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Welcome to sunny California, gentlemen.

Starting to think we wouldn't be seeing

you tonight. We're having the same

thoughts for along about Point Mugu, the

Pax River, and Oceana, and North Island.

It's a mess out there, sir. At least you

won't have to wait on your plane. Upgrade

was finished three days ago. You sure you

don't want to bunk down for the night?No,

thank you, sir. Got a little waitress

waiting for me at the barefoot bar.

Wouldn't want to ruin a hurry. Got you,

John Hancocks. That's one fully upgraded

F-14 officially released to the U.S.

Navy. Say hi to China Lake.

You got it. Will do, sir.

automatic. Check. Flats down.

Check. Tyler, this is Navy Jet 2348 ready

for takeoff. Roger that, Navy Jet

2348, gear clear for takeoff.

All right! What the hell is this?Found it

in a cockpit. Hey, I don't need my tools

anywhere, Bob. Guess the screwdriver

ferry must have left it there, huh

Herskovits borrowed that. Look, had a

buddy once. Some idiot left a wrench in

the cockpit, flew up while he was doing a

loop, and hit him in the face.

Man, that thunder's getting close.

Bob! That was a plane going to China Lake!

Oh, college catalog, Tiner?You cruising

for co-eds?I'm taking some courses,

Gunny. Looking for ways to make myself

more valuable around the office. Oh, they

have a major in alphabetical order, maybe

improve your filing skills?I'm thinking

about finishing up my bachelor's degree

and going to law school. What are you

gonna file?Is the meeting started yet?

Yeah, I'm going up 5 minutes ago, man.

5 minutes and 12 seconds. You owe me a

buck. Mick,

what are you doing here?You're 3 hours

early for lunch. Yeah, but who's counting?

OK, well, you want to come back later?

Maybe wait downstairs. All right, now

that we're all here, we'll get started.

First up is the F14 crash at Froll

Technologies, which was in the midst of a

third party aircraft upgrade. We have you

and Lieutenant Roberts will handle the

investigation with the assistance of the

Frolltech representative. You're the

Frolltech representative. My firm's on

retainer. Who would have thought we'd all

be working together again so soon?Yeah,

who'd have thought?Well, good to see you,

Sir. Mick's fine. Admiral, do we have

the aircraft's heads-up display recorder?

No, it was burned up with all the rest.

Preliminary reports are inconclusive, but

they're leaning toward pilot error. I see

it had been raining, Sir. Now, Commander

Kizi was a good stick. Second in his

class at Top Gun. 40 missions over

Kosovo. It'd take more than a little rain

to trip him up. Well, he had more than a

little rain, mate. They've been ferrying

planes back and forth for three straight

days. Brumby, I'm sure your employers

would love to blame 2 aviators rather

than a faulty hardware upgrade, but I

think it's a little premature to be well.

Looks like you two guys are going to save

the government a lot of time and money.

How's that, Sir?Have it bait

instead of an investigation. Well, I

should have thought of that years ago.

Senator, what's the matter?Surprise. I

moved to America. Surprise. You're my new

brunch date, babe. Surprise. We're

working together. You made me look stupid

in there. Well, didn't feel like

discussing business last night or this

morning. You should have warned me. I

didn't want to mix business with

pleasure. Cut back on the surprises,

Mick, or there won't be any more

pleasure. No worries. Won't

happen again.

Prince William's turning 21. William

falls into that very exclusive category

of VVIP, already an international

heartthrob with the world at his feet.

Who will he marry?It's got to be the

worst person there in the world is that

you can have any girl in the world, but

you can't. Who will he become?The

people's Prince or a bit of a Charlie?He

could change things. Out goes the shirt

and the ties, income all the brand makes

leading the fight against wasteful

military spending. Our current prosperity

should be an opportunity to build our

school. and our cities. Not to throw

money away on unneeded and overpriced

weapons and military hardware. I'll work

for you, the people of Michigan. Paid for

by the committee to re-elect Bobby

Latham. On

second thought, maybe you're not my

target audience. Renee.

