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- It never fails to amaze me that people actually think they

can get away with these things.

- Mr. Pick, nobody's trying to get away with anything.

If errors were made in calculating

Ms. Bauman's tax return, we're here to rectify those errors.

- Come on, Mr. Markowitz, I wasn't born yesterday.

- What does that mean?

- It means that this isn't someone who makes errors.

This is someone who calculates long and hard to conceal,

connive, and defraud.

This is someone who actually thinks that she doesn't have

to pay her rightful share of taxes

to the United States government.

And I find that absolutely intolerable.

- Mr. Pick, this entire problem can be attributed to Ms.

Bauman's former accountant.

- I don't buy that.

It appears that in addition to a significant amount

of unreported personal income, your client

was using corporate employees to perform a variety of distinctly

non-business-related functions.

- Wait a minute.

I embody my company.

What affects me affects my employees.

This is all business-related.

- You're kidding me, right?

- No, I'm not kidding you.

- I would appreciate it if you would tell your client

to stop wasting my time.

- We have tax returns for the last 10 years.

Where do you want to start?

- I didn't build my business on vitamins and nutrient

supplements alone, Mr. Pick.

I built it on stamina, I built it on guts,

and I built it by adhering to a personal philosophy

that does not allow me to become intimidated by anyone.

- Celeste, Mr. Pick is just trying to do his job.

- That's right.

And my job is to enforce the tax code.

I enforce, you comply.

- You're not a well man, Marvin.

You work in this miserable office, you drink coffee,

and you smoke, and your diet-- it's high in fat,

it's low in fiber, it's not nearly

dense enough in nutrients.

And I wouldn't be the least bit surprised

if your body wasn't ravaged by intestinal parasites.

- You know what?

You're right.

I drink coffee.

I smoke.

I only eat things that are bad for me.

And with all that, I'm still healthy enough

to bring you to your knees.

Me and my parasites.

- You want to know what healthy is?

I'll tell you what healthy is.

How old do you think I am?

- I have no idea.

- I'm 75 years old.

- You're 75?

- The reason that I don't look my age is because I have

a healthy, life-affirming attitude toward

everybody and everything.

It comes from being at peace with myself

and from being at peace with the whole world.

I'm 75, and I'll live to dance on this little pissant's grave.

Stuart, Gwen, you know where to reach me.

And I know that I shall be hearing from you very soon.

[theme music]

- Can we get started?

- Just start.

- I'm starting.

People versus Matz.

- Yes, yes.

That's mine.

Matz is accused of selling stolen

artwork to an undercutter cop.

I'm pleading entrapment.

- It's a tough sell.

- I know it is.

- He had the stolen artwork in his possession?

- He did. - And he sold it to the cop?

- Yep.

- So where's the entrapment?

- Well, my client's gay.

He claims to have fallen for the cop.

And he also claims that it was mutual.

I say, for the purposes of this trial at least,

that the cop seduced him.

- In other words, it's your only shot.

- Yes. Right.

- Then it must be true.

- And the matter of Celeste Bauman.

- Yes, that's me.

Ms. Bauman has a company that markets vitamins

and dietary supplements.

The IRS claims that she has underpaid her taxes

by some $800,000, and for some reason,

they're being nasty about it.

- The IRS, nasty?

- Celeste is going to need a little managing,

but I think we can resolve it.

- Gwen, you're observing on this one, correct?

- Yep.

- Arnie, Jack Lawlor's here.

- I got to go. - How are you feeling, Roxanne?

- Pretty good.

- Everything going all right, vis-a-vis the pregnancy?

- So far.

- Good.

How much paid leave are we on the hook for with this one?

- Six weeks.

- You wouldn't have a problem with that by any chance,

would you, Douglas?

- Oh, no, I think it's the least we can do.

- Come on, the kid's only 16.

- The victim was 16, too.

That doesn't make him any less dead.

- Look, would you be willing to consider lowering

the charge to manslaughter?

- Maybe.

- You've also got a request in for a fitness hearing.

Is it possible to let that one go

and just try him as a juvenile?

- I don't know, Michael.

He seems pretty grown up to me.

He carried the gun into school.

He shot this kid point blank.

