1 00:00:01,999 --> 00:00:03,520 Previously on LA Law. 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:07,600 You know, Benny, I've done some checking, and there's a center here in 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:11,420 Angeles. They do all kinds of things. They have dancers and mixers. 4 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:13,440 Lots of nice girls. 5 00:00:13,620 --> 00:00:14,740 They wouldn't like me. 6 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:16,540 I think they'd like you a lot. 7 00:00:17,380 --> 00:00:18,600 Are they retarded? 8 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,060 Yeah, they are. 9 00:00:22,990 --> 00:00:25,150 This is John Vincent of Vincent Construction. 10 00:00:25,490 --> 00:00:28,990 He wants us to represent his nephew in a criminal matter. John Vincent is 11 00:00:28,990 --> 00:00:32,790 reputed to be one of the most powerful figures in organized crime in the 12 00:00:32,790 --> 00:00:35,150 United States. I think the key word there is reputed. 13 00:00:35,410 --> 00:00:36,570 I am not a crook. 14 00:00:37,590 --> 00:00:41,670 I'm a legitimate businessman with a serious family problem I'm trying to 15 00:00:41,670 --> 00:00:46,510 out with. Let me review the case, make some calls, and I'll let you know. Bless 16 00:00:46,510 --> 00:00:47,650 you. Oh, nice watch. 17 00:00:47,950 --> 00:00:49,430 Can I have it? What? 18 00:00:50,110 --> 00:00:51,110 Stick -up time. 19 00:00:51,830 --> 00:00:52,830 George! 20 00:00:53,030 --> 00:00:54,430 Watch brings money. Come on. 21 00:00:54,810 --> 00:00:57,350 The yuppie bandit is no longer at large. 22 00:00:58,150 --> 00:01:00,030 They caught him trying to fence the Rolex. 23 00:01:00,930 --> 00:01:04,430 Stuart and I ID'd him last night. Charles told me you were a little 24 00:01:04,910 --> 00:01:06,070 My mind's made up. 25 00:01:06,310 --> 00:01:09,110 Some mistakes are very hard to live with, Ms. Van Allen. 26 00:01:09,490 --> 00:01:12,830 I seriously suggest you rethink your position. 27 00:01:14,950 --> 00:01:16,230 She's still drinking the champagne. 28 00:01:37,870 --> 00:01:38,870 Hi. 29 00:01:42,090 --> 00:01:43,230 What time is it? 30 00:01:43,470 --> 00:01:44,470 Probably. 31 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:33,820 Don't ding my dad getting into your car. 32 00:03:08,330 --> 00:03:09,330 Good morning, Mr. Becker. 33 00:03:10,990 --> 00:03:12,010 Good morning, Rox. 34 00:03:12,510 --> 00:03:15,510 This is the land, Rox. I'll tell you, L .A. has got to be the land. 35 00:03:16,130 --> 00:03:21,910 While the rest of the world is freezing, getting buried with snow, I am gently 36 00:03:21,910 --> 00:03:26,930 awakened by a beam of California sunshine reflecting off the golden 37 00:03:26,930 --> 00:03:29,170 of the very warm body that I'm nestled against. 38 00:03:29,970 --> 00:03:34,990 A couple of laps in the pool, a glass of carrot juice, is life figured out here 39 00:03:34,990 --> 00:03:35,990 or what? 40 00:03:36,420 --> 00:03:38,240 It's figured out just fine, Arnie. 41 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:40,720 I was woken up by a dumpster. 42 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,560 The only thing to nestle up to me in the last eight months is currently in the 43 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:45,760 slammer for stock fraud. 44 00:03:46,140 --> 00:03:51,160 My bagel was so stale, I practically chipped a tooth. I'm retaining water, 45 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:52,360 I'm all out of my doll. 46 00:03:52,620 --> 00:03:54,380 Is life figured out here, you ask? 47 00:06:01,299 --> 00:06:02,600 Morning. Morning, Benny. 48 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:04,080 Morning. Morning. 49 00:06:05,020 --> 00:06:06,340 Victor? Hmm? 50 00:06:06,620 --> 00:06:08,160 I'm going out on a date tonight. 51 00:06:08,620 --> 00:06:09,620 No kidding. 52 00:06:09,660 --> 00:06:14,740 Yeah. I met this girl named Ivy at the dinner, and we're going out on a date. 53 00:06:14,980 --> 00:06:19,580 We're taking the bus to Lum Shanghai Garden to have dinner, and then we're 54 00:06:19,580 --> 00:06:21,440 to go look in the stores on Melrose. 55 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:22,719 Sounds like fun. 56 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:24,620 Yeah. When did you ask her out? 57 00:06:24,980 --> 00:06:25,980 Yesterday. 58 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:27,880 Boy, was I nervous, too. 59 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,180 I never asked a girl out there, would I? 60 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,840 She has her only nice curly brown hair. 61 00:06:33,100 --> 00:06:34,100 You like this, huh? 62 00:06:34,280 --> 00:06:35,280 Yeah, I do. 63 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,640 Stuart, what's happening with the yuppie bandit? They accelerated the trial 64 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:39,599 date. We start tomorrow. 65 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,980 How long should we figure you two will be tied up with that? 66 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:43,940 Oh, I don't guess more than a day or two. 67 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,920 If we can proceed, 10 hole versus 12 tin fish decoys. 68 00:06:49,420 --> 00:06:53,100 Action for specific performance. The delivery of antiques bought at auction. 69 00:06:53,500 --> 00:06:54,860 I'm in depositions all week. 70 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:57,000 Adelman versus Mack. 71 00:06:57,280 --> 00:07:00,980 And we've instructed the marshal to impound the judgment debtors' 72 00:07:00,980 --> 00:07:02,660 unless a bond is posted by 5 o 'clock. 73 00:07:03,380 --> 00:07:07,620 Sealing versus Diamond Needham Productions. Yeah, hearing for an 74 00:07:07,620 --> 00:07:08,620 scheduled for 2 o 'clock. 75 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:10,160 Sounds like a loser. 76 00:07:10,700 --> 00:07:13,900 You know, I can't believe that a TV actor is going into court because he's 77 00:07:13,900 --> 00:07:14,900 unhappy with his part. 78 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:17,880 What's the name of this show? 79 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:22,020 Consenting Adults. I never even heard of it. That's the producer's whole 80 00:07:22,020 --> 00:07:25,820 problem. You see, they've gotten great reviews, but they're in a tough time 81 00:07:25,820 --> 00:07:29,360 and they can't get sampling, so if the numbers don't improve, they're history. 82 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,480 I would think that Jack Sealing would do anything he could to boost the ratings. 83 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,600 Maybe he doesn't want to go around the rest of his life prancing in a cocktail 84 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,120 dress. You know, the public doesn't always differentiate between an actor 85 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:40,120 the role he plays. 86 00:07:40,220 --> 00:07:44,140 To millions of people, Raymond Burr will always be a lawyer, Vince Edwards a 87 00:07:44,140 --> 00:07:47,400 doctor, Jack Webb a cop, Laird Craig or a psychotic detective. 88 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:51,460 Nobody remembers I wake up screaming? 89 00:07:52,780 --> 00:07:55,660 Well, before we adjourn, Michael, how's Gracie? 90 00:07:55,880 --> 00:08:00,320 Oh, she's okay. She's, uh... She's spending some time at home, taking it 91 00:08:00,820 --> 00:08:02,000 Got any leads on the shooter? 92 00:08:02,300 --> 00:08:04,340 No. And all she saw was the gun. 93 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:06,200 Is she afraid they're going to come after her? 94 00:08:06,580 --> 00:08:08,960 I think if they'd wanted to hit her, they would have done it when they had 95 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,000 chance. Still, it's got to go through her mind. 96 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:12,960 Yeah. 97 00:08:13,220 --> 00:08:14,139 Yeah, it does. 98 00:08:14,140 --> 00:08:15,320 Is she going back to work? 99 00:08:15,580 --> 00:08:17,940 Well, she's thinking about it. I don't think right away, though. 