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Previously on L .A. Law.

Ever since I was first assigned to your courtroom, I've had these dreams about

us.

I've got leukemia, Ms. Perkins. I'm dying.

Oh, my God. I am so sorry. No, don't.

I'm not afraid for myself. It's Benny I'm worried about.

There may be a job for him here as a messenger.

I'd like you to meet Benny Stolitz. Benny's going to be our new messenger.

When? Mickey.

It's been forever.

You look great.

You know what?

I'm going to call you for lunch.

I'd really like to catch up.

Who was that?

My ex -wife.

Damn it, I'm going to go in there and tell McKenzie that I want 20 ,000 more

I'm out of here. Don't threaten to leave unless you mean it. Oh, is that what

you think? Or do you really think that because I'm a woman you can exploit me

financially? That is a crock and you know it.

Describe. For us, if you will, what took place in the four deuces on the night

of January 11th?

My boyfriend and I were sitting across from each other in the booth, and there

were only a couple of other people there.

Two men came in. One went up to the bartender, put a gun to his face, and

for money.

And the other one came over to Matty and asked what he was looking at.

Matty is your boyfriend?

He was.

Then the guy looked down at me. He shoved me over and sat down.

He reached into his jacket and pulled out a knife. He put it to my neck.

What happened then, Connor?

The guy with the gun came over to Maddie and put it to his

head.

While the one with the knife...

raped me.

Did anyone try to interfere?

No.

Carmen, were there any police officers in the bar at the time?

I didn't know it at the time, but he is a police officer, and he was there.

Let the record indicate that the plaintiff has identified Officer Carl

of the Los Angeles Police Department.

You are now suing the city of Los Angeles. Can you tell us why?

Because he could have...

and he didn't. Did he ever identify himself as a police officer?

Not until they left.

Carmen, can you tell the court if you perceive any differences in your day -to

-day life following what happened to you on January 11th?

I can't stand to be alone.

I used to come home from work to my own apartment and I would go out at night

with my boyfriend.

Now I live back at my mother's and my girlfriend.

Comes to pick me up in the morning.

Drives me to work.

I don't go out anymore.

But what happened to you is over.

It's not over.

There are men with knives everywhere.

There are also police.

He's a police.

What difference did it make? A coward can strap on a gun. The only one who

protects is himself.

He didn't care what happened to me as long as he could walk away. Don't you

to me about police.

There's no such thing as police.

Rona versus Gradinger.

Now that Kleinberg's quit, I assume this one's back in my lap.

Correct assumption.

Carrillo versus City of Los Angeles.

Trial is in progress.

Well, I must say, I would have thought this was one that could be settled.

I wouldn't be trying it if that were the case.

DePaul versus Boxer.

We're ready to pick a jury.

Good morning, Manny.

Good morning.

They were all out of pumpernickel.

Oh, that's all right. Whatever you got is fine. I got one extra poppy seed and

one extra salt instead of two pumpernickel. That's fine.

How's your mother?

She had to go back in the hospital again.

Well, if you need to go over there or feel you want to take the day off,

feel free.

No, I'll go over after work.

Thank you, though.

New business.

Semmelweis versus Morongo Valley Gas and Electric Company. What's this, Leland?

Actually, that was originally a case of your father's. My father? Mm -hmm. And

after he died, Gideon Semmelweis decided to take the case to Morton and

Tressler, where it got lost in the courts for 12 years.

Now he's decided to bring it back here.

That ought to be a candidate for the Litigation Hall of Fame. Anyway, it's a

dense thicket, but maybe Mr. Rollins could hack his way through it. If it's

the same, I think I'd like to handle it myself, just for the sake of history.

And that's it.

We're adjourned.

Elizabeth, messages?

Uh, yeah, Craig Adams called. And two from Lynn Palmer, and one from Grace.

Thank you.

Hey, is everything for now, Arnie? Looks like you got it covered, Benny. I kept

the change for each one separate.

Good system.

I'll do your car this afternoon.

Oh, terrific. Wait.

Here. Okay.

You'll finally fit the chamois in the trunk when you're all done with the soap

and water.

And then, when you're finished, I'll come down.

I'll take it around the block.

Great, Arnie.

Great.

He's here to be working for the firm.

What do you mean?

