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May we move along, please?

Partners will convene tomorrow at 10 a .m. to review associate performance.

Results of said review to be communicated to interested parties in a

manner. Partner review, Clooney.

6 p .m.

The door swings both ways, Doc.

Next. A cautionary as regards next Tuesday's election.

People, November 8th is a full workday like any other. Let us not use this

precious right of democracy as an excuse for tardiness.

Who are you going to vote for, Douglas?

That is between me and my conscience.

Such as it is.

I read as Abby, Victor, Jonathan, Michael, Stuart are the caucus people.

Leland, Douglas, Ann, and I are for Bush. Not that it's any of your

but I happen to like the other guy.

She's partial to short men.

Benny.

Benny, who are you going to vote for?

I'm not voting.

How come?

I should.

Hurrying along?

Victor, status on Jennings versus Guard Alert, Inc. I am putting Mr. Jennings on

the stand this morning. Oh, I thought the alarm company had offered to settle.

It's still on the table, but I think that we have a shot at a multi -million

dollar judgment here.

So I'm advising Jennings to hang tough.

I don't know, Victor.

Fifteen minutes doesn't seem like an unreasonable amount of time to respond

panic alarm.

It is when you got a gun pointed to your head and your wife's being raped.

Yes, for me, the only way to stop these crazies is to keep a .357 Magnum in the

house. Oh, come on. What are you going to do, say time out? Excuse me, Mr.

Rapist, flag on the play while I get my gun out of the shoebox in the closet?

Carry it on you.

Now, that's a little paranoid, don't you think?

And it's illegal.

It's not paranoid, and it's only a misdemeanor. Yeah, right, until you

somebody.

I am a single woman living with a small child in a high -crime area. I would

rather shoot someone and take my chances with the system than go through the

kind of nightmare that the Jennings went through. Look, I'm not saying it isn't

scary out there, but if you give in to your fears and start packing a gun, you

become part of the problem. I couldn't live like that. I don't think when push

comes to shove that you could either.

You're wrong.

Excuse me.

Is that thing loaded?

Abby, do you honestly think you could use that? You could kill someone? To

protect my life?

Or my son's life?

You bet your ass.

I was sitting in the theater, enjoying the performance like everyone else, when

suddenly I felt this little flitter in my ear, and it was moist.

Did you have occasion, Miss Stewart, to determine the cause of this wet

flittering? It was that man right there.

He was sticking his tongue in and out of my left ear. What did you do, ma 'am?

Well, I told him to stop, or I'd call the police.

I didn't want to make a scene, you know, in such a crowded place.

And did he stop?

For a while.

And all of a sudden, there it was again.

Flitter.

Flitter. Your Honor, objection to the use of the term flitter. It's

Overruled. Mr., could you tell us what happened after the second incident?

Well, I yelled.

That's when security came and arrested him. Thank you, ma 'am.

Nothing further.

Miss Stewart.

Excuse me.

Miss Stewart.

Isn't it true that you engaged in conversation with my client prior to

-called incident?

He engaged, not me. He whispered into my ear, real creepy.

Your perfume is so intoxicating, he said. Isn't it true that you overreacted

this whole thing? He stuck his tongue into my ear.

He was plunging away in there.

And you don't think that leaping up...

In a crowded theater, is not the slightest bit overreactive? I certainly

Would you mind telling us what you screamed?

Murder.

Murder? It was a serious situation.

Now, who's going to help me if I yell tongue?

Benny, how come you're not going to vote?

Because I'm retarded.

That doesn't mean that you can't vote.

That's what the man outside the supermarket said.

I don't think that that's true, Benny.

Yeah, it is. He said so. Look, if I could get you registered, would you want

vote?

My mom always said I wasn't smart enough.

She was wrong, Benny.

You think?

So, what do you think? You want to give it a try?

I don't know how.

It's easy.

Hey, I'll show you.

Okay, Mikey, yeah, I want to try.

Good. I got to do a little checking, but I think that we have a really good

shot.

Keep your fingers crossed.

Hello, you goddess, you.

Hi, David.

Look at this.

What is it?

Aha. See the tension device in here?

Pops it open into a 12 -sided calendar.

Message on the top, message on the bottom, i .e. season's greetings from

Mackenzie Brackman, legal holidays printed underneath, maybe a metric

table as well.

