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Your bringing
a lawsuit might strike

some people as a little
extreme, Mr. Paul.

Look, I became a comedian
for one reason...

I'm funny.

She shows up at a gig,
I'm not funny anymore.

The she you're referring to
would be the defendant.

Right.

What exactly would she do, sir?

If I happen to use one of her
lines, she goes crazy.

I mean, she yells at me
right in the middle of my act.

That happens,
my timing takes a bus.

It's never your fault,
is it, Joey?

- It's never your fault.
- Ma'am.

You're not supposed to be
using my lines.

Look, when I'm performing,
I don't always remember

who wrote what, alright?

See, this-- this is what
she does to me, judge.

- Mr. Rollins, please proceed.
- Thank you.

Did you ever ask the defendant
to talk about it privately?

- To stop interrupting you?
Joey: I begged her.

Every time I played the
Comedy Corner, she showed up.

Every time she showed up,
I went straight into the toilet.

Now, there are other clubs,
though, aren't there?

- Not like the Comedy Corner.
Jonathan: Why, sir?

Does the word sine qua non
mean anything?

Oh, forget it, Joey.

You're no funnier in Latin
than you are in English.

Judge 1: Will counsel
control her client.

Yes, Your Honor.

Did your career suffer
as a result, sir?

Yeah, yeah, how about
I'm supposed to do

six weeks in Tahoe,
they cancel on me.

How about I'm supposed to do
Letterman, they cancel that.

I'm back to selling piece goods
now on account of her.

- Objection.
Judge 1: Sustained.

One last question, Joey,

when did the defendant
start doing this?

Right after we got divorced.

Rollins: Nothing further.

Until the time you got divorced,

Mr. Paul,
who wrote your material?

She did.

And the terms of the settlement
expressly forbid you

from continuing to use
that material, did they not?

Yeah, but performing requires
a certain degree of spontaneity.

I mean, sometimes I forgot.

Sitkowitz: And sometimes
she reminded you.

Hey, I died up there
on account of her.

Is it just possible, sir,
that since she stopped writing

your material for you, the jokes
aren't as funny anymore?

What are you, a critic?

I'm suggesting that your career
may have stalled

for reasons having nothing to do
with your ex-wife's behavior.

Look, funny is funny, alright?

I mean, I got a thousand ways
of makin' people laugh.

She'll tell ya. When I opened
for Vic Damone, I killed 'em.

Because I was still
writing for ya.

- Ms. Paul, please.
- Yeah?

But I'm the one
who killed 'em, Lainie.

You can't accept it, can you?
I'm the funny one.

I'm the one
who makes them laugh.

If it wasn't for you,
I'd be doing great right now.

Ladies and gentlemen, Joey Paul
and his Fabulous Excuses.

Thank you, Miss Bitter.
Thank you, Miss Vindictive.

Thank you,
Miss Vengeance-Seeking

Nightclub-Heckler-From-Hell.

[theme music]

[music continues]

This has to be very short,
as we all have

places to be within the hour.

First up, welcome back
to Ms. Kelsey,

who rejoins us today part-time.

[applause]

She'll be working
the 9:00-to-1:00 shift,

so she gets priority on morning
conference room needs.

Thank you.

Uh, great to be back.

Douglas: Jonathan,
how goes the Joey-Paul matter?

Trial in progress, I've been
trying to get them to settle

but both sides
are a little stubborn.

- Joey Paul's a comic, right?
- He's suing his ex-wife.

She's been showing up at clubs,
harassing him.

Isn't heckling a kind of
a fact of life with comedians?

It's gone
a little beyond heckling.

He's losing bookings,
she's ruining his act.

Brackman: Well,
I know the world

certainly hopes
you can save it.

Moving on,
anybody hear from Abby?

She's in with her client
getting ready.

- Trial starts this afternoon.
Douglas: Good. Stuart?

Thank you for the Thompson
prospectus, client's pleased.

Michael, I'm waiting for the
update on the Williams appeal.

And, Victor, you have
the Weyburn depositions

today and tomorrow?

- Uh-huh. I do.
- Great.

Arnold, you'll send me a copy

of the Mathiason
settlement papers?

Ah. Thank you much.
That's all for now.

We're done.
Short, sweet, succinct.

- It's a science, Douglas.
- Thank you. Thank you.

Rosalind, can I talk to you
for a second?

Sure.

I owe you an apology.

My little tirade about your
using my office that day,

I know that Stuart
said you could

and I was out of line.

Well, I should have checked
with you first.

It wasn't Stuart's office
to offer.

