All language subtitles for Diggstown s01e06 Kim Bond.eng

[BUBBLING]

KIM [SINGING]:
Baby, River

- Hi.
- [TINKLY MUSIC]

KIM: Oh, sweetie.

Whatcha looking at?

You're the cutest little guy

in the whole wide world.

Yes, you are, yes.

[TINKLY MUSIC]

[SNIFFS]

Uh, oh, stinky poo poo.

[TINKLY MUSIC]

[SIGHS]

KIM: River's out of diapers.

I've gotta go to the store.

Watch him.

- Cool, babe.
- [VIDEO GAME RAPID GUNFIRE]

The stove is on.

Make sure you turn it
off in five minutes.

Okay.

Come on, yeah! Come on. Yeah!

Clay!

- Watch him.
- Okay, okay.

[LAUGHING]

HANI: I got something I wanna show you.

Oh, I love this show.

No, this is actually
the Japanese version.

Oh!

She's moving.

Go!

Oh, damn.

- That must have hurt.
- [DOOR BELL JINGLES]

Oh, shoot, I gotta go.

[SIREN CHIRPS]

[SOMBRE INSTRUMENTAL]

Stop, stop, that's my baby!

That's my son!

That's my son!

FIREFIGHTER: Do you live here Miss, um?

No, it's my-it's my boyfriend's place.

We're just-we're just
staying here until...

Well one of your neighbours called 911

when the smoke detector went off

and no one in your unit was responding.

They found drugs in the apartment.

Did you know there were
drugs in the apartment?

Can you please just
give me my baby back?

He needs to be changed.

I just-I just want to change his diaper.

FIREFIGHTER: Child and Family
Services are on their way.

He needs to be changed!

Just, just give him back.

Can you please just give him back.

FIREFIGHTER: I'm sorry.

[TENSE INSTRUMENTAL]

[SOBBING]

[SIREN WAILS]

MARCIE: How is it in the best
interest of this little boy

to keep him from his mother?

LOUISE: It is certainly not
in the child's best interest

to be kept in a home with
an habitual drug user

as well as someone who's been diagnosed

with an illness that makes
her incapable of parenting.

Where are you getting this?

This court would be
endangering the life...

What evidence does counsel base
her opinion on, Your Honour?

LOUISE: Urine tests

taken one hour after police
were called to the scene

show that Clay Pyke,

the father of the minor child,

had over 300 nanograms
of THC in his system.

Miss Bond's social worker, Ona Reeves,

can provide evidence to
attest to Miss Bond's history

of missing doctor's appointments,

as well as evading CFS's
mandated home visits.

Evading? Your Honour,
Miss Bond taking her son

to visit with his
grandmother is evading?

LOUISE: Your Honour, Miss Bond's
poor executive functioning,

hyperactivity and attention deficiencies

place her child at risk and...

Your Honour, my client was diagnosed

with a mild form of Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

as a teenager.

The Department of Child
and Family Services

is discriminating against her
based on her disability.

Please, stop.

If only I had all day for this.

Miss Diggs, I'm going to give
you and your client 40 days

to present a parenting plan
acceptable to this court.

If you're unable to do so,

we will move forward with
a permanent care hearing

where final custody of the minor
child will be determined.

In the meantime,

the minor child will remain in
the care and custody of CFS.

We are adjourned.

BAILIFF: All rise.

What does that mean?

There's a lot of work to be done,

and very little time.

[HIP HOP MUSIC]

- Synced & corrected by MementMori -
-- www.addic7ed.com --

Hi, I'm, uh, Carson Myers.

5'11" 175 pounds.

I like, uh, cheap beer, hot wings,

and, uh, baked rice pudding.

I'm currently single,

having recently divorced.

We're good?

It's a start.

I smell coffee.

Better be hot.

Colleen catches you eating
from her secret stash,

she's gonna kill ya.

Go ahead, tell her.

Guess who won't be at
your annual booze cruise,

and if I'm not there,

my mother's famous apple
pie won't be there either.