100 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,560 I can't imagine what her state of mind must be after something like that. 101 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,040 Pretty shaky for the first couple of days, but she's worked her way through 102 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:27,160 You know, she's in better shape than I am. 103 00:08:28,340 --> 00:08:31,580 You set me up. Grace, take it easy. Don't grace me. 104 00:08:31,860 --> 00:08:35,679 It is sheer blind luck I wasn't gunned down, you bastard. 105 00:08:36,140 --> 00:08:39,020 You were in the wrong place at the wrong time. 106 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:44,220 How is that my fault? If you had told me we had a third partner, or who he was, 107 00:08:44,380 --> 00:08:48,860 or what he expected of us, if I had known any of it, I never would have been 108 00:08:48,860 --> 00:08:50,140 that restaurant in the first place. 109 00:08:50,670 --> 00:08:51,950 I had no choice. 110 00:08:52,210 --> 00:08:56,010 Why? John Vincent is not a guy you say no to. 111 00:08:56,230 --> 00:08:58,810 I did, Charlie. I said no. 112 00:09:00,530 --> 00:09:01,690 You could have, too. 113 00:09:06,650 --> 00:09:07,650 I'm sorry. 114 00:09:09,550 --> 00:09:11,690 What can I do to make things right between us? 115 00:09:13,590 --> 00:09:15,270 You betrayed our friendship. 116 00:09:15,570 --> 00:09:18,610 Nothing, nothing you can do makes that right. 117 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,740 I'm not proud of myself or what I've become. 118 00:09:32,820 --> 00:09:33,820 The guy's dead. 119 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,300 It gives us a chance to start over with a clean slate. 120 00:09:38,340 --> 00:09:40,380 You start over, Charlie. 121 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:41,900 Alone. Please. 122 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:43,360 I wish you'd reconsider. 123 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:44,680 Not a chance. 124 00:09:46,620 --> 00:09:47,620 What'll you do? 125 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:48,760 I don't know. 126 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:50,120 Maybe nothing. 127 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,800 Maybe go back to the DA's office. 128 00:09:53,900 --> 00:09:54,900 Great. 129 00:09:57,100 --> 00:10:03,480 I, uh, I know you know this, but what he told you before the shooting 130 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:09,620 about owning us, financing us, if any of that stuff ever got around, 131 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,700 wouldn't be too great for either one of us. 132 00:10:14,260 --> 00:10:17,440 I appreciate your deep concern for my welfare, Charlie. 133 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:30,500 And what we have here is an executive producer using her power to ruin the 134 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:31,500 career of my client. 135 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:36,940 All we have is an actor vetted with no creative control whatsoever trying to 136 00:10:36,940 --> 00:10:37,940 stop a telecast. 137 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:41,020 Making him a cross -dresser is going to cause irreparable harm, Your Honor. 138 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:43,460 I'll take a look at the picture that they're releasing to the newspapers. 139 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:48,060 Isn't it a little late to be squawking now, Mr. Becker? The episode's supposed 140 00:10:48,060 --> 00:10:51,720 to air in two days. My client was assured that it would be cut and edited 141 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:52,980 have socially redeeming value. 142 00:10:53,470 --> 00:10:54,470 Give me a break. 143 00:10:54,590 --> 00:10:58,950 But what has resulted is a trashy piece of exploitation deliberately designed at 144 00:10:58,950 --> 00:11:00,050 destroying his career. 145 00:11:00,350 --> 00:11:03,890 How can you stand here as an officer of the court and lie like that? 146 00:11:04,170 --> 00:11:07,050 It's the truth, Your Honor. Ms. Needham has been recklessly vindictive, and I 147 00:11:07,050 --> 00:11:09,670 won't stand for it. You're the one that's being vindictive here. All right, 148 00:11:09,870 --> 00:11:16,590 quiet. Mr. Becker, I see no contractual right which allows your guy to control 149 00:11:16,590 --> 00:11:19,810 the creative development of the character he plays. 150 00:11:20,300 --> 00:11:23,560 Your Honor, there is an implied covenant of good faith in every contract, and 151 00:11:23,560 --> 00:11:27,380 she has breached it with this malicious attempt to stain his image. Your Honor, 152 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,440 I know it's unusual, but I'd like to put my client on the stand. 153 00:11:30,780 --> 00:11:33,560 What? This is not an evidentiary hearing. 154 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:37,840 I know that, but the issue concerns enjoining a program that costs over a 155 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:39,080 million dollars to produce. 156 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,900 Now, before you consider such an extraordinary remedy, I'd like you to be 157 00:11:42,900 --> 00:11:46,640 informed. Fine. I demand the right to cross -examine and a one -day 158 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:47,259 to prepare. 159 00:11:47,260 --> 00:11:48,260 Oh, please. 160 00:11:48,420 --> 00:11:51,910 Hey! If you want to stick her up here, then he's got the right to cross. 161 00:11:52,230 --> 00:11:57,550 We'll convene tomorrow at 10 a .m. Now both of you leave and take the media 162 00:11:57,550 --> 00:11:58,550 you. 163 00:11:58,790 --> 00:12:00,630 Charlie, get the camera. Mr. Seelig. Mr. 164 00:12:00,870 --> 00:12:01,870 Seelig. 165 00:12:02,490 --> 00:12:06,090 Looks like you're losing, Mr. Seelings. If they run that show, I'll break the 166 00:12:06,090 --> 00:12:10,470 studio, I'll break the network, and I'll ruin her. I'll sue you right back for 167 00:12:10,470 --> 00:12:11,670 abuse of profit and harassment. 168 00:12:12,070 --> 00:12:13,070 We have no comments. 169 00:12:13,290 --> 00:12:16,290 Wait till you see how natural he looks in lingerie, like he's worn it all his 170 00:12:16,290 --> 00:12:17,290 life. That's slander, lady. 171 00:12:17,490 --> 00:12:20,330 Oh, please. To the extent you counsel her into saying those things, you're 172 00:12:20,330 --> 00:12:22,470 to be held liable, too. Why don't we just sue everybody? 173 00:12:22,850 --> 00:12:25,830 Mr. Seelings. I'll walk right off the set. You promised. You promised. 174 00:12:26,130 --> 00:12:29,650 Wednesday night, 9 o 'clock, Channel 4. Jack Seelings in a black pursuit. 175 00:12:29,870 --> 00:12:30,870 Mary, wait. 176 00:12:31,130 --> 00:12:33,330 The Arnie Becker Show. Pretty tawdry stuff. 177 00:12:33,930 --> 00:12:35,970 Hey, at least no one's getting shot at. 178 00:12:36,610 --> 00:12:40,490 Yet. Be honest with me. Am I a jerk? 179 00:12:41,750 --> 00:12:42,750 Well, sometimes. 180 00:12:43,310 --> 00:12:44,310 This time? 181 00:12:44,630 --> 00:12:46,730 No. Why would I think that? 182 00:12:47,390 --> 00:12:52,630 Well, I take a powder from the DA's office. A significant job. 183 00:12:53,130 --> 00:12:57,410 Because I am seduced by this glitzing office. More money. 184 00:12:57,810 --> 00:12:59,650 It's change in venue, right? 185 00:13:00,910 --> 00:13:03,990 And the whole thing blows up in my face. 186 00:13:04,550 --> 00:13:08,010 Gracie, you had to quit. Come on, it was the only right thing to do. 187 00:13:09,250 --> 00:13:11,350 I spent the whole day making phone calls. 188 00:13:11,610 --> 00:13:12,610 Going up to whom? 189 00:13:13,550 --> 00:13:15,370 Firms. I've got to get a job. 190 00:13:16,110 --> 00:13:17,110 What for? 191 00:13:17,550 --> 00:13:21,210 Because. Because that's what I do. I work. 192 00:13:21,450 --> 00:13:24,010 Well, we do a lot of things. We eat. 193 00:13:24,650 --> 00:13:25,650 We sweep. 194 00:13:26,430 --> 00:13:27,430 We make love. 195 00:13:28,739 --> 00:13:32,160 Believe it or not, sometimes we do absolutely nothing. 196 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:34,440 I'd go nuts doing nothing. 