All language subtitles for Matlock s01e07 The Don 1

We use moral persuasion and then we
barbecue them.

Mr. McShane, are you saying that you're
going to personally prosecute the case

against Nicholas Barron? That's exactly
what I'm saying.

Hello? All we want is justice.

Whenever I find who's responsible for
endangering my daughter, I'm going to

him to the district attorney piece by
piece.

I could feed his board for this. You
were saying?

By the homecoming of Nicholas Barron,
the reputed gangland leader known

sometimes as the Barron, who was paroled
yesterday after seven years in prison.

Turn that up.

Barron was convicted only of tax
evasion, but his imprisonment was

authorities say, to loosen the grip the
Barron family had on organized crime

operations in this area.

Advanced age and failing health were
reportedly factors in his release. Don't

wait up for me. Barron is 65.

On the local weather front.

Something in the air is playing havoc
with my nose.

Hay fever.

You take what?

Oh, I see. So the idea is the pills make
you so sleepy you forget you got hay

fever. Well, if I find somewhere to lie
down, I'll take one of them. Tell

Charlene I'll be there in a few minutes.

Okay. I'm sorry to keep you waiting.
That's all right. Actually, Mr. Mallock,

was waiting for you.

Here.

My name is Paul Barron.

My father is Nicholas Barron.

Somebody planted a car bomb in Donald
Kovacs' car this morning.

He's dead.

Police think my father killed him, but
he didn't do it.

But he would like to talk with you.

Oh, I'm sure Nicholas Barron has lots of
lawyers with far more experience in

this sort of thing than I have.

He wants you.

Well, thanks, but I'd clap.

No, it's all right. I've got blanks.

You, uh, you talk with my father whether
or not you decide to take the case.

This is what you get.

That's $20 ,000.

That's what it says.

You want to go for a ride?

Air -conditioned?

I left it running full blast.

Know anything about roses, Mr. Matlock?

Oh, a fair amount. I know you're
supposed to fertilize them, water them,

them.

That's more than most people know.

This is a cultivar that I personally
helped to develop.

I call it Irene's Ruby.

Roses are a hobby that became a
business.

I know a fair amount about you, too, Mr.
Matlock.

Born in some backwater town that doesn't
even exist anymore.

Poor family, father killed in a car
crash.

And here you are, one of the best -known
lawyers in the country. Now, how do you

explain that?

Hard work.

I believe it was preordained.

I think you simply followed along the
path that had been laid out for you,

like I followed along the path that had
been laid out for me.

Looking back along that path, I can see
some things I regret having done.

Some of the crimes that I did, I've
already paid for in prison.

All of the others, I'll pay for soon
enough.

But I did not murder Donald Kovacs, and
I refuse to pay for the crimes of

others.

It's a matter of honor.

I should return this.

I don't charge for consultations.

As for the case, I decline.

Mr. Matlock, I'm going to do something
I've never done before.

I'm going to beg.

Please, clear my name.

I didn't do this, and I want to stand
trial so people will know that.

I want to do it soon, because in about
six months' time, I'm going to be dead.

Please, Mr. Matlock.

I have one condition.

The case will be handled my way, on my
terms.

I make all the decisions.

And I take it all the way, no matter
what.

All the way, no matter what.

Or I'm out right now.

You have my word.

The first thing you're going to do is
turn yourself in.

All right, anybody want to do the
honors?

Miranda and Charlie, then book him.

All right, Frank.

What do you got on the client?

Motive.

Donald Kovacs was the man who, according
to your client, bribed the accountant

whose testimony sent him to prison.

He's also the man who took over many of
the Barron family's illegitimate

enterprises while their client was in
prison.

Smother. That hay fever gone.

Sorry.

We got Eddie A., Eddie Alonzo, the man
who made the bomb and indeed planted the

bomb that killed Colfant.

Now, Eddie A. was an old friend of the
Barron family. I say was because he's no

longer with us. He was found shot to
death in a field this morning, two

to the head. Now, the phrase that comes
to mind is gangland -style killings.

