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Can you draft up a motion to compel on Peters?

Documents? Yeah.

Bobby, you ready?

Ready? To go to the printers for the invitations?

Oh, God, I completely forgot I got the Strauss depot at 10.

Discovery's over on Peters? But we still don't have the medicals. You promised.

Strauss, that jerk.

That client.

I'm sorry. You should move for sanctions.

I'll never get that. I didn't. At least try. Can you at least look?

Parchment with black ink? Yes, I'm sanctions, Bobby.

The morphing is nice. I didn't ask you.

Bobby, you're going to be late. It's Dr. Badger. Bobby.

White with the gold border.

That wasn't one of the choices.

That's my opinion.

I didn't mean to say you wanted it.

White with the gold.

You didn't even look.

They never give you sanctions.

You ever get sanctions?

Here's the keys.

That ain't going to do it. Here's the wallet. That ain't going to do it

Baby, you didn't see the gun, huh?

Take my watch.

ATM cards, whatever you want.

I want you, Bobby Donald.

I came for you.

Look, I don't know what you want.

Sit down.

Sit your ass down.

Do me a favor, too, okay?

Don't call me pal.

Why don't you call me Mr. Rooney?

Okay? Isn't that what the judge called me, huh? Mr. Rooney?

Right before he dumped my ass in the hole for 12 years?

Rooney? Yeah.

Rooney.

Patrick Rooney.

Your old client.

When?

1988.

Braintree. Double homicide.

I didn't think you'd remember.

I got you a deal, didn't I?

You got rid of me.

That's what you did.

What are you talking about?

Shut up!

Wait a minute.

Rooney. You had a trial.

That was some trial.

You were really good there, too.

You sat there. You heard the evidence. You said yourself the jury was going to

convict. I didn't force you to take any deal. What are you talking about?

You told me it was that or life!

So I did 12 years for killings that I didn't do.

Judgment day now, Bob.

Now you're on trial.

I really hope I ordered enough invitations.

250.

Lindsay, it's a wedding, not a Celtic game.

I really don't think you should rush her.

Excuse me?

If you're not here to be helpful.

You know, maybe you should pretend like you have another customer.

Aren't you the witch?

How many came to your wedding?

I'm not married.

Big surprise.

It's weird.

Hey, has anyone seen Bobby? He hasn't shown up yet for the deposition.

Well, maybe he got caught in traffic.

He left over an hour ago, and he was only going to Medford.

You want to tell me what your problem is or what?

You're my problem.

That much, I gather.

Maybe you could be more specific.

You know, it would be poor judgment for you to get smug right now.

I'm sorry if you felt you didn't get a fair shake. It happens sometimes. It's

not a perfect system.

I got news for you. It wasn't a system.

It was you.

You may want to think that, but... Hey, I just wanted to take the stand and tell

my side of the story.

But you, you wouldn't let me. I did that to protect you. To protect me.

Yes, you had a list of priors.

doesn't mean I killed anyone.

You take the stand. The priors come in. I wasn't on trial for my priors. It

wouldn't have mattered to the jury. They just would have concluded that... The

jury should have heard me say that I didn't kill anybody.

Instead, I sat there with my mouth shut on your advice.

And they made their own conclusions, didn't they, counsel?

bothers me.

You know what's really been eating at me?

You never even asked to hear my side of the story.

You didn't even want to listen.

There's a reason for that.

Whatever you tell me as a client, I'm stuck with it.

If I know you're about to lie on the stand, I have a duty to go to the judge

tell him.

It's better in some situations for the lawyer not to hear what happened,

assuming that I would be lying, which I wasn't.

I was going to tell the truth, but you refused to believe me.

Okay, Patrick.

Okay.

I stayed in the car that night.

Mickey went inside.

I had no idea what he was going to do.

I only drove him to his ex's because he said he had to get some things back from

her. He told me he was going to talk to her. It would just take a few minutes,

so I waited.

All of a sudden, I heard shots going off.

I didn't even know Mickey had a piece on him that night. But you ran.

I freaked!

I turned around. I seen Mickey come out covered in blood. I couldn't have any

part of that, so I took off, okay?

Even if that were true, we had no way of proving it. Mickey didn't live long

enough to back you. Because the police killed him. As I recall, they found your

jacket next to the bodies with the mother's blood all over it. Mickey

my coat!

