1 00:00:01,810 --> 00:00:03,190 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:03,430 --> 00:00:04,430 What is going on here? 3 00:00:04,810 --> 00:00:05,810 We're throwing pot. 4 00:00:06,990 --> 00:00:07,990 Naked? 5 00:00:08,390 --> 00:00:09,590 You ought to give it a try. 6 00:00:12,290 --> 00:00:13,590 What? You heard him. 7 00:00:13,950 --> 00:00:15,350 I'm going for the children. 8 00:00:15,630 --> 00:00:16,650 You're laughable, Douglas. 9 00:00:16,890 --> 00:00:21,390 You haven't spent 15 minutes with those kids since they were six years old. You 10 00:00:21,390 --> 00:00:22,029 want them? 11 00:00:22,030 --> 00:00:24,570 You don't have to go to court. You can have them. 12 00:00:25,890 --> 00:00:29,890 Well, I haven't been able to work a single day since this terrible tragedy. 13 00:00:29,890 --> 00:00:33,730 you weren't working before it either, were you? It's a big difference between 14 00:00:33,730 --> 00:00:36,930 being temporarily laid off and never being able to work again for the rest of 15 00:00:36,930 --> 00:00:37,469 your life. 16 00:00:37,470 --> 00:00:39,450 Forget work. I can't even move. 17 00:00:39,670 --> 00:00:43,930 And that's why you're in a wheelchair now. Is that correct, Mr. Harding? 18 00:00:44,510 --> 00:00:45,510 Can't move a muscle. 19 00:00:45,990 --> 00:00:46,990 Not a one. 20 00:00:47,330 --> 00:00:48,830 Oh, my God! Fire! 21 00:00:53,869 --> 00:00:57,030 Nice to have you back on your feet, Mr. Hartman. 22 00:00:57,890 --> 00:01:00,990 You want to see what I looked like when your father knew me? 23 00:01:01,470 --> 00:01:02,970 These are porno movies. 24 00:01:03,510 --> 00:01:05,710 I was sexy, wasn't I? 25 00:01:06,250 --> 00:01:07,250 God, yes. 26 00:01:07,850 --> 00:01:09,310 Am I sexy now? 27 00:01:12,430 --> 00:01:15,350 Yes. I don't know what's going to happen with us. 28 00:01:15,770 --> 00:01:18,250 But when I'm with you, it doesn't matter. 29 00:01:18,990 --> 00:01:23,290 I guess because... Because I love you. 30 00:01:26,030 --> 00:01:27,030 Mom? 31 00:01:30,070 --> 00:01:31,070 Dougie. 32 00:01:31,550 --> 00:01:32,550 Dougie and Mom. 33 00:01:35,530 --> 00:01:37,850 You're an early bird, Miss Millman. Morning, Roxanne. 34 00:01:38,270 --> 00:01:41,830 Morning, Benny. Morning, Mr. Brackman. Good morning, Benny. Oh, I told your 35 00:01:41,830 --> 00:01:43,770 brother he could wait in your office and feed the fish. 36 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:53,280 What are you doing here, Errol? 37 00:01:53,660 --> 00:01:55,000 Good morning to you, too. 38 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:56,620 Get out of my chair. 39 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:00,180 Tell me, Dougie, is this some kind of situation where my brother could become 40 00:02:00,180 --> 00:02:02,400 stepfather? Not that it's any of your business. 41 00:02:03,380 --> 00:02:07,580 But I happen to care deeply about your mother, and I believe she cares deeply 42 00:02:07,580 --> 00:02:08,459 about me. 43 00:02:08,460 --> 00:02:11,820 Does your wife know about all this deep caring going on between you two? 44 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:13,040 You're a disgrace. 45 00:02:13,380 --> 00:02:16,900 Weaseling your way in here, looking to exploit your own mother? 46 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:18,740 Not my mother, Dougie. 47 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:20,700 You. Get out. 48 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:25,460 I refuse to let you turn this into something shameful and tawdry. Look at 49 00:02:25,540 --> 00:02:26,620 the paragon of virtue. 50 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:28,840 Out, before I knock you down. 51 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:30,460 You and what army? That's it. 52 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,420 All right, I'm going. But let me tell you this, Dougie. If you think I'm ever 53 00:02:34,420 --> 00:02:37,520 going to forget the sight of you and my mother rolling around in the hay like a 54 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:38,520 couple of old seals. 55 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,480 And let me tell you something else. You break that old lady's heart, and I'll 56 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,060 kill you. You understand me? 57 00:04:42,740 --> 00:04:45,800 Moving along, Lewiston versus Bates. 58 00:04:46,390 --> 00:04:48,290 Defendants got a motion for summary judgment. 59 00:04:48,530 --> 00:04:50,410 They'll probably win. On what grounds? 60 00:04:51,370 --> 00:04:52,850 Merits. Great. 61 00:04:53,510 --> 00:04:57,610 Otten versus Otten. Nothing exciting. A couple of pretrial motions today and 62 00:04:57,610 --> 00:04:59,810 tomorrow. So far, your basic divorce. 63 00:05:00,710 --> 00:05:03,830 Crutcher versus Boland. We go to trial today. Wait a second. 64 00:05:04,210 --> 00:05:05,670 I thought this was Stewart's case. 65 00:05:05,950 --> 00:05:08,250 Yeah, it is, but I had to bring in a litigator and Jonathan. 66 00:05:08,470 --> 00:05:09,149 Hold it. 67 00:05:09,150 --> 00:05:10,150 Hold it. 68 00:05:10,210 --> 00:05:12,290 Why on earth are we even taking this to court? 69 00:05:12,650 --> 00:05:15,870 Gee, I don't know, Douglas. Maybe it's because we represent a 74 -year -old 70 00:05:15,870 --> 00:05:19,390 widow against the sleazy business manager who built her for every cent she 71 00:05:19,610 --> 00:05:23,170 But it makes no difference. The sleazy business manager has hidden all his 72 00:05:23,170 --> 00:05:27,250 assets, and there's nothing to collect here. The client wants a judgment 73 00:05:27,250 --> 00:05:29,770 him no matter what. If she can't get money, at least she'll have the 74 00:05:29,770 --> 00:05:31,630 satisfaction of having a moral victory. 75 00:05:31,970 --> 00:05:36,450 But we took this on a one -third contingency. 33 % of a moral victory 76 00:05:36,450 --> 00:05:37,269 pay our rent. 77 00:05:37,270 --> 00:05:38,169 All right, Douglas. 78 00:05:38,170 --> 00:05:40,910 Well, can't we at least assign a more experienced attorney? 79 00:05:41,230 --> 00:05:42,230 Like who, Douglas? 80 00:05:42,340 --> 00:05:45,500 Michael's tied up with a Schoenberg case, Anne and Abby have the Lewiston 81 00:05:45,660 --> 00:05:47,780 and Victor's on a deposition safari in Wisconsin. 82 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaking of which, what's going on with that, Victor? 83 00:05:51,700 --> 00:05:54,880 Well, the acrobats in Eau Claire, they're a pretty tight -lipped group, 84 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:59,880 of them, Yolanda, did tell me that one of the twins told her that Byron DeBeck 85 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:01,540 looked kind of double -like. 86 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:06,200 Publicly, he is the pillar of the community, but privately, he made no 87 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,640 about his fondness for fairly bizarre sexual practices. 88 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:09,919 Like what? 89 00:06:09,919 --> 00:06:14,620 Apparently, one year, he spent over $15 ,000 at the old English saddlery and 90 00:06:14,620 --> 00:06:16,780 bridal store. Is that an unusual amount? 91 00:06:17,420 --> 00:06:18,680 It is if you don't have a horse. 92 00:06:20,420 --> 00:06:21,420 You know, 93 00:06:21,900 --> 00:06:22,940 I never did it with twins. 94 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:25,660 Yeah, well, it's not as great as you'd think. 95 00:06:26,100 --> 00:06:28,120 Anyway, I gotta go to Worcester, Massachusetts now. 96 00:06:28,340 --> 00:06:31,380 Yolanda tells me that the twins run a chicken farm up there that they 97 00:06:31,380 --> 00:06:32,159 from DeBeck. 98 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:33,160 Chicken? Yeah. 99 00:06:33,460 --> 00:06:36,120 Yeah, I'm gonna see if I can get him to open up for me a little. I'll bet you 100 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,980 are. On that note, we're adjourned. 101 00:06:40,590 --> 00:06:44,730 Oh, don't forget the Bar Association's cocktail party is tonight. 102 00:06:45,050 --> 00:06:47,310 Leland, can I get a ride with you? My car's in the shop. 103 00:06:47,650 --> 00:06:49,450 Well, I'm going directly from the club. 104 00:06:50,610 --> 00:06:52,510 I can run you over there. 105 00:06:54,730 --> 00:06:55,730 Leland! 106 00:06:56,190 --> 00:06:57,190 Stewart? 107 00:06:57,350 --> 00:07:01,350 I'm very nervous about turning Jonathan loose in a trial. What's to lose, 108 00:07:01,430 --> 00:07:04,630 Douglas? You said yourself there's no money to be gotten. So even if you win, 109 00:07:04,690 --> 00:07:05,690 you lose. 110 00:07:06,030 --> 00:07:07,950 We might as well let Jonathan get the trial experience. 111 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,320 But at what cost? I don't want the firm responsible for smoke bombs going off in 112 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,140 the courthouse. No, I think John knows better than that. 113 00:07:17,660 --> 00:07:19,840 Stuart, you better keep a close eye on him. 114 00:07:25,020 --> 00:07:26,200 Were you looking for me? 115 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,160 Hmm. You know that guy Jerry I'm dating? 