1 00:00:02,979 --> 00:00:04,620 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:09,020 As many of you already know, Jonathan Rollins has joined us as an associate. 3 00:00:11,140 --> 00:00:14,200 My father kept a mistress who made porno movies? 4 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:16,920 I was also the mother of his child. 5 00:00:17,500 --> 00:00:18,500 Your? 6 00:00:18,900 --> 00:00:19,940 My mother? 7 00:00:20,580 --> 00:00:21,760 Not yours. 8 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:23,420 Your brother's. 9 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:27,200 Who is he? His name is Errol Farrell. 10 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:32,299 And I am very happy to say he's a lawyer right here in Los Angeles, like you and 11 00:00:32,299 --> 00:00:33,159 like your father. 12 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:35,700 Errol Farrell, I'm Douglas Brockman. 13 00:00:37,900 --> 00:00:39,440 I see you've been decorated. 14 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:42,260 You've got quite an eye, Judge. 15 00:00:42,940 --> 00:00:44,560 You're the first person to notice. 16 00:00:45,140 --> 00:00:47,820 I make it a point of noticing you, Miss Vasek. 17 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:52,160 What exactly are you hoping to accomplish by having lunch with my ex 18 00:00:52,850 --> 00:00:56,090 It's just that if you're so concerned about Michael and me, I think the person 19 00:00:56,090 --> 00:00:57,470 you should be talking to is Michael. 20 00:00:57,830 --> 00:00:59,570 You're not interested in a second go -around? 21 00:01:00,090 --> 00:01:01,090 I don't know. 22 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:04,110 I think we ought to take a little break, you and me. 23 00:01:04,390 --> 00:01:06,270 I'm moving back to my place, Michael. 24 00:01:06,750 --> 00:01:08,630 You think we need a prenuptial agreement? 25 00:01:08,910 --> 00:01:10,550 No, I'm just being prudent. 26 00:01:10,770 --> 00:01:17,450 Your willingness to sign this agreement is all anyone could ever ask for, and I 27 00:01:17,450 --> 00:01:18,650 certainly couldn't ask for more than that. 28 00:01:20,929 --> 00:01:22,630 You manipulative little bastard. 29 00:01:22,930 --> 00:01:27,590 Ann, come on. This had nothing to do with your relatives or your family trust 30 00:01:27,590 --> 00:01:29,370 funds. This was a test. 31 00:01:35,250 --> 00:01:39,550 Look, it's all right here in black and white, Your Honor. We split the cost of 32 00:01:39,550 --> 00:01:41,450 the espresso maker, which she took with her. 33 00:01:41,930 --> 00:01:42,930 Here's the bill. 34 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,100 Half of which come to $64 .30. 35 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:53,180 Add to that what I paid for the last case of B .V. Private Reserve, 1980, 36 00:01:53,180 --> 00:01:55,460 was $248 .40. 37 00:01:55,860 --> 00:02:00,760 Her total indebtedness to me, $312 .70. 38 00:02:01,260 --> 00:02:03,280 Your Honor, my ex... 39 00:02:03,930 --> 00:02:08,050 significant other conveniently fails to take into account that I regularly pay 40 00:02:08,050 --> 00:02:12,250 the phone bills, including phone rental and monthly surcharge. I have here 41 00:02:12,250 --> 00:02:16,130 records of all 11 months, and the phone calls I made are indicated by my 42 00:02:16,130 --> 00:02:17,950 initials. That was part of our agreement. 43 00:02:18,210 --> 00:02:24,490 Here's my bottom line, Your Honor. He owes me $374, inclusive of finance 44 00:02:24,490 --> 00:02:26,990 charges. Finance charges? Enough! 45 00:02:27,290 --> 00:02:31,130 Both of you, I must confess that I'm thoroughly disheartened by testimony 46 00:02:31,130 --> 00:02:32,130 both litigants. 47 00:02:32,590 --> 00:02:34,410 People, you shared a life together. 48 00:02:34,610 --> 00:02:38,570 And here you come into this courtroom bickering over phone taxes and who paid 49 00:02:38,570 --> 00:02:39,570 the wine bill. 50 00:02:39,630 --> 00:02:41,350 Where are your enduring values? 51 00:02:41,630 --> 00:02:46,930 Trust, forgiveness, mutual support. What is happening to our society when young 52 00:02:46,930 --> 00:02:49,970 people are so blasé about commitment and marriage? 53 00:02:50,210 --> 00:02:54,990 If the relationship works, great. If it doesn't, no problem. Just settle up the 54 00:02:54,990 --> 00:02:56,430 phone bill and no one's the poorer. 55 00:02:56,650 --> 00:02:58,130 Well, let me tell you. 56 00:02:58,650 --> 00:02:59,650 We're all the poorer. 57 00:03:00,070 --> 00:03:04,030 Marriage and family life is the bedrock upon which our civilization stands. 58 00:03:08,590 --> 00:03:13,050 Well, you didn't come to hear a sermon. I'm going to delay this decision for ten 59 00:03:13,050 --> 00:03:17,250 days in the hopes that you will work out a more dignified and honorable parting 60 00:03:17,250 --> 00:03:18,250 on your own. 61 00:03:18,850 --> 00:03:20,090 We'll take a short recess. 62 00:03:33,740 --> 00:03:38,300 Enter. I just wanted to tell you that I was incredibly moved by what you just 63 00:03:38,300 --> 00:03:39,300 said. 64 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,100 Oh, Douglas, it's so sad. 65 00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:43,379 What is? 66 00:03:43,380 --> 00:03:47,880 The things that I love about you are the same things that make our relationship 67 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:48,799 so wrong. 68 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:50,020 What are you talking about? 69 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,680 The things you said about commitment and marriage being the bedrock of 70 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:54,680 civilization. 71 00:03:55,760 --> 00:04:01,320 For better or for worse. That's true, but this is a different situation. 72 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:07,340 I couldn't live with myself if I thought I was wrecking your marriage. You're 73 00:04:07,340 --> 00:04:08,340 not, I swear. 74 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:10,200 You mean it? 75 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:16,560 The smell of your perfume rockets me into orbit. 76 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:18,760 Oh, God. 77 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:20,720 Lock the door. 78 00:04:26,730 --> 00:04:27,830 Take off your shirt. 79 00:04:29,530 --> 00:04:32,170 Douglas. I want to fondle your hooters. 80 00:06:33,870 --> 00:06:36,550 Moving along, Claflin versus Safari National. 81 00:06:37,250 --> 00:06:39,070 Michael? Trial starts tomorrow. 82 00:06:39,850 --> 00:06:40,850 What are our chances? 83 00:06:41,050 --> 00:06:43,450 You know, I've been thinking that maybe it would be better to have Leland try 84 00:06:43,450 --> 00:06:47,510 this case. Me? What? What we have is an age discrimination case with a senior 85 00:06:47,510 --> 00:06:50,890 citizen client who was fired because of his date of birth. So what? 86 00:06:51,150 --> 00:06:53,950 Well, what better way to show a jury that 60 -year -olds don't have to be put 87 00:06:53,950 --> 00:06:57,150 out to pasture than to have them see Leland strut his stuff. That's great. 88 00:06:57,430 --> 00:06:59,550 And plus the fact the client loves the idea. 89 00:06:59,770 --> 00:07:01,250 All right, just a minute. Hold it. 90 00:07:02,060 --> 00:07:04,820 When's the last time you actually tried a case, no offense? 91 00:07:05,260 --> 00:07:07,760 Well, it was back when you had hair. 92 00:07:08,220 --> 00:07:09,220 No offense. 93 00:07:12,220 --> 00:07:13,220 Oh. 94 00:07:14,020 --> 00:07:19,780 All right, a very simple trial. We'll go over the facts. You'll be ready 95 00:07:19,780 --> 00:07:20,780 tomorrow. 96 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:23,240 Do it, Leland. 97 00:07:23,460 --> 00:07:24,480 Go for it, Leland. 98 00:07:24,740 --> 00:07:28,180 Michael and I will discuss this later. Move on, Douglas. 99 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:31,000 Turning to the O 'Halloran divorce. 100 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:33,160 I'm deposing our client's husband this afternoon. 