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Previously on L .A. Law.

Oh, woofy.

You can say that again.

I love you.

Me too, Jimmy.

Want to hear the tip du jour?

Put options on Kronstadt Industries any time before Friday.

What happens Friday?

I'm just telling you what Jimmy told me.

Aren't you Douglas Brackman?

I'm sorry, do I know you?

We have a lot of friends in common.

Like who?

Your wife.

Uh -oh.

Summons and complaint.

Roxanne, you are a wise and generous person. How much did you win?

You know, I mean, make.

$9 ,000.

Oh, my God.

Mr. Markham, I'm now placing you under arrest for violation of Section 10B of

the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.

Oh, Roxanne, what a trauma.

I feel terrible for her. I can't believe this guy was trading on inside

information.

Gee, I don't know.

I just hope they didn't drag her into it.

Thank you.

You come here often?

My first visit. I enjoy sushi, but my wife never has a stomach for it.

Is he out of town?

Excuse me?

I asked where your wife is tonight.

We're getting divorced.

Oh, that's too bad.

It is and it isn't.

What?

I said it is and it isn't.

This way, I can indulge myself any way I like.

I'm Douglas.

Hi, Douglas. I'm Sandra.

Are you very experienced at this?

What do you think?

I don't know. I'm so confused.

Everybody's speaking Japanese.

Well, you and I speak the same language.

Then maybe you can help me.

I haven't had me in a long time.

What is it you want?

How's the giant clam?

Or perhaps the red snapper?

Why don't you go for half and half?

Would that be enough of each?

Pretty. How much is it?

Forty. Is it like a hand roll?

A hand roll is 20.

Maybe I should start with the hand roll then.

That's it.

You're busted.

Taken. What?

Let go of me. You're under arrest. Assume the position.

What? I didn't do anything. You're soliciting an act of constitution.

You have the right to remain silent. You give up your right to remain silent.

Jonathan, McMurray versus Brinkley.

$185 ,000 reward plus cost.

That brings Mr.

Rollins to 5 -0.

I'd like to see those kind of stats from some other people around here.

Seidel tax audit. Yeah, I'm not going to have anything definitive on that until

Friday. Emiles versus Southland Magazine.

Opening arguments are scheduled for today.

Your case may be editorial section of the L .A. Times today.

I never would have thought a restaurant review could generate this kind of

controversy. Are you kidding? Lorna Landsberg.

Who, by the way, I'd love to meet sometime if you could.

She's probably the most influential food critic around. She makes and breaks

restaurants. More importantly, this is potentially a landmark First Amendment

case. The same elements that were in Westmoreland v. CBS, Tevaleres v.

The Washington Post, Sharon v. Time Magazine, they're all there.

It is the kind of case that makes law.

Immortality, Victor.

Nothing less.

It's a serious issue, though.

You don't have a free press if they're cowed by fear of being sued. Yeah, but

the other hand, is the press entitled to be malicious if it means this guy with

the restaurant suffers?

Was H .L. Mencken malicious?

Lincoln Steffens, was he malicious?

If you don't like someone's opinions, it's easy to call him malicious.

Yeah, and there's something else really important to consider here.

We now have a client who knows Spago's private number. We'll never be shut out

of a table there again.

Could you find out for me, Victor, if she knows of a restaurant that's serving

Chinese food from the Hakka region?

I think that this might be the next big cuisine.

Folks, we have to discuss one other matter before we conclude.

Michael, what's going on with the United States of America versus Roxanne

Mellman's own true love?

She's under subpoena.

If she agrees to testify against Markham, give up whatever profits she

U .S. Attorney is willing to let it go at that.

Sounds a lot more lenient than I intend to be. Meaning what?

Meaning she's history around here. I'll let her get through with her legal

prevails first, out of compassion. But once they're done, it's goodbye,

That's not really your call. It most certainly is my call.

All right. All right.

We'll take this issue up at the partners meeting.

You bet we will.

That's it.

is going to get around to that?

Absolutely not.

Prosecution goes upstream, not downstream.

That's true.

