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Hello, I'll call you in a minute, sir, but I'd like you to tell me...

Hey, what's going on? Stick up.

Get over there.

Come on. Get up. Get to the front of the store. Come on. Come on, lady. Move.

Get up.

Get over there. Come on.

Put your money in the bag. Fast.

There isn't that much in here.

There's the rest of them. Hurry up. Come on then. Eat. Where are you at?

Take your time. Get it out of the register.

Give me that.

Come on. Just look at it. Get it out of the register. Put it in.

Everything you got.

Eat it. Get all the money. Take your time.

Come.

Jack. Oh, no.

No, just the one you came through.

Sir? Don't anybody move.

What about those windows, Jake?

No, no, no.

All right, look. We're all right as long as we got them.

These are children.

You shut up. Look, everybody just shut up and nobody will get hurt.

Here, look. Tell them we got hostages.

Go on. Come on. Kids.

Kids. Little kids.

Tell them we got that and then I'll back them off.

Come on. Go on.

Hey, we got kids in here.

You want to see them get hurt?

Say, kids, while we wait, why don't we just try scratching out the squares on

our prize swords?

Shall we do that?

I'm at the point where I don't think I can stand one more think piece about an

emerging nation I never heard of.

Sri Lanka. New problems for an old man.

Well, life isn't all just breaking news.

I know. I guess it's the idea of a page -one story that begins...

Every morning just before sunrise, Jim Hong Soo drives his ox car to the

Doesn't set my pulse racing. Mrs. Pinchon likes those stories.

And she can read them every day in her Christian science monitor.

Lou, there's a couple of gunmen holed up at Mr. Giddy's restaurant in Newhall.

They got a bunch of kids hostage.

86, 3 Locker, put in Newhall.

Who are we sending?

Billy's on her way out there.

Photog too? Animal.

There'll be ten kids and two adults, a mother and a restaurant employee.

Anyone hurt?

Not by us. We haven't fired a shot.

Very volatile situation.

Yes, I realize that.

You people keep back there, will you please? That's a police barricade.

My son is in there, my little boy.

Now, look, take it easy. As far as we can tell, the kids haven't been harmed

we're determined to keep it that way. Now, behind the barricade, please.

My name is Billy Newman. I'm with the Tribune. May I ask your name? Vivian

Hamlin. My little boy Ricky is at that party.

Who's in there?

They don't know yet, Mrs. Hamlin. Why are the police all waving rifles?

Why doesn't somebody talk to them? They are talking to them. Will you tell me

who's at that party?

Why don't they just give them what they want? Maybe they don't know what they

want yet. How old is Ricky?

They've established telephone communication with the guys in there,

brought in a psychiatrist.

Maybe I can get a message through to Ricky.

Ah, here comes TV. Now we have a decent action. Hi, Billy. What's happening?

Nothing yet.

Nice to be special.

Hey, you hang in there, Billy.

We'll be going with what you called in for the early edition, and we'll keep

updating as you give us a word.

I'll be careful.

Hold on a second, Billy. What?

Nothing. What'd you say?

Nothing. I feel silly now. Forget it.

Okay.

Keep us posted, Billy. We'll be standing by.

And listen, you be careful, okay?

Mrs. Goodstuck, the bully is sending him, but why didn't she interview that

father who offered to change places with his kids?

Where'd you get that?

Peggy Day just interviewed him on Channel 6.

Well, why don't you turn the volume up real loud, Charlie? We'll just copy it

down.

I merely mentioned it.

Yeah,

this is Angelo.

Yeah?

The kids?

Listen, Loretta.

These men are going to go real soon.

We're going to be okay.

Forget it, ma 'am.

Just keep talking.

She's got to have her insulin.

If she doesn't have it, she'll go into a coma.

Angela, what's the problem? They want the kids first.

Go away, Jose.

Hey, listen. You tell me to get rid of the SWAT squad.

To get us a car.

To let us go. Then they get the kids. Look, you get the car first and the kids

won't get hurt.

Look at her.

Look at her. She's got to have her insulin. She's got to have it now.

Can't you see that? Will you shut up? I can't hear.

She'll die.

Do you want that?

My mother was sick! You have to have her inside!

