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- Mr. Emmerich?

- Yes.

- I'm Leland McKenzie.

- Oh.

Well, I had hoped to
consult with Daniel Morales,

but I'm told he's in absentia.

- That's correct, Daniel
is in court this morning.

I assigned him to a
trial that's consuming

more time than expected.

- You may or may not be aware
that Mr. Morales is defending

me in a lawsuit, which,
although frivolous, nonetheless,

could prove injurious
to my reputation.

- Oh, I'm very aware of
your case, Mr. Emmerich.

In fact, I'd like to handle
your depositions myself,

assuming you're amenable.

- I'm completely amenable.

- Well, good, good.

I have a brief, uh, staff
meeting to go to, after which,

we can consult as
long as you like

and then proceed from there.

Oh, uh, Denise, would you show
Mr. Emmerich to my

office, please?

- Sure.

Right this way.

A little hectic in here today
Can I get you a cup of coffee

or something to drink?

- You're from Queens?
- Yeah.

How did you know?

- You're elongated dipthongs.

- Excuse me.

- Your accent, my dear.
- Who are you?

Henry Higgins?

- Well, you might say that
I'm his modern equivalent.

- Huh?

- I help people develop
their vocal instruments

to communicate more effectively,
and accent elimination

is one of my specialties.

- So why are you telling me?

- I mean no offense,
but surely, you

must be aware of
the social stigmas

that attach to certain
proletarian dialects.

Such stigmas can inhibit
one's personal and

career opportunities.

I can virtually promise you
that after one quick lesson,

you will speak with more
clarity and presence

than you ever dreamed possible.

- Hmm.

- Everett versus
Everett, another divorce.

Mr. Everett is accusing
Mrs. Everett of cheating on

him with his business partner.

- How is that relevant?

- It's my job to
make it relevant.

Towards that end, I'll
be using Jinx Baldassare.

One surveillance photo is
worth a thousand words.

- Eli, you're taking
the bar exam tomorrow?

- That's right.

- Good luck, Eli.

- Why are you even here?

Shouldn't you be
locked away somewhere?

- You're right, I
should be, you're right.

I just thought I'd
check in with all of you

before walling myself
off for the final push.

Now that I've done that, I
will see you when it's over.

- Good luck.

- Pinkava versus Emmerich--

- That's mine.

- I thought this was
Daniel Morales's matter.

- Daniel is in the
middle of a trial.

Rather than let a
client be shortchanged

by our oversight and
delegation, I decided

to take the case myself.

- Then let's hear it.

- We represent Arthur
Emmerich, a voice therapist.

He's being sued by
a former client.

The man claims that his voice
did not improve after taking

Mr. Emmerich's speech course.

He's suing for fraud,
breach of contract.

- You'll forgive me,
Leland, I wish you

all the best of luck
representing this client,

but I've seen his ads.

I think this guy's a con man.

- In what respect?

- Well, I think he might
oversell the importance

of one's voice just a tad.

I can't imagine that it really
makes that much difference how

you sound.

- Excuse me, Arnold.

Jinx Baldassare is waiting
to see you in your office.

Are you available to
see her now or shall I

tell her that you're detained?

What?

[theme music]

[music playing]

- Ms. Hagan, have you ever let
someone tie you up for money?

- Objection.

There's no allegation
that she was

tied up in the present case.

- Sustained.

- Have you ever participated in
sex with more than one person

at a time for money?

- Objection.

There's no allegation of
group sex in the present case.

- Sustained.

- Have you ever participated
in bestiality for money?

- Mr. DeStefano, come on.

- Your honor, I
think it's perfectly

relevant to establish to
what lengths this woman

will go for money.

- I'm holding otherwise.

Next question.

- Excuse me, I have a question.

Is it all right if
I ask a question?

- Certainly.

- I still don't
really understand

this whole hearing thing.

I thought you couldn't ask a
rape victim about her past.

- Normally, that's
true, Ms. Hagan.

That's why we have
these section 782

hearings away from the jury.

Mr. DeStefano persuaded
me that certain elements

of your past sexual
behavior could be relevant.

He questions you here.

Then I decide what
he can and cannot ask

you again in front of the jury.

- And this is all because
I'm a prostitute, right?

- In part, yes.

Sex is your profession.

The way in which you
conduct that profession

could be relevant.

- [inhales deeply]

OK.

- Do you have any other
questions Mr. DeStefano?

- Just a few.

Ms. Hagan, have you ever
simulated rape for money?

- Yes.

- Did you enjoy
simulating rape for money?

- I'm not going to allow
that one, Mr. DeStefano.

Move on.

- Isn't enacting rape fantasies
one of your specialties?

- I couldn't allow
that one either.

- Have you ever participated
in rough sex for money?

