1 00:00:02,719 --> 00:00:06,440 Previously on L .A. Law. So, you free for lunch? 2 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:10,000 Oh, I don't have a lot of free time, David. 3 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:12,600 It's really kind of important, Roxanne. 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,800 I need to talk to you about an extremely important matter. 5 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:22,000 Okay. Based on my performance during the last two years, do you anticipate that 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,180 I will eventually be invited to be a partner? 7 00:00:24,460 --> 00:00:25,620 That's a premature question. 8 00:00:26,140 --> 00:00:27,600 Give me a premature answer. 9 00:00:28,810 --> 00:00:31,410 At this time, we don't anticipate extending that invitation. 10 00:00:31,750 --> 00:00:33,810 But that doesn't mean... Thank you. Thank you. 11 00:00:34,050 --> 00:00:36,230 I think I get the gist of my review. 12 00:00:37,850 --> 00:00:38,829 Hey, Rox. 13 00:00:38,830 --> 00:00:39,789 Hey, Ernie. 14 00:00:39,790 --> 00:00:41,530 How was your weekend? I got married. 15 00:00:42,610 --> 00:00:43,610 You what? 16 00:00:45,210 --> 00:00:51,730 Jennifer, I'd like to... We're having an impromptu wedding celebration here at 17 00:00:51,730 --> 00:00:56,190 the firm. And if you get this message and you'd care to join us... 18 00:00:57,690 --> 00:01:00,690 Me, perhaps we could have some dinner afterwards. 19 00:01:04,170 --> 00:01:08,550 These last few weeks together, I never knew that it could be like this. 20 00:01:09,350 --> 00:01:13,730 The way you look at me, the way you make me feel. The doctor said it'll take at 21 00:01:13,730 --> 00:01:16,590 least six months to get pregnant. Even a year isn't totally normal. 22 00:01:17,950 --> 00:01:19,450 Stuart, maybe you should get tested. 23 00:01:19,890 --> 00:01:22,590 Me? Ann, we've only been trying for a few months. 24 00:01:25,740 --> 00:01:27,160 It hasn't only been a few months. 25 00:01:29,260 --> 00:01:31,980 I stopped using birth control over a year ago. 26 00:01:38,820 --> 00:01:39,820 I'm Jennifer. 27 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,440 Hi. I'm so glad you got my message. 28 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,140 I thought maybe after our little party we could get some dinner. 29 00:01:46,380 --> 00:01:47,380 I'd love that. 30 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,660 Michael, Grace, Benny, I'd like you to meet a friend of mine. 31 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,740 First up, the real estate syndication for Alex Papachristo. 32 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:14,240 I'm executing all the documents today with counsel, but Abby, I'll need you to 33 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:15,880 cover the closing for me on Thursday. 34 00:02:16,620 --> 00:02:17,800 I can't. I'm not free. 35 00:02:18,620 --> 00:02:20,060 What do you mean, you're not free? 36 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:21,400 I mean, I'm not free. 37 00:02:21,740 --> 00:02:24,300 I have an appointment Thursday afternoon. This is a big client. 38 00:02:24,620 --> 00:02:27,740 You mind telling me what on earth could be so important that you would... I am 39 00:02:27,740 --> 00:02:30,240 interviewing for an associate's position at Scheer Heilbronner. 40 00:02:30,630 --> 00:02:34,170 And I'm not missing it. You're still a valued member of this family, Abby. 41 00:02:34,590 --> 00:02:37,210 And I don't think you should... Leland, this is not a family. It's a law firm. 42 00:02:37,490 --> 00:02:40,410 And you're only a valued member here to the extent that you are able to generate 43 00:02:40,410 --> 00:02:41,410 revenue. 44 00:02:44,950 --> 00:02:46,550 I'm free, Douglas. I'll cover the closing. 45 00:02:47,950 --> 00:02:48,789 Very well. 46 00:02:48,790 --> 00:02:50,410 Moving on to Richardson v. 47 00:02:50,610 --> 00:02:51,610 Richardson. 48 00:02:51,750 --> 00:02:55,470 Motion to dismiss this afternoon, and I've never even heard of it. I just got 49 00:02:55,470 --> 00:02:56,439 it. 50 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:01,200 Our client, Matthew Richardson, age 13, was slapped by his father, Kevin 51 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,800 Richardson. So Matthew slapped him with a lawsuit for assault and battery. 52 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:06,040 Wait a minute. 53 00:03:06,340 --> 00:03:10,800 A kid suing his own father? He got a guardian ad litem and legal aid filed 54 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:14,320 papers for him. Later, since he comes from a rich family, he was ruled 55 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:15,420 ineligible for the assistance. 56 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:19,440 So how'd we get it? Camille Hendrickson was a legal aid lawyer. She's a personal 57 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,840 friend. She asked me to do it for her. Naturally, you accepted with no regard 58 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:24,240 to how we'd be compensated. 59 00:03:24,740 --> 00:03:26,160 Douglas, he's a child. 60 00:03:26,540 --> 00:03:29,840 I'll probably be rid of it by the end of the day. It was great. Can't wait till 61 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:33,080 the day when kids start divorcing themselves from their parents. At least 62 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,500 be able to represent your emotional contemporary through a change. 63 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:36,760 That was funny, Mike. 64 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:41,039 Excuse me. 65 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,760 May I help you? Oh, I just need to talk to Leland for a minute. 66 00:03:44,260 --> 00:03:48,740 Jennifer, I... Shh, Leland. I just wanted to thank you for last night. 67 00:03:49,260 --> 00:03:53,100 And to let you know that if you have any anxiety about your abilities... 68 00:03:53,420 --> 00:03:55,520 You have absolutely nothing to worry about. 69 00:03:55,900 --> 00:03:58,420 Jennifer, now, this is totally inappropriate. 70 00:03:58,780 --> 00:04:00,620 Oh, come on, Leland. No, it's not. 71 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:02,860 This would be inappropriate. 72 00:04:16,180 --> 00:04:17,180 Leland. 73 00:04:18,079 --> 00:04:19,079 Leland. 74 00:04:22,890 --> 00:04:23,890 Earth to Leland. 75 00:04:24,570 --> 00:04:25,570 Leland! Huh? 76 00:04:25,690 --> 00:04:26,690 Huh? 77 00:04:27,350 --> 00:04:28,350 Are you listening? 78 00:04:28,550 --> 00:04:32,250 Of course I'm listening. I'm just thinking about another matter. That's 79 00:04:32,350 --> 00:04:33,890 Let's move on there, Douglas. Move on. 80 00:06:24,750 --> 00:06:28,470 And I can't help think that a lawsuit might do more harm than good. 81 00:06:28,990 --> 00:06:30,570 He hit me hard, Miss Kelsey. 82 00:06:31,210 --> 00:06:32,230 He knocked me down. 83 00:06:34,370 --> 00:06:37,290 But as I understand it, that's the only time he ever hit you. 84 00:06:37,930 --> 00:06:39,250 And you did swear at him first. 85 00:06:40,770 --> 00:06:45,510 And maybe it just makes more sense to forgive and forget than dragging your 86 00:06:45,510 --> 00:06:49,010 whole family into court. Yeah, but when he punishes me, he always tells me it's 87 00:06:49,010 --> 00:06:50,010 for my own good. 88 00:06:50,430 --> 00:06:51,850 Maybe this is for his own good. 89 00:06:53,070 --> 00:06:54,070 But a trial. 90 00:06:55,030 --> 00:06:56,470 That's a really big thing, Matthew. 91 00:06:57,610 --> 00:07:00,530 He always taught me to stand up for myself if I was treated wrong. 92 00:07:00,990 --> 00:07:02,010 I'm standing up now. 93 00:07:02,590 --> 00:07:03,730 I'm doing what he taught me. 94 00:07:04,710 --> 00:07:05,930 What if I get him to apologize? 95 00:07:07,150 --> 00:07:08,150 He won't. 96 00:07:09,590 --> 00:07:10,590 Let me try. 97 00:07:11,790 --> 00:07:14,230 If I can't, we'll go forward with a hearing this afternoon. 98 00:07:15,070 --> 00:07:16,490 That would be really excellent. 