116 00:07:29,420 --> 00:07:30,960 Well, he's got a friend, David Meyer. 117 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,120 Thought it'd be fun for the four of us to go out. 118 00:07:33,460 --> 00:07:34,439 What's he like? 119 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:35,780 He's single. He's loaded. 120 00:07:36,140 --> 00:07:37,140 He has a pulse. 121 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:38,600 Sounds perfect. 122 00:07:38,660 --> 00:07:39,660 Wednesday night, doll. 123 00:07:40,340 --> 00:07:41,340 Maison Richard. 124 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:42,680 Oh, nice. 125 00:07:43,140 --> 00:07:44,140 Look at those. 126 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,900 What's the need for increased support here, Mr. Phillips? 127 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:01,200 My client sacrificed her career for her husband, Judge. It's only right that the 128 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,180 husband... You're seeking a modification of a temporary support order with the 129 00:08:04,180 --> 00:08:06,300 same argument you used six weeks ago. 130 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,920 I know that, Judge, but since then she's resumed her writing. She desperately 131 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:14,000 needs an office to do the writing. She's got a five -bedroom house. She wants to 132 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:18,080 get her master's degree. She needs to hire full -time help, and she's very 133 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:21,920 interested in journeying to Benares this spring as part of the research for her 134 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:22,779 current book. 135 00:08:22,780 --> 00:08:24,380 Benares is in the Ganges River? 136 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:25,800 That's right, Your Honor. 137 00:08:26,100 --> 00:08:27,900 Mr. Phillips, I am not pleased. 138 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:31,400 There is nothing exigent or even different about your client's 139 00:08:31,860 --> 00:08:35,440 And I don't much like attorneys happily prancing into my court asking me to 140 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:39,280 change my mind. I also suspect this motion is either an opportunity for you 141 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:42,140 pad your fees or for your client to victimize her husband. 142 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:47,260 Mr. Becker, your attempt to reduce the support order is equally out of line. 143 00:08:47,300 --> 00:08:48,840 too, smacks of retaliation. 144 00:08:49,060 --> 00:08:51,760 And I'm hereby denying both your motions. What about the conditional 145 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,020 garnishment, Judge? This is very embarrassing to my client, and I would 146 00:08:55,020 --> 00:08:56,040 Sorry, the garnishment stands. 147 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:00,580 Your client's credit report suggests a strong propensity to ignore payments, 148 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,840 Counselor. He won't be ignoring these. But, Your Honor, this is very... It's 149 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:05,960 only embarrassing if he fails to comply. 150 00:09:06,340 --> 00:09:07,980 Otherwise, his employer will never know. 151 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:09,320 Motion denied. 152 00:09:09,500 --> 00:09:11,560 I'll hear any further pretrial motions tomorrow. 153 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:12,920 Have a lovely day. 154 00:09:16,260 --> 00:09:17,260 Mrs. 155 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:23,040 Crutcher, what was your reaction to the idea of investing in a gold mine? 156 00:09:23,300 --> 00:09:24,520 I told him to forget it. 157 00:09:24,890 --> 00:09:27,050 I didn't even want to risk my money on stocks. 158 00:09:27,590 --> 00:09:32,070 But at some point, you changed your mind? He told me that the geologists and 159 00:09:32,070 --> 00:09:33,510 other experts were positive. 160 00:09:34,250 --> 00:09:39,690 That this was the investment opportunity of a million lifetimes. That he was 161 00:09:39,690 --> 00:09:44,090 even putting his own mother into it. Then he took my hand and he said, Mrs. 162 00:09:44,170 --> 00:09:47,750 Crutcher, I wouldn't let you do it if I wasn't so sure about it. 163 00:09:48,070 --> 00:09:49,710 So, you invested. 164 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:55,180 Yes, I put in $50 ,000. I had another 50 in the money market, so I said, well, 165 00:09:55,340 --> 00:09:57,660 why not take a little chance? 166 00:09:58,300 --> 00:09:59,300 Then what happened? 167 00:09:59,660 --> 00:10:01,200 Well, it was about two months later. 168 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:02,940 I didn't get my check. 169 00:10:03,220 --> 00:10:04,139 Your check? 170 00:10:04,140 --> 00:10:05,720 Oh, Mr. Boland had me on a budget. 171 00:10:06,300 --> 00:10:07,380 You know, a plan. 172 00:10:07,700 --> 00:10:09,840 I'd get a monthly check for $2 ,000. 173 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:15,480 About $600 went to pay off the mortgage, and the rest of it was for my living 174 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,600 expenses. Well, anyway... 175 00:10:18,030 --> 00:10:21,150 It was about the tenth of the month, and I still hadn't got it. 176 00:10:21,770 --> 00:10:23,110 So I called him. 177 00:10:24,290 --> 00:10:25,690 And that's when he told me. 178 00:10:25,930 --> 00:10:30,790 Mrs. Crutcher, what did he tell you? He said there was no gold. 179 00:10:31,330 --> 00:10:32,810 I couldn't believe it. 180 00:10:33,170 --> 00:10:34,730 I'd lost $50 ,000. 181 00:10:36,030 --> 00:10:40,650 Then he told me I'd lost the other 50, every penny I had. 182 00:10:40,990 --> 00:10:44,910 What happened to the 50 in the money market? It went into the gold mine, too. 183 00:10:45,630 --> 00:10:47,690 They had to do some extra drilling or something. 184 00:10:48,210 --> 00:10:49,750 God, he just took it. 185 00:10:50,010 --> 00:10:53,510 So he didn't tell you he was dipping into the money market account? 186 00:10:53,710 --> 00:10:56,770 No, he didn't tell me a thing. He just spent all my money. 187 00:10:56,970 --> 00:10:57,970 So what happened? 188 00:10:59,970 --> 00:11:01,350 I lost my home. 189 00:11:01,750 --> 00:11:05,230 I was broke, so I couldn't make the payments. The bank took it. 190 00:11:06,170 --> 00:11:07,430 I lost my home. 191 00:11:08,550 --> 00:11:10,890 My husband worked so hard for it. 192 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,920 He was putting a little money together so we could live right. 193 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:19,040 He used to say, this is for the days that we can enjoy. 194 00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:22,240 Seven years ago, I lost him. 195 00:11:22,700 --> 00:11:26,820 And now, now I've lost everything he worked for. 196 00:11:28,380 --> 00:11:29,600 Where do you live now, ma 'am? 197 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:31,600 I live in a studio apartment. 198 00:11:31,860 --> 00:11:34,260 I have to take a bus to the grocery store. 199 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:36,660 You did this to me. 200 00:11:36,940 --> 00:11:37,940 You did this. 201 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:43,300 Objection. Mrs. Crutcher. How could you? Objection! Mrs. Crutcher, please. 202 00:11:43,940 --> 00:11:50,260 Oh, I'm sorry, but I have nothing. I'm 74 years old, and I have nothing to live 203 00:11:50,260 --> 00:11:51,620 on. I'm afraid. 204 00:11:52,560 --> 00:11:56,360 I don't know what I'm going to do. 205 00:11:59,420 --> 00:12:00,480 No further questions. 206 00:12:04,300 --> 00:12:09,020 Mrs. Crutcher, with respect to the gold mine... Did Mr. Boland make any 207 00:12:09,020 --> 00:12:13,780 statements of fact that were not true? Well, he told me it was a sure thing. 208 00:12:13,780 --> 00:12:17,160 not interested in predictions or projections, Mrs. Crutcher, just 209 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:20,160 fact. Did he make any factual statements that were not true? 210 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:21,680 Well, I don't know. 211 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:25,540 And who made the final decision as to whether to invest in this gold mine or 212 00:12:25,540 --> 00:12:26,540 not? 213 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,680 Oh, I did. And when you signed a power of attorney expressly authorizing Mr. 214 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,580 Boland to use the additional funds in the money market account... 215 00:12:34,890 --> 00:12:38,450 He told you that it might be necessary to use the additional $50 ,000 to 216 00:12:38,450 --> 00:12:39,450 your investment, correct? 217 00:12:39,710 --> 00:12:44,190 But he said it was so unlikely. Yes or no, ma 'am. Did he tell you at the time 218 00:12:44,190 --> 00:12:47,230 that you signed the power of attorney that he might have to use those 219 00:12:47,230 --> 00:12:48,550 funds in the money market account? 