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Welcome to sunny California,
gentlemen.

I was starting to think
we wouldn't be seeing you.

We're having the same thought, sir.
Long about Point Mugu.

Pax River, and Oceana,
and North Island.

It's a mess out there, sir.

At least you won't have to wait.

Upgrade was finished
three days ago.

- Sure you don't wanna bunk down?
- No, thank you, sir.

Got a little waitress waiting for me
at the Barefoot Bar.

Wouldn't want to ruin her evening.

Got your John Hancocks?

That's one fully upgraded F-14
officially released to the U.S. Navy.

Say hi to China Lake for me.

- You got it.
- Will do, sir.

- Wing sweep automatic.
- Check.

- Flaps down.
- Check.

Tower, this is Navy jet 2348
ready for takeoff.

Roger that, Navy jet 2348.

You're clear for takeoff.

Cartwright, what the hell is this?

I found it in the cockpit.

Hey, I don't leave my tools
anywhere, Bob.

I guess the screwdriver fairy
must have left it there, huh?

- Herskovitz borrowed that.
- I had a buddy once.

Some idiot left a wrench
in the cockpit.

It flew up while he was doing a loop
and hit him in the face.

Man, that thunder is getting close.

That was the plane
going to China Lake!

Oh, college catalogue, Tiner?

- You cruising for coeds?
- I'm taking some courses, Gunny.

Looking for ways to make myself
more valuable around the office.

They have a major
in alphabetical order?

Maybe improve your filing skills?

I'm thinking about finishing up
my bachelor's degree,

then going to law school.

Wiggins file.
Has the meeting started yet?

The admiral went up
five minutes ago, ma'am.

Five minutes and twelve seconds.
You owe me a buck.

Mic, what are you doing here?

- You're three hours early for lunch.
- Yeah, but who's counting?

You want to come back later?
Maybe wait downstairs?

All right, now that we're all here,
we'll get started.

First up is the F-14 crash
at Frohl Technologies,

which was in the midst
of a third party aircraft upgrade.

Rabb, you and Lieutenant Roberts
will handle the investigation

with the assistance
of the Frohltech representative.

You're the Frohltech representative?

My firm's on retainer.

Who would have thought
we'd be working together?

- Yeah, who would have thought?
- Good to see you, sir.

Mic's fine, mate.

Admiral, do we have the aircraft's
heads-up display recorder?

No. It was burned up with all the rest.
Preliminary reports are inconclusive,

but they're leaning toward pilot error.

I see it had been raining, sir.

Now, Commander Urquizu
was a good stick.

Second in his class at Top Gun.

Forty missions over Kosovo. It would
take more than a rain to trip him.

Well, he had more than
a little rain, mate.

They'd been ferrying planes
back and forth for three days.

Brumby, I'm sure your employers
would love to blame two aviators

rather than a faulty upgrade,
but I think it's a little premature to be...

Well, it looks like you two guys
are gonna save the government

a lot of time and money.

How's that, sir?

Have a debate
instead of an investigation.

I should have thought of that
years ago.

- What's the matter?
- What's the matter?

Surprise, I moved to America.

Surprise,
you're my new brunch date.

Surprise, we're working together.

You made me look stupid in there.

I didn't feel like discussing business
last night.

- Or this morning.
- You should have warned me.

I didn't wanna mix business
with pleasure.

Cut back on the surprises, Mic,
or there won't be any more pleasure.

No worries.

It won't happen again.

You're all invited to a sneak preview
of my latest project.

The re-election
of Congresswoman Bobbi Latham.

When Bobbi Latham learned
there wasn't enough money

to buy Michigan students
their own textbooks, she said no.

When she learned
the Pentagon wanted $40 billion

for the flawed Spyglass
Surveillance System, she said no.

She's leading the fight
against military spending.

Our current prosperity should be
an opportunity to build our schools

and our cities,

not to throw money away
on unneeded and overpriced weapons

and military hardware.

I'll work for you,
the people of Michigan.

Paid for by the committee
to re-elect Bobbi Latham.

On second thought,
maybe you're not my target audience.

Renee.

Excuse me.

