1 00:00:03,969 --> 00:00:05,450 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:05,950 --> 00:00:12,790 Ever since I was first assigned to your courtroom, I've had these dreams about 3 00:00:12,790 --> 00:00:13,790 us. 4 00:00:14,350 --> 00:00:16,610 I've got leukemia, Ms. Perkins. I'm dying. 5 00:00:17,090 --> 00:00:19,830 Oh, my God. I am so sorry. No, don't. 6 00:00:20,130 --> 00:00:23,830 I'm not afraid for myself. It's Benny I'm worried about. There may be a job 7 00:00:23,830 --> 00:00:25,170 him here as a messenger. 8 00:00:26,030 --> 00:00:27,530 I'd like you to meet Benny Stolz. 9 00:00:27,790 --> 00:00:29,030 Benny's going to be our new messenger. 10 00:00:29,390 --> 00:00:30,430 When? Mickey. 11 00:00:30,750 --> 00:00:31,750 It's been forever. 12 00:00:32,030 --> 00:00:33,030 You look great. 13 00:00:33,390 --> 00:00:34,390 You know what? 14 00:00:34,610 --> 00:00:35,750 I'm going to call you for lunch. 15 00:00:36,270 --> 00:00:37,710 I'd really like to catch up. 16 00:00:39,770 --> 00:00:40,770 Who was that? 17 00:00:41,530 --> 00:00:42,530 My ex -wife. 18 00:00:43,830 --> 00:00:46,790 Damn it, I'm going to go in there and tell McKenzie that I want $20 ,000 more 19 00:00:46,790 --> 00:00:47,569 I'm out of here. 20 00:00:47,570 --> 00:00:50,410 Don't threaten to leave unless you mean it. Oh, is that what you think? Or do 21 00:00:50,410 --> 00:00:52,690 you really think that because I'm a woman you can exploit me financially? 22 00:00:52,950 --> 00:00:54,690 That is a crock and you know it. 23 00:01:01,510 --> 00:01:05,970 Describe for us, if you will, what took place in the four juices on the night of 24 00:01:05,970 --> 00:01:06,970 January 11th. 25 00:01:07,990 --> 00:01:13,390 My boyfriend and I were sitting across from each other in the booth, and there 26 00:01:13,390 --> 00:01:15,110 were only a couple of other people there. 27 00:01:15,650 --> 00:01:21,210 Two men came in. One went up to the bartender, put a gun to his face, and 28 00:01:21,210 --> 00:01:22,210 for money. 29 00:01:22,310 --> 00:01:26,230 And the other one came over to Matty and asked what he was looking at. 30 00:01:26,550 --> 00:01:27,550 Matty is your boyfriend? 31 00:01:27,930 --> 00:01:28,930 He was. 32 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:34,040 Then the guy looked down at me. He shoved me over and sat down. 33 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:41,080 He reached into his jacket and pulled out a knife. He put it to my neck. 34 00:01:41,780 --> 00:01:43,100 What happened then, Connor? 35 00:01:43,860 --> 00:01:50,460 The guy with the gun came over to Maddie and put it to his 36 00:01:50,460 --> 00:01:51,460 head. 37 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,520 While the one with the knife... 38 00:01:58,780 --> 00:01:59,780 raped me. 39 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:02,400 Did anyone try to interfere? 40 00:02:03,860 --> 00:02:04,860 No. 41 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:09,600 Carmen, were there any police officers in the bar at the time? 42 00:02:10,100 --> 00:02:14,840 I didn't know it at the time, but he is a police officer, and he was there. 43 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:19,340 Let the record indicate that the plaintiff has identified Officer Carl 44 00:02:19,340 --> 00:02:21,380 of the Los Angeles Police Department. 45 00:02:22,180 --> 00:02:25,080 You are now suing the city of Los Angeles. Can you tell us why? 46 00:02:26,180 --> 00:02:27,300 Because he could have... 47 00:02:27,630 --> 00:02:31,490 and he didn't. Did he ever identify himself as a police officer? 48 00:02:31,810 --> 00:02:33,150 Not until they left. 49 00:02:33,770 --> 00:02:37,770 Carmen, can you tell the court if you perceive any differences in your day -to 50 00:02:37,770 --> 00:02:40,290 -day life following what happened to you on January 11th? 51 00:02:40,690 --> 00:02:42,150 I can't stand to be alone. 52 00:02:42,390 --> 00:02:49,190 I used to come home from work to my own apartment, and I would go out at 53 00:02:49,190 --> 00:02:50,230 night with my boyfriend. 54 00:02:51,270 --> 00:02:53,510 Now I live back at my mother's. 55 00:02:54,110 --> 00:02:55,370 My girlfriend... 56 00:02:55,950 --> 00:02:57,710 Comes to pick me up in the morning. 57 00:02:58,450 --> 00:02:59,510 Drives me to work. 58 00:03:00,410 --> 00:03:02,770 I don't go out anymore. 59 00:03:03,470 --> 00:03:05,250 But what happened to you is over. 60 00:03:05,650 --> 00:03:06,650 Not over. 61 00:03:07,270 --> 00:03:09,170 There are men with knives everywhere. 62 00:03:10,290 --> 00:03:11,450 There are also police. 63 00:03:12,870 --> 00:03:14,370 He's a police. 64 00:03:15,850 --> 00:03:19,430 What difference did it make? A coward can strap on a gun. The only one who 65 00:03:19,430 --> 00:03:20,430 protects is himself. 66 00:03:20,690 --> 00:03:23,990 He didn't care what happened to me as long as he could walk away. Don't you 67 00:03:23,990 --> 00:03:24,990 to me about police. 68 00:03:25,190 --> 00:03:27,090 There's no such thing as police. 69 00:05:21,540 --> 00:05:23,060 Rona versus Gratinger. 70 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:26,460 Now that Kleinberg's quit, I assume this one's back in my lap. 71 00:05:26,780 --> 00:05:27,780 Correct assumption. 72 00:05:28,140 --> 00:05:30,260 Carrillo versus City of Los Angeles. 73 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:31,560 Trial is in progress. 74 00:05:31,660 --> 00:05:34,580 Well, I must say, I would have thought this is one that could be settled. 75 00:05:35,100 --> 00:05:36,760 I wouldn't be trying it if that were the case. 76 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:39,100 DePaul versus Boxer. 77 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:40,820 We're ready to pick a jury. 78 00:05:41,300 --> 00:05:42,300 Good morning, Manny. 79 00:05:42,620 --> 00:05:43,620 Good morning. 80 00:05:43,660 --> 00:05:45,160 They were all out of pumpernickel. 81 00:05:45,450 --> 00:05:49,290 Oh, that's all right. Whatever you got is fine. I got one extra poppy seed and 82 00:05:49,290 --> 00:05:52,130 one extra salt instead of two pumpernickel. That's fine. 83 00:05:52,910 --> 00:05:53,910 How's your mother? 84 00:05:54,950 --> 00:05:56,690 She had to go back in the hospital again. 85 00:05:56,930 --> 00:06:00,230 Well, if you need to go over there or feel you want to take the day off, 86 00:06:00,230 --> 00:06:00,949 feel free. 87 00:06:00,950 --> 00:06:02,310 No, I'll go over after work. 88 00:06:03,090 --> 00:06:04,090 Thank you, though. 89 00:06:06,130 --> 00:06:07,130 New business. 90 00:06:07,730 --> 00:06:12,010 Semmelweis versus Morongo Valley Gas and Electric Company. What's this, Leland? 91 00:06:13,420 --> 00:06:18,000 Actually, that was originally a case of your father's. My father? Mm -hmm. And 92 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,380 after he died, Gideon Semmelweis decided to take the case to Morton and 93 00:06:21,380 --> 00:06:23,940 Tressler, where it got lost in the courts for 12 years. 94 00:06:24,460 --> 00:06:26,440 Now he's decided to bring it back here. 95 00:06:26,700 --> 00:06:30,060 That ought to be a candidate for the Litigation Hall of Fame. Anyway, it's a 96 00:06:30,060 --> 00:06:34,480 dense thicket, but maybe Mr. Rollins could hack his way through it. If it's 97 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:38,740 the same, I think I'd like to handle it myself, just for the sake of history. 98 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:40,800 And that's it. 99 00:06:40,940 --> 00:06:41,940 We're adjourned. 100 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:50,800 Elizabeth, messages? 101 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:56,000 Yeah, Craig Adams called. And two from Lynn Palmer and one from Grace. 102 00:06:56,840 --> 00:06:57,840 Thank you. 103 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,460 Hey, is everything for now, Arnie? 104 00:07:02,700 --> 00:07:06,220 Looks like you got it covered, Benny. I kept the change for each one separate. 105 00:07:07,700 --> 00:07:08,700 Good system. 