1 00:00:03,119 --> 00:00:04,560 previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:06,560 Dave, what are you doing here? 3 00:00:06,780 --> 00:00:08,100 Just an impulsive gesture. 4 00:00:08,300 --> 00:00:10,000 I thought you might like to grab a little supper. 5 00:00:10,220 --> 00:00:12,840 Look, Dave, I kind of have company right now. 6 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:15,580 Are you all right? 7 00:00:16,300 --> 00:00:19,340 Uh, in point of fact, no, I'm not. 8 00:00:20,140 --> 00:00:22,460 It seems that my wife and I have separated. 9 00:00:23,900 --> 00:00:25,860 I don't know what's happening to me. 10 00:00:27,940 --> 00:00:28,940 I'm desperate. 11 00:00:29,580 --> 00:00:31,180 I can't sleep at night. 12 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:33,620 I cry all the time. 13 00:00:34,420 --> 00:00:35,420 Help me. 14 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,360 Look, I'm going to put you in touch with Jean Rubens. 15 00:00:38,820 --> 00:00:40,220 She's a first -rate therapist. 16 00:00:41,460 --> 00:00:42,460 Fine. 17 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:44,560 Will Dave go? 18 00:00:46,500 --> 00:00:48,340 Dave will do anything I tell him to do. 19 00:00:49,420 --> 00:00:50,440 You want the truth? 20 00:00:50,940 --> 00:00:51,940 Okay. 21 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:53,480 Here's the truth. 22 00:00:54,300 --> 00:00:56,620 I will no longer feel ashamed of who I am. 23 00:00:56,990 --> 00:01:00,870 I will no longer apologize for being a rich schmuck with a postage meter and an 24 00:01:00,870 --> 00:01:01,870 up -to -date mailing list. 25 00:01:02,650 --> 00:01:05,930 Either you accept Dave Meyer for who he is and you agree to be Mrs. 26 00:01:06,270 --> 00:01:10,910 Underline Message Dave Meyer, or we can end this marriage right now and you'll 27 00:01:10,910 --> 00:01:12,330 never have to be embarrassed by me again. 28 00:01:18,370 --> 00:01:19,830 No, I don't have an appointment. 29 00:01:20,430 --> 00:01:22,370 You want me to wait for him? How long do you want me to wait? You want me to 30 00:01:22,370 --> 00:01:24,550 wait a day? I'll wait a day. You want me to wait a week? I'll wait a week. I 31 00:01:24,550 --> 00:01:27,750 don't care. I have no place to go. I have nothing to do. Hey, hey, hey, hey, 32 00:01:27,750 --> 00:01:28,970 hey. Calm down. 33 00:01:29,290 --> 00:01:30,290 What's going on here? 34 00:01:31,170 --> 00:01:32,170 Well, well. 35 00:01:32,890 --> 00:01:33,890 It's really him. 36 00:01:35,730 --> 00:01:37,010 Mr. L .A. 37 00:01:37,690 --> 00:01:41,870 I bet all you ladies just want to rip the clothes off of this guy, huh? 38 00:01:42,910 --> 00:01:46,190 And I'm sure you've all been to bed with him at least a couple of times, right? 39 00:01:46,790 --> 00:01:48,150 Security's already on its way up. 40 00:01:48,430 --> 00:01:50,070 I just want five minutes of your precious time. 41 00:01:50,630 --> 00:01:52,110 Why? Here's why. 42 00:01:56,010 --> 00:01:59,710 Your wife is divorcing you. Yeah, and she made the papers out all by her 43 00:01:59,710 --> 00:02:03,110 lonesome. Isn't that something, huh? She changed the locks. She kicked me out. 44 00:02:03,390 --> 00:02:06,130 Everything, just like you said. What are you talking about? Ain't that you, the 45 00:02:06,130 --> 00:02:06,988 guy in the video? 46 00:02:06,990 --> 00:02:09,710 Oh, wait a second. This guy's always grinning at her, talking to her like 47 00:02:09,710 --> 00:02:12,370 known her all her life. I mean, why should she stick with old Dwayne? 48 00:02:12,630 --> 00:02:16,630 She wants Arnold Becker with his purple ties and his really nice tan. 49 00:02:17,350 --> 00:02:19,810 Do you want to calm down and talk about this? We'll go into my office. We'll 50 00:02:19,810 --> 00:02:22,870 talk about it. Or you can rant and rave and you'll be taken out of here in 51 00:02:22,870 --> 00:02:24,510 handcuffs. What's it going to be? 52 00:02:26,410 --> 00:02:27,410 I want to talk. 53 00:02:28,210 --> 00:02:29,210 Good. 54 00:02:34,090 --> 00:02:35,090 60 seconds. 55 00:02:35,210 --> 00:02:36,210 That's it. 56 00:02:40,650 --> 00:02:41,589 What are all these? 57 00:02:41,590 --> 00:02:42,850 Store displays for my video. 58 00:02:44,190 --> 00:02:46,910 I don't usually keep them in the office. They're just here for me to sign. 59 00:02:48,670 --> 00:02:50,830 I guess the picture of you is all it takes, huh? 60 00:02:51,230 --> 00:02:52,950 Have you and your wife been to a marriage counselor? 61 00:02:53,390 --> 00:02:55,070 No. All right, I may give you a few names. 62 00:02:55,990 --> 00:02:57,070 She's not interested, okay? 63 00:02:57,750 --> 00:02:59,450 Well, then you might just have to let her go. 64 00:02:59,730 --> 00:03:01,270 Well, I don't want to let her go. 65 00:03:02,690 --> 00:03:05,390 Everything between us was just fine. Then she's over at her girlfriend's 66 00:03:05,430 --> 00:03:08,290 and she sees this stupid video, and suddenly everything ain't fine. 67 00:03:08,830 --> 00:03:10,750 I'm asking you to tell her that she's making a mistake. 68 00:03:11,010 --> 00:03:13,770 It's not my place to do that. I'll pay you. That's not the point. 69 00:03:14,130 --> 00:03:15,370 I can't save your marriage. 70 00:03:17,239 --> 00:03:19,360 Arnie, your other meeting's about to start. 71 00:03:21,700 --> 00:03:24,180 Down here, everybody gets divorced, don't they? 72 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,780 To you, it's no big deal. That's not true. All I know is, until a month ago, 73 00:03:28,780 --> 00:03:29,779 wife loved me. 74 00:03:29,780 --> 00:03:31,880 There was the one thing that I had that I could hold on to. 75 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,060 The one thing that made me feel lucky. 76 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:38,260 And then Arnold Becker's video guide to divorce took it all away. 77 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:39,920 And now I got nothing. 78 00:03:47,210 --> 00:03:48,210 What was that all about? 79 00:05:53,260 --> 00:05:54,520 Tell me something, Leland. 80 00:05:54,820 --> 00:05:58,320 Are you contemplating retirement any time soon? 81 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,880 Arthur, I have never contemplated retirement at all. 82 00:06:02,100 --> 00:06:04,620 That being the case, I'd like to throw something out. 83 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:08,560 There's a vacancy on the federal court. 84 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:11,080 I want you to fill it. 85 00:06:15,840 --> 00:06:19,400 Batteries in these things get a little... I didn't quite hear you. 86 00:06:20,060 --> 00:06:21,200 You heard me fine. 87 00:06:22,410 --> 00:06:23,349 Why me? 88 00:06:23,350 --> 00:06:27,250 I've known you for a long time, Leland. In my opinion, you're the best 89 00:06:27,250 --> 00:06:28,250 qualified. 90 00:06:28,990 --> 00:06:32,710 The president's leaving it up to a certain congressman who'd rather I 91 00:06:32,710 --> 00:06:33,710 mention his name right now. 92 00:06:34,270 --> 00:06:36,250 That congressman's leaving it up to me. 93 00:06:37,310 --> 00:06:40,070 Won't people want to know my position on various issues? 94 00:06:40,490 --> 00:06:42,290 Nope. No litmus test. 95 00:06:43,210 --> 00:06:45,370 You'll use your judgment however you see fit. 96 00:06:46,810 --> 00:06:48,910 This is pretty heady stuff, Arthur. 97 00:06:49,970 --> 00:06:51,210 It only gets more so. 98 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:58,180 At my age, you get to thinking that all the earth -shattering stuff is behind 99 00:06:58,180 --> 00:07:01,040 you. I'm ready to set the wheels in motion, Leland. 100 00:07:01,780 --> 00:07:03,520 You just have to tell me if you want it. 101 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:05,580 God, yes, I want it. 102 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:07,280 Good. 103 00:07:08,340 --> 00:07:09,340 Where's little Kelsey? 104 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:11,780 We're finally trying out a new nanny. 