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You're gonna have to separate them. Right.

Could take a few hours.

Oh, here he comes.

Hey. Al Daly. Lindsay Dole.

She's in there? Yep.

We're holding her on suspicion of smuggling.

Hope you have a strong stomach.

It's not exactly a four-star hotel.

[ Jet Engine Whining ]

[ People Moaning ]

[ Man Speaking Spanish ]

They're all swallowers here.

We bring 'em straight from the terminal.

Ms. Cortez. My name is Lindsay Dole. Do you speak English?

Poquito. Thank you for coming.

Have they arrested you? Um--

[ Grunts ] [ Toilet Flushes ]

Uh-- ¿Ha sido arrestado?

Oh, no. They ask questions and bring me here.

- Are you okay? - Yes.

You have a fever. Oh, no. I'm not sick.

I disagree. Oh, my God, your stomach. It's like a rock.

- I'm gonna get you a doctor, okay? - No, please!

No doctors. No doctors, por favor. [ Spanish ]

Uh, four or five of those--

[ Gasping ]

She needs to get to a hospital. They won't let her go?

No, they won't let her go. Not before she has a bowel movement.

Oh. We can't let that happen, Lindsay. If she takes--

How much cocaine did this woman swallow? I don't know facts.

I was just told to get you down here to protect this woman's constitutional rights.

Yeah, let's hear it for civil liberties.

If she craps, we're dead.

[ Line Ringing ]

[ Cell Door Opens, Closes ]

[ Sirens Wailing ]

[ Bobby ] All right. Eugene, I just called him.

He's on his way. He should be here any second.

Whatever you do, don't let them give her any coffee.

[ Lindsay ] I won't. [ Groans, Sobs ]

But, Bobby, I think she needs medical treatment.

- She needs a doctor! - ¡No! ¡No doctores!

We're gonna need some fast research on probable cause and customs.

This is ridiculous.

Bye. Get this woman to a hospital!

Get this woman to a hospital right now,

or you're all looking at manslaughter!

You think I'm kidding?

I don't care! You don't let them do anything invasive.

[ Lindsay ] She's in trouble. She's refusing treatment.

Just... ask her. Ask Benny.

There could be a health risk. There's a conflict of interests.

Lindsay, she's refusing medical treatment.

Yeah, because Aikman has her too scared.

All right. Let them treat the symptoms, but nothing invasive.

Pills, I.V.s, fine. But no X-rays. That's the client's wish.

Fine.

She better do as she's told.

Who we talkin' about, the lawyer or the mule?

- Both. - [ Door Opens ]

Basically, our lawyer just dropped us.

Five weeks before the trial? One week before the summary judgment hearing.

- Did he give you a reason why? - He said we had no case.

Cancer cluster?

They all live near the power lines in Medfield.

They sued the state. No offer?

Not a penny. It was goin' to trial.

Lawyer dropped 'em yesterday.

It sounds like a major dog, Jimmy. I wouldn't touch it.

Yeah.

Maybe I'll just meet with this lawyer.

[ Daly ] I want a complete workup and abdominal X-rays!

No. No X-rays. In fact, under Montoya, you can't even hold her without--

She met the profile. She was evasive in response.

Evasive gets you detention, not custody and certainly not tests. Fourth Amendment.

- Ever hear of that? - An X-ray hardly constitutes invasive procedure.

- Schmerber v. California. - Who are all these people?

Current pressure's at 95 over 40.

Temperature's 103.4.

D-5 normal saline with 20 of "K," and let's get a N.G. tube in her as fast as we can.

My client has not consented to any invasive medical treatment.

All of you people, out of here now.

Ms. Cortez is in custody of the Customs Service.

If she's in custody, then read her of her rights.

- Otherwise she has asked to be released. - Shut up!

In case you hadn't noticed, this is an emergency room. Doctors work here.

And as this woman's lawyer, I'm telling you. Do what you can to reduce the fever,

but nothing invasive and no X-rays.