106 00:07:08,860 --> 00:07:10,280 I'll do your car this afternoon. 107 00:07:10,540 --> 00:07:11,540 Terrific. Wait. 108 00:07:14,830 --> 00:07:17,490 I'll find a piece of chamois in the trunk when you're all done with the soap 109 00:07:17,490 --> 00:07:21,430 water. And then, when you're finished, I'll come down. 110 00:07:22,970 --> 00:07:24,010 I'll take it around the block. 111 00:07:26,510 --> 00:07:27,429 Great, Arlen. 112 00:07:27,430 --> 00:07:28,430 Great. 113 00:07:33,870 --> 00:07:35,530 He's here to be working for the firm. 114 00:07:35,810 --> 00:07:36,810 What do you mean? 115 00:07:36,900 --> 00:07:40,900 What effect do you think it has on Benny's self -esteem to finally get a 116 00:07:40,900 --> 00:07:44,800 job, only to have it wind up being as your manservant? 117 00:07:46,060 --> 00:07:49,220 Roxanne, I really think it's good for Benny's self -esteem just to be trusted 118 00:07:49,220 --> 00:07:50,220 with responsibilities. 119 00:07:51,220 --> 00:07:53,960 Not to mention taking his mind off his mother, and I'll tell you something. 120 00:07:55,180 --> 00:07:56,180 I like the big guy. 121 00:07:57,140 --> 00:07:58,140 How about that? 122 00:07:58,300 --> 00:08:01,720 I like him too, Arnie. Well, how do you suppose he'd feel if we marched him in 123 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,320 here and we told him he couldn't run errands for me anymore? We'll just tell 124 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:05,320 that it's too demeaning. 125 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:06,480 How do you think you'd like that? 126 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:07,940 You're too good, Arnie. 127 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:12,260 Not to mention that by allowing me to function at my best, Benny is working 128 00:08:12,260 --> 00:08:13,260 the firm. 129 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:16,960 Thank you. 130 00:08:19,980 --> 00:08:21,420 Coffee? Please. 131 00:08:25,420 --> 00:08:26,420 Can I talk to you? 132 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:32,340 Last week, I wanted you to tell me that my making less than Rollins and Victor 133 00:08:32,340 --> 00:08:33,960 was everyone's fault but mine. 134 00:08:34,700 --> 00:08:36,240 and you didn't do that, I'd like to thank you. 135 00:08:37,340 --> 00:08:38,559 I'm on your side, kiddo. 136 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:39,840 I know you are. 137 00:08:40,140 --> 00:08:42,200 And it's easy just to tell someone what they want to hear. 138 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:44,280 Not if you really care about them. 139 00:08:46,020 --> 00:08:47,700 Anyway, I want to apologize. 140 00:08:48,900 --> 00:08:50,180 And I think I can do better. 141 00:08:51,780 --> 00:08:53,540 So how about a shot at Rony versus Gratinger? 142 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:55,160 You got it. 143 00:08:55,180 --> 00:08:56,660 But I'll tell you, it's a mess. 144 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:58,840 I'll straighten it out. You have my blessings. 145 00:08:59,460 --> 00:09:02,900 Can you take a break to discuss something altogether outside the 146 00:09:02,900 --> 00:09:03,900 law? Gladly. 147 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,480 I've gotten a jump on some of the wedding items you need doing. 148 00:09:07,740 --> 00:09:08,740 Such as? 149 00:09:09,140 --> 00:09:12,780 Such as caterer, engraver for the wedding invitations, guest list. 150 00:09:14,180 --> 00:09:17,260 Well, I thought I'd narrow things down and save you from the horrible details. 151 00:09:17,680 --> 00:09:19,120 Do fill me in sometime. 152 00:09:19,620 --> 00:09:22,680 As a matter of fact, I have an appointment with a piano player, a guy 153 00:09:22,680 --> 00:09:23,379 Lenny Paul. 154 00:09:23,380 --> 00:09:24,380 Supposed to be fantastic. 155 00:09:24,860 --> 00:09:27,000 What are you going to tell him we went for our first dance? 156 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:32,180 The shadows fall and spread their restless charms. 157 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:40,000 In the midst of night, when you're in my arms, I 158 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,680 feel your lips so warm and tender. 159 00:09:45,420 --> 00:09:48,420 My one and only love. 160 00:09:51,380 --> 00:09:52,660 And one other thing. 161 00:09:53,260 --> 00:09:56,660 What's that? We have to take care of getting an agreement down on paper. 162 00:09:57,720 --> 00:09:59,880 Agreement? As in prenuptial. 163 00:10:01,450 --> 00:10:03,310 You think we need a prenuptial agreement? 164 00:10:03,530 --> 00:10:06,930 Yeah. No, I'm just being prudent. You know, there are certain fiduciary 165 00:10:06,930 --> 00:10:10,810 relationships with my family's trust account people, and I'd be totally 166 00:10:10,810 --> 00:10:13,250 if I didn't get express agreements in places to ask it. 167 00:10:15,090 --> 00:10:18,790 Besides, let's not forget that you yourself had a marriage that was 168 00:10:18,790 --> 00:10:20,410 less than a forever deal. 169 00:10:22,830 --> 00:10:24,950 If we need to have one, we'll have one. 170 00:10:25,190 --> 00:10:27,170 Good, and we'll try to grab some time from Arnie tomorrow. 171 00:10:27,510 --> 00:10:28,610 Can't we just do it ourselves? 172 00:10:28,990 --> 00:10:30,310 Well, he does these things all the time. 173 00:10:30,670 --> 00:10:33,610 It's standard operating procedure more than anything else. Okay? 174 00:10:34,270 --> 00:10:35,270 Okay. 175 00:10:40,630 --> 00:10:42,610 Happily rooting through the past, eh? 176 00:10:43,690 --> 00:10:46,570 It's really something how vivid he becomes when you read his papers. 177 00:10:47,850 --> 00:10:52,650 I find myself going back in time, being a teenager, and listening to him talk 178 00:10:52,650 --> 00:10:53,650 about his cases. 179 00:10:53,990 --> 00:10:58,030 I can see his brown leather briefcase where he would leave it, just inside the 180 00:10:58,030 --> 00:10:59,030 front hallway. 181 00:10:59,630 --> 00:11:01,590 I can smell the quinine he used in his hair. 182 00:11:02,530 --> 00:11:05,270 God, I was in awe of him. 183 00:11:06,950 --> 00:11:11,830 By the way, would you by any chance know someone named Rusty? No. 184 00:11:12,250 --> 00:11:17,530 What? It's a familiar name for some reason, and my father apparently wrote a 185 00:11:17,530 --> 00:11:19,670 little note to himself in the margin of a legal pad. 186 00:11:20,070 --> 00:11:23,170 It says Rusty's birthday present and a phone number. 187 00:11:24,130 --> 00:11:26,210 Probably a client, a business associate. 188 00:11:27,340 --> 00:11:29,100 My father never remembered birthdays. 189 00:11:30,860 --> 00:11:33,340 That's a very old set of papers you have in front of you, Douglas. 190 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:37,700 I doubt there's much present -day meaning in what you find scribbled in 191 00:11:37,700 --> 00:11:38,700 margins. 192 00:12:09,970 --> 00:12:10,970 Hello. 193 00:12:11,650 --> 00:12:16,590 Would there by any chance be someone named Rusty there? 194 00:12:17,030 --> 00:12:18,590 This is Rusty. 195 00:12:22,230 --> 00:12:25,670 What did you have to drink on the night of January the 11th, officer? 196 00:12:25,990 --> 00:12:27,250 Maybe three curry farts. 197 00:12:27,470 --> 00:12:30,750 Did you feel your judgment and your reflexes to be impaired? 198 00:12:31,230 --> 00:12:32,230 Yes, I did. 199 00:12:32,250 --> 00:12:36,190 Would you tell the court in your own words why you decided not to draw your 200 00:12:36,410 --> 00:12:38,690 Because I thought innocent people would be killed. 201 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:43,560 If you had had a clear shot, would you have been willing to discharge your 202 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:45,420 weapon to prevent the commission of a rape? 203 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:46,640 Yes, I would have. 204 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,320 No further questions, Your Honor. 205 00:12:51,780 --> 00:12:55,080 Officer McSackett, now you've just testified that you were impaired. 