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Previously on The Practice.

Hi.

Hi. It's just too phallic.

Do you mind?

You know, I've heard of this faux flirtatiousness being used to cover the

thing. Are you attracted to me?

You know what I love about your talk, Alan? Hmm?

Is it makes me feel safe.

Does it now? Because men who talk never do anything.

I never make the first move.

I always make the first move.

But I'm not going to hear.

Hey, last call was five minutes ago.

Ah, really?

Play, buddy.

Little boy's room?

Yeah, in the back on your left.

Thanks.

Yeah?

Who the hell are you?

Call the cops.

What's his name?

Walter Josephson.

Assault with a deadly weapon. And attempted murder. Assuming the victim

die. Exactly.

Jimmy Berluti?

Yeah. Alex Hardig. Hi.

Jamie Stringer.

What can you tell me about your client?

I can tell you I've never even met him.

Other than that, why should I tell you anything?

Well, let's start with what I know.

Retired dock worker.

No criminal record. Not a blemish.

As for the guy he beat up, Charlie Hayden.

Who's Charlie Hayden?

He's what you call a bad guy.

Loan sharking, extortion, armed robbery. Used to run with the Tommy Moynihan

gang.

Since you're volunteering information, why would my retired choir boy assault

somebody from the Irish mob?

That's what I was hoping you could tell me.

May I help you?

Yes, I'm looking for Alan... Dwight!

Alan.

This is where you work?

It is. I know it's small and depressing, but at least it's dark and damp.

Don't tell anyone.

Is there some place we could speak in private? Of course.

Borrow your office, Eleanor? Normally it'd be in my office, but there aren't

enough to go around, so we're taking turns.

What's up?

My wife and I have recently split. Oh, I'm sorry. This is your second wife,

Yes. The one who married you for your money.

Clearly that has turned out to be the case. Would that I have friends who were

candid before we married.

Please.

How can I help?

In the same wave of stupidity that caused me to marry her, I neglected to

prenup. Oh, Dwight.

I certainly realize that equitable distribution is the law, Alan.

This woman cheated on me.

She probably never loved me.

And under the heading of morality and basic fairness, you want to screw her

over. I am not by nature a vindictive man, you know this.

But, Alan, I earned all of it.

I put her through law school.

And my conscience just mandates.

You screw her over.

Which is why I come to you.

I need you to turn inward to your core here.

You don't mean that.

Yes, I do.

As petty as it sounds, I want to get her.

No holds barred?

None. I can be despicable.

Bombs away.

The man she's sleeping with is Warren Holt. He's her boss.

They both work in the Attorney General's office.

They meet twice a week at the Dobson Hotel. Same room. Wait a minute. What

you just say?

He's her boss.

I don't know. After that.

They meet twice a week in the same hotel. Just before that.

They both work in the AG's office.

You having second thoughts now?

Oh, no.

It was just a fight. Nothing more.

Just a fight?

I went into the bar to go to the men's room and I got in a fight with him.

Charlie Hayden.

Is that his name?

What was the fight about?

To be honest with you, I don't know.

I guess he got upset because I walked into his office or something.

Mr. Josephson. Call me Walter.

Walter. Do you know Mr. Hayden?

No. You walked into his office.

And what, he just attacked you?

Yeah.

Walter, anything you say to us stays right here.

Your best opportunity for a good defense. This man is on life support.

He figures to die.

You're in trouble, Walter. Look, I did it. I didn't mean to, but

I'm willing to serve time.

You're willing to do time?

For possible murder, that's life.

I'm an old man.

I got no family except my sister in Plymouth.

I don't want to go through a long trial.

I'll cut a deal if they'll put me in some place tolerable.

I don't want to die in some maximum hole like Cedars.

You get them to put me someplace near my sister, Where she can visit, I'll plead

guilty.

You got a defense if the guy attacked you. I killed the man, Mr. Brulity.

They're not going to let me off without doing time.

