1 00:00:00,626 --> 00:00:01,752 Les: Thank you, Charlotte. 2 00:00:01,752 --> 00:00:03,337 You're welcome. 3 00:00:03,337 --> 00:00:06,215 Thank you, Wanda. Thank you, Karen. Looking good. 4 00:00:06,215 --> 00:00:07,466 [giggling] 5 00:00:07,466 --> 00:00:10,636 Thank you, Roxanne. Thank you. 6 00:00:12,679 --> 00:00:16,475 Well, how'd we do this week, Gretchen? 7 00:00:16,475 --> 00:00:18,518 [crying] 8 00:00:22,898 --> 00:00:25,859 Sorry, girls, my aerobics class ran late. 9 00:00:25,859 --> 00:00:27,277 Here's my work book, Les. 10 00:00:27,277 --> 00:00:29,071 Les: How was your trip to Cancun? 11 00:00:29,071 --> 00:00:33,659 Fabuloso. I got a tan all the way up to here. 12 00:00:33,659 --> 00:00:37,079 I see you lost six more pounds. Congratulations, Tammy. 13 00:00:37,079 --> 00:00:40,332 Thank you, Les. But I'm still way overweight. 14 00:00:40,332 --> 00:00:42,000 Right here. 15 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,044 Les: Would that we were all as disciplined as Tammy. 16 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:45,754 Thank you, Les. 17 00:00:45,754 --> 00:00:47,714 But I'm sure we're all trying our darnedest. 18 00:00:47,714 --> 00:00:50,092 - Aren't we, girls? - Sure we are. 19 00:00:50,092 --> 00:00:53,178 Roxanne, I see you've gained two pounds. 20 00:00:53,178 --> 00:00:54,554 I'm holding water. 21 00:00:54,554 --> 00:00:56,390 According to your Thursday night log, 22 00:00:56,390 --> 00:00:58,558 you're holding more than water. 23 00:00:58,558 --> 00:01:00,185 I can't help it. 24 00:01:00,185 --> 00:01:02,604 It's my husband's poker night. 25 00:01:02,604 --> 00:01:06,316 He brings home pizza, and ice cream and cake. 26 00:01:06,316 --> 00:01:08,360 If you want my opinion, it sounds as 27 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,195 if your husband is subtly encouraging 28 00:01:10,195 --> 00:01:11,655 you to stay obese as a way of 29 00:01:11,655 --> 00:01:13,824 suppressing your sexual attractiveness. 30 00:01:13,824 --> 00:01:15,742 What are you, the world's foremost 31 00:01:15,742 --> 00:01:17,953 authority on my sex life? 32 00:01:17,953 --> 00:01:19,371 Well, it doesn't take an authority 33 00:01:19,371 --> 00:01:21,123 to see that your husband is expressing 34 00:01:21,123 --> 00:01:23,375 a lot of latent hostility towards you. 35 00:01:23,375 --> 00:01:26,128 Tammy, why don't you mind your own business. 36 00:01:26,128 --> 00:01:28,505 - You see, you're doing it, too. - Doing what? 37 00:01:28,505 --> 00:01:30,257 Dumping all your hostility on me instead 38 00:01:30,257 --> 00:01:32,384 of on your husband where it belongs. 39 00:01:32,384 --> 00:01:36,013 Excuse me, that wasn't hostility. 40 00:01:36,013 --> 00:01:37,806 This is hostility. 41 00:01:37,806 --> 00:01:38,849 [wham] 42 00:01:38,849 --> 00:01:41,184 [thudding] 43 00:01:41,184 --> 00:01:42,644 [groans] 44 00:01:42,644 --> 00:01:44,563 [theme music] 45 00:02:14,343 --> 00:02:16,261 [music continues] 46 00:02:46,416 --> 00:02:48,293 [music continues] 47 00:03:14,111 --> 00:03:16,029 [instrumental music] 48 00:03:32,087 --> 00:03:35,132 Alright, getting started. 49 00:03:35,132 --> 00:03:37,926 Meister versus Prime Location Tickets. 50 00:03:37,926 --> 00:03:39,302 Yeah, that's me. 51 00:03:39,302 --> 00:03:40,846 Restraint of trade and breach of contract. 52 00:03:40,846 --> 00:03:42,681 I'm going to be in depositions all week. 53 00:03:42,681 --> 00:03:44,808 Dillard versus Richmond School District. Ann? 54 00:03:44,808 --> 00:03:46,143 You met yesterday? 55 00:03:46,143 --> 00:03:47,936 - We slid to Thursday. Brackman: Why. 56 00:03:47,936 --> 00:03:50,981 A little nanny crisis. I, uh, spent yesterday home. 57 00:03:50,981 --> 00:03:55,235 - And so it begins. - What begins? 58 00:03:55,235 --> 00:03:57,737 The domestic emergencies taking precedence over work. 59 00:03:57,737 --> 00:03:59,698 We all understand, I'm sure, 60 00:03:59,698 --> 00:04:01,741 although some of us have assumed you'd be a bit more 61 00:04:01,741 --> 00:04:04,453 resistant to the pull of maternal gravity. 62 00:04:04,453 --> 00:04:06,580 Don't talk with your mouth full, Douglas. 63 00:04:09,499 --> 00:04:12,502 Ackerman versus Lewis Mortuary. 64 00:04:12,502 --> 00:04:15,755 - What's this? - A disaster. 65 00:04:15,755 --> 00:04:18,008 Mrs. Ackerman called me last night. 66 00:04:18,008 --> 00:04:19,926 Yesterday was her husband's funeral 67 00:04:19,926 --> 00:04:21,887 and it all fell apart. 68 00:04:21,887 --> 00:04:24,347 They mishandled the body, he still hasn't been buried, 69 00:04:24,347 --> 00:04:27,517 and we're rushing in to get a court order. 70 00:04:27,517 --> 00:04:29,853 Th-they mishandled the body? How? 71 00:04:29,853 --> 00:04:31,563 You don't want to know. 72 00:04:31,563 --> 00:04:33,064 Yuck. 73 00:04:33,064 --> 00:04:34,566 Davis versus Eastland Hospital. 74 00:04:34,566 --> 00:04:36,193 Trial starts today. 75 00:04:36,193 --> 00:04:37,486 You know, I still can't believe that the hospital 76 00:04:37,486 --> 00:04:39,070 is letting it go to a jury. 77 00:04:39,070 --> 00:04:41,573 Their exposure's less than you might think. 78 00:04:41,573 --> 00:04:43,366 The woman made how much a year? 79 00:04:43,366 --> 00:04:46,203 The most was 17-5. 80 00:04:46,203 --> 00:04:48,788 They refuse to admit a woman because she has no insurance, 81 00:04:48,788 --> 00:04:50,790 she dies less than 24 hours later. 82 00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:53,251 A jury can always find a way to make them pay. 83 00:04:53,251 --> 00:04:55,045 Loss of love and affection, that's the key. 84 00:04:55,045 --> 00:04:57,589 Just out of curiosity, what is the hospital suppose to do? 85 00:04:57,589 --> 00:04:59,341 Fill up their beds with non-paying patients? 86 00:04:59,341 --> 00:05:00,759 If non paying patients are sick and dying, yeah. 87 00:05:00,759 --> 00:05:02,010 They're supposed to fill up their beds 88 00:05:02,010 --> 00:05:03,512 with whoever needs to be in them. 89 00:05:03,512 --> 00:05:05,639 And then who's supposed to pick up the tab? Me? 90 00:05:05,639 --> 00:05:07,182 You ever get sick and then not go to 91 00:05:07,182 --> 00:05:08,475 a doctor because you couldn't afford it? 92 00:05:08,475 --> 00:05:09,935 You ever not get a prescription filled 93 00:05:09,935 --> 00:05:11,394 because you couldn't afford it? 94 00:05:11,394 --> 00:05:13,647 You ever watch your sister's baby die 95 00:05:13,647 --> 00:05:14,940 because she came home from the hospital 96 00:05:14,940 --> 00:05:16,107 before she should have? 97 00:05:16,107 --> 00:05:19,194 Who's gonna pick up the tab? 98 00:05:19,194 --> 00:05:22,030 I got mine, right. I got mine. 99 00:05:22,030 --> 00:05:23,406 I hope you nail these bastards, Mike. 100 00:05:23,406 --> 00:05:26,368 - You nail them to the wall. - Yeah. 101 00:05:26,368 --> 00:05:28,328 Excuse me, where's Roxanne Meyers? 102 00:05:28,328 --> 00:05:29,871 - Over there. - Thank you. 103 00:05:35,252 --> 00:05:36,461 Roxanne Meyers? 104 00:05:36,461 --> 00:05:37,838 Meyer. Yes. 105 00:05:37,838 --> 00:05:39,047 We have a warrant for your arrest. 106 00:05:39,047 --> 00:05:40,632 What? 107 00:05:40,632 --> 00:05:42,384 Could you step away from your desk, ma'am. 108 00:05:42,384 --> 00:05:44,052 Roxanne: What are you talking about? 109 00:05:44,052 --> 00:05:45,512 Is this some kind of joke? 110 00:05:45,512 --> 00:05:49,182 - Do you know a Tamara Jacobs? - Tamara? 111 00:05:49,182 --> 00:05:50,850 She's filed battery charges against you. 112 00:05:50,850 --> 00:05:52,727 For God's sake. 113 00:05:52,727 --> 00:05:54,396 Would you please step away from the desk, ma'am. 114 00:05:56,731 --> 00:05:59,442 Female cop: You have the right to remain silent. 115 00:05:59,442 --> 00:06:01,194 Anything you say can and will be 116 00:06:01,194 --> 00:06:02,904 held against you in a court of law. 117 00:06:02,904 --> 00:06:04,614 You have the right to have an attorney. 118 00:06:04,614 --> 00:06:06,992 Hey, hey, hey, what's going on out here? Roxanne? 119 00:06:06,992 --> 00:06:09,119 Roxanne: Arnie. - Arnie, make them stop. 120 00:06:09,119 --> 00:06:10,704 Hey, would you just cut it out for a second. 121 00:06:10,704 --> 00:06:13,331 I am an attorney. Do you, do you have a warrant? 122 00:06:15,709 --> 00:06:17,669 That's for real alright. 123 00:06:17,669 --> 00:06:19,546 Do you understand each of these rights? 124 00:06:19,546 --> 00:06:21,214 Look, look, is it really necessary 125 00:06:21,214 --> 00:06:22,757 to cuff her for a misdemeanor? 126 00:06:22,757 --> 00:06:24,259 Female cop: I'm sorry, counselor. 127 00:06:24,259 --> 00:06:26,136 Everything's going to be alright. Okay? 128 00:06:26,136 --> 00:06:28,013 Jonathan will be right behind you. 129 00:06:28,013 --> 00:06:29,389 You'll be back at your desk before lunch. 130 00:06:29,389 --> 00:06:30,390 Do you understand each of these rights 131 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:31,391 as I have presented them to you? 132 00:06:31,391 --> 00:06:32,976 Yes. 133 00:06:32,976 --> 00:06:34,936 Do you wish to wave your right to remain silent? 134 00:06:34,936 --> 00:06:38,440 Do wish to have an attorney appointed to you? 135 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:40,859 [instrumental music] 136 00:06:49,701 --> 00:06:51,161 Aside from reviewing the Adams file 137 00:06:51,161 --> 00:06:52,662 one more time, I think we're covered. 