206 00:12:57,060 --> 00:12:58,060 How'd you get home that night? 207 00:12:58,760 --> 00:12:59,760 I drove. 208 00:12:59,860 --> 00:13:03,220 Did you ask any of the officers who were present taking statements to give you a 209 00:13:03,220 --> 00:13:07,480 lift? No. Did any of them offer to drive you home due to the impairment of your 210 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:10,200 reflexes? I don't remember whether they did or not. 211 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:17,200 Now then, officer, are you familiar with the manual of the Los Angeles Police 212 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,800 Department? I doubt if I spend as much time reading it as you do, Counselor. 213 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:25,040 Quote. 214 00:13:25,340 --> 00:13:29,480 Off -duty officers have peace officer authority as to any public offense 215 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:33,080 committed in his presence with respect to which there is an immediate danger to 216 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,860 person or the escape of the perpetrator. Unquote. 217 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,580 Are you familiar with this section, officer? I think the manual also calls 218 00:13:40,580 --> 00:13:43,460 tactical evaluation of each situation before acting. 219 00:13:43,820 --> 00:13:46,740 Do you identify yourself as a police officer before making an arrest? 220 00:13:47,020 --> 00:13:51,040 I do. Is it a fair statement to make that an individual is less likely to 221 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:54,440 continue in the commission of a crime in the presence of a police officer than 222 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:57,420 he is outside the presence of a police officer? Is that a fair statement? 223 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,940 Sure. And you've had to make decisions as to the use of force before, is that 224 00:14:00,940 --> 00:14:01,940 right? Yes. 225 00:14:02,220 --> 00:14:03,800 That's right. And you use your judgment? 226 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:07,040 Yes, I do. You wouldn't shoot out the tires of a car that was driving with a 227 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:10,260 broken taillight. Right, I wouldn't. You wouldn't draw your gun on an individual 228 00:14:10,260 --> 00:14:13,480 who you were arresting because he had failed to respond to a summons for 229 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:14,480 his dog without a leash. 230 00:14:14,680 --> 00:14:16,120 Right. How about forcible rape? 231 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:18,800 You know something? You're an idiot. 232 00:14:19,060 --> 00:14:21,300 Order. Guys like you go after cops for sport. 233 00:14:21,580 --> 00:14:24,740 Men you shouldn't even be in the same room with. You want for them to walk 234 00:14:24,740 --> 00:14:28,120 through hell in a gasoline suit when you're in a jam, but turn it around and 235 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:29,120 you'll nail them every time. 236 00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:30,500 Tell me. 237 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:33,280 Tell me if I'd have used my gun that you wouldn't be going after me for that. 238 00:14:33,340 --> 00:14:34,340 You're out of order. Huh? 239 00:14:34,460 --> 00:14:36,220 Why did you fire on that man, officer? 240 00:14:36,460 --> 00:14:38,580 He only had a small machete in his hand. 241 00:14:38,860 --> 00:14:42,380 Did it really require two rounds to bring him down? Wouldn't one have done 242 00:14:42,460 --> 00:14:44,360 Sir. Why didn't you use your mace, officer? 243 00:14:44,700 --> 00:14:47,080 Why didn't you radio for supervisory personnel? 244 00:14:50,740 --> 00:14:52,640 You ever go to a cop's funeral, Mr. 245 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:53,920 Cifuentes? 246 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:56,360 Are you just there for the trials? 247 00:15:06,890 --> 00:15:08,910 He tried to help with my career. 248 00:15:09,590 --> 00:15:14,290 I did some dinner theater, and for a while I was in the chorus on the Jackie 249 00:15:14,290 --> 00:15:15,290 Gleason show. 250 00:15:16,370 --> 00:15:21,990 Then things weren't really happening, so I did a couple of pictures that were, 251 00:15:22,150 --> 00:15:23,990 you know, a little blue. 252 00:15:24,930 --> 00:15:28,430 Of course, by today's standards, they were nothing. 253 00:15:29,630 --> 00:15:30,970 Oh, my God. 254 00:15:31,310 --> 00:15:33,010 Your father said he hated them. 255 00:15:33,350 --> 00:15:35,830 Of course, I'm not so sure. 256 00:15:36,810 --> 00:15:37,810 He saw them? 257 00:15:37,830 --> 00:15:41,190 One night he came over and I put them on the projector. 258 00:15:42,430 --> 00:15:45,550 I got them around here somewhere if you want to take a look. 259 00:15:45,890 --> 00:15:46,669 That's okay. 260 00:15:46,670 --> 00:15:49,710 I guess seeing them would be a little rough, huh? 261 00:15:50,850 --> 00:15:53,630 This is the side of my father I never knew existed. 262 00:15:54,230 --> 00:16:00,910 To me, he was a father, an attorney, a founding partner in a downtown firm. 263 00:16:01,710 --> 00:16:05,330 To you, he was Porfirio Rubirosa. 264 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:08,280 Not exactly. 265 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:09,840 Not exactly? 266 00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:13,200 My father kept a mistress who made porno movies? 267 00:16:13,460 --> 00:16:14,880 You were his mistress. 268 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:17,280 I was also the mother of his child. 269 00:16:23,620 --> 00:16:26,240 You're my mother? 270 00:16:27,020 --> 00:16:29,500 Not you're. You're brother. 271 00:16:31,300 --> 00:16:32,300 My brother? 272 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:34,800 Since when do I have a brother? 273 00:16:35,310 --> 00:16:38,210 Since 35 years ago, last Saturday. 274 00:16:38,590 --> 00:16:39,590 I have a brother? 275 00:16:40,610 --> 00:16:41,670 My God. 276 00:16:43,170 --> 00:16:44,170 Who is he? 277 00:16:44,410 --> 00:16:46,470 His name is Errol Farrell. 278 00:16:47,010 --> 00:16:51,570 And I am very happy to say he's a lawyer right here in Los Angeles, like you and 279 00:16:51,570 --> 00:16:52,369 like your father. 280 00:16:52,370 --> 00:16:54,490 And he's doing very well. 281 00:16:55,010 --> 00:16:56,150 Errol Farrell? 282 00:16:56,390 --> 00:16:58,870 I fell in love with him in Captain Blood. 283 00:16:59,390 --> 00:17:01,410 Who? Errol Flynn. 284 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:09,500 Does my mother know about all of this? 285 00:17:09,819 --> 00:17:11,480 No, not so far as I know. 286 00:17:11,859 --> 00:17:16,700 Your father set up a trust with the condition that Errol be cut off if he 287 00:17:16,700 --> 00:17:18,420 touch with either you or your mother. 288 00:17:18,700 --> 00:17:21,220 Who did my father elect as trustee? 289 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:22,579 Leland McKenzie. 290 00:17:26,140 --> 00:17:27,800 This is all too much for me. 291 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:29,700 I know it is, honey. 292 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:32,520 Can I get you a drink? 293 00:17:36,389 --> 00:17:42,050 Captain Reynoso, you are Officer Sackett's commanding officer, is that 294 00:17:42,350 --> 00:17:46,310 Yes. Sir, do you recall the airdrome street shooting of Sergeant Thomas D 295 00:17:46,310 --> 00:17:47,550 'Onofrio? Objection irrelevant. 296 00:17:48,090 --> 00:17:51,330 Goes to the defendant's pattern of behavior and state of mind, Your Honor. 297 00:17:51,330 --> 00:17:52,049 allow it. 298 00:17:52,050 --> 00:17:55,850 Captain? I recall it. Would you be so kind as to tell the court what the 299 00:17:55,850 --> 00:17:57,070 records of that shooting reflect? 