All language subtitles for Justice.S01E05

WE NEED HELP!

HELP!
SOMEBODY HELP US!

(sobbing)

SOMEBODY HELP MY MOM.
(hyperventilating)

MOM! MOM!

(man) WE NEED HELP!

ROLLER COASTERS--
THRILL OR KILL?

JANE NICKS, 29,

A JANITOR
AND SINGLE MOTHER DIES

WHEN HER HEAD SOMEHOW SMASHES
INTO ONE OF THE RIDE'S BEAMS.

THE DEAD WOMAN'S
14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER MARY

WAS SITTING NEXT TO HER
BUT WAS UNHARMED.

C.E.O. MICHAEL O'DELL
OF PAGONON CORPORATION,

WHICH OWNS THE THEME PARK,
SHUT THE RIDE DOWN

TO ENSURE THAT NO ONE ELSE
WOULD BE HURT.

THE GIRL'S GUARDIAN
HAD BEEN NEGOTIATING

A SETTLEMENT WITH THE PARK,
BUT THIS BOMBSHELL--

CONTROVERSIAL ATTORNEY
RON TROTT AND HIS FIRM TNT&G

HAVE TAKEN OVER
THE WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT.

THE CASE PROMISES
TO BE CONTENTIOUS.

LLOYD BARRETT OF THE CORPORATE
LAW FIRM SAUNDERS & LEE

DEFENDS THE AMUSEMENT PARK.

TROTT AND BARRETT HAVE
SQUARED OFF MANY TIMES,

AND IT'S NO SECRET
THAT THEY DETEST ONE ANOTHER.

(turns off TV)

SHE TOOK HER DAUGHTER OUT
FOR A GOOD TIME

AND WENT HOME IN A BODY BAG,
LLOYD. SO MAKE ME A REAL OFFER.

QUIT WASTING MY TIME.
GIVE ME AN AMOUNT THAT MAKES UP

FOR MAKING A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL
AN ORPHAN.

QUIT BEING DRAMATIC, RON.
THERE'S NO PRESS HERE.

"AN ORPHAN."

GIVE ME A BREAK.
IS THAT FUNNY TO YOU?

WE'RE SO SORRY ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR MOM.

ALL WE WANT TO DO IS HELP.

WE'RE HOPING
THAT THE THEME PARK

WILL GIVE YOU ENOUGH
TO TAKE CARE OF YOU.
THANK YOU.

I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WHY AREN'T THEY GOING TO JAIL
FOR KILLING MY MOM?

THIS ISN'T THAT KIND OF A CASE.
THIS IS A CIVIL CASE.

IN A CIVIL CASE, MONEY IS
HOW WE MAKE THINGS RIGHT--

OR AT LEAST AS RIGHT
AS WE CAN.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
AS YOUR LAWYERS--

TRY TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT.

BUT I THOUGHT MS. WALLIS
WAS MY LAWYER.

SHE IS. A JUDGE APPOINTED HER
TO BE YOUR LEGAL GUARDIAN.

IT'S HER JOB
TO LOOK OUT FOR YOU,

SORT OF LIKE A PARENT.

BUT SHE CAN'T DO MY CASE?
I'M SORRY.

HONEY, I-I TRIED.
I REALLY DID,

BUT I'M A FAMILY LAWYER.

MR. GRAVES AND HIS FIRM
ARE TRIAL LAWYERS.

BUT YOU SAID I WOULDN'T HAVE
TO BE IN A TRIAL.

I REALLY DON'T WANT TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO MY MOM.

DO I HAVE TO GO TO COURT
AND TALK ABOUT IT?

WE HOPE TO SETTLE THE CASE,
BUT IF THE PARK ISN'T FAIR,

WE MAY HAVE TO.

MARY,
YOUR MOTHER WORKED HARD

TO GIVE YOU EVERYTHING
THAT YOU NEEDED--

A HOME, FOOD, EDUCATION.

BUT SHE'S NOT HERE.

BUT SHE WOULD STILL WANT YOU
TO HAVE THOSE THINGS.

PLUS...

A GOOD FUTURE--

COLLEGE, A CAREER,

YOUR OWN FAMILY ONE DAY.

HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL THIS?

YOU DIDN'T KNOW HER,
DID YOU?

NO, I NEVER MET YOUR MOTHER,

BUT I HAVE A LITTLE GIRL
OF MY OWN

AND A SON, TOO.

SEE, ALL MOTHERS AND FATHERS
ARE THE SAME.

WE JUST WANT OUR KIDS
TAKEN CARE OF,

AND YOUR MOTHER
WOULD WANT SOMEONE

TO MAKE SURE
YOU'LL BE OKAY.

AND THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

YOU'VE GOT NO CASE.
THE GIRL WAS SITTING
NEXT TO HER MOM

WHEN SHE WAS KILLED.

SHE WAS COVERED
WITH HER MOTHER'S BLOOD!

SHE ASSUMED THE RISK OF INJURY
THE SECOND SHE GOT ON THAT RIDE.

GUYS!
LET'S TALK THROUGH THIS.

LET'S TALK HOW MUCH
A LIFE IS WORTH.

LET'S START
WITH THE LOVE OF SUPPORT

JANE WOULD HAVE OFFERED MARY
HAD SHE LIVED.

JANE WAS HOLDING DOWN
TWO PART-TIME JOBS

WHILE ATTENDING
COMMUNITY COLLEGE...

WHICH WOULD HAVE ALLOWED HER
TO BUY A HOME,

WHERE THIS MOM WOULD HAVE
WATCHED HER DAUGHTER GROW UP,

CELEBRATED
HER DAUGHTER'S MARRIAGE

AND PLAYED
WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN--

ALL OF LIFE'S MAJOR EVENTS.

THAT'S VERY TOUCHING, RON,

BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT
SHE RAN OUT ON HER FAMILY

WHEN MARY WAS JUST A BABY?
SHE HAD A DRUG PROBLEM.

SHE WENT TO REHAB,
TOOK CARE OF IT.

YEAH, AFTER MARY SPENT
SIX MONTHS LIVING WITH GRANDMA.

SHE HAD HER LIVE TOGETHER
SINCE THEN.

JANE WAS A GOOD MOM.
YEAH, JURY MIGHT NOT AGREE.

JURY MIGHT THINK THAT
SHE WAS THE KIND OF GAL

WHO WOULD HAVE
DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL,

GONE BACK TO BOOZE
AND DRUGS,

MET SOME GUY, DUMPED THE KID
FOR A YEAR OR TWO

AND JUMPED TO MEXICO.

WHAT'S A LIFE LIKE THAT WORTH?
NOT MUCH.

YOU KNOW WHEN THEY SAY
BUSINESSMEN ARE SONS OF BITCHES?

BUT YOU CORPORATE LAW FIRM GUYS
TAKE THE CAKE.

FACT IS, JANE NICKS IS
WORTH MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE,

ECONOMICALLY
AND TO HER DAUGHTER.

THE OFFER IS $500,000.

IT'S TWICE WHAT I OFFERED
THE GIRL'S GUARDIAN.

I'M BEING GENEROUS.

YOUR SETTLEMENT OFFER IS
OFFICIALLY REJECTED, LLOYD.

GOOD. FOR A SECOND THERE,
I WAS AFRAID YOU'D TAKE IT.

I'LL SEE YOU IN COURT.

(man) MR. O'DELL...
(man) MR. O'DELL...

MR. O'DELL,
I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.

YOU'RE C.E.O.
OF PAGONON CORPORATION.

WHAT DO YOU SAY
TO THE LITTLE GIRL

WHO LOST HER MOTHER?

