All language subtitles for The Practice s02e27 Duty Bound

Helen!

Jimmy, what are you doing here? That's
my priest, ma 'am. Your priest?

And my client, I guess, from what little
the detective said. What's going on?

Well, your priest is in a little bit of
trouble.

He killed him, but...

Thank you for coming.

I did not do this.

Calm down.

You read your writing.

I didn't do this. Okay.

Don't say another word to nobody.

How old?

Sixteen, maybe.

Coroner thinks he's been dead about a
day.

Cause of death, fractured skull.

He's innocent, Alan.

He never could have done something like
that.

Swear to God.

I don't like it. You will.

When a client walks to the front door,
Bobby, he comes in with hope. I mean,

this place shouldn't look so dark and
gloomy.

Anything new on the priest?

Jimmy's already gone down for the
arraignment.

Do we think he can handle this? He can
do it.

Speed back alert.

You have got to keep him away from here.

Hi.

Hi.

Can I steal a second?

Um, yeah.

Let's, uh, go into the conference room.
Great. Okay.

The camera better not be on. It won't,
but Eleanor.

I know.

Case number 32622, Commonwealth versus
Michael Ryan.

Murder in the first degree.

James Berluti for the defendant, Your
Honor. We'll waive reading, enter a plea

of not guilty, and I'd ask you to be
released on his own recognizance.

The Commonwealth opposes bail.

On what grounds?

On what grounds? He's got a lot of
closet space. On what grounds?

All right.

No bail.

We'll conference on Wednesday at 10 to
set schedules.

Next.

Case number 32651, People v.

Grimmer. That was sarcastic, Rude.

Jimmy, first -degree murder.

You act on what grounds?

Even so, I'm working with your office on
this thing. I deserve better than

sarcastic rude.

It's just that we were doing so well,
and then suddenly... Things just piled

here, Fred. Don't feed me that, Eleanor.

If you've lost interest, say so, but
don't string me along.

I've been hurt before, and I'm not...
Just tell me.

Okay.

I ran into somebody who said that she
was treated by you and she wasn't

really hurt.

And you... You told her how to fool the
insurance companies.

Oh.

Yeah. Oh.

Are you a crook, Fred?

I'm not going to lie to you. I barely
make ends meet.

I've got school to pay for with my kids
and...

Yeah, sometimes I help people collect
more from their insurance.

You could go to jail for that.

No, I'm just... It's still like throwing
the corner.

You know, when it's yourself, it's easy
to go without. When it's your kids...

Yeah, I think more than anything else,
kids want a father they can be proud of.

Yeah, very well said.

So, this ends us.

It might.

Well, I guess there couldn't have been
much to begin with. My mistake.

It is your mistake.

And don't kid yourself about that.

Hanging like a pendulum.

Helen.

Oh, here we go.

That's right.

Every time I have to see something dead,
you say it's time to move on.

Let me just tell you something. We have
been on a big...

Winning streak. We're about to get
featured in the National Law Journal.

a firm that skirts ethical... It's a
favorable column.

We are growing.

You should see what I'm doing with the
offices.

All we need is a press release saying
we've landed a juicy plum.

You're it.

The town will take notice.

You have a profile.

Even if I were going to jump to private,
your firm, you're in love with a guy I

used to sleep with.

Do you really want me up there as a
juicy plum?

You can take Bobby.

He's much more fun wanting than having.

Helen, how many other places are there
where you can have fun and basically be

your own boss?

And make money?

We're making money.

They said he'd been dead there the whole
day.

Did you know this kid?

No. He could have looked different with
his head all purple. I didn't know the

boy, Jimmy.

Okay.

Any idea how he ended up in your office?

Jimmy, you do believe I'm innocent?

Of course I do.

This isn't a question with me.

Thank you.

I didn't tell him it was you, Eleanor.

Even so, I didn't tell him anything
about anything. And so what if I did?

already got everything you need. There's
nothing... No, we didn't. I have to go

back.

Why? Dickie Flood thinks I was too
ambiguous. He wants it more clear that

were conspiring to commit fraud.

Oh, come on. I saw the tape. It looked
pretty definite.

Well, he says it's possible to interpret
that I'm hurt. And he's just trying to

show me how to convince the doctor. I
have to be more clear that I'm not

hurt. You know what?

I didn't give you away.

Are you going to?

You going to tell him?

Probably not.

You got the wrong guy, Helen. I'm
telling you, it's prejudice.

Prejudice? Yes, prejudice.

Anytime a young kid gets sexually
molested, everybody says, check out the

priest. It's bigotry.

