1 00:00:02,719 --> 00:00:04,200 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:05,800 Ta -da! 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:07,000 The finished product. 4 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:09,600 What do you think? 5 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:12,060 Nice. Very, very nice. 6 00:00:12,300 --> 00:00:13,660 I like the professor credit. 7 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,920 Arnold Becker's Guide to Divorce. They're not going to be able to keep it 8 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:18,800 shelf. I'm trying to lose weight. 9 00:00:19,260 --> 00:00:21,460 Why? I think I'd look better. 10 00:00:22,300 --> 00:00:23,940 I think you're pretty now. 11 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,460 I'd be prettier if I weighed ten pounds less. 12 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,200 My mother is going to be thrilled when I tell her I went out with an attorney. 13 00:00:33,260 --> 00:00:34,260 Nancy Fuentes. 14 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:36,660 Well, I don't think I'll tell her that far. 15 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,980 Unless, um, I see you again. 16 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:45,880 Well, it's up to you. 17 00:00:48,500 --> 00:00:49,500 Bye. 18 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:53,600 All right, thanks. 19 00:00:54,340 --> 00:00:55,640 It's Walt Burnett's wife. 20 00:00:55,900 --> 00:00:57,860 Ross is at the airport and he's got a baby for us. 21 00:00:58,350 --> 00:01:04,510 What? I'm three days old, coming in from Arkansas, and Flickerton at 11 .20. 22 00:01:23,450 --> 00:01:24,450 Mr. 23 00:01:24,870 --> 00:01:26,990 Meyer, how goes it? Hello, Arnie. 24 00:01:27,770 --> 00:01:29,270 What is this? Take a look. 25 00:01:31,610 --> 00:01:33,910 There's a couple of Bon Mo's on the understudy. 26 00:01:35,030 --> 00:01:37,650 To Arnie Becker, with great appreciation, Dave Meyer. 27 00:01:38,470 --> 00:01:42,470 Dave? I'm a sentimental guy, Arnie. People are important to me. They figure 28 00:01:42,470 --> 00:01:46,390 prominently, not just as demographics or zip code clusters, but as friends and 29 00:01:46,390 --> 00:01:47,369 associates. 30 00:01:47,370 --> 00:01:48,369 It's beautiful. 31 00:01:48,370 --> 00:01:49,370 Thank you. 32 00:01:50,509 --> 00:01:54,970 Anyway, having addressed that which can't be financially defined, i .e. 33 00:01:54,970 --> 00:01:57,470 in money, let us now turn to that which can. 34 00:01:58,190 --> 00:02:00,670 Yeah, how are we doing? It is scary. 35 00:02:00,870 --> 00:02:05,290 Early projections give us sales of over a million units within three years. 36 00:02:05,850 --> 00:02:09,289 And what are you basing the projection on? Market analysis. 37 00:02:09,610 --> 00:02:14,070 We have identified our primary market as what we call the sensitive satyrs and 38 00:02:14,070 --> 00:02:15,230 Hausfrau hedonists. 39 00:02:15,850 --> 00:02:19,470 centered around urban areas, new money, voracious consumers with, of course, a 40 00:02:19,470 --> 00:02:20,470 very high rate of divorce. 41 00:02:20,970 --> 00:02:25,290 That's who's buying the tape. In droves. What is surprising is who else is 42 00:02:25,290 --> 00:02:29,830 buying the tape. And here I am talking pulpwood cutting and strip mines, the 43 00:02:29,830 --> 00:02:32,950 hinterlands, remote exurbia with near zero cable saturation. 44 00:02:33,350 --> 00:02:36,770 What are we talking about in real dollars? You're asking me what are we 45 00:02:36,770 --> 00:02:37,770 about in real dollars. 46 00:02:38,130 --> 00:02:39,670 Okay, this is Belt... 47 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,220 And suspenders. I'm going to figure things to go wrong that I know will not 48 00:02:43,220 --> 00:02:46,240 wrong. All that. All that, Dave. All that. Net -net. 49 00:02:46,660 --> 00:02:47,660 Your end. 50 00:02:48,460 --> 00:02:55,380 $2 ,400 ,000 this fiscal annum. A cumulative net of $8 to $10 million 51 00:02:55,380 --> 00:02:56,480 the first three. 52 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:00,540 That's most gratifying, I must say. 53 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:02,260 Only the beginning. 54 00:03:05,020 --> 00:03:08,420 But you know something? It's not so much the money. 55 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:12,800 It's just... One consequence of many. The ability to reach millions of people, 56 00:03:12,820 --> 00:03:14,380 to be at the leading edge of your discipline. 57 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:16,540 The simple satisfaction of a job well done. 58 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,500 That's it. That is ultimately what really matters. 59 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,520 We'll sit down next week and start talking about promotion. 60 00:03:24,460 --> 00:03:26,180 Dave, it is always a pleasure. 61 00:03:27,820 --> 00:03:30,340 And, uh, thank you. 62 00:03:40,750 --> 00:03:42,190 Moots! Moots! 63 00:05:37,130 --> 00:05:41,170 You'll be interested to know I'm off to Chicago in the noon flight in quest of a 64 00:05:41,170 --> 00:05:44,150 major new client, Maxwell Enterprises. What's that? 65 00:05:44,570 --> 00:05:48,770 Maxwell was hit with a hostile takeover attempt last week, and they need to 66 00:05:48,770 --> 00:05:51,010 engage outside counsel, ASAP. 67 00:05:52,050 --> 00:05:53,050 That's sound major. 68 00:05:53,210 --> 00:05:54,790 It is. Who are we up against? 69 00:05:55,090 --> 00:05:59,250 Flaherty and Dunn, Householder and Doyle, and Cone Simon -Gorwitz. But I've 70 00:05:59,250 --> 00:06:04,070 lengthy conversations with their house counsel, Kevin McNally, and I believe we 71 00:06:04,070 --> 00:06:05,070 have the inside track. 72 00:06:05,980 --> 00:06:06,980 Good work, Douglas. 73 00:06:07,060 --> 00:06:08,060 Thank you. 74 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,080 Hurrying along, I've scheduled a partner's meeting for 10 a .m. to 75 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:13,480 issue of some urgency. 76 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:15,740 Will Mother Markowitz be here, Stuart? 77 00:06:16,140 --> 00:06:19,540 Well, she said she was going to be here. Good, good. 78 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,740 Victor, where do we stand with the Schaefer trial? 79 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,000 Oh, it started yesterday. 80 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:25,200 You know, I don't get it. 81 00:06:25,620 --> 00:06:28,940 He gets drunk in a bar, says what a billion other guys have said at some 82 00:06:28,940 --> 00:06:29,699 or another. 83 00:06:29,700 --> 00:06:30,880 I'd like to kill my wife. 84 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:32,300 What's the big deal? 85 00:06:32,730 --> 00:06:36,770 The big deal is that this guy, unlike the other billion guys, actually talked 86 00:06:36,770 --> 00:06:37,790 turkey to a hitman. 87 00:06:38,030 --> 00:06:39,690 Only to tell him that it was a misunderstanding. 88 00:06:40,270 --> 00:06:43,970 The harmless ravings of a guy who'd had a few too many going through a lousy 89 00:06:43,970 --> 00:06:47,150 divorce. Which reminds me, Arnie, could you stay available? I might need to call 90 00:06:47,150 --> 00:06:47,889 you as a witness. 91 00:06:47,890 --> 00:06:51,410 Why? Well, he was your client. You could testify as to his state of mind as well 92 00:06:51,410 --> 00:06:54,350 as to the kind of things that people say in the heat of a divorce. You know, I 93 00:06:54,350 --> 00:06:57,210 don't think I'm violating your confidence here when I tell you that 94 00:06:57,210 --> 00:06:59,110 thinks she's gonna kick your butt on this one. 95 00:06:59,370 --> 00:07:00,370 Uh, well... 96 00:07:00,910 --> 00:07:04,030 She did it before when I was at the PD's office, and she might do it again if I 97 00:07:04,030 --> 00:07:05,070 can't locate my key witness. 98 00:07:05,470 --> 00:07:07,710 Well, who have you got on it? PI named Stephanie Hall. 99 00:07:08,010 --> 00:07:09,010 Oh, I hear she's good. 100 00:07:09,590 --> 00:07:10,730 I hear she's gorgeous. 101 00:07:11,030 --> 00:07:12,130 Guilty on both counts. 102 00:07:12,410 --> 00:07:15,870 I hereby sentence her to six months hard labor at the Becker Penal Colony in 103 00:07:15,870 --> 00:07:18,950 Malibu. I'll fondle, I mean handle her appeal. 