1 00:00:02,139 --> 00:00:04,260 Previously on L .A. Law. Damn it, detective! 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:08,640 My husband violates a TRO, kidnapping my son, and the best thing you can tell me 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:13,580 is to get my own P .I.? Our two most senior partners will receive 50 % of 4 00:00:13,580 --> 00:00:14,580 year's profits. 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:19,720 One is dead. The other might as well be. You are out of line, Douglas. If you 6 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,560 raise this question ever again, you can start your own firm. They fired you for 7 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:25,140 reasons that had nothing to do with your competence. 8 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,600 They violated your civil rights, and arguably they made it impossible for you 9 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,880 continue your career. I have a new client coming in, a movie writer 10 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:33,820 and I want to solicit her entertainment business. 11 00:00:34,170 --> 00:00:38,170 Trust me. And this film can cross over from a boutique specialty item to a 12 00:00:38,170 --> 00:00:41,570 -based box office winner. As an owner of a building, you have any responsibility 13 00:00:41,570 --> 00:00:42,570 to your tenants? 14 00:00:42,790 --> 00:00:44,730 Would it be better if I evicted them all? 15 00:00:44,930 --> 00:00:47,310 Two weeks ago, Miss Fields had to take a little boy to the hospital. 16 00:00:47,570 --> 00:00:48,570 Rat bites. 17 00:00:48,650 --> 00:00:51,690 While they're at the hospital, her nine -year -old girl got gang raped. 18 00:00:52,030 --> 00:00:53,690 I want to be married to you. 19 00:00:55,670 --> 00:00:57,070 I hurt this man. 20 00:00:57,390 --> 00:00:59,090 You want to go back to him? No. 21 00:01:12,270 --> 00:01:13,810 Exactly it, just as I typed it. 22 00:01:16,330 --> 00:01:17,330 Who saw this? 23 00:01:17,470 --> 00:01:18,830 Jess Sawyer, the vice president. 24 00:01:19,270 --> 00:01:20,990 Mr. Mellor sent him a draft copy. 25 00:01:21,430 --> 00:01:22,369 Anybody else? 26 00:01:22,370 --> 00:01:25,810 No. He destroyed it, and it was never officially circulated. 27 00:01:26,610 --> 00:01:29,310 I used to have a copy, but he must have taken it from my file. 28 00:01:29,830 --> 00:01:31,810 Without the original, this is no good to me, Cindy. 29 00:01:33,090 --> 00:01:34,150 I need you to testify. 30 00:01:34,510 --> 00:01:35,550 I told you no. 31 00:01:36,570 --> 00:01:39,870 I want to help. That's why I'm here, but I can't do any more than this. I 32 00:01:39,870 --> 00:01:43,380 think... Deep down, you will regret not helping her in court. 33 00:01:43,580 --> 00:01:46,000 Deep down, Mr. Cusack, I need my job. 34 00:01:46,820 --> 00:01:48,080 I could subpoena you. 35 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,740 Please, I have done all I can. 36 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,180 If I testify against the station, I'll get fired. 37 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,940 What kind of paper was the memo typed on? 38 00:02:01,100 --> 00:02:02,440 Regular blue memo paper. 39 00:02:06,340 --> 00:02:07,340 Thank you. 40 00:02:16,490 --> 00:02:20,110 Any offer to settle this guilt? Mr. Cusack, Mr. Cusack. I'm sorry, I'm 41 00:02:20,650 --> 00:02:21,670 Lee, Lee. 42 00:02:22,030 --> 00:02:23,150 Right here. 43 00:02:23,410 --> 00:02:24,490 Everybody right here. 44 00:02:25,410 --> 00:02:28,430 Michael, where were you? You were supposed to meet me outside. 45 00:02:28,750 --> 00:02:29,970 Too much brand in the muffin. 46 00:02:30,250 --> 00:02:31,168 Where's the client? 47 00:02:31,170 --> 00:02:32,530 He'll meet you there. Division 16. 48 00:02:32,930 --> 00:02:35,730 Excuse me for a second. I really appreciate this. 49 00:02:36,190 --> 00:02:38,590 It's just a simple little municourt dog bite case. 50 00:02:39,250 --> 00:02:42,030 Our guy's pet allegedly bit the plaintiff. Did he? 51 00:02:42,310 --> 00:02:43,310 To the bone. 52 00:02:43,830 --> 00:02:45,370 It's a loser and we're stalling. 53 00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:47,780 Just tell the judge I'm in court. 54 00:02:48,460 --> 00:02:51,160 Get a continuance for as long as possible. 55 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:52,440 Will it be a problem? 56 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,460 No, no, just say unavailability of counsel. He'll give you the continuance, 57 00:02:57,460 --> 00:02:58,439 sweat. Okay. 58 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:00,260 Victor, thank you. 59 00:03:00,460 --> 00:03:01,460 I owe you one. 60 00:03:02,940 --> 00:03:04,880 Case number two, Shirell v. 61 00:03:05,260 --> 00:03:06,760 Salter, reported settled. 62 00:03:07,100 --> 00:03:08,940 Third on the list, Weeks v. 63 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,280 Stokes. Erica Tuckman for the plaintiff. Ready, Your Honor. 64 00:03:12,660 --> 00:03:14,380 Victor Cifuentes for the defendant. 65 00:03:15,980 --> 00:03:19,980 Your Honor, the defense will be requesting a continuance at this time 66 00:03:19,980 --> 00:03:22,600 unavailability of defendant's counsel, Michael Cusack. 67 00:03:23,060 --> 00:03:27,380 Mr. Cusack is in trial in the Superior Court, and I would therefore be seeking 68 00:03:27,380 --> 00:03:29,640 stay of this action until the conclusion of that proceeding. 69 00:03:30,060 --> 00:03:32,060 Both counselors step forward. 70 00:03:43,260 --> 00:03:44,260 I'm chagrined. 71 00:03:45,130 --> 00:03:50,810 You have stalled, dragged, and burdened this matter with every dilatory measure 72 00:03:50,810 --> 00:03:51,810 known to mankind. 73 00:03:51,970 --> 00:03:56,450 And I don't like lawyers who clog the system just to put off paying the 74 00:03:56,450 --> 00:03:59,470 judgment. Your Honor, I appreciate your sense of... Don't yank me. 75 00:04:00,070 --> 00:04:04,970 This case was marked no further continuances, and the Honorable Mr. 76 00:04:04,970 --> 00:04:09,470 it. And if he thinks this stunt of sending in an unprepared attorney is 77 00:04:09,470 --> 00:04:12,470 buy him another minute, it's very wrong. 78 00:04:13,420 --> 00:04:15,520 Well, what can I do, Judge? I don't know the case. 79 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:17,360 Then learn it. 80 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:19,100 Because we're going to trial. 81 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:20,480 Right now. 82 00:04:20,519 --> 00:04:24,220 With all due respect, Your Honor, that would be a travesty of justice. You'd be 83 00:04:24,220 --> 00:04:27,420 forcing the defendant to proceed with... You have two answers, Counselor. 84 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:32,420 The false judgment for plaintiff or ready for trial. 85 00:04:36,100 --> 00:04:37,320 Ready for trial. 86 00:06:27,460 --> 00:06:28,460 Hi. Hi. 87 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,220 Guess we're both running a little late today. 88 00:06:31,340 --> 00:06:34,220 You're at, um, McKenzie Brackman, right? Yes. 89 00:06:34,460 --> 00:06:37,200 I'm Peter Brosens. I'm right upstairs at Shear Taft and Halbron. 90 00:06:37,500 --> 00:06:39,120 Oh, sure. I think I've seen you in the elevator. 91 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:41,160 I'm Abigail Perkins. I know. 92 00:06:42,620 --> 00:06:44,000 I asked around. 