- What do you mean by rough?

- Have you ever let
someone hit you for money?

- I haven't let
someone hit me, no.

- But you have been
hit during sex?

- Once or twice, yeah.

- Did you prosecute for rape?

- No.

- I think that's it, your honor.

- Thank you for your
cooperation, Ms. Hagan.

I can give you my decision now.

- With all due
respect, your honor,

isn't the court going to
take some time to deliberate?

- No, Mr. DeStefano.

The court is not going to
take some time to deliberate.

The court is ready to
render a decision now.

I'll allow the question
about simulated rape

and the questions
about rough sex.

- That's it?
- That's it.

- Judge Walker, with
all due respect,

I believe that the
questions you permitted

won't make any sense to the
jury without the questions

you've excluded.

If I could just have some
time to brief the issue--

- I don't think that'll
be very helpful.

Mr. DeStefano.

I made a decision.

I told you what it is Thank you.

- So if I understand
this procedure correctly,

you'll be asking me questions.

Is that right, Mr. Mackenzie?

- That's right Mr. Pinkava.

And as soon as your lawyer
gets here, we can begin.

- Oh, he's not coming.

- Why not?

- I couldn't get him to answer
my phone calls, so I fired him.

- Well, did you try
employing the telephone voice

that we worked on?

- Why would I?

It was just as ineffective
as all the other gibberish

you taught me.

- Do you understand
your disadvantage here,

proceeding without an attorney?

- I don't view it as a
disadvantage, Mr. McKenzie.

- I believe I'm fully
capable of representing

myself competently, and that's
just what I intend to do.

- Let the record
reflect Mr. Pinkava

opted to proceed pro se.

Mr. Pinkava, what led
you to enroll in Mr.

Emmerich's vocal academy?

- Well, at the risk of
stating the obvious,

I wanted to change my voice.

- I take it you
were dissatisfied

with some aspect of your voice.

- I was dissatisfied with
every aspect of my voice.

Mr. McKenzie, all my
life, I've been mimicked,

ridiculed, and dismissed.

Well, I'm 63 years old
and I'm sick of it.

I'm sick of calls going
unreturned, of being ignored

by waitresses and taxi drivers.

And I'm sick of the
smirks on people's faces

every time I open my mouth.

- Mr. Pinkava, when you
first met Mr. Emmerich,

what prognosis did he offer?

- He said that by the time
I got to his vocal academy,

I wouldn't even
recognize my voice.

Well, I took every
class you offered,

Mr. Emmerich, some of
them twice, and my voice

hasn't changed at all.

- What more could I have
done for you, Francis?

Didn't I spend time after
class cajoling you to project

from your diaphragm to feel
the tonal currents rising

from the abdomen and
through the nasal pharynx?

- And where did it get me?

Did it improve my social
life like you said it would?

Did my career advance?

- I never made any promises.

- You did.

By implication,
you certainly did.

- No, Francis, what I said was
those are the natural rewards

of improved vocal presence,
which you unfortunately

were unable to achieve.

- And whose fault was that?

- Perhaps yours, Mr. Pinkava.

- Mine?

- Yes.

Did you complete the required
homework assignments?

For example, did you practice
your basil glissandos

at home every night?

- Yes, I did.

- Your deep-throated yodeling?

- I did that too.

- Your soft palate vibratos?

Your facial calisthenics?

Your epiglottal tongue presses?

- I did them all
every single night.

And you want to know why?

Because I believed
in you, Mr. Emmerich.

I actually thought you could get
me to sound like a regular guy.

But you cheated
me and you thought

you could get away with it.

Well, think again, Mr. Emmerich.

Francis Pinkava
will not roll over.

Francis Pinkava
will not go away.

- Eli, how's it going?

- Great, just great.

Shooting through the
California Civil Code.

- It's freezing in here.

- It is cold, I realize that.

- You, uh, want to take
a break, get some dinner?

- No, I don't think
so, but thanks.

- You got to eat.

- Not necessarily.

The combination of hunger
and air conditioning

has me extremely focused.

Plus I've been chewing
this Japanese coffee gum,

and that's provided
a significantly

heightened energy level.

- Japanese coffee gum.

- It's called koji pato.

One stick is caffeine
equivalent of 10 cups of coffee.

You want some?

- No, thanks.

- Perfectly safe, as safe as a
cup of coffee, safe as 10 cups

of coffee.

- I think I'll pass anyway.

Look, Eli, I think
you should definitely

get something to eat.

I feel very strongly about this.

- What's interesting is that
coffee acts as an accelerant

to coffee gum.

It's important to
maintain a balance.

Coffee gum, gum coffee.

The combined effect
creates a whole is greater

than the sum of its parts.

If you monitor your intake,
you achieve the greatest

level of stimulation.

