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- Before we begin, I'd just like to say one thing--

it's great to be here.

- You were missed, Douglas.

- I'm sure Jonathan Rollins is happy to be home as well.

[claps]

- Yeah.

I'm glad I'm able to return.

- We need your contribution, Jonathan.

Welcome back.

- Having dispensed with the pleasantries,

let's get down to business.

- Where is the half and half?

Where are the bagels?

Benny is really dropping the ball here, Douglas.

- As I was saying, Weston versus Weston.

- Yeah.

We're going over the final settlement offer this morning.

- Why are Gwen and Ann Kelsey handling

the divorce for a potential multi-million dollar client?

- Alec Weston wasn't happy with Arnold's performance.

- You were fired?

- The guy's used to calling the shots.

We had a difference of opinion.

- We need Weston's business.

Make sure you make him happy.

I'll reiterate that request to Ann

when she arrives with Stuart which at this rate

may be lunch time.

Moving on, Corcoran Winery versus Sam Corcoran Winery.

- Yes, Sam is being sued by his older brother who claims Sam is

marketing bad wine, causing consumer confusion

over the Corcoran name.

- Sounds like sour grapes to me.

- Thanksgiving at their house must be a real slice.

- Two brothers haven't spoken in years.

Family name is all that's holding him together.

- Keep us posted.

- Douglas, I just want to go on the record.

Once again, I've been railroaded into taking

a case that I don't want.

Trade name disputes are outside my expertise.

- So is entertainment law.

- I'll let this go for now.

I don't want to dissipate my Chi.

- Your Chi?

- You wouldn't understand.

- Sorry, we're late.

- Stuart.

- Oh, this is a marvelous day indeed.

[applause]

[theme music]

- Douglas, you're going to make Stuart uncomfortable.

- You requested frankness.

- No, I didn't.

- You honestly believe he's ready to come back?

- He needs to be in a familiar environment.

- What could be more familiar than his own home?

- This is not open for discussion.

- I am nothing if not sympathetic

to his mental condition.

- It is not a mental condition.

- I just don't believe this is the best place for him to be.

- If you don't start calling my husband by his name--

- I'm thinking about what's best for Stuart.

- Since when did you ever think of anyone but yourself?

[door slamming]

- Roxanne, you're 51 minutes late.

- I have personal business.

- That's what personal time is for,

such time being before 8:00, after 6:00, and weekends.

- I also have an appointment later this morning.

- You're the office manager, Roxanne.

You're not setting a good example.

- Douglas, I have been working from sun up to sun

up, filling in for you.

I don't have someone to run errands.

I don't have a secretary.

It's just me.

[door slamming]

- Benny, I'd like a word with you.

- Hear what?

- Your name was brought up at this morning's staff meeting.

- It was?

- Yes.

Apparently, you haven't been doing your job very well.

- I haven't?

- Finish delivering the mail then come to my office.

[distant voices]

- Door's open, Gwen.

- Have a minute?

- Actually, I don't.

- It's important.

I know everyone around here is angry with me.

I want to apologize.

- You've come to the wrong place looking for absolution.

- I don't think Stuart provoked his attackers.

- I read what you said in the newspapers.

- Ann, you know how those things get twisted around,

taken out of context.

I was in a difficult situation--

- A difficult situation is watching your husband lie

in a hospital bed, not knowing if he will

ever regain consciousness--

- You don't think I'm aware of that?

- Stuart never looked at another human being

with anything but compassion and humor.

Please leave.

[door knocking]

Come on in, Gwen.

[phone ringing]

[distant voices]

At least the voters in Jonathan Rollins' district

knew a coward when they saw one.

- Alec Weston's waiting in the conference room.

- I'm ready.

- There you go.

Thanks a lot.

- Mr. Corcoran, how long has the Corcoran family been

making wine in the Napa Valley?

- My great grandfather brought grape cuttings

from Bordeaux in 1892.

My family's been selling wine under the Corcoran label

ever since.

- Your great grandfather, your family--

- Mr. Becker, I will not tolerate outbursts of any kind.

- Sorry, your Honor.

- When did you start working at the winery?

- Spring of '66.

I was in high school, part timed after school

and on the weekends alongside my father.

- When did you begin running Corcoran Winery?

- 12 years ago when my father died.

- And what about your brother, Sam?