The U .S. attorney is only interested in Roxanne in order to get to Jimmy. This

whole thing will blow over once they're done with him. I think you're right.

By the way, have you said anything to anybody?

No. Good.

Leland, did I have a word with you? Oh, certainly.

Shut the door.

I'm in trouble.

I was arrested last night. They're saying I solicited a prostitute.

Oh, Douglas.

They must be working sushi bars to crack down on Japanese businessmen.

I started talking to this woman. And she was a vice cop. Yes. Well, what are you

going to do? That's just it.

If I take it to trial, the whole thing could go public. The press could get

of it. I hardly think that's likely.

Sheila could find out.

Her attorney will crucify me. I could lose my children. All right, calm down.

Calm down?

These people are fascists.

You don't know what I'm dealing with.

Would you be willing to plead to a lesser charge?

Absolutely not.

I'm innocent.

On my father's grave, I was not pursuing her.

Given my recent state of misadventures, I don't care if I never see another

woman again.

Leland, I am many things.

A whoremonger is not one of them.

I didn't even find her very attractive.

Well, whether you found her attractive or not isn't going to sound very

convincing if they produce a transcript.

What? A transcript? She had to be wearing a wire.

Of course.

Leland, you've got to get hold of it.

You'll see it was all some grotesque misunderstanding.

I swear.

All we were doing was talking about the menu.

Let me see what I can do.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The defense will likely say that the issue here is freedom of the press.

But the evidence will demonstrate it's not.

Now, we don't mean to suggest that food critics should not be allowed to review

restaurants or to print their honest impressions.

First Amendment guarantees that right.

What it does not guarantee is the right to publish a malicious series of lies.

That woman right over there, Lorna Landsberg, attacked this restaurant,

its chef with no regard for the truth whatsoever.

This isn't freedom of speech.

It's libel.

It's slander. And they might want you to get up and wave the flag and sing a few

bars of God Bless America.

That's fine.

But what she did was not patriotic. It was reprehensible.

And people got hurt.

Seriously hurt.

You can believe him when he says that the food critic said some nasty thing.

You can believe him when he tells you that the restaurant has been losing

lately. But when he stands here and tells you that this case is not about

freedom of the press, don't you dare swallow that.

The facts will show that she published her opinion.

And they're suing because the words were too harsh. Now, I don't care what kind

of label they hang on it. They are chasing her because they don't like what

says. And that, ladies and gentlemen, goes to the very essence of the First

Amendment. Believe me, people, you may think that a magazine restaurant review

isn't all that important in the scheme of things.

And if this case were solely about the relative merits of their salad dressing

or their beignet sauce, then I would be in complete agreement with you. But it

is not.

It is about a right that is fundamental to the Constitution, to democracy, and

to every single one of you. They're actually asking you to punish the

for the expression of an opinion.

My God, what a dangerous, dangerous request.

Please, don't even consider granting it.

So, not bad, eh?

Oh, not bad.

To you. To you.

You're the one making the big move.

To the quality of life, then.

I'll talk to that.

You remember we were in law school, and we always said we would open up a

practice together and change the world?

And instead, you married Terry, moved to New York, had 2 .6 kids, and made a

fortune in business law.

Yes, I hated every minute of it.

We're Californians, Grace.

Quality of life in New York.

Money notwithstanding, it's not what I wanted for my family.

Well, I toast your courage, Charlie.

It takes a lot of guts to start over.

I didn't see as if I had any choice.

14 -hour days, seven days a week.

No time for my kids.

Fighting with Terry, what little time I spent at home.

I was running myself right out of a marriage and running into a nervous

breakdown. They don't teach us how to handle that in law school.

No, they sure don't.

Anyway, I've got to tell you.

You look terrific.

I feel like I'm about 80 years old.

You think the jungles of New York are a bitch? You should try a couple of years

at the DA's office.

Follow me.

You like?

It's beautiful.

I've got your name on the door.

What? I'm dead serious.

You've always had integrity.

You work harder than anyone I've ever met.

You're a terrific litigator.

Which is exactly what I need to complement my strengths.

Well?

What do you think?

