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Go on, Barbara.

We go back
to our homeroom for dismissal.

Unless you have a pass
for sports or something.

And is that what you did
on the day in question?

No. Mr. Gettys asked me
to stay after class.

What happened next, Barbara?

He told me to sit in the chair
beside his desk.

Barbara...

If you will, in your own words,
tell us exactly what happened

in the next few minutes.

I told him I was afraid
I'd miss my bus.

He promised I'd get to the bus on time
if I'd help him to do something.

Then, before I could say anything, put...
he placed his hand inside my blouse.

I was so frightened. I didn't move.
I thought if I was just quiet it'd be okay.

Then his other hand went up
under inside my skirt.

And then, with his hand

he started moving back and forth

farther and farther inside my skirt.

He said he was testing to see
if I had any special feelings

that he wanted to see
what kind of feelings I had.

I was trying to think of something
to say, but I couldn't.

I was confused,
and he just kept on.

I asked him to stop,
but it was like he couldn't hear me.

He just kept on with his hand.

Then I screamed.

Then he got mad and said
we'd have to try it again sometime.

Did he try again?

Not with me.

But with your friends?

Yes.

And after you had told them
what he had done to you

they told you
what he had done to them!

Isn't that true?

Yes.

I have nothing further.

Your own witness, mr. Lomax.

Any chance, Your Honor,
for a short recess?

Of course.

This court will be in recess
for 15 minutes.

- What...
- Not now, Bernice.

Lomax, what's wrong?

As your attorney, I'm advising you
to keep the fuck away from me!

Why?
What are you talking about?

The wife, the kid, the outrage.
You definitely had me fooled.

Hey, you're my lawyer.

You're here to defend me.

You know what I'm thinking?

Why not put you on the stand?
You can jerk off for the judge.

- You know she's lying.
- Get the hell away from me.

Well, hell, there you are.

Rumor was you were out
wandering in traffic.

Not now, Larry.

What's the game plan, Kevin?

I got a 4:30 deadline.
I need a quote.

Give me a quote.

Fuck off.

"Mr. Lomax had no comment
on today's events."

"Speculation, however,
was widespread"

"that the young lawyer's
unblemished string of victories"

"would come to an end"

"in this courtroom."

It was a nice run, Kev.

Had to close out someday.

Nobody wins them all.

Have you had any discipline
problems in math class this year?

No.

No?

Isn't the truth mr. Gettys had to talk
to you repeatedly about your behavior?

Isn't that why he asked you
to stay after class?

No!

Have other teachers ever
asked you to stay after class?

Once or twice.

Did they want to talk to you
about your behavior?

Objection. Immaterial.

- Goes to motive.
- Overruled.

You may answer the question.

I don't know what
the other teachers wanted.

You'd have to talk to them.

You ever pass notes in class,
Barbara?

Maybe a note that

made fun of mr. Gettys?

No.

No?

Never called him
a "disgusting pig monster"?

Order.

No.

Your Honor, I've pre-marked
this defense exhibit A.

Objection. Your Honor we've had
plenty of time for discovery here.

I'm let this in, mr. Lomax.

I'm also going to suggest
that if you have any other exhibits

you present them in a timely fashion,
or not at all.

I'm sorry, Barbara, I was wrong.

It's "huge hog beast".

This is your handwriting, isn't it?

- Yes, but...
- You wrote this in Gettys' class.

It's a joke.

"He's a huge hog beast."

"He probably eats
a thousand pancakes for breakfast."

You're writing about mr. Gettys,
aren't you?

It was meant to be a joke.

Have you ever had a party
at your house, Barbara

when your parents were away?

Objection.
Your Honor, this is away...

Credibility and bias.

Overruled.

Answer the question.

Yes.

Have you ever heard of a game
called "special places"?

You're under oath, Barbara.

A man's career

his reputation

his life is on the line!

This is not a joke.

Have you ever played
the game "special places"?

Yes.

Is this game sexual in nature?

Is this game sexual in nature?!

We only played it once.

This special party, Barbara

this was the first time you told
the story about mr. Gettys, wasn't it?

Yes.

I've spoken to some other children
who were there that day.

Can you think anything else, Barbara,
they may have told me about the party?

Objection! Your Honor, if he has
other witnesses, let him call them!

If I need to call
those other children, I will!

I'm going to sustain that,
mr. Lomax.

Rephrase your question.

You threatened those children,
didn't you?

That's not the way it happened.

You told them to lie, to falsely claim
that mr. Gettys had hurt them.

These things did happen.

Because if they didn't go along

you were going to tell everyone
about this special party.

They happened to me.

So you made up a story.
A special story.

A story about a math teacher

who was tough on you,
who kept you after class.

A "huge hog beast" you didn't like!

That's what really happened,
isn't it?

No.

I didn't want to be the only one.

You goddamn lowlife,
son of a bitch...

No further questions, Your Honor.

I'm going to adjourn for the day.

We'll be back here at 9:00 a.m.
and people will behave themselves...

- You made me proud.
- ...or find themselves in contempt.

Pack it up, baby.
You need a drink.

You go gale!

In the event that we all
get drunk and forget

I suggest let's front-load
the ceremonial bullshit.

To the best trial lawyer
in Alachua County.

Damn straight.

So, Kev, off the record...

How's it feel to squeeze
a man like Gettys

through the door of reasonable doubt?

Harry...

Why don't you quit being a party pooper.
Have yourself a drink.

We're not going to discuss
the damn case anymore.

Am I right?

I'll drink to that.

No shop talk.

- Pour me another.
- Hey baby!

Lomax, you're wild.

I feel one of them nights coming on.

♪Now I've seen the Eiffel Tower♪

♪I've seen the Taj Mahal♪
♪I've even been to China♪

♪and I've seen the Great Wall♪

♪I've seen the Pacific Ocean♪
♪the Statue of Liberty♪

I've got to go piss!

♪That I've still got to see♪

I've got to go piss!

♪And I'm down here on my knees♪

♪Baby, I'm beggin' you♪

Hurry!

♪Well, would you grant me♪
♪just one wish♪

♪Show me your tattoo♪

Mr. Lomax!

Hell of a job today.

I don't want to disturb your party.

"Milton-Chadwick-Waters".

Never heard of it.

What are you going to do?
Sue me?

Well, actually, we were hoping
to retain your services.

We've been following your progress.

From New York?

You've never lost a case.

I've had some sympathetic juries.

That's exactly what we're looking for.

We want you to come to New York,
help us pick a jury.

I tell you, man

you're pretty damn good!

Your card is great.

The black tint, you being black...

Whose idea was that? Paul's?

That's just brilliant.

I'm just not drunk enough yet
to fall for it.

I'll buy you a drink when I...

You'd have to start next week.

All expenses, first-class travel
and lodging, you and your wife.

A lump-sum payment, regardless
of the verdict, in the amount of...

Take a look.

In the name of Lord Jesus, we refute you,
satan, and cast you out of this places.

Amen.

'Romans' 16:19

"Be ever at what is good"

"Be innocent"

"Of evil"

"And the God of Peace
will soon crush satan"

"Yes, God will crush him
underneath your feet"

"And the God of Peace
will soon crush satan"

"Yes, God will crush him
underneath your feet"

'Romans' 16:19

All the way to New York
just to pick a jury.

Every dog gets his day.

Why do I feel the hand of Mary Ann
on this adventure?

I gotta tell you, ma,
this routine's getting awful tired.

Working on Sunday.

Working? Ma, get over it.

Ma, listen to me. I love my wife.

Okay? I love her all the way.

Just like you.

Let me tell you about New York.

Let me guess..

"Fallen, fallen, is Babylon."

"It has become
a dwelling place of demons."

'Revelation' 18.

Wouldn't hurt you to look it over.

- Couldn't forget it if I tried.
- Oh, really?

And what happened to Babylon?

"Thou mighty city, in one hour
has thy mighty judgment come."

"And the light of a single lamp
shall shine in thee no more."

Wish me luck.

Good luck.

I'll miss you.

No! Jeannie, listen to me now.
I've gone the extra mile with you on this.

I'm trying to work with you.

They'll be looking for that payment and
if it's not there, they'll repo the car. Ok?

Okay, I gotta go.

Look, Jeannie, I gotta make a plane, ok?
Just get yourself on schedule.

Okay. Make the payment.

Let me guess.
It's all my idea, right?

We better give her some grandkids soon
so I can get her off my back.

What do you say?

Let her sweat a little.

All right, mr. Clintine, let me ask you this:
do you think, as a juror

you'd be able to set aside
any prior opinion you might hold

about the savings and loan industry?

That was a question, sir.

What? Do I like bankers?

Your Honor, may I have a minute
to confer with my colleagues?

You may.

Dump him.

Let's get rid of number four, six...

I'd say lose number twelve

but the prosecutor's gonna fuck up
and do it for us.

Number six?

