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Previously on L .A. Law.

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Tell me, I want to have a baby.

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Oh, you'll make a terrific mother.

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With you.

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No one should become a parent unless
they're ready. Now I know what to do.

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clear. Crystal, you shouldn't have the
baby with Roxanne. I'm having the baby

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with Roxanne.

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I love the script.

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You're always on my mind.

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Mr. Flicker.

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Back in. Sorry I'm late. Stop with the
excuses.

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Sit, sit, sit.

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Oh, this is some studio you have here.
Certainly no shortage of beautiful

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I'm ready to write my book.

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I intend to strike while the iron is
hot.

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First the flowers, then the glass
slipper.

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It must be the guy you said was watching
you in court. Or it could be anyone,

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right?

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Can you help me?

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Yeah.

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A little red riding hood?

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I'm going to have it with me all the
time.

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And if those guys that attack me ever
come around, I'll be ready.

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Jaw.

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When you sauntered into this office, I
knew you were just another bun -dusting

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downtown attorney.

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You're too smart, Sidney. I have to
protect my boss.

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You're loyal.

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That's a rare quality.

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Arnie, what's the hurry?

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I don't want Ben Flicker catching me
with my pants down. Not this early. It's

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his morning to see the nutritionist.
Sidney, just between us.

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Is there anyone out to stab Ben Flicker
in the back? Why stab someone in the

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back when you can simply rip their heart
out? How does this feel? Oh, please,

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please, Sidney. Arnie, what is the
problem? When we made love, I never even

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you let go.

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I didn't. I didn't. I'm trying to stay
on the schedule.

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I need to preserve my yang essence.

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By age 40, a man's potency begins
declining. Dr. Sun Tzu Mo believed that

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ejaculation should be limited to twice a
month.

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24 orgasms? Even during leap year? Dr.
Sun lived to be 101.

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Well, I bet Mrs. Sun never stroked the
good doctor on a full moon.

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Thank you.

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I know you're headed for the dentist,
but I need two copies of this as soon as

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you get back.

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Okay.

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Well, I really should go. Lincoln, too.

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If he poops in the office again, Douglas
won't let me bring him to work.

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Sidney.

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Sidney. When I gave you this dog, you
promised to get him a license.

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Why? He can't even see over the steering
wheel.

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That was Stuart's joke.

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We had a deal.

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I know.

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Well, I haven't had time. I will.

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I promise. All right. Come on, Lincoln.
Let's go for a walk.

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No, not that way.

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Okay.

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Jonathan? Yeah? Can I ask a question?

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Shoot. Is everybody afraid of the
dentist?

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Haven't you seen the marathon man?

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No, no. Dr.

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Cederbaum, he's putting in a new tooth
here.

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I asked Roxanna. She said insurance
would pay.

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Sure, just make sure your dentist gives
nitrous.

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You know, laughing gas.

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Laughing gas?

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So you won't hurt.

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Oh, laughing gas.

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That's silly.

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Nobody move!

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My watch is missing, and I want it
returned now.

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No one leaves this office until that
watch is securely tucked back inside my

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pocket. Come on, Douglas.

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Lincoln hears the call of the wild.

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All right, the dog can go.

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You want to play hardball?

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Fine. But if that watch isn't returned
by... by end of business this afternoon,

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you'll rue the moment we met. Have a
nice day.

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Hi. I'm Melina Paros. Hi. Ann Kelsey.

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Welcome to McKenzie Bragman. Great
having another woman to help balance the

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scales. Thank you.

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Do these staff meetings usually last
long? I've got a prelim in 45 minutes.

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You shouldn't have a problem.

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Like some papaya?

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Oh, no, thanks.

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You're in my seat.

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Oh. Seats are assigned?

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No, it's just this is where I always
sit.

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Oh.

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Well, I'm a little spread out. Do you
mind taking another seat?

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Of course not.

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Ann, you're in my seat. Take another.

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Why? It'll give you a different outlook.

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Melina Paros, Arnold Becker. Ah.

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Read your resume.

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Very impressive.

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Arnie, you're in my chair.

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Ann's in mine.

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Sit there. But, Jonathan, just sit.

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Melina Paros, Jonathan Rollins.

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I hear you're a great litigator.

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Hey, you're in my chair. Arnie, from
what? Ann's in mine. Stuart, just sit

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anywhere and don't ask questions.

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Not even, who are you? Melina Paros.

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Stuart, slide over.

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Ask Jonathan. Ask Gordon. Ask Anne. Ask
Melina. Who's Melina?

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Pardo. Would it help if I wore a name
tag?

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Is there a reason why everyone has
changed seats?

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If I knew what time it was,

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I'd say we wasted enough of it. Let's
begin.

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Oh, Melina, please, join us. Sit. Sit
anywhere you like.

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Thank you, Melina.

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By now, I'm sure most of you have met
our new associate, Regina Paros.

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Granted, our hiring procedure was a bit
unorthodox, but the opportunity to lure

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her from the Attorney General's office
was a coup not to be missed. I take this

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opportunity to extend a warm welcome.

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Thank you very much.

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I'll do my best to fit in.

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See?

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I thought you had a trial today.

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The defendant woke up this morning and
found his God, pled guilty.

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Hallelujah.

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On my way back from court, I can't
resist stopping by.

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I had a wonderful night with you at the
Edgewater.

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Me too.

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No, I mean, I really enjoyed myself, and
not just because we made love.

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Tommy, I'm trying to get pregnant, and
you helping me is strictly business.

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Strictly business?

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Tom. Tom, have you heard from Zoe? Why
do you ask me that every time we bump

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into each other? Oh, wait. I just want
to drop her in line, that's all.

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You can ask.

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Roxanne,

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my things are making their way across
town.

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Which, for as slow as it's going, might
as well be cross -country. I'll be sure

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the movers make the last hundred feet to
your office. Thank you.

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You're working here now?

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How'd you bamboozle your way into this
job?

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The same way I bamboozled my way into
the last job. I got them all fooled,

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Mulaney. Not me.

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You two know each other? Yeah, from this
bogus child abuse charge.

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You should have had the guts to
prosecute that case when the DA threw it

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desk. Hey, guts has nothing to do with
this. The facts don't add up. The

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mother's not guilty.

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You want to hear my side? Come to the
preliminary hearing.

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Are you actually proceeding?

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My last case with the Attorney General.
Going out with a bang. Good luck.

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I don't need a lot.

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Tommy, it could be a little nicer. It's
only his first day.

