mitch knows he faces a stark choice. if he works with the fbi, he believes that even if he stays alive, he will have to disclose information about the firm's legitimate clients—thus breaking the attorney–client privilege and risking disbarment. however, the fbi warns him that if he stays with the firm, he will almost certainly go to jail when the fbi takes down both the firm and the moroltos. either way, his life as he knows it is over, and he agrees to cooperate with the fbi in return for $1.5 million and the release of his imprisoned brother ray in arkansas. the fbi release ray but plan to return him to the slammer once mitch hands the feds the files. they also give him half the money before they receive the files. meanwhile, mitch confesses to abby about his one-night stand in the caymans and she separates herself from him, eventually deciding to leave memphis.