No.

You get them to send me to a medium security near my sister. You get me

And I'll plead guilty. It's simple as that.

It's just 1423 has a very specific sentimental value for us. We honeymooned

that room. I understand, but that room is occupied.

We have guests checking into it. Can't you put them in another room?

I'm afraid they requested it as well. It overlooks the park.

Please.

I wish I could help. I really do.

It's okay, honey. We can get another room.

It's not the same.

How could the travel agent make such a monumental mistake? We're not even

at the hotel at all.

We came all the way from Detroit.

I'm sorry.

I'll tell you what. Is it Connie? Yes.

How about... Could we have the room for an hour?

If you know what I mean.

It's our anniversary.

Please.

Well...

Can you promise to be out by 2 o 'clock? I give you my word, I won't even take

my little blue pill.

I'm entering the room as we speak.

So how long will it take you to set up?

Well, let's get going.

All right.

Private investigator and his camera crew are on their way. They'll be here in 20

minutes. And we know for a fact that they always use this room.

So says Dwight.

And you heard Connie.

This is illegal.

You know, we could even go to jail. Oh, come on. People have no expectation of

privacy here. This is America, home of the Patriot Act.

So, Tara, here we are in a hotel room with 20 minutes to kill.

Gee, Alan, that could almost be construed as a move.

But not quite.

Still waiting.

So am I.

No deal.

My guy's willing to plead.

Yes, to medium security.

Things have changed a little since this morning, Jimmy.

Like what?

Like we've now got motive and premeditation.

Seven years ago, your client's only daughter was murdered.

She wasn't the target. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Her house was next to the one that was torched.

Guess who we picked up for the crime?

Charlie Hayden.

We couldn't make him, and eventually he walked, but we remain convinced that he

did it, which your client knows.

But when he walked into that bar, he was planning to kill the man who murdered

his daughter.

That's premeditated.

And it's murder one.

Premeditated with a tequila bottle?

The fire that killed his daughter was started with a Molotov cocktail made

a tequila bottle.

A little poetic justice.

Hmm.

They must be really in love, don't you think?

So now what?

Well, we show these to Dwight, then we...

Schedule a meeting with Eve and her lawyer, and we extort them with reckless

abandon.

This seems slightly despicable.

He hired me to be despicable, I promise.

Oh. Well, that makes it all right, then. Silly me.

You know, when I'd go to the movies as a boy, I'd always pretend to be the

leading man on screen.

I still like to do that sometimes.

Hmm. How about you, Tara?

Do you ever like to pretend to be the leading lady on the screen?

You know you'd be quite something if talk ever amounted to action. You

me, Tara.

Even a first -year law student knows that talk can be deemed assertive

and actionable.

Do you still fantasize about me at night, Alan?

Giving you far too much credit, perhaps.

You think?

I'm willing to be proved wrong.

This is unprofessional. I didn't hear you come in.

What a shock.

This is why you should have been open with us.

Now they got a motive.

And premeditation.

I don't care.

You can get me near my sister, I'll still...

I just want to give up.

I'm tired.

There is some good news.

Charlie Hayden pulled through.

He did?

Doctors think he's going to recover now, so no murder charge, at least.

That's great.

So what do you think I should do?

I certainly don't want to rush.

Into any deal.

We got the PC hearing today.

We'll have a better idea what their case is after.

Are you telling me I can beat this?

Let's just see what they put up.

Okay. Yeah.

You beat this, get me my life back.

Please.

Let's do it.

Do I need to see them?

Not if you don't care to be present at the meeting.

But if you do, it's important you remain stoic.

As aggressive as I intend to be, Dwight, I'm acting as your agent.

Any softness perceived in you, therefore... Let me see them. Hold on.

It isn't necessary for you to be in the meeting. Yes, it is.

Let me see the pictures.

Dwight.

Look at me.

They're graphic, and they'll be hurtful to view.

