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Previously on L .A. Law.

When I find a birth mother who seems right for you, I'll give her your phone

numbers and she'll call you, collect.

Make a list of questions, write them down. People tend to forget everything

the call happens.

Mr. Cusack, what you did constitutes devious and unethical behavior, utterly

odds with our code of conduct.

Our recommendation to the State Bar Association is that you be publicly

censured. and suspended from the practice of law for a period of not less

one month, effective immediately.

Can you take this good care of everyone?

No, the truth is I don't. I've got a wicked crush on you, Abigail.

You might as well know it.

Oh, boy.

Good night.

You're telling me to prosecute?

With an unconstitutional confession, you're telling me to break the law. I'm

just hoping to God you remember you're a public servant.

And you do the thing that serves the public best here. In the matter of

versus Lyle Torrey, we find the defendant guilty of murder in the first

Any predictions on the sentence? No, it's in the jury's hands. Any

they deliberated on more than two days? It's the penalty phase of a capital

case. We expect them to be careful. What about Lyle Torrey? I don't know for

their comments.

Will the defendant please rise?

Madam Foreman, has the jury reached its verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

What say you?

In the matter of criminal complaint 5946...

We, the jury, having previously found Lyle Torrey guilty of murder in the

degree and having further found special circumstances to exist, now on the issue

of penalty, sentence him to death by the infliction of lethal gas.

I ask the jury be polled, Your Honor. Members of the jury, as the clerk calls

your name, please declare your individual vote with respect to the

or life sentence in this matter.

Martin Alston, death.

Death. Death.

Death. Death.

Hi. You feel like getting a cup of coffee?

No, thanks.

Hey, I got a really big day planned. I got to go to Oshman's, pick up a fishing

rod, a reel, a few other little doodads.

Why don't you take the day off and come with me?

If I thought that would change the way I feel, I would.

It's not like you didn't expect this.

I know.

It's just the fact of it now.

I prosecuted this man based on an illegal confession, and now he's going

Grace, are you going to be able to live with this?

No.

No, I'm not.

Moving along, has anyone heard from the long -lost Mr. Cusack?

I have.

And is he pondering the error of his ways?

Yeah, I think so.

He's planning to go fishing.

Life's a bitch, ain't it?

Victor! Where are we on Jacobs versus Teller? I am deposing Mr. Teller this

morning. Jonathan, the DeForest motion.

Still pending.

Who, uh, who's the judge on that, then?

Stephen Lang.

I'll see if they call his clerk.

Ms. Weiler, how go the McNally interrogatories?

The responses have all been drafted and sent to the client for his review. I'm

getting his notes this afternoon, and the revisions will be ready for his

signature tomorrow morning. Very good.

Very good.

Ms. Kelsey, there's a clerk call for you.

Excuse me?

I'll take it.

Lastly, having been accused in past years of stinting on our Christmas

festivities, I gladly bow to the majority will and relinquish control of

annual party to our crack financial watchdog, Stuart Markowitz. Well, the

figures of our 1988 party are in, and in his able hands...

We soared past our budget by a full 41%. Excuse me, Dennis.

It was a joke.

We told you that we've been trying.

We really want to have a family.

It's pretty unlikely that I'll ever be able to get pregnant.

Yes.

Kelly,

I have so many questions for you that I...

I literally had to write them down.

I know. I'm nervous, too.

Well, here goes.

Are you in school?

Oh, UC Irvine's a good school.

Any favorite subjects?

Well, give it time.

Kelly, you know, it's really difficult to make small talk not knowing if we're

even going to get a chance to meet you.

So let me tell you some things about us that Ross didn't say.

Stuart and I haven't been married for very long.

We've been friends for seven years before we got together, and that gave us

long time to get to know each other.

Maybe because we were such good friends first, we have a wonderful balance in

our marriage.

We're good together.

I think our greatest qualification as parents is that we love each other, and

want a baby to love.

Anytime. Anytime you like.

Great. You decide where.

Great. Well, take care, Kelly, and we'll see you soon.

She went to meet us.

Yes.