Well, that's between
him and me.

But, uh, taking it out
on you was wrong.

I hope you'll accept my apology.

Consider it accepted.

Oh, and one other thing,

and this is gonna
sound really stupid,

but in the staff meeting,
you've been sitting on my seat.

Excuse me?

The seat you sit in...

that's always been my place.

- And now that I've returned...
- You want it back.

Well, it's kind of
a superstition with me

and I thought you wouldn't mind.

No problem, Ann.

I'll sit somewhere else.
I didn't realize.

- I feel so silly.
- Don't.

Well, welcome back.

Thanks.

[door closes]

[traffic bustling]

Counselor.

Your Honor.

How are you?

I'm fine. [chuckles]
Fine. How are you?

- Good. Good.
- Good.

[chuckling]

We're like a couple
of guilty teenagers.

Well, maybe I ought
to be guilty, anyway.

I mean, I-I ... I sort
of have a girlfriend.

- Sort of?
- Mm-hmm.

Listen to you, Mr. Commitment.
[sighs]

Mickey, it was just a moment,
it was one moment of impulse.

You shouldn't have to
torture yourself over it.

You don't even have to
think about it.

Well, I do think about it.

Grace, it's hard for me
not to think about it.

What are you saying?

Well, I guess I'm saying...

that I miss you.

Yeah, I miss you, too.

[scoffs]

This must be when I say,
"I gotta get to court."

Yeah.
I'll see you around?

Let's have lunch.

[chuckles] Oh.

I'm getting scared, Abby,
I thought I was ready for this,

but I don't think we can win.

Diane, he did beat you
for 12 years.

- He hit you and he beat you.
- They'll say he was my husband.

Abby: Doesn't excuse it.

It does in
a lot of people's minds.

Look, Diane, you can't be
waffling like this.

We are about to start a trial

and I'm not gonna
let you cave in

at the last minute
because of fear.

You're gonna take the stand,
you're gonna tell your story

and you're gonna be
strong. Okay?

I don't think I can.

Diane...

There's something I haven't
told you through all this.

My ex-husband used to batter me.
He would hit me.

He... I know
how debilitated you feel.

I know how hard it is for you
to stand up to him,

but you have got to.

The first step towards
getting on with your life

is winning this lawsuit,
and we will win.

- Okay.
- Okay.

Let's go.

Abby: Exactly how would he
hit you, Diane?

With an open hand,
or with the back of his hand.

Sometimes, if he was really mad,
he'd close his fist.

And where on your body
did he strike you?

My head, my face,

and on my shoulders.

Did he ever injure you?

Diane: Sometimes,
I'd get a black eye.

Once I fell and hit my chin
and I had to have stitches.

How often did he strike you?

Some spells would be worse when
we weren't doing too well.

But on average,
maybe once or twice a month.

And yet, you stayed married
to him for 12 years?

Diane: I thought he would get
so mad because he loved me.

And my own father... [crying]

What about your own father?

My father would hit me
and my mother sometimes.

[crying]
Not often, but it happened.

And maybe that made me accept...

I don't know.

Abby: When did you
refuse to accept it?

Diane: After my divorce
I got therapy.

The therapist told me
that I suffered

from battered-spouse syndrome
and that I--

Objection. Hearsay.

Sustained, you can get
the psychiatrists

to state their findings,
Ms. Perkins.

Diane,
have you been able to sustain

a physical
or romantic relationship

with any man since your divorce
three years ago?

I'm ashamed that

I let the situation happen
for 12 years.

I'm repulsed,
and when, when I'm touched

by a man now, in any way,

I remind myself...

[sighs]

I just can't be touched.

Abby: I have nothing further.

Other than the time
that you fell and hit your chin,

you never required
any medical attention

as a result of
my client's actions, did you?

No.

Did you ever report him
to any authorities

as a result of this violence?

Diane: No, I didn't.

Did you ever
talk to a lawyer about it?

Not during the marriage, no I--

In fact, ma'am, you didn't want
this marriage to end, did you?

- In retrospect--
Echeverria: He left you.

- Isn't that right?
- Yes.

And, Ms. Campbell,
didn't you sometimes make love

to my client immediately
after being hit by him?

- Objection.
- Overruled.

Did you or did you not
on some occasions

have sexual intercourse
with your ex-husband

in the wake of this
domestic violence?

Yes, that sometimes happened,
but it was probably--

Thank you, ma'am, isn't it
possible that my client thought

you enjoyed being hit?

No.

Well, you always told him
you'd dreamed

of marrying a man just like dad.

