All language subtitles for The Practice s06e18 Fire Proof

Previously on The Practice.

You're losing, Helen. I'm taking over
first chair. Now I'm going to prep the

investigating officer.

Alone. What other evidence connects Mr.

McIntyre to Mr. Hayden's murder?

Mr. McIntyre was tried for killing his
former business partner.

Objection! Sustained. Counsel.

Chambers. You did this intentionally.

You conspired with the detective.

That's completely untrue. Then I want to
put Helen Gamble on the stand. Do you

have any basis to believe Mr.

Walsh did intend to cause a mistrial.

Yes. Mr. Walsh made sure to exclude me
when he prepped Detective Simon.

The case against the defendant is
dismissed with prejudice.

I did my ethical duty.

Only because you were dragged into it.
You're not a hero.

All right. What the hell's going on?

Take it easy. You take it easy. Trial
starts tomorrow. Why is our co

talking to the DA?

He's cutting a deal. What? He can't do
that. We had a deal. A joint defense all

mapped out. Hey, I called out of
courtesy.

But our client is innocent.

Well, mine's pleading guilty.

Sorry, Jimmy.

It's just how it is.

Art, at least tell us what he's saying
in there about our client.

So hot.

She sucked the air right out of my
lungs.

I did play with matches as a boy.

Then you get older and you need it to
last.

Give her air. She'll come big for you.
She'll come big. Jesus, will you look at

that?

You disgust me.

Helen. We want the jury to believe you,
not to be...

Thickened by you. You think you can
manage that?

I love the new haircut.

Makes you look like my ex -wife.

You know what?

Mr. Tucker.

Yes, Mr. Walsh?

A night watchman died in that fire.

Cooperating against your co -defendant
is the only way you avoid a life

sentence.

Take this seriously.

Yes, Mr. Walsh, I understand.

I said I'd testify against Ronald D
'Ambrosio, and I will.

He hired me to burn down his business.
He's guilty. The jury will believe me.

They'll convict that mobster, I swear.

Now, could I please watch the end of the
tape?

42 years, biggest manufacturer in the
North End.

And it all went in less than five
minutes.

You remember it, Jimmy. You worked here
as a kid, right? During summer vacation.

I remember, Mr. D 'Ambrosio.

I remember how heavy this stuff was to
move.

Beautiful tables, chairs, solid
craftsmanship. This place was my life.

Your father, Lenny.

Worked 20 years.

He knew the man who died, the watchman.
He was a friend of mine. He knew

I would die before I would burn this
business.

Mr. D 'Ambrosio, we need to talk about
Tucker. How can he say I paid him to do

it before he said we were innocent?

He's agreed to testify against you.

for a reduced sentence. This is a
nightmare.

I'm innocent, but I can be convicted of
murder anyway, sent away for life. We're

going to do everything we can to make
sure that doesn't happen.

I'm two times businessman of the year,
son to Italy.

I know.

Stop saying you know. You don't know. It
wasn't always so nice for us here.

Sure, now we got a mayor, a governor,
but nothing changes.

Not for us, Jimmy.

What do you mean?

To your face, it's always respect.

But behind your back, they talk, they
assume.

I mean, you could be Justice Scalia. If
your name ends in a vowel, they think

you're La Cosa Nostra.

I've known him my whole life.

He's not mobbed up. I understand, but
his business was hurting, and he did get

the insurance. He's innocent.

In our house.

The Holy Trinity was Pope John XXIII,
JFK, and Ronald D 'Ambrosio. Why would

Tucker plead to a crime he didn't
commit?

Whatever the reason, he's wrong about
Mr. D 'Ambrosio.

Bobby, we can't lose.

For months, we planned a joint defense.
Now, out of the blue, our co -defendant

pleads guilty. Which is his right.

The DA engineered it so the plea would
come on the eve of the trial.

