1 00:00:03,059 --> 00:00:04,560 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:04,900 --> 00:00:06,260 Lack of communication. 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:08,080 This is our problem. 4 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:15,280 The problem, in a nutshell, is that I don't love you. 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,080 And I'm afraid that I will never be able to love you. 6 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,660 Let's give ourselves a running start for a change. How about dinner? 7 00:00:22,900 --> 00:00:23,900 An evening? 8 00:00:23,980 --> 00:00:24,980 A night? 9 00:00:25,080 --> 00:00:26,080 A night. 10 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,740 Are you going to be in my life, Victor Cifuentes? 11 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:31,800 Oh, yes. 12 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:34,100 Yes, I am. 13 00:00:36,660 --> 00:00:37,800 Lieutenant Ringstrom. 14 00:00:38,020 --> 00:00:39,020 Miss Van Owen. 15 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,420 You know Michael Cusack? At the Whitey Holland shooting. 16 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:44,000 Right. Hi. 17 00:00:45,260 --> 00:00:46,280 Oh, I'm sorry. 18 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:50,820 Miss Van Owen from the DA's office. Mr. Cusack. This is my wife, Sally. 19 00:01:04,690 --> 00:01:05,609 Hi, got a minute? 20 00:01:05,610 --> 00:01:06,610 Hi, come on in. 21 00:01:07,170 --> 00:01:09,690 Oh, you got a desk full of work? Maybe I should come back another time. 22 00:01:09,930 --> 00:01:11,890 Are you kidding? I haven't seen you in weeks. Get in here. 23 00:01:12,090 --> 00:01:13,090 Want a cup of coffee? 24 00:01:13,230 --> 00:01:14,230 No, no. 25 00:01:15,430 --> 00:01:16,810 Abby, I've got something to tell you. 26 00:01:18,150 --> 00:01:19,270 Is everything okay with Stuart? 27 00:01:19,630 --> 00:01:20,529 Oh, yeah. 28 00:01:20,530 --> 00:01:21,530 Everything's great. 29 00:01:22,490 --> 00:01:23,570 No, this is something else. 30 00:01:27,250 --> 00:01:29,370 I know this is probably none of my business. 31 00:01:31,170 --> 00:01:33,490 And I'm probably sticking my nose in where it doesn't belong. 32 00:01:34,170 --> 00:01:34,889 Tell me. 33 00:01:34,890 --> 00:01:37,070 I really wish that I wasn't the one bringing it to you. 34 00:01:37,590 --> 00:01:41,350 And it's conceivable that you already know, in which case it is really none of 35 00:01:41,350 --> 00:01:42,350 my business. 36 00:01:43,590 --> 00:01:46,710 But if you don't know, and if other people do... And what? 37 00:01:48,510 --> 00:01:49,690 Bill Ringstrom is married. 38 00:01:55,710 --> 00:01:59,230 Good morning. 39 00:01:59,650 --> 00:02:00,650 You're married. 40 00:02:03,980 --> 00:02:04,980 Come on. 41 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:09,280 Got any kids? 42 00:02:10,180 --> 00:02:11,180 Two boys. 43 00:02:11,460 --> 00:02:13,180 You gummy jerk. 44 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:17,500 I suppose I'm supposed to sit still now for 16 bars if my wife doesn't 45 00:02:17,500 --> 00:02:21,780 understand me? My wife and I have accumulated our list of grievances, but 46 00:02:21,780 --> 00:02:23,720 don't know anyone married for 12 years who hasn't. 47 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,840 We're as happy as a couple living in Pomona without central air conditioning 48 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:29,180 be. You lied to me. 49 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:31,720 At the heart of all this, you are a liar. 50 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:32,988 Hey. 51 00:02:32,989 --> 00:02:34,490 You're the one who set the conditions. 52 00:02:35,050 --> 00:02:37,310 No histories, no dark colors. 53 00:02:37,890 --> 00:02:41,970 I kept waiting for some sign of curiosity from you, not just about 54 00:02:41,970 --> 00:02:43,470 married, but about anything personal. 55 00:02:43,990 --> 00:02:47,710 Like where I went when we left the hotel room. How come we didn't see each other 56 00:02:47,710 --> 00:02:48,710 at night? 57 00:02:48,890 --> 00:02:50,150 I just followed your lead. 58 00:02:50,430 --> 00:02:53,570 And if I had asked you if you were married, would you have told me the 59 00:02:53,930 --> 00:02:55,010 I thought about it enough. 60 00:02:59,150 --> 00:03:00,150 Yeah. 61 00:03:00,350 --> 00:03:01,490 I think I would have. 62 00:03:02,020 --> 00:03:05,900 Abigail, I don't blame you for being mad, but believe me, I did not go 63 00:03:05,900 --> 00:03:07,000 for this. It just happened. 64 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:09,920 And I don't want it to end. 65 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,200 I'm a decent guy who is totally overmatched by what there is between us. 66 00:03:15,780 --> 00:03:16,780 Decent? 67 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:19,620 Decent guys don't screw around on their wives. 68 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,240 Continuing on, Martin v. Noonan. 69 00:05:18,620 --> 00:05:20,680 Motion to compel document production. 70 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,880 Motion to compel interrogatories. Motion for sanctions. 71 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:25,500 Motion for cops. 72 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:27,180 Motion to dismiss. 73 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:29,100 I've gone through all the motions. 74 00:05:29,380 --> 00:05:30,380 Cute. 75 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:38,820 And, forgive me, I wasn't going to inquire, but since it's endeavoring to 76 00:05:38,820 --> 00:05:43,080 participate, may I now ask what that baby is doing in this staff meeting? 77 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,780 We fired our nanny, and until we get a replacement, Kelsey's going to be coming 78 00:05:46,780 --> 00:05:51,300 in. Not that we all don't celebrate your domestic bliss, but in that this child 79 00:05:51,300 --> 00:05:55,640 is already cutting into your billables at the rate of 15 hours per week. 80 00:05:56,220 --> 00:06:00,600 I shudder to imagine the impact on your profitability should you start lugging 81 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,760 the thing into the office. The only alternative is for me to stay home, 82 00:06:03,900 --> 00:06:08,920 resulting in the forfeiture of about 35 billables per week, which at 185 per 83 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:13,420 hour, coupled with the 20 % markup I notice you've been assessing, means that 84 00:06:13,420 --> 00:06:17,900 either I lug this thing into work or the firm loses about $8 ,000 weekly. 85 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:19,320 Why don't you decide, Douglas? 86 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,360 And what about the McMahon deposition? 87 00:06:21,660 --> 00:06:25,160 This is major corporate litigation and... I've got it covered, Douglas. 88 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:26,820 Don't worry. Fine. 89 00:06:27,300 --> 00:06:28,300 Moving on. 90 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,620 Fitzpatrick versus Steinmetz. Yeah, wrongful death. We're preparing for 91 00:06:32,620 --> 00:06:36,500 endlessly. Right, Dorothy? We have a lot of ground to cover. This is the 92 00:06:36,500 --> 00:06:37,600 construction accident? 93 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,740 Yeah. Dorothy has become our resident expert on the structural properties of 94 00:06:41,740 --> 00:06:43,140 reinforced concrete. 95 00:06:43,540 --> 00:06:44,540 Good. 96 00:06:44,820 --> 00:06:47,100 Michael, Leonard versus Dowell Food Corporation. 97 00:06:47,580 --> 00:06:51,200 Matt Leonard just signed a $3 million endorsement contract with Dowell Foods. 98 00:06:51,620 --> 00:06:52,660 They make... 99 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:53,759 Cruncho cereal? 