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[cheers and applause]

[clapping]
Great show. Great show.

Careful with the costumes. We've
got one more tomorrow night.

There's no smoking back here,
Barry. Please put that out.

Munchkins!

Paul, get me all the munchkins
in room two, right away.

Oh, Benny.
Oh, you look sensational.

Did it feel right?

- Yeah.
- 'Cause it looked right.

I'm telling you,
you were terrific.

- Lullaby League, too?
- Yes!

I want all the munchkins
in that room now! Please!

Oh, Cindy, great melt job.
Just perfect.

Have-- have you seen Alice?

- I-- I saw her go in wardrobe.
- Excuse me. Excuse me.

Flying monkeys, watch
your wings, would you, please?

Joanna: Next stage call for...

Joanna: is 4:30.

Benny: Hey.

[kids yelling outside]

What are you doing?

Nothing.

Benny: I saw you.

You were kissing Scarecrow.

[theme music]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[instrumental music]

Ouch.

- Hold still.
- I am.

[knocking on door]

Hello, hello.

Sara: School express
ready to go.

- Hi, Sara.
- Okay, Chloe.

- Hi, Arnie.
- Hi.

There you are.

Becker: Kisses. Kisses.

Both: Mwah!

Bye-bye. Mmm.

I'll pick you up at Stephanie's.

- Okay.
- Okay.

- Sara: Bye.
- Bye.

[door closes]

Want some more coffee?

Becker: Yeah.

[pouring]

You and I have to talk
about something, Arnie.

Really?

Yep.

In case you haven't noticed,

Chloe's getting
kind of attached to you.

That's good, right?

Well, it depends.

I've gotta know
where we're headed.

I can tell you
I've never been as happy

with anyone as I am with you.

So...

Does that mean
you're in it for keeps?

I don't know. I think so.

But you're not sure.

Hey, I might never be sure.

[sighs]

So, where does that leave me?

Do you want to move in together?

- Arnie.
- Ah, let's do it.

I don't want to play house.

I wanna get married.

Will Rosalind be joining us?

Uh, no. No, she won't.

As a matter of fact, Rosalind
has asked me to inform you all

that she will be leaving
at the end of the week.

Is she taking all
those clients with her?

McKenzie: Yes.

So, Benny, how's the show going?

- Good.
- You shopping for an agent yet?

No.

- What's with him?
- Can we get started?

Brackman:
Cavanaugh versus Smyth.

We go today.
And it's gonna be a tough one.

I'm surprised
you're even taking it to trial.

Well, Outing makes
some people pretty mad, Arnie.

- Particularly the out-ee.
- What is Outing?

Kuzak: There are
some gay activists,

like the defendant, who believe
in forcing other gays

to... come out of the closet.

Sometimes its gay politicians
who don't support gay causes,

other times it's just people
that they want

everyone to know are gay.

Sounds nasty.

Yeah, well, the defendant has

freedom of the press
on his side.

What was published was true,
so it's not libel.

It's probably not invasion
of privacy either

since my guy
was a public figure.

Which is why he was outed
in the first place.

Kuzak: Right.

Boy, when a couple of queens get

mad at each other, look out.

Kuzak: These are
not queens, Douglas.

One is a cop,
and the other's a journalist.

Now, they are both gay,
but they're not queens.

- Mr. Becker?
- Yeah?

Gwen: I'm sorry to interrupt.

But Leigh Stecker's
on the phone.

Wants to know
if she can come in at 3:00.

- Becker: Yeah, sure.
- Okay.

- Who's...?
- Oh.

Roxanne's working
half days this week.

She needs some more time
to tend to her father, so, uh...

- Gwen is filling in for her.
- Gwen.

Is there anything else
we need to cover?

[huffs]
Actually, that's it.

Kuzak: Uh, just a second.

It's no secret that I have been

interviewing with
a Wall Street firm.

I've decided to go
back to New York.

My father has cancer.

And the doctor's given him
a year or so to live.

[inhales deeply] I'd like to
give him a year or so myself.

I'm sorry.

[door opens]

[knock on door]

[door opens]

I can only assume
you've thought this through.

[drawer closes]

I'm sorry, Leland.

I hate to bail on you.

[Kuzak inhales deeply]

But I have to do this.

Will you come back?

I don't know.

How soon will you be leaving?

Just as soon as we can find
someone to take my place.

Look, I'm late,
I-- I have to be in court now.

