1 00:00:00,959 --> 00:00:02,294 Your bringing a lawsuit might strike 2 00:00:02,294 --> 00:00:04,796 some people as a little extreme, Mr. Paul. 3 00:00:04,796 --> 00:00:07,925 Look, I became a comedian for one reason... 4 00:00:07,925 --> 00:00:09,426 I'm funny. 5 00:00:09,426 --> 00:00:12,512 She shows up at a gig, I'm not funny anymore. 6 00:00:12,512 --> 00:00:14,514 The she you're referring to would be the defendant. 7 00:00:14,514 --> 00:00:16,016 Right. 8 00:00:16,016 --> 00:00:17,768 What exactly would she do, sir? 9 00:00:17,768 --> 00:00:20,854 If I happen to use one of her lines, she goes crazy. 10 00:00:20,854 --> 00:00:23,690 I mean, she yells at me right in the middle of my act. 11 00:00:23,690 --> 00:00:26,109 That happens, my timing takes a bus. 12 00:00:26,109 --> 00:00:27,986 It's never your fault, is it, Joey? 13 00:00:27,986 --> 00:00:29,238 - It's never your fault. - Ma'am. 14 00:00:29,238 --> 00:00:31,281 You're not supposed to be using my lines. 15 00:00:31,281 --> 00:00:32,908 Look, when I'm performing, I don't always remember 16 00:00:32,908 --> 00:00:34,493 who wrote what, alright? 17 00:00:34,493 --> 00:00:37,246 See, this-- this is what she does to me, judge. 18 00:00:37,246 --> 00:00:39,581 - Mr. Rollins, please proceed. - Thank you. 19 00:00:39,581 --> 00:00:42,876 Did you ever ask the defendant to talk about it privately? 20 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:45,587 - To stop interrupting you? Joey: I begged her. 21 00:00:45,587 --> 00:00:49,007 Every time I played the Comedy Corner, she showed up. 22 00:00:49,007 --> 00:00:52,469 Every time she showed up, I went straight into the toilet. 23 00:00:52,469 --> 00:00:54,888 Now, there are other clubs, though, aren't there? 24 00:00:54,888 --> 00:00:58,392 - Not like the Comedy Corner. Jonathan: Why, sir? 25 00:00:58,392 --> 00:01:00,644 Does the word sine qua non mean anything? 26 00:01:00,644 --> 00:01:02,521 Oh, forget it, Joey. 27 00:01:02,521 --> 00:01:04,273 You're no funnier in Latin than you are in English. 28 00:01:04,273 --> 00:01:06,483 Judge 1: Will counsel control her client. 29 00:01:06,483 --> 00:01:07,651 Yes, Your Honor. 30 00:01:07,651 --> 00:01:09,319 Did your career suffer as a result, sir? 31 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,530 Yeah, yeah, how about I'm supposed to do 32 00:01:11,530 --> 00:01:14,032 six weeks in Tahoe, they cancel on me. 33 00:01:14,032 --> 00:01:16,535 How about I'm supposed to do Letterman, they cancel that. 34 00:01:16,535 --> 00:01:19,079 I'm back to selling piece goods now on account of her. 35 00:01:19,079 --> 00:01:21,081 - Objection. Judge 1: Sustained. 36 00:01:21,081 --> 00:01:23,208 One last question, Joey, 37 00:01:23,208 --> 00:01:24,876 when did the defendant start doing this? 38 00:01:24,876 --> 00:01:26,628 Right after we got divorced. 39 00:01:26,628 --> 00:01:27,754 Rollins: Nothing further. 40 00:01:30,048 --> 00:01:31,258 Until the time you got divorced, 41 00:01:31,258 --> 00:01:32,843 Mr. Paul, who wrote your material? 42 00:01:32,843 --> 00:01:34,511 She did. 43 00:01:34,511 --> 00:01:36,638 And the terms of the settlement expressly forbid you 44 00:01:36,638 --> 00:01:39,933 from continuing to use that material, did they not? 45 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:44,730 Yeah, but performing requires a certain degree of spontaneity. 46 00:01:44,730 --> 00:01:46,189 I mean, sometimes I forgot. 47 00:01:46,189 --> 00:01:47,357 Sitkowitz: And sometimes she reminded you. 48 00:01:47,357 --> 00:01:49,985 Hey, I died up there on account of her. 49 00:01:49,985 --> 00:01:53,488 Is it just possible, sir, that since she stopped writing 50 00:01:53,488 --> 00:01:55,741 your material for you, the jokes aren't as funny anymore? 51 00:01:55,741 --> 00:01:57,200 What are you, a critic? 52 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,995 I'm suggesting that your career may have stalled 53 00:01:59,995 --> 00:02:02,956 for reasons having nothing to do with your ex-wife's behavior. 54 00:02:02,956 --> 00:02:05,500 Look, funny is funny, alright? 55 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:08,670 I mean, I got a thousand ways of makin' people laugh. 56 00:02:08,670 --> 00:02:12,174 She'll tell ya. When I opened for Vic Damone, I killed 'em. 57 00:02:12,174 --> 00:02:13,967 Because I was still writing for ya. 58 00:02:13,967 --> 00:02:15,135 - Ms. Paul, please. - Yeah? 59 00:02:15,135 --> 00:02:17,596 But I'm the one who killed 'em, Lainie. 60 00:02:17,596 --> 00:02:20,098 You can't accept it, can you? I'm the funny one. 61 00:02:20,098 --> 00:02:21,975 I'm the one who makes them laugh. 62 00:02:21,975 --> 00:02:24,561 If it wasn't for you, I'd be doing great right now. 63 00:02:24,561 --> 00:02:28,815 Ladies and gentlemen, Joey Paul and his Fabulous Excuses. 64 00:02:28,815 --> 00:02:32,319 Thank you, Miss Bitter. Thank you, Miss Vindictive. 65 00:02:32,319 --> 00:02:33,945 Thank you, Miss Vengeance-Seeking 66 00:02:33,945 --> 00:02:35,364 Nightclub-Heckler-From-Hell. 67 00:02:40,702 --> 00:02:43,372 [theme music] 68 00:04:13,753 --> 00:04:16,423 [music continues] 69 00:04:35,317 --> 00:04:37,152 This has to be very short, as we all have 70 00:04:37,152 --> 00:04:38,945 places to be within the hour. 71 00:04:38,945 --> 00:04:41,406 First up, welcome back to Ms. Kelsey, 72 00:04:41,406 --> 00:04:43,200 who rejoins us today part-time. 73 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,743 [applause] 74 00:04:44,743 --> 00:04:46,661 She'll be working the 9:00-to-1:00 shift, 75 00:04:46,661 --> 00:04:49,664 so she gets priority on morning conference room needs. 76 00:04:49,664 --> 00:04:51,333 Thank you. 77 00:04:51,333 --> 00:04:54,127 Uh, great to be back. 78 00:04:54,127 --> 00:04:57,214 Douglas: Jonathan, how goes the Joey-Paul matter? 79 00:04:57,214 --> 00:05:00,300 Trial in progress, I've been trying to get them to settle 80 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:01,843 but both sides are a little stubborn. 81 00:05:01,843 --> 00:05:04,513 - Joey Paul's a comic, right? - He's suing his ex-wife. 82 00:05:04,513 --> 00:05:06,139 She's been showing up at clubs, harassing him. 83 00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:09,309 Isn't heckling a kind of a fact of life with comedians? 84 00:05:09,309 --> 00:05:10,519 It's gone a little beyond heckling. 85 00:05:10,519 --> 00:05:12,521 He's losing bookings, she's ruining his act. 86 00:05:12,521 --> 00:05:13,688 Brackman: Well, I know the world 87 00:05:13,688 --> 00:05:15,565 certainly hopes you can save it. 88 00:05:15,565 --> 00:05:17,567 Moving on, anybody hear from Abby? 89 00:05:17,567 --> 00:05:18,985 She's in with her client getting ready. 90 00:05:18,985 --> 00:05:21,279 - Trial starts this afternoon. Douglas: Good. Stuart? 91 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:23,865 Thank you for the Thompson prospectus, client's pleased. 92 00:05:23,865 --> 00:05:26,618 Michael, I'm waiting for the update on the Williams appeal. 93 00:05:26,618 --> 00:05:28,370 And, Victor, you have the Weyburn depositions 94 00:05:28,370 --> 00:05:29,496 today and tomorrow? 95 00:05:29,496 --> 00:05:31,456 - Uh-huh. I do. - Great. 96 00:05:31,456 --> 00:05:33,208 Arnold, you'll send me a copy 97 00:05:33,208 --> 00:05:34,751 of the Mathiason settlement papers? 98 00:05:34,751 --> 00:05:37,379 Ah. Thank you much. That's all for now. 99 00:05:37,379 --> 00:05:38,964 We're done. Short, sweet, succinct. 100 00:05:38,964 --> 00:05:41,341 - It's a science, Douglas. - Thank you. Thank you. 101 00:05:49,766 --> 00:05:51,852 Rosalind, can I talk to you for a second? 102 00:05:51,852 --> 00:05:52,602 Sure. 103 00:05:59,526 --> 00:06:01,111 I owe you an apology. 104 00:06:02,946 --> 00:06:05,782 My little tirade about your using my office that day, 105 00:06:05,782 --> 00:06:08,243 I know that Stuart said you could 106 00:06:08,243 --> 00:06:09,703 and I was out of line. 107 00:06:09,703 --> 00:06:11,371 Well, I should have checked with you first. 108 00:06:11,371 --> 00:06:13,540 It wasn't Stuart's office to offer. 109 00:06:13,540 --> 00:06:15,125 Well, that's between him and me. 110 00:06:15,125 --> 00:06:17,335 But, uh, taking it out on you was wrong. 111 00:06:17,335 --> 00:06:19,296 I hope you'll accept my apology. 112 00:06:19,296 --> 00:06:21,798 Consider it accepted. 113 00:06:21,798 --> 00:06:23,592 Oh, and one other thing, 114 00:06:23,592 --> 00:06:26,761 and this is gonna sound really stupid, 115 00:06:26,761 --> 00:06:30,682 but in the staff meeting, you've been sitting on my seat. 116 00:06:30,682 --> 00:06:31,558 Excuse me? 117 00:06:31,558 --> 00:06:33,143 The seat you sit in... 118 00:06:33,143 --> 00:06:34,728 that's always been my place. 119 00:06:34,728 --> 00:06:37,606 - And now that I've returned... - You want it back. 120 00:06:37,606 --> 00:06:39,065 Well, it's kind of a superstition with me 121 00:06:39,065 --> 00:06:39,941 and I thought you wouldn't mind. 122 00:06:39,941 --> 00:06:41,651 No problem, Ann. 123 00:06:41,651 --> 00:06:45,280 I'll sit somewhere else. I didn't realize. 