105 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,660 And you haven't called home more than six or seven times so far, have you? 106 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:21,160 Twice. Just won't be the same without that piercing cry and a few fetid 107 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:22,680 in the waste paper basket, will it? 108 00:07:23,979 --> 00:07:25,500 Fitzpatrick versus Steinmetz. 109 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:29,400 Charlie Fitzpatrick was killed when a concrete floor under construction 110 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,560 collapsed. Now, we've already established that the concrete was 111 00:07:32,980 --> 00:07:36,620 The trick here is proving that Roy Steinmetz knew about it and greased 112 00:07:36,620 --> 00:07:38,800 he had to to keep the building on schedule. 113 00:07:39,020 --> 00:07:40,020 Knock him dead, Victor. 114 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,040 Mendez versus Mendez. This one of yours, too? No, it's mine. 115 00:07:44,300 --> 00:07:49,140 Uh, it's a custody dispute. The father is a Venezuelan citizen. We should be 116 00:07:49,140 --> 00:07:51,400 going to trial at the beginning of next month. 117 00:07:52,500 --> 00:07:53,520 Okay. What do you mean? 118 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,220 Zaplin et al. versus Recreational Foodstuffs Limited. An uprising of 119 00:07:59,220 --> 00:08:03,940 franchisees. Six independent operators of Art's Egg Heaven Drive -Ins are suing 120 00:08:03,940 --> 00:08:07,520 the franchisor for removing the animal fat from their corn dog batter. 121 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:09,420 They say the dogs just ain't the same. 122 00:08:10,900 --> 00:08:14,160 I'd like to meet with the partners sometime this afternoon, if possible. 123 00:08:15,260 --> 00:08:18,840 I've got a deposition scheduled in Pasadena. I don't think I'll be done 124 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,560 four. I'm out till late this afternoon, too. How about 5 .30? 125 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:24,420 5 .30 it is. 126 00:08:25,300 --> 00:08:26,360 And we're adjourned. 127 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:40,200 Mr. Clausen, would you describe for the court what happened on September 10th, 128 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:41,200 1985? 129 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:46,560 Well, it was just after lunch, and we were taking down forms on the seventh 130 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:49,320 floor when they set a load of steel down on the eighth. 131 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:51,560 First, I heard a creaking. 132 00:08:52,170 --> 00:08:53,370 Then the rebar snapped. 133 00:08:54,070 --> 00:08:56,130 Then there was a thunderclap. 134 00:08:56,590 --> 00:09:00,950 Concrete gave way and a steel beam fell down. Caught Charlie Fitzpatrick Square. 135 00:09:01,410 --> 00:09:04,790 Now, did you observe anything when they put in this eighth floor that concerned 136 00:09:04,790 --> 00:09:08,590 you? Objection, Your Honor. This man is not an expert on concrete. His concern 137 00:09:08,590 --> 00:09:09,590 is irrelevant. 138 00:09:09,770 --> 00:09:12,530 He's been a construction worker for 23 years and he was working directly 139 00:09:12,530 --> 00:09:14,650 underneath. I think that qualifies as relevance, Your Honor. 140 00:09:15,750 --> 00:09:16,910 The witness may answer. 141 00:09:18,370 --> 00:09:21,670 The concrete had been sitting too long. It should have been dumped. 142 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,240 They didn't want to lose time, so they watered it. 143 00:09:24,460 --> 00:09:29,060 It looked all right when they poured it, but it had no strength when it dried. 144 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:30,720 That's why the floor collapsed. 145 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:35,040 I ask the last remark be stricken, Your Honor. So stricken. What happened after 146 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:36,060 the accident, Ms. Clifton? 147 00:09:37,260 --> 00:09:41,340 As soon as the ambulance took Charlie's body away, they wanted us to go back to 148 00:09:41,340 --> 00:09:46,740 work. The superintendent said they had 11 cement trucks lined up, and the word 149 00:09:46,740 --> 00:09:48,760 from the top was just to keep on going. 150 00:09:49,220 --> 00:09:50,640 I picked up a... 151 00:09:50,910 --> 00:09:55,870 Steele Barnes suggested that, out of respect for the dead, we ought to shut 152 00:09:55,870 --> 00:09:56,870 for the day. 153 00:09:57,910 --> 00:10:01,130 He thought about it and agreed with me. 154 00:10:02,770 --> 00:10:03,910 I have nothing further. 155 00:10:05,170 --> 00:10:06,370 Mr. Dowell? 156 00:10:10,150 --> 00:10:11,150 Mr. 157 00:10:12,350 --> 00:10:17,110 Clausen, you testified earlier that this accident happened right after lunch. 158 00:10:17,270 --> 00:10:19,790 Could you tell us, sir, where you went for lunch? 159 00:10:20,190 --> 00:10:21,210 I really don't remember. 160 00:10:21,510 --> 00:10:25,190 Well, could it have been a bar called The Boynton? 161 00:10:25,950 --> 00:10:29,350 Maybe. Did you have a chance to down a few that day, Mr. Clawson? 162 00:10:29,570 --> 00:10:33,730 Your Honor, the concrete didn't collapse because someone had a beer after lunch. 163 00:10:34,030 --> 00:10:38,190 I hope Mr. Sufuentes isn't maintaining that alcohol can't contribute to workers 164 00:10:38,190 --> 00:10:42,210 making a mistake on a job. A mistake that might have caused this accident. 165 00:10:42,630 --> 00:10:45,470 You ever been on a construction site? Mr. Clawson. 166 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:49,000 Has that rat bastard sitting over there beside you ever been on a construction 167 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,640 site? I've been on plenty. 168 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:55,020 Yeah, they put a hard hat on your head and take your picture, and then you get 169 00:10:55,020 --> 00:10:58,720 in a limo and leave. Mr. Clawson. The men who work there know what happened, 170 00:10:58,820 --> 00:11:02,780 Roy, because we know you. Put them up fast, put them up cheap, and whoever 171 00:11:03,060 --> 00:11:05,480 dies. Hell, that's what you hire a lawyer for. 172 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,660 I wasn't expecting this, believe me. 173 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:12,080 So, did you hesitate? 174 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:13,320 Not for a second. 175 00:11:13,790 --> 00:11:17,410 I'm thrilled for you, Leland. You know, I think this is something that I've... 176 00:11:17,410 --> 00:11:19,290 that I've always wanted. 177 00:11:19,630 --> 00:11:21,430 So what's your timetable looking like? 178 00:11:21,630 --> 00:11:25,110 Well, they want to expedite it, so I'll probably be sworn in before the start of 179 00:11:25,110 --> 00:11:27,450 the fall term. How about ties to the firm? 180 00:11:27,690 --> 00:11:28,690 Very limited. 181 00:11:28,730 --> 00:11:32,130 I'll be giving up this office and pretty much staying out of firm business. 182 00:11:32,510 --> 00:11:36,210 Naturally, I'll also disqualify myself any time the firm has an interest in a 183 00:11:36,210 --> 00:11:40,830 case. Well, that's all right, Leland. We'll just bask in your reflected glow. 184 00:11:42,540 --> 00:11:44,940 You're looking uncharacteristically quiet, Douglas. 185 00:11:45,620 --> 00:11:48,140 I guess I'm just thinking about the void that'll be left. 186 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:51,520 Voids get filled, Douglas. It's a law of nature. 187 00:11:51,780 --> 00:11:53,480 I'm not so sure about this one. 188 00:11:54,100 --> 00:11:58,740 On the other hand, I don't know anyone who'd make a better judge or who'd love 189 00:11:58,740 --> 00:11:59,740 being one more. 190 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:02,720 Congratulations, Your Honor. 191 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:11,280 Come on. 192 00:12:23,609 --> 00:12:27,170 Could you make it to D 'Andra? D -I -A -N -D -R -A? 193 00:12:27,850 --> 00:12:29,010 Oh, it's for my daughter. 194 00:12:29,950 --> 00:12:30,950 Uh -huh. 195 00:12:31,490 --> 00:12:36,170 Every day I ask myself, why couldn't she have found someone like you instead of 196 00:12:36,170 --> 00:12:37,450 that bastard she married? 