[pensive music]

Why did you quit the police
department, Mr. Cavanaugh?

Tom: It was impossible
to do my job

once my fellow officers
found out I was gay.

Kuzak: How did they find out?

He printed it in his magazine
and the word spread.

And you had gotten
quite a bit of publicity

up to that point, hadn't you?

- Yes, sir.
Kuzak: Why was that?

I had been involved
in a hostage situation

where I disarmed an individual
who was holding

his family at gunpoint.

It got a lot of attention.

So you weren't just a cop.

You were a hero cop.

Once Mr. Smyth's article
outed me,

to the men I worked with,
I was just a queer.

But what he wrote about you
was true, was it not?

What he wrote about me was
my business and nobody else's.

What, specifically,
were the consequences?

They'd write "faggot"
on my locker.

No one would eat with me,
hang around with me.

No one wanted to ride
with me, either.

Kuzak: Why didn't you sue
the police department?

My... my grandfather was a cop.

My father was a cop.

Two of my brothers
are still cops.

I don't blame cops for this.

They are the way they are.

I blame him.

Well, he'll say that you
were a public figure.

That he was entitled to write

whatever he wanted to about you
as long as it was true.

I never set out to be
a public figure, sir.

All I ever wanted
to be was a cop.

Kuzak: Thank you.
I have nothing further.

When did you first realize
that you were gay, sir?

I was 18 years old.

Sharon: And you concealed that
from the police department?

Yes.

Sharon: You pretended
to be straight.

For me that was a matter
of accepting reality.

- In other words, you lied.
Kuzak: Objection.

The plaintiff claims that he was
harmed by the truth, Your Honor.

I'm attempting to show

that 20 years of living a lie
caused far more harm.

The objection's overruled.

You think what he did
made it better for me?

I think it's better to fight
than to lie.

Hey, I'll pick my own battles.

Do you believe that gay people
are discriminated against?

Tom: Yes.

Do you believe that
the courts have failed

to protect their rights?

That the police have
failed to protect their lives?

I believe all of that.

Sharon: Do you make room
for the possibility

that one reason
the discrimination against

gay people continues to exist

is because gay people refuse
to stand up and be counted?

I believe that what
a person does...

is his or her own business.

It's not the government's,

it's not their boss',

and it's not his.

I became a cop
to protect people,

and because of him,
I can't be a cop anymore.

Now, there are plenty
of gay people who chose to live

the way I did.
People with families.

People who don't want
their lives destroyed.

I'm here now to protect them.

[woman clears throat]

[vehicles rumbling]

[office telephone ringing]

Hi, Benny.

What are you doing here?

I came to visit.

You want to go
to a movie tonight?

No.

I want to.

Go with Harold.

I don't want to go with Harold.
I want to go with you.

I'm busy now.

- Are you mad at me?
- Go with Harold.

You kissed him.
That means you like him.

You like him too.

Well, how about sex?

- You gonna have sex with him?
- No!

Well, you like to kiss him.
Go on and have sex with him.

I only want to do
that with you.

Get away! [Alice groans]

Sifuentes:
Hey, Benny! Are you okay?

Alice, are you alright?

What do you think you're doing?
Are you okay?

[Alice sobbing]

Benny, don't you ever
knock her down like that again!

- Don't ever do that, okay?
- She kissed scarecrow.

- On the lips.
- I don't care, Benny!

Don't ever go
knocking her down like that!

Benny!

Now you're with the Los Angeles

Police Department,
is that right?

Stan: That's correct.

Now, for some
three and a half years

you were partners
with Tom Cavanaugh.

Also true.

Kuzak: Who requested a transfer?

I did.

Kuzak: When?

When I found out
he was a homosexual.

Kuzak: But he was still
a good cop, though, wasn't he?

Stan: He was a great cop.

Then why didn't you
want to ride with him?

When you're out there, you gotta
feel comfortable, you know.

You gotta be able
to trust your partner

more than you trust your wife.

Kuzak: You mean
you stopped trusting him

because you found out
he was gay.

No, i-- it's not that
I didn't trust him.

It's that...

I didn't feel
I knew him anymore.

Were there any other officers

on the force who were willing
to ride with him?

No. Hell, half of 'em didn't
even want to ride with me.

They figured I rode
with him long enough

to be questionable myself.

They still razz me about it.

Tell the court, if you would,
what kind of things

they would do to Tom.

