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[indistinct chatter]

[rattling]

[indistinct chatter]

Benny.

- Hi.
- Come on in.

- How are you?
- Fine.

Are you dropping something off?

Oh. Here.

Havanas! My, my! [laughs]

Uh, these are from Douglas,
I assume.

They're f-- from me.
Uh, Arnie helped me get 'em.

[sighs] These are
wonderful cigars, Benny.

Thank you.

Uh, we have your present
under our tree.

I-- it-- it is not-- not
a Christmas present.

What is it?

Mr. Hackett...

I wanna marry Alice.

I love her.

[inhales sharply]
Does Alice wanna get married?

I haven't asked hereasels yet.

Do you really think this is
something you're ready for?

Well...

[papers rustling]

This... [breathing heavily]

is how much I make.

And this is...[indistinct]

and cost of-- of food,
electricity.

"Bus fare, taxes, insurance."

And this is how much I saved.

Plus another

$510 for her ring.

I'll be honest with you, Benny,
it scares me a little.

Me, too.

I'm not sure Alice is
ready for this even if you are.

Well, then we wouldn't.

But you wanna try.

[breathing heavily]

Only if you say it's okay.

[instrumental music]

- Alright, Benny.
- Huh.

It's okay with me.

[chuckling]

[theme music]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[instrumental music]

[indistinct chatter]

Well, I'll call you tomorrow.

Hey, counselor.

Hi, Grace.

Death penalty trial's today,
huh?

Yeah, right now, you know,
I was hoping your office

might lighten up a little bit
and stop pressing so hard

for the gas chamber,
but I guess not.

Well, you have a high-profile
murder in an election year.

There's certain people wanting
to be known as tough on crime,

and you got a tough draw
with Margaret.

Mickey, she's gonna push this.

- Yeah, I know.
- You got any tricks?

No. No tricks.

I'm just gonna put up family
members, character witnesses.

Basically, anybody I can find
to help convince the jury

that Earl Williams
doesn't deserve to die.

- Good luck, Mickey.
- Yeah.

[indistinct chatter]

Did your sister ever introduce
you to Earl Williams, Nicky?

Once.

What was your impression of him?

Objection. She met him once.

There's no reason
she can't give her impression.

Her response is prejudiced.
It has no foundation.

- It shouldn't come in.
- I'll allow it.

They're considering
whether to send my client

to the gas chamber,
and you'll allow it?

Yes. You've made your objection,
Mr. Kuzak.

Harbin: It's been overruled.
Flanagan: Ms. Corry.

Nicole: I thought he was
pretty full of himself, mostly.

He would go on these
long tirades about

how Nina and I were
culturally illiterate

because we had never read
"Crime And punishment."

Did your sister
used to confide in you?

Nicole: We were 11 months apart.

Irish twins, you know?

We slept in the same room
up until she went to college.

I think you could say
that we confided in each other.

Nicky, did she ever say
that she was afraid of Earl?

Objection. It's irrelevant
and it's hearsay.

That objection I'll sustain.

Flanagan: Your Honor,
I believe this young woman

can tell us something
about Earl Williams.

No, she can't.
She doesn't know him!

Harbin: Ms. Flanagan, you
may not

use her as a character witness.

May I use her to convey
the magnitude

of loss which this man caused?

Ask that
those remarks be stricken.

So stricken.
The jury will disregard.

Ms. Flanagan, the witness's loss
and the witness's grief

aren't relevant here,
and you know it.

My grief isn't relevant?

Ms. Corry,
I'll admonish you again--

No one here knew my sister.

Nobody knows what
it was like to lose her.

- I do!
Kuzak: Your Honor.

Harbin: Ms. Corry,
you will control yourself

or I'll have you removed.

You don't have to!
I'll walk out on my own!

You're not excused
from this courtroom.

...wish that your death--

- Harbin: Ms. Corry.
- Could be as painful as Nina's.

Harbin: Ms. Corry, sit down.

[Nicole sobbing]

Brackman: A reminder to all,
our Christmas party

is at the end of business,
Friday.

Leland and I
conducted the dreaded lottery

this morning,
and I'm pleased to announce

the role of Santa Claus
this year

will be performed by

Victor Sifuentes.

- Oh, my God!
Arnie: Hola, Santa.

Stuart, I believe you still have
the suit from last year.

- Yeah. I'll get it to you.
Brackman: Moving on.

