All language subtitles for L.A. Law S08E22 Finish Line

The fact that he's in today should tell
you most of what you need to know. What

did that tell you? Well, he was only out
three days. That should tell you that

there was no invasive surgery, and that
should tell you there was no

metastasized tumor. How do you know so
much about this?

Oh, I've been in consultation all week.
A very good friend of mine is one of the

leading urologists out here. I've spoken
with him. I've spoken with Mel

Silverblatt, whom you know, who's in
Sloan Kettering. You're convinced it's

prostate cancer? Oh, it's absolutely
prostate.

Well, look, just so I know, what does
this do to the surprise party? Because

I've got a lot of organizing to do.
Let's see how he is when he comes in. It

his 60th birthday. 65th birthday.

That merits a celebration of some sort,
no matter how he is. I'm sure he's fine.

Leland, welcome back.

Thank you.

Carry on.

Cornish versus McMillan.

Motion for summary judgment pending. I'm
expecting a decision by the end of this

week. Killian versus Burt Robinson
Enterprises.

Action for the return of goods. It falls
squarely under the UCC. I'm expecting

to settle.

Schoen versus Schoen Limited.

We represent Isidore Schoen.

as we have for many lawsuits over many
years.

He's being sued this time for wrongful
termination by his son.

Efforts towards settlement having been
unsuccessful.

We're proceeding to trial.

Eli will be litigating.

That about does it.

In that case, I have an announcement to
make.

At the end of this month, I will be
retiring.

Now, I understand that...

This may have some ramifications insofar
as the firm is concerned, and while I

will do my best to minimize the impact,
the loss of certain clients is probably

unavoidable.

I will not be taking on any additional
business. I will be disengaging from

whatever business that I have been
involved in.

Leland, why are you doing this?

I am retiring for medical reasons, and
I'd just as soon leave it at that.

He's dying.

He's not dying.

He has prostate cancer.

He's had a transurethral resection. In
all likelihood, he's going to be fine.

What you're hearing here is the
emotional spasm of a man who's coming to

with the fact that he has cancer.

All I can say is thank you, Leland.

Just gotten through being arrested for
murder. I've been the victim of a

deranged prosecutor bent on destroying
me.

I've just set about enjoying some sense
of normalcy to my life, and now I have

to deal with his having cancer.

This couldn't have happened at a worse
time.

I'm sure he didn't plan this, Arnie.
I'll tell you something else. Cold

though this may sound, when he retires,
I've got dibs on his office.

Buyer beware in the thoroughbred game,
Ben, especially with the cheapo.

But if I ever saw a horse ripe for the
plucking,

Sam Yes is the one.

I like his name.

Granted, he's been nothing special so
far, but he's only four.

He's down, runs without front wraps, and
he's all heart.

And what did I tell you about horses who
are all heart, huh? He said that they

always win. And?

He said they make you a lot of money.
And that's what Sam Yes can do for us.

It's going to be a money -making
machine.

Because you know what else? You know
what I know that no one else seems to

This horse will kick ass on the grass,
which is what he's running on tomorrow

for the first time.

Where's he been running until now?

The dirt, Ben. He's been running on the
dirt.

Tomorrow he's running on the turf, which
is what he's bred for on the turf. It's

a $50 ,000 horse.

How much does it cost?

The guy who trains the horse owns the
horse.

Got some debt.

Let him go for $12 ,000.

$12 ,000.

We're stealing them, Ben. We bet an
extra $2 ,000 apiece, make back what we

paid, have money in our pockets. This is
a great country we're living in, huh?

You're not kidding.

You know who's gonna be riding them for
us tomorrow, huh?

Who? Eddie De La Jose. For my money, the
best grass jockey there is. Tuck him in

behind the pace, sit tight against the
rail, wait till the speed comes back to

him, and then down the lane. Ba -da
-bing!

Ba -da -bing.

We go 12 for the animal, 4 for the bet.
We're 50 -50 partners, $8 ,000 apiece.

Can you handle it?

Can you come up with $8 ,000?

Let me talk to Rosalie.

But I think I can't.

Tell her we're in for the time of our
lives.

I go for a checkup four times a year.

If there's something wrong with my
prostate, I want to know about it.

didn't do that? No, Leland did not.