99 00:07:18,090 --> 00:07:20,870 Tell your mother to have you at the courthouse by three o 'clock. Okay. 100 00:07:22,410 --> 00:07:23,570 See you then. Bye. 101 00:07:30,630 --> 00:07:33,150 Arnie, can I talk to you for a minute? 102 00:07:34,590 --> 00:07:36,490 A little busy, Rox. Can I wait till tomorrow? 103 00:07:37,050 --> 00:07:38,050 It's important. 104 00:07:41,790 --> 00:07:43,050 Okay, let's hear it. 105 00:07:43,470 --> 00:07:44,550 It's David's sister. 106 00:07:45,170 --> 00:07:48,650 She's split up from her husband and he's afraid he's going to sell the house and 107 00:07:48,650 --> 00:07:51,390 hide the money. If you're about to ask me to represent her, Roxanne... 108 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,640 You can stop right there. Arnie. I am totally swamped. Arnie. 109 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:56,640 Please. 110 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,700 She's my sister -in -law, my family. She's desperate. 111 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:02,000 You've got to help her. Okay, okay, okay. 112 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:04,040 When? My week is jammed. 113 00:08:04,580 --> 00:08:05,580 Tomorrow lunch. 114 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:07,660 Don't I have something? 115 00:08:09,340 --> 00:08:10,620 Yeah, I'm having lunch with Monica. 116 00:08:11,060 --> 00:08:12,060 That's social. 117 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:13,300 This is an emergency. 118 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:14,900 You can change it. 119 00:08:25,260 --> 00:08:26,440 Please, I'll be with you in a minute. 120 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:28,240 Excuse me. 121 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:29,960 How are you holding up? 122 00:08:30,260 --> 00:08:34,299 Fine. What can I do without the police department breathing down my back? The 123 00:08:34,299 --> 00:08:37,120 guy killed two cops. They have an interest here. I know. 124 00:08:37,419 --> 00:08:41,600 If you need any help or any backup, just tell me. No, Bruce, I'm doing okay. 125 00:08:42,780 --> 00:08:43,780 Nail him, Grace. 126 00:08:43,860 --> 00:08:45,900 We can't afford to lose this girl. 127 00:08:52,550 --> 00:08:58,330 I came running out as soon as I heard the shots, and I saw it. What exactly 128 00:08:58,330 --> 00:08:59,309 you see, ma 'am? 129 00:08:59,310 --> 00:09:06,290 Blood everywhere, and the... I couldn't even tell if they were 130 00:09:06,290 --> 00:09:07,590 men because of their faces. 131 00:09:08,610 --> 00:09:13,810 I just saw the uniforms, the blue uniforms covered with blood. 132 00:09:14,090 --> 00:09:16,150 What else did you see, Mrs. Chesper? 133 00:09:16,590 --> 00:09:18,270 I saw a man running away. 134 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,780 It was dark, but I could see he had a gun. He had it right in his hand. 135 00:09:22,980 --> 00:09:24,980 And do you see that person in the courtroom today? 136 00:09:27,220 --> 00:09:28,220 The defendant. 137 00:09:28,580 --> 00:09:29,580 Thank you, ma 'am. 138 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:31,640 Nothing further. 139 00:09:36,180 --> 00:09:39,980 This man you saw had his back to you the entire time, didn't he? I could see him 140 00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:41,460 from the side. From the side. 141 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:48,140 And when you singled out my client in the police lineup, you said... 142 00:09:50,220 --> 00:09:52,160 You couldn't be 100 % sure, right? 143 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:54,280 Not 100%, no. 144 00:09:54,480 --> 00:10:01,120 And the following day, ma 'am, you reported to the emergency room 145 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,320 headaches and numbness. 146 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:05,980 What did the doctor tell you, Mrs. Chesbrook? 147 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:12,180 He said I was suffering from a mild form of shock from seeing the two bodies. 148 00:10:13,460 --> 00:10:14,460 I see. 149 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:20,700 So when you thought you saw my client in the hallway that night, And when you 150 00:10:20,700 --> 00:10:25,140 picked him out later at the police station, you were suffering from shock, 151 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:26,279 weren't you? 152 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,380 Objection. This woman is not a doctor. 153 00:10:28,900 --> 00:10:32,240 Sustained. Under oath, Mrs. Chesbrough. 154 00:10:32,940 --> 00:10:33,940 Under oath. 155 00:10:34,460 --> 00:10:38,960 It's possible the man you saw in the hallway that night was not my client, 156 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:40,340 it? It looked like him. 157 00:10:40,860 --> 00:10:44,080 It looked like him. But it's possible it wasn't him, isn't it? 158 00:10:45,940 --> 00:10:47,520 Anything is possible. 159 00:10:47,740 --> 00:10:49,420 Thank you, Mrs. Chesbrough. 160 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:51,480 That's all. 161 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,920 A parent has the right to discipline a child. 162 00:10:57,560 --> 00:11:01,380 Civil Code, Section 203 states... There's no statutory authorization for 163 00:11:01,380 --> 00:11:02,740 smashing a little boy to the floor. 164 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:08,200 It was a parent spanking his kid. I must admit, Miss Kelsey, this seems like a 165 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:09,440 father chastising his son here. 166 00:11:09,700 --> 00:11:12,800 Your Honor, I don't mean to vitiate parental discretion, but the line was 167 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:17,440 crossed. We're talking about a 170 -pound man whacking a 90 -pound boy to 168 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:18,600 ground. Young man. 169 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:20,900 You really want to be suing your dad? 170 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,800 I'm willing to settle for an apology, Judge. 171 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:26,280 Cash alternative $20 ,000. 172 00:11:26,500 --> 00:11:27,500 This is ridiculous. 173 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:29,540 All right, hold on. Your Honor, if I may. 174 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:31,040 And you are? 175 00:11:31,260 --> 00:11:34,080 Scott Reynolds, also for the defendant. You have my appearance. 176 00:11:34,460 --> 00:11:35,860 Why does he need three lawyers? 177 00:11:36,220 --> 00:11:37,700 I'm corporate counsel, Your Honor. 178 00:11:37,940 --> 00:11:41,520 Inasmuch as the alleged assault took place at Mr. Richardson's place of work, 179 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:46,080 our little plaintiff had the ingenuity to sue my clients in his capacity as CEO 180 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:47,100 of Weyburn Technology. 181 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:48,800 as well as personally. 182 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:56,180 And I'm attorney Robert Clark, representing LifeNet Insurance Company. 183 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:59,980 would like to add my outrage to the abrogation of parental immunity in this 184 00:11:59,980 --> 00:12:01,320 matter. I'm so glad. 185 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:06,160 Your Honor, with all due respect to Ms. Kelsey's quixotic desire to litigate 186 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,720 frivolous claims, we are clearly... I object to that. I'm sorry, but perhaps 187 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:10,619 you'd read Goller v. 188 00:12:10,620 --> 00:12:14,840 White, the preeminent case on point here, you'd know that immunity exists 189 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:18,460 the alleged negligence involves the exercise of parental authority. 