Mr. Tucker initiated that deal, not us.
Come on. It is true. He called Mr. Walsh

first. Even if that is true, our client
has been denied his chance to prepare a

new defense.

Mr. Donald, your complaint is with Mr.
Tucker, not the DA. If he broke his word

to you, sue him. I can't keep the DA
from making deals. They can make them

whenever and with whomever they like.

I can't help you. Then, Your Honor, we
ask the court to consider dismissing the

indictment for vindictive prosecution.

Excuse me? We believe they've targeted
our client because he's Italian

-American. He's right about that.

What are you doing? We would like time
to conduct discovery into the issue so

that... Do you have any evidence to
suggest this happened? Most organized

cases involving arson have been against
Italian -Americans.

Why else would a respected businessman
even be on trial? Because he collected a

huge insurance settlement after his
business was burned down.

Allegedly. The fire was an accident.

Then he has nothing to worry about. The
jury will acquit him. Your motion's

denied.

The Ambrosio wants you first here. Fine.

But pull a stunt like that and you will
lose.

It was a shot.

He needs to see we're fighting for him.
Just don't lose your credibility in the

process.

If you hit this, you go right to the
files.

Oh, right.

You're totally computer literate, which
is cool.

Why isn't Doogie in school?

His name is Skip, and his high school
has a work -study program.

He's been here eight... time he's always
here and the computers are never fixed

if he quit hitting on lucy is it me or
is he kind of cute you've totally

mastered this system most people would
take like weeks took you like four days

you're awesome thanks until you guys
upgrade there's some things i can't do

thing with computers they offer so much
all you have to do is sit back and

let them do it for you

It's as if they want to.

Your hair smells like summer.

Are we done?

Oh, I'm sorry.

Yes.

How much?

Uh, three.

You guys are my friends.

Oh, that is so nice. Thank you. Yeah,
the computer stuff's just promotional.

I have other businesses.

Really? Tutoring, investing.

Plus, I'm a scholar athlete.

Skit? Lettered, cross -country, school,
junior achievement. I got a lot going

on. Here.

If it's too much, just put it toward
next time.

Can I put it toward something for us?

Like dinner?

The Ambrosio gave me the key.

That's how I got in.

Match?

Go over it again.

I'm a designer.

I bought furniture directly from D
'Ambrosio.

Mostly for my eye -tie clients.

They just love those heavy, dark woods.

When did he give you the key?

You pushy bitch.

Why don't you let me tell the story?

Mr. Walsh, may I speak with you?

You're personalizing this. I'm not
personalizing anything. The guy is gone.

don't get to choose our witnesses.

The jury will hate him, and they will
hate us for giving him a break. We have

choice. Cutting a deal with Tucker gets
us two convictions. Without him, D

'Ambrosio walks.

I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

We know he's done business with at least
two crime families.

Legitimate business. He sold these
people furniture.

And we think laundered money.

Look me in the eye and tell me you
really think D 'Ambrosio's innocent.

I'm not sure.

I have concerns.

You have gone too far before.

So that's what this is about.

You just had a murder case kicked
because the court found out you lied. I

lie, Helen.

Not really.

Besides, you weren't exactly pure on
that yourself.

My point is, sometimes in our eagerness
to get the bad man, we can lose our way.

I haven't lost my way, Helen.

I'm still doing the job the public wants
me to do.

If anyone has lost their way, maybe it's
you.

Once he broke the lamp... He used the
sparks to light the legal pad.

You gotta be kidding. This is your chief
witness.

A sick lunatic. Who your client hired
to... He didn't. Jimmy, you're

a good man's life.

You want to impeach Tucker with the fact
he committed arson in custody.

That's your right.

Sure. You want us to do that. It'll help
your case.

Look, we have a continuing discovery
obligation to tell you if our witness

commits a crime so you can use it
against him on cross.

We've done that.

See you in court.

If he's not guilty, why would your guy
have met with Tucker?

Maybe I talked to Tucker about business
being bad. So what? I told you before.