93 00:06:47,020 --> 00:06:48,980 I was glad to hear you made an associate. 94 00:06:49,860 --> 00:06:50,860 Thank you. 95 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,080 So, um, how's the search going? 96 00:06:55,150 --> 00:06:56,190 For your son. 97 00:06:57,410 --> 00:06:58,750 You really do ask around. 98 00:06:59,150 --> 00:07:00,990 Well, the whole building kind of knows. 99 00:07:01,630 --> 00:07:03,010 Sort of. Oh. 100 00:07:03,950 --> 00:07:04,950 I see. 101 00:07:06,690 --> 00:07:07,690 So? 102 00:07:08,230 --> 00:07:10,210 Well, it's going. 103 00:07:11,210 --> 00:07:15,070 There's nothing really concrete yet, but it's going. 104 00:07:15,650 --> 00:07:19,610 Well, if there's anything I can ever do to help or... Thank you. I appreciate 105 00:07:19,610 --> 00:07:20,610 it. 106 00:07:20,890 --> 00:07:22,390 Maybe we can get together sometime. 107 00:07:22,910 --> 00:07:24,510 For a drink after work or something. 108 00:07:25,050 --> 00:07:26,050 I don't think so. 109 00:07:26,150 --> 00:07:27,150 Oh. 110 00:07:27,370 --> 00:07:28,370 Okay. 111 00:07:28,710 --> 00:07:30,270 You seem very nice, Peter. 112 00:07:30,950 --> 00:07:32,330 But I don't go out socially. 113 00:07:33,370 --> 00:07:34,630 Do you mind if I ask why? 114 00:07:36,570 --> 00:07:41,970 It's just that... Well... I just... I don't. 115 00:07:42,590 --> 00:07:43,590 But thank you. 116 00:07:48,770 --> 00:07:52,890 The check for $87 ,000 and the note for your signature. 117 00:07:53,250 --> 00:07:54,250 Stuart. 118 00:07:54,810 --> 00:07:56,010 I've been thinking about this. 119 00:07:56,810 --> 00:08:00,330 I just can't. Ann, I get the interest from you or I get it from the bank. 120 00:08:00,330 --> 00:08:04,950 the difference? The difference is I don't sleep... I don't sleep with my 121 00:08:05,890 --> 00:08:06,970 He doesn't know what he's missing. 122 00:08:07,610 --> 00:08:09,270 Stuart. Okay, okay. 123 00:08:09,490 --> 00:08:10,490 Give it back. 124 00:08:15,310 --> 00:08:16,310 I can't. 125 00:08:17,430 --> 00:08:18,950 You're damned if you do and damned if you don't. 126 00:08:19,390 --> 00:08:20,390 Exactly. 127 00:08:21,070 --> 00:08:23,530 Well, you know, there is another solution. 128 00:08:25,870 --> 00:08:26,930 You can marry me. 129 00:08:28,130 --> 00:08:31,530 Well, that way, half your assets become community property, half your debts 130 00:08:31,530 --> 00:08:33,750 become community liability, and the loan zeroes itself out. 131 00:08:35,370 --> 00:08:37,270 Well, you know, it'll get you off the hook. 132 00:08:38,510 --> 00:08:39,510 I'll accept. 133 00:08:39,950 --> 00:08:40,950 Oh. 134 00:08:41,169 --> 00:08:42,750 Oh, the loan. The loan. 135 00:08:47,790 --> 00:08:48,790 Enter. 136 00:08:51,910 --> 00:08:54,650 Douglas, I think we ought to talk about this. 137 00:08:55,290 --> 00:08:56,450 There's nothing to talk about. 138 00:08:57,050 --> 00:08:58,050 I've resigned. 139 00:09:04,790 --> 00:09:05,790 Why? 140 00:09:07,250 --> 00:09:11,170 You made your opinion of my abilities painfully clear at the partners' 141 00:09:12,050 --> 00:09:16,190 How can I command respect from the other partners after a humiliation like that? 142 00:09:16,430 --> 00:09:18,370 You don't command respect, Douglas. 143 00:09:18,650 --> 00:09:19,770 You've got to earn it. 144 00:09:20,870 --> 00:09:22,430 Someone's got to wear the black hat. 145 00:09:22,670 --> 00:09:23,670 Do they not? 146 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:26,640 It's a question of style, does it? 147 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,660 Weighing the needs of the individuals against those of the firm. 148 00:09:32,020 --> 00:09:33,340 I thought I did that. 149 00:09:35,220 --> 00:09:36,580 You're hard on people. 150 00:09:38,020 --> 00:09:39,900 You don't make them feel cared for. 151 00:09:40,700 --> 00:09:41,700 Or wanted. 152 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:44,080 They have you for that. 153 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:52,680 You know... When your father was 154 00:09:52,680 --> 00:09:53,680 alive... 155 00:09:55,020 --> 00:09:59,280 He was the spiritual leader of this firm, and I was the lightning rod for 156 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:05,360 people's discontent. And partly because of that, he was one of the most loved 157 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,720 and respected men that I've ever known. 158 00:10:10,220 --> 00:10:12,140 He was a demanding tyrant. 159 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:21,160 The law, according to Douglas Brackman Sr., God help anyone who questioned it 160 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,200 fell short of its standard, the man could carry a grudge. 161 00:10:24,700 --> 00:10:26,300 He could punish with his silence. 162 00:10:28,900 --> 00:10:32,080 I was never able to please him enough. 163 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:37,560 Then it's long past time you stop trying to. He's gone, Douglas. Be your own 164 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:38,560 man. 165 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,020 I hope you'll reconsider. 166 00:10:42,300 --> 00:10:45,760 I hate to lose you. 167 00:10:46,380 --> 00:10:47,380 Do you mean that? 168 00:10:56,680 --> 00:10:57,680 Thank you, Loren. 169 00:10:59,020 --> 00:11:01,560 It was the most difficult decision I ever had to make. 170 00:11:02,300 --> 00:11:05,200 Personally, I consider Stacey Gill to be a courageous and exceptional 171 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,040 journalist. But our ratings just dropped dramatically. 172 00:11:08,420 --> 00:11:10,840 What do you mean by dramatically, Mr. Miller? 173 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:15,100 Nielsen ratings showed a drop of two full points after she came back from her 174 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:16,800 treatment. Is that substantial? 175 00:11:17,220 --> 00:11:21,560 Are you kidding? A two -point drop can cost the station $3 million a year in 176 00:11:21,560 --> 00:11:22,560 lost advertising revenue. 177 00:11:23,530 --> 00:11:26,830 Were there any other alternatives besides discharging Miss Gill which 178 00:11:26,830 --> 00:11:27,830 remedied this problem? 179 00:11:28,370 --> 00:11:30,010 Unfortunately, this is the news business. 180 00:11:30,370 --> 00:11:33,650 And the only way to quickly boost ratings is to replace your on -camera 181 00:11:34,410 --> 00:11:37,130 I know it's unfair, especially in this case. 182 00:11:37,630 --> 00:11:42,330 But our research showed that the ratings dropped as a result of the lumpectomy 183 00:11:42,330 --> 00:11:44,230 bit and because she showed her breast on camera. 184 00:11:45,090 --> 00:11:47,010 And this was something we asked her to do. 185 00:11:47,650 --> 00:11:51,890 We feel terrible about it. Did you give any thought to letting her continue as 186 00:11:51,890 --> 00:11:52,890 your anchorwoman? 187 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:55,560 Absolutely. And believe me, if we could have, we would have. 188 00:11:56,140 --> 00:11:59,620 But the truth is, with these ratings, we would have been signing our own death 189 00:11:59,620 --> 00:12:01,100 certificate by keeping her on the air. 190 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:03,920 I have nothing for her. 191 00:12:06,940 --> 00:12:09,920 You fired her two weeks after she'd been back on the job, didn't you? 192 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,220 Well, yes, but by that time... Two weeks? 