You're asking a lot here.

- He was scared.

He was tired of being picked on.

It's not like this is a career criminal we're dealing with.

- Give him time.

- Come on, Tommy.

- All right.

You want to try the kid as a juvenile?

We will try him as a juvenile.

- You're a beautiful human being.

- I love you, too.

- I'm so nervous, Jonathan.

- I know.

- I won't make it.

If they send me to prison, I tell you right now,

I will not survive.

- Simon, let's not get ahead of ourselves, OK?

- You're still convinced that entrapment is the way to go?

- Mm-hmm.

- In other words, you think a jury

is going to believe me and not some big, strong Irish cop?

- You want to go in there now and change your plea to guilty?

Come on. - Jonathan, wait a minute.

- I'm telling you right now, you do that,

and you're going away for sure.

They've got you dead to rights.

The only way you're not going to prison

is to plead entrapment and hope that jury buys it.

- You're the lawyer.

- OK.

- Mr. Matz told an informer he had access

to a number of paintings, including an untitled work

by Willem de Kooning.

- What did you do?

- Acting in an undercutter capacity,

I approached Mr. Matz.

I informed him that I represented a Japanese investor

who was interested in making some discreet purchases

for his private collection, no questions asked.

Matz provided me with a transparency,

and I arranged to make the purchase.

- Was a purchase made?

- Yes.

Undercutter Officer Osaki gave Mr. Matz

$300,000 in marked currency in exchange for the painting.

We arrested him on the spot, recovered the cash.

- Thank you, Detective.

No further questions.

- Congratulations on a major recovery, Detective.

- Thank you.

- Tell us what you did in your undercutter capacity

in order to gain my client's confidence.

- I convinced him I was an art dealer.

- How did you do that?

- I know a good deal about art.

That's how.

I mean, I could talk about Jackson Pollock or Morandi

or Balla or Kokoschka.

And well, I sound like I know what I'm talking about.

- And where was it that these discussions

took place, Detective?

- Places of Mr. Matz's choosing.

- The Rage, the Emerald City, the Anvil?

- Like I said, places of Mr. Matz's choosing.

- Gay bars.

Detective, did you sleep with my client?

- Absolutely not.

- Did you ever indicate to him that you would sleep with him?

- No, I didn't.

- You were aware, were you not, that the defendant was gay?

- Yeah, I was aware of that.

- Did you ever say or do anything,

Detective, that would lead him to believe

that you were gay as well?

- No. - No.

Is it common for a straight man to frequent gay bars?

- I don't know whether it's common or not.

I was a pointman in an undercutter operation.

I went where the subject wanted to go.

- Is it fair to say, Detective, that you did nothing

to disabuse Mr. Matz of the notion

that you were, in fact, gay?

- I let him believe what he wanted to believe.

I was on a case.

- Thank you, Detective.

I have nothing further.

- Marvin, Marvin, Marvin.

What am I going to do with you?

- This woman is delinquent in the payment

of her income tax, sir.

What I am doing is simply that which my job

description calls for me to do.

I am enforcing the law.

- Is she delinquent in the payment of her income tax?

- Yes.

We are willing to concede that she is.

But we can't address the issue of repayment

before we resolve the problem posed by this man's behavior.

- How have I offended this woman's

delicate sensibilities, sir?

By holding her to the same standards of accountability

as anyone else who earns their living in the United

States of America?

- You've been rude to her.

- I've been rude to her?

- Yes, you have been extremely rude to her.

- Oh, well, there you have it.

- You know what?

This sounds to me like a matter of personal styles conflicting.

- Excuse me, I don't get involved in matters of style,

personal or otherwise.

I adhere to a principle that is both simple and fair.

Debts must be paid.

- She asks that you be nice to her.

Is that too much to ask?

- Yes.

[chuckles]

I have spent 2 and 1/2 years on this case.

I believe I'm entitled to see it through to fruition.

- This is the man you want to see representing the service?

- Marvin Pick is a good agent, Mr. Markowitz.

- Well, I think he'd be a lot more

effective if he could somehow fool us into believing

that he was human.

- His personality should not be the issue here.

- But it is.

To Celeste Bauman, it is the issue.