He was a customer. He bought furniture
from me. But there are no receipts.

They burned up in the fire.

Your accountant didn't keep copies?

Bobby, we've been over this. And it's
never made any sense.

Look, without proof Tucker was a
customer, we're screwed.

No jury's going to believe he did
business with a crazy man? He was an

decorator, for God's sake. They're all
crazy.

Okay, the thing is, all the sales were
off the books, cash.

There never was paperwork.

Wait a minute.

I don't understand.

You were evading tax.

I'm not the only one, believe me.

How could you do that?

Am I on trial for not being a saint now?
I paid millions in taxes over my life,

more than my share.

Just how much of your business was under
the table? What the hell difference

does it make? I'm on trial for murder,
not... I'm just trying to understand.

Jimmy, let it go.

So?

It's bad. There's no proof. He bought
furniture. What do we do?

We've got no choice.

We stick with our original plan. There
was no arson. The fire was accidental.

Even if Tucker did set it, you weren't
involved.

It's not great, but it's all we got.

Did our lottery ticket hit?

No.

You're lucky in love. You came so late,
you missed the singers.

Don't tell me that they were pretty
good. You think Skip will ask you to the

prom? I'll drive you guys if you want.
You know what?

This isn't funny. I'm going to have to
tell Skip to stop it.

You know how bad that makes me feel?

When the heat of the fire reached 165
degrees, it set off the sprinkler

and that dropped the water pressure,
which tripped an alarm at dispatch.

When did the first engine company
arrive?

Within five minutes, but by then,
flashover had taken place. The fire

hot and so fast, it literally exploded
the building.

Where did the fire start?

It had two points of origin.

Now, fires don't naturally have two
starting points, so we brought in a dog

trained to sniff out fire accelerants.

What did you find?

The place had been soaked in linseed
oil.

That's it.

Common fire accelerant. Did you review a
coroner's report of the man who died?

I did.

The position of the body and the pink
flesh in the trachea show that he did

die of smoke inhalation. He burned to
death.

Combustion was so quick and so intense,
it was more like a bomb than a fire.

Before the fire was even out, you
assumed this was arson.

I assume all fires are arson until I can
prove otherwise.

But you had no direct evidence this was
arson. Unless we catch them at the scene

holding a match, we never do.

Did you check the electrical system to
see if that could have caused the fire?

We didn't find any system failures.

There still could have been one.

It's possible, but... Your report says
you found forced entry into the

I found a door had been kicked open, but
that could have been one of our men

ventilating smoke.

Or a homeless person could have broken
in to get warm and accidentally caused a

fire. It was cold that night.

Isn't that possible?

Yes, but... You just told Miss Gamble
the place was soaked in linseed oil. But

your report said you didn't smell any.
It's possible the fire was so hot it

burned off that evidence.

Couldn't something else in the warehouse
have contributed to the fire's heat?

They use lacquer to finish tables,
solvents, thinners, all of which can

when it's hot. But as you said, it was
cold that night. So that kind of

combustion is not possible.

Plus, the dog didn't alert to other
fuels, meaning they weren't there.

Well, they were.

But like you said, the fire was so hot,
it burned them all up.

If you're going to believe a theme from
Ice Castle, be careful. How do you know?

You don't say anything.

Just come here.

What are you doing?

I don't like to give these people
material to make fun of me with. I'm

I just really want to show you how I
feel. I know.

Okay? I know.

You're embarrassing me by sending
flowers and showing up like this.

You're the most beautiful, most special
woman I have ever seen.

Skip. You are.

My whole life, I've always thought if
you want something and you work hard and

believe enough, you can have it.

Why do you talk about me like I'm a
school project?

I would do anything for you.

My parents were young when they met.

Lucy, I love you.

I want you to take this with my heart.

I know it'll be tough because we're
young, but I think we can be happy.

I have absolutely no idea what to say to
this.