138 00:06:52,662 --> 00:06:55,415 Okay. I'll get it to you this afternoon. 139 00:06:55,415 --> 00:06:57,042 Hi. 140 00:06:57,042 --> 00:06:59,210 - Guess what? - What? 141 00:06:59,210 --> 00:07:01,796 Turns out you didn't have to come down here at all today. 142 00:07:01,796 --> 00:07:04,007 There's a few last minute things we didn't get to this morning 143 00:07:04,007 --> 00:07:06,051 and the judge decided to start the trial tomorrow. 144 00:07:06,051 --> 00:07:07,761 I'm glad I didn't take the whole day off. 145 00:07:07,761 --> 00:07:09,054 Well, as long as you're here, 146 00:07:09,054 --> 00:07:10,180 do you want to go over the lineup? 147 00:07:10,180 --> 00:07:12,182 Sure. 148 00:07:12,182 --> 00:07:15,810 Dr. Brian McKenna testifying as an expert as to cause of death, 149 00:07:15,810 --> 00:07:18,605 followed by Hector Corvalis, a former resident at Eastland, 150 00:07:18,605 --> 00:07:21,566 followed by Kate Adams, former ER nurse, 151 00:07:21,566 --> 00:07:23,943 followed by Cornell Geisler, our insurance expert, 152 00:07:23,943 --> 00:07:24,944 followed by you. 153 00:07:24,944 --> 00:07:26,488 Sounds good. 154 00:07:26,488 --> 00:07:28,281 I also have another offer to tell you about. 155 00:07:28,281 --> 00:07:29,491 Ray: Yeah? 156 00:07:29,491 --> 00:07:31,201 A 100,000 payable over two years. 157 00:07:31,201 --> 00:07:32,535 No, thank you. 158 00:07:32,535 --> 00:07:34,746 Believe me, I'm not recommending it. 159 00:07:34,746 --> 00:07:37,916 But, you are still open to considering offers, aren't you? 160 00:07:37,916 --> 00:07:40,585 To tell you the truth, not real open. 161 00:07:40,585 --> 00:07:42,754 Well, the point may come when you should be. 162 00:07:42,754 --> 00:07:44,089 What are you telling me, Mike? 163 00:07:44,089 --> 00:07:45,173 Just that we should be smart 164 00:07:45,173 --> 00:07:47,300 about what we're doing here. 165 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:49,844 Now, this may not be a particularly good offer, 166 00:07:49,844 --> 00:07:51,388 but one may come in that is. 167 00:07:51,388 --> 00:07:53,640 The fact that your wife didn't earn very much 168 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,393 will in all likelihood be considered by the jury. 169 00:07:56,393 --> 00:07:58,061 The fact that she didn't earn very much 170 00:07:58,061 --> 00:08:00,730 is the reason why she's dead. 171 00:08:00,730 --> 00:08:02,315 Now I want to go to court. 172 00:08:02,315 --> 00:08:03,858 [sighs] Well, you don't have to fight us. 173 00:08:03,858 --> 00:08:05,527 We're going to go to court. 174 00:08:05,527 --> 00:08:07,487 Just understand that Dorothy and I wouldn't be doing 175 00:08:07,487 --> 00:08:10,615 our jobs if we didn't make you aware of all the risks. 176 00:08:10,615 --> 00:08:13,702 I have to be able to say what they did, Mike. 177 00:08:13,702 --> 00:08:16,830 You don't send a dog out to die the way they did, Jackie. 178 00:08:16,830 --> 00:08:18,581 If they want to give me some money, 179 00:08:18,581 --> 00:08:20,875 tell me, what am I gonna buy with it? 180 00:08:23,211 --> 00:08:25,755 This is only the second funeral I ever taped. 181 00:08:25,755 --> 00:08:28,425 Usually I stick to weddings and bar mitzvahs. 182 00:08:28,425 --> 00:08:31,302 Well, I figured this would be the ultimate tribute to Izzy. 183 00:08:31,302 --> 00:08:32,971 Objection. 184 00:08:32,971 --> 00:08:35,557 Uh, just tell us the relevant facts, Mr. Greenberg. 185 00:08:35,557 --> 00:08:36,641 Okay. 186 00:08:40,186 --> 00:08:44,524 Alright, here. They're lifting the coffin. 187 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:48,486 Alright. Now keep your eye on the big guy turning the corner. 188 00:08:48,486 --> 00:08:52,407 Fat Morty. We call that affectionately, he loves it. 189 00:08:52,407 --> 00:08:54,200 Alright, I'm going to freeze frame here. 190 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,870 Alright, you can already see on his face, 191 00:08:56,870 --> 00:08:58,246 Morty's in trouble here. 192 00:08:58,246 --> 00:08:59,998 Double hernia last year. 193 00:08:59,998 --> 00:09:02,876 Why he's up there can anybody tell me? 194 00:09:02,876 --> 00:09:06,379 That's Milton behind him, he's not really lifting. 195 00:09:06,379 --> 00:09:08,548 Alright, now I'm going to run this in slow motion. 196 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:10,592 Okay, there. Morty's starting to drop, 197 00:09:10,592 --> 00:09:12,343 the coffin's starting to flip. 198 00:09:12,343 --> 00:09:13,678 Whoop. 199 00:09:13,678 --> 00:09:15,930 Here's Izzy. Right out of the box. 200 00:09:15,930 --> 00:09:17,891 They're falling like duckpins. 201 00:09:17,891 --> 00:09:19,768 Listen, listen, everybody's screaming. 202 00:09:19,768 --> 00:09:22,771 I tried to zoom in on him, but I lost focus here. 203 00:09:22,771 --> 00:09:24,689 Okay. But, a little better, huh? 204 00:09:24,689 --> 00:09:26,357 - Alright, now. - Okay, okay. 205 00:09:26,357 --> 00:09:27,776 I get it. Stop the tape. 206 00:09:27,776 --> 00:09:29,652 But we didn't get to the best part. 207 00:09:29,652 --> 00:09:31,529 When we see that the body isn't Izzy's. 208 00:09:31,529 --> 00:09:33,239 What do you mean, it isn't Izzy? 209 00:09:33,239 --> 00:09:34,991 They stuck the wrong guy in the box. 210 00:09:34,991 --> 00:09:36,284 Look at this. 211 00:09:36,284 --> 00:09:39,746 Okay, another close up of the guy. 212 00:09:39,746 --> 00:09:42,165 Look at this. Isn't this great? 213 00:09:42,165 --> 00:09:43,792 Some of my best work. 214 00:09:43,792 --> 00:09:45,043 Hold it, hold it, hold it. 215 00:09:45,043 --> 00:09:47,962 Turn that thing off. 216 00:09:47,962 --> 00:09:50,256 Who was that in the box? 217 00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:51,716 I don't know, but it wasn't Izzy. 218 00:09:51,716 --> 00:09:53,426 They chopped him into bits! 219 00:09:53,426 --> 00:09:54,886 - Sylvia! - Objection! 220 00:09:54,886 --> 00:09:57,138 They sent his body to a research lab 221 00:09:57,138 --> 00:09:58,223 and they diced him. 222 00:09:58,223 --> 00:09:59,349 Mrs. Ackerman! 223 00:09:59,349 --> 00:10:00,809 They diced my Izzy! 224 00:10:00,809 --> 00:10:02,936 The hospital mis-tagged the bodies, judge. 225 00:10:02,936 --> 00:10:04,145 Everybody quiet. 226 00:10:04,145 --> 00:10:05,730 You were supposed to bury him. 227 00:10:05,730 --> 00:10:07,649 Instead you sent him to the butcher 228 00:10:07,649 --> 00:10:09,442 to be chopped up like celery. 229 00:10:09,442 --> 00:10:12,821 Everyone stop talking now! 230 00:10:12,821 --> 00:10:15,990 Am I to understand that the bodies were switched 231 00:10:15,990 --> 00:10:18,785 and the real Izzy was dismembered? 232 00:10:18,785 --> 00:10:20,078 To bits! 233 00:10:20,078 --> 00:10:21,955 Yes, and we would like this court 234 00:10:21,955 --> 00:10:23,623 to order the defendant to retrieve 235 00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:26,000 every last piece of my client's late husband 236 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,461 as well as issue restraining orders 237 00:10:28,461 --> 00:10:30,130 to the various hospitals who have him 238 00:10:30,130 --> 00:10:33,633 so he's not dissected any further. 239 00:10:33,633 --> 00:10:35,260 These hospitals are out of state. 240 00:10:35,260 --> 00:10:37,345 I don't know if I can do anything. 241 00:10:37,345 --> 00:10:38,930 [crying] 242 00:10:45,562 --> 00:10:47,856 I'll, uh, take this all under advisement 243 00:10:47,856 --> 00:10:50,441 and try and give you a ruling as fast as I can. 244 00:10:50,441 --> 00:10:52,235 In the meantime, Mr. Braunstein, 245 00:10:52,235 --> 00:10:54,654 I would suggest that your client start taking 246 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:57,615 immediate steps to collect the deceased. 247 00:10:59,742 --> 00:11:01,494 Unbelievable. 248 00:11:04,581 --> 00:11:06,040 [elevator dings] 249 00:11:07,166 --> 00:11:08,668 Sorry. 250 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:11,045 We had to negotiate Dave out of coming along. 251 00:11:11,045 --> 00:11:12,088 Hey, he would have been welcome. 252 00:11:12,088 --> 00:11:13,339 Speak for yourself. 253 00:11:13,339 --> 00:11:15,508 Criminal complaint number 8847, 254 00:11:15,508 --> 00:11:17,260 People versus Roxanne Meyer. 255 00:11:17,260 --> 00:11:18,928 Jonathan Rollins for the defendant, Your Honor. 256 00:11:18,928 --> 00:11:20,972 William Riley for the City Attorney's office. 257 00:11:20,972 --> 00:11:23,808 Ms. Meyer is charged with assault after attacking 258 00:11:23,808 --> 00:11:25,435 a fellow student in her diet class. 259 00:11:25,435 --> 00:11:27,312 I'd be looking to continue O.R., judge. 260 00:11:27,312 --> 00:11:28,646 Ms. Meyer has no criminal record 261 00:11:28,646 --> 00:11:30,231 and this was an isolated outburst, 262 00:11:30,231 --> 00:11:32,400 provoked by the victim's derogatory slurs 263 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,652 regarding my client's physicality. 264 00:11:34,652 --> 00:11:38,031 I told her she looked good, for God sake and she punched me! 265 00:11:38,031 --> 00:11:39,490 And this would be the victim, I take it? 266 00:11:39,490 --> 00:11:41,075 Civilian complaint, Your Honor. 