101 00:07:33,380 --> 00:07:36,000 Why is this matter being handled by a first -year associate? 102 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:39,460 It's just a few questions on the disposition of property, Douglas. 103 00:07:39,700 --> 00:07:42,820 It should take less than an hour. Actually, I was thinking of stringing 104 00:07:42,820 --> 00:07:46,060 a little. The guy gets frazzled pretty easily and a long deposition might wear 105 00:07:46,060 --> 00:07:46,559 him down. 106 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:50,320 Well, I wouldn't, Jonathan. We've found that those types of antics can alienate 107 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:51,760 you among the legal community. 108 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,200 Probably best to just stay away from them. 109 00:07:54,420 --> 00:07:56,180 But I really think that... No! 110 00:07:56,950 --> 00:07:58,270 Rona versus Gradinger? 111 00:07:58,490 --> 00:08:02,250 Discovery is complete, and I'm pushing for an accelerated trial date to try and 112 00:08:02,250 --> 00:08:04,870 stir up some action. What are you doing with this case? 113 00:08:05,170 --> 00:08:07,330 I gave it to her, and she's doing great. 114 00:08:07,590 --> 00:08:10,030 People, why are all our starters on the bench? 115 00:08:10,310 --> 00:08:11,550 She can do it, Douglas. 116 00:08:11,930 --> 00:08:15,150 Fine. And when she loses, you can let Benny handle the appeal. 117 00:08:15,390 --> 00:08:17,710 Douglas? Really? That's uncalled for. 118 00:08:17,930 --> 00:08:19,610 Douglas, I can't believe you. 119 00:08:22,130 --> 00:08:25,310 Oh, you broke it. I guess we're adjourned. 120 00:08:39,270 --> 00:08:43,070 I haven't tried a case in seven years. 121 00:08:43,390 --> 00:08:47,110 Leland, I've never seen anyone who could stand up and inspire trust in a jury 122 00:08:47,110 --> 00:08:48,109 the way you can. 123 00:08:48,110 --> 00:08:50,390 It was a long time ago. 124 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:54,160 You know how hard it is to win an age discrimination case? 125 00:08:54,380 --> 00:08:58,420 Which is exactly why we need you. You can fire someone for almost anything. 126 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,920 Performance, personality clash. 127 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:05,080 All the defendant has to say is that he doesn't like them. 128 00:09:09,560 --> 00:09:11,080 Leland, what is it? 129 00:09:13,180 --> 00:09:14,180 Come here. 130 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,000 What's that? 131 00:09:24,140 --> 00:09:26,860 which I'm supposed to be wearing, only I'm too vain. 132 00:09:29,700 --> 00:09:33,380 Michael, there's a chance I won't even hear everything that happens in there. 133 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:39,060 Well, maybe you should just wear them. They make me feel old. 134 00:09:40,020 --> 00:09:42,420 If I get beat up in court, I'll know I'm old. 135 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:49,260 I don't think I can do it. Well, now, that's a hell of a message. The old guy 136 00:09:49,260 --> 00:09:51,220 can't cut it, so they send in the young legs? 137 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:52,440 It's not the age. 138 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:53,920 It's just the symptoms. 139 00:09:58,340 --> 00:10:00,060 Maybe you should take the file back. 140 00:10:00,540 --> 00:10:01,540 Leland. 141 00:10:03,660 --> 00:10:04,680 Take it in your ear. 142 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,900 And I know, sir, your financial statement was prepared by the accounting 143 00:10:17,900 --> 00:10:18,900 Colby and Bowden. 144 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:21,100 Could you tell us what occasion you need to select them? 145 00:10:21,740 --> 00:10:23,560 Hey, I was going to... Wait a minute. 146 00:10:24,380 --> 00:10:29,820 You spend an hour on obsolete bank records, and now you ask him why he 147 00:10:29,820 --> 00:10:31,000 this accounting firm? 148 00:10:32,180 --> 00:10:35,200 What possible... I'm sure you'll see the relevancy in a second council. 149 00:10:36,540 --> 00:10:39,420 Why did you pick that firm, Mr. Halloran? Oh, they were recommended to 150 00:10:39,420 --> 00:10:42,320 heard they did good work. But having been audited the year prior by 151 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:44,100 and Gilmore, wouldn't they have been a more expedient choice? 152 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,420 I wanted Colby and Bowdoin. Perhaps based on the fact that McLaughlin and 153 00:10:47,420 --> 00:10:50,520 Gilmore refused to discount the value of the contents contained in the residence 154 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:54,540 at 927 North Palm. The value of said contents being directly an issue in this 155 00:10:54,540 --> 00:10:55,439 divorce proceeding. 156 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:57,040 No, that had nothing to do with it. 157 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:58,600 Really? 158 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,580 All right, then, directing your attention to the items labeled household 159 00:11:01,700 --> 00:11:03,220 I'd ask you to go through them with me. 160 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,600 Page one, item one. You're going to go through that whole book? 161 00:11:08,020 --> 00:11:09,020 We'll be here a week. 162 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,420 We seek the complete truth, sir. The accomplishment of which can only be 163 00:11:12,420 --> 00:11:14,900 ascertained by conscientious and exhaustive effort. 164 00:11:15,140 --> 00:11:18,200 Page one, item one. The brass bookend. 165 00:11:18,660 --> 00:11:21,180 Valued according to this at $75, the pair. 166 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:23,000 Oh, for God's sake. 167 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:33,400 You got a minute? Sure. I brought you a little pizza. 168 00:11:42,590 --> 00:11:44,090 Strasburg goose pate with truffles. 169 00:11:47,590 --> 00:11:49,270 Oh, it's beautiful, Stuart. 170 00:11:49,490 --> 00:11:51,150 Thought we might have a little romantic dinner tonight. 171 00:11:52,390 --> 00:11:55,550 I can't. I have a Women's Bar Association meeting tonight. 172 00:11:55,850 --> 00:11:56,850 No problem. 173 00:11:57,090 --> 00:12:00,670 Just hold dinner till you get home? Oh, I don't know how late I'll be. 174 00:12:02,090 --> 00:12:04,470 And besides, it's got so much cholesterol. 175 00:12:04,710 --> 00:12:05,890 Why don't you have it, Stuart? 176 00:12:07,470 --> 00:12:09,750 Look, Ann, I was wrong, okay? I was wrong. 177 00:12:10,130 --> 00:12:11,129 I was... 178 00:12:11,130 --> 00:12:12,130 Testing your love. 179 00:12:12,250 --> 00:12:15,010 Because I was too insecure to accept the fact that you could love me just for 180 00:12:15,010 --> 00:12:16,010 me. 181 00:12:17,170 --> 00:12:21,430 Finally, I understand that I just have to risk everything, you know? 182 00:12:22,030 --> 00:12:25,790 To fly without a net. And I'm prepared to do it again. 183 00:12:28,950 --> 00:12:30,930 I love you. I love you too, Stuart. 184 00:12:31,890 --> 00:12:33,050 Why aren't we sleeping together? 185 00:12:34,390 --> 00:12:35,630 It's been like over a week. 186 00:12:37,110 --> 00:12:39,590 I've been tired, Stuart, that's all. Oh, tired. 187 00:12:41,100 --> 00:12:45,620 Yeah, I see. Yeah, and I've got a lot of work to do, so I promise we'll talk 188 00:12:45,620 --> 00:12:46,620 about it when we get home. 189 00:12:46,700 --> 00:12:47,700 Okay? Great. 190 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:56,560 Here. 191 00:13:01,340 --> 00:13:02,340 Try some of this instead. 192 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:03,659 It's beautiful. 193 00:13:03,660 --> 00:13:04,639 What is it? 194 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:06,160 Strasbourg goose pâté with truffles. 