1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:01,980 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:04,540 --> 00:00:06,260 I'm going to kill you! 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:09,640 Playing games! 4 00:00:10,100 --> 00:00:12,060 You don't say no to me! 5 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:19,860 He kept coming, and so I shot him. 6 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:21,860 I shot a guy once. 7 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:23,500 I had the whole thing. 8 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:28,200 Flashbacks, night sweats, the denial. 9 00:00:29,550 --> 00:00:33,030 When it gets hard to handle, give me a call, okay? 10 00:00:34,050 --> 00:00:37,750 Okay. I want to have a baby, Ann. What about you? I'll be damned if I'm going 11 00:00:37,750 --> 00:00:40,490 let you railroad me into caving in on something so important, Stuart. 12 00:00:41,010 --> 00:00:42,610 It takes two. 13 00:00:42,930 --> 00:00:46,350 You keep forgetting that, Stuart. You could have world -class Olympic sperm. 14 00:00:46,350 --> 00:00:47,350 still takes two. 15 00:00:48,190 --> 00:00:49,710 Aren't you Douglas Brackley? 16 00:00:49,970 --> 00:00:51,630 I'm sorry. Do I know you? 17 00:00:51,950 --> 00:00:53,430 We have a lot of friends in common. 18 00:00:53,770 --> 00:00:54,770 Like who? 19 00:00:54,890 --> 00:00:55,890 Your wife. 20 00:00:56,510 --> 00:00:58,070 Oh. Summons and complaints. 21 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,560 All right, we have a lot of ground to cover, so why don't we get started? 22 00:01:08,780 --> 00:01:09,820 Fire away, Ernie. 23 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:12,460 We're already in agreement on the children. 24 00:01:14,380 --> 00:01:18,880 The house goes to Sheila. Douglas provides $2 ,500 a month in maintenance 25 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:20,300 continues to pay the utilities. 26 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,120 Place in Santa Barbara gets sold and proceeds split. 27 00:01:23,420 --> 00:01:25,980 Unless you want to hold on to it. No, no. 28 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:30,340 Douglas establishes a trust fund for the kids' education to be administered by 29 00:01:30,340 --> 00:01:31,340 Sheila. 30 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,860 Sheila's interest in Mackenzie Brackman to be bought out for $200 ,000, payable 31 00:01:35,860 --> 00:01:36,860 upon execution. 32 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,340 Sounds good so far. 33 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:40,220 Sheila? It's fine. 34 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:44,920 Sheila takes the Jaguar, Douglas takes the Mercedes, and maintains the 35 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:45,920 on both. 36 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:50,280 The stamp collection inherited from Douglas's father and augmented with 37 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,620 community assets will be retained by Douglas. 38 00:01:52,860 --> 00:01:55,240 Only because it's a link to my father. 39 00:01:55,500 --> 00:01:56,680 It's fine, really. 40 00:01:57,020 --> 00:01:58,560 Well, that's substantially it. 41 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,420 I've prepared a schedule of everything so you can verify the figures. 42 00:02:04,140 --> 00:02:05,140 Great. 43 00:02:06,660 --> 00:02:11,680 Well, I must say I never expected such an amicable get -together. Arnie? Stan? 44 00:02:11,780 --> 00:02:15,100 There's one more thing. Your place in the Brockman family plot. 45 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:16,360 What about it? 46 00:02:16,740 --> 00:02:18,040 I'm keeping it for you. 47 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:25,920 I want the ages to find us together. 48 00:02:26,300 --> 00:02:27,440 That's a beautiful gesture. 49 00:02:28,489 --> 00:02:30,890 Actually, Douglas, I'd just as soon make my own arrangement. 50 00:02:31,230 --> 00:02:33,530 Anyway, it's there if you want it. Just a second, Arnie. 51 00:02:35,210 --> 00:02:40,470 Sheila, we have a prime location at Encino Knolls overlooking the golf 52 00:02:40,770 --> 00:02:43,210 Our sons will join us when their time comes. 53 00:02:43,450 --> 00:02:48,050 If you remarry, your future husband can even be interred there. I have an option 54 00:02:48,050 --> 00:02:49,270 on the entire hillside. 55 00:02:49,670 --> 00:02:51,190 Sublet it. You'll make out great. 56 00:02:51,450 --> 00:02:55,310 In any event, it's only a minor detail. We can always work it out in the papers. 57 00:02:55,750 --> 00:02:56,750 Just a minute. 58 00:02:57,420 --> 00:03:01,480 I want us laid to rest as a family. But we're not a family. We have kids. 59 00:03:02,180 --> 00:03:04,780 Married or not, you're their mother, I'm their father. 60 00:03:05,060 --> 00:03:09,580 Can our only real permanent address finally acknowledge that? If I thought I 61 00:03:09,580 --> 00:03:12,720 going to be buried with you, that alone would give me the will to go on living 62 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:13,720 forever. 63 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:12,860 Victor. He's offering. 64 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:14,600 Lakers game, Thursday night. What do you say? 65 00:05:14,820 --> 00:05:15,699 Great news. 66 00:05:15,700 --> 00:05:16,700 All right. 67 00:05:17,980 --> 00:05:20,500 What's the word on Abby, Michael? She's cleared. Good. 68 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:24,200 The DA is satisfied that she shot him in self -defense and that the gun was 69 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,760 legal. Any other referrals to send her way, Douglas? 70 00:05:27,940 --> 00:05:28,940 Should we get started? 71 00:05:29,540 --> 00:05:33,400 First of all, since there seems to be some perverse pleasure in ignoring my 72 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:37,960 repeated request to cut back on the flagrant waste of paper goods around 73 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:39,940 I've taken some unilateral action. 74 00:05:40,580 --> 00:05:45,220 Beginning tomorrow, reusable cloth towel dispensers will be installed in both 75 00:05:45,220 --> 00:05:47,000 laboratories. Duly noted. 76 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:49,900 And how goes the Amanda Shaw libel case? 77 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,440 Trial starts a week from today. I have better than six full cartons of 78 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:55,940 depositions to go through by then. 79 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:58,020 Are you at all available, Victor? 80 00:05:58,300 --> 00:06:00,700 I have a court appearance tomorrow, but I can give you some time after that. 81 00:06:01,610 --> 00:06:02,610 Israel et al. 82 00:06:02,710 --> 00:06:04,070 versus Lawler Millicron? 83 00:06:04,290 --> 00:06:07,470 Yeah, it's me. It's a shareholder derivative suit, and Lawler's house 84 00:06:07,470 --> 00:06:10,770 brought us in to help beat it back. And I'm going to need some help chasing down 85 00:06:10,770 --> 00:06:11,810 the bona fides of the plaintiffs. 86 00:06:12,030 --> 00:06:15,550 I'm preparing the Castellano case for trial, but sure, I'll squeeze it in. 87 00:06:15,790 --> 00:06:16,830 I'd really appreciate it. 88 00:06:17,390 --> 00:06:20,130 We need to get some new associates in here. No kidding. 89 00:06:20,830 --> 00:06:23,890 Who do you think placed ads in the paper and spent the last week and a half 90 00:06:23,890 --> 00:06:24,890 interviewing people? 91 00:06:25,050 --> 00:06:28,310 Anyone even close? No, a singularly unimpressive lot so far. 92 00:06:28,530 --> 00:06:30,470 Well, we keep looking. That's all we can do. 93 00:06:30,780 --> 00:06:33,620 You know, for what it's worth, the guy I'm up against in the Takowski case 94 00:06:33,620 --> 00:06:36,680 be great. Who is it? Richard Mathers, the sole practitioner. 