All right, get her out of here! Lady, just get her out of here!

No, everybody else just stay where you are! Get back! All right, you just go

beat it! Go on, beat it!

All right, just get back where you are! Sit down!

They've gone back to regular programming, but they'll cut the live

mean what happened on the TV? I mean at the restaurant.

Oh.

Uh, they're giving him the car they asked for, but it's not there yet.

They get those kids sitting there all night?

Well, at least they won't starve.

Oh, they're back to live.

I got you a guy who works at the state hospital. One of those two gunmen's an

outpatient and in treatment for years.

Tell them they didn't do such a terrific job.

City desk.

Hey, Billy.

How are you? Did you get any sleep?

A little. A lot more than those kids did, I'll bet.

Everything's just sort of on hold here, Lou.

Some of these parents are made by themselves.

I can imagine.

Uh, wait a minute, Billy.

Why is the, uh, why is the SWAT team leaving?

You tell me. I didn't know they were.

You seem to have a better seat than I have.

Marjorie Whitewood, back to you.

Lou Grant will continue in a moment here on A &E.

I think that's all of them. Better be. The car by the door? It's right up there

with the keys.

Hey, kids, you're going out.

One at a time when I tell you.

Lou. Yeah.

to be forgotten.

All right, you, get out of here.

I'll wiggle all the kids around.

They're not all gone. We're keeping these two. You take the last ones.

Take me instead.

I don't know.

Not with those SWAT guys out there. Look, you take these kids and we'll keep

rest.

And go out smiling.

It's him.

Why would they let the clown go if all the children aren't out yet?

The whole city's having breakfast and watching this.

You mean they're not sitting there glued to their newspapers waiting for further

development?

TV wins this round. No cut this.

They get to spend all time. Give me the keys.

I'll flag down the car.

No.

No.

Come on.

Damn.

Damn. Keep the kids in the car.

Now, here comes the car.

Howdy, folks.

I need a hand.

Yeah, mister, we... I need your truck.

Hey, don't use that, mister.

You can take the truck. It's yours.

You're welcome to it.

Get the keys, Jake.

Here you are, mister.

Let the kids go.

Let them go.

Come on.

Come on.

Don't move.

Mess

with the

tire. You guys almost pulled us off.

It was set to blow 10 miles back.

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Well kids, tell me, are you having a good time?

Yeah!

This is Peggy Day reporting for Channel 6 News in Cowboy Town in New Hall,

California.

Thanks a lot, kids. You did a real good job. Is that going to be the lead story

at 6?

Hostage kids eat popcorn.

They've been pigging out on junk food all day.

In fact, that may be my lead story.

Hostage kids grow up.

Mrs. Hamlet.

How are you?

Billy Newman.

Oh, nice to see you. Certainly nice to see you.

Excuse me. Ricky?

Where are you going now? We're all going to see a shootout at O .K. Corral. No,

you're not. Absolutely not.

Oh, Mom, it's really neat.

This guy gets shot and falls off me up. I don't want you seeing that.

Not after what you've been through. You've been having nightmares enough as

is. Anyhow, we're going home. I want to go back on the bus with the kids.

You're coming home with me.

The last time, when the bus let him off at school.

A bunch of kids started picking on him because they didn't get to go to

Marineland. All he needs is to be attacked like that. Maybe the kids were

jealous. Why should they be jealous?

Would they like being kidnapped?

Everybody's certainly being generous. You know that Mr. Gingestein established

scholarship fund so that employee who was held hostage could go to college?

Well, why don't they put up some money for the rest of us?

What kind of money?

For therapy.

That was a traumatic experience.

These kids aren't going to get over it right away.

I hope you're wrong.

I'm not wrong.

It was a damaging experience.

Those men hurt my son.

Excuse me, Viv.

I hear you're leaving early. Can we go home with you?

Sure. Oh, thanks a million.

I'd take the bus, but if Loretta doesn't get home and get her shot... Yeah,

yeah, we all know about Loretta's diabetes.

That's why she got to go free and all the other kids had to stay behind and

their chances.

Now, here we read those plucky little youngsters spent the day at Cowboy Town.

Yeah, that's right.

Isn't that nice? And yesterday they were at an amusement park. Well, I'm very

happy for them. But I've had it up to my eyeballs reading about all those fun

field trips.