You're kidding, right?
She's my first choice.

She's my first pass.

And four?

With the dreadlocks?
That's crazy.

- That's a defendant's juror I've ever saw.
- Did you see his shoes?

Look, kid, maybe down in Florida
you are the next big thing.

This is New York, Manhattan.
We're not squeezing oranges here.

He polishes those shoes every night.
He makes his own clothes.

He may look like a brother with an attitude to you,
but I see a man with a shotgun under his bed.

And woe betide the creature
who steps into his garden.

And number six

your favorite

she's damaged goods.

She's a Catholic schoolteacher.

Believes in human frailty...

No. Something's missing from her.

She's wrong.

She wants on this jury.

Somebody hurt her
and she wants revenge.

How the hell do you know that?

I don't know.

Look, either you put a stop
to this happy horseshit or I walk.

Walk.

Here's the deal: if I lose with your jury,
you do the explaining.

Your Honor, may I continue?

We'd like to excuse
Jurors three, four and six.

Hi. You're home early for a change.

Your mother called.

She has her "baaad feeling".

Every now and then,
she gets one right.

You okay?

Something's up.

They deliberated for 38 minutes.

Kevin...

Oh, honey, I'm sorry.

Geez... What the hell did they expect?
The man is as guilty as can be.

Wasn't a jury anywhere
gonna let him off.

Yeah.

Except one.

What?

Kev...

Not fucking guilty!

Oh, my God!
You lying sack of shit!

Thirty-eight minutes, my jury!

Yes!

Thirty-eight minutes!

- You did it!
- My jury! I'm too good!

- Glad you could stick around for a couple of days..
- It's your dime.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

But mr. Milton got pinned down
in Indonesia longer than expected.

Good morning, Caprice.

Good morning, mr. Heath.

Your messages.

Not bad?

You can play it cool if you want

but when I first walked in,
my jaw was on the floor.

Thank you.

This is our home office.

But we have quite many
international arrangements

so mr. Milton spends a great deal
of his time in the air.

Three o'clock, we got the Greeks.

So, am I a good cop or a bad cop?

We may not need a good cop.

I love it.

In addition to our corporate clients
we're representing 25 foreign countries:

The Mideast, the Balkans,
Central America, West Africa...

interesting work, but travel-intensive.

Behind you.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean...

Please... Kevin Lomax.

John Milton.

Nice to meet you.

So...

Have we been treating you well?

Very well, thank you.

And your wife,
she's had a good time?

She sure has. It's been great.
The whole thing's been great.

That's our secret:

kill you with kindness.

What's your secret?

I couldn't say.

You were a prosecutor.

Out of law school.
Five years in the Jacksonville D.A.'s office.

Sixty-four straight convictions.

What a number!

I like to be in court.

I didn't plea out a lot.

What's that like?

One day you put them away,
the next you set them free.

Takes a little getting used to.

Pays better, though, doesn't it?

Yes, it does.

That math teacher, the Gettys case...
now I hear you were brilliant.

Prosecutor dropped the ball.

Really?

You think your guy was guilty?

I didn't say that.

What'd you say?

How's this:

I began the case
with a clear conscience.

I was sure you had a secret.

The men's room.

Upstairs men's room
in the Duval County courthouse.

There's a hole in the wall
straight to the next room.

I spent five years listening
to juries deliberate.

- I love it.
- Love it all you want.

Just don't repeat it.

I'm not sure the Florida Bar Association
would appreciate it.

My lips are sealed.

You don't really want
to go back to Florida, do you?

Walk with me.

What do you think?

Some people can't handle it.

It's peaceful.

My sentiments exactly.

Fill in the résumé for me.

Tell me, your family...
Your father, what does he do?

I never got to know my father.
He passed away before I was born.

My mother raised me.
Just the two of us.

She never remarried?

She wasn't married the first time.

That can't be easy in a town
like Gainesville, can it?

I don't think it's easy anywhere.

Holy shit!

Different when you're looking down,
isn't it?

Yes, it is.

Oh, my God.

Your mother

what's she like?

She's a preacher's daughter.
She's tough.

She's worked in a poultry plant
for as long as I can remember.

She's got a church she really likes,
so she's usually there or they go out...

They do a lot of volunteer work.

"Behold, I send you out
as sheep amidst the wolves."

So they say.

It didn't rub off?

The Book? The Church?

No, I'm on parole.

Early release for time served.

A lot of potential clients down there.

Are we negotiating?

Always.

Can I ask you a question, then?

Why do you need
a criminal department?

Our clients break the law
like anyone else.

I'm just tired of sending
their business across the street.

- Are you offering me a job?
- I'm thinking about it.

I know you've got talent.
I knew that before you got here.

It's just the other thing
I wonder about.

What thing is that?

Pressure.

It changes everything. Pressure.

Some people, you squeeze them,
they focus.

Others fold.

Can you summon your talent at will?

Can you deliver on a deadline?

Can you sleep at night?

When do we talk about money?

Money?

That's the easy part.

They call this part of Fifth Avenue,
Carnegie Hill.

You've got the park right
across the street, and the reservoir.

Best jogging in New York.

Mount Sinai Hospital is up the street.

Some excellent schools.

Not on the top of mr. Milton's list
when he bought this building

but great neighborhood for children.

Great building.

Follow the money
all the way to the top.

You've got the managing director,
Eddie Barzoon, on 16.

And, of course,
mr. Milton has the tower.

- You must be Mary Ann?
- Yes, I am.

Welcome. I'm Jackie Heath.

It's nice of you to come by.

Oh, please.
We live across the hall.

- You're kidding.
- Right there.

It's just two apartments per floor?

- You didn't tell them about apartment?
- It can speak for itself.

Voilà!

Oh, my God!

It's what they call a "Classic Eight".

Be careful. I don't have a map.
I don't want you to get lost.

We had them paint it white.

Let you see it naked
before you pick your palette.

What am I picking?

Palette. Your colors.

Oh, yes.

I need to warn you about one thing.

There are going to be some
very envious people down at the firm.

There aren't many of these apartments.
They're a really partner's perk.

You must've made
quite an impression.

Oh, my God, three bedrooms.
You know what that means?

Babies.

It took us six years to get in here.

Unbelievable.

Thank you very much.

Jackie.

Are you really this good?

I sure as hell hope so.

They must want you pretty bad.

Look, Mar

I'm only getting behind this
if you're on board.

If you want to go home

I'm with you.

Sure.

Hell, let's go back to Gainesville,
back to the condo.

You can keep scrounging for clients and
I'll keep repossessing cars for Akamian.

And maybe, just maybe,
if we kill ourselves

in about five years we can afford a baby
and a weekend shack at Gulf Shores.

Are you shitting me?

I love you.

I love you, too.

Tadashi Osumi, Media.

Walter Krasna, Maritime Law.

Bashir Toabal, Energy Law.

I run the lslamic subgroup.

Joyce Rensaleer, Mergers
and Acquisitions.

Eddie Barzoon, Managing Director and

Real Estate.

Pradeed Resh, Intellectual Properties.

Christabella Andrioli,
International Trade and Customs

EC and G-7.

There it is, Kevin.

The whole team.

Welcome to Milton,
Chadwick and Waters.

So what do you think?
You can change the furniture if you like.

I guess it'll do.

Until something better comes along?

Kevin Lomax, Pam Garrety.

Nice to meet you.

Pam was at the Brooklyn
D.A.'s office for 14 years

So she knows her way
around the local scene.

She will be your guide.

You gonna be expedite
his New York bar application?

It's in the pipeline.
For now, you'll work pro hac vice.

I petitioned Florida
for a letter of good conduct.

And I prepared, at mr. Milton's request,
an overview of the Moyez case.

The Moyez case?

Move, move, move!

What do you think?

It's a health code case
and it's a loser.

So what's the point?

He wants to see if I'll plea-bargain.
It's a test, right?

Isn't everything?

It's an 18th-century
Italian silk damask

with an embossed floriated pattern
of undulating acanthus leaves.

Lovely, isn't it?

And this is about what?

The price?

It's about $2.000 a panel.

We'll take it

at $1.400.

You made it.

Hey baby.

I thought you said it was impossible.

I thought you said it was important.

Go get them, man!

Tell him "Cut that shit down!"

I know what they're doing over there!
That's right!

Tell him "Take all that noise
back to Africa."

Good afternoon.
I'm looking for Phillipe Moyez.

Look, I'm not sure
I'm making myself clear.

Moyez, you need him?
To speak with him?

Show him your boots.

You're saying he's down here
in the basement?

In the dark?

Where do you think I'm taking you?

Monsieur...

I thought I would recognize you

but I do not.

- Mr. Moyez?
- Oui.

We've never met.

I'm Kevin Lomax. I'm a lawyer.

I'm here about the animals.

We have an investment in blood.

Think of it as spiritual currency.

"Spiritual currency".

