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Previously on L .A. Law. There was no bad faith, no sex discrimination.

You've got no case.

Leland, you just made your last mistake.

Did you tell her that things might have been different if she were a man, yes or

no?

Yes.

I think we should really think about just settling this thing. Make it

disappear. Everybody shut up. Oh, that's constructive.

Let's all shut up.

Stuart?

Is he having a heart attack?

I see nothing. Just follow me.

There he is. The heroic officer who shot a black kid in the back.

You're second sharing the Chisholm case as of now. Why?

Because you're black.

Because the media and everyone else is making this into a race thing. And

because I need some window dressing. I'm not comfortable with that.

It's not a request, Jonathan.

This is happening too fast.

Let it.

I think we should stop.

I don't want to stop.

I think you're going to make a great husband.

My history with women would indicate otherwise.

I hear you're getting married.

Yeah, I am.

Congratulations. Thank you.

Thank you.

A sex therapist renders their services exclusively in the form of dialogue.

Surrogates are partners.

Are you sure you want to risk getting involved with someone who does what I do

for a living?

You don't take your work home with you at night, do you?

I came as fast as I could. Now what's...

I don't know what to do. This never happened to me before.

I don't know what to do. Calm down, Marilyn. Just calm down. Okay. And tell

what happened.

That happened. One of my clients. God, I made him take a stress test before I

even took him on. I swear he was in good health.

He's dead?

I don't know what to do. I would have called the authorities, but that's

Miller. The state senator?

I'm scared of the publicity. Plus, I don't think he had a permit for the gun.

I don't think... I'm getting out of here. I really need help. Douglas! I

care. I'm not getting involved in this, for God's sakes. Douglas! No! After I

leave, you call the police.

God. It's just my nine o 'clock. I'll get rid of him. And then I'm leaving. I

was never here.

Douglas! No!

Hello, hello, hello.

Go home, Howard. The mission's scrubbed for today. I'm sorry, sweetie.

Bye.

Let's make this fast. We've got a busy day.

Stuart, welcome back. Glad you're feeling better. Thank you. You'll be

in half days?

This week, then full time. We were thinking that since Stuart has been

shouldering so much of the accounting and administrative stuff here, he should

get a second secretary to ease the burden, at least temporarily.

Michael, people versus Chisholm? Why, dear, today. Trial starts tomorrow or

Wednesday. I'm not sure.

I thought you struck a deal. We did, until Rogoff caved in.

I'll be needing Jonathan all week.

Rosalind Shays versus all of us. Obviously, she's winning, thanks to Ann

Don't start with me, Douglas. You totally buried us. All right. I asked

questions under oath, and I answered them. There is no point dwelling on

gaffe. Gaffe?

She didn't gaffe.

The point is, how do we go from here?

Arnold, I'm a little nervous about putting you up there.

Why? Why? Because you have a shaky reputation for honesty. She knows you to

the sleaze factor here, and Salas will pick at you like an open sore.

Stick it, Doug.

All right, Arnold.

Hey, I'm not talking to hear the sound of my voice. Stop it. You're upsetting

Stuart. Our malpractice insurance does not cover sex discrimination.

We're looking at real liability here, and our own people are killing us with

stupid testimony.

Hey, come on now.

Now, this thing is far from being over. Grace took a big chunk out of Rosalind

on the stand, and we haven't even begun our defense yet. Arnie, are you ready?

Barry, there you go.

We start with him, and then from there we just get better.

There is a plan here. This thing is not over, okay?

Now, he is absolutely correct.

You just ask me the questions, Grace. I'll pull this even.

This always won't lay a glove on me. Well, let's not get too cocky, Arnold.

not being cocky. I'm just telling you.

He can't touch me.

Okay.

Let's go.

We're adjourned.

Second.

Leland, can I see you for a second? Yeah, why not?

Arnold. Arnold.