220 00:12:48,850 --> 00:12:51,330 Yes, but I never thought that he was... Thank you, Mrs. Crutcher. 221 00:12:53,130 --> 00:12:54,130 Nothing further. 222 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:05,600 Would you like some champagne? 223 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,780 I don't think so, honey. Come on. Cheer up. 224 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:12,360 It just breaks my heart that you and Errol don't get along. 225 00:13:12,900 --> 00:13:13,900 Sibling rivalry. 226 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:15,200 It happens. 227 00:13:15,260 --> 00:13:16,360 You're his big brother. 228 00:13:16,680 --> 00:13:18,340 He idolizes you. 229 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:22,160 Douglas? He's trying to blackmail me. 230 00:13:22,380 --> 00:13:27,140 If you just talk to him, Douglas, I know you two could be real good friends. 231 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,480 For Rusty, try. 232 00:13:31,460 --> 00:13:32,460 Okay. 233 00:13:32,890 --> 00:13:33,889 Oh, Rusty. 234 00:13:33,890 --> 00:13:35,430 I love you, honey. 235 00:13:35,850 --> 00:13:37,810 You make my heart sing. 236 00:13:38,550 --> 00:13:39,550 Hi, Douglas. 237 00:13:41,030 --> 00:13:43,350 Can I have a mineral water, please? 238 00:13:44,410 --> 00:13:45,410 Make that two. 239 00:13:46,530 --> 00:13:47,970 Your Honor. Mr. Becker. 240 00:13:48,230 --> 00:13:49,850 Oh, nice to see you off the battlefield. 241 00:13:50,190 --> 00:13:51,610 Oh, it is a battlefield, isn't it? 242 00:13:51,970 --> 00:13:52,970 Unfortunately. 243 00:13:53,490 --> 00:13:56,930 By the way, are we allowed to chat without crossing the bounds of 244 00:13:57,110 --> 00:13:58,530 So long as we don't discuss your case. 245 00:13:58,730 --> 00:13:59,569 What case? 246 00:13:59,570 --> 00:14:00,590 Nice to see you, Judge. 247 00:14:01,510 --> 00:14:06,130 Arnie, long time no see. How you doing, Norman? Well, I can't complain. 248 00:14:06,410 --> 00:14:07,410 Can't complain. 249 00:14:07,750 --> 00:14:10,530 So, are you going to be adversaries here? 250 00:14:11,310 --> 00:14:15,410 I beg your pardon? I'm in the middle of a divorce. I think Mr. Klein incorrectly 251 00:14:15,410 --> 00:14:17,170 assumed that you were representing me. 252 00:14:17,450 --> 00:14:20,110 Aha. Well, nice to see you both. 253 00:14:20,990 --> 00:14:26,150 Who is representing you? Mitchell Gray was, but I let him go. 254 00:14:26,370 --> 00:14:27,610 Hi, Arnie. Hi, Abby. 255 00:14:28,350 --> 00:14:30,110 Yeah, you're looking for a divorce, not a war. 256 00:14:30,450 --> 00:14:33,270 Exactly. Some lawyers have a limited repertoire. 257 00:14:33,710 --> 00:14:37,650 All I want is an attorney who can cross the T's and dot the I's and tell me 258 00:14:37,650 --> 00:14:38,650 where to sign my name. 259 00:14:38,730 --> 00:14:42,750 Well, whatever you do, I wish you the best of luck. Thank you, Mr. Becker. 260 00:14:49,430 --> 00:14:50,430 Hi, 261 00:14:53,890 --> 00:14:55,250 boy. Hi, Ma. 262 00:14:57,090 --> 00:14:58,049 What's this? 263 00:14:58,050 --> 00:14:59,050 Service with a smile. 264 00:14:59,870 --> 00:15:01,050 You're Sheila's attorney? 265 00:15:01,330 --> 00:15:02,770 She hired me to handle the divorce. 266 00:15:03,390 --> 00:15:05,870 You're going after her private life to get custody of the kid? 267 00:15:06,390 --> 00:15:09,050 How's it going to look when I tell the judge you're sleeping with my mom? 268 00:15:09,690 --> 00:15:13,970 Errol! Just imagine, there we are in court. You on one side and Sheila on the 269 00:15:13,970 --> 00:15:18,330 other. Represented by one brother, shacked up with the other. Ooh, that one 270 00:15:18,330 --> 00:15:19,330 ought to make the L .A. Times. 271 00:15:19,510 --> 00:15:20,429 You see? 272 00:15:20,430 --> 00:15:23,590 Sheila and I are going to enjoy going through the financial records of the 273 00:15:23,590 --> 00:15:26,710 to determine the value of your partnership interest, Dougie. 274 00:15:26,950 --> 00:15:27,950 Damn you! 275 00:15:28,109 --> 00:15:29,870 Boys, please, don't fight. 276 00:15:30,410 --> 00:15:33,070 Go ahead, go ahead. There's a hundred lawyers. I got his witnesses. Now, 277 00:15:33,070 --> 00:15:34,070 Douglas. 278 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:04,679 Are you all right? 279 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,780 Other than my life's in total shambles, I'm fine. 280 00:16:08,140 --> 00:16:12,240 Douglas, this has got to stop. Don't you think I want it to? 281 00:16:13,100 --> 00:16:16,660 They're like a pack of snarling dogs closing in for the kill. 282 00:16:16,900 --> 00:16:17,900 Now, you listen to me. 283 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,680 You've been embroiled in this disgraceful melodrama for months, and 284 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:23,620 nearer a solution now than when you moved out. 285 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,900 Now, if not for your own sake, then for the sake of the firm, do whatever you 286 00:16:26,900 --> 00:16:28,560 have to, but get this over with. 287 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:38,800 Gentlemen, are we ready to proceed? 288 00:16:39,100 --> 00:16:41,820 Your Honor, counsel for the defendant requests a sidebar. Step up. 289 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,620 I would respectfully move that given the nature of these proceedings, Your Honor 290 00:16:46,620 --> 00:16:47,960 disqualify herself from the case. 291 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:50,400 What's the basis for your motion, Mr. Becker? 292 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,220 The fact that Your Honor is currently in the midst of a divorce herself. 293 00:16:54,620 --> 00:16:55,620 Mr. Phillips? 294 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,500 Your Honor, please be assured that this is not the first I'm hearing of Mr. 295 00:16:58,640 --> 00:16:59,479 Becker's motion. 296 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,640 Furthermore, I don't question Your Honor's ability to conduct a fair trial 297 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:05,160 regardless of the circumstances in your personal life. 298 00:17:05,530 --> 00:17:08,010 This motion is not meant as a criticism, Your Honor. 299 00:17:08,369 --> 00:17:13,270 Mr. Becker, whatever the circumstances of my personal life, they don't pertain 300 00:17:13,270 --> 00:17:16,730 to this case. They don't affect my ability to discharge my judicial 301 00:17:16,730 --> 00:17:19,329 responsibilities, and they are none of your business. 302 00:17:19,650 --> 00:17:21,010 Your motion is denied. Step back. 303 00:17:25,050 --> 00:17:26,270 Is there anything further? 304 00:17:26,970 --> 00:17:30,050 I would move for a temporary restraining order barring the plaintiff from 305 00:17:30,050 --> 00:17:33,510 interfering with my client's ongoing negotiations for film rights to his 306 00:17:33,510 --> 00:17:36,410 novel. She's protecting her future interests, Your Honor, nothing more. 307 00:17:36,650 --> 00:17:39,690 The issue of Mrs. Otten's share in future projects is not going to be 308 00:17:39,690 --> 00:17:43,070 on pretrial motions, Mr. Becker. Your Honor, there's a certain vindictiveness 309 00:17:43,070 --> 00:17:45,370 operating here which you may not be taking into account. 310 00:17:45,810 --> 00:17:49,550 This isn't just a matter of dialing your I's and crossing your T's. Your divorce 311 00:17:49,550 --> 00:17:51,630 may just be paperwork, but this one isn't. 312 00:17:51,950 --> 00:17:54,050 You're not going to let go of this one, are you, Mr. Becker? 313 00:17:54,530 --> 00:17:55,529 Excuse me? 314 00:17:55,530 --> 00:17:56,930 You're going to make this case about me. 315 00:17:57,150 --> 00:17:58,550 Your Honor, I've made my position clear. 316 00:17:59,250 --> 00:18:02,090 I believe the interests of a fair hearing are best served by another judge 317 00:18:02,090 --> 00:18:03,210 presiding over this case. 318 00:18:03,550 --> 00:18:06,770 Not I, Your Honor. You want another judge so badly, go get one. 319 00:18:07,010 --> 00:18:09,910 I hereby recuse myself from the matter of Otten versus Otten. 320 00:18:10,470 --> 00:18:13,730 Now that your motion's been granted, Mr. Becker, I'll see you in my chamber. 321 00:18:18,990 --> 00:18:21,110 You're a despicable man, Mr. Becker. 322 00:18:21,390 --> 00:18:23,050 No, Your Honor, I'm just a good lawyer. 323 00:18:23,390 --> 00:18:27,330 I made a passing reference to my divorce in a casual conversation. You turned 324 00:18:27,330 --> 00:18:30,890 that around and used it to humiliate me. If you'll recall, I specifically made 325 00:18:30,890 --> 00:18:33,390 my recusal motion as a sidebar to spare you any embarrassment. 326 00:18:33,730 --> 00:18:36,570 And I'm supposed to be grateful? If I have a question about a judge's 327 00:18:36,570 --> 00:18:40,030 impartiality, I have an absolute obligation to protect my client. 328 00:18:40,250 --> 00:18:43,290 The fact that I am getting a divorce does not throw my impartiality into 329 00:18:43,290 --> 00:18:45,790 question. You talked about getting a divorce last night, as though you were 330 00:18:45,790 --> 00:18:47,890 filing for an extension on your income taxes. 