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To take everything so personally?

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Yeah, yeah, I know. For you,
everything's strictly business.

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And that's the last time I saw Ward Bond
or Abby Singer on my movie lot. So help

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me God.

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So tell me, what did you find out from
my Sidney?

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that I have very little self -control.

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Enough nonsense.

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Actually, sir, with all due respect, I
don't believe your assistant is

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rumors around town. Of course she isn't.

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Then why was it so important that I
sleep with her? Because she's a great

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I knew you two would hit it off.

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Ben, listen.

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Our relationship goes way back.

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Two weeks? Seems longer. If I'm to help
you push Worldwide Studios into the

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black, you need to level with me.

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You want the truth?

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Which version?

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Okay.

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These last few years haven't been banner
box office bonanzas for my studio. Not

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long ago, I had to raise capital and
take on a silent partner, a snorer who

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turned out to be not so silent when it
came to women and running around.

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You're referring to Eric Shuler? In the
middle of his divorce, Shuler falls for

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a girl half his age.

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Things get ugly, promises aren't kept.

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Shula's wife finds out.

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She cries wolf astaged.

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Not yet.

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Blackmail. The wife knows things.

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If she demands an audit, I might as well
put Worldwide's books up in Skywriting.

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You have something to hide?

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Who doesn't?

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A deal here, a favor there.

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Humbling everywhere.

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I'm not always proud, but you gotta keep
the wheel greased. After all, I'm still

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in business, right?

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What do you want me to do? Try talking
sense to Schuller's wife. Stall this

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divorce. Otherwise, we all lose.

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I'll give it a shot.

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What if I can't? Then you're not the man
I thought you were.

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Ben?

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Tell me honestly.

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I can take it.

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What you have written is completely
devoid of emotion.

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Who cares about the legals?

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Readers want to know about the people
locked behind those prison bars.

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Now, frankly, this is very poor
storytelling.

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Kick a partner when he's down, why don't
you?

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Yes.

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Here? Just a moment.

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Roger Beekman is out front.

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We shared a cell at county.

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I told him to look me up when he was
released.

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So? He believed me.

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Now, Douglas, what about your promise?

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I promised to pull at least one man from
the River Styx. You can't turn that man

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away. Of course not. The receptionist
will do that.

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All right.

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I'll see what he wants.

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I'll be right with you.

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Where is he?

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How you been, Pender? Roger.

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Oh, gee.

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Um, let's talk in my office. Great.

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You know, you're looking pretty good.

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Thank you for holding me. Hi, I'll sign
for that. Hi, Ben.

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You okay?

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Thanks. I don't know what happened.

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Benny, I can't understand you.

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The dentist gave my mouth a shot.

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A shot?

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Oh, no, the kid.

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He's gone.

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He ran away.

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Who ran away? The dentist?

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No, Lincoln.

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Come on back. He got loose.

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I stopped at a novelty shop and left him
outside.

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Oh, come on with me. We'll make some
phone calls.

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This is all that's left.

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We'll find him, I promise.

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Roxy, we've got to hurry.

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Glenn, this is for you. Oh, thanks,
Roxy. Bye. Please, I've got to find

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Hey. Hey.

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Another package? Where'd you get this
from? I don't know.

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Oh God

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Blood

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never comes out

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I think we should leave the stain there
as a warning to clients.

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This isn't funny, Jonathan. Now you are
going to have to go to the police and

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report this.

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Sending a human heart, isn't that
against the law? It'd look more like an

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heart, actually.

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How would you know the difference?

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Before my brother flunked out of vet
school, he used to bring home specimen

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jars. Come on, let's go to my office.

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Okay, here's the address of the animal
shelter.

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Yeah, are you sure Lincoln is safe? I
told you, Benny, they have a lot of

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You just have to go pick out Lincoln.

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You aren't coming with me?

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You want me to?

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Rocks, little hand here.

251
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If you want to wait... No.

252
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I'll go myself.

253
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It's my fault.

254
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Okay.

255
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Helping you find work is harder than I
thought.

256
00:15:35,420 --> 00:15:38,840
Unfortunately, you're an ex -con, and
check -kiting is hardly a marketable

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skill. People never forget.

258
00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:42,020
Don't take it so hard.

259
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The wonderful thing about humanity is
eventually they let anyone in.

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Your dad?

261
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Yes. He founded this firm.

262
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He looks worried.

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Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

264
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My father was the most confident man on
the face of the earth.

265
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Well, his eyes seem troubled.

266
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Really? I lost my pocket watch today.
Passed from generation

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to generation.

268
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Father loved it. He was a punctual man.
A time for everything.

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Yes. I'll be right there.

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That's my cue to exit.

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I haven't helped you find a job.

272
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But you've done your best.

273
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Now it's on to my next destination.

274
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Where's that?

275
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I don't know.

276
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You were my first stop.

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I was?

278
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Absolutely. Even though I had the upper
bunk at county, I looked up to you.

279
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You weren't afraid to stand your ground.

280
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He did have his bad days.

281
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Roger. Wait here. This meeting won't
take long.

282
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You and I will work out something.

283
00:16:56,540 --> 00:17:00,520
Lord knows he wasn't the easiest man in
the world to please or call father.

284
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But he loved you.

285
00:17:03,420 --> 00:17:04,420
I can tell.

286
00:17:14,589 --> 00:17:17,770
Dr. Voorhees, tell me about the night
Mrs. Hastings brought her daughter to

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emergency room. The 11 -month -old child
presented with a high fever, congested

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lungs, and an ear infection.

289
00:17:24,030 --> 00:17:25,670
And what was your initial diagnosis?

290
00:17:26,290 --> 00:17:30,260
Pneumonia. However, that wasn't my main
concern. Go on, please. Mrs. Hastings'

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daughter was severely underweight at
only nine pounds. An 11 -month -old,

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in the 50th percentile, should weigh
almost twice that. What else raised your

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suspicion? Objection. Leading the
witness.

294
00:17:41,260 --> 00:17:45,120
I'll rephrase. Was there anything else
out of the ordinary about the child's

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condition? She had puncture marks on her
thigh, surrounded by bruises, as though

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someone had squeezed the leg and stuck
it repeatedly with a needle.

297
00:17:53,780 --> 00:17:54,719
Anything else?

298
00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:58,220
A severe red rash on her left arm
resembling a chemical burn.

299
00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,120
Did you question Mrs. Hastings about
your concerns?