What effect do you think it has on Benny's self -esteem to finally get a

job, only to have it wind up being as your manservant?

Roxanne, I really think it's good for Benny's self -esteem just to be trusted

with responsibilities.

Not to mention taking his mind off his mother, and I'll tell you something.

I like the big guy.

How about that?

I like him too, Arnie. Well, how do you suppose he'd feel if we marched him in

here and we told him he couldn't run errands for me anymore? We'll just tell

that it's too demeaning.

How do you think you'd like that?

You're too good, Arnie.

Not to mention that by allowing me to function at my best, Benny is working

the firm.

Thank you.

Coffee? Please.

Can I talk to you?

Last week, I wanted you to tell me that my making less than Rollins and Victor

was everyone's fault but mine.

And you didn't do that, I'd like to thank you.

I'm on your side, kiddo.

I know you are.

And it's easy just to tell someone what they want to hear.

Not if you really care about them.

Anyway, I want to apologize.

And I think I can do better.

So how about a shot at Roanoke versus Gratinger?

You got it.

But like I tell you, it's a mess.

I'll straighten it out. You have my blessings.

Can you take a break to discuss something altogether outside the

law? Gladly.

I've gotten a jump on some of the wedding items I need doing.

Such as?

Such as caterer, engraver for the wedding invitations, guest list.

Well, I thought I'd narrow things down and save you from the horrible details.

Do fill me in sometime.

As a matter of fact, I have an appointment with a piano player, a guy

Lenny Paul.

Supposed to be fantastic.

What are you going to tell him we went for our first dance?

The shadows fall and spread their restless charms.

In the midst of night, when you're in my arms, I

feel your lips so warm and tender.

My one and only love.

And one other thing.

What's that? We have to take care of getting an agreement down on paper.

Agreement? As in prenuptial.

You think we need a prenuptial agreement?

Yeah. No, I'm just being prudent. You know, there are certain fiduciary

relationships with my family's trust account people, and I'd be totally

if I didn't get express agreements in places to ask it.

Besides, let's not forget that you yourself had a marriage that was

less than a forever deal.

If we need to have one, we'll have one. Good, and we'll try to grab some time

from Arnie tomorrow.

Can't we just do it ourselves?

Well, he does these things all the time.

It's standard operating procedure more than anything else.

Okay? Okay.

Happily rooting through the past, eh?

It's really something how vivid he becomes when you read his papers.

I find myself going back in time, being a teenager and listening to him talk

about his cases.

I can see his brown leather briefcase where he would leave it, just inside the

front hallway.

I can smell the quinine he used in his hair.

God, I was in awe of him.

By the way, would you by any chance know someone named Rusty? No.

What? It's a familiar name for some reason, and my father apparently wrote a

little note to himself in the margin of a legal pad.

It says Rusty's birthday present and a phone number.

Probably a client, a business associate.

My father never remembered birthdays.

That's a very old set of papers you have in front of you, Douglas.

I doubt there's much present -day meaning in what you find scribbled in

margins.

Would there by any chance be someone named Rusty there?

This is Rusty.

What did you have to drink on the night of January the 11th, officer?

Maybe three Cutty Sharks.

Did you feel your judgment and your reflexes to be impaired?

Yes, I did.

Would you tell the court in your own words why you decided not to draw your

Because I thought innocent people would be killed.

If you had had a clear shot...

Would you have been willing to discharge your weapon to prevent the commission

of a rape? Yes, I would have.

No further questions, Your Honor.

Officer Sackett, now you've just testified that you were impaired.

How'd you get home that night?

I drove.

Did you ask any of the officers who were present taking statements to give you a

lift? No. Did any of them offer to drive you home due to the impairment of your

reflexes? I don't remember whether they did or not.

Now then, officer, are you familiar with the manual of the Los Angeles Police

Department? I doubt if I spend as much time reading it as you do, Counselor.

Quote, Off -duty officers have peace officer authority as to any public

committed in his presence with respect to which there is an immediate danger to

person or the escape of the perpetrator.

Unquote.

Are you familiar with this section, officer? I think the manual also calls

tactical evaluation of each situation before acting.

Do you identify yourself as a police officer before making an arrest?

I do. Is it a fair statement to make that an individual is less likely to

continue in the commission of a crime in the presence of a police officer than

he is outside the presence of a police officer? Is that a fair statement?