Just don't say no.

Have the defendant recently increased
his fire insurance policy?

A month before the fire, he doubled it.

The warehouse was insured for $6
million, the stock an additional $2

After the fire, did he file a claim?

For the full amount.

We conducted an investigation and found
that Mr. D 'Ambrosio's business was

losing money prior to the fire.

His orders had dried up.

Yet he was still manufacturing new
merchandise to stock his warehouse.

What did you do?

We forwarded our suspicions to the DA.

along with our findings.

But you paid the claim anyway. Why would
you do that?

The law says if we fail to make a
payment within a reasonable time, we can

sued for bad faith and face triple
damages.

Juries don't like insurance companies,
and we didn't want to risk a trial.

You didn't want to risk a trial. You'd
rather my client risk one. Is that a

question? If my client is convicted of
arson, he'll be ordered to pay

restitution to you, meaning you'll get
all your money back.

Plus interest.

If he defrauded us, I think we're
entitled to that. You could also bring a

fraud action against my client and get
triple damages.

Meaning your company could end up making
money off of this fire.

I suppose. When you handed the fire
inspector your report, you were hoping

they'd come after Mr. D 'Ambrosio. The
law requires that we report all

suspicious fires.

But you have the most to gain if my
client is convicted of arson.

Arson costs insurance companies billions
of dollars, which, frankly, we pass on

to consumers.

We all gain when arsonists are punished.

Move to strike.

Non -responsive. Sorry, Mr. Belluti, I'd
say you responded very directly to your

question. Objection overruled.

So far, I'd say we played them even.
Which is good.

Honestly, no.

Trials have a momentum.

People make up their mind before
closings. We wanted to create reasonable

with the jury before Tucker got on the
stand.

That stuff about the insurance and your
business going down. We knew they were

going to bring that up. The whole
country's in an economic downturn. Every

business has insurance. The point is to
have any chance at all, we need to take

Tucker out.

Bobby, I want you to cross -examine
Tucker.

Mr. D 'Ambrosio, I am preparing for
that.

Jimmy, you're getting shelled in there.
That gamble, she scores every time she

gets up. I got a right to call for
relief.

You're not doing the job.

I don't think that's fair.

I don't care what you think. They want
to put me in prison for murder. You

understand that?

They're treating me like I'm public
enemy number one, like I'm from the

after I spent my whole life proving that
I'm as good as any of them.

I can't afford to care about your
feelings. I gotta be smart about this.

I want the Irishman to cross Tucker.

Not you.

It's him.

I can't answer it. I can't believe you
got engaged before me. I'm not engaged.

Two carats. How much did that cost? I
don't want to know. At least $6 ,000.

What are you going to do?

Well, I tried to give it back.

But he wouldn't leave until I promised
to at least think about it.

It is kind of sweet.

I know.

Hello, Skip.

You're where?

Listen to me. I don't care how you feel
right now. Don't say anything.

No. Until we get there, do not speak to
the FBI.

Did you just say the FBI?

Skip's been arrested.

For what?

Something about federal wire fraud.

The police arrested me at the scene. I
was videotaping the fire.

You do that a lot?

Only when I set him.

The police searched my house. They found
my whole collection.

How did you set this fire?

I soaked some fabric with fuel.

There was a bolt of upholstery in the
warehouse, a very nice flame -stitched

pattern which seemed appropriate.

What kind of fuel did you use?

That dog was right.

Linseed oil.

Tell us how you ignited the fire.

Not wanting to burn myself up, I used a
delay device. All you need is a lit

cigarette. Why did you set this fire?

My ex -wife's lady lawyer got her a huge
alimony.

So when D 'Ambrosio complained that his
business was tubing, I offered to burn

it down for $50 ,000.

When did you make this offer?

One week before I did it. We met on the
commons in the middle of the day.

How did he pay you?

Up front, in cash.

We did all our business in cash.

How many fires have you set in your
life?