124 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:47,449 - I feel so silly. - Don't. 125 00:06:49,075 --> 00:06:51,745 Well, welcome back. 126 00:06:51,745 --> 00:06:52,871 Thanks. 127 00:06:52,871 --> 00:06:54,164 [door closes] 128 00:06:55,999 --> 00:06:59,127 [traffic bustling] 129 00:07:03,298 --> 00:07:04,966 Counselor. 130 00:07:04,966 --> 00:07:06,301 Your Honor. 131 00:07:08,011 --> 00:07:09,763 How are you? 132 00:07:09,763 --> 00:07:12,557 I'm fine. [chuckles] Fine. How are you? 133 00:07:12,557 --> 00:07:14,934 - Good. Good. - Good. 134 00:07:14,934 --> 00:07:16,603 [chuckling] 135 00:07:16,603 --> 00:07:18,980 We're like a couple of guilty teenagers. 136 00:07:18,980 --> 00:07:20,649 Well, maybe I ought to be guilty, anyway. 137 00:07:20,649 --> 00:07:22,776 I mean, I-I ... I sort of have a girlfriend. 138 00:07:22,776 --> 00:07:24,319 - Sort of? - Mm-hmm. 139 00:07:24,319 --> 00:07:28,198 Listen to you, Mr. Commitment. [sighs] 140 00:07:28,198 --> 00:07:32,952 Mickey, it was just a moment, it was one moment of impulse. 141 00:07:32,952 --> 00:07:35,330 You shouldn't have to torture yourself over it. 142 00:07:35,330 --> 00:07:37,123 You don't even have to think about it. 143 00:07:37,123 --> 00:07:38,958 Well, I do think about it. 144 00:07:38,958 --> 00:07:42,003 Grace, it's hard for me not to think about it. 145 00:07:42,003 --> 00:07:43,254 What are you saying? 146 00:07:43,254 --> 00:07:46,257 Well, I guess I'm saying... 147 00:07:47,342 --> 00:07:48,968 that I miss you. 148 00:07:48,968 --> 00:07:51,888 Yeah, I miss you, too. 149 00:07:51,888 --> 00:07:53,515 [scoffs] 150 00:07:53,515 --> 00:07:56,685 This must be when I say, "I gotta get to court." 151 00:07:56,685 --> 00:07:58,853 Yeah. I'll see you around? 152 00:08:00,897 --> 00:08:01,898 Let's have lunch. 153 00:08:04,109 --> 00:08:05,652 [chuckles] Oh. 154 00:08:07,946 --> 00:08:11,157 I'm getting scared, Abby, I thought I was ready for this, 155 00:08:11,157 --> 00:08:12,826 but I don't think we can win. 156 00:08:12,826 --> 00:08:16,079 Diane, he did beat you for 12 years. 157 00:08:16,079 --> 00:08:19,332 - He hit you and he beat you. - They'll say he was my husband. 158 00:08:19,332 --> 00:08:20,542 Abby: Doesn't excuse it. 159 00:08:20,542 --> 00:08:22,836 It does in a lot of people's minds. 160 00:08:22,836 --> 00:08:26,464 Look, Diane, you can't be waffling like this. 161 00:08:26,464 --> 00:08:28,299 We are about to start a trial 162 00:08:28,299 --> 00:08:29,426 and I'm not gonna let you cave in 163 00:08:29,426 --> 00:08:31,886 at the last minute because of fear. 164 00:08:31,886 --> 00:08:34,514 You're gonna take the stand, you're gonna tell your story 165 00:08:34,514 --> 00:08:36,433 and you're gonna be strong. Okay? 166 00:08:36,433 --> 00:08:39,102 I don't think I can. 167 00:08:39,102 --> 00:08:40,520 Diane... 168 00:08:42,897 --> 00:08:46,818 There's something I haven't told you through all this. 169 00:08:46,818 --> 00:08:49,988 My ex-husband used to batter me. He would hit me. 170 00:08:49,988 --> 00:08:54,034 He... I know how debilitated you feel. 171 00:08:54,034 --> 00:08:56,119 I know how hard it is for you to stand up to him, 172 00:08:56,119 --> 00:08:57,954 but you have got to. 173 00:08:57,954 --> 00:08:59,998 The first step towards getting on with your life 174 00:08:59,998 --> 00:09:03,501 is winning this lawsuit, and we will win. 175 00:09:05,962 --> 00:09:08,089 - Okay. - Okay. 176 00:09:08,089 --> 00:09:09,549 Let's go. 177 00:09:18,725 --> 00:09:20,977 Abby: Exactly how would he hit you, Diane? 178 00:09:20,977 --> 00:09:25,023 With an open hand, or with the back of his hand. 179 00:09:25,023 --> 00:09:28,234 Sometimes, if he was really mad, he'd close his fist. 180 00:09:28,234 --> 00:09:31,362 And where on your body did he strike you? 181 00:09:31,362 --> 00:09:34,407 My head, my face, 182 00:09:34,407 --> 00:09:35,408 and on my shoulders. 183 00:09:35,408 --> 00:09:37,660 Did he ever injure you? 184 00:09:37,660 --> 00:09:39,996 Diane: Sometimes, I'd get a black eye. 185 00:09:39,996 --> 00:09:42,874 Once I fell and hit my chin and I had to have stitches. 186 00:09:44,793 --> 00:09:46,920 How often did he strike you? 187 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:50,131 Some spells would be worse when we weren't doing too well. 188 00:09:50,131 --> 00:09:53,009 But on average, maybe once or twice a month. 189 00:09:53,009 --> 00:09:56,304 And yet, you stayed married to him for 12 years? 190 00:09:56,304 --> 00:09:59,557 Diane: I thought he would get so mad because he loved me. 191 00:09:59,557 --> 00:10:01,684 And my own father... [crying] 192 00:10:04,521 --> 00:10:06,022 What about your own father? 193 00:10:06,022 --> 00:10:10,610 My father would hit me and my mother sometimes. 194 00:10:12,821 --> 00:10:16,574 [crying] Not often, but it happened. 195 00:10:16,574 --> 00:10:18,910 And maybe that made me accept... 196 00:10:20,245 --> 00:10:22,038 I don't know. 197 00:10:22,038 --> 00:10:23,873 Abby: When did you refuse to accept it? 198 00:10:23,873 --> 00:10:26,793 Diane: After my divorce I got therapy. 199 00:10:26,793 --> 00:10:29,254 The therapist told me that I suffered 200 00:10:29,254 --> 00:10:32,132 from battered-spouse syndrome and that I-- 201 00:10:32,132 --> 00:10:33,883 Objection. Hearsay. 202 00:10:33,883 --> 00:10:36,469 Sustained, you can get the psychiatrists 203 00:10:36,469 --> 00:10:38,054 to state their findings, Ms. Perkins. 204 00:10:38,054 --> 00:10:40,974 Diane, have you been able to sustain 205 00:10:40,974 --> 00:10:43,059 a physical or romantic relationship 206 00:10:43,059 --> 00:10:45,311 with any man since your divorce three years ago? 207 00:10:46,521 --> 00:10:49,899 I'm ashamed that 208 00:10:49,899 --> 00:10:54,237 I let the situation happen for 12 years. 209 00:10:54,237 --> 00:10:58,408 I'm repulsed, and when, when I'm touched 210 00:10:58,408 --> 00:11:01,286 by a man now, in any way, 211 00:11:01,286 --> 00:11:04,122 I remind myself... 212 00:11:04,122 --> 00:11:06,207 [sighs] 213 00:11:06,207 --> 00:11:07,917 I just can't be touched. 214 00:11:07,917 --> 00:11:09,669 Abby: I have nothing further. 215 00:11:13,089 --> 00:11:15,925 Other than the time that you fell and hit your chin, 216 00:11:15,925 --> 00:11:17,844 you never required any medical attention 217 00:11:17,844 --> 00:11:21,097 as a result of my client's actions, did you? 218 00:11:21,097 --> 00:11:22,807 No. 219 00:11:22,807 --> 00:11:24,684 Did you ever report him to any authorities 220 00:11:24,684 --> 00:11:26,644 as a result of this violence? 221 00:11:26,644 --> 00:11:28,062 Diane: No, I didn't. 222 00:11:28,062 --> 00:11:31,357 Did you ever talk to a lawyer about it? 223 00:11:31,357 --> 00:11:33,318 Not during the marriage, no I-- 224 00:11:33,318 --> 00:11:37,864 In fact, ma'am, you didn't want this marriage to end, did you? 225 00:11:37,864 --> 00:11:40,450 - In retrospect-- Echeverria: He left you. 226 00:11:40,450 --> 00:11:42,202 - Isn't that right? - Yes. 227 00:11:42,202 --> 00:11:45,121 And, Ms. Campbell, didn't you sometimes make love 228 00:11:45,121 --> 00:11:47,707 to my client immediately after being hit by him? 229 00:11:47,707 --> 00:11:49,459 - Objection. - Overruled. 230 00:11:49,459 --> 00:11:51,920 Did you or did you not on some occasions 231 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:54,047 have sexual intercourse with your ex-husband 232 00:11:54,047 --> 00:11:56,049 in the wake of this domestic violence? 233 00:11:56,049 --> 00:11:58,343 Yes, that sometimes happened, but it was probably-- 234 00:11:58,343 --> 00:12:01,888 Thank you, ma'am, isn't it possible that my client thought 235 00:12:01,888 --> 00:12:04,807 you enjoyed being hit? 236 00:12:04,807 --> 00:12:05,934 No. 237 00:12:05,934 --> 00:12:07,477 Well, you always told him you'd dreamed 238 00:12:07,477 --> 00:12:08,519 of marrying a man just like dad. 239 00:12:08,519 --> 00:12:09,938 Dad hit mom. He knew this. 240 00:12:09,938 --> 00:12:12,273 - I should have left-- - But you didn't. 241 00:12:12,273 --> 00:12:13,775 He'd hit you, and instead of walking out 242 00:12:13,775 --> 00:12:15,193 that door, you'd made love to him. 243 00:12:15,193 --> 00:12:17,028 You discouraged him real good, Diane. 244 00:12:17,028 --> 00:12:19,238 - Objection! - Counselor, that's enough. 245 00:12:19,238 --> 00:12:23,368 - Why didn't you leave him? - [crying] I don't know. 246 00:12:23,368 --> 00:12:25,036 I don't know. 247 00:12:29,916 --> 00:12:31,250 Echeveria: I have nothing further. 248 00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:33,920 [sniffling] 249 00:12:39,050 --> 00:12:40,718 When you go to the Comedy Corner, 250 00:12:40,718 --> 00:12:42,428 is it to hurt Joey Paul? 251 00:12:42,428 --> 00:12:44,138 Absolutely not. 252 00:12:44,138 --> 00:12:47,225 I'm a comedy writer. I go there to check out comics. 