300 00:17:58,390 --> 00:18:01,650 Well, D 'Onofrio and Sackett pulled over a vehicle. When D 'Onofrio approached 301 00:18:01,650 --> 00:18:04,570 the driver's side door, he was shot at close range and critically injured. 302 00:18:05,020 --> 00:18:07,180 As I recall, Officer Sackett requested backup. 303 00:18:07,380 --> 00:18:10,800 Do you recall, Captain, as to how many rounds were fired by Officer Sackett 304 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:11,800 after his partner was hit? 305 00:18:12,180 --> 00:18:13,200 No, I don't recall. 306 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,000 Well, then let me refresh your recollection in that case, sir. 307 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:24,200 The police report for the shooting of Sergeant Thomas D 'Onofrio reflect that 308 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:28,860 rounds were fired from the service revolver issued Officer Carl Sackett. 309 00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:34,170 What was the reaction of the department to the fact that while his partner was 310 00:18:34,170 --> 00:18:36,890 being shot, Carl Sackett's gun never cleared leather? 311 00:18:37,210 --> 00:18:41,110 Objection! Overruled. The internal investigation of the shooting resulted 312 00:18:41,110 --> 00:18:42,330 charges being brought against anyone. 313 00:18:42,570 --> 00:18:44,330 What procedure would you have followed, Captain? 314 00:18:44,890 --> 00:18:48,530 In Officer Sackett's place, had you been Thomas D 'Onofrio's partner? Now 315 00:18:48,530 --> 00:18:50,150 listen, different cops react differently. 316 00:18:50,490 --> 00:18:52,070 No two situations are the same. 317 00:18:52,270 --> 00:18:55,850 When an officer's partner is being fired upon, is that officer permitted to 318 00:18:55,850 --> 00:18:56,749 return fire? 319 00:18:56,750 --> 00:18:59,270 Of course. Would you say that he's expected to return fire? 320 00:18:59,550 --> 00:19:02,910 That, again, would depend on the circumstance. Is it fair to say, 321 00:19:02,910 --> 00:19:06,350 an officer is not expected to be cowering in the safety of his squad car 322 00:19:06,350 --> 00:19:07,830 his partner's being gunned down outside? 323 00:19:08,510 --> 00:19:11,150 Objection! Sustained. I don't know that that's what happened, Counselor, and 324 00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:11,809 neither do you. 325 00:19:11,810 --> 00:19:15,290 Are you saying, Captain, that Sackett might have had a reason for not 326 00:19:15,290 --> 00:19:19,170 fire that night with Sernofrio? Yeah. Did he also have a reason for not 327 00:19:19,170 --> 00:19:21,270 involved as Carmen Carrillo was being raped? 328 00:19:21,470 --> 00:19:22,850 I wasn't there, sir. I don't know. 329 00:19:23,410 --> 00:19:24,410 Is it true, Captain? 330 00:19:25,310 --> 00:19:29,390 that since the rape of Carmen Carrillo, Sackett's partner has requested a 331 00:19:29,390 --> 00:19:31,930 transfer because he felt imperiled by working with him. 332 00:19:32,190 --> 00:19:34,610 I don't know that for a fact. Is it true he requested a transfer? 333 00:19:38,310 --> 00:19:39,310 Yes, it is. 334 00:19:40,030 --> 00:19:41,030 Thank you, Captain. 335 00:19:41,810 --> 00:19:42,810 I have nothing further. 336 00:19:55,820 --> 00:19:56,820 Hi. Hi. 337 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:01,420 What exactly are you hoping to accomplish by having lunch with my ex 338 00:20:01,940 --> 00:20:05,840 Well, she got the news to you pretty quick. Did she call or come over? 339 00:20:06,300 --> 00:20:08,280 If you're jealous, just talk to me, Grace. 340 00:20:08,820 --> 00:20:10,060 I have talked to you. 341 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:12,020 Now I want to talk to Lynn. 342 00:20:13,900 --> 00:20:15,440 I don't want you meeting with her. 343 00:20:16,540 --> 00:20:18,720 Michael, I don't want you to see her anymore. 344 00:20:19,180 --> 00:20:21,100 But I can't tell you not to, can I? 345 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,180 I don't like mysteries, Michael. I don't want to play detective. 346 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,940 I think it'll be a lot better all the way around if I go see her rather than 347 00:20:28,940 --> 00:20:32,680 start picking stray hairs off your jacket wondering who they are. 348 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:34,560 Are those the only alternatives? 349 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:37,360 Huh. 350 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:39,340 Those are my only alternatives. 351 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:55,319 this whistle. 352 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:56,820 Thanks, Arnie. You having fun? 353 00:20:57,220 --> 00:20:58,139 It's great. 354 00:20:58,140 --> 00:20:59,820 Yeah, this car drives like a dream. 355 00:21:06,220 --> 00:21:07,220 Hello? 356 00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:08,960 Arnie, it's Roxanne. 357 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:10,700 Manny got a call from the hospital. 358 00:21:11,060 --> 00:21:12,060 He should get over there. 359 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:12,899 Right now? 360 00:21:12,900 --> 00:21:13,759 Right now. 361 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,180 All right, look, why don't you meet us in front of the building and drive him 362 00:21:16,180 --> 00:21:17,540 over there? We're just a few minutes away. 363 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:19,700 Arnie, he has to go right now. 364 00:21:20,060 --> 00:21:23,000 Roxanne, I don't do hospitals. I hate hospitals. 365 00:21:23,820 --> 00:21:24,820 people too. 366 00:21:27,260 --> 00:21:28,540 They frighten me. 367 00:21:30,460 --> 00:21:33,640 Look, Roxanne, I got people coming in this afternoon. Can't you take them over 368 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:34,640 there? 369 00:21:35,180 --> 00:21:36,460 All right, all right. 370 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:38,440 We're on our way. 371 00:21:42,100 --> 00:21:43,940 Dr. Thacker to OR staff. 372 00:21:44,780 --> 00:21:46,880 Dr. Thacker to OR staff. 373 00:21:50,940 --> 00:21:51,940 Denny. 374 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,140 Your mother was just too weak to keep going. 375 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:01,760 Is she dead? 376 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:04,760 Yes, I'm sorry, she is. 377 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,940 Could I see her? 378 00:22:11,940 --> 00:22:12,940 If you want to. 379 00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:15,600 Does she look different? 380 00:22:16,620 --> 00:22:17,760 No, I don't think so. 381 00:22:18,500 --> 00:22:19,600 I'd like to see her. 382 00:22:20,540 --> 00:22:22,500 Dr. Newton to O .R. staff. 383 00:22:22,740 --> 00:22:23,740 Dr. Newton. 384 00:22:24,570 --> 00:22:26,090 Would you come with me, Arnie? 385 00:22:31,270 --> 00:22:32,270 Yes, sir. 386 00:22:54,500 --> 00:22:56,620 I've never seen a person who was dead before. 387 00:22:59,260 --> 00:23:00,820 She looks like she's just sleeping. 388 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:05,560 I know she's not, though. 389 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,940 Whenever she was sleeping and I'd come in the room, she'd wake up right away. 390 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:16,940 I wouldn't mean to wake her, just sit by her bed. 391 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,260 But as soon as I'd look at her... 392 00:23:24,460 --> 00:23:25,560 She'd open her eyes. 393 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,800 She's not even really in the room now, is she? 394 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:42,160 Not really. 395 00:23:44,580 --> 00:23:45,580 Is she in heaven? 396 00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:50,100 Yeah, Benny. 397 00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:27,160 Can I help you? 398 00:24:28,420 --> 00:24:30,700 My name is Douglas Brackman. 