Excuse me.

Thank God none of you live in Michigan.

What?Oh, lunch is

off. Oh, no, let me guess.

Zimbabwe in five hours. Well, you're

close. San Diego in four.

Oh, oh, that's good harm.

The sooner you tell your mother, the

better. Oh, Renee, mom's in

Europe. And look, I'm not even so

sure I'm going to tell her, you know?I

mean, what am I going to say?Hey, Mom,

Russia was great. I I got the ride in a

helicopter. Oh, by the way, when Dad was

a POW there, he lived with a woman. They

had a son. I met him. Real nice guy. So

how was your trip?Did I ever tell you the

story about my old actor's roommate in LA?

She had this fiancee. And one day he

decides he's had it. He is moving back to

Indiana or Idaho. Well, it was one

of those I states. Anyway, he wants her

to marry him and to come with. So she

asks me, is she a good enough actress

that she should stay in LA instead of

going and being with the man she loves?

OK, well, she was the worst actress I had

ever seen. But I didn't want to hurt her

feelings. And so I lied. And she

stayed. And he married somebody else. And

the last I heard, she is still living in

that same apartment.

Your mom was tough enough to raise you on

her own. She's not going to break. And

for all you know,She might actually be

happy that your dad found a little bit of

joy after all of his pain.

Let's have lunch. You can drive me to the

airport afterwards. Okay. Yeah.

The big contracts are upgrading 130 F-14

Deltas and F-14 Echoes on a deadline.

I've been the nav pro in charge of

quality assurance since the project

started. What are they doing exactly?New

turbine blades, automatic flight control

systems, you name it, Lieutenant. Tell me

about the night of the crash, man. You

never should have let those guys go. They

were just plain beat. Anything else might

be a question of their fitness to fly.

The younger one, Bert, was pretty anxious

about getting home. What about the

aircraft?Work was done. Checked by

full-tech, double-checked by me. And by

him. Well, test pilot,

they're investigating. Too bad about

those boys. Yes, it is. You kept out

their plane, correct?6 or 8 times.

Functional test flight after each job was

done, then prior to pick up, full car

test flight, 2 full hours. That's the

drill.

What do you fly, Commander?14th. How are

you?Well, it's a shame to have you on the

ground then. You never get to hitch.

We'll take one out. Well, if you can find

the time. You fly every aircraft half a

dozen times, huhAustin Onsen, cancel.

My FCF card's on file. I'll

be here if you've got any more questions.

Thanks.

Yeah, I worked on that plane. It's all in

the report. Well, I'd like to hear

firsthand exactly what you did on it.

Turbine shroud, blade upgrades, like all

the others. That one also needed a main

mount brake assembly. And everything was

fine?Looked okay to me. And to Holsford

and the test pilot. Oh, Wilson. Yeah, he

doesn't seem the type to let anything

slide. Wilson?Yeah, that's an

understatement. You know what pilots use

for birth control?Yeah, they're

personalities.

What's the difference between a pilot and

a jet engine?Shut

engine stops whining when it lands.

Look, I feel real bad about what

happened. So what are you doing to this

one?Placing a heads-up display

computer. Our HUD had

sometimes jitter so bad, we shut it off

mid-flight. Yeah, we removed and replaced

a lot of HUDs for that reason. Oh, yeah?

Where's the CSD?What's that?

You're missing a CSD. It's a

CSD. Constant speed drive, sir, supplies

electrical power to the aircraft. A bad

CSD could account for the loss of control

that caused the crash, sir. An upgraded

F-14 was due for pickup, but it had a

faulty CSD, sir. Commander Holzford

pulled a replacement from the mishap-14.

What did he replace that one with?A CSD

from another aircraft that had just come

in, but without cannibalization

paperwork, test procedures, or

inspection. He lied to us, sir, and he's

probably responsible for the death of

those two aviators. Dereliction of duty

at least, sir, maybe negligent homicide.

All right. Inform the convening authority

that a court-martial's in order. Aye,

sir. Aye, sir.

