1 00:00:01,460 --> 00:00:03,545 "Reynolds versus Mendez." Stuart... 2 00:00:03,545 --> 00:00:05,714 - You're really doing this? - Yup. 3 00:00:05,714 --> 00:00:07,507 You're sending Stuart into federal court, Michael? 4 00:00:07,507 --> 00:00:09,968 I'm ready, Rosalind. For this case I'm ready. 5 00:00:09,968 --> 00:00:12,512 Uh, Stuart's been working his pants off on this one. 6 00:00:12,512 --> 00:00:14,556 - Nervous? - Oh, yeah. 7 00:00:14,556 --> 00:00:16,600 If he loses, it won't be for lack of preparation. 8 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,811 - I can tell you that much. - Not gonna lose. 9 00:00:19,811 --> 00:00:22,356 Alright, Rosalind, I noticed you opened up an account 10 00:00:22,356 --> 00:00:25,776 for Nolsted Company. Is this a potential new client? 11 00:00:25,776 --> 00:00:28,487 Just some introductory talks. We don't have to go into it here. 12 00:00:28,487 --> 00:00:31,531 Excuse me. Nolsted, the liquor company? 13 00:00:31,531 --> 00:00:33,700 - Let's move on. Victor: No, no, no. 14 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:35,744 Is Nolsted gonna become a client here? 15 00:00:35,744 --> 00:00:37,663 I've just opened some dialogue, that's all. 16 00:00:37,663 --> 00:00:39,706 - Like hell. - Victor. 17 00:00:39,706 --> 00:00:41,250 We had a client 18 00:00:41,250 --> 00:00:43,669 who was in litigation with this firm last week. 19 00:00:43,669 --> 00:00:45,462 Then Rosalind goes behind my back 20 00:00:45,462 --> 00:00:47,673 and she convinces the client to accept the settlement offer 21 00:00:47,673 --> 00:00:49,007 which was way too low-- 22 00:00:49,007 --> 00:00:50,926 - It wasn't low. Victor: It was low! 23 00:00:50,926 --> 00:00:52,719 [scoffs] And suddenly Nolsted 24 00:00:52,719 --> 00:00:54,513 is now coming to us for representation? 25 00:00:54,513 --> 00:00:56,390 - What are you saying, Victor? Victor: What am I saying? 26 00:00:56,390 --> 00:00:57,724 I am saying you are bought, Rosalind. 27 00:00:57,724 --> 00:00:59,351 I'm saying you sold out our client! 28 00:00:59,351 --> 00:01:00,852 - How dare you? - Oh, please. 29 00:01:00,852 --> 00:01:02,354 Don't give me this "How dare you crap," okay? 30 00:01:02,354 --> 00:01:04,523 - Victor, that's enough. - No, it's not enough. 31 00:01:04,523 --> 00:01:06,275 You-- you really think you're gonna get away with this? 32 00:01:06,275 --> 00:01:08,443 Leland: Sit down, Victor! 33 00:01:08,443 --> 00:01:10,612 There's no reason for you to be talking like this. 34 00:01:10,612 --> 00:01:12,781 I'm gonna recommend to the client that she sue this firm 35 00:01:12,781 --> 00:01:15,033 for malpractice, I'm gonna recommend to Jimmy Hoffs 36 00:01:15,033 --> 00:01:16,994 that he sue us for interference with contract. 37 00:01:16,994 --> 00:01:18,203 You do that and you're fired. 38 00:01:18,203 --> 00:01:20,372 [panting] [chuckles] 39 00:01:20,372 --> 00:01:22,499 No need for that. 40 00:01:22,499 --> 00:01:26,295 As soon as I finish up my trial next week, I quit. 41 00:01:31,258 --> 00:01:32,342 [door opens] 42 00:01:33,343 --> 00:01:36,263 [theme music] 43 00:02:06,501 --> 00:02:09,421 [music continues] 44 00:02:37,991 --> 00:02:40,911 [music continues] 45 00:03:05,310 --> 00:03:08,271 [instrumental music] 46 00:03:38,385 --> 00:03:41,304 [music continues] 47 00:03:48,061 --> 00:03:50,272 [indistinct chatter] 48 00:03:50,272 --> 00:03:52,774 Do you know for a fact she made a deal with Nolsted 49 00:03:52,774 --> 00:03:53,817 to sell out your client? 50 00:03:53,817 --> 00:03:54,943 Figure it out, Leland. 51 00:03:54,943 --> 00:03:57,195 Do you know for a fact? 52 00:03:57,195 --> 00:03:58,572 You mean, can I prove it? 53 00:03:58,572 --> 00:04:00,407 [scoffs] No. 54 00:04:00,407 --> 00:04:03,118 You never can with her. She's too damn good. 55 00:04:03,118 --> 00:04:05,412 But she can't hide what she is, Leland. 56 00:04:05,412 --> 00:04:08,123 I know what happened here. So do you. 57 00:04:10,167 --> 00:04:11,501 - Let me look into it. Victor: Yeah. 58 00:04:11,501 --> 00:04:13,211 You go ahead and check it out, I'm sure 59 00:04:13,211 --> 00:04:15,672 there's gonna be a really big investigation. 60 00:04:15,672 --> 00:04:17,757 [indistinct chatter] 61 00:04:21,511 --> 00:04:23,930 [indistinct chatter] 62 00:04:23,930 --> 00:04:25,098 [knocking on door] 63 00:04:25,098 --> 00:04:26,850 - How you doing? - I'm ready. 64 00:04:26,850 --> 00:04:28,435 [chuckles] 65 00:04:28,435 --> 00:04:30,187 I know how much this case means to you, Stuart, 66 00:04:30,187 --> 00:04:32,397 and I know how much you wanna win. 67 00:04:32,397 --> 00:04:34,149 Yeah, but from the beginning, 68 00:04:34,149 --> 00:04:37,611 we all know this has been more than just a case for me. 69 00:04:37,611 --> 00:04:39,196 Speaking from having been there, 70 00:04:39,196 --> 00:04:41,531 I can say that sometimes that can hurt you. 71 00:04:41,531 --> 00:04:43,784 Mike, I'm not gonna let it hurt me. 72 00:04:45,744 --> 00:04:47,829 - Good luck. - Thanks. 73 00:04:51,583 --> 00:04:53,794 Ms. Melman, it's an untenable situation. 74 00:04:53,794 --> 00:04:56,213 Your father's been very disruptive around here. 75 00:04:56,213 --> 00:04:59,257 - What are you telling her for? - She's your daughter. 76 00:04:59,257 --> 00:05:01,176 It's just an accident of birth. 77 00:05:01,176 --> 00:05:03,637 In what way has he been disruptive? 78 00:05:03,637 --> 00:05:05,680 He goes through constant mood swings. 79 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,183 He is, uh, wild and boisterous one minute 80 00:05:08,183 --> 00:05:10,519 and nearly catatonic the next. 81 00:05:10,519 --> 00:05:11,812 Dan: I think your father is increasingly 82 00:05:11,812 --> 00:05:13,605 losing touch with reality. 83 00:05:13,605 --> 00:05:15,982 - In what way? - He takes on the persona... 84 00:05:15,982 --> 00:05:19,319 Of a television character. 85 00:05:19,319 --> 00:05:22,697 Your father goes in and out of thinking he's Ralph Kramden. 86 00:05:22,697 --> 00:05:25,033 You haven't the slightest idea what I'm thinking. 87 00:05:25,033 --> 00:05:27,410 It sounds to me like my father's just trying 88 00:05:27,410 --> 00:05:29,371 to get a rise out of you. He... 89 00:05:29,371 --> 00:05:32,040 He often does that sort of thing to amuse himself. 90 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,626 Well, all I'll tell you is that, uh, whoever he assigns 91 00:05:34,626 --> 00:05:37,379 the role of Ed Norton is not amused. 92 00:05:37,379 --> 00:05:38,505 Why? What does he do? 93 00:05:38,505 --> 00:05:39,548 He throws them out of 94 00:05:39,548 --> 00:05:41,091 whatever room they are in and 95 00:05:41,091 --> 00:05:44,135 then he makes some elderly woman Alice Kramden, 96 00:05:44,135 --> 00:05:47,305 and he yells at her for not ironing his bowling shirt 97 00:05:47,305 --> 00:05:49,599 or not having his dinner ready. 98 00:05:49,599 --> 00:05:51,059 Why is it I get the feeling like 99 00:05:51,059 --> 00:05:52,894 I'm sitting in the principal's office? 100 00:05:52,894 --> 00:05:55,564 We are just a retirement community 101 00:05:55,564 --> 00:05:57,691 for people on a fixed income. 102 00:05:57,691 --> 00:06:00,402 What your father needs is professional help. 103 00:06:00,402 --> 00:06:04,739 No, no, no. What I need is to be treated with some respect. 104 00:06:04,739 --> 00:06:08,243 Daddy, if you're not happy, then don't stay here. 105 00:06:08,243 --> 00:06:11,162 Pack your things and we'll find another place. 106 00:06:11,162 --> 00:06:14,833 I don't need a ride. There's a bus stop on the corner. 107 00:06:14,833 --> 00:06:16,042 Come on, will you? 108 00:06:17,502 --> 00:06:18,545 [instrumental music] 109 00:06:18,545 --> 00:06:19,629 [door opens] 110 00:06:22,674 --> 00:06:25,594 [instrumental music] 111 00:06:29,306 --> 00:06:32,475 "Case number 8-9-7-2-3-0, 112 00:06:32,475 --> 00:06:35,812 People versus Franklin Leonard, sentencing." 