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Previously on L .A. Law.

Bastard. You went to my captain and got me transferred, didn't you?

Miss Vasek. I really thought you cared about me. I do care about you. I care

about everybody in my courtroom.

And what about everyone in your chambers?

I'll have no fury. I just hope you used protection.

Condom?

AIDS, Douglas?

AIDS?

She's not sophisticated in a lot of ways, Stuart.

I'm just afraid you're not going to like her.

And she's your mom. I'm going to love her.

Stuart tried to do my taxes last year.

Well, aren't you lucky?

You know, your father used to say if only he had had a Jewish bookkeeper,

all be millionaires.

Are you okay?

I've been with my divorce lawyer all morning.

Mm -hmm.

That'll do it all right.

I'm Laurence Sevilla.

This is Fuentes, right? How do you do? Good to meet you.

She's great, Michael. She's smart, beautiful, funny.

You're rolling your eyes. You're rolling your eyes.

Well, forgive me if it sounds like maybe I've heard this story from you before.

Rona versus Gratinger. Well, the more I go over this, the more convinced I am

the parties really want a reconciliation.

You are

the most important thing in the world to me.

The only way we're going to heal this relationship is by being together and

fighting for it as hard as we can.

You're seducing me.

He tried to put a freeze on our bank account. Did I tell you that? You're

kidding. Are you ready to order, sir?

I'll just have some herbal tea. I'll wait for my other party to order

I still can't believe it.

He shacks up with his administrative assistant at the Westwood Marquis, locks

the Bentley and the Jag in the office garage, and then he cries to me on the

phone about how I've betrayed him.

Have you seen a lawyer yet? I saw Bailey Symes on Monday.

Oh, dandruff on the lapels, tie clips. I mean, let's get real here. How about

Hope Shays or Lonnie Alters?

Warren's seen both of them already. And I think Ella Shankman, too.

You little devil. Trying to box you out of all the best divorce lawyers in town.

Well, I've got an appointment to see Arnold Becker.

Forget it.

Well, I thought he's on everyone's amnest.

Last year's list, darling. If I were you, I'd cancel.

You would?

He slept with a girlfriend of mine. While he was representing her?

Oh.

That's low.

Oh, yeah.

Well, was he any good, at least?

Legend in his own mind.

I heard he was cute.

Not from what I hear. He dresses like a Vegas pit boss.

Body by Pillsbury and about two years away from a hair wave. Oh, God, I get

picture. If I were you, I really would break the appointment.

I mean, if you were some housewife in Encino looking for a little alimony

your real estate license came through, I'd say fine.

But for you, Arnold Becker would be a major embarrassment.

Knock. Hey, what are you doing here?

Let me take you away from all of this.

Dim sum breakfast in Chinatown?

I can't.

I've got Lady Godiva in two minutes.

Excuse me?

A stripper.

She's filing charges against three lawyers who apparently went too far with

unveiling. Whoa.

Sounds like a real winner to me.

Well, I don't know.

I'll listen to what she has to say, but I'm thinking about kicking it.

Yeah.

Miss Van Owen?

Mm -hmm.

Hi, I'm Jeannie Morris.

Hi.

Come on in.

I'll call you later, Mr. Cusack.

Miss Van Owen?

Sit down.

Not that it makes any difference, Miss Morris, but just how old are you?

Eighteen. And again, no relevance, but isn't eighteen a little young to be

stripping? Well, I'm not really a stripper, Miss Van Owen.

I came out here four months ago to become an actress.

and I took this job when I ran out of money.

They promised me that I wasn't going to have to take all my clothes off, that I

could wear a bikini.

Okay, I know that you've already gone over this with another DA for the

but if you wouldn't mind telling me what happened that night.

Um, it was my first assignment, my birthday.

I was really scared.

It took me about a half an hour just to get up the nerve to go in there.

And that's the law firm in Century City?

Yeah.

By the time I got up there, it was deserted except for these two lawyers

took me to the office of the third one.

He was the one who was having the birthday.

So I put on the tape, the music. It was in a small tape deck.

And I started to dance.

What were you wearing?

They made me dress up like Goldilocks.

You know, a cape with a bikini on underneath it.

So I started to dance, but then I just felt really dirty

and cheap.