300
00:18:01,460 --> 00:18:05,220
Yes, but for me, her answers didn't
measure up, especially in light of the

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child's condition.

302
00:18:06,100 --> 00:18:10,400
In my judgment, Mrs. Hastings' daughter
was being neglected at home, probably

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abused. At that point, I had an
obligation to report to social services.

304
00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,000
Thank you.

305
00:18:17,020 --> 00:18:18,200
No further questions.

306
00:18:19,950 --> 00:18:23,170
Dr. Voorhees, you said there were
puncture marks and a child's thigh?

307
00:18:23,450 --> 00:18:27,350
Seven, eight. They appeared to be
deliberate. Not possibly, as Mrs.

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00:18:27,350 --> 00:18:32,090
tried explaining that night, caused by
straight pins mistakenly left in newly

309
00:18:32,090 --> 00:18:33,090
purchased pajamas?

310
00:18:33,150 --> 00:18:37,530
It's possible, however... Is it also
possible that the bruises were caused

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as Mrs. Hastings also tried explaining
that night, she firmly held her

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daughter's leg and swabbed those
punctures with alcohol?

313
00:18:44,310 --> 00:18:48,310
Yes, but... And finally, is it possible,
as Mrs. Hastings also tried

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explaining... that her daughter crawled
onto the kitchen floor, which at the

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time was wet with ammonia and cleanser,
thus causing the rash on her leg.

316
00:18:55,830 --> 00:18:59,630
Possible. You are currently on an
internship rotation in the emergency

317
00:18:59,630 --> 00:19:00,229
that correct?

318
00:19:00,230 --> 00:19:01,610
Yes. Must be a stressful situation.

319
00:19:02,670 --> 00:19:05,530
How many hours had you been on duty the
night Mrs. Hastings brought her daughter

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in for care?

321
00:19:06,330 --> 00:19:08,150
23. I was working a double shift.

322
00:19:08,370 --> 00:19:12,750
Is it possible that you jumped to
conclusions about Mrs. Hastings, about

323
00:19:12,750 --> 00:19:16,310
neglect and abuse, that you were
exhausted by the demands of a double

324
00:19:16,690 --> 00:19:18,290
Objection. This is speech -making.

325
00:19:18,530 --> 00:19:19,630
Counselor, ask your question.

326
00:19:19,870 --> 00:19:24,370
Is it possible that in your eagerness to
be a good doctor, you jumped the gun,

327
00:19:24,490 --> 00:19:29,050
called social services, and had Mrs.
Hastings' daughter taken away for no

328
00:19:29,050 --> 00:19:30,550
reason? Is that possible?

329
00:19:30,830 --> 00:19:31,830
Anything.

330
00:19:32,330 --> 00:19:34,250
Thank you. Nothing further.

331
00:19:43,010 --> 00:19:44,810
It's always a treat to get out.

332
00:19:45,270 --> 00:19:48,010
Of course, someday all this will be
yours.

333
00:19:48,430 --> 00:19:50,650
Really? What makes you think so?

334
00:19:50,950 --> 00:19:54,290
It's the natural chain of events set in
motion by Mr. Shuler's alleged

335
00:19:54,290 --> 00:19:57,690
infidelity. You're threatening to open
up the worldwide books.

336
00:19:58,190 --> 00:19:59,850
That sounds like blackmail.

337
00:20:00,210 --> 00:20:01,390
Ah, come now, Mr. Shuler.

338
00:20:02,050 --> 00:20:03,050
You're true.

339
00:20:04,330 --> 00:20:06,550
Do you believe in fate, Mr. Beckham?

340
00:20:06,930 --> 00:20:09,030
I believe for every action, there's a
reaction.

341
00:20:09,750 --> 00:20:13,830
Exactly. So when my husband cheated on
me, naturally I confronted him. We

342
00:20:13,830 --> 00:20:16,450
argued. I ended up sailing down a flight
of stairs.

343
00:20:16,650 --> 00:20:20,810
He swears it was an accident, but he
swears about a lot of things.

344
00:20:21,870 --> 00:20:24,750
Have you met my husband, Mr. Beckham?
No, ma 'am.

345
00:20:25,410 --> 00:20:28,990
Here's a warning. When foot comes to
self, make sure you're on firm footing.

346
00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,340
Otherwise, he'll cripple you, too.

347
00:20:32,420 --> 00:20:34,740
Beatrice, time to talk turkey.

348
00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:37,920
What exactly do you want out of all
this?

349
00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:39,560
You're Ben Flicker's attorney.

350
00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,760
Surely he must have told you. Mr.
Flicker's not about to give you a

351
00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:44,760
share of his studio.

352
00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:47,700
That man will stop at nothing to keep
his fantasy alive.

353
00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:53,980
This town, this industry has passed him
by, so he needs young Turks like you to

354
00:20:53,980 --> 00:20:56,200
be his foot soldiers, to do his bidding.

355
00:20:57,710 --> 00:21:00,310
Don't take anything you see here at face
value.

356
00:21:01,290 --> 00:21:02,850
Remember that, Mr.

357
00:21:03,130 --> 00:21:04,130
Beckham.

358
00:21:04,750 --> 00:21:05,649
Good day.

359
00:21:05,650 --> 00:21:06,650
Are we having lunch?

360
00:21:07,350 --> 00:21:09,050
No, not today.

361
00:21:09,610 --> 00:21:11,530
At least let me help you back to the
limo.

362
00:21:11,730 --> 00:21:15,390
This may come as a surprise to you, but
I am able to take care of myself.

363
00:21:16,330 --> 00:21:17,330
Goodbye.

364
00:21:40,980 --> 00:21:45,120
And as the cell door slammed shut...
Just what do you think you're doing?

365
00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:46,099
Oh, nothing.

366
00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:50,660
Here I am, putting myself on the line,
inviting you inside the inner sanctum of

367
00:21:50,660 --> 00:21:53,340
my professional life, and this is what I
get in return?

368
00:21:53,940 --> 00:21:54,940
Invasion of privacy?

369
00:21:55,260 --> 00:21:56,260
Petty theft?

370
00:21:56,330 --> 00:21:58,410
God knows what's in your pockets. Well,
you don't understand.

371
00:21:58,670 --> 00:22:02,910
Boy, oh, boy. You can take the con out
of the joint, but that's where it stops,

372
00:22:03,010 --> 00:22:07,310
huh? I never trusted you, mister. Not
for one minute. Fender! Don't fender me.

373
00:22:07,950 --> 00:22:08,950
Get out.