Thank God
none of you live in Michigan.

What?

Lunch is off?

Oh, no. Let me guess.

Zimbabwe in five hours.

Well, you're close.
San Diego in four.

Oh, that's good, Harm.

The sooner you tell your mother,
the better.

Renee, mom's in Europe.

And look, I'm not even so sure
I was going to tell her.

I mean, what am I gonna say?

"Hey, Mom, Russia was great.
I got to ride in a helicopter.

Oh, by the way,
when dad was a POW there,

he lived with a woman, they had a son.
I met him. Real nice guy.

So how was your trip?"

Did I ever tell you the story about
my old actress roommate in L. A?

She had this fianc�.

And one day he decides he's had it.

He is moving back to Indiana or Idaho.
Well, it was one of those "l" states.

Anyway, he wants her to marry him
and to come with.

So she asks me.

Is she a good enough actress
that she should stay in L.A.

Instead of going
and being with the man she loves?

Okay, well, she was the worst actress
I had ever seen.

But I didn't want to hurt her feelings,
and so I lied.

And she stayed.

And he married somebody else.

And the last I heard, she is still living
in that same apartment.

Look, your mom was tough enough
to raise you on her own.

She's not gonna break.

And for all you know,
she might actually be happy

that your dad found a little bit of joy
after all of his pain.

Let's have lunch.

You can drive me to the airport
afterwards, okay?

Yeah.

It's a big contract, sir.

Upgrading a hundred and thirty
F-14 Deltas

into F-14 Echos on a deadline,
I've been the NAVPRO

in charge of quality assurance
since the project started.

- What are they doing?
- New turbine blades,

automatic flight control systems,
you name it.

Tell me about the night of the crash,
commander.

I never should have let
those guys go.

They were just plain beat.

Anything else make you question
their fitness to fly?

The younger one, Berke.

He was anxious about getting home.

- What about the aircraft?
- Work was done.

Checked by Frohltech.
Double-checked by me.

And by him. Wilson!

The test pilot.

They're investigating.

- Too bad about those boys.
- Yes, it is.

- You checked out their plane, correct?
- Six or eight times.

A functional test flight
after each job was done.

Then prior to pickup,
a full card test flight.

Two full hours. That's the drill.

- What do you fly, commander?
- Fourteens.

Or I used to.

Well, it's a shame
to have you on the ground then.

You ever get the itch,
we'll take one up.

Well, if you can find the time.

You fly every aircraft
half a dozen times, huh?

Asked and answered, counsellor.

My FCF card's on file.

- I'll be here if you got more questions.
- Thanks.

Yeah, I worked on that plane.
It's all in the report.

Well, I'd like to hear firsthand
exactly what you did on them.

Turbine shroud, blade upgrade
like all the others.

That one needed
a main-mount brake assembly.

- And everything was fine?
- Looked okay to me.

And to Holtsford. And the test pilot.

Wilson, yeah, he doesn't seem
the type to let anything slide.

Wilson?
Yeah, that's an understatement.

You know what pilots use
for birth control?

Yeah, their personalities.

What's the difference between a pilot
and a jet engine?

A jet engine stops whining
when it lands.

Look, I feel real bad
about what happened.

So, what are you doing to this one?

Replacing the heads-up
display computer.

Our HUD would sometimes jitter
so bad we'd shut it off mid-flight.

Yeah, we removed and replaced
a lot of HUDs for that reason.

- Oh, yeah? Where's the CSD?
- What's that?

You're missing a CSD.

- What's a CSD?
- Constant-speed drive, sir.

It supplies electrical power.

A bad CSD could account for the loss
of control that caused the crash, sir.

An upgraded F-14 was due for pickup,
but it had a faulty CSD, sir.

Commander Holtsford pulled
a replacement from the mishap 14.

What did he replace that one with?

A CSD from another aircraft
that had just come in,

but without cannibalization paperwork,
test procedures or inspection.

He lied to us.
He's probably responsible

for the death of those two aviators.

Dereliction of duty at least, sir.
Maybe negligent homicide.

All right.

Inform the convening authority
a court-martial's in order.

- Aye, sir.
- Aye, sir.