If he had had a PSA on a more regular
basis, he would have known about this a

lot earlier, believe me.

They say if you live long enough, most
men will develop some form of prostate

cancer. No.

Absolutely not. Not if you take care of
yourself.

It's one thing I don't have to worry
about.

I have other things to worry about. It's
funny because he doesn't seem sick.

Well, that's how it is with prostate
cancer. It can be completely

This is according to Mel.

My doctor wanted to know if they were
going to start him on chemo. I had no

what to tell him. Mine wanted to know if
he had had a bone scan. He wanted to

know about distant metastasis. I had
virtually no information for him. Which,

when you're consulting with a doctor
over the phone, is a pretty embarrassing

position to be placed in. Stuart.

This is not about you and your
embarrassment. This is about Leland.

Ann. I have been on the phone with
doctors all week, not for me, for him,

Leland. This is not about me, because I
am not suffering from prostate cancer. I

happen to have a very healthy prostate.

As do I. When was the last time you had
it looked at? As recently as last month.

He had his checked on Monday. Yeah,
that's right, Miss Pot Shot.

Hi. I got some cheese and bean and beef
burritos. They call them gut busters.

Well, we can eat outside if you want.

Okay.

Rosalie? What?

Dominic wants me to go partners with him
on buying a horse.

What do you want to get a horse for?

It's a race horse.

It's a turf horse, but it's been ridden
in the dirt. And if we race it on the

turf, it can make a lot of money for us.

I need $8 ,000.

What for?

$6 ,000 to buy the horse and then $2
,000 to bet on him.

But we don't have $8 ,000 to buy a
horse.

Yeah, we do. We got $14 ,000 in the
bank.

That's our savings, Bing. We can't use
that money to buy a horse.

Okay.

Mr. Stone, what is your relationship to
the defendant?

I'm his son.

Do you also have a business
relationship?

Yeah, I worked for him since I'm 15.

Are you working for him currently?

No, I'm not. Some three and a half
months ago, I was terminated.

Would you describe the circumstances
surrounding your termination?

Circumstances were that I signed for a
shipment of corduroy late one afternoon,

and next morning I tried to go to work,
and all the locks were changed.

What explanation were you given?

I ordered the fabric without my father's
approval.

Is that the first time you did that? I
make a thousand decisions a day, and

of them I talk to him about and some I
don't. Why, in your opinion, did your

father see fit to fire you this time?

Because it's the only way he has got
left to prove that he is still in

That's why he calls me every morning, 6
o 'clock.

That's why he yells.

That's why he gets everybody to answer
to him about everything.

Was there ever an agreement between your
father and yourself?

Under which he would relinquish control
of the company?

There was a promise.

He told me when he was 70 years old, he
was going to retire, and at that point,

I would run the company.

How old is your father now, Mr. Schoen?

He's 72.

And has he, in fact, retired?

No, he has not.

Given the atmosphere that existed
between your father and yourself, one is

tempted to ask why you didn't just leave
of your own free will.

This is a family business. I never
wanted to leave.

I have nothing further.

Did you or did you not tell a buyer for
Bloomingdale's that your father tended

to be one to five years behind the times
where fashion is concerned?

I know this woman for 20 years. It was
said in jest.

Was it said in jest when you told a vice
president at Bank Leumi that you

intended to manufacture the so -called
mob bay line on your own? It was a

conversation. That is all that that was.

Was it in jest when you tried to obtain
financing?

I'm not a serf.

Counselor, I am allowed to conduct
business on my own. In your effort to

financing, Mr. Shone, did you not say
that two of the principal designers in

your father's business had committed to
coming with you when you left? I brought

those designers into this company.

Were they not under contract with your
father? Mad Bay Line is my line. I'm the

one who set up the factories in Hong
Kong and Indonesia to make the line. Mr.

Shone. I went to all the stores to sell
the line. Mr. Shone, please answer the

question. He didn't do any of that. I
did all of that. Now he wants to take it

all away from me and kick me out of my
ass. I don't think so.

I don't think I'm going to take this
lying down.

43 years old, Dad.

Clock is running for me, too.

Like what happens now?

It's too soon to tell.

What do you anticipate the actual
consequences of his retirement and or

be? I really don't know, Patrick. The
fact is virtually all of our biggest

clients are here.

