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You've been a bad, bad cowboy.

Oh, beat me, Sheriff.

I'm going to give you what you want, that's for sure.

I've been an ornery cowboy, Sheriff.

You haven't. You're not getting away this time.

Okay, let's stop here a second. Now, Mr. Goodman, can you identify the woman on

the screen?

Yes, that's Sarah.

The defendant?

Yes. Good. Now, the scene we're watching so far, it's entirely according to

script? Yes.

Now, you were the director. You were pleased at this point.

Yes.

Okay, let's keep going.

Would you mind explaining to us what's going on here, besides the obvious, for

those of us who are not hardcore aficionados?

Okay. This is a bondage scene, and she's putting on a choked

dog collar.

The collar is velvet lined.

She's now looping the leash part through a supporting flap.

on the canopy she's using the canopy now as a fulcrum as she lowers herself this

looks painful well the ecstasy here is in the pain and the constriction usually

but here uh this is where well this is not scripted well did you try and stop

them did you yell cut well no because sometimes the actors take it further and

sometimes it works for the movie creatively

And besides, they were a husband and wife team, and they often choreographed

their scenes on their own. When did you realize that things were out of control?

It was right about here.

Okay, let's just, uh, we'll just, let's... Pete?

Wait. Hey, Peter.

Wait a minute. Sarah, you stopped breathing.

What's wrong?

Call a paramedic.

this was going to happen.

Oh, we could still go manslaughter.

I thought you said we didn't want that.

Well, we didn't want it charged because we were afraid the jury would opt for

it. By going straight murder one, murder two, it puts a lot of pressure on them.

We did that in a Gerald Braun trial last year, and it worked. It worked for that

nanny, though.

But it was an accident.

I understand that, but obviously the director's going to be coming out with

because they didn't have to put him on the stand just to get the film into

evidence. We figure he'll say, in his opinion, you killed your husband

intentionally. He's wrong.

Yeah, Sarah, see, the problem here is the film.

You know, the jury just, they were disgusted before the, you know, the dog

collar even came out.

They are not my audience, right? But they're the only audience that counts

now, and there's a chance that they could say, look who she is, let's just,

know, throw her in jail. The character in that film is not me. Yes, I

understand, but that is a tough argument to sell.

You were really doing it.

We were making a film.

I think I understand.

It's hard for the two of you not to judge me, so the jury...

So you think I should accept a deal?

I think we should see what happens in the next couple of days. Maybe I can

the director, who knows? But, uh, yeah.

You need to start thinking about a deal.

I love a man who can cook.

It's my pleasure.

I've got a lot of videos.

You do?

The early ones, before she went hardcore.

She's good.

It makes me so hot.

You think she killed him on purpose?

Who knows? I was reading they were having problems.

Reading it where?

In the porno trades?

Internet. She really didn't want to be a porn star. She was kind of an innocent.

I could pull it all up. It comes with good pictures.

What's for dessert?

Please. Don't stop on my account.

What's up?

Not us.

I have some bad fiscal news.

What now?

Since Lindsay cut back on the drug dealers, we're bringing in about $32

less per month.

And the Murder One clients keep lining up.

We're the hottest firm going if you kill somebody. Now the problem is, the

homicide customers aren't paying.

Okay.

Bobby, you keep saying okay, and our plate keeps getting more filled with

cases. Now we're going backwards. Rebecca, I would love for somebody to

through that door and plunk down a million -dollar retainer on my desk, but

until they do... Fine, fine. All I'm saying is somebody walks through that

saying they killed somebody.

Get the money up front.

Enough's enough.

What was supposed to happen in scene 29, Mr. Goodman?

Well, uh, as I said, this was a bondage number.

The guy is bound and worked on by the woman playing the

dominatrix. She was to tie him up and then bring him to an orgasm by

a scarf around his neck while she... Yes, and had the defendant performed

a scene like this before?

Many times.

By many you mean?