- I think you're pretty
stimulated already.

I think maybe you should
go home, get some rest.

- I'll be leaving
here at 1:30 AM.

I'll be in bed by 2:15.

- You got it all worked out?

- I think it's critical to
be as precise as possible

in charting your routine
while studying for the bar.

As long as I avoid
distractions, stay

focused, and keep
to the program,

everything will be fine.

- Well, I'm going to
let you get back to it.

I'll see you tomorrow.

- Thanks, Stuart.

- Hey.

- Hey, what are you doing here?

- I'm putting together some
surveillance photos for Arnie.

What are you doing here?

- Studying for the bar.

Tomorrow's the first
day of the exam.

- You want some coffee?

- I do.

Is there enough
left is the problem.

- Are you all right?

- What do you mean?

- I mean, look at you.

You're sweating.

You're shaking.

- I've had a fair amount
of caffeine today.

- Oh.
- I had coffee.

I had koji pato gum.

The caffeine, I
think, is probably

acting as a diaphoretic,
which is why I'm sweating.

[exhales sharply] My heart's
beating pretty fast too.

My God, this can't
be healthy, can it?

- Let me feel.

Oh, your heart is
beating pretty fast.

Here, feel mine.

- Huh.
- What?

- Your heart's definitely
not beating as fast as mine.

- I think I know
a way to catch up.

Are you involved with anyone?

- No.

I mean, I came out here alone.

I'm alone now.

Officially, I'm not
involved with anyone.

- Oh, glad to hear that.

- So Mr. Emmerich, think
you're prepared to withstand

the crucible of
my interrogation?

- Mr. Pinkava, I'm not
going to allow my client

to answer any questions that
are extraneous to the issues

at hand.

- In that case, I'd like him to
tell me if he recognizes this.

- Oh, yes, that is a print
advertisement for my classes.

- Exactly.

Read it, Mr. Emmerich.

- Vocal therapist
Arthur Emmerich

announces another series of
Express for Success seminars--

- Stop.

What does that mean, Mr.
Emmerich, Express for Success?

- It refers to the fact
that proper vocal expression

can help one achieve success.

- I attended seminars where you
taught proper vocal expression.

Did I achieve success?

- No.

- Uh-huh!

Please continue reading
the ad, Mr. Emmerich.

- The intermediate
course teaches

basic vocal skills
that will make you more

effective in social situations.

- Stop.

I took the intermediate course.

Was I more effective
in social situations?

- I don't see the word
"guarantee" here anywhere.

- Admit it, Mr. Emmerich,
your classes don't work.

You are a charlatan, a fraud.

- Mr. Pinkava--

- I'll have you know the
vast majority of students

respond to my methods.

But I'm not a miracle worker.

I can't be expected to fashion
a Stradivarius from a Kazoo.

- That's not the
impression you gave me.

- Francis, the parameters
of our covenant

were that you paid
me to instruct you

in the vocal sciences, a service
which I rendered in good faith.

But I cannot be held responsible
for your inflated expectations.

- Well, if you didn't
think you could

help me, why did you let me come
back again and again and again?

- I thought I could
help you, Francis.

I thought we were
nearing a breakthrough.

- I don't believe you.

I think all you
are thinking about

is the thousands of
dollars I was paying you.

- Careful, Francis, I'm hearing
that pinched nasal sound

you get when you're straining.

- You're trying
to intimidate me,

something you've been rather
successful at it in the past.

In fact, I think I'll throw
in for additional damages

based on emotional distress.

- Mr. Pinkava, that claim
is as frivolous as all

the others you've made.

And I must warn
you, you could be

liable for court
costs and legal fees

if you insist on pursuing it.

- Oh, so that's your
strategy, is it?

The big boys with the big voices
ganging up on the little boys

with the little voices.

- That's it, I will not subject
myself to this any longer.

You want the truth, Francis?

The truth is you have exactly
the voice that you deserve,

the voice of a pusillanimous
embittered man.

And I cannot bear to listen
to it one second longer.

- You are the complainant
in this action,

is that right, Ms. Hagan?

- That's right.

- What is your occupation?

- I'm a prostitute.

- Are you acquainted with
the defendant Rick Turner?

- He was a regular customer
of mine for about a year.

We had a date at
least once a week.

- How much did Mr. Turner
pay you for those dates?

- $1,000 a session.

- Would you describe
for the court

what happened during these
sessions with Mr. Turner?

- Rick got off on verbal abuse.

On our first date, he told
me exactly what he wanted,

and that's how we
did it every time.

- What did Mr. Turner
tell you he wanted?

- I was supposed
to fix him a drink,

get undressed, and
tell him how much

I wanted to have sex with him.

Once I was completely naked,
he'd start to berate me.

