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[water splashing]

[creaking]

[sighs]

Good morning. I'm Douglas Brackman.

I just moved into apartment 209.

Andy Globas.

So who's your lawyer, Doug?

Excuse me?

Who's handling your divorce?

- Arnold Becker. - Who said Arnold Becker?

- You're familiar with him? - Familiar?

That lousy bastard tore me up into tiny little pieces.

So if your lawyer's such a killer,

what are you doing here, Doug?

Who is he kidding?

Men can't get a fair shake in a California court,

Arnie Becker or no Arnie Becker.

How long have you been here?

Oh, you know,

couple of years, give or take.

Four for George.

And what? Going on five, right, Leo?

- Oh, God. - Forget God.

He doesn't handle divorces.

But what about the stewardesses?

I've heard this place was swarming.

Hey, Leo, where's all the stewardesses today?

Sharing condos at the Marina,

looking for rich guys.

Oh, my God.

Check it out.

[wolf whistle]

She's looking at me.

Andy: Be still, my heart.

Hey, you just move in?

Aren't you Douglas Brackman?

Yes.

You're a judge and a partner in a big law firm?

Andy Globas, retail sales.

- I'm sorry. Do I know you? - No.

We have a lot of friends in common.

Really?

Like who?

- Your wife. - Uh-oh.

Summons and complaint.

Nice chains.

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[elevator door opens]

Oh, whoofie.

You can say that again. Are we having lunch?

Uh-uh. I have something else in mind.

Where and when? I'll be there.

I'll call you with a room number.

- I love you. - Me, too, Jimmy.

[door closing]

My dear, don't we look pumped?

What can I say?

I've become a slut puppy.

Snazzy outfit, Rox.

Thank you.

Uh-huh, must have cost about what,

2 million, $3 million?

Elizabeth, if you'd taken Jimmy's advice,

you could've made yourself a little money last week.

How does he do it?

I mean, the stock market's been so crazy.

I don't understand it either,

but Jimmy says

if you know what you are doing,

you can make money

whether the market goes up or down.

Roxanne, do you think we could hold off

on the investment seminar

until you get me squared away for court?

What do you need? The Seaver file.

I can't find a copy of the shrink's report.

Think I put it on your credenza.

It's only a major custody trial

of my client's access to his only child

not to mention his reputation hanging in the balance.

Otherwise, I wouldn't be bothering you

with such mundane details.

Here and you are aware of that

even the court-appointed shrink says

your client's a child molester.

Because that's what the little girl told the shrink.

Because that's what her demented mother coached her to say.

I don't know, Arnie.

The old saying, where there's smoke, there's fire.

Thank you, Roxanne!

I appreciate the vote of confidence.

Douglas: Arnold, I need to talk to you.

- Not now, Douglas. - Now.

Sheila had me served over the weekend.

Give me a couple of days,

just till after this trial is over.

Of course, better you should service

the needs of this child molester.

You know, I'm getting real sick of this.

A hysterical ex-wife

makes a baseless, vicious accusation

and a devoted father stands convicted

until proven innocent.

Don't ever change, Arnie.

What are you trying to say, Michael?

Well, it's just that if you were representing the wife,

you'd be calling her a saint and him a pervert.

- That's crap! - Mm-hmm.

Look, I believed in this man

three years ago when I handled his divorce

and I believe in him now.

If I didn't, I never would've taken his case.

Unless the retainer was big enough.

Oh, great, great. Now I'm on trial, too.

Thanks a hell of a lot, guys.

Alright, that's more enough!

How about we let the courts unravel that problem

while we deal with one of our own,

namely, Benny Stulwicz.

What problem, I thought he was

totally cleared on the rape charge.

That doesn't alter the fact that he was picked up

wandering on Hollywood Boulevard

late at night after frequenting a porno house.

- He is a grown man. - Exactly.

With all the sexual feelings and needs of a grown man,

coupled with the impulse control of a child.

- We don't know that. - Well, actually you're right.

The truth is, there's a lot we don't know about Benny,

maybe because we've been afraid to find out.

I didn't observe any problems

when he was staying with me.

Did you ever really talk to him?

- Sure. - Is that so?

Did you ask him what he does with his time

when he's not at work?

- Not in so many words-- - What about his sexual desires?

How does he channel them?

Does he know anything about birth control?

You know, it's even possible his mother

might have had him vasectomized.