190 00:12:18,780 --> 00:12:19,780 Thank you. 191 00:12:20,170 --> 00:12:21,690 Perhaps if you'd reread Goller v. 192 00:12:21,910 --> 00:12:25,690 White, you'd see that it's a Wisconsin case decided over 25 years ago, which is 193 00:12:25,690 --> 00:12:26,890 not binding in this jurisdiction. 194 00:12:27,470 --> 00:12:30,730 You might also see that Goller does not give parents the right to be negligent, 195 00:12:30,730 --> 00:12:32,850 but instead says that they must act within reason. 196 00:12:33,870 --> 00:12:36,470 Whacking a 13 -year -old to the ground is not within reason. 197 00:12:36,890 --> 00:12:38,870 And it's not within the scope of Goller. 198 00:12:39,230 --> 00:12:43,150 And if you ask me, parading three lawyers in here to misquote cases is a 199 00:12:43,150 --> 00:12:46,010 a lot more frivolous than my client's cause of action. All right, that's... 200 00:12:46,010 --> 00:12:47,010 that's enough. 201 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:52,780 Mr. Nelson and group, the case here is colorable, and I can't dismiss it. 202 00:12:53,180 --> 00:12:56,440 What I am going to do, however, is order expedited depositions so that we can 203 00:12:56,440 --> 00:13:01,240 flush out the facts quickly and maybe settle this before too much harm is done 204 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:02,159 to the family. 205 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:03,580 All right? I'll see counsel in chambers. 206 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:09,040 That was wicked. 207 00:13:09,300 --> 00:13:10,300 Thanks. 208 00:13:10,780 --> 00:13:14,760 Hey, Dad, you going home now? No, I have to go back to work. Because of all 209 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:16,200 this, I'm running behind Matthew. 210 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,240 Could you please make him understand how embarrassing this is? 211 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:21,500 I've tried. 212 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:27,040 Come on, let's go. Is he coming home for dinner? I don't know, honey. Wasn't my 213 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:28,039 lawyer great, Mom? 214 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:29,440 You think Dad thought you were good? 215 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:41,820 I just talked to the doctor. He said he can't get tomorrow's appointment. 216 00:13:42,140 --> 00:13:44,500 Had to. I'm deposing Matthew's father at two. 217 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:49,960 In fact, it's got the hottest infertility specialist in the world. I 218 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,540 all kinds of strings just to get the appointment in the first place. Stuart, 219 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,720 I'll reschedule as soon as I dispose of this case. 220 00:13:55,700 --> 00:13:57,200 I thought you were going to settle this case. 221 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:02,180 I tried, but Mr. Richardson refuses to apologize and Matthew won't budge. Oh, 222 00:14:02,180 --> 00:14:03,180 Ann, come on. 223 00:14:03,540 --> 00:14:05,800 You know, Stuart, I kind of admire the little bugger. 224 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,220 I mean, here he is standing up for what he believes in against the most powerful 225 00:14:09,220 --> 00:14:10,900 man in the whole world, his own father. 226 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,180 Stupid. You said yourself the kid's just vying for attention. 227 00:14:14,650 --> 00:14:16,990 That doesn't change the fact that his cause of action is legitimate. 228 00:14:17,530 --> 00:14:20,330 And I don't think Matthew should be the one to cave just because Daddy can 229 00:14:20,330 --> 00:14:21,830 afford three lawyers instead of one. 230 00:14:22,050 --> 00:14:23,210 Oh, ho, oh, ho. 231 00:14:23,910 --> 00:14:24,990 Now we have it. 232 00:14:26,750 --> 00:14:30,190 You see yourself as Little Miss Underdog, three against one, and you're 233 00:14:30,190 --> 00:14:32,950 move them out. I see myself as a lawyer representing her club. Yeah, well, I see 234 00:14:32,950 --> 00:14:36,430 a hardball litigator losing the forest for the trees. Thank you. You may leave 235 00:14:36,430 --> 00:14:39,530 now. By the way, she conveniently schedules a deposition at the exact 236 00:14:39,530 --> 00:14:42,570 she's supposed to visit the doctor. That's right, Stuart. I orchestrated 237 00:14:42,570 --> 00:14:45,190 whole trial just to avoid a stupid fertility test. 238 00:14:45,610 --> 00:14:47,890 Ann, you don't want to find out what's wrong? 239 00:14:48,290 --> 00:14:49,850 You don't want to ever have a baby? That's fine. 240 00:14:50,110 --> 00:14:51,110 Fine. 241 00:14:51,130 --> 00:14:52,130 It's fine. 242 00:14:54,410 --> 00:14:59,310 I was arrested for suspected assault, and they put me in the cell right next 243 00:14:59,310 --> 00:15:02,690 his. And you said that you and the defendant knew each other? 244 00:15:02,930 --> 00:15:04,570 Off and on, about six years. 245 00:15:05,530 --> 00:15:09,270 Not best friends or nothing, but, yeah, we know each other. 246 00:15:09,490 --> 00:15:13,210 And did you and Mr. Torrey have a conversation that night pertaining to... 247 00:15:13,210 --> 00:15:15,650 Honor, I renew my objection to this testimony on the ground. Overruled for 248 00:15:15,650 --> 00:15:18,990 fourth time, and if you object once more to this, Mr. Cullen, I will cite you 249 00:15:18,990 --> 00:15:19,990 for contempt. 250 00:15:24,650 --> 00:15:29,030 Mr. Marchant, I want you to tell the court what Mr. Torrey told you that 251 00:15:29,030 --> 00:15:32,890 in the cell. He said he did two cops. That's a lie! Sit down, sir. He's lying! 252 00:15:32,990 --> 00:15:34,470 Sit down or I will have you removed. 253 00:15:38,590 --> 00:15:45,030 Continue, Mr. Marchant. He said he was in the apartment building waiting to 254 00:15:45,030 --> 00:15:51,670 some crack when these two cops come busting down the corridor and he was 255 00:15:51,670 --> 00:15:52,670 bragging. 256 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:54,780 About how he killed him. 257 00:15:55,140 --> 00:16:01,240 How was he bragging, sir? He was saying how cops' goals pop different than other 258 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:02,240 people's. 259 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,820 Said he shot one right in the eye. 260 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:09,000 And he could see the bull's brain splat out the back of his head. 261 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:12,720 He said both the heads just kind of exploded. 262 00:16:15,940 --> 00:16:16,940 Thank you, sir. 263 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:19,080 Nothing further. 264 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:24,620 You were arrested that night for aggravated assault, isn't that right? 265 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:27,160 Yeah. Pardon me? 266 00:16:27,380 --> 00:16:28,820 Yeah. Well, you made a deal. 267 00:16:29,750 --> 00:16:34,170 whereby they'd reduce the charges to simple assault if you'd testify against 268 00:16:34,170 --> 00:16:35,069 client, right? 269 00:16:35,070 --> 00:16:37,670 Everything I said is the truth. Everything you said is a blatant lie. 270 00:16:38,050 --> 00:16:40,490 Objection. You made up the whole story to spare yourself jail time. 271 00:16:41,070 --> 00:16:43,270 Objection. Overruled. He did the cops. 272 00:16:43,470 --> 00:16:47,490 You've been arrested and convicted on four separate occasions, haven't you? 273 00:16:47,490 --> 00:16:50,090 Honor. It goes to credibility of the witness, Judge. This man's a convicted 274 00:16:50,090 --> 00:16:51,350 felon. I'll allow it. 275 00:16:51,770 --> 00:16:54,990 Robbery, attempted rape, assault. 276 00:16:56,490 --> 00:16:57,490 Tell me. 277 00:16:58,090 --> 00:17:01,150 Why should the jury bother to believe a lying criminal like you? 278 00:17:01,530 --> 00:17:05,010 Objection! Sustained. Ten -minute recess, judge. Illness of counsel. 