Sure. And you've had to make decisions as to the use of force before, is that

right? Yes.

That's right. And you use your judgment?

Yes, I do. You wouldn't shoot out the tires of a car that was driving with a

broken taillight. Right, I wouldn't. You wouldn't draw your gun on an individual

who you were arresting because he had failed to respond to a summons for

his dog without a leash.

Right. How about forcible rape?

You know something? You're an idiot.

Order. Guys like you go after cops for sport.

Men you shouldn't even be in the same room with. You want for them to walk

through hell in a gasoline suit when you're in a jam, but turn it around and

you'll nail them every time.

Tell me.

Tell me if I'd have used my gun that you wouldn't be going after me for that.

You're out of order. Huh?

Why did you fire on that man, officer?

He only had a small machete in his hand.

Did it really require two rounds to bring him down? Wouldn't one have done

Sir. Why didn't you use your mace, officer?

Why didn't you radio for supervisory personnel?

You ever go to a cop funeral, Mr.

Cifuentes?

Are you just there for the trials?

He tried to help with my career.

I did some dinner theater, and for a while I was in the chorus on the Jackie

Gleason show.

Then things weren't really happening, so I did a couple of pictures that were,

you know, a little blue.

Of course, by today's standards, they were nothing.

Oh, my God.

Your father said he hated them.

Of course, I'm not so sure.

He saw them?

One night he came over and I put them on the projector.

I got them around here somewhere if you want to take a look.

That's okay.

I guess seeing them would be a little rough, huh?

This is the side of my father I never knew existed.

To me, he was a father, an attorney, a founding partner in a downtown firm.

To you.

He was Porfirio Rubirosa.

Not exactly.

Not exactly? My father kept a mistress who made porno movies?

You were his mistress.

I was also the mother of his child.

You're my mother?

Not yours. Your brother.

My brother?

Since when do I have a brother? Since 35 years ago, last Saturday.

I have a brother?

My God.

Who is he?

His name is Errol Farrell.

And I am very happy to say he's a lawyer right here in Los Angeles, like you and

like your father.

And he's doing very well.

Errol Farrell?

I fell in love with him in Captain Blood.

Who? Errol Flynn.

Does my mother know about all of this?

No, not so far as I know.

Your father set up a trust with the condition that Errol be cut off if he

touch with either you or your mother.

Who did my father elect as trustee?

Leland McKenzie.

This is all too much for me.

I know it is, honey.

Can I get you a drink?

Captain Reynoso, you are Officer Sackett's commanding officer, is that

Yes. Sir, do you recall the airdrome street shooting of Sergeant Thomas D

'Onofrio? Objection irrelevant.

Goes to the defendant's pattern of behavior and state of mind, Your Honor.

allow it.

Captain? I recall it. Would you be so kind as to tell the court what the

records of that shooting reflect?

Well, D 'Onofrio and Sackett pulled over a vehicle. When D 'Onofrio approached

the driver's side door, he was shot at close range and critically injured.

As I recall, Officer Sackett requested backup.

Do you recall, Captain, as to how many rounds were fired by Officer Sackett

after his partner was hit?

No, I don't recall.

Well, then let me refresh your recollection in that case, sir.

The police report for the shooting of Sergeant Thomas D 'Onofrio reflect that

rounds were fired from the service revolver issued Officer Carl Sackett.

What was the reaction of the department to the fact that while his partner was

being shot, Carl Sackett's gun never cleared leather?

Objection! Overruled. The internal investigation of the shooting resulted

charges being brought against anyone.

What procedure would you have followed, Captain?

In Officer Sackett's place, had you been Thomas D 'Onofrio's partner? Now

listen, different cops react differently.

No two situations are the same. When an officer's partner is being fired upon,

is that officer permitted to return fire?

Of course. Would you say that he's expected to return fire?

That, again, would depend on the circumstances. Is it fair to say,

an officer is not expected to be cowering in the safety of his squad car

his partner's being gunned down outside?

Objection! Sustained. I don't know that that's what happened, Counselor, and

neither do you.

Are you saying, Captain, that Sackett might have had a reason for not

fire that night with Genofrio?

Yes. Did he also have a reason for not getting involved as Carmen Carrillo was

being raped?