95 00:06:36,900 --> 00:06:37,900 He's really great on his feet. 96 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,440 I went up against him in the Salamander case. He is good. 97 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:42,320 What's his background? 98 00:06:42,460 --> 00:06:43,700 University of Pennsylvania, 83. 99 00:06:44,260 --> 00:06:45,660 Does a lot of commercial litigation. 100 00:06:46,140 --> 00:06:47,680 I dated a girl who was in that class. 101 00:06:47,940 --> 00:06:48,940 Why don't you check him out? 102 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:50,380 How goes the case, Michael? 103 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,500 Well, I offered to throw in the policy one last time, and they turned it down. 104 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:54,960 You should have upped the offer. 105 00:06:55,260 --> 00:06:56,260 No, I disagree. 106 00:06:56,780 --> 00:06:58,540 Gil Takowski sold this guy a car. 107 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:00,020 This guy gets in an accident. 108 00:07:00,430 --> 00:07:01,430 Where's the liability? 109 00:07:01,470 --> 00:07:02,630 It was a souped -up car. 110 00:07:02,870 --> 00:07:05,910 The plaintiff was incompetent to drive it. That doesn't mean our guy's on the 111 00:07:05,910 --> 00:07:08,670 hook. He's the one that souped it up. Well, there's nothing negligent about 112 00:07:08,670 --> 00:07:11,330 selling a guy a GTO Tri -Power if that's what he wants to buy. 113 00:07:11,710 --> 00:07:13,330 Personally, I fail to see the appeal. 114 00:07:14,510 --> 00:07:15,510 Really? 115 00:07:15,630 --> 00:07:16,609 Not me. 116 00:07:16,610 --> 00:07:21,670 I had a 64 Impala, lifted front and back, candy paint, and a set of gold 117 00:07:21,670 --> 00:07:23,970 Dayton's with 520 Sportaways all around. 118 00:07:28,910 --> 00:07:31,450 To think I fitted that all in for a briefcase in a Japanese sedan. 119 00:07:33,510 --> 00:07:40,330 Well, when I was a child, I spake as a child. I understood as a child. I 120 00:07:40,330 --> 00:07:41,330 as a child. 121 00:07:41,370 --> 00:07:44,950 But when I became a man, I put away childish things. 122 00:07:45,370 --> 00:07:51,210 For now, we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face. 123 00:07:52,370 --> 00:07:53,370 Ain't that the truth? 124 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,060 Lieutenant Ringstrom's here to see you. Thank you. 125 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:08,400 Miss Perkins? 126 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:09,520 Hi. Hi. 127 00:08:10,340 --> 00:08:11,340 How are you holding up? 128 00:08:12,220 --> 00:08:13,220 Fine. 129 00:08:13,740 --> 00:08:14,740 Glad to hear it. 130 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,580 Oh, uh... I'm returning your gun. 131 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:23,320 Um... Could you put it back? 132 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,000 Please. 133 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,460 Sure. I thought you might have wanted it back. 134 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:31,680 Not yet. 135 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:37,140 Um... I can't. I'm sorry. I should have contacted you before I brought it over. 136 00:08:39,179 --> 00:08:43,039 Couldn't even look at it. Abby, someone tried to kill you. You didn't let them. 137 00:08:43,179 --> 00:08:44,960 So how come I keep crying for no reason? 138 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,560 How come all I can think about is what those little bullets did? His whole body 139 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:50,860 jerked every time he was hit. 140 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:55,060 I must play it back in my head in slow motion a hundred times a day. 141 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,380 Why don't you think about taking some time off? 142 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:02,320 Because I only have a handful of cases as it is. 143 00:09:02,830 --> 00:09:04,350 And I can't afford to let any of them go. 144 00:09:07,230 --> 00:09:08,810 Can't you put them on hold for a little while? 145 00:09:09,030 --> 00:09:10,370 How can I put them on hold? 146 00:09:10,870 --> 00:09:14,090 I have two trials starting this month. I have a client who's fighting an 147 00:09:14,090 --> 00:09:17,390 eviction. I said I'd write a habeas corpus writ for some guy who's in 148 00:09:17,750 --> 00:09:20,270 And I don't even have any idea where my next month's rent is coming from. 149 00:09:20,810 --> 00:09:24,450 Plus, I have to interview some biker in Fontana who I need as a witness, but 150 00:09:24,450 --> 00:09:26,790 I've been putting that off mostly because I am scared to death. 151 00:09:30,940 --> 00:09:32,500 Would it help if I went along? 152 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,820 I can't ask you to do that. Why not? 153 00:09:35,060 --> 00:09:38,280 I moonlight for attorneys all the time. My fees are reasonable. 154 00:09:38,860 --> 00:09:41,600 And if you need to, you can always run a tab. 155 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:44,620 The thing is, I have to do it tomorrow. 156 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:47,160 I'll pick you up. 157 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:56,460 Here we are. Oh, boy, a door prize. 158 00:09:57,100 --> 00:09:57,739 See that? 159 00:09:57,740 --> 00:10:00,280 Whoever said that going to the gynecologist wasn't fun. 160 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:03,620 Okay. What do I do? 161 00:10:04,020 --> 00:10:07,740 Your basal temperature chart shows your regular monthly ovulation. 162 00:10:08,100 --> 00:10:11,880 The kit uses a urine sample to pinpoint exactly when. 163 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:15,580 Given, Stuart, sperm count, the odds are against you. 164 00:10:15,940 --> 00:10:18,420 But at least you'll be able to maximize your chances. 165 00:10:19,060 --> 00:10:22,980 Doesn't sound very romantic, does it? Wanting babies is what is romantic. 166 00:10:23,420 --> 00:10:25,200 The steps you take don't have to be. 167 00:10:25,670 --> 00:10:26,730 I'll try to remember that. 168 00:10:27,430 --> 00:10:28,550 How are you two managing? 169 00:10:30,650 --> 00:10:31,690 Oh, we've been better. 170 00:10:32,190 --> 00:10:33,370 It's not an easy thing. 171 00:10:34,070 --> 00:10:36,630 Stuart always thought it would just be a matter of making up his mind. 172 00:10:37,250 --> 00:10:39,450 He has a hard time accepting the fact that it's not. 173 00:10:39,790 --> 00:10:40,790 What about you? 174 00:10:41,970 --> 00:10:42,970 Oh, I don't know, Karen. 175 00:10:44,510 --> 00:10:48,950 The thought of never really being pregnant, feeling the baby kicking, you 176 00:10:48,970 --> 00:10:49,970 the whole thing. 177 00:10:50,410 --> 00:10:51,570 That makes me pretty sad. 178 00:10:52,530 --> 00:10:53,530 Ann, listen. 179 00:10:53,900 --> 00:10:57,200 I know how much this means to you, and you're doing everything you can. 180 00:10:58,300 --> 00:10:59,300 Don't give up. 181 00:10:59,340 --> 00:11:00,340 I won't. 182 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:01,360 Thanks. 183 00:11:05,220 --> 00:11:07,800 You're saying, then, that your husband was a terrible driver. 184 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,360 It was a standing joke among everyone who knew him. 185 00:11:11,060 --> 00:11:15,180 We were just glad that he drove slowly. After he bought the hot rod in question, 186 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,460 did you ever ride with him in it? Object to the term hot rod. 187 00:11:18,860 --> 00:11:19,860 Sustained. 188 00:11:20,150 --> 00:11:27,110 After he bought the modified 1964 Pontiac GTO in question, did 189 00:11:27,110 --> 00:11:28,970 you ever ride with him in it? Only once. 190 00:11:29,340 --> 00:11:31,180 I refused to after that. I was terrified. 191 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:35,880 It skidded all over the place. It lurched when he started it up. 192 00:11:36,180 --> 00:11:40,060 It was obvious that he didn't know how to control it. Asked that the witness's 193 00:11:40,060 --> 00:11:43,380 response be stricken in its entirety, Your Honor, to the extent that she is 194 00:11:43,380 --> 00:11:47,540 testifying as to the specific driving capabilities of her husband or the 195 00:11:47,540 --> 00:11:51,480 behavior of an automobile, she is wholly unqualified. 