I'm sorry. I'm just a little on edge because of a situation I have this

Okay. A situation, actually, for which I could use your advice.

What could I possibly have to offer?

I'm an open sore.

It was just a figure of speech.

You'll find me after lunch.

Thank you.

This firm has never forced lawyers to take cases. I don't see how you... Right

now, this firm is all tied up.

We can't keep everybody happy. The only reason you stuck me on this case is

because I'm black.

That's right.

That's right, just like I did the AIDS discrimination case because I was old,

and Ann Kelsey did the OBGYN case last year because she was pregnant.

Oh, and you have to use whatever gives you an advantage, Jonathan. In this

it happens to be your skin color.

Leland.

Okay.

Brian Chisholm may very well be innocent. I know this.

But personally, I'd like to think that someday I might be an effective voice

the black community.

If I go up against Darren Holloway, that'll never happen.

I'll always be the guy who took on Darren Holloway. Well, I'm not

to that, Jonathan. Believe me, I'm not. But Mr. Holloway is not a client.

The black community is not a client.

Brian Chisholm is.

Right now, he needs your help. Look, I've got to get to court.

Give Michael whatever he needs.

Removing Roswell and Shays was not something that we did casually. It was a

risky move for us. How so?

Well, any law firm to survive these days must project unity and stability to the

outside business world. Now, playing musical chairs with your senior

severely undermines that objective. The consequences could be devastating.

Why, Mr. Becker? What did Miss Shays do that was so terrible?

Well, many things. First, by the way, let me say that, personally, I happen to

like Roz.

I think she's a very misunderstood person. Not nearly the ogre she presents

herself to be.

Objection. Sustained. Mr. Becker, just answer the question.

Of course.

Initially, it was the alienation of the associates.

She took on a client who supported apartheid in South Africa and then

our black associate when he justifiably protested. She went behind the back of

Victor Cifuentes, our Hispanic associate, and settled the case from

Now, I'm not saying that Roz is overtly racist, but she demonstrated no regard

whatsoever.

for our minority employees.

What else did she do, Mr. Becker?

Well, it was this fundamental incompatibility that ultimately began to

through the firm like a cancer, and her underlying dishonesty simply became

prohibitive. And we felt sorry for her. That's why we chose not to fire her.

But, senior partner, please.

Thank you, Mr. Becker.

Nothing further.

Fundamental incompatibility.

You yourself secretly defected from this firm in the middle of the night last

year, didn't you? I temporarily left the firm, yes, I did. You snuck out, you

stole clients, and they sued you. Is that what you mean by stability and

Mr. Becker? Truth be told, one of the reasons I left was because Rosalind

was brought in. Oh, really? A second ago, you said you liked her. Personally.

But professionally, I couldn't endorse her methods.

And putting her in a leadership position, to me, represented a major

this firm's moral center.

Something that didn't sit well with my conscience.

Your conscience.

You've had sexual relations with several of your divorce clients, haven't you?

Objection, relevance.

Goes to explore this man's moral center, Your Honor.

I'll allow it. He opened the door.

You slept with clients?

You slept with opposing counsel?

Yes, Mr. Sollers, I've had relationships with people that I've represented. All

before I became a very happily married man.

As a person who works extremely hard, most of the people I meet are through

work. The fact that social friendships have resulted from some of my

professional associations is neither an indictment of my integrity nor my sense

of ethics.

And I'm personally offended at your suggestion to the contrary.

I'm confused, Mr. Becker.

You say Rosalind Shays was ousted because of incompatibility.

Ann Kelsey says it's because she was a woman. Which one of you is lying?

Objection. No, that's okay. Let me answer that.

Ann Kelsey wasn't lying.

She was mistaken.

Well, pretty big mistake to make under oath with such a huge judgment on the

line. The simple fact is Ann Kelsey tends to suffer from hypersensitivity on

-woman issues, stemming from the basic insecurity that she only became partner

on the coattails of her husband. I'm sorry, Ann, but sometimes this

would cloud her judgment. And while I have no doubt that she was sincere when

she made this statement, I also have no doubt whatsoever that her assumption

about Rosalind Shays...

