All language subtitles for The.Lincoln.Lawyer.2011.1080p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DD.5.1.H.264-PiRaTeS

(funk music playing)

♪ AIN'T NO LOVE
IN THE HEART OF A CITY ♪

♪ AIN'T NO LOVE ♪

♪ IN THE HEART OF TOWN ♪

♪ AIN'T NO LOVE ♪

♪ AND IT'S SURE 'NUFF
A PITY ♪

♪ AIN'T NO LOVE ♪

♪ 'CAUSE YOU AIN'T AROUND ♪

♪ WHEN YOU WERE MINE,
OH, I WAS FEELING SO GOOD ♪

♪ 'CAUSE YOU LOVELIED UP ♪

♪ THIS WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD ♪

♪ NOW THAT YOU'RE GONE ♪

♪ YOU KNOW,
THE SUN DON'T SHINE ♪

♪ FROM THE CITY HALL ♪

♪ TO THE COUNTY LINE ♪

♪ THAT'S WHY I SAID
AIN'T NO LOVE ♪

♪ IN THE HEART
OF THE CITY ♪

♪ AIN'T NO LOVE
IN THE HEART OF TOWN ♪

♪ AIN'T NO LOVE ♪

♪ AND IT SURE IS A PITY ♪

♪ AIN'T NO LOVE ♪

♪ 'CAUSE YOU AIN'T AROUND ♪

♪ EVERY PLACE THAT I GO ♪

♪ OH, IT SEEMS SO STRANGE ♪

♪ WITHOUT YOU THERE ♪

♪ THINGS HAVE CHANGED ♪

♪ THE NIGHTS ARE COLD ♪

♪ THERE'S A BLANKET
OF GLOOM ♪

♪ ANOTHER TRICK I SAW
IN MY LONELY ROOM ♪

♪ I SAID THERE
AIN'T NO LOVE ♪

♪ IN THE HEART OF THE CITY ♪

♪ THERE AIN'T NO LOVE ♪

♪ IN THE HEART
OF TOWN, YEAH ♪

♪ AIN'T NO LOVE ♪

♪ IN THE HEART
OF THE CITY... ♪

ALL RIGHT, EARL.

♪ AIN'T NO LOVE ♪

♪ IN THE HEART OF TOWN... ♪

Guard:
NEXT. GO ON,
STEP RIGHT THROUGH.

SIR, I NEED YOU TO TAKE YOUR
BELT OFF AND GO BACK THROUGH.

- YOU'RE GOOD, MICK.
- THANK YOU, LOU.

MICK!
MICK, I WAS JUST
CALLING YOU.

HEY, I WAS JUST
CALLING YOU AT THE OFFICE.
I GOT TO TALK TO YOU.

- COME ON, STICK WITH ME.
- HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING
TO BE HERE TODAY?

IT DEPENDS ON WHEN
THE JUDGE CALLS MY CLIENT.

SEE, WHAT DOES IT SAY
ABOUT ME THAT I LET YOU
TREAT ME LIKE THIS, HUH?

I'M GIVING YOU A BIG CHANCE
TO MOVE UP IN THE WORLD
AND HELP ME, MAN.

MY DAUGHTER IS ABOUT
TO GO TO SURGERY,
UNDERSTAND?

I'VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE, VAL.
TALK TO ME. WHAT DO YOU GOT?

I GOT SOMETHING BIG FOR YOU.
THIS GUY IS GONNA BE
THE BIG MONEY.

IT'S IN INGLEWOOD.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS
THAT HE GOES UP

BEFORE THE JUDGE
AT NOON, OKAY?
YOU LISTENING TO ME?

- I'M LISTENING.
- SO THE CLIENT, HIS MOTHER
AND HIS MOTHER'S LAWYER

COMES TO MY OFFICE
AT 8:00 A.M.
IN THE MORNING.

- HE'S ALREADY GOT A LAWYER?
- JUST LISTEN.

IT'S NOT CRIMINAL,
IT'S JUST REAL ESTATE, OKAY?

AND I MADE THEM
SO CRAZY ABOUT YOU
THAT NOW THEY WANT

TO PUT UP THEIR MALIBU
BEACH HOUSE AGAINST
A MILLION.

