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You have no
actual medical training?
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No. l have kids.
Learned a Iot right there.
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l've seen nurses give my son
throat cultures, and what is it?
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You stick a giant Q-tip
down their throat and wait.
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Urinalysis: You take that dipstick
to see if the white count's high.
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-Yes, l understand.
-Yeah.
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l'm great with people.
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You'd have to observe me
to know for sure. Trust me on that.
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l'm a fast learner.
Show me in a lab once...
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...and l've got it down.
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l always wanted to go
to medical school.
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That was my first interest.
Then l got married...
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...and had a kid too young
and blew that.
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Out of high school, l got a job...
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...with Fluor Engineers in lrvine.
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l felI madly in Iove with geoIogy.
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-Geology?
-Yeah.
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l Iearned how to read maps.
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Yeah. But l Iost my job because...
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...my boy got chickenpox,
1 04 temperature.
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My ex-husband was useless, so....
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That didn't really work out.
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You got a reaIly nice office.
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Thanks.
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Look....
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Oh, fuck!
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Goddamn it!
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Good morning, Mr. Masry.
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-Morning, RosaIind.
-How are you?
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-l'm fine. And you?
-Very welI. Thank you for asking.
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Good morning.
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How you doing?
Donald.
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Did you see it last night?
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l taped it.
Don't telI me what happens.
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lt was so good.
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Your 9:00's here already.
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-Remind me.
-Erin Brockovich.
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Car accident.
Not her fault, she says.
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She was referred.
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-Erin, hi.
-Hi.
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Ed Masry. Sorry you had to wait.
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That's okay.
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Here, sit. Sit down.
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Thank you.
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l never thought standing
could take it out of you.
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Ever since that shithead hit me...
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...it's Iike my body's
put together wrong.
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You poor thing.
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Did anyone ask if you wanted coffee?
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-Yeah. l'm fine.
-Good.
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Listen, whoever did this to you
made one heIl of a mistake.
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And you and me, we're gonna
make him pay for it.
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So why don't you
tell me what happened?
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l was puIling out reaI sIow,
and out of nowhere...
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...his Jaguar comes racing around
the corner like a bat out of hell.
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They took some bone from my hip
and put it in my neck.
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l don't have insurance...
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...so l'm about $1 7,000
in debt right now.
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l couIdn't take painkillers. They made
me too groggy to take care of my kids.
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Matthew's 8,
and Katie's aImost 6.
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And Beth's just 9 months.
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l just wanna be a good mom...
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...a nice person, a decent citizen.
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l just wanna take good care
of my kids.
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Yeah. Yeah, l know.
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Seventeen thousand in debt?
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-Your ex-husband helping?
-Which one?
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There's more than one?
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Yeah, there's two. Why?
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You must have been feeling
desperate that afternoon.
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What's your point?
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Broke, three kids, no job.
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-Doctor in a Jaguar is a meaI ticket--
-Objection.
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-Sustained.
-He hit me!
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So you say.
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He came tearing around the corner,
out of control.
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An ER doctor, who spends his days
saving lives, was out of control?
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That asshole smashed in
my fucking neck!
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Open and fucking shut!
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-Exactly the Ianguage--
-lt was over before that!
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l told you he might get personaI.
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-You said l was set.
-l never said that.
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You toId me l had a good shot!
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-Let's settle down.
-Fuck "settle down"! l've got $74.
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-l can't afford to settle down!
-l'm sorry, Erin.
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Do they teach lawyers to apoIogise?
Because you suck at it.
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Hello?
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-Hi.
-Hi, Erin.
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You're back so soon.
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Were you a good girl?
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You're my littIe baby.
What is that? A littIe cough?
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She's got a cough.
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l sat in the steam with her
to try to loosen it up.
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-l think l've got cough medicine.
-Bueno.
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Listen.
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l didn't wanna teIl you before.
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-With your worries.
-What?
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My daughter bought a big house
with a room for me.
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l'm moving in with her.
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-When?
-Next week.
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-Next week?
-l know. But it's good for me.
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Now l can heIp
take care of my grandkids.
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lt's good for you.
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Now with money, you can hire
a good babysitter.
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Not the old lady next door.
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Thanks.
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Matthew?
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-Katie, you back here?
-Yeah.
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Come on in, would you?
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-Hey, get in the house. No dripping.
-Okay!
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Sweetie. PIease don't
get sick on me, please.
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Let's fix dinner.
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Yes, Iook.
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Look at the water.
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Goddamn it!
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l'm sorry. l'm sorry.
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Matthew! Katie! We're going out!
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You go ahead and order.
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l'm gonna have a cheeseburger
deIuxe with a Coke.
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00:10:13,405 --> 00:10:18,034
Mommy, can l have a cheeseburger
deIuxe with no cheese and no bread?
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Did you get that?
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00:10:21,788 --> 00:10:26,668
And she will have a cup of chicken
broth and a few crackers, please.
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-And for you?
-Just a cup of coffee.
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You're not eating?
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My lawyer took me out to a fancy lunch
to ceIebrate, and l'm still stuffed.
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How about that?
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00:11:18,762 --> 00:11:21,765
Yes, l'm calIing about
the job ad in the paper.
128
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l'm calling about the job ad.
129
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The great personaIity, good voice.
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l don't have any actuaI
saIes experience.
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l don't really have a résumé,
but l can--
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l don't have any computer skills.
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Oh. WelI, l thought it was
the locaI store.
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Okay. Thanks anyway.
135
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Okay, bye.
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00:11:51,503 --> 00:11:52,712
Ed Masry, please.
137
00:11:52,962 --> 00:11:55,006
Yes, l'm holding for Ed Masry.
138
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ls he ever in the office?
139
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No, but l've called
about a dozen times.
140
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l'd like to Ieave a message.
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00:12:01,554 --> 00:12:05,183
Brockovich, B-R-O-C-K-O-V-l-C-H.
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l'm a client. l want him to call.
lt's that simple.
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Okay.
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00:12:29,457 --> 00:12:31,668
Goddamn it!
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00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,712
-Brenda! Brenda!
-Yeah?
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Who put that there?
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The files you asked for.
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l didn't ask you to put it
in the middIe of the fIoor.
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Get a towel, wilI you?
Hey, hey--
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-Hey, what's she doing here?
-Who?
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Donald.
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What's she doing here?
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She works here.
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Erin. How's it going?
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You never caIled me back.
l Ieft messages.
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You did? l didn't know that.
Donald seems to think--
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There's two things that aggravate me:
being ignored and being Iied to.
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-l never lied.
-You said things would be fine.
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They're not. l trusted you.
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-l'm sorry.
-l don't need pity.
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l need a paycheque.
And l've looked.
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When you spend 6 years raising babies,
it's hard to get a job that pays.
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Are you getting this down, honey?
Or am l talking too fast for you?
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l'm sorry about that.
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But we have a full staff now--
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BuIlshit. lf you had a full staff,
you'd return a client's damn caIl.
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l'm smart and hard-working.
l'm not leaving here without a job.
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Don't make me beg.
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lf it doesn't work out, fire me.
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Don't make me beg.
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No benefits.
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What we do in here is fiIe
all of the cases.
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That way, at any time,
we can teIl the status of a file.
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Where it is in the office and stuff.
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Here's where we organise
all the fiIes alphabeticalIy.
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-Simple enough.
-Okay.
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-And here is your desk.
-Okay.
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l want to show you where
the Xerox machine is.
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Everybody has a code.
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-Do l get to pick my own code?
-We'lI see.
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-Mr. Masry?
-Yeah.
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Can you telI me who l taIk to about
getting an advance on my paycheque?
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Just for the weekend.
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RosaIind's the office manager.
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She handles the payroll
and petty cash.
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She's gone already.
187
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She leaves early on Fridays.
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-Okay, thank you.
-Oh, for Pete's sake, here.
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l've only got hundreds.
190
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l don't want your money, Mr. Masry.
191
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Where do you think
your paycheque comes from?
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-Have a good weekend.
-Thank you.
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-See you.
-AlI right, see you.
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See you Monday.
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Hi, my sweetie. HeIlo.
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How are you?
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Matthew, Katie.
198
00:16:14,390 --> 00:16:16,267
-Hey, Mom.
-Hi, sweetie.
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00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:19,228
How are you?
200
00:16:19,479 --> 00:16:21,898
-Thanks a lot.
-You're welcome.
201
00:16:56,099 --> 00:16:57,350
Hey!
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Hey!
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00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:07,527
-Hey!
-HelIo.
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00:17:08,069 --> 00:17:11,531
What are you doing
making aIl that goddamn noise?
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lntroducing ourselves
to the neighbourhood, l guess.
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00:17:15,743 --> 00:17:18,621
WelI, l am the neighbours. There.
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00:17:18,830 --> 00:17:20,873
We're introduced.
So shut up.
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Wait. Hold on there.
Let's start over, okay?
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00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:29,090
My name's George.
What's yours?
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00:17:29,716 --> 00:17:33,845
Just think of me as the person
next door who likes it quiet.
211
00:17:34,345 --> 00:17:38,224
Don't be like that.
Look, we Iive next door. l feel bad.
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00:17:38,474 --> 00:17:41,227
l'm sorry.
WilI you accept my apology?
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We're Iiving right next door.
lf you need a cup of a sugar--
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-l don't need sugar.
-You don't.
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00:17:47,859 --> 00:17:50,737
Why don't l take you
out to dinner to apologise?
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Give me your number.
l got your address...
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...so you can't get away.
218
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l'll calI you up proper
and ask you out.
219
00:17:59,996 --> 00:18:01,205
You want my number?
220
00:18:01,456 --> 00:18:03,583
l do. l do want your number.
221
00:18:05,126 --> 00:18:07,962
Which number do you want, George?
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l Iike the way you say that.
223
00:18:11,340 --> 00:18:12,925
How many numbers you got?
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l got numbers coming out
of my ears. For instance, 1 0.
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-Ten.
-Yeah.
226
00:18:18,639 --> 00:18:21,392
That's how many months old
my baby girl is.
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-You got a littIe girl?
-Yeah.
228
00:18:23,978 --> 00:18:26,439
Sexy, huh? How about this? Six.
229
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That's my other daughter.
Eight is my son.
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Two is the times
l've been married and divorced.
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$1 6 is what l have
in my bank account.
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850-3943, that's my phone number.
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l'm guessing zero is the number
of times you're gonna caIl it.
234
00:18:43,998 --> 00:18:46,834
Hey, how do you remember
your bank balance?
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See, that impresses me.
236
00:18:49,504 --> 00:18:51,631
You're dead wrong about that zero.
237
00:19:00,389 --> 00:19:02,683
How long has she been crying?
238
00:19:04,435 --> 00:19:06,687
She's got that tooth coming in.
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Give her a cold washcIoth to suck on.
l'll check back later.
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00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:15,196
-Where's Anna?
-She's out to Iunch with the girIs.
241
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l have to open a file.
242
00:19:21,327 --> 00:19:23,663
Real-estate thing, pro bono.
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-Okay.
-Know how to do that?
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00:19:26,123 --> 00:19:28,584
Yeah, l got it. No probIem.
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You're a girl.
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00:19:35,424 --> 00:19:36,551
Excuse me?
247
00:19:36,717 --> 00:19:40,096
Why aren't you out to lunch
with the girls? You're a girl.
248
00:19:41,931 --> 00:19:44,183
l guess l'm not the right kind.
249
00:19:51,107 --> 00:19:54,610
Look, you may want to--
Now that you're working here--
250
00:19:54,861 --> 00:19:58,781
You may want to rethink
your wardrobe a Iittle.
251
00:20:00,366 --> 00:20:01,701
Why is that?
252
00:20:01,868 --> 00:20:06,914
WelI, l think some of the girIs
are a Iittle uncomfortable...
253
00:20:07,123 --> 00:20:09,542
...because of what you wear.
254
00:20:11,502 --> 00:20:13,170
ls that so?
255
00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:17,592
WelI, it just so happens,
l think l look nice.
256
00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:21,137
As long as l have one ass
instead of two, l'lI wear what l like...
257
00:20:21,387 --> 00:20:23,097
...if that's alI right with you?
258
00:20:31,272 --> 00:20:34,025
You might wanna rethink those ties.
259
00:20:49,081 --> 00:20:53,669
With real-estate stuff, couId you
remind me? l'm a littIe confused.
260
00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:58,466
Why are there medical records
and blood samples in real-estate files?
261
00:20:58,716 --> 00:21:00,301
You've been here long enough.
262
00:21:00,551 --> 00:21:04,972
lf you don't know how to do your job
by now, l'm not gonna do it for you.
263
00:21:21,614 --> 00:21:23,032
Hello?
264
00:21:26,661 --> 00:21:28,537
Hello?
265
00:21:28,746 --> 00:21:32,625
Matthew? Katie?
266
00:21:50,309 --> 00:21:53,145
Matthew? Katie?
267
00:21:58,567 --> 00:22:01,779
Matthew! Matthew!
268
00:22:20,214 --> 00:22:21,424
What happened?
269
00:22:21,674 --> 00:22:24,176
-Hi, Mom.
-Hey. Hungry?
270
00:22:24,427 --> 00:22:25,511
Am l--?
271
00:22:26,262 --> 00:22:28,723
They're here?
l went to pick them up.
272
00:22:29,140 --> 00:22:32,727
She came by an hour ago. Something
came up, she dropped them off.
273
00:22:33,144 --> 00:22:35,646
Something came up?
Why didn't she calI?
274
00:22:35,896 --> 00:22:40,026
l don't know. She, l was, she--
l don't know why.
275
00:22:40,443 --> 00:22:43,029
-That stupid bitch.
-Mom!
276
00:22:43,487 --> 00:22:47,033
l just can't believe she dumps
my kids off when nobody's home.
277
00:22:47,366 --> 00:22:48,951
l was home.
278
00:22:49,535 --> 00:22:52,288
We're fine. We cooked
burgers, had some milk.
279
00:22:52,747 --> 00:22:54,999
You want a hot dog? There's one.
280
00:22:55,207 --> 00:22:58,669
-Or a cheeseburger?
-But this mustard is sIippery.
281
00:23:00,504 --> 00:23:03,466
Mom, what do you think
about me getting a tattoo?
282
00:23:03,758 --> 00:23:05,634
One, two, three.
283
00:23:10,306 --> 00:23:13,142
l got alI these kings.
You win, you got a joker.
284
00:23:13,934 --> 00:23:15,102
King.
285
00:23:15,311 --> 00:23:16,771
Joker.
286
00:23:17,354 --> 00:23:20,024
You stole a joker!
287
00:23:20,274 --> 00:23:21,317
You cheat.
288
00:23:21,525 --> 00:23:22,943
What do you mean?
289
00:23:23,861 --> 00:23:27,823
You cheat!
Get another one.
290
00:23:28,074 --> 00:23:29,825
Time to go to bed.
291
00:23:30,659 --> 00:23:33,245
Get ready for bed.
Brush your teeth.
292
00:23:34,580 --> 00:23:36,707
-Play tomorrow?
-Yeah.
293
00:23:40,628 --> 00:23:42,129
Good night, buddy.
294
00:23:42,630 --> 00:23:43,798
What's that?
295
00:23:44,048 --> 00:23:47,218
This is a Harley-Davidson,
the best motorcycle ever.
296
00:23:47,468 --> 00:23:51,347
And if l ever catch either one of you
near one, knock you siIly.
297
00:23:56,602 --> 00:23:59,271
Brush. And keep it down,
the baby's asleep.
298
00:24:00,564 --> 00:24:01,941
You got great kids.
299
00:24:02,608 --> 00:24:05,945
WelI, l'm sure
l'll fuck them up eventualIy.
300
00:24:07,404 --> 00:24:08,614
Why?
301
00:24:09,615 --> 00:24:13,410
l'm not a good judge of character,
or l wouIdn't have left them...
302
00:24:13,619 --> 00:24:17,498
...with that idiot, who cost a Iot
and smelIed Iike chicken fat.
303
00:24:17,748 --> 00:24:20,084
And after l find her and kilI her...
304
00:24:20,668 --> 00:24:22,795
...l don't know what l'm gonna do.
305
00:24:23,170 --> 00:24:25,506
lf you need help with them,
l couId do that.
306
00:24:26,841 --> 00:24:29,677
-l'm not Ieaving my kids with you.
-Why?
307
00:24:30,302 --> 00:24:33,639
-l don't even know you.
-What do you wanna know?
308
00:24:34,473 --> 00:24:36,767
-Thanks for today--
-You're welcome.
