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Put your hands in the air. Watch quickly to the center of the room.

Hands in the air.

You tell us. One, two, three.

Hey, three steps back.

Stick your hand in the top of your pants or skirts.

You stay right there.

Hello, Becky.

Long time no see.

All right, I want everything in those four drawers in the safe behind you.

Now!

Hey, hey, hey!

Don't drive, my friend.

Come on, Willie, let's go.

off. Yeah. So what have you been doing with yourself these days, Willie? I'm a

farmer. What do you think I've been doing? Yeah.

So what's this Ben Franklin doing on the floor mat in the back seat of your car?

You're getting sloppy in your old age. Look, I don't know what you're talking

about. I swear it.

Seems like I heard those exact same words last time you knocked off the

Springs Bank.

Who's your partner this time, Willie? I didn't do it, damn it. Easy. Come on.

Detective?

Yeah, you didn't do it.

Save your breath, Ben. I don't want to hear it. I didn't do it this time, Ben.

One call to phone somebody who cares, Willie. I've been set up. One time, just

one time. I'd like to walk in this room and hear somebody say I did it. I wasn't

framed. I wasn't at the wrong place at the wrong time. I did it. I'm sorry I

it. And I'm ready to pay the consequences.

Just once. Just give me one minute. That's all I'm asking.

Ben.

You haven't seen me in six years. I'm a changed man.

Don, I realize I said the same thing to you the last time you defended me. For

robbing the same bank. For robbing the same bank. For telling the people in

same bank to do exactly what you told the people to do in the bank six years

ago. Ben.

Willie, how many bank robbers do you think there are that yell at the tellers

put their hands in their pants?

I serve my time. I've been doing community service ever since. I've been

citizen, Ben.

Burn me once, shame on you. Burn me twice, shame on me.

Let me guess, you got no alibi, right?

Here's a list of good lawyers.

Man, you more than anyone else know how good I was.

So ask yourself this.

Would I ever commit a robbery using my own car?

Would I ever be so absent -minded as to leave a stray $100 bill just lying

around in the back seat of my car?

Would I ever leave a ski mask I just used in a heist in plain view in my own

backyard?

You know what the answer is to that, Ben.

Mr. Raven, how long have you been working as a teller at the Willow

Bank? Almost nine years.

So you were working there the last time it was robbed by the defendant and his

partner six years ago. Yes, I was.

Do you remember the events of that robbery?

Vividly. Mr. Roach and his partner walked out of the bathroom wearing ski

Then they told everybody in the main area of the bank to congregate in a

Then Mr. Roach came over to my teller window.

And what did he instruct you to do?

Well, he had all of the other tellers take three steps backwards and place

hands inside their pants or their skirts.

Inside their pants?

It was such a bizarre request. That's why I remember it so well.

Then he had me collect all the money from the teller's drawers as well as

the safe.

Miss Shraven, was there anything about this latest robbery that was similar to

the one that occurred six years ago?

They were identical.

The ski masks, the congregating of people in the center of the room. He

told the tellers to take exactly three steps backwards and place their hands

inside their belts.

Was there anything different about this robbery from the one that happened six

years ago? Yes. When the bank robber approached me this time, he smiled and

said, Hello, Becky.

Long time no see. He was so arrogant.

Did you recognize that voice?

I'd recognize that voice with my eyes closed.

It was the defendant.

Well, when I saw them running out of the bank with their ski masks, I knew what

had happened.

And then what did you do, Mr. Golding? Well, I started after them, but one man

pointed his gun at me.

Do you happen to remember which hand he was holding his gun in?

Oh, yeah.

It was his left hand.

So it would be safe to presume, then, that the man pointing the gun at you was

left -handed? Yeah.

Mr. Golding, did you hear any words exchanged between the bank robbers?

Oh, yeah.

After the first man drew his gun, the second man yelled, Come on, Willie,

get out of here. Come on, Willie. You're certain that's the name you heard?

Oh, yeah. I heard it.

I heard it loud and clear.

That's all.