100 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:56,140 The Matt Leonard, the Olympic gold medalist? 101 00:06:56,500 --> 00:06:58,200 Mm -hmm. He's our client? You're kidding. 102 00:06:58,540 --> 00:07:02,020 That's right. Dow Foods was planning to put his face in the cereal box, develop 103 00:07:02,020 --> 00:07:06,660 a major ad campaign around them. Only now, Matt wants to come out of the 104 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:08,340 He's a homo? He's gay. 105 00:07:09,140 --> 00:07:11,040 And because of that, they want out of the contract. 106 00:07:11,340 --> 00:07:13,440 I don't blame them. Let him go do fruit and nutties. 107 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:15,360 All right. 108 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:17,080 What's the status, Michael? 109 00:07:17,370 --> 00:07:21,330 Well, trial starts this week, maybe. This week? The case just started. Well, 110 00:07:21,350 --> 00:07:24,650 we're going the private trial route. We rent a retired judge, we rent a 111 00:07:24,650 --> 00:07:29,230 courtroom, we stipulate on the fact, and we try it. And it's official? Just like 112 00:07:29,230 --> 00:07:30,230 a regular trial. 113 00:07:30,250 --> 00:07:32,110 Both parties agree to be bound by the decision. 114 00:07:32,430 --> 00:07:33,570 It's expensive, though, isn't it? 115 00:07:33,790 --> 00:07:34,790 Not really. 116 00:07:35,010 --> 00:07:38,710 We pay the judge about $2 .50 an hour. We have to pay for the room, but it sure 117 00:07:38,710 --> 00:07:41,210 beats going through three years of motions waiting for a court date. 118 00:07:41,530 --> 00:07:44,270 The only tricky part is we're having trouble agreeing on a judge. 119 00:07:44,570 --> 00:07:46,030 Sounds like a loser to me, Mike. 120 00:07:46,380 --> 00:07:47,380 No matter what judge you pick. 121 00:07:47,620 --> 00:07:52,320 Maybe. Matt doesn't care. He doesn't want to live a secret life anymore, even 122 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:53,540 it means losing the contract. 123 00:07:53,820 --> 00:07:56,700 If you ask me, he should have kept quiet and taken the money. 124 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:00,120 Silence! 125 00:08:00,940 --> 00:08:02,080 It's okay, sweetheart. 126 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:04,160 Shh. 127 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:06,180 It's okay, sweetheart. 128 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:07,720 It's okay. 129 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:09,600 It's okay. 130 00:08:10,220 --> 00:08:13,080 Does she want to see Uncle Arnie? Give her to Daddy. 131 00:08:13,620 --> 00:08:14,760 Want to go see Daddy? 132 00:08:15,580 --> 00:08:16,580 You want to see Daddy? 133 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,000 I can get her. 134 00:08:19,300 --> 00:08:20,480 People, please. 135 00:08:20,860 --> 00:08:22,060 She likes these keys. 136 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:23,800 I think she's looking at you, Leela. Here's my baby. 137 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,140 Here's my baby, yes. 138 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:27,480 Hi, honey. 139 00:08:28,020 --> 00:08:31,180 Us little baby, don't you cry. 140 00:08:31,820 --> 00:08:35,299 We're adjourned. 141 00:08:43,929 --> 00:08:47,170 I don't mind a progressive Judge Mickey, but Finkelstein's off the map. 142 00:08:47,490 --> 00:08:49,070 Come on, he's fair, he's smart. 143 00:08:49,290 --> 00:08:50,290 He's a lunatic. 144 00:08:51,310 --> 00:08:52,310 How about Adler? 145 00:08:52,850 --> 00:08:54,350 Orange County Hall of Famer. 146 00:08:55,490 --> 00:08:56,490 Charles Rosenberg. 147 00:08:56,510 --> 00:08:57,510 Lazy. 148 00:08:57,690 --> 00:08:58,910 Never reads the pleadings. 149 00:08:59,590 --> 00:09:01,290 How about O 'Neill? You both picked him. 150 00:09:01,490 --> 00:09:02,990 No. What do you mean, no? 151 00:09:03,230 --> 00:09:06,310 Here he is, Judge Lawrence O 'Neill, number 10 on your list. I threw him in 152 00:09:06,310 --> 00:09:09,530 there by default. I had to pick 10. There was no one else. The point is, 153 00:09:09,530 --> 00:09:11,150 judge is common to both lists. 154 00:09:12,930 --> 00:09:13,930 Well, he's unacceptable. 155 00:09:14,230 --> 00:09:17,050 Come on, counselor. Are you going to do this in good faith or not? 156 00:09:17,850 --> 00:09:21,730 Conservatism aside, O 'Neal is fair, he's honest, he's got a four -star 157 00:09:21,810 --> 00:09:22,810 and we both picked him. 158 00:09:23,050 --> 00:09:24,270 What the hell more could you want? 159 00:09:26,790 --> 00:09:27,790 Is he available? 160 00:09:27,890 --> 00:09:28,930 He could start tomorrow. 161 00:09:30,470 --> 00:09:31,850 Okay, O 'Neal it is. 162 00:09:32,590 --> 00:09:34,170 Call him and I'll be in touch within the hour. 163 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,740 Remember, this is a deal to everybody but the party, the judge, the 164 00:09:41,740 --> 00:09:44,760 stenographer, and us. Now, remember. Okay. I'll talk to you soon. Right. 165 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:46,800 Matt. 166 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:49,440 Come on in. 167 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:52,100 How did it go? 168 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:54,200 Great. We're going to go tomorrow. 169 00:09:54,900 --> 00:09:56,040 Hi, Mike. Hi, Abby. 170 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:57,440 How's it going? 171 00:10:00,460 --> 00:10:01,640 We just picked a judge. 172 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:02,960 Who is it? 173 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:05,420 The Honorable Lawrence O 'Neill. 174 00:10:06,780 --> 00:10:07,780 He's conservative. 175 00:10:08,060 --> 00:10:09,060 but he's fair. 176 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:11,560 Conservative? How the hell can we go with somebody conservative? 177 00:10:11,780 --> 00:10:15,280 I thought that... We've been using this new private investigator named Stephanie 178 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,600 Hall. She finds things out that nobody else knows. 179 00:10:19,260 --> 00:10:20,440 Who's that? What are you telling me? 180 00:10:20,660 --> 00:10:24,420 What I'm telling you is that unknown to the defendant or his attorney, the 181 00:10:24,420 --> 00:10:27,800 Honorable Lawrence O 'Neill is gay. 182 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,060 I don't mind telling you, it is wet out there. 183 00:10:42,780 --> 00:10:44,620 Let me help you with some of this stuff. 184 00:10:47,700 --> 00:10:48,700 How about a hug? 185 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,160 I feel better already. 186 00:10:52,580 --> 00:10:53,580 Can I get you a drink? 187 00:10:54,060 --> 00:10:56,400 A drink would be great. 188 00:10:58,280 --> 00:10:59,280 How was the trip? 189 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:05,320 Roxanne, these five days alone on the road have been... 190 00:11:05,959 --> 00:11:09,460 extremely productive personal growth -wise. And let me just say this from the 191 00:11:09,460 --> 00:11:11,920 start. I think you know the depth to which my love for you runs. 192 00:11:12,780 --> 00:11:13,619 I know. 193 00:11:13,620 --> 00:11:16,220 And I think you know that there is nothing I wouldn't do for you. 194 00:11:16,940 --> 00:11:18,100 I know that, too. 195 00:11:19,220 --> 00:11:24,080 Why, then, I ask myself, is this the winter of our discontent? 196 00:11:26,680 --> 00:11:27,680 I don't know. 197 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,840 Well, permit me to tell you why. 198 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,700 It is because I have been inattentive to your needs. 