I don't know. No more downtown traffic

jams. No more crowded elevators. You keep your own hours.

Starting salary.

One and a quarter.

Exclusive of benefits and bonuses.

Charlie, Charlie, it is incredibly attractive and flattering.

I just don't think it's realistic.

Why not?

I don't know.

It just isn't. You mean you can't see yourself on the ground floor office

with a patio, making some real money for a change, being a full partner, having

a little quality of life?

I just... I don't know what to say. Say you'll think very seriously about it.

Okay.

Yes, I will.

Here's to the future.

Brilliant. You were absolutely brilliant.

Thanks. I was doing my job. Maybe you think of it as only doing your job. But

that opening, well, reminded me that my journalistic integrity is at stake here.

Here, try my pulpo. Oh, no, not fair.

You know, the fact is, the stakes are much higher than journalistic integrity.

We're talking about freedom of expression here, and that affects

In that vein, Victor, I hope that I can feel free in expressing my personal

attraction toward you.

Excuse me?

I don't mean to embarrass you.

It's just that I'm a sucker for a man who's big on principle.

Do you mind?

There is nothing like a good oil drizzled over a warm chef.

Lorna, I'm flattered.

But you do understand that the point of this dinner is to go over your

testimony? I understand the substance of my testimony completely.

They can't win unless they prove malice. Right.

I am therefore to appear passive and sympathetic without the slightest hint

hostility.

Any further objections?

Look, Lorna, this is probably the biggest trial that I've ever had.

at least in terms of overall significance.

I don't want to be distracted.

I've never known a man to become distracted with me, Counselor.

Ever.

All right. Well, let's just say that my luck with women hasn't been all that

great lately.

Why not give me a chance?

I guarantee you could get very lucky with me.

You are a client, Lorna.

House rules.

Come on, baby.

It's not the end of the world.

No? I heard this prosecutor wants to be governor.

He's supposed to be tough as nails. My attorney is no pussycat.

I mean, a lot of things can happen.

We could make a deal. We could beat him cold.

I'm sure not helping you any by testifying. Oh, listen to me. It's the

thing you can do. You don't have a choice. You have to testify.

You really think that?

Absolutely.

I don't want you to go to jail for contempt.

But my sentence wouldn't be as long as your sentence if you got convicted.

Rox, I don't want you to go to jail for one single hour.

The trial, the divorce I'm going through, it's all just a temporary

When they're all over and the dust settles, you're going to be my wife.

Now that's forever.

You want to know something else?

Who knows how much your testimony is going to hurt me, huh?

But they're not offering me immunity for nothing.

I don't want to see you go to jail, period.

Listen, there's no guarantee I won't see you go to jail, is there?

Alex, I'm not going to lie to you.

The sentencing guidelines for this kind of white -collar crime, they come down

pretty hard on.

They think it makes them look even -handed or something. Now, if I do go, I

don't think I'm looking at more than 18 months.

It's a year and a half.

Well, it'll be a minimum security prison.

Probably be a bunch of lawyers in there with me. They'll disbar you.

The hardest thing that we may have to endure.

You know what scares me the most?

What?

Waking up at night and not having you there.

Me too.

I'll be late for work.

Be late.

We both may need the memories.

I'm sorry to keep you waiting.

Come in.

Thank you.

Let me guess, this is on a 167B.

That's right.

Client of yours, good marriage, a lot of standing in the community.

It's going to ruin his life if this thing goes on his record.

So I send you down for special pleading. Actually, I'm here to do you a favor.

Everybody's looking to do me favors today.

Take a look at this arrest report.

So, what do you know about the undercover officer?

Sandra Davis?

Mm -hmm.

Are you aware that she graduated police academy in October of last year?

That she was transferred out of Parker Center into Bice all of two and a half

weeks. Whoa.

Before you start screaming entrapment. I'm not entrapment.

Sushi.

Excuse me? Mr. Martin, I'm not about to argue the legal issues here.

This isn't about questionable police tactics. Would you take a look at this

menu? It's from the restaurant where my client allegedly approached the officer.

And could you read aloud from the circled items, please?