Me too, but it's good human interest stuff.

The readers are reading it up.

It's good free publicity, you mean.

Those children are being used by Mr. Ginty.

I'm reminded of another disaster where hucksters waited outside a mine shaft

selling popsicles and souvenirs.

I think your knowledge is a little extreme.

The chain is just making the most of the space we give them.

Exactly. I do the same thing.

If I were the press agent for Mr. Ginty's. But I am not the press agent

Ginty's. Mr. Graz?

We've become part of a publicity stunt.

But the kid's story is still news and we should run with it.

You can see it in the other papers and on television.

And nobody's doing anything that's fresh.

I have come to expect that the Tribune can develop a story with more

and, frankly, with more pizzazz.

Pizzazz?

Oh, well, you know what I mean.

No, I don't. Sure you do, Lou. She means... She knows what I mean.

Don't you, Mr. Brown?

Sure. He wants to do something different with it. Use our imaginations. Give it

a little more... Go on, Mr. Grant.

Say it.

Pizazz.

Don't you have a single shot in here without a guy in a Mr. Guinea suit?

it was hard. They had about 30 of them. A little green army.

Well, crop this one so he won't go. Why?

Well, Giddens has had enough of a free ride out of this.

How'd the preliminary hearing turn out?

The case is going to superior court. Rossi's over there now.

The D .A. won't even consider plea bargaining with the kidnappers. How

He says that they caused psychological damage to the kids, which he feels comes

under the heading of bodily harm. He plans to ask for the stiffest penalty he

can get.

Sounds like Mrs. Hamlin. What, a mother?

Yeah, she keeps harping on the same theme, how they should be compensated

this. Competent? You mean with money?

Well, for damages.

She wants somebody to pay for therapy.

She goes on about how her little boy is afraid and how he has bad dreams.

Half the time, she's saying it right in front of him. I mean, it's like she's

coaching him.

Coaching him?

Well, planning to see it, anyhow.

Billy, do you get the feeling that some of these parents might be exploiting

this? I think it's possible.

Interesting.

Interesting angle.

I want you to go back there and follow up on it.

Follow up how?

Use this woman as your focus. It sounds as if you're reacting negatively toward

her, and I trust your instinct.

Stick with her. See how she talks to the boys. See how he responds.

See if you can find something to back up what you just told him.

I think I can do that.

Hey, Peggy.

Peggy Day.

What do you say?

Hi there. How are you?

Swell, you don't remember who I am, do you?

Sure. You're a reporter in one of the newspapers.

You're... Joe Rossi. Joe Rossi.

Of the Tribune. Of the Tribune. I told you I remembered.

Don't think I don't appreciate it. What are you doing here? They're letting TV

cameras in the trial?

We don't know yet.

The station has requested it. I'm here to find out from Judge Strohmeyer.

Strohmeyer? Is that who's handling it? Might as well forget about it, then.

Who says?

I says. Don't kid yourself. There isn't a snowball's chance in hell of that man

letting cameras in there. No way, no how. Why not?

You ever seen Strohmeyer in action?

The man's a terror.

He's a real petty tyrant. He's irascible, capricious, arrogant.

He's not about to let cameras in there and let you show the world what goes on

in his courtroom.

Are you sure?

No. No, nothing in this world is sure. Let's just say I'm 99 % certain. I

leave margin for error, whether I need it or not.

Quiet down!

This may not be a courtroom, but I will have order here.

I am trying to read.

Very well, Miss Day.

Permission granted. I'll allow your cameras in the courtroom.

If you don't shut up, I will hold all or any of you in contempt.

Now, I grant your request.

Within the guidelines and restrictions set forth here.

Plus a couple of my own. Your Honor, there's considerable evidence that

in court can be prejudicial to defendants and disruptive.

We've been through all that. What do you think, I am an idiot?

Now, I've read all your arguments, and I find none of them persuasive. Does the

prosecutor have any words of wisdom to add to this?

No, Your Honor. We have no objection to your decision.

Well, thank you.

But... But what?

But there'll be children testifying, Your Honor.

You worry about your clients. I'll worry about the children. Is that all right?

Yes.

Yes, what?

