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BERLUTI: Previously
on The Practice.
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FRUTT: Are you trying
to get disbarred?
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As self-destructive as--
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All right, all right,
on that note.
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We've decided to let you go.
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Go where?
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YOUNG: Here's a check
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representing two weeks'
severance pay.
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I've generated fees
in excess of $6 million.
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You've handed me a check
for $15,000.
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YOUNG: Alan Shore seemed
to know this was coming.
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Did you tell him?
Yes.
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YOUNG: Your employment here
is terminated.
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Wherever you take
your business,
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I would urge you again
not to take it to Alan Shore.
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It is our belief
that he is unstable.
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FRUTT: I can't bear the idea
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of going back to work
with you not being there.
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SHORE: I need to be able
to bring Tara back.
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My presence is so powerful,
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I don't even have to talk.
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Sometimes I'm better
when I don't talk.
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This was my thinking.
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I'm Denny Crane, damn it.
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You hired him.
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Why didn't you stop me?
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You need to argue this motion.
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GLEASON: I'm scheduling
an evidentiary hearing
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for next week.
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We'll take off our gloves
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and have at it.
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(clears throat)
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What's up?
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This is Noah Burke.
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He'll be representing us
in our labor dispute.
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FRUTT: Wow.
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So, we are going outside.
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Yes.
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Just a thought, but shouldn't I
have been included
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in that decision?
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Well, that's the very issue
we need to talk about.
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BURKE: Look, Ms. Frutt, I can
walk you through the legals,
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but cutting to the chase,
this thing is close.
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I mean, Mr. Shore's
estoppel claims are colorable.
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I mean,
we have an associate here
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whose financial contributions
grossly exceed
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those of the partners.
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He's hired an extremely deep
and talented firm.
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I mean, we're in--we're in
for a fight here,
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a difficult fight.
So, all this really
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is to preface one question,
which is,
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"Where do you stand?"
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Can I get you a cup of coffee?
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Okay, look
(clears throat)
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the guts of our case
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will be that Alan Shore
is a bad guy.
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Now, you will need
to testify.
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You will need to get
in the witness chair
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and not only support the idea
that he's a bad guy
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but actually sell it.
I mean, see,
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this man has a personal
animosity towards Mr. Shore.
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I mean, his bias
will be exposed and lanced
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like a giant boil.
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This man looks like
he hates everybody,
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and his emotions will make him
anything but impartial.
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The only objective
and fair-minded voice we have--
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if we're to have one is you.
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All right, once again,
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it's you.
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So as I told Mr. Young
and Mr. Berluti,
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you will have to win
this case for us.
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You will have to take
Alan Shore down.
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So let me put to you
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the great interrogatory
once posed
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by the leader
of the free world--
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are you with us,
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or are you against us?
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(music playing)
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BILLINGS: Whether or not
we go forward all depends.
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Of course
we're going forward.
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Not so fast.
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Then slow down.
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I canceled your 10:00.
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I had to tell the beast,
and she's in a mood, so...
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Tell her
she looks beautiful
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and the meeting
will be rescheduled.
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Well, she won't believe
she's beautiful
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unless you tell her.
Then tell her I said so.
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Goodbye.
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Who's the beast?
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Sara Lipp,
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wicked senior partner
of the east.
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Denny Crane.
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Yes, I know
you're Denny Crane.
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Why do you always
tell me your name?
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Is it so you won't forget?
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Well, let me tell you
something, soldier.
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I've learned from experience
that people can't believe
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they're actually in the room
with Denny Crane.
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They think
it can't be true,
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so I let them know
it is true.
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I look them in the eye--
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"Denny Crane."
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Gives them something
to tell their grandkids.
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Denny Crane.
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You know, I wanted him
because he knows the judge.
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I'm having deep concerns now
that the judge knows him.
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Okay, first of all,
he did win the motion last week.
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Second, I'll first-chair.
He'll be second.
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But he talks aloud.
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I'll rein him in.
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He's an asset.
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We want him at our table.
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Trust me.
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Denny Crane.
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STRINGER: Tara, hey.
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What's new?
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Don't even ask.
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You doing okay?
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Yeah.
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FRUTT: Tara,
thanks for coming in.
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Let's go in my office.
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Listen,
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Eugene, Jimmy, and I,
we realize
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that we put you
in an impossible situation,
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asking you to protect
a firm confidence
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to the detriment
of a friend.
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And we appreciate
that maybe,
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we were unfair.
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Anyway, we're offering you
your job back.
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We consider you
an extremely valued member
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of this practice,
and we hope
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that you will consider
rejoining us.
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You're offering me
my job back?
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Yes.
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And you're actually sorry
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for putting me
in a difficult situation?
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Yes.
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Is Eugene sorry?
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Yes.
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Well, could Eugene
apologize in person?
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That would help me decide.
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He's obviously
under a lot of stress, Tara.
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Let's not make--
WILSON: Ellenor,
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I have a great respect for you.
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And my hope is,
at the conclusion
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of all this ugliness,
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there will be no erosion
of that respect.
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But this isn't about you
being sorry.
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This isn't about you valuing me
as a member of your firm.
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This is about you getting me
on your side,
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securing my testimony
to favor you.
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Look, Tara,
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you know I care about him.
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And, believe it or not,
I also care about you.
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You are a young law student
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with your entire future
ahead of you.
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You need to consider carefully
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which side you'd rather be
associated with here.
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I have considered that
very carefully.
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I'll be testifying
in support of Alan.
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I can't underline
enough my reservations
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about him being here.
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And I can't underline enough
his presence has currency.
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I don't like it
when people talk about me
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like I'm not in the room.
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Last time I checked,
I was in the room.
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SHORE: You know, I'm having
a sudden burst of insecurity.
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I could use some reassurance.
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Could you just say
those two little words
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I so long to hear?
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Denny Crane.
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Thank you.
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BURKE: Sorry we're late.
Let's get started.
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Um, I'd like to preface
my remarks by saying--
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CRANE: Hold on.
Hold on just a minute.
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You're not late.
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You derive some sort of power
keeping everybody waiting.
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We agreed to meet at 2:00.
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No, you turn up at 10 past.
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Our plan all along was to start
the meeting at a quarter past,
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so we're just gonna stand around
for five minutes,
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you little gerbil. Why don't you
gnaw on a stick of celery?
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Denny Crane.
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Look, we are here to take one
last stab at settling this.
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We are not waiting
five minutes.
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We are not waiting two.
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Let's start over.
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Please.
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I think we can all assume,
should this go to trial,
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you'll be vicious,
we'll be vicious,
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it'll get publicly nasty,
and everybody will bleed.
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The reason for this meeting
is to avoid all the bloodshed.
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Obviously, we have a number.
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You have a number, I suspect.
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Should I give you ours?
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Please.
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$750,000.
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And before you reject it,
that's three times the salary
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of the next-ranking associate,
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and it's probably $750,000
more than you'd get
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if we proceed to court,
given Mr. Shore's conduct.
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And what, if I were you,
I'd be most concerned with--
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You're not me, Mr. Burke.
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Let's not ever make
that mistake.
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BURKE: If certain things
in this trial become public,
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Mr. Shore may be unemployable
in perpetuity
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and perhaps even disbarred.
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Denny Crane.
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Let me respond by just--
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May I, Matthew?
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Let's not compare my salary
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with that of
the highest-ranking associate.
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The whole point here
is I don't compare
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with the rank associates
at Young, Frutt, and Berluti.
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I, in fact,
out-earn and out-produce
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the rank partners--
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You're being contentious.
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Denny Crane.
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(chuckles) Okay,
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uh, why don't you
just tell us your number?
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$1.9 million.
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What?