197 00:13:34,700 --> 00:13:35,700 Oh, yeah? 198 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:36,880 You ever tried it? 199 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:38,320 All the time. 200 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,000 Sure, when? 201 00:13:42,980 --> 00:13:43,980 Sunday. 202 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:48,380 Right, with a case file on your lap. Now, what I'm talking about here is 203 00:13:48,380 --> 00:13:53,280 nothing, girl. I'm talking about... I'm talking about going for a ride in a car 204 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,500 with no destination or, uh... What? 205 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,800 Yeah, taking a bubble bath instead of giving yourself a sponge bath. 206 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,620 Hey, something happened to you. You've got to give yourself time to settle down 207 00:14:03,620 --> 00:14:05,580 before you go charging back into the workforce. 208 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:07,760 I have to make a living, don't I? 209 00:14:08,580 --> 00:14:10,560 Well, I don't know. Do you? 210 00:14:11,680 --> 00:14:15,480 Well, if the situation were reversed, would you question whether you had to 211 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:16,480 a living? 212 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:17,680 Yeah. 213 00:14:18,500 --> 00:14:20,860 Yeah, if it was at the expense of self -knowledge, I would. 214 00:14:21,980 --> 00:14:22,980 Oh. 215 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:29,560 Self -knowledge, huh? Yeah. You're saying I don't know myself sufficiently? 216 00:14:30,060 --> 00:14:31,520 Well, who among us does? 217 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:34,420 And I suppose you're going to show me the way. 218 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:39,000 Well, look at it this way. 219 00:14:40,420 --> 00:14:46,240 A guiding hand here and there never really hurt. 220 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,080 This guiding hand is cold. 221 00:14:52,060 --> 00:14:53,440 But it's somewhere warm. 222 00:15:02,510 --> 00:15:06,010 We had pretty much written it off until we got a call from Detective Majeski 223 00:15:06,010 --> 00:15:08,730 saying that there had been a break in the case. And what else did the 224 00:15:08,730 --> 00:15:09,689 tell you? 225 00:15:09,690 --> 00:15:14,090 That they had recovered my watch, and they had a suspect in custody, and would 226 00:15:14,090 --> 00:15:17,810 we please come down and identify him through photographs, which we did. And 227 00:15:17,810 --> 00:15:21,110 you able to make a positive identification of the man who robbed 228 00:15:21,490 --> 00:15:23,870 And is the man you identified in this courtroom? 229 00:15:25,470 --> 00:15:26,470 There he is. 230 00:15:26,650 --> 00:15:27,650 Right there, that's the man. 231 00:15:28,010 --> 00:15:31,090 The record will show that the witness has identified the defendant. 232 00:15:31,699 --> 00:15:32,699 Robert Alden. 233 00:15:32,940 --> 00:15:33,940 I'll prove it quick. 234 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,520 Now, according to the report you gave the police, the man who accosted you was 235 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:42,760 six foot or over. 236 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:48,840 But, uh, Mr. Alden's only five foot ten and a half inches. So call me a liar for 237 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:49,840 an inch and a half. 238 00:15:50,540 --> 00:15:52,120 Well, if you like that characterization, okay. 239 00:15:52,380 --> 00:15:55,940 Look, I'm five feet five and a half. A lot of people look taller to me. 240 00:15:56,320 --> 00:16:00,200 So you're saying that your diminutive stature makes you a less than reliable 241 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:04,550 observer. No, but you'll acknowledge there's a discrepancy here. Yeah, you 242 00:16:04,550 --> 00:16:05,810 said the man wore a mustache. 243 00:16:06,190 --> 00:16:10,570 Now, I'm not sure about that. I think actually he may have shaved it off. 244 00:16:11,010 --> 00:16:14,790 Well, my question is, Mr. Markowitz, did he or did he not have a mustache? 245 00:16:15,170 --> 00:16:18,470 Why the hesitancy, Mr. Markowitz? Is it because you can't remember? Or is it 246 00:16:18,470 --> 00:16:22,030 because you and your wife were so drunk that night, you can't be certain who you 247 00:16:22,030 --> 00:16:25,050 saw? What? Well, you testified you were on your way back from dinner. Now, 248 00:16:25,150 --> 00:16:27,370 didn't you share a bottle of wine? 249 00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:31,520 In fact, you two guys were pretty looped, weren't you? No, that's not the 250 00:16:31,540 --> 00:16:32,580 Come on, Mr. Markowitz. 251 00:16:32,820 --> 00:16:33,719 Wait a minute. 252 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:36,500 Objection. Stop putting words in his mouth. Your Honor. Mrs. Markowitz. He's 253 00:16:36,500 --> 00:16:39,700 posing compound questions and browbeating the witness. You are not the 254 00:16:39,700 --> 00:16:43,620 of record here. Sit down. Come on. You can't let him get away with that. 255 00:16:43,900 --> 00:16:44,900 Mr. 256 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:49,660 Markowitz, given the trouble you're having with all this, how can you tell 257 00:16:49,660 --> 00:16:53,300 that Robert Alden is the man who robbed you? We weren't drunk, and I'm almost 258 00:16:53,300 --> 00:16:54,580 positive that's the man. 259 00:16:55,599 --> 00:16:58,580 Well, almost positive doesn't put an innocent man in jail, Mr. Markowitz. 260 00:16:58,860 --> 00:17:00,440 Not until they suspend the Constitution. 261 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:02,720 Nothing further. 262 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:07,079 What was I supposed to do? Lie? 263 00:17:07,339 --> 00:17:10,640 I'm not accusing you, sir. You are accusing me. I'm not. You did the best 264 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:11,640 could. 265 00:17:11,819 --> 00:17:14,420 I just wish you hadn't let him walk all over you, that's all. Oh, and you were 266 00:17:14,420 --> 00:17:17,859 so forceful, jumping up and objecting like a... Would you mind? Let's not have 267 00:17:17,859 --> 00:17:20,839 fight in the middle of the cafeteria, okay? Where would you rather have a 268 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:22,440 435. 269 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:25,000 I don't know. 270 00:17:25,900 --> 00:17:28,260 Let's just drop it, Stuart. You don't want to talk about it? Fine. 271 00:17:28,460 --> 00:17:29,460 Good. Fine. 272 00:17:31,220 --> 00:17:34,600 Actors are asked to play less than heroic or sympathetic parts all of the 273 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,860 Why the fuss over this one? Well, my client feels that playing the part of a 274 00:17:37,860 --> 00:17:41,440 cross -dresser will seriously damage his career. But isn't it really the 275 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,880 producer's... You know, actually, the camera puts about ten pounds on you. 276 00:17:45,180 --> 00:17:46,280 Look, it's Arnie. 277 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:50,000 ...on what is one of the most critically acclaimed shows on television to... I 278 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,600 never saw anybody I knew on television before. 279 00:17:53,550 --> 00:17:56,590 that being seen in a dress will damage Jack's... Rox, have you seen my other 280 00:17:56,590 --> 00:17:57,590 trial case? 281 00:17:58,470 --> 00:18:00,410 It's in the closet. Let me ask you something. 282 00:18:00,930 --> 00:18:04,230 What would have happened to John Wayne's career if instead of playing the part 283 00:18:04,230 --> 00:18:06,670 of a war hero, you'd played a drag queen? 284 00:18:07,570 --> 00:18:08,570 Thank you. 285 00:18:08,610 --> 00:18:12,470 Arnold Becker is due back in court tomorrow when producer Jamie Needham is 286 00:18:12,470 --> 00:18:13,590 scheduled to take the stand. 287 00:18:13,850 --> 00:18:16,550 From Los Angeles County Court, I'm Jean Kasabian. 