I'm telling you, I stayed in the car!

Okay, okay, Patrick, I believe you. I believe you.

Don't play with me!

You never believed me!

Bobby. What?

I think he answered, but then it went dead.

Well, it probably didn't go through. No, no.

Somebody answered.

All right.

This is wrong. It's not Mr. and Mrs. Robert Donald. It's supposed to read Ms.

Lindsay Dole and Mr. Robert Donald on the envelope.

What? You're sublimating.

I'm what? You're taking it out on the envelopes. It's very common. Things will

go a lot smoother with your second marriage.

I heat my pool on repeat business.

People actually come back to you?

You're hurtful.

And you wonder why you can't latch on to a husband.

So you're a main... Drug dealer.

Oh, I got it.

Yeah?

No, I haven't heard from him.

Did you try his cell phone?

That's strange.

Okay, I'm on my way.

What is it? Bobby never showed up at his deposition, and no one's heard from

him.

You're breathing pretty heavy, Counsel.

What's the matter? Are you scared?

Isn't that what you want?

I just hate to see this gun go off by accident.

That would be ironic, wouldn't it?

See, I'm having a hard time living with your mistake, and you certainly couldn't

live with mine.

Patrick, however angry...

You are. You're free now. You're out. Why throw that all away? Hey,

it was all thrown away the day that you were assigned to me. Fine, so now what?

You're gonna kill me and go back to prison? Your life will be over. Let me

you something, Bobby.

The only thing that's kept me going is hate.

Knowing that if I just stuck it out, that I would get the chance to have this

very moment right here.

That's the only thing I've had to cling to for the past 12 years.

That might not seem like much to most people, but for me, to have the chance

kill you... If that were it, you would have done it.

Oh, it'll happen.

But first, you're gonna face the facts.

The facts that could have cleared me, the facts that you ignored.

And then I'll kill you.

Nobody at all.

Maybe that was a hand injury, an amnesia thing.

Yeah, he could have come in as a John Doe.

Yeah, sure, I'll hold the gavel. Nothing from Matthew General.

Ditto, at Tufts, New England.

And they're still saying his cell phone is out of range and not turned on.

Any news?

Nothing. He hasn't shown up at the hospital.

You called the police?

Not yet.

Why not? Lindsay, I'm on it. Get McGuire, I'll talk to him. Excuse me one

second, okay?

Lindsay, I'm on the phone with Bobby's credit card company.

They're saying something about him buying electronics, equipment, DVD

widescreen TV.

Hello, this is Lindsay Dole. I'm Mr. Donald's fiancé.

Is the person using Mr. Donald's credit card still at the electronics store?

Then get them to hold him.

What do you mean you can't? He's got his card.

Look, this is Helen Gamble of the Suffolk County District Attorney's

I need you to talk to your manager. Tell him to have security hold the man until

the police... Look, I don't... care what your policy is. Do what I say or I will

charge you with obstruction of justice.

Give me the number of the store.

I can still remember the first time you came to see me in the lockup.

You walked in real sharp.

I figured, great.

Some big Harvard -type attorney.

No problem.

Did you go to Harvard, Bobby?

Hey, I asked you a question.

I want to Suffolk.

Suffolk?

That's a racetrack.

Look, what the hell do you want from me? I've been sitting here for three hours.

You son of a bitch!

I'd kill you right now if I wasn't.

What?

If you want what, you just shut up.

Just shut your face and sit there.

You'll see what.

I told you, I told you, and I told you. I lifted the cards from the guy's

wallet. It was just laying there. Lying where?

Is it some kind of trick? I already said!

Then tell us again, Mr. Franco.

In the parking structure, on the ground, second level. And you didn't roll the

guy? You never saw Mr.

Donald at all? Come on, detective.

You got my record right there in front of you. I boost and fence.

Sometimes I cut a few checks, but I don't break heads.

I just took the guy's cards.

You don't live here, do you?

Yeah, I do.

Having trouble walking lately?

That's my grandfather's.

Does he know what you're doing here?

No.

He died the week before I got out of jail.

Are you two close?

Are we bonding now?

I got nothing to lose.

Don't be jumping to any conclusions. This can be very misleading.

Ellen, we've been to crime scenes before.

Are you sure you want to be here?

I can take you back to the office.

No.

I'll be all right.

What do you got?