I want to see the pictures, Alan.

Legally, these photographs have little or no relevance.

You do understand this will be a tacit attempt at extortion.

Our hope here is that a professional woman isn't going to want these pictures

get much circulation.

Okay, look up now.

I need you to take a breath and consider that you're currently in the wake of a

very emotional trauma.

In time, much of your pain will subside.

There's a chance you and Eve could be friends down the road.

Now, you may not want that. I don't. But if you do, Dwight, if you can make room

for the slightest possibility that you might, then you need to think twice

employing this tactic.

This woman caused me to fall in love with her when she had no real love for

She hurt me.

In fact, she destroyed me, and she did so with malice.

I hired you to get her.

I want you to play the card.

Dwight, given how much you still love her, maybe... Play the card.

Mr. Josephson asked to use the bathroom.

Then he went in the back.

There's an office there Mr.

Hayden uses.

He's friends with the owner.

I heard some noises, like a crash and someone fighting, so I went back there.

What did you see?

Well, Mr. Hayden was all bloody, like he'd been beat up, and Mr.

Josephson was sitting down.

He told me to call the cops.

Was there anyone else in the bar besides Mr.

Josephson who could have attacked Mr. Hayden?

Probably, yeah.

You told the police that, I'm quoting, Josephson was the only other person in

the bar.

Objection. Leading.

I'll allow it.

There's a fire door in the back. I think someone might have propped it open,

gone in and out.

You didn't tell this to the police before.

Just came to me.

You did tell the police that Walter Josephson went into the back room and

seconds later, you heard the fight.

Yes. But it's possible Josephson saw someone else beating on Charlie and

to help out. Someone else who?

I got no idea.

I'm just not sure that old man did it.

Have you been asked to change your testimony?

No.

I'm just trying to do the right thing.

Approach.

What's going on?

Hayden must have ordered this guy to flip.

Why would the victim torpedo the case against the man who beat him? Hayden's

main suspect in the murder of Walter Josephson's daughter seven years ago.

possible he doesn't want it dredged up at trial.

Or he could be wanting to exact his own justice.

Can Hayden identify his assailant?

He says he doesn't remember. Your Honor. We still have physical evidence. What

physical evidence?

No prints on the bottle of tequila. Josephson was wearing gloves. Come on.

was covered in Hayden's blood. A jury could say he got it trying to save

Hayden's life.

You got nothing.

Ms. Harding, you get this sorted out, great. Bring the case again.

But I can't let you go forward with no evidence and no witnesses.

Everybody step back.

Due to the current insufficiency of evidence, the case is dismissed without

prejudice.

It's dismissed?

For now.

If they get more evidence, they can refile.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Walter, it's possible Hayden wants you back on the street so he can take you

out.

I can ask for protective custody.

Not that I'll get it, but... I can handle myself, Mr. Brutally.

These people are bad guys.

I did a tour of duty in Korea.

I can handle Charlie Hayden.

Thank you.

Thank you both very much.

Is it just me?

Or is our client a dead man?

Will it be orange juice or gasoline with your eggs?

Hey!

Help!

Better check his temperature.

He's burning up.

What?

Okay, we're on our way down.

Walter Josephson just set Charlie Hayden on fire.

This time he's dead.

Oh, my God.

He's in custody. Let's go.

Hello.

Eve.

I'm Alan Shore. We've never met.

That's a lovely name.

Eve.

Is it short for evening?

Please, don't address my client.

Oh, you look so bored.

I'm about to change that. Let's go in, shall we?

What's he up to now?

I have no idea.

Okay, let's get started. This is my assistant, Tara.

And Tara, this is... Well, actually, I have name tags here for all of us to

wear.

Alan Shore, that would be mine. Ace Selling, obviously you.

Ah, lying, cheating adulterer. That would be yours, Eve.

Look, Mr.

Shore, we're more than familiar with your reputation.