REGGIE: Aw, hey now.

That's not playing fair.

And after all the nice things

I said about you to the
School of Social Work?

They called you?

What'd you say?

I said they'd be lucky to have you.

Thank you.

Oh, hey, Kim, how's it going?

Pam, hi.

Hi.

Pam, can you tell Marcie
Noreen is always late?

It's true, Kim's mother is always late.

When do you go before Judge Lawrence?

In three days.

That's when the parenting plan is due,

but I may need to ask for an extension

if Noreen's kinship
application isn't complete.

Where is your mother?

PAM: Oh, you want your mother
to be River's guardian?

KIM: Mom's good now.

She quit drinking and everything.

Okay, great.

So you're not gonna appeal
the judge's initial ruling?

I have a little time,

I'd be more than happy to help.

I think we're good.

Besides, Kim wants her
little boy back with her,

not in foster care with strangers,

and Noreen's kinship application

is the fastest way to make this happen.

Okay, Katniss.

Nice to see you, Kim.

KIM: Katniss?

Like the girl from the Hunger Games?

Yeah, it's just a...

- a stupid nickname from my old firm.
- [PHONE RINGING]

Marcie Diggs.

Where are you?

NOREEN: Marcie,

Rick and I, our voices are loud.

I swear to god we wasn't doin' nothin'!

Don't even lie to me Noreen, okay?

The arresting officer
told me that there's been

at least five calls in
the last three weeks.

Oh, I'm not allowed to have a life?

You know what, you're selfish!

You realize 90% of parents with FASD

have their kids taken from them.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?

Make 'em prove it.

I'll swear on a stack of
Bibles I never touched a drop

when I was pregnant with Kim.

- You put me on the stand...
- So you can lie?

In three days, I have
to convince the judge

that Kim has support systems necessary

to help raise her son,

and now because you can't keep
it together we got nothing.

[SOBBING]

No, not doing this.

You're not gonna give me a ride?

Bus is running.

COLLEEN: A Mareva
injunction, really, Tessa?

I mean do you really think
you're gonna convince a judge

to freeze my client's assets?

Sure.

Two p.m.

What'd she say?

It's good.

They want to sit down tomorrow at two.

I think we're gonna be
able to settle this.

Everything I've got is in
that business, Colleen.

You'll take care of this, right?

Look, I'm-I'm a bit late for a
meeting with one of my lawyers,

but don't worry, I'm gonna handle this.

Okay, thanks.

DOUG: I've got a mother charged
with assault causing bodily harm

after leaving a child in a hot car.

The Crown is considering
the death penalty.

Nice.

DOUG: Nice?

Have you heard a word that I've said?

Sorry.

Look, I'm helping out a friend
on a civil litigation file.

He owns this small landscaping business,

you know, hires kids for the summer,

pays them a good wage,
teaches them mindfulness.

He's the definition of a do-gooder.

What did he do?

COLLEEN: Well, one of the kids he hired

was bullying another one,

and the kid who was being harassed

got fed up and stabbed him in
the arm with pruning shears.

The "Garden Hedge Hero"?

Your guy's messed up in that nonsense?

The parents of the bully

are now saying that their
kid lost their reputation

due to Lyle's negligence,

and they're suing him for
two million dollars.

Let me get this straight.

Their kid bullies someone and
they're suing your friend?

That's the takeaway?

The villain becomes the victim.

How the hell did we get here?

MARCIE: Ona, come on.

Louise will do whatever you tell her.

Where's the restraining order?
It-it needs to be in the file.

Get her lawyer on the
phone, we need that paper.

Tomorrow we can make a motion
and ask the judge together

to give me, to give Kim more time.

ONA: Last time I looked,

it was just Kim and Noreen.

The paternal grandparents
aren't interested?

I've already been down this road.

Do you think I want to take
Kim's child away from her?