309
00:24:37,017 --> 00:24:38,644
lt was my pIeasure.
310
00:24:40,396 --> 00:24:41,897
How many decks did you have?
311
00:24:42,273 --> 00:24:44,483
We had more than enough.
312
00:24:44,733 --> 00:24:47,069
Got so many friends
you can't use one more?
313
00:24:48,696 --> 00:24:53,200
lf you need someone to look after your
kids after school, or whatever...
314
00:24:53,450 --> 00:24:55,369
...l don't have a job now.
315
00:24:56,620 --> 00:25:00,332
Oh, that's a great recommendation:
"l'm unempIoyed."
316
00:25:00,583 --> 00:25:01,625
By choice.
317
00:25:01,876 --> 00:25:03,627
l work when l need to.
318
00:25:04,378 --> 00:25:07,339
What do you do?
Live off your trust fund?
319
00:25:07,590 --> 00:25:12,052
l do construction, which pays good,
and l make it last by living cheap.
320
00:25:12,303 --> 00:25:13,971
ls that supposed to impress me?
321
00:25:14,221 --> 00:25:15,806
Hey. Bed.
322
00:25:16,056 --> 00:25:18,058
Your little ghosts.
323
00:25:19,852 --> 00:25:22,855
You aIways this hard on people
who try to help you?
324
00:25:23,564 --> 00:25:24,773
l'm out of practise.
325
00:25:25,024 --> 00:25:27,735
WelI, Iet me remind you then.
326
00:25:27,985 --> 00:25:31,822
The poIite thing is to say thank you.
l'd start it off with that.
327
00:25:32,031 --> 00:25:34,992
Then, "Hey, that's
a reaIly nice offer.
328
00:25:35,409 --> 00:25:37,661
l don't mind taking you up on that."
329
00:25:37,870 --> 00:25:39,997
Why do you want to watch my kids?
330
00:25:40,247 --> 00:25:41,415
-l like kids.
-Right.
331
00:25:41,665 --> 00:25:44,418
l Iike hanging out with them.
They keep it simpIe.
332
00:25:47,421 --> 00:25:48,756
You're home every afternoon?
333
00:25:49,089 --> 00:25:51,050
l'm usualIy working on my bike.
334
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:59,725
lf it doesn't work out, you can always
send them back to the chicken-fat lady.
335
00:26:06,190 --> 00:26:07,942
This isn't gonna get you laid.
336
00:26:10,152 --> 00:26:11,445
Get in bed.
337
00:26:11,695 --> 00:26:14,782
Good, because l don't
find you attractive either.
338
00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:16,450
Then we're even.
339
00:26:16,659 --> 00:26:19,411
l'm so glad we got that
out of the way.
340
00:26:19,662 --> 00:26:20,788
l feeI much better.
341
00:26:21,038 --> 00:26:24,375
l do too. Because now l can
just look after the kids...
342
00:26:24,583 --> 00:26:27,586
...and l don't have to worry
about you coming on to me.
343
00:27:26,103 --> 00:27:29,857
Bring the phone into the changing room.
Of course they won't.
344
00:27:30,107 --> 00:27:34,653
Mrs. Masry, don't be such a tease.
Hold on, just hold on. Yeah?
345
00:27:34,903 --> 00:27:37,614
Sorry, wouId you mind
if l investigate this?
346
00:27:38,032 --> 00:27:39,116
lnvestigate what?
347
00:27:39,325 --> 00:27:42,494
This real-estate thing
with the Jensens. The pro bono.
348
00:27:44,580 --> 00:27:47,166
l wanna make sure l understand
what l'm reading.
349
00:27:47,416 --> 00:27:50,711
-Yeah, yeah, sure.
-You don't mind?
350
00:27:50,919 --> 00:27:53,422
Okay, great. Thanks.
351
00:29:03,450 --> 00:29:04,493
Donna Jensen?
352
00:29:05,536 --> 00:29:08,539
l'm Erin Brockovich,
with Masry and Vititoe.
353
00:29:08,789 --> 00:29:11,208
Oh! You're a lawyer?
354
00:29:11,458 --> 00:29:14,795
Hell, no. l hate lawyers.
l just work for them.
355
00:29:15,504 --> 00:29:16,547
Do you have a minute?
356
00:29:17,131 --> 00:29:21,427
l don't mean to be a pain to PG&E
after alI they've done for Hinkley...
357
00:29:22,636 --> 00:29:27,724
...but if they want this place,
they're gonna have to pay for it.
358
00:29:28,350 --> 00:29:31,895
You didn't put the house up for sale.
They just wanted to buy it?
359
00:29:32,146 --> 00:29:33,981
Oh, yeah, yeah.
360
00:29:34,231 --> 00:29:37,401
Oh, l don't wanna move.
Uproot the kids?
361
00:29:37,651 --> 00:29:39,736
l've got a coupIe of girls.
362
00:29:39,987 --> 00:29:43,157
Honest to God, l don't know
if l have the energy.
363
00:29:43,407 --> 00:29:47,411
You know, l've been sick.
Me and Pete both have.
364
00:29:48,745 --> 00:29:52,207
The idea of selIing, if they're
not gonna pay us properly...
365
00:29:52,416 --> 00:29:53,917
...l don't see the point.
366
00:29:54,668 --> 00:29:57,713
Yeah, yeah, l can see that.
367
00:29:58,714 --> 00:30:00,883
l guess the only thing
that confused me--
368
00:30:01,133 --> 00:30:05,345
Not that your medical problems
aren't important.
369
00:30:05,596 --> 00:30:09,016
How come those fiIes are in
with all the real-estate stuff?
370
00:30:10,058 --> 00:30:14,104
There's just so much correspondence,
l just keep it alI in one pIace.
371
00:30:18,775 --> 00:30:23,864
l'm sorry, l just don't see why you're
corresponding with PG&E...
372
00:30:24,072 --> 00:30:26,950
...about your medical problems
in the first pIace.
373
00:30:27,201 --> 00:30:30,120
WelI, they paid
for the doctor's visit.
374
00:30:30,829 --> 00:30:31,914
They did?
375
00:30:32,122 --> 00:30:35,584
You bet. Paid for a checkup
for the whole family.
376
00:30:35,959 --> 00:30:40,923
Not Iike with insurance, where you pay
and maybe see some money in a year.
377
00:30:41,173 --> 00:30:43,800
They just took care of it.
Just Iike that.
378
00:30:44,092 --> 00:30:45,385
We never saw a biIl.
379
00:30:45,636 --> 00:30:47,471
Wow. Why'd they do that?
380
00:30:48,055 --> 00:30:49,306
The chromium.
381
00:30:49,681 --> 00:30:51,600
-The what?
-The chromium.
382
00:30:51,892 --> 00:30:55,062
WelI, that's what
kicked this whole thing off.
383
00:31:35,686 --> 00:31:38,021
-What kind of chromium?
-There's more than one?
384
00:31:38,272 --> 00:31:42,025
There's straight-up chromium,
it does good things for the body.
385
00:31:42,276 --> 00:31:44,820
There's chrom three,
which is fairly benign.
386
00:31:45,070 --> 00:31:47,406
There's chrom six,
hexavaIent chromium...
387
00:31:47,656 --> 00:31:50,659
...which, depending on the amounts,
can be harmful.
388
00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:53,620
Harmful how? What would you get?
389
00:31:54,329 --> 00:31:57,207
With repeated exposure
to toxic levels, anything...
390
00:31:57,457 --> 00:32:01,920
...from chronic headaches to respiratory
disease, liver failure...
391
00:32:02,170 --> 00:32:05,966
...heart failure, reproductive faiIure,
bone or organ deterioration.
392
00:32:06,216 --> 00:32:08,468
PIus, of course, any type of cancer.
393
00:32:08,677 --> 00:32:11,597
So that stuff, it kiIls people.
394
00:32:11,805 --> 00:32:13,181
Yeah, definitely.
395
00:32:13,432 --> 00:32:15,267
HighIy toxic. HighIy carcinogenic.
396
00:32:15,517 --> 00:32:19,730
lt gets into your DNA, so you pass
the troubIe to your kids. Very bad.
397
00:32:19,938 --> 00:32:21,815
WelI, what's it used for?
398
00:32:22,024 --> 00:32:23,275
A rust inhibitor.
399
00:32:23,525 --> 00:32:28,655
The utility plants use piston engines
that get hot, they run water through.
400
00:32:28,864 --> 00:32:30,824
Chromium's in the water
to prevent corrosion.
401
00:32:31,658 --> 00:32:35,203
How do l find out what kind
of chromium they use in Hinkley?
402
00:32:35,454 --> 00:32:37,789
-Been to their water board?
-What's that?
403
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:39,124
Every county has one.
404
00:32:39,333 --> 00:32:42,044
They keep records of anything
in their jurisdiction.
405
00:32:42,294 --> 00:32:45,380
-You should find something there.
-County water board.
406
00:32:45,631 --> 00:32:48,759
-Alrighty. Well, thanks.
-Good Iuck.
407
00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:52,512
l wouldn't advertise
what you're looking for.
408
00:32:52,763 --> 00:32:57,059
lncriminating records have a way of
disappearing when people smelI trouble.
409
00:32:57,893 --> 00:33:00,604
l'll remember that. Thanks.
410
00:33:11,948 --> 00:33:13,575
This guy's too smart.
411
00:33:13,825 --> 00:33:17,287
It's onIy a matter of time
until he makes his move.
412
00:33:17,496 --> 00:33:20,207
He positions women employees
in such a way...
413
00:33:20,415 --> 00:33:24,961
...that they have no choice
but to respond or lose their jobs--
414
00:33:31,343 --> 00:33:33,762
-That's a heavy door.
-Let me give you a hand.
415
00:33:33,970 --> 00:33:37,933
Thank you very much. Aren't you
a gentIeman, Mr...?
416
00:33:38,141 --> 00:33:40,686
-Scott.
-Mr. Scott.
417
00:33:40,936 --> 00:33:44,398
PIeased to meet you.
l'm Erin.
418
00:33:44,606 --> 00:33:46,358
Erin. Erin. Cool.
419
00:33:46,775 --> 00:33:49,277
What can l do for you, Erin?
420
00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:53,824
BeIieve it or not, l'm on the prowl
for some water records.
421
00:33:54,074 --> 00:33:55,701
You come to the right place.
422
00:33:56,243 --> 00:33:57,619
l guess l did.
423
00:33:58,203 --> 00:34:02,541
Just telI me what you wanna look at,
and l'd be glad to dig them out.
424
00:34:02,791 --> 00:34:06,753
l wish l knew. lt's for my boss.
He's in this water dispute...
425
00:34:07,003 --> 00:34:12,008
...and he wants me to find alI kinds
of papers, from alI kinds of places.
426
00:34:15,846 --> 00:34:19,474
You know,
it would probabIy be easiest...
427
00:34:19,725 --> 00:34:22,686
...if l squeezed back there
and poked around myself.
428
00:34:22,936 --> 00:34:26,148
-WouId that be aIl right with you?
-Come on back.
429
00:34:26,398 --> 00:34:29,943
-l'm gonna need you to sign in here.
-Oh, sure.
430
00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:38,618
-"Pattee," is that your middle name?
-No, maiden.
431
00:34:38,827 --> 00:34:40,203
Oh, you're married?
432
00:34:41,496 --> 00:34:42,998
Not anymore.
433
00:34:45,792 --> 00:34:47,335
-Can l just...?
-Yeah.
434
00:34:48,211 --> 00:34:49,379
l Iove your pants.
435
00:34:49,629 --> 00:34:53,008
Oh, welI, yeah, thanks.
436
00:34:53,717 --> 00:34:54,926
WelI, this is it.
437
00:34:56,720 --> 00:34:57,888
lt's impressive.
438
00:35:00,182 --> 00:35:02,225
l'll calI you if l need anything.
439
00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:06,563
-AlI right.
-Okay.
440
00:35:06,813 --> 00:35:08,190
-Thank you.
-Okay.
441
00:36:32,274 --> 00:36:33,316
Where's my stuff?
442
00:36:33,817 --> 00:36:35,402
Where have you been?
443
00:36:35,652 --> 00:36:37,195
Where the fuck is my stuff?
444
00:36:37,445 --> 00:36:40,365
Don't you use Ianguage
like that with--
445
00:36:42,117 --> 00:36:43,159
Someone took my stuff.
446
00:36:43,410 --> 00:36:46,079
-Nice to see you.
-l had photos of my kids--
447
00:36:46,329 --> 00:36:49,833
Toothbrush, toothpaste,
mousse and deodorant.
448
00:36:51,167 --> 00:36:52,252
What's going on?
449
00:36:52,961 --> 00:36:56,590
This isn't a job where you
can disappear for days at a time.
450
00:36:56,798 --> 00:36:59,384
You don't do the work,
you don't get to stay.
451
00:36:59,593 --> 00:37:02,429
AIl l've been doing is working.
Ask Mr. Masry.
452
00:37:02,888 --> 00:37:05,682
You ask Mr. Masry. He fired you.
453
00:37:09,144 --> 00:37:10,478
You said to fire me?
454
00:37:10,729 --> 00:37:13,356
l'll calI you back.
You've been gone for a week.
455
00:37:13,607 --> 00:37:17,319
l Ieft a message. l was gonna
write a whoIe damn report.
456
00:37:17,569 --> 00:37:21,072
That's not how we work. You don't
leave a message and take off.
457
00:37:21,323 --> 00:37:24,659
-Want me to check in every second?
-lt's called accountability.
458
00:37:24,910 --> 00:37:27,120
l'm not taIking to you, bitch!
459
00:37:27,287 --> 00:37:28,330
That's enough!
460
00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:33,001
Look, Erin, this incident aside,
l don't think this is the right...
461
00:37:33,209 --> 00:37:34,628
...place for you.
462
00:37:34,836 --> 00:37:38,590
So l'm gonna make a few calls,
find you something else.
463
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,217
-Don't bother.
-l'm trying to help.
464
00:37:41,468 --> 00:37:44,971
You're trying not to feeI guilty
about firing someone with 3 kids.
465
00:37:45,263 --> 00:37:47,557
Fuck if l'm gonna heIp you do that.
466
00:37:50,143 --> 00:37:51,937
Get back to work!
467
00:38:12,374 --> 00:38:14,250
What the hell are you doing here?
468
00:38:15,168 --> 00:38:16,628
l'm fixing the Ieak.
469
00:38:16,878 --> 00:38:20,090
Damn it, l don't ask you
to do things Iike that.
470
00:38:21,216 --> 00:38:23,468
Look at this mess that you've made.
471
00:38:23,718 --> 00:38:26,763
-l'm not done with that yet.
-Well, get it out.
472
00:38:28,014 --> 00:38:30,141
-Relax.
-Shit! Where did it go?
473
00:38:31,017 --> 00:38:33,228
-Where is it?
-Back there.
474
00:38:33,478 --> 00:38:34,562
Behind your foot.
475
00:38:34,771 --> 00:38:36,898
-Going up your Ieg now.
-Jesus!
476
00:38:37,148 --> 00:38:39,651
Who fucking lives like this, George?
477
00:38:39,901 --> 00:38:45,031
Who Iets their kids run around in a
place with bugs the size of house cats?
478
00:38:45,281 --> 00:38:48,368
AIl you have to do
is calI an exterminator.
479
00:38:48,618 --> 00:38:51,121
l can't call an exterminator.
480
00:38:51,788 --> 00:38:54,916
l can't afford one.
l can't even afford my phone.
481
00:38:58,294 --> 00:39:01,172
-l got fired.
-What?
482
00:39:02,007 --> 00:39:05,760
What do you mean, you got fired?
You're working so hard.
483
00:39:06,386 --> 00:39:07,846
Doesn't matter.
484
00:39:11,433 --> 00:39:14,102
Doesn't make one fucking bit
of difference.
485
00:39:28,867 --> 00:39:31,077
l don't know what happened to me.
486
00:39:35,373 --> 00:39:36,833
l mean....
487
00:39:37,834 --> 00:39:41,838
God, l was Miss Wichita,
for chrissake.
488
00:39:43,923 --> 00:39:45,175
Did l teIl you that?
489
00:39:47,844 --> 00:39:52,891
You are living next door to a reaI,
live fucking beauty queen.
490
00:39:58,188 --> 00:40:00,607
l stilI have my tiara.
491
00:40:03,151 --> 00:40:08,281
And l thought it meant l was gonna
do something important with my life.
492
00:40:08,698 --> 00:40:10,533
That it meant l was someone.