I think she liked me.

How could she not like you? You were unbelievable.

You know, Stuart, she sounded like a really sweet kid.

I liked her.

Let's call Ross.

Maybe we should give her a chance to call him first.

Right, right. Hang up, hang up.

I brought you the tape. I still don't see why this couldn't have waited until

tonight. There are two meals between now and then, that's why.

Let me reiterate, Roxanne, I don't think it's indicated, I don't think it's

called for, I don't think the situation requires it. Just play the tape, David.

Hi, Fatty. Hi, Fatty. I'm Dale. And I'm Margo. And we want to talk to you about

rewriting your life script.

When you love your body, eating right becomes an act of joy instead of denial.

Diets are about denial.

Margo and Dale are about joy.

What did we eat today, Margo?

Breakfast with a handful of millet and a cup of centigrade tea. What's this?

Lunch with Swiss chard, spirulina salad, boiled cusk, and a half dozen flowers

of cauliflower.

I know I left the table full.

Don't tell me that you're getting into this.

You don't think I might need to drop a few pounds?

Assuming I do, is it necessary to join some cult of self -obsessed body

worshippers? Eat less. You'll lose weight.

My sentiments exactly.

The truth is, I have never minded a bit of avoir du poids when I see the way my

fraulein here carries it.

Was that right?

Then why did you make such a point of telling me you were distributing a diet

video? I was telling you about a business acquisition, not dropping

A video distributor went chapter 11. I bought out their duplicating facilities

in a small catalog of titles.

Always new worlds to conquer, huh, Dave? You said a mouthful there, my friend.

We are now witnessing the emergence of mass marketing and home video. I am

talking about both movies and what I would call lifestyle tapes.

In fact, and I know Roxanne here hates for me to make pitches to you guys, but

somebody is going to come out with a video about getting divorced. And you

my words, it will create an annuity that will last well into the next

millennium. Dave, I thought we talked about that.

Well, you will have to admit Arnie is a logical candidate.

He's an authority on the subject and he's not exactly found wanting in the

charisma department.

Look, Dave, what I'll... a client can't be replicated on a videotape. A client

comes to me for me.

Yes, absolutely true.

But you will have to admit there are an awful lot of people who can't afford to

hire you. But the $24 .95 they would shell out for an hour's worth of your

-chosen words could add up to a seven, maybe even an eight -figure income for

you and yours.

I don't even know what to ask you.

I should have written down some questions.

It's hard. I want to be sure and pick the right people.

Well, just make up a question and we'll make up the answer.

Will the baby have any grandparents?

Yes. My mother lives back east.

And Stuart's parents are at the beach.

I'm sorry.

And your mother doesn't mind that it's adopted?

No. She's already out buying teddy bears.

I'm from back east, too.

My folks are divorced.

My mother knows about the baby.

But I could never tell my father.

Really?

That's too bad.

Are you sure he wouldn't understand?

No way.

No, a baby's a lot of work.

What about your career?

Well, Mackenzie Brackman can do without me for a while. I want to stay home with

the baby.

And when I do go back, it'll just be part -time.

I don't want to pry, Kelly, but the baby's father, is he okay about the

adoption?

Well, we broke up before I found out.

He doesn't even know about it.

And believe me, he wouldn't want to.

Well, then you're better off without him.

Yeah, I guess.

It was my own fault. It was stupid.

Respect me in love. I think that's probably the hardest thing to get right.

I waited a long time to find this person.

And there's a lot of bumps along the way, believe me. But it was worth it,

wasn't it?

Well,

you guys are great.

I couldn't take care of a baby.

I want to go to college. I want to have a career.

Do something.

You will, Kelly.

I can tell you will.

Bruce,

you got a moment?

Sure. Come on in.

This has been weighing on me for weeks now.

I thought I could live into it, but I can't. The Tory case.

Yes.

I'm going to reopen it.

Grace, this is crazy. If you'll let me finish... This will bury me. What the

hell am I going to say? I came to inform you, Bruce, not to debate you.

I'm doing it.

You'll go free?