WELL, SO OFTEN IN BUSINESS

WE'RE AFRAID
TO SAY WE'RE SORRY. I'M NOT.

THE ALL-AMERICAN FACE
OF CORPORATE AMERICA.

HE'S YOU WITHOUT A LAW DEGREE.

YOU KNOW,
I THINK IT'S INTERESTING

THAT MR. TROTT REFERS
TO HISLIENT AS A VICTIM.

VICTIM? JANE NICKS NOT ONLY
ABANDONED HER CHILD,

SHE ABUSED DRUGS AND COMMITTED
CRIMES, INCLUDING THEFT.

IT'S A JUVENILE SHOPLIFTING
CONVICTION THAT WAS EXPUNGED.

INADMISSIBLE AT TRIAL.
THIS CONFIRMS THEIR STRATEGY--
BLAME JANE.

THEY'RE HOPING
IF THEY DIRTY HER UP ENOUGH,

THEY WON'T HAVE TO PAY AS MUCH
AT TRIAL.

WE EXPECTED THIS FROM RON TROTT
AND TNT&G.

THEY CARE MORE
ABOUT WINNING CASES

THAN KEEPING GOOD COMPANIES
IN BUSINESS

AND EMPLOYING GOOD PEOPLE.
LISTEN TO LLOYD.
AND THEY SAY I SPIN.

THE CORPORATION'S
THE VICTIM?

THAT'S NOT GONNA SELL
WITH THE JURY.

I'M NOT HEARING A GOOD STORY
FROM THEM YET.

(Alden) THERE'S NO WAY
THEY CAN WIN WITH WHAT

THEY'RE PUTTING OUT NOW.

WE'RE NOT GONNA PUT UP
WITH MR. TROTT'S ANTICS,

BECAUSE THE FACT IS,

JANE NICKS' DEATH WAS
THE RESULT OF A SUICIDE.

THANK YOU.

W-WHAT DID HE JUST SAY?

THAT JANE KILLED HERSELF
ON THE ROLLER COASTER.

THEY'RE SAYING THAT
THEY DON'T OWE MARY A THING?

THAT'S THEIR STORY?

THAT THEY'RE NOT LIABLE BECAUSE
SHE STAGED HER OWN DEATH?
THAT SON OF A BITCH.

LLOYD WANTED A WAR.

HE'S GOT ONE.

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(Ron) 100% INNOCENT.

(Warren Zevon)
* I'M THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER *

* SOMEHOW I GOT STUCK *

* BETWEEN A ROCK
AND A HARD PLACE *

* SEND LAWYERS,
GUNS AND MONEY *

(Ron)
LIKE I ALWAYS SAY,

IF YOU GOT
THE RIGHT LAWYER WITH YOU,

WE'VE GOT THE GREATEST
LEGAL SYSTEM IN THE WORLD.

I'M SORRY YOU HAD TO HEAR
THAT STUFF ABOUT YOUR MOM, MARY.

MY MOM DIDN'T KILL HERSELF.
SHE DIDN'T.

I WAS SITTING RIGHT NEXT
TO HER.
WE KNOW, MARY. WE'RE SORRY.

MY MOM SAID
WE WERE BEST FRIENDS.

WHY DIDN'T SHE JUST TELL ME

THAT SHE HAD BEEN CONVICTED
OF A CRIME

OR THAT SHE USED DRUGS, THAT SHE
DUMPED ME OFF AT GRANDMA'S?

MAYBE SHE JUST DIDN'T
WANT YOU TO THINK

SHE WAS A BAD PERSON, MARY.
SHE SHOULD HAVE STILL TOLD ME.
I WOULDN'T HAVE CARED.

PARENTS DON'T THINK KIDS
SHOULD KNOW EVERYTHING.

YOUR MOTHER MADE A MISTAKE
WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG.

PEOPLE DO THAT.

I HAVEN'T TOLD MY KIDS
EVERYTHING I'VE DONE.

WELL, YOU SHOULD.

IT SUCKS TO HAVE TO HEAR IT
FROM OTHER PEOPLE.

(sighs) SHE DOESN'T WANT TO GO
THROUGH WITH THIS, DOES SHE?

CAN YOU BLAME HER?

SHE'S AFRAID OF WHAT ELSE MIGHT
COME OUT ABOUT HER MOTHER.

OKAY,
WHAT'S OUR STORY, RON?

OUR STORY IS THE THEME PARK
IS TO BLAME FOR JANE'S DEATH.

WE DON'T KNOW
WHY THEY'RE TO BLAME.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW
THE ACCIDENT EVEN HAPPENED.

ALL WE KNOW IS JANE DIED
AS A RESULT

OF HER HEAD SOMEHOW HITTING
THE ROLLER COASTER BEAM.

AT LEAST WE KNOW THEIR STORY--
JANE COMMITTED SUICIDE.

IT'S KIND OF A BIZARRE WAY
TO COMMIT SUICIDE.

LUTHER, DO WE KNOW
IF JANE WAS SUICIDAL?

WE'RE STILL LOOKING,

BUT AT THIS POINT,
NOTHING SUGGESTS SHE WAS.

DO THEY KNOW SOMETHING
WE DON'T?
WE NEED TO FIND OUT.

REMEMBER,
THIS IS A CIVIL CASE,

WHICH MEANS THE BURDEN
IS ON US

TO PROVE THE PARK
IS TO BLAME FOR THIS.

IF WE DON'T, WE LOSE THIS CASE
AND GET NOTHING.

THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SAY

SHE STAGED THE ACCIDENT FOR
MONEY, BUT IT WENT TOO FAR.

SHE INTENDED TO HIT THE BEAM?
HOW ARE THEY GONNA PROVE THAT?

THE ACCIDENT REPORT SAYS THAT
JANE'S SEAT BELT WAS UNBUCKLED

WHEN PARK SECURITY SHOWED UP,
SO THAT THEY'RE EITHER GONNA SAY

SHE NEVER BUCKLED IT
OR UNBUCKLED IT DURING THE RIDE.

PLENTY OF OTHER PEOPLE COULD
HAVE UNBUCKLED THE BELT

AFTER THE ACCIDENT--

PARAMEDICS WHO SHOWED UP
ON THE SCENE, THE RIDE OPERATOR.

MAYBE THE RIDE OPERATOR
FAILED TO MAKE SURE

IT WAS ON PROPERLY
TO START WITH.

IF SO,
THIS IS EMPLOYEE NEGLIGENCE.

ALDEN, TRACK DOWN WHO WAS
OPERATING THE RIDE THAT DAY,

AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED
A REENACTMENT,

SHOW THE JURY WHAT HAPPENED.
THE BLOODIER, THE BETTER.

LUTHER, YOU'RE THE FIRM'S
RESIDENT FAMILY MAN.

YOU PREP MARY FOR TRIAL
AND DEPOSITION.

TOM, LOOK INTO PAGONON.

SEE IF THERE WERE PRIOR LAWSUITS
FILED AGAINST THE PARK.

GET AHOLD
OF THE COMPANY MINUTES,

PUBLIC FILINGS, EMPLOYEE
HANDBOOKS, ANNUAL REPORTS.

I WANT TO KNOW
HOW THESE GUYS OPERATE,

AND I'LL DEAL WITH TRIAL.

WAIT, YOU'RE GONNA TRY
THIS CASE?

YOU DON'T TRY CASES, RON.

CIVIL CASES ARE ABOUT
GOING AFTER A CORPORATE MONSTER

ON BEHALF OF THE LITTLE GUY.

PEOPLE WANT
A BARE-KNUCKLE BRAWLER

WHO ISN'T AFRAID
TO GET DOWN AND DIRTY.