Sits on the desk or folds flat for mailing in a 6x9 gummed manila catalog

envelope.

Herb Resnick is my supplier. Now, I love her.

but he always starts out with a problem. First thing he tells me is it'll be 3

cents a unit since he's using rubber bands for his tension device.

I say, Irv, please, you're milking my lizard.

Do us both a favor and go with elasticized nylon.

He says, not durable.

I say, we have a grade 3 laminated mailer here. We're not putting a man on

moon.

Anyway, to make a long story short, I get the price down to 2 cents plus,

I buy his back inventory of rubber bands, which one phone call later is

to the largest newspaper distributor in Broward County.

Huh.

So, you free for lunch?

Oh, I don't have a lot of free time, David.

It's really kind of important, Roxanne.

I need to talk to you about an extremely important matter.

Okay. But no place fancy, all right?

Yes, they grabbed me as soon as I unlocked the front door, and they put me

inside. And one of the guys held a gun to my head, and actually both of them

seemed pretty crazy, you know, wild. Was there anybody else inside the house?

Yes, my wife was upstairs, and she was just tucking my little girl in bed for

the night.

I know that this is difficult for you, Mr. Jennings, but if you can, I'd like

you to be able to walk us through everything that happened that night.

One of the guys started heading upstairs.

I told this other guy that I'd better deactivate the alarm or it would go off.

This being the guard alert security system. That's right.

Actually, it wasn't really on, but I just needed an excuse to get over there

the box.

And, in fact, that's when I punched in the panic code.

What is that, sir? Well, it sends this silent alarm back to guard alert, their

central station. It's supposed to tell them that it's an emergency.

And does this panic code do anything else?

Yes, actually, it does.

activates this audio thing. It's so that they can hear everything that's going

on inside your house. My wife was being raped.

Where the hell were you?

Objection. It's a simple question.

Where the hell were you?

Mr. Jennings, that's enough. Please stop.

Excuse me.

I have no further questions, Your Honor.

I am very sorry for your tragedy, sir.

But isn't it true, while that much of this was happening, the guard alert

officer had already arrived at your house and was in fact securing the

Look, all I know is that he wasn't inside where he was needed.

Well, then is it your testimony that he should have tried to enter the house?

No. I'm saying they advertised armed response. Now, they knew what was

happening. They could hear everything on the audio.

Yes, they could. And I'll ask you again.

Is it your testimony that while this wild, crazy man...

had his gun in your mouth with his hand on the trigger, that the guard alert

officer should have stormed the premises?

I don't know. How am I supposed to know that?

Well, isn't it possible that had he charged in, both you and your wife might

dead?

I don't know.

Well, I want you to think about that, Mr. Jennings.

Isn't it possible that you would have been shot dead by that wild man had the

guard alert officer tried to capture him?

I don't think I have anything further.

We immediately dispatched a patrol, which got there at 7 .57, eight minutes

after the alarm was received.

But why didn't your man go inside, Mr. Patsos? Because the intruders were

Our policy under those circumstances is to secure the premises... and await the

arrival of the police.

And that's exactly what he did. So then is it your testimony that your patrol

guard behaved properly?

Absolutely. If he had gone in, innocent people could have been killed. As it

turned out, nobody died and the suspects were caught.

I might also add that our audio tapes help secure a conviction.

I don't mean to minimize the tragedy suffered by these people.

But there was nothing more we could do.

Thank you, sir.

Nothing further.

Here is your brochure, Mr. Patzos. A nice, glossy picture of all your high

security. Show me the small print that says you can't do anything.

Objection. Same.

You sold yourself as being better than the police, didn't you?

Not really. Didn't you say your response time is much faster than... Yes, but

let me call... Didn't you expressly tell my clients... That you could provide

better home security than the department?

And we do. And when it comes time for action, what happens? Your guard sits

outside waiting for the police.

It would have been crazy to go in there. But the police went in.

The police who you build yourself as being better than, they went in. If not

our alarm, the police would never have known to come. Well, there are plenty of

alarms that can do that.

But you sold my client's men with guns who would come running to their rescue.

Where the hell were they that night? Your clients are alive, Counselor. You

should be thankful. Yes, they are, sir. They are alive with the memory of a

guard alert security officer picking his nose on their front lawn while she was

being raped and sodomized. Objected, Counselor.