I know what the consequences are for all of us. And I will protect you as best I

can. But I have to do this.

All right, Grace.

Thank you for not making this any more difficult.

Sorry, Bruce.

I wish...

Dietetic

jujubees sweetened with aspartame.

Thanks.

Could you tell Arnie I'm here?

What do you mean, tell him you're here?

Hey, he called me.

Arnie? I'm trusting you with my image, Dave. You understand what that means?

Of course I do.

Reputation has taken me 12 years to build. Could very easily be trashed

Arnie, that very reputation is both our fortune. The age -old homily, you don't

kill the goose.

I live by this.

I want people to feel like they got their money's worth.

I want this thing to have some class.

Absolutely.

Cachet. A land.

Call it what you will. It is a very important element.

It's for profits.

I see it running 70 -30.

The 70 being me, production comes out of your end, promotion off the top.

Arnie, I'm wounded.

I'm not only covering the cost of production, I'm providing distribution

well. To tell you the truth, 50 -50 is a little bit more what I had in mind.

Dave, Dave, let's consider relative exposure here for a half a minute. This

thing lays an egg, you move on to something else.

That's my professional reputation I'm putting on the line out there. That's my

faith. Arnie.

You think we could settle on, say, 60 -40 and allow me to emerge with some

modicum of dignity intact?

Dave, I can live with 60 -40.

Arnie, we are in business.

Now, I've got a director and crew standing by. I suggest we tape a show

so that you can start getting used to the process.

In that case, I better get a facial lined up for this afternoon.

Why is it I feel we're about to make history?

My client has no prior.

He is gainfully employed. He has roots in the community.

He is no threat to society. He viciously assaulted the manager of the small

convenience store. A total stranger.

Your Honor, the store posted an incorrect series of winning numbers for

six, thereby leading my client to believe that he had won over $14

Now, without condoning violence in any way, I would like to propose that the

stress of learning that you had won the state lottery only to then find out that

you haven't is enough to make the mildest of men lose his good judgment.

I'm aware of the facts.

A year probation, Mr. Page, would buy you lottery tickets elsewhere.

No problem, Your Honor.

I'm not going to buy nothing.

Nick.

Alper.

People versus the thing he dwells.

Keep in touch with me, Mr. Page. Your wife sometimes forgets to give you my

message. Yes.

She thinks if I don't call you, it'll go away.

Hi. Hi.

Take care, Mr. Page.

You too.

Can I interest you in a little lunch?

Oh, not today.

Tomorrow. Bill, we already went through this. I don't want to get all tangled

up. I didn't invite you to get all tangled up. I invited you to lunch.

How about Friday?

Okay.

Okay, fine.

See, that wasn't so hard.

I am talking about continuing this till this afternoon.

This is the third time that we have been ready and the district attorney has

called for a continuance. Now, this is wreaking emotional havoc with Mr.

fragile mentality, Judge. Save it, Mr. Gracie.

Will you please?

Who have you got beside the arresting officer? Nobody.

He's my only witness.

Well, this was a nine o 'clock call, Miss Van Owen. I've got a call in. Well,

that's not good enough.

He's right.

His guy was here three times.

If you can't prosecute, then you can't prosecute. Judge, I will find him. I

have the witness. No, I'm dismissing. If you want to refile, then that's up to

you. This is a serious felony, Your Honor, breaking and entering. Then you

should have taken it seriously and had your witness lined up.

Case dismissed.

What's that on?

Bill Ringstrom.

Detective?

Lieutenant Dolan asked me to give you a message.

Yeah? The message is, you've got like a dozen pending felony cases which rely on

police testimony.

Uh -huh. A lot of these cops are so upset that a known cop killer like Lyle

Torrey might be released, they might tend to get a little forgetful. Is that

what just happened in there? I don't know for sure, but it's possible, yes,

'am. In other words, unless I let Lyle Torrey go to the gas chamber, you guys

are going to freeze me out.

I don't know.

I guess you'll just have to draw your own conclusions.