Because of Leland McKenzie. Would they
leave? They might.

Can they be replaced?

Maybe they can.

The problem is, the one of us who's most
capable of replacing them is Leland.

He's been the rainmaker around here
since my father died.

You never would have thought of Leland
as someone who drums up business.

Why not?

He seems to be dignified.

Let me tell you something, Jane.

In addition to having a first -rate
legal mind, Leland McKenzie is the

salesman you'll ever meet. Do you think
the firm can survive his leaving?

Unless we don't know how sick he is.

Right. Makes it a little tough to plan
for the future.

I haven't thought about the future.

Hey, Denise.

Gizity. What's up, Dominic? Where's Mr.
Stoller? He's in the file room. Thank

you very much.

There's a smile on every face.

And a winner with each race.

Let's meet the dirt at Del Mar.

I hate thinking about death.

I hate thinking about losing people.

It's a terrible thing to think about.

Why would you think about it? When your
time's up, your time's up.

You know, for someone who knew the guy
his whole life, he seemed fairly

unperturbed. Death is a proper and
inevitable end.

I try not to expend a lot of emotion on
it.

It's an admirable train.

Thanks.

What do you mean she said no?

Well... She said no. She said we didn't
have enough money.

Uh, you told me you had enough money.

Well, we have enough in the bank, but
Rosalie says we have to leave it there.

Who's calling the shots here, Ben?

What do you mean? Who's making the
decisions, you know? Who's wearing the

Oh, when it comes to money, she asks.

At the risk of fanning the flames of
discontent.

Let me just say that that should not be
the case.

Why not?

Who's working?

Whose feet hit the floor first every
morning? Who comes in here religiously

earn thy daily bread? Her?

You. And that, my friend, entitles to
you certain prerogatives.

Prerogatives? You make the decision.

But she takes care of the money. She...

the shops, and she makes sure all the
bills are paid. And you give her an

allowance with which to do all that, all
well and good. But that's not this.

This is a decision.

You're the breadwinner. You're the man
of the house. You're the decision maker.

You sit in the pilot's seat. You fly the
plane.

Simple as that.

What is your relationship to Isidore
Schoen and his daughter?

Have you spent time at your father's
place of business?

I used to work there. Were you in a
position to observe your brother at

Yes, I was.

To the best of your knowledge, did he
ever act with the intention of

your father's control of the company?
Objection. This witness is not in a

position to testify to her brother's
intention.

Overruled.

I'll allow it.

Laura, my brother was trying to create
something within the company that was

his. One year it was ties, another year
it was tank tops, another year it was

knocking off Guatemalan peasant blouses.

until he figured out that it was cheaper
to just import the real thing.

I don't think that he was trying to
undermine anyone. I think he was just

to be a success.

Would you tell us, Laura, why at the age
of 35 you left the family business?

I couldn't take it.

My father yells. He yells at the
cutters. He yells at the 65 -year -old

the office who answers the phone. He
yells at the designers all the time. And

since I was a designer of sorts, my
father yelled at me.

My brother is strong.

He could take it. I'm not strong.

I left.

I have no further questions.

Do you work?

Yes, I do. What do you do?

I'm a freelance designer.

How much did you make last year as a
freelance designer?

Last year was a difficult year for me. I
made very little. What did you live on?

I received a monthly check from my
father.

Did not your father inform you that it
was time for you to start making a

living? Don't you think I want that?
Isn't the reason you're up here today

testifying on behalf of your brother the
fact that the check's finally stopped?

Believe it or not, Daddy, I have tried
to make my way in the world. I have

to have a skill and a life and maybe
even a family of my own. So far, I

been too successful. Have you ever
thought that maybe you had something to

with how hard all of this is for me? The
witness will confine her remarks to

answering the question she's being
asked. I am not here because the check

stopped.

I'm here because I know what it did to
me being your daughter, and I know what

it did to my brother being your son. And
of the two of you, he needs my help

more than you do.

I have no further questions.

Here's the memorandum and the glassman.
The citations are at the end.

Jane, how's your health?

My health? My health's fine.

I just find myself thinking, what if it
were me?

What if what's happening to McKenzie
were happening to me?

But it's not.

Could be.