Not much. Carjacking?

Possible. Most of those guys told him to vehicle before they could get back and

looking at the blood on the hood. I know, but I want the facts before I go

there. We'll do the typing.

Lloyd. Hey, Eugene.

Lindsay. Do you have any witnesses?

We're talking to people now, but...

I want to be realistic.

Meaning what exactly?

They're not big on neighborhood watch in this part of town.

Most of the guys down here, they see a uniform.

They think it's coming for them.

Do what you have to do to get answers. I'll look the other way if I have to.

What's going on, Patrick?

Who is he? Well, you want to know who he is?

Tell him who you are. Please, I don't know what this would go about.

Tell him!

Seymour Sternbach. Look, if I did something, I don't... That's enough.

I don't get it, Patrick. What's going on?

Seymour Sternbach.

What?

That doesn't ring any bells to you, counsel?

This is my exculpatory witness.

Your what? The man who could have cleared me.

The man that you said you couldn't find.

The man that I found three days after I got out of prison.

The man you never even bothered to look for.

Kidnapped? Yeah, that's what they think. By who? They haven't figured that part

out yet.

Random? Do they think he was the target? I don't know. Could be either. They

really just don't know very much.

Kidnapped?

So what? They expect us to get a ransom call?

Kidnapped for money?

I don't remember. You're lying.

You remember. I don't.

You were there, Seymour.

In the car, driving by. Who would remember?

I remember.

We talked that night.

Yeah, you and me.

We spoke.

You were looking for a parking space.

And I flagged you down.

I told you I'd just be a minute. I was only waiting for my buddy.

And then we talked about your red Mustang.

And you saw another space open up, so you took that one instead.

Look, who's going to remember a two -minute conversation over a parking

years ago? It was all over the news.

The very next day, a double homicide right where you were, and you're going

sit here and tell me that you don't remember.

I don't.

Patrick!

Don't lie to me.

Don't lie to me! Patrick, you're going to kill him!

It's there.

You remember talking to him?

Yes.

The night of the murder.

Why didn't you come forward?

I was... Look, I'm a married man.

I met a girl.

If I'd come forward, things would have... I did 12 years.

You let me do 12 years because you were cheating on your wife?

For all I know, you could have killed those people after we talked.

Patrick!

You... You should have found him. Even if we had found him, he doesn't get you

off at all. Yes, he does!

No, he just confirms you at the scene, ready to drive the getaway car. That's

all that everybody needs.

Only if I knew!

I told you I had no idea what the hell Mickey was going to do.

Even so... Intent, counsel.

Intent. Look it up.

I did.

Men's Reus.

If I didn't know what he was going to do... But you helped him get away!

He never got in the car!

But still, it was only your word.

Why would I flag a guy down if I was there to commit a crime?

Never thought about that, did you, Counsel?

See that look on your face?

That's the look of a guilty man.

What about previous threats? Did Bobby have any recent run -ins with clients or

witnesses that might have a vendetta?

We usually win.

No threats?

client you've screwed over?

What? I didn't screw anybody over.

We may have a break.

What? A match on the prints from Bobby's car. Name's Rooney. Patrick Kevin

Rooney.

Patrick Rooney. I think we had a client with that name. That was a long time

ago. Makes sense. He just finished 12 years at Cedar Junction. A manslaughter

deal. I remember because I just started working here. I think it's from Southie.

We're going over his full history now, but we'll need whatever you still have.

Okay, maybe I should have found them. You screwed up.

You screwed up.

And if I did?

It's too late to change the past.

You want me to try to get the record expunged? You know what got expunged?

12 years of my life. Enough about the 12 years.

I've heard about the 12 years.

What about the 10 years before that? When you were out committing aggravated

assault and knocking off liquor stores. The 10 years before that.

That's the reason I didn't put you in the witness chair.

The ten years before that. It was the reason that you assumed that I was

Maybe it was, and I'm to blame, but so are you.

Who you were went into my thinking.

What you were.

You have to take some kind of responsibility for that.

Sit tight.

Don't try anything cute.

Okay, you've got five minutes.

Why don't you come inside?

I'm serious, Patrick. I told you on the phone. I've got nothing else to say.

I've got to show you something.

No, no, no.

Patrick.

Listen, I'm sorry, but I can't let you leave.

Patrick.

Come on.