That's like asking me how many times I
beat my ex -wife. I can't remember

exactly. By testifying against my
client, you get a pass on those fires.

I better.

And a reduced sentence for felony murder
of the night watchman in this case.

I deserve that.

I never meant to hurt anyone.

Your obsession with fire.

You ever gratify yourself sexually
watching a fire?

Have you?

Answer the question.

Yeah, I've done that.

So your motive for setting fires isn't
economic.

You never set them for money before.

No, that's the first time I took money
for it. Ever lie about setting a fire?

avoid getting caught? Yeah.

Like you're lying now to avoid
punishment?

I am not lying now, Mr. Donald. Nobody
can verify any part of your story about

getting paid for this. Your client
could.

Move to strike.

Sustained. The jury will disregard.

Mr. Tucker, isn't it a fact?

That you approached the DA and suggested
you'd accuse my client? It seemed like

a good idea.

You say my client gave you a key to the
warehouse. Where is it? I lost it. What

about the money?

Sorry? The $50 ,000 you say my client
gave you, where is it?

You wouldn't believe me. Try me.

It burnt in the fire. I left it behind
in the warehouse. I always wanted to

money to burn.

You were right. I didn't do it for money
after all.

You're so smart.

You're not. Not if you expect this jury
to believe that story.

Nothing further.

Your boyfriend ran a pyramid scheme.

He's not my boyfriend.

Please.

What do you people think Skip did? He
promised a million -dollar return on a

investment.

How? Through a chain -letter e -mail.
Each person sends out $5 to five other

people, one of whom is always Hyman.

Then they forward the e -mail to as many
people as possible. Hyman got $5 from 1

,400 people.

He must have used that money to buy the
ring.

He's not even 18.

I thought the feds didn't do juvie
cases.

We don't, unless it's federal
jurisdiction. He committed federal wire

The U .S. attorney must have better
things to do than this. Oh, we always

time for high -visibility cases.

Wait a minute. You're putting out a
press release on this? For deterrent

purposes, absolutely.

You're going to ruin this kid's life.

How much trouble is he in?

1 ,400 separate counts of wire fraud at
five per.

7 ,000 years?

Only if they run consecutively. The good
news is we've decided you were not

involved. Me? What makes you think she
was involved? She barely knows Skip.

Oh, really?

Then why did he spend the night at her
place?

Eleanor, not here.

Not now.

They arrested me at a track meet.

I even took my fight.

Skip, where's your mom?

I didn't call her.

I called Lucy.

You need to call her.

I want to introduce you when it's right.

Not now, like this.

What were you thinking with that chain
letter?

I swear, I didn't know it was illegal.

Someone sent it to me first. It doesn't
matter. Please.

Don't let this affect your decision. We
can still be happy.

I have to admit I did cash business with
Tucker.

You need to explain how it is you knew
him and why there is no proof.

I'll have the IRS all over me. You'd
rather get convicted of murder?

You need to testify.

If you don't, the jury will think you're
hiding something. I got nothing to

hide. I do business just like they do it
up on Beacon Hill, only they don't

charge them with murder.

Can't he take the fifth on the taxes? If
he does, his whole testimony will be

struck and then he will definitely be
convicted.

If you had crossed Tucker better, I
wouldn't have to testify. You know what?

I've had enough of it.

I haven't said anything before out of
respect to Jimmy, but you're out of

Hey, I'm paying for performance here,
not excuses. End of story.

I'm putting you back in charge.

They just called.

D 'Ambrosio's testifying. He's up after
lunch.

That's good.

Is it? The defendant doesn't take the
stand unless he has to. Or unless he's

a good story.

Better be good after Tucker.

I wasn't so thrilled by his performance.

He did enough.

He looked like something that just
crawled out of the toilet.

The jury knows what's going on. They
know D 'Ambrosio's guilty.

I'm not so sure I agree.

I don't care.

