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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]

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