104 00:07:19,310 --> 00:07:20,310 Handle, handle. 105 00:07:20,410 --> 00:07:22,050 Aha. There's the company. 106 00:07:22,850 --> 00:07:23,769 Hi, honey. 107 00:07:23,770 --> 00:07:24,790 Oh, a baby. 108 00:07:26,670 --> 00:07:29,550 Hi. Hi, honey. Oh, she's so beautiful. 109 00:07:30,810 --> 00:07:31,810 Oh, yes. 110 00:07:32,970 --> 00:07:34,850 Can I see her? 111 00:07:35,070 --> 00:07:36,070 Sure. 112 00:07:42,330 --> 00:07:43,450 You want to hold her? 113 00:07:45,350 --> 00:07:46,350 Sure. 114 00:07:49,870 --> 00:07:51,150 She's so tiny. 115 00:07:51,470 --> 00:07:52,830 She likes you, Benny. 116 00:07:53,850 --> 00:07:55,030 I like her? 117 00:08:03,370 --> 00:08:07,190 Well, who was it that called you, Mr. Dunham? The contact was a man named 118 00:08:07,190 --> 00:08:12,330 Kosar. The information was that he wanted me to kill a Mrs. Joseph 119 00:08:12,570 --> 00:08:15,290 What exactly did Mr. Kosar tell you, sir? 120 00:08:15,690 --> 00:08:17,890 He said the woman's husband wanted... Objection. 121 00:08:18,190 --> 00:08:22,630 Hearsay. Goes to show state of mind that a deal was being made, Your Honor. It 122 00:08:22,630 --> 00:08:25,870 doesn't matter. It's totem pole. She's asking the witness to tell her what Mr. 123 00:08:25,910 --> 00:08:28,390 Kosar told him about what my client told Mr. Kosar. 124 00:08:29,010 --> 00:08:30,690 I'm overruling the objection. 125 00:08:31,170 --> 00:08:32,170 Exception. 126 00:08:34,089 --> 00:08:36,190 Noted. I'll ask you again, Mr. Dunham. 127 00:08:36,669 --> 00:08:37,669 What did Mr. 128 00:08:37,890 --> 00:08:38,890 Kothar tell you? 129 00:08:39,630 --> 00:08:43,030 He said Schaefer would pay $10 ,000 to have his wife killed. 130 00:08:43,350 --> 00:08:44,350 And you accepted? 131 00:08:44,770 --> 00:08:45,770 I accepted. 132 00:08:45,870 --> 00:08:46,870 Thank you, sir. 133 00:08:47,710 --> 00:08:48,950 I have nothing further. 134 00:08:53,430 --> 00:08:55,250 You never killed Mrs. Schaefer, did you? 135 00:08:55,910 --> 00:08:59,310 No, I didn't. Because, in fact, Willie Kothar called you back and told you to 136 00:08:59,310 --> 00:09:00,310 cancel it. 137 00:09:00,410 --> 00:09:01,410 Isn't that right? 138 00:09:01,680 --> 00:09:02,680 That's not right. 139 00:09:04,740 --> 00:09:08,600 I just decided to tell the police about it. You just decided to tell the police. 140 00:09:09,060 --> 00:09:13,120 And this sudden attack of candor occurred after you were arrested on 141 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,580 racketeering charges, didn't it? I made a deal. So what? 142 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,960 Yeah, you made a deal. You made a great deal. You give them a murder conspiracy 143 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,620 in exchange for total immunity and all racketeering charges against you 144 00:09:24,100 --> 00:09:27,620 What's the point? The point is you were looking at 12 years minimum. 145 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,880 And since you had to give the police something to avoid growing old at 146 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,220 Vacaville, you decided to give them this murder conspiracy, leaving out the part 147 00:09:35,220 --> 00:09:36,560 of how Kosar canceled it. 148 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:38,520 That didn't happen. 149 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:40,280 Your client's guilty. 150 00:09:40,700 --> 00:09:41,820 Because you say so, right? 151 00:09:42,660 --> 00:09:45,140 Tell me, Mr. Dunham, you murder people for a living? 152 00:09:46,980 --> 00:09:50,200 I refuse to answer that on the grounds that it might incriminate me. 153 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,960 Oh, I'm sorry. We wouldn't want anything to incriminate you. 154 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:55,600 Nothing further. 155 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:57,800 You can step down, Mr. Dunham. 156 00:09:58,620 --> 00:10:00,620 Your Honor, I'd like to request a sidebar. 157 00:10:00,900 --> 00:10:02,000 We're done for the morning. 158 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,080 I will see counsel in my chambers. 159 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,020 Your Honor, I'd like to move that Ms. Van Ohm be disqualified from this trial. 160 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,080 What? On what grounds? 161 00:10:14,540 --> 00:10:17,160 Conflict of interest, Judge. She is personally involved with a member of my 162 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:18,720 firm, and I think that... Give me a break. 163 00:10:19,340 --> 00:10:22,180 I didn't think it would pose any conflicts, Your Honor, but I have just 164 00:10:22,180 --> 00:10:26,100 that Miss Van Owen has had communications with Mr. Cusack regarding 165 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:29,540 And I think that in the interest of justice here... I have had no 166 00:10:29,540 --> 00:10:33,820 communications with Mr. Cusack concerning this matter, Judge. And Mr. 167 00:10:33,820 --> 00:10:37,580 has been fully aware of this relationship long before he took this 168 00:10:38,250 --> 00:10:42,050 He simply brought up this motion now so that he could buy extra time while he 169 00:10:42,050 --> 00:10:44,010 continues his manhunt for Willie Kosar. 170 00:10:44,210 --> 00:10:45,790 The motion is denied, Mr. 171 00:10:46,010 --> 00:10:49,350 Sapuentes. In the alternative, then, Your Honor, I would like some time to 172 00:10:49,350 --> 00:10:52,330 for Mr. Kosar. His testimony is certainly vital. There is no reasonable 173 00:10:52,330 --> 00:10:54,350 expectation that he will ever be found. 174 00:10:54,790 --> 00:10:58,530 We've looked for him, too, Judge. He's gone. Do you know where he is, 175 00:10:58,730 --> 00:11:01,250 No, Your Honor, but I think with a little bit of time... Motion denied. 176 00:11:01,910 --> 00:11:02,910 See you at two. 177 00:11:06,070 --> 00:11:07,070 Your Honor. 178 00:11:08,100 --> 00:11:09,100 That's all. 179 00:11:15,300 --> 00:11:17,740 Victor. Victor, you surprised me. 180 00:11:19,140 --> 00:11:20,420 Hey, it was worth a shot. 181 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:29,340 If the situation was reversed, Arnold, you'd be taking the same position we are 182 00:11:29,340 --> 00:11:30,540 now, and you know it. 183 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:32,300 No, I wouldn't. 184 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:33,560 Absolutely not. 185 00:11:35,180 --> 00:11:39,380 This firm is not entitled to one dime off of my videotape. Time out. 186 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:43,720 I direct your attention to paragraph 11, subsection J of the partnership 187 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:48,920 agreement. All revenues attributed to or connected with the practice of law 188 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,720 shall inure to the benefit of the firm. 189 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:53,280 But this isn't the practice of law. 190 00:11:53,820 --> 00:11:54,900 This is showbiz. 191 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,860 Gee, I distinctly remember hearing something about how it was providing 192 00:11:58,860 --> 00:12:02,320 services for those in need. I'm not saying it isn't, but what's making this 193 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:03,780 fly off the shelves is this face. 194 00:12:04,250 --> 00:12:05,710 This voice and this screen presence. 195 00:12:06,110 --> 00:12:09,510 Period. Arnie, you fell into this. Anything you make from is gravy. 196 00:12:09,990 --> 00:12:10,990 My gravy. 197 00:12:11,290 --> 00:12:15,090 No, sir. Putting the principle aside for a minute, how much money do you really 198 00:12:15,090 --> 00:12:16,090 need to make? 199 00:12:16,110 --> 00:12:20,350 Please. Michael, don't start with the warmed -over Woodstock rap. Do me a 200 00:12:20,430 --> 00:12:23,750 You may look to avoid the trappings of wealth. I don't. Well, you're just going 201 00:12:23,750 --> 00:12:27,510 to have to make do with the trappings that one -sixth of your royalties can 202 00:12:27,610 --> 00:12:31,150 Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a flight to catch. 203 00:12:35,010 --> 00:12:38,310 Look, if I had come to you with this idea before I did it, you all would have 204 00:12:38,310 --> 00:12:40,810 hooted me out of the office and don't tell me it isn't so. 205 00:12:41,850 --> 00:12:44,830 You would have sniffed and said it was unbefitting an attorney, that it 206 00:12:44,830 --> 00:12:46,970 a schlock merchant like Dave Meyer. 