At least 30, maybe more.

So the defendant was familiar with the act and knew how to accomplish it

Oh, absolutely.

Absolutely. And they had a safety signal if it got too uncomfortable for Peter.

Safety signal for her to stop choking him?

Yes.

And what was the signal?

It was a visual. He would purse his lips up into a kiss.

And did Mr. Catlin give this safety signal during the scene in question?

Well, no, he couldn't. I mean, she tied a kerchief over his mouth.

Was the defendant's covering of his mouth part of the script?

I know. No.

No, it wasn't.

Mr. Goodman, shooting this scene, you cut the first take, didn't you?

I did.

You didn't think it was erotic enough?

I knew he could do it better. You wanted to heat things up a little, push it?

Well, I didn't want her to kill him.

I moved to strike that?

Sustained. Are you aware that the courts have successfully prosecuted this type

of thing because it's a high -risk sexual activity that, if imitated, could

result in death?

Did you know that? I heard that, but none of my films have been prosecuted.

this was high risk, am I right?

Yes. So if done incorrectly, it could accidentally lead to asphyxiation. You

know that?

We've done this many times.

Right. This stunt is called what?

It's called seesaw. And the choking is necessary for a proper take, is that

correct? Yes. So by choking him, Sarah was just doing her job.

But she didn't stop.

Mr. Goodman, who yelled cut during the filming of a scene? The director, me.

you didn't yell cut, did you? You've already established that, Your Honor.

I know that, but I want to make this very clear because it's an important

to the defense. You didn't yell cut, did you, sir?

I did not yell cut.

Thank you.

Excuse me, are you Miss Stone? Yes.

I'm Eleanor Frett, Sarah Catlin's attorney.

I don't want to talk to you. I understand, and I'm very sorry for the

your brother. Yes, try to cope. I just think that you should consult an

before tomorrow's testimony.

I beg your pardon?

Miss Doan, I don't mean to sound cold, but if you're going to go in there and

accuse Sarah Catlin of killing your brother, you could expose yourself to

serious liability.

Qualified immunity aside.

Ah, you're worried about my legal exposure.

How thoughtful.

Why don't you just talk to your own attorney? You don't have to take my word

it. Oh, I won't.

I'd love to stay, but just spending time with you like this, I feel the need to

sour.

Rebecca?

Oh, God.

This is where you work?

What's wrong with it?

Don't you guys make any money?

We do, but since we don't pay our taxes, we don't want to make the IRS

suspicious with fancy office space.

You know how less criminal lawyer types are. Oh, yeah, I do.

Which is why I'm here.

The criminal lawyer type defending Luis Moreno has a suppression hearing

scheduled.

He's trying to kick your lineup ID.

And he could very well win. What? Well, in your statement at the scene, you said

he was wearing a coat with some sort of hood. Yeah, he was.

Yeah. Well, in the lineup, he was wearing a hooded jacket.

Which... could possibly make your ID tainted. What genius put a hood on it?

hood wasn't even up in the ID, but they could possibly say... Wait, wait, wait.

What happens if they suppress my ID?

You walk.

You're the whole case.

Now, look, I'd like you at the hearing. You're not going to be testifying or

anything, but I want the judge seeing your face. Anything to keep this human.

And I want this whole thing turning on the Constitution.

Fine.

Why don't you move a little closer? Where'd you get this?

Jimmy gave it to me. It's her early years, soft porn.

You know, I know I'm supposed to know this because I'm a lawyer, but why isn't

this prostitution a sexual conduct for money?

Well, legally, it's not prostitution because neither party's deriving

from it. It's a job on both sides.

That's the distinction?

Well, I didn't write the law.

But that looked like they're deriving pleasure to me.

What? That's acting.

Just good actors.

Oh, right. I forgot.

Well, got a full day tomorrow.

Otherwise, I'd love to see how it ends.

Yeah, my arson case resumes tomorrow.