BILLINGS: Should Mr. Shore
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be declared
a de facto partner,
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his share this year alone
will be over a million.
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And that doesn't even account
for the revenues
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generated in the future
by clients he brought in.
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Which he then stole.
Denny Crane.
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BILLINGS: And what that really
doesn't account for--
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you guys were close
to going under.
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Not true.
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You know what?
You can read the books
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just like I can.
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If the jury finds
that Alan saved this firm
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and we have to allow
for the possibility
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of that finding.
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We could get five million,
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maybe six.
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Alan Shore was fired from
his last firm for embezzling.
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We hired him out of charity
more than anything else.
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SHORE: We seem to be
moving further apart now.
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May I finish, please?
SHORE: You may,
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but that last remark just pushed
our demand up to 2.5.
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Alan--
You know what?
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In the absence
of any contract,
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I think the only fair thing
is to agree.
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I have no right to work
at your firm.
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I should walk away,
and I will.
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I just want the money
I brought in, $9 million.
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Take out overhead,
give me the rest.
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$8.9 million,
we can all shake hands.
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I think we're going to trial.
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Let's be fair, Mr. Shore.
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You were fired
from your previous firm
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for embezzling.
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And I deserved it.
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I did not deserve to be fired
from this firm.
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Because?
259
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Because I saved them
from going bankrupt,
260
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because I won my cases,
because I look good doing it.
261
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BILLINGS: Did you
ever break any laws?
262
00:10:55,789 --> 00:10:56,890
Break any laws?
263
00:10:56,923 --> 00:10:57,624
Yes.
264
00:10:57,658 --> 00:10:59,325
Did you extort lawyers?
265
00:10:59,359 --> 00:11:01,301
Did you illegally
download records?
266
00:11:01,334 --> 00:11:04,538
Were you privy to deals,
buying off witnesses?
267
00:11:04,571 --> 00:11:05,972
Did you suborn perjury?
268
00:11:06,006 --> 00:11:07,741
Ah, that.
269
00:11:07,774 --> 00:11:08,875
Perhaps.
270
00:11:08,909 --> 00:11:10,076
BILLINGS: Perhaps?
271
00:11:10,110 --> 00:11:12,245
Look, they knew my character
when they hired me.
272
00:11:12,278 --> 00:11:14,380
I never did anything--
hello, Judge.
273
00:11:14,414 --> 00:11:17,083
I never did anything ever
that wasn't in my character.
274
00:11:17,117 --> 00:11:19,019
BILLINGS: Well, Alan, come on.
275
00:11:19,052 --> 00:11:21,087
You could have risked
disbarment with all this.
276
00:11:21,121 --> 00:11:23,524
That would run to
the reputation of the firm.
277
00:11:23,557 --> 00:11:25,125
I was called
before the bar already.
278
00:11:25,158 --> 00:11:27,127
Eugene Young
stood up unsolicited,
279
00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:29,495
called me a just
and honorable man.
280
00:11:29,530 --> 00:11:32,866
But when it was time to split up
all the millions of dollars
281
00:11:32,899 --> 00:11:35,168
I generated,
282
00:11:35,201 --> 00:11:36,837
I was suddenly unworthy.
283
00:11:38,371 --> 00:11:39,172
BILLINGS: Thank you, sir.
284
00:11:51,652 --> 00:11:52,753
This feels dramatic.
285
00:11:55,288 --> 00:11:56,489
You left out the part
286
00:11:56,523 --> 00:11:58,892
where you impersonated
an airline official
287
00:11:58,925 --> 00:12:00,333
from the opposing side
288
00:12:00,366 --> 00:12:01,568
and then settled a case
289
00:12:01,602 --> 00:12:03,436
under that false identity.
290
00:12:03,469 --> 00:12:04,838
Using money
out of my own pocket
291
00:12:04,871 --> 00:12:07,207
to spare the firm
a malpractice suit.
292
00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,810
You left out the part
where you hired a lawyer
293
00:12:09,843 --> 00:12:12,178
who believed
God talked to her.
294
00:12:12,212 --> 00:12:14,280
It was never established
he didn't.
295
00:12:14,314 --> 00:12:15,415
YOUNG: You left out the part
296
00:12:15,448 --> 00:12:16,850
that you constantly defied
the partners.
297
00:12:16,883 --> 00:12:17,951
Only when they were wrong,
298
00:12:17,984 --> 00:12:19,452
which, granted,
was most of the time.
299
00:12:19,485 --> 00:12:20,787
Is it just me,
300
00:12:20,821 --> 00:12:23,323
or are all his questions
in statement form?
301
00:12:23,356 --> 00:12:24,490
YOUNG: You left out the part
302
00:12:24,525 --> 00:12:27,293
where you hid a murder weapon
from the police.
303
00:12:27,327 --> 00:12:28,428
SHORE:
Oh, if I were to mention that,
304
00:12:28,461 --> 00:12:30,564
the police would demand
to know where I hid it.
305
00:12:30,597 --> 00:12:32,098
YOUNG: You left out the part
where you took a hooker
306
00:12:32,132 --> 00:12:33,867
to a client's wedding.
307
00:12:33,900 --> 00:12:35,902
The invitation said,
"Significant other."
308
00:12:35,936 --> 00:12:37,070
I thought it would last.
309
00:12:37,103 --> 00:12:38,171
YOUNG: You left out the part
310
00:12:38,204 --> 00:12:40,040
where you secretly installed
video cameras
311
00:12:40,073 --> 00:12:41,742
in a woman's hotel room
312
00:12:41,775 --> 00:12:43,710
and taped her having sex.
313
00:12:43,744 --> 00:12:45,546
SHORE:
For blackmail purposes only.
314
00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:48,649
Okay, that was a lie.
315
00:12:48,682 --> 00:12:50,216
I watch for my own pleasure.
316
00:12:52,218 --> 00:12:55,421
This is all one big source
of amusement for you,
317
00:12:55,455 --> 00:12:56,923
isn't it, Alan?
318
00:12:56,957 --> 00:12:59,259
I'll tell you this, Eugene.
319
00:12:59,292 --> 00:13:01,902
If you take life too seriously,
320
00:13:01,935 --> 00:13:04,871
it ceases to be funny.
321
00:13:04,905 --> 00:13:06,306
I tried to impart that
322
00:13:06,339 --> 00:13:09,009
and other
little wisdoms to you,
323
00:13:09,042 --> 00:13:11,745
which you never took,
324
00:13:11,778 --> 00:13:15,481
but you always
took the money.
325
00:13:22,488 --> 00:13:24,390
BILLINGS: Alan, I don't know
what you're doing.
326
00:13:24,424 --> 00:13:25,992
You say you want to settle,
but I don't think
327
00:13:26,026 --> 00:13:27,393
you know what you want.
328
00:13:28,461 --> 00:13:29,830
Tara,
329
00:13:29,863 --> 00:13:32,265
I plan to keep
your testimony very simple.
330
00:13:32,298 --> 00:13:33,534
Basically,
I want you to establish
331
00:13:33,567 --> 00:13:35,035
that he was open and notorious
332
00:13:35,068 --> 00:13:36,302
with his antics
from the beginning.
333
00:13:36,336 --> 00:13:37,504
Okay.
334
00:13:37,538 --> 00:13:38,739
I will not put you
in the position
335
00:13:38,772 --> 00:13:41,474
of attacking Eugene or Ellenor,
and I don't want you to.
336
00:13:41,508 --> 00:13:43,510
Denny, this is Tara Wilson,
337
00:13:43,544 --> 00:13:45,245
a law student I spoke of.
338
00:13:45,278 --> 00:13:46,513
In need of employment?
339
00:13:46,547 --> 00:13:48,281
Yes. She's extremely talented.
