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Previously on L .A. Law. So what do you
propose we do?

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I propose we stay as far away from each
other as possible.

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Well, that may be a problem if I come to
work here.

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Well, we'll cross that bridge when we
come to it.

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Tell me something.

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Do your partners know how you feel?

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Oh, yes, they do.

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It's a little surprising I'm still being
considered.

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Check his track record.

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Plagiarism in law school, fabricating
evidence in one case, suborning perjury

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another. He would argue that there are
legitimate explanations for these

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Let's... Put it to a vote. Patrick
Flanagan. I vote yes.

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Yes. Also yes.

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Also yes.

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You're going to abstain this time too,
right, Eli?

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Right. You're going to fall in line
behind Leland McKenzie.

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He is owed a certain amount of
deference, Daniel. He's not owed this.

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What does that mean?

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That means I quit.

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Daniel, we'll be meeting later today to
go over the disposition of your cases,

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yes? Yes. Very good.

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Von Zell versus...

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Stanley Huggins and Castellano
Construction.

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We're representing Theo Von Zell against
your architect and contractor for

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damages to our homes sustained from the
earthquake.

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I'm expecting settlement offers sometime
today.

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I've been led to believe that there'll
be more than a million dollars on the

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table. And we're on board for a third,
not bad for a month's work.

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How are you getting settlement offers
this fast?

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It was a new house, so there was clear
-cut liability.

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Isn't an earthquake considered an act of
God?

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We're not holding them responsible for
the earthquake. We're holding them

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responsible for misrepresenting the
protection they were providing from the

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earthquake. I know we're all lawyers and
everything, but it seems to me we were

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all in this together. There isn't any
one person who was to blame for what

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happened. Moving on. Andrew Cass versus
Lynn Barnett.

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Sexual harassment, wrongful termination.
Trial starts today.

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Andrew versus Lynn. He's suing her for
sexual harassment?

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Yep. What'd she do, tie him up?

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There are subtler forms of expressing
one's desire, Arnie. Like quoting

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scripture.

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Bullock versus Bartka. Okay, now who
asked me for coffee?

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Me. And me.

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Water? Con gas.

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Con gas.

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After talk.

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Bullock versus Bartka.

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We're in depositions all week.

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I need to talk to you regarding the
offshore business.

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The Cayman Islands shelter is not going
to fly.

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All right, let's get together right
after this. Hazel versus Mahoney. We

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pre -trial conference after 3 o 'clock
today.

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Well, please do not be overly anxious to
try this one. And with that, I think

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we're adjourned.

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We'll be right back.

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One thing this quake did was force me to
get organized.

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Oh, yeah? Yeah, and I've gone about it
with a vengeance.

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I've had a structural engineer out to
look at the house. I've made up a master

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list of supplies.

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I have worked out an evacuation route
and a telephone tree with the other

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parents at Matthew's school. No one in
this office is prepared for a major

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earthquake except me. Are you kidding?
I'm totally prepared.

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I've got shoes under all the beds,
flashlights in every room, automatic

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for the gas, water, canned goods,
portable radio with extra batteries. How

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a generator?

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You put in a generator?

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That's right. How about a four -wheel
drive Dodge Power Wagon with front

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-mounted winch? Milk?

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Yeah, what's the point of that?

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When the freeways collapse and the roads
are barricaded, how are you going to

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get around?

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What else?

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How about $20 ,000 in gold bullion?

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What's that for? For when the currency
collapses.

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You're keeping this in your house?

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No, I keep it in the yard.

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Don't ask me to tell you where.

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That's okay. I just hope you'll be able
to get home in order to get to it. In

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the event that I can't get home?

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In the trunk of my car?

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I have a water purification kit, flares,
dehydrated food, flashlights, blankets,

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camp stove, crowbar, first aid kit, and
work boots.

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You got all that in the trunk of your
car? I usually keep it in the trunk of

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car. It's not in there right now.

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Why not? I needed the room. I went
shopping.

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Why wouldn't the city be liable?

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It's not clear that they wouldn't. It
would depend on whether or not they were

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negligent. Negligence of the contractor
we got, negligence of the architect

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we've got. That's why there is a
settlement offer on the table. Well, as

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I'm concerned, we should still be going
after the city.

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Well, number one, I don't think we have
a case against the city. And number two,

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you are being well compensated by the
contractor and the architect.

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Brand new house.

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Brand new foundation.

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And the assurances of both of them that
it would withstand earthquakes of this

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magnitude. Is there any question that I
should be compensated?

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No. until Stanley will declare personal
bankruptcy.

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That is my understanding.

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I find myself just wishing there were
more people we could sue.

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Look, Seal, you should be really happy
with this settlement.

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To tell you the truth, it's more than
any of the attorneys in the office

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you would get whether we went to trial
or not. I probably should feel fortunate

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that while thousands were left homeless
by this earthquake, because I own four

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homes, I'm left with three. That might
be one way of looking at it. I don't

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care. I feel...

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aggrieved by what happened to me.

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I feel abused by the forces of nature,
and I feel abused by tradespeople, and I

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can't bear it when either of those
things happen.

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I need you to sign all three of these
copies right here. A day -awake night,

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compiling lists of grievances, and not
just earthquake -related grievances.

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There are things I blame my family for,
and there are things I blame my dentist

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for.

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I'm unhappy with my accountant, and I am
unhappy with my housekeeper.

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I am not, despite what you may think, a
happy person. I'm not sure I know what

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to tell you.

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You read that Bible?

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Every day.

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I haven't read one since I'm a kid.

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Well, maybe you would feel better if you
read it again.

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I don't think so.

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Hi. Hi.

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Thanks, Ava.

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So, how do we do this?

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I haven't had anybody pick out my
clothes since I was 12 years old.

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Well, show me the clothes you're
thinking of wearing and I'll give you my

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opinion. You want to start with what
I've got on?

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Sure.

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Maybe not.

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Too predatory?

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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You know what?

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What? You probably don't need me to do
this.

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You probably know what to wear to court
all on your own. I want your help.

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You're my lawyer. I want the benefit of
your expertise.

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It's just that what you wear is a rather
personal decision.

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Eli, I'm in advertising.

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You know what we do before we dress an
actor for a commercial?

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We put 12 executives in a room to decide
what he's going to wear.

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There is nothing personal about this,
believe me.

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This is about an image that I'm going to
project to a jury.

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And I want you to help me figure out
what that image will be.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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These are the clothes I picked out.

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Hmm.

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Too upper class.

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Okay.

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Too sexual.

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Really? All right. Losing both.

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These look fine.

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Got any suggestions for shoes and
handbags?

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Those are the real indicators, you know.
I think I'll leave them both up to you.

