1 00:00:00,209 --> 00:00:02,419 [rustling] 2 00:00:02,419 --> 00:00:04,004 Alright, we have a lot of ground to cover, 3 00:00:04,004 --> 00:00:05,255 so why don't we get started? 4 00:00:05,255 --> 00:00:06,840 Fire away, Arnie. 5 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,092 We're already in agreement on the children. 6 00:00:09,092 --> 00:00:11,094 Mm-hmm. 7 00:00:11,094 --> 00:00:12,554 The house goes to Sheila, 8 00:00:12,554 --> 00:00:15,140 Douglas provides $2,500 a month in maintenance 9 00:00:15,140 --> 00:00:17,017 and continues to pay the utilities. 10 00:00:17,017 --> 00:00:19,978 Place in Santa Barbara gets sold and proceeds split. 11 00:00:19,978 --> 00:00:21,939 Unless you want to hold onto it. 12 00:00:21,939 --> 00:00:22,981 No, no. 13 00:00:22,981 --> 00:00:24,524 Douglas establishes a trust fund 14 00:00:24,524 --> 00:00:25,734 for the kid's education 15 00:00:25,734 --> 00:00:28,528 to be administered by Sheila. 16 00:00:28,528 --> 00:00:30,697 Sheila's interest in McKenzie Brackman to be bought out 17 00:00:30,697 --> 00:00:33,825 for $200,000 payable upon execution. 18 00:00:33,825 --> 00:00:37,204 - Sounds good so far, Sheila. - It's fine. 19 00:00:37,204 --> 00:00:40,332 Sheila takes the Jaguar, Douglas takes the Mercedes... 20 00:00:40,332 --> 00:00:41,959 and maintains the insurance on both. 21 00:00:41,959 --> 00:00:43,168 [clinks] 22 00:00:43,168 --> 00:00:44,586 The stamp collection, inherited 23 00:00:44,586 --> 00:00:46,505 from Douglas's father and augmented 24 00:00:46,505 --> 00:00:49,591 with community assets, will be retained by Douglas. 25 00:00:49,591 --> 00:00:52,094 Only because it's a link to my father. 26 00:00:52,094 --> 00:00:53,845 It's fine, really. 27 00:00:53,845 --> 00:00:56,056 Arnie: Well, that's substantially it. 28 00:00:56,056 --> 00:00:57,683 I prepared a schedule of everything 29 00:00:57,683 --> 00:00:59,017 so you can verify the figures. 30 00:01:00,769 --> 00:01:03,438 Great. [paper rustling] 31 00:01:03,438 --> 00:01:05,649 Well, I must say, I never expected 32 00:01:05,649 --> 00:01:07,109 such an amicable get together. 33 00:01:07,109 --> 00:01:08,277 Stan: Arnie. Arnie: Stan-- 34 00:01:08,277 --> 00:01:09,861 There's one more thing. 35 00:01:09,861 --> 00:01:12,072 Douglas: Your place in the Brackman family plot. 36 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:13,490 What about it? 37 00:01:13,490 --> 00:01:14,700 I'm keeping it for you. 38 00:01:17,536 --> 00:01:18,620 [chair creaks] 39 00:01:20,664 --> 00:01:22,916 I want the ages to find us together. 40 00:01:22,916 --> 00:01:24,835 That's a beautiful gesture. 41 00:01:24,835 --> 00:01:27,754 Actually, Douglas, I just assume make my own arrangements. 42 00:01:27,754 --> 00:01:29,089 Anyway, it's there if you want it. 43 00:01:29,089 --> 00:01:31,717 Just a second, Arnie. 44 00:01:31,717 --> 00:01:34,511 Sheila, we have a prime location 45 00:01:34,511 --> 00:01:37,264 at Encino Knolls, overlooking the golf course. 46 00:01:37,264 --> 00:01:39,933 Douglas: Our sons will join us when their time comes. 47 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:42,227 If you remarry, your future husband 48 00:01:42,227 --> 00:01:43,645 can even be interred there. 49 00:01:43,645 --> 00:01:45,897 I have an option in the entire hillside. 50 00:01:45,897 --> 00:01:48,108 Sublet it, you'll make out great. 51 00:01:48,108 --> 00:01:50,527 In any event, it's only a minor detail. 52 00:01:50,527 --> 00:01:52,154 We can always work it out in the papers. 53 00:01:52,154 --> 00:01:55,907 Just a minute, I want us laid to rest as a family. 54 00:01:55,907 --> 00:01:58,368 - But we're not a family. Douglas: We have kids. 55 00:01:58,368 --> 00:02:01,663 Married or not, you're their mother, I'm their father. 56 00:02:01,663 --> 00:02:03,665 Can our only real permanent address 57 00:02:03,665 --> 00:02:05,292 finally acknowledge that? 58 00:02:05,292 --> 00:02:07,085 If I thought I was going to be buried with you 59 00:02:07,085 --> 00:02:11,089 that alone would give me the will to go on living forever? 60 00:02:11,089 --> 00:02:12,090 [clink] 61 00:02:14,676 --> 00:02:17,596 [theme music] 62 00:02:32,235 --> 00:02:35,155 [music continues] 63 00:02:55,217 --> 00:02:58,136 [music continues] 64 00:03:26,998 --> 00:03:29,876 [theme music] 65 00:03:46,893 --> 00:03:49,813 [instrumental music] 66 00:04:05,287 --> 00:04:07,497 [paper rustling] 67 00:04:07,497 --> 00:04:09,291 Victor, peace offering. 68 00:04:09,291 --> 00:04:10,876 Lakers game, Thursday night, what do you say? 69 00:04:10,876 --> 00:04:12,878 - Greatness. Thanks. - Alright. 70 00:04:12,878 --> 00:04:14,296 male - Mm-hmm. 71 00:04:14,296 --> 00:04:15,630 What's the word on Abby, Michael? 72 00:04:15,630 --> 00:04:17,048 - She's clear. - Good. 73 00:04:17,048 --> 00:04:18,717 The DA is satisfied that she shot him 74 00:04:18,717 --> 00:04:21,136 in self defense and that the gun was legal. 75 00:04:21,136 --> 00:04:24,055 Any other referrals to send her way, Douglas? 76 00:04:24,055 --> 00:04:26,808 Shall we get started? First of all, 77 00:04:26,808 --> 00:04:28,643 since there seems to be some perverse pleasure 78 00:04:28,643 --> 00:04:31,146 in ignoring my repeated request to cut back 79 00:04:31,146 --> 00:04:34,191 on the flagrant waste of paper goods around here, 80 00:04:34,191 --> 00:04:36,860 I've taken some unilateral action. 81 00:04:36,860 --> 00:04:40,071 Beginning tomorrow, reusable cloth towel dispensers 82 00:04:40,071 --> 00:04:42,282 will be installed in both lavatories. 83 00:04:42,282 --> 00:04:43,700 Duly noted. 84 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:46,453 Ann, how goes the Amanda Shaw libel case? 85 00:04:46,453 --> 00:04:47,954 Trial starts a week from today. 86 00:04:47,954 --> 00:04:50,415 I have better than six full cartons 87 00:04:50,415 --> 00:04:52,709 of depositions to go through by then. 88 00:04:52,709 --> 00:04:54,294 Are you at all available, Victor? 89 00:04:54,294 --> 00:04:55,754 I have a court appearance tomorrow, but 90 00:04:55,754 --> 00:04:57,547 I can give you some time after that, Ann. 91 00:04:57,547 --> 00:05:00,175 Israel et. al. versus Lawlor Millicron? 92 00:05:00,175 --> 00:05:02,719 That's me, it's a Shareholder derivative suit and 93 00:05:02,719 --> 00:05:05,055 Lawlor's house counsel brought us in to help beat it back. 94 00:05:05,055 --> 00:05:06,806 And I'm gonna need some help chasing down 95 00:05:06,806 --> 00:05:08,308 the bona fides of the plaintiffs. 96 00:05:08,308 --> 00:05:10,060 I'm preparing the Castellano case for trial, 97 00:05:10,060 --> 00:05:11,853 but sure, I'll squeeze it in. 98 00:05:11,853 --> 00:05:13,438 I really appreciate it. 99 00:05:13,438 --> 00:05:15,649 We need to get some new associates in here. 100 00:05:15,649 --> 00:05:17,192 Douglas: No kidding. 101 00:05:17,192 --> 00:05:19,110 Who do you think placed ads in the paper and spent 102 00:05:19,110 --> 00:05:21,112 the last week and a half interviewing people? 103 00:05:21,112 --> 00:05:22,364 - Anyone even close? Douglas: No. 104 00:05:22,364 --> 00:05:24,533 A singularly unimpressive lot so far. 105 00:05:24,533 --> 00:05:26,743 Well, we keep looking, that's all we can do. 106 00:05:26,743 --> 00:05:28,453 You know, for what it's worth, the guy I'm up against 107 00:05:28,453 --> 00:05:30,330 in the Tecowsky case would be great. 108 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:31,998 - Who is it? Kuzak: Richard Mathers. 109 00:05:31,998 --> 00:05:34,084 A sole practitioner, he's really great on his feet. 110 00:05:34,084 --> 00:05:37,462 I went up against him in the Salamander case, he is good. 111 00:05:37,462 --> 00:05:38,547 What's his background? 112 00:05:38,547 --> 00:05:40,507 University of Pennsylvania, '83. 113 00:05:40,507 --> 00:05:42,384 Does a lot of commercial litigation. 114 00:05:42,384 --> 00:05:43,885 I dated a girl who was in that class. 115 00:05:43,885 --> 00:05:45,220 Why don't you check him out? 116 00:05:45,220 --> 00:05:46,596 Brackman: How goes the case, Michael? 117 00:05:46,596 --> 00:05:47,973 Well, I offered to throw in the policy 118 00:05:47,973 --> 00:05:49,766 one last time and they turned it down. 119 00:05:49,766 --> 00:05:51,351 We should have upped the offer. 120 00:05:51,351 --> 00:05:52,978 No, I disagree. 121 00:05:52,978 --> 00:05:55,146 Gil Tecowsky sold this guy a car. 122 00:05:55,146 --> 00:05:57,816 This guy gets in an accident, where's the liability? 123 00:05:57,816 --> 00:05:59,234 It was a souped up car. 124 00:05:59,234 --> 00:06:00,777 The plaintiff was incompetent to drive it. 125 00:06:00,777 --> 00:06:02,153 That doesn't mean our guy's on the hook. 126 00:06:02,153 --> 00:06:03,822 He's the one that souped it up. 127 00:06:03,822 --> 00:06:05,448 Well, there's nothing negligent about selling a guy 128 00:06:05,448 --> 00:06:07,742 a GTO Tri-Power if that's what he wants to buy. 129 00:06:07,742 --> 00:06:10,620 Personally, I fail to see the appeal. 130 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:12,831 Really? Not me. 131 00:06:12,831 --> 00:06:15,876 I had a '64 Impala, lifted front and back. 132 00:06:15,876 --> 00:06:18,128 Sifuentes: Candy paint and a set of gold Daytons 133 00:06:18,128 --> 00:06:20,463 with 520 sportways all around. 134 00:06:22,257 --> 00:06:25,135 Is my carrucha firma? 135 00:06:25,135 --> 00:06:26,344 To think I traded that all in for 136 00:06:26,344 --> 00:06:27,846 a briefcase and a Japanese sedan. 