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Previously on L .A. Law. Rosalind Shays
versus all of us. Obviously, she's

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winning. Come on, now.

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

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the stand, and we haven't even begun our
defense yet. Mr. Sollers, that is... I

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founded that firm, and I was not going
to let her ruin it. You're a tired and

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scared old man.

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Scared of becoming obsolete. I am not
obsolete!

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We find in favor of the plaintiff and
order the defendant to pay punitive

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damages in the amount of $2 .1 million.

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Just follow me.

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

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I move that you recuse yourself from
this case.

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

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politically scared to do the job here.

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Emotion is denied.

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You're making it impossible for us to
get a fair trial here. You're poisoning

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the process.

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

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Mr. Kuzak, you are... This man cares
nothing about justice. All he cares

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is getting re -elected. All he cares
about is staying on Holloway's good side

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he doesn't get scathed in the press.

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You've got to call a mistrial now. Make
him a wedding choice now.

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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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Arnie? Douglas?

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You know this young lady, don't you?

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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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Barney needs his motion by 9 .30.

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That's why I wrote it all down. I don't
want to take up any more of your time

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than is absolutely necessary.

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Gee, thanks.

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What's the holdup? I've got to get these
pages filed by high.

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She's helping your busy wife, so cut her
some slack.

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If you say so.

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Honey,

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I've got to help this poor slob get out
of his wife's clutches. I'll see you

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tonight. I love you.

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Bye. Bye.

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Corinne? It's me, Gwen.

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Gwenny. Oh, God. What are you doing
here? What has it been, 10, 12 years?

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longer, longer.

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I had a break. We've gone last time we
saw each other.

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I can't believe how you've grown up. Oh,
yeah.

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What are you doing here?

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Oh, I work for Stuart Markowitz. I
didn't know this.

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I married Arnie Becker.

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Rock, Gus Grant's trying to call me from
his car.

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Arnie, you won't believe this.

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Little Gwenny works here.

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Little Gwenny? Yes, Susan Taylor's
little sister. Our high school mascot.

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followed us to the prom.

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Right. Hi.

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We've met.

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Listen, I've got to go.

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Stuart's waiting for me.

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Oh, it's so good seeing you.

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Can we have lunch? No.

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I mean, haven't you got a lot of stuff
to do to get ready for the weekend?

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We'll make time for Gwenny. I helped her
buy her first bra.

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Remember, you were so cute.

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She was afraid she'd never grow breasts.

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No.

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This is Ex parte, Grace.

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I'm not the lawyer of record. But your
firm is. That makes this meeting

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inappropriate.

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I'm sorry, Michael, but look what's
going on here.

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The city is on the verge of a race riot.
The solution from the DA's office is to

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convict an innocent cop.

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And the judge on the case is a total
victim of the hysteria. Judge Stone has

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served with distinction for seven years.

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He can't control Holloway. He let the DA
talk about a lie detector in front of

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the jury. He wouldn't even declare a
mistrial after putting Cusack into

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But he declared the mistrial. Only after
locking Rollins up. Come on, Michael.

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You can't ignore the stench on this one.

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Stone can't do it.

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You're the presiding superior court
judge. You have to take responsibility

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Okay.

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I'll get you a new judge.

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Somebody who can take the heat, okay?
Somebody who can stand up the hallway.

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Just be sure your boys are ready. If we
stall on this one, the public screams

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will only get louder, and that's not
going to do you any good. We're ready

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Okay.

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I'll get you a good judge.

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Thanks, man.

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First up.

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Shays versus Mackenzie Brackman, post
-mortem.

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Motion for remitter next Tuesday.

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What do you have for appeal?

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Nothing procedural.

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A lot of case law saying a partner is
not an employee, meaning she may not

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a claim for sex discrimination. We tried
that at summary judgment and lost.

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Yeah, but I just pulled a case off
Westlaw, 9th District, right on point.

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worth a shot. Good.

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In the meantime, I'm meeting with
Rosalind tomorrow.

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No dollars, just here. If I can crunch
it down, I'll try to settle it. Moving

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on, a reminder, Leland, we have the
Lowry dinner Thursday night. People

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Chisholm? Judge Stone's off the case, so
at least that's a start.

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Expect a pretrial tomorrow.

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Jonathan and I have decided that he will
try the case and I will second chair.

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Are you comfortable with that, Jonathan?

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Yes. Well, let's try to stay out of
jail, both of you.

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In re, Slaper.

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Hearing starts today.

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This is the couple that wants to return
its adopted child?

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Yes. And we represent the parents.

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I'm sorry, but I find this whole thing
repulsive.

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Returning a child to an adoption agency?

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How can you represent people like that?

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You've never met the people, Ann. You've
never met the child, and to my

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knowledge, you've never seen the file.

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Maybe not, but as a mother, I... I'm a
mother, too.

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And based on my view of the facts, I
accepted these people as clients.

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And since this is my case, I'll thank
you to defer to my judgment, as I do to

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yours. I apologize.

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Okay.

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Good luck on this case, Abby.

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We know it's a difficult situation.

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Thank you.

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And on that happy, happy note, we're
adjourned.

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Stuart?

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How are you feeling?

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I'm fine, all right, thanks. You taking
care of yourself, I hope?

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What can I do for you?

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I was expressing genuine concern. I
don't always have an ulterior motive.

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But now that you mention it, yeah.

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There is something I'd like to talk to
you about. Go ahead.

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It's Gwen.

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I think you should give some serious
thought to that whole situation.

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What situation?

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I hate to say this, but she isn't
appropriate.

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Mackenzie Brackner just is not that kind
of firm. What kind of firm? What are

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you talking about? I'd rather slice my
lips off than have to tell you this,

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but... But you're my friend as well as
my partner. I think I owe it to you.

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The week before I got married, she made
a pass at me.

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Really? Now I was about to get married,
so of course nothing happened, but still

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she... She came into my office,
ostensibly to have a drink.

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Before I knew it, she's on the sofa with
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Off?