340
00:13:48,314 --> 00:13:51,284
I can personally vouch
for her skills as a paralegal,
341
00:13:51,317 --> 00:13:52,619
as well as--
Stand up, please.
342
00:13:56,289 --> 00:13:57,257
Turn around, please.
343
00:14:08,208 --> 00:14:09,910
Lips real?
344
00:14:09,943 --> 00:14:10,911
Yes.
345
00:14:10,944 --> 00:14:12,212
Yours?
346
00:14:12,245 --> 00:14:13,413
CRANE: Let me tell you
something, Tara.
347
00:14:13,446 --> 00:14:16,850
We hire only pretty people
in this firm.
348
00:14:16,883 --> 00:14:18,785
Pretty people
get better results.
349
00:14:18,819 --> 00:14:20,220
Pretty girls
keep me aroused.
350
00:14:20,253 --> 00:14:21,855
I think more clearly
when I'm aroused.
351
00:14:21,888 --> 00:14:23,557
Are you a pretty girl,
soldier?
352
00:14:28,629 --> 00:14:30,564
I am, sir.
353
00:14:30,597 --> 00:14:32,599
Good girl.
354
00:14:32,633 --> 00:14:34,167
At ease.
355
00:14:37,103 --> 00:14:39,740
I'm always at ease,
356
00:14:41,207 --> 00:14:42,075
sir.
357
00:14:44,911 --> 00:14:46,079
I like her.
358
00:14:49,950 --> 00:14:51,451
The truth is
359
00:14:51,484 --> 00:14:54,187
it's been a horrible year.
360
00:14:54,220 --> 00:14:57,691
I haven't liked going to work
since he's been there.
361
00:14:57,724 --> 00:14:59,626
My cases...
362
00:14:59,660 --> 00:15:02,969
seems he's gotten
all the good ones.
363
00:15:03,003 --> 00:15:04,470
How's your love life?
364
00:15:06,039 --> 00:15:06,807
(scoffs)
365
00:15:09,976 --> 00:15:12,145
Sounds like I hate my life,
doesn't it?
366
00:15:13,246 --> 00:15:16,683
Very much so.
367
00:15:16,717 --> 00:15:18,018
Why don't you change it?
368
00:15:20,887 --> 00:15:22,556
How?
369
00:15:22,589 --> 00:15:24,390
Well, what do you want to do?
370
00:15:27,127 --> 00:15:28,595
Jimmy,
371
00:15:28,629 --> 00:15:31,497
you mean you haven't even asked
yourself the question?
372
00:15:37,103 --> 00:15:38,471
WILSON: Dishonorable?
373
00:15:38,505 --> 00:15:39,773
No.
374
00:15:39,806 --> 00:15:42,108
Ethically challenged?
375
00:15:42,142 --> 00:15:44,177
(sighs) Perhaps.
376
00:15:44,210 --> 00:15:45,946
BILLINGS: What's the difference?
377
00:15:45,979 --> 00:15:47,480
WILSON: He was honest
with how he dealt
378
00:15:47,514 --> 00:15:51,317
with his friends
and his fellow partners.
379
00:15:51,351 --> 00:15:53,620
Where he was perhaps underhanded
380
00:15:53,654 --> 00:15:55,689
was with opposing counsel.
381
00:15:55,722 --> 00:15:57,691
Did the partners
at the firm
382
00:15:57,724 --> 00:15:59,793
know about
his underhandedness?
383
00:15:59,826 --> 00:16:02,202
(chuckles) Yes.
384
00:16:02,235 --> 00:16:05,105
They would often protest
and threaten him,
385
00:16:05,138 --> 00:16:07,307
but as Alan
correctly points out,
386
00:16:07,340 --> 00:16:08,441
at the end of the day,
387
00:16:08,474 --> 00:16:10,143
they would cash the checks.
388
00:16:10,176 --> 00:16:12,513
BILLINGS: And Ms. Wilson,
you had the opportunity
389
00:16:12,546 --> 00:16:15,682
to see the financial records
at Young, Frutt, and Berluti?
390
00:16:15,716 --> 00:16:16,817
I did.
391
00:16:16,850 --> 00:16:18,451
BILLINGS: And what kind
of impact did Alan Shore
392
00:16:18,484 --> 00:16:19,753
have on their business?
393
00:16:19,786 --> 00:16:22,255
WILSON: In dollars?
394
00:16:22,288 --> 00:16:24,124
He more than tripled it.
395
00:16:27,427 --> 00:16:29,630
BURKE: Obviously,
you're friends with Alan Shore.
396
00:16:29,663 --> 00:16:31,565
I consider him a friend, yes.
397
00:16:31,598 --> 00:16:33,567
Forgive my indiscretion,
398
00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,869
and admittedly, I'm speculating,
399
00:16:35,902 --> 00:16:38,338
but have you had sex with him?
400
00:16:38,371 --> 00:16:39,172
No.
401
00:16:39,205 --> 00:16:40,340
SHORE: Objection.
402
00:16:40,373 --> 00:16:41,875
She answered the question.
403
00:16:41,908 --> 00:16:43,143
That's what I'm objecting to.
404
00:16:43,176 --> 00:16:45,712
I want to have sex with her.
She keeps saying no.
405
00:16:47,013 --> 00:16:49,349
BURKE: I believe
you've witnessed Mr. Shore
406
00:16:49,382 --> 00:16:50,483
committing acts
of sexual harassment
407
00:16:50,517 --> 00:16:52,185
in the workplace,
have you not?
408
00:16:52,218 --> 00:16:53,319
I have.
409
00:16:53,353 --> 00:16:55,856
In fact, you once complained
to Eugene Young
410
00:16:55,889 --> 00:16:58,992
that he repulsed you,
that you thought he was vulgar.
411
00:16:59,025 --> 00:17:02,202
SHORE: I believe the witness
said she had vulgar thoughts
412
00:17:02,235 --> 00:17:03,003
that involved me.
413
00:17:03,036 --> 00:17:04,538
There's a difference there.
414
00:17:04,571 --> 00:17:06,039
Please rephrase.
415
00:17:07,273 --> 00:17:09,843
WILSON: As you can see,
his behavior is quite
416
00:17:09,876 --> 00:17:10,777
incorrigible but I--
417
00:17:10,811 --> 00:17:11,978
BURKE: Incorrigible?
418
00:17:12,012 --> 00:17:15,682
He lies, he steals,
he conceals evidence,
419
00:17:15,716 --> 00:17:19,052
he openly defies the partners,
and that's the word you use
420
00:17:19,085 --> 00:17:20,521
"incorrigible"?
421
00:17:20,554 --> 00:17:21,722
Well--
BURKE: I'm just curious.
422
00:17:21,755 --> 00:17:25,291
Is Mr. Shore helping you
to find new employment?
423
00:17:25,325 --> 00:17:27,928
Actually, he just helped me
find a new job, yes.
424
00:17:27,961 --> 00:17:29,362
BURKE: Oh, well,
that's interesting.
425
00:17:29,395 --> 00:17:31,765
So, I mean, might you say
you're in his debt a little?
426
00:17:31,798 --> 00:17:33,199
I would.
427
00:17:33,233 --> 00:17:35,268
Thank you very much,
Ms. Wilson.
428
00:17:38,404 --> 00:17:41,107
Isn't it true you really
do want to sleep with...
429
00:17:43,343 --> 00:17:44,845
Nothing further.
430
00:17:49,683 --> 00:17:52,819
CRANE: I mean, Matthew,
431
00:17:54,487 --> 00:17:55,989
the client confuses me.
432
00:17:57,423 --> 00:17:58,592
Does he want to lose?
433
00:17:58,625 --> 00:18:02,002
No, he, uh--he just--
434
00:18:02,035 --> 00:18:04,805
he can't contain
himself sometimes.