Stuart, you're all set for
the meeting with John Keys?

- Yeah, ready to go.
- So...

This is the big
cheese from London, huh?

Yes. And this is the fish
we need to hook.

Stuart: I'm ready, Leland.
Tomorrow two o'clock.

Brackman: Excellent.

Uh, Benny,

would it be too much trouble
to get some food on that dish?

Oh. Oh.

I think Mr. Stulwicz is going
to be coming from the clouds

a little this week,
he asked Leo Hackett

for Alice's hand this morning.

- And Leo said yes.
Stuart: Alright.

- Alice's hand in marriage?
- No, just her hand, Douglas.

He wants to put it
in his freezer.

- But has he proposed to her?
- Not yet.

And since there is a chance
that she could say no,

let's not make
too big a deal out of it.

Is this a good idea,
retarded people getting married?

Abby: Well, come on, Douglas.

So w-- when's he planning
to pop the question?

Friday. So between now and then,
let's keep everything very cool.

Benny's nervous enough as it is.

I'll try not to squirm
with excitement.

Finally, it's official.

Rosalind Shays will join
McKenzie, Brackman,

Chaney and Kuzak
at the beginning of the year.

Hip, hip, hooray.

Uh, Victor,
how was your dinner with her?

- Good. She's good.
- Not that there was any doubt.

And, on that, we're adjourned.

- Arnie: Yo, Santa.
- Oh, God.

[sighs]

[indistinct chatter]

[telephone ringing]

[indistinct chatter]

- Arnie!
- Hey!

What a nice surprise this is!

- Mommy wanted to visit you.
- Oh, yeah.

So she tied you up and she
made you come along, too, huh?

- Yeah.
- Hi.

- Can I steal you for a minute?
- Sure.

Would you do me
a hu-u-uge favor?

- Hu-uge?
- No.

- Hu-u-uge!
- What?

Arnie: You keep an eye
on Roxanne for a minute?

- While I talk to mommy?
- Sure.

Okay. Urgh! [grunts]

- Thanks.
Roxanne: Come on, Chloe.

Sit over here
and work on your typing.

- What's wrong?
- Randy's threatening...

To keep Chloe for Christmas Eve.

Well, he can't,
the settlement agreement says

that she's with you
on Christmas.

I'm talking about Christmas Eve,
which is Sunday.

- And he's got her that weekend.
- Doesn't matter.

The agreement says that
weekend visits end at 5 p.m.

on Sunday.
Either way she's with you.

But I've been letting him
return her on Monday morning.

So now he says he wants to do
the same thing here.

But he can't do that
without your consent.

Oh? Yeah, he's gonna do it.
You don't know him.

- He's gonna do it.
Arnie: Corrinne.

[sighs] She has to be with me
on Christmas Eve.

It's a whole thing,
for God's sake.

I want her waking up in my house
on Christmas Day.

She will be.

Tomorrow I'll go into court

and I'll get an order.

[sighs] I can't believe this.

Don't worry.

The agreement is binding,
the judge will enforce it,

and Chloe's gonna be with you.

Hey, nobody's gonna ruin
Christmas for my girls.

[sighs] Thanks.

I ask you to describe

the condition
of Nina Corry's body, doctor.

Your Honor, this witness
testified during the trial.

Kuzak: The jury's already heard
him describe the condition

of Ms. Corry's body.

He's right, Ms. Flanagan.

Your Honor, I believe
the jury should

hear it
in the context of determining

Mr. Williams' sentence
rather than his guilt.

Uh-uh, you don't get
to put witnesses

on a second time for emphasis.

If I let you do it,
I've got to let him do it, too.

Between the two of you, we'll be
here until next Christmas.

Now, do you have any new ground
to cover with this witness?

I ask that he be permitted
to authenticate

a series of photographs so that

they may now be admitted
into evidence.

Objection, those photographs
were ruled purely inflammatory

before, they are
no less inflammatory now.

This is a different trial,
Mr. Kuzak.

Different criteria
for admission obtained.

Well, tell me what they prove,
Your Honor.

They prove
that this murder was committed

under aggravating circumstances.

They prove just how brutal
a murder this was.

I ask that the court
instruct Ms. Flanagan

to reserve the oratory
for her summation.

I'll grant your request
and overrule your objection.

No speeches, Ms. Flanagan.
Proceed with the photographs.

[woman coughs]

I show you
a series of photographs

and ask if you are able
to identify them.