Yes, your honor.

In my courtroom, Mr. Patterson, the public's right to know comes first.

The media and I have never had any problems.

We can establish ground rules that will be acceptable to everyone.

Hearings concluded.

Since when have he and the media decided to get along?

Probably since he decided to run for re -election.

Oh, a strong line? No way, not a chance. I happen to have inside information.

He's planning to retire next year.

Is it as reliable as him letting cameras in here?

See you later, John.

Joe.

Lou Grant will continue in a moment here on A &E.

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with cameras in the courtroom.

It gives everybody from the judge to the attorney to the witnesses the urge to

start showboating. People play to cameras. It's human nature.

Supreme Court ruled that the states had the right to okay cameras in court.

Or not okay them, which is what Strohmeyer should have. Did it ever

you, Lou, that all those people might be kept on their toes by the knowledge

that the public was watching?

Yeah, it occurred to me. I was in TV once myself, you know. It's a bad

precedent. Once you start televising trials, lawyers won't want to take

unpopular cases. They'll feel the pressure of public opinion.

Witnesses won't want to appear.

And you'll run the risk of getting beat on the story.

That too.

Trial coverage has always been the one place the newspapers have had all to

themselves. I know cameras in the courtroom are going to hurt us.

Even so, the cameras belong there. It's another form of freedom of the press.

Good for you, Charlie. I haven't heard the phrase freedom of the press raised

an argument all day.

It's a bad ruling.

First of all, TV doesn't explain what's going on. The average guy sitting in

front of his TV set doesn't understand what he's watching.

They'll need you to interpret it for them.

I consider that part of my job.

In the second place, TV is showbiz. They just go over the fastest, most

sensational stuff. I don't trust anybody in TV.

I didn't say anything about people who used to be in it.

I understand the community's raising some money for the kids, and they're

to divide it among you equally.

Equally. They didn't all suffer equally.

Ricky was kidnapped.

I mean, the whole thing traumatized him. The other kids there was only kidnapped

for an hour.

Only for an hour. Two madmen in a car? You could have been killed.

Look what I got.

What a great bike.

Who gave that to you? Your mom?

Bunch of the merchants got together. They gave bikes to all the children.

Mom won't let me ride it, though. I don't think he's ready for it.

Emotionally. Sides.

I don't want him getting into an accident before the trial.

I picked up some talk about you suing the police.

My lawyer says the cops had a siege mentality and that they were the ones

created the climate of hysteria and forced those guys into taking hospices.

Well,

I guess this has been a pretty exciting time for you.

Yeah, I guess.

How do you feel now that it's all over?

I guess traumatized.

Traumatized? It means scared.

I have these bad dreams, you know.

Mom says I need... What do you call it?

Therapy.

Okay.

What?

Billy's piece.

It was disappointing.

I love that angle she pitched about the parents manipulating their kids, but it

doesn't come through.

I see what you mean, but I think it's an easy fix.

I usually don't expect to have to do much to Billy's stuff, but here she's

so careful to make sure no one knows she really doesn't like this woman. She's

not making her point.

I admit it is subtle.

If people want subtlety, let them read the New Yorker. Our job is to spell

things out.

If we open with the fourth graph where she describes this Mrs. Hamlin, I think

it'll start strong.

Yeah. Now, here.

She says, under his mother's watchful eye. I mean, that just makes her sound

like a benevolent mom.

You want to say manipulation?

That's too strong.

Coaching.

It was coaching.

Why don't we just say coaching?

You might mean to tell Billy I'm making these changes.

I think I've got another idea on how to make this thing work.

Yeah.

Okay, first shot. Second shot. Oh, I'm sorry.

Hi,

Peggy.

Hi, there.

Peggy Davis is... Hi, Peg.

Listen, are all those guys from your station?

No, no, all the local stations are here.

With just one camera? Well, that's part of the ground rule Strohmeyer laid down.

We all have to share the feed.

We each have our own truck and equipment outside, but we all get the same

picture. I still think that camera's going to distract people.

It shouldn't. The camera won't move for openers. It'll stay right there and use

the zoom lens.

We're not even allowed to photograph the jury.

What about the lights?

We use available light. I swear people won't even know the camera's there.

they will when they read about it in the newspaper. Come on, Billy.

