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Ready?

Almost.

We should get going.

Okay, take it easy.

I am taking it easy.

Okay,
is this a coffee thing,

or is this
an ex-boyfriend thing?

Ellenor.

Lindsay, Pinkner
vs. Willams Breyland
Tobacco Company?

Oh, yeah, uh,
she's a friend of mine.

You actually
took this case?

LINDSAY:
It'll be a winner, Bobby.
Maybe not a lot of money --

BOBBY: A winner?

You're suing
a cigar manufacturer

for breaking up
a marriage?

What?

LINDSAY: Emotional distress.
Basically...

alienation of affection.
Lindsay.

A couple of depositions. I mean
if we don't settle then --

BOBBY: How does a cigar
come between a husband
and a wife?

That's a question of fact.

Aren't the partners
supposed to approve
new cases?

It's two days of discovery,
tops, and you are not a partner.

Thanks for reminding me.

I am, and how does
a cigar company --

Aren't you late for trial?

Well, actually,
I have a few minutes.

Yeah, me, too.

How much time do you plan
to spend on this?

Hey, it's for a friend, okay?

It's two depositions, maybe
a summary judgment motion --

BOBBY: Now it's court time?

ELLENOR: That's
20 hours minimum.

I will get money out of it.

I beat the tobacco company once.
I will do it again.

Thank you all very much
for your support.

Maybe one day you people
will have friends in your life

that you'll wanna help,
and when you do,

I'll remember this.

Definitely wedding stress.

My first instinct
was to say nothing.

Totally.

(music playing)

Is, uh...
everything okay?

It's fine. It's just,

you guys just started
to gang up, that's all.

Your reaction
was a little heightened.

Sorry.

I'll try to settle this
as fast as I can, okay.

Okay. Lindsay...

I, um, I think something
is going on here.

Talk to me.

You'll just laugh.

I won't laugh.
Tell me.

(sighs) Okay.

I need more sex.

Oh, great.

You -- You need more --

Yes.

I don't think you're
attracted to me anymore.

Are you crazy?

It's just we don't --
not nearly like --

It tapers off a little
with all couples.

We're not even married yet.

You don't think I want
to make love to you?

1.6 times a week.

Last year it was 3.9.

Y-You do the math?

Bobby,
I have a deposition.

We'll talk about this
later, okay?

(door slams)

(elevator bell dings)

We hit a bump.

Helen Gamble
doesn't want you in uniform.

The judge agreed.

I'm a cop.

On leave, and if the department
says you can't wear it, then --

This is ridiculous.

Well, they're giving you
an hour to change.

ELLENOR: They did make an offer.

What?

Reckless endangerment.
Six months.

I'd have to serve?

Well, a kid died.

Doing my job.

Actually,
you were off duty.

Rebecca?

I'd turn it down.

Hey, hey. Hold on.

He thought the kid pulled a gun,

Ellenor, and it looked
like a robbery.

I understand our defense,
Rebecca,

but if we lose on murder two,
we're looking at life.

Tell the D. A. No.

I was doing my job.
I'll go to the mat saying so.

Okay. I'll tell her.

Go change.

Rebecca, right now
he needs you to be his lawyer,

not his ex-girlfriend.

Ellenor, don't use
that tone with me.

Reckless endangerment
would be a good result.

If he were guilty, yes,
but he's innocent.

He shot an unarmed kid.

Who he thought was about
to commit a crime,

and the kid
did have a gun on him.

All I'm saying is you used to
love this guy, so maybe --

Hey! You represented
George Vogelman.

I wasn't in love with him!
You were close friends.

And my objectivity wasn't
compromised a bit, was it?

The man cut off heads,
stabbed co-workers,

and I didn't have a clue!

My objectivity
on this is fine.

Fine.

Fine.

I know it sounds crazy,

but first we started fighting
over the smell.

Of the cigars?

Yes. It would get
into the fabric

of the sofa, the drapes.

The house would reek.

Then there was the health.

I'd start talking
about how I was afraid

that he was going
to get mouth cancer,

and it would escalate
into a bigger argument.