199 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,540 David, don't. Please, let me say this. 200 00:11:37,820 --> 00:11:41,960 I also ask myself, is it possible to be a loving helpmate and husband when I'm 201 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:46,500 on the road half the year? Is it reasonable to expect a full -time wife 202 00:11:46,500 --> 00:11:50,660 only being a part -time husband? The answer, a resounding no. 203 00:11:50,860 --> 00:11:56,760 The solution, take on a business partner. Someone younger. Someone for 204 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,640 road is a pathway to opportunity, not an obstacle to happiness. 205 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:05,800 Thus... liberating me to remain home where I can run things from right here 206 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:06,579 the house. 207 00:12:06,580 --> 00:12:09,480 David, the problem isn't being apart. 208 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:11,900 It's being together. 209 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:14,540 I need time. 210 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:17,940 Well, of course you do. Take all the time you need. 211 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:19,160 No. 212 00:12:19,580 --> 00:12:21,160 I need time by myself. 213 00:12:23,300 --> 00:12:25,060 You mean alone? 214 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:28,320 Yes. 215 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:31,120 I think we should separate. 216 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:32,840 For a while. 217 00:12:33,820 --> 00:12:34,940 I just got home. 218 00:12:35,680 --> 00:12:36,499 I know. 219 00:12:36,500 --> 00:12:37,740 Are you sure about this? 220 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:41,480 Yes. 221 00:12:45,180 --> 00:12:49,160 Well, then... I guess I should go. 222 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:53,620 No, I'm the one who wants this. I should be the one to leave. 223 00:12:53,940 --> 00:12:54,940 No, it's all right. 224 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:56,340 I'm already packed. 225 00:12:58,180 --> 00:12:59,700 I'll just go to a hotel. 226 00:13:00,740 --> 00:13:01,820 I'm used to hotels. 227 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:04,600 I'm sorry. 228 00:13:04,900 --> 00:13:05,900 Oh, don't be. 229 00:13:06,140 --> 00:13:07,140 This is what you need. 230 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:08,620 This is what you should have. 231 00:13:13,260 --> 00:13:14,260 Aren't you angry? 232 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:17,200 Why would I be angry? 233 00:13:39,020 --> 00:13:40,980 Oh, this is an almost perfect night here. 234 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:44,940 What does it mean, almost? 235 00:13:45,260 --> 00:13:46,260 I'm hungry. 236 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:51,120 And all you have in that refrigerator are olives. That's pathetic, Allison. 237 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:52,800 Well, let's go out. 238 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:55,100 No, look at it raining out there. 239 00:13:55,420 --> 00:13:58,160 I am not getting out of this bed. 240 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:02,380 Well, if you could have absolutely anything. 241 00:14:04,660 --> 00:14:07,280 Fettuccine and red clam sauce. 242 00:14:08,740 --> 00:14:10,600 And a mixed green salad. 243 00:14:11,220 --> 00:14:14,280 Would you set up for Kung Pao chicken and steamed rice delivered? 244 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:16,000 That sounds great. 245 00:14:35,690 --> 00:14:40,390 Hi, this is Allison Gottlieb. Can I have a number three and a number six 246 00:14:40,390 --> 00:14:42,250 combination dinner delivered? 247 00:14:43,730 --> 00:14:44,930 Oh, come on. 248 00:14:46,010 --> 00:14:47,750 I know, I know, the rain. 249 00:14:49,150 --> 00:14:51,950 Oh, great, and don't forget the hot mustard. And no MSG. 250 00:14:55,370 --> 00:14:56,470 45 minutes. 251 00:14:59,310 --> 00:15:01,650 45 minutes? 252 00:15:04,620 --> 00:15:05,960 Yeah, 45 minutes. 253 00:15:10,180 --> 00:15:16,420 That couldn't be them. 254 00:15:24,700 --> 00:15:27,040 Dave, what are you doing here? 255 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,520 Just an impulsive gesture. I thought you might like to grab a little supper. 256 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,400 I don't really think so. 257 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,640 Yeah, it is kind of late. Hey, you want to hear about my latest? 258 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:41,480 Um... A concert video of the great Muslim diva Umm Khaldun. 259 00:15:43,180 --> 00:15:45,940 Look, Dave, I kind of have company right now. 260 00:15:46,420 --> 00:15:50,160 Oh, so you're not alone, in other words. Right. 261 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:52,680 Another time it is. 262 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:54,320 Why don't you call me? 263 00:15:54,540 --> 00:15:55,319 I will. 264 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:56,320 I'll call you. 265 00:15:56,740 --> 00:15:57,740 Okay. 266 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,900 Dave, are you all right? 267 00:16:05,170 --> 00:16:06,670 In point of fact, no, I'm not. 268 00:16:07,490 --> 00:16:09,770 It seems that my wife and I have separated. 269 00:16:10,290 --> 00:16:11,550 Oh, Dave, I'm sorry. 270 00:16:12,370 --> 00:16:16,990 Not that I should be burdening you with my gloomy circumstances. It's just that 271 00:16:16,990 --> 00:16:18,330 I have no one else to turn to. 272 00:16:18,810 --> 00:16:20,670 Why don't you come in? You're going to drown out there. 273 00:16:20,890 --> 00:16:21,789 No, I'm fine. 274 00:16:21,790 --> 00:16:22,790 It's all right. 275 00:16:22,950 --> 00:16:24,090 Dave, come in. 276 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,200 December 18th, 1988. 277 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:52,060 The post office puts a 25 % editorial minimum on piggyback distribution. 278 00:16:52,540 --> 00:16:53,960 Either of you familiar with that? 279 00:16:56,340 --> 00:16:57,340 No. 280 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:01,660 Basically, it means putting catalogs and supplements in polybags and inserting 281 00:17:01,660 --> 00:17:03,700 them into magazines. My point being this. 282 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,280 The post office ruling killed it. 283 00:17:07,460 --> 00:17:11,859 Sam Adonizio put his life savings into polybag equipment. I could have bought 284 00:17:11,859 --> 00:17:16,079 him out for the change in my pocket. Did I? No. What I did was give him 80 cents 285 00:17:16,079 --> 00:17:17,500 on the dollar and a lease back. 286 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,880 I'm carrying him while he converts his operation. 287 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:25,920 He is now putting out shrink -wrapped theme erasers, pumpkin -shaped for 288 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:30,040 Halloween, heart -shaped for Valentine's Day, on his way to having the greatest 289 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:34,080 year of his life. Is this not the exact same way I have dealt with Roxanne? 290 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:35,700 Victor, you know her. 291 00:17:37,430 --> 00:17:43,830 It's a real tough situation, Dave. Be assured, in no way, shape, or form am I 292 00:17:43,830 --> 00:17:46,830 maligning her. But I have never said no to this woman. 