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Do you ever get involved with anybody at
work?

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Not really. I'm not officially.

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Not formally.

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If I were you, I would adhere to that
policy.

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At all possible?

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I wouldn't necessarily call it a policy.

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You know when I first knew that my
affair with Andrew would end badly?

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When?

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When we were walking out of a meeting
one day.

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And he put his arm around my waist.

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What did that tell you?

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That told me that he wanted everyone to
know he was sleeping with his boss.

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We have a strong case, Lynn.

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I don't think he's going to beat us.

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Good.

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Would you describe for the court your
relationship with the defendant?

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I was a copywriter. She was a vice
president at the agency.

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For a period of about three months, she
was also someone with whom I was

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romantically involved.

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I'm going to ask you to describe very
specifically how that happened.

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Your Honor, the fact that these two
people had a romantic involvement is not

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dispute. I object to this whole line of
questioning. The role each of them

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played is very much in dispute, Your
Honor.

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I ask to be permitted to pursue this
line of questioning.

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The objection is overruled. The witness
can answer.

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We had just landed a major account.

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I'd gotten a raise. She was made a vice
president.

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And it was St. Patrick's Day.

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We drank Irish whiskey at Tom Bergen's
until closing time.

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Then we went back to my apartment.

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Who initiated going back to your
apartment?

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Objection. Irrelevant.

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Overruled. The witness can answer.

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Who initiated it, Mr. Cass?

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Linda.

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Characterize for us, if you would, what
kind of relationship you had. I think we

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had a fairly intense relationship.

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We began spending three or four nights a
week together.

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We were going away for the weekends
together.

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For a while, it was great.

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Did there come a point at which that
changed?

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Well, there came a point at which the
relationship had run its course.

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It wasn't her fault. It wasn't mine.

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Just happened. And what effect, if any,
did the cessation of your romantic

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involvement have on your professional
relationship?

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It had a profound effect.

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She'd exclude me from meetings that I
once would have been a part of. She

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stopped sending me good assignments.

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She'd berate me.

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Ultimately, she fired me.

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Are you currently employed, Mr. Cass?

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Yes, I am.

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And how much are you earning relative to
what you had been earning before?

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Half. Why would you take a job that paid
you half of what you were making? I had

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no alternative.

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Miss Barnett got the word out to too
many people a little too fast.

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Objection. Sustained.

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No further questions.

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Do you feel coerced into having a
relationship with Miss Barnett?

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Coerced? No.

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Did she give you an ultimatum? Go to bed
with me or else?

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No. How did you react to having a woman
you were sleeping with being your boss?

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I think I reacted fine.

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How did you react to your work being
rejected?

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When I felt my work was being rejected
out of spite.

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I probably got angry. Yeah, you often
felt like your work was being rejected

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of spite, didn't you? I did where Lynn
was concerned.

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Isn't what happened, Mr. Cass, is that
you weren't moving up the ladder quite

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fast as you would have liked? No, that's
not what happened.

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You were hoping, were you not?

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Sleeping with Lynn Barnett would result
in a little career advancement.

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You wanted it to do you some good.

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Objection. Mr. Levinson is browbeating
this man.

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Sustained. She fired me because I broke
up with her. Isn't it possible, Mr.

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Cassis, she fired you because your work
was unsatisfactory and you wouldn't take

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direction? My work was never
unsatisfactory while we were going out.

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your work was never unsatisfactory or
that Ms. Barnett covered for you when it

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was? That never happened.

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I have nothing further.

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I assume you've got a whole argument
worked out as to why the Herman case

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be yours to take with you.

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No. You don't want to take it with you?
I think it rightfully belongs to the

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firm. Okay.

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What about the Reese brothers?

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Well, it seems like the big fees from
the Reese brothers have all been had, so

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whatever's left, I'm happy to leave
behind.

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Just out of curiosity, are you setting
us up for something?

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Douglas. Like what?

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Like what cases are you hoping to take
with you?

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I'd like to take the Edelman, and I'd
like to take the Snow.

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That's it? I would also ask that
Jonathan take over for me in the

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I think our client would be most
comfortable with him.

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It's okay with me.

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What about the Reinhold?

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It's yours.

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What about Hutton?

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Hutton's also yours.

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What are you doing, Daniel?

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I'm leaving, Douglas, and it doesn't
much matter to me what I take with me.

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I'll call the clients and let them know,
and I'll be out of my office by the end

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of the week.

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Excuse me.

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Daniel.

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You adamant about this?

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I don't know about adamant, but I have
made up my mind.

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I miss you, man.

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Likewise, brother.

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I'm going to be in trial most of the
week. I might not see you again. I

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to say goodbye.

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Okay.

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I'm sorry this happened.

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I'm sorry about it, too.

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It's like watching a train wreck for me.

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I knew it was going to end badly, and
all I could do was watch.

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Is that all you did?

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I had to remain neutral, Daniel.

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I haven't been here long enough to take
positions on these things, I don't

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think. Except you did take a position.

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I abstained. That's a position, Eli.

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It caused something to happen.

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If you had voted the other way, it would
have resulted in a tie.

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Had that happened, Patrick Flanagan
would not have been hired, and I would

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be leaving.

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And I'm genuinely sorry that that's what
happened.

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Fine.

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And you're right.

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I did take a position.

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I'll see you.

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Cashier's checks are on their way over.
We closed at a million five?

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We closed at a million eight.

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Fabulous. I thought you'd be pleased.

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I'm extremely pleased.

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You handled this case very well. Thank
you.

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I thought this was worth nothing to find
that it's dumped $600 ,000 into our

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lap. This is like found money.

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Oh, here you are. Hi, sis.

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I just had the most remarkable night of
my entire life. Let me leave you two

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ladies. No, stay, please.

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Jane, you told me to read the Bible, and
I read the Bible.

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You know, instead of falling asleep in
front of the television, I made myself a

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pot of coffee, bought a fresh pack of
cigarettes, got out that Bible, and I

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read. And let me just say, I was blind,
and now I see.

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That's great.

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Such a feeling of serenity and calm I
don't believe I've ever had.

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And that's before you get your hands on
the money.

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Forgive, and you will be forgiven, Luke
6.

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Absolutely. I'm not taking the money.

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What do you mean?

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00:16:48,630 --> 00:16:53,989
What I mean is that I need to forgive my
architect. I need to forgive my

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contractor. And the one real way to do
that is not to take the money. There may

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be other ways. No, there are no other
ways.

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00:17:01,250 --> 00:17:03,900
Now, I want to thank your office for
representing me.

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But I want to thank you for pointing me
back toward Jesus.

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And I wish for the two of you a very
pleasant day.

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Are you kidding?

