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

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You've got no case.

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Leland, you just made your last mistake.

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

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no?

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Yes.

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I think we should really think about
unsettling this thing. Make it

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Everybody shut up. Oh, that's
constructive.

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Let's all shut up.

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Stuart?

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Is he having a heart attack?

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Say nothing.

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Just follow me.

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There he is. The heroic officer shot a
black kid in the back. You're second

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sharing the Chisholm case as of now.
Why?

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Because you're black.

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

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

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It's not a request, Jonathan.

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It's happening too fast.

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Let it.

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I think we should stop.

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I don't want to stop.

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

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My history with women would indicate
otherwise.

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I hear you're getting married.

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Yeah, I am.

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Congratulations. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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

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Surrogates are partners.

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

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for a living?

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

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I came as fast as I could.

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Now what?

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

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

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what happened.

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Babe. That happened. One of my clients.

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God, I made him take a stress test
before I even took him on. I swear he

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good health.

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He's dead?

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

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Miller. The state senator?

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I'm scared of the publicity.

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Plus, I don't think he had a permit for
the gun.

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

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

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leave, you call the police.

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God. It's just my nine o 'clock.

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I'll get rid of him. And then I'm
leaving. I was never here.

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Douglas! No!

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Hello, hello, hello.

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

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Let's make this fast. We've got a busy
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Stuart, welcome back. Glad you're
feeling better. Thank you. You'll be

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in half days?

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

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

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

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

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

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I'll be needing Jonathan all week.

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Rosalind Shays versus all of us.

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Obviously, she's winning, thanks to Ann
Kelsey.

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

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

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gaffe. Gaffe?

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She didn't gaffe. The point is, how do
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Arnold, I'm a little nervous about
putting you up there.

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

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

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Stick it, Doug. All right, Arnold.

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Hey, I'm not talking to hear the sound
of my voice. Our malpractice insurance

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does not cover sex discrimination.

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

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stupid testimony.

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Hey, come on now.

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

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

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Barry, there you go.

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

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

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

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

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I'm not being cocky. I'm just telling
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He can't touch me.

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Okay.

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Let's go.

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We're adjourned. Second.

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Leland.

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Can I see you for a second? Yeah, my
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Arnold. Arnold.

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

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

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What could I possibly have to offer?

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I'm an open sore.

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It was just a figure of speech.

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You'll find me after lunch.

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Thank you.

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This firm...

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has never forced lawyers to take cases.
I don't see how you... Right now, this

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firm is all tied up.

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We can't keep everybody happy. The only
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because I'm black.

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That's right. That's right. Just like I
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I was old, and Ann Kelsey did the OBGYN
case last year because she was pregnant.

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

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it happens to be your skin color.

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Leland.

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

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

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the black community.

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

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

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

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The black community is not a client.

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Brian Chisholm is.

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

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Give Michael whatever he needs.

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

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risky move for us. How so?

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

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

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severely undermines that objective. The
consequences could be devastating.

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

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

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like Ros.

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

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herself to be.

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

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Of course.

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Initially, it was the alienation of the
associates.

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She took on a client who supported
apartheid in South Africa.

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and then ignored our black associate
when he justifiably protested. She went

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behind the back of Victor Cifuentes, our
Hispanic associate, and settled the

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case from under him. Now, I'm not saying
that Rods is overtly racist, but she

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demonstrated no regard whatsoever for
our minority employees.

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What else did she do, Mr. Becker? Well,
it was this fundamental incompatibility

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that ultimately began to spread through
the firm like a cancer, and her

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underlying dishonesty simply became
prohibitive.

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

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But, senior partner, please.

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Thank you, Mr. Becker.

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Nothing further.

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Fundamental incompatibility.

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

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

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stole clients, and they sued you.

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Is that what you mean by stability and
unity, Mr. Becker? Truth be told, one of

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the reasons I left was because Rosalind
Shays was brought in. Oh, really? A

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second ago, you said you liked her.
Personally.

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But professionally, I couldn't endorse
her methods.

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And putting her in a leadership
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this firm's moral center.

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Something that didn't sit well with my
conscience.

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Your conscience.

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

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Objection, relevance.

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

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I'll allow it. He opened the door.

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You slept with clients?

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You slept with opposing counsel?

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

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before I became a very happily married
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As a person who works extremely hard,
most of the people I meet are through

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

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

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of ethics.

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

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I'm confused, Mr. Becker.

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You say Rosalind Shays was ousted
because of incompatibility.

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

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Objection. No, that's okay. Let me
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Ann Kelsey wasn't lying.

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She was mistaken.

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Well, a pretty big mistake to make under
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line. The simple fact is Ann Kelsey
tends to suffer from hypersensitivity on

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

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

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would cloud her judgment. And while I
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she made this statement, I also have no
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about Rosalind Shays...

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It was totally misplaced.

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

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

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Why are they insisting on a trial
without you saying they have no case?

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

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

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

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Cusack why Mr.

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

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

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attorney and not just an attorney?

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Because black is why you picked him.

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

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

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neither will the jury.

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Excuse me. Thank you.

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

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Jonathan?

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What the hell was that?

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

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

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me that crap.

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

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

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Fine, I'm sorry.

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

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

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I said I was sorry.

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

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trial.

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Was the gun inside the holster?

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That's really not important, Arnie.

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

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

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They're evidently hauling him out as we
speak.

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Arnie, I can't take this relationship
anymore.

