1 00:00:00,834 --> 00:00:02,211 Man 1: Get over there! Man 2: Get... 2 00:00:02,211 --> 00:00:03,587 [indistinct chatter] 3 00:00:03,587 --> 00:00:05,672 Two. 4 00:00:05,672 --> 00:00:07,716 Harold: I appreciate your coming down here on such short notice. 5 00:00:07,716 --> 00:00:09,676 I got it. But I figured, if you're going to jump in 6 00:00:09,676 --> 00:00:12,095 and represent us, you might as well see it for yourself. 7 00:00:12,095 --> 00:00:16,058 - Will you look at this place. - You haven't seen anything yet. 8 00:00:16,058 --> 00:00:18,310 Oh, good, they're just starting. This way, gentlemen. 9 00:00:18,310 --> 00:00:19,520 This is what we want to stop. 10 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:20,896 [cheering] 11 00:00:20,896 --> 00:00:23,148 Man 3: Who's next? Come on, let's hear it. 12 00:00:23,148 --> 00:00:26,235 Alright, we got a taker. We got a taker. 13 00:00:26,235 --> 00:00:28,195 Let's help him out here. 14 00:00:28,195 --> 00:00:33,992 Alright. One, two, three. 15 00:00:33,992 --> 00:00:35,619 Alright. Alright. 16 00:00:35,619 --> 00:00:37,496 Let's hear it for the little guy. 17 00:00:37,496 --> 00:00:41,208 Oh, can he fly or what? 18 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,795 I'll tell you, folks, pound for pound, we got the best athletes 19 00:00:44,795 --> 00:00:46,463 in the world right here. 20 00:00:46,463 --> 00:00:48,590 Did you see that little guy hop right up? 21 00:00:48,590 --> 00:00:50,801 Come on, folks, let's help him up. 22 00:00:52,261 --> 00:00:57,891 One, two, three. 23 00:00:57,891 --> 00:01:00,435 You see? You've got to help us shut this down. 24 00:01:00,435 --> 00:01:03,063 Mr. Stevens, we couldn't possibly be prepared 25 00:01:03,063 --> 00:01:04,856 to start a trial tomorrow. 26 00:01:04,856 --> 00:01:07,067 Let's go back here. Excuse us. 27 00:01:07,067 --> 00:01:09,778 Man 3: These guys are all on the line! There you are! 28 00:01:09,778 --> 00:01:12,781 We need you. They brought in this hired-gun 29 00:01:12,781 --> 00:01:14,825 dwarf lawyer at the last minute. 30 00:01:14,825 --> 00:01:17,244 Mr. Sifuentes is the only lawyer in town who knows him. 31 00:01:17,244 --> 00:01:18,662 - Hamilton Schuyler? - Yeah. 32 00:01:18,662 --> 00:01:20,038 They flew him up from Texas. They call him... 33 00:01:20,038 --> 00:01:21,373 - "Mighty Mouse." - "Mighty Mouse." 34 00:01:21,373 --> 00:01:22,958 - He's defending this place? - Yeah. 35 00:01:22,958 --> 00:01:24,376 I guess they figure it's a pretty good strategy 36 00:01:24,376 --> 00:01:26,086 to have a dwarf on their side. 37 00:01:26,086 --> 00:01:27,963 We're told you went up against him and beat him. 38 00:01:27,963 --> 00:01:30,299 Yeah. Well, we actually settled. 39 00:01:30,299 --> 00:01:32,384 Look, we know how good he is. It's very simple. 40 00:01:32,384 --> 00:01:34,511 It's a straight nuisance action. 41 00:01:34,511 --> 00:01:35,887 We're claiming he's disrupting 42 00:01:35,887 --> 00:01:37,556 the quiet enjoyment of our property. 43 00:01:37,556 --> 00:01:40,267 But this is all so last minute, Mr. Stevens. 44 00:01:40,267 --> 00:01:42,394 We'll pay you any retainer you require. 45 00:01:42,394 --> 00:01:45,897 - Money is not a problem. - What's that? 46 00:01:45,897 --> 00:01:47,316 Oh, you gotta look at this. 47 00:01:47,316 --> 00:01:49,109 This is their latest gimmick. 48 00:01:49,109 --> 00:01:51,278 You're not going to believe this. 49 00:01:51,278 --> 00:01:54,323 Man 3: One falling, two... 50 00:01:54,323 --> 00:01:57,326 Man 3: One falling... - Three! 51 00:02:01,705 --> 00:02:04,458 - What the hell was that? - That was a spare. 52 00:02:04,458 --> 00:02:06,293 [laughs] 53 00:02:06,293 --> 00:02:09,212 [theme music] 54 00:02:36,365 --> 00:02:39,284 [music continues] 55 00:03:06,353 --> 00:03:09,314 [music continues] 56 00:03:38,176 --> 00:03:41,096 [instrumental music] 57 00:04:04,953 --> 00:04:07,038 People versus Earl Williams. 58 00:04:07,038 --> 00:04:10,542 Michael, I understand an appeal has been filed. 59 00:04:10,542 --> 00:04:12,711 - That's right. - On what grounds, Michael? 60 00:04:12,711 --> 00:04:16,214 Reliability of DNA testing, unfair surprise 61 00:04:16,214 --> 00:04:17,966 by the District Attorney, 62 00:04:17,966 --> 00:04:20,302 abuse of discretion in failure to call a mistrial. 63 00:04:20,302 --> 00:04:22,804 You name it. This one begs to be overturned. 64 00:04:22,804 --> 00:04:26,016 Well, since Mr. Williams' outstanding bill now exceeds 65 00:04:26,016 --> 00:04:27,976 a hundred and thirty thousand dollars, 66 00:04:27,976 --> 00:04:30,520 might I suggest that we postpone our appeal efforts 67 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,355 until some of it has been collected? 68 00:04:32,355 --> 00:04:34,941 - You may not. - We're throwing money away. 69 00:04:34,941 --> 00:04:37,277 - The cost of an appeal-- - Move on, Douglas. 70 00:04:37,277 --> 00:04:39,946 Douglas, why don't you move on? 71 00:04:39,946 --> 00:04:41,698 Fine. 72 00:04:41,698 --> 00:04:44,242 Stevens et. al. versus Riley's Pub. 73 00:04:44,242 --> 00:04:46,119 Mine. 74 00:04:46,119 --> 00:04:47,537 "Mighty Mouse" flies again. 75 00:04:47,537 --> 00:04:48,872 So this is really true. 76 00:04:48,872 --> 00:04:51,124 A bunch of drunks flipping munchkins? 77 00:04:51,124 --> 00:04:52,709 Jonathan: Oh, yeah. It's big business. 78 00:04:52,709 --> 00:04:55,003 It started in Australia. Then it spread to England. 79 00:04:55,003 --> 00:04:58,006 And now it's in Florida and-- and California. And they expect 80 00:04:58,006 --> 00:04:59,800 to have it in over a thousand bars nationwide. 81 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:03,178 This is sick. What's next, crosswalk races for the blind? 82 00:05:03,178 --> 00:05:05,514 Have you spoken to "Mighty Mouse"? 83 00:05:05,514 --> 00:05:07,933 This morning. He won't settle. What's new? 84 00:05:07,933 --> 00:05:09,726 So we start the trial today. 85 00:05:09,726 --> 00:05:13,438 By the way, guys, uh, since I'm taking this on, 86 00:05:13,438 --> 00:05:15,023 I really would appreciate it 87 00:05:15,023 --> 00:05:16,942 if somebody would take on this "bad date" trial. 88 00:05:16,942 --> 00:05:18,443 - Forget it, Victor. - Oh no, you don't. 89 00:05:18,443 --> 00:05:19,778 I'm doing back-to-back trials here. 90 00:05:19,778 --> 00:05:21,404 Come on, let's show a little support. 91 00:05:21,404 --> 00:05:23,406 You've been trying to unload that dog for a month. 92 00:05:23,406 --> 00:05:24,908 [laughter] 93 00:05:24,908 --> 00:05:27,327 - Mike, what do you say? - Don't look at me. 94 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:28,286 I'll do it. 95 00:05:30,872 --> 00:05:32,582 No, I-- I-- I'm serious. 96 00:05:32,582 --> 00:05:33,583 I-- I'd love to do it. 97 00:05:33,583 --> 00:05:35,335 You're not a litigator, Stuart. 98 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:37,337 Yeah, well. I don't want to spend my whole life as a lawyer 99 00:05:37,337 --> 00:05:38,755 without doing at least one trial. 100 00:05:38,755 --> 00:05:40,715 And this is a pretty simple case, right? 101 00:05:40,715 --> 00:05:44,386 It's a crazy woman suing a dating service over bad dates. 102 00:05:44,386 --> 00:05:45,428 Even I could defend that. I mean, 103 00:05:45,428 --> 00:05:46,846 what could I possibly screw up? 104 00:05:46,846 --> 00:05:48,974 I think the client would be more likely to expect 105 00:05:48,974 --> 00:05:50,767 one of our regular litigators on this. 106 00:05:50,767 --> 00:05:52,852 Stuart: With all due respect, Leland, your regular litigators 107 00:05:52,852 --> 00:05:54,771 are scoffing at it, I think the client would like to see 108 00:05:54,771 --> 00:05:58,316 the case in the hands of a lawyer who took it seriously. 109 00:05:58,316 --> 00:05:59,276 Please? 110 00:06:00,277 --> 00:06:02,320 Excuse me, Leland. 111 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,072 - I think he can do it. - Me, too. 112 00:06:09,536 --> 00:06:10,495 Michael: It's your case, Stuart. 113 00:06:11,663 --> 00:06:13,081 Alright! 114 00:06:13,081 --> 00:06:16,167 - I got myself a trial. Michael: Hi, Elizabeth. 115 00:06:16,167 --> 00:06:18,461 I-- I-- I'm going to have to borrow a secretary. 116 00:06:18,461 --> 00:06:20,964 Mine doesn't know anything about litigation. 117 00:06:20,964 --> 00:06:22,966 Excuse me, Michael. Uh, there's a guy here 118 00:06:22,966 --> 00:06:24,843 who needs to see you, he says he's got information 119 00:06:24,843 --> 00:06:26,261 on the Nina Corry murder. 120 00:06:26,261 --> 00:06:27,554 And he says it's really important. 121 00:06:31,391 --> 00:06:34,102 [indistinct chatter] 122 00:06:34,102 --> 00:06:36,187 Michael: Alright, so what is this information? 123 00:06:36,187 --> 00:06:38,023 My cousin lives in Nina Corry's building. 124 00:06:39,983 --> 00:06:40,942 Who's your cousin? 125 00:06:41,818 --> 00:06:43,528 Howie Neumann. 126 00:06:43,528 --> 00:06:45,196 I already talked to him. He was away 127 00:06:45,196 --> 00:06:46,740 on vacation at the time of the killing. 