193 00:12:12,500 --> 00:12:15,780 Well, as I said, our ratings plunged two full points in that period. 194 00:12:16,020 --> 00:12:18,920 Didn't she come back at the beginning of the month on, uh... 195 00:12:20,279 --> 00:12:22,680 May 2nd, 1985, to be exact? 196 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:27,320 That's about right. Isn't it true, Mr. Miller, that your ratings drop one full 197 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:29,620 point during the first ten days of every month? 198 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:31,320 Well, there's always some decline. 199 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,460 Because the new cable movies come out at the beginning of each month, and that 200 00:12:34,460 --> 00:12:38,340 affects your ratings, doesn't it? Yes. So it's possible that one point of this 201 00:12:38,340 --> 00:12:42,260 two -point drop was directly related to these new cable movies, isn't it? 202 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:46,020 Perhaps, but market research showed that her ratings would continue to fall in 203 00:12:46,020 --> 00:12:46,959 the ensuing weeks. 204 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:47,960 Wait a minute. 205 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,840 So what you're saying is you fired her not only because of this dip in the 206 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,580 ratings, but because of an anticipated dip that was yet to come? 207 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:55,819 That's correct. 208 00:12:55,820 --> 00:12:58,080 And you couldn't even wait long enough to see if it actually would happen? 209 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:02,300 This woman bears her breast and her cancer to the viewing public at your 210 00:13:02,300 --> 00:13:07,020 request, and you fire her after two weeks because you think your ratings 211 00:13:07,020 --> 00:13:08,180 drop if you let her stay. 212 00:13:08,660 --> 00:13:12,240 Objection. Argumentative. Lucky for her, she's such a courageous and exceptional 213 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:13,880 journalist. Bought her next week. 214 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:15,860 Objection. Sustained. 215 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:17,320 Mr. Miller. 216 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:23,180 Did you dictate a memo to Vice President Scott Sawyer on May 18, 1985? 217 00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:27,140 Possibly. That's a long time ago. 218 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:32,600 It concerned your decision to fire Stacey Gill. Did you dictate such a 219 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:35,360 Well, I'm not sure. 220 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:41,740 Mr. Miller, did you dictate a memo saying, and I quote, how long 221 00:13:41,740 --> 00:13:46,520 can the public accept an anchorwoman with a nicked boob? 222 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:48,400 Who gave you that? 223 00:13:48,620 --> 00:13:50,280 It makes no difference. Did you say it? 224 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,540 That's out of context. 225 00:13:52,860 --> 00:13:54,320 I can explain that phrase. 226 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:56,780 All right, let me see that memo, please. I haven't got it. 227 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,060 But you wrote it, didn't you, Mr. Miller? 228 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:03,840 Is that a yes? 229 00:14:05,740 --> 00:14:06,740 Yeah. 230 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:09,340 No further questions, Your Honor. 231 00:14:19,660 --> 00:14:22,600 Moving on to Gill versus Barnett Broadcasting. 232 00:14:22,940 --> 00:14:25,360 One more defense witness, then closing arguments. 233 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:30,140 Excellent. Word through the vine is you're doing an outstanding job. 234 00:14:31,140 --> 00:14:32,140 Congrats. 235 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:33,480 Sorry I'm late. 236 00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:34,500 It's quite all right, Victor. 237 00:14:34,780 --> 00:14:39,220 As the hour is unusually early due to respective trial schedules, we can 238 00:14:39,220 --> 00:14:40,220 a little tardiness. 239 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,880 Thanks, but I'm not supposed to have a trial scheduled. What I'm supposed to 240 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:45,500 have is a continuance. Donut? 241 00:14:45,820 --> 00:14:48,860 You set me up. You knew that judge would make me go forward. 242 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:51,840 Come now, Victor, think of the client. 243 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:57,540 As a result of Michael's cagey maneuver, Mr. Stokes has the benefit of being 244 00:14:57,540 --> 00:15:00,660 represented by an exceptional defense attorney. 245 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,880 Arnold, anything to report on the Mishkin films? 246 00:15:04,300 --> 00:15:05,780 Hillary's film opens soon. 247 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:08,480 He's bombed. Keep her surprised. 248 00:15:09,340 --> 00:15:14,800 Thank you all for attending. And now, if there's nothing else, we stand 249 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,820 adjourned. Everyone, don't forget your meeting with Mr. Taylor. 250 00:15:18,060 --> 00:15:19,060 Thank you. 251 00:15:20,140 --> 00:15:20,519 Mike, 252 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:28,600 you 253 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:29,600 could have told me. 254 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:32,520 I thought your not knowing was going to give us a better chance of getting the 255 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:33,520 continuance. 256 00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:35,620 The more unprepared you were, the better. 257 00:15:36,140 --> 00:15:37,140 Yeah? 258 00:15:37,340 --> 00:15:38,340 Well, now what? 259 00:15:39,460 --> 00:15:41,120 This case is a flat -out loser. 260 00:15:42,020 --> 00:15:42,919 Dog bit him. 261 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:44,600 At least now we have a chance for an appeal. 262 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:49,180 We can say that it was an abuse of judicial discretion to make you go 263 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:54,100 Not to ruin your plans, but I'm going to win this one. You're good, but you're 264 00:15:54,100 --> 00:15:54,939 not that good. 265 00:15:54,940 --> 00:15:55,940 Don't be so sure. 266 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,520 Victor, Clarence Darrow couldn't win this case. 267 00:16:02,140 --> 00:16:03,420 You care to make a little wager? 268 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:04,800 Mm -hmm. Anything you want. 269 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:07,080 Your leather chair. 270 00:16:07,820 --> 00:16:08,980 Except that. No. 271 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,300 No, you can't have my leather chair. Come on, counselor. 