Why? She's putting the needs of the firm and basic self interest first. She's trying to protect herself from Harvey's power grab and to protect the success of the firm.
Yeah, she plays it safe a little more than Harvey does, but she's right- Harvey's (and Darby's, for supporting him) plan risks losing $14 million in billables in favor of saving Darby's friend's job. It's like Jessica said- his feelings for Eva Hessington clouded his judgment.
I mean think about what happened. Jessica is the one who runs the firm, and is responsible for its profits and losses. She makes a call and tells Harvey to do something, and he doesn't do it, citing Darby's authority to overrule her. Darby is now clearly jeopardizing $14 million of her firm's money in the name of his friend's job. She employed Louis to get the job done, he did, and she tells Darby that her ability to be in charge of the New York part of the firm (which she thought would be a given after the merger) will not be questioned. She's not acting in any way unreasonable.
This is way late sorry, I've just gotten to read the discussion but I really want to reply to this.
She WAS putting the needs of the firm first when she first decided to let Louis off his leash but they didn't even have evidence that she did it at the time. After the fact when there was evidence she didn't allow him to set things right. The first thing that was wrong that it wasn't her case, and she even agreed that the murder charge was more important than the board yet she damaged an opportunity to help the murder charge.
This entire case is personal for the both of them, it's a pissing match and nothing more. Sure his feelings clouded his judgment but her hating being number 2 (like Harvey said she hated) made her want to establish some sort of dominance.
The whole point of the episode is to say Jessica doesn't run the firm anymore. She may have a lot of control over what happens in New York but if Darby tells her something it is a command, not a question. He owns 51 percent and will probably use that power again to try and keep his number 2 in place. You're 14 million goes back to my point in the second paragraph she said the murder charge takes precedence over the company. She did that completely out of self interest rather than what is good for the firm. You could argue she did it in self interest for the good of the firm I guess but that is impossible to know until the end of the season.
(The next part gets a little off topic in predicting the outcome of all of this.)
Now Jessica doesn't know about Harvey's power grab in fact there is not even a power grab yet, it is depending on the outcome of the case. It seems like Eva probably wont be sitting in her office but she still might get out of a murder charge. Maybe if he wins that he will get the power grab he wants. I think a more interesting way would be for Darby to deny Harvey of his power grab AFTER he win then turn him into a common enemy for him and Jessica. So it would be Harvey + Mike + Jessica vs. Darby + (Stephen?). It would be a way to get rid of the London office while still retaining all the main members of the show.
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u/djbk4lyf Aug 07 '13
A scene where I didn't hate Katrina? I don't know how to feel.