195 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:09,600 No, keep it. 196 00:13:09,620 --> 00:13:10,559 Keep it. 197 00:13:10,560 --> 00:13:13,860 Make sandwiches for Eric with it. Stick it in his lunchbox with his Twinkies and 198 00:13:13,860 --> 00:13:14,860 his chocolate milk. 199 00:13:14,940 --> 00:13:17,520 It's a little high in cholesterol, but a five -year -old's basically 200 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:19,100 unconflicted about stuff like that anyway. 201 00:13:23,940 --> 00:13:25,100 Forget it, Scott. 202 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:29,620 This is your third continuance. And if your client has not paid your fee yet, 203 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:31,220 that is seriously not my problem. 204 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:32,480 Bye. 205 00:13:33,620 --> 00:13:34,620 Excuse me. 206 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:36,400 Miss Van Owen? Yeah. 207 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:38,220 They said I should see you about this. 208 00:13:39,100 --> 00:13:40,100 Oh, great. 209 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,360 The prelim's not till tomorrow, but that's okay. As long as you're here, 210 00:13:43,420 --> 00:13:45,580 Sweet, I've been wanting to go over your testimony anyway. 211 00:13:45,820 --> 00:13:49,300 Yeah, but that's just it. I'm not going to be able to do it. Mrs. Sweet, I'm not 212 00:13:49,300 --> 00:13:50,300 sure you understand. 213 00:13:50,340 --> 00:13:53,900 This is a subpoena, an order from the court that you have to come and testify. 214 00:13:54,180 --> 00:13:55,280 I changed my mind. 215 00:13:57,460 --> 00:13:58,940 Well, you can't really do that. 216 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:03,140 I've got your statement to the police that you saw Maurice Crumman's gun down 217 00:14:03,140 --> 00:14:07,800 Tanya Drummond's, and if you were trying to go back on that statement now... 218 00:14:08,250 --> 00:14:11,610 I would have to do my job and ask the judge to hold you in contempt of court. 219 00:14:12,910 --> 00:14:14,590 So what are you telling me, jail? 220 00:14:15,950 --> 00:14:18,230 Try and understand my position, Mrs. Sweet. 221 00:14:18,490 --> 00:14:22,510 An innocent six -year -old has been murdered. And if you don't testify, I 222 00:14:22,510 --> 00:14:23,349 prove my case. 223 00:14:23,350 --> 00:14:26,590 Yeah, but if I do testify, I'll be just as dead as that little girl. 224 00:14:28,010 --> 00:14:31,410 Has someone in Crumman's gang threatened you? They don't have to. You live in 225 00:14:31,410 --> 00:14:32,410 Watts. You just know. 226 00:14:33,290 --> 00:14:37,290 Because he's under age. Things you have no idea about. Can I buy you a cup of 227 00:14:37,290 --> 00:14:38,290 coffee, Mrs. Sweet? 228 00:14:39,790 --> 00:14:40,790 I sympathize. 229 00:14:43,290 --> 00:14:45,090 Well, anything we can do, let us know. 230 00:14:45,490 --> 00:14:50,410 She said before, Mrs. Sweet, that there are things that I don't know or 231 00:14:50,410 --> 00:14:51,410 understand. 232 00:14:51,590 --> 00:14:52,590 Actually, I do. 233 00:14:53,170 --> 00:14:57,450 I was shot by a gang member, and I remember what my first reaction was. 234 00:14:58,190 --> 00:15:03,170 I was going to get as far away from here as I could, get a job and a house on 235 00:15:03,170 --> 00:15:07,690 the west side, and just pretend that other world didn't exist. 236 00:15:08,470 --> 00:15:09,730 But I didn't. 237 00:15:10,410 --> 00:15:11,590 I couldn't. 238 00:15:12,170 --> 00:15:15,890 Because I care about the Tanya Drummonds of this world. 239 00:15:16,330 --> 00:15:17,550 And so do you. 240 00:15:18,070 --> 00:15:21,610 You tried to save that little girl's life after the shooting. 241 00:15:22,460 --> 00:15:25,620 You helped the police arrest her killer. You're not the kind of woman who can 242 00:15:25,620 --> 00:15:26,619 just walk away. 243 00:15:26,620 --> 00:15:31,640 I have a son, Miss Van Owen, and thank God he's not like those other boys. 244 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:35,600 So far, he's stayed away from the drugs and the gang. 245 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:41,820 Last year, he brought home four A's and a B. His counselor said that he can get 246 00:15:41,820 --> 00:15:42,820 him a scholarship. 247 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:48,440 But if I take that witness stand, that gang is going to come after me, and 248 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:49,440 yet, my boy. 249 00:15:51,890 --> 00:15:56,470 We have a witness protection program, Mrs. Sweet. We can move you and your son 250 00:15:56,470 --> 00:16:00,630 to a new place, a safer place, away from the gangs and the drugs and the 251 00:16:00,630 --> 00:16:02,450 violence. Where is that, Disneyland? 252 00:16:03,310 --> 00:16:06,550 I seem too much to believe in fairy tales, Miss Van Owen. 253 00:16:06,990 --> 00:16:12,150 Okay, no fairy tales. This is a hard thing I'm asking you to do, but you are 254 00:16:12,150 --> 00:16:15,730 very brave woman. That is why you did the right thing before, and that is why 255 00:16:15,730 --> 00:16:17,510 you are going to do it tomorrow in that courtroom. 256 00:16:17,990 --> 00:16:19,090 And in the meantime... 257 00:16:19,690 --> 00:16:23,490 You are going to have to trust me that I can protect you and your son. 258 00:16:23,690 --> 00:16:25,630 And if I don't, you're going to put me in jail. 259 00:16:27,710 --> 00:16:29,210 I wouldn't have any other choice. 260 00:16:29,670 --> 00:16:32,650 Really, Mrs. Sweet, it's going to be okay. I promise. 261 00:16:50,990 --> 00:16:54,550 And the activewear line was your concept, was it not? It was. 262 00:16:54,770 --> 00:16:57,630 And then they decide my division should be run by a younger person, more 263 00:16:57,630 --> 00:16:59,350 commensurate with the image of the clothing. 264 00:16:59,590 --> 00:17:00,590 Your Honor, please. 265 00:17:00,650 --> 00:17:04,910 Counsel is leading the witness. The responses are conclusory, self -serving. 266 00:17:05,050 --> 00:17:06,210 This is very upsetting. 267 00:17:06,670 --> 00:17:10,650 I'm sorry, Your Honor. I'll try to evoke more enjoyable answers. 268 00:17:12,930 --> 00:17:14,190 Sidebar, Your Honor. Yes? 269 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:26,400 I know it's been years since he's been in court, but that doesn't excuse him 270 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:30,220 from the evidentiary rules currently in effect, which were adopted, I believe, 271 00:17:30,300 --> 00:17:31,340 in the 1950s. 272 00:17:32,780 --> 00:17:36,760 You are out of line. We all know why he's here, Judge, to show the jury that 273 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:40,440 senior citizens can still dress up and lead productive lives, but that's not... 274 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:46,140 If Mr. McKenzie deviates from any proper courtroom procedures, I'll rule on it, 275 00:17:46,220 --> 00:17:49,520 Counselor. So far, he's not done so. 276 00:17:50,900 --> 00:17:52,080 Now step back. 277 00:17:57,860 --> 00:18:01,780 Continue. And could you state for the record your salary at the time of your 278 00:18:01,780 --> 00:18:05,100 termination? I was making $152 ,500 a year. 279 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:08,180 And did you attempt to find other employment after the discharge? 280 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,420 I still try, every single day. 281 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:14,600 Nobody's breaking down the door to hire a 64 -year -old who just got fired. 282 00:18:14,740 --> 00:18:15,800 Thank you, Mr. Clapham. 283 00:18:17,100 --> 00:18:18,100 Your witness. 284 00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:26,340 Mr. Claplin, when Safari National made the decision to franchise two years ago, 285 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,480 this meant more work for you, didn't it? I made the decision to franchise. 286 00:18:29,940 --> 00:18:33,520 It was my idea to open up the outlets and... But the point is, they gave you 287 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,600 more job responsibilities, didn't they? They didn't give me anything. 288 00:18:37,310 --> 00:18:39,470 I created the position and devised its functions. 