- THE BAIL'S A MILLION?
- YEAH YEAH.

- WHAT DID THEY
BOOK THIS GUY FOR?
- I SAY IT'S A ROMANTIC TIFF.

THE COPS ARE SAYING
HE BEAT UP THE GIRL
REALLY BAD.

THEY WANT ASSAULT
WITH A DEADLY WEAPON,
THROW IN A G.B.I.

- HAS THE D.A. FILED YET?
- YES, HE DID.

SEE, I TAKE CARE OF MY FRIENDS.
I EVEN TAKE CARE OF YOU, BUBBA.

- INGLEWOOD BY NOON...
- YOU COULD DO IT, MAN.
GO THROUGH SOME RED LIGHTS,

- BREAK THE SPEED LIMIT.
- HONESTLY, VAL, IS THIS REAL?

- DON'T BULLSHIT ME.
IS THIS GOING TO STICK?
- OF COURSE IT IS.

WOULD I LIE TO YOU?
YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE
OF ME, RIGHT?

MAKE THEM FORGET
THE BEACH HOUSE
AND GO FOR MY BOND.

(sighs)
WHAT'S HIS NAME?

LOUIS.
LOUIS ROULET.

R-O-U-L-E-T,
LIKE THE WHEEL, WHOOSH!

THAT'S NOT HOW YOU SPELL
THE WHEEL, BUT TSK!
GOT IT.

ROBERTO,
(speaks Spanish)

YOU MIND CHECKING THAT LIST,
SEEING WHERE MY MAN
HAROLD CASEY IS ON IT?

OH, DON'T GO THAT LOW.
I GOT A CASE ACROSS TOWN
AT NOON I GOT TO GET TO.

YOU MIND
JUST BRINGING HIM DOWN?
I'LL ONLY BE A SECOND.

- REYNALDO.
- PARDON ME?

MY NAME'S REYNALDO,
NOT ROBERTO.

US BAILIFFS
ALL LOOK ALIKE, RIGHT?

- YOUR MAN WHITE?
- YEAH, HE'S WHITE.

I GOT BLACKS DOWN HERE
RIGHT NOW.

ALL RIGHT, LISTEN,
REYNALDO,

MY BAD ON YOUR NAME.
I TOOK A WILD-ASS GUESS.
I WAS WRONG.

ALL RIGHT,
BUT I DIDN'T FORGET YOU
AT CHRISTMASTIME, DID I?

REMEMBER THAT JAR OF NUTS
WITH THE PRIZE INSIDE--

"HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
YOUR FRIEND, MICK."

I WENT THROUGH THOSE
PRETTY FAST.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S MAKE IT
TWO THIS TIME.

OKAY, I'LL BRING YOUR BODY DOWN,
BUT YOU'D BETTER MAKE IT QUICK.

GRACIAS, REYNALDO.

HAROLD CASEY.
YEAH, BRING HIM DOWN.

HAROLD.

YOU SHOULDN'T BE
RUNNING FROM YOUR LAWYER.
IT'S BAD FORM.

YOU KNOW WHAT
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

IN A MINUTE
JUDGE POWELL'S GONNA
CALL US DOWN.

HE'S GONNA WANT TO KNOW
IF WE'RE READY FOR TRIAL.

- WE ARE.
- WE ARE NOT.
AND YOU KNOW WHY NOT.

RULE ONE, I GET PAID
OR I DON'T WORK.

(groans)
DON'T WORRY,
I GOT YOUR MONEY.

EXACTLY--
YOU'VE GOT IT, I DON'T.

IT'S COMING.
I TALKED TO MY BOYS.

LISTEN, HAROLD,
I LOOKED ON THE LIST
OF PEOPLE I TRUST.

YOU'RE NOT ON IT.

THE LAW SAYS
YOU CAN'T JUST QUIT.
THE JUDGE WON'T LET YOU.

I LOOKED IT UP.

PAY CLOSE ATTENTION.

MICHAEL HALLER
FOR THE DEFENSE,
YOUR HONOR.

IF I MAY, I'D LIKE
TO CARRY THIS OVER.

DO YOU HAVE
A REASON, MR. HALLER?

