All language subtitles for L.A. Law S08E18 Dead Issue

You produced a pornographic movie?

Yes. When?

You were shooting when?

February. The middle of February.

Holly both directed and starred in it.
Really? Yes, it's something I've wanted

to do for quite a long time. Holly and I
are engaged.

Oh, congratulations.

Thank you. This couldn't have come at a
worse time.

How did the DA find out about this
movie?

Someone from the lab that processed the
film told them.

Is there anything in there that's
particularly shocking or illegal?

Absolutely not.

No children, nobody dies? No, Mr.
Becker, there are no children and nobody

Arnie. I'm sorry, I have to ask you. You
know, at the completion of principal

photography, my boom man said to me that
if Billy Wilder ever got into porn,

this was the movie that he would make.
That is so true, too.

What exactly are you being charged with?
I'm being charged with pandering for

the purposes of prostitution.

For some reason, that woman, D .A.,
wants to make an example of me.

You know I'm not a criminal lawyer,
Yale. But I know you, and I trust you.

I don't want to tell my life story to
some stranger.

Never hid your interest in pornography
before.

Only within the confines of this office.

Or when he's with me. The truth is, I'm
very guarded about it otherwise.

I have recurring nightmares in which I'm
standing on line somewhere, a train

station, an airport. My attaché case
inexplicably comes open.

A pornographic magazine falls out.

Usually it's the little Danish pocket
pals.

Everybody stops what they're doing.

Everybody sees.

Everybody knows.

Trials are public, Yale. Then we can't
let it go to trial.

My parents cannot know that I have done
this.

They can never know about my interest in
pornography.

Do they know that you're engaged?

Of course they do. Well, what do they
think Holly does for a living?

They think that she's a buyer for
Bonwood Tellers. And there's no reason

they can't go on thinking that.

Okay. I'll see what I can do.

We also want the film back. Oh, yes.

You don't have a copy?

No. The D .A. has the only copy. It was
confiscated from the lab.

And neither Yale nor I have ever seen
the film.

And we want to.

Yes, we do.

We want to see it.

Very badly.

Hey, Stuart, you got a minute?

Hi, Joyce.

Do you have a minute? Sure. I was
wondering if one of your

partners had changed their mind about
representing me.

No.

Is it strictly a matter of money?

No, not at all.

What is it, then?

Well, we're a small firm, and our
resources are limited. Our litigators

surfeited with work.

You know the case. Why don't you
represent me? I do your taxes, Julius.

a trial lawyer.

Yeah, trial starts this afternoon.

Yeah, I know.

Well, wish me luck.

Good luck.

Okay, people, let's get started. Hardy
versus Hardy.

That's mine. We're representing the
wife. Depositions are getting started

What are you doing handling a divorce?

I asked her to handle it. I'm
underwater.

Matrimonial law is not Anfield.

Actually, Leland, my first job was with
a firm that did exclusively matrimonial

law. I have a fair amount of experience
in it. That notwithstanding, in the

future, I want all realignment or
reallocation of firm resources to be

the knowledge and consent of either
Douglas or myself.

Okay. Pierce versus Watson.

Pierce versus Watson.

Whose is it?

Technically, it's not anybody's. I'd
just like to discuss it.

the guy with the newsletter?

Yes, it is. He's being sued for libel by
an esteemed nuclear physicist.

I think he has a case. Stewart.

What? He's not a paying client, Stewart.
We have taken pro bono cases before.

All the more reason not to take on this
one. From everything you've told me,

this guy wants to go to trial just to
prove a point.

Assume that he does.

Does that rule out our representing him?
We have a finite number of trial

lawyers at this firm, Stewart.

Currently, none of them are available.

I may be available towards the end of
the week.

I'm available now.

Maybe I can second chair.

If the decision has been made not to
represent this gentleman, I just assume

left it at that. People versus Tobias.

Yale Tobias produced a pornographic
movie he finds himself being prosecuted

pandering. I thought the courts ruled
that prostitution laws couldn't be used

prosecute pornographers.

Yeah, they're distinguishing this case
based on the theory that Yale Tobias

the movie for his own sexual
gratification, that he was, in fact, the

rather than the producer.

