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I'll, uh, take
those drinks to the table.
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Robbie?
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Syd.
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Do you wanna sit?
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One beer and one ros�.
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Honey, our table's ready.
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Lauran, this is, uh...
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Sydney... it's so nice
to finally meet you.
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Robert's told me so much about you.
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Oh, dear. Not all bad, I hope.
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Robert.
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Old boyfriend gets you
a double on the house.
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What about ex-husband?
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That gets you the whole bottle.
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For what it's worth...
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she's got nothing on you.
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Oh no, no, no, no.
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Well, in that case,
we'll just get a court order,
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force them to open up their books.
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Ha, something tells
me that'll scare them
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- into a settlement fast.
- Hi, sorry.
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Appreciate the help, Elijah.
Say hello to Sydney for me.
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I will, Senator.
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Hello, Sydney.
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Hey, sorry I had a...
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... plumbing issue.
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You didn't miss anything.
We're going ahead as planned.
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Great.
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Plumbing?
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Yeah.
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Want me to send my guy over?
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No, all good.
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Glowing, in fact.
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I have so many questions, Sydney.
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First of all, what kind of a man
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seduces the legendary Sydney Strait?
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First of all, I do the seducing.
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I am the seducer. Me.
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Seducers are never this
defensive or this late.
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He wouldn't leave.
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Who has nowhere to go in the morning?
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Wake them fully dressed,
with an egg sandwich.
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What... why... why an egg sandwich?
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The egg tells them they're special,
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the sandwich says,
"You can take that to go."
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You're a terrible person.
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Who's never late.
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May we, uh... may we help you?
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Yes, sir.
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I would like to sue the
United States government.
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You're gonna want to talk to her.
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Synced & corrected by QueenMaddie
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They call them 100-year floods.
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But in the last decade,
there's been three.
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Rainfall is up, year over year,
beyond any forecast.
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So you wanna sue for global warming.
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Three weeks ago,
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my whole neighborhood was under water.
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Last time that happened,
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insurance money took nine
months to come through.
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By the time we moved back in,
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there was black mold everywhere.
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People were sick.
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Homes were abandoned.
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- Where are you living now?
- A motel.
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Everybody acts like families
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getting displaced is unfortunate.
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And it is.
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All due respect, sir,
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the Mississippi has
been flooding worse now
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than it has in 500 years.
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That's not unfortunate.
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All of this is someone's fault.
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Righteous, stubborn, smart as a whip...
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reminds me of someone.
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She doesn't need a protracted lawsuit.
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What she needs is
immediate humanitarian aid,
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insurance companies
making timely payouts...
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FEMA actually doing their job.
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Humans to be humane?
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Agreed.
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Why don't we get on the horn and, uh,
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call some charities, local businesses?
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Mayor's office, Governor Lee.
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Yeah, all that...
let's get these folks some help.
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What's shaking, Della?
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The parts I want and
not the parts I don't.
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That's in the cut.
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Back at 6:00.
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Smells like bad decisions in here.
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Where do you think the music comes from?
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Briana says you wanna
get your affairs in order?
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May I ask... are you ill?
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- No.
- Ah.
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Last week...
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I buried a friend.
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Best horn player you ever seen.
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When he passed, what little money he had
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went to Uncle Sam.
He ended up in a... pine box.
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You'd be surprised how many
old bluesmen end up like that.
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Anyway... I have a collection
of guitars worth a little.
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I'm hoping you can set
something up so when I go,
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my friends won't have to pass the hat.
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Well, I'll get a proper appraisal,
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and we'll incorporate
the guitars into a trust.
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If you don't mind...
What's that gonna run me?
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How 'bout a private concert?
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Your favorite song...
Right here, right now.
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Uh-uh, not an easy one, not a go-to.
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I want the one you play
to get into heaven.
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Heaven... or maybe hell.
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? Got me on my knees ?
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? Oh Ruby Lou ?
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? When I hear you sing, girl ?
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? My Ruby Lou ?
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? The moon is high ?
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? Oh Ruby Lou ?
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Dad, we should take your car,
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'cause I don't think
the wagon will fit in mine.
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I hope you know that we're not
trying to disappoint you, Erika.
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Thank you, sir.
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You can call me Elijah.
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You did an awful lot of research.
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Did someone at school help you?
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My school got flooded, too,
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so I take the bus to the library.
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They have a lot of
information on climate change,
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and I like to do my research.
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Do you wanna be a scientist?
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Actually, I wanna be a lawyer.
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- Oh!
- So I can help people.
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- That's why I became a lawyer.
- Me, too.
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Then why did you leave and
go work for that other firm?
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Uh, Dad, you wanna...
You wanna take this one?
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No, no, no, no.
I think that was your question.
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Okay... Erika, you're going to make
a really good lawyer... know why?
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'Cause you know just the
rest questions to ask
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to make someone really uncomfortable.
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? You know I'm coming back ?
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? For you ?
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Whoo! That was incredible.
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It's actually one of my favorite songs.
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What?
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Truth? I wrote it.
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I thought Big Jay LaRue wrote that song.
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He and I were close once.
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Things happened.
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He ended up recording it.
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Hold on. Jimi, you're a smart guy.
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You know there's royalties
for a song like that.
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No, that's old news.
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You can't walk down Beale Street
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without running into somebody
that really wrote something.
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But you wrote "Ruby Lou."
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You say you wanna make sure
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no one has to pass the hat for you.
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Let me at least go to the record company
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and just talk to them.
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You played that song for me,
of all the songs.
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I think maybe there's a
part of you that wants
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to leave behind something
more than guitars.
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Dad!
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Erika.
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What did I tell you about
messing with these people?
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Oh, no, no,
she's not been a bother at all.
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Elijah Strait.
This is my daughter, Sydney.
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Hi... it was our pleasure
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spending time with her, honestly.
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She's, uh... She's really something.
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- Well, what do you say?
- Thank you, ma'am.
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Yep.
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- Elijah.
- Go find your mother, baby.
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She was starting to worry.
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Oh, she left her research
in the trunk there.
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Wheel it in on her wagon, did she?
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- Yeah, yeah.
- Yeah, I try not to discourage
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her dreams, you know.
It's... it's been a bad stretch.
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It's very kind of you all to indulge her
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and to bring her back all this way.
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Thank you. Thank you both.
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Oh, can we help you, or...
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Oh, no, no, no.
I'll go get her research.
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Okay.
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Dad...
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Does this seem right?
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Come on, now. We live in
the richest country in the world.
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How do we let our people down like this?
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Dad...
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let's sue the U.S. government.
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- He's all yours, Jake.
- Thank you.
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So, you want to tell me
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what the hell you were doing up there?
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Have you seen the view from up there?
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It's spectacular.
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Did you notice the
"No Trespassing" signs
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while you were going up there?
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Jake, you gotta lighten up.
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I mean, I think the police are
gonna cut me a little slack
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for a while, you know what I'm saying?