113 00:06:35,812 --> 00:06:38,898 William Sanderland for the defendant, Your Honor. 114 00:06:38,898 --> 00:06:41,234 You'll recall that my client was convicted of larceny 115 00:06:41,234 --> 00:06:43,820 by false pretenses, you'll also recall 116 00:06:43,820 --> 00:06:46,197 that my client is a medical doctor. 117 00:06:46,197 --> 00:06:48,617 The district attorney and I have agreed on a joint recommendation 118 00:06:48,617 --> 00:06:52,078 of six months probation, plus community service. 119 00:06:52,078 --> 00:06:54,581 Dr. Leonard will provide free medical service 120 00:06:54,581 --> 00:06:58,668 for four designated homeless shelters for the next 36 months 121 00:06:58,668 --> 00:07:01,463 at a minimum of six hours per week. 122 00:07:01,463 --> 00:07:04,299 - This is acceptable to you? - Yes, Your Honor. 123 00:07:04,299 --> 00:07:06,426 Well, it's not acceptable to me. 124 00:07:08,845 --> 00:07:11,473 Two years State prison, one suspended, one served. 125 00:07:11,473 --> 00:07:14,267 - Your Honor? Grace: He stole, Mr. Sanderland. 126 00:07:14,267 --> 00:07:17,520 The fact that he is a doctor makes him no less of a thief. 127 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,314 And you, Ms. Harris, 128 00:07:19,314 --> 00:07:22,442 why'd you cut a deal like that? Because he's rich? 129 00:07:22,442 --> 00:07:24,527 Your Honor, uh, I don't think that 130 00:07:24,527 --> 00:07:28,239 Dr. Leonard poses a serious threat to society. 131 00:07:28,239 --> 00:07:29,699 Grace: You don't? 132 00:07:29,699 --> 00:07:32,327 Let me tell you that when a licensed physician 133 00:07:32,327 --> 00:07:34,371 starts falsifying Medicaid claims, 134 00:07:34,371 --> 00:07:37,624 when he starts taking money out of taxpayers' pockets, 135 00:07:37,624 --> 00:07:39,709 he is definitely a threat to society. 136 00:07:39,709 --> 00:07:42,379 I would ask the court to take into consideration 137 00:07:42,379 --> 00:07:45,215 my client's distinguished commitment to public service 138 00:07:45,215 --> 00:07:46,925 as well as charities, and I think-- 139 00:07:46,925 --> 00:07:48,760 Grace: I'll take it under consideration. 140 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:50,845 I'll also take it under consideration 141 00:07:50,845 --> 00:07:52,806 that the defendant is a fairly wealthy man, 142 00:07:52,806 --> 00:07:56,101 which makes his decision to steal even more reprehensible. 143 00:07:56,101 --> 00:07:58,728 And I will further take it into consideration 144 00:07:58,728 --> 00:08:01,564 that this larceny was accomplished systematically 145 00:08:01,564 --> 00:08:06,361 over six separate occasions, totaling more than $24,000. 146 00:08:06,361 --> 00:08:08,530 Dr. Leonard's a criminal. 147 00:08:08,530 --> 00:08:10,156 He's going to jail. 148 00:08:11,241 --> 00:08:12,409 Next case. 149 00:08:15,662 --> 00:08:19,749 Why were you in Argentina in 1979, sir? 150 00:08:19,749 --> 00:08:22,961 I was one of a number of Americans there 151 00:08:22,961 --> 00:08:26,172 with the agrarian reform movement. 152 00:08:26,172 --> 00:08:30,802 We were trying to bring about a redistribution of land. 153 00:08:30,802 --> 00:08:33,722 Peter: I had been there about six months 154 00:08:33,722 --> 00:08:35,724 at the time of my arrest. 155 00:08:35,724 --> 00:08:39,144 - What were you arrested for? - No one ever said. 156 00:08:39,144 --> 00:08:42,564 They just came in the middle of the night and took me to prison. 157 00:08:42,564 --> 00:08:44,482 When did you first meet the defendant? 158 00:08:44,482 --> 00:08:48,111 A few days later. They took me to a room. 159 00:08:48,111 --> 00:08:51,322 There were three men there. 160 00:08:51,322 --> 00:08:53,700 He was one of them. 161 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:55,160 Stuart: What happened in that room? 162 00:08:59,330 --> 00:09:03,877 They... told me to take off my clothes. 163 00:09:03,877 --> 00:09:08,381 They strapped me to the machine. 164 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:12,469 Mr. Mendez poured a pail of ice water over my head 165 00:09:12,469 --> 00:09:16,222 and wired an electrode to my genitals. 166 00:09:16,222 --> 00:09:18,224 He pushed a switch, 167 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:22,687 and a j-- jolt of electricity hit me. 168 00:09:24,355 --> 00:09:28,943 My head snapped back, 169 00:09:28,943 --> 00:09:30,820 my whole body shook. 170 00:09:32,947 --> 00:09:37,702 And... then he did it again. 171 00:09:37,702 --> 00:09:41,247 And after each time, he would turn a dial 172 00:09:41,247 --> 00:09:42,624 so that the next one would be 173 00:09:42,624 --> 00:09:47,545 just that little bit worse. 174 00:09:47,545 --> 00:09:50,590 Finally, the pain got so bad that I passed out. 175 00:09:50,590 --> 00:09:53,760 Was this type of session ever repeated? 176 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,221 Over the two years that I was held, 177 00:09:56,221 --> 00:09:59,265 there were 34 such sessions. 178 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:02,018 Stuart: And did Mr. Mendez himself 179 00:10:02,018 --> 00:10:03,645 always administer the torture? 180 00:10:03,645 --> 00:10:06,439 Yes, it was always Mr. Mendez. 181 00:10:08,399 --> 00:10:09,901 After you were released from prison, 182 00:10:09,901 --> 00:10:12,195 when did you next see Mr. Mendez? 183 00:10:12,195 --> 00:10:16,116 Peter: Three years ago. His photograph was in the paper. 184 00:10:16,116 --> 00:10:21,371 "American dream come true. Penniless immigrant makes good." 185 00:10:21,371 --> 00:10:26,292 "Opens eight new dry-cleaning locations in one year alone." 186 00:10:27,585 --> 00:10:29,212 And what about you, Peter? 187 00:10:30,755 --> 00:10:32,090 How do you support yourself? 188 00:10:32,090 --> 00:10:33,842 Peter: I can't work. 189 00:10:35,844 --> 00:10:39,556 My mother 190 00:10:39,556 --> 00:10:42,809 gives me enough for a furnished room 191 00:10:42,809 --> 00:10:45,019 and cigarettes. 192 00:10:46,563 --> 00:10:49,357 And I do odd jobs when I can. 193 00:10:50,567 --> 00:10:54,487 At night I can't sleep. 194 00:10:54,487 --> 00:10:58,116 During the day... 195 00:10:58,116 --> 00:11:03,454 well, I-- I take medication that keeps me pretty even, 196 00:11:03,454 --> 00:11:07,458 but mostly I just walk around. 197 00:11:09,419 --> 00:11:10,837 Stuart: I have nothing further. 198 00:11:10,837 --> 00:11:12,297 [clears throat] 199 00:11:17,218 --> 00:11:19,929 You said that Mr. Mendez wasn't the only one present. 200 00:11:19,929 --> 00:11:21,973 He was the one at the machine. 201 00:11:21,973 --> 00:11:24,934 - Was he the one giving orders? - Nobody had to give orders. 202 00:11:24,934 --> 00:11:26,269 Neil: Isn't it a fact, Mr. Reynolds, 203 00:11:26,269 --> 00:11:27,604 that the other men present were 204 00:11:27,604 --> 00:11:30,023 the defendant's commanding officers? 205 00:11:30,023 --> 00:11:31,357 Peter: I don't know who they were. 206 00:11:31,357 --> 00:11:32,525 Neil: Isn't it a fact that he emptied 207 00:11:32,525 --> 00:11:34,152 their ashtrays, isn't it a fact 208 00:11:34,152 --> 00:11:36,362 he saluted every time they entered the room? 209 00:11:36,362 --> 00:11:39,198 He was the one at the machine! 210 00:11:39,198 --> 00:11:41,242 Did he or did he not salute 211 00:11:41,242 --> 00:11:43,119 every time they entered the room? 212 00:11:43,119 --> 00:11:44,579 Yeah, he saluted. So what? 213 00:11:44,579 --> 00:11:46,372 I have no further questions. 214 00:11:46,372 --> 00:11:47,832 What, is that supposed to let him off the hook? 215 00:11:47,832 --> 00:11:48,875 He was the one at the machine. 216 00:11:48,875 --> 00:11:50,043 I said no further questions. 