We sold them an armed response. We gave them an armed response.

But didn't they think that armed response meant armed intervention?

I don't know what they thought. I'm not a mind reader.

Well, did you tell them, sir, that it's your company's policy not to intervene

during violent crime? They didn't ask me.

They didn't ask you.

I have nothing further.

David asked me to marry him.

What? He wants to marry me.

Arnie, what am I supposed to do?

Do you love him?

I could grow two, probably.

Roxanne, are you in love?

No. Well, then I don't see what the question is.

Well, people get married all the time for reasons that have nothing to do with

being in love.

Marriage without being in love is totally bloodless.

And I know you.

You're not bloodless.

You want it all.

Yearning in the pit of your stomach.

Jealous if he even talks to another woman.

You're miserable when you're apart and you can't get enough of him when you're

not.

Sex?

It's got to be hot and fiery.

Loud.

Dangerous.

Sweaty.

That's what it's all about, Rox.

Passion.

Arnie. I've held your hand through dozens of passionate affairs, and not

them has ended happily.

Well, that's the point.

Even a lousy passionate relationship is better than no passion at all.

What about affection, common interests, simple companionship? Get a dog.

Financial well -being.

Roxanne, that's okay for some people, but we're different.

We're romantics. We want it all. We want it perfect, or what's the point of

having it?

You gotta believe me, I'm right.

He's a good guy.

But you don't want to marry him just because he's a good guy.

Benny!

We're all set.

Tuesday morning, 10 o 'clock, we go to court.

Court?

Yeah, we go in front of Judge Lobel and we tell him that you went to... You

didn't say I had to go to court. I don't want to go to court. Benny, this isn't

like the last time. No one's saying you did anything wrong.

I don't know.

All we're going to do is ask the judge if you can register late.

You still want to vote, don't you?

Yeah. Okay, then trust me.

Okay.

Abby's a good lawyer, Douglas.

Nobody's saying she's not.

Look, it's not like we're firing her or anything.

This is just a recognition on our part that she doesn't cultivate clients.

She doesn't generate revenue and that she probably won't make partner.

What's so earth shattering about that?

If we decide that Abby is not partnership material, then we damn well

obligation to tell her that. Not true.

We trained her. We invested money in her. We have every right to a few

productive years before cutting her loose.

That's despicable.

And we all love her.

But the truth is you can't run a law firm losing associates after two years

when they finally become profitable.

We are talking about Abby.

And anyway, this whole argument is moot since, as her friend, I'm going to tell

her exactly what's been said. You can't do that. You have a fiduciary

responsibility as a partner in this firm, not to reveal... Stick your

responsibility, Douglas. All right, that's enough.

Now look, our talk about Abby's tenure is speculative.

It's only speculative.

Whether she makes partner or not turns more on her future performance than her

past, so I would suggest that we neither encourage nor discourage her falsely.

Tell her what we like, tell her what we don't, and leave it at that. All right,

let's move on.

Jonathan Rollins.

Her perfume was intoxicating, so I leaned towards her and I told her so.

Did she respond?

Not verbally, but she smiled softly, almost imperceptibly.

So you interpreted her reaction to be a form of encouragement.

Well, she wasn't flirtatious or anything, but I didn't get the

was erecting any walls either.

Then what happened, sir?

Well, then I sort of kissed her.

It was just a peck.

It wasn't a lick, and I'm very sorry, but if my passion got, well, a little

out of hand...

It's only because I found you compellingly beautiful.

That's the God's honest truth.

I have nothing further to add.

You got a little unbridled at Dodger Stadium last year, too, didn't you?

Pardon? April 18th, 1987.

You were ejected from the park for...

tongue -lashing an usherette. Objection. And in February of the same year, an

aerobics instructor.

That was completely reciprocal.

You're on a prior bad act for completely inadmissible.

Admissible to show pattern, Judge.

This man has been going flitter -flitter all over Southern California.

Objection. Overruled.

I want to hear this.

Isn't it true, Mr. Ripley? You've been...

intoxicated by seven different women in the last three years. You must

understand, romance for me is very difficult.

Yes, I'm sure it gets very hard.

Objection! Withdrawn.