267 00:11:41,075 --> 00:11:44,245 Mm-hm and by any chance, would the victim's attorney 268 00:11:44,245 --> 00:11:46,539 be at all accessible at this very moment? 269 00:11:46,539 --> 00:11:49,167 I'm right here, Your Honor. Roland Burnet. 270 00:11:49,167 --> 00:11:52,670 Surprise, surprise. Step up, Mr. Burnet. 271 00:11:52,670 --> 00:11:54,589 You wouldn't be urging criminal prosecution 272 00:11:54,589 --> 00:11:56,591 to bolster your civil cause of action, would you? 273 00:11:56,591 --> 00:11:57,967 Oh no, Your Honor. 274 00:11:57,967 --> 00:11:59,844 Oh, no. 275 00:11:59,844 --> 00:12:02,847 Tell you what, I'm continuing this matter for one week, 276 00:12:02,847 --> 00:12:04,724 during which time I think the attorneys 277 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:06,851 should get together and work things out. 278 00:12:06,851 --> 00:12:08,102 If you do, I'll dismiss. 279 00:12:08,102 --> 00:12:09,437 Is that okay with you, Mr. Riley? 280 00:12:09,437 --> 00:12:11,022 - Fine. - What? 281 00:12:11,022 --> 00:12:13,149 You're just gonna put her back on the streets? 282 00:12:13,149 --> 00:12:15,652 Call me crazy. 283 00:12:15,652 --> 00:12:18,988 Settle this counsel, it'll make me very happy. 284 00:12:18,988 --> 00:12:23,117 If you can't, well, I'll still be your judge. 285 00:12:23,117 --> 00:12:24,577 That's all. Next case. 286 00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:28,081 Come on. 287 00:12:28,081 --> 00:12:30,166 Uh, uh, uh, uh. 288 00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:32,418 It's going to be a tough week for lunch. 289 00:12:32,418 --> 00:12:34,712 Let's give ourselves a running start for a change. 290 00:12:34,712 --> 00:12:37,173 How about dinner? An evening. 291 00:12:37,173 --> 00:12:38,383 A night. 292 00:12:38,383 --> 00:12:41,761 A night, a night, um... 293 00:12:41,761 --> 00:12:43,805 Eric's got a birthday party to go to on Thursday. 294 00:12:43,805 --> 00:12:45,974 I bet I can arrange a sleep over for him. 295 00:12:45,974 --> 00:12:47,433 One for him and one for me. 296 00:12:47,433 --> 00:12:49,686 Thursday night's out. I'm on duty. 297 00:12:49,686 --> 00:12:52,021 I just don't want to bend Eric's routine out of shape. 298 00:12:52,021 --> 00:12:54,399 Sure. Sure. How about lunch tomorrow? 299 00:12:54,399 --> 00:12:55,733 - Can't. - Friday? 300 00:12:55,733 --> 00:12:57,235 I'm going to be in Van Nuys. 301 00:12:57,235 --> 00:12:58,611 Can you imagine how impossible 302 00:12:58,611 --> 00:13:00,488 scheduling a menage a trois would be? 303 00:13:00,488 --> 00:13:02,949 What about today? Now. Are you busy? 304 00:13:02,949 --> 00:13:05,785 Oh, I've got to be in Whittier at 2:30. 305 00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:07,453 And I... I should really... 306 00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:08,705 [laughs] 307 00:13:08,705 --> 00:13:11,791 I can't, really. Let's go. 308 00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:13,376 [laughs] 309 00:13:13,376 --> 00:13:16,254 Dr. McKenna, you examined Eastland Hospital's 310 00:13:16,254 --> 00:13:18,673 records of Jackie Davis' visit, right? 311 00:13:18,673 --> 00:13:19,716 I have. 312 00:13:19,716 --> 00:13:21,843 Can you tell us what they say? 313 00:13:21,843 --> 00:13:24,470 They say that on June 14, 1984, 314 00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:26,139 she went to the emergency room 315 00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:28,599 complaining of nausea and fatigue. 316 00:13:28,599 --> 00:13:30,018 She also had a severe rash. 317 00:13:30,018 --> 00:13:32,562 - And what was done for her? - Objection. 318 00:13:32,562 --> 00:13:34,105 Dr. McKenna wasn't present 319 00:13:34,105 --> 00:13:35,940 and isn't in a position to testify 320 00:13:35,940 --> 00:13:37,358 what was or wasn't done. 321 00:13:37,358 --> 00:13:39,402 He is a trained forensic pathologist 322 00:13:39,402 --> 00:13:41,195 who studied the records and the body. 323 00:13:41,195 --> 00:13:43,823 If Mr. Spitzer wants to refute his testimony, he can try. 324 00:13:43,823 --> 00:13:46,617 Objection overruled. The witness can answer. 325 00:13:46,617 --> 00:13:49,245 They took a pregnancy test. They took her blood pressure. 326 00:13:49,245 --> 00:13:50,413 They took her temperature. 327 00:13:50,413 --> 00:13:51,748 Then they sent her on her way. 328 00:13:51,748 --> 00:13:55,460 And in your best medical opinion, 329 00:13:55,460 --> 00:13:57,170 what should have been done for her? 330 00:13:57,170 --> 00:13:58,421 At a minimum, 331 00:13:58,421 --> 00:13:59,630 they should have checked for protein 332 00:13:59,630 --> 00:14:01,424 after they took a pregnancy test. 333 00:14:01,424 --> 00:14:03,509 That right there would have told them something was wrong. 334 00:14:03,509 --> 00:14:06,763 There are simple blood tests for creatinine and urea. 335 00:14:06,763 --> 00:14:09,807 They cost about $10 each. They didn't do either one. 336 00:14:09,807 --> 00:14:12,393 Had they done them, could Jackie Davis' life have been saved? 337 00:14:12,393 --> 00:14:14,312 Objection. I don't think Dr. McKenna 338 00:14:14,312 --> 00:14:16,105 is trained as God, is he? 339 00:14:16,105 --> 00:14:18,399 He's being asked his medical opinion, Mr. Spitzer. 340 00:14:18,399 --> 00:14:19,901 Sit down, please. 341 00:14:19,901 --> 00:14:21,736 Any one of the procedures I've suggested 342 00:14:21,736 --> 00:14:23,404 would've shown Jackie Davis to be suffering 343 00:14:23,404 --> 00:14:24,947 from acute renal failure 344 00:14:24,947 --> 00:14:27,950 brought on by undiagnosed lupus nephritis. 345 00:14:27,950 --> 00:14:30,411 In other words, her kidneys stopped working. 346 00:14:30,411 --> 00:14:32,497 She could've been dialyzed and put on medication. 347 00:14:32,497 --> 00:14:33,956 In my opinion, she stood 348 00:14:33,956 --> 00:14:35,708 an excellent chance of full recovery. 349 00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:36,918 Kuzak: Thank you, doctor. 350 00:14:36,918 --> 00:14:38,211 I have no further questions. 351 00:14:38,211 --> 00:14:40,713 Tell us, doctor, what does expression, 352 00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:45,510 "When you hear hoof-beats, think horses, not zebras" mean? 353 00:14:45,510 --> 00:14:48,262 It means that in diagnosing a patient 354 00:14:48,262 --> 00:14:49,847 you start by attributing symptoms 355 00:14:49,847 --> 00:14:52,183 to more common rather than less common causes. 356 00:14:52,183 --> 00:14:53,851 So when Jackie Davis came in 357 00:14:53,851 --> 00:14:55,728 complaining of nausea and fatigue, 358 00:14:55,728 --> 00:14:57,230 would you be more likely to attribute it 359 00:14:57,230 --> 00:14:58,689 to a stomach virus, 360 00:14:58,689 --> 00:15:01,109 or acute renal failure brought on 361 00:15:01,109 --> 00:15:03,778 by undiagnosed lupus nephritis? 362 00:15:03,778 --> 00:15:05,530 A stomach virus... initially. 363 00:15:05,530 --> 00:15:07,240 Which is exactly what the physician 364 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,450 on duty at Eastland Hospital did. 365 00:15:09,450 --> 00:15:11,410 The problem lies in what he didn't do. 366 00:15:11,410 --> 00:15:13,538 Thank you, doctor. 367 00:15:13,538 --> 00:15:16,749 Isn't it a fact that hospitals transfer and release patients 368 00:15:16,749 --> 00:15:17,875 who are unable to pay, all the time? 369 00:15:17,875 --> 00:15:19,627 Not patients who are dying. 370 00:15:19,627 --> 00:15:21,254 Spitzer: But Jackie Davis didn't appear to be dying, 371 00:15:21,254 --> 00:15:23,005 she appeared to be stable. 372 00:15:23,005 --> 00:15:24,924 And a simple battery of basic diagnostic 373 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:26,467 procedures would have shown that she wasn't. 374 00:15:26,467 --> 00:15:30,263 Which at the time didn't appear to be necessary. 375 00:15:30,263 --> 00:15:32,723 You ever misdiagnose a patient, doctor? 376 00:15:32,723 --> 00:15:34,725 Not because they weren't insured. 377 00:15:34,725 --> 00:15:36,102 Spitzer: Do you treat patients for free? 378 00:15:36,102 --> 00:15:37,353 I sure as hell don't kick them out 379 00:15:37,353 --> 00:15:39,313 the door because they're poor. 380 00:15:39,313 --> 00:15:41,315 I didn't become a doctor so I could stand behind a turnstile 381 00:15:41,315 --> 00:15:43,484 and watch people die on the other side. 382 00:15:46,696 --> 00:15:49,157 I'm ruling that injunctive relief is warranted here 383 00:15:49,157 --> 00:15:50,992 and I'm ordering the defendant to retrieve 384 00:15:50,992 --> 00:15:52,869 the body parts of Isadore Ackerman. 385 00:15:52,869 --> 00:15:55,663 We've already got a lot back, Your Honor. 386 00:15:55,663 --> 00:15:59,625 Mr. Ackerman's torso is due in from Cleveland even as we speak 387 00:15:59,625 --> 00:16:03,421 and this morning we located his pancreas in Detroit. 388 00:16:03,421 --> 00:16:05,131 There is still the issue of the head, Your Honor. 389 00:16:05,131 --> 00:16:06,591 What issue? 