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Off. It was all I could do just to get
her dressed and get her out of there.

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The problem is, she hasn't stopped.

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Every time she comes around me, I'm
afraid she's going to pounce on Stuart.

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I don't think that I am the only one
that she is after.

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What do you want me to do, fire her?

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Look.

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I'm just thinking about your reputation
as well as mine. She's the best

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secretary I ever had.

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She's the only one who understands my
color -coding system.

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I know.

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You have every right to keep her.

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If you want to take that risk.

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Well, listen, I just wanted you to have
this information.

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No, no, I appreciate it. I really do.

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He was...

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Six months old when he first came home
to live with us. And at that time, Billy

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appeared to be a normal baby.

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Yes. He cried a lot, but the doctor said
it was probably just colic.

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And he also stiffened when we held him,
but, well,

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they kept telling us everything was all
right. But at some point, you realized

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that Billy was not fine. Just after his
first birthday, he had a seizure.

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They ran some more tests on him, and
this time they found some neurological

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damage. Was he diagnosed as being
retarded?

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Oh, no. They said that he would probably
have some learning disabilities and

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that his motor skills could be affected.

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And yet, knowing that Billy would never
be normal,

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you nevertheless proceeded with the
adoption.

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He's our son.

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The fact that he had problems didn't
make us love him any less.

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But here you are today, almost five
years later, asking the state to take

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custody of your son.

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Yes. Why?

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We can't control him.

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For the last two years, he's been having
these

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rages. He smashes things. He pounds his
head up against the wall. He just...

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Snap. Have you sought help for Billy?

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Oh, my God, yes.

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Special schools, psychiatrists,
medication.

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We've spent our life savings trying to
make him better.

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But he's not going to get better.

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So now you're giving up? We don't want
to give up.

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But, um, he hurts our other children.

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Last year there was an episode when he
knocked the baby down the stairs.

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He's, um, even started two fires.

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He's my son.

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And I love him.

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But I can't take care of him.

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Thank you, Mrs. Slaver.

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I have nothing further.

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Good afternoon, Mrs. Slaver. I'm Jaime
Rodriguez, appearing for the Department

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of Social Services.

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Money is a factor here, is it not?

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No, this isn't about money. Well, you
talked about medical costs and the

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depletion of your savings, so I'm
assuming it's a factor.

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Well, we have three other children, so
yes, it's a concern. Thank you, ma 'am.

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Those three other children are your
natural children, am I right?

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Yes. How does Billy feel about his
brothers and sister?

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He loves them.

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I would imagine he would miss them quite
a bit.

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We will miss them, Mr. Rodriguez. I
would like to focus on what this does to

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Billy, Mrs. Slater, not you.

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Don't you think we've agonized over
this? If you have, then you must be

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Billy's chances of ever being adopted
again if he's put back in the system.

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are those chances?

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Not good.

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They're close to nonexistent.

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This is...

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Hard enough without you doing this?
Forgive me, ma 'am, but it can never be

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enough to do what you're doing.
Objection. You're asking to strip a six

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-old boy away from his family.

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Your Honor, I made an objection.

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Mr. Rodriguez.

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I'm sorry.

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Just tell me this.

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With all his problems, what else has
Billy got but the love of a family?

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What else does he have but you?

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We don't know what else to do.

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The question is...

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What will Billy do?

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What will Billy do, ma 'am?

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Hi,

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I'm glad I caught you. I'm going to
lunch.

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I've got a million things to do, and
I'll never get to the dry cleaners in

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to pick up the ski jackets. Could you do
me a big favor? It's right down the

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street. No, I can't. It won't take a
minute.

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Would you step in here, please?

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I work for Arnie, not for you.

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And it's not fair to dump all this stuff
on me.

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Well, it was Arnie who suggested I ask
you to help. It's a family trip,

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It has nothing to do with me or with my
job. And I don't like being asked to

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handle all of the pesky details.

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I didn't realize you felt that way.

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Well, now you do.

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I'm sorry.

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I guess I was being insensitive.

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I know it's been hard for you, Roxanne.

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You've been the anchor in Arnie's life,
and now he has Chloe in me.

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What's that got to do with it?

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Maybe nothing, but maybe you feel a
little abandoned and resented.

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I don't feel abandoned.

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I feel taken advantage of, and the only
thing that I resent here is being

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analyzed.

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How could you possibly know how I feel
or who I am? You've only known me a

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I see.

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And I've only known Arnie a year or two,
is that it? I mean, how could I

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possibly understand him as well as say
you do? I never said that.

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But if the shoe fits... It doesn't.

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But this has been an illuminating
conversation.

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Yes, very.

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How in God's name do you plan to make
this case? There's enough there to

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proceed, Your Honor.

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If we don't satisfy the burden... I've
read through your papers, Miss Fusco.

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have no business going forward.

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No witness.

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No physical or testimonial evidence.

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Actually, Your Honor, we now do have a
witness.

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Excuse me?

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A young man by the name of Jerome Bailey
came forward last night. Lives in the

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neighborhood. Says he saw Officer
Chisholm shoot the boy with no one else

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alley. And this guy just suddenly
appears now.

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Look, I'm not going to play games with
you.

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I had my doubts.

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I had Mr.

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Bailey take a polygraph. The results are
inconclusive.

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I have no proof he's making it up, but I
also know that Darren Holloway held a

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town meeting yesterday in that
neighborhood, imploring someone to come

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and be a hero.

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Well, if this witness isn't credible,
then... There's no determination he's

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credible. And Rogoff wants to use him if
his story checks out. Well, how do you

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check it out if there was no one else in
the alley?

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I'm checking it out.

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Okay, you get your unexpected witness in
here tomorrow.

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I want to have a little chat.

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And get Rogoff in here, too.

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And tell him I don't give a damn about
his re -election plans.

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There will be no bogus prosecution in my
courtroom.

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I'll give him the message.

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Two o 'clock.

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Billy's condition is most likely the
result of drug use by the birth mother.

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I like to say this is an uncommon thing,
but unfortunately it's not.