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

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

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

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

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

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I'm afraid Marilyn's pretty involved.

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

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Exactly.

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

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that's what you want, here's what you
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Yeah. Take her to a nice, elegant
restaurant. You know, someplace where

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wouldn't dare make a scene.

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

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

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

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I am overwrought with ambivalence.

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Come on. I swear to God.

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And you just... Drop the bomb straight
out. She's not going to make a squeak.

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The place is too public. She might even
admire your honesty. God, I love it when

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that happens.

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You say goodbye.

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

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You ask for the check.

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You don't look back.

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

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It's so cold.

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I was hoping to come out of it as
friends.

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

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

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Arnie? Douglas?

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You know this young lady, don't you?

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Uh, yes. Hello.

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Hello. Hi, Arnie.

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Gwen, what brings you?

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I just hired you.

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Oh, great.

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

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Good. Very, very good.

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Good.

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Good.

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

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About 42 years.

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

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

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different set to blacks?

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Not in my experience.

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Thank you.

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Defense accepts this man.

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

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My house was robbed once.

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Police catch who did it?

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Yes. You recall his race?

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He was a black kid.

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

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Objection. There's no showing for cause.

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

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guilty when charged with a crime.

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Where do you get that?

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The juror is discharged for cause.

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

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he was innocent?

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No.

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All kinds of people commit crimes.

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Policeman, too.

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

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Have you ever been arrested, Mr. Pryor?

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I resent that.

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

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Thank you.

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You ask white jurors that question?

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

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

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The defense exercises its last
peremptory challenge. It has to be heard

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chambers, Your Honor.

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Let's go.

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

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

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

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

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Opposed. On what grounds?

302
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On the grounds that you, like Rogoff,
are too politically scared to do the job

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

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

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

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

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

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

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captures at least 50 % of the black
vote.

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Your motion is denied.

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I want this on the record.

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It's on the record.

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Now, let's get back in there.

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This trial's going forward.

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Abby!

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Abby, there's a film crew in reception.

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

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

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

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Where's everybody?

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Anybody home?

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What's going on here?

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Everybody goes and comes like flies?

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00:19:14,860 --> 00:19:18,279
I'm sorry, but you'll just... Excuse me,
is there someone here who could give a

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

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other than to reiterate our continued
confidence.

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

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

329
00:19:31,210 --> 00:19:33,500
Do you think Holloway... I'm sorry, I
can't do it.

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00:19:35,450 --> 00:19:38,820
Your Honor, at this time, defense calls
to the stand Mrs. Susan Rabb.

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00:19:38,821 --> 00:19:42,389
Objection. This witness is not on their
pretrial. Your Honor, we just decided to

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call this witness last night. I notified
counsel this morning.

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00:19:46,070 --> 00:19:47,120
Sidebar, Your Honor.

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00:19:49,690 --> 00:19:51,860
This witness has no relevance to this
case.

335
00:19:51,861 --> 00:19:55,749
Our defense is that Miss Shays is a
difficult person to get along with. This

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a cheap attempt. Mr. Salas, if you want
to adjourn after direct, you got it. But

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let's keep this thing going.

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Swear her in.

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Raise your right hand.

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00:20:06,051 --> 00:20:09,409
Do you swear to tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth,

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help you God?

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00:20:10,110 --> 00:20:11,160
I do.

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Please state your full name for the
record.

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Susan Rabb.

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00:20:18,450 --> 00:20:21,400
Miss Rabb, you're here under subpoena
today, are you not?

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00:20:21,401 --> 00:20:25,329
Yes, I am. Could you please state your
relationship to the plaintiff, Rosalind

347
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Chase? She's my mother.

348
00:20:27,390 --> 00:20:29,860
Seek to treat the witness as hostile,
Your Honor.

349
00:20:29,861 --> 00:20:31,709
Granted. Where do you live, Miss Rabb?

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I live in Glendale, California.

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00:20:33,850 --> 00:20:37,820
Do you know how far that is from Pacific
Palisades, where your mother resides?

352
00:20:38,570 --> 00:20:40,690
It's probably about an hour car ride.

353
00:20:41,030 --> 00:20:42,080
I'm not positive.

354
00:20:42,081 --> 00:20:45,569
And before this moment, when was the
last time you saw your mother?

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00:20:45,570 --> 00:20:49,109
Objection. I'd like a little latitude,
Your Honor. Go ahead. When was the last

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time you saw her, ma 'am?

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00:20:50,481 --> 00:20:52,529
I'm not sure.

358
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Was it more than a year ago?

359
00:20:54,570 --> 00:20:58,190
Yes. More than five years ago?

360
00:20:59,130 --> 00:21:03,369
Probably. Could it be more than ten
years ago? Look, I'm not sure. I said I

361
00:21:03,370 --> 00:21:05,600
don't know. Do you have children, Miss
Rapp?

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00:21:06,110 --> 00:21:07,730
Yes. What are their ages?

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00:21:08,350 --> 00:21:11,790
I have a seven -year -old son and a five
-year -old daughter.

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00:21:12,190 --> 00:21:14,110
Have they ever met their grandmother?

365
00:21:14,111 --> 00:21:18,169
Have your children ever met their
grandmother?

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00:21:18,170 --> 00:21:19,220
No, they haven't.

367
00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:22,210
Why have your children never met their
grandmother?