272 00:16:12,500 --> 00:16:14,780 A bet's not a bet unless the stakes are high. 273 00:16:15,530 --> 00:16:16,530 Where's your guts? 274 00:16:16,650 --> 00:16:17,650 All right. 275 00:16:18,750 --> 00:16:23,670 My chair against your earring. 276 00:16:24,690 --> 00:16:25,970 No, no, no, no, no, no, no. 277 00:16:26,310 --> 00:16:27,169 No way. 278 00:16:27,170 --> 00:16:28,170 Aha! 279 00:16:28,970 --> 00:16:29,970 Okay. 280 00:16:30,150 --> 00:16:31,150 You gotta bet. 281 00:16:35,330 --> 00:16:39,570 And upon completion of the sale, all the tenants will be relocated at Mr. 282 00:16:39,810 --> 00:16:41,530 Washington's expense to one of his other buildings. 283 00:16:43,230 --> 00:16:45,250 Why are you doing this for me? 284 00:16:45,470 --> 00:16:48,170 I'm not doing this for you. Those people can have to spend another night in that 285 00:16:48,170 --> 00:16:49,210 building. I agree, Andrew. 286 00:16:49,750 --> 00:16:52,790 And I swear I'm not looking to make a single cent from the transaction. 287 00:16:53,690 --> 00:16:58,390 If I could just break even or not lose my shirt, I'll be grateful forever. 288 00:16:59,790 --> 00:17:00,790 I'll see you this afternoon. 289 00:17:01,890 --> 00:17:02,930 I look forward to it. 290 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:16,579 Hi, Peter. 291 00:17:16,579 --> 00:17:17,579 Hi. 292 00:17:18,060 --> 00:17:19,060 Come on in. 293 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:24,880 Thanks. Um, look, I'm not really very good at chit -chat. 294 00:17:25,819 --> 00:17:32,280 So, um, I was thinking about what you said about not going out socially. 295 00:17:34,360 --> 00:17:38,900 I once saw this film about a man whose only son was kidnapped. 296 00:17:40,020 --> 00:17:43,780 He spends every waking minute of his life trying to find him. 297 00:17:44,490 --> 00:17:49,970 He loses his job, he loses his friends, finally even loses his wife. 298 00:17:50,290 --> 00:17:54,710 But he is so obsessed with finding his son that nothing else matters. 299 00:17:55,330 --> 00:18:00,010 And finally, years later, he thinks he's located him. 300 00:18:02,030 --> 00:18:06,390 But as he gets closer and closer, he begins to hesitate. 301 00:18:07,130 --> 00:18:09,430 This search has taken up his whole life. 302 00:18:09,990 --> 00:18:14,180 And when it ends... He realizes that he'll lose his only reason for living. 303 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,160 The point being? 304 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:21,800 The point being, you've got to have a life outside of this crisis. 305 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:27,600 How dare you presume to advise me? 306 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:35,200 My life, inside or outside of this crisis, is none of your damn business. I 307 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,260 wasn't presuming. I was just... You were just what? 308 00:18:37,740 --> 00:18:41,130 Suggesting I lighten up a little? Butt out! of my life. You were not invited. 309 00:18:43,730 --> 00:18:47,770 Look, I'm sorry. 310 00:18:49,490 --> 00:18:51,450 I guess I should have kept my mouth shut. 311 00:18:51,750 --> 00:18:52,830 Now there's some advice. 312 00:18:56,710 --> 00:19:02,950 Each rating point represents 50 ,000 households. 313 00:19:03,630 --> 00:19:07,430 A two -point drop would mean that 100 ,000 families were switching their dials 314 00:19:07,430 --> 00:19:08,430 to other stations. 315 00:19:08,450 --> 00:19:11,430 All right, and what does that translate to in dollars and cents? 316 00:19:11,630 --> 00:19:18,310 A new show with 24 spots a night and a two -point drop would lose $7 ,200 a 317 00:19:18,310 --> 00:19:24,150 night, $50 ,000 a week, $2 .6 million a year. So her drop in ratings could cost 318 00:19:24,150 --> 00:19:27,310 the station approximately $3 million annually. 319 00:19:27,930 --> 00:19:31,350 Yes, and her Q score indicated a further drop. Q score. 320 00:19:31,770 --> 00:19:33,730 A formula we use to measure viewer appeal. 321 00:19:33,990 --> 00:19:37,950 It factors in her recognizability and her likability, and we come out with a 322 00:19:37,950 --> 00:19:39,670 number. 80 is good. 323 00:19:39,990 --> 00:19:40,990 60 is bad. 324 00:19:42,070 --> 00:19:43,070 Hers was 43. 325 00:19:44,410 --> 00:19:45,410 Thank you. 326 00:19:45,750 --> 00:19:46,750 Your witness. 327 00:19:50,370 --> 00:19:53,570 Well, pretty extensive data, Mr. Weiner. 328 00:19:54,570 --> 00:19:55,830 We research everything. 329 00:19:56,210 --> 00:20:00,290 Does your research show how many lives were saved by Stacey Gill's story? 330 00:20:01,070 --> 00:20:05,570 No. Does it show how many women, after having seen the story, opted for a 331 00:20:05,570 --> 00:20:08,090 lumpectomy rather than the more mutilating mastectomy? 332 00:20:08,830 --> 00:20:13,250 No. Does it measure the pain suffered by my client having to expose herself to 333 00:20:13,250 --> 00:20:14,250 millions of people? 334 00:20:15,310 --> 00:20:20,670 No. In fact, sir, these factors count for nothing in your research, correct? 335 00:20:21,190 --> 00:20:22,190 That's correct. 336 00:20:22,950 --> 00:20:23,950 Thank you. 337 00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:25,790 That's all. 338 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:31,900 And calling your attention to the morning of June 6, 1985, did you then 339 00:20:31,900 --> 00:20:32,980 occasion to see the animal? 340 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:34,480 Yes, I did. 341 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:39,620 I was manicuring my shrubs, one of which was turning yellow because it whittled 342 00:20:39,620 --> 00:20:42,300 on it. Objection to the term, it overruled. 343 00:20:43,420 --> 00:20:44,420 Cockapoo. 344 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:46,120 I beg your pardon? 345 00:20:46,420 --> 00:20:48,740 It is a full -bred cockapoo. 346 00:20:50,140 --> 00:20:51,140 Continue. 347 00:20:52,360 --> 00:20:55,160 Could you tell us then, Mr. Weeks, what happened next? 348 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:58,160 Well, I said to him... See what you did. 349 00:20:58,900 --> 00:21:02,080 These plants are my passion, my family, really. See what you did, I said. 350 00:21:02,620 --> 00:21:05,480 Then the little mutt mauled me. Objection to the term mutt. 351 00:21:05,940 --> 00:21:08,820 Counselor. He is not an it or a mutt. He's a pet. 352 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,920 And just because you hate animals is... I didn't say I hate it. Tell the jury 353 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:15,580 what you do to cats. Mr. Twente. I'm sorry, Judge, but I have no tolerance 354 00:21:15,580 --> 00:21:16,580 animal abuse. Mr. 355 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,420 Twente. Maybe you can sit by and watch vindictive eccentrics beat up a helpless 356 00:21:20,420 --> 00:21:22,500 little puppy. Oh, for God's sake. 357 00:21:22,740 --> 00:21:24,080 Your Honor, please. Get up here. 358 00:21:24,460 --> 00:21:25,460 Now. 359 00:21:31,370 --> 00:21:32,450 I know your game, cowboy. 360 00:21:32,650 --> 00:21:36,550 You want to miss trial so you can buy more time. Well, you're not going to get 361 00:21:36,550 --> 00:21:40,190 it. What you will get is sanctions. What you will get is contempt. 362 00:21:40,430 --> 00:21:44,610 What you will get is a directed verdict for the plaintiff. Now you step back and 363 00:21:44,610 --> 00:21:48,830 act like a lawyer, big shot, or you're going to lose this case right now. 364 00:21:50,890 --> 00:21:51,890 Yes, sir. 365 00:21:54,510 --> 00:21:55,790 Now then, Mr. Weeks. 