Bud, let's see if Holzer's records have

come in from Bupers. On it, sir.

Amanda Rabb.

Congresswoman Latham. Didn't realize I

was on your whistlestop tour, ma'am. You

are. I've come for any report you picked

up in the Froltig investigation. Now,

what makes you think I would give you

files from an active case?We're

investigating a naval officer assigned to

Froltek. Lieutenant Commander Bob

Holtzford. His attorney's been in contact

with me. I'm holding a congressional

hearing on waste and fraud at Froltek.

Lieutenant Commander Holtzford has agreed

to testify. In exchange, I'm giving him

full immunity from prosecution.

Immunity?You can't do that, Bobby. I'm

gonna nail this guy. Is that an order,

Commander?Well, Coltsford is probably

responsible for the death of two good

men, and he needs to pay for it. No, no,

noWhat he needs to do is help me expose

the waste and incompetence at Froltek.

Ohh This isn't about this case at all,

is it?Froltek has the contract to the

Spyglass Project, your big campaign

issue. For good reason. It's a $40

billion waste. Don't make speeches to me.

If there wasn't an election, there

wouldn't be a hearing.

I

didn't want your subordinates hearing me

call you an assHoltzford didn't set up

the system that caused that plane to

crash. Brawltech did. Let us convict him.

Then you can have him as a witness. A

witness for what?Conditions at

Leavenworth?Come on, you know he's not

going to talk without immunity. It's the

best way. This is the quickest way. The

best way is to nail Froltek and Holtford.

Oh, come on. Listen, you've done this a

thousand times. This is the battle we

lose to win the war. This is not my war.

How many Froltek planes are supposed to

fall out of the sky before it is?Holtford

has his immunity. The papers are signed.

Fine. But I'm going to be

there.

Dinner?You want to see me, sir?

Oh, yeah. Come on. Have a seat.

Um, Dr. Walden's son, Danny,

mentioned that her birthday was coming

up. So I thought that--

I'd like to see what you got her, sir.

Well, if you insist.

That's a really big book, sir. complete

works of Shakespeare. She said she wanted

to make it her mission to read all the

classics she missed out on as a pre-med

student. Um,

permission to speak freely, sir?Sure.

While this gift is very thoughtful, um,

it might be a little too thoughtful.

Maybe something more romantic, like, um,

cooking her a candlelit dinner. More

romantic?

If I could write the beauty of your eyes

and in fresh numbers, number all your

graces, the age

to come would say this poet lies

such heavenly touches never touched

earthly faces. Sir,

please disregard everything I just said.

Bobby, Commander Rabb, great to see you

again. Congressman Porter. Afraid you're

up here on a fool's errand though. Which

would make me the fool?Oh, she's

fantastic. Wish our party had

10 like her, but this time she's taken

off after a good and valuable corporate

citizen, I'm afraid. Valuable to

Congressman Porter. You see, Frohl takes

in his district and its people are major

campaign contributors. Legal

contributions from a company that helps

keep America strong and free. Do you know

what Spyglass will do, Commander, unless

Congresswhen Latham manages to use this

hearing to kill it?I'm aware of it,

Congressman. Oh, it's going to change air

warfare forever. Satellites that can read

the label on Castro's cigar, deployable

to any target area, all sending real-time

data to our bomber pilots so those pilots

can tell the difference between a school

bus and a tank without exposing

themselves. If it worked, which it

doesn't. You know, has she even opposed

spending the money to build a prototype?

Because once you spent the first few

billion, it just never stops. Why

don't we go hear what the gentleman has

to say, shall we?

My client agreed to testify at a public

hearing only. We're entitled to interview

him first, so we know what to expect.

There's got to be some limit. There is

when we've heard enough.

I've got my immunity in here, too, right?

As long as you tell the truth. That's why

I'm here. I thought you were here to

avoid a court-martial and a jail

sentence. I did exactly what Frultek

expected. Go on.