It was totally misplaced.

The fact that a trial is going forward means nothing. This

could be nothing more than painting the illusion of justice where none exists.

Why are they assisting on a trial? As you say, they have no case. Because

District Attorney Rogoff is more interested in politics than he is in

Oh, let's all turn to Mr. Cusack for his interpretation of justice.

Ask Mr. Holloway if he even knows the facts of this case. Ask Mr.

Cusack why Mr.

Rollins is here. Why all of a sudden has he put a black attorney at his table?

Why don't you ask Mr. Holloway why he has to look on Jonathan Rollins as a

attorney and not just an attorney?

Because black is why you picked him.

He has nothing to do in this trial. I doubt he even believes in your client's

innocence. Is that true, Mr. Rollins? I have no comment.

Neither Mr. Rollins nor I have any doubt whatsoever as to Brian's innocent, and

neither will the jury.

Excuse me. Thank you.

Brian, would you excuse us for a minute, please?

Sure. What the hell was that?

What? A reporter asks you whether you think your client is guilty and you say

comment? Hey, I thought the object here was to just get through it. Don't give

me that crap.

No comment to a question like that borders on malpractice. The cameras were

pointed at you for God's sake and you said no comment?

Fine, I'm sorry.

Don't give me your sorry. There's a lynch mob mentality out there that's

to hang an innocent man and you just helped to fuel it.

I said I was sorry.

I don't care what your problem is. You get your head and your ass into this

trial.

Was the gun inside the holster?

That's really not important, Arnie.

You're probably right. Big fat cowboy senator croaks on top of a Palomino

surrogate. Who's going to care about the gun? Oh, please.

They're evidently hauling him out as we speak.

Arnie, I can't take this relationship anymore.

I can't come home to her, ask her how was her day, and hear about bullwhips

gerbils. So tell her to quit her job. She won't. She trained to be a sexual

surrogate. She says that's what she is. No.

I have to end it between us. So end it. Why do you need me?

Because you're the resident expert on wiggling off hooks. That's why.

I'm afraid Marilyn's pretty involved.

I don't want to hurt her, and I... You want to find the chicken's way out.

Exactly.

Well, I happen to think that you two make a very good couple, but if you're

that's what you want, here's what you do.

Yeah. Take her to a nice, elegant restaurant. You know, someplace where

wouldn't dare make a scene.

Nicky Blair's. Great, Nicky Blair's.

A little wine, salad and soise, and then you lean over with all the humility

that you can muster. And you say, now trust me, this works. You say, Marilyn,

I am overwrought with ambivalence. Come on. I swear to

God. And you just drop the bomb straight out.

She's not going to make a squeak. The place is too public. She might even

your honesty. God, I love it when that happens.

You say goodbye.

You tell her that it hurts you more than it hurts her.

You ask for the check.

And you don't look back.

Tip the valet on the way in and you'll have the car waiting.

It's so cold.

I was hoping to come out of it as friends.

Big mistake. Big mistake. Believe me. You want a total severance, a clean

The last thing you need are old memories coming back to haunt you.

Arnie? Douglas?

You know this young lady, don't you?

Uh, yes. Hello.

Hello. Hi, Arnie.

Gwen, what brings you?

I just hired you.

Oh, great.

Great. So, how's married life treating you?

Good. Very, very good.

Good.

Good.

And how long have you lived in Englewood, Mr. Lewis?

About 42 years.

Ever had any problem with the police? None that I can recall.

Do you believe that white policemen apply one set of rules to white people

different set to blacks?

Not in my experience.

Thank you.

Defense accepts this man.

Ever been the victim of a crime, Mr. Lewis?

My house was robbed once.

Police catcher did it?

Yes. You recall his race?