Did you ever ask him about that?

With all due respect, Leland,

why is this my responsibility?

No, no, it's our responsibility

because Benny works here.

And more than that because we made a pact

with his mother that we'd look after him.

It was Abby who did that.

Let her deal with this.

I personally feel

Benny would be too uncomfortable

talking to a woman about these matters.

So, gentlemen,

cutting to the chase, do I have a volunteer?

Well, I'd do it, Leland,

but my feeling is that

Benny associates me with that

whole rape charge nightmare

and well, ever since it happened,

he can barely look me in the eye.

Me? Oh, I...

I don't think we have that kind of rapport, Benny and I.

As much as I like the guy, I barely know him.

Okay, before this gets around to me again,

I'd like to say that I've been more involved

with Benny and his various life crises than anyone,

and right now, I'm late for court.

What about you, Leland?

You're the real paterfamilias around here.

Now I think it would be easier for Benny

if it came from someone closer to his own age.

You're right. It should be a contemporary.

So... where does that leave us?

- Me. - You will do it?

Yeah, sure, I mean, what's the big deal here?

I did the birds and the bees with my little

brother and my cousins.

I guess I can do it with Benny.

[telephone ringing]

Benny.

Hi, Victor.

How was your weekend?

[pouring]

What do you mean?

Did you do anything this weekend?

No, I didn't do anything.

I stayed inside the whole time,

except Saturday morning I went to the supermarket.

Well, that doesn't sound too good.

[telephone ringing]

That's alright.

You don't have to worry about me. I'm...

I won't hurt anybody.

Hey, hey, Benny, nobody says you will.

So where do you like to go?

I... uh... used to like to go to the zoo,

but I haven't been there since I got into trouble.

What do you say you and I take a ride

up there at lunchtime?

- Today? - Sure.

How come, Victor?

Look at animals?

Victor: Sounds good?

- I guess so. Okay. - Okay.

[telephone ringing]

Let me ask you, Ken, have you read a copy

of the court-appointed psychiatrist's report?

Yes.

Reading from the concluding paragraph...

"Based on successive interviews with the child and her mother,

"there is the strong impression that certain

and inappropriate touching of a sexual nature took place."

That is a total lie.

When your daughter stayed at your house

over the weekend of January 15th through 17th

or any other time,

did you ever touch her in a sexual manner?

No, absolutely not.

I'm affectionate with her, yes,

but there's nothing improper or sexual about it.

Your daughter told the court-appointed psychiatrist

and I quote... "Daddy touched me and made me cry."

The only thing I can think is

her mother has been mad at me,

so she told Katie to say that.

Nothing further.

Didn't your ex-wife tell you repeatedly

that it was inappropriate to bring your

8-year-old daughter into bed with you?

Well, she complained about a lot of things.

Yet on the Sunday in question,

you proceeded to do so?

She crawled into my bed to watch cartoons.

Now what is wrong with that?

You don't think it's wrong

to fondle your daughter's private parts?

Objection!

- Sustained. - I'll rephrase.

Did you ever fondle your daughter's private parts?

No.

Mr. Seaver,

didn't you once tell your former wife

that you got a sexual turn-on

from giving your daughter a bath?

No! This is absurd.

Would it help your recollection

if I told you that your wife is prepared to testify to it?

Hey, why not? She's made up everything else.

Filthy liar, you did it...

Why don't you tell them why you're making up--

Please sit down.

You bring your 8-year-old child into bed with you,

you buy her silence with toys and candy.

Where do you think Katie picked up her

incestual ideation, Mr. Seaver, sesame street?

- Objection! - No, From her mother!

Your honor, she's got Katie so messed up,

she probably believes it by now!

Mr. Seaver, please sit down.

I'm sorry.

So, it's your word

against your daughter's, is that right?

It is my word against my wife's.

We'll see, Mr. Seaver.

Nothing further.

[birds cawing]

[indistinct]

Are you hungry?

Victor?

Mm-hmm?

Are-- are--

Are you going to fire me?

Benny, why do you think that?

Oh, I don't know, everybody's mad at me

since they had to come and get me out of jail.

No, Benny, we're concerned about you.

- Nobody wants you to be hurt. - Okay.

I don't go out anymore at all.

Nobody wants you to do that.

I won't do anything bad, Victor.

I won't go to those bad places.

Look, Benny, sex isn't bad.