196 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:53,800 She's testifying to what she saw. 197 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,500 While she was, in her own words... 198 00:11:57,469 --> 00:12:00,630 I'll allow the answer, but I'd like you to move on, Mr. Mathers. 199 00:12:04,470 --> 00:12:09,410 Could you tell us what special care your husband requires, Miss Tolan? 200 00:12:09,650 --> 00:12:12,930 Objection. She's not qualified as a doctor, either. She doesn't have to be a 201 00:12:12,930 --> 00:12:14,470 doctor. She lives with him. 202 00:12:14,850 --> 00:12:16,110 Overruled. Gentlemen, please. 203 00:12:16,470 --> 00:12:21,510 Barry has to have someone with him at all times. I work during the day now, so 204 00:12:21,510 --> 00:12:23,290 we have a nurse five days a week. 205 00:12:24,490 --> 00:12:25,490 He... 206 00:12:27,530 --> 00:12:34,170 He needs physical therapy, anti -seizure medication, and monthly examinations. 207 00:12:36,830 --> 00:12:37,850 Look at him. 208 00:12:38,950 --> 00:12:40,750 This bright, bright man. 209 00:12:40,990 --> 00:12:43,030 College professor before he was 30. 210 00:12:43,350 --> 00:12:46,010 This terrific talker who doesn't talk anymore. 211 00:12:46,650 --> 00:12:53,390 Knowing the way he used to be and seeing him now, I'm only sorry that he 212 00:12:53,390 --> 00:12:55,030 knows the difference. 213 00:12:55,290 --> 00:12:56,650 I have no further questions. 214 00:13:04,620 --> 00:13:05,940 Would you like to take a few minutes? 215 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:11,460 No. I'm... I'm fine. 216 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:16,540 Miss Toland, did your husband characterize himself as a terrible 217 00:13:17,220 --> 00:13:18,220 No. 218 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:19,900 What man does. 219 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:22,320 None that I know of. 220 00:13:22,780 --> 00:13:28,380 In fact, didn't your husband, like most men, think of himself as a simply 221 00:13:28,380 --> 00:13:29,680 sensational driver? 222 00:13:30,180 --> 00:13:33,100 Objection. The witness is in no position to know what her husband thought. 223 00:13:33,340 --> 00:13:38,080 Sustained. Miss Toland, did you ever tell your husband that you were against 224 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:39,120 buying this GTO? 225 00:13:39,560 --> 00:13:41,420 Yes, I did. Of course. 226 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:46,460 He said that it was the quintessential muscle car and that he could handle it. 227 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:48,620 But he was just bragging, though. No. 228 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,720 It was more like he was trying to convince himself. 229 00:13:52,900 --> 00:13:57,720 Do you suppose that he was just bragging to Gil Tocasti when he went to buy the 230 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:02,780 car? My husband had a natural curiosity about a great many things. 231 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:07,760 He was the scholarly man, not this bragger that you're making him out to 232 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:09,140 I've offended you, I apologize. 233 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:16,660 Let me suggest that it was his very scholarliness which permitted him to 234 00:14:16,660 --> 00:14:22,780 assimilate massive amounts of arcane detail, which he would then spew forth 235 00:14:22,780 --> 00:14:25,920 an attempt to impress whomever he was talking to. Objection. 236 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:28,180 Countel's making of speech. 237 00:14:28,660 --> 00:14:30,000 Let me suggest... 238 00:14:30,730 --> 00:14:34,850 that he set out to convince the defendant not only that he was capable 239 00:14:34,850 --> 00:14:38,390 driving that car, but that he was also an old hand at it. 240 00:14:38,590 --> 00:14:40,430 Your Honor, I've lodged an objection. 241 00:14:40,690 --> 00:14:41,549 I want a ruling. 242 00:14:41,550 --> 00:14:45,790 What's the question, Mr. Cusack? Doesn't that sound like your husband, Miss 243 00:14:45,790 --> 00:14:46,790 Toland? 244 00:14:47,350 --> 00:14:51,910 Doesn't that sound like what this terrific talker would do? 245 00:14:54,310 --> 00:14:58,950 I have no further questions at this time, Your Honor. 246 00:15:05,890 --> 00:15:07,610 It's a regular quota here. 247 00:15:09,090 --> 00:15:12,870 Mike, hang on. I checked on Richard Mathers. 248 00:15:13,070 --> 00:15:15,970 Oh, yeah? What's the book on him? There is none. My friend who went to the 249 00:15:15,970 --> 00:15:17,630 University of Pennsylvania never heard of him. 250 00:15:17,930 --> 00:15:21,490 Martindale Hubble doesn't lift him. The California State Bar Association, the 251 00:15:21,490 --> 00:15:24,030 American Bar Association have absolutely no record of him. 252 00:15:24,490 --> 00:15:26,410 How can that be? They've got a record of every lawyer. 253 00:15:26,630 --> 00:15:27,630 That's right. 254 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:31,500 Are you trying to tell me that he's not a lawyer? Never went to law school, 255 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,460 never passed a bar, never got admitted in this state or any other. 256 00:15:41,420 --> 00:15:43,740 Now, you have my resume, Mr. Bracken. I do indeed. 257 00:15:43,980 --> 00:15:45,180 I'll be expecting your call. 258 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:46,400 Excellent. 259 00:15:46,500 --> 00:15:47,500 Thanks for coming in. 260 00:15:47,900 --> 00:15:51,500 By the way, I like the organizational dynamics I see around here. 261 00:15:51,820 --> 00:15:53,200 I think I could play a role. 262 00:16:00,850 --> 00:16:02,710 You at all close to a decision, Douglas? 263 00:16:02,950 --> 00:16:06,150 Nussbaum's been calling me like every half hour. I never thought a grave would 264 00:16:06,150 --> 00:16:08,650 matter that much to me, Arnie. Well, I've got to tell you, it's about the 265 00:16:08,650 --> 00:16:11,810 stupidest argument I've ever heard. Everything you're asking for is totally 266 00:16:11,810 --> 00:16:14,330 unenforceable from your end and costs her nothing. 267 00:16:14,550 --> 00:16:17,410 The fact that you two feel fit to make it a deal -breaker tells me you're still 268 00:16:17,410 --> 00:16:18,410 looking to stay attached. 269 00:16:18,630 --> 00:16:21,810 Did it ever occur to you that I might just be a little terrified of the great 270 00:16:21,810 --> 00:16:25,310 beyond? That I might just want to surround myself with the people I've 271 00:16:25,310 --> 00:16:26,310 closest to? 272 00:16:26,460 --> 00:16:29,780 That there just might be some strength in numbers? What numbers? 273 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,820 No matter who you're lying next to, you go out of this life alone. 274 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,400 I don't want to go out alone. No? 275 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:39,520 Much part of being human is what you're doing right now. 276 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:41,580 So is wanting a family. 277 00:16:42,700 --> 00:16:47,980 Douglas, a cluster of tombstones is not a family. You need to let her go. You 278 00:16:47,980 --> 00:16:49,280 need to get on with your own life. 279 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:50,880 Am I right, Benno? 280 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:52,300 Right, Arnie. 281 00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:58,840 You long for peace. 282 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:00,900 You long for stability. 283 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:05,060 But your emotions keep you on a rollercoaster ride through hell. 284 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:13,079 Yes? Oh, Madame Curie. 