1 00:00:03,090 --> 00:00:04,570 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:04,970 --> 00:00:05,970 Oh, woofy. 3 00:00:07,190 --> 00:00:08,350 You can say that again. 4 00:00:08,750 --> 00:00:09,750 I love you. 5 00:00:10,150 --> 00:00:11,150 Me too, Jimmy. 6 00:00:11,570 --> 00:00:13,030 Want to hear the tip du jour? 7 00:00:14,030 --> 00:00:18,290 Put options on Kronstadt Industries any time before Friday. 8 00:00:18,550 --> 00:00:19,610 What happens Friday? 9 00:00:20,030 --> 00:00:21,890 I'm just telling you what Jimmy told me. 10 00:00:23,230 --> 00:00:24,930 Aren't you Douglas Brackman? 11 00:00:25,150 --> 00:00:26,830 I'm sorry, do I know you? 12 00:00:27,030 --> 00:00:28,590 We have a lot of friends in common. 13 00:00:28,890 --> 00:00:29,890 Like who? 14 00:00:29,990 --> 00:00:30,990 Your wife. 15 00:00:31,390 --> 00:00:32,390 Uh -oh. 16 00:00:32,519 --> 00:00:33,519 Summons and complaint. 17 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,380 Roxanne, you are a wise and generous person. How much did you win? 18 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:40,180 You know, I mean, make. 19 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:42,500 $9 ,000. 20 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:44,040 Oh, my God. 21 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:48,040 Miss Markham, I'm now placing you under arrest for violation of Section 10B of 22 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,340 the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. 23 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:52,680 Poor Roxanne. What a trauma. 24 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,140 I feel terrible for her. I can't believe this guy was trading on inside 25 00:00:56,140 --> 00:00:57,140 information. 26 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:58,240 Gee, I don't know. 27 00:00:58,740 --> 00:01:00,420 I just hope they didn't drag her into it. 28 00:01:22,219 --> 00:01:26,880 Thank you Come 29 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:30,340 here often 30 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,160 My first visit. I enjoy sushi, but my wife never had the stomach for it. 31 00:01:36,820 --> 00:01:37,820 Is she out of town? 32 00:01:38,540 --> 00:01:39,539 Excuse me? 33 00:01:39,540 --> 00:01:41,100 I asked where your wife is tonight. 34 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:42,560 We're getting divorced. 35 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:44,240 Oh, that's too bad. 36 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:45,500 It is and it isn't. 37 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:46,880 What? 38 00:01:47,380 --> 00:01:48,780 I said it is and it isn't. 39 00:01:49,020 --> 00:01:52,080 This way, I can indulge myself any way I like. 40 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,000 I'm Douglas. 41 00:01:54,900 --> 00:01:56,320 Hi, Douglas. I'm Sandra. 42 00:01:58,140 --> 00:02:00,000 Are you very experienced at this? 43 00:02:01,020 --> 00:02:02,020 What do you think? 44 00:02:02,570 --> 00:02:03,830 I don't know. I'm so confused. 45 00:02:04,070 --> 00:02:05,230 Everybody's speaking Japanese. 46 00:02:05,970 --> 00:02:07,830 Well, you and I speak the same language. 47 00:02:08,210 --> 00:02:09,210 Then maybe you can help me. 48 00:02:10,050 --> 00:02:11,850 I haven't had me in a long time. 49 00:02:12,270 --> 00:02:13,430 What is it you want? 50 00:02:15,510 --> 00:02:16,650 How's the giant clam? 51 00:02:16,930 --> 00:02:18,170 Or perhaps the red snapper? 52 00:02:19,150 --> 00:02:21,310 Why don't you go for half and half? 53 00:02:21,690 --> 00:02:22,930 Would that be enough of each? 54 00:02:23,910 --> 00:02:24,910 Greedy. 55 00:02:25,150 --> 00:02:26,150 How much is it? 56 00:02:27,110 --> 00:02:28,750 Forty. Is it like a hand roll? 57 00:02:29,730 --> 00:02:31,090 A hand roll is twenty. 58 00:02:32,060 --> 00:02:33,840 Maybe I should start with the hand roll, then. 59 00:02:34,700 --> 00:02:35,439 That's it. 60 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:36,440 You're busted. 61 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:37,800 Taken. What? 62 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,620 Let go of me. You're under arrest. Assume the position. 63 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,300 What? I didn't do anything. People are sending an act of constitution. 64 00:02:43,540 --> 00:02:45,840 You have the right to remain silent. If you give up, you remain silent. 65 00:04:47,169 --> 00:04:49,530 Jonathan, McMurray versus Brinkley. 66 00:04:50,650 --> 00:04:52,910 $185 ,000 reward plus cost. 67 00:04:54,290 --> 00:04:55,290 That brings Mr. 68 00:04:55,490 --> 00:04:56,490 Rollins to 5 -0. 69 00:04:56,950 --> 00:04:59,870 I'd like to see those kind of stats from some other people around here. 70 00:05:00,670 --> 00:05:04,390 Seidel tax audits. Yeah, I'm not going to have anything definitive on that 71 00:05:04,390 --> 00:05:07,210 Friday. Emiles versus Southland Magazine. 72 00:05:07,610 --> 00:05:11,450 Opening arguments are scheduled for today. Your case may be editorial 73 00:05:11,450 --> 00:05:12,450 the LA Times today. 74 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,960 I never would have thought a restaurant review could generate this kind of 75 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,720 controversy. Are you kidding? Lorna Landsberg. Who, by the way, I'd love to 76 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:23,100 sometime, if you could. She's probably the most influential food critic around. 77 00:05:23,180 --> 00:05:24,340 She makes and breaks restaurants. 78 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,580 More importantly, this is potentially a landmark First Amendment case. 79 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,760 The same elements that were in Westmoreland v. CBS, Tevaleres v. The 80 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,380 Post, Sharon v. Time Magazine, they're all there. 81 00:05:36,020 --> 00:05:38,620 It is the kind of case that makes law. 82 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:40,760 Immortality, Victor. 83 00:05:41,580 --> 00:05:42,580 Nothing less. 84 00:05:42,970 --> 00:05:44,130 It's a serious issue, though. 85 00:05:44,510 --> 00:05:48,030 You don't have a free press if they're cowed by fear of being sued. Yeah, but 86 00:05:48,030 --> 00:05:51,330 the other hand, is the press entitled to be malicious if it means this guy with 87 00:05:51,330 --> 00:05:52,330 the restaurant suffers? 88 00:05:52,870 --> 00:05:54,690 Was H .L. Mencken malicious? 89 00:05:55,190 --> 00:05:56,690 Lincoln Steffens, was he malicious? 90 00:05:57,310 --> 00:06:00,130 If you don't like someone's opinions, it's easy to call him malicious. 91 00:06:00,530 --> 00:06:03,250 Yeah, and there's something else really important to consider here. 92 00:06:03,510 --> 00:06:06,890 We now have a client who knows Spago's private number. We'll never be shut out 93 00:06:06,890 --> 00:06:07,890 of a table there again. 94 00:06:09,590 --> 00:06:12,490 Could you find out for me, Victor, if she knows of a restaurant that's serving 95 00:06:12,490 --> 00:06:14,290 Chinese food from the Hakka region? 96 00:06:14,650 --> 00:06:16,630 I think that this might be the next big cuisine. 97 00:06:18,790 --> 00:06:21,890 Folks, we have to discuss one other matter before we conclude. 98 00:06:22,770 --> 00:06:27,270 Michael, what's going on with the United States of America versus Roxanne 99 00:06:27,270 --> 00:06:28,570 Mellman's own true love? 100 00:06:30,550 --> 00:06:31,550 She's under subpoena. 101 00:06:32,130 --> 00:06:36,510 If she agrees to testify against Markham, give up whatever profits she 102 00:06:36,510 --> 00:06:38,010 U .S. Attorney is willing to let it go at that. 103 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,660 Sounds a lot more lenient than I intend to be. Meaning what? 104 00:06:42,060 --> 00:06:44,960 Meaning she's history around here. I'll let her get through with her legal 105 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:49,420 travail first, out of compassion. But once they're done, it's goodbye, 106 00:06:49,740 --> 00:06:52,780 That's not really your call. It most certainly is my call. 107 00:06:53,020 --> 00:06:54,060 All right. All right. 108 00:06:55,460 --> 00:06:57,820 We'll take this issue up at the partners' meeting. 109 00:06:58,080 --> 00:06:59,080 You bet we will. 110 00:06:59,660 --> 00:07:00,660 That's it. 111 00:07:09,740 --> 00:07:10,740 He's going to get around to it. 112 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:11,960 Absolutely not. 113 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:13,880 Prosecution goes upstream, not downstream. 114 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:15,139 That's true. 115 00:07:15,140 --> 00:07:18,600 The U .S. attorney is only interested in Roxanne in order to get to Jimmy. This 116 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,040 whole thing will blow over once they're done with him. I think you're right. 