Oh Bud, see if Holtsford's records
have come in from BUPERS.

On it, sir.

Commander Rabb.

Congresswoman Latham.

I didn't realise I was
on your whistle-stop tour, ma'am.

You are.

I've come for any report you picked up
in the Frohltech investigation.

Now, what makes you think I would
give you files from an active case?

We're investigating a Naval officer
assigned to Frohltech.

Lieutenant Commander Bob Holtsford.
His attorney's been in contact with me.

I'm holding a Congressional hearing
on waste and fraud at Frohltech.

Lieutenant Commander Holtsford's
agreed to testify.

In exchange, I'm giving him
full immunity from prosecution.

Immunity?

You can't do that, Bobbi.
I'm gonna nail this guy.

Is that an order, commander?

Look, Holtsford is probably
responsible for the death

of two good men
and he needs to pay for it.

No, no. What he needs to do
is help me expose the waste

and incompetence at Frohltech.

This isn't about this case at all, is it?

Frohltech has the contract
for the Spyglass project,

your big campaign issue.

For good reason.

- It's a $40-billion waste.
- Don't make speeches to me.

If there wasn't an election,
there wouldn't be a hearing.

I didn't want your subordinates
hearing me call you an ass.

Holtsford didn't set the system
that caused that plane to crash.

- Frohltech did.
- Let us convict him.

- Then you can have him.
- For what?

Conditions at Leavenworth?

Come on!
He's not gonna talk without immunity.

- It's the best way.
- This is the quickest way.

The best way is to nail Frohltech
and Holtsford.

Oh, come on. Listen, you've done this
a thousand times.

This is the battle we lose
to win the war.

This is not my war.

How many Frohltech planes
are supposed to fall out of the sky

before it is?

Holtsford has his immunity.

The papers are signed.

Fine.

But I'm gonna be there.

Enter.

You wanted to see me, sir?

Oh, yeah. Come on in.

Have a seat.

Doctor Walden's son, Danny,
mentioned

that her birthday was coming up.

- So I thought that...
- I'd love to see what you got her, sir.

Well, if you insist.

That's a really big book, sir.

Complete works of Shakespeare.

She said she wanted
to make it her mission

to read all the classics she missed out
on as a pre-med student.

Permission to speak freely, sir?

Sure.

While this gift is very thoughtful,
it might be a little too thoughtful.

Maybe something more romantic
like cooking her a candlelit dinner.

More romantic?

If I could write the beauty
of your eyes and in fresh numbers,

number all your graces,

the age to come would say
this poet lies.

Such heavenly touches ne'er touched
earthly faces.

Sir, please disregard
everything I just said.

Bobbi, Commander Rabb.

- Great to see you again.
- Congressman Porter.

I'm afraid you're here
on a fool's errand.

- Which would make me the fool?
- Oh, she's fantastic.

I wish our party had 10 like her.

This time she's taking off

after a good and valuable
corporate citizen, I'm afraid.

Valuable to Congressman Porter.
You see, Frohltech's in his district

and people
are major campaign contributors.

Legal contributions,
from a company that helps

keep America strong and free.

Did you know
what Spyglass will do, commander,

unless Congresswoman Latham
manages to use this hearing to kill it?

- I'm aware of it, congressman.
- It's gonna change air warfare forever.

Satellites that can read the label
on Castro's cigar,

deployable to any target area,

all sending real-time data
to our bomber pilots.

So those pilots can tell the difference
between a school bus and a tank

- without exposing themselves.
- If it worked, which it doesn't.

She even opposed spending
the money to build a prototype.

Because once you've spent
the first few billion, it just never stops.

Why don't we go hear what
the gentleman has to say, shall we?

My client agreed to testify
at a public hearing only.

We're entitled to interview him first,
so we know what to expect.

There's got to be some limit.

There is.
When we've heard enough.

I've got my immunity in here too
right?

- As long as you tell the truth.
- That's why I'm here.

I thought you were here to avoid
a court-martial and a jail sentence?

- I did exactly what Frohltech expected.
- Go on.

They never had enough manpower

to upgrade a hundred and thirty
F-14s in 18 months.