Then, in order to get out
of the house, or away from me,

he started going
to these cigar clubs,

spending money
we didn't have.

He started spending
more and more time there.

Our relationship
continued to deteriorate.

Did you ever
go for counseling?

Yes. The therapist said
his cigar smoking was an issue

and that he should stop,
but he couldn't.

He was addicted.

Are you serious?

If I establish
addiction --

You won't.

A trial will cost you
a lot more than just --

I expected her to say
something half-credible.

Once again, if we survive
summary judgment,
then my client --

There is no chance I'm going
to recommend to my client

that they pay anything on this.

If you proceed, you can be sure
I'll be bringing a motion

against your client for costs,
attorneys' fees --

You can't win that,

and even if you could,
she's judgment-proof.

Just make an offer.

BOBBY: Nothing?

I still think
I can get something.

I'm deposing a senior
management executive
at Williams Breyland.

If I can shake him up,
I should be able
to get nuisance.

Cigarette companies
don't pay nuisance.

There's no way
a cigar company is --

You don't know that.
The precedent alone --

Jimmy, this case
doesn't involve you.

BOBBY: All right,
depose the executive.

If you still
get nowhere --

Thank you.

Actually, I would like
a second chair --

a showing that the whole firm
is behind the case.

It'll help me
settle it faster.

I've got a status conference
on Michaels.

You just said
it didn't involve me.

One depo, Jimmy.

You just have to sit there
like a big lump.

You think
you can do that?

She's hostile.

One deposition.
You can do it.

(traffic sound)

MR. KOUFO: He came in the
store. He was about 17.

HELEN: The victim?

Yes.
I had my back to him.

When he got closer
to the counter,

I turned toward him.

That's when he came in
yelling, "Freeze!"

HELEN: The defendant?
MR. KOUFO: Yes.

What happened next?

Well, I thought something
must be going down.

I started reaching under
the counter for my rifle

because I thought
I was about to be robbed.

Then the officer
just opened fire.

Mr. Koufo,
did you know

Mr. Armstrong
was a police officer

when he came in the store?

No.
He was not uniformed.

Did he ever identify himself
as a police officer?

No.

Could you tell the court,

did Will Bradley
ever make a move

toward you or the defendant

before the defendant
opened fire?

No. He just came in,
the officer yelled,
"Freeze!"

Shot the boy three times.

Did you ever see a gun
in Mr. Bradley's hands?

No.

HELEN: Now, as Mr. Armstrong
was shooting,

could you see whether or not
Mr. Bradley was holding a gun?

I could see
that he wasn't.

Thank you.

You said you went looking
for your rifle

once officer Armstrong
came in.

Was that your testimony?

Yes.

So, your eyes -- they weren't
on Will Bradley at this moment?

I was looking
back and forth.

Back and forth.
So, for part of this time

your eyes were not
on Will Bradley, right?

Yes.

REBECCA: So if he made a sudden
movement in Mr. Armstrong's
direction,

it's possible you might not
have seen that, true?

I guess it's possible.

And by the way, Will Bradley was
carrying a gun on his person

at the time
of the shooting, right?

I didn't see it.

I was informed later
he was carrying a gun.

(music playing)

(people chattering)

Well, in my professional
opinion, we're dead.

Why?

Until now,
we always thought

the store owner
reached for his gun

because he thought the kid
was going to rob him.

That's what he said.

No, he said
he reached for his gun

because you came in
yelling "Freeze!"

Making him think
the robbery was going down.

Craig, try to get this.

Don't talk to me like
I'm some ghetto banger, Ellenor.

I'm a police officer.

We always thought the owner
would corroborate
your suspicion

that a crime was in play,

but he only thought that
based on your behavior,

not that of the victim's,

so basically, we have nothing
to validate your suspicion.

I've got nine years
on the force

to validate my suspicion.

I know that element.

I saw it in the store,
and if I hadn't shot him,

he would've robbed the place.

What was he doing with a gun,
Ellenor?

The problem is,

the gun was not in sight
when you opened fire.

The problem is, the gun
was not in his hand.

Who the hell are you,
the D. A.?

No. I am your lawyer

trying to make you understand
the severity of these facts.