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00:21:23,860 --> 00:21:25,240
Answer the question, ma 'am.

369
00:21:25,980 --> 00:21:31,000
We just... We just don't get along,
that's all.

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00:21:35,020 --> 00:21:37,430
Do you have any more questions, Miss Van
Allen?

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00:21:37,540 --> 00:21:38,590
No, Your Honor.

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00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:53,240
Do you love your mother?

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00:21:56,540 --> 00:21:57,680
Of course I do.

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00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:00,610
Nothing further.

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00:22:00,611 --> 00:22:07,179
Cafeteria workers at Oak Ridge High
School who were on strike for better

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00:22:07,180 --> 00:22:10,880
only last week... Somebody call for room
service?

377
00:22:12,020 --> 00:22:13,070
What's this?

378
00:22:13,260 --> 00:22:15,000
This is a little bedtime champagne.

379
00:22:16,120 --> 00:22:19,970
Do you know my morning head if I drink
this stuff right before going to sleep?

380
00:22:20,570 --> 00:22:22,740
Well, maybe we shouldn't go right this
way.

381
00:22:24,310 --> 00:22:25,360
Sweet.

382
00:22:27,830 --> 00:22:28,880
That's sweet.

383
00:22:31,810 --> 00:22:34,700
Come here, you. I'm healthy, Anne. The
doctor said I'm fine.

384
00:22:34,701 --> 00:22:38,249
It's the trials, dude. It's hard to
relax. No, it's the heart attack.

385
00:22:38,250 --> 00:22:41,560
If we're going to have a problem, let's
at least be honest about it.

386
00:22:43,510 --> 00:22:46,650
The doctor said sex is okay. It's not
going to kill me.

387
00:22:47,330 --> 00:22:48,380
I know.

388
00:22:50,510 --> 00:22:51,930
Okay, let's have sex.

389
00:22:51,931 --> 00:22:58,229
And while attorney Michael Cusack
completed jury selection in the murder

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00:22:58,230 --> 00:23:02,629
of police officer Brian Chisholm, his
partners at McKenzie, Brackman, Cheney,

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00:23:02,630 --> 00:23:06,769
and Cusack were busy in their own
defense against the splashy sex

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suit brought by powerhouse Rosalind
Shays.

393
00:23:09,870 --> 00:23:11,430
Powerhouse. What's up, Becker?

394
00:23:11,890 --> 00:23:15,150
To get an inside look at this headline
-making offer.

395
00:23:16,570 --> 00:23:17,620
Oh,

396
00:23:18,970 --> 00:23:20,020
my God.

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00:23:20,110 --> 00:23:24,070
firm as the main party and your own
partners are subpoenaed as witnesses,

398
00:23:24,270 --> 00:23:29,889
obviously things get hectic. But in the
end, we'll get Brian Chisholm off and

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00:23:29,890 --> 00:23:33,710
grind up Roslyn Shays into a cheap
mulch.

400
00:23:33,910 --> 00:23:38,709
This just in. State Senator Jerome
Miller suffered a fatal heart attack

401
00:23:38,710 --> 00:23:42,590
morning, apparently stress -induced
during sexual intercourse.

402
00:23:43,100 --> 00:23:46,699
A senator was best known for his
decision to fast in protest of the

403
00:23:46,700 --> 00:23:51,380
Railways Act, only to be secretly
videotaped at a McDonald's drive -thru.

404
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,120
And in Sacramento, Horace Smith...

405
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:16,740
This is a last -minute stunt.

406
00:24:16,741 --> 00:24:20,479
It's no stunt, Your Honor. My client
seeks to discharge me as counsel. That's

407
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his prerogative.

408
00:24:22,020 --> 00:24:23,070
What's wrong?

409
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,780
As long as I am still his lawyer, I
would like all dialogue to go through

410
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,080
please. Denied. You want a new lawyer?

411
00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,080
You yourself will have to tell me why.

412
00:24:32,860 --> 00:24:36,919
We have differences of opinion, which I
feel compromise Mr. Cusack's ability to

413
00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:38,720
provide effective representation.

414
00:24:38,900 --> 00:24:39,950
Such as?

415
00:24:40,060 --> 00:24:41,600
Work product. Don't answer.

416
00:24:42,580 --> 00:24:46,220
Fine. Mr. Rollins will be your lawyer.
We start tomorrow.

417
00:24:46,500 --> 00:24:50,470
Your Honor, the conflicts are germane to
the entire firm, Mr. Rollins included.

418
00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:54,380
Either you tell me what these conflicts
are or your motion is denied.

419
00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,070
Defense strategy, personality
differences.

420
00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,200
He's not satisfied with my competency.

421
00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:00,410
Uh -huh.

422
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,500
Well, you're competent, all right.

423
00:25:02,501 --> 00:25:05,939
So competent, in fact, that I have no
doubt that you instructed him to

424
00:25:05,940 --> 00:25:07,320
you in order to buy more time.

425
00:25:07,710 --> 00:25:11,349
Hoping that by the time this thing
rolled around again to trial, I'd be

426
00:25:11,350 --> 00:25:13,609
up in something else and you'd have to
get a different judge.

427
00:25:13,610 --> 00:25:15,770
Well, that's not going to happen.

428
00:25:17,430 --> 00:25:19,770
You're very adequate counsel.

429
00:25:20,050 --> 00:25:21,190
No grounds for a switch.

430
00:25:21,191 --> 00:25:23,109
This trial starts tomorrow, that's all.