Well, you tell your Lieutenant Dolan for me that that is the most despicable,

cynical blackmailing manipulation of the system I ever heard of. And if you guys

are looking to play hardball, you've got the wrong DA.

Look, lady.

Ma 'am.

I'm just the messenger.

Maybe you ought to take it up with the Lieutenant.

Damn right, I'll take it up with the Lieutenant.

Well.

Congratulations are in order.

Kelly was impressed, and she wants you to adopt her baby.

Yes!

Ron, thank you.

She's taking the semester off, and she wants to move up here until the baby's

born. She'll need rent and expenses.

Fine. The easiest thing to do is to set up an account for her.

Give me access, and I'll play middleman on the allowance and rent. No problem.

And I suggest you take Kelly to see your doctor.

Get her checked out, schedule her appointments.

Fine. And have them send the bills directly to you.

Fine, fine.

And, of course, you'll pay for the delivery and the hospital.

Um, uh, we got anything on paper?

No. I can't hold her to anything until the consent form is signed. We know she

likes you.

Feels solid to me.

I feel good about her, Stuart.

As a matter of fact, Ann, Kelly would like you to be her Lamaze coach.

Be in the delivery room?

This is really happening, isn't it?

Stuart, we're going to have a baby.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I'll

be

with you in a moment, Miss Van Owen.

What can I do for you?

We seem to have a problem, Lieutenant.

No, you have a problem.

It's everyone's problem when you punish me by withholding my witnesses.

There's one very simple solution.

Why don't you tell me what that is?

Don't reopen the Torrey case.

Not a chance.

Look, you put Torrey back on the street. There's not a cop on the force who's

going to be there for you. Not ever.

You'll probably end up in Munich court prosecuting jaywalkers.

I didn't put a police informant in Lyle Torrey's cell. You did that.

I didn't coerce an illegal confession.

You did that, too.

Let me tell you something.

We put our asses on the line every day, lady.

Every day. Now, out there, when one of us gets killed, we expect the DAs we

with to help us put the killer in jail, not back on the street to kill more

cops. Grow up, Dolan.

Don't blame me for your screw -up.

You know what the funny thing here is?

Your guy is probably safer inside than out.

When he hits the street, chances are he won't last 24 hours.

Is that a threat?

No, it's just an observation.

All I'm saying is, if this guy so much as spits on the sidewalk, some nervous

cop is going to blow him away.

And it'll be on your head, Counselor.

Now, excuse me, please.

I've got some work to do.

This not being take a judge to breakfast week, I assume you come equipped with

an agenda?

Actually, I'm just looking for some advice.

And this conversation could never be construed as an ex parte communication,

could it?

Absolutely not.

This is a hypothetical case.

Coffee? Grapefruit juice.

Okay.

Decaf. Thanks.

This hypothetical case of yours?

It concerns a district attorney who convicted somebody with evidence which

turned out to be illegal.

Now the defendant is looking at a death penalty.

Well, it seems to me that the district attorney should come forward with what

she or he knows.

But that's the problem.

You see, it may be that certain people in the police department and maybe even

in the DA's office... knew before the trial that this evidence was illegal.

An investigation could be very damaging to these people.

The district attorney doesn't want to jeopardize careers of people who he

considers to be basically good and honest. In fact, the district attorney

not come forward if it means exposing his colleagues.

I see.

That is a problem.

I guess I was wondering what a judge...

such as yourself might do if a situation like this ever came before you,

hypothetically. Well, I think the most important

concern would be to overturn this illegal conviction, if in fact it was

And I suppose if the only way I could accomplish this was to give the district

attorney assurances that certain questions would not be asked.

Notwithstanding the potential risks involved in making such an unpopular

decision, I'd probably give those assurances.

Hypothetically. Would you like to hear the special?

That'd be fine.

We have Belgian waffle, $4 .25 to die for.

English muffin, blistered price, overrated. And we have a new cinnamon

oatmeal.

What do you mean the conviction might be illegal?

Just what I said, it might.

Hey, Grace.

If it's illegal, then it's illegal.

We don't have to give you anything.