I just couldn't go through with it.

So what did you do?

So I stopped the tape, and I told them I was sorry, and that they'd get their

money back, and I tried to leave.

And then one of them locked the door and said I couldn't.

And then another one grabbed me, and he ripped my top off.

In the report, you said that they touched you?

Another one said, if you're not going to shake them, then we'll shake them for

you.

And he grabbed my breast.

And then they all started grabbing me.

If it wasn't for this janitor, I would have heard me screaming and called the

police. I don't know what would have happened to me.

I'm going to be very honest with you, Jeannie.

I think what these men did to you stinks.

But if we take it to trial, the jury's going to see it as the word of one

teenage stripper against three lawyers.

It'll be a very difficult conviction to get with this, and very rough on you in

the process.

I don't understand what you mean.

They tore my clothes off. They grabbed my breasts.

They called me dirty names.

It made me feel like a whore.

And you mean that they should just be able to get away with that?

No, Jeannie, they shouldn't.

And if you're prepared to go all the way with it, so am I.

Bullock versus Kilby Street Associates.

Breach of contract for the delivery of goods, seeking specific performance, but

there's a good chance of a cash settlement, I think.

Collins and DuPaul versus Ozofsky. That's an action for an accounting

the maintenance of a trust, and discovery motions are pending.

Roaner versus Gradinger.

I've tried to phone Mr. Roaner. Well, don't.

Jonathan, in light of your estimable success with Gordon Bass, I want you to

take over this case.

That is, in the unlikely event that Manny Roaner doesn't fire us altogether.

All right.

Miss Perkins, you'll see that Mr. Rollins gets the file.

I believe that brings us current?

Not quite.

Stuart and I want to announce that we have finally set a date.

Whoa. An actual date? An actual date. January 10th at Stuart's house.

Our house?

Is this BYOB?

No. Not hardly. Well, congratulations.

Thank you.

I'm very pleased for your vote.

Thank you.

Throw me the corsage, okay?

Since when did you ever want to get married?

I don't know.

I guess I'm kind of feeling out of it.

Everybody seems to have somebody but me.

Someone who loves and accepts them for themselves.

Someone they feel safe with.

Will the real Arnie Becker please stand up?

This is the real Arnie Becker, and I can tell you, Victor, this is no time to be

single. Don't disillusion me, Arnie. You're my idol.

Women, they used to like men.

Today they... They savage you behind your back.

I hope you guys know how lucky you are.

Because this is no time to be alone, fellas.

The hockble years.

The plague years.

This meeting's adjourned.

I want to talk about Roman. What to talk about? I'll have the file in your

office before noon.

What's it all about, Rockman?

What's what all about, Arnie?

I go into a convenience store late at night and I see a fat guy buying a big

of cheese doodles and a dirty magazine.

I say to myself, poor mutt.

There but for the grace of God go I.

Who am I kidding?

Are you still obsessing over those two women at breakfast?

I run 50 miles a week, I wear Italian feet, I drive a $50 ,000 car, and two

women who I don't even know can disapprove and send me careening back

that fat, pimply kid that all the girls in high school laughed at. You can't pay

attention to that sort of petty gossip.

They don't even know you, Arnie. They don't know your character.

I got around to my character.

I talked about some affair I was supposed to have had with a client.

Which client?

They never said.

That doesn't narrow it down much.

You two?

You make it sound like I'm some sort of compulsive womanizer.

Rox, every one of those women came on to me. They used me.

Let me fix you a cup of chamomile.

Forget it.

And by the way, where the hell are my shirts?

Benny didn't get them.

He's hiding out in the file room. Why?

He's depressed.

Depressed?

I didn't know that people like Benny, you know, got depressed.

Right.

He'd probably say the same thing about you.

The question you really need to ask yourself, Lynn, is whether your spouse's

need for you to come to bed dressed as a nurse is a playful fantasy.

or an attempt at humiliation.

If it makes my wife happy to see me in white pantyhose and Dr.

Scholl's, I want to make her happy.

It's just her videotaping it.

Learning to love is learning to trust, Lynn.

We'll take our next caller, Herman from Tujunga.

Go ahead, Herman.

Yes, Doctor. Am I on?

You're on the air. Now, what's your question, Herman?

It's really not a question.