431
00:25:23,110 --> 00:25:25,590
Your Honor. I said, that's all.

432
00:25:29,061 --> 00:25:36,269
You can live with this? Hey, you think I
like it? I got everybody breathing down

433
00:25:36,270 --> 00:25:38,609
my back for a conviction while I barely
have any evidence.

434
00:25:38,610 --> 00:25:40,470
I was hoping a little trick would work.

435
00:25:40,550 --> 00:25:41,600
Mr. Kuzak.

436
00:25:42,350 --> 00:25:44,090
Mr. Kuzak, what the hell is going on?

437
00:25:44,091 --> 00:25:48,269
Scott, I thought you said this would
work out. Well, I was wrong, Brian, and

438
00:25:48,270 --> 00:25:51,100
quite honestly, right now, I don't know
what to tell you.

439
00:25:54,350 --> 00:25:58,510
Aside from humiliating this firm, what
you did bordered on fraud.

440
00:25:58,770 --> 00:26:00,940
I was... just trying to help. That
doesn't help.

441
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,899
Passing yourself off as an attorney,
lying to the media, that doesn't help. I

442
00:26:04,900 --> 00:26:06,100
thought it sounded good.

443
00:26:06,101 --> 00:26:07,239
You see?

444
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:08,860
Murray, you can't do that.

445
00:26:08,861 --> 00:26:10,839
So you don't want me to help?

446
00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:14,380
No. You don't want me to pitch in? No.

447
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:16,090
Okay, okay.

448
00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:17,760
Just so I understand it.

449
00:26:18,020 --> 00:26:19,660
My help, you never want.

450
00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:34,730
You ready?

451
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,500
Ready. The main thing is, show
authority.

452
00:26:39,820 --> 00:26:40,870
I know, Grace.

453
00:26:41,380 --> 00:26:43,060
We've been over it again and again.

454
00:26:43,061 --> 00:26:46,759
Leland, I've prepared more than a
thousand witnesses.

455
00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:49,620
Nobody testifies exactly the way it's
rehearsed.

456
00:26:49,621 --> 00:26:52,179
When you get up on the stand, you're
going to be nervous.

457
00:26:52,180 --> 00:26:53,230
That's acceptable.

458
00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,390
Nerves cause some people to be
tentative.

459
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:57,690
That is not acceptable, not in this
case.

460
00:26:58,090 --> 00:27:02,569
They'll try and paint you as the weak,
aging senior partner who needed to be

461
00:27:02,570 --> 00:27:07,050
rescued. Your demeanor has to suggest
otherwise. I know what I have to do.

462
00:27:09,210 --> 00:27:10,260
Good.

463
00:27:18,650 --> 00:27:21,070
The reason I asked for this lunch?

464
00:27:22,270 --> 00:27:24,010
There's something we must discuss.

465
00:27:25,370 --> 00:27:27,660
You're a little flipped out about
yesterday.

466
00:27:27,930 --> 00:27:31,390
Actually, this concerns a bigger picture
than yesterday's events.

467
00:27:32,370 --> 00:27:33,420
Marilyn.

468
00:27:35,710 --> 00:27:37,690
I'm overwrought with ambivalence.

469
00:27:39,050 --> 00:27:40,100
Excuse me?

470
00:27:40,470 --> 00:27:43,910
I adore you, but I want to terminate our
relationship.

471
00:27:44,410 --> 00:27:46,970
Because of one dead client in the
holster?

472
00:27:47,710 --> 00:27:54,069
It goes beyond that, but yes, the
shocking confrontation with what you do,

473
00:27:54,070 --> 00:27:56,230
sorry, but I just can't handle it.

474
00:27:56,620 --> 00:28:02,020
And the honest thing is just to end
things between us. The honest thing?

475
00:28:02,780 --> 00:28:06,759
Douglas, I told you from the very
beginning you didn't want to get

476
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,140
the sexual surrogate. Shh!

477
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:09,880
Keep your voice down.

478
00:28:10,120 --> 00:28:16,980
Why did you specifically tell me that my
job was not a barrier if it was?

479
00:28:17,060 --> 00:28:20,370
I didn't really know myself very well
back then. You knew yourself.

480
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,820
You were a bald, impotent workaholic.

481
00:28:24,140 --> 00:28:27,390
Who couldn't even think about having sex
without breaking wind.

482
00:28:27,820 --> 00:28:30,900
Can I have a check, please? And I
changed all that, Douglas.

483
00:28:31,820 --> 00:28:33,520
I made you happy.

484
00:28:34,260 --> 00:28:36,140
We made each other happy.

485
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:40,000
Overwrought. I told you I'm overwrought.

486
00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,920
I was the one who brought her in. I
certainly wanted to see her succeed.

487
00:28:46,300 --> 00:28:48,680
But she didn't succeed in your mind, did
she?

488
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,400
A senior partner has to be trusted by
her partners.

489
00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:53,850
She wasn't.

490
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:59,839
A senior partner has to deal honestly
with clients, co -workers. She didn't.

491
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:00,960
she was voted out.

492
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:02,300
It never came to that.

493
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,580
Once it became clear she couldn't win,
she resigned.

494
00:29:06,460 --> 00:29:10,140
She wasn't pushed or shoved out or even
asked to leave.

495
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:11,450
She just quit.

496
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:16,800
But you've heard her claim that she was
forced out because she was a woman.