285 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,119 So tell me, are we close to a breakthrough yet? 286 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:20,859 You just made me spill urine all over the Shaw complaint. 287 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:22,519 Damn it. 288 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,960 Maybe you should put a little red lighter time outside your door. 289 00:17:25,180 --> 00:17:26,220 Maybe I should just... 290 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:27,819 Check into a sanitarium. 291 00:17:29,180 --> 00:17:31,320 I have the Shaw trial starting this week. 292 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,340 I have the Voorhees appeal due the first of next month. 293 00:17:35,020 --> 00:17:38,340 I'm about to get hit with sanctions if I don't provide Jeff Little's firm with 294 00:17:38,340 --> 00:17:40,580 the discovery they're after in Kaplowitz. And what am I doing? 295 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:42,040 This. 296 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:43,480 So tell me. 297 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,520 Has the magic dot appeared yet? 298 00:17:47,540 --> 00:17:48,720 As a matter of fact, it has. 299 00:17:50,060 --> 00:17:51,060 Great. 300 00:17:51,300 --> 00:17:52,300 Good. Okay. 301 00:17:52,460 --> 00:17:53,500 Good. So... 302 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,380 Figure on sex twice within the next three days. Good. 303 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:57,600 Go. 304 00:17:57,900 --> 00:18:02,740 You want to be a little more precise about that? I mean, I've got a pretty 305 00:18:02,740 --> 00:18:03,559 week myself. 306 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,000 I mean, what is exactly our window of opportunity? 307 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:07,720 All right, do it. 308 00:18:08,100 --> 00:18:12,020 Starting within the next 40 hours and lasting for 30 hours. 309 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:19,080 All right, so that means any time between now and 3 a .m. Thursday until 7 310 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:20,080 Friday. Right. 311 00:18:20,980 --> 00:18:21,980 All right. 312 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:25,140 Now I can plan my week. 313 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:29,040 Would you excuse me, please? 314 00:18:29,660 --> 00:18:30,660 Yeah. 315 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:40,620 Tell me this. 316 00:18:40,900 --> 00:18:42,740 Am I the first to find out about you? 317 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:44,320 Find out what? 318 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,080 You must have known that Someday Thelma would check you out. 319 00:18:47,900 --> 00:18:49,460 I don't know what you're talking about. 320 00:18:50,370 --> 00:18:53,790 Oh, I think you know exactly what I'm talking about, Counselor. 321 00:18:55,250 --> 00:18:56,250 Come on. 322 00:19:02,590 --> 00:19:03,870 Black guy have a problem. 323 00:19:05,070 --> 00:19:06,250 We both got a problem. 324 00:19:06,990 --> 00:19:09,730 If I go to the court right now with what I know about you, there'll be an 325 00:19:09,730 --> 00:19:14,230 automatic mistrial. Since my client has spent more than $50 ,000 in legal fees 326 00:19:14,230 --> 00:19:17,050 and waited more than three and a half years to get this little matter 327 00:19:17,350 --> 00:19:18,510 he doesn't want a mistrial. 328 00:19:19,020 --> 00:19:20,040 Get to the punchline. 329 00:19:20,700 --> 00:19:23,020 Recommend that your client accept the settlement order. 330 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:25,400 Would you sell out your client to protect yourself? 331 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:29,120 I don't consider it a sellout. It was a reasonable offer before we went to 332 00:19:29,120 --> 00:19:31,120 trial. It's an even more reasonable offer now. 333 00:19:32,020 --> 00:19:33,500 You think I got you beat, Mike. 334 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:39,060 If I thought you had me beat, I'd go in there and have a mistrial declared right 335 00:19:39,060 --> 00:19:41,220 now. You want to turn me in, turn me in. 336 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,720 But don't threaten to expose me as a way to jack up my client. 337 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,000 No settlement? 338 00:19:47,140 --> 00:19:48,340 On the terms you're offering? 339 00:19:48,860 --> 00:19:49,860 No chance. 340 00:19:50,660 --> 00:19:51,660 Okay. 341 00:19:51,900 --> 00:19:52,900 What are you going to do? 342 00:19:59,120 --> 00:19:59,540 Excuse 343 00:19:59,540 --> 00:20:07,000 me. 344 00:20:07,380 --> 00:20:08,740 I'm looking for Randy Huggins. 345 00:20:10,700 --> 00:20:11,700 So? 346 00:20:11,940 --> 00:20:13,300 Someone told me I could find him here. 347 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:14,680 Who told you that? 348 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:16,780 I'm a lawyer. I represent Val Mecco. 349 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:22,500 I don't talk to lawyers. It's against my religion. Excuse me. 350 00:20:23,020 --> 00:20:27,520 Are you a lawyer, too? No, actually, I'm a lieutenant with the Los Angeles 351 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:28,520 Police Department. 352 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:34,480 And just looking around, I notice you've got a need -rated patron asleep on your 353 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,620 premises. You're smoking a cigarette behind the bar, both violations of the 354 00:20:37,620 --> 00:20:41,340 Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Plus, I'll just bet the water you're washing 355 00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:43,200 those glasses in isn't quite hot enough. 356 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:46,560 The guy with the long hair playing pool. 357 00:20:46,940 --> 00:20:48,140 I appreciate it. 358 00:20:57,230 --> 00:20:58,230 Randy Huggins? 359 00:20:58,850 --> 00:20:59,850 Who's asking? 360 00:21:00,150 --> 00:21:01,370 My name's Abigail Perkins. 361 00:21:01,850 --> 00:21:04,510 And? I'd like to talk to you about Val Necco. 362 00:21:06,470 --> 00:21:09,070 Your testimony might be the only thing that keeps him out of prison. 363 00:21:09,930 --> 00:21:10,930 Val Necco. 364 00:21:11,690 --> 00:21:13,690 I never heard of Val Necco before. 365 00:21:16,610 --> 00:21:17,970 You his old lady or something? 366 00:21:18,350 --> 00:21:19,350 No, I'm his attorney. 367 00:21:21,230 --> 00:21:22,690 She's made of anything, ain't she? 368 00:21:23,390 --> 00:21:24,390 Just your type. 369 00:21:24,510 --> 00:21:26,990 I bet if you take off your shirt, Randy will tell you whatever you want to know. 370 00:21:27,310 --> 00:21:28,310 Hey. 371 00:21:31,070 --> 00:21:33,090 She just wants to ask a few questions. 372 00:21:33,830 --> 00:21:35,350 So why don't you give her a break, huh? 373 00:21:35,550 --> 00:21:36,650 What are you, a cop? 374 00:21:36,950 --> 00:21:38,690 Why? Are you doing something illegal? 375 00:21:39,730 --> 00:21:40,730 I'm playing pool. 376 00:21:40,910 --> 00:21:41,970 Eight ball in the corner. 377 00:21:45,030 --> 00:21:46,590 Oh, come on now, fellas. 378 00:21:47,110 --> 00:21:48,810 Are you going to make her get a subpoena? 379 00:21:49,110 --> 00:21:50,890 Hey, you're in my way. 380 00:21:51,710 --> 00:21:52,710 Come on, Bill. 381 00:21:53,030 --> 00:21:55,670 Forget about it. Let's just go, okay? Yeah, take your girlfriend and get out 382 00:21:55,670 --> 00:21:58,070 here. Better yet, you split and leave the chick with us. 383 00:21:58,850 --> 00:22:00,050 Think you'd like that, baby? 384 00:22:00,310 --> 00:22:02,150 Hey, you're being rude. 385 00:22:02,390 --> 00:22:03,570 Get your fingers out of my cup. 386 00:22:04,270 --> 00:22:05,730 Why? Am I hurting you? 387 00:22:07,810 --> 00:22:09,770 Not nearly as much as I'm going to hurt you. 388 00:23:01,550 --> 00:23:05,530 Mr. Dekowski, would you please describe your business for us? I have a shop in 389 00:23:05,530 --> 00:23:10,090 Redondo Beach where I restore and modify American performance cars. 390 00:23:11,050 --> 00:23:12,630 GTOs, Chevelles, Kudas. 