128 00:06:46,740 --> 00:06:48,450 Yeah, I know he was away on vacation, sport. 129 00:06:48,450 --> 00:06:49,618 I was staying in his apartment. 130 00:06:51,703 --> 00:06:52,662 Michael: And? 131 00:06:54,289 --> 00:06:55,498 And I was there when the chick got it. 132 00:06:59,919 --> 00:07:01,087 [door closes] 133 00:07:01,087 --> 00:07:02,464 I'm listening. 134 00:07:02,464 --> 00:07:04,382 I saw who did it. 135 00:07:04,382 --> 00:07:06,343 Right after the screaming stopped I looked out the window 136 00:07:06,343 --> 00:07:09,387 and I saw this black dude running out of the building. 137 00:07:09,387 --> 00:07:11,056 How do you know it wasn't Earl Williams? 138 00:07:11,056 --> 00:07:12,432 'Cause I know the dude, that's how. 139 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:16,019 He's a whacked out pipe-head named Pinto. 140 00:07:16,019 --> 00:07:17,270 They call him that on account of, he's got these 141 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:19,147 white patches all over his skin. 142 00:07:19,147 --> 00:07:21,524 Well, why the hell didn't you come forward with this before? 143 00:07:21,524 --> 00:07:24,486 Because I sell rock cocaine for a living, that's why. 144 00:07:24,486 --> 00:07:26,237 I sell it, I smoke it. 145 00:07:26,237 --> 00:07:28,239 And I don't want anything to do with cops. 146 00:07:28,239 --> 00:07:30,533 Not cops, not district attorneys, not nothin'. 147 00:07:30,533 --> 00:07:31,785 So what are you doing here now? 148 00:07:33,828 --> 00:07:36,873 [sighs] I got busted again. 149 00:07:36,873 --> 00:07:39,376 This time, I want a lawyer like you. I figure, uh, 150 00:07:39,376 --> 00:07:41,753 maybe the two of us can work something out. 151 00:07:41,753 --> 00:07:44,589 - You're lying. - Hey...! 152 00:07:44,589 --> 00:07:46,883 I ain't lyin', man. 153 00:07:46,883 --> 00:07:49,511 I saw what I saw and I can clear your guy. 154 00:07:49,511 --> 00:07:51,179 You just gotta help me out. 155 00:07:51,179 --> 00:07:52,722 Well, I'm not making any deals with you until 156 00:07:52,722 --> 00:07:54,265 I'm satisfied you're telling me the truth. 157 00:07:56,476 --> 00:07:57,769 How you going to get satisfied? 158 00:07:57,769 --> 00:07:59,771 Lie detector test. 159 00:07:59,771 --> 00:08:01,856 I'll set it up, you pass it. 160 00:08:01,856 --> 00:08:04,234 And I mean pass it with flying colors... 161 00:08:05,944 --> 00:08:06,945 you've got yourself a lawyer. 162 00:08:08,780 --> 00:08:11,032 Alright. 163 00:08:11,032 --> 00:08:13,368 I'm going to pass it, Mr. Kuzak, 164 00:08:13,368 --> 00:08:14,619 'cause I saw what I saw. 165 00:08:19,249 --> 00:08:22,085 - What do you mean I'm traded? - It's just temporary, Rox. 166 00:08:22,085 --> 00:08:24,212 My case load is light and Stuart needs 167 00:08:24,212 --> 00:08:26,297 a secretary with some litigation experience. 168 00:08:26,297 --> 00:08:29,092 So you put me on waivers. What'd you get for me, Arnie? 169 00:08:29,092 --> 00:08:31,177 Don't take it personally. I'd never give you up. 170 00:08:31,177 --> 00:08:34,013 You know that. It's a couple of weeks at most. 171 00:08:34,013 --> 00:08:36,891 I-- I don't want to work for him. 172 00:08:36,891 --> 00:08:39,477 - I thought you liked Stuart. - I do. 173 00:08:39,477 --> 00:08:42,814 It's just that sometimes he can be kind of a noodge. 174 00:08:42,814 --> 00:08:44,232 A noodge? 175 00:08:44,232 --> 00:08:46,735 [chuckles softly] Yeah. He's so particular. 176 00:08:46,735 --> 00:08:48,862 You know, everything's got to be just so. 177 00:08:48,862 --> 00:08:50,655 I'm afraid he's going to drive me nuts. 178 00:08:50,655 --> 00:08:54,409 Don't be silly. He's going to be a lot easier on you than I am. 179 00:08:54,409 --> 00:08:57,078 [knocking on door] Hi. Roxanne, 180 00:08:57,078 --> 00:08:58,997 I'm thrilled you're going to be helping me out on this. 181 00:08:58,997 --> 00:09:01,291 You have no idea what a secure feeling it gives me. 182 00:09:01,291 --> 00:09:02,917 Thank you. 183 00:09:02,917 --> 00:09:04,711 So, uh, when you have a minute I'd like you to 184 00:09:04,711 --> 00:09:07,130 go through all the pleadings, and I want to color code them 185 00:09:07,130 --> 00:09:09,132 with these index tabs so I can, you know, 186 00:09:09,132 --> 00:09:11,509 distinguish them easily during trial. 187 00:09:11,509 --> 00:09:14,137 Uh, we'll use, uh, blue for pretrial proceedings, 188 00:09:14,137 --> 00:09:16,097 except for discovery which we'll use yellow. 189 00:09:16,097 --> 00:09:18,391 And then for legal memoranda, orange, and for rulings 190 00:09:18,391 --> 00:09:19,809 on motions in limine, green. 191 00:09:19,809 --> 00:09:21,561 Except for adverse rulings. 192 00:09:21,561 --> 00:09:23,605 We use half green, half red. You can cut them in half 193 00:09:23,605 --> 00:09:26,107 and scotch tape them together, I'll show you how to do it. 194 00:09:26,107 --> 00:09:29,235 [sighs] And then we'll sit down and alphabetize our witnesses. 195 00:09:29,235 --> 00:09:31,196 I've got this idea how to use graphics in our exhibits. 196 00:09:31,196 --> 00:09:34,074 I'll show you. [chuckles] It's great. 197 00:09:34,074 --> 00:09:35,533 Thanks again, Arnie. 198 00:09:35,533 --> 00:09:38,453 [indistinct chatter] 199 00:09:43,249 --> 00:09:46,586 - Black, right? - Right. Same as always. 200 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:48,546 So tell me, what's going on? 201 00:09:48,546 --> 00:09:52,425 [sighs] Well... 202 00:09:52,425 --> 00:09:55,970 about two months ago, Amy found out she was pregnant. 203 00:09:55,970 --> 00:09:58,098 My God! How old is she now? 204 00:09:58,098 --> 00:10:01,142 - She's seventeen. - Seventeen?! 205 00:10:01,142 --> 00:10:02,936 Just yesterday she was ten. 206 00:10:02,936 --> 00:10:05,688 Well, it has been awhile. 207 00:10:05,688 --> 00:10:09,734 Anyway, she thought about it. We talked about it. 208 00:10:09,734 --> 00:10:11,736 We talked about it some more. 209 00:10:11,736 --> 00:10:15,031 And she decided she was going to have an abortion. 210 00:10:15,031 --> 00:10:18,243 So the morning we went down, there was a Save The Babies 211 00:10:18,243 --> 00:10:21,120 demonstration at the clinic, and they're holding up photographs 212 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:22,872 and they're yelling, "Don't kill your baby. 213 00:10:22,872 --> 00:10:24,207 Don't kill your baby." 214 00:10:24,207 --> 00:10:25,625 Oh boy. 215 00:10:25,625 --> 00:10:27,919 I could feel Amy starting to shake. 216 00:10:27,919 --> 00:10:31,881 Then when we got inside, she just broke down and sobbed. 217 00:10:31,881 --> 00:10:34,050 When we left, they're still outside. 218 00:10:34,050 --> 00:10:35,969 Only this time they were worse. They're screaming 219 00:10:35,969 --> 00:10:38,304 right in her face, "Murderer. Murderer. 220 00:10:38,304 --> 00:10:39,889 Baby killer. Butcher." 221 00:10:39,889 --> 00:10:42,475 Oh, Connie. 222 00:10:42,475 --> 00:10:46,563 [sighs] Since that day, I just sit and hold her every night. 223 00:10:46,563 --> 00:10:48,857 She sees those bastards screaming at her 224 00:10:48,857 --> 00:10:50,900 every time she shuts her eyes. 225 00:10:50,900 --> 00:10:52,527 [Connie sighs] 226 00:10:52,527 --> 00:10:53,736 Is there anything I can do? 227 00:10:55,363 --> 00:10:57,198 I want to sue them. 228 00:10:57,198 --> 00:10:58,491 Sue them? 229 00:10:58,491 --> 00:11:02,036 Emotional distress, mental anguish. 230 00:11:02,036 --> 00:11:03,371 Anything you can think of. 231 00:11:06,457 --> 00:11:08,501 I'm not in this for the money, Ann. 232 00:11:08,501 --> 00:11:10,587 I just want to take them on. 233 00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:13,756 You haven't changed a bit. 234 00:11:15,425 --> 00:11:17,468 I don't know. I mean... 235 00:11:17,468 --> 00:11:19,846 Maybe this is the wrong time to be asking you this. 236 00:11:22,599 --> 00:11:23,558 Will you represent me? 237 00:11:26,102 --> 00:11:28,229 Yes. 238 00:11:28,229 --> 00:11:29,230 Yes, I will. 239 00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:41,618 Okay, we're ready for opening statements. Mr. Sifuentes. 240 00:11:41,618 --> 00:11:44,245 Uh, Your Honor. I'd like a sidebar. 241 00:11:44,245 --> 00:11:45,705 Objection. 242 00:11:45,705 --> 00:11:48,208 You're objecting to his request for a sidebar? 243 00:11:48,208 --> 00:11:51,002 Yes, Your Honor. It is Mr. Schuyler's practice 244 00:11:51,002 --> 00:11:53,463 to call these sidebars so that he can approach the bench 245 00:11:53,463 --> 00:11:55,632 and stand tiptoe on his trial bag 246 00:11:55,632 --> 00:11:58,343 in order to evoke laughter and sympathy from the jury. 247 00:11:58,343 --> 00:12:01,304 He then seeks to shame the jury for their laughter 248 00:12:01,304 --> 00:12:03,973 and manipulate their sympathies to his advantage. 249 00:12:03,973 --> 00:12:06,059 That's why I object. 250 00:12:06,059 --> 00:12:08,436 What I object to is his blatant assumption 251 00:12:08,436 --> 00:12:09,812 that I'm an object of sympathy. 