We can come to an agreement as to the money owed.

We can come to an agreement as to the repayment schedule.

But we can't come to an agreement as to Marvin Pick!

- I can't break faith with my people, Mr. Markowitz.

I have the morale of an entire office to consider.

- Well, then we have come to an impasse.

- Well, may I make a suggestion as how to get through that?

- Sure.

- Tell her what happens if she doesn't pay.

[door closes]

- Tommy?

Hi.

- Do I smell dinner?

Wow.

I hope that stove can take the shock

of being used for something besides boiling water.

- I finally got my appetite back.

- Terrific.

So I guess I should cancel my standing order with Chang's

takeout for tonight.

- It's OK, I let myself in.

- Of course.

Oh, yeah, I mean, it'd be kind of silly if you could

only enter when I was here.

- How's work?

Everything OK?

- Yeah.

- So Tommy, you had any ideas about where

we're going to live?

- What do you mean, where we're going to live?

- I mean, where we're going to live.

- Well--

- I know we haven't talked about it for the last few weeks,

but at some point, we have to consolidate our lives a little.

- Yeah, you're right, you're right.

So you want to fix up your place?

- I think it'd be a little tight for the three of us.

- Ah, you want to look for a new place, huh?

- Well, if you want, I'd be content to move in here.

- Uh-huh.

Um, I really think--

I don't know, with all the pressure

we're going to be under, I think maybe I'd like to keep

this place, you know, for me.

For right now.

- Keep this place for you?

- Just as a safety valve, you know.

- No.

Actually, I don't know.

I thought that's what you wanted-- us moving in together.

- Well, does that necessarily mean

I have to give up my place?

- Well, yeah, actually, it does.

I want stability, you know?

I think if this child is going to have two parents,

it should have two parents it can count on.

- I can't make this decision yet, Rox.

I just can't.

- OK.

- You want to talk about it some more?

- We can talk about it later.

- I'm willing to talk about it.

- Right now, let's have supper.

[knocking]

- Hey, Tommy.

- Arnie.

- How's the world of impending fatherhood treating you?

- All right.

Is Roxanne around?

- She had a checkup during lunch.

- Oh, right.

What time did she leave?

- About five minutes ago.

You can probably still catch her.

- Nah, it's probably just as well.

- Is everything all right?

- I don't know.

Did you ever consider becoming a father?

- I was a stepfather for about six months.

It was great.

Then, I screwed up.

Remember?

- You feel guilty about that?

- Sometimes.

To tell you the truth, I don't think

I'm cut out for family life.

- See, I'm not sure I am either.

I've been married.

That didn't work out.

Things with Zoe and I were always better when

we weren't living together.

- Roxanne isn't Zoe.

- But I am still me.

I really thought I was ready to do it again,

but now that Roxanne really is ready,

I feel like my shoes are nailed to the floor.

- In my opinion, men don't have nesting instincts.

It's the missing chromosome.

- There's one big problem, Arnie.

I got a kid on the way.

If I cut and run, that's who suffers.

- That's true.

- I mean, they'll get over it, right, though?

They're kids.

- Well, I tried.

I couldn't get him reassigned, Celeste.

Marvin Pick is the agent on our case.

- In that case, they have a problem.

- What kind of problem do they have?

- I refuse to deal with him.

- You can't refuse to deal with him, Celeste.

He represents the United States government.

For our purposes, Marvin Pick is the United States government.

- Well, let's just see what they're going to do.

- No.

You see, there's nothing to see.

There's no mystery here.

Here's the way it's going to work.

You refuse to pay your taxes, they

are going to seize your assets and put you in jail.

- You're under a great deal of stress, aren't you?

- I'm not under a great deal of stress.

- You are under a great deal of stress.

Listen, I have something we just came out with.

It's made from valerian, lavender, and balm.

And it's wonderful.

- Ms. Bauman, the IRS is capable of doing what Stuart says.

- Oh, I know that.

- So?

- I know this is going to sound hopelessly egotistical,

but I don't think they're going to do it to me.

- Why not?

- Because of who I am.

- Who you are means nothing to the Internal Revenue Service.

- Stuart, what do you think accounts for the fact

that my company's gross sales are over 5 and 1/2 million

a year?