390 00:16:06,591 --> 00:16:08,342 It went to a teaching university in Miami 391 00:16:08,342 --> 00:16:09,343 and they refuse to give it back. 392 00:16:09,343 --> 00:16:10,970 And why is that? 393 00:16:10,970 --> 00:16:13,723 They purchased it from U-Cal Medicai and they claim 394 00:16:13,723 --> 00:16:15,391 it's a valid contract for goods 395 00:16:15,391 --> 00:16:17,185 under the Uniform Commercial Code. 396 00:16:17,185 --> 00:16:20,229 Now, if you nullify it on the grounds of public policy, 397 00:16:20,229 --> 00:16:22,023 we can take that order and try and get 398 00:16:22,023 --> 00:16:25,151 the contract voided under some reciprocity, maybe. 399 00:16:25,151 --> 00:16:26,694 You want me to render an opinion 400 00:16:26,694 --> 00:16:28,404 on the Uniform Commercial Code 401 00:16:28,404 --> 00:16:30,031 as it applies to the conveyances 402 00:16:30,031 --> 00:16:31,949 of a human head? 403 00:16:31,949 --> 00:16:36,412 I know, sounds crazy, but we're getting desperate. 404 00:16:36,412 --> 00:16:38,497 The police don't regard it as foul play 405 00:16:38,497 --> 00:16:40,374 so they won't get involved. 406 00:16:40,374 --> 00:16:42,210 My client's only chance of getting 407 00:16:42,210 --> 00:16:44,879 her husband back is through a court order. 408 00:16:44,879 --> 00:16:46,422 Well, I'll give you the order, Mr. McKenzie, 409 00:16:46,422 --> 00:16:47,632 but I don't know what good it's going to do 410 00:16:47,632 --> 00:16:48,758 in a Florida court. 411 00:16:48,758 --> 00:16:52,345 Oh, I'll never see Izzy again. 412 00:16:52,345 --> 00:16:56,182 Oh, my God, my sweetheart is gone forever. 413 00:16:56,182 --> 00:16:58,351 I'm sorry, Mrs. Ackerman, but I'm afraid 414 00:16:58,351 --> 00:17:01,562 the only real remedy here is money damages. 415 00:17:01,562 --> 00:17:04,106 I don't want money! 416 00:17:04,106 --> 00:17:06,692 I want my Izzy! 417 00:17:06,692 --> 00:17:09,737 How can I bury him without his head? 418 00:17:09,737 --> 00:17:11,364 I'm sorry, ma'am. 419 00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:15,534 We can try, but I just don't know. 420 00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:16,744 [crying] 421 00:17:16,744 --> 00:17:19,830 I know... alright, alright. 422 00:17:19,830 --> 00:17:22,416 [instrumental music] 423 00:17:32,134 --> 00:17:34,804 Woow. Happy Birthday, Mrs. Meyer. 424 00:17:34,804 --> 00:17:36,305 Our reservation is at 8:00. 425 00:17:36,305 --> 00:17:38,099 I thought you were going to meet me at home. 426 00:17:38,099 --> 00:17:40,643 I was in the area, I thought we'd drive home together. 427 00:17:40,643 --> 00:17:42,853 Let me just go to the lady's room. 428 00:17:42,853 --> 00:17:45,856 - Dave Meyer. - Nice to see you, Douglas. 429 00:17:45,856 --> 00:17:48,985 Dave Meyer. Have you got a minute for me? 430 00:17:48,985 --> 00:17:50,820 Yeah, sure. 431 00:17:50,820 --> 00:17:53,739 I want you to know how much I admire your work, Dave. 432 00:17:53,739 --> 00:17:55,783 Considering your success with Arnold, 433 00:17:55,783 --> 00:17:58,953 I was hoping you would indulge me for a minute, 434 00:17:58,953 --> 00:18:01,080 while I propose another videotape. 435 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:04,625 Well, uh, I'm always looking for new titles. 436 00:18:04,625 --> 00:18:07,128 - Have a seat. - What's it about? 437 00:18:07,128 --> 00:18:08,713 [door closes] 438 00:18:08,713 --> 00:18:12,258 I'm calling it "Office Management To Win." 439 00:18:12,258 --> 00:18:14,677 As a matter of fact, I've been working on a script. 440 00:18:17,513 --> 00:18:19,515 - May I? - Yeah, sure. 441 00:18:22,018 --> 00:18:24,270 It's rough, but I think it's in the ballpark. 442 00:18:26,063 --> 00:18:28,524 "They've called me bean counter. 443 00:18:28,524 --> 00:18:31,694 "They've called me pencil pusher. 444 00:18:31,694 --> 00:18:32,987 "I don't get insulted. 445 00:18:32,987 --> 00:18:34,488 "I don't get defensive. 446 00:18:34,488 --> 00:18:39,160 When the dust settles, they call me manager." 447 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:40,369 Very punchy. 448 00:18:40,369 --> 00:18:42,830 "Staff people can stare into space 449 00:18:42,830 --> 00:18:44,123 "when there's a lull in the work 450 00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:47,418 "or they can oil chair casters 451 00:18:47,418 --> 00:18:50,504 "so plexiglass rug protectors don't get scuffed. 452 00:18:50,504 --> 00:18:53,382 "They can comb moribund files 453 00:18:53,382 --> 00:18:56,260 "for paper fasteners and dividers-- 454 00:18:56,260 --> 00:18:59,180 I'm not all together sure what the market is here, Doug. 455 00:18:59,180 --> 00:19:00,556 I think it's vast. 456 00:19:00,556 --> 00:19:03,017 Uh-huh. Well, it might very well be. 457 00:19:03,017 --> 00:19:05,227 Could we, uh, discuss this some other time. 458 00:19:05,227 --> 00:19:07,104 Any time. 459 00:19:07,104 --> 00:19:08,439 I'll be in touch. 460 00:19:13,944 --> 00:19:15,363 Thanks. 461 00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:20,660 - Is it okay? - Perfectamoondo. 462 00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:23,829 Ewww, you people have my sympathy. 463 00:19:23,829 --> 00:19:25,122 Why's that, Dave? 464 00:19:25,122 --> 00:19:27,208 I just had to listen to an endless 465 00:19:27,208 --> 00:19:28,584 Douglas Brackman schpiel. 466 00:19:28,584 --> 00:19:30,586 I think I'd rather have root canal. 467 00:19:30,586 --> 00:19:32,713 This guy is insufferable. 468 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:41,514 Mike, I gotta tell ya, 469 00:19:41,514 --> 00:19:45,810 whatever you paid McKenna to testify was money well spent. 470 00:19:45,810 --> 00:19:47,228 That's why you're here, Russell. 471 00:19:47,228 --> 00:19:49,355 That's why we're here. 472 00:19:49,355 --> 00:19:51,774 Now, having made the necessary concessions, 473 00:19:51,774 --> 00:19:54,402 how about we talk some arithmetic? 474 00:19:54,402 --> 00:19:56,946 Talk. 475 00:19:56,946 --> 00:19:58,572 We're willing to sweeten the original offer 476 00:19:58,572 --> 00:20:00,449 to the tune of $300,000. 477 00:20:00,449 --> 00:20:02,034 Payable immediately. 478 00:20:02,034 --> 00:20:03,828 For the death of an unemployed speech therapist 479 00:20:03,828 --> 00:20:05,454 it ain't a bad day's work. 480 00:20:05,454 --> 00:20:07,873 I don't know. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. 481 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:09,542 Mike, the guy's a day laborer. 482 00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:11,168 He hasn't seen this much money in his whole life. 483 00:20:11,168 --> 00:20:12,795 Right. 484 00:20:12,795 --> 00:20:14,213 And if you could have, you would have sent him home 485 00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:17,508 with a handshake and a $100 bill. 486 00:20:17,508 --> 00:20:18,926 Well, you can't do that with me. 487 00:20:18,926 --> 00:20:21,220 So what'll it take to buy you off? 488 00:20:23,973 --> 00:20:26,475 I think this discussion's over, gentlemen. 489 00:20:26,475 --> 00:20:28,144 Why not be honest about it? 490 00:20:28,144 --> 00:20:29,478 This is just greed. 491 00:20:29,478 --> 00:20:31,147 You got a deep pocket to pick, 492 00:20:31,147 --> 00:20:32,940 and you want to come away with all you can. 493 00:20:32,940 --> 00:20:34,775 You throw a dying woman out of a hospital 494 00:20:34,775 --> 00:20:36,152 because she doesn't have enough money 495 00:20:36,152 --> 00:20:39,113 and you talk to me about greed? 496 00:20:39,113 --> 00:20:41,323 Get this guy out of my sight, Russell. 497 00:20:43,909 --> 00:20:45,828 [ominous music] 498 00:21:03,429 --> 00:21:04,597 How did it go? 499 00:21:04,597 --> 00:21:06,098 Well, they upped the offer. 500 00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:07,183 Yeah? How much? 501 00:21:07,183 --> 00:21:09,435 300,000. Payable up front. 502 00:21:09,435 --> 00:21:10,936 Whoa. 503 00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:13,314 Now, it's possible that we can do better. 504 00:21:13,314 --> 00:21:15,941 But as I told you before, there are no guarantees. 505 00:21:15,941 --> 00:21:18,027 I still feel like we're letting them off the hook, though. 506 00:21:18,027 --> 00:21:20,571 Look, in the end 507 00:21:20,571 --> 00:21:22,323 they are going to pay you some money 508 00:21:22,323 --> 00:21:24,492 and they will be off the hook. 509 00:21:24,492 --> 00:21:26,494 What we have to decide is whether this is enough. 510 00:21:26,494 --> 00:21:28,078 You're the lawyer. What do you say? 511 00:21:28,078 --> 00:21:30,664 Well, this offer isn't going to go away. 512 00:21:30,664 --> 00:21:32,541 And the truth is, if they're this worried now, 513 00:21:32,541 --> 00:21:34,960 I'd like to see what they put on the table after you testify. 514 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,337 So let me testify. 515 00:21:36,337 --> 00:21:37,796 I'll put you on the stand tomorrow 516 00:21:37,796 --> 00:21:40,674 while McKenna's still fresh in their mind. 517 00:21:40,674 --> 00:21:43,344 Alright. 518 00:21:43,344 --> 00:21:45,179 Are you ready for this? 519 00:21:45,179 --> 00:21:49,225 If you tell me to be ready, I'll be ready. 520 00:21:49,225 --> 00:21:50,476 Good man. 521 00:21:53,103 --> 00:21:54,688 - Madame? - Not for me. 522 00:21:54,688 --> 00:21:56,857 I'll have another mineral water. 523 00:21:56,857 --> 00:21:58,108 It seems a shame that on 524 00:21:58,108 --> 00:21:59,777 the occasion of your 39th birthday, 525 00:21:59,777 --> 00:22:03,656 you can't even enjoy one small glass of bubbly. 