[ Whimpering ]

Eugene's here with me now. They had her at the airport how long?

[ On Speakerphone ] Three days.

The blockage is causing infection. They've stabilized her fever, but that's it.

Plus I've got a U.S. attorney hovering like a bat, pushing for X-rays.

What have they got? Nothing.

They did luggage, body cavity at the airport. Didn't find anything. That's it.

- She's not letting them touch her. - Okay, it's been three days.

She's not at the airport anymore. Let's challenge the detention.

Keep puttin' off the X-rays as invasive. I'm on my way.

How much do you think she swallowed?

Could have been 60 to 70 condoms. Fun day.

Excuse me.

I'd, uh-- I'd like to speak to an attorney.

Actually, I'm a little busy right now.

- So if you'd like to take a seat outside-- - I have a friend--

a very close friend, uh, who may be in need of some legal consult.

- Well, maybe he should come in. - Yes.

And he would, but for, uh, certain concerns--

uh, issues of security and, uh, the like.

Uh, you'll understand more fully when you hear his, uh,

situation.

Sir? Uh--

- Hello? - See, this is where they like to hide them--

the listening devices.

- Um, I'll tell you what, Mr.-- - Feldberg.

That's his name.

See, that's-- that's, uh-- that's my friend's name.

We're actually pretty booked up right now, so I don't think our firm will be able to help you.

So-- The Celtic rarely dribbles...

at nightfall.

It's you?

You're the one who's been writing us those crazy letters?

And the check, mind you-- the $5,000 check.

- Which we have not deposited. - Please. Deposit it.

Mr. Donnell, I am Samuel Feldberg,

and I would like to retain your firm to represent me.

I'm--

I'm in a lot of trouble.

[ Beeping ]

[ Woman On P.A., Indistinct ]

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

The ampicillin and fluids have the fever on hold for now.

But we can't do anything until we know what she ingested.

Doctor, we're not sure that she's ingested anything.

Yeah, right.

Teresa? How you feeling? You okay?

Yes. Thank you.

Mr. Aikman sent you?

I'm representing you.

Oh, please, you tell him Teresa has been good.

I know. He knows.

He has the money for me?

We'll talk about that later, okay? You rest now.

Hi, Teresa. How are you feelin' today?

I'd like you to release my client.

That's a decision for the Customs Service.

Unless they have probable cause sufficient to justify an arrest--

[ Whimpering ]

Nurse?

Are you gonna let your client die?

You concerned for her health, Mr. Daly?

Let her go and she'll hit the toilet.

If she agrees to flip her contact, I'll get her immunity.

Ah. You represent the boss.

It seems you have a conflict.

Many years ago, I committed a terrible crime.

For 25 years I've been a fugitive from justice.

I'm ready to pay for what I did.

I'm ready to turn myself in. Will you help me do that?

- Well, what'd you do? - Fowler University.

They were doing research for the government.

They were projecting civilian casualties...

for a war that was illegal.

Well, I found out, and I, uh,

detonated one of their facilities.

Well, was anybody killed? Not to my knowledge.

I mean, the building was supposed to be empty at the time.

But they were talking about murder or attempted murder.

They could've charged me with anything they wanted to, so I went underground.

- All these years? - I'd be willing to stop running, but only for a deal.

I'd have to look into it.

I should warn you.

There is risk involved.

I mean, the damage that we did, what we exposed--

I mean, these people have very long memories.

I'll look into it, Mr. Feldberg.

That's, uh-- That's all I can do.

He don't like meetings.

You tell Mr. Aikman this meeting is unavoidable.

Lindsay, don't make me bring back bad news.

He's gonna--

She's still refusin' treatment, right?

Yes. Okay.

But Customs is going in this afternoon to get a court order to x-ray her stomach.

Can they do that? We're gonna fight it.

- But he should have his passport ready. - Great.

Oh, one more thing.

Tell him his good little soldier might die.

We're on our way into court now.

How long will this take? I mean, how long can her damn bowels hold before she--

Mr. Aikman, the sooner we get down there the better.