And once again, I recommend
that you consider taking --

I am not pleading out!
I'm not going to jail!

All right, Craig.

The kid was scum.

The store owner might be dead
if I hadn't got there.

I'm not taking a deal
that puts me in prison.

(music playing)

We're deposing an executive
from Williams later today.

After that,
we'll see where we are.

I felt like
the biggest fool.

You're not a fool.

I swear to you, Lindsay,
I saw Ed.

I watched
how he got sucked in.

The magazines,
the clubs.

He got sucked
into that world.

He became an addict.

He-he spent money
we didn't have,

and it cost us.

I am not crazy.
I watched it happen.

Look, after
tomorrow's deposition,

we might have to
just cut our losses.

I have a duty to my partners.

You think I'd be able
to sue him.

Well, it's a no-fault state.

I watched it happen.

I am not crazy.

Those cigars helped
kill our marriage.

(sighs)

You seem to have
the same temper I remember.

I didn't shoot because
I lost my temper, Bec.

I'm talking about
you and Ellenor.

Yeah, well, it seems like
she thinks I'm guilty.

No. She thinks you have
a tough case, which you do.

If I hadn't shot that kid,

he would've been killed
by one of his homies

a week later.

He was a perp.

Juvie record
as long as my arm.

You know that neighborhood
as well as I do.

You take that attitude
on the stand,

you're going down.

Craig,
are you listening to me?

I'm just frustrated.

I understand.

But you need to listen to us
and do what we tell you to.

Giving me orders again.

Just like old times.

Hey, you came to me.

Yes, I did, because...

I hear you guys are good.

So, listen to us.

Okay.

You need to keep
an even keel up there.

Matter-of-fact.

Don't get defensive.

People who know
they're innocent
don't get defensive.

Now, the D. A.,
she's gonna push.

She's gonna try
to get you to reveal rage

and a temper.

You don't let that happen,
Craig.

Okay.

You do publish
this magazine?

Yes, and other
cigar manufacturers
also publish similar --

Williams and Breyland
publishes this one?

That's correct.

And one goal
of this magazine

would be to
perhaps induce men
to smoke cigars.

It's actually designed
more for the cigar lover,
men who already smoke.

Is it your testimony
that there is no intent
to attract new customers?

No. Certainly
we like to expand
our customer base.

The magazine promotes
the smoking of cigars,

can we say that?

Yes, but we
do not encourage men

to leave their wives
in order to do so.

Thank you.

But you probably
would be aware

that cigar-smoking,
the smell of a cigar --

it is an issue with
some husbands and wives.

Not an issue
to threaten a marriage.

But an issue.

Could be.

These cigar clubs,
primarily for men --

would that be
a fair statement?

Yes, but women
aren't excluded.

What percentage
of these clubs' members

are men, on average?

STEWART: I do not know.

LINDSAY: Would it surprise you
to learn over 95%?

Cigars are primarily
smoked by men.

We've established that.

You're aware cigars
may be addictive?

There's no scientific evidence
to conclude that they are.

Is it your testimony
cigars are not addictive?

My testimony is that there
is no scientific evidence
to confirm it.

You're aware cigar smokers
have an increased risk
of oral cancer.

Yes.

You're aware cigar smokers
are at an increased risk
of esophageal cancer.

Objection.
This is not a cancer --

This is just a deposition.

All objections are waived
till trial,

except to form
of the question.

LINDSAY: Esophageal cancer?

Most smokers
do not inhale, so --

Is it your testimony,
a smoker who doesn't inhale

does not have a higher risk
of esophageal cancer

than a non-smoker?

That would not be
my testimony.

You're aware
of an increased risk.

I'm aware
of the possibility, yes.

LINDSAY: And are you aware,
even for cigar smokers
who do not inhale,

their risk for larynx cancer
is more than 10 times greater

than it is for non-smokers?

I'm aware of
that medical claim,

however, I have no basis
on which to either agree
or disagree with it.

Okay.

Let's turn
to heart disease.

That had nothing to do
with anything.

I know what I'm doing,
Jimmy.

All I'm saying,
this isn't a cancer case.