- Then don't!
- [CELL PHONE BUZZING AND NOTIFICATION]

Kim is doing, has done the work.

Her illness in and of
itself shouldn't-shouldn't

disqualify her from raising her kid.

Come to me with somebody who
can help Kim raise her son,

and I'll consider it.

Without that,

I have to recommend River be
placed with another family

permanently.

[SOMBRE INSTRUMENTAL]

MARCIE: Hello, Mr. Pyke,

I represent Kim Bond and
I was really hoping...

- [PHONE CLICKS]
- Hello?

Um, were you expecting Kim?

Well, she's here.

Oh, and she's leaking.

She's leaking?

KIM: My doctor told me that breast milk

is better than formula for babies.

Said it will make River a smart boy.

How can I help you, Kim?

KIM: I went to take River's
milk to Ona this morning

and she wouldn't take it.

Said it was too much for the fosters.

You're taking breast
milk to CFS every day?

[SIGHS]

River will get his milk, don't worry.

Whoa.

I need a favour, it's personal.

Shoot.

I'm supposed to go to M&M

for a meeting at two o'clock
today on Lyle's case.

They called, they insisted
I got the time wrong.

They want to meet at noon.

I've got a conflict.

- Can you...
- Sure.

[SIGHS] Thanks, Doug.

Listen, one more thing.

Lyle's like family to me.

I love the guy,

but he's not gonna want to
go hard on these people.

Don't worry. I got it covered.

Thanks.

PAM: Got any gluten-free options?

You gotta have gluten-free options.

REGGIE: Well I'm cooking up
my famous fried whole clams,

will that do?

PAM: No, that's not gluten-free.

This arrived for you.

PAM: Whoa, did you see who it was from?

Just the delivery guy.

PAM: Huh.

REGGIE: So, who's it from?

Return from Amazon, nothing special.

Return from Amazon?

IRIS: Mhmm.

Weird.

ONA: Do you know how hard it
is to find great fosters?

This whole business with Kim and
the bottles of breast milk?

It's too much of a burden.

Then you should have allowed her access.

Ha, I remember being so high and mighty.

You'll come down to earth soon enough.

I want you to get this milk

to the foster family before it spoils.

Did you not hear what I just said?

What are you...

River is going to get his mother's
freshly pumped breast milk

every day that he
remains in foster care,

and if he doesn't,

I'm gonna file a civil suit against CFS

on behalf of Kim for
intentionally interfering

with Kim's maternal rights.

Go easy, Marcie.

Not on this.

You're lucky I like you.

[HORN BLARES]

TESSA: Mr. Paul, Tessa Cox.

So you're the gentle giant
I've heard so much about.

Well, my daughter's
got a way with words.

My daughter Leah, she works here.

Along with 200 other folks.

No, I meant Marcie Diggs.

She's my former associate.

Marcie is great.

I miss her every day.

Mr. Kavanaugh, Tessa Cox.

Hey, uh, Lyle.

I-I wasn't aware that Legal Aid

took on cases like this.

I was happy to receive
the call from Colleen,

and I think if we put
our heads together,

we should be able to put
this matter to bed.

That is our hope.

Great.

All right. Now,

I've advised my clients
to let me do the talking.

It takes the emotion out of it.

Now, I assume your client, Lyle,

when he hired the Nolans' son, Arthur,

that his intent was for it
to be a positive experience.

Of course.

All I want is to teach these kids how to

interact with nature and their peers

instead of a cellphone or a tablet.

TESSA: So you're making
it your responsibility

to prepare these boys for the
next phase of their lives?

- Well I...
- You can't do that.

If you wanted to pose my client...

I've been instructed by my clients

to settle the claim against your client

with the following terms.

First, Lyle will write a letter to Brown

on behalf of the Nolans' son, Arthur,

taking full responsibility
for the incident

between my client's son
and the other boy.

Second, he will agree to
shut down his business.

I mean, it's not as if it's
much of a business to give up.

I know.

It should give Mr.
Kavanaugh a strong basis

to file a defamation claim.