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Did my clients know anything about this
drug abuse at the time of the adoption?

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No.

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Now, Doctor, based on your psychiatric
examination of this child, could you

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us Billy's prognosis?

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Extremely retarded social skills.

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I don't think this child will ever bond,
either with the slavers or anybody

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else. It's extremely unlikely he'll ever
have the capability to experience adult

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love. And these rages and uncontrollable
fits, do you think he'll grow out of

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this?

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I see no indication that he will.

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And, Doctor, in your expert opinion,
what effect would Billy's behavior have

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the other members of the family?

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Well, obviously it takes its toll on
everyone, but the most serious threat is

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the emotional well -being of the other
children.

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And it appears there's even a physical
threat here.

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And, Doctor, do you have an opinion as
to whether Billy should remain in this

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household or not?

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In my opinion, he should not.

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Thank you.

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Nothing further.

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The chances of this boy being able to
bond and trust, do they go up or down if

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he's removed from the family?

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Down. In fact, the damage caused to this
boy would be totally irreparable,

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wouldn't it? That's possible.

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And doctor, does Billy love his parents
and his siblings?

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Yes, he does.

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Would it be fair to say that he loves
them very much?

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00:18:28,290 --> 00:18:33,169
Yes. So this child is quite capable of
experiencing love. I was talking about

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his... Capability for experiencing adult
love. I understand that, but that's way

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off in the future. Right now, today,
this young man is capable of loving,

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he? Yes.

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What happens to that capability once
he's ripped apart from his family? I

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to balance the needs of the other
children, not just Billy. This

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isn't about the other children. It's
about Billy. I care about Billy, Mr.

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Rodriguez. I care very much. Are you
telling me that this child is going to

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better off in a state agency than with
his family?

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Maybe not. Then don't sit there telling
us how much you care about Billy. Do you

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think I'm enjoying this, Mr. Rodriguez?
Move to strike. This is an impossible

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situation. We're all just trying to use
our best judgment. All right.

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Both of you.

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Doctor, you testified that during the
course of your practice, you've had

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extensive experience with behavioral
disorders, many with adopted children.

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00:19:22,930 --> 00:19:27,429
That's right. Have any of these children
suffered from behavior problems as

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severe as Billy's? Yes. And in your
experience, how many of these adoptive

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parents, other than the slavers, have
sought to give their children back?

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How many, ma 'am?

328
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None. I have nothing further.

329
00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,639
Now, I don't listen to gossip, believe
me, and I am not a fan of innuendo, but

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this is different.

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When a partner in this firm comes to me
with his concerns, I have to consider

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them. Which partner?

333
00:20:00,740 --> 00:20:07,559
Well, not at liberty to mention any
names, but this partner is concerned

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your promiscuity.

335
00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:10,890
My what?

336
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Well, you know, your sexual adventure.

337
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Is him.

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Arnold Becker.

339
00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,540
Well, I can't mention names.

340
00:20:25,660 --> 00:20:26,710
Yes, Arnold Becker.

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00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:28,480
Stuart, this is what happened.

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Arnie invited me to his office for a
drink. I didn't know at the time, but he

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was getting married, and I guess he was
freaking out. I was there three, maybe

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four minutes when he started taking my
clothes off.

345
00:20:39,940 --> 00:20:43,780
Now, I won't say I wasn't willing, but
it was all his idea.

346
00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:48,380
He did it that one time on the sofa in
his office and never again.

347
00:20:48,700 --> 00:20:50,500
And now he can't even look at me.

348
00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:55,799
I am not promiscuous. I do not sleep
around and I do not want to lose my job

349
00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,320
because some jerk can't deal with his
own glands.

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Okay.

351
00:21:00,780 --> 00:21:01,830
It's fine.

352
00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:10,319
I'll bring it down to one nine, but
that's as fair as I get, Leland. I'd go

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bankruptcy rather than give you one
nine.

354
00:21:12,380 --> 00:21:13,560
No, you wouldn't.

355
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,080
How can you be so sure?

356
00:21:15,260 --> 00:21:19,219
The reason you brought me in, the reason
you stepped down, was to save what you

357
00:21:19,220 --> 00:21:24,740
love. Well, if you understood that, why
did you do what you did?

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00:21:25,020 --> 00:21:29,599
I did what I was hired to do. Let's be
honest about that, Leland. Somebody had

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to be ruthless.

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00:21:30,460 --> 00:21:32,000
Somebody had to play hard.

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00:21:32,001 --> 00:21:33,859
You didn't want to be that somebody.

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00:21:33,860 --> 00:21:35,540
You've been too popular too long.

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00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:37,580
I can understand that.

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00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:44,159
What I can't understand is after I did
all the dirty work, that you never gave

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me the chance.

366
00:21:45,180 --> 00:21:46,219
To do what?

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00:21:46,220 --> 00:21:49,680
I was hoping that after all the
hardball, I'd be able to sit back and

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Enjoy what I'd helped build.

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00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,020
Cultivate some of that McKenzie loyalty.

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00:21:55,021 --> 00:21:56,739
Wouldn't have happened, Rosalind.

371
00:21:56,740 --> 00:22:01,119
Now, you can't grind up the people you
work with and then later expect their

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00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:03,740
demotion. You needed a little grinding
here.

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00:22:04,260 --> 00:22:09,359
But your problem is, you can't ever feel
victorious unless the other guy is

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devastated. I was good for this place.

375
00:22:12,540 --> 00:22:13,590
You saved this place.

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00:22:13,940 --> 00:22:14,990
Absolutely.

377
00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,740
And so did I, by stepping back in.

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00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:23,479
One million three. I can make that
payment. You'll have it by end of

379
00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:28,680
tomorrow, and you can walk away, leaving
me defeated, but not fatally crushed.

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00:22:29,500 --> 00:22:30,550
One million five.

381
00:22:31,140 --> 00:22:33,040
I want you to at least limp.

382
00:22:34,620 --> 00:22:35,980
One four, and it'll be over.