Everybody... everybody has sexual desires.

I can make them go away.

I can keep my head down when I walk by the store

with the dirty magazines.

I can wash my face and count to 100.

My mom told me

I can grab my wrist like this and squeeze.

Hey, Benny, Benny,

you don't have to do that.

I don't know what else to do.

Man: Hey, stranger.

Haven't seen you for a while.

- Hi, Ruben. - Who's your friend?

- Victor. - Hi, Victor.

Boy, did you guys miss out

on a commotion around here.

The new gorilla, named Little Willie,

first time they put him in the cage,

he took off after Momo and practically broke his arm.

And then he got real bad.

You see Mrs. Tubbs in there?

He grabbed her around the middle

and got real rough with her.

When you pick on the female of the species,

you really get people in an uproar.

W-- w-- what are they g-- g-- gonna do to him?

They got him in isolation, all doped up like a zombie.

Day after tomorrow they bring him back.

But you know what they got to do him first?

Strap him down and one by one

take out all his teeth,

and then they're gonna take his mitts

and break every knuckle.

No way. They can't do that. That isn't true.

It is. I talked to a guy who knows.

And if that don't calm him down,

they put him back in solitary.

Wh-- why do they do that?

You can't let him go around hurting the women, Benny.

Benny: He didn't mean to.

He was new here.

He didn't know anybody.

Hey, if it was up to me, you know what I'd do?

I'd do like they do with the dogs,

I'd nip the old sex drive right in the bud,

if you get my drift.

No, they can't do that.

They won't do that, Benny.

Hey, it's for his own good, Benny.

I mean, it's better than spending 30 or 40 years

in a box by yourself.

[gasps]

Benny! Benny!

Aside from the fact that we're seriously in love,

I've made more money in the last two weeks

than in three months' worth of paychecks.

- Has he ever been wrong? - Not so far.

I wouldn't have the nerve.

All I know is I've been working full-time

since I was 19 years old,

and this is the first time I've ever had

enough money to buy a new car.

Just in what you've made in two weeks?

Yep.

What do you even do?

You pick up the phone, you call a stockbroker,

and you tell him what you want him to do.

And that's it?

Want to hear the tip du jour?

- Nah. - Yeah.

Put options on Kronstadt industries

anytime before Friday.

What happens Friday?

I'm just telling you what Jimmy told me.

Put options?

[door closes]

[dialing]

Hello. Jack Fishback, please.

Jack? Hi. Ann Kelsey.

Fine. Listen, I want to run something by you.

What would you think if I said that I wanted to take a flyer

and go short on some stock?

Kronstadt industries.

Say $10,000 worth.

It was really great.

I'm just getting him to open up a little,

telling him it's okay to have sexual feelings

when this old janitor comes along

and scares the hell out of him

with horror stories

about this rogue ape beating up on females.

Then he went nuts.

Oh, where is he now?

Hiding out in the file room. He won't talk at all.

Leland, you're a trustee of the zoo.

Can't you pull rank and do something?

Oh, wait a second.

When did we go from sex education

to animal conservation?

Look, I may be wrong, but I think that if

we can reunite Little Willie and his girlfriend,

we have a real chance to get through to Benny.

- That's the ape's girlfriend? - Yeah, I did some checking.

It seems Little Willie was at the Stockton zoo.

When they closed down, they sent him here.

At the same time, there was a female gorilla named Annabelle.

She happened to be his companion since birth.

They sent her to Bakersfield.

I fail to make the connection, but...

It's simple.

I think Benny identifies with

what happened to Little Willie.

And he's feeling so ashamed and isolated

and scared of his own feelings, so he's made himself

a prisoner in his own house.

If we can show him that people care

and that there's a chance

for Little Willie to have a good life,

then maybe Benny will start to believe

that there's a chance for him, too.

Thank you, Dr. Freud.

Come on, Leland, make the call.

Who knows, they might name the first born after you.

- Good morning. - Hi.

[door opens]

Katie, this is Judge Phillips.

Hello, Katie.

This is Mr. Becker.

Hi.

And you know Mrs. Levine.

Okay, come on, honey,

sit down here next to me.

Katie, do you know why you're here?

I know you're scared,

but there's nothing to be afraid of.

You haven't done anything wrong.

You're just here to answer some questions.

Is that okay with you?

Good.

Miss Levine and Mr. Becker

are going to question you.

