1 00:00:00,626 --> 00:00:01,877 [crickets chirping] 2 00:00:01,877 --> 00:00:05,672 I've got a ticket from when we changed the buses, 3 00:00:05,672 --> 00:00:09,343 and a ticket from the movies. 4 00:00:09,343 --> 00:00:12,137 Two more for my ticket box. [light laugh] 5 00:00:12,137 --> 00:00:13,639 What's a ticket box? 6 00:00:13,639 --> 00:00:16,141 When my father comes home from a trip, 7 00:00:16,141 --> 00:00:20,229 I get the ticket and I put it in the box. 8 00:00:20,229 --> 00:00:23,982 I've got tickets from everywhere I ever went. 9 00:00:23,982 --> 00:00:29,279 Well, if-- if you come with me on the bus a-- another time, 10 00:00:29,279 --> 00:00:32,741 y-- you can get, uh, more tickets. 11 00:00:32,741 --> 00:00:34,618 - [laughs] - From your own trips. 12 00:00:34,618 --> 00:00:37,079 - Yeah. - Yeah. Yeah. 13 00:00:37,079 --> 00:00:42,209 And next time, you can pick where we'd go to. 14 00:00:42,209 --> 00:00:44,461 I know what I'll pick. 15 00:00:44,461 --> 00:00:45,712 Benny: What? 16 00:00:45,712 --> 00:00:47,506 The same as tonight. 17 00:00:47,506 --> 00:00:49,925 Everything the same as tonight. 18 00:00:49,925 --> 00:00:51,176 Exactly. 19 00:00:54,388 --> 00:00:55,764 Me too. 20 00:00:57,891 --> 00:00:59,434 Exactly. 21 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:11,697 Benny. 22 00:01:17,035 --> 00:01:19,079 [door opens] 23 00:01:21,915 --> 00:01:24,209 I thought I heard you. Come on in, Alice. 24 00:01:24,209 --> 00:01:25,794 It's getting late. 25 00:01:30,257 --> 00:01:33,093 Need a lift to the bus, Benny? 26 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:34,928 No, I-- I... No. Ah-uh. 27 00:01:34,928 --> 00:01:36,972 Well, thanks for bringing Alice home on time. 28 00:01:38,307 --> 00:01:39,975 Good night, now. 29 00:01:41,268 --> 00:01:43,520 [door creaking] 30 00:01:45,063 --> 00:01:46,982 [door closed] 31 00:01:49,401 --> 00:01:52,112 [theme music] 32 00:02:22,351 --> 00:02:25,228 [music continues] 33 00:02:53,090 --> 00:02:55,050 [music continues] 34 00:03:22,077 --> 00:03:24,996 [instrumental music] 35 00:03:41,513 --> 00:03:43,432 If we could settle in, people. 36 00:03:43,432 --> 00:03:45,142 First up, an official welcome back 37 00:03:45,142 --> 00:03:46,601 to Ms. Abigail Perkins, 38 00:03:46,601 --> 00:03:48,103 who begins her second tenure 39 00:03:48,103 --> 00:03:49,729 with McKenzie Brackman today. 40 00:03:49,729 --> 00:03:51,648 Arnie: Yeah, Abby. 41 00:03:51,648 --> 00:03:53,567 Hip hip hurray! 42 00:03:53,567 --> 00:03:54,943 - Hear, hear. - Thank you very much. 43 00:03:54,943 --> 00:03:56,486 For making me feel so welcome. 44 00:03:56,486 --> 00:03:58,405 And thank you, Dorothy, for surrendering my chair. 45 00:03:58,405 --> 00:04:00,365 Well, as I was coming in, a wicked witch wrote 46 00:04:00,365 --> 00:04:03,160 "Surrender Dorothy" in the sky with her broomstick. 47 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:04,661 My God, she made a joke. 48 00:04:04,661 --> 00:04:06,413 Moving on, let us not forget 49 00:04:06,413 --> 00:04:08,999 the Annual McKenzie Brackman Attorneys' dinner 50 00:04:08,999 --> 00:04:10,375 will be held this Thursday night. 51 00:04:10,375 --> 00:04:11,751 We're at Fontaine's. 52 00:04:11,751 --> 00:04:13,336 Cocktails at 7:00, dinner at 8:00. 53 00:04:13,336 --> 00:04:14,921 Of course, this party presumes 54 00:04:14,921 --> 00:04:18,175 that we'll all be healthy enough to attend. 55 00:04:18,175 --> 00:04:19,176 Victor, how are you feeling today? 56 00:04:19,176 --> 00:04:20,927 Like death. 57 00:04:20,927 --> 00:04:23,847 Might I suggest that you take a few days off to recoup. 58 00:04:23,847 --> 00:04:25,682 The last thing we need is for this entire office 59 00:04:25,682 --> 00:04:27,184 to be crippled by the flu. 60 00:04:27,184 --> 00:04:29,394 Oh, that's very considerate of you Douglas, 61 00:04:29,394 --> 00:04:31,271 especially since it was you who gave it to me. 62 00:04:31,271 --> 00:04:33,023 Arnie: Ten bucks says Abby gets it next. 63 00:04:33,023 --> 00:04:34,774 Sudden exposure is deadly. 64 00:04:34,774 --> 00:04:36,818 Michael: Oh, I don't know. My money's on Dorothy. 65 00:04:36,818 --> 00:04:39,237 She's looking a little white around the gills. 66 00:04:39,237 --> 00:04:41,740 Leland: Alright. This is no laughing matter, 67 00:04:41,740 --> 00:04:43,200 and we should all take precautions 68 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,577 to avoid paralyzing the whole firm. 69 00:04:45,577 --> 00:04:48,038 Victor, it probably does make sense for you to go on home. 70 00:04:48,038 --> 00:04:49,498 I've got some business to clean up here 71 00:04:49,498 --> 00:04:51,041 and then I'm off to bed, don't worry. 72 00:04:51,041 --> 00:04:53,752 Yablonsky versus Green. 73 00:04:53,752 --> 00:04:55,504 Oh. 74 00:04:55,504 --> 00:04:57,464 Land-use dispute over an undeveloped parcel 75 00:04:57,464 --> 00:04:59,841 in Benedict Canyon. It's still under discovery. 76 00:04:59,841 --> 00:05:01,802 Thompson versus Lyon Securities. 77 00:05:01,802 --> 00:05:03,470 Trial starts in two weeks. 78 00:05:03,470 --> 00:05:05,347 And it's a bear, I'm gonna need some help. 79 00:05:05,347 --> 00:05:06,389 - I'm free. Ann: Good. 80 00:05:06,389 --> 00:05:08,183 It's a basic 10b-5 case, 81 00:05:08,183 --> 00:05:10,060 but with a lot of crazy twists. 82 00:05:10,060 --> 00:05:11,603 We'll meet this week, we can go over the file. 83 00:05:11,603 --> 00:05:12,604 Good. 84 00:05:14,105 --> 00:05:15,482 Down for the count. 85 00:05:15,482 --> 00:05:17,442 Douglas: Ah, Ms. Wyler? 86 00:05:18,527 --> 00:05:19,694 I'm sorry. 87 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:24,699 I think I have the flu. 88 00:05:24,699 --> 00:05:26,159 You owe me ten bucks. 89 00:05:28,912 --> 00:05:30,914 Sheldon: That amount reflects the present day value 90 00:05:30,914 --> 00:05:32,332 of the projected video earnings, 91 00:05:32,332 --> 00:05:35,293 as verified by your accountant and mine. 92 00:05:35,293 --> 00:05:36,711 Good. 93 00:05:36,711 --> 00:05:39,965 Initial the addendum here... 94 00:05:39,965 --> 00:05:41,508 and sign here. 95 00:05:44,844 --> 00:05:46,930 Righto. 96 00:05:46,930 --> 00:05:48,932 One more signature, 97 00:05:48,932 --> 00:05:52,060 acknowledging receipt of the check. 98 00:05:52,060 --> 00:05:54,479 Press down, you're making copies. 99 00:05:59,359 --> 00:06:02,153 Eight hundred and twenty five thousand dollars. 100 00:06:02,153 --> 00:06:03,196 Enjoy. 101 00:06:07,868 --> 00:06:09,244 Arnie, as always. 102 00:06:09,244 --> 00:06:11,204 Sheldon, it's mutual. 103 00:06:17,627 --> 00:06:20,213 God is your witness, you'll never be hungry again. 104 00:06:23,049 --> 00:06:24,676 This doesn't seem real. 105 00:06:24,676 --> 00:06:27,137 It's very real, Rox. You're loaded. 106 00:06:28,847 --> 00:06:30,348 I'm gonna blow this, Arnie. 107 00:06:30,348 --> 00:06:32,350 Roxanne. 108 00:06:32,350 --> 00:06:35,645 The only reason I have this is because of David. 109 00:06:35,645 --> 00:06:37,439 And you. 110 00:06:37,439 --> 00:06:40,400 Left to my own devices, I end up in bankruptcy, remember? 111 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,737 You're holding a check with a lot of numbers on it, Rox. 112 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:46,072 Bankruptcy is hardly a threat here. 113 00:06:46,072 --> 00:06:49,492 All I know is... alone, I failed. 114 00:06:49,492 --> 00:06:51,578 And this check, however many numbers are on it, 115 00:06:51,578 --> 00:06:53,622 means I'm alone again. 116 00:06:53,622 --> 00:06:55,457 You're not alone. 117 00:06:55,457 --> 00:06:57,208 Stuart Markowitz is gonna put together 118 00:06:57,208 --> 00:06:59,961 an estate plan for you that's gonna set you up for life. 119 00:07:03,715 --> 00:07:05,592 Hey, c'mon lady, smile. 120 00:07:05,592 --> 00:07:08,053 You're free, you're single, you're, you're rich! 121 00:07:10,513 --> 00:07:12,432 [crying] 122 00:07:15,101 --> 00:07:17,604 Come here. 123 00:07:17,604 --> 00:07:19,689 Ssh. 124 00:07:19,689 --> 00:07:21,358 Walter: You two are telling me 125 00:07:21,358 --> 00:07:22,942 solicitation-to-commit-assault 126 00:07:22,942 --> 00:07:25,695 can't be pled out? 127 00:07:25,695 --> 00:07:27,614 I've offered a year's probation, Your Honor. 128 00:07:27,614 --> 00:07:29,324 That's the best I can do on a felony. 129 00:07:29,324 --> 00:07:30,575 Mr. MacLeish? 130 00:07:30,575 --> 00:07:32,577 My client will not plead guilty. 131 00:07:32,577 --> 00:07:34,829 - It's as simple as that. - Mr. Bostik. 132 00:07:34,829 --> 00:07:36,873 You know that there's a very real possibility 133 00:07:36,873 --> 00:07:38,416 of jail time if you're convicted. 134 00:07:38,416 --> 00:07:39,584 I'm aware of that, Your Honor, and believe me, 135 00:07:39,584 --> 00:07:41,169 I don't relish the thought. 136 00:07:41,169 --> 00:07:43,838 The fact is, though, this is a free speech issue, 137 00:07:43,838 --> 00:07:45,423 and I'm not being sanctimonious when I say that. 138 00:07:45,423 --> 00:07:47,759 I have a talk show. Free speech is my bread and butter. 