279 00:17:05,490 --> 00:17:07,170 This witness makes me sick. Hey! 280 00:17:07,390 --> 00:17:11,550 That will do, Mr. Cullen. The jury is instructed to disregard that last 281 00:17:21,589 --> 00:17:24,089 What's disturbing is she's blaming us. 282 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:28,700 She thinks we're discriminating against youth. Are you sure you're not? Oh, come 283 00:17:28,700 --> 00:17:29,699 on. 284 00:17:29,700 --> 00:17:31,720 Jonathan Rollins is younger than she is. 285 00:17:32,860 --> 00:17:35,840 Well, maybe you're just discriminating against younger women. 286 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:37,660 Why, you know that isn't so. 287 00:17:37,900 --> 00:17:41,180 Are you telling me you've never been free to vote to dismiss a woman simply 288 00:17:41,180 --> 00:17:43,340 because she was, say, 25 years old? 289 00:17:44,100 --> 00:17:48,000 You're talking about something completely different. I am talking about 290 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:52,240 who makes certain presumptions about women, about how he might interact with 291 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:54,590 women. solely on the basis of age. 292 00:17:55,190 --> 00:17:59,470 You're the beloved senior partner, Leland. It wouldn't be at all surprising 293 00:17:59,470 --> 00:18:01,730 few of your value judgments trickled down through the firm. 294 00:18:02,190 --> 00:18:04,630 Mackenzie Brackman is not sexist. 295 00:18:08,910 --> 00:18:10,890 How many women partners do you have? 296 00:18:12,070 --> 00:18:15,370 One. And in the firm's history, how many female partners? 297 00:18:18,850 --> 00:18:21,990 One, but... Do you have a maternity leave policy? 298 00:18:22,650 --> 00:18:26,630 No, because we never... Because the old boys probably never contemplated a 299 00:18:26,630 --> 00:18:27,630 partner giving birth. 300 00:18:28,330 --> 00:18:31,090 Because you never contemplated a partner having ovaries. 301 00:18:32,030 --> 00:18:34,130 Jennifer, you are wrong. 302 00:18:34,410 --> 00:18:36,030 Leland, I adore you. 303 00:18:36,290 --> 00:18:40,570 You know that. And for the most part, I think you're incredibly open -minded. 304 00:18:41,690 --> 00:18:45,970 But when I hear you talk about Abby, it's like you see her as a daughter or a 305 00:18:45,970 --> 00:18:46,929 niece. 306 00:18:46,930 --> 00:18:50,690 I never get the feeling you see her as another lawyer. 307 00:18:51,790 --> 00:18:55,710 And if she's as bright as you say she is, she has to sense that. 308 00:18:59,590 --> 00:19:06,330 And as soon as I started my own business, the big building contractor 309 00:19:06,330 --> 00:19:07,330 take the competition. 310 00:19:08,610 --> 00:19:09,610 Gesundheit. 311 00:19:09,990 --> 00:19:13,170 It's absolutely true what she says. I watched it happen. As she became less 312 00:19:13,170 --> 00:19:16,410 dependent on him, he became impossible to deal with. What impossible? 313 00:19:17,630 --> 00:19:20,690 You think I don't feel terrible about having to come stay with my brother and 314 00:19:20,690 --> 00:19:21,690 his new wife? 315 00:19:21,930 --> 00:19:24,090 My dog that's making him suffer like this. 316 00:19:24,290 --> 00:19:27,470 Has he locked you out of the house? He didn't have to. He just turned off all 317 00:19:27,470 --> 00:19:31,030 the utilities. Now, how can I conduct business from there? You see, the house 318 00:19:31,030 --> 00:19:34,210 community property, Arnie. And I think Madeline's biggest fear, Madeline, you 319 00:19:34,210 --> 00:19:37,610 correct me here if I'm wrong, but I think her central biggest fear is that 320 00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:40,410 sell it and bury the proceeds and she won't have any means to satisfy a 321 00:19:40,410 --> 00:19:42,250 judgment. Just like he's buried everything else. 322 00:19:42,750 --> 00:19:46,090 Oh, what? You think what he shows in his tax returns or his bank statements is 323 00:19:46,090 --> 00:19:49,670 everything? But you can get this real estate attachment, right? Or you can 324 00:19:49,670 --> 00:19:52,710 sure that she gets her chunk of the sale. Which would be really great, 325 00:19:52,710 --> 00:19:55,710 my business is at a critical point, and my share of the sale would really allow 326 00:19:55,710 --> 00:19:56,710 it to explode. 327 00:19:57,170 --> 00:20:00,690 Madeline is really quite an entrepreneur. Hey, I wanted her to join 328 00:20:00,870 --> 00:20:01,870 Oh, please. 329 00:20:01,950 --> 00:20:05,150 I love my brother, but direct mail bores me, the distraction. 330 00:20:05,750 --> 00:20:06,950 No, I've started my own business. 331 00:20:07,350 --> 00:20:08,550 It's called Isle Masters. 332 00:20:08,930 --> 00:20:10,750 You have a product? I get it into the supermarket. 333 00:20:11,450 --> 00:20:12,590 Did I tell you about the lamb chop analog? 334 00:20:12,870 --> 00:20:16,870 No. Now, a processor from Sunny Meats has lamb chops. He makes them from fun 335 00:20:16,870 --> 00:20:20,650 soybean fiber and wheat gluten. I placed them in six locations in the Simi 336 00:20:20,650 --> 00:20:22,650 Valley. Cannot keep them on the shelves. 337 00:20:22,970 --> 00:20:24,690 Cannot keep them on the shelves. 338 00:20:24,950 --> 00:20:28,630 She did the same thing with the septically packaged guava shakes in 339 00:20:28,650 --> 00:20:33,350 with chutney -flavored potato crisps in Fullerton. Oh, oh, tell them about the 340 00:20:33,350 --> 00:20:36,910 carbonated milk. Oh, I have an even better one. Arnie, I noticed you leave 341 00:20:36,910 --> 00:20:38,030 the dark meat on your chicken. 342 00:20:39,380 --> 00:20:42,960 Yeah, I was going to... A great many people do. Now, you can't make an all 343 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:43,960 -white -meat chicken. 344 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,720 But I have a client who has the next best thing. 345 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:52,460 He takes the dark meat, perforates it, okay? Then he runs it through a solution 346 00:20:52,460 --> 00:20:53,500 of hydrogen peroxide. 347 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:58,100 Then he shapes it into fillets, breasts, drumsticks, mini drumsticks, patties, 348 00:20:58,100 --> 00:21:00,800 giblets, what have you. This is the first I'm hearing about this. 349 00:21:01,340 --> 00:21:05,080 It's going to be huge, huge. But I need to build an organization, and that takes 350 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:08,400 money. Now, this is a client you can grow with, am I right? 351 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,740 This is what careers are made of. 352 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:15,700 Well, I was never in that building. 353 00:21:16,380 --> 00:21:22,800 Never. So, why did you start running when you saw the police? 354 00:21:24,100 --> 00:21:25,380 Well, I was carrying drugs. 355 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:28,100 I thought it was a bust. 356 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:30,880 I thought maybe somebody set me up. 357 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,480 Next thing I know, I'm being handcuffed and they're telling me I killed two 358 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:36,460 cops. Did you? No chance. 359 00:21:36,860 --> 00:21:41,340 Look, I ain't no great citizen or nothing, but no way I'd ever shoot a 360 00:21:41,660 --> 00:21:44,920 Because everybody knows you kill a cop, then they get you. 361 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:46,200 You heard Mr. 362 00:21:47,060 --> 00:21:49,520 Marchant tell this court... Yeah, well, he was lying. 363 00:21:49,860 --> 00:21:52,120 He asked me what I was in for, and I told him. 364 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:53,780 I never said I did it. 365 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,060 You're quite certain? Positive. 366 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:59,240 Even if I was crazy enough to kill a cop, I wouldn't be so dumb as to tell 367 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:03,860 somebody like him, who I hardly know. The man is lying. He knows it, I know 368 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:04,880 and God knows it. 369 00:22:04,990 --> 00:22:05,990 Thank you, sir. 370 00:22:06,070 --> 00:22:07,070 Your witness. 