I wasn't there, sir. I don't know.

Is it true, Captain?

that since the rape of Carmen Carrillo, Sackett's partner has requested a

transfer because he felt imperiled by working with him.

I don't know that for a fact. Is it true he requested a transfer?

Yes, it is.

Thank you, Captain.

I have nothing further.

Hi. Hi.

What exactly are you hoping to accomplish by having lunch with my ex

Well, she got the news to you pretty quick. Did you call or come over?

If you're jealous, just talk to me, Grace.

I have talked to you.

Now I want to talk to Lynn.

I don't want you meeting with her.

Michael, I don't want you to see her anymore.

But I can't tell you not to, can I?

I don't like mysteries, Michael. I don't want to play detective.

I think it'll be a lot better all the way around if I go see her rather than

start picking stray hairs off your jacket wondering who they are.

Are those the only alternatives?

Huh.

Those are my only alternatives.

this whistle.

Thanks, Arnie. You having fun?

It's great.

Yeah, this car drives like a dream.

Hello?

Arnie, it's Roxanne.

Benny got a call from the hospital.

You should get over there.

Right now?

Right now.

All right, look, why don't you meet us in front of the building and drive him

over there? We're just a few minutes away.

Arnie, you have to go right now.

Roxanne, I don't do hospitals. I hate hospitals.

They frighten me.

Look, Roxanne, I got people coming in this afternoon. Can't you take them over

there?

All right, all right.

We're on our way.

Dr. Thacker to OR staff.

Dr. Thacker to OR staff.

Denny.

Your mother was just too weak to keep going.

Is she dead?

Yes, I'm sorry, she is.

Could I see her?

If you want to.

Does she look different?

No, I don't think so.

I'd like to see her.

Dr. Newton to OR staff.

Dr. Newton, OR staff.

Would you come with me, Arnie?

Yes, sir.

I've

never

seen a person who was dead before.

She looks like she's just sleeping.

I know she's not, though.

Whenever she was sleeping and I'd come in the room, she'd wake up right away.

I wouldn't mean to wake her, just sit by her bed.

But as soon as I'd look at her, she'd open her eyes.

She's not even really in the room now, is she?

Not really.

Is she in heaven?

Yeah, Benny.

Can I help you?

My name is Douglas Brackman.

I'm here to see Mr. Farrell.

You got an appointment?

I don't have an appointment.

Well, what do you want to see him about?

It's a personal matter.

Then you can just take a seat and wait, because he's on the phone right now, and

you've got all these people ahead of you.

I'd appreciate it if you'd tell him I'm here.

Just as soon as I get an opportunity.

Watch yourself in the stairs now.

All right, who's next?

Bandage it, Rick Ram!

Errol Farrell, I'm Douglas Brockman.

Douglas?

Yes.

In a half a minute, I'm going to bust out crying.

She's some dame, that Rusty.

You ought to see pictures of her when she was younger. They would knock your

eyes out. How well did you know our father, Errol?

He saw me like once every two months.

My mother was...

Making stag movies.

This wasn't exactly Father Knows Best.

Do you hate him?

Yes, I do.

But it's probably not for what you think.

It's not that you got the big chair while I'm giving Christmas presents to

paramedics so they carry my business cards.

I mean, this is my life. I accept that.

He did give you an education.

Dougie, I'm not saying no.

What hurt was I couldn't have a big brother.

I would have liked a brother, too.

Tinkering with the Chevy out in the garage.

Touch football on the lawn at Thanksgiving, like Jack and Bobby.

The smell of Old Spice on a Friday night when the older brother gets ready to go

out.

This is the stuff I'm talking about.

I miss it, too, kid.

God, I miss it.

You don't know how much I've wondered about you.

Lynn, this is not the most comfortable thing in the world for either of us.

Believe me.

It's just that if you're so concerned about Michael and me, I think the person

you should be talking to is Michael.

I guess I want to know what it is you have in mind.

I don't have anything particularly in mind.

You're not interested in a second go -around?

I don't know.

Can I get either of you something from the bar?

Yes, a vodka tonic, please.

Nothing, thank you.

Look, the fact is Michael and I have a lot of history together. History doesn't

interest me.

Well, then I'm not sure what you want me to tell you.

Well, you've already told me.