252 00:12:09,812 --> 00:12:11,314 - Mr. Schuyler. Victor: I didn't say that. 253 00:12:11,314 --> 00:12:12,899 That's exactly what's at stake here. 254 00:12:12,899 --> 00:12:15,068 The attitude that small people are to be pitied. 255 00:12:15,068 --> 00:12:16,736 Mr. Schuyler. 256 00:12:16,736 --> 00:12:19,197 You need not feel sorry for me, ladies and gentlemen. 257 00:12:19,197 --> 00:12:22,867 You need not feel sorry for any dwarf that chooses to be tossed. 258 00:12:22,867 --> 00:12:24,577 Here he goes, making speeches already. 259 00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:26,496 And here you go, attacking me already. 260 00:12:26,496 --> 00:12:29,707 Alright, both of you, stop right now. 261 00:12:29,707 --> 00:12:31,542 I'm sorry, Your Honor. Can we please note 262 00:12:31,542 --> 00:12:33,211 his abuse for the record? 263 00:12:33,211 --> 00:12:36,965 No, I will not. Both of you in my chambers now. 264 00:12:39,342 --> 00:12:41,135 [door opens] What the hell is this? 265 00:12:41,135 --> 00:12:43,721 He has a tendency to making himself an issue, Your Honor. 266 00:12:43,721 --> 00:12:46,683 And I have to neutralize that. 267 00:12:46,683 --> 00:12:50,270 Again I'm under attack. First in court, now in chambers. 268 00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:52,772 This man is a dwarf bigot, judge. 269 00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:55,608 Nelson: Hey. Now I know you two have a history together. 270 00:12:55,608 --> 00:12:58,069 But I'll expect you to conduct yourselves responsibly 271 00:12:58,069 --> 00:13:00,655 and professionally while you're in my courtroom. 272 00:13:00,655 --> 00:13:02,073 Without the antics. 273 00:13:03,491 --> 00:13:04,450 Are we clear? 274 00:13:05,994 --> 00:13:07,495 Yes, sir. 275 00:13:07,495 --> 00:13:08,913 Yes, Your Honor. 276 00:13:08,913 --> 00:13:09,872 Good. 277 00:13:10,665 --> 00:13:11,624 Let's go. 278 00:13:14,460 --> 00:13:17,171 [scoffs] Some people never change. 279 00:13:17,171 --> 00:13:19,298 It was a mistake to object to the sidebar, Victor. 280 00:13:19,298 --> 00:13:21,426 Picking on a person as little as me. 281 00:13:21,426 --> 00:13:24,178 You know, when you exploit your size like that, you're no better 282 00:13:24,178 --> 00:13:26,180 than those dwarfs getting tossed in the bar. 283 00:13:26,180 --> 00:13:29,308 Except in the courtroom, I get to do the tossing. 284 00:13:29,308 --> 00:13:30,893 I'm going to beat you this time. 285 00:13:30,893 --> 00:13:33,479 - Loser buys dinner. - That's a bet. 286 00:13:33,479 --> 00:13:36,441 - You're dead meat. - [chuckles] Dream on, tall boy. 287 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,908 We're you present at 2358 Lynnbrook in the City 288 00:13:45,908 --> 00:13:48,703 of Los Angeles on November 8, 1988? 289 00:13:48,703 --> 00:13:50,538 Phillip: Yes. 290 00:13:50,538 --> 00:13:52,457 Man 4: Did you observe an individual known to you as Pinto 291 00:13:52,457 --> 00:13:56,461 run out of the Lynnbrook apartment house on November 8? 292 00:13:56,461 --> 00:13:58,254 Yes. 293 00:13:58,254 --> 00:14:00,131 Is your name Phillip Michael Holden? 294 00:14:00,131 --> 00:14:01,507 Yes. 295 00:14:01,507 --> 00:14:03,760 Man 4: Is your mother's name Francine? 296 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:05,553 Phillip: Yes. 297 00:14:05,553 --> 00:14:07,805 Man 4: Had you heard a young woman screaming immediately 298 00:14:07,805 --> 00:14:10,850 prior to seeing this individual flee the scene? 299 00:14:10,850 --> 00:14:12,268 Yes. 300 00:14:12,268 --> 00:14:14,312 Man 4: Were you born in Fresno, California? 301 00:14:14,312 --> 00:14:18,024 - Yes. - Is your father's name Carl? 302 00:14:18,024 --> 00:14:19,275 No. 303 00:14:19,275 --> 00:14:20,568 Man 4: Are you under the influence of 304 00:14:20,568 --> 00:14:21,861 any narcotic substance? 305 00:14:21,861 --> 00:14:23,196 Phillip: No. 306 00:14:23,196 --> 00:14:26,324 Have you ever lied to your attorney? 307 00:14:26,324 --> 00:14:27,950 Yes. 308 00:14:27,950 --> 00:14:29,452 Man 4: Thank you, Mr. Holden. We're finished. 309 00:14:33,081 --> 00:14:34,040 [sighs] 310 00:14:35,875 --> 00:14:39,170 Would you mind waiting outside? 311 00:14:39,170 --> 00:14:40,129 Not at all. 312 00:14:43,508 --> 00:14:44,467 [door opens] 313 00:14:46,511 --> 00:14:48,054 What have we got? 314 00:14:48,054 --> 00:14:49,931 I'd say you've got a guy who's telling the truth. 315 00:14:53,643 --> 00:14:55,186 Harold: And they have these contests to see 316 00:14:55,186 --> 00:14:56,687 who can throw them the farthest. 317 00:14:56,687 --> 00:14:58,815 It's terrible. I own a respectable restaurant. 318 00:14:58,815 --> 00:15:01,609 I try to cultivate a certain clientele, and you can look 319 00:15:01,609 --> 00:15:03,653 across the street and see them shot-putting midgets. 320 00:15:03,653 --> 00:15:05,655 So you and the other merchants in the neighborhood 321 00:15:05,655 --> 00:15:07,115 decided to bring this nuisance action? 322 00:15:07,115 --> 00:15:08,991 Well, we had to. The influx of the crowds 323 00:15:08,991 --> 00:15:12,245 was causing noise pollution, the streets were congested. 324 00:15:12,245 --> 00:15:14,956 Caused vandalism. We all suffered property damage 325 00:15:14,956 --> 00:15:16,791 the weekend of the championship. 326 00:15:16,791 --> 00:15:19,585 This is our town, and to have it associated with an event 327 00:15:19,585 --> 00:15:23,297 as depraved as this makes us all look bad. 328 00:15:23,297 --> 00:15:25,591 What they're doing is cruel, it's devoid of 329 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:29,637 all human decency, and it demeans our entire community. 330 00:15:29,637 --> 00:15:31,055 Thank you very much, sir. I have nothing further. 331 00:15:35,685 --> 00:15:39,814 Why is it you find dwarf tossing so depraved, Mr. Stevens? 332 00:15:39,814 --> 00:15:41,983 When a person's physicality is exploited for amusement 333 00:15:41,983 --> 00:15:43,901 and profit, I find that depraved. 334 00:15:43,901 --> 00:15:48,489 I see. Well, could you tell us about the wet t-shirt contests 335 00:15:48,489 --> 00:15:51,159 sponsored by Silver Street Tavern last year? 336 00:15:51,159 --> 00:15:52,952 That's a little different. 337 00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:54,871 Hamilton: Are you telling the court that as this bar right 338 00:15:54,871 --> 00:15:58,082 next to your restaurant, had big-breasted women 339 00:15:58,082 --> 00:16:01,711 strutting around in soaking, clinging undershirts, 340 00:16:01,711 --> 00:16:03,838 they weren't exploiting physicality 341 00:16:03,838 --> 00:16:05,840 for amusement and profit? 342 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:07,175 It's still different. 343 00:16:07,175 --> 00:16:08,551 They were not ridiculing the girls. 344 00:16:08,551 --> 00:16:11,053 Oh no. They were exalting them with honor. 345 00:16:11,053 --> 00:16:12,597 If anything, they were exploiting 346 00:16:12,597 --> 00:16:14,348 their physical attractiveness. 347 00:16:14,348 --> 00:16:16,893 What they do is exploit an abnormality and that's wrong. 348 00:16:16,893 --> 00:16:19,020 What about the circus, Mr. Stevens? 349 00:16:19,020 --> 00:16:22,273 They employ dwarfs for amusement and profit. 350 00:16:22,273 --> 00:16:25,067 Are you going after the Ringling Brothers next? 351 00:16:25,067 --> 00:16:28,654 The circus is different, too. They don't mistreat the dwarfs. 352 00:16:28,654 --> 00:16:31,115 Oh, so it is okay to exploit them for profit 353 00:16:31,115 --> 00:16:32,408 as long as you don't mistreat them? 354 00:16:32,408 --> 00:16:33,993 Your Honor, he's badgering. 355 00:16:33,993 --> 00:16:36,787 Tell me, Mr. Stevens, who should be the arbiter 356 00:16:36,787 --> 00:16:38,706 of whether a dwarf is being mistreated. 357 00:16:38,706 --> 00:16:40,708 You or the dwarf? 358 00:16:40,708 --> 00:16:44,420 A human being is picked up and thrown! 359 00:16:44,420 --> 00:16:46,714 That is mistreatment pure and simple. 360 00:16:46,714 --> 00:16:51,302 Going back to the circus, clowns get shot out of canons. 361 00:16:51,302 --> 00:16:53,221 Is that depravity to you? 362 00:16:53,221 --> 00:16:55,139 Stevens: It's still not the same. 363 00:16:55,139 --> 00:16:57,516 But I'm sure if they shot dwarfs out of canons, 364 00:16:57,516 --> 00:16:59,852 you'd come running to the rescue, wouldn't you? 365 00:16:59,852 --> 00:17:02,188 How lucky we are to have you. 366 00:17:02,188 --> 00:17:05,107 - That's enough, Mr. Schuyler. - Uh-oh. 367 00:17:05,107 --> 00:17:08,194 The judge has just reprimanded a dwarf lawyer. 368 00:17:08,194 --> 00:17:09,528 Go get him, Mr. Stevens. 369 00:17:09,528 --> 00:17:11,072 Victor: Objection. Nelson: Sustained. 370 00:17:11,072 --> 00:17:13,115 I have nothing further. 371 00:17:13,115 --> 00:17:18,412 Except of course to say, thank you, thank you, thank you. 372 00:17:18,412 --> 00:17:20,164 Nelson: Mr. Schuyler, that's enough. 