David. Yeah.

Kiss me.

Oh, sure.

David, David.

Put the popcorn away.

All right.

It

is

in the plain speaking traditions of these United States.

David. What?

We've always been pretty honest with each other in our relationship.

Uh -huh.

And I want us to be honest with each other now.

Right now?

David, you know how I feel, that I have great affection for you.

Mm -hmm.

But that I'm not, you know, I'm not...

I'm not in love with you. Uh -huh.

And you keep saying that that's okay.

But do you mean it?

Of course I do.

Don't you feel cheated?

Rox, you're good and kind and sexy and you're the best thing that's ever

happened to me.

Now, would I like it if you thought I was a sexy guy? Absolutely.

Would I like it if you were passionately in love with me? Hey, no question about

it. But I'm not a sexy guy.

I know this. I don't kid myself.

I'm a realist in this regard.

But you're here, in this bed, my bed, with me.

And that makes me the luckiest guy in the world.

And you can live with it that way?

Yes.

Well, then, maybe we should.

What? You know, make it official.

As in?

Married? Yeah.

When? I don't know.

Tonight, this weekend, soon. You mean before you change your mind?

I'm not going to change my mind.

You should be less arrogant and less independent, Jonathan.

I understand.

That having been said, I will tell you it's our consensus that you're an

exceptional talent.

One who's exceeded our every expectation. We think that with proper

nurturing, you could be an outstanding lawyer with a long and rewarding future

at this firm.

Thank you.

Send Miss Perkins in on your way out.

Thank you both.

I hope she's not packing her piece.

Another year, another report card.

Have a seat.

You've made nice progress, Abby.

The Rona Gradinger deal was splendid.

Your research has been consistently thorough, and the partners feel you've

contributed significantly to every case you've been a part of. The problem of

billable hours remains, though.

1 ,800 is low. We know you're putting in the time, so either you're not

accounting for all your hours or you're not billing the clients for all your

work. Which would be heresy.

I've never felt it fair to bill the client for time spent going down dead

But I hear you.

We'd also like you to concentrate in the corporate department.

What? We think we can operate more efficiently with specialization.

But I thought I'd be getting to try more cases.

Not everyone can be a litigator.

But that's exactly what I want to be. We don't think litigation is your

strongest suit.

One question.

Am I on the partnership track here or not?

It's a little too early for that determination.

Excuse me.

Based on my performance during the last two years, do you anticipate that I will

eventually be invited to be a partner?

That's a premature question.

Give me a premature answer.

And? At this time, we don't anticipate extending that invitation.

But that doesn't mean... Thank you. Thank you.

I think I get the gist of my review.

Hey, Rox.

Hey, Arnie.

How was your weekend?

I got married.

You what?

I got married.

In here.

You got married?

Saturday night.

I'm stunned. How could you do this to me?

What have I done to you?

You asked my counsel, and I gave it to you.

Then you went out and you did the exact opposite of what I advised. How do you

think that makes me feel?

I don't believe you.

This is my wedding, my marriage, and your only reaction is me, me, me. My

reaction is disbelief.

You said to yourself that you're not in love with him.

You compromised. You gave up on romance and dreams,

your passion. Those things make up your life, Arnie. They have never been a part

of mine.

I don't have a Rolodex of available squeezes like you do. It's been a long

since anybody sent me flowers or whisked me off to the Mauna Kea for a romantic

weekend. I was broke. I was alone.

I had nothing. And this man, he... came along and he offered me a life a life

which may not measure up to a good time by your standards but damn it it's a

hell of a lot better than the one i had before i knew the

suspects were armed and that a possible rape was in progress but there being no

discharge of any weapon and loss of life not being imminent i declined to enter

the dwelling for fear of jeopardizing the safety of the victims so what did

do i circled the premises making note of all possible exits I maintain constant

communication with our central station, which is monitoring everything going on

inside. And when the police arrived, I fully apprised them of the same. Mr.

Moss, did you at any point have an opportunity to prevent this rape from

occurring? No, sir, I did not.

Thank you. That's all.

How old are you, sir?

I'm 24 years of age.

24.

And how long have you been working at Guard Alert?

Been with the company for 11 months.

And before that?

Objection. There's no relevance to the witness's prior... This is the armed

guard, Judge.