Oh, my God.

Patrick.

Come on.

Patrick, please.

Sit down.

Hey, look, I didn't want you to see me like this the first time.

But I don't have any choice now.

What are you talking about?

I had to make you see.

Because of them, I lost you.

Lost everything.

What?

They'll tell you I was innocent.

Tell her what happened.

He's innocent.

Patrick, why are you doing this?

Susie, please, I'm not going to hurt you. I promise.

Just stay right here, okay?

Relax. I'm going to get you something to drink.

I'll get you some tonic, all right? You want some chips?

You've got to. Man, a gun... and you're offering me shit.

Come on, Patrick. Leave her out of this.

Leave her out of it?

Leave her out of this?

She is the reason you're here right now. And she's the only reason that you're

still alive. You understand me?

It has to be here.

Nice filing system you had, Bette.

I don't see any date on these folders. Keep looking. What exactly are we

for again? Court docs, work product, a list of personal contacts, anybody or

anything that can help us.

We're going to be here all night.

I don't know why we're so shocked this has happened. The people we have as

clients... All right, Eleanor. No, I'm serious, Eugene.

Clients always blame their lawyers, even in civil cases.

Our clients are murderers half the time going in. The bigger surprise is that

this doesn't happen more often.

I don't think she needed to hear that.

I am sure he is okay.

You can't be sure of that.

Who are we kidding?

If this was a revenge thing, the likelihood is he's dead.

We both know it.

We don't know anything.

This doesn't fit any sort of typical... We haven't heard from him. I mean, this

Rooney guy, I mean, why would he be taking him hostage?

We both know the statistics, Helen.

And the longer he's missing... We'll find him.

I don't know if I can handle this, Helen.

Rooney had us send a copy of his appellate papers to his grandfather,

Rooney. The address is right there.

All right, let's call McGuire.

I have two cars in the area now and two backups on the way. No one makes a move

until we get there, understood?

Helen, I'm going with you. We're all going.

Let's just go.

years. You haven't come to see me once.

I should have figured it out, huh?

I loved you, Patrick.

What kind of a future did I have with you?

Especially after.

You got kids?

Pictures? Yeah.

That's Jake.

He's seven.

And, um, that's Johnny.

He's three.

Helped me through the trial.

We've known each other, what, since seventh grade?

You don't even come see me at the trial.

She was a character witness, Patrick.

I'd tell him what he wasn't important.

Hey, it was important to me!

She knew me.

I thought if I could make anyone understand, it would have been you.

We were going to get married.

She's afraid to even sit down and have a conversation with me.

You do as we say.

I got people in here.

Tim, Rooney.

Let's talk this out, Patrick.

Tell me what's going on.

Oh, my God.

Are you okay?

We're all right.

How many are you?

Three.

Hold it right there.

I said get back.

I'm not on, Patrick.

See?

You heard me.

Get back!

Come on, Patrick.

I want to help you.

Tell me what you want.

We'll work it out.

Doctor, shut up.

It's not too late to end this all peacefully.

That's what you get.

You can get out of this.

Tell me you want an offer.

What are you talking about? No!

Talk deal and we'll consider!

Bobby. A deal!

Give us something to work with!

You speaking for Rooney?

No! No!

Let's get the snipers in place.

unclear as to when the hostages were abducted. Our sources say it began in

morning. We do know that the suspect's name is Patrick Kevin Rooney, released

just three days ago from Cedar Junction after serving 12 years for a double

homicide. One of the hostages is Robert Donald, the attorney of record who

handled Mr. Rooney's murder trial 12 years ago.

Damn, mishandled is more like it. Patrick, you gotta decide what you wanna

here. What do you want me to do?

You want me to make a deal, huh, Bobby? You want me to make a deal so you can go

on with your life?

No. Not this time.

No deals!

Can't you see the man's trying to help you, Patrick?

What, you want to die here in your grandfather's house?

Real nice for his memory.

a clean shot there. Why didn't you take it? We tried to negotiate. This isn't

good. The guys didn't even make any demands.

Which means?

Which means he hasn't got a plan, which means he's probably out of control.

We should just take him out.

Well, let's hope they can.

This wasn't supposed to happen.

Not like this.

Patrick, are you listening to me?

Come out now and we'll work something out. I promise.

He promised.

Shut up, you.