Mr. Bablock, no questions, Your Honor.

Then this court stands in recess until 9 .30 Thursday.

Someone did me up good.

If someone did you up, Willie, they did you up great.

Yes, yes, yes.

Hello? Uh, you Ben Matlick?

No, that's Matt Locke. No, no, I'm not him. But maybe I can help you with

something? I don't want your help.

Well, what is it you wanted to see Mr. Matt Locke about?

Oh, why don't you get Mr. Matt Locke and I'll tell him.

Mr. Matt Locke is busy.

Who's here?

Some kid, I don't know.

Oh, wow, wow, wow. My name's Matt. Get your hands off of me.

What's going on?

Did you want to talk to me, Matt?

Uh, yeah, but how about in private?

I don't want him to hear.

How about some peanut butter?

Uh, how about a cigarette?

How about some peanut butter?

That's all I get?

That's all I got for you.

I can prove Willie Roach didn't rob the bank at Willow Springs.

Yeah? Yeah. I was there when the robbers drove off.

What do you want?

You got anything sweet?

Hey.

I'm listening.

Well, I ain't talking. Not yet.

Excuse me?

We need to make... We need to make an arrangement.

What kind of arrangement?

I'll tell you everything you need to know to get Willie Roach off if you

to defend my dad.

He just got busted for stealing cars.

You eat my peanut butter and the chips, drink my milk, and then blackmail me?

Dad always says life wasn't fair.

Look where it got him.

How do I know that you were at the bank?

Their car was blue, and it was parked at the first meter from the driveway of

the bank. And when they drove off, their bumper clipped the parking meter as

they went away.

So what do you say?

We got a deal?

I'm so grateful that you're helping me out here, Mr. Matlock.

Well, you can thank your son.

Yeah. Good old Matty. Yeah, good old Matty.

Says you're ten bar for a living.

Yeah, Plato's Born Grill.

What were you doing at that chop shop when the police found those cars?

It's not a chop shop, Mr. Matlock. It's a body shop.

And Mark Lipton has been a friend of mine since I was a kid.

Who's Mark Lipton?

He's the owner.

So, you didn't steal any of those cars the police found at your friend's body

shop?

No, of course not.

Explain what you were doing with $2 ,000 in your pocket and how your

fingerprints got all over the inside of that stolen Porsche the police found.

The reason I had the cash was because Mark had just paid me back the money I

loaned to him.

And what happened was, I got there and he was with a client.

I was just killing time.

I saw that beautiful portion.

I just wanted to see what it would be like on the inside.

So I hopped in. That's what happened. Scout's honor.

Did you say Scout's honor the last time you got busted for stealing cars?

That was a long time ago, Mr. Matlock.

I'm a changed man.

Changed man.

I've heard that before lately. If I hear it many more times, I'm going to toss

my cookies.

Are you going to take my case?

I promised your boy I would, so I'll talk to you in a couple of days.

How's my dad? I mean, did you see him?

Is he all right?

So are you going to take his case?

I told you I would.

Now it's your turn.

What did you see at the back?

First, you got to put up his bail.

Oh. Oh, what are you doing?

Drop your father's case.

All right, listen.

You don't have to pick up his bail.

It's just that I want to have him stay in jail.

You ready to talk?

I saw the two bank robbers.

What do you mean, saw?

Both of them went back to their car. They took off their masks.

I saw them, and neither one of those guys was Willie Roach.

You're sure?

I saw Willie Roach's picture in the newspaper when he got arrested.

I'm positive.

Matt, if you looked at some police mug books, you think you could pick them

If they're in there, I'll find them.

Okay. I got court.

I'll set it up for a little later.

Maybe you better go home now. Your mother might be worried about you.

My mom's dead.

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know.

Where do you stay?

At my aunt's house.

Where is that? I'll give you a lift.

825 Front Street.

825.

Front Street only goes up to the 600 block.

I'm sorry, Matt. I can't let you stay by yourself.

I'm not staying in no shelter.

Okay, for now you can stay with me.