526 00:22:03,656 --> 00:22:07,034 David, this is a very difficult time for me right now. 527 00:22:07,034 --> 00:22:09,578 I feel that if I go off this diet, 528 00:22:09,578 --> 00:22:13,916 I won't have the strength to go back on. 529 00:22:13,916 --> 00:22:16,502 Happy birthday. 530 00:22:16,502 --> 00:22:19,964 You're a lusty wrench regardless of curb weight. 531 00:22:19,964 --> 00:22:22,842 Thank you. 532 00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:27,179 So. You've, uh, been on this diet four weeks now. 533 00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:29,181 Is it worth it? 534 00:22:29,181 --> 00:22:30,474 I think so. 535 00:22:30,474 --> 00:22:31,892 I've lost seven pounds. 536 00:22:31,892 --> 00:22:33,519 Seven less pounds of Roxanne Meyer 537 00:22:33,519 --> 00:22:36,105 is not something to be devoutly wished for in my book. 538 00:22:36,105 --> 00:22:38,148 Though dropping down from cruiser weight to middleweight 539 00:22:38,148 --> 00:22:41,735 didn't take anything away from your right cross. 540 00:22:41,735 --> 00:22:43,445 It doesn't make it any easier for me 541 00:22:43,445 --> 00:22:45,823 knowing that you're not on my side. 542 00:22:45,823 --> 00:22:50,828 Roxanne, center of my being, I am on your side. 543 00:22:50,828 --> 00:22:54,415 But at the risk of momentarily appearing self absorbed, 544 00:22:54,415 --> 00:22:57,793 I would like to point out that our sex life 545 00:22:57,793 --> 00:22:59,461 has withered on the vine, 546 00:22:59,461 --> 00:23:01,714 under the gloom of your perpetual depression. 547 00:23:01,714 --> 00:23:04,383 Every time I feel amorous, you're not in the mood. 548 00:23:04,383 --> 00:23:05,926 Every time I want a little snack, 549 00:23:05,926 --> 00:23:08,095 I have to drive myself to the all-night deli. 550 00:23:08,095 --> 00:23:11,056 Roxanne, isn't there another way? 551 00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:12,808 What are you saying? 552 00:23:12,808 --> 00:23:14,059 That I should quit my diet? 553 00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:15,644 That's an option. 554 00:23:15,644 --> 00:23:18,314 Another option would be to fast one day a week. 555 00:23:18,314 --> 00:23:22,151 Another might be, just as a suggestion, to join a gym. 556 00:23:22,151 --> 00:23:24,486 Instead of eating less, exercise more. 557 00:23:24,486 --> 00:23:27,156 David, I want to feel good about myself. 558 00:23:27,156 --> 00:23:31,160 And I can't feel good about myself when I'm overweight. 559 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,412 All I know is once we were happy. 560 00:23:33,412 --> 00:23:35,247 We went out. We frolicked. 561 00:23:35,247 --> 00:23:37,958 We made love with abandon. Life was full. 562 00:23:37,958 --> 00:23:41,754 In other words, you can't be happy unless I'm fat. 563 00:23:41,754 --> 00:23:43,631 I can't be happy when you're depressed. 564 00:23:43,631 --> 00:23:45,466 And if you don't mind an observation, 565 00:23:45,466 --> 00:23:47,343 you're more depressed now than you were before the diet. 566 00:23:47,343 --> 00:23:51,180 - Sir. - Ah, the souffle. 567 00:23:51,180 --> 00:23:52,556 Roxanne: David, what is this? 568 00:23:52,556 --> 00:23:55,893 Your chocolate birthday souffle. 569 00:23:58,854 --> 00:24:02,524 Why did you order this? You know I can't eat it. 570 00:24:02,524 --> 00:24:06,028 Why not? For one moment give in to your appetites. 571 00:24:06,028 --> 00:24:08,405 You're a vibrant female in the full bloom 572 00:24:08,405 --> 00:24:10,199 of mature womanhood. Celebrate. 573 00:24:10,199 --> 00:24:11,867 - I can't. No. - You can. 574 00:24:11,867 --> 00:24:13,911 - No! - Yes. 575 00:24:13,911 --> 00:24:16,538 David, please. 576 00:24:16,538 --> 00:24:18,624 Don't make me do this. 577 00:24:18,624 --> 00:24:19,667 She doesn't mean it. 578 00:24:19,667 --> 00:24:21,126 Go ahead, dish it out. 579 00:24:21,126 --> 00:24:22,544 One bite. 580 00:24:22,544 --> 00:24:25,381 One bite just to commemorate what is arguably 581 00:24:25,381 --> 00:24:27,007 the happiest day in my life, 582 00:24:27,007 --> 00:24:28,801 the day of your birth. 583 00:24:32,262 --> 00:24:34,431 Put some whip cream on there, would you? 584 00:24:46,318 --> 00:24:50,447 Huh? Huh? Huh? 585 00:24:50,447 --> 00:24:52,908 Go ahead, one more for the road. 586 00:24:52,908 --> 00:24:55,411 You know you'll love it. 587 00:24:55,411 --> 00:24:57,746 Go ahead. 588 00:24:57,746 --> 00:24:59,498 That a girl. 589 00:25:05,879 --> 00:25:07,798 [instrumental music] 590 00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:20,394 Okay, now, given the extent of my client's pain 591 00:25:20,394 --> 00:25:23,313 and suffering and the severity of the attack... 592 00:25:23,313 --> 00:25:25,149 What attack? All I did was punch her in the nose. 593 00:25:25,149 --> 00:25:27,109 I told you she was hostile 594 00:25:27,109 --> 00:25:30,821 I think you'll find Ms. Jacobs' proposal more than reasonable. 595 00:25:30,821 --> 00:25:33,782 This traumatic confrontation 596 00:25:33,782 --> 00:25:35,409 has destroyed my client's appearance. 597 00:25:35,409 --> 00:25:37,661 You can see for yourself, her injuries necessitate 598 00:25:37,661 --> 00:25:39,621 reconstructive rhinoplasty. 599 00:25:39,621 --> 00:25:42,833 - To be paid by your client. - Nose job. 600 00:25:42,833 --> 00:25:44,877 And the additional cosmetic surgery to restore. 601 00:25:44,877 --> 00:25:47,921 Ms. Jacobs' eyes and chin, to be paid by your client. 602 00:25:47,921 --> 00:25:49,631 I never touched her chin. 603 00:25:49,631 --> 00:25:52,384 Just listen to the proposal, Roxanne. 604 00:25:52,384 --> 00:25:55,471 Plus liposuction limited to the thigh and buttocks area 605 00:25:55,471 --> 00:25:57,056 and two weeks recovery at La Costa, 606 00:25:57,056 --> 00:25:58,390 double room occupancy. 607 00:25:58,390 --> 00:26:00,392 I broke her nose and gave her a shiner. 608 00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:02,936 I am not paying from the neck down, Arnie! 609 00:26:02,936 --> 00:26:07,107 My client was a beautiful woman. 610 00:26:07,107 --> 00:26:09,902 Her body image has suffered greatly. 611 00:26:09,902 --> 00:26:12,237 Two weeks at La Costa hardly begins 612 00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:15,699 to heal Ms. Jacobs' battered self-esteem. 613 00:26:15,699 --> 00:26:17,910 Sit down, Rox. Sit. 614 00:26:17,910 --> 00:26:20,329 All herbal wraps, waxing, manicures 615 00:26:20,329 --> 00:26:23,499 and daily shiatsu massage to be paid by your client. 616 00:26:23,499 --> 00:26:25,959 - That's it. This is outrageous. - Yeah? 617 00:26:25,959 --> 00:26:28,420 You're lucky I don't put your jealous fat ass in jail! 618 00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:30,255 You come sashaying into the meeting 619 00:26:30,255 --> 00:26:32,049 wearing a skin tight outfit 620 00:26:32,049 --> 00:26:34,426 complaining about four pounds, 621 00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:36,678 you're lucky I only broke your nose! 622 00:26:36,678 --> 00:26:39,681 Ladies, enough! 623 00:26:39,681 --> 00:26:40,891 Becker: Is that it? 624 00:26:40,891 --> 00:26:43,477 One more small item. An apology. 625 00:26:43,477 --> 00:26:45,896 In front of our System 21 class. 626 00:26:45,896 --> 00:26:48,607 - You're delirious. - Delivered by you in person. 627 00:26:48,607 --> 00:26:50,776 - I'd rather be in jail! - Good. 628 00:26:50,776 --> 00:26:53,654 No more Mr. Nice Guy. Get a court date, Roland. 629 00:26:53,654 --> 00:26:55,155 I'm out of here. 630 00:26:57,783 --> 00:26:59,952 The settlement is fine. Everything but the apology. 631 00:26:59,952 --> 00:27:01,745 That'll be a deal breaker. 632 00:27:01,745 --> 00:27:05,249 I think I can sell it to my client without the mea culpa. 633 00:27:05,249 --> 00:27:06,917 You'll draw up the papers? 634 00:27:06,917 --> 00:27:08,794 I'll have them on your desk tomorrow morning. 635 00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:16,051 Come on, this is ridiculous. 636 00:27:16,051 --> 00:27:17,302 This is a worthless bluff. 637 00:27:17,302 --> 00:27:18,929 My hospital doesn't mis-tag 638 00:27:18,929 --> 00:27:21,181 bodies and you are just trying to... 639 00:27:21,181 --> 00:27:23,559 - The mortuary said you did. - Well they're lying. 640 00:27:23,559 --> 00:27:25,435 This whole thing is the mortuary's fault, 641 00:27:25,435 --> 00:27:26,937 and U-Cal Medical. 642 00:27:26,937 --> 00:27:29,523 We thought we were sectioning off Zuckerman. 643 00:27:29,523 --> 00:27:30,983 We didn't know it was Ackerman. 644 00:27:30,983 --> 00:27:33,777 The paperwork on Zuckerman said he was 43. 645 00:27:33,777 --> 00:27:37,531 You took your chainsaw to some 72 year old sick guy 646 00:27:37,531 --> 00:27:39,867 that any first year medical student would've recognized. 647 00:27:39,867 --> 00:27:41,660 The paperwork said we had Burt Zuckerman 648 00:27:41,660 --> 00:27:43,287 and we reasonably believed it was 649 00:27:43,287 --> 00:27:44,913 Burt Zuckerman we were dismantling. 650 00:27:44,913 --> 00:27:46,206 Well, I'm leaving. 