373 00:17:28,798 --> 00:17:30,675 - You buzzed, Stuart? - Yeah, Rox. 374 00:17:30,675 --> 00:17:32,802 I need you to send a letter to opposing counsel. 375 00:17:32,802 --> 00:17:34,095 - Another one? - Mm-hm. 376 00:17:34,095 --> 00:17:36,264 I need to confirm his witnesses. 377 00:17:36,264 --> 00:17:37,890 He said he'd notify the court and I've seen 378 00:17:37,890 --> 00:17:38,933 no such notification. 379 00:17:38,933 --> 00:17:40,518 Okay. 380 00:17:40,518 --> 00:17:42,353 And I need you to mark up this motion in limine. 381 00:17:42,353 --> 00:17:44,063 - Okay. - Mm-hm. 382 00:17:44,063 --> 00:17:46,357 They want to introduce her dating video as evidence. 383 00:17:46,357 --> 00:17:49,193 Stuart: It's totally irrelevant. - I'll file it this afternoon. 384 00:17:49,193 --> 00:17:50,653 Stuart: Good. Oh, and, uh, 385 00:17:50,653 --> 00:17:52,029 did you mark out the motion for sanctions? 386 00:17:52,029 --> 00:17:53,572 - This morning. - Good. 387 00:17:53,572 --> 00:17:55,366 File this with that as a new combined motion. 388 00:17:55,366 --> 00:17:57,201 That way, I only have to make one court appearance. 389 00:17:57,201 --> 00:17:59,120 - Good. Stuart: Oh, and... [chuckles] 390 00:17:59,120 --> 00:18:00,871 Rox. You've got a... 391 00:18:00,871 --> 00:18:03,374 you got a favorable court ruling here with a blue tab on it. 392 00:18:03,374 --> 00:18:06,085 You know, the blue tabs are... We'll do that later. 393 00:18:06,085 --> 00:18:07,044 Great. 394 00:18:08,254 --> 00:18:11,716 Stuart: Okay. Okay. Okay. 395 00:18:11,716 --> 00:18:12,842 What's next? 396 00:18:12,842 --> 00:18:15,886 [humming] 397 00:18:15,886 --> 00:18:17,430 We've got a real problem, Leland. 398 00:18:18,055 --> 00:18:19,515 What? 399 00:18:19,515 --> 00:18:22,393 Ann's taken on a case that puts us four-square 400 00:18:22,393 --> 00:18:24,770 on the pro-choice side of the abortion mess. 401 00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:26,397 And? 402 00:18:26,397 --> 00:18:30,067 And we have clients who will run from us like the plague. 403 00:18:30,067 --> 00:18:33,362 Oh, I don't know that that's true, Douglas. 404 00:18:33,362 --> 00:18:36,949 Tell me. What's the upside of taking the chance? 405 00:18:36,949 --> 00:18:38,659 Well, the upside, Douglas, is that 406 00:18:38,659 --> 00:18:41,120 Ann Kelsey is a partner here. 407 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:44,123 I'm sure that this is something she feels rather strongly about. 408 00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:48,210 No doubt. No doubt she'll attend to it with her customary zeal. 409 00:18:48,210 --> 00:18:50,880 And mark my words, when the dust settles, we'll all be picking 410 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,632 the shrapnel out of our bank accounts. 411 00:18:53,632 --> 00:18:56,052 Who exactly are the clients you're concerned about? 412 00:18:56,052 --> 00:18:58,471 I'm concerned about Polestar. 413 00:18:58,471 --> 00:19:00,640 I'm concerned about McCarran. 414 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,892 I'm concerned about all of them. 415 00:19:02,892 --> 00:19:05,311 Well, let me sound a few of them out on the subject. 416 00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:09,106 Leland, you'll spook them just by bringing it up. 417 00:19:09,106 --> 00:19:13,611 Douglas, when I need guidance from you on how to communicate 418 00:19:13,611 --> 00:19:17,031 with a client, I'll ask for it. 419 00:19:17,031 --> 00:19:18,240 Let me know what you find out. 420 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,538 Man 5: I don't care if it's legal or illegal. 421 00:19:24,538 --> 00:19:26,749 Now what I'm saying is that throwing a dwarf 422 00:19:26,749 --> 00:19:28,918 is medically life threatening. 423 00:19:28,918 --> 00:19:32,171 Is it more dangerous than tossing normal-size person? 424 00:19:32,171 --> 00:19:34,465 Oh, very much so. Acondoplastic dwarfs 425 00:19:34,465 --> 00:19:36,801 have extremely fragile spines. 426 00:19:36,801 --> 00:19:39,804 There's an abnormal bone structure and the spinal cord 427 00:19:39,804 --> 00:19:41,680 itself is very inflexible. 428 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,934 A trauma to this area could cause sudden paralysis 429 00:19:44,934 --> 00:19:47,686 or permanent neurological damage. 430 00:19:47,686 --> 00:19:51,023 Is it your opinion then, doctor, that this practice is unsafe? 431 00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:53,984 In my opinion, this practice borders on criminal negligence. 432 00:19:53,984 --> 00:19:56,570 Objection. That's a legal conclusion. 433 00:19:56,570 --> 00:19:59,448 - This man is not a lawyer. - Sustained. 434 00:19:59,448 --> 00:20:01,867 The last remark is stricken. 435 00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:03,035 Thank you, doctor. 436 00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:03,994 I have nothing further. 437 00:20:12,461 --> 00:20:14,380 Doctor, you say you're opposed to 438 00:20:14,380 --> 00:20:16,215 dwarf tossing on a safety level? 439 00:20:16,215 --> 00:20:18,008 Yes, that's correct. 440 00:20:18,008 --> 00:20:20,678 Have you ever known a dwarf to suffer this sudden paralysis 441 00:20:20,678 --> 00:20:23,764 or neurological damage as a result of being tossed? 442 00:20:23,764 --> 00:20:25,391 Well, it's only a matter of time before-- 443 00:20:25,391 --> 00:20:28,269 - Yes or no, doctor? - No. 444 00:20:28,269 --> 00:20:29,895 I haven't see it happen yet. 445 00:20:29,895 --> 00:20:32,106 And on a safety level, which would you say is more 446 00:20:32,106 --> 00:20:36,193 life threatening, dwarf tossing or sky diving? 447 00:20:36,193 --> 00:20:38,821 [chuckles lightly] Well, obviously sky diving. 448 00:20:38,821 --> 00:20:44,827 And in fact, when we talk about football, skiing, ice hockey, 449 00:20:44,827 --> 00:20:47,329 boxing, car racing, 450 00:20:47,329 --> 00:20:50,291 all these sports pose a much greater threat of injury 451 00:20:50,291 --> 00:20:52,084 than do dwarf tossing, don't they? 452 00:20:52,084 --> 00:20:54,044 Statistically speaking, that's true. 453 00:20:54,044 --> 00:20:57,715 Then how is it you advocate the banning of dwarf tossing 454 00:20:57,715 --> 00:21:00,301 when you advocate no such ban on these far more 455 00:21:00,301 --> 00:21:01,886 dangerous activities? 456 00:21:01,886 --> 00:21:03,387 Well... 457 00:21:03,387 --> 00:21:05,514 These other sports you mentioned all have some 458 00:21:05,514 --> 00:21:07,600 redeeming athletic value. 459 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,895 The only point to dwarf tossing is cruelty, 460 00:21:10,895 --> 00:21:12,605 and increased liquor consumption. 461 00:21:12,605 --> 00:21:14,607 But that is not a safety argument, is it? 462 00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:16,275 That is a matter of policy. 463 00:21:16,275 --> 00:21:17,985 Well, maybe it is. But when you consider-- 464 00:21:17,985 --> 00:21:21,071 But, Doctor, you expressly stated you were opposed to 465 00:21:21,071 --> 00:21:23,115 all this on a level of safety. 466 00:21:23,115 --> 00:21:28,871 Now, were you confused, or were you just lying? 467 00:21:28,871 --> 00:21:30,790 I do oppose it on a safety level. 468 00:21:30,790 --> 00:21:33,375 Then how come you don't oppose football? 469 00:21:33,375 --> 00:21:37,087 [sighs] Well, football is a legitimate sport. 470 00:21:37,087 --> 00:21:42,009 Thank you, doctor, for that expert medical conclusion. 471 00:21:44,428 --> 00:21:45,387 Nothing further. 472 00:21:51,477 --> 00:21:53,479 [crickets chirping] 473 00:21:55,231 --> 00:21:58,150 Tomorrow we go to court and move for a new trial. 474 00:21:58,150 --> 00:21:59,151 Then it's up to the judge. 475 00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:01,070 - Right? - Right. 476 00:22:01,070 --> 00:22:03,781 She'll have an evidentiary hearing, Holden will testify, 477 00:22:03,781 --> 00:22:05,491 and then she'll rule. 478 00:22:05,491 --> 00:22:07,451 What do you think she'll do? 479 00:22:07,451 --> 00:22:09,203 I don't know. 480 00:22:09,203 --> 00:22:11,080 The jury would never have convicted Earl 481 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,749 if they had heard this man, right? 482 00:22:13,749 --> 00:22:16,502 - Well, it's hard to say. - But, what do you think? 483 00:22:18,420 --> 00:22:20,923 Well, I think it would have made a difference. 484 00:22:20,923 --> 00:22:23,801 But, Jackie, that in itself may not be enough 485 00:22:23,801 --> 00:22:25,469 for her to give us a new trial. 486 00:22:25,469 --> 00:22:27,304 I think she will. 487 00:22:27,304 --> 00:22:31,809 I'm not going to say anything to the kids, but I think she will. 488 00:22:31,809 --> 00:22:35,396 Just when you're sure that there's no way, a way is shown. 489 00:22:36,897 --> 00:22:40,025 Let's hope this is the way out. 490 00:22:40,025 --> 00:22:42,653 I appreciate what you're doing. 491 00:22:42,653 --> 00:22:45,197 Well, I'm just doing what a lawyer does. 492 00:22:45,197 --> 00:22:47,700 Yeah well, a lawyer sends a bill. 493 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:48,868 We'll work that out, Jackie. 