Red snapper, giant clam,

teck -a -mucky hand roll.

I want you to check that against the wire transcript.

Oh.

I'm sorry, I'm not laughing at you.

He was ordering sushi.

Yes, and I assure you we see nothing humorous about it. No, of course not.

Let me be more precise.

I've advised my client that he has the potential for a major lawsuit.

He may or he may not pursue that option.

What would he want?

Dropping of all charges.

And a letter of apology from every individual associated with this

arrest.

I will tell my boss.

Okay, if I hang on to this, the guys would get a kick out of it.

It's almost ten o 'clock, Roxanne. Sorry.

Did you bring your financial files?

No. No?

Look, I appreciate both of you taking the time that you have, but I've changed

my mind.

I'm going to take the fifth.

Roxanne, once they've granted you immunity, you have no right to take the

But they can't keep me in jail once they see that it won't make me change my

mind. Did your boyfriend tell you that?

Isn't it true?

Oh, yes.

But a judge can keep you in jail for up to a year before he decides that it

won't change your mind.

What's more, the U .S. Attorney's Office could withdraw the immunity and

prosecute you for insider trading and mail fraud.

Now, why go through all of that? Because one day this is going to be over.

One day I'm going to say...

Goodbye to Mackenzie Brackman and make a life with Jimmy.

So whatever else happens, I can't do anything to hurt him.

Doesn't it bother you at all that those brokerage accounts were in your name?

No, it doesn't. He was in the middle of a divorce and he didn't want his wife to

find out about them. Why didn't he tell you? He was going to tell me as soon as

the divorce became final.

Well, that sounds real convincing coming from a straight arrow like him.

Michael, please, tell the federal prosecutor that the deal is off.

Absolutely not.

If you're intent on putting yourself through this kind of a ringer, I want

to march into open court tomorrow and tell him and the judge yourself.

Maybe between now and then you'll come to your senses.

He's got her too twisted for that, she said.

Ernie. You don't know the first thing about him.

You've never even met him. Oh, Roxanne, I've met this guy. I've met him a

thousand times.

His wife hires me, I make him look bad. He hires me, I make him look good.

Either way, I know him for what he is the minute I see him. He comes on like a

romantic, but he's only in business for himself.

I know this guy, Roxanne.

Hell, I've been this guy.

Thanks for the legal advice.

So, on the one hand, more money, more autonomy, more time with you.

But on the other hand, where's Rogoff?

He'll be thrilled for you.

Are you kidding?

Don't chew my head off.

He hates it when people leave.

He'll make me feel guilty for selling out.

Besides which, what if in two months I can't cut it?

Well, you'll go crawling back to the DA's office with your incredibly sexy

between your legs.

I don't know.

Well, whatever you decide, you know I'll support you.

Don't be so damn neutral.

Well, don't you go setting me up to make all your decisions for you.

Michael, I don't know what to do.

Look, Grace, there are two kinds of mistakes you can make.

Ones of commission and ones of omission.

You learn from what you do, not from what you don't.

It's easy for you to say. I guarantee you, when the moment comes, you will

what decision to make.

Mr. Bowers, would you tell the court your occupation?

I've been a professional food critic for 14 years.

And in your capacity as such, have you had the opportunity to dine at a meals?

Several times.

And on each such occasion, I found both the food and the service beyond

reproach.

You're familiar with Ms.

Landsberg's negative review of this restaurant. I found it to be totally

malicious and unprofessional.

Do you see any basis at all for the aspersion cast in her article? None

whatsoever. The whole review is completely lacking in foundation.

And as a fellow food critic, I was embarrassed.

Thank you, sir.

Nothing further.

The function of a food critic is to sample the food and say what he thinks.

Isn't that right?

There's a big difference between saying what you think and an unmitigated

attack. Ah, I see.

Well, perhaps then I can quote one of your reviews to illustrate exactly where

that line lies regarding Putnam's restaurant.

Quote, the sewage they call clam broth will induce you to vomit.

But don't.

Management will scoop it up and proffer it to the next patron as pea soup.

Putnam's was an unsanitary restaurant.