- Sam never showed any interest in the business.

- Objection. - Sustained.

- Mr. Corcoran, how is the winery doing now?

- Last year, Corcoran Chardonnay was one of the top sellers

in California.

- And this year?

- Sales are down.

- Why is that?

- Sam insists on selling these bottled chemistry experiments

and using the Corcoran name.

- Objection.

No foundation.

- Sustained.

- I have to protect my business and the family name.

Making fine wine is not a hobby.

It's a serious commitment.

- Don't you think I know that?

- Strike the last remarks from both Mr. Corcorans.

I won't warn either of you again.

- Nothing further.

- Counsel your witness.

- How do you feel about Sam?

- He's my little brother.

- So you hold him no ill will?

- Objection. Relevance.

- Trying to establish bias, your Honor.

- Overruled.

- Well, Mr. Corcoran?

- Not personally, no.

- Five years ago, when he wanted to return to the winery,

didn't you turn him away?

- He only wanted to do things his way,

didn't have the experience.

- How experienced were you when you became a vintner?

- Maybe if Sam hadn't run off in the first place,

if he'd shown any maturity--

- How mature was he supposed to be at 18?

- I never had the chance to be 18.

- The fact remains you resent Sam's freedom

and the choices he make.

- Look, I was always working, mucking around in the mud,

fixing irrigation pumps, swatting away flies.

- Now you're so upset with him, you'll do anything

to stop Sam from succeeding.

- Objection.

- It's good to see you hold no ill will.

- Mr. Becker.

- Withdrawn.

Nothing further.

- Two Picasso lithos--

Monet and a Rauschenberg.

- The artwork stays with Elaine.

- The Brentwood Estate?

- Property's assessed at over 2.5 million.

- The children should stay with their home.

- Alec retains the townhouse in Beverly Hills,

the apartment in Manhattan, as well as the cabin in Aspen.

- At least, you won't hear me complaining about the snow.

- That covers community assets.

Shall we move on?

- We haven't discussed Western Realty.

- Western Realty's value is reflected in our offer.

Gwen?

- Current figures--

- Mrs. Weston intends to retain her partnership

in Western Realty.

- Absolutely not.

- I'm afraid my client sees it differently.

Western Realty is a virtual empire--

- That I built!

- Elaine Weston was managing partner

eight years, during which time holdings tripled.

- I worked just as hard as you building up that company.

You can't simply push me aside.

- You want out of my life.

You want out of my business too.

- You can't bully me anymore, Alec.

I'm standing up for myself.

[distant voices]

- Hey, Benny.

- What are you doing?

- I'm restructuring tax shelters in the Barrow estate.

- Oh.

Stuart, Mr. Brackman is going to yell at me.

- How do you know?

- Well, he said, Benny, you haven't

been doing your job very well.

And then he said, finish delivering the mail

and come to my office.

Well, I don't want to go to his office.

- You know something, Benny?

I don't want to restructure the Barrow estate.

Transferring property holdings and

depreciated value to the heirs reduces

the estate taxes by 16%.

Who cares?

Is this what I used to do all day?

- Well, you work here.

It's your job, I guess.

- Hey, Ben, let's take the day off.

- But today's not the weekend!

- It is if we say it is. Come on.

- Wait, wait, wait.

What are we doing?

- We're getting out of here, Benny.

- But I don't want to get fired.

- Hey, look.

It's OK.

You're with me.

Come on.

We're going to run away.

Hey, come on!

And we did it!

- Yeah!

I thought somebody was going to catch us.

- Hey, taking the freight elevator, Benny, great idea.

- What are we going to do now?

- I don't know.

What do you want to do?

- I don't know.

What do you want to do?

- Well, we can do whatever we want to do.

- We go to my house and watch TV.

Hey, that's my bus.

- You take the bus?

- Yeah.

Number 320 transfer to number 207.

$1.35.

- Come on.

- Hey!

You didn't look both ways.

- Come on!

We're going to miss it.

- Wait, wait.

OK.

I'm coming.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

- Tell us about the Sam Corcoran Winery.

- I have six different grape varietals.

Since my overall volume is small,

there's room for experimentation.

- Such as?

- Varying levels of sugars, adjusting temperatures, trying

different fermentation casks.

- Why experiment?

- Well, every great winemaker has a signature style.

I'm just trying to find my own.