Cool. Okay.

Mr. Matlock. Mr. Matlock, do you think you're going to be able to get Willie

Russell clean? I did not get into that.

So what about the testimony of the teller and the parking lot attendant?

going to get into that.

But do you think there's a copycat robber out there?

That kid with the dead mat lock.

That's the one I saw in the parking lot.

What did Alex say?

I don't know.

That kid saw both of us, Pete.

Yes, Pete.

You see the news?

I raped.

So you don't recognize anyone in those mug shots, huh?

Nope.

That's too bad.

Are you going to talk or are we going to play?

I'm going to fold. I'm going to go eat my winnings.

It's five chocolate mints for you if you want to stay in.

Yours.

Now that the lightweight's gone off, let me say we played some real states.

Penny, nickel, dime.

What do you say the loser goes and gets ice cream for the winner?

You're on.

Don't pull them up.

There you go.

I feel lucky.

How many?

Four. One of a kind. Good hand.

I'm gonna take, uh... I'm gonna take three.

Get the fill and tell time, huh?

Well, that's unless you want to raise the pot.

To what?

The loser buys ice cream for everybody in the house.

And it's double scoops.

It's your money.

Three eights.

Three little guys with little crowns on their heads.

Three kings?

Hey, hold on. You can't do that. Let me tell you something, Matt.

If you're gonna play by your own rules, even if you cheat, there's always gonna

be somebody who does it better than you.

I'll take a double scoop of chocolate chip.

Cliff likes vanilla.

Yeah. Yeah.

Fine.

So what was Joe Ahern doing

here the night that the police arrested him?

You mean when the police knocked down my door and handcuffed me?

Uh, yeah. Uh, whatever.

What was he doing here?

I owed him some money. He came by to pick it up.

Was that the two grand? Yeah.

Your mama asked me why you borrowed $2 ,000 from him.

Nothing in particular?

Bill, does this look like a chop shop to you?

I'm really the wrong person to ask that.

It's infuriating. You try to run a legitimate business.

Why don't you leave me your card?

I'm considering filing an unlawful arrest suit against the police.

Maybe your firm could handle it.

Why don't we deal with that later? Right now, I just have to make sure that Joe

Ahern wasn't being paid off for any...

Business dealings you might have had with him? Look, I know you're doing your

job, but these questions, they offend me.

Believe me, you're the last guy on Earth I want to offend. I know that.

Look, chose a bartender.

I run a body shop. What kind of business dealings could we possibly have?

We're friends, Mr. Lewis.

And that's all we are.

Friends.

This will just take a couple minutes.

Why can't I just stay in the car?

I told you, if you're going to take the stand for me, I have to know exactly

where you were when you saw the bank robber. I can tell you from in here.

Matt, we've been through that before.

Okay. Come on.

Come on.

Come on, let's go. Let's get out.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Hey, hey, hey, you, what are you doing here? Let's go.

Yeah, you, what are you doing here?

Why are you yelling at the boy?

The boy is a thief. I caught him four times stealing things from cars parked

my lot.

He's lying.

I'm not lying.

That's what you were doing when you saw the robbers drive off.

You know what you've done to Willie Roach's case? You're no good as a

anymore. I can't put you on the stand. The D .A. finds out you were ripping off

cars, he'll tear you apart.

I'll drop your father's case now.

We made an arrangement. I said I'd tell you what I knew about the case. That was

our deal. I lived up to my part.

Let's go.

Where are we going?

To a shelter. I'm not going to no shelter.

What you doing?

Pulling weeds.

Doesn't look like much fun.

It's not.

You mad?

Yeah.

You mad that Matt ran away?

Why would I be mad about that?

Hi. Hi.

What are you doing here?

We need to talk.

We don't need to talk. I packed your stuff.

You're heading for the shelter.

I'm not going to a shelter.

I've been thinking about the robbery.

I remember something.

What? Why don't we discuss it over coffee?

Over milk.

What's wrong with coffee? You're a kid. We'll discuss it over milk.

Some apple pie.