288 00:18:17,150 --> 00:18:21,350 Barney, how can you be there and... 289 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:23,180 Here at the same time. 290 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,300 I'm late for court, Benny. I think I'll let Roxanne explain that to you. 291 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:31,980 They interviewed Arnie yesterday, Benny. 292 00:18:32,260 --> 00:18:35,480 What we're seeing here is a videotape. 293 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,080 Benny, how was your date with Ivy? 294 00:18:46,700 --> 00:18:47,700 Okay. 295 00:18:48,180 --> 00:18:49,180 Just okay? 296 00:18:54,060 --> 00:18:56,200 We didn't really have that much to talk about. 297 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,020 People don't always hit it off on the first date, Benny. 298 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:01,020 I thought we would. 299 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,320 She just kept worrying about not getting home too late. 300 00:19:05,940 --> 00:19:08,180 She lived with her parents. 301 00:19:08,780 --> 00:19:10,020 You took a first step. 302 00:19:10,340 --> 00:19:13,160 That's a lot more important than whether or not this one date worked out. 303 00:19:13,740 --> 00:19:16,120 Believe me, I have kissed a lot more frogs than princes. 304 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:20,160 No, Benny, no. 305 00:19:20,460 --> 00:19:21,500 That's just a saying. 306 00:19:23,820 --> 00:19:26,160 I mean that you'll go out with different people. 307 00:19:26,540 --> 00:19:28,520 And some you'll like better than others. 308 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,340 And some you'll only like after you know them for a little while. 309 00:19:31,660 --> 00:19:33,200 And that might even happen to Lively. 310 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:35,440 I don't think so. 311 00:19:39,260 --> 00:19:42,080 It would be self -defeating for me to ruin his image. 312 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:46,160 The success of our show depends in a large part on his public appeal. 313 00:19:46,380 --> 00:19:49,560 And you didn't feel that it would be compromising that appeal to have him 314 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:50,560 in women's clothing? 315 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:51,940 It's a nighttime soap. 316 00:19:52,460 --> 00:19:57,080 All our characters have perversities, and our viewers love them. Thank you, 317 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:58,080 Needham. That's all. 318 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:06,540 Miss Needham, isn't it true that you and my client engaged in a bitter contract 319 00:20:06,540 --> 00:20:08,520 dispute before the season? It was negotiations. 320 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:10,600 I certainly harbor no bitterness. 321 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:14,060 Oh, come on, Miss Needham. One of his demands was that they direct three 322 00:20:14,060 --> 00:20:15,160 episodes next year, right? 323 00:20:15,380 --> 00:20:17,880 And you found that totally unacceptable, didn't you? 324 00:20:18,220 --> 00:20:21,560 I objected to the notion of an actor being vested with directing 325 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:22,820 responsibilities, yes. 326 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:26,060 And the network forced you to cave in because they knew he was more important 327 00:20:26,060 --> 00:20:27,280 the show than you, right? 328 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:31,040 Objection. What the... relevance of this? I'll tell you the relevance. She 329 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:34,520 perceives my client as a threat to her control, so she is trying to humiliate 330 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,440 him with storylines to induce him to breach his contract. 331 00:20:37,700 --> 00:20:42,940 He's no threat to me. I made him. You made me? Jack. You didn't make me. Sit 332 00:20:42,940 --> 00:20:43,779 down, Mr. 333 00:20:43,780 --> 00:20:45,200 Sealinger. I'll throw you out of here. 334 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:46,920 I ought to just write you out completely. 335 00:20:47,220 --> 00:20:50,940 I'd win an Emmy for it. Miss Needham. I'll stop the whole damn show. You'll do 336 00:20:50,940 --> 00:20:54,060 what I tell you to do. Miss Needham. This woman's malice is self -evident. 337 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:55,740 Everybody shut up. 338 00:21:00,810 --> 00:21:03,150 Judge, I'd like to call my client to the stand now. What? 339 00:21:03,510 --> 00:21:06,410 This is a motion session, Mr. Becker, not a trial. 340 00:21:07,050 --> 00:21:11,010 And your case is so weak, I don't see what possible good it would do. I know 341 00:21:11,010 --> 00:21:14,750 it's unorthodox, Judge, but she has had a chance to have her say. I think in the 342 00:21:14,750 --> 00:21:17,470 interest of justice, Mr. Sealing should have his chance as well. 343 00:21:17,690 --> 00:21:20,310 Well, then I'm going to want a day to prepare, just like he got. 344 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:26,480 All right, we reconvene tomorrow at 10 a .m., and this is the last day. I mean 345 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:30,700 it. I'm going to give this guy 10 minutes, and that's it. After that, no 346 00:21:30,700 --> 00:21:31,700 witnesses. 347 00:21:36,740 --> 00:21:37,740 Ms. 348 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,140 Needham? Mr. Becker? 349 00:21:49,860 --> 00:21:50,860 That's her. 350 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:52,080 Thank you. 351 00:21:52,340 --> 00:21:56,800 Every time I see it, I see you driving down the coast highway totally naked. 352 00:21:57,420 --> 00:21:59,400 Soft, shiny hair flying in the wind. 353 00:22:00,340 --> 00:22:01,340 Double clutching. 354 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:04,940 Downshifting. Stop. 355 00:22:32,719 --> 00:22:33,719 Anyway, she quit. 356 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:35,560 What's she gonna do? 357 00:22:35,860 --> 00:22:37,680 I don't know. Look for another job, I guess. 358 00:22:38,420 --> 00:22:42,580 What the hell is this check from Jack Sealy? It must be our fee, Leland. It's 359 00:22:42,580 --> 00:22:43,580 for $100 ,000. 360 00:22:43,980 --> 00:22:45,600 What? A hundred grand? 361 00:22:45,860 --> 00:22:48,280 Yeah, I negotiated a flat rate and he accepted it. 362 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:51,260 Well, who the hell in his right mind would agree to pay it all up front, 363 00:22:51,340 --> 00:22:53,300 especially an amount like that? I wouldn't know. 364 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,940 Well, tell me what you do know or I'll call the client myself. 365 00:22:58,740 --> 00:22:59,740 Okay. 366 00:23:00,060 --> 00:23:01,620 The money's coming from the studio. 367 00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:05,700 This injunction hearing isn't exactly adversarial. 368 00:23:06,260 --> 00:23:10,860 What's that supposed to mean? It means that this... Well, this whole thing has 369 00:23:10,860 --> 00:23:13,560 sort of been staged to generate publicity for the show. 370 00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:15,180 Staged? What? 371 00:23:15,420 --> 00:23:18,040 Yeah, well, we figured their little courtroom fireworks would make all the 372 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:22,560 newscasts, maybe boost the ratings a little, so the producer, the actor, and 373 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,740 we kind of put on a little show. 374 00:23:26,100 --> 00:23:27,100 Arnie, that's fraud. 375 00:23:27,420 --> 00:23:30,400 Nobody got hurt, so we used a couple hours of court time. What's the harm? 376 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:31,400 tell you the harm. 377 00:23:31,530 --> 00:23:34,810 Apart from getting you disbarred, it could ruin the reputation of this firm. 378 00:23:34,970 --> 00:23:36,210 You're overreacting, Leland. 379 00:23:36,410 --> 00:23:40,010 He is not overreacting. What you did was unethical and probably illegal. 380 00:23:40,350 --> 00:23:45,190 We're talking about one stupid little hearing. This money is completely 381 00:23:45,190 --> 00:23:46,190 and it's going back. 382 00:23:46,290 --> 00:23:48,430 Leland, that money has been very earned. 