139 00:07:47,759 --> 00:07:50,053 When you instruct your audience to attack a man 140 00:07:50,053 --> 00:07:51,846 and they beat him to death in the parking lot, 141 00:07:51,846 --> 00:07:54,557 I'd say you've crossed the bounds of free speech. 142 00:07:54,557 --> 00:07:57,644 I also suspect your eagerness for a trial has more to do 143 00:07:57,644 --> 00:07:59,354 with the publicity you can milk out of it 144 00:07:59,354 --> 00:08:00,897 than it does with the First Amendment. 145 00:08:00,897 --> 00:08:03,441 I guess I'll see you in court at 2:00. 146 00:08:04,943 --> 00:08:06,569 A trial's great promotion, 147 00:08:06,569 --> 00:08:07,946 there's no question of that, Ms. Van Owen. 148 00:08:07,946 --> 00:08:10,365 But you are prosecuting this, not I. 149 00:08:10,365 --> 00:08:12,784 I'm prosecuting you because you're a criminal. 150 00:08:14,786 --> 00:08:16,913 Well, in any case, there's no hard feelings. 151 00:08:16,913 --> 00:08:19,416 You do your thing, I'll do mine. 152 00:08:19,416 --> 00:08:21,584 Right now, it's show time. 153 00:08:23,878 --> 00:08:25,797 Ms. Lazar, how did you happen to be 154 00:08:25,797 --> 00:08:28,258 in the audience of the Pete Bostik Show 155 00:08:28,258 --> 00:08:30,176 on the night in question? 156 00:08:30,176 --> 00:08:33,555 I was invited by Moira Noonan, one of Mr. Bostik's producers. 157 00:08:33,555 --> 00:08:35,682 She got in touch with the Prison Project, 158 00:08:35,682 --> 00:08:38,226 which is a prisoner's rights organization I'm involved with. 159 00:08:38,226 --> 00:08:40,520 How many supporters of your particular view point 160 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,021 do you estimate were there? 161 00:08:42,021 --> 00:08:45,191 Two. Myself and Leonard Kaiser. 162 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:48,278 Is it your opinion that the tape we're about to see 163 00:08:48,278 --> 00:08:51,239 is a fair and accurate representation 164 00:08:51,239 --> 00:08:53,408 of the events that took place that night? 165 00:08:53,408 --> 00:08:55,493 - Yes. Grace: Your Honor. 166 00:08:55,493 --> 00:08:57,746 The court officer will play the tape. 167 00:09:00,915 --> 00:09:02,584 Let me get this straight. 168 00:09:02,584 --> 00:09:05,295 A man rapes my daughter, murders my mother, 169 00:09:05,295 --> 00:09:07,380 and I should worry about whether he has a good selection 170 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:08,965 of reading material in the prison library? 171 00:09:08,965 --> 00:09:10,592 You're damn right you should worry about it! 172 00:09:10,592 --> 00:09:12,927 What do you do with people like this, folks? 173 00:09:12,927 --> 00:09:14,429 Alvin: Murder the hump! 174 00:09:14,429 --> 00:09:15,972 - When you brutalize people-- - Why is it-- 175 00:09:15,972 --> 00:09:18,600 Why is it that all you limousine liberals 176 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,143 only worry about the vermin, 177 00:09:20,143 --> 00:09:21,978 huh, Lennie? Why is that? 178 00:09:21,978 --> 00:09:23,563 Because they're not vermin! 179 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:25,064 You know what I would have them do? 180 00:09:25,064 --> 00:09:26,858 I would have them on their hands and knees 181 00:09:26,858 --> 00:09:28,860 cleaning out toxic waste dumps. 182 00:09:28,860 --> 00:09:30,278 I would have them licking out 183 00:09:30,278 --> 00:09:32,072 the insides of nuclear reactors. 184 00:09:32,072 --> 00:09:33,948 Zoe: How about when they're released from prison? 185 00:09:33,948 --> 00:09:36,159 - What's going to happen them? Pete: Well, if they're smart 186 00:09:36,159 --> 00:09:37,535 they'd head over to your house in Beverly Hills 187 00:09:37,535 --> 00:09:39,204 for a little R and R-- 188 00:09:39,204 --> 00:09:41,372 Zoe: You're just a school yard bully, you know that? 189 00:09:41,372 --> 00:09:42,707 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. 190 00:09:42,707 --> 00:09:44,250 Are you gonna tell me you never went 191 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:46,419 for a little third world nookie? 192 00:09:46,419 --> 00:09:47,754 Leonard: Why are you humiliating this young woman? 193 00:09:47,754 --> 00:09:49,214 Pete: What do you think? 194 00:09:49,214 --> 00:09:51,716 Am I being too tough on these sob sisters? 195 00:09:51,716 --> 00:09:53,676 audience: Pete, Pete, Pete... 196 00:09:53,676 --> 00:09:55,595 This is a lynch mob, Mr. Bostik. 197 00:09:55,595 --> 00:09:57,263 Pete: Yeah. Just so long as it's you-- 198 00:09:57,263 --> 00:09:59,140 You and all the rich bitches 199 00:09:59,140 --> 00:10:01,768 who make it so people can't walk on the street! 200 00:10:01,768 --> 00:10:03,269 Kevin: I've got something to say. 201 00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:04,604 I'd like to see how much compassion you have 202 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:06,314 for the guy who hits you upside the head! 203 00:10:06,314 --> 00:10:08,274 [audience cheering] I'd like to know that too! 204 00:10:08,274 --> 00:10:09,859 Maybe it'll knock some sense into him! 205 00:10:09,859 --> 00:10:11,653 man 1: Get him out of here! Get him out of here! 206 00:10:11,653 --> 00:10:13,446 Leonard: Don't you understand, you idiots? 207 00:10:13,446 --> 00:10:16,116 This is what Hitler did! 208 00:10:16,116 --> 00:10:18,785 Zoe: Stop it! Stop it! 209 00:10:18,785 --> 00:10:20,829 Alright, alright, alright, folks, 210 00:10:20,829 --> 00:10:24,999 just take it out to the parking lot, shall we? 211 00:10:24,999 --> 00:10:26,292 Stay with us, folks. We'll be right back. 212 00:10:26,292 --> 00:10:29,420 audience: Pete, Pete, Pete... 213 00:10:29,420 --> 00:10:31,548 Pete, Pete, Pete... 214 00:10:33,466 --> 00:10:35,552 I have no further questions, Your Honor. 215 00:10:38,972 --> 00:10:44,060 Ms. Lazar, had you or Mr. Kaiser 216 00:10:44,060 --> 00:10:45,687 ever watched the Pete Bostik Show 217 00:10:45,687 --> 00:10:47,605 prior to going on it? 218 00:10:47,605 --> 00:10:48,857 Yes. 219 00:10:48,857 --> 00:10:50,650 So you knew it was confrontational. 220 00:10:50,650 --> 00:10:51,901 I didn't think that the audience 221 00:10:51,901 --> 00:10:53,027 would behave like a bunch of animals. 222 00:10:53,027 --> 00:10:54,696 They're not animals! 223 00:10:54,696 --> 00:10:56,573 They are the American people and if you talked 224 00:10:56,573 --> 00:10:58,074 to them one time maybe you'd learn something! 225 00:10:58,074 --> 00:11:00,326 Mr. Bostik, I am not going to tell you again! 226 00:11:00,326 --> 00:11:02,829 Rich bitch, rich bitch... 227 00:11:02,829 --> 00:11:05,915 Rich bitch, rich bitch, rich-- 228 00:11:05,915 --> 00:11:07,625 The court officers will remove these people. 229 00:11:07,625 --> 00:11:11,129 audience: Rich bitch, rich bitch, rich bitch... 230 00:11:11,129 --> 00:11:14,424 It was a total disaster. Unbelievable. 231 00:11:14,424 --> 00:11:15,800 - How're you feeling? - About the same. 232 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:17,635 So what happened? 233 00:11:17,635 --> 00:11:20,263 We're shooting that stupid rock video for Living Death. 234 00:11:20,263 --> 00:11:22,098 Oh, yeah, heavy metal. 235 00:11:22,098 --> 00:11:23,766 You know, a zoo. They got a goat, 236 00:11:23,766 --> 00:11:25,351 a miniature pig, a 12-foot python. 237 00:11:25,351 --> 00:11:26,561 Lord knows why, they're got absolutely 238 00:11:26,561 --> 00:11:27,604 nothing to do with the song. 239 00:11:27,604 --> 00:11:29,147 Hey, I love animals. 240 00:11:29,147 --> 00:11:31,107 Allison: Then you're not gonna like this. 241 00:11:31,107 --> 00:11:32,775 After the second take, we're reloading, 242 00:11:32,775 --> 00:11:37,280 when all of a sudden, the python swallows the pig. 243 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:38,489 Excuse me? 244 00:11:38,489 --> 00:11:40,241 It was a very small pig but still. 245 00:11:40,241 --> 00:11:43,036 The pig guy goes nuts, saying this was a prize stud hog. 246 00:11:43,036 --> 00:11:44,746 The snake guy is freaking, screaming 247 00:11:44,746 --> 00:11:46,664 the thing's supposed to be on a pork-free diet. 248 00:11:46,664 --> 00:11:48,541 The lead singer doesn't want the snake draped over him now 249 00:11:48,541 --> 00:11:49,918 'cause it's got this big lump in it 250 00:11:49,918 --> 00:11:51,210 and in the meantime the stage manager 251 00:11:51,210 --> 00:11:52,921 is pouring vegetable oil down its throat, 252 00:11:52,921 --> 00:11:54,881 hoping it'll get sick and puke the piglet. 253 00:11:54,881 --> 00:11:56,799 - Allison... - Everybody's threatening 254 00:11:56,799 --> 00:11:58,343 to sue everybody, Victor, and I need a good lawyer 255 00:11:58,343 --> 00:12:00,011 to defuse the situation. 256 00:12:00,011 --> 00:12:02,138 Oh, no, no, no, no. 257 00:12:02,138 --> 00:12:04,140 Look, I am very sick. I need to go home. 258 00:12:04,140 --> 00:12:05,808 If we just pull everyone together for a meeting 259 00:12:05,808 --> 00:12:07,435 - I'm sure we can-- - No. 260 00:12:07,435 --> 00:12:09,395 This is lousy timing, Allison. 