497
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:18,340
Well, that's ridiculous.

498
00:29:18,341 --> 00:29:22,459
If we were against women, why would she
have been an elected senior partner in

499
00:29:22,460 --> 00:29:26,379
the first place? If we were against
women, why have three of the last four

500
00:29:26,380 --> 00:29:30,399
partners we've made been women? This
dispute has nothing to do with gender,

501
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:32,930
Rosalind Shays knows that. Thank you,
Mr. McKenzie.

502
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:34,820
I have nothing further, Your Honor.

503
00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:39,530
You were old.

504
00:29:39,580 --> 00:29:40,630
You couldn't hack it.

505
00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:45,199
So you brought in a woman. You gave her
the title. You let her build the firm

506
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,940
back up. And then you just took the job
back.

507
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:51,290
It didn't happen that way. That's
exactly how it happened.

508
00:29:52,300 --> 00:29:53,640
You were smart, Leland.

509
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:57,000
Objection to the informality. I'm sorry,
Mr.

510
00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:58,680
McKenzie. That's right.

511
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:00,820
That's right. It's okay for Mr.

512
00:30:01,020 --> 00:30:06,079
Becker to sit up here calling the
plaintiff Roz, but dare we use a man's

513
00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,999
name? Stick to the case, Mr. Sollers.
I'm very much sticking to the case, Your

514
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:14,100
Honor. This man specifically wanted a
woman taking his place because he knew,

515
00:30:14,220 --> 00:30:16,000
with the makeup of his firm, he knew.

516
00:30:16,001 --> 00:30:19,029
he could more easily get rid of a woman.
That's crazy.

517
00:30:19,030 --> 00:30:23,149
She lost the job because she manipulated
people. She lost the job because she

518
00:30:23,150 --> 00:30:24,049
couldn't be trusted.

519
00:30:24,050 --> 00:30:28,349
Well, if you breed the trust that she
can't, tell us why Arnold Becker

520
00:30:28,350 --> 00:30:32,189
from you, not her. She could not run the
firm. Then tell us why revenues went

521
00:30:32,190 --> 00:30:34,070
down under your rule, not hers.

522
00:30:34,530 --> 00:30:39,169
Tell us why when Rosalind Shays left,
she took 11 of your long -standing

523
00:30:39,170 --> 00:30:42,489
with her. I'll tell you this. Everything
I ever did was in the best interest of

524
00:30:42,490 --> 00:30:43,369
my fellow partners.

525
00:30:43,370 --> 00:30:44,420
Oh, is that right?

526
00:30:44,421 --> 00:30:47,909
Well, could you tell us then why you
exalted your own vanity at the expense

527
00:30:47,910 --> 00:30:48,960
your partners?

528
00:30:49,030 --> 00:30:50,770
What? Isn't it true, sir?

529
00:30:50,771 --> 00:30:54,949
Even though you are hard of hearing, you
refused to wear your hearing aids

530
00:30:54,950 --> 00:30:56,450
because they embarrassed you.

531
00:30:56,451 --> 00:31:00,479
Isn't it also true, sir, that Rosalind
Shays, because she was worried about the

532
00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:04,559
firm being sued for malpractice, had to
ask you to wear your hearing aids? This

533
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:05,700
is totally irrelevant.

534
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:07,280
It is not irrelevant.

535
00:31:07,700 --> 00:31:11,799
It goes to this man's ego, which is
completely at issue. An ego that

536
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:15,339
the interests of his firm. Your Honor,
Mr. Sollers. An ego that victimized this

537
00:31:15,340 --> 00:31:16,840
woman. She victimized herself.

538
00:31:16,841 --> 00:31:18,479
You were the executioner, Leland.

539
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:21,819
Objection. You were the one. Mr.
Sollers, that is enough. I founded that

540
00:31:21,820 --> 00:31:25,300
and I was not going to let her ruin it.
You're a tired and scared old man.

541
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:27,240
Scared of... becoming obsolete.

542
00:31:27,380 --> 00:31:29,200
I'm not obsolete. I am not obsolete.

543
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,660
I founded that firm. Mr. McKenzie,
settle down.

544
00:31:36,580 --> 00:31:37,880
I founded that firm.

545
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:41,040
I am not obsolete.

546
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:43,320
No further questions.

547
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:54,330
Day.

548
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:57,500
It's a lot easier when you close your
eyes.

549
00:31:58,660 --> 00:31:59,710
Thanks.

550
00:32:02,340 --> 00:32:03,390
Diana?

551
00:32:03,391 --> 00:32:04,679
Thanks

552
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:12,899
for

553
00:32:12,900 --> 00:32:14,100
not beating me up on this.

554
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:18,380
Maybe I don't think you're wrong.

555
00:32:21,460 --> 00:32:23,160
I'm sitting at the defense table.

556
00:32:24,300 --> 00:32:25,350
Looking black.

557
00:32:26,620 --> 00:32:28,200
Letting myself be exploited.

558
00:32:29,500 --> 00:32:34,020
You don't think Holloway's exploiting
things a little? Yeah, to make a point.

559
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:36,700
What's my point?

560
00:32:38,060 --> 00:32:40,400
He's a blatant rejectionist, Jonathan.

561
00:32:41,260 --> 00:32:44,380
He offers up nothing but rage.

562
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,420
Gets him a lot of cheers.

563
00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:49,360
But what does he accomplish?