207 00:12:47,850 --> 00:12:53,210 Crass Arnie, Hollywood Arnie, unrefined Arnie, undignified Arnie. I am stunned 208 00:12:53,210 --> 00:12:57,410 that you would turn on your partners with this vehemence over money. 209 00:12:59,190 --> 00:13:00,790 Put your hand in my pocket, Leland. 210 00:13:01,690 --> 00:13:03,270 I will turn on you every time. 211 00:13:20,680 --> 00:13:21,680 Going to Chicago? 212 00:13:23,180 --> 00:13:25,160 I think that's where this flight is headed. 213 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:26,400 Great town. 214 00:13:26,660 --> 00:13:27,660 Yes, it is. 215 00:13:27,980 --> 00:13:31,180 City of big shoulders, hog butcher to the world. 216 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,280 Miss Joyner, I'm Astrid, your flight attendant. 217 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:36,740 Would you care for a cocktail after takeoff? 218 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:41,960 Club soda will be fine, thank you. Your choices for lunch today are Navarone of 219 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:47,020 lamb, pomegranate chicken, or vegetarian pate with assorted breadsticks. 220 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:48,400 I'll have the chicken. 221 00:13:49,900 --> 00:13:51,060 Mr. Ragnar? 222 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,440 We've got some good news and some bad news today. 223 00:13:55,720 --> 00:14:00,280 Oh, no. The good news is we have perfect flying weather both here and over the 224 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:04,400 Midwest. The bad news is that we've got a red warning light on the instrument 225 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,220 panel of the no -go... He's kidding. 226 00:14:06,900 --> 00:14:09,700 Please bear with us while we check it out. 227 00:14:09,940 --> 00:14:12,460 Hope to get you where you're going just as soon as we can. 228 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:13,800 Thanks. 229 00:14:13,980 --> 00:14:15,240 Excuse me one moment. 230 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:16,460 I've got a meeting in Chicago. 231 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:18,000 You're not the only one. 232 00:14:23,660 --> 00:14:24,660 Excuse me, miss. 233 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:30,100 Hello. At what point will passages be allowed to make other arrangements? 234 00:14:30,660 --> 00:14:34,900 Excuse me? How long does this delay have to run until the pilot lets us return 235 00:14:34,900 --> 00:14:35,900 to the terminal? 236 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,640 Oh, right now we don't anticipate that being necessary, sir. 237 00:14:39,420 --> 00:14:41,700 When do you anticipate it being necessary? 238 00:14:42,420 --> 00:14:44,220 That's the pilot's decision, sir. 239 00:14:44,620 --> 00:14:45,620 Excuse me. 240 00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:48,020 Okay. Bye -bye. 241 00:15:09,770 --> 00:15:10,770 This is unbelievable. 242 00:15:11,370 --> 00:15:15,730 We might as well have been taken over by the Hezbollah. I really do have to get 243 00:15:15,730 --> 00:15:16,730 off this plane. 244 00:15:16,810 --> 00:15:21,370 Mr. Brackman, I'm sorry, but we're all out of the lamb and the chicken. I don't 245 00:15:21,370 --> 00:15:22,370 care about that. 246 00:15:22,550 --> 00:15:26,930 What I care about is that the entire purpose of my trip is being frustrated 247 00:15:26,930 --> 00:15:28,190 your pilot's indifference. 248 00:15:28,490 --> 00:15:32,750 We're all in this together, sir. We're not all in this together. You didn't pay 249 00:15:32,750 --> 00:15:34,750 $1 ,500 to be here. 250 00:15:36,770 --> 00:15:40,790 We've decided to proceed with the showing of our movie this afternoon, The 251 00:15:40,790 --> 00:15:44,870 Mother, starring Diane Keaton. That's it. I've got a meeting in Chicago. 252 00:15:46,990 --> 00:15:48,430 I'm leaving this airplane. 253 00:15:49,110 --> 00:15:50,270 Mr. Brackman, please. 254 00:15:50,850 --> 00:15:54,330 Captain, we're having a problem with one of our passengers. Mr. Brackman, sit 255 00:15:54,330 --> 00:15:55,249 back down. 256 00:15:55,250 --> 00:15:56,490 I won't sit down. 257 00:15:57,210 --> 00:15:58,410 Sir, Mr. 258 00:15:58,630 --> 00:15:59,630 Brackman, please. 259 00:15:59,990 --> 00:16:03,450 Get away from that door. Ah, the captain emerges. 260 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:08,260 Get back in your seat, sir. No, this isn't the army and you're not my 261 00:16:08,260 --> 00:16:10,080 officer. I said return to your seat. 262 00:16:10,580 --> 00:16:15,600 No, you will deal with me rationally. I cannot deal with you rationally until 263 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,960 you return to your seat and stop endangering the safety of the other 264 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:24,060 I want you to explain why we've been held captive in this airplane for two 265 00:16:24,060 --> 00:16:28,540 half hours. I want reasons or I want to be allowed to leave. Once we pull away 266 00:16:28,540 --> 00:16:29,540 from that terminal. 267 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:34,620 Your right as a citizen in. Now, I am in sole charge of this plane and everyone 268 00:16:34,620 --> 00:16:35,519 on it. 269 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:40,900 Now, you may be unhappy with my decisions, but you may do nothing to 270 00:16:40,900 --> 00:16:41,900 my authority. 271 00:16:42,140 --> 00:16:47,520 Should you persist in doing so, I am fully empowered by federal aviation law 272 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:52,120 the rules of the Warsaw Convention to take any and all measures required to 273 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:56,320 restrain you, up to and including having you shot dead. 274 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:59,400 Right now, we are waiting for a part. 275 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,020 I'm expecting it to be installed shortly. 276 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,079 I hope that suffices as an explanation for you, sir. 277 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:11,540 But even if it doesn't, I trust that you'll sit in your seat and do what 278 00:17:11,540 --> 00:17:12,540 told. 279 00:17:16,140 --> 00:17:18,060 Let me know if he acts up again. 280 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:25,920 I admire your nerve, even if it didn't work. 281 00:17:26,849 --> 00:17:29,970 Let me borrow that phone of yours, and I'll make a call that will. 282 00:17:30,410 --> 00:17:34,130 I was sitting at a bar talking to a guy that I'd never even seen before. 283 00:17:34,350 --> 00:17:35,350 That would be Mr. 284 00:17:35,490 --> 00:17:36,490 Kosar, right? 285 00:17:36,510 --> 00:17:40,570 And I was going on about the divorce, about how my wife makes my life hell. 286 00:17:41,670 --> 00:17:45,310 And then he said that he could arrange for her not to bother me anymore. 287 00:17:46,570 --> 00:17:47,790 He could put her on ice. 288 00:17:48,130 --> 00:17:49,210 How did you respond to that? 289 00:17:49,410 --> 00:17:52,090 I thought he was puffing. I mean, you know, two guys sitting at a bar talking 290 00:17:52,090 --> 00:17:53,090 tough. 291 00:17:53,250 --> 00:17:55,210 So we went on about... 292 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:57,000 Killing her. But it was talk. 293 00:17:57,220 --> 00:17:58,580 Really, just talk. 294 00:17:59,900 --> 00:18:02,760 I mean, I didn't take it seriously. I sure as hell didn't think he took it 295 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:03,760 seriously. 296 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,980 Until he called me the next day. He said he set up a meeting with a hitman. 297 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:09,480 Well, what was your reaction to that? 298 00:18:09,860 --> 00:18:10,860 I told him, forget it. 299 00:18:12,180 --> 00:18:16,240 I said, look, I may hate my wife, but there's no way. 300 00:18:16,860 --> 00:18:18,920 There's no way I'm going to hire somebody to kill her. 301 00:18:19,980 --> 00:18:22,480 Did you ever give this Mr. Kosar any money? 