399 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:32,440 I'm here to see Mr. Farrell. 400 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:34,000 You got an appointment? 401 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:35,800 I don't have an appointment. 402 00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:37,460 Well, what do you want to see him about? 403 00:24:38,580 --> 00:24:39,800 It's a personal matter. 404 00:24:40,850 --> 00:24:44,110 Then you can just take a seat and wait, because he's on the phone right now, and 405 00:24:44,110 --> 00:24:45,170 you've got all these people ahead of you. 406 00:24:45,510 --> 00:24:47,730 I'd appreciate it if you'd tell him I'm here. 407 00:24:48,250 --> 00:24:49,930 Just as soon as I get an opportunity. 408 00:24:54,870 --> 00:25:01,790 Watch yourself 409 00:25:01,790 --> 00:25:02,790 in the stairs now. 410 00:25:04,390 --> 00:25:05,390 All right, who's next? 411 00:25:06,650 --> 00:25:07,810 Bandage it, Rick Ram! 412 00:25:10,519 --> 00:25:14,420 Errol Farrell, I'm Douglas Brockman. 413 00:25:17,780 --> 00:25:18,780 Douglas? 414 00:25:20,340 --> 00:25:21,340 Yes. 415 00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:23,720 In a half a minute, I'm going to bust out crying. 416 00:25:26,060 --> 00:25:27,460 She's some dame there, Rusty. 417 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,520 You ought to take pictures of her when she was younger. They would knock your 418 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:33,940 eyes out. How well did you know our father, Errol? 419 00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:37,140 He saw me like once every two months. 420 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:38,440 My mother was... 421 00:25:38,810 --> 00:25:39,810 Making stag movies. 422 00:25:40,610 --> 00:25:42,430 This wasn't exactly Father Knows Best. 423 00:25:44,590 --> 00:25:45,590 Do you hate him? 424 00:25:46,510 --> 00:25:47,510 Yes, I do. 425 00:25:48,050 --> 00:25:49,750 But it's probably not for what you think. 426 00:25:50,170 --> 00:25:53,630 It's not that you got the big chair while I'm giving Christmas presents to 427 00:25:53,630 --> 00:25:55,490 paramedics so they carry my business cards. 428 00:25:56,270 --> 00:25:58,390 I mean, this is my life. I accept that. 429 00:25:58,670 --> 00:26:00,090 He did give you an education. 430 00:26:00,730 --> 00:26:03,730 Dougie, I'm not saying no. 431 00:26:04,810 --> 00:26:07,790 What hurt was I couldn't have a big brother. 432 00:26:09,130 --> 00:26:10,450 I would have liked a brother, too. 433 00:26:11,930 --> 00:26:13,670 Tinkering with the Chevy out in the garage. 434 00:26:14,670 --> 00:26:18,910 Touch football on the lawn at Thanksgiving, like Jack and Bobby. 435 00:26:19,850 --> 00:26:23,470 The smell of Old Spice on a Friday night when the older brother gets ready to go 436 00:26:23,470 --> 00:26:24,470 out. 437 00:26:25,330 --> 00:26:27,010 This is the stuff I'm talking about. 438 00:26:27,690 --> 00:26:29,090 I missed it, too, kid. 439 00:26:29,550 --> 00:26:30,710 God, I missed it. 440 00:26:31,630 --> 00:26:33,810 You don't know how much I wondered about you. 441 00:26:40,820 --> 00:26:44,040 Lynn, this is not the most comfortable thing in the world for either of us. 442 00:26:44,220 --> 00:26:45,219 Believe me. 443 00:26:45,220 --> 00:26:48,400 It's just that if you're so concerned about Michael and me, I think the person 444 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:49,740 you should be talking to is Michael. 445 00:26:51,660 --> 00:26:54,120 I guess I want to know what it is you have in mind. 446 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,060 I don't have anything particularly in mind. 447 00:26:57,460 --> 00:26:59,220 You're not interested in a second go -around? 448 00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:02,320 I don't know. 449 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,220 Can I get either of you something from the bar? 450 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:07,080 Yes, a vodka tonic, please. 451 00:27:07,620 --> 00:27:08,620 Nothing, thank you. 452 00:27:11,929 --> 00:27:14,890 Look, the fact is Michael and I have a lot of history together. 453 00:27:15,110 --> 00:27:16,370 History doesn't interest me. 454 00:27:16,870 --> 00:27:19,030 Well, then I'm not sure what you want me to tell you. 455 00:27:19,250 --> 00:27:20,850 Well, you've already told me. 456 00:27:21,710 --> 00:27:24,210 I'm not walking away from here with any kind of assurances. 457 00:27:25,150 --> 00:27:27,030 Assurances? Is that what you wanted? 458 00:27:27,930 --> 00:27:34,330 Well, not really. I probably wouldn't have believed you even if you gave them 459 00:27:34,330 --> 00:27:36,490 me. So why did you ask me to lunch? 460 00:27:36,990 --> 00:27:38,130 To take a measure of you. 461 00:27:38,530 --> 00:27:39,930 To talk to you face to face. 462 00:27:42,090 --> 00:27:44,030 Having done it, I can't say I dislike you. 463 00:27:45,050 --> 00:27:46,050 Nor are you. 464 00:27:46,590 --> 00:27:48,130 What's worse, I can't dismiss you. 465 00:27:49,050 --> 00:27:50,670 I'll tell you what else you can't do, Grace. 466 00:27:51,990 --> 00:27:55,030 You can't win me over as a friend in order to remove me as a threat. 467 00:27:56,690 --> 00:27:57,790 Oh, that's okay, Lynn. 468 00:27:58,630 --> 00:27:59,810 I'm not here to make friends. 469 00:28:00,930 --> 00:28:04,370 But, Katonic, are you ladies ready to order yet? 470 00:28:06,290 --> 00:28:08,450 Guys, a lawyer can only serve one client. 471 00:28:09,290 --> 00:28:12,270 As amicable as everything may be right now, there's no guarantee that at some 472 00:28:12,270 --> 00:28:14,350 point the two of you aren't going to go to war. 473 00:28:15,110 --> 00:28:18,530 And having an agreement drawn by one attorney, especially one as close to 474 00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:23,490 of you as I am, it's an invitation to charges of overreaching, of a sellout, 475 00:28:23,490 --> 00:28:24,650 confidence as being abused. 476 00:28:25,490 --> 00:28:26,730 It's bound to create resentment. 477 00:28:26,990 --> 00:28:30,530 Arnie, there is no resentment. All we want to do is make things as neat as 478 00:28:30,530 --> 00:28:31,530 possible. 479 00:28:32,990 --> 00:28:33,990 I've read the agreement. 480 00:28:34,470 --> 00:28:35,530 Is everything in order? 481 00:28:35,830 --> 00:28:38,810 There's nothing manifestly wrong with it, if that's what you mean. 482 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:40,420 Fine, let me have it. 483 00:28:42,820 --> 00:28:45,720 I don't want you to think that I'm passing on the fairness epidemic. I know 484 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:49,740 you've really made your position very clear on this. Stuart, I've seen this 485 00:28:49,740 --> 00:28:51,280 of thing blow up all too often. 486 00:28:51,940 --> 00:28:53,320 Well, believe me, this one won't. 487 00:28:54,940 --> 00:29:00,560 Stuart? You know, I honestly don't think I've ever loved you as much as I do 488 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:01,560 right at this very moment. 489 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:05,100 No, I do. Your willingness to sign this agreement. 490 00:29:07,260 --> 00:29:10,560 It's all anyone could ever ask for, and I certainly couldn't ask for more than 491 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:11,560 that. 492 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:13,160 Thank you. 493 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:14,720 There you go. 494 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:23,960 I think I'll let you two have a moment to yourselves. 495 00:29:28,180 --> 00:29:30,240 You manipulative little bastard. 496 00:29:30,860 --> 00:29:35,380 Ann, come on. This had nothing to do with your relatives or your family trust 497 00:29:35,380 --> 00:29:37,160 funds. This was a test. 498 00:29:37,940 --> 00:29:42,000 You can't trust what I say or rely on my character, so you set up a situation. 499 00:29:42,300 --> 00:29:46,520 See if Ann will put herself at a legal disadvantage for any future lawsuits she 500 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:47,520 might bring. 