197 00:12:38,310 --> 00:12:40,050 My son -in -law, the writer. 198 00:12:42,190 --> 00:12:46,870 People just want to be near him. It's an intangible quality, Murray. If I could 199 00:12:46,870 --> 00:12:48,690 duplicate it, I would rule the world. 200 00:12:49,150 --> 00:12:51,210 Can I tell you your clothes are fabulous? 201 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:53,659 Thank you. 202 00:12:53,660 --> 00:12:55,940 My husband and I are still together, by the way. 203 00:12:56,180 --> 00:13:00,640 Every time he starts in with me, I play the tape. I tell him, Lenny, that's who 204 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:01,640 I'll get. 205 00:13:04,220 --> 00:13:06,980 This is what I'd like you to write. 206 00:13:09,820 --> 00:13:10,960 Word for word. 207 00:13:14,980 --> 00:13:20,900 Mr. Olshan, would you examine this document and tell the court if that's 208 00:13:21,180 --> 00:13:22,820 Signature there at the bottom of the page. 209 00:13:23,100 --> 00:13:25,500 It is? Would you identify the document? 210 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:30,660 It's a certificate of inspection for the eighth floor concrete slab on the 211 00:13:30,660 --> 00:13:31,660 federal office building. 212 00:13:32,300 --> 00:13:36,380 I ask that it be admitted into evidence as defense exhibit number one. 213 00:13:36,620 --> 00:13:37,620 So ordered. 214 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:43,640 Now, Mr. Olson, is it the case that that certificate indicates that the concrete 215 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:48,040 was inspected and tested and found to conform to the approved specifications 216 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:48,759 the drawings? 217 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:49,689 Yes. 218 00:13:49,690 --> 00:13:53,590 And if Mr. Roy Steinmetz was relying on that certificate, he had every reason to 219 00:13:53,590 --> 00:13:57,730 believe that the concrete on the eighth floor in his building was fine, right? 220 00:13:58,210 --> 00:13:59,210 I guess so. 221 00:13:59,330 --> 00:14:01,150 Thank you. No further questions, Your Honor. 222 00:14:03,290 --> 00:14:08,850 Mr. Olsen, where did you take this sample of concrete that you tested from, 223 00:14:09,190 --> 00:14:10,370 I took it from the truck. 224 00:14:11,930 --> 00:14:17,210 So if the concrete was being watered on the eighth floor, testing in that truck 225 00:14:17,210 --> 00:14:18,250 wouldn't reveal that, would it? 226 00:14:18,730 --> 00:14:21,530 Well, it didn't occur to me that they'd be watering it on the eighth floor. 227 00:14:22,450 --> 00:14:27,010 Uh -huh. I guess it also didn't occur to you to check the reinforcing steel. If 228 00:14:27,010 --> 00:14:30,730 it had, you would have known that it was set every 12 inches instead of every 229 00:14:30,730 --> 00:14:33,910 nine as indicated in the drawing. Well, look, things get a little hectic. I took 230 00:14:33,910 --> 00:14:35,790 somebody's word for it. I shouldn't have. 231 00:14:36,090 --> 00:14:37,090 I don't know. 232 00:14:37,510 --> 00:14:39,570 Didn't seem to upset your supervisor too much. 233 00:14:40,030 --> 00:14:41,230 You didn't get fired, did you? 234 00:14:41,550 --> 00:14:42,650 No, I didn't get fired. 235 00:14:42,850 --> 00:14:46,270 You weren't even suspended. Tell us, were there any consequences at all, sir? 236 00:14:46,650 --> 00:14:51,110 My supervisor didn't feel disciplinary action was warranted. 237 00:14:51,330 --> 00:14:53,370 What can I say? Everybody makes mistakes. 238 00:14:53,870 --> 00:14:55,190 Yeah, is everyone paid to make them? 239 00:14:55,890 --> 00:14:58,170 Objection. All right, come on, let's tell the truth here, Mr. Olshan. 240 00:14:58,450 --> 00:15:02,910 Roy Steinmetz greased you, he greased your supervisor, he greased whoever he 241 00:15:02,910 --> 00:15:05,750 to. That's why you signed off on those certificates, and that's why you weren't 242 00:15:05,750 --> 00:15:08,210 fired. Mr. Cifuentes, there's been an objection. 243 00:15:08,830 --> 00:15:10,330 That objection is sustained. 244 00:15:11,310 --> 00:15:12,710 Counsel's last remarks are stricken. 245 00:15:15,750 --> 00:15:21,530 Mr. Olsen, did you happen to see Charlie Fitzpatrick after that floor collapsed 246 00:15:21,530 --> 00:15:22,530 on him? 247 00:15:25,070 --> 00:15:26,070 Yeah, I saw him. 248 00:15:26,570 --> 00:15:28,870 Did you feel responsible, sir? 249 00:15:29,410 --> 00:15:30,690 For the concrete collapsing? 250 00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:32,190 No. How about murder? 251 00:15:32,410 --> 00:15:34,970 Murder? How about making this woman a widow? 252 00:15:35,250 --> 00:15:37,990 I didn't do that. How about robbing her children of their father? 253 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:42,020 I didn't put that floor in. Somebody else did. It was their mistakes that 254 00:15:42,020 --> 00:15:43,600 him. But you covered up their mistakes. 255 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:47,380 No one would have been under that floor if you hadn't said it was safe. Well, I 256 00:15:47,380 --> 00:15:49,880 thought it was safe. Oh, you didn't give a damn one way or another. 257 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:54,380 You knew how expensive it was to shut down a job, to take out a defective 258 00:15:54,380 --> 00:15:57,140 concrete slab. You wanted to save Roy Steinmetz money. 259 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:01,160 Hey, lawyer, are you going to say something here or what? Mr. Olson. Well, 260 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:04,340 Honor, how come he's not objecting to something? I'm not the one on trial 261 00:16:04,460 --> 00:16:05,460 Well, maybe you should be. 262 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:09,240 You know, you've been a building inspector for 19 years. How many other 263 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,660 are you responsible for? No, no, no, no. Just wait a minute. How many other 264 00:16:12,660 --> 00:16:15,720 wives lost their husbands? How many other children lost their fathers? 265 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:21,060 The pension isn't worth it. You know that? The pension isn't worth it. Isn't 266 00:16:21,060 --> 00:16:24,340 worth what? I've got 11 months left to retire, and I'm not going to make it. 267 00:16:25,060 --> 00:16:28,120 Sure, I looked the other way on that job. I did what I was told to do. 268 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:29,520 Objection, Your Honor. 269 00:16:29,580 --> 00:16:31,420 Your Honor, let me finish, please. 270 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:32,800 Go ahead. 271 00:16:35,530 --> 00:16:38,970 Well, it was understood that Steinmetz had a friend. 272 00:16:39,670 --> 00:16:43,730 Objection! What does understood mean? It means everyone knew it. Everyone knew 273 00:16:43,730 --> 00:16:48,730 that his friend wanted the job done on time. Everyone knew not to make waves. 274 00:16:49,070 --> 00:16:52,830 Who was that friend, Mr. Olsen? Congressman Andrew Barnett. That's a 275 00:16:53,270 --> 00:16:56,430 Sit down, Mr. Steinmetz. You were supposed to build it just a little 276 00:16:56,430 --> 00:16:57,510 just a little flimsier. 277 00:16:57,770 --> 00:16:59,650 No one was supposed to die. 278 00:16:59,990 --> 00:17:01,270 Your Honor, I want this stricken. 279 00:17:01,470 --> 00:17:02,470 Mr. Olsen. 280 00:17:02,750 --> 00:17:04,250 I got no excuse, Mrs. 281 00:17:06,030 --> 00:17:07,510 I did a real bad thing. 282 00:17:08,450 --> 00:17:13,630 But it wasn't just me, and I got the records to prove it. Your Honor, at this 283 00:17:13,630 --> 00:17:16,849 time, I would like to make an application for a continuance so that I 284 00:17:16,849 --> 00:17:18,270 conduct additional discovery. 285 00:17:18,829 --> 00:17:19,829 Based on what? 286 00:17:20,569 --> 00:17:24,030 Even if these allegations are true, and I most strongly deny that they are, 287 00:17:24,109 --> 00:17:27,089 there's no punitive damages in a wrongful death suit. It's irrelevant. 288 00:17:28,590 --> 00:17:30,030 I'm going to take it under advisement. 