391 00:23:13,250 --> 00:23:17,590 And when Barry Toland came into your shop, what exactly did he say? 392 00:23:18,010 --> 00:23:19,670 He said he wanted to buy a goat. 393 00:23:20,410 --> 00:23:21,530 Which you took to mean? 394 00:23:21,750 --> 00:23:22,750 A Pontiac GTO. 395 00:23:23,430 --> 00:23:25,930 And did you ask him if he'd ever driven a car like that before? 396 00:23:26,150 --> 00:23:27,150 No, sir, I did not. 397 00:23:27,630 --> 00:23:28,630 Why's that? 398 00:23:29,169 --> 00:23:33,970 because he talked like an expert, like he had driven one all of his life. 399 00:23:34,370 --> 00:23:35,370 Thank you. 400 00:23:35,390 --> 00:23:37,070 I have no further questions, Your Honor. 401 00:23:38,750 --> 00:23:44,030 Mr. Takowski, how is the GTO that Mr. Toland purchased from you different from 402 00:23:44,030 --> 00:23:45,490 one he could have bought at a Pontiac dealer? 403 00:23:48,110 --> 00:23:49,410 You want me to be specific? 404 00:23:49,710 --> 00:23:50,930 I want you to be very specific. 405 00:23:51,510 --> 00:23:56,130 I bored out the engine, put in oversized pistons, Edelbrock manifold, 406 00:23:56,870 --> 00:23:57,870 Hedman headers. 407 00:23:58,030 --> 00:24:02,030 Honey carbs, isky cam. Even more of a muscle car than the stock model. 408 00:24:02,990 --> 00:24:06,410 You could say that, yeah. Quicker off the line, more power, shorter response 409 00:24:06,410 --> 00:24:08,470 time. Object to counsel's commentary. 410 00:24:09,270 --> 00:24:12,530 Sustained. Strike it. That isky cam was modified to what's known as three 411 00:24:12,530 --> 00:24:13,530 -quarter race, right? 412 00:24:13,950 --> 00:24:17,790 That's right. That made the car rev a lot faster than a stock GTO, didn't it? 413 00:24:17,910 --> 00:24:21,430 Yeah. It also made it far more apt to lurch forward, didn't it? Calls for a 414 00:24:21,430 --> 00:24:23,690 conclusion. He's qualified to make a conclusion. 415 00:24:24,070 --> 00:24:25,070 Yeah, the witness can answer. 416 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,540 It would only lurch forward if he didn't know how to drive it. 417 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:29,800 Exactly. 418 00:24:30,420 --> 00:24:31,420 Thank you. 419 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:39,080 Now, that being the case, didn't you think it prudent to take Mr. Toland for 420 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:42,300 little ride around the block to see if he did know how to drive it? There was 421 00:24:42,300 --> 00:24:43,720 reason to think that he didn't. 422 00:24:44,180 --> 00:24:48,440 He came in knowing exactly what he wanted. I don't think he wanted to be 423 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:49,920 damaged for the rest of his life. 424 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:54,780 Objection. Sustained and stricken. I didn't send for this guy. I ain't no 425 00:24:54,780 --> 00:24:58,360 hustler. I do what I do for people who like to drive fast cars. 426 00:24:58,720 --> 00:24:59,720 That's enough, Mr. 427 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:03,340 Tokowski. I'm sorry, Jess. I don't get it. Why is this my fault? 428 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,300 The man's a big shot professor. 429 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:06,960 I didn't even finish the eighth grade. 430 00:25:07,660 --> 00:25:11,760 Why should I look out after him? Because you knew what you were doing. 431 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:13,520 And he didn't. 432 00:25:14,140 --> 00:25:15,140 That's why. 433 00:25:22,290 --> 00:25:23,290 Great. 434 00:25:23,630 --> 00:25:26,250 Hi. Hi. I heard you were signing the NECO case. Yeah. 435 00:25:26,750 --> 00:25:28,530 Think we can plead it out, go have lunch? 436 00:25:29,050 --> 00:25:31,110 Well, my guy will still be facing a parole violation. 437 00:25:32,430 --> 00:25:34,970 He's not expecting accommodation from the mayor, is he? 438 00:25:36,010 --> 00:25:37,870 What I really need is the continuance. 439 00:25:39,590 --> 00:25:41,090 Well, it would put me in a bad spot. 440 00:25:41,590 --> 00:25:43,890 I have two witnesses down here ready to testify. 441 00:25:44,130 --> 00:25:45,210 All I'm looking for is a week. 442 00:25:46,860 --> 00:25:49,760 You've had two continuances already. You asked for another one that just is 443 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,020 going to pin your ears down. Not if you don't oppose it. 444 00:25:52,940 --> 00:25:54,860 You're not going to care if I oppose it or not. 445 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,340 This is McGrath we're talking about, Abby. 446 00:25:58,360 --> 00:26:00,780 Look, Grace, I'm a little shaky right now. 447 00:26:01,580 --> 00:26:03,440 Can't you, of all people, understand that? 448 00:26:03,660 --> 00:26:04,660 Yes. 449 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,980 That's why I think that you should let them reassign a few of your cases and 450 00:26:07,980 --> 00:26:09,180 give yourself the time you need. 451 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:10,920 Thank you very much. 452 00:26:11,100 --> 00:26:12,580 I'll take my chances with McGrath. 453 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:18,680 People versus Valentin Netko. 454 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:20,500 Your Honor, may I approach the bench? 455 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:24,380 Your Honor, the people aren't ready to proceed at this time. What? 456 00:26:24,740 --> 00:26:29,200 My apologies to the court, but I respectfully request a two -week 457 00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:32,380 Your predecessor assured me that this one was ready to go. 458 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,480 I know, Your Honor. He told me there'd be no more delays. 459 00:26:35,900 --> 00:26:40,920 My present calendar just got hopeless. And he especially promised me that I 460 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:45,460 wouldn't have to hear any excuses about how busy anybody was. 461 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:47,700 Two -week continuance. 462 00:26:48,020 --> 00:26:50,040 Marked final against both sides. 463 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:51,960 Next case. 464 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:54,940 People versus Lawrence Edward Cohn. 465 00:26:55,220 --> 00:26:57,640 This one yours, too, Ms. Van Owen? 466 00:26:58,220 --> 00:27:01,560 Yes, it is, Your Honor. You gonna ask me for another continuance? 467 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,940 No, Your Honor. The people are ready to proceed. 468 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:06,280 Well, how nice. 469 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:10,960 Thank you. 470 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:14,320 Who's next? 471 00:27:15,020 --> 00:27:16,040 Dorothy Wyler? 472 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:21,040 Ms. Wyler? 473 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:22,320 Hello. 474 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:26,400 All right. 475 00:27:26,420 --> 00:27:28,300 You clerk for Judge Gladwin? 476 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:29,560 Yes. 477 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:31,920 You were an associate at Harbour and Bullock? 478 00:27:32,220 --> 00:27:33,220 Have a seat. 479 00:27:34,660 --> 00:27:36,500 You did a lot of appellate work, I see. 480 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:42,320 I was never really a courtroom person, but I know my way around a law library. 481 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,160 Where have you been since 1969? 482 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,420 Well, I stopped work when my youngest was born. 483 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:50,940 She just turned 19. 