501 00:29:47,660 --> 00:29:49,000 Aren't you clever, Stuart? 502 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:53,060 Aren't you just the grandmaster of subtle gamesmanship? 503 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,800 Look, I'm not a grandmaster of anything. 504 00:29:56,490 --> 00:29:59,730 I'm a 42 -year -old guy whose whole life is about to change. 505 00:29:59,930 --> 00:30:03,010 Well, maybe you should save yourself the trouble and leave it the way it is. 506 00:30:03,430 --> 00:30:08,810 Can you understand that I just had to know whether someone would want me for 507 00:30:09,010 --> 00:30:10,370 Not someone, Stuart. 508 00:30:10,870 --> 00:30:11,870 Me. 509 00:30:14,310 --> 00:30:17,170 Now, you just have Arnie notarize that, and you'll be all set. 510 00:30:17,390 --> 00:30:20,850 I want the agreement, Ann. You might wish you didn't want it, but you 511 00:30:20,850 --> 00:30:24,730 it, you drew it, you got me to sign it, and now you are going to live with it. 512 00:30:25,310 --> 00:30:29,050 I want fully executed copies of that agreement in a file marked Kelsey 513 00:30:29,050 --> 00:30:31,130 so this little gesture of yours never gets forgotten. 514 00:30:33,310 --> 00:30:34,530 And one more thing, Stuart. 515 00:30:35,730 --> 00:30:38,850 Don't you ever trot out your hoops for me to jump through again. 516 00:30:46,770 --> 00:30:49,170 Leland, you wanted to see me. 517 00:30:50,310 --> 00:30:51,750 Where do we stand on Carrillo? 518 00:30:52,090 --> 00:30:53,470 We are summing up for the jury tomorrow. 519 00:30:54,379 --> 00:30:56,100 Victor, I got a call from the city attorney. 520 00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:58,680 You turned down another settlement offer. 521 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:04,520 Carmen Carrillo turned down their settlement offer. On your 522 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:05,520 assume. 523 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:06,940 On my recommendation. 524 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,400 I'd like to get your thinking on the matter. My thinking is that it's a lousy 525 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:13,860 offer. And why the hell are they calling you? 526 00:31:14,380 --> 00:31:18,340 Well, it's strictly your decision, which is what I told the city attorney. 527 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,760 But I do want to know what's driving you. 528 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:26,120 I want to know that personal animus is not getting in the way of a member of 529 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:27,860 this firm practicing good law. 530 00:31:28,460 --> 00:31:31,220 Animus? Toward whom? Oh, let's stop waltzing around. 531 00:31:32,580 --> 00:31:36,300 You've got no love for police officers. Going back to your days in the public 532 00:31:36,300 --> 00:31:39,400 defender's office. Well, actually, I dated farther back than that. There's no 533 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,220 question cops can't step out of line. 534 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,240 Leland, don't tell me about cops. 535 00:31:43,500 --> 00:31:46,660 Not until they've shined their spotlight into your eyes and told you to grab 536 00:31:46,660 --> 00:31:47,459 some wall. 537 00:31:47,460 --> 00:31:50,440 Not until you've been spread -eagled and cuffed because they thought you looked 538 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:51,440 like someone else. 539 00:31:51,610 --> 00:31:53,570 You recall that happening to you much when you were 15? 540 00:31:53,850 --> 00:31:56,670 That's never happened to me. They make much of a point of checking to see if 541 00:31:56,670 --> 00:32:00,710 whatever vehicle you happen to be driving is stolen to this day? Victor, 542 00:32:00,710 --> 00:32:04,510 not doing your client any good if the merits of the case are taking second 543 00:32:04,510 --> 00:32:09,770 to your wanting to tee off on the LAPD. Our client has the benefit of my best 544 00:32:09,770 --> 00:32:10,770 legal judgment. 545 00:32:11,990 --> 00:32:16,030 The fact that I don't mind nailing a cop for not doing his job doesn't change 546 00:32:16,030 --> 00:32:17,030 that. 547 00:32:20,039 --> 00:32:23,340 DeMarco, believe me, it's really best to work these things out in advance. 548 00:32:24,460 --> 00:32:26,260 Yeah, look, I'm going to have to let you know. 549 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:29,600 Let me tell you about a wedding I once did, okay? 550 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:34,720 Start off, I do a little Arlen, a little Carmichael, a little Gershwin, nice 551 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:39,060 stuff. Now somebody says, ooh, ooh, do you know Sending the Clowns? 552 00:32:39,380 --> 00:32:40,920 Hey, I'm an agreeable guy, huh? 553 00:32:41,740 --> 00:32:46,820 Four bars into it, the bride screams, runs over, slams the lid down. 554 00:32:47,969 --> 00:32:48,969 Busted two fingers. 555 00:32:51,070 --> 00:32:53,850 She probably had a bad association with that song. 556 00:32:54,730 --> 00:32:55,730 I guess. 557 00:32:56,610 --> 00:33:01,450 Anyway, the deal I usually work out is I do three sets of an hour each, plus the 558 00:33:01,450 --> 00:33:02,450 pre -ceremony. 559 00:33:02,590 --> 00:33:06,250 I can let you have a little classical there if you want, for 500. 560 00:33:07,250 --> 00:33:10,470 Yeah, well, like I said, I'm just going to have to let you know. 561 00:33:10,790 --> 00:33:14,270 Not to push here, but you better give me the date in advance as soon as 562 00:33:14,270 --> 00:33:18,080 possible. Fall, I've got bar mitzvahs. Christmas is cocktail parties. And 563 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,260 spring, oh, forget about it, we're into... Weddings. 564 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:21,720 Right. 565 00:33:22,460 --> 00:33:23,980 Well, you'll know as soon as I do. 566 00:33:25,180 --> 00:33:27,460 So, what's your favorite song anyway? 567 00:33:29,140 --> 00:33:30,240 My one and only love. 568 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:32,199 You know that one? 569 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:33,200 Hey. 570 00:34:07,050 --> 00:34:08,270 Gracie? What's all this? 571 00:34:08,909 --> 00:34:11,270 I think we ought to take a little break, you and me. 572 00:34:12,949 --> 00:34:14,070 What kind of break? 573 00:34:15,230 --> 00:34:17,170 I'm moving back to my place, Michael. 574 00:34:18,050 --> 00:34:19,370 It isn't a punishment. 575 00:34:19,830 --> 00:34:24,989 It's a way of regaining my balance a little. I need to take a deep breath and 576 00:34:24,989 --> 00:34:26,070 think about what I want. 577 00:34:26,429 --> 00:34:30,989 Well, I know what I want. Well, maybe you do, and maybe you don't. 578 00:34:32,199 --> 00:34:37,719 But if you need to think about Lynn, if you need to see her or to talk to her, 579 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:39,040 you should do it. 580 00:34:39,900 --> 00:34:41,820 And I don't want to feel like I'm in the way. 581 00:34:42,580 --> 00:34:44,060 Well, what if I need to see you? 582 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,540 Well, then you will call me and you will see me. 583 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:49,980 Just like I'll call you. 584 00:34:50,659 --> 00:34:51,980 This isn't the end of anything. 585 00:34:53,139 --> 00:34:54,739 It's just a temporary retreat. 586 00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:58,520 I always get a little nervous when anyone tells me something's just 587 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:00,840 Yeah, well... 588 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:03,160 I'm a little nervous myself. 589 00:35:09,260 --> 00:35:10,260 Your Honor. 590 00:35:10,540 --> 00:35:16,360 Did you in fact promise this woman that you would correct her accent? I am not a 591 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:19,580 carnival barker. I am a professional person. 