I'm sure they'll be calling the defendant.

Well, I'm sure you'll cross them if they do.

Yeah. What's your day like?

Same old.

Any ideas?

I was hoping you would tell me.

We're lousy on motive.

She hated him. Did you inherit his money? She killed him. On 16 millimeter.

But it was high -risk stuff.

Can we chip it to involuntary manslaughter?

Nope. Means says voluntary is as good as we're going to get, and that offer

expires tomorrow.

And if we go battered spouse syndrome?

It's too late, and even if it is, then we have to declare, Lindsay, battered

spouse means she had intent, which is different than accident.

So we could go manslaughter.

Voluntary. Battered spouse.

Or stay with accident? No, I say we chuck battered spouse.

How's that going to look when she's into bondage? We either accept manslaughter

or we go for it. What do you think?

Slip?

Right.

Heads, manslaughter.

Tails, we go for it.

Tails, it's an accident. We go for it.

This is why we get paid.

To make these decisions.

You're always sucking my elbow.

It's supposed to be one of the erogenous notes.

Isn't that what they say?

Who?

You mean her read Cosmo?

Oh, I've never read it.

In fact, the only time I've ever heard it was from Lindsay.

She likes to get her elbow.

Please describe your brother's relationship with the defendant.

I suppose it was like any marriage.

They loved each other in the beginning, wanted to kill each other in the end.

Difference being, she went through with it.

Objection. Sustained. The jury will certainly disregard that.

What indications did you have that the relationship had deteriorated?

Well, a lot of open hostility the last year or two.

By open hostility, you mean? Fighting, yelling.

They were both verbally abusive to each other. Sometimes they were physically at

each other. You saw this?

Yes.

What complicated things.

Their careers were sort of joined.

Even if they divorced, they couldn't really leave one another.

Mrs. Stone, did you ever hear the defendant make any direct threats

brother? Yes.

Objection!

Overruled. And could you describe these threats, when they took place?

The last one came about three days before his death.

And what was that threat?

She said she would kill him.

And where did that threat take place?

At their house.

It was a family dinner sort of thing.

They got into one of their customary arguments.

Objection!

Overruled. Suddenly they're screaming at each other and then she said it.

She said she'd kill him.

Did she say anything else?

Yes.

She said she could do it during one of their sex scenes and make it look like

accident.

It's unfair surprise. It's willful, deliberate, and this case should be

dismissed right now. You knew this witness was coming. Let me get a

What did you give them on this witness?

That she would testify as the hostile relationship. She just testified as to

direct threats.

Counsel. He was held back. Do I have to give them a transcript?

Hey!

I have to say, Mr. Means, I don't like it. Your Honor, I hope you don't think

that... Don't make it worse by insulting me. You withheld that little nugget.

All right, I'll give you extra time to prepare your cross, but I'm not

dismissing. That is so prejudicial. I am not dismissing. At minimum, you should

strike the testimony. They heard the testimony, counsel. If I strike it, you

can't really cross her on it. That would be worse. Her testimony stands.

One more stunt like that, and I set the defendant free.

Yes, Your Honor.

You've got to be kidding me. Yeah, that's me. I just love to kid. You sit

threat like that? You knew the nature of the witness's testimony? Come on, Ed.

That's not you.

We've tried cases against each other before. You've never pulled anything

to unfair surprise. What's going on?

You try your case. I'll try mine.

She couldn't even describe the race of the shooter.

She didn't describe any facial features, but she remembered a big hood. Then

they put my client in a lineup wearing a hood. It's not wardrobe, the guy. He

wore his own coat. There was no... That makes no legal difference. It makes a

factual difference. To the extent that you're saying we orchestrated the

which is impossible since we had no idea what the guy was... Hold on.

Did she describe the hood in her earlier statement? No.

And he wasn't the only one wearing a hood in the lineup. There was one other.

who the witness may not have even seen. You see, my client was number two.

