Team of Rivals

Hi, my name is Joey.

ME: So Ben and Bart were--
NATHAN: No! Ben and Bart were nothing. This is all a set-up.

We were all at Nathan's house on the East Side trying to come up with a plan to help Ben now that he'd been arrested.

JEREMY: They're just looking for a scapegoat since they can't try Bart--
DAVIS: Well, I had nothing to do with this. This is federal. This is serious.
ME: This is like Law & Order--the one without the sex.
RITCHIE: I could do a show on it. Wrongly accused people score big ratings.
JEREMY: Is it all about tv with you now?
RITCHIE: It always has been. It's just that now I actually have a show.
JACKSON: What did the letter Bart sent say?
NATHAN: Nobody knows.
HANK: They'll probably tell everybody at the trial.
NATHAN: THERE CAN'T BE A TRIAL!

We all got quiet.

NATHAN: I'm sorry, but things come out at trials. Things that...should not...come out.
ADAM: When did you become the Mayor of Vague City?
NATHAN: We need a plan.
JEREMY: We need a lawyer.
DAVIS: We need to go get a drink.
HANK: I second that.

I stood up.

ME: Guys, this is serious! If Ben gets convicted for this, he's going to jail for a really long time. We have to prove that this is crazy. I mean, if Ben helped Bart it basically means he wanted all of us dead. And that's just not true, right?

We all looked around the room at each other.

ADAM: Maybe not all of us.

That's when I realized maybe it wasn't such a crazy idea after all.