289 00:17:30,390 --> 00:17:31,690 We'll convene tomorrow at 10. 290 00:17:33,379 --> 00:17:36,080 Pretty soon you'll be thinking of us as just the little people. 291 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:37,280 Speak for yourself. 292 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:38,840 Oh, he's right, Ann. 293 00:17:39,260 --> 00:17:40,700 Well, I will come and visit you. 294 00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:44,640 I'll see you in your little offices, working at your little desks. 295 00:17:44,980 --> 00:17:50,600 The tux is truly ascended. Well, I've had this tux for ten years. It doesn't 296 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,980 matter. I can tell by the way you wear it you're already a judge. 297 00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:55,720 I'll see you all in the morning. 298 00:17:58,780 --> 00:18:00,780 We should probably talk about this at some point. 299 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:03,040 Yeah. 300 00:18:03,150 --> 00:18:07,770 This is going to be official before we know it. He'll then be sworn in, and 301 00:18:07,770 --> 00:18:11,630 Douglas Brackman will be the senior partner of our firm. I think we should 302 00:18:11,630 --> 00:18:12,489 about it now. 303 00:18:12,490 --> 00:18:13,490 Yeah. 304 00:18:23,410 --> 00:18:29,230 For one such as yourself, who's assiduously managed to avoid the mashed 305 00:18:29,230 --> 00:18:33,940 circuit, It tonight is sure to be something of a shock. Truth to tell, I 306 00:18:33,940 --> 00:18:37,000 so few political parties, I'm actually looking forward to it. 307 00:18:40,420 --> 00:18:43,200 What's Victor Cifuentes all about, Leland? Victor? 308 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,140 He's a top -flight trial lawyer. 309 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:49,280 Why? He's gunning for Andy Barnett. 310 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:51,280 I don't know anything about it. 311 00:18:51,620 --> 00:18:56,280 Well, this afternoon, some building inspector made up a story to take the 312 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:57,320 off himself and... 313 00:18:57,550 --> 00:19:00,150 Suddenly, Cifuentes is going after a congressman. 314 00:19:00,970 --> 00:19:01,970 For what reason? 315 00:19:02,170 --> 00:19:05,550 Barnett is the odds -on favorite to run for Senate next time around. 316 00:19:06,850 --> 00:19:08,670 Cifuentes has a chance to make his bones. 317 00:19:08,970 --> 00:19:09,970 That's not Victor. 318 00:19:10,990 --> 00:19:11,990 No? 319 00:19:12,250 --> 00:19:17,550 This well -spoken, good -looking Latino couldn't be harboring any political 320 00:19:17,550 --> 00:19:18,670 ambition of his own? 321 00:19:19,090 --> 00:19:22,190 Whether he is or not, that wouldn't be how he'd further it. 322 00:19:22,410 --> 00:19:24,190 We have a real problem here, Leland. 323 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:27,640 Andy Barnett's the congressman who's sponsoring you for the bench. 324 00:19:27,940 --> 00:19:30,280 That's a little bit of a coincidence, isn't it? 325 00:19:30,700 --> 00:19:32,020 Yes, it is a coincidence. 326 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:36,140 Andy Barnett has a bright future ahead of him. 327 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,200 Beyond his district, beyond the state as well. 328 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:42,960 People will try all kinds of things to derail him. 329 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:46,180 Now, you're the senior partner. 330 00:19:46,780 --> 00:19:48,820 I think you should talk to your associate. 331 00:19:52,350 --> 00:19:56,190 Douglas is Douglas, Arnie, and certain things about him will never change, 332 00:19:56,190 --> 00:19:57,710 is exactly what worries me. 333 00:19:58,110 --> 00:20:00,850 Don't forget, Leland has always been here to hold him in check. 334 00:20:01,490 --> 00:20:05,250 According to the partnership agreement, Douglas assumes all of Leland's power. 335 00:20:05,830 --> 00:20:07,910 Yeah, unfortunately, that's all he'll assume. 336 00:20:08,690 --> 00:20:11,250 The only thing that'll matter around here will be money. 337 00:20:11,610 --> 00:20:14,030 And you can forget about pro bono work. 338 00:20:14,910 --> 00:20:16,770 He'll look to shut that down altogether. 339 00:20:17,350 --> 00:20:21,480 Look. Since he thinks we're all against him anyway, a siege mentality he'll set 340 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:24,860 in. He'll get one of those electric door closers for his office and communicate 341 00:20:24,860 --> 00:20:25,860 only in writing. 342 00:20:25,940 --> 00:20:29,620 I shudder to think what he's going to try to impose on the associates and 343 00:20:29,620 --> 00:20:33,080 secretaries. You think Victor Cifuentes is going to put up with it? McKenzie 344 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:34,080 leaves, he's gone. 345 00:20:35,380 --> 00:20:36,560 Well, I'll tell you something. 346 00:20:37,220 --> 00:20:40,700 I sure as hell can't show Douglas the deference I show the old man. 347 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:42,160 He hasn't earned it. 348 00:20:42,580 --> 00:20:43,700 I don't feel it. 349 00:20:43,980 --> 00:20:45,520 And if he insists on it... 350 00:20:47,150 --> 00:20:48,150 I'm gone, too. 351 00:20:48,470 --> 00:20:52,710 The truth is that we're all gone. It might take six months. It might take a 352 00:20:52,710 --> 00:20:56,030 year. It's pretty depressing to think that Mackenzie Brackman, without 353 00:20:56,030 --> 00:20:59,650 Mackenzie, will just break apart and vanish into thin air. 354 00:21:00,190 --> 00:21:02,710 There'll be some yelling and a lawsuit or two. 355 00:21:03,370 --> 00:21:06,630 But in the end, the moving men will come in and move out of the boxes. 356 00:21:26,629 --> 00:21:28,350 Victor? You been here all night? 357 00:21:29,650 --> 00:21:30,650 Yeah, 358 00:21:31,950 --> 00:21:37,330 Walter Olsen presented me with four transfer cases worth of documents. I was 359 00:21:37,330 --> 00:21:38,710 until 4 a .m. going through them. 360 00:21:39,370 --> 00:21:42,670 I figure that if the judge doesn't grant me the continuance, at least I'll be 361 00:21:42,670 --> 00:21:43,850 able to argue with him about that. 362 00:21:45,790 --> 00:21:47,890 What is it you think you're going to find, Victor? 363 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:51,780 Evidence that Steinmetz was deliberately ignoring the building code, that he was 364 00:21:51,780 --> 00:21:53,900 using Congressman Barnett to intervene on his behalf. 365 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:55,960 Intervening with whom? 366 00:21:56,900 --> 00:21:57,900 The city. 367 00:21:58,380 --> 00:21:59,380 Building department. 368 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:01,980 This will help your client. 369 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:05,980 Yeah, I think that the jury will come back with a significantly bigger reward 370 00:22:05,980 --> 00:22:07,100 they think that Steinmetz was dirty. 371 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:09,340 What if you're wrong about Barnett? 372 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:12,720 I drop back ten yards and I punt. What does he do? 373 00:22:14,460 --> 00:22:17,800 And people remember accusations whether they get proven or not. 374 00:22:18,370 --> 00:22:20,730 I wouldn't be doing this, Leland, if I didn't think I could prove it. 375 00:22:21,110 --> 00:22:22,770 And I think you know me well enough to know that. 376 00:22:25,350 --> 00:22:27,730 You're right. Well, I'll leave it up to you. 377 00:22:28,170 --> 00:22:29,170 Thank you. 378 00:22:30,170 --> 00:22:31,950 I, uh, gotta get ready for court. 379 00:22:32,170 --> 00:22:33,170 I know. 380 00:22:38,550 --> 00:22:40,710 Excuse me, Victor. 381 00:22:41,230 --> 00:22:44,250 Victor, you think we can grab a room, sit down and talk for a few minutes? 382 00:22:45,450 --> 00:22:46,450 Sure, Bernie. 383 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:50,320 Benny, would you mind waiting over here by this bench until we get back? 384 00:22:52,020 --> 00:22:53,020 Victor, 385 00:22:54,260 --> 00:23:01,040 let's be realistic for a minute. 