Yeah, and more milk.

I'm ready.

Boyd, are you in a bad mood? I'm not in a bad mood. I just want to know what you

remember. First, you've got to promise you'll defend my father's case.

Starting right now, you're living under a whole new set of rules.

You so much as lie to me about your temperature, I drop your father's case,

you go to juvenile hall.

You are in a bad mood. Let's hear it.

You know those big blue stickers they have for dynamo rental cars?

Sure. Yeah. Well, the thieves' car was a blue Chevy Lumina. On the window, there

was a dynamo rental car sticker.

It was a rental.

You gotta admit now, that's pretty good.

So what do you say?

Can I have my room back?

Please?

What are you doing?

This person's car door was open. I was just closing it for him.

Look, I was.

I thought we told you not to come outside after what happened yesterday.

Oh, yeah.

Sorry.

Want to go see your dad?

Yeah, sounds cool.

Thanks, Paul. We'll just be a minute.

Hold on. I thought you said you wouldn't take me to see my father.

We're going to go. We'll go.

Ever been inside a jail cell before?

No.

We'll see my dad.

Relax. We'll go.

Do you like to read?

No.

Do you like to draw?

No. Please go. I know something you like to do. You like to poke around in

people's cars. Look, I already told you. Don't insult me, all right?

I'll tell you, you're lucky you're underage. Because if you were 18, you

caught breaking into someone's car, stealing a hubcap.

You know, you'd end up in here for months.

Okay, can we go now? No, no, we can't go now.

I think you're bored now. Imagine sitting in here day in and day out every

with nothing to do.

And you're scared to go out there. You know why? Because the guys you got to

with, the guys you got to shower with, they're a lot tougher than you are.

Yeah, I got it.

You don't really get to see your friends. You know, they're allowed to

visit you, but they don't come. They're embarrassed.

You don't really get to watch a lot of TV.

I'll tell you the worst part is at night when you're trying to sleep, you can't.

Because all night long, there's one or two guys just screaming and yelling that

they want to get out.

Now we can go see your dad.

Jeff! Yeah, buddy.

So, uh, what's up?

Jeff, this is Cliff Lewis from BIM Matlock Talk. Oh, yeah, hi.

Hi, how are you? Good, good.

Thanks, buddy.

You're welcome.

If anybody gets her, I do.

Right, right.

Thanks for seeing me.

There's no problem.

You know, I've been thinking about this since you called, and there's nothing I

can tell you that I haven't already told the police.

Let's just go over it again. We'll see if we come up with something.

Your Porsche was stolen from your driveway.

Uh -huh.

The passenger side door was broken, so I figured that's how the thief got in.

Do you know a guy named Joe Ahern?

I don't think so.

Do you ever eat a restaurant called Plato's? It's about two blocks from your

office. Yeah, yeah, a couple times.

Why? Well, Joe Ahern is the bartender there.

Oh, well, I don't drink. See, so I wouldn't have gone in the bar. I mean,

sometimes when I work late, I go in there, I get something to eat. It's

It's pretty good.

Maybe it's all just a coincidence.

What? Well, your car was stolen, you eat at Plato's, and Joe Ahern, the guy

accused of stealing your car, he works at Plato's.

Yeah.

These people got me down pat. It's like they worked with me.

It's possible.

They only guy ever worked with Gary Scott's doing three to five at Atlanta

State.

That's amazing.

What?

In my life, I've robbed 27 banks. Only one time did I have someone collect the

money from the tellers.

It was when I robbed the Willis Springs Bank six years ago.

How'd they know that?

You didn't go to trial on that robbery, did you?

No, we cut a deal.

Not a lot of press.

The details of the robbery wouldn't be known.

Only somebody who was in the bank when you robbed it six years ago would know

what you did.

You think?

This will play out.

Just take a little time.

Congratulations. For what?

Did you know that Dynamo rent -a -car has approximately 373 blue Chevy

Luminas? Did you find the car we're looking for?

You sure have a way of taking the fun out of my little success. Did you find

car?