Every critic said the same thing. Are you saying that if every other critic

loved Putnam's, you wouldn't have printed your opinion?

Certainly not. I express my opinion regardless of what others think. And why

should Ms. Landsberg do the same thing?

She should, but her opinion stinks.

So, as I understand it, sir, while you disagree with the content of Ms.

Landsberg's opinion, you fully support her decision to publish it.

Yes, that's right.

Thank you, sir.

I have nothing further.

Hey, don't you see the sign? No smoking.

I'm smoking where I want and when I want.

Sign don't mean nothing. I said put it out.

Come on, man.

Take it easy.

Come on, bro.

Be cool.

Mr. Brackman, I'm Officer Davis.

I didn't recognize you in your uniform.

May I come in?

I realize I'm supposed to write you a letter of apology, but I wanted to tell

you in person how sorry I am about what happened.

And I know that as a lawyer, you'll take whatever action you think is

appropriate, and that if I get suspended, I only have myself to blame.

Has the suspension been threatened?

Not yet, but it's a pretty safe bet if you go through with the lawsuit.

I see.

I don't have a right to ask you for anything.

But I know I'm going to be a good cop, Mr. Brackman.

All I've ever wanted is a career in law enforcement.

Yes.

I believe I'm taking the full measure of that commitment, even as we speak.

If you go through with the suit, sir, I understand.

But if there's any way we can rectify the situation...

Perhaps we could work out some kind of settlement, and I could pay you out of

salary.

Money is not the issue.

No.

Well, I just wanted you to know that whatever you decide to do, I'm prepared

take the consequences.

I'm sorry.

Oh, wait.

Go on. He's not going to kill you.

Yeah.

Bruce? Want to see me, Grace?

Yeah.

Bruce,

I've had an offer to join a law firm. Really?

A lot of money?

It's not just the money. It would be a whole change for me. A whole new set of

challenges.

Tell him I'll call him back in five minutes.

I guess what I am trying to say is I'm leaving.

And, Bruce, I want you to know how hard a decision this has been for me.

And that I am not leaving because of anything that has happened here. When

you have to start?

It's flexible. I made it clear that I could not leave you in the lurch. Can

finish the week?

Sure. We'll be sorry to see you go, Grace, but it sounds like a fine

opportunity.

Okay. I gotta take this call. We'll talk later. Okay?

Okay.

Yes.

Uh -huh.

Grace, excuse me. How did he take it?

Not great. He was very upset.

She's here.

Roxanne!

Roxanne, where have you been?

You were supposed to be here at 9 o 'clock.

Jimmy's lawyer called and said the trial was put over to 11.

Ask your boyfriend if it's all right if you consult with your lawyer. I got a

name, Ace. I wasn't talking to you. Come on, Jimmy, let's go.

You do a pretty good job of talking about me. Why don't you say something to

face? I'm interested in her.

Well, I'm in love with her. And what's between us doesn't concern you. You're

going to tell me what concerns me? Whoa, whoa, whoa. Are we going to have a

fistfight right here in the corridor?

Roxanne, everything's going to be fine.

I love you.

Will you be?

Attorney's lounge.

So, have you thought any more about what you're going to do in there?

Yeah.

I've thought a lot about it.

And there's no way I'm going to testify against him. This guy's got himself a

slave girl.

Arnie, maybe you ought to get a cup of coffee. You know something? I don't give

a damn about the insider trading.

But for him to let you take this kind of rap, we've got to be talking about a

world -class slug. For your information, he doesn't know anything about it. He

wants me to testify.

What a guy.

Did he tell you that?

Why is it you need to poison my love for him, Arnie? He never did anything to

you. Yeah, but he sure as hell is doing something to you.

Forget it, Michael.

There's nothing I want to discuss with either of you.

Well, that was helpful.

Come on.

Officer Davis.

Mr. Bradford.

A moment?

How did you know I was here?

I called your death sergeant and he told me you were in court testifying. Not

another solicitation bust, I hope.

Speeding. Guy was doing 53 at a school zone. Good for you.

Sorry.

I want you to know I think you're coming to see me this morning displayed a

great deal of spirit and character.