494 00:22:50,828 --> 00:22:53,497 Anyway, thanks. 495 00:22:58,627 --> 00:23:01,547 [instrumental music] 496 00:23:12,016 --> 00:23:13,309 What did you do when you heard 497 00:23:13,309 --> 00:23:15,060 all of this screaming, Mr. Holden? 498 00:23:15,060 --> 00:23:17,771 I'm ashamed to say I didn't do anything. 499 00:23:17,771 --> 00:23:19,607 It wasn't until after it stopped and I heard someone 500 00:23:19,607 --> 00:23:22,067 running away that I went to the window. 501 00:23:22,067 --> 00:23:23,360 Michael: And what exactly did you see 502 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:24,987 when you looked out of the window? 503 00:23:24,987 --> 00:23:28,032 I saw this guy running. Running fast. 504 00:23:28,032 --> 00:23:28,991 Is that the man you saw? 505 00:23:30,743 --> 00:23:32,786 - No. Michael: You're sure? 506 00:23:32,786 --> 00:23:35,372 Yeah, I know the guy I saw running. 507 00:23:35,372 --> 00:23:38,208 He hung out in MacArthur Park. He was black, right. 508 00:23:38,208 --> 00:23:41,295 But he had these white patches all over his arms and neck. 509 00:23:41,295 --> 00:23:43,505 Everyone called him Pinto. 510 00:23:43,505 --> 00:23:46,091 I have no further questions, Your Honor. 511 00:23:46,091 --> 00:23:48,260 But at this time I would like to submit an affidavit, 512 00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:50,679 signed by Detective Edward Fowler of the Los Angeles 513 00:23:50,679 --> 00:23:53,390 Police Department, confirming that there is in fact 514 00:23:53,390 --> 00:23:56,560 a man whose street name is Pinto, whose real name is 515 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,396 Ronald Sewell, and who has a skin condition 516 00:23:59,396 --> 00:24:01,565 known as impetigo, which is exactly what we have 517 00:24:01,565 --> 00:24:03,484 heard described here. 518 00:24:03,484 --> 00:24:05,319 Marked submitted. 519 00:24:05,319 --> 00:24:08,280 - Ms. Flanagan? Michael: Your Honor? 520 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,407 I would also like to submit the results 521 00:24:10,407 --> 00:24:12,868 of a polygraph test taken by Mr. Holden. 522 00:24:12,868 --> 00:24:15,746 I'm not stipulating to any polygraph tests, Your Honor. 523 00:24:15,746 --> 00:24:17,748 That's that, then. It's inadmissible. 524 00:24:17,748 --> 00:24:19,958 Well, in the alternative, Mr. Holden would be willing to 525 00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:23,379 submit to another polygraph supervised by the prosecution. 526 00:24:23,379 --> 00:24:26,632 The prosecution's not interested in polygraph's, Your Honor. 527 00:24:26,632 --> 00:24:28,926 Roberta: Both sides have to agree, Mr. Kuzak. 528 00:24:28,926 --> 00:24:30,386 Ms. Flanagan, you can proceed. 529 00:24:33,639 --> 00:24:35,432 Have you ever used rock cocaine? 530 00:24:35,432 --> 00:24:37,184 Margaret: Mr. Holden? - Objection! 531 00:24:37,184 --> 00:24:39,269 Credibility of the witness is an issue, 532 00:24:39,269 --> 00:24:42,106 making this line of questioning totally relevant. 533 00:24:42,106 --> 00:24:46,110 - The objection is overruled. Margaret: I'll ask you again. 534 00:24:46,110 --> 00:24:48,612 Margaret: Have you ever used rock cocaine, Mr. Holden? 535 00:24:48,612 --> 00:24:50,239 Yes, I have. 536 00:24:50,239 --> 00:24:52,992 Had you been smoking it on the day that you saw "Pinto" 537 00:24:52,992 --> 00:24:54,535 running across the parking lot? 538 00:24:54,535 --> 00:24:58,247 - Your Honor. - Mr. Kuzak, sit down! 539 00:24:58,247 --> 00:25:00,833 Margaret: Had you been smoking it on that day? 540 00:25:00,833 --> 00:25:02,209 Phillip: No, I don't believe I was. 541 00:25:02,209 --> 00:25:03,419 Does that mean you're not sure? 542 00:25:03,419 --> 00:25:04,628 I'm sure of what I saw. 543 00:25:06,755 --> 00:25:09,425 You ever sell crack, sir? 544 00:25:09,425 --> 00:25:11,385 I think I might just take the fifth on that one. 545 00:25:11,385 --> 00:25:12,636 But the fact is, you were recently 546 00:25:12,636 --> 00:25:14,096 arrested for selling it, weren't you? 547 00:25:14,096 --> 00:25:15,848 Hey, innocent until proven guilty, right? 548 00:25:15,848 --> 00:25:19,059 This time! You've been proven guilty twice in the past. 549 00:25:19,059 --> 00:25:22,563 Yeah, alright, I've been proven guilty twice in the past. 550 00:25:22,563 --> 00:25:24,732 You offered your services as a confidential 551 00:25:24,732 --> 00:25:26,024 informant to the police. 552 00:25:26,024 --> 00:25:27,526 Objection! Relevance. 553 00:25:27,526 --> 00:25:29,653 That has nothing to do with this case. 554 00:25:29,653 --> 00:25:32,406 [sighs] It goes directly to the reliability of the witness. 555 00:25:32,406 --> 00:25:34,324 Objection overruled. 556 00:25:34,324 --> 00:25:36,618 You were the informant used to get an arrest warrant 557 00:25:36,618 --> 00:25:38,829 on Ronnie James, were you not? 558 00:25:38,829 --> 00:25:40,372 Yeah, that was me. 559 00:25:40,372 --> 00:25:41,832 And that case was thrown out of court because 560 00:25:41,832 --> 00:25:43,792 you proved to be totally unreliable. 561 00:25:43,792 --> 00:25:45,711 Margaret: Isn't that right? - I don't know. 562 00:25:45,711 --> 00:25:47,337 I didn't really follow it, to tell you the truth. 563 00:25:47,337 --> 00:25:49,715 Documentation will be made available to the court. 564 00:25:52,009 --> 00:25:56,013 Tell us, what is Mr. Kuzak offering you in exchange 565 00:25:56,013 --> 00:25:57,181 for this testimony? 566 00:25:57,181 --> 00:25:59,016 Nothing. 567 00:25:59,016 --> 00:26:00,559 Is that what Mr. Kuzak will tell me 568 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:01,810 when I put him on the stand? 569 00:26:01,810 --> 00:26:04,146 - Objection! Roberta: Overruled. 570 00:26:04,146 --> 00:26:08,192 What is Mr. Kuzak giving you for this testimony? 571 00:26:08,192 --> 00:26:10,569 He agreed to be my lawyer on the bust. 572 00:26:10,569 --> 00:26:13,197 So you lied just now when you said "nothing," didn't you? 573 00:26:13,197 --> 00:26:16,867 He isn't giving me anything. He's just going to be my lawyer. 574 00:26:16,867 --> 00:26:18,744 Well, Your Honor, this is pure sham. 575 00:26:18,744 --> 00:26:21,705 He's a liar and Mr. Kuzak's enticed him to come forward. 576 00:26:21,705 --> 00:26:24,166 Well, I object to that. This man came forward on his own! 577 00:26:24,166 --> 00:26:25,959 Oh, out of the goodness of his heart, I know. 578 00:26:25,959 --> 00:26:28,086 He has material information, Your Honor. 579 00:26:28,086 --> 00:26:30,088 Material lies. He's a burned-out 580 00:26:30,088 --> 00:26:31,423 junkie looking to cut a deal. 581 00:26:31,423 --> 00:26:33,050 - Objection. Phillip: Hey! 582 00:26:33,050 --> 00:26:34,843 Phillip: I may be a lowlife, but I know what I saw. 583 00:26:34,843 --> 00:26:36,595 Pinto was on the pipe. He killed the girl. 584 00:26:36,595 --> 00:26:39,014 That guy there had nothing to do with it. 585 00:26:39,014 --> 00:26:41,850 [pensive music] 586 00:26:41,850 --> 00:26:45,437 I'll take this matter under advisement. We're adjourned. 587 00:26:52,903 --> 00:26:55,948 Mr. Creland, approximately how many times 588 00:26:55,948 --> 00:26:57,533 would you say you've been tossed? 589 00:26:57,533 --> 00:26:59,910 Probably well into the thousands. 590 00:26:59,910 --> 00:27:02,329 Have you ever suffered injury as a result of this activity? 591 00:27:02,329 --> 00:27:04,164 No. Never. 592 00:27:04,164 --> 00:27:07,000 I guess the question on most people's minds is, 593 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,836 why did you consent to all this? 594 00:27:08,836 --> 00:27:12,256 Five hundred dollars a night. As a plumber's assistant, 595 00:27:12,256 --> 00:27:14,341 I was lucky if I made sixty dollars a day. 596 00:27:14,341 --> 00:27:17,761 Don't you find it all rather demeaning? 597 00:27:17,761 --> 00:27:20,055 "Demeaning" is not being able to pay my rent. 598 00:27:20,055 --> 00:27:22,015 Or buy braces for my son's teeth. 599 00:27:22,015 --> 00:27:24,226 This job gives me financial security. 600 00:27:24,226 --> 00:27:26,562 It allows me to provide for my family. 601 00:27:26,562 --> 00:27:28,730 I don't want to throw all this away just because some 602 00:27:28,730 --> 00:27:30,899 tall people feel sorry for me. 603 00:27:30,899 --> 00:27:33,986 Well, these tall people, they're just trying to help. 604 00:27:33,986 --> 00:27:35,612 Well, let them help the homeless. 605 00:27:35,612 --> 00:27:37,865 - Or somebody that needs help. - Nothing further. 606 00:27:42,369 --> 00:27:44,830 Mr. Creland, what are the patrons in the bar 607 00:27:44,830 --> 00:27:47,165 doing as you're getting tossed, sir? 608 00:27:47,165 --> 00:27:49,126 - They're having a good time. - Mm-hm. 609 00:27:49,126 --> 00:27:51,545 - They laughing? Adam: Yeah. 610 00:27:51,545 --> 00:27:53,463 - Laughing at you? - I don't know. 611 00:27:53,463 --> 00:27:55,257 But I don't really care. 612 00:27:55,257 --> 00:27:58,135 Well, Mr. Creland, could you make room for the possibility 613 00:27:58,135 --> 00:27:59,428 that these people laugh at you 614 00:27:59,428 --> 00:28:02,180 because they consider you a freak? 