I really think I'm just being an alarmist here.

What's your question, Herman?

Everyone's talking about this AIDS.

Do you suspect you may have contracted AIDS, Herman?

No, not really.

I'm a complete straight arrow. No drugs, no deviations.

It's just that I haven't been feeling too well.

It's probably just a flu.

Have you been experiencing any of the symptoms associated with AIDS or AIDS

-related complex, such things as weight loss?

Fatigue, night sweats, soreness or burning sensations in the mouth?

A persistent dry cough?

Herman, are you familiar with the sexual history of your partners?

Do you know whether they had partners who were IV drug users or bisexuals or

hemophiliacs?

If you aren't able to answer these questions, you're at risk, Herman, and

should have yourself tested.

But there's no cure.

What'll I do if I have it?

that you'd be in a position to act responsibly toward your partners.

Herman, if that's really your name, what I'm hearing in your voice is fear and

denial, and now what you need to do is to confront that fear and not be

by it.

It's all a part of Relationships Radio.

I'm Dr. Naomi Breslow. We'll be right back.

What's a good word, Benno?

I don't know, Arnie.

Come on, something's wrong.

On the bus coming to work, some boys asked me where I got my clothes.

I told them I didn't know the name of the store.

They called me names.

Dummy.

Retard.

Geek.

And just before they got off, one of them took my cap and threw it out the

window.

I got off at the next stop and went back, but I couldn't find it.

You know, I got an idea.

I think you and I could both use a little trip to Melrose Avenue.

What's over there?

Clothes.

I don't need any clothes, Arnie.

Yes, you do.

Trust me.

Look, Benny.

We all have to retool at times. We have to keep our eyes open to what's out

there, and we have to go with what works, right?

You see, this is a part of acquiring self -knowledge.

Now, I never wear vests. Have you ever noticed that?

My suits are all double -vent or no -vent, never single -vent. I know this

myself.

Occasionally, you have to make a mid -course correction.

Somebody calls your attention to a chink in the armor, and you have to take

steps.

Right?

Okay. All right.

Tomorrow morning, you and me, 10 o 'clock.

Maybe I can get another cab.

Yeah.

I'm told you're planning to take your stripper case to a jury trial.

Tomorrow morning.

Look, Grace, I'm not excusing what they did, and they deserve all the

embarrassment that's coming to them.

But come on, we're talking three lawyers, families, nice careers.

A felony conviction means getting hauled before the bar on moral turpitude.

They could get suspended or worse.

Gee, I'd hate to see them lose a week of practicing law for just molesting a

teenage girl.

What is this, some kind of feminist chip on your shoulder? What is that supposed

to mean? This is a stupid case. We shouldn't be taking this to trial.

I'm going to ask you to get off your soapbox here and dispose of this case.

Forget it.

These three guys broke the law. And if we were talking about ordinary street

talk, we wouldn't even be having this insulting conversation.

And if you don't like it, stick me back in night court.

Are you sure this is totally

anonymous? Yep. There will be no contact with my office or home from this clinic

whatsoever?

None.

I call you for the result.

All right.

Really no reason there should be such shame attached to this, is there?

It's high time this were treated as a medical problem instead of some plague.

That's right.

Like it or not, it's mainstream now. I mean, I don't have a homosexual bone in

my body.

We're very non -judgmental here. Make a fist.

Is this gonna hurt?

Oh!

Pretty silly to worry about that now.

I mean, by the time a person gets in here, it's a life -or -death thing.

That's it.

So,

uh, how long till I know?

About three days.

Look, this can be between you and me, but if you can get those results a

quicker, you can just name your price.

I don't have any control over the lab.

I mean, two or three days may not seem like a long time to you, but I'm sitting

here wondering whether I'm living or dying.

Be sure and keep pressure on that.

Fabulous.

Well, what'd I tell you?

I don't know, Arnie.

What do you mean you don't know? I'm telling you, it looks great.

Have you ever gone this textural before?

I don't know.

Juju Benny's clothes generally look as though they come in the mail with a free

gift.

No offense.

Would you excuse us a minute?

Vinnie, come here.

Come on, guy. I was only kidding.

My mom always picked out my clothes, Arnie.

Well, I don't think your mother would have any problem with the outfit you

on.