Jimmy, prejudice is thine. The victim
was found in your client's office.

I know, Father Ryan. I'd vouch for him
like I'd vouch for you.

All right. Will he at least give us a
statement? Right now we have no other

leads.

You knew this boy?

No, I didn't. Never seen him before.
Never. Let me just throw out a general

softball here.

Anything you can say to give us some
clue, some hint as to who could have

this. Why he'd be hanging in your
closet.

I don't know. I really don't know.

Father, you go on the Internet in your
office?

All the time.

I'm actually a little bit addicted to
it.

What kind of websites do you frequent?

News, research, chat lines. I use it for
pretty much everything.

Do you ever visit any child pornography
websites?

I most certainly do not.

Do you ever visit any pedophile
websites? No. This is over.

This is over.

I'll talk to you in a few minutes.

I need to speak with Miss Gamble.

Hello.

Let's go, Father.

What the hell is that? Jimmy, your
client was hardly being forthcoming. Did

strike you as being cooperative? He's
scared. What's the crap about porno? The

FBI has been tracking pedophile sites as
part of a general undercover operation.

Your client was on them.

What?

Yes.

Your voucher for this guy isn't holding
up.

Don't lie to me. I am not lying. I would
never do anything... They got proof. I

don't care what they have. I would never
go on the Internet and do anything like

that. So how do they get this wrong?

They either have the wrong computer or
somebody else was on it.

A lot of people have access to my
office, Jimmy.

Look, Father, and don't argue back. I
just want you to listen to what I say

careful and then answer. Can you do
that?

Yeah.

You don't go to jail for surfing child
porn sites on the web. You go away

forever if they get you for murder.

Now, I understand it's embarrassing to
say you talk to boys and girls on the

Internet. It could even cost you your
parish. But we got to be concerned with

saving your life here. We can't be
caught in a lie.

Because if they think you're lying on
this Internet thing, they'll think you

lied about the other.

I did not kill anybody, Jimmy.

I did not access any pornography on the
Internet.

That is my answer, and it's the truth.

How can I not tell the guy?

I'm sleeping with him.

You're still sleeping with him?

I've tried to avoid him for the last
week or so, but it's not...

He is not a bad man, Eugene.

Illinois, he's a criminal.

You know, there are a lot of good people
who leave out a few things when they're

filing their tax returns.

There are a lot of honest people who
take home a few pencils from the office.

He's got kids.

Insurance fraud is a billion -dollar
industry. Come on, he's not bilking

billions of dollars. It's more than a
few pencils.

Jimmy committed a little bank fraud.

We didn't just overlook it. We hired him
because we knew that...

And he trusts me.

How can I not tell him?

Because you'll be putting Beck at risk.

Eugene, he's not going to hurt Rebecca.

Eleanor, you can't tell him.

You can't.

The office is never locked. Not during
the day. The computer is basically

there for everybody.

How many people work here at the church?
Full time, about 11.

And your desk, you'd see anybody who'd
go in, right? During business hours, at

night. Well, I'm sure custodians would
have access.

Did anybody repeatedly go in to use the
computer?

Barbara Martin in accounting.

But she's 76.

I hardly think she's into child porn.

Could you make a list of all the people
who go in and out of the office? I

already have. I gave it to the police.

Could you give me a copy?

I guess.

Mr. Wolf, you got any idea who could
have done this?

Not Father Ryan.

You sure?

Yeah.

How?

I know him.

Helen Gamble. I floated the idea.
Working here? Before you go off. There

enough drama around here without this?
Look, Bobby, if you're over her, then

what's the problem? And if you're not...
Are you Cupid now?

She's a great lawyer. We all know it. It
would be a huge cuckoo.

The question goes to all the personal
stuff.

Well, as questions go, that's a good
one. If you think no, fine, but let's

first.

If I can handle it. And why would you
handle it? You know, that strikes me as

little too healthy.

I'll handle it because it makes sense
to. Now that I'm partner, I'm vested

Bobby. I'm not stopping at painting the
wall.

At least you're honest about that.

Excuse me?

First as partner, now you're bringing in
your friends, building up your little

power nucleus. Eugene.

I like Helen Gamble, Bobby. Then what's
the problem, Eugene?

The problem is she'd be in your camp,
and that makes me especially nervous.

are you so insecure about? I'm insecure
about you not leaving off with just a

paint job. Hold on. Both of you, hold
on. Eugene.

You were in my office supporting Lindsay
and her plans for growth.

Supporting the idea of growth, yes. I'm
not in favor of her taking over. What,

taking over? Who do I look like, Caesar?