217 00:11:50,043 --> 00:11:51,169 [speaking in foreign language] 218 00:11:51,169 --> 00:11:52,212 Edelstein: Mr. Reynolds. 219 00:11:52,212 --> 00:11:54,130 [speaking in foreign language] 220 00:11:54,130 --> 00:11:55,506 Edelstein: You may step down, Mr. Reynolds. 221 00:11:55,506 --> 00:11:58,259 I can still feel the metal against my skin. 222 00:11:58,259 --> 00:12:00,637 I can still see you reaching to turn up the voltage. 223 00:12:00,637 --> 00:12:03,765 I can still see you sitting back to watch what it did to me. 224 00:12:03,765 --> 00:12:06,017 Stuart: Peter. Peter. - It doesn't go away! 225 00:12:06,017 --> 00:12:08,311 No matter what you do, it doesn't go away! 226 00:12:08,311 --> 00:12:11,356 Stuart: Peter. Peter, Peter. That's enough. That's enough. 227 00:12:12,357 --> 00:12:13,608 That's enough. 228 00:12:17,862 --> 00:12:20,782 [traffic bustling] 229 00:12:24,827 --> 00:12:27,872 Dr. Kravitz, how do you know Mr. Mendez? 230 00:12:27,872 --> 00:12:30,458 He's been my patient for the last three years. 231 00:12:30,458 --> 00:12:32,502 Would you tell us what it was that occasioned him 232 00:12:32,502 --> 00:12:34,712 to seek psychiatric care? 233 00:12:34,712 --> 00:12:37,256 Initially it appeared that he was suffering 234 00:12:37,256 --> 00:12:39,008 from feelings of intense guilt 235 00:12:39,008 --> 00:12:42,220 over what he'd done in Argentina. 236 00:12:42,220 --> 00:12:45,390 After a period of analysis, it became clear to me 237 00:12:45,390 --> 00:12:48,059 that, in fact, what he felt was powerlessness. 238 00:12:48,059 --> 00:12:50,520 Objection to the introduction of self-serving statements 239 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:52,146 masquerading as medical expertise. 240 00:12:52,146 --> 00:12:54,399 This woman is a psychiatrist, Your Honor. 241 00:12:54,399 --> 00:12:55,733 Neil: She's in a position to discern 242 00:12:55,733 --> 00:12:57,986 what's real and what's not. 243 00:12:57,986 --> 00:12:59,904 Objection is overruled. 244 00:12:59,904 --> 00:13:02,115 Neil: Based on your examination of him, doctor, 245 00:13:02,115 --> 00:13:06,035 do you consider the defendant to be a cruel or violent person? 246 00:13:06,035 --> 00:13:07,370 Kravitz: I do not. Neil: Then... 247 00:13:07,370 --> 00:13:08,621 How could he have done these things? 248 00:13:08,621 --> 00:13:10,790 He was 22 years old 249 00:13:10,790 --> 00:13:13,001 and absolutely terrified of authority. 250 00:13:13,001 --> 00:13:16,045 It's my opinion that he simply lacked an ego formation 251 00:13:16,045 --> 00:13:19,173 strong enough to do anything but obey. 252 00:13:19,173 --> 00:13:21,551 I have nothing further. 253 00:13:21,551 --> 00:13:24,178 How's the defendant's ego formation these days? 254 00:13:24,178 --> 00:13:25,930 Very different from what it once was. 255 00:13:25,930 --> 00:13:27,390 Doctor, are you familiar with 256 00:13:27,390 --> 00:13:29,058 the definition of criminal insanity? 257 00:13:29,058 --> 00:13:31,185 Yes, I am. 258 00:13:31,185 --> 00:13:32,603 When he committed acts of torture, 259 00:13:32,603 --> 00:13:34,230 was Carlos Mendez criminally insane? 260 00:13:34,230 --> 00:13:35,440 Kravitz: No. 261 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:36,482 Stuart: When he committed acts of 262 00:13:36,482 --> 00:13:37,734 torture, was Carlos Mendez able 263 00:13:37,734 --> 00:13:39,360 to differentiate between right and wrong? 264 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:41,320 He wasn't necessarily able to act-- 265 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,032 Once again, when he committed acts of torture, 266 00:13:44,032 --> 00:13:46,993 was he able to differentiate between right and wrong? 267 00:13:46,993 --> 00:13:48,911 - Yes. Stuart: Is it fair to say... 268 00:13:48,911 --> 00:13:51,205 That when he wired electrodes to this man's genitals 269 00:13:51,205 --> 00:13:53,916 and sent thousands of volts of electricity through his body 270 00:13:53,916 --> 00:13:55,835 and sat back to watch the convulsions-- 271 00:13:55,835 --> 00:13:58,129 - I object to this. - I'm asking a question. 272 00:13:58,129 --> 00:14:00,006 Then ask it, Mr. Markowitz. 273 00:14:00,006 --> 00:14:02,091 Is it fair to say 274 00:14:02,091 --> 00:14:05,178 that he knew inflicting torture was wrong? 275 00:14:05,178 --> 00:14:07,680 - Yes. - I've no further question. 276 00:14:08,806 --> 00:14:11,726 [instrumental music] 277 00:14:24,155 --> 00:14:26,074 [door shuts] 278 00:14:26,074 --> 00:14:28,785 Why did you take a secret meeting with Victor's client? 279 00:14:28,785 --> 00:14:31,954 I went to Victor first, Leland. 280 00:14:31,954 --> 00:14:33,831 It was only when he refused 281 00:14:33,831 --> 00:14:36,125 to recommend the settlement offer to the client 282 00:14:36,125 --> 00:14:37,627 that I went to him myself. 283 00:14:37,627 --> 00:14:40,421 Convincing her to take a low offer. And then-- 284 00:14:40,421 --> 00:14:44,133 Are you in a position to evaluate that offer? 285 00:14:44,133 --> 00:14:46,844 I know Victor. And he evaluated the case. 286 00:14:46,844 --> 00:14:50,223 Incorrectly, in my opinion. 287 00:14:50,223 --> 00:14:54,268 [sighs] We have an obligation to our clients, Leland. 288 00:14:54,268 --> 00:14:58,314 And if I believe that one of my lawyers is not fulfilling 289 00:14:58,314 --> 00:15:01,150 that obligation, then I, as senior partner, have to act. 290 00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:03,611 And then, after you act, 291 00:15:03,611 --> 00:15:06,114 Nolsted suddenly wants to become our client. 292 00:15:06,114 --> 00:15:10,118 Yes, I had a pre-existing relationship with Nolsted, 293 00:15:10,118 --> 00:15:12,745 but I was totally upfront about it 294 00:15:12,745 --> 00:15:15,581 with both Victor and the client. 295 00:15:15,581 --> 00:15:18,292 I am shocked that Victor would cast such an aspersion, 296 00:15:18,292 --> 00:15:20,169 but I am mostly disappointed 297 00:15:20,169 --> 00:15:23,714 that you would attach any credence to it. 298 00:15:23,714 --> 00:15:25,800 You're very good, Rosalind. 299 00:15:27,468 --> 00:15:29,554 Once again, no tracks. 300 00:15:29,554 --> 00:15:32,598 And exactly what does that mean? 301 00:15:32,598 --> 00:15:35,184 It means I don't trust you. 302 00:15:35,184 --> 00:15:36,811 It means, when you tell me you did what you did 303 00:15:36,811 --> 00:15:39,897 because of an obligation to your client, 304 00:15:39,897 --> 00:15:41,941 I don't trust you for a second. 305 00:15:45,236 --> 00:15:46,654 [indistinct chatter] 306 00:15:46,654 --> 00:15:47,822 Thank you. 307 00:15:53,870 --> 00:15:55,788 I'll be out of your hair by tonight. 308 00:15:55,788 --> 00:15:59,959 Daddy, you can't live down on Third and Main. It's skid row. 309 00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:03,588 What's the difference? Why, you planning on visiting? 310 00:16:03,588 --> 00:16:05,339 I'd like to. Yeah. 311 00:16:05,339 --> 00:16:07,758 Look, don't worry about me. I'll be fine. 312 00:16:07,758 --> 00:16:09,260 I'm sure you will. 313 00:16:11,387 --> 00:16:13,097 You're seeing anybody these days? 314 00:16:13,097 --> 00:16:15,725 - Nobody special. - Hm. 315 00:16:15,725 --> 00:16:18,477 - Your mother seeing anybody? - I don't know. 316 00:16:18,477 --> 00:16:21,105 Oh, you don't wanna say. 317 00:16:21,772 --> 00:16:23,524 Alright. 318 00:16:23,524 --> 00:16:25,651 Are you doing this to punish me? 319 00:16:25,651 --> 00:16:28,404 - Doing what? - Taking a room in a flophouse. 320 00:16:28,404 --> 00:16:31,616 - Refusing to let me help you. - I don't need your help. 321 00:16:31,616 --> 00:16:33,075 Alright, you don't need my help. 322 00:16:33,075 --> 00:16:35,536 Why don't you just accept it anyway? 