1 00:00:00,709 --> 00:00:03,212 [indistinct chatter] 2 00:00:03,212 --> 00:00:05,214 Clarence, sweetheart... 3 00:00:05,214 --> 00:00:06,798 [together] Could you stick mine up front? 4 00:00:06,798 --> 00:00:09,259 I got a B and E set to go in division four. 5 00:00:09,259 --> 00:00:12,179 [together] No further continuances, I owe you big. 6 00:00:12,179 --> 00:00:14,223 - Thanks. - Yeah, yeah. 7 00:00:14,223 --> 00:00:16,141 [distant announcement] 8 00:00:16,141 --> 00:00:18,143 I thought Vance was on today. 9 00:00:18,143 --> 00:00:20,646 Connover did some reassigning. Looks like we got Judge Biel. 10 00:00:20,646 --> 00:00:22,314 Tell me I'm not hearing what I'm hearing. 11 00:00:22,314 --> 00:00:23,774 Forget about buying time, Billy. 12 00:00:23,774 --> 00:00:25,275 You know how he is when he plays the music. 13 00:00:25,275 --> 00:00:26,944 Judge Vance was on the list for God's sake. 14 00:00:26,944 --> 00:00:29,947 Well, Billy, he ain't on it now. 15 00:00:29,947 --> 00:00:31,448 All rise! 16 00:00:31,448 --> 00:00:34,159 Hear ye, hear ye, this court is in session, 17 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:35,994 the Honorable Adam Biel presiding. 18 00:00:35,994 --> 00:00:39,373 Draw ye near and ye shall be heard, God save the people. 19 00:00:39,373 --> 00:00:41,208 First up, People vs. Checkles. 20 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:43,168 William Castroverti for the defense, 21 00:00:43,168 --> 00:00:45,254 Your Honor, we'd b seeking a short continuance-- 22 00:00:45,254 --> 00:00:46,964 Of course you would. 23 00:00:46,964 --> 00:00:49,758 You want to continue long enough to claim that your client 24 00:00:49,758 --> 00:00:51,760 is being denied his constitutional right 25 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:53,929 to a speedy trial, or 26 00:00:53,929 --> 00:00:55,931 until all prosecution witnesses are dead-- 27 00:00:55,931 --> 00:00:57,891 I assure you, I won't be raising that defense. 28 00:00:57,891 --> 00:00:59,309 I'm merely asking for-- 29 00:00:59,309 --> 00:01:01,770 Will it be your practice to interrupt me? 30 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:04,356 No, Your Honor. 31 00:01:04,356 --> 00:01:06,608 - And how's my favorite student? - Still learning. 32 00:01:06,608 --> 00:01:08,318 Your Honor, I just got this case. 33 00:01:08,318 --> 00:01:09,861 In the interest of justice-- 34 00:01:09,861 --> 00:01:11,863 Those interests aren't served by clogging 35 00:01:11,863 --> 00:01:14,241 the lungs of our judicial process 36 00:01:14,241 --> 00:01:16,535 with a phlegm of continuances 37 00:01:16,535 --> 00:01:19,538 and postponements and tactical delays. 38 00:01:19,538 --> 00:01:21,748 Truth doesn't pick you up on the bus corner, 39 00:01:21,748 --> 00:01:23,292 you must march on to uncover it 40 00:01:23,292 --> 00:01:25,877 beneath whatever bowels it may lie. 41 00:01:25,877 --> 00:01:29,006 So says the Constitution, so says God. 42 00:01:29,006 --> 00:01:30,757 Glory, glory, hallelujah. 43 00:01:30,757 --> 00:01:33,635 His truth is marching on. 44 00:01:33,635 --> 00:01:37,222 Motion denied, trial starts 2 o'clock today. 45 00:01:37,222 --> 00:01:38,598 Next case, Clarence. 46 00:01:40,142 --> 00:01:42,060 [theme music] 47 00:02:12,090 --> 00:02:14,009 [music continues] 48 00:02:54,132 --> 00:02:56,051 [music continues] 49 00:03:12,359 --> 00:03:14,277 [instrumental music] 50 00:03:44,182 --> 00:03:46,101 [music continues] 51 00:04:13,128 --> 00:04:15,630 First up, status on Benny Stulwicz, he's still out, 52 00:04:15,630 --> 00:04:17,507 evidently too depressed to leave the house. 53 00:04:17,507 --> 00:04:19,926 I'm going to visit him today. Victor and I are bringing lunch. 54 00:04:19,926 --> 00:04:22,804 Excellent. I trust now that all the fighting is behind us, 55 00:04:22,804 --> 00:04:26,558 we can each take steps to make this a kinder, gentler law firm. 56 00:04:26,558 --> 00:04:28,477 Arnold, I trust your therapy's going well. 57 00:04:28,477 --> 00:04:30,187 - Shove it, Doug. - Moving on. 58 00:04:30,187 --> 00:04:31,897 Inre Crossland Corporation. 59 00:04:31,897 --> 00:04:33,440 We've got a restless client here. 60 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,692 Not for long, Abby and I figured out a way 61 00:04:35,692 --> 00:04:37,194 of saving them three quarters 62 00:04:37,194 --> 00:04:39,279 of a million dollars in legal fees. 63 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,031 - How? - Consolidation of counsel. 64 00:04:41,031 --> 00:04:42,532 We've got conflict waivers and we can centralize 65 00:04:42,532 --> 00:04:44,159 files for all their divisions. 66 00:04:44,159 --> 00:04:46,828 And since the bulk of the work is Federal Anti-trust, 67 00:04:46,828 --> 00:04:48,079 one firm can do it all. 68 00:04:48,079 --> 00:04:49,664 That firm would be us. 69 00:04:49,664 --> 00:04:51,958 Which means the client pays less, we make more. 70 00:04:51,958 --> 00:04:53,585 You two make quite the team. 71 00:04:53,585 --> 00:04:56,046 Actually, Doug, since this consolidation amounts 72 00:04:56,046 --> 00:04:58,006 to new business, it should be considered 73 00:04:58,006 --> 00:05:00,550 as business brought in by Abby and myself-- 74 00:05:00,550 --> 00:05:02,511 - No! Not a chance! - No, you don't. 75 00:05:02,511 --> 00:05:04,930 This is business originating with a firm client. 76 00:05:04,930 --> 00:05:06,515 You don't get a percentage here. 77 00:05:06,515 --> 00:05:08,683 Well, it was just a thought. Move along. 78 00:05:08,683 --> 00:05:11,812 Next up. People versus Mark Wright. What is this? 79 00:05:11,812 --> 00:05:14,731 Yeah, my client got in a high speed chase with the police. 80 00:05:14,731 --> 00:05:16,525 Two officers were hurt. They're pressing charges. 81 00:05:16,525 --> 00:05:17,776 Why were they chasing him? 82 00:05:17,776 --> 00:05:19,402 He allegedly ran a stop sign. 83 00:05:19,402 --> 00:05:21,488 A stop sign? Why didn't he just pull over? 84 00:05:21,488 --> 00:05:23,782 Because it was the police. He was afraid to. 85 00:05:23,782 --> 00:05:26,117 - We're going with self-defense. - Well, wait a second. 86 00:05:26,117 --> 00:05:28,245 Did the police do anything to your client? 87 00:05:28,245 --> 00:05:29,788 No, because he didn't give them the chance. 88 00:05:29,788 --> 00:05:32,582 Wait, wait, wait, this is your defense? 89 00:05:32,582 --> 00:05:34,543 He was afraid so that gives him the right to run away? 90 00:05:34,543 --> 00:05:36,378 - Come on. - I think we can win. 91 00:05:36,378 --> 00:05:37,921 Well, what sort of a victory is that? 92 00:05:37,921 --> 00:05:39,339 If I get an acquittal, it's a victory 93 00:05:39,339 --> 00:05:40,549 for the client, at least that's-- 94 00:05:40,549 --> 00:05:42,467 I have a big problem. 95 00:05:42,467 --> 00:05:45,303 With a lawyer in this firm, an officer of the court, 96 00:05:45,303 --> 00:05:47,806 standing up and endorsing anarchy. 97 00:05:47,806 --> 00:05:51,101 I'm just as afraid of anarchy as you are, Leland. 98 00:05:51,101 --> 00:05:53,019 Trust me. 99 00:05:53,019 --> 00:05:55,063 Brackman: Well, administrative notes. 100 00:05:55,063 --> 00:05:58,108 Effective today, Leland McKenzie returns as Senior Partner. 101 00:05:58,108 --> 00:06:00,318 I am the Executive Managing Partner, Roxanne Melman, 102 00:06:00,318 --> 00:06:01,945 Executive Office Administrator. 103 00:06:01,945 --> 00:06:04,155 Be advised, new stationery will be out today 104 00:06:04,155 --> 00:06:08,118 bearing our new firm name. McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney 105 00:06:08,118 --> 00:06:10,745 and Becker. 106 00:06:10,745 --> 00:06:14,124 I like it. That's all. We're adjourned. 107 00:06:14,124 --> 00:06:17,794 Becker: I think we should drop Chaney now. 108 00:06:17,794 --> 00:06:19,880 Arnold, you've only been in therapy a month. 109 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:21,214 Things don't happen overnight. 110 00:06:21,214 --> 00:06:22,340 I just feel like we keep going over 111 00:06:22,340 --> 00:06:24,050 the same old ground, that's all. 112 00:06:24,050 --> 00:06:26,303 Birch: Then, let's try to break some new ground. 113 00:06:26,303 --> 00:06:29,598 You haven't said much about your mother 114 00:06:29,598 --> 00:06:32,142 other than she was "overbearing." 