilt is real, but it does not change the documented evidence against his family. When Harvey pushes on the relationship, Pawbert refuses to apologize—it is real, it is his, and it has nothing to do with whether his family is guilty.

Judy Hopps takes the stand next. Harvey attacks her judgment, suggesting trauma has compromised her perspective. Judy deflects every attack back to the evidence, refusing to engage on personal territory. Nick Wilde follows, his humor dropped for once as Harvey presses on his history as a con artist. Nick argues that Pawbert is a terrible liar—watched him bluff at cards, watched him try to hide feelings, obvious every time—and that is how Nick knows the remorse is genuine. Luther takes the stand last. Harvey attacks his restricted file, his compromised professional integrity, his development of feelings for a violent criminal. Luther remains unmoved: his testimony is based on facts he observed, and his relationship with the witness does not change what he saw.

Louis Litt drills Nikki Bramble on objection timing until her responses become automatic. Mike Ross finds Pawbert sitting alone and offers comfort drawn from his own experience of having his fate decided by others. Mike's counsel is simple: acknowledge self-interest, then pivot to truth. When Harvey delivers the final challenge—they will call Pawbert a monster, what does he say—Pawbert finds the answer more easily now: he was, and he is trying not to be.

The motion to disqualify Grazella is filed sealed through Nikki's office. Jessica Pearson confirms that Judge Stone has called an emergency hearing for the following morning. The PSL team departs as quickly as they arrived. Donna Paulsen passes her phone number to Nikki—a gesture of professional solidarity. Louis Litt delivers the final word on their involvement: if anyone asks, they were never here. Harvey Specter's parting advice to Pawbert carries the weight of someone who understands what is at stake.

The pack remains in the quiet safehouse. Pawbert stands at the window, processing the reality that tomorrow the defense will try to make his relationship with Luther look manipulative and dirty. Luther refuses to hide something real because it is inconvenient. Nick pauses on his way to bed to tell them both that what they have is good. Nikki Bramble delivers her own declaration of intent: she is going to beat Vale, Grazella, whoever the new prosecutor is. She watched expensive lawyers spend twelve hours making sure she could do her job—if they believed in her, she can believe in herself.

Key Moments

• Site Two transformed into moot court for cross-examination preparation
• Harvey Specter plays Vale in devastating practice cross-examinations
• Harvey attacks Pawbert's relationship with Luther
• Pawbert initially breaks under pressure but recovers using the anchor phrase
• Each witness learns their specific strategy
• Judy learns to deflect every attack back to the evidence
• Nick argues that Pawbert's honesty is his weakness, not a weapon
• Luther refuses to apologize for the relationship
• Pawbert learns to respond when called a monster
• Motion filed to disqualify corrupt prosecutor Grazella
• Mike Ross comforts Pawbert during a break
• PSL departs after the preparation is complete
• Harvey delivers parting advice before leaving

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Notes

• The moot court technique -- redirecting to evidence rather than defending oneself -- is the strategy Pawbert uses successfully during the actual trial in The Trial.
• Donna giving Nikki her phone number is a small character beat connecting the two legal support figures.