1 00:00:00,626 --> 00:00:03,503 Ms. Flanagan, you can't imagine the damage 2 00:00:03,503 --> 00:00:05,047 you've already done to your father. 3 00:00:05,047 --> 00:00:06,590 You haven't seen anything. 4 00:00:06,590 --> 00:00:08,508 Wait till I talk to the press. 5 00:00:08,508 --> 00:00:10,928 If you do, we won't settle. We'll sue you for slander. 6 00:00:10,928 --> 00:00:12,971 Don't threaten us, Ms. Hauber. 7 00:00:12,971 --> 00:00:14,306 You want to file a claim, file it. 8 00:00:14,306 --> 00:00:16,308 Charles: Both of you, please. 9 00:00:16,308 --> 00:00:18,477 This is precisely the type of confrontation 10 00:00:18,477 --> 00:00:20,687 we have to avoid. 11 00:00:20,687 --> 00:00:22,648 Something far more serious is at stake here. 12 00:00:22,648 --> 00:00:24,274 Our wonderful family? 13 00:00:24,274 --> 00:00:26,109 - You're damn right! - Chris, stop it. 14 00:00:26,109 --> 00:00:28,070 No, I want to know. 15 00:00:28,070 --> 00:00:31,698 - How can you do this to him? - He raped me. 16 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:33,534 He raped Colleen. 17 00:00:33,534 --> 00:00:35,786 Why do you think she killed herself? 18 00:00:35,786 --> 00:00:37,788 He is not the man you think he is. 19 00:00:37,788 --> 00:00:39,790 Your child is living in that house. 20 00:00:39,790 --> 00:00:41,959 - Get her out of there! Charles: Margaret, 21 00:00:41,959 --> 00:00:43,627 what's happened to you? 22 00:00:43,627 --> 00:00:47,256 Don't you have any feelings left for me at all? 23 00:00:47,256 --> 00:00:49,007 I despise you. 24 00:00:49,007 --> 00:00:51,343 You made me feel ugly and dirty. 25 00:00:51,343 --> 00:00:53,971 Vivian: Margaret, please let us help you. 26 00:00:53,971 --> 00:00:56,098 Your father is so hurt by this. 27 00:00:56,098 --> 00:00:59,101 All I want is for us to be a family again. 28 00:00:59,101 --> 00:01:01,270 Ms. Flanagan, your father is prepared 29 00:01:01,270 --> 00:01:02,813 to pick up the total cost 30 00:01:02,813 --> 00:01:04,856 of your psychiatric care, whatever the amount. 31 00:01:04,856 --> 00:01:07,401 - It's not enough. - Is it money? 32 00:01:07,401 --> 00:01:09,027 Is that what you want? 33 00:01:09,027 --> 00:01:12,656 I want you to say the words, I raped my daughters. 34 00:01:12,656 --> 00:01:15,409 Vivian: Oh, God. - This meeting is over. 35 00:01:17,744 --> 00:01:20,831 I want you to have the nightmares. 36 00:01:20,831 --> 00:01:23,834 I want you to feel the humiliation and the shame! 37 00:01:23,834 --> 00:01:27,504 - Margaret-- - I want you to feel the pain! 38 00:01:27,504 --> 00:01:29,423 [theme music] 39 00:02:00,037 --> 00:02:01,997 [music continues] 40 00:02:31,068 --> 00:02:33,028 [music continues] 41 00:02:59,388 --> 00:03:01,348 [instrumental music] 42 00:03:26,164 --> 00:03:27,624 Did everyone see the morning paper? 43 00:03:27,624 --> 00:03:28,917 Who has time to read the paper? 44 00:03:28,917 --> 00:03:30,877 Frank Kittredge on the front page. 45 00:03:30,877 --> 00:03:32,796 Margaret Flanagan's suit against her father. 46 00:03:32,796 --> 00:03:35,048 Frank's representing her. The trial starts today. 47 00:03:35,048 --> 00:03:36,591 I happen to know Charles Flanagan. 48 00:03:36,591 --> 00:03:38,969 I've served on several committees with him. 49 00:03:38,969 --> 00:03:42,556 I find it impossible to believe he committed the, uh, 50 00:03:42,556 --> 00:03:44,015 the acts she's accused him of. 51 00:03:44,015 --> 00:03:45,851 - Tough one to prove. - Incest usually is. 52 00:03:45,851 --> 00:03:47,477 But here we're talking about three decades ago, 53 00:03:47,477 --> 00:03:48,854 - And depressed memory. - I'll say one thing. 54 00:03:48,854 --> 00:03:50,230 It explains a lot about Margaret Flanagan. 55 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:51,940 - What did you say? - Oh, yeah. 56 00:03:51,940 --> 00:03:53,650 Assuming it really happened. 57 00:03:53,650 --> 00:03:54,901 Let's move along, Douglas. 58 00:03:54,901 --> 00:03:56,736 Gloria Lee vs. Meredith Tudor. 59 00:03:56,736 --> 00:03:58,572 Arbitrator is Leland McKenzie. 60 00:03:58,572 --> 00:04:00,073 Gloria Lee? She's still alive? 61 00:04:00,073 --> 00:04:02,325 She's my age, C.J. 62 00:04:02,325 --> 00:04:04,995 Oh, sorry, my mother used to use her cookbooks, 63 00:04:04,995 --> 00:04:07,038 for "Authentic American Cuisine." 64 00:04:07,038 --> 00:04:08,165 But that was ages ago. 65 00:04:08,165 --> 00:04:10,667 Ms. Lee is accusing Ms. Tudor 66 00:04:10,667 --> 00:04:13,378 of stealing recipes for her new cookbook. 67 00:04:13,378 --> 00:04:16,256 This cookbook is expected to sell millions of copies. 68 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:19,843 Ms. Lee's claim is trade secret theft. 69 00:04:19,843 --> 00:04:22,012 She says that Ms. Tudor planted a spy 70 00:04:22,012 --> 00:04:23,638 in her test kitchen. 71 00:04:23,638 --> 00:04:25,182 - What does she want? Leland: Credit in the book. 72 00:04:25,182 --> 00:04:26,725 Part of the royalties. 73 00:04:26,725 --> 00:04:28,059 They've opted for arbitration 74 00:04:28,059 --> 00:04:29,728 because they need a quick decision. 75 00:04:29,728 --> 00:04:32,063 Ms. Tudor can't go to press until this is resolved. 76 00:04:32,063 --> 00:04:33,482 And speaking of food, 77 00:04:33,482 --> 00:04:35,525 I think Leland deserves a big round of applause. 78 00:04:35,525 --> 00:04:38,403 Today is Day Seven of his Slim Quick diet, 79 00:04:38,403 --> 00:04:39,529 and he's lost... 80 00:04:39,529 --> 00:04:42,073 - Uh, five pounds. - Hey! 81 00:04:42,073 --> 00:04:43,200 Way to go, Leland. Great! 82 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,868 Well done! Bravo! 83 00:04:44,868 --> 00:04:46,578 And on that note, we're adjourned. 84 00:04:50,999 --> 00:04:53,001 Jonathan: Dad? 85 00:04:53,001 --> 00:04:54,878 I hope you weren't waiting too long. 86 00:04:54,878 --> 00:04:57,339 Son. 87 00:04:57,339 --> 00:04:58,965 You look great. 88 00:04:58,965 --> 00:05:01,384 - Thank you. - How was your flight? 89 00:05:01,384 --> 00:05:04,596 Bumpy. Your mother's lying down. 90 00:05:04,596 --> 00:05:06,765 - She'll meet us for lunch. - Good, good. 91 00:05:06,765 --> 00:05:08,600 I'm not interrupting your day, am I? 92 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,520 No, no, no! I had a court date canceled this morning, anyway. 93 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,940 You have a legal problem, I'm at your service. 94 00:05:14,940 --> 00:05:16,358 That's what I do. 95 00:05:16,358 --> 00:05:19,236 [laughter] 96 00:05:19,236 --> 00:05:22,197 So, Econodyne Corporation approached you about the job. 97 00:05:22,197 --> 00:05:25,450 They do consulting work for former East Bloc countries. 98 00:05:25,450 --> 00:05:27,661 I had been thinking about leaving teaching, 99 00:05:27,661 --> 00:05:29,621 so the timing was perfect. 100 00:05:29,621 --> 00:05:31,540 Dad, do you have any proof that their failure 101 00:05:31,540 --> 00:05:32,666 to hire you was racially motivated? 102 00:05:32,666 --> 00:05:34,543 Not really. 103 00:05:34,543 --> 00:05:37,379 But they've got a bad record for hiring minorities. 104 00:05:37,379 --> 00:05:39,631 Didn't you tell me there was a Vice President on your side? 105 00:05:39,631 --> 00:05:41,258 - Dick Williamson. - Right, right. 106 00:05:41,258 --> 00:05:44,386 The only black executive at Econodyne. 107 00:05:44,386 --> 00:05:45,971 He's on the personnel committee. 108 00:05:45,971 --> 00:05:47,639 If anyone knows where the bodies are buried, 109 00:05:47,639 --> 00:05:48,723 it's him. 110 00:05:48,723 --> 00:05:51,184 The question is, will he tell us? 111 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:53,603 I guess all that money spent for law-school was worth it. 112 00:05:53,603 --> 00:05:57,148 [sighs] Dad, 113 00:05:57,148 --> 00:05:58,858 if I'm gonna be your attorney 114 00:05:58,858 --> 00:06:00,235 I also have a duty to tell you 115 00:06:00,235 --> 00:06:02,529 if I think you have no case. Agreed? 116 00:06:02,529 --> 00:06:04,531 - Oh, absolutely. - Alright. 117 00:06:04,531 --> 00:06:07,659 But one way or another... send me a bill. 118 00:06:07,659 --> 00:06:09,452 - It's not necessary. - Jonathan. 119 00:06:09,452 --> 00:06:12,289 I taught economics for 25 years. 120 00:06:12,289 --> 00:06:15,083 No son of mine is going to give away his talent. 121 00:06:17,544 --> 00:06:20,171 My cookbooks were a Bible in every kitchen in America-- 122 00:06:20,171 --> 00:06:21,590 - Ladies-- Meredith: Cooking isn't about 123 00:06:21,590 --> 00:06:23,300 measuring cups and ingredients any more. 124 00:06:23,300 --> 00:06:24,884 It's about the total dining experience-- 125 00:06:24,884 --> 00:06:26,553 You were always one for a shortcut 126 00:06:26,553 --> 00:06:28,805 but I never thought you'd stoop to stealing my recipes. 