I can't afford your internal debates,
Helen.

We've been losing too much.

It's hard enough to win these cases
without you second -guessing our motives

methods.

If you can't do the job, then get the
hell out.

But until you do, you go after D
'Ambrosio hard and win this case.

I've been in business a long time.

A lot of companies went overseas or down
south to save money. I stayed in

Boston. I've done a lot of good by
giving jobs to a lot of people. It's

just been about money. Not to me.

The people in my business, they're
family.

And I would never hurt my family.

Do you deny knowing Norman Tucker?

No, he was my customer. I sold them
furniture for several years.

Did you hire him to burn your business?

Absolutely not.

I have nothing further.

There's no record that you ever sold any
furniture to Mr. Tucker. It was done in

cash to avoid taxes.

That was wrong. I admit it.

What about the chemical dumping? Do you
admit that was wrong?

Objection. Relevant.

Ghost motive. Your Honor, the EPA was
investigating the warehouse for illegal

waste disposal. The fire made the
investigation moot.

Overruled. I'm an American businessman.

I'm used to being overregulated. I don't
burn my business because of it.

Business for you was bad.

Business goes in cycles. It goes up, it
goes down.

You had operating losses for six
straight quarters. I don't shrivel up

because of a bad streak. I worked
through it. I was coming back.

The fire came just in time to save you
from losing your shirt. Times were

yes, but it didn't stop me from serving
on charity boards, raising money for a

new hospital in the North End, paying my
employees on time.

I didn't commit any crime.

Mr. Tucker was your customer.

When was the last time you two met?

I don't remember.

If we have a witness who says he saw you
with him on the common one week before

the fire, would that refresh your
recollection?

No, it wouldn't.

You don't sound so sure.

Objection. Withdrawn.

I have nothing further.

It's been going on for six weeks.

24 -6 at computers.

It was the end of the day. We talked.

To begin with.

It's really a moment.

And he's got the energy.

It's just the age difference. He told me
he was 18.

Besides, I never slept with him.

He just stayed over one night because it
was late.

Lucy, I'm the last person to judge
anyone about things like this. Believe

I don't know how it happened.

But there's a part of me that really
likes him.

And there's nothing wrong with that.

It's just... Lucy Hatcher?

I'm Skip's mom.

Betsy Hyman. Hi.

I'm really sorry that we had to meet
like this.

Skip is right.

You are very pretty.

As a mother, you worry who your son will
fall for.

Too bad Skip fell for such a slut.

Hey! My son was perfect.

Then he meets you.

Now he's a criminal.

A man is dead. A business is ruined.

All because of greed.

Ronald D 'Ambrosio may not have lit the
match, but he's the one who started the

fire. The day he hired Norman Tucker to
torch his warehouse.

But for D 'Ambrosio, the fire never
happened.

And the night watchman is never burned
alive.

See, most arson cases are based on
circumstantial evidence. This one isn't.

Norman Tucker gave direct testimony
against the defendant.

He told you how he committed the crime
and why.

Money.

Norman Tucker wanted to earn some by
lighting a fire.

D 'Ambrosio wanted to earn some through
insurance fraud.

You may not like Tucker.

You may be disgusted by him.

I am.

But the fact remains.

Tucker pled guilty to an arson that the
defendant paid him to commit.

When you have a criminal conspiracy, you
can't expect to find nice people

involved.

We didn't choose Tucker as a witness.

D 'Ambrosio chose him to be a partner in
crime.

You stick a crook in a nice suit,

He's still a crook.

Ronald D 'Ambrosio is a crook.

My client has been a pillar of the
community for almost half a century.

You could argue that they should build a
statue for him.

Instead, they charge him with murder.

My client thinks what they really blame
him for.

is being an Italian -American.

He thinks if his name was Cabot or
Lodge, they would never have charged

I don't know.

There's been so many bad movies and
overhyped television shows.

Maybe people do think if you're a
successful Italian -American, you must

mobbed up.

