Plot

Harvey joins forces with and old familiar face to take down Daniel Hardman, Mike and Katrina play a sneaky game of one-upmanship, and Rachel gets some bad news about her Harvard application.

With Daniel Hardman endeavoring to bring down the Pearson Hardman firm, Jessica Pearson struggles against financial ruin when the firm runs out of money. They need wins to recuperate and look into merging with a London firm. As Harvey struggles to work with Scottie, Mike struggles to work with Katrina, who looks to make a name for herself, and Rachel receives word on her Harvard application.—statmanjeff

Open with Harvey and Mike watching Hanley Folsom on tape. Harvey wants to catch him in a lie but Mike tells him he was denied authorization to hire an investigator.

Jessica tells Harvey the firm is essentially out of money.

Harvey tells Mike the plan is to focus on just one of the seven cases they currently have to work. They agree the case should be Bakersfield, which is run by Folsom's brother-in-law and has the worst stats in terms of gender discrimination.

Harvey arrives at the conference room to find Scottie waiting for him. She is looking to take ten of their cases.

Harvey suggests that, instead of fighting against him with limited resources, the only way to beat Daniel might be to partner with Scottie's rich, London-based firm. Jessica reluctantly agrees.

Katrina has been assigned to Bakersfield by Jessica but Mike doesn't like it. Mike tells Harvey, who is unhappy to be working alongside Scottie.

Harvey talks to Scottie, whose goal the whole time was getting him to partner with her firm. She wants to start with Bakersfield, but Harvey suggests Parkville. It's the toughest case to win, but the benefit is that Daniel will never be expecting them to target it. Harvey thinks when they win that case the rest of them will follow. The plan is to pretend they're working all 45 cities in order to confuse Daniel.

Jessica asks Mike and Katrina to find something on Hanley Folsom. Mike learns that Katrina wasn't actually assigned by Jessica, but in fact asked to be on the case. This leads to an argument about the circumstances under which Katrina was hired.

On her firm's private jet, Scottie makes a move on Harvey. Harvey weakly tries to fight it on professional grounds but eventually goes along with it.

Rachel gets rejected by Harvard. Donna learns the news but keeps it from Mike. Despite being near tears, Rachel gets it together enough to recommend to Mike that they need to go after Hanley's personal correspondence.

Harvey and Scottie arrive in Parkville for the deposition and are greeted by Daniel. He knew they'd be there by checking the flight plan for Scottie's jet. Harvey gets a call from Mike who knows why Parkville manager Kathleen Mitchell, the woman they are deposing, was promoted.

Harvey brings up the fact Mitchell had a hysterectomy nine months before her promotion, suggesting the fact she couldn't have children is the only reason Hanley hired her. Mitchell shoots back that she never told anybody, but Harvey is convinced that Hanley found out.

After the deposition, Scottie is furious with Harvey for not telling her what he found out about Mitchell. Scottie says her last loss to Harvey is the reason she hasn't become a name partner. If she wins this case, she'll get her name on the door.

Rachel is having trouble focusing and it is hurting Mike in the eyes of Jessica.

In an incredibly condescending way, Katrina asks Rachel to stop what she's doing for Mike and do something for her.

Rachel practically bursts into tears, telling Louis she didn't get into Harvard. Considering her resume, Louis realizes the person responsible is Sheila. He says "I believe you were wronged and I will not have it."

When Harvey and Scottie return, they find Jessica and Darby (Scottie's boss) waiting for them. Darby has shown up with a file on clients Daniel has wronged.

Rachel finds Mike the Hanley access he's been looking for and also mentions her interactions with Katrina.

Katrina brings Harvey the subpoena Rachel found an hour before Mike does. Harvey isn't happy.

Mike yells at Katrina for pursuing his idea and then taking credit for it with Harvey.

Louis pays Sheila a visit and charges her with behaving unprofessionally. Sheila finds this noble, which leads to them having sex.

Rachel tells Mike that Katrina has already found the smoking gun they need. The person she has making the copies is notorious for making slow copies and Mike's plan is to steal the information before it gets to Jessica.

After sex, Sheila tells Louis that Rachel simply wasn't good enough. She actually liked Rachel, but her pool of candidates was simply too strong.

Mike brings Jessica and Harvey the smoking gun, the key to winning Parkville.

Daniel and Hanley arrive for their deposition and find Mitchell sitting in the conference room. Harvey and Jessica tell them they've found an email proving Hanley knew Mitchell couldn't have children and changed his review of her because of the fact. Daniel doesn't think it proves a pattern and leaves with his client.

Katrina waits for Mike and Rachel in Rachel's office. Katrina suggests the two of them are sleeping together.

Jessica tells Darby she's considering his offer and we see her show him the firm's books for the last five years. Harvey sees this through a door.

Harvey confronts Scottie about her firm merging with his and she tells him she wants both of their names on the same door. Darby wouldn't let her tell him about it. Harvey leaves her with "this merger isn't happening."

Jessica and Darby meet with Daniel. She tells him, because of their plans of merger, that Jessica had to show Darby their books, meaning Darby knows about his embezzlement. This means Daniel could lose his client and possibly end up in jail. Jessica recommends he settle on the way out.

Louis lies to Rachel and tells her that his relationship is to blame for her not getting into Harvard. He offers to write her a recommendation for any other school, but she won't be going to Harvard.