331 00:18:48,590 --> 00:18:51,430 experience, people are only that bloodless when there's a powder keg 332 00:18:51,430 --> 00:18:53,370 them that they're desperately trying to keep from exploding. 333 00:18:53,590 --> 00:18:56,350 Thank you for the psychiatric evaluation, Mr. Beckham. 334 00:18:57,650 --> 00:19:03,210 Your Honor, a judge getting divorced isn't all that different from anyone 335 00:19:03,210 --> 00:19:04,210 getting divorced. 336 00:19:04,750 --> 00:19:07,870 The authority of your office doesn't insulate you from the pain of a failed 337 00:19:07,870 --> 00:19:11,050 marriage. It doesn't regulate your husband's actions or vest you with any 338 00:19:11,050 --> 00:19:12,870 particular wisdom in planning out your own. 339 00:19:13,530 --> 00:19:15,750 You are going through a very real event. 340 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,380 You may want to speed up its passage, but you've got to give it its due. 341 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:21,200 Thank you, Counselor. 342 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:22,500 That'll be all. 343 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:26,800 Just a minute. 344 00:19:31,220 --> 00:19:33,760 You're quite an opportunist, aren't you, Mr. Becker? When it comes to my 345 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:34,760 client's interests, you bet. 346 00:19:36,540 --> 00:19:39,500 Before I fired my attorney, we had a settlement conference scheduled for 347 00:19:39,500 --> 00:19:40,560 tomorrow morning at 11 o 'clock. 348 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:42,600 There have been four cancellations already. 349 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:45,280 If you represent me, we won't have to cancel another. 350 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,570 Me? Well, what's the problem? We're all done with this case. 351 00:19:49,350 --> 00:19:53,690 Well, there's no problem, Judge. I'm just a little surprised. I don't know 352 00:19:53,690 --> 00:19:54,209 to say. 353 00:19:54,210 --> 00:19:55,270 Say yes, Mr. Becker. 354 00:19:55,750 --> 00:19:59,870 That way I can pay you for your wisdom and you can stop calling me Judge. 355 00:20:04,750 --> 00:20:11,090 Douglas Brackman for Errol Farrell. 356 00:20:14,510 --> 00:20:17,410 You in for Douglas Brackman? Go kill yourself. 357 00:20:18,470 --> 00:20:19,630 Tell him it's important. 358 00:20:20,570 --> 00:20:21,570 It's important. 359 00:20:22,050 --> 00:20:23,050 Call the cops. 360 00:20:25,090 --> 00:20:26,170 Go potty your nose. 361 00:20:28,010 --> 00:20:29,190 Is it shiny? 362 00:20:36,550 --> 00:20:38,770 Arrow, we have to talk. 363 00:20:38,990 --> 00:20:42,630 If you're looking to fend off our motions for discovery, forget it. This 364 00:20:42,630 --> 00:20:43,630 about the divorce. 365 00:20:44,590 --> 00:20:46,830 I want to talk to you personally. 366 00:20:47,130 --> 00:20:48,150 It's a little late for that. 367 00:20:48,390 --> 00:20:50,290 Not if you want to make your mother happy. 368 00:20:50,510 --> 00:20:51,990 Of course I want to make my mother happy. 369 00:20:52,390 --> 00:20:53,390 So do I. 370 00:20:53,470 --> 00:20:56,030 In a different way, Dougie. A more biblical way. 371 00:20:57,070 --> 00:21:00,970 Neither one of us can make her happy until we settle our differences. 372 00:21:01,910 --> 00:21:06,250 What do you want? My blessing? In a way. And the chance to say I'm sorry for my 373 00:21:06,250 --> 00:21:08,410 role in whatever troubles we've had in the past. 374 00:21:10,050 --> 00:21:11,050 I don't know, Dougie. 375 00:21:12,310 --> 00:21:13,890 Sounds a little abstract to me. 376 00:21:15,700 --> 00:21:16,700 Concretely, then. 377 00:21:17,660 --> 00:21:21,580 I can help you. I'm prepared to put you on our attorney referral list at the 378 00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:25,520 firm. Just offhand, I can think of a lot of business we can throw your way. 379 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:31,320 Debt collections, some P .I. cases, and if you were interested in becoming more 380 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:35,860 active with the Bar Association, I could introduce you to the right people. 381 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:42,060 You'd do that? And if you ever needed money or a shoulder to lean on, I want 382 00:21:42,060 --> 00:21:43,100 to know you could come to me. 383 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:48,000 I'm feeling a melting away of a lot of grievance, Dougie. I don't want 384 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:49,200 hostilities with you, Errol. 385 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:53,160 I want us to be friends as well as brothers. 386 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:58,180 That's all I ever wanted. 387 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:00,260 That's all I ever wanted, too. 388 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:03,920 Come here, you. 389 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:07,260 Excuse me, Errol. 390 00:22:07,940 --> 00:22:09,200 Three o 'clock is waiting. 391 00:22:09,580 --> 00:22:10,580 In a minute. 392 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:12,360 Hey, it's my big brother here. 393 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,760 And you believed in the viability of this mine? The geologist said there was 394 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:22,900 gold in the mine. The assayer said there was gold in the mine. I was just so 395 00:22:22,900 --> 00:22:25,540 sure this thing was going to make all my clients rich. 396 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,100 Did you consider that the seller might have laced the mine with gold flakes to 397 00:22:29,100 --> 00:22:29,679 fool you? 398 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:33,400 Well, that's why I hired the independent geologist to check it out thoroughly. 399 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,460 And he told me the ore samples were legitimate. I still can't believe he 400 00:22:37,460 --> 00:22:38,419 have been so wrong. 401 00:22:38,420 --> 00:22:41,120 Did other clients lose money on this proposition, Mr. Boland? 402 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:44,220 Collectively, it cost my clients over a million dollars. 403 00:22:44,940 --> 00:22:46,900 It's the worst thing that's ever happened to me. 404 00:22:47,140 --> 00:22:49,460 It's put people out of their homes. 405 00:22:49,940 --> 00:22:51,940 Mrs. Crutcher, I am so very sorry. 406 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:56,360 You have to believe me. If I had the money, I would give it to you myself, 407 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:58,100 but... Objection sustained. 408 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:00,720 Just answer the question, Mr. Boland. 409 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,620 Sorry. How has this whole thing affected you, Mr. Boland? 410 00:23:04,820 --> 00:23:07,980 Well, I've lost a lot of clients, of course. Though I think if they had 411 00:23:08,060 --> 00:23:09,300 I could have turned things around. 412 00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:11,560 But I can't really blame them. 413 00:23:11,780 --> 00:23:13,120 Do you blame yourself, sir? 414 00:23:13,980 --> 00:23:14,980 Yes, I do. 415 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,180 Even though I suppose I really shouldn't. 416 00:23:19,140 --> 00:23:24,420 I mean, the geologists, the affair, the economists were unanimous. And I have to 417 00:23:24,420 --> 00:23:29,560 rely on them the same way my clients rely on me. Things just didn't work out 418 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:30,560 here. 419 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:32,700 And I'm deeply sorry for that. 420 00:23:33,060 --> 00:23:36,680 Especially for the good, wonderful people like Mrs. Crutcher. 421 00:23:37,140 --> 00:23:41,360 People who trusted me. Do you feel that you abused that trust, sir? I promise 422 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:42,360 you I did not. 423 00:23:42,700 --> 00:23:46,520 I may have lost all my money, but I will take my integrity to my grave. 424 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:50,540 I have never cheated anyone in my entire life. 425 00:23:51,620 --> 00:23:52,620 Thank you, sir. 426 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:58,760 That's all. As the hour is late, we'll adjourn till tomorrow and resume with 427 00:23:58,760 --> 00:23:59,940 plaintiff's cross -examination. 428 00:24:00,220 --> 00:24:01,220 See you all then. 429 00:24:01,620 --> 00:24:02,800 Down there and turn left. 430 00:24:03,140 --> 00:24:04,620 Miss Maynard? Mr. Bowler? 431 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:07,080 Can we see you there for a minute? 