Dad hit mom. He knew this.

- I should have left--
- But you didn't.

He'd hit you,
and instead of walking out

that door,
you'd made love to him.

You discouraged him
real good, Diane.

- Objection!
- Counselor, that's enough.

- Why didn't you leave him?
- [crying] I don't know.

I don't know.

Echeveria: I have
nothing further.

[sniffling]

When you go to
the Comedy Corner,

is it to hurt Joey Paul?

Absolutely not.

I'm a comedy writer.
I go there to check out comics.

- But you did interrupt him.
- He was using my lines.

Hey, they were
the only laughs he got.

- That's not true.
- Mr. Paul.

He does Max Von Sydow
impersonations.

[chuckling]
This is funny?

Can you specify
what material of yours

you witnessed him using?

The Chinese restaurant bit
was mine.

Just the part about
the clean glasses.

- Judge 1: Sir.
- That's the heart of the bit.

Sitkowitz: What else?
Lainie: The co-ed dormitory.

The guy buying sanitary napkins,

the dog jokes,
the convenience store bit...

Did you ever ask the plaintiff
to stop using your material?

Of course I did,
but every time he got desperate,

he just went ahead and did it.

I have nothing further.

You sometimes interrupted Joey
when he wasn't

doing your material,
didn't you, ma'am?

- That's not what hurt him.
- Is the answer yes or no?

The answer's yes.
So what?

You called out requests...

Lainie: People do that
all the time.

- You called out insults
- He was dyin' up there.

- I was trying to help him out.
- Yeah?

How were you trying
to help me, Lainie?

By feeding you setups, yutz.

But why is it
that he needed help?

Can you spell
"Hopelessly obscure?"

- Can you spell "Borscht Belt?"
- Well, which is it? What?

Was I hopelessly obscure
or was I Borscht Belt?

I'm gonna hold you in contempt,
Mr. Paul.

You're giving me
no other choice.

The man does not know
how to tailor material

to an audience, you do not play
a room filled of 20-year-olds

in LA doing
Georgie Jessel gags.

That's not the point, ma'am.

Joey Paul deleted your material
from his act.

He told you
he didn't want your help.

You still insisted
on sitting there.

For 11 years I put up with him.
I paid the rent.

I got him an agent,
I gave him his routine

and I listened to him bitch.

If he's a comic,
it's because I made him one.

Well, the truth is, ma'am,

you didn't want
this marriage to end.

The only reason you showed up
night after night

was to get him back.

- Objection.
- So what?

Since when is it against the law
to make a fool out of yourself?

- Jonathan: No further questions.
- You may step down Ms. Paul.

Your Honor, the defense would
like to recall Joey Paul

to the stand?

The plaintiff claims
to be a funny man

except when heckled
by the defendant.

I'd like him
to substantiate that.

Judge 1: What have you got
in mind, Ms. Sitkowitz?

My client will sit
absolutely still

while he does his routine
for the jury.

[laughs] I object.

Uh, Your Honor, may I have
a word with my attorney?

Go ahead.

Let me do it.

- I don't know, Joey.
- I'll murder 'em.

I will.

I withdraw my objection.

Alright, Mr. Paul can
testify... or perform...

when court commences,
tomorrow afternoon.

Okay.

This is great.

[knock on door]
Come in.

Hi, Rosalind.

Wow. [sighs]

This is wonderful.

You know, I've never been
in your office before.

Really?

- You have done a fabulous job.
Rosalind: Thanks.

We put in so many hours
around here, I think

a small investment in the decor
is worthwhile.

Me too.
This is... this is just great.

Listen, I understand that you've
got the Ross Fineman file.

- Can I take it?
- Oh.

Actually, I'm using it today.

I have an appointment
with Ross tomorrow

and I need to prepare,
but maybe--

What I was thinking was
that if I can get up to speed,

then I'll be able
to take that meeting.

[chuckles] Don't be silly.

You'd be killing yourself
trying to catch up.

Ann: I want to, Rosalind.

I'm back and I wanna resume
working for my clients.

You couldn't possibly
assimilate everything

that's happened
in the last two months.

You could synopsize it
for me in a memo,

and then I could read it
this afternoon.

I don't have time to do a memo.

Ross Fineman
is my client, Rosalind.

I appreciate your filling in,
but now that I--

Ross Fineman wants me
handling this matter

and if you have any doubt about
that, I suggest you call him.

I'll do that.

Ann, you are totally unprepared

to be involved in this matter

and the only reason
you're endeavoring at all

is because you have
a fundamental problem

with that file being on my desk.