Hey, well, what are friends for?

Now, we got mud from that field.

Found embedded in the tires of a certain
car.

Could we get out of this dancing park?

No problem, because we got an eyewitness
who saw the driver of that certain car

shoot and kill Eddie Alonzo. And we also
got this.

Found at the scene of the crime, and
this belongs to, guess who?

Frank, you really think my client would
murder his own friend? Oh, come on,

Counselor. I think your client would
murder his own mother if it meant saving

his hide.

The baron's on our family. They're a
pack of wolves.

Here I am defending the head wolf.

Right. Why?

I don't know, Frank.

I guess I'm just living right.

Phillips, I can't get a conviction on
this turkey unless the wife will testify

that she saw him pull the trigger.

If those detectives of yours spent less
time staring out their windows and more

time chasing criminals, we could put a
few more of them away, couldn't we?

Don't tell me how tough it is. I was a
cop, remember?

Will you stop trying to break my heart
and get me some hard evidence?

I don't care how you do it, just get it!

Are you as pleased with yourself as you
look?

Here's the goods on Nicholas Barrett.
Sit down.

How

long

has your father been governor?

You know, if you had asked before you
helped yourself, I might have warned

Max?

Oh, he's almost deaf. Max!

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

No, no, no, don't move. I'll toss them
to you.

There, two.

And two more.

Okay?

You're a good boy, Max. I love you.

He's really getting bad.

Tell me something.

What do you think of the Barron case?

I think it's a lot, boss.

So do I.

I'm afraid you're going to have to take
a back seat this time, Palmer.

But who's going to prosecute?

I said when I became district attorney.

But I would break the back of organized
crime in this city.

And this is part of that problem.

Mr. McShane, are you saying that you're
going to personally prosecute the case

against Nicholas Barron? That's exactly
what I'm saying, my dear. You and Ben

Matlock almost came to blows last time
you all met in the courtroom.

I never listen to rumors.

Mr.

Matlock, is it true that you and
District Attorney McShane are bitter

Well, let's just say I didn't vote for
him.

Defendant waives time.

Further reading of the indictment pleads
not guilty.

May we proceed directly to the issue of
bail?

Mr. McJane, what is the state's
position?

We recommend the defendant be held
without bail until his trial.

To free a man with his reputation as a
mobster, one who faces two counts of

murder, would be a slap in the face of
every law -abiding citizen in this

community.

Moreover, Nicholas Barron is a man of
considerable wealth and means.

One who could, and I submit would, flee
at the first opportunity.

I move that he remain in custody until
the time of his trial.

Your Honor, my client has no intention
of fleeing.

On the contrary, he wants to stand
trial.

And he wants to do so as soon as
possible.

No matter what his past, no matter what
his reputation, he's entitled to the

rights of any citizen.

Your Honor, the parole board of the
state penitentiary saw fit to grant my

client an early release.

They didn't see him as a threat to
society. They saw him as an aging, ill

deserving pity.

Surely the court of the people is no
less compassionate.

Bail is set at $500 ,000.

Preliminary hearing.

Set for September 12th. Is that
acceptable to the defense?

Yes, Your Honor.

Mr. McShane.

Prosecution agrees.

Court will recess till 2 .30 this
afternoon.

Never thought I'd see you in a courtroom
again.

Never thought I'd have an opportunity
like this.

That's all, boys.

Let's just say I didn't vote for him.

Do you want to elaborate on that?

How do I look?

Oh, you look great.

But your client looks suspiciously like
a gangster.

Bless you. Thank you.

Whatever it is you're allergic to, I
sure hope it isn't flowers.

Seems Nicholas Barron's friends, or
business associates, you might say, are

delighted to have you on their team.

You, I take it, are not.

I was always under the impression we
were criminal lawyers, Dad, not

lawyers.

I understand.

I'll take this one alone.

Look, I just want to know why you took
the case.

Nicholas Barron has his own lawyers.

He could have gone anywhere, but he came
to me.

I have to believe it's because I have a
reputation for being honest.