261 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:13,441 Victor... I know that there are certain people 262 00:12:13,441 --> 00:12:15,485 that think that just because they are involved with a lawyer 263 00:12:15,485 --> 00:12:17,153 they're entitled to special favors 264 00:12:17,153 --> 00:12:18,988 with their legal problems. 265 00:12:18,988 --> 00:12:20,490 I think it's really important 266 00:12:20,490 --> 00:12:22,659 that at this stage of our relationship, 267 00:12:22,659 --> 00:12:25,286 you realize I'm one of them. 268 00:12:25,286 --> 00:12:27,372 - Oh, Allison. - I know you're busy, sweetie. 269 00:12:27,372 --> 00:12:28,957 But this shoot is so over budget already 270 00:12:28,957 --> 00:12:33,461 and I don't want to get fired from this job. 271 00:12:33,461 --> 00:12:34,963 Alright. Get 'em in her tomorrow. 272 00:12:34,963 --> 00:12:36,631 I'll give you 20 minutes and that's it. 273 00:12:36,631 --> 00:12:38,466 Thank you, baby. 274 00:12:38,466 --> 00:12:42,136 I promise it will be over and done with in a flash. 275 00:12:44,597 --> 00:12:46,224 Feel better. 276 00:12:50,561 --> 00:12:51,938 [sighs] 277 00:12:54,315 --> 00:12:56,234 Ann: That just leaves the three experts. 278 00:12:56,234 --> 00:12:58,027 I'll take 'em. 279 00:12:58,027 --> 00:13:00,154 Two were deposed, I'll get you the transcripts. 280 00:13:00,154 --> 00:13:01,906 We got a pretrial tomorrow on scheduling. 281 00:13:01,906 --> 00:13:03,658 Want me to take it? 282 00:13:03,658 --> 00:13:06,536 If you don't mind. I, uh... 283 00:13:06,536 --> 00:13:08,037 I think I've have a taste of Victor's flu. 284 00:13:08,037 --> 00:13:09,831 - I might stay home. - Stay home. 285 00:13:09,831 --> 00:13:11,833 Go to the doctor. Go to the beach, whatever. 286 00:13:11,833 --> 00:13:13,835 I got you covered. 287 00:13:13,835 --> 00:13:16,963 It is great to be working with you again, counselor. 288 00:13:16,963 --> 00:13:18,172 Likewise, counselor. 289 00:13:18,172 --> 00:13:19,799 [chuckles] 290 00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:21,968 I have to admit, I took a certain perverse pleasure 291 00:13:21,968 --> 00:13:25,179 in watching Douglas scramble for a new associate. 292 00:13:25,179 --> 00:13:27,056 One thing I have to know... 293 00:13:27,056 --> 00:13:29,600 did you at least make him squirm before you said yes? 294 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,061 Nah. 295 00:13:32,061 --> 00:13:33,146 Well, maybe a little. 296 00:13:33,146 --> 00:13:35,148 [laughter] 297 00:13:38,109 --> 00:13:39,569 - Come in, Leo. - Thank you, Douglas. 298 00:13:39,569 --> 00:13:41,237 I'll see if Stuart Markowitz can join us. 299 00:13:41,237 --> 00:13:42,780 No, no. 300 00:13:42,780 --> 00:13:44,657 I'm here on a personal matter. 301 00:13:50,788 --> 00:13:55,126 I agonized about coming to see you about this... 302 00:13:55,126 --> 00:13:58,463 but I think we may have a problem with Benny. 303 00:13:58,463 --> 00:14:00,381 - What? - Don't get me wrong. 304 00:14:00,381 --> 00:14:02,508 He's been, in many ways, a godsend to Alice. 305 00:14:02,508 --> 00:14:05,428 She was at the point where... 306 00:14:05,428 --> 00:14:07,013 Well, she was so secure in her routine, 307 00:14:07,013 --> 00:14:08,306 I was afraid she was gonna spend 308 00:14:08,306 --> 00:14:09,724 the rest of her life in the house. 309 00:14:09,724 --> 00:14:11,851 And Benny's changed that. 310 00:14:11,851 --> 00:14:14,854 - So what's the problem? - I'm not sure. 311 00:14:14,854 --> 00:14:17,690 But I think he tried to take advantage of Alice. 312 00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:19,484 - You're kidding. Leo: I opened the door. 313 00:14:19,484 --> 00:14:20,651 he was trying to kiss her. 314 00:14:20,651 --> 00:14:23,863 I can't be positive but... 315 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:25,114 It looked like he wasn't gonna stop there, 316 00:14:25,114 --> 00:14:26,324 if you know what I mean. 317 00:14:26,324 --> 00:14:27,658 I can't believe it. 318 00:14:27,658 --> 00:14:29,660 Alice had no idea what was going on. 319 00:14:29,660 --> 00:14:31,204 She's so damn innocent, she had no way 320 00:14:31,204 --> 00:14:34,916 of knowing what he was getting ready to do. 321 00:14:34,916 --> 00:14:37,627 - I'll talk to him. - I wish you would. 322 00:14:37,627 --> 00:14:40,755 I think it's very important that we stop this right now. 323 00:14:40,755 --> 00:14:43,382 I couldn't agree more. 324 00:14:43,382 --> 00:14:44,550 Thank you, Douglas. 325 00:14:49,806 --> 00:14:51,641 Ms. Noonan, were you surprised 326 00:14:51,641 --> 00:14:55,603 when Mr. Bostik's Show turned violent that night? 327 00:14:55,603 --> 00:14:58,940 Not at all. We had always intended for it to turn violent. 328 00:14:58,940 --> 00:15:01,192 It worked for Geraldo. We thought it would work for us. 329 00:15:01,192 --> 00:15:03,694 Was Mr. Bostik aware of the plan? 330 00:15:03,694 --> 00:15:06,114 Moira: Of course. He was in all the production meetings. 331 00:15:06,114 --> 00:15:07,657 And he acted accordingly? 332 00:15:07,657 --> 00:15:09,117 No, he did not. 333 00:15:09,117 --> 00:15:11,035 He set out to provoke a level of violence 334 00:15:11,035 --> 00:15:12,620 we never envisioned, and definitely 335 00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:14,372 never would have endorsed. 336 00:15:14,372 --> 00:15:16,415 - We didn't want a killing. Grace: Thank you. 337 00:15:16,415 --> 00:15:18,000 I have no further questions. 338 00:15:22,588 --> 00:15:24,048 You yourself were charged 339 00:15:24,048 --> 00:15:25,842 with criminal conspiracy following this incident 340 00:15:25,842 --> 00:15:26,968 were you not? 341 00:15:26,968 --> 00:15:28,469 Yes, I was. 342 00:15:28,469 --> 00:15:30,888 And you cut a deal with the D.A.'s office 343 00:15:30,888 --> 00:15:33,474 in which you agreed to testify against Mr. Bostik. 344 00:15:33,474 --> 00:15:35,184 - You're right. MacLeish: Tell us... 345 00:15:35,184 --> 00:15:38,062 Isn't it true that whenever a fight has broken out 346 00:15:38,062 --> 00:15:39,730 before this on the show, 347 00:15:39,730 --> 00:15:41,941 you've publicized the hell out of it? 348 00:15:41,941 --> 00:15:43,818 Moira: The fact that we publicized fights 349 00:15:43,818 --> 00:15:46,362 does not mean that we condone what Pete was doing that day! 350 00:15:46,362 --> 00:15:49,031 But he was doing exactly what you wanted him to. 351 00:15:49,031 --> 00:15:50,449 First of all, 352 00:15:50,449 --> 00:15:52,743 nothing happens because I want it to. 353 00:15:52,743 --> 00:15:54,245 What's on the air is what you think 354 00:15:54,245 --> 00:15:55,746 people are gonna watch. 355 00:15:55,746 --> 00:15:57,373 If you're right, you're a genius. 356 00:15:57,373 --> 00:15:59,000 If you're wrong, you're out of work. 357 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,503 Do you honestly think that Pete Bostik is responsible 358 00:16:02,503 --> 00:16:04,380 for what happened in that parking lot? 359 00:16:04,380 --> 00:16:06,424 He should've known something was gonna happen. Yes. 360 00:16:06,424 --> 00:16:08,134 MacLeish: Well, you were his producer. 361 00:16:08,134 --> 00:16:10,386 If he should've known, you should've known. 362 00:16:10,386 --> 00:16:12,013 Why didn't you call the police? 363 00:16:12,013 --> 00:16:14,473 Why didn't you have security people out there? 364 00:16:14,473 --> 00:16:16,767 I didn't think it would be necessary. 365 00:16:16,767 --> 00:16:19,395 Neither did Pete. 366 00:16:19,395 --> 00:16:22,857 In fact, he thought that he had done a good show. 367 00:16:22,857 --> 00:16:24,233 That is why you were congratulating him, 368 00:16:24,233 --> 00:16:25,526 isn't it, Ms. Noonan? 369 00:16:25,526 --> 00:16:27,028 Well, I'm not congratulating him now. 370 00:16:27,028 --> 00:16:28,905 Why he's not your meal ticket anymore. 371 00:16:28,905 --> 00:16:30,740 You rode his back to television glory 372 00:16:30,740 --> 00:16:32,158 and now you're done with him. 373 00:16:32,158 --> 00:16:35,661 Get something straight. I invented Pete Bostik! 374 00:16:35,661 --> 00:16:37,455 He was doing cable TV spots for some 375 00:16:37,455 --> 00:16:39,749 discount appliance stores when I found him. 376 00:16:39,749 --> 00:16:42,293 I told him what to wear, I told him what to say. 377 00:16:42,293 --> 00:16:44,795 He just started believing his own publicity, that's all. 378 00:16:44,795 --> 00:16:49,175 He fell in love with all these nitwits chanting his name. 379 00:16:53,888 --> 00:16:57,016 - Mickey. - Hi. Quite a case. 380 00:16:57,016 --> 00:16:58,434 I tried to call you. 381 00:16:58,434 --> 00:16:59,977 You, you, you, you 382 00:16:59,977 --> 00:17:01,771 Looks like we're surrounded. 383 00:17:01,771 --> 00:17:04,023 What you mean "we," kimosabe? 384 00:17:04,023 --> 00:17:05,483 Nancy: Any predictions, Grace? 385 00:17:05,483 --> 00:17:07,109 None whatsoever. 386 00:17:08,986 --> 00:17:10,529 Pretty strange, huh? 387 00:17:10,529 --> 00:17:13,866 - Just be careful. - I know. 388 00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:16,327 Look, if things start getting rough, 389 00:17:16,327 --> 00:17:18,287 I want you to call me. 390 00:17:18,287 --> 00:17:20,164 What happens then? 391 00:17:20,164 --> 00:17:22,375 I don't know what happens then. 392 00:17:22,375 --> 00:17:25,378 I just wanna make sure you're safe. 393 00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:28,172 You know, I miss talking to you, Kuzak. 