484 00:27:52,300 --> 00:27:54,720 I found myself recently divorced, so here I am. 485 00:27:55,780 --> 00:27:57,340 You've been gone quite a while. 486 00:27:57,820 --> 00:27:59,980 My skills will be a little rusty, but I'll get them back. 487 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:04,340 I've taken a few courses with PLI, and one thing I've never been accused of is 488 00:28:04,340 --> 00:28:05,079 being lazy. 489 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:09,900 Ms. Weiler, I admire your determination, but I'm wondering if you've forgotten 490 00:28:09,900 --> 00:28:12,780 what it's like to be a junior associate in a busy firm. 491 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,840 In other words, is a 52 -year -old woman prepared to take orders from an 492 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:17,840 associate half her age? 493 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:19,880 Well, yes. 494 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,080 Why on earth would you want to put yourself through all that? 495 00:28:23,860 --> 00:28:24,940 Compared to my divorce? 496 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:26,820 Let me tell you, it's nothing. 497 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,800 The papers on mine were supposed to be filed this week. 498 00:28:35,340 --> 00:28:36,340 I'm sorry. 499 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:44,100 I must say, as miserable as we were together, the emotional reality of 500 00:28:44,100 --> 00:28:51,060 divorce, the sense of personal failure, has devastated 501 00:28:51,060 --> 00:28:52,060 me. 502 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,620 I was devastated, too. 503 00:28:58,830 --> 00:29:02,210 There are still mornings when I lie there thinking that there isn't a 504 00:29:02,210 --> 00:29:05,170 person in the world who'd notice whether or not I got out of bed. 505 00:29:07,930 --> 00:29:10,110 The mornings are the worst time for me, too. 506 00:29:11,370 --> 00:29:16,450 You're drifting in and out of sleep, reliving other mornings from years ago. 507 00:29:17,810 --> 00:29:20,050 The kids were little and they'd climb into bed. 508 00:29:20,730 --> 00:29:25,450 The whole family, borrowing underneath the blankets, all sleepy and warm. 509 00:29:27,270 --> 00:29:29,730 Only now, when you open your eyes, the kids are gone. 510 00:29:30,450 --> 00:29:31,510 Your wife is gone. 511 00:29:33,210 --> 00:29:34,670 And there's no one there but you. 512 00:29:37,590 --> 00:29:40,150 It isn't always easy to let go and get on with things. 513 00:29:43,230 --> 00:29:44,230 You've done it. 514 00:29:44,390 --> 00:29:47,690 Only because I looked at my life for what it was instead of what I'd hoped it 515 00:29:47,690 --> 00:29:48,690 would be. 516 00:29:49,870 --> 00:29:55,130 Sometimes we want things to be a certain way so badly we lose sight of the way 517 00:29:55,130 --> 00:29:56,130 they really are. 518 00:29:58,199 --> 00:30:00,060 Ultimately, I didn't let go of the marriage. 519 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:02,720 I let go of an illusion. 520 00:30:12,380 --> 00:30:15,800 Anyway, I'm sure you're not that interested in my personal life. 521 00:30:17,780 --> 00:30:19,860 I have a feeling I'm not what you're looking for. 522 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:22,760 Thank you for your time, Mr. Bracken. 523 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,000 Ms. Weiler? 524 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:34,620 I have to talk to my partners, but would you be able to start Monday? 525 00:30:37,460 --> 00:30:43,780 The defendant profits by providing driving enthusiasts with cars designed 526 00:30:43,780 --> 00:30:46,100 maximum thrills and minimum safety. 527 00:30:47,620 --> 00:30:51,500 Now, I don't think I'm being unreasonable in asking that he take a 528 00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:56,000 precautions so that these lethal instruments not be lurching out of 529 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,000 our streets. 530 00:30:57,610 --> 00:31:01,730 When he sold that car to Barry Toland, he set in motion an accident waiting to 531 00:31:01,730 --> 00:31:04,690 happen. And for that, he was horrendously negligent. 532 00:31:05,290 --> 00:31:11,730 To the plaintiffs, and to each and every one of us who drive, who walk, or who 533 00:31:11,730 --> 00:31:13,730 guide our children across the street. 534 00:31:16,430 --> 00:31:20,230 My client had a professorial love of popular culture. 535 00:31:21,270 --> 00:31:25,870 He liked the sound of saying he had a 64 goat, but he didn't have a clue what it 536 00:31:25,870 --> 00:31:26,950 would be like to drive one. 537 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:33,000 He never considered that if he shifted wrong, the rear end would seize up, the 538 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,900 wheels would lock, and he would be sent speeding into a concrete wall. 539 00:31:37,180 --> 00:31:41,940 Now, I think Giltikowski had an obligation to ascertain the degree of 540 00:31:41,940 --> 00:31:42,940 Tolan's expertise. 541 00:31:43,260 --> 00:31:47,440 All it would have taken was a ride around the block. But if he had warned 542 00:31:47,460 --> 00:31:48,820 it might have cost him the sale. 543 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:55,200 Justice demands that his negligence cost him more. 544 00:31:56,460 --> 00:31:57,560 Much more. 545 00:32:07,180 --> 00:32:11,420 Wouldn't it be great if we could all be protected from ourselves? 546 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:16,780 Steep ski slopes could be made gentle so that the clumsy wouldn't fall. 547 00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:21,600 Raging rivers could be dammed so that the inexperienced wouldn't drown. 548 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:25,440 Spirited horses could be broken so the neophyte wouldn't be thrown. 549 00:32:26,860 --> 00:32:33,180 Our lives would all be made a little safer and a little duller until one day 550 00:32:33,180 --> 00:32:35,840 we'd look up and wonder what had become of us. 551 00:32:36,780 --> 00:32:42,320 If you find for the plaintiff in any degree, if you impose on an honest 552 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:46,800 tradesman like Gil Takowski the obligation to be a surrogate parent for 553 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:51,200 person who walks into his shop, then you will wipe him out. 554 00:32:53,180 --> 00:32:55,760 Richard Mathers might say that's a small price to pay. 555 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:59,320 After all, who wants these gas -guzzling speedsters racing down our streets 556 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:03,320 anyway? Well, I'm here to tell you that if we lose the Gil Takowskis of this 557 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:05,500 world, we lose something of ourselves as well. 558 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:13,060 If we straightjacket the genius, if we punish the audacity found in the back 559 00:33:13,060 --> 00:33:19,040 alleys and industrial flats of this country, if we judge a product solely on 560 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:23,280 safety in the hands of the incompetent, then we will find ourselves living under 561 00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:25,020 the tyranny of the mediocre. 562 00:33:25,850 --> 00:33:29,450 in a land where the lowest common denominator rules. 563 00:33:30,170 --> 00:33:35,090 Now, we can feel bad for what happened to Barry Toland without relieving him of 564 00:33:35,090 --> 00:33:37,450 the responsibility for bringing it about. 565 00:33:37,810 --> 00:33:43,110 But if we blame Gil Takowski, 566 00:33:43,310 --> 00:33:49,410 we punish the dreamer for his dreams, 567 00:33:49,530 --> 00:33:53,690 and we reduce every last one of us in the process. 568 00:34:13,610 --> 00:34:19,230 On the charges of negligence, fraud, and breach of warranty, we find for the 569 00:34:19,230 --> 00:34:20,230 defendant. 570 00:34:21,449 --> 00:34:25,710 At this time, I'd like to thank the jury for its time and patience. 