They'd make remarks.

If they had
to hand him something,

they'd put on rubber gloves.

Signifying what?

They were afraid
of catching AIDS.

Kuzak: In your opinion,
officer, was Tom Cavanaugh

driven off the force following
the disclosure that he was gay?

He got the message
loud and clear that

nobody wanted him around
anymore, yes, sir.

Kuzak: Thank you.
I have nothing further.

You've come across other
gay men, haven't you, officer?

Not really.
I don't know any socially.

Uh... there's none in my family.

And Tom's the only one
I've worked with.

- Stan: As far as I know, anyway.
- Oh, come on.

You're a cop in L.A.

You haven't come across
any gay men?

I wasn't counting
the ones that we arrested.

Oh, but I want you to.

I want you to count
the ones you arrested.

The ones you harassed,
the ones you roughed up.

Hey, miss, I don't know
what you're talking about.

Ask the court to advise
the witness defense counsel

doesn't care to be addressed
as "Miss."

The witness is so advised.

What did the plaintiff do
when you went

out to bust fags for cruising?

Objection! The witness
is not on trial here.

It's precisely the
witness's attitude that

every gay person
in America is up against.

I object to
the self-serving speech.

- Sustained.
Sharon: Officer Vlasic.

Do you have a negative attitude
toward homosexuals?

I got no problem with them.

You just couldn't sit

in a car with one.

You like and admire
Tom Cavanaugh, do you not, sir?

Yes, I do.

Sharon: Does knowing that
Tom Cavanaugh is gay

cause you to re-examine your
attitude towards gay people?

- I don't know.
- In other words, it might?

Yeah.

Thank you, sir.

Sharon: Nothing further.

Needless to say, this comes
as kind of a shock.

Well, according to Michael, you
don't much like being a judge.

I think I can offer you
a better package.

But me working
at McKenzie Brackman?

McKenzie: Why not? You know
the people, they know you.

Michael's leaving leaves me
with a big hole to fill

and I need a star litigator.

And you think I'm that person?

Well...

You're also a judge.

That would give us
a high level of prestige.

I don't know, Leland.

Obviously I'm flattered.

Then you owe it to yourself
to think about it.

You'd be trying cases again.

You'd be working
with good people.

And I'll pay you
a hell of a lot more money

than you'd ever make as a judge.

[sighs] I need you, Grace.

And I'll do whatever
I can to get you.

[door opens]

Hi, these just need
your signature.

- So what do you think?
- About what?

Workin' in this joint.
How's it been?

I like it.

Well, it's been a real
godsend having you.

I'm glad to hear that.

As good as you are at it,
something tells me

that being a secretary
is not really

what you have
in mind for yourself.

- True?
- I like what I'm doing.

Come on, Gwen, what do you
want to be when you grow up?

I want to be a movie star, okay?

Just like a million other girls

who come here
from someplace else.

Well, I don't know
if you can act or not,

but this much I will say...

You're a very beautiful woman.

Thank you.

Becker: Have you
gotten anywhere?

No, not really.

I've done a couple of plays

and I have a callback
for a movie-of-the week,

but that's about it.

[smacks lips] Well...

- I wish you the best of luck.
- Thanks.

Let me know if I can see you
in something.

Okay.

Would you like to have a drink?

Are we done for the day?

Yeah. All done.

Sure.

I'll have a drink.

Is, uh... something
happening here?

[pouring drink]
I don't know.

Do you want something to happen?

Well, I hadn't planned on it.

Some things you just don't plan.

Kuzak: You're
Tom Cavanaugh's sister,

is that right, Theresa?

Yes.

How did it affect you when

the defendant revealed

that your brother was gay?

I already knew it.

I was the only one
in our family who did.

Why did you keep it a secret
from the others?

Because I loved my brother.

Kuzak: Didn't anyone else
in your family love him?

[chuckling]
They all loved him.

But once they found out,
they just couldn't accept him.

Kuzak: Did they try
to accept him?

Theresa: Everybody tried.

We'd get together for Christmas

and, uh, birthdays and everyone

would pretend
that it didn't matter.

Tom and I would watch
them pretend.

It broke his heart to see
how hard it was for them.

Does your family
still get together?

Everyone except Tom.

Kuzak: I have nothing further.

Tom would sometimes
bring a woman

to these family gatherings,
wouldn't he?