Yes, these are photographs
of Nina Corry

taken just prior to her autopsy.

Flanagan: Were you present
at the time they were taken?

Yes, I was.

I ask that said photographs
be now admitted into evidence

and marked "People's Exhibit
45 through 49."

So ordered. Set up the easels.

I renew my objection

and ask for a [indistinct]
on the court's ruling.

Overruled and denied.
Proceed, Ms. Flanagan.

- [scoffs] Your Honor, if I--
Harbin: Sit down, sir.

Ms. Flanagan, proceed.

[instrumental music]

[dramatic music]

[upbeat music]

What kind of a father
is Earl Williams, Janine?

I think he's a wonderful father.

Kuzak: Was he ever abusive?
Janine: Never.

My father hardly ever even
raised his voice.

Well, he must have gotten mad
sometime.

Only if he thought we were, uh,

neglecting our school work.
That made him mad.

Kuzak: So education
is important to him.

Janine: Yeah,
more important than anything.

Uh, he made time to organize
tutorial programs

in the neighborhood, uh...

- Adult literacy programs.
- Well...

- Did he ever make time for you?
- Every day.

Would you tell us
what that time was like?

We'd listen to music

and, um, he'd sing to me.

Janine: He's got the worst
voice in the whole world,

but [laughs]
still he would sing to me.

Thank you.
I have no further questions.

Were you ever present when your
father beat your mother, Janine?

Objection, Your Honor.

He opened the door, Your Honor.

I'll allow it.

[scoffs]

- What's the answer, Janine?
- Look.

You're making this into
something that it wasn't.

Police were called,
your mother was treated

for a possible concussion.

They were having a fight,
that's all it was.

- Flanagan: So you were present.
- Yes.

So this gentleman beat his wife
in front of his daughter.

Would you describe for us
a little bit just

what kind of a childhood he had?

He had it kind of hard.

His father died
when he was nine.

Eleanor: I cleaned house
for a family

that lived three bus rides away.

I was gone from early morning
till night.

Earl was the oldest, so he had
to look after his brothers.

Plus, he worked.

And with all that,

he still got himself
an education,

became a university professor.

Eleanor: Hm, hm.

Is there anything else
you'd like to tell us, Eleanor?

Only that my boy is a good boy.

Whatever mistakes
he might have made in his life,

he would never do
something like this.

Thank you, Mrs. Williams.
I have no further questions.

Your love for your son
is unconditional,

isn't it, Mrs. Williams?

Yes.

And I know
you think he's innocent.

Flanagan: But if you did know
he was guilty,

you would still do
or say anything

to save his life, wouldn't you?

Why couldn't you just
send him to prison?

I feel very sorry for your pain,
Mrs. Williams. I really do.

Please,
don't take away his life.

Eleanor:
He's all I've got left.

I just want you to let him live.

[instrumental music]

[instrumental music]

Benny:
I, I don't know how to do it.

Alright. Let's make a plan.

My suggestion is
you make a reservation

at her favorite restaurant.
Put on a jacket and a tie.

And then, after the waiter
takes your order,

that's when you ask her.

- Is that how Dave asked?
- No.

But it's a great way to do it.

- Benny, do you have a ring?
- Uh, no.

Okay, Rox, you wanna take him
over to Mordechai?

- Lunch time tomorrow.
- Oh, okay.

Done. I've gotta get to court.

So Roxanne will make
the dinner reservations for you.

Arnie: You'll have a good table,
ring in your pocket.

You'll be in
like a porch climber.

Well, what's a porch climber?

It's a figure of speech, Benny.

"Figure of speech?"

Listen. What's the worst thing
that can happen?

She could say no.

Arnie: Okay, so she says no.

I guarantee you,
eight, ten years from now,

you'll forget all about it.

[indistinct chatter]

Well, there aren't really

that many romantic
tax opportunities left.

Especially for the,
the passive player.

I'm not looking for shelters as
much as I am good investments

where we can at least
mitigate the tax damage.

Great. That brings me
to low-income housing.

It's really one of the last
syndication ventures left

that really makes sense,
especially, if you locate well.

Very good.

Now, LA
can be a wonderful market

and I've run some numbers
here for you.

Stuart. It's time.

- Time for what?
- For the baby.

- It's time for the baby.
- Now?

The contractions have been
five minutes apart

for more than an hour.
I think we should go.

Oh, God.