592 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:24,440 I told her we could, with diligence on her part, correct her accent. 593 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:30,400 Don't forget, an Eastern European accent is one of the most difficult to 594 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:35,070 correct. He tell me nothing. Just fast, fast sign here. 595 00:35:35,450 --> 00:35:37,250 Half the time they cancel the classes. 596 00:35:37,790 --> 00:35:43,630 And meanwhile, every audition I go to, I open my mouth, and all anybody can say 597 00:35:43,630 --> 00:35:46,650 is, another Albanian. All right, all right. 598 00:35:47,190 --> 00:35:51,390 The defendant will return the amount of the plaintiff's tuition without interest 599 00:35:51,390 --> 00:35:52,390 or penalty. 600 00:35:52,570 --> 00:35:57,470 Oh, yeah. As this is the last case on today's calendar, we stand in recess. 601 00:35:58,830 --> 00:36:00,130 Thank you, Your Honor. 602 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:08,840 I see you've been decorated. 603 00:36:10,140 --> 00:36:11,680 You've got quite an eye, Judge. 604 00:36:12,340 --> 00:36:13,960 You're the first person to notice. 605 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,220 I make it a point of noticing you, Miss Vasek. 606 00:36:18,060 --> 00:36:19,220 What's the award for? 607 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:22,880 Large bore sharpshooting from a prone position. 608 00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:24,720 Is that right? 609 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:25,839 Hey, Your Honor! 610 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:27,360 I got something for you. Stand back, sir. 611 00:36:27,620 --> 00:36:29,160 Whoa, no mas, baby, no mas. 612 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:30,560 It's all right, Rhonda. 613 00:36:34,180 --> 00:36:35,098 Your Honor. 614 00:36:35,100 --> 00:36:39,300 What brings you down here? What brings me? I follow your career from a distance 615 00:36:39,300 --> 00:36:40,058 for years. 616 00:36:40,060 --> 00:36:44,640 You parachute into my life, awaken deep feelings of fraternal love, and you ask 617 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:45,720 what brings me down here? 618 00:36:46,140 --> 00:36:48,480 I'm just surprised you knew where to find me, that's all. 619 00:36:50,100 --> 00:36:51,100 This ain't bad. 620 00:36:51,380 --> 00:36:54,020 Harold, I'm a little pressed for time. Hey, look. 621 00:36:54,270 --> 00:36:57,670 I got a mutually beneficial business proposition to make from which I feel 622 00:36:57,670 --> 00:36:59,450 assured we both can prosper. You ready? 623 00:37:00,970 --> 00:37:02,830 Wacky Wally, the appliance giant. 624 00:37:03,030 --> 00:37:05,050 They're looking for a firm to take care of their collections. 625 00:37:05,390 --> 00:37:09,110 Flat retainer against billable hours. All you do is go after delinquent 626 00:37:09,110 --> 00:37:11,490 accounts. You throw me a piece and the rest is yours. 627 00:37:11,870 --> 00:37:15,710 Harold, Mackenzie Brockman isn't a collection firm. 628 00:37:16,570 --> 00:37:18,130 What is that, written in stone someplace? 629 00:37:18,650 --> 00:37:21,570 As long as the money's green, what's the diff? Maybe there's no diff. 630 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:25,560 We're just not inclined to get into that field. 631 00:37:26,740 --> 00:37:30,740 Do I detect a certain reluctance in you to get involved in any business dealings 632 00:37:30,740 --> 00:37:33,420 with me? Is that an accurate perception on my part or what? 633 00:37:33,780 --> 00:37:37,880 Because if it is, the least I would expect is some recognition of the degree 634 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:39,660 which I took it in the neck family -wise. 635 00:37:39,980 --> 00:37:42,840 Well, that really wasn't my doing, was it, Errol? 636 00:37:43,460 --> 00:37:44,640 It too, Dougie. 637 00:37:44,860 --> 00:37:49,060 Well, was it? What do I have to do to get a little caring in this world? 638 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:52,400 I was cut adrift in a dark, dark ocean, Douglas. 639 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:55,540 Do I have to go to your mother for a safe harbor? 640 00:37:55,980 --> 00:38:00,380 That sounds like blackmail, Errol. That's somewhat of a harsh 641 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:04,060 I happen to be a very family -oriented individual. 642 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:08,160 And maybe I can get from her what you seem unwilling to give. 643 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:10,560 Well, you do what you have to do. 644 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:15,180 But I'll tell you right now, I'm not running the firm into the ground or 645 00:38:15,180 --> 00:38:18,180 my own disbarment in order to spare my mother's feelings. 646 00:38:18,540 --> 00:38:22,160 She'll have to take her knocks just like everyone else. Are we clear on that 647 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:23,160 point? 648 00:38:24,810 --> 00:38:29,330 Being a cop is one tough job. There is no question about it. 649 00:38:30,410 --> 00:38:34,650 Our lives, however, depend on someone doing it and doing it right. 650 00:38:35,450 --> 00:38:39,990 Now, we have heard witnesses who were present testify that there was an 651 00:38:39,990 --> 00:38:44,370 opportunity for this officer to have acted, that there were moments when the 652 00:38:44,370 --> 00:38:48,590 gunman's back was turned, when his gun was pointing towards the floor. 653 00:38:49,390 --> 00:38:51,710 But this officer wasn't looking for an opportunity. 654 00:38:52,670 --> 00:38:53,950 He turned his back. 655 00:38:54,700 --> 00:38:56,140 And he waited for it to be over. 656 00:38:57,980 --> 00:38:59,520 Police can't be everywhere. 657 00:39:00,380 --> 00:39:02,140 How many times have we all heard that said? 658 00:39:02,500 --> 00:39:08,520 The real point of this trial is that Carl Sackett was there with his badge 659 00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:11,900 his gun, and it didn't mean a blessed thing. 660 00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:15,860 Now, he has told us in his judgment it was safer to do nothing. 661 00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:20,020 Ladies and gentlemen, it's always safer to do nothing. 662 00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:23,980 Carmen Carrillo deserved... 663 00:39:24,330 --> 00:39:25,450 Better than that, then. 664 00:39:25,710 --> 00:39:28,910 She deserves that someone be held accountable now. 665 00:39:37,890 --> 00:39:41,470 Imagine, if you will, a different scenario than the one presented here. 666 00:39:42,390 --> 00:39:47,070 Imagine that Officer Sackett produced his badge and his gun, and the 667 00:39:47,070 --> 00:39:49,270 assailants refuse to peacefully surrender. 668 00:39:49,770 --> 00:39:52,350 He fires, they fire back. 669 00:39:54,060 --> 00:39:55,540 Carmen Carrillo is wounded. 670 00:39:57,520 --> 00:39:59,380 Well, we all know what happens now. 671 00:40:00,580 --> 00:40:05,320 Same plaintiff, same defendant, only this time the complaint charges 672 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,540 use of force, reckless endangerment, etc., etc. 673 00:40:09,580 --> 00:40:13,480 Now, we all know that being a cop is a tough job. 674 00:40:13,900 --> 00:40:17,440 But what the plaintiff and her able attorney have done for all their claims 675 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:20,960 about public safety is to make it an impossible one. 676 00:40:21,260 --> 00:40:23,320 Now, this cop made a decision. 677 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:29,720 based on 17 years of experience, on the conditions of the moment, on everything 678 00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:33,800 he had to base it on, and he decided not to make a move. 679 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:39,700 Now, the plaintiff insists that the result of this decision is that she was 680 00:40:39,700 --> 00:40:40,700 raped. 