Theresa: Sometimes.
Sharon: Sure.

He wanted everyone to think
that he was dating her.

Right. So what?

Knowing him the way you do,

do you think that having to lie
to his family caused him pain?

He managed to live with it.

Sharon: People manage to live
with all kinds of things.

What I'm asking is
whether concealing

who he was caused him to suffer.

Not as bad as losing
his family did.

Sharon: That didn't
have to happen, Ms. Cavanaugh.

With all due respect,

your family could have accepted
Tom for who he is.

No, Ms. Cummings.
They really couldn't.

We were a happy family, though.

You might not think so,
but we thought so.

My brother had a secret
and I guarded it with my life.

Who is he to say how
my brother should live?

[scoffs] And who are you?

Tommy just didn't wanna be hurt.

Why do you want to go
and hurt him?

What did he ever do to you?

[moaning]

Take off your clothes.

This is... this is
happening too fast.

Let it.

I think we should stop.

- Oh.
- I don't want to stop.

[soft moans]

If we keep this
up much longer...

I'm gonna not let you.

- No?
- No.

[soft moans]

You want me naked
right here in your office?

Right here, right now.

[soft moans] You want to watch
me take off my clothes,

don't you?

Yeah, I do.

That's not the only thing you
wanna watch me do, is it?

- Is it?
- No, it isn't.

Then sit...

and watch.

[Gwen breathing heavily]

[instrumental music]

Thank you, Douglas.
We'll just be a few minutes.

[indistinct chatter]

Leo: I'm gonna be
very direct with you, Benny.

I am very concerned
that you would

push Alice and knock her down.

I didn't mean to knock her down.

But you did, Benny. [sighs]

You knocked her to the ground so
hard, she's black and blue.

Now, I don't want you ever

to do anything like that again.

Do you understand?

Yes.

Are you sure?

[inhales deeply] Yes.

Good.

Leo: If you two
are gonna be married,

then that kind of thing
cannot happen.

I know.

Now, I understand she was
kissing the Scarecrow,

and that too presents a problem.

And I'm gonna talk
to her about that.

No. It's between me and Alice.

Okay.

You talk to her.

My only intention was,
and is, to change

what it means
to be gay in this society.

Tom Cavanaugh didn't ask you
to change what it meant for him.

No, he didn't.
But he was in the public eye.

Gay people need role models

and I took it upon myself
to make him one.

Even if it hurt him?

Warren: Living in the closet
hurts worse.

- It hurts millions of others.
Sharon: How?

By allowing everything
to stay the way it is.

The Supreme Court upholds a law

the makes every one of us
a criminal.

Comedians insult us,
AIDS is killing us,

and it's only gonna be different

when enough of us
come out of hiding.

Isn't it better if we come out
on our own?

Absolutely. I've only exposed
two kinds of people.

Elected people who hurt us

and those with enough
visibility to help us.

Warren: We need to know
that gay men

and lesbian women are actors,

and rock stars, and executives,
and hero cops.

Straight people
need to know it about us.

And we need to know it
about ourselves.

What goes through your mind

when you look
at Tom Cavanaugh now?

I wish that I could tell him
that I understand his pain.

That I went through the
same thing he's going through.

I was rejected by my family.
I wa...

I was fired from my job.

I also tried to kill myself.

I wanna tell him
to hang in there.

To come to terms with who he is.

To be proud of it.
I want him to know...

that there's no greater joy
on earth.

Sharon: I have nothing further.

You think that because a cop
gets his name in the paper,

the First Amendment
gives you the right to tell

the whole world
who he sleeps with.

Yes, sir, I think that the
public has a legitimate interest

in knowing about
the private lives of its heroes.

Kuzak: Now, you
once concealed the fact

that you were gay, didn't you?

Oh, yeah.

I worked very hard at it.

And what were the circumstances

surrounding your coming out?

Warren: It was my 30th birthday

and I was crying myself
to sleep.

I was thinking about
living out the rest of my life

unable to tell the truth
about myself.

Suddenly I realized
that I didn't have to do that.

Right then and there I decided

that I was going
to tell the truth

whether society
wanted me to or not.

Kuzak: You decided.
Warren: Yes.

But you didn't just decide
for yourself.

You decided for
Tom Cavanaugh as well.

I think I explained
the reasons for that.

Well, in other words, this man
was denied the very right

that you so passionately
claimed for yourself,

all because you had
your reasons.