383 00:23:48,650 --> 00:23:51,470 For a hundred grand, the producers bought themselves over a million dollars 384 00:23:51,470 --> 00:23:52,470 worth of advertising. 385 00:23:52,970 --> 00:23:56,770 This could turn a fledgling replacement series into a five -year hit. This money 386 00:23:56,770 --> 00:24:00,650 is tainted, and as head of this firm, it's my decision not to accept it. As a 387 00:24:00,650 --> 00:24:02,550 partner, I say you have no right to do that. 388 00:24:02,770 --> 00:24:03,770 Well, it's too late. 389 00:24:03,790 --> 00:24:04,790 I've already voted. 390 00:24:05,410 --> 00:24:07,410 Ah, apparently late. 391 00:24:07,850 --> 00:24:09,230 Maybe I should give you my resignation. 392 00:24:09,670 --> 00:24:12,930 Only if you really mean it, because that I might not tear up. 393 00:24:18,110 --> 00:24:22,490 Have you gone nuts? Look. 394 00:24:23,020 --> 00:24:25,880 Technically, Jack Sealing instructed me to bring that action. It is not 395 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,980 incumbent upon the lawyer to flesh out the motives of his client. Come on, 396 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,740 Arnie, you're a player in a scam here. A completely harmless one where nobody 397 00:24:32,740 --> 00:24:36,560 gets hurt, and more importantly, nobody gets caught. That's not the point, and 398 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,400 you know it. It is the point, Michael. 399 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,920 Everybody around here is worried about the firm's exposure. I'm telling you, 400 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:45,820 there is none. Our concern is the dishonesty, Arnie. Hey, look! 401 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:49,420 I could have kept the big fee for myself, paid the firm my hourly rate, 402 00:24:49,420 --> 00:24:53,080 nobody would have been the wiser, but I didn't. Because fundamentally, I am not 403 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,280 dishonest. Fundamentally, I do care about the people around here. 404 00:24:56,700 --> 00:25:00,340 I'm telling you, this is a huge inroad to entertainment law for us, an entire 405 00:25:00,340 --> 00:25:01,319 new practice. 406 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,780 And I'm telling you that we don't want it that bad. 407 00:25:08,660 --> 00:25:11,980 Thank you very much for all of the support. 408 00:25:12,580 --> 00:25:14,960 But since nobody elected you moral guardian... 409 00:25:15,370 --> 00:25:17,490 Why don't you just go to your preaching someplace else? 410 00:25:22,390 --> 00:25:23,670 You really don't get this, do you? 411 00:25:29,450 --> 00:25:30,450 Benny, 412 00:25:31,510 --> 00:25:34,410 there's someone named Ivy here to see you. 413 00:25:35,970 --> 00:25:36,970 Ivy? 414 00:25:38,190 --> 00:25:39,250 What does she want? 415 00:25:39,710 --> 00:25:40,710 She didn't say. 416 00:25:42,770 --> 00:25:44,650 I still have a lot of work to do here. 417 00:25:45,550 --> 00:25:46,930 Benny, you have a visitor. 418 00:25:47,310 --> 00:25:49,650 Nobody will mind if you take a few minutes off. 419 00:26:03,110 --> 00:26:04,110 Hi, 420 00:26:05,530 --> 00:26:06,530 Benny. 421 00:26:07,070 --> 00:26:10,870 What are you doing here? I brought you some cookies. 422 00:26:12,430 --> 00:26:13,430 Thank you. 423 00:26:15,660 --> 00:26:18,020 Are you coming to the funeral tonight? 424 00:26:19,460 --> 00:26:20,460 I don't know. 425 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:23,260 I want you to. 426 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:25,560 I said I don't know. 427 00:26:26,580 --> 00:26:31,800 I have to get back to work. 428 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,040 Can I help? 429 00:26:33,460 --> 00:26:36,680 No, you have to go. 430 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,080 I have to get back to work right now. 431 00:26:40,420 --> 00:26:41,980 Maybe I can wait here. 432 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:43,620 No, you can't. 433 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:46,640 you coming here. 434 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:48,620 I'm sorry. 435 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,700 I'm not allowed to have people like you coming here. 436 00:26:51,940 --> 00:26:53,200 You have to go. 437 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:55,200 I'll get into trouble. 438 00:26:55,780 --> 00:26:57,040 You have to go. 439 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:58,400 Right now. 440 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,220 Just a few questions, Miss Kelsey. 441 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:15,040 On direct examination, you told Mr. DeBente that the man who robbed you wore 442 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:16,640 mustache, neatly groomed. 443 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,020 Correct. And you're quite sure of that? 444 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:20,240 Positive. 445 00:27:22,580 --> 00:27:25,860 Your husband testified yesterday that he couldn't remember a mustache. 446 00:27:26,140 --> 00:27:31,320 Now, is it your testimony, under oath, that he's... mistaken? 447 00:27:31,820 --> 00:27:36,060 No. You also told the police that the man wore a blue blazer, and your husband 448 00:27:36,060 --> 00:27:37,019 said it was green. 449 00:27:37,020 --> 00:27:38,020 It was blue. 450 00:27:38,180 --> 00:27:39,180 Well, tell me, Ms. Kelsey. 451 00:27:39,530 --> 00:27:43,330 Is it your experience of your husband that he's not a very keen observer? 452 00:27:44,090 --> 00:27:47,590 No. Well, then who's right and who's wrong? Or are you talking about two 453 00:27:47,590 --> 00:27:48,449 different blazers? 454 00:27:48,450 --> 00:27:49,870 If you'll let me answer the question. 455 00:27:51,710 --> 00:27:53,350 First of all, you're talking about details. 456 00:27:54,270 --> 00:27:55,730 Both of us saw the same man. 457 00:27:56,130 --> 00:27:57,930 Yes, but aren't appearances made up of details? 458 00:27:58,310 --> 00:28:02,130 Of course, but you're asking me to characterize my husband as incompetent. 459 00:28:02,190 --> 00:28:05,370 No, I am asking if the robber wore a blue blazer. 460 00:28:06,070 --> 00:28:09,550 Asked? And answered. Are you now making objections as well as answering the 461 00:28:09,550 --> 00:28:13,270 questions? What color was the blazer, Ms. Kelsey? 462 00:28:15,630 --> 00:28:17,670 Blue. Thank you. No further questions. 463 00:28:18,670 --> 00:28:21,330 Prosecution rests, Your Honor. The defense calls Robert Alden. 464 00:28:22,070 --> 00:28:23,350 Your excuse, Ms. Kelsey. 465 00:28:29,730 --> 00:28:30,730 Mr. 466 00:28:31,250 --> 00:28:33,230 Alden, how are you presently employed? 467 00:28:33,570 --> 00:28:34,630 I drive a limousine. 468 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:36,460 And how long have you been doing that? 469 00:28:36,660 --> 00:28:37,660 Three years, sir. 470 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:41,260 I show you a gold Rolex watch. 471 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,320 And I ask you if you recognize it. 472 00:28:45,540 --> 00:28:46,540 I do. 473 00:28:46,620 --> 00:28:50,040 Now, did you ever rob anyone at gunpoint in order to procure this watch? 474 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:50,999 God, no. 475 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,380 No, the truth is, I bought that watch from a guy on the street. 476 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:58,460 I don't know if you're familiar with the limousine business, but a driver spends 477 00:28:58,460 --> 00:29:01,220 a lot of time outside restaurants, places like that. 478 00:29:01,980 --> 00:29:04,760 Well, you're vulnerable to a lot of street people, hustlers. 479 00:29:05,740 --> 00:29:09,080 Anyway, this guy told me he had a Rolex watch for sale. 480 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:13,540 And you agreed to buy it? Well, I was sure it was a knockoff. He was asking 481 00:29:13,540 --> 00:29:16,320 for it. I know I should have known better. 482 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:20,760 And I feel terrible that I played any part in these people's misfortune. 