435
00:18:05,438 --> 00:18:06,406
He's a complicated guy.
436
00:18:06,439 --> 00:18:08,441
This is not good behavior.
437
00:18:08,474 --> 00:18:11,411
This is not consistent
with someone who wants to win.
438
00:18:11,444 --> 00:18:12,212
I understand.
439
00:18:12,245 --> 00:18:14,715
I'm concerned, Matthew.
440
00:18:14,748 --> 00:18:17,618
The client confuses me.
441
00:18:19,285 --> 00:18:21,154
He called me fat.
442
00:18:21,187 --> 00:18:22,556
Mr. Shore did?
443
00:18:22,589 --> 00:18:24,825
BERLUTI: Almost every day.
444
00:18:24,858 --> 00:18:26,492
Usually in front
of other people,
445
00:18:26,527 --> 00:18:29,796
to humiliate me.
446
00:18:29,830 --> 00:18:33,066
It was some remark
about my body,
447
00:18:33,099 --> 00:18:35,502
or he'd also call me stupid.
448
00:18:35,536 --> 00:18:40,140
This is an associate
directing insults at partners,
449
00:18:40,173 --> 00:18:43,176
and he's all shocked
that we didn't want him.
450
00:18:43,209 --> 00:18:45,011
So that's why you voted
to discharge him,
451
00:18:45,045 --> 00:18:46,312
because of all the insults?
452
00:18:46,346 --> 00:18:48,749
No, that's not
the only reason.
453
00:18:48,782 --> 00:18:51,117
He violated legal ethics.
454
00:18:51,151 --> 00:18:53,453
He ignored privilege.
455
00:18:58,559 --> 00:18:59,893
I voted to discharge him
456
00:18:59,926 --> 00:19:04,571
because we're not just
a place of business.
457
00:19:04,605 --> 00:19:06,673
We're not simply
a corporate entity
458
00:19:06,707 --> 00:19:10,176
that exists
to generate profits.
459
00:19:11,444 --> 00:19:14,147
We're a practice at law.
460
00:19:14,180 --> 00:19:16,416
The people in our practice
461
00:19:16,449 --> 00:19:19,319
have respect
for the profession,
462
00:19:19,352 --> 00:19:22,388
respect for each other
as people.
463
00:19:23,489 --> 00:19:25,458
He didn't.
464
00:19:25,491 --> 00:19:28,328
I voted to discharge him
because it is not okay
465
00:19:28,361 --> 00:19:31,932
to ignore the ethical rules
of the practice.
466
00:19:31,965 --> 00:19:34,901
I voted to discharge him
because it is not okay
467
00:19:34,935 --> 00:19:37,437
to be little people,
468
00:19:37,470 --> 00:19:40,674
to treat them
with cruelty or ridicule.
469
00:19:41,742 --> 00:19:42,909
If he wants to build a firm
470
00:19:42,943 --> 00:19:45,078
where that kind
of behavior is okay,
471
00:19:45,111 --> 00:19:47,147
let him build his own firm,
472
00:19:47,180 --> 00:19:50,651
but he was an associate
at ours,
473
00:19:50,684 --> 00:19:52,753
and he dishonored it,
474
00:19:52,786 --> 00:19:55,488
and us, daily.
475
00:19:59,660 --> 00:20:01,067
Thank you, sir.
476
00:20:29,029 --> 00:20:31,932
You spoke with a great deal
of emotion, Jimmy.
477
00:20:36,537 --> 00:20:38,672
You don't like me, do you?
478
00:20:40,140 --> 00:20:43,276
No, I don't.
479
00:20:44,811 --> 00:20:46,913
Is it possible for you
to completely separate
480
00:20:46,947 --> 00:20:48,281
your personal dislike of me
481
00:20:48,314 --> 00:20:49,683
from your objective
opinion of me
482
00:20:49,716 --> 00:20:51,852
as an attorney,
483
00:20:51,885 --> 00:20:53,286
honestly?
484
00:20:55,388 --> 00:20:57,057
Probably not.
485
00:20:59,092 --> 00:21:01,134
Thank you.
486
00:21:05,672 --> 00:21:07,941
(music playing)
487
00:21:42,475 --> 00:21:45,612
Are you testifying
against me, Ellenor?
488
00:21:45,646 --> 00:21:48,849
Alan, what do you want?
489
00:21:48,882 --> 00:21:52,152
The jury can't order us
to rehire you.
490
00:21:52,185 --> 00:21:55,656
You claim
it's not about the money.
491
00:21:55,689 --> 00:21:57,490
So...
492
00:21:57,524 --> 00:21:59,726
what is it
that you want?
493
00:22:01,067 --> 00:22:02,669
I don't know.
494
00:22:06,339 --> 00:22:08,909
Maybe just to be--
495
00:22:15,982 --> 00:22:18,018
well, let's leave it
at that.
496
00:22:18,051 --> 00:22:19,553
Just to be.
497
00:22:24,658 --> 00:22:26,326
Are you trying
to get the jury
498
00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:27,994
to judge you negatively
499
00:22:28,028 --> 00:22:29,095
to confirm
some twisted--
500
00:22:29,129 --> 00:22:31,998
SHORE: Aw, I got
another psychoanalysis.
501
00:22:32,032 --> 00:22:33,834
I don't have time, Ellenor.
502
00:22:34,968 --> 00:22:37,237
I've got a long day
in court tomorrow.
503
00:22:43,544 --> 00:22:45,011
Do you?
504
00:23:02,569 --> 00:23:03,837
YOUNG:
He had no contract.
505
00:23:03,870 --> 00:23:05,405
It was employee
at will,
506
00:23:05,438 --> 00:23:07,641
and legally,
we're entitled
507
00:23:07,674 --> 00:23:08,842
to terminate an associate
508
00:23:08,875 --> 00:23:10,010
for personal reasons.
509
00:23:10,043 --> 00:23:12,913
But it wasn't just
personal reasons.
510
00:23:12,946 --> 00:23:14,515
We had to protect
the integrity
511
00:23:14,548 --> 00:23:15,448
of our practice.
512
00:23:15,481 --> 00:23:16,717
BURKE: But, Eugene,
513
00:23:16,750 --> 00:23:18,151
as it's been said,
514
00:23:18,184 --> 00:23:19,285
you did take the money.
515
00:23:19,319 --> 00:23:22,556
Yes, he earned revenue
in his capacity
516
00:23:22,589 --> 00:23:23,456
as an associate,
517
00:23:23,489 --> 00:23:25,091
but that didn't give him tenure.
518
00:23:25,125 --> 00:23:27,628
You heard all the things
he did against the law,
519
00:23:27,661 --> 00:23:28,895
against the canons of law,
520
00:23:28,929 --> 00:23:30,564
against us.
521
00:23:30,597 --> 00:23:32,365
How do we employ a person
522
00:23:32,398 --> 00:23:33,767
we can't even trust?
523
00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,336
Fiduciary duty,
that has to mean something
524
00:23:36,369 --> 00:23:37,671
in a partnership--
525
00:23:37,704 --> 00:23:39,339
is an implied obligation
526
00:23:39,372 --> 00:23:41,474
to deal fairly
with one another,
527
00:23:41,508 --> 00:23:42,442
honestly.
528
00:23:42,475 --> 00:23:44,645
That man never did.
529
00:23:44,678 --> 00:23:47,180
As a result, he had to go.
530
00:23:49,082 --> 00:23:50,517
He had to go.
531
00:23:51,885 --> 00:23:53,086
BURKE: Thank you.
532
00:24:05,739 --> 00:24:07,674
I want you to know I agree
with everything you said,
533
00:24:07,708 --> 00:24:09,409
and if what you said
about my client is true,
534
00:24:09,442 --> 00:24:11,377
I'd have fired
his ass, too.