Defamation?

DOUG: Dr. Nolan and her husband
have been going around

accusing my client of negligence,

which you can't prove.

You've blamed your son's
bullying on my client,

which you also know is false.

Your son needs counselling not...

So you're a lawyer and
a parenting coach?

Wonderful!

I'm also great at math.

Your clients own assets north
of 50 million dollars.

If you move forward with
this Mareva motion,

we'll be filing a counter claim

for at least five million
dollars in damages.

It's good to meet you, Doug.

- Mm.
- My best to Marcie.

[SOMBRE INSTRUMENTAL]

[STUTTERING] We're not really
gonna sue these people are we?

I mean, I just-I just
want this to go away.

We're good.

Can I help you?

Hi. I'm Marcie Diggs.

I'm Kim Bond's lawyer.

Right, I thought I told you
we didn't want to talk.

And I thought I'd try
to change your mind.

Well I hope you're a better talker

than you are a listener.

Come on.

MARCIE: I appreciate you taking
the time to speak with me.

Ona Reeves, Kim Bond's social worker,

she mentioned that you and Mr. Pyke

weren't interested in filing
a kinship application

for custody of your grandson,

and well, I guess I was
just curious as to why.

Miss Diggs...

Oh, Marcie, please.

I think I might've been younger
than you when I had Clay.

- You've met Clay.
- Yeah.

He's on the spectrum.

I mean, it's not a definite diagnosis,

it's a little bit of this,
a little bit of that,

and finding him the right
medication was hell,

and that led to him
being a really hard...

a really hard kid to parent.

It brought our marriage to the brink

and we didn't have any more kids

because if we'd had to
parent another Clay,

I think that we really would
have killed one another.

MR. PYKE: He's been
here less than a month

and his room looks like a
bomb's been dropped in it.

Clay is living here?

Yeah, just until we can set
him up in another place.

River is, he's your grandson.

Are you okay knowing that
this really great kid,

who's your blood,

will be raised by strangers?

MRS. PYKE: A few years ago,

I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer

and I'm good, I mean, no we're good.

But Kim and Clay are like
sunlight on an open sewer.

It's just too much.

I'm sorry, it breaks our heart,

but we can't have that
young woman in our life.

[EMOTIONAL INSTRUMENTAL]

Mission accomplished.

Hey, how'd it go?

DOUG: Threatened to sue
them with defamation

if they didn't back off.

- Nice!
- DOUG [CHUCKLING]: Yeah.

Caught 'em all by
surprise, including Lyle.

Yeah, well, Lyle has a tendency
to move away from aggression,

not towards it.

I noticed that.

Doesn't seem like your type.

It's not like that.

Lyle was my Manny.

I was a bloody mess when I
first moved here to Halifax.

When the end of my
marriage left me a wreck,

and I had two kids to raise,

Lyle helped put me back together.

I owe him.

Understood.

Oh, I forgot.

A counter motion to dismiss

the Nolans' claim against Lyle.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

Uh, another rum and coke, sweetheart.

I'm gonna get his number.

Girl, you don't know how to have fun.

MARCIE: I have fun.

Anyway, to what do I owe this open bar?

I met with the Pykes today.

You kill me.

They're perfect.

[WHISPERING] They're not interested.

MARCIE: Arrange one visit.

One visit between River
and his grandparents.

They're, they're great people.

I guarantee you they will fall in love.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

- This is good.
- Yeah.

[SOFT SOULFUL MUSIC]

Mmm.

Okay, I'm trying to figure out

how I could be with a man

who gobbles up a plate of wings

and doesn't even offer his lady one.

Well you are looking at
this all wrong, right?

I'm just saying.

This here is salmonella city.

No, I love you so much that
I'm taking the hit for you.

We're using that word now?

Just popped out.

Well maybe pop it back in.

Hey.

I told you that I'm your lady, right?

[SOFT SOULFUL MUSIC]

Yeah. Thanks.