302 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,280 Of course not. I never even saw him again. 303 00:18:24,650 --> 00:18:26,030 Thank you, Mr. Schaefer. Nothing further. 304 00:18:27,890 --> 00:18:29,170 You did tell Mr. 305 00:18:29,410 --> 00:18:31,730 Kosar you wanted your wife dead, didn't you? 306 00:18:32,490 --> 00:18:38,070 Look, I was just rambling. I had too much to drink. I was very upset, and 307 00:18:38,070 --> 00:18:42,310 I blurted out a few things that I shouldn't have said, but... Well, 308 00:18:42,310 --> 00:18:48,490 the bartender who overheard your discussion, you spoke in a clear, hushed 309 00:18:49,350 --> 00:18:51,070 You asked specific... 310 00:18:51,310 --> 00:18:55,390 deliberate questions as to where the body should be disposed. 311 00:18:55,750 --> 00:19:00,690 You asked whether the entire $10 ,000 would have to be given in advance. 312 00:19:00,910 --> 00:19:03,290 I mean, that's very reflective for a blurt, Mr. Schaefer. 313 00:19:03,630 --> 00:19:04,630 Objection, Your Honor. 314 00:19:04,730 --> 00:19:09,390 Sustained. Your phone number, your address, the information as to how you 315 00:19:09,390 --> 00:19:12,690 be reached, that all just popped out of you? Look, look, Ms. Van Horn. 316 00:19:13,650 --> 00:19:16,590 I'm not denying that I said any of those things. 317 00:19:17,590 --> 00:19:20,030 But I never, never meant to go through with it. 318 00:19:21,350 --> 00:19:24,830 You meant to go through with it up until the time the police arrested you. 319 00:19:24,950 --> 00:19:25,950 That's not true. 320 00:19:26,370 --> 00:19:29,730 Now, I called it off with Cotra long before the police even showed up, I 321 00:19:29,930 --> 00:19:33,170 You called it off, so at some point in your mind, it was on then. No. 322 00:19:33,430 --> 00:19:35,770 Well, why bother to call off something that's never on? 323 00:19:36,430 --> 00:19:40,610 I just misspoke just now, all right? It just blurted out, right? 324 00:19:41,470 --> 00:19:42,470 Objection, Your Honor. 325 00:19:42,510 --> 00:19:43,510 Withdrawn. 326 00:19:44,670 --> 00:19:49,510 Mr. Schaefer, what is the net worth of your community property? 327 00:19:51,180 --> 00:19:55,480 Including the house, $1 ,200 ,000. And pursuant to your divorce, you're to 328 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:56,720 this with your wife, correct? 329 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:00,860 Yes. But if she, for some reason, should die before the divorce were final, 330 00:20:01,140 --> 00:20:03,840 you'd get it all, wouldn't you? I don't know. 331 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:07,280 I guess so. 332 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:08,480 You guess? 333 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:11,620 I have nothing further. 334 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:18,780 You mail it to me. Bye -bye. 335 00:20:22,350 --> 00:20:23,049 Hey, Jonathan. 336 00:20:23,050 --> 00:20:23,789 Hey, Ab. 337 00:20:23,790 --> 00:20:24,689 You look busy. 338 00:20:24,690 --> 00:20:28,050 Yeah, Douglas is stuck on a plane. They've been on the runway since noon, 339 00:20:28,050 --> 00:20:29,750 I'm trying to get a court order to get him off. 340 00:20:29,970 --> 00:20:30,970 Why? 341 00:20:33,130 --> 00:20:36,430 Pamela, I've got to get to the judge with this. 342 00:20:48,970 --> 00:20:53,550 Douglas Brackman versus Omni Airways and Captain Charles Laughlin emergency ex 343 00:20:53,550 --> 00:20:54,550 parte application. 344 00:20:55,510 --> 00:20:56,510 Approach, counsel. 345 00:20:57,830 --> 00:21:02,810 Your Honor, Douglas Brackman boarded flight 725 at noon. I'm here now because 346 00:21:02,810 --> 00:21:06,070 that flight is still sitting marooned on the tarmac at LAX. 347 00:21:06,490 --> 00:21:09,410 Unless he's permitted to make alternate travel arrangements, the firm he 348 00:21:09,410 --> 00:21:11,830 represents will suffer permanent irreversible damage. 349 00:21:12,050 --> 00:21:15,550 Cut through it. You're asking for what? A court order requiring the pilot to 350 00:21:15,550 --> 00:21:19,110 return to the terminal and permit those passengers that wish to to get off that 351 00:21:19,110 --> 00:21:20,650 plane. It's been on the runway how long? 352 00:21:21,850 --> 00:21:22,850 Four hours. 353 00:21:22,930 --> 00:21:27,050 I believe that such relief is not terribly extreme relative to the 354 00:21:27,050 --> 00:21:28,050 harm threatened. 355 00:21:28,860 --> 00:21:32,100 Right. Furthermore, there is judicial precedent for the court intervening. 356 00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:32,919 mind, counsel. 357 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:36,480 With all due respect, Your Honor, in the case of Banta v. Sacramento Air, the 358 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,500 Court of Appeals affirmed an award of damages based on excessive delay and 359 00:21:39,500 --> 00:21:41,240 specifically stated... You made your point. 360 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,460 I'm more than happy to grant your motion. 361 00:21:44,660 --> 00:21:47,620 Furthermore, I'm going to keep it on my next time I get stuck out there. 362 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:49,640 Enter the order. Call the next case. 363 00:21:51,159 --> 00:21:52,240 He's a ghost, Victor. 364 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:56,000 The whole car is nowhere to be found. Jesus, he's got it, because this guy's 365 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,240 only chance that we have at proving that this hit was canceled. 366 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:03,380 I've got my mole in the FBI moonlighting. I've called in every favor 367 00:22:03,380 --> 00:22:07,220 to me by the police, and I've got trunk lines on his family's telephone. 368 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:08,920 Trunk lines? How'd you manage that? 369 00:22:09,340 --> 00:22:14,240 You know, this lech at the phone company's been chasing me, so I let him 370 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,100 knee the other night while I whispered sweet telephone digits in his ear. 371 00:22:18,209 --> 00:22:21,190 And he's tapping them for you? What can I say? He likes high cheekbones. 372 00:22:21,690 --> 00:22:25,750 So, if Mama Cozar gives Little Willie a ring, we might know something. 373 00:22:26,770 --> 00:22:27,770 That sounds promising. 374 00:22:27,870 --> 00:22:32,390 I'm gonna find this slug, Victor. You just gotta do whatever you can to buy me 375 00:22:32,390 --> 00:22:33,390 some time. 376 00:22:33,410 --> 00:22:34,410 Okay, okay. 377 00:22:34,670 --> 00:22:36,270 I got Arnie Becker on the stand tomorrow. 378 00:22:36,490 --> 00:22:38,090 That'll string it out for another day, top. 379 00:22:38,470 --> 00:22:40,370 Other than that, there's not much more that I can do. 380 00:22:41,850 --> 00:22:43,810 Let me just throw something out for your consideration. 381 00:22:44,550 --> 00:22:46,590 I've got the names and the dresses. 382 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,180 And incomes of every juror. 383 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:56,440 Sometimes these jurors can be a little susceptible to some anonymous influence. 384 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:58,440 I don't work that way. Neither do I. 385 00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:03,560 But sometimes it is an option some attorneys do explore. I don't, okay? 386 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:07,780 Just buy and call the doctor. 387 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:10,020 I'm trying, Victor. 388 00:23:11,500 --> 00:23:12,500 Believe me. 389 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:28,820 Stay here much longer. All I'm going to do when we get to Chicago is turn around 390 00:23:28,820 --> 00:23:29,719 and come home. 391 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,540 I know. We'll probably sit on the runway there, too. 392 00:23:32,980 --> 00:23:37,480 I've put so much time into preparing for this. I cannot believe that I'm stuck 393 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,280 here on the ground watching it all go to waste. 394 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,680 Ladies and gentlemen, you'll notice we've started our engines. 395 00:23:45,820 --> 00:23:49,940 I wish I could say we were preparing for takeoff. Unfortunately, I have to 396 00:23:49,940 --> 00:23:54,040 inform you that the passenger in seat 3A, Mr. Douglas Brackman... 