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00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,210
What's your position at the agency, Mr.
Justin?

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President. Do you deal with Lynn Barnett
directly on a day -to -day basis?

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Yes, I do. How would you characterize
her performance supervising the creative

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teams that report to her?

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I would characterize it as outstanding.

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Do you ever observe her being vindictive
with anyone?

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No, I have not.

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Are you familiar with Mr. Cass?

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I was aware that he worked for us, but I
never dealt with him on a day -to -day

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basis. Were you aware of the fact that
he and Miss Barnett had anything other

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than a purely professional relationship?

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I became aware of it, yes.

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How did you become aware of it?

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Well, Miss Barnett came to me and
explained the situation.

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She told me that they had had an affair,
that the affair was over, that his work

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was deteriorating, and that his attitude
was bad, and she wanted to let him go.

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How did you respond?

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I told her that if he wasn't making a
contribution, that it was up to her to

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rid of him.

328
00:18:07,691 --> 00:18:10,699
Did you trust Lynn Barnett to make that
determination?

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Yes, I did.

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Thank you. I have nothing further.

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00:18:17,060 --> 00:18:20,819
You stated that you didn't deal with Mr.
Cass on a day -to -day basis. Is that

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true, Mr. Justin?

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Yes. That would mean, would it not, that
you had no direct knowledge of the

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quality of his work?

335
00:18:28,511 --> 00:18:30,569
That's correct.

336
00:18:30,570 --> 00:18:34,009
So, in other words, you just took Lynn
Barnett's word for it. I take Miss

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Barnett's word for a great many things,
Miss Gershon Wu.

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Would your confidence in her in this
instance be at all influenced by the

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that your agency bears principal
liability for her actions?

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00:18:45,550 --> 00:18:48,610
My confidence is based solely on her
work performance.

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I think the fact that she's a vice
president of my company would attest to

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fact. Just for the record.

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00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:59,099
Would you say that Miss Barnett
exercised particularly good judgment in

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an affair with a subordinate?

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00:19:02,620 --> 00:19:03,670
It happens.

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00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:08,759
Yes, we all know it happens, but I'm
asking whether or not you endorse it. I

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treat the people that I work with as
adults. I don't make a habit of second

348
00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,179
-guessing how they conduct their
personal lives.

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00:19:15,180 --> 00:19:19,030
Except this wasn't Lynn Barnett's
personal life. This was her professional

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And I am asking you once again.

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Whether or not you endorse the practice
of becoming involved sexually with

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people who work for you.

353
00:19:28,870 --> 00:19:30,710
No, I don't. Why not?

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Because it introduces a new set of
variables into the work environment.

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00:19:36,410 --> 00:19:41,509
It carries with it the potential of
problems in terms of job performance and

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00:19:41,510 --> 00:19:44,530
lawsuits, such as the present case.

357
00:19:44,890 --> 00:19:49,709
So it's safe to say, is it not, that you
would have preferred Miss Burnett not

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to have had this affair?

359
00:19:51,649 --> 00:19:54,530
All things being equal, yes.

360
00:19:55,850 --> 00:19:57,710
Thank you. I have no further questions.

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00:19:59,201 --> 00:20:06,229
Correct me if I'm wrong here, Jane, but
it seems as though you convinced this

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00:20:06,230 --> 00:20:10,629
woman to not take the money? All I did
was suggest she read the Bible. Why

363
00:20:10,630 --> 00:20:11,389
you do that?

364
00:20:11,390 --> 00:20:14,909
There is a Bible on my desk. She made
mention of it. She said that she hadn't

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00:20:14,910 --> 00:20:18,669
read it since she was a little girl, so
I suggested she read it again. All of

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00:20:18,670 --> 00:20:21,099
this after she was telling me how
unhappy she was.

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00:20:21,100 --> 00:20:24,279
And we end up taking a half -million
-dollar hit. How are you taking a half

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00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:27,359
-million -dollar hit? Before Steele came
in, Douglas said that this was not

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money he anticipated getting, that it
was found money.

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00:20:30,341 --> 00:20:33,279
Do you think that makes me any more
willing to part with it? It is found

371
00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:37,180
Jane. We found it, and we want to keep
it. Have you contacted the other

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00:20:37,460 --> 00:20:39,380
No, I've been ducking their calls.

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00:20:39,700 --> 00:20:42,920
This fax just came in. They've upped the
offer by $100 ,000.

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00:20:42,921 --> 00:20:46,279
They think you're holding out, and
they're willing to pay more. I'm going

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00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:47,039
kill myself.

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00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:50,460
Don't overlook the malpractice exposure
here. What malpractice?

377
00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:53,430
She changes her mind about Christian
forgiveness.

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00:20:53,431 --> 00:20:56,959
Realizes she signed a relief and comes
after us to make it up to her. She

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to sign a waiver against us. She'll come
after us anyway.

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00:20:59,731 --> 00:21:03,279
She'll claim that she was delusional
when she signed the waiver. Anyway you

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00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,140
at it, we come out on the losing end.

382
00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:06,820
What do you want me to do?

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00:21:06,821 --> 00:21:10,309
I want you to convince her to do that
which is reasonable under the

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circumstances. I .e., take the money.
You and I could spend an hour this

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00:21:13,910 --> 00:21:17,349
afternoon and find all the biblical
citations you need to support that

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00:21:17,350 --> 00:21:23,149
I am perfectly capable of finding
biblical citations on my own, assuming

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00:21:23,150 --> 00:21:24,200
wanted to use them.

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00:21:24,250 --> 00:21:27,200
The woman's hysterical, Jane. Use
whatever you have to use.

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00:21:29,821 --> 00:21:31,679
I have you here, doctor.

390
00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,739
Let me ask you, people are having a lot
of trouble.

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00:21:33,740 --> 00:21:35,980
You can't find people by the slice over
here.

392
00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:37,490
Actually, you can.

393
00:21:37,740 --> 00:21:40,030
You can't find people. Forget about the
slice.

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00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,770
I mean, there's no place like John's or
Stromboli.

395
00:21:42,940 --> 00:21:46,070
There's definitely no place like Ellen
B's for money gardens.

396
00:21:46,071 --> 00:21:48,359
I know. Something's been bothering you
lately.

397
00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:50,599
Yeah, a lot of things have been
bothering me lately.

398
00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:51,650
I know.

399
00:21:51,900 --> 00:21:56,019
You know, I used to buy my clothes at
Caesars Bay Bazaar. There's no place

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00:21:56,020 --> 00:21:56,859
that out here.

401
00:21:56,860 --> 00:21:58,839
We'll have to talk about it eventually,
Denise.

402
00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:00,000
And there's no A andS.