For gay people, Mr. Kuzak,

reasons amount to life or death.

Well, here's the gay person
it affected the most, sir.

Kuzak: A cop. Now, what did you
think it was gonna do to him?

I knew that it would hurt him.

You knew that it would
destroy his life!

I knew... that
it would hurt him.

And you did it anyway.

Yes.

Kuzak: I have nothing further.

Van Owen: You don't think
I'm crazy

to just even consider it?

Come on, Grace, you always
told me that you thought

McKenzie-Brackman
was the perfect law firm.

Anything else, folks?

- Mm-mm.
- Oh, no thanks.

Well, wouldn't it bother you?

Your ex-girlfriend
taking your place,

that has to bother you a little.

Well, to be honest, I'll
feel less guilty about leaving

knowing that someone great
is coming in behind me.

[indistinct chatter]

You really are leaving,
aren't you?

He's dying, Grace.

I mean, we never
were that close, but...

he's dying.

What about Kimberly?

Kimberly and I are not
seeing each other anymore.

What happened?

She asked me
if I was totally over you.

And I told her the truth.

Bad strategy.

Yeah.

You know, though,
if you go to New York...

then we are
probably totally over.

[tap water running]

[indistinct chatters outside]

- Hi.
- Hi.

Uh, Rosalind,

at the risk of being
incredibly two-faced,

I am really very sorry for
the way that this has all ended.

Me too.

And I know

that a lot of the resentment
that snowballed against you

started with me.

You came at me head on, Ann.

As much as I disagree with you,
I have to respect that.

The thing is...

I also know that if a man
had come in here

and played hardball
as successfully as you did

with no fear
of being called a bad guy,

he would have been hailed
as a great leader.

With a woman...

the reviews come in
a little differently.

Yes, they do.

Even from the other women.

[sighs]
Believe it or not...

I really do wish you well.

Believe it or not,

I wish the same for you.

All of the letters went out
except for the McPherson

response which is still on the
tape. But Gwen can do that.

- Good.
- Did I hear my name?

Oh, great. Perfect timing.

I'm out the door.

- Hi.
- Hi.

How are you today?

Great, thanks.

Becker: Good.

Oh, thanks, Rox, uh...

And give my best
to your dad, alright?

[telephone ringing]

[door closes]

You had sex with her,
didn't you?

Excuse me?

[scoffs]
I know you too well, Arnie.

I-- I know your body language.

I saw the way she looked at you.

And I saw the way
you looked back.

And I know you two did it.

[sighs] I didn't plan on it.
It just happened.

Oh, you incredible jerk.

- Roxanne.
- What about Corrinne?

Do... [sighs] Don't you see
this-- this--

this happened because
of Corrinne?

- Becker: Because I love her?
- What?

Yes. I-- I love her so much
that I'm afraid.

I'm afraid-- I'm afraid
of dependency,

I'm afraid of--
of parting with control.

- I'm afraid of giving up--
- Oh, you lying pig.

It's more complicated, Roxanne.

Subconsciously, I think
I'm trying to blow it.

I-- I-- I'm-- I'm looking
for an escape.

I-- I want to find every reason
to get out of this--

Roxanne: Don't give me
that crap.

There are other people
out there.

There's a woman who loves you.

There's a, a little girl

who's getting attached to you.

They count on you.

It was a slip.

Oh, it was a despicable slip.

Integrity isn't something
you can take off a shelf

and use whenever
it's convenient.

Either you've got it or you
don't. And you don't!

Don't you talk to me like that.

Hey, as long
as we've got a relationship

that's based on-- on honesty,
I'm gonna tell you how I feel.

Right now, you make me
sick to my stomach.

[door opens]

[door slams]

We've got 75 structured over
four months.

We'll give you thirty today,
and that's the best we can do.

- Tom?
- No.

[sighs] Maybe we ought to go
outside and talk about this.

No, you're just gonna
tell me my case

stinks and I should take it.
The man ruined my life.

- I'm not going away for 75.
- Your life was a lie.

- Tom: Shut-up.
- We don't have to go--

Hey, tell your client I'm about
to put him through the wall.

- Okay, Tom.
Warren: Put me through the wall?

You wanna fight Tom?
Alright, let's fight.

Maybe I can knock a little
social responsibility--

Hey! I was one person
living my life.

- This meeting's over.
- I'm telling you that's wrong.