253 00:12:47,225 --> 00:12:49,936 - But you did interrupt him. - He was using my lines. 254 00:12:49,936 --> 00:12:50,979 Hey, they were the only laughs he got. 255 00:12:50,979 --> 00:12:53,022 - That's not true. - Mr. Paul. 256 00:12:53,022 --> 00:12:55,733 He does Max Von Sydow impersonations. 257 00:12:55,733 --> 00:12:57,986 [chuckling] This is funny? 258 00:12:57,986 --> 00:12:59,612 Can you specify what material of yours 259 00:12:59,612 --> 00:13:00,989 you witnessed him using? 260 00:13:00,989 --> 00:13:02,448 The Chinese restaurant bit was mine. 261 00:13:02,448 --> 00:13:04,033 Just the part about the clean glasses. 262 00:13:04,033 --> 00:13:06,202 Judge 1: Sir. - That's the heart of the bit. 263 00:13:06,202 --> 00:13:07,829 Sitkowitz: What else? Lainie: The co-ed dormitory. 264 00:13:07,829 --> 00:13:09,872 The guy buying sanitary napkins, 265 00:13:09,872 --> 00:13:12,375 the dog jokes, the convenience store bit... 266 00:13:12,375 --> 00:13:15,086 Did you ever ask the plaintiff to stop using your material? 267 00:13:15,086 --> 00:13:17,422 Of course I did, but every time he got desperate, 268 00:13:17,422 --> 00:13:18,923 he just went ahead and did it. 269 00:13:18,923 --> 00:13:20,925 I have nothing further. 270 00:13:20,925 --> 00:13:22,760 You sometimes interrupted Joey when he wasn't 271 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:24,387 doing your material, didn't you, ma'am? 272 00:13:24,387 --> 00:13:27,598 - That's not what hurt him. - Is the answer yes or no? 273 00:13:27,598 --> 00:13:28,891 The answer's yes. So what? 274 00:13:28,891 --> 00:13:30,310 You called out requests... 275 00:13:30,310 --> 00:13:31,978 Lainie: People do that all the time. 276 00:13:31,978 --> 00:13:34,063 - You called out insults - He was dyin' up there. 277 00:13:34,063 --> 00:13:35,857 - I was trying to help him out. - Yeah? 278 00:13:35,857 --> 00:13:37,066 How were you trying to help me, Lainie? 279 00:13:37,066 --> 00:13:39,068 By feeding you setups, yutz. 280 00:13:39,068 --> 00:13:41,195 But why is it that he needed help? 281 00:13:41,195 --> 00:13:43,406 Can you spell "Hopelessly obscure?" 282 00:13:43,406 --> 00:13:45,992 - Can you spell "Borscht Belt?" - Well, which is it? What? 283 00:13:45,992 --> 00:13:48,119 Was I hopelessly obscure or was I Borscht Belt? 284 00:13:48,119 --> 00:13:49,912 I'm gonna hold you in contempt, Mr. Paul. 285 00:13:49,912 --> 00:13:51,205 You're giving me no other choice. 286 00:13:51,205 --> 00:13:53,833 The man does not know how to tailor material 287 00:13:53,833 --> 00:13:56,836 to an audience, you do not play a room filled of 20-year-olds 288 00:13:56,836 --> 00:13:59,047 in LA doing Georgie Jessel gags. 289 00:13:59,047 --> 00:14:01,424 That's not the point, ma'am. 290 00:14:01,424 --> 00:14:05,094 Joey Paul deleted your material from his act. 291 00:14:05,094 --> 00:14:07,263 He told you he didn't want your help. 292 00:14:07,263 --> 00:14:09,849 You still insisted on sitting there. 293 00:14:09,849 --> 00:14:12,977 For 11 years I put up with him. I paid the rent. 294 00:14:12,977 --> 00:14:15,480 I got him an agent, I gave him his routine 295 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,440 and I listened to him bitch. 296 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:19,817 If he's a comic, it's because I made him one. 297 00:14:19,817 --> 00:14:22,945 Well, the truth is, ma'am, 298 00:14:22,945 --> 00:14:24,322 you didn't want this marriage to end. 299 00:14:24,322 --> 00:14:26,324 The only reason you showed up night after night 300 00:14:26,324 --> 00:14:27,700 was to get him back. 301 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:30,453 - Objection. - So what? 302 00:14:30,453 --> 00:14:33,915 Since when is it against the law to make a fool out of yourself? 303 00:14:33,915 --> 00:14:36,501 Jonathan: No further questions. - You may step down Ms. Paul. 304 00:14:36,501 --> 00:14:39,420 Your Honor, the defense would like to recall Joey Paul 305 00:14:39,420 --> 00:14:41,089 to the stand? 306 00:14:41,089 --> 00:14:43,049 The plaintiff claims to be a funny man 307 00:14:43,049 --> 00:14:45,009 except when heckled by the defendant. 308 00:14:45,009 --> 00:14:46,511 I'd like him to substantiate that. 309 00:14:46,511 --> 00:14:48,679 Judge 1: What have you got in mind, Ms. Sitkowitz? 310 00:14:48,679 --> 00:14:51,307 My client will sit absolutely still 311 00:14:51,307 --> 00:14:53,601 while he does his routine for the jury. 312 00:14:53,601 --> 00:14:55,269 [laughs] I object. 313 00:14:55,269 --> 00:14:57,313 Uh, Your Honor, may I have a word with my attorney? 314 00:14:57,313 --> 00:14:59,524 Go ahead. 315 00:14:59,524 --> 00:15:01,150 Let me do it. 316 00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:04,153 - I don't know, Joey. - I'll murder 'em. 317 00:15:04,153 --> 00:15:05,113 I will. 318 00:15:07,698 --> 00:15:09,200 I withdraw my objection. 319 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:13,246 Alright, Mr. Paul can testify... or perform... 320 00:15:13,246 --> 00:15:16,165 when court commences, tomorrow afternoon. 321 00:15:16,165 --> 00:15:17,542 Okay. 322 00:15:17,542 --> 00:15:21,754 This is great. 323 00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:23,631 [knock on door] Come in. 324 00:15:23,631 --> 00:15:25,466 Hi, Rosalind. 325 00:15:25,466 --> 00:15:28,302 Wow. [sighs] 326 00:15:28,302 --> 00:15:30,179 This is wonderful. 327 00:15:30,179 --> 00:15:32,098 You know, I've never been in your office before. 328 00:15:32,098 --> 00:15:34,142 Really? 329 00:15:34,142 --> 00:15:36,310 - You have done a fabulous job. Rosalind: Thanks. 330 00:15:36,310 --> 00:15:38,479 We put in so many hours around here, I think 331 00:15:38,479 --> 00:15:42,233 a small investment in the decor is worthwhile. 332 00:15:42,233 --> 00:15:45,403 Me too. This is... this is just great. 333 00:15:45,403 --> 00:15:48,156 Listen, I understand that you've got the Ross Fineman file. 334 00:15:48,156 --> 00:15:49,949 - Can I take it? - Oh. 335 00:15:49,949 --> 00:15:51,617 Actually, I'm using it today. 336 00:15:51,617 --> 00:15:54,162 I have an appointment with Ross tomorrow 337 00:15:54,162 --> 00:15:56,455 and I need to prepare, but maybe-- 338 00:15:56,455 --> 00:15:58,166 What I was thinking was that if I can get up to speed, 339 00:15:58,166 --> 00:15:59,792 then I'll be able to take that meeting. 340 00:15:59,792 --> 00:16:01,335 [chuckles] Don't be silly. 341 00:16:01,335 --> 00:16:03,671 You'd be killing yourself trying to catch up. 342 00:16:03,671 --> 00:16:05,256 Ann: I want to, Rosalind. 343 00:16:05,256 --> 00:16:08,342 I'm back and I wanna resume working for my clients. 344 00:16:08,342 --> 00:16:10,178 You couldn't possibly assimilate everything 345 00:16:10,178 --> 00:16:12,096 that's happened in the last two months. 346 00:16:12,096 --> 00:16:14,056 You could synopsize it for me in a memo, 347 00:16:14,056 --> 00:16:15,975 and then I could read it this afternoon. 348 00:16:15,975 --> 00:16:18,102 I don't have time to do a memo. 349 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:23,191 Ross Fineman is my client, Rosalind. 350 00:16:23,191 --> 00:16:24,650 I appreciate your filling in, but now that I-- 351 00:16:24,650 --> 00:16:26,986 Ross Fineman wants me handling this matter 352 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:31,574 and if you have any doubt about that, I suggest you call him. 353 00:16:31,574 --> 00:16:32,825 I'll do that. 354 00:16:33,951 --> 00:16:37,371 Ann, you are totally unprepared 355 00:16:37,371 --> 00:16:39,207 to be involved in this matter 356 00:16:39,207 --> 00:16:41,083 and the only reason you're endeavoring at all 357 00:16:41,083 --> 00:16:42,793 is because you have a fundamental problem 358 00:16:42,793 --> 00:16:44,420 with that file being on my desk. 359 00:16:44,420 --> 00:16:46,589 - That's not true. Rosalind: Don't patronize me. 360 00:16:46,589 --> 00:16:49,258 You brought me into your office yesterday under the pretext 361 00:16:49,258 --> 00:16:52,220 of an apology, which was as late as it was hollow. 362 00:16:52,220 --> 00:16:54,138 I was sincere about that. 363 00:16:54,138 --> 00:16:56,724 The sincerity didn't come in until you asked me 364 00:16:56,724 --> 00:16:59,769 to free up your chair in the staff meetings. 365 00:16:59,769 --> 00:17:01,354 You don't like me. 366 00:17:01,354 --> 00:17:02,813 You didn't want me here in the first place, 367 00:17:02,813 --> 00:17:05,107 you don't want me here now. 368 00:17:05,107 --> 00:17:08,486 That's fine. We don't have to be friends. 369 00:17:08,486 --> 00:17:09,904 But if you think 370 00:17:09,904 --> 00:17:12,198 that I'm going to let our clients be compromised 371 00:17:12,198 --> 00:17:14,033 by your petty jealousies and insecurities, 372 00:17:14,033 --> 00:17:15,493 you're very wrong. 