403
00:22:00,001 --> 00:22:03,559
We had a moment back at the wedding. You
know, I used to go dancing at L

404
00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:07,239
'Amour's, Pastel's, Elephant's. You
know, they don't have places like that

405
00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:10,839
here. I kissed you, you kissed me back.
We didn't plan for it, we didn't expect

406
00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:11,890
it, but there it was.

407
00:22:11,891 --> 00:22:15,519
I used to get my shrimp earrings from
the Chinese guy on 34th Street. And do

408
00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:19,300
think I could do that here in L .A.?
Look at this.

409
00:22:19,620 --> 00:22:21,120
I'm not going to make this look.

410
00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:24,130
Look at this.

411
00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:35,420
Maybe part of my problem is that I tend
to overanalyze things.

412
00:22:35,940 --> 00:22:37,260
This is my worst nightmare.

413
00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:39,220
What happened again? I have no idea.

414
00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:41,940
Am I crazy or is that a crack up thing?

415
00:22:41,941 --> 00:22:45,639
The main thing is I don't want for there
to be any awkwardness between us. I

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00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,919
don't want to lose intimacy. I don't
want to be left closed all as a result

417
00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:49,970
this kiss.

418
00:22:50,180 --> 00:22:51,230
Come on, come on.

419
00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:52,440
You talking to me?

420
00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:54,080
This is absolutely insane.

421
00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:55,290
I know it is.

422
00:22:56,101 --> 00:22:58,679
Denise, what are you doing?

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00:22:58,680 --> 00:22:59,730
E -line.

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00:22:59,820 --> 00:23:02,350
Look where you are. Look what you're
sitting under.

425
00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:06,410
Where are you going?

426
00:23:07,380 --> 00:23:08,900
I have to be in court.

427
00:23:09,300 --> 00:23:10,350
Denise!

428
00:23:11,060 --> 00:23:12,640
I just have a learner permit.

429
00:23:43,199 --> 00:23:47,169
It's been alleged, Ms. Barnett, that you
initiated the affair with Andrew Cass.

430
00:23:47,260 --> 00:23:48,310
Is that true?

431
00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:50,890
I always thought that it was more or
less mutual.

432
00:23:50,891 --> 00:23:53,919
Technically, you could say I made the
first move, yes.

433
00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:56,999
It's also been alleged that it was
Andrew Cass who ended the affair. Is

434
00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,050
true? Yes.

435
00:23:58,051 --> 00:24:02,559
Would you concede that having an affair
in the office is a bad idea?

436
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:03,880
Yes. Why did you do it?

437
00:24:04,620 --> 00:24:06,140
I work 12 -hour days.

438
00:24:06,980 --> 00:24:10,340
If I'm going to meet a man, the
likelihood is I will meet him in the

439
00:24:10,780 --> 00:24:14,780
You also meet men who occupy equal
status with you. This man was a

440
00:24:14,781 --> 00:24:17,439
Would you concede that that carries
additional problems?

441
00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:18,490
Yes, I would.

442
00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,330
This just happens to be who I fell in
love with.

443
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,870
How did you react when Mr. Cass told you
he wanted to end the affair?

444
00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:26,210
I was relieved.

445
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,080
It had become increasingly difficult to
balance our respective roles.

446
00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:32,830
Would you describe what you mean by
that?

447
00:24:34,180 --> 00:24:37,540
Before and after work, I was his lover.

448
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:40,380
At work, I was his boss.

449
00:24:41,220 --> 00:24:42,440
He couldn't handle that.

450
00:24:42,441 --> 00:24:46,539
In what way couldn't he handle it? He
would question decisions that I made. He

451
00:24:46,540 --> 00:24:48,340
would question deadlines that I set.

452
00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:50,820
I felt that he was trying to undermine
me.

453
00:24:51,820 --> 00:24:57,100
It's been alleged that you rejected work
that Andrew Cass had done out of spite.

454
00:24:57,180 --> 00:24:58,230
Was that the case?

455
00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:00,160
I would look at work that he had done.

456
00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,380
I would ask other people's opinions
about it.

457
00:25:04,270 --> 00:25:08,010
And I tried very hard to think about it
fairly.

458
00:25:08,650 --> 00:25:13,210
And I believe that in the end, I used my
best professional judgment.

459
00:25:13,211 --> 00:25:17,029
Did you ever communicate to Andrew Cass
that his career would suffer if he

460
00:25:17,030 --> 00:25:19,680
refused to continue having a sexual
relationship?

461
00:25:19,710 --> 00:25:20,760
No, I did not.

462
00:25:21,010 --> 00:25:22,690
Why was it necessary to fire him?

463
00:25:22,890 --> 00:25:24,090
Because his work was bad.

464
00:25:24,410 --> 00:25:26,170
Because it had been bad for too long.

465
00:25:26,650 --> 00:25:29,600
And mostly because he showed no
willingness to improve it.

466
00:25:30,850 --> 00:25:33,490
And I believe in his heart he knows
that's true.

467
00:25:33,910 --> 00:25:37,909
Objection. Sustained. The witness's
speculation as to what is in the

468
00:25:37,910 --> 00:25:40,020
heart is stricken. I have nothing
further.

469
00:25:41,850 --> 00:25:46,389
How long had it been since you'd had a
significant relationship with a man

470
00:25:46,390 --> 00:25:47,440
before Andrew Cass?

471
00:25:47,730 --> 00:25:50,090
Objection. Overruled. The witness will
answer.

472
00:25:50,450 --> 00:25:54,300
About five years. Do you like being in a
significant relationship with a man?

473
00:25:54,510 --> 00:25:56,010
Yes, I do, if it's the right man.

474
00:25:56,250 --> 00:25:59,680
Was there ever a time when you thought
Andrew Cass was the right man?

475
00:25:59,681 --> 00:26:00,919
Yes, there was.

476
00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:04,050
Didn't you, in fact, discuss marriage
and children with him?

477
00:26:04,540 --> 00:26:08,919
Yes. And yet you tell us that you had an
overwhelming feeling of relief when he

478
00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:09,970
left you.

479
00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:18,019
I was also hurt and lonely and tired.
Isn't it possible

480
00:26:18,020 --> 00:26:22,199
that those feelings of being lonely and
hurt and tired intruded into your

481
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:25,719
business relationship as well? No, it is
not. Is it possible that it's your

482
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:27,040
behavior that's changed?

483
00:26:27,041 --> 00:26:30,999
It's not Andrew Cass' work that's
changed, but rather your perception of

484
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:32,220
it is not possible.

485
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:37,759
Miss Barnett, after you fired Andrew
Cass, why did you feel it was necessary

486
00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:39,159
blackball him in the business?