493
00:40:17,916 --> 00:40:19,584
You're someone to me.
494
00:40:29,677 --> 00:40:33,139
Are you gonna be something else
that l have to survive?
495
00:40:34,891 --> 00:40:36,893
Because l'll teIl you the truth...
496
00:40:39,354 --> 00:40:41,064
...l'm not up to it.
497
00:41:23,398 --> 00:41:25,900
I get up in the centre of the stage...
498
00:41:26,151 --> 00:41:28,611
...and l have the big
bouquet of flowers.
499
00:41:28,862 --> 00:41:31,447
l had my foot out like this,
and l said:
500
00:41:31,698 --> 00:41:35,326
"l wilI devote my entire reign
as Miss Wichita...
501
00:41:35,577 --> 00:41:38,037
...to bringing an end to world hunger.
502
00:41:38,454 --> 00:41:41,332
And to the creation
of a peaceful earth...
503
00:41:41,583 --> 00:41:44,169
...for every man, woman and child."
504
00:41:44,419 --> 00:41:48,381
-How long were you Miss Wichita?
-One year.
505
00:41:48,631 --> 00:41:51,759
By the time l got through
opening new supermarkets...
506
00:41:52,010 --> 00:41:55,555
...l only had a few weeks left
to work on hunger...
507
00:41:55,805 --> 00:41:57,807
-...and worId peace.
-WorId peace.
508
00:41:58,016 --> 00:42:00,476
l don't know what l was thinking.
509
00:42:01,644 --> 00:42:03,646
What about you, huh?
510
00:42:03,938 --> 00:42:05,523
What about me?
511
00:42:11,946 --> 00:42:13,865
Let me teIl you something.
512
00:42:14,365 --> 00:42:16,367
Let me get that out of your hair.
513
00:42:17,952 --> 00:42:20,330
-Thank you.
-Nice.
514
00:42:26,753 --> 00:42:28,880
You're a very special lady.
515
00:42:35,011 --> 00:42:36,846
Don't be too nice to me, okay?
516
00:42:37,096 --> 00:42:38,473
Why?
517
00:42:39,307 --> 00:42:41,184
Makes me nervous.
518
00:42:54,197 --> 00:42:56,616
lt's some slim pickings here, baby.
519
00:42:59,827 --> 00:43:03,122
Maybe that's Ed McMahon.
Let's go see.
520
00:43:09,837 --> 00:43:10,880
Wrong Ed.
521
00:43:11,923 --> 00:43:13,424
What are you doing here?
522
00:43:13,675 --> 00:43:17,345
l had an interesting call
this afternoon from Dr. Frankel...
523
00:43:17,637 --> 00:43:19,681
-...from UCLA.
-Oh, yeah?
524
00:43:19,931 --> 00:43:24,269
He wanted you to know that the "legaI
limit for hexavaIent chromium...
525
00:43:24,769 --> 00:43:28,982
...is .05 parts per milIion...
526
00:43:29,232 --> 00:43:32,819
...and at the rate you mentioned,
.58, it could be...
527
00:43:33,069 --> 00:43:37,615
...responsibIe for the cancers"
in that family you asked about...
528
00:43:37,991 --> 00:43:39,575
...the Jensens.
529
00:43:40,159 --> 00:43:42,745
WelI. Wasn't that nice of him?
530
00:43:42,996 --> 00:43:47,083
Funny how some people help peopIe,
and others just fire them.
531
00:43:47,458 --> 00:43:51,254
l'm sorry. You were gone.
l assumed you were off having fun.
532
00:43:52,463 --> 00:43:55,174
Why the helI would you assume that?
533
00:43:55,425 --> 00:43:58,511
Maybe you look Iike someone
who has a lot of fun.
534
00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:01,556
By that standard,
l assume you never get laid.
535
00:44:03,975 --> 00:44:05,018
l'm married.
536
00:44:07,103 --> 00:44:11,649
Look, what is this--? What's the story
on this cancer stuff?
537
00:44:15,111 --> 00:44:18,990
You wanna know, you have to hire me
back. l got a ton of biIls to pay.
538
00:44:20,658 --> 00:44:21,909
Fine.
539
00:44:22,660 --> 00:44:23,703
Fine.
540
00:44:24,412 --> 00:44:28,166
Donna just put in these new cabinets,
stained the wood and alI...
541
00:44:28,416 --> 00:44:32,128
...when she gets a calI from PG&E,
saying a freeway's gonna be buiIt...
542
00:44:32,337 --> 00:44:35,256
...and they wanna buy her house
for an off-ramp.
543
00:44:35,757 --> 00:44:37,967
The husband's sick with Hodgkin's.
544
00:44:38,176 --> 00:44:39,719
She keeps getting tumours...
545
00:44:39,927 --> 00:44:42,805
...beIieving one has nothing
to do with the other.
546
00:44:43,056 --> 00:44:45,308
Because PG&E toId her
about the chromium?
547
00:44:45,558 --> 00:44:47,268
They had a seminar.
548
00:44:47,518 --> 00:44:49,854
They invited 200 people
from the area...
549
00:44:50,104 --> 00:44:51,856
...had it at the plant...
550
00:44:52,106 --> 00:44:54,984
...about chromium three
and how good it is...
551
00:44:55,234 --> 00:44:57,403
...when they're using chromium six.
552
00:44:58,571 --> 00:45:02,617
That document you found
at the water board...
553
00:45:02,867 --> 00:45:06,829
...the one that says
about the bad chromium....
554
00:45:07,830 --> 00:45:10,458
You didn't happen to make a copy,
did you?
555
00:45:10,708 --> 00:45:12,210
Of course l did.
556
00:45:13,086 --> 00:45:14,379
Could l have a Iook?
557
00:45:14,921 --> 00:45:16,464
l want a raise.
558
00:45:16,714 --> 00:45:20,635
And benefits, including dentaI.
559
00:45:21,844 --> 00:45:23,513
lt's not how l do business.
560
00:45:23,721 --> 00:45:25,348
-What way is that?
-Extortion.
561
00:45:33,064 --> 00:45:35,733
A five percent raise, we'll taIk
about benefits later.
562
00:45:36,234 --> 00:45:40,988
Ten. There are lots of other pIaces
l couId get work.
563
00:45:42,698 --> 00:45:46,536
Ten percent raise and benefits,
but that's it. l'm drawing the Iine.
564
00:45:47,829 --> 00:45:49,539
He's drawing the line.
565
00:45:59,966 --> 00:46:01,676
This the only thing you got?
566
00:46:01,884 --> 00:46:04,971
WelI, the pIace is a pigsty.
There's probabIy more.
567
00:46:05,221 --> 00:46:07,473
l know how those things are run.
568
00:46:08,307 --> 00:46:11,811
What makes you think
you can just waIk in there...
569
00:46:12,061 --> 00:46:14,981
...and find what we need?
570
00:46:15,940 --> 00:46:17,942
They're called boobs, Ed.
571
00:46:34,292 --> 00:46:36,419
She aIready is.
572
00:46:37,670 --> 00:46:38,880
l understand.
573
00:46:40,339 --> 00:46:42,133
l agree. l agree. l'm going to.
574
00:46:42,383 --> 00:46:43,509
Right now.
575
00:46:51,434 --> 00:46:52,852
l'm almost done. Look.
576
00:46:53,769 --> 00:46:55,396
How are we doing?
577
00:46:55,646 --> 00:46:57,273
We're doing great.
578
00:46:59,233 --> 00:47:00,651
Good.
579
00:47:00,902 --> 00:47:04,780
WelI, you've got quite a lot
done aIready. So....
580
00:47:06,616 --> 00:47:09,410
Sorry, we need to have
those records back now.
581
00:47:09,869 --> 00:47:11,037
No.
582
00:47:14,207 --> 00:47:17,126
These papers are public record.
l'm not leaving...
583
00:47:17,376 --> 00:47:20,838
...until they're copied.
584
00:47:33,976 --> 00:47:36,896
Fax these to this number, okay?
585
00:47:37,188 --> 00:47:39,398
-AlI of them?
-AlI of them.
586
00:48:00,878 --> 00:48:02,964
An on-site monitoring well?
587
00:48:03,214 --> 00:48:06,259
-That means it was--
-lt's on the PG&E property.
588
00:48:07,218 --> 00:48:12,348
And you say that this stuff,
this hexavaIent chromium....
589
00:48:13,391 --> 00:48:15,893
-Well, it's poisonous.
-Yeah.
590
00:48:18,396 --> 00:48:19,814
WelI....
591
00:48:21,357 --> 00:48:22,775
Erin....
592
00:48:23,651 --> 00:48:28,281
lt's gotta be different than what's
in our water, because ours is okay.
593
00:48:28,489 --> 00:48:31,325
The guys from PG&E toId me.
594
00:48:31,534 --> 00:48:35,288
They sat right in the kitchen
and toId me that it was fine.
595
00:48:36,289 --> 00:48:40,710
l know. But the toxicologist
that l've been talking to...
596
00:48:40,918 --> 00:48:45,715
...gave me a Iist of probIems that come
from hexavalent chromium exposure.
597
00:48:45,965 --> 00:48:49,260
Everything you alI have
is on that list.
598
00:48:49,468 --> 00:48:51,971
No, no, no.
599
00:48:54,140 --> 00:48:58,644
That's not what--
That's not what our doctor said.
600
00:48:58,853 --> 00:49:00,521
He said that....
601
00:49:01,772 --> 00:49:05,318
WelI, that one's got absolutely
nothing to do with the other.
602
00:49:06,861 --> 00:49:09,488
But PG&E paid for that doctor.
603
00:49:30,801 --> 00:49:32,011
Ashley!
604
00:49:32,928 --> 00:49:34,764
Shanna!
Get out of the pool!
605
00:49:35,014 --> 00:49:37,558
-How come?
-l said so, that's why.
606
00:49:44,190 --> 00:49:46,442
The minute Brenda sent that fax...
607
00:49:46,692 --> 00:49:50,780
...l'm saying, the second she
pressed the "send" button...
608
00:49:52,281 --> 00:49:56,410
...PG&E's cIaim department
was on the phone to me...
609
00:49:56,661 --> 00:49:58,412
...scheduling a meeting.
610
00:49:58,663 --> 00:50:00,915
So you think that--
Let me do it.
611
00:50:01,165 --> 00:50:02,875
You're driving me nuts.
612
00:50:03,084 --> 00:50:04,669
You think we scared them?
613
00:50:04,919 --> 00:50:07,254
Taking the troubIe to send someone...
614
00:50:07,463 --> 00:50:10,925
...sounds like they're
sitting up and taking notice.
615
00:50:26,524 --> 00:50:27,608
Mr. FoiI?
616
00:50:29,610 --> 00:50:32,113
ln the interest
of putting this to rest...
617
00:50:32,321 --> 00:50:36,784
...PG&E is wilIing to offer
the Jensens $250,000 for their home.
618
00:50:37,368 --> 00:50:38,869
$250,000?
619
00:50:40,037 --> 00:50:42,498
ln terms of Iand vaIue in HinkIey...
620
00:50:42,707 --> 00:50:45,459
...we feeI that's a more
than fair price.
621
00:50:45,835 --> 00:50:48,337
How about in terms
of medical expenses?
622
00:50:48,587 --> 00:50:53,175
$250,000 isn't gonna come close to what
this family's gonna spend on doctors.
623
00:50:54,844 --> 00:50:57,763
l understand they've had bad luck,
heaIth-wise.
624
00:50:58,013 --> 00:50:59,724
They have my sympathies.
625
00:50:59,974 --> 00:51:01,475
But that's not PG&E's fauIt.
626
00:51:01,726 --> 00:51:03,477
You're kidding, right?
627
00:51:05,229 --> 00:51:07,106
Look at these readings.
628
00:51:07,314 --> 00:51:11,193
PG&E's own technicians documented...
629
00:51:11,444 --> 00:51:14,447
...toxic leveIs of hexavalent chromium
in those weIls...
630
00:51:14,697 --> 00:51:16,907
...on numerous occasions.
631
00:51:17,116 --> 00:51:19,326
Everything the Jensens have had...
632
00:51:19,577 --> 00:51:24,623
...is proven reaction to exposure to
hexavaIent chromium. They have had....
633
00:51:25,499 --> 00:51:27,126
They have had....
634
00:51:30,004 --> 00:51:34,425
Breast cysts, uterine cancer,
Hodgkin's, immune deficiencies...
635
00:51:34,675 --> 00:51:35,926
...asthma, nosebIeeds--
636
00:51:36,177 --> 00:51:38,637
A miIlion things could
cause those probIems.
637
00:51:38,888 --> 00:51:43,225
Poor diet, bad genes,
irresponsibIe Iifestyle.
638
00:51:43,434 --> 00:51:45,603
Our offer is finaI
and more than fair.
639
00:51:45,853 --> 00:51:49,023
Wait a minute.
l thought we were negotiating here.
640
00:51:51,942 --> 00:51:56,197
$250,000 is aIl
l'm authorised to offer.
641
00:51:58,240 --> 00:52:01,118
l'll present your offer to my clients.
642
00:52:01,368 --> 00:52:04,580
-l doubt they'Il accept.
-Mr. Masry.
643
00:52:05,164 --> 00:52:07,124
Before you go off on a crusade...
644
00:52:07,374 --> 00:52:09,710
...remember who you're dealing with.
645
00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:13,631
PG&E's a 28 billion
doIlar corporation.
646
00:52:14,089 --> 00:52:17,009
28 biIlion dollars?
647
00:52:17,259 --> 00:52:19,470
l didn't know it was that much!
648
00:52:19,678 --> 00:52:23,974
Wow! Twenty-eight biIlion!
649
00:52:24,225 --> 00:52:26,352
Holy cow!
650
00:52:26,727 --> 00:52:27,812
They made an offer.
651
00:52:28,062 --> 00:52:31,774
No, a million would have been
an offer. They send that...
652
00:52:32,024 --> 00:52:35,236
...mail clerk down to jerk me off,
waste my time.
653
00:52:35,444 --> 00:52:38,656
-Why?
-You heard what that kid said.
654
00:52:38,864 --> 00:52:43,285
They have 28 bilIion dollars.
They can afford to waste time.
655
00:52:43,536 --> 00:52:45,246
-You can't?
-Am l made of money?
656
00:52:45,496 --> 00:52:47,748
-Why are you yelling?
-l'm pissed.
657
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:51,961
-Fuck you!
-Fuck you back!
658
00:53:02,054 --> 00:53:04,056
l reaIly hate you sometimes.
659
00:53:04,515 --> 00:53:06,809
No. You Iove me.
660
00:53:18,571 --> 00:53:20,990
You've been reading for hours.
661
00:53:21,240 --> 00:53:23,075
l'm a slow reader.
662
00:53:53,606 --> 00:53:55,024
Excuse me.
663
00:53:55,232 --> 00:53:56,984
-Are you Erin Brockovich?
-Yeah.
664
00:53:57,985 --> 00:53:59,612
l'm Tom Robinson.
665
00:53:59,820 --> 00:54:01,655
This is my wife, Mandy.
666
00:54:01,864 --> 00:54:04,867
We used to live across
the street from the Jensens.
667
00:54:05,075 --> 00:54:07,328
l think you know Donna.
668
00:54:08,621 --> 00:54:11,665
PG&E bought our house last year.
669
00:54:13,042 --> 00:54:17,129
WelI, the vet said they had
a bunch of tumours and stuff.
670
00:54:18,255 --> 00:54:21,008
WelI, you can see
they couldn't reaIly walk.
671
00:54:21,508 --> 00:54:23,385
How many were born like this?
672
00:54:24,303 --> 00:54:27,348
Twelve or 1 3 or so.
673
00:54:28,265 --> 00:54:31,685
When Donna toId us what
you toId her about the chromium...
674
00:54:31,894 --> 00:54:35,064
...we figured it might have
something to do with this.
675
00:54:35,272 --> 00:54:36,982
Yeah, it might.
676
00:54:37,191 --> 00:54:38,776
RealIy, may l keep these?
677
00:54:38,984 --> 00:54:40,235
-Yeah.
-Okay, great.
678
00:54:40,444 --> 00:54:43,614
Thank you so much.
l reaIly appreciate it.
679
00:54:44,865 --> 00:54:46,492
There's something else too.
680
00:54:48,577 --> 00:54:49,662
What?
681
00:54:54,333 --> 00:54:57,044
Mandy, here, has had...
682
00:54:57,252 --> 00:54:59,880
...five miscarriages.