397 00:23:54,540 --> 00:23:59,020 from Los Angeles, has obtained a court order requiring me to return to the 398 00:23:59,020 --> 00:24:00,020 terminal. 399 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:04,419 Thank you. 400 00:24:04,420 --> 00:24:05,279 It's okay. 401 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,540 I'm not ready to fly. I know that now. It's too confining. 402 00:24:09,100 --> 00:24:10,100 Mr. Crackman? 403 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:14,420 Yeah? Place your hands against that pillow, please. What's going on? I'm 404 00:24:14,420 --> 00:24:18,100 you under arrest for reckless endangerment, interfering with a flight 405 00:24:18,100 --> 00:24:19,460 the execution of their duties. 406 00:24:20,020 --> 00:24:22,160 We'll tell you the phone while I'm boarding the aircraft. 407 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:25,360 You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to an attorney. If you 408 00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:28,640 cannot appoint an attorney, one will be appointed to you by the court. Anything 409 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:33,020 you say from this point forward can and will be used against you in a court of 410 00:24:33,020 --> 00:24:34,020 law. 411 00:24:39,980 --> 00:24:44,560 Any revenue that derives either from your practice of law or from your 412 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:48,560 gained in the practice of law while a partner, McKenzie Brackman, shall be 413 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:51,860 deemed money subject to all returnable conditions of the partnership. 414 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:53,880 In other words, what's mine is theirs. 415 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,740 Unless you sign it under the rest, you don't have a leg to stand on. 416 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:03,040 That partnership agreement clearly never anticipated a situation like this. 417 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:07,440 Well, no agreement between parties ever anticipates every situation that could 418 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:08,440 arise. 419 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:09,760 That's why we have lawyers. 420 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:11,860 Well, you're mine. 421 00:25:12,860 --> 00:25:13,860 What if they sue? 422 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:15,520 You'd lose. 423 00:25:16,060 --> 00:25:18,260 And I think you'd lose a lot more than money. 424 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:23,520 Mackenzie Brackman is a great firm. 425 00:25:23,900 --> 00:25:27,440 Much of your reputation derives from your relationship with them. 426 00:25:28,060 --> 00:25:29,760 Are you prepared to lose that? 427 00:25:30,060 --> 00:25:31,060 But it's my money. 428 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:36,040 Giving up five -sixths of it with absolutely no input from them, it isn't 429 00:25:36,260 --> 00:25:38,520 No. Stuart Markowitz and Ann Kelsey are married. 430 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,760 Is it fair that they should make more money from my guy to divorce than me? 431 00:25:44,340 --> 00:25:48,420 Arnie, you're a masterful negotiator. This is a unique situation. 432 00:25:49,470 --> 00:25:53,770 I suggest you reconvene the partners, throw yourself on the mercy of the 433 00:25:53,830 --> 00:25:56,330 and negotiate a settlement you can all live with. 434 00:25:56,590 --> 00:25:57,990 What if they refuse to negotiate? 435 00:25:59,050 --> 00:26:03,750 You're a valued member of the firm, and your partners, by and large, are fair 436 00:26:03,750 --> 00:26:04,750 -minded men and women. 437 00:26:05,210 --> 00:26:07,190 I'm sure there's a way out of the thicket. 438 00:26:08,210 --> 00:26:11,050 Lawyers. A greedy bunch of bastards. 439 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:15,600 Who better than a lawyer knows? 440 00:26:15,860 --> 00:26:19,140 A difficult divorce can be emotionally crippling for all parties involved. 441 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:24,660 And it isn't at all uncommon for a spouse to be given to volatile threats 442 00:26:24,660 --> 00:26:29,060 outbursts. Now, in the course of your representation of Mr. Schaefer, did he 443 00:26:29,060 --> 00:26:32,800 ever manifest any kind of criminal intentions towards his wife? 444 00:26:33,220 --> 00:26:35,140 He never had any criminal intentions. 445 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:39,760 That business at the bar was very simply Joseph exfoliating his frustration 446 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:43,560 at... Objection. This man has no foundation to render psychiatric 447 00:26:44,250 --> 00:26:48,030 He has represented the defendant in his divorce for the past three years, and he 448 00:26:48,030 --> 00:26:49,630 can certainly speak to his state of mind. 449 00:26:49,890 --> 00:26:52,970 I'll give you a little latitude, Counselor, but that's it. 450 00:26:55,010 --> 00:26:59,410 Joseph Schaefer is a law -abiding and extremely moral person. He would never 451 00:26:59,410 --> 00:27:00,830 hire somebody to commit a murder. 452 00:27:01,050 --> 00:27:05,730 You're sure? If a client of mine had criminal propensities of that nature, 453 00:27:05,730 --> 00:27:06,289 know it. 454 00:27:06,290 --> 00:27:07,290 Believe me. 455 00:27:07,370 --> 00:27:08,870 Okay, thank you very much, Mr. Becker. 456 00:27:09,330 --> 00:27:10,330 Let's go. 457 00:27:16,110 --> 00:27:21,770 Two years ago, Mr. Becker, a client of yours by the name of Carolyn Glasspan 458 00:27:21,770 --> 00:27:27,230 walked into a settlement conference with you at her side and blasted her husband 459 00:27:27,230 --> 00:27:28,390 with a pistol, didn't she? 460 00:27:28,850 --> 00:27:33,070 Yes. Did you know of her plan, sir, when you scheduled that meeting? 461 00:27:33,350 --> 00:27:38,510 Of course I didn't. Then I guess it would be possible for one of your 462 00:27:38,510 --> 00:27:41,390 harbor criminal propensities without you having a clue, wouldn't it? 463 00:27:41,710 --> 00:27:43,030 That was a one -time thing. 464 00:27:43,230 --> 00:27:44,310 A one -time thing. 465 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:50,820 And last year, a client of yours kidnapped his child from his estranged 466 00:27:50,900 --> 00:27:52,600 who'd been awarded custody, right? 467 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:56,200 Yes, but... Did you see that one coming, sir? No, I didn't, but again... Joseph 468 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,160 Schaefer himself once threatened to strangle his wife in a settlement 469 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,660 conference, didn't he? All he was doing was venting. 470 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,200 He certainly didn't mean it. Because you would have known if he did, right? 471 00:28:05,460 --> 00:28:06,460 I think I would, yes. 472 00:28:06,980 --> 00:28:07,980 That's fine. 473 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,740 Joseph Schaefer is a client of yours, isn't he, Mr. Becker? 474 00:28:13,340 --> 00:28:14,340 He is. 475 00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:19,760 And as such, you have a duty, an obligation to protect his interests, 476 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:21,000 That would be correct. 477 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:26,920 And in fact, if you were privileged with any incriminating information about Mr. 478 00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:29,120 Schaefer, you wouldn't share it with us, would you? 479 00:28:29,740 --> 00:28:30,980 No, I wouldn't. 480 00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:35,220 Attorney -client privilege would prevent me from doing so. 481 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:39,800 Thank you, sir. I'm sure the jury will have no trouble in evaluating your 482 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,580 totally objective opinion then. 483 00:28:42,060 --> 00:28:43,120 Objection! Withdrawn. 484 00:28:44,010 --> 00:28:45,150 I have nothing further. 485 00:28:49,170 --> 00:28:52,690 You should have been objecting up and down. Never let your witness get savaged 486 00:28:52,690 --> 00:28:53,870 when they're there to help. Savaged? 