137 00:06:27,846 --> 00:06:29,848 [all laugh] 138 00:06:29,848 --> 00:06:32,434 Well, when I was a child, 139 00:06:32,434 --> 00:06:34,185 I spake as a child. 140 00:06:34,185 --> 00:06:37,772 Brackman: I understood as a child, I thought as a child. 141 00:06:37,772 --> 00:06:39,691 But when I became a man, 142 00:06:39,691 --> 00:06:41,735 I put away childish things. 143 00:06:41,735 --> 00:06:45,196 For now, we see through a glass darkly. 144 00:06:45,196 --> 00:06:47,616 But then face to face. 145 00:06:48,617 --> 00:06:50,285 Ain't that the truth? 146 00:06:50,285 --> 00:06:53,288 [siren wails] 147 00:06:53,288 --> 00:06:54,956 [engines revving] 148 00:06:57,709 --> 00:06:58,710 [knocks on door] 149 00:06:58,710 --> 00:07:00,003 [clinks on door] 150 00:07:00,003 --> 00:07:01,421 Lieutenant Ringstrom's here to see you. 151 00:07:01,421 --> 00:07:03,673 [siren wails in distance] 152 00:07:03,673 --> 00:07:06,635 - Ms. Perkins. Hi. - Hi. 153 00:07:06,635 --> 00:07:08,428 How are you holding up? 154 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:09,929 Fine. 155 00:07:09,929 --> 00:07:11,765 Glad to hear it. 156 00:07:11,765 --> 00:07:13,767 Oh, uh [paper rustling], 157 00:07:13,767 --> 00:07:15,852 I'm returning your gun. 158 00:07:15,852 --> 00:07:17,395 [clinks] 159 00:07:17,395 --> 00:07:20,732 Um, could you put it back, please? 160 00:07:24,861 --> 00:07:26,696 Sure, I thought you might have wanted it back. 161 00:07:26,696 --> 00:07:28,573 Not yet. 162 00:07:28,573 --> 00:07:30,700 - Um, I can't. - I'm sorry. 163 00:07:30,700 --> 00:07:34,120 I-- I should've contacted you before I brought it over. 164 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,456 God! Couldn't even look at it. 165 00:07:36,456 --> 00:07:39,209 Abby, someone tried to kill you, you didn't let them. 166 00:07:39,209 --> 00:07:42,045 So how come I keep crying for no reason? 167 00:07:42,045 --> 00:07:43,505 How come all I can think about 168 00:07:43,505 --> 00:07:45,006 is what those little bullets did? 169 00:07:45,006 --> 00:07:47,592 His whole body jerked every time he was hit. 170 00:07:47,592 --> 00:07:49,427 I must play it back in my head in slow motion 171 00:07:49,427 --> 00:07:51,346 a 100 times a day. 172 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,559 Why don't you think about taking some time off? 173 00:07:56,559 --> 00:07:58,728 'Cause I only have a handful of cases as it is, 174 00:07:58,728 --> 00:08:00,605 and I can't afford to let any of them go. 175 00:08:01,856 --> 00:08:03,400 [sighs] 176 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:05,235 Can't you put them on hold for a little while? 177 00:08:05,235 --> 00:08:07,028 How can I put them on hold? 178 00:08:07,028 --> 00:08:08,613 I have two trials starting this month. 179 00:08:08,613 --> 00:08:10,949 I have-- I have a client who's fighting an eviction. 180 00:08:10,949 --> 00:08:12,951 Abby: I said I'd write a habeas corpus writ for some guy 181 00:08:12,951 --> 00:08:14,911 who's in prison, and I don't even have any idea 182 00:08:14,911 --> 00:08:16,955 where my next month's rent is coming from. 183 00:08:16,955 --> 00:08:19,416 Plus, I have to interview some biker in Fontana 184 00:08:19,416 --> 00:08:21,418 who I need as a witness, but I've been putting that off, 185 00:08:21,418 --> 00:08:23,044 mostly because I am scared to death. 186 00:08:27,132 --> 00:08:29,259 Would it help if I went along? 187 00:08:29,259 --> 00:08:31,177 - I can't ask you to do that. Bill: Why not? 188 00:08:31,177 --> 00:08:33,096 I moonlight for attorneys all the time, 189 00:08:33,096 --> 00:08:35,098 my fees are reasonable. 190 00:08:35,098 --> 00:08:37,851 And if you need to, you can always run a tab. 191 00:08:37,851 --> 00:08:39,227 [horn honks in distance] 192 00:08:39,227 --> 00:08:40,895 The thing is, I have to do it tomorrow. 193 00:08:42,397 --> 00:08:43,440 I'll pick you up. 194 00:08:47,402 --> 00:08:48,862 [screen rattles] 195 00:08:48,862 --> 00:08:50,572 [clinks on door] 196 00:08:50,572 --> 00:08:54,034 - Here we are. See that? - Oh, boy, a door prize. 197 00:08:54,034 --> 00:08:56,536 Whoever said that going to the gynecologist wasn't fun? 198 00:08:58,079 --> 00:09:00,457 Okay, what do I do? 199 00:09:00,457 --> 00:09:02,292 Your basal temperature chart shows 200 00:09:02,292 --> 00:09:04,502 your regular monthly ovulation. 201 00:09:04,502 --> 00:09:07,881 The kit uses a urine sample to pinpoint exactly when. 202 00:09:07,881 --> 00:09:09,257 [rustling] 203 00:09:09,257 --> 00:09:10,633 Dr. Karen: Given Stuart's sperm count, 204 00:09:10,633 --> 00:09:12,343 the odds are against you. 205 00:09:12,343 --> 00:09:15,346 But at least you'll be able to maximize your chances. 206 00:09:15,346 --> 00:09:17,307 Doesn't sound very romantic, does it? 207 00:09:17,307 --> 00:09:19,809 Wanting babies is what is romantic. 208 00:09:19,809 --> 00:09:21,770 Steps you take don't have to be. 209 00:09:21,770 --> 00:09:23,772 I'll try to remember that. 210 00:09:23,772 --> 00:09:24,939 How are you two managing? 211 00:09:26,858 --> 00:09:28,443 Oh, we've been better. 212 00:09:28,443 --> 00:09:29,944 It's not an easy thing. 213 00:09:29,944 --> 00:09:31,362 Stuart always thought it would just 214 00:09:31,362 --> 00:09:33,490 be a matter of making up his mind. 215 00:09:33,490 --> 00:09:35,825 He has a hard time accepting the fact that it's not. 216 00:09:35,825 --> 00:09:37,076 What about you? 217 00:09:37,076 --> 00:09:38,161 [rustling] 218 00:09:38,161 --> 00:09:39,579 Oh, I don't know, Karen. 219 00:09:39,579 --> 00:09:41,039 Right this way. 220 00:09:41,039 --> 00:09:43,792 The thought of never really being pregnant, 221 00:09:43,792 --> 00:09:46,628 feeling the baby, kicking, the whole thing... 222 00:09:46,628 --> 00:09:48,671 that makes me pretty sad. 223 00:09:48,671 --> 00:09:50,131 Anne, listen. 224 00:09:50,131 --> 00:09:51,925 I know how much this means to you 225 00:09:51,925 --> 00:09:54,511 and you're doing everything you can. 226 00:09:54,511 --> 00:09:56,596 - Don't give up. - I won't. 227 00:09:56,596 --> 00:09:57,680 Thanks. 228 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:04,187 You're saying then, that your husband was a terrible driver? 229 00:10:04,187 --> 00:10:07,398 It was a standing joke among everyone who knew him. 230 00:10:07,398 --> 00:10:09,526 We were just glad that he drove slowly. 231 00:10:09,526 --> 00:10:11,402 After we bought the hot rod in question, 232 00:10:11,402 --> 00:10:12,862 did you ever ride with him in it? 233 00:10:12,862 --> 00:10:16,407 - Object to the term hot rod. - Sustained. 234 00:10:16,407 --> 00:10:18,409 After he bought the modified 235 00:10:18,409 --> 00:10:22,705 1964 Pontiac GTO in question... 236 00:10:22,705 --> 00:10:24,374 did you ever ride with him in it? 237 00:10:24,374 --> 00:10:28,044 Only once. I refused to after that, I was terrified. 238 00:10:28,044 --> 00:10:30,046 It skidded all over the place, it-- it-- 239 00:10:30,046 --> 00:10:32,465 it lurched when he started it up. 240 00:10:32,465 --> 00:10:35,051 It was obvious that he didn't know how to control it. 241 00:10:35,051 --> 00:10:37,971 Asked that the witness' response be stricken in its entirety, 242 00:10:37,971 --> 00:10:40,515 Your Honor, to the extent that she is testifying 243 00:10:40,515 --> 00:10:42,725 as to the specific driving capabilities 244 00:10:42,725 --> 00:10:45,395 of her husband or the behavior of an automobile 245 00:10:45,395 --> 00:10:48,106 she is wholly unqualified. 246 00:10:48,106 --> 00:10:50,483 She's testifying to what she saw. 247 00:10:50,483 --> 00:10:53,695 While she was, in her own words, terrified. 248 00:10:53,695 --> 00:10:55,488 I'll allow the answer. But I'd like you 249 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:57,949 to move on, Mr. Mathers. 250 00:10:57,949 --> 00:10:59,033 [rustling] 251 00:11:00,869 --> 00:11:03,705 Could you tell us what special care 252 00:11:03,705 --> 00:11:05,498 your husband requires, Ms. Toland? 253 00:11:05,498 --> 00:11:07,917 Objection, she's not qualified as a doctor, either. 254 00:11:07,917 --> 00:11:10,628 Mathers: She doesn't have to be a doctor, she lives with him. 255 00:11:10,628 --> 00:11:12,589 Overruled, gentlemen, please. 256 00:11:12,589 --> 00:11:14,007 Ms. Toland: Barry has to have 257 00:11:14,007 --> 00:11:15,925 someone with him at all times. 258 00:11:15,925 --> 00:11:17,427 I work during the day now, 259 00:11:17,427 --> 00:11:19,554 so we have a nurse five days a week. 260 00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:21,598 He... 261 00:11:23,808 --> 00:11:26,269 he needs physical therapy, 262 00:11:26,269 --> 00:11:28,438 anti-seizure medication 263 00:11:28,438 --> 00:11:30,690 and monthly examinations. 264 00:11:33,276 --> 00:11:35,445 Look at him. 265 00:11:35,445 --> 00:11:37,113 This bright, bright man. 266 00:11:37,113 --> 00:11:39,616 Ms. Toland: College professor before he was thirty. 267 00:11:39,616 --> 00:11:43,161 This terrific talker who doesn't talk anymore. 268 00:11:43,161 --> 00:11:45,622 Knowing the way he used to be and seeing him now... 269 00:11:48,124 --> 00:11:51,711 I'm only sorry that he knows the difference. 270 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:53,129 I have no further questions. 271 00:11:53,129 --> 00:11:56,049 [Ms. Toland crying] 272 00:11:59,469 --> 00:12:00,845 [sighs] 273 00:12:00,845 --> 00:12:02,263 Would you like to take a few minutes? 