Thank you.

Given that and that I have no desire to be punitive, I've decided to drop the

lawsuit.

I don't believe a promising career should be derailed because of a single

incident of poor judgment.

Mr. Brackman, I'm very grateful. I don't know how to thank you. May I make a

suggestion?

Let me buy you lunch.

Right now?

Is now not a good time?

Well, it's not that. It's just... Well, I'm in my uniform and everything.

So?

You don't mind?

On the contrary, I...

I think the authority of Blue Surge makes for a most pleasing, and if I may

so, feminine appeal.

Shall we?

Now, you have reviewed a meal several times in the past.

Isn't that true, Miss Glansberg?

Yes.

Why do you review a restaurant more than once? Well, they change.

Improvements need to be recognized.

As does decline.

And could you summarize your most recent impressions for the court?

The food was disgustingly vile.

It was an affront.

Hold on.

I would like you to calmly tell us your specific criticisms of the food and

service.

I actually found the service to be quite acceptable.

The problem was the incompetence of the chef.

I object to that. Order.

I happen to be the chef at the meal. I don't care who. You're the one who

be on trial.

Quiet, please. I was too, chef.

Under Stephan de Sueza, I have worked in three -star restaurants throughout

Europe. I don't care who you are.

You're disrupting this court, and if you don't return to your seat, I'll hold

you in contempt.

Unbelievable.

Proceed, Counselor. Thank you, Your Honor.

It was your opinion then, ma 'am, that the work of the chef was substandard.

As a food critic, one of the things that I look for is...

How the style or the personality of the chef is reflected in the culinary

product.

What I tasted here was a total lack of commitment. I tasted fraud.

I tasted impotence. How can you do this to me? Have that man removed.

She's lying.

You're a complete disgrace.

It's my constitutional right to say so. Order.

Miss Landsberg. You're a little toad. How can you do this? A puny man.

Miss Landsberg.

Sit down, Miss Landsberg.

It's not true.

I'll ask you to control your witness.

Your Honor, can I have a short recess to confer with the witness?

Yes, you may.

What do you think you're doing?

Just stating my opinion, you ask. I told you not to sound vindictive or mean

-spirited, and you deliberately did just that. Well, whatever happened to free

speech, Mr. First Amendment?

Look, I'm trying to win a lawsuit here, which I will not do if you're up there

showing malice.

Can I help you?

Hasn't this gone far enough?

Please, get that man out of here. I'm leaving her, Lorna.

I'm getting a divorce just like I promised. What the hell is this?

I know how much I must have hurt you.

Forgive me.

I beg you.

Oh, my God.

I still love you.

I miss your passion, Lorna, your fire.

You devour my tete d 'oeuvre like no woman in the world.

That's what this is about?

A jilted lover punishing her boyfriend with a bad review? You are really going

to tell your wife?

Everything, including the fact that I want to spend the rest of my life with

you. Let's get out of here right now.

Oh, Victor, I'm quitting this thing. You tell me. Oh, no.

This is a test case, for God's sake, so you don't quit a trial on the Bill of

Rights. I do. You quit, and the magazine will lose, and they will get full

indemnity from you.

It won't happen.

You tell them that I'll retract the review and write a new one.

And I will also publish a four -part series on the food critic who fell in

and ran off with the chef.

That restaurant will be more popular, more trendy, and more lucrative than

anybody's wildest dreams.

That won't work. It just won't work.

You'll make it work.

Victor, this is the kind of stuff that makes a Hollywood restaurant.

I'm offering them more positive exposure than they could get with a thousand

reviews. You just ask them. They'll jump.

My darling.

Please, state your name and address.

Roxanne Millman, 1509 Cherimoya.

And are you acquainted with the defendant, James Markham?

Yes. Miss Millman, have you ever sold or bought stocks?

Yes. And has the defendant ever offered you any advice as to which stocks to buy

and sell?

Miss Millman?

I refuse to answer on the grounds that it may tend to incriminate me.

Your Honor, may I have a short recess to confer with my client?

Your Honor, I don't need to confer.