127 00:06:28,805 --> 00:06:32,183 - They're not recipes! - Alright! That's enough. 128 00:06:34,686 --> 00:06:36,187 And. What is that? 129 00:06:36,187 --> 00:06:38,148 [sighs] Origami. 130 00:06:38,148 --> 00:06:40,108 It relaxes me. 131 00:06:40,108 --> 00:06:44,613 - Oh, Mr. Venturelli? - I'm finished. 132 00:06:44,613 --> 00:06:47,532 Well, we've obviously reached an impasse. 133 00:06:47,532 --> 00:06:49,910 Ms. Lee, you can't produce that "spy", 134 00:06:49,910 --> 00:06:52,329 Ms. Tudor, you can't explain why your recipes 135 00:06:52,329 --> 00:06:54,664 are so strikingly similar to Ms. Lee's. 136 00:06:54,664 --> 00:06:57,042 I had hoped that we could reach 137 00:06:57,042 --> 00:06:59,127 some sort of compromise here, 138 00:06:59,127 --> 00:07:01,129 but I-- I don't know. 139 00:07:01,129 --> 00:07:03,798 - How about a cook-off? Meredith: A cook-off? 140 00:07:03,798 --> 00:07:05,800 Didn't those go out with quilting bees? 141 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,303 Now, what would that accomplish, Ms. Lee? 142 00:07:08,303 --> 00:07:10,805 There are 16 recipes in dispute. 143 00:07:10,805 --> 00:07:12,599 We each cook our own version, 144 00:07:12,599 --> 00:07:15,435 and then see if there's any significant difference. 145 00:07:15,435 --> 00:07:17,145 If there isn't, 146 00:07:17,145 --> 00:07:18,855 that proves she's a thief. 147 00:07:18,855 --> 00:07:20,982 Oh, well. Who would do the tasting? 148 00:07:20,982 --> 00:07:23,735 - You would. - Oh! Oh, no, no. 149 00:07:23,735 --> 00:07:25,195 That would be highly irregular, 150 00:07:25,195 --> 00:07:26,821 and I'm really not qualified for that. 151 00:07:26,821 --> 00:07:28,573 You eat, don't you? 152 00:07:28,573 --> 00:07:30,950 And you're the one who's arbitrating this case. 153 00:07:30,950 --> 00:07:33,620 [scoffs] 154 00:07:33,620 --> 00:07:36,414 Would you agree to a cook-off, Ms. Tudor? 155 00:07:36,414 --> 00:07:39,542 Why not? My recipes are unique. 156 00:07:39,542 --> 00:07:42,754 Alright. Bring the food in on Thursday. 157 00:07:42,754 --> 00:07:45,757 But only very small portions. 158 00:07:45,757 --> 00:07:48,843 Margaret: It was the summer my sister Colleen died. 159 00:07:48,843 --> 00:07:50,762 We were all in shock 160 00:07:50,762 --> 00:07:53,723 and my father decided it would be good for us 161 00:07:53,723 --> 00:07:55,642 if we all went away to Lake Arrowhead. 162 00:07:55,642 --> 00:07:57,852 We had been there about a week and my father announced 163 00:07:57,852 --> 00:07:59,813 that he was taking me fishing. 164 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:02,482 - I was terrified. - Why? 165 00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:04,359 My earliest memories of my father 166 00:08:04,359 --> 00:08:08,530 are at night in the bedroom I shared with my sister. 167 00:08:08,530 --> 00:08:10,740 He would tuck us in. 168 00:08:10,740 --> 00:08:12,534 I'd fall sleep 169 00:08:12,534 --> 00:08:16,830 and wake up to hear Colleen crying. 170 00:08:16,830 --> 00:08:18,623 He was forcing her to have sex with him. 171 00:08:18,623 --> 00:08:20,583 Objection! No foundation. 172 00:08:20,583 --> 00:08:21,751 Overruled. 173 00:08:21,751 --> 00:08:23,586 Frank: Margaret, what happened 174 00:08:23,586 --> 00:08:25,380 when your father took you fishing? 175 00:08:25,380 --> 00:08:30,009 We went out on our boat, to the far side of the lake, 176 00:08:30,009 --> 00:08:32,512 [sighs] and he asked me 177 00:08:32,512 --> 00:08:35,056 why I was so sad. 178 00:08:35,056 --> 00:08:37,100 He said he wanted me to be happy. 179 00:08:37,100 --> 00:08:39,602 He started to tickle me, 180 00:08:39,602 --> 00:08:42,647 and for a moment, I thought maybe I was wrong. 181 00:08:42,647 --> 00:08:44,691 That nothing bad was going to happen. 182 00:08:44,691 --> 00:08:48,820 - And then? - I was laughing. 183 00:08:48,820 --> 00:08:51,281 And suddenly things changed. 184 00:08:51,281 --> 00:08:53,742 The way he was touching me was different. 185 00:08:53,742 --> 00:08:56,619 I tried to get away, but he grabbed me. 186 00:08:59,247 --> 00:09:02,917 He was fumbling with the front of his pants. 187 00:09:02,917 --> 00:09:05,128 What happened, Margaret? 188 00:09:05,128 --> 00:09:07,422 He pushed me down on my knees. 189 00:09:07,422 --> 00:09:09,215 He put his hands on the back of my head, 190 00:09:09,215 --> 00:09:11,843 and pulled me towards him. 191 00:09:11,843 --> 00:09:14,637 [exhales] 192 00:09:14,637 --> 00:09:16,973 I couldn't breathe. 193 00:09:16,973 --> 00:09:19,726 I hit him, but he just pressed harder. 194 00:09:19,726 --> 00:09:22,437 He forced you to perform oral sex on him? 195 00:09:25,190 --> 00:09:26,524 Yes. 196 00:09:26,524 --> 00:09:27,817 Was that the only time your father 197 00:09:27,817 --> 00:09:29,068 sexually abused you? 198 00:09:29,068 --> 00:09:32,947 No, that night he came into 199 00:09:32,947 --> 00:09:35,700 my room and kissed me good night. 200 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:39,913 He said if I told anyone about what we did, 201 00:09:39,913 --> 00:09:41,873 he'd kill me. 202 00:09:41,873 --> 00:09:44,292 And he put a pillow over my face, 203 00:09:44,292 --> 00:09:49,297 he pried my legs apart and he raped me! 204 00:09:49,297 --> 00:09:50,673 How old were you, Margaret? 205 00:09:50,673 --> 00:09:54,719 I was 8 years old! 206 00:09:54,719 --> 00:09:57,847 Despite his threats, did you ever say anything? 207 00:09:57,847 --> 00:09:58,973 To anyone? 208 00:09:58,973 --> 00:10:02,685 I tried to tell my mother. 209 00:10:02,685 --> 00:10:04,938 But I was so young I didn't know the words. 210 00:10:07,482 --> 00:10:09,984 I told her that he'd been mean to me, 211 00:10:09,984 --> 00:10:12,779 the way he'd been mean to Colleen. 212 00:10:12,779 --> 00:10:14,447 She said I was wrong... 213 00:10:16,574 --> 00:10:18,785 that my father loved me. 214 00:10:18,785 --> 00:10:20,537 Frank: But the abuse continued? 215 00:10:20,537 --> 00:10:22,455 Margaret: Yes. For years. 216 00:10:22,455 --> 00:10:24,207 But prior to December of last year, 217 00:10:24,207 --> 00:10:27,836 you had no memory whatsoever of any of this taking place? 218 00:10:27,836 --> 00:10:30,088 My father did terrible things. 219 00:10:30,088 --> 00:10:33,007 Blocking it out was the only way I survived. 220 00:10:33,007 --> 00:10:36,594 Until recently, my childhood was a complete blank. 221 00:10:36,594 --> 00:10:39,264 Thank you. No further questions. 222 00:10:40,890 --> 00:10:42,308 I'm sorry, Ms. Flanagan, 223 00:10:42,308 --> 00:10:45,228 but I find that very hard to believe. 224 00:10:45,228 --> 00:10:49,148 That for 30 years you had no memory of any of this? 225 00:10:49,148 --> 00:10:51,484 I was 8 years old. My father was raping 226 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:53,820 and sodomizing me on a regular basis. 227 00:10:53,820 --> 00:10:56,906 Then suddenly, two months ago it all came back to you? 228 00:10:56,906 --> 00:10:59,951 No, Ms. Hauber, I struggled for nearly a year, 229 00:10:59,951 --> 00:11:02,078 to understand why I kept hearing the sound 230 00:11:02,078 --> 00:11:03,955 of my sister crying. 231 00:11:03,955 --> 00:11:06,124 When the truth finally began to surface, 232 00:11:06,124 --> 00:11:08,293 it came in pieces... 233 00:11:08,293 --> 00:11:09,711 horrible images. 234 00:11:09,711 --> 00:11:11,254 Susan: Are you still experiencing 235 00:11:11,254 --> 00:11:12,589 flashbacks about your father? 236 00:11:12,589 --> 00:11:14,215 Yes. 237 00:11:14,215 --> 00:11:16,217 Well, I'm a little uncomfortable, Ms. Flanagan, 238 00:11:16,217 --> 00:11:17,218 and I'm sure the jury is, too-- 239 00:11:17,218 --> 00:11:18,511 Objection! 240 00:11:18,511 --> 00:11:20,513 Condemning a man based on evidence 241 00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:22,056 that's constantly evolving. 242 00:11:22,056 --> 00:11:24,184 Save it for the closing, Counselor. 243 00:11:24,184 --> 00:11:26,853 I am the victim here, not my father. 244 00:11:26,853 --> 00:11:29,397 Your father is a respected member of this community, 245 00:11:29,397 --> 00:11:31,566 Objection! That is completely irrelevant. 246 00:11:31,566 --> 00:11:34,277 Other prominent men have committed incest! 247 00:11:34,277 --> 00:11:35,987 Sustained. 248 00:11:35,987 --> 00:11:37,447 I am telling the truth. 249 00:11:37,447 --> 00:11:39,198 Isn't it also true Miss Flanagan, 250 00:11:39,198 --> 00:11:40,742 that you accused your ex-husband 251 00:11:40,742 --> 00:11:42,327 of threatening you physically 252 00:11:42,327 --> 00:11:43,786 and that you tried to obtain 253 00:11:43,786 --> 00:11:45,538 a restraining order against him? 254 00:11:45,538 --> 00:11:46,623 My marriage was ending. 255 00:11:46,623 --> 00:11:48,333 We were having terrible fights. 256 00:11:48,333 --> 00:11:50,668 Did your husband ever, in fact, abuse you? 257 00:11:50,668 --> 00:11:52,086 I was afraid that he would. 