651 00:27:46,206 --> 00:27:47,916 My hospital is not getting sucked 652 00:27:47,916 --> 00:27:49,418 into this lawsuit and... 653 00:27:49,418 --> 00:27:51,128 You're both getting sucked in, believe me. 654 00:27:51,128 --> 00:27:52,713 I'm cross claiming you 655 00:27:52,713 --> 00:27:54,214 and I'm cross claiming U-Cal Medical as well. 656 00:27:54,214 --> 00:27:55,757 I'll get a demurrer. 657 00:27:55,757 --> 00:27:57,467 You'll also get about two hundred pages 658 00:27:57,467 --> 00:27:59,511 of interrogatories in the next few weeks. 659 00:27:59,511 --> 00:28:01,555 And you'll both get a lot of negative publicity 660 00:28:01,555 --> 00:28:02,848 you could do without. 661 00:28:02,848 --> 00:28:05,058 Now, either you cooperate with me now, 662 00:28:05,058 --> 00:28:08,186 or brace yourselves for a nasty public nightmare. 663 00:28:08,186 --> 00:28:11,607 What? What do you want us to do? 664 00:28:11,607 --> 00:28:14,067 I figure a big hospital and a state university 665 00:28:14,067 --> 00:28:15,736 have certain connections, 666 00:28:15,736 --> 00:28:17,571 maybe influences even with 667 00:28:17,571 --> 00:28:19,114 other hospitals or universities. 668 00:28:19,114 --> 00:28:20,157 Am I right? 669 00:28:20,157 --> 00:28:22,159 Okay. 670 00:28:22,159 --> 00:28:24,536 What's the point? 671 00:28:24,536 --> 00:28:28,540 You want to be completely left out of this lawsuit? 672 00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:30,542 Bring me the head of Izzy Ackerman. 673 00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:32,085 And bring it to me fast. 674 00:28:38,884 --> 00:28:40,969 Our seafood special today is a langoustine 675 00:28:40,969 --> 00:28:43,639 in a light cream sauce with fresh basil fettucine. 676 00:28:43,639 --> 00:28:46,266 It's excellent. We also have the medallions of veal. 677 00:28:46,266 --> 00:28:47,684 I want the chicken. 678 00:28:47,684 --> 00:28:49,311 We have a paillard of free range chicken 679 00:28:49,311 --> 00:28:50,562 in a tarragon and mustard sauce... 680 00:28:50,562 --> 00:28:52,481 Broil it. No sauce. No butter. 681 00:28:52,481 --> 00:28:55,525 And a small salad, no dressing. 682 00:28:55,525 --> 00:28:56,985 I'll have the lobster. 683 00:29:00,530 --> 00:29:01,615 Just because you're in a lousy mood, 684 00:29:01,615 --> 00:29:02,950 don't take it out on the waiter. 685 00:29:02,950 --> 00:29:04,701 I can't help it. I want the lobster. 686 00:29:04,701 --> 00:29:06,203 Then have the lobster. 687 00:29:06,203 --> 00:29:07,913 I'm on a diet. 688 00:29:07,913 --> 00:29:10,624 Which so far has put you in a permanently lousy mood 689 00:29:10,624 --> 00:29:13,168 and gotten you arrested for assault and battery. 690 00:29:13,168 --> 00:29:15,128 You think I like feeling this way? 691 00:29:15,128 --> 00:29:17,255 Rox, the only diet that's going to make you feel better 692 00:29:17,255 --> 00:29:21,593 is the one where you lose a 170 pounds of Dave Meyer. 693 00:29:21,593 --> 00:29:24,805 Thank you, Arnie, for being such an understanding friend. 694 00:29:24,805 --> 00:29:26,431 As your friend, I have to tell you 695 00:29:26,431 --> 00:29:28,016 your problem isn't your diet. 696 00:29:28,016 --> 00:29:29,476 And you're... 697 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,690 And you're going to tell me what my problem is? 698 00:29:34,690 --> 00:29:36,274 Yeah. 699 00:29:36,274 --> 00:29:39,945 It's called displacing your anger. 700 00:29:39,945 --> 00:29:42,990 The last person who said that to me got her nose broken. 701 00:29:44,157 --> 00:29:45,325 [sighs] 702 00:29:45,325 --> 00:29:47,661 Look, Rox, 703 00:29:47,661 --> 00:29:50,163 you know that I love you. 704 00:29:50,163 --> 00:29:52,916 And even if I didn't think marrying Dave was a great idea, 705 00:29:52,916 --> 00:29:56,461 no one rooted for you to succeed more than I. 706 00:29:56,461 --> 00:29:58,005 But your marriage is in trouble, kiddo. 707 00:29:58,005 --> 00:29:59,256 Now if you want to take a swing at me 708 00:29:59,256 --> 00:30:00,507 for telling you the truth, go ahead. 709 00:30:00,507 --> 00:30:02,426 Thank you, Dr. Freud. 710 00:30:02,426 --> 00:30:03,844 What are you, my shrink? 711 00:30:03,844 --> 00:30:06,013 Hey, don't knock therapy. 712 00:30:06,013 --> 00:30:07,764 I lose a lot of business by sending clients 713 00:30:07,764 --> 00:30:09,474 to a good marriage counselor. 714 00:30:16,231 --> 00:30:18,483 I don't know what's happening to me. 715 00:30:20,193 --> 00:30:21,945 I'm desperate. 716 00:30:21,945 --> 00:30:26,825 I can't sleep at night, I cry-I cry all the time... 717 00:30:26,825 --> 00:30:28,577 Can you imagine me punching somebody? 718 00:30:28,577 --> 00:30:32,247 I never punched anybody in my entire life. 719 00:30:32,247 --> 00:30:35,542 I don't know what's going on. 720 00:30:35,542 --> 00:30:37,127 [crying] Help me. 721 00:30:40,464 --> 00:30:42,966 Look, I'm going to put you in touch with Jeanne Rubens. 722 00:30:42,966 --> 00:30:45,510 She's a first rate therapist. 723 00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:47,804 Fine. Anything. 724 00:30:47,804 --> 00:30:50,557 Will Dave go? 725 00:30:50,557 --> 00:30:52,893 Dave will do anything I tell him to do. 726 00:30:58,774 --> 00:31:00,817 How long had you and Jackie been married 727 00:31:00,817 --> 00:31:01,943 at the time she died? 728 00:31:01,943 --> 00:31:03,570 Four years, three months. 729 00:31:03,570 --> 00:31:07,574 I was in the service stationed in El Paso when we met. 730 00:31:07,574 --> 00:31:10,619 The day she got her divorce papers, we got married. 731 00:31:10,619 --> 00:31:11,620 Kuzak: What was it that made you take 732 00:31:11,620 --> 00:31:13,121 her to the hospital, Ray? 733 00:31:13,121 --> 00:31:16,041 She hadn't bee feeling well for a few weeks. 734 00:31:16,041 --> 00:31:17,584 She couldn't hold down her food. 735 00:31:17,584 --> 00:31:19,669 She was tired all the time. 736 00:31:19,669 --> 00:31:21,505 At first we thought it was just a bug 737 00:31:21,505 --> 00:31:25,383 but then it seemed to be getting worse. 738 00:31:25,383 --> 00:31:28,428 I was always on her to go to a doctor 739 00:31:28,428 --> 00:31:32,349 but she put it off and put it off. 740 00:31:32,349 --> 00:31:33,683 Finally, she wanted to go. 741 00:31:33,683 --> 00:31:36,228 Could you tell us in your own words 742 00:31:36,228 --> 00:31:38,730 exactly what happened when you got there? 743 00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:41,817 First, we filled out some forms. Then we waited. 744 00:31:41,817 --> 00:31:43,777 I guess we were there about two hours when a nurse 745 00:31:43,777 --> 00:31:46,279 came over and asked us how we intended to pay. 746 00:31:46,279 --> 00:31:47,989 I said I had a $100 with me 747 00:31:47,989 --> 00:31:49,908 and I would have to owe them the rest. 748 00:31:49,908 --> 00:31:52,410 She said it didn't work that way. 749 00:31:52,410 --> 00:31:54,788 She said they'd look at her 750 00:31:54,788 --> 00:31:58,375 but they didn't admit anyone who didn't have insurance. 751 00:31:58,375 --> 00:31:59,417 Did they look at her? 752 00:31:59,417 --> 00:32:01,294 For about ten minutes. 753 00:32:01,294 --> 00:32:02,838 A doctor took her behind a curtain 754 00:32:02,838 --> 00:32:05,006 and then told us to wait for the results. 755 00:32:05,006 --> 00:32:06,675 About an hour or so later he came back 756 00:32:06,675 --> 00:32:10,554 and said, "Go home, honey. You've got the flu." 757 00:32:10,554 --> 00:32:12,013 Tell us what happened then, Ray. 758 00:32:12,013 --> 00:32:15,600 We took the bus home and I put her to bed. 759 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,102 The next morning she couldn't even 760 00:32:17,102 --> 00:32:18,687 lift her head off the pillow. 761 00:32:18,687 --> 00:32:20,147 I sat by her all day. 762 00:32:20,147 --> 00:32:22,482 I tried to get her to have a little soup 763 00:32:22,482 --> 00:32:24,442 or something but she didn't want it. 764 00:32:28,196 --> 00:32:30,448 It was starting to get dark... 765 00:32:32,492 --> 00:32:33,952 when she grabbed my hand 766 00:32:33,952 --> 00:32:38,665 and just like that she was gone. 767 00:32:38,665 --> 00:32:42,919 That was five and a half years ago? 768 00:32:42,919 --> 00:32:45,005 - Yeah. - Do you still miss her? 769 00:32:45,005 --> 00:32:47,048 Objection, Your Honor. Inflammatory. 770 00:32:47,048 --> 00:32:48,633 Kuzak: Strictly relevant. 771 00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:49,926 Overruled. 772 00:32:49,926 --> 00:32:52,429 Ray? 773 00:32:52,429 --> 00:32:53,555 Miss her? 774 00:32:55,807 --> 00:33:00,312 Um, I still feel like I'm married to her. 775 00:33:00,312 --> 00:33:03,231 Most Sundays I sit by her grave. 776 00:33:03,231 --> 00:33:05,775 A day doesn't go by that I don't think about her. 777 00:33:07,569 --> 00:33:09,362 I have no further questions. 778 00:33:12,574 --> 00:33:14,201 Mr. Spitzer, 779 00:33:14,201 --> 00:33:15,660 I'm sure you don't mind beginning 780 00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:18,413 your cross examination tomorrow morning. 781 00:33:18,413 --> 00:33:20,957 No, Your Honor. I-I don't mind. 782 00:33:20,957 --> 00:33:23,001 Her clothes are still hanging in the closet. 