383
00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:37,940
I can sell one four.

384
00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:44,059
Okay. I'll have Jack draw up the
settlement papers. We can file the

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00:22:44,060 --> 00:22:45,140
soon as I get the check.

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00:22:45,700 --> 00:22:46,750
Deal.

387
00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:48,530
Deal.

388
00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:58,100
Billy, I promise this will be real short
and not very hard.

389
00:22:59,420 --> 00:23:01,960
Ninja Turtles, that's a sharp T -shirt.

390
00:23:02,300 --> 00:23:03,520
Did you see the movie?

391
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:05,720
Twice. My father took me.

392
00:23:06,300 --> 00:23:07,740
My son took me.

393
00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,300
And I hear you like baseball, too.

394
00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,490
Does your father ever take you to see
the Dodgers?

395
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:21,930
Billy?

396
00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:23,660
John gave me his glove.

397
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,120
Sounds like a pretty good brother to me.

398
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,140
Is John here?

399
00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:29,810
No, he's not.

400
00:23:31,220 --> 00:23:32,270
Where is he?

401
00:23:32,380 --> 00:23:34,140
Well, I believe he's in school.

402
00:23:34,980 --> 00:23:36,030
Listen.

403
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:42,640
I understand that sometimes you hit John
and Carl, too.

404
00:23:46,940 --> 00:23:49,410
Do you know why you hit your brothers
and sister?

405
00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:51,480
Is John here?

406
00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,200
Billy, do you know why you hit them?

407
00:23:56,100 --> 00:23:57,150
No.

408
00:23:58,100 --> 00:24:01,959
Do you know that it's wrong for you to
hit them? That it's wrong for you to

409
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:03,010
start fires?

410
00:24:07,210 --> 00:24:14,209
Well, what I'm trying to understand is
if you know it's wrong, why

411
00:24:14,210 --> 00:24:15,260
you do it.

412
00:24:15,510 --> 00:24:17,490
Why can't I go home?

413
00:24:17,491 --> 00:24:22,189
Well, while we're trying to figure all
this out, it'll be better if you live

414
00:24:22,190 --> 00:24:23,970
away from home with Mrs. Lewis.

415
00:24:24,530 --> 00:24:27,050
Are my parents going to come for me?

416
00:24:29,770 --> 00:24:32,850
Well, that's what we're trying to
decide.

417
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,460
Just a second. What are you doing here?

418
00:25:04,700 --> 00:25:05,940
I represent Mr. Bailey.

419
00:25:06,360 --> 00:25:09,400
You asked to interrogate him. He's
entitled to counsel.

420
00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,200
When did you become his lawyer?

421
00:25:11,340 --> 00:25:12,390
That's privileged.

422
00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:13,650
Not privileged.

423
00:25:13,740 --> 00:25:17,110
Well, answer my question right now or
I'll lock you up for contempt.

424
00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:19,130
Tuesday.

425
00:25:21,020 --> 00:25:22,400
Mr. Bailey, have a seat.

426
00:25:26,660 --> 00:25:31,140
According to your latest statement, you
saw the police officer shoot the boy.

427
00:25:31,141 --> 00:25:35,039
Yeah. But on the night this happened,
you gave a statement saying you saw

428
00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,100
nothing. You only heard the shots.

429
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,720
I was... I was... I was scared to tell
the cops what I saw.

430
00:25:40,980 --> 00:25:45,460
Why? Uh -uh. I'm sorry. I'm not going to
allow prediscovery for defense.

431
00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:50,599
This is... This is a surprise witness.
The defense is entitled to this

432
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,939
information. And if you interfere with
me again, I'm going to add obstruction

433
00:25:53,940 --> 00:25:56,650
justice to contempt, throw you in a rat
hole for a week.

434
00:25:59,900 --> 00:26:00,950
Now, young man.

435
00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:04,999
You tell me what you saw. And I don't
care what Mr. Holloway instructed you to

436
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,380
say. You look at me.

437
00:26:06,740 --> 00:26:08,300
You don't want to lie in here now.

438
00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,640
Well, the first shot, I didn't see. I
only heard.

439
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,280
As I looked around the corner, I saw the
second shot.

440
00:26:21,180 --> 00:26:22,580
There was a kid running it.

441
00:26:23,060 --> 00:26:24,280
I seen the cop shoot.

442
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:26,060
Did you see anybody else?

443
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:27,780
No. How many shots did you hear?

444
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:29,400
Two, three, I don't know.

445
00:26:29,401 --> 00:26:31,809
Why haven't you said anything about this
before?

446
00:26:31,810 --> 00:26:33,870
Because it was the cops who'd done it.

447
00:26:34,610 --> 00:26:37,440
I was scared if I told on them, they'd
come and get me next.

448
00:26:37,510 --> 00:26:41,789
And you decided to come forward after
Mr. Holloway addressed a group of you

449
00:26:41,790 --> 00:26:43,170
your neighbors two days ago.

450
00:26:43,690 --> 00:26:45,970
Did Mr. Holloway tell you to come
forward?

451
00:26:46,410 --> 00:26:49,130
He told me to say what I saw, and that's
what I'm doing.

452
00:26:52,270 --> 00:26:53,320
Okay.

453
00:26:53,470 --> 00:26:54,520
You can go.

454
00:26:57,450 --> 00:26:58,500
Mr. Holloway?

455
00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:00,550
Minute, please.

456
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:12,379
Now, if I find out that you manufactured
this witness in any way, or that you

457
00:27:12,380 --> 00:27:18,279
suborned perjury, I will make it my
personal purpose in life to see you

458
00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:23,180
disbarred. You know, that robe only
gives you qualified immunity, Your

459
00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:24,780
You slander me.

460
00:27:24,781 --> 00:27:29,039
With any accusations like that, and you
won't have to look for me, because I'll

461
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:30,090
be coming for you.

462
00:27:30,091 --> 00:27:32,679
I don't like the way you do business,
mister.

463
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,480
I didn't know I needed your approval.