Approach the bench.

Wait a minute. Mr. Melman, as I would hope your attorney has advised you,

the U .S. Attorney's Office has offered you full immunity from prosecution,

you're in no danger of self -incrimination.

As such, I'm ordering you to answer.

With all due respect to the court, Your Honor, I refuse to answer anyway.

The prosecution asks that the witness be held in contempt.

Your Honor, I insist on speaking to my client.

No, Michael, there's nothing to say. Do you understand that you'll be taken to

the Sybil Brand Institute for Women and held there until you do decide to

cooperate?

That day will never come.

Tell me that again after you've been in jail. Take the witness into custody.

They told me my attorney was here to see me. Who are you?

My name's Gay Halloran.

How'd you get in here? They only allow lawyers.

I'm a legal secretary at Takowski and Goldfarb. I presented our letterhead to

the guard and I told him I was a lawyer.

Why?

I want to tell you something about Jimmy Markham that you obviously don't know.

What is what?

I'm his girlfriend.

Oh, my God.

I'm who he wants to make a life with just as soon as his divorce becomes

I'm who he reaches for in the middle of the night. Or maybe you thought that was

you.

Don't be like that. I read about you in the newspapers this morning.

Probably with the same dumb expression on my face that you have in yours right

now.

I can't believe this is happening. Yeah, well, I didn't come here for us to cry

on each other's shoulders.

I was involved in Jimmy's stock deals, too.

The same way they came after you, they're going to come after me. Only I

want to give back the money I made. I don't want to have to hire a lawyer. And

don't think you want to spend another night here in jail.

So why don't you save us both the trouble and stop protecting him?

I trusted him.

How could he lie to me when I trusted him?

I guarantee you he never lost any sleep over it. So now you're here in jail, I'm

expecting a subpoena any minute, and we both had our hearts stomped on. You

stand fast, they come after me, I'm going to send that bastard up without a

second thought.

Nothing heals like vengeance.

Your Honor, prosecution having failed to make a prima facie case against the

defendant, I would move it.

All charges be dismissed against him.

Mr. Kelly? Your Honor, prior to the court's disposition of defense counsel's

motion, I would ask to recall Roxanne Melman to the stand.

Proceed.

Ms.

Melman, does your presence here suggest that you're now ready to discharge the

contempt citation against you and testify?

Yes, I am.

While I'm sure we're all glad that Roxanne is out of her legal

this time we're aware that hers were not the only indiscretions committed. While

personal investments are, as a rule, personal business, anyone trading on

tips, even remotely questionable, is compromising the integrity of this firm.

I trust that those of you involved will take appropriate steps to rectify the

situation. Leland, if I may?

The only thing I would add is that since Roxanne's matter with the U .S.

Attorney's Office is concluded, I'd like to give her two weeks' notice before

the close of business today and start interviewing for a replacement.

Wait a minute. It hasn't been established that Roxanne knew that those

illegal. That may be.

But this isn't a criminal prosecution.

It's a law firm, depending upon the good judgment of its employees.

Roxanne, let us down.

Get rid of her.

Uh -uh.

If she didn't know the tips were based on inside information, how can we punish

her? And what was her conduct when she did know?

Did she immediately offer her cooperation to the federal prosecutor

contain the damage?

Or was her first priority to shield her paramour and further involve this firm's

time and manpower in some tawdry little melodrama? Who the hell are you to

vilify her?

How many times have you had to call out for help for the simple reason that you

couldn't keep your fly zipped?

All right, Arnold, let's not get into that now. Whatever past scrapes I've

gotten into, I've never put this firm in jeopardy. For all your sanctimonious

brain, Douglas, neither has she. Well, I don't intend to let this drop.

Fine. Let me make things very clear, then.

You can express your outrage about this incident. We can have a series of

discussions about moral consequences, situational ethics, or whatever you

Just so you know, if you fire Roxanne, I walk out right behind her.

What are you doing in today?

I just came in to pick up my check.

Well, why don't you stay home tomorrow?

Home will feel just as bad as any place else.

I know that you loved him, Roxanne.

But you know he was a bad guy anyway, right?