783 00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:24,753 People say I should get rid of them, 784 00:33:24,753 --> 00:33:30,175 but how am I going to just pack them in some cardboard box? 785 00:33:33,136 --> 00:33:34,971 How am I going to do that? 786 00:33:42,187 --> 00:33:44,189 [buzzing] 787 00:33:44,189 --> 00:33:45,232 Yes. 788 00:33:45,232 --> 00:33:46,566 Intercom: They're here. 789 00:33:46,566 --> 00:33:47,817 Well, send them in. 790 00:33:53,448 --> 00:33:55,617 Is it true? Can it really be true? 791 00:33:55,617 --> 00:33:57,619 Arrived this morning. 792 00:33:57,619 --> 00:33:59,371 It's packed in dry ice. 793 00:33:59,371 --> 00:34:02,123 I should get it to a mortuary or something 794 00:34:02,123 --> 00:34:03,959 as soon as possible. 795 00:34:03,959 --> 00:34:07,837 Oh, Izzy. Is it really finally you? 796 00:34:09,756 --> 00:34:12,509 We should probably check this time to be sure. 797 00:34:12,509 --> 00:34:13,885 Oh, it's him. Trust me. 798 00:34:13,885 --> 00:34:15,512 We trusted the mortuary. 799 00:34:15,512 --> 00:34:16,596 I want to see him. 800 00:34:16,596 --> 00:34:17,639 I don't think you... 801 00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:19,224 I'm going to look. 802 00:34:21,851 --> 00:34:23,478 [sighs] 803 00:34:26,940 --> 00:34:29,109 [whimpers] 804 00:34:29,109 --> 00:34:31,945 It's Izzy alright. 805 00:34:31,945 --> 00:34:33,613 He looks good. 806 00:34:33,613 --> 00:34:34,739 Why shouldn't he look good? 807 00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:35,991 He just came back from Florida. 808 00:34:35,991 --> 00:34:37,909 Okay, close the box. 809 00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:41,037 He's got that little smile he always used to have, you know? 810 00:34:41,037 --> 00:34:43,039 Close it, Morty, please. 811 00:34:48,545 --> 00:34:51,214 Oh, my honey. 812 00:34:51,214 --> 00:34:53,967 My dear sweet man. 813 00:34:53,967 --> 00:34:56,469 You are finally back with us. 814 00:34:59,681 --> 00:35:01,808 Take your uncle. 815 00:35:01,808 --> 00:35:06,730 It was always his wish that you carry him to his resting place. 816 00:35:06,730 --> 00:35:09,024 And don't drop him. 817 00:35:13,028 --> 00:35:15,447 Okay, let me get this now. Come on, Morty. 818 00:35:15,447 --> 00:35:18,116 Okay. Alright. Go slow. Go slow. 819 00:35:18,116 --> 00:35:19,409 Sylvia, come on, move up. 820 00:35:19,409 --> 00:35:21,244 Come on. Very good. 821 00:35:21,244 --> 00:35:23,288 Excuse me. Alright, Morty. 822 00:35:23,288 --> 00:35:25,165 Come on. Morty, slow down. 823 00:35:25,165 --> 00:35:26,916 Milton. Come on, Milton. Move it. 824 00:35:26,916 --> 00:35:29,502 Okay. Very good. Very good. 825 00:35:29,502 --> 00:35:33,715 Let's go. Slowly. Good. 826 00:35:33,715 --> 00:35:35,925 Uh-huh. 827 00:35:35,925 --> 00:35:37,135 Milton: Look out. 828 00:35:37,135 --> 00:35:38,720 [groans] 829 00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:40,555 Oh, no. Oh, my God. 830 00:35:40,555 --> 00:35:42,057 Oh, my God! 831 00:35:42,057 --> 00:35:43,224 [screams] 832 00:35:46,186 --> 00:35:47,520 [screaming] 833 00:35:49,272 --> 00:35:51,733 [engines revving] 834 00:35:55,737 --> 00:35:58,948 Mr. Davis, was your wife an American citizen? 835 00:35:58,948 --> 00:36:00,825 Yes, she was. 836 00:36:00,825 --> 00:36:02,410 And did she live here all her life? 837 00:36:02,410 --> 00:36:05,330 Yeah. 838 00:36:05,330 --> 00:36:07,832 Tell me, sir, can you identify her handwriting? 839 00:36:07,832 --> 00:36:09,334 Ray: Sure. 840 00:36:09,334 --> 00:36:11,795 Please tell the court if that's her signature? 841 00:36:14,506 --> 00:36:15,924 What is this? 842 00:36:15,924 --> 00:36:18,718 Sir, is that your wife's signature? 843 00:36:20,053 --> 00:36:21,388 It looks like her signature. 844 00:36:21,388 --> 00:36:23,098 Your Honor, that hasn't been marked. 845 00:36:23,098 --> 00:36:24,849 Your Honor, I have here a certified copy 846 00:36:24,849 --> 00:36:26,684 of Jackie Davis' divorce decree 847 00:36:26,684 --> 00:36:31,022 and I offer it for identification. 848 00:36:31,022 --> 00:36:32,148 What's the point? 849 00:36:32,148 --> 00:36:33,483 The point, Mr. Kuzak, 850 00:36:33,483 --> 00:36:35,110 is that this divorce decree 851 00:36:35,110 --> 00:36:37,278 was issued in Juarez, Mexico, 852 00:36:37,278 --> 00:36:39,739 right across the border from El Paso. 853 00:36:39,739 --> 00:36:42,158 The certificate signed by Jacqueline Davis, 854 00:36:42,158 --> 00:36:43,660 then Jacqueline Baker, attesting 855 00:36:43,660 --> 00:36:48,998 to Mexican domicile is fraudulent . 856 00:36:48,998 --> 00:36:52,043 We got married by a Justice of the Peace in El Paso. 857 00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:53,628 Did you know that the divorce was obtained 858 00:36:53,628 --> 00:36:54,921 in Mexico, Mr. Davis? 859 00:36:54,921 --> 00:36:56,005 Yeah, I knew. 860 00:36:56,005 --> 00:36:57,674 We were in love with each other. 861 00:36:57,674 --> 00:36:59,175 Her husband wouldn't give her a divorce. 862 00:36:59,175 --> 00:37:01,219 Everyone said it was the fastest way. 863 00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:04,139 Your Honor, request a recess so I can talk to my client? 864 00:37:04,139 --> 00:37:07,225 I'm not granting any recesses right now, Mr. Kuzak. 865 00:37:07,225 --> 00:37:09,853 You should have known your marriage was void, sir. 866 00:37:09,853 --> 00:37:11,312 Void? 867 00:37:11,312 --> 00:37:14,190 Sidebar, Your Honor. 868 00:37:14,190 --> 00:37:15,817 She was my wife, Judge. 869 00:37:15,817 --> 00:37:18,236 I don't care what the paper says. 870 00:37:18,236 --> 00:37:20,155 Go ahead, Mr. Spitzer, make your motion. 871 00:37:20,155 --> 00:37:21,906 I move to dismiss based on 872 00:37:21,906 --> 00:37:24,284 the plaintiff's lack of standing to sue. 873 00:37:24,284 --> 00:37:25,452 Based on what? 874 00:37:25,452 --> 00:37:27,203 A photostatic copy of some 875 00:37:27,203 --> 00:37:29,164 divorce papers from Mexico? 876 00:37:29,164 --> 00:37:32,375 Mr. Kuzak, these papers may be all he needs. 877 00:37:32,375 --> 00:37:35,670 Mr. Davis, I'm sorry. 878 00:37:35,670 --> 00:37:37,505 Pending the submission of written memoranda 879 00:37:37,505 --> 00:37:40,592 I have no choice but to grant defense counsel's motion. 880 00:37:40,592 --> 00:37:44,596 The jury is excused. This court is adjourned. 881 00:37:44,596 --> 00:37:46,306 [indistinct chattering] 882 00:37:52,604 --> 00:37:54,355 So we appeal, right? The judge is wrong, right? She's wrong. 883 00:37:54,355 --> 00:37:55,940 I don't think she is, Ray. 884 00:37:55,940 --> 00:37:57,734 But one thing has nothing to do with the other. 885 00:37:57,734 --> 00:37:59,778 If the hospital was wrong, they were wrong. 886 00:37:59,778 --> 00:38:01,696 - There's more to it than that. - No there's not. 887 00:38:01,696 --> 00:38:03,156 No there's not, a hospital's suppose 888 00:38:03,156 --> 00:38:05,700 to take care of you if you're sick. 889 00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:06,701 Ray... 890 00:38:09,579 --> 00:38:11,331 You don't have standing, Ray. 891 00:38:11,331 --> 00:38:12,749 You weren't legally married, 892 00:38:12,749 --> 00:38:14,250 and you knew about the Mexican divorce. 893 00:38:14,250 --> 00:38:16,002 That means that no matter what the hospital did 894 00:38:16,002 --> 00:38:19,130 to Jackie, according to the law, you can't sue. 895 00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:21,174 I don't care about the law. 896 00:38:21,174 --> 00:38:22,717 I thought all we'd have to do is tell what happened. 897 00:38:22,717 --> 00:38:24,260 That's all it would take. 898 00:38:24,260 --> 00:38:26,638 A jury would say, "They can't do this to you. 899 00:38:26,638 --> 00:38:28,348 They can't treat you like you're nothing 900 00:38:28,348 --> 00:38:29,599 like it doesn't make a difference 901 00:38:29,599 --> 00:38:31,351 whether you live or die." 902 00:38:31,351 --> 00:38:32,977 Damn. 903 00:38:32,977 --> 00:38:34,729 [slams] 904 00:38:34,729 --> 00:38:37,440 I'm sorry, Ray. I shouldn't have let it happen. 905 00:38:39,484 --> 00:38:41,611 You didn't know about it, Mike. 906 00:38:41,611 --> 00:38:44,072 I can't blame you. 907 00:38:44,072 --> 00:38:46,533 You were the only one who was on my side. 908 00:38:48,743 --> 00:38:50,161 I could have done better. 909 00:38:53,790 --> 00:38:55,375 She's gone, Mike. 910 00:38:59,254 --> 00:39:01,506 It isn't fair. 911 00:39:01,506 --> 00:39:03,925 It isn't right. 912 00:39:03,925 --> 00:39:06,177 No. 913 00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:07,470 No, it isn't. 914 00:39:12,433 --> 00:39:15,186 What kind of law firm did you used to work for, Dorothy? 915 00:39:15,186 --> 00:39:16,604 What do you mean? 916 00:39:16,604 --> 00:39:18,022 We just got dismissed in the Davis case. 917 00:39:18,022 --> 00:39:19,274 Why? 918 00:39:19,274 --> 00:39:20,567 Jacqueline Davis got a bogus divorce, 919 00:39:20,567 --> 00:39:21,776 which voids her marriage to Ray. 920 00:39:21,776 --> 00:39:23,486 Ray is now out of court. 921 00:39:23,486 --> 00:39:25,488 I saw the marriage license and I stopped there. 922 00:39:25,488 --> 00:39:27,031 I know you did. If you hadn't, 923 00:39:27,031 --> 00:39:28,366 we might've come away with something. 924 00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:29,659 I would have kept him off the stand. 925 00:39:29,659 --> 00:39:30,994 I would have accepted their offer. 926 00:39:30,994 --> 00:39:32,287 I would have done something besides 927 00:39:32,287 --> 00:39:35,832 get torpedoed in open court. 