394 00:17:28,172 --> 00:17:29,840 - Do you? - Yeah. 395 00:17:32,301 --> 00:17:34,345 Well, would you go so far 396 00:17:34,345 --> 00:17:37,306 as to accompany me to the firm dinner on Thursday night? 397 00:17:37,306 --> 00:17:38,516 You mean like a date? 398 00:17:38,516 --> 00:17:39,850 I mean like two people 399 00:17:39,850 --> 00:17:41,894 who miss each other's company 400 00:17:41,894 --> 00:17:43,771 spending a little time together. 401 00:17:43,771 --> 00:17:45,398 [laughs] 402 00:17:47,483 --> 00:17:49,360 Okay, counselor. 403 00:17:49,360 --> 00:17:50,987 Thursday night it is. 404 00:17:53,364 --> 00:17:55,283 Mr. Brackman? You wanted to see me? 405 00:17:55,283 --> 00:17:58,119 Yes, Benny, come in. 406 00:18:02,707 --> 00:18:05,084 Benny. 407 00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:08,546 Mr. Hackett came in to see me this morning. 408 00:18:10,715 --> 00:18:13,384 He says you were kissing Alice the other night. 409 00:18:15,136 --> 00:18:17,888 Is that true? 410 00:18:17,888 --> 00:18:20,099 Yeah. 411 00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:22,518 Well, he's very concerned. 412 00:18:22,518 --> 00:18:25,688 He's afraid you might try to do things with Alice 413 00:18:25,688 --> 00:18:28,399 that she's not quite ready for. 414 00:18:30,067 --> 00:18:35,614 Do you understand what I'm talking about? 415 00:18:35,614 --> 00:18:37,616 I-I don't know. 416 00:18:37,616 --> 00:18:42,163 Well, I guess what I'm saying is... 417 00:18:42,163 --> 00:18:44,498 holding Alice's hand... 418 00:18:44,498 --> 00:18:47,960 giving her a kiss, that's okay. 419 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,463 But anything more than kissing... 420 00:18:50,463 --> 00:18:53,424 that might not be a very good idea right now. 421 00:18:53,424 --> 00:18:55,801 I-I didn't touch her any place bad. 422 00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:59,680 Nobody's saying you did anything wrong, Benny. 423 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:01,766 But, uh, fathers 424 00:19:01,766 --> 00:19:05,436 they get very protective about their daughters sometimes. 425 00:19:05,436 --> 00:19:09,065 And I have to respect Mr. Hackett's concerns. 426 00:19:17,239 --> 00:19:21,202 Does this mean I can't be with Alice anymore? 427 00:19:25,623 --> 00:19:28,542 - Do you like Alice? - Yeah. 428 00:19:28,542 --> 00:19:31,587 Do you think she likes you? 429 00:19:31,587 --> 00:19:33,089 I think. 430 00:19:33,089 --> 00:19:35,091 Well, if you like each other, 431 00:19:35,091 --> 00:19:37,385 and you enjoy each other's company, 432 00:19:37,385 --> 00:19:40,054 I see no reason why you shouldn't be friends with her. 433 00:19:51,273 --> 00:19:54,819 Okay, before we get started, I'd like point out 434 00:19:54,819 --> 00:19:57,822 that I'm here as Ms. Gottlieb's attorney. 435 00:19:57,822 --> 00:20:01,033 Mr. Wiseboro, I understand you're an attorney yourself. 436 00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:03,828 Mr. Zifrin, to the extent this becomes adversarial, 437 00:20:03,828 --> 00:20:04,995 you might want to consider retaining 438 00:20:04,995 --> 00:20:06,247 your own counsel, in case-- 439 00:20:06,247 --> 00:20:08,082 Of course, it's gonna be adversarial. 440 00:20:08,082 --> 00:20:09,792 His stupid snake murdered my pig. 441 00:20:09,792 --> 00:20:11,710 - In self-defense. - Self-defense? 442 00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:13,462 Victor: Mr. Wiseboro. - It was a crazy pig. 443 00:20:13,462 --> 00:20:15,881 It charged Alan. 444 00:20:15,881 --> 00:20:17,591 - He had to gulp it. - Oh, right! 445 00:20:17,591 --> 00:20:19,176 Victor: Hey, guys! 446 00:20:20,928 --> 00:20:23,180 Now, you'll both be able to tell your side of the story. 447 00:20:23,180 --> 00:20:25,641 Just calm down. Let's take this one step at a time. 448 00:20:25,641 --> 00:20:26,684 Okay? 449 00:20:31,814 --> 00:20:33,774 Sir, [sniffs] 450 00:20:33,774 --> 00:20:36,360 what do you mean when you say the pig was crazy? 451 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:37,736 I mean it was nuts. 452 00:20:37,736 --> 00:20:39,113 It was running up and down 453 00:20:39,113 --> 00:20:40,740 Alan's back, hoofing him. 454 00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:42,825 That's his way of showing affection. 455 00:20:42,825 --> 00:20:45,494 - Is Alan a snake? Wiseboro: Yes, Alan's a snake. 456 00:20:45,494 --> 00:20:48,706 And he's not just any snake, he's a family pet, 457 00:20:48,706 --> 00:20:50,583 the only pet my family has. 458 00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:52,752 Yeah. Probably because he swallowed the dog. 459 00:20:52,752 --> 00:20:55,212 - David, stop it. David: I won't stop it. 460 00:20:55,212 --> 00:20:56,547 He comes in bragging how trained 461 00:20:56,547 --> 00:20:58,007 the stupid thing is. 462 00:20:58,007 --> 00:20:59,633 "Alan, come here." "Alan, stay." 463 00:20:59,633 --> 00:21:01,260 "Alan, flip over and show us your belly." 464 00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:03,637 Did anybody say, "Alan, eat the pig?" 465 00:21:03,637 --> 00:21:04,638 I never heard that. 466 00:21:04,638 --> 00:21:06,223 [phone rings] 467 00:21:06,223 --> 00:21:08,976 I can't take this. 468 00:21:08,976 --> 00:21:10,311 Victor: Hello? 469 00:21:10,311 --> 00:21:11,812 David, I know how upsetting this is, 470 00:21:11,812 --> 00:21:14,607 but we have to act constructively. 471 00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:17,359 It was an accident... 472 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:18,986 Wiseboro: Oh, God. 473 00:21:18,986 --> 00:21:24,116 God, no. Please no. 474 00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:26,869 Okay, okay, you better tell the kids 475 00:21:26,869 --> 00:21:29,914 and... I'll take care of all the arrangements. 476 00:21:34,877 --> 00:21:36,253 Alan's dead. 477 00:21:36,253 --> 00:21:38,547 - You killed my snake. - Me? 478 00:21:38,547 --> 00:21:40,716 Your stage manager vegetable oiled him. 479 00:21:40,716 --> 00:21:42,885 He was sick all night and now he's dead. 480 00:21:42,885 --> 00:21:44,595 Oh, for God's sake. 481 00:21:44,595 --> 00:21:49,058 I'm suing you and I'm suing you. 482 00:21:49,058 --> 00:21:50,726 Sir, as I understand it 483 00:21:50,726 --> 00:21:52,728 the value of the snake is six thousand dollars. 484 00:21:52,728 --> 00:21:54,897 Now even preliminary litigation will run you more-- 485 00:21:54,897 --> 00:21:56,982 I don't give a damn how much it costs! 486 00:21:56,982 --> 00:22:00,861 We're talking about Alan! 487 00:22:00,861 --> 00:22:03,239 I have a funeral to plan. 488 00:22:03,239 --> 00:22:05,324 I'll see you all in court. 489 00:22:09,995 --> 00:22:11,830 [laughs] 490 00:22:15,709 --> 00:22:17,962 Victor, you have got to make this thing go away. 491 00:22:17,962 --> 00:22:20,005 - Settle it. - I am done, Allison. 492 00:22:20,005 --> 00:22:22,925 I've tried my best. That's it. 493 00:22:22,925 --> 00:22:24,426 [sighs] Did you hear this guy? 494 00:22:24,426 --> 00:22:26,554 He is never gonna settle this case. 495 00:22:26,554 --> 00:22:28,347 I could be on the hook for negligence, 496 00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:31,267 emotional distress, you gotta make it go away. 497 00:22:31,267 --> 00:22:33,561 I need to go home. I'm sick. I should be in bed-- 498 00:22:33,561 --> 00:22:35,604 I know you can do it, honey. 499 00:22:35,604 --> 00:22:37,523 I know you can come up with the some idea 500 00:22:37,523 --> 00:22:41,193 that's really fantastic. 501 00:22:41,193 --> 00:22:42,570 You're great. 502 00:22:45,155 --> 00:22:46,574 [sighs] 503 00:22:51,328 --> 00:22:52,955 [engine revving] 504 00:22:52,955 --> 00:22:54,707 [horn honking] 505 00:22:58,711 --> 00:23:00,921 And the fact is, that you are currently 506 00:23:00,921 --> 00:23:02,631 serving time for manslaughter 507 00:23:02,631 --> 00:23:05,009 following the death of Leonard Kaiser, is that right? 508 00:23:05,009 --> 00:23:07,886 That's right. I'm doing six big ones at San Luis Obispo. 509 00:23:07,886 --> 00:23:09,513 In case you wanna send me a Christmas card, Pete. 510 00:23:09,513 --> 00:23:12,516 Mr. Garwood, just answer the questions. 511 00:23:12,516 --> 00:23:14,643 Did anyone on Mr. Bostik's staff 512 00:23:14,643 --> 00:23:16,312 speak to you prior to the show? 513 00:23:16,312 --> 00:23:18,522 Oh, yeah. This guy came up to me and my two friends. 514 00:23:18,522 --> 00:23:21,275 And he said, "I want you guys to rock an' roll tonight." 515 00:23:21,275 --> 00:23:24,069 He said, "Pete wants to see some action." 516 00:23:24,069 --> 00:23:25,404 We said, "Great." 