115 00:06:32,142 --> 00:06:33,852 God, is that what all you guys always fall back on 116 00:06:33,852 --> 00:06:35,020 when you're at a dead end? 117 00:06:35,020 --> 00:06:36,605 Blame it all on Mommy? 118 00:06:36,605 --> 00:06:38,440 Fear of intimacy can often be traced 119 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:39,482 to parents' destructive transfer-- 120 00:06:39,482 --> 00:06:41,860 Whoa, whoa. Fear of intimacy? 121 00:06:41,860 --> 00:06:44,070 If anything I want too much intimacy! 122 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:47,324 Arnold, intimacy is the last thing you want. 123 00:06:47,324 --> 00:06:49,701 Sometimes the best way to avoid it is to pretend to be-- 124 00:06:49,701 --> 00:06:52,120 What kind of fortune cookie psychobabble is this that you-- 125 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,582 Most people use sex as a way to connect with someone. 126 00:06:55,582 --> 00:06:57,709 You use it as a way to insulate yourself 127 00:06:57,709 --> 00:06:59,586 but still pretend that you're trying to connect. 128 00:06:59,586 --> 00:07:00,670 I don't need to listen to this. 129 00:07:00,670 --> 00:07:01,755 Arnold, don't you see? 130 00:07:01,755 --> 00:07:03,423 You're doing the same thing now. 131 00:07:03,423 --> 00:07:06,092 You can't let yourself get too intimate with me. 132 00:07:06,092 --> 00:07:07,677 Look, check's in the mail, Doc. 133 00:07:07,677 --> 00:07:08,928 Why don't you give my appointment to someone 134 00:07:08,928 --> 00:07:10,388 who really needs it, huh? 135 00:07:17,771 --> 00:07:20,857 When he was out I went into his apartment. 136 00:07:20,857 --> 00:07:23,485 I got the key cause I'm the super. 137 00:07:23,485 --> 00:07:26,946 There it was, my TV, VCR, 138 00:07:26,946 --> 00:07:28,657 sittin' right on the sofa. 139 00:07:28,657 --> 00:07:31,242 I told the police, then they arrested him. 140 00:07:31,242 --> 00:07:34,287 But I didn't know nothin' about the drugs they found. 141 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:36,414 Thank you, Mr. Johnston. Nothing further. 142 00:07:39,918 --> 00:07:42,295 Did the police know you were the superintendent 143 00:07:42,295 --> 00:07:44,297 of the building when they told you to get more evidence? 144 00:07:44,297 --> 00:07:45,674 - Yes. - Your Honor-- 145 00:07:45,674 --> 00:07:47,634 Counsel, approach. 146 00:07:51,971 --> 00:07:53,723 You could have a big problem here, little lady. 147 00:07:53,723 --> 00:07:56,059 As the person who taught you criminal procedure 148 00:07:56,059 --> 00:07:57,435 I should be shocked. 149 00:07:57,435 --> 00:07:59,479 If the police directed him to go in there, 150 00:07:59,479 --> 00:08:01,231 he was acting as their agent, 151 00:08:01,231 --> 00:08:02,941 their warrant-less agent. 152 00:08:02,941 --> 00:08:06,027 Which means the drugs they found incident to his arrest 153 00:08:06,027 --> 00:08:07,737 are poisonous-tree fruits, 154 00:08:07,737 --> 00:08:10,198 which means you got no case. 155 00:08:10,198 --> 00:08:12,450 The police never told him to search that apartment. 156 00:08:12,450 --> 00:08:14,035 He was not their agent. 157 00:08:14,035 --> 00:08:15,328 We'll, we're gonna find that out right now 158 00:08:15,328 --> 00:08:17,080 when he asks the questions. 159 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,582 Step back. Step back. 160 00:08:19,582 --> 00:08:22,252 [clears throat] Sir, 161 00:08:22,252 --> 00:08:24,003 the police knew you had access 162 00:08:24,003 --> 00:08:25,880 to my client's apartment, did they not? 163 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:26,881 Yes, they did. 164 00:08:26,881 --> 00:08:28,883 And, Mr. Johnston, was it clear 165 00:08:28,883 --> 00:08:30,760 in your mind after you left the police 166 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:32,804 that you should check this apartment to look for evidence? 167 00:08:32,804 --> 00:08:35,890 - Move to strike! - Strike two! 168 00:08:35,890 --> 00:08:37,600 Three and two, one out, 169 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,020 nobody on, bottom half of the fifth. 170 00:08:41,020 --> 00:08:43,523 Pete Rose should be banned for life, he gambled. 171 00:08:46,776 --> 00:08:49,404 Forgive these little digressions, people. 172 00:08:49,404 --> 00:08:52,741 But I find it a pity that sometimes our national pastime 173 00:08:52,741 --> 00:08:55,869 is afforded more respect than our judicial process. 174 00:08:55,869 --> 00:08:58,163 I mean, if a baseball game were interrupted 175 00:08:58,163 --> 00:09:01,332 with continual meaningless protestations, 176 00:09:01,332 --> 00:09:04,002 the umpire would simply eject the offender, 177 00:09:04,002 --> 00:09:06,379 give him the thumb, the old heave-ho . 178 00:09:06,379 --> 00:09:09,549 But here in court I am forced to accommodate 179 00:09:09,549 --> 00:09:12,427 endless repetitions and objections, 180 00:09:12,427 --> 00:09:15,013 by defense attorneys and prosecutors, 181 00:09:15,013 --> 00:09:18,058 whose tactics sometimes subvert the very process 182 00:09:18,058 --> 00:09:21,770 we are here to uphold. 183 00:09:21,770 --> 00:09:24,647 Sir, did the police suggest to you 184 00:09:24,647 --> 00:09:27,859 that you should search the apartment or not? 185 00:09:27,859 --> 00:09:31,029 - No, but-- - Did they hint that you should? 186 00:09:31,029 --> 00:09:33,531 Or did you do this on your own? 187 00:09:33,531 --> 00:09:36,993 - I did it on my own. - Fantastic! 188 00:09:36,993 --> 00:09:40,455 Well, we don't have a problem then. Splendid. 189 00:09:40,455 --> 00:09:42,749 Move on, Mr. Castroverti. 190 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:45,794 That stuff about Pete Rose. 191 00:09:45,794 --> 00:09:47,670 God, I've never heard him ramble like that. 192 00:09:47,670 --> 00:09:49,172 He's Judge Biel, what else is new? 193 00:09:49,172 --> 00:09:50,965 No, but he's being weird even for him. 194 00:09:50,965 --> 00:09:52,675 He never misses on the law, Zoe. 195 00:09:52,675 --> 00:09:55,512 He may be crazy but his rulings are right on the money. 196 00:09:55,512 --> 00:09:57,222 Reckless evasion, plus assault. 197 00:09:57,222 --> 00:09:59,474 I'll go for one year, nine months suspended. 198 00:09:59,474 --> 00:10:01,184 Come on, Kari. Gimme straight probation. 199 00:10:01,184 --> 00:10:03,853 - We can take a long lunch. - Very long, I'd be fired. 200 00:10:03,853 --> 00:10:06,272 He was genuinely afraid. And the jury's gonna see that-- 201 00:10:06,272 --> 00:10:08,483 I'll go down to three months if you plead, 202 00:10:08,483 --> 00:10:10,151 but if we go through trial on this, 203 00:10:10,151 --> 00:10:11,569 I'm going for at least a year. 204 00:10:11,569 --> 00:10:12,821 No deal. 205 00:10:12,821 --> 00:10:15,448 Jonathan, this thing's serious. 206 00:10:15,448 --> 00:10:17,242 I couldn't agree more. 207 00:10:17,242 --> 00:10:18,743 This thing is serious. 208 00:10:21,329 --> 00:10:24,165 After seeing the vehicle go through the stop sign 209 00:10:24,165 --> 00:10:26,376 I followed and signaled with my siren. 210 00:10:26,376 --> 00:10:27,836 He just accelerated. 211 00:10:27,836 --> 00:10:29,921 - So, then what'd you do? - We chased him. 212 00:10:29,921 --> 00:10:32,298 My partner called for backup and we were off. 213 00:10:32,298 --> 00:10:33,591 And how fast was he going? 214 00:10:33,591 --> 00:10:36,928 60 mph in a residential neighborhood. 215 00:10:36,928 --> 00:10:38,763 One of the responding backups tried to block 216 00:10:38,763 --> 00:10:40,890 the suspect's car at an intersection 217 00:10:40,890 --> 00:10:43,977 and it was at this point that two of police units collided. 218 00:10:43,977 --> 00:10:45,520 The suspect eventually pulled into 219 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,314 a residential driveway where he then fled 220 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:49,774 the vehicle and entered the residence. 221 00:10:49,774 --> 00:10:51,192 Then what happened? 222 00:10:51,192 --> 00:10:53,820 The suspect then stated that he had a gun 223 00:10:53,820 --> 00:10:55,989 and that he'd shoot if we tried to enter. 224 00:10:55,989 --> 00:10:58,032 - Continue. - We secured the premises. 