BELIEVE ME, I MAY NOT HAVE
GREAT APPEAL IN CRIMINAL CASES,

BUT CIVIL JURIES LOVE ME.

HEY, ALDEN, DR. KIRKLAND,

HOW'S
THE ACCIDENT REENACTMENT?

WE'VE RUN TESTS ON THE RIDE
AT THE SAME SPEED

AND WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION AS WHEN
JANE AND MARY RODE THE COASTER.

THE ONLY PROBLEM IS
IT'S NOT WORKING.

TAKE A LOOK. WE'VE INPUT
ALL THE CORRECT DATA,

BUT JANE'S HEAD
ISN'T HITTING THE BEAM.

SHE WAS NEARLY DECAPITATED,
ALDEN.

BUT IT WASN'T
THE BEAM'S FAULT.

ACCORDING TO THE RIDE'S DESIGN,
THE BEAM WASN'T TOO LOW.

IF IT WAS, OTHER PEOPLE
WOULD HAVE HIT IT.
IN OTHER WORDS,

WE CAN'T ARGUE TO THE JURY
THAT THE RIDE'S DESIGN

WAS TO BLAME FOR JANE'S DEATH.
WHAT ABOUT THE FORCE
OF THE RIDE?

CAN WE ARGUE IT CAUSED HER
TO LIFT OUT OF HER SEAT

AND HIT THE BEAM?
NEGATIVE ACCELERATION
WAS CREATED,

BUT NOT ENOUGH TO PROPEL
THE WOMAN OUT OF HER SEAT.

SO HER SEAT BELT
MALFUNCTIONED?

WE TESTED THE BELT.
IT DIDN'T MALFUNCTION.
WELL, IT MUST HAVE.

THINGS FAIL.
WE CRASH-TESTED IT
A HUNDRED TIMES, TOM.

IT DIDN'T FAIL, NOT ONCE.
OKAY.

CAN THE PARK ARGUE THAT JANE
NEVER BUCKLED HER BELT,

THAT IT WAS PART OF HER PLAN
TO STAGE THE ACCIDENT?
I DON'T THINK SO.

THIS WAS JANE'S SEAT BELT.

THE RIDE OPERATOR WAS SUPPOSED
TO MAKE SURE SHE BUCKLED IT.

IF SHE HADN'T,
A LIGHT WOULD HAVE GONE OFF

ON THE CONTROL PANEL
OVER THERE.

OKAY, DO WE KNOW WHETHER
THE CONTROL PANEL

WAS WORKING THAT DAY?
WE CHECKED WITH THE PARK'S
MAINTENANCE RECORDS

AND RAN TESTS,
AND IT SEEMED TO BE WORKING.

DOES THE TRAIN AUTOMATICALLY
DISABLE IF THE LIGHT GOES ON?

NO, IT CAN STILL RUN
ON THE TRACK.

SO IF NONE
OF THE EQUIPMENT FAILED,

THEN IT MUST BE
EMPLOYEE NEGLIGENCE.

I MEAN, MAYBE SOMEBODY
FAILED TO MAKE SURE

JANE'S SEAT BELT WAS ON RIGHT.
WHO WAS THE OPERATOR THAT DAY?
HIS NAME'S JEREMY PIERCE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S CHECK HIM OUT.
MAYBE HE SCREWED UP.

OR MAYBE THE PARK'S RIGHT--

SHE DID UNBUCKLE HER BELT
DURING THE RIDE.

WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT.

WITH TRIAL JUST WEEKS AWAY,

RON TROTT AND HIS PARTNERS
FACE AN ENORMOUS CHALLENGE.

THE BURDEN OF PROOF
IS ON THEM...

MY NAME? RON TROTT.

I'M THE PLAINTIFF'S LAWYER
ON THE CASE.

LOOK, EITHER I GET ON THE SHOW,
OR I REPORT YOU TO THE F.C.C.

I CAN'T GET ON BLOOM'S SHOW.
THESE FINANCIAL NETWORKS

NEVER WANT TO TALK
TO PLAINTIFFS' LAWYERS,

BUT THE MINUTE LLOYD WANTS
TO GET SOMETHING ON THE SHOW,

HE DOES.
WHY DON'T YOU SPIN
ON ANOTHER SHOW?

OR DO YOU WANT TO GET
ON SUSAN HIRASUNA'S SHOW

BECAUSE LLOYD HAS?

I KNOW LLOYD'S BEEN GETTING
UNDER YOUR SKIN, ALWAYS HAS.

YOU ONLY TOOK THIS CASE

BECAUSE YOU KNEW
HE WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE.

THAT, AND WE CAN MAKE
A LOT OF MONEY OFF OF IT.

BEATING LLOYD WAS
JUST A BONUS--A BIG BONUS.

BUT SOMEHOW HE ALWAYS ENDS UP
LOOKING LIKE THE WINNER.

IT DRIVES ME CRAZY.
EVEN WHEN I BEAT HIM,

THE GUY STILL THINKS
HE'S BETTER THAN ME,

BECAUSE I'M JUST
A CRIMINAL LAWYER.

NO MATTER HOW MANY
CIVIL CASES I WIN,

NO MATTER HOW MANY
MILLION-DOLLAR VERDICTS I GET,

I'M THE GUY
WHO GETS GUILTY PEOPLE OFF.

BUT WHEN GUYS LIKE HIM
GET IN TROUBLE

FOR DRIVING DRUNK
OR WHATEVER,

I'M THE GUY THEY CALL.
WHY?

BECAUSE I'M NOT AFRAID

TO GET MY HANDS DIRTY
FOR MY CLIENT.

BUT EVERYONE
KEEPS TREATING LLOYD

LIKE HE'S SOME KIND
OF ROYALTY.

HE'S THE KIND OF LAWYER WHO GETS
ON THE COUNTY MUSEUM BOARD,

WHO GETS THE JUDGESHIPS.

YOU WANT TO BE A JUDGE, RON?

HELL, NO.
BUT I'D LIKE TO BE ASKED.

WAS IT FAIR TO SAY
YOU WERE A POOR STUDENT

EVEN BEFORE YOUR MOM DIED?
OBJECTION--RELEVANCE.

GOES TO DAMAGES.

YOU'RE CLAIMING HER GRADES
HAVE FALLEN SINCE THE ACCIDENT.

BUT YOUR OBJECTION'S NOTED.

YOU CAN TAKE IT UP
WITH THE JUDGE AT TRIAL.

SO WERE YOU A POOR STUDENT?

YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO SPEAK UP
FOR THE COURT REPORTER.

I USED TO GET C's.
NOW I GET D's.

YOU ALSO ARGUED
WITH YOUR MOM, DIDN'T YOU?

WE TALKED
TO YOUR FRIENDS, MARY.

WHAT? HOLD ON.

YOU TALKED TO MY FRIENDS?

THEY SAID YOU OFTEN GOT UPSET
WITH YOUR MOM,

LIKE WHEN SHE BROUGHT MEN HOME.
IS THAT TRUE?

MY GOD, HOW CAN YOU ASK THAT?
HOW?

MR. TROTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE
EXPLAIN TO THIS WOMAN

HOW CIVIL TRIALS WORK?
YOU'RE DOING SURVEILLANCE
ON 14 YEAR OLDS NOW, LLOYD?

LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT
PAGONON CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

MICHAEL O'DELL
JUST JOINED US.

MARY, LET ME JUST SAY
HOW SORRY I AM--

TURN OFF THE TAPE
BEFORE I BREAK THE CAMERA.

WE'RE OFF THE RECORD.
KEEP THE TAPE ROLLING.

I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU CREATE
SOME PUBLIC APOLOGY

TO BE PLAYED ON TONIGHT'S NEWS.
ARE WE CLEAR?!