Look,

she hates criminals. You know Helen
hates criminals. I'm not going to spend

days reading the fine print on stock
options. Who said anything about that?

I signed up with you, Bobby. You
chauvinistic pig. No wonder your shirt

You deserve that.

Jimmy, I think it's game over.

What now?

The victim had a one -room studio in
Brighton. Police searched it.

Turned up e -mail correspondence from
your client. We also lifted prints that

matched Father Ryan's.

Telephone records also show the father
called the boy from his residence.

Here's the deal.

If he cooperates and confesses, we'll go
murder two.

Otherwise, it's murder one all the way.

If they could make murder one, she
wouldn't offer murder two.

Agree to nothing.

Now, Jimmy, this father, he doesn't
sound like he's going to

pardon heaven.

Bobby, it can't be.

I know this guy like I know my own
mother.

Look. If you kill somebody, you're not
going to hide them in your own office,

right? I mean, there's got to be better
ways to get away with murder than

hanging the victim in your own closet.
Well, you're assuming it has to make

sense.

I know him, Bobby.

This makes no sense.

Not everything is so cut and dried,
Eleanor. I hope you never have to be in

shoes.

Did you come in here to lecture me?

You fight in here for people that commit
homicides. Those people are called

clients. I don't sleep with them. I
represent them. The fact that you did

with me should count for something. Why
don't you look by my faults, for God's

sake? It's a crime. It's not a fault.

It's a crime, damn it. It's a crime
against an insurance company. If you

here to paint yourself as Robin Hood...
I came in here to... People do get hurt.

People do die. Your colleagues stage
accidents and innocent people get

have never been involved in anything
where anyone has gotten killed. But you

could be. And you know that, Fred. How
can you stand there and pretend that

isn't despicable?

It is criminal.

It is immoral.

I'm getting out of it.

Is it a little too late?

Well, consider me punished.

Because I love you.

That friend you treated?

Rebecca Washington.

What?

She's working with the DA, Fred.

She already got you on camera once, and
she's planning to come in again tomorrow

and get some more footage.

Only I'm going to call her and tell her
not to go.

You work late?

I want to know what you know.

I already told you what I know. You're
hiding something.

You either tell me what or I'll go to
the police and they'll get it out of

I had an affair with the lost kid.

Homosexual affair.

I'm the one who likes young boys.

It was me on the Internet, me sending
the e -mails.

Father Ryan found out he killed the boy.

He.

Why?

Mr. Belluti, I'm a terrible typist.

I'm not sitting here for my office
skills.

Father Ryan and I are lovers.

in theaters this Friday.

What the hell am I supposed to do now?

I'm sorry.

Sorry?

You're sorry?

Eleanor, we've been working on this
thing for two months.

We're almost there. You ruin it, and you
tell me you're sorry.

I'm very sorry.

Well, you know, you could be arrested
for this. Obstruction of justice.

Come on, Rebecca. How could I not?

I'm standing in front of him, eye to
eye. How moral is that?

Look, I don't want to love him.

But I do.

And he trusts me.

And I am telling you this so that you
don't walk into something.

But I couldn't let him walk into it
either.

Okay, okay.

I'm going to pick him up now and arrest
both of them.

And you?

You lucked out.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Yeah, well...

Some people put their relationships
before their work. It's been known to

happen.

Something possessed Lindsay to actually
share with me?

She's running around making job offers.

Oh, yeah, I know it's crazy. That's what
I told her.

Crazy aside, is it something you'd
consider?

Is it something you'd consider?

It's all a lie.

Why would he say it? I don't know. He
said you two were lovers. He said you

killed that kid. Why would he say it? I
don't know. You're going to go to your

grave saying I don't know. Jimmy, I did
not kill that kid.

And what were you doing in his
apartment?

I was never there. They found your
prints there.

What? Your fingerprints. They lifted
them from inside the kid's place.

Father.

Truth time.

What the hell is going on here?

Your phone records show you called this
kid.

Jimmy, there are some things I do know,
but I learned them in a confession, and

I can't reveal anything I learned during
a confession.

Paula, you're on the hook here for
murder. Don't you think I appreciate

I cannot break the confessional seal,
Jimmy. Even to save your own life? No.

You never went to this kid's place.

You never met him.

And you never called him.

That's right.

And what about you and your assistant?

He is lying.

Were you two lovers? No.

Then why would he say it? I don't know.

He's lying.

They're all lying. Everybody's lying.

Jimmy, I am not a homosexual.

You really think I'm trying to take
over?

It isn't that.

Then what?

I like this place, Lindsay.

So do I. That's why. But you wanted to
change.

You keep using the word grow, but you
really mean change.