And I want you to tell the truth

just as you know it.

Okay?

Katie, sometimes you stay with mommy

and sometimes you stay with daddy, right?

When you stay with daddy,

does he do things to you

that make you feel uncomfortable?

I don't think she understands what you're asking.

Um, when you stay with daddy,

does he touch you in bad places?

Katie, can you answer?

I don't know.

I know it's hard, honey,

but you got to tell us what happened.

Katie, when you talked to Dr. Breech,

do you remember you told her that

daddy touched you where he shouldn't?

Objection. She's putting words in the child's mouth.

- Katie? - No.

Don't make me say bad things about my daddy.

Katie,

would it be easier for you to talk to me alone?

No, I just want to go home.

This isn't gonna work, your honor.

I'm gonna take her outside.

Obviously, she's terrified by these proceedings.

The girl can't testify to what

never happened in the first place.

I have to tell you, I'm very troubled...

Not only by what I've been hearing,

but also by what I haven't heard.

Which is why I see no alternative

but to modify the existing order

and grant custody to the mother.

Your honor, no.

What would you do in my position?

These are horrendous allegations.

Which is all they are.

There's not one scintilla of medical evidence

that say she's been harmed in anyway.

It's true that the evidence is not unequivocal,

but this is not a criminal proceeding.

I have to make my judgment

based on what's best for the child.

And I'm sorry. I cannot take the risk.

What risk, you've heard two psychiatrists testify

to his fitness as a parent.

And I've heard another psychiatrist

testify that the child said she'd been molested.

The child adores her father.

Loss of contact would be devastating.

Which is why I'm going to grant him weekly visitation

supervised by an adult who is agreeable to both parties.

At least grant me a stay of the order pending appeal.

I'm sorry, I can't do that.

You're free to re-petition the court at some later date

if there is a change in circumstances.

This is outrageous.

The ruling stands.

[shuffles]

[door opens]

[upbeat music]

Douglas, I'm sorry things have been so hectic.

- How's the new apartment? - A nightmare.

[door closes]

Oh, she's got Ivan McCarry . Good.

Good. Things will get hot very fast.

Douglas: I've heard he's a bomber.

Yeah, Ivan and I have gone a few rounds.

But you think you can you beat him?

Douglas, I'm gonna eat this guy for breakfast.

He took a nick out of me in a case six months ago, I owe him.

When we go to Sheila, she will be laid out so flat,

she will not know what hit her.

- Speak. - Two-pronged assault.

First, you defer your bonus until next year.

Second, friend, let me ask you,

did Sheila ever execute a power of attorney?

When she went in the hospital to have Alexander.

Great, you use it to take out a second mortgage on the house,

wipe out every last penny of equity.

Let them come looking for the cash.

I love it. I just love it.

McCarry is going to scream like a stuck pig. It'll be fun.

[telephone ringing]

[door closes]

[telephone ringing]

- How's it going today? - Great.

- I owe you a dinner. - Did you cash out?

I made $1,100. I can't believe it.

Is this the best?

Did someone else make a telephone call

she wasn't planning to make?

Two telephone calls. One to buy and one to sell.

Roxanne, you are a wise and generous person.

How much did you win? you know, I mean make?

$9,000.

Oh, my God!

Roxanne?

Where's the rest of the Seaver file?

I put them back in the file room.

Did it ever occur to you I might need

to get started on an appeal?

I'll get the file.

- I'll get it myself. - Arnie, I'll get them.

How can you pull yourself away from your stock ticker?

Has it replaced general hospital

as required afternoon viewing?

Why, you're all the rage around here,

a real financial guru.

How about that.

Yeah, so where's it coming from?

- What? - The stock tips.

I know you're not thinking them up yourself.

- Jimmy. - Jimmy?

A man I've been seeing.

- Since when? - Since about two weeks.

Why is this Jimmy person such an authority

on the stock market or anything else for that matter?

He happens to be an attorney right here in the building,

Levi, Strahler , and Hinckle.

Levi and Strahler is an arbitrage firm, Rox.

So?

So it's illegal to buy and sell stocks

based on insider information.

- Oh, come on, Arnie. - Come on, Arnie?

This guy's an operator and he's gonna take

a fall as sure as I'm standing here.

And when he does, you're going with him.

- You don't even know him. - I don't want to.

You can't stand it that I have

a boyfriend who loves me, can you?

Let's see how much he loves you

if your butt lands in jail.