You need me to overturn it, Bobby. Hell, I do. I march right into court. I tell

the judge exactly what you're telling us right now.

And I just tell him you misunderstood me.

Let's face it. Even if you could get a reversal, you'd still be looking at a

second trial. Which we'd win.

Maybe, maybe not.

But I'm offering your guy a dismissal with prejudice.

That means no second trial.

Walk clean and free.

So what I got to do?

First, we all agree right now that there will be no cries of prosecutorial

misconduct. You guys just nod your head while I do the talking. Second, there

have been four drive -by shootings in the last month linked to your gang.

I want the shooters in all four.

I don't know nothing about it.

Then have a good life and enjoy the gas.

Hey, hey, don't jerk us, Grace.

Don't you jerk me. Your client either cuts this deal or he dies. Simple

counselor. The offer's good for ten seconds.

Okay, but I'm not testifying.

You have to testify.

Right. Look, lady, if I roll over on my own people, I'm a dead man.

I'd live longer in here.

Now, I can give you names and dates and whereabouts of weapons, but you gotta

let me do it secret.

Let's hear what you've got.

Send the shot.

Could you put those somewhere else for now?

Sure.

Are you making a movie about Arnie?

We're making a videotape about Arnie.

That's me!

Have you ever seen yourself on TV?

No.

Well, you see, this camera here is sending your image to the TV set.

And that way we can see exactly what we're putting on tape.

Would you do something for me?

Sure. Would you sit at Arnie's desk for a minute?

We need a stand -in.

But you have to sit down.

I'm Allison Gottlieb.

Benny Galwitz.

And this is Dick, and that's Julius.

Could you pick up a pad and pretend like you're working?

Hey, Arnie.

They said I'm your stand -in.

Great. I'm glad you're back.

Is there someplace quiet we can rehearse?

Yes.

Hi, how'd your audit go?

Good, good.

We got the penalty reduced and they're taking 50 cents on the dollar.

Want to see what I got?

I made a list of my favorites.

If it's a girl, Amy, Kimberly, Marlene, Samantha, any of heaven.

For a girl?

Too androgynous.

Don't you think you're jumping the gun a little bit, Stuart? The baby's due in

four months.

Conway versus Morgan. What about Morgan?

I don't see how that's any better than heaven.

Morgan. Markowitz. Give me a hug.

I knew she'd say yes.

How'd you know?

Because we're going to be wonderful, loving parents.

And anybody with any sense could see that.

You know, I do like Amy.

Great. Let's put it on the under consideration list.

I'll take care of it. Give me the book.

I want to look through it.

Okay.

But you're not going to find anything better than Amy.

We'll see.

Hi, my name is Arnold Becker.

I'm a divorce lawyer. Some people prefer the term matrimonial lawyer.

Sorry. I feel stiff.

Awkward. Just talk to me. That's all.

You're a director. Talking to you is different from talking to other people.

Why? I can respond like a person.

Not only that, but I'm a woman.

And the truth is, Arnie, you can speak to women like very few men can.

And I don't just mean with words.

That still comes across.

Well, it does to me.

Of course, I could tell you that I'm going through a divorce right now

Really? Really.

And I find myself anxious and depressed and happy and excited all at the same

time. Exactly the gamut of emotions I expect you should be running.

You offer more than legal services, Arnie. You offer strength. You offer

empowerment.

And trust me, when your faith is full frame on that screen, women will not be

able to turn away.

Tell me, who's your lawyer?

I haven't hired one yet.

Well, we ought to talk about that.

I'd love to.

But now, just like you are, let's rehearse.

Hi, my name is Arnold Becker. I'm a divorce lawyer.

Some people prefer the term matrimonial lawyer.

Some like saying they practice family law or domestic relations.

I say this.

You hire a divorce lawyer to represent you against the very person you trusted

most in the world.

A person who knows your most intimate secrets.

A person who got to you and got you big.

So is Dean.

He's talking to you. How many days have you spent bent over with failure? How

many nights have you cried yourself to sleep? Too many.

However many it's been, say it's enough and move on from there.