[UPTEMPO MUSIC]

MARCIE: Big mouth.

Katniss?

Why would you tell Pam that?

It was just a compliment.

It means you're
tenacious, smart, feisty.

Compliment?

You knew that was just
some PC code for bitch,

- 'cause I took care of business.
- Marcie.

MARCIE: You and Pam
want to have pillow talk

that's your business,

but you keep my name out of your mouth.

Hey, listen, I just I didn't...

Avery...

Thank you.

[UPTEMPO MUSIC]

[PHONE RINGING]

Marcie Diggs.

- ONA: Marcie.
- KIM: I just wanna see him!

Please!

Clay said it was okay!

- Kim is at the Pykes.
- CLAY: It's okay, Dad.

- Jesus.
- Clay, you said this was okay!

- It is! Come on, Dad.
- Did you tell her

about the meeting today?

I want this to work, remember?

She's not coming in here, Clay.

CLAY: Don't be a goof, Dad!

[TENSE INSTRUMENTAL]

Call the police, Cecilia.

CLAY: Why are you such a jerk, Dad?

- KIM: I just wanna see him.
- It's okay, Dad.

ONA: You need to come get her, now.

I'm on my way.

[GLASS SHATTERING]

- Kim.
- KIM [CRYING]: River!

[OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL]

REGGIE: So I got a whole
list of gluten-free...

No, Reggie, you can't just...

Is that a pair of Wagners?

Nice.

Well if you don't want 'em.

I'm late for a conference call.

Oh.

Thanks.

ONA: Kim, what were you thinking?

This was to get the Pykes to help us.

Now you've ruined
every chance we had...

Take her.

MARCIE: What happened?

ONA: This is the emotionally
unstable person

you think should be entrusted

with the care of a six month old infant.

Clay said if I came over,
I could hold River.

He said he'd let me.

Why can't I just hold my baby, Marcie?

I'd never hurt him.

I know.

I know you just want to see your boy.

Kim, why don't you go
sit in my car, okay?

I'll be right there.

Okay.

Just so you know,

the judge is going to hear
about this little outburst.

Where's River now?

He's with his grandparents.

So it's going well?

You don't stop, do you?

[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL]

[PYKES COOING]

MRS. PYKE: Hi, hey, hello.

You check off the type of
Legal Aid you're looking for

and then we're actually gonna
have to get some expenses

and your deductions there,

and if you have any questions...

Iris, can you get Colleen for me?

- And then you're...
- Iris?

Pick up the phone, call Colleen,

tell her I want to see her now.

Excuse me for a second, Miss Taylor.

Just bring it back when you're done.

Colleen is attending a
meeting at the Bar Society.

When will she be back?

When the meeting's over, I suppose.

Are you being fresh?

IRIS: Excuse me?

Gregor.

I need a word.

Is there a problem?

Why is the Minister
of Justice calling me

giving me shit because one
of our lawyers is harassing

one of the government's
chief policy advisers?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Elsie Nolan and her husband.

Look, why don't-why don't
we go into my office...

Let me be very clear.

You are under contract
to Halifax Legal Aid.

You do not do favours for friends, okay?

So this mess you're involved in,

clean it up.

Sure, um, there's a motion
tomorrow morning...

GREGOR: No, no, no, no, no,

you're not hearing me.

You're to tell your friend

you're no longer his
counsel as of today.

I'm not gonna do that, Gregor.

You don't want to fight
me on this, Colleen.

You gonna fire me?

Good luck.

I don't report to you.

I report to the board, and
you're only one vote.

I think you believe you're
more popular than you are.

You think for one second
if I put someone else

in that seat of yours that
one member of that board

is gonna so much as
sigh in your defence?

Fix it.

Excuse me.

[SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL]

- Oh, Colleen...
- Not now, Lyle.

[DOOR SHUTS]

I just got off the phone with Ona.

She said Kim showed up
at the Pykes' house.