289 00:18:39,770 --> 00:18:42,870 Move to strike, non -responsive. It's directly responsive. 290 00:18:43,290 --> 00:18:45,950 You're implying I couldn't live up to the job requirements when it was my 291 00:18:45,950 --> 00:18:47,530 province to define those requirements. 292 00:18:47,790 --> 00:18:50,830 Your Honor, please instruct the witness. He has a lawyer to help argue the 293 00:18:50,830 --> 00:18:51,830 evidentiary matters. 294 00:18:52,130 --> 00:18:54,090 Your Honor, please instruct counsel. 295 00:18:54,350 --> 00:18:57,990 I'd never offer help to those who don't need it. I object. I object. I 296 00:18:57,990 --> 00:18:58,990 absolutely object. 297 00:19:00,460 --> 00:19:02,800 This damn bureaucracy drives me crazy. 298 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:07,300 I promise this woman detectives... Don't detective me, Grace. 299 00:19:07,500 --> 00:19:11,140 What am I supposed to do? I've been on the phone all morning long. I keep 300 00:19:11,140 --> 00:19:12,720 running into the same damn wall. 301 00:19:12,940 --> 00:19:18,400 Without proof of a direct threat, we cannot get her immediate relocation. 302 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:23,000 is the lamest, most moronic... That whole community is so intimidated by the 303 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,360 gangs, their mere presence constitutes a direct threat. 304 00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:27,400 God, Milton. 305 00:19:28,870 --> 00:19:33,790 How am I supposed to force this woman to testify if I have no way of protecting 306 00:19:33,790 --> 00:19:34,790 her? 307 00:19:35,770 --> 00:19:36,770 Okay. 308 00:19:37,390 --> 00:19:38,810 I'll get her to the courthouse. 309 00:19:39,110 --> 00:19:40,150 I'll take her home. 310 00:19:40,390 --> 00:19:44,650 I'll sit with her in the courthouse, and I will protect and patrol her home as 311 00:19:44,650 --> 00:19:45,830 best as I can. 312 00:19:46,050 --> 00:19:47,810 I thought you said you were going away on vacation. 313 00:19:48,250 --> 00:19:49,330 Looks like I lied. 314 00:19:52,390 --> 00:19:53,390 I owe you. 315 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:05,960 What were you doing last night? I didn't hear you come in. 316 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:08,360 After the meeting, a bunch of us went out. 317 00:20:09,100 --> 00:20:10,740 Carol Fulgate split up with her husband. 318 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:11,699 You're kidding. 319 00:20:11,700 --> 00:20:16,080 So we commiserated over a couple of bowls of peanuts and too much cheap 320 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:20,100 I didn't get in until after 2 a .m., so I didn't want to wake you. I slept in 321 00:20:20,100 --> 00:20:20,739 the guest room. 322 00:20:20,740 --> 00:20:21,740 Well, 323 00:20:21,900 --> 00:20:26,760 here's four ounces of Beluga Triple O and a bottle of Pink Dom Perignon. 324 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,300 I thought we'd jump into bed, have a little snack, see what develops. 325 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,320 Oh, Stuart, that is so sweet. 326 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:36,180 And normally I'd love it. 327 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:38,140 But I'm a little hungover. 328 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,700 And I'm holding water from all the salt and the peanuts. 329 00:20:41,940 --> 00:20:43,520 And there's so much sodium in the caviar. 330 00:20:43,940 --> 00:20:46,780 I think I'd better just stick with celery and mineral water today. 331 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:53,880 Victor. 332 00:20:57,300 --> 00:20:58,300 Hi, 333 00:20:58,900 --> 00:21:00,780 sir. Hi. Do you like caviar? 334 00:21:01,060 --> 00:21:02,060 Oh, I love it. 335 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:03,460 How about expensive champagne? 336 00:21:04,290 --> 00:21:05,570 Well, if you trust my arm. 337 00:21:05,910 --> 00:21:08,230 Now, you wouldn't by any chance have a hot date tonight, would you? 338 00:21:08,890 --> 00:21:11,410 As a matter of fact, Stuart, yes, I do. Yeah, well, watch it. 339 00:21:15,930 --> 00:21:16,970 Have yourself a party. 340 00:21:17,250 --> 00:21:18,250 Maybe you'll get lucky. 341 00:21:22,050 --> 00:21:23,670 Mrs. Sweet, what is your occupation? 342 00:21:24,330 --> 00:21:27,550 I'm a licensed vocational nurse at Martin Luther King Hospital. 343 00:21:27,950 --> 00:21:31,370 Drawing your attention to September 18th, 1987, did... 344 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:35,120 Did anything unusual occur as you were returning home from work? 345 00:21:35,340 --> 00:21:39,860 I had just got off the bus, and I was on my way home when I saw this blue car 346 00:21:39,860 --> 00:21:42,580 turn the corner and stop near the grammar school. 347 00:21:42,820 --> 00:21:44,180 How many people were in that car? 348 00:21:44,620 --> 00:21:45,499 Three or four. 349 00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:48,560 Do you recognize any of them in this courtroom today? 350 00:21:49,379 --> 00:21:53,460 Him. He had the gun. Let the record reflect that the witness has indicated 351 00:21:53,460 --> 00:21:55,780 defendant, Maurice Crimmins. Lying bitch. 352 00:21:56,100 --> 00:21:57,600 Bailiff, remove that individual. 353 00:21:57,900 --> 00:22:01,420 Now, the next person who speaks out of line in this courtroom will be held in 354 00:22:01,420 --> 00:22:03,660 contempt. You all understand that back there? 355 00:22:08,180 --> 00:22:09,180 Proceed. 356 00:22:10,140 --> 00:22:14,160 What happened after the car slowed down? He stuck the shotgun through the 357 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,250 window. He yelled the name of his gang. 358 00:22:16,450 --> 00:22:21,110 Then he started shooting at these boys who were standing in front of this 359 00:22:21,470 --> 00:22:26,130 And the boys started running. I don't think he hit any of them. He drove off, 360 00:22:26,130 --> 00:22:27,590 I just wanted to go home. 361 00:22:30,130 --> 00:22:33,250 But then I heard her crying. 362 00:22:33,630 --> 00:22:34,489 Who was that? 363 00:22:34,490 --> 00:22:37,270 The little girl, Tanya Drummond. 364 00:22:37,910 --> 00:22:40,110 She was on the playground behind the fence. 365 00:22:40,370 --> 00:22:43,530 The bullets must have gone through the chain link. 366 00:22:45,610 --> 00:22:47,630 And hit her instead of them. 367 00:22:48,450 --> 00:22:52,150 So what did you do? I yelled to somebody to call an ambulance. 368 00:22:52,770 --> 00:22:54,110 Then I tried to help her. 369 00:22:54,350 --> 00:22:56,090 I tried to stop the bleeding. 370 00:22:56,370 --> 00:22:58,150 I tried to get her to breathing. 371 00:23:04,370 --> 00:23:06,750 When the police came, she was gone. 372 00:23:07,330 --> 00:23:09,710 What did you tell the police when they arrived? 373 00:23:20,750 --> 00:23:23,170 I told him Maurice Crimmins shot her. 374 00:23:23,410 --> 00:23:24,470 Now, you knew him by name? 375 00:23:24,690 --> 00:23:26,150 He was the only one I did know. 376 00:23:26,370 --> 00:23:29,990 His mother and his sisters used to live next door to me. 377 00:23:32,390 --> 00:23:33,630 Thank you, Mrs. Sweet. 378 00:23:34,870 --> 00:23:36,610 I have nothing further at this time. 379 00:23:37,950 --> 00:23:44,910 As the hour is late, we will recess until 10 a .m. tomorrow morning, at 380 00:23:44,910 --> 00:23:48,230 time, Mr. Muhlenberg, you may begin your cross -examination. 381 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,300 This court is in recess until 10 o 'clock tomorrow morning. 382 00:23:59,540 --> 00:24:03,680 You were great. Thank you. 383 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:08,220 My home phone number is written on the back. If you need anything, I want you 384 00:24:08,220 --> 00:24:11,140 call. I'll take you home now. I'll pick you up in the morning, okay? 385 00:24:11,540 --> 00:24:14,200 You know, for the time being, you shouldn't have to leave your apartment 386 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,160 anything except to come to court. I'll make arrangements to have your shopping 387 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,780 and whatever else you need done for you. I don't like having people to do things 388 00:24:20,780 --> 00:24:22,220 for me. I'm used to doing for myself. 