HAVING TROUBLE LOCATING
A WITNESS, YOUR HONOR,

AN INDISPENSIBLE WITNESS.
A MR. GREEN?

- HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED?
- THAT'S HARD TO SAY.

- DOES THE STATE OBJECT?
- NO, YOUR HONOR.

ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA
HOLD THIS OVER PENDING
NOTIFICATION FROM COUNSEL.

- THAT WAS SOME BULLSHIT, MAN.
- OH YEAH.

I EXPECT TO HEAR
FROM YOU, HAROLD.

INGLEWOOD, EARL.
KEEP IT ON THE SURFACE STREETS.

(engine starts)

- (cell phone ringing)
- EARL, HEADPHONES.

THIS IS HALLER.

AND THIS IS YOUR OFFICE.

UH, ACTUALLY,
I'M IN MY OFFICE,
MISS LORNA,

ON MY WAY TO THE COURTHOUSE
IN INGLEWOOD.

LISTEN, JOT DOWN TO REMIND ME
TO GIVE REYNALDO, THE BAILIFF
OVER IN SAN FERNANDO,

200 BUCKS
FOR CHRISTMAS, ALL RIGHT?

GOT IT.
HEY, DID VAL REACH YOU
ABOUT HIS CUSTOMER?

YEAH.
"I GOT SOMETHING BIG
FOR YOU, MICK," EVERY TIME.

- ANY OTHER CALLS?
- No, just some odds and ends.

A FEW D.U.I.s.
I JUST QUOTED THEM
THE HOUSE NUMBER. OH--

GLORIA LARSON CALLED
FROM COUNTY LOCKUP.

- SHE GOT POPPED AGAIN?
- The usual with a complication,

Cocaine possession.
Her first appearance is
right after lunch.

LOOK, TELL HER I'LL TRY.

SO I WAS THINKING, BOSS,
YOU KNOW, UH,

WHEN YOU GET YOUR LICENSE BACK
AND WHATNOT MAYBE, YOU KNOW,

I COULD STAY ON AND--
LIKE A PERMANENT THING
OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW?

I GOT MY LICENSE BACK
THREE MONTHS AGO, EARL.

HEY, BOSS.

WANT ME TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THAT?
'CAUSE I CAN.

NAW, JUST KEEP DOING
WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

BOSS.

ALL RIGHT.
PULL OVER UP HERE.

- COUNSELOR.
- EDDIE.

- HOW'S IT HANGING?
- A LITTLE TO THE LEFT,
MY MAN. HOW ABOUT YOU?

NOT BAD.
YOUR RIDE'S A LITTLE MESSY.

YEAH, THE MAID DOESN'T
COME TILL TUESDAY.

SO WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU,
BIG MAN?

OUR BOY HAROLD CALLED
FROM THE PEN,

SAID YOU'RE STALLING HIS CASE
TILL YOU SEE SOME MORE GREEN.

- I DON'T GET PAID,
I DON'T WORK.
- WE PAID YOU-- 5,000.

THAT'S LONG GONE, EDDIE.
NOW LOOK, I COULD TELL YOU
THAT HALF OF IT

WENT TO AN AERIAL-PHOTO
EXPERT.

HE'S GONNA BLOW THE STATE'S CASE
BY SHOWING THAT THE D.E.A.

VIOLATED THE AIRSPACE
OVER HAROLD'S FARM
BY FLYING TOO LOW.

I COULD ALSO TELL YOU
THAT I GOT TO FLY THAT GUY
IN FROM NEW YORK CITY,

GET HIM TO TESTIFY,
PUT HIM UP IN A HOTEL
AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF,

BUT YOU DON'T
NEED TO KNOW THAT.

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
IS THAT WE HAD A DEAL.

IT'S TIME TO REFILL THE TANK.

WHAT,
ANOTHER FIVE GRAND?

- 10.
- (exhales)

HE WANTS TO FLY BUSINESS,
WANTS A FIRST-CLASS HOTEL.

AND WE WANT HAROLD
BACK ON THE FARM.

HE'S OUR BEST FARMER,
IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

I DON'T
AND I DON'T WANT TO.

NOW LOOK,
EITHER PAY ME OR GO WITH
A PUBLIC DEFENDER.