225 00:10:58,032 --> 00:10:59,909 After about 45 minutes, 226 00:10:59,909 --> 00:11:03,454 a man representing himself as his lawyer arrived on the scene. 227 00:11:03,454 --> 00:11:06,457 - This gentlemen here? - No. It was another attorney. 228 00:11:06,457 --> 00:11:09,544 He went inside and after about 20 minutes they both came out. 229 00:11:09,544 --> 00:11:11,129 We then placed the suspect under arrest 230 00:11:11,129 --> 00:11:12,714 and took him into custody. 231 00:11:12,714 --> 00:11:15,383 And, Officer, do you see this man in the courtroom today? 232 00:11:15,383 --> 00:11:17,385 The defendant, sitting right there. 233 00:11:17,385 --> 00:11:18,511 Thank you, sir. 234 00:11:18,511 --> 00:11:20,221 I have nothing further to offer 235 00:11:20,221 --> 00:11:21,848 the parties' stipulation, Your Honor, 236 00:11:21,848 --> 00:11:23,600 that officers Cleary and Petroveck 237 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,476 were injured in this collision. 238 00:11:25,476 --> 00:11:28,229 Officer Robert Cleary suffering a broken pelvis 239 00:11:28,229 --> 00:11:31,357 Officer Petroveck bruises and lacerations. 240 00:11:31,357 --> 00:11:34,152 Thank you. 241 00:11:34,152 --> 00:11:36,196 Once my client's lawyer arrived, 242 00:11:36,196 --> 00:11:38,114 he did come out voluntarily, did he not? 243 00:11:38,114 --> 00:11:39,657 I don't think he had much choice. 244 00:11:39,657 --> 00:11:41,618 We had 30 officers surrounding the house. 245 00:11:41,618 --> 00:11:43,870 Did he offer any resistance after his attorney arrived? 246 00:11:43,870 --> 00:11:47,165 No. But before that, he threatened to shoot us. 247 00:11:47,165 --> 00:11:49,000 Did you find the presence of any gun either 248 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,002 in my client's possession or in the house? 249 00:11:51,002 --> 00:11:52,837 No, we did not. 250 00:11:52,837 --> 00:11:54,214 And how many police did you say were at the scene? 251 00:11:54,214 --> 00:11:55,757 About 30. 252 00:11:55,757 --> 00:11:57,175 And to your knowledge, sir, has the LAPD 253 00:11:57,175 --> 00:11:58,176 ever been guilty of brutality against-- 254 00:11:58,176 --> 00:11:59,886 Objection! This witness-- 255 00:11:59,886 --> 00:12:01,512 I'm just asking what he knows, that's all. 256 00:12:01,512 --> 00:12:03,431 This thing has been so overblown, it's-- 257 00:12:03,431 --> 00:12:05,058 Wait, wait, wait. Yes or no. 258 00:12:05,058 --> 00:12:06,976 Has the LAPD ever been guilty of brutality? 259 00:12:06,976 --> 00:12:08,394 Every force, at one time-- 260 00:12:08,394 --> 00:12:11,731 Yes or no... sir. 261 00:12:14,525 --> 00:12:16,319 - Yes. - Thank you. 262 00:12:16,319 --> 00:12:17,320 Nothing further. 263 00:12:19,530 --> 00:12:21,074 [court murmuring] 264 00:12:25,411 --> 00:12:27,580 I didn't roll through the stop sign. 265 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:29,374 I came to a complete stop. 266 00:12:29,374 --> 00:12:32,168 Well, sir, if you really felt you'd done nothing wrong 267 00:12:32,168 --> 00:12:34,128 why didn't you pull over when you heard the siren? 268 00:12:34,128 --> 00:12:36,047 Because I wasn't carrying my driver's license. 269 00:12:36,047 --> 00:12:38,841 And I wasn't about to deal with the police there. 270 00:12:38,841 --> 00:12:40,593 What do you mean, there? 271 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:42,011 I mean in that neighborhood. 272 00:12:42,011 --> 00:12:44,097 The same place as the man on the tape. 273 00:12:44,097 --> 00:12:45,890 Your Honor, the parties stipulate, the witness 274 00:12:45,890 --> 00:12:48,476 is referring to a videotape he saw on the television news, 275 00:12:48,476 --> 00:12:50,937 which tape depicts an encounter between a speeding suspect 276 00:12:50,937 --> 00:12:53,398 and the Los Angeles Police Department in the same area. 277 00:12:53,398 --> 00:12:56,025 The people renew it's objection on the grounds of relevance-- 278 00:12:56,025 --> 00:12:58,987 Overruled, it goes to state of mind. Play it. 279 00:13:04,951 --> 00:13:06,953 [groaning] 280 00:13:11,249 --> 00:13:12,333 [court murmuring] 281 00:13:14,669 --> 00:13:15,670 [court gasps] 282 00:13:38,693 --> 00:13:40,111 How many times, prior to the night 283 00:13:40,111 --> 00:13:42,030 you were chased had you seen this tape? 284 00:13:42,030 --> 00:13:45,199 Many times. You couldn't watch the news without seeing it. 285 00:13:45,199 --> 00:13:47,243 And what, if anything, did it make you think 286 00:13:47,243 --> 00:13:49,620 about the Los Angeles Police Department? 287 00:13:49,620 --> 00:13:52,540 There was no way I was gonna get out of my car that night. 288 00:13:52,540 --> 00:13:54,625 I wasn't gonna fall into their hands! 289 00:13:54,625 --> 00:13:57,128 Okay, so, you drove home, 290 00:13:57,128 --> 00:13:58,421 kept them at bay till you could get a lawyer. 291 00:13:58,421 --> 00:13:59,797 Yes. 292 00:13:59,797 --> 00:14:01,466 Mr. Wright, have you personally ever 293 00:14:01,466 --> 00:14:03,885 been assaulted by a police officer? 294 00:14:03,885 --> 00:14:07,638 When I was 16, I was handcuffed, 295 00:14:07,638 --> 00:14:10,433 I was thrown face first into a sidewalk, 296 00:14:10,433 --> 00:14:11,684 and kicked. 297 00:14:11,684 --> 00:14:13,895 - What for? - I was never told. 298 00:14:13,895 --> 00:14:18,274 They made me lay there for about an hour or so, 299 00:14:18,274 --> 00:14:21,319 and then they said "mistaken identity", 300 00:14:21,319 --> 00:14:22,695 and they let me go. 301 00:14:22,695 --> 00:14:24,238 Do you think all policemen are capable 302 00:14:24,238 --> 00:14:25,823 of this kind of violence? 303 00:14:25,823 --> 00:14:27,200 No. 304 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,619 I know the police have got a tough job 305 00:14:29,619 --> 00:14:32,121 and most of 'em are good. 306 00:14:32,121 --> 00:14:33,956 But there's a lot of 'em like the ones 307 00:14:33,956 --> 00:14:35,875 in that tape, a lot of 'em. 308 00:14:35,875 --> 00:14:37,460 And I couldn't be sure some of 'em 309 00:14:37,460 --> 00:14:39,378 weren't chasin' me in the car that night. 310 00:14:39,378 --> 00:14:42,006 I was not gonna hang around to find out. 311 00:14:42,006 --> 00:14:43,925 Thank you. I have nothing further. 312 00:14:47,678 --> 00:14:50,223 You ignored those sirens and drove your car 313 00:14:50,223 --> 00:14:52,725 in excess of the speed limit to elude the police. 314 00:14:52,725 --> 00:14:54,769 - Yes or no? - Yes. 315 00:14:54,769 --> 00:14:56,521 And after you went into your house, 316 00:14:56,521 --> 00:14:57,980 you told the police you'd shoot 317 00:14:57,980 --> 00:14:59,816 anybody who tried to enter. 318 00:14:59,816 --> 00:15:01,234 - Yes or no? - Yes. 319 00:15:01,234 --> 00:15:03,486 And you did this because of that videotape? 320 00:15:03,486 --> 00:15:06,781 I did this because I was afraid for my life. 321 00:15:06,781 --> 00:15:08,407 Would it be fair to say 322 00:15:08,407 --> 00:15:11,744 that as you drove your car 60 mph 323 00:15:11,744 --> 00:15:13,579 in the residential neighborhood 324 00:15:13,579 --> 00:15:16,499 and caused 30 police officers to bear their arms 325 00:15:16,499 --> 00:15:17,917 around your house, 326 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:20,336 that the only safety you were concerned with 327 00:15:20,336 --> 00:15:21,754 was your own? 328 00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:23,548 Absolutely. 329 00:15:23,548 --> 00:15:26,134 Thank you. I have nothing further. 330 00:15:26,134 --> 00:15:27,635 [court murmuring] 331 00:15:36,352 --> 00:15:37,812 Knock, knock. 332 00:15:37,812 --> 00:15:40,106 Hey! Victor. 333 00:15:40,106 --> 00:15:43,943 - Back already? - Yeah. 334 00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:45,987 It's about Benny, Arnie. 335 00:15:45,987 --> 00:15:47,155 You know, he's not doing too good. 336 00:15:47,155 --> 00:15:48,322 Yeah, tell me about it. 337 00:15:48,322 --> 00:15:50,283 He won't even come in to work, 338 00:15:50,283 --> 00:15:53,286 my dry cleaning is stacked up like cordwood. 339 00:15:53,286 --> 00:15:54,871 So how come you haven't gone to see him? 340 00:15:54,871 --> 00:15:56,205 I'll get there. 