Look, mr. Moyez,
I'm going to need your help with this.

What is the name of the man

who will prosecute us?

Merto.

Assistant District Attorney
Arnold Merto.

What are you doing, mr. Moyez?

With this tongue, we create silence.

You can go now.

You will have all the help

I can give you

against monsieur Merto.

It's arbor green.
What do you think?

Not with your complexion.

New York City health codes.

That's all of it?

Not quite.

Thanks.

Caribbean green.

Something cooler, maybe. Cooler.

A cooler green.

Too institutional.

I love green.

You know, I love green
but it's one thing to wear it

and another to have it
on your walls, I mean...

I'm just trying to help.
It's your walls. Do what you want.

Remember,
it's only a health-code case.

Good night.

This is the first time since
I was 13 years old, I don't have a job

or two.

I feel like I'm floating
around in that place.

You know, just drifting around
or something.

You'll settle in.

You know, we had this little office
in the condo...

Thanks.

You know, his side and my side.
Real nice.

At night, I'd go to sleep,
I'd see that light on...

if I want to see Leamon

I make an appointment.

You're kidding, right?

God, how do you handle it?

Take a look around, honey.

Look, you've got three choices.

The Holy Trinity:

you can work

you can play

or you can breed.

That's a veal roast, Your Honor.

USDA approved and stamped.

Men kill animals and eat their flesh.

Phillipe Moyez killed a goat.

He killed a goat.

And he did it at home

in a manner consistent
with his religious beliefs.

Now, mr. Merto may find that bizarre.

It's certainly not a religious practice
performed by everyone.

It's not as common as, say

circumcision.

It's not as common as the belief that

wine transforms into blood.

Some people handle poisonous snakes
to prove their faith.

Some people walk on fire.

Phillipe Moyez killed a goat.

And he did it

while observing
his constitutionally protected

religious beliefs.

Your Honor, this case
is not about keeping goats

or transporting goats
or goat licensing.

The city was clearly less concerned
with the care and feedind of the animals

than the manner in which
they were slaughtered.

Objection!

Enough, enough. I got it.

Let's wrap it up.

Your Honor

the city timed this police action
to catch my client

exercising his constitutionally protected
right to religious freedom.

This is a law protecting
kosher butchering.

Exactly, Your Honor.

I'd like to move at this time
for a verdict of dismissal.

I happen to know a little bit
about kashrut law, mr. Lomax.

I'm aware of that, Your Honor.

That's why I feel confident
in requesting a dismissal.

Mr. Merto?

Your Hon...

Mr. Merto?

For God's sake, man...

- Congratulations. Great job.
- Thanks!

Bravo! Bravo!

Pamela, you look lovely.

So, Phillipe

satisfied?

Always, Jean.

Kev...

What can I say?

Outstanding.

Go figure it, a guy like Moyez

living in some subterranean shithole

all the while he's walking around
with $15 million in the banking account

You're kidding.

What do you think he's paying us in?
Goat's blood?

Hey Tarzan, we're billing you out
at $400 an hour, my friend.

I don't see a whole lot of pro-bono work
in your immediate future.

I figured you came down
to make sure I didn't fuck this up.

Maybe I did.

Don't get too cocky, my boy.
No matter how good you are

don't let them see you coming.
That's the gaffe, my friend.

You've gotta keep yourself small.

Innocuous.

Be the little guy.

You know, the nerd, the leper

the shitkicking surfer.
Look at me.

Underestimated me from day one.

You'd never think I was
a master of the universe, would you?

That's your only weakness,
as far as I can see.

What's that?

It's the look.

That Florida stud thing.

What is that?

Excuse me, ma'am.
Did I leave my boots under your bed?

Never worked a jury
that didn't have a woman.

You know what you're missing?

You're missing what I have.

There's this beautiful girl,
just fucked me 40 ways from Sunday

we're done, she's walking
to the bathroom, she's trying to walk

she turns

she looks

it's me.

Not the Trojan army that just fucked her.
Little old me.

She gets this look on her face like:

"How the hell did that happen?"

I'm the hand up Mona Lisa's skirt.

I'm a surprise, Kevin.

They don't see me coming.

That's what you're missing.

Where's the chicken?

There's a chicken, plays tic-tac-toe,
never loses. He's famous.

Never loses, like you.

Tic-tac-toe!

Come on. I'll show you
the fastest way uptown.

Learn the subways, Kevin.

Use them.

Stay in the trenches.

Only way I travel.

Mar?

Mar, what happened to the green?

- I loved the green!
- Honey, you're late!

We're due up at the Barzoon's palace
in 15 minutes.

What's all this?

All what?

Jackie says the "who's who"
of New York powers is gonna be there tonight.

- All this?
- Oh, that.

It was going to be a nursery

then I remembered you'd have to be home
long enough to knock me up.

So now I'm thinking of building
a law library.

Oh, baby.

Tell me I can handle this.

You can handle this.

- Say something nice.
- Something nice.

Promise me you won't
leave me alone in there.

I promise.

There you are!

Diana Barzoon. Eddie's wife.

Nice to meet you.
Sorry we're late.

Kevin Lomax, Health Code Warrior.

All hail.

- Mr. Barzoon, this is Mary Ann.
- Nice to meet you.

Well, Kevin, here they are.

Top of the food chain
and dinner is served.

I throw these parties twice a year.

Stock market, real estate, politics.
They're all players, and they're all prospects.

Kevin, congratulations.

Remember Rashid?
Just in from Beirut.

- Of course.
- Congratulations.

Bright young lights.

You're going to like this.
Come on.

Somebody I want you to meet.

Kevin and Mary Ann Lomax,
this is senator Alfonse D'Amato.

Ambassador Charles Gagano.

In case you didn't know,
these are the Republicans of New York.

You know, Barzoon
always overstates things.

Donald Trump was supposed to be here,
but he had a business emergency.

I knew I'd find you here.
I'd like you to meet my wife.

Mary Ann, this is Pam Garrety.

- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

- We're partners in crime.
- Kevin, someone you must meet.

Excuse me Mar. This is important.

- You are so beautiful.
- Oh, thank you.

- I heard you met the senator.
- Yes, I did.

- I was married to him.
- Really?

Kidding.

I'd like you to meet Kevin Lomax.
Kevin is from Florida.

He's new to the firm.

Kevin, is nice to meet you

The senator cannot leave.

Who's that with the senator?

- Oh, God, girl.
- You haven't met him yet?

No, who is he?

I swear he can hear us.

Hell, he can smell us.

Mary Ann...

John Milton.

I was hoping I'd see you here tonight.
And here you are.

Already swimming with the sharks.

Careful, honey.

Oh Harry, if you keep thinking small,
we'll never make any money on you.

These parties
don't come cheap, you know.

Call him. Talk to him.
See what they have to say.

Just get it on tape.

Well, you know, It's a wonderful
opportunity for Kevin.

Yes, Kevin.
He's going to do all right if he...

buys a few new suits

learns a few new tricks, he's there.

It's you. What about you?

Your family, you've got
to miss them. No?

I told Kevin the only thing worse
than not having a father was having mine.

I can relate.

I can, believe me.

The worst vice is advice.

But may I make a suggestion?

It's a sensitive...

It's about your hair,
that's why I ask.

No, go ahead.

I mean, you don't like it?

No.

I like it fine. It's beautiful.

It's just...

it doesn't belong to you.

You're too alive for a perm.

It's not you.

You should pull your hair back.

Do it. See what happens.

Right now, here, you want me
to pull my hair back?

Is that so terrible?

I'd love to do it, but if I did

everyone in this room
who's pretending not to be watching us

would naturally assume
that we were fucking or something.

Please.

Okay.

It's fun to be right.

Excuse me.

That's a vision.

You've gotta cut your hair.

Are you serious?

A woman's shoulders
are the frontlines of her mystique.

And her neck

if she's alive

has all the mystery of a border town.

A no man's land

in that battle

between the mind and the body.

You know

your natural color would really

bring out your eyes.

Do you have this view?

Sorry?

From your terrace, is this your view?

Not exactly.

No terrace and I'm about

twelve floors down.

What about you?

No, I live downtown.

This is a

family building.

Sounds like fun.

Downtown, I mean.

I'm just getting to know the city.

Is it everything you expected?

More.

I say we ride them as far as we can,
and then eat them.

Excuse me, Jackie.
Have you guys seen Kevin anywhere?

No, I'm sure he's around.

Okay, thanx.

Are you alone?

You mean, tonight?

Is your wife a jealous woman,
mr. Lomax?

Oh, dear, I'm going
to scare you away.

No. No, really

I'm fine.

Yeah?

I'm fine.

Bet you like to be on top.

- Don't you?
- Excuse me?

Of the situation.

You prefer to be on top, right?

Depends on the view.

You know what I see?

I see the future

of this law firm.

We need to talk, Kevin.
Something's come up.