483 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,680 This man, had you ever seen him before? 484 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:25,940 Never, but nor since. 485 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:27,200 And what happened next? 486 00:29:27,470 --> 00:29:32,950 Well, I wore the watch for a couple of days, and one of the guys at the garage 487 00:29:32,950 --> 00:29:36,770 saw it and told me it looked like a real Rolex, that I should have it appraised. 488 00:29:36,810 --> 00:29:38,430 He sent me over to a friend of his. 489 00:29:38,670 --> 00:29:40,090 And that would be Mr. Webb? 490 00:29:40,330 --> 00:29:43,890 Right. And Mr. Webb told me how valuable the watch was. 491 00:29:44,790 --> 00:29:49,230 So, all of a sudden, I'm standing there with this incredibly valuable timepiece, 492 00:29:49,310 --> 00:29:50,189 and Mr. 493 00:29:50,190 --> 00:29:53,670 Webb asks me if I'd take $3 ,500 for it. 494 00:29:54,769 --> 00:29:57,170 You could have knocked me flat at that point. 495 00:29:57,390 --> 00:30:00,430 Did it ever occur to you that you might be trafficking and stolen merchandise? 496 00:30:00,930 --> 00:30:01,930 No, sir. 497 00:30:02,190 --> 00:30:05,470 Not until the cops came to the garage and arrested me. 498 00:30:06,230 --> 00:30:10,510 I know I exercised bad judgment, but I am not a criminal. 499 00:30:11,650 --> 00:30:13,390 I've never been in trouble in my life. 500 00:30:14,850 --> 00:30:17,230 Maybe I could have done a little better if you hadn't laid such a poor 501 00:30:17,230 --> 00:30:19,150 foundation. Oh, it's my fault, I see. 502 00:30:19,430 --> 00:30:21,070 Let's just say you didn't help the situation. 503 00:30:21,550 --> 00:30:22,550 And you did. 504 00:30:22,700 --> 00:30:23,700 I didn't say that. 505 00:30:23,780 --> 00:30:26,980 Let's just drop it, okay? Me? You're the one who brought it up. I said I'd 506 00:30:26,980 --> 00:30:27,919 rather not do that. 507 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:28,920 All right. 508 00:30:29,900 --> 00:30:30,900 Thank you. 509 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:33,280 Knows how to dish it out, doesn't know how to take it. 510 00:30:34,140 --> 00:30:35,520 What's that supposed to mean? Nothing. 511 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,160 I mean, what's the point of giving it back? 512 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:45,800 What's it prove? 513 00:30:46,300 --> 00:30:47,300 Exactly. 514 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,680 It'll just go back in the corporate coffer. 515 00:30:50,700 --> 00:30:51,700 Definitely. 516 00:30:52,010 --> 00:30:55,710 And with the publicity we're getting, it's a drop in the ocean. 517 00:30:55,970 --> 00:30:59,730 If you think you're getting publicity now, just wait till I put Jack Feeling 518 00:30:59,730 --> 00:31:00,469 the stand. 519 00:31:00,470 --> 00:31:01,369 Fern Page. 520 00:31:01,370 --> 00:31:02,370 That's a good shot. 521 00:31:02,910 --> 00:31:05,670 You play your part, and he plays his. 522 00:31:06,350 --> 00:31:08,470 There's no way this stays in the entertainment section. 523 00:31:09,770 --> 00:31:12,030 By the way, it's not true, is it? 524 00:31:13,830 --> 00:31:14,830 What? 525 00:31:15,390 --> 00:31:19,390 The two of you had an affair. It went sour, and you paid him back by putting 526 00:31:19,390 --> 00:31:20,670 in a dress and a pair of pantyhose. 527 00:31:22,350 --> 00:31:23,350 Are you kidding? 528 00:31:23,690 --> 00:31:25,970 You know I'd never get involved with an actor. 529 00:31:27,450 --> 00:31:28,450 Money's right, Arnie. 530 00:31:28,690 --> 00:31:30,050 I really am in your debt. 531 00:31:32,150 --> 00:31:37,690 And if we're finished here now, I'd like to discuss a payment schedule on the 532 00:31:37,690 --> 00:31:38,690 ride home. 533 00:31:40,270 --> 00:31:42,330 Let me make a quick trip to the little boy's room. 534 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:59,500 Arnold Becker? Yes? I'm Special Investigator Hamill. This is Detective 535 00:31:59,820 --> 00:32:02,740 We're attached to the Entertainment Fraud Division of the District 536 00:32:02,740 --> 00:32:04,060 Office. You're under arrest. 537 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,600 What? You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to an 538 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:09,080 Well, hold on, hold on. 539 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:12,080 There must be some sort of mistake here. What are the charges? 540 00:32:12,780 --> 00:32:15,900 Pertaining to your action, sealing versus Steinmetz Needham Productions, 541 00:32:16,060 --> 00:32:20,120 fraudulent use of legal process, conspiracy to commit fraud against the 542 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:21,120 California State Court. 543 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:23,800 Oh, God. 544 00:32:24,340 --> 00:32:25,500 You're going to have to come with us, sir. 545 00:32:26,180 --> 00:32:27,119 Assume the position. 546 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:28,120 Come on. 547 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:32,140 Assume the position. Lighten up, Leo. Let the guy zip his pants up, for God's 548 00:32:32,140 --> 00:32:35,840 sake. Guys, please, just give me this one break here. 549 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:41,600 I mean, where am I going? I'll surrender myself tomorrow, I swear. Just... If 550 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,500 you let me walk out of here right now, I'll owe you forever. 551 00:32:44,900 --> 00:32:46,900 Can't do it, Ace. Just hold it, Leo, hold it. 552 00:32:47,900 --> 00:32:50,400 You're like a well -known divorce attorney, right? 553 00:32:51,620 --> 00:32:52,620 Right. 554 00:32:56,430 --> 00:32:58,330 I don't know, Leo. Maybe this guy can help me out. 555 00:32:58,850 --> 00:32:59,950 Are you getting a divorce? 556 00:33:00,390 --> 00:33:05,010 Yeah. Look, I could handle this for you. I'll bury her. She'll never know what 557 00:33:05,010 --> 00:33:06,010 hit her. 558 00:33:06,570 --> 00:33:09,070 Don't cuff him, Leo. This guy's going to save my bacon. 559 00:33:09,430 --> 00:33:11,110 Look, we let you go tonight. 560 00:33:11,310 --> 00:33:14,970 You present yourself tomorrow morning, 11 a .m. sharp, at the office of a 561 00:33:14,970 --> 00:33:15,970 special investigation. 562 00:33:16,090 --> 00:33:17,049 You be there. 563 00:33:17,050 --> 00:33:20,650 I swear I don't like it. Come on, Leo. Where else am I going to find a shark 564 00:33:20,650 --> 00:33:21,890 like this to handle my divorce? 565 00:33:23,410 --> 00:33:25,730 Okay, but I'm doing this for you, not this creep. 566 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,180 God bless you. God bless you both. 567 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:35,060 Tomorrow, 11 sharp, be there. Or I swear. I will. Yeah, I will. I will. 568 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:37,800 Okay, counselor. 569 00:33:38,780 --> 00:33:43,600 I don't expect you to understand this. 570 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:47,940 My life has just turned to crap. 571 00:34:01,610 --> 00:34:02,610 What's going on? 572 00:34:04,210 --> 00:34:05,210 Tell him, Arnold. 573 00:34:07,930 --> 00:34:10,710 Last night, two cops working at the DA's office tried to arrest me. 574 00:34:12,949 --> 00:34:13,949 What for? 575 00:34:13,989 --> 00:34:16,989 Fraudulent use of process, conspiracy to commit a fraud. They found out the 576 00:34:16,989 --> 00:34:18,989 whole story about Jack Sealing and consenting adults. 577 00:34:19,750 --> 00:34:22,389 Michael, I've got to surrender myself at 11 o 'clock this morning. You've got to 578 00:34:22,389 --> 00:34:24,389 go down there with me. Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure, I'll go with you. 579 00:34:24,610 --> 00:34:27,989 I mean, I know, I know that I brought this on myself. You sure as hell did. 580 00:34:27,989 --> 00:34:30,830 brought it on all of us. I know, I know, and I'm sorry, but... 581 00:34:31,130 --> 00:34:33,969 But can't we go down there and explain it away as a mistaken judgment? We'll 582 00:34:33,969 --> 00:34:36,909 that I've been under stress, that I've been taking painkillers. 583 00:34:37,230 --> 00:34:38,989 I'll get into therapy, Michael. I'll do anything. 