464
00:27:47,180 --> 00:27:49,770
Well, I don't know whether to believe
the kid or not.

465
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:51,580
But it is a credibility question.

466
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,280
Oh, God. Yes, they have a case, Mr.

467
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:54,700
Cusack. Shake it as it is.

468
00:27:55,150 --> 00:27:56,650
I have no discretion to kick it.

469
00:27:57,710 --> 00:27:59,750
That is, if you choose to go forward.

470
00:28:00,010 --> 00:28:03,310
The district attorney's office is
prepared to prosecute.

471
00:28:03,670 --> 00:28:08,589
For once, would you show me something?
The district attorney's office is

472
00:28:08,590 --> 00:28:09,870
prepared to prosecute.

473
00:28:12,530 --> 00:28:14,250
We impanel tomorrow morning.

474
00:28:15,410 --> 00:28:17,450
Well, we've been down this road before.

475
00:28:17,970 --> 00:28:20,090
Yes, and you'll all go down it again.

476
00:28:20,690 --> 00:28:22,230
This time with me.

477
00:28:23,419 --> 00:28:26,360
Taking this child away from his family
will ruin him.

478
00:28:27,980 --> 00:28:32,179
The doctors can make all kinds of
predictions about this and that, but

479
00:28:32,180 --> 00:28:35,260
we all know his fate if he's returned to
the agency.

480
00:28:35,261 --> 00:28:39,399
Troubled six -year -old, he'll never be
adopted again. He'll grow up without a

481
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:40,450
home or a family.

482
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:45,320
How can any of us straight -faced say
this child will be better off?

483
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,420
Yes, he has problems.

484
00:28:48,860 --> 00:28:52,140
Yes, he's tough to live with, and sure,
he can be a burden.

485
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,230
You run that risk as soon as you decide
to be parents.

486
00:28:55,500 --> 00:29:01,039
Now, as for the child, any child, but
especially one who has problems, now, he

487
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:06,180
has to have the guarantee that no matter
what, his parents will stick by him.

488
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:11,800
I know they have tried, Your Honor, but
for God's sake, tell them to try again.

489
00:29:12,540 --> 00:29:16,460
And if it still doesn't work, tell them
to try again.

490
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:19,500
Giving that child back.

491
00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:22,580
Should be the last resort.

492
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:37,670
They're not here with a receipt, trying
to return merchandise.

493
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:43,279
And let's be honest, they are the only
people in this room who really love that

494
00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:44,299
little boy.

495
00:29:44,300 --> 00:29:46,100
The rest of us are here doing our jobs.

496
00:29:46,980 --> 00:29:48,030
But they love him.

497
00:29:49,740 --> 00:29:50,800
They love their son.

498
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:53,460
But Billy is getting angrier.

499
00:29:53,940 --> 00:29:55,080
Billy is getting worse.

500
00:29:56,540 --> 00:30:00,210
He pushed their baby daughter down the
stairs. She could have been killed.

501
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:02,780
He put a hot iron against Carl's arm.

502
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:06,859
He smashes his own head against the
wall. He has cut himself for stitches

503
00:30:06,860 --> 00:30:07,910
dozen times.

504
00:30:07,940 --> 00:30:12,159
My clients have made every sacrifice,
and they have failed. They would put him

505
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,630
in a private institution, but they have
no money.

506
00:30:15,380 --> 00:30:16,820
And right now they're scared.

507
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:20,610
They're scared for Billy. They are
scared for their other children.

508
00:30:20,611 --> 00:30:23,239
They are desperate people, Your Honor.

509
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:26,020
They are asking you for desperate
relief.

510
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:33,980
I will try to make a decision by the end
of the day.

511
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:37,980
This court is adjourned.

512
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:47,059
It's silly, Arnie. There's nothing for
Corinne and me to talk about. Rox,

513
00:30:47,060 --> 00:30:48,110
don't be like that.

514
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:52,539
You're on her side. You always will be.
There are no sides. There's a

515
00:30:52,540 --> 00:30:56,210
misunderstanding that needs to be gotten
out in the open to clear the air.

516
00:30:57,300 --> 00:31:01,379
Look, we're all friends here, right?
We're caring individuals who try to

517
00:31:01,380 --> 00:31:03,610
each other with decency and mutual
respect.

518
00:31:03,611 --> 00:31:07,999
You are the lowest slime on earth. You
have the sexual responsibility of a

519
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,939
warthog and the morals of a flea. You
would screw your own grandmother and

520
00:31:11,940 --> 00:31:15,919
tickets to it. And I only pray for one
thing, that when someone finally does

521
00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,820
murder you, there is a hell for you to
rot in.

522
00:31:22,020 --> 00:31:25,220
You were talking about decency and
mutual respect.

523
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,950
A wonderful evening, Douglas Leland.
I'll call you tomorrow.

524
00:31:28,980 --> 00:31:32,110
Very good. Well, thank you very much,
and I look forward to that.

525
00:31:32,530 --> 00:31:36,230
Anybody need a lift? We can have a
nightcap and a limo. Thanks. We both

526
00:31:36,231 --> 00:31:40,229
Actually, I'm going to visit the men's
room before I go, so I'll send my

527
00:31:40,230 --> 00:31:43,720
goodbyes here. Thanks again, Leland. My
pleasure. Good night, Douglas.

528
00:31:43,930 --> 00:31:45,330
It went well. Yes, sir.

529
00:31:53,630 --> 00:31:55,670
Leland, I just ate here as well.

530
00:31:56,890 --> 00:31:57,940
Good food.

531
00:31:58,210 --> 00:32:00,310
Very good. I just ordered the special.

532
00:32:02,610 --> 00:32:06,850
Shark. Well, I saw you and just wanted
to make sure you got our check.

533
00:32:07,130 --> 00:32:10,730
Yes, thank you. That's why I decided to
treat myself to a nice meal.

534
00:32:10,970 --> 00:32:12,020
That's a lot of money.

535
00:32:12,250 --> 00:32:13,690
You don't have to tell me that.