373 00:17:15,493 --> 00:17:17,495 And if you think you can step into the void 374 00:17:17,495 --> 00:17:18,996 left by my absence, so that you can-- 375 00:17:18,996 --> 00:17:21,332 I've never seen any void. 376 00:17:24,377 --> 00:17:25,920 You think you're this tough, lady? 377 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:27,338 Don't take me on, Ann. 378 00:17:29,382 --> 00:17:31,550 There are a lot of mistakes you can bounce back from, 379 00:17:31,550 --> 00:17:33,010 but don't take me on. 380 00:17:41,477 --> 00:17:42,395 [door slams] 381 00:17:45,314 --> 00:17:46,566 Hey. 382 00:17:46,566 --> 00:17:48,609 Kimberly. Hi. 383 00:17:48,609 --> 00:17:52,363 I came by to steal you for lunch, if that's possible. 384 00:17:52,363 --> 00:17:54,657 [chuckles] I thought you hated lunches. 385 00:17:54,657 --> 00:17:57,243 [laughs] I do. 386 00:17:57,243 --> 00:18:00,329 But I also hate eating dinner alone, 387 00:18:00,329 --> 00:18:02,707 which is the way it's felt lately. 388 00:18:02,707 --> 00:18:06,502 - And I want to talk about that. - I'm not sure that I follow. 389 00:18:06,502 --> 00:18:09,630 Well, we were sailing along pretty well, Michael. 390 00:18:09,630 --> 00:18:14,093 And then, suddenly we took an abrupt shift into awkward. 391 00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:17,680 Well, now I know that I don't follow. 392 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:19,890 Then let me draw you a map. 393 00:18:19,890 --> 00:18:25,479 About a week ago, you suddenly became very detached. 394 00:18:25,479 --> 00:18:27,898 It was about the same time your old girlfriend 395 00:18:27,898 --> 00:18:30,943 unexpectedly dropped by to share her life with you. 396 00:18:30,943 --> 00:18:32,445 Kimberly. 397 00:18:32,445 --> 00:18:35,740 Which could be a coincidence, I know. 398 00:18:35,740 --> 00:18:37,199 So let me just ask. 399 00:18:37,199 --> 00:18:39,368 You know, it's not like you to be suspicious. 400 00:18:39,368 --> 00:18:42,163 And it's not like you to be evasive. 401 00:18:42,163 --> 00:18:44,790 Well, the answer to your question is no. 402 00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:48,961 I mean, there's nothing between Grace and me but friendship. 403 00:18:48,961 --> 00:18:52,465 I don't know you well enough to know if you're lying, 404 00:18:52,465 --> 00:18:56,302 but some day, I'm gonna peg the expression. 405 00:18:56,302 --> 00:18:57,345 Something tells me it will look a lot like 406 00:18:57,345 --> 00:18:59,096 the one you're wearing right now. 407 00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:03,976 So you admitted to some of the violence 408 00:19:03,976 --> 00:19:07,021 that you were accused of, didn't you, Mr. Campbell? 409 00:19:07,021 --> 00:19:10,483 I'm not proud of the fact that I hit my wife. 410 00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:12,735 This is something I sought therapy for. 411 00:19:12,735 --> 00:19:14,528 But when we argued or fought, I would become 412 00:19:14,528 --> 00:19:16,697 inflamed and I would lash out. 413 00:19:16,697 --> 00:19:19,408 Well, striking her is more than just lashing out, Mr. Campbell. 414 00:19:19,408 --> 00:19:21,202 I never meant to hurt her. 415 00:19:21,202 --> 00:19:22,578 And I never really did hurt her 416 00:19:22,578 --> 00:19:25,456 except for the time that she lost her balance. 417 00:19:25,456 --> 00:19:28,000 Did she ever tell you to stop hitting her? 418 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,544 In the heat of battle, she would yell out for me to stop 419 00:19:30,544 --> 00:19:33,089 or to get away, yes, but never once, never did 420 00:19:33,089 --> 00:19:36,926 she come to me quietly or reflectively to discuss this, 421 00:19:36,926 --> 00:19:38,552 'cause I think she accepted it, believe it or not. 422 00:19:38,552 --> 00:19:40,221 Objection. 423 00:19:40,221 --> 00:19:41,972 Goes to his state of mind, Your Honor. 424 00:19:41,972 --> 00:19:44,433 I'll allow it. 425 00:19:44,433 --> 00:19:46,560 Why would she accept this kind of behavior? 426 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,855 Diane is an extremely insecure person 427 00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:51,607 with very low self-esteem. 428 00:19:51,607 --> 00:19:55,152 And I think the fact that I could be so affected by her... 429 00:19:55,152 --> 00:19:57,905 that she could be so important... 430 00:19:57,905 --> 00:20:00,366 I think she found some sort of self-affirmation in all that. 431 00:20:00,366 --> 00:20:01,992 Permission to vomit, Your Honor? 432 00:20:01,992 --> 00:20:03,619 - Objection! - Ms. Perkins! 433 00:20:03,619 --> 00:20:07,540 The jury will disregard that comment. Proceed. 434 00:20:07,540 --> 00:20:09,834 And it actually helped our physical relationship. 435 00:20:09,834 --> 00:20:14,171 Well, this sounds pretty chauvinistic, sir. 436 00:20:14,171 --> 00:20:17,258 I know, but I can tell you that the most intense love 437 00:20:17,258 --> 00:20:19,927 we ever made came after some of these episodes. 438 00:20:19,927 --> 00:20:22,012 She's be more into it when there was anger involved. 439 00:20:22,012 --> 00:20:23,848 More passionate. 440 00:20:23,848 --> 00:20:26,225 That's why I think she stayed with me for 12 years. 441 00:20:26,225 --> 00:20:28,310 A lot of her friends have... 442 00:20:28,310 --> 00:20:31,897 these very cold disinterested husbands. 443 00:20:31,897 --> 00:20:34,024 - You never had that, Diane. - Objection, move to strike. 444 00:20:34,024 --> 00:20:38,237 - Sustained, so stricken. - I loved my wife. 445 00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:41,615 And through all of this, she loved me back. 446 00:20:41,615 --> 00:20:43,701 We both know that to be the truth. 447 00:20:43,701 --> 00:20:45,995 Echeverria: Thank you. I have nothing further, Your Honor. 448 00:20:48,789 --> 00:20:53,586 So, you smacked her around as part of foreplay? 449 00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:56,088 It happened because I'd lose my temper, I admit that. 450 00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:57,548 You'd hit her in the face, 451 00:20:57,548 --> 00:20:59,842 you'd blacken her eyes, you'd knock her down. 452 00:20:59,842 --> 00:21:01,594 Ask your client if she doubts how much I cared for her. 453 00:21:01,594 --> 00:21:03,888 Then why did you leave her, Mr. Campbell? 454 00:21:03,888 --> 00:21:06,932 We drifted apart. We stopped communicating. 455 00:21:06,932 --> 00:21:10,269 Abby: You drifted apart? 456 00:21:10,269 --> 00:21:13,105 You would beat this woman up and down. 457 00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:14,732 You say it made for good sex 458 00:21:14,732 --> 00:21:17,943 and the marriage ended because you drifted apart? 459 00:21:17,943 --> 00:21:19,695 Do you really expect anyone in this courtroom 460 00:21:19,695 --> 00:21:21,363 not to be sickened by you at this moment? 461 00:21:21,363 --> 00:21:23,574 - Objection! Judge 2: Sustained. 462 00:21:23,574 --> 00:21:26,994 Everybody, I don't know. Maybe. Not her. 463 00:21:26,994 --> 00:21:29,038 - She continued to love me. Abby: Objection, move to strike. 464 00:21:29,038 --> 00:21:31,123 You never wanted me to leave, did you, Diane? 465 00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:32,958 - Move to strike. - Mr. Campbell. 466 00:21:32,958 --> 00:21:34,835 Why did you cry when I told you it was over? 467 00:21:34,835 --> 00:21:37,046 Judge 2: Mr. Campbell, you'll stop right now. 468 00:21:37,046 --> 00:21:39,465 Maybe she cried, sir, because of that low self-esteem 469 00:21:39,465 --> 00:21:41,342 you were talking about, the self-esteem 470 00:21:41,342 --> 00:21:42,468 you helped cultivate with your fists. 471 00:21:42,468 --> 00:21:43,928 Echeverria: Objection! 472 00:21:43,928 --> 00:21:45,387 Ms. Perkins! 473 00:21:46,430 --> 00:21:49,016 Withdrawn. I have nothing further. 474 00:21:55,356 --> 00:21:57,691 It was the way that she did it, Stuart. 475 00:21:57,691 --> 00:22:01,779 She was so smug, so sure that she would trump me. 476 00:22:01,779 --> 00:22:04,406 And then, she threatened me, for God's sake. 477 00:22:04,406 --> 00:22:05,574 You know, it doesn't sound to me like 478 00:22:05,574 --> 00:22:07,409 she really threatened you, honey. 479 00:22:07,409 --> 00:22:09,286 "Don't take me on," that's what she said. 480 00:22:09,286 --> 00:22:11,205 - "Don't take me on." - Wait a minute. Wait a minute. 481 00:22:11,205 --> 00:22:12,373 Did it ever occur to you that maybe 482 00:22:12,373 --> 00:22:13,874 she's the one that feels threatened? 483 00:22:13,874 --> 00:22:15,918 - No. Why should she? - Well, think about it. 484 00:22:15,918 --> 00:22:17,836 I mean, you're the one who didn't invite her into the firm, 485 00:22:17,836 --> 00:22:20,589 and then, two weeks ago, you took the top of her head off. 486 00:22:20,589 --> 00:22:22,716 And then yesterday, you asked for your chair back-- 487 00:22:22,716 --> 00:22:24,760 - Why are you defending her? - I'm not defending her, I-I-- 488 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,137 You have been nothing but a pillar of support 489 00:22:27,137 --> 00:22:28,514 for her from the start. 