But first I want you to find
Heath and Eddie Barzoon.

Bring them up to my place.
Do it quietly.

Quickly.

No problem. Arnold has
a few reporters in his pocket.

We'll plant a story
and destroy his credibility.

Pam, have you seen Kevin?

- No, I haven't, sweetie.
- Okay.

If he doesn't come to us,
he'll regret it.

Come on.

Is there more to it?

Just this room.

And a bedroom?

Nope. No bedroom.

- Where does he sleep?
- Who says he sleeps?

Where does he fuck?

Everywhere!

What's up, John?

Leamon, how many hours did we bill
Alex Cullen for last year?

16.242.

What the fuck did he do now?

Alex Cullen has just been charged
with murdering his wife

her stepson

and a maid.

When did this happen?

Just now. Tonight.

I've sent Pam downtown
to make bail arrangements.

They're gonna fucking crucify him.
They're gonna...

They're gonna line up!
I gotta call Meisel.

No! No! No!
I want Kevin on this case.

I hope you're kidding.

Alexander Cullen in a Manhattan
triple murder with, excuse me, Kevin?

You're dreaming!

You know, I've shaken hands

with every marquee
defense attorney in this town.

I'd take Kevin and I don't look back.

John, you've got
a great eye for talent.

You know, you're the master, but you know,
I... I just don't see this happening.

I want you on board, Eddie.

I appreciate the vote of confidence,
but maybe Eddie has a point here.

We can get this case.
The man's our client.

He's a business client.

We know him better
than he knows himself.

We've got the inside track.

We've got the best damn
trial lawyer in the city.

It's ours to lose.

Tell that to Cullen.

I want Kevin to tell him.

There's Pam!

You gonna fight for this thing or not?

Pam?

No, it's Kevin.

No, it's okay. I'm on it.
Yeah, I'm on it.

Where are we at?

You left me there.

I had a fucking panic attack
until Jackie told me where you were.

Three hours!
You don't even call!

Stop.

Reset.

I'm upstairs. I'm with Milton,
Heath and Barzoon.

There's a very good possibility

that I'm about to catch
a triple homicide defendant

who also happens to be

one of the largest
real-estate developers in this city.

Mar, I had to bail on the party.

You bailed on me.

Mar!

- Did you hear me?
- I was all by myself!

For three whole hours.

The next time you make a promise,
try and keep it!

You gotta be kidding me, right?

Go to hell. And you can go to sleep
on the fucking couch!

- You sure he's up there?
- Yeah, CNN passed the word.

Look at this.

I'm not out 20 minutes, and I'm being
followed by the goddamn press.

They're like insects down there.

Alex, just calm down
and listen, okay?

I don't know. Maybe you're right.
Maybe he is a whiz kid, but Jesus Christ!

This is my ass
we're talking about John!

Eddie!

Alex, you know how this town works.

You've got enemies here
you haven't heard from.

Now, with this

now that you're down

I'd get ready for one of those

Class-A, New York-style pigfucks.

You know what's coming.

Now you're going to have to ask yourself
"who do you trust?"

Who do you trust, Alex?

I don't know.

I'm gonna have to look around.

You don't have time to shop,
mr. Cullen.

Jury selection started this morning
at every breakfast table in the city.

This is what people know:

three dead bodies.

You discover the crime.

You call it in. You've got blood
on your person and clothes.

And mr. Cullen...

Your prints are on the murder weapon.

How do you know that?

There's a second print in blood.

It's a partial of a hand on the wall
next to the bodies.

I have keys.
I called the cops from the house!

I touched the goddamn wall!
I panicked! I was panicked!

We need 12 people
who can see past all that.

- I touched the goddamn wall!
- I'd get in front of this fast.

I panicked! Is that a crime?

I didn't kill anybody.

This is a nightmare.

How am I going to convince anybody?
I'm innocent.

He's right, Alex.

People need to hear these things.

Christ, Eddie.

You're not happy tomorrow?
The next day?

We'll move over.

But right now, this moment

you need immediate representation.

I have a 14-year-old stepdaughter

who I care more about
than anything in this world.

They wouldn't let me talk to her
from downtown.

They won't let me talk to her
now that I'm out!

We need to issue a statement.

He's a winner, Alex.

Just like you were.

And they'll never see him coming.

Jesus Christ.

I've got some tough phone calls
I've got to...

My place, tomorrow.

Alone.

You better be every fucking inch
as good as he says you are.

Not if they were giving it away.

Come on, Mary Ann.
Let's check out Yoshi's.

- Andrea?
- Yes?

Another one of these, please.

Right away.

- No, no, no!
- Yes, yes, yes, yes!

I want you loose
and pliable this afternoon.

Oh, Lord, this is $3.000.

You know what you should do?

You should buy it

wear it once,
and then throw it away.

That will loosen you up.

I say spend it all.

If you never see your husband,
have a relationship with his money.

I swear

if Eddie wasn't afraid of me
shouting my mouth off

he would've put a cellulite clause
in the pre-nup.

Dr. Robert, I'm telling you

he's a miracle man.
You've seen my new tits.

Who does it better than that?

It's not my tits I'm worried about.

Not too big...

Perfect.

Real or not?

They look real.

They must be real.

Feel them.

No, it's okay, really.

Go ahead. That's the ultimate test.
Come on.

Feel real?

Yes, absolutely real.

Dr. Robert.

When you're ready.

So, what do you think?

I don't care if they can hear me.
I don't care!

I don't like it here, Kevin.

And these women! My God, I mean,
I'm seeing things for Christ's sake!

- You just left them in the store?
- Yes!

- Calm down!
- No!

Listen to me!

Mar! Mar!

First...

You do this radical thing
to your hair.

You hate it.

Stop. I think it's fine.

I think it's fine.
But I also think it's traumatic.

You've got the pressure
of fitting in with new friends.

A new place.

- Add to that a couple bottles of wine.
- No!

No. It wasn't the wine, Kevin.

It wasn't the wine, or my hair,
or talking to Kathy

or anything like that!

Because I know
that's what you're gonna say.

What about Kathy?

What about your sister?

What about her?
She's pregnant again.

That's got nothing to do with this?

Kevin, I never see you anymore.

And now that you've got this big case,
it's just only gonna get worse.

If you can believe it

I'm actually looking forward
to having your mother come and visit.

What about the apartment?

Goddamn you!

Why do you always
have to change things around?

This is not about the apartment!
I hate this stupid place!

You know

you buy a couple new suits
and you're fine.

It's a little more than that.

I have this whole
fucking place to fill!

I know we have all this money
and it's supposed to be fun, but it's not!

It's like a test.
The whole thing is like one big test.

And God...!

I am so lonely!

I miss you so much.

I'm sorry, baby.

I don't know what to do.

Let's make a baby.

Don't tease me.

I wouldn't do that.

Not unless you asked.

Oh, baby.

Do you have this view?

Make love to me.

What are you doing?

Stop.

Oh, God.

God!

Where are you?

I'm right here.

No, you're not.

- Why do we have to keep going?
- Because it needs to be clear, mr. Cullen.

Because I need to know
and understand exactly

what happened.

You're standing there, you look down

there's the gun.

I don't know why I picked it up.

It was before I saw Elucinda's body.

You kneeled down to pick it up?

You work late, you come home,
you walk in, everybody's dead!

It's not something you plan for!

Stop. Back up.

Two prints by the gun.

"Right hand".

"Right knee".

Right knee.

We've been over this.

I'm trying to picture it.

Your hand

your hand came from

inside and underneath?

Do you want to see it?
Here. I'll fucking show you.

See? Did you see it?
Was it clear?

You got it?

Whose gun is that?

- It's mine!
- Are you out of your mind?

You're charged with a triple homicide,
you're walking around with a damn gun!

I have had nine death threats!

Give it over.
Now, give me the gun.

I gotta protect myself.

That's my job. When the case is over,
you can have it back.

This is a deal breaker, Alex.

Okey.

Let's wrap it up.

So, what's next?

We need to talk to your assistant,
mrs. Black.

Okey, call her.

You feel confident
she'll back you on the time?

Melissa, yeah, yeah.

She's okay.
She's a straight arrow.

So, we're going to talk to her

and you're not going
to talk to anybody, all right?

All right?

No comment.

There they are!

Hey Kevin, how about a couple shots?

How does it feel to get
the biggest murder trial in New York?

Look over here! Are you really
going to plead Cullen not guilty?

What is happening?

Since the case,
Kevin's picture's been in the paper.

He always did like to stick
his nose in the camera.

- Sorry about that, mrs. Lomax
- No problem.

How you doing mrs. Lomax?
Did you have a nice dinner?

Oh, I surely did. Are you hungry?

Oh, no, ma'am. Thank you.

Welcome to Babylon, ma.

Speak of the devil.

I was just telling them
the Moyez story.

Really?

This is your mother.

Yes, mom, this is...