I-- I didn't think
it was supposed to happen

for three more weeks.

Well, it's early.

I called the hospital.

Excuse me. God.

- Oh, my God.
- Calm down, Stuart.

Okay. I'm gonna get my list.

- I got the list.
- You got it?

- Great. I'll call the hospital.
- I called the hospital.

- Oh, good. I'll get your bag.
- My bag's right here, Stuart.

Oh, there's your bag.
Here's your bag.

- Alright, you're all set.
- Just take it easy.

Okay. Where are my car keys?

- Keys are in your pocket.
- Keys are in my pocket.

- Oh, my God. Okay.
- Relax. Let's-- let's go.

- Where did we leave the car?
- Car's in the garage.

Well, car's in the garage,
right. This in unbelievable.

Stuart, you gotta take it easy.

Oh! Oh, oh, oh, easy. Back off.

Back off. She's in labor, Benny.
Just, uh, back off.

Breathe, honey.
Are you breathing?

Yeah. Y-- you know what, Stuart?

- What? Time?
- We have time.

This isn't supposed to happen
for three weeks,

so don't talk to me about time.

Now, uh, can you get through
the door there?

- Ah.
- Hey, Ann.

Breathe. Are you breathing?

Zaplin: Your Honor,
Mr. Hammond is not trying

to circumvent the agreement.

He has custody
the weekend before Christmas.

He'll simply be returning
his daughter on Monday morning

like he's regularly been doing.

Well, it clearly states
5 p.m., Sunday.

She's never objected
to Monday morning before.

My client's just looking
for a little quality Christmas--

Counsel is seeking to roast
our chestnuts, judge.

What Mr. Hammond is proposing
clearly violates

the letter of the agreement as
well as the underlying spirit.

The spirit of the agreement
certainly doesn't

embrace the idea of
Chloe spending time with mommy

while she cohabitates
with her divorce attorney!

- I object to that.
Zaplin: Object all you want.

Hold on a second.

Now, Mr. Becker,
are you romantically involved

with your client here?

Whether I am or not,
that is totally irrelevant.

Tell that to a seven-year-old
who wants to know

what a strange man is doing
in mommy's bed.

That's enough, Mr. Zaplin.

I am not cohabitating
with my client, judge.

This proceeding is to interpret
a settlement agreement. Period.

I ask that counsel be sanctioned
for that attack and further--

Harcourt: I'll decide who gets
sanctioned here, Mr. Becker.

Now, Mr. Zaplin,
the only issue before me

concerns the terms
of this piece of paper.

Harcourt: Now, if you wanna
bring a motion to modify

the custody arrangements
based on this new information,

feel free to do so.

But until then,
this agreement is binding,

and Chloe is to be returned to
the mother by 5 p.m. on Sunday.

- Harcourt: That's all.
- Thank you.

Mr. Becker,
I'll see you in chambers, now.

- Are you involved with her?
- Your Honor...

I don't see what that has to do
with anything.

I asked you a direct question.

I want a direct answer.

- Yes, I am.
- Huh. You dumb bastard.

Your Honor,
that robe doesn't entitle you

to treat me with disrespect.

And how I choose to live
my social life

is my personal business.

Wrong, Mr. Becker.

When I see party's
representation being compromised

in my courtroom,
it is my business.

I advised my client, she's
welcome to retain other counsel

at any time. She chose not to.

Did you advise your client that

custody orders are
always subject to modification?

And did you advise your client
that this little affair

could be used against her in
evidence of parental unfitness,

and that she could lose
her daughter because of it?

- That's not gonna happen.
- Don't be so damn sure.

Counselor, but let me tell you
what definitely will happen.

After you walk out that door,

I'm reporting you
to the State Bar.

Feel free, because I might make
a little report of my own,

about a judge
who hauls me into her chambers

for an ex parte communication

to treat me
with vulgarity and abuse!

You got ten days
to get her a new attorney.

If you don't,
I'm locking you up for contempt.

- You got that, Mr. Becker?
- Yeah, I got that, judge.

Good. Now get out.

[instrumental music]

[door shuts]

How are you holding up?

Not so good.

I thought that both Janine
and your mother were very good.

- I think they were sympathetic.
- Michael...

- It's over.
- It's not over.

Tomorrow I'm putting the
psychiatrist on the stand and--

...see it in their eyes.

The people on the jury,
I see it in their eyes.

They want me dead.