- That's not true.
Rosalind: Don't patronize me.

You brought me into your office
yesterday under the pretext

of an apology, which was
as late as it was hollow.

I was sincere about that.

The sincerity didn't come in
until you asked me

to free up your chair
in the staff meetings.

You don't like me.

You didn't want me here
in the first place,

you don't want me here now.

That's fine.
We don't have to be friends.

But if you think

that I'm going to let
our clients be compromised

by your petty jealousies
and insecurities,

you're very wrong.

And if you think
you can step into the void

left by my absence,
so that you can--

I've never seen any void.

You think
you're this tough, lady?

Don't take me on, Ann.

There are a lot of mistakes
you can bounce back from,

but don't take me on.

[door slams]

Hey.

Kimberly. Hi.

I came by to steal you
for lunch, if that's possible.

[chuckles]
I thought you hated lunches.

[laughs] I do.

But I also hate
eating dinner alone,

which is the way
it's felt lately.

- And I want to talk about that.
- I'm not sure that I follow.

Well, we were sailing along
pretty well, Michael.

And then, suddenly we took
an abrupt shift into awkward.

Well, now I know
that I don't follow.

Then let me draw you a map.

About a week ago, you suddenly
became very detached.

It was about the same time
your old girlfriend

unexpectedly dropped by
to share her life with you.

Kimberly.

Which could be
a coincidence, I know.

So let me just ask.

You know, it's not like
you to be suspicious.

And it's not like you
to be evasive.

Well, the answer to
your question is no.

I mean, there's nothing between
Grace and me but friendship.

I don't know you well enough
to know if you're lying,

but some day, I'm gonna
peg the expression.

Something tells me
it will look a lot like

the one
you're wearing right now.

So you admitted
to some of the violence

that you were accused of,
didn't you, Mr. Campbell?

I'm not proud of the fact
that I hit my wife.

This is something
I sought therapy for.

But when we argued or fought,
I would become

inflamed and I would lash out.

Well, striking her is more than
just lashing out, Mr. Campbell.

I never meant to hurt her.

And I never really did hurt her

except for the time
that she lost her balance.

Did she ever tell you
to stop hitting her?

In the heat of battle, she would
yell out for me to stop

or to get away, yes,
but never once, never did

she come to me quietly
or reflectively to discuss this,

'cause I think she accepted it,
believe it or not.

Objection.

Goes to his state of mind,
Your Honor.

I'll allow it.

Why would she accept
this kind of behavior?

Diane is an extremely
insecure person

with very low self-esteem.

And I think the fact that
I could be so affected by her...

that she could be
so important...

I think she found some sort of
self-affirmation in all that.

Permission to vomit,
Your Honor?

- Objection!
- Ms. Perkins!

The jury will disregard
that comment. Proceed.

And it actually helped our
physical relationship.

Well, this sounds
pretty chauvinistic, sir.

I know, but I can tell you
that the most intense love

we ever made came after
some of these episodes.

She's be more into it
when there was anger involved.

More passionate.

That's why I think she stayed
with me for 12 years.

A lot of her friends have...

these very cold
disinterested husbands.

- You never had that, Diane.
- Objection, move to strike.

- Sustained, so stricken.
- I loved my wife.

And through all of this,
she loved me back.

We both know that to be
the truth.

Echeverria: Thank you. I have
nothing further, Your Honor.

So, you smacked her around
as part of foreplay?

It happened because I'd lose
my temper, I admit that.

You'd hit her in the face,

you'd blacken her eyes,
you'd knock her down.

Ask your client if she doubts
how much I cared for her.

Then why did you leave her,
Mr. Campbell?

We drifted apart.
We stopped communicating.

Abby: You drifted apart?

You would beat this woman
up and down.

You say it made for good sex

and the marriage ended
because you drifted apart?

Do you really expect
anyone in this courtroom

not to be sickened by you
at this moment?

- Objection!
Judge 2: Sustained.

Everybody, I don't know.
Maybe. Not her.

- She continued to love me.
Abby: Objection, move to strike.

You never wanted me to leave,
did you, Diane?

- Move to strike.
- Mr. Campbell.

Why did you cry
when I told you it was over?

Judge 2: Mr. Campbell,
you'll stop right now.

Maybe she cried, sir,
because of that low self-esteem

you were talking about,
the self-esteem

you helped cultivate
with your fists.

Echeverria: Objection!

Ms. Perkins!

Withdrawn.
I have nothing further.

It was the way
that she did it, Stuart.