HE WON'T KNOW MUCH
ABOUT AIRSPACE, BUT--

- AIN'T YOU GOING TO COUNT IT?
- I JUST DID.

KEEP THAT RUBBER
ON THE ROAD, EDDIE.

LET'S ROLL, EARL.

♪ JUST LIKE MUSIC... ♪

SO THIS EXPERT FLYING IN
FROM NEW YORK,

DO YOU WANT ME
TO PICK HIM UP
AT THE AIRPORT?

- THERE'S NOBODY COMING IN.
- WHAT?

THE BEST CAMERA EXPERTS
IN THE WORLD ARE RIGHT HERE
IN HOLLYWOOD.

(chuckles)

NICE.
YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU WOULD'VE DONE
ALL RIGHT ON THE STREETS.

SHIT, WHERE DO YOU
THINK I AM, EARL?

♪ ABSORB THE SOUND
THAT KEEP ME ROUND ♪

♪ DOING MY THING CONSTANTLY
WITH NO WORRIES ♪

- ♪ PEACE TO KEITH MURRAY ♪
- ♪ JUST LIKE MUSIC ♪

♪ TO KEEP ME FLOWING
AND KEEP ME GOING ♪

♪ AND KEEP ME GROWING,
AND KEEP ME THE "E"
FROM KNOWING ♪

♪ WHAT HAPPENS OUT THERE
IS NOT MY CONCERN ♪

♪ YOU WANT TO DIE?
IT'S NOT MY TURN ♪

♪ JUST LIKE MUSIC... ♪

(buzzes)

LOUIS ROULET?

YES.

I'M MICHAEL HALLER.

MR. HALLER, I CALLED YOU
BECAUSE I NEED SOMEONE.

THIS WHOLE THING IS A SETUP.
I MADE A MISTAKE
WITH THAT WOMAN

- AND SHE WAS SETTING ME UP.
- KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN.
YOU HEAR ME?

DON'T SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT THE CASE UNTIL
I GET YOU OUT ON BAIL.

I UNDERSTAND
YOUR FAMILY LAWYER'S
IN COURT.

YES.
HIS NAME'S CECIL DOBBS.

- HE'S HERE SOMEWHERE.
- I'LL FIND HIM.

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF.

HOW OLD ARE YOU?

- 32.
- TIES TO THE COMMUNITY?

- DID YOU GROW UP HERE?
- YEAH, BEVERLY HILLS.

I WENT TO U.S.C.
I WORK FOR MY MOTHER'S
BUSINESS.

- WHAT ABOUT YOUR FATHER?
- HE DIED WHEN I WAS TWO.

HOW MUCH DID YOU MAKE
LAST YEAR, LOUIS?

MY TAXES SAID 600,000.

I WANT A LAWYER TOO.
MY NAME'S CORLISS, TWO Ss.

- YOU GOT A CARD ON YOU?
- LISTEN, BUDDY, THEY'LL HAVE
A LAWYER FOR YOU OUT THERE.

RIGHT NOW I NEED YOU
TO BACK AWAY AND GIVE US
A LITTLE SPACE.

CAN YOU DO THAT, PAL?

- I'M BACKING, BOSS.
- THERE WE GO.

OKAY.
UH-HUH.

THERE WE GO.
THERE WE GO.

AND LISTEN, THEY'VE, UH...

PUT SOME HEAVY CHARGES
ON YOU, LOUIS.

THE D.A.'S PROBABLY
GONNA ASK FOR NO BAIL.

- WAIT, NO BAIL?
- I SAID THEY'RE GOING
TO ASK FOR IT.

- WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU WERE ARRESTED?
- NEVER.

- SO IF I CHECKED YOUR RECORD?
- YOU'D FIND PARKING TICKETS.

ARE YOU GOING
TO GET ME OUT OF HERE?

I'M GOING TO TRY, LOUIS.

ARE YOU THE PROSECUTOR
WHO USED TO HAVE
THE ROULET CASE?

HALLER.

- SON OF A BITCH.
- RULES ARE RULES.

I WANTED THIS ONE.
OKAY OKAY, I'LL GO QUIETLY.

BUT AFTER TODAY'S HEARING,
IF YOU DON'T OBJECT.