You don't know that.

The way they look at me,
I know it.

I'm the animal who beat the girl
to death with a bat.

Earl, listen to me, no matter
what they think about you,

it takes a hell
of a lot of hatred

to send a human being
to the gas chamber.

Now, finding you guilty
is one thing, executing you--

You saw my mother up there?

Yeah.

S-- she's 80 years old

and she had to go in there
and beg for me.

- Kuzak: Earl...
- She had to plead...

[breathing heavily] For 12
people she's never seen before

not to kill her son.

And they'll listen to her.

They heard what she had to say.

I don't know. [sobbing]

[instrumental music]

Oh, come on, Earl.

[inhales sharply]

God... [sobbing]

I don't want my mother
to have to see me die.

She shouldn't have to bury
her son.

[music continues]

[Earl sobbing]

[instrumental music]

Stuart: Oh, come on, honey.
Alright.

This is gonna be a good one.
Alright.

You're doing great.
You're doing great.

Okay. Come on, breathe.
Come on, breathe.

Alright. You're doing great.

Come on, honey.
You gotta get on top of it.

Come. Focus. Focus.

Stuart: Come on, honey.
Alright, look.

Look. You're at the peak now.
You're doing wonderful.

Real good. Real good.
Now come on.

You got this one knocked. Okay.

You're coming down now.
A big cleansing breath.

In through the nose,
out through the mouth.

Okay. You were amazing.
Just great.

I can't. I can't keep doing
this, Stuart. I just can't.

- W-- what are you doing, honey?
- I gotta take a break.

- I wanna go home.
- What?

Stuart, I'm tired. I'll go home.

I'll get some rest,
I'll come back tomorrow.

- Oh!
- Oh, o-- okay, here we go.

Oh, okay, breathe, honey.
Don't forget to breathe.

- Ann, breathe.
Gloria: Come on, stay focused.

Come on, honey,
you gotta get on top of it.

- Breathe, honey, breathe.
- There.

- Come on.
- Shut up, Stuart!

You breathe!

[breathing heavily]

Alright, okay.
You're doing great.

- Alright. You're doing fine.
- You're doing great.

Passed the peak.
You passed the peak.

Breathe. Oh, good. Good.

Cleansing breath.
In-- in your nose.

- Gloria: Good girl.
- Out through your mouth. Okay.

That was wonderful.
Come on, Annie.

You sure you don't want
something

to take the edge off the pain?

- No.
- Ann...

Stuart, I wanted to do this
without any drugs.

You know, I really wanted to do
without anything.

Yeah, I-- I know, but, but,
really, w-- what difference

does it make, you know,
as long as we,

we walk out of here
with a healthy baby

and a, and a healthy Ann?

What difference does it make
what you take

or you don't take along the way?

Hm, really? Okay.

Yeah, let me go get the doctor,
okay?

- Gloria: She's just outside.
- Great.

- I'm hot.
- Oh, I'm gonna...

I'm gonna get you some ice, too.
Get you some ice.

[mumbles]

Having examined the defendant,
doctor,

is it your opinion
that he constitutes

an ongoing threat to others?

No, sir. It's my opinion
that he does not.

Kuzak:
Assuming that he is guilty,

what kind of a crime
would you say he is guilty of?

Parks: Assuming that
he's guilty, it could only be

a crime of passion.

I don't believe
Earl Williams is capable

of malicious, premeditated
murder, now or ever.

Kuzak: Thank you, doctor.
I have no further questions.

You don't believe in capital
punishment, do you, doctor?

- Objection. Irrelevant.
- Overruled.

I've given
my professional opinion

based on an intensive
examination of this man.

Do you believe
in capital punishment?

- Yes or no?
- No.

I take it then that you believe
anyone,

regardless of their crime,
can be rehabilitated.

Put it this way, I don't think
we can ever rule it out.

In other words,
you don't believe

anyone should be put to death.

No, I don't.

Thank you.
I have no further questions.

Harbin: Thank you.
You may step down.

Your Honor, uh, an additional
unscheduled witness

has suddenly become available.

Kuzak: With the court's
permission,

I would like
to call him to the stand.

And that I wasn't even given

the courtesy of a phone call.

I would ask for a continuance to
prepare for cross examination.

Why don't we proceed
with direct?

If you need time to prepare,
I'll give it to you.

The defense calls
Phillip Michael Holden.

- Are you kidding?
- Approach the bench.