535
00:24:11,411 --> 00:24:12,412
Good work, soldier.
536
00:24:12,445 --> 00:24:13,747
Nothing further.
537
00:24:20,286 --> 00:24:21,622
Uh...
538
00:24:23,489 --> 00:24:26,092
I imagine this, uh,
539
00:24:26,126 --> 00:24:27,928
business about fiduciary duty--
540
00:24:27,961 --> 00:24:30,363
obligation to deal fairly,
honestly--
541
00:24:30,396 --> 00:24:31,865
goes both ways.
542
00:24:31,898 --> 00:24:33,934
You would have a duty
543
00:24:33,967 --> 00:24:35,969
to be fair
544
00:24:36,002 --> 00:24:38,939
and aboveboard
with Alan Shore.
545
00:24:38,972 --> 00:24:40,807
I would, and I did.
546
00:24:40,841 --> 00:24:42,208
Good man.
547
00:24:49,816 --> 00:24:51,652
Uh, you had a meeting
548
00:24:51,685 --> 00:24:54,320
with, uh, Samuel Gould,
549
00:24:54,354 --> 00:24:56,456
a client of Al Shore's,
550
00:24:56,489 --> 00:24:57,891
last week, did you not?
551
00:24:57,924 --> 00:24:59,392
I did.
552
00:24:59,425 --> 00:25:01,702
CRANE: Longtime client
of Al Shore's, am I right?
553
00:25:01,735 --> 00:25:02,536
Yes.
554
00:25:06,873 --> 00:25:08,909
(over recorder)
That must strongly caution you
555
00:25:08,942 --> 00:25:11,645
against going with Alan Shore.
GOULD (over recorder): Why?
556
00:25:11,678 --> 00:25:12,513
YOUNG (over recorder):
It is our belief
557
00:25:12,546 --> 00:25:13,614
that he is unstable,
558
00:25:13,647 --> 00:25:15,181
that he has self-destructive
559
00:25:15,215 --> 00:25:16,717
personality tendencies,
560
00:25:16,750 --> 00:25:19,520
that he's also prone
to committing unethical,
561
00:25:19,553 --> 00:25:21,321
sometimes even criminal acts.
562
00:25:21,354 --> 00:25:23,056
Wherever you take
your business,
563
00:25:23,089 --> 00:25:24,390
I would urge you again
564
00:25:24,424 --> 00:25:27,027
not to take it to Alan Shore.
565
00:25:27,060 --> 00:25:28,094
(click)
566
00:25:28,128 --> 00:25:29,663
That was you
567
00:25:29,696 --> 00:25:32,733
trying to steal
Al Shore's client.
568
00:25:32,766 --> 00:25:35,368
Was that a fiduciary stab
in Al's back?
569
00:25:35,401 --> 00:25:37,337
At the time
of that discussion,
570
00:25:37,370 --> 00:25:39,706
Samuel Gould
was a client of the firm.
571
00:25:39,740 --> 00:25:41,441
Your Honor, it's illegal
to secretly tape-record--
572
00:25:41,474 --> 00:25:42,843
CRANE: There was nothing
secret about it.
573
00:25:42,876 --> 00:25:44,611
Mr. Gould taped all
his meetings.
574
00:25:44,645 --> 00:25:45,812
The firm knew it.
575
00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,015
Did you forget?
576
00:25:49,049 --> 00:25:50,551
(clicks)
577
00:25:50,584 --> 00:25:51,451
YOUNG (over recorder):
He is unstable,
578
00:25:51,484 --> 00:25:53,453
that he has self-destructive
579
00:25:53,486 --> 00:25:54,955
personality tendencies.
580
00:25:54,988 --> 00:25:56,657
(clicks)
581
00:25:56,690 --> 00:25:58,424
That's slander, Mr. Young.
582
00:25:58,458 --> 00:26:00,534
Truth is a complete defense
583
00:26:00,567 --> 00:26:02,503
to slander.
584
00:26:02,536 --> 00:26:04,470
I spoke the truth.
585
00:26:10,677 --> 00:26:12,012
You know, son,
I'm a senior partner
586
00:26:12,045 --> 00:26:13,747
in my firm the way
you are in yours.
587
00:26:13,780 --> 00:26:16,583
And here's the thing
about good leadership--
588
00:26:16,617 --> 00:26:18,985
and you tell me
if you disagree.
589
00:26:19,019 --> 00:26:21,788
It's not enough
to insist on fidelity
590
00:26:21,822 --> 00:26:25,091
or honesty or fair dealing.
591
00:26:25,125 --> 00:26:26,727
A good leader
592
00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:28,995
has to practice it.
593
00:26:32,566 --> 00:26:34,500
Denny Crane.
594
00:26:42,676 --> 00:26:43,777
SHORE: Was it my imagination,
595
00:26:43,810 --> 00:26:46,012
or was he actually
quite effective?
596
00:26:46,046 --> 00:26:47,280
I keep telling you,
597
00:26:47,313 --> 00:26:48,448
once he's in a courtroom,
598
00:26:48,481 --> 00:26:49,683
all the plaque on his brain
599
00:26:49,716 --> 00:26:51,217
just dissolves.
600
00:26:51,251 --> 00:26:53,119
I don't know
what the hell it is,
601
00:26:53,153 --> 00:26:54,888
but I think
it was effective.
602
00:26:54,921 --> 00:26:56,422
I don't like it
when people talk about me
603
00:26:56,456 --> 00:26:57,824
like I'm not in the corridor.
604
00:26:57,858 --> 00:26:59,192
Last time I checked,
605
00:26:59,225 --> 00:27:00,734
I was in the corridor.
606
00:27:02,335 --> 00:27:05,271
(music playing)
607
00:27:16,717 --> 00:27:18,284
FRUTT: He said
that he had been fired
608
00:27:18,318 --> 00:27:19,452
by his firm
609
00:27:19,485 --> 00:27:21,722
and that he needed
a break.
610
00:27:21,755 --> 00:27:23,624
Did he say
why he was fired?
611
00:27:23,657 --> 00:27:25,859
He embezzled.
612
00:27:25,892 --> 00:27:27,260
He said
it was a half-Robin Hood
613
00:27:27,293 --> 00:27:28,061
kind of thing,
614
00:27:28,094 --> 00:27:29,429
that he took from the rich
615
00:27:29,462 --> 00:27:30,964
and kept it.
616
00:27:30,997 --> 00:27:32,198
BURKE: And knowing this,
617
00:27:32,232 --> 00:27:34,134
you hired Alan Shore?
618
00:27:34,167 --> 00:27:36,002
Yes.
619
00:27:36,036 --> 00:27:36,737
BURKE: Why?
620
00:27:36,770 --> 00:27:39,305
He was a friend who--
621
00:27:41,908 --> 00:27:42,809
well, like you said,
622
00:27:42,843 --> 00:27:45,045
he needed a break.
623
00:27:45,078 --> 00:27:48,014
And this testimony today...
624
00:27:49,082 --> 00:27:51,017
this is difficult?
625
00:27:51,051 --> 00:27:52,853
You have no idea.
626
00:27:52,886 --> 00:27:55,589
BURKE: In fact,
despite all the infractions
627
00:27:55,622 --> 00:27:57,290
he's committed
since joining your firm,
628
00:27:57,323 --> 00:27:58,725
you've continued
to defend him.
629
00:28:00,867 --> 00:28:02,769
Why, Ellenor?
630
00:28:04,638 --> 00:28:06,372
I think Alan
631
00:28:07,808 --> 00:28:09,710
is deeply troubled.