117 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,340 By the way, have you said anything to anybody? 118 00:07:23,580 --> 00:07:24,740 No. Good. 119 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,920 Leland, could I have a word with you? Oh, certainly. 120 00:07:32,300 --> 00:07:33,540 Shut the door. 121 00:07:38,670 --> 00:07:39,569 I'm in trouble. 122 00:07:39,570 --> 00:07:43,470 I was arrested last night. They're saying I solicited a prostitute. 123 00:07:44,010 --> 00:07:45,210 Oh, Douglas. 124 00:07:45,510 --> 00:07:50,010 They must be working sushi bars to crack down on Japanese businessmen. I started 125 00:07:50,010 --> 00:07:54,090 talking to this woman. And she was a vice cop. Yes. Well, what are you going 126 00:07:54,090 --> 00:07:55,090 do? That's just it. 127 00:07:55,330 --> 00:08:00,090 If I take it to trial, the whole thing could go public. The press could get 128 00:08:00,090 --> 00:08:02,050 of it. I hardly think that's likely. 129 00:08:02,470 --> 00:08:03,790 Sheila could find out. 130 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:08,800 Her attorney will crucify me. I could lose my children. All right, calm down. 131 00:08:08,980 --> 00:08:09,980 Calm down? 132 00:08:10,060 --> 00:08:11,840 These people are fascists. 133 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:13,500 You don't know what I'm dealing with. 134 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:15,980 Would you be willing to plead to a lesser charge? 135 00:08:16,740 --> 00:08:17,960 Absolutely not. 136 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:19,840 I'm innocent. 137 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:24,160 On my father's grave, I was not pursuing her. 138 00:08:24,860 --> 00:08:28,560 Given my recent spate of misadventures, I don't care if I never see another 139 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:29,560 woman again. 140 00:08:30,340 --> 00:08:32,140 Leland, I am many things. 141 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:34,360 A whoremonger is not one of them. 142 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:36,580 I didn't even find her very attractive. 143 00:08:36,860 --> 00:08:39,780 Well, whether you found her attractive or not isn't going to sound very 144 00:08:39,780 --> 00:08:41,559 convincing if they produce a transcript. 145 00:08:41,860 --> 00:08:44,540 What? A transcript? She had to be wearing a wire. 146 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:46,240 Of course. 147 00:08:46,820 --> 00:08:48,620 Leland, you've got to get hold of it. 148 00:08:48,860 --> 00:08:51,120 You'll see it was all some grotesque misunderstanding. 149 00:08:51,940 --> 00:08:52,940 I swear. 150 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:57,160 All we were doing was talking about the menu. 151 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:01,100 See what I can do. 152 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:02,440 Thank you. 153 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:06,400 Thank you. 154 00:09:07,420 --> 00:09:08,420 It's all right. 155 00:09:09,060 --> 00:09:12,840 The defense will likely say that the issue here is freedom of the press. 156 00:09:13,220 --> 00:09:15,760 But the evidence will demonstrate it's not. 157 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:20,360 Now, we don't mean to suggest that food critics should not be allowed to review 158 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,440 restaurants or to print their honest impressions. 159 00:09:24,100 --> 00:09:26,320 First Amendment guarantees that right. 160 00:09:26,910 --> 00:09:31,790 What it does not guarantee is the right to publish a malicious series of lies. 161 00:09:33,210 --> 00:09:38,630 That woman right over there, Lorna Landsberg, attacked this restaurant, 162 00:09:38,630 --> 00:09:41,150 its chef with no regard for the truth whatsoever. 163 00:09:41,530 --> 00:09:42,950 This isn't freedom of speech. 164 00:09:43,210 --> 00:09:44,210 It's libel. 165 00:09:44,450 --> 00:09:49,690 It's slander. And they might want you to get up and wave the flag and sing a few 166 00:09:49,690 --> 00:09:51,030 bars of God Bless America. 167 00:09:51,770 --> 00:09:52,770 That's fine. 168 00:09:53,450 --> 00:09:56,730 But what she did was not patriotic. It was reprehensible. 169 00:09:57,790 --> 00:09:58,970 And people got hurt. 170 00:10:00,290 --> 00:10:01,290 Seriously hurt. 171 00:10:07,530 --> 00:10:12,090 You can believe him when he says that the food critic said some nasty thing. 172 00:10:13,030 --> 00:10:16,130 You can believe him when he tells you that the restaurant has been losing 173 00:10:16,130 --> 00:10:20,410 lately. But when he stands here and tells you that this case is not about 174 00:10:20,410 --> 00:10:22,510 freedom of the press, don't you dare swallow that. 175 00:10:23,210 --> 00:10:26,790 The facts will show that she published her opinion. 176 00:10:27,390 --> 00:10:30,490 And they're suing because the words were too harsh. Now, I don't care what kind 177 00:10:30,490 --> 00:10:33,950 of label they hang on it. They are chasing her because they don't like what 178 00:10:33,950 --> 00:10:37,990 says. And that, ladies and gentlemen, goes to the very essence of the First 179 00:10:37,990 --> 00:10:41,790 Amendment. Believe me, people, you may think that a magazine restaurant review 180 00:10:41,790 --> 00:10:44,230 isn't all that important in the scheme of things. 181 00:10:44,710 --> 00:10:48,410 And if this case were solely about the relative merits of their salad dressing 182 00:10:48,410 --> 00:10:51,230 or their beignet sauce, then I would be in complete agreement with you. But it 183 00:10:51,230 --> 00:10:52,230 is not. 184 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:57,100 It is about a right that is fundamental to the Constitution, to democracy, and 185 00:10:57,100 --> 00:11:00,800 to every single one of you. They're actually asking you to punish the 186 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:02,920 for the expression of an opinion. 187 00:11:04,940 --> 00:11:07,360 My God, what a dangerous, dangerous request. 188 00:11:08,820 --> 00:11:11,320 Please, don't even consider granting it. 189 00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:14,420 So, not bad, eh? 190 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:16,000 Oh, not bad. 191 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:21,680 To you. To you. 192 00:11:22,190 --> 00:11:23,550 You're the one making the big move. 193 00:11:25,230 --> 00:11:27,290 To the quality of life, then. 194 00:11:27,690 --> 00:11:28,690 I'll talk to that. 195 00:11:31,490 --> 00:11:34,970 You remember we were in law school, and we always said we would open up a 196 00:11:34,970 --> 00:11:36,510 practice together and change the world? 197 00:11:36,710 --> 00:11:43,090 And instead, you married Terry, moved to New York, had 2 .6 kids, and made a 198 00:11:43,090 --> 00:11:44,770 fortune in business law. 199 00:11:45,710 --> 00:11:47,290 Yes, hated every minute of it. 200 00:11:47,510 --> 00:11:48,890 We're Californians, Grace. 201 00:11:49,490 --> 00:11:50,870 Quality of life in New York. 202 00:11:52,050 --> 00:11:55,070 Money notwithstanding, it's not what I wanted for my family. 203 00:11:56,370 --> 00:11:57,990 Well, I toast your courage, Charlie. 204 00:11:58,550 --> 00:12:01,890 It takes a lot of guts to start over. I didn't see as if I had any choice. 205 00:12:02,310 --> 00:12:04,150 Fourteen -hour days, seven days a week. 206 00:12:05,250 --> 00:12:06,390 No time for my kids. 207 00:12:07,690 --> 00:12:09,810 Fighting with Terry, what little time I spent at home. 208 00:12:10,190 --> 00:12:13,690 I was running myself right out of a marriage and right into a nervous 209 00:12:13,970 --> 00:12:15,310 They don't teach us how to handle that in law school. 210 00:12:15,950 --> 00:12:17,290 No, they sure don't. 211 00:12:17,930 --> 00:12:19,370 Anyway, I've got to tell you. 212 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:21,680 You look terrific. 213 00:12:21,900 --> 00:12:25,140 I feel like I'm about 80 years old. 214 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:28,360 You think the jungles of New York are a bitch? You should try a couple of years 215 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:29,360 with a DA's office. 216 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:31,520 Follow me. 217 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:43,880 You like? 218 00:12:44,420 --> 00:12:45,420 It's beautiful. 219 00:12:46,500 --> 00:12:47,580 Got your name on the door. 220 00:12:48,260 --> 00:12:49,820 What? I'm dead serious. 221 00:12:50,940 --> 00:12:51,940 You've always had integrity. 222 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,140 You work harder than anyone I've ever met. 223 00:12:54,580 --> 00:12:55,740 You're a terrific litigator. 