683
00:55:00,381 --> 00:55:01,507
l'm so sorry.
684
00:55:02,758 --> 00:55:05,094
l figured it was something l did.
685
00:55:05,970 --> 00:55:08,597
Like, when l smoked marijuana,
maybe...
686
00:55:08,806 --> 00:55:11,225
...or took birth control piIls...
687
00:55:11,433 --> 00:55:13,894
...but then Donna
said that you thought...
688
00:55:14,103 --> 00:55:17,272
...this chromium might be
to blame for her problems.
689
00:55:17,481 --> 00:55:19,483
So l figured maybe...
690
00:55:22,695 --> 00:55:24,113
...it wasn't just me.
691
00:55:41,380 --> 00:55:43,257
l have to take a bath.
692
00:55:43,841 --> 00:55:45,342
You should go in.
693
00:55:47,469 --> 00:55:49,096
They're not asleep?
694
00:55:52,599 --> 00:55:54,309
Beth and Katie are.
695
00:56:10,743 --> 00:56:13,704
-How was school?
-Fine.
696
00:56:14,371 --> 00:56:16,498
-Did you do your homework?
-Yeah.
697
00:56:19,209 --> 00:56:21,003
Any probIems?
698
00:56:31,889 --> 00:56:35,559
l know you're upset,
but the way this job is...
699
00:56:35,768 --> 00:56:39,855
...things come up at the last minute.
Things that l gotta deal with.
700
00:56:40,064 --> 00:56:42,149
Fine!
701
00:56:47,988 --> 00:56:49,990
PIease don't be mad at me.
702
00:56:50,991 --> 00:56:54,578
l'm doing this for us. l know
it's hard for you to understand...
703
00:56:57,831 --> 00:57:00,584
...but don't you want Mommy
to be good at her job?
704
00:57:07,591 --> 00:57:11,470
l don't miss dinner alI the time.
We aIl ate together last night.
705
00:57:11,678 --> 00:57:13,639
You were reading the whole time.
706
00:57:38,163 --> 00:57:42,167
There's something about this thing
l don't understand, Mr. Masry.
707
00:57:42,626 --> 00:57:45,337
lf PG&E messed with our water...
708
00:57:45,546 --> 00:57:48,465
...why would they say anything
about it to us at all?
709
00:57:48,799 --> 00:57:50,592
Why not just keep quiet about it?
710
00:57:50,884 --> 00:57:52,928
To establish a statute of limitations.
711
00:57:53,137 --> 00:57:55,931
ln a case like this,
you only have one year...
712
00:57:56,181 --> 00:57:59,309
...from the time you Iearn about
the problem to file suit.
713
00:57:59,935 --> 00:58:01,770
So PG&E figures:
714
00:58:01,979 --> 00:58:05,983
"We'll let the cat out of the bag.
Tell them the water isn't perfect.
715
00:58:06,400 --> 00:58:09,236
lf we can ride out the year
with no one suing...
716
00:58:09,444 --> 00:58:11,321
...we'll be in the clear forever."
717
00:58:11,989 --> 00:58:14,199
But they told us
more than a year ago.
718
00:58:14,408 --> 00:58:16,952
-That's okay. We're not suing.
-Not yet.
719
00:58:17,452 --> 00:58:20,289
AIl we're doing
is using this information...
720
00:58:20,497 --> 00:58:23,250
...to get you a nice purchase
price on your house.
721
00:58:23,458 --> 00:58:28,046
And you two, a comparable
retroactive bonus on your sale price.
722
00:58:28,255 --> 00:58:30,924
PG&E still Iooks good
to their shareholders.
723
00:58:31,133 --> 00:58:32,885
They're not in a Iawsuit.
724
00:58:33,093 --> 00:58:35,512
AIl they're doing is buying property.
725
00:58:37,639 --> 00:58:40,475
Doesn't say how much
this thing's gonna cost us.
726
00:58:41,310 --> 00:58:44,605
My fee is forty percent of whatever
you get awarded.
727
00:58:54,531 --> 00:58:56,783
Boy, do l know how you feel.
728
00:58:56,992 --> 00:59:00,746
The first time l heard that number,
l said, "You're kidding me."
729
00:59:00,954 --> 00:59:02,873
Forty goddamned percent?
730
00:59:03,081 --> 00:59:06,960
l'm the one that's injured, and
this joker sits at a desk aIl day...
731
00:59:07,169 --> 00:59:09,588
...and he wants
almost half of my reward?
732
00:59:09,796 --> 00:59:11,757
-Erin, can l--?
-But then...
733
00:59:12,466 --> 00:59:14,468
...l asked him...
734
00:59:14,676 --> 00:59:17,221
...what he makes
if l don't get anything.
735
00:59:18,764 --> 00:59:20,724
Then l don't get anything either.
736
00:59:21,433 --> 00:59:23,143
PIus, he's out aIl the costs.
737
00:59:23,769 --> 00:59:25,771
So l reaIised...
738
00:59:26,021 --> 00:59:27,648
...he's taking a chance too.
739
00:59:36,990 --> 00:59:38,492
You got a pen, honey?
740
00:59:44,289 --> 00:59:45,415
AIl right, then.
741
00:59:48,585 --> 00:59:50,587
Oh, l made a bundt cake.
742
00:59:50,879 --> 00:59:53,173
Who would like coffee and cake?
743
00:59:53,382 --> 00:59:55,634
-l do.
-Thanks, but we have to get back.
744
00:59:57,469 --> 00:59:59,763
Have a fucking cup of coffee, Ed.
745
00:59:59,972 --> 01:00:01,890
Coffee will be great. Thank you.
746
01:00:02,349 --> 01:00:04,559
-AlI right.
-l'Il heIp you.
747
01:00:09,314 --> 01:00:11,858
My wife makes reaIly good bundt cake.
748
01:00:12,234 --> 01:00:13,944
l Iove bundt cake.
749
01:00:16,905 --> 01:00:21,368
WelI, it seems Iike everybody in the
famiIy ended up with a rash somehow.
750
01:00:22,077 --> 01:00:25,580
lt seemed like no matter what
we did, it always came back.
751
01:00:26,331 --> 01:00:28,500
Over what kind of period of time?
752
01:00:28,709 --> 01:00:32,713
Oh, long time, you know, years.
l never did keep track of it.
753
01:00:32,921 --> 01:00:36,049
Kids are sick.
Animals need to be fed.
754
01:00:36,258 --> 01:00:37,926
Just couIdn't get rid of it.
755
01:00:39,553 --> 01:00:41,555
WelI, Mrs. De Soto said...
756
01:00:41,972 --> 01:00:44,891
...that she wasn't
exactly sure what you had.
757
01:00:45,100 --> 01:00:46,351
We know what it is.
758
01:00:46,560 --> 01:00:49,813
-lt's gastrointestinal--
-Gastrointestinal cancer.
759
01:00:50,022 --> 01:00:53,233
-She got sick about nine months ago--
-Nine months ago.
760
01:00:53,442 --> 01:00:56,320
And they operated on her
about six months ago.
761
01:00:56,528 --> 01:00:58,030
-The intestine.
-Right.
762
01:01:08,373 --> 01:01:11,501
-Hi. l'm Erin Brock--
-l know who you are.
763
01:01:11,710 --> 01:01:13,378
Donna called me.
764
01:01:14,713 --> 01:01:16,089
Can l come in?
765
01:01:16,548 --> 01:01:19,259
We're not interested
in getting involved.
766
01:01:21,511 --> 01:01:23,180
Can l ask why?
767
01:01:23,764 --> 01:01:25,474
What's the point?
768
01:01:27,726 --> 01:01:31,396
Donna told me that you've been sick
and that your kids were sick--
769
01:01:31,605 --> 01:01:34,232
You people don't give a shit.
770
01:01:34,691 --> 01:01:37,361
Anything to get what you want.
771
01:01:45,452 --> 01:01:46,828
Thanks for having me--
772
01:01:47,037 --> 01:01:49,873
lt's a good day to come by.
She's feeling good.
773
01:01:50,082 --> 01:01:52,459
WelI, Mike Ambrosino
had remembered...
774
01:01:52,667 --> 01:01:55,379
...that he had seen
you foIks at the hospital.
775
01:01:55,587 --> 01:01:57,422
That's what brought me out here.
776
01:01:59,424 --> 01:02:02,594
Yeah, we've been there
from time to time.
777
01:02:03,095 --> 01:02:05,680
And you! Wooftie!
778
01:02:05,889 --> 01:02:06,973
Ain't you a beauty?
779
01:02:07,682 --> 01:02:09,768
You drive aIl the boys
crazy, don't you?
780
01:02:09,976 --> 01:02:13,021
l can see it in your eyes.
You drive them wild.
781
01:02:13,397 --> 01:02:14,898
You do, don't you?
782
01:02:15,399 --> 01:02:16,566
Torture them.
783
01:02:16,775 --> 01:02:18,235
lt's good for them.
784
01:02:20,362 --> 01:02:22,614
Don't teach her anything too earIy.
785
01:02:23,532 --> 01:02:26,368
Yeah, she can't wait
to get on her new dress.
786
01:02:26,576 --> 01:02:28,078
She wants to go to school.
787
01:02:28,286 --> 01:02:30,831
We're trying to do that,
in a few months.
788
01:02:31,039 --> 01:02:33,708
Yeah, get her out
of her nightgown here.
789
01:02:36,878 --> 01:02:38,672
She's gonna do it.
790
01:02:56,690 --> 01:02:57,941
AbsoluteIy not.
791
01:02:58,150 --> 01:03:00,235
-Why not?
-Because l said no.
792
01:03:00,444 --> 01:03:02,529
The reason PG&E even talks to us...
793
01:03:02,737 --> 01:03:05,574
...is because this is a quiet
real-estate dispute.
794
01:03:05,866 --> 01:03:09,411
We add plaintiffs, we're in
the middIe of a toxic tort...
795
01:03:09,619 --> 01:03:12,497
...with a statute probIem,
against a massive utiIity.
796
01:03:12,706 --> 01:03:15,459
-No, thank you.
-Okay, so here's what l'll do.
797
01:03:15,667 --> 01:03:19,421
l'll go to the DanieIs',
the nicest people you'lI ever meet...
798
01:03:19,629 --> 01:03:22,757
...who watch their girl fight
like a dog against cancer.
799
01:03:22,966 --> 01:03:24,009
l'll tell them...
800
01:03:24,217 --> 01:03:28,054
...we can't heIp them, because you
just don't wanna work that hard.
801
01:03:28,472 --> 01:03:29,764
Work hard?
802
01:03:29,973 --> 01:03:31,892
Let me teIl you something.
803
01:03:32,100 --> 01:03:33,602
l've worked all my life.
804
01:03:33,810 --> 01:03:38,106
l've built a firm and kept it alive
through lawsuits and injunctions.
805
01:03:38,398 --> 01:03:41,401
l've survived
a quadruple bypass, cancer...
806
01:03:41,610 --> 01:03:44,070
...being born with one
kidney and diabetes.
807
01:03:44,279 --> 01:03:47,073
l personaIly managed
to save a million doIlars...
808
01:03:47,282 --> 01:03:49,951
...over 30 years, getting
cIients 1 0 times that.
809
01:03:50,160 --> 01:03:52,370
Don't telI me l don't work hard!
810
01:03:52,579 --> 01:03:56,124
Don't telI me l can't stop,
take a breath and enjoy Iife.
811
01:03:56,333 --> 01:03:58,835
What the hell do you know
about any of this?
812
01:03:59,252 --> 01:04:02,255
Something like this, Erin,
it could take forever.
813
01:04:02,464 --> 01:04:04,174
They're a huge corporation!
814
01:04:04,382 --> 01:04:06,551
They'll bury us
in paperwork for years.
815
01:04:06,760 --> 01:04:09,221
l'm just a guy with
a small, private firm!
816
01:04:10,430 --> 01:04:13,517
Who knows they poisoned
people and lied about it.
817
01:04:14,267 --> 01:04:15,727
We can get these peopIe.
818
01:04:15,936 --> 01:04:19,773
With a Iittle effort, l think we
can nail their asses to the walI.
819
01:04:19,981 --> 01:04:22,400
With your Iegal expertise,
you believe that?
820
01:04:22,609 --> 01:04:25,320
-Don't you ever just know?
-Do you know about money?
821
01:04:25,529 --> 01:04:27,197
They settIe due to Iack of money.
822
01:04:27,405 --> 01:04:30,700
You know what toxicologists
and geology experts cost?
823
01:04:30,909 --> 01:04:32,786
We're Iooking at $1 00,000 a month.
824
01:04:32,994 --> 01:04:36,206
-l've already spent some of my savings.
-We'lI figure it out.
825
01:04:36,414 --> 01:04:40,377
l don't know shit, but l know the
difference between right and wrong!
826
01:04:40,585 --> 01:04:43,463
-Lovers' quarrel?
-Bite my ass, Krispy Kreme.
827
01:04:48,051 --> 01:04:49,719
l feeI you looking at me.
828
01:04:53,390 --> 01:04:55,475
l'm sorry.
829
01:04:57,561 --> 01:05:00,063
How many famiIies
are we taIking about?
830
01:05:00,272 --> 01:05:02,816
Four more. EIeven people so far.
831
01:05:02,983 --> 01:05:04,025
There's more?
832
01:05:04,484 --> 01:05:09,614
l found a document at the water board,
a toxic test welI reading from 1 967.
833
01:05:09,948 --> 01:05:12,409
More peopIe have Iived
there since then.
834
01:05:13,285 --> 01:05:17,122
This is a whoIe different baIl game.
A much bigger deal.
835
01:05:18,081 --> 01:05:20,834
Kind of Iike David
and what's-his-name.
836
01:05:22,669 --> 01:05:26,631
Kind of Iike David and what's-
his-name's whole fucking family.
837
01:05:28,300 --> 01:05:30,176
Here's the deal.
838
01:05:30,385 --> 01:05:35,307
lf, and only if, you find alI the
evidence to back this up, l'lI do it.
839
01:05:35,557 --> 01:05:37,142
You're doing the right thing.
840
01:05:37,350 --> 01:05:41,563
Remind me of that when
l'm filing for bankruptcy.
841
01:05:43,315 --> 01:05:47,235
Of course, gathering
evidence is a big job.
842
01:05:47,444 --> 01:05:49,738
Hell of a Iot bigger than just fiIing.
843
01:05:49,946 --> 01:05:51,656
l'll be working a Iot harder...
844
01:05:51,865 --> 01:05:54,784
...taking on a lot
more responsibility.
845
01:05:54,993 --> 01:05:57,454
-l don't believe this.
-A raise wouldn't hurt.
846
01:05:57,662 --> 01:05:59,372
l'll spend more time in my car...
847
01:05:59,581 --> 01:06:02,959
...so l'll probably be needing
one of those celI phones.
848
01:06:03,668 --> 01:06:06,796
-l don't believe this.
-Just a little phone.
849
01:07:15,156 --> 01:07:16,658
Thank you!
850
01:07:23,832 --> 01:07:26,292
Whoever is behind you.
851
01:07:27,293 --> 01:07:28,420
Just play.
852
01:07:28,628 --> 01:07:32,090
Go, roll the dice and play.
853
01:07:34,134 --> 01:07:36,344
Come on, aren't you gonna play?
854
01:07:36,553 --> 01:07:38,722
Roll the dice.
855
01:07:38,930 --> 01:07:41,391
Come on. Come on.
856
01:07:43,810 --> 01:07:44,853
Hello.
857
01:07:45,061 --> 01:07:49,607
Is this the Erin Brockovich that's
been snooping around the water board?
858
01:07:49,816 --> 01:07:52,819
-Yeah. Who's this?
-You should watch your step.
859
01:07:53,027 --> 01:07:56,948
A young lady with three young
children really should think again.
860
01:07:57,115 --> 01:07:58,158
Who is this?
861
01:07:59,284 --> 01:08:01,911
Do you understand what l'm saying?
862
01:08:08,334 --> 01:08:09,377
Who is it?
863
01:08:11,087 --> 01:08:12,589
It's okay.
864
01:08:14,632 --> 01:08:18,762
l'm not gonna quit because of
one creepy phone calI, George.
865
01:08:18,970 --> 01:08:20,472
Come on, Erin.
866
01:08:21,598 --> 01:08:23,349
A job shouldn't put you in danger.
867
01:08:23,558 --> 01:08:24,684
l'm not in danger.
868
01:08:24,893 --> 01:08:27,353
-The phone might be tapped but--
-What?