You just get her out of that hospital.

I keep tellin' you. We need a judge to accomplish that.

Just do it! Excuse me?

Please?

Benny.

Monitor this. [ Elevator Bell Dings ]

[ Daly ] Mr. Lowry, in 16 years with the Customs Service,

how often have you encountered internal smugglers?

Hundreds of times. We get seven or eight swallowers a week at Logan,

more than that when I was working Kennedy.

And what, in particular, do you look for--

Uh, what are the signs that someone might be smuggling in this way?

Irregular ticket purchases, evasiveness in response to questioning.

If someone's overly talkative or appears nervous, we'll take a second look.

And naturally, if someone resists a luggage search or search of their person,

that gives rise to suspicion.

Based on your experience, what might someone be carrying that would raise your suspicions?

Body packing substances of any kind, personal lubricants,

or anything that could be used as such,

as well as stomach medications,

and, uh, the irregular placement of sanitary pads, uh, can be a tip-off.

[ Daly ] In Teresa Cortez's case,

what led you to suspect that she might be carrying drugs?

Ms. Cortez was traveling from Colombia.

Her passport showed several trips there in the past year.

She appeared nervous and evasive when asked about these trips,

and was reluctant to allow a search of her suitcase.

When she did allow it, we found several tubes of lubricating cream,

as well as two bottles of medicine.

She became increasingly agitated after a more extensive personal search,

so we requested that she allow us to x-ray her abdomen.

She refused, and at that point she was detained.

[ Low Groaning ]

Teresa Cortez was nervous and evasive in response to your questions.

- Those were questions asked in English? - Yes, but we had a translator.

And when you asked those questions, did you wear a uniform, Inspector?

- A badge? - Yes.

How about a gun? We're required to, yes.

And were you aware that Ms. Cortez had lived in this country for only six months?

- No. - And that her father had been kidnapped and killed...

by the Colombian army?

No.

And that she, herself, had been held for two months...

by the Colombian police without being charged?

- Is there a point to this? - The point is that there are very good reasons...

why Ms. Cortez may have displayed nervousness around a uniformed officer.

Her state of mind is not relevant to these proceedings, Mr. Young, only the officer's.

Excuse me, Your Honor. He based his suspicion on her state of mind.

- That makes it relevant. - Hurry up then.

Uh--

Now this-this, uh, "more extensive personal search." What is that?

That's a strip search and body-cavity examination.

And in your experience, only drug couriers become increasingly agitated...

by having their body cavities examined?

- I didn't say that. - You said her agitation was suspicious.

We look at the entirety of the circumstances.

Oh, you mean the so-called lubricants you found?

That would be hand cream, wouldn't it, Mr. Lowry?

Yes. And the stomach medicine, that would be antacid.

- Yes. - It's good to know...

that if I travel with dry hands, an upset stomach and a decent sense of privacy,

that I can expect to be stripped naked, anally probed, and handcuffed to a bed.

That is good to know.

- Your Honor, can we stop this? - I stopped listening a while ago.

Why don't we go to chambers and have a cookie?

Mmm!

What do you mean, nothing? He blew up a building. It was 26 years ago.

It was two rooms of an annex, and it didn't blow up.

Think "smoke bomb." But he jumped bail. He's been a fugitive.

Bobby, it's not a limitations thing. We don't want the guy.

You mean you're just dropping the charges? Well, not me personally.

In the mid-'80s they wrote off a lot of cases nobody cared about.

Sam Feldberg was one of the lucky ones.

Okay, but what if he's arrested for something else? Will the warrant still drop?

Sam Feldberg's not even in the system. He's a free man.

That's great, you know?

I appreciate this.

You appreciate this?

Yeah, I do.

What about our dinner dates? You appreciate them too?

Helen, can we not go there?

Oh. Where's "there"? The intimacy place?

I'm just asking you to talk about how you feel, Bobby.

Well, I feel like not talking about it here.

[ Elevator Bell Dings ]

Fine.

Feels nice to be appreciated.