Could be happening to me.

How horrible, you know?

Sickness is horrible.

I don't know.

Maybe it's mortality itself that has me
blue.

I just keep thinking, is this it? Is
this all there is?

In another 23 years, I'm going to be
McKenzie's age.

That's no time at all.

Your entire life happens in a wink of an
eye.

The other hand, when you're dead, that's
it.

You're dead.

There are those of us who believe
otherwise.

Do you believe otherwise?

Yes. You actually believe it. You don't
get up in the middle of the night with

cold sweats thinking...

that you might be sick or that you might
be dying?

Sure I do. I have moments of fear and
panic just like anyone else.

So what do you do?

I go to church.

Do you think that I might tag along with
you sometime so that I might receive

some of that same comfort?

I'm going tomorrow night.

You're more than welcome.

You know, Rosalie, I was thinking about
what you had to say about the money for

the horse. And I was thinking that maybe
we could afford it anyway.

Barry, I pay the bills. You don't pay
the bills. We can't afford it.

Well, I wear the pants.

I wear pants. pants too sometimes.

I'm calling the shots.

I'm flying the plane.

Benny, what are you talking about?

I'm talking about whose feet hit the
floor first in the morning. Well, mine

because I make you breakfast.

But I'm the one who goes to work,
Rosalie.

Well, I used to work and you told me to
quit.

I'm the one going to work now, Rosalie.

That means that...

But I make... I make the decisions.

Here's a bank book.

Make the decision.

Mr. Schoen, did you in fact terminate
your son's employment from Schoen

Yes, I did.

Would you please tell us why you did so?
I did so for a variety of reasons.

There were financial irregularities, to
put it politely, and he was passing

himself off as the head of the company.

To whom did he represent himself as the
head of the company, Mr. Schoen? Oh, to

buyers from Bloomingdale's and Filene's
and Carson, Piri, Scott, to a factory

owner in Hong Kong, to the district
manager from the International Lady

Workers Union.

Is that enough?

And how did you find out that he had so
represented himself?

People told me.

Objection. Here, say. Oh, people didn't
tell me. Now, Mr. Sean, permit me to

rule on the objection before you
respond.

My apologies.

I'm going to allow it for the fact of
the utterance only.

Proceed. It's been testified to by your
son that you assured him you would step

down and turn the company over to him.

when you reached the age of 70. Is that
true?

Well, that was never meant to be
unconditional.

It was understood to be if circumstances
permit.

Circumstances don't permit.

If I thought he was capable, if I
thought he was honorable, I would have

it, and I would have done it happily.

But I did not build this business so
that he could destroy it.

I have nothing further.

Is it your contention, sir, that your
son is incompetent? He is competent to

a salesman. He is competent to work in a
showroom. He is not competent to run a

company. You dispute the fact that all
decisions pertaining to the so -called

Mabé line were made by Harold Schoen.

That's one line.

Yes or no, Mr. Schoen?

Yes, he ran that line. Would you
characterize that line as successful?

He was in the right place at the right
time.

Once. You measure success in this
business over decades.

Would it be fair to say, sir, that you
have some difficulty when it comes to

relinquishing control?

I have difficulty when it comes to
betrayal.

That's with customers, that's with
partners, and that's with children.

I have no further questions.

You're going to put a knife in my back,
Harold, not while I'm still breathing.

Come.

Leland, I need to talk to you as both
your partner and your friend. Douglas,

me stop you right there.

I'm not interested in discussing my
condition.

Why not? Because I don't choose to do
so. People are concerned.

Well, I can't help that.

Well, I don't understand why you can't
be a little more forthcoming with

information. I know that if it were me,
I'd be offering up some details.

Is it something that's likely to require
extended hospitalization? Is surgery

indicated? Is surgery contraindicated?

Is the condition susceptible to
treatment with medication?

Don't keep this shrouded in mystery.

Tell me what's going on.

What's going on is that I'm dying.

Now, how much more do you need to know?

They're at the far turn.

The exercise boy's going to start the
workout at the three -eighths pole.

How do you look?

I can see the freeway from here.

Give me those.

Look at him run.

Look at that animal run.

Here I come.

Oh, wow.

Takes your breath away, doesn't it?