[Flanagan clears throat]

Counselor,
what do you think you're doing?

I'm calling a witness,
Your Honor.

Keep your voice down, you know

damn well
you can't call that witness.

I know that you wouldn't
grant me a new trial.

Are you saying the jury
can't hear him at all?

Are you saying that they can't
hear him make a positive

identification of the man he saw
running from the building?

They can't hear him say that

Earl Williams
isn't the killer at all?

I ask that
Mr. Kuzak be held in contempt.

Counselor, get in my chambers

and don't open your mouth
until you're in there.

When this case is over,
I'm bringing you up on charges.

Harbin: This is not a street
fight. It's a courtroom.

My courtroom. I make the rules,
you live by the rules.

I don't care
how desperate you are.

- Whatever you say, judge.
Flanagan: What now?

I'm going to go back in there
and tell the jury

to ignore Mr. Kuzak's outburst.

We'll go to summations at 2:00.

[indistinct chatter]

Abby, what's the word on Ann?

Oh, 16 hours in labor
and still counting.

She's only dilated
six centimeters,

so it might be a while.

Oh, how is she holding up?

I think
everybody's a little tired.

Yeah.

[knocking on door]

- Hi.
Arnie: Hi, Corrinne. Come on in.

Still licking your wounds
from the judge?

Oh, I'm a big boy.

Came by to thank you
for what you did.

Wouldn't be Christmas Eve
without

my being able to tuck her in.

I know.

But I did it
just as much for me.

I'm looking forward
to spending Christmas together,

all three of us.

Yeah, well,

that's the other reason
I came in.

Randy and I,

well, we've decided,
for Chloe's sake,

to, um, put our differences
aside for the weekend.

Excuse me?

We're going to spend Christmas
Eve and Christmas Day together.

We'd like to try to give
our daughter a family holiday,

if possible.

Corrinne, look,
I strongly advise against this.

Officially, he'd have residence
for the weekend. He'd--

Arnie, this is important
for my daughter.

[sighs] What's important
for your daughter is that

you not disrupt her life.
Listen, I've...

I've seen this happen
a thousand times before.

First this, then he'll wanna
renegotiate the settlement--

The settlement's done.
Nothing will change.

Yes, it will, trust me,
I'm just trying

to serve your best interests.
Speaking as your attorney--

You're not speaking
as my attorney at all.

Let's at least be honest
about that.

Okay, fine.

As long as we're being
totally honest,

just how far do you intend
to take this little pretense?

He won't be sleeping there.

- What about us?
- This doesn't affect us.

What are you talking about?
He's coming back into the house.

- How can it not affect us?
- It's just for the weekend.

[sighs] I'm sorry, I just...

I see you and I see Chloe
and I see this family thing.

And I like to think
that I'm a part of it.

Arnie, you are a part
of my life. You know that.

I just can't be a part
of your Christmas.

[traffic bustling]

Four-hundred dollars, Mordechai.
That's it.

Mister, you want a diamond
or you want a piece of glass?

A-- a diamond.

Smaller than half a carat,
it's a chip.

You want us to show you chips?

Uh, no, thanks.
I don't want any chips.

What's the stone in that ring?

Mordechai: This is K-color SI2.

It's not flawless, but, uh,

for 1500, it's very respectable.

I said we didn't wanna go
over four.

- Total?
Roxanne: Yeah. So...

Roxanne:
Let's put away the stones

and bring out
the plain gold bands.

He wants 18-carat, inside round.

Not so fast.
First, I'm not so sure I got it.

This ring, Mordechai, how much?

Give me six and a quarter.

I-- I-- I don't have that much.

Four-fifty.

Because it's Arnie,

I'll make it five-and-a-half.

Because it's Arnie,
make it five.

From me you should be
getting wholesale.

Roxanne: Cash money.
Out the door, Mordechai.

Come on, what do you say?

He's getting married!

Mordechai:
Well, then take the ring.

Roxanne:
Give him the money, Benny.

Yeah. Yeah.

You I could use.

You're interested
maybe in part-time?

In her chambers this morning,
the judge called me desperate.

I suppose, at this moment,
that's just what I am.

Uh, during the main trial,
you heard me argue

that Earl Williams
was guilty of no crime,

that this was a case
of mistaken identity,

pure and simple.
Well, I still believe that.

You've indicated by your verdict
that you don't.