You really are in a bad mood. Did you find the car?

You know how they walk around a car and they check it for little dings and

little dents before you rent it? And then they do the same thing when you

it back?

Matt said the car hit a parking meter.

And on the day of the robbery, only one blue Lumina was returned with a new

scratch on the front bumper.

What is that?

I don't know. Probably Matt.

Who read it?

Phony license, phony address.

If you move up the black four, you can take your red five.

Wait a minute.

Matt, this is my house. This is my property.

We don't throw the ball in the house.

Sorry. You want to throw the ball, take it... take it outside.

He can't go outside.

Yeah, they tried to kill him outside.

He may not be safe in the house.

Have

you

ever had a gun pointed at you, Miss Stone?

Yeah, it used to happen all the time when I was a cop.

Then you know how scary it is.

Yeah. Or the nervous wreck at work the next day. I've never been like that

before. I kept thinking someone was going to stick a gun in my face.

After about an hour, I went to see Sarah.

She's the head teller.

I told her I have to leave.

I don't think I can work as a teller anymore.

It's going to be tough.

Is that all?

Well, no.

I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you about the robbery again.

We have a witness.

A young boy saw the robbers' faces, and he's absolutely sure that neither one of

them was Willie Roach.

So it's his word against mine.

Yeah. That's why we'd like you to think about it again.

Maybe you made a mistake.

No, I didn't make a mistake.

I saw his eyes. He called me by name. I'll never forget him.

The robbers have already tried to kill the boy.

We've had to put him into hiding, which makes us think that he's probably right.

Tried to kill him? I mean, you're sure?

I mean, I could have sworn it was him.

It would be terrible if I accused the wrong man.

What did you think about it?

I'll see myself out.

It must have been really scary having that gun pointed at you.

We just want to make sure the wrong man doesn't go to jail.

I should be back in an hour.

All right, all right, I'm coming.

What's all this?

It's for lunch.

I gave you lunch.

You gave me one hot dog. I was still hungry.

You know, they have 24 -hour room service here. You ought to try it. I had

shrimp cocktail, uh, roast beef with mashed potatoes.

and a chocolate sundae with a cherry on top.

I'm going downstairs and cut you off. No room service, no phone calls, no

nothing. You want something, you're going to have to pay for it.

I put you here for your safety, not to have a good time and break me in the

process.

Don't you think you're overreacting?

Room service. Pick up. It's open.

Stop it. Stop it now.

Nice job.

Those are the guys?

Those are the guys.

When they knocked on the door, I was very relaxed.

I went up to my bed.

It's open. Then the cops busted down the door, and there they were with their

guns. If the police hadn't been there, they were going to shoot me.

I don't believe it. They were going to kill me.

Mr. Matlock's pretty smart, getting them to follow him like that.

He's going to get you out of here dead.

I owe you one, boy.

When this is over with, I'm going to take you anywhere you want to go.

Hawaii, California, Mexico.

Cancun? They got fine women in Mexico, Matt.

How did you get down to see his father?

Yeah, I heard Ben was Dave's lawyer. I tell you, though, I was kind of

surprised. Doesn't seem like he's got a case.

What makes you say that?

He's a guy with a bone.

Well, you know what they say. You stay in this business long enough, you handle

them all.

Maybe you're right.

Hello,

Becky.

You know, you only made that one mistake.

The only time Willie Roach ever had somebody collect the money from the

was the time he robbed your bank.

Well, that doesn't prove anything. You have no evidence.

That's not what they tell me.

Besides, only somebody who had been at that robbery would have known that. And

you were there, weren't you, Becky? You're the only one that still works at

bank that was there.

Okay, we're out of here.

Bye.

Sixth Sense.

Three of a kind beats two pair. A full house beats... I know.

I know.

I fold.

Nothing. Not even a pair. You know, I don't even have to cheat to beat you.

Game is not over until it's over.

In that case, maybe you want to play for more money?

Hey, you guys.

Oh, hey, Jer.

Doc Holliday here is hustling me.