681 00:40:40,900 --> 00:40:46,860 I ask you to consider that the result of this decision is that she is 682 00:40:46,860 --> 00:40:48,120 alive. 683 00:40:49,710 --> 00:40:54,250 Now, no one wishes to minimize the trauma that Carmen Carrillo has gone 684 00:40:54,390 --> 00:40:59,310 And perhaps this trial will have some cathartic benefit for her. But what she 685 00:40:59,310 --> 00:41:01,810 asking for is not justice. 686 00:41:03,510 --> 00:41:07,790 The men responsible have thus far escaped having to answer for their 687 00:41:09,130 --> 00:41:13,450 Don't make an innocent man guilty in their place. 688 00:41:20,110 --> 00:41:22,610 Did you plan on taking it to your grave, Leland? 689 00:41:23,170 --> 00:41:24,069 What's that? 690 00:41:24,070 --> 00:41:29,310 The whole netherworld of my father's life, which you, my partner and 691 00:41:29,450 --> 00:41:30,890 have been concealing from me. 692 00:41:31,210 --> 00:41:34,150 What are you talking about, Douglas? I'm talking about Rusty. 693 00:41:34,590 --> 00:41:36,930 I'm talking about Errol Farrell. 694 00:41:39,470 --> 00:41:43,430 I would have been in here sooner, but I feel like I've been locked in the 695 00:41:43,430 --> 00:41:44,830 funhouse for the past two days. 696 00:41:46,490 --> 00:41:49,270 Didn't you think I had a right to my own past, Leland? 697 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:51,140 It's not your past. 698 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:57,300 It's your father's. And my loyalties to him, my legal duties as trustee, were 699 00:41:57,300 --> 00:42:03,040 more compelling than your right to know. And if that hurts you, well, I'm sorry. 700 00:42:04,820 --> 00:42:09,780 Your father, he chose a difficult existence for himself, Ellis. 701 00:42:10,780 --> 00:42:14,060 But I think he dealt with it in the best way that he could. 702 00:42:19,050 --> 00:42:21,210 I guess I'm a little more like him than I thought. 703 00:42:22,390 --> 00:42:27,110 I always wanted to be the lawyer he was, the personality he was. 704 00:42:28,130 --> 00:42:32,430 As it turns out, we both just like to cheat on our wives. 705 00:42:32,730 --> 00:42:35,590 Well, it's a chapter in a biography, Douglas. 706 00:42:37,230 --> 00:42:38,490 It's not a whole life. 707 00:42:45,490 --> 00:42:47,130 How long does it usually take? 708 00:42:47,720 --> 00:42:48,720 Well, it depends. 709 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:51,940 Can I talk to you for a minute? 710 00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:57,040 Go ahead. 711 00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,180 Can I talk to you without your lawyer here? 712 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:00,800 No. 713 00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:02,280 He's Dave. 714 00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:11,620 I just want you to hear it one time from me. 715 00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:15,600 I'm sorry. 716 00:43:15,700 --> 00:43:17,080 What happened to you in there? 717 00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:19,320 Who isn't? 718 00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:21,720 What happened wasn't because I didn't care. 719 00:43:23,020 --> 00:43:24,020 It happened. 720 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:27,600 I couldn't have stopped it. 721 00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:29,840 How do you know you didn't try? 722 00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:32,020 I'll never know, okay? 723 00:43:33,300 --> 00:43:34,800 I'll never know. 724 00:43:38,420 --> 00:43:39,940 Maybe I could have dropped him. 725 00:43:40,980 --> 00:43:43,520 But maybe I would have put around in you, trying. 726 00:43:44,660 --> 00:43:46,520 The fact is, at least... 727 00:43:46,890 --> 00:43:48,590 You're alive and well. 728 00:43:50,130 --> 00:43:56,830 And I may be alive, but, mister, don't you go telling me that I am well. I 729 00:43:56,830 --> 00:43:59,190 remember what it was like to be well. 730 00:43:59,530 --> 00:44:01,350 And I am not well anymore. 731 00:44:09,710 --> 00:44:11,150 We used to have a saying. 732 00:44:12,460 --> 00:44:17,060 Iron men with wooden sticks have been replaced by wooden men with iron sticks. 733 00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:23,460 There's nothing I can say. 734 00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:27,940 Back then was when it all happened. 735 00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:35,180 I'm finished in the department. 736 00:44:36,380 --> 00:44:37,580 Nothing's going to change that. 737 00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:49,600 But do you think there's any way you could find it in your heart to forgive 738 00:44:52,100 --> 00:44:53,100 No. 739 00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:54,680 No. 740 00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:57,460 Of course not. 741 00:45:00,100 --> 00:45:04,400 When all is said and done, I sat there. 742 00:45:08,580 --> 00:45:10,060 You and I both know that. 743 00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:17,860 The rest is for the lawyers. 744 00:45:26,780 --> 00:45:32,260 Are you okay? 745 00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:33,680 Yeah. 746 00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:36,900 Joey's been out a long time, huh? 747 00:45:37,580 --> 00:45:39,140 Um, no, not that long. 748 00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:41,960 You getting hungry? No, no. 749 00:46:20,890 --> 00:46:22,490 That's a nice picture of her. 750 00:46:23,030 --> 00:46:24,970 That was at a 4th of July picnic. 751 00:46:25,879 --> 00:46:30,080 Benny, would you know if your mother had a cake comb or a big knife to cut the 752 00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:31,080 cake? 753 00:46:34,260 --> 00:46:35,800 I'm not sure where she kept it. 754 00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:38,560 Oh, that's all right. I'll find something. 755 00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:42,000 Arnie said he'd try to come by this weekend. 756 00:46:42,380 --> 00:46:43,620 Oh, did he? Yeah. 757 00:46:44,940 --> 00:46:48,980 He'd have been at the memorial service, but he had to be in court. 758 00:46:52,340 --> 00:46:53,340 This is... 759 00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:55,040 Me and my mom at the Olympics. 760 00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:00,020 It's real hard to lose someone who's close to you, Benny. 761 00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:02,040 It's the hardest thing in the world. 762 00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:03,840 It is hard. 763 00:47:05,020 --> 00:47:09,320 Sometimes it makes it easier to be able to go to work and see that there are 764 00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:10,740 other people who care about you. 765 00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:15,080 It's never going to be like it was with me and my mom again, though. 766 00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:16,480 No. 767 00:47:16,780 --> 00:47:17,780 No, it's not. 768 00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:20,760 She used to make a big plate of ginger snacks. 769 00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:23,120 She called them Zuzu crackers. 770 00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:26,240 We'd sit in the den together. 771 00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:30,280 Sometimes we'd watch TV. Sometimes we'd play cards. 772 00:47:31,260 --> 00:47:34,500 Benny, do you know where your mother kept the dish soap? 773 00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:40,820 She told me, but I forget. 774 00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:46,060 I forget where she kept anything. 775 00:47:52,110 --> 00:47:53,110 Ha ha ha!