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I've never driven a Porsche before.
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Don't even think about it.
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Uh, this is fine, Jake, really.
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I'm not in second grade.
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You don't have to walk me to my door.
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Oh, no, actually I do,
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because this way I'll be able to sleep,
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'cause I'll know that you are safe,
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I'll know that you're on the ground,
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I will know that you are in the...
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_
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George.
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Yeah, I forgot to mention
the, uh, decorations...
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It's no big deal.
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Hey, um...
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Why don't you grab
some things and, uh...
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come stay at my place for now?
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They painted "Kid Killer"
on George's door.
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Yeah, I know.
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This town's got a long memory.
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Just 'cause we know
the truth doesn't mean
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everyone else is gonna believe it.
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- I'd offer to send a car by...
- But?
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Well, me looking into this case...
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I'm just about as popular
as George is right now.
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I'm sorry.
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Listen,
the best way I can help George...
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by finding out what happened.
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Now, good news.
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Found someone who might be able
to fill in some of the gaps
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about the night Tess was murdered.
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It's an ex-cop.
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Robert.
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So, um, Lauran is nice.
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You don't really think that.
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I honestly don't know,
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because I'm pretty sure she loathes me.
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- Good point.
- Which you just confirmed.
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I did not.
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Robbie, it's fine, I get it.
I'm the ex-wife.
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I don't expect to be invited
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to dinner parties or the wedding.
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Is there a...
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Jealous?
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Curious.
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No wedding.
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Okay.
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Now if the inquisition's over...
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Yes, it's over, Robert.
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Well, we've decided not to sue
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the U.S. government for climate change.
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Because we found someone
more directly responsible
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for the flooding in your town,
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someone that we can get into court fast.
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The Army Corps of Engineers.
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They're the ones who built
the levee system along the river.
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Erika, with something
as big as global warming,
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it's hard to assign specific blame,
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but with the levee system,
we feel that we can demonstrate
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to a jury that the Army
should have foreseen
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the flooding that your town endured.
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- I like this plan.
- Okay.
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So... how can I help?
263
00:14:45,068 --> 00:14:46,193
You know, as our client,
264
00:14:46,218 --> 00:14:47,981
you will be the face of this case,
265
00:14:48,006 --> 00:14:49,881
so we would like to have
you in court with us
266
00:14:49,906 --> 00:14:51,131
every day, if that's possible.
267
00:14:51,156 --> 00:14:53,943
Of course.
I just take the 14 to the six,
268
00:14:53,968 --> 00:14:57,654
to the 19 to the 40...
the same buses I take to get here.
269
00:14:57,835 --> 00:15:00,865
Actually, I forgot...
On trial days, we pick you up.
270
00:15:00,890 --> 00:15:01,890
Mm-hmm.
271
00:15:01,915 --> 00:15:03,787
I don't need the special treatment.
272
00:15:03,812 --> 00:15:06,668
Oh, no, it's not.
It comes with our service.
273
00:15:07,060 --> 00:15:08,654
Well, in that case, sure.
274
00:15:15,835 --> 00:15:17,623
How long have you known Teddy?
275
00:15:17,648 --> 00:15:19,750
Since our playground days.
276
00:15:31,982 --> 00:15:33,506
That's beautiful.
277
00:15:33,531 --> 00:15:35,185
Oh, yeah, she's got something, that one.
278
00:15:39,186 --> 00:15:41,055
Come on, we can talk in here.
279
00:15:42,264 --> 00:15:44,303
Thanks for seeing us
on such short notice.
280
00:15:44,328 --> 00:15:45,973
What I wanna know is,
when am I gonna get you
281
00:15:45,997 --> 00:15:47,374
in here to lay down something?
282
00:15:47,399 --> 00:15:49,068
What's this?
283
00:15:49,093 --> 00:15:51,881
Oh, I take it you've never
heard Anthony in church.
284
00:15:51,906 --> 00:15:53,498
Anthony.
285
00:15:53,523 --> 00:15:55,492
Go on, give me a few bars of something.
286
00:15:57,008 --> 00:15:59,911
? He leadeth me ?
287
00:15:59,936 --> 00:16:02,279
? O blessed thought ?
288
00:16:02,304 --> 00:16:08,092
? O words of heavenly comfort fraught ?
289
00:16:08,970 --> 00:16:12,303
Surrounded by talent everywhere I look.
290
00:16:12,328 --> 00:16:14,513
That's what I love about this city.
291
00:16:14,712 --> 00:16:17,068
Speaking of talent,
what about Jimi Barkley?
292
00:16:17,093 --> 00:16:19,428
Did you find out about
the history of "Ruby Lou"?
293
00:16:19,453 --> 00:16:21,163
Even if there was any
proof that he wrote it,
294
00:16:21,187 --> 00:16:24,162
which there isn't,
I only own half the rights.
295
00:16:24,187 --> 00:16:25,943
Big Jay LaRue owns the other half?
296
00:16:25,968 --> 00:16:28,137
Yes, as the song's credited writer,
297
00:16:28,162 --> 00:16:31,967
but he passed, so his widow,
Gertrude, owns it now.
298
00:16:31,992 --> 00:16:34,187
But the point is,
I only make 50% on that song,
299
00:16:34,212 --> 00:16:35,814
and I need every penny I get.
300
00:16:36,131 --> 00:16:37,131
Teddy...
301
00:16:37,562 --> 00:16:39,335
we both know how it was back then.
302
00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:41,006
I remember our dads telling us stories
303
00:16:41,031 --> 00:16:43,264
about how songs
were passed around, traded,
304
00:16:43,289 --> 00:16:45,223
and yes, stolen.
305
00:16:45,248 --> 00:16:47,819
You really think Big Jay LaRue,
306
00:16:47,844 --> 00:16:50,311
author of half a dozen
legitimate hit songs,
307
00:16:50,336 --> 00:16:53,140
stole "Ruby Lou" from
an old running buddy
308
00:16:53,165 --> 00:16:54,726
who never wrote a
single hit in his life?
309
00:16:54,750 --> 00:16:56,999
I know when I'm being lied to.
310
00:16:57,561 --> 00:16:59,358
Jimi wasn't lying.
311
00:16:59,383 --> 00:17:01,381
How well do you know Jimi?
312
00:17:01,406 --> 00:17:04,100
I mean, you know he served time
for weapons and drug charges?
313
00:17:04,526 --> 00:17:06,688
You know he has a history
of exaggerated claims
314
00:17:06,713 --> 00:17:07,981
and broken promises?
315
00:17:08,225 --> 00:17:10,444
Old bluesmen tell sad stories.
316
00:17:10,469 --> 00:17:13,022
And they tell them well.
That's why we love them.
317
00:17:13,463 --> 00:17:15,858
That's also why you
don't ever trust them.
318
00:17:19,358 --> 00:17:21,733
- Should we call them?
- Uh, no.
319
00:17:24,464 --> 00:17:26,075
Is that Emerson's car?