But besides, he begged me.

He begged me to take this thing to
trial.

It was very hard for him.

Try as I might, I can't get around that.

I just can't get around it.

If he wants an honest defense, I have to
give him the best that I can.

If you're in, so am I.

I'll see you at 11 o 'clock at the
Barron Estate.

All right.

And Ben.

Ben, you'll never guess what I heard
about you down at the police station.

Does it have anything to do with my
being Nicholas Barron's lawyer?

You're kidding.

Guess again.

He's not kidding.

Tala, we need you to check out an Edward
Alonzo.

Apparently, he's the man who put the
bomb in Kovacs' car, and he's known on

streets as Eddie A.

Charlene, we're talking major underworld
here.

Well, better get started.

I'm Ben Matlock. I have an appointment.

I could have told you you'd wind up
taking the case from Kathy Barron. Turn

around and place your hands on the wall,
please. Hey, leave it, Marty.

This is Benjamin Matlock, father's
attorney.

Come in, please.

I guess everybody's a little nervous.

Well, searching everything that moves is
my brother Paul's idea.

How many times do I have to tell you?
You didn't walk today, did you?

I had other things to worry about this
morning.

Ah, Mr. Matlock. Yes, sir. Welcome.

I'd like you to meet my younger son,
Daniel.

You're a doctor?

Internist.

You know, I've been having an awful
problem with hay fever lately. I don't

suppose you... I'm sorry. I only
prescribe for patients.

Cardiologist is going to stop by this
afternoon.

You'll be here?

No. I have other pickings, too.

Good night. Same here.

I thought this little get -together was
going to involve the whole family.

Some of us are more interested in family
business than others.

And again, some of us are just not
welcome.

How are you, Mr. Maylock? Fine.

Did you talk to the D .A.? Yeah.

He says he has an eyewitness who saw you
shoot Eddie Alonzo.

That's impossible.

I was in the park.

Well, we need to cover all bases.

Right now, in order to plant the seed of
reasonable doubt, we need to give some

thought as to who else might have killed
him.

Fine. Sorry to be late.

Having car trouble lately. I'm going to
have to take a taxi.

Oh, uh, Nicholas Paul. This is my
daughter and partner, Charlene Matlock.

you do? How do you do?

Nicholas and Paul Barron. It's a
pleasure.

Please.

May I?

By all means.

Anyone else?

I'll have some.

Thank you.

Let me go ahead with this. Because the
killer had access to Nicholas's... Car

and gun. He or she was probably no
stranger to this household.

What are you saying?

Just that I'd like to have a word or two
with your help and any business

associates who might come by often. No.

Mr. Malick, we take care of our own
here.

That's where our associates... Well, the
family business over the past several

years has been reduced to a small
trucking company.

And we're talking to our employees.

That's not entirely accurate.

Oh, it's not?

No.

Besides owning the trucking company, you
also have partial ownership in three

restaurants, five country clubs, two
refuse removal companies, and a host of

flower shops.

Sugar? No, no, sure. And that's true, by
the way.

We have a few minor legitimate
diversifications.

There's one thing about this case that
bothers me.

The man who killed Kovac, and then was
himself killed, Eddie Alonso, was

whom all of you knew.

Of course we knew.

It's one of my father's oldest
employees.

He bounced all three of us on his knee.

Are you saying that one of us hired him
and then had him killed?

He was like a brother to me, like a
second father to the children.

Besides, he was retired.

I know.

But who could best talk him out of
retirement?

I don't think a stranger.

I think someone he knew and trusted.

Well, if you'll excuse us, we'll go to
work.

Let's get a line on the eyewitness.

Could I see you for a minute, please?

I'll see you outside.

Anything you have to say to Mr. Matlock,
you say in front of me.

Well?

I want him off this case.

I've been against hiring an outsider
from the beginning, and nothing he has

or done has made me change my mind on
that.

You've made your point, Paul, but I'm
going to ignore it. Mr. Matlock is my

lawyer, and that's the way it's going to
be.

Kathy Barron.

Must I?