564
00:32:49,620 --> 00:32:51,380
Sometimes rage is a start.

565
00:32:51,740 --> 00:32:53,260
And look at what it started.

566
00:32:54,350 --> 00:32:58,630
A public desperation for a conviction,
no matter what.

567
00:33:00,390 --> 00:33:04,390
Innocent or guilty, the damn well has to
be a conviction to keep the peace.

568
00:33:05,810 --> 00:33:07,650
That's what Holloway has started.

569
00:33:07,990 --> 00:33:10,460
Baby, I don't know if Brian Chisholm is
innocent.

570
00:33:14,890 --> 00:33:21,590
The point is, whether he is or not seems
to be totally irrelevant.

571
00:33:26,441 --> 00:33:29,999
There's so much hate in that courtroom.

572
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,920
In the halls.

573
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:34,160
In everybody's eyes.

574
00:33:35,380 --> 00:33:36,800
And they're all afraid of it.

575
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:38,500
The judge, the DA.

576
00:33:39,060 --> 00:33:40,110
Even Michael.

577
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:44,640
They're all afraid of the hate.

578
00:33:58,540 --> 00:34:02,559
Okay, I'm listening. Simple deal. You
stop talking to the press, inflaming the

579
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,270
media, we stipulate to negligence at the
civil trial.

580
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:06,680
Nice sense of humor.

581
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:11,059
Hey, you represent the kid's family.
Your obligation is to them. Now, we've

582
00:34:11,060 --> 00:34:14,790
offered to make your whole civil claim.
My clients aren't in this for money.

583
00:34:15,060 --> 00:34:18,080
They're in this because their child was
murdered.

584
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,770
And they want the person responsible for
that to be held accountable.

585
00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:23,260
And what are you in this for?

586
00:34:23,261 --> 00:34:26,759
With all your grandstanding and pulpit
thumping, what are you in this for?

587
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:31,519
one thing about me, Mr. Cusack, I never
bother trying to justify myself to

588
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:32,570
people like you.

589
00:34:32,571 --> 00:34:35,579
Well, you're making it impossible for us
to get a fair trial here. You're

590
00:34:35,580 --> 00:34:39,379
poisoning the process, and you want to
bother justifying that? You assume that

591
00:34:39,380 --> 00:34:42,600
the process is poison -free to begin
with. I don't.

592
00:34:43,199 --> 00:34:46,920
Oh, by the way, Mr. Rollins, you're
doing a great job.

593
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:49,139
I can see why he brought you in.

594
00:34:52,199 --> 00:34:55,699
The toughest thing here, I suppose, is
to put a price tag on a dream.

595
00:34:55,700 --> 00:34:59,499
Because that's what they took from her,
ladies and gentlemen, her dream to be a

596
00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:00,399
senior partner.

597
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:01,820
She finally had her chance.

598
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:06,539
And when they forced her out, they
crushed that dream. And the news went

599
00:35:06,540 --> 00:35:09,190
whipping through the legal grapevine.
Did you hear?

600
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:10,760
They threw her out.

601
00:35:11,340 --> 00:35:15,999
Can you believe it? They dumped Rosalind
Chase, put her out on her ass. She only

602
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:17,580
lasted two months. Wow.

603
00:35:18,220 --> 00:35:19,800
By their actions...

604
00:35:20,190 --> 00:35:25,889
They put out a declaration to the entire
legal world that Rosalind Shays is

605
00:35:25,890 --> 00:35:28,330
unfit for senior partnership status.

606
00:35:30,290 --> 00:35:36,529
Oh, they had their reasons, a bunch of
them. She was incompatible. She was

607
00:35:36,530 --> 00:35:41,729
She was that. Well, it's funny how they
waited until after she'd rescued him

608
00:35:41,730 --> 00:35:46,070
from potential bankruptcy before
deciding that she was incompatible.

609
00:35:46,670 --> 00:35:48,250
You heard Ann Kelsey.

610
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:53,280
She admitted, had Rosalind Shays been a
man, this might never have happened.

611
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:56,320
That's bad faith, ladies and gentlemen.

612
00:35:58,140 --> 00:35:59,190
Bad faith.

613
00:36:01,260 --> 00:36:04,980
Now, you can't give Rosalind Shays back
her senior partnership.

614
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:08,820
You cannot return to her her dream
that's probably gone forever.

615
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:12,280
The only thing that you good people can
do is give her money.

616
00:36:13,240 --> 00:36:15,060
See to it that you give her a lot.

617
00:36:26,190 --> 00:36:30,629
My clients knew that Rosalind Shays
would likely pack up and leave if she

618
00:36:30,630 --> 00:36:34,409
the senior partnership, and they also
knew the likelihood that clients would

619
00:36:34,410 --> 00:36:38,010
with her and that that could financially
cripple the firm.

620
00:36:39,090 --> 00:36:41,070
So why would they want to vote her out?

621
00:36:41,350 --> 00:36:42,570
Because she's a woman?

622
00:36:43,750 --> 00:36:48,909
Give us a little credit for
intelligence, ladies and gentlemen. They

623
00:36:48,910 --> 00:36:53,849
believe that this firm risked its entire
solvency because they didn't like

624
00:36:53,850 --> 00:36:54,900
women.

625
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,700
Would Ann Kelsey be working there if she
thought that?

626
00:36:58,500 --> 00:36:59,550
Would I?