869
01:08:27,562 --> 01:08:30,940
That's usuaI. We've got a dead
boIt, it's not a big deal.
870
01:08:31,566 --> 01:08:34,736
You don't think you're
a little out of your Ieague?
871
01:08:34,944 --> 01:08:38,072
That's what those PG&E
fucks want me to think.
872
01:08:38,281 --> 01:08:39,532
But they're wrong.
873
01:08:39,741 --> 01:08:42,452
Erin, there are plenty
of jobs out there.
874
01:08:42,660 --> 01:08:44,245
How wouId you know?
875
01:08:53,713 --> 01:08:55,507
What that's supposed to mean?
876
01:08:55,715 --> 01:08:59,135
You got a probIem with me caring
for your kids instead of a job?
877
01:08:59,344 --> 01:09:00,512
l can get a job.
878
01:09:00,720 --> 01:09:03,807
You can leave the kids
with the chicken-fat Iady again.
879
01:09:04,015 --> 01:09:06,351
l said l'm sorry.
Keep your voice down.
880
01:09:06,559 --> 01:09:10,104
l know what these kids can
sIeep through, better than you.
881
01:09:24,118 --> 01:09:26,162
Scott, tell me something.
882
01:09:26,371 --> 01:09:28,706
Does PG&E pay you
to cover their ass?
883
01:09:28,915 --> 01:09:32,001
Or do you just do it out
of the kindness of your heart?
884
01:09:32,460 --> 01:09:35,004
l don't know what
you're talking about.
885
01:09:35,213 --> 01:09:36,965
Nobody caIls me Pattee.
886
01:09:37,173 --> 01:09:41,594
That sicko that caIled could've
onIy found out about me from you.
887
01:09:42,387 --> 01:09:43,972
People are dying, Scott.
888
01:09:44,180 --> 01:09:46,266
You've got
document after document...
889
01:09:46,474 --> 01:09:50,353
...that says why, and you
haven't said one word about it.
890
01:09:51,771 --> 01:09:54,691
l wanna know how the heIl
you sleep at night.
891
01:10:15,003 --> 01:10:19,132
l'm about to drive off the road,
l'm so tired. Keep me awake.
892
01:10:20,675 --> 01:10:22,051
What do you want, a joke?
893
01:10:22,886 --> 01:10:25,597
No, l don't want a joke.
894
01:10:26,097 --> 01:10:28,433
Tell me about
what went on back there.
895
01:10:30,184 --> 01:10:33,313
Come to think of it,
we had a big event around here.
896
01:10:35,356 --> 01:10:38,401
Beth started talking.
897
01:10:40,820 --> 01:10:41,863
What?
898
01:10:43,615 --> 01:10:45,575
Beth? My Beth?
899
01:10:45,783 --> 01:10:47,118
We were sitting around...
900
01:10:48,119 --> 01:10:50,830
...and she pointed
at a ball and said:
901
01:10:51,539 --> 01:10:52,707
"BalI."
902
01:10:53,833 --> 01:10:55,376
Out of the blue Iike that.
903
01:10:58,212 --> 01:10:59,881
It was pretty intense.
904
01:11:00,089 --> 01:11:02,383
You know, seeing
somebody's first word.
905
01:11:02,592 --> 01:11:07,513
Of all the words in her life,
that's the first word she says: "ball."
906
01:11:10,099 --> 01:11:12,310
She pointed her little finger...
907
01:11:13,102 --> 01:11:16,064
...with her beautiful, soft,
chubby little arm...
908
01:11:16,814 --> 01:11:18,024
...and her cheeks.
909
01:11:18,232 --> 01:11:21,110
It's like she'd been
looking at it for months...
910
01:11:21,319 --> 01:11:24,405
...and couIdn't get it out,
but knowing what it was.
911
01:11:24,614 --> 01:11:26,741
She didn't look away or anything.
912
01:11:26,950 --> 01:11:29,494
She was just sitting
there with her arm out.
913
01:11:29,702 --> 01:11:32,497
You should've seen
Matthew and Katie and me.
914
01:11:32,705 --> 01:11:34,248
Our jaws just dropped.
915
01:11:34,457 --> 01:11:38,628
We must've stood there for three or
four minutes and just looked at her.
916
01:11:38,836 --> 01:11:42,006
She just had her arm out
like that. "BaIl."
917
01:11:42,215 --> 01:11:45,051
And, you know, her little
lips wrapped around her.
918
01:11:46,970 --> 01:11:48,388
It was great.
919
01:11:48,596 --> 01:11:50,264
It was intense.
920
01:11:57,730 --> 01:12:00,650
l brought some stuff that
you might be interested in.
921
01:12:00,858 --> 01:12:03,903
My name's Erin, and
l'll be here all day.
922
01:12:04,112 --> 01:12:06,406
Let's go over to these
nice Iadies. Hi.
923
01:12:06,614 --> 01:12:07,991
-How are you?
-Good.
924
01:12:08,199 --> 01:12:12,120
l brought some information today,
if you wanna have a Iook at it.
925
01:12:12,328 --> 01:12:14,747
lf you have any
questions, let me know.
926
01:12:14,956 --> 01:12:17,792
Hi. Excuse me, ladies, l'm Ed Masry.
927
01:12:18,001 --> 01:12:21,838
l'm the lawyer involved in the case.
You might like to read these.
928
01:12:22,046 --> 01:12:24,298
lf you have questions,
l'm here aIl day.
929
01:12:24,507 --> 01:12:26,968
-Sounds good. Thank you.
-Thanks so much.
930
01:12:28,011 --> 01:12:29,554
ls your phone number in this?
931
01:12:30,680 --> 01:12:33,641
There's more important
information than that in there.
932
01:12:35,184 --> 01:12:36,436
l'm bored.
933
01:12:36,644 --> 01:12:38,104
So are the kids.
934
01:12:39,147 --> 01:12:40,773
l'm a Iittle busy, honey.
935
01:12:40,982 --> 01:12:43,276
We invited these people.
Ed and l have to--
936
01:12:43,484 --> 01:12:45,361
l'm sorry. You know what?
937
01:12:45,611 --> 01:12:47,488
PIease, l have an idea.
938
01:12:47,697 --> 01:12:49,073
Can you take her?
939
01:12:49,282 --> 01:12:52,618
She's getting heavy, and l'll
work faster if you take her.
940
01:13:03,546 --> 01:13:04,839
Got a knee for me?
941
01:13:06,382 --> 01:13:08,551
-HelIo.
-HelIo, sweetness.
942
01:13:08,760 --> 01:13:10,428
-Guess what.
-What?
943
01:13:10,636 --> 01:13:12,472
l would like to go home.
944
01:13:12,680 --> 01:13:15,016
-Everything's done?
-We got a lot done.
945
01:13:15,224 --> 01:13:17,852
Did you? l think
l ate three watermeIons.
946
01:13:18,061 --> 01:13:19,103
Piggyback!
947
01:13:19,312 --> 01:13:20,855
Let's go, brother. Get on.
948
01:13:21,064 --> 01:13:22,523
Careful.
949
01:13:22,732 --> 01:13:24,192
Here, get on me, now.
950
01:13:24,400 --> 01:13:26,486
Erin, excuse me.
951
01:13:26,694 --> 01:13:29,822
This is NeIson Perez, he works
at the compressor station.
952
01:13:30,031 --> 01:13:32,408
-Hi, nice to meet you.
-PG&E.
953
01:13:32,617 --> 01:13:34,327
Oh, hi.
954
01:13:35,787 --> 01:13:37,705
-l've come at a bad time.
-No.
955
01:13:37,914 --> 01:13:41,000
-Can you just give me one--?
-Of course. Sure.
956
01:13:41,209 --> 01:13:42,877
Thank you.
957
01:13:45,838 --> 01:13:46,881
You know what?
958
01:13:47,090 --> 01:13:51,094
Why don't you guys go ahead without
me, and l'Il get a ride with Ed.
959
01:13:51,302 --> 01:13:54,430
-No, Mom.
-No, sweetie, l'lI be right behind you.
960
01:13:54,639 --> 01:13:56,724
l'll be right behind you, all right?
961
01:13:57,058 --> 01:14:01,854
-l realIy-- This is so--
-Fine. Go, go, go.
962
01:14:05,274 --> 01:14:06,859
Get down, bud.
963
01:14:10,988 --> 01:14:12,365
Hang on tight there.
964
01:14:12,573 --> 01:14:14,992
Help your sister
with her shoes. Let's go.
965
01:14:31,968 --> 01:14:35,221
This is so helpfuI.
ls it okay if l write this down?
966
01:14:35,429 --> 01:14:36,848
l have so many questions.
967
01:14:37,056 --> 01:14:41,644
l wanna know about how the pIant works
and the cooling towers, just everything.
968
01:14:41,853 --> 01:14:46,983
They use the hexachrome here, in these
cooling towers, as an anticorrosive.
969
01:14:47,233 --> 01:14:50,236
Then they dump the excess
water into these ponds.
970
01:14:50,611 --> 01:14:53,406
l don't remember seeing
any ponds up there.
971
01:14:53,614 --> 01:14:56,576
They've been covered over,
and not too carefuIly.
972
01:14:56,784 --> 01:14:59,328
lf you dig one inch
under the surface...
973
01:14:59,537 --> 01:15:01,664
...dirt's as green
as a fucking shamrock.
974
01:15:01,873 --> 01:15:04,375
And that's what
caused the contamination?
975
01:15:04,584 --> 01:15:08,421
lt didn't help, but no.
The problem started on the bottom.
976
01:15:08,713 --> 01:15:10,756
According to...
977
01:15:12,675 --> 01:15:14,260
...this...
978
01:15:14,468 --> 01:15:17,096
...in most cases you wouId
line these ponds...
979
01:15:17,305 --> 01:15:19,599
...so the shit didn't seep
into the ground.
980
01:15:20,224 --> 01:15:23,686
-But guess what.
-They skipped that step?
981
01:15:24,061 --> 01:15:26,772
Here are the ponds,
the plume comes down...
982
01:15:26,981 --> 01:15:29,275
...and HinkIey is down here...
983
01:15:29,483 --> 01:15:32,904
...it's 14 years of hexachrome
fIowing into the ground water.
984
01:15:33,696 --> 01:15:34,947
Jesus.
985
01:15:35,990 --> 01:15:38,534
This guy just offered
all this information?
986
01:15:39,076 --> 01:15:42,038
WelI, yeah. Nelson cares
what's in those ponds.
987
01:15:42,246 --> 01:15:45,833
He used to spend time wading
around them. That was his job.
988
01:15:46,042 --> 01:15:47,251
Shit.
989
01:15:54,550 --> 01:15:55,635
What's the matter?
990
01:15:58,179 --> 01:16:00,598
l don't know if we can pulI this off.
991
01:16:01,724 --> 01:16:05,686
This is a monster case.
We're up to 41 1 plaintiffs.
992
01:16:05,895 --> 01:16:10,775
We've taken 1 62 declarations.
993
01:16:10,983 --> 01:16:14,570
ProbabIy hundreds more
out there have moved away.
994
01:16:14,862 --> 01:16:17,156
We have to find them,
it's taking time.
995
01:16:17,365 --> 01:16:19,450
Money's going out,
nothing's coming in.
996
01:16:19,659 --> 01:16:21,661
l have to take a second mortgage.
997
01:16:21,869 --> 01:16:23,579
-So?
-So!
998
01:16:24,747 --> 01:16:26,290
So....
999
01:16:26,958 --> 01:16:28,542
l have to tell you.
1000
01:16:29,335 --> 01:16:33,214
l've been making enquiries
with other firms...
1001
01:16:33,422 --> 01:16:36,884
...bigger firms to share
some of the cost.
1002
01:16:37,385 --> 01:16:39,804
They aIl said no,
said we don't have it.
1003
01:16:41,931 --> 01:16:43,641
We got PG&E by the balls.
1004
01:16:43,849 --> 01:16:48,020
PG&E HinkIey, but nobody'Il get rich
unIess we pin this on Corporate...
1005
01:16:48,229 --> 01:16:50,314
-...in San Francisco.
-What do you mean?
1006
01:16:50,523 --> 01:16:53,776
PG&E Corporate claims they
didn't know about Hinkley.
1007
01:16:53,985 --> 01:16:56,028
They knew. They had to know.
1008
01:16:56,237 --> 01:16:57,989
Show me the document to prove it.
1009
01:17:00,950 --> 01:17:05,079
Then they didn't know. lf so, we
can't hit them with punitive damages.
1010
01:17:05,288 --> 01:17:08,749
With punitive damages,
it's a sum of money that can...
1011
01:17:08,958 --> 01:17:12,962
...have some effect
on these people's Iives.
1012
01:17:14,297 --> 01:17:15,673
So, what do we do now?
1013
01:17:20,219 --> 01:17:22,513
Let's assume there are documents...
1014
01:17:22,680 --> 01:17:26,684
...connecting PG&E HinkIey and
Corporate and they know about them.
1015
01:17:27,184 --> 01:17:31,731
We take our 400 or so plaintiffs
and everything you've dug up...
1016
01:17:32,023 --> 01:17:34,400
...we file a lawsuit
to provoke a reaction.
1017
01:17:34,608 --> 01:17:38,612
See if they offer a reasonable
settlement, or throw more paper at us.
1018
01:17:39,113 --> 01:17:40,698
Sounds great. Let's do that.
1019
01:17:40,906 --> 01:17:42,116
There's a downside.
1020
01:17:43,451 --> 01:17:45,911
PG&E wilI submit a demurrer.
1021
01:17:46,120 --> 01:17:48,372
A list attacking each complaint...
1022
01:17:48,581 --> 01:17:51,417
...cIaiming that each cause
of action has no merit.
1023
01:17:51,625 --> 01:17:53,794
And if the judge agrees with them...
1024
01:17:54,003 --> 01:17:57,465
...he'll dismiss our case.
PG&E wilI have no reason to settle.
1025
01:17:58,299 --> 01:18:00,092
Then it's alI over.
1026
01:18:06,140 --> 01:18:08,434
So basicalIy it alI comes down to...
1027
01:18:08,642 --> 01:18:11,729
...what this one judge decides.
1028
01:18:12,897 --> 01:18:14,482
BasicalIy, yeah.
1029
01:18:15,691 --> 01:18:17,193
Jesus.
1030
01:19:00,861 --> 01:19:03,906
WelI, l'd got so used
to having them come up benign.
1031
01:19:05,741 --> 01:19:08,702
Guess l just didn't expect it.
1032
01:19:09,954 --> 01:19:13,499
l sure wish l would've had longer
to get used to the idea.
1033
01:19:17,086 --> 01:19:19,213
You think if you got no uterus...
1034
01:19:19,422 --> 01:19:22,842
...and no breasts...
1035
01:19:23,050 --> 01:19:25,845
...you're still technicaIly a woman?
1036
01:19:27,555 --> 01:19:29,598
Sure you are.
1037
01:19:29,807 --> 01:19:31,600
Yeah, you just--
1038
01:19:31,809 --> 01:19:34,395
You're actualIy a happier woman.
1039
01:19:34,603 --> 01:19:37,648
No need to worry
about maxi-pads and underwire.
1040
01:19:45,197 --> 01:19:46,991
We're gonna get them, aren't we?
1041
01:19:47,366 --> 01:19:50,411
You gotta promise me
that we're gonna get them.
1042
01:20:06,635 --> 01:20:09,680
I have before me
a complaint on behalf of residents...
1043
01:20:12,808 --> 01:20:16,979
...of Hinkley, California, who
have filed against PG&E.
1044
01:20:17,188 --> 01:20:20,191
For damages, medical expenses
and personal trauma...
1045
01:20:20,399 --> 01:20:25,112
...due to contamination of the ground
water in their area by the defendant.
1046
01:20:25,821 --> 01:20:29,074
And l have here 84 motions
to strike and demurrers...
1047
01:20:29,283 --> 01:20:33,245
...submitted by representatives
of Pacific Gas & Electric.
1048
01:20:33,454 --> 01:20:36,665
Each one attacking
the vaIidity of this complaint.
1049
01:20:37,541 --> 01:20:40,878
l have reviewed all of
the information carefuIly.
1050
01:20:41,378 --> 01:20:43,464
l'm ready to give my decision.
1051
01:20:43,672 --> 01:20:46,675
Before l do, is there
anything anyone wants to say?
1052
01:20:47,718 --> 01:20:50,346
-No, Your Honour.
-No, Your Honour.