371 00:22:08,530 --> 00:22:12,550 You never told him anything about the killings? I didn't know nothing to tell. 372 00:22:13,230 --> 00:22:17,050 So when Mr. Marchant came out of the cell and told the police how one of the 373 00:22:17,050 --> 00:22:22,350 victims was shot in the eye, well, that must have been just an incredible guess. 374 00:22:22,650 --> 00:22:25,050 Well, maybe he heard it from some cops who brought him in. 375 00:22:25,370 --> 00:22:26,370 No, sir. 376 00:22:26,610 --> 00:22:31,610 The police themselves didn't know until the autopsy report came out 48 hours 377 00:22:31,610 --> 00:22:35,120 later. He could only have heard it from you. He was lying. 378 00:22:35,660 --> 00:22:38,740 Mr. Torrey, what happened to these drugs you were carrying? 379 00:22:39,220 --> 00:22:43,340 I talked to them. I heard the police coming. I started running and I chucked 380 00:22:43,340 --> 00:22:46,000 them. But the police searched the area and found nothing. 381 00:22:46,220 --> 00:22:47,660 Well, maybe they didn't search too good. 382 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,780 Two of their colleagues were murdered, Mr. Torrey. And you don't think they 383 00:22:51,780 --> 00:22:52,780 searched too good? 384 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,000 Objection. 385 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,360 Sustained. This was a double cop killing, Mr. Torrey. 386 00:22:57,900 --> 00:23:02,500 They combed the area for three days and found nothing. Because you didn't just 387 00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:07,020 casually toss those drugs away when you saw them. You very carefully disposed of 388 00:23:07,020 --> 00:23:08,360 them before the police arrived. 389 00:23:08,620 --> 00:23:11,220 Objection. Along with the gun and the gloves you were wearing. 390 00:23:11,460 --> 00:23:14,340 Objection. Overruled. Look, I never had any gun or gloves. 391 00:23:14,740 --> 00:23:19,460 Mr. Torrey, you said you started running when you heard the sirens and you saw 392 00:23:19,460 --> 00:23:21,020 the police coming at you, right? 393 00:23:21,260 --> 00:23:26,010 Yeah. But according to the officers in that unit, you were already running 394 00:23:26,010 --> 00:23:30,650 before they put on the sirens, before they shined the lights on you. Would 395 00:23:30,650 --> 00:23:32,030 be liars too, Mr. Torrey? 396 00:23:32,410 --> 00:23:34,050 Probably. Gee. 397 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:39,860 Between them and Mr. Marchant and Miss Chesbrough, you'd think with all those 398 00:23:39,860 --> 00:23:43,200 liars and all those lies, we'd be able to trip them up at least once. 399 00:23:43,700 --> 00:23:47,700 Isn't it funny? The only one we've been able to trip up is you, the one man 400 00:23:47,700 --> 00:23:51,300 telling the truth. Objection! Wouldn't it be hysterically funny if you turned 401 00:23:51,300 --> 00:23:55,060 out to be the liar? Objection! Ms. Van Owen. On the other hand, murderers lie 402 00:23:55,060 --> 00:23:56,060 all the time, don't they? 403 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:57,800 Objection! Nothing further. 404 00:24:22,030 --> 00:24:23,070 How did your interview go? 405 00:24:23,530 --> 00:24:24,530 Okay. 406 00:24:27,410 --> 00:24:32,490 It's been suggested to me that maybe we made some unfair presumptions about you, 407 00:24:32,530 --> 00:24:34,630 Abby. I know. I was the one who suggested it. 408 00:24:35,530 --> 00:24:39,910 Well, this came from someone else, actually. 409 00:24:41,210 --> 00:24:46,350 You know, when you first came to this firm, your personal life fell right down 410 00:24:46,350 --> 00:24:47,350 to our doorstep. 411 00:24:47,970 --> 00:24:50,550 The divorce and what Johnny represented you. 412 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:55,020 The kidnapping of your son, which became everybody's crisis. 413 00:24:56,540 --> 00:25:01,580 Between your personal tragedies and the fact that we've all invested in you so 414 00:25:01,580 --> 00:25:07,140 much personally, maybe we neglected to regard you enough professionally. 415 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:13,680 While that may have been your fault, I suspect that it's ours as well. 416 00:25:14,360 --> 00:25:19,100 I just want you to know that your review was just that, a review. 417 00:25:20,650 --> 00:25:22,390 We haven't made any final decisions. 418 00:25:24,130 --> 00:25:25,310 I'm afraid I have, Leland. 419 00:25:26,410 --> 00:25:27,410 I'm leaving. 420 00:25:30,690 --> 00:25:32,190 For sheer Heilbrunner? 421 00:25:33,630 --> 00:25:34,630 No. 422 00:25:36,010 --> 00:25:39,170 If I join another law firm, I'm not going to be improving my stock any. 423 00:25:39,690 --> 00:25:43,130 I won't get any guarantees. I'll just be working longer hours for partners that 424 00:25:43,130 --> 00:25:46,930 I care less about, who, in addition to wanting my blood, sweat, and tears, are 425 00:25:46,930 --> 00:25:48,050 also going to be wanting my urine. 426 00:25:48,830 --> 00:25:49,830 Sorry, I don't... 427 00:25:50,170 --> 00:25:51,089 Drug testing. 428 00:25:51,090 --> 00:25:53,210 Sheer Heilbronner actually wanted a urine sample. 429 00:25:57,690 --> 00:26:00,390 So, you're not going there. 430 00:26:02,970 --> 00:26:03,970 Then where? 431 00:26:05,450 --> 00:26:06,450 Solo. 432 00:26:06,970 --> 00:26:09,010 I'm going to hang on a single. Oh, you can't be serious. 433 00:26:09,910 --> 00:26:11,990 Life in a law firm doesn't really suit me, Leland. 434 00:26:12,690 --> 00:26:13,830 I'm going to open my own office. 435 00:26:14,270 --> 00:26:18,910 Abby. The odds against that, well, they're enormous. This is the only way 436 00:26:18,910 --> 00:26:21,550 will get a chance to be the kind of lawyer that I want to be. 437 00:26:21,930 --> 00:26:25,290 Or find out that I can't be. Yeah, but... I know. 438 00:26:26,070 --> 00:26:28,650 I know there are a thousand good reasons not to do it. 439 00:26:29,670 --> 00:26:30,670 I'm going to do it anyway. 440 00:26:31,430 --> 00:26:35,270 Well, as they say, it's a big world out there, Abby. 441 00:26:36,470 --> 00:26:37,710 I'm a big girl, Leland. 442 00:26:44,050 --> 00:26:46,850 Here's your bloody restraining order. Your sister -in -law's husband can't 443 00:26:46,850 --> 00:26:47,749 the house now. 444 00:26:47,750 --> 00:26:49,790 I hope you're happy. You didn't. 445 00:26:50,070 --> 00:26:53,010 Yeah, well, I had to sit in motion session for over an hour, missed a 446 00:26:53,010 --> 00:26:56,470 appointments, and probably lost a prospective client. And I stuck my 447 00:26:56,590 --> 00:26:59,090 He's coming out of the god -awful courthouse. Benny, could you get a shine 448 00:26:59,090 --> 00:27:01,690 those soon as possible? I really appreciate this. 449 00:27:02,010 --> 00:27:03,010 Oh, Arnie! 450 00:27:03,030 --> 00:27:04,030 Never mind. 451 00:27:04,270 --> 00:27:06,110 Rox, just bring me my briefcase. 452 00:27:06,590 --> 00:27:07,590 Ah! Sit! 453 00:27:08,630 --> 00:27:09,449 What the? 454 00:27:09,450 --> 00:27:12,670 Rox, would you get this off my... Rox! 455 00:27:13,130 --> 00:27:14,710 What is this thing doing in my office? 456 00:27:15,030 --> 00:27:18,570 David's allergy took a turn for the worse, so I had to get him out of the 457 00:27:18,910 --> 00:27:19,910 So I brought him here. 458 00:27:20,170 --> 00:27:21,210 Oh, so you brought him here. 459 00:27:21,410 --> 00:27:25,150 Can't you keep him, Arnie, just for a day or so? No, I can't. Get rid of him. 460 00:27:25,670 --> 00:27:28,170 It's an emergency or I wouldn't ask you. Roxanne. 461 00:27:28,530 --> 00:27:31,810 If I wasn't in a pinch, Arnie, I wouldn't ask. Can't you help me out? No. 462 00:27:32,130 --> 00:27:36,490 Arnie. Look, first you marry him, then it's his sister, now it's his sister -in 463 00:27:36,490 --> 00:27:39,870 -law's dog. What's going to be next, Roxanne? Oh, God. 464 00:27:40,650 --> 00:27:42,030 I just stepped in something. 465 00:27:42,570 --> 00:27:43,810 Brown. Bad dog, Oliver. 466 00:27:44,090 --> 00:27:45,090 Bad dog. 467 00:27:45,170 --> 00:27:46,170 Bad dog. 468 00:27:46,210 --> 00:27:47,790 My French Lyle socks. 