487
00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,500
Objection. Assuming facts... I never did
anything of the kind.

488
00:26:42,700 --> 00:26:43,780
Miss Barnett, please.

489
00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:45,700
The objection sustained.

490
00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:51,479
Subsequent to his being fired, did you
ever speak to any individual from any

491
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,180
other agency about Andrew Cass?

492
00:26:53,380 --> 00:26:54,430
No, I did not.

493
00:26:54,730 --> 00:26:59,209
And if my opinion was solicited, I
declined to give it. I declined to get

494
00:26:59,210 --> 00:27:03,409
any conversation of any kind about
Andrew, his opinion to the contrary

495
00:27:03,410 --> 00:27:04,490
notwithstanding.

496
00:27:06,730 --> 00:27:13,489
From the day he came to work with me, he
was talented and charming and

497
00:27:13,490 --> 00:27:18,350
undisciplined and totally ill -equipped
to work with clients and colleagues.

498
00:27:20,730 --> 00:27:23,690
I was infatuated with him, so I
protected him.

499
00:27:25,770 --> 00:27:29,250
I didn't punish him because of how he
made me feel when he left.

500
00:27:31,690 --> 00:27:35,350
I protected him because of how he made
me feel when he was there.

501
00:27:36,910 --> 00:27:43,289
And when I stopped protecting him, he
turned on me. And that really made you

502
00:27:43,290 --> 00:27:47,250
furious, didn't it? That made you want
to just do anything to get even with

503
00:27:47,251 --> 00:27:49,089
Objection. Counsel is making speeches.

504
00:27:49,090 --> 00:27:53,270
Sustained. What it made me do was attend
to business.

505
00:27:55,820 --> 00:27:56,960
I have nothing further.

506
00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:11,970
Phil!

507
00:28:12,620 --> 00:28:13,670
Oh, Jane!

508
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:16,790
Your housekeeper said that I would find
you here.

509
00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:17,890
What brings you?

510
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:21,020
I wanted to talk to you about your
decision to drop the suit.

511
00:28:21,380 --> 00:28:22,980
Oh, I'll see you later.

512
00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:25,590
Do you mind if we keep walking while we
talk?

513
00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:27,460
Not at all. It's my daily regimen.

514
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:34,439
You know, I wanted to tell you that I
don't think you're taking the money from

515
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:37,640
these people is necessarily an
unchristian thing to do.

516
00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:42,340
Oh, well, wouldn't that depend on what's
in the heart of the taker?

517
00:28:42,540 --> 00:28:46,090
Yes, but I don't think there's anything
unchristian about your heart.

518
00:28:46,340 --> 00:28:48,180
Oh, well, you're charitable.

519
00:28:48,500 --> 00:28:53,280
You're kind, and I appreciate it. But
you also may not know me very well.

520
00:28:53,281 --> 00:28:56,489
There is a great deal that's unchristian
in my heart.

521
00:28:56,490 --> 00:28:59,949
Well, I think the same could be said
about most of us, but I also think that

522
00:28:59,950 --> 00:29:03,609
matter how much you want to affect a
change in your life, not taking the

523
00:29:03,610 --> 00:29:05,130
is an extreme gesture.

524
00:29:05,670 --> 00:29:07,750
Oh, but I think this calls for extreme.

525
00:29:08,290 --> 00:29:09,490
What is it that they say?

526
00:29:09,870 --> 00:29:14,189
If you want something you've never had,
you have to do something that you've

527
00:29:14,190 --> 00:29:18,270
never done. And I have never forgiven
anyone for anything.

528
00:29:18,590 --> 00:29:21,950
Yes, but legitimately, you're owed
something here.

529
00:29:22,780 --> 00:29:26,899
The contractor and the architect were
negligent in the way that they

530
00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:27,639
your house.

531
00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:28,760
Love your enemies.

532
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:33,380
Bless them that curse you. Do good to
them that hate you.

533
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:38,219
And pray for them that despitefully use
you and persecute you. That's from the

534
00:29:38,220 --> 00:29:40,680
book of Matthew. Yes, you could still do
that.

535
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:45,379
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall
obtain mercy. That's also the book of

536
00:29:45,380 --> 00:29:47,770
Matthew. Yes, you could still be
merciful.

537
00:29:47,990 --> 00:29:53,309
If you hold anything against anyone, you
must forgive him so that the Lord in

538
00:29:53,310 --> 00:29:56,170
heaven will forgive you. That's the Book
of Mark.

539
00:29:56,470 --> 00:30:00,070
A man's gift, make it room for him, the
Book of Proverbs.

540
00:30:00,810 --> 00:30:05,390
Oh. Would that then support my taking of
the money? It might.

541
00:30:05,790 --> 00:30:10,450
People have justified all kinds of
actions by using scriptural passage.

542
00:30:10,650 --> 00:30:13,960
Being able to do that doesn't
necessarily mean they did the right

543
00:30:14,620 --> 00:30:19,399
I think it's great that you're so
enthusiastic about the Bible, but I

544
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:23,239
think that it requires you not taking
the money. I really think that could be

545
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,220
something that you would come to regret.

546
00:30:26,860 --> 00:30:30,920
You don't believe I'm sincere, do you? I
don't doubt that you're sincere.

547
00:30:31,300 --> 00:30:32,440
Oh, yes, you do.

548
00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:37,199
You think of me as some sort of
Christian wannabe who's grasping to make

549
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,640
dramatic but basically empty gesture.

550
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:41,660
I don't think anything of the kind.

551
00:30:47,219 --> 00:30:50,980
Well, see you. See you. Wait a second. I
don't know what to do.

552
00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:56,060
Jane, excuse me. I just think I'd better
go off and be by myself right now.

553
00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:57,780
I think I'd like to go home.

554
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,720
How do you just leave the man there?

555
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:14,459
I had an anxiety attack. What, that
never happened? No, no, no. Hey, it

556
00:31:14,460 --> 00:31:17,599
happened. Well, Eli managed to drive
himself to court. You know, everything

557
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:18,650
worked out.

558
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:23,150
Listen, Denise, nobody wants to be under
a freeway overpass in an earthquake.

559
00:31:23,151 --> 00:31:24,419
You're right about that.

560
00:31:24,420 --> 00:31:27,979
You probably also don't want to be in
that underground garage we got to park

561
00:31:27,980 --> 00:31:30,210
You probably don't want to be in this
office.

562
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:35,040
Believe me, though, when the aftershocks
die down, you'll forget all about it.

563
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:40,650
What happened, one?

564
00:31:43,140 --> 00:31:44,190
It's a big one.

565
00:31:52,590 --> 00:31:53,640
That wasn't a big one.