320
00:17:26,100 --> 00:17:28,256
I offered to get him a new one, but...
321
00:17:28,523 --> 00:17:30,327
There she is!
322
00:17:32,210 --> 00:17:33,405
You ready?
323
00:17:39,936 --> 00:17:41,116
Erika...
324
00:17:42,625 --> 00:17:44,061
... you know what today is?
325
00:17:44,629 --> 00:17:46,294
My day in court.
326
00:17:49,788 --> 00:17:51,639
No need to be nervous.
327
00:17:56,408 --> 00:17:58,796
Dr. Pope, what is a levee?
328
00:17:58,821 --> 00:18:01,467
A levee is an artificial embankment
329
00:18:01,492 --> 00:18:03,499
which keeps a river
from flooding an area
330
00:18:03,524 --> 00:18:04,663
when it overflows.
331
00:18:04,688 --> 00:18:07,249
So, if someone builds a
levee to protect one town,
332
00:18:07,274 --> 00:18:09,507
what happens with the water
that would have been flooded there?
333
00:18:09,531 --> 00:18:11,200
It's redirected back into the river,
334
00:18:11,225 --> 00:18:13,358
which means more flooding downstream.
335
00:18:13,647 --> 00:18:15,764
_
336
00:18:15,789 --> 00:18:18,194
I study the economics of
the Mississippi River.
337
00:18:18,219 --> 00:18:21,189
Over the course of its 2,348 miles,
338
00:18:21,214 --> 00:18:23,991
it generates $400 billion in revenue.
339
00:18:24,016 --> 00:18:26,280
Could you tell the jury...
Is there a correlation
340
00:18:26,305 --> 00:18:28,335
between the height of a levee
341
00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:31,506
and the wealth of the
people the levee protects?
342
00:18:31,827 --> 00:18:34,564
The richer the area,
the higher the wall.
343
00:18:34,589 --> 00:18:36,710
_
344
00:18:36,735 --> 00:18:38,983
Colonel Ramirez,
as the Army Corps of Engineers'
345
00:18:39,008 --> 00:18:41,014
Chief Engineer,
it's safe to say you understand
346
00:18:41,039 --> 00:18:42,999
- the basics of hydrology?
- I do.
347
00:18:43,024 --> 00:18:45,788
When you designed the
current levee system,
348
00:18:45,813 --> 00:18:47,816
one which protects a wealthy suburb
349
00:18:47,841 --> 00:18:50,092
to the north of my client's town,
350
00:18:50,418 --> 00:18:53,780
did you foresee that flooding
might increase as a result?
351
00:18:53,805 --> 00:18:56,428
We foresaw it and feared it.
352
00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:58,842
That's why we lobbied the government
353
00:18:58,867 --> 00:19:00,835
to build protection for
your client as well...
354
00:19:00,860 --> 00:19:01,906
Move to strike... No question pending.
355
00:19:01,930 --> 00:19:04,280
I'm finishing my answer to your question
356
00:19:04,305 --> 00:19:05,608
about what we foresaw.
357
00:19:05,633 --> 00:19:06,725
He's right, Miss Strait.
358
00:19:06,750 --> 00:19:08,118
We foresaw the problem.
359
00:19:08,143 --> 00:19:09,778
We asked to fix it.
360
00:19:09,803 --> 00:19:12,202
We were blocked from protecting her town
361
00:19:12,227 --> 00:19:14,531
by the Environmental Defense Council.
362
00:19:17,077 --> 00:19:19,514
Uh, Your Honor,
may we have a brief recess
363
00:19:19,539 --> 00:19:21,541
to investigate the veracity
of this statement?
364
00:19:21,566 --> 00:19:23,001
We'll pick this up after lunch.
365
00:19:23,026 --> 00:19:24,671
That should give you enough time.
366
00:19:25,948 --> 00:19:27,491
You look worried.
367
00:19:28,599 --> 00:19:30,233
Well, the Army Corps of Engineers
368
00:19:30,258 --> 00:19:32,695
built the levee that flooded
your town, but...
369
00:19:33,170 --> 00:19:35,637
if they tried to fix it and
someone else stopped them,
370
00:19:35,662 --> 00:19:37,043
then we're looking at...
371
00:19:37,068 --> 00:19:38,847
The Environmental Defense Council...
372
00:19:38,872 --> 00:19:41,262
They blocked the levee
because it imperiled
373
00:19:41,287 --> 00:19:43,355
the nesting grounds for
some endangered bird.
374
00:19:43,380 --> 00:19:45,426
So, does that mean we lose?
375
00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:47,488
Not necessarily.
376
00:19:47,513 --> 00:19:49,801
Miss Strait, I have seen my share
377
00:19:49,826 --> 00:19:51,595
of your antics firsthand,
378
00:19:51,620 --> 00:19:53,965
but do you really expect
for me to allow you
379
00:19:53,990 --> 00:19:55,980
to add a second defendant
based on the testimony
380
00:19:56,012 --> 00:19:57,074
of your first defendant?
381
00:19:57,099 --> 00:19:59,301
It's not her idea,
Your Honor, it's mine.
382
00:19:59,326 --> 00:20:01,449
And trust me,
I wouldn't add an environmental group
383
00:20:01,474 --> 00:20:03,276
headed by a lifelong
friend to the complaint
384
00:20:03,301 --> 00:20:05,204
if I didn't believe it had merit.
385
00:20:06,270 --> 00:20:07,410
Any objections?
386
00:20:07,435 --> 00:20:09,574
To them blaming someone
besides my client?
387
00:20:09,599 --> 00:20:12,504
Oh, not besides... In addition to.
388
00:20:12,529 --> 00:20:14,738
Right... good luck with that strategy.
389
00:20:17,037 --> 00:20:20,174
Seems to me our odds of
winning went down by 50%.
390
00:20:20,871 --> 00:20:23,183
Some days,
things just don't break your way,
391
00:20:23,208 --> 00:20:24,269
and when that happens,
392
00:20:24,294 --> 00:20:25,895
what you hope for
is to live to fight another day,
393
00:20:25,919 --> 00:20:27,207
and that's what we did.
394
00:20:38,061 --> 00:20:39,980
- Think she bought that?
- Not for a heartbeat.
395
00:20:40,005 --> 00:20:41,707
Then we better figure
out how to win a case
396
00:20:41,732 --> 00:20:43,701
against two different
defendants at once.
397
00:20:43,726 --> 00:20:44,894
Yeah.
398
00:20:47,653 --> 00:20:49,629
"Ruby Lou"?
No, I've never heard of that.
399
00:20:49,654 --> 00:20:51,270
'Cause the music you
listen to is garbage.
400
00:20:51,294 --> 00:20:54,277
Easy or I'm gonna be telling
Maya that you're playing hooky
401
00:20:54,302 --> 00:20:55,832
to watch the "Top Chef" finale.
402
00:20:58,406 --> 00:20:59,975
Did you change something?