374
00:22:10,770 --> 00:22:14,450
You're probably responsible for the
theft of my watch as well, Mr.

375
00:22:14,650 --> 00:22:15,650
Sticky Fingers.

376
00:22:29,770 --> 00:22:30,770
Excuse me.

377
00:22:30,910 --> 00:22:32,390
I'm trying to find my dog.

378
00:22:33,370 --> 00:22:34,370
Name on the tag?

379
00:22:34,650 --> 00:22:35,710
No, there's no tag.

380
00:22:35,950 --> 00:22:36,950
He's called Lincoln.

381
00:22:37,210 --> 00:22:40,010
Because Stewart's at Colorado would be a
stupid name.

382
00:22:40,250 --> 00:22:41,250
Do you own this dog?

383
00:22:41,530 --> 00:22:44,370
No, we found him. But then I lost him.

384
00:22:44,850 --> 00:22:45,849
Roxanne called.

385
00:22:45,850 --> 00:22:49,530
Look, I don't know what you're talking
about. But if you want to adopt, here's

386
00:22:49,530 --> 00:22:50,530
form.

387
00:22:52,010 --> 00:22:53,010
Shelter.

388
00:22:53,350 --> 00:22:55,230
No, no, no. Don't bring him down here
now.

389
00:22:55,530 --> 00:22:56,890
Hey! Lincoln! Hey!

390
00:23:18,010 --> 00:23:18,889
Drool bucket.

391
00:23:18,890 --> 00:23:20,150
I told you to wait.

392
00:23:20,430 --> 00:23:21,550
This is Lincoln.

393
00:23:22,130 --> 00:23:23,290
He's got no ID.

394
00:23:23,650 --> 00:23:24,790
How are you going to prove it?

395
00:23:25,410 --> 00:23:29,050
Well, let him out and he'll come to me.

396
00:23:29,310 --> 00:23:31,150
So will every other dog in this place.

397
00:23:31,730 --> 00:23:35,870
Besides, that one there has got a bad
temperament. He tried biting me. Lincoln

398
00:23:35,870 --> 00:23:36,870
wouldn't bite.

399
00:23:36,990 --> 00:23:41,610
Look, if that bitch is still here, when
you come back, he's all yours.

400
00:23:42,150 --> 00:23:43,910
Where would he go?

401
00:23:44,570 --> 00:23:45,570
Don's on his flute.

402
00:23:45,690 --> 00:23:49,130
All dogs go to heaven. If no one adopts,
we put them to sleep.

403
00:23:49,470 --> 00:23:50,469
Kill what?

404
00:23:50,470 --> 00:23:51,470
We kill them.

405
00:23:51,530 --> 00:23:53,990
Now, be a sport, Lee, please. I want to
go home.

406
00:23:54,230 --> 00:23:58,530
Huh? Can't you kill me? You can't.
Please don't kill my dog. Please.

407
00:23:58,530 --> 00:23:59,810
Don't kill my dog.

408
00:24:00,010 --> 00:24:02,450
Please. Please don't kill my dog.

409
00:24:02,730 --> 00:24:03,730
Please.

410
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,160
I asked you, Lincoln, once before, and
I'm going to do it again. Now, don't

411
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:23,939
worry, okay?

412
00:24:23,940 --> 00:24:27,260
Let's do it. You still owe me a written
statement. Complete. Not now.

413
00:24:27,580 --> 00:24:31,220
Tomorrow. It's a date. I don't want
those punks who beat you up making bail.

414
00:24:32,220 --> 00:24:33,220
Hi.

415
00:24:33,420 --> 00:24:36,200
Oh, no. More gifts. Why do you see
what's inside?

416
00:24:36,460 --> 00:24:37,700
Tommy, get this away from me.

417
00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:40,760
Gwen, it took me a long time to wrap
this.

418
00:24:41,660 --> 00:24:42,660
Is this from you?

419
00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:44,160
Yeah. It's for Rox.

420
00:24:45,140 --> 00:24:46,140
Oh.

421
00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:49,200
I'm Tommy. I'm so sorry.

422
00:24:50,620 --> 00:24:51,620
Excuse me.

423
00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:55,960
Hey, good -looking.

424
00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:57,800
Hey, yourself.

425
00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,440
You worked here for two years, and now I
can't shake you.

426
00:25:00,900 --> 00:25:03,420
Sometimes you have to leave to see what
you left behind.

427
00:25:04,340 --> 00:25:05,440
Does that make any sense?

428
00:25:06,460 --> 00:25:11,840
Not really. Good, because I haven't been
making sense lately. I'm smitten?

429
00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:15,180
I mean, that's a word I never even used
before. I'm not even sure I know what it

430
00:25:15,180 --> 00:25:18,860
means even, but smitten feels right.

431
00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:20,760
This is for you.

432
00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:22,140
Go ahead, open it.

433
00:25:32,900 --> 00:25:34,780
The row from the Edgewater Hotel.

434
00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:36,900
Our first night together.

435
00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,040
So, you have plans for lunch?

436
00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,360
This isn't about lunch, Tommy.

437
00:25:45,660 --> 00:25:48,100
I think we should keep our regular
appointment.

438
00:25:49,290 --> 00:25:51,490
But I don't want to become romantic.

439
00:25:52,190 --> 00:25:57,210
And you stopping in here and bringing me
gifts really throws me off.

440
00:25:58,210 --> 00:26:00,970
Last thing I want is to throw you off.

441
00:26:03,070 --> 00:26:04,070
See ya.

442
00:26:20,490 --> 00:26:21,490
How you doing?

443
00:26:22,270 --> 00:26:23,270
I'm great.

444
00:26:24,090 --> 00:26:26,650
Gwen, you've got to try to put all this
behind you.

445
00:26:27,910 --> 00:26:34,310
If someone sent you a glass slipper, a
red cape, and a bloody heart, God knows

446
00:26:34,310 --> 00:26:36,010
what I'll get on Valentine's Day.

447
00:26:36,310 --> 00:26:38,130
How could you put that behind you?

448
00:26:40,730 --> 00:26:45,550
For the past two weeks, every night at
midnight, my phone rings. I pick it up.

449
00:26:45,550 --> 00:26:47,890
hear a clock striking 12 on the other
line.

450
00:26:48,750 --> 00:26:50,090
And then the line goes dead.

451
00:26:50,870 --> 00:26:52,350
Can you put a trace on the phone?

452
00:26:53,050 --> 00:26:54,050
I suppose.