487 00:28:54,230 --> 00:28:55,770 I think Grace has a grudge against me. 488 00:28:56,050 --> 00:28:56,729 Come on, Arnie. 489 00:28:56,730 --> 00:28:58,210 She was just doing her job anyway. 490 00:28:58,550 --> 00:28:59,990 Oh, that's beautiful. Defend her. 491 00:29:00,590 --> 00:29:03,470 I'll tell you, the support I'm getting from my coworkers these days is really 492 00:29:03,470 --> 00:29:04,470 overwhelming. 493 00:29:08,890 --> 00:29:09,890 Victor. 494 00:29:10,710 --> 00:29:12,850 Guess what? 495 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:15,160 I found him. 496 00:29:15,500 --> 00:29:16,740 Kosar? Good deal. 497 00:29:18,580 --> 00:29:22,340 Arizona Probation had a new alias, which I plugged into our local computer. 498 00:29:22,860 --> 00:29:26,740 And then I tracked down a job that he had. And then a friend of a friend who 499 00:29:26,740 --> 00:29:30,600 worked with him at that job. And he pointed me to a loan shark in Glendale. 500 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:31,499 Where's he at right now? 501 00:29:31,500 --> 00:29:33,080 Hold up in a downtown rooming house. 502 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,300 Landlady says he's out days, in, night. 503 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,600 I'll grab him tonight. I'm going with you. No, that won't be necessary. I can 504 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,060 handle it. I'm going, Steph. I need to talk to him first anyway. 505 00:29:45,290 --> 00:29:47,490 Okay. I'll pick you up at your apartment at 8 o 'clock. 506 00:29:49,310 --> 00:29:50,310 Address casual. 507 00:29:55,710 --> 00:29:59,490 So my thinking is, rather than make a big deal about it, an equitable split 508 00:29:59,490 --> 00:30:02,290 say, 5 % per partner would be a fair division of profits. 509 00:30:02,630 --> 00:30:06,130 In other words, the five of us split 25%. 510 00:30:06,590 --> 00:30:07,990 And you get 75 %? 511 00:30:08,190 --> 00:30:11,690 This isn't in the nature of legal fees, Douglas, and you know it. Arnie, what 512 00:30:11,690 --> 00:30:13,770 about the firm's 30 % allocation to overhead? 513 00:30:13,990 --> 00:30:15,190 That come out of our cut, too? 514 00:30:15,390 --> 00:30:19,290 All right. We each throw in 5 % to the pot. 515 00:30:19,730 --> 00:30:26,010 Leaving you with 73 % and the rest of us with 3%. Not but greed laid bare. 516 00:30:26,350 --> 00:30:28,750 Douglas is right, Arnie. It hardly seems equitable. 517 00:30:29,570 --> 00:30:30,570 Equitable? 518 00:30:31,130 --> 00:30:32,530 You want to talk about equitable? 519 00:30:33,469 --> 00:30:37,610 I put my ass out there in front of the camera. Not you. If the thing stinks up 520 00:30:37,610 --> 00:30:39,830 the joint, I'm the laughingstock of the industry. 521 00:30:40,690 --> 00:30:41,469 Not you. 522 00:30:41,470 --> 00:30:44,310 Whoa, whoa, whoa. What if you represented Mackenzie Brackman in a 523 00:30:44,550 --> 00:30:47,190 But this... You'd be claiming the profits from that video were community 524 00:30:47,190 --> 00:30:49,570 property. But this isn't a divorce, Stuart. 525 00:30:49,870 --> 00:30:51,330 Because, you know, if it was, you'd lose. 526 00:30:51,650 --> 00:30:55,030 All right, all right, people. That's enough now. I listen to both sides, and 527 00:30:55,030 --> 00:30:56,990 there's merit to both arguments. 528 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,840 But in the interest of peace, Arnold, and given that there is a binding 529 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:02,700 agreement, may I suggest the following? 530 00:31:03,420 --> 00:31:05,580 You get 50 % of your net profits. 531 00:31:05,780 --> 00:31:11,400 50. The rest of us split the other 50%. But the 30 % overhead charge being borne 532 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:15,280 equally amongst the six partners. Is that acceptable? 533 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:18,380 Sounds fine to me. 534 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:21,680 Fine. 535 00:31:21,900 --> 00:31:24,920 Fine. I bow to the will of the majority. 536 00:31:28,590 --> 00:31:29,590 I don't like it. 537 00:31:31,370 --> 00:31:32,870 But I guess I can live with it. 538 00:31:34,450 --> 00:31:35,450 Thank you, people. 539 00:31:38,990 --> 00:31:40,590 Douglas, a moment. 540 00:31:43,610 --> 00:31:48,110 It appears we've lost Maxwell Enterprises. Kevin McNally hasn't 541 00:31:48,110 --> 00:31:49,110 single call of mine. 542 00:31:49,310 --> 00:31:50,309 Nor mine. 543 00:31:50,310 --> 00:31:53,490 You indulged a childish temper tantrum. 544 00:31:53,850 --> 00:31:55,990 A considerable expense to this firm. 545 00:31:56,210 --> 00:31:57,850 It wasn't my fault. No? 546 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:03,200 Whose was it? The pilot's. That nasty bastard. Not the pilot. Yours. 547 00:32:05,140 --> 00:32:08,680 I can be in a plane tomorrow, right after my preliminary hearing. 548 00:32:08,940 --> 00:32:12,920 Tomorrow is the deadline, and I doubt if they push it to accommodate your 549 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:14,500 schedule. Maybe you could go? 550 00:32:14,780 --> 00:32:18,380 Or Cusack? You're the only one conversant in the case, Douglas. 551 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:20,520 Face it. 552 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:22,280 You behave like an ass. 553 00:32:22,580 --> 00:32:24,620 Now we're all paying the price for it. 554 00:32:25,700 --> 00:32:26,960 I'm sorry. Sorry? 555 00:32:27,580 --> 00:32:29,940 Sorry doesn't begin to cover our losses here. 556 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:34,120 Not to mention what could happen to you if the court decides to make an example 557 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:35,120 of you. 558 00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:39,020 I'll get on a plan tomorrow anyhow, just on the chance. 559 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:43,780 Well, if you do, I suggest you book your ticket under an alias. 560 00:32:57,450 --> 00:32:58,450 What'd you expect? 561 00:32:59,890 --> 00:33:01,710 Okay, here it is, 2 .32. 562 00:33:04,390 --> 00:33:05,390 It's showtime. 563 00:33:06,470 --> 00:33:07,470 Who's there? 564 00:33:07,630 --> 00:33:09,790 Private investigator, Willie. Could you please open up? 565 00:33:10,770 --> 00:33:12,270 Ah, get the hell lost. 566 00:33:12,650 --> 00:33:14,270 Oh, rude, rude. 567 00:33:15,210 --> 00:33:18,650 You got no egress, Willie. Well, I got a bodyguard and a gun. 568 00:33:19,030 --> 00:33:22,110 Now open up real fast, sweetie, before I call the cops and tell them where to 569 00:33:22,110 --> 00:33:23,110 find you. 570 00:33:25,750 --> 00:33:26,750 Okay, what? 571 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:30,200 Mr. Kosar, my name is Victor Fuentes. I'm an attorney. If we could just come 572 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,840 and talk to you for a second. Of course we can. 573 00:33:32,220 --> 00:33:33,220 We're guests. 574 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:35,060 Hey, nice digs, Willie. 575 00:33:35,340 --> 00:33:36,199 What do you want? 576 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,480 Mr. Kosar, look, I represent Justice Schaefer. 577 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,700 The man on whose behalf you hired Edward Benham. 578 00:33:44,180 --> 00:33:45,200 Come on, to kill his wife? 579 00:33:45,740 --> 00:33:48,240 I don't know what you're talking about. Look, we need you to testify. We need 580 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:51,540 you to tell the jury that you called the hit off. Oh, yeah, right. 581 00:33:52,660 --> 00:33:54,640 I'm going to go into court and tell them I ordered a hit. 582 00:33:57,270 --> 00:34:00,850 I think that there's a way that you could do it without really incriminating 583 00:34:00,850 --> 00:34:02,670 yourself. Why don't you get the hell out of here, counsel? 584 00:34:03,030 --> 00:34:09,630 Hey, drugs, gambling chits, what lovely evidentiary trinkets. Hey, you can't be 585 00:34:09,630 --> 00:34:12,489 doing that. I'm not police, Willie. I don't need a warrant. 586 00:34:13,090 --> 00:34:16,230 Well, I can just turn all this over to the cops and it's all admissible in 587 00:34:16,230 --> 00:34:17,230 court. 