403
00:21:00,467 --> 00:21:03,574
Hey, sweet! Brewskis.
404
00:21:03,599 --> 00:21:05,301
That's a nice surprise
from a guy who has
405
00:21:05,326 --> 00:21:07,144
a mini wine fridge.
406
00:21:07,343 --> 00:21:09,546
When did they start
making those, anyway?
407
00:21:09,695 --> 00:21:11,629
George, you've, uh...
408
00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,027
You've moved my furniture around.
409
00:21:14,052 --> 00:21:15,574
Yeah, isn't it better?
410
00:21:16,864 --> 00:21:18,926
The flow is more natural.
411
00:21:19,438 --> 00:21:22,129
One thing about living in
a six by eight cement cell
412
00:21:22,154 --> 00:21:23,504
for all those years.
413
00:21:23,778 --> 00:21:26,035
You get real good at feng shui.
414
00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:34,785
Okay, so what do we think?
415
00:21:34,810 --> 00:21:37,558
Okay, so Teddy was right.
416
00:21:37,583 --> 00:21:40,426
Jimi Barkley has had more
than this share of trouble.
417
00:21:40,451 --> 00:21:42,324
Robbery, grand theft auto...
418
00:21:42,349 --> 00:21:44,519
Jacket of an addict
always reads the same way.
419
00:21:44,544 --> 00:21:46,324
This, however, is interesting.
420
00:21:46,349 --> 00:21:51,199
Every time he was
arrested from '68 to '77,
421
00:21:51,224 --> 00:21:53,094
look who bailed him out.
422
00:21:54,871 --> 00:21:56,074
It's either Big Jay LaRue
423
00:21:56,099 --> 00:21:57,551
or a woman named Gertrude Davis.
424
00:21:57,576 --> 00:21:59,278
And didn't Teddy say that LaRue's wife
425
00:21:59,303 --> 00:22:00,832
was named Gertrude?
426
00:22:00,857 --> 00:22:04,561
If it's the same one,
that means she knows Jimi,
427
00:22:04,586 --> 00:22:06,555
and maybe she'll believe him.
428
00:22:07,909 --> 00:22:10,144
I couldn't sleep last night.
429
00:22:10,169 --> 00:22:11,808
I was up tossing and turning,
430
00:22:11,833 --> 00:22:13,602
thinking about how much I want to win.
431
00:22:13,627 --> 00:22:15,035
You and me both.
432
00:22:15,239 --> 00:22:18,007
- Do you have a boyfriend?
- Oh, uh...
433
00:22:18,032 --> 00:22:20,101
Uh... no, not really.
434
00:22:20,126 --> 00:22:22,694
There's... well I guess
there's this one guy.
435
00:22:22,992 --> 00:22:25,249
He's cute, but I don't really...
436
00:22:25,555 --> 00:22:27,757
know him that well...
Well, what about you?
437
00:22:27,782 --> 00:22:30,608
You got... you got
your eye on someone, huh?
438
00:22:30,633 --> 00:22:33,108
I mean, there is this one boy I like.
439
00:22:33,133 --> 00:22:35,147
- Okay.
- But my dad says he's trouble.
440
00:22:35,172 --> 00:22:37,366
I know that's supposed
to be a bad thing,
441
00:22:37,391 --> 00:22:39,171
but I kind of like that he's trouble.
442
00:22:39,196 --> 00:22:40,593
Does that make sense?
443
00:22:40,618 --> 00:22:43,608
So much and so little at the same time.
444
00:22:43,633 --> 00:22:44,772
Drinks.
445
00:22:45,413 --> 00:22:46,594
What are you two talking about?
446
00:22:46,618 --> 00:22:47,944
- Tacos.
- Theme parks.
447
00:22:47,969 --> 00:22:50,022
Oh, so that's how it's gonna be?
448
00:22:50,047 --> 00:22:52,179
Okay, coffee for Sydney, a...
449
00:22:52,288 --> 00:22:53,866
OJ for Erika.
450
00:22:53,891 --> 00:22:54,991
Elijah?
451
00:22:55,757 --> 00:22:58,193
Sydney, give us a second.
452
00:22:58,908 --> 00:23:00,209
Hey, Caleb, we, uh...
453
00:23:00,234 --> 00:23:01,273
We shouldn't be talking like this.
454
00:23:01,297 --> 00:23:02,770
Yeah, you're damn
right, we shouldn't be.
455
00:23:02,794 --> 00:23:03,794
What are you doing?
456
00:23:03,819 --> 00:23:04,858
Last time I checked,
457
00:23:04,883 --> 00:23:07,679
I'm a guy who spends most of
his time fighting big money
458
00:23:07,704 --> 00:23:09,632
to protect forests and parks,
459
00:23:09,657 --> 00:23:11,601
and you're the guy
representing my organization.
460
00:23:11,626 --> 00:23:12,626
I know.
461
00:23:12,651 --> 00:23:14,421
What kind of a message
do you think it sends
462
00:23:14,446 --> 00:23:16,616
to your other clients
if you come after me?
463
00:23:16,641 --> 00:23:20,279
- That a threat?
- No, it's an honest question.
464
00:23:21,172 --> 00:23:22,804
I've got a town under water.
465
00:23:22,829 --> 00:23:25,483
People living in motels and a
little girl who wants to know
466
00:23:25,508 --> 00:23:28,140
how this happens in the
greatest country on Earth.
467
00:23:29,372 --> 00:23:33,374
So... I gotta go
wherever this case leads.
468
00:23:33,399 --> 00:23:35,186
- _
- ... and so the EDC acted?
469
00:23:35,211 --> 00:23:36,991
Yes, we blocked that levee.
470
00:23:37,016 --> 00:23:38,460
But the flooding is not our fault.
471
00:23:38,485 --> 00:23:41,358
So you admit you blocked
construction of a new levee?
472
00:23:41,383 --> 00:23:42,383
Yes.
473
00:23:42,408 --> 00:23:44,094
But you think the flooding
is not your fault?
474
00:23:44,118 --> 00:23:45,483
We did our own investigation
475
00:23:45,508 --> 00:23:46,953
into the flooding of your client's town.
476
00:23:46,977 --> 00:23:48,979
Since when does the
Environmental Defense Council
477
00:23:49,004 --> 00:23:50,639
conduct investigations?
478
00:23:50,664 --> 00:23:52,647
Since it was named in
a lawsuit alongside
479
00:23:52,672 --> 00:23:54,541
the Army Corps of Engineers,
480
00:23:54,566 --> 00:23:57,608
an organization we
routinely fight against.
481
00:23:57,633 --> 00:23:59,593
Our investigation found
that the levees north
482
00:23:59,618 --> 00:24:02,444
of your client's town were
systematically overbuilt
483
00:24:02,469 --> 00:24:06,272
by contractors in order
to gouge the taxpayers.
484
00:24:06,587 --> 00:24:08,960
This, in conjunction
with systemic kickbacks
485
00:24:08,985 --> 00:24:10,587
to inspectors.