490 00:22:28,514 --> 00:22:30,474 Your vote was the one that hired her. 491 00:22:30,474 --> 00:22:31,850 And then you gave her my office. 492 00:22:31,850 --> 00:22:33,602 - Oh, that again? - Yes, that again! 493 00:22:33,602 --> 00:22:37,022 I'm sorry I gave her your office. I'm sorry. 494 00:22:37,022 --> 00:22:39,233 Now you have your office, she has her office. 495 00:22:39,233 --> 00:22:41,986 She sure does. Did firm money pay to decorate that? 496 00:22:41,986 --> 00:22:43,612 Oh, God. 497 00:22:43,612 --> 00:22:45,823 She challenged me, Stuart. 498 00:22:45,823 --> 00:22:48,117 "Don't take me on," that's what she said. 499 00:22:48,117 --> 00:22:49,827 That is a threat. 500 00:22:49,827 --> 00:22:51,912 That is a threat and I am not backing down. 501 00:22:51,912 --> 00:22:53,998 Good. Good. 502 00:22:53,998 --> 00:22:55,666 I'm very proud of you. 503 00:22:55,666 --> 00:22:57,334 Now could we forget about it and get some sleep? 504 00:23:07,886 --> 00:23:09,471 [instrumental music] 505 00:23:09,471 --> 00:23:11,265 Not a chance, Stuart. 506 00:23:12,725 --> 00:23:14,059 - None? - None. 507 00:23:28,198 --> 00:23:31,368 [instrumental music] 508 00:23:40,377 --> 00:23:41,587 How do you do, ladies and gentlemen? 509 00:23:41,587 --> 00:23:43,797 It's great to be here. 510 00:23:43,797 --> 00:23:46,550 You know, I always wanted to be an attorney. 511 00:23:46,550 --> 00:23:48,177 If you didn't need a high-school diploma, 512 00:23:48,177 --> 00:23:49,219 I probably would have made it. 513 00:23:49,219 --> 00:23:50,763 [chuckles] 514 00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:53,098 All kidding aside, though, Jonathan Rollins 515 00:23:53,098 --> 00:23:54,934 is a terrific lawyer. 516 00:23:54,934 --> 00:23:57,853 He had a client who was going to the electric chair 517 00:23:57,853 --> 00:24:00,230 and he gave him one piece of advice, 518 00:24:00,230 --> 00:24:02,775 "Don't sit down." 519 00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:05,778 You've also had an opportunity to meet my ex-wife. 520 00:24:05,778 --> 00:24:08,614 I wish I was just meeting her now myself. 521 00:24:10,616 --> 00:24:13,494 Well, she did write jokes for me, though. 522 00:24:13,494 --> 00:24:15,913 Her best joke was on our wedding night. 523 00:24:15,913 --> 00:24:18,165 That's when she said, "You're the first." 524 00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:24,296 She also loused things up between me and my manager. 525 00:24:24,296 --> 00:24:26,882 I found the two of them in bed together. 526 00:24:26,882 --> 00:24:30,636 I said, "Murray, I have to, but you?" 527 00:24:33,722 --> 00:24:37,726 I mean, her idea of safe sex is me being out of town. 528 00:24:37,726 --> 00:24:39,311 Well, I took it all in stride, though. 529 00:24:39,311 --> 00:24:42,147 Another time I found her in bed with somebody else. 530 00:24:42,147 --> 00:24:45,025 I went into the kitchen, I made myself a cup of coffee. 531 00:24:45,025 --> 00:24:47,945 She comes in and says, "Joey, what are you doing? 532 00:24:47,945 --> 00:24:49,863 There's somebody in bed with me." 533 00:24:49,863 --> 00:24:53,492 I said, "Let him get his own coffee." 534 00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:55,327 A guy's fishing in a cesspool. 535 00:24:55,327 --> 00:24:56,954 Somebody walks by, asks him what he's doing. 536 00:24:56,954 --> 00:24:58,998 He says, "My jacket fell in there." 537 00:24:58,998 --> 00:25:01,458 They say, "So what? Don't tell me you're gonna wear it again." 538 00:25:01,458 --> 00:25:02,835 The guys says, "Of course not. 539 00:25:02,835 --> 00:25:05,045 It's just that I had my lunch in the pocket." 540 00:25:05,045 --> 00:25:07,464 [murmuring] 541 00:25:07,464 --> 00:25:09,550 What is this, an audience or a jury? 542 00:25:11,135 --> 00:25:12,678 Two broads are walking by a whorehouse 543 00:25:12,678 --> 00:25:14,346 when a midget falls out the window-- 544 00:25:14,346 --> 00:25:15,681 Judge 1: Mr. Paul. - Wait a minute. 545 00:25:15,681 --> 00:25:17,975 - The midget says-- Judge 2: Mr. Paul. 546 00:25:17,975 --> 00:25:20,352 - I think we've heard enough. - What-- what are you doing? 547 00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:22,938 Your Honor, shouldn't the plaintiff be allowed to finish? 548 00:25:22,938 --> 00:25:25,524 We'll take a short recess, Ms. Sitkowitz. 549 00:25:25,524 --> 00:25:27,985 - Fifteen minutes. - Wait a minute. 550 00:25:27,985 --> 00:25:30,070 Wait a minute, I was just getting my rhythm. 551 00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:31,989 Come on, Joey. Joey! 552 00:25:31,989 --> 00:25:35,784 "Ya gotta start off each day with a song. 553 00:25:35,784 --> 00:25:38,078 Even when thing's go wrong. 554 00:25:38,078 --> 00:25:40,998 Why, you'll look better. You'll even feel better." 555 00:25:40,998 --> 00:25:43,292 Joey: You've been a terrific audience, folks. 556 00:25:43,292 --> 00:25:44,960 You've been great! 557 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,796 So do you have an opinion as to this type of behavior? 558 00:25:47,796 --> 00:25:50,090 Mr. Campbell was acting out his masculinity 559 00:25:50,090 --> 00:25:51,550 by mistreating his wife. 560 00:25:51,550 --> 00:25:53,969 By depreciating her, he felt stronger. 561 00:25:53,969 --> 00:25:55,429 Of course, she contributed to this syndrome as well. 562 00:25:55,429 --> 00:25:56,889 Well, how so, doctor? 563 00:25:56,889 --> 00:25:58,557 She's a weak woman who has a history 564 00:25:58,557 --> 00:26:00,809 of attaching herself to powerful men. 565 00:26:00,809 --> 00:26:02,895 His anger was part of the attraction. 566 00:26:02,895 --> 00:26:05,814 Wait a second, are you saying she liked to be hit? 567 00:26:05,814 --> 00:26:07,816 No. No, I'm not saying that, I'm saying that 568 00:26:07,816 --> 00:26:09,735 the fighting seemed to give their relationship 569 00:26:09,735 --> 00:26:11,945 more emotional intensity. 570 00:26:11,945 --> 00:26:14,406 Now, Mr. Campbell said that this seemed to make her more 571 00:26:14,406 --> 00:26:16,241 passionate sexually. 572 00:26:16,241 --> 00:26:19,870 That's probably true. The fighting was a turn-on. 573 00:26:19,870 --> 00:26:22,581 It certainly could result in stronger sexual passions. 574 00:26:22,581 --> 00:26:24,917 This is a familiar pattern with some women who feel that 575 00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:26,668 their men must take them in order to release 576 00:26:26,668 --> 00:26:28,587 their sexual inhibitions. 577 00:26:28,587 --> 00:26:31,131 So, what's the bottom line of all this analysis, doctor? 578 00:26:31,131 --> 00:26:33,175 Well, the bottom line is that Mrs. Campbell, 579 00:26:33,175 --> 00:26:35,177 however subconsciously, 580 00:26:35,177 --> 00:26:37,012 encouraged this pattern of marital abuse. 581 00:26:37,012 --> 00:26:39,014 The problem was more his, there's no doubt about that, 582 00:26:39,014 --> 00:26:41,642 but it certainly couldn't have gone on for 12 years 583 00:26:41,642 --> 00:26:44,603 if she hadn't somehow helped to foster it. 584 00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:46,563 Thank you, sir. I have nothing further. 585 00:26:51,693 --> 00:26:54,696 Are you saying that she needed to be hit 586 00:26:54,696 --> 00:26:56,698 in order to be more sexually responsive? 587 00:26:56,698 --> 00:26:58,075 I'm only saying that subconsciously-- 588 00:26:58,075 --> 00:27:01,161 Let's stick to the conscious for the moment. 589 00:27:01,161 --> 00:27:03,247 Now, this man knew he was committing violence. 590 00:27:03,247 --> 00:27:04,665 Yes. 591 00:27:04,665 --> 00:27:06,583 And he was conscious of the fact 592 00:27:06,583 --> 00:27:08,293 that she opposed this violence, correct? 593 00:27:08,293 --> 00:27:09,795 Yes. 594 00:27:09,795 --> 00:27:12,589 And you never examined my client before forming 595 00:27:12,589 --> 00:27:15,259 this psychological opinion of her, did you? 596 00:27:15,259 --> 00:27:17,344 No, I did not, but I did have extensive discussions with-- 597 00:27:17,344 --> 00:27:20,973 So you are diagnosing a person that you have never met. 598 00:27:20,973 --> 00:27:23,016 What a talented doctor you must be. 599 00:27:23,016 --> 00:27:25,185 - Objection. Abby: Withdrawn. 600 00:27:25,185 --> 00:27:27,646 You say it's typical for people with low self-esteem 601 00:27:27,646 --> 00:27:29,773 to feel powerless. 602 00:27:29,773 --> 00:27:31,650 Then isn't it possible, doctor, 603 00:27:31,650 --> 00:27:35,070 that through this 12-year pattern of marital abuse, 604 00:27:35,070 --> 00:27:37,155 my client felt powerless to stand up to this man? 605 00:27:37,155 --> 00:27:38,949 Of course. Yes. 606 00:27:38,949 --> 00:27:41,034 Abby: And isn't it possible that she felt powerless 607 00:27:41,034 --> 00:27:41,869 to leave him? 608 00:27:41,869 --> 00:27:43,245 Yes, it is possible, but-- 609 00:27:43,245 --> 00:27:45,664 And, in fact, doctor, isn't it true 610 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:48,917 that many battered wives stay with their abusive husbands 611 00:27:48,917 --> 00:27:51,670 for long periods of time because they feel trapped? 