I'm not walking away from here with any kind of assurances.

Assurances? Is that what you wanted?

Well, not really. I probably wouldn't have believed you even if you gave them

me. So why did you ask me to lunch?

To take a measure of you.

To talk to you face to face.

Having done it, I can't say I dislike you.

Nor are you.

What's worse, I can't dismiss you.

I'll tell you what else you can't do, Grace.

You can't win me over as a friend in order to remove me as a threat.

Oh, that's okay, Lynn.

I'm not here to make friends.

But, Katonic, are you ladies ready to order yet?

Guys, a lawyer can only serve one client.

As amicable as everything may be right now, there's no guarantee that at some

point the two of you aren't going to go to war.

And having an agreement drawn by one attorney, especially one as close to

of you as I am, it's an invitation to charges of overreaching, of a sellout,

confidence as being abused.

It's bound to create resentment.

Arnie, there is no resentment. All we want to do is make things as neat as

possible.

I've read the agreement.

Is everything in order?

There's nothing manifestly wrong with it, if that's what you mean.

Fine, let me have it.

I don't want you to think that I'm passing on the fairness episode.

I know you've really made your position very clear on this. Stuart, I've seen

this kind of thing blow up all too often.

Well, believe me, this one won't.

Stuart, you know, I honestly don't think I've ever loved you as much as I do

right at this very moment.

No, no, I do. Your willingness to sign this agreement.

is all anyone could ever ask for, and I certainly couldn't ask for more than

that.

What? Thank you.

There you go.

I think I'll let you two have a moment to yourselves.

You manipulative little bastard.

Ann, come on. This had nothing to do with your relatives.

Or your family trust funds?

This was a test.

You can't trust what I say or rely on my character, so you set up a situation.

See if Anne will put herself at a legal disadvantage for any future lawsuits she

might bring.

Aren't you clever, Stuart?

Aren't you just the grandmaster of subtle gamesmanship?

Look, I'm not a grandmaster of anything.

I'm a 42 -year -old guy whose whole life is about to change. Well, maybe you

should save yourself the trouble and leave it the way it is.

Can you understand that I just had to know whether someone would want me for

Not someone, Stuart.

Me.

Now, you just have Arnie notarize that, and you'll be all set.

I want the agreement, Ann. You might wish you didn't want it, but you

it, you drew it, you got me to sign it, and now you are going to live with it.

I want fully executed copies of that agreement in a file marked Kelsey

Markowitz, so this little gesture of yours never gets forgotten.

And one more thing, Stuart.

Don't you ever trot out your hoops for me to jump through again.

Leland, you wanted to see me.

Where do we stand on Carrillo?

We are summing up for the jury tomorrow.

Victor, I got a call from the city attorney.

You turned down another settlement offer.

Carmen Carrillo turned down their settlement offer.

On your recommendation, I assume.

On my recommendation.

I'd like to get your thinking on the matter. My thinking is that it's a lousy

offer. And why the hell are they calling you?

Well, it's strictly your decision.

Which is what I told the city attorney.

But I do want to know what's driving you.

I want to know that personal animus is not getting in the way of a member of

this firm practicing good law.

Animus? Toward whom? Oh, let's stop waltzing around.

You've got no love for police officers, going back to your days in the public

defender's office. Well, actually, I dated farther back than that. There's no

question the cops can't step out of line.

Leland, don't tell me about cops.

Not until they shined their spotlight into your eyes and told you to grab some

wall. Not until you've been spread -eagled and cuffed because they thought

looked like someone else.

You recall that happening to you much when you were 15?

That's never happened to me. They make much of a point of checking to see if

whatever vehicle you happen to be driving is stolen to this day? Victor,

not doing your client any good if the merits of the case are taking second

to your wanting to tee off on the LAPD. Our client has the benefit of my best

legal judgment.

The fact that I don't mind nailing a cop for not doing his job doesn't change

that.

DeMarco, believe me, it's really best to work these things out in advance.

Yeah, look, I'm going to have to let you know.

Let me tell you about a wedding I once did, okay?

Start off, I do a little Arlen, a little Carmichael, a little Gershwin, nice

stuff. Now somebody says, ooh, ooh, do you know Sending the Clowns?

Hey, I'm an agreeable guy, huh?