389 00:24:22,820 --> 00:24:24,940 We're still working on relocating you. 390 00:24:25,140 --> 00:24:28,740 It's taking a lot of kicking and screaming, and it may not even happen 391 00:24:28,740 --> 00:24:29,740 the prelim's over. 392 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,660 But by the time of trial, I promise. 393 00:24:38,260 --> 00:24:39,260 Hey, 394 00:24:40,140 --> 00:24:41,140 man, hold the door. 395 00:24:48,860 --> 00:24:50,860 Page 37, item 206. 396 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:53,880 The Royal Copenhagen Christmas dishes. 397 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,200 I have no idea. What, more than $20? 398 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:57,680 Yeah, I suppose. 399 00:24:57,760 --> 00:24:59,400 More than $50? No way. 400 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:00,680 $30 tops. 401 00:25:01,969 --> 00:25:06,710 So when you stated on the record just now that you had no idea, that was a 402 00:25:06,830 --> 00:25:11,650 wasn't it? Mr. Rawlings, I really must object to this protracted... Well, 403 00:25:11,650 --> 00:25:15,530 whoopee. This little snot grills me for two straight days and you finally get 404 00:25:15,530 --> 00:25:19,290 around to objecting? Thank you. Can we go off the record? No, on the record, 405 00:25:19,350 --> 00:25:21,450 item 207, the Easter plates. 406 00:25:22,060 --> 00:25:25,540 Damn it. I note for the record that Attorney Kilbourne is trying to disrupt 407 00:25:25,540 --> 00:25:27,440 orderly flow of this proceeding. You want to see disruption? 408 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:28,800 I'll show you disruption. 409 00:25:29,180 --> 00:25:32,280 Let the record reflect that Attorney Kilbourne has risen manifesting violent 410 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:33,640 propensities. Excuse me. 411 00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:35,500 Mr. Arlinds. 412 00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:37,500 Could I see you a minute? 413 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:38,700 You know what this kid's doing. 414 00:25:39,140 --> 00:25:40,140 Pardon us for a second. 415 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,320 With my understanding that this deposition should have taken an hour at 416 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,060 I'm wearing him down, sir. He's about to give up. I can... No! 417 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:57,280 What if other firms did this to us? 418 00:25:57,700 --> 00:26:01,740 tying up Michael Kuzak or Arnold Becker for two full days? Do you have any idea 419 00:26:01,740 --> 00:26:05,340 how much that would cost us or the client? I am mindful of your job to look 420 00:26:05,340 --> 00:26:09,260 the big picture of running a law firm, sir, but my job is to take each case one 421 00:26:09,260 --> 00:26:12,660 at a time and try to win, which is what I'm going to do with this case. What 422 00:26:12,660 --> 00:26:16,580 you're going to do is compromise the integrity of this firm. It violates 423 00:26:16,580 --> 00:26:18,240 norm of professional courtesy. 424 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,380 Our client's not paying for professional courtesy. She wants a satisfactory 425 00:26:21,380 --> 00:26:23,680 settlement, which is... Don't push us, young man. 426 00:26:24,430 --> 00:26:30,470 The partners are very upset, including Leland McKenzie. Now wrap this thing up 427 00:26:30,470 --> 00:26:31,470 immediately. 428 00:26:36,770 --> 00:26:37,490 Sorry 429 00:26:37,490 --> 00:26:45,090 for 430 00:26:45,090 --> 00:26:46,090 the disturbance. 431 00:26:47,450 --> 00:26:49,090 Now, Mr. O 'Halloran. 432 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,660 We're turning our attention to the Danish seasonal dishes, specifically the 433 00:26:52,660 --> 00:26:56,320 Easter series. That's page 37, item 207. 434 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,740 So then, we get a message from the coroner. 435 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:07,400 One of the jurors refusing to deliberate until he knows the defendant's 436 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,440 astrological sign. Oh, you're kidding. 437 00:27:10,330 --> 00:27:14,370 The judge already dismissed the alternates. I say, judge, it's open and 438 00:27:14,370 --> 00:27:17,570 drug sale to an undercover cop. Can't we just excuse this guy and proceed with 439 00:27:17,570 --> 00:27:19,050 11? No sale. 440 00:27:19,630 --> 00:27:20,569 Myth trial. 441 00:27:20,570 --> 00:27:22,070 We have to start all over again. 442 00:27:22,330 --> 00:27:23,330 Mickey. 443 00:27:24,170 --> 00:27:25,490 Mickey, you know Jim Ailey? 444 00:27:25,810 --> 00:27:26,810 Hi. How you doing? 445 00:27:27,290 --> 00:27:28,730 Sit in. I gotta head home anyway. 446 00:27:28,930 --> 00:27:29,930 See you tomorrow, Jim. 447 00:27:32,490 --> 00:27:36,550 You know, I called you a couple times. I've been so underwater with this 448 00:27:36,570 --> 00:27:37,570 Freeman. I'm sorry. 449 00:27:38,810 --> 00:27:41,690 You know, I can hardly hear myself thinking here. You want to go someplace 450 00:27:41,690 --> 00:27:42,690 quiet? 451 00:27:42,930 --> 00:27:44,750 Nicky, I am so beat. 452 00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:46,830 Besides, I just ordered a hamburger. 453 00:27:47,810 --> 00:27:48,810 Cancel it. 454 00:27:48,910 --> 00:27:49,910 Cancel it? 455 00:27:49,930 --> 00:27:52,190 Grace, you were right. 456 00:27:53,910 --> 00:27:55,550 Look, we have a lot to talk about. 457 00:27:55,790 --> 00:27:56,669 I know. 458 00:27:56,670 --> 00:28:01,210 And it's not that I don't want to. It's just that now is not a good time. 459 00:28:01,510 --> 00:28:03,210 Well, what do I have to do? Make an appointment? 460 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,140 life of six -year -old Tonya Drummond. 461 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:10,760 Billy, turn that up. 462 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,820 Gene Kasabian is live with more on this tragic story. 463 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:18,960 Sherry, the friends and neighbors of Nani Sweet are grieving tonight over her 464 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:19,960 brutal murder. 465 00:28:20,340 --> 00:28:23,960 Investigators told me she was gunned down a short time ago in the entranceway 466 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:25,020 her home here in Watts. 467 00:28:25,260 --> 00:28:28,400 Police are now looking for any possible witnesses to that shooting. 468 00:28:28,780 --> 00:28:32,180 Earlier today, Sweet had testified at the preliminary hearing of Maurice 469 00:28:32,180 --> 00:28:36,900 Crimmins, the gang member charged with the murder of little Tanya Drummonds, a 470 00:28:36,900 --> 00:28:39,000 crime that shocked and saddened this neighborhood. 471 00:28:39,460 --> 00:28:40,399 Thank you. 472 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:41,400 I got to go. 473 00:29:00,999 --> 00:29:03,880 Excuse me, ma 'am. Would you like to talk to Julius Sweet? 474 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:06,360 Trust me. 475 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,960 Julius, I'm Grace Fenowen from the district attorney's office, and this is 476 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:12,400 Detective Levine. Julius? 477 00:29:12,980 --> 00:29:16,260 We want you to know how deeply we regret your mother's death. 478 00:29:16,540 --> 00:29:18,500 I hear Maurice Crimson's gonna get out of jail tomorrow. 