He'd ask how a sweet,
innocent little girl

got to be a prostitute.

He'd ask me how I could face my
family, what my parents would

think if they could see me.

- And how were you
supposed to respond?

- I was supposed to cry.

He couldn't get an erection
until I started crying,

so I pretended to cry.

Sometimes I didn't
have to pretend.

Then we'd have intercourse
and he'd leave.

- What happened on June
the 6th, Ms. Hagan?

- He arrived at my apartment
and I told him I didn't

want him as a client anymore.

I told him that after
a date with him,

I was depressed for days.

I said it wasn't worth it.

And I asked him to leave.

- Did he?

- No.

He started yelling
obscenities at me

and getting all red in the face.

He slapped me and then he
grabbed me around the throat

and he slammed my
head against the wall.

Once I stopped struggling,
he tore off my clothes

and he raped me.

- Thank you, Ms. Hagan.

I have no further questions.

- Ms. Hagan, have you ever
enacted a rape fantasy

for one of your clients?

- Yes.

- Did you ever do
it for Mr. Turner?

- No, that's not
what he was into.

- Did you ever discuss enacting
a rape fantasy with Mr. Turner?

- Yes.

- Would you tell us under
what circumstances you did so?

- He wanted to know what
I did with other clients.

He liked to use specific
things when he rebuked me.

- How would you describe
the consensual sex

you had with Mr. Turner?

- Exactly what did you want
to know, Mr. DeStefano?

- Well, was he gentle?

- No.

- Rough?

- The only time he got rough
was the day he raped me.

- Have you ever sustained any
physical injuries in your line

of work, Ms. Hagan?

- I've had a few bruises.

- Did you ever have to go
to the hospital before?

- Once.

- What were the circumstances?

- The guy broke my finger.

- Did you charge him with rape?

- He didn't rape me.

He wasn't forcing
me to do something

I told him I didn't want to do.

- Did he have pockets
as deep as Turner's?

- Objection.

- Sustained.

- Ms. Hagan, did
you or did you not

file a civil suit against my
client, claiming $1.5 million

in damages on the same day
that you went to the police

and charged him with rape?
- Yes, I did.

- And did anyone advise you that
winning a criminal conviction

against Mr. Turner would
greatly increase your chances

of winning big in a civil suit?

- Rick Turner treated me
like I wasn't even human.

He hit me with his fist.

He choked me.

He raped me like it was nothing.

- But for a million and
a half, you're even?

- Objection.
- Sustained.

- You think that's a
good deal, Mr. DeStefano?

- Is it fair to say that
if, for some reason,

you became tired of selling
your body, that $1.5 million

would pretty much
let you retire?

- I don't sell my body.

I sell sex.

I choose who I have sex with.

In that regard, I'm like
anyone else in this room.

[music playing]

- Hello.

How was the first day?

- I think it went pretty well.

- I'm glad.

- [sighs]

I was on my way to study.

I guess I'd better
get back to it.

- I'll see you later.

- [exhales deeply]

[electric machine whirring]

- Eli, surprise.

- Audrey.

My god, what-- what
are you doing here?

- [chuckles] Hello to you too.

- Did I know you were coming?

- No.

- How did you get here?

- How do you think?

I flew.

- But you hate to fly.

- I know, but I hated
missing you more.

Actually, I was fine, except
for takeoff and landing.

I have a meeting with Tom
Chino about supplying some

of the produce
for my restaurant,

and I thought I
would surprise you.

Aren't you happy to see me?

- Of course, I'm
happy to see you.

I'm just surprised.

- Is this a bad time?

- No, no, it's not a bad--
well, it's kind of a bad time.

I'm kind of in the
middle of taking the bar.

- Oh.

Well, we could see
each other at night.

- I have to study
at night, Audrey.

I have to prepare.

- Well, I'm going to be
pretty busy myself looking

at little pink turnips
all day, but I thought

maybe we could still have a
little time for each other,

couldn't we?

- Yes.

- I still think about you, Eli.

Sometimes I just
lie in bed and I

can't stop thinking about you.

[music playing]

[chatter]

- Oh, Mr. Mackenzie,
just a minute.

- What is it, Mr. Pinkava?

- I'd like to schedule another
deposition for later today.

- And who is it you
want to depose now?

- You, Mr. Mackenzie.

- Mr. Pinkava, what
possible relevance could

my testimony have to your case?

- I think you've been
taking vocal lessons

at Mr. Emmerich's academy.

- [scoffs] I assure
you, I have not.

But supposing I had, so what?

- So then I'm entitled
to subpoena you.

- Mr. Pinkava, I will not make
myself available to be deposed

by you, unless I am
compelled to by proper notice

and proper subpoena.

Good day.