LINDSAY: I have my reasons.
BOBBY: Hold on.

JIMMY: The guy left his wife.
She blames it on a cigar.

We take the case,
and she's in there
talking about cancer.

All right.

Now she's
deposing the husband,
did you know that?

This has turned
into 3 depositions,

plus a motion
for summary judgment.

JIMMY: We've got
two lawyers on it --

What the hell
is your problem?

I'm just saying --

You've said enough.

(door slams)

Is there something
I'm not getting here?

It's Lindsay
who's not gettin' it...

from Bobby.

Lucy!

I have a plan, okay?

It's not just about --

these people
don't wanna go to trial.

I have a plan.

(sighs)

I was walking a few doors
down from the store.

It's on my way home.

I saw the young man,
Mr. Bradley,

approaching the store.

I saw that he had something
metal in his hand

that was reflecting
in the sunlight.

As he went into the store,

I hustled up
to get a better look.

And did you
get a better look?

CRAIG: Yes.
When I got to the door,

I could see that the suspect
was approaching the counter.

He was then reaching
into his coat.

It looked to me like he
was reaching for a weapon.

REBECCA: What did you do then?

CRAIG: I went into the store

and ordered him
to drop his weapon.

He turned towards me.

His arm was
still inside his coat,

and I saw
what looked like a gun.

I thought he was
pulling it out on me,
so I shot.

REBECCA: How many times
did you shoot?

I later found out
it was three times.

What was the first thought
that came to your mind

when you saw this gun?

That he was
about to shoot me.

I thought my life
was in danger,

and I reacted.

You were off duty,
and you had a gun.

Yes.

HELEN: Why was that?

I carry it
for personal protection.

Oh. You said you were
suspicious of Mr. Bradley

before he came into the store.
Why is that?

Like I said,
I saw something metal
in his hand.

But because of the angle
of the sun,

you weren't sure
what it was.

That's correct.

What was it
about this young man

that made you
immediately think
that he had a gun

and not something else?

I just had a feeling
is all.

Mr. Armstrong,
did that feeling
have anything to do

with the color
of Mr. Bradley's skin?

That's ridiculous.

Have you ever heard the term
"Racial profiling"?

CRAIG: Yes.

HELEN: Could you explain
it to us?

It's making assumptions

about whether or not
someone is a suspect

based on their race.

Have you ever used
racial profiling

in your position
as a police officer?

If you look closely,
you'll see that I'm black.

Thank you. Have you ever
made derogatory statements

about any ethnic
or racial group?

No.

HELEN: Not even your own?
No.

Is that the truth,
Mr. Armstrong?

Yes, it is.

Your honor, at this time,

the commonwealth
would like to call
a rebuttal witness.

Hilary Pope.

She's an ex-girlfriend.

We lived together
till about 3 years ago.

When's the last time
you spoke to her?

Well, we speak
every once in a while.

We split on okay terms.

Well, Craig, she must
have something to say.

Did you talk to her
about the shooting?

Yes, but I told her
the same thing
I told everybody else.

I told her what happened.

And you never said,
"God, what have I done,"

or "I've made
a big mistake"?

I was upset about it.
I told her that.

But I didn't admit
to being wrong or anything.

All right. What about
this racial-profiling issue?

Did you ever talk to her
about that?

No.

What's going on,
Rebecca?

What are they doing?

I don't know.

But we'll find out
soon enough.

(music playing)

You ready?
It's a quarter to 8:00.

I'm ready.

I'm sorry this has
been so much trouble.

I-I-I never --
It's just --

She's a friend,
and you need sex.

Please don't
make fun of me.

This case, is it pushing
a button that I-I can't see?

Maybe.

I think when a couple
splits up,

I-I feel threatened by it --

that marriage doesn't work.

Well,
if your friend's marriage

was truly broken up
by...a cigar,

I-I wouldn't point to it
as an example
of the institution.

They had a really
strong marriage, Bobby,

for so long.

And then...poof.

He lit up?

Yes.

And she had a baby.

She couldn't
drop the weight.

She got a little fat,
and...

he switched to a cigar.

Will that be your argument
in court?