- I think you make a product that people want to buy.

- Well, that accounts for about 10% of the equation.

But what accounts for the other 90% of my success

is that I simply will not accept failure.

Listen, I'm going to share something with you.

In 1969, my husband walked out on me.

He left me with three small children

to raise and no source of income.

Well, I cried myself to sleep every night for about a year,

and it took me just about that long

to realize that sorrow and self-pity

would not feed my kids.

So I made a decision.

I walked through the door, sat myself down,

and I forced the world to deal with me on my terms.

I make it work with my competitors.

I make it work with my distributors.

And I'm going to make it work with the Internal

Revenue Service.

- You owe these people $800,000.

You're going to have to deal with them.

- Not until they treat me with some respect.

- Oh, excuse me! - I'm sorry.

- I beg your pardon. - Good morning.

- Good morning.

- You must be Leland McKenzie. - Yeah.

Yes, I am.

- Stuart Markowitz told me you are the senior partner here.

- So you would say that I look senior?

- No.

Actually, I would say that look old.

- Nice to have met you.

- Which isn't to say that you don't look virile as well.

But I can tell just by looking at you that you

are in need of detoxification.

- Detoxification?

I don't believe anyone's ever said that to me before.

- Well, most people can't tell.

But I have been blessed with eyes that see

and hands that heal.

And I look at you, and I know that your body

is littered with impure matter, and your manliness dissipated.

You need to detoxify yourself, Leland McKenzie.

You have no idea the things that you are still capable of.

- What are we doing here?

I thought you'd called this hearing off.

- I changed my mind.

- What do you mean you changed your mind?

- I mean, I want this little bastard prosecuted as an adult

after all.

I think that's wholly indicated by the facts of the case.

- Can we talk about this? - There's nothing to talk about.

Kids shouldn't have to worry about getting shot

when they go to school.

End of discussion.

- Ms. Walker, would you describe for the court

what you saw happen on the afternoon of February 9?

- I was outside the school, supervising the students'

departure when I became aware of commotion

and shouting near the parking lot.

I went over to investigate, and I saw about 20

students standing in a circle.

Inside the circle were Rafael and Ronald.

Rafael had a gun, pointing it at Ronald.

- What happened next?

- Ronald started calling Rafael names.

When Rafael didn't respond, Ronald walked closer to him,

taunting him, calling him coward, sissy,

and even hitting at the gun.

- And then?

- Rafael dropped to one knee.

He took aim and shot Ronald in the chest.

- Thank you.

I have no further questions.

- Ms. Walker, did Rafael Montalvo

ever tell you he intended to shoot Ronald Ortega?

- Not in so many words.

- Yes or no, Ms. Walker?

- No.

- And with the exception of February 9,

did you ever hear him threaten Ronald Ortega in any way?

- Objection, not relevant.

- Overruled.

I'll allow that.

- The answer is no.

- Ms. Walker, could you tell the court what happened

to you on August 10, 1991?

- Objection, not relevant.

- Goes to bias, Your Honor.

- I'll allow it.

- Ms. Walker.

- That was the day one of my students

held me at gunpoint for seven hours in my classroom,

because I flunked him in English.

- And was he tried as an adult or a juvenile?

- He got one year in a youth camp.

- And how did you feel about that?

- Not very good.

- Is it possible, Ms. Walker, that that turn of events

makes it difficult for you to give

this court an objective account of your experiences

with my client?

- Mr. Owen, I believe that there's something very wrong

when a 16-year-old child chooses to settle

his differences by murdering a classmate on the playground.

- Move to strike. Non-responsive, Your Honor.

- We are terrified, Mr. Owen!

Students want to learn.

Teachers want to teach.

But we can't do that, because we live in fear.

- I have no further questions for this witness, Your Honor.

- Ms. Walker, you may step down.

- We met at a gallery opening in Santa Monica.

I was attracted to him immediately.

I got the impression he felt the same way.

- What, if anything, did he say to give you that impression?

- I knew it from the moment we met.

It was everything.

We'd have dinners, we'd go out for drinks.

Greg would call them business meetings,

but we both knew they were dates.

- Objection as to what they both knew.