In other words, it's alright for Arnie Becker

to be financially independent,

but God forbid Roxanne Mellman should get a little of the pie.

Did it ever occur to you that I might be

genuinely concerned about you?

Not for a split second.

Where's Katie?

- What has he done with her? - What?

Your client snatched the child

from the school playground at 10:30 this morning.

[sighs]

Oh, God.

[telephone ringing]

[thudding]

Let me be blunt here. What do you know about it?

You think I'd actually counsel my client to commit a felony?

I probably shouldn't answer that.

Come on, I told you this was a waste of time.

My only regret is that we didn't make

it a police matter in the first place.

Wait, wait. Hold on.

Putting a felony warrant out on Ken

isn't gonna get your child back.

Let me put an investigator on it.

And when I do locate him,

if I could give him some sort of incentive

to surrender Katie, like, telling him that you'd agree

to unsupervised visitation...

How dare you try to manipulate my client.

Your client is a kidnapper and a molester.

He should be in prison and we're gonna see that he gets there.

Come on, Rita.

[door opens]

He isn't.

He isn't what?

He isn't a molester.

What?

I made it up.

I knew it! Damn it, I knew it!

You orchestrated the entire thing.

No. It was you. You did it.

Me?

That agreement you forced me to sign three years ago,

that wasn't a divorce, it was a rape.

You and Ken just loved ramming it to me, didn't you?

Give me a break, lady.

If you didn't think it was fair, you should've gone to the court

for a modification, not brand your husband

as the worst kind of sex pervert.

You know, I always said

that the divorce settlement didn't bother me,

that it was just money.

And then one Sunday,

I went to pick Katie up at her father's house

at Malibu, and she started to cry

because she didn't want to leave.

It wasn't that she loved her daddy more

she told me, it was just that...

She really liked having her own bedroom

with a big canopy bed,

and running to the ocean with her sheepdog,

and playing tennis, and swimming in the pool.

Hell, Ken even promised her that if she came

to live with him full-time,

he'd buy her a pony.

A pony.

He was using the money that he was cheating me

out of to get between me and my daughter

and I hated him for it.

And I hated you.

Just so you understand,

I knew nothing about this.

Under the circumstances,

if you can get the child back,

we won't be seeking criminal sanctions for kidnapping.

What about the joint custody?

Anything.

Anything, just...

Please.

Get her back.

[telephone ringing]

[door closes]

[scribbling]

[door closes]

- Hi. - Hi.

Everything alright?

I brought you a present.

You're kidding.

Ann.

- Aren't you going to open it? - Yeah.

My God!

You like it?

I love it.

It's absolutely beautiful.

It's a little extravagant, isn't it?

That's kind of what I like about it.

Yeah, but can we afford it?

I don't know about we,

but I was cleaning up my desk the other day

and I found this old savings account

that I had completely forgotten about.

Well, you know how I am about money.

And I guess you didn't feel any overwhelming desire

to apply it to our '88 quarterly taxes, did you?

That isn't very romantic.

- Ann, this-- - Stuart? I love you.

I wanted to give you something.

Can't you just accept that?

I guess I'm better at

giving than receiving.

Well, you better get used to getting, Stuball,

because who knows? There may be more where that came from.

You know, no one has ever given me anything like this before.

That's because you never had an extravagant wife before.

Well, I love it.

I love having an extravagant wife.

This is something I could definitely get used to.

I'm going to love this watch forever.

You better.

[romantic music]

Pull out his teeth? Break his hands?

Where on earth did you get that idea?

Some old guy who works at the zoo.

That's totally false, Mr. Sifuentes,

we do not do that.

We have never done that. We would never consider it.

I don't know of a single zoo that would.

So what are you gonna do with Little Willie?

Well, if he doesn't settle down on his own,

we'll have to keep him sedated

or find another zoo for him.

What about Annabelle?

We have offered Mr. Malvasi here

the first baby that's born and a choice

of lesser apes in exchange for Annabelle.

I don't know what else we can do.

The first baby that's born.

Have you ever heard the expression

"a bird in hand?"

How about an ape in the newspaper?

What's that mean?

Romeo and Juliet among the primates.

The big plaintive eyes of two gorillas separated

by the callous indifference of man.

This is a breeding pair

of a highly endangered species being kept apart.

We already have a mate for Annabelle.

She rejected him during her last cycle.