224 00:12:56,380 --> 00:12:58,460 Which is exactly what I need to complement my strengths. 225 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:02,160 Well? 226 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:03,840 What do you think? 227 00:13:07,940 --> 00:13:14,580 I don't know. No more downtown traffic 228 00:13:14,580 --> 00:13:17,440 jams. No more crowded elevators. You keep your own hours. 229 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:19,360 Starting salary. 230 00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:21,320 One and a quarter. 231 00:13:22,820 --> 00:13:24,420 Exclusive of benefits and bonuses. 232 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:29,980 Charlie, Charlie, it is incredibly attractive and flattering. 233 00:13:30,220 --> 00:13:31,820 I just don't think it's realistic. 234 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:32,879 Why not? 235 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:33,880 I don't know. 236 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:40,200 It just isn't. You mean you can't see yourself on the ground floor office 237 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:45,960 with a patio, making some real money for a change, being a full partner, having 238 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:47,140 a little quality of life? 239 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:54,100 I just... I don't know what to say. Say you'll think very seriously about it. 240 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:56,920 Okay. 241 00:13:58,460 --> 00:13:59,460 Yes, I will. 242 00:14:01,980 --> 00:14:02,980 Here's to the future. 243 00:14:06,980 --> 00:14:09,580 Brilliant. You were absolutely brilliant. 244 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:14,740 Thanks. I'm doing my job. Maybe you think of it as only doing your job, but 245 00:14:14,740 --> 00:14:18,780 opening, well, reminded me that my journalistic integrity is at stake here. 246 00:14:21,409 --> 00:14:22,870 Here, try my pulpo. 247 00:14:23,070 --> 00:14:24,210 Oh, no, not thanks. 248 00:14:25,450 --> 00:14:29,710 You know, the fact is, the stakes are much higher than journalistic integrity. 249 00:14:29,890 --> 00:14:33,930 We're talking about freedom of expression here, and that affects 250 00:14:33,930 --> 00:14:37,310 that vein, Victor, I hope that I can feel free in expressing my personal 251 00:14:37,310 --> 00:14:38,310 attraction toward you. 252 00:14:39,730 --> 00:14:40,730 Excuse me? 253 00:14:41,510 --> 00:14:42,870 I don't mean to embarrass you. 254 00:14:43,350 --> 00:14:45,690 It's just that I'm a sucker for a man who's big on principle. 255 00:14:46,110 --> 00:14:47,110 Do you mind? 256 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:58,420 There is nothing like a good oil drizzled over a warm chef. 257 00:14:58,680 --> 00:14:59,680 Lorna, I'm flattered. 258 00:14:59,940 --> 00:15:03,760 But you do understand that the point of this dinner is to go over your 259 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,540 testimony? I understand the substance of my testimony completely. 260 00:15:07,260 --> 00:15:09,840 They can't win unless they prove malice. Right. 261 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:14,580 I am therefore to appear passive and sympathetic without the slightest hint 262 00:15:14,580 --> 00:15:15,580 hostility. 263 00:15:16,580 --> 00:15:17,660 Any further objections? 264 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,180 Look, Lorna, this is probably the biggest trial that I've ever had. 265 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:24,160 at least in terms of overall significance. 266 00:15:25,180 --> 00:15:26,920 I don't want to be distracted. 267 00:15:27,340 --> 00:15:29,880 I've never known a man to become distracted with me, Counselor. 268 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:32,280 Ever. 269 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:37,740 All right. Well, let's just say that my luck with women hasn't been all that 270 00:15:37,740 --> 00:15:38,920 great lately. 271 00:15:39,340 --> 00:15:40,340 Why not give me a chance? 272 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,620 I guarantee you could get very lucky with me. 273 00:15:43,300 --> 00:15:46,240 You are a client, Lorna. 274 00:15:47,060 --> 00:15:48,060 House rules. 275 00:15:51,340 --> 00:15:52,340 Come on, baby. 276 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:54,080 Not the end of the world. 277 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,440 No. I heard this prosecutor wants to be governor. 278 00:15:57,820 --> 00:16:00,900 He's supposed to be tough as nails. My attorney is no pussycat. 279 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,380 I mean, a lot of things can happen. We could make a deal. We could beat him 280 00:16:04,380 --> 00:16:05,380 cold. 281 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:09,080 I'm sure not helping you any by testifying. Oh, listen to me. It's the 282 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,380 thing you can do. You don't have a choice. You have to testify. 283 00:16:12,060 --> 00:16:13,100 You really think that? 284 00:16:13,700 --> 00:16:14,700 Absolutely. 285 00:16:15,950 --> 00:16:17,630 I don't want you to go to jail for contempt. 286 00:16:17,970 --> 00:16:22,330 But my sentence wouldn't be as long as your sentence if you got convicted. 287 00:16:22,650 --> 00:16:25,790 Rox, I don't want you to go to jail for one single hour. 288 00:16:26,650 --> 00:16:31,550 This trial, the divorce I'm going through, it's all just a temporary 289 00:16:32,090 --> 00:16:34,990 When they're all over and the dust settles, you're going to be my wife. 290 00:16:35,470 --> 00:16:36,470 Now that's forever. 291 00:16:37,830 --> 00:16:39,050 You want to know something else? 292 00:16:41,530 --> 00:16:44,150 Who knows how much your testimony is going to hurt me, huh? 293 00:16:46,190 --> 00:16:48,590 But they're not offering me immunity for nothing. 294 00:16:48,850 --> 00:16:50,890 I don't want to see you go to jail, period. 295 00:16:51,370 --> 00:16:54,130 Listen, there's no guarantee I won't see you go to jail, is there? 296 00:16:55,410 --> 00:16:56,730 Alex, I'm not going to lie to you. 297 00:16:58,250 --> 00:17:02,330 The sentencing guidelines for this kind of white -collar crime, they come down 298 00:17:02,330 --> 00:17:03,330 pretty hard on. 299 00:17:03,750 --> 00:17:06,950 They think it makes them look even -handed or something. Now, if I do go, I 300 00:17:06,950 --> 00:17:08,650 don't think I'm looking at more than 18 months. 301 00:17:08,890 --> 00:17:09,890 It's a year and a half. 302 00:17:09,950 --> 00:17:11,730 Well, it'll be a minimum security prison. 303 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,579 Probably be a bunch of lawyers in there with me. They'll disbar you. 304 00:17:17,540 --> 00:17:18,540 Listen to me. 305 00:17:19,420 --> 00:17:26,420 The hardest thing that we may have to endure... You know what scares me 306 00:17:26,420 --> 00:17:27,420 the most? 307 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:28,440 What? 308 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:30,560 Waking up at night and not having you there. 309 00:17:32,460 --> 00:17:33,460 Me too. 310 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:45,080 I'll be late for work. 311 00:17:45,300 --> 00:17:46,300 Be late. 312 00:17:48,260 --> 00:17:49,800 We both may need the memories. 313 00:17:53,580 --> 00:17:54,580 I'm sorry to keep you waiting. 314 00:17:55,060 --> 00:17:56,060 Come in. 315 00:17:56,120 --> 00:18:00,940 Let me guess, this is on a 167B. 316 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:02,360 That's right. 317 00:18:03,340 --> 00:18:06,760 Client of yours, good marriage, a lot of standing in the community. 318 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,220 It's going to ruin his life if this thing goes on his record. 319 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:13,420 So I send you down for special pleading. Actually, I'm here to do you a favor. 320 00:18:14,780 --> 00:18:16,220 Everybody's looking to do me a favor today. 321 00:18:16,700 --> 00:18:18,020 Take a look at this arrest report. 322 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:22,800 So, what do you know about the undercover officer? 323 00:18:23,180 --> 00:18:23,959 Sandra Davis? 324 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:24,539 Mm -hmm. 325 00:18:24,540 --> 00:18:28,580 Are you aware that she graduated police academy in October of last year? 326 00:18:29,220 --> 00:18:33,120 That she was transferred out of Parker Center into Bice all of two and a half 327 00:18:33,120 --> 00:18:34,120 weeks. Whoa. 328 00:18:34,540 --> 00:18:37,780 Before you start screaming entrapment. I'm not entrapment. 329 00:18:38,340 --> 00:18:39,340 Sushi. 