584 00:34:39,370 --> 00:34:41,770 Why don't we wait and see what we're up against first? 585 00:34:42,030 --> 00:34:45,889 Yeah, truthfully, I think you're overreacting just a little bit. Do you 586 00:34:45,889 --> 00:34:46,889 so? Oh, absolutely. 587 00:34:47,150 --> 00:34:49,969 I mean, hey, what's the worst case scenario here? I don't know. 588 00:34:50,850 --> 00:34:52,190 A year. 589 00:34:52,650 --> 00:34:53,650 A year? 590 00:34:53,989 --> 00:34:57,190 Well, minimum security, full library, visiting privileges, the works. 591 00:34:59,129 --> 00:35:02,010 You're saying that they could put me in jail for a year? Well, wait a minute. 592 00:35:02,050 --> 00:35:03,230 That's the worst case scenario. 593 00:35:03,750 --> 00:35:08,810 The truth is, well, I think that payment of a fine and permanent disbarment will 594 00:35:08,810 --> 00:35:09,850 be more than enough for them. 595 00:35:10,250 --> 00:35:14,290 What am I going to do? I mean, I've just screwed up my entire life then. 596 00:35:14,590 --> 00:35:17,150 Wait a minute. Did Hamill tell you to bring a toothbrush? 597 00:35:17,510 --> 00:35:18,510 No, he didn't tell me to take it. 598 00:35:22,230 --> 00:35:24,070 How did you know that his name was Hamill? 599 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:28,120 Oh, you bastard. 600 00:35:29,020 --> 00:35:30,180 This was a practical joke. 601 00:35:32,260 --> 00:35:33,980 And flawlessly executed. 602 00:35:34,900 --> 00:35:38,280 And you let me sweat this out all night? Michael, take a look at my eyes. They 603 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:41,060 are totally puffed. Plus, which, do you know what this kind of stress does to my 604 00:35:41,060 --> 00:35:44,320 system? Five days from now, I will be looking at a high colonic. 605 00:35:45,220 --> 00:35:46,360 Leland, were you in on this? 606 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:48,260 No. No, I wasn't. 607 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,740 And I don't personally think this is a fit topic for jokes. 608 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:54,040 Well, 609 00:35:54,340 --> 00:35:56,820 at least, thank God, it's over. 610 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:58,040 Not quite yet. 611 00:35:59,300 --> 00:36:00,720 What time are you due in court? 612 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:10,680 I'm sorry. 613 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:15,700 All right, let's get on with it. Mr. Becker, would you get your guy up here? 614 00:36:15,700 --> 00:36:18,860 I am warning everybody, no more outbursts. 615 00:36:20,500 --> 00:36:24,400 Your Honor, at this time, I move to withdraw the plaintiff's application for 616 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:25,760 temporary restraining order. 617 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:34,620 After a closer scrutiny of the facts and legal precedents, I cannot represent in 618 00:36:34,620 --> 00:36:39,140 good faith to the court that the circumstances justify prior restraint. 619 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:40,400 Are you kidding? 620 00:36:41,180 --> 00:36:47,060 After two days of honking like a goose, now you say, never mind? I don't think a 621 00:36:47,060 --> 00:36:51,320 TRO is warranted, Judge, and I see no reason to take up additional court time 622 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:52,400 with my client's testimony. 623 00:36:52,780 --> 00:36:54,080 I don't believe this. 624 00:36:55,820 --> 00:37:00,540 Well, since you readily admit that your motion is untenable, I am ordering your 625 00:37:00,540 --> 00:37:05,640 client to pay defendant's attorney fees in this matter, and I am assessing court 626 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:09,220 costs against your firm in the amount of $5 ,000. 627 00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:14,600 Maybe that will encourage you to take a closer scrutiny of the facts before 628 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:16,980 wasting two days of my time. 629 00:37:17,260 --> 00:37:18,260 That's all. 630 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:29,960 Counsel, waive closing argument. 631 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:31,360 Yes, Your Honor. 632 00:37:32,260 --> 00:37:37,440 Mr. Alden, based on the shaky witness identification presented in this case, I 633 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:41,040 did not find the evidence exist to support the people's case of armed 634 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:47,120 Now, with regard to the lesser charge of receiving stolen property, I'm afraid 635 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:48,180 I'm going to have to find you guilty. 636 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:51,680 Sentencing date set, two weeks hence. 637 00:37:53,060 --> 00:37:55,280 I will tell you, sir, to put you at ease. 638 00:37:55,820 --> 00:37:59,420 Assuming a clean probation report, I doubt if you'll be doing any jail time. 639 00:37:59,620 --> 00:38:00,620 Thank you, Your Honor. 640 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:02,760 Just don't buy any more stolen watches. 641 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:04,280 We're adjourned. 642 00:38:08,900 --> 00:38:09,900 Stuart, 643 00:38:12,580 --> 00:38:16,140 Ann. Look, I just wanted to say no hard feelings. 644 00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:19,260 That's really big of you. Hey, wait a minute. Look, I know what you're 645 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:21,320 but this is not about hurting anybody, okay? 646 00:38:22,180 --> 00:38:23,980 It's about economic privation. 647 00:38:24,220 --> 00:38:25,220 Come on, Ann. Whoa, wait a minute. 648 00:38:25,770 --> 00:38:28,330 You got something to say to us? Then tell us what you did with my wife's 649 00:38:28,330 --> 00:38:29,330 engagement ring. 650 00:38:30,430 --> 00:38:31,850 You read my mind or something? 651 00:38:33,450 --> 00:38:34,450 Come here. 652 00:38:38,070 --> 00:38:42,650 I know that ring has a lot of sentimental value to you, but truth is, 653 00:38:42,650 --> 00:38:44,210 are a depreciating asset. 654 00:38:44,950 --> 00:38:48,290 I'd be surprised if I could get half of what your people paid for it. Great. 655 00:38:48,450 --> 00:38:49,348 Give it back. 656 00:38:49,350 --> 00:38:50,350 I'd be delighted to. 657 00:38:51,010 --> 00:38:52,530 But I need certain considerations. 658 00:38:53,230 --> 00:38:55,370 You want me to buy back the ring you stole from us? 659 00:38:55,770 --> 00:38:58,110 Either that or work at a swamp. 660 00:38:58,650 --> 00:38:59,650 What kind of swamp? 661 00:39:02,130 --> 00:39:03,250 The gold Rolex. 662 00:39:04,350 --> 00:39:05,570 He wants the watch. 663 00:39:05,910 --> 00:39:06,828 Forget it. 664 00:39:06,830 --> 00:39:07,830 Stuart. 665 00:39:10,590 --> 00:39:11,590 Come on, Ann. 666 00:39:12,970 --> 00:39:14,950 I don't want to do business with this greaseball. 667 00:39:15,150 --> 00:39:16,690 Stuart, I want my ring back. 668 00:39:16,970 --> 00:39:18,510 And remember where the watch came from. 669 00:39:22,330 --> 00:39:24,350 Um, okay. 670 00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:26,259 you, Stuart. 671 00:39:26,260 --> 00:39:27,460 A happy ending. 672 00:39:29,420 --> 00:39:31,060 I'll call you to work out a swap. 673 00:39:39,620 --> 00:39:41,520 Gracie. Hi. What are you doing here? 674 00:39:42,340 --> 00:39:44,740 I've been doing things domestic. 675 00:39:45,380 --> 00:39:46,380 Huh? Such as? 676 00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:48,040 Shopping. 677 00:39:48,380 --> 00:39:50,120 We're eating dinner home tonight. 678 00:39:50,740 --> 00:39:51,860 Bottle of Chardonnay? 679 00:39:52,330 --> 00:39:53,990 That was in 1985. 680 00:39:54,270 --> 00:39:55,270 That's right. 681 00:39:55,610 --> 00:40:02,030 Two salmon filets, a little angel hair pasta, a little fresh pesto, tapered 682 00:40:02,030 --> 00:40:05,210 candles. It's the perfect yuppie dinner for two. 683 00:40:05,450 --> 00:40:08,430 Oh, Gracie, I love you so much. 684 00:40:09,010 --> 00:40:10,870 Dessert comes after dinner, buddy. 685 00:40:12,230 --> 00:40:16,550 Michael, no kidding. I have had the best day doing nothing. 686 00:40:17,290 --> 00:40:21,070 Sleeping late, window shopping, thinking. 