386 00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:02,180 I am being realistic. 387 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:04,460 Your client has a funny habit of declaring bankruptcy. 388 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,580 If you didn't have to wait seven years between filings, he would have done it 389 00:23:07,580 --> 00:23:09,760 here. I can't pay what I don't have. 390 00:23:10,060 --> 00:23:12,980 Sir, I am not willing to take your word for what it is you do have. You've got a 391 00:23:12,980 --> 00:23:13,980 real tiger here, Mary. 392 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,620 He's going to make a big name for himself going after a United States 393 00:23:17,620 --> 00:23:21,220 congressman. Barney, you want to keep this thing between me and you here? I'm 394 00:23:21,220 --> 00:23:23,880 the one who signs the check. She's the one who gets it. 395 00:23:24,180 --> 00:23:25,760 Or what you leave her, anyway. 396 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,980 Mary, Charlie would know I was being fair. 397 00:23:30,300 --> 00:23:32,260 He never called him Charlie while he was alive. 398 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:34,140 Why are you calling him Charlie now? 399 00:23:34,500 --> 00:23:38,460 Victor, it is a good offer. Don't waste your breath on him. 400 00:23:38,660 --> 00:23:40,500 He's got stars in his eyes, don't you? 401 00:23:45,260 --> 00:23:46,740 Tell your client his offer's rejected. 402 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:48,080 Is it rejected, Mary? 403 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,580 This is my lawyer, Mr. Steinmetz. You can ask him. 404 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:56,560 Boy, getting between a lawyer and some free publicity is like getting between a 405 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,140 Doberman and his food, ain't it? 406 00:23:58,360 --> 00:24:03,340 It's not going to do any better, Mary. If you win, I'll appeal it to death. 407 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:05,240 Mr. 408 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:09,240 Sequente. Yes. 409 00:24:09,860 --> 00:24:10,980 Representative Andrew Barnett. 410 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,160 Mrs. Fitzpatrick? Yes. 411 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:14,440 How do you do, ma 'am? 412 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:16,200 Roy, how are you? Congressman. 413 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,780 Does this trip come under the heading of damage control, Congressman? 414 00:24:20,060 --> 00:24:26,180 This trip comes under the heading of pure outrage, I think, to say that I've 415 00:24:26,180 --> 00:24:31,180 used my good offices to endanger public safety. It offends me. It offends my 416 00:24:31,180 --> 00:24:34,380 family. Before I get on a plane back to Washington, you'll see these charges 417 00:24:34,380 --> 00:24:39,340 disappear. I only hope that you, for the truth, the same coverage that you do 418 00:24:39,340 --> 00:24:40,340 these lies. 419 00:24:40,540 --> 00:24:41,540 Thank you, Congressman. 420 00:24:46,550 --> 00:24:52,330 And so, Congressman, had Roy Steinmetz gone to you and said that he was having 421 00:24:52,330 --> 00:24:56,190 problem complying with the building code, what would your response have 422 00:24:56,810 --> 00:24:59,650 I would have said, Roy, get down to the job site and kick some butt. 423 00:24:59,990 --> 00:25:03,690 If the people you have can't get the job done, get people who can. I see. In 424 00:25:03,690 --> 00:25:07,510 other words, you would not, you did not use your influence to permit Roy 425 00:25:07,510 --> 00:25:10,110 Steinmetz to violate the building code, right? 426 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,220 I think what you're really asking is whether I would willfully endanger 427 00:25:13,220 --> 00:25:16,800 lives. The answer is no. Thank you, Congressman Barnett. No further 428 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:25,540 Your Honor, at this time, I respectfully request once again that the court grant 429 00:25:25,540 --> 00:25:28,760 a continuance so that I can adequately prepare to cross -examine this witness. 430 00:25:29,180 --> 00:25:31,020 Application denied, Mr. Sequentes. 431 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:35,380 The witness is a sitting United States congressman. He is present and available 432 00:25:35,380 --> 00:25:37,600 now. I think you can proceed. 433 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:46,920 This federal office building, sir, is it fair to say that you had something to 434 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:48,480 do with it being built in your district? 435 00:25:49,500 --> 00:25:53,960 I think it's fair to say that I do my level best to look after my 436 00:25:54,420 --> 00:25:55,419 Is that a yes? 437 00:25:55,420 --> 00:25:59,460 Yes. Now, did the Steinmetz Construction Company contribute to your last 438 00:25:59,460 --> 00:26:00,460 campaign, sir? 439 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:04,280 Yes, they did. I would ask that the congressman produce records. 440 00:26:05,390 --> 00:26:09,330 Of all campaign contributions made by the Simons Construction Company, by 441 00:26:09,330 --> 00:26:12,810 Simons personally, and any corporate pact that Royce Simons has a personal 442 00:26:12,810 --> 00:26:15,870 interest in. Objection, Your Honor. This is a fishing expedition. 443 00:26:16,330 --> 00:26:17,770 He's entitled to it, Mr. Dow. 444 00:26:18,750 --> 00:26:20,150 Said records are to be produced. 445 00:26:22,370 --> 00:26:26,610 Now, I understand, sir, that you had a house built for yourself in La Jolla 446 00:26:26,610 --> 00:26:27,469 year. Is that right? 447 00:26:27,470 --> 00:26:31,250 Objection, Your Honor. What possible relevance does that have to this case? 448 00:26:31,890 --> 00:26:32,890 Overruled. 449 00:26:33,710 --> 00:26:34,529 Yes, Mr. 450 00:26:34,530 --> 00:26:37,450 Sifuentes, I had a house built in La Jolla. Who built it, sir? 451 00:26:37,690 --> 00:26:38,850 Roy Steinmetz built it. 452 00:26:39,150 --> 00:26:40,310 Believe me, it's all up to code. 453 00:26:40,550 --> 00:26:42,790 I have no doubt that a house that he would build for you would be. 454 00:26:43,370 --> 00:26:46,270 Objection to the implication, objection to the innuendo. 455 00:26:46,770 --> 00:26:47,770 Sustained. Strike it. 456 00:26:47,990 --> 00:26:51,350 I would ask that the witness produce any and all canceled checks payable to the 457 00:26:51,350 --> 00:26:53,570 Steinmetz Construction Company for work done on his house. 458 00:26:53,830 --> 00:26:56,350 Your Honor, plaintiff's counsel is... 459 00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:01,220 attempting to obscure the real issues in this case with wholly unsubstantiated 460 00:27:01,220 --> 00:27:04,500 charges. With all due respect, I need more than 24 hours to be able to 461 00:27:04,500 --> 00:27:08,400 substantiate them. I need to be able to subpoena other building inspectors, city 462 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:09,560 officials, supervisors. 463 00:27:09,980 --> 00:27:12,780 I need time to go through all these documents that I've been given here. 464 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:14,080 I'll give you two weeks. 465 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:15,400 Thank you. 466 00:27:15,900 --> 00:27:16,900 Your Honor. 467 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:21,620 Sorry, Mr. Dow. I'm changing my ruling. These are serious allegations that go 468 00:27:21,620 --> 00:27:23,420 directly to the conduct of the defendant. 469 00:27:23,940 --> 00:27:28,320 Your Honor, I would also like to say someone else once pointed to documents 470 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:29,360 claimed to have in his possession. 471 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,720 Someone else once used this canard to stain the character of innocent people. 