- Now, why did you want to start your own winery?

- After being away from Napa Valley,

I realized that it was my home.

And I wanted to be part of the family's tradition.

- Why use the Corcoran name?

Your brother's winery was already established.

- It's my name too.

- Nothing further.

- Isn't it true that last year you recalled

200 cases of Zinfandel?

- Yes.

But that was due to a miscalculation

with the new formula.

That problem has been corrected.

- Do you have any formal winemaking training?

- I took several viticulture courses at UC Davis.

- But you didn't receive a degree, did you?

- No.

- In fact, you dropped out of school freshman year.

- Objection. Relevance.

- Goes to defendant's history of failing to sustain a long term

interest in his endeavors, whether they

be vocational or avocational.

- I'll allow it.

- Isn't it likely that your foray into the wine making

business will end like everything else in your life

a failed effort?

- Objection.

- I am not going to fail despite what my brother tells you.

- Now, thank you, Mr. Corcoran.

That's all.

- You may step down, Mr. Corcoran.

The court will take a 15-minute recess.

- Whoa, whoa.

Why do you think I had to get away from Greg

in the first place, huh?

It's because he never believed that I could do anything,

not half as well as him!

- You weren't willing to learn, Sam.

You had no patience.

When things didn't go your way, you just took off.

- You wouldn't let me breathe.

- Yeah, right.

- Even the cheapest wines got to be able to breathe,

otherwise it's just no good.

Isn't that right, big brother?

- Hey.

- Some things never change.

- So what are you saying?

If we go to court, Elaine could win?

- Well, the way the partnership is structured,

your wife owns 50%.

- This was a risk going in.

We wanted to avoid having a judge rule the company be sold.

- I'm not liquidating a business I spent over half my

life building.

Elaine wants Western Realty, I want the kids.

- You told me you didn't want custody.

- Elaine will do anything to keep her children.

- They are your children too, not bargaining chips.

- I will not pay to be lectured.

I hired McKenzie Brackman to protect my interests.

- Do you have any grounds for a custodial dispute?

- Elaine had an affair last year--

- Extramarital affairs are not--

- With our next door neighbor's son.

He was 19 years old at the time.

I have the love letters he sent Elaine.

[door knocking]

- Excuse me.

I'm sorry to interrupt.

Ann, it's Stuart and Benny.

They're missing.

- If you'll excuse me.

- Her son? - Husband.

Mr. Weston, perhaps we should finish this later.

- No.

Now is not the time to let up.

- Ann Kelsey is an excellent attorney.

If she doesn't recommend suing for custody--

- I want to know what you think.

- I really don't think it's my place.

- It's not up to you or Ms. Kelsey

to determine my wife's fitness now, is it?

Ms. Taylor, I believe that you are going

to make an excellent attorney.

But at the moment, I need someone

who is going to work with me.

- So you're suggesting that we blackmail

your wife into dropping her claim on Western Realty?

- I am suggesting that we remind my wife

that there is the possibility that she

could lose her children.

- Problem is a love letter doesn't prove anything.

- Well, I know Elaine.

And Elaine won't take that chance.

- Do you believe your wife is an inadequate mother?

- No.

- Course, that doesn't mean we can't make a judge

feel differently.

- You know, I'm thinking, Ben, maybe

we shouldn't go to your place.

- Then we should get off.

- Well, I mean, we can go-- we can go someplace.

- Where?

- I don't know.

I bet this bus goes a lot of places.

- Are you two getting off or what?

- No. No.

We're going to stay on.

- Well then, sit down. - Come on.

- Right.

Sorry.

[bell ringing]

[laughs]

- Before we get started, one final warning.

If either of you make one more outburst,

I'll hold you both in contempt.

Mr. Becker, your witness.

- Could you please state your name

and occupation for the court?

- Archie-- Archie Briggs, oenological expert.

- What?

- Wine consultant.

- Thank you.

Let's move on.

- Mr. Briggs, have you tasted the 1990 Corcoran Chardonnay?

- On several occasions.

- And have you had the opportunity

to sample my client's release?

- Yes.

At this year's Crest Ridge Tasting Championships.

It had a surprisingly marvelous notes,

almost tropical with a rich style but not full blown--

- Objection.

What is he talking about?

- In layman's terms, please, Mr. Briggs.

