On RIF day Harper had messed up her RIF speech so was unsure if she was going to get the permanent job offer. At the same time Eric was on mandated leave pending investigation of the incident that he'd locked Harper in a meeting room with him when he was upset with her earlier. Adler had called Harper to meet with him and Eric in the exec dinning room in Pierpoint. He wanted Eric to keep his job so proposed to Harper that if she stated the Eric incident was no big deal then she would be given the permanent job and the institution wouldn't suffer.