323 00:16:35,536 --> 00:16:37,580 Do it because it makes me feel good. 324 00:16:37,580 --> 00:16:40,291 Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy. 325 00:16:40,291 --> 00:16:44,086 You and your mother, two peas in a pod. 326 00:16:44,086 --> 00:16:46,505 Don't let up. You don't know how to give a guy some room. 327 00:16:46,505 --> 00:16:49,258 You walked out on us, daddy. How much more room could you want? 328 00:16:49,258 --> 00:16:51,552 [bangs] Why couldn't your mother let me go 329 00:16:51,552 --> 00:16:53,179 on that fishing trip without her? 330 00:16:53,179 --> 00:16:55,223 - Huh? - What fishing trip? 331 00:16:55,223 --> 00:16:59,685 The Raccoon Lodge annual fishing trip. 332 00:16:59,685 --> 00:17:02,521 Your mother and Trixie, they put it in their heads 333 00:17:02,521 --> 00:17:05,399 that they gotta come along. Why? 334 00:17:05,399 --> 00:17:09,362 Two stinking days I can't be alone with the boys? 335 00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:10,905 Argh! 336 00:17:12,490 --> 00:17:14,867 Roxanne: Daddy. 337 00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:17,411 That's an episode of "The Honeymooners." 338 00:17:20,957 --> 00:17:24,460 I know that I should've visited you more often than I did. 339 00:17:24,460 --> 00:17:26,420 People drift apart. 340 00:17:28,130 --> 00:17:31,259 - Forget it. - We're not people. 341 00:17:31,259 --> 00:17:34,804 I'm your daughter and you are my father. 342 00:17:34,804 --> 00:17:36,806 Doesn't mean we have to have a relationship. 343 00:17:36,806 --> 00:17:39,934 We have a relationship, and if I could, 344 00:17:39,934 --> 00:17:42,520 I would like to make it better. 345 00:17:45,398 --> 00:17:49,485 Okay. What do you got in mind? 346 00:17:49,485 --> 00:17:51,779 You could come and stay with me 347 00:17:51,779 --> 00:17:54,657 until you find a decent place to live. 348 00:17:54,657 --> 00:17:57,326 Look, I, uh, 349 00:17:57,326 --> 00:18:02,164 I appreciate the offer, but I just don't wanna do that. 350 00:18:02,164 --> 00:18:03,541 I got my own reasons. 351 00:18:03,541 --> 00:18:06,210 How about if I help you fix up the room? 352 00:18:06,961 --> 00:18:09,046 Sure. 353 00:18:09,046 --> 00:18:11,299 - If you want to. - I want to. 354 00:18:14,927 --> 00:18:16,304 Terrific. 355 00:18:17,638 --> 00:18:18,764 [horns blaring] 356 00:18:18,764 --> 00:18:21,684 [traffic bustling] 357 00:18:25,938 --> 00:18:27,732 [knocking on door] 358 00:18:27,732 --> 00:18:31,235 Ah, thanks for coming in. How are you? 359 00:18:31,235 --> 00:18:36,324 Pretty good. A little curious as to why I've been summoned. 360 00:18:36,324 --> 00:18:40,161 Well, I am the presiding judge, remember? 361 00:18:40,161 --> 00:18:42,079 I am supposed to summon colleagues 362 00:18:42,079 --> 00:18:45,416 two or three times a month. It's in my job description. 363 00:18:45,416 --> 00:18:47,668 Oh. Okay. 364 00:18:47,668 --> 00:18:49,712 Conover: Well, actually, Grace, you've been doing great. 365 00:18:49,712 --> 00:18:51,756 You got a great command of the courtroom. 366 00:18:51,756 --> 00:18:53,132 Lawyers seem to be afraid of you. 367 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:55,926 - That's always good. - But? 368 00:18:55,926 --> 00:18:58,054 But you've been getting challenged on appeal 369 00:18:58,054 --> 00:18:59,930 more than any other Superior Court judge. 370 00:18:59,930 --> 00:19:02,308 Especially on sentencing. 371 00:19:02,308 --> 00:19:05,436 My sentencing has been within my judicial discretion. 372 00:19:05,436 --> 00:19:08,981 Maybe, but when you give a life sentencing to a 16-year-old, 373 00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:10,358 you guarantee an appeal. 374 00:19:10,358 --> 00:19:11,984 When you order a bank chairman 375 00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:14,820 to take out a full-page ad in the "LA Times" 376 00:19:14,820 --> 00:19:17,281 telling everyone that he's an embezzler, 377 00:19:17,281 --> 00:19:20,409 when you lock up a pregnant woman on a misdemeanor... 378 00:19:20,409 --> 00:19:24,163 She was on cocaine. Locking her up kept her off the drugs. 379 00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:25,790 And that gave her baby a chance. 380 00:19:25,790 --> 00:19:28,626 I'm sure it did, but you've got to realize, 381 00:19:28,626 --> 00:19:30,795 a creative sentencing invites challenge. 382 00:19:30,795 --> 00:19:34,840 Yes. And you told me not to be afraid of that. 383 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,176 Yes, I did. 384 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:39,136 But I expect you to use common sense. 385 00:19:39,136 --> 00:19:40,596 The court dockets are jammed to the point 386 00:19:40,596 --> 00:19:42,890 where the system can barely function. 387 00:19:42,890 --> 00:19:44,558 As a judge, you have an obligation 388 00:19:44,558 --> 00:19:46,477 to make some of these matters go away. 389 00:19:46,477 --> 00:19:49,480 And when your cases regularly get kicked to appellate court 390 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:51,232 because you wanna play hardliner, 391 00:19:51,232 --> 00:19:53,192 you're not doing any of us any good. 392 00:19:53,192 --> 00:19:57,071 [scoffs] So I should play ball and I should agree 393 00:19:57,071 --> 00:19:59,407 to plea bargains that make me sick? 394 00:19:59,407 --> 00:20:02,743 The courts are clogged with crap, Grace. 395 00:20:02,743 --> 00:20:04,245 You're gonna get sick every single time 396 00:20:04,245 --> 00:20:05,454 trying to deal with it. 397 00:20:05,454 --> 00:20:07,998 But we have to deal with it. 398 00:20:07,998 --> 00:20:09,250 And you are not. 399 00:20:13,504 --> 00:20:16,215 - What was your rank, Carlos? - I was a private. 400 00:20:16,215 --> 00:20:18,050 During the interrogations that we've heard 401 00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:22,638 Mr. Reynolds describe, who else was there? 402 00:20:22,638 --> 00:20:25,224 Colonel Pisarro was usually there. 403 00:20:25,224 --> 00:20:27,643 Carlos: Captain Diaz was always there. 404 00:20:27,643 --> 00:20:31,188 Who gave the order to use electric shocks? 405 00:20:31,188 --> 00:20:32,398 Colonel Pisarro. 406 00:20:32,398 --> 00:20:35,776 Did you ever question that order? 407 00:20:35,776 --> 00:20:37,153 - No, sir. Neil: Why not? 408 00:20:37,153 --> 00:20:39,405 Carlos: There were two other soldiers 409 00:20:39,405 --> 00:20:40,948 that I know who did. 410 00:20:40,948 --> 00:20:43,159 One day they disappeared. 411 00:20:43,159 --> 00:20:45,453 Everyone assumed that they had been shot. 412 00:20:45,453 --> 00:20:49,498 Did you fear the same fate for yourself had you resisted? 413 00:20:49,498 --> 00:20:51,834 - Yes, I did. Neil: Thank you, Carlos. 414 00:20:51,834 --> 00:20:53,252 I have nothing further. 415 00:21:00,176 --> 00:21:02,094 So you were drafted? 416 00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:04,472 - Into the army? - No. 417 00:21:04,472 --> 00:21:06,182 You joined of your own free will. 418 00:21:06,182 --> 00:21:08,517 I joined in order to eat. 419 00:21:08,517 --> 00:21:10,811 Stuart: How did you come to be assigned to the prison? 420 00:21:10,811 --> 00:21:12,188 I volunteered. 421 00:21:12,188 --> 00:21:14,732 What made you do that? 422 00:21:14,732 --> 00:21:16,442 I was a coward. 423 00:21:16,442 --> 00:21:18,235 Carlos: I did not want to be sent to the jungle. 424 00:21:18,235 --> 00:21:21,030 The Argentina Army didn't assign the cowards to its prison, 425 00:21:21,030 --> 00:21:22,823 Mr. Mendez, they assigned the sadists. 426 00:21:22,823 --> 00:21:25,493 Objection. I want that remark stricken from the record. 427 00:21:25,493 --> 00:21:28,287 Objection is sustained. Remark is stricken. 428 00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:30,581 Soldiers received a variety of assignments in the prison. 