469 00:27:51,250 --> 00:27:52,530 Shame. Shame. 470 00:27:52,790 --> 00:27:56,810 He kept showing up at my office, unannounced, when I told him not to, and 471 00:27:56,810 --> 00:27:59,350 time it was right before a hugely important meeting. 472 00:27:59,570 --> 00:28:02,090 It came in after the meeting. It was before, Matthew. 473 00:28:02,310 --> 00:28:03,310 Matthew, please. 474 00:28:04,070 --> 00:28:06,930 So what happened after you asked him to leave? We had words. 475 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:11,640 which escalated into his swearing at me. He swore at his own father. 476 00:28:11,860 --> 00:28:15,520 And so you slapped him. He was extremely disrespectful. I feel I was fully 477 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:17,260 justified in disciplining... What? 478 00:28:18,220 --> 00:28:20,780 If you have something to say, young man, just tell me. 479 00:28:20,980 --> 00:28:24,060 I beg your pardon, he does not have to tell you. And I'd appreciate it if for 480 00:28:24,060 --> 00:28:27,720 the rest of this deposition you do not speak directly to my client. He's my 481 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,660 Kevin, she's telling me not to talk to my son. That's exactly what I'm telling 482 00:28:31,660 --> 00:28:34,260 you, and if you don't cooperate, I'll suspend this proceeding and get a court 483 00:28:34,260 --> 00:28:37,520 order. What the hell is this? Miss Kelsey, that won't be necessary. She's 484 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,800 to get an injunction to stop me from having a conversation with my own kid. 485 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,040 It's not conversation. It's threats and intimidation. Have I ever threatened 486 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:48,160 you? You hit me. You kicked me in the shins last year. Did I sue you? You 487 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:49,240 shouldn't have knocked me down like that. 488 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:54,060 You deliberately came down to my office to upset and embarrass me. Hey! 489 00:28:56,180 --> 00:28:57,500 You people are unbelievable. 490 00:28:57,960 --> 00:28:58,959 Who the hell are you? 491 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:00,840 Stuart, please. My name is Stuart Markowitz. 492 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:05,040 I'm a lawyer in this law firm you happen to be disrupting. Fine. Now, if you'll 493 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:08,960 excuse us, this happens to be a private matter. No, excuse me. It's a public 494 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:12,520 matter. The problem may be domestic, but when you waltz it into a courtroom, it 495 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:13,520 becomes public, doesn't it? 496 00:29:13,780 --> 00:29:15,660 He's the one who brought it into the courtroom. 497 00:29:15,940 --> 00:29:19,300 And you're the one who hit him. Who is this guy? I told you who I am. 498 00:29:28,580 --> 00:29:30,680 Your son is 13 years old, Mr. Richardson. 499 00:29:31,180 --> 00:29:32,540 He's intelligent. He's articulate. 500 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,640 I don't think you need violence to express yourself with him. 501 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:39,620 And it seems to me when a father works 16 -hour days, including weekends, he's 502 00:29:39,620 --> 00:29:43,040 never home. It's not such a criminal act for his son to drop by his office now 503 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:44,280 and then for a visit with the old man. 504 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:46,960 And you might think about this. Come home every now and then. 505 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:48,760 Play a little catch in the backyard. 506 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:53,200 Then maybe he won't have to schedule a deposition just to spend a little time 507 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:54,200 with you. 508 00:29:55,780 --> 00:29:57,200 Look at the two of you. Look at you. 509 00:29:58,159 --> 00:30:00,840 You're sitting here like you think you're right, like you're proud of 510 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:01,840 yourselves. 511 00:30:02,260 --> 00:30:03,260 You should be ashamed. 512 00:30:06,660 --> 00:30:11,100 Fathers and sons... Fathers and sons hug each other. 513 00:30:12,300 --> 00:30:13,320 They don't sue one another. 514 00:30:20,740 --> 00:30:23,960 And any man who loved his wife and any son who loved his mother... 515 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,820 They could never put her through anything as painful and destructive as 516 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:33,840 Not in a million years. 517 00:30:37,740 --> 00:30:44,560 Miss Kelsey, if it's all right with your client, 518 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:49,020 I'd like to schedule a settlement conference, perhaps for tomorrow. 519 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,080 That would be fine. 520 00:31:00,970 --> 00:31:03,950 Mr. Van Allen, Peter Duble, attorney for your star witness, Jeffrey Marshall. 521 00:31:04,870 --> 00:31:08,370 Sorry to bother you. I know you're in the middle of a trial here, but I got a 522 00:31:08,370 --> 00:31:10,670 little problem with the deal my client cut with you folks. 523 00:31:11,270 --> 00:31:13,450 Seems I didn't want to ship him to Vacaville when he was promised minimum 524 00:31:13,450 --> 00:31:16,710 security. I wasn't the DA on his case, Mr. Duble. I understand. 525 00:31:17,070 --> 00:31:20,870 But you are the DA on the case he's delivered for, and he did his part at 526 00:31:20,870 --> 00:31:24,010 personal risk, I might add. And I'd be happy to vouch for his cooperation. 527 00:31:24,370 --> 00:31:25,890 Other than that, it's not up to me. 528 00:31:27,870 --> 00:31:32,210 I might remind you that when this case gets appealed, and death cases always 529 00:31:32,370 --> 00:31:35,690 you might need his testimony again. He might not be so inclined to help. 530 00:31:35,910 --> 00:31:37,590 Is that a threat, Mr. Dooble? 531 00:31:37,990 --> 00:31:41,310 No threat. I just don't see much fairness going on around here. When you 532 00:31:41,310 --> 00:31:44,330 him in there to milk that confession... What do you mean, when we sent him in? 533 00:31:44,410 --> 00:31:47,030 You know what I mean. Tori asked for his lawyer. You guys had to stop 534 00:31:47,030 --> 00:31:49,890 questioning him. So you sent my guy in there to squeeze the song, and you 535 00:31:49,890 --> 00:31:53,190 promised... Are you telling me that the police deliberately put your client in 536 00:31:53,190 --> 00:31:55,010 that cell so he could extract that confession? 537 00:31:56,090 --> 00:31:58,130 What? Rogoff didn't tell you? 538 00:32:02,510 --> 00:32:08,610 There was never a real reason to tell you. That's crap. 539 00:32:09,030 --> 00:32:12,970 You have me prosecuting a case with an illegal confession and there's no reason 540 00:32:12,970 --> 00:32:16,530 to tell me? You would have thrown Marchand's testimony out, Grace. Damn 541 00:32:16,530 --> 00:32:17,359 would have. 542 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:20,820 He went in there as a police agent, for God's sake. The whole thing is 543 00:32:20,820 --> 00:32:23,460 unconstitutional. And Torey should get a new trial. 544 00:32:23,660 --> 00:32:26,580 Yes. Which we'd never win without Marchant. Mrs. 545 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,300 Chesbro's I .D. is shaky at best. 546 00:32:29,500 --> 00:32:30,760 And the guy should be kicked, right? 547 00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:34,500 Look, I wasn't there. 548 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,720 If I'd have been there, I'd have stopped it. But look at the choice we've got. 549 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,840 We either go with this confession or we turn a cold -blooded murderer loose. 