366 00:21:56,919 --> 00:22:00,160 Getting back to the day the dog bit you. Objection to the term bit. 367 00:22:00,460 --> 00:22:03,820 I'm sorry, Your Honor, but the medical records indicate a nip. A nip? 368 00:22:04,340 --> 00:22:08,620 It was a vicious bite. You're a liar. I'm warning you. A dog beater and a liar 369 00:22:08,620 --> 00:22:10,020 too. In my chambers, now. 370 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,180 Jury is excused till 1 p .m. 371 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:13,720 Move it. 372 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:21,860 You left me no choice. 373 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,500 You think I won't order a verdict for the plaintiff? 374 00:22:25,870 --> 00:22:29,710 You think I won't? With all due respect, if you direct a verdict before I even 375 00:22:29,710 --> 00:22:33,690 present my case, after already forcing an unprepared attorney to go forward, 376 00:22:33,690 --> 00:22:36,810 going to have automatic grounds for an appeal, and you know it. You want it? 377 00:22:36,810 --> 00:22:38,890 Just ask for it. Go ahead. Take it. 378 00:22:39,150 --> 00:22:40,150 I'd love it. 379 00:22:40,770 --> 00:22:45,270 Faith it. The only way your guy can be a real winner is to win this trial on the 380 00:22:45,270 --> 00:22:46,390 merits right here. 381 00:22:47,430 --> 00:22:52,930 On the other hand, if you think I've got you, take the directed verdict. 382 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:55,600 You'll lose money, but at least you'll save face. 383 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:01,040 No DV. 384 00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:02,500 No mistrial, Your Honor. 385 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:04,920 Let's go back in there. 386 00:23:18,540 --> 00:23:22,000 Brilliantly written and executed, Rose Bush looks like the sleeper box office 387 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,640 smasher that sees it. You can't pay for a better review. 388 00:23:25,740 --> 00:23:30,960 Eroticism. So highly charged, you can feel the heat coming off of the screen. 389 00:23:31,340 --> 00:23:35,460 Every teenager with raging hormones will be lining up for this one. 390 00:23:36,940 --> 00:23:43,160 You were totally right about the vaccine, Arnie. I never thanked you. 391 00:23:43,940 --> 00:23:45,000 You're a genius. 392 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:47,260 Come on, I bet you say that to all the guys. 393 00:23:55,500 --> 00:23:58,540 I'll make some reservations at Michael's. We'll start the celebration 394 00:23:58,600 --> 00:23:59,820 continue at my place. 395 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:01,560 No, I can't. 396 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:04,120 I already have a date. 397 00:24:04,460 --> 00:24:05,460 Well, break it. 398 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:07,080 I can't. 399 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:08,840 I did for you. 400 00:24:10,060 --> 00:24:13,840 Arnie, I'm having dinner with a highly bankable actor. If I can get him 401 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,520 interested in me and or my script, I've got a go project. 402 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:24,140 Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that I love you a lot and... 403 00:24:24,890 --> 00:24:27,970 When things are less crazed, I'll call and we'll have lunch. 404 00:24:34,990 --> 00:24:35,990 Arnie! 405 00:24:36,590 --> 00:24:38,170 Did that woman do something to you? 406 00:24:38,450 --> 00:24:39,450 No. 407 00:24:39,850 --> 00:24:41,190 No, I did it to myself. 408 00:24:42,850 --> 00:24:44,230 I let my guard down. 409 00:24:44,650 --> 00:24:45,910 I let myself care. 410 00:24:46,450 --> 00:24:50,730 I should be smarter about women by now. All they see is the package. 411 00:24:51,490 --> 00:24:52,490 The money. 412 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,300 The clothes, the flash, that's all they want. And when they've used you up, they 413 00:24:56,300 --> 00:24:57,520 just spit you out. 414 00:24:58,160 --> 00:24:59,980 You go out with the wrong women, Orny. 415 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:07,100 There's a sincere, loving woman somewhere who could really appreciate 416 00:25:07,100 --> 00:25:08,100 who you are. 417 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,580 Rox, I've never shown this to anyone. 418 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,000 I've never trusted anyone enough. 419 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:20,760 Can I trust you? 420 00:25:21,460 --> 00:25:22,460 With your life? 421 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:38,680 becker in high school you look different 422 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:45,620 fat fat boy with glasses a little stocky 423 00:25:45,620 --> 00:25:51,420 i went on a blind date once roxanne peggy miller 424 00:25:51,420 --> 00:25:55,340 daughter of one of my mother's friends 425 00:25:57,450 --> 00:26:00,930 When I got to the door, there was one of those little peephole things, this 426 00:26:00,930 --> 00:26:02,270 eyeball looking me over. 427 00:26:03,550 --> 00:26:07,310 Then I heard a lot of muffled voices moving around inside. 428 00:26:09,210 --> 00:26:10,690 Finally, Peggy's friend let me in. 429 00:26:12,550 --> 00:26:14,610 Peggy was standing there in a robe. 430 00:26:16,570 --> 00:26:18,810 Her friend said that she was too sick to go out. 431 00:26:22,430 --> 00:26:23,810 So I walked away from the door. 432 00:26:26,090 --> 00:26:27,430 I heard them laughing in there. 433 00:26:29,690 --> 00:26:31,610 They were laughing at me, Roxanne. 434 00:26:36,050 --> 00:26:39,730 You have no idea what that felt like. 435 00:26:40,370 --> 00:26:41,370 I know. 436 00:26:44,370 --> 00:26:51,310 What you need is someone to really love you, to hold you, and take 437 00:26:51,310 --> 00:26:52,310 away all the hurt. 438 00:26:56,590 --> 00:26:57,610 You ever been to Michael's? 439 00:26:57,870 --> 00:27:01,650 No. I really used to think the day that I could afford to eat at a place like 440 00:27:01,650 --> 00:27:03,650 that, then I'd be a happy man. 441 00:27:06,030 --> 00:27:08,610 Where's the happiness if you haven't got somebody to share it with, right? 442 00:27:09,330 --> 00:27:10,330 Right. 443 00:27:13,950 --> 00:27:20,090 So, as difficult as it is, I think the thing to do is to go to Michael's, a 444 00:27:20,090 --> 00:27:22,950 beautiful companion on my arm, and try to enjoy the pleasure of the moment, 445 00:27:23,010 --> 00:27:24,010 right? Right. 446 00:27:24,910 --> 00:27:30,910 So let's try Christina Amorelli. If she's not there... Barbara St. John. 447 00:27:34,350 --> 00:27:35,350 Rox. 448 00:27:36,170 --> 00:27:38,050 I don't know what I'd do without you. 449 00:27:43,970 --> 00:27:50,210 So, all I'm asking, ladies and gentlemen, is that when you assemble all 450 00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:54,050 evidence, you take a good long whiff of what they did. 451 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:55,920 Because it stinks. 452 00:27:56,980 --> 00:27:59,860 They asked her to showcase her cancer. 453 00:28:00,620 --> 00:28:06,140 To bare her breast, her pain, her humiliation. 