429 00:21:30,581 --> 00:21:34,084 - Didn't they, Mr. Mendez? - Yes, they did. 430 00:21:34,084 --> 00:21:37,087 Some guarded the cells, others guarded the perimeters, 431 00:21:37,087 --> 00:21:38,756 some worked in the office, some cooked. 432 00:21:38,756 --> 00:21:40,257 Does plaintiff counsel have a question? 433 00:21:40,257 --> 00:21:42,718 Yes, plaintiff counsel wants to know 434 00:21:42,718 --> 00:21:45,638 why you were always assigned to administer torture. 435 00:21:45,638 --> 00:21:47,723 Because I begged not to be. 436 00:21:47,723 --> 00:21:49,141 Stuart: You begged not to be? 437 00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:52,728 Yes, I begged and I wept. 438 00:21:54,647 --> 00:21:57,858 Colonel Pisarro, he saw this as a sign of weakness. 439 00:21:59,235 --> 00:22:02,363 He punished me for it. 440 00:22:02,363 --> 00:22:05,741 Inside of that room, I was being tortured, too. 441 00:22:05,741 --> 00:22:07,785 Stuart: Why didn't you leave? Carlos: I wish I had. 442 00:22:07,785 --> 00:22:09,620 But you didn't. 443 00:22:09,620 --> 00:22:12,164 You didn't leave until the army was overthrown. 444 00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:14,124 You only left so you wouldn't have to look 445 00:22:14,124 --> 00:22:16,836 into the faces of the people of Argentina. 446 00:22:16,836 --> 00:22:18,462 Look into his face, Mr. Mendez. 447 00:22:18,462 --> 00:22:21,340 Neil: Your Honor. - Look into his face. 448 00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:23,217 I see their faces! 449 00:22:23,217 --> 00:22:26,345 I see his face every time I close my eyes. 450 00:22:26,345 --> 00:22:28,806 Edelstein: Mendez. Carlos: That's right. 451 00:22:28,806 --> 00:22:32,852 I still see your face the same way that you still see mine. 452 00:22:36,272 --> 00:22:37,314 Come in. 453 00:22:37,314 --> 00:22:38,399 [door opens] 454 00:22:40,484 --> 00:22:42,653 - Got a minute? - Yeah. Sure, sure. 455 00:22:43,821 --> 00:22:44,864 [door shuts] 456 00:22:46,407 --> 00:22:50,077 I know the timing for this stinks, but... 457 00:22:52,121 --> 00:22:54,415 I've been offered a job in New York, Leland. 458 00:22:55,332 --> 00:22:56,959 A Wall Street firm. 459 00:22:56,959 --> 00:23:01,130 And I'm thinking very seriously of saying yes. 460 00:23:01,130 --> 00:23:02,673 Michael: Uh, I'm from the East, and, uh, 461 00:23:02,673 --> 00:23:04,967 I've been thinking a long time... 462 00:23:06,552 --> 00:23:08,012 about going home. 463 00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:13,892 Michael, 464 00:23:13,892 --> 00:23:17,938 if you walk out on us now... 465 00:23:17,938 --> 00:23:20,983 well, we'll-- we'll fall down like a deck of cards. 466 00:23:20,983 --> 00:23:24,862 This firm isn't McKenzie, Brackman anymore. You know that. 467 00:23:24,862 --> 00:23:27,281 Bottom-line politics, executive committees... 468 00:23:27,281 --> 00:23:30,242 It's just not the same place, Leland. 469 00:23:31,619 --> 00:23:34,204 Suppose I take it back. 470 00:23:34,204 --> 00:23:35,873 What if I'm senior partner again? 471 00:23:35,873 --> 00:23:38,667 I'm not sure that's even possible. 472 00:23:38,667 --> 00:23:40,044 I also don't know if it would definitely 473 00:23:40,044 --> 00:23:41,962 make a difference at this point. 474 00:23:45,924 --> 00:23:48,093 Don't walk out on me, Michael. 475 00:23:50,930 --> 00:23:52,264 Don't. 476 00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:53,474 It wouldn't be walking out 477 00:23:53,474 --> 00:23:55,976 on you, Leland. 478 00:23:55,976 --> 00:23:58,270 It'd be walking out on Rosalind. 479 00:23:59,313 --> 00:24:02,107 [sighs] Yeah, I'm sorry. 480 00:24:03,734 --> 00:24:06,779 I'm sorry I ever let this place get away. 481 00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:08,822 Oh, if there's any blame, it should be on us 482 00:24:08,822 --> 00:24:11,116 for not bringing in our own clients... 483 00:24:12,868 --> 00:24:15,454 and for letting you carry us for so long. 484 00:24:18,332 --> 00:24:19,958 I can still carry us. 485 00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:21,460 I don't think so. 486 00:24:23,087 --> 00:24:25,547 I hate to be pessimistic. 487 00:24:25,547 --> 00:24:27,299 I hate to be blunt. 488 00:24:29,134 --> 00:24:30,761 But I don't think so. 489 00:24:36,558 --> 00:24:39,478 [instrumental music] 490 00:24:51,824 --> 00:24:53,867 In 1934, 491 00:24:53,867 --> 00:24:57,287 more than 300,000 Germans attended a Nazi rally 492 00:24:57,287 --> 00:24:58,914 in a town called Nuremberg. 493 00:24:58,914 --> 00:25:03,043 And then in 1945, the Nazis were put on trial there. 494 00:25:03,043 --> 00:25:05,838 Stuart: And one by one, the world listened to men 495 00:25:05,838 --> 00:25:09,258 who had carried out countless acts of brutality. 496 00:25:09,258 --> 00:25:11,593 Men who had systematically set out 497 00:25:11,593 --> 00:25:15,639 to wipe off the face of the earth an entire race of people. 498 00:25:15,639 --> 00:25:17,850 And their defense was that 499 00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:21,186 they were only following orders. 500 00:25:21,186 --> 00:25:23,814 It didn't excuse them. 501 00:25:23,814 --> 00:25:26,108 And it doesn't excuse him. 502 00:25:26,108 --> 00:25:28,277 You see, if we are to believe 503 00:25:28,277 --> 00:25:32,406 that even in war there are certain acts that so offend us, 504 00:25:32,406 --> 00:25:35,159 that so violate basic standards of human conduct 505 00:25:35,159 --> 00:25:37,161 as to be called war crimes, 506 00:25:37,161 --> 00:25:38,620 then we must stand ready 507 00:25:38,620 --> 00:25:40,873 to punish those who have committed them. 508 00:25:40,873 --> 00:25:43,625 We have to believe that even a private 509 00:25:43,625 --> 00:25:45,335 bears responsibility for his actions. 510 00:25:45,335 --> 00:25:49,631 Even a private has to answer for what he has done. 511 00:25:49,631 --> 00:25:52,342 Carlos Mendez repeatedly sent 512 00:25:52,342 --> 00:25:54,678 thousands of volts of electricity 513 00:25:54,678 --> 00:25:56,180 into Peter Reynolds' body. 514 00:25:56,180 --> 00:25:58,182 He did it with his own hands. 515 00:25:59,683 --> 00:26:01,310 Look at these two men. 516 00:26:01,310 --> 00:26:05,606 Peter Reynolds sits before you broken and impoverished. 517 00:26:05,606 --> 00:26:08,233 A highly articulate, intelligent man, 518 00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:11,070 he is now barely able to function in the world. 519 00:26:11,070 --> 00:26:15,157 Stuart: Carlos Mendez sits before you hale and affluent. 520 00:26:15,157 --> 00:26:17,076 He's living the American dream. 521 00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:22,331 Look at these two men, side by side, 522 00:26:22,331 --> 00:26:25,417 and tell me that the past doesn't matter. 523 00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:30,297 Carlos Mendez was drawn to our standard of living. 524 00:26:30,297 --> 00:26:33,759 Let him answer to our standard of justice as well. 525 00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:37,679 If all he can do is pay Peter Reynolds a sum of money, 526 00:26:37,679 --> 00:26:39,765 the least we can do, ladies and gentlemen, 527 00:26:39,765 --> 00:26:41,850 is to make him pay it. 528 00:26:47,314 --> 00:26:48,398 [clears throat] 529 00:26:52,361 --> 00:26:54,154 It's a powerful analogy. 530 00:26:54,154 --> 00:26:57,783 Nuremberg. If only it were appropriate. 531 00:26:57,783 --> 00:26:59,451 You see, at Nuremberg, 532 00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:03,413 it wasn't the privates on trial, it was the generals. 533 00:27:03,413 --> 00:27:08,669 Goring, Hess, von Ribbentrop, Jodl. 534 00:27:08,669 --> 00:27:11,046 These were men who gave orders. 535 00:27:11,046 --> 00:27:14,132 These were men with power. 