- Well the wine had a lingering creamy finish coupled

with a toasty oak assertiveness with just

a hit of impertinence.

- Gee, thanks.

- Compare now, if you would, Sam's

chardonnay with the original Corcoran Chardonnay.

- Well, I found the Corcoran Chardonnay a nice table wine

but hardly stimulating--

- Objection.

- It's actually quite ordinary, in fact.

- I object to this witness.

- Too late, Mr. Richards.

Both parties agree that Mr. Briggs is competent to testify

as an expert.

- Well, of course, they agreed.

Lawyers know zilch about wine.

I never met a lawyer who would spend more than $8 on a bottle.

- Objection.

- Mr. Briggs.

- Cheap little money grubbing parasites.

- Of course, it is never too late for me

to disagree that Mr. Briggs is competent to testify

as an expert.

The witness is excused.

- You can't do that.

- I just did.

- His testimony is ordered stricken.

And if you're not happy, Mr. Becker,

you can take me up on a writ.

Frankly, I have had it up to here with these experts,

since this case is about consumer perception.

I'm suggesting we let the 12 consumers sitting on the jury

make their own evaluation.

Any objections?

- No objection, your honor.

- None here.

- Good.

Then we'll reconvene this afternoon at 2:00

for an official wine tasting.

- Who's going to bring the crackers and Brie?

- Court is adjourned.

- This is fun.

- Yeah!

- What'd I tell you?

- How come you never did this before?

- I don't know.

[muttering]

- It's for kids.

- Yeah.

- I'll give you $20 if you jump in.

- I'll give you $20.

- Done.

No problem.

- Oh, I didn't mean for you to--

- Water's probably warm.

Salty but warm.

- Oh, just Stuart, wait, no. - Wait?

What can wait?

This is going to be a hoot.

- No, don't.

- You really thought I was going to do it?

- I knew you were teasing.

No!

- You did?

- No.

[laughter]

- What's next?

- I don't know.

Maybe we should go back to work.

- Think so?

- Well, last time I was out too long, Roxanne yelled at me

and said I was irresponsible.

- Where'd we get the bus?

- Oh--

- That's right.

Never mind.

We'll walk.

- Isn't that too far?

- Somebody will give us a ride.

- A stranger?

- Hey, Ben, strangers are just people you haven't met yet.

I read that in Reader's Digest.

Ann keeps copy in the bathroom.

- Colonial Black.

Two-line inscription.

Size wasn't marked on this.

- I don't remember.

- Did you keep your receipt?

How about your brochure?

Funeral homes always write it down in the brochure

for the customers.

- I ordered my father's headstone over a year ago.

Maybe I should talk to Mr. Crotzer.

He's the one I dealt with at the funeral home.

- No good.

- Crotzer passed away.

Don't worry Ms. Melman, we'll find your father.

Hey, look.

- You found it?

- No.

Crotzer's headstone.

What a coincidence.

Kind of spooky, huh?

- Mr. Kuraly, whenever I go to the cemetery,

I spend all my time searching for a mound of dirt.

Now why should I have to look all over Kingdom Come just

to visit my father's grave?

- Ms. Melman, I found it.

- It's Melmen with an A.

[music playing]

[music playing]

- Hey, gorgeous.

Hey.

You're not speaking to me either?

- Not exactly a hero's welcome this morning.

- You noticed?

Today's news is tomorrow's garbage.

Old headlines end up lining somebody's birdcage.

- Yeah.

Just call me guano.

- Any word?

- They've been gone for hours.

- No.

Man is still out searching.

I'm beginning to grow concerned.

- Maybe I should go too.

- Stuart and Benny could be almost anywhere.

- Excuse me.

- What is it, Gwen?

- Alec Weston's asked if I could represent

him in the settlement conference while Ann's unavailable.

- Well, I'm aware that under apprenticeship guidelines,

you are allowed to conduct client

negotiations unsupervised, perhaps we should wait for Ann.

- He prefers not to postpone this any longer.

- Would you like me to speak to Weston?

- He doesn't want another lawyer.

- Douglas?

- Yes?

- Alec Weston has previously consulted

with Arnold and with Ann.

We don't want him searching elsewhere.

- Leland, I'm confident.

I can handle this case.

- All right.

I'm giving you authority to proceed.

If any problems arise, you come to me immediately.

I can't just wait around here.

I got to go look for them.