- Sustained.

The last part of the witness's response is stricken.

- Who initiated the first discussion

about the stolen artwork?

- He did.

- Would you tell the court what he said?

- He said he had this Japanese collector,

desperate for a De Kooning that had recently been stolen.

He said there'd be no questions asked

and that we'd make enough money to go to Ibiza

and live together without worrying about a thing.

- Did you have sex with Detective Riley, Mr. Matz?

- Yes, I did.

- How many times?

- Only once.

After I got the painting for him,

I never heard from him again.

- Nothing further.

- You say you never would have committed this crime were

it not for the fact that you were

in love with Detective Riley.

- That's right.

- How did you know where to go to procure

a stolen painting, Mr. Matz?

- I know my way around the art world.

It's a rather small, insular environment.

I made some inquiries, found out what I needed to know.

It's not that difficult.

- Particularly since you've done it before, hadn't you?

- Objection.

- Goes to credibility, Your Honor.

- Overruled.

- You were involved with the transportation

and sale of a group of stolen drawings by Arshile Gorky,

weren't you?

- Not knowingly.

- What does that mean-- "not knowingly"?

- It means that I didn't know they were stolen.

- I see.

And when you were convicted of selling a forged canvas

of the German painter Max Pechstein,

is it your testimony that you didn't know it was forged?

- Yes, that is my testimony.

- This night of passion you claim to have

had with Detective Riley--

where did it take place?

- In my apartment.

- Anyone there beside the two of you?

- No.

- Anyone see you enter the apartment?

- No.

- Anyone see you leave?

- No.

- In other words, it's just your word against his.

- Yes.

- I have nothing further, Your Honor.

- Wait, one second.

Greg?

- What do you want?

- I want to talk to you.

- Well, I don't want to talk to you.

- It's important. - Hey.

I said, I don't want to talk to you.

- Simon, come on.

- Greg, I'm HIV-positive.

I just found out.

I think you should get tested.

- Simon, you're HIV-positive?

- [sighs] No.

Point of fact, I'm not.

I think you should put a private investigator on him.

I think you should do it fast.

[music playing]

- Mr. Colasurdo, how long have you been a probation

officer in the juvenile system?

- Almost 20 years.

- And in that time, how many investigations

have you conducted to help the court determine

whether or not a minor is fit to be

dealt with through the juvenile court?

- Hundreds.

- What is your recommendation with regard to Rafael Montalvo?

- The boy acted without premeditation.

He has no affiliation to gangs.

He has no prior record of violent behavior,

no history of drug use.

- He does have a previous arrest record.

- The offenses were petty theft, and

the probation department found him very

responsive to rehabilitation.

- What about his family life?

- It seems relatively stable, and his mother

is willing to do anything she can to get

him back on the right track.

- Thank you, Mr. Colasurdo.

I have no further questions.

- Mr. Colasurdo, it is your belief

that Rafael Montalvo acted without premeditation,

is that correct?

- Yes.

- You don't think bringing a gun to school and bragging

about how Mr. Ortega wouldn't be able to mess

with him shows premeditation?

- I don't think it shows premeditation to murder.

- What does it show premeditation to do?

- To protect himself.

- Do you know how many weapons were recovered from schools

in Los Angeles last year?

- Objection!

- 765.

- Mr. Mulaney, there's been an objection,

and the objection is sustained.

Move on, please.

- Does it bother you, even a little bit,

that all of the other predators who are roaming

the halls of our schools will have

their faith in the leniency of our courts confirmed?

- Objection!

- Does it bother you that he opened

fire in a crowded schoolyard?

And does it bother you that we will have failed, once

again, to protect our young?

- Counselor!

- I think there may be some critical issues here,

Your Honor, that are being overlooked.

- If there are, you should address

them in the appropriate manner.

This is my courtroom, and you're going

to conduct yourself as an attorney, not as a demagogue.

Can you do that?

- Yes, Your Honor.

- Good.

Now, do you have any further questions for this witness?

- No, Your Honor.

I do not.

- Well, she remains convinced that the IRS will somehow

bend to her will, and no matter what I say to her,

she can't be dissuaded from that.