That's a bit of a... Stretch, no?

It's a huge stretch. On the other hand,
Yale is an otherwise reputable

businessman who lets his obsession with
all things pornographic get him involved

in less than respectable enterprises.

It's my guess that this caught the
attention of some hell -bent for leather

feminist in the DA's office.

I assume this raises serious free speech
issues in your mind, Arnie. Yes, it

does, Jane.

Point of information, why doesn't the
same concern extend to my client?

your client has no money to do it.

Ah. Asked. And answered.

Fortune comes a -crawlin', calliope
woman, spinnin' that curious

sense of your own.

Can you answer?

Yes, I can.

But what would be the answer to the
answer man? Gentlemen, sorry for the

It's cool.

You'll be deposing Mrs. Hardy today,
right?

Right. I think we should get started.

Take it slow, let it grow.

Would you state your name for the
record?

Carolyn Hardy.

And you are currently married to Dale
Hardy?

Yes, I am. And how long have you been so
married?

22 years.

And over the course of those 22 years,
you and your husband have accumulated a

great many things.

One of us worked.

There's a house, two vehicles, several
bank accounts.

And whose name are all of these things?

They're in both of our names.

Yet you saw fit to lock your husband out
of the house.

He was using our house as a crash pad
for other Grateful Dead fanatics. I

him to stop on numerous occasions.

He refused.

I changed the lock.

And you're asking that most of these
personal possessions that you've

accumulated, including the Grateful Dead
memorabilia collection, be sold?

Right again.

This despite the fact that your husband
remains attached to it? My husband needs

to unattach himself.

Never. Or, in the alternative, find a
way to support himself.

When man gathers what another man
spills. Bill, did it ever occur to

That not everything that Jerry Garcia
ever said was necessarily profound.

Carolyn. And that not every situation in
life can be summed up by Grateful Dead

lyrics. Can I ask why the animus toward
the dead? Not relevant. Could it be that

you were once a deadhead yourself? Not
relevant. She is not being analyzed

Mr. Ritzig. She's the one who turned me
on to the dead. She was into the dead

before I was. Yes, and I was 18 years
old when I did that.

I'm 41 years old now.

Our kids are grown up and out of the
house. And at this point in my life, the

most important thing to me is not the
Grateful Dead.

I do not want their posters on my wall.

I do not want their bumper stickers on
my car.

What I want is to start over and do my
best to try and forget how much of my

life I spent being married to you.

Dr. Pierce, would you tell the court
your occupation?

I teach physics at Caltech.

Would you tell the court what you did
prior to that?

I taught at Princeton for some year.
Before that, I worked for the

And what did you do for the government,
sir? I was a nuclear physicist.

I did research pertaining to nuclear
physics.

Were you involved in a particular
project in which nuclear devices were

detonated and pilots were engaged to fly
through the mushroom cloud at the test

site? Yes, I was. Would you tell us the
purpose of this? We were studying the

effects of radiation on human beings.

Were you aware that these pilots were
placing themselves at risk?

Yes, I was, and we acted accordingly.

They wore leaded glass hoods. They
breathed pure oxygen from self

systems. To the best of our ability, we
tried to protect those men.

But some of them got sick. It's a
tragedy, for which I'm deeply sorry.

Would you tell us the circumstances,
Doctor, under which you first became

of what Julius Watson had written about
you.

One of my students is a young man from
South Korea, very bright, very new to

this country.

He came to me one day after class. He
showed me the article, and he asked me

it could be true.

He was the only one of my students to
ask.

What effect, if any, did the publication
of this article have on you?

The student newspaper reprinted the
article. It was widely circulated among

the students and the faculty.

The result is that I've become something
of a pariah.

Because I have tenure, I can't be fired.
It's clear to me, however, that

everyone wishes that I would go away.

I have nothing further.

Mr. Watson.

Did you ever conduct tests into how to
poison a city's food supply?

No, I did not.

You never experimented with poisoning a
food supply using radioactive strontium?

Objection. Asked and answered.

Sustained. Okay.

I'd like to refer to an interview with
an attending physician to Major Revelle.

Objection. Hearsay.