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA
OFFER HER,

A LIFETIME PASS
TO YOUR THEME PARKS?
OH, WHAT, RON?

YOU THINK YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN SPIN?
TURN THAT CAMERA OFF NOW!

AND GIVE ME THAT TAPE, OR WE CAN
TALK TO THE COURT ABOUT IT.

(beep)

NOW GIVE ME THE TAPE,
OR I'LL SPIN TO THE PRESS

WHY YOUR FIRST WIFE
LEFT YOU, LLOYD.

YOU'RE A REAL CLASS ACT,
RON.

NICE GOING, RON.
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?

DEPOSITIONS SOMETIMES
GET UGLY.

I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF LLOYD
GOES AFTER HER EVEN WORSE.

HE WANTS HER TO CRACK.

THAT'S HOW HE WINS HIS CASES--
BY DESTROYING THE PLAINTIFF,

AND THIS ONE'S ONLY 14.
YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU HAD
SOME PERSONAL ISSUE WITH HIM.

PERSONAL ISSUES HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

IT'S A CIVIL CASE.
THERE'S MONEY AT STAKE.

THAT'S WHY IT'S SO ROUGH.
WHICH IS WHY YOU SHOULD HAVE
SETTLED THE CASE.

THAT'S WHY I CAME TO YOU.

I WANT TO SPARE MARY
THE PAIN OF TRIAL.

HER PSYCHIATRIST SAID FORCING
HER TO RELIVE THE EXPERIENCE

COULD DEVASTATE HER.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALL TRYING

TO LOOK OUT
FOR MARY'S BEST INTERESTS.
I SHOULD HAVE SETTLED THE CASE
WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE.

FOR WHAT THEY OFFERED YOU?
$250,000?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
THAT MONEY RUNS OUT,

AND MARY'S ON THE STREET?

A $10 MILLION VERDICT
LETS HER BUY A HOUSE

AND EMPLOY
COURT-APPOINTED CAREGIVERS

WHO WOULD ACTUALLY
LOOK AFTER HER.

WHAT THEY OFFERED BUYS HER
LONG-TERM FOSTER CARE.

YOU KNOW
WHAT FOSTER CARE IS.

A $10 MILLION REWARD
WOULD ALSO MEAN

A HUGE PAYDAY FOR YOU,
RIGHT?

YOU GET A THIRD
OF WHATEVER MARY GETS?
YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT.

RUN MARY'S DEPO
BY THE MOCK JURY.

I WANT TO KNOW HOW THE JURY'S
GONNA REACT TO MARY'S TESTIMONY.

WHERE IS MARY?
CAN WE TALK TO HER?

I'M HAVING HER DRIVEN
BACK TO SCHOOL.

SHE'S HAD ENOUGH OF THIS CASE
FOR ONE DAY.

CAN THEY REALLY
GO AFTER HER EVEN WORSE?

YES, THEY CAN. LOOK, I'M REALLY
SORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TODAY,

BUT WE HAVE TO DO THIS.

OTHERWISE, SHE'S GOING
TO END UP WITH NOTHING.

TELL HER SHE DID
A GOOD JOB TODAY.

AND TELL HER WE'RE PROUD.

KEEP LOOKING!
LET'S CHECK THE TRACK AGAIN.

BINGO.

SHE SAID IT HAPPENED BEFORE?
THAT'S WHAT
THE GIRL'S GUARDIAN SAID,

BUT NEVER FOR THIS LONG.
SO WE DON'T TELL RON
UNLESS WE HAVE TO.

HE'S UNDER
A LOT OF PRESSURE.

HE SPENT THE WHOLE DAY
MEMORIZING COASTER DESIGN PLANS.

MR. TROTT GETS PRETTY TENSE
WHEN HE TRIES CASES, HUH?

YEAH, HE DOES. THE ONLY GUY
WHO CAN BEAT RON IS RON.

SOMETIMES HE TAKES IT
TOO FAR.

TOM, LISTEN TO ALDEN.
IT'S GREAT.

SEE THAT CAMERA?

IT TAKES PICTURES OF PEOPLE AS
THEY GO DOWN THE ROLLER COASTER,

AND THEM THE PARK SELLS THEM
TO CUSTOMERS

AS THEY GET OFF THE RIDE.

IT'S THE ONLY PART OF THE RIDE
THEY UPGRADED

IN THE PAST TEN YEARS.
WHY NOT?
THEY MAKE MONEY OFF IT.

E CAMERA WAS POINTING
AT THE BEAM

THAT JANE COLLIDED WITH,

AND I FOUND THESE BURIED
IN THE DOCUMENTS

THE THEME PARK
TURNED OVER TO US.

PHOTOS TAKEN BY THE CAMERA?
YEAH, THEY DATE BACK
FIVE YEARS,

SO I RAN THEM
THROUGH THE COMPUTER

TO LOOK AT THEM SEQUENTIALLY
LIKE A FLIP BOOK.

AND LOOK WHAT I FOUND.
THE BEAM THAT JANE HIT

HAD BEEN DROPPING
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

OUR EXPERT THINKS
THAT THE WEIGHT OF THE BEAM

CAUSED THESE BOLTS
TO BURROW DOWN ON THE POSTS,

SO WE CAN ARGUE IT'S POSSIBLE
THAT THE BEAM DROPPED

TO A FATALLY LOW POSITION
THE DAY JANE WAS KILLED.

SO THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG
WITH THE RIDE'S DESIGN.

WHAT WAS WRONG IS
HOW THEY MAINTAINED THE RIDE.

WHY DIDN'T OUR REENACTMENT
SHOW THAT?

THE BEAM WAS REPLACED
AND RAISED

DURING THE TIME THAT O'DELL
SHUT DOWN THE RIDE

AFTER JANE DIED.
WHAT A SCUMBAG.

HE DIDN'T SHUT DOWN THE RIDE
TO PROTECT HIS CUSTOMERS.

HE DID IT TO ALTER
THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT.

HE KNEW THEY SCREWED UP.

BUT THE LAW WON'T LET US TELL
THE JURY THEY FIXED THE BEAM--

THE SUBSEQUENT
REMEDIAL MEASURES RULE,

OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "IF IT'S
BROKE, FIX IT" RULE.

IT SAYS THAT IF A PHYSICAL
HAZARD CAUSES AN INJURY,

THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE CAN FIX
THE HAZARD AFTER THE INJURY

WITHOUT IT BEING HELD
AGAINST THEM IN COURT.

WE CAN STILL INTRODUCE PHOTOS
FROM BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

DO WE HAVE PHOTOS
FROM THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT?

NO, THE PARK CLAIMS
THEY DISCARDED THEM

TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY
OF THE OTHER CUSTOMERS

WHO RODE THE ROLLER COASTER
THAT DAY.

I LOVE IT--
EVIDENCE OF A COVER-UP.

GO ON eBay AND POST
A REQUEST FOR PHOTOS

FROM THE DAY
OF THE A

SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT
PICTURES THAT DAY MIGHT BE

WILLING TO SELL THEM TO US.
IT COULD PUT OUR CASE
OVER THE TOP.

I BET LLOYD TOLD THEM
TO LOSE THE PHOTOS.

I'M GONNA WIN THIS CASE
AND GET HIM DISBARRED.

GET MARY ON THE PHONE.

I WANT TO TELL HER
SHE'S GONNA BE ONE RICH GIRL.

I DIDN'T WANT
TO SAY ANYTHING,

BECAUSE I THOUGHT
IT MIGHT NOT BE A PROBLEM,

BUT, UM,
LUTHER IS LOOKING FOR HER

WITH SOME
OF OUR INVESTIGATORS.
WHAT?