- Where can I get
a proper subpoena?

- Ask the court clerk.

- Don't think I won't.

- The surly surgeon flirted with
the PERT nurse last Thursday.

The harried aristocrat danced
acrobatically with the daughter

of the Arab ambassador.

- Oh, no, don't tell me he
sunk his talents into you too.

- Who?

- Arthur Emmerich.

- [scoffs] He hasn't
sunken anything into me.

- That man will prey
on your insecurities.

He will build you up with
a lot of false promises

and then he'll devour your soul.

- I guess you take him a little
more seriously than I do.

- Well, why are you
taking his course?

- Well, I don't know.

Maybe I'll do
Shakespeare someday.

Why are you taking this course?

- Isn't it obvious?

- What do you mean?

- I mean my voice.

Isn't it obvious why I
want to change my voice?

- No.

- Well, Mr. Emmerich would
certainly think it was obvious.

He'd say my voice
is the reason why

I never got anywhere in life.

- And you believe that?

- Well, yes, I do.

I was never
successful in business

and I certainly was never
successful with women.

I mean, women aren't
drawn to me at all.

Mr. Emmerich said he
would fix all that.

- Look, I don't know about
being successful in business

or what Mr. Emmerich has to say.

And as far as women being
drawn to you, you know,

I've always based my decision
on what men have to say

rather than on how they sound.

But you know, that's just me.

- I was married to a woman
that felt the same way.

- Oh, yeah?

- And she passed away.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

- Thanks.

Uh, she was my
first and only girl.

- [chuckles mildly] Hey, you
know, not for nothing, but, uh,

I don't think it's your
voice that's the problem,

I mean, despite what
Mr. Emmerich has to say.

- I sense that you're a very
kind and compassionate person.

Would you mind very much
if I subpoenaed you?

- Not at all.

- Thank you.

- Could you tell us,
Mr. Turner, why it is

that you frequent prostitutes?

- Well, because I know myself,
because as Amanda indicated,

I have some fairly
exotic sexual needs.

I try not to pass
judgment on those,

but I don't think it's
right to indulge them with

unwilling or innocent partners.

- Would you describe what your
arrangement was with Amanda?

- I was referred to her
by a friend a little

over a year ago.

I met with her and
I liked her and I

told her very explicitly
what I wanted from her,

and she agreed.

If she hadn't, I would
have gone elsewhere.

- And what about the
night of June 6, 1993?

According to Ms. Hagan's
testimony, on that night,

she did tell you to go
elsewhere and you refused.

- She's lying.

I told her I wanted to break
off the association, not

the other way around.

- And what happened
when you told her that?

- She got very upset.

She suggested before I
terminate the relationship,

that we try something different.

- What was that
something different?

- She suggested I
pretend to rape her.

- And did you accommodate
Ms. Hagan's suggestion?

- I told her I wasn't sure
that's what I wanted to do.

- What happened?

- She slapped me.

I grabbed her wrist and she
started struggling against me.

Despite my ambivalence,
the fantasy was engaged.

I was actually quite startled at
how hard she fought against me.

Every time I would let go of her
wrist, she would slap me again.

Finally, I pulled her
clothes off and we had sex.

I paid her and I left.

- Did you at any time
hit Ms. Hagan in the face

or knock her head into the wall?

- I suppose that
may have happened

while we were struggling
but never intentionally.

And I never forced her to
have sexual intercourse.

- Thank you.

Your witness.

- Didn't it cross your mind,
Mr. Turner, that Ms. Hagan might

have been fighting
as fiercely as she

was because you were hurting
her and she wanted to get away?

- I know prostitutes,
Mr. Mullaney.

I know when they're pretending.

I know when they're sincere.

Amanda Hagan did not
want to get away.

- How many times had you
been with Amanda Hagan

prior to June 6?

- I don't know.

40, 50?

- $1,000 a throw?

That's a significant
amount of money.

- Well, we all have our
vices, Mr. Mullaney.

I suppose that's mine.

- Wouldn't the fact that
she would say no to you

after you paid her that
much money make you mad?

- She didn't say no to
me, and I didn't get mad.

- You say you don't
feel right indulging

your exotic sexual needs
with an unwilling partner.

Have you ever done that?
- No.

- Never?
- Never.

- Not even once?
- Objection.

Asked and answered, your honor.
- Sustained.

- You've really got nothing
to lose by sitting up there

and lying, do you, Mr. Turner?

- Neither does
she, Mr. Mullaney.

- Hello.

Hello.

How are you?

- The air in Romania remains
redolent of persimmon.

The air in Romania--

- How are you?

- Uh, Leland McKenzie
for Mr. Emmerich.

- I'll let him know you're here.

- Roger and Reginald went to
river rafting with Aurora.