341 00:15:58,791 --> 00:16:01,252 - When? - Excuse me? 342 00:16:01,252 --> 00:16:02,920 When? Everybody's gone to see him, Arnie-- 343 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:04,881 You know something, Victor, maybe one of the reasons 344 00:16:04,881 --> 00:16:06,340 I haven't got there is because I'm up to my ass filling in 345 00:16:06,340 --> 00:16:08,134 for lawyers who deserted this place. 346 00:16:08,134 --> 00:16:09,635 Hey, this isn't about that! Don't make it about-- 347 00:16:09,635 --> 00:16:11,512 Don't you come strutting here like Mr. Concerned, 348 00:16:11,512 --> 00:16:13,389 Mr. Guardian Angel. 349 00:16:13,389 --> 00:16:15,308 - What? - What's the problem, Victor? 350 00:16:15,308 --> 00:16:17,727 Benny not responding to you, when you, when you reach out? 351 00:16:17,727 --> 00:16:19,020 Well, maybe he sees the blood 352 00:16:19,020 --> 00:16:20,021 on your hands from what you did here. 353 00:16:20,021 --> 00:16:21,731 Go to hell! 354 00:16:21,731 --> 00:16:23,649 One of the problems Benny's probably having 355 00:16:23,649 --> 00:16:25,026 is all of you guys showing up ten times a day 356 00:16:25,026 --> 00:16:26,485 trying to cram cheer down his throat. 357 00:16:26,485 --> 00:16:28,154 You ever stop and think maybe he doesn't need 358 00:16:28,154 --> 00:16:30,489 everybody pouncing on him, telling him to get better? 359 00:16:30,489 --> 00:16:31,699 You ever stop and think about that for a single second? 360 00:16:31,699 --> 00:16:33,409 Get some help, okay, Arnie! 361 00:16:33,409 --> 00:16:34,410 Oh, yeah, right, it's me. It's always me! 362 00:16:34,410 --> 00:16:35,411 Well, let me tell you somethin', 363 00:16:35,411 --> 00:16:37,955 Victor, it's you!! 364 00:16:37,955 --> 00:16:39,790 My friend, Mark Corey, asked me if I could 365 00:16:39,790 --> 00:16:40,833 put the guy up for the night. 366 00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:42,710 I didn't even know him. 367 00:16:42,710 --> 00:16:44,712 He was a friend of a friend who needed a bed. 368 00:16:44,712 --> 00:16:46,714 And it's your testimony that this person 369 00:16:46,714 --> 00:16:48,216 stole the merchandise. 370 00:16:48,216 --> 00:16:50,051 He had to. It wasn't me. 371 00:16:50,051 --> 00:16:52,136 And the drugs were his, too. 372 00:16:52,136 --> 00:16:55,097 I never do drugs, man, and that's the truth. 373 00:16:55,097 --> 00:16:58,517 Thank you, Mr. Checkles. That's all. 374 00:16:58,517 --> 00:17:01,687 What wonderful hospitality you have, Mr. Checkles. 375 00:17:01,687 --> 00:17:04,190 Letting a complete stranger stay in your apartment. 376 00:17:04,190 --> 00:17:06,317 Like I said, he was a friend of a friend. 377 00:17:06,317 --> 00:17:09,695 I see and your friend, Mark Corey 378 00:17:09,695 --> 00:17:11,614 he won't provide you with the name of this person? 379 00:17:11,614 --> 00:17:14,242 Do you know how much you remind me of my daughter? 380 00:17:14,242 --> 00:17:15,868 Your Honor? 381 00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:18,037 Do you have the slightest notion of what it's like 382 00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:21,874 for me to see you like this, so grown up? 383 00:17:21,874 --> 00:17:24,460 Good God, you're a woman 384 00:17:24,460 --> 00:17:26,295 and you're an attorney. 385 00:17:26,295 --> 00:17:27,505 Excuse me, your Honor- 386 00:17:27,505 --> 00:17:28,839 Members of the jury, I'm going 387 00:17:28,839 --> 00:17:30,675 to let you in on a little secret. 388 00:17:30,675 --> 00:17:32,218 I'm a chauvinist. 389 00:17:32,218 --> 00:17:34,887 When I see women like Ms. Clemmons 390 00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:37,848 I look at them like they could be my daughters. 391 00:17:37,848 --> 00:17:40,893 That would be my inclination, albeit a wrong one. 392 00:17:40,893 --> 00:17:42,979 My job, however, as a judge 393 00:17:42,979 --> 00:17:45,898 is to see her as a district attorney. 394 00:17:45,898 --> 00:17:49,360 Most jurors tend to look at defendants as criminals, 395 00:17:49,360 --> 00:17:50,486 that is your inclination. 396 00:17:50,486 --> 00:17:51,988 Your job, however, 397 00:17:51,988 --> 00:17:53,864 is to presume innocence. 398 00:17:53,864 --> 00:17:56,158 And not gauge this man's testimony 399 00:17:56,158 --> 00:17:58,995 based on any preconceived notions on your part. 400 00:17:58,995 --> 00:18:00,746 Most judges wait till the end of the trial 401 00:18:00,746 --> 00:18:03,165 before giving such instruction. 402 00:18:03,165 --> 00:18:05,626 Sometimes, however, I find it more timely 403 00:18:05,626 --> 00:18:09,338 if given during the testimony of the accused. 404 00:18:09,338 --> 00:18:11,215 Continue, Ms. Clemmons. 405 00:18:13,384 --> 00:18:14,969 [clears throat] Uh... 406 00:18:14,969 --> 00:18:17,054 Uh, did you ever see this person 407 00:18:17,054 --> 00:18:18,848 before you let him stay at your place? 408 00:18:18,848 --> 00:18:21,100 - Only once before. - And, Mr. Checkles-- 409 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:23,519 I'm sorry. We'll have to have a short recess. 410 00:18:23,519 --> 00:18:25,187 Clarence! 411 00:18:25,187 --> 00:18:26,355 [clears throat] 412 00:18:26,355 --> 00:18:28,274 All rise! 413 00:18:28,274 --> 00:18:29,692 [crowd murmuring] 414 00:18:31,736 --> 00:18:33,112 [door closes] 415 00:18:36,657 --> 00:18:38,618 What is going on? 416 00:18:38,618 --> 00:18:41,454 Glory, glory, hallelujah, the diatribe on Pete Rose, 417 00:18:41,454 --> 00:18:42,455 the "daughter" business? 418 00:18:42,455 --> 00:18:43,956 Oh, come on, Zoe. 419 00:18:43,956 --> 00:18:46,334 You took three classes from me in law school, 420 00:18:46,334 --> 00:18:48,127 I swore you in as an attorney. 421 00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:50,463 You've tried a zillion cases before me, 422 00:18:50,463 --> 00:18:54,759 and you're just figuring out now that I'm a total kook? 423 00:18:54,759 --> 00:18:57,511 I am not talking about your eccentricities 424 00:18:57,511 --> 00:19:00,389 or about your being crazy ol' Judge Biel. 425 00:19:00,389 --> 00:19:02,933 You lost it in there and it scared you. 426 00:19:02,933 --> 00:19:05,353 Listen to this! Completely restored. 427 00:19:05,353 --> 00:19:08,814 This is like being in the same room with the orchestra. 428 00:19:08,814 --> 00:19:10,858 [music playing] 429 00:19:10,858 --> 00:19:15,029 ♪ Ma, she's makin' eyes at me ♪ 430 00:19:15,029 --> 00:19:18,616 ♪ Ma, she's awful nice to me ♪ 431 00:19:18,616 --> 00:19:20,284 ♪ Ma, she's almost breakin' my heart ♪ 432 00:19:20,284 --> 00:19:22,495 I dedicate this to you. Shall we dance? 433 00:19:22,495 --> 00:19:24,747 Oh, your Honor... your Honor. 434 00:19:24,747 --> 00:19:29,668 Your Honor, I don't feel like dancing. Stop. 435 00:19:29,668 --> 00:19:32,838 I certainly hope you didn't come in here to discuss the case! 436 00:19:32,838 --> 00:19:35,925 That would be ex parte and totally inappropriate! 437 00:19:35,925 --> 00:19:38,219 I am here as an officer of the court 438 00:19:38,219 --> 00:19:40,471 concerned about the mental fitness of a judge. 439 00:19:40,471 --> 00:19:43,974 I'm the most published jurist in this district! 440 00:19:43,974 --> 00:19:47,186 Here, look at this. 441 00:19:47,186 --> 00:19:49,438 I'm developing a de novo trial system 442 00:19:49,438 --> 00:19:52,525 which will redefine the superior court calendars. 443 00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:53,859 This is a breakthrough. 444 00:19:53,859 --> 00:19:55,486 I'm not challenging your intellect. 445 00:19:55,486 --> 00:19:57,696 You're challenging my mental fitness! 446 00:19:57,696 --> 00:19:59,949 You called me your daughter in open court! 447 00:19:59,949 --> 00:20:03,244 That was an analogy, for God's sake, just to show the jury-- 448 00:20:03,244 --> 00:20:05,079 The analogy was a cover-up. 449 00:20:05,079 --> 00:20:06,956 There is something wrong with you. 450 00:20:06,956 --> 00:20:08,541 There's nothing wrong! 451 00:20:08,541 --> 00:20:10,543 Jean Valjean is nothing more! 452 00:20:10,543 --> 00:20:13,712 Another story must begin! 453 00:20:13,712 --> 00:20:17,174 That's a lyric from Les Miserables 454 00:20:17,174 --> 00:20:20,970 when Valjean decides to erase his past. 455 00:20:20,970 --> 00:20:23,222 I've heard you listening to that before. 456 00:20:29,103 --> 00:20:32,148 Your Honor. 