Now, I like being a criminal defense
lawyer.

And your plan, whether you know it or
not, is to phase out criminal defense

work. Eugene, I'd only be looking for a
balance.

Yeah.

Sounds good.

But if we're representing some airline,
and there's a sudden TRO needing all of

us to respond, and I got a kid who's
looking to avoid a parole violation,

not going to be the airline that gets
kicked to the curb.

That won't happen.

Lindsay.

If a lawyer wants to be rich, if a law
firm wants to be flush, you've got to

dedicate yourself to corporate clients.

Listen to me.

I've had ten offers to cross the street.
I want to stay here because I like what

we are, who we are.

I want growth.

I don't want change.

I love this place.

Case number 36999, Commonwealth v. Fred
Spivak, racketeering grand larceny by

false pretenses.

Eleanor Fred for the defendant.

Wave reading.

Plead not guilty.

Question of bail?

$100 ,000, Your Honor.

That seems a bit excessive. This is its
first offense.

The defendant is being charged with
serious racketeering offenses.

There is the risk of his fleeing the
jurisdiction.

My client has children in the
Commonwealth.

He has established... We're looking at
the possibility of substantial jail time

here. $50 ,000 bond, five cash.

I think that's low, Your Honor.

Shoot me, the clerk will notify on
scheduling next.

Commonwealth versus Aaron Boucher
solicitation. Are you crazy? I'm helping

out until we find another lawyer. We?

It's just an arraignment, Helen.
Eleanor, you're too smart for this. You

shouldn't be representing him. It's just
for the arraignment.

Again?

You moving in while your client's in
jail, counsel?

I don't find you funny.

I don't like you.

And even if Father Ryan were gay, I
can't see him liking you.

I can't see him feeling sorry for you.

Given that I'm the guy holding the
motive card, a card the police are

for, I think you'd pretend to like me.

Here's how I see it.

You and the victim were lovers.

You killed him.

Then you confess to Father Ryan.

Probably tell him where you left the
body, too. His prints at the kid's

Coffee cups, couple of books.

Things you could have left on the
father's desk and planted in the

apartment.

The phone calls.

You probably left messages for Father
Ryan to call you there or something.

Sounds like a plan.

Perfect.

Because it's all wrapped up inside a
confessional seal, which a good priest

won't break for nothing.

And Father Ryan is a good priest.

You would know him.

And I'm getting a beat on you, too.

Council? Oh, no.

Coming through!

What do you got? Multiple abdominal.

We need six or seven units. Get it open
at it. I think a saline could have been

hit, too. I'm going to cheat.

Get him right now.

Wait. You can't go in there. He's going
into surgery. I have to see him. I'm

sorry. You can't go in there.

Oh, my God. I will be right there.

Did you tell Map?

What happened?

Jimmy Berluti just got shot. Did you
tell Roland Map?

No. How'd he find out? Roland Mapp would
never kill anybody.

Did you tell him?

No.

Oh, God, no.

Please, no.

He's in surgery.

They don't know.

He's out of surgery, but it'll be a
while before we know.

His injuries were abdominal. Nothing hit
the heart.

Where is he? I see you.

He's in a coma.

We're not sure if his brain was deprived
of oxygen.

Can I see him? Not yet.

We'll move him to a bigger room later,
maybe. But until then... Doug?

What are his chances?

Tell me what you know. I don't know
anything. He told me something about a

confession.

Even if there were, I certainly can't
break the seal.

Father, a man's life is on the line
here. My life is on the line. You have a

right to your life, not Jimmy's. I love
Jimmy more than you could possibly know.

Save him.

What if whoever did this wants to finish
the job?

When a parishioner, any parishioner
enters the confessional, he has got to

able to rely on his priest. If he can't,
it's meaningless.

I would love to make exceptions, but
what are we to do?

Some things we'll keep quiet and others
we won't.

Father, I'm a Catholic.

There is nothing, and covering up for a
murder and protecting

somebody who might kill again.

I'm sorry.

We don't think Roland Mapp is involved.
He's white collar. Nothing to indicate

he would hire a hit.

Jimmy is the witness that put him away.

Yeah, but he would know we know that. It
doesn't figure to be him.

They're letting you in there?

I'm not sure if he can hear us. If he
can, it may be good according to the

doctors. You okay?

Jimmy said something about maybe the
priest could be covering up for somebody

else. I don't think so.

He's the killer.

We're pretty sure.

He didn't do this, did you?

Anything new?

Jimmy, it's Eugene again.

I didn't know we were all here.

It's me, Lindsay.

I called your mother and told her that
you'd be okay.