258 00:11:52,086 --> 00:11:54,047 Yes or no, please. 259 00:11:54,047 --> 00:11:57,884 Did your husband ever physically abuse you? 260 00:11:57,884 --> 00:11:58,885 No. 261 00:11:58,885 --> 00:12:00,094 Ms. Flanagan, 262 00:12:00,094 --> 00:12:01,679 two weeks after your divorce, 263 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:03,139 weren't you hospitalized 264 00:12:03,139 --> 00:12:05,725 in the psychiatric unit of Brentwood Hospital? 265 00:12:05,725 --> 00:12:07,060 I was there for less than a week. 266 00:12:07,060 --> 00:12:08,519 I was emotionally exhausted-- 267 00:12:08,519 --> 00:12:10,188 Wasn't it more serious than that? 268 00:12:10,188 --> 00:12:12,398 Hadn't you locked yourself in your apartment 269 00:12:12,398 --> 00:12:13,524 and refused to eat? 270 00:12:13,524 --> 00:12:14,567 You must understand. 271 00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:16,486 I was under a lot of stress. 272 00:12:16,486 --> 00:12:18,154 I do understand, Ms. Flanagan. 273 00:12:18,154 --> 00:12:19,906 You were emotionally disturbed 274 00:12:19,906 --> 00:12:21,491 and made wild accusations with no basis in truth. 275 00:12:21,491 --> 00:12:22,992 Objection! 276 00:12:22,992 --> 00:12:24,911 And you're doing the same thing now, aren't you? 277 00:12:24,911 --> 00:12:26,454 Objection! Move to strike! 278 00:12:26,454 --> 00:12:28,665 Withdrawn. Nothing further. 279 00:12:40,677 --> 00:12:42,178 Mr. Williamson, how many other people 280 00:12:42,178 --> 00:12:43,888 did the personnel committee approach? 281 00:12:43,888 --> 00:12:45,807 We narrowed it to a field of ten, of which, 282 00:12:45,807 --> 00:12:47,976 in my opinion, your father was the most qualified. 283 00:12:47,976 --> 00:12:49,727 Yeah, but he wasn't hired. 284 00:12:49,727 --> 00:12:51,771 Your father's reputation, as distinguished as it is, 285 00:12:51,771 --> 00:12:53,356 was made in supply side, 286 00:12:53,356 --> 00:12:55,858 and upper management felt that we needed someone, 287 00:12:55,858 --> 00:12:57,193 quote, "More in touch with 288 00:12:57,193 --> 00:12:59,028 current world economies," unquote. 289 00:12:59,028 --> 00:13:00,029 That's absurd. 290 00:13:00,029 --> 00:13:01,864 And in the last three years 291 00:13:01,864 --> 00:13:04,075 you're the only black hired in an executive position there? 292 00:13:04,075 --> 00:13:05,702 Look, attitudes are changing. 293 00:13:05,702 --> 00:13:07,453 Maybe not fast enough to suit you and me, 294 00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:10,039 but companies like this need time. 295 00:13:10,039 --> 00:13:11,916 That's an excuse. 296 00:13:11,916 --> 00:13:13,167 Now if we can show their reasons for rejecting 297 00:13:13,167 --> 00:13:15,003 black applicants are just pretext or-- 298 00:13:15,003 --> 00:13:17,547 Impossible. Now, it's been tried. 299 00:13:17,547 --> 00:13:20,133 Econodyne's rejections are always plausible enough 300 00:13:20,133 --> 00:13:22,343 to deflect charges of bias. 301 00:13:22,343 --> 00:13:24,304 They strung me along for six months, 302 00:13:24,304 --> 00:13:26,306 making it seem like I was a shoe-in. 303 00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:28,391 When the University pressured me to decide 304 00:13:28,391 --> 00:13:30,184 whether I was staying on or not, 305 00:13:30,184 --> 00:13:31,769 I took the chance on Econodyne. 306 00:13:31,769 --> 00:13:34,522 Professor Rollins, I know how you feel. 307 00:13:34,522 --> 00:13:35,857 I mean, I'm in the trenches over there. 308 00:13:35,857 --> 00:13:37,984 I fight this stuff every day. 309 00:13:37,984 --> 00:13:40,236 But a lawsuit isn't gonna get you anywhere. 310 00:13:40,236 --> 00:13:42,947 - You can't win. - We might, with your help. 311 00:13:42,947 --> 00:13:45,241 If I could, I would-- 312 00:13:45,241 --> 00:13:47,160 but I'd lose my job. 313 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,204 I mean, even this meeting was risky. 314 00:13:50,204 --> 00:13:51,664 I'm sorry. 315 00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:55,501 Take my advice. Just get on with your life. 316 00:13:55,501 --> 00:13:56,878 It was nice meeting you both. 317 00:13:59,213 --> 00:14:00,882 Yeah. Thank you. 318 00:14:05,386 --> 00:14:07,388 [sighs] Well, can you go back to Minnesota? 319 00:14:07,388 --> 00:14:11,976 No, the department had a replacement lined up, 320 00:14:11,976 --> 00:14:13,936 that's why they put my feet to the fire. 321 00:14:13,936 --> 00:14:15,229 Besides, your mother says 322 00:14:15,229 --> 00:14:16,647 she could live the rest of her life 323 00:14:16,647 --> 00:14:18,900 without seeing another snow-tire. 324 00:14:18,900 --> 00:14:21,611 She really wants to come home to California. 325 00:14:21,611 --> 00:14:23,237 You know, dad, if you go ahead with this, 326 00:14:23,237 --> 00:14:24,989 they're sure to bring up your politics. 327 00:14:24,989 --> 00:14:27,700 You're on record against affirmative action. 328 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:29,202 How do you think that's gonna sound in court? 329 00:14:29,202 --> 00:14:32,288 Jonathan, I don't oppose real affirmative action. 330 00:14:32,288 --> 00:14:35,500 I do oppose preferential hiring on the basis of race, 331 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:37,460 which is exactly what this is. 332 00:14:37,460 --> 00:14:39,212 Okay. 333 00:14:39,212 --> 00:14:42,131 Let me see what else I can turn upon Econodyne. 334 00:14:42,131 --> 00:14:43,549 In the meantime, 335 00:14:43,549 --> 00:14:45,176 Zoey and I will see you tonight for dinner. 336 00:14:45,176 --> 00:14:46,511 Absolutely! 337 00:14:46,511 --> 00:14:48,471 I'm looking forward to meeting her. 338 00:14:48,471 --> 00:14:49,972 What about Mom? 339 00:14:49,972 --> 00:14:51,808 I'm looking forward to that, too. 340 00:14:54,602 --> 00:14:55,812 [knock on door] 341 00:14:55,812 --> 00:14:58,481 Come in. 342 00:14:58,481 --> 00:15:02,193 Ah! I knew you were a man who lunched at his desk. 343 00:15:03,653 --> 00:15:05,780 Ms. Tudor, I'm afraid I cannot meet 344 00:15:05,780 --> 00:15:07,907 with you unless Ms. Lee and the attorneys are present. 345 00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:10,451 Oh, but this has nothing to do with the case. 346 00:15:10,451 --> 00:15:13,121 None of these recipes are in dispute. 347 00:15:13,121 --> 00:15:16,874 I just had this overwhelming urge to feed you. 348 00:15:16,874 --> 00:15:18,793 Well, I appreciate that, 349 00:15:18,793 --> 00:15:21,003 but you see I have to be concerned about 350 00:15:21,003 --> 00:15:22,296 how this appears... 351 00:15:22,296 --> 00:15:23,756 Oh, you poor man, 352 00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:26,134 you look like you're starving to death! 353 00:15:26,134 --> 00:15:28,678 No, no, I'm fine. 354 00:15:28,678 --> 00:15:30,555 I'm not hungry. No. I'm not not hungry at all. 355 00:15:30,555 --> 00:15:35,226 I think presentation is everything, don't you? 356 00:15:35,226 --> 00:15:36,352 Oh. 357 00:15:36,352 --> 00:15:38,437 The true artistry in cooking 358 00:15:38,437 --> 00:15:43,401 is creating an experience for all the senses. 359 00:15:45,194 --> 00:15:49,657 Ms. Tudor, this is entirely improper. 360 00:15:49,657 --> 00:15:51,909 I'm going to take a short walk. 361 00:15:51,909 --> 00:15:55,246 When I come back, I want you out of my office. 362 00:15:58,249 --> 00:15:59,625 Dr. Naiman: Unable to prevent the abuse, 363 00:15:59,625 --> 00:16:01,502 Margaret found another way to escape. 364 00:16:01,502 --> 00:16:03,004 She separated her mind 365 00:16:03,004 --> 00:16:04,463 from what was happening to her body. 366 00:16:04,463 --> 00:16:07,383 - She disassociated? - Yes. 367 00:16:07,383 --> 00:16:09,177 The memories continued to exist, 368 00:16:09,177 --> 00:16:10,720 but they were deeply buried. 369 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:12,346 And this led to the form of amnesia 370 00:16:12,346 --> 00:16:13,973 that Margaret experienced? 371 00:16:13,973 --> 00:16:16,893 Incest survivors often lose years of their lives. 372 00:16:16,893 --> 00:16:19,395 Doctor, what causes these memories to return? 373 00:16:19,395 --> 00:16:22,231 Oh, a dream, the sound of a laugh, 374 00:16:22,231 --> 00:16:24,233 a certain smell. Every patient's different. 375 00:16:24,233 --> 00:16:26,110 Frank: And in Ms. Flanagan's case? 376 00:16:26,110 --> 00:16:28,946 Dr. Naiman: Well, the occasion was her father's 70th birthday. 377 00:16:28,946 --> 00:16:32,658 The family was going up to their home on Lake Arrowhead. 378 00:16:32,658 --> 00:16:34,118 When Margaret was asked to join them, 379 00:16:34,118 --> 00:16:36,662 she began to experience an overwhelming terror 380 00:16:36,662 --> 00:16:37,747 she couldn't explain. 