550 00:32:42,490 --> 00:32:46,430 This prosecution is completely illegal, and I won't have a part of it. Grace, 551 00:32:46,510 --> 00:32:48,730 for God's sakes. I'm dismissing the case. 552 00:32:48,950 --> 00:32:49,950 You listen to me. 553 00:32:50,550 --> 00:32:52,530 There isn't a shred of doubt that he did it. 554 00:32:52,790 --> 00:32:54,890 We've been after this bastard for six years. 555 00:32:55,110 --> 00:32:57,130 Ruth. He killed these two cops, Grace. 556 00:32:57,790 --> 00:33:00,490 He's been linked to half a dozen drug -related murders. 557 00:33:00,690 --> 00:33:03,290 It doesn't justify. Kidnapping. Rape as a juvenile. 558 00:33:03,550 --> 00:33:06,850 We missed a murder rap in 85 because of a warrantless search. 559 00:33:07,050 --> 00:33:10,190 It doesn't make a damn bit of difference. Not in your Ivy League 560 00:33:10,390 --> 00:33:11,390 maybe. 561 00:33:11,500 --> 00:33:14,160 But in the real world, it makes one hell of a difference. 562 00:33:14,740 --> 00:33:17,260 Kids die of overdoses because of Lyle Torrey. 563 00:33:17,700 --> 00:33:19,100 Cops' wives get widowed. 564 00:33:19,340 --> 00:33:23,580 He's a stone killer. I can't ditch my professional responsibility. I am a 565 00:33:23,580 --> 00:33:27,060 district attorney. So am I. You know damn well I've never done this before, 566 00:33:27,060 --> 00:33:28,120 I probably never will again. 567 00:33:28,740 --> 00:33:32,800 But this once, this once, I've decided to look the other way. 568 00:33:33,020 --> 00:33:34,580 And I'm telling you, I can't. 569 00:33:42,190 --> 00:33:48,350 If you dismiss the case, you take me down, you take the department down, 570 00:33:48,450 --> 00:33:54,970 and you put a cold -blooded murderer back on the street who will surely kill 571 00:33:54,970 --> 00:33:55,970 again. 572 00:34:01,930 --> 00:34:06,830 You're telling me to prosecute with an unconstitutional confession. You're 573 00:34:06,830 --> 00:34:08,429 telling me to break the law. 574 00:34:08,670 --> 00:34:10,070 I'm not telling you anything. 575 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,540 I'm just hoping to God you remember you're a public servant. 576 00:34:13,980 --> 00:34:16,699 And you do the thing that serves the public best here. 577 00:34:24,500 --> 00:34:25,540 No fingerprints. 578 00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:28,159 No reliable witnesses. 579 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,600 No residue indicating he'd ever fired a gun. 580 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:39,900 Nothing. Except the unsubstantiated say -so of a convicted felon. 581 00:34:40,219 --> 00:34:45,659 desperately trying to reduce his own jail time. The only verdict, the only 582 00:34:45,659 --> 00:34:50,260 verdict supported by the facts before you is not guilty. 583 00:34:51,460 --> 00:34:53,500 Lyle Torrey is innocent. 584 00:34:55,639 --> 00:34:56,639 Thank you. 585 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:08,680 Miss Van Owen. 586 00:35:14,890 --> 00:35:21,630 This is not an easy job, standing up here day after day, convincing people 587 00:35:21,630 --> 00:35:23,750 you to punish other people. 588 00:35:25,070 --> 00:35:31,090 And many times, the evidence or circumstances are such 589 00:35:31,090 --> 00:35:37,970 that it is hard for me to be totally 590 00:35:37,970 --> 00:35:39,690 unconflicted. 591 00:35:42,540 --> 00:35:45,120 This is not one of those times. 592 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:50,320 Lyle Torrey is a cold -blooded killer. 593 00:35:53,060 --> 00:35:56,020 No evidence, says his lawyer. 594 00:35:56,760 --> 00:36:01,900 Well, how about a witness who saw him running away from the bodies with a gun 595 00:36:01,900 --> 00:36:02,900 his hand? 596 00:36:03,020 --> 00:36:06,860 How about the policeman who spotted him running away from the area? 597 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:10,920 And yes, how about the testimony of Jeffrey Marchant? 598 00:36:11,290 --> 00:36:16,530 who heard the defendant admit to the killings and then gloat as to how 599 00:36:16,530 --> 00:36:18,070 policemen's skulls pop. 600 00:36:18,470 --> 00:36:21,670 Defense counsel says that Jeffrey Marchant is lying. 601 00:36:22,170 --> 00:36:23,890 But consider this. 602 00:36:24,930 --> 00:36:31,130 He had the facts, the accurate facts, when he came out of that holding cell. 603 00:36:31,130 --> 00:36:34,070 there is only one possible source for those details. 604 00:36:35,070 --> 00:36:38,790 It is the man sitting right over there. 605 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:43,260 It's the man who splattered the heads of officers Gregory Britz and Thomas 606 00:36:43,260 --> 00:36:47,040 Murray, who widowed these two women. 607 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:56,560 The man who was thick enough to commit murder and then stupid enough to brag 608 00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:57,560 about it. 609 00:36:58,180 --> 00:37:01,760 Lyle Torrey is a vicious and violent murderer. 610 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:05,420 Find him guilty. 611 00:37:12,490 --> 00:37:16,390 And at all times hereafter, defendant agrees to accommodate reasonable office 612 00:37:16,390 --> 00:37:17,890 visitations by plaintiff. 613 00:37:18,250 --> 00:37:21,850 Conditioned on three -hour express notice by plaintiff to defendant with 614 00:37:21,850 --> 00:37:22,870 to said visitation. 615 00:37:24,890 --> 00:37:25,890 Agreed. 616 00:37:26,530 --> 00:37:30,350 No profanity shall hereinafter be directed by the plaintiff towards the 617 00:37:30,350 --> 00:37:31,350 defendant. 618 00:37:32,790 --> 00:37:36,450 Agreed. No corporal punishment shall be issued by the defendant upon the 619 00:37:36,450 --> 00:37:37,450 plaintiff. 620 00:37:38,550 --> 00:37:41,350 Agreed. Well, I think that's about all of it. 621 00:37:41,850 --> 00:37:42,850 Not quite. 622 00:37:44,090 --> 00:37:48,810 When I come upstairs to kiss the plaintiff goodnight, no claiming by the 623 00:37:48,810 --> 00:37:53,170 plaintiff that said plaintiff is too old for that? Dad. Never mind dad. I want 624 00:37:53,170 --> 00:37:54,490 it written right into the settlement. 625 00:37:55,410 --> 00:37:57,290 No kissing me in front of other people. 626 00:37:57,790 --> 00:37:59,210 Ever. Except your mother. 627 00:38:01,070 --> 00:38:02,070 Agreed. 628 00:38:05,250 --> 00:38:09,110 Now let's go and get some lunch while the lawyers do all the paperwork. We'll 629 00:38:09,110 --> 00:38:10,350 back in about an hour, okay? 630 00:38:11,529 --> 00:38:15,250 Agreed. I was going to hold out for five Dodger games this summer, but my lawyer 631 00:38:15,250 --> 00:38:18,370 said no. Yeah, well, I had a clause requiring you to paint the garage. 632 00:38:18,690 --> 00:38:19,950 Get out. No kidding. 633 00:38:20,150 --> 00:38:21,630 The length of this grass is... 634 00:38:21,630 --> 00:38:33,970 He's 635 00:38:33,970 --> 00:38:34,970 bulldozing the house. 636 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:40,100 What? Freddy, he is furious about the restraining order. He's out there 637 00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:42,100 the house down with a bulldozer. You've got to get out there. 638 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,520 I can't. I'm in the middle of... He's going to level the house. 639 00:38:45,820 --> 00:38:48,400 Damn it, Roxanne. You've got to get out there right now. Come on. 640 00:38:48,740 --> 00:38:49,740 This is unbelievable. 641 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:54,460 All right, call the police and have them meet me there. 642 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:56,580 You're coming with me, you stupid mutt. 643 00:38:57,220 --> 00:38:58,400 I'm going to leave you there. Come on, down. 644 00:38:59,660 --> 00:39:01,240 Hurry! I'm hurrying! 645 00:39:22,030 --> 00:39:23,030 Why aren't you stopping him? 646 00:39:23,610 --> 00:39:24,610 He's got a permit. 647 00:39:24,710 --> 00:39:25,629 It's all legit. 648 00:39:25,630 --> 00:39:28,570 Look, I've got a court order on this house. He can't do this. You've got to 649 00:39:28,570 --> 00:39:29,570 him. 650 00:39:36,130 --> 00:39:40,030 No, no, this just says he can't sue it. It doesn't say anything about bulldozing 651 00:39:40,030 --> 00:39:41,030 him. It's a catastrophe! 