Sustained. What? I can't refer to an
interview?

No, you may not, Mr. Watson.

Okay.

Isn't it a fact... I know that's how
you're supposed to start the question.

Isn't it a fact that you were told by a
number of military personnel that the

pilots felt as though they were being
lied to?

Objection. Hearsay.

Sustained. What do I have to do to get a
point across here, Judge?

What you have to do, Mr. Watson, is
adhere to the rules of evidence.

You'll have to forgive me. I'm not
altogether conversant with the rules of

evidence. Then maybe you shouldn't be
representing yourself.

I'm sorry, Your Honor. I used to have
money for lawyers. I don't anymore.

I can't help that. Your Honor, excuse
me. Yes, what?

My name is Stuart Markowitz. I'm with
the firm of Mackenzie Brackman. May I

approach the bench?

Yes, you may, sir.

I represent Mr. Watson in other matters.

With his consent, I'd like to ask you
for a day's continuance so that I can

represent him in this matter. Mr.
Watson?

Absolutely, I consent.

This court's adjourned.

We'll reconvene tomorrow morning at 10 a
.m.

My father was a fighter pilot in World
War II in Korea.

He retired in 1965 as a major.

After the Korean War, what was his
assignment?

He was a test pilot.

And what was he testing between the
years 1952 and 1954?

Well, I was a little girl at the time,
so no one actually told me.

But I knew that whatever he was doing
was important.

And I knew that it was secret.

Men would come to the house and take
blood samples and specimens.

My dad would make us go outside.

When you got older, did he tell you what
he was doing during this period?

Objection, hearsay.

Your Honor, I think she should be able
to tell us what her father was doing.

The objection's overruled. I'll allow
it.

Whenever they tested bombs, he was one
of the pilots that flew through the

clouds. How would you describe his
health after he retired?

There were strange things at first.

His ear swelled for no apparent reason.

Then he couldn't move his legs.

Then his thyroid had to be removed, and
then his colon.

He suffered in pain for five or six
years.

And then he died.

Have you ever seen Dr. Pierce before
today?

I saw him the day my father was buried.

And what, if anything, did he say to you
on that day? I'll allow it.

He said he was sorry.

He said that there were certain things
that my father couldn't be told.

Objection? Hearsay?

Sustained and stricken.

I have nothing further.

Did you ever hear your father blame Dr.
Pierce for what happened to him?

No. Did you ever hear him blame anyone?

My father was a patriotic man, Mr.
Sumner. He believed that what he was

was his patriotic duty.

He would never have blamed anyone for
what happened to him. Your father was

a soldier, was he not, ma 'am? Yes, he
was.

A very brave, highly decorated soldier.

Is it possible that he accepted the
risks attendant to the radiation tests

the same way that he accepted the risks
attendant to the many bombing missions

he flew? He was never told what the
risks were. Do you think he needed to be

told? Objection speculative.

Sustained. No further questions.

No, but my father wasn't supposed to be
a guinea pig.

He wasn't supposed to be sent up into
those clouds so that this man could

him while he wasted away.

His country owed him better than that.

What do you do for a living, Mr. Hardy?

I do a variety of things.

Like what?

Merchandising, for the most part.

What do you merchandise?

I run a clearinghouse for Grateful Dead
concert tapes.

I also go to the concerts where I sell
frisbees and... Beach balls, dog

bandanas. It's what I do.

How much does what you do produce in
income?

All together or annually?

Annually.

About $12 ,000.

Plus this year I traded some concert
tapes for a 1961 Volvo station wagon.

Mr. Hardy, you've made a practice, have
you not, of following the Grateful Dead

from city to city in order to attend
their concerts?

Yes, I have made it a practice.

You traveled to Egypt for a Grateful
Dead concert.

Yes, I did.

I still can't get over that you went and
I didn't. Oh, man, Dark Star in front

of the pyramids. Unbelievable.

Oh, man, all other versions just pale in
comparison. Including the 69 Fillmore

West concerts. Including everything.

Can we keep going with this, please?

Would you acknowledge, sir, that it was
your wife who provided the funds for the

purchase of your home?