330 00:18:39,590 --> 00:18:42,850 Excuse me? Mr. Martin, I'm not about to argue the legal issues here. 331 00:18:43,090 --> 00:18:46,530 This isn't about questionable police tactics. Would you take a look at this 332 00:18:46,530 --> 00:18:49,890 menu? It's from the restaurant where my client allegedly approached the officer. 333 00:18:50,450 --> 00:18:53,170 And could you read aloud from the circled items, please? 334 00:18:54,230 --> 00:18:56,670 Red snapper, giant clam, 335 00:18:57,490 --> 00:18:59,410 tecamaki hand roll. 336 00:18:59,730 --> 00:19:01,710 I want you to check that against the wire transcript. 337 00:19:08,360 --> 00:19:10,020 I'm sorry, I'm not laughing at you. 338 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:12,220 He was ordering sushi. 339 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,840 Yes, and I assure you we see nothing humorous about it. No, of course not. 340 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:19,720 Let me be more precise. 341 00:19:20,020 --> 00:19:23,340 I've advised my client that he has the potential for a major lawsuit. 342 00:19:23,660 --> 00:19:26,120 He may or he may not pursue that option. 343 00:19:26,420 --> 00:19:27,420 What would he want? 344 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:29,000 Dropping of all charges. 345 00:19:29,340 --> 00:19:33,320 And a letter of apology from every individual associated with this 346 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:34,320 arrest. 347 00:19:34,580 --> 00:19:35,860 I will tell my boss. 348 00:19:38,260 --> 00:19:41,020 Okay, if I hang on to this, the guys would get a kick out of it. 349 00:19:46,700 --> 00:19:48,540 It's almost ten o 'clock, Roxanne. Sorry. 350 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:49,980 Did you bring your financial files? 351 00:19:50,300 --> 00:19:51,300 No. No? 352 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:58,220 Look, I appreciate both of you taking the time that you have, but I've changed 353 00:19:58,220 --> 00:19:59,220 my mind. 354 00:19:59,580 --> 00:20:00,940 I'm going to take the fifth. 355 00:20:01,460 --> 00:20:05,400 Roxanne, once they've granted you immunity, you have no right to take the 356 00:20:05,820 --> 00:20:09,280 But they can't keep me in jail once I see that it won't make me change my 357 00:20:09,460 --> 00:20:10,820 Did your boyfriend tell you that? 358 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:12,280 Isn't it true? 359 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:14,099 Oh, yes. 360 00:20:14,100 --> 00:20:17,280 But a judge can keep you in jail for up to a year before he decides that it 361 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:18,340 won't change your mind. 362 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,940 What's more, the U .S. Attorney's Office could withdraw the immunity and 363 00:20:21,940 --> 00:20:24,280 prosecute you for insider trading and mail fraud. 364 00:20:24,540 --> 00:20:26,040 Now, why go through all of that? 365 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:27,880 Because one day this is going to be over. 366 00:20:28,860 --> 00:20:30,420 One day I'm going to say... 367 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,280 Goodbye to Mackenzie Brackman and make a life with Jimmy. 368 00:20:34,540 --> 00:20:38,360 So whatever else happens, I can't do anything to hurt him. 369 00:20:38,700 --> 00:20:42,060 Doesn't it bother you at all that those brokerage accounts were in your name? 370 00:20:42,340 --> 00:20:46,600 No, it doesn't. He was in the middle of a divorce and he didn't want his wife to 371 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:47,600 find out about them. 372 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:51,560 Why didn't he tell you? He was going to tell me as soon as the divorce became 373 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:55,540 final. Well, that sounds real convincing coming from a straight arrow like him. 374 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:59,380 Michael, please, tell the federal prosecutor that the deal is off. 375 00:20:59,660 --> 00:21:00,660 Absolutely not. 376 00:21:01,100 --> 00:21:04,580 If you're intent on putting yourself through this kind of a ringer, I want 377 00:21:04,580 --> 00:21:07,400 to march into open court tomorrow and tell him and the judge yourself. 378 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:09,860 Maybe between now and then you'll come to your senses. 379 00:21:10,260 --> 00:21:12,200 He's got her too twisted for that. She's set. 380 00:21:12,820 --> 00:21:17,220 Ernie. You don't know the first thing about him. You've never even met him. 381 00:21:17,260 --> 00:21:19,280 Roxanne, I've met this guy. I've met him a thousand times. 382 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:22,640 His wife hires me, I make him look bad. He hires me, I make him look good. 383 00:21:22,820 --> 00:21:25,840 Either way, I know him for what he is the minute I see him. He comes on like a 384 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:27,840 romantic, but he's only in business for himself. 385 00:21:28,100 --> 00:21:29,420 I know this guy, Roxanne. 386 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:31,060 Hell, I've been this guy. 387 00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:38,440 Thanks for the legal advice. 388 00:21:45,420 --> 00:21:50,700 On the one hand, more money, more autonomy, more time with you. 389 00:21:51,740 --> 00:21:54,620 But on the other hand, Bruce Rogoff. 390 00:21:55,380 --> 00:21:56,640 He'll be thrilled for you. 391 00:21:57,260 --> 00:21:58,340 You're kidding. 392 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:00,500 Don't chew my head off. 393 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:02,620 He hates it when people leave. 394 00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:05,520 He'll make me feel guilty for selling out. 395 00:22:05,900 --> 00:22:09,420 Besides which, what if in two months I can't cut it? 396 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:14,580 Well, you'll go crawling back to the DA's office with your incredibly sexy 397 00:22:14,580 --> 00:22:15,580 between your legs. 398 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:18,000 I don't know. 399 00:22:19,620 --> 00:22:23,060 Well, whatever you decide, you know I'll support you. 400 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:24,680 Don't be so damn neutral. 401 00:22:25,420 --> 00:22:28,340 Well, don't you go setting me up to make all your decisions for you. 402 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,280 Michael, I don't know what to do. 403 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:35,180 Look, Grace, there are two kinds of mistakes you can make. 404 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,900 Ones of commission and ones of omission. 405 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:40,720 You learn from what you do, not from what you don't. 406 00:22:41,300 --> 00:22:42,480 It's easy for you to say. 407 00:22:42,700 --> 00:22:47,100 I guarantee you, when the moment comes, you will know what decision to make. 408 00:22:49,220 --> 00:22:51,340 Mr. Bowers, would you tell the court your occupation? 409 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,360 I've been a professional food critic for 14 years. 410 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:58,440 And in your capacity as such, have you had the opportunity to dine at a meals? 411 00:22:58,760 --> 00:22:59,760 Several times. 412 00:22:59,980 --> 00:23:03,900 And on each such occasion, I found both the food and the service beyond 413 00:23:03,900 --> 00:23:06,520 reproach. You're familiar with Ms. 414 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:08,900 Landsberg's negative review of this restaurant. 415 00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:12,360 I found it to be totally malicious and unprofessional. 416 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:16,520 Do you see any basis at all for the aspersions cast in her article? 417 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:17,720 None whatsoever. 418 00:23:17,820 --> 00:23:20,320 The whole review is completely lacking in foundation. 419 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:24,520 And as a fellow food critic, I was embarrassed. 420 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:27,880 Thank you, sir. 421 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:29,320 Nothing further. 422 00:23:31,150 --> 00:23:34,890 The function of a food critic is to sample the food and say what he thinks. 423 00:23:35,010 --> 00:23:36,010 Isn't that right? 424 00:23:37,130 --> 00:23:40,490 There's a big difference between saying what you think and an unmitigated 425 00:23:40,490 --> 00:23:41,850 attack. Ah, I see. 426 00:23:42,150 --> 00:23:46,090 Well, perhaps then I can quote one of your reviews to illustrate exactly where 427 00:23:46,090 --> 00:23:48,830 that line lies regarding Putnam's restaurant. 428 00:23:49,130 --> 00:23:52,990 Quote, the sewage they call clam broth will induce you to vomit. 