That animal's 100 % sound, Mr. Nuzzy.
Let's see.

That's what the veterinarian's going to
tell us, Mr. Pelton. Believe me, he is

sound. What we're doing is we're getting
the horse examined before we decide to

buy him. We want to see if he's healthy.

Too bad he can't talk.

What do you think, Doc?

His legs are clean and his joints are
cold.

And he jogs sound.

You think he can run on a turf?

Guess you'll find that out tomorrow.

You passing him, Doc?

Yeah, I'm passing him. So you won't mind
just training him from now on, huh?

Not at all. For that $12 ,000, you and
your partner there, you get to be the

mastermind. And in the paddock, tomorrow
before the race, we get to give the

jockey the instructions?

No reason that Eddie D can't ignore you
as good as he ignores me.

You got a deal?

What do you say, Ben?

You're in or you're out?

I'm in.

What'd he say?

It's not good.

He said that he's dying.

You know?

That's all he would say.

Douglas, of what possible use to us is
this information?

What do you mean?

I mean, we're trying to piece together a
diagnosis.

The thing that he's dying is
meaningless. We're all dying.

Stuart, Leland doesn't want to talk
about this.

Well, I hate to say this, Anne, but
maybe Leland's being a little overly

dramatic.

How can you say that?

I can say it because I have a little
perspective, Anne. He has prostate

Now, based on everything we know about
prostate cancer, his condition is quite

manageable. Given his age,
statistically, he'll probably die of

than prostate cancer.

There's no metastasis, Anne. I don't
think.

You don't think?

What we need, Douglas, are details.

Well, why don't you just march in there
and tell that to Leland?

Well, maybe I will.

I think you should. I think you should.
Go in there and tell him you need

details. Believe me, I'm going to go to
him and I'm going to get details.

Let us know.

Juan Rosario, por favor.

Mrs. Applebread.

Leland.

Mackenzie.

Yes.

I'll be 65 this Thursday.

That's why I'm here.

Birth certificate?

I don't have a birth certificate.

I do have a copy of my discharge
certificate from the United States Air

so that's a surprise.

Married? Yeah, oh, widower. White death
certificate.

Children?

No. Do you make in excess of $11 ,160 a
year?

Yes. $1 will be deducted from your
benefits for every $3 in income until

reach age 70. I was primarily interested
in Medicare benefits.

This was medical.

This was hospital.

Right.

You'll be contacted within 60 days.

Is that it?

That's it.

Have a nice day.

I beg your pardon?

Have a nice day.

Thank you.

Have you ever been present with your son
willfully, disobeyed instructions given

him by his father?

You have to understand something.

These are both headstrong individuals.

And sometimes Harold was a little too
headstrong.

He'd do things he shouldn't have done.

Like what?

Well, he...

He hired people. He signed work orders.

He promised delivery dates for buyers.

Well, these were things that his father
needed to approve of.

And Harold would do them without his
approval.

Did you ever know your son to malign his
father while in the presence of others?

He said things I thought he shouldn't
have said, yes.

Did you ever confront him about it?

Yes. And what, if anything, did he say
in response?

He said that it was time that he should
be in charge of the business.

And it was time for his father to
retire.

I have nothing further. Thank you.

What did you do when your son told you
it was time he was in charge?

I said that we had a family business.

That one day he would be in charge.

And did you inform your husband of this
discussion?

My role was to keep things calm.

I didn't see the need to say anything.

Your son has enjoyed a considerable
amount of success this past year, hasn't

Yes, he has.

Were you pleased about that?

Of course.

Was your husband pleased?

Yes. Was he really?

Objection. Asked and answered.

Sustained. Isn't it a fact that when the
mob A -line proved successful, your

husband did everything he could to
sabotage that success?

No.

Isidore wants his children to succeed.

He wants for them to be happy. How much
did he want it for his daughter?

Objection. Irrelevant.

Overruled.

Mrs. Schoen.

He wants Laura to be happy the same way
I do. Did your daughter really leave

because she was lazy, Mrs. Schoen?

You know, you have no right to ask me to
do this. Isn't what happened that she

left because your husband so denigrated
both her and her work that she was

hospitalized? With what was described
as, quote, nervous exhaustion.