He is the essence of this security company. I think that his training and

background is definitely relevant.

I'll allow it. Thank you.

So I'm going to ask again, Mr. Moss.

How were you employed before Guard Alert?

I drove an ice cream truck.

And have you received any training in the field of security?

Yes, I attended Guard Alert's own private academy where I received

training in CPR, first aid, and the use of firearms.

And when did you enter this academy, sir? In October of 1987.

And when did you graduate?

October of 1987.

And other than this extensive two -week stint at Guard Alert's academy, did you

receive any other security training? No. All right, Mr. Moss.

You once considered becoming a police officer, is that right? I did.

In fact, you took the entrance exam for the Los Angeles Police Academy, correct?

Yes. Please tell the court the results of that test, sir.

I didn't qualify.

You failed.

That has nothing to do with that night.

Now, I made the right decision not to go in. Nobody got killed, and we nailed

the perps, remember?

Thank you.

Sir, on July 20th of this year, you responded to another alarm on Stradela

in Bel Air, is that correct?

It's possible. I don't remember.

Well, according to your records, and I'm going to give you a copy of your

records right now.

You did. And also, according to your records, you once again determined a

to be in progress that safety mandated you not entering the premises. And in

full accordance with your training and your discretion, you once again waited

outside for the police to come in and capture the intruder, right?

Yes. Please identify this intruder for the court, sir.

It was a raccoon.

But you nailed him, right?

Objection. Nothing further.

Oh, excuse me. That was a full -grown raccoon?

Your Honor.

Sustained. Stand up, Mr. Ripley.

Shock of shocks, I'm finding you guilty.

As for sentencing... May I be heard, Judge?

I'm listening. I deeply apologize for my behavior.

And I... I really didn't mean to scare anybody. Well, like it or not, that kind

of unprovoked criminal behavior does scare people. I know.

And I'm getting help, Your Honor. I'm seeing a psychiatrist.

I know what I did was wrong.

And I've got to stop.

But will you? I have to.

I don't want to go through anything like this again, believe me.

Miss Van Owen?

Probation for a year.

Conditioned on a psychiatric evaluation.

Counselor!

Counselor! What brings you here?

I don't know, lawyer stuff.

And you?

Miss Van Owen?

Thank you. I know you didn't have to do that.

Good luck, Mr. Ripley. Thank you very much.

So, are you free tonight?

Well, I could be.

What do you have in mind?

Well, I thought maybe a quiet little dinner. Maybe we could rent a movie.

Who knows?

You're pretty boring, Cusack.

How about Magic Mountain?

What? Magic Mountain? Yeah, they have this new thing called the Ninja.

It's a trackless roller coaster.

Excuse me.

What is that perfume you're wearing? Trackless?

I think it's called Surrender.

Yeah, yeah, it's, uh, it's offended.

It has no track.

It's intoxicating. No track.

Yeah, so you can't tell when you're about to plunge off the edge of the

Well, I think I'm more of a bumper car kind of guy, listen.

That's the difference between you and me. You're a bumper at heart, and I'm a

plunger. You'd better do dinner.

Look, I'm a bumper car.

And as that man shoved his gun in Mr. Jennings' mouth, threatening to pull the

trigger,

The guard alert security guard sat outside. As the other man repeatedly

Mrs. Jennings, their security guard sat outside.

And as a little five -year -old girl walked into that room to see her own

being viciously and violently raped, he sat outside.

Now, this poor family was being emotionally ruined, probably for life.

And their man was sitting outside reciting the company line.

Nothing we can do.

You cannot accept their excuse without validating it.

You cannot accept their excuse without offering it up for use by every other

security company out there, maybe even your own.

And if you let them off, ladies and gentlemen, you'd be saying that it's

charge thousands of dollars to put 24 -year -old ex -ice cream salesman on

patrol. You'd be saying...

That it's okay to promise safety, to take the money, and then to sit back

the family is being savagely ruined.

Or you can stop them right now by saying, no, it's not okay.

By saying, yes, you damn well better try harder.

So the next time, when it could be your house, maybe they just won't sit in your

driveway waiting for it to be over.

You want to do something today that's going to make us all a little bit safer

our home? Then come back for the plaintiff.

And come back big.

He wants you to believe that they could have prevented this tragedy.