612 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:54,923 It is not uncommon, correct. 613 00:27:54,923 --> 00:27:57,593 And does the fact that she stayed married to him 614 00:27:57,593 --> 00:28:02,306 for as long as she did excuse his violence in your mind? 615 00:28:02,306 --> 00:28:04,683 No, it does not. 616 00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:07,477 Thank you, sir. Nothing further. 617 00:28:13,358 --> 00:28:16,653 Grace: Maybe... Thanks. 618 00:28:16,653 --> 00:28:19,531 Maybe for me, it's not over. 619 00:28:19,531 --> 00:28:21,325 Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy. 620 00:28:21,325 --> 00:28:22,618 Well, thank you. 621 00:28:22,618 --> 00:28:25,495 Hey, it's only a problem if... 622 00:28:25,495 --> 00:28:27,456 if a third person gets hurt, 623 00:28:27,456 --> 00:28:29,166 and that I don't want to happen. 624 00:28:29,166 --> 00:28:32,336 No. Me neither. 625 00:28:32,336 --> 00:28:35,756 I don't know what your relationship is with this woman. 626 00:28:35,756 --> 00:28:37,799 I don't want to know, I mean, that's... 627 00:28:37,799 --> 00:28:40,928 ...that's for you to figure out. 628 00:28:40,928 --> 00:28:43,722 And, Mickey, I've been seeing other people too. 629 00:28:43,722 --> 00:28:46,308 And, hey, and if you want to shut it down 630 00:28:46,308 --> 00:28:48,185 between us, that's okay. 631 00:28:48,185 --> 00:28:50,312 No. 632 00:28:50,312 --> 00:28:52,898 No, it's not okay. 633 00:28:52,898 --> 00:28:56,693 - Then what? - I don't know what. 634 00:28:56,693 --> 00:28:58,779 But I do know that no one else 635 00:28:58,779 --> 00:29:00,447 will ever know me the way you do. 636 00:29:01,698 --> 00:29:05,035 [chuckles] What does that say? 637 00:29:05,035 --> 00:29:08,747 Maybe it says that it's not over for me either. 638 00:29:12,626 --> 00:29:13,710 Waiter: More coffee? 639 00:29:15,545 --> 00:29:17,839 [knock on door] 640 00:29:17,839 --> 00:29:19,091 Hi. 641 00:29:19,091 --> 00:29:20,467 Uh-oh. 642 00:29:20,467 --> 00:29:21,969 I spoke to Rosalind. 643 00:29:21,969 --> 00:29:24,137 Which means I'm about to be handled 644 00:29:24,137 --> 00:29:26,890 with that deft McKenzie diplomacy. 645 00:29:26,890 --> 00:29:29,059 Well, you can tell me to go to hell, Ann, 646 00:29:29,059 --> 00:29:34,439 but, with recent events around here... 647 00:29:34,439 --> 00:29:36,984 it wouldn't be original. 648 00:29:36,984 --> 00:29:39,027 This is my problem, Leland. 649 00:29:39,027 --> 00:29:40,946 No, no. It's more than that. 650 00:29:40,946 --> 00:29:43,949 If you and Rosalind didn't care for each other, 651 00:29:43,949 --> 00:29:45,784 well, we could accommodate that. 652 00:29:45,784 --> 00:29:49,413 But from what I'm gathering... 653 00:29:49,413 --> 00:29:50,831 you hate her. 654 00:29:50,831 --> 00:29:52,541 Now, this is a small shop, Ann. 655 00:29:52,541 --> 00:29:55,544 The partners have to work very closely with one another. 656 00:29:55,544 --> 00:29:57,754 This kind of, uh, contempt... 657 00:29:59,339 --> 00:30:02,050 it's unworkable. 658 00:30:02,050 --> 00:30:05,554 [sighs] I'll try not to impose my feelings 659 00:30:05,554 --> 00:30:07,014 on the rest of the firm, Leland. 660 00:30:07,014 --> 00:30:08,640 Could you tell me what it is 661 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:10,767 you find so distasteful about her? 662 00:30:10,767 --> 00:30:14,312 She feeds on money and power, that's the essence of her. 663 00:30:14,312 --> 00:30:17,399 The same thing could be said of Douglas to an extent. 664 00:30:17,399 --> 00:30:18,775 And Arnold, too. 665 00:30:18,775 --> 00:30:21,069 But she's more contagious with it. 666 00:30:21,069 --> 00:30:23,697 This place is more apt to become like her. 667 00:30:23,697 --> 00:30:25,407 A place with no soul. 668 00:30:25,407 --> 00:30:27,242 Maybe it's unrealistic for us to 669 00:30:27,242 --> 00:30:30,495 attach human characteristics to a law firm. 670 00:30:30,495 --> 00:30:32,247 That's just it. 671 00:30:32,247 --> 00:30:34,416 The thing I loved about this place 672 00:30:34,416 --> 00:30:36,251 was that you always could. 673 00:30:36,251 --> 00:30:38,879 With you, we could. 674 00:30:38,879 --> 00:30:41,048 But this firm is becoming less you 675 00:30:41,048 --> 00:30:44,593 and more Douglas, more Arnold, 676 00:30:44,593 --> 00:30:47,054 more her. 677 00:30:47,054 --> 00:30:49,848 You haven't given her a fair shot, Ann. 678 00:30:49,848 --> 00:30:51,850 No, I haven't, you're right. 679 00:30:53,268 --> 00:30:58,273 But, Leland, if our differences are irreparable... 680 00:30:58,273 --> 00:30:59,107 what then? 681 00:30:59,107 --> 00:31:02,110 Rosalind's already informed me, 682 00:31:02,110 --> 00:31:05,113 if you don't want her here, she won't stay. 683 00:31:05,113 --> 00:31:08,075 There will be no vote. You win. She goes. 684 00:31:08,075 --> 00:31:09,993 [chuckles] She's good. 685 00:31:09,993 --> 00:31:12,537 It will be much better for us all, Ann, 686 00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:14,247 if you two work this out. 687 00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:19,252 Okay. Okay. 688 00:31:23,673 --> 00:31:24,966 [door opens] 689 00:31:30,514 --> 00:31:33,975 You were present sometimes when your parents fought, Brian? 690 00:31:33,975 --> 00:31:35,227 Yes. 691 00:31:35,227 --> 00:31:36,812 And what would your mother tell you 692 00:31:36,812 --> 00:31:37,896 about your father hitting her? 693 00:31:37,896 --> 00:31:39,147 Your Honor, I renew my objection 694 00:31:39,147 --> 00:31:40,774 to this witness on relevance. 695 00:31:40,774 --> 00:31:42,567 The plaintiff is claiming that she was harmed 696 00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:44,111 by my client's actions. 697 00:31:44,111 --> 00:31:45,570 She told this witness that she was not harmed 698 00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:47,364 and those statements are directly relevant. 699 00:31:47,364 --> 00:31:49,074 What she may have said to her son is in no way-- 700 00:31:49,074 --> 00:31:52,661 Counselor, I'm overruling the objection. 701 00:31:54,246 --> 00:31:56,373 Brian, you have to answer the question. 702 00:31:56,373 --> 00:31:58,458 What did she tell you about it, Brian? 703 00:31:58,458 --> 00:32:00,710 She said that they were just disagreeing over stuff 704 00:32:00,710 --> 00:32:03,421 and they got too mad because they loved each other. 705 00:32:03,421 --> 00:32:05,423 Echeverria: Did she tell you that she was never really hurt 706 00:32:05,423 --> 00:32:07,092 and that it wasn't so bad that daddy hit her? 707 00:32:07,092 --> 00:32:08,552 Abby: Objection, leading. 708 00:32:08,552 --> 00:32:10,554 It's obvious that he's a reluctant witness. 709 00:32:10,554 --> 00:32:12,055 Permission to lead. 710 00:32:12,055 --> 00:32:14,391 Granted. 711 00:32:14,391 --> 00:32:17,269 Did she tell you it was okay that your father hit her? 712 00:32:19,688 --> 00:32:22,107 You're still under oath, Brian. 713 00:32:22,107 --> 00:32:24,985 - Didn't she say that? - Yes. 714 00:32:24,985 --> 00:32:27,779 Thank you, Brian. That's all I have. 715 00:32:38,039 --> 00:32:39,499 Brian, do you really believe that your mother 716 00:32:39,499 --> 00:32:41,168 didn't mind being hit, 717 00:32:41,168 --> 00:32:42,752 or do you think that she just told you that 718 00:32:42,752 --> 00:32:44,171 so you would feel less upset? 719 00:32:44,171 --> 00:32:46,590 Objection, no competence as to her state of mind. 720 00:32:46,590 --> 00:32:49,050 I'm asking him what he believes, Your Honor. 721 00:32:49,050 --> 00:32:50,635 Objection sustained. 722 00:32:52,470 --> 00:32:54,514 Brian, what would your mother do 723 00:32:54,514 --> 00:32:56,600 when your father started hitting her? 724 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,060 She'd put her hands up over her face. 725 00:32:59,060 --> 00:33:01,688 Abby: To protect herself? Brian: Yeah. 726 00:33:01,688 --> 00:33:04,983 Did you ever run to her aid to protect her? 727 00:33:04,983 --> 00:33:07,444 A couple of times I did. 728 00:33:07,444 --> 00:33:11,823 Once when this happened, you screamed at your father 729 00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:14,826 that you wished he were dead, didn't you, Brian? 730 00:33:16,828 --> 00:33:20,248 You're still under oath, you still have to tell the truth. 731 00:33:20,248 --> 00:33:22,250 Didn't you once tell your father, 732 00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:23,835 after he hit your mother, 733 00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:26,588 that you wished he were dead? 734 00:33:26,588 --> 00:33:27,923 Yes. 735 00:33:28,924 --> 00:33:30,842 Abby: Thank you. 736 00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:31,968 I have nothing further. 737 00:33:37,974 --> 00:33:41,186 The defendant... is a wife beater. 