MARY'S RUN AWAY.
LINDA SAYS SHE'S DONE IT BEFORE

SINCE HER MOTHER DIED,
JUST NEVER THIS LONG.

HOW'D YOU GUYS FIND ME
SO FAST?

ARE YOU LIKE THE FBI
OR SOMETHING?

WELL, WE HAVE PRETTY SHARP
PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS.

AND IT'S NOT THAT HARD
TO FIND A 14 YEAR OLD.

THE LAWYERS FROM THE OTHER SIDE
CAME BY MY SCHOOL.

THEY ASKED MY FRIENDS
IF I DID DRUGS OR HAD SEX.

SOME OF THE BOYS
WHO HEARD ABOUT IT

WANTED TO KNOW
IF I'D DO IT WITH THEM.

I COULDN'T GO BACK.

SO YOU RAN AWAY.

MARY...

DON'T ACT TOUGH.
BE TOUGH.

THEY WANT YOU TO BREAK.

IF YOU DO, THEY WIN.

LET'S GO.

RON, SHE IS NEVER GOING
TO STAND UP IN COURT.

WE HAVE TO SETTLE.

LLOYD'S AN ASS, BUT HE NEVER
WENT AFTER A 14 YEAR OLD BEFORE.

Call Susan Hirasuna.
Tell her I've got a bombshell.

If she doesn't want it, I'm
going to "Wall Street Journal."

I'm going to force her
to put me on.

THIS IS GOING TO COST
THE CORPORATION BILLIONS.

THEY'LL HAVE TO SETTLE.

RON TROTT, FOUNDER OF TNT&G,
IS ONE WEEK AWAY FROM TRIAL

IN HIS LAWSUIT AGAINST
ROLLER PLANET AMUSEMENT PARK.
PAGONON.

WE'RE NOT SUING
A HAPPY THEME PARK.

WE'RE SUING
A GIANT CORPORATION

THAT OWNS AND OPERATES IT
FOR PROFIT.

DO YOU FEEL
YOU CAN PROVE YOUR CASE?

WE CAN PROVE THE PARK
IS NOT ONLY TO BLAME,

BUT THAT THEY TRIED
TO COVER IT UP

BY ALTERING THE DEFECTIVE BEAM
AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

AND I CAN'T BELIEVE
WE'VE GOT THE ONLY VICTIM.

I THINK THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE
PAGONON COULD BE FACING

A CLASS ACTION SUIT
BY YEAR-END.

WAIT, A CLASS ACTION SUIT
AGAINST PAGONON,

THE PARENT COMPANY?
THEY OWN OTHER PARKS.

THAT'S WHY MICHAEL O'DELL,
PAGONON'S C.E.O.,

HAD DODGED OUR REQUEST
TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS UNDER OATH

IN A DEPOSITION.

HE'D RATHER DO
PRESS CONFERENCES

THAN FACE HIS VICTIMS.

AND THEY SAY LAWYERS SPIN.
NOT LIKE CORPORATIONS.

THEY'RE THE WORST.

WHY IS RON ON A BUSINESS SHOW?

WHY NOT A NETWORK
WITH MORE VIEWERS?

MOST JURORS
DON'T WATCH THIS.

WE'RE NOT TRYING
TO INFLUENCE THE JURY.

WHEN YOU'RE SUING
A CORPORATION,

YOU TRY TO INFLUENCE ITS BOARD
THROUGH ITS STOCK PRICE.

INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
AND MONEY MANAGERS

CONTROL MOST
OF PAGONON'S STOCK.

THEY WATCH THIS SHOW.
THEY'LL SEE RON ON TV

AND MIGHT BEGIN TO BELIEVE

THAT PAGONON IS
IN REAL LEGAL TROUBLE.

SO THEY'LL CALL

TO START SELLING OFF
THEIR PAGONON SHARES.

IT WILL ONLY TAKE ABOUT
A MINUTE FOR THE PRICE TO DROP.

IF THE STOCK PRICE
DROPS LOW ENOUGH,

IT COULD PRESSURE
PAGONON'S BOARD

TO SETTLE THIS CASE
WITH A CHECK BIG ENOUGH

TO SAVE MARY THE PAIN
OF TRIAL.

(telephones ringing)

DID WE JUST HIRE
NEW PARALEGALS?

I THOUGHT RON SAID WE COULDN'T,
TO KEEP COSTS DOWN.
APPARENTLY NOT.

RON'S TRYING A CASE,
AND HE WANTS THEM.

HE JUST HIRED TEN NEW ONES
TO STAFF UP THIS CASE.

YOU KNOW, HE CALLED ME AGAIN
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
WELL, YOU KNOW RON.

WHEN HE'S A TRYING A CASE,
WE'RE ON 24/7.

YEAH, WELL,
WHEN I'M TRYING A CASE,

WE'RE ON ALL THE TIME, TOO,
BUT I DON'T CALL

AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING
FOR MOCK JURY RESULTS.

HOW'D WE DO?
IT'S WEIRD. JANE'S DEAD,

KILLED AS A RESULT
OF CORPORATE NEGLIGENCE,

BUT THE MOCK JURY'S JUST NOT
CONNECTING WITH HER CASE.

MAYBE IT'S THE SHOPLIFTING
CONVICTION, THE DRUG ABUSE.

THEY'RE JUST NOT
FINDING HER SYMPATHETIC.

MEANING MARY DOESN'T DESERVE
ANY MONEY.

WE ALSO GOT MOCK JURY RESULTS
ON MARY'S DEPOSITION TAPE.

SHE BOMBED.

MOCK JURORS THOUGHT SHE
CAME ACROSS AS COLD AND DISTANT.

HER MOTHER'S DEAD.

SHE'S STILL NOT IN
A GOOD PLACE EMOTIONALLY,

AND THIS CASE ISN'T HELPING.
SHE'S ONLY A KID.

IF WE DON'T SETTLE, RON WANTS
TO CALL HER TO TESTIFY.

HE WANTS LLOYD TO HAVE
TO DESTROY HER ON THE STAND.

SAYS HE'LL HAVE NO CHOICE,

AND THE JURY
WILL HATE HIM FOR IT.

YES, IT MIGHT BE
OUR BEST SHOT TO WIN.

YOU DID THE RESEARCH.
SINCE O'DELL'S BEEN C.E.O.,

PAGONON HAS BEATEN EVERY
PERSONAL INJURY SUIT IT'S FACED,

MOSTLY THROUGH
O'DELL'S CHARM AND SKILL

OUTMANEUVERING LAWYERS
ON THE OTHER SIDE.

RON'S BEEN BAITING HIM
PRETTY GOOD.

WHAT IF O'DELL
TAKES THE STAND?
RON'S SURE HE WON'T.

SOMEONE WHO WAS RIDING
THE ROLLER COASTER

ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT
SOLD US THEIR PHOTO ON eBay.

WHAT DOES THE PHOTO SHOW,
ALDEN?

THE GUY WAS SITTING TWO CARS
IN FRONT OF JANE.

IT SHOWS JANE JUST MOMENTS
BEFORE SHE PASSED

UNDER THE BEAM.

HER SEAT BELT IS UNBUCKLED.

THIS IS BAD.
IT FITS THE OTHER SIDE'S STORY

THAT SHE KILLED HERSELF.

THEY'LL SAY SHE UNBUCKLED IT
DURING THE RIDE.

WE CAN STILL ARGUE
THE RIDE OPERATOR

DIDN'T CHECK HER BELT,
AND IT CAME UNDONE.

WE ALSO HAVE THE FALLING BEAM.

WE CAN ARGUE THAT IT CONTRIBUTED
TO HER DEATH AS WELL.