Listen. I don't say this very often, but I thought your piece this morning

really had something special.

Thanks.

Like, what did you like?

Just sounded sort of the way I would have done it.

High praise indeed.

But you want to know the truth? I haven't read it.

Ha ha, that'll be the day. I'm serious. Some neighbor took our paper this

morning and the coffee shop was out and I was late getting here.

Yeah, yeah.

Rossi, if I'd gotten my hands on a paper this morning, the first thing I would

have done is read my own story. I admit it, but I didn't. Well, I just want you

to know I thought that was one of the meanest, most merciless jobs you've ever

done. Congratulations.

Thanks.

That was a nice piece of police today.

Good, sharp stuff. She really nailed that lady.

Do you think so?

That's pretty good.

Hey, did you get a look at Wienermeyer's new secretary?

No. Is she the one that wears the pink sweater?

She's got a body that just won't quit.

And I understand she takes dictation at an astonishing 15 words a minute.

John, we don't often see you in here.

Well, the last time was in 1977.

Doesn't seem to have changed much.

The seven sandwiches are new.

Do they have coffee?

Yeah, there's a machine right there.

You mean we don't get it for free? There aren't just pops of it? No, it was an

economy move.

Remember?

Very good.

I'll pay you back.

So, what's Billy working on now?

I've got Rosalie and her covering the circus.

Circus? The trial.

Which will be a circus when everybody starts hamming it up to the TV cameras.

don't agree with you. Not with Judge Strohmeyer on the bench. Are you

He'll be the worst offender now that he's announced he's running for re

-election. You watch. You'll see Mr. Chief Justice up on that bench. That's

unfair. Strohmeyer is a tough, hard -nosed, no -nonsense jurist. He's not

to let a bunch of TV cameras enforce him. You voted for him, right?

Yes, as a matter of fact, I voted for him. And we could use a few more like

on the bench.

Mrs. Pesha, what do you think of Judge Strohmeyer?

Oh, Ned.

He just graduated from law school when I first met him. Still had his hair.

We used to show up at the same parties, hang around the same crowd.

My lord, I... I've known Ned Strohmeyer for well over 30 years.

A dreadful man.

And show beyond a shadow of a doubt...

that these men did willfully subject the children to grievous bodily harm.

Thank you.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Thank you very much, Miss Markham.

Miss Patterson, does the defense wish to make an opening statement?

We do, Your Honor.

And it is our contention that the police actually collaborated, in effect, by

providing an honest deal, only to turn around.

and to charge my clients with kidnapping.

We shall see, Mr. Patterson, we shall see.

It is my job to guarantee that everyone in this proceeding has his day in court.

And now, Miss Markham, do you care to call your first witness?

Yes, Your Honor.

And how are you feeling now, Amy, two months later?

Scared.

Very scared.

I've found dreams.

Thank you, Amy.

This has got to be tough on those kids.

Well, their parents knew that coming in.

Mr. Patterson?

Amy, all the time you were at the birthday party, did...

Either of those men over there do anything at all to harm you?

There's no need to be frightened, Amy.

Just listen to my questions and then try to answer.

Your Honor,

it's obvious that the child is frightened by the proceedings. I

request that that camera be removed.

Counselor, I will be responsible that your client gets a fair trial in this

courtroom. But we will not shroud these proceedings in secrecy.

As Judge Learned Hand once observed, the mutual confidence on which all else

depends can only be maintained by a brave reliance on free discussion.

The two defendants is Mark Patterson. His first witness, Amy Holtzman, was one

of the children held hostage.

This reverence to the two defendants, however, produced the following

Amy, all the time you were at the burglary party, neither of the men over

do anything at all to harm you.

There's no need to be frightening.

Just listen to my questions and then try to answer.

He can't.

Boy, that is typical of these three guys. They pick the most sensational

maybe the only sensational moment all day and slant the whole thing toward it.

What'd they expect on this show?

The judge picking at his toupee glue?

Is he wearing makeup, you think?

Watch if they show him again. His neck is about three shades paler than his

face. He's a golfer. All golfers have two -toned tans. Speaking of slanted

reporting, Lou, I wonder if we could go somewhere for a minute and talk about my

article this morning. I just got a chance to read it, and... Hell of a

Billy. I meant to mention it before.