486
00:24:16,461 --> 00:24:17,866
Nothing further.
487
00:24:18,702 --> 00:24:20,671
And as such, we would like to add
488
00:24:20,696 --> 00:24:22,288
the following defendants.
489
00:24:22,313 --> 00:24:25,124
Ted Gafney, president,
Benson Construction.
490
00:24:25,149 --> 00:24:27,983
Louis Bartlett, president,
Wild River Construction.
491
00:24:28,008 --> 00:24:29,249
Edgar Barta, director
492
00:24:29,274 --> 00:24:31,382
of the Memphis Department
of Public Works,
493
00:24:31,407 --> 00:24:32,702
and Joan Aversano,
494
00:24:32,727 --> 00:24:35,835
the Head of the River
Valley Levee Board.
495
00:24:38,046 --> 00:24:40,233
I thought you said
our chances of winning
496
00:24:40,258 --> 00:24:41,788
decrease with every new defendant.
497
00:24:41,813 --> 00:24:44,101
- We did.
- 100 divided by eight...
498
00:24:44,133 --> 00:24:45,476
- Yeah, Erika...
- Don't say,
499
00:24:45,501 --> 00:24:46,983
"We live to fight another day,"
500
00:24:47,008 --> 00:24:48,777
because that's not what's happening.
501
00:24:48,802 --> 00:24:50,311
Losing is what's happening.
502
00:24:50,336 --> 00:24:52,632
Yep, you're right. We're losing.
503
00:24:53,206 --> 00:24:55,304
But the next thing a good lawyer does
504
00:24:55,329 --> 00:24:57,140
when one strategy doesn't work...
505
00:24:57,867 --> 00:24:59,460
You pivot to another one.
506
00:24:59,485 --> 00:25:00,843
Like what?
507
00:25:04,137 --> 00:25:05,632
We don't know.
508
00:25:07,947 --> 00:25:10,311
It's called alternative liability.
509
00:25:10,336 --> 00:25:13,155
It's a legal doctrine which
allows the plaintiff, us,
510
00:25:13,180 --> 00:25:15,647
to shift the burden of
causation of an injury
511
00:25:15,672 --> 00:25:18,054
to multiple defendants.
512
00:25:18,079 --> 00:25:20,780
Then, it's up to the defendants
to provide evidence
513
00:25:20,805 --> 00:25:23,593
as to which one of them
caused the injury...
514
00:25:23,618 --> 00:25:25,854
and if they can't do that,
515
00:25:26,020 --> 00:25:28,444
then a jury can hold
them all responsible.
516
00:25:28,469 --> 00:25:31,539
Erika... bottom line
is, if we go with this,
517
00:25:31,564 --> 00:25:33,566
come Monday morning
when we walk in there,
518
00:25:33,591 --> 00:25:34,859
we don't have to point the finger
519
00:25:34,883 --> 00:25:37,358
at just one person anymore.
We can blame them all.
520
00:25:37,383 --> 00:25:40,265
It's risky, but we think it'll work.
521
00:25:42,824 --> 00:25:44,530
Appreciate you seeing us, Tommy.
522
00:25:45,943 --> 00:25:47,453
I was real sorry to hear about your son.
523
00:25:47,477 --> 00:25:48,616
Yeah.
524
00:25:49,616 --> 00:25:51,710
No parent should ever
have to bury their child.
525
00:25:52,665 --> 00:25:54,301
Let's, uh...
526
00:25:54,812 --> 00:25:56,447
let's talk about George Bell.
527
00:25:56,697 --> 00:25:58,874
Yeah... I figured
somebody would be coming by
528
00:25:58,899 --> 00:26:00,634
when I read he was freed.
529
00:26:00,659 --> 00:26:02,554
I found the mother's original statement.
530
00:26:02,579 --> 00:26:04,796
I know you took it.
I know someone buried it.
531
00:26:04,821 --> 00:26:05,999
How'd you find it?
532
00:26:06,024 --> 00:26:08,126
Tommy, right now this is informal.
533
00:26:08,151 --> 00:26:10,096
You keep answering my
questions with more questions,
534
00:26:10,120 --> 00:26:11,857
it's gonna get formal real quick.
535
00:26:11,882 --> 00:26:14,858
It was around 10:30 that night...
536
00:26:14,883 --> 00:26:17,835
I got a call telling me
that they found Tess's body.
537
00:26:19,552 --> 00:26:21,647
And, um, not five minutes passes
538
00:26:21,672 --> 00:26:22,852
before Chief Rayburn calls me,
539
00:26:22,876 --> 00:26:25,062
wants me to get out of bed
and go take the mother's statement.
540
00:26:25,086 --> 00:26:29,390
Wait, now... you're saying
the chief called you himself?
541
00:26:32,735 --> 00:26:34,468
That didn't seem strange?
542
00:26:34,493 --> 00:26:37,577
Yeah, it seemed very strange,
but he's the boss.
543
00:26:37,855 --> 00:26:39,457
So I go get the mom's statement,
544
00:26:39,482 --> 00:26:42,663
except she's so blotto that I
don't know what to make of it.
545
00:26:42,688 --> 00:26:44,577
She said the daughter came home.
546
00:26:45,495 --> 00:26:48,022
But she also made a pass at me, so...
547
00:26:48,529 --> 00:26:51,866
I go back to the station,
I show Rayburn what I wrote up,
548
00:26:51,891 --> 00:26:54,351
and he says, "Just lose this interview.
549
00:26:54,376 --> 00:26:56,936
Try it again tomorrow."
That's what happened.
550
00:26:56,961 --> 00:27:00,077
And the second interview...
He tell you to steer it?
551
00:27:00,345 --> 00:27:02,686
They told me he was the guy, Robbie.
552
00:27:05,915 --> 00:27:08,185
Did the chief ask you to steer it?
553
00:27:09,252 --> 00:27:12,061
"Get the final nail," he says.
554
00:27:12,502 --> 00:27:14,968
"Because we know she didn't come home."
555
00:27:19,938 --> 00:27:22,436
So, next stop, Rayburn?
556
00:27:22,461 --> 00:27:24,147
Chief Rayburn's dead.
557
00:27:24,523 --> 00:27:26,655
Yeah, suicide.
558
00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:28,682
Eight or nine years ago.
559
00:27:28,707 --> 00:27:31,733
Cheer up. My trail
might've run cold, but...
560
00:27:31,974 --> 00:27:33,765
Tommy's gonna help
make your case, right?
561
00:27:33,790 --> 00:27:34,819
Yeah.
562
00:27:38,276 --> 00:27:40,233
Thanks for coming in, Mrs. LaRue.
563
00:27:40,258 --> 00:27:42,260
I was a big fan of your husband.
564
00:27:42,285 --> 00:27:44,733
- Call me Trudy.
- Thank you, Trudy.
565
00:27:45,071 --> 00:27:48,507
I represent a gentleman
I think you know.