[muttering]

- Once again, examine the color.

Now roll your glass releasing the aromatic components

of the wine.

Sniff the bouquet and taste.

Remember, a small sip leaves room in the mouth.

You want the wine to drench your tongue.

Notice the different sensations.

Roll the wine to the tip of your tongue for sweetness

and back for bitterness and spit.

- Objection.

Juror number seven swallowed again.

- Mr. Richards.

- I believe we're through, your honor.

Bailiff, bust the glasses and cups.

Mr. Becker, call your next witness.

I ask that Greg Corcoran take the stand.

- Objection.

Defense has already had his cross to this witness.

- New information has come to my attention, your honor.

- New information? When.

- I'll allow it.

- Relax, Richards.

Have a drink.

- Stuart, I'm tired.

I got to sit down.

- We've been out here a long time.

- I don't think we're going to get a ride.

- The last guy almost stopped.

Hey, Benny, look.

Hey, here, boy!

Here, boy!

- Oh, maybe he's a girl.

If you look underneath, you can tell.

[dog crying]

- Look how scared he is.

- He's going to get hit.

- He's all alone, Benny.

We got to take care of him.

- How?

[cars honking]

Stuart!

Be careful!

- What are you?

Crazy?

Get off the street!

- Please, please--

- Watch out!

- Be careful!

- Oh, shit.

You did it, Stuart, you saved him.

Oh, god.

- Boy, are you OK?

- Hi. - Are you OK?

- Hi. - Here.

Here's a leash I found.

- But don't hurt him. He might--

- No. Oh, he's good.

- He might be hurt.

- You OK, guy?

That was an adventure, huh?

[laughter]

- Mr. Corcoran, you claim your brother's wine is inferior.

Yet during the tasting, you didn't take so much as a sip

from your glass, did you?

- No. - Why not?

- Objection.

- Overruled.

- I didn't need to.

- Mr. Corcoran, have you ever tasted wine made by Sam?

- No.

- Because you have so little regard for everything he does?

- No. That isn't it.

- Then why is it you refuse to sip Sam's wine?

I remind you, Mr. Corcoran, you're still under oath.

- I'm a recovering alcoholic, Mr. Becker.

I haven't had a drink in three years.

- Mr. Corcoran, how can you possibly question

the quality of your brother's wine

if you've never even tasted it?

- Objection.

We have independent evidence that shows--

- Overruled.

- I want the witness to answer.

- I know what Sam is capable of.

- Aren't you bringing this lawsuit to punish Sam?

The little brother who couldn't possibly--

- Objection. - Because he ran--

- No.

- Hasn't he proven himself, Mr. Corcoran?

He's your brother for God's sake.

Why don't you give him a break?

- Your honor--

- Mr. Becker, that's enough.

- I'm sorry.

I have no further questions.

- Thank you for coming back on such a short notice.

I have discussed a revised settlement with my client,

and we are prepared to increase the buyout.

- You're wasting our time.

It's not about money.

Mrs. Weston seeks to retain her partnership.

- Well, Mr. Weston is unwilling to concede that.

However, in the interest of avoiding

protracted court proceedings, we're

willing to go as high as 5%.

- I guess we'll see you in court.

- You should be aware that we're filing a petition for custody.

- On what grounds?

- My client has reason to believe that Mrs.

Weston is an unfit mother.

- Oh, my god.

- Does the name Paul Cavallo mean anything to you?

We have several letters you received

from Mr. Cavallo which seem to suggest that you

two were more than friends.

- What's going on here?

- You bastard.

Those letters were locked in my dresser.

- The boy was 19 years old, Elaine.

- You're turning this into something sorted and dirty.

- You slept with him.

- Paul loved me.

He listened to me.

That isn't something you can understand, Alec.

You don't love, you possess.

Accept his offer.

- What's up?

- I've changed my mind.

I'm not going to fight to use the Corcoran name.

- What?

We just turned your brother's case inside out.

- After my dad died, Greg stepped right into his shoes,

and he treated me like a kid.

But he was right, because I was spoiled and selfish.

If this means so much to Greg, I am just pulling out.

- If you really want to make it up to him,

don't run away again.

Talk to him.

- I don't know what to say to him.

We're just so different.

- You're not that different.

You two complement one another.

And nothing exists or functions except in direct contrast with

its own essential opposite.