He was a black kid.

The prosecution asks that Mr. Lewis be excused for cause.

Objection. There's no showing for cause.

I believe that Mr. Lewis is conditioned to believe that blacks are more likely

guilty when charged with a crime.

Where do you get that?

The juror is discharged for cause.

Would the fact that he's a police officer make you more inclined to

he was innocent?

No.

All kinds of people commit crimes.

Policemen, too.

Thank you, Mr. Pryor. The people accept this juror.

Have you ever been arrested, Mr. Pryor?

I resent that.

Well, I take it you've never been arrested, then? That's right.

Thank you.

You ask white jurors that question?

Your Honor, the defense asks that Mr. Pryor be excused for cause.

No showing of cause, Your Honor. I see no reason this juror should be excused.

The defense exercises its last peremptory challenge. Ask to be heard in

chambers, Your Honor.

Let's go.

Well, I move we skip the trial and proceed immediately to sentencing. Don't

smart with me. That juror was not only predisposed to see your race thing here,

he took a pot shot at me. Maybe you provoked him.

Your Honor, I move that you recuse yourself from this case.

Opposed. On what grounds? On the grounds that you, like Rogoff, are too

politically scared to do the job here.

If I were scared, I would find a way to get off this case. I would dodge this

thing like an oncoming train, which is exactly what it is. But this judge

doesn't delay justice simply because the victims are black.

And this judge doesn't dole out favors and continuances to defendants simply

because they happen to be police officers. And this judge, because the

boundaries of his district were changed, suddenly can't be re -elected unless he

captures at least 50 % of the black vote.

Your motion is denied.

I want this on the record.

It's on the record.

Now, let's get back in there.

This trial's going forward.

Abby!

Abby, there's a film crew in reception.

There's some reporter who would like a comment on what's going on with all the

trials. I can't do it. I've got to get to a motion session.

Matt Kramer is trying to get an attachment on John McMahon's house.

The

plaintiff

was a witch, just like Rosalind.

What's going on here?

Everybody goes and comes like flies?

I'm sorry, but... Oh, excuse me. Is there someone here who could give a

statement on the ongoing trial? I have no comment on the Rosalind Shays trial,

other than to reiterate our continued confidence.

As for the Chisholm case, we remain gravely concerned to the extent that

politics and the media have invaded, if not infected, the judicial process. Do

you think Holloway was... I'm sorry, I can't hear you.

Your Honor, at this time, defense calls to the stand. Mrs. Susan Rabb.

Objection. This witness is not on their pretrial.

Your Honor, we just decided to call this witness last night. I notified counsel

this morning.

Sidebar, Your Honor.

This witness has no relevance to this case.

Our defense is that Miss Shays is a difficult person to get along with. This

a cheap attempt.

But, Mr. Dollars, if you want to adjourn after direct, you got it. But let's

keep this thing going.

I swear to her, Ann.

Raise your right hand.

Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,

help you God? I do.

Please state your full name for the record.

Susan Rabb.

Ms. Rabb, you're here under subpoena today, are you not?

Yes, I am. Could you please state your relationship to the plaintiff, Rosalind

Chase? She's my mother.

I seek to treat the witness as hostile, Your Honor.

Granted. Where do you live, Ms. Rabb?

I live in Glendale, California.

Do you know how far that is from Pacific Palisades, where your mother resides?

It's probably about an hour car ride.

I'm not positive.

And before this moment, when was the last time you saw your mother?

Objection. I'd like a little latitude, Your Honor. Go ahead. When was the last

time you saw her, ma 'am?

I'm not sure. Was it more than a year ago?

Yes. More than five years ago?

Probably. Could it be more than ten years ago? Look, I'm not sure. I said I

don't know. Do you have children, Miss Rapp?

Yes. What are their ages?

I have a seven -year -old son and a five -year -old daughter.

Have they ever met their grandmother?

Have your children ever met their grandmother?