738 00:33:43,021 --> 00:33:45,232 For 12 years he battered her. 739 00:33:45,232 --> 00:33:48,902 He systematically victimized her with violence. 740 00:33:48,902 --> 00:33:50,779 And then, he comes in here 741 00:33:50,779 --> 00:33:54,241 and he claims that subconsciously she wanted it. 742 00:33:54,241 --> 00:33:57,118 Because it made her stronger. 743 00:33:57,118 --> 00:33:59,829 It-- it gave her more sexual gratification. 744 00:33:59,829 --> 00:34:02,082 It made her feel more important. 745 00:34:02,082 --> 00:34:03,375 That's repulsive. 746 00:34:04,918 --> 00:34:07,087 Getting beaten 747 00:34:07,087 --> 00:34:11,049 makes you feel degraded and powerless. 748 00:34:11,049 --> 00:34:14,177 It-- it makes you loathe yourself. 749 00:34:14,177 --> 00:34:16,388 How could she possibly have had any self-esteem 750 00:34:16,388 --> 00:34:19,474 when her own husband, the person that she loved 751 00:34:19,474 --> 00:34:22,894 and she trusted more than anyone else in the whole world 752 00:34:22,894 --> 00:34:26,064 would regularly punish her with cruelty and abuse? 753 00:34:27,274 --> 00:34:28,900 And this kind of damage... 754 00:34:30,652 --> 00:34:32,529 it lasts forever. 755 00:34:32,529 --> 00:34:37,617 The victim never gets beyond it. It-- it follows you. 756 00:34:37,617 --> 00:34:41,121 No matter who you're with, no matter... 757 00:34:43,748 --> 00:34:45,125 It follows you. 758 00:34:47,002 --> 00:34:50,297 And if she's lucky, she'll bury it. 759 00:34:50,297 --> 00:34:51,965 But she'll never erase it. 760 00:34:53,216 --> 00:34:54,259 Never. 761 00:35:00,849 --> 00:35:02,726 The duty to mitigate, 762 00:35:02,726 --> 00:35:04,102 you know what that is? 763 00:35:06,438 --> 00:35:09,065 It's the obligation of every plaintiff 764 00:35:09,065 --> 00:35:11,192 to avoid avoidable damages. 765 00:35:12,652 --> 00:35:14,571 She didn't. 766 00:35:14,571 --> 00:35:16,323 The injury she's claiming doesn't stem 767 00:35:16,323 --> 00:35:18,742 from one isolated incident or attack. 768 00:35:18,742 --> 00:35:21,703 She's trying to recover for emotional harm caused 769 00:35:21,703 --> 00:35:24,998 by a pattern of activity that spanned over 12 years. 770 00:35:24,998 --> 00:35:26,291 And that injury, ladies and gentlemen, 771 00:35:26,291 --> 00:35:28,293 she could have avoided. 772 00:35:28,293 --> 00:35:29,919 All she had to do was walk away. 773 00:35:30,879 --> 00:35:32,297 Walk away. 774 00:35:34,716 --> 00:35:37,385 But she didn't. She stayed. 775 00:35:37,385 --> 00:35:40,305 To love him, to make love to him, to cook for him, 776 00:35:40,305 --> 00:35:43,767 and to let herself be hit again, again and again. 777 00:35:43,767 --> 00:35:45,977 And now here she is today, 778 00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:47,562 trying to sue for the very conduct 779 00:35:47,562 --> 00:35:50,607 that she ratified over those 12 years. 780 00:35:50,607 --> 00:35:52,984 Yes, they introduced a psychiatric evidence 781 00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:55,362 of how she felt powerless, 782 00:35:55,362 --> 00:35:58,823 how she didn't have the will to leave. 783 00:35:58,823 --> 00:36:01,910 [scoffs] Please. 784 00:36:01,910 --> 00:36:03,745 She didn't want to leave. 785 00:36:03,745 --> 00:36:06,915 She'd still be married today if my client hadn't left her. 786 00:36:06,915 --> 00:36:10,001 She continued to love him, and now, that she's lost him, 787 00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:14,130 she's filed this action, asking you to find unforgivable 788 00:36:14,130 --> 00:36:16,132 the very behavior which she herself 789 00:36:16,132 --> 00:36:18,051 forgave for all those years. 790 00:36:19,928 --> 00:36:21,429 Let's be grown-ups. 791 00:36:21,429 --> 00:36:24,516 By her own admission, she's responsible. 792 00:36:24,516 --> 00:36:27,435 So let's hold her a little responsible. 793 00:36:36,861 --> 00:36:41,408 Jonathan, I think your client has amply demonstrated 794 00:36:41,408 --> 00:36:42,867 that he can bomb all on his own. 795 00:36:42,867 --> 00:36:44,619 Wait a minute. You think I bombed in there? 796 00:36:44,619 --> 00:36:46,996 - What would you call it? Joey: The room was ice cold. 797 00:36:46,996 --> 00:36:49,749 It took me awhile to get the feel of it, that's all. 798 00:36:49,749 --> 00:36:51,835 But, by-- by the end, I-- I started cooking. 799 00:36:51,835 --> 00:36:53,253 I can't believe you, Joey. 800 00:36:53,253 --> 00:36:54,629 You were like a three-day old corpse in there! 801 00:36:54,629 --> 00:36:56,673 Yeah, like you're really going to tell me the truth. 802 00:36:56,673 --> 00:36:59,050 I didn't see very many people laughing in there, Mr. Paul. 803 00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:02,053 People don't have to laugh to think something's funny. 804 00:37:02,053 --> 00:37:04,973 That's a, that's a common misconception among lay people. 805 00:37:04,973 --> 00:37:06,558 Joey, you stunk. 806 00:37:06,558 --> 00:37:09,185 I didn't stink. I didn't stink! 807 00:37:09,185 --> 00:37:11,146 Jonathan, did I stink? 808 00:37:13,106 --> 00:37:14,441 Why don't we go outside for a minute? 809 00:37:17,902 --> 00:37:21,448 Professional jealousy sometimes, God almighty. 810 00:37:22,657 --> 00:37:24,242 [whispers] 811 00:37:26,786 --> 00:37:28,913 You really weren't very good, Joey. 812 00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:30,582 Yeah, but when you say I wasn't very good, 813 00:37:30,582 --> 00:37:34,043 are you saying, what the material was a little flat? 814 00:37:34,043 --> 00:37:36,629 What, the-- the delivery, it-- it was a little stilted. 815 00:37:36,629 --> 00:37:38,631 - You weren't funny. - Yeah. 816 00:37:38,631 --> 00:37:40,049 But when you say I wasn't very funny, are you saying-- 817 00:37:40,049 --> 00:37:42,677 You stunk. 818 00:37:42,677 --> 00:37:46,639 I'm sorry, Joey, but the jury thought you stunk too. 819 00:37:46,639 --> 00:37:49,100 I think we ought to try to sit down and settle it. 820 00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:51,644 Will you let me do that? 821 00:37:51,644 --> 00:37:53,062 Come on. 822 00:37:57,817 --> 00:37:59,360 Sitkowitz: What's it going to be? 823 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:00,945 I'd like to see if we can settle this. 824 00:38:00,945 --> 00:38:02,238 You're willing to drop the suit? 825 00:38:02,238 --> 00:38:04,657 - Joey. - Sure. What's the difference? 826 00:38:04,657 --> 00:38:07,494 Alright. We'll expect you to cover court costs. 827 00:38:07,494 --> 00:38:09,287 Joey: Court costs. - And legal fees. 828 00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:11,164 Maybe I should just go away. 829 00:38:11,164 --> 00:38:12,957 Live out the rest of my life quietly. 830 00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:14,459 Oh, Joey, please. 831 00:38:14,459 --> 00:38:18,421 Lainie, I'm dyin'. What do you want from me? 832 00:38:18,421 --> 00:38:21,800 Listen, I loved the Durante. I always loved it. 833 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,718 I think you should put more impressions into your act. 834 00:38:23,718 --> 00:38:24,886 Yeah. You know, I... 835 00:38:24,886 --> 00:38:26,804 I should have stayed on the marriage longer. 836 00:38:26,804 --> 00:38:28,306 Lainie: Absolutely. 837 00:38:28,306 --> 00:38:30,725 You go, "Talk about aggressive women... 838 00:38:30,725 --> 00:38:33,061 I bought her a Pitbull, she scared it away." 839 00:38:33,061 --> 00:38:34,187 Joey: Right. 840 00:38:34,187 --> 00:38:36,189 - Folks... - And demure. 841 00:38:36,189 --> 00:38:38,191 - Picture Joan Rivers on speed. - Yeah. 842 00:38:38,191 --> 00:38:41,194 Now imagine that you're stuck in an elevator with her. 843 00:38:41,194 --> 00:38:42,487 You know what, Jonathan, 844 00:38:42,487 --> 00:38:44,364 I think we're gonna go grab a cup of coffee. 845 00:38:44,364 --> 00:38:46,699 And then you could say, 846 00:38:46,699 --> 00:38:48,159 "I can still see her false eyelashes 847 00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:49,911 sitting on the dresser. 848 00:38:49,911 --> 00:38:52,580 - Like parenthesis with hair." - [laughs] Yeah, yeah. 849 00:38:52,580 --> 00:38:54,499 Joey: Now listen, if we put the impressions, 850 00:38:54,499 --> 00:38:55,875 we put them at the beginning, right? 851 00:38:55,875 --> 00:38:56,626 Lainie: Yes, of course. 852 00:38:59,128 --> 00:39:01,005 - Hi. - Hello. 853 00:39:03,550 --> 00:39:05,718 Rosalind, for everyone involved, 854 00:39:05,718 --> 00:39:08,513 I think we should try and work out our differences. 855 00:39:08,513 --> 00:39:10,265 The problem is we have no differences. 856 00:39:10,265 --> 00:39:11,975 The problem is how you feel about me, 857 00:39:11,975 --> 00:39:14,686 and feelings aren't something one apologizes for. 858 00:39:14,686 --> 00:39:16,896 Are you deliberately trying to make this difficult? 859 00:39:16,896 --> 00:39:19,732 Rosalind: As a matter of fact, I'm trying to keep it simple. 