I didn't say they had no case. I said it couldn't be proven in a court of law.

Eleven people got cancer in a two-mile radius.

I understand. I mean, that's the hook that got me to bite.

But I couldn't find any scientific data to say that the power lines caused it.

What am I gonna do, make it up? There's no studies at all?

There's a hundred studies. Unfortunately, none of them conclude...

that exposure to radio frequency radiation has any link to cancer.

Look, Mr. Berluti, we're not talkin' a lowball offer here.

The state, their attorneys...

won't even return a toll call.

Even so, to drop your clients so close to trial-- Yeah, I'm--

I'm not proud about doing that.

But I spent $80,000 of my own money tryin' to develop this case.

I chased down every expert. I figured there had to be something under the surface.

Eleven people got cancer.

But it all came up empty.

And as for a trial? I took this on a contingency.

A trial could cost me another 80 or so.

I had to eat my loss and get out. Yeah.

And for those people? I hurt for them. I do.

Because I believe those power lines have something to do with it.

But if a lawyer friend of mine came to me and said,

"Should I run with this?"

- [ Knocking ] - [ Woman On TV ] Don't you see? It doesn't matter anymore.

[ Man On TV ] That's all that matters, Allison.

- Your Honor? - [ Man On TV ] It's simple.

My feelings for Tiffany are dead. [ Continues, Indistinct ]

Judge Brudister? They brought Tiffany back. I knew she wasn't dead.

[ Woman #2 On TV ] I'm so sorry. Am I interrupting?

[ Man On TV ] Actually, Tiffany, we were just talking about you. All My Children?

No. They don't have titties onAll My Children.

Come on. These girls have got-- mmm-- titties.

Uh, Your Honor, perhaps we should come back later.

- No, no. No. - [ TV Clicks Off ]

So, Mr. Daly, the government wants to hold this woman,

uh, indefinitely, is that it?

I'd like to see some probable cause.

We feel if we're allowed to, uh, take X-rays--

Which you're not.

[ Sighs ]

Your Honor, uh, "reasonable suspicion" test, as laid out...

in Montoya and accepted by this court in Braks.

Brakswasn't about X-rays.

The Fourth Amendment has been found compatible with nonroutine searches.

You've had your nonroutine search.

You stripped the woman. You found nothing at all.

You want more, you need consent.

- No X-rays. - Thank you, Your Honor.

Uh, further detention is also unwarranted.

I'm sorry, Mr. Young.

Despite your fine efforts out there,

I, uh-- I'm convinced there was...

reasonable suspicion to detain Ms. Cortez.

The whole point of that detention is to allow that suspicion...

to ripen into the probable cause needed for an arrest.

She's been held for three days. That's not enough.

There was a fella down in New York lasted, uh, 24 days.

Mm-hmm, 24 days.

Can you imagine the size of the stool when the dam finally burst? [ Chuckles ]

Now, if you want to get your client off,

she has to agree to an X-ray.

That's all.

Otherwise, let nature take its course.

It's a trick. It's not a trick, Sam. You're a free man.

It's some kind of a sting. Don't you see?

They have been chasing me for 20-some odd years.

You think they're gonna give up just like that? I can show you the files.

In Bismarck, they showed up as agricultural inspectors.

In Cicero, it was census takers.

In Tucson, they were looking for water-table pollutants.

[ Sighs, Chuckles ]

Sam.

Why would they just let me go?

I'm telling you, Sam.

Do you know what was in that supposed math building...

that we blew up?

Strategic analysis.

They denied it was even happening.

See, I'm a threat to them.

Oh, no.

There's no way they're gonna just let me go. No way.

I am a threat...

to national security.

Her white blood cell count is up. That means the infection's winning.

It also means that whatever is stuck in there is stuck pretty tight.

Doctor, in those cases where drugs have been ingested,

how long before something breaks?

That would depend.

Even your strongest latex wasn't designed to handle the acids in a human stomach.

So eventually if they're not expelled, poisoning will occur--

most certainly at a lethal level.