615 00:28:02,180 --> 00:28:04,766 It's possible. But like I said, I really don't care. 616 00:28:04,766 --> 00:28:07,477 Victor: Yes. You've mentioned your son, sir. How old is he? 617 00:28:07,477 --> 00:28:08,896 Adam: He's eight years old. 618 00:28:08,896 --> 00:28:10,188 Do you ever take him to work to show him 619 00:28:10,188 --> 00:28:11,481 how daddy makes a living? 620 00:28:11,481 --> 00:28:12,774 Objection. This line of questioning-- 621 00:28:12,774 --> 00:28:14,568 He says he's not ashamed of what he does. 622 00:28:14,568 --> 00:28:16,153 And I'm just crossing him on that. 623 00:28:16,153 --> 00:28:19,364 The objection is overruled. The witness may answer. 624 00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:21,617 I can't take an eight-year-old boy into a bar. 625 00:28:21,617 --> 00:28:23,869 Well, does he even know what you do for a living, sir? 626 00:28:23,869 --> 00:28:25,454 - No, he doesn't know. - Well, why not? 627 00:28:25,454 --> 00:28:27,623 Most fathers tell their kids all about their jobs. 628 00:28:27,623 --> 00:28:30,334 - Objection. This is abusive. - What is abusive? 629 00:28:30,334 --> 00:28:32,711 I'm just talking about his great job. 630 00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:33,879 The objection is overruled. 631 00:28:35,797 --> 00:28:37,257 Why haven't you told your son 632 00:28:37,257 --> 00:28:39,051 what you do for a living, Mr. Creland? 633 00:28:39,051 --> 00:28:41,470 Wouldn't he be proud to see his father getting tossed around? 634 00:28:41,470 --> 00:28:44,514 Getting laughed at. Or could it be that he might be ashamed? 635 00:28:44,514 --> 00:28:46,934 - Why don't you shut up?! - Which is worse, Mr. Creland? 636 00:28:46,934 --> 00:28:48,310 If he were ashamed, or if he 637 00:28:48,310 --> 00:28:49,853 wanted to grow up to be just like you? 638 00:28:49,853 --> 00:28:53,106 - I said shut up! - Mr. Creland, that'll do. 639 00:28:53,106 --> 00:28:56,693 - And you too, Mr. Sifuentes. - I have nothing further. 640 00:28:56,693 --> 00:28:59,613 Let the jury take note of the witness' sense of dignity. 641 00:28:59,613 --> 00:29:01,114 Stuart: Objection! - Withdrawn. 642 00:29:05,661 --> 00:29:06,662 [indistinct chatter] 643 00:29:06,662 --> 00:29:08,455 Hi, Rox. 644 00:29:08,455 --> 00:29:10,707 - Hi. - What's the matter? 645 00:29:10,707 --> 00:29:12,250 Nothing. Nothing. 646 00:29:12,250 --> 00:29:14,503 Just savoring my seven-and-a-half minute break 647 00:29:14,503 --> 00:29:17,756 before I start to rebind the deposition transcripts. 648 00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:19,508 You're gonna rebind transcripts? 649 00:29:19,508 --> 00:29:23,470 Of course. How could anyone possibly go into court 650 00:29:23,470 --> 00:29:26,390 with deposition pages that don't turn crisply? 651 00:29:26,390 --> 00:29:29,142 It's almost as bad as mis-colored pleadings. 652 00:29:30,352 --> 00:29:32,145 Stuart's trial. 653 00:29:32,145 --> 00:29:35,482 I have filed seven motions and sent twelve letters 654 00:29:35,482 --> 00:29:39,820 to opposing counsel in the last three days. 655 00:29:39,820 --> 00:29:43,115 Well, being meticulous is one of the reasons he's a good lawyer. 656 00:29:43,115 --> 00:29:44,491 I know. 657 00:29:44,491 --> 00:29:47,911 [chuckles] What's with the secret meeting? 658 00:29:47,911 --> 00:29:51,748 Beats me. They all filed in there about ten minutes ago. 659 00:29:51,748 --> 00:29:55,043 - Something's up. - Mm. 660 00:29:55,043 --> 00:29:58,588 I am not proud of this. Anyone who knows me knows that 661 00:29:58,588 --> 00:30:00,632 I have never bowed to political pressure. 662 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:02,217 Then why do it now? 663 00:30:02,217 --> 00:30:05,637 Because this is different. Abortion is different. 664 00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:09,975 Ann, I know of two major clients who view our taking on this case 665 00:30:09,975 --> 00:30:12,936 as fundamentally altering the nature of this firm. 666 00:30:12,936 --> 00:30:15,439 And both have made it very clear they'll leave. 667 00:30:15,439 --> 00:30:18,150 Which, given our current financial woes, 668 00:30:18,150 --> 00:30:19,651 we can ill afford. 669 00:30:19,651 --> 00:30:20,986 If we represented the right-to lifers, 670 00:30:20,986 --> 00:30:22,529 then pro-choice clients would leave. 671 00:30:22,529 --> 00:30:25,866 Which is exactly why we stay out of it altogether. 672 00:30:25,866 --> 00:30:28,368 Michael can represent murderers and rapists 673 00:30:28,368 --> 00:30:29,911 with the full support of the firm, 674 00:30:29,911 --> 00:30:32,456 I want to represent a dear friend and I'm told no. 675 00:30:32,456 --> 00:30:34,291 We don't run the risk of being labeled 676 00:30:34,291 --> 00:30:36,251 pro-murder or pro-rape, Ann. 677 00:30:36,251 --> 00:30:38,295 So we'll just shut our eyes and play it safe. 678 00:30:38,295 --> 00:30:40,922 What is wrong with playing it safe? 679 00:30:40,922 --> 00:30:42,674 It's commonly known as cowardice, Arnie. 680 00:30:42,674 --> 00:30:45,177 Excuse me, I don't accept that characterization. 681 00:30:45,177 --> 00:30:47,220 What's more, I resent it. 682 00:30:47,220 --> 00:30:50,432 We have no business involving ourselves in this controversy 683 00:30:50,432 --> 00:30:52,601 when there's so much passion on both sides. 684 00:30:52,601 --> 00:30:56,772 I am involved, Douglas. I'm a woman, I'm involved. 685 00:30:56,772 --> 00:30:59,399 And that passion is my passion. 686 00:30:59,399 --> 00:31:01,234 Now you may choose to ignore it, 687 00:31:01,234 --> 00:31:02,778 but you will never make it go away. 688 00:31:11,953 --> 00:31:17,542 Well, we have heard evidence of the vandalism. 689 00:31:17,542 --> 00:31:20,295 We've heard evidence of the street congestion. 690 00:31:20,295 --> 00:31:22,964 And most of all, we've heard what a terrible stain 691 00:31:22,964 --> 00:31:26,426 this activity casts on the entire neighborhood. 692 00:31:26,426 --> 00:31:30,430 Now, every time they toss a dwarf, they're saying it's 693 00:31:30,430 --> 00:31:33,517 okay to humiliate a person just because of the way he looks. 694 00:31:33,517 --> 00:31:36,103 Every time they roll a dwarf down a bowling alley, they're 695 00:31:36,103 --> 00:31:40,107 saying it's okay to abuse someone because he is different. 696 00:31:40,107 --> 00:31:41,149 Well, it is not okay. 697 00:31:44,152 --> 00:31:46,571 This is no different, ladies and gentlemen, than if they started 698 00:31:46,571 --> 00:31:48,573 throwing black people and promoted it as 699 00:31:48,573 --> 00:31:51,493 "*** tossing," or if they decided to throw me down 700 00:31:51,493 --> 00:31:53,328 a bowling alley and call it "spic bowling." 701 00:31:55,831 --> 00:32:00,252 And, even if the black person agrees to be thrown, 702 00:32:00,252 --> 00:32:02,796 even if I consent to be bowled, 703 00:32:02,796 --> 00:32:05,715 those activities become no less repulsive. 704 00:32:05,715 --> 00:32:07,175 No. 705 00:32:07,175 --> 00:32:10,011 Because bigotry can never be ratified 706 00:32:10,011 --> 00:32:12,305 by the victim's consent. 707 00:32:12,305 --> 00:32:14,891 That just makes it more pathetic. 708 00:32:14,891 --> 00:32:17,310 What they are doing is depraved. 709 00:32:17,310 --> 00:32:21,898 They are singling out a class of people and designating them 710 00:32:21,898 --> 00:32:23,775 as objects of ridicule and disrespect. 711 00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:25,735 And I don't care how much they make people laugh. 712 00:32:25,735 --> 00:32:27,612 I don't care how much money they make. 713 00:32:27,612 --> 00:32:28,697 That is discrimination. 714 00:32:30,157 --> 00:32:32,367 Throw 'em through the air! Have a beer! 715 00:32:32,367 --> 00:32:34,244 Watch that little guy sail. 716 00:32:34,244 --> 00:32:37,164 Smile. Have another brewski. 717 00:32:37,164 --> 00:32:39,499 And help remind the world that dwarfs 718 00:32:39,499 --> 00:32:41,418 should never be taken seriously. 719 00:32:41,418 --> 00:32:42,544 Well, they're not real people. 720 00:32:44,337 --> 00:32:45,839 They're just cheap labor for the freak show. 721 00:32:48,008 --> 00:32:48,967 [scoffs] 722 00:33:04,566 --> 00:33:08,278 Only an attorney as brilliant as Mr. Sifuentes 723 00:33:08,278 --> 00:33:10,197 could lend such plausibility 724 00:33:10,197 --> 00:33:13,074 to an argument so devoid of merit. 725 00:33:13,074 --> 00:33:16,119 [chuckles] That stuff about throwing blacks 726 00:33:16,119 --> 00:33:17,704 or bowling Hispanics... 727 00:33:17,704 --> 00:33:22,542 it's a, a gifted analogy, but totally misplaced. 728 00:33:22,542 --> 00:33:25,587 We have civil rights laws that would prohibit "***-tossing" 729 00:33:25,587 --> 00:33:27,505 or "spic-bowling." 