687 00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:22,680 Thinking. 688 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:26,600 And don't let this get around, but I even waxed the kitchen floor and loved 689 00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:27,780 every minute of it. 690 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:34,560 Oh, no. Should I call the doctor? No, no. I mean, maybe tomorrow or next week 691 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,800 next month I will be bored out of my skull. 692 00:40:37,260 --> 00:40:42,480 But right now, the thought of living under your roof, cooking your dinner, 693 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:46,360 there for you when you get home and listening to your problems instead of my 694 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:48,380 own, it's very appealing. 695 00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:51,780 I might even take up laundry. 696 00:40:52,140 --> 00:40:54,960 Oh, be still, my heart. 697 00:40:55,380 --> 00:40:57,640 No, you have to work. 698 00:40:58,280 --> 00:40:59,280 No, no, stay. 699 00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:00,520 What time will you be home? 700 00:41:01,580 --> 00:41:04,440 I don't know, 7, 7 .30, about that. Okay. 701 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:06,560 Don't be late. 702 00:41:07,500 --> 00:41:08,700 I love you, Bluebell. 703 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:11,480 I love you. 704 00:41:19,020 --> 00:41:22,080 What the hell was that in court today, Becker? I owe you an explanation. 705 00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:23,500 You owe me more than that. 706 00:41:24,020 --> 00:41:25,940 You pulled the plug before the payoff. 707 00:41:26,260 --> 00:41:27,640 Come on, Jamie, the plan worked. 708 00:41:28,060 --> 00:41:31,360 The show's been in the newspapers every day for a week. What about the lover's 709 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:32,360 quarrel in open court? 710 00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:36,940 Barring war or assassination, we had the lead story on the evening news, coast 711 00:41:36,940 --> 00:41:37,819 to coast. 712 00:41:37,820 --> 00:41:40,720 We were in line to do a 35 rating with a 50 share. 713 00:41:40,940 --> 00:41:44,660 So instead you'll do a 25 rating with a 40 share. You're writing off 10 of my 714 00:41:44,660 --> 00:41:46,680 rating points so that you can be a Boy Scout? 715 00:41:47,130 --> 00:41:49,110 That's nearly nine million viewing households. 716 00:41:49,510 --> 00:41:51,270 What I was doing was wrong. 717 00:41:51,530 --> 00:41:55,810 I was ready to be splayed naked across every checkout counter and every 718 00:41:55,810 --> 00:41:58,530 supermarket in America for the good of this show. 719 00:41:58,990 --> 00:42:03,590 All I can think of right now is you cost me the cover of People magazine. 720 00:42:04,030 --> 00:42:07,590 I'm sorry, Jamie, but whatever else I am, I have to be legitimate. 721 00:42:22,250 --> 00:42:24,470 Benny, I'd like to talk to you about what happened yesterday. 722 00:42:26,710 --> 00:42:27,890 Are you mad at me? 723 00:42:28,270 --> 00:42:29,870 I'm pretty disappointed in you. 724 00:42:31,450 --> 00:42:32,450 What about? 725 00:42:32,690 --> 00:42:33,690 Ivy. 726 00:42:34,050 --> 00:42:36,650 She came here to see you yesterday and you hurt her feelings. 727 00:42:37,730 --> 00:42:41,370 You said I wouldn't like everybody I went out on a date with. 728 00:42:42,130 --> 00:42:44,570 Not liking somebody doesn't mean you can hurt them. 729 00:42:45,950 --> 00:42:47,870 She doesn't understand about things. 730 00:42:48,190 --> 00:42:49,190 What things? 731 00:42:50,090 --> 00:42:51,090 Things. 732 00:42:53,630 --> 00:42:55,230 She's not as smart as I am. 733 00:42:55,690 --> 00:42:58,650 You don't treat people decently because they're smart, Benny. 734 00:42:59,170 --> 00:43:00,550 You do it because they're people. 735 00:43:01,670 --> 00:43:03,290 Benny, I want you to think about something. 736 00:43:03,730 --> 00:43:05,610 And I want you to think about it very hard. 737 00:43:06,870 --> 00:43:09,310 Do you remember those kids who snatched your cap on the bus? 738 00:43:09,930 --> 00:43:10,930 Yeah. 739 00:43:11,350 --> 00:43:12,410 They called you dummy. 740 00:43:13,410 --> 00:43:14,430 They called you retard. 741 00:43:15,350 --> 00:43:18,070 They said to themselves that you weren't as smart as they were. 742 00:43:18,530 --> 00:43:21,930 So it was okay to be cruel to you. And it was okay to make you cry. 743 00:43:24,110 --> 00:43:25,210 They were wrong, Benny. 744 00:43:26,550 --> 00:43:27,950 It wasn't okay, was it? 745 00:43:33,370 --> 00:43:34,370 No. 746 00:43:46,350 --> 00:43:48,130 Late. Well, show up. 747 00:43:49,490 --> 00:43:50,490 I'm freezing. 748 00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:56,359 Ann, hi. 749 00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:57,360 Sorry I'm late. 750 00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:00,660 Well, uh, should we do it? 751 00:44:01,720 --> 00:44:03,280 Here's the ring. You got the watch? 752 00:44:08,940 --> 00:44:09,940 Sweet! 753 00:44:10,580 --> 00:44:11,580 You're busted. What? 754 00:44:11,780 --> 00:44:12,980 You have the right to remain silent. 755 00:44:13,260 --> 00:44:16,280 You have the right to an attorney. I know my rights, but for God's sake, I 756 00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:18,600 to law school. You can't do this. Jeopardy's a test. 757 00:44:18,860 --> 00:44:19,920 Yeah, try again, smartass. 758 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:21,320 Try perjury. 759 00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:23,500 What? You lied at your trial. 760 00:44:23,720 --> 00:44:24,900 That's a two -year hitch. 761 00:44:26,220 --> 00:44:28,200 Oh, I'm very disappointed. 762 00:44:28,460 --> 00:44:29,840 I trusted you people. 763 00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:39,280 We okay? 764 00:44:42,860 --> 00:44:43,860 Yeah. 765 00:44:44,460 --> 00:44:45,460 Yeah, we're okay. 766 00:44:47,420 --> 00:44:50,560 You know, you're too good a lawyer to go squandering your talents on cheap 767 00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:51,560 theatrics. 768 00:44:52,259 --> 00:44:55,640 Would you too good a practical joker to be squandering your talent on law? 769 00:44:56,780 --> 00:44:57,698 You got me. 770 00:44:57,700 --> 00:45:00,140 Hey, you want to have dinner with me and Gracie? I can give her a call. No. 771 00:45:00,620 --> 00:45:02,800 No, thanks. I, uh, got a date. 772 00:45:03,180 --> 00:45:04,180 See you tomorrow. 773 00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:09,440 Benny, 774 00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:18,040 what are you still doing here? 775 00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:20,360 Lightening up. 776 00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:22,260 But the building has people to do that. 777 00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:28,200 I just thought I'd help out so they don't have to stay so late. 778 00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:35,340 You have a good heart, Benny. 779 00:45:37,260 --> 00:45:38,260 Thanks, Arnie. 780 00:45:39,540 --> 00:45:45,780 So... How's the love life? 781 00:45:48,060 --> 00:45:49,480 I don't have one, Arnie. 782 00:45:52,010 --> 00:45:53,550 I don't understand girls. 783 00:45:54,210 --> 00:45:55,230 Tell me about it. 784 00:45:56,190 --> 00:46:00,770 Well, they want stuff, but they don't tell you what. 785 00:46:01,130 --> 00:46:02,790 You have to guess at it. 786 00:46:03,030 --> 00:46:04,710 Sounds like you understand them just fine. 787 00:46:06,450 --> 00:46:08,350 Do you know what they want? 788 00:46:09,110 --> 00:46:10,110 Everything. 789 00:46:10,690 --> 00:46:13,710 Love, attention, lots of money, sex. 790 00:46:15,830 --> 00:46:17,230 Girls scare me, Arnie. 791 00:46:18,190 --> 00:46:20,090 They're different from us. 792 00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:24,940 Vive la défense, mon frère. 793 00:46:34,980 --> 00:46:35,980 Vinnie? 794 00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:40,280 If you're about done in here, how about you and me go get a little bite to eat? 795 00:46:42,460 --> 00:46:43,460 Great.