- Because I was a hero?
- No, because you're a gay hero.

And gays are bashed and spat on,

and made to feel ashamed
of themselves.

And when role models like you
bury your heads,

you tell them
they should be ashamed.

- Look, we're done here.
- Hey, guys.

No, we're not done here.

If you wanna be an activist,
that's your right.

But you cost people their
families, you son-of-a-bitch.

- You cost me my family.
- Then let 'em go.

They didn't know who
the hell you were, Tom.

- Hey!
- Hey, for God's sake!

You wanna bury my head in
the wall, go ahead, do it.

Don't think I won't!

You want to kill me?
Go ahead, kill me.

Spend the rest
of your life in jail.

Better that than being labeled
a faggot, right?

Let him go, Tom!
Let go of him now!

[door opens]

[door closes]

[indistinct chatter]

Hi.

Hi, Alice.

How come you wanted me
to come here?

I'm sorry I pushed you.

You are?

Yeah.

You scared me, Benny.

I didn't mean to.

I know you didn't.

You know why I was mad,
though, right?

'Cause I kissed Harold.

Right.

How come that made you mad?

'Cause...

I only want you to kiss me.

I don't want you
to kiss anybody else.

How come?

'Cause if you love somebody,

you're not supposed
to kiss anybody else.

What if I forget?

You're not supposed to forget.

What if I do?

I think... maybe you...

We shouldn't get married, Alice.

Well... well, why not?

I'm afraid I might
get mad again.

[cryingly]
Benny.

I don't wanna get married.

[somber music]

[sobbing]

There are few things
as frightening to me

as the certainty of those
who think they know

what's best for others.

For more than three years
my client has suffered

and suffered horribly.

And he may well suffer
for the rest of his life.

All because that man
knew what was best.

Now, Tom Cavanaugh

lost the two things
that he held most dear.

Being close to his family...

and being a cop.

All because one day

he risked his own life to save
the lives of others.

Now, he didn't ask
to become a celebrity.

That was foisted upon him.

He didn't deserve
to be sacrificed

to this man's cause.

And he didn't deserve to have
the most personal aspect

of his life revealed in print.

Now, the defendant knew

how important privacy
was to Tom Cavanaugh.

He knew because it had once been
just as important to him.

Now, the defendant...

views this man as a symbol.

I want you to view him as a man.

I want you to recognize that

bound together
with the right to come forward

and announce to the world
who you are,

is the right not to.

The right to remain silent

is as fundamental
as the right to speak.

And the defendant
took that right away.

He appropriated Tom Cavanaugh's
name for his cause.

And he made Tom Cavanaugh...

pay the price.

Why should my client...

be permitted to pry
into someone else's life?

Sharon:
Why should he be permitted

to do that which results
in the kind of pain

that Tom Cavanaugh suffered?

The answer...

is that it isn't
a free society if he isn't.

The point isn't whether or not

the plaintiff asked
to become a celebrity.

The point is that he became one.

He made himself available
to reporters,

he granted interviews,
he posed for photographers.

He became not just a cop...

he became a hero.

The law says that when a person

steps out
onto the public stage...

his private life becomes
a legitimate public interest.

My client, in all respects,

was a responsible journalist

exercising his right
of a free press.

He was also...

a gay man living in America.

I want you to think about
what that means.

You see...

it's not about dancing
in Disneyland anymore.

It's not about parades
in West Hollywood.

It really is about
life and death.

For the gay
and lesbian teenagers

who were driven to suicide.

For those who destroy themselves
with drinking

and drugs out of shame.

My client didn't write about
Tom Cavanaugh to get him.

He didn't do it for the money.

He did it...

to tell straight people...

that our lives aren't worthless

and he did it to tell gay people
that their lives aren't cursed.

My client figured...

that if all the Tom Cavanaughs
in this world

could reveal who they were,

that just might get it
across a little quicker.

Van Owen: And I figured,

if I am gonna begin
to think about this seriously,

I at least better find out
if you can give me

what it is that I want.

McKenzie: Shoot.

Well... at a minimum...

I'd have to be a full partner.

Insulated from all
partnership liabilities

incurred prior
to my start date.

I'd want the buy-in waived

and I'd want to be
head of litigation.

I'll give you the first three.

As to the department head
position, let me wait a month.

If I've learned anything lately,

it's don't let the new kid
steamroll in.

Okay.

One month,
then official designation.