What difference does it make who
provided the funds? If it was acquired

course of the marriage, it's marital
property. It's irrelevant to the

disposition of assets.

It's in no way relevant to the
disposition of assets.

I'm instructing my client not to answer.

Would you acknowledge that it was your
wife who provided the funds for you to

to Egypt as well as for a six -week
stopover in Kathmandu? I'm going to

to that, too. I thought it wasn't
supposed to matter who paid for what.

talk to me, Mr. Hardy. You just answer
me yes or no.

Was I a good father to our kid?

That is not the issue, Mr. Hardy, and
you are not the one asking the

Answer me. Was I or wasn't I?

You don't need to consult with your
attorney for an answer to that, do you?

you were. You were a good father.

Well, then what the hell are we sitting
here arguing about money for?

Because we find your demands regarding
money to be unreasonable.

I'm not a burnout, Carolyn.

I'm not some kind of hustler, either.
Mr. Hardy, I am not done with the

deposition. Well, I am.

I'm done with it. I'm not going to sit
here like some kind of a criminal. I

didn't do anything wrong.

I like the Grateful Dead.

I like their music.

People all over the world like their
music. There was Grateful Dead lyrics

-painted on the Berlin Wall, man. So
what?

So what?

So maybe they're not just another rock
and roll band.

Maybe they're on to something.

Maybe there's more to being a deadhead
than just the music.

Maybe it's a little heavier than that.

As you know, I'm involved in a community
outreach program that helps homeless

and developmentally disabled deadheads.
We offer food and emergency counseling,

and we go and check on them and see if
they're still alive. Mr. Grisick, if

client refuses to finish this
deposition, I will go into court and I

for sanction. Well, the last time I
looked, I was still a free United States

citizen. And that means that right now,
I'm walking out that door.

Alan?

You wrote the article in which Dr.
Pierce is characterized as Dr. Death. Is

right? Right.

What was the basis for that?

Well, the basis was radiation
experiments. The good doctor conducted

unwitting human beings, said experiments
resulting in their death.

What evidence do you have that said
experiments did anything of the kind?

United States government mortality and
morbidity reports, counselor.

Significantly elevated incidence of
cancer in subjects of the doctor's

experiments. Are you trained as a
scientist, Mr. Watson?

No, I'm not. Did you consult anyone who
was?

Prior to writing this article?

Yes, I did. Can you provide me with
their names and credentials?

No, I cannot.

Why can you not?

Because they requested that their names
not be used.

Do you employ a fact checker at your
magazine, sir?

Yeah, me.

An editor?

Also me.

Is it fair to say, then, that you can
write and publish pretty much whatever

want? It's the only true compensation
for being an ongoing source of

disappointment to my parents.

I'll take that as a yes.

Have you ever been sued for libel
before, sir?

Objection. Irrelevant and prejudicial.
Goes to pattern, Your Honor.

I'll allow it.

Mr. Watson?

I've been sued for libel before.

How many times?

Actually sued three times.

Of those, two I won.

Settled out of court and won.

Isn't it a fact that each and every time
you were sued, it resulted in more

publicity for both you and your
publication?

than you otherwise ever received.

I wrote what I wrote because this man
acting with the government's blessing

support victimized and ultimately
murdered innocent people.

When reports of his tests came out in
the mainstream press, it was a one -day

news story. I picked up the ball. I ran
with it. Did the mainstream press

attribute to the experiments of Dr.
Aaron Pierce either the victimization or

murder of a single person? No, they
didn't. Did they ever refer to him as

Death? Of course not. They're the
mainstream press. They're respectable

polite and mainstream.

I'm none of those things. See, I'm the
guy who sits in the back of the class

shooting spitballs.

I also happen to be the guy who's
telling the truth.

So you say.

Your Honor. I have no further questions,
Your Honor.

Belinda Fox?

That's me.

Hi.

I'd like to talk to you about the Tobias
case.

Who are you?

Arnold Becker.

I'm Yale Tobias' attorney.

Sit down.

As a rule, I don't get involved in
criminal cases, so you'll have to

if I'm not up to date. However, from my
readings of past appellate court

decisions, you don't have a case.