And it's like taking candy from a baby.

Don't get cocky, kid.

Right.

That was about ten cents.

I'd call you.

He doesn't say I'd call you. He'd just say call. Call.

How many cards do you want?

I think I'll take two.

Two. Put them down there. Two standing dirty. The other take one.

Okay.

Let's go up.

How about 17?

I told you I'd take it to the cleaner.

Better man won.

Go to bed.

All right. Well, anytime you want to play, just give me a call. Okay.

All right.

Good night. Good night.

Sleep tight.

You had a full house.

Why didn't you stay in the game?

Oh, we had a deal.

When one of us won a dollar, he would go to bed.

Say, uh, Jer, you want to sit down and play a hand?

No.

All right, hey, I'm glad you're here. I had to talk to you. About what?

Well, I tracked down the owner of that stolen Jaguar that we found over at the

chop shop. Yeah.

Guy was out of the country. Didn't even know his car was stolen.

Does he know Joe Ahern?

No, he doesn't, but he has been to Play -Doh, and the passenger door was broken

into.

So both the owners of the stolen cars have been to where Joey and her work?

I get a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach.

Yeah. Poor kid.

Well, he's smart, I guess.

Streetwise, I don't know.

He's a good kid.

He's a thief.

You're a lawyer. Your daughter's a lawyer.

His father is a thief. What do you expect?

I suppose.

You're his role model. He looks up to you.

You hear the way he talks to me?

Look, all I'm saying is that he thinks you're smart. And he knows that you're

good at what you do. And that's why he's so hell -bent on you representing his

dad.

Well, I'm not his dad.

boy day to day, especially that one.

You think we're actually going to find anything in here?

You never know.

The owners of the Porsche and Jaguar both went to Plato's.

It's a coincidence.

Maybe. I found this under the dash of that stolen Honda Prelude.

Chewing gum?

Yeah. The police are doing a DNA test on it, but you and I know how it's going

to turn out.

It might be best if you talk to the boy.

These hotels in Cancun, man, they got everything here. Sit down.

Dad, we can learn how to go snorkeling with tanks and everything. Please, sit

down.

Is something wrong?

I want to thank you for all you've done.

Dad, you already did that. Let me speak, please.

You're not going to make this easy on me.

Dad, what's wrong?

I want to thank you for believing in me.

You went out, you got Ben Matlock, and you convinced him to defend me.

Father couldn't ask for more from his son.

It's just one problem.

I'm guilty, Matt.

Hold on. I thought you said you didn't do it.

I lied. You said we never lie to each other, maybe to other people, but never

each other. Matt, I'm a thief. I'm not somebody you ought to be looking up to.

I believed you when you said you didn't do it.

I'm trying to tell you I'm going to jail.

No, no, you're not. Ben Matlock will get you off.

No, he won't. Yes, he will. I had an arrangement with him. He'll get you off.

I'm going to talk to him right now. Listen to me.

Ben Matlock and I have already talked.

Now, I'm going to jail, man.

For maybe two years.

There's one good thing that can come out of all this.

I want you to learn not to be like me.

I don't want you to be a thief.

I don't want you to wind up in jail.

You're a good kid.

You can do better than me, you hear me?

I don't want you to go to jail, Dad.

I know.

How come you never told me about your uncle?

I don't want to stay at his house.

Your father says he's a good guy.

Oh, well, maybe, but there's no fun.

He's always lecturing me about junk, telling me to go to bed early, never

me cut school.

I think I'd like him.

Yeah, how'd you like an old coot with glasses staring at you all the time?

I don't know how to answer that.

Yeah, could be he doesn't trust you.

You need to make him trust you.

Give him more freedom.

Maybe hell will freeze over.

How come I can't stay with you?

You wouldn't like it here.

It'd be a lot better than Uncle Bob.

I'm sorry, Matt, but I'm past getting kids off to school and making lunches.

Been there, done that, huh?

Yep, yep.

Well, I tell you, if you want to come hang around some weekend, give me a

Deal.