And Mr. Cifuentes and I both know that you desperately want to believe this

Because if you can convince yourselves that security companies can stop any and

all crime in the home, then you can continue to cling to the futile hope

this could never happen to you. If you can convince yourselves that this

occurred only because an alarm company dropped the ball,

Then you can dismiss this tragedy as an aberration and thereby distance

yourselves from it.

But no matter how much you want to believe that, folks, the facts in this

won't let you.

Guard Alert's alarm worked perfectly. That's undisputed. They were there in

eight minutes.

You heard experienced veteran police testify there was nothing Guard Alert or

any security company could have done to prevent this tragedy. Now, the facts

tell you.

Guard alerted everything they could, everything they promised.

And the facts tell you that sometimes, no matter what you do or how much you

try, the crime wave still rolls in.

You want to attach blame here?

Blame the tide.

Yes, indeed.

Mr. McKenzie, there's a Miss Jennifer Kepler to see you.

Send her in.

Welcome home.

Thank you.

How was Europe?

Refreshing. I'm sure it was.

When did you get back?

When the bar results were announced.

Oh, of course. Congratulations.

You didn't answer a single one of my calls.

I'm sorry. I'm not usually a coward when it comes to these things. And I'm not

usually this aggressive.

But I thought...

We're both feeling something special for each other.

Yes. I thought we agreed when I returned from Europe we'd pursue it.

Jennifer.

Jennifer, you're a very special woman.

But... It was after you left.

I realized that every time we were together, I was acutely aware of how

inappropriate our relationship was. There's nothing inappropriate about two

adults who want to be together.

Yeah.

Jennifer, I'm old enough to be your father.

Now, I find that socially embarrassing. And quite candidly, sexually,

it's frightening.

Well, I can't do much about your social embarrassment, Leland.

But when it comes to your sexual fear, I can give you a hand there.

I just don't know how I feel.

Well, if you want to see me, you know where you can find me. If not, I just

won't bother you anymore.

Morning.

Well, I received a phone call last night from opposing counsel.

They are offering a million -dollar settlement payable right now.

No admission of liability on their part.

And a gag order.

So all the press gets told is that we settled for an undisclosed amount.

Well, this means they think they're going to lose, right?

It means that they're not confident.

But I have to be honest with you, neither am I.

Well, do you think we should take it?

I don't see how we can't.

The jury could come back with twice that amount, but they could also come back

with nothing.

No.

Excuse me?

We're not settling on those terms.

A million dollars is a great offer.

I think it would be a great verdict. They're not going to sweep this to the

pages, not after what happened to me.

Marsha. No. I want a public verdict.

I want them blamed.

With all due respect, how would that further your interest?

People will know, damn it.

God. Every time I drive by one of those protected houses and I see that little

sign out front, property protected by guard alert, I just want to stop, run

and bang on the door and tell them.

Tell them they're not safe. Tell them they'll never be safe. Honey. Now, get

away. I want to get them out in the open.

They're talking about a... You're talking about a quiet settlement, and I

do it.

I was raped, and I want everybody to know it.

Everybody to blame them!

And I won't be quiet!

I won't! No!

No! Okay, okay, okay.

It's okay.

It's all right.

Tell them the offer's rejected, Mr. Cifuentes.

The law says he has to register 29 days before the election, Mr. Cusack. Which

he would have done if he hadn't been turned away by one of the registrar's

volunteers. Your Honor, no disrespect intended, but Mr. Stolwitz is retarded.

That doesn't disqualify him from voting.

Understood, but given his handicap, it's quite conceivable he was unable to fill

out the registration forms, which is grounds for disqualification. He was

given the chance to fill out the forms. You say so.

He says so, and you don't have anybody here to contradict him. All right,

gentlemen. Mr. Stolwitz, what exactly did the man at the registration table

to you?

He said I couldn't vote.

Had you begun to fill out any of the registration forms or papers?

No, he wouldn't let me. What's your address, Mr. Stolwitz?

12 Orange Grove Street, Los Angeles, California, 90046.

When were you born?

July 5th, 1949.

Do you have a job?

I work in the mailroom of Mackenzie Brackman Chaney and Cusack.

Seems to me he's capable of completing registration, Mr. Montell.