And that
since you found him guilty,

you're all sure
that he is guilty.

Maybe you were right. Maybe
there are two Earl Williams.

The one I know
could never commit murder

and the one you know could.

The point is,
ladies and gentlemen,

neither one of them
deserves to die.

Kuzak: Now, I'm willing to say
that there are those who do,

those whose crimes
are so deliberately atrocious

that they are deemed
beyond redemption,

beyond rehabilitation,

undeserving even to live out
their lives in prison.

But we have to be sure of that.

And in the case
of Earl Williams,

I defy you to be sure.

The man spends his life
teaching young people,

raising a family,

and he is in every respect
a model citizen.

Now, this crime,
assuming that he committed it...

was a terrible crime.

But it does not, however,
allow us to wipe out

the 40 years that preceded it.

Does not allow us to ignore
who Earl Williams is.

And it doesn't justify
sending him to his death.

Let me first say

that I don't for one minute

want you to ignore
who Earl Williams is.

In fact, I want you
to consider it very carefully.

I want you to consider
exactly who he is.

He took that bat

and he knocked a young girl
to the floor.

Did he stop and say,
"Oh, my God, what have I done?"

Not at all.

He hit her again.

He saw her writhing in pain
on the floor.

What did he do?

He hit her again.

He heard her cry out
in fear for her life.

What did he do?
He hit her again!

Torturing her
and finally killing her.

We've heard repeatedly

that Earl Williams
lived an exemplary life,

that this was the only crime
he's ever committed.

What's more?

This was a lover's quarrel,
a weak moment,

that this was passion.
[scoffs]

Well, at the risk
of sounding like one of the nuns

from my old Catholic school,
I call it something else.

I call it evil.

I can't forgive it.

I can't ignore it.

I can't call it anything else.

Flanagan: Ladies and gentlemen,

Earl Williams is an evil man.

He deserves to die.

[Bobby Helms singing
"Jingle Bell Rock"]

♪ Jingle bell jingle bell
jingle bell rock ♪

♪ Jingle bells swing
and jingle bells ring snowing ♪

Ho! Ho-ho-ho!

[laughing]

Ah!

Do you believe this?
Markowitz had this suit altered.

[laughter]

Merry Christmas, I say.

Ho-ho-ho, ho-ho,
ho-ho-ho-ho, ho-ho, ho-ho.

Oh, ho-ho!

Fa-la la-la la-la-la-la-la,
Abby.

- Thank you, Santa.
- Oh-ho!

- Ho-ho-ho, ho-ho!
- I get one, too?

- Feliz Navidad.
- Gracias.

- I want those boots, baby.
- You'll get those boots.

Ho-ho-ho, ho-ho ho-ho.

[laughs]

Ho-ho-ho, ho-ho ho-ho.

- Benny.
Victor: Ho-ho! O-ho-ho.

Benny, you have reservations
at 7:30 tonight.

- Okay.
- You look very nice.

- Thank you.
- You ready to ask her?

[sighs]

Just follow the plan, Benny.

Remember what we said?

[stammers] I don't know.

Do you wanna go over it again?

Um, no, no, uh...

No.

That's the worst Santa
I ever saw.

Well, that's because
he's a make-believe Santa.

Now, why'd you bring me in here?

'Cause I have to give you
my present before we go.

- Here.
- Oh, thank you.

Now, your mommy's got
my present for you, okay?

[paper rustling]

♪ Giddy-up jingle horse ♪

It's a Christmas tree!

♪ Jingle around the clock ♪

"Merry Christmas, Arnie.
Love, Chloe."

- Wait, read the end.
- Oh.

Oh. "Lots of hugs and kisses."

♪ That's the jingle bell rock ♪♪

It's the best Christmas present
I ever got.

Come on, Chloe,
we have to go now.

Okay. Bye, Arnie.

Could I, uh, collect on
one of those hugs before you go?

Yeah.

[grunts]

Mm!

- Bye.
- Bye, honey.

[instrumental "Deck The Halls"]

Bye, Arnie.

Merry Christmas.

[sighs] Merry Christmas.

[music continues]

[gate sliding]

[gate shuts]

[sighs]

Your wife and kids asked
if they could come in.

No.

[inhales sharply]
It might be good

if you were
all together right now.

Right now all I'm doing...

is trying to get through
this without falling apart.

If I see them, I will.

Well, maybe you should.

I don't wanna do it
in front of my family, Michael.