So they had to cut corners.

They made that clear to everybody.

No. They sent out a memo?
"Don't fix the planes?"

No, but they hired
inexperienced mechanics.

I've seen personnel that didn't know
which panels to remove for pre-flight.

If this is so widespread, why don't we
have planes crashing left and right?

And why can the only crash

that's occurred up till now
be traced directly to you?

Because up until now
they've been lucky.

Frohltech has one message
for its employees:

Those aircraft go out the door
or you do.

They have too few personnel,
too many aircraft.

Only one way to meet those quotas.

Cannibalize parts, falsify reports,
gun deck inspections,

so that Frohltech can fulfil this job
and get the next one.

Why didn't you say something,
commander?

That's why you were there.

To look out for the Navy's interest.

I've been passed over twice
for commander, sir.

I'm out of the Navy next year.

Frohltech offered me
a good-paying job.

All I had to do was make sure
those aircraft

got out the door on time.

The next time
that we go out to lunch,

we have to go to some place
that has vertebrates on the menu.

A.J., where is your sense
of adventure?

Well, my dear Dr. Walden,
I was a Navy SEAL.

I've eaten bugs and bark, but at least
I could tell which was which.

Oh, by the way. Don't make
any plans for your birthday.

My birthday?
Are we doing something?

Rooms have been reserved,
ma�tre d's have been bribed

and opera glasses
have been purch...

Oh, did I say opera glasses?

I'm afraid you did.

That sounds wonderful, A.J.

- Hello, Harm.
- Ma'am. Sir.

- I'll call you.
- Okay.

Commander Rabb,
your Moscow Herald, sir.

- Oh, thanks, Tiner.
- Any good news, commander?

The caviar crop is up.
The rouble is down.

So are casualties in Chechnya.

Any word from Sergei?

Not for two weeks.
He's still flying air recon.

- They reopened the Lindbergh case?
- Worse.

Three Navy divers stole 80 lobsters
from underwater traps.

One of Singer's cases.
She's out sick.

Sounds tough. Hope you crack it.

Have you tried buttering up the judge,
ma'am?

One more word from either of you,
I'm bringing you both up on charges.

Oh, she's reaching her boiling point!

Sir, it's gonna be
justifiable homicide.

Gentlemen, we maintain
a harassment-free workplace.

Colonel, I expect a Marine
to have a tougher shell.

Commander, you just came from
debriefing Lt. Commander Holtsford?

Yes, sir. The man is despicable.

But if half
of what he says is true, sir...

So is Frohltech.

Yes, sir.

My office.

Aye, aye, sir.

So, what's the problem?
You got stock in Frohltech?

No, sir.

Admiral, if Frohltech is responsible
for the crash of that F-14,

sir, they should be held responsible.

It's just that

my investigation
started this ball rolling.

You did a good job.

Sir, if Spyglass works,
it could save a lot of lives,

if this hearing makes Frohltech
look bad, they could lose their funding.

Have a seat.

We don't make procurement policy
here, commander.

That's at the Pentagon.

Well, I got...

Sir, I just feel that we need to consider
the consequences of our actions.

Well, it's hard to know
the consequence of any action.

You know, if they'd have had Spyglass
30 years ago...

It might have saved your father.

It could have saved a lot of lives.

Or maybe not.

So, what do you want to do?

Lt. Commander Holtsford,
would you please describe

the working atmosphere
at Frohltech?

It was very high pressure, ma'am.

Finish the contract on time.

Avoid the late completion penalty
at all costs.

Even at the cost of safety?

Heard a lot of talk
about time and money,

not too much about safety.

Yet you went along
with this depraved attitude

because you wanted a job?

Yes, sir. That's right.

Who would you speak to
about this job?

Was it the head
of Frohltech's aeronautics division?

Jim Hepperly?

No, sir.

He didn't like to get his suit messy.

- Nobody ever saw him including me.
- Mr. Porter, you will get your turn.

I believe I should take my turn now,
Madame Chairwoman.

- I think not, congressman.
- I have important new information

that bears directly
on this witness' testimony.

If you'll only let this witness...