Objection. The witness is aptly in no
position to offer up expert psychiatric

testimony. But the witness can testify
as to whether or not her daughter was

hospitalized.

Objection's overruled.

The witness can answer.

Yes.

She was hospitalized.

I have no further questions.

Look what you've done to us, Isidore.

The witness can step down.

This court is in recess till two o
'clock this afternoon.

You'll excuse us for a minute.

You have to put her back on the stand.

What for? I came up like a Nazi to
listen to her.

You have to undo that.

I have to tell my lawyer how.

Isidore. I will speak to my wife this
evening. Tomorrow morning you will tell

her what you wanted to say.

She will take the witness stand and say
it.

I'm not going to do that, Isidore. What
do you mean you're not going to do it?

Just what I said.

I don't think she did you that much
harm. But even if I thought she did, I'm

about to suborn perjury to overcome it.
Well, you're going to do what I tell you

to do.

Mr. Schoen, I am not your son.

And I'm not going to do what my best
legal judgment tells me not to do. Then

you're fired.

Then I'm fired.

You all right?

I'm scared.

What are you scared of?

I'm scared of dying.

I guess going to church didn't help,
huh?

Jane, first time since I've known you, I
want to be perfectly truthful.

My interest in coming to church is just
like my interest in reading the Bible.

It's just a means to an end.

My real interest has always been getting
you in the sack.

Gee, really?

No, but I was sitting in there just now
and I realized I shouldn't be pretending

when it comes to things like this.

No, you probably shouldn't be.

On the other hand, Jesus doesn't need
for your heart to be pure in order for

to take comfort from him.

You're not allowed to do that, Jane.

You're not allowed to lead this
miserable life and then start asking for

just because you're terrified.

Yes, you are.

What gives?

What are you referring to?

I'm referring to your medical problem.

I think I've said all I intend to about
my medical problem. Well, forgive me,

Leland, but... Is it possible you're
being a little obsessively closed

about this? There's nothing obsessive
about it.

I don't care to discuss my condition.

Leland, most people would be willing to
provide a little more information for

their loved ones, you know?

Besides, what's the big mystery, Leland?

You have prostate cancer.

You have prostate cancer.

But you were out of the office one week.
That means you had a transurethral

resection. If you had had a higher
degree of metastasis, that means they

have required a suprapubic. And if they
had required a suprapubic, you would

have been out of the office two weeks
minimum. From where I'm standing, this

pretty good news.

All I want is a little more specifics.

What the hell are you talking about?

I'm talking about the most commonly
recommended alternative surgical

for prostate cancer and what each one
implies.

I don't have prostate cancer.

What are you talking about?

I don't have prostate cancer.

Now, what part of that don't you
understand?

Douglas told me you went in for an
examination of the prostate, and they

something. That's right.

That's what I told him.

And what they found, since you're intent
on specifics, was a level 3 melanoma

located in the region of my groin. While
there is presently no indication of

distant metastasis, the likelihood is
that within five years I'll be dead.

Now, does that satisfy your curiosity?

I had no idea. That was by design.

What's your problem?

They're here.

I've got to be there in 20 minutes.

Harold. Hi, Counselor. This is McKenzie.

Sharon Cummings.

I guess the first question I want to ask
is, if you're fired as counsel, why are

we here?

We're here to explore the possibility of
a settlement.

Is my father here? He's not here yet.
He'll be here.

What are you offering?

What are you looking for?

Reinstatement, back pay with interest,
money damages.

I can get your reinstatement. No back
pay, no money damages.

That's not going to do it.

Harold, I suspect...

that in some hidden corner, you are
profoundly grateful to have hit 40 with

father still alive.

Yeah, so?

So maybe you ought to do what you can to
preserve the relationship.

Leland, he's the one who terminated me.
Why don't you go talk to him?

I will talk to him, but right now, I'm
talking to you.

See, I've known you both a long time.

I know all about how difficult and
unreasonable your father can be. I also

that you are exactly like him.

Given I feel that the trial is going
extremely well for us, I'm compelled to

why my client would take a deal like the
one you're offering.

Because the day is fast approaching when
his father will no longer be here.

That's a factor the legal process isn't
meant to take into account, Mr.

McKenzie. No, but it's a factor he
should take into account.

You should.

Come on.

He's going to live forever.