652 00:39:41,450 --> 00:39:45,210 Arnie, you can't let him. Arnie! Shut up! Shut up, David! 653 00:39:47,300 --> 00:39:51,080 This enjoins him from encumbering the property. This demolition clearly 654 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,300 circumvents the underlying spirit of this order. 655 00:39:53,540 --> 00:39:57,060 Look, pal, I can sympathize, but I don't know anything about circumventing 656 00:39:57,060 --> 00:40:00,380 spirits here, all right? It means that if he... Listen, what I do know is he's 657 00:40:00,380 --> 00:40:03,340 got a legitimate construction demolition permit and... 658 00:40:03,340 --> 00:40:09,880 Ready for the kitchen with my new granite 659 00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:10,880 countertop! 660 00:40:11,240 --> 00:40:12,240 Barney! 661 00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:18,240 Bulldozer is unregistered. It's what? 662 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:20,460 Do you see a flatbed around here? 663 00:40:20,740 --> 00:40:23,220 Well, he must have driven it on the street. It's not registered. 664 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:29,280 Keep them here. 665 00:40:32,300 --> 00:40:33,540 Hey! Hey! 666 00:40:34,340 --> 00:40:35,880 You drive this thing out of street! 667 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:39,280 So what? I got a permit! 668 00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:41,680 Not to operate on a public way, you know! 669 00:40:41,900 --> 00:40:43,120 Well, just get out of the way! 670 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:44,360 Stop the vehicle! 671 00:40:47,610 --> 00:40:49,510 Stop the vehicle now. 672 00:40:49,970 --> 00:40:54,070 Now listen, we're going to stop all this until we find out if your permit 673 00:40:54,070 --> 00:40:58,470 supersedes his court order or vice versa. No, no more legal crap. That 674 00:40:58,470 --> 00:40:59,288 coming down. 675 00:40:59,290 --> 00:41:03,670 Back it up or you're going to jail. Simple as that. Now back it up. You damn 676 00:41:03,670 --> 00:41:06,190 lawyers. I am so sick of you lawyers. 677 00:41:06,490 --> 00:41:07,910 Hey, it's over. 678 00:41:08,390 --> 00:41:09,550 Now back it up. 679 00:41:15,240 --> 00:41:16,840 I'm just about to level the sunroom. 680 00:41:19,460 --> 00:41:23,820 Listen, if I were you, I'd get the court to clarify this order of yours. Because 681 00:41:23,820 --> 00:41:26,260 I don't see nothing to keep this guy from plowing a joint. 682 00:41:45,550 --> 00:41:51,430 In the matter of people versus Lyle Torrey, criminal complaint number 3373, 683 00:41:51,430 --> 00:41:55,570 find the defendant, Lyle Torrey, guilty of murder in the first degree. 684 00:41:55,790 --> 00:42:00,170 On the question of special circumstances, Ms. Foreman, how does the 685 00:42:00,510 --> 00:42:02,730 We find special circumstances to exist. 686 00:42:03,110 --> 00:42:06,450 Ms. Van Owen, any modification to your sentencing request? 687 00:42:07,490 --> 00:42:11,890 No, Your Honor. Very well. Members of the jury, you will reconvene tomorrow at 688 00:42:11,890 --> 00:42:13,390 10 a .m. for the penalty phase. 689 00:42:14,090 --> 00:42:17,730 where you will decide between life imprisonment and the district attorney's 690 00:42:17,730 --> 00:42:20,770 request that the defendant be sentenced to death. 691 00:42:21,450 --> 00:42:22,450 That's all. 692 00:42:22,710 --> 00:42:23,710 We're adjourned. 693 00:42:27,090 --> 00:42:28,090 Mr. 694 00:42:31,110 --> 00:42:32,490 Rogoff! Mr. Rogoff! 695 00:42:34,050 --> 00:42:35,610 What's your reaction to the verdict? 696 00:42:35,890 --> 00:42:37,670 A guilty man was convicted. 697 00:42:38,230 --> 00:42:44,670 It's rewarding to see that the system works and justice was served. Would you 698 00:42:44,670 --> 00:42:46,150 like to make a statement at this time? 699 00:42:46,370 --> 00:42:48,130 We are very happy with the jury's verdict. 700 00:42:48,450 --> 00:42:51,670 Wait, did you think that... I'm sure that Mr. Rogoff can handle all of your 701 00:42:51,670 --> 00:42:52,930 questions, if you'll excuse me. 702 00:42:53,870 --> 00:42:57,110 You know, 703 00:42:57,890 --> 00:43:00,010 you really ought to try to contain yourself, Gracie. 704 00:43:00,230 --> 00:43:01,450 It's just one case. 705 00:43:01,730 --> 00:43:02,910 You expect me to break into verse? 706 00:43:03,170 --> 00:43:05,410 It's a huge case. You should be thrilled to have won it. 707 00:43:05,710 --> 00:43:07,850 I am. I'm thrilled. Hey, Counsel. 708 00:43:09,410 --> 00:43:10,410 What's wrong? 709 00:43:11,570 --> 00:43:14,210 Nothing. I'm just really tired. 710 00:43:15,050 --> 00:43:16,090 You sure that's all? 711 00:43:16,390 --> 00:43:17,390 Yeah. 712 00:43:17,690 --> 00:43:18,690 That's all. 713 00:43:38,860 --> 00:43:39,860 A little bit. 714 00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:47,920 You want to talk about it? 715 00:43:48,340 --> 00:43:51,120 I just keep thinking about what you did in that conference room. 716 00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:55,140 And what I did. 717 00:43:58,400 --> 00:43:59,400 And? 718 00:43:59,580 --> 00:44:01,660 You're going to be such a wonderful father, Stuart. 719 00:44:05,780 --> 00:44:07,560 And I'm going to be such a crummy mother. 720 00:44:15,370 --> 00:44:17,710 You know what they say, hmm? 721 00:44:19,770 --> 00:44:22,330 It's okay to have a crummy mother if you have a really wonderful father. 722 00:44:27,370 --> 00:44:30,870 I just keep thinking maybe I'm not meant to be pregnant. 723 00:44:32,850 --> 00:44:36,350 You know, maybe I'm not meant to be a parent. Come on, honey. That's silly. 724 00:44:36,690 --> 00:44:37,690 I'm not so sure. 725 00:44:39,870 --> 00:44:41,470 There's a reason for everything, you know. 726 00:44:55,730 --> 00:44:57,590 You're going to be a mom and I'm going to be a dad. 727 00:45:00,770 --> 00:45:02,030 And we're going to have a kid. 728 00:45:06,090 --> 00:45:07,290 And it's going to grow up. 729 00:45:10,210 --> 00:45:11,250 It's going to love you. 730 00:45:13,610 --> 00:45:15,030 As much as I do right now. 731 00:45:19,150 --> 00:45:20,510 All we got to do is keep trying. 732 00:45:29,990 --> 00:45:32,970 It's just all the hours that I've wasted on this thing. 733 00:45:33,850 --> 00:45:37,890 I have to work late tonight, Monica. 734 00:45:41,850 --> 00:45:43,650 Well, I'm sorry that you feel that way. 735 00:45:46,490 --> 00:45:49,030 Yeah, yeah, you have a nice week, too. 736 00:46:07,759 --> 00:46:11,540 Barney? What are you doing here at this hour, and what could you possibly want 737 00:46:11,540 --> 00:46:12,540 now? 738 00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:15,840 I have a little surprise for you. 739 00:46:22,460 --> 00:46:23,620 Oliver, you're alive! 740 00:46:24,140 --> 00:46:25,140 Oh, careful. 741 00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:28,820 The police found him. I just thought you might like to know. 742 00:46:29,620 --> 00:46:31,140 We're gonna keep him in the garage. 743 00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:32,480 Come on, boy. 744 00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:33,760 What the hell? 745 00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:35,320 I can keep him for another day. 746 00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:36,800 Are you sure? 747 00:46:36,980 --> 00:46:40,380 Yeah. I can use them to scare away a few noisy cats. 748 00:46:41,220 --> 00:46:42,220 Good night, Ernie. 749 00:46:43,860 --> 00:46:45,080 Thanks again for everything. 750 00:46:46,220 --> 00:46:47,220 Okay. 751 00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:52,040 Yes, if you ever run away again, I thought you were dead. Come here. 752 00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:53,360 Come here. 753 00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:56,840 Yeah, you are so ugly. 754 00:46:57,660 --> 00:46:59,060 Yeah, good boy. 755 00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:02,120 I missed you. 756 00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:11,920 rocks.