She made the I .D. when he stepped forward before even looking at the other

Which goes to the reliability of it. Oh, come on, Gene.

All right, look.

The I .D. stands.

I'm not suppressing it. And do me a favor, Ms. Ward.

Send a message to the jackass who let him walk the line up with the hood.

Yes, Your Honor.

And I think it would be a good idea if the two of you got together. No offense,

Ms. Washington, but the case for the Commonwealth looks like a big dog with a

little bark.

We're done.

How do you not tell us? I didn't remember.

You threatened to kill somebody and you don't remember?

We screamed anything and everything at each other that night. You threatened to

do it in a scene?

I don't know. Maybe I did, but that doesn't mean I'd actually do it. Well,

that you did do it, you can see how that might look.

Eleanor, we screamed at each other a lot. We even hit each other.

If I said what his sister said, I said, could be, but it was never while I was

in a calm state.

It was never like it was something I was actually considering.

I didn't kill him on purpose.

What now?

I don't know.

I'll cross the sister. You've got to nail her, Eleanor. I know.

Take that.

Was this the only time you ever heard my client threaten your brother? No. There

were other threats before?

Yes. Threats to kill him? Yes, as a matter of fact. How many times did you

deadly threats like these?

I'm not sure. More than five?

Probably not, but I heard some scream fests where they both threatened each

other where she threatened to kill him. And did you ever report these threats to

the police? In hindsight... I'm not asking for hindsight, Ms. Stone. Did you

ever report these threats to the police? Again, the answer is yes or no.

No, I didn't. And you loved your brother, am I right? The fact that I

report the threat doesn't mean I didn't take them seriously. Now, that's a lie,

isn't it? Objection sustained.

You regarded the threat seriously?

Yes, I did.

She vows to kill your brother, somebody who you love, and you don't bother to

notify the police. Now, which part of that is a lie?

Objection, Your Honor.

Objection.

You never liked Sarah Catlin, did you, Miss Stone? I certainly didn't approve

her. Is it your testimony to this jury that you don't despise my client?

We aren't friendly. You blamed my client for a lot of your brother's emotional

problems, didn't you? My brother went through a lot of stuff. I suppose you

could say that... Miss Stone, I am not asking for you to give us an analysis.

Did you blame my client in front of others for a lot of your brother's

problems, yes or no?

Yes.

And have you spoken to your brother's probate attorney since his death?

Objection. Offer to impeach. This woman has motive to... Objection. Move to

strike, Your Honor.

Overruled.

In your brother's will, if he should die suddenly, who would inherit his money?

His wife, her.

And if you know, should his wife be held responsible for his death, who would

inherit it then?

It would go to his next of kin. Does he have any parents?

No. Any brothers or sisters?

One. You?

Yes.

So, if this woman is convicted of killing your brother, all the money

to you? I believe so. You believe so. And how much money are we talking about?

few hundred thousand dollars.

Thank you.

That'll be all.

Oh, um, I actually have one more question.

Has anybody else ever threatened your brother's life before?

Yes. One, a man he partnered with in some real estate deal. He threatened

brother's life?

Yes, over some dispute.

And you heard the threat?

Yes.

And what did you do then?

I reported it to the police.

Thank you.

So you've got a chance.

I don't know.

Eleanor was good.

You think we should have jumped at manslaughter, don't you?

It's hard to say, really.

Have you ever slept with Bobby?

What? Well, the guy keeps sucking my elbow like it's supposed to make me hot.

You're the only woman I know who ever liked your elbow sucked, so I... What?

I might have told him that I liked it, but I wasn't speaking for womankind.

He buckled it like it should give milk.

Lindsay, be straight with me.

Did you and he ever...

Oh, my God.

It happened before you, Helen, way before.

It was just a brief thing.

Why didn't you tell me?

Because I knew you were on the chase, which I supported, and I know you and

sense of loyalty. If you even thought I shared a glass of punch with him, you

never would have gone near.