You'll understand, Mr. Becker, if I
don't send my ship to war based on your

reading of past appellate court
decisions.

I'm given a certain amount of discretion
here. Sometimes that allows me to get

creative. And who do you think this guy
is that you're going after?

I think he's a rich businessman who
decided to get into porno.

I want to demonstrate to him that there
might be unforeseen consequences in

that. I want to demonstrate it not just
to him.

Why go after someone this small? This
guy's nothing. I've seen his tax

dearest. He's not nothing.

You've looked at his tax returns.

Are you aghast?

Have you ever met this guy?

No, I haven't.

Would you permit me to bring him in here
so that you could meet him?

Sure.

Thank you.

I'll schedule an appointment.

How do you want it?

Excuse me?

The door.

Open or closed?

Open.

What? Department of Energy file I
requested under the Freedom of

Act. I didn't know you had done that. I
file an average of two requests a month,

Stuart. What for? Anything and
everything.

FBI surveillance records, Air Force data
on extraterrestrials, CIA logs

regarding various assassinations. I ask
for it all.

Once in a while, I actually get lucky.

Can't tell me?

Nothing. Let's get to work.

Your Honor, I believe I'm entitled to
recall Dr. Pierce to the stand for

purposes of cross -examination. Dr.
Pierce has already been cross -examined.

Such cross -examination as occurred was
conducted by my client, appearing pro

se. That was his decision, Mr.
Markowitz.

You don't get a second bite at the apple
because you hire a lawyer.

Additionally, Your Honor, we have only
recently come into the possession of

certain new evidence.

Proceed, Mr. Markowitz.

On March 1st, 1954, a 15 -megaton
nuclear device was tested on the Bikini

Are you familiar with that test, Doctor?
Yes, I am. And are you aware of the

fact that radioactive fallout blew over
to the islands of Rongelap and Utyrik?

That was unforeseen. And are you aware
of the fact that Rongelap and Utyrik are

inhabited? As I said, that was
unforeseen.

Did you get the consent of the people
who inhabited those islands? Your Honor,

counsel is goading this witness. Dr.
Pierce has stated twice that the result

unforeseen. Clearly, no consent would
have been obtained.

Move on, Mr. Markowitz.

Are you familiar with the Tenzer School
for Boys, Doctor?

No, I'm not. Are you aware of a study
that administered radioactive isotopes

antimony to the students of this school?

Well, there are many such tests, Mr.
Markowitz. That particular one doesn't

a bell.

Is it your contention that...

Consent was obtained from all the
participants in all these studies?

Oh, yes.

Informed consent?

Yes, Mr. Markowitz, informed consent.

Would it surprise you to learn that the
students at the Tenzer School for Boys

were mentally retarded? Your Honor, I
object to this whole line of

Overruled. Would it shock you to learn
that the participants in this experiment

were told that they were joining a
science club to segregate them from the

of the school?

And that the radioactive isotopes were
introduced into their milk during mid

-morning snack?

First of all, I didn't do that. Second
of all, we didn't have any idea what the

effects of radiation were at that time.
I ask that this Department of Energy

study be introduced into evidence, Your
Honor, as Defense Exhibit A.

So ordered.

Doctor.

Is this your name?

This is totally misleading.

Is this your name, Doctor?

Yes. According to this study, you and a
panel of scientists analyzed the data

from the tens of schools.

So I'm going to ask you one more time,
Doctor.

Did you or did you not know that human
subjects were being used who were

incapable of giving informed consent?

You and your client are so sure of your
moral superiority.

You take your freedom and your comfort
for granted. The world was at war when

this was going on.

We were locked in mortal combat, first
against Germany and Japan, then against

the Soviet Union.

We feared being dominated by them. Now,
the fact that we no longer fear them

isn't an accident. It didn't just
happen.

Myself and men like me spent our lives
developing the military strength that

would prevent our enemies from defeating
and dominating us.

We tested potential military use of
nerve gas.

We tested the potential military use of
LSD. We also tested the potential

military use of radiological poison.

See, we didn't have the luxury of
forswearing the use of any weapon,

particularly those that our enemies were
developing to use against us.

Your freedom and your comfort were
provided to you by us, by what we did.