DEPENDS.
YOU'RE GOING FOR NO BAIL?

OH, THAT WON'T CHANGE
WITH THE PROSECUTOR.

NOT AFTER WHAT
YOUR GUY DID.

- IF HE DID IT.
- SURE-- IF.

THEY ONLY PICKED HIM UP
IN HER HOME WITH BLOOD
ALL OVER HIM.

OH, I LOVE IT
WHEN YOU GET SARCASTIC.

CAN I AT LEAST SEE
THE ARREST REPORT?

(chuckles)
YOU GET IT FROM
WHOMEVER TAKES OVER.

NO FAVORS ON THIS ONE.

HOW'S HAYLEY TODAY?

SHE'S GOOD.

GOOD.

I'LL PICK HER UP
THE USUAL TIME ON SATURDAY.

BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUSNESS
OF THE OFFENSE, THE FINANCIAL
RESOURCES OF THE ACCUSED,

THE STATE REQUESTS
NO BAIL.

YOUR HONOR, THERE'S NO WAY
THE STATE CAN CLAIM

THAT MY CLIENT
IS A FLIGHT RISK.
HE'S NOT.

WITH RESOURCES
LIKE THIS MAN HAS,
FLIGHT IS ALWAYS A RISK.

- ARE THERE ANY PRIORS?
- NO, YOUR HONOR.

THEN I'M GONNA REDUCE
THE RISK OF FLIGHT

BY ORDERING HIM TO WEAR
A TRACER ANKLET

AND I'M GONNA SET BAIL
AT $1 MILLION.

- JUDGE, HAVE YOU
SEEN THE PHOTO?
- MISS McPHERSON, BAIL IS SET.

THANK YOU, JUDGE.

MICK, YOU FEELING
COMPELLED TO THANK ME
AND SPEAK WELL OF ME?

- 'CAUSE THIS ONE IS GONNA BE
THE MONEY, I'M TELLING YOU.
- WE'LL SEE.

OH HEY, SHHH.
HEY, THERE'S HIS LAWYER
RIGHT THERE.

CECIL DOBBS. HEY, MICK,
DON'T FORGET OUR DEAL.

A POSSIBILITY,
BUT-- OH, HE'S HERE NOW.
I'LL TALK TO YOU LATER.

- CECIL DOBBS.
- MR. HALLER.

UH, IT'S DEPRESSING
TO SEE THE BOY CAUGHT UP
IN THAT CATTLE CALL.

THE BOY?

I'VE REPRESENTED
THE FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME.

LISTEN, MY ADVICE IS LET
VAL FIX YOU UP WITH A BOND,

THEN YOU TAKE THE BOY HOME.

BUT WE WERE THINKING
OF PUTTING UP PROPERTY--
MRS. WINDSOR'S BEACH HOUSE.

- MOTHER'S NAME IS "WINDSOR?"
- HER SECOND HUSBAND'S NAME.
HE'S DEAD NOW.

ASSESSING THE HOUSE
WILL TAKE DAYS.

AND TRUST ME, YOU DON'T
WANT THE BOY IN THE CLINK
FOR EVEN THAT LONG.

SO TAP VAL,
TAKE LOUIS TO YOUR OFFICE.

- I'LL MEET YOU THERE AT 4:00.
- HERE,

LET ME GIVE YOU
MY BUSINESS CARD.

OH BOY.

OH, MEDIA?

YEAH,
THEY'RE ALREADY ON US.

MRS. WINDSOR IS
SENSITIVE ABOUT THE PRESS,

But I don't guess
there's much we can
do about that.

Let me see.
Say, bub.

COME HERE.
COME HERE.

I SAW YOU FILMING IN THERE.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

THE NAME'S ROB GILLON.
THEY CALL ME STICKS.

STICKS,
YOU FREELANCING ON THIS?

YEAH, YOUR CLIENT'S
GOT PROFILE. I FIGURE
I'D SELL IT TO LOCAL NEWS.

- HOW MUCH?
- HOW MUCH WHAT?

- HOW MUCH THEY PAY YOU
FOR WHAT YOU SHOT IN THERE?
- THAT DEPENDS.