How long ago?

Long, long.

July.

It just happened, Helen.

There was no need for you to ever know, but you asked me so straight out.

I don't want to lie.

Should I have?

You told her?

Bobby, she asked me flat out. I had to. Past tense. It's okay.

What was her reaction?

She's okay with it.

It happened before her. She's a big girl.

Stop sucking her elbows.

Hey, are you ready? Yeah, let's go.

You

suck

her elbows?

Yes. I knew the risk.

That was the main point for the choking.

Yes. Sarah, you don't deny threatening your husband.

No. We fought a lot.

We sometimes got violent.

Maybe I did threaten him.

I know that there were many times that I wished he was dead.

Why? Why it was a volatile relationship. I felt controlled by him,

abused by him.

Mostly verbally, sometimes physically.

I wanted to get out of the pornography industry.

I blamed him for not letting me.

Did you love your husband?

I suppose I did.

But I certainly hated him much more than I loved him.

So you hated him? Very much.

Sarah?

Did you kill your husband?

No, it was an accident.

Are you glad that he's dead?

Are you glad that he's dead?

Well, I'm certainly not glad for all the problems that it's caused me, but

otherwise, yeah, I guess maybe a little.

Whatever you do, you can't blame Lindsay.

She wanted to tell you earlier why all that stuff happened with Isaacoff and me

betraying you over the warrant business.

And I convinced her to hold off timing -wise.

Helen, it's nothing that affects us. It's just one of those pieces of history

that under the circumstances are better left untold.

And it's over?

Yes.

It's over.

There's nothing going on between you now.

No.

Well, then you certainly know it was possible for him to die in this time.

Well, I knew it was dangerous, yes.

So dangerous you had a safety signal for him to tell you to stop?

Yes. But he couldn't give you that signal, could he? Because his mouth was

covered, wasn't it, Miss Catlin?

Yes. Now, where in the script did it call for you to put a kerchief over his

mouth?

It didn't.

Ever tie a kerchief around your husband's mouth before?

No. So this would be a big coincidence.

The time he dies just happens to be the one time you covered his mouth.

Objection. Sustained.

Now, Miss Catlin, you were very honest in admitting that you hated your

You were also honest.

and admitting that you wished him dead on occasion. In the spirit of that

unflinching honesty, wasn't it just a little reckless for you to cover his

with that kerchief?

Objection! Overruled.

Miss Catlin?

Potentially deadly stunt.

The only safety net is his mouth.

The only way he can save himself, you took away.

Wasn't that just a little reckless?

I suppose so.

And, Miss Catlin, again, honestly, when you did something this reckless in a

stunt that was so high risk to begin with, didn't you increase the chances

something could go wrong?

Yes, but I didn't mean for it to go wrong.

Yes, but you did increase the chances for something to go wrong, didn't you?

Yes. You increased the chances he would die, didn't you?

I guess I did, but I didn't mean for him to die.

A deadly stunt.

You hated him. You wished him dead.

You increased the chances of his death.

He dies. You admit you're glad he's dead.

You knowingly put him at extreme, extreme risk, didn't you?

I don't know.

You don't know.

So then it might be possible that on some unconscious level you did mean for

to die.

Isn't that possible?

I don't know. I don't know. I think you do, Miss Catlin.

I think you do.

You told me to tell the truth. You told us it was an accident.

It was.

But the question, Thea, I just told the truth. You said, tell the truth, and I

did.

What happened?

What happened is they got you on murder, too.

Why? Because they don't need specific intent for murder two. All they need is

extreme recklessness and you just gave it to them.

I don't understand.

If you were reckless with the knowledge of the potential consequences, then

that's enough. It's not murder one, but it's murder two.

And what's the penalty for that?

Life.

He didn't...

Repair her, Eleanor. She's looking at a life sentence because we didn't do our

job. No, I didn't do my job. Is that what you mean? I'm not laying it on you.