They never had enough manpower to upgrade

130 F-14s in 18 months, so

they had to cut corners. And they made

that clear to everybody. No, they sent

out a memo. Don't fix the planes. No, but

they hired inexperienced mechanics.

I've seen personnel that didn't know

which panels to remove for pre-flight.

Well, if this is so widespread, why don't

we have planes crashing left and right?

Why can they only crash?That's occurred

up till now be traced directly to you.

Because up until now, they've been lucky.

Frultec has one message for its

employees. Those aircraft go out the

door, or you do. They have too few

personnel, too many aircraft. There's

only one way to meet those quotas.

Cannibalize parts, falsify reports, gun

deck inspections so that Frultec can

fulfill this job and get the next one.

Why didn't you say something, Commander?

That's why you were there, to look out

for the Navy's interest.

I've been passed over twice for

commander, sir. I'm out of the

Navy next year.

Voltech offered me a good-paid job. All I

had to do was make sure those aircraft

got out the door on time.

The next time that we go out to lunch, we

we have to go to some place that has

vertebrates on the menu. AJ,

where is your sense of adventure?Well,

my dear Dr. Walden, I was a Navy SEAL.

I've eaten bugs and bark, but at least I

could tell which was which.

Oh, by the way, I don't make any plans

for your birthday. My birthday?

Are we doing something?Um

Rooms have been reserved, Mayor D's have

been bribed, and opera glasses have been

purchased. Oh, did I say opera glasses?

I'm afraid you did. It sounds

wonderful, AJ.

Hello, Harm. Ma'am. Sir.

I'll call you. OK. Mayor Rab,

your Moscow Herald, Sir. Oh, thanks,

honey. Any good news, Commander?Caviar

crop is up. Ripple is down. Sir,

casualties in Chesnia. Any work from

Sergey?Oh, not for two weeks. He's still

flying every time. They

reopened the Lindbergh case. Worse. 3

Navy divers stole 80 lobsters from

underwater traps. One of Singer's cases.

She's out sick. Sounds tough. Hope you

crack it. Have you tried buttering up the

judge, ma'am?One more word from either of

you and bringing you both up on charges.

Oh, she's reaching her boiling point.

Sir, it's going to be justifiable

homicide. Gentlemen, we maintain a

harassment free workplace. Colonel, I

expect a Marine to have a tougher shell.

Commander, you just came from debriefing

Lieutenant Commander Holzfer. Yes, sir.

The man's despicable. But if half of what

he says is true, sir. So is Froltek.

Yes, sir. My office.

Aye, sir.

So, what's the problem?You got stock in

Froltek?No, sir.

Emerald, if Froltec is responsible for

the crash of that F-14, sir, they should

be held responsible.

It's just that my investigation

started this ball rolling. Did a good

job. Sir, if Spyglass works, it could

save a lot of lives.

If this hearing makes Froltec look bad,

they could lose their funding.

FC.

We don't make procurement policy here,

Commander. That's at the Pentagon. Well,

I... Sir, I just feel that we need to

consider the consequences of our actions.

Well, it's hard to know the consequence

of any action.

You know, if they'd have had spyglass 30

years ago... Might have saved your

father. Could save a lot of lives.

Or maybe not.

So what do you want to do?

Lieutenant Commander Holzford, would you

please describe the working atmosphere at

Fraltec?

It was very high pressure, ma'am.

Finished the contract on time. Avoid the

late completion penalty at all costs.

Even at the cost of safety?Heard a lot

of talk about time and money, ma'am. Not

too much about safety. And you went along

with this depraved attitude because you

wanted a job. Yes, Sir, that's right. Who

would you speak to about this job?Was it

the head of Pro Tech's aeronautics

division?Jim Happerley?No, Sir.

He didn't like to get his suit messy.

Nobody ever saw him, including me. Mr.

Porter, you will get your turn. Oh, I

believe I should take my turn now, Madam

Chairwoman. I think not, Mr. Compton. I

have important new information that bears

directly on this witness's testimony.

Well, if you would only let this witness.

This witness doesn't deserve the test of.