You don't?

No, I don't.

Okay.

I guess so.

All right.

Look, I want to take a look at some sweaters. Why don't you see if there are

shoes you like?

Gianfranco Ferre.

No.

Benny Stilwell.

I mean the designer.

Oh, Missoni. I was wrong.

These would be fabulous with it.

And what happened after the police arrived?

They, um... They took my statement and they arrested the three men.

And then the officer took me home.

Thank you, Miss Morris.

Nothing further.

You went there to take your clothes off, right? At first.

To do a strip tease, the operative word being tease.

I don't understand what you mean.

Wasn't the point of your little performance to arouse the men, to turn

to get them all worked up? They didn't have any right to tear my clothes off.

Oh, yes, the clothes.

Exhibit A.

Exhibit B.

This is how clothed you were, right?

So you accept money to prance around in a rubber band, and when one of your

clients removes what you expressly went there to take off yourself, you suddenly

call them criminals. That's not true.

Objection. Sustained.

They totally humiliated me.

Humiliated you? How does a woman who makes money dancing naked get

Objection. Counselor. I'm sorry, Judge, but I'd love to hear how a 50 -buck

stripper gets embarrassed. This is badgering. I'm not a stripper.

I never agreed to strip naked.

I told them that I changed my mind. I couldn't do it.

I couldn't do it, and they...

Count me.

Your Honor, may we request a recess to allow the witness to collect herself?

Twenty minutes.

Oh, not too bad so far, huh?

I'm sorry.

What?

I'm sorry.

You just made me so angry in there.

You're doing fine.

Do you think there's going to be more of this?

I'd be lying if I said no.

They're going to keep coming at you, Janie.

Right at you.

You going to be able to take it?

Yeah, I'll be all right.

Abby, I just want you to know I didn't ask for the roaner rating our case.

You didn't say no, did you?

What was I supposed to do?

I'm sorry, Jonathan.

I'm not blaming you.

I made my own mess here, I know that.

Doug, what's... Can I talk to you?

Do you see that?

It's like I don't even exist around here anymore. That's not true.

Mackenzie's called me into his office this afternoon for a meeting about

versus Grady.

This can only mean one thing.

I'm getting fired.

Oh, come on, you don't know that.

Actually, it's going to be kind of a relief.

You know, there hasn't been a single day that I haven't wondered whether I

really belong here or not.

At least this way I won't have to wonder anymore.

Benny?

Oh, there you are.

I need this dropped off over at the courthouse.

Hey, you got a new haircut.

Let me see.

Looks great.

Thank you.

Are these the clothes you got with Arnie?

Yeah. You look very nice, Benny.

This will get over there before 2 o 'clock.

Roxanne, I know Mr. Brackman wants these index tabs repaired.

Could I stay and finish them and take these papers over there tomorrow?

No. This has to be delivered today.

What's wrong, Benny?

I look different.

Yes, you do look different.

It was nice of Arnie to buy me these.

But I feel funny dressed like this.

Benny, everyone has their own way about them.

Everyone has to feel that their way is right for them.

And that's more important than the whole rest of the world's opinion.

And it's something you can only know for yourself.

You think it'd be all right if I changed back into my own clothes?

Yes, I do.

And then you better get going.

Yeah.

Hey, Gracie, come on.

What? It's Steve's birthday. We've got a little surprise lined up. No, I've got

to get back to work. Come on.

Hey.

Can't dance without my music, honey.

But the problem is you're dancing for the wrong person.

I'm the one this little show was planned for.

And if your goal was to drive home the notion that an office laugh is worth

pursuing at the expense of a colleague's feelings, you've succeeded.

But where you fail, gentlemen...

is in your attempt to goad me into a tantrum.

But one thing that's not going to get stripped here is my dignity.

Yes, maybe a couple of us did get a little grabby, but that sort of thing

happen at a strip show, believe it or not. Did you touch her, Mr. Zielinski?

I'm ashamed to admit it, but yes, I did.

I thought she was teasing, you know, part of her act.

I had no idea that she would react the way she did.

And I would like to apologize to her right now, as I have continually since

night of the incident.

Did anyone else touch her? We all did.

Look, truthfully, we behaved like juveniles.

like frat boys at their first stag party.