536
00:32:15,790 --> 00:32:18,330
Any plans on what to do with it?

537
00:32:18,530 --> 00:32:22,369
I thought I'd take a leave of absence
from the firm for a month. Slow down a

538
00:32:22,370 --> 00:32:25,510
little, maybe get to know my
grandchildren.

539
00:32:26,750 --> 00:32:27,800
That sounds good.

540
00:32:30,460 --> 00:32:33,350
Grace and Sellers will file the
dismissal in the morning.

541
00:32:33,740 --> 00:32:35,840
Yeah. Good to be done with it.

542
00:32:37,260 --> 00:32:38,310
Yes.

543
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:45,720
You know, they have a great dessert tray
here, and I'll bet you skipped it.

544
00:32:46,260 --> 00:32:50,759
I did. At least take a look. If nothing
grabs you, you could join me for a cup

545
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:51,810
of coffee.

546
00:32:52,420 --> 00:32:53,470
I'd be happy to.

547
00:33:05,420 --> 00:33:07,100
The judge says she needs the night.

548
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:08,530
Oh, my God.

549
00:33:08,531 --> 00:33:12,499
She promised she'd have her decision
first thing tomorrow, so let's call this

550
00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:13,550
off.

551
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:15,420
Carol. Maybe he was right, Ben.

552
00:33:16,020 --> 00:33:17,280
Maybe we should try again.

553
00:33:17,460 --> 00:33:19,800
What can we try that we haven't tried?

554
00:33:21,180 --> 00:33:22,260
What's wrong with us?

555
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:27,820
If they take him back, then he won't be
our son.

556
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:30,700
He just stops being ours.

557
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:50,460
The adoption of a child is an
unqualified and irrevocable bond.

558
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:54,620
And for anyone to treat it otherwise is
completely reprehensible.

559
00:33:56,340 --> 00:34:00,820
I certainly am loathe to encourage other
such parents to return their children.

560
00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:05,979
And I'm especially concerned that other
adopted boys and girls may suddenly fear

561
00:34:05,980 --> 00:34:10,059
being shipped back to state agencies
because they don't live up to their

562
00:34:10,060 --> 00:34:11,260
parents' expectations.

563
00:34:11,980 --> 00:34:14,810
I also have to look at the individual
consequences here.

564
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:19,379
Returning Billy to the state would
surely cripple him emotionally, if not

565
00:34:19,380 --> 00:34:21,159
forever, for a long time.

566
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:26,440
How could any child get over this, even
if he is readopted?

567
00:34:26,780 --> 00:34:32,359
But according to the doctors, returning
Billy to the family offers no real hope

568
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,139
for emotional improvement either.

569
00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:35,880
And given that...

570
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:41,519
Given that his return to the household
threatens the safety of the other

571
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:48,339
children, and given the fact that I
trust the parents here, not

572
00:34:48,340 --> 00:34:52,440
only to love their son, but to act in
accordance with what they think is best,

573
00:34:52,699 --> 00:34:57,400
I'm hereby granting their petition.

574
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:04,100
In God's name, I hope you're right,
because what I'm doing, quite frankly,

575
00:35:04,140 --> 00:35:05,220
leaves me a little ill.

576
00:35:06,750 --> 00:35:09,460
Billy Slater will return to the custody
of the county.

577
00:35:09,750 --> 00:35:11,350
The clerk will draft the order.

578
00:35:11,850 --> 00:35:17,409
And may I suggest that every one of us
say a little prayer tonight for a boy

579
00:35:17,410 --> 00:35:21,450
has no comprehension of what is
happening to him.

580
00:35:23,070 --> 00:35:24,120
We're adjourned.

581
00:35:24,121 --> 00:35:29,589
No, no, I start with the eyewitness
part. It's a stronger opener.

582
00:35:29,590 --> 00:35:32,949
So what, lose the stuff on Holloway? No,
no, no, keep it, but open with the

583
00:35:32,950 --> 00:35:36,020
other. Get the credibility question on
its feet immediately.

584
00:35:36,290 --> 00:35:38,279
Let's go.

585
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:39,580
Jonathan, listen.

586
00:35:39,581 --> 00:35:43,559
I probably don't have to tell you this,
but this trial's gonna be like nothing

587
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:44,700
you've ever had before.

588
00:35:44,701 --> 00:35:47,959
Microphones are gonna be shoved in your
face everywhere you turn.

589
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:49,010
Packed courtrooms.

590
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,160
People are gonna call you names.

591
00:35:51,161 --> 00:35:54,399
I've seen it. You've seen it from the
second chair. It's a lot different when

592
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:56,320
it's coming directly at you, Jonathan.

593
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,950
Now, I'm gonna be right there beside
you. I'm with you. But to a certain

594
00:35:59,951 --> 00:36:01,959
you're gonna be all alone in that
courtroom.

595
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:02,959
I'm ready.

596
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:04,010
One other thing.

597
00:36:05,580 --> 00:36:09,959
I gave you this case because you're
black, yes, but also because you're a

598
00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:11,010
of a lawyer.

599
00:36:12,980 --> 00:36:14,030
Thank you.

600
00:36:16,100 --> 00:36:17,150
Hi.

601
00:36:18,180 --> 00:36:21,960
Don't suppose you're ready to offer a
last -minute plea on murder, too?

602
00:36:23,340 --> 00:36:30,199
Nope. Well, listen, I have been a little
less than aggressive so far, and

603
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:34,379
you know I'm conflicted about a lot of
what's going on, but I don't want to

604
00:36:34,380 --> 00:36:35,399
mislead you.

605
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,520
Once we start, I'm going for a
conviction.

606
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,300
I'm going for it as hard as I can.

607
00:36:40,340 --> 00:36:41,390
We know that, Marsha.

608
00:36:42,460 --> 00:36:44,260
And we know what you're dealing with.

609
00:36:44,700 --> 00:36:49,580
Yeah, well... Good luck.

610
00:36:53,380 --> 00:36:54,580
It's pretty scary, huh?

611
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:56,250
Yeah.