432 00:24:17,230 --> 00:24:18,230 All right, look. 433 00:24:19,030 --> 00:24:22,430 We're willing to shave our demand to $50 ,000, provided you agree to an audit, 434 00:24:22,510 --> 00:24:23,650 make a good faith that... Drop dead. 435 00:24:23,930 --> 00:24:25,750 The offer's $5 ,000. That's it. 436 00:24:26,690 --> 00:24:28,110 Bobby, let me do it. Five? 437 00:24:29,070 --> 00:24:32,350 That woman's on food stamps because of your... I don't give a damn if she has 438 00:24:32,350 --> 00:24:35,750 hock her dentures. If I cave in to her, all those other old goats are gonna come 439 00:24:35,750 --> 00:24:36,930 after me with their hands up. 440 00:24:37,490 --> 00:24:41,450 Those old goats are broke because of you. The geologist supported every word 441 00:24:41,450 --> 00:24:45,110 said. I got nothing to worry about. You paid off that geologist. 442 00:24:45,790 --> 00:24:46,910 Completely unprovable. 443 00:24:47,290 --> 00:24:50,230 Even if you do prove it, so what? I got no assets. 444 00:24:50,490 --> 00:24:53,150 That's enough, Bobby. Don't tell him anything. This is a settlement 445 00:24:53,510 --> 00:24:56,270 Everything here is inadmissible. I'll tell you this, Mr. Boland. 446 00:24:56,530 --> 00:25:00,030 We'll get a judgment against you and just sit. And as soon as you become 447 00:25:00,250 --> 00:25:03,110 we'll pounce all over you. Nice theory, Hatchett. 448 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:07,520 The only problem is your client's 74 years old, and one thing I've learned 449 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,340 old people, they don't wait so good. They have a nasty habit of dying. 450 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,260 What the hell is that supposed to mean? It means if you win, I appeal. 451 00:25:13,460 --> 00:25:17,200 You win again, I appeal the appeal. She keeps hanging on, I keep waiting. The 452 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,640 day I become liquid is the day after she croaks. 453 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:22,100 You make me sick. 454 00:25:22,460 --> 00:25:24,480 Spoken like a lawyer who knows he can't get me. 455 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:26,680 You want to do your old lady some good? 456 00:25:27,660 --> 00:25:30,120 Cut your losses. Take the five grand. Come on. 457 00:25:36,620 --> 00:25:37,620 Whatever it takes Jonathan. 458 00:25:38,140 --> 00:25:39,520 I want you to nail that bastard 459 00:25:58,940 --> 00:26:01,940 It's all right with everyone. I'd like to start by setting some parameters for 460 00:26:01,940 --> 00:26:02,779 this discussion. 461 00:26:02,780 --> 00:26:06,340 Since both parties are self -sufficient, we don't need to concern ourselves with 462 00:26:06,340 --> 00:26:09,740 support. You can cut through the schmoles, Mr. Becker. We're all lawyers 463 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:10,960 We know what's on the table. 464 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:15,420 Stan, we'll just go through the schedule of assets line by line. Let's just see 465 00:26:15,420 --> 00:26:16,500 where we stand on each, okay? 466 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:22,200 Cash on hand amounts to roughly $150 ,000. We exclude inheritances and 467 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:26,200 contributions. We're left with somewhere around $100 ,000, which gets split 468 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:27,200 right down the middle. 469 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:32,000 Stock portfolio is worth somewhere around $400 ,000. We use current 470 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:36,480 We split it by alternate selection or liquidation, if that doesn't work. Which 471 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:41,360 it won't. The house in Brentwood is worth probably $1 .5 million, $1 .6 472 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:45,020 We put it on the market, split the proceeds once it's sold. Absolutely no. 473 00:26:45,220 --> 00:26:47,020 Why? It's not like there are any kids. 474 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:48,280 Here we go. 475 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:53,800 Stanley Silverman's Tale of Woe, number 4 ,715, entitled My Wife Didn't Give Me 476 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:54,679 Any Children. 477 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,820 Do you think we'd be sitting here today if you had? I don't think that this is 478 00:26:57,820 --> 00:26:58,960 what we're here for, people. Oh, yes, it is. 479 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,960 Because at the conclusion of his tale of woe, I'm going to give you chapter and 480 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,580 verse of what I've lived with. What do you mean, what you've lived with? You're 481 00:27:04,580 --> 00:27:07,920 the luckiest damn broad on the face of the earth. All thanks to you, of course. 482 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:09,720 You're damn right, thanks to me. 483 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:14,360 I taught you how to think. You're a judge today because I turned you into a 484 00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:17,400 lawyer. And you've never forgiven me for passing you by, have you? 485 00:27:17,850 --> 00:27:21,730 Tell them how well you dealt with my success, dear. How you gave bomb to your 486 00:27:21,730 --> 00:27:26,130 wounded ego by racking up sexual conquests, including but not limited to 487 00:27:26,130 --> 00:27:29,070 former law clerk. Maybe I was trying to get your attention. 488 00:27:29,430 --> 00:27:32,870 Why? So you could come mewling to me with your sense of loss? 489 00:27:33,310 --> 00:27:34,890 Guilt me into forgiving you? 490 00:27:35,130 --> 00:27:36,130 Can I make a suggestion? 491 00:27:36,330 --> 00:27:39,690 There are practical matters which we should... Your self -pity didn't break 492 00:27:39,690 --> 00:27:41,750 during our marriage. It's not gonna break me now. 493 00:27:42,730 --> 00:27:44,030 I hope you die, lady. 494 00:27:44,370 --> 00:27:46,790 A fake no -worth staying married to you. 495 00:27:51,350 --> 00:27:52,610 Don't say a word. 496 00:27:55,290 --> 00:27:56,290 Come on! 497 00:27:56,690 --> 00:27:57,690 Oh, yeah, you were born! 498 00:27:57,990 --> 00:27:58,990 Stop it! Hold it! 499 00:28:00,410 --> 00:28:01,410 Jeffrey? 500 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:12,560 Come on, son. 501 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,080 Sheila, how's the pottery? Corrupted. 502 00:28:15,620 --> 00:28:16,620 Gordon? 503 00:28:16,900 --> 00:28:19,660 Hi, Dad. Boys, what happened to your hair? 504 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:21,140 What happened to yours? 505 00:28:23,020 --> 00:28:24,020 Quit it, Jeffrey. 506 00:28:24,260 --> 00:28:25,700 Quit it. Boys. Cut it out. 507 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,040 Can we get on with it? 508 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,400 My lawyer said you had a proposal. 509 00:28:34,820 --> 00:28:35,820 I do. 510 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:37,280 I want peace, Sheila. 511 00:28:37,820 --> 00:28:39,960 I want this family to locate... 512 00:28:40,380 --> 00:28:41,740 A new sense of oneness. 513 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:44,940 Jeffrey, do you mind? 514 00:28:46,900 --> 00:28:47,900 Jeffrey. 515 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,040 Jeffrey, your father is talking. 516 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:56,880 I'm ready to initiate a full accounting and division of all assets accrued 517 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:57,880 during the marriage. 518 00:28:57,940 --> 00:29:03,520 Ask for the children and prepare to accept joint custody. Big deal. The only 519 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,340 reason you tried to take them was because you couldn't stand the fact I 520 00:29:06,340 --> 00:29:09,200 happy. Sheila. No, Gordon, she's right. 521 00:29:09,820 --> 00:29:10,820 I felt jealous and angry. 522 00:29:11,060 --> 00:29:14,080 But now that I've found love myself, none of it matters. 523 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:18,800 We may not choose to be married to each other, but we'll always be bound to each 524 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,260 other as parents to our children. 525 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,460 This is a beautiful acknowledgement. 526 00:29:24,300 --> 00:29:27,280 Sheila, what do you think about what Douglas is saying? 527 00:29:27,540 --> 00:29:28,940 I want my lawyer to look it over. 528 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:30,280 Uh -huh. 529 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,080 And what do you feel about what Sheila just said? 530 00:29:33,620 --> 00:29:34,620 That's fine. 531 00:29:36,910 --> 00:29:42,930 I don't know about both of you, but I am... I am terribly moved. 532 00:29:43,370 --> 00:29:46,450 Ow! Jeffrey, stop it! He keeps sniffing me. 533 00:29:47,290 --> 00:29:51,470 Alec, stop sniffing your brother. Hey, that's an expensive fish. Don't you dare 534 00:29:51,470 --> 00:29:55,710 touch it. I'm just gonna pet it. It's not meant to be petted. Will you forget 535 00:29:55,710 --> 00:29:56,990 the stupid guppy, Douglas? 536 00:29:57,230 --> 00:29:58,930 Sheila, no more punishment. 537 00:29:59,270 --> 00:30:00,550 No more hostility. 