566
00:27:48,556 --> 00:27:50,257
Jimi Barkley.
567
00:27:50,842 --> 00:27:52,038
Jimi Barkley.
568
00:27:52,063 --> 00:27:54,633
Now, to be clear, he's not saying that
569
00:27:54,658 --> 00:27:57,960
your husband stole the song,
570
00:27:58,050 --> 00:28:01,030
but is it possible that, just maybe,
571
00:28:01,055 --> 00:28:03,991
Jimi had a hand in writing it?
572
00:28:05,327 --> 00:28:09,085
My husband loved Jimi... Like a brother.
573
00:28:09,396 --> 00:28:12,200
Took care of him the way
you take care of family,
574
00:28:12,727 --> 00:28:15,632
even when they disappoint you or...
575
00:28:15,657 --> 00:28:17,492
steal from you or...
576
00:28:18,301 --> 00:28:19,836
lie to your face.
577
00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:24,180
So many times I begged
Joseph to write Jimi off,
578
00:28:24,785 --> 00:28:27,477
but Joseph never gave up.
579
00:28:27,502 --> 00:28:29,953
He said, "There's a good man in Jimi."
580
00:28:29,978 --> 00:28:34,313
And now Jimi's going around,
spreading that lie like that.
581
00:28:34,338 --> 00:28:36,961
I'm just glad Joseph's
in a better place,
582
00:28:36,986 --> 00:28:38,977
because this would break his heart...
583
00:28:39,927 --> 00:28:42,297
Whereas all it does to me,
584
00:28:42,322 --> 00:28:44,344
is prove my point.
585
00:28:47,944 --> 00:28:50,570
Emerson... Emerson, are you almost here?
586
00:28:52,704 --> 00:28:53,945
Are you sure?
587
00:28:56,133 --> 00:28:57,477
Damn car of his broke down.
588
00:28:57,502 --> 00:28:59,180
- No!
- Uh, no need to panic.
589
00:28:59,205 --> 00:29:01,414
He said that Erika has a backup plan
590
00:29:01,439 --> 00:29:03,570
- that involves three different buses.
- Okay.
591
00:29:03,595 --> 00:29:05,130
Twice in my life I've known
592
00:29:05,155 --> 00:29:07,211
12-year-old girls that...
593
00:29:07,651 --> 00:29:09,320
couldn't have stopped them
594
00:29:09,345 --> 00:29:11,680
from doing what they
believed in if I tried.
595
00:29:12,070 --> 00:29:14,406
No, she'll get here.
Just gotta make sure
596
00:29:14,431 --> 00:29:16,600
we got this courtroom teed
up for her when she does.
597
00:29:17,070 --> 00:29:19,524
Let's hope she gets here
by closing arguments.
598
00:29:19,549 --> 00:29:21,938
Mr. Gafney, is it true
599
00:29:21,963 --> 00:29:23,813
that your company built the north levee?
600
00:29:23,838 --> 00:29:25,258
Yes, we built the north levee,
601
00:29:25,283 --> 00:29:27,570
but those specs were dictated
by the planning board,
602
00:29:27,595 --> 00:29:29,262
who demanded we overbuild.
603
00:29:29,287 --> 00:29:30,656
This is not our fault.
604
00:29:30,681 --> 00:29:31,836
Mr. Bartlett.
605
00:29:31,861 --> 00:29:33,461
Instructions are instructions,
606
00:29:33,486 --> 00:29:35,428
and our job is to follow them.
607
00:29:35,453 --> 00:29:36,930
It's not our fault.
608
00:29:36,955 --> 00:29:39,203
- Edgar Barta.
- It's not my fault.
609
00:29:39,228 --> 00:29:40,485
Joan Aversano?
610
00:29:40,510 --> 00:29:42,213
It's no one's fault.
611
00:29:47,174 --> 00:29:49,576
Is it my understanding
that the defense rests?
612
00:29:49,601 --> 00:29:51,094
Yes, Your Honor.
613
00:29:51,119 --> 00:29:52,328
Very well.
614
00:29:52,888 --> 00:29:56,211
This brings to a close,
the evidentiary portion of the trial.
615
00:29:56,236 --> 00:29:58,305
We'll now hear closing arguments,
616
00:29:58,330 --> 00:29:59,750
starting with the plaintiff.
617
00:30:02,884 --> 00:30:05,789
You're supposed to talk to
the record company, not Trudy.
618
00:30:05,814 --> 00:30:07,680
Jimi, there was nothing...
619
00:30:07,705 --> 00:30:09,203
If I wanted you talking to her,
620
00:30:09,228 --> 00:30:11,264
don't you think maybe I
would've mentioned her?
621
00:30:11,495 --> 00:30:13,197
I never should've opened my mouth.
622
00:30:13,222 --> 00:30:14,491
Jimi, calm down.
623
00:30:14,516 --> 00:30:16,328
Nothing but trouble and pain!
624
00:30:20,611 --> 00:30:22,899
Nothing but trouble and pain.
625
00:30:22,924 --> 00:30:24,805
That's all I ever gave that woman.
626
00:30:28,009 --> 00:30:29,781
Did she know?
627
00:30:30,505 --> 00:30:31,859
How's that?
628
00:30:32,426 --> 00:30:34,992
That you loved her. Did Trudy know?
629
00:30:41,398 --> 00:30:42,833
'Course not.
630
00:30:42,858 --> 00:30:43,897
I wouldn't have done that to her.
631
00:30:43,921 --> 00:30:45,356
I knew she didn't love me.
632
00:30:47,613 --> 00:30:49,295
Why do you think I changed the name?
633
00:30:51,419 --> 00:30:53,225
Changed the name?
634
00:30:53,689 --> 00:30:56,360
The song, "Ruby Lou."
That wasn't the original title.
635
00:30:56,385 --> 00:30:58,342
It was "Trudy True."
636
00:31:00,097 --> 00:31:02,342
You still have those lyrics, don't you?
637
00:31:02,367 --> 00:31:04,837
You never would've thrown them away.
638
00:31:05,395 --> 00:31:07,287
Might be I held onto 'em.
639
00:31:07,788 --> 00:31:08,788
Why?
640
00:31:11,008 --> 00:31:12,749
The plaintiff doesn't
need to be here for you
641
00:31:12,773 --> 00:31:14,068
to deliver a closing argument.
642
00:31:14,093 --> 00:31:15,584
Your Honor, in this case, she does.
643
00:31:15,609 --> 00:31:16,905
She's not just a plaintiff, she's...
644
00:31:16,929 --> 00:31:18,592
We have six defendants over there.
645
00:31:18,617 --> 00:31:20,421
I'm not making them wait
when there's no legal reason
646
00:31:20,445 --> 00:31:21,467
they have to.
647
00:31:21,492 --> 00:31:24,686
You will deliver a closing argument now.
648
00:31:26,910 --> 00:31:28,357
Sorry.