If there's someone to blame, blame them. If there are papers to serve, serve

them. If there are bank accounts to freeze, freeze them.

Divorce isn't death.

You don't have to mourn.

What you have to do is act.

This is who you need, girl. This one. Right here.

I hear that.

So, no new trial.

The guy just walks.

We'd lose a second trial so he would walk anyway.

This way, at least we'd nail the drive -by.

Give it to me again.

He gives us the shooters for the Lacey, Cooper, Williams, and Neal drive -bys,

including the dresses, vehicles, weapons, and hiding places.

And in return, he walks.

With your guarantee of safe harbor as long as he's a citizen.

No harassment, no setups, no entrapment.

And nobody knows we turned him.

Come on, Jack. Grace has done a hell of a job trying to reconcile everyone's

needs here. What do you say?

Does she know that pulling her police witnesses was your idea?

Yeah, I knew that.

Let me say this.

Fifty drive -by shooters don't equal one dead cop.

Not now, not ever. We don't disagree with that, Jack.

Look, Tory hits the streets no matter what. The only question is, do you want

make a deal to get something for it or not?

I guess I got no choice.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

You're sure there won't be an inquiry? The judge is just going to let him go.

I think so.

You think so?

The word think doesn't make me sleep easy tonight.

How'd you sleep last night, Bruce?

After telling Dolan to withhold witnesses from my cases, did you sleep

baby last night? Try to understand, Grace. I understand perfectly.

You do what you have to do. As do you.

Yeah, you got that right.

Criminal Complaints 5946, Peepo v.

Lyle Torrey.

Grace Van Owen for the people, Your Honor.

My office has become aware that the evidence used to secure a conviction

Mr. Torrey was obtained in violation of the defendant's constitutional rights.

Therefore, in the interest of justice, I offer a joint recommendation with

defense counsel that the verdict be set aside, that the case be dismissed with

prejudice, and that Mr. Torrey be released.

Miss Van Owen, I don't look casually upon the deprivation of civil rights.

And I must say, I find this extremely disturbing.

I'm going to have to look into this.

Everything in these papers meet with your approval, Mr. Cullen? Yes, Judge.

Then it is so ordered, the clerk will draft the order.

Mr. Torrey, you're free to go.

Next case.

I thought you might want to know.

The police arrested the three guys responsible for the drive -bys this

Looks like your version of justice turned out to be better than mine.

Just do me one favor.

From now on, don't make me follow anybody's version.

Let's just go by the letter of the law, okay? You got it.

Grace.

You did good.

Stop killing me.

So what do cops think when a Lyle Torrey goes back on the street?

Well, I'll tell you what I think.

A guy like Lyle Torrey is physically incapable of leading a straight life.

He's kinked like a kitchen phone cord.

He'll be back in the can before Valentine's Day.

If he lives that long.

You're not eating.

Something wrong with the soup?

No. You want to order something else?

No.

I'm just a little... unpedaled.

Well, you know why that is, don't you?

No, why is that?

Well, it's because you're fighting every single sexy impulse in your body, and

your body's fighting back.

Do you remember our one and only kiss?

Yeah. I remember everything about it. How the tip of your nose was cold.

How your lipstick had almost rubbed off.

How that parking lot smelled of tar and orange trees.

And that little sound. I remember.

I remember.

I'm not looking to put a burden on your life.

I like my privacy, too. But these feelings I have for you aren't going

They're getting stronger.

I want to go to bed with you.

And I was just sort of hoping that you'd feel the same way. Yeah, and just in

case, I don't suppose it's a coincidence that we're having lunch in a hotel

restaurant with about 600 rooms over our head.

At least tell me that you weren't so sure of me that you already booked the

room.

Ann?

Oh, they did.

Ross, I didn't expect to see you today.

What's going on, Stuart?

I wanted to talk to you both.

I've got some bad news.

Kelly changed her mind.

What? No.

I got a call last night from an attorney in New York telling me the deal was

off. She took another offer.

Why?

I don't know.

I never saw it coming.

We met her. She liked us.

She can't just... I went and talked to her, Russ.