453
00:26:54,210 --> 00:26:59,390
I just, I was determined not to let this
get the best of me, but it's finally

454
00:26:59,390 --> 00:27:01,330
just wearing me down.

455
00:27:03,730 --> 00:27:07,650
I don't want to upset you. You can't
upset me any more than I already am. But

456
00:27:07,650 --> 00:27:11,130
whoever is stalking you... You think
somebody is stalking me? I don't know.

457
00:27:11,890 --> 00:27:14,950
But whoever it is must be working here
in this office.

458
00:27:15,420 --> 00:27:18,360
Great. You think I'm being stalked by
someone that works at the office. That's

459
00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:21,680
great. Thanks a lot, Anne. Gwen, think
about it for a minute. Who else could

460
00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,880
know so much about your comings and
goings, your daily routine, your court

461
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:26,880
dates?

462
00:27:28,740 --> 00:27:30,900
You must have some notion of who this
could be.

463
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:33,840
Actually, I do.

464
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:36,440
Who?

465
00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:39,440
Stuart.

466
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,840
Nobody around here has been acting
weird.

467
00:28:00,290 --> 00:28:02,870
How did you find me? It wasn't easy.

468
00:28:03,690 --> 00:28:04,690
May I sit down?

469
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:18,160
Good book?

470
00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:19,460
Missed it in the last chapter.

471
00:28:20,380 --> 00:28:21,380
But that's fine.

472
00:28:21,460 --> 00:28:23,160
I enjoy making up my own endings.

473
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:26,660
Listen, I'm sorry I troubled you.

474
00:28:26,940 --> 00:28:28,260
Won't bother you again, Douglas.

475
00:28:29,460 --> 00:28:30,460
Call me Fender.

476
00:28:31,580 --> 00:28:36,240
I listened to this. Hey, the story you
tell, is it yours?

477
00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,480
I had nothing else to do while I was
waiting in your office. The recorder was

478
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:43,400
just sitting there, so I figured, why
not? The narrative is wonderful.

479
00:28:44,180 --> 00:28:48,950
Touching. It even bears a remarkable
resemblance to my own adolescence. Two

480
00:28:48,950 --> 00:28:51,330
who share a six -by -nine room with no
secrets.

481
00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:54,390
Where did you learn to tell such moving
stories?

482
00:28:54,670 --> 00:28:55,670
I didn't.

483
00:28:55,910 --> 00:29:00,610
It's just something I can do like, you
know, like this.

484
00:29:02,570 --> 00:29:03,570
I have an idea.

485
00:29:04,030 --> 00:29:05,030
Come with me.

486
00:29:08,630 --> 00:29:09,710
Can we eat first?

487
00:29:13,420 --> 00:29:17,080
Dr. Peresky, how long have you been Mrs.
Hastings' pediatrician? Three months.

488
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:21,200
And during that time, how would you
describe her daughter's health?

489
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,320
Generally speaking, I'd have to say
poor.

490
00:29:23,580 --> 00:29:25,280
Why is that, in your opinion?

491
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:29,400
Mrs. Hastings' daughter suffers from a
medical condition commonly referred to

492
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:30,600
a failure to thrive.

493
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,460
Would you explain exactly what is a
failure to thrive?

494
00:29:34,820 --> 00:29:38,920
There is no precise medical definition.
However, typically it refers to a child

495
00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:42,920
who, despite repeated attempts, refuses
to eat and thus gain weight.

496
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,560
What are some causes of this condition?

497
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:50,520
Food allergies, inability to break down
certain carbohydrates, fussiness.

498
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,120
The cause often remains a mystery.

499
00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:57,040
Have you been encouraged by Mrs.
Hastings' efforts on her daughter's

500
00:29:57,620 --> 00:30:01,920
Unquestionably. Karen Hastings is
tireless in her crusade for little

501
00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:03,580
life. She rarely leaves her side.

502
00:30:03,820 --> 00:30:06,900
As a single parent, her efforts are even
more extraordinary.

503
00:30:07,300 --> 00:30:12,200
Dr. Paretsky, have you ever seen Karen
Hastings behave in any way other than as

504
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:13,039
a loving...

505
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:16,400
caring mother. No, I haven't. No further
questions, Your Honor.

506
00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,280
Your cross, Miss Bowers. I'm ready, Your
Honor.

507
00:30:22,020 --> 00:30:26,380
Dr. Peresky, you describe Miss Hastings
as tireless in her efforts on her

508
00:30:26,380 --> 00:30:27,380
daughter's behalf.

509
00:30:27,620 --> 00:30:28,620
What do you mean?

510
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:32,280
Karen often detects symptoms early and
brings them to my attention.

511
00:30:32,940 --> 00:30:36,200
She used to be a nurse and has
exceptional diagnostic skills.

512
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:40,100
Which makes me wonder why Mrs. Hastings'
first child died mysteriously.

513
00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:43,140
Objection irrelevant and highly
prejudiced. Where are you headed, Miss

514
00:30:43,140 --> 00:30:45,380
Burroughs? It goes to a pattern of
abuse, Your Honor.

515
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:50,880
I have here the coroner's report for the
death of Colin Hastings.

516
00:30:51,460 --> 00:30:53,520
Overruled. Watch yourself, Counselor.

517
00:30:55,460 --> 00:30:57,060
Introducing People's Exhibit 4.

518
00:30:57,660 --> 00:31:00,060
Doctor, would you mind reading the cause
of death?

519
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:04,760
Gastroenteritis caused by severe
dehydration leading to coma.

520
00:31:05,180 --> 00:31:09,160
Thank you. Now tell me, wouldn't someone
with, as you say, exceptional

521
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:12,840
diagnostic skills have been able to spot
this condition before it resulted in

522
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:13,880
the death of a child?

523
00:31:14,100 --> 00:31:18,520
Doctors are not perfect, Miss Paros.
Neither are nurses, nor mothers, not

524
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:21,620
lawyers. We all make mistakes. That
doesn't make us criminals.

525
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:23,159
Thank you.

526
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:24,260
No further questions.

527
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,820
Ben? Becker, talk to me.

528
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,460
We really should speak in private.

529
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:54,600
Attorney -client confidentiality doesn't
mean books. Besides, Kimiko doesn't

530
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:55,600
speak a word of English.

531
00:31:57,820 --> 00:32:02,380
It's warm in here. Take off your jacket.
You're starting to schvitz.

532
00:32:03,189 --> 00:32:06,770
Tell me what you found out. Beatrice
Shuler isn't budging, right?