You, Sir, or out of order. Madam

Chairwoman, he is Lieutenant Commander

Hulsford. Did you know that Jim

Heperly kept a tape machine in his office?

You know, I'm testifying in that hearing.

Gonna put me through the ringer, I guess.

I imagine so. It would be tough for you,

too. What are you talking about?I figured

my testimony's gonna have a big effect on

Vrolltech, one way or the other. Just say

what you came to say. I came to say that

what I say is up to you.

You've got $40 billion riding on my

testimony. What's it worth for me to

deliver the right testimony?Get

the hell out of my office.

We'll take a recess.

Well, how bad is it?Extremely bad tells

me nothing. Oh, that

is extremely bad. All right, cancel the

Shriners and get me on Larry King. My

opponent already has his press release

out. I was either the accomplice or the

Duke for a lying extortionist, and he

doesn't know if the voters should be more

concerned about having an unethical

congresswoman or a stupid one. You just

canceled the hearing half an hour ago.

Welcome to the Beltway. Harm. Look, I'm

sorry about the way things turned out. It

was all for nothing. Well, you're backing

off, Froltek. Backing off?Try wind

sprinting away. You know that Holzford's

accusations are true. Froltek is

responsible for the crash of the F14. It

doesn't matter. If Holtzford said it, it

doesn't count. But his immunity still

does. So I don't get Froltek and you

don't get him. I don't know about that,

Bobby. When Porter asked Holtzford if

he'd ever spoke to Jim Hefferley about a

job, he said nobody ever saw Hefferley,

including him. Well, he obviously saw him

when he went to his office to shake him

down. Well, after extortion and negligent

double homicide, what's a little

hyperbole?He was under oath. It's

perjury,

making his immunity null and void.

Congratulations, Commander. You got your

little fish.

Nice job, Commander. Looks like we got a

court-martial on our hands after all.

Thank you, Sir. Now, the first thing we

got to do is get you back to Froltec so

you can pick up where you left off before

Congresswoman Latham ambushed us. If

Colonel McKenzie's through with her

lobster poachers, she can defend

Commander Holzford. Actually, Sir, I'd

like to defend Commander Holzford. I've

spoken to the commander. He's accepted my

officer. I'm sure Colonel McKenzie would

be more than happy to prosecute.

They say hearing's the first thing to go.

Sir, I don't like them and I certainly

don't respect them. But as you're very

fond of saying, Admiral, everybody

deserves A vigorous defense.

I see.

Am I correct in assuming that the name

Frole Technologies might come up at some

point in your vigorous defense?Well,

there's a strong possibility, Sir.

Commander. This court-martial is being

convened for the purpose of establishing

guilt or innocence of Lieutenant

Commander Holsford, period.

There are other venues to expose

corporate misdeeds. Congressional

hearings, 60 minutes. Understood.

Commander. A defense attorney must have

his client's interest and only his

client's interest in mind.

Am I clear?Absolutely, Admiral. Good.

Yes. Danny Walden deceived, Sir.

Send him in. That'll be all for me.

Thank you, Sir.

Whoa. Hey there. What do you do in the

neighborhood?Well, I'm here to enlist.

No, not really. I'm just kidding. No,

actually, it's it's about your plans for

my mom's birthday. Oh, well, here,

have a seat. She didn't want to

say anything, but we have this

thing where we go to have dinner at the

Willard Hotel every year. It's something

we used to do with my dad. Oh, oh, no

problem. I'll just make her a date for

another night. Well, no, I have a better

idea. Why don't you join us with the

Willard?That'd be my

pleasure. Great.

Last time I was here, Mr. Cartwright, you

were working on an aircraft for the

missing CSD. Temporarily. It was

replaced. You said then that used

parts were often swapped around. Well,

yeah, sometimes Bob Holtzford would tell

people to do stuff like that. Always

Lieutenant Commander Holtzford. Never

anybody else. Not that I know of.

You were the mechanic. Lieutenant

Commander Holtzford had to remove the CSD

from the mishap aircraft. It was my

second day on the job. Navy guy tells me

to do something. I do it. Have you been

asked to do anything like that again?