632
00:28:09,743 --> 00:28:11,177
As talented as he is,
633
00:28:11,211 --> 00:28:13,980
as terrific as he is,
634
00:28:15,348 --> 00:28:17,951
I don't think
he likes himself.
635
00:28:17,984 --> 00:28:20,554
And on some
psychological level--
636
00:28:20,587 --> 00:28:22,523
BILLINGS: Objection--
foundation.
637
00:28:22,556 --> 00:28:23,857
This will be a lay opinion
638
00:28:23,890 --> 00:28:25,592
from a friend, Your Honor.
639
00:28:25,626 --> 00:28:26,660
I'll allow it.
640
00:28:28,161 --> 00:28:30,196
BURKE: Please continue.
641
00:28:30,230 --> 00:28:33,166
I think to service
his own self-loathing,
642
00:28:33,199 --> 00:28:36,236
he breeds contempt
from others.
643
00:28:36,269 --> 00:28:37,170
BURKE: We heard
644
00:28:37,203 --> 00:28:38,705
Eugene Young use the words
645
00:28:38,739 --> 00:28:39,940
"self-destructive."
646
00:28:39,973 --> 00:28:41,808
FRUTT: That would be fair.
647
00:28:41,842 --> 00:28:42,643
I've said that to Alan
648
00:28:42,676 --> 00:28:44,444
on more than one occasion.
649
00:28:45,746 --> 00:28:47,614
I truly believe
650
00:28:47,648 --> 00:28:51,217
he's trying
to destroy himself.
651
00:28:51,251 --> 00:28:53,887
I don't think it was ever
652
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:55,989
his intent
653
00:28:56,022 --> 00:28:58,992
to damage the firm,
654
00:28:59,025 --> 00:29:01,267
but that's what
he started to do.
655
00:29:01,301 --> 00:29:03,136
So, you agree, then,
656
00:29:03,169 --> 00:29:05,371
with the decision
to discharge him?
657
00:29:07,641 --> 00:29:09,843
I do.
658
00:29:09,876 --> 00:29:12,078
BURKE: Thank you, Ellenor.
659
00:29:18,351 --> 00:29:20,153
You really wanna do
this one?
660
00:29:22,689 --> 00:29:25,025
Alan?
661
00:29:25,058 --> 00:29:26,059
SHORE: Yeah.
662
00:29:39,372 --> 00:29:41,174
You think it's best
that I leave.
663
00:29:48,148 --> 00:29:50,116
Did you not say last week,
664
00:29:50,150 --> 00:29:52,686
"Let's work this out"?
665
00:29:52,719 --> 00:29:56,557
Did you not say
you couldn't bear the idea
666
00:29:56,590 --> 00:29:57,390
of going to work
667
00:29:57,423 --> 00:29:59,926
at a place without me?
668
00:30:01,902 --> 00:30:03,303
I said that.
669
00:30:04,538 --> 00:30:05,906
Did you mean it?
670
00:30:05,939 --> 00:30:08,008
I meant it.
671
00:30:10,343 --> 00:30:13,046
But, Alan,
672
00:30:13,079 --> 00:30:15,215
I said that
un-objectively,
673
00:30:15,248 --> 00:30:16,950
as your friend,
674
00:30:16,983 --> 00:30:18,351
as a person who continues
675
00:30:18,384 --> 00:30:21,054
to care deeply for you,
676
00:30:22,656 --> 00:30:23,657
but...
677
00:30:23,690 --> 00:30:25,626
(breathes)
678
00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,430
I don't think
you're entirely well.
679
00:30:30,463 --> 00:30:33,133
You are gonna
self-destruct one day,
680
00:30:34,968 --> 00:30:37,170
and I can't prevent that.
681
00:30:38,739 --> 00:30:40,240
But I can't let you
682
00:30:40,273 --> 00:30:43,409
destroy my partners
in the process.
683
00:30:43,443 --> 00:30:45,378
(sighs)
684
00:30:46,947 --> 00:30:48,381
I'm sorry.
685
00:30:53,854 --> 00:30:55,088
I see.
686
00:30:58,024 --> 00:31:00,967
(music playing)
687
00:31:18,218 --> 00:31:20,053
YOUNG: We live in a time
688
00:31:20,086 --> 00:31:21,588
where breaking rules,
689
00:31:21,622 --> 00:31:22,823
being a rebel,
690
00:31:22,856 --> 00:31:23,857
flashing irreverence
691
00:31:23,890 --> 00:31:25,826
for any kind
of convention is cool,
692
00:31:25,859 --> 00:31:26,760
is hip.
693
00:31:26,793 --> 00:31:29,663
Alan Shore is a hip,
cool guy.
694
00:31:29,696 --> 00:31:31,064
He's entertaining, too.
695
00:31:31,097 --> 00:31:32,332
It can be fun
696
00:31:32,365 --> 00:31:34,200
watching him do his thing,
697
00:31:34,234 --> 00:31:35,736
but when he's doing it to you
698
00:31:35,769 --> 00:31:36,703
or people you love
699
00:31:36,737 --> 00:31:38,138
or something you love--
700
00:31:41,141 --> 00:31:43,977
you see
these people here?
701
00:31:44,010 --> 00:31:45,946
We don't have
husbands and wives.
702
00:31:45,979 --> 00:31:47,714
Ellenor has a child,
703
00:31:47,748 --> 00:31:48,448
I have a son,
704
00:31:48,481 --> 00:31:49,750
but no one can accuse us
705
00:31:49,783 --> 00:31:52,018
of living rounded,
balanced lives.
706
00:31:52,052 --> 00:31:54,254
Our lives are that law firm.
707
00:31:54,287 --> 00:31:56,156
Our lives
are each other,
708
00:31:56,189 --> 00:31:58,759
and working together
in a place--
709
00:31:58,792 --> 00:32:00,767
together--
710
00:32:00,801 --> 00:32:02,135
that's something.
711
00:32:08,775 --> 00:32:11,111
I might even
call that "everything."
712
00:32:13,413 --> 00:32:15,716
This man
713
00:32:15,749 --> 00:32:17,984
couldn't get that.
714
00:32:18,018 --> 00:32:20,153
He came in,
from the very first day,
715
00:32:20,186 --> 00:32:22,022
and behaved in a way that said,
716
00:32:22,055 --> 00:32:24,525
"People here
don't have to be moral.
717
00:32:24,558 --> 00:32:26,426
People here don't have
to conduct themselves
718
00:32:26,459 --> 00:32:27,293
with integrity,
719
00:32:27,327 --> 00:32:29,095
that people here don't need
720
00:32:29,129 --> 00:32:30,931
to be honest."
721
00:32:30,964 --> 00:32:32,032
You heard the list,
722
00:32:32,065 --> 00:32:33,499
blackmail, extortion,
723
00:32:33,534 --> 00:32:34,500
breaking privilege,
724
00:32:34,535 --> 00:32:36,336
impersonating
opposing parties,
725
00:32:36,369 --> 00:32:37,170
concealing evidence,
726
00:32:37,203 --> 00:32:38,605
It goes on and on.
727
00:32:38,639 --> 00:32:40,874
He did this
acting as an agent
728
00:32:40,907 --> 00:32:43,376
of the place we built.
729
00:32:43,409 --> 00:32:44,778
Alan Shore thinks he got fired
730
00:32:44,811 --> 00:32:45,746
because we were afraid
731
00:32:45,779 --> 00:32:47,047
he'd bring the firm down.
732
00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:49,149
What he can't seem to get
733
00:32:49,182 --> 00:32:50,283
is that he's already
734
00:32:50,316 --> 00:32:52,318
brought us down.
735
00:32:54,988 --> 00:32:56,890
Like I said,
736
00:32:56,923 --> 00:32:59,359
I know scandal
is hip these days.