479 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:20,140 How can that be? 480 00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:28,160 Because your mother... Because your mother was killed before his lawyer 481 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:31,100 cross -examine her, the judge is gonna have to dismiss the case. 482 00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:35,110 We're going to get your mother's killer son. Count on it. Someone's going to get 483 00:29:35,110 --> 00:29:38,070 her killer son, but it ain't going to be you. Yeah, well, give me a chance to 484 00:29:38,070 --> 00:29:41,050 prove you wrong, okay? How you going to do that? I mean, who's going to testify? 485 00:29:41,810 --> 00:29:43,910 Everybody in this neighborhood knows who killed 90 Sweet. 486 00:29:44,510 --> 00:29:46,950 Everybody in this neighborhood knows what happened when you opened your 487 00:29:47,010 --> 00:29:49,030 and everybody knows you got no power to change it. 488 00:29:49,250 --> 00:29:54,390 Julius, if I believe that, then I believe there's no chance here. Not at 489 00:29:55,130 --> 00:29:57,390 But I don't believe that, and neither did your mother. 490 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,680 That's why she was willing to tell you. She was not willing. You made her and 491 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:03,600 then you didn't do a damn thing to protect her. 492 00:30:03,860 --> 00:30:05,480 Now her death is on your hands, lady. 493 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,620 You killed the both of you. Now just get off my property. 494 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:14,000 Julius, now what mattered to your mother more than anything else was that you 495 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:17,680 stay out of the gangs and stay in school and make something out of yourself. 496 00:30:18,220 --> 00:30:22,980 Now don't dishonor her life by trying to avenge her death. That'd be very, very 497 00:30:22,980 --> 00:30:24,200 stupid, Julius. 498 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:25,760 Do you hear me? 499 00:30:25,860 --> 00:30:26,860 Very stupid. 500 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:51,780 It was a difficult conclusion, and I would never have made the decision to 501 00:30:51,780 --> 00:30:56,380 discharge him if I hadn't been 100 % certain it was in the best interest of 502 00:30:56,380 --> 00:30:58,620 company. The man simply couldn't do the job. 503 00:30:58,840 --> 00:30:59,840 Thank you, Mr. Ackerson. 504 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:01,360 Nothing further. 505 00:31:06,500 --> 00:31:12,020 Mr. Ackerson, when it came time to replace my client, you told your 506 00:31:12,020 --> 00:31:15,220 to look for someone preferably in his 40s or younger, didn't you? 507 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:19,980 Yeah. So it's fair to assume if two candidates come in equally qualified, 508 00:31:19,980 --> 00:31:23,200 years old and the other 40, you'd choose the younger man, correct? 509 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:24,740 But you see, that isn't really fair. 510 00:31:25,340 --> 00:31:29,480 Because regardless of their present abilities, one is going to have many 511 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:30,480 years of productivity. 512 00:31:30,820 --> 00:31:35,480 So certainly one of the factors that I'd have to look at is which person is 513 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,220 going to develop and grow and contribute to the company for the longest period 514 00:31:39,220 --> 00:31:42,120 of time. I see. And which person would that be? 515 00:31:43,100 --> 00:31:44,160 The 40 -year -old. 516 00:31:44,940 --> 00:31:49,220 Well, did this presumption in favor of you impact on your decision to discharge 517 00:31:49,220 --> 00:31:53,240 William Claflin? No. He was fired because sales in his division weren't up 518 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:54,240 expectations. 519 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:58,640 There was potential that he wasn't realizing, and we felt we could do 520 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:02,800 Your Honor, may I approach the witness? 521 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:13,320 Do you recognize these annual reviews regarding the performance of my client 522 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:14,320 the last four years? 523 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:16,280 Yes. 524 00:32:16,820 --> 00:32:17,920 I wrote them. 525 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:20,280 1983. 526 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:25,960 Increased sales of 28%. Blowing accolades with a recommendation for a 527 00:32:26,660 --> 00:32:31,860 1984. Sales up 27%. There's more praise and another raise. 528 00:32:33,350 --> 00:32:39,310 1985, sales up 31%. There's more kudos and still another raise. 529 00:32:40,010 --> 00:32:44,310 1986, sales up 37%. That's the biggest jump yet. 530 00:32:45,650 --> 00:32:47,070 And he gets fired. 531 00:32:54,690 --> 00:32:56,610 Well, tell me, Mr. Ackerson. 532 00:32:58,700 --> 00:33:04,100 What did Mr. Claflin do or not do in 1986 to cause this sudden change of 533 00:33:04,100 --> 00:33:07,220 opinion? We felt that with more aggressiveness, more zealous leadership, 534 00:33:07,220 --> 00:33:08,800 should have been generating even higher revenues. 535 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,760 Did you ever tell my client, be more aggressive, be more zealous? No. Did you 536 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:15,280 ever make one single suggestion that he'd do anything differently? 537 00:33:15,940 --> 00:33:19,640 No. Isn't it true, sir, every candidate that you interviewed to replace my 538 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,950 client? Was under the age of 45? 539 00:33:22,330 --> 00:33:25,430 Yes, but that doesn't mean... And isn't it true, sir, of the seven executives 540 00:33:25,430 --> 00:33:29,710 you fired in the last two years, six were over the age of 60? 541 00:33:29,930 --> 00:33:33,830 But that doesn't mean anything. And isn't it true, sir, of all the annual 542 00:33:33,830 --> 00:33:38,650 reviews you wrote, only one made mention of his age, and that's the one that 543 00:33:38,650 --> 00:33:40,330 says he should be fired? 544 00:33:40,630 --> 00:33:41,630 That's just a coincidence. 545 00:33:45,239 --> 00:33:49,520 The 1986 review, Mr. Ackerson, read the second to the last sentence. 546 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:50,720 Your Honor. 547 00:33:51,780 --> 00:33:53,240 Overruled. Read the sentence. 548 00:33:57,700 --> 00:34:00,020 Mr. Claflin is now 63 years old. 549 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:02,820 Now read the line immediately following that sentence. 550 00:34:03,140 --> 00:34:05,380 This is all taken out of context. No, read it. 551 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,980 It's my suggestion that Mr. Claflin be terminated at this time. 552 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:18,060 Don't you just love a good coincidence? 553 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:20,560 Objection. Withdrawn. 554 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:24,960 Nothing further? 555 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,000 Want one? 556 00:34:31,659 --> 00:34:33,719 What is it? Oh, 557 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:41,940 Stuart, my favorite. 558 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:44,760 White licorice drops. 559 00:34:48,900 --> 00:34:49,839 Take one. 560 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:50,840 Kind of early. 561 00:34:51,219 --> 00:34:54,659 Besides, you know me. Once I have one, I'll have them all. 562 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,000 I can't stop once I get started. 563 00:34:58,480 --> 00:34:59,480 Morning, Benny. 564 00:35:00,460 --> 00:35:01,860 This one's for you, Miss Kelsey. 565 00:35:02,620 --> 00:35:03,620 Thanks, Benny. 566 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:04,800 Do you like these? 567 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:06,320 What are they? 568 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:08,840 Licorice. How come they're not black? 569 00:35:09,260 --> 00:35:10,260 Taste one. 570 00:35:18,390 --> 00:35:21,670 Good. Here, take them all. Save me from myself. 