533
00:32:06,970 --> 00:32:08,950
Speaking of budging, I'm a little
confused.

534
00:32:09,270 --> 00:32:11,370
She told me about her accident and
implicated Mr.

535
00:32:11,570 --> 00:32:13,190
Shuler. Perhaps I should meet him.

536
00:32:13,430 --> 00:32:14,430
Perhaps you should not.

537
00:32:14,450 --> 00:32:18,550
Why? If it wasn't for that gun, if
Worldwide Studios wouldn't be in a

538
00:32:18,630 --> 00:32:22,250
and I wouldn't be fighting a prostate
with a mind of its own. Yeah, I may be

539
00:32:22,250 --> 00:32:25,870
of line, but whatever possessed you,
take on Shuler as a silent partner. Oh,

540
00:32:25,870 --> 00:32:28,550
me started. I was thinking with my money
clip.

541
00:32:30,990 --> 00:32:34,250
Stairs. Don't make such a... It was an
accident.

542
00:32:34,570 --> 00:32:38,470
She got drunk and drifted. She contends
he put her in a wheelchair.

543
00:32:38,970 --> 00:32:45,010
That woman could out -sprint me to the
ready teller with a 50 -yard head start.

544
00:32:45,570 --> 00:32:47,270
Sir, Mrs. Shuler was... You are dope.

545
00:32:47,490 --> 00:32:51,890
She can walk. Believe me. Look, let me
tell you something. Oops.

546
00:32:52,910 --> 00:32:55,050
I quell over my daughter.

547
00:32:55,350 --> 00:32:59,870
She's sweet and wonderful and doesn't
give a rat's ass about being Tori

548
00:32:59,870 --> 00:33:02,020
Spelling. You, you're different.

549
00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:05,940
And if you ever want to be considered my
heir apparent, you better make up your

550
00:33:05,940 --> 00:33:06,940
mind who you believe.

551
00:33:07,260 --> 00:33:11,060
Now, take care of this. Go talk to
Beatrice Schuller.

552
00:33:17,340 --> 00:33:18,640
That the heir apparent?

553
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:20,120
What do you think?

554
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:21,920
Perfect.

555
00:33:22,820 --> 00:33:23,820
Not done, no.

556
00:33:24,140 --> 00:33:29,720
I tried explaining our policy to your
friend here.

557
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:33,400
I'm sorry that I got upset, but those
are the rules. Look, under the

558
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,280
circumstances, don't you think it might
be better for all concerned if you just

559
00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:37,280
give the man his dog back?

560
00:33:37,500 --> 00:33:38,640
How can I be sure that it's his?

561
00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:43,000
For all I know, there's a sad little
girl on her way down here right now,

562
00:33:43,060 --> 00:33:45,400
desperate to hug and hold the very same
dog.

563
00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:46,680
Here's my business card.

564
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,400
I'm an attorney with Mackenzie Brackman.
Mr. Stulwich is a colleague of mine.

565
00:33:50,620 --> 00:33:52,520
You can't convince me he got through law
school.

566
00:33:54,350 --> 00:33:55,990
And I can't convince you to give his dog
back?

567
00:33:56,390 --> 00:33:59,490
No. Well, is it possible that this will
convince you?

568
00:33:59,970 --> 00:34:01,510
Stuart! You want the dog back or not?

569
00:34:01,750 --> 00:34:02,269
Oh, yeah.

570
00:34:02,270 --> 00:34:04,030
Where is he? The dog back there.

571
00:34:05,250 --> 00:34:06,250
Show me.

572
00:34:06,910 --> 00:34:07,910
Come on. Come on.

573
00:34:12,730 --> 00:34:13,730
He's over there.

574
00:34:14,130 --> 00:34:17,730
Let him out. Let him out. Okay, please.
Please, just don't let that thing go

575
00:34:17,730 --> 00:34:19,330
off. I've got a family.

576
00:34:19,889 --> 00:34:20,889
And a kid?

577
00:34:20,969 --> 00:34:21,728
How many?

578
00:34:21,730 --> 00:34:23,130
Three. Under five.

579
00:34:23,630 --> 00:34:25,010
That's a handful, huh? Yeah.

580
00:34:25,370 --> 00:34:26,449
Oh, come on. Open it up.

581
00:34:27,250 --> 00:34:28,250
Here you go.

582
00:34:28,630 --> 00:34:29,630
Here's the dog.

583
00:34:29,790 --> 00:34:30,790
Hi, Lincoln.

584
00:34:30,949 --> 00:34:31,949
Hi,

585
00:34:32,530 --> 00:34:34,270
Lincoln. What happens to all these other
dogs?

586
00:34:35,310 --> 00:34:39,270
Well, if no one adopts them or we run
out of space, they've got to be

587
00:34:39,650 --> 00:34:41,330
Who thinks that's his room? Not me.

588
00:34:41,670 --> 00:34:43,409
Well, go let him out. All of them.

589
00:34:43,730 --> 00:34:47,010
Benny, give him a hand. Hurry up. Go on.
Let him out. Go, go, go. Let's go.

590
00:34:47,170 --> 00:34:48,389
Let's go. All the way.

591
00:34:48,670 --> 00:34:49,670
At him, boy.

592
00:34:49,870 --> 00:34:50,870
At him.

593
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:21,440
Before I make my ruling, I'd like
counsel to approach.

594
00:35:21,740 --> 00:35:22,740
Be seated.

595
00:35:26,260 --> 00:35:32,060
Miss Parris, you have no direct evidence
of any wrongdoing as regards Mrs.

596
00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:36,700
Hastings. And your circumstantial
evidence is just a tad more convincing.

597
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,860
To quote opposing counsel, you are out
on a limb.

598
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,360
What you do have is a chronically sick
baby.

599
00:35:43,770 --> 00:35:48,390
with no satisfactory medical explanation
despite the scores of diagnostic tests

600
00:35:48,390 --> 00:35:49,390
that have been performed.

601
00:35:50,130 --> 00:35:54,770
You also have a sibling who died with
similar unexplained symptoms and a

602
00:35:54,770 --> 00:35:57,650
who is the only person present during
the onset of illness.

603
00:35:57,950 --> 00:36:02,210
Now, that may be enough to get you
probable cause here, but in my opinion,

604
00:36:02,210 --> 00:36:04,470
light years away from convincing a jury.

605
00:36:04,670 --> 00:36:09,950
Get busy, Miss Paros. Put some teeth
into this case before you go to trial.