Well, I've seen your picture in the
newspaper. I'm Charlene Matlock. I'm

on your father's case.

Hello. For the moment, I'm without
wheels. Could I get a ride into town?

Sure.

Thanks.

Oh, tell my dad I have a lift.

Don't forget your seatbelt.

Thanks.

always drive this fast?

Sorry.

So you're a successful lawyer.

I'm envious.

Well, right now I'm just a successful
junior partner, but I'm working on it.

That's a lovely locket. Is it old?

It's my mother's.

God, it feels good to get out of that
house.

You still live at home?

Well, when Nicholas Barron is your
father, you don't exactly have a whole

options.

I'll give you a perfect example.

Do you see that cop up there?

Yeah.

See what I mean?

I can't even get a cop interested in me.
It's very limiting.

That's tough.

So how's the case going?

Well, it's a little early to speculate.

At least two.

All right.

Whoever killed Eddie Alonzo had to have
access to his father's house.

You mean like one of us?

We can't rule that out.

You better learn one thing fast, and
that's no matter what, we are a family

here, and no outsider dare question our
loyalty to each other ever.

I can understand that, Kathy.

Just like you'll have to understand that
we're not on the case to protect your

family.

We're here to defend your father.

Now, do I still get a ride or do I have
to walk?

Okay, you're right. We're even.

But hang on.

Tyler? Tyler, meet Ben.

Crying out loud, what are you expecting?
Eddie Alonzo's ghost? Look, somebody

killed him. And that somebody might be
looking for somebody who knew him. And I

am here in his apartment.

Did you find anything?

Yeah, I found some escrow papers.

Eddie Alonzo bought himself a house ten
days ago.

A house?

Sounds like he came in just for money
reasons. You think that money came from

the hit?

I don't know.

Nicholas Barron and Eddie Alonzo go back
almost 50 years. I don't think the

Baron would have to pay him.

What a guy.

Now, can we get out of here?

I'll tell you what, dude.

See if you can find some current
pictures of the Baron's children.

Maybe somebody in this building saw them
with Eddie Alonzo recently.

professional criminals here, Ben.

The baron, his family, the victim, his
family. I mean, these guys are all pros,

and I'll just bet you that that sniper
was, too.

If he's such a pro, why am I still
alive?

Because nine times out of ten, Kovacs
wanted to scare you off with a case.

A case, I might add. You had no business
being on it in the first place, Mr.

Glover. No.

You see, they're afraid that you're
going to somehow lead to it if this guy

walks, and that the old man just might
try and recoup a few...

Of the business losses the family
suffered while he was in prison?

Yeah. Trucking company did go downhill,
didn't it?

Trucking company?

Come on, these guys are into numbers.

They're into so many rackets, I'll bet
you they can't even keep track of them.

And now the word is that the Barons have
some moral objections to dealing, and

don't give me a break.

I'll tell you what happened.

The Kovacs cornered the market first and
then muscled them out. And if Donald

Kovacs had had any smarts, he would have
stopped there. But no, he got greedy

and they got even.

Well, if that's the case, the Kovacs had
to expect some kind of reprisal when

the old man got out.

They probably did, but they didn't
expect a reprisal so soon.

Well, I guess the best thing for me to
do is go over there and have a talk with

them.

And the Kovacs?

I'll call the coroner and have him keep
an eye out for you.

That's the way azaleas are supposed to
look.

What kind of fertilizer do you use?

What'd you say?

I say fertilizer. What kind do you use?

A little this, a little that.

Trade secret, huh?

Matlock, come in. Oh.

Phil Kovac.

Thank you. Nice house.

Beautiful grounds.

I was asking your gardener how he does
it. I didn't get very far.

Well, he does have a little problem with
his hearing.

Problem with his hearing or problem
trying to be something he isn't?

No harm in having someone keep an eye
out front.

Yeah. Is Miss Kovac here?

No.

You did indicate that you wanted to talk
with me.

Can I offer you a drink?

What's your pleasure?

Maybe a glass of mineral water.