730 00:33:27,505 --> 00:33:31,343 But there is no such legislation that applies to dwarfs. 731 00:33:31,343 --> 00:33:35,096 And Mr. Sifuentes also very wisely omitted 732 00:33:35,096 --> 00:33:37,641 the safety argument in his closing. 733 00:33:37,641 --> 00:33:41,561 Undoubtedly, because he knows how ridiculous it is. 734 00:33:41,561 --> 00:33:45,649 Not one dwarf has been hurt in my client's bar. 735 00:33:45,649 --> 00:33:49,986 And the sport is certainly far less dangerous than football 736 00:33:49,986 --> 00:33:53,907 or boxing or other American pastimes we embrace 737 00:33:53,907 --> 00:33:55,242 so willingly. 738 00:33:55,242 --> 00:33:57,702 No. Their whole case 739 00:33:57,702 --> 00:34:00,872 comes down to the premise that dwarf tossing 740 00:34:00,872 --> 00:34:02,624 is cruel and depraved. 741 00:34:02,624 --> 00:34:05,377 This, despite the fact that no tossed dwarf has ever 742 00:34:05,377 --> 00:34:07,545 come forward with a complaint. 743 00:34:07,545 --> 00:34:10,715 Rather, it is the tall, enlightened people 744 00:34:10,715 --> 00:34:13,760 who find it so offensive. 745 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:17,472 And therein, ladies and gentlemen, lies my complaint. 746 00:34:17,472 --> 00:34:20,725 Prejudice can be found in the assumption that 747 00:34:20,725 --> 00:34:22,769 little people need protection. 748 00:34:22,769 --> 00:34:25,855 That little people are not competent to make the choices. 749 00:34:25,855 --> 00:34:28,817 We don't know what to do so you'll prescribe for us 750 00:34:28,817 --> 00:34:30,610 what we should do. 751 00:34:30,610 --> 00:34:33,280 I am an attorney. 752 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:34,656 I became an attorney because 753 00:34:34,656 --> 00:34:37,784 I wanted to and because it is my right. 754 00:34:37,784 --> 00:34:41,955 It is also my right to become a human projectile if I wanted to. 755 00:34:41,955 --> 00:34:46,001 And if you limit that right in my best interests, 756 00:34:46,001 --> 00:34:49,254 you limit my freedom to make the choice. 757 00:34:49,254 --> 00:34:54,009 You erode my autonomy. You demean my individuality. 758 00:34:54,009 --> 00:34:57,387 And that, ladies and gentlemen, is a far greater detriment 759 00:34:57,387 --> 00:35:01,641 to self-esteem than being thrown around in some bar. 760 00:35:01,641 --> 00:35:06,354 Now, whatever you do, when you go back into that jury room, 761 00:35:06,354 --> 00:35:10,191 don't you dare feel sorry for us. 762 00:35:10,191 --> 00:35:13,278 Take it from me, we'll take your ridicule 763 00:35:13,278 --> 00:35:16,156 over your pity any time. 764 00:35:16,156 --> 00:35:19,075 [pensive music] 765 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,880 [indistinct chatter] 766 00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:34,883 - Hi. - Hi. 767 00:35:36,801 --> 00:35:37,761 What's up? 768 00:35:39,888 --> 00:35:40,847 I can't do it. 769 00:35:43,266 --> 00:35:44,934 Alright. 770 00:35:44,934 --> 00:35:46,394 My firm is worried about the effect on 771 00:35:46,394 --> 00:35:48,480 some of their other clients, and they told me 772 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:50,565 I can't take the case. 773 00:35:50,565 --> 00:35:52,442 If you can't, you can't. 774 00:35:52,442 --> 00:35:54,611 We're a small firm and I guess they feel that we can't afford 775 00:35:54,611 --> 00:35:56,946 to be identified quite so much with the issue. 776 00:35:58,531 --> 00:35:59,491 What about you? 777 00:36:01,201 --> 00:36:04,245 I am a partner, I have to abide by their decision. 778 00:36:04,245 --> 00:36:06,623 W--what I mean is, can you afford to be 779 00:36:06,623 --> 00:36:09,250 identified with the issue? 780 00:36:09,250 --> 00:36:11,044 Connie, if it were up to me, I'd take the case. 781 00:36:13,213 --> 00:36:15,507 I guess it just didn't occur to me that it wasn't up to you. 782 00:36:17,092 --> 00:36:19,177 There's no reason that it should have. 783 00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:21,888 You didn't know that I'd turned into just another meek, 784 00:36:21,888 --> 00:36:23,807 aging yuppie who talks a good game 785 00:36:23,807 --> 00:36:26,267 and then in the end does what she's told. 786 00:36:26,267 --> 00:36:29,062 I don't think of you as meek, and I don't think of you 787 00:36:29,062 --> 00:36:32,774 as a yuppie, and I certainly don't think of you as aging. 788 00:36:32,774 --> 00:36:35,485 Well, I know you're wrong about the last one. 789 00:36:35,485 --> 00:36:39,531 Ann, you're my friend, that hasn't changed. Okay? 790 00:36:39,531 --> 00:36:42,075 Okay. 791 00:36:42,075 --> 00:36:44,661 Anyway, you should probably be thinking about 792 00:36:44,661 --> 00:36:45,829 that little one inside you. 793 00:36:47,956 --> 00:36:48,915 Yeah. 794 00:36:51,710 --> 00:36:54,045 Abby, come here. Look. Look at this. 795 00:36:54,045 --> 00:36:57,048 These are the guys my client matched up with the plaintiff. 796 00:36:57,048 --> 00:36:58,258 Hey, come on. They're not so bad. 797 00:36:58,258 --> 00:36:59,926 - Are they all living? - Ughhh! 798 00:36:59,926 --> 00:37:02,804 I'm gonna use this as an exhibit, too. Which reminds me. 799 00:37:02,804 --> 00:37:04,514 - Rox. Rox: What, Stuart? 800 00:37:04,514 --> 00:37:06,349 Yeah, I need you to notify court 801 00:37:06,349 --> 00:37:08,059 and opposing counsel about our new exhibit. 802 00:37:08,059 --> 00:37:13,148 Rox: I'll get right on it. - Great. She is great. 803 00:37:13,148 --> 00:37:14,941 Stuart, can I talk to you for a minute? 804 00:37:14,941 --> 00:37:15,900 Yeah. 805 00:37:20,488 --> 00:37:22,198 You're filing way too many motions and sending 806 00:37:22,198 --> 00:37:23,450 too many letters to counsel. 807 00:37:23,450 --> 00:37:25,410 What do you mean? 808 00:37:25,410 --> 00:37:27,287 W-- what? Did Rox complain or something? 809 00:37:27,287 --> 00:37:28,913 No, no. Roxanne didn't complain. 810 00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:30,331 It's just that I've seen what she's been doing 811 00:37:30,331 --> 00:37:31,291 the last few days. 812 00:37:33,126 --> 00:37:35,295 Stuart, this is not a big case. 813 00:37:35,295 --> 00:37:37,964 In fact, this is a very small case, and when the other side 814 00:37:37,964 --> 00:37:40,008 sees you making such a big deal out of it, they're gonna think 815 00:37:40,008 --> 00:37:41,885 you don't have anything better to do. 816 00:37:41,885 --> 00:37:43,344 They're going to read you as inexperienced. 817 00:37:43,344 --> 00:37:44,929 They won't be quick to settle. 818 00:37:44,929 --> 00:37:46,389 The judge will also read you as inexperienced. 819 00:37:46,389 --> 00:37:48,516 And when the jury sees that, you won't carry 820 00:37:48,516 --> 00:37:49,934 as much weight with them. 821 00:37:49,934 --> 00:37:53,646 Take it from me. A former victim. 822 00:37:53,646 --> 00:37:55,315 I was just being thorough. 823 00:37:55,315 --> 00:37:58,693 You're being too thorough. Prepare your case, yeah. 824 00:37:58,693 --> 00:38:00,737 But if you're too over anxious, 825 00:38:00,737 --> 00:38:01,905 everybody's going to smell a novice. 826 00:38:03,615 --> 00:38:06,659 Okay. 827 00:38:07,577 --> 00:38:08,536 Stuart: Abby. 828 00:38:09,954 --> 00:38:11,748 Thanks. 829 00:38:11,748 --> 00:38:13,208 Sounds like you're ready, Stuart. 830 00:38:13,208 --> 00:38:16,002 Oh, I can't wait. [chuckles] 831 00:38:16,002 --> 00:38:17,337 [Abby laughs] 832 00:38:21,049 --> 00:38:22,008 [door closes] 833 00:38:30,350 --> 00:38:34,229 Mr. Foreman, has the jury reached a verdict? 834 00:38:34,229 --> 00:38:36,523 - We have, Your Honor. - What say you? 835 00:38:36,523 --> 00:38:38,358 Mr. Foreman: In the matter of Stevens et. al. versus 836 00:38:38,358 --> 00:38:41,694 Riley's Pub, we find that the complained of activities 837 00:38:41,694 --> 00:38:44,405 do not rise to the level of nuisance, and therefore 838 00:38:44,405 --> 00:38:46,282 return in favor of the defendant. 839 00:38:46,282 --> 00:38:47,700 Oh, baby! Yes! 840 00:38:47,700 --> 00:38:50,370 You mean they get to keep doing this? 841 00:38:50,370 --> 00:38:51,329 I'm afraid so. 842 00:38:58,461 --> 00:39:01,714 Roberta: I've listened to the testimony of Phillip Holden. 843 00:39:01,714 --> 00:39:03,508 I've listened to it carefully. 844 00:39:03,508 --> 00:39:06,553 To warrant my setting aside the jury's verdict 845 00:39:06,553 --> 00:39:11,307 and ordering a new trial, Mr. Holden needs to be credible. 846 00:39:11,307 --> 00:39:13,101 He wasn't even close. 847 00:39:13,101 --> 00:39:15,728 He waited long enough before coming forward with his 848 00:39:15,728 --> 00:39:19,816 purported new information so as to seriously call into question 849 00:39:19,816 --> 00:39:22,193 his motives for coming forward at all. 850 00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:25,238 He's a long time drug addict and he's been adjudged 851 00:39:25,238 --> 00:39:27,198 wholly unreliable in the past. 852 00:39:27,198 --> 00:39:30,535 I've seen nothing here to cause me to think that he's changed. 