She was so smug,
so sure that she would trump me.

And then, she threatened me,
for God's sake.

You know, it doesn't
sound to me like

she really
threatened you, honey.

"Don't take me on,"
that's what she said.

- "Don't take me on."
- Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Did it ever occur to you
that maybe

she's the one
that feels threatened?

- No. Why should she?
- Well, think about it.

I mean, you're the one who
didn't invite her into the firm,

and then, two weeks ago, you
took the top of her head off.

And then yesterday,
you asked for your chair back--

- Why are you defending her?
- I'm not defending her, I-I--

You have been nothing
but a pillar of support

for her from the start.

Your vote was the one
that hired her.

And then you gave her
my office.

- Oh, that again?
- Yes, that again!

I'm sorry I gave her
your office. I'm sorry.

Now you have your office,
she has her office.

She sure does. Did firm money
pay to decorate that?

Oh, God.

She challenged me, Stuart.

"Don't take me on,"
that's what she said.

That is a threat.

That is a threat
and I am not backing down.

Good. Good.

I'm very proud of you.

Now could we forget about it
and get some sleep?

[instrumental music]

Not a chance, Stuart.

- None?
- None.

[instrumental music]

How do you do,
ladies and gentlemen?

It's great to be here.

You know, I always
wanted to be an attorney.

If you didn't need
a high-school diploma,

I probably would have made it.

[chuckles]

All kidding aside, though,
Jonathan Rollins

is a terrific lawyer.

He had a client who was
going to the electric chair

and he gave him
one piece of advice,

"Don't sit down."

You've also had an opportunity
to meet my ex-wife.

I wish I was just
meeting her now myself.

Well, she did write
jokes for me, though.

Her best joke
was on our wedding night.

That's when she said,
"You're the first."

She also loused things up
between me and my manager.

I found the two of them
in bed together.

I said, "Murray,
I have to, but you?"

I mean, her idea of safe sex
is me being out of town.

Well, I took it all
in stride, though.

Another time I found her in bed
with somebody else.

I went into the kitchen,
I made myself a cup of coffee.

She comes in and says,
"Joey, what are you doing?

There's somebody in bed
with me."

I said, "Let him get
his own coffee."

A guy's fishing in a cesspool.

Somebody walks by,
asks him what he's doing.

He says,
"My jacket fell in there."

They say, "So what? Don't tell
me you're gonna wear it again."

The guys says, "Of course not.

It's just that I had
my lunch in the pocket."

[murmuring]

What is this,
an audience or a jury?

Two broads are walking by
a whorehouse

when a midget falls out
the window--

- Judge 1: Mr. Paul.
- Wait a minute.

- The midget says--
Judge 2: Mr. Paul.

- I think we've heard enough.
- What-- what are you doing?

Your Honor, shouldn't the
plaintiff be allowed to finish?

We'll take a short recess,
Ms. Sitkowitz.

- Fifteen minutes.
- Wait a minute.

Wait a minute,
I was just getting my rhythm.

Come on, Joey. Joey!

"Ya gotta start off
each day with a song.

Even when thing's go wrong.

Why, you'll look better.
You'll even feel better."

Joey: You've been
a terrific audience, folks.

You've been great!

So do you have an opinion
as to this type of behavior?

Mr. Campbell was acting out
his masculinity

by mistreating his wife.

By depreciating her,
he felt stronger.

Of course, she contributed
to this syndrome as well.

Well, how so, doctor?

She's a weak woman
who has a history

of attaching herself
to powerful men.

His anger
was part of the attraction.

Wait a second, are you saying
she liked to be hit?

No. No, I'm not saying that,
I'm saying that

the fighting seemed to
give their relationship

more emotional intensity.

Now, Mr. Campbell said that
this seemed to make her more

passionate sexually.

That's probably true.
The fighting was a turn-on.

It certainly could result in
stronger sexual passions.

This is a familiar pattern
with some women who feel that

their men must take them
in order to release

their sexual inhibitions.

So, what's the bottom line
of all this analysis, doctor?

Well, the bottom line is
that Mrs. Campbell,

however subconsciously,

encouraged this pattern
of marital abuse.

The problem was more his,
there's no doubt about that,

but it certainly couldn't
have gone on for 12 years

if she hadn't somehow helped
to foster it.

Thank you, sir.
I have nothing further.

Are you saying
that she needed to be hit

in order to be
more sexually responsive?

I'm only saying
that subconsciously--

Let's stick to the conscious
for the moment.

Now, this man knew he was
committing violence.

Yes.