If you have a proposal, make it. But let's fast forward through the

brinkmanship. Brinkmanship?

Is that a legal term?

Counsel, we're giving you about ten minutes.

Tara?

The proposal.

Is a marital settlement for $500 ,000.

The settlement... Let's go. Wait a second.

Don't be rude.

The marital estate is worth over $17 million.

You're assuming a valid union, Mr. Selig.

Tara?

Although rarely invoked, the Commonwealth does recognize adultery as

annulling a marriage. Is this your big plan?

Could she finish, please?

Though public policy does frown on vitiating marriage, this is a virtual no

-fault state.

Justice Scalia's dissent in Roma opened the door for overturning... This is what

you call us up here for to present us with. This is ridiculous.

We have put hard on ourselves. You're being rude by not letting her finish.

...adultery and bigamy.

Tara, maybe we should just present the facts. The law can be so tedious.

Ah, here's a photo.

Showing how your client's yoga lessons paid off.

Here's one for you, Eve.

Look how close your foot is to your ear there.

Wow, I wish I could do that.

I'm sorry.

That's double -jointed, don't you think?

Must be.

A woman of your talents shouldn't be limited to the small screen, wouldn't

agree, Eve?

Now, this may be very low, I grant you, but the main point to leave here with

is... It's not beneath me.

For an assistant attorney general with even the slightest political ambition,

wouldn't it be awful to see these images pop up on the Internet?

How you got these images is going to land you in jail. Good point.

But if you're really familiar with me, you know I'm not afraid to go there. I

might even enjoy the change of pace.

You hurt a friend of mine, Eve.

To err is human, I'll admit. But getting even, that's divine.

Mr. Young, could you come in here, please?

My question is, do these tactics reflect on your entire firm or merely Alan

Shore?

Tara helped.

I just went in to scare him.

Do you think I'm that stupid?

Walter, you were all set to go to prison.

Then once you heard Charlie Hayden was going to recover, suddenly you want your

day in court.

Why? So you could go kill him.

I guess you feel real guilty about helping me get out.

I feel used, yes.

But you know what I mainly think?

You'll spend the rest of your life in jail.

Is it worth it?

have no life, Mr. That man took my life

when he killed my daughter.

She was the only thing.

What about your sister?

A sister is no daughter.

Look, I'm sorry I got you involved.

It wasn't my intent.

If I'd killed him the first time.

What do you want us to do?

I really don't care.

I'll go to prison.

Just keep me out of Cedars.

Because you'd be killed there?

I did a little checking.

The fire that killed your daughter, the intended target, was an informer against

Tommy Moynihan. Hayden worked for Moynihan.

So?

Last year, Moynihan was sentenced 8 to 10 at Cedars for something else. You're

afraid if you go to Cedars, you'll be killed.

I just want Plymouth so I can be close to my sister.

Right.

Look.

I don't want a trial.

Make whatever deal you can.

Let's just end this.

I'm confused about whose turn it is to talk.

It's my turn.

Huh.

This firm has pulled a lot of stunts over the years.

All of them have been within the bounds of the law, even if barely.

You bugged the hotel room to get illicit private pictures.

You then used those pictures to commit extortion.

You have stepped way outside the law.

My bad.

I need to hear why you would commit such acts.

Eve Haber is a beautiful woman who used her sexuality to dupe my client out of

seven, eight, maybe nine million dollars.

She caused him immeasurable pain.

Also broke his heart.

She turned a kind, loving man into something vengeful.

The only way to kill a vindictive beast, believe it or not, is to feed it.

Dwight will gain satisfaction here, albeit in the most hollow variety.

And he will heal.

He will go on.

But we need to go on.

And that's not going to happen if you continue to do these kinds of things.

I promise, Eleanor. Only two or three more and then I'll stop.

Alan.

This isn't funny.

No, I suppose it isn't.

I gave you my word that I'd sooner take myself down than this firm. I meant

that.

Well, you're taking yourself down. Don't you get that?