No, they haven't. Why have your children never met their grandmother?

Answer the question, ma 'am.

We just...

We just don't get along, that's all.

Do you have any more questions, Miss Van Owen?

No, Your Honor.

Do you love your mother?

Of course I do.

Nothing further.

Cafeteria workers at Oak Ridge High School who were on strike for better

only last week... Somebody call for room service?

What's this?

This is a little bedtime champagne.

Do you know my morning head if I drink this stuff right before going to sleep?

Well, maybe we shouldn't go right to sleep.

That's sweet.

That's sweet.

Come here, you. I'm healthy, Ann. The doctor said I'm fine.

It's the trial. No, it's the heart attack.

If we're going to have a problem, let's at least be honest about it.

The doctor said sex is okay. It's not going to kill me.

I know.

Okay, let's have sex.

Mackenzie, Brackman, Cheney, and Cusack were busy in their own defense against

the splashy sex discrimination suit brought by powerhouse Rosalind Shays. We

sent IWN reporter Joyce Kulhawik to get an inside look at this headline -making

law firm.

Litigation always tends to be consuming.

But when your own firm is a named party and your own partners are subpoenaed as

witnesses, obviously things get hectic.

But in the end, we'll get branches involved.

and grind up rosin shaves into a cheap mulch. This just in. State Senator

Miller suffered a fatal heart attack this morning, apparently stress -induced

during sexual intercourse.

The senator was best known for his decision to fast in protest of the

Railways Act, only to be secretly videotaped at a McDonald's drive -thru.

This is a last -minute stunt.

It's no stunt, Your Honor. My client seeks to discharge me as counsel. That's

his prerogative.

What's wrong?

As long as I am still his lawyer, I would like all dialogue to go through

please. Denied. You want a new lawyer? You yourself will have to tell me why.

We have differences of opinion, which I feel compromise Mr. Cusack's ability to

provide effective representation.

Such as?

Work product. Don't answer.

Fine. Mr. Rollins will be your lawyer. We start tomorrow.

Your Honor, the conflicts are germane to the entire firm, Mr. Rollins included.

Either you tell me what these conflicts are or your motion is denied.

Defense strategy, personality differences.

He's not satisfied with my competency.

Uh -huh.

Well, you're competent, all right.

So competent, in fact, that I have no doubt that you instructed him to

you in order to buy more time.

hoping that by the time this thing rolled around again to trial, I'd be

up in something else and you'd have to get a different judge. Well, that's not

going to happen.

You're very adequate counsel.

No grounds for a switch.

This trial starts tomorrow. That's all.

Your Honor. I said that's all.

You can live with this? Oh, you think I like it? I got everybody breathing down

my back for a conviction while I barely have any evidence.

I was hoping a little trick would work.

Mr. Cusack.

Mr. Cusack, what the hell is going on?

God, I thought you said this would work out. Well, I was wrong, Brian. And quite

honestly, right now, I don't know what to tell you.

Aside from humiliating this firm, what you did bordered on fraud.

I was just trying to help.

That doesn't help.

Passing yourself off as an attorney.

Lying to the media, that doesn't help. I thought it sounded good.

Did you see it?

Murray, you can't do that.

So you don't want me to help? No.

You don't want me to pitch in? No.

Okay, okay.

Just so I understand it.

My help, you never want.

You ready?

Ready. The main thing is, show authority.

I know, Grace.

We've been over it again and again.

Leland, I've prepared more than a thousand witnesses, and nobody testifies

exactly the way it's rehearsed.

When you get up on the stand, you're going to be nervous.

That's acceptable.

Nerves cause some people to be tentative.

That is not acceptable, not in this case.

They'll try and paint you as the weak, aging senior partner who needed to be

rescued. Your demeanor has to suggest otherwise. I know what I have to do.

Good.

The reason I asked for this lunch?

There's something we must discuss.

You're a little slipped out about yesterday.