And he was conscious
of the fact

that she opposed
this violence, correct?

Yes.

And you never examined
my client before forming

this psychological opinion
of her, did you?

No, I did not, but I did have
extensive discussions with--

So you are diagnosing a person
that you have never met.

What a talented doctor
you must be.

- Objection.
Abby: Withdrawn.

You say it's typical
for people with low self-esteem

to feel powerless.

Then isn't it possible, doctor,

that through this 12-year
pattern of marital abuse,

my client felt powerless
to stand up to this man?

Of course. Yes.

Abby: And isn't it possible
that she felt powerless

to leave him?

Yes, it is possible, but--

And, in fact, doctor,
isn't it true

that many battered wives stay
with their abusive husbands

for long periods of time
because they feel trapped?

It is not uncommon, correct.

And does the fact that
she stayed married to him

for as long as she did excuse
his violence in your mind?

No, it does not.

Thank you, sir. Nothing further.

Grace: Maybe... Thanks.

Maybe for me, it's not over.

Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.

Well, thank you.

Hey, it's only a problem if...

if a third person gets hurt,

and that I don't want to happen.

No. Me neither.

I don't know what your
relationship is with this woman.

I don't want to know,
I mean, that's...

...that's for you to figure out.

And, Mickey, I've been
seeing other people too.

And, hey, and if you
want to shut it down

between us, that's okay.

No.

No, it's not okay.

- Then what?
- I don't know what.

But I do know that no one else

will ever know me
the way you do.

[chuckles] What does that say?

Maybe it says that
it's not over for me either.

Waiter: More coffee?

[knock on door]

Hi.

Uh-oh.

I spoke to Rosalind.

Which means
I'm about to be handled

with that deft
McKenzie diplomacy.

Well, you can tell me
to go to hell, Ann,

but, with recent
events around here...

it wouldn't be original.

This is my problem, Leland.

No, no.
It's more than that.

If you and Rosalind didn't care
for each other,

well, we could
accommodate that.

But from what I'm gathering...

you hate her.

Now, this is a small shop, Ann.

The partners have to work
very closely with one another.

This kind of, uh, contempt...

it's unworkable.

[sighs] I'll try not to
impose my feelings

on the rest of the firm, Leland.

Could you tell me what it is

you find so distasteful
about her?

She feeds on money and power,
that's the essence of her.

The same thing could be said
of Douglas to an extent.

And Arnold, too.

But she's more
contagious with it.

This place is more apt
to become like her.

A place with no soul.

Maybe it's unrealistic
for us to

attach human characteristics
to a law firm.

That's just it.

The thing I loved
about this place

was that you always could.

With you, we could.

But this firm
is becoming less you

and more Douglas, more Arnold,

more her.

You haven't given her
a fair shot, Ann.

No, I haven't, you're right.

But, Leland, if our differences
are irreparable...

what then?

Rosalind's already informed me,

if you don't want her here,
she won't stay.

There will be no vote.
You win. She goes.

[chuckles] She's good.

It will be much better
for us all, Ann,

if you two work this out.

Okay. Okay.

[door opens]

You were present sometimes when
your parents fought, Brian?

Yes.

And what would your mother
tell you

about your father hitting her?

Your Honor, I renew my objection

to this witness on relevance.

The plaintiff is claiming
that she was harmed

by my client's actions.

She told this witness
that she was not harmed

and those statements
are directly relevant.

What she may have said to
her son is in no way--

Counselor,
I'm overruling the objection.

Brian, you have to answer
the question.

What did she tell you
about it, Brian?

She said that they were
just disagreeing over stuff

and they got too mad
because they loved each other.

Echeverria: Did she tell you
that she was never really hurt

and that it wasn't
so bad that daddy hit her?

Abby: Objection, leading.

It's obvious that
he's a reluctant witness.

Permission to lead.

Granted.

Did she tell you it was okay
that your father hit her?

You're still under oath, Brian.

- Didn't she say that?
- Yes.

Thank you, Brian.
That's all I have.

Brian, do you really believe
that your mother

didn't mind being hit,

or do you think
that she just told you that

so you would feel less upset?

Objection, no competence
as to her state of mind.

I'm asking him
what he believes, Your Honor.

Objection sustained.

Brian, what would
your mother do

when your father
started hitting her?

She'd put her hands up
over her face.

Abby: To protect herself?
Brian: Yeah.

Did you ever run to her aid
to protect her?

A couple of times I did.

Once when this happened,
you screamed at your father

that you wished he were dead,
didn't you, Brian?