457 00:20:32,148 --> 00:20:34,066 I have a virus. 458 00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:35,818 I can barely pronounce it. 459 00:20:35,818 --> 00:20:37,278 It's called... 460 00:20:37,278 --> 00:20:39,113 Jacob Dreutzfeldt. 461 00:20:39,113 --> 00:20:42,742 It makes me have these short lapses, nothing more. 462 00:20:42,742 --> 00:20:45,202 - It's nothing I can't handle. - It's affecting you! 463 00:20:45,202 --> 00:20:47,788 Affecting me? 464 00:20:47,788 --> 00:20:51,083 My rulings of law are still beyond reproach. 465 00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:52,585 You see this system? 466 00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:54,837 Look at it, Zoe. Look at it. 467 00:20:56,589 --> 00:21:00,134 This'll cut the backlog of cases by 23%! 468 00:21:00,134 --> 00:21:01,927 This thing that you have... 469 00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:03,429 is it curable? 470 00:21:03,429 --> 00:21:05,181 I'm on medication. 471 00:21:05,181 --> 00:21:07,933 It'll all be over in a couple of months, they say. 472 00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:12,646 I'll be a good boy, Counsel. I promise. 473 00:21:12,646 --> 00:21:15,399 [scoffs] 474 00:21:15,399 --> 00:21:17,776 Zoe... 475 00:21:17,776 --> 00:21:21,447 sometimes you do remind me of my daughter. 476 00:21:21,447 --> 00:21:23,657 [instrumental music] 477 00:21:39,048 --> 00:21:40,674 - Goodnight. - See you tomorrow. 478 00:21:40,674 --> 00:21:42,927 Wow! 479 00:21:42,927 --> 00:21:43,928 Ta-da! 480 00:21:43,928 --> 00:21:45,387 Family Law Center Benefit. 481 00:21:45,387 --> 00:21:47,014 - Becker roped me into going. - With him? 482 00:21:47,014 --> 00:21:48,390 No, no. In his place. 483 00:21:48,390 --> 00:21:50,392 He said he didn't feel up to it. 484 00:21:50,392 --> 00:21:51,477 Look, Abby, I-- 485 00:21:51,477 --> 00:21:52,853 man: C.J.? 486 00:21:52,853 --> 00:21:54,897 My date. 487 00:21:54,897 --> 00:21:58,359 He had to pick me up here. I was in court till six. 488 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:00,319 - Hey! - God. 489 00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:02,696 Let's just skip the dinner and lock the door. 490 00:22:02,696 --> 00:22:04,323 Clay Jones, Abby Perkins. 491 00:22:04,323 --> 00:22:05,908 Oh, excuse my manners. 492 00:22:05,908 --> 00:22:09,161 - She has that effect on me. - I've gotta go. 493 00:22:09,161 --> 00:22:10,746 No, no, no. Don't let me drive you away. 494 00:22:10,746 --> 00:22:11,956 I promise, I can be civilized. 495 00:22:11,956 --> 00:22:13,374 Don't let him fool you! 496 00:22:13,374 --> 00:22:14,875 Well, I fooled , didn't I? 497 00:22:14,875 --> 00:22:16,669 Uh, we have got to go. 498 00:22:16,669 --> 00:22:18,337 Hates to admit that she fell in love with me. 499 00:22:18,337 --> 00:22:21,423 Out, Clay. I'll see you tomorrow. 500 00:22:21,423 --> 00:22:22,550 Bye. 501 00:22:26,303 --> 00:22:29,014 [upbeat music] 502 00:22:35,145 --> 00:22:37,731 Doctor, did you make an examination of Mark Wright? 503 00:22:37,731 --> 00:22:40,109 Yes, and I concluded that his anxiety 504 00:22:40,109 --> 00:22:42,319 could likely be traced to two incidents 505 00:22:42,319 --> 00:22:43,946 the false arrest as a teenager, 506 00:22:43,946 --> 00:22:45,864 when he was arbitrarily pushed 507 00:22:45,864 --> 00:22:47,199 to the sidewalk and kicked 508 00:22:47,199 --> 00:22:49,368 and the videotape he saw on the news 509 00:22:49,368 --> 00:22:50,828 the week before he was chased. 510 00:22:50,828 --> 00:22:52,413 Wait a second, the videotape 511 00:22:52,413 --> 00:22:54,206 that wasn't really his own experience. 512 00:22:54,206 --> 00:22:57,376 In fact, it is, videotape footage, if graphic enough, 513 00:22:57,376 --> 00:22:59,795 can easily penetrate into the viewer's psyche. 514 00:22:59,795 --> 00:23:02,298 Are you telling us it's the same as being there? 515 00:23:02,298 --> 00:23:04,258 Of course not, but videos like this 516 00:23:04,258 --> 00:23:06,594 don't simply transmit information. 517 00:23:06,594 --> 00:23:08,679 They convey the trauma, as well. 518 00:23:08,679 --> 00:23:10,723 Many people in this country, for example, 519 00:23:10,723 --> 00:23:13,225 have suffered from post traumatic stress disorder 520 00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:15,394 over the war in the Persian Gulf. 521 00:23:15,394 --> 00:23:18,355 People whose only connection to the war was watching the news. 522 00:23:18,355 --> 00:23:21,025 And you think by watching the footage of the police beating, 523 00:23:21,025 --> 00:23:22,902 it contributed to my client's fear the night 524 00:23:22,902 --> 00:23:24,570 he was confronted by the sirens? 525 00:23:24,570 --> 00:23:26,655 My God, how could it not? 526 00:23:26,655 --> 00:23:29,617 That tape shows policemen engaging in violent, 527 00:23:29,617 --> 00:23:31,910 criminal behavior, beating and kicking a person 528 00:23:31,910 --> 00:23:33,287 who was not even resisting. 529 00:23:33,287 --> 00:23:35,873 How could any man, especially a black man, 530 00:23:35,873 --> 00:23:37,916 look at that and not be afraid? 531 00:23:37,916 --> 00:23:42,588 Thank you, Dr. Michaelson. Nothing further. 532 00:23:42,588 --> 00:23:44,465 Are you telling us, Dr., 533 00:23:44,465 --> 00:23:46,216 that it's reasonable for a person, 534 00:23:46,216 --> 00:23:48,802 when signaled to pull over by the police, 535 00:23:48,802 --> 00:23:52,222 that it's reasonable to engage in a high speed chase 536 00:23:52,222 --> 00:23:54,058 in a residential neighborhood, 537 00:23:54,058 --> 00:23:55,601 barricading himself inside of a house 538 00:23:55,601 --> 00:23:56,977 and threatening to shoot? 539 00:23:56,977 --> 00:23:58,395 I'm saying his fear is reasonable-- 540 00:23:58,395 --> 00:23:59,772 I'm not talking about his fear, 541 00:23:59,772 --> 00:24:01,148 I'm talking about his response. 542 00:24:01,148 --> 00:24:02,191 The way he acted on that fear. 543 00:24:02,191 --> 00:24:04,068 He was afraid for his safety. 544 00:24:04,068 --> 00:24:06,528 That kind of panic can easily compromise your judgement-- 545 00:24:06,528 --> 00:24:10,199 So, in fact, then you do agree his judgement was compromised. 546 00:24:12,242 --> 00:24:14,036 He did the wrong thing, didn't he, Doctor? 547 00:24:14,036 --> 00:24:15,537 I don't know that. 548 00:24:15,537 --> 00:24:16,747 The circumstances were such-- 549 00:24:16,747 --> 00:24:18,123 The circumstances were 550 00:24:18,123 --> 00:24:19,875 that the police signaled him to pull over 551 00:24:19,875 --> 00:24:21,669 and he tried to outrun them. 552 00:24:21,669 --> 00:24:23,629 Now if it's okay under this scenario 553 00:24:23,629 --> 00:24:26,966 for a civilian to initiate a high speed chase, 554 00:24:26,966 --> 00:24:29,968 when would it not be? 555 00:24:29,968 --> 00:24:31,595 I have nothing further. 556 00:24:35,891 --> 00:24:37,643 [TV playing distantly] 557 00:24:37,643 --> 00:24:39,353 You leave your clothes on the floor, the Laundry Police 558 00:24:39,353 --> 00:24:41,563 come and take you away, you know that, don't you? 559 00:24:47,778 --> 00:24:49,571 Hey, buddy. The, the doctors say that 560 00:24:49,571 --> 00:24:52,241 you're ready to come back to work. 561 00:24:52,241 --> 00:24:55,494 - I don't wanna. - Why? 562 00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:56,787 Because... 563 00:24:58,914 --> 00:25:01,959 Look, Benny, 564 00:25:01,959 --> 00:25:06,380 you can't just sit here all day. 565 00:25:06,380 --> 00:25:08,424 You need to work. 566 00:25:08,424 --> 00:25:10,259 You need your friends. 567 00:25:10,259 --> 00:25:12,845 I don't want any friends. 568 00:25:12,845 --> 00:25:15,472 Why would you say something like that? 569 00:25:15,472 --> 00:25:17,725 Friends go away. 570 00:25:17,725 --> 00:25:19,476 Victor's going away. 571 00:25:19,476 --> 00:25:21,311 Michael's going away. 572 00:25:21,311 --> 00:25:23,272 Look, Benny, I know it hurts- 573 00:25:23,272 --> 00:25:26,400 You don't know! You don't know! 574 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,278 I... 575 00:25:29,278 --> 00:25:30,404 I do know. 576 00:25:33,115 --> 00:25:35,284 I lost Corrinne. 577 00:25:35,284 --> 00:25:36,618 I lost Chloe. 