No.

I still want
to make love to you.

And I am not
going to switch to a cigar.

If the passion is eroding
even before we walk
down the aisle --

My passion isn't eroding.

Promise?

Promise.

My parents had
a perfect marriage...

right up until the moment
my father left.

Their marriage
wasn't perfect, Lindsay.

They were just
sheltering you from it,
you know that.

(sighs)

I think
I'm anxious to blame...

those cigars myself
on this case,

because I don't
want to believe

that people
just stop loving each other.

(music playing)

(traffic sound)

HILLARY: We lived together
for two years,

from 1994-1996.

HELEN: Miss Pope, during the
course of your relationship,

did the defendant
ever express

any feelings about
African-Americans?

Sometimes.

He'd use derogatory names.

The "n" word.

All right, occasionally,

people will use
derogatory terms

about people of their own race
affectionately

and not maliciously.

HELEN: Are you sure that wasn't
what was going on?

No. I know what
you're talking about.

When Craig Armstrong
calls someone a "Nigger,"

he means it
in the way the word
was originally intended.

Objection.
Foundation.

Her foundation is
she lived with him.

It's also inflammatory
and prejudicial...

HELEN: She is more than
competent to give testimony

as to the defendant's
state of mind.

All right,
I'm allowing the testimony.

JUDGE PATRICK: Ms. Washington,
you're free to cross-examine.

Please sit.

When your ex-boyfriend
spoke this way,

was there a context?

He was usually unwinding
at the end of the day.

He'd talk about all
the "shiftless niggers"
he had to roust

or the "welfare Jemimas"
with their "litters of kids."

He called them "litters"
like dogs.

That's a lie!

Officer Armstrong,
sit down!

(crowd murmuring)

HELEN: Did officer Armstrong,
to your knowledge,

ever make these kind
of derogatory remarks

about white people?

No, he did not.

REBECCA: So, when Mr. Armstrong
made these comments
you said he made,

how did you respond to them?

I didn't say anything.

You never said anything?

You didn't say, "Please
don't use those ugly words

when referring
to black people"?

No.

REBECCA: So, for two years,

you lived with Mr. Armstrong
making derogatory comments

about African-Americans,

and you never said anything.

REBECCA: If his comments
were so offensive,

why did you stay with him?

He wasn't abusive to me,

and eventually
I did leave him.

REBECCA: Did you report any of
this to officer Armstrong's
superiors?

HILLARY: No.

But we should
believe you now?

I'm telling the truth.

Or maybe you saw
your ex-boyfriend on TV

and thought you could
really stick it to him
one last time.

Objection.
JUDGE PATRICK: Sustained.

Did the police come to you,
or did you go to them?

I went to them.

Why?

Because I think Craig
might be quick
to pull the trigger

on a black person
he happened on
in a convenience store.

(music playing)

I specifically asked,

did she have anything to say
on the racial profiling?

I never said the stuff
she said I did.

Why would she lie?

I don't know.

Maybe that's the way
she heard it,

but I never said it
like that.

Did you call black women
"Jemimas"

and their children
"litters of kids"?

It wasn't like that.

Well, how was it like?

How was it like?

CRAIG: Come on.

You're
a defense attorney, Rebecca.

We deal with the same scum.

I do not think of
human beings as scum,

and if you do --

Hey,
you ever been out there?

It's a tough job.

CRAIG: After a while,
it's hard to sympathize

with people
who are smoking crack

or boosting VCRs
or shooting children.

Sympathize
with black people.

You're gonna tell me
when you see a news teaser
for some awful crime,

you don't say a silent prayer
that it's not one of us?

And when you see that it is,
Rebecca,

do you sympathize,
or are you disgusted?

Neither.

I'm in pain.
It hurts.

Look, it's these criminals
that make us look bad,

and that's why I sometimes
blow off steam

in the privacy
of my own home.

Make us look bad to who?
To white folks?

All folks.

Look, if you want
to be lumped in

with those animals out there,
that's fine --

Animals?
CRAIG: Yes.

Some people act like animals,

and they deserve
the same amount of respect.

That's all I was
saying to Hillary.