566
00:31:53,870 --> 00:31:54,950
That wasn't a big one.

567
00:31:55,230 --> 00:32:00,869
4 .5. If that's... Oh, 4 .5. No, no, no,
4 .5. No, I'd say 4 on top. I'd say

568
00:32:00,870 --> 00:32:02,920
you're all out of your minds. In what
way?

569
00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:04,909
We're going along like this was nothing.

570
00:32:04,910 --> 00:32:08,029
Why? What should we do? Nothing. We
should do something. Like what?

571
00:32:08,030 --> 00:32:10,669
Like move someplace where there's not
earthquakes every day.

572
00:32:10,670 --> 00:32:12,910
Denise, these are aftershocks.

573
00:32:12,911 --> 00:32:15,689
Aftershocks are earthquakes, Jonathan.

574
00:32:15,690 --> 00:32:19,369
We just call them aftershocks. And you
guys are standing around trying to

575
00:32:19,370 --> 00:32:22,139
out what number they are. What
difference does it make?

576
00:32:22,140 --> 00:32:25,900
Who cares if we die in a 6 .2 or a 7 .3?

577
00:32:25,901 --> 00:32:29,299
And we don't have the slightest idea
what's going to happen next. I mean, no

578
00:32:29,300 --> 00:32:32,779
does. We don't know how big they are. We
don't know when they're going to stop.

579
00:32:32,780 --> 00:32:35,619
We don't know if they're going to stop.
All we know is that we got to go back to

580
00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:38,330
work. I think it shows the strength of
the human spirit.

581
00:32:38,340 --> 00:32:40,570
I think it shows that we're completely
nuts.

582
00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:42,580
And right now, I'm going home.

583
00:32:49,140 --> 00:32:50,220
We know the following.

584
00:32:50,750 --> 00:32:54,969
Andrew Cass worked at the ad agency for
eight months prior to becoming involved

585
00:32:54,970 --> 00:32:56,020
with Miss Barnett.

586
00:32:56,610 --> 00:33:00,400
During that time, his work was, by all
outward appearances, satisfactory.

587
00:33:00,890 --> 00:33:03,430
But the truth is, it was better than
that.

588
00:33:03,950 --> 00:33:07,989
This is a talented, hard -working young
man whose career has been derailed by

589
00:33:07,990 --> 00:33:10,269
the actions of a spiteful, embittered
woman.

590
00:33:10,270 --> 00:33:12,500
Did she force him to have an affair with
her?

591
00:33:13,170 --> 00:33:15,460
Depends on your definition of the word
force.

592
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,810
She was several tiers above him in the
hierarchy at the agency.

593
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,050
She made it very clear what it is she
wanted.

594
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:22,860
Make no mistake about it.

595
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:27,339
This woman wielded the same authority in
their personal relationship that she

596
00:33:27,340 --> 00:33:30,759
wielded in their professional
relationship, and she did not like to

597
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:32,260
authority questioned one bit.

598
00:33:32,500 --> 00:33:36,839
And when it was, and her will was not
complied with, she sought to punish

599
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:37,890
whoever defied her.

600
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:43,879
Now, whatever Andrew Cass'
responsibility may have been in the

601
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:48,439
continuation of this love affair, he
does not deserve to be both

602
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,340
and financially savaged as a consequence
of it.

603
00:33:51,780 --> 00:33:56,379
Dare I say, were he a woman, we would
not hesitate to award him due

604
00:33:56,380 --> 00:33:57,430
compensation.

605
00:33:57,740 --> 00:34:00,340
Let us not hesitate because he is a man.

606
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:09,520
These two people had an affair.

607
00:34:09,521 --> 00:34:14,779
Not a single shred of evidence has been
adduced to support the contention that

608
00:34:14,780 --> 00:34:18,499
this affair was coerced by the
defendant, that it was anything other

609
00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:22,459
volitional on the part of both of them.
That this affair took place does not

610
00:34:22,460 --> 00:34:26,359
entitle the plaintiff to compensation of
any kind. The only basis for

611
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:31,599
compensation would be that the plaintiff
was harassed or humiliated or

612
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,430
wrongfully terminated as a result of
ending the affair.

613
00:34:34,431 --> 00:34:38,238
And much as the plaintiff and his
attorney would like you to believe

614
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:39,860
there's no proof of that either.

615
00:34:40,380 --> 00:34:44,718
You may think that Lynn Barnett
exercised less than impeccable judgment

616
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:45,769
having this affair.

617
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:48,480
Maybe she threw caution to the winds.

618
00:34:48,739 --> 00:34:52,899
What she also did was to continue
carrying out the responsibilities of her

619
00:34:52,900 --> 00:34:57,659
position. I submit to you that her
treatment of the plaintiff while he

620
00:34:57,660 --> 00:34:58,710
at the agency...

621
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:03,659
and her subsequent termination of his
employment there represent precisely and

622
00:35:03,660 --> 00:35:04,980
exclusively that.

623
00:35:06,620 --> 00:35:11,440
The fact is, Lynn Barnett had wholly
legitimate reasons to fire the

624
00:35:11,780 --> 00:35:14,440
She had them because he gave them to
her.

625
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:20,459
By the quality of his work and the
nature of his conduct, he brought it on

626
00:35:20,460 --> 00:35:21,510
himself.

627
00:35:23,580 --> 00:35:27,360
Lynn Barnett proved not to be the
girlfriend Andrew Cass wanted her to be.

628
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:31,240
In the end, she wasn't the boss he
wanted her to be either.

629
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:36,539
That should not entitle him to exact
from her anything more than the pain and

630
00:35:36,540 --> 00:35:39,520
the humiliation that this trial has
already yielded.

631
00:35:40,140 --> 00:35:41,190
Thank you.

632
00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:00,400
Jane, any news?

633
00:36:00,860 --> 00:36:02,160
I talked to her.

634
00:36:02,460 --> 00:36:03,510
She's confused.

635
00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:06,680
They just upped their offer by another
$75 ,000.

636
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:08,850
Unconfuse her.

637
00:36:23,940 --> 00:36:26,650
I don't suppose there's any way to talk
you out of this.

638
00:36:27,220 --> 00:36:28,270
Uh, no.

639
00:36:28,271 --> 00:36:29,849
It's done.

640
00:36:29,850 --> 00:36:32,320
I'd like to explain to you why I voted
the way I did.

641
00:36:32,321 --> 00:36:34,189
You don't have to do that, Stuart.

642
00:36:34,190 --> 00:36:35,240
Yeah, I do.

643
00:36:35,310 --> 00:36:36,630
I feel bad about it, Daniel.