1053
01:20:51,514 --> 01:20:52,765
Very weIl.
1054
01:20:53,057 --> 01:20:57,770
ln the matter of the plaintiffs
of HinkIey, California vs. PG&E...
1055
01:20:57,978 --> 01:21:02,191
...it is the order of this court that
each of the 84 motions to strike...
1056
01:21:02,399 --> 01:21:05,027
...and demurrers are denied.
1057
01:21:05,236 --> 01:21:10,074
And the causes of action against
Pacific Gas and Electric are upheId.
1058
01:21:10,908 --> 01:21:12,451
On a more personaI note...
1059
01:21:13,077 --> 01:21:17,122
...as a resident here in Barstow,
which is not far from Hinkley...
1060
01:21:17,331 --> 01:21:19,833
...l am disturbed by reference...
1061
01:21:20,042 --> 01:21:24,964
...to evidence that suggests that not
onIy was hexavaIent chromium used...
1062
01:21:25,172 --> 01:21:29,635
...but that your clients
actuaIly sent these residents...
1063
01:21:29,843 --> 01:21:32,888
...pamphlets teIling them
that it was good for them.
1064
01:21:34,139 --> 01:21:36,267
Tell your clients
they're going to trial.
1065
01:21:48,028 --> 01:21:51,198
Jesus. They Iook
like the Secret Service.
1066
01:21:51,991 --> 01:21:53,784
lntimidation.
1067
01:21:55,619 --> 01:21:57,746
Let the games begin.
1068
01:21:58,038 --> 01:22:00,249
Show them into the conference room.
1069
01:22:02,543 --> 01:22:04,295
Donald, Anna...
1070
01:22:05,504 --> 01:22:07,756
...l wanna taIk to you for a minute.
1071
01:22:12,344 --> 01:22:14,680
-CounselIors.
-CounselIors.
1072
01:22:22,187 --> 01:22:23,272
Let's be honest.
1073
01:22:23,897 --> 01:22:27,318
$20,000,000 is more than
these peopIe have ever dreamed of.
1074
01:22:28,652 --> 01:22:30,362
Now that pisses me off.
1075
01:22:31,322 --> 01:22:35,117
First of all, since the demurrer,
we have more than 400 plaintiffs.
1076
01:22:35,326 --> 01:22:37,620
Let's be honest,
we know there's more.
1077
01:22:37,870 --> 01:22:41,081
They may not be sophisticated,
but they can divide...
1078
01:22:41,290 --> 01:22:44,209
...and $20,000,000
isn't shit after spIitting it.
1079
01:22:44,418 --> 01:22:45,502
Second of alI...
1080
01:22:45,711 --> 01:22:47,671
...they don't dream of being rich.
1081
01:22:47,880 --> 01:22:50,758
They dream about
watching their kids in a pooI...
1082
01:22:50,966 --> 01:22:54,553
...without worrying that
they'll have a hysterectomy at 20.
1083
01:22:54,762 --> 01:22:56,555
Like Rosa Diaz, our client.
1084
01:22:56,847 --> 01:23:01,435
Or have their spine deteriorate, like
Stan Bloom, another client of ours.
1085
01:23:01,644 --> 01:23:05,481
So before you come back here
with another lame-ass offer...
1086
01:23:05,689 --> 01:23:09,610
...l want you to think reaI
hard about what your spine is worth.
1087
01:23:10,027 --> 01:23:13,197
Or what you expect someone
to pay you for your uterus.
1088
01:23:13,947 --> 01:23:17,660
Then take out your calculator
and multiply that number by 1 00.
1089
01:23:18,118 --> 01:23:21,038
Anything less than that
is a waste of our time.
1090
01:23:23,415 --> 01:23:26,627
We had that water brought
in special for you folks.
1091
01:23:26,835 --> 01:23:27,878
Came from Hinkley.
1092
01:23:45,145 --> 01:23:46,605
l think this meeting's over.
1093
01:23:47,106 --> 01:23:48,691
Damn right it is.
1094
01:24:25,769 --> 01:24:29,982
What the fuck? Did a bomb blow up?
You letting the kids run wild?
1095
01:24:40,701 --> 01:24:41,744
What's that?
1096
01:24:52,045 --> 01:24:53,964
l saw them in a mall one day.
1097
01:24:55,507 --> 01:24:57,092
l said, "Damn...
1098
01:24:57,760 --> 01:25:00,345
...they'lI look good on
those beautiful ears."
1099
01:25:02,556 --> 01:25:07,394
l bought them and l said, "When Erin
does something nice, l'Il surprise her."
1100
01:25:09,021 --> 01:25:11,064
You know how long ago that was?
1101
01:25:13,776 --> 01:25:14,818
Six months ago.
1102
01:25:17,404 --> 01:25:21,074
-l'm sorry, l've just--
-And so, what l'm thinking is....
1103
01:25:24,995 --> 01:25:28,123
Either you gotta find
a different job or a different guy.
1104
01:25:30,542 --> 01:25:31,710
l mean....
1105
01:25:33,253 --> 01:25:36,924
There may be many men out there
who don't mind being the maid...
1106
01:25:37,132 --> 01:25:39,802
...and getting nothing.
But l ain't one of them.
1107
01:25:42,596 --> 01:25:44,181
l can't leave my job, George.
1108
01:25:44,431 --> 01:25:45,891
Yes, you can.
1109
01:25:46,809 --> 01:25:48,727
People do it all the time.
1110
01:25:49,812 --> 01:25:51,939
How can you ask me to do that?
1111
01:25:53,649 --> 01:25:55,484
This job....
1112
01:25:57,027 --> 01:26:01,198
For the first time in my life,
l got peopIe respecting me.
1113
01:26:01,406 --> 01:26:02,866
Up in HinkIey...
1114
01:26:03,075 --> 01:26:07,412
...l walk into a room, everybody shuts
up to hear what l have to say.
1115
01:26:07,621 --> 01:26:10,707
l never had that before, ever.
1116
01:26:11,542 --> 01:26:13,544
PIease, don't ask me to give it up.
1117
01:26:13,919 --> 01:26:15,546
What about your kids?
1118
01:26:16,588 --> 01:26:20,384
l'm doing more for them now
than l did living with my parents.
1119
01:26:20,592 --> 01:26:22,010
One day they'lI see it.
1120
01:26:22,219 --> 01:26:24,888
-Well, what about me?
-What about you?
1121
01:26:29,184 --> 01:26:31,728
You think the men
who gave me those children...
1122
01:26:31,937 --> 01:26:35,107
...asked me what l
wanted before waIking away?
1123
01:26:35,315 --> 01:26:38,735
AIl l've ever done
is bend my Iife around...
1124
01:26:38,944 --> 01:26:41,238
...what men decide they need.
1125
01:26:41,446 --> 01:26:44,491
WelI, not now.
l'm sorry. l won't do it.
1126
01:26:44,700 --> 01:26:45,742
WelI....
1127
01:26:46,743 --> 01:26:49,079
Erin, l'm not them. So....
1128
01:26:49,663 --> 01:26:52,040
What more can l do
to prove that to you?
1129
01:26:53,208 --> 01:26:54,501
Stay.
1130
01:27:10,642 --> 01:27:12,019
What for?
1131
01:27:14,730 --> 01:27:16,231
l mean, you got a raise.
1132
01:27:16,440 --> 01:27:18,734
You can afford daycare.
You don't need me.
1133
01:28:03,820 --> 01:28:04,988
Hi.
1134
01:28:21,046 --> 01:28:22,464
We can get them, Pamela.
1135
01:28:23,715 --> 01:28:25,008
We can.
1136
01:28:25,467 --> 01:28:28,345
l don't wanna feel it alI over again...
1137
01:28:28,553 --> 01:28:31,264
...and then
not have it come out right.
1138
01:28:32,975 --> 01:28:35,644
l don't know if l could handIe that.
1139
01:28:36,561 --> 01:28:38,563
Put the kids through that.
1140
01:28:39,272 --> 01:28:43,235
The thing is, it doesn't matter
whether you win, lose or draw here.
1141
01:28:43,443 --> 01:28:48,573
You were lied to. You're sick and your
kids are sick because of those Iies.
1142
01:28:51,326 --> 01:28:54,037
You aIl have to come together...
1143
01:28:54,246 --> 01:28:56,748
...to stand up in
a courtroom and say that.
1144
01:29:02,713 --> 01:29:04,923
l'd bring the kids
into the hospital...
1145
01:29:05,132 --> 01:29:08,969
...with towels soaked
from their nosebleeds.
1146
01:29:12,848 --> 01:29:17,561
They called County Services because
they assumed the kids were abused.
1147
01:29:22,441 --> 01:29:25,694
Am l gonna get the best
behaviour in the office?
1148
01:29:25,902 --> 01:29:27,112
No.
1149
01:29:27,320 --> 01:29:32,367
What's with the attitude?
l just need cool, l need quiet.
1150
01:29:32,784 --> 01:29:35,287
Hello. Am l aIone in the car? Yes?
1151
01:29:35,495 --> 01:29:39,124
-l don't understand why--
-l don't wanna talk about it now.
1152
01:29:39,332 --> 01:29:41,835
-The other moms gave permission.
-l don't care.
1153
01:29:42,044 --> 01:29:46,506
-So when can l get a freaking answer?
-Don't taIk to me like that!
1154
01:29:46,715 --> 01:29:48,258
Randy's mom said yes.
1155
01:29:48,467 --> 01:29:52,137
Goddamn it, Randy's mom doesn't
work, and his dad didn't leave her!
1156
01:29:52,345 --> 01:29:54,890
Figuring out who
takes him to roIler hockey...
1157
01:29:55,098 --> 01:29:58,268
...is probably easier at
Randy's house. Now cool it.
1158
01:30:00,145 --> 01:30:02,564
-Hey, Erin.
-Hey.
1159
01:30:03,106 --> 01:30:06,568
l'll be as quick as l can.
Matthew, can you watch your sister?
1160
01:30:07,444 --> 01:30:10,405
-Matthew.
-AlI right, fine. Come here, Beth.
1161
01:30:10,614 --> 01:30:13,617
-Can l come with you?
-No, baby, l'll just be a second.
1162
01:30:49,820 --> 01:30:52,447
Thank you. l'm onIy
sorry you couldn't meet Erin.
1163
01:30:52,656 --> 01:30:53,782
-l will.
-You will.
1164
01:30:53,990 --> 01:30:56,493
We have a lot of work to do together.
1165
01:30:56,701 --> 01:30:59,579
Thanks for coming.
Erin, l was just taIking about you.
1166
01:30:59,788 --> 01:31:02,999
Meet our new partner, Kurt Potter.
He'Il handle HinkIey.
1167
01:31:03,208 --> 01:31:05,877
l see what you mean
about a secret weapon.
1168
01:31:06,086 --> 01:31:09,506
Erin, it's great to meet you.
You've done a fabulous job.
1169
01:31:09,714 --> 01:31:13,093
-l'Il be seeing you.
-Thanks, l appreciate you coming over.
1170
01:31:25,480 --> 01:31:28,066
-What?
-Our new partner?
1171
01:31:28,275 --> 01:31:30,694
When was l gonna hear about this?
1172
01:31:30,902 --> 01:31:34,489
Just Iisten. Did l ever teIl
you about that airline case?
1173
01:31:34,823 --> 01:31:36,825
What the fuck are you talking about?
1174
01:31:37,033 --> 01:31:39,786
A few years back, l was
trying this airline case...
1175
01:31:39,995 --> 01:31:44,457
...and l got my ass kicked by this
guy. He buried me in paper, brutaI.
1176
01:31:44,666 --> 01:31:46,835
He's the toughest
l'd ever been up against.
1177
01:31:47,043 --> 01:31:48,128
Make a point!
1178
01:31:48,420 --> 01:31:50,338
lt was Kurt Potter.
1179
01:31:51,131 --> 01:31:56,261
After the judge's decision, l asked
him to partner, he didn't hesitate.
1180
01:31:56,511 --> 01:32:00,599
He wouldn't hesitate now, we did
all the work. Where was he before?
1181
01:32:00,807 --> 01:32:03,643
WilI you listen to me?
lt doesn't matter.
1182
01:32:03,852 --> 01:32:06,354
You wanna win this?
He gave me this cheque.
1183
01:32:06,563 --> 01:32:08,857
lt covers aIl our expenses to date...
1184
01:32:09,065 --> 01:32:12,402
...and he's got more toxic
tort experience than anyone.
1185
01:32:12,611 --> 01:32:13,945
This is good news!
1186
01:32:18,325 --> 01:32:21,828
-l got Pamela Duncan.
-Hey.
1187
01:32:32,505 --> 01:32:34,841
l'll open, Mommy.
1188
01:32:35,050 --> 01:32:38,511
You wanna open the can for
Mommy? WelI, here, l'll help you.
1189
01:32:39,262 --> 01:32:40,680
You turn it?
1190
01:32:42,515 --> 01:32:45,352
-Hi, George.
-Hi, George. Let's go see.
1191
01:33:11,836 --> 01:33:12,921
Erin Brockovich?
1192
01:33:13,630 --> 01:33:15,924
Package from Masry and Vititoe.
1193
01:33:27,143 --> 01:33:29,271
-Thank you.
-Thank you.
1194
01:33:32,482 --> 01:33:34,276
-What's in here?
-Baby.
1195
01:33:34,484 --> 01:33:36,778
There's no baby in here.
1196
01:33:37,445 --> 01:33:39,114
-What is it?
-A dolly.
1197
01:33:39,322 --> 01:33:41,574
lt's a dolIy? lt's--
1198
01:33:54,671 --> 01:33:55,839
Lookit.
1199
01:33:58,758 --> 01:34:00,510
"Lookit" is right.
1200
01:34:08,226 --> 01:34:09,728
Do you see that?
1201
01:34:14,107 --> 01:34:16,359
-l want that.
-l want that too.
1202
01:34:16,568 --> 01:34:18,236
lt's our Iucky day.
1203
01:34:18,445 --> 01:34:19,946
Matthew, Katie!
1204
01:34:30,874 --> 01:34:34,252
PG&E has requested that we
submit to binding arbitration.
1205
01:34:34,711 --> 01:34:36,004
What's that?
1206
01:34:38,089 --> 01:34:41,384
That's where we try the case
without a jury, before a judge.
1207
01:34:41,593 --> 01:34:42,886
lt's calIed a test trial.
1208
01:34:43,178 --> 01:34:46,222
The judge's decision
is finaI. There's no appeal.
1209
01:34:47,349 --> 01:34:50,643
-How many pIaintiffs do you have?
-634.
1210
01:34:51,644 --> 01:34:53,980
They'll never try
that many all at once.
1211
01:34:54,189 --> 01:34:57,692
So we need to get them together
in groups of 20 or 30.
1212
01:34:57,901 --> 01:35:02,781
Worst cases, the most life-threatened,
the sickest first and so on.
1213
01:35:02,989 --> 01:35:06,368
Each one gets a go before
the judge to determine damages.
1214
01:35:06,743 --> 01:35:08,745
PG&E proposes that they're liable...
1215
01:35:08,953 --> 01:35:12,749
...anywhere between
50 and 400 miIlion.
1216
01:35:14,250 --> 01:35:17,045
So wait a minute. Let
me just get this straight.
1217
01:35:17,337 --> 01:35:18,421
lf we went to triaI...
1218
01:35:18,630 --> 01:35:22,717
...PG&E could stretch this over
1 0 years with appeaI after appeal.
1219
01:35:22,926 --> 01:35:25,804
-Those people would--
-These people expect a trial.
1220
01:35:26,513 --> 01:35:30,433
That's what we toId them, you
and me. They won't understand this.
1221
01:35:32,727 --> 01:35:35,146
Kurt thinks it's the best way to go.
1222
01:35:44,572 --> 01:35:49,035
Look, l promise you that we'lI
be very sensitive on this point.
1223
01:35:49,494 --> 01:35:51,162
We'll make sure they see...
1224
01:35:51,371 --> 01:35:55,250
...that this is the only way
we can go forward at this time.
1225
01:35:55,959 --> 01:35:58,044
But we have a lot of work to do...
1226
01:35:58,628 --> 01:36:01,506
...before we even broach that subject.
1227
01:36:03,174 --> 01:36:05,093
l'll take Erin down the hall...
1228
01:36:05,301 --> 01:36:09,848
...so we can start on this stuff,
and l'lI fill her in on the details.
1229
01:36:10,557 --> 01:36:14,227
-Those are my files.