Nothing more.

Did you take one look
at Will Bradley

and think he was
one of those animals?

It was a clean shoot,
Rebecca.

Do you hear yourself?

I don't know
who you are anymore.

I am somebody who wanted
to get out of the neighborhood

just as bad as you.

Look at you.

You're a lawyer.

You made it.

Well, so did I.

Yeah.

And you returned
one of those white cops
we grew up with.

All right, look...

if we can still
plead this out,

you have to let us try.

(music playing)

I would hardly
consider a cigar
the doom of my marriage.

Can you tell us what was?

Mainly we stopped
communicating.

It may sound
like the old cliché,
but we drifted apart.

Eventually,
the estrangement

left us both feeling
rather...isolated.

And then...
ATTORNEY: Then what?

Then I met somebody else.

I fell in love.

And it was after you met
this other woman...

We filed for divorce
shortly after.

LINDSAY(sighs): At some point
during your estrangement,

you began smoking cigars.

Yes, but that --
Thank you.

Are you addicted
to them?

PINKNER: Probably.

LINDSAY: How many
do you smoke a day?

Six or seven.

How's your professional
life at the moment?

Is that what
you're telling them?

I didn't tell her anything.

Please direct
your responses to me.

How's your
professional life?

It's not good.

I was laid off
as a senior accountant
eleven months ago.

Now I'm employed
as a junior accountant.

Less money?
Yes.

Mr. Pinkner,
according to your wife,

when you would argue
over your smoking cigars,

you would say you like
the way they make you feel.

LINDSAY: Could you explain that?

Well,
a cigar means success.

They're expensive.
They stand for victory.

You look at these magazines.

"Success."

You said something
about flicking an ash.

PINKNER: Oh, yeah.

When I flick an ash,

it's like I dust off
a problem.

It makes me powerful.

The more expensive the cigar,
the more important I am.

Why the cigar clubs,
Mr. Pinkner?

PINKNER: I don't know.

The exclusivity of it
makes you feel like somebody.

Sitting...
talking with men...

I liked it.

I'm still so confused.

Where are you going
with all this?

One more meeting.
I just need to do
a little research.

Bobby, hi.

If I could get you
to sit in,
that'd be great.

Show of strength.
The meeting is at 3:00.

Uh, you won't
have to do anything.

Just back me up
when necessary.

I'll be back
in an hour and a half.

Lucy, could you straighten
out the conference room?

Do you know where
she's headed with this?

Not really,
but I guess we'll find out.

ELLENOR: Come on. You put
reckless on the table, Helen.

HELEN: That was before
you made me try it.

I'm not pleading out now.

Look, you know at worst,
this guy was overzealous.

He is certainly --

Look, Ellenor,
I put the offer out there.

You said no.
You can't have it both ways.

We have grounds on
unfair surprise anyway.

Why don't you just
bank your conviction?

Sorry.

You've been hanging around
Richard Bay too long.

Ouch.

Well...you got
any ideas, Rebecca?

His juvie record.

Excuse me?
The victim.

Craig said he had
a long juvie record.

It shouldn't be
sealed anymore.

Does a seal survive death?

I don't think so.

Let's go get 'em.

You wanna put
the victim on trial?

We just want
to introduce his priors.

Why?

Our client made
a judgment call,
your honor.

A judgment based on
nine years of experience
in the field.

Mr. Bradley has
a pretty extensive
juvenile criminal record,

including being a suspect
in a murder --

What are you saying?

That your client knows
one when he sees one?

Well,
in essence, yes.

Oh, please, shoot away.

The kid was
a suspected murderer.

The jury should be allowed
to hear that.

HELEN: You know, this is
absolutely ridiculous.

The only relevancy

goes to the defendant's
state of mind,

and he did not know the victim
was a murder suspect

when he opened fire.

He had opportunity
to observe his demeanor.

Nice try, but forget it.

The victim's priors
do not come in.

Your honor --
No chance.

Any more witnesses?

No.

Closing arguments, 3:30.

So now what?

We argue the elements.

You still have a shot.

If the jury believed you,
you're home.

Oh, this kid was bad.