It just got carried away. The fun went too far, and we all deeply regret it.

But I'm telling you as a person and as a lawyer that we are not guilty of

criminal activity.

Thank you, sir.

Your witness.

I must say, Mr. Dolinsky, I'm very impressed with your sensitivity,

since you're the man who ripped off her bikini top, yelling, and I quote, Show

us your tits. Your Honor. Objection. The same man whose thumb and forefinger

left welts on the victim's breasts. Your Honor, she's deliberately... This is

cross -examination, Your Honor. I'm entitled to treat the witness as

You understand hostility, don't you, Mr. Dolinsky?

Talk about badgering. Sit down, Mr. Conlon.

I show you, sir, section 2434A of the California Penal Code. Objection.

for legal conclusion. This witness testified that their actions did not

constitute criminal conduct.

He's also a lawyer, and since he opened the door with a legal interpretation,

I'm entitled to cross him on that front.

I'll allow it.

Sexual battery, Mr. Jelinski.

According to the law, it is a criminal offense to lock a girl in a room and

her breasts for sexual pleasure against her will. True or false?

True, but that's not... And...

You admitted that you three little frat boys locked the door and blocked her

exit, didn't you? Only at first. And a couple of you fun guys grabbed her

against her will, didn't you? I don't know what her will was. The only

still open, sir, concerns the purpose of your little grope.

Was it for sexual gratification, or were you giving her a physical? I object.

She's not even giving him time to answer. I'll give him time, Judge.

Think this over very carefully, Mr. Dolinsky.

Tell me.

as a person and as a lawyer, how what you did didn't break that law.

Things just got carried away.

It was all in fun.

Fun.

Good defense, Counselor.

No further questions.

Any messages?

Uh, yes.

Lauren Savilla called to say she'd meet you at 7 .30.

Oh, and these got served late this morning.

Brackman's handling this. Oh, sorry. I'll bring it to him. That's okay. I'll

drop you off.

Thanks.

I'm waiting on some test results.

This morning.

I know. I just thought they might have.

Out! Out! Out!

My number's 1483.

That's all right.

I'll hold.

Just so you know, Manny Roaner asked for this meeting, not me.

And he specifically requested that you be here.

I assume he's coming in to fire us.

Are you going to fire me?

Come on, Manny.

Mr. Gradinger? Abigail.

Leland. Morty Gradinger.

How do you do? Glad to meet you.

How are you feeling, Mr. Gradinger?

Great. Nothing like being thrown through a glass wall to bring it to your

senses. We want to show you something.

Paper towels?

Morty and I have agreed to merge and go public.

You're kidding!

On paper towels? Of all the attorneys we had, she's the only one who realized

that what we really wanted was to get back together again.

All the others just wanted to keep the feud going.

Mine added a complete second story to his house.

How much do they pay you here?

Oh, Manny, that's hardly appropriate. $100 ,000?

$52 ,000.

That's slave labor.

You come with us after we merge.

In -house counsel.

We'll treat you right. Now, hold on a minute. Between the SEC prospectus, the

merger, the whole schmear, you'll be taking in over $400 ,000 in legal fees a

year from us, Leland, because of this one. And you're not going to hold it for

52K. Well, we certainly don't want to lose her. You got that right, bud.

Morty and I have a court reserved, but we'll call you tomorrow, Abby.

In the meantime, get that typed up, will you, Leland?

Well done, Miss Perkins.

Would you explain something to me, Leland?

If I can.

I'm the same person that I was ten minutes ago.

Only ten minutes ago, I was a bum.

And now I'm a hero.

And what does that mean?

Well... In the first place, it means that you were right in trusting your own

instincts in handling that case.

And in second place, it means that...

Should you elect to stay with this firm, you'll be receiving the same salary as

Jonathan Rollins.

Is that acceptable, Miss Perkins?

I have to think about it.

Well, you do that.

Yes, I'm here.

I see.

Oh, God.

All right.

I'll call back tomorrow.

Ernie?

The only one they didn't have was Revenge of the Nerd.

Great.

What's with the old clothes?

Oh.

Arnie, all the stuff you bought me is really, really nice.

It's just that no matter what, I'll always look like what I am.

What are you?

I'm mentally retarded.

Please, don't be mad, Arnie.