Nope. seen anybody else do anything like

that?Nope. What about sign off on work

that hasn't been done?Nope. Except, of

course, for Lieutenant Commander

Holsford, right?Oh, yeah, him. You did a

good job of cleaning this place up. Did I?

Yeah, it's almost a total whitewash.

Though you may have missed one spot. That

crater out there. Fill that in yet?

Hey, Commander, you still turning over

rocks?Uh, the worms have a lawyer. I'm

calling it a day. Unless you've seen

anything sloppy in the upgrade program.

Rav, everything looks beautiful from

20,000 feet. Say, is

your offer still good from the last time?

You want to go up?It's either that

or watch Shamu eat fish guts for lunch.

Got one they just finished working on.

ferry crew won't be here 'til tomorrow.

Ah,

man, it's good to get out of the office.

This is my office.

Oh, damn, son. You fly like you've never

been out of the cockpit. What do you say

we take her out over the water?No time.

Gotta be back by four. You got to be

somewhere?No. Pro Tech closes down the

airstrip. 1600 shops. Well, you can't

take it back a few minutes late. Do that,

and they're finally 500 bucks. Ouch.

Never happens, never will.

What are you doing?Nothing. That was an

uncommanded pitch. We have CSD

contamination. VSD pitch

stabilization system. Cutting it.

No good. Cutting all staff systems.

Switching to emergency hydraulic

control. Too late to eject. 2 1/2

negative keys. Master reset.

No

good. All these damn

idiots keep doing this.

Holy cow.

You fainted. You cyber.

We land, you run. You better be fast.

Now you know how they felt. You could

have killed us. How'd it feel knowing you

were going to die because those idiots

keep doing this?

I can't help you. You know what's going

on down there, Wilson. I won't testify.

They'd never let me fly again.

Flying is my life, boy. All

right. You tell me where to look for

what I need.

It's a fishing expedition, Your Honor,

intended to harass and embarrass my

client. On behalf of Frall Technologies,

I move to quash the defense subpoena.

Producing maintenance, planning, and

budget documents would harass and

embarrass your client. Well, first of

all, it'll take a boxcar to haul and

water Washington. And that's embarrassing?

It's harassing. And second, those

documents contain trade secrets,

classified data, and insight into Frall

Tech's competitive bidding for government

contracts. The disclosure of which will

be an unfair boon to its competitors.

Certainly the interest of justice would

override any commercial considerations,

ma'am. What interest of justice?There's

no indication how any of this is relevant

to the guilt or innocence of Lieutenant

Commander Holsford, which reinforces the

company's claim that the subpoena is

solely intended to harass and embarrass

Froltek. I grant it would be embarrassing

to be found complicit in the crash of the

F14 that killed Commander Akizu and

Lieutenant Burke. A budget document's

gonna tell you that if it indicates that

Froltek wouldn't or couldn't run the

upgrade program with an acceptable

standard of care and. Safety, yes. Your

Honor, nothing contained in any kind of

document would absolve Lieutenant

Commander Holsford of responsibility for

his own actions. There's been no

allegation that anyone from Froltek

management was even present when the

defendant ordered the installation of

untested used parts in the aircraft that

crashed. I believe it's customary in a

tag team situation to slap your

teammate's hand before switching.

Exactly what are you looking for at

Froltek, Commander Ram?Ma'am, I intend to

show that the company created an

atmosphere where negligence was the norm.

And that it coerced its employees,

including Lieutenant Commander Holsford,

into placing productivity before safety.

Your Honor, it doesn't fly, Commander.

Short of a gun being pointed at his head,

the defendant is still responsible for

his own actions. The motion to

quash the subpoena is granted. We will

continue with the trial of Lieutenant

Commander Holsford alone.

Ludie. Yeah.

Discussing strategy?Yeah, he wants

Italian. I want Chinese. Oh, do what he

wants. Why should outside of the

courtroom be any different?Excuse me?