274 00:12:04,974 --> 00:12:08,353 No, I'm-- I'm... I'm fine. 275 00:12:08,353 --> 00:12:11,314 Ms. Toland did your husband characterize 276 00:12:11,314 --> 00:12:13,608 himself as a terrible driver? 277 00:12:13,608 --> 00:12:16,361 No, [chuckles] what man does? 278 00:12:16,361 --> 00:12:19,155 [chuckles] None that I know of. 279 00:12:19,155 --> 00:12:22,992 In fact, didn't your husband, like most men 280 00:12:22,992 --> 00:12:26,120 think of himself as a simply sensational driver? 281 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,164 Objection. The witness is in no position 282 00:12:28,164 --> 00:12:29,374 to know what her husband thought. 283 00:12:29,374 --> 00:12:30,458 Judge Reeves: Sustained. 284 00:12:30,458 --> 00:12:31,918 Miss Toland... 285 00:12:31,918 --> 00:12:33,711 did you ever tell your husband that you were 286 00:12:33,711 --> 00:12:35,713 against him buying this GTO? 287 00:12:35,713 --> 00:12:38,549 Yes, I did. Of course. 288 00:12:38,549 --> 00:12:41,094 He said that it was the quintessential muscle car 289 00:12:41,094 --> 00:12:42,595 and that he could handle it. 290 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:44,389 But he was just bragging, though? 291 00:12:44,389 --> 00:12:49,227 No, it was more like he was trying to convince himself. 292 00:12:49,227 --> 00:12:51,729 Do you suppose that he was just bragging 293 00:12:51,729 --> 00:12:54,357 to Gil Tecowsky when he went to buy the car? 294 00:12:54,357 --> 00:12:57,485 My husband had a natural curiosity 295 00:12:57,485 --> 00:12:59,570 about a great many things. 296 00:12:59,570 --> 00:13:02,156 He was the scholarly man, not this braggard 297 00:13:02,156 --> 00:13:03,616 that you're making him out to be. 298 00:13:03,616 --> 00:13:06,202 If I've offended you, I apologize. 299 00:13:06,202 --> 00:13:08,371 Let me suggest... 300 00:13:08,371 --> 00:13:10,999 that it was his very scholarliness, 301 00:13:10,999 --> 00:13:13,501 which permitted him to assimilate 302 00:13:13,501 --> 00:13:16,629 massive amounts of arcane detail... 303 00:13:16,629 --> 00:13:19,382 which he would then spew forth in an attempt 304 00:13:19,382 --> 00:13:21,300 to impress whomever he was talking to. 305 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:24,804 Objection. Counsel's making a speech. 306 00:13:24,804 --> 00:13:26,931 Let me suggest... 307 00:13:26,931 --> 00:13:29,142 that he set out to convince the defendant 308 00:13:29,142 --> 00:13:31,853 not only that he was capable of driving that car, 309 00:13:31,853 --> 00:13:34,689 but that he was also an old hand at it. 310 00:13:34,689 --> 00:13:37,775 Your Honor, I've lodged an objection, I want a ruling. 311 00:13:37,775 --> 00:13:39,610 What's the question, Mr. Kuzak? 312 00:13:39,610 --> 00:13:43,489 Doesn't that sound like your husband, Ms. Toland? 313 00:13:43,489 --> 00:13:45,324 Doesn't that sound like what 314 00:13:45,324 --> 00:13:48,745 this terrific talker would do? 315 00:13:48,745 --> 00:13:51,039 [sobbing] 316 00:13:53,124 --> 00:13:55,418 I have no further questions at this time, Your Honor. 317 00:13:55,418 --> 00:13:56,753 [Toland sobbing] 318 00:14:00,381 --> 00:14:01,466 female 1: Yes sir. 319 00:14:01,466 --> 00:14:02,967 Put a regular clothing on it. 320 00:14:02,967 --> 00:14:04,343 [door slides] 321 00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:05,470 Mike, hang on. 322 00:14:05,470 --> 00:14:06,888 [phone rings] 323 00:14:06,888 --> 00:14:08,598 - I checked out Richard Mathers. - Oh, yeah? 324 00:14:08,598 --> 00:14:10,349 - What's the book on him? - There is none. 325 00:14:10,349 --> 00:14:11,976 My friend went to the University of Pennsylvania. 326 00:14:11,976 --> 00:14:14,020 Never heard of him. Marindale-Hubbell doesn't 327 00:14:14,020 --> 00:14:16,314 list them. The California state Bar Association, 328 00:14:16,314 --> 00:14:17,732 the American bar association 329 00:14:17,732 --> 00:14:19,859 have absolutely no record of him. 330 00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:21,694 How can that be? They got a record of every lawyer. 331 00:14:21,694 --> 00:14:23,654 That's right. 332 00:14:23,654 --> 00:14:25,656 What are you trying to tell me, that he's not a lawyer? 333 00:14:25,656 --> 00:14:27,867 Never went to law school, never passed The Bar, 334 00:14:27,867 --> 00:14:30,203 never got admitted in this state or any other. 335 00:14:30,203 --> 00:14:31,704 [indistinct chatter in background] 336 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:32,955 Excuse me. 337 00:14:32,955 --> 00:14:34,582 [elevator bell dings and door slides] 338 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:36,751 [phone rings] 339 00:14:36,751 --> 00:14:38,252 Now you have my resume, Mr. Brackman? 340 00:14:38,252 --> 00:14:40,421 - I do indeed. - I'll be expecting your call. 341 00:14:40,421 --> 00:14:43,132 Excellent. Thanks for coming in. 342 00:14:43,132 --> 00:14:45,676 By the way, I like the organizational dynamics 343 00:14:45,676 --> 00:14:48,679 I see around here. I think I could play a role. 344 00:14:48,679 --> 00:14:50,848 [indistinct chatter in background] 345 00:14:50,848 --> 00:14:51,974 [phone rings] 346 00:14:54,102 --> 00:14:56,104 [indistinct chatter in background] 347 00:14:56,104 --> 00:14:57,897 You at all close to a decision, Douglas? 348 00:14:57,897 --> 00:15:00,108 Nussbaum's been calling me, like, every half hour. 349 00:15:00,108 --> 00:15:02,485 I never thought a grave would matter that much to me, Arnie. 350 00:15:02,485 --> 00:15:03,778 Becker: Well, I've got to tell you, it's about 351 00:15:03,778 --> 00:15:05,404 the stupidest argument I've ever heard. 352 00:15:05,404 --> 00:15:06,948 Everything you're asking for is totally 353 00:15:06,948 --> 00:15:09,700 unenforceable from your end and costs her nothing. 354 00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:11,828 The fact that you two feel fit to make it a deal breaker 355 00:15:11,828 --> 00:15:13,704 tells me you're still looking to stay attached. 356 00:15:13,704 --> 00:15:15,706 Brackman: Did it ever occur to you that I might just 357 00:15:15,706 --> 00:15:17,959 be a little terrified of the great beyond? 358 00:15:17,959 --> 00:15:19,544 That I might just want to surround myself 359 00:15:19,544 --> 00:15:21,629 with the people I've been closest to? 360 00:15:21,629 --> 00:15:24,132 That there just might be some strength in numbers? 361 00:15:24,132 --> 00:15:25,716 What numbers? 362 00:15:25,716 --> 00:15:27,677 No matter who you're lying next to, 363 00:15:27,677 --> 00:15:29,262 you go out of this life alone. 364 00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:31,222 I don't want to go out alone. 365 00:15:31,222 --> 00:15:33,474 No? It's as much a part of being human 366 00:15:33,474 --> 00:15:34,809 as what you're doing right now. 367 00:15:34,809 --> 00:15:37,478 [rustling] So is wanting a family. 368 00:15:37,478 --> 00:15:39,105 Becker: Douglas. [water gurgling] 369 00:15:39,105 --> 00:15:41,983 A cluster of tombstones is not a family. 370 00:15:41,983 --> 00:15:45,278 You need to let her go, you need to get on with your own life. 371 00:15:45,278 --> 00:15:48,447 - Am I right, Beno? - Uh, right, Arnie. 372 00:15:48,447 --> 00:15:49,782 [footsteps] 373 00:15:49,782 --> 00:15:51,784 [water gurgling] 374 00:15:51,784 --> 00:15:53,077 [tap screeching] 375 00:15:53,077 --> 00:15:54,871 You long for peace, 376 00:15:54,871 --> 00:15:56,873 you long for stability... 377 00:15:56,873 --> 00:15:58,249 but your emotions keep you 378 00:15:58,249 --> 00:16:00,418 on a roller coaster ride through hell. 379 00:16:05,214 --> 00:16:07,049 [Markowitz knocks on door] Ann? 380 00:16:07,049 --> 00:16:08,301 Oh, Madame Curie. 381 00:16:09,177 --> 00:16:10,219 [sighs] 382 00:16:10,219 --> 00:16:11,637 [door closes] So tell me, 383 00:16:11,637 --> 00:16:13,723 are we close to a breakthrough yet? 384 00:16:13,723 --> 00:16:16,392 You just made me spill urine all over the Shaw complaint. 385 00:16:16,392 --> 00:16:17,768 [rustling] Damn it. 386 00:16:17,768 --> 00:16:19,020 Maybe you should put a little red light 387 00:16:19,020 --> 00:16:20,438 or something outside your door. 388 00:16:20,438 --> 00:16:23,107 Maybe I should just check into a sanitarium. 389 00:16:23,107 --> 00:16:24,567 [sighs] 390 00:16:24,567 --> 00:16:27,028 I have the Shaw trial starting this week. 391 00:16:27,028 --> 00:16:30,281 I have the Voorhees appeal due the first of next month. 392 00:16:30,281 --> 00:16:32,408 I'm about to get hit with sanctions if I don't provide 393 00:16:32,408 --> 00:16:33,868 Jeff Liddle's firm with the discovery 394 00:16:33,868 --> 00:16:35,036 they're after in Kaplowitz. 395 00:16:35,036 --> 00:16:37,788 And what am I doing? This! 396 00:16:37,788 --> 00:16:40,750 So tell me, has the magic dot appeared yet? 397 00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:44,045 As a matter of fact, it has. 398 00:16:45,213 --> 00:16:46,964 - Great. - [sighs] Good. 399 00:16:46,964 --> 00:16:49,800 Okay, good, so figure on sex 400 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:51,260 twice within the next three days. 401 00:16:51,260 --> 00:16:53,179 Good, [smacking lips] go. 402 00:16:53,179 --> 00:16:54,764 You uh... 403 00:16:54,764 --> 00:16:56,849 you want to be a little more precise about that? 404 00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:58,976 Markowitz: I mean, I've got a pretty busy week myself. 405 00:16:58,976 --> 00:17:01,479 I mean, what is exactly our window of opportunity? 406 00:17:01,479 --> 00:17:03,439 [paper rustling] Alright, Stuart. 