381 00:16:37,747 --> 00:16:39,373 And it was at this point 382 00:16:39,373 --> 00:16:40,917 that she became your patient? 383 00:16:40,917 --> 00:16:43,461 Yes and as the memories began to surface, 384 00:16:43,461 --> 00:16:47,173 the reason for Margaret's panic became evident. 385 00:16:47,173 --> 00:16:48,799 She had been sexually abused 386 00:16:48,799 --> 00:16:50,801 by her father throughout her childhood. 387 00:16:50,801 --> 00:16:53,012 And you concluded this based solely 388 00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:54,555 on Margaret's repressed memory? 389 00:16:54,555 --> 00:16:56,724 Well, her recollections were very specific 390 00:16:56,724 --> 00:16:58,434 and highly detailed. 391 00:16:58,434 --> 00:17:00,853 Her teachers noted a distinct personality change 392 00:17:00,853 --> 00:17:03,022 between the second and third grade. 393 00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:06,150 A previously happy child became depressed and withdrawn. 394 00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:07,902 Dr. Naiman, is it unusual 395 00:17:07,902 --> 00:17:10,029 for a child to have this sort of experience 396 00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:11,447 and tell no one? 397 00:17:11,447 --> 00:17:13,616 A child in an abusive situation 398 00:17:13,616 --> 00:17:16,077 sees herself as completely trapped. 399 00:17:16,077 --> 00:17:17,828 She's convinced the abusive parent 400 00:17:17,828 --> 00:17:19,288 will be believed, not her. 401 00:17:19,288 --> 00:17:21,249 So there is no doubt in your mind 402 00:17:21,249 --> 00:17:22,959 that Margaret Flanagan was the victim 403 00:17:22,959 --> 00:17:25,461 of sexual abuse by her father? 404 00:17:25,461 --> 00:17:27,797 I am certain Margaret Flanagan was a victim 405 00:17:27,797 --> 00:17:30,883 and is a survivor of incest. 406 00:17:30,883 --> 00:17:32,176 Jonathan: Thank you, Doctor. 407 00:17:35,096 --> 00:17:37,515 Doctor, when Ms. Flanagan came to you, 408 00:17:37,515 --> 00:17:40,268 was she claiming she'd been abused by her father? 409 00:17:40,268 --> 00:17:42,395 - No. - Who first mentioned incest? 410 00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:44,230 [sighs] Look, 411 00:17:44,230 --> 00:17:46,816 Margaret Flanagan was depressed. 412 00:17:46,816 --> 00:17:49,652 She had difficulty with intimate relationships. 413 00:17:49,652 --> 00:17:51,862 She had an aversion to being touched. 414 00:17:51,862 --> 00:17:54,657 These are all symptoms that are common to incest victims. 415 00:17:54,657 --> 00:17:57,576 Symptoms that could have been caused by a lot of things. 416 00:17:57,576 --> 00:17:58,869 The question is, 417 00:17:58,869 --> 00:18:01,289 who first raised the subject of incest? 418 00:18:01,289 --> 00:18:02,498 I guide my patients, Ms. Hauber, 419 00:18:02,498 --> 00:18:04,125 I don't force them-- 420 00:18:04,125 --> 00:18:06,752 People do fantasize about incest, don't they? 421 00:18:06,752 --> 00:18:08,421 Don't be little the problem. 422 00:18:08,421 --> 00:18:11,048 We believe one in three women in this country 423 00:18:11,048 --> 00:18:13,926 has been abused as a child. 424 00:18:13,926 --> 00:18:15,511 It's one in six boys. 425 00:18:15,511 --> 00:18:17,763 Unproven statistics, doctor. 426 00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:19,682 But they create a climate of hysteria 427 00:18:19,682 --> 00:18:23,060 in which innocent parents like my client are victimized. 428 00:18:23,060 --> 00:18:25,771 - Objection! Argumentative! - Judge Cramer: Sustained. 429 00:18:25,771 --> 00:18:27,523 How many patients have you treated 430 00:18:27,523 --> 00:18:29,150 where you diagnosed incest? 431 00:18:29,150 --> 00:18:30,318 About sixty. 432 00:18:30,318 --> 00:18:32,445 And in how many of those cases 433 00:18:32,445 --> 00:18:35,823 did someone else confirm that the incest actually happened? 434 00:18:35,823 --> 00:18:38,159 About five or six. 435 00:18:38,159 --> 00:18:40,036 But in this case, you don't have 436 00:18:40,036 --> 00:18:41,495 any independent evidence 437 00:18:41,495 --> 00:18:42,872 showing incest, do you? 438 00:18:42,872 --> 00:18:44,290 It's likely that incest occurred-- 439 00:18:44,290 --> 00:18:47,835 But you don't know for sure, do you? 440 00:18:47,835 --> 00:18:49,545 No, but in this situation-- 441 00:18:49,545 --> 00:18:51,172 Thank you, doctor. 442 00:18:51,172 --> 00:18:52,715 No further questions. 443 00:18:59,472 --> 00:19:03,184 Slim Quick a little rich for you, Leland? 444 00:19:03,184 --> 00:19:05,728 - I wish it were that simple. - Something wrong? 445 00:19:05,728 --> 00:19:08,981 Meredith Tudor came to my office today, 446 00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:11,484 trying to sway my decision with food. 447 00:19:11,484 --> 00:19:13,986 - That's terrible. - Well, I threw her out. 448 00:19:13,986 --> 00:19:16,489 But she left a meal that was... 449 00:19:16,489 --> 00:19:19,658 [sighs] it was delicious. I ate it. 450 00:19:19,658 --> 00:19:21,619 - Oh. - I gave into temptation. 451 00:19:21,619 --> 00:19:24,413 I compromised my diet 452 00:19:24,413 --> 00:19:27,124 my integrity for the momentary comfort 453 00:19:27,124 --> 00:19:29,794 of some herb bread and bearnaise sauce. 454 00:19:29,794 --> 00:19:33,547 I won't say it isn't serious, Leland, 455 00:19:33,547 --> 00:19:35,216 but it's not the end of the world. 456 00:19:35,216 --> 00:19:39,595 But it's not just the food, Douglas. 457 00:19:39,595 --> 00:19:42,765 First I'm sharing memories of Ruth with a chimp, 458 00:19:42,765 --> 00:19:45,101 then I'm kissing Grace by the elevators, 459 00:19:45,101 --> 00:19:49,021 and now this. I mean, I just don't recognize myself. 460 00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:52,191 It hasn't been a easy year for you. 461 00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:53,901 Losing Rosalind, 462 00:19:53,901 --> 00:19:56,362 then Michael, then Victor... 463 00:19:56,362 --> 00:19:57,696 and dieting-- 464 00:19:57,696 --> 00:19:59,907 dieting can make anyone a little crazy. 465 00:19:59,907 --> 00:20:01,117 - Yeah. - Leland... 466 00:20:01,117 --> 00:20:03,702 I love bearnaise sauce. 467 00:20:03,702 --> 00:20:06,163 [sighs] It was good. 468 00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:11,710 Do you like creme Brule ? 469 00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:12,837 My favorite. 470 00:20:17,091 --> 00:20:20,136 Oh, I shouldn't. 471 00:20:20,136 --> 00:20:22,430 What? 472 00:20:22,430 --> 00:20:25,266 There's no conflict of interest for you, Douglas. 473 00:20:25,266 --> 00:20:28,310 [sighs] Well, 474 00:20:28,310 --> 00:20:29,812 maybe just one bite. 475 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:36,527 Mm. 476 00:20:51,959 --> 00:20:54,545 So, you believe in the death penalty? 477 00:20:54,545 --> 00:20:57,339 In certain circumstances, yes. 478 00:20:57,339 --> 00:20:59,675 But David Lee was insane. 479 00:20:59,675 --> 00:21:01,927 David Lee knew what he did. 480 00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:03,512 I can't tell you I felt good about it. 481 00:21:03,512 --> 00:21:05,389 But I would rather live with David Lee's ghost 482 00:21:05,389 --> 00:21:07,808 than the ghosts of the two little girls he killed. 483 00:21:07,808 --> 00:21:10,603 Well, I can't fault you for that. 484 00:21:10,603 --> 00:21:12,188 So, Zoey. 485 00:21:12,188 --> 00:21:14,732 You think I have a case against Econodyne? 486 00:21:14,732 --> 00:21:16,233 Oh, isn't it amazing 487 00:21:16,233 --> 00:21:18,277 how the first time a black conservative 488 00:21:18,277 --> 00:21:20,529 is denied something, he suddenly decides 489 00:21:20,529 --> 00:21:22,490 that discrimination does exist, after all? 490 00:21:22,490 --> 00:21:24,116 Jonathan: Mom-- - Edward: Sweetheart, 491 00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:27,578 I already know what you think of my case. 492 00:21:27,578 --> 00:21:29,955 I was asking Zoey. 493 00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:33,167 Right. Go ahead, Zoey. 494 00:21:35,461 --> 00:21:37,379 Well, the law says 495 00:21:37,379 --> 00:21:39,840 de facto discrimination isn't usually enough. 496 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,802 You have to prove intent, which will be hard. 497 00:21:42,802 --> 00:21:45,221 I'll say. 498 00:21:45,221 --> 00:21:46,889 But not impossible. 499 00:21:46,889 --> 00:21:48,390 So how would you call it? 500 00:21:48,390 --> 00:21:52,645 Hey, Mom, is this a dinner or a moot court? 501 00:21:52,645 --> 00:21:54,605 Sorry babe, you're not required 502 00:21:54,605 --> 00:21:56,357 to give closing arguments with dessert. 