472 00:27:34,460 --> 00:27:37,660 That someone was Joseph McCarthy, and I think what we're seeing here is his 473 00:27:37,660 --> 00:27:40,380 modern -day equivalent. Your Honor, I want that stricken from the record. 474 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:41,600 So stricken. 475 00:27:41,780 --> 00:27:43,780 We'll reconvene two weeks from today. 476 00:27:47,550 --> 00:27:48,550 Excuse me, Mrs. 477 00:27:48,850 --> 00:27:49,850 Fitzpatrick. Yes? 478 00:27:49,950 --> 00:27:51,990 I don't know if I could talk to you for a minute. 479 00:27:52,390 --> 00:27:54,810 Don't mind if I come along, do you, Congressman? Not at all, Counselor. 480 00:27:55,250 --> 00:27:57,830 Give us a few minutes, will you, gents? I'll catch up with you. 481 00:28:01,810 --> 00:28:02,290 I want 482 00:28:02,290 --> 00:28:11,610 to 483 00:28:11,610 --> 00:28:14,230 see if maybe we can put our heads together and come up with a solution to 484 00:28:14,700 --> 00:28:16,460 Are you authorized to speak for Roy Steinmetz? 485 00:28:17,180 --> 00:28:18,960 I think you and I got off on the wrong foot, Victor. 486 00:28:20,220 --> 00:28:22,000 You are a fighter, which is fine. 487 00:28:22,780 --> 00:28:24,740 But I think Mary needs a protector. 488 00:28:25,220 --> 00:28:28,220 I think she needs someone that's going to make sure the mortgage is paid, the 489 00:28:28,220 --> 00:28:29,400 health insurance kept up. 490 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,440 Someone who's going to guarantee that when Charlie Jr. and Kevin are ready for 491 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:35,740 college, they'll be able to go. 492 00:28:36,100 --> 00:28:37,380 You even know them by name. 493 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:38,940 Why are we here, Congressman? 494 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,300 Roy Steinmetz is offering a million dollars on a ten -year payout. 495 00:28:43,900 --> 00:28:46,240 That is $100 ,000 a year. 496 00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:49,380 Now, properly invest it. That will give you some real security. 497 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,320 And what happens when Roy Steinmetz goes bankrupt next year? 498 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:53,740 That won't make the least bit of difference. 499 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,640 That debt will be paid because I say it will be paid. 500 00:28:57,780 --> 00:28:59,300 Who's ever known a politician to lie? 501 00:29:04,300 --> 00:29:05,300 Oh, Victor. 502 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:07,720 You may not be as smart as I thought you were. 503 00:29:08,260 --> 00:29:12,080 What are you looking to find fault here or to secure a future for Mary and her 504 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:13,180 boys? Congressman. 505 00:29:13,790 --> 00:29:16,630 I already know who's at fault. Well, then let's move on. 506 00:29:18,010 --> 00:29:21,470 Your late husband wanted to make sure that you were taken care of, and you 507 00:29:21,470 --> 00:29:22,830 my word that you will be. 508 00:29:23,030 --> 00:29:24,910 Can we have your signature on a personal guarantee? 509 00:29:25,150 --> 00:29:26,129 Absolutely not. 510 00:29:26,130 --> 00:29:28,910 That would be highly inappropriate for an elected official. 511 00:29:29,670 --> 00:29:31,990 Mary, I have to ask for your trust. 512 00:29:34,810 --> 00:29:35,810 What do you think? 513 00:29:36,050 --> 00:29:40,030 Mary, I think the congressman would say anything he had to to shut this trial 514 00:29:40,030 --> 00:29:41,030 down. 515 00:29:42,380 --> 00:29:46,580 That's exactly why I think that we can trust him. He doesn't want you going 516 00:29:46,580 --> 00:29:50,800 through those papers, Victor. He doesn't want me to have any reason to go back 517 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:52,940 into court. I can understand you being cynical. 518 00:29:54,260 --> 00:29:56,800 But you have my friendship if you choose to accept it. 519 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:05,100 All right, Congressman. 520 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:06,820 You'll never regret it. 521 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:11,480 I don't think it's as important to find a villain... 522 00:30:12,419 --> 00:30:15,620 as it is to make sure that your needs are met and those sons of yours have a 523 00:30:15,620 --> 00:30:16,620 future. 524 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:23,880 I know what you're going to say. 525 00:30:24,420 --> 00:30:28,360 Mary, you are letting this Barnett guy just walk out of here. 526 00:30:30,300 --> 00:30:33,180 Who knows what else this guy's done? How many other buildings were built this 527 00:30:33,180 --> 00:30:35,160 way? I can't be the one to find that out. 528 00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:39,740 I am a middle -aged woman with no husband and two sons to raise. 529 00:30:40,350 --> 00:30:45,510 Now I can either fight these men and their lawyers for years, or I can just 530 00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:48,050 what they offer me and have someone that'll protect me. 531 00:30:49,070 --> 00:30:50,830 What choice do I have, Victor? 532 00:30:59,230 --> 00:31:05,830 Come in. I thought I made my feelings about Andy Barnett pretty clear the 533 00:31:05,830 --> 00:31:10,180 night. I satisfied myself that Sir Fuentes was acting strictly on behalf of 534 00:31:10,180 --> 00:31:13,020 client. Wait a minute. That's strictly beside the point. 535 00:31:13,620 --> 00:31:16,980 I asked you for a small favor. What favor was that? 536 00:31:17,220 --> 00:31:21,880 I asked you to lay off Barnett. I asked you to call off your dog. You didn't do 537 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:25,620 it. This is the way you treat me now. How are you going to treat me with a 538 00:31:25,620 --> 00:31:27,320 lifetime appointment in your pocket? 539 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:30,160 That would depend on what you were asking me for. 540 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:31,459 No, sir. 541 00:31:31,460 --> 00:31:34,460 If I see fit to ask, you see fit to deliver. 542 00:31:35,070 --> 00:31:38,390 Where I come from, you dance with the one who brung you. Meaning? 543 00:31:38,910 --> 00:31:41,510 You would have made a hell of a judge, Leland. 544 00:31:42,350 --> 00:31:43,350 Yeah. 545 00:31:44,510 --> 00:31:46,690 It's too bad you were looking for a whore. 546 00:31:47,050 --> 00:31:48,990 Don't be so quick to congratulate yourself. 547 00:31:49,610 --> 00:31:54,130 For the right price, everyone's a whore. In your world, that might very well be 548 00:31:54,130 --> 00:31:55,130 true. 549 00:31:56,730 --> 00:32:01,930 Don't you ever stop and think, Arthur, that for all your prestige, you're only 550 00:32:01,930 --> 00:32:02,930 bad man? 551 00:32:03,130 --> 00:32:07,530 Your whole life is spent doling out payoffs to whatever flunkies you're able 552 00:32:07,530 --> 00:32:08,530 enlist. 553 00:32:10,150 --> 00:32:11,790 Enjoy your purity, Leland. 554 00:32:12,970 --> 00:32:17,830 It's always comforting to feel morally superior to those with more power than 555 00:32:17,830 --> 00:32:19,890 yourself. All that power. 556 00:32:20,690 --> 00:32:25,550 And you're just another hog feeding from the trough, trying to figure out who to 557 00:32:25,550 --> 00:32:30,270 suck up to next. Go on, get out of here, Arthur. I can't breathe from the stink. 558 00:32:45,070 --> 00:32:46,029 You guys about done? 559 00:32:46,030 --> 00:32:47,030 Just about. 560 00:32:47,770 --> 00:32:49,390 Thanks for all your help here, Benny. 561 00:32:50,050 --> 00:32:51,790 Do you need me for anything else? 562 00:32:52,350 --> 00:32:54,170 No, I can handle it from here. 563 00:32:54,450 --> 00:32:57,150 Are you perchance ever available to do trade shows? 564 00:32:57,990 --> 00:32:58,990 What are they? 565 00:32:59,390 --> 00:33:03,790 Well, this year we've got a bisque statuary booth at the Novelty and Gift 566 00:33:03,790 --> 00:33:08,550 in San Diego and a cocktail in a can booth at the Wines and Spirits Show in 567 00:33:08,550 --> 00:33:12,610 Pasadena. Maybe you could pick up a little extra dough for the weekend. 