429 00:23:53,430 --> 00:23:54,430 But don't. 430 00:23:54,770 --> 00:23:58,750 Management will scoop it up and proffer it to the next patron as pea soup. 431 00:24:00,810 --> 00:24:02,790 Putnam's was an unsanitary restaurant. 432 00:24:03,230 --> 00:24:06,470 Every critic said the same thing. Are you saying that if every other critic 433 00:24:06,470 --> 00:24:08,490 loved Putnam's, you wouldn't have printed your opinion? 434 00:24:08,950 --> 00:24:11,870 Certainly not. I express my opinion regardless of what others think. 435 00:24:12,070 --> 00:24:13,870 And why should Ms. Landsberg do the same thing? 436 00:24:16,330 --> 00:24:21,230 She should, but her opinion stinks. 437 00:24:21,570 --> 00:24:25,990 So as I understand it, sir, while you disagree with the content of Ms. 438 00:24:26,210 --> 00:24:29,770 Landsberg's opinion, you fully support her decision to publish it. 439 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:32,440 Yes, that's right. 440 00:24:33,540 --> 00:24:34,540 Thank you, sir. 441 00:24:35,580 --> 00:24:36,580 I have nothing further. 442 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:57,700 Hey, don't you see the sign? No smoking. 443 00:24:58,140 --> 00:24:59,059 I'm smoking. 444 00:24:59,060 --> 00:25:00,060 The way I want. 445 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:03,940 And when I won't, sign don't mean nothing. I said put it out. 446 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:05,560 Come on, man. 447 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:06,680 Take it easy. 448 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,160 Come on, bro. 449 00:25:11,260 --> 00:25:12,320 Be cool, okay? 450 00:25:14,420 --> 00:25:15,460 Be cool. 451 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,680 Mr. Brackman, I'm Officer Davis. 452 00:25:43,020 --> 00:25:44,980 I didn't recognize you in your uniform. 453 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:46,520 May I come in? 454 00:25:49,460 --> 00:25:53,480 I realize I'm supposed to write you a letter of apology, but I wanted to tell 455 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,460 you in person how sorry I am about what happened. 456 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,700 And I know that as a lawyer, you'll take whatever action you think is 457 00:25:58,700 --> 00:26:01,660 appropriate, and that if I get suspended, I only have myself to blame. 458 00:26:02,180 --> 00:26:03,660 Has the suspension been threatened? 459 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:07,020 Not yet, but it's a pretty safe bet if you go through with the lawsuit. 460 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:08,840 I see. 461 00:26:09,260 --> 00:26:11,520 I don't have a right to ask you for anything. 462 00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:17,420 But I know I'm going to be a good cop, Mr. Brackman. 463 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:20,560 All I've ever wanted is a career in law enforcement. 464 00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:22,780 Yes. 465 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,940 I believe I'm taking the full measure of that commitment, even as we speak. 466 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,860 If you go through with the suit, sir, I understand. 467 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,660 But if there's any way we can rectify the situation... 468 00:26:35,350 --> 00:26:38,130 Perhaps we could work out some kind of settlement and I could pay you out of my 469 00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:39,130 salary. 470 00:26:40,590 --> 00:26:42,530 Money is not the issue. 471 00:26:45,490 --> 00:26:46,490 No. 472 00:26:46,790 --> 00:26:49,590 Well, I just wanted you to know that whatever you decide to do, I'm prepared 473 00:26:49,590 --> 00:26:50,590 take the consequences. 474 00:26:50,830 --> 00:26:51,769 I'm sorry. 475 00:26:51,770 --> 00:26:52,770 Oh, wait. 476 00:26:56,690 --> 00:27:02,710 Go on. He's not going to kill you. 477 00:27:03,110 --> 00:27:04,110 Yeah. 478 00:27:08,890 --> 00:27:11,230 Bruce? Want to see me, Grace? 479 00:27:11,710 --> 00:27:12,710 Yeah. 480 00:27:16,170 --> 00:27:17,170 Bruce, 481 00:27:18,590 --> 00:27:23,490 I've had an offer to join a law firm. 482 00:27:23,690 --> 00:27:24,690 Really? 483 00:27:24,930 --> 00:27:25,990 A lot of money? 484 00:27:26,330 --> 00:27:33,090 It's not just the money. It would be a whole change for me. A whole new set of 485 00:27:33,090 --> 00:27:34,090 challenges. 486 00:27:38,090 --> 00:27:39,910 Tell him I'll call him back in five minutes. 487 00:27:41,090 --> 00:27:45,970 I guess what I am trying to say is I'm leaving. 488 00:27:46,630 --> 00:27:51,470 And, Bruce, I want you to know how hard a decision this has been for me. 489 00:27:51,830 --> 00:27:55,870 And that I am not leaving because of anything that has happened here. When 490 00:27:55,870 --> 00:27:56,870 you have to start? 491 00:27:56,950 --> 00:28:00,530 It's flexible. I made it clear that I could not leave you in the lurch. Can 492 00:28:00,530 --> 00:28:01,530 finish the week? 493 00:28:02,810 --> 00:28:06,010 Sure. We'll be sorry to see you go, Grace, but it sounds like a fine 494 00:28:06,010 --> 00:28:07,010 opportunity. 495 00:28:10,120 --> 00:28:14,140 Okay. I gotta take this call. We'll talk later, okay? 496 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:16,200 Okay. 497 00:28:17,120 --> 00:28:18,120 Yes. 498 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:20,920 Uh -huh. 499 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,600 Grace, excuse me. How did he take it? 500 00:28:31,140 --> 00:28:32,940 Not great. He was very upset. 501 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:37,899 She's here. 502 00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:38,900 Roxanne! 503 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:41,160 Roxanne, where have you been? 504 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:42,880 You were supposed to be here at 9 o 'clock. 505 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:46,040 Jimmy's lawyer called and said the trial was put over to 11. 506 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,340 Ask your boyfriend if it's all right if you consult with your lawyer. I got a 507 00:28:49,340 --> 00:28:53,060 name, Ace. I wasn't talking to you. Come on, Jimmy, let's go. You do a pretty 508 00:28:53,060 --> 00:28:55,700 good job of talking about me. Why don't you say something to my face? 509 00:28:55,940 --> 00:28:57,000 I'm interested in her. 510 00:28:57,340 --> 00:29:00,820 Well, I'm in love with her. And what's between us doesn't concern you. You're 511 00:29:00,820 --> 00:29:03,080 going to tell me what concerns me? Whoa, whoa, whoa. Are we going to have a 512 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:04,340 fistfight right here in the corner? 513 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:07,520 Roxanne, everything's going to be fine. 514 00:29:09,540 --> 00:29:10,540 I love you. 515 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:12,079 Don't you be. 516 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:13,080 Attorney's lounge. 517 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,700 So, have you thought any more about what you're going to do in there? 518 00:29:18,260 --> 00:29:19,260 Yeah. 519 00:29:19,420 --> 00:29:20,560 I've thought a lot about it. 520 00:29:21,260 --> 00:29:24,720 And there's no way I'm going to testify against him. This guy's got himself a 521 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:25,720 slave girl. 522 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,600 Arnie, maybe you ought to get a cup of coffee. You know something? I don't give 523 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:29,900 a damn about the insider trading. 524 00:29:30,380 --> 00:29:33,140 But for him to let you take this kind of rap, we've got to be talking about a 525 00:29:33,140 --> 00:29:36,440 world -class slug. For your information, he doesn't know anything about it. He 526 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:37,500 wants me to testify. 527 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:38,880 What a guy. 528 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:40,080 Did he tell you that? 529 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:44,680 Why is it you need to poison my love for him, Arnie? He never did anything to 530 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:47,880 you. Yeah, but he sure as hell is doing something to you. Arnie, you. Forget it, 531 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:48,880 Michael. 532 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:51,940 There's nothing I want to discuss with either of you. 533 00:29:54,860 --> 00:29:55,860 Well, that was helpful. 534 00:29:58,660 --> 00:29:59,660 Come on. 535 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:04,360 Officer Davis. 