454 00:28:07,380 --> 00:28:10,800 And when she did, they fired her. 455 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,880 Sacrifice your personal privacy, they said. 456 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:16,780 Do it for the job, they told her. 457 00:28:18,060 --> 00:28:19,720 And then they took away that job. 458 00:28:20,940 --> 00:28:21,940 And now... 459 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:27,840 After doing all of that to her, they are asking you to say it's okay. 460 00:28:29,660 --> 00:28:33,000 This one reeks of unfairness, people. 461 00:28:34,220 --> 00:28:41,140 Draw upon your sense of justice, upon your sense of fairness, and send a 462 00:28:41,140 --> 00:28:47,960 loud and clear that this sort of blatant prejudice will 463 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:49,380 not be tolerated. 464 00:28:57,900 --> 00:28:59,120 Draw upon your emotion. 465 00:29:00,500 --> 00:29:02,260 That's what Mr. Cusack wants you to do. 466 00:29:04,340 --> 00:29:06,420 Because emotion is blind, ladies and gentlemen. 467 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:11,600 And if he can blind you, then he won't see the things that hurt his case. 468 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:13,640 Like the facts. 469 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:19,660 The fact that she had the worst ratings of any anchor person in the last four 470 00:29:19,660 --> 00:29:20,660 years. 471 00:29:21,380 --> 00:29:25,840 The fact that she turned down a job that would have paid her most of the money 472 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:27,000 she claims to have lost. 473 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:34,800 The fact that newscasters on every station get fired all the time for bad 474 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:35,800 ratings. 475 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:42,660 The only fact the plaintiff wants you to concentrate on is the fact that this 476 00:29:42,660 --> 00:29:43,900 whole thing is unfair. 477 00:29:45,460 --> 00:29:48,960 And to that charge, I say they're absolutely right. 478 00:29:50,780 --> 00:29:54,620 It's unfair that outstanding news people get fired for low ratings. 479 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:59,480 It's unfair that Stacey Gill in particular got fired. 480 00:30:00,660 --> 00:30:05,380 It's grossly unfair that what caused her ratings to fall was a piece that 481 00:30:05,380 --> 00:30:08,380 perhaps will end up saving women's lives. 482 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:15,460 And what really tips the scales of equity here is that the station told her 483 00:30:15,460 --> 00:30:18,240 do what ultimately caused her ratings to drop. 484 00:30:22,410 --> 00:30:26,750 If the question here were fairness, I'll admit we wouldn't have much of a case. 485 00:30:27,930 --> 00:30:32,870 But the issue in this court of law is not whether Stacey Gill was treated 486 00:30:32,870 --> 00:30:34,110 fairly. She wasn't. 487 00:30:35,190 --> 00:30:39,710 The question is whether Stacey Gill was treated legally. 488 00:30:41,130 --> 00:30:44,830 Whether she has been denied any of her legal rights. 489 00:30:46,830 --> 00:30:50,330 And the facts of this case say she hasn't. 490 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:04,920 And if you find, members of the jury, that defendant's discharge of plaintiff 491 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:11,100 was motivated by any factor concerning her physical anatomy or sexuality, then 492 00:31:11,100 --> 00:31:15,840 you must find for the plaintiff. But if you find that the discharge was 493 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:22,000 motivated solely by ratings, as that term has been defined, then you must 494 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:27,060 for defendant, no matter how unfair or unpopular... 495 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:32,400 You may consider that discharge to be, given the particular circumstances of 496 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:33,400 this case. 497 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,600 I don't understand. 498 00:31:38,420 --> 00:31:41,380 It's a judgment with the other side's instructions, not ours. Well, what's the 499 00:31:41,380 --> 00:31:44,160 difference? Ours would have allowed them to consider fairness. It's an issue. 500 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:46,120 Mr. 501 00:31:46,300 --> 00:31:47,640 Kudak, do you feel more or less? 502 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:49,820 Excuse me for a second. 503 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:51,080 Come on, counsel. 504 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:53,980 Are you settling now? 505 00:31:56,420 --> 00:31:57,580 All right, try this out. 506 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,020 Dismiss the sex discrimination count. 507 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,540 Sell the breach of contract for $200 ,000. 508 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,480 You're offering $200 ,000 with that dream instruction you just got from the 509 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:09,180 judge? Well, that's a jury. Give them all the instructions in the world, they 510 00:32:09,180 --> 00:32:13,360 could still say we've got a big TV corporation against a mother with a 511 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:15,620 -age kid, cancer, and no husband. 512 00:32:16,900 --> 00:32:18,840 You know, the truth is, I think I made my case. 513 00:32:19,660 --> 00:32:22,160 But a sex discrimination rap ain't good for a TV station. 514 00:32:22,580 --> 00:32:23,680 We just can't take the risk. 515 00:32:24,510 --> 00:32:25,550 Lump sum or structured? 516 00:32:25,850 --> 00:32:26,850 All of it. 517 00:32:27,070 --> 00:32:28,069 Payable today. 518 00:32:28,070 --> 00:32:28,989 No comment. 519 00:32:28,990 --> 00:32:31,470 I'll recommend to my client that she accept this offer. All right, good. 520 00:32:36,550 --> 00:32:41,950 You ready for this? 521 00:32:43,110 --> 00:32:45,930 They just offered us 200 grand if we drop the discrimination claim. 522 00:32:46,970 --> 00:32:50,370 I don't believe it. Believe it, but let's not sit on it. The jury could come 523 00:32:50,370 --> 00:32:53,070 back any minute. Michael, I won't settle. 524 00:32:53,820 --> 00:32:54,820 I've come too far. 525 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:57,020 Hold on a minute. 526 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:03,180 There's a good chance, make that a great chance, that we could lose and get 527 00:33:03,180 --> 00:33:04,139 nothing here. 528 00:33:04,140 --> 00:33:06,740 And even if we win, it may not be $200 ,000. 529 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:11,160 But if I drop the sex discrimination claim, it's like I'm selling out. 530 00:33:11,420 --> 00:33:12,420 Stacy, listen. 531 00:33:12,900 --> 00:33:18,040 I know that I counsel you to hold to your convictions, and I think you did 532 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:19,040 right thing. 533 00:33:19,140 --> 00:33:21,340 But now, in my professional opinion... 