John Milton.

Alice Lomax.

It's a pleasure to meet you.

How do you do?

Mary Ann...

- You're looking lovely.
- Thanks.

This is...

I believe you met Christabella.

Yes, I think we did.

And Gizelle.

Fresh in from Paris.

Great.

Nice to meet you.

Three for you

and my place.

- Thanks for the champagne, John
- You're very welcome, Kevin.

This isn't really your first visit
to New York, now, is it, mrs. Lomax?

Yes.

You've done one hell of a job
bringing him up, mrs. Lomax.

And I'm sure

it wasn't easy.

No.

Mom, we're here.

Yes. Good night to you.

Good night, Mary Ann.

Kevin, hang on.

How about Cullen? How's it going?

Everything on beam?

That's a long conversation.

Want to come up and tell me?

Now?

Let's talk tomorrow.

You sure?

Yeah.

Is that what you're doing
when you're working late?

What're you talking about?

You know exactly
what I'm talking about.

- That's ridiculous.
- Yeah, right.

I'm going to bed.

- Good night, Alice.
- 'Night.

Oh, shit!

Mom!

Mom, what are you doing?

I'm going home, Kevin.

What? What are you talking about?

I don't feel right.

Look, you just got here.

And I just got my teeth kicked in
on the front page, so I gotta run.

We'll talk later, okay?

Okay?

I have to go, Kevin.

I miss my church.

Mom, this is New York. There must be
20.000 churches. Take your pick.

You need to do a better job
with Mary Ann.

She is not well.

- This place is not good for her, Kevin
- So stay.

Take care of her,
if you're so concerned.

Help me out.

I'll take her home if you let me.

This is home. Understand?

This is where we live.

I'm not going back to Gainesville.

Unbelievable!

"Wide is the gate"

"and broad is the way
that leadeth to temptation."

It's a little early for Scripture.

I'm going to work.
You can do whatever you want.

Does my babysitter have to testify?

We need her to establish
the time you returned home.

She doesn't have a green card,
is why I ask.

I would hate for her
to get in trouble.

Tell you what, Melissa...
Let's talk to her first.

See where she stands
and take it from there.

I'll make sure
Melissa gets down to the car.

Thanks Pam.

Mr. Cullen didn't kill those people.

I know him. He's a difficult man,
but he couldn't kill anyone.

That's why we're all working so hard.

Thank you.

Can I have the car stop
at my ex-husband's?

- My son left his jacket there.
- Sure.

George, remember, no shredding
in the building trash.

- Only in the private refuse.
- Yes sir.

Excelsior Securities,
who's handling that?

- I am.
- All this has got to go.

Guatemala, Sudan, Cyprus...

Mark! No, no, no!

Vagada Holdings, it'll take you all night.
Just Vagada Holdings.

I thought I was the only one
working late.

So did we.

Back to work.
This is not a break.

Good news.

We just wrapped up with Cullen's assistant.
She looks like a great alibi.

What a pleasant surprise.

Looks like you've got your hands full.

It's just a little...

housekeeping.

If anyone should ask

you never saw this.

Who would ask?

Weaver.

Who's that?

Justice Department.
Weaver Commission.

You don't know about Weaver?

Sorry.

How nice for you.

Grab your coat, mr. Lomax.
The night is young.

We're going to the Garden.
Ringside.

Title fight.

Roy Jones, jr.

I have to call Mary Ann.

Do it on the way.

Get my message?

I did. You write beautifully.

What's this Weaver Commission?

I don't like to micro-manage.

Find the talent, then delegate.

Who the hell knows
what Eddie's up to?

He's got a lot of fingers
in a lot of pies.

Excuse me.

What the fuck are you looking at?

You. You deaf or something?
You don't hear me?

I hear you fine.

So get the fuck out of my car
if you hear me fine.

Why? I didn't know it was your car.
I'm having a good time here.

I'm not asking you, motherfucker

I'm telling you
get the fuck out of my car...

Shit. John!

Get out before I cut
your fucking throat.

Fuck that.

How do you know?

Enjoy yourself.

You still got time.

There's a train coming the other way.
You'll just catch it.

You'll thank me in the morning.

If you ain't right...

I'm right.

You'll see.

Invigorating.

What did you say to him?

I told him if he didn't leave us alone

you'd gonna kick his ass
from here to Caldbeck.

Look, there's a lady getting up
from her seat. Come on.

Give it to him!
You want this round? You are on!

Roy's gonna get him.
Now, now, now!

Fixed!

- What a beauty!
- I'm glad you could come, man!

I want you to meet my new heavyweight,
here: Kevin Lomax.

Kevin Lomax! How are you?

I'm well.

And say what?

He's the senior partner at the...

Mar, you're really starting
to piss me off.

Yes, I'm having one cigarette.

You want me to lie?
One cigarette after seven months is not...

That's exactly what I'm saying!

Go to bed. I have no idea.

Mar stop! This guy pays our bills.

The food, the heat, the rent on that
enormous fucking apartment we live in.

I live there, too.

Mar?

Give it back to me!

Kevin!

Babs Coleman.

Kevin Lomax.

Babs is from Georgia Tech.
It's your neck of the woods.

There's Tiffany.

New additions.
Where are you from?

Don't tell me!

Michigan!

How'd you know? Oh, my goodness!

How did he know?

That is so good.

Cheers.

Kevin?

Honey?

Hello?

Who is there?

I got a knife.

Oh, Jesus.

Baby

how'd you get here?

Are you okay?

Oh, God.

Where's your mommy?

You ain't got no mommy?
What do you got there?

What are you playing with?

What are you playing with?

Oh, God!

Baby, please.

Baby, there is no blood.

There is no blood.
It was a dream.

Mar, it was a dream.

It's not a dream if it's true.

Look, let's get you undressed
and in the tub, okay?

No!

I know you.

You'll leave me now for sure.

No! Get away from me!

Okay. I'm confused.

Why?

What is it now?

Did you like the green?

You did, didn't you?

We should go back to the green.

I'm calling the doctor.
I'm going to get you some help.

They took my ovaries, Kevin.

What?

They took my ovaries!

I told you! Right here!

Mary Ann, it was a nightmare.
It didn't happen.

My sisters have
seven children between them.

My mother had Derek
when she was 45.

You could've set a clock
by my periods.

Baby

what are you talking about?

Kevin, I can't have children.

What?

Says who?

The doctor.

I was there yesterday.

"Non-specific ovarian failure".

That's ridiculous.

Oh, God.

Did you just hear that?

Listen.

Can you hear that?

No.

You're going to leave me,
aren't you?

Mary Ann...

I know you.

God...

No, Kevin.

It's these monsters.

I dreamt about this.

- Listen to me.
- Baby, I gotta take this.

No, you've gotta listen to me.

- Why...
- I gotta take this.

It's going to be okay.

Fuck!

I knew the D.A.
was holding out on us.

Get the discovery package
over here, right now.

I don't care. Find Cullen.

I get one supervised hour a week
with my stepdaughter.

I am in there with two shrinks
and three social workers.

You better have a goddamn
good reason for calling me out.

Your wife, the day she was killed,
had lunch with a friend.

She says, and I quote:
"Alex is fucking around and I can prove it."

- That's hearsay. That never gets in.
- Wrong answer.

Your prenuptial agreement's
on file at the firm.

The contract is null and void
in the event of marital infidelity.

You fuck around, she gets rich.

That's a motive, Alex.

What do I need to know?

Melissa, my assistant.

She wasn't even that good a fuck.

And...

on the night in question?

I was boning my assistant
the night my wife got shot.

I've got to re-interview Melissa.

No, forget it.
We're not telling that story.

Juries want honesty.
Fuck with that at your peril.

Alessandra... Alessandra, wait!

Alex.

Alex!

Not now. Mrs. Skylar, please!

Time's up, mr. Cullen.

Alex!

I can't!

Mrs. Skylar, this isn't fair.
I had 15 more minutes.

You'll just have to wait
until next week.

- Alessandra, I'll see you next week.
- That's it, I'm sorry.

For sleep.

And she can take
that during the day?

No, she won't be driving.

I'll have the pharmacy
call you right back. Thanks.

He's not sure. He thinks it could
be some kind of hormonal imbalance.

I'm taking you off the case.

What?

I want you to drop this case.

This case? Cullen?

- John, I've got a jury showing up.
- Do you love this woman?

- Yes, of course I do.
- Then what are you doing?

She's sick.

Everyone will understand.
I'll understand.

What about Cullen?

We find somebody new.

You consult.

You live to fight another day, son.

What are you talking about?
I put together a great jury.

It's a disappointment.
I know. We have them.

All of us have them. You use it.
You embrace it. And then you move on.

Hang on.

We've gotta talk about this.

Listen to yourself, Kevin.
"We've gotta talk about this."

It's your wife, man!

She's sick, she needs you.

She's got to come first.