536 00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:17,261 What power did Carlos Mendez have? 537 00:27:17,261 --> 00:27:20,597 Neil: Yes, he strapped prisoners to that machine. 538 00:27:20,597 --> 00:27:25,352 What you have to realize is that he was strapped to it himself. 539 00:27:25,352 --> 00:27:29,231 They were on one side, he was on the other. 540 00:27:29,231 --> 00:27:32,234 Neither of them had a choice. 541 00:27:32,234 --> 00:27:34,778 Neil: Generals didn't do the dirty work in Argentina. 542 00:27:34,778 --> 00:27:37,865 They ordered someone to do it for them. 543 00:27:37,865 --> 00:27:40,784 Carlos was one of those someones. 544 00:27:40,784 --> 00:27:43,453 Now you've heard character witnesses paint a portrait 545 00:27:43,453 --> 00:27:47,916 of a compassionate decent man. 546 00:27:47,916 --> 00:27:50,210 Neil: A man who could never inflict pain 547 00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:52,963 on another human being willingly. 548 00:27:52,963 --> 00:27:56,508 A man who could only have done it 549 00:27:56,508 --> 00:28:00,971 in order to survive. 550 00:28:00,971 --> 00:28:03,515 Neil: There are no villains in this courtroom, 551 00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:05,183 ladies and gentlemen. 552 00:28:05,183 --> 00:28:07,394 There are only victims. 553 00:28:08,562 --> 00:28:11,523 I ask that your compassion 554 00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:12,983 extend to them both. 555 00:28:12,983 --> 00:28:16,445 I ask that you not lay blame 556 00:28:16,445 --> 00:28:18,405 where it doesn't belong. 557 00:28:21,825 --> 00:28:24,745 [traffic bustling] 558 00:28:30,959 --> 00:28:33,462 It's been a long time since you and I had lunch, Leland. 559 00:28:33,462 --> 00:28:35,756 Well, you're my biggest cash cow, Scotty. 560 00:28:35,756 --> 00:28:38,133 I gotta pay a little lip service now and again. 561 00:28:38,133 --> 00:28:39,468 - Huh? Uh... - What's up? 562 00:28:39,468 --> 00:28:40,594 There's gonna be a little 563 00:28:40,594 --> 00:28:42,054 friction at the firm. 564 00:28:42,054 --> 00:28:44,139 It could get divisive. 565 00:28:44,139 --> 00:28:45,432 I'm listening. 566 00:28:45,432 --> 00:28:48,310 Rosalind Shays, 567 00:28:48,310 --> 00:28:50,145 she's not working out as senior partner, 568 00:28:50,145 --> 00:28:54,566 and I'm thinking of forcing her out. 569 00:28:54,566 --> 00:28:58,153 Listen, Leland, uh, I'm not sure how to put this, 570 00:28:58,153 --> 00:29:02,032 but the quality of the work we've been getting 571 00:29:02,032 --> 00:29:03,408 has never been better than since 572 00:29:03,408 --> 00:29:06,244 Rosalind Shays took over the account. 573 00:29:06,244 --> 00:29:09,331 She put together our public offering. 574 00:29:09,331 --> 00:29:12,125 The value of our subsidiaries quadrupled 575 00:29:12,125 --> 00:29:14,586 because of decisions she specifically made. 576 00:29:14,586 --> 00:29:19,091 She can't help you without a firm to back her up. 577 00:29:19,091 --> 00:29:21,009 Pretty soon she's not gonna have one. 578 00:29:21,009 --> 00:29:23,178 Don't put me in this position. 579 00:29:24,554 --> 00:29:26,431 I need you, Scott. 580 00:29:26,431 --> 00:29:29,893 I hate to call on a friendship, but I need you. 581 00:29:32,938 --> 00:29:36,900 For my personal matters, I'll stay with you, Leland. 582 00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:40,112 But I'm a CEO who has to consider the interest 583 00:29:40,112 --> 00:29:43,448 of the shareholders and over 7000 employees. 584 00:29:43,448 --> 00:29:46,284 Scott: And I think the interest of Petramco Industries 585 00:29:46,284 --> 00:29:50,122 are better served by Rosalind Shays. 586 00:29:53,291 --> 00:29:54,626 [door opens] 587 00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:57,004 Alice! Honey! 588 00:29:57,004 --> 00:30:01,466 - I'm home! - Hi. 589 00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:04,219 I wanted to see where you was working. 590 00:30:04,219 --> 00:30:07,097 - What are you wearing? - Same thing I always wear. 591 00:30:08,598 --> 00:30:12,269 - Norton, pal of mine! Roxanne: Daddy? 592 00:30:12,269 --> 00:30:14,354 I thought you were supposed to meet for lunch today. 593 00:30:14,354 --> 00:30:16,106 I dropped by the sewer and you weren't there. 594 00:30:16,106 --> 00:30:18,608 - Daddy, this is Benny Stulwicz. Benny: I-- I don't... 595 00:30:18,608 --> 00:30:21,945 What, are you crazy? Oh, tell her how far back we go. 596 00:30:21,945 --> 00:30:24,072 - Daddy, stop it! - What happened? 597 00:30:24,072 --> 00:30:27,617 Manhole cover hit you on the head again? [laughs] 598 00:30:27,617 --> 00:30:30,162 You live at 328 Chauncey Street, don't you? 599 00:30:30,162 --> 00:30:31,872 Daddy, would you come with me for a second? 600 00:30:31,872 --> 00:30:34,833 You work at the sewer! You're married to Trixie. 601 00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:37,836 - I'm-- I'm marrying Alice. - What are you, an idiot? 602 00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:39,921 - I'm married to Alice. - No, you're not. 603 00:30:39,921 --> 00:30:41,840 - Daddy! - Oh... 604 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:45,552 This guy's got a screw missing someplace! Ha-ha... 605 00:30:45,552 --> 00:30:47,179 Get in there! 606 00:30:47,179 --> 00:30:50,098 [indistinct chatter] 607 00:30:55,395 --> 00:30:57,314 Now, that man's name is Benny Stulwicz. 608 00:30:57,314 --> 00:31:00,484 He's mentally retarded and he works in this office. 609 00:31:00,484 --> 00:31:03,528 Oh, yeah? So what? 610 00:31:03,528 --> 00:31:06,281 So why would you make him the butt of one of your jokes? 611 00:31:06,281 --> 00:31:07,741 I don't know what all you're talking about. 612 00:31:07,741 --> 00:31:09,534 You don't know what I'm talking about? 613 00:31:09,534 --> 00:31:10,744 No. 614 00:31:12,788 --> 00:31:15,123 Yesterday you said you wanted to mend fences. 615 00:31:15,123 --> 00:31:16,583 Today I figured I'd drop by to see ya. 616 00:31:16,583 --> 00:31:17,667 Dressed like that? 617 00:31:17,667 --> 00:31:19,336 What the hell's the difference 618 00:31:19,336 --> 00:31:20,879 how I'm dressed? 619 00:31:22,672 --> 00:31:24,299 Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy. 620 00:31:24,299 --> 00:31:25,926 [breathing heavily] 621 00:31:25,926 --> 00:31:27,844 Nothing has changed, has it? 622 00:31:27,844 --> 00:31:29,554 You still wish you could trade me in for another model. 623 00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:32,766 - No, I don't! - Oh, yes, you do. 624 00:31:32,766 --> 00:31:35,227 [indistinct chatter] 625 00:31:35,227 --> 00:31:37,020 You always wanted a father who made more money, 626 00:31:37,020 --> 00:31:40,482 who dressed better, talked better. 627 00:31:40,482 --> 00:31:43,568 All I want is for you not to go out of your way to embarrass me. 628 00:31:43,568 --> 00:31:47,948 Hey, do me a favor, huh? Stay a stranger. 629 00:31:47,948 --> 00:31:49,908 Swear I'll never embarrass you again. 630 00:31:52,244 --> 00:31:53,245 [door opens] 631 00:31:55,205 --> 00:31:56,832 [door shuts] 632 00:31:56,832 --> 00:31:59,209 [sobbing] 633 00:32:00,210 --> 00:32:01,837 Come here. 634 00:32:02,963 --> 00:32:05,173 Come here. Shh, shh, shh. 635 00:32:05,173 --> 00:32:09,052 Clearing a table. Grace, look. 636 00:32:09,052 --> 00:32:11,263 You've only been on the bench for a couple of months, right? 637 00:32:11,263 --> 00:32:13,974 - You can't expect to get dis-- - Michael, last week... 638 00:32:17,227 --> 00:32:21,106 Last week I sat there in juvenile court helpless. 639 00:32:21,106 --> 00:32:25,026 Helpless because I was unable to make a difference. 640 00:32:25,026 --> 00:32:27,320 But then when I do try to make an impact, 641 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:31,158 I'm called in on the carpet for being unorthodox 642 00:32:31,158 --> 00:32:34,911 and-- and for inviting appeals. [scoffs] 643 00:32:34,911 --> 00:32:40,000 And the lawyers, don't even get me started on the lawyers. 