You're still under oath, you
still have to tell the truth.

Didn't you once
tell your father,

after he hit your mother,

that you wished he were dead?

Yes.

Abby: Thank you.

I have nothing further.

The defendant...
is a wife beater.

For 12 years he battered her.

He systematically
victimized her with violence.

And then, he comes in here

and he claims that
subconsciously she wanted it.

Because it made her stronger.

It-- it gave her
more sexual gratification.

It made her feel more important.

That's repulsive.

Getting beaten

makes you feel degraded
and powerless.

It-- it makes you
loathe yourself.

How could she possibly
have had any self-esteem

when her own husband,
the person that she loved

and she trusted more than
anyone else in the whole world

would regularly punish her
with cruelty and abuse?

And this kind of damage...

it lasts forever.

The victim never gets beyond it.
It-- it follows you.

No matter who you're with,
no matter...

It follows you.

And if she's lucky,
she'll bury it.

But she'll never erase it.

Never.

The duty to mitigate,

you know what that is?

It's the obligation
of every plaintiff

to avoid avoidable damages.

She didn't.

The injury she's claiming
doesn't stem

from one isolated incident
or attack.

She's trying to recover
for emotional harm caused

by a pattern of activity that
spanned over 12 years.

And that injury,
ladies and gentlemen,

she could have avoided.

All she had to do was walk away.

Walk away.

But she didn't. She stayed.

To love him, to make love
to him, to cook for him,

and to let herself be hit again,
again and again.

And now here she is today,

trying to sue
for the very conduct

that she ratified over
those 12 years.

Yes, they introduced
a psychiatric evidence

of how she felt powerless,

how she didn't have
the will to leave.

[scoffs] Please.

She didn't want to leave.

She'd still be married today
if my client hadn't left her.

She continued to love him,
and now, that she's lost him,

she's filed this action,
asking you to find unforgivable

the very behavior
which she herself

forgave for all those years.

Let's be grown-ups.

By her own admission,
she's responsible.

So let's hold her
a little responsible.

Jonathan, I think your client
has amply demonstrated

that he can bomb all on his own.

Wait a minute.
You think I bombed in there?

- What would you call it?
Joey: The room was ice cold.

It took me awhile to
get the feel of it, that's all.

But, by-- by the end,
I-- I started cooking.

I can't believe you, Joey.

You were like a three-day old
corpse in there!

Yeah, like you're really
going to tell me the truth.

I didn't see very many people
laughing in there, Mr. Paul.

People don't have to laugh
to think something's funny.

That's a, that's a common
misconception among lay people.

Joey, you stunk.

I didn't stink.
I didn't stink!

Jonathan, did I stink?

Why don't we go outside
for a minute?

Professional jealousy
sometimes, God almighty.

[whispers]

You really weren't
very good, Joey.

Yeah, but when you say
I wasn't very good,

are you saying, what
the material was a little flat?

What, the-- the delivery,
it-- it was a little stilted.

- You weren't funny.
- Yeah.

But when you say I wasn't
very funny, are you saying--

You stunk.

I'm sorry, Joey, but the jury
thought you stunk too.

I think we ought to
try to sit down and settle it.

Will you let me do that?

Come on.

Sitkowitz: What's it
going to be?

I'd like to see
if we can settle this.

You're willing to drop the suit?

- Joey.
- Sure. What's the difference?

Alright. We'll expect you
to cover court costs.

- Joey: Court costs.
- And legal fees.

Maybe I should just go away.

Live out the rest of
my life quietly.

Oh, Joey, please.

Lainie, I'm dyin'.
What do you want from me?

Listen, I loved the Durante.
I always loved it.

I think you should put more
impressions into your act.

Yeah. You know, I...

I should have stayed on
the marriage longer.

Lainie: Absolutely.

You go, "Talk about
aggressive women...

I bought her a Pitbull,
she scared it away."

Joey: Right.

- Folks...
- And demure.

- Picture Joan Rivers on speed.
- Yeah.

Now imagine that you're stuck
in an elevator with her.

You know what, Jonathan,

I think we're gonna
go grab a cup of coffee.

And then you could say,

"I can still see
her false eyelashes

sitting on the dresser.

- Like parenthesis with hair."
- [laughs] Yeah, yeah.

Joey: Now listen, if we put
the impressions,

we put them
at the beginning, right?

Lainie: Yes, of course.

- Hi.
- Hello.

Rosalind, for everyone involved,

I think we should try
and work out our differences.

The problem is
we have no differences.

The problem is how you
feel about me,

and feelings aren't something
one apologizes for.