You're walking the Froltec party line,

Matt, making a scapegoat out of

Holstberg. I'm supposed to make him a

scapegoat. I'm prosecuting him, remember?

You should work on your good loser

skills. A little premature, Counselor.

Kenny. Sir.

Gunny, I've been thinking more about this

law school stuff. Whatever you put your

mind to, Tyner. Oh, it's not that, Gunny.

It's... When I first joined the Navy, I

thought I'd be seeing action. Being a

lawyer, it's too calm, too peaceful.

Calm and peaceful. Just look at this

office. No conflict, no confrontation.

Everybody's so pleasant.

Tyner, it would be a crimewould deprive

the legal world of your uncanny powers of

observation. Thank you,

Guy. I finished the final

upgrade on that aircraft on the 24th, but

it still didn't have a CSD.

Lieutenant Commander Holsford told me to

pull one out of a plane that had just

come in. I refused.

I said we should order a new one. What

did Lieutenant Commander Holsford say?

That That would take too long. And we

couldn't afford to wait. What

happened next?I don't know exactly. I

was working the night shift. When I left

at midnight, there still wasn't a CSD in

that aircraft. When I got in the next

afternoon at 3:00, there must have been

one because Wilson was just taking off

for a test flight. Three. And to your

knowledge, there were no new CSDs in

stock anywhere at the facility?That's

correct. But do we still have the car?I

checked. So the only place it could have

come from would be another plane. Yes,

ma'am. It's in here, Sir. Port's

taking off at 1505 and doing a full card

test flight. The whole checklist. Yeah,

you know how long that takes?I don't,

Sir. Two hours.

Jack Wilson here. Wilson, it's Commander

Rapp. I've been expecting to hear from

you, Commander. I need you here. I

already bought my plane ticket. I'll

testify, but it means I'll never fly

again.

I signed off on the four-car test flight,

but I did not do the

full post-maintenance checklist. Did you

check the CSD?No. Seemed to be

working. Plane was flying. What about the

emergency generator?No. I only checked

the major primary systems. The emergency

generator should have kicked in when the

CSD failed, correct?That's right.

Then why didn't you check everything you

were supposed to check, Mr. Wilson?

Because I didn't take off till after

3:00. Froltec closed the airstrip 4

o'clock sharp. But even when an aircraft

was due for pickup and needed to be

tested?That's right. They don't care

about aircraft at Froltec. They care

about money. How do you know

that?They over-scheduled me that day,

ma'am. Over-scheduled me a lot of days.

I had three test flights to complete,

starting at noon. No way I could finish

by four. Everybody knew that. Still, they

shut down the damn strip. The aircraft

that crashed took off at night

after 4 p.m. They always

open up the strip to meet a delivery

deadline, avoid paying a penalty.

I don't care about money.

I just wanted to keep on flying.

The defense renews its request for the

production of maintenance, planning, and

budget records from full technology,

ma'am.

No objections, Your Honor. So ordered.

Thank

you

very much. Thank you.

Here you are, ma'am.

Maybe he got stuck in traffic. He has a

cell phone, which he's not answering.

He'll be out of range.

Forty-five minutes. He doesn't like him.

You know, you're right. He's a big boy.

Let's just enjoy ourselves. He gets here

when he gets here. Drink to that.

Henry Clay brought this recipe for mint

juleps from Kentucky in 1850. I've

never tried it. You know, until last

year, Danny would only order the burger

and fries. You know, I think that's the

special on the menu. I

have you right here.

Let's go find

him. Tina, everything. Yeah, I should

have just demanded the criminally

negligent policies files. I think I found

something, Sir. The employees are

complaining because they they

disbanded the commissary softball team.

Never mind. Orders for drill bits.

Employees' dental records. Division

managers' expense accounts. They swamped

us. The old lawyer's trick. So

we go back to the judge with a motion to

compel a more specific production of

records. Who ordered the pizza?