You still haven't given me an answer,
Doctor.

I knew everything.

I have no further questions.

Excuse me.

In the interest of bringing this to a
close, my client is prepared to make

certain concessions.

Like what?

We agreed to let Dale have the house.

One car and 50 % of all money is held in
their joint accounts.

Scary movies, man. We may be able to
settle this.

I don't want the house.

What do you mean?

I mean I don't want the house.

She paid for it. It's hers.

Dale, I'm willing to let you have it.
What's the problem?

I don't want to be the object of
charity, man.

Correct me if I'm wrong, Mr. Hardy, but
up until today, weren't you in here

asking for the house?

I changed my mind.

Why? Because I don't want to give you
the satisfaction of being able to say to

all your friends or their suits and ties
that your deadhead ex -husband got the

house. Oh, and that's why I'm doing it,
right, Dale? To talk about it. Carolyn,

you don't have to force him to give you
the house.

I should just leave it empty and see how
long it takes him to move back in. Hey,

I don't want to go back there anymore,
and you do. I'm never going back.

Oh, never say never, Dale. You may need
a dry place to sleep one night.

You know, I remember being at Watkins
Glen.

And the Grateful Dead are up on the
stage.

And you and me were right down there in
the front.

And Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzman go
into their dual drum solos.

And the boys go into Not Fade Away.

Into St. Stephen.

Into The Eleven.

Went in to turn on your love light.

And I look over at you.

You got on this crocheted top.

pink sunglasses.

And I just think to myself, in this
whole universe, everything is right

should be.

And I look at you now, sitting here with
your lawyer, and I wonder how the hell

I ever could have felt that way.

Just make sure you get all my tapes back
from her.

I'll sign anything you agree to.

You can arrange something with him?

Yes.

Okay, just let me know what it is.

A small present before we start
negotiating?

Sure.

Working man's dead, live dead, axa
-maxa.

What are these for?

Consider it a gift.

Thanks.

The only reason that Yale produced this
film is that his fiancée got it into her

head that she wanted to direct.

You're not exactly a stranger to the
world of pornography, though, are you,

Tobias? As a collector, and solely as a
collector, I do not, as a rule, produce

films. The truth is that between
magazines and films, I greatly prefer

magazines. Is that right?

Magazines. And playing cards.

She doesn't have to know all that, Yale.
Miss Fox, if there is any way at all...

that we can avoid this becoming public,
I would do anything you ask.

I don't know that there is.

I will plead guilty.

I... I will pay any amount of money. I
will do community work.

Miss Fox, I have living parents.

In the event that that doesn't strike a
sympathetic chord, let me factor into

the equation that the prints of this
film were obtained from a lab technician

believe acted only after being coerced
by you or those acting on your behalf.

i think that constitutes an illegal
search and seizure do you yes i do i

you're all wet that notwithstanding it's
possible i was mistaken about you mr

tobias Now, if all this represents is a
one -time venture on your part, I think

I'd probably be ill -advised in
committing the resources of this office

prosecution. Plead guilty to lewd and
lascivious behavior, pay a fine, and

let it go at that. Fine. No way. Arnie.
I'll have the whole thing thrown out of

court. I don't want to go to court,
Arnie. I'll have you brought up and

Don't threaten me. Arnie, Arnie, Arnie.

Make it disorderly conduct and his
records expunged in six months.

Deal. Please.

Deal. Thank God.

I'll have the papers drawn up by the end
of the day.

What time should I come by for it? I'll
be ready to leave work around 7 .30. Why

don't you come around then?

I'll do that.

Excuse me, Caroline.

Ann called to say she'd be running a
little late. Okay.

Sit to read over all the papers.

I read them.

And sign all three copies.

It's a lousy thing, isn't it?

Yeah. Can I get you anything? Tea,
coffee, anything?

No.

I've been with this guy since I was 18.

That's a long time.

I had my mind made up that when the kids
were out of the house, that was it.

When Dylan started his freshman year of
college, I served him the papers.

Had you been thinking about it a long
time?

On and off for years.

Well, maybe this is good. I mean, you
did it, and now it's done.

I don't want it to be done.