606
00:36:11,130 --> 00:36:15,120
Otherwise... You are looking at a
directed verdict for the defendant.

607
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:16,600
Now step back.

608
00:36:23,020 --> 00:36:28,100
This court hereby finds probable cause
has been established, and the defendant

609
00:36:28,100 --> 00:36:31,080
is bound over on charges of felony child
endangerment.

610
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:35,420
Her daughter remains in the protective
custody of social services. I want to

611
00:36:35,420 --> 00:36:38,860
bring my daughter home with me. Trial
will commence one week from today.

612
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:42,080
Until then, we are adjourned. I'm a good
mother.

613
00:36:42,460 --> 00:36:46,100
You have to believe me. You'll get a
chance to testify. No, please, Your

614
00:36:46,340 --> 00:36:49,980
if you would just listen to me. Mrs.
Hastings, my decision stands. But my

615
00:36:49,980 --> 00:36:51,180
daughter needs me.

616
00:36:51,620 --> 00:36:54,220
She should be sleeping in her own bed.

617
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:55,600
Mrs.

618
00:37:01,460 --> 00:37:03,280
Shuler, I appreciate your coming down
here.

619
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:05,020
Frankly, this isn't easy.

620
00:37:05,860 --> 00:37:07,780
It is difficult for me to get around.

621
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:09,360
Yeah, right.

622
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:13,600
Nevertheless, I wanted to hear what you
have to say face to face.

623
00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:15,080
All right.

624
00:37:15,300 --> 00:37:18,580
I think your marriage was already
disintegrating when Mr. Shuler became

625
00:37:18,580 --> 00:37:19,580
with another woman.

626
00:37:19,700 --> 00:37:23,200
You grew despondent to the point where
one night, blind drunk, you fell down

627
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:26,100
stairs, and now you're looking to take
advantage of what could possibly prove

628
00:37:26,100 --> 00:37:27,120
be a financial windfall.

629
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:31,540
But as a representative for Worldwide's
Business Affairs, I won't let you get

630
00:37:31,540 --> 00:37:35,140
away with it. I find it hard to believe
that Ben Flicker would hire you.

631
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:36,360
Yeah, why's that?

632
00:37:36,510 --> 00:37:38,050
Blicker despises vulnerability.

633
00:37:39,170 --> 00:37:43,110
And I believe that deep down you are a
kind man who hates doing what he's been

634
00:37:43,110 --> 00:37:44,110
asked to do.

635
00:37:44,430 --> 00:37:47,410
You're unable to mask your gentle
nature.

636
00:37:47,810 --> 00:37:50,990
Talk about duplicity, Beatrice. The
wheelchair gig, is it all just for great

637
00:37:50,990 --> 00:37:51,990
parking spaces?

638
00:37:52,050 --> 00:37:53,050
Ernie, apologize.

639
00:37:53,070 --> 00:37:56,290
Rock, stay out of this. And you, stand
up. I'm leaving.

640
00:37:56,510 --> 00:38:00,350
Rock, stay where you are. I want you to
witness this woman is a fraud.

641
00:38:01,110 --> 00:38:03,190
Please, don't do this.

642
00:38:03,790 --> 00:38:04,790
Walk.

643
00:38:05,240 --> 00:38:10,560
Mrs. Shuler, Hollywood, what you see
isn't always what you get.

644
00:38:11,500 --> 00:38:13,620
But Ben told me she can walk.

645
00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:15,280
Can't you, Mrs. Shuler?

646
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:16,920
Arnold.

647
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:19,440
Oh, come on.

648
00:38:28,029 --> 00:38:29,029
Wasp. Stuart!

649
00:38:29,390 --> 00:38:33,390
What in heaven's name are you doing? I'm
helping to balance it all out, Leland.

650
00:38:33,430 --> 00:38:36,070
It's just like you said. Too much law,
not enough justice.

651
00:38:36,310 --> 00:38:37,470
Stuart Hickman, free Lincoln.

652
00:38:37,710 --> 00:38:40,610
Yeah, well, somebody had to. I mean, the
guy the dog found just wouldn't listen.

653
00:38:40,850 --> 00:38:43,730
You should have seen him when he pulled
out his gun and made him listen. What?

654
00:38:43,890 --> 00:38:47,130
No, it's okay. I was real careful, you
see. I took all the bullets out. It's

655
00:38:47,130 --> 00:38:48,130
loaded. Stuart!

656
00:38:48,570 --> 00:38:51,890
Give me the gun. No, it's okay, Leland.
Police, free him! Watch out!

657
00:38:53,129 --> 00:38:54,530
Drop it. No, it's okay.

658
00:38:54,930 --> 00:38:56,910
His gun's not loaded on him. Don't,
don't do.

659
00:38:57,150 --> 00:39:00,010
I said drop the gun. Put the gun down,
Stuart. That's my husband. Leland, will

660
00:39:00,010 --> 00:39:01,470
you explain to them that I'm fine?

661
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,340
the cell door slammed shut.

662
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:28,920
All I could hear were the anguished
cries of mournful weeping in this place

663
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:29,920
despair.

664
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:31,440
Wow.

665
00:39:31,620 --> 00:39:32,620
You like it?

666
00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:33,720
Roger, I'll be frank.

667
00:39:33,980 --> 00:39:37,780
I was raised in the classics. I minored
in contemporary American literature.

668
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:40,320
Steinbeck, Faulkner, Hemingway, a man's
writer.

669
00:39:40,540 --> 00:39:42,480
And I'd be lying if I said you measured
up.

670
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:47,180
But what you do have, what you were born
with, is the talent that may help write

671
00:39:47,180 --> 00:39:48,180
a bestseller. Yeah?

672
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:51,700
Tomorrow I'll have my secretary begin
transcribing the opening chapters.

673
00:39:51,900 --> 00:39:53,220
We're going to make a great team.

674
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:54,640
What do you say?

675
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:56,000
Meet me here tomorrow morning?

676
00:39:56,400 --> 00:40:01,500
Listen, if it's all right with you, I'd
like to camp out on your couch.

677
00:40:02,660 --> 00:40:04,200
Sleeping in the alley was kind of rough.

678
00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,240
You've never had a place of your own?

679
00:40:06,700 --> 00:40:09,020
I've been in and out of jail since I ran
away at 17.

680
00:40:09,780 --> 00:40:10,880
Don't even have a family.

681
00:40:13,060 --> 00:40:15,320
My father was a very famous lawyer, you
know.