503 00:21:56,357 --> 00:21:59,026 True. And there isn't a good one anyway-- 504 00:21:59,026 --> 00:22:01,946 Damn it, Jessica, I'm doing this for you. 505 00:22:01,946 --> 00:22:04,156 You've got that standing offer at McKay Carter, 506 00:22:04,156 --> 00:22:06,158 we could both have had jobs back here-- 507 00:22:06,158 --> 00:22:07,701 And we still can. 508 00:22:07,701 --> 00:22:09,912 U.C. Irvine has always wanted you. 509 00:22:09,912 --> 00:22:12,748 Why do you have to work for some faceless corporation, 510 00:22:12,748 --> 00:22:16,418 especially one with a racist hiring record like Econodyne's? 511 00:22:16,418 --> 00:22:18,045 Edward: I'm fifty-five years old, 512 00:22:18,045 --> 00:22:20,339 what's wrong with a man wanting a little success? 513 00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:23,384 It's your definition of success that's wrong! 514 00:22:23,384 --> 00:22:26,512 You're already successful, but you won't believe it. 515 00:22:26,512 --> 00:22:28,764 My God, why does every one in this family 516 00:22:28,764 --> 00:22:30,140 want to be white? 517 00:22:30,140 --> 00:22:31,976 Edward: Very good, Jessica. 518 00:22:31,976 --> 00:22:35,187 Have you ever considered a career in diplomacy? 519 00:22:35,187 --> 00:22:37,106 I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that. 520 00:22:42,862 --> 00:22:44,989 [instrumental music] 521 00:22:53,122 --> 00:22:54,957 [knocking on door] 522 00:22:56,584 --> 00:22:59,503 Come in. 523 00:22:59,503 --> 00:23:01,839 [chuckles] 524 00:23:01,839 --> 00:23:03,674 You look like you're lying in state, man. 525 00:23:03,674 --> 00:23:04,842 Parents. 526 00:23:04,842 --> 00:23:06,677 I mean, I love' em, 527 00:23:06,677 --> 00:23:09,680 but sometimes they just make me man, crazy. 528 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,181 Whose parents don't? 529 00:23:11,181 --> 00:23:13,559 I know. My mother is a civil rights attorney. 530 00:23:13,559 --> 00:23:15,019 She's worked with the A-C-L-U. 531 00:23:15,019 --> 00:23:16,687 She lobbied against Clarence Thomas 532 00:23:16,687 --> 00:23:18,772 and Robert Bork. 533 00:23:18,772 --> 00:23:21,275 My dad's a Republican who voted for Reagan. 534 00:23:21,275 --> 00:23:23,152 [sighs] What's up? 535 00:23:23,152 --> 00:23:25,195 Yeah, I was wondering if you could give me a hand. 536 00:23:25,195 --> 00:23:27,323 I know, you've done a lot of labor law, 537 00:23:27,323 --> 00:23:28,616 I need someone who knows 538 00:23:28,616 --> 00:23:31,201 the political landscape at Econodyne. 539 00:23:31,201 --> 00:23:33,871 Econodyne. 540 00:23:33,871 --> 00:23:36,999 I might know someone who knows someone. 541 00:23:36,999 --> 00:23:38,626 Let me see what I can turn up. 542 00:23:38,626 --> 00:23:39,835 That'd be great. 543 00:23:44,423 --> 00:23:46,300 I'm from South Boston. 544 00:23:46,300 --> 00:23:47,718 And when I came here, 545 00:23:47,718 --> 00:23:49,553 my father used to call me late at night, 546 00:23:49,553 --> 00:23:52,222 bitchin' about everything going on in the old neighborhood. 547 00:23:52,222 --> 00:23:53,891 Drove me crazy. 548 00:23:53,891 --> 00:23:57,102 Mr. De Lancie and his damn dog that barked all night. 549 00:23:57,102 --> 00:23:59,730 Mrs. Benedetti's bratty grandsons. 550 00:23:59,730 --> 00:24:04,735 Ernie Barger cheated him blind at penny poker. 551 00:24:04,735 --> 00:24:06,779 He died two years ago. 552 00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:10,407 But every time the phone rings late at night, 553 00:24:10,407 --> 00:24:13,285 part of me hopes it's my old man, 554 00:24:13,285 --> 00:24:15,371 just calling to drive me crazy. 555 00:24:21,460 --> 00:24:23,671 Charles: Margaret was never a happy child. 556 00:24:23,671 --> 00:24:25,130 She had few friends. 557 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:26,882 She suffered what I now understand 558 00:24:26,882 --> 00:24:28,342 were bouts depression. 559 00:24:28,342 --> 00:24:30,344 Objection, this witness lacks the qualifications 560 00:24:30,344 --> 00:24:31,595 to make that diagnosis. 561 00:24:31,595 --> 00:24:33,681 Your Honor, one hardly needs a PhD. 562 00:24:33,681 --> 00:24:35,265 to identify depression. 563 00:24:35,265 --> 00:24:37,976 I agree with Ms. Hauber. Go on. 564 00:24:37,976 --> 00:24:39,478 Was she treated for this? 565 00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:42,147 I'm sorry to say, no, she was not. 566 00:24:42,147 --> 00:24:44,483 Back then, taking a child to a psychiatrist 567 00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:45,651 was unthinkable. 568 00:24:45,651 --> 00:24:47,361 We believed Margaret's problems 569 00:24:47,361 --> 00:24:49,613 were caused by the death of her sister, 570 00:24:49,613 --> 00:24:51,699 and that, in time, she'd out grow them. 571 00:24:51,699 --> 00:24:53,325 Margaret and Colleen were close? 572 00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:56,286 Oh, they were inseparable. 573 00:24:56,286 --> 00:24:57,746 To truly know Margaret, 574 00:24:57,746 --> 00:24:59,498 you'd have to have seen them together. 575 00:24:59,498 --> 00:25:01,625 We should have realized how devastating 576 00:25:01,625 --> 00:25:04,086 Colleen's suicide was for Margaret. 577 00:25:04,086 --> 00:25:06,714 I made that mistake, among others. 578 00:25:06,714 --> 00:25:07,840 Could you elaborate? 579 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:09,425 I wasn't there enough 580 00:25:09,425 --> 00:25:11,802 for my children, Ms. Hauber. 581 00:25:11,802 --> 00:25:13,345 And when I was, I was too demanding. 582 00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:14,430 Especially of Margaret. 583 00:25:14,430 --> 00:25:15,556 And why was that? 584 00:25:15,556 --> 00:25:17,891 Oh, even at an early age 585 00:25:17,891 --> 00:25:19,977 it was apparent how bright she was. 586 00:25:19,977 --> 00:25:23,397 I was determined that she should maximize that potential. 587 00:25:23,397 --> 00:25:26,734 And today, your daughter is a highly respected attorney? 588 00:25:26,734 --> 00:25:29,528 Yes, but I'm afraid our relationship 589 00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:31,030 paid the price. 590 00:25:31,030 --> 00:25:33,657 I realize now that the last thing she needed 591 00:25:33,657 --> 00:25:35,242 was me pushing her. 592 00:25:35,242 --> 00:25:37,286 Susan: Mr. Flanagan, four years ago 593 00:25:37,286 --> 00:25:40,330 Margaret cut off all contact with her family. 594 00:25:40,330 --> 00:25:41,707 Do you recall the reason? 595 00:25:41,707 --> 00:25:44,126 Well, her marriage had recently ended. 596 00:25:44,126 --> 00:25:45,919 Margaret took it very badly. 597 00:25:45,919 --> 00:25:47,629 She became hysterical. 598 00:25:47,629 --> 00:25:51,341 She would call her mother at all hours day and night. 599 00:25:51,341 --> 00:25:54,762 and just, and just cry. 600 00:25:54,762 --> 00:25:56,221 We urged her to get help. 601 00:25:56,221 --> 00:25:57,765 And her response? 602 00:25:57,765 --> 00:26:00,184 She stopped calling us. 603 00:26:00,184 --> 00:26:02,603 We have neither seen 604 00:26:02,603 --> 00:26:05,064 nor talked to Margaret until... 605 00:26:05,064 --> 00:26:06,398 well, until all of this. 606 00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:09,234 And contrary to Margaret's testimony, 607 00:26:09,234 --> 00:26:10,861 you never touched your daughters? 608 00:26:10,861 --> 00:26:12,237 No. 609 00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:16,200 If anything, I was not affectionate enough. 610 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:17,993 I can remember the girls used to ask me 611 00:26:17,993 --> 00:26:19,536 for back-rubs. 612 00:26:19,536 --> 00:26:21,246 - That's a lie! Judge Cramer: Ms. Flanagan... 613 00:26:21,246 --> 00:26:22,748 You can't let him get away with this! 614 00:26:22,748 --> 00:26:24,374 - Margaret. - Ms. Flanagan, I'm warning you. 615 00:26:24,374 --> 00:26:25,667 That is not how it happened! 616 00:26:25,667 --> 00:26:26,794 - Your Honor. - Ms. Flanagan. 617 00:26:26,794 --> 00:26:28,003 I begged you not to touch me! 618 00:26:28,003 --> 00:26:29,755 Can't you see she needs help? 619 00:26:29,755 --> 00:26:32,132 - Didn't you hear me? - Judge: Ms. Flanagan, sit down. 620 00:26:32,132 --> 00:26:33,717 Susan: Your Honor! Judge: Mr. Kittredge. 621 00:26:33,717 --> 00:26:35,511 Get your client under control 622 00:26:35,511 --> 00:26:37,096 or I'm declaring a mistrial. 623 00:26:37,096 --> 00:26:39,014 Please, someone ,help her! 624 00:26:39,014 --> 00:26:40,891 [dramatic music] 625 00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:44,478 Please! 626 00:26:49,149 --> 00:26:51,276 Jessica! Hi. 627 00:26:52,361 --> 00:26:54,905 Jonathan's gone to lunch. 628 00:26:54,905 --> 00:26:56,740 I just stopped by to say, hello. 629 00:26:56,740 --> 00:26:57,908 Oh. 630 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:03,831 This isn't easy, is it? 631 00:27:03,831 --> 00:27:06,208 Tell me about it. 632 00:27:06,208 --> 00:27:08,961 Zoey, I like you. 633 00:27:08,961 --> 00:27:11,213 You're a bright, strong woman. 