293 00:17:47,230 --> 00:17:52,830 I have tried to be a support, a mainstay, a bulwark. I have tried to be 294 00:17:52,830 --> 00:17:55,110 for all seasons. Where did I fail? 295 00:17:55,930 --> 00:17:58,570 It isn't necessarily that you failed, Dave. 296 00:17:58,770 --> 00:17:59,709 I know. 297 00:17:59,710 --> 00:18:03,870 I am not a perfect person. But, hey, we knew this from the get -go. 298 00:18:04,250 --> 00:18:06,270 There are sexier guys than me. 299 00:18:06,700 --> 00:18:10,620 Guys with more wit, more native intelligence. But are there any guys 300 00:18:10,620 --> 00:18:14,220 loving, more sensitive to the needs of their life mate? No, sir. 301 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:20,380 No, ma 'am. When it comes to loyalty, Dave Meyer has no equal. When my rock 302 00:18:20,380 --> 00:18:23,700 stand says sit, Dave, I sit. This is who I am. 303 00:18:27,140 --> 00:18:29,040 I could eat something. 304 00:19:03,630 --> 00:19:07,310 It's Lieutenant Ringsterman. Oh, you just missed him. My name's Abigail 305 00:19:07,370 --> 00:19:09,530 I'm an attorney. I have some documents beneath his signature. 306 00:19:09,890 --> 00:19:11,550 Oh, well, come on in. 307 00:19:11,830 --> 00:19:12,830 I'm on the phone. 308 00:19:13,650 --> 00:19:14,690 Make yourself comfortable. 309 00:19:14,990 --> 00:19:15,549 Thank you. 310 00:19:15,550 --> 00:19:16,550 I'll be just a minute. 311 00:19:36,460 --> 00:19:40,520 Okay, now, so you have some papers for Bill to sign? Yeah, I'm an attorney, and 312 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:43,620 I was in Pomona. Oh, well, do you want to leave them with me? I'm sure Bill 313 00:19:43,620 --> 00:19:44,620 could get them back to you. 314 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:46,720 They're my originals. 315 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,760 I'm sorry I should have called before you. Oh, he just pulled away. 316 00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:50,999 It's okay. 317 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,680 Well, I wish there was something I could do to help. 318 00:19:52,940 --> 00:19:55,620 Uh, no, that's fine. I'll catch up to him at the office. 319 00:19:55,820 --> 00:19:57,580 Okay, well, I'll tell him that you stopped by. 320 00:19:57,880 --> 00:19:59,320 Okay, bye. 321 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:00,640 Bye. 322 00:20:05,350 --> 00:20:08,230 I worked for the Brantleys for almost two years. 323 00:20:08,550 --> 00:20:11,190 Little Monica was just a tiny baby when I started. 324 00:20:12,050 --> 00:20:16,590 Yes, she was, just like you, just a tiny, tiny baby. 325 00:20:18,310 --> 00:20:19,590 I love babies. 326 00:20:20,350 --> 00:20:21,550 God, I miss Monica. 327 00:20:22,610 --> 00:20:25,090 I cried myself to sleep when I had to say goodbye. 328 00:20:26,110 --> 00:20:27,930 Then it wasn't your decision to leave. 329 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:33,120 Well, when Monica reached four, they felt they no longer needed a nanny, so 330 00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:34,700 wasn't like I was fired or anything. 331 00:20:35,020 --> 00:20:37,660 Oh, I didn't mean to suggest that. I was just curious as to why they didn't keep 332 00:20:37,660 --> 00:20:38,279 you on. 333 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:40,220 The Brantleys liked me very much, Miss Kelsey. 334 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:44,720 Monica loved me, and I loved her maybe too much. 335 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:47,240 How do you mean? 336 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:49,240 Well, I became very attached. 337 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:51,240 What do you mean, attached? 338 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:55,660 She'd started to call me Mummy, which made the end extremely traumatic. 339 00:20:56,620 --> 00:20:58,660 I wouldn't want to go through anything that painful again. 340 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,740 So what you're saying, then, is that you would guard against becoming attached 341 00:21:01,740 --> 00:21:02,740 to this baby? 342 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,580 I would be very devoted to Kelsey, don't worry. 343 00:21:05,860 --> 00:21:07,680 But you wouldn't love her as much as the Brantley child. 344 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:11,520 Ann. What's the point of this? The point is that you're going to take deliberate 345 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:15,360 steps to stay distant from this baby. Ann, for God's sake. I'm not going to be 346 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:18,920 distant. I'm not a distant person. You did say that you did not want to become 347 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:22,440 attached to another baby, did you not? Yes, but what I meant by that was... 348 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:23,740 Thank you, Penny. Nothing further. 349 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:25,240 Stuart? 350 00:21:31,370 --> 00:21:35,670 I'm going to just walk on out of here now. Unless, of course, you need me to 351 00:21:35,670 --> 00:21:36,670 post bail. 352 00:21:43,710 --> 00:21:48,190 Does the prosecution rest now? Stuart, I have to ask questions. I can't grab the 353 00:21:48,190 --> 00:21:49,690 first person who walks through the door. 354 00:21:50,270 --> 00:21:54,270 Ann, 20 people have come through that door, and you ground every one of them 355 00:21:54,270 --> 00:21:56,370 in the mulch. Four of them couldn't speak English. 356 00:21:56,570 --> 00:21:59,810 One of them wanted her boyfriend to move in. I'm not even going to discuss the 357 00:21:59,810 --> 00:22:00,810 convicted felon. 358 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,300 You've lost your mind, you know that. Stuart, we're talking about our baby. 359 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:05,960 it seems to me we're talking about you. 360 00:22:06,260 --> 00:22:08,240 You expect them to measure up to you. 361 00:22:08,500 --> 00:22:09,500 You want to do it alone? 362 00:22:09,820 --> 00:22:12,860 Fine. I have a deposition tomorrow, all day anyway. 363 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:15,780 So why don't you do it all by your reasonable self? 364 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:17,620 I will. Fine, fine. 365 00:22:19,220 --> 00:22:23,320 So I called Mr. Richardson here and told him about my intentions. 366 00:22:24,300 --> 00:22:28,620 I explained to him that I could no longer conceal my sexual identity in 367 00:22:28,620 --> 00:22:31,110 conscience. And how did he respond? 368 00:22:31,490 --> 00:22:35,190 He claimed I was no longer qualified to endorse his serial product. 369 00:22:35,430 --> 00:22:40,870 He said my being a homosexual made me incapable of personifying a macho or a 370 00:22:40,870 --> 00:22:41,870 wholesome image. 371 00:22:42,970 --> 00:22:49,470 And he told me that the public, especially the children, would never 372 00:22:49,470 --> 00:22:50,670 gay person as a role model. 373 00:22:51,390 --> 00:22:55,030 And how did you feel about that statement, sir? 374 00:22:55,430 --> 00:22:57,150 Objection. His feelings are irrelevant. 375 00:22:57,770 --> 00:22:59,390 Overruled. You can answer. 376 00:23:00,770 --> 00:23:04,090 I devoted every day of the last ten years to track and field. 377 00:23:04,630 --> 00:23:08,330 And as a reward for that, I was given the opportunity to compete in the 378 00:23:08,330 --> 00:23:09,330 Games. 379 00:23:09,690 --> 00:23:14,150 And with that opportunity, I earned the right to stand on that center block and 380 00:23:14,150 --> 00:23:15,830 have a gold medal put around my neck. 381 00:23:17,510 --> 00:23:19,970 This country has been very proud of me, Mr. Cusack. 382 00:23:20,230 --> 00:23:21,650 I've been given parades. 383 00:23:22,190 --> 00:23:24,370 My hometown named a street after me. 384 00:23:24,910 --> 00:23:26,870 I went to the White House to meet the president. 385 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,560 I think that I've earned all of this. 386 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:38,400 And Mr. Richardson says that it should all be extinguished because in his mind, 387 00:23:38,420 --> 00:23:43,520 a gay man cannot ever be a hero or a role model 388 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:47,300 or a person others would ever admire. 