536 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:05,640 Mr. Bradford. 537 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:06,760 A moment? 538 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,960 How did you know I was here? I called your desk sergeant and he told me you 539 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:14,020 in court testifying. Not another solicitation bust, I hope. 540 00:30:14,980 --> 00:30:17,400 Speeding. Guy was doing 53 at a school zone. 541 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:18,640 Good for you. 542 00:30:21,020 --> 00:30:22,020 Sorry. 543 00:30:22,220 --> 00:30:25,340 I want you to know I think your coming to see me this morning displayed a great 544 00:30:25,340 --> 00:30:26,640 deal of spirit and character. 545 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:28,219 Thank you. 546 00:30:28,220 --> 00:30:31,900 Given that and that I have no desire to be punitive, I've decided to drop the 547 00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:32,899 lawsuit. 548 00:30:32,900 --> 00:30:35,340 I don't believe a promising career should be derailed. 549 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:37,860 because of a single incidence of poor judgment. 550 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:45,660 Mr. Brackman, I'm very grateful. I don't know how to thank you. May I make a 551 00:30:45,660 --> 00:30:46,660 suggestion? 552 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:47,920 Let me buy you lunch. 553 00:30:48,860 --> 00:30:49,860 Right now? 554 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:55,120 Is now not a good time? Well, it's not that. It's just... Well, I'm in my 555 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:56,120 uniform and everything. 556 00:30:56,540 --> 00:30:57,540 So? 557 00:30:58,960 --> 00:30:59,960 You don't mind? 558 00:31:00,020 --> 00:31:03,900 On the contrary, I think the authority of Blue Surge makes for a most... 559 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,500 pleasing, and if I may say so, feminine appeal. 560 00:31:08,380 --> 00:31:09,380 Shall we? 561 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:19,600 Now, you have reviewed a meal several times in the past. 562 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:21,800 Isn't that true, Miss Landsberg? Yes. 563 00:31:22,620 --> 00:31:24,800 Why do you review a restaurant more than once? 564 00:31:25,020 --> 00:31:26,020 Well, they change. 565 00:31:26,780 --> 00:31:30,180 Improvements need to be recognized, as does decline. 566 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,580 And could you summarize your most recent impressions for the court? 567 00:31:33,850 --> 00:31:35,830 The food was disgustingly vile. 568 00:31:36,090 --> 00:31:37,230 It was an affront. 569 00:31:37,450 --> 00:31:38,450 Hold on. 570 00:31:39,630 --> 00:31:44,170 I would like you to calmly tell us your specific criticisms of the food and 571 00:31:44,170 --> 00:31:45,170 service. 572 00:31:45,910 --> 00:31:48,630 I actually found the service to be quite acceptable. 573 00:31:49,670 --> 00:31:52,450 The problem was the incompetence of the chef. 574 00:31:52,710 --> 00:31:54,270 I object to that. Order. 575 00:31:54,510 --> 00:31:57,730 I happen to be the chef at the meals. I don't care who. You're the one who 576 00:31:57,730 --> 00:31:58,730 should be on trial. 577 00:31:58,850 --> 00:32:02,110 Quiet, please. I was sous chef under Stephan de Sueza. 578 00:32:02,430 --> 00:32:06,070 I have worked in three -star restaurants throughout Europe. I don't care who you 579 00:32:06,070 --> 00:32:09,590 are. You're disrupting this court, and if you don't return to your seat, I'll 580 00:32:09,590 --> 00:32:10,590 hold you in contempt. 581 00:32:11,330 --> 00:32:12,330 Unbelievable. 582 00:32:13,050 --> 00:32:14,810 Proceed, Counselor. Thank you, Your Honor. 583 00:32:16,590 --> 00:32:20,910 It was your opinion then, ma 'am, that the work of the chef was substandard. 584 00:32:21,230 --> 00:32:26,730 As a food critic, one of the things that I look for is how the style or the 585 00:32:26,730 --> 00:32:30,090 personality of the chef is reflected in the culinary product. 586 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:35,780 What I tasted here was a total lack of commitment. I tasted fraud. 587 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:40,220 I tasted impotence. How can you do this to me? Have that man removed. 588 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:41,480 She's lying. 589 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:42,520 You're a complete disgrace. 590 00:32:42,780 --> 00:32:45,400 It's my constitutional right to say so. Order. 591 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:50,980 Miss Lansford. You're a little toad. How can you do this? A puny man. 592 00:32:51,300 --> 00:32:52,159 Miss Lansford. 593 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:53,700 Sit down, Miss Lansford. 594 00:32:53,900 --> 00:32:54,900 It's not true. 595 00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:58,260 I'll ask you to control your witness. 596 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:02,300 Your Honor, can I have a short recess to confer with the witness? 597 00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:03,500 Yes, you may. 598 00:33:05,380 --> 00:33:07,100 What do you think you're doing? 599 00:33:07,340 --> 00:33:11,120 Just stating my opinion, you ask. I told you not to sound vindictive or mean 600 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:14,240 -spirited, and you deliberately did just that. Well, whatever happened to free 601 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:15,600 speech, Mr. First Amendment? 602 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:20,820 Look, I'm trying to win a lawsuit here, which I will not do if you're up there 603 00:33:20,820 --> 00:33:21,820 showing malice. 604 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:23,920 Can I help you? 605 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:25,440 Hasn't this gone far enough? 606 00:33:25,660 --> 00:33:29,100 Please, get that man out of here. I'm leaving her, Lorna. 607 00:33:29,300 --> 00:33:32,860 I'm getting a divorce just like I promised. What the hell is this? 608 00:33:33,060 --> 00:33:35,700 I know how much I must have hurt you. 609 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:37,840 Forgive me. 610 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:39,180 I beg you. 611 00:33:39,380 --> 00:33:40,380 Oh, my God. 612 00:33:40,460 --> 00:33:41,720 I still love you. 613 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,560 I miss your passion, Lorna, your fire. 614 00:33:45,260 --> 00:33:48,980 You devour my tete d 'oeuvre like no woman in the world. 615 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:50,640 That's what this is about? 616 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:56,540 A jilted lover punishing her boyfriend with a bad review? You are really going 617 00:33:56,540 --> 00:33:57,540 to tell your wife? 618 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:02,320 Everything, including the fact that I want to spend the rest of my life with 619 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:04,540 you. Let's get out of here right now. 620 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,680 Oh, Victor, I'm quitting this thing. Oh, no. 621 00:34:08,179 --> 00:34:12,239 This is a test case, for God's sake, so you don't quit a trial on the Bill of 622 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:13,239 Rights. I do. 623 00:34:13,460 --> 00:34:17,060 You quit, and the magazine will lose, and they will get full indemnity from 624 00:34:17,340 --> 00:34:18,340 It won't happen. 625 00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:21,840 You tell them that I'll retract the review and write a new one. 626 00:34:23,020 --> 00:34:28,920 And I will also publish a four -part series on the food critic who fell in 627 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:29,940 and ran off with the chef. 628 00:34:30,500 --> 00:34:34,480 That restaurant will be more popular, more trendy, and more lucrative than 629 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:35,840 anybody's wildest dreams. 630 00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:37,620 That won't work. It just won't work. 631 00:34:37,820 --> 00:34:38,820 You'll make it work. 632 00:34:39,100 --> 00:34:41,659 Victor, this is the kind of stuff that makes a Hollywood restaurant. 633 00:34:42,100 --> 00:34:45,360 I'm offering them more positive exposure than they could get with a thousand 634 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:47,780 reviews. You just ask them. They'll jump. 635 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:49,760 My darling. 636 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:00,580 Please, state your name and address. 637 00:35:00,980 --> 00:35:04,180 Roxanne Millman, 1509 Cherimoya. 