At the executive weekly meeting, Ellice notices Max’s lapel pin is the same one Ellice saw the two board members wearing at the cocktail party. Nate asks everyone about the protestors outside and Max suggests they hire a private security team. Ellice disagrees and says that they should talk about a settlement with the EEOC. Her suggestion infuriates Max who hates the idea of negotiating with the protestors. Nate decides they should just wait and see what happens. Jonathan reports that he finished the Libertad deal. When Ellice asks for information on the Libertad deal, Jonathan shuts her down by saying she has no work with the deal.

In her office, Nate tells Ellice that she must understand that Max and Jonathan are set in their ways. He tells her an old proverb, “When elephants fight, the only thing that suffers is the grass” (129). In this case, Ellice and Jonathan’s fight will only make the people below them suffer. Ellice agrees to try to work with Jonathan as Ellice’s cell phone rings. The caller ID says “Michael Sayles.”