534 00:33:21,710 --> 00:33:26,410 This is the best result we can hope for but what about upholding my principle 535 00:33:26,410 --> 00:33:33,210 your principle won't get upheld if we lose I won't settle 536 00:33:33,210 --> 00:33:39,830 I Admire your fortitude, but don't let it interfere with common sense Michael 537 00:33:39,830 --> 00:33:44,190 you said it the other day if I settle it's like telling them it was okay for 538 00:33:44,190 --> 00:33:47,470 them to do what they did to me I Won't tell them that 539 00:33:54,220 --> 00:33:55,600 You hate this dog, don't you? 540 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,940 No. I don't hate the dog. Come on, Mr. Weak. 541 00:34:01,940 --> 00:34:02,940 Come clean. 542 00:34:03,900 --> 00:34:05,880 Jury won't believe you unless you level with us. 543 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,340 Objection! Those shrubs are your passion. 544 00:34:08,860 --> 00:34:12,880 You weed them, you prune them, you mulch, spritz them, then that little 545 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,340 comes over and lifts his leg till all the leaves fall off. 546 00:34:15,620 --> 00:34:16,578 You like that dog? 547 00:34:16,580 --> 00:34:20,620 I never said I liked him. That's your family that he leaks on biweekly. You 548 00:34:20,620 --> 00:34:21,558 that dog. 549 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:22,560 I don't like the dog. 550 00:34:23,139 --> 00:34:26,000 Because he yellows your plants. That's right, because he goes to the bathroom. 551 00:34:26,060 --> 00:34:26,779 In my yard. 552 00:34:26,780 --> 00:34:28,120 Well, why don't you just shoo him away? 553 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:28,958 I try. 554 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:33,300 He growls. That's right. He bit your bamboo rake and punctured the shaft, 555 00:34:33,300 --> 00:34:34,300 he? Yes. 556 00:34:34,460 --> 00:34:36,900 What were you doing with the rake when he bit it, sir? I was shooing him away. 557 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:38,900 You hit that dog with the rake, didn't you? I didn't hit that dog. I've got 558 00:34:38,900 --> 00:34:41,260 three witnesses here, Mr. Weeks. You want to change that answer? 559 00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:42,980 Objection. Overruled. 560 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,440 I just brushed him with it to shoo him. 561 00:34:47,540 --> 00:34:48,560 You've called the pound. 562 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:55,560 Three times in the last year. Tell us, Mr. Weeks, tell us. Tell us why you 563 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:56,560 called the pound. 564 00:35:01,180 --> 00:35:02,720 Answer the question, sir. 565 00:35:05,580 --> 00:35:06,580 I called. 566 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:13,760 I called to suggest that they look into, that they explore the 567 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:18,180 possibility of whether it would be appropriate. 568 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:26,560 to put the dog humanely to sleep. In other words, you beat 569 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:29,000 on him with a rake and now you want him dead for no good reason. 570 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:30,700 Objection! For every reason. 571 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,160 That damn mutt is nothing but a bag of worms. 572 00:35:33,420 --> 00:35:36,920 The damn dog destroyed my shrubs. He deserves to die, doesn't he? You bet he 573 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:37,920 does. 574 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,900 No further questions, Your Honor. 575 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:07,800 Good night. 576 00:36:07,820 --> 00:36:08,820 Hi. 577 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:13,480 You get off on the wrong floor? 578 00:36:14,060 --> 00:36:15,100 Just the wrong foot. 579 00:36:16,940 --> 00:36:17,940 You and me both. 580 00:36:25,860 --> 00:36:32,580 Look, I am really sorry about... I really am sorry. I had no 581 00:36:32,580 --> 00:36:34,200 business. We were both out of line. 582 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:39,430 Look. For what it's worth, you did give me something to think about. 583 00:36:39,990 --> 00:36:46,410 And, well, I was kind of hoping that maybe we could just wipe the slate clean 584 00:36:46,410 --> 00:36:47,490 and start all over. 585 00:36:48,530 --> 00:36:49,650 Yeah, that sounds good. 586 00:36:54,450 --> 00:36:56,590 So... A beer. 587 00:36:57,430 --> 00:36:58,388 After work. 588 00:36:58,390 --> 00:36:59,390 Yeah. 589 00:37:01,470 --> 00:37:06,740 Okay. Mr. Washington will purchase the building at the agreed -upon price and 590 00:37:06,740 --> 00:37:08,720 assume the cost of relocating the tenants. 591 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:13,280 In addition, he will pay $2 ,500 in settlement to each family. 592 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:19,260 In consideration of this arrangement, the tenants agree to drop their suit 593 00:37:19,260 --> 00:37:23,440 against Mr. Brackman and release him from all liability. 594 00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:26,240 Are we agreed? 595 00:37:27,860 --> 00:37:28,860 Agreed. 596 00:37:30,540 --> 00:37:32,960 You guys really play hardball. 597 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:37,420 But... Okay. 598 00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:41,340 All right, you're both initial. 599 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:44,240 I'll draw up full papers tomorrow for signature. 600 00:37:53,300 --> 00:37:55,020 Gentlemen, good night. 601 00:37:58,730 --> 00:38:00,190 All pretty good, sir. How about yourself? 602 00:38:00,810 --> 00:38:02,490 A little lonely at this hour, isn't it? 603 00:38:03,310 --> 00:38:04,570 Oh, I don't know, sir. 604 00:38:06,030 --> 00:38:07,050 I like it quiet. 605 00:38:07,370 --> 00:38:08,430 Sir, they got my music. 606 00:38:09,790 --> 00:38:11,550 How long have you been with us now, Dwight? 607 00:38:12,310 --> 00:38:14,850 Oh, been with the business nine years now, sir. 608 00:38:15,110 --> 00:38:17,610 Are you happy here? 609 00:38:19,170 --> 00:38:20,370 I ain't got no complaints. 610 00:38:21,690 --> 00:38:22,970 That's incredible, Dwight. 611 00:38:24,270 --> 00:38:26,230 There aren't many people able to say that. 612 00:38:27,340 --> 00:38:31,460 Well, we all have our problems, sir. But you seem to bear yours with such 613 00:38:31,460 --> 00:38:32,880 dignity and good humor. 614 00:38:33,940 --> 00:38:36,800 May I ask how much you earn in a week? 615 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,180 I take on about $2 .85. 616 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:45,960 Now, I earn ten times that. 617 00:38:46,780 --> 00:38:48,160 But do you know something, Dwight? 618 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:50,100 You're the richer man. 619 00:38:50,980 --> 00:38:53,100 Oh, I don't know. I ain't got much. 620 00:38:53,300 --> 00:38:54,660 You've got peace of mind. 621 00:38:55,190 --> 00:38:56,870 And that's what it's all about, my friend. 622 00:38:57,690 --> 00:38:58,830 Well, if you say so. 623 00:38:59,850 --> 00:39:01,670 I can learn much from a man like you. 624 00:39:02,530 --> 00:39:03,530 Thank you, Dwight. 625 00:39:04,530 --> 00:39:06,190 Thank you for your outlook, my friend. 626 00:39:10,970 --> 00:39:13,270 Uh, I want you to have this. 627 00:39:13,590 --> 00:39:16,630 Oh, no, I don't want your money, sir. Take it. I want you to have it. 628 00:39:17,490 --> 00:39:18,488 Thank you, sir. 629 00:39:18,490 --> 00:39:19,490 Thank you very much. 630 00:39:20,330 --> 00:39:21,189 Good night. 