644 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:41,459 I mean, where do these people come from? 645 00:32:41,459 --> 00:32:44,379 Well, how did they ever pass the bar? 646 00:32:44,379 --> 00:32:47,007 - They, they either come to me-- - Grace... 647 00:32:47,007 --> 00:32:49,509 W-- why don't you have another beer? 648 00:32:49,509 --> 00:32:51,970 Michael, I can't have another beer. 649 00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:55,056 - Why not? - Because I'm a judge. 650 00:32:55,056 --> 00:32:58,435 And I can't have two stupid beers 651 00:32:58,435 --> 00:33:00,228 in a place frequented by lawyers. 652 00:33:00,228 --> 00:33:03,231 You know what happens? It gets around. 653 00:33:03,231 --> 00:33:07,694 Judge Van Owen was drinking. Judge Van Owen had two beers. 654 00:33:07,694 --> 00:33:10,447 Judge Van Owen was having a good time. 655 00:33:10,447 --> 00:33:11,948 You had a bad day, Grace. 656 00:33:11,948 --> 00:33:14,409 You, you have a bad day, you hate your job. 657 00:33:14,409 --> 00:33:17,579 And that could happen to anybody, even judges. 658 00:33:19,372 --> 00:33:23,418 I don't think it's just a bad day, Michael. 659 00:33:23,418 --> 00:33:27,964 I don't like sitting up there high and mighty. 660 00:33:27,964 --> 00:33:32,844 I don't like having to be objective and detached. 661 00:33:32,844 --> 00:33:34,346 So what are you saying? 662 00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:35,972 I'm saying that 663 00:33:35,972 --> 00:33:39,017 my days on the bench are numbered. 664 00:33:41,770 --> 00:33:43,813 Has the jury reached a verdict? 665 00:33:43,813 --> 00:33:45,857 - We have, Your Honor. Edelstein: How say you? 666 00:33:45,857 --> 00:33:47,609 Foreperson: "On the issue of pain and suffering 667 00:33:47,609 --> 00:33:49,444 stemming from the torture of the plaintiff, 668 00:33:49,444 --> 00:33:52,906 we find the defendant not liable for damages." 669 00:33:52,906 --> 00:33:54,991 Edelstein: And that concludes this matter. 670 00:33:54,991 --> 00:33:57,285 The jury is discharged with the thanks of the court. 671 00:33:57,285 --> 00:33:59,663 [indistinct chatter] 672 00:34:00,705 --> 00:34:01,790 [chuckles] 673 00:34:04,334 --> 00:34:07,420 - Mr. Reynolds. - Carlos, hang on. 674 00:34:07,420 --> 00:34:09,214 I-- I want to say something. 675 00:34:09,214 --> 00:34:11,007 What do you wanna say? 676 00:34:11,007 --> 00:34:12,801 I don't want for you to come away from this 677 00:34:12,801 --> 00:34:14,261 with nothing, Peter. 678 00:34:14,261 --> 00:34:18,181 If you need a hand, I can give you a hand. 679 00:34:18,181 --> 00:34:20,558 I can give you a job. 680 00:34:20,558 --> 00:34:23,395 Maybe we should discuss this at another time. 681 00:34:23,979 --> 00:34:25,063 Come on. 682 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,360 [speaking in foreign language] 683 00:34:37,117 --> 00:34:40,036 [instrumental music] 684 00:34:48,086 --> 00:34:50,672 I'm trying to imagine 685 00:34:50,672 --> 00:34:54,134 what it would be like to work for you. 686 00:34:54,134 --> 00:34:55,719 Mr. Reynolds, nobody's forcing you. 687 00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:57,554 That's true. 688 00:34:57,554 --> 00:35:00,932 I think that it would be good for you. 689 00:35:00,932 --> 00:35:05,145 You never even looked away, Carlos. 690 00:35:05,145 --> 00:35:08,440 I'd piss all over myself, I'd cry. 691 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,610 You'd drink coffee and look right at me. 692 00:35:11,610 --> 00:35:14,863 Stuart, maybe you should tell your client the trial's over. 693 00:35:14,863 --> 00:35:18,742 We have to put it behind us, Peter. 694 00:35:18,742 --> 00:35:22,537 - We? - Yes, we. We were both victims. 695 00:35:22,537 --> 00:35:27,375 You were not a victim! 696 00:35:27,375 --> 00:35:29,377 But since it's so important to you 697 00:35:29,377 --> 00:35:31,963 to think of yourself as one, 698 00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:34,090 you can be a victim now. 699 00:35:34,090 --> 00:35:36,760 Neil: Come on, Carlos, let's go. - Sit down. 700 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:37,886 Sit! 701 00:35:38,928 --> 00:35:41,973 Peter, what are you doing? 702 00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:45,310 - I'm illustrating something. - Do it without the gun. 703 00:35:45,310 --> 00:35:48,188 Without the gun, Mr. Mendez would leave. 704 00:35:48,188 --> 00:35:49,606 He would get a very distorted view 705 00:35:49,606 --> 00:35:51,483 of what it means to be a victim. 706 00:35:51,483 --> 00:35:53,652 Neil: Uh, Mr. Reynolds, please. 707 00:35:53,652 --> 00:35:55,528 Don't do this, Peter. 708 00:35:56,363 --> 00:35:57,947 Do you see? 709 00:35:57,947 --> 00:36:01,284 A soldier can't leave. He can desert. 710 00:36:01,284 --> 00:36:03,912 But a prisoner always has a gun pointed at him. 711 00:36:03,912 --> 00:36:07,290 - I'm sorry I didn't desert. - You're sorry. 712 00:36:07,290 --> 00:36:09,584 - You're just not guilty. Neil: Oh, my God, don't. 713 00:36:09,584 --> 00:36:11,544 Peter: I think it is very important that Mr. Mendez 714 00:36:11,544 --> 00:36:13,838 uses precise language 715 00:36:13,838 --> 00:36:16,591 in characterizing our respective roles. 716 00:36:16,591 --> 00:36:18,218 He poured ice water over me 717 00:36:18,218 --> 00:36:20,428 so the electric current would travel better, 718 00:36:20,428 --> 00:36:21,846 so that it would hurt more. 719 00:36:21,846 --> 00:36:23,723 Peter. Peter! 720 00:36:23,723 --> 00:36:26,267 [ice rattling] 721 00:36:26,267 --> 00:36:29,938 Peter: I was wet. He was dry. 722 00:36:29,938 --> 00:36:33,233 Now he's wet and I'm dry. 723 00:36:33,233 --> 00:36:35,026 What do you want from me? 724 00:36:35,026 --> 00:36:39,072 I want you to understand the distinction. 725 00:36:39,072 --> 00:36:41,449 [groans] I'm begging you. 726 00:36:41,449 --> 00:36:44,953 We were not both victims! 727 00:36:44,953 --> 00:36:47,163 - Stop! - He has to understand. 728 00:36:47,163 --> 00:36:49,708 No, he doesn't. You understand, Peter. 729 00:36:49,708 --> 00:36:53,044 You understand that you're alive and that you're free. 730 00:36:53,044 --> 00:36:56,089 You were strong enough to survive all that. 731 00:36:56,089 --> 00:36:58,675 Now just be strong enough to walk away. 732 00:36:58,675 --> 00:36:59,634 [thuds] 733 00:37:01,594 --> 00:37:04,097 Neil: Oh, my God! - Peter, don't. 734 00:37:04,097 --> 00:37:05,265 [clacks] 735 00:37:05,974 --> 00:37:07,726 [sighs] 736 00:37:07,726 --> 00:37:10,645 [instrumental music] 737 00:37:13,898 --> 00:37:15,483 If I was strong... 738 00:37:16,901 --> 00:37:18,486 it'd be loaded. 739 00:37:21,781 --> 00:37:22,824 [gun clatters] 740 00:37:26,619 --> 00:37:28,246 [sobbing] 741 00:37:32,834 --> 00:37:34,002 [door opens] 742 00:37:36,671 --> 00:37:37,881 [door shuts] 743 00:37:37,881 --> 00:37:40,550 The other day you told me 744 00:37:40,550 --> 00:37:44,095 that the people here don't go behind each other's backs 745 00:37:44,095 --> 00:37:46,931 having secret meetings with clients. 746 00:37:46,931 --> 00:37:48,892 Nice lunch with Scott Perot? 747 00:37:48,892 --> 00:37:51,561 There was nothing inappropriate about that meeting. 748 00:37:51,561 --> 00:37:53,021 No? 749 00:37:53,021 --> 00:37:55,106 Well, whatever you told him, 750 00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:58,193 he's under the impression that you and I 751 00:37:58,193 --> 00:38:01,821 will not be working together in the future. 752 00:38:01,821 --> 00:38:05,033 Are you planning on leaving this firm, Leland? 