538 00:30:01,690 --> 00:30:04,110 Let's declare our loyalty to this family. 539 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:11,040 to the bond we can create between and among our children, our friends, all our 540 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:12,040 denominators. 541 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:14,760 You're so blessed just to be here. 542 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,040 Oh, Jeffrey! My fish! It's a flying fish! 543 00:30:18,260 --> 00:30:22,800 It just flew right out! Do you have anger, Jeffrey? Stick it, Gordy! Your 544 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:24,540 Sheila, the fish! Move your shoe! 545 00:30:30,250 --> 00:30:34,450 You took a $75 ,000 consulting fee on this gold mine deal, didn't you? I 546 00:30:34,450 --> 00:30:35,470 that's correct, yes. 547 00:30:35,950 --> 00:30:40,150 You recommend a deal to an elderly widow, a deal that caused her to lose 548 00:30:40,150 --> 00:30:44,050 house as well as every last penny she has, and you take home $75 ,000? 549 00:30:44,390 --> 00:30:47,910 Nobody regrets this more than I do, sir. Oh, that's right. 550 00:30:48,190 --> 00:30:49,430 You're deeply sorry. 551 00:30:49,890 --> 00:30:51,290 Objection. Sustained. 552 00:30:51,650 --> 00:30:56,490 Mr. Boland, I show you your own promotional brochure, which puffs your 553 00:30:56,710 --> 00:30:59,130 and I ask you to read the part I've underlined here. 554 00:31:00,010 --> 00:31:04,890 Above all, we advocate diversification, a varied portfolio to minimize risks. 555 00:31:05,670 --> 00:31:08,810 Diversification, and yet you put every cent of Mrs. Crutcher's money on one 556 00:31:08,810 --> 00:31:09,810 single goldmine venture. 557 00:31:10,150 --> 00:31:13,070 I've already explained that. It seemed like such a sure thing. 558 00:31:13,370 --> 00:31:15,050 Did you put any of your own money on this sure thing? 559 00:31:15,590 --> 00:31:17,790 I never invest my own money. I bet. 560 00:31:18,310 --> 00:31:19,510 Tell us this, Mr. Boland. 561 00:31:20,300 --> 00:31:23,420 Why didn't you notify my client you were taking the last $50 ,000 out of her 562 00:31:23,420 --> 00:31:24,419 money market account? 563 00:31:24,420 --> 00:31:27,960 It wasn't necessary. I had power of attorney. I was authorized. 564 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:31,740 This woman was anti -risk. She was afraid to play the stock market for 565 00:31:31,740 --> 00:31:35,380 sake. And you plunked down all her money, her life savings, on a high -risk 566 00:31:35,380 --> 00:31:38,700 mine without even telling her? Do you think I'm happy about this? Do you think 567 00:31:38,700 --> 00:31:41,580 I'm proud of what... Where is the sympathy song, Mr. Boland? You're a 568 00:31:41,580 --> 00:31:42,820 thief. Objection! 569 00:31:43,220 --> 00:31:46,360 Counselor, you stole from this person who trusted you. I did not. 570 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:47,560 Mr. Rollins. 571 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:51,420 This brochure says you're accessible in constant communication with the client. 572 00:31:51,540 --> 00:31:54,520 It says you emphasize conservative estate planning. It says you stress 573 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:57,920 diversification. What you did with my client's money contradicts every 574 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,020 representation in your brochure, doesn't it? 575 00:32:00,220 --> 00:32:02,180 This was a special thing, that's all. 576 00:32:04,940 --> 00:32:05,940 A special thing. 577 00:32:09,420 --> 00:32:10,780 Take a breath, Mr. Boland. 578 00:32:11,620 --> 00:32:12,780 We're just getting started here. 579 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:18,300 Your Honor, he's had this man up here for over four hours. This is protracted. 580 00:32:18,980 --> 00:32:21,580 Overruled. I'm going to allow it. Thank you, Judge. 581 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:26,140 Mr. Boland, regarding your financial statement, I see you've made over three 582 00:32:26,140 --> 00:32:28,660 -quarters of a million dollars in each of the last three years. 583 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:32,640 You've set up five different trust funds, one for your wife and one for 584 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:33,640 your four children. 585 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:37,900 Each exceeds $300 ,000, with you named as the only trustee, and yet you 586 00:32:37,900 --> 00:32:41,460 personally have assets totaling only $17 ,000. 587 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:46,260 I like to look after my family. No, you like to make yourself judgment -proof. 588 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:47,980 Objection. That's not true. 589 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,880 Overruled. You set up this sham protection blanket so your fleece 590 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:53,580 nothing to chase but an empty bag. I object. 591 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:55,820 Sustained. I am an honest man. 592 00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:57,980 Anyone who knows me knows that. 593 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:03,160 Really? Well, a Mr. Frank teacher knows you, and in his complaint against you... 594 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:06,900 Objection. This is totally out of line. I'm offering it to him. She just 595 00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:09,060 testified that everyone who knows him knows he's honest. 596 00:33:09,260 --> 00:33:10,600 I have 12 complaints here. 597 00:33:11,260 --> 00:33:15,340 Each by former clients. People who know him to be something other than honest. 598 00:33:15,580 --> 00:33:16,580 Your Honor. 599 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:20,140 Overruled. Mr. Frank Teacher alleges you defrauded him and conspired to steal 600 00:33:20,140 --> 00:33:22,000 money in excess of $20 ,000. 601 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,180 Are you aware of this complaint currently filed against you? 602 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:26,440 Yes. 603 00:33:26,900 --> 00:33:31,200 So, when you stated just now that everyone who knows you knows you're an 604 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,060 man, that was a lie. 605 00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:34,139 Wasn't it? 606 00:33:34,140 --> 00:33:36,020 Objection. Do I have to keep taking this? 607 00:33:36,220 --> 00:33:41,480 Taking is your strong suit. Taking, stealing, lying. Oh, for God's sake. 608 00:33:41,780 --> 00:33:42,780 Mr. Rawlins. 609 00:33:43,020 --> 00:33:44,020 That's enough. 610 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:45,960 Sorry, Judge. 611 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:47,520 Let's forget about Frank T .J. 612 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,800 Do you know William Tresham, sir? Your Honor. 613 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:52,340 Overruled. Mr. Rawlins. 614 00:33:53,980 --> 00:33:55,440 Do you have much more here? 615 00:33:57,420 --> 00:33:58,420 Oh, yes. 616 00:33:59,540 --> 00:34:00,540 Oh, my yes. 617 00:34:17,070 --> 00:34:20,150 Is there anything more dreary than two people dividing up their lives? 618 00:34:20,909 --> 00:34:23,870 I don't know. Maybe two people not dividing up their lives. 619 00:34:24,150 --> 00:34:25,230 So humiliating. 620 00:34:26,030 --> 00:34:29,790 You work your entire life to achieve a little dignity, and it all comes 621 00:34:29,790 --> 00:34:35,370 unraveled in a barrage of name -calling and rock -throwing and... Forgive me. 622 00:34:35,710 --> 00:34:37,469 I know I'm feeling sorry for myself. 623 00:34:39,070 --> 00:34:40,070 You're entitled. 624 00:34:40,310 --> 00:34:41,590 It's just so absurd. 625 00:34:41,909 --> 00:34:45,530 You evaluate your life by the things in it, and suddenly its value is reduced by 626 00:34:45,530 --> 00:34:46,530 half. 627 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:48,199 Not its real value. 628 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:53,219 Well, that can't be measured, let alone reduced. 629 00:34:53,639 --> 00:34:55,739 Spoken like a man who's never had to go through it personally. 630 00:34:56,139 --> 00:35:00,060 Spoken like a man who's had a chance to know you personally. 631 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:02,500 Are you flirting with the client, Mr. Becker? 632 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:03,880 No, Your Honor. 633 00:35:05,100 --> 00:35:06,300 Because I'm a judge? 634 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:14,880 Because I wouldn't want to lose your respect and I hope your friendship by 635 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:15,880 a jerk. 636 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,060 Not to mention, you're the kind of woman that I could get into serious trouble 637 00:35:20,060 --> 00:35:21,060 with. 638 00:35:21,140 --> 00:35:22,140 Trouble how? 639 00:35:24,740 --> 00:35:28,520 If I let myself go, you're the kind of woman I could fall deeply ass over a tea 640 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:29,520 kettle in love with. 641 00:35:30,260 --> 00:35:32,860 Oh, I'm sorry. Forgive me. 642 00:35:37,300 --> 00:35:40,720 If we're really going to jump off that precipice, I don't want to do it here. 643 00:35:45,870 --> 00:35:48,550 Tell me where you want me to go, and we'll go there. 