568 00:33:15,169 --> 00:33:16,169 Sure. 569 00:33:18,210 --> 00:33:22,270 Say, Arne, this might be a good time to clear the air, so to speak. 570 00:33:22,570 --> 00:33:23,109 What about? 571 00:33:23,110 --> 00:33:27,510 About this whole kind of tripartite substratum that exists among the three 572 00:33:27,510 --> 00:33:30,490 us. Rock fans' attraction to you, me and rocks, you and me. 573 00:33:31,490 --> 00:33:33,670 Maybe another time, Dave. I've got to get to a meeting. 574 00:33:36,830 --> 00:33:38,750 David, you talk to him about that? 575 00:33:39,750 --> 00:33:40,750 Of course. 576 00:33:41,100 --> 00:33:44,540 Isn't one purpose of our counseling sessions to talk about our emotions? 577 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:47,380 To each other, David. 578 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:50,860 To each other, not to the world at large. 579 00:33:51,340 --> 00:33:52,339 All right. 580 00:33:52,340 --> 00:33:53,480 I stand corrected. 581 00:33:55,020 --> 00:33:56,020 Nothing's private. 582 00:33:56,300 --> 00:33:58,960 It's all grist for the mill with you, isn't it? 583 00:33:59,340 --> 00:34:01,820 Everything's broadcast on your own personal hit parade. 584 00:34:02,060 --> 00:34:06,680 Excuse me, Roxanne, but as I recall, it was you who were intent on exposing our 585 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:07,680 private life to a therapist. 586 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:09,000 No, they can help us. 587 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:11,380 Not so I can hear myself talk. 588 00:34:11,940 --> 00:34:12,940 Okay. 589 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:15,600 I shouldn't have talked about it in the context that I did. 590 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:17,699 I need to exercise more discretion. 591 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:19,800 Another corner turned. 592 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:26,920 So, basically, that's the story. 593 00:34:27,420 --> 00:34:29,380 Leland won't be leaving for the federal bench. 594 00:34:29,659 --> 00:34:30,659 You don't know why? 595 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:31,920 He didn't say. 596 00:34:32,260 --> 00:34:33,300 Just that it was definite. 597 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:35,920 Boy. 598 00:34:36,340 --> 00:34:39,300 So it, uh, business as usual. 599 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:41,040 For now. 600 00:34:41,420 --> 00:34:43,460 But there's something I want to say. 601 00:34:44,639 --> 00:34:47,100 One day, Leland will leave. 602 00:34:47,659 --> 00:34:48,739 He'll retire. 603 00:34:49,219 --> 00:34:50,580 He'll get another dirt ship. 604 00:34:51,159 --> 00:34:52,159 He'll die. 605 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:57,860 And? And I have reason to believe this firm would dissolve. 606 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:03,780 I would be the ranking senior partner, and I guess the people in this room 607 00:35:03,780 --> 00:35:04,780 trust my leadership. 608 00:35:04,980 --> 00:35:07,840 Some, maybe all, might leave. 609 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:14,500 I wonder if it's ever occurred to anyone that if I'm hard -headed and constantly 610 00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:20,160 focused on the bottom line, it's because the role I play in this firm requires 611 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:21,160 me to be. 612 00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:27,120 When my father was here, Leland McKenzie was the office manager. 613 00:35:27,860 --> 00:35:32,920 As one who listened to descriptions of him at the dinner table growing up, let 614 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:37,280 me assure you, he was every bit the villain I suppose I am. 615 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:40,610 He... was capable of changing. 616 00:35:42,050 --> 00:35:43,250 I think I am, too. 617 00:35:44,790 --> 00:35:49,230 Of course, if we don't trust one another, if we need to meet behind each 618 00:35:49,230 --> 00:35:51,630 backs, then none of that matters. 619 00:35:52,150 --> 00:35:55,010 We might just as well close up shop and go our separate ways. 620 00:35:56,690 --> 00:35:58,050 I hope that doesn't happen. 621 00:35:58,870 --> 00:36:00,610 This firm means a great deal to me. 622 00:36:01,630 --> 00:36:04,550 You people mean a great deal to me. 623 00:36:17,100 --> 00:36:21,940 Just so you know, I put a hole in my office wall about the size of a football 624 00:36:21,940 --> 00:36:22,940 when I got back from court. 625 00:36:23,060 --> 00:36:28,700 I want to keep it there, just to remind me what the dust pools, the hallowed 626 00:36:28,700 --> 00:36:32,300 halls of government really are. That probably works to your client's 627 00:36:32,300 --> 00:36:33,300 in this case. 628 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:38,600 You may have made a pact with the devil, but the devil keeps his word. 629 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:40,680 Oh, 630 00:36:42,020 --> 00:36:43,700 by the way, congratulations on the judgeship. 631 00:36:43,980 --> 00:36:45,680 Beat the news out of Cuthbert this morning. 632 00:36:48,190 --> 00:36:49,830 No, there's not going to be a judgeship. 633 00:36:50,190 --> 00:36:51,190 You thought it was the lock? 634 00:36:51,430 --> 00:36:52,430 No. 635 00:36:54,130 --> 00:36:55,250 Cesspools are tricky places. 636 00:36:57,410 --> 00:36:58,610 You don't always know. 637 00:36:58,930 --> 00:37:00,630 Did this have anything to do with Barnett? 638 00:37:01,190 --> 00:37:04,650 Let's just say that I wasn't who they wanted me to be. 639 00:37:04,890 --> 00:37:05,930 Because you didn't pull me off them? 640 00:37:06,430 --> 00:37:07,610 No, I didn't. 641 00:37:08,590 --> 00:37:11,830 And I'm sure, in my place, you wouldn't have done it either. 642 00:37:13,890 --> 00:37:14,890 I don't know. 643 00:37:16,620 --> 00:37:19,120 It's easy to say you'd refuse something when it hasn't been offered to you. 644 00:37:20,860 --> 00:37:24,440 It's also easy to indulge yourself in thinking that the standards of personal 645 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:29,900 integrity are somewhat lower in a downtown Anglo law firm than in this 646 00:37:29,900 --> 00:37:32,180 office at some storefront legal clinic in East L .A. 647 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:34,400 You pretty much lost that one up for me. 648 00:37:36,500 --> 00:37:38,960 Might not make you a judge, Leland, but I think it makes you a great man. 649 00:37:40,860 --> 00:37:43,440 Victor, I have no idea what makes a man great. 650 00:37:45,190 --> 00:37:49,810 At this particular moment, though, I'll just say thank you. And I'll let you 651 00:37:49,810 --> 00:37:50,810 think what you want. 652 00:38:01,190 --> 00:38:02,029 Get in! 653 00:38:02,030 --> 00:38:03,030 What are you doing? 654 00:38:03,070 --> 00:38:04,110 I'm bringing my wife a present. 655 00:38:04,630 --> 00:38:05,609 Now, get in. 656 00:38:05,610 --> 00:38:09,290 Look, let's talk about this. We'll talk on the way. On the way where? 657 00:38:09,610 --> 00:38:13,510 Barstow. You ever been to Barstow? I'm not driving to Barstow, Duane. Mr. 658 00:38:13,590 --> 00:38:14,590 Becker. 659 00:38:14,700 --> 00:38:19,420 I really think that you should do what I am asking you to do. This isn't going 660 00:38:19,420 --> 00:38:20,620 to save your marriage. 661 00:38:21,240 --> 00:38:23,560 Put it in drive and let's go. 662 00:38:50,890 --> 00:38:52,710 Chrome mentioned on the back. Beautiful. 663 00:38:52,930 --> 00:38:53,569 It's gorgeous. 664 00:38:53,570 --> 00:38:55,770 You can't even drive. 665 00:38:56,090 --> 00:39:01,910 I saw you in the NASCAR that day. If you like to taste the grass. 666 00:39:02,630 --> 00:39:03,630 Shut up. 667 00:39:21,550 --> 00:39:22,550 You got him. 668 00:39:22,790 --> 00:39:24,150 Prince friggin' charming. 669 00:39:25,330 --> 00:39:30,030 Dwayne, have you lost your mind? I hope he's a lover because he sure ain't no 670 00:39:30,030 --> 00:39:33,810 fighter. Are you hot shot? Now look, now put down the stupid gun. I just wanted 671 00:39:33,810 --> 00:39:35,210 you to see what he looked like when he was scared. 