It's ugly.

Time's runnin' out, guys.

She flips whoever she's muling for,

I'll make sure that she walks.

Look, I think at a minimum,

you should tell this woman to get herself another lawyer.

I'm the one who hired you. We understand that, Mr. Aikman,

but you hired us to represent Teresa Cortez, and her interests--

No, Mr. Young, I hired you to represent me--

knowing in the course of that representation you'd be defending some of my mules.

But I am the client.

Legally, it doesn't work that way. We represent her just like we do you,

and it may be in her best legal interests to make a deal with the police.

"Legal interests."

That's not always the number one criterion.

Now, that sounds like some kind of threat.

That doesn't hold well with me.

Besides, since she's faced with dyin' as it is, I don't think it'll be too persuasive to her.

[ Laughs ]

Look, Mr. Young, you can drop me as a client.

We both know that's not gonna change anything.

She may die, for God's sakes. Doesn't that mean anything to you?

I'm a drug dealer. People die in my line of work.

The goal is for it not to be me.

Now, you got a conflict here. I understand.

I also understand all you gotta do is make your clients aware of that conflict.

So you go. You ask her. Let her decide.

She'll do the right thing.

Let me see if I get this.

You want me to bring in your client...

and threaten him with jail.

Helen, this guy has spent his whole life...

thinking he's this big fugitive expatriate civil activist.

When I told him he wasn't wanted,

it was as if he suddenly became meaningless.

Like his whole life amounted to nothing.

You want me to arrest him? Yeah.

To give his life meaning? Yes.

It's not exactly what we do here, Bobby.

This I know, Helen. I was just hoping--

Do you know how many cases I have...

with real criminals?

You know how many clients I have? Real criminals?

Okay.

Here's what you do.

Tell him his ability to elude us for so long...

is so embarrassing to us and the F.B.I.,

for... public relations purposes...

we have decided to conspire and say it never happened.

He's free so long as he doesn't go on Oprah.

Oh, no. Have I jeopardized our chemistry?

I'm heading back to the hospital.

What are you gonna say? I thought I'd give her a crash course in legal ethics.

Maybe explain why the model rules...

of professional responsibility require me to let her die.

- Lindsay-- - What happens if I get on the phone right now, Eugene?

Call up the A.C.L.U., suggest there's a woman in need of counsel?

They'll ask you why, and if you answer you're breaking confidentiality.

Gee. Teresa still has a choice.

She can accept the offer regardless of who Aikman gets to represent her.

Yeah, but he's gonna make recommending against that offer part of the job description.

Maybe I should go with you.

No, I'm fine.

But thanks.

[ Door Opens ]

You understand why I can no longer represent you?

I think so.

And you understand... I really am not allowed to counsel you,

to tell you to do anything that...

can be bad for John Aikman.

I see.

Please, Teresa, just know that the next lawyer may not--

If, uh--

If Mr. Aikman hires him, that lawyer may not look out for you...

as much as he does for Mr. Aikman.

Do you think-- [ Sobs ]

Do you think that I should do this,

what-- what they offer?

Uh, I'm not allowed to say. I've already said too much.

Mr. Aikman, he-- he will pay me, yes?

He promised me.

My family needs the money.

Yeah.

I have to go.

Don't go yet. Um--

He hired you, Lindsay, yes?

You have cared for me.

I'm still working on it. It isn't easy.

Is it safe for me to go back to my apartment?

Yeah. But be careful just the same.

They are after me, aren't they?

It's the big sting.

I'm afraid so.

You were our last hope. And we thought maybe--

It's just... even if these magnetic fields did what you say,

we can't win a lawsuit without proving it.

Eleven of us have cancer-- neighbors. Isn't that proof?

As far as the science goes,

it could just as well be the well water or some toxic dump.

It wasn't any toxic waste or well water.

I'm sorry.

Okay.

Well, thank you for your time, Mr. Berluti.

Sure.

Wait a minute. [ Door Closes ]

Let me run it by the firm.