THAT PHOTO HELPS THE OTHER SIDE.
THEY COULD ARGUE

THAT SHE UNDID THE BELT
TO GET MONEY FROM THE PARK,

AND UNDER CIVIL DISCOVERY RULES,
WE NOW HAVE TO TURN THE PHOTO

OVER TO THEM.
GREAT.

WE ACTUALLY PAID FOR EVIDENCE
THAT COULD HURT OUR CASE.

MARY, I'M LOOKING FOR THINGS
THAT WE CAN SHOW THE JURY,

SO THEY'LL UNDERSTAND
WHO YOUR MOTHER WAS

AND THAT SHE WOULDN'T HAVE
HURT HERSELF.

THE MANAGER WHO RUNS
THE PUBLIC STORAGE

SAID I HAVE TO GET
ALL THIS STUFF OUT BY TOMORROW.

HE SAID THE LAST CHECK
I WROTE HIM

BOUNCED OR SOMETHING.

I THINK I MESSED UP
BALANCING THE CHECKBOOK.

IT WAS PROBABLY
THAT LAST RENT CHECK I WROTE

BEFORE MOM DIED.

YOU WERE THE ONE
WHO PAID THE BILLS?

WELL, MOM WAS BUSY
WITH WORK AND SCHOOL,

PLUS SHE WASN'T GOOD
WITH BILLS OR DEADLINES.

MARY...

DID YOUR MOTHER SEEM LIKE
SHE WANTED TO KILL HERSELF?

NO.

IT WASN'T EVEN HER IDEA
TO GO TO THE PARK.

IT WAS MINE.

PLEASE DON'T GO THROUGH
MY MOM'S STUFF!

WAS YOUR MOTHER
SEEING A DOCTOR, MARY?

WE DIDN'T HAVE A DOCTOR.

WE WENT TO THE FREE CLINIC.

THAT'S WHERE THOSE
CAME FROM.

SAUNDERS & LEE IS SUING YOU
AND MARY

AND ME
FOR $100 MILLION?

THEY SAID YOU SPREAD LIES
ABOUT PAGONON ON TELEVISION

TO DEFLATE ITS STOCK
AND EXERT PRESSURE IN THE CASE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO SCARE YOU.

WELL, IT WORKED!
I'M SCARED--FOR MARY!

WHAT YOU SAID ON THE SHOW

ISN'T COVERED BY
THE LITIGATION PRIVILEGE.

I ASKED ANOTHER ATTORNEY.

THE PRIVILEGE SHIELDS LAWYERS
FOR BEING SUED

FOR THINGS THEY SAY IN COURT,
NOT ON TV.

I'M FAMILIAR
WITH THE LITIGATION PRIVILEGE.

LITIGATION IS WHAT I DO.

I NEVER VIOLATE
THE PRIVILEGE EVER.
YOU HAVE TO TRUST US.

RON ALWAYS HAS REASONS
FOR DOING WHAT HE DOES.

WE'RE GONNA WIN THIS.
NOT IF HE'S STILL
IN CHARGE.

HAVE YOU GOT
$100 MILLION?

THEN YOU'VE GOT NOTHING
TO WORRY ABOUT.

WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM.

JANE WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH OVARIAN CANCER

SIX MONTHS
BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

DOCTOR SAID SHE DIDN'T WANT
TO LIVE ANYMORE.

HE TOLD HER SHE HAD
A RESPONSIBILITY TO MARY

AND PRESCRIBED ANTIDEPRESSANTS
AND PAINKILLERS,

SAID HER MENTAL STATE
HAD IMPROVED.

WHAT IF IT DIDN'T?

IS IT POSSIBLE
SHE DID COMMIT SUICIDE?
HOW BAD WAS HER CANCER?

SHE HAD A FEW MONTHS TO LIVE.

SHE'D BEEN PUTTING OFF
GOING TO THE DOCTOR,

BUT MARY WAS THE ONE WHO FINALLY
MADE THE APPOINTMENT FOR HER.

LLOYD KNEW JANE WAS SICK.

THAT EXPLAINS WHY HE LOWBALLED
US ON THE SETTLEMENT OFFER.

HE'S GONNA USE THIS TO PROVE
THAT JANE STAGED THE ACCIDENT

SO HER ESTATE COULD SUE

AS A WAY OF PROVIDING FOR MARY
AFTER HER DEATH.

DAMN. LEGALLY,
THE VALUE OF JANE'S LIFE

JUST WENT DOWN TO ZERO.

ANSWER WHAT THEY ASK,
JUST WHAT THEY ASK.

AND DON'T GET SMART
WITH THEM.

BUT MOST OF ALL,
NO MATTER WHAT, DON'T CRY.

NOT A TEAR.
YOU UNDERSTAND?

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN TESTIFY

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
ON THE COASTER THAT DAY.

WE'RE DEPENDING ON YOU.

I'M DOING THE HANDSHAKE.

YOU SERIOUS?

IT WORKS. IF THE JURY SEES
O'DELL SHAKE MY HAND,

THEY'LL THINK
I MUST NOT BE SUCH A BAD GUY.

BUT IF O'DELL REFUSES,
THEN HE'S THE JERK.

PLEASURE
TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

LLOYD.

HOW ARE YOU, SWEETIE?

OKAY.
YOU ALL RIGHT?
GOOD.

MOM AND I WERE HOLDING HANDS,

'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DID THAT
ON SCARY RIDES--HOLD HANDS.

AND DID SHE SAY
ANYTHING TO YOU?

NO, SHE WAS JUST SCREAMING,
AND--

LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE
ON A ROLLER COASTER.

SHE WAS LAUGHING, TOO.

SHE SNORTED WHEN SHE LAUGHED.

I DO, TOO.

WE--WE WERE HAVING FUN.

I REMEMBER WHEN
WE WENT DOWN THE RIDE THAT...

SHE SQUEEZED MY HAND TIGHTER,

AND THEN I FELT
HER HAND LET GO.

(voice breaking) AND THEN
I DIDN'T HEAR HER ANYMORE.

MARY, YOU TESTIFIED

THAT WHILE YOU WERE
ONHE ROLLER COASTER,

YOUR MOM WAS HOLDING TIGHT
TO YOUR HAND.

WAS SHE DOING THAT
WITH BH OF HER HANDS

OR JUST ONE?
JUST ONE.

WHICH ONE?
HER RIGHT HAND.

NOW WHEN YOU GO
ON ROLLER COASTERS,

DO YOU USUALLY LOOK AHEAD
AT THE TRACK OR SIDEWAYS?

AT THE TRACK
MOST OF THE TIME.

SO WHILE YOU WERE LOOKING
AT THE TRACK,

AND YOUR MOM WAS USING HER
RIGHT HAND TO HOLD YOUR HAND,

YOU DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT SHE
WAS DOING WITH HER LEFT HAND,

DO YOU?
I GUESS NOT.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE

THAT SHE USED HER LEFT HAND
TO UNBUCKLE HER SEAT BELT

DURING THE RIDE,
AND YOU JUST DIDN'T SEE IT.

YEAH, I GUESS,
BUT SHE DIDN'T.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT
TO BELIEVE, ISN'T IT?

I KNOW MY MOM
WOULDN'T KILL HERSELF.

SHE WAS A GOOD MOM.

THE KIND OF MOM

WHO WOULD DO WHATEVER
SHE HAD TO DO

TO PROVIDE FOR HER DAUGHTER.

IT WAS MY IDEA
TO GO TO THE PARK.

MINE.

I BEGGED TO GO, BUT SHE SAID
WE COULDN'T AFFORD IT.

I KEPT ON BEGGING,
AND IT'S MY FAULT SHE'S DEAD.