-Yeah. We had them couriered over.
1230
01:36:14,686 --> 01:36:16,813
Listen, good work.
They're a great start.
1231
01:36:17,021 --> 01:36:20,692
We'll just spend some time
filIing in the hoIes in your research.
1232
01:36:20,900 --> 01:36:25,780
Excuse me-- Theresa, is it?
There are no holes in my research.
1233
01:36:26,197 --> 01:36:29,617
There are things we need
you probably didn't know to ask.
1234
01:36:30,118 --> 01:36:32,120
Don't talk to me like l'm an idiot.
1235
01:36:32,328 --> 01:36:34,622
l spent 1 8 months on this case...
1236
01:36:34,873 --> 01:36:38,376
...and l know more about
the plaintiffs than you ever will.
1237
01:36:39,836 --> 01:36:41,963
You don't even have phone numbers.
1238
01:36:42,380 --> 01:36:43,631
Whose number do you need?
1239
01:36:43,840 --> 01:36:47,218
Everyone's. We need to be
abIe to contact the plaintiffs.
1240
01:36:47,677 --> 01:36:49,679
l said whose number do you need?
1241
01:36:51,097 --> 01:36:53,475
You don't know 600 numbers by heart.
1242
01:37:08,531 --> 01:37:09,741
AnnabeIle Daniels.
1243
01:37:09,949 --> 01:37:14,078
AnnabeIle Daniels. 714-454-9346.
1244
01:37:14,287 --> 01:37:17,373
Ten years old. Lived
on the plume since birth.
1245
01:37:17,582 --> 01:37:22,003
Wanted to be a synchronized swimmer,
so she spent every minute in the pool.
1246
01:37:22,295 --> 01:37:24,380
They detected a tumour in her brain.
1247
01:37:24,589 --> 01:37:27,509
An operation shrunk it,
with radiation after that.
1248
01:37:27,759 --> 01:37:30,553
Her parents are Ted and Rita.
Ted's got Crohn's disease.
1249
01:37:30,887 --> 01:37:34,682
Rita has headaches
and underwent a hysterectomy.
1250
01:37:34,974 --> 01:37:38,937
Ted grew up in Hinkley. His
brother and his wife and their kids...
1251
01:37:39,145 --> 01:37:43,233
...Robbie Jr., Martha, Ed, Rose
and Peter also Iived on the pIume.
1252
01:37:43,441 --> 01:37:45,610
Their number is 454-9554.
1253
01:37:45,860 --> 01:37:47,737
You want their diseases?
1254
01:37:53,159 --> 01:37:55,328
l think we got off on the wrong foot.
1255
01:37:55,537 --> 01:37:59,415
That's alI you got, lady, two
wrong feet in fucking ugly shoes.
1256
01:38:05,755 --> 01:38:09,217
-She insulted me.
-Bullshit. lt was a misunderstanding.
1257
01:38:09,425 --> 01:38:12,470
lnstead of being polite and
treating her with respect--
1258
01:38:12,679 --> 01:38:14,138
Why should l respect her?
1259
01:38:14,347 --> 01:38:19,102
Just because she's not supporting kids
with no husband, she's not an idiot!
1260
01:38:19,310 --> 01:38:21,521
Just because she
dresses like a lawyer...
1261
01:38:21,729 --> 01:38:25,233
...doesn't mean she didn't
work her ass off in Iaw school.
1262
01:38:25,441 --> 01:38:27,569
Excuse me
for not going to Iaw school.
1263
01:38:27,777 --> 01:38:31,656
Law schooI? At this point,
l'd settle for charm schooI!
1264
01:38:40,039 --> 01:38:41,249
Mr. Linwood!
1265
01:38:49,591 --> 01:38:51,050
Bob?
1266
01:38:55,638 --> 01:38:59,392
6086 Ridge Road...
1267
01:39:00,268 --> 01:39:03,396
...Hinkley, California. 714...
1268
01:39:05,064 --> 01:39:06,733
...455....
1269
01:39:07,900 --> 01:39:11,112
Okay, now, if you
could walk me through...
1270
01:39:11,446 --> 01:39:16,492
...alI of the eIements
of Annabelle's illnesses.
1271
01:39:17,785 --> 01:39:19,454
Specific detaiIs...
1272
01:39:19,662 --> 01:39:24,542
...when the symptoms began,
prior to the first medical visit.
1273
01:39:25,752 --> 01:39:29,672
lf you could reserve sentimental
embellishments, l'd appreciate it...
1274
01:39:29,881 --> 01:39:32,383
...because they won't
heIp you in court.
1275
01:39:32,592 --> 01:39:35,720
l just need facts, dates, time.
1276
01:39:36,888 --> 01:39:39,974
I know Theresa isn't real warm,
but she's a good lawyer.
1277
01:39:40,683 --> 01:39:44,479
She asks the same questions
you did. I told you everything.
1278
01:39:44,687 --> 01:39:49,192
I don't want her coming to the
house again. She upsets Annabelle.
1279
01:39:49,400 --> 01:39:52,153
Okay, if you don't like
Theresa, that's okay.
1280
01:39:52,362 --> 01:39:55,156
You know how important
AnnabeIle is to me.
1281
01:39:55,365 --> 01:39:57,367
Ed and l are still here for you.
1282
01:39:57,575 --> 01:40:01,621
l called Ed two days ago, Erin.
He still hasn't caIled me back.
1283
01:40:01,829 --> 01:40:03,998
Now, l hate to say this, but...
1284
01:40:04,248 --> 01:40:07,001
...everyone's upset
about this arbitration thing.
1285
01:40:07,877 --> 01:40:09,128
What?
1286
01:40:09,337 --> 01:40:11,589
Pamela has written a letter...
1287
01:40:11,798 --> 01:40:14,300
...teIling everybody
to get new lawyers.
1288
01:40:14,509 --> 01:40:15,760
That we've been lied to.
1289
01:40:16,177 --> 01:40:18,846
-ls it true?
-No.
1290
01:40:19,347 --> 01:40:20,515
Did you?
1291
01:40:20,723 --> 01:40:24,894
l'm teIling you the truth, and
l'll get to the bottom of all of this.
1292
01:40:25,103 --> 01:40:26,562
Don't lie to us.
1293
01:40:26,771 --> 01:40:28,272
l wiIl take care of this.
1294
01:40:28,481 --> 01:40:31,526
-Now, we're trusting you here, so....
-Thanks.
1295
01:40:31,734 --> 01:40:33,778
l'll talk to you soon, okay?
1296
01:40:37,281 --> 01:40:39,534
l'm not saying
it's not a strong case.
1297
01:40:39,742 --> 01:40:43,955
Otherwise, they wouldn't have dropped
the demurrers. l wouldn't be here.
1298
01:40:44,163 --> 01:40:47,166
What l am saying is, we
don't have a smoking gun...
1299
01:40:47,375 --> 01:40:49,460
...that ties San Francisco to Hinkley.
1300
01:40:49,669 --> 01:40:52,922
Something that
proves that prior to 1 987...
1301
01:40:53,131 --> 01:40:58,010
...PG&E Corporate knew the water was
bad there and did nothing about it.
1302
01:40:59,512 --> 01:41:04,100
-Erin, l thought you took a sick day.
-So did l.
1303
01:41:09,897 --> 01:41:13,025
-What's going on in there?
-Meeting about the PG&E thing.
1304
01:41:13,234 --> 01:41:15,361
-Are you sure?
-Yep.
1305
01:41:17,447 --> 01:41:20,575
We can find it, or
we don't have a big win.
1306
01:41:21,367 --> 01:41:24,203
Can l take a brief
break here for a moment?
1307
01:41:24,954 --> 01:41:26,289
l'll be right back.
1308
01:41:28,458 --> 01:41:29,876
What the fuck are you doing?
1309
01:41:30,084 --> 01:41:34,130
And if you telI me to reIax
l wiIl choke you with that fucking tie.
1310
01:41:35,923 --> 01:41:39,427
-You told me you weren't feeling great.
-Bullshit!
1311
01:41:39,635 --> 01:41:44,557
lf l was on my deathbed, if it
heIped you, you'd drag me out of it!
1312
01:41:48,811 --> 01:41:50,229
How couId you
take this away from me?
1313
01:41:50,438 --> 01:41:54,400
-Nobody's taking anything.
-Bullshit! You stuck me in Siberia!
1314
01:41:54,650 --> 01:41:59,322
Dictating to some goddamned cIerk
so you could finish this without me.
1315
01:41:59,530 --> 01:42:01,324
They screwed up, Erin!
1316
01:42:01,532 --> 01:42:03,868
They screwed up and they admit it.
1317
01:42:04,118 --> 01:42:05,870
The arbitration proposal...
1318
01:42:06,120 --> 01:42:09,874
...could've been written in Sanskrit,
for aIl the sense it made.
1319
01:42:10,082 --> 01:42:15,087
l know. l spoke to Ted. Pamela Duncan
wouldn't even get on the phone with me!
1320
01:42:15,296 --> 01:42:17,590
Pamela made everybody
mad with that letter.
1321
01:42:17,799 --> 01:42:19,258
She called us thieves.
1322
01:42:19,467 --> 01:42:21,511
-The whoIe thing's falIing apart.
-Why?
1323
01:42:21,719 --> 01:42:25,598
Because before we go to arbitration,
the plaintiffs must agree!
1324
01:42:25,807 --> 01:42:29,060
-How many?
-Usually they require about 70%.
1325
01:42:29,268 --> 01:42:32,814
PG&E is demanding 90.
ln other words, everybody.
1326
01:42:33,022 --> 01:42:35,107
Do you understand? This is serious.
1327
01:42:35,316 --> 01:42:37,735
And, what, Ed? l'm not serious?
1328
01:42:37,944 --> 01:42:39,987
You're emotional, you're erratic.
1329
01:42:40,196 --> 01:42:43,324
You say anything, you make
this personal, and it isn't.
1330
01:42:43,616 --> 01:42:45,117
Not personal?
1331
01:42:45,326 --> 01:42:46,869
That is my work!
1332
01:42:47,078 --> 01:42:49,288
My sweat!
My time away from my kids!
1333
01:42:49,497 --> 01:42:52,542
lf that's not personaI,
l don't know what is.
1334
01:42:58,756 --> 01:43:00,424
Hey, come on.
1335
01:43:00,633 --> 01:43:01,926
Come on.
1336
01:43:03,010 --> 01:43:05,012
Go home. Get well.
1337
01:43:05,221 --> 01:43:07,765
Because you're no good to me sick.
1338
01:43:08,558 --> 01:43:10,476
l need you, aIl right?
1339
01:43:11,185 --> 01:43:13,187
This case needs you.
1340
01:43:15,898 --> 01:43:17,775
Did you telI them that?
1341
01:43:43,301 --> 01:43:46,429
Binding arbitration isn't
that different from a trial.
1342
01:43:46,637 --> 01:43:51,017
lt's overseen by a judge. Evidence
is presented in much the same way.
1343
01:43:51,225 --> 01:43:52,852
And then a jury decides?
1344
01:43:53,352 --> 01:43:58,274
Sorry, l forgot to mention that
there's no jury in binding arbitration.
1345
01:43:58,482 --> 01:44:00,276
No jury and no appeaI.
1346
01:44:02,194 --> 01:44:05,031
What option do we have if
we don't like the result?
1347
01:44:05,239 --> 01:44:08,451
-None. The judge's decision is finaI.
-Not a good answer.
1348
01:44:08,659 --> 01:44:11,662
No, but we don't
anticipate that being a problem.
1349
01:44:11,871 --> 01:44:13,414
As l already toId you...
1350
01:44:13,873 --> 01:44:17,543
...it's definitely between
50 and 400,000,000 dollars.
1351
01:44:17,877 --> 01:44:20,129
WelI, which?
There's a big difference.
1352
01:44:20,338 --> 01:44:22,340
l wouldn't like to speculate.
1353
01:44:23,883 --> 01:44:27,637
-Well, how does it get divided?
-Yeah, who gets what?
1354
01:44:30,556 --> 01:44:35,186
My medical bills started two years ago,
before some of the other people here.
1355
01:44:35,394 --> 01:44:38,481
My daughter was in and out
of hospitals more than his.
1356
01:44:38,689 --> 01:44:41,400
lt shouldn't matter when it started.
1357
01:44:42,735 --> 01:44:45,112
People, Iisten, please!
1358
01:44:45,321 --> 01:44:49,909
The point we have to address
tonight is getting everyone to agree...
1359
01:44:50,117 --> 01:44:53,162
...that binding arbitration
is better than a trial...
1360
01:44:53,371 --> 01:44:56,916
...that could go on for
1 0 years before you see any money.
1361
01:44:57,124 --> 01:45:00,419
Maybe some of us
wanna wait 1 0 years!
1362
01:45:04,215 --> 01:45:07,426
Everyone has to agree,
or no one has a chance!
1363
01:45:07,969 --> 01:45:12,974
Those of you about to leave, l'd like
you to keep this date in mind: 1 978!
1364
01:45:13,182 --> 01:45:16,477
That's the year of
the Love CanaI controversy.
1365
01:45:16,686 --> 01:45:19,021
They're stilI
waiting for their money!
1366
01:45:19,230 --> 01:45:22,525
Think about where
you'll be in 1 5 or 20 years.
1367
01:45:29,365 --> 01:45:32,702
Now, look, everyone.
ls this a big decision?
1368
01:45:32,994 --> 01:45:38,040
AbsoluteIy! But l do not
beIieve this is a sell-out.
1369
01:45:38,374 --> 01:45:41,335
This is the best shot
to get everyone some money now.
1370
01:45:43,629 --> 01:45:45,965
You and l both know...
1371
01:45:46,674 --> 01:45:50,136
...there are peopIe in this
room who can't afford to wait.
1372
01:45:51,429 --> 01:45:52,638
To take that chance.
1373
01:45:53,806 --> 01:45:55,641
Are you gonna make them wait?
1374
01:46:02,648 --> 01:46:04,608
So how many altogether?
1375
01:46:06,569 --> 01:46:11,365
We got just about everybody that came
here, but it leaves us about 1 50 short.
1376
01:46:11,574 --> 01:46:13,159
Oh, shit.
1377
01:46:15,119 --> 01:46:16,912
We'll have to go door-to-door.
1378
01:46:19,498 --> 01:46:21,625
l gotta go pick up my kids.
1379
01:46:25,880 --> 01:46:27,965
-You need a hand with that?
-No.
1380
01:46:31,635 --> 01:46:33,220
Hey.
1381
01:46:34,305 --> 01:46:35,347
You did good.
1382
01:46:37,058 --> 01:46:40,269
-We'lI see.
-Yeah.
1383
01:47:13,427 --> 01:47:14,887
Thanks for coming.
1384
01:47:19,975 --> 01:47:24,480
Don't take them anywhere on your
bike. l'lI give you money for a cab.
1385
01:47:25,147 --> 01:47:26,357
l got money.
1386
01:47:27,066 --> 01:47:29,068
So how long is this gonna take?
1387
01:47:32,196 --> 01:47:33,864
l don't know. A few days.
1388
01:47:35,366 --> 01:47:36,992
Got your own room.
1389
01:47:49,713 --> 01:47:51,423
l am reaIly sorry, George.
1390
01:47:53,843 --> 01:47:54,969
Have the kids eaten?
1391
01:47:58,681 --> 01:47:59,723
No.
1392
01:49:07,333 --> 01:49:10,294
Wanna get some pancakes?
Come on, Iet's go.
1393
01:49:10,502 --> 01:49:14,006
Everybody up today.
1394
01:49:14,215 --> 01:49:15,633
AIl right.
1395
01:49:15,966 --> 01:49:17,176
Come on, baby.
1396
01:49:17,384 --> 01:49:19,803
-What time is it?
-lt's earIy.
1397
01:49:20,054 --> 01:49:22,723
We're taking your
car to go get breakfast.
1398
01:49:24,266 --> 01:49:27,728
-No, l need my car.
-We'lI be back in a minute.
1399
01:49:28,020 --> 01:49:30,439
-Okay.
-Get some sIeep.
1400
01:49:31,273 --> 01:49:34,818
Matt, buddy.
Put that down. Let's go.
1401
01:49:35,027 --> 01:49:36,695
l'll be there in a minute.
1402
01:49:38,864 --> 01:49:42,534
Let's go get some
pancakes, girly. Come on.
1403
01:49:51,835 --> 01:49:53,003
Don't pIay with that.
1404
01:49:53,212 --> 01:49:57,424
lt took me so long to get organised.