644 00:36:05,470 --> 00:36:09,530 Tell me why we're here, Mr. Becker. Judge Ryan called this morning and said 645 00:36:09,530 --> 00:36:11,710 she wanted to have another meeting as soon as possible. 646 00:36:11,980 --> 00:36:15,000 Probably wants another pound of flesh. If this is going to be a replay of 647 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,900 yesterday, I can tell you it's going to be a very short meeting. Don't lay 648 00:36:17,900 --> 00:36:21,660 responsibility for what happened yesterday at our door. Whose door, then? 649 00:36:21,660 --> 00:36:25,600 did everything she could to enrage me. All I'm saying is that it swings both 650 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,620 ways. Good afternoon, gentlemen. 651 00:36:28,340 --> 00:36:29,340 Sorry I'm late. 652 00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:33,860 Stanley, are you willing to listen to me for a minute? I'm here, aren't I? Okay. 653 00:36:34,500 --> 00:36:35,900 I'd like to propose the following. 654 00:36:36,590 --> 00:36:39,950 Let me buy out your interest in the house from my share of the stock 655 00:36:40,050 --> 00:36:43,990 Keep the partnership intact, keep the library, keep the art. I feel like it's 656 00:36:43,990 --> 00:36:45,170 more yours than mine anyway. 657 00:36:45,710 --> 00:36:49,370 With the exception of the black and white Franz Klein, I'd like to keep it. 658 00:36:49,930 --> 00:36:52,650 Why that one? Because you gave it to me for my birthday. 659 00:36:52,930 --> 00:36:53,930 Is that satisfactory? 660 00:36:54,510 --> 00:36:55,530 I think so. 661 00:36:55,930 --> 00:36:57,490 Good. One question. 662 00:36:58,050 --> 00:37:00,050 What happened between yesterday and today? 663 00:37:00,330 --> 00:37:01,330 I don't know. 664 00:37:01,670 --> 00:37:03,690 I thought about what it was I really wanted. 665 00:37:04,380 --> 00:37:07,340 I thought about our history together and both of us getting on with our lives. 666 00:37:07,980 --> 00:37:09,340 And then I slept on it. 667 00:37:11,980 --> 00:37:12,980 Al? 668 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:15,240 Are you all right? 669 00:37:15,540 --> 00:37:19,920 You call a 101 fever and a severe case of reverse lunch all right? 670 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:21,460 What about tonight? 671 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:23,700 You're on your own, kid. 672 00:37:24,020 --> 00:37:26,460 We could cancel. We could make it another night. 673 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,520 Can't. He's out of town. Flying in. Can't be reached. 674 00:37:30,780 --> 00:37:31,780 But Al! 675 00:37:32,330 --> 00:37:34,990 It'll be fine. You'll see. You'll have a great time. Goodbye. 676 00:37:40,220 --> 00:37:42,940 The going rate for a geologist is $400 a day. 677 00:37:43,180 --> 00:37:45,600 You paid him $10 ,000 for one week's work. 678 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:49,200 I wanted the best. If I hired a more expensive geologist, it's because... But 679 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:50,200 he's not more expensive. 680 00:37:50,260 --> 00:37:53,620 The job before this, he made $350 a day. The job after, he made $300 a day. You 681 00:37:53,620 --> 00:37:55,160 pay him $2 ,000 a day? 682 00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:58,800 I happen to think he was worth it. You paid that geologist extra to seed the 683 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:00,080 mine, didn't you? I did not. 684 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:02,980 I've got a theory, Mr. Boland. I want you to tell me if it's true or false. 685 00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,980 You pay this hand -picked geologist over five times the going rate to feed the 686 00:38:06,980 --> 00:38:10,360 oar and put out this phony report which allows you to bilk your client. False. 687 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:14,600 You pay him $10 ,000 and you take $75 ,000, plus the likely kickback on the 688 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,980 purchase price from the seller who knows the land is worthless. It's not true. 689 00:38:18,220 --> 00:38:21,120 Your Honor. Suddenly you're setting up trust funds for your kids while your 690 00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,040 widowed clients are living on welfare. It's a lie. 691 00:38:23,860 --> 00:38:26,960 Objection. Sustained. You're the one who's lying, Mr. Boland, and everybody 692 00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:28,520 knows it. I am an honest man. 693 00:38:28,740 --> 00:38:31,120 Mr. Boland. An honest man doesn't get rich off of senior citizens. 694 00:38:31,420 --> 00:38:34,530 Objection. Get out of my face. An honest man doesn't get sued by 12 different 695 00:38:34,530 --> 00:38:35,550 clients for fraud. 696 00:38:35,850 --> 00:38:39,690 Sit down, Mr. Boland. Those suits are completely baseless. An honest man 697 00:38:39,690 --> 00:38:41,530 conceal his assets in hidden bank accounts. 698 00:38:42,290 --> 00:38:45,530 Objection! Objection! I will win all those suits! 699 00:38:45,770 --> 00:38:48,170 Mr. Rollins, you're a thief who should be in jail, Mr. Boland. 700 00:38:48,530 --> 00:38:49,670 I've done nothing wrong. 701 00:38:49,930 --> 00:38:55,710 I am completely honest. Water! You have... You can't... No! 702 00:38:56,350 --> 00:38:57,350 It is. 703 00:38:57,970 --> 00:38:58,970 Mr. Boland? 704 00:38:59,350 --> 00:39:00,390 Oh! Hey, look. 705 00:39:00,790 --> 00:39:01,749 Get a doctor. 706 00:39:01,750 --> 00:39:02,749 Miss Bennett. 707 00:39:02,750 --> 00:39:03,750 Hold an ambulance. 708 00:39:08,570 --> 00:39:09,570 Bobby? 709 00:39:11,630 --> 00:39:12,630 Bobby! 710 00:39:14,330 --> 00:39:16,810 Get back. Give me some room. 711 00:39:17,910 --> 00:39:18,910 Easy breathing. 712 00:39:19,030 --> 00:39:20,650 Your Honor. Please, what can I do? 713 00:39:20,990 --> 00:39:24,530 Your Honor, this man has a life insurance policy leaving $2 million to 714 00:39:24,530 --> 00:39:25,530 estate. What? 715 00:39:25,660 --> 00:39:28,860 In the event this man does in fact die, Your Honor, I'd like to attach the 716 00:39:28,860 --> 00:39:32,460 proceeds of that policy. Mr. Rollins. We have a reasonable likelihood of success 717 00:39:32,460 --> 00:39:36,120 on the merits and no means to satisfy a judgment based on this man's ability to 718 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,060 hide assets, an ability I'm sure he's taught his co -workers. You're 719 00:39:39,060 --> 00:39:42,140 disgusting. Your Honor, it's imperative we freeze these assets. 720 00:39:42,420 --> 00:39:45,720 For God's sake, Mr. Rollins, this man is fighting for his life. If he lives, 721 00:39:45,740 --> 00:39:49,440 judge your orders moot. If he dies, which it looks like he's going to, 722 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,720 from this purple color I see, then you maintain the status quo pending 723 00:39:52,720 --> 00:39:53,920 disposition. Shut up! 724 00:39:54,140 --> 00:39:56,320 I'll take it under advisement. Now get the hell back. Now! 725 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:05,040 I'll have the agreement messengered over to your office first thing in the 726 00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:06,140 morning. Great, great. 727 00:40:06,820 --> 00:40:09,340 Mr. Becker, thank you very, very much. 728 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:10,600 Okay. 729 00:40:10,740 --> 00:40:13,060 Monica. Thank you. 730 00:40:21,420 --> 00:40:23,340 Can't you something? I did have help. 731 00:40:24,650 --> 00:40:26,890 But in the end, it was you. 732 00:40:27,190 --> 00:40:29,710 As I recall, there were two of us last night. 733 00:40:31,510 --> 00:40:35,390 I hope you don't think that I took advantage of you. I'm not exactly sure 734 00:40:35,390 --> 00:40:36,810 took advantage of whom last night. 735 00:40:37,870 --> 00:40:40,790 But you're a very smart attorney, and you read me perfectly. 736 00:40:41,590 --> 00:40:46,410 I felt worthless, hurt, betrayed, angry. 737 00:40:46,910 --> 00:40:51,610 And regardless of your motive, you made me feel wanted, fatal. 738 00:40:52,810 --> 00:40:53,810 And sexy. 739 00:40:53,950 --> 00:40:55,170 You are all those things. 740 00:40:56,190 --> 00:41:00,270 And I want you to know I'm prepared to accept what we had at face value and let 741 00:41:00,270 --> 00:41:01,270 it go at that. 742 00:41:01,570 --> 00:41:05,290 But if you think you can handle more, if you're not afraid of a real 743 00:41:05,290 --> 00:41:08,070 relationship, you know where to find me. 744 00:41:17,070 --> 00:41:21,660 What you did was repulsive. I can't believe it. It was the right thing. 745 00:41:21,660 --> 00:41:23,020 had to do... It was reprehensible. 