- Mr. McKenzie,
Thank you for coming.

I'd rather you handle this
than involve the police.

- We may have to
involve the police.

Where is he?
- Well, I don't know.

He's been passing
these out to students.

He says he wants to depose
everybody in the school.

- Oh, Mr. Fujimori,
you are hereby

summoned to avail yourself
for questioning at the time

and the place listed.

- Mr. Pinkava,
you can't subpoena

the entire student body.

- Why not?

I want to see if
anyone else has had

an experience similar to mine.

We may be talking a
class action suit.

- Are you aware that
Mr. Emmerich could

have arrested for trespassing?

- How can I be trespassing?

I'm enrolled till the
end of the semester.

- Not for the purpose
of serving subpoenas.

- You're disturbing
this man's business,

and you're doing so
without any legal basis.

I strongly suggest that you
desist and desist immediately.

- I don't think I'll do that.

I'd like to say something.

What is it exactly that
accounts for us being here?

A sense of inferiority?

A fear of being judged
and found wanting?

I know I carry that
around with me.

I have a high pitched
voice, I'm short

and I don't have a
full head of hair.

Well, there isn't much I
can do about my height.

But as for the hair,
I bought a toupee.

As for the voice, I take
lessons from Mr. Emmerich.

But every once in a while, I
think of my dear departed wife.

I think of how
utterly unimportant

those things were to her.

She loved me, and that was that.

So my question to
all of you is, whose

opinion are you afraid of?

I say, if they judge you by the
way you sound, they matter not.

I say abandon all efforts
and speak with whatever voice

you have!

[distant police siren]

- Hello.

How are you?

- I left my packer
coat in Alberta.

[speaking simultaneously]

- Hi.

- How was the bar exam?

- Tomorrow's last day.

- What are you doing for supper?

- I was going to order a
steak from a Petrelli's.

- Order two, and
I'll go pick them up.

- I can't do that, Chase.

- Why not?

- If we have dinner together,
I'll have a wonderful time.

We'll laugh.

We'll talk, and I won't
want you to leave.

- So?

- I've got to focus
on this test tonight.

I'm not drinking any coffee.

I'm not showing
any koji pato gum.

I've got to just
shore up my strength

and concentrate on
getting through this.

- OK.

Good luck.

- Audrey.

- Hi, honey.

- When did you get here?

- Just a few minutes ago.

I spent all day at the Chinos.

The vegetables there
are so incredible.

They have striped
tomatoes, black cabbage,

like, six kinds of radishes,
four kinds of turnips.

It was amazing.

- Wow.

- Can we have dinner tonight?

- I can't, Audrey.

- Why not?

- If we had dinner together,
I would have a wonderful time.

We would laugh.
We'd talk.

I wouldn't want you to leave.

- So that would be a good thing?

- I've got to focus
on this test tonight.

I'm not drinking any coffee.

I'm not chewing
any koji pato gum.

I've just got to
shore up my strength

and concentrate on
getting through this.

- OK.

- What are you going to do?

- I'm going to go
visit my friend Helena.

- I'm-- I'm really sorry.

- That's OK.

This test, you're
done tomorrow, right?

- Right.

- OK, I'll come
and see you then.

Bye.

- Is council ready to
deliver closing arguments?

- The prosecution would like
to call one rebuttal witness,

your honor, Susan Davies.

- Defense strongly objects
to this witness, your honor.

- Counsel approach.

- Your honor, this witness
is not a rebuttal witness.

She's just part of
their case in chief

that they've held back,
hoping for a greater impact

on their miserably weak case.

- This witness was not willing
to step forward until now.

I think the jury is
entitled to hear her.

- I ask that if this
witness testifies,

it be away from the
jury so your honor can

determine whether
the probative value

outweighs the prejudicial.

- Mr. DeStefano, if either
a question or an answer

appears inadmissible, according
to your interpretation

of the rules of evidence,
make an objection

and I'll rule on it.

Call your witness, Mr. Mullaney.

- Ms. Davies, how do
you know the defendant?

- I was his secretary at Stifel
Records for about a year.

- Would you describe that
relationship to the court?

- For the first
few months, it was

pretty standard stuff,
answering the phones, typing

letters, taking dictation.

- How did that change?

- It was kind of gradual.

At first, he'd tease
me about my boyfriend,

ask me where we went, how
serious we were getting.

And then he wanted to know
details about my sex life,

and he got very graphic
about his sex life.

- Objection.
Relevance.

- Your honor, I would
respectfully submit that

the defendant's sexual
history is at least

as relevant as the victim's.

- Agreed.

Objection overruled.

- Did you get physical with you?

- He'd grabbed me.

He'd rub up against me.

He'd make this whole
display of looking

down my blouse or up my skirt.