634 00:27:11,213 --> 00:27:13,549 And you obviously care about Jonathan. 635 00:27:13,549 --> 00:27:17,427 - But-- - You'd rather I were black. 636 00:27:17,427 --> 00:27:18,929 The black family 637 00:27:18,929 --> 00:27:22,057 is almost an endangered species in this country. 638 00:27:22,057 --> 00:27:23,934 Aren't we getting a little ahead of ourselves here? 639 00:27:23,934 --> 00:27:26,687 I mean, Jonathan and I haven't even discussed marriage. 640 00:27:26,687 --> 00:27:28,856 I've met some of his other girl friends. 641 00:27:28,856 --> 00:27:31,191 I haven't look at one, the way he looks at you. 642 00:27:31,191 --> 00:27:32,943 So doesn't that count for something? 643 00:27:32,943 --> 00:27:34,069 That we love each other? 644 00:27:34,069 --> 00:27:36,280 If that were all it took, 645 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,908 this would be a much nicer world to live in. 646 00:27:39,908 --> 00:27:41,243 But it's not. 647 00:27:41,243 --> 00:27:42,703 If my parents said to me, 648 00:27:42,703 --> 00:27:44,705 "Zo, Jonathan's a great guy, 649 00:27:44,705 --> 00:27:46,957 he's kind and loving and smart, 650 00:27:46,957 --> 00:27:49,334 and we'd be happy to have him as your boyfriend 651 00:27:49,334 --> 00:27:51,670 if he were white" what would you call that? 652 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:53,797 This is not racism. 653 00:27:53,797 --> 00:27:56,842 Racism is about oppression. 654 00:27:56,842 --> 00:27:58,260 This would only be racism 655 00:27:58,260 --> 00:28:01,305 if blacks could oppress or exclude whites-- 656 00:28:01,305 --> 00:28:03,098 You're trying to exclude me 657 00:28:03,098 --> 00:28:05,475 from Jonathan's life on the basis of my race. 658 00:28:05,475 --> 00:28:07,603 What's the difference? 659 00:28:07,603 --> 00:28:10,188 I probably should be having this talk with Jonathan. 660 00:28:10,188 --> 00:28:11,773 You probably should. 661 00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:21,867 [sighs] 662 00:28:31,835 --> 00:28:33,420 Ladies and gentlemen. 663 00:28:33,420 --> 00:28:35,339 Meredith: I hope we can get through this quickly. 664 00:28:35,339 --> 00:28:37,174 My brie's about to liquify. 665 00:28:37,174 --> 00:28:39,843 Mr. Venturelli, as you may or may not be aware 666 00:28:39,843 --> 00:28:42,137 your client visited me yesterday, 667 00:28:42,137 --> 00:28:43,555 exparte, 668 00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:46,725 offering me bribes in the form of food. 669 00:28:46,725 --> 00:28:49,937 Well, I got carried away. I'm sorry. 670 00:28:49,937 --> 00:28:52,022 I am embarrassed to say that I could not 671 00:28:52,022 --> 00:28:53,649 resist the temptation. 672 00:28:53,649 --> 00:28:55,984 And since the food was, well, technically, 673 00:28:55,984 --> 00:28:58,612 it was evidence in this case, 674 00:28:58,612 --> 00:29:00,364 and I feel that I have no choice 675 00:29:00,364 --> 00:29:03,575 other than to recluse myself from these proceedings. 676 00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:05,285 Well, what about my book? 677 00:29:05,285 --> 00:29:07,120 If it doesn't go to press by the end of the week, 678 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,289 I'll have to reschedule Oprah! 679 00:29:09,289 --> 00:29:12,000 See, I have a list of other arbitrators in this district 680 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,669 and I'm sure a speedy hearing would be-- 681 00:29:13,669 --> 00:29:15,754 Look! I said I was sorry! 682 00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:17,506 Why should I have to suffer 683 00:29:17,506 --> 00:29:20,217 just because you couldn't resist stuffing your face? 684 00:29:20,217 --> 00:29:21,760 What kind of an arbitrator are you anyway? 685 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,388 - Shut up, Meredith. - Oh and you. 686 00:29:24,388 --> 00:29:26,598 You've always resented my success! 687 00:29:26,598 --> 00:29:28,725 I resent your making cooking 688 00:29:28,725 --> 00:29:31,019 into a competitive sport. 689 00:29:31,019 --> 00:29:33,563 Well, if you can't take the heat, Gloria-- 690 00:29:33,563 --> 00:29:35,107 - Oh! - Ms. Lee! 691 00:29:35,107 --> 00:29:36,775 - Gloria! - Oh! 692 00:29:39,319 --> 00:29:40,696 - Oh! - Ms. Tudor! 693 00:29:40,696 --> 00:29:42,239 Why you little-- 694 00:29:42,239 --> 00:29:43,365 - No. - Oh! 695 00:29:43,365 --> 00:29:44,908 Meredith. 696 00:29:44,908 --> 00:29:48,161 I'll teach you to put a mole in my kitchen! 697 00:29:48,161 --> 00:29:49,579 Leland: Have you all gone crazy? 698 00:29:49,579 --> 00:29:50,956 - Oh! - Meredith, don't. 699 00:29:50,956 --> 00:29:52,958 Don't touch me, you idiot! 700 00:29:52,958 --> 00:29:54,835 Leland: This is outrageous! 701 00:29:54,835 --> 00:29:56,253 Hey! Stop that! 702 00:29:56,253 --> 00:29:58,880 Stop that, ladies! Stop it! 703 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:00,924 This is a legal proceeding! 704 00:30:00,924 --> 00:30:03,010 Now put that down! Put that down! 705 00:30:03,010 --> 00:30:05,971 No, you don't! 706 00:30:05,971 --> 00:30:07,055 Why you... 707 00:30:17,774 --> 00:30:19,776 In college I dated an Asian girl. 708 00:30:19,776 --> 00:30:21,319 You didn't seem so horrified then. 709 00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:24,281 You didn't seem so serious then. 710 00:30:24,281 --> 00:30:26,783 Jonathan, I don't think you've given enough thought 711 00:30:26,783 --> 00:30:29,244 to how difficult this is gonna be. 712 00:30:29,244 --> 00:30:31,455 For you, for her, for your children-- 713 00:30:31,455 --> 00:30:32,956 Jessica, for God's sake, 714 00:30:32,956 --> 00:30:34,916 they're in love, what else matters? 715 00:30:34,916 --> 00:30:36,209 We're not even living together. 716 00:30:36,209 --> 00:30:38,462 They don't have the slightest idea 717 00:30:38,462 --> 00:30:40,630 of the kind of anger and bigotry they'll face-- 718 00:30:40,630 --> 00:30:42,507 No? Try going into a restaurant 719 00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:44,801 where the matre'd tries to escort you to a table for one, 720 00:30:44,801 --> 00:30:47,262 because you couldn't possibly be with a white woman. 721 00:30:47,262 --> 00:30:50,432 Try just holding hands on the street... 722 00:30:50,432 --> 00:30:53,060 the dirty looks you get from white folks and blacks. 723 00:30:53,060 --> 00:30:54,102 especially black women! 724 00:30:54,102 --> 00:30:55,187 Can you blame them? 725 00:30:55,187 --> 00:30:56,438 They're tired of black men, 726 00:30:56,438 --> 00:30:58,190 as soon as they become successful, 727 00:30:58,190 --> 00:30:59,483 marrying a white women 728 00:30:59,483 --> 00:31:01,151 as another token of their success? 729 00:31:01,151 --> 00:31:03,153 Jonathan: Are you saying that's what I'm doing? 730 00:31:03,153 --> 00:31:04,946 Do you think Zoey's some kind of status symbol to me? 731 00:31:04,946 --> 00:31:06,114 Is that what you think? 732 00:31:06,114 --> 00:31:07,991 Jonathan, look at your choices. 733 00:31:07,991 --> 00:31:10,243 You went to an Ivy League college. 734 00:31:10,243 --> 00:31:13,121 You've joined a lily- white downtown firm. 735 00:31:13,121 --> 00:31:14,748 You bought a condo in Brentwood, 736 00:31:14,748 --> 00:31:16,416 and a Mercedes! 737 00:31:16,416 --> 00:31:19,002 The only thing missing was the right kind of woman. 738 00:31:19,002 --> 00:31:20,837 You know, some mother's would actually be proud 739 00:31:20,837 --> 00:31:22,506 their son's accomplished all that. 740 00:31:22,506 --> 00:31:25,050 I'm not belittling your achievement. It's just-- 741 00:31:25,050 --> 00:31:26,426 This isn't about Jonathan 742 00:31:26,426 --> 00:31:28,595 dating a white woman. 743 00:31:28,595 --> 00:31:32,349 It's about just what you said, "Choices." 744 00:31:32,349 --> 00:31:34,726 His were too much like mine. 745 00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:36,561 That's what you're really angry about. 746 00:31:36,561 --> 00:31:38,313 Maybe I am. 747 00:31:38,313 --> 00:31:41,358 - So? - So! I'm not Dad. 748 00:31:41,358 --> 00:31:43,026 He's right. 749 00:31:43,026 --> 00:31:44,444 I wouldn't have risked my career 750 00:31:44,444 --> 00:31:46,863 taking on the LAPD like he did. 751 00:31:46,863 --> 00:31:48,156 I wouldn't have had the nerve. 752 00:31:48,156 --> 00:31:49,825 I don't think that's true. 753 00:31:49,825 --> 00:31:51,952 Yes, it is. 754 00:31:51,952 --> 00:31:54,788 I've taken the safe road a lot of the time... 755 00:31:54,788 --> 00:31:57,040 not all the time, but a lot. 756 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:58,625 Jessica, 757 00:31:58,625 --> 00:32:00,836 just because he's with McKenzie Brackman 758 00:32:00,836 --> 00:32:02,254 and not the A.C.L.U. 759 00:32:02,254 --> 00:32:04,840 doesn't make him any less a fighter. 