Maybe there's something we can do.

- I'll let you know tomorrow. - Okay. Thank you.

Thank you.

I couldn't just let them walk out like that.

The case can't be won, Jimmy. It's just gonna cost us a fortune.

- Back me up, Ellenor. - Jimmy--

Just back me up on this one. I-I don't ask for much.

He wants her to die, Benny. You know it as well as I do.

I don't know anything. If she recovers, she's a witness.

If she dies, the cocaine can't talk.

Well, she knew the risks. She knew the benefits.

She has a four-year-old boy back in Colombia.

Look, it's out of our hands now, okay?

You told her everything you're tellin' me, so even your hands are clean.

She won't listen to me.

She thinks Aikman will somehow protect her.

I think she'll listen to you. You are crazy, you know that?

What kind of death wish you think I got?

We gonna be able to live with ourselves, Benny?

Technically, you don't represent her no more, right? So--

Teresa's stomach explodes, she dies. You can live with that?

I won't live turning on Aikman. This I know.

Benny-- You're a drug lawyer, Lindsay.

You know how this stuff goes.

- Hey. - Hey. You still here?

[ Door Closes ] Yeah.

How's the condition of the girl?

Same.

You were honest with her. More so than you should have been.

[ Sighs ] I know.

Benny Small said, "Get over it. You're a drug lawyer." [ Laughs ]

I guess he's right.

I can't do this anymore, Bobby.

The-- The bread and butter. I--

I don't care. I've had it with drug cases.

- Okay. - Really?

Really.

[ Sighs ] Thanks.

How you doin'?

Fine.

- What's stopping you? - Excuse me?

With Helen. What's stopping you?

What? Wh-Why, sh-she say something?

She says you seem stuck-- like you want to go forward, but you won't.

Well, it's just that...

I like her.

That-- That may be the problem.

I like her.

And?

And before I go down that road, I gotta be sure about...

everything else.

You know?

Bobby, "everything else" is clear.

[ Sighs ] It just doesn't make it any easier that she's a friend of yours, Lindsay.

We both agreed. If either of us met somebody who could be--

You've met somebody, Bobby.

It doesn't bother you?

Well, I'll miss you.

And I'll get a little lonely.

You and Helen are a good match.

Besides, I feel on the verge of meeting somebody myself.

Don't let her get away.

She's a good one.

How could you be so adult about all this?

Because I know what we were, and I know what we weren't.

I just wish that--

I just wish it were harder for you.

At least a little.

I'll make do with the memories.

Maybe we should celebrate that we were able to keep the secret.

Yeah.

And it was some secret while it lasted.

This is the last time.

[ Lindsay Moans ]

[ Vehicle Passes, Horn Honks ]

Liability-wise, I know it's weak.

But damages are huge.

I think it's worth the risk. You got a guess on the cost?

A lot of the file is already built.

I figure experts and time, we could try it for 30,000.

- They pay anything? - No.

Well, what am I missing? We can't make liability on this.

The fact that they haven't even tossed nuisance change, that should tell you something.

- I think we should take it. - Sorry, Jimmy.

- I think we should take it too. - What? Why?

Because 11 people in a two-mile radius got cancer.

Something's goin' on. Just because we can't prove it doesn't mean it didn't happen.

No, but when you decide to take a case,

whether or not you can prove it is a little relevant.

There's a reason no other firm will touch it, Ellenor.

And that's exactly why we should take it, Eugene: because no other firm will.

I'll authorize 5,000 on discovery. Then we'll see.

- Thank you. - When Rebecca gets back, she's gonna scream.

Thank you. You won't be sorry.

Good luck, Jimmy.

[ Door Closes ]

Any change?

Bobby, I'm fine.

I meant Teresa. Any change?

[ Lindsay ] Oh.

Nothing.

[ Phone Rings ]

Eugene Young.

Teresa Cortez. Where is she?

[ Doctor ] Lindsay. What happened?

One of the condoms tore.

Massive cocaine poisoning. She's in surgery now.