612
00:36:56,251 --> 00:36:59,499
Look, Ralph, she treats him like a
contagious disease. She's got to expect

613
00:36:59,500 --> 00:37:02,909
get reamed. Arnie, this is a ton of
work. I'm going to be in here forever.

614
00:37:02,910 --> 00:37:05,680
We'll give you custody of the kids, but
we want the boat.

615
00:37:06,750 --> 00:37:07,850
With the trailer.

616
00:37:09,430 --> 00:37:11,710
Ralph, I'm going to have to call you
back.

617
00:37:12,450 --> 00:37:14,550
I can't hear you. I'm headed into a
tunnel.

618
00:37:15,790 --> 00:37:19,609
Get out of my way. We have to talk. In
your dreams. You are in my dreams every

619
00:37:19,610 --> 00:37:20,990
night. It's tearing me apart.

620
00:37:20,991 --> 00:37:24,929
Good. Well, is that what you want? You
want to see me destroyed? Well, take a

621
00:37:24,930 --> 00:37:27,929
good look, because the indestructible
Arnold Becker is crumbling all because

622
00:37:27,930 --> 00:37:30,430
you. Please, please, will you talk to
me?

623
00:37:34,570 --> 00:37:35,890
You have to know something.

624
00:37:36,130 --> 00:37:40,049
When I went to Stewart, it wasn't
malicious. I wasn't trashing a secretary

625
00:37:40,050 --> 00:37:41,100
save my own neck.

626
00:37:41,170 --> 00:37:45,290
It was a wild, defensive move by a
desperate man.

627
00:37:46,410 --> 00:37:47,460
Yes, desperate.

628
00:37:47,461 --> 00:37:51,649
Don't you see that if you stay around
here, I'm terrified of what could happen

629
00:37:51,650 --> 00:37:52,700
between us?

630
00:37:53,190 --> 00:37:56,620
And it's not just because you're a
beautiful woman. I'm a married man.

631
00:37:56,910 --> 00:38:03,530
Beautiful women don't affect me, but you
are so much more than that.

632
00:38:04,970 --> 00:38:11,649
Your poise, your self -assurance, your
innate sensuality, those things

633
00:38:11,650 --> 00:38:13,090
make you irresistible.

634
00:38:19,550 --> 00:38:23,450
Stuart must be wondering where you are.
Oh, God, the deposition.

635
00:38:30,770 --> 00:38:31,820
Ralph.

636
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:35,770
Yeah. No, we must have got cut off. It's
all this damn construction.

637
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,050
Oh,

638
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:50,879
I know a woman who's on time. I thought
we were going to lunch. This is more

639
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:51,930
important.

640
00:38:53,340 --> 00:38:55,740
What is this, Arnie? A ploy to get us
together.

641
00:38:57,760 --> 00:38:59,560
Would you both please just sit down?

642
00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:05,610
If you're not going to talk to each
other, you can at least listen to me.

643
00:39:06,660 --> 00:39:10,680
Now, Roxanne, you are my best friend.
Nothing can change that.

644
00:39:10,681 --> 00:39:14,419
You're irreplaceable on so many levels I
can't even list them. You know my

645
00:39:14,420 --> 00:39:17,759
deepest, darkest secrets, and you still
love me. You'll never know how much that

646
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:18,810
means to me.

647
00:39:19,980 --> 00:39:21,030
You're my wife.

648
00:39:21,180 --> 00:39:22,380
Nothing can change that.

649
00:39:22,381 --> 00:39:25,919
You're the woman I swore to love and
honor as long as we both live, and I

650
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:29,679
to laugh with you, and I want to fight
with you, and I want to grow old with

651
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,830
you. And I'll never be able to tell you
how much that means to me.

652
00:39:34,190 --> 00:39:35,770
But some things do change.

653
00:39:36,910 --> 00:39:39,380
I'm married now, and that does make a
difference.

654
00:39:39,381 --> 00:39:42,889
You're going to have to share me. But it
doesn't mean I love you any less.

655
00:39:42,890 --> 00:39:45,509
And you're going to have to accept the
fact that Roxanne is a very important

656
00:39:45,510 --> 00:39:47,490
part of my life, and she always will be.

657
00:39:49,650 --> 00:39:52,480
You're the two women that I care about
most in this world.

658
00:39:53,330 --> 00:39:58,389
And part of accepting me for everything
I am is for you two to accept each

659
00:39:58,390 --> 00:39:59,440
other.

660
00:40:02,190 --> 00:40:03,810
Maybe I did overreact.

661
00:40:04,250 --> 00:40:06,270
I guess I was pretty thin -skinned.

662
00:40:09,410 --> 00:40:12,470
The appellate court won't miss this, not
one little bit.

663
00:40:13,490 --> 00:40:16,910
I'm surprised you had the sense to
settle, but no less delighted.

664
00:40:17,210 --> 00:40:18,290
Thank you, Your Honor.

665
00:40:18,470 --> 00:40:20,700
I'll move post -trial motions off
calendar.

666
00:40:21,410 --> 00:40:23,400
She's a pain in the ass, but she's
right.

667
00:40:25,330 --> 00:40:26,730
Hey, uh, listen.

668
00:40:27,470 --> 00:40:30,360
Before I lose my chance, I'd like to say
congratulations.

669
00:40:30,530 --> 00:40:31,850
You are one hell of a lawyer.

670
00:40:33,510 --> 00:40:34,560
Thanks.

671
00:40:34,790 --> 00:40:35,840
So are you.

672
00:40:35,870 --> 00:40:37,270
No, I really mean it.

673
00:40:37,750 --> 00:40:39,410
You're strong. You're fearless.

674
00:40:40,430 --> 00:40:42,540
You go for the throat with the best of
them.

675
00:40:43,490 --> 00:40:44,770
Thanks again, I think.

676
00:40:44,771 --> 00:40:48,049
Besides, you're one of the most
beautiful women I've ever met.