(crying)

MARY, DID YOUR LAWYERS
GO OVER WITH YOU

HOW YOU SHOULD ACT
ON THE STAND?

DID THEY SAY
YOU SHOULD CRY?

NO.

(sniffles)

GET READY TO SEE
THE RIDE OPERATOR

GO DOWN IN FLAMES.

YEAH, BUT, RON,
JUST DON'T PUSH IT, ALL RIGHT?

JUST MAKE YOUR POINT
AND GET OFF.

WE'RE WINNING.

THE HAMMER WORKS.
DON'T BRING OUT THE SHOTGUN.

RELAX.
I'VE DONE THIS A FEW TIMES.

LLOYD IS SQUIRMING.

NOW IT'S TIME
TO MAKE HIM CRAWL.

JEREMY, WERE YOU
THE RIDE OPERATOR RESPONSIBLE

FOR CHECKING
PEOPLE'S SEAT BELTS

ON THE DAY JANE NICKS DIED?

YES, I WAS.

AND THAT MEANT MAKING SURE
EVERYONE WAS PROPERLY BUCKLED?

YES.
I ASSUME
THAT BEFORE THAT DAY,

YOU MIGHT HAVE FAILED
TO DO THAT ON OCCASION--

CHECK TO SEE PEOPLE'S BELTS
WERE ON RIGHT.

NO, SIR.
NEVER, NOT ONCE?

NO, SIR.
I WAS CAREFUL TO FOLLOW

OUR ROLLER COASTER
SAFETY PROCEDURES AT ALL TIMES.

THAT MEANT CHECKING
EVERYONE'S SEAT BELT.

WE TALKED
TO YOUR FORMER COWORKERS.

THEY SAID YOUR SAFETY TRAINING
CONSISTED OF A 20-MINUTE VIDEO

YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WATCH
ON YOUR FIRST DAY OF WORK.

THE PERSON YOU WERE SUPPOSED
TO WATCH IT WITH

SAID YOU WERE TALKING ON
YOUR CELL PHONE THE WHOLE TIME.

HE ALSO SAID
THAT WHILE ON THE JOB,

YOU WERE MORE INTERESTED
IN GIRLS

THAN CHECKING PEOPLE'S BELTS.
NOT ONLY THAT,

BUT THAT YOU OFTEN SHOWED UP
TO WORK DRUNK OR HIGH ON DRUGS.

SIR, I'VE NEVER HAD
A BAD WRITE-UP

THE WHOLE TIME I'VE WORKED
AT ROLLER PLANET, NOT ONE.

SHOCKING, BUT NOT SURPRISING.

HOW OFTEN DID
YOU HAVE A SUPERVISOR

IN THE BOARDING STATION
WITH YOU?

HOW OFTEN?

LET ME HELP YOU.

FIVE MINUTES OF EVERY SHIFT.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

SO WHO WOULD KNOW

IF YOU WERE SCREWING AROUND
ON THE JOB?

SIR, I KNOW I CHECKED THAT
WOMAN'S SEAT BELT THAT DAY.

REALLY?
YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE

BOARDED THE RIDE
DURING YOUR SHIFT THAT DAY?

THOUSANDS!

DO YOU REMEMBER WHETHER YOU
CHECKED THEIR SEAT BELTS, TOO?

IT WAS WHAT I DID
AS A MATTER OF COURSE, SIR.

(under breath)
SIT DOWN, RON.

"AS A MATTER OF COURSE."

NOW WHO'S COACHING WITNESSES?

I HAVE THE PERSON WHO SAT
IN FRONT OF MISS NICKS

THE DAY YOU KILLED HER.
OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR!

HE SAYS YOU DIDN'T CHECK
HIS SEAT BELT EITHER!
(Judge) MR. TROTT!

NOW YOU WANT TO CHANGE
YOUR STORY?

I SAID "OBJECTION"!

(sighs)

TELL THAT PARALEGAL
TO GET BACK TO WORK.

DO YOU HAVE TO PULL
THAT TRICK IN EVERY CASE?

WHY NOT?
IT WORKS EVERY TIME.

MAYBE TOO WELL.

THEY'RE GONNA BLAME JEREMY
FOR THIS WHOLE THING.

MR. TROTT MADE
A LOT OF GOOD POINTS.

SO WE'RE CLEAR,
DID ANYONE FROM THE COMPANY

TELL YOU IT WAS OKAY TO
SHOW UP TO WORK INTOXICATED

OR THAT IT WAS OKAY TO IGNORE
THE SAFETY VIDEO

OR THAT IT WAS OKAY
TO TALK TO GIRLS

INSTEAD OF DOING YOUR JOB?

NO, SIR.
NO O FROM THE COMPANY

SAID ANY OF THOSE THINGS
WERE OKAY.

IN FACT,
YOU WERE TOLD EXPRESSLY

THAT ALL OF THOSE THINGS
WERE IN DIRECT VIOLATION

OF COMPANY POLICY.

YES, I WAS.

UM, IT'S, UH...

IT'S IN THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK,
ISN'T IT?

ALL FIREABLE OFFENCES.

CORRECT.

SO IF YOU DID
ANY OF THOSE THINGS,

YOU DID SO ON YOUR OWN,

UNBEKNOWNST
TO THEME PARK MANAGEMENT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

IN VIOLATION OF THE TRUST
THAT THE COMPANY

AND MILLIONS OF FAMILIES

THAT VISITED THAT PARK
PUT IN YOU.

IS THAT RIGHT, SIR?

Y-YEAH.

THANKS FOR OPENING THE DOOR

SO I COULD DUMP
ON THE RIDE OPERATOR, RON.

IT'S NICE TO KNOW
I CAN ALWAYS DEPEND

ON YOUR UTTER LACK
OF PROPORTION.

I WENT TOO FAR.

YOU GAVE LLOYD AN INCH,
AND HE TOOK A MILE.

AND THE JURY
NOW BLAMES JEREMY

AND NOT THE PARK
FOR WHAT HAPPENED,

AND AS LONG AS YOU KEEP
TRYING THIS CASE,

HE'S GOT THE ADVANTAGE.

THERE'S A REASON
YOU CREATED THIS FIRM, RON.

WE'RE A TEAM.
WHY DON'T YOU USE US?

LET'S REFOCUS THE JURY ON
THE THEME PARK AS THE WRONGDOER.

WE NEED TO SHOW
THIS WAS CORPORATE NEGLIGENCE

THROUGH O'DELL,
THE COMPANY C.E.O.
RON, COME ON.

YOU DON'T WANT TO CROSS
THIS GUY.

HE TEACHES OTHER C.E.O.s
HOW TO SPIN.

ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT
TO GIVE THIS GUY A SHOT

ON SELLING HIMSELF
TO THE JURY?

HE'S A SELF-MADE BUSINESSMAN.
JURIES LOVE THAT.

HE HASN'T LOST A CASE
IN WHICH HE'S TESTIFIED.

HE'S SMART AND VERY SMOOTH.
WE HAVE SMART AND SMOOTH, TOO.

TOM--HE'LL DO THE CROSS.

USE THIS--
THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK.

CHECK OUT THE INTRODUCTION.
O'DELL WROTE IT.

YOUR HONOR,
AT THIS TIME,

WE WOULD LIKE TO CALL
PAGONON CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

MICHAEL O'DELL.

MR. O'DELL,

IT SAYS
IN YOUR EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK

THAT ALL OF YOUR EMPLOYEES

MAKE UP
THE PAGONON CORPORATION FAMILY.

LET'S TALK
ABOUT JEREMY PIERCE.

HE'S PART OF THE CORPORATE
FAMILY, TOO, ISN'T HE?