Yeah, but it is on me. I'm the one who prepped her. It was my responsibility to

make a show. Put her back up there. Try to rehabilitate her. What good is that

going to do? She said it under oath.

Her version of recklessness isn't the same as legal recklessness. She has no

foundation to give legal conclusions.

She hasn't admitted anything legally. Oh, you think the jury's going to make

that distinction?

Well, you have to make that distinction in your closing.

Otherwise...

We phoned it in, Eleanor. We did what everybody else did. She's just basically

porno hooker. I mean, what's really at stake? Court appointed.

We were sloppy.

Because of that, she's looking at a life sentence.

Voluntary. Two years. Credit for time served.

Too late. Murder two. We got it. We'll keep it. You may not have it. We still

have grounds on appeal of that unfair surprise.

My office doesn't care about the appeal right now. All they want is the verdict.

All right, Ed, come on, tell me, what's up?

How many murder trials you guys win lately?

The upcoming profile in Boston Magazine, you don't think there's an awareness

about that in my office?

And with these cops getting killed by your heroin clients after Bobby tipped

them off?

Off the record?

Yeah, you and me.

The DA's office has a slight agenda against your firm.

Every client you represent has the added disadvantage that from our side, we'll

be trying a little harder.

Does Helen Gamble know about this? It's not an official policy.

But any DA who pulls one of your cases, he or she gets a little visit. A

personal visit from Scott Hamburg.

No favors, no deal.

It sucks. Yes, it does.

But I gotta tell you, Elle, from where I sit, your girl knew what she was doing.

She took care of her situation. I have no problem putting her away.

Forever. Forever.

Do

you want

her to get over it, Lindsay?

Excuse me? You say you're for Helen and me, but ever since we got together, I've

been picking up... Picking up what?

Why did you tell her?

What are you accusing me of? I'm not accusing you of anything. I'm just

wondering... Well, you're wondering wrong.

She's one of my best friends. I just chose not to lie to her.

There was no other motive than that.

Fine.

Fine.

I have to get to court.

So the manslaughter deal, that's off?

Well, you could say that.

Sarah, you basically gave him murder two on the stand.

I'm going to give it my best shot, but right now beating murder one could be

best we could do.

Well, maybe it's right.

I beg your pardon?

Maybe I did mean to kill him.

I thought all night about those questions he asked me. The district

It's all true.

I knew it was dangerous, covering his mouth.

I wanted him dead. What if maybe part of me did do it on purpose, Eleanor?

Okay, you know what?

We're not going to argue that. Let's go.

You got any ideas?

Well, don't recall her to the stand. She suddenly wonders whether she did it on

purpose or not. She takes that whole truth -to -help -be -God part a little

seriously. She'll probably keep her out of the room.

Maybe I'll take another stab at a plea. And I'll see if the... What?

What you just said.

Now she wonders whether she did it on purpose or not. And that also help you

part. That's it.

That's what?

That's our closing. What are you talking about?

Well, could it be true?

Could it be?

All I can say is I've never gotten any mandate.

You haven't had any cases against us. They know you're sleeping with me.

Bobby, let's face it.

Your firm has pissed this office off. That Joey Herrick case made you a

And when those police officers got killed.

For me, as far as my office goes, I'm sleeping with the enemy.

The day I stop winning my cases, I'm gone.

Because of me.

Because of you.

Little common sense here, folks.

She wanted him dead.

She stood to inherit everything if he died.

She threatened to kill him in a dangerous sex scene.

These aren't just things we put into evidence. These are things she flat out

admits. Sarah Catlin told you all this.

You don't want to believe me? Believe her.

Of course she intended to kill him.

And even if you should somehow want to resist that conclusion, you simply

escape her guilt for murder in the second degree.

For murder, too, all she need have is an awareness of an unjustifiably high risk

to human life.

And she basically admitted that to it, didn't she?