All right, wait a minute.

Do you mean the possibility of leaving
this case has never entered your mind?

You know what scares me?

I quit the case, she gets better

and I hate her for it.

I don't want to resent her, John.
I've got a winner here.

I've got to nail this fucker down
and put it behind me. Just get it done.

Then...

then

put all my energy into her.

I stand corrected.

So fill me in. Did Cullen's assistant
admit to the affair?

She did to me, but

she won't in court.

Convince her otherwise.

And when all that evidence
is laid before you

when all these pieces weave together,
you will conclude

you will know

that Alexander Cullen is guilty

of murdering three people

in cold blood

and with malice aforethought.

Thank you.

Your Honor.

We can break for lunch now
or you can do a stop and start.

If it's a choice, I'll go now,
Your Honor.

I won't be as long as mr. Broygo.

Proceed.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury

I know you've spent all morning
listening to mr. Broygo talk.

I know you're hungry.

What I need to tell you
won't take very long at all.

I don't like Alexander Cullen.

I don't think he's a nice person.

I don't expect you to like him.

He's been a terrible husband
to all three of his wives.

He's been a destructive force
in the lives of his stepchildren.

He's cheated the city, his partners

his employees.

He's paid hundreds of thousands of dollars
in penalties and fines over the years

I don't like him.

I'm going to tell you some things
during the course of this trial

that are going to make you
like him even less.

But this isn't a popularity contest.

It's a murder trial.

And the single most important
provable fact of this proceeding

is that Alexander Cullen
was somewhere else

when these

horrible crimes took place.

Now, the State...

The State is going all out here.

They've got this whole team here

throwing everything
but the kitchen sink at this case.

I want one thing from you.

That's it.

One thing.

I want you to ask yourself:

is not liking this man

reason enough

to convict him of murder?

Enjoy your lunch.

We'll talk again.

What the fuck was that about?
They're going to hate me!

Listen to me like you've never
listen to anyone before in your life.

I'm gonna bust my ass
to make sure they hate you.

Because as long as you're boning Melissa,
you're not home killing your wife!

Why didn't you say something before?

Then it doesn't look spontaneous.

You got it now.

- Hey! Kevin!
- Eddie!

Saw you go in.

What's up?

Well, congratulations.

- It's not over yet.
- Well, I'm not talking about the trial.

What are you talking about?

How the fuck does your name
get on the firm's charter?

What?

It looks like it's been there
for years.

So, now you're a partner.
When did that happen?

You know, I still am
the managing director of this firm.

You want my job, take me head on.

You backdoor me one more time

and I'll take your partnership papers
and shove them down your throat!

I don't know what you're talking about.
I sure don't like your tone of voice.

Bullshit.

You've got a problem with documents

I suggest you put together one of your
late-night shredding sessions.

You think you're tough enough
to run this firm?

Remember the Weaver Commission
investigation?

Tell your mentor

the next time Weaver calls me,
maybe I'll just...

pick up the phone.

- Was he drunk?
- I doubt it.

He was going running.

What the hell was he talking about?

Eddie's got himself in trouble again.

And he wants me to save him.
Only this time, I can't.

Why does he think I'm after his job?

You ever have any experience
with manic depression?

Not directly, no.

You do now.

346.

It's me. Get Eddie Barzoon.

He may be out running,
so you might have to page him.

- It's an emergency.
- Yes, sir.

You look like you could use a drink.

Yes, thanks.

Eddie Barzoon, Eddie Barzoon.

I nursed him through two divorces,
a cocaine rehab

and a pregnant receptionist.

God's creature, right?

God's special creature?

I've warned him, Kevin.

I've warned him
every step of the way.

Watching him bounce around
like a fucking game.

Like a wind-up toy.

Like 250 pounds

of self-serving greed on wheels.

The next thousand years
is right around the corner, Kevin.

Eddie Barzoon

take a good look because

he's the poster child
for the next millennium.

These people

it's no mystery where they come from.

You sharpen the human appetite

to the point where it
can split atoms with its desire.

You build egos
the size of cathedrals.

Fiber-optically connect the world
to every eager impulse.

Grease even the dullest dreams
with these dollar-green

gold-plated fantasies until every human
becomes an aspiring emperor

becomes his own god.
Where can you go from there?

Hey! Wrong way!

Fuck you...

As we're scrambling

from one deal to the next

who's got his eye on the planet?

As the air thickens, the water sours.

Even bees' honey takes on
the metallic taste of radioactivity

and it just keeps coming,
faster and faster.

Help! Stop it!

There's no chance to think,
to prepare.

It's buy futures, sell futures

when there is no future.

We got a runaway train, boy.

We got a billion Eddie Barzoons
all jogging into the future.

Every one of them is getting ready
to fistfuck God's ex-planet

lick their fingers clean

as they reach out
toward their pristine

cybernetic keyboards

to tote up their
fucking billable hours.

And then it hits home.

You got to pay your own way, Eddie.

It's a little late in the game
to buy out now.

- Fuck!
- Give me your watch.

What? I like this watch! Do you think
you're just going try to take it?

Your belly's too full

your dick is sore

your eyes are bloodshot and
you're screaming for someone to help.

But guess what?

There's no one there!

You're all alone, Eddie.

You're God's special little creature.

Maybe it's true.

Maybe God threw the dice
once too often.

Maybe He let us all down.

You testified the defendant
called you at 4:30

to ask you to come to his office gym
for the purposes of sex.

Yes.

Mr. Cullen, though,
he's not just your lover, is he?

He's the boss.

Yes.

So two hours go by
before you act on his request?

Yes, I went up at 6:10.

It was 6:10 because I heard
the weather coming on the news.

Okay, stop.

This prosecutor is no fool.

He's going to change tempo,
attitude, tone of voice.

He's going to come out with questions
you never thought of just to screw you up.

So what do we do?

Yes and no answers. Stay calm.

Exactly.

Is it your testimony, mrs. Black,
that between the hours of 6:10 and 9:40

you were engaged in sexual congress
with the defendant?

Yes.

At any point during
this three-hour marathon, mrs. Black

did you lose sight of the defendant?

- No.
- Did he use the bathroom?

- Yes.
- Is he circumcised?

You understand the question?

Yeah.

So is he cut or not?

Yes.

Which is it?

You've polished his knob
three times a week for six months.

You don't know if he has foreskin?

I've had enough of your fucking game!

Why don't you take your questions
and shove them up your ass!

Kevin!

What's happening?

It's Eddie Barzoon.

What about him?

He's dead. He was killed.

- When?
- Last night.

- In the park.
- He was running, if you can believe it.

What is wrong with people?

At least they got
the scumbags who did it.

Who?

Two old homeless crazies.

Kevin.

Kevin, I'm sorry, you're due
in court in 30 minutes.

- You'd better get your things together.
- So, are we finished in here or what?

I'll bring Melissa down to the car.
But you better get going.

I want you to put Eddie aside.
Let me worry about it.

You've got to deal with Cullen.

You've got to marshal your strength.
Prioritize. Conserve your energy.

I can't put her on the stand.

- What choice do you have?
- I know she's lying!

She's lying... She's lying because
she didn't answer you fast enough?

She lied to you? No.

She said nothing.

Fact is, you'll never know anyway.

He killed those people.

You really believe that?

He set me up.

Cullen fucking set me up.
Melissa... the whole thing.

I know it.

Got to go with your gut.

That's your advice?

I'll back you either way.

Maybe it's your time to lose.

Think I haven't lost before?

Kevin?

Kevin?

We talked about this, remember?

Pressure.

Take a big whiff.

All rise!

The Honorable Armand Poe presiding.

Please be seated.

All right, mr. Lomax

you may present your case.

Mr. Lomax...

I call Melissa Black.

Raise your right hand.

Do you swear to tell the truth,
the whole truth

nothing but the truth,
so help you God?

I do.

Kevin!

Feeney, it's him!

She didn't look well, sir.

Phil tried to talk to her
but she just kept going.

- Where is she?
- Church of the Heavenly Hope.

Honey.

It's me.

What happened?

Are you okay?

He let himself in.
You need to know that.

Who let himself in?

The bath

was running or something.

I didn't hear him. I swear to you.

And then we talked.

And we talked for hours.

And I haven't talked to anyone

really talked to anyone in so long.

Did somebody hurt you?

Yeah.

Who?

Milton.

What?

He...

He fucked me.

And I think I wanted him to,
but then I just...

I don't know,
I just couldn't stop him.

He just wouldn't stop.

When?

- Baby, when?
- Today.

The whole afternoon.

The whole afternoon.

I'm so ashamed.

Today?

Today?

Today he was in court.

He was in court
in my presence all afternoon!

- No!
- Yes!

Yes! Yes!

No!..

God, no, Kevin.

Kevin, I'm not crazy.

You have to believe me.

Oh, Jesus.

He did this to me!

He did this to me.