That's not what I was going to say.

But it's great to be right, isn't it, Arnie?

Do you think that I like seeing you hurting?

When did you ever notice?

Come here.

Thank you.

I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm sorry.

Just so you know, when the suggestion was made to fire you, Arnie said, if she

goes, I go.

Oh, yeah.

He just wants to keep me around so he can rub my nose in it.

I think he wants to keep you around because he needs you and values you.

Look, Roxanne, tell me to shut up if it's none of my business, but the fact

you brought this on yourself.

Doesn't mean you're a bad person, doesn't mean you're a criminal, but I

all of us are going to have to accept the consequences for what we did. I lost

my boyfriend.

I'm broke.

I used my old car as a down payment on my new car, so now I don't have any car

at all.

Why am I the only one who has to take the consequences? Why not you?

Or Abby?

Or Elizabeth?

You all profited from Jimmy's tips as much as I did, so what's your

consequences?

I'm not sure.

But like it or not, I think I'm going to have to find out.

Roxanne, I'm sorry for your pain.

Maybe self -interest blinded me from the risks you were taking.

No.

It's not your fault.

Or anybody else's.

Come in, Grace.

Jim? Grace.

Jim is going to take your office.

Fine. I thought I'd come in over the weekend and get everything ready for

No rush.

Also, I'm going to have to take your badge.

Right. Going to have to pay your traffic tickets now, Gracie.

Well, I guess that's it.

Gracie, seriously, it's good working with you. You too.

Good luck, Reese.

Come back and visit us anytime.

Thank you.

Uh, one more thing.

She's a jolly good person.

She's a jolly good person.

She's a jolly good person.

Which nobody can deny.

Oh, my God.

One of the court artists threw it together for you. It was Bruce's idea.

He's trying to get on your good side, so if you get too much business, you'll

bring him into the firm.

I, um... I can't believe it. It's really great. Look.

She really is a girl. She's crying.

Stop it.

Thank you.

Congratulations.

It seems kind of funny, though.

What you don't realize is that it totally skews the market.

A little bit on the salad.

People are invited to invest their money in publicly held corporations as though

they had a fair shot.

What they're getting here is a rigged deck.

It seems to me the deck was rigged long before insider trading.

What? Big investment bankers aren't in business to give Johnny Smalltime a fair

shot. There's a big difference between having an edge because you're smarter

having an edge because you're a criminal.

Want chocolate?

Stuart. I have a confession to make.

The watch I gave you.

I bought it with money I made from one of Roxanne's stock tips.

This watch?

My watch?

Ian, how could... Oh.

Stuart, it doesn't change the fact that it was an expression of my love for you.

I don't understand how you could do something like this.

Maybe you can say that Roxanne didn't know the tips were illegal, but you're a

lawyer. She's getting them from an arbitrager. They're always right.

At some point, don't you put two and two together?

I just didn't stop to analyze it quite that thoroughly, Stuart.

Well, maybe you should have.

Maybe I should have.

But since I didn't, can't you just accept the watch and the spirit in which

was given?

I don't know.

I love this watch.

But I hate the idea that every time I look at the time, I'm going to think of

as, I don't know, ill -gotten gains or something.

Stuart, the watch is bought and paid for.

What do you want me to do, hock it and give the money to charity?

Would that make you feel better?

I don't know.

Stuart, don't you think you're overreacting just a little bit? How

feel if I told you your diamond engagement ring was bought with stolen

It's not the same thing. How is it different, Anne?

I don't know.

I just wish we could purge ourselves of this somehow. Excuse me, have you got

the time?

Yeah, it's 10 .30. Oh, nice watch.

Nice. Can I have it? What?

Pick up time.

Stuart.

Hand it over. Watch, rings, money. Come on.

You too, man.

Do as he says, Anne.

Could I keep my wedding ring?

Well, in consideration of the watch and the diamond ring, what the hell, okay.

Hey, aren't you going to say thank you?

Thank you.

Attorneys, right?

Well, you folks have a nice evening.

You wanted a purge? I got a purge.

Purge? I just purged my shorts.