LORENZO hears a knock at his door.
LORENZO
Who is it? Is this the police?
VOICE
Open the door and you’ll find out!
LORENZO opens the door and finds ADAM, LINCOLN, REAGAN, MADISON, CHASE, and SAM are standing there.
SAM
You really should not just answer the door without knowing who it is.
LORENZO
I always like a good surprise!
LINCOLN
This is a surprise?
LORENZO
No.
REAGAN
So you’re…not glad to see us?
LORENZO
I didn’t say that! Necessarily.
ADAM
Do you want to win your case or not?
LORENZO
Yes.
ADAM
I take that as our invitation to walk right in, guys!
Everyone walks into LORENZO’s house.
MADISON
So first thing’s first: How’d the call with your other friend go?
LORENZO doesn’t answer at first.
MADISON
You didn’t call him, did you?
LORENZO
I did!
MADISON
How did it go?
LORENZO
Pretty bad. So anyways, what’s the plan?
LINCOLN
What do you mean, pretty bad?
LORENZO
Oh, well, turns out he got convicted.
LINCOLN
Convicted?! I thought you said he was innocent?!
LORENZO
He was! I thought, at least. Excuse me for trusting him.
LINCOLN
You can’t just go trusting people in jail.
ADAM
Yeah, it’s not the bullpen.
LORENZO
I know that now!
CHASE
This is not good.
LORENZO
So how are we gonna win this, guys?
LINCOLN
Honestly? I don’t think we are.
MADISON
Yeah, I don’t see how this case can possibly be won. You made friends out of criminals and let them loose, Lorenzo! The public is not going to be on your side!
LORENZO
Unintentionally!
SAM
I don’t know, I still think we have a shot here. We just need to double down on the Lorenzo-is-stupid plan.
REAGAN
Yeah, that’s all that’s left at this point.
LORENZO
Fine by me.
CHASE
Again, you should not be so on board with a plan that makes you look stupid.
LORENZO
What you call stupid, I call being myself.
ADAM
We’d be bad lawyers if we didn’t at least come up with a detailed plan for how to portray Lorenzo as stupid.
MADISON
We’d be bad lawyers to even keep working on this case. Lorenzo, you’re a friend, but I have to take some time to think about if I’m gonna stay on this case.
LINCOLN
I’m with Madison here, if this case goes on much longer I have to really think about if it’s worth my time.
MADISON and LINCOLN both leave. Everyone else is in shock.
SAM
Should we come up with the plan or call it a night?
LORENZO
I vote for just being myself.
CHASE
On top of that, why don’t you put out a statement on social media condemning the behavior of those criminals. Set the record straight.
REAGAN
That’s actually a good idea.
CHASE
Why actually?
LORENZO
Okay I’ll do it.
ADAM
Keep it short and to the point.
REAGAN
Nothing controversial, just make sure people know you think crime is bad.
SAM
Don’t worry Lorenzo. We’re gonna win this case for you.
CHASE
Yes. This case that is about campaign finance fraud. Everyone remember that.
SAM
We remember. We just need to be presenting to the jury someone who doesn’t think crime is a good thing. It’s a little bump in the road but we’ll get back there.
REAGAN
Alright Lorenzo, can we trust you to make the post?
LORENZO
Of course!
REAGAN
Well in that case, I’m done for the night.
REAGAN leaves. SAM, CHASE, and ADAM follow.