Would you put that back, pIease?
1405
01:49:57,633 --> 01:49:59,510
This girl's the same age as me.
1406
01:50:05,057 --> 01:50:06,267
ls she sick?
1407
01:50:10,229 --> 01:50:13,148
She is, but that's
why l'm helping her.
1408
01:50:13,357 --> 01:50:15,109
We'll make her feeI better.
1409
01:50:15,776 --> 01:50:17,778
Why can't her own mama help her?
1410
01:50:20,990 --> 01:50:22,950
Because she's real sick too.
1411
01:50:36,839 --> 01:50:39,049
l'll bring you back some breakfast.
1412
01:50:40,134 --> 01:50:41,552
You want eggs?
1413
01:50:44,346 --> 01:50:45,931
Eggs wouId be great.
1414
01:50:54,857 --> 01:50:56,567
Eggs wouId be perfect.
1415
01:52:07,304 --> 01:52:10,307
-Hey, Matt.
-Hey, Erin. How are you?
1416
01:52:13,477 --> 01:52:15,771
-You been at this aIl day?
-Yeah.
1417
01:52:16,021 --> 01:52:18,440
-You want some coffee?
-l'd love some.
1418
01:52:18,649 --> 01:52:20,859
-l'Il make a fresh pot.
-Thanks.
1419
01:52:47,719 --> 01:52:49,430
Don't l know you?
1420
01:52:49,721 --> 01:52:50,764
l don't think so.
1421
01:52:50,973 --> 01:52:53,809
Sure, you were at the barbecue
in HinkIey.
1422
01:52:54,059 --> 01:52:55,894
And at the town meeting.
1423
01:52:57,229 --> 01:52:59,022
l was watching you.
1424
01:53:00,691 --> 01:53:02,568
l had my eye on you.
1425
01:53:05,028 --> 01:53:06,321
Nice.
1426
01:53:06,572 --> 01:53:10,659
You were talking to everybody
and writing down a lot of stuff.
1427
01:53:10,909 --> 01:53:15,706
When l saw you, l said to myseIf,
"There's something about her.
1428
01:53:16,832 --> 01:53:19,126
l reaIly like that girI."
1429
01:53:21,003 --> 01:53:23,881
-Matt, can l get that coffee to go?
-Sure thing.
1430
01:53:27,426 --> 01:53:29,887
l feeI like l can talk to you too.
1431
01:53:31,221 --> 01:53:34,683
Like you're the type of person
l couId say anything to.
1432
01:53:36,560 --> 01:53:37,811
-Here you go.
-Great.
1433
01:53:38,061 --> 01:53:39,104
What do l owe you?
1434
01:53:39,354 --> 01:53:42,065
-There's no charge.
-Thanks, Matt.
1435
01:53:42,316 --> 01:53:45,110
WelI, nice talking to you.
1436
01:53:45,319 --> 01:53:49,823
Would it be important if, when l worked
at the plant, l destroyed documents?
1437
01:53:55,746 --> 01:53:57,206
Maybe.
1438
01:53:59,166 --> 01:54:00,459
What's your name?
1439
01:54:01,126 --> 01:54:02,836
CharIes Embry.
1440
01:54:03,295 --> 01:54:05,130
CharIes. Erin.
1441
01:54:05,422 --> 01:54:06,882
Nice to meet you.
1442
01:54:09,384 --> 01:54:13,597
Can you excuse me for a quick--?
l'm just gonna run to the....
1443
01:54:28,153 --> 01:54:29,488
Oh, come on.
1444
01:54:31,490 --> 01:54:34,785
Oh, you fucking piece of crap
with no signal!
1445
01:54:35,035 --> 01:54:36,411
Fuck!
1446
01:54:53,136 --> 01:54:55,556
-Yeah.
-Ed. Ed, oh, my God.
1447
01:54:55,931 --> 01:54:59,226
This guy said he destroyed records.
He worked there.
1448
01:54:59,393 --> 01:55:00,519
SIow down.
1449
01:55:00,686 --> 01:55:03,438
I'm trying to reIax.
This Charles Embry--
1450
01:55:03,689 --> 01:55:05,232
-Who?
-Charles Embry.
1451
01:55:05,482 --> 01:55:08,360
l thought he was trying to kiIl me
or pick me up...
1452
01:55:08,610 --> 01:55:12,072
...but why would he use that,
say that? lt's crazy.
1453
01:55:14,741 --> 01:55:18,704
Shit. Go back and see if he'll
make a declaration.
1454
01:55:18,954 --> 01:55:19,997
A declaration.
1455
01:55:20,205 --> 01:55:22,416
But be carefuI.
Don't scare him off.
1456
01:55:23,000 --> 01:55:25,669
And stay caIm. Stay calm.
1457
01:55:25,919 --> 01:55:29,047
lf it weren't for you,
l'd be in Palm Springs now.
1458
01:55:29,298 --> 01:55:31,717
You're good at talking people
into things.
1459
01:55:31,967 --> 01:55:36,888
Don't pepper him with questions.
Don't do that. Just--
1460
01:55:37,097 --> 01:55:40,934
People wanna telI their story.
Just Iet him talk. Let him...
1461
01:55:41,184 --> 01:55:43,895
...do all the taIking. All right?
1462
01:55:48,525 --> 01:55:50,235
Oh, sorry.
1463
01:55:54,698 --> 01:55:56,908
Would you like another beer, or...?
1464
01:56:05,542 --> 01:56:07,544
My cousin passed away yesterday.
1465
01:56:10,881 --> 01:56:12,466
He had kidney tumours...
1466
01:56:12,716 --> 01:56:16,720
...no colon, his intestines
were eaten away.
1467
01:56:16,928 --> 01:56:18,805
Forty-one years old.
1468
01:56:20,265 --> 01:56:22,476
l remember seeing him
over at the plant.
1469
01:56:22,726 --> 01:56:25,937
He'd be cleaning
the cooling towers, wearing....
1470
01:56:26,188 --> 01:56:27,981
What do you call them?
1471
01:56:28,190 --> 01:56:31,068
-A mask?
-Yeah, doctors' masks.
1472
01:56:32,444 --> 01:56:35,489
And it'd be soaked in red
from the nosebleeds.
1473
01:56:49,044 --> 01:56:51,171
l was working in the compressor.
1474
01:56:51,421 --> 01:56:55,008
The supervisor calls me
up to the office and says:
1475
01:56:55,258 --> 01:56:57,010
"We'll give you a shredder...
1476
01:56:57,260 --> 01:57:00,931
...and send you to the warehouse
to shred the documents we stored."
1477
01:57:03,266 --> 01:57:04,810
He say why?
1478
01:57:05,811 --> 01:57:08,814
Nope. And l didn't ask.
1479
01:57:12,818 --> 01:57:15,320
Did you Iook at the stuff
you destroyed?
1480
01:57:15,570 --> 01:57:18,365
lt was a lot of duIl
vacation scheduIes and stuff.
1481
01:57:19,991 --> 01:57:23,787
Then there were memos about
the hoIding ponds, the water in them.
1482
01:57:24,037 --> 01:57:28,500
And readings from the test wells,
stuff like that.
1483
01:57:32,587 --> 01:57:34,923
You were told to destroy those?
1484
01:57:35,257 --> 01:57:36,341
That's right.
1485
01:57:38,844 --> 01:57:40,804
Course, as it turns out...
1486
01:57:41,054 --> 01:57:43,932
...l wasn't a very good empIoyee.
1487
01:58:00,323 --> 01:58:02,033
-Good morning!
-Morning.
1488
01:58:02,659 --> 01:58:04,745
Ed. Erin, what's this?
1489
01:58:05,662 --> 01:58:08,081
-May l?
-Yep. Go ahead.
1490
01:58:08,290 --> 01:58:10,917
WelI, you know what, Mr. Potter?
1491
01:58:11,168 --> 01:58:14,129
We compIetely forgot
your birthday this year.
1492
01:58:14,379 --> 01:58:18,091
Seeing as how you've been so good
to me, it's a terrible oversight.
1493
01:58:18,341 --> 01:58:22,387
So Ed and l have been putting together
a present for you.
1494
01:58:22,637 --> 01:58:24,598
Six-hundred and thirty-four.
1495
01:58:25,056 --> 01:58:26,641
They're signed, every one.
1496
01:58:27,559 --> 01:58:28,935
Holy shit.
1497
01:58:29,144 --> 01:58:31,855
Now, don't go
getting jealous, Theresa.
1498
01:58:32,105 --> 01:58:33,690
We have something for you.
1499
01:58:34,232 --> 01:58:37,486
lnternal PG&E documents,
all about the contamination.
1500
01:58:37,736 --> 01:58:39,446
The one l like best says...
1501
01:58:39,696 --> 01:58:43,492
...l'm paraphrasing here, but it says,
"The water's poisonous...
1502
01:58:43,742 --> 01:58:47,329
...but it's best if this wasn't
discussed with the neighbours."
1503
01:58:47,579 --> 01:58:50,040
lt's to HinkIey
from PG&E headquarters.
1504
01:58:50,290 --> 01:58:53,084
Stamp received March 1 966.
1505
01:58:57,464 --> 01:58:59,049
How did you do this?
1506
01:59:00,509 --> 01:59:03,804
Seeing as how l have no
brains or legal expertise...
1507
01:59:04,054 --> 01:59:05,972
...and Ed was losing aIl faith.
1508
01:59:06,223 --> 01:59:07,766
CompIetely. No faith.
1509
01:59:08,016 --> 01:59:12,813
l went out there and performed sexual
favours. 634 blowjobs in five days.
1510
01:59:19,569 --> 01:59:21,488
l'm really quite tired.
1511
01:59:22,197 --> 01:59:23,573
Oh, thank you.
1512
01:59:49,933 --> 01:59:51,977
Why did you want me to come?
1513
01:59:53,603 --> 01:59:56,314
l wanna show you
what you helped to do.
1514
02:00:21,381 --> 02:00:23,675
-Hey.
-Hi.
1515
02:00:23,925 --> 02:00:25,927
-How are you feeling today?
-Good.
1516
02:00:26,303 --> 02:00:28,930
-lt's a good day.
-Oh, l'm gIad.
1517
02:00:29,431 --> 02:00:31,141
WelI, come on in.
1518
02:00:31,933 --> 02:00:34,561
What a nice surprise this is.
1519
02:00:37,147 --> 02:00:38,189
Donna.
1520
02:00:41,401 --> 02:00:46,406
l wanted to come out here
instead of calling...
1521
02:00:46,656 --> 02:00:49,701
...because the judge
came back with a number.
1522
02:00:56,541 --> 02:01:00,921
For the whole group, or for us?
1523
02:01:01,671 --> 02:01:03,048
Both.
1524
02:01:04,299 --> 02:01:08,887
He's gonna make them
pay 333 milIion.
1525
02:01:12,849 --> 02:01:15,060
-And....
-Oh, my God.
1526
02:01:17,479 --> 02:01:20,982
He's gonna make them give
5 miIlion of that to your famiIy.
1527
02:01:22,943 --> 02:01:24,235
Five miIlion dollars?
1528
02:01:24,527 --> 02:01:26,196
Five miIlion dollars.
1529
02:01:29,783 --> 02:01:32,661
l don't even know
how much money that is.
1530
02:01:33,161 --> 02:01:37,707
WelI, it's enough. lt's enough
for whatever you could ever need...
1531
02:01:37,958 --> 02:01:43,088
...or what your girls need, or your
girls' girIs. lt'Il be enough.
1532
02:01:43,338 --> 02:01:46,466
Oh, Erin. Oh, God.
1533
02:01:49,010 --> 02:01:51,638
Thank you so much.
1534
02:01:55,225 --> 02:01:56,643
lt's okay.
1535
02:02:01,564 --> 02:02:04,067
l don't know what l'd have done
without you.
1536
02:02:05,235 --> 02:02:06,861
lt's a good day.
1537
02:02:07,904 --> 02:02:10,407
This is too much.
1538
02:02:21,084 --> 02:02:24,796
Masry and Vititoe, can l--?
Shoot!
1539
02:02:28,425 --> 02:02:30,135
Delivery for Ed Masry.
1540
02:02:30,385 --> 02:02:32,971
Last office down the corridor,
on the right.
1541
02:02:33,221 --> 02:02:34,597
Thank you.
1542
02:02:34,848 --> 02:02:36,599
Masry and Vititoe--
1543
02:02:36,808 --> 02:02:37,851
Damn it!
1544
02:02:38,059 --> 02:02:41,479
Does anyone know anything
about these phones?
1545
02:02:47,360 --> 02:02:51,489
Everybody loves the desk
you picked out for me. lt's great.
1546
02:02:52,449 --> 02:02:56,077
Guess who's on the cover
of Los Angeles Lawyer magazine.
1547
02:02:56,327 --> 02:02:58,329
Talk to you Iater, baby. Bye.
1548
02:03:03,251 --> 02:03:04,836
-Thank you.
-You're welcome.
1549
02:03:19,809 --> 02:03:23,396
l'd rather waIk her through this
in person, to show her...
1550
02:03:23,605 --> 02:03:26,357
...visuaI aids, documents and stuff.
1551
02:03:26,608 --> 02:03:29,861
Tell her l won't take up
too much of her time.
1552
02:03:31,071 --> 02:03:32,697
Right.
1553
02:03:33,907 --> 02:03:37,577
lt's a littIe more complicated
than Hinkley, so Iet me do that.
1554
02:03:39,746 --> 02:03:41,998
Say l'm not a lawyer.
That may help.
1555
02:03:43,041 --> 02:03:44,084
Great.
1556
02:03:44,334 --> 02:03:47,796
Why don't you give me
the address now? Just in case.
1557
02:03:48,880 --> 02:03:50,465
Okay.
1558
02:03:52,050 --> 02:03:55,512
AIl right. Thanks so much. Bye.
1559
02:03:55,804 --> 02:03:57,222
What's up?
1560
02:03:58,681 --> 02:04:00,642
l have your bonus cheque.
1561
02:04:01,810 --> 02:04:03,686
Erin, now....
1562
02:04:04,479 --> 02:04:06,314
l want you to be prepared.
1563
02:04:08,733 --> 02:04:11,319
The figure's not exactly
what we discussed.
1564
02:04:15,198 --> 02:04:16,741
Why not?
1565
02:04:16,950 --> 02:04:20,829
Because, after careful consideration,
l felt...
1566
02:04:22,038 --> 02:04:25,250
...that figure was not appropriate.
1567
02:04:26,876 --> 02:04:28,670
AIthough you may not agree...
1568
02:04:29,587 --> 02:04:31,339
...you have to trust my--
1569
02:04:31,798 --> 02:04:34,342
Trust? You want me to trust you?
1570
02:04:34,592 --> 02:04:37,345
Don't use big words
you don't understand.
1571
02:04:37,804 --> 02:04:40,515
-lt's a compIicated issue--
-l did a job.
1572
02:04:40,765 --> 02:04:43,935
You should reward me accordingly.
lt's not compIicated.
1573
02:04:44,185 --> 02:04:48,690
AIl you lawyers do is complicate
situations that aren't complicated.
1574
02:04:49,065 --> 02:04:52,026
Do you know why people think
lawyers are scumbags?
1575
02:04:52,235 --> 02:04:55,780
Because they are. l can't beIieve
you're doing this to me...
1576
02:04:55,989 --> 02:04:58,199
...when l'm up to my ass
in Kettleman plaintiffs...
1577
02:04:58,408 --> 02:05:00,952
...which looks to be
double the amount of Hinkley.
1578
02:05:01,161 --> 02:05:05,498
You expect me to leave my kids
with strangers, knock on doors...
1579
02:05:05,707 --> 02:05:08,501
...get these peopIe to trust you,
and you're screwing me!
1580
02:05:10,378 --> 02:05:13,047
l want you to know,
it's not about the number!
1581
02:05:13,298 --> 02:05:15,592
lt is about the way
my work is valued.
1582
02:05:15,842 --> 02:05:18,511
No matter what l do, you're not--
1583
02:05:23,808 --> 02:05:25,602
As l was saying...
1584
02:05:26,394 --> 02:05:30,815
...l decided that the figure
you proposed...
1585
02:05:31,065 --> 02:05:33,526
...was inappropriate.
1586
02:05:33,735 --> 02:05:35,069
So l increased it.
1587
02:05:46,289 --> 02:05:49,834
Do they teach beauty queens
how to apoIogise?
1588
02:05:50,084 --> 02:05:52,921
Because you suck at it.
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