She's coming back in a couple of weeks.

Eleanor Spivak's here.

Just don't give up, Jimmy.

Don't give up.

Just tell me Matt didn't find out about
this. He couldn't be connected to

anything like this.

You okay?

Look, I'm gonna call you.

We have a meeting set up with the DA
tomorrow, so... I'll call.

Sure.

And if we get the loan, which I know we
will, we'll be able to break through the

walls and maybe we can each get our own
private offices.

Eugene is so excited.

Jimmy, if you can hear me, the doctors
think it would be best if you try to

up. Hey, Jimmy, you know what?

Rebecca wants to cut her hair again.

I do not.

She's saying that because you're lying
here in a hospital bed.

She's trying to make you laugh.

Nothing? He, uh... He moves his feet
sometimes.

Is that good?

Just neurological.

I'll be back a little later.

It would be best.

All your reflexes and things are good.

There isn't any spinal injuries.

We just need you to wake up.

If you can hear me, try blinking your
eyes.

Try, Jim.

Bobby, maybe we shouldn't push him.

The longer he stays on the...

What? You just squeezed my hand. Well,
it could have been a reflex.

If you can hear me, squeeze my hand
again, Jimmy.

One more time. If you can hear me,
squeeze my hand.

Squeeze. He's squeezing my hand.

Oh, my God. He's squeezing my hand. He
can hear me. He's squeezing my hand.

Jimmy?

Wait, wait, wait.

It's a good sign, right?

It's a great sign.

Now. I think we should let him relax a
little. He'll wake up when he wakes up.

Just let him rest and sleep.

I think you should all go get some rest.

I'm staying.

This kind of vigil sometimes can be
stressful for a patient.

Well, I'll get rid of everybody else,
but I'm staying.

You turn state on Mapp, we agree to
consider it in sentencing.

We need something more formal than
consideration.

I can't give it to you, Eleanor. Your
case isn't that tight.

Oh, it's tight enough.

And I'd rather lose him than make a
promise that we can't... We're not

completely sure that he or Mapp aren't
connected with Jimmy being shot.

I'm not.

Fine, turn state against Mapp.

We're done here.

No, we're not.

I don't care what the terms are, I'm
going to plead guilty to everything.

Come on, Fred, don't. You're fired.

Whatever you want.

You got kids?

Yeah. Who at some point need a reason to
feel proud of their father.

They're at least less ashamed.

Drop the deal.

Is he okay? I'm Barry Wall. He'd just
come to see me before.

Is he going to be all right?

I hope so.

He really shouldn't see any visitors.

Oh, actually, I thought I'd talk to you.

I didn't tell the police this.

And I don't know how up to speed you are
with everything.

I haven't told everything to the police,
no.

What didn't you tell them?

Well,

Father Ryan is kind of a connected guy.

And I'm afraid that once Jimmy learned
the truth, even though he was his

he might have considered him a
liability.

You're telling me that the father might
have had Jimmy hit?

All I'll say, this isn't a model priest.

Well, Jimmy thought so. I mean, he was
sure of it.

Is it really going to be all right?

When's the last time you saw Jimmy?

Did you shoot him?

Did you shoot him? You think I'll drop
you?

Are you around the window?

You think I'm crazy enough?

Did you shoot him?

Let's go.

I'll be back for you, Mr. Donald.

You shot Jimmy.

What? Jimmy.

Jimmy, get in here. He made his hand
into a gun.

You're bleeding. You okay?

I'm okay. I'm fine. And hopefully not
under arrest.

It's normal size.

Jimmy? They all call me big head.

It's normal size.

I know it's a regular head.

Yeah, it is, Jimmy.

It's normal size.

I'm in a hospital.

Can you see me?

Oh, you look awful, Bobby.

But I feel good.

Oh, I feel terrible.

You shot me. You're going to be fine.
You're going to be fine.

His head's on me.

Get his head off me.

Mine's no size.

Barry Wall just confessed to killing
Donald Lawson.

He also confessed to shooting Jimmy
Berluti.

Thank God.

Thank God.

He went to that hospital probably to
make sure Jimmy didn't wake up.

The field is sacred, Miss Campbell.

No human life, Father.

You're free to go.

Drop that queen of spades on me again
and you are dead.

Stop trying to win the jag and maybe you
won't bite the queen.

Jermaine, stop looking at my hand.

I wasn't looking. You were flashing it.

Don't play that.

Stop telling me how to play.

I will tell you. You're playing for me.

You're going to shoot the moon. Don't
fool me.

If I wanted to fool you, I'd be
ambiguous.

Just play.