407 00:17:03,439 --> 00:17:07,860 Starting within the next 40 hours and lasting for 30 hours. 408 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:11,197 Alright, so that means anytime between now and 409 00:17:11,197 --> 00:17:14,659 03:00 a.m., Thursday, until 07:00 a.m., Friday. 410 00:17:14,659 --> 00:17:16,494 Right. [paper rustling] 411 00:17:16,494 --> 00:17:17,536 Markowitz: Alright. 412 00:17:18,663 --> 00:17:20,414 Now I can plan my week. 413 00:17:23,334 --> 00:17:25,419 - Would you excuse me, please? - Yeah. 414 00:17:28,756 --> 00:17:30,299 [clinks on door] 415 00:17:30,299 --> 00:17:33,261 [loud indistinct chatter] 416 00:17:33,261 --> 00:17:35,179 [footsteps] 417 00:17:35,179 --> 00:17:38,057 Tell me this, am I the first to find out about you? 418 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:39,892 Find out what? 419 00:17:39,892 --> 00:17:43,229 You must have known that someday someone would check you out. 420 00:17:43,229 --> 00:17:45,690 I don't know what you're talking about. 421 00:17:45,690 --> 00:17:47,191 Oh, I think you know exactly 422 00:17:47,191 --> 00:17:49,110 what I'm talking about, counselor. 423 00:17:49,110 --> 00:17:50,528 [loud indistinct chatter] 424 00:17:50,528 --> 00:17:51,654 Come on. 425 00:17:55,992 --> 00:17:57,743 [clinks on door] 426 00:17:57,743 --> 00:17:59,704 Looks like I have a problem. 427 00:17:59,704 --> 00:18:02,456 [clinks on door] We both got a problem. 428 00:18:02,456 --> 00:18:04,542 If I go to the court right now with what I know about you, 429 00:18:04,542 --> 00:18:06,127 there will be an automatic mistrial. 430 00:18:06,127 --> 00:18:07,295 Kuzak: Since my client has spent 431 00:18:07,295 --> 00:18:09,422 more than $50,000 in legal fees 432 00:18:09,422 --> 00:18:11,299 and waited more than three and a half years to get this 433 00:18:11,299 --> 00:18:13,843 little matter resolved, he doesn't want a mistrial. 434 00:18:13,843 --> 00:18:15,678 Get to the punchline. 435 00:18:15,678 --> 00:18:18,639 Recommend that your client accept the settlement offer. 436 00:18:18,639 --> 00:18:20,766 Would you sell out your client to protect yourself? 437 00:18:20,766 --> 00:18:22,476 I don't consider it a sellout. 438 00:18:22,476 --> 00:18:24,478 It was a reasonable offer before we went to trial. 439 00:18:24,478 --> 00:18:27,356 It's an even more reasonable offer now. 440 00:18:27,356 --> 00:18:28,733 You think I got you beat, Mike. 441 00:18:28,733 --> 00:18:32,278 [scoffs] If I thought you had me beat, 442 00:18:32,278 --> 00:18:34,739 I'd go in there and have a mistrial declared right now. 443 00:18:34,739 --> 00:18:37,241 You want to turn me in, turn me in. 444 00:18:37,241 --> 00:18:39,952 But don't threaten to expose me as a way to jack up my client. 445 00:18:41,078 --> 00:18:42,496 No settlement? 446 00:18:42,496 --> 00:18:45,916 On the terms you're offering, no chance. 447 00:18:45,916 --> 00:18:48,002 - Okay. [thud] Mathers: What are you gonna do? 448 00:18:48,002 --> 00:18:49,086 [clinks on door] 449 00:18:49,086 --> 00:18:50,129 [loud indistinct chatter] 450 00:18:50,129 --> 00:18:51,422 male 451 00:18:55,051 --> 00:18:56,344 [sighs] 452 00:18:56,344 --> 00:18:59,347 [engines rumbling] 453 00:18:59,347 --> 00:19:00,640 [upbeat music on radio] 454 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,558 [balls clink] Excuse me. 455 00:19:02,558 --> 00:19:04,435 I'm looking for Randy Huggins. 456 00:19:04,435 --> 00:19:05,686 [laughter in distance] 457 00:19:05,686 --> 00:19:07,188 So? 458 00:19:07,188 --> 00:19:08,898 Someone told me I could find him here. 459 00:19:08,898 --> 00:19:10,232 Who told you that? 460 00:19:10,232 --> 00:19:12,109 I'm a lawyer, I represent Val Necco. 461 00:19:12,109 --> 00:19:13,069 [balls clink] 462 00:19:14,987 --> 00:19:17,073 I don't talk to lawyers, it's against my religion. 463 00:19:17,073 --> 00:19:18,991 Excuse me. 464 00:19:18,991 --> 00:19:20,368 You a lawyer, too? 465 00:19:20,368 --> 00:19:22,036 No, actually, I'm a lieutenant with 466 00:19:22,036 --> 00:19:23,788 the Los Angeles Police Department. 467 00:19:23,788 --> 00:19:25,623 [balls clink] 468 00:19:25,623 --> 00:19:28,918 And just looking around I notice you've got a inebriated patron 469 00:19:28,918 --> 00:19:31,253 asleep on your premises, you're smoking a cigarette behind 470 00:19:31,253 --> 00:19:33,923 the bar, both violations of the Alcoholic Beverage Commission. 471 00:19:33,923 --> 00:19:36,425 Plus, I just bet the water you're washing 472 00:19:36,425 --> 00:19:38,469 those glasses in isn't quite hot enough. 473 00:19:38,469 --> 00:19:40,096 [music continues] 474 00:19:40,096 --> 00:19:42,390 The guy with the long hair playing pool. 475 00:19:42,390 --> 00:19:44,225 I appreciate it. 476 00:19:44,225 --> 00:19:45,309 [balls clink] 477 00:19:46,644 --> 00:19:48,896 [laughter] 478 00:19:48,896 --> 00:19:50,022 [balls clink] 479 00:19:52,358 --> 00:19:53,984 Randy Huggins? 480 00:19:53,984 --> 00:19:55,486 Who's asking? 481 00:19:55,486 --> 00:19:56,862 My name is Abigail Perkins. 482 00:19:56,862 --> 00:19:58,280 And? [balls clink] 483 00:19:58,280 --> 00:19:59,824 I'd like to talk to you about Val Necco. 484 00:20:01,909 --> 00:20:03,244 Your testimony might be the only thing 485 00:20:03,244 --> 00:20:05,204 that keeps him out of prison. 486 00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:07,206 Val Necco. 487 00:20:07,206 --> 00:20:09,333 I never heard of no Val Necco before. 488 00:20:09,333 --> 00:20:10,876 [balls clink] 489 00:20:10,876 --> 00:20:12,044 [music continues] 490 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:13,546 You his old lady or something? 491 00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:14,797 No, I'm his attorney. 492 00:20:14,797 --> 00:20:16,465 [balls clink] 493 00:20:16,465 --> 00:20:17,842 She's an itty bitty thing, ain't she? 494 00:20:17,842 --> 00:20:19,427 Just your type. 495 00:20:19,427 --> 00:20:20,845 I bet if you take off your shirt, 496 00:20:20,845 --> 00:20:22,388 Randy would tell you whatever you wanna know. 497 00:20:22,388 --> 00:20:23,347 Hey. 498 00:20:26,225 --> 00:20:29,186 Now, she just wants to ask a few questions. 499 00:20:29,186 --> 00:20:30,771 Why don't you give her a break, huh? 500 00:20:30,771 --> 00:20:32,064 What are you, a cop? 501 00:20:32,064 --> 00:20:34,984 Why, you doing something illegal? 502 00:20:34,984 --> 00:20:36,152 I'm playing pool. 503 00:20:36,152 --> 00:20:37,862 Eight ball in the corner. 504 00:20:37,862 --> 00:20:40,281 [balls clink] 505 00:20:40,281 --> 00:20:42,408 Oh, come on now, fellas. 506 00:20:42,408 --> 00:20:44,410 Are you going to make her get a subpoena? 507 00:20:44,410 --> 00:20:47,037 Hey, you're in my way. [loud thud] 508 00:20:47,037 --> 00:20:49,415 Come on, Bill, forget about it, let's just go, okay? 509 00:20:49,415 --> 00:20:50,958 Yeah, take your girlfriend and get out of here. 510 00:20:50,958 --> 00:20:54,086 Better yet, you split and leave the chick with us. 511 00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:57,339 - Think you'd like that, baby? - Hey, you being rude. 512 00:20:57,339 --> 00:20:59,300 Get your fingers out of my chest. 513 00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:01,427 Why? [thud] Am I hurting you? 514 00:21:01,427 --> 00:21:03,012 [loud clinks] 515 00:21:03,012 --> 00:21:05,055 Not nearly as much as I'm going to hurt you. 516 00:21:05,055 --> 00:21:06,223 [clinks on gun] 517 00:21:06,223 --> 00:21:08,893 [music continues] 518 00:21:08,893 --> 00:21:09,935 Drop it. 519 00:21:13,189 --> 00:21:14,231 [clinks] 520 00:21:15,649 --> 00:21:16,817 [gun cocks] 521 00:21:26,327 --> 00:21:27,369 [gun cocks] 522 00:21:43,010 --> 00:21:45,971 [cheerful music] 523 00:21:47,056 --> 00:21:49,183 [tires rustling] 524 00:21:56,190 --> 00:21:59,109 Mr. Tecowsky, would you please describe your business for us? 525 00:21:59,109 --> 00:22:02,404 I have a shop in Redondo Beach where I restore and 526 00:22:02,404 --> 00:22:05,157 modify American performance cars. 527 00:22:05,157 --> 00:22:08,202 - GTOs, Chevelle, 'Cudas. - Mm-hmm. 528 00:22:08,202 --> 00:22:10,663 And when Barry Toland came into your shop, 529 00:22:10,663 --> 00:22:12,790 what exactly did he say? 530 00:22:12,790 --> 00:22:14,959 He said he wanted to buy a Goat. 531 00:22:14,959 --> 00:22:18,170 - Which you took to mean... - Pontiac GTO. 532 00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:20,506 And did you ask him if he'd ever driven a car like that before? 533 00:22:20,506 --> 00:22:22,883 - No, sir, I did not. - Why is that? 534 00:22:22,883 --> 00:22:26,929 Heh. Because he-- he-- he talked like a, like an expert. 535 00:22:26,929 --> 00:22:29,014 Like he had driven one all of his life. 536 00:22:29,014 --> 00:22:31,892 Kuzak: Thank you. I have no further questions, Your Honor. 537 00:22:31,892 --> 00:22:33,477 [footsteps] 538 00:22:33,477 --> 00:22:35,271 Mr. Tecowsky... 539 00:22:35,271 --> 00:22:38,065 how is the GTO that Mr. Toland purchased from you 540 00:22:38,065 --> 00:22:40,150 different from one he could have bought at a Pontiac dealer? 541 00:22:41,777 --> 00:22:42,945 [gasps] 542 00:22:42,945 --> 00:22:44,238 You want me to be specific? 543 00:22:44,238 --> 00:22:46,198 I want you to be very specific. 544 00:22:46,198 --> 00:22:49,743 I uh, board out the engine, put in over sized pistons. 