She's gone.

She went back east. I don't even know where to reach her. Who made the other

offer? The attorney put her in touch with a Connecticut couple. I think her

mother actually knows them.

They have a big country house and horses.

Horses? That can't be it.

You're not telling us the truth.

I am.

Okay, here's what you do.

You tell her I'll buy her a barn. You tell her I'll buy her horses. Stuart,

don't want to get involved in a bidding war.

I wouldn't talk to her, Ross. You're looking for a rational explanation.

There isn't one.

She's just a kid, flying by the seat of her pants.

Maybe she wants her baby to grow up where the seasons change. Who knows?

I wish these things didn't happen.

But don't get down.

We'll keep looking.

It wasn't meant to be. It wasn't meant to be.

It's a little hard to believe that our lives could be turned inside out by the

whims of a teenager.

It was the first one.

There'll be plenty of others.

Absolutely. I, um... I got a meeting. I got a meeting with Lita. Are you okay?

Absolutely. I'm fine.

Sure? Yeah.

Really.

You want me off?

No, no, no. You're fine.

Good.

I don't think I can move.

You missed a spot.

Where?

Oh, there.

Rings from... Yeah?

All right, I'll be there.

What is it?

Homicide. Somebody killed Lyle Torrey.

Nothing. Grace,

Van, I want you to turn me. I want to see the body.

Come on, stay back.

Behind the LK.

Will you folks stand back? Does it show up yet?

Make sure you check it.

Taste it.

We had a deal.

We?

We didn't shoot him. They shooted right there.

The man sings, the man dies.

Simple as that.

How'd he find out?

I don't know. That's why I'm asking questions. You leaked it, didn't you?

put it out that Tory was an informer and you set him up.

Hey, counsel, give me a break, okay? Let me do my job. You promised me he'd be

safe. I promised you we wouldn't touch him.

And we did.

Well, I promise you there'll be a complete investigation.

Well, great.

You conduct yours, and we'll conduct ours.

Excuse me.

A

star

is born, you two, and I say that having just watched the tape.

He speaks the truth.

What on earth is that, David?

A point of purchase display.

How do you like it?

We put that in the store? Right next to the cash register.

It's not a bad picture.

You should be very pleased.

When's our next shoot?

I'll be editing down this footage over the weekend, and sometime next week I'd

like to get you out on a few locations.

A courthouse, a walk -down Rodeo Drive. Allison has some terrific ideas.

Great.

Then we have your matter to discuss.

My matter?

Actually, Arnie, I've never been married.

You pistol.

Oh, Benny, this is a videotape of you.

Thank you.

So how about it, Benny?

What do you think?

That's great.

Are we going to get pictures like this to everybody?

The irony is I'm trying to locate my guilt here, and I can't.

Well, maybe that's because you don't have anything to be guilty about.

You did everything you possibly could to right that wrong, and you succeeded.

At the expense of Lyle Torrey's life.

Trust me.

His departure is no great loss to mankind.

On top of which, three drive -by shooters are in custody because of you.

I'd say that ethics -wise and morals -wise, your books are balanced.

Rogoff struck a deal with the cops to get himself off the hook.

At my expense.

I struck a deal with Tory to get myself off the hook at his expense.

And the cops tied up the loose ends by picking up the bodies.

Uh -uh.

Thanks for your vote of confidence.

But it had nothing to do with ethics or morals.

It was purely political.

So you see, the system does work.

What?

So funny.

I can't concentrate.

Didn't get anything done all afternoon.

So that's okay.

I trusted Kelly.

I let myself want that baby.

Ann, that baby?

Our baby's waiting to be born to somebody.

Somebody we don't even know yet.

That little... That little soul is out there waiting for us.

So we gotta be patient, too.

We'll find our baby.

I swear to you.

You're making this up?

No.

I'm not.

I don't know whether you are or not, but it's a wonderful thought.

Thank you.

You feel better?

Much better.

Good.

So can we get some dinner?

Sounds good.

Where to? You want French food?

Yeah, whatever you want.

Can you hang on a second?