What are you doing here?I was going to

ask you the same. I'm an officer of the

court out for the truth. My compliments

on your client's filing system. It looks

like it's somewhere between Dewey Decimal

and Chaos Theory. Well, things are much

less orderly in the private sector. I was

at corporate headquarters when they were

pulling this material. Yeah, you help

them mix in and stir it probably. As a

matter of fact, yeah, the whole top

corporate echelon was there helping out.

But even with all that help,One file

still accidentally fell behind a desk.

Luckily, I found

it. Report costs and benefits, F-14

upgrade program, risk-reward analysis.

Thanks, pal. Just doing my job

as an officer of the court.

What is it?Due to the necessity of

underbidding the original F14

manufacturer, this program must be

considered a loss leader, one we lose

money on as we expand into a new area of

Pentagon procurement. Just some dry

accounting stuff. Nevertheless, we can

limit our downside exposure by limiting

the parameters of our infrastructure

support. By tightly controlling man hours

and parts expended, we can hold our

losses to a tolerable level. While this

would increase the risk of catastrophic

aircraft incident, it would be less

expensive to compensate the government

for one or two such losses. and to raise

our standards of service. Two

pilots' lives are worth less than doing

the job right?They calculated

that?I love Washington. You don't get

this with a pizza in Detroit.

Danny?

Danny?

What are you guys doing here?What are we?

What are you doing here?Dinner at the

Willard, remember?Well, I I thought maybe

you guys wanted to be alone. And that's

why you didn't answer the phone?I turn

off the ringer when I do my homework.

Next time you decide to be thoughtful, be

a little more thoughtful and pick up a

phone. I'm I'm sorry,

you guys. I didn't ruin your night or

anything, did I?I'll never

get home guard to come.

Just you wait till you have a sub man,

you'll know. The boys are always running

off. I couldn't keep

dragging them. You can't keep dragging

them now. I'd like if I see them one in a

month. Mom. Hi. Hi

Hey. Well, I hope I'm not too late for

the showing of the bathtub photos. You

showed those pictures to your mother?I

thought you were in Europe. I think I

was. Can I stop by on my way home and say

hello to my favorite son?

Your only son?No. Frank gave

me a diamond in Venice and we renewed our

wedding vows. It was really quite

romantic.

Maybe you should ask Frank where he got

the ring.

But Trish, it was wonderful meeting you.

Oh, you don't have to go, do you?Yes, I

do. Sorry.

You don't have to go. Yes, I do. Well,

you hang tough sailor, okay?

She's keeping you on your toes. Oh, she's

doing her best.

You know, Harmon, I haven't talked to you

since you came back from Cuba or Russia.

I've been meaning to talk to you about

the trip. Yeah, I can't wait to hear

about your meeting with Castro. Oh, yeah,

yeah, well, that was interesting. I meant

Russia. Ah, Russia.

You know, Harm, after you came back that

last time, when you told me you had proof

your father was dead, I grieved again

after all those years. Oh, I'm

so sorry, Mom, I-- No, something

good happened. It helped me move

on. You see, I've always held

myself back a little. One

last sliver waiting for your father. But

now that's all in the past.

I've accepted it. So

my life is better. Thank you.

Whoops.

Well, you can tell me all about Russia

over dinner. Yeah,

it was uneventful, really. Nothing

important happened.

It's

all over the front page, Harm.

Congresswoman Latham, the smoking gun

frill tech memo. Good. That doesn't

change anything about Lieutenant

Commander Holsford. He's still guilty.

Well, a little less than he used to be.

Willful dereliction. Six months hard

labor. Negligent homicide. Two years.

18 months.

Deal. coming from an F-14 crash at their

Oceanside facility in July. While

admitting no guilt, ProTech accepted

additional supervision of its F-14

upgrade program and received a $10

million fine and a public reprimand.

Meanwhile, it and the Pentagon both

pledged continued support for the

proposed spyglass project. $10 million.

It's a traffic ticket. You did what you

could, Harm. Life goes on. Well, for some

it does. I'm on my way to a memorial

service for Commander Akisu, Lieutenant

Burke. You busy?