389 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,520 You ask me how I feel. 390 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:56,120 I feel... repulsed. 391 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:58,280 And if he's right... 392 00:23:58,570 --> 00:24:02,510 If this truly is a country that would summarily reject someone on the basis of 393 00:24:02,510 --> 00:24:08,710 his sexual preference, if that's what this nation is, then I'm only sorry that 394 00:24:08,710 --> 00:24:11,470 represented it as proudly as I did at Seoul last summer. 395 00:24:12,190 --> 00:24:13,190 Thank you, Mr. Leonard. 396 00:24:14,810 --> 00:24:16,390 I have no further questions. 397 00:24:19,450 --> 00:24:20,870 Quite a speech, Mr. Leonard. 398 00:24:21,430 --> 00:24:23,450 You're obviously a very intelligent man. 399 00:24:24,890 --> 00:24:26,450 And as an intelligent man, 400 00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:31,400 Are you saying there's absolutely no foundation to my client's reservation 401 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,020 your being a spokesman for his product? 402 00:24:33,300 --> 00:24:38,700 I'm saying there is no foundation for his blanket assumption that people will 403 00:24:38,700 --> 00:24:42,820 automatically reject a person because of his homosexuality, yes. 404 00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:46,700 Well, then tell us, Mr. Leonard, why you bothered concealing yours until now. 405 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:51,780 I often ask myself the same question. Yes, well, I'm asking you to answer it. 406 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:53,400 I don't know. You don't know. 407 00:24:55,150 --> 00:24:58,610 You didn't tell your own parents until six months ago, did you? No. And some of 408 00:24:58,610 --> 00:25:00,190 your friends still don't know, isn't that right? 409 00:25:00,410 --> 00:25:03,650 Not all of them know, but that's... So, Mr. Leonard, you testify under oath that 410 00:25:03,650 --> 00:25:07,810 my client has no right to fear your telling the world when you yourself have 411 00:25:07,810 --> 00:25:09,790 been afraid to tell your own parents and your own friends. 412 00:25:10,070 --> 00:25:13,970 I admit I used to be afraid, but I refuse to live the lie any longer. 413 00:25:14,190 --> 00:25:18,510 But you lived that lie long enough to sign this $3 million contract, didn't 414 00:25:18,970 --> 00:25:20,310 Objection. Overruled. 415 00:25:20,710 --> 00:25:24,210 Why didn't you tell my client that you were gay before signing this deal, Mr. 416 00:25:24,290 --> 00:25:25,940 Leonard? I didn't think it was relevant. 417 00:25:26,860 --> 00:25:28,060 You didn't think it was relevant. 418 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:34,100 This is a jock -oriented serial targeting macho ads to the male youth, 419 00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:35,100 didn't think it was relevant. 420 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,820 Objection. Asked and answered. I'm giving the witness a chance to change 421 00:25:38,820 --> 00:25:39,820 answer. 422 00:25:40,220 --> 00:25:45,500 Now, under oath, Mr. Leonard, you really didn't think it was relevant? 423 00:25:48,460 --> 00:25:49,600 I have nothing further. 424 00:26:12,810 --> 00:26:15,870 Did you come to my home to terrorize me or did you just want to mess with my 425 00:26:15,870 --> 00:26:16,870 wife's head? 426 00:26:18,250 --> 00:26:19,250 Phil, I'm a lawyer. 427 00:26:20,270 --> 00:26:23,650 I spent the whole week feeding myself one justification after another for 428 00:26:23,650 --> 00:26:27,130 keeping this thing going and then hating myself for not having the guts to just 429 00:26:27,130 --> 00:26:28,130 walk away. 430 00:26:28,970 --> 00:26:34,450 I was hoping if I went to your house and met your wife, I saw her face, that it 431 00:26:34,450 --> 00:26:36,010 would make it easier for me to do the right thing. 432 00:26:37,910 --> 00:26:38,910 Did it? 433 00:26:40,050 --> 00:26:41,050 Yeah. 434 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:43,680 I love you. 435 00:26:44,020 --> 00:26:45,020 That's not going to change. 436 00:26:48,300 --> 00:26:49,300 Tell me something. 437 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,080 Am I the first person you've ever done this with? 438 00:26:53,700 --> 00:26:54,700 Yes. 439 00:26:55,020 --> 00:26:56,920 I don't believe you. I swear to God. 440 00:26:58,060 --> 00:26:59,360 Well, I bet I won't be the last. 441 00:26:59,780 --> 00:27:00,780 You're too good at it. 442 00:27:01,300 --> 00:27:04,660 Abby, please, don't kick me out of your life. I have to. 443 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,740 Your wife is going to find out about you one of these days. 444 00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:10,140 And I don't want to be the woman that you're with when she does. 445 00:27:32,580 --> 00:27:34,580 He's not being fired just because he's gay. 446 00:27:34,940 --> 00:27:38,420 It's because he cannot perform the job functions for which he was hired. Which 447 00:27:38,420 --> 00:27:39,379 are? 448 00:27:39,380 --> 00:27:40,380 Well, many things. 449 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,680 We need somebody who exemplifies masculinity. A hero people want to 450 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,640 A man boys want to grow up to be and girls want to grow up to marry. 451 00:27:49,460 --> 00:27:52,020 A homosexual does not project that image. I'm sorry. 452 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,440 But isn't that a form of prejudice, Mr. Richardson? Absolutely. 453 00:27:55,960 --> 00:28:00,160 Hey, it would be nice to live in a society that didn't discriminate on the 454 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:01,160 of sexuality. 455 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:05,660 or a society that didn't attach stereotypical stigmas to its gay 456 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:10,380 But we do not live in that society. This is still a world where homosexuals are 457 00:28:10,380 --> 00:28:14,460 frowned upon or disapproved of or sometimes even condemned. 458 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,040 And do you agree with that mindset? 459 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:18,520 Definitely not. 460 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,000 I wish we were all more enlightened. I really do. 461 00:28:21,620 --> 00:28:22,860 But so far, we're not. 462 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:28,500 And I am trying to move a product, and I am not going to pay out $3 million to 463 00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:30,460 be endorsed by a guy everybody's going to dismiss. 464 00:28:31,219 --> 00:28:32,220 Thank you, Mr. Richardson. 465 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:33,520 Nothing further. 466 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:40,280 My client being a heterosexual was a material part of his job function? 467 00:28:41,260 --> 00:28:45,020 Basically, yes. Well, then why isn't it one of the terms of the contract? 468 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,620 It wasn't an express term, maybe, but there is a morality clause in there. 469 00:28:48,660 --> 00:28:52,040 Excuse me. Are you saying to this court that it's immoral to be homosexual? 470 00:28:52,460 --> 00:28:55,980 No, no, no, no. I wasn't saying that. Well, then the morality clause doesn't 471 00:28:55,980 --> 00:28:59,460 apply, does it? All I'm saying is that when we did that deal, we all thought he 472 00:28:59,460 --> 00:29:00,269 was straight. 473 00:29:00,270 --> 00:29:04,150 Did you ever have any discussions with my client about his sexual preference? 