631 00:39:21,190 --> 00:39:22,190 Good night. 632 00:39:22,450 --> 00:39:23,450 Sir? 633 00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:42,390 Has the jury reached a verdict, Mr. Foreman? We have, Your Honor. 634 00:39:42,610 --> 00:39:45,050 Very well. What then say you, Mr. Foreman? 635 00:39:45,970 --> 00:39:50,190 We, the jury, find in favor of the plaintiff on count one and count two of 636 00:39:50,190 --> 00:39:54,870 complaint and order the defendant to pay damages in the amount of 1 .3 million 637 00:39:54,870 --> 00:39:55,870 dollars. 638 00:39:56,450 --> 00:39:58,150 Congratulations. You were right. 639 00:40:16,939 --> 00:40:20,300 Miss Gill, is it true that you signed a book contract for the Stacey Gill story 640 00:40:20,300 --> 00:40:23,560 in the neighborhood of a half million dollars or so? I have signed a book 641 00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:26,660 contract, yes. And is it also true that the deal was conditioned upon this case 642 00:40:26,660 --> 00:40:27,660 going to a final verdict? 643 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:30,500 I'd rather not talk about the book right now if you don't... Excuse me. 644 00:40:31,660 --> 00:40:34,540 Who was the publisher, Miss Gill? 645 00:40:46,510 --> 00:40:48,210 It was something I was offered during the trial. 646 00:40:48,470 --> 00:40:49,470 How much? 647 00:40:50,090 --> 00:40:51,830 I don't think that's really your concern. 648 00:40:53,870 --> 00:40:54,870 How much? 649 00:40:56,010 --> 00:40:57,770 $450 ,000 advance. 650 00:40:58,870 --> 00:41:00,770 Conditioned on your getting a jury verdict, right? 651 00:41:01,470 --> 00:41:03,950 The publisher wanted an ending, win or lose. 652 00:41:04,790 --> 00:41:08,730 So, that's why you wouldn't settle, because you would have blown the book 653 00:41:09,970 --> 00:41:11,090 You lied to me. 654 00:41:11,370 --> 00:41:12,370 I didn't lie. 655 00:41:12,430 --> 00:41:14,250 Well, you admitted the truth, the same thing. 656 00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:19,660 And if I had told you, would you have been so passionate, so fired up? 657 00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:21,700 I doubt it. That's right. 658 00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:24,160 And it was your fire that won this thing. 659 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:26,680 It was your passion that got the jury. 660 00:41:27,180 --> 00:41:30,840 It paid off in there. And it's going to pay off again when I capture it in my 661 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:31,840 book. 662 00:41:32,060 --> 00:41:34,560 In other words, anything for a story. 663 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:36,000 Oh. 664 00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:40,980 Well, forgive me for thinking that the livelihood of the client or the client's 665 00:41:40,980 --> 00:41:44,600 family could ever come before the attorney's interest in his tidy little 666 00:41:52,430 --> 00:41:53,430 You won. 667 00:41:53,630 --> 00:41:54,950 And so did I. 668 00:41:55,470 --> 00:41:59,050 And as far as results go, I think that's a pretty good one. 669 00:42:44,490 --> 00:42:45,490 You didn't. 670 00:42:46,070 --> 00:42:48,710 Verdict for defendant in 17 minutes. 671 00:42:49,870 --> 00:42:50,930 Congratulations yourself. 672 00:42:52,830 --> 00:42:54,410 This is a great country, huh? 673 00:42:55,670 --> 00:42:56,730 What happened to your foot? 674 00:42:56,990 --> 00:42:58,150 A fleabag bit it. 675 00:42:58,450 --> 00:42:59,450 So sue. 676 00:42:59,530 --> 00:43:00,810 Oh, it'll be okay. 677 00:43:01,570 --> 00:43:06,050 I'll just keep it elevated as I lean back in my nice, soft chair. 678 00:43:07,150 --> 00:43:08,150 Come on, Victor. 679 00:43:08,790 --> 00:43:09,810 I want it back. 680 00:43:10,230 --> 00:43:11,230 A bet's a bet. 681 00:43:12,430 --> 00:43:15,210 Victor, it took me a long time to break in that chair. 682 00:43:15,750 --> 00:43:17,530 You know, you did a good job. 683 00:43:18,010 --> 00:43:22,190 The soft spots, they're just in the right place. 684 00:43:22,530 --> 00:43:24,510 Yeah, well, it's not just the time. 685 00:43:25,070 --> 00:43:27,530 I've spent every day of my professional life in that chair. 686 00:43:28,810 --> 00:43:31,590 It's part of me. 687 00:43:32,210 --> 00:43:33,410 These things happen, Mike. 688 00:43:35,590 --> 00:43:37,190 You could use that one if you want. 689 00:43:38,590 --> 00:43:41,510 Another four or five years, and it'll be broken in. 690 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:45,080 Like this one. 691 00:43:56,380 --> 00:43:57,380 Damn. 692 00:43:58,580 --> 00:44:05,520 The fake Gill trial ended today when a jury awarded 693 00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:07,600 her $1 .3 million in damages. 694 00:44:07,940 --> 00:44:09,460 No. For what? 695 00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:11,780 I'm not letting you in until you agree with me. 696 00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:14,879 I'm serious. 697 00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:19,720 You won the case. You're a hero in the news and with your clients, and you made 698 00:44:19,720 --> 00:44:23,360 $400 ,000 for your firm, and you're telling me I can't get in under your 699 00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:25,960 unless I agree you were victimized? 700 00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:27,420 She used me. 701 00:44:27,660 --> 00:44:28,980 Oh! Look! 702 00:44:29,740 --> 00:44:34,820 But I am most grateful to my attorney, Michael Cusack, who was not only 703 00:44:34,820 --> 00:44:38,380 brilliant throughout, but a great source of strength. Look! 704 00:44:38,700 --> 00:44:40,520 How do you feel about the outcome? 705 00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:43,240 We're happy that justice was done. 706 00:44:43,820 --> 00:44:46,900 The verdict was fair, and we're grateful that the truth came out. 707 00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:48,740 Yay for justice. 708 00:44:49,240 --> 00:44:56,220 Well, uh... Uh -uh. Tell the truth. If 709 00:44:56,220 --> 00:44:59,560 you had to do it all over again, and she walked into your office and she said, 710 00:44:59,580 --> 00:45:01,000 take my case, would you? 711 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:06,160 Well... Of course you would, because it is juicy, newsy, exciting stuff. 712 00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:11,120 Come on. 713 00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:12,400 Come on. 714 00:45:16,330 --> 00:45:18,130 They abused you to get her kicks as a journalist. 715 00:45:19,010 --> 00:45:21,350 But you used her to get your kicks as an attorney. 716 00:45:23,990 --> 00:45:27,210 Tell you the truth, I don't see the difference between what she did to you 717 00:45:27,210 --> 00:45:28,210 what you did to Victor. 718 00:45:29,310 --> 00:45:30,310 Uh -huh. 719 00:45:32,590 --> 00:45:35,510 So give me one good reason to be so upset. 720 00:45:38,450 --> 00:45:39,670 I lost my hair. 721 00:45:47,690 --> 00:45:48,690 What's my chair? 722 00:45:50,770 --> 00:45:53,790 You have my deepest sympathies, Mickey. 723 00:45:55,230 --> 00:45:56,230 But don't worry. 724 00:45:57,890 --> 00:46:00,870 As long as we're together, you'll always have something to sit on.