Ladies and gentlemen, if you don't want to believe me, please believe her.

Well, it would be easy to dismiss her, wouldn't it?

Porno queen.

We all saw what she does for a living, and whatever character traits you want

attach to her, integrity really isn't the first one that comes to mind.

Not that this is at all relevant, but when I watched the footage, I was

disgusted.

But every defendant gets his or her day in court, and as her lawyer, it is my

job to present her side of the story.

And since we came in today armed only with her word, well...

What could her word be worth?

Turns out, quite a bit.

So much so that the prosecutor just stood before you and asked you to

her.

Believe her.

And the reason he made that argument is because of all the things that jumped

out during this trial. The most conspicuous was her truthfulness.

She didn't hide a damn thing. She got up on that witness chair, and to her own

detriment, she told...

The truth.

Admitted she hated her husband.

Admitted she wanted him dead. Even admitted that she was glad when he died.

Now, nobody, not me, not him, and I suspect not even

you, ever expected that much truth from her.

But what did she say when asked whether or not she intended to kill her husband?

She said no.

And when asked, was she so reckless that she should have foreseen that he might

die, she did not admit that.

She said, I don't know.

That was honest.

She didn't know.

That is reasonable doubt, ladies and gentlemen. She didn't know.

And her doubt is also your doubt, if you take her at her word.

So I'm going to ask you to go back into that room, and I am going to make the

same request that he just made.

If you don't believe me, please, believe her.

Thank you.

How long have they been out?

Six hours now. They'll suspend at 7 o 'clock and then resume tomorrow.

Still got a shot?

Eleanor was strong.

Can I talk to you a second?

I've been thinking about your little accusation.

I'm sorry about that.

I didn't tell her about us with any motive to break you up. And I do think

make a great couple.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss you.

What is it?

Is this going to be a problem?

I don't think so.

I hope not.

I miss this, Zach.

I miss being held by you.

Hey, Lindsay. Jerry's back. Already?

Yeah, let's go.

Jerry's back.

I heard.

See you.

See ya.

Madam foreperson, the jury has reached its unanimous verdict.

We have, your honor.

What say you, madam foreperson?

Commonwealth versus Catlin.

On the charge of murder in the first degree, we find the defendant, Sarah

Catlin, not guilty.

On the charge of murder in the second degree, we find the defendant, Sarah

Catlin, not guilty.

Thank you.

They believed you.

What are you doing?

Just sitting.

What are you doing?

I actually had a date tonight.

I just came by to pick up my case.

How'd it go?

Terrible. She asked me what I did for a living.

And you told?

What's going on?

I think I've been here too long already.

Uh -oh.

We had a client who was innocent.

Well, at least more innocent than guilty, and we were completely

it. I looked at her like an alien.

Innocent? What's that?

And it almost cost her.

Have you ever had an innocent one, Eugene?

Hmm. I'd have to check.

Well, it's like Bobby says.

Every once in a great, great while, you get one. And that's why we do this.

Remember? I guess.

I don't know. I'm afraid if I do this too long, I'll lose complete

It's better since I dropped the drug dealers, but still.

Did you know I've slept with Bobby?

Could you repeat that last part?

It was a while back.

That's just between us, your little party favor for walking in here at

I just wonder, have I lost perspective?

Did sleeping with him make me lose perspective?

Was I meant to be a criminal lawyer, or was I just meant to sleep with one?

I knew everything I was and wanted to be when I graduated from law school. I

really did. And now, I know nothing.

Okay. And what you don't know, it's about Bobby?

Not so much Bobby. I mean, I know what that was or wasn't.

It's more about everything.

I feel like being in this kind of work, I don't know who I am anymore when it

comes to everything.

Oh, welcome to the club.

That's it?

That's your wisdom?

Welcome to the club?

Lindsay, in our line of work, it isn't too good to be ponderous.

You got an innocent client off today.

Enjoy it.

Save it, even.