Nice writing.

Thanks.

Excuse me.

The bartender said you all are from the Trill.

Does anyone here know Billy Newman?

Yeah, I do, but he's not here.

Thanks. I'll let you know if I see him.

Okay.

What did you say that for?

Why take chances?

Chances of what?

How can you be so paranoid?

Hey, who knows what he wants? He's a stranger, right? Could be another sex

offender. Or a bill collector or some man trying to serve me as a fiend.

Sometimes you amaze me.

Sir, I'm Billy Newman.

Oh, good.

I have a subpoena for you.

Sometimes I amaze myself.

They want me to serve as a witness for the defense.

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I don't want to testify for the defense. I'm a reporter.

I don't want... testify for anybody.

Of course you don't. Who would? And they wouldn't have called me if my story

hadn't turned out the way it did.

Don't blame yourself. The damage is done. I'm not blaming myself.

Atta girl. Just concentrate on your testimony.

That story was deliberately planted. I didn't write it that way. I've always

felt that reporters shouldn't have to take part in trials. And there was no

to change my story. It keeps them from being detached.

Don't you agree?

What?

Yes. Of course I agree. That's what I'm saying. I don't want to testify.

Then don't. Oh, what do you mean, don't? I was subpoenaed.

That just means you have to show up. You don't have to tell them anything. Just

answer minimally.

Don't volunteer a thing. Play dumb.

How do I do that?

Oh, Billy, Billy, Billy.

You're a pro.

You've covered a million trials.

You know how to play the game. You can handle those guys.

You can dance circles around them.

Did you write this article?

I did.

When asked to describe his feelings during the ordeal, the child glanced

at his mother and then responded as though coat with words unusually

sophisticated for a child his age.

Is it your opinion that certain parents coach their children to appear more

harmed than they actually were?

Objection, Your Honor. That calls for a conclusion on the part of the witness.

Your Honor, she's a trained observer.

who had a chance to observe and to study the situation at close hand.

I'll hear the answer.

Did some of the parents seem to coach the children?

It seemed to me they did.

Thank you.

Well, I'm going to have to... Are

you

through, Miss Newton?

You can't possibly have done enough damage in such a short time. I'm sorry.

Sorry?

Wasn't it enough for you to destroy me with your article? I didn't try to

destroy you. Do you have any idea how my neighbors are treating me now? I never

named you.

You didn't have to.

I happen to be the only divorced mother whose son is an only child out of all

the parents involved.

It was never my intention to single you out. You took one look at me and decided

you didn't like me. I don't know why, but you set out to do a hatchet job.

Hamlin, you're being unfair.

Oh, forgive me. I'm so sorry.

I'm being unfair to the reporter from the Tribune.

I can just imagine how awful it must feel to have someone turn on you.

Tell me, Ricky, since all this happened to you, how have things been in school?

Okay.

The teacher gave me these drawings, Ricky.

I think you have a real talent.

I noticed something about these people's faces, something unusual.

Do you know what I'm talking about?

These people have no mouths.

They all have eyes and ears and noses, but no mouth.

Why did you draw them that way, Ricky?

I don't know.

I see.

Tell me, do you talk about what happened with your friends?

No. Well, you must talk about it sometimes.

With your classmates, with someone.

I don't like to talk about it.

I see.

I suppose that could explain him drawing everybody with no mouth.

You missed your calling, Charlie.

You'd have made a top -notch psychiatrist.

No need to be sarcastic.

Poor detective, even.

It was merely an observation.

Now, I watched the television coverage again last night. I'm 95 % sure that

judge is wearing makeup.

Someone we know voted for him.

How did I come to be on trial?

And you were shivering.

That's right.

Were you cold?

Yes.

And then what did that madman sitting right over there, what did he do?

He, uh, gave me his jacket.

He put his jacket on you because you were cold?

Yes.

I see.

Ricky, does that seem like the kind of thing that a person would do who was

trying to harm you?

Objection. Counsel is asking the witness to speculate about motives.

Sustained. All right, Ricky.

Um, did you feel threatened when he gave you his jacket?

Or comforted?

I don't know.