644
00:36:37,730 --> 00:36:41,609
I had no idea that voting for Patrick
Flanagan was going to result in your

645
00:36:41,610 --> 00:36:45,150
leaving, and in that it did, I want to
explain why I did it.

646
00:36:45,490 --> 00:36:46,540
Okay.

647
00:36:47,390 --> 00:36:49,860
It's not that I thought Leland was
right, Daniel.

648
00:36:50,690 --> 00:36:53,400
It's that I think that Leland doesn't
have to be right.

649
00:36:53,570 --> 00:36:55,550
Sometimes it's enough that he's Leland.

650
00:36:55,770 --> 00:36:57,330
Well, I don't see it that way.

651
00:36:58,450 --> 00:37:00,860
Yeah, you haven't been with him as long
as I have.

652
00:37:01,490 --> 00:37:05,809
Length of service has nothing to do with
it. The man showed me a complete lack

653
00:37:05,810 --> 00:37:09,600
of respect for no other discernible
reason than to throw his weight around.

654
00:37:09,601 --> 00:37:13,009
Did it ever occur to you that sometimes
it's important for him to throw his

655
00:37:13,010 --> 00:37:13,769
weight around?

656
00:37:13,770 --> 00:37:14,789
Why is that?

657
00:37:14,790 --> 00:37:15,840
Because he's old.

658
00:37:15,950 --> 00:37:19,020
Because he's looking for a sign that
he's got any weight left.

659
00:37:19,021 --> 00:37:22,349
And I think when I'm his age, that's
what I'll be thinking about.

660
00:37:22,350 --> 00:37:25,069
And 50 years later, when you're his age,
that's what you're going to be thinking

661
00:37:25,070 --> 00:37:26,120
about.

662
00:37:29,070 --> 00:37:30,210
Have you spoken to him?

663
00:37:31,030 --> 00:37:32,080
No.

664
00:37:32,650 --> 00:37:33,700
Do you intend to?

665
00:37:35,490 --> 00:37:36,910
I wasn't planning on it.

666
00:37:37,950 --> 00:37:39,810
You know, I mean, what is there to say?

667
00:37:41,350 --> 00:37:43,150
I think you know that better than I do.

668
00:37:51,810 --> 00:37:52,860
Jane.

669
00:37:54,150 --> 00:37:57,990
Hi. May I come in? Just a moment. Talk
to you. Of course.

670
00:37:58,650 --> 00:37:59,700
This won't take long.

671
00:38:00,030 --> 00:38:03,390
I want you to know that I've done what
you asked me to do.

672
00:38:03,610 --> 00:38:07,530
I thought about it, I read the Bible,
and I prayed.

673
00:38:08,390 --> 00:38:12,450
And I did find scriptural authority that
would support my taking the money.

674
00:38:12,690 --> 00:38:16,070
And I found scriptural authority for not
taking the money.

675
00:38:16,370 --> 00:38:20,849
Well, the truth is, the only solace I
found last night came from a five

676
00:38:20,850 --> 00:38:23,200
canister of barbecue -flavored potato
chips.

677
00:38:25,339 --> 00:38:28,300
Look, Seal, you can take some time to
think about this.

678
00:38:28,620 --> 00:38:30,300
Oh, I don't want to take any time.

679
00:38:30,860 --> 00:38:33,150
My heart tells me I should give back the
money.

680
00:38:33,380 --> 00:38:35,720
But my head says that that would be
foolhardy.

681
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,800
So I want you to decide what I should
do.

682
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:43,879
I can't do that, Seal. Well, I listened
to you when you suggested I read the

683
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:48,099
Bible. That gave me a great deal of
serenity. So I am fully prepared to

684
00:38:48,100 --> 00:38:49,099
to you again.

685
00:38:49,100 --> 00:38:51,020
Oh, please don't do this to me, Seal.

686
00:38:51,790 --> 00:38:54,570
Jane, you're in a better position to
judge than I am.

687
00:38:55,230 --> 00:39:01,630
I'm asking you as my attorney, as my
spiritual seeing -eye dog, so to speak,

688
00:39:01,850 --> 00:39:03,870
take this burden from me.

689
00:39:05,110 --> 00:39:08,909
Now, I'm going to go drop my car at the
dealership. I'll be home late this

690
00:39:08,910 --> 00:39:10,950
afternoon. Call me and let me know.

691
00:39:15,130 --> 00:39:16,970
Has the jury reached a verdict?

692
00:39:17,230 --> 00:39:18,850
We have, Your Honor. What say you?

693
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:22,100
In the matter of Cass v.

694
00:39:22,340 --> 00:39:24,680
Barnett, we fine for the defendants.

695
00:39:25,660 --> 00:39:28,190
The jury is dismissed with the thanks of
the court.

696
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:29,890
We're adjourned.

697
00:39:42,860 --> 00:39:47,880
Good work, Eli.

698
00:39:48,180 --> 00:39:50,580
Thank you, from all of us. Really, good
job.

699
00:39:50,581 --> 00:39:54,359
No matter what kind of job I did, it all
came down to the jury believing Lynn.

700
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:56,100
Absolutely. It goes without saying.

701
00:39:56,101 --> 00:39:59,159
Hey, why don't I call my office? We can
go have a celebratory drink.

702
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:01,320
I can't do that. Just the cap off the
trial.

703
00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:03,440
I'd love to, but I'm already running.

704
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:04,810
Maybe another time.

705
00:40:04,811 --> 00:40:08,999
Maybe you guys would like to go. Well,
I've got to jump on the freeway, and if

706
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,639
I'm not mistaken, these gentlemen are
heading back to the office.

707
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:12,690
Some other time.

708
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:14,610
Bye. Bye.

709
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,050
Thank you.

710
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:19,620
Is it something I said?

711
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:23,340
It's just not something they would do.

712
00:40:24,240 --> 00:40:27,860
What is it? Go out, have a drink
together. That's not something that we

713
00:40:29,180 --> 00:40:32,879
They were on the hook for half a million
dollars. I would think they'd be

714
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:34,680
thrilled. They hate this.

715
00:40:35,740 --> 00:40:39,050
They hate learning about my personal
life. They don't want to know.

716
00:40:40,220 --> 00:40:41,270
Why is that?

717
00:40:41,660 --> 00:40:42,710
Because I'm a girl.

718
00:40:44,140 --> 00:40:45,190
And they're the boys.

719
00:40:45,770 --> 00:40:48,900
And we may work together, but that
doesn't mean we're friends.

720
00:40:50,430 --> 00:40:54,430
Well, we can go have a drink.

721
00:40:55,810 --> 00:40:57,210
Yeah, that would be nice.

722
00:41:08,570 --> 00:41:09,620
Well?

723
00:41:11,450 --> 00:41:12,610
Thea left it up to me.