I went through a lot with that idiot.
This is hard.

I know it's hard.

I had an idiot like that once myself.

You were with somebody for a long time?

Yeah. Time I was 16 until I was 22.

We weren't married, but it was like we
were married.

It was worse than being married.

Why did the two of you break up?

You know, we went our separate ways.

I mean, to him, the idea of going beyond
heaven you are on 86th Street was like

going to another planet.

Do you miss him?

Yeah, I miss him.

Look, do you think that Ann will be mad
at me if I take these overnight to think

about things before I sign?

You're the client. You sign when you're
ready to sign.

Dr. Death.

A man devotes his whole life to science,
works in the service of his government,

conducts tests and experiments that were
both approved by the President of the

United States and performed as part of a
stated policy of the United States

government.

Years later, he finds himself vilified.
He finds his work viewed out of context

and utterly distorted.

He's no longer a scientist.

He's a killer. He's Dr. Death.

Julius Watson, he puts out a little
newsletter in which he expresses his

about a variety of things.

He's entitled to his views.

He's entitled to muckrake, to criticize,
and to pontificate to his heart's

content. What he is not entitled to do
is drag a man out of the quiet life that

he is living so that he can lie about
him.

Make no mistake, ladies and gentlemen,
lie is exactly what Julius Watson did.

When he wrote that this man personally
exposed people without their knowledge

and consent to lethal amounts of
radiation, he was lying.

And you don't get to do that.

It's not called freedom of the press.
It's called libel.

Julius Watson is guilty of it. We ask
you.

to judge him guilty of it.

And we ask that you award Aaron Pierce
the sum of one half million dollars.

There can be no question that there were
radiation tests done in the 1950s that

resulted in people dying.

There can be no question that many of
those people had this done to them

their knowledge or their approval now
Did the plaintiff?

Personally administer these tests it
scarcely matters he knew about them he

utilized data drawn from studies of
Retarded boys who were tricked into

being laboratory animals on what
possible?

basis can you contend that the term Dr.
Death was liable? It's not liable,

ladies and gentlemen.

It's the truth.

Julius Watson was telling the truth.

And in our country we don't punish
people for that.

Where have you taken me?

Somewhere with a view?

Is this a ritual of yours?

What?

Taking women parking in your Bentley on
the top of Mulholland. You're the first.

You're lying.

I'm not. What?

Truth is, I don't want to be the first.

No?

No.

I want to be the last.

You know, I've noticed you someplace
before.

Yeah, when was that?

It might have been in the courthouse.

It might have been at some bar so decent
dinner for some student to be appointed

federal judge.

Wherever and whenever it was, I know I
once noticed you.

What did you think when you noticed me?

Oh, who are those for? They're all for
me, doll.

Who sent you roses?

A very attractive woman sent me roses.
Oh, really?

And I say attractive not owing
exclusively to her physical beauty

also attractive because she takes the
initiative.

Is that what you call it, the
initiative? She's coming after me.

point. She's making me the object of
desire. She's sending me $150 worth of

roses this off one date. What does that
tell you about me?

That you date very disturbed women.

Okay.

Has the jury reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

We find in favor of the defendant,
Julius Watson.

Jury's dismissed for the thanks of the
court.

We stand adjourned.

What's with the suit?

Dressed for a funeral.

Don't let's get morbid, shall we? And
the mustache?

You told me about a thousand times to
shave it off.

Think of it as kind of a going -away
present.

Since you're not moving back, I went
ahead and brought some stuff that I

you might want back the most.

You may want to inventory the contents.

Why don't we just get the agreement
signed first?

Oh, no. Go ahead.

Inventory the contents.

Um, I don't see anything pre -1970.

Oh, yeah, no, wait, I got it. Those are
all the A -shelf tapes. I didn't bring

everything. Is there a 1968 Matrix
concert there with Paul Butterfield? I

know, Dale. I didn't go through those.
Well, I'm not holding out on you if

that's what you're thinking.

Avalon Ballroom, 1967.

Winterland Strike Benefit, 1968.

Clark University, 1969.

Man, I gotta get those. Why don't you
finish the inventory, Mr. Hardy? Hey,

counselor, man, this is my life in this
box.