TO A POINT.
TO A POINT?

WELL, HE'S AS MUCH A PART OF
THE CORPORATE FAMILY AS YOU.

I MEAN, IF YOU CAN'T HOLD
THE CORPORATION LIABLE

FOR ITS EMPLOYEES' ACTIONS,

WHO CAN YOU HOLD ACCOUNTABLE,
MR. O'DELL?

THE CORPORATION IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR IMPLEMENTING POLICIES

THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO ENSURE
CUSTOMER SAFETY.

WHETHER EMPLOYEES LIKE JEREMY
CHOOSE TO IGNORE THOSE POLICIES

IS OFTENTIMES
BEYOND OUR CONTROL.

OKAY. LET'S TALK
ABOUT THOSE THINGS

THAT WERE WITHIN YOUR CONTROL--

THINGS YOU DID
BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

AS C.E.O.,

YOU MANDATED COST-CUTTING
MEASURES THAT RESULTED IN

THE FIRING OF HUNDREDS
OF MAINTENANCE WORKERS

ACROSS ALL OF YOUR THEME PARKS.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

THEY WERE PEOPLE
WE DIDN'T NEED.
REALLY?

THIS IS THE BEAM THAT
JANE'S HEAD HIT THAT DAY.

THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE PROOF
IT WAS FALLING OVER TIME.

DO YOU THINK
A FEW MORE MAINTENANCE PEOPLE

WOULD'VE KEPT THAT BEAM
FROM FALLING?

I WOULD NEVER PUT
FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS

ABOVE THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE
WHO ATTEND OUR PARKS.

THE RIDE IS 20 YEARS OLD.

AND YET ITS SAFETY FEATURES
HAVE NEVER BEEN UPGRADED--

NOT ONCE.

THE RIDE STILL USES
MANUAL SEAT BELTS

INSTEAD OF OVER-THE-SHOULDER
RESTRAINTS. WHY?

CUSTOMERS TOLD US

THEY LIKED THE VINTAGE FEELING
OF SEAT BELTS.

WE STILL HAVE SAFETY MEASURES
IN PLACE.

THE CONTROL PANEL
ON THE RIDE

SIGNALS WHEN A BELT
IS UNBUCKLED.

A LIGHT IS SUPPOSED
TO FLICKER.

SO WHY DIDN'T YOU INSTALL
A MECHANISM

THAT PREVENTS THE TRAIN
FROM MOVING

UNLESS ALL OF THE SEAT BELTS
ARE PROPERLY BUCKLED?

THAT TRAIN CAN STILL RUN

EVEN IF THAT LIGHT
IS FLICKERING.

WE RELIED ON OUR EMPLOYEES
TO ACT PROPERLY ON THE GROUND--

TO MONITOR
THE CONTROL PANEL WE HAD.

WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT

YOUR ACTIONS NOW,
MR. O'DELL,

NOT JEREMY PIERCE'S.

(beep)

THIS IS THE KIND
OF CONTROL PANEL

THAT PREVENTS A TRAIN
FROM RUNNING

IF IT DETECTS
A SEAT BELT IS UNBUCKLED.

YOU KNEW THAT SUCH A PANEL
EXISTED PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT,

DIDN'T YOU, SIR?

I WAS MADE AWARE
OF SUCH A PANEL, YES.

RIGHT. BY ONE
OF YOUR SENIOR MANAGERS,

WHO TOLD YOU IT WOULD BE SAFER
TO USE THIS KIND OF PANEL

INSTEAD OF THE PANEL
YOU HAD.

WHY DIDN'T YOU INSTALL IT?

I DON'T RECALL.

LET ME REFRESH
YOUR RECOLLECTION.

I HAVE THE MINUTES FROM A RECENT
PAGONON SHAREHOLDER MEETING

AT WHICH YOU SPOKE.

DURING THAT MEETING,
YOU SAID THAT,

"CONTAINING COSTS

"AND MAXIMIZING
SHAREHOLDER PROFIT

WERE YOUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES."

THAT'S WHAT A C.E.O. DOES.
IT'S MY JOB.

A NICKEL.

IF YOU WOULD'VE TAKEN
5 CENTS WORTH OF PROFIT

FROM EVERY TICKET SOLD
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9:00 A.M.

AND 2:00 P.M. ON THE DAY
JANE NICKS WAS KILLED,

YOU COULD'VE PAID
FOR THE INSTALLATION

ON THAT CONTROL PANEL
ON THE RIDE.

A NICKEL!

THAT'S ALL IT WOULD'VE TAKEN
TO PREVENT JANE'S DEATH.

INSTEAD, YOU USED IT
TO CONTAIN COSTS

AND MAXIMIZE SHAREHOLDER PFIT,
DIDN'T YOU, SIR?

YOU CAN KEEP THE NICKEL,
MR. O'DELL.

WHAT IS TAKING THE JURY
SO LONG?

(Alden)
IT WAS A COMPLICATED CASE.

YEAH, WE MADE IT
TOO COMPLICATED.

IF YOU TWO ARE JUST
GONNA FRET, PLEASE LEAVE.

YOU'RE KILLING THE BUZZ I'M
FEELING FROM WINNING THE CASE.
YOU'RE PLANNING
FOR THE VICTORY PARTY

BEFORE YOU EVEN GET
THE VERDICT?

HOW ELSE ARE WE GONNA MAKE SURE
THE JURORS GET THEIR INVITES

BEFORE LEAVING COURT?

WE'RE GONNA WIN THIS, TOM.

I SAW IT
IN THE JURORS' EYES.

MAYBE THEY'RE TAKING SO LONG
'CAUSE I SCREWED UP.

YEAH, PROBABLY.

THAT'S NOT WHY.

YOU WERE... PERFECT.

(cell phone rings)

YEAH?

OKAY.

THE JURY'S BACK.

THE CLERK WILL RECORD
THE VERDICT.

IN THE MATTER OF
MARY NICKS vs. PAGONON, ET AL,

CACV-06-01011,

HOW SAY YOU?

WE THE JURY
FIND FOR THE PLAINTIFF,

MARY NICKS...

(gallery murmuring)

IN THE AMOUNT OF $30 MILLION.

THEY BELIEVED US?

YES.

THANK YOU.
(Ron) LUTHER, I NEED MARY.

IF WE HURRY,
WE CAN MAKE THE 4:00 NEWS.

RON, LET ME TAKE H
OUT THE BACK, PLEASE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THIS WAS FUN, LLOYD.

WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT
AGAIN.

(Ron) THIS IS A BITTERSWEET DAY
FOR MARY NICKS.

NO AMOUNT OF MONEY
CAN BRING HER MOTHER BACK.

BUT WE NOW HAVE
30 MILLION REASONS TO BELIEVE

THIS WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

THE FACT IS, PAGONON COULDN'T
HIDE THE TRUTH FROM THE JURY,

WHO SAW THROUGH
THE COMPANY'S SMEAR CAMPAIGN--

A CAMPAIGN THAT TRIED TO REDUCE
THE LIFE OF JANE NICKS TO ZERO.

FOR THE LAST 28 YEARS
SHE'S HAD A TWIN SISTER, MARY,

BUT NEVER NOTICED.

IT WAScDONALD'S FRESH BREWED
PREMIUM ROAST COFFEE...

THAT WOKE HER UP
TO HER DOUBLE.

HI.

IT WAS LIKE
LOOKING IN A MIRROR.

I'M JEN.
WE'VE MET.

WAKE UP AND SMELL YOUR LIFE
WITH RICHER, BOLDER...

PREMIUM ROAST COFFEE
AND A WARM, FRESH-MADE
BREAKFAST SANDWICH.

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