What did you do to yourself?

What are we going to do, baby?

What am I going to do?

Sign there. And your relationship.

She's calm now. This might be
a good time to say good night to her.

I know why this is happening.

They want you to sleep.

It's the money.

Blood money.

We just drank it down, both of us.

We knew it.

Winning those cases, taking the money.
We knew they were guilty.

But you just kept on winning

every time.

And I can't look at myself
in the mirror.

And then I see a monster.

Don't do this, Kevin.

Please take me home.

Please don't do this.

I'm not crazy.

Doesn't Diana look fabulous?

- Alessandra, you look ravishing.
- Thank you.

Mrs. Skylar.

We are here today

to remember Eddie Barzoon.

Isn't she lovely?

We have gathered to seek shelter
in our common grief.

To draw strength
toward our tested faith.

So what do they say?

How's Mary Ann?

They don't know.

She's...

She's falling apart.

Hallucinations.

Milton...

it's bad.

Do you have room for one more?

Beloved father.

Devoted husband.

Trusted friend.

Esteemed colleague.
Benevolent citizen.

All of these things.

And yet one thing more:

child of God.

And it is to that Father
that he now returns.

Eddie Barzoon

such a vibrant member
of our community

has moved beyond us now.

He has entered

a new communion.

And for that
it is a time of rejoicing.

God, who is our refuge
and our strength.

God, who is that very present help

in time of trouble.

"Therefore we will not fear"

"though the Earth should change"

"though the mountains shake
in the heart of the sea"

"though its waters roar and foam"

"though the mountains tremble
with its tumult."

We cannot fear too long

for Eddie Barzoon

has gone home.

Mr. Lomax?

No comment.
I'll have something for you later.

I'm a friend of Eddie Barzoon.

You don't know me,
but Eddie mentioned your name.

Mitch Weaver, Justice Department?

Staking out the funeral?

Looking for you, actually.

I'm in a bit of hurry.
I need to talk to my wife.

Just wanted to ask you, off the record...
I have a few questions about Eddie.

Milton-Chadwick-Waters
is a little more than a law firm.

But I assumed you knew that.

Vagada Holdings?
I'm sure you've heard of it.

London, Kinshasa, Karachi:
arms brokering, mostly.

Munzer-Dietch, in Berlin, Djakarta:
chemical weapons and toxic waste.

Ivanco Limited, Moscow:
money laundering for the eastern bloc.

Kevin, it goes on and on and on.
Milton is into everything.

Barzoon was coming in, Kevin.
He was going to testify.

DeSoto and Dibalista, Panama.

That firm sets up bank accounts
for judges in South America.

Huge drug cases, murder, everything.

What the fuck do you want?
He's a lawyer!

Now stay off my back!

This is a first-time last-time offer.

I'm learning about you.

I talked to some old friends
in Florida this morning.

The Gettys case?

Eighth grade teacher?

They found him yesterday!

He had the body of a 10-year-old girl
in the trunk of his car!

Is he all right? Get help!

Marie, do you want to go
to the party?

Come on.

Horace will be disappointed.

It's a birthday party.
We can sing.

"Indeed, His divine power"

"has granted us all things
pertaining to life and piety"

"through the knowledge of Him
who has called us..."

Kevin...

What are you doing here?

I came this morning.

I kept calling the house
and getting no answer.

I need to talk to you.

We got her on the first flight up
this morning.

Are you all right, Kevin?

I don't know.

Would you excuse us
for a moment, please?

Sure.

How you doing, sweetie?

I know something
that'll make you feel better.

There.

I shouldn't have left.
I knew it.

I'll never forgive myself.

- There's nothing you could've done.
- I could've told you the truth.

About what?

Baptist Endeavor
Youth Crusade, 1966.

I was here in New York.

That night in the elevator,
you never let me answer.

What are you talking about?

I stayed here a week
in the Tremont Hotel.

They had a restaurant downstairs
where we ate almost every meal.

Wait. Stop.

Your father was a waiter
in that restaurant.

My father?

This is great, ma.

Honey, please listen.

Now?

You do this now?

Because your timing, it's superb.

You wait 30 years,
you fly up here, you pick today?

Obviously I'm not
under enough pressure.

I don't have enough on my mind!
I need this...

Listen to me!

Kevin!

Kevin!

"Behold, I send you out as sheep
amidst the wolves!"

Don't you look beautiful now.

Take a look and see.

It's all right, dear. Look.

No.

Go on, take a look.

See how beautiful you are?

See?

What happened?

She attacked me!

Mary Ann!

Mary Ann, open the door.

Open the door, Mar.

Open the door, Mar!

Mar! Come on, Mar!

Mar, it's okay.

- Open the door!
- No!

Come on!

Mar open the door!

Open the door, Mar!

Oh, my God! Get somebody!
Get somebody! Go! Go! Mar, look at me!

Somebody! Help!

Stop!

Pam, get help!

Go!

Sweetheart!

Look at me!

I love you.

What have you done?

What have you done?

We need a doctor in here!

We need a doctor!

Please stay with me, Mar!

Mar! Stay with me, Mar!

Get dr. Job in here now!

Sir, get away so that
I can help her. Now!

Sir, off! Go!

Come on. Come on.

- Help her.
- Out of the way.

Get dr. Job, please!
I'm losing her!

Finish the story.

1966. You were in New York.

There's a waiter in a restaurant.

Finish the story.

He talked to me.

Nobody'd ever really
talked to me before.

Sixteen years old, a thousand miles away
from home, someone takes an interest...

Knew the Bible, every word.
Just knew it by heart.

Every meal, there he was
at my ear and I was...

That last night he came
to say good-bye and...

I started crying.

And he told me:

"Behold, I send you out as sheep
amidst the wolves."

I want to hear you say it.

His face that night,
I knew it was him.

Say it.

You were so proud you'd just come
to New York and done this all on your own.

Say it!

I didn't have the heart to tell you.
And you wondered yourself.

Say it!

The money that apartment, the attention,
everything out of nowhere!

Say it!

Milton, he's your...

father.

He's your father.

Somehow he found us.

- He tracked you down.
- No.

He did.

He's always been there.

I know that now.

Watching.

Waiting.

Playing us like a game.

What do you mean?

I gotta go.

No, leave it alone.
Stay here with me.

Just forget about him.
We can leave here.

We can go home.
We don't ever have to see him again.

I can't do it.

You go home. You go home.

- Kevin!
- I have to go.

- I have to go.
- Wait!

I love you.

There you are.

- Pam!
- Look at you. You're terrified.

Not to worry.

He'll take away that fear.

You don't ever have
to be frightened again.

Go on.

He's waiting for you.

Go.

You were right about one thing,
Kevin.

I have been watching.
Couldn't help myself.

Watching.

Waiting.

Holding my breath.

But I'm no puppeteer, Kevin.

I don't make things happen.

Doesn't work like that.

What'd you do to Mary Ann?

Free will.

It's like butterfly wings.

Once touched,
they never get off the ground.

I only set the stage.

You pull your own strings.

What did you do to Mary Ann?

A gun?

In here?

Goddamn it,
what did you do to my wife?

Well

on a scale of one to ten...

Ten being the most depraved act
of sexual theater known to man.

One being your average
Friday night run-through at the Lomaxes'.

I'd say, not to be immodest

Mary Ann and I got it on
at about seven.

Fuck you!

Got me!

Got me! Yes!

Yes!

Step it up, son!
Come on! That's good!

You got to hold on to that fury!

That's the last thing to go!

That's the final hiding place.
It's the final fig leaf.

- Who are you?
- Who am I?

Who are you?

Never lost a case.

Why?

Why do you think?

Because you're so fucking good.

Yes.

But why?

Because you're my father?

I'm a little more than that, Kevin.

Awfully hot in that courtroom,
wasn't it?

"What's the game plan, Kevin?"

"It was a nice run, Kev."

"Had to close out some day."

"Nobody wins them all."

What are you?

I have so many names.

Satan.

Call me dad.

Mary Ann, she knew it.

She knew it. She knew it,
so you destroyed her.

You're blaming me for Mary Ann?

I hope you're kidding.

Mary Ann, you could have
saved her anytime you liked.

All she wanted was love.

Hey, you were too busy.

That's a lie.

Mary Ann and New York?

Face it, you started looking to
better-deal her the minute you got here.

That's not true.
You don't know what we had!

- You don't know anything about her!
- I'm on your side!

You're a liar!

Hey! Kevin!

There's nothing out there for you!

Don't be such a fucking chump!

Stop deluding yourself!

I told you to take care of your wife!

What did I say?

"The world would understand."
Didn't I say that?

What did you do?

"You know what scares me, John?

"I leave the case, she gets better
and then I hate her for it."

Remember?

I know what you did.

You set me up!

Who told you to pull out
all the stops on mr. Gettys?

- Who made that choice?
- It's entrapment. You set me up!