This witness doesn't deserve
to testify!

- You, sir, are out of order!
- Madame chairwoman, he is.

Lieutenant Commander Holtsford.

Did you know that Jim Hepperly
kept a tape machine in his office?

You heard I'm testifying?

Gonna put me through the wringer,
I guess.

- I imagine so.
- Could be tough on you too.

What are you talking about?

I figure my testimony's gonna have
a big effect.

One way or the other.

Just say what you came to say.

I came to say
that what I say is up to you.

You've got $40 billion
riding on my testimony.

What's it worth for me
to deliver the right testimony?

Get the hell out of my office.

We'll take a recess.

Well, how bad is it?

Extremely bad tells me nothing.

That is extremely bad. All right.

Cancel the Shriners
and get me on Larry King.

My opponent already
has his press release out.

I was either the accomplice
or the dupe for a lying extortionist,

he doesn't know if voters
should be more concerned

about having an unethical
congresswoman or a stupid one.

You just cancelled the hearing
half an hour ago.

Welcome to the beltway.

Harm, look. I'm sorry about the way
things turned out. It was all for nothing.

What?
You're backing off Frohltech?

Backing off?
Try wind sprinting away.

You know
that Holtsford's accusations are true.

Frohltech is responsible
for the crash of the F-14.

It doesn't matter.
If Holtsford said it, it doesn't count.

His immunity still does.

So I don't get Frohltech
and you don't get him.

Oh, I don't know about that, Bobbi.

When Porter asked Holtsford if he'd
ever spoken to Hepperly about a job,

he said nobody ever saw
Hepperly including him.

He obviously saw him
when he went to his office

- to shake him down.
- After extortion

and negligent double homicide,
what's hyperbole?

He was under oath.

It's perjury.

Making his immunity null and void.

Congratulations, commander,
you got your little fish.

Nice job, commander.

Looks like we got a court-martial
on our hands after all.

Thank you, sir.

The first thing to do
is get you back to Frohltech

so you can pick up
where you left off

before Congresswoman Latham
ambushed us.

If Colonel MacKenzie is through
with her lobster poachers,

she can defend
Commander Holtsford.

Actually, sir, I'd like to defend
Commander Holtsford.

I've spoken to the commander.
He's accepted my offer, sir.

I'm sure Colonel MacKenzie would be
more than happy to prosecute.

They say hearing
is the first thing to go.

I don't like him
and I certainly don't respect him,

but as you're very fond
of saying, admiral:

"Everybody deserves
a vigorous defence."

I see.

Am I correct in assuming
that the name, Frohl Technologies,

might come up at some point
in your vigorous defence?

Well, there's a strong possibility, sir.

Commander, this court martial
is being convened

for the purpose
of establishing guilt or innocence

of Lieutenant Commander Holtsford.

Period.

There are other venues
to expose corporate misdeeds.

- Congressional hearings, 60 Minutes.
- Understood, sir.

Commander, a defence attorney
must have his client's interest,

and only his client's interest in mind.

- Am I clear?
- Absolutely, admiral.

Good.

- Yes?
- Danny Walden to see you, sir.

Send him in.
That'll be all, commander.

Thank you, sir.

- Hello.
- Hey, there.

What are you doing
in the neighbourhood?

Well, I'm here to enlist.

No, not really. I'm just kidding.

No, actually, it's about your plans
for my mom's birthday.

Oh, well, here. Have a seat.

She didn't want to say anything,

but we have this thing
where we go to have dinner

at the Willard Hotel every year.

It's something we used to do
with my dad.

Oh, no problem.

I'll just make our date
for another night.

Well, no. I have a better idea.

Why don't you join us
at the Willard?

That would be my pleasure.

Great.

The last time I was here,
Mr. Cartwright,

you were working on
an aircraft with a missing CSD.

Temporarily. It was replaced.

You said then that used parts
were often swapped around.

Well, yes. Sometimes Bob Holtsford
would tell people to do stuff like that.

Always Lt. Commander Holtsford?
Never anybody else?

Not that I know of.

You were the mechanic
Lt. Commander Holtsford

had remove the CSD
from the mishap aircraft?