517 00:23:25,404 --> 00:23:27,031 Then, uh, during a commercial break, 518 00:23:27,031 --> 00:23:29,158 Pete said "Get your butt up here and jam." 519 00:23:29,158 --> 00:23:30,910 But Leonard Kaiser died of injuries 520 00:23:30,910 --> 00:23:32,536 sustained in the parking lot. 521 00:23:32,536 --> 00:23:35,873 Well, I couldn't just turn it off, ya' know? 522 00:23:35,873 --> 00:23:37,124 As soon as we saw him out there, 523 00:23:37,124 --> 00:23:39,084 we just got into it all over again. 524 00:23:39,084 --> 00:23:41,545 Grace: Thank you. I have no further questions. 525 00:23:45,674 --> 00:23:49,053 You have previous convictions for felonious assault, 526 00:23:49,053 --> 00:23:51,305 for receiving stolen property, 527 00:23:51,305 --> 00:23:53,140 driving while intoxicated, 528 00:23:53,140 --> 00:23:54,934 anybody ever tell you to commit those crimes? 529 00:23:54,934 --> 00:23:56,477 Grace: Objection. Irrelevant. 530 00:23:56,477 --> 00:23:57,936 Walter: Sustained. 531 00:23:57,936 --> 00:24:01,023 Did Pete Bostik ever tell you to kill anybody? 532 00:24:01,023 --> 00:24:02,900 He told me to smack the guy. That's what I did. 533 00:24:02,900 --> 00:24:05,778 Is that all you did in the parking lot? Smack him? 534 00:24:05,778 --> 00:24:08,155 - I never meant to kill him. MacLeish: But you did. 535 00:24:08,155 --> 00:24:11,450 And Pete Bostik was nowhere near the parking lot, was he? 536 00:24:11,450 --> 00:24:13,535 - No. - I have no further questions. 537 00:24:13,535 --> 00:24:15,245 Hey, what happened, Pete? 538 00:24:15,245 --> 00:24:16,622 How come you wouldn't help me out when I was arrested? 539 00:24:16,622 --> 00:24:17,998 I thought I was on the team. 540 00:24:17,998 --> 00:24:19,249 You were never on the team, punk! 541 00:24:19,249 --> 00:24:20,793 That's enough, gentlemen. 542 00:24:20,793 --> 00:24:22,711 And my right to handle the tough issues 543 00:24:22,711 --> 00:24:25,589 is not gonna be jeopardized by the likes of you, baby. 544 00:24:25,589 --> 00:24:28,008 Pete, Pete, Pete, Pete, Pete... 545 00:24:28,008 --> 00:24:29,677 Pete, Pete, Pete, Pete... 546 00:24:29,677 --> 00:24:31,303 Order in this courtroom! 547 00:24:31,303 --> 00:24:33,764 Alright, cool it. Cool it. Cool it, gang. 548 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:41,563 Stuart: Okay. We'll put you into a house on the westside, 549 00:24:41,563 --> 00:24:44,483 say, Westwood adjacent at 20% down. 550 00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:46,819 You buy a single premium deferred annuity, 551 00:24:46,819 --> 00:24:48,612 which takes care of your retirement, 552 00:24:48,612 --> 00:24:51,323 and you pay off your mother's condo in Florida, 553 00:24:51,323 --> 00:24:52,658 which makes you a very nice person. 554 00:24:52,658 --> 00:24:54,118 And the fourteen thousand dollars 555 00:24:54,118 --> 00:24:55,786 that David gave me to pay off my debts. 556 00:24:55,786 --> 00:24:57,663 Right, plus, ah, we keep 557 00:24:57,663 --> 00:25:00,207 a hundred thousand liquid in CD's 558 00:25:00,207 --> 00:25:01,750 and tie up four hundred thousand 559 00:25:01,750 --> 00:25:03,252 in tax-free municipal bonds, 560 00:25:03,252 --> 00:25:09,049 which would give you an annual income of... 561 00:25:09,049 --> 00:25:11,468 just under thirty-eight thousand dollars. 562 00:25:11,468 --> 00:25:14,054 - Thirty-eight thousand? Stuart: Mm-hmm. 563 00:25:14,054 --> 00:25:15,472 From all that? 564 00:25:15,472 --> 00:25:18,183 [chuckles] Rox, if you want a higher income, 565 00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:20,102 don't tie up all that money in a house. 566 00:25:20,102 --> 00:25:23,439 Look, this is a plan that makes you safe for life. 567 00:25:23,439 --> 00:25:25,149 I thought I was rich. 568 00:25:25,149 --> 00:25:27,443 I'm only safe. 569 00:25:27,443 --> 00:25:29,361 What if I wanted to quit my job? 570 00:25:29,361 --> 00:25:31,405 Well, [sighs] 571 00:25:31,405 --> 00:25:32,906 that you didn't tell me. 572 00:25:32,906 --> 00:25:34,199 I thought maybe 573 00:25:34,199 --> 00:25:36,869 I should give myself a fresh start. 574 00:25:36,869 --> 00:25:38,620 Maybe away from here. 575 00:25:38,620 --> 00:25:40,414 I can make some adjustments. 576 00:25:40,414 --> 00:25:43,208 Dial back the annuity, jack up the income. 577 00:25:43,208 --> 00:25:47,046 Plus if you're relocating you don't wanna buy a house. 578 00:25:47,046 --> 00:25:49,923 Could I leave here if I wanted to, Stuart? 579 00:25:49,923 --> 00:25:51,633 You're financially independent, Roxanne. 580 00:25:51,633 --> 00:25:53,552 That much I can guarantee you. 581 00:25:53,552 --> 00:25:54,970 If the only reason you're hanging around here 582 00:25:54,970 --> 00:25:56,847 is to pick up a paycheck... 583 00:25:56,847 --> 00:25:58,056 maybe you should go. 584 00:26:02,144 --> 00:26:03,604 - Douglas. - Leo? 585 00:26:03,604 --> 00:26:05,272 In your office, please. 586 00:26:13,655 --> 00:26:17,201 Benny called Alice last night. They made a date for Saturday. 587 00:26:17,201 --> 00:26:19,828 I thought I made myself clear yesterday, Douglas. 588 00:26:19,828 --> 00:26:22,247 I spoke to Benny. 589 00:26:22,247 --> 00:26:24,333 He understands your concern 590 00:26:24,333 --> 00:26:26,460 and I'm satisfied there won't be a problem. 591 00:26:26,460 --> 00:26:29,004 I'm not satisfied! 592 00:26:29,004 --> 00:26:30,088 I specifically told you to tell Benny 593 00:26:30,088 --> 00:26:31,507 not to see my daughter! 594 00:26:31,507 --> 00:26:33,092 First of all, I don't see anything wrong 595 00:26:33,092 --> 00:26:34,718 with their seeing each other. 596 00:26:34,718 --> 00:26:37,805 Secondly, it is not my place to tell Benny 597 00:26:37,805 --> 00:26:39,264 how to live his personal life. 598 00:26:39,264 --> 00:26:41,266 Hey! I'm the client who pays your firm 599 00:26:41,266 --> 00:26:42,976 a million bucks a year, making it my place 600 00:26:42,976 --> 00:26:44,311 to tell you anything I want! 601 00:26:44,311 --> 00:26:45,938 It's your place to carry out my wishes. 602 00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:48,482 Not when you wishes are unreasonable. 603 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,280 I don't want Benny going anywhere near my daughter! 604 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:59,118 You're the one who wanted Benny to show her the outside world. 605 00:26:59,118 --> 00:27:01,078 And now that she's seen it, 606 00:27:01,078 --> 00:27:03,247 you're afraid she might want to live in it. 607 00:27:03,247 --> 00:27:06,083 If he goes near her, or if he even calls her, 608 00:27:06,083 --> 00:27:08,335 I'm yanking all my business! You understand, Douglas? 609 00:27:08,335 --> 00:27:11,588 Benny's an adult. So is Alice. 610 00:27:11,588 --> 00:27:13,924 If they choose to spend time together, 611 00:27:13,924 --> 00:27:16,218 that's their decision. 612 00:27:16,218 --> 00:27:17,845 And I sure as hell won't tell Benny 613 00:27:17,845 --> 00:27:19,680 how to live his life just to accommodate 614 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:21,849 the baseless paranoia of a client, 615 00:27:21,849 --> 00:27:24,184 no matter how much business that client generates. 616 00:27:24,184 --> 00:27:26,353 You're making a big mistake! 617 00:27:34,236 --> 00:27:36,113 - Hi. - Hey. 618 00:27:37,906 --> 00:27:39,157 Hi. 619 00:27:41,493 --> 00:27:45,372 So you been successful at avoiding the office flu? 620 00:27:45,372 --> 00:27:47,165 So far. 621 00:27:47,165 --> 00:27:49,501 Will I see you at the dinner on Thursday? 622 00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:51,461 I wasn't planning to go. 623 00:27:51,461 --> 00:27:55,132 Really? It's kind of an expected thing. 624 00:27:55,132 --> 00:27:57,843 Oh, I didn't know. Hmm. 625 00:27:57,843 --> 00:28:00,762 And it always is a pretty nice evening. 626 00:28:00,762 --> 00:28:03,307 I better go then. 627 00:28:03,307 --> 00:28:05,309 If you feel weird 'cause you don't know people, 628 00:28:05,309 --> 00:28:08,020 I'd be happy to take you with me. 629 00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:10,314 I'm not suggesting a date. 630 00:28:10,314 --> 00:28:12,733 No, no, I know that. 631 00:28:12,733 --> 00:28:14,526 Rest assured, I continue to respect 632 00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:17,321 your wishes about that whole arena. 633 00:28:17,321 --> 00:28:19,948 As I continue to appreciate your respect. 634 00:28:21,658 --> 00:28:24,870 So how 'bout I go alone, 635 00:28:24,870 --> 00:28:27,122 you go alone, we both go alone, 636 00:28:27,122 --> 00:28:28,957 not together? 637 00:28:28,957 --> 00:28:32,377 - That'll be fine. - Good. 638 00:28:32,377 --> 00:28:35,213 That's good. 639 00:28:35,213 --> 00:28:36,715 I'll see you there. 640 00:28:36,715 --> 00:28:38,383 [giggles] I'll see you there. 641 00:28:44,681 --> 00:28:47,267 [laughs] 642 00:28:47,267 --> 00:28:49,311 Did you ever intend for your audience members 643 00:28:49,311 --> 00:28:52,022 to physically attack Leonard Kaiser, sir? 644 00:28:52,022 --> 00:28:53,398 No way. 645 00:28:53,398 --> 00:28:54,608 MacLeish: Why do you think it happened? 646 00:28:54,608 --> 00:28:56,401 You got a volatile issue here. 647 00:28:56,401 --> 00:28:57,778 People are sick to death 648 00:28:57,778 --> 00:28:59,404 with hearing about the rights of criminals. 