760 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:06,383 And just because he's dating a white woman 761 00:32:06,383 --> 00:32:08,718 doesn't make him any less black. 762 00:32:08,718 --> 00:32:10,637 I don't think that. 763 00:32:10,637 --> 00:32:12,681 I just want him to think about what he wants 764 00:32:12,681 --> 00:32:14,307 and why he wants it. 765 00:32:14,307 --> 00:32:16,935 That's all. 766 00:32:16,935 --> 00:32:18,228 [exhales] 767 00:32:21,022 --> 00:32:23,108 Andrew Parks copped a plea. 768 00:32:23,108 --> 00:32:24,860 They've agreed to eight years. 769 00:32:24,860 --> 00:32:26,236 What about Scribbs? 770 00:32:26,236 --> 00:32:27,988 The judge denied our request for bail. 771 00:32:27,988 --> 00:32:31,950 He's O.R. Listen, we don't have to finish this now. 772 00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:33,160 I want to. 773 00:32:37,497 --> 00:32:40,250 They said it was alright if I waited for you. 774 00:32:40,250 --> 00:32:41,626 I'll call you tomorrow. 775 00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:44,504 Uh, no, stay. 776 00:32:44,504 --> 00:32:46,506 This won't take long. 777 00:32:46,506 --> 00:32:49,301 I already know what she's gonna say. 778 00:32:49,301 --> 00:32:51,178 What a wonderful man my father is 779 00:32:51,178 --> 00:32:53,096 and how I'm destroying him. 780 00:32:53,096 --> 00:32:55,348 I didn't come here for that. 781 00:32:55,348 --> 00:32:59,477 There's been so much talk about Colleen in the courtroom. 782 00:32:59,477 --> 00:33:00,937 I almost felt like she was there 783 00:33:00,937 --> 00:33:02,522 and these were hers. 784 00:33:02,522 --> 00:33:04,608 I packed them away the day we buried her. 785 00:33:04,608 --> 00:33:06,067 And I want you to have them. 786 00:33:09,154 --> 00:33:12,365 Just a few things... 787 00:33:12,365 --> 00:33:14,201 a Girl Scout pin, some books she loved-- 788 00:33:14,201 --> 00:33:15,660 Why didn't you tell me you had this? 789 00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:17,913 You and Chris were so young. 790 00:33:17,913 --> 00:33:19,414 I thought we were doing the right thing-- 791 00:33:19,414 --> 00:33:21,666 I'm sure it was easier for you that way. 792 00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:29,841 There hasn't been a day I haven't thought of her. 793 00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:31,009 Or you. 794 00:33:33,303 --> 00:33:35,138 I love you, Margaret. 795 00:33:41,728 --> 00:33:44,856 Do you know where I'd go in my mind 796 00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:47,817 when it would happen? 797 00:33:47,817 --> 00:33:51,404 I was with you. 798 00:33:51,404 --> 00:33:53,615 You would stroke my hair 799 00:33:53,615 --> 00:33:56,868 and tell me it would be alright. 800 00:33:56,868 --> 00:33:59,079 I need you to believe me. 801 00:34:03,291 --> 00:34:05,168 In June I will have been married to your father 802 00:34:05,168 --> 00:34:07,545 for 50 years. 803 00:34:07,545 --> 00:34:09,214 That's most of my life. 804 00:34:09,214 --> 00:34:12,217 And I'm doing the best I can. 805 00:34:14,010 --> 00:34:15,804 I know. 806 00:34:15,804 --> 00:34:17,097 [sighs] 807 00:34:28,650 --> 00:34:30,610 [instrumental music] 808 00:34:33,571 --> 00:34:35,991 Mr. Rollins, I don't know what's to be gained by this. 809 00:34:35,991 --> 00:34:37,826 I told you, I don't think you can win his case-- 810 00:34:37,826 --> 00:34:39,703 Oh, you see, we don't have to win. 811 00:34:39,703 --> 00:34:42,539 Have a seat. 812 00:34:42,539 --> 00:34:44,624 We're negotiating a settlement with Econodyne, 813 00:34:44,624 --> 00:34:46,626 and once they heard what we had to say, 814 00:34:46,626 --> 00:34:48,378 they were anxious to avoid a lawsuit. 815 00:34:48,378 --> 00:34:50,213 I don't understand. I wasn't informed of this. 816 00:34:50,213 --> 00:34:51,840 You will be. 817 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,509 We did a little research on Econodyne, Mr. Williamson. 818 00:34:54,509 --> 00:34:55,844 And when our source took a straw poll 819 00:34:55,844 --> 00:34:57,304 of the personnel committee, 820 00:34:57,304 --> 00:34:59,598 it came out that a majority of them at first 821 00:34:59,598 --> 00:35:01,266 wanted to hire my father. 822 00:35:01,266 --> 00:35:03,184 I was never approached by anyone taking a poll. 823 00:35:03,184 --> 00:35:05,020 That's right, because we assumed 824 00:35:05,020 --> 00:35:06,521 you'd also favored his hiring-- 825 00:35:06,521 --> 00:35:08,690 except you didn't, did you? 826 00:35:08,690 --> 00:35:10,400 - That's not so-- - Okay. 827 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,068 At first you supported him, but as time went on 828 00:35:12,068 --> 00:35:14,487 you found more and more reasons not to hire him, 829 00:35:14,487 --> 00:35:16,948 until you eventually tilted the committee against him. 830 00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:18,700 But the funny thing is, 831 00:35:18,700 --> 00:35:20,952 that seems to have happened to all the black applicants 832 00:35:20,952 --> 00:35:22,495 during the three years 833 00:35:22,495 --> 00:35:25,081 you've been on the committee, my brother. 834 00:35:25,081 --> 00:35:26,333 I don't have to listen to this. 835 00:35:26,333 --> 00:35:27,959 You kept your job secure by shooting down 836 00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:29,669 every other minority applicant. 837 00:35:29,669 --> 00:35:32,464 At Econodyne and the last two companies you worked for. 838 00:35:32,464 --> 00:35:34,007 You told this load of garbage to upper management? 839 00:35:34,007 --> 00:35:35,008 Oh, yeah. 840 00:35:35,008 --> 00:35:36,134 And to the California 841 00:35:36,134 --> 00:35:37,761 Department of Fair Employment. 842 00:35:37,761 --> 00:35:39,471 Well, you wasted your time. 843 00:35:39,471 --> 00:35:41,431 Econodyne will fight any claim that you make. 844 00:35:41,431 --> 00:35:42,974 No, they won't. 845 00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:44,517 Once they heard our case, they decided to make 846 00:35:44,517 --> 00:35:46,644 a generous lump-sum payment to my father, 847 00:35:46,644 --> 00:35:49,606 to compensate him for his loss of his teaching position 848 00:35:49,606 --> 00:35:51,441 and any expenses he may have incurred. 849 00:35:51,441 --> 00:35:54,486 That should tide me over until I can find something else. 850 00:35:54,486 --> 00:35:56,488 It's a pretty grim job-market out there, 851 00:35:56,488 --> 00:35:59,699 which I have a feeling you're about to discover first-hand. 852 00:36:02,327 --> 00:36:03,453 [knocking on door] 853 00:36:03,453 --> 00:36:05,747 Come in. 854 00:36:05,747 --> 00:36:07,415 Ms. Lee. 855 00:36:07,415 --> 00:36:09,417 I came by to apologize. 856 00:36:09,417 --> 00:36:11,836 I've done a lot of things with food in the last 40 years, 857 00:36:11,836 --> 00:36:14,381 but this is the first time I ever used it as a weapon. 858 00:36:14,381 --> 00:36:16,424 I honestly don't know what came over me. 859 00:36:16,424 --> 00:36:18,885 Whatever it was, it must have been contagious. 860 00:36:18,885 --> 00:36:20,929 I'd like to pay the cleaning bill. 861 00:36:20,929 --> 00:36:22,138 I did start it, after all. 862 00:36:22,138 --> 00:36:23,598 Well, that's very generous, 863 00:36:23,598 --> 00:36:25,517 but it's as much my fault as anyone. 864 00:36:25,517 --> 00:36:27,686 I should have exhibited more will power 865 00:36:27,686 --> 00:36:29,437 when Ms. Tudor brought me lunch. 866 00:36:29,437 --> 00:36:32,107 Oh, it's all worked out as far as I'm concerned. 867 00:36:32,107 --> 00:36:33,358 Oh. I know Meredith. 868 00:36:33,358 --> 00:36:34,818 She gets a little carried away 869 00:36:34,818 --> 00:36:37,612 but she never forgets her own best interests. 870 00:36:37,612 --> 00:36:39,114 It didn't take much to convince her 871 00:36:39,114 --> 00:36:41,032 that missing her publication date 872 00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:44,702 would be worse than being associated with a "has-been." 873 00:36:44,702 --> 00:36:46,621 You don't really think of yourself that way? 874 00:36:46,621 --> 00:36:49,958 Ah. Not usually, no. 875 00:36:49,958 --> 00:36:52,710 But I do feel the time speeding by. 876 00:36:55,672 --> 00:36:58,341 You know, the first time that I voted 877 00:36:58,341 --> 00:37:00,176 in a presidential election, 878 00:37:00,176 --> 00:37:01,177 it was for Adlai Stevenson. 879 00:37:01,177 --> 00:37:02,512 Oh. 880 00:37:02,512 --> 00:37:05,473 And most of the people in this office 881 00:37:05,473 --> 00:37:07,851 only know Stevenson through history books. 882 00:37:07,851 --> 00:37:09,310 Like George Washington. 