One of the last things
I remember him doing

was coming out of his office
and masturbating on my desk.

- Oh, like you had
nothing to do with that.

- Mr. Turner.

- Like you didn't play
the little coquette.

- Mr. Turner, if you
say one more word,

I'll hold you in contempt.

Proceed, Mr. Mullaney.

- Why did you continue
working for him, Ms. Davies?

- He kept promising to
introduce me to important people

who could help my career.

Finally, that wasn't
a good enough reason.

I went into his office
and told him I didn't

want to work for him anymore.

- What happened
when you did that?

- He started yelling,
telling me all the things he

thought were wrong with
me, my clothes, my voice,

the way I smelled.

Then he shoved me onto
the couch and pinned

my hands behind my back.

He started unzipping
his pants and shoving--

putting-- pushing his
knee up under my skirt.

He tore my skirt.

- What happened
then, Ms. Davies?

- Someone knocked at the door.

[sobbing] It was almost like
he came out of a trance.

He told the person to go
away and then he just got

up and went into his bathroom.

And then I just ran out.

If that person
hadn't knocked, I'm

sure he would have raped me.

- Objection.

Speculation, your honor.

- Sustained.

The jury will disregard
the witness's last comment.

- I have no further questions.

- Are there any witnesses
to these alleged incidents,

Ms. Davies?

- No.

- Do you ever press assault
or sexual harassment

charges against Mr. Turner?

- Mr. Turner made it quite
clear to me that if I did,

I could forget about a career
in the recording industry.

- So you kept right on working
for him even after all this?

- I transferred to
record promotions.

- Been over a year since
all these alleged incidents

took place, Ms. Davies.

Why come forward now?

- When I heard he actually raped
someone, I couldn't keep quiet.

Maybe if I had reported him
or brought charges against him

before, this wouldn't
have happened.

- So your coming here today
wouldn't have anything

to do with the fact that Mr.
Turner rejected your request

for a promotion to
a better position

at artists and repertoire?

- No, it would not.

- Thank you.

No further questions.

[music playing]

What we have here,
ladies and gentlemen,

is a conflict in testimony.

Amanda Hagan says
Rick Turner raped her.

Rick Turner says they had
consensual sex, just like they

have been having consensual
sex for a year preceding

the encounter in question.

So who are you going to believe?

Rick Turner is a respectable
and very successful businessman.

He readily admits to having
unusual sexual habits.

He also admits he
goes to prostitutes.

But if he wasn't getting what
he wanted from one prostitute,

he went on to the next.

He didn't beat them
up and rape them.

Now, Amanda Hagan on the
other hand, lies for a living.

She earns her money
by faking pleasure,

by telling men whatever she
has to in order to make them

come back for another session.

So today, she comes
into this courtroom

and decides to lie a
little more by accusing

a wealthy client of rape
and going after a big payday

in civil court.

Ladies and gentlemen, in
order to convict Rick Turner,

you have to believe,
beyond a reasonable doubt,

that what happened
between he and Amanda

Hagan was not consensual.

You will thus be sending a man
to prison on this woman's word

and on her word alone.

I ask that you search
your hearts fully

before you do such a thing.

[chatter]

- Is it possible to rape a woman
who sells her body for sex?

Well, if you put your car up
for sale and someone forcibly

takes it from you, That's
theft, in the same way that

raping a prostitute is rape.

The critical issue, the
only issue is consent.

Did Amanda Hagan
consent to having

sexual intercourse with Turner?

Did she consent to
him hitting her,

to his ramming her
head into a wall?

The answer is no.

She said no, and she
said it to a man who

wouldn't take no for an answer.

I suspect that in
his heart of hearts,

Rick Turner doesn't
believe that what he did

was a crime any
more than running

over a small animal in the road
is a crime or kicking a dog.

It's your job,
ladies and gentlemen,

to let him know that
the rape of a prostitute

is indeed a crime,
that it's a crime

of the same magnitude as
the rape of a school teacher

or a waitress or a nun.

The state of California
asks you to recognize

what happened to Amanda
Hagan for what it was

and that you punish
the man responsible.

[chatter]

- Well, what do we have here?

- Good afternoon, gentlemen.

- Good afternoon.

- Leland McKenzie,
this is Valerie Briggs.

She's joining me as
co-plaintiff in my suit.

- It's a pleasure
to meet everybody.

You have a lovely office.

- Thank you.

- And of course, you
know Mr. Emmerich.

- Hello, Valerie.

- Hi, Mr. Emmerich.

I'm sorry about suing you, but
Francis was very persuasive.

- Mr. Pinkava, before
we go any further,

Mr. Emmerich has something
he'd like to say to you.

- Oh, afraid you're deceitful
empire is about to crumble,

Mr. Emmerich?