545 00:22:49,743 --> 00:22:51,370 Mr. Tecowsky: Edelbrock manifold, 546 00:22:51,370 --> 00:22:54,290 Headman headers, Holly Carbs, Iski cam-- 547 00:22:54,290 --> 00:22:57,710 Even more of a muscle car than the stock model. 548 00:22:57,710 --> 00:22:59,712 - You could say that, yeah. - Quicker off the line. 549 00:22:59,712 --> 00:23:01,589 More power, shorter response time. 550 00:23:01,589 --> 00:23:03,382 Object to council's commentary. 551 00:23:03,382 --> 00:23:04,842 Sustained, strike it. 552 00:23:04,842 --> 00:23:06,468 That Iski cam was modified to what's 553 00:23:06,468 --> 00:23:07,845 known as three quarter race, right? 554 00:23:07,845 --> 00:23:09,430 That's right. 555 00:23:09,430 --> 00:23:11,849 That made the car rev a lot faster than a stock GTO. 556 00:23:11,849 --> 00:23:12,892 - Didn't it? - Yeah. 557 00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:13,934 It also made it far more 558 00:23:13,934 --> 00:23:15,227 apt to lurch forward, didn't it? 559 00:23:15,227 --> 00:23:16,645 Calls for a conclusion. 560 00:23:16,645 --> 00:23:18,439 He's qualified to make a conclusion. 561 00:23:18,439 --> 00:23:20,232 Yeah, the witness can answer. 562 00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:23,152 It would only lurch forward if he didn't know how to drive it. 563 00:23:23,152 --> 00:23:25,779 Exactly. Thank you. 564 00:23:28,073 --> 00:23:30,993 Now, that being the case, 565 00:23:30,993 --> 00:23:33,203 didn't you think it prudent to take Mr. Toland 566 00:23:33,203 --> 00:23:34,872 for a little ride around the block 567 00:23:34,872 --> 00:23:36,332 to see if he did know how to drive it? 568 00:23:36,332 --> 00:23:38,918 There was no reason to think that he didn't. 569 00:23:38,918 --> 00:23:41,170 He came in knowing exactly what he wanted. 570 00:23:41,170 --> 00:23:43,339 I don't think he wanted to be brain damaged 571 00:23:43,339 --> 00:23:44,715 for the rest of his life. 572 00:23:44,715 --> 00:23:47,176 - Objection. - Sustained and stricken. 573 00:23:47,176 --> 00:23:50,012 I didn't send for this guy, I ain't no hustler. 574 00:23:50,012 --> 00:23:51,430 Mr. Tecowsky: I do what I do for people 575 00:23:51,430 --> 00:23:53,182 who like to drive fast cars. 576 00:23:53,182 --> 00:23:55,768 - That's enough, Mr. Tecowsky. - I'm sorry, judge. 577 00:23:55,768 --> 00:23:58,395 I don't get it, why is this my fault? 578 00:23:58,395 --> 00:24:00,022 The man's a big shot professor. 579 00:24:00,022 --> 00:24:02,149 I didn't even finish the eighth grade. 580 00:24:02,149 --> 00:24:04,026 Why should I look out after him? 581 00:24:04,026 --> 00:24:07,071 Because you knew what you were doing... 582 00:24:07,071 --> 00:24:08,656 and he didn't. 583 00:24:08,656 --> 00:24:09,782 Mathers: That's why. 584 00:24:11,617 --> 00:24:14,495 [loud indistinct chatter] 585 00:24:14,495 --> 00:24:15,621 [bell dings] 586 00:24:16,997 --> 00:24:18,832 - Grace! - Hi. 587 00:24:18,832 --> 00:24:20,501 Hi. I heard you signed the Necco case. 588 00:24:20,501 --> 00:24:23,629 Yeah. Think we can plead it out? Go have lunch? 589 00:24:23,629 --> 00:24:25,881 Well, my guy will still be facing a parole violation. 590 00:24:25,881 --> 00:24:27,883 [scoffs] He's not expecting 591 00:24:27,883 --> 00:24:30,511 accommodation from the mayor, is he? 592 00:24:30,511 --> 00:24:32,554 What I really need is the continuance. 593 00:24:32,554 --> 00:24:34,181 [loud indistinct chatter] 594 00:24:34,181 --> 00:24:36,266 Well, it would put me in a bad spot. 595 00:24:36,266 --> 00:24:38,644 I have two witnesses down here ready to testify. 596 00:24:38,644 --> 00:24:41,480 All I'm looking for is a week. 597 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,899 You've had two continuances already, you ask for another one 598 00:24:43,899 --> 00:24:45,401 the judge is going to pin your ears back. 599 00:24:45,401 --> 00:24:47,528 Not if you don't oppose it. 600 00:24:47,528 --> 00:24:49,905 He's not gonna care if I oppose it or not. 601 00:24:49,905 --> 00:24:52,908 This is McGrath we're talking about, Abby. 602 00:24:52,908 --> 00:24:56,078 Look, Grace, I'm a little shaky right now. 603 00:24:56,078 --> 00:24:58,038 Can't you of all people understand that? 604 00:24:58,038 --> 00:24:59,665 Yes. 605 00:24:59,665 --> 00:25:01,500 So I think that you should let them reassign 606 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:04,420 a few of your cases and give yourself the time you need. 607 00:25:04,420 --> 00:25:05,713 Thank you very much. 608 00:25:05,713 --> 00:25:07,589 I'll take my chances with McGrath. 609 00:25:07,589 --> 00:25:09,550 I think we'll find it at the cafeteria. 610 00:25:09,550 --> 00:25:11,218 [loud indistinct chatter] 611 00:25:11,218 --> 00:25:13,470 People versus Valentine Necco. 612 00:25:13,470 --> 00:25:15,389 Your Honor, may I approach the bench? 613 00:25:15,389 --> 00:25:18,559 Your Honor, the people aren't ready to proceed at this time. 614 00:25:18,559 --> 00:25:21,061 McGrath: What? - My apologies to the court. 615 00:25:21,061 --> 00:25:23,939 But I respectfully request a two week continuance. 616 00:25:23,939 --> 00:25:25,691 Your predecessor assured me 617 00:25:25,691 --> 00:25:27,026 that this one was ready to go. 618 00:25:27,026 --> 00:25:28,485 I know, Your Honor. 619 00:25:28,485 --> 00:25:30,487 McGrath: He told me there'd be no more delays. 620 00:25:30,487 --> 00:25:32,948 My present calendar just got hopeless-- 621 00:25:32,948 --> 00:25:34,908 And he especially promised me 622 00:25:34,908 --> 00:25:36,910 that I wouldn't have to hear 623 00:25:36,910 --> 00:25:40,998 any excuses about how busy anybody was. 624 00:25:40,998 --> 00:25:42,583 McGrath: Two week continuance 625 00:25:42,583 --> 00:25:45,586 marked final against both sides. 626 00:25:45,586 --> 00:25:47,588 Next case. [paper rustling] 627 00:25:47,588 --> 00:25:49,840 People versus Lawrence Edward Kohn. 628 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,760 This one yours too, Ms. Van Owen? 629 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,219 Yes, it is, Your Honor. 630 00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:56,889 You're going to ask me for another continuance? 631 00:25:56,889 --> 00:25:58,098 No, Your Honor. 632 00:25:58,098 --> 00:25:59,767 The people are ready to proceed. 633 00:25:59,767 --> 00:26:01,101 Well, how nice. 634 00:26:01,101 --> 00:26:02,227 [paper rustling] 635 00:26:03,562 --> 00:26:04,730 [clinks on door] 636 00:26:04,730 --> 00:26:05,856 Thank you. 637 00:26:08,066 --> 00:26:10,778 - Who's next? - Dorothy Wyler? 638 00:26:10,778 --> 00:26:13,113 [rustling] 639 00:26:13,113 --> 00:26:14,948 [phone rings] 640 00:26:14,948 --> 00:26:16,533 - Ms. Wyler. - Hello. 641 00:26:18,827 --> 00:26:21,371 [beeps] 642 00:26:21,371 --> 00:26:24,500 - You clerk for Judge Gladwin? - Yes. 643 00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:26,835 You were an associate at Harborn Bullock. 644 00:26:26,835 --> 00:26:27,878 Have a seat. 645 00:26:29,421 --> 00:26:31,340 You did a lot of appellate work, I see. 646 00:26:31,340 --> 00:26:33,634 [paper rustling] 647 00:26:33,634 --> 00:26:35,344 I was never really a courtroom person, 648 00:26:35,344 --> 00:26:37,805 but I know my way around a law library. 649 00:26:37,805 --> 00:26:42,017 Where have you been since 1969? 650 00:26:42,017 --> 00:26:44,561 Well, I stopped work when my youngest was born. 651 00:26:44,561 --> 00:26:47,064 She just turned nineteen. 652 00:26:47,064 --> 00:26:49,316 I find myself recently divorced, so here I am. 653 00:26:50,567 --> 00:26:52,402 You've been gone quite a while. 654 00:26:52,402 --> 00:26:54,905 My skills will be a little rusty, but I'll get them back. 655 00:26:54,905 --> 00:26:57,407 I've taken a few courses with PLI and... 656 00:26:57,407 --> 00:26:59,618 one thing I've never been accused of is being lazy. 657 00:26:59,618 --> 00:27:03,205 Ms. Wyler, I admire your determination. 658 00:27:03,205 --> 00:27:05,040 But I'm wondering if you've forgotten what it's like 659 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,793 to be a junior associate in a busy firm. 660 00:27:07,793 --> 00:27:10,420 In other words, is a 52 year old woman prepared 661 00:27:10,420 --> 00:27:13,215 to take orders from an associate half her age? 662 00:27:13,215 --> 00:27:15,467 Well, yes. 663 00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:18,387 Why on earth would you want to put yourself through all that. 664 00:27:18,387 --> 00:27:20,222 Compared to my divorce? 665 00:27:20,222 --> 00:27:21,515 Let me tell you, it's nothing. 666 00:27:25,394 --> 00:27:28,480 The papers on mine were supposed to be filed this week. 667 00:27:30,023 --> 00:27:32,359 Wyler: I'm sorry. 668 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:34,820 I must say, as miserable as we were together... 669 00:27:36,655 --> 00:27:40,450 the emotional reality of divorce... 670 00:27:40,450 --> 00:27:41,994 the sense of personal failure... 671 00:27:44,913 --> 00:27:46,081 has devastated me. 672 00:27:47,541 --> 00:27:48,584 [groans] 673 00:27:50,002 --> 00:27:51,253 Wyler: I was devastated, too. 674 00:27:53,463 --> 00:27:55,632 There are still mornings when I lie there thinking that 675 00:27:55,632 --> 00:27:57,843 there isn't a solitary person in the world 676 00:27:57,843 --> 00:27:59,803 who'd notice whether or not I got out of bed. 677 00:28:02,764 --> 00:28:06,101 The mornings are the worst time for me, too. 678 00:28:06,101 --> 00:28:08,937 You're drifting in and out of sleep... 