753 00:38:06,451 --> 00:38:08,912 Are you planning on leaving this firm? 754 00:38:08,912 --> 00:38:10,705 No, I'm not. 755 00:38:10,705 --> 00:38:13,500 Are you under the impression 756 00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:14,918 that I'm leaving? 757 00:38:19,214 --> 00:38:21,466 I want you to step down, Rosalind. 758 00:38:25,762 --> 00:38:28,306 Have I done anything wrong? 759 00:38:28,306 --> 00:38:31,351 It's not that you've done anything specifically wrong, 760 00:38:31,351 --> 00:38:35,688 but you don't breed any loyalty among the people here. 761 00:38:35,688 --> 00:38:37,607 The other day Michael Kuzak was telling me 762 00:38:37,607 --> 00:38:39,108 he was thinking of leaving. 763 00:38:39,108 --> 00:38:41,319 Oh, I can replace him in a minute. 764 00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:42,904 I know several litigators-- 765 00:38:42,904 --> 00:38:46,658 But you see, I couldn't do that. 766 00:38:46,658 --> 00:38:49,160 He's-- he's very close to me. 767 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:52,288 I-- I couldn't replace him in a second. 768 00:38:52,288 --> 00:38:54,999 See, that's where you come up short. 769 00:38:54,999 --> 00:38:58,628 Leland, I didn't want this job. 770 00:39:00,630 --> 00:39:04,634 But if you suddenly take over again after just a month, 771 00:39:04,634 --> 00:39:08,805 I'll be humiliated in front of the entire legal community. 772 00:39:08,805 --> 00:39:11,891 I may never get another chance like this. 773 00:39:11,891 --> 00:39:13,643 I think, in time, 774 00:39:13,643 --> 00:39:17,063 the people here will be much more comfortable with me. 775 00:39:17,063 --> 00:39:19,858 We don't have that time. 776 00:39:19,858 --> 00:39:22,902 If I don't take over now, this place will fall apart. 777 00:39:24,779 --> 00:39:26,531 I'm not stepping down. 778 00:39:26,531 --> 00:39:29,325 You're only in power by my consent. 779 00:39:29,325 --> 00:39:31,870 If you and I do battle, you couldn't possibly win. 780 00:39:31,870 --> 00:39:33,913 I'm not stepping down. 781 00:39:33,913 --> 00:39:35,915 Then I'll have to break you. 782 00:39:35,915 --> 00:39:38,251 You want a war, Leland? 783 00:39:38,251 --> 00:39:41,129 Fine. You got one. 784 00:39:46,217 --> 00:39:49,137 [traffic bustling] 785 00:39:59,772 --> 00:40:01,983 [Stuart sighs] 786 00:40:01,983 --> 00:40:05,028 Ann: Quite a scene in here today, Markowitz. 787 00:40:05,028 --> 00:40:06,738 [sighs] 788 00:40:06,738 --> 00:40:08,823 - You alright? - Mm-hmm. 789 00:40:15,622 --> 00:40:18,583 My dad had an uncle. 790 00:40:18,583 --> 00:40:20,918 Uncle Heshie. 791 00:40:20,918 --> 00:40:23,296 He was a Shakespearean actor. [chuckles] 792 00:40:23,296 --> 00:40:26,883 He used to play King Lear in Yiddish. [chuckles] 793 00:40:26,883 --> 00:40:29,302 I have pictures of him at home. 794 00:40:29,302 --> 00:40:32,722 He was this imposing character. 795 00:40:32,722 --> 00:40:35,725 Wore these great clothes. 796 00:40:35,725 --> 00:40:38,102 People would come from all over the countryside 797 00:40:38,102 --> 00:40:39,604 to watch him perform. 798 00:40:43,691 --> 00:40:45,234 He died in Buchenwald. 799 00:40:48,071 --> 00:40:51,950 Honey, how about if you and I go home? 800 00:40:51,950 --> 00:40:53,660 All those Jews, Ann... 801 00:40:56,746 --> 00:41:01,626 they were tortured in places like Dachau and Bergen-Belsen, 802 00:41:01,626 --> 00:41:03,461 Majdanek, Auschwitz. 803 00:41:05,505 --> 00:41:08,841 They disappeared into night and fog. 804 00:41:08,841 --> 00:41:10,343 Nacht und Nebel. 805 00:41:13,721 --> 00:41:15,056 And I was brought up to believe 806 00:41:15,056 --> 00:41:17,016 that every last German was to blame. 807 00:41:19,102 --> 00:41:21,938 You were also brought up to condemn violence, Stuart. 808 00:41:21,938 --> 00:41:24,691 Yeah, I think the worst thing I've ever done to anybody 809 00:41:24,691 --> 00:41:26,567 is sue them. Hm. 810 00:41:26,567 --> 00:41:28,403 Oh, that can be pretty bad. 811 00:41:28,403 --> 00:41:30,196 It's not revenge. 812 00:41:30,196 --> 00:41:34,033 - It's not violent revenge. - It's not revenge. 813 00:41:36,035 --> 00:41:37,912 So what do you do? 814 00:41:37,912 --> 00:41:39,622 You hold on to the hatred. 815 00:41:40,790 --> 00:41:42,208 That's what you do. 816 00:41:43,126 --> 00:41:45,545 You hold on to it? 817 00:41:45,545 --> 00:41:47,839 Ann, the people who died in those camps... 818 00:41:49,674 --> 00:41:52,510 they were people like me. 819 00:41:52,510 --> 00:41:55,847 So, you can't ever get beyond the hatred? 820 00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:57,640 Never. 821 00:42:06,232 --> 00:42:07,525 [door shuts] 822 00:42:10,236 --> 00:42:11,654 [door opens] 823 00:42:11,654 --> 00:42:14,115 Hey, Ralphy boy, somebody is here to see you. 824 00:42:16,325 --> 00:42:17,994 What's going on, dad? 825 00:42:17,994 --> 00:42:21,247 Well, it's about time you showed up. 826 00:42:23,249 --> 00:42:26,377 I got a lodge meeting tonight. 827 00:42:26,377 --> 00:42:28,921 Then you shouldn't have stolen a bus. 828 00:42:28,921 --> 00:42:33,092 [bangs] Seventeen years I've been working for that company! 829 00:42:33,092 --> 00:42:35,636 Seventeen years! 830 00:42:35,636 --> 00:42:38,431 In the summertime, dying from the heat! 831 00:42:38,431 --> 00:42:41,017 In the winter time, freezing from the cold! 832 00:42:41,017 --> 00:42:45,104 The rain, the sleet, the snow! 833 00:42:45,104 --> 00:42:48,357 You know that sign, "The mail goes through no matter what?" 834 00:42:48,357 --> 00:42:51,194 You know why? Do you know why? 835 00:42:51,194 --> 00:42:54,781 Because the mailman rides with me. 836 00:42:54,781 --> 00:42:56,532 - What's your name? - Ralph Kramden. 837 00:42:56,532 --> 00:42:58,326 - Murray Melman. - Ralph Kramden! 838 00:42:58,326 --> 00:43:01,120 Ralph Kramden is a TV character, daddy. 839 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:03,873 He was played by an actor named Jackie Gleason. 840 00:43:03,873 --> 00:43:05,708 Don't be a wisenheimer, Alice. 841 00:43:05,708 --> 00:43:08,503 Don't be a wisenheimer! 842 00:43:08,503 --> 00:43:11,214 You're not gonna talk me out of this. It's just like you to try. 843 00:43:11,214 --> 00:43:14,050 But you are not gonna talk me out of this. 844 00:43:14,050 --> 00:43:19,013 I'm not gonna post bail, daddy, unless you promise to get help. 845 00:43:19,013 --> 00:43:22,141 - A man's home is like a ship. - Oh, God. 846 00:43:22,141 --> 00:43:25,520 And on that ship I am the captain 847 00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:29,565 and you are nothing but a lowly, third-class seaman. 848 00:43:31,692 --> 00:43:34,278 "My job is just to swab the deck, 849 00:43:34,278 --> 00:43:38,241 get the mess and see that the captain is happy." 850 00:43:38,241 --> 00:43:41,536 Alice, where are you going? 851 00:43:41,536 --> 00:43:44,288 "Seaman Kramden reporting to the poop deck 852 00:43:44,288 --> 00:43:47,083 until this big wind blows over!" 853 00:43:53,256 --> 00:43:54,841 You remember that one? 854 00:43:57,510 --> 00:43:59,387 I watched it with you. 855 00:44:01,389 --> 00:44:02,557 [sighs] 856 00:44:03,599 --> 00:44:05,685 That was a long time ago. 857 00:44:10,815 --> 00:44:15,444 Daddy, why are you doing this? 858 00:44:16,487 --> 00:44:17,989 I don't know. 859 00:44:17,989 --> 00:44:22,201 Please, let me take care of you. 860 00:44:27,248 --> 00:44:28,332 No. 861 00:44:30,209 --> 00:44:31,586 Thank you. 862 00:44:35,673 --> 00:44:38,676 Roxanne: You can't be on your own anymore. 863 00:44:38,676 --> 00:44:40,970 I'm not gonna leave you alone. 864 00:44:44,182 --> 00:44:46,225 Do whatever you have to do, kid. 865 00:44:49,312 --> 00:44:51,355 Only, leave me the hell out of it. 866 00:44:55,568 --> 00:44:56,819 [sobbing] 867 00:45:04,702 --> 00:45:07,622 [theme music] 868 00:45:34,607 --> 00:45:37,068 [instrumental music]