Well, why not send Willie to Bakersfield?

I don't want two males.

I cannot accept this impasse.

I'm afraid I don't see a way out of it.

Well, damn it, you're not looking hard enough.

We watch species become extinct

at the rate of one a year.

If you, as the appointed guardians

of their existence can tell us that anything is more important

than their procreation and survival,

well, then, I think we must seriously consider

just what it is about us that's evolved.

Look, I don't relish being the heavy here.

You find a way to send that gorilla down here

and I will personally pledge my

considerable fund-raising efforts

on your behalf.

I'll make it worth your while. Believe me.

[door opens]

Arnie?

Not now, Rox.

It's Ken Seaver on the telephone.

[siren wailing in the distance]

[door closes]

[car approaching]

[door opens]

I was afraid you weren't gonna show up.

- Where's Katie? - Don't worry about it.

Where the hell is she, Ken?

She's being taken care of.

She is perfectly safe.

You know, this is getting crazy.

You're in a lot of trouble.

If you're not prepared to come in right now,

I can't be responsible for what happens.

It's too late, Arnie.

You've won.

She signed an affidavit, Ken.

I don't care what she signed.

There's no way I'm gonna get a fair deal

in front of that judge.

So this is how it's gonna be?

You're gonna be on the run for the rest of your life?

If I come in, what happens?

There'll be another hearing.

The judge will look at the new evidence.

He has your wife's sworn statement.

What about me?

It's only been 24 hours.

I can make a case for extreme emotional disturbance.

Given the circumstances I can't imagine

that he'd go that hard on you.

And if you're wrong?

I'm telling you, Ken, you don't have a choice.

[upbeat music]

Levine: My client feels genuine remorse

about her prior lack of veracity, your honor,

and has expressed renewed determination

to put the past behind her

and to cooperate fully with her ex-husband.

And joins him in asking

that the temporary order be vacated

and the original joint custody provisions be reinstated.

You'd like things back the way they were,

is that right, Mrs. Seaver?

Yes, your honor.

And you, sir?

Your honor, I was desperately afraid

of losing all contact with my daughter.

I saw no way out of the situation,

so I panicked.

I see.

Arnold: Your honor, you can at least understand

and empathize with the terrible wrongs

my client has endured.

Judge Phillips: Yes, I can understand

and perhaps even empathize,

but I cannot and I will not condone what he did.

I will not send a message

to every disgruntled parent

who comes into this court

that the answer to his or her problem

lies in kidnapping a child.

And I have reviewed both counsels' declarations

and the law on this matter.

I must tell you,

I have serious reservations

about the emotional capacities

of either the father or the mother

to act in the best interests of this child.

Now I'm going to take this under submission,

but my present inclination

is to transfer this case to the dependency court

and to place the child

in a foster home pending their evaluation.

You're gonna give my baby to strangers?

You can't give her to strangers.

Truthfully, from what I've heard

she would be better off.

And I advise both you and your husband

to get into therapy

if you have any expectation

of having your daughter back with you again.

Lastly, a word for the attorneys.

Miss Levine, Mr. Becker, I am dismayed

by the constant parade of attorneys

whose agenda is simply to win,

and to win at all costs,

regardless of the lives

that are destroyed in the process.

You pour gasoline

on an already incendiary situation,

and then you seem genuinely surprised

when the fire has consumed

everything in it's path.

At the very least, you two

have contributed to the adversarial climate

which has fostered and exacerbated

this family's misery,

and I strongly urge both of you to go back and think

long and hard

about your conduct in this case.

We're adjourned.

[indistinct chattering]

[telephone ringing]

[door closes]

Arnold.

File it.

Arnold, listen, I've had a thought.

[telephone ringing]

[door closes] I've got $100,000 in a C.D. Account.

I'm thinking, supposing I cash it,

wash it through a couple of dummy corporations,

then reconvert into jewelry,

which we could stash say in a safety deposit box

in the Cayman Islands.

We can cover our tracks

by claiming it went into a failed business.

I don't want to do it, Douglas, any of it.

What?

Look, Sheila has been a good wife to you for a lot of years.

If you're reasonable, I'm sure she'd be willing

to meet you halfway.

Halfway?

You're supposed to be my tactician, not my shrink.

You asked for my advice, if you don't want to take it,

get yourself another lawyer.

What has gotten into you?