578 00:25:38,620 --> 00:25:40,664 I've lost every woman who ever tried to get close to me 579 00:25:40,664 --> 00:25:43,667 and I did it to myself just like you're doing now. 580 00:25:43,667 --> 00:25:45,794 You can't stop trusting, Benny, 581 00:25:45,794 --> 00:25:48,672 or you stop living. 582 00:25:48,672 --> 00:25:50,716 You can't just walk away 583 00:25:50,716 --> 00:25:53,052 from people who are trying to help you. 584 00:26:05,606 --> 00:26:07,357 [knocks on door] 585 00:26:16,492 --> 00:26:18,577 Counsel, we're not back in till tomorrow. 586 00:26:20,078 --> 00:26:22,414 I know. 587 00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:23,707 Sit, sit. 588 00:26:27,503 --> 00:26:29,338 I did some checking on your illness. 589 00:26:29,338 --> 00:26:30,547 Jacob... 590 00:26:30,547 --> 00:26:33,300 - Dreutzfeldt. - Yes. 591 00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:35,594 It causes dementia. 592 00:26:35,594 --> 00:26:37,846 There is no cure. 593 00:26:37,846 --> 00:26:39,640 It's probably going to kill you. 594 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,559 Hell, it if kills me, we'll. appeal, that's all. 595 00:26:42,559 --> 00:26:44,186 You're going to keep slipping into 596 00:26:44,186 --> 00:26:46,021 these delusions more and more. 597 00:26:46,021 --> 00:26:47,606 Maybe lawyers who don't know you 598 00:26:47,606 --> 00:26:50,234 as well as I do won't be able to tell. 599 00:26:50,234 --> 00:26:52,486 Pretty soon you won't even be able to tell. 600 00:26:52,486 --> 00:26:56,323 I revel in being a judge. I do. I live for it. 601 00:26:56,323 --> 00:26:58,242 I love the very process of justice 602 00:26:58,242 --> 00:27:00,828 and my participation in that process. 603 00:27:00,828 --> 00:27:04,540 The day I can serve it no longer, I'll step down. 604 00:27:04,540 --> 00:27:05,958 I think that day is here. 605 00:27:05,958 --> 00:27:08,627 No, no, no, no, no, I have spells, yes, 606 00:27:08,627 --> 00:27:12,089 but even with this inane virus 607 00:27:12,089 --> 00:27:14,842 I'm a better judge than most. 608 00:27:14,842 --> 00:27:18,136 As soon as I finish restructuring the districts, 609 00:27:18,136 --> 00:27:20,347 my de-novo system should work. 610 00:27:20,347 --> 00:27:21,849 It's simple. 611 00:27:21,849 --> 00:27:24,685 Jury-waived bench trials, automatic appeals, 612 00:27:24,685 --> 00:27:27,396 we can slice right through our dockets. 613 00:27:27,396 --> 00:27:29,106 Zoe, this, this is big. 614 00:27:29,106 --> 00:27:31,441 I am a district attorney 615 00:27:31,441 --> 00:27:34,444 with knowledge of a judge with a mental infirmity. 616 00:27:34,444 --> 00:27:37,322 I have an obligation to disclose this. 617 00:27:37,322 --> 00:27:40,701 Let me tilt at windmills a little while longer. 618 00:27:40,701 --> 00:27:43,745 I promise the day they start tilting back, 619 00:27:43,745 --> 00:27:44,955 I'll get out. 620 00:27:47,875 --> 00:27:50,043 You have to resign. 621 00:27:50,043 --> 00:27:52,296 If you go back in to resume that trial, 622 00:27:52,296 --> 00:27:54,089 I'll have to move in open court 623 00:27:54,089 --> 00:27:55,883 to have you disqualified from the case 624 00:27:55,883 --> 00:27:59,177 and I'll be forced to give the grounds. 625 00:27:59,177 --> 00:28:00,470 I'm sorry. 626 00:28:02,264 --> 00:28:03,765 But I have no choice. 627 00:28:03,765 --> 00:28:06,768 I can't be removed because of an illness. 628 00:28:06,768 --> 00:28:08,729 That's handicap discrimination, 629 00:28:08,729 --> 00:28:10,981 I'll bring a 1983 action. 630 00:28:10,981 --> 00:28:13,984 Title Seven Fourteenth Amendment. 631 00:28:13,984 --> 00:28:18,071 Don't threaten me, Counsel, you can't win this. 632 00:28:28,999 --> 00:28:31,126 [knocks] Hi. 633 00:28:31,126 --> 00:28:33,378 Hi. 634 00:28:33,378 --> 00:28:36,214 Um, 635 00:28:36,214 --> 00:28:38,133 I thought you might be avoiding me. 636 00:28:38,133 --> 00:28:40,427 Maybe a little. 637 00:28:40,427 --> 00:28:44,139 Listen, about what happened with Clay, I-- 638 00:28:44,139 --> 00:28:46,099 Clay is none of my business. 639 00:28:46,099 --> 00:28:49,728 Yes, he is. And I didn't want you to meet him that way. 640 00:28:52,689 --> 00:28:54,983 So... you and he are... 641 00:28:54,983 --> 00:28:57,402 Were. We lived together for six months. 642 00:28:57,402 --> 00:29:01,031 We broke up two years ago. 643 00:29:01,031 --> 00:29:03,533 When I went into your office last night 644 00:29:03,533 --> 00:29:06,828 I was gonna tell you I didn't think we should pursue this, 645 00:29:06,828 --> 00:29:10,415 and then when I saw you with him, 646 00:29:10,415 --> 00:29:12,834 I felt... jealous. 647 00:29:12,834 --> 00:29:15,128 I mean, I couldn't believe it, but I, I was. 648 00:29:15,128 --> 00:29:17,714 I love Clay. And I always will. 649 00:29:17,714 --> 00:29:19,800 But we are just friends now. 650 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:24,262 I still have to deal with how I...felt. 651 00:29:24,262 --> 00:29:26,515 I can't stay. I have to be in court in a half an hour. 652 00:29:26,515 --> 00:29:28,100 I should get back to work, anyway. 653 00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:30,769 Um, I'm glad you came by. 654 00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:33,647 Yeah, me, too. 655 00:29:33,647 --> 00:29:35,315 - C.J. - Uh-huh? 656 00:29:35,315 --> 00:29:36,942 Can we have dinner tomorrow night? 657 00:29:36,942 --> 00:29:39,277 - Sure. Where? - Your house? 658 00:29:39,277 --> 00:29:41,947 Eric's spending the weekend with a friend. 659 00:29:41,947 --> 00:29:44,616 Abby, maybe we should talk about this. 660 00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:47,411 I'll see you at...8:00. 661 00:29:47,411 --> 00:29:48,996 Okay. 662 00:29:58,130 --> 00:30:00,215 Okay, simple misdemeanor, 663 00:30:00,215 --> 00:30:02,134 operating a vehicle in an unsafe manner. 664 00:30:02,134 --> 00:30:05,178 - Straight probation. - No. 665 00:30:05,178 --> 00:30:07,180 - Excuse me? - I said "no." 666 00:30:07,180 --> 00:30:09,349 I'm offerin' to let your guy walk, how can you just-- 667 00:30:09,349 --> 00:30:10,809 Because you're afraid of losing. 668 00:30:10,809 --> 00:30:12,394 Kari, your offer is rejected. 669 00:30:12,394 --> 00:30:14,146 Are you gonna take this to your client? 670 00:30:14,146 --> 00:30:15,856 I don't have to. My client wants a not guilty, 671 00:30:15,856 --> 00:30:17,274 he's not interested in pleas. 672 00:30:17,274 --> 00:30:19,109 And does he know that the lawyer advising him 673 00:30:19,109 --> 00:30:21,403 has a personal grudge against the LAPD? 674 00:30:21,403 --> 00:30:22,821 Does he know his attorney has a civil suit 675 00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:24,114 pending against the police? 676 00:30:24,114 --> 00:30:25,449 That is not relevant to this case. 677 00:30:25,449 --> 00:30:26,992 Come on! 678 00:30:26,992 --> 00:30:28,285 You're on a mission here that goes 679 00:30:28,285 --> 00:30:29,453 beyond your client and this case-- 680 00:30:29,453 --> 00:30:30,871 What's your mission, Kari? 681 00:30:30,871 --> 00:30:32,539 We got a police chief with life tenure, 682 00:30:32,539 --> 00:30:34,708 we got a Mayor who is powerless to remove him. 683 00:30:34,708 --> 00:30:36,960 The police department is going on wielding sprees 684 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,254 costing the taxpayers ten million dollars a year 685 00:30:39,254 --> 00:30:40,964 in civil lawsuits, and you pretend that-- 686 00:30:40,964 --> 00:30:43,133 The police did nothing wrong here! 687 00:30:43,133 --> 00:30:45,385 Two of them were injured, one very badly. 688 00:30:45,385 --> 00:30:47,095 What happened to you, maybe they got away 689 00:30:47,095 --> 00:30:49,806 with that, and if so, I'm sorry! 690 00:30:49,806 --> 00:30:52,225 Hey, I've been stopped by the police, 691 00:30:52,225 --> 00:30:55,979 sometimes probably for no other reason than that I'm black, 692 00:30:55,979 --> 00:30:58,940 but that has nothing to do with this case! 693 00:30:58,940 --> 00:31:01,860 Whatever your personal baggage is you gotta let that go. 694 00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:03,487 You don't let that go! 695 00:31:03,487 --> 00:31:05,447 They throw you face down onto a hood of a car, 696 00:31:05,447 --> 00:31:06,740 they beat you with a nightstick 697 00:31:06,740 --> 00:31:11,286 and they want to prosecute me...! 698 00:31:11,286 --> 00:31:14,331 You don't let that go. 699 00:31:14,331 --> 00:31:15,832 Listen to yourself. 