It was my second day.

Navy guy tells me to do something,
I do it.

Have you been asked
to do that again?

Nope.

- Have you seen anybody else do that?
- Nope.

What about sign off on work
that hasn't been done?

Nope.

Except of course
for a Lt. Commander Holtsford, right?

Oh, yeah. Him.

You did a good job
cleaning this place up.

Did I?

Yeah. It's almost a total whitewash.

Though you may have missed
one spot.

That crater out there.

You fill that in yet?

Hey, commander.
You still turning over rocks?

Oh, the worms have a lawyer.
I'm calling it a day.

Unless you've seen anything sloppy
in the upgrade programme?

Rabb, everything looks beautiful
from 20,000 feet.

Right.

Say, is your offer still good
from the last time?

You want to go up?

It's either that or watch Shamu
eat fish guts for lunch.

Got one they just finished
working on.

Ferry crew won't be here
until tomorrow.

Oh, man, it's good to get out
of the office.

This is my office.

Oh, damn, son. You fly like you've
never been out of the cockpit.

What do you say we take her out
over the water?

No time. Got to be back by 4.

- You got to be somewhere?
- No.

Frohltech closes down
the airstrip 1600 sharp.

Why, you can't take it back
a few minutes late?

Do that and they fine me 500 bucks.

Never happen, never will.

- What are you doing?
- Nothing.

That was an uncommanded pitch.

We have CSD contamination.

- CSD? Pitch stabilisation system!
- Cutting it!

No good!

Cutting off stab systems!

Switching to emergency
hydraulic control!

Too late to eject!
Two and a half negative G's.

Master reset!

No good!

Those damn idiots keep doing this!

Holy cow.

You faked it. You son of a...

We land, you run.

And you better be fast.

Now you know how they felt.

You could have killed us.

So how did it feel,
knowing you were gonna die

because
"those idiots keep doing this"?

I can't help you.

You know what's going on
down there, Wilson.

I won't testify.
They'd never let me fly again.

Flying is my life, boy.

All right.

But you tell me where to look
for what I need.

This is a fishing expedition,
Your Honour.

Intended to harass
and embarrass my client.

On behalf of Frohl Technologies,

I move to quash
the defence subpoena.

Producing maintenance,
planning, and budget documents

would harass
and embarrass your client?

Well, first of all it will take a boxcar
to haul them all to Washington.

And that's embarrassing?

It's harassing.

And second, those documents contain
trade secrets, classified data

and insight into Frohltech's competitive
bidding for government contracts.

The disclosure of which will be
an unfair boon to its competitors.

The interest
of justice would override

any commercial considerations,
ma'am.

What interest of justice?

There's no indication
how any of this is relevant

to the guilt or innocence of Holtsford,
which reinforces the company's claim

that the subpoena is solely intended
to harass and embarrass Frohltech.

I grant it would be embarrassing
to be found complicit in the crash

of the F-14 that killed Cdr. Urquizu
and Lieutenant Berke.

Budget document will tell you that?

If it indicates that Frohltech wouldn't
or couldn't run the upgrade programme

with an acceptable standard
of care and safety, yes.

Your Honour, nothing contained
in any document

would absolve
Lieutenant Commander Holtsford

of responsibility for his own actions.

There's no allegation that anyone
from Frohltech management

was even present when the defendant
ordered the installation

of untested used parts
in the aircraft that crashed.

I believe it's customary
in a tag team situation

to slap your teammate's hand
before switching.

Exactly what are you looking for
at Frohltech, Commander Rabb?

Ma'am, I intend to show that the
company created an atmosphere

where negligence was the norm.

And that it coerced its employees,
including Lt. Commander Holtsford,

into placing productivity
before safety.

Your Honour.

It doesn't fly, commander.

Short of a gun being pointed
at his head,

the defendant is still responsible
for his own actions.

The motion to quash the subpoena
is granted.

We will continue with the trial
of Lt. Commander Holtsford alone.

Discussing strategy?

Yeah. He wants Italian.
I want Chinese.

Do what he wants. Why should outside
of the courtroom be any different?

Excuse me?

You're walking
a Frohltech party line, Mac.