883 00:37:09,310 --> 00:37:13,273 - I liked Ike. - Oh. I know. 884 00:37:13,273 --> 00:37:15,024 Mr. McKenzie, 885 00:37:15,024 --> 00:37:17,527 I hope you won't think me too forward, 886 00:37:17,527 --> 00:37:20,363 but would you let me fix dinner for you sometime? 887 00:37:20,363 --> 00:37:23,742 Well, right now I'm on this diet... 888 00:37:23,742 --> 00:37:27,495 I make a mean baked halibut with yogurt dill sauce. 889 00:37:27,495 --> 00:37:30,582 Guaranteed low fat. 890 00:37:30,582 --> 00:37:32,709 Well, it would be my pleasure, Ms. Lee. 891 00:37:32,709 --> 00:37:34,586 Gloria. 892 00:37:34,586 --> 00:37:37,505 Gloria. I'll bring the mineral water. 893 00:37:39,549 --> 00:37:41,509 Frank: So you would characterize yourself 894 00:37:41,509 --> 00:37:44,137 as a loving but flawed father. 895 00:37:44,137 --> 00:37:47,640 As I said, I've made my share of mistakes with my children. 896 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,726 And that's why your daughter says you raped her? 897 00:37:49,726 --> 00:37:51,144 My daughter is disturbed. 898 00:37:51,144 --> 00:37:53,730 Her delusions focus on me. 899 00:37:53,730 --> 00:37:56,024 I think she'd say anything at all to hurt me. 900 00:37:56,024 --> 00:37:58,026 What about your daughter, Colleen? 901 00:37:58,026 --> 00:38:01,279 Do you in any way see yourself as responsible for her suicide? 902 00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:03,615 Charles: Any parent would feel responsible 903 00:38:03,615 --> 00:38:06,659 after a tragedy like that. 904 00:38:06,659 --> 00:38:09,287 But if you're suggesting that some aberrant behavior 905 00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:11,039 on my part drove her to her death-- 906 00:38:11,039 --> 00:38:13,458 I am not suggesting it. 907 00:38:13,458 --> 00:38:15,293 Your other daughter is saying it. 908 00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:18,713 Your Honor, we have traveled down this road numerous times 909 00:38:18,713 --> 00:38:20,757 and always to the same place-- 910 00:38:20,757 --> 00:38:23,635 the word of his client against the word of my client. 911 00:38:23,635 --> 00:38:26,012 And the only person who can shed light on the truth 912 00:38:26,012 --> 00:38:27,680 - is dead. - Mr. Kittredge, 913 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:29,766 I agree with Ms. Hauber. 914 00:38:29,766 --> 00:38:32,519 Unless you have something new to offer, please move on. 915 00:38:32,519 --> 00:38:34,896 Your Honor, I wish to enter into evidence 916 00:38:34,896 --> 00:38:37,398 these documents authenticating this book 917 00:38:37,398 --> 00:38:39,734 as the diary of the late Colleen Flanagan, 918 00:38:39,734 --> 00:38:41,611 written in her hand. 919 00:38:41,611 --> 00:38:43,863 With the court's permission, I would like Mr. Flanagan-- 920 00:38:43,863 --> 00:38:45,031 Where did you get that? 921 00:38:45,031 --> 00:38:46,616 Sidebar, your Honor. 922 00:38:49,202 --> 00:38:51,246 This document was not on their list. 923 00:38:51,246 --> 00:38:52,914 I demand adequate opportunity 924 00:38:52,914 --> 00:38:55,959 to verify the authenticity of this so-called diary. 925 00:38:55,959 --> 00:38:58,753 Those are declarations of experts at testing to that. 926 00:38:58,753 --> 00:39:00,171 I want to cross-examine them. 927 00:39:00,171 --> 00:39:02,549 I will hear the diary, Ms. Hauber, 928 00:39:02,549 --> 00:39:05,844 but the jury will be removed, pending my ruling. 929 00:39:12,141 --> 00:39:13,685 Frank: Would you read the first paragraph 930 00:39:13,685 --> 00:39:17,021 of the entry dated May 26th, 1961? 931 00:39:21,442 --> 00:39:23,611 [exhales] 932 00:39:23,611 --> 00:39:25,905 Is it going to be you or me? 933 00:39:28,074 --> 00:39:30,451 My daughter was troubled. 934 00:39:30,451 --> 00:39:32,662 For God's sake, she killed herself! 935 00:39:32,662 --> 00:39:35,164 Then I'm sure you'll read it with compassion. 936 00:39:35,164 --> 00:39:39,085 Starting with "He drove me to school this morning." 937 00:39:39,085 --> 00:39:41,754 "He drove me to school this morning. 938 00:39:41,754 --> 00:39:44,215 He made me stay in the car 939 00:39:44,215 --> 00:39:45,675 until the bell rang." 940 00:39:48,011 --> 00:39:49,470 I don't have to do this. 941 00:39:52,932 --> 00:39:56,394 "I'm sure the other kids could see what he was doing, 942 00:39:56,394 --> 00:39:58,855 "where he was touching me. 943 00:39:58,855 --> 00:40:00,189 "I want to die. 944 00:40:00,189 --> 00:40:02,275 "I think about dying all the time. 945 00:40:02,275 --> 00:40:04,360 - I'll be safe in heaven." - I swear I didn't touch her! 946 00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:06,654 "He tells me it's my fault. 947 00:40:06,654 --> 00:40:09,115 "That I make him do those things. 948 00:40:09,115 --> 00:40:10,658 Maybe if I cut my face. 949 00:40:10,658 --> 00:40:12,076 If I had scars maybe he wouldn't want me." 950 00:40:12,076 --> 00:40:14,162 She was disturbed, she was a sick girl-- 951 00:40:14,162 --> 00:40:17,457 "What if he's right, diary? What if it is my fault? 952 00:40:17,457 --> 00:40:19,542 Would God even let me into heaven?" 953 00:40:21,669 --> 00:40:22,920 A week after she wrote this, 954 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,340 Colleen Flanagan committed suicide. 955 00:40:25,340 --> 00:40:28,092 She was 14 years old. 956 00:40:28,092 --> 00:40:29,344 I have nothing further. 957 00:40:33,014 --> 00:40:35,558 Your father's returning the rental car, 958 00:40:35,558 --> 00:40:37,310 but we could take a cab to the airport. 959 00:40:37,310 --> 00:40:38,770 - If you're too busy. - No, no, Mom, it's okay. 960 00:40:38,770 --> 00:40:40,146 It's no problem. 961 00:40:40,146 --> 00:40:42,106 We would have been here sooner, but 962 00:40:42,106 --> 00:40:44,776 we got into a heated debate at the hotel. 963 00:40:47,362 --> 00:40:49,572 Mom, I gotta ask you something. 964 00:40:49,572 --> 00:40:51,699 How have you two kept from killing each other 965 00:40:51,699 --> 00:40:53,534 over the last 30 years? 966 00:40:53,534 --> 00:40:56,245 No sharp objects in the house. 967 00:40:56,245 --> 00:40:57,497 In spite of our differences, 968 00:40:57,497 --> 00:40:59,540 your father and I fit. 969 00:40:59,540 --> 00:41:02,377 We make a whole out of two halves. 970 00:41:02,377 --> 00:41:04,545 Like me and Zoey. 971 00:41:06,214 --> 00:41:08,466 That was what the heated debate was about. 972 00:41:08,466 --> 00:41:12,136 Mom, I do love her. 973 00:41:13,513 --> 00:41:14,889 She's not a status symbol, 974 00:41:14,889 --> 00:41:17,725 she's someone I really care for. 975 00:41:17,725 --> 00:41:23,272 I know. But it hurts... 976 00:41:23,272 --> 00:41:28,361 seeing you with someone so... 977 00:41:28,361 --> 00:41:29,737 different. 978 00:41:29,737 --> 00:41:31,864 Maybe on the outside. 979 00:41:31,864 --> 00:41:34,242 But inside, she's a lot like you. 980 00:41:34,242 --> 00:41:35,994 Believe me. 981 00:41:35,994 --> 00:41:37,954 So you didn't pick her out of some deep-seated 982 00:41:37,954 --> 00:41:40,206 resentment of me? 983 00:41:40,206 --> 00:41:43,042 [laughs] 984 00:41:43,042 --> 00:41:45,336 Five hundred thousand dollars, 985 00:41:45,336 --> 00:41:46,879 no admission of liability. 986 00:41:46,879 --> 00:41:48,464 We have two conditions. 987 00:41:48,464 --> 00:41:51,634 One. Your client enters a program for sexual offenders. 988 00:41:51,634 --> 00:41:53,261 Like hell I will! 989 00:41:53,261 --> 00:41:55,555 I refuse to be treated like a common criminal. 990 00:41:55,555 --> 00:41:58,516 If you prefer, Mr. Flanagan, we can go back to court. 991 00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:00,393 What's the second condition? 992 00:42:00,393 --> 00:42:02,645 All unsupervised contact with the grandchild, 993 00:42:02,645 --> 00:42:04,439 Emma Flanagan, is forbidden. 994 00:42:04,439 --> 00:42:06,649 And if there's any evidence you laid a hand on her, 995 00:42:06,649 --> 00:42:09,861 I promise you, you'll face criminal charges. 996 00:42:09,861 --> 00:42:12,238 Are you going to agree to this? 997 00:42:12,238 --> 00:42:14,782 Dad, I can't risk it. 998 00:42:14,782 --> 00:42:16,909 I love that child. 999 00:42:16,909 --> 00:42:18,494 I would never hurt her! 1000 00:42:18,494 --> 00:42:21,247 You won't have a chance to. 1001 00:42:21,247 --> 00:42:23,291 These are my terms. 1002 00:42:23,291 --> 00:42:25,626 Then to hell with you! 1003 00:42:25,626 --> 00:42:28,087 Charles, I don't think you have a choice. 1004 00:42:30,798 --> 00:42:33,801 After all the sacrifices we made for you. 1005 00:42:33,801 --> 00:42:35,803 For what? 1006 00:42:35,803 --> 00:42:38,473 For this? 1007 00:42:38,473 --> 00:42:40,266 Come on, Vivian, let's go. 1008 00:42:46,564 --> 00:42:48,858 [instrumental music] 1009 00:43:11,130 --> 00:43:13,090 [theme music]