Not sure why she'd be
discussing that with you.

She said it was a disaster.

Not my take-away.

Do you think the paternal grandparents

are still on the table?

Pam, I'm gonna have my lunch.

PAM: Do you still think Kim
can self-regulate enough

to raise this child?

With the right meds, yeah.

Did she really throw a
rock through their window?

MARCIE: She's human, Pam.

What's your point?

Adoption's open, here.

Maybe that would be the best
option for Kim and her baby.

MARCIE: Pam, I've got this.

Please, I've got this!

God.

What is your problem?

Pardon me?

PAM: I don't know,
you seem to have a...

a problem with me.

I don't know why, I...

I want to be your friend and
I keep trying and you...

Well, maybe I don't
need any new friends.

You're an asshole.

You know why I keep blocking you?

'Cause you're never real.

You're in here fronting
with your vintage clothes,

and your No Name pop,

and you hang out at the Port
like you're some local pleb

when that couldn't be
further from the truth.

At least I'm interested in
engaging with the world,

and not burying myself in the
mess of other people's lives

to avoid dealing with my own.

I'm frontin'?

Okay.

Look in the mirror.

[TENSE INSTRUMENTAL]

[PHONE RINGS]

Iris, I'm on lunch.

Really?

I'm so glad you came in.

I hope this is good news.

We think it is.

We talked to our lawyer

and she said we were a bit late...

You're right though,
we're River's family

and we want to make
sure he remains family.

Great, this is,

this is great to hear.

So you're gonna go ahead and
file a kinship application.

No, I think you misunderstood.

We're going to petition to adopt River.

We simply wanted to know
if you would talk to Kim

to ask her not to fight us.

MR. PYKE: We have a house
on Long Point in Ontario.

I'm thinking it's not a bad
place to raise a little boy.

So you're just gonna take her kid?

I think it's better for River
if he's raised by his family

rather than the alternative, isn't it?

Let's go.

[OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL]

MR. PYKE [WHISPERING]:
This was a mistake.

MRS. PYKE: She doesn't get it.

- [WHISPERING]
- [OMINOUS MUSIC]

MARCIE: The Pykes have
asked that you not contest

their adoption of River.

No.

I won't agree to this.

I mean, how fair is it Clay
will get to see him grow up

and not me?

It's not fair.

I know, Kim.

I hate this.

But three months from now,

a year from now,

the Pykes' feelings
about you could soften

and you may have a chance
to be part of River's life.

And with the Pykes you'll
know that River's safe.

If you go through with this hearing,

it's likely that you will
never see your son again

until he's old enough to
come looking for you.

Maybe the judge will see it my way.

Maybe, but...

You don't get it.

It'll kill me,

knowing he's with them.

I can't see him or hold him?

I will die.

If he's with a stranger, somehow,

it'll be easier to pretend
River doesn't exist.

Hard but easier, you know?

[EMOTIONAL INSTRUMENTAL]

Hey.

What are you doing here?

LYLE: Well you weren't home
and I remembered how much

you like your Friday
morning massages, so.

Well remind me to be less predictable.

I don't want you to come to
the meeting this morning.

I'll-I'll handle things with
the Nolans from here on.

What did you get a law degree overnight?

Let me go get myself
together and we can...

No, no, no, listen.

I got myself into this mess and
I can get myself out of it.

Look, Colleen, if I'd known what
a problem this was gonna be,

- I never would have...
- Lyle,

I spent eight years reinventing
myself and my career

and you more than anybody
else other than my kids

knows how tough that was for me.

Listen, you're my friend

and if helping you means
going back to square one,

then so be it.

I'm gonna go take a shower.

I'll see you soon.

MARCIE: Your Honour, it is my
submission that my client,

Miss Bond, can with
appropriate ongoing supports

like treatment related
to her FASD diagnosis,

parenting education,

regular home visits from
healthcare professionals,

can successfully raise her son River

who is the subject of today's hearing.

That's it counsel?