649 00:28:59,404 --> 00:29:01,698 As far as I'm concerned, criminals have no rights. 650 00:29:01,698 --> 00:29:03,700 You got a problem with prison conditions? 651 00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:05,077 Real simple solution, 652 00:29:05,077 --> 00:29:06,536 don't get sent to prison. 653 00:29:06,536 --> 00:29:07,746 [applause] 654 00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:09,373 Alright. Alright. 655 00:29:09,373 --> 00:29:11,959 Let's dispense with the applause here. 656 00:29:13,460 --> 00:29:16,463 How do you feel about what happened that night? 657 00:29:16,463 --> 00:29:18,674 Bad. 658 00:29:18,674 --> 00:29:21,885 Let me tell you why I feel bad. 659 00:29:21,885 --> 00:29:24,221 A man's dead that's numero uno. 660 00:29:24,221 --> 00:29:26,682 Any loss of life is tragic. 661 00:29:26,682 --> 00:29:29,351 But I also feel bad because we're better than that. 662 00:29:29,351 --> 00:29:30,602 Get angry? Yes. 663 00:29:30,602 --> 00:29:32,354 Resort to violence? No way. 664 00:29:32,354 --> 00:29:34,898 Now if you had to do 665 00:29:34,898 --> 00:29:36,274 the whole thing all over again, 666 00:29:36,274 --> 00:29:37,776 would you do anything differently? 667 00:29:37,776 --> 00:29:39,653 If you're asking me whether I wish 668 00:29:39,653 --> 00:29:41,071 I could prevent what happened, 669 00:29:41,071 --> 00:29:42,489 the answer is yes. 670 00:29:42,489 --> 00:29:44,032 If you're asking me whether 671 00:29:44,032 --> 00:29:47,577 I'd stop saying the things that need to be said 672 00:29:47,577 --> 00:29:50,205 because I'm frightened of the consequences, 673 00:29:50,205 --> 00:29:53,959 the answer, Mr. Macleish, is a resounding no. 674 00:29:53,959 --> 00:29:56,628 I said I don't want to hear and applause in this courtroom. 675 00:29:56,628 --> 00:29:58,046 If I hear it again, 676 00:29:58,046 --> 00:30:00,132 you people are going to be escorted out. 677 00:30:00,132 --> 00:30:03,552 MacLeish: I have no further questions, Your Honor. 678 00:30:03,552 --> 00:30:05,762 Let's look at some of the other issues 679 00:30:05,762 --> 00:30:08,807 you covered during this sweeps period. 680 00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:10,225 The Shiite Moslems 681 00:30:10,225 --> 00:30:12,602 with the publishers of a Khomeni joke book. 682 00:30:12,602 --> 00:30:13,603 That was a good show. 683 00:30:13,603 --> 00:30:15,147 Young American Nazis 684 00:30:15,147 --> 00:30:17,065 with concentration camp victims. 685 00:30:17,065 --> 00:30:18,900 Pete: That's real stuff, we have to get that out 686 00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:21,570 in the open so that we, us... 687 00:30:21,570 --> 00:30:24,197 the American people can say what's what 688 00:30:24,197 --> 00:30:26,616 and not the big shots we usually hear from. 689 00:30:26,616 --> 00:30:28,368 That's right, Tell 'em, Pete! 690 00:30:28,368 --> 00:30:30,954 That's it! Escort those people out! Now! 691 00:30:30,954 --> 00:30:32,873 [audience chanting Pete] 692 00:30:32,873 --> 00:30:35,000 Judge, this was just a spontaneous thing. 693 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,252 This isn't a spontaneous place, Mr. Bostik. 694 00:30:37,252 --> 00:30:38,795 In all honesty, Judge Swanson, 695 00:30:38,795 --> 00:30:40,047 this isn't the way you've treated 696 00:30:40,047 --> 00:30:41,715 certain other activist groups. 697 00:30:41,715 --> 00:30:43,467 [indistinct chatter] 698 00:30:46,094 --> 00:30:47,054 Donald: You show 'em, Pete! 699 00:30:50,974 --> 00:30:54,311 What was it about Kevin Garwood that made you 700 00:30:54,311 --> 00:30:56,688 want him up at that microphone, sir? 701 00:30:56,688 --> 00:30:59,941 I try to provide my audience with a forum. 702 00:30:59,941 --> 00:31:02,402 The people who read the L.A. Times don't need me. 703 00:31:02,402 --> 00:31:04,154 Joe Lunch bucket does. 704 00:31:04,154 --> 00:31:06,323 Except you didn't want to hear Joe Lunch bucket talk, 705 00:31:06,323 --> 00:31:07,532 you wanted to see him fight. 706 00:31:07,532 --> 00:31:09,493 Wrong, alright? You're wrong. 707 00:31:09,493 --> 00:31:11,369 You sat with your producers and orchestrated the fight-- 708 00:31:11,369 --> 00:31:13,038 Objection. 709 00:31:13,038 --> 00:31:15,207 - She's badgering the witness. Walter: Sustained. 710 00:31:15,207 --> 00:31:16,583 Did you ever think to warn 711 00:31:16,583 --> 00:31:18,210 Leonard Kaiser, Mr. Bostik? 712 00:31:18,210 --> 00:31:20,629 - Warn him about what? - That he was being set-up. 713 00:31:20,629 --> 00:31:22,214 MacLeish: Objection. Walter: Sustained. 714 00:31:22,214 --> 00:31:25,217 You controlled the make-up of the audience. 715 00:31:25,217 --> 00:31:27,469 Don't you think you at least owed it 716 00:31:27,469 --> 00:31:29,638 to Leonard Kaiser to say, 717 00:31:29,638 --> 00:31:32,224 "Roll with it, I'm going to sic my mob on ya, 718 00:31:32,224 --> 00:31:33,308 but it's just for the ratings?" 719 00:31:33,308 --> 00:31:35,143 My mob? 720 00:31:35,143 --> 00:31:37,187 I've got a news flash for ya, there's no such thing! 721 00:31:37,187 --> 00:31:39,064 I don't control them! 722 00:31:39,064 --> 00:31:40,607 Hell, I'm more, I'm more at risk than anyone. 723 00:31:40,607 --> 00:31:42,400 In the studio, out of the studio, 724 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,861 wherever I am I've always got security people with me. 725 00:31:44,861 --> 00:31:46,154 The ones who killed that man 726 00:31:46,154 --> 00:31:48,031 could just as easily have killed me. 727 00:31:50,242 --> 00:31:51,493 [Victor sneezes] 728 00:31:51,493 --> 00:31:53,662 Are you crazy? 729 00:31:53,662 --> 00:31:54,996 I am not crazy, Your Honor, 730 00:31:54,996 --> 00:31:56,748 this is a legitimate ex parte motion 731 00:31:56,748 --> 00:31:58,542 and I would appreciate your ruling on it. 732 00:31:58,542 --> 00:32:02,420 You want me to order this guy to turn over a dead snake? 733 00:32:02,420 --> 00:32:04,714 Victor: Papers were filed against my client yesterday, 734 00:32:04,714 --> 00:32:06,174 Your Honor, alleging that she contributed 735 00:32:06,174 --> 00:32:08,135 to the passing of this snake. 736 00:32:08,135 --> 00:32:09,719 Now we need access to the python 737 00:32:09,719 --> 00:32:11,429 in order to perform an autopsy, 738 00:32:11,429 --> 00:32:15,642 which autopsy is my clients sole hope of exoneration. 739 00:32:15,642 --> 00:32:16,726 Stone: I've been doing this for a long time 740 00:32:16,726 --> 00:32:19,396 and I still don't believe this. 741 00:32:19,396 --> 00:32:21,356 It says here the thing ate a pig. 742 00:32:21,356 --> 00:32:22,816 That would be correct, Your Honor. 743 00:32:22,816 --> 00:32:24,151 The python did consume 744 00:32:24,151 --> 00:32:26,987 a small Chinese pot belly pig 745 00:32:26,987 --> 00:32:30,157 after which an agent of my client fed the assailant 746 00:32:30,157 --> 00:32:32,659 vegetable oil in an attempt to induce it 747 00:32:32,659 --> 00:32:34,035 to vomit forth it's victim. 748 00:32:34,035 --> 00:32:36,997 It's-- [sneezes] 749 00:32:36,997 --> 00:32:38,123 Excuse me. 750 00:32:38,123 --> 00:32:39,624 It's all there in paragraph two 751 00:32:39,624 --> 00:32:41,084 of my client's declaration, Your Honor. 752 00:32:41,084 --> 00:32:42,961 And you want the autopsy 753 00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:44,629 to disprove the plaintiff's charge 754 00:32:44,629 --> 00:32:46,882 that you poisoned the snake. 755 00:32:46,882 --> 00:32:48,216 That's right, Your Honor. 756 00:32:48,216 --> 00:32:49,801 And upon information and belief, 757 00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:52,596 a funeral service has been scheduled 758 00:32:52,596 --> 00:32:54,306 for the snake tomorrow, 759 00:32:54,306 --> 00:32:55,891 making time of the essence. 760 00:32:55,891 --> 00:32:57,350 I'm sure there's a reason not to do this 761 00:32:57,350 --> 00:33:00,145 but I can't think of it. 762 00:33:00,145 --> 00:33:02,189 Okay, I'll order the autopsy. 763 00:33:02,189 --> 00:33:03,481 Clerk will draft it. 764 00:33:03,481 --> 00:33:04,733 Thank you very much, Your Honor. 765 00:33:04,733 --> 00:33:06,818 [sniffs] 766 00:33:06,818 --> 00:33:09,321 clerk: Robin versus McCarthy... 767 00:33:09,321 --> 00:33:12,282 Now what? Suppose the autopsy proves we poisoned it? 768 00:33:12,282 --> 00:33:14,201 There will not be an autopsy, Allison. 769 00:33:14,201 --> 00:33:15,452 What are you talking about? 770 00:33:15,452 --> 00:33:17,078 You just asked the judge to order it. 771 00:33:17,078 --> 00:33:20,081 Allison. 772 00:33:20,081 --> 00:33:21,958 You are gonna take me home. 773 00:33:21,958 --> 00:33:23,501 You are gonna put me to bed. 774 00:33:23,501 --> 00:33:24,753 You're gonna make me some soup. 775 00:33:26,588 --> 00:33:28,048 Okay, Sifuentes. 776 00:33:28,048 --> 00:33:30,926 Let's get you home and make you soup. 777 00:33:37,682 --> 00:33:40,393 Folks... 778 00:33:40,393 --> 00:33:42,854 my name is Pete Bostik. 779 00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:46,650 I want you to hear this from me. 780 00:33:46,650 --> 00:33:50,111 No lawyers, no suits, no briefcases. 