724
00:41:13,010 --> 00:41:14,060
Fantastic.

725
00:41:17,610 --> 00:41:19,230
I advised her to drop the suit.

726
00:41:20,070 --> 00:41:21,690
Now tell us what really happened.

727
00:41:21,830 --> 00:41:23,690
I am telling you what really happened.

728
00:41:23,691 --> 00:41:26,809
She told me that in her heart she didn't
want the money, but she would do

729
00:41:26,810 --> 00:41:29,650
whatever I advised. I advised her to
follow her heart.

730
00:41:29,651 --> 00:41:33,649
Has this been communicated to the other
side as yet?

731
00:41:33,650 --> 00:41:35,090
Thiel told it to them herself.

732
00:41:35,091 --> 00:41:38,249
Does that allow us to bring an action to
Novo claiming it had to come from

733
00:41:38,250 --> 00:41:42,490
counsel? Let it go, Douglas. I hate
letting it go. I hate letting it go.

734
00:41:42,491 --> 00:41:43,649
I'm sorry.

735
00:41:43,650 --> 00:41:46,480
Yeah, you're sorry. You did the same
thing all over again.

736
00:41:46,481 --> 00:41:50,269
If that means that I would refuse to ask
someone to act against their religious

737
00:41:50,270 --> 00:41:53,929
beliefs, then you're right. If that
means that I would profane the word of

738
00:41:53,930 --> 00:41:56,690
by using it to manipulate someone, then
you're wrong.

739
00:41:57,170 --> 00:41:59,350
I did that this time. I won't do it
again.

740
00:41:59,730 --> 00:42:02,800
If that's grounds for dismissal, I
assume you'll let me know.

741
00:42:02,801 --> 00:42:06,329
Letting your religious beliefs interfere
with your fiduciary responsibility to

742
00:42:06,330 --> 00:42:09,909
the other members of this firm most
certainly is grounds for dismissal.

743
00:42:09,910 --> 00:42:11,210
Are you firing me?

744
00:42:11,670 --> 00:42:12,720
Absolutely not.

745
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:16,150
As far as I'm concerned, you did the
only thing you could.

746
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:17,930
Thank you.

747
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:27,900
Hey. Hi.

748
00:42:28,460 --> 00:42:29,510
So I'll see you.

749
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:31,600
You leaving? In a little while, yeah.

750
00:42:31,601 --> 00:42:34,819
Well, I may not be too far behind you.
You're thinking about leaving?

751
00:42:34,820 --> 00:42:36,140
I'm thinking about moving.

752
00:42:36,141 --> 00:42:37,279
How come?

753
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:38,239
How come?

754
00:42:38,240 --> 00:42:41,939
Because the city feels completely unsafe
to me. That's how come. Because of the

755
00:42:41,940 --> 00:42:42,990
earthquake. Yeah.

756
00:42:42,991 --> 00:42:45,919
So where would you move? Where would I
move? I live in New York. Where else am

757
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:49,499
going to move? There are other places,
you know. No, not for me. For me, it's

758
00:42:49,500 --> 00:42:50,479
either here or there.

759
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:53,130
New York's not exactly safe either. No,
you're right.

760
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:58,079
It just depends what risk you choose to
live with. I mean, hey, there's misery

761
00:42:58,080 --> 00:42:59,130
in both places.

762
00:42:59,300 --> 00:43:01,350
You know, I'm on the subway. I'm on the
bus.

763
00:43:01,351 --> 00:43:04,979
I walk late at night on the street.
There's maniacs on every street corner.

764
00:43:04,980 --> 00:43:06,660
Believe me, I die from the cold.

765
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:08,120
I die from the heat.

766
00:43:08,121 --> 00:43:11,959
I mean, until all this happened, I was
very happy here. You know, I was riding

767
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:13,580
around in my car. I was loving it.

768
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,930
Maybe you should wait a month and see
how you feel about it then.

769
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:18,890
Yeah, I suppose.

770
00:43:20,460 --> 00:43:23,500
So, uh, what about you? What are you
going to do?

771
00:43:24,380 --> 00:43:26,790
I'm going to take a little time to think
about it.

772
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:30,080
I might end up at another firm, or I
might start my own.

773
00:43:30,500 --> 00:43:31,700
Think you'll do it here?

774
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:33,800
Maybe. Maybe in Santa Barbara.

775
00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:36,820
Think of earthquakes in Santa Barbara?

776
00:43:38,430 --> 00:43:40,480
I don't know. I'm out of here. Oh, good
luck.

777
00:43:40,950 --> 00:43:43,570
Good luck to you. You're the best. I'll
miss you.

778
00:43:43,571 --> 00:43:44,829
I'll miss you.

779
00:43:44,830 --> 00:43:46,629
Maybe I'll see you around town sometime.

780
00:43:46,630 --> 00:43:47,680
I hope.

781
00:43:48,730 --> 00:43:49,780
Unless I move.

782
00:43:58,490 --> 00:43:59,540
Leland.

783
00:44:01,110 --> 00:44:02,160
I'm leaving.

784
00:44:02,550 --> 00:44:03,810
I thought I'd say goodbye.

785
00:44:12,650 --> 00:44:15,750
I assume this is not the last time we'll
be seeing one another.

786
00:44:16,350 --> 00:44:17,510
I'm sure it isn't.

787
00:44:20,770 --> 00:44:26,289
Should any of the clients you're leaving
behind choose to follow you, naturally

788
00:44:26,290 --> 00:44:27,670
we'll forward their files.

789
00:44:28,030 --> 00:44:30,950
Thanks. You'll let us know when you're
situated.

790
00:44:31,250 --> 00:44:32,300
Yeah. Yeah.

791
00:44:34,170 --> 00:44:39,210
And I'm sure there'll be referrals going
back and forth as time goes on.

792
00:44:41,190 --> 00:44:42,240
I'm sure.

793
00:44:42,241 --> 00:44:48,239
Do you think there'll ever come a time
when we'll actually talk about what

794
00:44:48,240 --> 00:44:51,020
happened? My door is always open,
Daniel.

795
00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:53,340
That's not why I asked.

796
00:44:54,540 --> 00:44:56,600
What exactly is there to talk about?

797
00:44:57,680 --> 00:44:59,200
We opposed one another.

798
00:45:00,540 --> 00:45:05,760
I enjoyed the support of the majority.
You opted to quit.

799
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:08,660
Do you think you were right?

800
00:45:10,340 --> 00:45:11,390
Yes, I do.

801
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:18,050
Good luck, Daniel.

802
00:45:18,411 --> 00:45:20,509
Thank you.

803
00:45:20,510 --> 00:45:25,060
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