Who's mad?

Hey, look.

I went back and found my cap.

Great. It was stuck in the sewer grate.

Lucky, huh?

Arnie, your four o 'clock appointment is near. All right.

Tiki Sennheiser. Nice to meet you.

Uh -huh.

Well, I'm afraid my secretary made a mistake here. I'm not really taking any

clients.

She can validate you on the way out.

Please, Mr. Becker.

I was served with papers this morning, and I'm feeling a little frantic just

now. I've been to other lawyers, and I just don't feel comfortable with them.

Yes, well, that's bound to happen, Mrs. Sennheiser, when you make superficial

judgments about people.

I just didn't like them.

But you're so different.

The way you dress.

My sweater.

It's very nice.

And it brings out the blue in your eyes.

Does it cover my body by Pillsbury?

What?

Body by Pillsbury, Mrs. Sennheiser. I was in the next booth.

Oh, no.

That wasn't me.

That was Diana.

And obviously, if she had said those things about you, she didn't know what

was talking about.

Yes, well, I really am sorry, but I don't have the time. I'll be happy to

you elsewhere.

Please, Mr. Becker.

I want you.

You're the first attorney I've met who knows who he is. And I need that

to see me through this ordeal.

Please, I'm begging.

$10 ,000 retainer against $350 an hour.

Ooh, they're making feet.

Traitor. I haven't seen you in a while.

Back -to -back 187s.

Nobody's seen me.

Well, it's nice to see you now.

I could use a friendly face. Oh, I've heard.

Grace, I've always been honest with you, right?

Brutally.

Yeah, well, in keeping with tradition, then.

You know, everybody in the office is grumbling that you have become some kind

humorless, radical feminist.

Tell me something I don't know.

Well, it's hurting all of us.

All of who?

All the women in this office.

I mean, take a look at the hierarchy out there. How often does a woman crack

into one of the top spots?

Not very often. Because we don't get the good assignments.

because it's men handing them out, and they feel more comfortable mentoring

other men.

And all of this is supposed to be my fault?

Well, you're not helping things by acting like a tight ass.

God, Sarah, I never thought I'd hear this from you.

I'm sorry to be saying it, but what you're doing only reinforces their

that the girls can't be one of the guys, that they're no fun to work with, that

they don't get the jokes, that they don't roll with the punches.

In other words, it's a man's world, and the best we can hope for is to fit in.

Sometimes you've got to go along to get along.

Well, it happens. I don't believe it has to be the old boys' network.

And if getting along means going along with sensibilities that turn my stomach,

then I guess I'll never get along.

Grace, this was just my opinion.

Well, you can take your opinion and fertilize some other place, because

ever grows here. I can promise you that, Sarah.

Every time I see a headlight or I hear a car slow down,

I think it's my husband.

I picture him dragging me across the floor by my hair or hitting me in the

God, will I ever stop being frightened?

Lauren, he has no idea where you are.

And even if you did, nothing's going to happen to you.

How can you be so sure?

I'll protect you.

Truth is, I feel safe with you.

You would, wouldn't you?

Yes, I would.

Want a pen?

Nothing.

Nothing.

Victor, would it be all right if I stayed here tonight?

Sure.

Look, Lauren, there's no pressure.

You can have the guest bedroom, there's clean sheets, there's a radio next to

the bed, and you'll have a bodyguard sleeping in the next room.

What more could you want?

sleeping in the same bed next to me.

I'm surprised that he possibly can't.

You were told at the beginning of this trial you'd hear evidence.

And that based upon that evidence, you'd make your decision.

But instead, defense counsel has bombarded you for two days with

evidence. Rather than direct your attention to the events of November

they've told you that defendant Dolinsky has a loving wife and is a good

Christian. That defendant Roderick looks after his dying mother.

and does pro bono work for the underprivileged, and that defendant

coaches Little League baseball and likes to sculpt.

And they've repeatedly reminded you that the three defendants are respected

lawyers, admired by their colleagues, while the victim is a two -bit stripper

who shakes their cakes for money.

None of that has anything to do with this case, however, and, in theory,

shouldn't impact on your verdict.

But what defense counsel knows, and what I've come to learn myself lately, is

that in trials and in life, outcomes are influenced by value judgment, by

attitudes, by biases.