474 00:29:04,390 --> 00:29:06,890 No. Did you ever make any inquiries about his sexual preference? 475 00:29:07,190 --> 00:29:11,610 No. So, you never talked about it, you never asked him about it. Not one single 476 00:29:11,610 --> 00:29:15,850 word about it appears in a 22 -page contract. But suddenly you're saying 477 00:29:15,850 --> 00:29:16,950 material term in his deal. 478 00:29:17,210 --> 00:29:19,330 This man is not what we thought we were getting. 479 00:29:19,850 --> 00:29:21,650 It's as simple as that. 480 00:29:22,050 --> 00:29:26,430 Well, at the press conference, following the signing of this contract... 481 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:31,680 You stated that Mr. Leonard came on board the Cruncho team because, and I 482 00:29:32,380 --> 00:29:37,680 he stood for courage, for discipline, for determination, and most of all, 483 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:38,680 because he was a champion. 484 00:29:39,180 --> 00:29:43,580 These were your words, weren't they, Mr. Richardson? Yes. Then tell us, please, 485 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:47,440 sir, which one of these attributes no longer applies. 486 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,000 I'm waiting, Mr. Richardson. 487 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,600 Is a gay man incapable of being courageous or determined? 488 00:29:56,430 --> 00:29:59,410 Is it unthinkable that a homosexual could be a champion? 489 00:29:59,630 --> 00:30:01,430 Your Honor, he's badgering. Sustained. 490 00:30:01,770 --> 00:30:03,850 One question at a time, Mr. Cusack. 491 00:30:04,050 --> 00:30:06,190 All right, Mr. Richardson, here's your one question. 492 00:30:07,430 --> 00:30:13,090 Take a look at my client and tell me what he was before that he is not still 493 00:30:13,090 --> 00:30:14,330 this very moment. 494 00:30:15,350 --> 00:30:18,010 I don't want a homosexual representing my serial. 495 00:30:19,550 --> 00:30:20,730 Thank you, Mr. Richardson. 496 00:30:21,420 --> 00:30:25,440 And I sure hope that someday you do get a chance to live in that society that's 497 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:26,680 as enlightened as you are. 498 00:30:26,980 --> 00:30:28,700 Objection. Withdrawn. Nothing further. 499 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:36,800 And isn't it true, Ms. McMahon, that you've diverted some of your company 500 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:41,000 for your own personal use? The only money that I allocated was to reimburse 501 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,180 own... Your personal wardrobe? 502 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:46,880 Your vacation? Let her finish, Mr. Bryan. Let me ask, Ms. Kelsey. You did 503 00:30:46,900 --> 00:30:49,380 Now stop beating her up and give her a chance to answer. 504 00:30:49,940 --> 00:30:50,940 I'm sorry. 505 00:30:51,490 --> 00:30:53,630 Perhaps I'll try to go a bit more gingerly. 506 00:30:58,030 --> 00:30:59,030 Excuse me. 507 00:31:03,570 --> 00:31:06,410 What's the problem? There's a gigantic screw -up at the IRS, and I've got to 508 00:31:06,410 --> 00:31:07,410 down there right away. 509 00:31:07,710 --> 00:31:08,810 Who's going to take care of Kelsey? 510 00:31:09,050 --> 00:31:12,150 I don't know. My secretary's house. Maybe Roxanne. No. Arnie keeps her 511 00:31:12,150 --> 00:31:13,270 around. She'd be too distracted. 512 00:31:13,550 --> 00:31:14,650 She's an old secretary. 513 00:31:14,990 --> 00:31:17,450 Douglas should be in his office. I've got to ask him. Give her to me. 514 00:31:18,170 --> 00:31:20,910 Hey, I'm in the middle of a deposition. She'll sit next to me. She'll be fine. 515 00:31:21,030 --> 00:31:23,870 She can't take a baby into... Stuart, I am not leaving her with a total 516 00:31:23,870 --> 00:31:25,310 stranger. Go. We're fine. 517 00:31:25,710 --> 00:31:26,669 We're fine. 518 00:31:26,670 --> 00:31:27,670 Um, 519 00:31:28,230 --> 00:31:32,170 I got a little babysitting snafu here. We're gonna have an extra visitor. 520 00:31:33,470 --> 00:31:35,250 I object to the sleazy trick. 521 00:31:36,010 --> 00:31:36,909 Sleazy trick? 522 00:31:36,910 --> 00:31:39,250 Yeah, this is all about control. You're not fooling anyone here. 523 00:31:39,900 --> 00:31:42,200 This is a way for you to exercise dominion over these proceedings. 524 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:46,420 What? You have to take care of the baby. You don't like the way the questioning 525 00:31:46,420 --> 00:31:49,140 is going. You know, I build up a little momentum here, and all of a sudden it's 526 00:31:49,140 --> 00:31:51,600 time out. The baby needs me. What crap. 527 00:31:51,820 --> 00:31:53,500 You are the one who's full of crap. 528 00:31:53,870 --> 00:31:57,350 Let the record show that Miss Kelty has brought a newborn infant into this room 529 00:31:57,350 --> 00:31:59,790 to willfully and purposely disrupt this proceeding. 530 00:32:00,010 --> 00:32:01,730 This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. 531 00:32:01,990 --> 00:32:04,530 This probably isn't even your baby. You probably rented it for the day just so 532 00:32:04,530 --> 00:32:07,790 you could screw up this deposition. I'll bet this is your idea. This is just 533 00:32:07,790 --> 00:32:10,310 like you. If that's what you want to do, you want to bring it in here, I'll 534 00:32:10,310 --> 00:32:13,930 subpoena the little bastard and I'll drag it into court. I want the baby's 535 00:32:13,930 --> 00:32:17,050 intrusive crying on the record. And I also want the record to reflect a 536 00:32:17,050 --> 00:32:20,030 piercing, shrill -like shriek emanating from said infant. 537 00:32:20,230 --> 00:32:21,230 You shut up! 538 00:32:21,530 --> 00:32:22,530 I can't take this. 539 00:32:23,030 --> 00:32:24,150 I'm going to get a migraine. 540 00:32:25,150 --> 00:32:30,030 I'm going to sue you for this, too. Sue me all you want, you corrupt puddle of 541 00:32:30,030 --> 00:32:31,250 puffs. Shut up! 542 00:32:32,110 --> 00:32:34,250 This deposition is over. I want everybody out. 543 00:32:34,710 --> 00:32:36,230 I want everybody out. 544 00:32:37,390 --> 00:32:38,390 It's all right. 545 00:32:38,790 --> 00:32:39,790 It's okay. 546 00:32:39,870 --> 00:32:40,870 I said out! 547 00:32:41,370 --> 00:32:42,730 It's all right, baby. 548 00:32:43,650 --> 00:32:49,630 I wasn't ready for how boring my life would be, how endlessly Dave would go on 549 00:32:49,630 --> 00:32:50,630 about junk mail. 550 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,360 Audio cassette promotion point of purchase displays. 551 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:55,760 This is my work. 552 00:32:56,380 --> 00:33:00,260 This is what I do for a living. It's what pays for the roof over our head, 553 00:33:00,260 --> 00:33:02,740 clothes on our backs, the automobiles in our garage. 554 00:33:03,180 --> 00:33:05,540 Those are things. I don't care about things. 555 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:07,320 Why did you marry me? 556 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:11,680 It's a fair question. 557 00:33:12,340 --> 00:33:13,340 Why did you? 558 00:33:15,500 --> 00:33:17,440 I was alone. 559 00:33:19,220 --> 00:33:20,640 I was, uh... 560 00:33:22,410 --> 00:33:23,410 Ashamed. 561 00:33:25,190 --> 00:33:28,270 I was a 38 -year -old woman who couldn't pay her bills. 562 00:33:30,190 --> 00:33:31,190 I was scared. 563 00:33:32,050 --> 00:33:37,770 So you married a good daddy who would take care of you and make you safe. 564 00:33:39,330 --> 00:33:41,990 Yes. But it didn't work out that way, did it? 565 00:33:42,230 --> 00:33:44,590 Obviously. Why do you think? 566 00:33:46,970 --> 00:33:48,550 You're the expert. You tell me. 567 00:33:48,930 --> 00:33:50,970 Because Dave Meyer isn't your daddy. 568 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:53,840 And you're not his little girl. 569 00:33:55,920 --> 00:34:00,200 He wants sex, romance, companionship. Exactly. 