Is he?

Isidore? I'm listening.

I want to broker a deal.

Is that because Mr. Levinson doesn't
have the stomach to do what is needed in

court? No, no.

It's because Mr. Levinson is smart
enough to know what can't be done in

We feel as though it's possible for this
dispute to be resolved between the

parties. What exactly do you think is
going to happen to make it possible?

We think you might come to your senses.

I should come to my senses.

You and your son both.

What do you propose I do?

Reinstate your son and increase his pay
by 20%. Why would I want to do that?

To not reinstate him makes absolutely no
sense.

He can make $200 ,000 a year more
working for anyone else, and your

can't afford to lose him. As for the pay
raise, your children are getting

everything anyway.

What difference does it make?

Lest you've forgotten.

I drew your will. The truest indication
of your feelings toward your children is

the fact that you have not changed that
will.

I bring him back, I become the old man.

I'll come in every morning, I'll sit,
I'll have a coffee, I'll read the

obituaries, and I'll talk to anyone who
will listen.

It will happen, Leland. I've seen it
happen to men who were giants.

Then it happens.

There are worse fates.

Where is he?

Please send them in.

The people who indulge you are the
people you need to have around you.

You drive them away, you have nothing.

Well, gentlemen, where are we?

You want to come back to work?

I don't know.

What are the arrangements?

Same arrangements.

Only you run your own line by yourself.

What about back pay?

He and I will work out the money.

I thought that's what the lawyers were
for. They can work it out themselves.

I'm in favor of the lawyers staying out
of the way.

Come on, let's go back to work.

They came with you?

Oh, we came on our own.

So?

We're fine.

Come on.

I'll buy you dinner.

Okay.

What's that?

This is what we want.

Well, we have to get ready.

How much?

We want $24 ,000 on the bet.

And we have another $9 ,000 coming when
we get the purse.

He won, Rosalie.

It went just like Dominic said it would.

He came out of that last turn, and he
went out ahead in front of all the

and he won.

Well, I guess whatever Dominic says goes
then.

I don't think that. Is that your money?

Or is it our money?

It's our money.

Well, then give me a kiss.

It's three minutes to eight.

They should be here.

You know what?

There's one point we neglected to
mention. Oh, what's that?

Well, in the drafting of the settlement,
we need to consider how we want

Harold's... Leland, I just want to say

you did a hell of a job today with those
two people.

Thank you.

I just thought I'd mention it.

I appreciate the effort. I'm not sure
that it was necessary.

It is your birthday.

Oh, yes, and I thank you for remembering
it.

Here's some champagne for you.

Here's to you, Leland.

I'm sorry to seem ungracious.

I know you're all concerned about me. I
know you were all thrown by my bit of

news.

When you ambushed me in the men's room,
Mr. Markowitz, to interrogate me about

my condition, you chided me for not
providing my loved ones with more

information.

Now, that's a term that is generally
used to describe members of one's

family. It was used deliberately.

I know. I know it was.

And in that you are my loved ones, I
would ask you to understand my leaving.

The truth is that I've found a new
understanding of why my old dog, my

went off by himself when it was time to
die.

The facts of my life are that I, too, am
alone.

And I believe that the time has come for
me to accept that.

But you have us.

I know that, Rosalie.

And I'm grateful for it.

Then how come you're leaving?

Because I think it's time.

Forgive me.

I disagree.

It's not time.

You have a place here.

You have work here.

You have a group of people here who,
however much time you have left, however

much time we have left, who want you
around, for every single day that we are

lucky enough to have you.

It's not time you left, Leland.

It's time when it's time.

If you have to think about it, it's not
time.

You're also not alone.

Yeah, that's right, Leland. Your setter
was alone.

Right.

You know, the truth is that as much as
we want you to stay with us, you might

want to leave.

You might want to go around the world.

You may want to attend to something
other than the practice of law.

Should that be the case, I wish you
well.

I will have gone through this life
having had two fathers.

And for that, I am profoundly grateful.

Well, I want you to stay here.

Stay here with us.

I'm sure that you undoubtedly have dibs,
Arnold.

But the fact is I may not be vacating my
office at the end of the month.

That's fine.

Can we get a toast?

Absolutely.

Here's to you, Leland.

Here's to us all.