He had two
aggravated assaults,

and a murder charge
got kicked because
of a bad search.

Oh, my God. I knew the man
this kid killed.

Craig, it was Gavin Page.

Remember?
He lived on our street.

He was this tall guy --

What?

You were close
with Gavin Page.

When was the last time
you saw him?

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God, what?

This shooting wasn't
a mistake, was it, Craig?

REBECCA: This Bradley kid
shot your friend,

got kicked
because of a bad search.

You executed him.

Clean shoot.

You're a murderer.

Clean shoot.

The reason the store owner
saw no gun --

he had no gun.

You planted it on him
after the kid went down.

Clean shoot.

(music playing)

I grew up with the man.

(scoffs)
I loved him, even.

Rebecca, you hadn't seen him
for over ten years.

But when you know somebody,
you know somebody.

I-I can't believe --

We just put our best faces on,
and we do the job.

That's what they taught us
in law school, remember?

Legal ethics class --
We just --

I'm not sure I can close.

(Ellenor sighs)

Look, if you feel
you're gonna be
too emotional about it,

I suppose I can do it,
but...

it should probably be you.

Why?

Because you're black.

And in the wake of
this racial-profiling thing,

we need a black attorney
to stand up there and close.

It'll help, Rebecca.
Let's not kid ourselves.

Our best chance
at acquittal is you.

That's what we're supposed
to be going for, right?

An acquittal?

STEWART: Now, I have already
given you way more time
than this case deserves,

and I'm at the point
of instructing counsel

to bring an action against you
for abuse of process.

That's not going to happen,
Mr. Stewart.

(scoffs)
Do you really think

I'm gonna pay
your client money?

A broken marriage
because her husband
smoked cigars?

Do I look like the idiot
of the new millennium
to you?

No. I see symptoms
of intelligence,

and that's why
you will settle this case.

You might think we have
a lousy claim, Mr. Stewart,

but we'll survive
summary judgment,
and here's why:

It's foreseeable
that cigar-smoking

breeds contempt
between men and women,

and when you promote
institutions like cigar clubs

which serve to segregate
husbands and wives,

it's foreseeable
that it could lead

to some marital estrangement.

When you publish magazines
that seduce men

with imagery of success
and affluence

that goes along
with smoking a Cohiba,

it's foreseeable that some men
will fall for it,

especially men
like Mr. Pinkner,

who, by his own testimony,

started smoking just because
it made him feel good,

made him feel commensurate
with the luster
of your magazine.

Will that survive
a judgment?

Probably not.

Will we survive
summary judgment?

Yes,
and when we get to trial,

you can be sure we will be
playing the addiction card.

Mr. Pinkner had no choice
but to smoke these things

once he became addicted.

Do we like that word,

"addicted,
addicted, addicted"?

And we certainly
don't want any forum
asking that question,

do we, Mr. Stewart?

Because it still remains
the dirty little secret

of the cigar manufacturers.

The attorneys general
of every state

have already targeted
cigarette companies.

You don't see characters on TV
puffing Pall Malls anymore.

But with cigars,
they still remain untouched.

They're still trendy,
politically correct.

And the idea that,
that could change,

billions and billions
of dollars --

"addicted, addicted,
addicted."

This law firm beat
the tobacco companies
once with cigarettes.

I'm all set
to take you on here.

Cancer of the lip, tongue,
throat, larynx, esophagus,

pulmonary lung disease,
coronary heart disease --

All of these risks
come into play in this case.

Why?
Because my client testified
that her health concerns

attributed to the arguments
that led to estrangement.

Fear of cancer is an issue.

Were her fears reasonable?
Question of fact.

You people peddle carcinogens,

toxic little cancer sticks
with carbon monoxide,

nicotine, hydrogen cyanide,

and people
still think it's cool.

By the time
this trial is over,

I will make you
seem so uncool --

and I'll get the attention,
you know why?

Because I have
a track record already

of beating
the tobacco companies.

All the law journals
are waiting to see
who I take on next.

It's you.
So, keep laughing.

Make my day.
It's you.

He saw what he thought
was a gun.

What was he supposed to do?