- No, Mr. McKenzie has assured
me that your lawsuit will be

dismissed shortly,
but I'm deeply

concerned about the level of
anger you have towards me.

In an attempt to
reconcile with you,

Mr. Emmerich would
like to offer one

year's worth of one-on-one
training absolutely free.

- Oh, why would I put
myself through that again?

The humiliation?

The failure?

- Because during your
oratory yesterday,

I detected a distinct
improvement in tonal quality.

Francis, you were
actually resonating.

- I was?

- Oh, yes, indeed.

I heard nuance.

I heard color.

I believe we experienced
our breakthrough.

- Wow.

- This isn't a trick, is it?

- No.

I don't engage in trickery
when it comes to the voice.

Besides, Francis,
how do you think

you were able to exert
such a powerful influence

over Valerie?

- All right, gentlemen
let's talk turkey.

In addition to a year's
free instruction for me,

I insist that Valerie
get the same deal.

- On one condition, I get
the right to use both of you

as case studies in my next book.

- What do you think, baby?

- I think we should
do it, Francis.

We'll be famous.

- Deal.

- [chuckles]

- Has the jury
reached a verdict?

- We have, your honor.

- What say you?

- In the matter of the
People versus Rick Turner,

we find the defendant
guilty of rape.

- Sentencing hearing
will be held in 30 days.

The jury is dismissed with
the thanks of the court.

[chatter]

- Thank you.

- I can't believe how
exhilarated I feel right now.

- You're tired.
You did good, right?

- I don't even care how I did.

All I care is that it's over.

The world with all
its infinite glories

is once again open before me.

I can take a walk,
eat in a restaurant,

enjoy the company of
a beautiful woman.

- Which one are
you referring to?

Jinx or Audrey?

- It's amazing, isn't it?

I've always had enough
difficulty getting

one woman to go out with me.

All of a sudden, I have
a surfeit of riches.

Oh, my god.

[sighs]

- Hello, Eli.

- Was I supposed
to meet you here?

- I knew you'd be done
with the bar, so I came by.

- I was waiting
when she arrived.

- Audrey explained that the
two of you had made plans.

- So we decided to
wait for you together.

- You decided to
wait for me together?

So now you're both at me?

- You weren't honest, Eli.

You weren't honest with me and
you weren't honest with her.

- You told me that you
weren't involved with anyone.

- And you didn't
tell me anything.

- How about I didn't want
to hurt anybody's feelings?

How about my life has
been in a state of flux?

I changed homes.

I changed jobs.

It's not unreasonable to think
that significant relationships

will also change.

- Does that mean
you want them to?

- I don't know.

I don't know what I want.

What I do know is that I've
been under a lot of pressure.

I just finished an
incredibly grueling few days,

which paid off in the fact that
I believe I aced the California

bar exam, which happens to
be one of the most difficult

in the entire country.

I think I deserve some
congratulations for that.

I think that, for
about five minutes,

I deserve to be just utterly
relieved and utterly happy.

- Nice meeting you, Audrey.

- You're leaving?

- I think you have a
few things to discuss

between the two of you.

- Is there anything
I can say right now

that will make everything OK?

- I don't think so.

Everything isn't OK, Eli.

You moved to Los
Angeles, and a part of me

actually believed that
really didn't mean anything,

but it means a lot.

- I wasn't moving away from you.

- I know, but the fact
is you are away from me.

We could talk on the phone.

We could see each
other once in a while.

But gradually, it just
becomes about catching up,

about what's already happened.

I don't think that's
what either of us want.

- I still love you, Audrey.

- I love you too.

- What are you going to do now?

- I'm going to go to the
airport and I'm going to get

a flight back to New York.

Um, take care of yourself, OK?

[sombre music]

[knocking]

- Judge Walker?

- Come in, Mr. Mullaney.

- You wanted to see me?

- Yes.

- Is there some problem
about the Turner trial?

- No.

- Oh, OK.

- I, uh-- I just wanted
to let you know that

I'll be recusing
myself from any cases

in which you're the prosecutor.

- Well, why?

- Because I find you
extremely attractive.

- You do?

- Yes, I do.

And I don't want my
personal feelings

to interfere with any ability to
maintain judicial impartiality.

Are you involved with anyone?

- No.

- Do you find me attractive?

- Yeah.

- You know, I'd like to
make a date right now,

but I think we ought to let the
dust settle in the Turner case,

don't you?

- Yeah, I do.

- So I'll be in touch.

- OK.

This attraction, it
doesn't have anything

to do with the decisions
that you made in my favor

during the Turner
trial, does it?

- You didn't find my
decisions questionable,

did you Mr. Mullaney?

- No.

- Well, there you are.

- Right.

[music playing]

[theme music]