679 00:28:08,937 --> 00:28:12,608 reliving other mornings from years ago. 680 00:28:12,608 --> 00:28:15,569 Brackman: The kids were little, and they'd climb into bed. 681 00:28:15,569 --> 00:28:18,697 The whole family burrowing underneath the blankets. 682 00:28:18,697 --> 00:28:21,867 All sleepy and warm. 683 00:28:21,867 --> 00:28:25,120 Only now, when you open your eyes, the kids are gone. 684 00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:26,246 Your wife is gone. 685 00:28:27,998 --> 00:28:29,333 And there's no one there but you. 686 00:28:32,210 --> 00:28:35,005 It isn't always easy to let go and get on with things. 687 00:28:37,257 --> 00:28:38,967 You've done it. 688 00:28:38,967 --> 00:28:41,094 Wyler: Only because I looked at my life for what it was 689 00:28:41,094 --> 00:28:42,512 instead of what I'd hoped it would be. 690 00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:48,810 Sometimes we want things to be a certain way so badly we... 691 00:28:48,810 --> 00:28:50,270 lose sight of the way they really are. 692 00:28:52,731 --> 00:28:55,025 Ultimately, I didn't let go of a marriage. 693 00:28:56,234 --> 00:28:57,569 I let go of an illusion. 694 00:29:06,870 --> 00:29:10,540 Anyway, I'm sure you're not that interested in my personal life. 695 00:29:12,584 --> 00:29:15,837 Wyler: I have a feeling I'm not what you're looking for. 696 00:29:15,837 --> 00:29:17,422 Thank you for your time, Mr. Brackman. 697 00:29:18,799 --> 00:29:20,634 [clicks tongue] Ms. Wyler. 698 00:29:20,634 --> 00:29:21,885 [indistinct chatter] 699 00:29:21,885 --> 00:29:24,429 [phone rings] 700 00:29:24,429 --> 00:29:26,640 I have to talk to my partners, but uh... 701 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:27,849 female male 702 00:29:27,849 --> 00:29:29,393 Would you be able to start Monday? 703 00:29:29,393 --> 00:29:31,895 [indistinct chatter in background] 704 00:29:31,895 --> 00:29:33,563 [chuckles] 705 00:29:33,563 --> 00:29:36,942 The defendant profits by providing driving enthusiasts 706 00:29:36,942 --> 00:29:40,821 with cars designed for maximum thrills and minimum safety. 707 00:29:42,572 --> 00:29:44,866 Now, I don't think I'm being unreasonable in asking 708 00:29:44,866 --> 00:29:46,952 that he take a few basic precautions. 709 00:29:46,952 --> 00:29:48,912 Mathers: So that these lethal instruments not be 710 00:29:48,912 --> 00:29:52,374 lurching out of control on our streets. 711 00:29:52,374 --> 00:29:55,002 When he sold that car to Barry Toland, he set in motion 712 00:29:55,002 --> 00:29:56,962 an accident waiting to happen. 713 00:29:56,962 --> 00:30:00,132 And for that, he was horrendously negligent... 714 00:30:00,132 --> 00:30:04,720 to the plaintiffs and to each and every one of us who drive... 715 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:08,473 who walk or who guide our children across the street. 716 00:30:11,226 --> 00:30:16,064 My client had a professorial love of popular culture. 717 00:30:16,064 --> 00:30:19,192 He liked the sound of saying he had a '64 Goat. 718 00:30:19,192 --> 00:30:20,610 Mathers: But he didn't have a clue what it would be 719 00:30:20,610 --> 00:30:23,613 like to drive one. He never considered 720 00:30:23,613 --> 00:30:25,532 that if he shifted wrong... 721 00:30:25,532 --> 00:30:28,869 the rear end would seize up, the wheels would lock... 722 00:30:28,869 --> 00:30:31,747 and he would be sent speeding into a concrete wall. 723 00:30:31,747 --> 00:30:34,583 Now, I think Gil Tecowsky had an obligation. 724 00:30:34,583 --> 00:30:37,961 To ascertain the degree of Barry Toland's expertise. 725 00:30:37,961 --> 00:30:40,756 Mathers: All it would've taken was a ride around the block. 726 00:30:40,756 --> 00:30:43,383 But if he had warned him, it might have cost him the sale. 727 00:30:45,385 --> 00:30:47,596 Justice demands 728 00:30:47,596 --> 00:30:48,889 that his negligence 729 00:30:48,889 --> 00:30:51,141 cost him more... 730 00:30:51,141 --> 00:30:52,350 much more. 731 00:31:01,902 --> 00:31:06,406 Wouldn't it be great if we could all be protected from ourselves? 732 00:31:07,949 --> 00:31:09,868 Steep ski slopes could be made gentle 733 00:31:09,868 --> 00:31:12,204 so that the clumsy wouldn't fall. 734 00:31:12,204 --> 00:31:14,456 Raging rivers could be dammed 735 00:31:14,456 --> 00:31:16,625 so that the inexperienced wouldn't drown. 736 00:31:16,625 --> 00:31:18,293 Spirited horses could be broken 737 00:31:18,293 --> 00:31:21,546 so the neophyte wouldn't be thrown. 738 00:31:21,546 --> 00:31:24,674 Our lives would all be made a little safer. 739 00:31:24,674 --> 00:31:26,927 And a little duller. 740 00:31:26,927 --> 00:31:31,556 Until one day we'd look up and wonder what had become of us. 741 00:31:31,556 --> 00:31:35,227 Kuzak: If you find for the plaintiff in any degree... 742 00:31:35,227 --> 00:31:38,814 if you impose on an honest tradesman like Gil Tecowsky 743 00:31:38,814 --> 00:31:40,899 the obligation to be a surrogate parent 744 00:31:40,899 --> 00:31:43,902 for every person who walks into his shop... 745 00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:46,029 then you will wipe him out. 746 00:31:47,906 --> 00:31:50,534 Richard Mathers might say that's a small price to pay. 747 00:31:50,534 --> 00:31:52,285 After all, who wants these gas guzzling 748 00:31:52,285 --> 00:31:54,704 speedsters racing down our streets anyway? 749 00:31:54,704 --> 00:31:56,581 Well, I'm here to tell you that if we lose 750 00:31:56,581 --> 00:31:58,041 the Gil Tecowskys of this world 751 00:31:58,041 --> 00:32:00,085 we lose something of ourselves as well. 752 00:32:02,254 --> 00:32:04,965 If we straitjacket the genius... 753 00:32:04,965 --> 00:32:08,051 if we punish the audacity found in the back alleys 754 00:32:08,051 --> 00:32:11,096 and industrial flats of this country... 755 00:32:11,096 --> 00:32:13,890 if we judge a product solely on its safety 756 00:32:13,890 --> 00:32:15,475 in the hands of the incompetent, 757 00:32:15,475 --> 00:32:17,519 then we will find ourselves living 758 00:32:17,519 --> 00:32:20,522 under the tyranny of the mediocre, 759 00:32:20,522 --> 00:32:25,152 in a land where the lowest common denominator rules. 760 00:32:25,152 --> 00:32:27,904 Kuzak: Now, we can feel bad for what happened to Barry Toland 761 00:32:27,904 --> 00:32:30,740 without relieving him of the responsibility 762 00:32:30,740 --> 00:32:32,784 for bringing it about. 763 00:32:32,784 --> 00:32:34,953 But... 764 00:32:34,953 --> 00:32:37,998 if we blame Gil Tecowsky... 765 00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:45,380 we punish the dreamer for his dreams. 766 00:32:45,380 --> 00:32:48,508 And we reduce every last one of us in the process. 767 00:32:57,225 --> 00:33:00,145 [paper rustling] 768 00:33:02,105 --> 00:33:03,315 [footsteps] 769 00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:06,359 [paper rustling] 770 00:33:06,359 --> 00:33:08,111 "On the charges of negligence, 771 00:33:08,111 --> 00:33:10,155 fraud and breach of warranty 772 00:33:10,155 --> 00:33:12,574 we find for the defendant." 773 00:33:12,574 --> 00:33:14,576 [sighs and chuckles] 774 00:33:14,576 --> 00:33:16,578 Judge Reeves: This time I'd like to thank the jury 775 00:33:16,578 --> 00:33:18,455 for its time and patience. 776 00:33:18,455 --> 00:33:20,290 Your Honor... [chair creaks] 777 00:33:20,290 --> 00:33:21,917 I move that the court set aside 778 00:33:21,917 --> 00:33:23,627 the verdict and declare a mistrial. 779 00:33:23,627 --> 00:33:24,878 Judge Reeves: On what grounds? 780 00:33:24,878 --> 00:33:26,213 The plaintiffs were not represented 781 00:33:26,213 --> 00:33:27,464 by an attorney at law. 782 00:33:27,464 --> 00:33:28,798 They were represented by you. 783 00:33:28,798 --> 00:33:30,759 I'm not an attorney, Your Honor. 784 00:33:30,759 --> 00:33:32,886 And even though these people didn't know anything about it, 785 00:33:32,886 --> 00:33:35,764 counsel for the defense did, thereby placing me 786 00:33:35,764 --> 00:33:39,351 at a severe disadvantage in terms of a negotiating posture. 787 00:33:39,351 --> 00:33:41,144 Gentlemen, in my chambers. 788 00:33:41,144 --> 00:33:43,605 Jury is to be held. 789 00:33:43,605 --> 00:33:45,398 Mathers: Your Honor, the paramount issue here must be 790 00:33:45,398 --> 00:33:48,944 the interest of the parties, not the misconduct of an attorney. 791 00:33:48,944 --> 00:33:50,946 Or an individual serving in that capacity. 792 00:33:50,946 --> 00:33:53,365 Excuse me, I'll get to you later. 793 00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:55,909 Mr. Kuzak, are you at all familiar with 794 00:33:55,909 --> 00:33:58,286 the canon of ethics as it pertains to an attorney's 795 00:33:58,286 --> 00:34:01,289 obligation when he discovers the unauthorized practice of law? 796 00:34:01,289 --> 00:34:02,624 Your Honor. 797 00:34:02,624 --> 00:34:03,792 When he's made aware of the 798 00:34:03,792 --> 00:34:05,043 ongoing commission of a crime. 799 00:34:05,043 --> 00:34:06,670 Forgive me, Your Honor, but 800 00:34:06,670 --> 00:34:08,505 I didn't think that my client should be victimized 801 00:34:08,505 --> 00:34:10,215 by this man's fraud. 802 00:34:10,215 --> 00:34:11,841 He didn't hesitate to try to victimize 803 00:34:11,841 --> 00:34:13,969 my clients with his own opportunism, though. 804 00:34:13,969 --> 00:34:16,304 Thank you, Mr. Mathers. 805 00:34:16,304 --> 00:34:20,725 You weren't going to say anything unless you lost. 806 00:34:20,725 --> 00:34:22,394 Is that right, Mr. Kuzak? 