Think of yourselves as fire and water.

In opposition, both may kill.

Yet in harmony, they bestow life.

A boiling caldron over an open flame.

The two of you together, the possibilities are boundless.

- Where the hell did you go to law school?

Tibet?

- Sam, some things you just hear in the whisper of the wind.

- I'm glad I found you before I left.

I wanted to thank you.

- What?

For helping you strong arm your wife into a settlement?

- For helping me keep my company intact.

That's what I hired you to do and you did it very well.

- Actually, I just followed your lead, Mr. Weston.

But you knew I would, right?

- Oh, is your conscience bothering you?

- If you'll excuse me, I have a lot of work to do.

- We won.

And you can't tell me the partners in this firm

aren't very pleased.

- You stole your wife's letters.

She could sue for invasion of privacy.

- It's a very good thing that you

were going to be my new lawyer.

Hurry up and pass the bar.

- Any sign of them?

- Nothing.

Douglas is out searching too.

- Maybe Douglas was right.

This was probably too soon for Stuart to come back to work.

- Ann?

Any news?

- No.

And I can't file a missing persons report for 24 hours.

I've been to my house, Benny's house, up and down,

dozens of nearby streets.

[dog barking] - Lincoln!

Lincoln!

- Stuart?

- Hi, Ann.

- Stuart, are you all right?

- Yeah.

I'm fine, really.

- Where have you been?

- At the beach. [dog barking]

- The beach?

- It was his idea.

- It's the last stop on the bus line.

And we would have taken the bus back except the driver wouldn't

let us bring Lincoln on.

Hey, boy.

[dog barking]

Come on, boy.

- We got to ride in a truck.

- You hitchhiked?

- Am I in trouble again?

- Hey, how you doing there?

- Stuart.

- Yeah?

Ain't he a great pup?

We named him Lincoln, because he was

trapped at the intersection between Lincoln

and Colorado Boulevard.

- Let's go home, Stuart.

- Colorado would have been a stupid name, huh?

[dog barking] Look at him go.

Somebody corral that man.

- Somebody should find his owner, Stuart.

- Oh, no. He doesn't have one.

No collar. I'm going to keep him.

- You can't, Stuart. - Huh?

Why?

- Because I said so.

- Ann, he's mine.

- No, Stuart.

- Ann, I saved him all by myself.

- Stuart, please.

We'll talk about it when we get home.

- No. Not without Lincoln.

- He'll be fine.

- No!

- Stuart, we're going home now!

- I'm not going home!

I'm not going home!

Not going home!

- Stuart!

[glass breaking]

- Brackman.

- Douglas.

- What's the latest on Benny and Stuart?

- Both safe and sound.

- Great.

Roxanne, what happened here?

- Stuart got upset about Lincoln and tossed

a chair through the window.

- Oh.

Abraham Lincoln?

- Hi, Benny.

- We were having fun.

And we came back.

And it was scary.

- I know.

- Stuart was mad.

Stuart was mad at me.

- Oh, no.

No, he was mad at himself because he

can't remember things.

- Like your dad, Murray?

- That's right.

Like Murray.

Only he had a disease called Alzheimer's.

- What?

- Murray forgot it was Christmas.

- Mm-hmm.

He got upset about that.

Stuart's feeling confused too.

- Murray didn't get better, just,

is Stuart going to get better?

- Well, I hope so, Benny.

- Yeah.

Yeah.

Me too.

[music playing]

Night, Roxanne.

- Night, Benny.

[music playing]

[baby crying]

Hey, what's the matter?

Did you drop your bear?

Did you drop--

[baby crying]

OK.

It's OK.

[baby crying]

- You wanted to see me?

- I received a call from Elaine Weston's attorney.

- Is there a problem?

- He feels that you and Alec Weston

coerced his client into a settlement

through dubious means.

- Leland, I did nothing unethical.

- Now, there's a fine line between what is ethical

and what is moral.

Gwen, if you had a problem, you should have come to me.

- I made a decision that was in the best interest of my client,

a client I was told to make happy,

because we needed the business. - Now, hold on a minute, Gwen.

- If Arnold Becker had done the same thing, he'd be applauded,

but I'm second guessed, reprimanded.

- You're damned right.

Some day, you'll make a committed attorney,

because you're passionate.

But while you're under apprenticeship here,

you represent this firm.