That's our submission, Your Honour.

LOUISE: Your Honour,

at this time we'd like to move forward

with a Permanent Care Hearing

with respect to the infant child.

Miss Bond?

Yes, Your Honour?

JUDGE LAWRENCE: Miss Bond,
has your lawyer explained

what a Permanent Care Hearing is?

Yes, Your Honour.

JUDGE LAWRENCE: And at this
time do you wish to relinquish

your parental rights to the minor child?

My baby's name is River, Your Honour.

River.

No, I don't want to give him up.

- JUDGE LAWRENCE: Thank you, Miss Bond.
- [WHISPERING]

Your Honour, it has
come to our attention

that River's paternal grandparents

would like to make an
application for custody.

Therefore, I'd like to move
that this hearing be adjourned.

Objection, Your Honour.

Counsel, come.

I don't understand this.

You'd rather the child be
placed in permanent care

than with his grandparents?

MARCIE: We'd rather Miss Bond's son

be returned to his mother's custody.

Your Honour, the Pykes
intend to move to Ontario

to dedicate themselves full-time
to raising their grandson.

They have the means to...

So, being poor makes you a poor parent?

Without the appropriate hearing...

I think Ms. Reeve's
point is this hearing

is not the appropriate venue anymore,

given we have an application
for custody, step back.

It's not in the child's best interest

to be raised by folks who
don't see the inherent value

of a mother and a child's bond.

JUDGE LAWRENCE: I have your
point on that, Miss Diggs.

- Step back.
- This is insane, Your Honour.

Watch yourself, Miss Diggs.

MARCIE: My client is facing
the loss of her child

because she went out to get diapers

and milk at the corner store.

LOUISE: Miss Diggs is grossly un...

She did not leave River alone,

she didn't leave River
with some stranger.

She left her baby boy with the father.

She did the right thing,

but because she's poor,

because she lives in social housing,

because her challenges
put her in CFS's radar,

her choice,

the same choice that mothers
make every single day,

may cost Kim her child. This is wrong!

JUDGE LAWRENCE: Step back!

[SOMBRE INSTRUMENTAL]

TESSA: We appreciate a Mareva injunction

is an extraordinary measure
for a situation like this,

but we believe Mr. Kavanaugh
could very likely liquidate

the assets of his business

prior to the resolution
of my clients' claim.

COLLEEN: Your Honour,

the assets in question
are old gardening tools,

lawnmowers, and three 10
year old Ford pickup trucks.

Assets with no real commercial value,

thus the recovery of damages
would not be impacted

if the assets were not preserved.

And don't even get me started
on the applicants' case,

meaning there is none.

TESSA: I don't think a determination
needs to be made here.

I don't think Ms.
MacDonnell is asking me

to make a determination,
but simply pointing out,

as part of the Mareva test,

that the strength of your client's case

is a consideration.

COLLEEN: Actually, we
are asking, Your Honour,

to dismiss the Nolans' negligence claim.

There are major issues.

Standing, the Nolans'
son was not a minor

when these incidents occurred,

so the parents have no
legal cause of action

against my client.

Ms. Cox knows this.

The employment relationship,

meaning the contract
signed by the Nolans' son

clearly states that he was
an independent contractor,

not an employee,

thus the vicarious liability
argument is inherently faulty.

Also...

I think you've made your
point, Ms. MacDonnell.

I think we're done here.

Are you sure, Your Honour?
I can keep going.

[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL]

JUDGE LAWRENCE: I have
considered the arguments

of all parties involved in this matter.

As much as possible,

I've tried to sift through
the emotion of this case.

Kim, you have to say something.

You cannot leave this courtroom

without them hearing your voice.

JUDGE LAWRENCE: Best interest of
the child is the guiding light

in any child custody matter.

Miss Diggs?

KIM: I would like to
say something please,

Your Honour.

[EMOTIONAL PIANO CHORDS]

I know I can be a good mother.

Or what I think a good
mother is, anyway.