And Moyez!
The direction you took!

Popes, swamis, snake handlers,
all feeding at the same trough.

- Whose ideas were those?
- You played me!

It was a test! Your test!

And Cullen!
Knowing he was guilty!

Seeing those pictures!

What did you do?
You put that lying bitch on the stand!

You brought me in.
You put me there! You made her lie!

I don't do that, Kevin!

That day on the subway,
what did I say to you?

What were my words to you?

Maybe it was your time to lose.
You didn't think so.

Lose? I don't lose!

I win!

I win!

I'm a lawyer! That's my job!
That's what I do!

I rest my case.

Vanity

is definitely my favorite sin.

Kevin, it's so basic.

Self-love.

The all-natural opiate.

It's not that you didn't care
for Mary Ann, Kevin

it's just that you were a little bit
more involved with someone else.

Yourself.

You're right.

I did it all.

I let her go.

Don't be too hard on yourself, Kevin.
You wanted something more.

Believe me.

I left her behind
and just kept going.

You can't keep punishing
yourself, Kevin

It's awesome how far you've come.

I didn't make it easy.

Couldn't.

Not for you

or your sister.

Half-sister, to be exact.

Surprise.

Some scene, right Kevin?

Don't let him scare you.

Kevin...

I've had so many children.

I've had so many disappointments.

Mistake after mistake.

And then there's you.

The two of you.

What do you want from me?

I want you to be yourself.

You know, I'll tell you, boy

guilt

it's like a bag of fucking bricks.

All you got to do

is set it down.

I know what you're going through.

I've been there.

Just come here. Come here.

Let it go.

I can't do that.

Who are you carrying
all those bricks for, anyway?

God?

Is that it?

God?

Well, I'll tell you.

Let me give you a little
inside information about God.

God likes to watch.

He's a prankster.

Think about it.

He gives man

instincts.

He gives you this extraordinary gift,
and then what does He do?

I swear, for his own amusement

his own private, cosmic

gag reel

He sets the rules in opposition.

It's the goof of all time.

Look, but don't touch.

Touch, but don't taste.

Taste, but don't swallow.

And while you're jumping from one foot
to the next, what is He doing?

He's laughing his sick,
fucking ass off!

He's a tightass!

He's a sadist!

He's an absentee landlord!

Worship that? Never!

"Better to reign in hell
than serve in Heaven" is that it?

Why not?

I'm here on the ground with my nose in it
since the whole thing began!

I've nurtured every sensation
man has been inspired to have!

I cared about what he wanted
and I never judged him!

Why? Because I never rejected him,
in spite of all his imperfections!

I'm a fan of man!

I'm a humanist.

Maybe the last humanist.

Who, in their right mind

Kevin, could possibly deny

the 20th century was entirely mine?

All of it, Kevin!

All of it.

Mine.

I'm peaking, Kevin.

It's my time now.

It's our time.

Anybody want a drink?

I'm having a drink.

This is some pitch, all this.

You must need me pretty bad.

What do you want?

Eddie was right.

I want you to take over the firm.

You

and your sister.

- Is that it?
- No.

She's ovulating

right now.

Your vanity

is justified, Kevin.

Your seed

is the key to a new future.

Your son is going to sit
at the head of all tables, my boy.

He's gonna set this whole thing free.

You want a child.

I want a family.

The Antichrist.

Whatever.

But I have to volunteer.

Free will

it is a bitch.

Kevin...

I need a family.

I need help. I'm busy.

Millennium's coming, son.

Title fight. Round 20.

I'm ready to work.

What do you say, Kev?

What're you offering?

Are we negotiating?

Always.

Yes!

What are you offering?

Everything.

Anything.

What do you want?
How about bliss, for starters?

Instant bliss.

Bliss on tap.

Bliss any way you want it.

That first line of cocaine.

That walk into a strange
girl's bedroom.

Familiar?

You're gonna have to do
a little better than that.

I know.

I'm just getting warmed up.

You want more, don't you?
You deserve more.

How about the thing
you love the most?

A smile from a jury.

That cold courtroom
just giving itself over

bending to your strength.

I get that on my own.

Not like this.

I take the bricks out
of the briefcase.

I give you pleasure.

No strings!

Freedom, baby

is never having to say you're sorry.

This is revolution, Kevin.

Viva la causa!

♪It happened♪

♪In Monterrey♪

♪A long time ago♪

Forget about him.

This is about us.

♪In old Mexico♪

♪Stars and steel guitars♪
♪and luscious lips♪

♪As red as wine♪

Kevin, it's been so hard
for me to wait for you.

♪Broke somebody's heart♪

Why the law?

♪And I'm afraid that it was mine♪

Cut the shit, dad!
Why lawyers? Why the law?

Because the law, my boy,
puts us into everything.

It's the ultimate backstage pass.
It's the new priesthood, baby.

Did you know there are
more students in law school

than lawyers walking the Earth?

We're coming out

guns blazing!

The two of you

all of us, acquittal after
acquittal after acquittal

until the stench of it reaches
so high and far into Heaven

it chokes the whole
fucking lot of them!

In the Bible, you lose.

We're destined to lose, dad.

Consider the source, son!

Besides

we'll write our own book.

Chapter one.

Right here. This altar.

This moment.

Will you stop talking?

You talk too much.

Both of you.

Look at me.

Just look at me.

She is really stunning.

Who am I?

I've wanted you
from the moment we met.

Diaboli virtus in lumbis est.

Diaboli virtus in lumbis est.

The virtue of the devil
is in his loins.

What about love?

Overrated.

Biochemically

no different than eating
large quantities of chocolate.

In two minutes you won't be thinking
about Mary Ann ever again.

Come here.

She's right, my son.

It's time to step up
and take what's yours.

You're right.

It's time.

Free will, right?

No!

Damn you!

Enough!

Haven't I given enough?

It was a nice run, Kev.

Had to close out someday.

Nobody wins them all.

What are you doing, baby?

Are you okay?

I am now.

All rise.

The Honorable Judge
Garson Deeds presiding.

Please be seated.

You're still under oath, young lady.

Your witness, mr. Lomax.

Mr. Lomax?

Your Honor

I'm terribly sorry.

But I can no longer
represent my client.

I need to be replaced as counsel.

Order. Order! Order!

I adjourn this court.

Mr. Lomax, this is outrageous.

Are you aware
of the consequences of this action?

I am, sir.

I want to see both attorneys
in my chambers immediately.

I'm going to adjourn this trial
until 9 a.m. tomorrow morning.

I trusted you to defend me.

You swore you would!
You'll burn for this!

You just made
the biggest mistake of your life!

Baby, what are you doing?

The right thing.

I think the right thing.

Here they are.

- Are you gonna be disbarred?
- I don't know.

- How's it feel to lose your first case?
- No comment.

Ain't it better to talk
to them all at once?

Press conference tomorrow?

He ain't going to talk to you now.
Eight o'clock tomorrow morning.

That's it.

This is the story you dreamed about.

- There is no story.
- Bullshit.

A lawyer with a crisis of conscience?
You gotta be kidding. It's huge!

They're going to disbar me, Larry.
Write about that.

Wait a second.
Can they do that?

Not when I get through
with the story.

We've got the top, Kevin.
You got to give me an exclusive.

This is wire service.
This is "60 Minutes".

This is a story that needs to be told.
It's you.

You're a star.

Baby...

Call me in the morning.

You got it. First thing.

Bye Larry.

Vanity...

definitely my favorite sin.

♪I see a red door♪
♪and I want it painted black♪

♪No colors anymore♪
♪I want them to turn black♪

♪I see the girls walk by♪
♪dressed in their summer clothes♪

♪I have to turn my head♪
♪until my darkness goes♪

♪I see a line of cars♪
♪and they're all painted black♪

♪With flowers and my love♪
♪both never to come back♪

♪I see people turn their heads♪
♪and quickly look away♪

♪Like a newborn baby♪
♪it just happens everyday♪

♪I look inside myself♪
♪and see my heart is black♪

♪I see my red door♪
♪and must have it painted black♪

♪Maybe then I'll fade away♪
♪and not have to face the facts♪

♪It's not easy facing up♪
♪when your whole world is black♪

♪No more will my green sea♪
♪go turn a deeper blue♪

♪I could not foresee♪
♪this thing happening to you♪

♪If I look hard enough♪
♪into the setting sun♪

♪My love will laugh with me♪
♪before the morning comes♪

♪I see a red door and♪
♪I want it painted black♪

♪No colors anymore♪
♪I want them to turn black♪

♪I see the girls walk by♪
♪dressed in their summer clothes♪

♪I have to turn my head♪
♪until my darkness goes♪

♪I wanna see it painted,♪
♪painted black♪

♪Black as night, black as coal♪

♪I wanna see the sun♪
♪blotted out from the sky♪

♪I wanna see it painted, painted♪
♪painted, painted black♪