Even the store owner was
going after his own rifle.

He thought he was
about to be robbed.

You heard
my client's testimony.

This was a mistake.

He saw Will Bradley
reach for his gun.

HELEN: The victim
never grabbed his gun.

It was found
inside his jacket.

We also heard testimony
from Mr. Armstrong's
former girlfriend.

She told us how this man
would discriminate
against some blacks,

how he was prejudiced
towards kids

because of their color,
their poverty.

He walked into the store,
made a judgment,

and started shooting.

REBECCA: And there is
no evidence to suggest that.

None. And nobody
in the department

ever heard him
say the things

his ex-girlfriend
says he said,

because he never said them.

HELEN: What would be
her motive to lie?

A lot of trouble to go to
just because of her feelings.

What would be Mr. Armstrong's
motive to shoot?

The commonwealth has offered
no motive whatsoever here.

Why? Because this
was an accident.

This is a police officer
sitting at that table.

A good man...

Who thought he was
preventing a robbery,

and let's ask ourselves...

Why did Will Bradley
have that gun?

Let's ask ourselves,

if Craig Armstrong
hadn't come in,

what would have happened?

Maybe the store owner
would be dead.

It's so easy for us
to second-guess.

This happened in a second,

and Craig Armstrong
had to make a quick call.

HELEN: And he just
opened fire --

that's the call he made.

He shot a man three times.

The call he made was murder.

Now, do we just excuse that
because he's a cop?

(sighs)
That's your call.

(crowd murmuring)

(sighs)

$270,000.

What did you say?

Minus contingency
and costs,

you'll net out
around 175 or so.

How-How ?
I-I don't understand.

You all but assured me
I had no case.

You didn't,

but that's the thing
about this business --

The merits
of the actual case

sometimes have nothing to do
with the outcome. Ha ha.

My God.

(gasps)

Congratulations.

(sighs)

Lindsay.

Can we sue her?

Who?

The woman
he fell in love with.

The other woman --
She knew he was married.

Martha.

Alienation of affection.
Same cause of action.

I think you're all
out of people to sue
on this one.

You need to move on now.

What am I gonna do?

Just go home
with $175,000?

He's gone, Martha.

You have to move on.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Sure.

Hey.

You won.

(door closes)

JUDGE PATRICK: Will the
defendant please rise?

Mr. Foreman, you have reached
a unanimous verdict?

We have, your honor.

JUDGE PATRICK: What say you?

In the matter of
the Commonwealth vs. Armstrong

on the charge of murder two,

we find the defendant,
Craig Armstrong,

not guilty.

On the charge
of manslaughter,

we find the defendant
not guilty.

(crowd murmuring)

JUDGE PATRICK: Thank you, ladies
and gentlemen of the jury.

This court is adjourned.

(gavel pounds)

You did it.

Thank you.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Congratulations, Craig.

You can go.

I can live with myself.

Well, uh,
that's the difference
between us, I guess.

(sighs)

(sighs) Case is over.
Week is over.

Let's go home.

I'm ready.

You've got everybody
stunned, Lindsay.

How you manufactured
that case,

got them to pay money...

I know the fear
of a trial scared them,

but still you sued
a cigar company

for breaking up a marriage.

Yeah.

You don't seem too thrilled

for someone who just pulled
a rabbit out of a hat.

You know what scares me,
Bobby?

A cigar really
did break them up.

They were a close couple.

He lost his job,

suffered some esteem problems,
some depression,

and he bought a few of those
silly cigar magazines, and...

saw the beautiful people
in expensive clothes
puffing away,

and he basically tried
to escape to that world...

by smoking cigars
and joining those clubs,

and he suddenly
was in this universe

that excluded Martha,
and they...

So, you think
the cigar company

should really
be held liable?

No.

I'm thinking...

(sighs)
how fragile marriage is.

Lose a job...

suffer depression,
seek escape.

A loving couple.

And they were loving,
I saw them.

I knew them.

House of cards.

I'm never gonna
stop loving you.

How do you know?

I've only just begun
to love you.

This I know.

(music playing)

(music playing)

WOMAN: You stinker!