700 00:31:18,835 --> 00:31:21,630 Forget about listening to me. 701 00:31:21,630 --> 00:31:24,549 Do your client a favor and listen to yourself. 702 00:31:32,432 --> 00:31:34,059 [distant chatter] 703 00:31:34,059 --> 00:31:35,477 [elevator dings] 704 00:31:41,650 --> 00:31:43,735 - You ready? - Sit. 705 00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:47,447 Look, Mark 706 00:31:47,447 --> 00:31:51,827 you realize with the plea you're guaranteed no jail time, right? 707 00:31:51,827 --> 00:31:53,829 Yeah, yeah, you explained all of that. So, let's go. 708 00:31:53,829 --> 00:31:56,748 What I didn't explain, maybe, was my own agenda. 709 00:31:56,748 --> 00:31:59,835 The police roughed me up a couple of months ago. 710 00:31:59,835 --> 00:32:04,214 Their track record of brutality... 711 00:32:04,214 --> 00:32:07,134 I steered you away from the plea to make a point. 712 00:32:07,134 --> 00:32:09,427 About stuff that has nothing to do specifically 713 00:32:09,427 --> 00:32:11,263 with you or your case. 714 00:32:11,263 --> 00:32:12,764 I'm a law-abiding citizen, 715 00:32:12,764 --> 00:32:15,475 and I'm scared of the police. 716 00:32:15,475 --> 00:32:19,229 In my own neighborhood, I have to be afraid. 717 00:32:19,229 --> 00:32:20,939 This "stuff" you're talkin' about, 718 00:32:20,939 --> 00:32:24,609 how can you say it has nothin' to do with me? 719 00:32:24,609 --> 00:32:27,237 The plea is rejected. 720 00:32:27,237 --> 00:32:29,614 Go in there and make your point. 721 00:32:33,451 --> 00:32:35,370 Okay. 722 00:32:35,370 --> 00:32:38,874 To protect and to serve. 723 00:32:38,874 --> 00:32:41,793 That's the motto of the Los Angeles Police Department. 724 00:32:41,793 --> 00:32:45,213 But this department does not instill a sense of safety. 725 00:32:45,213 --> 00:32:47,257 Right or wrong, deserved or undeserved, 726 00:32:47,257 --> 00:32:49,801 the LAPD has one of the worst reputations 727 00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:53,180 for brutality of any urban force in this country. 728 00:32:53,180 --> 00:32:55,932 Mark Wright was aware of that reputation. 729 00:32:55,932 --> 00:32:58,018 He saw that tape and believed, 730 00:32:58,018 --> 00:33:00,395 like the majority of L.A. residents believe, 731 00:33:00,395 --> 00:33:04,608 this kind of police violence goes on all the time. 732 00:33:04,608 --> 00:33:07,194 But you see, usually, it's not on tape. 733 00:33:07,194 --> 00:33:09,779 Usually, it's just the say so of one "suspect" 734 00:33:09,779 --> 00:33:12,490 versus two or three or twenty officers 735 00:33:12,490 --> 00:33:16,661 whose motto is "To protect and to serve." 736 00:33:16,661 --> 00:33:20,373 I know it's tough being a police officer, really. 737 00:33:20,373 --> 00:33:23,084 They're fighting gangs armed with automatic weapons 738 00:33:23,084 --> 00:33:24,461 and they're risking their lives 739 00:33:24,461 --> 00:33:26,046 but the thing is, 740 00:33:26,046 --> 00:33:28,131 they encounter so many bad people every day 741 00:33:28,131 --> 00:33:31,343 they have forgotten that also living in this society 742 00:33:31,343 --> 00:33:33,261 are good people. 743 00:33:33,261 --> 00:33:37,224 This department has lost the trust of those people. 744 00:33:37,224 --> 00:33:39,100 The community, 745 00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:42,604 the neighborhoods, we, the people, 746 00:33:42,604 --> 00:33:45,523 don't respect you. 747 00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:47,150 You scare us. 748 00:33:49,194 --> 00:33:51,029 During a week where we had opportunity 749 00:33:51,029 --> 00:33:56,076 as Americans to be so incredibly proud of our armed forces, 750 00:33:56,076 --> 00:33:58,119 a time where we could take pride in our President, 751 00:33:58,119 --> 00:34:00,038 and the soldiers who truly served us 752 00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:01,665 in the fight for civil liberties 753 00:34:01,665 --> 00:34:03,291 we had to look at that tape and see 754 00:34:03,291 --> 00:34:05,335 what your fellow officers did. 755 00:34:05,335 --> 00:34:07,128 We would turn on the news 756 00:34:07,128 --> 00:34:08,922 and see our military in the desert 757 00:34:08,922 --> 00:34:11,883 treating surrendering Iraqi soldiers 758 00:34:11,883 --> 00:34:14,094 with humanity 759 00:34:14,094 --> 00:34:16,554 and civility. 760 00:34:16,554 --> 00:34:19,599 And we see our own public servants kicking 761 00:34:19,599 --> 00:34:23,270 and beating an American citizen on our streets! 762 00:34:23,270 --> 00:34:28,108 We would all love nothing better than to be able to trust 763 00:34:28,108 --> 00:34:30,068 and respect our police, 764 00:34:30,068 --> 00:34:34,155 to not feel fear and threat at the sight of them. 765 00:34:34,155 --> 00:34:36,783 But we can't. 766 00:34:36,783 --> 00:34:38,660 What a horrible tragedy that Mark Wright 767 00:34:38,660 --> 00:34:40,578 felt compelled to run that night 768 00:34:40,578 --> 00:34:43,206 but what's even worse 769 00:34:43,206 --> 00:34:45,959 is that most of us feel the same way. 770 00:34:54,718 --> 00:34:56,803 The defendant illegally tried to flee 771 00:34:56,803 --> 00:34:59,889 the police after running a stop sign. 772 00:34:59,889 --> 00:35:03,184 He caused a high speed chase that resulted in serious injury, 773 00:35:03,184 --> 00:35:05,895 and he threatened to shoot the police. 774 00:35:05,895 --> 00:35:08,148 Basically, his defense to this is 775 00:35:08,148 --> 00:35:11,067 since I'm afraid of the police I'm exempt. 776 00:35:11,067 --> 00:35:13,862 That's ridiculous! 777 00:35:13,862 --> 00:35:18,033 What we saw on that tape was clearly reprehensible. 778 00:35:18,033 --> 00:35:21,202 As a public servant, I was shocked and disgraced 779 00:35:21,202 --> 00:35:23,830 by the behavior of those officers. 780 00:35:23,830 --> 00:35:26,916 As for the department's relationship to the public, 781 00:35:26,916 --> 00:35:28,918 it's also a disgrace. 782 00:35:28,918 --> 00:35:32,339 But this relationship is bilateral, ladies and gentlemen. 783 00:35:32,339 --> 00:35:33,757 If you want the police department 784 00:35:33,757 --> 00:35:35,967 to show you the respect you deserve, 785 00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:38,178 it goes both ways. 786 00:35:38,178 --> 00:35:41,306 Of the six largest forces in this country, 787 00:35:41,306 --> 00:35:45,226 LAPD has the fewest per capita officers. 788 00:35:45,226 --> 00:35:47,562 They are outmanned and outgunned by the gangs, 789 00:35:47,562 --> 00:35:50,315 and they're shot at every day. 790 00:35:50,315 --> 00:35:53,026 During the six weeks of combat in the Gulf 791 00:35:53,026 --> 00:35:54,486 one hundred and nineteen of our 792 00:35:54,486 --> 00:35:57,364 American soldiers were lost in action. 793 00:35:57,364 --> 00:35:59,491 During that same period 794 00:35:59,491 --> 00:36:02,494 over three thousand American citizens 795 00:36:02,494 --> 00:36:05,830 were murdered right here at home. 796 00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:08,750 Over two hundred and seventy thousand cases 797 00:36:08,750 --> 00:36:10,543 of aggravated assault. 798 00:36:10,543 --> 00:36:13,338 Over twenty thousand rapes. 799 00:36:13,338 --> 00:36:17,342 So don't think for one second that they're not in a war. 800 00:36:17,342 --> 00:36:19,469 If you don't want the police department 801 00:36:19,469 --> 00:36:23,348 resorting to street justice, fine. 802 00:36:23,348 --> 00:36:25,809 Show them they don't have to. 803 00:36:25,809 --> 00:36:27,811 This guy broke the law. 804 00:36:27,811 --> 00:36:30,730 Show them the system works. 805 00:36:42,409 --> 00:36:44,285 [court murmuring] 806 00:36:48,873 --> 00:36:51,668 So, were we having ex parte fun? 807 00:36:51,668 --> 00:36:54,295 Uh, Billy, so you know, uh 808 00:36:54,295 --> 00:36:56,214 I've asked Judge Biel to disqualify himself 809 00:36:56,214 --> 00:36:57,882 and call a mistrial. 810 00:36:57,882 --> 00:36:59,426 Well, I don't want a mistrial. I think-- 811 00:36:59,426 --> 00:37:02,137 But I do. And the reason he's not here... 812 00:37:04,097 --> 00:37:07,684 I think he's going to disqualify himself from the bench. 