I understand you used to help your
brother run his business, sort of second

command. That's right.

Any idea who might have taken a shot at
my associate and me this afternoon?

Took a shot at you?

Absolutely not.

Why would we do that?

Well, if somebody frightened me off this
case, nobody else worth a damn will

take it.

Nicola Barron would be convicted.

I think you'd like that.

You know, I heard prison got to the old
man.

Made him soft.

If I had to guess, I'd say it was his
son.

Paul?

He'd like nothing better than to start a
war with us.

It's the only prayer he's got of getting
back into major leagues.

Like you say, it's only a guess.

That's why we want you on the case.

To prove the bearer an innocent, you
gotta find out who's guilty.

What happens then, Revenge?

All we want is justice.

Hello, Mr.

Matlock.

You said you only prescribed for
patients. I'm a patient.

Hay fever is worse than ever.

Something you get every year? No, first
time.

Nose is running, my eyes is watering,
and the back of my throat itches,

constantly. It's driving me crazy.

And you should be seeing an allergist,
not me.

I thought I'd throw a little business
your way, and from the looks of your

waiting room, you could use it.

Well, having Nicholas Barron for a
father is not exactly good for business.

Having him for a client isn't good for
business either.

Give me five years to build up a
practice and one day for my father to

it. I'm going to give you a shot, Mr.
Matlock. I'll need a hip.

Huh?

You think your father's guilty?

No.

I think he was framed.

How did he do?

By somebody in our family?

Maybe.

Just for the record.

That's an allegation I deeply resent.

I can tell.

These just came.

Take them to the children's hospital.

These are for Charlene.

Oh, thank you.

Where are they from?

Paul Barron.

Having dinner with him tonight.

So I can interview him.

Edward Alonzo.

According to one of the tellers at his
bank, the only thing Edward Alonzo has

deposited in the last nine years is
Social Security checks.

But guess what happened last week?

He walked in with a cashier's check.

$25 ,000, which he withdrew the very
next day and used it as a down payment

house for his sister.

Early tomorrow morning, I want you to go
down to the park where Nicholas Barron

walks. See if you can find somebody who
saw him there that morning.

Okay.

The only way we'll get this case
dismissed is to discredit the DA's

The only way to do that is to get an
eyewitness of our own.

Relax, man. It's only an interview.

That'll be all. Thank you.

Hello.

Look at you. Don't you look nice? Have a
seat. Thank you.

Very pretty dress.

You have nice taste.

Thank you.

Hey, um, close the doors tonight at my
request.

I wanted to spare you any embarrassment
you might feel by being seen with me

socially.

I also find the idea of dining with you
alone irresistible.

How nice.

So, here's to a mutually...

Useful evening.

How's your father?

Convinced your father's innocent.

How's yours?

Convinced your father can get him off.

So that was simple. So much for
business.

You know what I think?

I think we should start off with the
scampi.

Then move right into the veal. They've
got a great veal dish here. You're gonna

love it. It's their specialty.

I hate to interrupt the festivities with
anything as mundane as the case, but we

do need a little bit more to go on.

We do.

Like what?

Well, um, what about the Kovac family?

What about them?

Well, could any one of them have
murdered Donald Kovac or Eddie Alonso?

Any one of them.

How do we prove that?

Well, first we have to get one of them
to confess.

I don't think I want to know how you do
that.

Charlene, first we talk, we're
reasonable, we use moral persuasion, and

barbecue them.

You're a dangerous man.

That sounds almost like a compliment.

It is.

No.

Almost.

What? I have some questions about your
family enterprise.

If you could fill that out and send it
over to the office, that way I won't

to answer them over dinner.

I have to tell you, I'm really not in
the mood for a scampi or a veal.

Could I see a menu?

Hello?

Ralph? Ralph?

Ralph? Ralph?

Hello. Hello?

Try your office.

Charlene? Yeah?

Charlene? Yeah?

Are you all right?

All right. Are you all right? I got this
phone.

Hello. This was just a game.

We'll go to this case where you still
can walk.