Mr. Cusack, I'm assuming he's not on parole and doesn't have a conservator

appointed for him.

That's right, Jeff.

Mr. Stolwit, would you approach the bench, please?

Do you know what this election is for?

Yes, sir. It's so that people can choose who's going to be president of the

United States.

And this is something you want to do?

Sure.

I'm one of the people.

This man is qualified to vote, Mr. Montel. And since I find that he

unlawfully denied his right to register, I'm ordering you to waive the 30 -day

requirement and register him right now so he can vote today.

The clerk will draft it, Mr. Cusack. Mr. Montell, get it done.

That's all.

What did he say?

He said you're going to vote.

Has the jury reached its verdict, Mr. Foreman? We have, Your Honor.

What say you?

On count one of the complaint, for the cause of action of negligence, we find

favor of the defendant. On count two of the complaint, breach of contract, we

find in favor of the plaintiff and order the defendant to pay damages in the

amount of $2 .4 million.

Thank you. Yeah, rock.

Congratulations to you both. Thank you.

2 .4 million.

33%. We just made $800 ,000.

Victor, I toast your triumph.

Don't count it all yet, Doc. I'm sure they're going to appeal.

Nevertheless, I didn't waste your time telling you what you already know.

That you're a most valued member of our firm.

And all of us, the partners, that is.

I consider you to be in a very certain partnership track.

I'm flattered, Doug.

Thank you.

Donata, mi amigo.

Atta boy, Victor.

Thanks, Anne.

Put your tongue in my ear.

What?

Well, now that Ripley's behind bars, someone's got to do it.

Come on.

No, wait. Sort of flick it.

In and out.

How's that?

It's wet.

It gave me a little chill.

I don't know. That good, huh?

Maybe it's not so much a flick as it is a flitter.

Try it again.

They are?

Hey, congratulations, both of you. Thank you. Great. Thank you. I am the

luckiest guy in the world. I hope you'll be very happy. I know you do. And I

want you to know how much we appreciate that.

You know, we got a lot in common, Arnie. We both love the same woman. In fact,

if I weren't such a basically together guy, I might be a little jealous.

But I'm not.

I mean, hey, we're going to be an extended family, right?

Right.

Excuse me.

Oh, here she is.

Look what I have here.

Congratulations.

Great. Thank you.

Is this something or what?

Look at us, four middle -aged lovebirds. Before too long, we're all going to be

up to our elbows in disposable diapers and tapioca pudding. Am I right?

Well, we've been there.

We've been talking about it.

Actually, we haven't yet, but boy, I'm ready.

Can't you see rocks with a couple of little mires running around the house?

You better get moving, Ann. I can hear that biological clock ticking.

David.

Will you excuse us, please?

Stuart, let's go home.

Why? What's the matter? Dave Meyer is insufferable. But the biological clock

remark? Yes.

Oh, come on.

The doctor said it'll take at least six months to get pregnant. Even a year

isn't totally normal.

Don't get upset over a dumb remark.

Stuart, maybe you should get tested.

Me?

Anne, we've only been trying for a few months.

It hasn't only been a few months.

I stopped using birth control over a year ago.

Why didn't you tell me?

I don't know. I was afraid.

Afraid of what? You know I want children.

I wasn't really trying to get pregnant.

I guess I just wasn't not trying.

I don't even know if I can get pregnant.

Have you been tested?

Never any reason to before.

Well, there is now, isn't there?

Don't push me on this, okay?

I'm not pushing you.

But it does raise a question, doesn't it?

Like, do you want to have a baby or not?

Because if you're ambivalent, forget about tests.

I'm not going to put my heart or anything else on the line here.

Mike!

Mike, it's getting late. I've got to vote.

Right. Let's go exercise your constitutional right, Benny. When we're

that, Grace and I will take you out to dinner, okay?

Great. Let's go.

Benny,

don't forget.

Slide the card underneath the ballot.

You take the little pin point to make a hole next to the candidate's name. Okay.

If you get nervous, you don't understand something, don't be afraid to ask for

help.

You got your papers?

Yeah.

Okay. In you go.

My name's Benny Selwick.

I'm here to vote.

Yes, Mrs. Douglas, we received a call about you from the registrar's office.

Sign in here.

Here's your ballot.

And you can vote in that stall over there.

I did it.

I voted.