Maybe if the two of you didn't have any kids

and you just wanted to wail on each other,

but like this, Douglas, it's-- it's--

There's just-- there's too much at stake.

I certainly hope this isn't how you're handling

your other clients.

With legal advice like this,

you'll be out of business in six months.

Maybe everybody will be better off.

Get another lawyer, Douglas.

I'm not gonna be able to do this right now.

I guess I was wrong about Ken Seaver.

It's really kind of a hard break for him, huh?

It's pretty hard.

Maybe it's easy to get the wrong idea

about somebody if you don't know the whole situation.

What's that supposed to mean?

I misjudged Ken Seaver.

Isn't it possible you misjudged Jimmy?

For God's sakes, Roxanne, no!

Oh, you are so close-minded, self-centered, self-indulgent--

That's it! I've had as much as I can take!

I'm going for a massage.

[telephone ringing]

Thanks, man.

Well, Benny, 4:00 today, come get me in my office.

- Why, Victor? - Surprise.

What kind of surprise?

A good one.

[telephone ringing]

Jimmy.

I got a choice for you.

We can spend the weekend at Laguna Nigel

in a suite overlooking the ocean,

and live off room service and sunshine.

Or?

Or we can go to the city of industry

and take a room in the motel six

and listen to the trucks outside of our window

and test the depth of our love for one another.

I'll take Laguna Nigel. Easier test.

[buzzing]

Arnold Becker.

He's here.

It's for you.

Yeah, hello.

What?

You... you didn't.

Why didn't you just tell them I was gone?

Mr. Markham? You are James Markham?

Yeah.

Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Please stand with your feet apart

and place your hands on the edge of that desk.

Mr. Markham, I'm now placing you under arrest

for violation of section 10-B

of the securities and exchange act of 1934.

You have the right to remain silent.

You have the right to an attorney.

If you cannot afford an attorney,

one will be appointed by the court.

Anything you say, can and will be used

against you in a court of law.

Okay, fellas, let's go.

Wait a second. Where are you taking him?

What's your name?

She doesn't have a name.

Just sit tight, my firm will have me

out of there in a couple of hours.

Don't count on it.

Michael, what's section 10-B?

Securities fraud...

Most likely insider information.

Where do they take him?

Lockup, federal court building.

I'm gonna go down there.

I wouldn't recommend that.

Well, someone's got to bail him out.

Yeah, but you don't have that kind of money.

I've got $15,000.

Roxanne, I'm not gonna ask you

where you got that kind of money,

but if you post his bail, the feds will.

[telephone ringing]

Poor Roxanne. What a trauma.

I feel terrible for her.

I can't believe this guy was trading

on inside information.

Gee, I don't know.

I just hope he didn't drag her into it.

What do you mean?

Well, yeah, you got to notice,

you got a new car, clothes.

The feds take this stuff pretty seriously.

Believe me, if she profited by inside information,

they're going to get her.

- Really? - Yeah.

What if she gave someone a tip to secretary or something?

- They're finished, too. - Jail?

Well, at the very least, they got civil liability.

They'll be forced to disgorge any profits that they made.

Any way you look at it, it's not a pretty picture.

Oh, my God.

Oh, look, there's nothing more we can do.

And according to my new watch,

we'd better get home and change

we're gonna be late for dinner.

[excited thumping]

Benny: He looks happy.

Yeah.

I guess Annabelle makes all the difference.

How about you? Happy?

I don't know.

Sometimes I wish

that there was somebody for me.

How do you know there isn't?

My mom told me.

She said not to wish for things I couldn't have,

like driving a car or playing with children

or going to the movies with a girl.

Maybe your mom was wrong, Benny.

No.

You know, my mom told me I couldn't be a lawyer.

She didn't say it to be mean. She loved me a lot.

She just didn't want me to be disappointed.

Guess what.

I'm a lawyer.

Is your mom mad at you?

Oh, no.

She just wanted me to be happy.

I think that's what your mom wanted for you.

You know, Benny, I've done some checking

and there's a center here in Los Angeles.

I've got bus directions on how to get there.

They do all kind of things, they have dances and mixers,

lots of nice girls.

They wouldn't like me.

I think they'd like you a lot.

Are they retarded?

Yeah, they are.

Huh.

Worth a try.

Maybe if one of them liked me,

maybe we could keep each other company sometimes.

Yeah.

That's what people do for each other, Benny.

Let's go.

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