571 00:35:22,310 --> 00:35:23,670 See, thanks, Miss Kelsey. 572 00:35:26,730 --> 00:35:27,730 No thanks. 573 00:35:31,930 --> 00:35:32,930 Ann? 574 00:35:33,790 --> 00:35:35,330 Yeah? What, are you trying to punish me? 575 00:35:35,710 --> 00:35:36,730 Of course not. 576 00:35:37,030 --> 00:35:39,470 Oh, with all due respect, I think that's exactly what you're doing. 577 00:35:39,930 --> 00:35:43,510 You know, you're being just as controlling and manipulative as you 578 00:35:43,510 --> 00:35:47,790 being. Stuart, that's just not true. You won't accept one single gift from me. 579 00:35:48,010 --> 00:35:49,030 You don't want to make love? 580 00:35:49,310 --> 00:35:51,750 You won't even let me hold you. I call that punishment. 581 00:35:52,110 --> 00:35:53,510 I plead no low contendere. 582 00:35:54,270 --> 00:35:59,610 What? I'm not saying you're right, but I'll take it under advisement. Oh, 583 00:36:00,970 --> 00:36:02,530 Thank you very much, Counselor. 584 00:36:05,290 --> 00:36:06,290 Thank you. 585 00:36:09,030 --> 00:36:12,450 You want to see me, Arnie? Yeah, Jonathan. 586 00:36:13,190 --> 00:36:14,190 Two things. 587 00:36:14,290 --> 00:36:16,770 First of all, Mr. O 'Halloran caved in on the divorce settlement. 588 00:36:17,050 --> 00:36:17,788 That's great. 589 00:36:17,790 --> 00:36:20,650 I say he couldn't take it anymore and signed a fantastic agreement. 590 00:36:21,390 --> 00:36:22,770 Our client's ecstatic. 591 00:36:23,030 --> 00:36:27,110 Oh, I knew it. Second, McKenzie and Brackman aren't ecstatic. They didn't 592 00:36:27,110 --> 00:36:29,530 your attitude. They didn't like your tactics. 593 00:36:30,030 --> 00:36:32,050 They want me to reprimand you for your behavior. 594 00:36:32,950 --> 00:36:37,810 So... Bad boy, Jonathan. 595 00:36:38,810 --> 00:36:39,810 Bad, bad boy. 596 00:36:40,170 --> 00:36:41,170 All right. 597 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:43,920 Don't let us ever catch you doing anything like this again. 598 00:36:44,180 --> 00:36:45,180 Are we clear? 599 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:47,300 Absolutely. Oh, my man. 600 00:36:52,020 --> 00:36:53,020 Go away! 601 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:54,760 I said go away! 602 00:36:56,520 --> 00:37:01,440 Uh, you down there. Did you find it? My bailiff lost her contact lens. 603 00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:02,720 Got it! 604 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:12,000 I'll be out of your way now. 605 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:24,440 State your business. 606 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,480 Dougie, am I sensing a less than cordial reception for your only brother? 607 00:37:28,720 --> 00:37:30,300 Yes, I have a very full calendar. 608 00:37:30,660 --> 00:37:32,980 What's on your mind? I got a live one, Dougie. Get this. 609 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,620 I'm at a newsstand in Wilshire when all of a sudden, ba -boom. 610 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:41,180 An old lady in a Jaguar plows into a crosswalk, lays this poor guy out flat. 611 00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:45,580 Plus which, now I discover she has a bit of a drinking history. 612 00:37:45,940 --> 00:37:49,460 Errol, I have no interest in hearing about your low -rent ambulance chasing. 613 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:53,480 Correction, high rent. The guy in question happens to be part owner in a 614 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:57,820 video stores all over the South Coast, which is where you come in. Hey, look, 615 00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:01,540 the minute a Tony guy like this walks into a dump like mine, I'm finished, 616 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:05,800 right? So I'm thinking, how about I tell him I'm a partner at McKenzie Brackman? 617 00:38:06,270 --> 00:38:07,290 Are you crazy? 618 00:38:08,370 --> 00:38:11,950 No. All I'm asking is a little favor, which is let me partake in some of your 619 00:38:11,950 --> 00:38:14,870 primo office space when no one's using it. Where's the harm? 620 00:38:15,110 --> 00:38:20,050 The answer is unequivocally no. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have work to do. 621 00:38:20,290 --> 00:38:24,510 Out of curiosity, does your wife know you're carrying on with that nearsighted 622 00:38:24,510 --> 00:38:28,830 tootsie you had under your desk just now? That is a slanderous and completely 623 00:38:28,830 --> 00:38:29,850 false assumption. 624 00:38:30,150 --> 00:38:31,770 Not to worry. We're brothers, remember? 625 00:38:32,210 --> 00:38:33,590 Brothers help each other. 626 00:38:34,010 --> 00:38:36,810 Like you're going to help me with office space nights and weekends. 627 00:38:37,270 --> 00:38:39,410 I'll need some letterhead stationery, too, while you're at it. 628 00:38:40,570 --> 00:38:41,670 Nice seeing you, Dougie. 629 00:38:42,490 --> 00:38:44,290 Your lovely bride. What's her name? Sheila? 630 00:38:44,890 --> 00:38:47,570 What about the three of us putting a night together in some time, huh? 631 00:38:56,490 --> 00:38:57,490 Hi. 632 00:38:57,750 --> 00:38:59,090 Did you find out how it happened? 633 00:39:00,569 --> 00:39:03,830 Well, about 7 o 'clock last night, she sent a neighborhood kid to the store. 634 00:39:05,050 --> 00:39:06,050 Damn it. 635 00:39:06,190 --> 00:39:08,190 I told her we'd do her shopping. 636 00:39:08,790 --> 00:39:11,290 Maybe she figured she could get a quart of milk without us. 637 00:39:13,470 --> 00:39:15,190 Anyway, they must have been watching her house. 638 00:39:15,510 --> 00:39:19,610 They beat the kid up, sent a trigger man back. When she opened the door, he 639 00:39:19,610 --> 00:39:20,610 killed her. 640 00:39:21,970 --> 00:39:23,470 Will the kid testify to anything? 641 00:39:24,650 --> 00:39:26,130 He says he doesn't know who they were. 642 00:39:28,390 --> 00:39:29,390 That's great. 643 00:39:29,890 --> 00:39:33,190 Crimmins and his gang walk away from both killings scot -free. 644 00:39:36,890 --> 00:39:37,890 Crimmins is dead. 645 00:39:40,710 --> 00:39:41,750 Oh, God. 646 00:39:42,730 --> 00:39:43,730 Julius. 647 00:39:45,790 --> 00:39:46,790 He's in custody. 648 00:39:47,290 --> 00:39:49,310 Detention hearing's tomorrow morning, 10 a .m. 649 00:39:50,590 --> 00:39:53,730 Any witnesses? 650 00:39:55,470 --> 00:39:58,730 Crimmins was shot on a crowded street in broad daylight. Of course there's no 651 00:39:58,730 --> 00:39:59,730 witness. 652 00:40:00,060 --> 00:40:01,060 Except us. 653 00:40:01,720 --> 00:40:06,740 The DA expects us to testify to the fact that Julius expressed his intent. 654 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:12,160 Well, I guess it wasn't enough for me just to get his mother killed. 655 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,260 Might as well ruin his life too, huh? 656 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:16,320 Come on, Grace. 657 00:40:17,260 --> 00:40:19,160 It just happened to land on your death. 658 00:40:19,540 --> 00:40:20,540 That's right. 659 00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:23,460 But when it landed, one person was dead. 660 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:24,880 Now there are three. 661 00:40:32,460 --> 00:40:39,160 There is a common belief that the elderly are people without promise, 662 00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:45,020 capacity to develop or improve, without the ability to perform as ably as our 663 00:40:45,020 --> 00:40:50,000 youth. So entrenched is that mindset that I won't even bother to take issue 664 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:54,300 it because I know if my case comes down to having to prove that old folks can 665 00:40:54,300 --> 00:40:59,200 still cut it as well as young, I might as well quit and go home right now. 666 00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:01,860 Fortunately, I don't have to do that. 667 00:41:02,670 --> 00:41:07,110 You see, there is a law that says you can't fire someone because of his age. 668 00:41:07,770 --> 00:41:11,870 And the only thing I have to convince you people of is that he broke it. 669 00:41:11,870 --> 00:41:17,150 easy. Not only is the statistical evidence overwhelming, but he has 670 00:41:17,150 --> 00:41:22,470 right here in court that a 40 -year -old is, per se, better than a 60 -year 671 00:41:22,470 --> 00:41:27,490 -old. His case is so bad, ladies and gentlemen, one has to wonder how did he 672 00:41:27,490 --> 00:41:29,090 think he could get away with it? 673 00:41:29,470 --> 00:41:30,990 Well, the answer is... 674 00:41:31,290 --> 00:41:36,010 Employers get away with it all the time. The worst thing about age 675 00:41:36,010 --> 00:41:39,130 discrimination is that it's so damn forgivable. 