Patrick, your mission here, as I understand it, was to show me and Susie

you didn't do the crime.

To convince me that I screwed up by not believing you in finding this witness.

You've done all this.

That was only half of my mission.

The other half was to kill you.

Then do it!

And get it over with!

Fine! Don't antagonize him for God's sake. I'll take the police and be

them to shoot you. Stop it!

There is a way out.

Let me talk to them.

If I can get you out of this, Patrick, let me try.

Let me try.

I don't want to die here, Patrick.

You can't want to die.

Let's go.

You stay where I can see you.

You hear me?

Hold up, everybody.

Hold up! Hold up!

Hold up.

We're ready to talk.

All right, Bobby.

Go to the phone.

Not you, Mike.

Someone who can make good.

Everyone goes free in exchange for charges dropped.

Bobby. Ellen. That's the way it's got to be.

Can he hear us?

No.

That's the offer.

All right, tell him to send out the hostages and we will drop all charges.

That won't work.

You've got to do better than that.

All right, all right, we'll keep the parole violation.

Suspended sentence.

Whatever. You're not listening. He's not doing time.

We agree to no time or there's no deal.

The guy's got a gun. He's about to shoot me.

Okay, I'm just going to keep talking so it looks like we're responding.

Lindsay's doing okay.

We're all taking care of her. Bobby, we'll get you out.

That's the only deal we're making.

Okay, here's the offer.

They won't file in kidnapping, assault, or false imprisonment.

But the parole violation stands.

No. Patrick, this is on the news. They can't just tell the public they let you

walk free.

I have Helen Gamble's words. She'll agree to a suspended sentence on the

violation. So, in essence, you will be walking free. No judge is going to sign

off on that. The judge will go along if we can show you were wrongly convicted.

We'll need you for that.

Fine.

You can get out of all this, Patrick.

All of it.

It's not too late.

It's not too late.

I want your life ruined.

I want your life ruined just like you ruined mine.

Patrick, you want the world to know that you're not a murderer.

You want to go back to prison?

No.

You leave last.

We're told the police have established dialogue with the suspect and an

arrangement may have been made to release the hostages.

What is happening?

I'm not sure.

Who's he?

I have no idea.

All

right,

Susie.

meet the kids from there.

You got a girl?

Engaged.

She's out there.

Scared to death.

She's special, huh?

Yeah.

Look, I'm sorry I should have found that witness.

You talked about the ten years before.

My priors.

The last two, I was clean.

I had to get my life together.

Maybe I could have been a lawyer or something. Who knows?

It really wouldn't matter what the DA was offering in terms of a plea.

They could, in effect, promise the suspect anything under the sun and then

vitiate the deal on grounds of duress.

What does vitiate mean?

What the hell does vitiate mean?

There's no deal, is there?

You screwed me again.

The DA, she agreed.

Is there a deal or not?

There's a deal.

Bobby.

Bobby.

Get her out of here.

We can't tell exactly what's going on, but we just heard the sound of gunfire

from within the house where the gunman is still holding Bobby Donald, the

attorney.

Sierra One, you can get a shot.

Patrick.

Patrick, if you could hear me.

Dial the number.

Patrick, pick up the phone.

Let's talk. I need you to answer the phone.

Anybody does anything, and he dies. Patrick.

You hear me?

What do you want?

I want you to send in...

The district attorney.

And only her.

Patrick, we can't. I know she's out there.

Send her in.

We got a shot.

Barely.

Patrick, release Mr. Donald and we'll send in the DA.

No, no way.

Patrick, please.

You send her in right now or he dies.

If you release Mr. Donald.

He dies on the count of three. Do you understand me?

Let me go.

Not a chance. One!

Patrick!

One single gunshot wound to the head, Mr. Rooney went down immediately.

The hostage, Robert Donald, was unhurt.

Patrick Kevin Rooney was pronounced dead on the scene.

Police Homicide Detective Mike McGuire spoke later about the incident.

I did screw up his case.

Bobby. I was right out of school.

Taking three assignments at a clip, 17 hours a day, trying to scratch.

I trusted the DAs then.

They told me the guy was guilty. I believed them.

I probably did push that deal on him without even bothering to track down the

witness.

Took one look at his rap sheet and prejudged him.

And I doubt, I doubt it was the only time.

I thought I'd lost you.

The whole time, all I could see was your face.