Four bars into it, the bride screams, runs over, slams the lid down.

Busted two fingers.

Probably had a bad association with that song.

I guess.

Anyway, the deal I usually work out is I do three sets of an hour each, plus the

pre -ceremony.

I can let you have a little classical there if you want, for 500.

Yeah, well, like I said, I'm just going to have to let you know.

Not to push here, but you'd better give me the date in advance as soon as

possible. Fall, I've got bar mitzvahs. Christmas is cocktail parties. And

spring, oh, forget about it. We're into weddings.

Right.

Well, you'll know as soon as I do.

So, what's your favorite song anyway?

My one and only love.

You know that one?

Hey.

Gracie? What's all this?

I think we ought to take a little break, you and me.

What kind of break?

I'm moving back to my place, Michael.

It isn't a punishment.

It's a way of regaining my balance a little.

I need to take a deep breath and think about what I want.

Well, I know what I want. Well, maybe you do, and maybe you don't.

But if you need to think about Lynn, if you need to see her or to talk to her,

you should do it.

And I don't want to feel like I'm in the way.

Well, what if I need to see you?

Well, then you will call me and you will see me.

Just like I'll call you.

This isn't the end of anything.

It's just a temporary retreat.

I always get a little nervous when anyone tells me something's just

Yeah, well...

I'm a little nervous myself.

Your Honor.

Did you in fact promise this woman that you would correct her accent? I am not a

carnival barker. I am a professional person.

I told her we could, with diligence on her part, correct her accent.

Don't forget, an Eastern European accent is one of the most difficult to

correct. He tell me nothing. Just fast, fast sign here.

Half the time they cancel the classes.

And meanwhile, every audition I go to, I open my mouth, and all anybody can say

is, another Albanian. All right, all right.

The defendant will return the amount of the plaintiff's tuition without interest

or penalty.

Oh, yeah. As this is the last case on today's calendar, we stand in recess.

Thank you, Your Honor.

I see you've been decorated.

You've got quite an eye, Judge.

You're the first person to notice.

I make it a point of noticing you, Miss Vasek.

What's the award for?

Large bore sharpshooting from a prone position.

Is that right?

Hey, Your Honor.

I got something for you. Stand back, sir.

Whoa, no mas, baby, no mas.

It's all right, Rhonda.

Your Honor.

What brings you down here?

What brings me? I follow your career from a distance for years.

You parachute into my life, awaken deep feelings of fraternal love, and you ask

what brings me down here?

I'm just surprised you knew where to find me, that's all.

This ain't bad.

Errol. I'm a little pressed for time. Hey, look, I got a mutually beneficial

business proposition to make from which I feel assured we both can prosper. You

ready?

Wacky Wally, the appliance giant.

They're looking for a firm to take care of their collections.

Flat retainer against billable hours. All you do is go after delinquent

accounts. You throw me a piece and the rest is yours.

Harold, Mackenzie Brockman isn't a collection firm.

What is that, written in stone someplace?

As long as the money's green, what's the diff? Maybe there's no diff.

We're just not inclined to get into that field.

Do I detect a certain reluctance in you to get involved in any business dealings

with me? Is that an accurate perception on my part or what?

Because if it is, the least I would expect is some recognition of the degree

which I took it in the neck family -wise.

Well, that really wasn't my doing, was it, Errol?

It too, Dougie.

Well, was it? What do I have to do to get a little caring in this world?

I was cut adrift in a dark, dark ocean, Douglas.

Do I have to go to your mother for a safe harbor?

That sounds like blackmail, Errol. That's somewhat of a harsh

I happen to be a very family -oriented individual.

And maybe I can get from her what you seem unwilling to give.

Well, you do what you have to do.

But I'll tell you right now, I'm not running the firm into the ground or

my own disbarment in order to spare my mother's feelings.

She'll have to take her knocks just like everyone else. Are we clear on that

point?

Being a cop is one tough job. There is no question about it.

Our lives, however, depend on someone doing it and doing it right.

Now, we have heard witnesses who were present testify that there was an

opportunity for this officer to have acted, that there were moments when the

gunman's back was turned, when his gun was pointing towards the floor.

But this officer wasn't looking for an opportunity.

He turned his back.

And he waited for it to be over.

Police can't be everywhere.