It might take me a little while to go
through it.

I'll do it.

This is not your life, Dale.

This is a box of stuff.

These are your tapes.

These are your overalls. This is your
lucky hat.

Here's your ticket stub collection.

This is the crocheted top I wore that
impressed you so much. These are the

sunglasses. You kept that stuff all this
time?

Now you want to get rid of it? She's
offering you the items, Mr. Hardy. Do

want them or not?

I want her to keep what's hers.

Fine. I'll keep what's mine.

Excuse me. I'm going to go to the
ladies.

Do you have sparkling water of any kind?

I'll get you one. No, it's cool. I can
get it.

Kitchen's right there.

Have you listened to those CDs yet?

No. Is

there any

sparkling water of any kind?

Right here.

Can I get you a glass?

Not necessary.

Your deal, right?

Right.

We took a little break.

My wife's upset.

Yeah, I talked to your wife yesterday.

I know she's upset.

Why was she upset yesterday?

Pretty much for the same reason she is
today.

Thanks for the drink.

You changed.

So what does this mean?

It means I don't feel like signing these
papers today.

I may feel like signing them tomorrow,
but I definitely don't feel like signing

them today.

Then you shouldn't.

Since the first time I stepped onto a
porno set in all the films that I was an

actress, either as an ingenue,
secretary, schoolteacher, housewife, I

knew I wanted to direct.

And it took Yale for me to make that
happen.

How exactly did you two meet?

Holly was doing a personal appearance at
an adult video trade show.

I stammered out in appreciation of her
work.

And then it was a matter of a weekend.
We were unflinchingly, unreasonably in

love.

Here's to trade shows.

Here's to you.

Yeah, really. I don't know if you're
interested in referrals or not, Mr.

but there are lots of people in the
porno business that are looking for a

lawyer, and I'm talking about people who
could pay.

Also, we, Holly and I, may have some
upcoming ventures to talk to you about.

I mean, between CD -ROM and software
delivery systems utilizing telephone

there is a whole world of opportunity in
hardcore pornography.

How long do you think it'll be before
the DA returns the film?

That may take a while.

Having made a major concession in
dropping the pandering charge, DA's

probably going to drag their feet in
returning the evidence.

There are images in this film that I
worked very hard to achieve.

She really did.

I mean, this isn't just me getting
pawed, tearing my clothes off on my

my back, money shot and out. No. This
film has wit.

It has irony.

If I may interrupt, what's really
wonderful about it is that none of it

the expense...

of an almost overpowering display of
sexual carnage.

I could go on for days, but I won't.
I'll stop when I know.

Gail? Oh, no, please.

You've given me so much pleasure over
the years. I couldn't take any money

you. Oh, that's very sweet.

Thank you.

Honey, could you hold these for me,
please?

Thanks.

Bye, Arnie.

What are you doing here? Get in and I'll
tell you.

Love your car.

Thank you.

What are you doing here? I had a date
tonight.

A date with a man whom I like, whom I
admire, but not in whom, at this moment,

I'm particularly interested.

The entire time that I was here with
him, I had my eyes on you.

I suggest we drive up to my house and
put Holly's film on the VCR.

Stephen with the rose In and out of the
garden he goes Country garland in the

wind And the rain wherever he goes The
people all complain Grateful Dead.

Can you turn it down?

Sure.

Now you're listening to the Grateful
Dead?

My adversary in the Hardy case gave me
some of their albums.

Truth is, though, I used to listen to
them a lot.

Oh, I forgot. You did have your communal
years.

Unlike you.

Not me.

I make no claims to having participated
in anything.

Congratulations on the trial, by the
way.

Yeah, it was less than wholly
gratifying.

Why was that?

We beat this guy who did all these
terrible things in the 50s, right?

Well, if this were the 50s, I might
think he was right.

Then you'd both be wrong.

You were never wrong, were you?

Yeah, plenty of times.

Yeah? You mean among the macrobiotic
diets and the doctrinaire Marxism and

sexual promiscuity and the Grateful
Dead, you actually made a mistake

Yes, absolutely.

Good.

I'm going to go take a bath.