627
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:05,839
Now, sitting here is one of the most
gifted attorneys you could ever meet. It

628
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:10,259
was no fluke that Mackenzie Brackman
began to flourish with her. She brought

629
00:37:10,260 --> 00:37:11,860
clients. She made deals.

630
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:16,980
It is indisputable that Rosalind Shays
is an extraordinary legal talent.

631
00:37:17,300 --> 00:37:22,680
What is also indisputable, however, is
that she can't get along with people.

632
00:37:23,390 --> 00:37:26,850
She severed every relationship that she
has ever had.

633
00:37:27,070 --> 00:37:29,390
That's why she sits here today.

634
00:37:29,650 --> 00:37:32,010
She's a woman without friendships.

635
00:37:32,350 --> 00:37:38,389
A woman without family. A woman who has
never, ever even met her own

636
00:37:38,390 --> 00:37:41,730
grandchildren. I feel sorry for Rosalind
Chase.

637
00:37:42,190 --> 00:37:47,950
Definitely do that. Because I think her
dream, her real dream, is to be liked.

638
00:37:48,230 --> 00:37:49,280
And she's not.

639
00:37:50,690 --> 00:37:51,740
Thank you.

640
00:37:59,020 --> 00:38:02,799
I didn't like the judge's charge to the
jury. If we lose, let's order an

641
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:03,940
expedited transcript.

642
00:38:04,100 --> 00:38:05,780
There are grounds for appeal here.

643
00:38:05,980 --> 00:38:07,030
Okay.

644
00:38:10,780 --> 00:38:11,830
Hi.

645
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:13,450
Hello.

646
00:38:14,260 --> 00:38:16,360
I'm sorry about the scene.

647
00:38:17,420 --> 00:38:18,680
But you hurt me.

648
00:38:20,460 --> 00:38:21,510
I know.

649
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:26,560
Listen, I think you're being very
reactive to something that shocked you.

650
00:38:27,150 --> 00:38:28,710
And I totally understand.

651
00:38:29,610 --> 00:38:32,930
But, Douglas, I love you.

652
00:38:34,050 --> 00:38:40,649
Somehow I fell in love with your stupid
bald head and your little

653
00:38:40,650 --> 00:38:42,630
pessimistic idiosyncrasy.

654
00:38:43,510 --> 00:38:46,410
I'm absolutely crazy about you.

655
00:38:47,410 --> 00:38:54,009
Marilyn, all my life I viewed myself

656
00:38:54,010 --> 00:38:56,010
through my father's eyes.

657
00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,660
I know that's unhealthy and probably
stupid.

658
00:39:01,820 --> 00:39:06,440
But the bottom line is, he'd never
approve of you and me.

659
00:39:06,441 --> 00:39:07,699
But he's dead.

660
00:39:07,700 --> 00:39:10,020
For God's sake, Douglas. It doesn't
matter.

661
00:39:10,940 --> 00:39:12,360
It doesn't matter.

662
00:39:13,540 --> 00:39:14,590
Please go.

663
00:39:20,740 --> 00:39:23,140
I love you.

664
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:39,559
Officer Chisholm claims that he was
fired upon first by two unknown drug

665
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:40,610
dealers.

666
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:44,600
There's no evidence to suggest that
these two drug dealers even exist.

667
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,700
No stray bullets were ever found.

668
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:52,400
And though Mr. Chisholm never took a lie
detector test... Objection! Miss Fusco,

669
00:39:52,500 --> 00:39:53,760
you know better than that.

670
00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:59,359
Members of the jury, whether or not the
accused took a polygraph test is of no

671
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:02,220
relevance, and you're to give that no
consideration.

672
00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:03,690
Move for a mistrial.

673
00:40:08,711 --> 00:40:12,629
Approach. You're not getting a mistrial.

674
00:40:12,630 --> 00:40:16,989
Oh, for God's sake, Your Honor. She
didn't say he failed it. She implied

675
00:40:16,990 --> 00:40:21,549
refused to take it. She did no such
thing. She just said he didn't take it.

676
00:40:21,550 --> 00:40:22,600
see no prejudice.

677
00:40:22,790 --> 00:40:23,930
But this is outrageous.

678
00:40:23,931 --> 00:40:27,629
Keep your voice down. You let Holloway,
Grant, and you let in biased jurors, and

679
00:40:27,630 --> 00:40:30,189
now with an obvious prejudicial
statement by the district attorney...

680
00:40:30,190 --> 00:40:31,390
motion is denied.

681
00:40:32,170 --> 00:40:35,660
It's all on the record ticket, up on
appeal, but I am not stopping this

682
00:40:35,730 --> 00:40:37,010
Now step back, both of you.

683
00:40:37,390 --> 00:40:38,850
This is a bag job.

684
00:40:39,290 --> 00:40:40,690
Step back.

685
00:40:45,690 --> 00:40:48,410
Members of the jury, I apologize for the
disruption.

686
00:40:50,230 --> 00:40:52,460
I'm not going to take up any more of
your time.

687
00:40:52,610 --> 00:40:56,160
I think that justice will best be served
if we get right to the evidence.

688
00:40:56,370 --> 00:40:59,490
Evidence that will clearly demonstrate
that the defendant...

689
00:40:59,900 --> 00:41:05,399
Officer Brian Chisholm gunned down a
black teenager in cold blood. Evidence

690
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:10,480
will demonstrate beyond a reasonable
doubt that Brian Chisholm is a murderer.