807 00:34:22,394 --> 00:34:24,813 All I was doing was trying to mitigate the damage. 808 00:34:24,813 --> 00:34:27,857 That isn't your role. When you found out, you had an obligation 809 00:34:27,857 --> 00:34:29,985 to reveal what you knew, period! 810 00:34:29,985 --> 00:34:32,279 With all due respect, Your Honor, Mr. Mathers may be 811 00:34:32,279 --> 00:34:34,281 lacking in character, but his clients received 812 00:34:34,281 --> 00:34:36,992 legal representation at least as good as that provided by most 813 00:34:36,992 --> 00:34:39,327 of the licensed practitioners to be found in these courts. 814 00:34:39,327 --> 00:34:42,455 That in no way vitiates the need for a mistrial. 815 00:34:42,455 --> 00:34:44,541 There is a presumptive conclusion that a party 816 00:34:44,541 --> 00:34:46,626 can receive adequate representation only 817 00:34:46,626 --> 00:34:48,545 from an attorney licensed to practice. 818 00:34:48,545 --> 00:34:50,171 Kuzak: The Toland's got a fair trial. 819 00:34:50,171 --> 00:34:52,173 Justice isn't served by declaring it void. 820 00:34:52,173 --> 00:34:54,926 Thank you for your commentary, gentlemen. 821 00:34:54,926 --> 00:34:57,012 Judge Reeves: Mr. Kuzak, despite your rhetoric, 822 00:34:57,012 --> 00:34:59,097 you were party to defrauding this court. 823 00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:00,765 I'm declaring this a mistrial. 824 00:35:00,765 --> 00:35:02,976 And I'm referring you to the disciplinary committee 825 00:35:02,976 --> 00:35:05,437 of the Bar Association, you can tell them 826 00:35:05,437 --> 00:35:09,190 how you were trying to serve the interests of justice. 827 00:35:09,190 --> 00:35:10,942 [chair squeaks] 828 00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:12,152 Mr. Mathers. 829 00:35:14,946 --> 00:35:17,157 Judge Reeves: Is this the first case you've lost? 830 00:35:17,157 --> 00:35:18,992 [sighs] No. 831 00:35:18,992 --> 00:35:20,660 Then why the confession now? 832 00:35:20,660 --> 00:35:23,204 Because these people were more innocent 833 00:35:23,204 --> 00:35:26,207 and more ruined than any clients I ever had before, that's why. 834 00:35:26,207 --> 00:35:27,375 Mathers: They had terrific lives. 835 00:35:27,375 --> 00:35:29,669 Then, wham, the bottom fell out. 836 00:35:29,669 --> 00:35:33,423 Placed their trust in me to try to obtain for them... 837 00:35:33,423 --> 00:35:35,634 little [chuckles] financial security. 838 00:35:35,634 --> 00:35:38,094 Seems like honoring that trust 839 00:35:38,094 --> 00:35:40,388 is a little more important than covering my ass. 840 00:35:44,601 --> 00:35:45,727 [clinks on phone] 841 00:35:45,727 --> 00:35:47,103 Gene, will you come in here? 842 00:35:47,103 --> 00:35:48,188 [clears throat] 843 00:35:49,606 --> 00:35:51,816 You're smooth, mister. 844 00:35:51,816 --> 00:35:54,611 Judge Reeves: But I suspect that whatever you'll call yourself, 845 00:35:54,611 --> 00:35:57,238 whatever trade you'll appear to ply 846 00:35:57,238 --> 00:35:59,282 first, last and forever, 847 00:35:59,282 --> 00:36:00,700 you'll always be a con man. 848 00:36:03,036 --> 00:36:04,996 Lock Mr. Mathers up. 849 00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:06,206 [rattles on handcuff] 850 00:36:06,206 --> 00:36:09,084 [pensive music] 851 00:36:13,922 --> 00:36:14,923 [clinks on door] 852 00:36:19,469 --> 00:36:20,512 [thud] 853 00:36:20,512 --> 00:36:22,180 [loud indistinct chatter] 854 00:36:23,848 --> 00:36:25,141 Hi. 855 00:36:25,141 --> 00:36:27,102 Hi, sit down. 856 00:36:27,102 --> 00:36:28,269 [loud indistinct chatter] 857 00:36:28,269 --> 00:36:31,022 - Ah, you want a beer? - Sure. 858 00:36:31,022 --> 00:36:32,440 [loud indistinct chatter] 859 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,275 [liquid burbling] 860 00:36:34,275 --> 00:36:36,069 - There you go. [thud] - Thank you. 861 00:36:36,069 --> 00:36:37,612 [bell dings] 862 00:36:37,612 --> 00:36:39,989 [loud indistinct chatter] 863 00:36:39,989 --> 00:36:42,492 - Here. - What's this? 864 00:36:42,492 --> 00:36:44,411 Sworn statement from Randy Huggins. 865 00:36:44,411 --> 00:36:46,955 I believe it gives your client just what he's looking for. 866 00:36:46,955 --> 00:36:49,374 [paper rustling] How'd you get it? 867 00:36:49,374 --> 00:36:51,876 I can be very persuasive. 868 00:36:51,876 --> 00:36:55,130 He's not gonna die of internal injuries before the trial date? 869 00:36:55,130 --> 00:36:57,298 Never laid a hand on him. 870 00:36:57,298 --> 00:36:59,050 Must have ice water in your veins. 871 00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:01,261 Don't you believe it. I've just learned a few tricks 872 00:37:01,261 --> 00:37:02,470 to make it look that way. 873 00:37:05,890 --> 00:37:07,392 [paper rustling] 874 00:37:07,392 --> 00:37:09,018 [Abby sobbing] 875 00:37:09,018 --> 00:37:10,061 Hey... 876 00:37:10,061 --> 00:37:12,021 [loud indistinct chatter] 877 00:37:12,021 --> 00:37:14,023 Come on now, take it easy. Here, here. 878 00:37:15,191 --> 00:37:16,359 [gasps] 879 00:37:16,359 --> 00:37:18,403 I'm sorry, it's... 880 00:37:18,403 --> 00:37:21,072 [inhales sharply] it's just that a lot of people 881 00:37:21,072 --> 00:37:24,117 have been doing me a lot of favors lately. [gasps] 882 00:37:24,117 --> 00:37:27,245 And it makes me feel so helpless, like... 883 00:37:27,245 --> 00:37:28,913 like I can't take care of myself. 884 00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:30,457 [chuckles] 885 00:37:30,457 --> 00:37:32,625 Which I guess I can't very well right now. 886 00:37:32,625 --> 00:37:33,960 [loud indistinct chatter] 887 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:35,503 Listen to me. 888 00:37:35,503 --> 00:37:37,714 Bill: I killed a guy who was holding a hostage, 889 00:37:37,714 --> 00:37:40,049 put six shots in his head while he was holding a knife 890 00:37:40,049 --> 00:37:41,593 to a woman's throat. 891 00:37:41,593 --> 00:37:43,011 So I'm a big hero, right? 892 00:37:43,011 --> 00:37:45,847 My pictures in the paper, the whole thing. 893 00:37:45,847 --> 00:37:48,141 A month later, I'm on medical disability, 894 00:37:48,141 --> 00:37:50,018 sitting home all day with the shades drawn, 895 00:37:50,018 --> 00:37:52,520 drinking vodka and watching television. 896 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,230 Now, I'm not a hero. 897 00:37:54,230 --> 00:37:55,982 I'm just a basket case. 898 00:37:55,982 --> 00:37:58,568 Well, you managed to pull yourself together pretty well. 899 00:37:58,568 --> 00:38:00,153 Little by little, you put it behind you. 900 00:38:00,153 --> 00:38:01,488 How? 901 00:38:01,488 --> 00:38:02,530 Bill: Don't try to pretend 902 00:38:02,530 --> 00:38:04,073 it didn't happen. 903 00:38:04,073 --> 00:38:05,867 I mean, don't try to tough it out. 904 00:38:07,118 --> 00:38:09,621 When it gets rough, call me. 905 00:38:09,621 --> 00:38:11,873 You're not alone. 906 00:38:11,873 --> 00:38:13,666 Can you take this good care of everyone? 907 00:38:13,666 --> 00:38:15,126 No. The truth is, I don't. 908 00:38:15,126 --> 00:38:17,545 [loud indistinct chatter] 909 00:38:17,545 --> 00:38:20,131 [chuckles in background] 910 00:38:20,131 --> 00:38:22,675 But I've got a wicked crush on you, Abigail. 911 00:38:22,675 --> 00:38:23,843 You might as well know it. 912 00:38:23,843 --> 00:38:24,886 [sighs] 913 00:38:26,262 --> 00:38:27,722 Oh, boy. 914 00:38:27,722 --> 00:38:29,516 Hey, it's-- it's not going to be a problem. 915 00:38:29,516 --> 00:38:32,018 I mean, if you want to keep it strictly business, that's fine. 916 00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:37,398 No, that's not okay. 917 00:38:37,398 --> 00:38:40,151 Abby: Because I'm attracted to you, too. 918 00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:41,986 That said, you'll excuse me, I have to get home. 919 00:38:41,986 --> 00:38:44,697 Wait-- wait a minute, shouldn't we talk about this? 920 00:38:44,697 --> 00:38:46,324 There's nothing to talk about. 921 00:38:46,324 --> 00:38:47,450 [rattling] 922 00:38:49,244 --> 00:38:51,496 Bill, this is a mistake that is not gonna happen. 923 00:38:51,496 --> 00:38:53,498 - Excuse me. - As attracted to you... 924 00:38:53,498 --> 00:38:54,999 As I might be, I'm not looking for a hot weekend. 925 00:38:54,999 --> 00:38:56,167 Neither am I. 926 00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:57,210 Well, I don't have time in my 927 00:38:57,210 --> 00:38:58,586 life for anything more. 928 00:38:58,586 --> 00:39:00,129 I have a seven year old son to raise. 929 00:39:00,129 --> 00:39:01,464 I have a struggling law practice to contend with. 930 00:39:01,464 --> 00:39:03,508 - And I can't-- - Let me help. 931 00:39:03,508 --> 00:39:05,677 No, it won't work. 932 00:39:05,677 --> 00:39:08,137 I-- I'm the basket case right now. 933 00:39:08,137 --> 00:39:09,681 I don't trust any of my impulses 934 00:39:09,681 --> 00:39:11,224 and I don't want to have to pick up the pieces 935 00:39:11,224 --> 00:39:12,809 while they turn out to be wrong. 936 00:39:12,809 --> 00:39:14,185 Would you consider allowing 937 00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:16,145 for the possibility that your impulses 938 00:39:16,145 --> 00:39:17,480 just might be right? 939 00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:18,565 [chuckles in background] 940 00:39:18,565 --> 00:39:21,192 No. [paper rustling] 941 00:39:21,192 --> 00:39:24,195 [indistinct chatter in background] 942 00:39:24,195 --> 00:39:26,281 [footsteps] 943 00:39:32,787 --> 00:39:33,872 [keys rattling] 944 00:39:33,872 --> 00:39:34,914 Goodnight? 