Somebody really wants us off this case.

Somebody's trying to scare us off this
case. Let me tell you something.

Now, I don't care who it is. Anything.

I mean anything happened to my daughter,
there's going to be hell to pay.

My men will find out who did it. Oh,
Paul, please. He's here because he

it's one of us.

That's impossible.

Isn't Philip Kovac the one you should be
dragging out of bed and harassing? Let

me tell you something.

Whenever I find who's responsible for
endangering my daughter, I'm going to

him to the district attorney piece by
piece.

Call it pre -hearing jitters, call it
common sense, but I have this awful

feeling you're going to go out there and
the DA's going to eat you alive.

You saying that because you mean it?
You're trying to make me feel better.

Dad, he has an eyewitness. You have
nothing. What are we going to use for

defense? I wish I knew.

Mr. Miracle, I want you to remember this
moment.

Years from now, when you look back on
this time, when you're old and when you

are a graceful matron with 30
grandchildren, when criminal historians

case, I want you to remember this time
when things looked utterly dismal and

absolutely hopeless.

I want you to remember the time that
Tyler Hudson single -handedly reached in

and pulled your fat out of the fire.

Come in, Alice.

Ben Matlock, Charlene Matlock.

Alice Jenkins.

Alice was in Lincoln Park painting a
landscape on the very day and at the

time the murders were committed.

Guess who else was there?

Nicholas Barron. She saw him, and she's
willing to say so, in court.

Alice, I am very happy to meet you.

Miss Jenkins, do I understand correctly
that you've been working on this

painting every day at Jackson Park for
almost two weeks now? Yes, you see, that

is a study in the way the sun displays
and enhances the leaves and the mist on

the water. I intend to call this
Sundance.

That's nice.

Have you ever seen Nicholas Barron
before?

Yes, as a matter of fact, I saw him in
Jackson Park because he walked in front

of me when I was painting on a week ago
Wednesday.

He was so handsome and distinguished, I
had to stop painting.

How far away from you was he?

Oh, nine feet.

About what time of day was this?

Close to eight o 'clock. I was almost
done for the day.

Oh, that's about the time Mr. Henderson
said that Mr. Alonzo was shot.

This is what you wanted.

I'll let you know.

You sure that's the man you saw?

Oh, yes, yes. Because I saw his picture
in one of those news weekly magazines.

And I said to myself, that's that
handsome man.

And he just got out of prison.

So you're sure that it was Nicholas
Barron?

that walked in front of you while you
were painting in Jackson Park on the

morning of the 19th around 8 o 'clock?

Oh, yes, I'm sure.

And I will never forget it.

No further questions.

Ah.

Miss Jenkins, do you know a man by the
name of Michael Escott?

No. Hmm.

What about Anthony Perini?

No. Irrelevant, Your Honor.

Mr. McShay is confusing the witness and
frankly confusing me.

I intend to show relevancy in a moment,
Your Honor.

Proceed.

Miss Jenkins, do you know a Robert Daly?

No.

You don't?

Well, that's odd. I say that because
according to this Atlanta police

record, You do know them.

Or at least you did.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Isn't it true that these three men were
each charged with serious felonies, but

in each case you came forward and
provided alibis?

Isn't it true, Miss Jenkins, that in
fact you were paid in each of these

instances to provide an alibi?

I'd just like to help you. Just answer
that question!

Did you see Nicholas Barron in the park
the morning of the 19th?

Well... Just a simple declarative
sentence, Miss Jenkins!

Tell the truth, for a change!

Your Honor?

Did someone approach you to be a witness
for the defense in the case?

Were you told to testify that you saw
Nicholas Barron in that park?

Yes.

You lied, didn't you? I mean, you never
saw him there, did you?

No.

Did someone pay you to lie, Miss
Jenkins?

Yes.

Would you point him out, please?

Lawyer, Mr. Matlock. I beg your pardon?

The lawyer.

Mr. Matlock.

Mr. Matlock?

Mr. Matlock.

I have no further use for this witness.

I could beat his board for this.