I know this.

Having insurance is not a motive.

Filing an insurance claim... is not a
crime.

They didn't even prove this was arson
beyond a reasonable doubt.

And they never presented any evidence
linking my client to any arson involving

Norman Tucker.

Their whole case is built on the
testimony of a demented, admitted liar

or may not have started this fire, but
who says he sexually gratifies himself

watching buildings burn.

When the government gets into bed with
lowlifes like Norman Tucker, it ought to

make you mad.

Don't convict an innocent man on the
basis of bought testimony from a crazy

Ronald D 'Ambrosio is not guilty.

A Brooklyn plan for this guy?

Yeah. He pleads to one felony. If he
keeps his nose clean, you expunge the

conviction. Please.

He's a good boy.

I don't know.

He'll have to make full restitution and
immediately forfeit any property bought

with criminal proceeds.

Can I talk to Skip for a minute?

Stay out of this. Mr. Hyman, please.
Maybe this could help.

Lucy, please don't. I'm sorry.

I'm just not ready for that kind of a
commitment.

I love you. Oh, for God's sake. Maybe we
should give them a little privacy. If

it's the ring, I'll get you another one.
Please. It's not the ring.

I care for you.

But this is just way too... Give me
that.

My son is taking the deal.

He'll plead guilty.

And you, stay the hell away from my son.

to take my Rolex.

If they take me into custody, I don't
want the guards to steal them.

Will the defendant please rise?

Has the jury reached the verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

As to the charge of conspiracy to commit
arson with intent to defraud and felony

murder, how say you?

We, the jury, find the defendant, Ronald
D 'Ambrosio, not guilty.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I
thank you. This concludes your service

the Commonwealth.

This court is adjourned.

What a relief.

Thank you both.

Jimmy, you're a good man.

Right. You saved me from being wrongly
convicted.

Not that it didn't cost.

What you made on this case would have
taken your old man five years to make.

He would have been so proud of you.

You think you knew my father?

Jimmy?

Didn't I?

My father admired you. I admired him.

Blue -collar guy, son, becomes a lawyer.

That's the American dream.

You didn't know my father.

What are you talking about?

A clerk once gave him too much change.

Maybe two dollars.

He realized when he got home.

Drove ten miles in the rain to give it
back.

The man couldn't lie.

And I used to think, what a chump.

He has so little, and he doesn't even
know how the world works.

He paid his taxes, waited his turn,
played by the rules.

He was so naive, he thought guys like
you did too.

to the Ambrosio.

My father was a better man than I will
ever be.

I wish I could tell him that.

And tell him the kind of a guy you
really are.

Jimmy, I was innocent.

If your father thought I was a hero,
well, maybe he was wrong.

I'm sorry.

The truth is, I'm just a businessman.

I waited to the last minute to plead
because I knew Walsh would be desperate

he'd give me a good deal.

I'm going to ask you one more time.

Did Mr. Walsh encourage you to falsely
incriminate D 'Ambrosio or not?

If I admit lying on the stand, I want to
get a reduced sentence for the fire.

Unless you want to give me a bigger
break for giving up Walsh.

No.

You're still going to serve time.

You need to go away for as long as
possible.

You can't prove that my testimony was
untruthful.

You still have to give me a reduced
sentence.

Unfortunately.

Goodbye, Mr. Tucker.

I'm sorry I can't help.

I know it would make you feel so much
better to blame Walsh. You're such a

player.

Walsh wanted to believe me.

What was your excuse?

Whenever you got close to asking me
about the details of the fire, about the

key, all I had to do was insult you, and
you forgot to pursue it.

A good prosecutor would have known I was
lying the whole time.

Ambitious and incompetent.

They'll make you a judge if you're not
careful.

Turns out I burnt the place because I
hated the style of the furniture and it

made such a big fire.

Of course, I never said any of this.

Good night, honey.

Guard!