Both. Threatened and comforted.

The man gives the boy his jacket.

He acts nice to it. But at the same time, he threatens his life. The boy

realize that.

Oh, very much.

It's part of the ambivalence, as I say. It's part of what makes him so

disturbed. This feeling both good and bad about someone.

The nice man.

forces him into the car at gunpoint.

But there are also policemen there with guns drawn.

It's very clearly a life -threatening situation.

He was terrified.

And now?

He's still disturbed. He will be for a long, long time.

So your professional opinion is... He suffered psychological damage.

I have no doubt.

So your professional opinion is... He was harmed.

Suffered psychological damage.

Oh, see?

How's it coming?

It'll be ready in a minute.

It's a good thing they do edit that stuff. They show it on the news.

Why's that?

Boy, what they did to you on that stand, you're lucky they didn't show it again,

I think.

Thanks. That's the way the rocks and the fence stopped up the case.

So now it's up to the jury to decide.

Meanwhile, Channel 6 interviewed some of the parents.

Mrs. Frazier, how do you feel the trial went?

I think it was a fair trial.

And I'm hopeful that they'll get what they deserve.

We've locked up for a long time.

There's some controversy about the judges' decision to allow television

in the courtroom.

Were you personally bothered by that?

It didn't bother me. I just hope it doesn't affect the outcome.

Bad chance.

Do you believe that media coverage has been prejudicial in the trial?

You bet I do.

You know... In what way specifically do you feel the media coverage may have

influenced people?

Well, one thing for sure, those slanted articles in the Tribune didn't help.

Your daughter thinks you've read about it.

Uh, how is... Well...

Good

morning. They found him guilty. I know, I heard it on the car radio.

Something else kind of interesting.

Prosecuting lawyer was offered a very prestigious job in the Attorney

office. Doesn't surprise me. She came across very photogenic on the tube.

You don't know that had anything to do with it. In fact, I'd call that whole

flap about cameras in court inconclusive.

Well, I'm glad you're so philosophical about it, Charlie.

According to the polls, your friend, Judge Strohmeyer, has looked very badly

his campaign for re -election.

He can't prove TV had anything to do with that.

Didn't help him. He came across as a phony and everybody saw it.

I think it was the makeup.

American people simply will not vote for a man who wears makeup or dyes his

hair. Is that right?

It's a proven fact.

Hi. Hi.

Loves that bike.

I'm scared to death every time he gets on it. What am I going to do?

I'm here for a very unprofessional reason.

To apologize.

For my article.

My testimony, everything. I'm genuinely sorry.

We got her judgment.

All's well that ends well.

Let me help you.

Well, what appeared in the paper was misleading.

And I want you to know I regret it.

You know, you weren't completely wrong.

Oh, I mean about coaching, Ricky.

Well, I did.

What?

Sure.

Wouldn't you have?

Miss Newman, do you have any children of your own?

Not yet?

Well, let me tell you about being a parent.

I would have done anything, anything, to get Ricky the therapy he needed and to

put those two animals away where they can't harm somebody else's child. So,

yeah, I coached him.

I was willing to fight as dirty as I had to.

Someday, when you have a child of your own, you come back here, and you tell me

then if you'd do things any differently.

Lou, we still haven't had it out about what you did to my article.

Can't wait.

It's been a long day.

You've been avoiding me, hoping I'll cool off.

Well, I haven't.

You only know about Mrs. Hamlin through me. You get all your information

secondhand. Now, I may not be the best writer in the world, but one thing I've

got going for me is my integrity.

So when something I write gets changed around to satisfy someone else's notion

about what makes good copy, it makes me... It makes me furious.

Livid, right?

Outrageous.

Damn it, now you're even rewriting my yelling at you. But I am really

Billy, I hear you. But you know, I made a note to call you that night to explain

we rewrote you.

Did you call me?

No, I lost the note, but the thought was there.

Well, good.

Because there's a big difference between rewriting and changing an entire story.

I got you.

Is that all?

Yes.

What are you going to do now?

Go home.

Now, have a little time. I've got this story of Sweeney's, and it needs, I

know, something.

Do you want to take a crack at it?

Rewrite it?

Yes.

Be sure to preserve the integrity of the piece.

I'll try.

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