570 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:01,580 He wants a wife. 571 00:34:02,820 --> 00:34:05,280 Not a scared, helpless little girl. 572 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:07,380 We had an agreement. 573 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:12,239 He knew how I felt. I didn't marry him under false pretenses. 574 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:16,840 You make me accept you the way you are, yet you refuse to accept me the way I 575 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:20,969 am. You make me beg for every single crumb of affection. You make me feel 576 00:34:20,969 --> 00:34:23,550 ashamed of who I am. This is not having an agreement. 577 00:34:23,909 --> 00:34:25,050 I was wrong, okay? 578 00:34:25,270 --> 00:34:29,989 I thought I could do it. I tried to do it, and I can't. No. 579 00:34:30,230 --> 00:34:33,810 No, you married me to come in from the cold. Now that you're in, you want to 580 00:34:33,810 --> 00:34:34,808 push me out. 581 00:34:34,810 --> 00:34:35,810 That's not true. 582 00:34:36,110 --> 00:34:37,110 You want the truth? 583 00:34:37,650 --> 00:34:38,650 Okay. 584 00:34:39,210 --> 00:34:40,210 Here's the truth. 585 00:34:41,030 --> 00:34:43,370 I will no longer feel ashamed of who I am. 586 00:34:44,139 --> 00:34:48,219 I will no longer apologize for being a rich schmuck with a postage meter and an 587 00:34:48,219 --> 00:34:49,219 up -to -date mailing list. 588 00:34:49,940 --> 00:34:53,280 Either you accept Dave Meyer for who he is and you agree to be Mrs. 589 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:54,520 Underline Mrs. 590 00:34:54,580 --> 00:34:58,780 Dave Meyer, or we can end this marriage right now and you'll never have to be 591 00:34:58,780 --> 00:34:59,780 embarrassed by me again. 592 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:24,580 Well, gentlemen, you've presented an interesting dilemma. 593 00:35:25,180 --> 00:35:26,400 Are we ready to go? 594 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:27,640 Yes, sir. 595 00:35:27,660 --> 00:35:32,120 On the one hand, you can't fire somebody just because he's gay. 596 00:35:32,700 --> 00:35:37,840 On the other hand, you can fire him if he can't do the job. Now, the question 597 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:44,540 here is whether somebody can be deemed unable to do the job, per se, because of 598 00:35:44,540 --> 00:35:46,420 his status as a homosexual. 599 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:49,780 Well, fortunately, I... 600 00:35:50,110 --> 00:35:53,950 I don't have to resolve that question because before I consider whether a 601 00:35:53,950 --> 00:35:59,150 contract has been breached, I must first be satisfied that a valid contract was 602 00:35:59,150 --> 00:36:05,110 formed. And here, it wasn't. The defendant clearly thought he was getting 603 00:36:05,110 --> 00:36:07,850 individual capable of projecting a macho persona. 604 00:36:08,050 --> 00:36:12,850 And the plaintiff clearly concealed his homosexuality. With the full knowledge, 605 00:36:12,910 --> 00:36:15,790 in my opinion, that the defendant would never have made that deal if he'd known 606 00:36:15,790 --> 00:36:16,790 the true facts. 607 00:36:18,090 --> 00:36:19,550 I believe this... 608 00:36:19,790 --> 00:36:26,690 non -disclosure was material, I find there to be no valid formation of a 609 00:36:26,690 --> 00:36:31,650 contract. And I hereby rule in favor of the defendant, Dowell Food Corporation. 610 00:36:32,890 --> 00:36:36,610 I will have this drawn up with copies to be sent to the parties. That is all. 611 00:36:36,850 --> 00:36:38,250 Thank you very much, Your Honor. 612 00:36:40,070 --> 00:36:41,070 Thank you very much. 613 00:36:42,770 --> 00:36:44,530 I'm sorry, man. 614 00:36:44,890 --> 00:36:46,830 You did your best. 615 00:36:50,299 --> 00:36:52,820 Why don't we walk over to my office? We can talk. 616 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:56,080 No, I'm going to have to walk this off. 617 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:02,380 Let me... Let's talk later. I've got to get out of here. 618 00:37:05,380 --> 00:37:09,180 Mr. Cusack, a moment of your time in chambers, please. 619 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:19,400 Take a seat. 620 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:26,580 I'm a very conservative judge, Mr. Cusack. 621 00:37:27,620 --> 00:37:30,420 I'm a little curious as to why you selected me. 622 00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:34,980 Your reputation for fairness, among other things. 623 00:37:36,260 --> 00:37:40,720 Would those other things have anything to do with Stephanie Hall? 624 00:37:41,420 --> 00:37:46,200 Beg your pardon? A private investigator by the name of Stephanie Hall has been 625 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:50,200 asking pointed questions about my personal life. 626 00:37:51,980 --> 00:37:58,980 And a little digging of my own reveals that she's sometimes employed by your 627 00:37:58,980 --> 00:37:59,980 firm. 628 00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:05,760 I have no doubt that my reputation played its part in your selection, Mr. 629 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:08,240 Cusack, and frankly, I think it stinks. 630 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:10,740 I had a very tough case to try. 631 00:38:11,740 --> 00:38:16,060 I didn't want to make it tougher by encountering any unfair prejudice. I 632 00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:18,680 you wouldn't condemn a person based on his sexuality. 633 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:21,260 That's well put, Counselor. 634 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:26,160 But the truth is that you're the one who's guilty of prejudice here. You 635 00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:29,840 automatically assumed that my private lifestyle would factor into my 636 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:30,840 professional judgment. 637 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,720 You also make that assumption about heterosexual judges? 638 00:38:33,940 --> 00:38:35,040 I didn't assume anything. 639 00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:39,180 I was hoping to find somebody who recognized that gay people can be 640 00:38:39,180 --> 00:38:40,180 they can endorse products. 641 00:38:40,380 --> 00:38:42,400 And I'll be the first to applaud your cause. 642 00:38:42,700 --> 00:38:47,860 But as a gay person, let me also tell you, I'll be the first to recognize that 643 00:38:47,860 --> 00:38:49,740 public acceptance is not here yet. 644 00:38:50,220 --> 00:38:53,800 Do you think I'd be elected, a re -elected judge, if people knew the truth 645 00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:54,800 me? Uh -uh. 646 00:38:56,140 --> 00:38:58,960 If anything, my being gay hurt your case. 647 00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:01,300 It made me all too aware. 648 00:39:01,540 --> 00:39:04,400 People don't want to see our faces on cereal boxes. 649 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:06,820 Thanks for the bone, Judge. 650 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:11,800 You just gave me grounds for appeal. 651 00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:16,540 Excuse me? You said your being gay could have hurt my case, suggesting possible 652 00:39:16,540 --> 00:39:18,200 judicial bias against us. 653 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:19,480 Judicial bias? 654 00:39:21,390 --> 00:39:23,610 My ruling was completely fair. 655 00:39:24,150 --> 00:39:28,090 You damn well know it. All I know is that I have to do whatever I can to 656 00:39:28,090 --> 00:39:29,090 my client. 