638 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,940 And are you acquainted with the defendant, James Markham? 639 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:10,940 Yes. Miss Millman, have you ever sold or bought stocks? 640 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:17,420 Yes. And has the defendant ever offered you any advice as to which stocks to buy 641 00:35:17,420 --> 00:35:18,420 and sell? 642 00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:24,300 Miss Millman? 643 00:35:25,550 --> 00:35:29,370 I refuse to answer on the grounds that it may tend to incriminate me. 644 00:35:30,470 --> 00:35:33,990 Your Honor, may I have a short recess to confer with my client? 645 00:35:34,230 --> 00:35:35,630 Your Honor, I don't need to confer. 646 00:35:38,610 --> 00:35:39,610 Close the bench. 647 00:35:40,930 --> 00:35:45,690 Miss Melman, as I would hope your attorney has advised you, since the U 648 00:35:45,690 --> 00:35:49,370 Attorney's Office has offered you full immunity from prosecution, you're in no 649 00:35:49,370 --> 00:35:50,370 danger of self -incrimination. 650 00:35:51,110 --> 00:35:52,750 As such, I'm ordering you to answer. 651 00:35:53,710 --> 00:35:58,470 With all due respect to the court, Your Honor, I refuse to answer anyway. 652 00:35:58,810 --> 00:36:01,210 The prosecution asks that the witness be held in contempt. 653 00:36:01,530 --> 00:36:03,270 Your Honor, I insist on speaking to my client. 654 00:36:03,510 --> 00:36:07,710 No, Michael, there's nothing to say. Do you understand that you'll be taken to 655 00:36:07,710 --> 00:36:11,550 the Sybil Brand Institute for Women and held there until you do decide to 656 00:36:11,550 --> 00:36:12,550 cooperate? 657 00:36:13,390 --> 00:36:14,670 That day will never come. 658 00:36:14,910 --> 00:36:17,650 Tell me that again after you've been in jail. Take the witness into custody. 659 00:36:50,710 --> 00:36:55,830 You told me my attorney was here to see me. Who are you? 660 00:36:56,470 --> 00:36:57,930 My name's Gay Halloran. 661 00:37:00,130 --> 00:37:02,230 How'd you get in here? They only allow lawyers. 662 00:37:02,850 --> 00:37:07,130 I'm a legal secretary at Takowski and Goldfarb. I presented our letterhead to 663 00:37:07,130 --> 00:37:08,610 the guard and I told him I was a lawyer. 664 00:37:10,770 --> 00:37:11,770 Why? 665 00:37:12,300 --> 00:37:15,540 I want to tell you something about Jimmy Markham that you obviously don't know. 666 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:18,480 Who is what? 667 00:37:20,540 --> 00:37:21,540 I'm his girlfriend. 668 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:25,320 Oh, my God. 669 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:29,480 I'm who he wants to make a life with just as soon as his divorce becomes 670 00:37:30,620 --> 00:37:33,720 I'm who he reaches for in the middle of the night. Or maybe you thought that was 671 00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:34,720 you. 672 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:39,460 Don't be like that. I read about you in the newspapers this morning. 673 00:37:40,650 --> 00:37:43,890 Probably with the same dumb expression on my face that you have in yours right 674 00:37:43,890 --> 00:37:44,890 now. 675 00:37:47,490 --> 00:37:48,490 My God, Sam. 676 00:37:48,770 --> 00:37:53,010 I can't believe this is happening. Yeah, well, I didn't come here for us to cry 677 00:37:53,010 --> 00:37:54,010 on each other's shoulders. 678 00:37:54,830 --> 00:37:56,970 I was involved in Jimmy's stock deals, too. 679 00:37:57,350 --> 00:38:00,790 The same way they came after you, they're going to come after me. Only I 680 00:38:00,790 --> 00:38:04,350 want to give back the money I made. I don't want to have to hire a lawyer. And 681 00:38:04,350 --> 00:38:06,310 don't think you want to spend another night here in jail. 682 00:38:06,550 --> 00:38:09,570 So why don't you save us both the trouble and stop protecting him? 683 00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:13,520 I trusted him. 684 00:38:14,020 --> 00:38:19,440 How could he lie to me when I trusted him? I guarantee you he never lost any 685 00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:20,440 sleep over it. 686 00:38:20,700 --> 00:38:25,140 So now you're here in jail. I'm expecting a subpoena any minute, and we 687 00:38:25,140 --> 00:38:29,120 our hearts stomped on. You stand fast. They come after me. I'm going to send 688 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:31,040 that bastard up without a second thought. 689 00:38:31,900 --> 00:38:33,440 Nothing heals like vengeance. 690 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:43,000 Your Honor, the prosecution having failed to make a... prima facie case 691 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:48,280 the defendant, I would move that all charges be dismissed against him. 692 00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:52,520 Mr. Kelly? Your Honor, prior to the court's disposition of defense counsel's 693 00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:55,240 motion, I would ask to recall Roxanne Melman to the stand. 694 00:38:55,620 --> 00:38:56,620 Proceed. 695 00:39:08,810 --> 00:39:12,410 Miss Millman, does your presence here suggest that you're now ready to 696 00:39:12,410 --> 00:39:14,430 the contempt citation against you and testify? 697 00:39:17,250 --> 00:39:18,250 Yes, I am. 698 00:39:24,370 --> 00:39:29,010 While I'm sure we're all glad that Roxanne is out of her legal 699 00:39:29,010 --> 00:39:33,110 this time we're aware that hers were not the only indiscretions committed. While 700 00:39:33,110 --> 00:39:38,410 personal investments are, as a rule, personal business, Anyone trading on 701 00:39:38,410 --> 00:39:42,370 tips, even remotely questionable, is compromising the integrity of this firm. 702 00:39:43,130 --> 00:39:47,450 I trust that those of you involved will take appropriate steps to rectify the 703 00:39:47,450 --> 00:39:49,210 situation. Leland, if I may? 704 00:39:49,710 --> 00:39:52,970 The only thing I would add is that since Roxanne's matter with the U .S. 705 00:39:52,970 --> 00:39:56,470 Attorney's Office is concluded, I'd like to give her two weeks' notice before 706 00:39:56,470 --> 00:39:59,390 the close of business today and start interviewing for a replacement. 707 00:39:59,670 --> 00:40:03,070 Oh, wait a minute. It hasn't been established that Roxanne knew that those 708 00:40:03,070 --> 00:40:04,630 were illegal. That may be. 709 00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:06,580 But this isn't a criminal prosecution. 710 00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:10,580 It's a law firm, depending upon the good judgment of its employees. 711 00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:13,360 Roxanne let us down. Get rid of her. 712 00:40:13,700 --> 00:40:17,920 If she didn't know the tips were based on inside information, how can we punish 713 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:20,140 her? And what was her conduct when she did know? 714 00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:24,960 Did she immediately offer her cooperation to the federal prosecutor 715 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:25,960 contain the damage? 716 00:40:26,270 --> 00:40:30,570 Or was her first priority to shield her paramour and further involve this firm's 717 00:40:30,570 --> 00:40:34,370 time and manpower in some tawdry little melodrama? Who the hell are you to 718 00:40:34,370 --> 00:40:35,370 vilify her? 719 00:40:35,590 --> 00:40:38,590 How many times have you had to call out for help for the simple reason that you 720 00:40:38,590 --> 00:40:41,410 couldn't keep your fly zipped? All right, Arnold, let's not get into that 721 00:40:41,490 --> 00:40:45,910 Whatever past scrapes I've gotten into, I've never put this firm in jeopardy. 722 00:40:45,950 --> 00:40:49,490 For all your sanctimonious brain, Douglas, neither has she. Well, I don't 723 00:40:49,490 --> 00:40:50,408 to let this drop. 724 00:40:50,410 --> 00:40:53,150 Fine. Let me make things very clear, then. 725 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:57,640 You can express your outrage about this incident. We can have a series of 726 00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:01,920 discussions about moral consequences, situational ethics, or whatever you 727 00:41:02,500 --> 00:41:07,240 Just so you know, if you fire Roxanne, I walk out right behind her. 728 00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:21,360 What are you doing in today? 729 00:41:23,240 --> 00:41:24,480 Just came in to pick up my check. 730 00:41:25,700 --> 00:41:26,980 Why don't you stay home tomorrow? 731 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,100 Home will feel just as bad as any place else. 732 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:33,800 I know that you loved him, Roxanne. 733 00:41:34,220 --> 00:41:36,100 But you know he was a bad guy anyway, right? 