691
00:41:12,020 --> 00:41:13,070
Thank you.

692
00:41:15,340 --> 00:41:16,390
Mr.

693
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:21,050
Cusack?

694
00:41:22,700 --> 00:41:24,000
Mr. Cusack?

695
00:41:27,420 --> 00:41:28,470
I'm sorry.

696
00:41:33,330 --> 00:41:34,380
Serving justice.

697
00:41:34,970 --> 00:41:37,260
That's what she said we were here for,
right?

698
00:41:37,261 --> 00:41:41,149
The only problem with that is it's
premised on the assumption that we

699
00:41:41,150 --> 00:41:45,050
impartial jurors and a fair judge.

700
00:41:45,770 --> 00:41:49,949
Now, I have my doubts about you jurors.
I'll be honest with you. But I have no

701
00:41:49,950 --> 00:41:53,750
doubts at all about that big chicken
bastard sitting up there wearing the

702
00:41:53,751 --> 00:41:57,249
Mr. Kuzak, you are... This man cares
nothing about justice. All he cares

703
00:41:57,250 --> 00:42:00,749
is getting re -elected. All he cares
about is staying on Holloway's good side

704
00:42:00,750 --> 00:42:02,490
he doesn't get scathed in the press.

705
00:42:03,130 --> 00:42:05,300
You got to call a mistrial now. Take him
away.

706
00:42:05,370 --> 00:42:06,420
You got a choice now.

707
00:42:06,590 --> 00:42:09,010
Hey, I haven't finished my opening
statement.

708
00:42:10,510 --> 00:42:15,529
Members of the jury, you are not to
consider counsel's breakdown or in any

709
00:42:15,530 --> 00:42:19,969
hold it against the defendant. Mr.
Cusack was simply attempting to get this

710
00:42:19,970 --> 00:42:24,250
trial called off for reasons which have
nothing to do with the issue before you.

711
00:42:25,970 --> 00:42:28,050
Mr. Rollins, please take over.

712
00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:34,880
Excuse me? Your Honor, under the
circumstances, I... I will not reward

713
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:38,540
Cusack's outburst by letting him attain
his objective.

714
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:40,400
Now, this trial will go forward.

715
00:42:41,100 --> 00:42:43,580
Mr. Rollins, please take over where Mr.

716
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:44,970
Cusack left off.

717
00:42:45,260 --> 00:42:47,820
You can't be... I said take up where he
left off!

718
00:42:51,140 --> 00:42:52,190
Okay.

719
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:08,659
I believe he left off calling you a big
chicken bastard worried about re

720
00:43:08,660 --> 00:43:13,719
-election. He left out something. He
forgot to call you stupid. He forgot to

721
00:43:13,720 --> 00:43:15,420
who you bribed to get that rose.

722
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:19,860
Objection. Get your hands off me. I want
my objection on the record.

723
00:43:20,180 --> 00:43:25,380
Members of the jury, I'm sorry. I have
no other choice.

724
00:43:26,170 --> 00:43:29,430
but to suspend these proceedings and to
declare a mistrial.

725
00:43:29,431 --> 00:43:31,089
You're giving them what they want.

726
00:43:31,090 --> 00:43:32,350
Shut up, Mr. Holloway.

727
00:43:32,630 --> 00:43:34,470
I have no choice.

728
00:43:35,210 --> 00:43:36,450
The jury is dismissed.

729
00:43:36,890 --> 00:43:38,410
Yes. We're done.

730
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:09,900
Mr. Foreman, have you reached a verdict?

731
00:44:09,901 --> 00:44:10,939
We have, Your Honor.

732
00:44:10,940 --> 00:44:11,990
What say you?

733
00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:18,999
On the claim of bad faith termination,
we find in favor of the plaintiff and

734
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:23,420
order the defendant to pay compensatory
damages in the amount of $1.

735
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:30,199
We further order the defendant to pay
punitive damages in the amount of $2 .1

736
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:31,250
million.

737
00:44:42,730 --> 00:44:43,780
So what happens now?

738
00:44:45,310 --> 00:44:46,610
Well, we just sit here.

739
00:44:47,670 --> 00:44:49,590
No, I mean with the trial. What happens?

740
00:44:50,750 --> 00:44:53,760
Well, they'll impanel a new jury and we
start all over again.

741
00:44:53,990 --> 00:44:55,610
With Judge Stone still sitting?

742
00:44:55,611 --> 00:44:59,449
I'll make another motion for recusal,
but the way things are going...

743
00:44:59,450 --> 00:45:03,929
Jonathan...

744
00:45:03,930 --> 00:45:09,230
I want you to try this case.

745
00:45:17,900 --> 00:45:18,950
You sure?

746
00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:21,010
Yeah.

747
00:45:22,220 --> 00:45:23,580
Yeah, I'll try the case.

748
00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:29,059
We're obviously saddened at the
incarceration of our two attorneys. We

749
00:45:29,060 --> 00:45:31,380
a terrible abuse of judicial discretion.

750
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:37,339
As for the Rothenshays' verdict, that's
an aberration. The finding is wholly

751
00:45:37,340 --> 00:45:41,840
unsupported by the evidence and the
award outrageously excessive.

752
00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:45,780
Another atrocity of an overly litigious
society.

753
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,400
Naturally... We will appeal.

754
00:45:48,450 --> 00:45:53,000
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