928 00:39:35,832 --> 00:39:38,084 It was my responsibility. I let you down. 929 00:39:38,084 --> 00:39:40,837 You bet you did. 930 00:39:40,837 --> 00:39:42,630 I'm sorry about this, Michael. 931 00:39:50,972 --> 00:39:53,725 I'm sorry, too. 932 00:39:53,725 --> 00:39:56,144 It was both of our responsibilities. 933 00:39:56,144 --> 00:39:58,313 - Is there anything we can do? - I don't know. 934 00:39:58,313 --> 00:40:00,189 If you think of something, let me know. 935 00:40:05,737 --> 00:40:06,863 [door closes] 936 00:40:09,782 --> 00:40:12,201 He never even told us his wife had been married before. 937 00:40:12,201 --> 00:40:14,537 Douglas, I really don't think we have anything to worry about. 938 00:40:14,537 --> 00:40:17,540 No? Trust me, the legal malpractice sharks 939 00:40:17,540 --> 00:40:19,500 are going to be salivating for this one. 940 00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:21,085 You think this was malpractice? 941 00:40:21,085 --> 00:40:23,588 I don't but you can be damn sure Ray Davis 942 00:40:23,588 --> 00:40:25,673 is going to find himself someone who does. 943 00:40:25,673 --> 00:40:27,467 When I left him he was a little too devastated 944 00:40:27,467 --> 00:40:29,093 to be formulating a battle plan. 945 00:40:29,093 --> 00:40:30,928 Believe me, that won't last. 946 00:40:30,928 --> 00:40:33,973 In about five days this is all going to be your fault 947 00:40:33,973 --> 00:40:35,975 and he'll come after us like the wrath of God. 948 00:40:35,975 --> 00:40:38,811 Well, he oughta go after somebody. 949 00:40:38,811 --> 00:40:39,812 Hey, Mike, that somebody is us. 950 00:40:39,812 --> 00:40:41,814 Well, maybe it should be us. 951 00:40:41,814 --> 00:40:44,359 How else is he going to get any compensation for this disaster? 952 00:40:44,359 --> 00:40:46,444 Uh-oh, this attitude worries me. 953 00:40:46,444 --> 00:40:47,946 I have a distinct feeling that in 954 00:40:47,946 --> 00:40:49,906 an attempt to offer compassion 955 00:40:49,906 --> 00:40:51,866 you served up admissions of negligence. 956 00:40:51,866 --> 00:40:54,160 Doesn't compassion enter into this at all for you? 957 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,245 So long as it doesn't cost us money. 958 00:40:56,245 --> 00:40:57,705 Oh, the old refrain. 959 00:40:57,705 --> 00:40:59,123 The ultimate consideration. 960 00:40:59,123 --> 00:41:01,668 The linchpin upon which all issues turn. 961 00:41:01,668 --> 00:41:03,670 Don't get all high-minded on us, Michael. 962 00:41:03,670 --> 00:41:06,047 - You're the one who screwed up. - Careful, Douglas. 963 00:41:06,047 --> 00:41:07,840 You better not acknowledge that outside of this office. 964 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:09,592 It might cost us money. 965 00:41:14,347 --> 00:41:15,515 [door closes] 966 00:41:17,976 --> 00:41:21,187 I never saw a head without a body before. 967 00:41:21,187 --> 00:41:23,398 Chances are you never will again. 968 00:41:23,398 --> 00:41:24,899 I am not reneging. 969 00:41:24,899 --> 00:41:26,693 I'm just wondering whether there might be 970 00:41:26,693 --> 00:41:29,404 a better way of addressing our marital woes. 971 00:41:29,404 --> 00:41:31,197 There isn't and can we not talk 972 00:41:31,197 --> 00:41:32,824 about this right now, please. 973 00:41:32,824 --> 00:41:36,077 Okay, just consider this as an alternative. 974 00:41:36,077 --> 00:41:38,037 We cancel the appointment, catch the next flight 975 00:41:38,037 --> 00:41:40,748 to St. Louis and I'll show you the house where I was born. 976 00:41:40,748 --> 00:41:42,542 How can you take that which belongs 977 00:41:42,542 --> 00:41:44,919 in the sanctum sanctorum of our life together 978 00:41:44,919 --> 00:41:46,337 and put it in full view of others? 979 00:41:46,337 --> 00:41:47,547 [elevator dings] 980 00:41:50,508 --> 00:41:53,720 Whatever you do, I'm begging you, 981 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:56,723 just don't tell her about the videos I made of you in Vegas. 982 00:41:56,723 --> 00:41:58,891 She'll pick me apart. 983 00:41:58,891 --> 00:42:00,810 [instrumental music] 984 00:42:10,445 --> 00:42:12,405 This poor bastard trusts me to get him some 985 00:42:12,405 --> 00:42:16,826 pitiful excuse for compensation, some money and I blow it. 986 00:42:16,826 --> 00:42:19,078 He gets screwed by the doctors, he gets screwed by the lawyers, 987 00:42:19,078 --> 00:42:20,121 and in the end we all have a million reasons 988 00:42:20,121 --> 00:42:21,789 why were not to blame. 989 00:42:21,789 --> 00:42:25,293 Michael, he never mentioned his wife's divorce. 990 00:42:25,293 --> 00:42:26,419 Now, that's not the kind of thing 991 00:42:26,419 --> 00:42:28,755 you can be expected to discover. 992 00:42:28,755 --> 00:42:30,173 Well, Spitzer discovered it. 993 00:42:30,173 --> 00:42:32,550 Well, he played out a lucky hunch. 994 00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:34,260 That any good lawyer would have had. 995 00:42:34,260 --> 00:42:35,344 You know, I've always told you when 996 00:42:35,344 --> 00:42:37,013 I thought you were to blame. 997 00:42:37,013 --> 00:42:39,474 This is not one of those times. 998 00:42:39,474 --> 00:42:42,393 Your associate was supposed to dig up stuff like this. 999 00:42:42,393 --> 00:42:45,104 I was the one asking Ray the questions. 1000 00:42:45,104 --> 00:42:48,149 I had two years to ask him the right ones and I never did. 1001 00:42:48,149 --> 00:42:49,984 You can't blame an associate for that. 1002 00:42:54,197 --> 00:42:58,534 Anyway, I, I like this guy, you know? 1003 00:43:00,745 --> 00:43:03,623 I hate like hell to see him wind up like this. 1004 00:43:03,623 --> 00:43:05,792 Come on, Mickey, let's go home. 1005 00:43:17,470 --> 00:43:18,846 [inaudible] 1006 00:43:18,846 --> 00:43:20,056 Detective Ringstrom. 1007 00:43:20,056 --> 00:43:21,557 Ms. Van Owen. 1008 00:43:21,557 --> 00:43:22,934 You know Michael Kuzak? 1009 00:43:22,934 --> 00:43:24,560 The Whitey Holland shooting. 1010 00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:26,646 Right. 1011 00:43:26,646 --> 00:43:28,022 Hi. 1012 00:43:28,022 --> 00:43:30,024 Oh, I'm sorry, uh, Ms. Van Owen 1013 00:43:30,024 --> 00:43:31,484 from the D.A.'s office 1014 00:43:31,484 --> 00:43:35,238 Mr. Kuzak, this is my wife, Sally. 1015 00:43:35,238 --> 00:43:36,864 Well, enjoy your evening. 1016 00:43:36,864 --> 00:43:38,074 - Thank you. - Thanks. You, too. 1017 00:43:38,074 --> 00:43:39,116 Nice meeting you. 1018 00:43:51,295 --> 00:43:54,173 So, here we are. 1019 00:43:54,173 --> 00:43:55,466 Here you are. 1020 00:43:55,466 --> 00:44:00,012 Here to explore the marital terrain. 1021 00:44:00,012 --> 00:44:01,264 Yes. 1022 00:44:01,264 --> 00:44:03,683 I hope you have four wheel drive. 1023 00:44:03,683 --> 00:44:06,060 I'm not sure I know what you mean. 1024 00:44:06,060 --> 00:44:08,229 Just a little quip. 1025 00:44:08,229 --> 00:44:10,314 I have to say, in all honesty, 1026 00:44:10,314 --> 00:44:13,025 that I was a little reluctant to come here. 1027 00:44:13,025 --> 00:44:14,110 Were you? 1028 00:44:14,110 --> 00:44:16,362 Not to impugn the process, 1029 00:44:16,362 --> 00:44:18,823 but 1030 00:44:18,823 --> 00:44:20,575 self-examination, 1031 00:44:21,993 --> 00:44:24,495 introspection, 1032 00:44:24,495 --> 00:44:27,957 delving into why we do what we do 1033 00:44:27,957 --> 00:44:30,376 this has never been my forte. 1034 00:44:30,376 --> 00:44:32,170 What made you decide to come? 1035 00:44:34,213 --> 00:44:36,132 Simple recognition that a mid course 1036 00:44:36,132 --> 00:44:37,925 correction may be indicated. 1037 00:44:37,925 --> 00:44:40,928 I'm not unaware that there may be trouble in paradise. 1038 00:44:42,847 --> 00:44:44,765 Nor am I oblivious to the fact 1039 00:44:44,765 --> 00:44:46,475 that Roxanne is unhappy. 1040 00:44:46,475 --> 00:44:49,478 Jeanne: Are you unhappy, Roxanne? 1041 00:44:49,478 --> 00:44:51,772 - Yes. - Do you know why? 1042 00:44:54,650 --> 00:44:58,404 Correct me if I'm wrong here, Roxanne, but I think 1043 00:44:58,404 --> 00:45:01,574 it is mostly a matter of faulty communications. 1044 00:45:01,574 --> 00:45:04,744 An innocent comment is misconstrued, 1045 00:45:04,744 --> 00:45:08,456 a supportive gesture is misinterpreted 1046 00:45:08,456 --> 00:45:10,917 suddenly you have this domestic Bermuda Triangle 1047 00:45:10,917 --> 00:45:14,587 where every attempt at forging a bond gets lost. 1048 00:45:14,587 --> 00:45:15,880 Roxanne? 1049 00:45:18,299 --> 00:45:20,593 I have no idea what that means, David. 1050 00:45:20,593 --> 00:45:22,720 Lack of communication. 1051 00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:25,765 This is our problem in a nutshell. 1052 00:45:25,765 --> 00:45:26,933 Excuse me. 1053 00:45:28,893 --> 00:45:33,856 The problem in a nutshell 1054 00:45:33,856 --> 00:45:35,775 is that I don't love you. 1055 00:45:35,775 --> 00:45:38,194 I have never loved you. 1056 00:45:38,194 --> 00:45:42,240 And I am afraid that I will never be able to love you. 1057 00:45:42,240 --> 00:45:46,827 That is our problem in a nutshell. 1058 00:45:51,707 --> 00:45:53,626 [crying] 1059 00:45:57,964 --> 00:46:00,591 Well, 1060 00:46:00,591 --> 00:46:03,260 I think we have a lot of work to do. 1061 00:46:15,523 --> 00:46:17,441 [theme music]