Like when River's hungry, I feed him.

When he cries, I hold him, comfort him.

I'm taking parenting classes
and being really good

about my medicine and...

I know Miss Reeves and the Pykes

think River's not safe with me,

that I'm not good enough,

but I promise

if you let me have my baby back,

I'll be good enough.

I'll be good enough.

[SOMBRE INSTRUMENTAL]

There is no doubt in my mind

Miss Bond would do everything possible

to raise her son River

in a safe and stable environment.

However, as the child matures,

the court is concerned

Miss Bond's cognitive limitations

would make her ability to
provide such an environment

near impossible.

Miss Bond's petition
for custody is denied.

The paternal grandparents
have applied for custody.

There is no need to move forward

with a Permanent Care Hearing.

This proceeding is at an end.

Your Honour,

until the custody application
of the Pykes is final,

we ask that Miss Bond
has access to her son.

Your Honour, the Pykes will
allow supervised visitation

through an intermediary until such time

as their application
for custody is final.

Good, we're adjourned.

- BAILIFF: All rise.
- Oh, thank you.

I'll get to see River.

Yes, we will talk to Ona

about making that happen right away.

[LIGHT INSTRUMENTAL]

[PHONE RINGING]

- Hello?
- KIM: Marcie.

Kim, I'm, uh,

I'm sorry about what happened.

KIM: Marcie, I just wanted to thank you.

I didn't get to do that today.

No one's ever talked about me like that,

and I wanted you to know.

Thank you.

REGGIE: What do you mean it's not there?

It's a 50 foot boat,

it doesn't just disappear.

Woman, what woman?

_

Eleanor.

Your-your weekend?

You know this is when
I take our office out

on our annual cruise.

Stop saying it's your weekend.

Bring her back in!

Hello, hello?

[SIGHS]

How about a barbecue, at my place?

We can do it at my place

Well you sure you want the
unwashed masses in your palace?

Well, when you put it like that, no,

but let's do it anyway.

[SIGHS]

- _
- [CLEARS THROAT]

[PHONE BUZZES]

[SIGHS]

Hello, Gregor.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

DOUG: This is a hell of a view.

Do you need a roommate?

This is quite the place.

REGGIE: You don't seem too enthused.

I'm living in one of my parents' houses.

When we go on family vacation,

they pay the full shot.

My dad just bought me a
pair of $2,000 skis.

It's embarrassing.

I want for nothing and yet

every day I am defending people
who want for everything.

Rent your own place,

pay your own airfare,

and return the skis.

But I like this.

REGGIE: Then be okay with it,

because the only one who
cares about it is you.

Play something on that phone of yours.

[UPBEAT SOULFUL MUSIC]

REGGIE: Oh, I like this.

REGGIE: This is...

How'd it go with Lyle today?

Aced it.

Did you talk to Gregor?

Don't ruin this cab for me.

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

[UPBEAT SOULFUL MUSIC]

[MUFFLED MUSIC]

Colleen sprang for cab
chits for everyone.

Good.

It's been that kind of day.

Thank you.

Saw you in court today.

[PENSIVE INSTRUMENTAL]

The system's FUBAR'd.

Yep.

But I want to remember this though.

I want to feel this.

And then on Monday I am
going to work like hell

to make certain I don't feel this again.

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

IRIS: I like it, I like
it. We should...

[PHONE RINGS]

Oh, sorry.

Tessa?

TESSA: Your ears must be burning.

A few of the partners and
I are having some drinks,

and your name came up.

How about coming home?

Excuse me?

TESSA: We want you back

at M&M, where you belong.

REGGIE: And this red pen.

PAM: No, no, no, if it's not
on the counter already,

- it's not on offer.
- [IN UNISON] Oh, come on.

COLLEEN: Just the Chateau Palmer.

- REGGIE: Yeah, get the opener.
- PAM: No, put it back!

TESSA: Marcie?

Tessa, thank you, but, uh, I'm good.

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