734 00:41:36,780 --> 00:41:38,080 That's not what I was going to say. 735 00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:41,340 But it's great to be right, isn't it, Arnie? 736 00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:43,660 Do you think that I like seeing you hurting? 737 00:41:44,900 --> 00:41:46,300 When did you ever notice? 738 00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:58,040 Come here. 739 00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:04,760 Thank you. 740 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:06,419 I'm okay. 741 00:42:06,420 --> 00:42:07,720 I'm okay. I'm sorry. 742 00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:15,220 Just so you know, when the suggestion was made to fire you, Arnie said, if she 743 00:42:15,220 --> 00:42:16,220 goes, I go. 744 00:42:16,820 --> 00:42:17,820 Oh, yeah. 745 00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,980 He just wants to keep me around so he can rub my nose in it. 746 00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:25,640 I think he wants to keep you around because he needs you and values you. 747 00:42:28,249 --> 00:42:32,870 Look, Roxanne, tell me to shut up if it's none of my business, but the fact 748 00:42:32,870 --> 00:42:34,030 you brought this on yourself. 749 00:42:34,570 --> 00:42:38,850 Doesn't mean you're a bad person, doesn't mean you're a criminal, but I 750 00:42:38,850 --> 00:42:42,350 all of us are going to have to accept the consequences for what we did. I lost 751 00:42:42,350 --> 00:42:43,350 my boyfriend. 752 00:42:43,790 --> 00:42:44,790 I'm broke. 753 00:42:45,350 --> 00:42:49,770 I used my old car as a down payment on my new car, so now I don't have any car 754 00:42:49,770 --> 00:42:50,770 at all. 755 00:42:50,830 --> 00:42:54,110 Why am I the only one who has to take the consequences? Why not you? 756 00:42:54,710 --> 00:42:55,609 Or Abby? 757 00:42:55,610 --> 00:42:56,670 Or Elizabeth? 758 00:42:57,230 --> 00:43:00,710 You all profited from Jimmy's tips as much as I did, so what's your 759 00:43:00,710 --> 00:43:01,710 consequences? 760 00:43:03,050 --> 00:43:04,050 I'm not sure. 761 00:43:04,790 --> 00:43:07,210 But like it or not, I think I'm going to have to find out. 762 00:43:08,230 --> 00:43:10,910 Roxanne, I'm sorry for your pain. 763 00:43:13,550 --> 00:43:17,510 Maybe self -interest blinded me from the risks you were taking. 764 00:43:25,930 --> 00:43:26,930 It's not your fault. 765 00:43:27,850 --> 00:43:29,090 Or anybody else's. 766 00:43:44,590 --> 00:43:45,590 Come in, Grace. 767 00:43:48,170 --> 00:43:49,370 Jim? Grace. 768 00:43:51,150 --> 00:43:52,510 Jim is going to take your office. 769 00:43:54,530 --> 00:43:58,820 Fine. I thought I'd come in over the weekend and get everything ready for 770 00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:00,360 No rush. 771 00:44:00,380 --> 00:44:02,340 Also, I'm going to have to take your badge. 772 00:44:03,900 --> 00:44:06,840 Right. Going to have to pay your traffic tickets now, Gracie. 773 00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:11,980 Well, I guess that's it, then. 774 00:44:14,220 --> 00:44:17,520 Gracie, seriously, it's good working with you. 775 00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:18,800 You too. 776 00:44:18,980 --> 00:44:19,980 Good luck, Reese. 777 00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:24,260 Come back and visit us any time. 778 00:44:25,290 --> 00:44:26,290 Thank you. 779 00:44:29,490 --> 00:44:31,250 Uh, one more thing. 780 00:44:35,930 --> 00:44:36,570 What 781 00:44:36,570 --> 00:44:44,690 is 782 00:44:44,690 --> 00:44:45,810 it? Open it! 783 00:44:46,450 --> 00:44:47,450 Help me. 784 00:44:56,080 --> 00:44:59,840 One of the court artists drew it together for you. It was Bruce's idea. 785 00:45:00,140 --> 00:45:02,580 He's trying to get on your good side, so if you get too much business, you'll 786 00:45:02,580 --> 00:45:03,580 bring him into the firm. 787 00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:11,620 I, um... I can't believe it. It's really great. Look. 788 00:45:12,020 --> 00:45:15,360 She really is a girl. She's crying. Stop it. 789 00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:19,100 Thank you. 790 00:45:19,720 --> 00:45:20,720 Congratulations. 791 00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:28,840 Well, you don't realize that it totally skews the market. People are invited to 792 00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:31,760 invest their money in publicly held corporations as though they had a fair 793 00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:33,180 What they're getting here is a rigged deck. 794 00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:36,000 It seems to me the deck was rigged long before insider trading. 795 00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:40,720 Big investment bankers aren't in business to give Johnny Smalltime a fair 796 00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:43,880 There's a big difference between having an edge because you're smarter and 797 00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:45,080 having an edge because you're a criminal. 798 00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:48,560 Stuart, 799 00:45:49,580 --> 00:45:51,320 I have a confession to make. 800 00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:53,240 The watch I gave you. 801 00:45:53,580 --> 00:45:56,360 I bought it with money I made from one of Roxanne's stock tips. 802 00:45:56,700 --> 00:45:57,700 This watch? 803 00:45:58,280 --> 00:45:59,280 My watch? 804 00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:04,840 Ian, how could... Oh. 805 00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:09,440 Stuart, it doesn't change the fact that it was an expression of my love for you. 806 00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:13,700 I don't understand how you could do something like this. 807 00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:17,420 Maybe you can say that Roxanne didn't know the tips were illegal, but you're a 808 00:46:17,420 --> 00:46:20,700 lawyer. She's getting them from an arbitrageur. They're always right. 809 00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:23,020 At some point, don't you put two and two together? 810 00:46:23,620 --> 00:46:26,000 I just didn't stop to analyze it quite that thoroughly, Stuart. 811 00:46:26,460 --> 00:46:27,460 Well, maybe you should have. 812 00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:29,100 Maybe I should have. 813 00:46:30,020 --> 00:46:33,820 But since I didn't, can't you just accept the watch and the spirit in which 814 00:46:33,820 --> 00:46:34,519 was given? 815 00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:35,520 I don't know. 816 00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:38,560 I love this watch. 817 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:42,900 But I hate the idea that every time I look at the time, I'm going to think of 818 00:46:42,900 --> 00:46:45,980 as, I don't know, ill -gotten gains or something. 819 00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:48,340 Stuart, the watch is bought and paid for. 820 00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:51,020 What do you want me to do, hock it and give the money to charity? 821 00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:52,560 Would that make you feel better? 822 00:46:53,020 --> 00:46:54,020 I don't know. 823 00:46:54,180 --> 00:46:57,140 Stuart, don't you think you're overreacting just a little bit? How 824 00:46:57,140 --> 00:47:00,260 feel if I told you your diamond engagement ring was bought with stolen 825 00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:02,460 It's not the same thing. How is it different, Ann? 826 00:47:02,900 --> 00:47:03,900 I don't know. 827 00:47:05,220 --> 00:47:08,380 I just wish we could purge ourselves of this stuff. Excuse me, have you got the 828 00:47:08,380 --> 00:47:11,380 time? Yeah, it's 10 .30. Oh, nice watch. 829 00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:13,300 Nice. Can I have it? What? 830 00:47:14,240 --> 00:47:15,240 Stick -up kind. 831 00:47:15,940 --> 00:47:16,940 Stuart! 832 00:47:17,130 --> 00:47:18,950 Hand it over. Watch, rings, money. Come on. 833 00:47:25,890 --> 00:47:27,990 You too, ma 'am. The door isn't set yet. 834 00:47:31,050 --> 00:47:32,790 Could I keep my wedding ring? 835 00:47:34,130 --> 00:47:38,970 Well, in consideration of the watch and the diamond ring, what the hell, okay. 836 00:47:39,910 --> 00:47:42,350 Hey, aren't you going to say thank you? 837 00:47:42,830 --> 00:47:43,830 Thank you. 838 00:47:45,850 --> 00:47:46,850 Attorneys, right? 839 00:47:47,970 --> 00:47:49,910 Well, you folks have a nice evening. 840 00:47:56,450 --> 00:47:57,950 You wanted a purge? 841 00:47:58,150 --> 00:47:59,370 I got a purge. 842 00:48:00,150 --> 00:48:02,750 Purge? I just purged my shorts.