Actually, this concerns a bigger picture than yesterday's event.

Marilyn.

I'm overwrought with ambivalence.

Excuse me?

I adore you, but I want to terminate our relationship.

Because of one dead client in the holster?

It goes beyond that, but yes, the shocking confrontation with what you do,

sorry, but I just can't handle it.

And the honest thing is just to end things between us. The honest thing?

Douglas, I told you from the very beginning you didn't want to get

the sexual surrogate. Shh!

Keep your voice down.

Why did you specifically tell me that my job was not a barrier if it was?

I didn't really know myself very well back then. You knew yourself.

You were a bald, impotent workaholic.

Who couldn't even think about having sex without breaking wind.

Can I have a check, please? And I changed all that, Douglas.

I made you happy.

We made each other happy.

Overwrought. I told you I'm overwrought.

I was the one who brought her in. I certainly wanted to see her succeed.

But she didn't succeed in your mind, did she?

A senior partner has to be trusted by her partners.

She wasn't.

A senior partner has to deal honestly with clients, co -workers. She didn't.

she was voted out.

It never came to that.

Once it became clear she couldn't win, she resigned.

She wasn't pushed or shoved out or even asked to leave.

She just quit.

But you've heard her claim that she was forced out because she was a woman.

Well, that's ridiculous.

If we were against women, why would she have been an elected senior partner in

the first place? If we were against women, why have three of the last four

partners we've made been women? This dispute has nothing to do with gender,

Rosalind Shays knows that. Thank you, Mr. McKenzie.

I have nothing further, Your Honor.

You were old.

You couldn't hack it.

So you brought in a woman. You gave her the title, you let her build the firm

back up, and then you just took the job back.

It didn't happen that way. That's exactly how it happened.

You were smart, Leland.

Objection to the informality. I'm sorry, Mr. McKenzie.

That's right.

That's right. It's okay for Mr.

Becker to sit up here calling the plaintiff Roz, but dare we use a man's

name? Stick to the case, Mr. Sollers. I'm very much sticking to the case, Your

Honor. This man specifically wanted a woman taking his place because he knew,

with the makeup of his firm, he knew.

he could more easily get rid of a woman. That's crazy.

She lost the job because she manipulated people. She lost the job because she

couldn't be trusted.

Well, if you breed the trust that she can't, tell us why Arnold Becker

from you, not her. She could not run the firm. Then tell us why revenues went

down under your rule, not hers.

Tell us why when Rosalind Shays left, she took 11 of your long -standing

with her. I'll tell you this. Everything I ever did was in the best interest of

my fellow partners. Oh, is that right?

Well, could you tell us then why you exalted your own vanity at the expense

your partners?

What? Isn't it true, sir?

Even though you are hard of hearing, you refused to wear your hearing aids

because they embarrassed you.

Isn't it also true, sir, that Rosalind Shays, because she was worried about the

firm being sued for malpractice, had to ask you to wear your hearing aids? This

is totally irrelevant.

It is not irrelevant.

It goes to this man's ego, which is completely at issue. An ego that

the interests of his firm. Your Honor, Mr.

Sollers... An ego that victimized this woman. She victimized herself.

You were the executioner, Leland.

Objection. You were the one. Mr. Sollers, that is enough. I founded that

and I was not going to let her ruin it. You're a tired and scared old man.

Scared of... becoming obsolete.

I'm not obsolete. I am not obsolete. I founded that firm. Mr. McKenzie, settle

down.

I founded that firm.

I am not obsolete.

No further questions.

Day.

It's a lot easier when you close your eyes.

Thanks.

Diana?

Thanks

for

not beating me up on this.

Maybe I don't think you're wrong.

I'm sitting at the defense table.

Looking black.

Letting myself be exploited.

You don't think Holloway is exploiting things a little? Yeah, to make a point.

What's my point?

He's a blatant rejectionist, Jonathan.