677
00:40:48,050 --> 00:40:51,429
Listen, now that I'm not beating your
brains out, would you consider having

678
00:40:51,430 --> 00:40:52,480
dinner with me?

679
00:40:52,530 --> 00:40:54,210
Dinner? Like a date?

680
00:40:54,510 --> 00:40:56,490
No, see, that was too direct, wasn't it?

681
00:40:56,491 --> 00:40:59,109
I'm always either too subtle or too
direct.

682
00:40:59,110 --> 00:41:00,969
Women never know what I mean, you know
what I mean?

683
00:41:00,970 --> 00:41:03,560
I'm not sure I know what I mean. I'm a
little confused.

684
00:41:04,470 --> 00:41:05,790
Pretty interesting, huh?

685
00:41:06,050 --> 00:41:07,370
Yeah, pretty interesting.

686
00:41:07,910 --> 00:41:10,830
So, Friday at 8, that was a yes?

687
00:41:11,170 --> 00:41:12,220
It was a yes.

688
00:41:16,630 --> 00:41:21,250
Guess that's it.

689
00:41:22,230 --> 00:41:23,550
Billy would like to see you.

690
00:41:23,890 --> 00:41:25,030
I don't know about that.

691
00:41:25,150 --> 00:41:27,570
Where is he? In the hall with the social
worker.

692
00:41:27,790 --> 00:41:29,650
Listen, we can't just walk away, Abby.

693
00:41:30,050 --> 00:41:31,100
Let us say goodbye.

694
00:41:47,910 --> 00:41:48,960
Hi, honey.

695
00:41:50,110 --> 00:41:54,030
Remember when I explained about your
going to live in a different place?

696
00:41:54,380 --> 00:41:55,430
With other children.

697
00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:59,000
And you go to school.

698
00:42:01,820 --> 00:42:02,920
You'll be good, okay?

699
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:06,620
I don't want to go home.

700
00:42:08,220 --> 00:42:09,880
We have to say goodbye now, Billy.

701
00:42:10,940 --> 00:42:13,540
I'll be good. I promise.

702
00:42:15,740 --> 00:42:16,980
I love you, buddy.

703
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:19,240
Billy. No!

704
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:21,530
Don't leave me.

705
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,120
Mommy, please.

706
00:42:25,420 --> 00:42:26,470
Mommy,

707
00:42:28,980 --> 00:42:34,260
please. I promise I'll be good. I want
to go home.

708
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:38,600
Please, I promise I'll be good.

709
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:40,880
I want to go home.

710
00:42:45,240 --> 00:42:50,039
We don't know what William Russ intended
to do with the car he stole on August

711
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:51,090
11th.

712
00:42:51,530 --> 00:42:55,070
Strip it down, keep it, joyride.

713
00:42:56,590 --> 00:42:57,640
We don't know.

714
00:42:58,810 --> 00:43:00,170
And we'll never know.

715
00:43:01,090 --> 00:43:07,109
Because as this 13 -year -old fled from
the car, as he was running home to his

716
00:43:07,110 --> 00:43:11,110
mother, that man right there shot him in
the back.

717
00:43:11,430 --> 00:43:12,790
This is not in dispute.

718
00:43:13,530 --> 00:43:16,090
What is in dispute is why.

719
00:43:16,510 --> 00:43:20,570
And the defendant, police officer Brian
Chisholm, claims,

720
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:25,959
He was suddenly confronted with black
drug dealers who shot at him. And

721
00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:29,920
for his life, he returned fire,
accidentally killing William Russ.

722
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:33,160
There is no evidence of these drug
dealers.

723
00:43:33,500 --> 00:43:38,139
There is no evidence of any bullets
fired from the guns of these phantom

724
00:43:38,140 --> 00:43:40,080
dealers. The reason for this?

725
00:43:41,380 --> 00:43:43,520
There were no drug dealers.

726
00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:47,940
We will place an eyewitness at the
scene.

727
00:43:48,460 --> 00:43:51,360
who saw Officer Chisholm shoot William
Ross.

728
00:43:51,700 --> 00:43:58,399
This witness saw no one else except the
victim and that man, the armed white

729
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:03,239
police officer who shot him and then
stood over the body of an unarmed boy

730
00:44:03,240 --> 00:44:08,320
claimed self -defense and then just
expected everyone to believe him.

731
00:44:10,100 --> 00:44:14,740
I don't believe him. And after you've
heard all the evidence, neither will

732
00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:26,180
A week ago, they had no eyewitnesses.

733
00:44:27,500 --> 00:44:33,299
Then, suddenly, this man here, Darren
Holloway, pays a little visit to the

734
00:44:33,300 --> 00:44:35,460
neighborhood, and a witness appears.

735
00:44:36,060 --> 00:44:39,010
See, Darren Holloway represents the
family of the victim.

736
00:44:39,011 --> 00:44:43,899
Darren Holloway stands to make a lot of
money through a lawsuit, a lawsuit which

737
00:44:43,900 --> 00:44:48,020
will be easier won if Brian Chisholm
receives a criminal conviction here.

738
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:51,240
The eyewitness...

739
00:44:51,950 --> 00:44:53,000
is lying.

740
00:44:53,850 --> 00:44:56,210
The eyewitness was never there.

741
00:44:56,590 --> 00:45:00,390
Drug dealers were there. They shot at
this man. He fired back.

742
00:45:00,610 --> 00:45:04,210
And yes, William Russ was accidentally
killed. That's what happened.

743
00:45:05,370 --> 00:45:07,150
The evidence will bear out.

744
00:45:08,310 --> 00:45:09,990
That's exactly what happened.

745
00:45:09,991 --> 00:45:15,069
While defense attorney Jonathan Rollins
claims the shooting was accidental,

746
00:45:15,070 --> 00:45:19,809
prosecution plans to call its first
witness on Monday. In other news, police

747
00:45:19,810 --> 00:45:20,860
commissioner Kevin...

748
00:45:54,501 --> 00:45:57,649
Nothing, Mom. I just had a bad dream.

749
00:45:57,650 --> 00:46:02,200
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