672 00:39:37,790 --> 00:39:39,370 Are you scared now, Arnie? 673 00:39:40,290 --> 00:39:41,750 Yes, I am very scared. 674 00:39:42,250 --> 00:39:46,090 Well, what does that make you? Some kind of hero? You are going to go to jail. 675 00:39:47,670 --> 00:39:48,670 I don't care. 676 00:39:49,010 --> 00:39:50,010 Isn't that something? 677 00:39:51,050 --> 00:39:52,050 I really don't care. 678 00:39:52,330 --> 00:39:55,510 I'm not trying to come between the two of you. Oh, but you did. 679 00:39:56,230 --> 00:39:59,230 Look, she even stole that stupid picture of you from some shopping mall. 680 00:40:00,710 --> 00:40:05,510 Dwayne, are you so hard up for pity that you humiliate me this way? 681 00:40:05,750 --> 00:40:07,490 I just want to hold on to you, Hallie, okay? 682 00:40:07,990 --> 00:40:08,990 And I don't know how. 683 00:40:09,550 --> 00:40:11,210 I just want to show you something. 684 00:40:11,770 --> 00:40:12,770 Can I say something? 685 00:40:13,250 --> 00:40:16,450 I wish you would. I think you both had better take a long, hard look at 686 00:40:16,450 --> 00:40:19,430 yourselves. And Dwayne, if you think that your wife wants a divorce because 687 00:40:19,430 --> 00:40:20,430 this videotape, 688 00:40:22,030 --> 00:40:23,410 Then I don't think you take her very seriously. 689 00:40:23,910 --> 00:40:24,910 That's right. 690 00:40:24,930 --> 00:40:27,630 What? You don't think what I'm doing here tonight is taking you seriously? 691 00:40:27,890 --> 00:40:30,310 No, I don't. I call it acting like an idiot. 692 00:40:30,630 --> 00:40:31,670 What do you want me to do, kill him? 693 00:40:31,910 --> 00:40:32,868 No problem. 694 00:40:32,870 --> 00:40:35,370 This isn't about me. Oh, the hell it ain't. 695 00:40:35,870 --> 00:40:38,850 She looks at you on that video over and over again. 696 00:40:39,070 --> 00:40:42,750 She talks to her friends about you on the phone. What should I do, pretend 697 00:40:42,750 --> 00:40:43,750 I'm happy? 698 00:40:44,270 --> 00:40:49,230 Act like living with you in a trailer in Barstow is all I ever want? 699 00:40:49,610 --> 00:40:50,910 Well, let me tell you. 700 00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:52,720 I can't act that good. 701 00:40:59,180 --> 00:41:00,180 Allie. 702 00:41:02,020 --> 00:41:05,020 Are you saying that you could never be happy with me? 703 00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:07,120 Yeah. 704 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:10,120 That is what I'm saying. 705 00:41:20,660 --> 00:41:24,120 Wayne, you're not driving anywhere, are you? Oh, what the hell do you care what 706 00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:25,058 I do anyway? 707 00:41:25,060 --> 00:41:26,580 Well, I don't want you killing yourself. 708 00:41:28,060 --> 00:41:30,100 And I don't think you'll be needing that gun. 709 00:41:52,490 --> 00:41:53,930 Are you going to have him arrested? 710 00:41:55,710 --> 00:42:00,270 Now, to tell you the truth, I think all I really want to do is call a cab and 711 00:42:00,270 --> 00:42:01,570 have this whole thing come to an end. 712 00:42:02,250 --> 00:42:03,250 Right. 713 00:42:03,530 --> 00:42:04,530 Well, 714 00:42:05,650 --> 00:42:06,770 right this way. 715 00:42:08,870 --> 00:42:13,110 The numbers here, right here on the calendar, you look like you could use 716 00:42:14,510 --> 00:42:17,710 Here we go. 717 00:42:18,090 --> 00:42:19,090 Cocktail in a can. 718 00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:22,520 Yeah, I need a cab. 719 00:42:23,300 --> 00:42:24,259 Hold on. 720 00:42:24,260 --> 00:42:25,260 Where are we? 721 00:42:25,700 --> 00:42:26,700 Oh. 722 00:42:28,580 --> 00:42:29,580 Kilburn. 723 00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:34,700 We're at Mainline Trailer Park, row 9, third hookup. 724 00:42:35,620 --> 00:42:37,580 Well, I believe he's going to L .A. 725 00:42:37,940 --> 00:42:38,940 Right. 726 00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:43,880 Can I make you something to eat? 727 00:42:44,820 --> 00:42:45,820 No, thank you. 728 00:42:49,550 --> 00:42:51,510 I like to call at the living room anyway. 729 00:42:55,090 --> 00:42:57,890 What all did Dwayne tell you about me? 730 00:43:00,630 --> 00:43:02,050 Just that you were unhappy. 731 00:43:02,890 --> 00:43:04,010 You wanted out. 732 00:43:05,290 --> 00:43:06,470 And he don't know why. 733 00:43:07,890 --> 00:43:12,450 Dwayne is a nice guy, believe it or not. There's just not a whole lot I can tell 734 00:43:12,450 --> 00:43:13,450 him. 735 00:43:14,590 --> 00:43:16,590 Breaking up is always the worst part. 736 00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:21,520 But in time, your life will get back to normal. 737 00:43:23,860 --> 00:43:26,660 You have no idea what normal is around here. 738 00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:28,040 What do you mean? 739 00:43:30,100 --> 00:43:37,040 Well, every week you go down to the pick and save and you load 740 00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:42,140 up your basket and buy a new TV guide and count yourself lucky that you've got 741 00:43:42,140 --> 00:43:43,860 food on the table and a husband that don't hit you. 742 00:43:45,660 --> 00:43:47,620 Deep down inside, you can't help... 743 00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:50,900 feeling that you're put here by mistake. 744 00:43:51,180 --> 00:43:57,220 I mean, it's like God forgot about you and your life's running out. 745 00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:00,940 Women have options now. You don't want to live in barstow. 746 00:44:01,540 --> 00:44:03,580 Move. Make a new life for yourself. 747 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:06,240 There's no such thing as a new life. 748 00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:09,920 I'm stuck with this one. 749 00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:18,420 I'm not like the women you know. I can't sing or... Racked or nothing. 750 00:44:19,720 --> 00:44:20,720 I ain't smart. 751 00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:25,100 The only way I'll ever get out of here is a man. 752 00:44:25,380 --> 00:44:27,260 The ones I know don't want to leave. 753 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:32,520 That is, until you came along. 754 00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:35,780 You don't know the first thing about me. 755 00:44:38,240 --> 00:44:39,480 I want to, though. 756 00:44:41,700 --> 00:44:46,640 I want to walk across a big green lawn holding hands with you. 757 00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:53,600 I want to sit at one of them double sinks, you know, doing my makeup, and 758 00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:55,140 you kiss me as you walk by. 759 00:44:57,460 --> 00:45:00,720 I don't know what to say, because that's not going to happen. 760 00:45:03,220 --> 00:45:04,220 Why? 761 00:45:05,260 --> 00:45:07,320 Why is it that it can't? 762 00:45:07,940 --> 00:45:11,260 Because our lives have nothing to do with each other, because I'm not looking 763 00:45:11,260 --> 00:45:13,980 for the same things you're looking for, because, because, because there are a 764 00:45:13,980 --> 00:45:14,980 million reasons. 765 00:45:15,070 --> 00:45:18,670 I am only standing here now because someone put a gun to my head. 766 00:45:55,990 --> 00:45:56,990 Hey, hey, hey. 767 00:45:57,530 --> 00:45:58,328 Time out. 768 00:45:58,330 --> 00:46:00,830 Don't tell me you've never slept with a woman on the spur of the moment. 769 00:46:01,130 --> 00:46:03,090 Please don't put your hands on me. 770 00:46:03,830 --> 00:46:05,890 Don't try to turn me on. This isn't going to happen. 771 00:46:06,130 --> 00:46:07,550 I'm not interested in you. 772 00:46:08,810 --> 00:46:09,810 I'm sorry. 773 00:46:10,730 --> 00:46:12,390 I don't know how else to put it. 774 00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:26,060 I can't say that I don't have a good body. 775 00:46:28,620 --> 00:46:32,220 I am not the guy who is going to change your life. Do you understand that? I am 776 00:46:32,220 --> 00:46:33,220 not that guy. 777 00:46:33,900 --> 00:46:34,900 I don't care. 778 00:46:35,860 --> 00:46:37,900 I want to pretend that you are.