He offers up nothing but rage.

Gets him a lot of cheers.

But what has he accomplished?

Sometimes rage is a start.

And look at what it started.

A public desperation for a conviction, no matter what.

Innocent or guilty, the damn well has to be a conviction to keep the peace.

That's what Holloway has started.

Baby, I don't know if Brian Chisholm is innocent.

The point is, whether he is or not seems to be totally irrelevant.

There's so much hate in that courtroom.

In the halls.

In everybody's eyes.

They're all afraid of it.

The judge, the DA.

Even Michael.

They're all afraid of the hate.

Okay, I'm listening. Simple deal. You stop talking to the press, inflaming the

media, we stipulate to negligence at the civil trial.

Nice sense of humor.

Hey, you represent the kid's family. Your obligation is to them. Now, we've

offered to make your whole civil claim. My clients aren't in this for money.

They're in this because their child was murdered. And they want the person

responsible for that to be held accountable.

And what are you in this for?

With all your grandstanding and pulpit thumping, what are you in this for?

one thing about me, Mr. Kuthak, I never bother trying to justify myself to

people like you.

Well, you're making it impossible for us to get a fair trial here. You're

poisoning the process, and you want to bother justifying that? You assume that

the process is poison -free to begin with. I don't.

Oh, by the way, Mr. Rollins, you're doing a great job.

I can see why he brought you in.

The toughest thing here, I suppose, is to put a price tag on a dream.

Because that's what they took from her, ladies and gentlemen, her dream to be a

senior partner.

She finally had her chance.

And when they forced her out, they crushed that dream. And the news went

whipping through the legal grapevine. Did you hear?

They threw her out.

Can you believe it? They dumped Rosalind Chase, put her out on her ass. She only

lasted two months. Wow.

By their actions...

They put out a declaration to the entire legal world that Rosalind Shays is

unfit for senior partnership status.

Oh, they had their reasons, a bunch of them. She was incompatible. She was

She was that. Well, it's funny how they waited until after she'd rescued him

from potential bankruptcy before deciding that she was incompatible.

You heard Ann Kelsey.

She admitted, had Rosalind Shays been a man, this might never have happened.

That's bad faith, ladies and gentlemen.

Bad faith.

Now, you can't give Rosalind Shays back her senior partnership.

You cannot return to her her dream that's probably gone forever.

The only thing that you good people can do is give her money.

See to it that you give her a lot.

Your Honor?

My clients knew that Rosalind Shays would likely pack up and leave if she

the senior partnership, and they also knew the likelihood that clients would

with her, and that that could financially cripple the firm.

So why would they want to vote her out?

Because she's a woman?

Give us a little credit for intelligence, ladies and gentlemen.

They want you to believe that this firm risked its entire solvency because they

didn't like women.

Would Ann Kelsey be working there if she thought that?

Would I?

Now, sitting here is one of the most gifted attorneys you could ever meet. It

was no fluke that Mackenzie Brackman began to flourish with her. She brought

clients. She made deals.

It is indisputable that Rosalind Shays is an extraordinary legal talent.

What is also indisputable, however, is that she can't get along with people.

She's severed every relationship that she has ever had.

That's why she sits here today.

She's a woman without friendships.

A woman without family. A woman who has never, ever even met her own

grandchildren. I feel sorry for Rosalind Chase.

Definitely do that. Because I think her dream, her real dream, is to be liked.

And she's not.

Thank you.

I didn't like the judge's charge to the jury. If we lose, let's order an

expedited transcript.

There are grounds for appeal here.

Okay.

Hi.

Hello.

I'm sorry about the scene.

But you hurt me.

I know.

Listen, I think you're being very reactive to something that shocked you.

And I totally understand.

But, Douglas, I love you.

Somehow I fell in love with your stupid bald head and your little

pessimistic idiosyncrasies.

I'm absolutely crazy about you.

Marilyn, all my life, I viewed myself through my father's eyes.