Are you deliberately trying
to make this difficult?

Rosalind: As a matter of fact,
I'm trying to keep it simple.

Exchanging words of affection,
walking out of here

with the feeling that
everything is fine,

that would make it difficult.

We'd be analyzing the subtext
of every conversation,

wondering what's being
inferred or implied.

Trust me...

strained friendship
is very complicated.

Right now, you don't like me,
and I don't like you,

and that's easy.

You watch your back,
I'll watch mine.

- You're a hypocrite.
- No.

You're the hypocrite, Ann.

You're trying to paint
a happy face on this,

I'm being honest, seeing it for
what it is, what you made it.

You told Leland if I wanted
you to go, you'd go,

and now you talk to me
like this.

I will go. If that's what
you want, just say so.

But you will bear
the responsibility

of your colleagues
making a lot less money.

Is your dislike for me
that strong?

It's getting there.

Oh, I've done some
of my best work

with fellow lawyers
who despised me.

So we're off to a good start.

Fine.

You want to keep this
between you and me,

you got a deal.

I work here, you work here,

and our respective feelings
stay private.

But get one thing straight,
you don't scare me.

And if you do anything
to undermine me

with the rest of this firm,
I will bury you.

Don't take you on?

Don't you take me on.

[instrumental music]

Madam Foreman, has the jury
reached a verdict?

Foreman: We have, Your Honor.
Judge 2: What say you?

In the matter of Campbell
versus Campbell,

we find in favor
of the plaintiff.

We award the sum of $1500.

Your Honor, the plaintiff
requests leave to

make a motion for additur.

You can make your
motion, counsel,

but I'll tell you right now,
I won't be increasing the award.

Members of the jury,
thank you for your service.

This matter is adjourned.
You're hereby dismissed.

[murmuring]

[indistinct song over speaker]

Kimberly: Warm up.
Let's go again.

Ready and...

[instrumental music]

Kimberly: Keep it sharp.

Focus up.

Lots of energy.

Keep the beat.
Keep the rhythm.

Watch the spacing, guys.

[indistinct song over speaker]

Good, good. One more time.
Same thing.

What are you doing here?

I've been thinking,
that's what.

You told me to think,
so I thought.

You said get in
or get out.

Well, I want in.

Hey, don't try
to peg my expression.

I told you I want in
and I meant it.

Well, there are going
to be ground rules.

Number one, you talk to me.

No more of this mysterious
let-the-world-figure-me-out

routine you love to front.
Number two--

Number two, you have to forget
about the age difference.

Stop compensating for it
with this take charge

let-the-world-see-I'm-able
routine that you like to front.

Okay? You are smart, Kimberly,
and I know you're tough.

But believe it or not,
once in a while

I can make
the dinner reservations.

Is that right?

Yes, that's right.

[chuckles]

I'm so glad
you're back, big boy.

I never left.

[indistinct chatter]

Excuse me.

Anything you have to say
should go through your lawyer

and it should go to me.

The case is over, Ms. Perkins.

I beg your pardon,
this case is not over.

I just filed an appeal
at the Clerk's Office.

This lawsuit is still alive.

[sighs] Look,
I am not the monster

that you made me out to be.
And I think--

Mr. Campbell, you are
represented by counsel.

This conversation
is inappropriate.

Would you excuse us, please?

I'll wait outside.

"I'll wait outside,"
what does that mean?

We're going to dinner to talk.

- What?
- He still loves me, Abby.

Diane, you are not possibly
thinking of going back to him?

I just agreed to go
to dinner, that's all.

Abby: Well, I strongly
advise against that.

I mean, with the appeal
this case is still open.

And aside from that, this man
beat you up for 12 years, I--

A lot of what happened
probably was my fault, Abby,

like that doctor said.
If I didn't--

That doctor was a paid witness.

He was hired
to defend your husband.

- He was not objective.
- What about the jury?

They're objective,
they seem to think

I'm to blame for some of it.

I don't care what they think.

What about what you and I know?

We're just going out
to eat, okay?

No. No, you're not just
going out to eat,

you're giving in
to how weak you feel,

and you're looking
for re-enforcement

anywhere you can find it,
and believe me, Diane,

you are going to
the worst possible place.

Now, I'm telling you that
as your lawyer.

And I'm telling you
that as someone

who has been right
where you are.

Don't.

I'll call you tomorrow.

[instrumental music]

[door closes]

[door opens]

Diane: Are you free for dinner?

I just canceled my plans.

Yeah, I'm free.

[theme music]