781 00:33:50,111 --> 00:33:51,404 Me, Pete. 782 00:33:53,615 --> 00:33:55,367 I'm not the brightest guy in the world. 783 00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:57,452 I never said that I was. I'm just a guy. 784 00:33:57,452 --> 00:33:59,537 I yell a little too loud at ball games 785 00:33:59,537 --> 00:34:02,499 I believe in God, I love my country. 786 00:34:02,499 --> 00:34:05,168 I'm one of the nitwits. 787 00:34:05,168 --> 00:34:08,213 The dolts, the dummies, the morons 788 00:34:08,213 --> 00:34:11,132 who clean carpets and install mufflers. 789 00:34:11,132 --> 00:34:12,842 I'm the cop on the beat, 790 00:34:12,842 --> 00:34:15,387 the 45-year-old woman who sits at a cash register, 791 00:34:15,387 --> 00:34:18,348 I'm you. 792 00:34:18,348 --> 00:34:20,850 I call 'em like way I see 'em, and I thank God 793 00:34:20,850 --> 00:34:23,186 we live in a country where that's possible. 794 00:34:23,186 --> 00:34:24,562 Now, if you send me to prison, 795 00:34:24,562 --> 00:34:27,524 it's because that idea frightens you. 796 00:34:27,524 --> 00:34:31,987 Freedom is a scary thing sometimes, 797 00:34:31,987 --> 00:34:35,198 even though it is our birth right as Americans. 798 00:34:35,198 --> 00:34:38,034 The thing is, are we going to permit free speech 799 00:34:38,034 --> 00:34:42,205 only if it doesn't inflame passions, 800 00:34:42,205 --> 00:34:45,166 rouse the listener to act? 801 00:34:45,166 --> 00:34:46,960 I said what I thought. 802 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:48,753 I didn't advocate violence. 803 00:34:48,753 --> 00:34:50,547 I didn't advocate killing. 804 00:34:50,547 --> 00:34:52,841 I wasn't even present when the killing occurred. 805 00:34:52,841 --> 00:34:55,593 If you convict me, you convict yourselves 806 00:34:55,593 --> 00:34:56,928 of being unable to do 807 00:34:56,928 --> 00:34:59,806 what generations of Americans have done. 808 00:34:59,806 --> 00:35:01,516 Like it says on the license plate 809 00:35:01,516 --> 00:35:03,685 of the Granite State, 810 00:35:03,685 --> 00:35:07,188 Live Free or Die! 811 00:35:14,654 --> 00:35:17,282 Mr. Bostik's told you 812 00:35:17,282 --> 00:35:20,744 that this trial says as much about us 813 00:35:20,744 --> 00:35:24,039 as it does about him. 814 00:35:24,039 --> 00:35:26,374 I agree. 815 00:35:26,374 --> 00:35:27,917 He's told you 816 00:35:27,917 --> 00:35:32,422 that this trial is about freedom. 817 00:35:32,422 --> 00:35:34,716 I agree with that, too. 818 00:35:34,716 --> 00:35:36,634 But Mr. Bostik says 819 00:35:36,634 --> 00:35:40,555 that this case is about free speech 820 00:35:40,555 --> 00:35:43,892 and there I disagree. 821 00:35:43,892 --> 00:35:47,771 Deliberately orchestrating and instigating 822 00:35:47,771 --> 00:35:49,314 a physical assault 823 00:35:49,314 --> 00:35:52,025 to boost the ratings of a TV show 824 00:35:52,025 --> 00:35:54,277 isn't speech, 825 00:35:54,277 --> 00:35:57,030 it's deliberate violence. 826 00:35:57,030 --> 00:36:01,201 He didn't have to be in that parking lot. 827 00:36:01,201 --> 00:36:05,205 He got things started back in the studio. 828 00:36:05,205 --> 00:36:08,375 He whipped that audience into a, a frenzy 829 00:36:08,375 --> 00:36:12,420 and now shrugs his shoulders at the consequences. 830 00:36:12,420 --> 00:36:14,589 Pete Bostik says 831 00:36:14,589 --> 00:36:17,842 he represents the American way. 832 00:36:17,842 --> 00:36:20,553 He's a liar. 833 00:36:20,553 --> 00:36:22,555 The American way 834 00:36:22,555 --> 00:36:25,475 wouldn't have left a 50-year old man 835 00:36:25,475 --> 00:36:27,310 dead in a parking lot 836 00:36:27,310 --> 00:36:30,397 for nothing more than his ideas. 837 00:36:30,397 --> 00:36:34,484 But if violence and brute force will get you ratings, 838 00:36:34,484 --> 00:36:36,903 Pete'll give 'em to you every time. 839 00:36:36,903 --> 00:36:41,157 And Pete Bostik says he's you. 840 00:36:41,157 --> 00:36:44,494 By your verdict, ladies and gentlemen, 841 00:36:44,494 --> 00:36:49,374 you will indicate whether or not you agree. 842 00:36:51,167 --> 00:36:52,419 Thank you. 843 00:37:00,718 --> 00:37:02,011 [knock on door] 844 00:37:04,472 --> 00:37:07,016 This is becoming a daily routine. 845 00:37:07,016 --> 00:37:08,685 You here to pick up your files, Leo? 846 00:37:08,685 --> 00:37:11,229 No. I'm here to apologize. 847 00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:12,856 I was way out of line yesterday. 848 00:37:12,856 --> 00:37:14,357 I not only respect you for telling me 849 00:37:14,357 --> 00:37:16,025 so I thank you for it. 850 00:37:18,445 --> 00:37:21,114 When, uh, she heard I was coming in here, 851 00:37:21,114 --> 00:37:25,660 she insisted I bring her along so she could see Benny. 852 00:37:25,660 --> 00:37:28,913 Seems like you've done an about-face. 853 00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:31,416 Well... 854 00:37:31,416 --> 00:37:33,209 believe it or not, 855 00:37:33,209 --> 00:37:34,961 after you finished telling me to go to hell yesterday, 856 00:37:34,961 --> 00:37:38,506 I went home and told Alice not to see Benny anymore 857 00:37:38,506 --> 00:37:42,051 and then she basically told me to go to hell. 858 00:37:42,051 --> 00:37:46,014 It was the most independent moment of her life. 859 00:37:46,014 --> 00:37:48,766 And I think I have Benny to thank for that independence. 860 00:37:48,766 --> 00:37:52,687 Daddy? Can I go with Benny for lunch? 861 00:37:54,564 --> 00:37:56,316 Well, I don't know, honey. I, uh, 862 00:37:56,316 --> 00:37:57,901 have to get back to the office. 863 00:37:57,901 --> 00:38:01,321 Uh, I can bring her to your office after lunch. 864 00:38:01,321 --> 00:38:03,114 We can take the bus. 865 00:38:04,741 --> 00:38:08,244 Okay. Uh, sure. That'd be fine. 866 00:38:08,244 --> 00:38:10,413 Oh, good! 867 00:38:10,413 --> 00:38:13,541 C'mon, Benny. Bye, Daddy. 868 00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:17,879 Leo: I don't know, Douglas. 869 00:38:17,879 --> 00:38:19,380 Daughters are tough. 870 00:38:22,634 --> 00:38:24,093 Sir, I can explain to you why I-- 871 00:38:24,093 --> 00:38:25,762 There's no explanation! 872 00:38:25,762 --> 00:38:29,224 What kind of a person are you, denying him his funeral? 873 00:38:29,224 --> 00:38:31,935 There doesn't have to be an autopsy, Mr. Wiseboro. 874 00:38:31,935 --> 00:38:33,269 This is only happening because of you. 875 00:38:33,269 --> 00:38:34,646 - Wiseboro: Me? - Yes, sir, you. 876 00:38:34,646 --> 00:38:36,314 You're the one who filed this lawsuit, 877 00:38:36,314 --> 00:38:37,690 making Alan's corpse a piece of evidence 878 00:38:37,690 --> 00:38:39,526 in a state court proceeding. 879 00:38:39,526 --> 00:38:41,736 It's because of this complaint, Alan has to go to forensics 880 00:38:41,736 --> 00:38:43,863 instead of his final resting place. 881 00:38:43,863 --> 00:38:46,199 I'm just trying to avenge his death. 882 00:38:46,199 --> 00:38:48,034 You say you love, Alan. 883 00:38:48,034 --> 00:38:49,786 But if you really did, you wouldn't 884 00:38:49,786 --> 00:38:51,454 be exalting your own sense of vindictiveness 885 00:38:51,454 --> 00:38:53,081 over the welfare of his soul. 886 00:38:53,081 --> 00:38:54,791 That's not fair. 887 00:38:54,791 --> 00:38:58,419 I know you're in pain, Mr. Wiseboro. 888 00:38:58,419 --> 00:39:00,088 But just imagine how your hurt 889 00:39:00,088 --> 00:39:01,798 will be compounded if Alan's body 890 00:39:01,798 --> 00:39:05,426 is chopped up in an autopsy. 891 00:39:05,426 --> 00:39:07,011 You're trying to guilt me. 892 00:39:07,011 --> 00:39:08,555 Victor: If you drop this lawsuit, 893 00:39:08,555 --> 00:39:11,140 Alan's body will have no evidentiary value 894 00:39:11,140 --> 00:39:14,727 and you could give him the funeral service he would want. 895 00:39:14,727 --> 00:39:17,897 It's the right thing to do. 896 00:39:17,897 --> 00:39:19,232 Ten thousand dollars, bank check 897 00:39:19,232 --> 00:39:20,650 by the end of business day on Friday. 898 00:39:20,650 --> 00:39:22,694 - Fifteen. - Ten. 899 00:39:22,694 --> 00:39:24,696 That's 4000 more than the market value of the snake. 900 00:39:24,696 --> 00:39:25,780 He's not just any snake. 901 00:39:25,780 --> 00:39:29,617 Because he's not just any snake. 902 00:39:29,617 --> 00:39:31,703 Let go, Mr. Wiseboro. 903 00:39:31,703 --> 00:39:33,288 Settle this case. 904 00:39:33,288 --> 00:39:36,207 So that Alan can finally go to... 905 00:39:36,207 --> 00:39:37,667 snake heaven. 906 00:39:41,212 --> 00:39:43,965 Okay. Okay. 907 00:39:49,178 --> 00:39:51,347 [coughs] 908 00:39:51,347 --> 00:39:52,932 Has the jury reached a verdict? 909 00:39:52,932 --> 00:39:54,684 We have, Your Honor. 910 00:39:54,684 --> 00:39:56,853 clerk: Will the defendant rise. 911 00:39:58,354 --> 00:39:59,522 Walter: What say you? 912 00:39:59,522 --> 00:40:01,316 We find the defendant guilty. 913 00:40:01,316 --> 00:40:04,902 - Ah, you got jobbed, Pete! - Sit down, madame. 914 00:40:04,902 --> 00:40:06,696 Pete: I apologize for this young lady, Your Honor. 915 00:40:06,696 --> 00:40:08,239 Every person on this jury 916 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:09,949 ought to be ashamed of yourselves. 