737
00:32:59,392 --> 00:33:01,935
For sure, it's profitable.
738
00:33:01,968 --> 00:33:04,571
But at Young, Frutt,
and Berluti,
739
00:33:04,605 --> 00:33:06,540
character still counts.
740
00:33:06,573 --> 00:33:07,808
It must count.
741
00:33:07,841 --> 00:33:11,645
Our dignity is not
a fungible thing,
742
00:33:11,678 --> 00:33:13,814
not to Ellenor,
743
00:33:13,847 --> 00:33:15,982
not to Jimmy,
744
00:33:16,016 --> 00:33:17,417
not to Jamie,
745
00:33:21,321 --> 00:33:22,422
not to me.
746
00:33:25,726 --> 00:33:27,060
Alan Shore...
747
00:33:29,996 --> 00:33:31,898
just can't get that.
748
00:33:34,100 --> 00:33:37,070
(music playing)
749
00:34:03,403 --> 00:34:05,872
When this firm hired me,
750
00:34:07,207 --> 00:34:09,309
they knowingly
engaged the services
751
00:34:09,342 --> 00:34:11,545
of an embezzler.
752
00:34:11,578 --> 00:34:13,947
They let me go about my evil,
753
00:34:13,980 --> 00:34:15,649
sinister business,
754
00:34:15,682 --> 00:34:17,350
and make them rich,
755
00:34:18,919 --> 00:34:20,754
and then they tossed me.
756
00:34:24,090 --> 00:34:25,926
I had an uncle.
757
00:34:25,959 --> 00:34:29,162
He'd bring
a delicious dessert
758
00:34:29,195 --> 00:34:31,164
to every family
get-together,
759
00:34:31,197 --> 00:34:33,299
and everyone would fawn
760
00:34:33,333 --> 00:34:35,301
and gush, saying,
761
00:34:35,335 --> 00:34:36,970
"You're so thoughtful, Charles.
762
00:34:37,003 --> 00:34:38,772
You're so generous."
763
00:34:40,406 --> 00:34:42,008
He admitted to me
he wasn't generous at all.
764
00:34:42,042 --> 00:34:43,844
He was hungry.
765
00:34:43,877 --> 00:34:45,946
And his logic was...
766
00:34:45,979 --> 00:34:47,748
if he brought a pie,
767
00:34:47,781 --> 00:34:49,315
he'd get a slice.
768
00:34:51,852 --> 00:34:53,720
I brought the pie,
ladies and gentlemen.
769
00:34:53,754 --> 00:34:55,388
They didn't give me my slice.
770
00:34:56,923 --> 00:34:59,125
And as for all my despicable,
771
00:34:59,159 --> 00:35:01,201
unethical, immoral,
772
00:35:01,234 --> 00:35:03,604
treacherous, sleazy conduct,
773
00:35:03,637 --> 00:35:04,738
they called me everything
774
00:35:04,771 --> 00:35:06,272
but a terrorist, didn't they?
775
00:35:06,306 --> 00:35:08,642
This business
776
00:35:08,675 --> 00:35:12,012
is not an ethical arena.
777
00:35:12,045 --> 00:35:15,516
Our legal system
is adversarial by nature,
778
00:35:15,549 --> 00:35:17,851
where it is often
the very function
779
00:35:17,884 --> 00:35:20,921
of a lawyer's job
780
00:35:20,954 --> 00:35:22,823
to prevent the truth
781
00:35:22,856 --> 00:35:25,692
from ever coming out.
782
00:35:25,726 --> 00:35:29,029
We get paid to suppress
783
00:35:29,062 --> 00:35:30,797
and squash
784
00:35:30,831 --> 00:35:32,733
and conceal evidence.
785
00:35:32,766 --> 00:35:34,668
Remember, this is the system
786
00:35:34,701 --> 00:35:35,969
that freed O. J.
787
00:35:36,002 --> 00:35:38,639
but also convicted
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.
788
00:35:38,672 --> 00:35:42,509
Every first-year
law student is taught,
789
00:35:42,543 --> 00:35:46,346
"Don't ever,
ever equate legal ethics
790
00:35:46,379 --> 00:35:47,614
with morality.
791
00:35:47,648 --> 00:35:50,416
They're almost always
mutually exclusive."
792
00:35:50,450 --> 00:35:52,218
It's an ugly world
793
00:35:52,252 --> 00:35:55,522
where underhandedness
is often celebrated.
794
00:35:55,556 --> 00:35:57,323
I didn't enter
795
00:35:57,357 --> 00:35:59,660
Eugene Young's church.
796
00:35:59,693 --> 00:36:01,001
It was a law firm.
797
00:36:01,034 --> 00:36:02,235
A criminal law firm.
798
00:36:02,268 --> 00:36:03,570
The dirtiest kind,
799
00:36:03,604 --> 00:36:05,171
where lawyers get up in court,
800
00:36:05,205 --> 00:36:07,708
as Mr. Young has many times,
801
00:36:07,741 --> 00:36:11,144
and knowingly falsely
accuse innocent people
802
00:36:11,177 --> 00:36:12,112
of murder.
803
00:36:12,145 --> 00:36:12,913
Why?
804
00:36:12,946 --> 00:36:13,814
For the noble cause
805
00:36:13,847 --> 00:36:15,549
of getting
the real killer off.
806
00:36:15,582 --> 00:36:18,184
Eugene Young
has put guilty people
807
00:36:18,218 --> 00:36:20,386
back on the street
to kill again.
808
00:36:20,420 --> 00:36:23,289
He's in the business
of freeing serial rapists.
809
00:36:23,323 --> 00:36:26,026
But, hey,
I brought the firm down
810
00:36:26,059 --> 00:36:28,795
by pretending to be
an airline executive.
811
00:36:28,829 --> 00:36:29,930
I'm sorry.
812
00:36:29,963 --> 00:36:31,932
I guess
I just don't get it.
813
00:36:34,535 --> 00:36:35,936
He goes behind my back,
814
00:36:35,969 --> 00:36:38,705
tells my client I'm unstable
815
00:36:38,739 --> 00:36:40,741
for the purpose
of stealing that client.
816
00:36:40,774 --> 00:36:43,209
This somehow falls
within the bounds
817
00:36:43,243 --> 00:36:44,745
of integrity.
818
00:36:45,946 --> 00:36:48,314
I guess
I just don't get it.
819
00:36:55,822 --> 00:36:56,957
There's a couple of things
820
00:36:56,990 --> 00:36:59,793
Eugene Young
just can't seem to get.
821
00:36:59,826 --> 00:37:02,702
First, I'm just
an unscrupulous guy
822
00:37:02,736 --> 00:37:05,872
trying to get by
in an unscrupulous profession.
823
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:08,041
And second,
824
00:37:08,074 --> 00:37:11,210
I respect him profoundly.
825
00:37:11,244 --> 00:37:14,514
There's perhaps nobody
I respect more.
826
00:37:17,050 --> 00:37:20,486
In the eight or so months
I've known you,
827
00:37:21,555 --> 00:37:22,723
I've found you to be
828
00:37:22,756 --> 00:37:26,326
utterly beyond reproach,
829
00:37:32,465 --> 00:37:35,802
which is why I'm so surprised
830
00:37:35,836 --> 00:37:38,071
he would take all that money
831
00:37:38,104 --> 00:37:39,873
I brought in,
832
00:37:39,906 --> 00:37:42,408
fire me,
833
00:37:42,442 --> 00:37:45,111
then go through all this
834
00:37:45,145 --> 00:37:47,681
just to avoid
giving me my slice.
835
00:38:03,069 --> 00:38:04,204
WILSON: Hey, how'd it go?
836
00:38:04,237 --> 00:38:05,471
SHORE: They're deliberating.