I know that's unhealthy and probably stupid.

But the bottom line is, he'd never approve of you and me.

But he's dead.

For God's sake, Douglas. It doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter.

Please go.

I love you.

Officer Chisholm claims that he was fired upon first by two

unknown drug dealers.

There's no evidence to suggest that these two drug dealers even exist.

No stray bullets were ever found. And though Mr. Chisholm never took a lie

detector test... Objection! Miss Fusco, you know better than that.

Members of the jury, whether or not the accused took a polygraph test is of no

relevance, and you're to give that no consideration.

Move for a mistrial.

Approach.

You're not getting a mistrial.

For God's sake, Your Honor. She didn't say he failed it. She implied that he

refused to take it. She did no such thing. She just said he didn't take it.

I see no prejudice.

But this is outrageous.

Keep your voice down. You let Holloway grant, then. You let in biased jurors,

and now with an obvious prejudicial statement by the district attorney, you

let... Your motion is denied.

It's all on the record ticket, up on appeal, but I am not stopping this

Now step back, both of you.

This is a bad job.

Step back.

Members of the jury, I apologize for the disruption.

I'm not going to take up any more of your time.

I think that justice will best be served if we get right to the evidence.

Evidence that will clearly demonstrate that the defendant, Officer Brian

Chisholm, gunned down a black teenager in cold blood.

Evidence that will demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that Brian Chisholm is

a murderer.

Thank you.

Cusack? Mr. Cusack?

I'm sorry.

Serving justice.

That's what she said we were here for, right?

Well, the only problem with that is it's premised on the assumption that we have

impartial jurors and a fair judge.

Now, I have my doubts about you jurors. I'll be honest with you.

But I have no doubts at all about that big chicken bastard sitting up there

wearing the robe. Mr. Kuzak, you are... This man cares nothing about justice.

All he cares about is getting re -elected. All he cares about is staying

Holloway's good side so he doesn't get scathed in the press.

You've got to call a mistrial now. Take him away.

You've got no choice now.

Hey, I haven't finished my opening statement.

Members of the jury, you are not to consider counsel's breakdown or in any

hold it against the defendant.

Mr. Cusack was simply attempting to get this trial called off for reasons which

have nothing to do with the issue before you.

Mr. Rollins, please take over.

Excuse me? Your Honor, under the circumstances, I... I will not reward

Cusack's outburst by letting him attain his objective.

This trial will go forward.

Mr. Rollins, please take over where Mr. Cusack left off.

You can't be... I said take up where he left off.

Okay.

Um... Um, I

believe he left off calling you a big chicken bastard worried about re

-election. He left out the two things... Bailiff!

He forgot to call you stupid. He forgot to ask who you bribed to get that rose.

Get him out. Objection. Get your hands off me. I want my objection on the

record. Members of the jury, I'm sorry. I have no other choice but to

suspend these proceedings and to declare a mistrial.

You're giving them what they want.

Shut up, Mr. Holloway.

I have no choice.

The jury is dismissed.

We're done.

Look at me.

Look at me.

Mr. Foreman, have you reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

What say you?

On the claim of bad faith termination, we find in favor of the plaintiff and

order the defendant to pay compensatory damages in the amount of $1.

We further order the defendant to pay punitive damages in the amount of $2 .1

million.

What happens now?

Well, we just sit here.

No, I mean with a trial. What happens?

Well, they'll impanel a new jury and we start all over again.

With Jet Stone still sitting?

I'll make another motion for recusal, but the way things are going...

Jonathan...

I want you to try this case.

You sure?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'll try the case.

We're obviously saddened at the incarceration of our two attorneys. We

a terrible abuse of judicial discretion.

As for the Rothenshays' verdict, that's an aberration. The finding is wholly

unsupported by the evidence and the award outrageously excessive.

Another atrocity of an overly litigious society.

Naturally... We will appeal.