That's why they have tried so hard to steer you away from the facts, while I

have been attempting to keep you from reducing this case to those very value

judgments. But you know what?

After sitting and listening to everything that's gone on in here for

few days, I've suddenly decided I don't care how you look at it, because

I'd stack the moral character of that young woman up against those three

professional men without any hesitation whatsoever.

These three men physically abused her, and then

these three...

Verbally abused her for the sole purpose of convincing you she's the bad person.

And she sat there and took it.

She stood up to it because she knew, as all of you know, when

people break laws, they're supposed to be punished.

And she felt that no matter how much they attacked her, if she could just

clinging to the truth.

The truth would somehow win.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, whether you decide this case based on

simply on who you admire the most, either way, it isn't even close.

Your verdict has to be guilty.

Arnie, this just came for you by messenger.

Oh, thanks, Benny.

Well, Cheeky Fennheiser has just sent over the check for $10 ,000.

Once again, highlighting the chameleon -like nature of Arnold Becker and his

ability to parlay into an annual income in the mid -six -figure range.

I think your abilities as an attorney might enter into it somewhere.

Rock. This woman wasn't hiring a lawyer. She was casting one. I read for the

part, I wore the right sweater, and I got it.

I mean, a month from now, someone will come in and mention that they like

Western clothing.

And I'll come in dressed like Roy Rogers.

Don't you think maybe you're being a little bit dramatic?

You know who I really envy?

Who? Benny.

Benny? At least he knows exactly who he is.

Look, Rox, do me a favor. Just cancel my appointments.

I gotta pull myself together.

That's a bitch, isn't it, Arnie?

Douglas, are you all right?

Douglas?

I just got test results back from the AIDS clinic.

Oh, God.

They were negative.

Negative? Well, that's great.

It's the greatest thing in the world.

Yeah.

Yeah, it is.

I just needed to be spared this once.

I'll never stray again.

Not from Sheila.

Not from living a good life.

I intend to make my peace with those who I've wronged.

I intend to make my peace with the big man as well.

You've been such a good friend to me, honey.

Excuse me.

In the matter of the people versus Eric Delinsky, we, the jury, find the

defendant guilty as charged.

In the matter of the people versus Stephan Roderick, we, the jury, find the

defendant guilty as charged.

In the matter of the people versus Milton Christopher, we, the jury, find

defendant guilty as charged.

Members of the jury, I thank you. You are now dismissed.

Sentencing will take place on the 24th. This court is adjourned.

You did it.

You did it.

I just want you to know that I'm going to remember you the rest of my life.

I don't think I'll be forgetting you either.

Thank you so much.

Come.

Rhonda, I have a bit of news I think you'll be very happy to hear.

And what might that be?

For some time now, I've carried a heavy burden.

I've been run down physically, and let's face it, my exposure to you was also an

exposure to your whole lurid past.

To make a long story short, I was convinced that you had given me AIDS.

You thought I gave you AIDS?

I got the results this morning. A clean bill of health. But you need to be more

careful, Rhonda.

In this day and age, wantonness can be fatal.

I think you better get out of here. I'm going.

I just want you to know.

that despite this entire ordeal, I've forgiven you.

You've forgiven me? Yes, I have. For using your seductive powers to entrap

for vilifying me in front of my colleagues, for jeopardizing my

family, my entire way of life.

I'm coming, coming.

Right there. Hi.

Well, come on in.

Actually, can we just sit on the steps?

It's nice up.

Okay. What's in the balloon?

Oh, it's, um, trying to change my image.

Mickey, I want to ask you something, and I want you to give me an honest answer.

Do you think that I am...

Grim and humorless.

Yes.

Really?

I mean, we both are, Gracie, yeah.

But you've got to admit, we're sort of... Earnest?

We've got to have more fun, Mickey. We've got to learn to laugh more.

You know, when I first joined the DA's office, Rogoff kept asking me out.

I wanted responsibility.

He wanted a date.

And I tried so hard and for so long to be taken seriously.

And now that's the only way people take me.

Nothing wrong with being serious, Grace.

Oh, Mickey, I haven't done that since I was a kid. Give me.

I seriously love you, Mickey.

And I seriously love you, too, baby.

Thank you.