571 00:34:26,030 --> 00:34:30,810 Your Honor, I move that the court set aside the verdict and declare a misdraw. 572 00:34:31,030 --> 00:34:32,030 On what grounds? 573 00:34:32,190 --> 00:34:34,630 The plaintiffs were not represented by an attorney at law. 574 00:34:34,850 --> 00:34:37,510 They were represented by you. I'm not an attorney, Your Honor. 575 00:34:37,850 --> 00:34:41,170 And even though these people didn't know anything about it, counsel for the 576 00:34:41,170 --> 00:34:42,138 defense did. 577 00:34:42,139 --> 00:34:46,020 thereby placing me at a severe disadvantage in terms of a negotiating 578 00:34:46,780 --> 00:34:48,260 Gentlemen, in my chambers. 579 00:34:48,699 --> 00:34:49,719 Juries to be held. 580 00:34:50,780 --> 00:34:54,500 Your Honor, the paramount issue here must be the interest of the parties, not 581 00:34:54,500 --> 00:34:58,160 the misconduct of an attorney or an individual serving in that capacity. 582 00:34:58,420 --> 00:34:59,820 Excuse me, I'll get to you later. 583 00:35:00,580 --> 00:35:05,320 Mr. Cusack, are you at all familiar with the canon of ethics as it pertains to 584 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:08,700 an attorney's obligation when he discovers the unauthorized practice of 585 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:12,100 Your Honor. When he's made aware of the ongoing commission of a crime? 586 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:16,100 Forgive me, Your Honor, but I didn't think that my client should be 587 00:35:16,100 --> 00:35:17,340 by this man's fraud. 588 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:21,080 He didn't hesitate to try to victimize my clients with his own opportunism, 589 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:22,420 though. Thank you, Mr. Mathers. 590 00:35:23,580 --> 00:35:27,000 You weren't going to say anything unless you lost. 591 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,420 Is that right, Mr. Cusack? 592 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:33,620 All I was doing was trying to mitigate the damage. That isn't your role. When 593 00:35:33,620 --> 00:35:36,440 you found out, you had an obligation to reveal what you knew. 594 00:35:36,940 --> 00:35:40,300 Period. With all due respect, Your Honor, Mr. Mathers may be lacking in 595 00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:43,600 character, but his clients receive legal representation at least as good as that 596 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:47,060 provided by most of the licensed practitioners to be found in these 597 00:35:47,060 --> 00:35:49,060 in no way vitiates the need for a mistrial. 598 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,780 There is a presumptive conclusion that a party can receive adequate 599 00:35:52,780 --> 00:35:55,760 representation only from an attorney licensed to practice. 600 00:35:56,060 --> 00:35:59,900 The Tolan's got a fair trial. Justice isn't served by declaring it void. Thank 601 00:35:59,900 --> 00:36:01,340 you for your commentary, gentlemen. 602 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:06,340 Mr. Cusack, despite your rhetoric, you were party to defrauding this court. 603 00:36:06,650 --> 00:36:09,890 I'm declaring this a mistrial, and I'm referring you to the disciplinary 604 00:36:09,890 --> 00:36:14,130 committee of the Bar Association. You can tell them how you were trying to 605 00:36:14,130 --> 00:36:15,250 the interests of justice. 606 00:36:18,250 --> 00:36:19,270 Mr. Mathers. 607 00:36:21,910 --> 00:36:23,750 Is this the first case you've lost? 608 00:36:25,430 --> 00:36:27,510 No. Then why the confession now? 609 00:36:27,850 --> 00:36:32,350 Because these people were more innocent and more ruined than any clients I ever 610 00:36:32,350 --> 00:36:33,410 had before. That's why. 611 00:36:33,770 --> 00:36:38,330 They had terrific lives, and wham, the bottom fell out. Placed their trust in 612 00:36:38,330 --> 00:36:42,230 to try to obtain for them a little financial security. 613 00:36:42,730 --> 00:36:47,310 It seems like honoring that trust is a little more important than covering my 614 00:36:47,310 --> 00:36:48,310 ass. 615 00:36:52,930 --> 00:36:54,130 Gene, will you come in here? 616 00:36:56,750 --> 00:36:57,970 You're smooth, mister. 617 00:36:59,310 --> 00:37:03,910 But I suspect that whatever you'll call yourself, whatever trade you'll appear 618 00:37:03,910 --> 00:37:08,090 to ply, first, last, and forever, you'll always be a con man. 619 00:37:10,250 --> 00:37:11,450 Lock Mr. Mathers up. 620 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:32,200 Hi. 621 00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,080 Hi. Yeah. 622 00:37:36,140 --> 00:37:37,320 You want a beer? 623 00:37:37,620 --> 00:37:38,620 Sure. 624 00:37:41,580 --> 00:37:42,580 Here. 625 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:49,320 What's this? 626 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:53,500 Sworn statement from Randy Huggins. I believe it gives your client just what 627 00:37:53,500 --> 00:37:54,500 he's looking for. 628 00:37:55,380 --> 00:37:56,380 How'd you get it? 629 00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:58,160 I can be very persuasive. 630 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:01,920 He's not going to die of internal injuries before the trial date? 631 00:38:02,380 --> 00:38:03,640 Never laid a hand on him. 632 00:38:04,580 --> 00:38:06,220 You must have ice water in your veins. 633 00:38:06,620 --> 00:38:09,840 Don't you believe it. I've just learned a few tricks to make it look that way. 634 00:38:16,340 --> 00:38:17,340 Hey. 635 00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,300 Come on now, take it easy. Here, here. 636 00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:24,520 I'm sorry. 637 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:30,020 It's just... that a lot of people have been doing me a lot of favors lately. 638 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:35,960 And it makes me feel so helpless, like I can't take care of myself. 639 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:39,920 Which I guess I can't very well right now. 640 00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:42,640 Listen to me. 641 00:38:42,740 --> 00:38:46,960 I killed a guy who was holding a hostage. Put six shots in his head while 642 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:48,480 holding a knife to a woman's throat. 643 00:38:49,140 --> 00:38:52,000 So I'm a big hero, right? My picture's in the paper, the whole thing. 644 00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,120 A month later, I'm on medical disability. 645 00:38:55,740 --> 00:38:58,620 Sitting home all day with the shades drawn, drinking vodka and watching 646 00:38:58,620 --> 00:38:59,620 television. 647 00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:01,060 Now I'm not a hero. 648 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:02,740 I'm just a basket case. 649 00:39:03,180 --> 00:39:05,500 Well, you managed to pull yourself together pretty well. 650 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:07,700 Little by little, you put it behind you. 651 00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,760 How? Don't try to pretend it didn't happen. 652 00:39:11,100 --> 00:39:13,100 I mean, don't try to tough it out. 653 00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:16,200 When it gets rough, call me. 654 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:17,800 You're not alone. 655 00:39:19,020 --> 00:39:20,740 And you take this good care of everyone? 656 00:39:21,100 --> 00:39:22,480 No, the truth is I don't. 657 00:39:27,470 --> 00:39:29,390 Well, I've got a wicked crush on you, Abigail. 658 00:39:30,130 --> 00:39:34,790 Might as well know it. Oh, boy. 659 00:39:35,050 --> 00:39:38,690 Hey, it's not going to be a problem. If you want to keep it strictly business, 660 00:39:38,830 --> 00:39:39,830 that's fine. 661 00:39:41,370 --> 00:39:43,370 No, I'm not okay. 662 00:39:44,790 --> 00:39:46,630 Because I'm attracted to you, too. 663 00:39:47,470 --> 00:39:49,930 That said, you'll excuse me. I have to get home. Wait a minute. 