- Would it accomplish anything to have

her meet with the supervisor?

- What would that accomplish?

- Well, maybe she could work out a settlement or a payment

schedule directly with him and bypass Marvin Pick altogether.

- It doesn't work that way, Gwen.

They have their way of doing things,

and they're not about to abandon that

in order to accommodate us.

- I think we have to send her packing.

- You mean, refuse to represent her anymore?

- She's ignoring our advice, Gwen.

- Well, maybe we could try a little harder to convince her.

- Not yet being a lawyer, it may be hard

for you to accept the degree to which a client will become

fixated on doing that, which, to an objective observer,

is utterly inimical to their own interests.

- It happens.

- I don't think you have to be a lawyer

to understand this woman.

I just think you have to listen to her.

- You're not making this a woman's thing, are you?

- I'm not making this any kind of thing.

I just don't think we've exhausted our approaches

to her, and I don't think we should

send her packing until we do.

- Well, then there's the other problem.

- That's right.

It's called malpractice, and the risk of getting

sued for it makes even me be willing to forego the fees

this client would generate.

- You think she'd sue us.

- Let the IRS take her house away, and see

whose fault all this becomes.

And it's something that we, as partners in this firm,

have to worry about, while you, who are neither

a partner nor a lawyer, don't.

- This may come as a shock to you, Douglas.

But once in a great while, even those

who are neither partners nor lawyers have something to say.

- Gwen--

- And when they do, they like to be able to pretend that they're

being taken seriously.

[door slams]

- Rafael, how long did you know Ronald Ortega?

- About two years.

- And what was the nature of your relationship?

- We-- we hated each other.

- Why?

- I don't know why he hated me.

I hated him because he picked on me all the time,

accused me of doing things I never did.

- Such as?

- Dissing him to his girlfriend, breaking his car window.

- Did you do those things?

- No.

When you say he picked on you, what do you mean?

- He'd follow me home from school

with some of his friends, beat me up, take my money.

One time, he, uh, took my pants and my shoes.

I had to walk four blocks like that.

He said fat boys like me made him sick.

- How did you respond to this treatment?

- I tried to ignore him.

- What were you planning to do with the gun, Rafael?

- Nothing.

Nothing.

It just made me feel safer to have it, you know.

I thought he would stop bothering me if I had a gun.

- What happened on February 9?

- My friend Richard was going to give me a ride home.

When we got out to the parking lot, Ortega was there.

He said he had heard I had a gun.

He started grabbing at me, trying to find it.

So I broke free, I took it out, and I pointed it at him.

He kept on coming at me, though.

You know?

He kept on taunting me.

Finally, the gun went off.

- How do you feel about what happened, Rafael?

- I'm sorry.

- I have no further questions.

- The gun went off.

- Yeah.

- Rafael, we've got at least 10 witnesses who say you dropped

to one knee, you steadied the gun,

and aimed it before it went off.

Are they telling the truth?

- Look, I was shaking all over.

If I didn't kneel down, I would have fallen down.

I didn't mean to shoot him.

I just-- I just wanted him to know that I

could take care of myself.

- And the only way you could do that was with a gun.

- Hey, I don't know how to fight, OK?

I was afraid of this guy.

What was I supposed to do?

- Did you ever go to a teacher and say you were afraid of him?

- That would have made it worse.

- You took a human life, Rafael.

- Objection!

- 16-year-old boy like you is dead!

- Mr. Mulaney!

- You don't think I know that?

I wish he wasn't dead.

I wish none of this had ever happened.

I didn't know what else to do!

I just wanted to go to school.

I didn't know what else to do!

- The defense calls Detective Gregory Riley.

- Your Honor, I can't imagine what Mr.

Rollins omitted in his lengthy cross-examination

of this witness.

- This is new information, Your Honor.

- Proceed with your questioning, Mr. Rollins.

- Detective Riley, after court yesterday,

did you visit the Kaiser Permanente Clinic

for the purpose of HIV testing?

- Yes, I did.

My girlfriend and I are discussing marriage.

- Yesterday afternoon, in the hallway outside this courtroom,

Mr. Matz told you he was HIV-positive.

Isn't that so?

- He may have.

- Well, did he or didn't he?