676 00:41:39,810 --> 00:41:44,130 You fire someone because of the color of his skin and everyone thinks it's 677 00:41:44,130 --> 00:41:49,610 repugnant. You fire someone because he's 60 years old because you think he won't 678 00:41:49,610 --> 00:41:56,590 grow or that he has little future or that he's past his prime and everyone 679 00:41:56,590 --> 00:41:58,690 nods and says, hmm, makes sense. 680 00:42:02,190 --> 00:42:07,310 Now, I'm not asking you to look at the defendant and be morally outraged at 681 00:42:07,310 --> 00:42:08,310 he did. 682 00:42:08,730 --> 00:42:12,990 I'd like you to be, but I'm not asking for that. 683 00:42:13,530 --> 00:42:20,110 I just want you to recognize what he did and recognize its illegality, and I 684 00:42:20,110 --> 00:42:24,770 want you to remember that the defendant's illegal conduct served to 685 00:42:24,770 --> 00:42:30,830 client over a million dollars in salary, not to mention his self -worth. 686 00:42:31,470 --> 00:42:32,970 And his very identity. 687 00:42:35,690 --> 00:42:40,310 Now, all you have to do is go back to that jury room and follow the law. 688 00:42:40,570 --> 00:42:44,490 And if you do that, you can give back to my client his pride. 689 00:42:44,690 --> 00:42:50,350 You can give him his self -esteem. But most of all, members of the jury, you 690 00:42:50,350 --> 00:42:51,450 give him the money. 691 00:42:56,470 --> 00:43:01,210 Oh, thank you, Your Honor. 692 00:43:12,230 --> 00:43:15,970 Do you have anything further, Ms. Farrow, to tie the defendant to the 693 00:43:15,970 --> 00:43:19,210 at this time, Your Honor. Well, then, based on the insufficiency of the 694 00:43:19,210 --> 00:43:23,430 case, the court will grant the defendant's motion to dismiss charges 695 00:43:23,430 --> 00:43:24,430 Julius Sweet. 696 00:43:24,710 --> 00:43:26,310 Defendant is hereby released from custody. 697 00:43:31,470 --> 00:43:38,470 I think when witnesses come forward, we can always 698 00:43:38,470 --> 00:43:39,470 refile. 699 00:43:40,470 --> 00:43:41,470 Right. 700 00:43:48,460 --> 00:43:50,060 So you had to join the gang, huh? 701 00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:53,940 The one thing your mother was afraid of. My mother's dead. And you're a killer. 702 00:43:54,100 --> 00:43:56,560 Does that make you feel good? You proud of yourself? 703 00:43:56,960 --> 00:44:02,160 Get out of my face. I'm in your face. Step off my man. Now you shut up, man. 704 00:44:02,260 --> 00:44:03,260 Just shut up. 705 00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,380 See, man, you had something these dudes don't have. You had a future. 706 00:44:06,940 --> 00:44:08,000 Now you've got nothing. 707 00:44:08,340 --> 00:44:11,840 Now you're just a punk. You're just another punk who'll probably wind up 708 00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:13,060 down in the pool of blood. 709 00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:15,100 Way to be, Julius. 710 00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:16,880 Way to be. 711 00:44:21,710 --> 00:44:22,710 Let's go. 712 00:44:26,010 --> 00:44:28,250 We're losing, Van Owen. Our side is losing. 713 00:44:30,410 --> 00:44:34,670 We, the jury, find in favor of the plaintiff and order the defendant to pay 714 00:44:34,670 --> 00:44:37,190 damages in the amount of $1 .8 million. 715 00:44:37,730 --> 00:44:44,690 The jury is dismissed with the appreciation of 716 00:44:44,690 --> 00:44:45,690 the court. 717 00:44:47,930 --> 00:44:48,930 Congratulations, 718 00:44:49,710 --> 00:44:50,698 Van Owen. 719 00:44:50,700 --> 00:44:52,380 I don't know how to thank you. Well, thank you. 720 00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:55,380 Let me make a suggestion. 721 00:44:56,420 --> 00:44:58,320 Let's settle this for $900 ,000. 722 00:44:59,780 --> 00:45:01,420 But they just gave me almost $2 million. 723 00:45:01,660 --> 00:45:03,060 Why the hell should I settle for that? 724 00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:07,100 Because they'll appeal, tie up the judgment for two years, maybe longer. 725 00:45:07,820 --> 00:45:10,720 You told me you wanted to start your own business. If you're really serious 726 00:45:10,720 --> 00:45:12,140 about that, you're going to need the money. 727 00:45:13,780 --> 00:45:16,730 You're not getting any younger, you know. Yeah, but $900 ,000? 728 00:45:17,030 --> 00:45:20,410 Well, it beats waiting two years for a verdict that could possibly be trimmed 729 00:45:20,410 --> 00:45:21,810 down and maybe overturned. 730 00:45:22,010 --> 00:45:23,010 No. 731 00:45:23,210 --> 00:45:27,890 My advice is take the $900 ,000 today and get on with your life. 732 00:45:33,490 --> 00:45:36,170 May I see you, Mr. Lewis? Excuse me. 733 00:45:40,110 --> 00:45:44,530 Tell your client we'll cut the judgment in half if he inks the check today. 734 00:45:44,770 --> 00:45:48,350 I'll think it over, maybe. Tell him now. The offer's good for five minutes. 735 00:45:48,410 --> 00:45:52,130 Look, I can appeal this thing, you know. Do yourself a favor, Mr. Lewis. 736 00:45:53,590 --> 00:45:57,890 Exercise a little of that personal growth you young people are so good at. 737 00:45:58,570 --> 00:46:01,830 Ditch your ego and do what's best for your client. 738 00:46:02,490 --> 00:46:03,490 And do it now. 739 00:46:04,090 --> 00:46:05,850 I'll recommend the offer to my client. 740 00:46:06,930 --> 00:46:08,790 Tell him he's got four minutes left. 741 00:46:12,180 --> 00:46:13,280 Put it over there. 742 00:46:14,500 --> 00:46:15,500 Is this Kelsey? 743 00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:16,560 Yeah. 744 00:46:17,240 --> 00:46:18,240 What is it? 745 00:46:18,720 --> 00:46:19,720 Sign here, please. 746 00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:21,460 Ew, smells like fish. 747 00:46:22,940 --> 00:46:23,940 Thank you. 748 00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:26,320 Um, Fannie, would you help me open this box, please? 749 00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:27,840 Sure, Miss Kelsey. 750 00:46:31,100 --> 00:46:32,100 Look, 751 00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:38,640 lobster. 752 00:46:40,750 --> 00:46:44,290 Yeah, they're delivered specially from a place called the Lobster Shack in 753 00:46:44,290 --> 00:46:45,290 Waterville, Maine. 754 00:46:45,830 --> 00:46:46,830 Oh, Stuart. 755 00:46:49,070 --> 00:46:53,930 My favorite thing from my favorite place in the whole world. How did you know? 756 00:46:54,330 --> 00:46:57,970 I remembered you told me a story about this little girl who loved the lobsters 757 00:46:57,970 --> 00:46:58,970 in Waterville, Maine. 758 00:46:59,730 --> 00:47:01,310 They're exactly two pounds apiece. 759 00:47:03,950 --> 00:47:05,250 Four of them. 760 00:47:06,230 --> 00:47:08,770 Oh, Stuart, I can't believe you remembered. 761 00:47:09,550 --> 00:47:10,550 Sure, I remember, Dan. 762 00:47:11,130 --> 00:47:12,130 I love you. 763 00:47:13,550 --> 00:47:14,670 Stuart, you were right. 764 00:47:15,090 --> 00:47:18,830 I was just as controlling and manipulative as you were, only I 765 00:47:18,830 --> 00:47:19,830 it. 766 00:47:20,530 --> 00:47:27,370 You are the sweetest, the most generous, the sexiest man I have 767 00:47:27,370 --> 00:47:28,370 ever known. 768 00:47:29,890 --> 00:47:36,130 And I want desperately to take these lobsters home and eat them and make mad, 769 00:47:36,350 --> 00:47:37,750 passionate love to you. 770 00:47:38,010 --> 00:47:39,010 In which order?