I'd want a guaranteed
salary of 225.

That's a lot.
You've got no portables.

I'm a Superior Court judge,
Leland.

The prestige will bring in
business for everybody.

Yeah, okay, okay.

Michael told me about
your executive committee.

I'd want to be on it.

Again, I have
to be concerned about

resentment from
the other lawyers.

And I'm concerned
with being able to take

the kinds of cases
I want to handle.

Being on the executive committee
allows me to do that.

When can you start?

[chuckles]

Hold on, Leland.

I still have a lot
to think about.

Come on, Grace.

You've obviously given it
a lot of thought.

You came in here with a well
thought out list of requests,

every one of which I granted.

Now, my need, right now,

is damage control.

I want to put out
an immediate press release

that as Rosalind Shays departs,

the Honorable
Grace Van Owen arrives.

What about the other partners?

Don't you have to run
this by them?

The other partners
are congregating

outside this office
right this second,

hoping you'll say yes.

Now, I'm sorry, but time
is of the essence right now.

I've got to move fast.

Okay, Leland. I'm in.

Really?

Really.

[sighs]
Oh, God.

That's fantastic.

[sighs]

Ladies and gentlemen,
I'm proud to present

the Honorable Grace Van Owen.

New partner
at McKenzie, Brackman,

Chaney, Kuzak and Becker.

[cheers and applause]

God, you people do things fast.

- Woman 1: Way to go, Grace.
- Unbelievable.

Kelsey: You'll never be able
to hold me in contempt again.

Well, I guess not.

But you can use her office
anytime.

- Oh, no.
- Oh...

Here comes the judge.

- Alright, Grace, congrats.
- Thanks.

Abby:
Great to have you here, Grace.

Van Owen: Thanks, Abby.

Brackman: Welcome aboard.

[all applauding]

[jazz music]

Quittin' time.

Oh, Hi.

I thought I'd ensure
your prompt arrival

at the restaurant by
escorting you there myself.

What's the matter?

You wanted me to think about
getting married, right?

Uh-huh.

Well... at this
point in my life,

I don't wanna think about it.

I just wanna do it.

[sighs]

You do?

I'd also like to do it
very soon.

Okay.

'Cause if I don't,
I'll wreck it.

Guaranteed I'll find a way
and... I'll wreck it.

You weren't looking to have
a big wedding were you?

No.

All we need
is a judge, a witness,

and a bottle of champagne.

And I'd like Chloe
to be there too.

Absolutely.

Come here.

What?

Give me a kiss.

"What!"

[sighs]

[sighs]

I'm not really sure what kind
of husband I'm gonna make.

I think you're gonna
make a great husband.

But I gotta tell you,

my history with women
would indicate otherwise.

I don't care about history...

as long as that's what it is.

From this point on...

I've got two women in my life.

You and Chloe.

Judge Saucier: Has the jury
reached a verdict?

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

On the claim
of invasion of privacy,

we find for the defendant.

Foreman: On the claim
of intentional

infliction of emotional distress

we find for
the defendant as well.

Judge Saucier:
This matter's concluded.

The jury is discharged
with the thanks of the court.

Sorry, Tom. I should have
pushed for the settlement.

If we'd settled, all that
would've happened

is that he would've
paid me some money.

All I would've done
was to spend it.

What I needed to do
was to beat him.

[indistinct chatter]

Tom: I want to thank
in any case, Michael.

I'll call you tonight.

Uh. Excuse me.

Hey, Tom?

I'm probably the last guy
in the world

you want to talk to right now.

But if you should ever feel
differently, and I hope,

I hope one day you do,

just pick up the phone.
I'm in the book.

- You gonna be my friend?
- I'd like to be.

Warren: I'd like us to get
together, have a few beers,

and really talk to each other.

I'll tell ya, Warren,
I never wanted to have

a beer with you before.

Why would I wanna have
a beer with you now?

[elevator chimes]

[elevator doors sliding]

[jazz music]

- No, don't.
- Hm?

Just stay where you are.

[Kuzak exhales]

Just stay like this.

Okay?

Okay.

Do you think this will be
our last time?

Hmm?

Do you think we'll ever
be together again?

I've given up making
predictions about that.

[softly] I'm gonna miss you.

I'm gonna miss you too.

Mmm.

[sighs]

[cricket chirping outside]

[clanking]

[dog barking in distance]

[crunching]

[theme music]