588 00:34:17,350 --> 00:34:20,630 You listen to me, bitch. No, you listen to me, plughead. 589 00:34:20,949 --> 00:34:25,409 Now, we tried polite, but since that didn't work, you now get plan B. 590 00:34:26,190 --> 00:34:28,190 Now, these are the facts of life. 591 00:34:28,610 --> 00:34:32,690 My little search for you turned up all kinds of interesting things, including 592 00:34:32,690 --> 00:34:37,670 the connection to a murder of one Stevie Benison in Torrance last April. I got 593 00:34:37,670 --> 00:34:42,989 names and dates that the police would kill for, not to mention this little bag 594 00:34:42,989 --> 00:34:44,050 of illegal substances. 595 00:34:44,489 --> 00:34:50,190 So, in short, I can deliver you. 596 00:34:51,630 --> 00:34:52,650 You're crazy. 597 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:58,140 Yeah, well, that's the first thing you've gotten right, big boy. Now, you 598 00:34:58,140 --> 00:35:01,780 testify in court or I haul your ass down to the police right now. 599 00:35:04,940 --> 00:35:08,380 After I blow your stones off. 600 00:35:10,100 --> 00:35:12,060 You got three seconds to decide. 601 00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:18,460 Okay, for God's sake, okay, okay, okay. 602 00:35:18,740 --> 00:35:19,740 Oh, that's really good. 603 00:35:19,780 --> 00:35:22,460 So now we're a team, you and me. 604 00:35:22,860 --> 00:35:23,860 And this. 605 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:24,920 is what we're going to do. 606 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:29,040 We're going to go over your evidence real careful to make sure we get it 607 00:35:29,380 --> 00:35:30,820 It's going to be so much fun. 608 00:35:31,780 --> 00:35:33,540 And cheer up now, Willie. 609 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:38,280 Hey, you're the luckiest guy in town, you know, because after we finish 610 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:41,380 reviewing, you get to spend the night with me. 611 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:49,840 And I knew he'd been drinking a lot, but I still thought he was serious. 612 00:35:50,580 --> 00:35:51,580 Till the next day. 613 00:35:51,870 --> 00:35:53,830 And what happened the next day, Mr. Kosar? 614 00:35:54,230 --> 00:35:55,089 I called Mr. 615 00:35:55,090 --> 00:35:58,670 Schaefer back to tell him about the meeting with Mr. Dunham I'd set up. And 616 00:35:58,670 --> 00:36:01,270 tells me that he doesn't want to really go through with it, that he was just 617 00:36:01,270 --> 00:36:02,990 talking in the bar to hear himself talk. 618 00:36:03,310 --> 00:36:04,530 How did you respond to that? 619 00:36:04,790 --> 00:36:06,130 I said, you sure? He says, yeah. 620 00:36:06,570 --> 00:36:10,630 And then he says, I don't want to have a meeting with Mr. Dunham and for me to 621 00:36:10,630 --> 00:36:11,630 forget the whole thing. 622 00:36:12,610 --> 00:36:13,610 Okay. 623 00:36:14,510 --> 00:36:18,050 So what happened then, sir? I called Dunham back and I told him the deal was 624 00:36:18,050 --> 00:36:19,050 off. 625 00:36:19,730 --> 00:36:20,730 Thank you, Mr. Kosar. 626 00:36:22,250 --> 00:36:23,250 Your witness. 627 00:36:27,970 --> 00:36:34,150 Would you tell us, Mr. Kosar, why it is that you suddenly decided to appear here 628 00:36:34,150 --> 00:36:36,710 today and incriminate yourself in a murder conspiracy? 629 00:36:37,370 --> 00:36:38,390 It wasn't any conspiracy. 630 00:36:38,810 --> 00:36:40,630 Like I said, it was just a misunderstanding. 631 00:36:41,770 --> 00:36:45,990 Not in your mind, sir. I wasn't conspiring anything. 632 00:36:47,090 --> 00:36:50,290 I was just passing out a message, and I got the message wrong. 633 00:36:54,570 --> 00:36:59,370 Your Honor, I request a 15 -minute recess so that I may confer with defense 634 00:36:59,370 --> 00:37:01,430 counsel. Any objections, Mr. 635 00:37:01,630 --> 00:37:02,630 Cipuentes? 636 00:37:03,250 --> 00:37:04,710 Uh, no, Your Honor, no. 637 00:37:05,170 --> 00:37:06,170 15 minutes. 638 00:37:06,690 --> 00:37:07,690 Jury will stay. 639 00:37:11,259 --> 00:37:13,320 I know Stephanie Hall, Victor. 640 00:37:13,540 --> 00:37:17,220 And I know Kosar doesn't come prancing in here like this unless you've got him 641 00:37:17,220 --> 00:37:20,960 jacked up pretty good. He is telling the truth, Grace. We sometimes use the 642 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:24,580 lovely Miss Hall ourselves, okay? I mean, we're talking about a woman who 643 00:37:24,580 --> 00:37:26,160 bounty hunting on her vacations. 644 00:37:27,220 --> 00:37:31,940 Now, I am willing to bet that she threatened Kosar physically as well as 645 00:37:31,940 --> 00:37:33,580 whatever dirt she dug up on him. 646 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:36,920 So, cross -examine him. 647 00:37:37,450 --> 00:37:38,750 I can do better than that. 648 00:37:40,310 --> 00:37:44,830 I mean, I just might offer him immunity on whatever it is you got him on. What 649 00:37:44,830 --> 00:37:47,850 good is that going to do? In exchange for that, he'll gladly tell the jury 650 00:37:47,850 --> 00:37:52,410 exactly how you motivated him to come forward. Who knows? If I removed arrest, 651 00:37:52,770 --> 00:37:54,570 his testimony might even change. 652 00:37:55,710 --> 00:37:56,710 Grace, look. 653 00:37:57,330 --> 00:38:00,550 I am not going to deny that we pushed this guy's hand a little, just like you 654 00:38:00,550 --> 00:38:03,690 did with Dunham, but there is no way that I would put false testimony up on 655 00:38:03,690 --> 00:38:04,690 stand. Now, you know me. 656 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:11,680 You know what we both know, Victor, is that even if your guy did call it off, 657 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:15,460 initially agreed to commission the hit. At a time when he was drunk and he 658 00:38:15,460 --> 00:38:17,260 lacked the mental capacity to form an opinion? 659 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:18,480 Uh -uh, no go. 660 00:38:20,540 --> 00:38:22,440 Grace, you're never going to get a conviction here. 661 00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,700 Now, you can go, you can push Kosar all you want, but he just established 662 00:38:25,700 --> 00:38:28,740 reasonable doubt, and we both know that, too. I'll get whatever I can get. 663 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:31,080 But I'm not kicking him, Victor. 664 00:38:31,620 --> 00:38:32,620 Grace. 665 00:38:34,500 --> 00:38:35,600 Off the record, okay? 666 00:38:36,850 --> 00:38:38,810 We both know what went down in there. 667 00:38:39,030 --> 00:38:42,490 Schaefer agreed to the hit, and the next day he changed his mind. Now, the guy's 668 00:38:42,490 --> 00:38:47,390 not a saint, but he's no murderer either, and we should... We should be 669 00:38:47,390 --> 00:38:48,390 work this thing out. 670 00:38:50,570 --> 00:38:53,730 I can give you conspiracy to commit assault. That's the best I can do. I 671 00:38:53,730 --> 00:38:54,629 recommend probation. 672 00:38:54,630 --> 00:38:55,650 No, one year suspended. 673 00:38:56,270 --> 00:38:58,970 Come on, Victor, no jail time. It is a bargain. 674 00:39:01,650 --> 00:39:02,710 I think you'll go for that. 675 00:39:03,630 --> 00:39:04,630 I think you will. 676 00:39:05,450 --> 00:39:06,450 Deal. 677 00:39:10,980 --> 00:39:13,960 And did you ever threaten anybody, Mr. Brackman? 678 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:15,400 Absolutely not. 679 00:39:15,740 --> 00:39:19,200 Put up any physical struggle against the captain and his co -pilot? 680 00:39:19,660 --> 00:39:22,860 Not I. How about the flight attendants? I'm not a bully, sir. 681 00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:25,100 I just asked for permission to leave. 682 00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:27,280 Your witness. 683 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,480 You don't like to be kept waiting, do you? 684 00:39:31,900 --> 00:39:35,660 I'm not the most patient of men, no. But what would it have taken to permit 685 00:39:35,660 --> 00:39:36,940 passengers to leave? 686 00:39:37,220 --> 00:39:39,660 A flight of stairs pushed up to the plane? Excuse me. 687 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:43,240 I don't believe you've been qualified as an expert witness in airport ground 688 00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:46,320 operations, have you? I'm just trying to use a little common sense. 