[footsteps approaching]

[keys jingling]

Guard:
The jury is back, gentlemen.

[gate sliding]

[indistinct chatter]

Okay, folks, let's go.

Okay.

[indistinct chatter]

[indistinct chatter]

[instrumental music]

Has the jury reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

The defendant will please rise.

[paper rustling]

"In the matter of
the People versus Earl Williams,

criminal complaint number
7-3-4-1,

we, the jury, having
previously found the defendant

guilty of murder
in the first degree

and having found
special circumstances to exist,

now do fix penalty at death

by the infliction
of lethal gas."

Harbin: So say you all?
Foreperson: Yes, Your Honor.

Foreperson: So say us all.

[sobbing]

[indistinct chatter]

[instrumental music]

There you are.

Hi.

We have to leave at 6:30.

Okay.

We have to be at
the restaurant at 7:30,

so we have to leave at 6:30.

Well, wha-- whatever
you want, Benny.

Here.

What is that?

It's-- it's a-- a ring.

[music continues]

Well, it's beautiful.

You know what it is?

[indistinct chatter]

It's a ring.

That-- that's a,
a-- a wedding ring.

[indistinct chatter]

[stammers]

Alice, will...

will you... marry me?

[instrumental music]

Yes.

[breathing heavily] You will?

Yes, I will.

[laughs]

[music continues]

I will never take it off.

[breathing heavily]

[sniffles]

[door opens]

[indistinct chatter]

[door shuts]

They are moving me
to San Quentin tonight.

I, I tried to get 'em
to hold off

until after the holidays,
but, um...

[scoffs]

No presents from the old man
this year, huh, kids?

[sniffles]
I don't need any presents.

We all know that's not true.

[sobbing]

Janine.

How are you doing, son?

I'm alright.

[sobbing]

I want you to keep it together.

You hear me?

Yes, sir.

Earl: Michael.

I'm sorry.

You've got nothing
to be sorry for.

Mr. Williams, you've got
five minutes until lockdown.

Hm.

[sighs]

[sniffles] [sobbing]

Merry Christmas, baby.

- Wallace: Push! Three, two.
- Come on, push, honey.

- You can do it. Alright.
- One.

Wallace: Alright,
you're doing fine, Ann, you're

in the home stretch, but you're
gonna have to push harder.

Doctor, she's been doing it
for 22 hours!

- We're almost there.
- Alright.

We got another one coming,
now when I say

go, you push as hard as you can.

I've been pushing
as hard as I can.

- Come on, honey. Come on.
- Go!

- Ten, nine.
- Push!

- You can do it, honey.
- That's it, that's it.

- I can see the head.
- See the head, honey.

- Wallace: Come on.
- She can see the head. Come on.

- You do it. Push!
- Come on. Push!

- [grunts] Ah.
- Come on.

Wallace: Alright, alright,
just relax for a minute.

Alright. Just take it easy,
we'll wait for the next one.

- I can't.
Wallace: Alright.

Wallace: Your baby wants
to see you. Think about that.

Ann: Okay.

- Okay, get ready.
- Oof!

- Wallace: Take a deep breath.
- Okay.

[breathing heavily]

- Go!
- Go, honey.

- Gloria: Ten, nine.
- Go, this is the one.

- This is the one. Come on!
- That's it.

- Push!
- Go, come on!

Wallace: Almost there,
you're almost there.

- You can do it. Come on!
- It's coming.

[screams]

[Ann groans]

Wallace: That's it. You did it.

[laughs] There it is. I can
see it, honey. I can see it.

Wallace:
You have yourself a little boy.

He... Is he okay?

- He's perfect.
Stuart: He's perfect.

- Stuart: He's perfect!
- Oh, baby. Ha-ha.

- Perfect.
- Let me see him.

[Ann laughs]

Dad, would you like
to cut the cord?

[baby cooing]

[chuckling]

Here you go. [grunts]

[exhales sharply]

[chuckles] Oh.

Come here.

- Here he is.
- Hi, sweetie.

[laughs]

[baby bawls]

Hi, sweetie.

Stuart: We did it, honey.
Ann: We did it.

[chuckles] Oh, he's so little.

[laughs] Is he too little?

No, he's just the right size.

Just the right size, eh?

Can you see me?
Can you see me?

- That's your daddy.
- It's your daddy.

[giggles]

[instrumental music]

[theme music]

[instrumental music]