Making a scapegoat
out of Holtsford.

I'm supposed to make him
a scapegoat.

I'm prosecuting him, remember?

You should work
on your good loser skills.

A little premature, counsellor.

- Gunny.
- Sir.

Gunny, I've been thinking
more about this law school stuff.

Whatever you put
your mind to, Tiner.

Well, it's not that, Gunny.

When I first joined the Navy,
I thought I would be seeing action.

Being a lawyer, it's too calm.
Too peaceful.

- Calm and peaceful?
- Just look at this office.

No conflict. No confrontation.

Everybody's so pleasant.

Tiner, it would be a crime

to deprive the legal world of your
uncanny powers of observation.

Thank you, Gunny.

I finished the final upgrade
on that aircraft on the 24th.

But it still didn't have a CSD.

When Lt. Commander Holtsford
told me to pull one out of a plane

that had just come in,

I refused.

I said we should order a new one.

What did Lt. Commander Holtsford
say?

That that would take too long.

And we couldn't afford to wait.

What happened next?

I don't know exactly.
I was working the night shift.

When I left at midnight,
there still wasn't a CSD in that aircraft.

I got in the next afternoon at 3,
there must have been one

because Wilson had just taken off
for a test flight.

- Three?
- To your knowledge

there were no new CSDs
in stock anywhere in that facility?

- That's correct.
- Do we still have the card

of Wilson's test flight?

The only place it could come
from would be a plane?

Yes, ma'am.

It's in here, sir.

Reports taking off at 1505
and doing a full card test flight.

The whole checklist.

- Yeah, you know how long that takes?
- I don't, sir.

Two hours.

- Jack Wilson here.
- Wilson, it's Commander Rabb.

I've been expecting
to hear from you.

I need you here.

Already bought my plane ticket.

I'll testify.

But it means I'll never fly again.

I signed off
on the full card test flight.

But I did not

do the full post
maintenance checklist.

- Did you check the CSD?
- No.

It seemed to be working.
The plane was flying.

What about
the emergency generator?

No.

I only checked
the major primary systems.

The emergency generator should have
kicked in when the CSD failed, correct?

That's right.

Then why didn't you check everything
you were supposed to check?

Because I didn't take off
until after 3:00.

Frohltech closed the airstrip
at 4:00 sharp.

Not even when an aircraft was due
for pickup and needed to be tested?

That's right.

They don't care about aircraft
at Frohltech.

They care about money.

How do you know that?

They overscheduled me that day,
ma'am.

Overscheduled me a lot of days.

I had three test flights to complete
starting at noon.

No way I could finish by 4.
Everybody knew that.

Still they shut down the damn strip.

The aircraft that crashed
took off at night.

After 4 p.m.

They always open up the strip
to meet a delivery deadline,

to avoid paying a penalty.

I don't care about the money.

I just wanted to keep on flying.

The defence renews its request
for the production of maintenance,

planning and budget records
from Frohl Technology, ma'am.

No objections, Your Honour.

So ordered.

Here you are, ma'am.

He probably got stuck in traffic.

He has a cell phone.
Which he's not answering.

Could be out of range.

Forty-five minutes. It isn't like him.

You know, you're right.

He's a big boy.

Let's just enjoy ourselves.

- He gets here when he gets here.
- Okay. I'll drink to that.

Henry Clay brought this recipe
for Mint Juleps

from Kentucky in 1850.

I've never tried it.

You know, until last year, Danny would
only order the burger and fries.

You know, I think
that's the special on the menu.

Let's go find him.

Did you have to
subpoena everything?

Yeah, I should have just demanded
the criminally-negligent-policies files.

I think I found something, sir.

"The employees are complaining..."

"Because they disbanded
the commissary softball team."

- Never mind.
- Orders for drill bits.

Employee's dental records.

Division manager's
expense accounts.

They swamped us.

The old lawyer's trick.

So we go back to the judge
with a motion to compel

a more specific production
of records.

- Who ordered the pizza?
- What are you doing here?

I should ask you the same.

I'm an officer of the court
out for the truth.

My compliments
on your client's filing system.