And you're taking us down with you.

Why such a short window on this? Why? Because the client wants it done, Alex.

Look, this is a gift.

The man commits a first -degree murder, goes to a medium security facility.

Who's getting the gift here? We have a possible insanity defense. Not to

a potential self -defense. Don't insult me, Jamie.

This isn't open and shut for you. He is very sympathetic.

Yes, as vigilantes go, he's adorable. We're offering you a plea that takes him

off the street for life.

And suppose I find out later that he's really a professional hitman who... Oh,

come on.

If the facts change, you can undo the plea on grounds of fraud and send him to

trial.

Why are we wasting time here? The guy is willing to go to prison. He'd just like

to be near his sister.

If he goes to Cedars, Tommy Moynihan will probably kill him.

And you'd be willing to enter a plea today?

Yes.

You'll be transferred within the hour.

Thank you.

Thank you both.

Can I ask you something?

Did it make you feel better when you killed him?

Did it bring you relief?

I don't think I'm capable of feeling anything, Ms. Stringer.

I suppose that's what allowed me to...

I wish you well.

Thank you.

Again.

Thank you both.

I can't say I'm terribly proud of our tactics, but I'm glad to have mitigated

least the financial damage.

As soon as the documents are drafted, we'll have you back in for execution.

Okay.

I don't know how you do the things you do, Alan.

It's not with mirrors, I assure you. That I believe.

Cossie, you both soon?

Yep.

Here we sit in triumph.

Should we get drunk?

Winston Churchill said that he would drink in victory because he deserved it,

and in defeat because he needed it.

Somehow I feel that we qualify here on both counts.

You're a very interesting woman, aren't you?

I find victory to be extremely lonely without.

What's the word?

Sex.

Would that be considered a 30 of conduct?

Well, there's nobody else here.

Just you, me, and this big cunt. conference table.

Would you like to have sex on the table, Alan?

That would definitely be considered a first move.

You see, the thing is, if you'd like to go to a nice restaurant,

share a lovely bottle of wine,

correct a little in a taxi cab on the way back to my place or yours,

I might enjoy having sex with you tonight.

But you don't want that.

You want to do it on a conference table because it's debased.

It's commensurate with your self -esteem, which always seems to nosedive

you behave as you did in this case.

You're not going to find some twisted sense of self -loathing affirmation on

that table with me.

I tell you what, though.

Get some help.

And then I'll be out to dinner sometime.

Yes, ma 'am. That's right. Well, it won't be necessary now, since... That's

right. You can go visit him now.

My pleasure.

Thank you again for returning my call.

Walter's sister. I finally made contact.

Here's something weird.

She lives in Brighton.

Why would Walter say she lives in Plymouth?

I don't know. Maybe he just wanted to go to Plymouth.

But why? There are medium security prisons which are softer than Plymouth

better facilities. Personally, I'd go to Norfolk.

Give me your phone.

What?

Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Department of Corrections.

Thomas Moynihan.

Yes.

Transferred three weeks ago.

Okay, look.

This man is in danger. A prisoner by the name of Walter Josephson was

transferred there today.

Josephson.

I'll be going ahead.

Yes.

You need to find one or the other or both.

Now.

It was on his orders that Hayden lit that match.

You knew he was here all the time.

They can send me to see this now, Jimmy.

I've made my peace.

Hey, sexy.

Looking to party?

What's your name?

Annie. What's yours?

Eugene.

Get in the car, Annie. It looks cold out there.

So do your parents know you're out this late, Annie?

Eugene,

you're funny.

I love funny, sexy men.

Your place or mine?

My place. Your place?

I thought maybe we should just drive around and see what happens.

Drive around?

All right, look.

The ones who want that usually just want to talk.

I don't talk, and I'm not into wasting time.

Then perhaps you should get out of the car, Annie.

Because although I have no interest in talking to you, I've always taken great

pleasure in wasting time.

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