945 00:39:34,914 --> 00:39:36,457 [keys rattling] 946 00:39:36,457 --> 00:39:37,500 [crickets chirp] 947 00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:38,501 [horn honks in distance] 948 00:39:38,501 --> 00:39:39,627 [paper rustling] 949 00:39:42,547 --> 00:39:43,715 [smacking lips] 950 00:39:43,715 --> 00:39:45,008 [paper rustling] 951 00:39:45,008 --> 00:39:46,050 [keys rattling] 952 00:39:49,929 --> 00:39:50,888 [thud] 953 00:40:00,189 --> 00:40:02,108 Hey, still not ready to go home? 954 00:40:02,108 --> 00:40:04,193 I'm not even close. 955 00:40:04,193 --> 00:40:07,071 [sighs] So what are we supposed to do? 956 00:40:07,071 --> 00:40:09,073 Tonight's the night. 957 00:40:09,073 --> 00:40:11,326 I can't help it, I have to prepare for trial. 958 00:40:11,326 --> 00:40:13,411 [deep breaths] It's like I've been hearing 959 00:40:13,411 --> 00:40:14,829 about that trial for a month now. 960 00:40:18,333 --> 00:40:20,209 What do you want to do? 961 00:40:20,209 --> 00:40:21,586 You want to forget about it or what? 962 00:40:24,464 --> 00:40:26,341 [deep breaths] 963 00:40:26,341 --> 00:40:27,800 Now's the time. 964 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,385 Let's do it now. [chair slides] 965 00:40:30,970 --> 00:40:32,180 Markowitz: What, here? - Why not? 966 00:40:35,391 --> 00:40:37,101 Because this is a law office, that's why not. 967 00:40:37,101 --> 00:40:39,812 You know what, Stuart? I don't really care. 968 00:40:39,812 --> 00:40:41,731 Do you think I've been hunched over my test pads 969 00:40:41,731 --> 00:40:44,651 and medicine droppers trying to calculate the right time, 970 00:40:44,651 --> 00:40:46,861 only to have you tell me you don't like the atmosphere? 971 00:40:46,861 --> 00:40:49,572 Yeah, well, pardon me for being a prude, but I generally 972 00:40:49,572 --> 00:40:52,450 like to confine this activity to the privacy of a bedroom. 973 00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:54,410 Well, we don't have that luxury. 974 00:40:54,410 --> 00:40:56,037 Let's go, [claps] take off your pants. 975 00:40:57,705 --> 00:40:58,873 [sighs] Fine. 976 00:40:58,873 --> 00:41:00,917 [rustling] 977 00:41:00,917 --> 00:41:01,918 [zipper screeches] 978 00:41:03,711 --> 00:41:04,921 [dog barks] 979 00:41:04,921 --> 00:41:07,507 [crickets chirping] 980 00:41:08,925 --> 00:41:10,009 [knocks on door] 981 00:41:13,513 --> 00:41:14,597 [clinks on door] 982 00:41:17,266 --> 00:41:19,310 Hi. 983 00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:21,187 What do you want? 984 00:41:21,187 --> 00:41:24,273 Just to talk to you for a minute. 985 00:41:24,273 --> 00:41:26,275 Look... 986 00:41:26,275 --> 00:41:28,695 I've got some things to be sorry about. 987 00:41:30,530 --> 00:41:33,408 Not the least of which was that whole business about the grave. 988 00:41:35,493 --> 00:41:37,120 I know it's important to you. 989 00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:38,955 Forget I ever mentioned it. 990 00:41:38,955 --> 00:41:40,873 Arnie will draw up the papers 991 00:41:40,873 --> 00:41:42,667 and send him over to Nussbaum, 992 00:41:42,667 --> 00:41:44,419 just like we said. 993 00:41:44,419 --> 00:41:46,629 - You mean it? - Yeah. 994 00:41:49,799 --> 00:41:51,884 It'll be good to get it done with, Douglas. 995 00:41:54,804 --> 00:41:56,305 Are the kids home? 996 00:41:56,305 --> 00:41:58,182 They're having dinner at the Nathanson's. 997 00:41:58,182 --> 00:41:59,225 Ah! 998 00:41:59,225 --> 00:42:02,103 [crickets chirping] 999 00:42:05,648 --> 00:42:06,733 Do you want to come in? 1000 00:42:08,443 --> 00:42:09,527 I don't think so. 1001 00:42:10,987 --> 00:42:13,573 Boy... if this is what we wanted 1002 00:42:13,573 --> 00:42:16,367 how come we're both so glum? 1003 00:42:16,367 --> 00:42:18,119 We slept in the same bed together 1004 00:42:18,119 --> 00:42:21,205 for nearly our entire adult lives. 1005 00:42:21,205 --> 00:42:22,248 I know. 1006 00:42:24,417 --> 00:42:27,044 It's hard to imagine that it's all come to an end. 1007 00:42:28,379 --> 00:42:30,256 It hasn't, really. 1008 00:42:30,256 --> 00:42:31,716 No? 1009 00:42:31,716 --> 00:42:33,718 We have kids. 1010 00:42:33,718 --> 00:42:36,345 That'll give us something to fight about for years. 1011 00:42:38,347 --> 00:42:41,100 You're right. 1012 00:42:41,100 --> 00:42:43,352 It's not being dead together, but it's something. 1013 00:42:45,188 --> 00:42:46,355 I guess so. 1014 00:42:49,442 --> 00:42:51,569 Are you sure you don't wanna come in 1015 00:42:51,569 --> 00:42:53,571 and have a cup of coffee? 1016 00:42:53,571 --> 00:42:54,614 Thanks. 1017 00:42:55,948 --> 00:42:57,366 I should probably be going. 1018 00:42:57,366 --> 00:43:00,119 [crickets chirping] 1019 00:43:00,119 --> 00:43:01,162 Another time. 1020 00:43:04,248 --> 00:43:05,291 Goodnight. 1021 00:43:07,168 --> 00:43:08,252 Goodnight. 1022 00:43:09,921 --> 00:43:12,840 [somber music] 1023 00:43:16,385 --> 00:43:17,470 [clinks on door] 1024 00:43:22,683 --> 00:43:23,643 [clinks on door] 1025 00:43:27,688 --> 00:43:29,273 [clinks on door] 1026 00:43:29,273 --> 00:43:30,775 You can't be telling me you're actually going to do 1027 00:43:30,775 --> 00:43:32,610 more work between now and tomorrow morning. 1028 00:43:32,610 --> 00:43:34,654 Hey, if I pick up the file now, I go directly to court 1029 00:43:34,654 --> 00:43:36,906 in the morning which means I have an extra half an hour 1030 00:43:36,906 --> 00:43:38,533 of sleep, which means I'm more rested, 1031 00:43:38,533 --> 00:43:40,034 which means I do a better job. 1032 00:43:40,034 --> 00:43:42,787 Aha! The sleep litigation efficiency theory. 1033 00:43:42,787 --> 00:43:43,996 - Better yet. - Right. 1034 00:43:45,873 --> 00:43:46,916 [clink] 1035 00:43:46,916 --> 00:43:48,000 [paper rustling] 1036 00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:50,670 [Markowitz sneezing] 1037 00:43:51,671 --> 00:43:52,880 [paper rustling] 1038 00:43:54,465 --> 00:43:55,967 [door creaks] 1039 00:43:55,967 --> 00:43:56,968 [gasps] 1040 00:43:58,594 --> 00:44:01,514 Oh, I-- I didn't know anyone was in here. 1041 00:44:01,514 --> 00:44:03,391 Yeah, well, there are two people in here. 1042 00:44:05,810 --> 00:44:07,728 So why don't you close the door, Jonathan? 1043 00:44:07,728 --> 00:44:08,771 Absolutely. 1044 00:44:13,776 --> 00:44:16,779 - You happy now? - What's that supposed to mean? 1045 00:44:16,779 --> 00:44:18,823 Well, don't forget, this was all your idea. 1046 00:44:18,823 --> 00:44:20,158 [chuckles] Alright! 1047 00:44:20,158 --> 00:44:21,367 You had nothing to do with it. 1048 00:44:22,368 --> 00:44:23,744 Vic, come here. 1049 00:44:23,744 --> 00:44:25,830 - What? - Just come here. 1050 00:44:25,830 --> 00:44:27,498 [giggling] 1051 00:44:27,498 --> 00:44:29,292 [paper rustling] 1052 00:44:29,292 --> 00:44:30,877 [knock on door] 1053 00:44:30,877 --> 00:44:33,629 Ann? Stuart? 1054 00:44:33,629 --> 00:44:35,923 Yes, Victor, it's Ann and Stuart. 1055 00:44:35,923 --> 00:44:38,134 And right now we're not receiving visitors. 1056 00:44:38,134 --> 00:44:39,635 [sighs] No problem. 1057 00:44:41,012 --> 00:44:42,763 [giggling] 1058 00:44:42,763 --> 00:44:44,640 [thud] 1059 00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:46,350 At least we could get dressed. 1060 00:44:46,350 --> 00:44:48,895 I can't get dressed, I have to leave my legs up. 1061 00:44:48,895 --> 00:44:50,938 How many times I have to tell you that? [clinks on door] 1062 00:44:50,938 --> 00:44:52,565 By the way, Stuart, you're in great shape on 1063 00:44:52,565 --> 00:44:54,275 the stock purchase, the plaintiffs inherited 1064 00:44:54,275 --> 00:44:56,068 their shares and the basis that they took shows 1065 00:44:56,068 --> 00:44:59,488 a valuation date after the alleged ultra vires act. 1066 00:44:59,488 --> 00:45:00,698 Get out of here, Jonathan. 1067 00:45:04,535 --> 00:45:06,329 What's the matter with that guy? [clinks on door] 1068 00:45:06,329 --> 00:45:08,497 You know, you guys never even asked us if we enjoyed the game. 1069 00:45:08,497 --> 00:45:09,540 Ah! [thud] 1070 00:45:09,540 --> 00:45:11,292 [Sifuentes and Jonathan chuckle] 1071 00:45:11,292 --> 00:45:13,085 Look ah... 1072 00:45:13,085 --> 00:45:14,712 I think maybe there's another way to go about this. 1073 00:45:15,671 --> 00:45:16,797 Tell me how. 1074 00:45:19,050 --> 00:45:21,177 Once we have the baby, does it really matter where we got it? 1075 00:45:24,472 --> 00:45:25,473 Adoption. 1076 00:45:26,974 --> 00:45:28,517 Yeah. 1077 00:45:28,517 --> 00:45:29,977 [deep breaths] 1078 00:45:29,977 --> 00:45:31,479 I think we ought to give it a shot. 1079 00:45:31,479 --> 00:45:33,773 It's not just because it's too much trouble 1080 00:45:33,773 --> 00:45:35,733 for our busy, busy lives, is it? 1081 00:45:35,733 --> 00:45:36,859 No, Ann. 1082 00:45:38,903 --> 00:45:41,364 It's because I love you too much to feel this desperate. 1083 00:45:41,364 --> 00:45:43,741 Markowitz: And it's because... 1084 00:45:43,741 --> 00:45:45,701 I don't ever think you're going to get pregnant with me. 1085 00:45:47,203 --> 00:45:50,122 [somber music] 1086 00:45:52,124 --> 00:45:53,250 Come here. 1087 00:45:55,086 --> 00:45:57,421 [rustling] 1088 00:46:02,176 --> 00:46:03,427 I love you, Stuart. 1089 00:46:04,720 --> 00:46:06,013 I love you so much. 1090 00:46:21,946 --> 00:46:24,865 [theme music] 1091 00:46:33,708 --> 00:46:36,544 [music continues]