746 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:24,740 Now let's all calm down. 747 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:30,140 Leland, the man, died. And all this screaming isn't going to bring him back. 748 00:41:30,140 --> 00:41:32,120 the firm be held liable for this? 749 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:36,040 Uh -uh. A lawyer has qualified immunity during a trial. What if he had a pre 750 00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:37,040 -existing heart condition? 751 00:41:37,300 --> 00:41:40,480 What if we could be charged with constructive knowledge? He didn't have a 752 00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:42,400 condition. And it doesn't matter. 753 00:41:42,720 --> 00:41:46,500 There's no liability for cross -examining a guy to death. We're still 754 00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:47,780 some negative publicity here. 755 00:41:48,020 --> 00:41:49,020 Oh, listen to this. 756 00:41:49,230 --> 00:41:52,850 All you care about is publicity, and all he cares about is life insurance money. 757 00:41:52,890 --> 00:41:55,510 It makes me sick. So what, I should have dropped to my knees and had a good cry 758 00:41:55,510 --> 00:41:58,690 at the expense of the client? You could have acted like a human being. How human 759 00:41:58,690 --> 00:42:02,790 is it to let Mrs. Crutcher die on welfare? Your behavior was inexcusable. 760 00:42:02,790 --> 00:42:04,390 minute. I don't have to take this abuse. 761 00:42:05,550 --> 00:42:06,550 Jonathan! 762 00:42:08,570 --> 00:42:10,030 What about the trial, Stuart? 763 00:42:10,390 --> 00:42:11,390 It's over, Miss Trout. 764 00:42:11,550 --> 00:42:15,290 Stuart, you're just as much to blame. You sat there. You could have stopped 765 00:42:15,550 --> 00:42:16,448 Stopped him? 766 00:42:16,450 --> 00:42:18,710 I got news for you, Ann. I was cheering for him. 767 00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:21,960 What? You're damn right. Look, I don't wish death on anybody. 768 00:42:22,220 --> 00:42:23,420 But you should have seen this. 769 00:42:23,660 --> 00:42:27,860 This guy has a heart attack, right? The whole room freaks out. The judge panics. 770 00:42:27,860 --> 00:42:31,920 And this kid, this 25 -year -old kid, has the presence of mind to protect his 771 00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:35,260 client. And whether you want to admit it or not, that guy's dying was the best 772 00:42:35,260 --> 00:42:36,720 thing that could have happened to Mrs. Crutcher. 773 00:42:37,500 --> 00:42:38,500 And one other thing. 774 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:41,220 This kid's going to be one hell of a lawyer. 775 00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:43,340 He's the kind people hire. 776 00:42:57,550 --> 00:42:58,550 Am I ever. 777 00:42:59,110 --> 00:43:00,510 God, you look beautiful. 778 00:43:01,850 --> 00:43:03,170 Just the same old me. 779 00:43:03,890 --> 00:43:07,390 You know, between your caseload and mine, I haven't seen you in days. I 780 00:43:07,390 --> 00:43:08,670 think you should have come out of retirement. 781 00:43:09,490 --> 00:43:11,490 Are you kidding? It's all your fault. 782 00:43:12,590 --> 00:43:13,730 Uh -uh, Counselor. 783 00:43:13,950 --> 00:43:17,770 I'm not that kind of girl. You have to buy me a romantic dinner first. 784 00:43:18,290 --> 00:43:23,050 Well, um, Maison Richard romantic enough for you? 785 00:43:23,370 --> 00:43:24,370 Mais oui. 786 00:43:36,140 --> 00:43:38,240 Know much about the direct mail game, Rox? 787 00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:41,440 Nothing at all. It never fails to amaze me. 788 00:43:41,660 --> 00:43:42,820 When I do a mailing... 789 00:43:43,070 --> 00:43:47,630 2 .6 % response, I'm very happy. 3%, I'm beside myself. 790 00:43:48,070 --> 00:43:51,870 I'm working off this list of recent homebuyers in the Minneapolis -St. Paul 791 00:43:51,870 --> 00:43:57,010 area, Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Washington County, Anoka County. I'm 792 00:43:57,010 --> 00:44:00,410 paying this direct marketing firm to give me those who have gone from less 793 00:44:00,410 --> 00:44:05,730 populous areas to more populous areas because maybe, just maybe, that means 794 00:44:05,730 --> 00:44:10,450 square footage to less square footage. Tell me, what products do I sell them? 795 00:44:10,950 --> 00:44:12,470 I have no idea, David. 796 00:44:13,799 --> 00:44:15,140 prefabricated storage facility. 797 00:44:15,860 --> 00:44:17,160 You know what the response was? 798 00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:20,220 No. Four and a half percent response. 799 00:44:20,740 --> 00:44:24,560 It looks so good, as a matter of fact, that next week I'm flying to Binghamton, 800 00:44:24,620 --> 00:44:26,320 New York, to talk to another manufacturer. 801 00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:27,700 You ever been to Binghamton? 802 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:31,940 Never. I've been going there for years. Used to fly into Idlewild Airport and 803 00:44:31,940 --> 00:44:34,120 then take the bus. This was on Old Route 17. 804 00:44:34,500 --> 00:44:37,200 I'm really not familiar with that part of the country, David. 805 00:44:37,460 --> 00:44:42,640 Middletown, Monticello, Livingston Manor, sample case on my lap. But I 806 00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:43,640 did all right there. 807 00:44:43,820 --> 00:44:46,520 I think I see one of our attorneys from the office. 808 00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:49,360 What's that? 809 00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:54,140 Uh, David Meyer, this is Michael Kuzak and Grace Van Owen. 810 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:55,980 Hi, how are you? Pleasure to meet you. 811 00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:57,900 Won't you sit down and join us? 812 00:44:58,120 --> 00:44:59,580 Our table's ready. Please. 813 00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:03,960 Well, just for a minute. 814 00:45:04,700 --> 00:45:05,700 All right. 815 00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:09,480 So, 816 00:45:09,740 --> 00:45:11,780 you're a lawyer at Roxanne's firm? 817 00:45:12,060 --> 00:45:13,480 Yeah. You know, I just got sued. 818 00:45:13,700 --> 00:45:15,860 Did I tell you that? You never mentioned it, no. 819 00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:20,200 Yeah. A few years ago, I bought this novelty factory in Mahwah, New Jersey. 820 00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:21,138 was going out of business. 821 00:45:21,140 --> 00:45:22,140 What kind of novelty? 822 00:45:22,380 --> 00:45:26,840 You know, your basic promotional trinkets. You got your keychains, your 823 00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:30,200 openers, your pocket protectors, your slide charts. It was the slide charts 824 00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:31,200 where we got into trouble. 825 00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:36,460 What are they? Two pieces of laminated stock held together with a grommet if 826 00:45:36,460 --> 00:45:39,660 they rotate, a die -cut window if they slide. We'd get them printed up with 827 00:45:39,660 --> 00:45:44,360 metric conversion tables, spot and stain removal charts, drink mixing guides, 828 00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:48,900 you name it. We had ones that could... calculate IRAs, mortgage payments, gas 829 00:45:48,900 --> 00:45:53,500 mileage, rim widths. We had 10 -year calendars. It was the rim widths where 830 00:45:53,500 --> 00:45:58,080 got into trouble. This fella in Gainesville, Florida, uses the chart, 831 00:45:58,080 --> 00:46:00,860 wrong width tires, gets into a car accident, sues me. 832 00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:03,260 Hey, this is not a precision instrument. 833 00:46:03,700 --> 00:46:07,580 This is a giveaway item that cost me two and a half cents a unit to manufacture. 834 00:46:08,140 --> 00:46:11,980 Grommets get loose, right? There's nothing you can do about that. This is 835 00:46:11,980 --> 00:46:13,740 the reasons I got out of small manufacturing. 836 00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:27,400 Hi. 837 00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:33,320 It's late. I should have called first. 838 00:46:33,620 --> 00:46:34,620 That's okay. 839 00:46:36,860 --> 00:46:40,700 So if we get started, I'm not sure where it's going to lead. 840 00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:42,160 Me neither. 841 00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:48,700 I haven't been this scared since I was a kid on my first date. 842 00:46:49,780 --> 00:46:51,040 What are you afraid of? 843 00:46:53,660 --> 00:46:54,660 Everything. 844 00:46:57,340 --> 00:47:00,160 Well, maybe we should discuss this in my chambers. 845 00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:39,920 Hi, doll. Hi. I feel much better, thanks. You do? 846 00:47:40,140 --> 00:47:41,140 Right. 847 00:47:43,340 --> 00:47:45,240 So, how was the date? 848 00:47:46,140 --> 00:47:48,740 If I had three weeks to live, I'd marry him. 849 00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:50,080 Why? 850 00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:52,400 Because every day would seem like a year.