860 00:39:19,732 --> 00:39:21,818 Exchanging words of affection, walking out of here 861 00:39:21,818 --> 00:39:24,320 with the feeling that everything is fine, 862 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,030 that would make it difficult. 863 00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:28,658 We'd be analyzing the subtext of every conversation, 864 00:39:28,658 --> 00:39:31,202 wondering what's being inferred or implied. 865 00:39:32,787 --> 00:39:35,540 Trust me... 866 00:39:35,540 --> 00:39:39,794 strained friendship is very complicated. 867 00:39:39,794 --> 00:39:42,672 Right now, you don't like me, and I don't like you, 868 00:39:42,672 --> 00:39:44,507 and that's easy. 869 00:39:44,507 --> 00:39:46,801 You watch your back, I'll watch mine. 870 00:39:46,801 --> 00:39:49,345 - You're a hypocrite. - No. 871 00:39:49,345 --> 00:39:51,139 You're the hypocrite, Ann. 872 00:39:51,139 --> 00:39:53,224 You're trying to paint a happy face on this, 873 00:39:53,224 --> 00:39:55,935 I'm being honest, seeing it for what it is, what you made it. 874 00:39:55,935 --> 00:39:59,272 You told Leland if I wanted you to go, you'd go, 875 00:39:59,272 --> 00:40:00,732 and now you talk to me like this. 876 00:40:00,732 --> 00:40:04,485 I will go. If that's what you want, just say so. 877 00:40:04,485 --> 00:40:05,778 But you will bear the responsibility 878 00:40:05,778 --> 00:40:08,281 of your colleagues making a lot less money. 879 00:40:08,281 --> 00:40:10,158 Is your dislike for me that strong? 880 00:40:10,158 --> 00:40:11,576 It's getting there. 881 00:40:11,576 --> 00:40:13,786 Oh, I've done some of my best work 882 00:40:13,786 --> 00:40:15,663 with fellow lawyers who despised me. 883 00:40:15,663 --> 00:40:17,874 So we're off to a good start. 884 00:40:17,874 --> 00:40:19,208 Fine. 885 00:40:19,208 --> 00:40:20,877 You want to keep this between you and me, 886 00:40:20,877 --> 00:40:22,253 you got a deal. 887 00:40:22,253 --> 00:40:23,713 I work here, you work here, 888 00:40:23,713 --> 00:40:26,674 and our respective feelings stay private. 889 00:40:26,674 --> 00:40:30,553 But get one thing straight, you don't scare me. 890 00:40:30,553 --> 00:40:32,680 And if you do anything to undermine me 891 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:35,934 with the rest of this firm, I will bury you. 892 00:40:35,934 --> 00:40:38,186 Don't take you on? 893 00:40:38,186 --> 00:40:40,271 Don't you take me on. 894 00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:43,483 [instrumental music] 895 00:40:55,078 --> 00:40:57,956 Madam Foreman, has the jury reached a verdict? 896 00:40:57,956 --> 00:40:59,666 Foreman: We have, Your Honor. Judge 2: What say you? 897 00:40:59,666 --> 00:41:02,460 In the matter of Campbell versus Campbell, 898 00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:05,296 we find in favor of the plaintiff. 899 00:41:05,296 --> 00:41:09,092 We award the sum of $1500. 900 00:41:09,092 --> 00:41:10,468 Your Honor, the plaintiff requests leave to 901 00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:11,761 make a motion for additur. 902 00:41:11,761 --> 00:41:13,513 You can make your motion, counsel, 903 00:41:13,513 --> 00:41:16,766 but I'll tell you right now, I won't be increasing the award. 904 00:41:16,766 --> 00:41:19,268 Members of the jury, thank you for your service. 905 00:41:19,268 --> 00:41:22,313 This matter is adjourned. You're hereby dismissed. 906 00:41:22,313 --> 00:41:24,524 [murmuring] 907 00:41:25,483 --> 00:41:28,653 [indistinct song over speaker] 908 00:41:37,370 --> 00:41:39,122 Kimberly: Warm up. Let's go again. 909 00:41:39,122 --> 00:41:40,665 Ready and... 910 00:41:40,665 --> 00:41:43,501 [instrumental music] 911 00:41:43,501 --> 00:41:46,087 Kimberly: Keep it sharp. 912 00:41:46,087 --> 00:41:47,588 Focus up. 913 00:41:49,799 --> 00:41:51,217 Lots of energy. 914 00:41:52,802 --> 00:41:54,595 Keep the beat. Keep the rhythm. 915 00:41:55,471 --> 00:41:57,140 Watch the spacing, guys. 916 00:41:57,140 --> 00:41:59,809 [indistinct song over speaker] 917 00:42:12,739 --> 00:42:15,283 Good, good. One more time. Same thing. 918 00:42:20,538 --> 00:42:22,498 What are you doing here? 919 00:42:22,498 --> 00:42:24,125 I've been thinking, that's what. 920 00:42:24,125 --> 00:42:26,335 You told me to think, so I thought. 921 00:42:26,335 --> 00:42:29,130 You said get in or get out. 922 00:42:29,130 --> 00:42:30,506 Well, I want in. 923 00:42:31,966 --> 00:42:33,760 Hey, don't try to peg my expression. 924 00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,262 I told you I want in and I meant it. 925 00:42:36,262 --> 00:42:39,390 Well, there are going to be ground rules. 926 00:42:39,390 --> 00:42:42,018 Number one, you talk to me. 927 00:42:42,018 --> 00:42:45,062 No more of this mysterious let-the-world-figure-me-out 928 00:42:45,062 --> 00:42:48,316 routine you love to front. Number two-- 929 00:42:48,316 --> 00:42:52,987 Number two, you have to forget about the age difference. 930 00:42:52,987 --> 00:42:55,448 Stop compensating for it with this take charge 931 00:42:55,448 --> 00:42:58,451 let-the-world-see-I'm-able routine that you like to front. 932 00:42:58,451 --> 00:43:02,747 Okay? You are smart, Kimberly, and I know you're tough. 933 00:43:02,747 --> 00:43:04,749 But believe it or not, once in a while 934 00:43:04,749 --> 00:43:08,086 I can make the dinner reservations. 935 00:43:08,086 --> 00:43:09,295 Is that right? 936 00:43:09,295 --> 00:43:12,006 Yes, that's right. 937 00:43:12,006 --> 00:43:13,758 [chuckles] 938 00:43:13,758 --> 00:43:15,343 I'm so glad you're back, big boy. 939 00:43:15,343 --> 00:43:16,677 I never left. 940 00:43:20,223 --> 00:43:22,934 [indistinct chatter] 941 00:43:29,941 --> 00:43:32,193 Excuse me. 942 00:43:32,193 --> 00:43:34,153 Anything you have to say should go through your lawyer 943 00:43:34,153 --> 00:43:35,655 and it should go to me. 944 00:43:35,655 --> 00:43:37,281 The case is over, Ms. Perkins. 945 00:43:37,281 --> 00:43:39,200 I beg your pardon, this case is not over. 946 00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:40,868 I just filed an appeal at the Clerk's Office. 947 00:43:40,868 --> 00:43:42,787 This lawsuit is still alive. 948 00:43:42,787 --> 00:43:44,956 [sighs] Look, I am not the monster 949 00:43:44,956 --> 00:43:46,916 that you made me out to be. And I think-- 950 00:43:46,916 --> 00:43:49,043 Mr. Campbell, you are represented by counsel. 951 00:43:49,043 --> 00:43:51,420 This conversation is inappropriate. 952 00:43:51,420 --> 00:43:53,422 Would you excuse us, please? 953 00:43:55,716 --> 00:43:57,301 I'll wait outside. 954 00:44:02,849 --> 00:44:05,601 "I'll wait outside," what does that mean? 955 00:44:05,601 --> 00:44:07,770 We're going to dinner to talk. 956 00:44:07,770 --> 00:44:11,190 - What? - He still loves me, Abby. 957 00:44:11,190 --> 00:44:15,027 Diane, you are not possibly thinking of going back to him? 958 00:44:15,027 --> 00:44:17,196 I just agreed to go to dinner, that's all. 959 00:44:17,196 --> 00:44:19,282 Abby: Well, I strongly advise against that. 960 00:44:19,282 --> 00:44:21,617 I mean, with the appeal this case is still open. 961 00:44:21,617 --> 00:44:24,537 And aside from that, this man beat you up for 12 years, I-- 962 00:44:24,537 --> 00:44:27,748 A lot of what happened probably was my fault, Abby, 963 00:44:27,748 --> 00:44:29,333 like that doctor said. If I didn't-- 964 00:44:29,333 --> 00:44:31,002 That doctor was a paid witness. 965 00:44:31,002 --> 00:44:32,795 He was hired to defend your husband. 966 00:44:32,795 --> 00:44:35,298 - He was not objective. - What about the jury? 967 00:44:35,298 --> 00:44:37,508 They're objective, they seem to think 968 00:44:37,508 --> 00:44:39,468 I'm to blame for some of it. 969 00:44:39,468 --> 00:44:41,304 I don't care what they think. 970 00:44:41,304 --> 00:44:42,972 What about what you and I know? 971 00:44:42,972 --> 00:44:44,765 We're just going out to eat, okay? 972 00:44:44,765 --> 00:44:48,686 No. No, you're not just going out to eat, 973 00:44:48,686 --> 00:44:50,104 you're giving in to how weak you feel, 974 00:44:50,104 --> 00:44:51,981 and you're looking for re-enforcement 975 00:44:51,981 --> 00:44:54,108 anywhere you can find it, and believe me, Diane, 976 00:44:54,108 --> 00:44:57,236 you are going to the worst possible place. 977 00:44:57,236 --> 00:44:59,071 Now, I'm telling you that as your lawyer. 978 00:44:59,071 --> 00:45:00,823 And I'm telling you that as someone 979 00:45:00,823 --> 00:45:03,868 who has been right where you are. 980 00:45:03,868 --> 00:45:04,702 Don't. 981 00:45:06,495 --> 00:45:08,664 I'll call you tomorrow. 982 00:45:08,664 --> 00:45:11,834 [instrumental music] 983 00:45:14,212 --> 00:45:15,713 [door closes] 984 00:45:23,012 --> 00:45:23,888 [door opens] 985 00:45:25,473 --> 00:45:27,516 Diane: Are you free for dinner? 986 00:45:27,516 --> 00:45:29,727 I just canceled my plans. 987 00:45:31,437 --> 00:45:32,813 Yeah, I'm free. 988 00:45:42,198 --> 00:45:44,867 [theme music]