But how? Did she let you treat her?

Before she lost consciousness, yes,

she gave us consent.

We have witnesses. Thank God.

Well, it's a little too soon for that.

In surgery? She consented to it.

Did you influence her?

We're your lawyers, Mr. Aikman.

We couldn't do anything to hurt you, could we?

You're just gonna have to lay low, Sam.

For how long?

It could take a while. I don't know.

It's-It's a trick. How could they not be arresting me?

Sam, sit down.

Now look--

- Bobby. - Helen.

- What's new? - Um, we're in the middle of a meeting here.

I know about your meeting. Why do you think I'm here?

Mr. Feldberg, my name's Helen Gamble.

I'm with the district attorney's office.

Does he know his rights?

Well-- Oh, um-- Well--

You finally surface after 26 years, and you expect us to forget.

Do you have any idea as to the severity of your crime, Mr. Feldberg?

I do.

It was pervasive enough that people actually thought you were some kind of hero.

They took this fugitive existence...

as noble, patriotic even.

Well, let me tell you something, sir. Blowing up buildings is not my idea of being a patriot.

But I do know one thing.

If people were to learn that this case was being stirred up again,

it could threaten national security.

It's the only reason I'm willing to cut any deal.

This is how it's gonna be.

You plead guilty to one count of arson,

one count of assault with a deadly weapon,

I'll drop the treason charge.

Suspended sentence, or you get nothing.

On the condition that this stays sealed, completely sealed.

You understand that, Mr. Feldberg?

Speak a word of this and you will feel the full might of my office,

I promise you.

I understand.

I'll draft the plea agreement.

[ Laughs ]

We took 40 condoms of cocaine out of her stomach.

She's gonna make it.

I don't think she'll be up for a while.

Thank you so much.

I'm not her lawyer, but still, let's remember doctor-patient privilege.

- Anything she says to you-- - [ Scoffs ]

Thank you.

Well, good news is she lives. Bad news is we got her for possession.

You've still got some Fourth Amendment problems.

But I'm not her lawyer anymore. I'll really miss our banter.

[ Woman On P.A. ] Dr. Horowitz, Dr. Matthau, report to-- [ Indistinct ]

You convinced her to let them operate.

Why don't you say it a little louder? It'll be my death warrant.

She's gonna be okay. Ahh.

I spoke to the doc. He told me. It's good.

You saved her life, Benny. Whatever.

I gotta go. I gotta go. You gonna be okay?

Not if Aikman finds out.

So how does it go now?

Well, I think they'll offer immunity if she'll turn over Aikman.

The amount of cocaine, they've got leverage. They could put her away for a long time.

He'll kill her. [ Elevator Bell Dings ]

He will kill her, and she'll never get to testify.

He's gonna kill both of us.

Copying costs, filing fees, stuff like that, you'd be expected to pay.

[ Man ] Okay.

The first thing will be to get by the summary judgment hearing, which we should be able to do.

I'll put in a call to opposing counsel. Do you know who's representing the state?

Uh, a big firm-- F-Finley Hogue-something.

What, do you know 'em?

They got a good reputation.

Okay. Look, uh, we got a lot to do. I got all the files.

Your old lawyer says he's happy to cooperate whenever I need him.

This is good. [ Chuckles ] This is good.

We're off!

Other than "thank you"?

Well, anything to, uh, give meaning to somebody's life.

I had to make it more full, rounded, complete.

Funny. And funny, yes.

We, uh-- We all need complete, round, funny lives.

Uh, listen, I don't mean to be draggin' my heels like an old mule.

I sense this.

That's why I hang around.

I know somewhere in there you...

appreciate me.

I do.

Wasn't so terrible, was it?

[ Phone Rings ]

Lindsay Dole.

What?

We don't know if there's family or anybody else to make an I.D. Sorry to do this.

It's okay.

[ Daly ] It's three gunshot wounds.

That's him. John Aikman.

Would you have...

any idea who--

None.

[ Woman ] You stinker!