In the future, when you come across situations

where you're not 100% sure of how to proceed, come to me.

- I understand.

- I'll see you in the morning.

- Good night, Leland.

- Hi. - Hi.

How'd you do in court?

- Picked a winner. You?

- Me too. - Good.

- I think.

- Whoa.

[muttering]

- Mr. Weston, please.

Gwen Taylor.

Mr. Weston, about these flowers you sent me--

what?

Oh, just assumed they were from you.

Sorry.

Goodbye.

Hi, you just delivered flowers to my office,

Gwen Taylor at McKenzie Brackman.

The card was blank.

Can you tell me who sent them?

No name.

Oh, how are they paid for?

All right.

Thanks.

[sighing]

- You look tired.

- I am.

First day back, searching for Benny and Stuart,

I haven't fully recovered from my incarceration,

which by the way, has changed my entire outlook.

- Is that so?

- Yeah.

Every moment was a challenge to keep

my spirit unbroken in the face of humiliation and despair.

Of course, until you've been in the inside,

you can't understand.

- Well, I saw you through the darkest moment.

- Soap on a rope.

I've been mulling over the idea of writing a book

about my hellish experience.

- Do you think maybe we should paint the office, brighten

the outlook around here?

- Painters are expensive.

They charge by the hour.

- Oh, Douglas.

- I went looking for Benny and Stuart.

Because somehow, I felt responsible that they ran off.

Of course, now I realize if you'd been my best man,

none of this would have happened.

- Boom.

I thought I smelled popcorn.

- I thought everybody left for the day.

- That mean you're not sharing?

- Salt?

- You bet.

Still studying securities law?

- Mm-hmm.

I have an exam next week.

- Compos mentis?

- Funny.

- I left something on your desk.

- You did?

- Uh-huh.

- Thanks.

- You're welcome.

It's just a back issue of a journal.

- A what?

- A Law Journal article on 10(b)(5) disclosures.

- You mean those flowers weren't from you?

- No.

- Oh, God.

I'm so embarrassed.

- Don't be. - No.

I know. I should-- I shouldn't have--

- Please.

- Rox, you know what this is?

- A case of wine?

- Oh, not just any case.

Ambrosial Nectar Corcoran Estate Bottled

Cabernet Sauvignon 1958.

- Nate--

- A gift from Sam and Greg Corcoran.

- Congratulations.

- They settled out of court and decided to work together.

And you know the best part?

After years of helping couples dissolve their relationships

through divorce, getting two people

together feels wonderful.

A token of appreciation and celebration of the newly

formed Corcoran Brothers' Winery.

- Make nice Christmas gifts.

- Are you kidding?

This stuff costs $200 a pop.

What's the matter?

- I don't know.

- Come on, Rox.

Talk to me.

Am I not a friend, first, last, foremost?

- Actually.

That's just it.

You're the most important person in my life.

- You're the most important person in my life.

- There's something wrong with that.

All my closest friends are here in this firm.

I have a failed marriage.

I have no parents, no brothers, no sisters.

- Hey, I get lonely too.

- You have a career that fills your life.

It gives you purpose and direction.

I like my job but it's not enough.

- Did you want a raise?

I can speak with Douglas.

- Arnie, I want to have a baby.

- Rox, I--

I don't know.

I mean, I don't think so.

I mean--

- Not with you!

- Oh.

Oh.

Did you meet someone?

- No, not yet.

But I'm ready.

I have space in my heart and in my home.

All I need is somebody to fill that space.

- Roxanne, I think we need to open

up one of these bottles of Cabernet and talk things over.

- I'm not going to change my mind.

I'm going to make a good mother.

- Well, then this deserves a toast.

[music playing]

[door knocking]

- Jonathan.

- Hi.

I just thought Stuart might like a friend.

I had him washed and dipped, and I even bought him a leash.

Here's Stuart's tie.

These last few months, I've been pretzeling myself in knots,

trying to please everyone and making excuses.

Truth is, I don't know who I am anymore.

But I do know that I was wrong.

And the last thing I want to do in the world

is add to your pain.

[dog crying]

I'm sorry.

- Thank you.

OK.

I guess you can sleep in the corner.

Come on.

Come on.

[dog barking]

No.

- Hey, Lincoln.

Hi, Lincoln.

How you doing?

[music playing]