657 00:39:29,550 --> 00:39:32,830 And that means taking advantage of your admission here if that's the only way I 658 00:39:32,830 --> 00:39:36,830 can open this thing up again. That is a total long shot, Counselor. 659 00:39:38,330 --> 00:39:40,710 Which I have nothing to lose by taking. 660 00:39:42,390 --> 00:39:47,990 Look, I don't want to expose your private life, Your Honor. That's not my 661 00:39:47,990 --> 00:39:48,990 intention here. 662 00:39:49,870 --> 00:39:54,410 But I have to do everything I can to serve Matt Leonard, or I will be guilty 663 00:39:54,410 --> 00:40:00,350 malpractice. But if you were to set aside your verdict of your own accord 664 00:40:00,350 --> 00:40:06,670 whatever reasons you decide, then I don't suppose any of this stuff about 665 00:40:06,670 --> 00:40:08,090 personal life would have to come out. 666 00:40:13,310 --> 00:40:15,370 Right or wrong, Counselor? 667 00:40:16,170 --> 00:40:21,470 I have decided to keep my sexual identity a secret, mainly for electoral 668 00:40:21,470 --> 00:40:22,470 survival. 669 00:40:24,290 --> 00:40:29,430 But over the years, I've asked myself a thousand times, 670 00:40:29,670 --> 00:40:36,470 what would happen if somebody threatened to expose me or extort 671 00:40:36,470 --> 00:40:37,930 me in the middle of a trial? 672 00:40:38,170 --> 00:40:43,010 I've never known exactly how I'd respond. 673 00:40:43,550 --> 00:40:44,610 Now I do. 674 00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:48,940 My ruling stands. 675 00:40:50,060 --> 00:40:52,760 You do whatever you think you have to do. 676 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:12,800 Hi. 677 00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:14,280 Where were you? 678 00:41:15,140 --> 00:41:17,100 I spent the night at the Sportsman's Lodge. 679 00:41:18,700 --> 00:41:19,780 I was worried about you. 680 00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:21,500 Really? 681 00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:24,960 I'd never seen you so angry before. 682 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,620 It was uncharacteristic of me. 683 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:28,880 I apologize. 684 00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:30,240 Don't. 685 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:32,960 That's what we go to a therapist for. 686 00:41:33,380 --> 00:41:35,240 That's no excuse for acting like a bully. 687 00:41:35,900 --> 00:41:38,780 Especially to the woman that I love more than life itself. 688 00:41:39,300 --> 00:41:41,520 See, that's the kind of stuff that I hate. 689 00:41:42,020 --> 00:41:43,020 What stuff? 690 00:41:43,240 --> 00:41:46,280 The woman I love more than life itself. 691 00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:49,500 You never know what to say when you talk like that. 692 00:41:49,720 --> 00:41:50,720 Sorry. 693 00:41:51,300 --> 00:41:52,440 And then you do that. 694 00:41:53,580 --> 00:41:54,580 What? 695 00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:56,400 Apologize. 696 00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:01,760 David, if we're going to make it, we've got to start being a lot more honest 697 00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:02,760 with each other. 698 00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:08,220 Toward that end, then, I miss sleeping in our bed. 699 00:42:09,260 --> 00:42:12,320 I miss that first vision of you when I open my eyes. 700 00:42:13,460 --> 00:42:14,500 You're doing it again. 701 00:42:15,660 --> 00:42:19,780 Sorry. No, no, no. What I mean to say is... David, come home. 702 00:42:21,380 --> 00:42:22,480 You mean it? 703 00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:26,020 Yes, I do. 704 00:42:31,380 --> 00:42:32,380 Something, 705 00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:33,520 then. 706 00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:36,280 A man, a woman. 707 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:37,800 Right, right, right. 708 00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:40,400 I'll be home. 709 00:42:51,530 --> 00:42:52,530 Yeah, that's about it. 710 00:42:52,910 --> 00:42:56,150 Your only shot is to claim judicial bias and try to overturn the verdict. 711 00:42:56,450 --> 00:42:57,650 Do you think he was biased? 712 00:42:58,110 --> 00:42:59,110 No. 713 00:42:59,290 --> 00:43:02,070 But what I think and what I can argue are two different things. 714 00:43:04,150 --> 00:43:07,770 And if I did get a new trial, what would be my chances? 715 00:43:09,490 --> 00:43:10,490 Lousy. 716 00:43:12,110 --> 00:43:14,410 The new judge would probably see it the same as O 'Neill. 717 00:43:15,630 --> 00:43:19,190 But if I can just get the verdict set aside, at least we're back in the game 718 00:43:19,190 --> 00:43:20,370 again with new cards to play. 719 00:43:21,550 --> 00:43:23,310 I'm sure I could settle and get you something. 720 00:43:24,230 --> 00:43:27,530 Nuisance value, if nothing else. The price being Judge O 'Neill's privacy. 721 00:43:28,490 --> 00:43:29,970 The price being that, yes. 722 00:43:30,450 --> 00:43:32,110 You think his ruling was fair, right? 723 00:43:33,330 --> 00:43:34,330 I do. 724 00:43:37,450 --> 00:43:41,710 Then I'm not sacrificing him. That man has just as much right to stay private 725 00:43:41,710 --> 00:43:42,710 I do to go public. 726 00:43:43,630 --> 00:43:48,890 I'm not going to destroy a person over nuisance value. No way. 727 00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:51,020 I think that's probably best. 728 00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:58,240 Well, thank you for everything, Mr. Cusack. 729 00:43:59,580 --> 00:44:00,640 I'll see you around. 730 00:44:03,140 --> 00:44:09,480 Matt, it's not often I find myself actually admiring one of my clients. 731 00:44:11,740 --> 00:44:12,740 Yeah. 732 00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:15,180 Make a hell of a role model, huh? 733 00:44:51,009 --> 00:44:52,710 Hi. Bad day, huh? 734 00:44:54,770 --> 00:44:55,770 Bad year. 735 00:44:57,050 --> 00:45:02,270 I feel like the only reprieve I had was when I was suspended from practicing 736 00:45:02,270 --> 00:45:03,270 altogether. 737 00:45:05,310 --> 00:45:08,250 And that was for going up against a guy who'd never been to law school. 738 00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:10,680 Who also ended up beating me. 739 00:45:12,540 --> 00:45:14,760 A slump's a slump, cowboy. 740 00:45:15,620 --> 00:45:16,620 It happens. 741 00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:19,860 I feel like this one's never going to end. 742 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:23,460 Do you think I'm losing it? 743 00:45:25,220 --> 00:45:26,220 No. 744 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:30,260 You're not losing it, counselor. 745 00:45:31,300 --> 00:45:32,300 Believe me. 746 00:45:39,310 --> 00:45:40,310 Can we go home? 747 00:45:42,350 --> 00:45:43,350 Yeah. 748 00:45:44,130 --> 00:45:45,130 Let's go home. 749 00:45:47,410 --> 00:45:50,270 Here you go. 750 00:45:52,810 --> 00:45:54,330 You ready to go night -night? 751 00:45:56,930 --> 00:45:59,550 Those margaritas are such beautiful. 752 00:46:06,060 --> 00:46:08,680 Do all babies smell as wonderful as you? 753 00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:13,040 You know what? 754 00:46:14,980 --> 00:46:18,220 I ruined a whole deposition yesterday because of you. 755 00:46:20,020 --> 00:46:22,760 Probably lost a client, cost the firm a lot of money. 756 00:46:24,060 --> 00:46:25,180 And you know what else? 757 00:46:34,410 --> 00:46:36,230 It's not so bad without a nanny, is it? 758 00:46:36,950 --> 00:46:38,770 We're doing just fine by ourselves. 759 00:46:40,310 --> 00:46:41,310 All the way. 760 00:46:43,870 --> 00:46:45,310 You two look so beautiful. 761 00:47:07,470 --> 00:47:09,510 You got my finger? You got my finger? 762 00:47:10,890 --> 00:47:17,410 Not too bad, huh? 763 00:47:19,530 --> 00:47:20,530 Not too bad.