837
00:38:05,506 --> 00:38:06,740
Can we talk
about the outfit?
838
00:38:06,773 --> 00:38:08,108
WILSON: (sighs)
839
00:38:08,141 --> 00:38:11,612
All the assistants here
wear uniforms.
840
00:38:11,645 --> 00:38:12,879
I like it.
841
00:38:12,913 --> 00:38:14,247
Do you?
842
00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:15,015
Well, as soon
as I pass the bar,
843
00:38:15,048 --> 00:38:15,882
it's coming off.
844
00:38:15,916 --> 00:38:16,650
I can't wait.
845
00:38:16,683 --> 00:38:19,052
Let's go to the bar now.
846
00:38:19,085 --> 00:38:20,754
We conduct
our sexual harassment
847
00:38:20,787 --> 00:38:21,988
behind closed doors here,
sailor.
848
00:38:22,022 --> 00:38:23,323
SHORE: I shudder
to think.
849
00:38:23,356 --> 00:38:24,758
Excuse me.
Oh.
850
00:38:26,593 --> 00:38:27,661
CRANE: That was a hell
of a closing.
851
00:38:27,694 --> 00:38:29,730
I like what I see so far.
852
00:38:29,763 --> 00:38:31,898
$9 million, portables,
853
00:38:31,932 --> 00:38:32,866
a closing like that.
854
00:38:32,899 --> 00:38:34,835
What do you say...
855
00:38:34,868 --> 00:38:36,136
we take
our relationship
856
00:38:36,169 --> 00:38:38,171
to the next level?
857
00:38:38,204 --> 00:38:41,274
Are you a homosexual,
Denny?
858
00:38:41,307 --> 00:38:44,778
I'm offering you
a job, sailor.
859
00:38:44,811 --> 00:38:47,180
BILLINGS:
You can't be serious.
860
00:38:47,213 --> 00:38:48,515
They already have a verdict.
861
00:38:48,549 --> 00:38:49,315
SHORE: What?
862
00:38:49,349 --> 00:38:50,383
That means
they never got
863
00:38:50,416 --> 00:38:51,417
to damages.
864
00:38:51,451 --> 00:38:52,886
You lost, pilgrim.
865
00:38:52,919 --> 00:38:53,787
Come on.
866
00:39:04,605 --> 00:39:05,839
It's exciting.
867
00:39:08,842 --> 00:39:10,176
GLEASON: All right.
868
00:39:10,210 --> 00:39:11,277
Mr. Foreman,
869
00:39:11,311 --> 00:39:12,979
the jury has reached a verdict?
870
00:39:14,414 --> 00:39:15,549
We have, Your Honor.
871
00:39:15,582 --> 00:39:17,951
What say you?
872
00:39:17,984 --> 00:39:19,553
FOREMAN: On question one,
873
00:39:19,586 --> 00:39:20,887
"Was the defendant's termination
874
00:39:20,921 --> 00:39:22,222
of the plaintiff wrongful?"
875
00:39:22,255 --> 00:39:24,124
We find in the affirmative.
876
00:39:24,157 --> 00:39:26,192
That means "Yes."
877
00:39:26,226 --> 00:39:26,993
Oh.
878
00:39:27,027 --> 00:39:27,794
FOREMAN: On question two,
879
00:39:27,828 --> 00:39:29,429
concerning damages,
880
00:39:29,462 --> 00:39:30,230
we order the defendant
881
00:39:30,263 --> 00:39:31,231
to pay the plaintiff
882
00:39:31,264 --> 00:39:32,566
compensatory damages
883
00:39:32,599 --> 00:39:34,968
in the amount of $2.3 million.
884
00:39:35,001 --> 00:39:37,938
(music playing)
885
00:39:46,547 --> 00:39:47,614
BILLINGS: Congratulations.
886
00:39:47,648 --> 00:39:48,949
Thank you.
887
00:40:09,976 --> 00:40:11,311
Lost.
888
00:40:11,344 --> 00:40:12,278
$2.3 million.
889
00:40:12,312 --> 00:40:14,180
Two?
890
00:40:14,214 --> 00:40:15,582
We've appealed.
891
00:40:15,616 --> 00:40:16,517
Let's not--
HATCHER: Well,
892
00:40:16,550 --> 00:40:18,218
does this affect payroll?
893
00:40:18,251 --> 00:40:20,086
I mean, can we still
finance our cases?
894
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:22,488
Do you guys need me
to open up a separate account?
895
00:40:22,523 --> 00:40:24,090
YOUNG: Look, I'll advise you
896
00:40:24,124 --> 00:40:26,359
what to do, Lucy, okay?
897
00:40:26,392 --> 00:40:27,794
Jimmy, Ellenor,
898
00:40:27,828 --> 00:40:29,663
in the conference room, please.
899
00:40:36,302 --> 00:40:37,504
(door closes)
900
00:40:42,643 --> 00:40:44,044
I don't want the money.
901
00:40:44,077 --> 00:40:45,546
If the judgment holds up,
902
00:40:45,579 --> 00:40:47,581
we'll pay you the money.
903
00:40:47,614 --> 00:40:49,049
I don't want it.
904
00:40:49,082 --> 00:40:49,916
Well, you'll get it.
905
00:40:49,950 --> 00:40:51,084
Do with it what you want,
906
00:40:51,117 --> 00:40:52,619
but this firm always meets
907
00:40:52,653 --> 00:40:54,555
its financial obligations.
908
00:40:54,588 --> 00:40:56,523
Maybe we can donate it
to a cause
909
00:40:56,557 --> 00:40:57,758
that we mutually--
910
00:40:57,791 --> 00:40:59,292
legalization of prostitution,
911
00:40:59,325 --> 00:41:01,034
something that--
912
00:41:04,037 --> 00:41:05,138
whatever.
913
00:41:06,773 --> 00:41:08,174
Why are you here?
914
00:41:08,208 --> 00:41:10,511
(chuckles)
915
00:41:10,544 --> 00:41:13,013
I'm here because...
916
00:41:15,716 --> 00:41:16,917
I'm a sucker for closure,
917
00:41:16,950 --> 00:41:18,051
I guess.
918
00:41:19,720 --> 00:41:20,754
Not to be confused
919
00:41:20,787 --> 00:41:23,023
with sentimentality, but...
920
00:41:24,725 --> 00:41:26,527
I wanted you all
921
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:28,194
to know two things.
922
00:41:29,763 --> 00:41:30,797
First,
923
00:41:33,199 --> 00:41:35,969
I'm sorry
924
00:41:36,002 --> 00:41:39,039
for any embarrassment that--
925
00:41:43,143 --> 00:41:46,479
well, any embarrassment.
926
00:41:49,049 --> 00:41:50,617
And second,
927
00:41:56,022 --> 00:41:58,625
I really loved working here.
928
00:42:00,233 --> 00:42:02,268
I know my coming back
929
00:42:02,302 --> 00:42:04,270
isn't an option,
930
00:42:04,304 --> 00:42:05,238
but...
931
00:42:07,541 --> 00:42:09,142
people should know
where people stand.
932
00:42:09,175 --> 00:42:10,977
I've always believed that.
933
00:42:12,045 --> 00:42:13,213
And...
934
00:42:23,389 --> 00:42:25,526
I loved working here.
935
00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:28,361
I wanted you to know.
936
00:42:41,775 --> 00:42:43,343
(door closes)
937
00:42:43,376 --> 00:42:46,312
(music playing)
938
00:42:56,590 --> 00:42:59,526
(music playing)
939
00:43:20,654 --> 00:43:21,387
BOY: Score, score.
940
00:43:21,421 --> 00:43:22,488
WOMAN: You stinker.
941
00:43:24,324 --> 00:43:27,060
(music playing)63398
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