649
00:31:30,388 --> 00:31:32,404
Yes, we will.
650
00:31:35,338 --> 00:31:39,857
In some ways,
you've witnessed an unorthodox case.
651
00:31:40,151 --> 00:31:41,725
What started with a single defendant
652
00:31:41,750 --> 00:31:44,912
became two, and then grew and grew.
653
00:31:45,227 --> 00:31:48,084
And yet, sadly,
there's nothing really unorthodox
654
00:31:48,109 --> 00:31:50,436
about what's at work here, is there?
655
00:31:50,461 --> 00:31:51,999
What you've seen is
something that's become
656
00:31:52,023 --> 00:31:54,059
a national pastime.
657
00:31:54,511 --> 00:31:56,139
We pass the buck.
658
00:31:56,412 --> 00:32:00,021
At that table,
our businesses and regulators
659
00:32:00,046 --> 00:32:03,617
and environmental agencies
who refuse to work together...
660
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:06,365
They'd rather argue
than find common ground.
661
00:32:06,390 --> 00:32:08,256
They would rather sue each other
662
00:32:08,281 --> 00:32:09,883
than come up with solutions.
663
00:32:09,908 --> 00:32:12,045
The people who are
supposed to protect us
664
00:32:12,070 --> 00:32:13,670
have stopped talking,
665
00:32:13,774 --> 00:32:16,310
and we are the ones who pay the price.
666
00:32:18,246 --> 00:32:19,725
In fact, the...
667
00:32:19,750 --> 00:32:21,725
the only thing that they can agree on
668
00:32:21,750 --> 00:32:23,529
is that they should all band together
669
00:32:23,554 --> 00:32:26,056
to fight a 12-year-old girl.
670
00:32:28,742 --> 00:32:30,644
You wanna know why it's their fault
671
00:32:30,669 --> 00:32:32,592
that Erika's town flooded?
672
00:32:33,067 --> 00:32:35,834
It's not because of the design
of the levee, it's not...
673
00:32:36,444 --> 00:32:38,255
because they tried to protect a species,
674
00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,678
it's not even because they overbuilt
675
00:32:40,703 --> 00:32:42,706
or bribed or cheated.
676
00:32:43,255 --> 00:32:46,545
It's their fault because
they refuse to work together.
677
00:32:46,570 --> 00:32:48,787
It's their fault because
instead of trying to fix
678
00:32:48,812 --> 00:32:51,848
things that are wrong,
they just cross their arms
679
00:32:51,873 --> 00:32:53,676
and act angry with each other.
680
00:32:55,180 --> 00:32:56,615
Like children.
681
00:32:58,019 --> 00:32:59,256
Thank you.
682
00:33:01,129 --> 00:33:02,779
That was hot, my man.
683
00:33:08,906 --> 00:33:11,240
Della, what's she doing here?
684
00:33:11,265 --> 00:33:13,146
She's come to hear the song, Jimi.
685
00:33:13,171 --> 00:33:14,405
She came to hear it played
686
00:33:14,430 --> 00:33:16,545
the way it was meant to be played.
687
00:33:17,333 --> 00:33:19,834
- I... I can't.
- Yeah, you can.
688
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,279
? Got me on my knees ?
689
00:33:52,304 --> 00:33:55,193
? Oh Trudy True ?
690
00:33:55,218 --> 00:33:57,498
? When I hear you sing girl ?
691
00:33:57,523 --> 00:34:00,381
? Oh, my Trudy True ?
692
00:34:00,406 --> 00:34:05,209
? The moon is high ?
693
00:34:05,234 --> 00:34:08,521
? Oh, Trudy True ?
694
00:34:09,776 --> 00:34:12,334
? You hear me hollering, mama ?
695
00:34:12,359 --> 00:34:16,443
? Know I'm coming back for you ?
696
00:34:16,468 --> 00:34:19,060
? Mm-hmm ?
697
00:34:19,085 --> 00:34:21,951
? True, true, true, Trudy ?
698
00:34:21,976 --> 00:34:24,029
? Trudy True ?
699
00:34:24,496 --> 00:34:28,951
? When you hear me hollering, mama ?
700
00:34:29,372 --> 00:34:33,771
? You'll know I'm coming back for ?
701
00:34:33,796 --> 00:34:40,796
? Oh, I'm coming back for you ?
702
00:34:57,199 --> 00:35:00,369
My husband was an incredible man.
703
00:35:01,003 --> 00:35:04,240
And I loved him... with all my heart.
704
00:35:10,343 --> 00:35:12,389
But Jimi wrote that song.
705
00:35:13,727 --> 00:35:15,863
I'll sign the paperwork.
706
00:35:16,395 --> 00:35:18,740
Have it messengered over in the morning.
707
00:35:33,199 --> 00:35:35,902
And finally... alternative liability
708
00:35:35,927 --> 00:35:39,295
requires every possible
party to be included.
709
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:41,654
And in this case, one has been left out.
710
00:35:41,679 --> 00:35:43,865
We call a tragedy like this
711
00:35:43,890 --> 00:35:46,373
an "act of god" for a reason,
ladies and gentlemen.
712
00:35:46,398 --> 00:35:48,318
It's because a tragedy like this...
713
00:35:48,343 --> 00:35:49,947
No man can stop that.
714
00:35:53,707 --> 00:35:55,460
- Miss Strait, rebuttal?
- Wanna do it yourself?
715
00:35:55,484 --> 00:35:56,484
Yeah.
716
00:35:57,460 --> 00:35:58,693
Miss Strait,
717
00:35:58,718 --> 00:36:00,592
- do you have a rebuttal?
- Are you sure?
718
00:36:00,617 --> 00:36:01,617
Yes, Your Honor.
719
00:36:01,642 --> 00:36:04,381
Uh, our client would like
to deliver it herself.
720
00:36:12,766 --> 00:36:14,881
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury.
721
00:36:14,906 --> 00:36:18,295
When I was younger, around eight or so,
722
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:21,390
my family had a dog named Memphis.
723
00:36:21,415 --> 00:36:23,678
And whenever Memphis
would have an accident,
724
00:36:23,703 --> 00:36:26,225
my brothers and sister and
I would play this game...
725
00:36:26,250 --> 00:36:28,319
Whoever could say, "not it" first,
726
00:36:28,344 --> 00:36:31,149
and the last one would
have to clean up the mess.
727
00:36:33,031 --> 00:36:36,468
One day, my grandmother
saw us playing this game,
728
00:36:36,493 --> 00:36:37,896
and she sat us down.
729
00:36:37,921 --> 00:36:38,921
She said,
730
00:36:38,946 --> 00:36:41,193
"When you agree to
take care of something,
731
00:36:41,218 --> 00:36:44,931
"it's your responsibility
to uphold your end of the deal,
732
00:36:44,956 --> 00:36:46,334
no matter what."
733
00:36:46,359 --> 00:36:51,139
So, I ask you to teach the people
at the table over there,
734
00:36:51,499 --> 00:36:53,068
the same lesson.