853 00:39:30,535 --> 00:39:34,372 Accordingly, your motion for a new trial is denied, Mr. Kuzak. 854 00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:37,000 The jury's verdict stands. Court dismissed. 855 00:39:38,167 --> 00:39:39,419 Your Honor, I don't think-- 856 00:39:39,419 --> 00:39:40,795 Put it in your appellate brief, sir. 857 00:39:40,795 --> 00:39:42,338 I'm not hearing any oral argument now. 858 00:39:47,886 --> 00:39:50,305 [door opens] 859 00:39:50,305 --> 00:39:53,975 Your Honor, what do I have to do to make you see? 860 00:39:53,975 --> 00:39:55,935 Will you get out of my chambers? 861 00:39:55,935 --> 00:39:59,355 I am watching a man get ground up in this great system of ours 862 00:39:59,355 --> 00:40:01,900 because no one is willing to believe that maybe, 863 00:40:01,900 --> 00:40:04,068 maybe things are not what they seem. 864 00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:07,030 Your being here constitutes ex parte communication. 865 00:40:07,030 --> 00:40:08,865 I don't care what it constitutes. I'm tired of having 866 00:40:08,865 --> 00:40:10,700 my witnesses dismissed as liars. 867 00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:12,619 Mr. Kuzak, I'll tell you one more time. 868 00:40:12,619 --> 00:40:14,871 Okay. What am I supposed to tell my client? 869 00:40:14,871 --> 00:40:16,414 Phil Holden wasn't respectable enough 870 00:40:16,414 --> 00:40:18,583 so you can kiss this life good bye? 871 00:40:18,583 --> 00:40:20,335 Will you send a court officer in, please. 872 00:40:20,335 --> 00:40:22,378 Just what is number one on your list? 873 00:40:22,378 --> 00:40:24,797 Getting at the truth or getting things done? 874 00:40:27,592 --> 00:40:29,052 You're in contempt, sir. 875 00:40:29,052 --> 00:40:30,720 You're damn right I am in contempt. 876 00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:33,598 I'm staring at someone who would send a man to his death 877 00:40:33,598 --> 00:40:37,310 so she can clear off her desk, and I am positively in contempt. 878 00:40:37,310 --> 00:40:39,479 Gene, I'd like Mr. Kuzak here placed under arrest. 879 00:40:39,479 --> 00:40:41,648 Let him cool off for an hour or so behind bars. 880 00:40:41,648 --> 00:40:44,317 [sighs] 881 00:40:44,317 --> 00:40:48,321 Aren't you tough. Law and order uber alles. 882 00:40:48,321 --> 00:40:50,406 Well, if a few innocent ones get caught in the net, 883 00:40:50,406 --> 00:40:52,116 that's just the price we have to pay, right? 884 00:40:52,116 --> 00:40:54,994 Get him out of here, Gene. I don't have time for this. 885 00:40:54,994 --> 00:40:56,204 Aren't you tough. 886 00:40:56,204 --> 00:40:57,664 [dramatic music] 887 00:40:57,664 --> 00:40:58,623 [door closes] 888 00:41:02,085 --> 00:41:06,547 [door clanks open] 889 00:41:06,547 --> 00:41:07,507 [door clanks shut] 890 00:41:09,550 --> 00:41:11,052 [door rattling] 891 00:41:15,848 --> 00:41:16,891 What now, Michael? 892 00:41:16,891 --> 00:41:19,811 [music continues] 893 00:41:22,605 --> 00:41:24,357 [door clanks] 894 00:41:24,357 --> 00:41:26,609 [chuckles softly] 895 00:41:26,609 --> 00:41:29,028 You sure look like a trial lawyer, Stuart. 896 00:41:29,028 --> 00:41:31,781 Yeah. Well, that's, that's half of it, I'm told. 897 00:41:31,781 --> 00:41:33,825 - Right. - Come on. 898 00:41:33,825 --> 00:41:35,868 [claps] Let's go. We have an 8:30 reservation. 899 00:41:37,537 --> 00:41:39,205 Stuart, did you ever think what it would be like 900 00:41:39,205 --> 00:41:41,416 to run our own little peanut stand? 901 00:41:41,416 --> 00:41:43,126 What do you mean? 902 00:41:43,126 --> 00:41:48,089 I mean, instead of McKenzie and Brackman, Kelsey and Markowitz. 903 00:41:48,089 --> 00:41:50,049 How come your name comes first? 904 00:41:50,049 --> 00:41:52,719 - Alphabetical. - Yeah, right. 905 00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:55,763 Really, though. You could be the kind of lawyer you want to be, 906 00:41:55,763 --> 00:41:58,182 and I could be the kind of lawyer I want to be. 907 00:41:58,182 --> 00:42:01,018 Sounds great. Question is, could we earn a living? 908 00:42:01,018 --> 00:42:05,314 I don't know. But it just strikes me that we only have 909 00:42:05,314 --> 00:42:08,151 a certain number of productive years. 910 00:42:08,151 --> 00:42:10,153 And I don't think I want to spend them all toiling 911 00:42:10,153 --> 00:42:13,114 in someone else's vineyard. 912 00:42:13,114 --> 00:42:16,367 Well, I don't guess there's any reason you have to. 913 00:42:19,746 --> 00:42:22,957 I don't know about this place, Stuart. 914 00:42:22,957 --> 00:42:23,916 I really don't. 915 00:42:25,334 --> 00:42:28,254 [instrumental music] 916 00:42:39,682 --> 00:42:42,977 As, as soon as I saw their faces, I knew. 917 00:42:42,977 --> 00:42:44,395 I knew I was beat. 918 00:42:44,395 --> 00:42:46,606 Well, Sifuentes, how many times have I told you, 919 00:42:46,606 --> 00:42:48,274 you're much too tall. 920 00:42:48,274 --> 00:42:49,650 He should cut his legs off 921 00:42:49,650 --> 00:42:51,486 and we could go into practice together. 922 00:42:51,486 --> 00:42:54,655 Hamilton, that's sick. I'm going to the little girls' room. 923 00:42:54,655 --> 00:42:56,824 Why don't you two wrap up the shop talk so we can 924 00:42:56,824 --> 00:42:58,576 have a decent conversation when I get back? 925 00:42:58,576 --> 00:42:59,911 - Okay. - Will do. Mm-hm. 926 00:43:06,209 --> 00:43:07,752 She's terrific. 927 00:43:07,752 --> 00:43:09,670 She's absolutely contagious, isn't she? 928 00:43:09,670 --> 00:43:11,255 Yeah. 929 00:43:11,255 --> 00:43:13,716 So, is there something serious going on here? 930 00:43:13,716 --> 00:43:15,676 Well, I wouldn't mind, but I've only known her 931 00:43:15,676 --> 00:43:16,636 an hour and a half. 932 00:43:18,346 --> 00:43:20,306 What are you talking about? You just met her? 933 00:43:20,306 --> 00:43:21,265 She's a call girl. 934 00:43:23,851 --> 00:43:25,394 Oh. 935 00:43:25,394 --> 00:43:28,022 - Are you shocked? - I'm not shocked. I'm not. 936 00:43:30,691 --> 00:43:33,069 - Maybe surprised. - Why? 937 00:43:33,069 --> 00:43:35,446 Because she's so lanky? Phsew. 938 00:43:35,446 --> 00:43:37,323 Forget about dwarf hookers, Victor. 939 00:43:37,323 --> 00:43:38,991 They're much too expensive. 940 00:43:38,991 --> 00:43:40,535 Anyway, there's only about three in the whole world. 941 00:43:40,535 --> 00:43:42,912 [chuckles] See, there you go. 942 00:43:42,912 --> 00:43:44,330 You're always deflecting everything. 943 00:43:44,330 --> 00:43:48,709 Oh, come on. Don't start playing shrink with me. 944 00:43:48,709 --> 00:43:50,878 Do you have a family, Hamilton? 945 00:43:50,878 --> 00:43:52,296 What's that got to do with anything? 946 00:43:52,296 --> 00:43:55,258 I don't know. Do you love anybody? 947 00:43:55,258 --> 00:43:57,009 What the hell kinds of questions are these? 948 00:43:57,009 --> 00:43:58,344 They're just questions. 949 00:44:00,721 --> 00:44:02,974 Have you ever loved somebody? 950 00:44:02,974 --> 00:44:04,892 Are you going to make a pass at me? 951 00:44:04,892 --> 00:44:06,978 [chuckling] No. 952 00:44:06,978 --> 00:44:08,896 Seriously. 953 00:44:08,896 --> 00:44:10,898 Have you? 954 00:44:10,898 --> 00:44:12,984 Yeah. I loved a woman once. 955 00:44:12,984 --> 00:44:15,403 Six years ago, I let myself fall in love. 956 00:44:15,403 --> 00:44:17,196 What happened? 957 00:44:17,196 --> 00:44:18,406 Hamilton: Well, the same as happens 958 00:44:18,406 --> 00:44:20,199 in most relationships, I guess. 959 00:44:20,199 --> 00:44:22,827 One day you wake up and the passion's gone. 960 00:44:22,827 --> 00:44:26,372 You discover you don't really know each other any more. 961 00:44:26,372 --> 00:44:30,751 And then, uh, she gets embarrassed to be 962 00:44:30,751 --> 00:44:33,838 with a man who's only three foot eleven tall. 963 00:44:37,633 --> 00:44:39,552 I know what feelings are about, Victor. 964 00:44:45,808 --> 00:44:49,604 Still, I win my cases, I get rich, I surround myself 965 00:44:49,604 --> 00:44:52,565 with luxury, I go out with beautiful women. 966 00:44:52,565 --> 00:44:54,317 I got no complaints. 967 00:44:57,111 --> 00:44:59,071 - Sorry I took so long. Victor: Huh. 968 00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:02,825 [sighs] What happened to you? 969 00:45:02,825 --> 00:45:04,744 - Hm? - I was expecting a ransom note. 970 00:45:04,744 --> 00:45:08,331 [laughs] Isn't he adorable? 971 00:45:08,331 --> 00:45:11,834 I was born that way. What can I say. 972 00:45:11,834 --> 00:45:14,378 - I'm having such a good time. - Of course you are. 973 00:45:14,378 --> 00:45:17,798 Life is good. Life is great. 974 00:45:17,798 --> 00:45:20,426 - Here's to happiness. - To happiness. 975 00:45:20,426 --> 00:45:21,385 [glasses clink] 976 00:45:23,638 --> 00:45:24,680 [glasses clink] 977 00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:27,600 [instrumental music] 978 00:45:40,988 --> 00:45:43,908 [outro theme] 979 00:46:10,935 --> 00:46:13,854 [production theme]