917 00:40:09,949 --> 00:40:11,743 - You hear me? - Get him out of here. 918 00:40:11,743 --> 00:40:13,745 Sentencing is set down for the eighth. 919 00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:15,747 The jury's dismissed with the court's appreciation. 920 00:40:15,747 --> 00:40:17,582 We are in recess. 921 00:40:17,582 --> 00:40:19,834 I just wanna say that I'm gonna continue to speak out! 922 00:40:19,834 --> 00:40:22,295 I'm gonna take these issues to the American people, 923 00:40:22,295 --> 00:40:24,339 let them decide just what the hell kind of country 924 00:40:24,339 --> 00:40:25,757 we want to live in! 925 00:40:25,757 --> 00:40:28,176 Boskities: In it to win it! In it to win it! 926 00:40:28,176 --> 00:40:30,011 Listen, Your Honor, that's their verdict! 927 00:40:30,011 --> 00:40:31,888 Boskities: In it to win it! In it to win it! 928 00:40:34,599 --> 00:40:35,975 Pete: Ms. Van Owen? 929 00:40:38,353 --> 00:40:40,772 Can I see you for a minute? 930 00:40:40,772 --> 00:40:42,190 Where's your attorney? 931 00:40:42,190 --> 00:40:45,068 I told him I want to see you myself. 932 00:40:45,068 --> 00:40:46,194 Fine. 933 00:40:58,665 --> 00:41:01,292 I thought you did a hell of a job in there. 934 00:41:01,292 --> 00:41:02,293 If you would ever want to be a guest 935 00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:03,920 on my show, just say the word... 936 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:05,922 - I'd love to have you. - I'll let you know. 937 00:41:05,922 --> 00:41:07,215 Now, my lawyer tells me that the judge is gonna follow 938 00:41:07,215 --> 00:41:08,216 your recommendation on sentencing. 939 00:41:08,216 --> 00:41:10,176 That's right. 940 00:41:10,176 --> 00:41:11,678 Well, I want to make sure nothing's out of context, 941 00:41:11,678 --> 00:41:13,596 fun is fun. But I've got to know where I stand. 942 00:41:13,596 --> 00:41:17,183 [sighs] You really are scary, you know that? 943 00:41:17,183 --> 00:41:18,601 - It's an act. - Yeah. 944 00:41:18,601 --> 00:41:20,853 You turn it on, you turn it off. 945 00:41:20,853 --> 00:41:23,272 I'm a performer. I got a schtick that works. 946 00:41:23,272 --> 00:41:25,024 So, what's it gonna be? Probation? 947 00:41:25,024 --> 00:41:26,484 My recommendation to the judge 948 00:41:26,484 --> 00:41:29,445 is for the maximum prison term allowed by law. 949 00:41:29,445 --> 00:41:30,822 You're gonna send me to prison? 950 00:41:30,822 --> 00:41:32,615 Oh, yeah. 951 00:41:32,615 --> 00:41:34,200 Wait, wait, wait, wait... you're telling me 952 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:36,369 I got to spend a year of my life in prison? 953 00:41:36,369 --> 00:41:38,579 I don't belong in prison. I'm not a criminal. 954 00:41:38,579 --> 00:41:40,331 This is show business. 955 00:41:40,331 --> 00:41:42,667 That's not me on the show, that's a character. 956 00:41:42,667 --> 00:41:44,752 Like Jose Jimenez or Crazy Guggenheim. 957 00:41:44,752 --> 00:41:47,630 Prison is not an act. Prison is real! 958 00:41:47,630 --> 00:41:49,298 So was the guy who died. 959 00:41:51,843 --> 00:41:53,344 The American people won't let you get away with this. 960 00:41:53,344 --> 00:41:54,721 They will not let you get away with this. 961 00:41:54,721 --> 00:41:56,222 The American people will yell 962 00:41:56,222 --> 00:41:57,598 Pete, Pete, for a while 963 00:41:57,598 --> 00:41:59,517 and then they will forget about you 964 00:41:59,517 --> 00:42:01,644 and find someone else. 965 00:42:01,644 --> 00:42:03,813 [dramatic music] 966 00:42:12,905 --> 00:42:14,323 Allison: Fifteen hundred dollars, 967 00:42:14,323 --> 00:42:16,367 I should report you to the state bar. 968 00:42:16,367 --> 00:42:17,785 Considering everything that I had to do 969 00:42:17,785 --> 00:42:19,328 under the conditions that I had to do it, 970 00:42:19,328 --> 00:42:21,122 fifteen hundred dollars is very, very cheap. 971 00:42:21,122 --> 00:42:22,749 That's right. 972 00:42:22,749 --> 00:42:27,086 - I want pro Bono. - Yeah, I'll show you pro Bono. 973 00:42:27,086 --> 00:42:30,423 Well, Diana, I'm glad your situation at home is settled. 974 00:42:30,423 --> 00:42:32,759 man 2: Ms. Kelsey. There's a phone call for you. 975 00:42:32,759 --> 00:42:35,386 Here? Excuse me. 976 00:42:35,386 --> 00:42:37,096 Well, I'm very grateful for all the support 977 00:42:37,096 --> 00:42:38,890 I've gotten from the firm. 978 00:42:38,890 --> 00:42:40,892 Particularly from Jonathan. 979 00:42:43,478 --> 00:42:44,812 The thing is, 980 00:42:44,812 --> 00:42:47,690 I used to need this job for the money. 981 00:42:47,690 --> 00:42:49,150 Then I married David, 982 00:42:49,150 --> 00:42:51,736 I needed it for the independence. 983 00:42:51,736 --> 00:42:55,072 Now I've got freedom. I don't need this job at all. 984 00:42:55,072 --> 00:42:57,533 - I discover that I want it. - You sure? 985 00:42:57,533 --> 00:42:59,702 Roxanne: People I care most about are here. 986 00:42:59,702 --> 00:43:04,082 The people who care most about me are here. 987 00:43:04,082 --> 00:43:07,001 I can't walk out on that. 988 00:43:07,001 --> 00:43:10,171 I can't walk out on you, Arnie. 989 00:43:10,171 --> 00:43:12,381 You don't owe me anything, Roxanne. 990 00:43:12,381 --> 00:43:15,343 I owe you a lot. 991 00:43:15,343 --> 00:43:17,929 But the reason I'm staying... 992 00:43:17,929 --> 00:43:22,183 is because I like it here. 993 00:43:22,183 --> 00:43:24,727 Well, here's to that, then. 994 00:43:26,687 --> 00:43:28,731 Here's to that. 995 00:43:28,731 --> 00:43:31,234 So here we are. Platonic friends. 996 00:43:32,568 --> 00:43:35,363 Seems perfectly natural. 997 00:43:35,363 --> 00:43:37,156 [chuckles] 998 00:43:37,156 --> 00:43:39,909 The Kuzak sarcasm. 999 00:43:39,909 --> 00:43:44,247 Oh, I miss it. I miss you, Michael. 1000 00:43:44,247 --> 00:43:46,749 I miss you, too, Grace. 1001 00:43:46,749 --> 00:43:48,209 What do you miss the most? 1002 00:43:50,336 --> 00:43:52,588 Hmm. 1003 00:43:52,588 --> 00:43:53,881 Everything. 1004 00:43:56,384 --> 00:43:58,970 Think we'll miss it less as time goes on? 1005 00:44:03,182 --> 00:44:04,517 I don't know. 1006 00:44:08,312 --> 00:44:10,606 I don't know. 1007 00:44:10,606 --> 00:44:12,817 Ann: Thank you, Doctor. 1008 00:44:12,817 --> 00:44:14,861 I'll call you tomorrow. 1009 00:44:14,861 --> 00:44:17,154 Thank you. 1010 00:44:17,154 --> 00:44:20,324 Why'd she call you here? What'd she say? 1011 00:44:20,324 --> 00:44:22,869 Ann, what? 1012 00:44:22,869 --> 00:44:24,162 I went to Dr. Wootton today you know, 1013 00:44:24,162 --> 00:44:25,663 because I thought I had the flu. 1014 00:44:28,875 --> 00:44:30,001 I'm pregnant. 1015 00:44:32,211 --> 00:44:33,212 Wh-- 1016 00:44:42,722 --> 00:44:46,142 - How'd that happen? - The normal way, honey. 1017 00:44:46,142 --> 00:44:48,728 One of your little marines hit its beachhead. 1018 00:44:48,728 --> 00:44:49,854 Oh, yeah? 1019 00:44:52,190 --> 00:44:55,151 Can we go home? Let's get out of here. 1020 00:44:55,151 --> 00:44:57,153 She's sure? She's absolutely sure? 1021 00:44:57,153 --> 00:44:59,614 Positive. I might be as much as two months. 1022 00:45:01,449 --> 00:45:02,783 Two months, huh? 1023 00:45:02,783 --> 00:45:04,202 Oh, I knew I missed my last period 1024 00:45:04,202 --> 00:45:05,578 but I thought it was stress, or... 1025 00:45:05,578 --> 00:45:08,122 [chuckles] 1026 00:45:08,122 --> 00:45:10,416 How are we gonna tell everyone? What are we gonna say? 1027 00:45:10,416 --> 00:45:12,043 Stuart, we can't tell anybody, 1028 00:45:12,043 --> 00:45:13,586 not for at least another month. 1029 00:45:13,586 --> 00:45:15,046 Until I'm through the first trimester, 1030 00:45:15,046 --> 00:45:17,924 we don't say a word to anybody. Okay? 1031 00:45:17,924 --> 00:45:20,301 I've got the flu. That's why we're leaving. 1032 00:45:20,301 --> 00:45:22,178 - Okay. - Stuart, Ann. 1033 00:45:22,178 --> 00:45:23,554 Our table is ready. 1034 00:45:23,554 --> 00:45:25,723 - Um. - We're not staying for dinner. 1035 00:45:25,723 --> 00:45:27,475 Douglas: What? 1036 00:45:27,475 --> 00:45:29,769 Ann's flu is really kicking up. She feels terrible. 1037 00:45:29,769 --> 00:45:31,729 So, ah, we're gonna, we're gonna go home. 1038 00:45:31,729 --> 00:45:33,105 Is there anything we can do? 1039 00:45:33,105 --> 00:45:36,025 No. It's nothing it's just... 1040 00:45:36,025 --> 00:45:37,026 I'm pregnant. 1041 00:45:37,026 --> 00:45:38,778 - Ann? - Ann. 1042 00:45:38,778 --> 00:45:41,697 I know but I can't help it. I can't hold it in. 1043 00:45:41,697 --> 00:45:44,825 I love you, Stuart. I'm going to have your baby. 1044 00:45:44,825 --> 00:45:47,328 I love you too. 1045 00:45:47,328 --> 00:45:49,997 - Congratulations. - Congratulations. 1046 00:45:54,210 --> 00:45:56,754 Congratulations. 1047 00:45:56,754 --> 00:45:59,256 I-I can't. I-I-I love you guys. 1048 00:45:59,256 --> 00:46:01,175 We love you, but, uh... 1049 00:46:01,175 --> 00:46:03,177 we got to get out of here. 1050 00:46:03,177 --> 00:46:05,096 [instrumental music] 1051 00:46:19,735 --> 00:46:21,696 [theme music]