682
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:17,200
As a youth.

683
00:40:17,580 --> 00:40:21,180
Every night, I'd sit at the top of the
stairs and wait for him to return home.

684
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:25,360
He'd walk through that front door and
ask if he had a baritone's voice.

685
00:40:25,860 --> 00:40:29,960
Douglas, what did you do today to make
the world a better place?

686
00:40:30,300 --> 00:40:31,299
What would you tell him?

687
00:40:31,300 --> 00:40:32,218
I'd lie mostly.

688
00:40:32,220 --> 00:40:34,740
But tonight, I could tell him I offered
a man shelter.

689
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:36,080
Are you sure you got room?

690
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:40,600
Absolutely. Shouldn't you check with
your wife? We haven't remarried yet, but

691
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:41,900
that's another story. Benny!

692
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:43,400
Benny! How are you?

693
00:40:43,820 --> 00:40:46,160
My new teeth got knocked out in the
fight.

694
00:40:47,550 --> 00:40:48,550
That can be fixed.

695
00:40:48,730 --> 00:40:50,270
And now I'm worried about Stuart.

696
00:40:50,930 --> 00:40:53,350
Well, well, hopefully that can be fixed
as well.

697
00:40:53,590 --> 00:40:54,990
We didn't hurt anybody.

698
00:40:55,190 --> 00:40:59,050
The gun wasn't even loaded, and that man
was going to kill Lincoln. These last

699
00:40:59,050 --> 00:41:04,330
few days have been confusing for all of
us, but the important thing is we're all

700
00:41:04,330 --> 00:41:06,470
safe. That goes for you too, Lincoln.

701
00:41:06,910 --> 00:41:09,350
Yeah. How about I give you two a ride?

702
00:41:09,730 --> 00:41:10,730
In your new car?

703
00:41:10,890 --> 00:41:12,830
Yeah. You'd be really excited.

704
00:41:13,310 --> 00:41:15,030
Well, we put down some paper.

705
00:41:21,890 --> 00:41:24,770
Hey. This city is so deceptively pretty
at night.

706
00:41:28,270 --> 00:41:29,270
You heading home?

707
00:41:29,390 --> 00:41:31,830
I've got the phone from a buddy of mine
who's leaving tomorrow for Africa.

708
00:41:32,910 --> 00:41:33,910
Fifteen days.

709
00:41:34,350 --> 00:41:37,510
Botswana, Mozambique, Sudan, Ivory
Coast.

710
00:41:38,170 --> 00:41:40,010
Supposed to be traveling with his
girlfriend, but she fell out.

711
00:41:40,550 --> 00:41:41,550
So he asked me.

712
00:41:41,570 --> 00:41:44,630
Are you going to go? I don't know. I
took an extended leave of absence.

713
00:41:44,950 --> 00:41:47,030
Doesn't seem like the right time to take
a vacation right now.

714
00:41:48,150 --> 00:41:49,150
Here's where I'd be.

715
00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:53,140
Ooh. That's Schiaffa.

716
00:41:54,020 --> 00:41:58,960
It's the place where people feel most
welcome on Earth, I think. It's

717
00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:02,300
You think you'd be happier at McKenzie
Brackman?

718
00:42:02,700 --> 00:42:04,780
It's hard to say, hard to say.

719
00:42:05,860 --> 00:42:08,100
I haven't gotten off to an auspicious
start.

720
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:09,920
I'll let you know when you get back.

721
00:42:10,500 --> 00:42:11,520
If I come back.

722
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:14,880
I'll see you. Bon voyage.

723
00:42:21,930 --> 00:42:22,848
Hi, Tommy.

724
00:42:22,850 --> 00:42:26,930
Curtain's in an hour. We could still
make it if... Not tonight.

725
00:42:27,250 --> 00:42:29,070
Okay. I'll give him away.

726
00:42:31,650 --> 00:42:33,310
Smells a little gamey.

727
00:42:34,470 --> 00:42:37,070
Yeah, Lincoln dropped by with a few of
his friends.

728
00:42:37,950 --> 00:42:40,270
What's this about Stuart pulling a gun?

729
00:42:40,830 --> 00:42:41,930
It wasn't loaded.

730
00:42:42,430 --> 00:42:44,750
Yeah, but that's still nutsoid behavior.

731
00:42:45,230 --> 00:42:46,910
I always thought this office was safe.

732
00:42:47,110 --> 00:42:52,070
But lately with... Arnie's hunger for
power, Stuart's confusion, Gwen's fear,

733
00:42:52,230 --> 00:42:53,610
everything's out of control.

734
00:42:55,470 --> 00:42:58,990
Why would I want to bring a baby into
this insanity?

735
00:42:59,590 --> 00:43:01,850
Because not two is giving up hope.

736
00:43:04,030 --> 00:43:05,970
So what's really got you rattled?

737
00:43:06,630 --> 00:43:08,790
I know I'm going to make a good mother.

738
00:43:10,330 --> 00:43:12,830
But I'm a lousy, significant other.

739
00:43:13,810 --> 00:43:17,050
I've got a failed marriage, a failed
romance.

740
00:43:18,060 --> 00:43:22,540
The truth is I've been pushing you away
because I'm afraid to fall in love.

741
00:43:25,180 --> 00:43:26,260
I'll tell you what.

742
00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:33,260
How about we forget about relationships
and we just spend the night together,

743
00:43:33,540 --> 00:43:34,540
hmm?

744
00:43:35,340 --> 00:43:39,160
Oh, in a purely professional sense, of
course.

745
00:43:39,740 --> 00:43:40,740
Strictly business.

746
00:43:57,960 --> 00:43:59,080
The sitter's gonna kill me.

747
00:44:06,240 --> 00:44:07,240
Hey.

748
00:44:09,260 --> 00:44:11,040
Don't let this creep get you down.

749
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:14,280
You're the fairest of them all.

750
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:16,580
Yeah, means no white.

751
00:44:49,870 --> 00:44:55,110
When the huntsman came back with the
heart of a young boar he had killed, the

752
00:44:55,110 --> 00:45:00,190
queen had insulted and ate it, believing
it were no wife.

753
00:45:05,010 --> 00:45:06,010
Cinderella.

754
00:45:07,050 --> 00:45:08,490
Little Red Riding Hood.

755
00:45:09,530 --> 00:45:10,530
Fairy tales.

756
00:45:13,930 --> 00:45:14,930
Daniel?

757
00:45:18,110 --> 00:45:19,620
You... Son of a -