813 00:37:07,684 --> 00:37:09,269 Why? 814 00:37:09,269 --> 00:37:11,062 With any luck you'll never know. 815 00:37:11,062 --> 00:37:12,814 [upbeat music] 816 00:37:12,814 --> 00:37:14,774 Well, you guessed wrong, Counselor. 817 00:37:14,774 --> 00:37:16,901 That's his charge music he's playing. 818 00:37:16,901 --> 00:37:19,529 The 1812, that means he's on the attack. 819 00:37:19,529 --> 00:37:20,655 [gunshot] 820 00:37:20,655 --> 00:37:22,907 [all screams] 821 00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:25,410 Oh my God. 822 00:37:25,410 --> 00:37:26,453 Oh! 823 00:37:29,956 --> 00:37:32,459 Oh my God! 824 00:37:32,459 --> 00:37:34,043 I'm in Judge Biel's chambers. 825 00:37:34,043 --> 00:37:36,171 Get an ambulance up here immediately. 826 00:37:36,171 --> 00:37:38,173 [dramatic music] 827 00:37:44,762 --> 00:37:47,265 I was... 828 00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:54,189 ten... ten, I guess. 829 00:37:54,189 --> 00:37:56,357 I went over to my dad's office, 830 00:37:56,357 --> 00:38:01,029 just to see him... a surprise. 831 00:38:01,029 --> 00:38:03,865 When I got there there was already someone in his office. 832 00:38:06,868 --> 00:38:08,745 A woman. 833 00:38:08,745 --> 00:38:11,331 She was tall. 834 00:38:11,331 --> 00:38:13,625 Red hair. 835 00:38:13,625 --> 00:38:16,294 And he was... 836 00:38:16,294 --> 00:38:19,047 touching her. 837 00:38:19,047 --> 00:38:20,632 Touching and... 838 00:38:27,013 --> 00:38:29,015 I-I ran home. 839 00:38:29,015 --> 00:38:32,268 I never told him. 840 00:38:32,268 --> 00:38:34,187 Never told Mom. 841 00:38:37,398 --> 00:38:39,734 That night, I heard them... 842 00:38:39,734 --> 00:38:43,363 I heard them yelling at each other, 843 00:38:43,363 --> 00:38:45,031 heard them calling each other names. 844 00:38:45,031 --> 00:38:47,158 Whore-lover, that was, that was her favorite phrase. 845 00:38:47,158 --> 00:38:49,494 He'd call her a bitch. 846 00:38:49,494 --> 00:38:52,121 And she'd call him a whore lover. 847 00:38:52,121 --> 00:38:53,832 How did that make you feel? 848 00:38:56,584 --> 00:38:58,336 Like I wanted to run. 849 00:39:00,797 --> 00:39:04,092 Like I wanted to run and... 850 00:39:04,092 --> 00:39:06,886 never be like that, be like them. 851 00:39:06,886 --> 00:39:09,556 Not ever. 852 00:39:09,556 --> 00:39:11,266 Have you succeeded? 853 00:39:14,727 --> 00:39:16,354 What do you think? 854 00:39:18,314 --> 00:39:19,440 We had a temp in here. 855 00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:20,775 Boy, he screwed up the mail 856 00:39:20,775 --> 00:39:21,860 like you wouldn't believe. 857 00:39:21,860 --> 00:39:24,320 I know, but, uh, 858 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,531 it's okay now. I took care of it. 859 00:39:26,531 --> 00:39:29,158 I gotta go pick up Arnie's dry cleaning. 860 00:39:29,158 --> 00:39:32,704 Benny... it's good to have you back. 861 00:39:32,704 --> 00:39:35,707 This place runs so much better with you here. 862 00:39:50,346 --> 00:39:51,973 Has the jury reached it's verdict? 863 00:39:51,973 --> 00:39:53,474 - We have. - What say you? 864 00:39:53,474 --> 00:39:55,602 In the matter of People versus Wright, 865 00:39:55,602 --> 00:39:57,520 on the count of reckless evasion, 866 00:39:57,520 --> 00:40:00,315 we find the defendant guilty. 867 00:40:00,315 --> 00:40:03,026 On the count of assault with a dangerous weapon, 868 00:40:03,026 --> 00:40:06,195 we find the defendant not guilty. 869 00:40:06,195 --> 00:40:08,990 On the count of resisting a law enforcement officer, 870 00:40:08,990 --> 00:40:11,326 we find the defendant not guilty. 871 00:40:11,326 --> 00:40:13,202 [court murmuring] 872 00:40:13,202 --> 00:40:15,163 Judge: Sentencing next Tuesday. 873 00:40:15,163 --> 00:40:17,624 The jurors and parties are free to go. 874 00:40:17,624 --> 00:40:19,834 [court murmuring] 875 00:40:30,887 --> 00:40:32,347 man: Mr. Rollins? 876 00:40:37,268 --> 00:40:39,020 That was Mother Dominica. 877 00:40:39,020 --> 00:40:40,563 She expelled me 878 00:40:40,563 --> 00:40:43,566 for skateboarding into the nuns' chapel. 879 00:40:43,566 --> 00:40:45,568 You skateboarded into the nuns' chapel? 880 00:40:45,568 --> 00:40:47,195 Yeah, during Vespers. 881 00:40:47,195 --> 00:40:50,281 Well, I didn't mean to. They left the doors open. 882 00:40:50,281 --> 00:40:52,909 Mother Dominica didn't see the humor, I take it. 883 00:40:52,909 --> 00:40:56,371 In anything, least of all me. 884 00:40:56,371 --> 00:40:58,581 It's too bad. You're pretty funny. 885 00:40:58,581 --> 00:41:02,043 Ack! No more of that! They're terrible. 886 00:41:02,043 --> 00:41:04,587 [laughing] 887 00:41:04,587 --> 00:41:06,005 No. No. 888 00:41:06,005 --> 00:41:09,384 - You sure? - Yeah, I'm fine. 889 00:41:09,384 --> 00:41:10,802 Me, too. 890 00:41:10,802 --> 00:41:12,095 Mm. 891 00:41:18,059 --> 00:41:19,936 Then why do you look so scared? 892 00:41:19,936 --> 00:41:22,397 Why? 893 00:41:22,397 --> 00:41:24,857 Because... 894 00:41:24,857 --> 00:41:27,527 you and I... 895 00:41:27,527 --> 00:41:29,237 I've never done this before? 896 00:41:29,237 --> 00:41:31,614 What makes you think something's gonna happen now? 897 00:41:31,614 --> 00:41:34,575 Because I'm... 898 00:41:34,575 --> 00:41:37,286 ready. 899 00:41:37,286 --> 00:41:40,832 Well, first of all, I never said I was ready. 900 00:41:40,832 --> 00:41:43,751 - Well, I'm-- - You're not ready at all. 901 00:41:43,751 --> 00:41:45,712 You've been jittery ever since you arrived, 902 00:41:45,712 --> 00:41:47,755 nervous laughter all through dinner. 903 00:41:51,718 --> 00:41:54,512 You haven't demonstrated enough honesty 904 00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:57,098 to make for a decent friend, 905 00:41:57,098 --> 00:42:00,351 let alone anything more than a friend. 906 00:42:00,351 --> 00:42:02,395 I like you very much. 907 00:42:02,395 --> 00:42:05,648 But I don't want to jeopardize our relationship 908 00:42:05,648 --> 00:42:08,609 because you're trying to satisfy your curiosity. 909 00:42:08,609 --> 00:42:10,361 It's not just curiosity. 910 00:42:10,361 --> 00:42:13,489 Maybe it is and maybe it isn't. 911 00:42:13,489 --> 00:42:16,075 But nothing is gonna happen tonight. 912 00:42:16,075 --> 00:42:19,370 You can consider yourself two things... 913 00:42:19,370 --> 00:42:22,123 dumped and relieved. 914 00:42:26,002 --> 00:42:27,920 [instrumental music] 915 00:42:36,888 --> 00:42:38,222 [door opens] 916 00:42:43,227 --> 00:42:45,021 [sighs] 917 00:42:45,021 --> 00:42:46,731 God. 918 00:42:46,731 --> 00:42:49,525 You told me you gave me all the keys. 919 00:42:49,525 --> 00:42:51,444 I did, except for one. 920 00:42:56,783 --> 00:42:58,284 Thank you for coming. 921 00:43:00,661 --> 00:43:03,331 If I'd known what happened, you wouldn't have had to call. 922 00:43:16,094 --> 00:43:18,179 Maybe it was a blessing, you know. 923 00:43:20,723 --> 00:43:22,683 I mean, they say the disease would've eventually 924 00:43:22,683 --> 00:43:25,645 rotted his brain away. 925 00:43:25,645 --> 00:43:28,189 It was probably a blessing. 926 00:43:28,189 --> 00:43:30,441 You had to do what you did. 927 00:43:30,441 --> 00:43:33,069 You're a D.A, you got wind of a judge losin' his mind, 928 00:43:33,069 --> 00:43:35,238 you gotta blow the whistle. No discretion. 929 00:43:35,238 --> 00:43:38,658 He was still gettin' the job done, Tommy. 930 00:43:38,658 --> 00:43:42,411 He was shaky, but... 931 00:43:42,411 --> 00:43:45,581 I didn't have to put the gun to his head. 932 00:43:45,581 --> 00:43:46,541 [sobs] 933 00:43:48,793 --> 00:43:50,336 You didn't do that. 934 00:43:51,963 --> 00:43:54,799 I'm not strong enough for this job. 935 00:43:54,799 --> 00:43:56,717 - I'm not. - You? 936 00:43:56,717 --> 00:43:59,929 Yeah, you are. 937 00:43:59,929 --> 00:44:01,264 [crying] 938 00:44:12,066 --> 00:44:14,318 I'm so sorry I still need you. 939 00:44:14,318 --> 00:44:15,903 Ssh. 940 00:44:17,864 --> 00:44:20,241 I don't mean to need you anymore. 941 00:44:23,619 --> 00:44:25,162 But I can't help it. 942 00:44:26,622 --> 00:44:28,749 [somber music] 943 00:44:28,749 --> 00:44:30,835 [crying] 944 00:44:43,139 --> 00:44:45,057 [theme music]