664 00:39:50,530 --> 00:39:53,150 Shouldn't we talk about this? There's nothing to talk about. 665 00:39:54,530 --> 00:39:55,530 Bill. 666 00:39:57,450 --> 00:39:59,730 This is a mistake that is not going to happen. Excuse me. 667 00:40:00,090 --> 00:40:03,230 As attracted to you as I might be, I'm not looking for a hot weekend. Neither 668 00:40:03,230 --> 00:40:05,410 I. Well, I don't have time in my life for anything more. 669 00:40:05,730 --> 00:40:08,530 I have a seven -year -old son to raise. I have a struggling law practice to 670 00:40:08,530 --> 00:40:09,970 contend with, and I can't... Let me help. 671 00:40:11,050 --> 00:40:12,050 No. 672 00:40:12,390 --> 00:40:16,630 It won't work. I... I'm the basket case right now. I don't trust any of my 673 00:40:16,630 --> 00:40:19,390 impulses, and I don't want to have to pick up the pieces when they turn out to 674 00:40:19,390 --> 00:40:20,169 be wrong. 675 00:40:20,170 --> 00:40:24,310 Would you consider allowing for the possibility that your impulses just 676 00:40:24,310 --> 00:40:25,310 right? 677 00:40:25,910 --> 00:40:26,910 No. 678 00:40:41,100 --> 00:40:42,100 Good night. 679 00:41:02,300 --> 00:41:03,300 Hey. 680 00:41:08,379 --> 00:41:10,440 Still not ready to go home? I'm not even close. 681 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:13,340 So what are we supposed to do? 682 00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:15,720 Tonight's the night. 683 00:41:16,380 --> 00:41:18,380 I can't help it. I have to prepare for trial. 684 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,140 It's like I've been hearing about that trial for a month now. 685 00:41:25,700 --> 00:41:26,700 What do you want to do? 686 00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:28,800 You want to forget about it or what? 687 00:41:33,820 --> 00:41:34,820 Now's the time. 688 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:36,280 Let's do it now. 689 00:41:38,310 --> 00:41:39,089 What, here? 690 00:41:39,090 --> 00:41:40,090 Why not? 691 00:41:42,750 --> 00:41:45,930 Because this is a law office. That's why not. You know what, Stuart? I don't 692 00:41:45,930 --> 00:41:46,930 really care. 693 00:41:47,090 --> 00:41:50,550 Do you think I've been hunched over my test pads and medicine droppers trying 694 00:41:50,550 --> 00:41:53,710 calculate the right time, only to have you tell me you don't like the 695 00:41:53,710 --> 00:41:57,290 atmosphere? Yeah, well, pardon me for being approved, but I generally like to 696 00:41:57,290 --> 00:41:59,450 confine this activity to the privacy of a bedroom. 697 00:41:59,830 --> 00:42:01,030 Well, we don't have that luxury. 698 00:42:01,790 --> 00:42:03,230 Let's go. Take off your pants. 699 00:42:05,230 --> 00:42:06,230 Fine. 700 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:27,800 What do you want? 701 00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:30,160 Just to talk to you for a minute. 702 00:42:31,660 --> 00:42:35,780 Look, I've got some things to be sorry about. 703 00:42:37,820 --> 00:42:40,460 Not the least of which was that whole business about the grave. 704 00:42:42,700 --> 00:42:44,220 I know it's important to you. 705 00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:45,840 Forget I ever mentioned it. 706 00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:51,000 Arnie will draw up the papers and send them over to Nussbaum, just like we 707 00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:52,720 You mean it? 708 00:42:57,230 --> 00:42:58,990 It'll be good to get it done with Douglas. 709 00:43:02,010 --> 00:43:03,010 Are the kids home? 710 00:43:03,630 --> 00:43:05,350 They're having dinner at the Nathanson's. 711 00:43:05,550 --> 00:43:06,550 Ah. 712 00:43:12,850 --> 00:43:13,850 You want to come in? 713 00:43:15,670 --> 00:43:16,670 I don't think so. 714 00:43:18,310 --> 00:43:22,450 Boy, if this is what we wanted, how come we're both so glum? 715 00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:27,340 We slept in the same bed together for nearly our entire adult lives. 716 00:43:28,340 --> 00:43:29,340 I know. 717 00:43:31,540 --> 00:43:34,440 It's hard to imagine that it's all come to an end. 718 00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:36,780 It hasn't really. 719 00:43:37,580 --> 00:43:38,580 No. 720 00:43:38,820 --> 00:43:39,820 We have kids. 721 00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:43,360 That'll give us something to fight about for years. 722 00:43:45,580 --> 00:43:46,580 You're right. 723 00:43:48,220 --> 00:43:50,440 It's not being dead together, but it's something. 724 00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:53,560 I guess so. 725 00:43:56,620 --> 00:44:00,240 Are you sure you don't want to come in and have a cup of coffee? 726 00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:02,000 Thanks. 727 00:44:03,020 --> 00:44:04,420 I should probably be going. 728 00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:08,440 Another time. 729 00:44:11,500 --> 00:44:12,500 Good night. 730 00:44:14,420 --> 00:44:15,420 Good night. 731 00:44:36,780 --> 00:44:39,420 You can't be telling me you're actually going to do more work between now and 732 00:44:39,420 --> 00:44:42,380 tomorrow morning. Hey, if I pick up the file now, I go directly to court in the 733 00:44:42,380 --> 00:44:45,680 morning, which means I have an extra half an hour of sleep, which means I'm 734 00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:47,260 rested, which means I do a better job. 735 00:44:47,500 --> 00:44:51,140 Aha, the sleep litigation efficiency theory. Better it is. Right. 736 00:45:06,790 --> 00:45:10,510 Whoa. I didn't know anyone was in here. Yeah, well, there are two people in 737 00:45:10,510 --> 00:45:11,510 here. 738 00:45:13,130 --> 00:45:14,570 So why don't you close the door, John? 739 00:45:15,270 --> 00:45:16,270 Absolutely. 740 00:45:21,050 --> 00:45:22,050 You happy now? 741 00:45:22,790 --> 00:45:23,790 What's that supposed to mean? 742 00:45:24,130 --> 00:45:25,890 Well, don't forget this was all your idea. 743 00:45:26,290 --> 00:45:27,290 Oh, right. 744 00:45:27,390 --> 00:45:28,690 You had nothing to do with it. 745 00:45:29,830 --> 00:45:30,830 What? 746 00:45:38,720 --> 00:45:39,720 Ann? Stuart? 747 00:45:41,020 --> 00:45:42,800 Yes, Victor. It's Ann and Stuart. 748 00:45:43,180 --> 00:45:44,920 And right now we're not receiving visitors. 749 00:45:46,420 --> 00:45:47,420 No problem. 750 00:45:51,780 --> 00:45:52,980 At least we could get dressed. 751 00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:56,000 I can't get dressed. I have to leave my legs up. 752 00:45:56,260 --> 00:45:57,680 How many times do I have to tell you that? 753 00:45:58,200 --> 00:46:01,400 By the way, Stuart, you're in great shape on the stock purchase. The 754 00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:04,580 inherited their shares, and the base that they took shows a valuation date 755 00:46:04,580 --> 00:46:05,820 the alleged Altravera's act. 756 00:46:06,799 --> 00:46:07,799 Get out of here, Jonathan. 757 00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:13,000 What's the matter with that guy? 758 00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:15,900 You know, you guys never even asked us if we enjoyed the game. 759 00:46:18,580 --> 00:46:22,060 Look, I think maybe there's another way to go about this. 760 00:46:23,060 --> 00:46:24,060 Tell me how. 761 00:46:26,380 --> 00:46:28,560 Once we have the baby, does it really matter where we got it? 762 00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:33,360 Adoption. 763 00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:38,540 I think we ought to give it a shot. 764 00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:43,520 It's not just because it's too much trouble for our busy, busy lives, is it? 765 00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:44,520 Ann. 766 00:46:46,240 --> 00:46:48,360 It's because I love you too much to feel this desperate. 767 00:46:48,740 --> 00:46:52,980 And it's because I don't ever think you're going to get pregnant with me. 768 00:47:09,870 --> 00:47:10,870 I love you, Stuart. 769 00:47:11,870 --> 00:47:13,170 I love you so much.