How many times have we all heard that said?

The real point of this trial is that Carl Sackett was there with his badge

his gun, and it didn't mean a blessed thing.

Now, he has told us in his judgment it was safer to do nothing.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's always safer to do nothing.

Carmen Carrillo deserved...

Better than that, then.

She deserves that someone be held accountable now.

Imagine, if you will, a different scenario than the one presented here.

Imagine that Officer Sackett produced his badge and his gun, and the

assailants refuse to peacefully surrender.

He fires, they fire back.

Carmen Carrillo is wounded.

Well, we all know what happens now.

Same plaintiff, same defendant, only this time the complaint charges

use of force, reckless endangerment, etc., etc.

Now, we all know that being a cop is a tough job.

But what the plaintiff and her able attorney have done for all their claims

about public safety is to make it an impossible one.

Now, this cop made a decision.

based on 17 years of experience, on the conditions of the moment, on everything

he had to base it on, and he decided not to make a move.

Now, the plaintiff insists that the result of this decision is that she was

raped.

I ask you to consider that the result of this decision is that she is

alive.

Now, no one wishes to minimize the trauma that Carmen Carrillo has gone

And perhaps this trial will have some cathartic benefit for her. But what she

asking for is not justice.

The men responsible have thus far escaped having to answer for their

Don't make an innocent man guilty in their place.

Did you plan on taking it to your grave, Leland?

What's that?

The whole netherworld of my father's life, which you, my partner and

have been concealing from me.

What are you talking about, Douglas? I'm talking about Rusty.

I'm talking about Errol Farrell.

I would have been in here sooner, but I feel like I've been locked in the

funhouse for the past two days.

Didn't you think I had a right to my own path, Leland?

It's not your past.

It's your father's. And my loyalties to him, my legal duties as trustee, were

more compelling than your right to know. And if that hurts you, well, I'm sorry.

Your father, he chose a difficult existence for himself, Ellis.

But I think he dealt with it in the best way that he could.

I guess I'm a little more like him than I thought.

I always wanted to be the lawyer he was, the personality he was.

As it turns out, we both just like to cheat on our wives. Well, it's a chapter

in a biography, Douglas.

It's not a whole life.

How long does it usually take?

Well, it depends.

Can I talk to you for a minute?

Go ahead.

Could I talk to you without your lawyer here?

No.

He's Dave.

I just want you to hear it one time from me.

I'm sorry.

What happened to you in there?

Who isn't?

What happened wasn't because I didn't care.

It happened.

I couldn't have stopped it.

How do you know you didn't try?

I'll never know, okay?

I'll never know.

Maybe I could have dropped him.

But maybe I would have put a round in you, trying.

The fact is, at least you're alive.

And well.

And I may be alive, but, mister, don't you go telling me that I am well. I

remember what it was like to be well.

And I am not well anymore.

We used to have a saying.

Iron men with wooden sticks have been replaced by wooden men with iron sticks.

There's nothing I can say.

Back then was when it all counted.

I'm finished in the department.

Nothing's going to change that.

But do you think there's any way you could find it in your heart to forgive

Of course not.

When all is said and done, I sat there.

You and I both know that.

The rest is for the lawyers.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Jory's been out a long time, huh?

Um, no, not that long.

You getting hungry? No, no.

All right, people, come on. Back out.

Back out.

That's

a

nice picture of her.

That was at a Fourth of July picnic.

Benny, would you know if your mother had a cake comb or a big knife to cut the

cake?

I'm not sure where she kept it.

Oh, that's all right. I'll find something.

Arnie said he'd try to come by this weekend.

Oh, did he?

Yeah.

He'd have been at the memorial service, but he had to be in court.

This is...

Me and my mom at the Olympics.

It's real hard to lose someone who's close to you, Benny.

It's the hardest thing in the world.

It is hard.

Sometimes it makes it easier to be able to go to work and see that there are

other people who care about you.

It's never going to be like it was with me and my mom again, though.

No.

No, it's not.

She used to make a big plate of ginger snaps.

She called them Zuzu crackers.

We'd sit in the den together.

Sometimes we'd watch TV. Sometimes we'd play cards.

Benny, do you know where your mother kept the dish soap?

She told me, but I forget.

I forget where she kept anything.

Thank you.