- Yes, he did.

- And you got tested, because you're concerned that you may

have gotten the virus from him.

- It's not true.

- You say you're discussing marriage, Detective.

HIV tests aren't required for marriage

in the state of California.

Testing for syphilis is, though.

Did you test for syphilis yesterday?

- No, I didn't.

- Why didn't you?

- Because I didn't think of it.

- You didn't think of it because all you could think of

was HIV, and the only reason you thought

about that was because Simon Matz told you he had it.

- Objection, counsel's badgering this man.

- You're not getting married, Detective.

You're a gay man living an outright lie.

- Your Honor, I've made an objection.

- How long can you keep this up, Detective?

How long are you going to let your police work be compromised

by your sexual identity?

- Hey!

I never let that happen.

I never, ever let it get in the way of my work!

Listen to me.

This man is a criminal.

OK?

This was a good bust.

- You never let what get in the way, Detective?

- I'm so--

I am so tired of hiding.

[inaudible] So the whole world is going to know

I had sex with this guy.

OK, I did.

OK?

So the whole world is going to know I'm a faggot.

I'm a faggot.

I just-- I mean, I can't--

I can't keep doing what I've been doing.

I just-- I can't keep it in anymore.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

- Would you please just put the files on the table?

And then, you can go on your way.

- I'd like to talk to you.

- Your boss has already talked to me.

He told me to get myself another lawyer,

and that's exactly what I'm going to do.

- Finding another lawyer isn't going to change anything.

- Are you trying to talk me into staying with McKenzie

Brackman, Ms. Taylor?

- Yes.

- I had the distinct impression that Mr. Markowitz

wanted to get rid of me.

- I think he feels at a loss for what to do.

- And you don't?

- Right.

I don't.

I want to talk you into paying what you owe.

- Why is this issue of such importance to you?

- Because I think I understand you.

- You do?

And could you favor me with your understanding?

- OK.

I think you're tired.

I think you're tired of being strong.

You're tired of being cheerful, tired of being healthy.

I think you're tired, and the only way for you to rest

is to self-destruct.

- Don't you think that you're being a little patronizing,

Ms. Taylor?

- I think it's true.

- You do?

You think that it's true.

You think I'm tired, and that all I need is to rest?

- I also think you need to be acknowledged.

For a woman to have done what you did when you did

it is a remarkable thing.

Someone needs to say that to you.

Now, the IRS won't.

Maybe your lawyer didn't.

But I will.

I think you are a remarkable woman.

- You dear sweet girl.

- The job of the police is to apprehend criminals,

not to entice law-abiding citizens

into committing crimes.

The purpose of the entrapment defense

is to prevent them from doing that.

Simon Matz tried to sell a stolen painting.

Yes, he did.

Nonetheless, before you find him guilty,

you must ask yourselves if he would have tried

to sell it, had he not been manipulated into doing

so by Detective Riley.

Now, with the exception of a few saints, all of us

have a price, a point at which breaking the law

becomes an acceptable alternative.

For some, it might be the promise of wealth or power.

For others, it might be the threat

to one's home or job or family.

For Simon Matz, it was the promise of love.

Detective Riley took advantage of this man's vulnerability

for his own personal and professional gratification.

He stopped at nothing up to and including

having sexual relations with Simon Matz in order

to make an arrest.

Mr. Matz was indeed entrapped.

He was victimized by an unscrupulous cop

and induced into committing a crime.

Ladies and gentlemen, if you find him guilty,

you will be rewarding conduct that threatens

the members of this community infinitely more

than the theft of a painting.

I implore you not to do so.

I implore you to find him not guilty.

Thank you.

- No one is defending Detective Riley's behavior.

Contrary to what Mr. Rollins would have you

believe, however, that behavior does not constitute entrapment.

In Mr. Rollins' scenario, Detective Riley simply

found Simon Matz's area of vulnerability

and used it to coerce a completely innocent

victim into committing a crime.

But if Mr. Matz was indeed a law-abiding citizen

prior to his encounter with Detective Riley,

how do you account for his two prior convictions--

one for trafficking in stolen art, one

for trafficking in forged art?