689 00:39:46,700 --> 00:39:48,620 That's all I was trying to do on the plane. 690 00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:52,580 I could have walked back to the terminal when you get right down to it. Ask that 691 00:39:52,580 --> 00:39:55,160 the witness confine his comments to answering the question. 692 00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:58,200 Come on, Counselor, there's no jury here. What are you worried about? 693 00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:02,940 All I wanted on that plane was to be dealt with reasonably. We get on a 694 00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,180 and we entrust our lives to a company. 695 00:40:05,790 --> 00:40:09,570 We trust that the pilot's competent, that the plane has been properly 696 00:40:09,570 --> 00:40:14,150 maintained. We trust that we'll get where we're going somewhere around the 697 00:40:14,150 --> 00:40:19,150 designated. The company spends millions of dollars to encourage that very trust. 698 00:40:19,390 --> 00:40:22,210 Tell me what happens when they're not trustworthy. 699 00:40:22,490 --> 00:40:26,050 What do I do? Watch the movie? Wait it out? 700 00:40:26,860 --> 00:40:31,640 I'm not a violent person, and I'm not particularly reckless, but things have 701 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:36,960 make sense to me. And sitting on a runway at LAX for four and a half hours 702 00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:38,800 Wednesday, things didn't. 703 00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:40,960 Your Honor, 704 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:49,880 I have to ask that the witness be instructed to stop making speeches. 705 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:52,360 All right. Step back, Mr. Appel. 706 00:40:53,740 --> 00:40:57,640 Without specifically endorsing the actions taken by the defendant, I'm 707 00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:00,700 there was sufficient provocation. All kinds of things have happened. 708 00:41:01,260 --> 00:41:05,520 Insofar as the court finds probable cause lacking as to criminal intent, I'm 709 00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:06,520 dismissing the charges. 710 00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:07,638 Your Honor. 711 00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:08,379 That's it. 712 00:41:08,380 --> 00:41:09,380 Gentlemen. 713 00:41:11,060 --> 00:41:14,640 Any airline that tangles with Mackenzie Brackman will know they've been in a 714 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:17,960 fight. Is your firm going to make a specialty of taking them on? We don't 715 00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:21,160 away from anyone. Mr. Brackman. Mr. Brackman, one more question. 716 00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:30,000 I didn't get a chance to thank you. You came here just to do that? No, as a 717 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,980 matter of fact, I came here to testify for you, but you were doing such a good 718 00:41:32,980 --> 00:41:36,440 job that it wasn't even necessary. I certainly appreciate the gesture. You're 719 00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:39,680 getting that court order. That allowed me to charter a plane and make my 720 00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:40,459 in Chicago. 721 00:41:40,460 --> 00:41:41,460 Is that right? 722 00:41:42,540 --> 00:41:44,700 By God, you're one resourceful woman. 723 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,480 I'm also an attorney for Householder and Doyle. 724 00:41:48,100 --> 00:41:50,180 Householder and Doyle. That's right. 725 00:41:50,660 --> 00:41:53,300 I was going to Chicago for the very same reason as you. 726 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:55,020 Well, any word? 727 00:41:55,580 --> 00:41:59,460 Still waiting. It's probably a lost cause, but I'm flying out this 728 00:41:59,740 --> 00:42:02,500 Well, if it isn't us, I hope it's you. 729 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:04,200 Likewise. 730 00:42:06,540 --> 00:42:09,060 Mr. Brackman, win or lose? 731 00:42:09,900 --> 00:42:12,280 Will you let me take you to dinner when you get back from Chicago? 732 00:42:13,380 --> 00:42:14,380 I'd like that a lot. 733 00:42:18,780 --> 00:42:19,780 Brock. 734 00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:28,320 Brock Dan. 735 00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:34,480 Brock Dan, where... Where the hell is the Rosen file? 736 00:42:41,740 --> 00:42:43,000 Here. What's the matter with you? 737 00:42:43,380 --> 00:42:44,380 What's the matter with you? 738 00:42:44,580 --> 00:42:46,420 Nothing. I'm just having one of those days. 739 00:42:46,720 --> 00:42:49,640 Well, I have a lot of those days, and I don't take it out on you. I'm sorry, 740 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:51,740 okay? Very heartfelt, Arnie. 741 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:56,460 Okay, you want to know what's bugging me? 742 00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:00,060 I make this videotape, right? 743 00:43:00,340 --> 00:43:03,600 It's tearing up the marketplace. They're projecting sales in the $10 million 744 00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:06,840 range. People are starting to actually recognize me in restaurants. 745 00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:08,800 So I should be ecstatic, right? 746 00:43:10,660 --> 00:43:13,440 Wrong. Because suddenly everyone wants a piece of me. 747 00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:19,320 Your husband gets 40%, the partnership gets 50 % of my 60%, which leaves me 748 00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:25,320 30%. 5 % of that has to go to overhead, which leaves me with a lousy 25%. That's 749 00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:26,320 what's bugging me. 750 00:43:27,660 --> 00:43:31,120 25 % of 10 million is still a fortune, Arnie. 751 00:43:31,540 --> 00:43:34,900 Roxanne, do you realize that you and Dave are going to make more money off my 752 00:43:34,900 --> 00:43:36,220 videotape than I am? 753 00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:40,620 That if you divorced him tomorrow, you'd come out with two million bucks cash in 754 00:43:40,620 --> 00:43:41,620 community property. 755 00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:42,880 Is that fair? 756 00:43:50,860 --> 00:43:51,860 Rox? 757 00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:53,520 Roxanne? 758 00:44:09,390 --> 00:44:13,270 Talked to McNally an hour ago. You can unpack your briefcase. 759 00:44:15,530 --> 00:44:17,810 Who'd they pick? 760 00:44:18,230 --> 00:44:19,230 You. 761 00:44:20,470 --> 00:44:21,470 Yeah. 762 00:44:21,810 --> 00:44:24,770 They read about your ruckus in the Chicago papers. 763 00:44:25,730 --> 00:44:30,630 McNally said something about any lawyer aggressive enough to find a legal way to 764 00:44:30,630 --> 00:44:34,970 get off an airplane caught in a holding pattern should be smart enough to fight 765 00:44:34,970 --> 00:44:36,170 off a hostile takeover. 766 00:44:39,170 --> 00:44:40,430 Congratulations, Douglas. 767 00:45:16,430 --> 00:45:18,210 preview of hell, huh? I know, it's terrible. 768 00:45:18,550 --> 00:45:20,470 I refuse to put an alarm in my car. 769 00:45:21,310 --> 00:45:24,450 Anyway, I didn't have a chance to see you after we closed. 770 00:45:25,530 --> 00:45:29,530 And I just wanted to tell you what a first -rate lawyer you are, Victor. 771 00:45:30,310 --> 00:45:32,450 Your client was really lucky to have you. 772 00:45:34,390 --> 00:45:36,450 Thanks, Grace, thanks. That means a whole lot coming from you. 773 00:45:37,630 --> 00:45:40,810 I just hope you and I get to go up against each other again one of these 774 00:45:42,610 --> 00:45:43,610 Me too. 775 00:45:45,090 --> 00:45:46,090 See you. 776 00:45:54,450 --> 00:45:56,110 Grace. Mike and I are friends. 777 00:45:56,610 --> 00:45:57,610 I know. 778 00:45:59,010 --> 00:46:00,010 I'm sorry. 779 00:46:00,930 --> 00:46:03,090 I've just always wanted to do that. 780 00:46:03,690 --> 00:46:06,470 From the first time I ever saw you in the PD's office. 781 00:46:08,870 --> 00:46:10,010 It'll never happen again. 782 00:46:10,630 --> 00:46:11,630 I promise. 783 00:46:13,830 --> 00:46:14,830 You okay? 784 00:46:16,070 --> 00:46:17,070 Yeah, okay.