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My only problem with this is there's little to suggest Nick was gonna adopt any of these cockamamie strategies before Barnes showed up.The Barneswalker and his type have a worse problem. They are fanatics. They will often encourage their clients to make stands on principle and to become martyrs to nonsensical causes. They will put the client's interest in pursuing a lost cause ahead of what are the actual best interests of the client.
But in an ironic sense, Barneswalker is the best attorney for someone like Nick. An attorney in the end has to believe in their client, pursue the objectives the client desires rather than trying to second-guess them or be a parent to them. The other special concern here is that Nick is an attorney. Nothing he is doing or instructing his attorney to do can be said to be out of ignorance.
As we saw from the May 28th transcript, Nick admitted that the house was fucked up, and seemed to indicate he knew damn well the kid was gonna test positive for cocaine.
Then Viva and Barnes start in on their bullshit, and suddenly Ms. Sweep is guilty of perjury and the drug test is total bunk.
As much of a arrogant dumb fuck as Nick is, I would be willing to at least entertain the notion he's being massively gaslit by Barnes and his ilk right now. And they're doing it because they see $$$ in it, and know how big an ego has. Nick is highly manipulative, but is himself susceptible to being manipulated given the right person and tactics (Dick Masterson seems highly adept at it, as evidenced by how Nick was browbeaten into forgiving Ralph).
Mind you, that's perfectly fine by me. Nick has used people before for his own selfish ends. Fuck him.
In fact, I've found the idea that the Barneswalker Frank White might end up "Ty Bearding" Nick poetic justice.
EDIT: Cleanup.
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