Quite frankly, I don't understand

how it is the defense counsel can stand before you

with a straight face and say, Mr. Matz

would not have committed a crime but for Detective Riley.

The fact of the matter is, he already had.

It's claimed that he was motivated by love.

I think it was greed.

I think it was avarice.

Simon Matz is a thief.

Don't let him go free because of another man's indiscretion.

[knocking on door]

- Yeah, it's open.

- Hi.

- Oh, hi.

Come in.

- Sorry to bother you.

- Don't be silly.

- We have to talk.

- I know.

- It's not going to work, is it?

I know that not everyone who has kids gets married.

Some people don't even live together, but I can't do that.

I'm a nice Jewish girl from the Fairfax District.

I'm not that sophisticated.

If I'm going to do this on my own,

then I have to do it on my own.

- You know, I've been trying to convince myself I can do this.

But the truth is, I can't.

I have no faith in my ability to be a good husband.

I have no faith in my ability to be a good father.

I have no faith in my ability just to stay sober.

- Wouldn't having a kid help you do that?

- Well, it didn't help my old man.

And if there is one thing I am sure of,

it's that I don't want this kid to have a drunk as a father.

If I can't protect him from anything else,

let me protect him from this.

- OK.

- I'm sorry.

- Yeah.

- Has the jury reached a verdict?

- We have, Your Honor.

- How find you?

- In the matter of the People versus Simon Matz,

we find the defendant not guilty.

- Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen of the jury.

Mr. Matz, you are free to leave.

- Told you to trust me. - Thank you.

- Give me a minute.

- Hey, Simon.

You aren't really HIV-positive, are you?

You'd actually lie about something like that.

- You lied to protect yourself, I lied to protect myself.

- There's one difference.

You're a criminal.

Forget everybody else, Simon.

I mean, you and me both know I didn't

have to twist your arm to get you to fence that painting.

You did it because that's what you do.

I mean, you're a lowlife, Simon.

I mean, whatever else I am, I'm a cop, and I nailed you for it.

- That's right, Greg.

You nailed me, but the jury let me

go, which means I'm a free man.

I can walk out of here, which is exactly what I'm going to do.

Jonathan, I'll meet you at the elevator.

- All right.

- Ah.

So this is what it feels like to watch your career go

down the toilet, huh?

- There are gay cops.

- Yeah.

Yeah, there are.

Most of them keep their mouths shut.

- The department is entitled to discipline you

for having sex with a suspect.

They are not entitled to do anything to you for being gay.

- Right.

- A 16-year-old boy has been shot dead.

My client may be found responsible for that death.

But contrary to what Mr. Mulaney would like you to believe,

Rafael Montalvo is a perfect candidate

for the juvenile court system.

Bringing the gun to school was a tragic mistake,

not a premeditation to murder.

If he is found guilty as a juvenile,

he will be held accountable for his actions.

But in an atmosphere of hope, one young man

is already lost to us.

Let's not throw away another.

- We try to keep the children safe.

We have laws.

We have cops.

We have metal detectors in schools.

We do anything and everything we can so they get to grow up

healthy and strong and secure, so that they get to grow

up, period.

But sometimes we fail.

I withdraw my motion that Rafael Montalvo be

tried as an adult, Your Honor.

If he's found guilty, it is my hope

that he can be reached by the treatment

and training available through the juvenile court system.

- Oh, I've been looking for you. - Found me.

- Yeah.

We worked out a payment schedule between Celeste and the IRS.

- Good.

- And we wouldn't have been able to do it without you.

- There were just some things she needed to hear.

- And you knew what they were.

- Yeah.

You're about ready to take the bar, aren't you?

- Mm-hmm.

- I think you're going to make a very good lawyer.

- Oh, we'll see.

- Oh, no, there's absolutely no doubt in my mind.

- Thanks.

- You're very welcome.

Celeste wanted me to give you these.

- What are they? - They're iron supplements.

She thinks you're looking a little anemic.

[laughs]

- Oh.

- Rox, what are you still doing here?

- Oh, I just had a few things to finish up.

- You and Tommy get everything straightened out?

- Yeah.

Yeah, we're straight.

- Don't stay too late.

Remember, you got a family to think about now.

- Right.

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