735
00:36:55,807 --> 00:36:57,951
Thank you for your consideration.
736
00:37:00,865 --> 00:37:03,021
- I messed up.
- Stop.
737
00:37:03,046 --> 00:37:05,100
I forgot at least two key points,
738
00:37:05,125 --> 00:37:07,389
and I was nervous... they saw that.
739
00:37:07,414 --> 00:37:09,015
You spoke from the heart.
740
00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:11,896
They saw that.
741
00:37:12,530 --> 00:37:14,330
That's what really matters.
742
00:37:16,296 --> 00:37:18,803
Was that dog of yours
really named Memphis?
743
00:37:23,773 --> 00:37:25,607
I don't know if y'all
were watching the jury,
744
00:37:25,632 --> 00:37:27,678
but by the time she was done...
745
00:37:27,703 --> 00:37:31,318
well, suffice it to say,
you can play Russian Roulette
746
00:37:31,343 --> 00:37:33,310
to see which one of you big bad wolves
747
00:37:33,335 --> 00:37:34,451
the jury punishes,
748
00:37:34,476 --> 00:37:37,998
but if I were a betting
woman, which I am...
749
00:37:38,023 --> 00:37:40,545
I would say you're all
about to get hammered,
750
00:37:40,570 --> 00:37:44,279
so... how about we come
up with a settlement that,
751
00:37:44,304 --> 00:37:46,139
uh, you can spin to the press
752
00:37:46,164 --> 00:37:47,867
as a heroic gesture
753
00:37:47,892 --> 00:37:49,828
on behalf of the American people?
754
00:37:51,959 --> 00:37:54,310
And the last item...
755
00:37:54,573 --> 00:37:57,115
is a state-of-the-art levee system
756
00:37:57,140 --> 00:37:58,561
which will not only protect your town,
757
00:37:58,585 --> 00:38:00,689
but all of the towns downstream.
758
00:38:00,890 --> 00:38:04,254
And they have also
agreed to a $25 million
759
00:38:04,279 --> 00:38:06,915
displacement fund in the unlikely event
760
00:38:06,940 --> 00:38:08,795
that there will be any future flooding.
761
00:38:09,164 --> 00:38:11,167
And this is on top of
the temporary housing
762
00:38:11,192 --> 00:38:12,662
for all of you.
763
00:38:13,996 --> 00:38:17,193
Well... Erika, what do you think?
764
00:38:26,253 --> 00:38:27,787
That'll work.
765
00:38:35,082 --> 00:38:37,373
I got something for you, Jimi.
766
00:38:39,054 --> 00:38:42,514
You will receive
your first royalty check
767
00:38:42,539 --> 00:38:45,575
for "Ruby Lou" next month.
768
00:38:50,773 --> 00:38:54,295
I was thinking... seeing that
my needs aren't all that great,
769
00:38:55,328 --> 00:38:57,631
maybe the extra money
should go into a fund
770
00:38:57,656 --> 00:39:00,529
for other bluesmen like me, who...
771
00:39:01,043 --> 00:39:02,685
who aren't as lucky to...
772
00:39:02,710 --> 00:39:04,076
find someone...
773
00:39:05,077 --> 00:39:06,420
like you.
774
00:39:07,229 --> 00:39:09,240
Big Jay LaRue was right.
775
00:39:10,537 --> 00:39:14,433
You are a good man, Jimi Barkley.
776
00:39:17,255 --> 00:39:19,426
Thank you so much for
helping my daughter.
777
00:39:19,451 --> 00:39:21,389
Let me tell you a little secret...
she helped us.
778
00:39:21,414 --> 00:39:22,414
Yeah.
779
00:39:22,628 --> 00:39:23,628
Hey you!
780
00:39:23,951 --> 00:39:25,412
Hey!
781
00:39:26,402 --> 00:39:28,989
- Don't be a stranger, okay?
- Promise.
782
00:39:29,014 --> 00:39:31,701
Good, because we got you something.
783
00:39:32,015 --> 00:39:33,670
Ooh!
784
00:39:36,023 --> 00:39:37,943
Every good lawyer needs one.
785
00:39:37,968 --> 00:39:39,990
- It's a nice bag.
- Thank you.
786
00:39:40,015 --> 00:39:41,250
It's nice.
787
00:39:43,893 --> 00:39:45,748
George, I got some good news.
788
00:39:46,525 --> 00:39:49,295
The, uh... the alarm system's
been installed...
789
00:39:50,496 --> 00:39:52,029
George?
790
00:39:53,926 --> 00:39:55,889
The apartment's all clean...
791
00:39:58,716 --> 00:40:00,185
George!
792
00:40:05,039 --> 00:40:06,397
George?
793
00:40:13,639 --> 00:40:16,897
Sometimes those other
rooms just feel so big.
794
00:40:22,601 --> 00:40:24,576
Yeah, I get it.
795
00:40:26,237 --> 00:40:27,998
What's the good news?
796
00:40:32,047 --> 00:40:33,553
Well, I, uh...
797
00:40:34,870 --> 00:40:36,920
I thought it through...
798
00:40:38,384 --> 00:40:41,670
And I think it would be
better if you stayed here.
799
00:40:49,562 --> 00:40:51,248
The other night...
800
00:40:52,234 --> 00:40:54,061
I was trying to make that omelet
801
00:40:54,086 --> 00:40:55,404
your mother used to make...
802
00:40:55,429 --> 00:40:57,197
You mean the "mom-let"?
803
00:40:59,749 --> 00:41:02,904
I was looking at it,
saying, "This is wrong."
804
00:41:03,919 --> 00:41:06,725
And then I realized what
was missing was your mother.
805
00:41:08,477 --> 00:41:11,446
I don't recognize this house
anymore, Sydney.
806
00:41:11,745 --> 00:41:13,693
I walk around, it's like...
807
00:41:15,632 --> 00:41:17,779
somebody blew out all the candles.
808
00:41:18,782 --> 00:41:20,076
Yeah.
809
00:41:20,812 --> 00:41:23,170
It's starting to sink in.
810
00:41:24,336 --> 00:41:26,029
Really sink in.
811
00:41:32,198 --> 00:41:34,301
You know who Mom would've loved?
812
00:41:34,643 --> 00:41:35,736
Erika.
813
00:41:36,987 --> 00:41:40,126
What I wouldn't give for her
to have seen that girl go.
814
00:41:40,151 --> 00:41:41,319
She did.
815
00:41:42,721 --> 00:41:44,079
First time around.
816
00:41:44,104 --> 00:41:45,970
Was I that cute?
I feel like I was that cute.
817
00:41:45,995 --> 00:41:48,220
Tenacious... That's what you were.
818
00:41:55,424 --> 00:41:57,586
What are we gonna do, Dad?
819
00:41:58,293 --> 00:42:00,039
What we always do.
820
00:42:00,157 --> 00:42:01,890
We're gonna keep fighting.
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