Can the little guys ever win in opposition to the humungous tech corporations that rule our trendy world? Worth, Siffre & Associates, the scrappy legislation agency on the middle of CBS’ “Cupertino,” actually hopes so. And within the sequence premiere Thursday, we get to witness the upstart Silicon Valley agency’s origin story.
In a second, we’ll need to hear what you considered the latest authorized drama from Robert and Michelle King (“The Good Spouse,” “The Good Struggle,” “Evil”). First, although, a quick recap of Episode 1, “Michael & Olivia.”
Can the little guys ever win in opposition to the humungous tech corporations that rule our trendy world? Worth, Siffre & Associates, the scrappy legislation agency on the middle of CBS’ “Cupertino,” actually hopes so. And within the sequence premiere Thursday, we get to witness the upstart Silicon Valley agency’s origin story.
In a second, we’ll need to hear what you considered the latest authorized drama from Robert and Michelle King (“The Good Spouse,” “The Good Struggle,” “Evil”). First, although, a quick recap of Episode 1, “Michael & Olivia.”
We meet senior counsel Michael Worth (performed by Mike Colter, “Evil”) and up to date legislation college graduate Olivia Siffre (Rachel Keller, “Fargo”) on the day they’re each fired from S-Speak, a quickly rising expertise firm. After Michael is form to Olivia as they stand on the curb, clutching their belongings and ready for rides, she whispers that she heard firm bigwigs seeming to plot about how one can lower Michael out of the enterprise simply earlier than it skyrockets. We later be taught that Olivia was booted after she rebuffed romantic advances (and a nude picture) from one in every of S-Speak’s skeezy founders.
Although Michael has an intriguing case, no agency within the space will take it, lest they run afoul of the tech giants often called “the Magnificent 7.” Or, as one other counselor reminds Michael: “Legal professionals right here do not make cash from suing folks. They make cash by getting a chunk of a startup.”