It looks like it's somewhere between
Dewey decimal and chaos theory.

Well, things are much less orderly
in the private sector.

I was at corporate headquarters
when they were pulling this material.

Yeah, you help them mix it
and stir it, Brumby?

As a matter of fact, yeah.

The whole top corporate echelon
was there helping out.

But even with all that help

one file still accidentally fell
behind a desk.

Luckily I found it.

"Report costs and benefits,

F-14 upgrade programme
risk reward analysis."

- Thanks, pal.
- Just doing my job.

As an officer of the court.

What is it?

"Due to the necessity of underbidding
the original F-14 manufacturer,

this programme must be considered
a loss leader, one we lose money on

as we expand into a new area
of Pentagon procurement."

Just some dry accounting stuff.

"Nevertheless, we can limit
our downside exposure

by limiting the parameters
of our infrastructure support.

By tightly controlling man-hours
and parts expended,

we can hold our losses
to a tolerable level.

While this would increase the risk
of catastrophic aircraft incident,

it would be less expensive
to compensate the government

for one or two such losses than
to raise our standards of service."

Two pilots' lives are worth less
than doing the job right?

- They calculated that?
- I love Washington.

You don't get this with a pizza
in Detroit.

Danny?

Danny?

What are you guys doing here?

What are we?

What are you doing here?

Dinner at the Willard, remember?

Well, I thought maybe
you guys wanted to be alone.

That's why
you didn't answer the phone?

I turn off the ringer
when I do my homework.

Next time you decide
to be thoughtful,

be a little more thoughtful
and pick up a phone.

I'm sorry, you guys.

I didn't ruin your night
or anything, did I?

Just you wait until you have a son.
Then you'll know.

Boys are always running off.

I couldn't keep track of him then.

You can't keep track of him now.

I'm lucky if I see him one night
a month.

Mom?

- Hi!
- Hi!

Hey.

Well, I hope I'm not too late
for the showing of the bathtub photos.

I wouldn't show those pictures
to your mother.

- I thought you were in Europe.
- I was.

Can't I stop by on my way home
and say hello to my favourite son?

Your only son.

Frank gave me a diamond in Venice
and we renewed our wedding vows.

It was really quite romantic.

Maybe you should ask Frank
where he got the ring.

Well, Trish,
it was wonderful meeting you.

- You don't have to go, do you?
- Yes, I do.

Sorry.

You don't have to go.

Yes, I do.

You hang tough, sailor.

Okay.

- She's keeping you on your toes?
- Oh, she's doing her best.

You know, Harm, I haven't talked
to you since you came back

from Cuba or Russia.

I've been meaning to talk to you
about the trip.

Yeah, I can't wait to hear
about your meeting with Castro.

Oh, yeah, yeah.
Well, that was interesting.

I meant Russia.

Russia.

You know, Harm, after you came back
that last time

when you told me you had proof
your father was dead

I grieved again after all those years.

- Oh, I'm so sorry, Mom.
- No, something good happened.

It helped me move on.

You see,

I've always held myself back a little.

One last sliver
waiting for your father.

But now, that's all in the past.

I've accepted it.

So my life is better.

Thank you.

Well, you can tell me
all about Russia over dinner.

Yeah, it was uneventful, really.

Nothing important happened.

It's all over the front page, Harm.
Congresswoman Latham.

- The smoking-gun Frohltech memo.
- Good.

That doesn't change anything
about Holtsford.

He's still guilty.

Well, a little less than he used to be.

Wilful dereliction.
Six months' hard labour.

Negligent homicide. Two years.

Eighteen months.

Deal.

- stemming from an F- 14 crash
at their Oceanside facility in July.

While admitting no guilt,

Frohltech accepted
additional supervision

of its F- 14 upgrade programme
and received a $ 10 million fine

and a public reprimand.

Meanwhile, it and the Pentagon
both pledged continued support

for the proposed Spyglass project.

Ten million dollars.

It's a traffic ticket.

You did what you could, Harm.
Life goes on.

Well, for some it does.

I'm on my way to a memorial service

for Commander Urquizu
and Lieutenant Berke.

- You busy?
- No.