- SEVEN, 750.
- OKAY.

HOW ABOUT WE TAKE IT
OFF YOUR HANDS

FOR EIGHT?
NO?

TOO SHORT? ALL RIGHT,
LET'S MAKE IT A GRAND.

- DEAL?
- IT'S YOURS.

SOLD.
I CAN EXPENSE THIS, RIGHT?

OF COURSE.
ABSOLUTELY.

- THANK YOU, STICKS.
- THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, MR. HALLER,
YOU WEREN'T MY CHOICE.

OH, I BET I WASN'T.
A FIRM LIKE YOURS MUST HAVE
SOME HEAVY HITTERS ON CALL.

WE DO.
BUT LOUIS INSISTED.

FRANKLY,
I'D NEVER HEARD OF YOU.

BUT, UH,
MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE.

- DID YOU SAY I WAS
LOUIS'S CHOICE?
- YES.

HE'D READ ABOUT
A CASE YOU HANDLED.

I'LL NEED
A HUNDRED GRAND UPFRONT,
WORKIN' OFF 550 AN HOUR.

ANOTHER HUNDRED
IF WE GO TO TRIAL,
MORE IF WE GO PAST A WEEK.

APPEALS, WE START OVER.

♪ DON'T SWEAT
THE TECHNIQUE... ♪

I TAKE IT
NONE OF THAT'S A PROBLEM.

- NO NO.
- SEE YOU AT 4:00.

♪ LET'S TRACE THE HINTS,
CHECK THE FILE ♪

♪ LET'S SEE WHO BIT
TO DETECT THE STYLE ♪

♪ I FLIP THE SCRIPT
SO IT CAN'T GET FILED ♪

♪ AT LEAST NOT NOW,
IT'LL TAKE AWHILE ♪

♪ I CHANGE THE PACE
TO COMPLETE THE BEAT... ♪

WHERE ARE WE HEADED NOW?

WE'RE GONNA GO MEET
STICKS AT JIM'S.

- Earl: THAT SAME SPOT?
- MM-HMM.

ALL RIGHT.

♪ I MADE MY DEBUT IN '86 ♪

♪ WITH A MELODY
AND A PRESIDENT'S MIX ♪

♪ AND NOW I STAY ON TARGET
AND REFUSE TO MISS ♪

♪ AND I STILL
MAKE HITS WITH BEATS,
THE PARTIES, CLUBS ♪

♪ IN THE CARS AND JEEPS,
MY UNDERGROUND SOUND... ♪

Mick:
THERE HE IS.

THERE WE GO.

EIGHT FOR ME, TWO FOR YOU.

- THANK YOU, STICKS.
- ANY TIME.

- MM-HMM.
- HEY HEY, MY TAPE!

♪ DON'T SWEAT
THE TECHNIQUE. ♪

(bangs)

( police radio
chattering )

(sighs)
YOU DON'T LOOK GOOD, GIRL.

THANKS.

SOMETHING NEW--

BOOKED ON POSSESSION OF COKE,
PLUS THE USUAL.

I KNOW, IT WAS DUMB.

THIS GUY PAID ME WITH IT
AND I HAD IT ON ME WHEN
I WENT TO THE NEXT.

AND THE NEXT WAS A COP.

YEAH.

LOOK, CAN'T YOU GET ME
INTO ONE OF THOSE

REHAB PLACES
THAT GET YOU STRAIGHT?

WE DID A PRETRIAL REHAB
LAST TIME.

THE D.A. IS NEVER GOING
TO GO FOR IT AGAIN.

YOU MAY HAVE TO DO
SOME JAIL TIME, GLORIA.

- MICKEY, I CAN'T.
- YES, YOU CAN.

YES, YOU CAN.

HEY.

THEY HAVE PROGRAMS
IN JAIL TOO.

AND LOOK,
YOU'VE HAD A LONG RUN.

MAYBE AFTER THIS,
YOU CAN GET OUT OF THE LIFE.

YEAH, HOUSEWIFE
OF THE YEAR, THAT'S ME.

MAYBE I CAN
TURN SOME TRICKS
FOR THE P.T.A.

IT'S NOT FUNNY.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT.

ALL RIGHT, GIVE IT TO ME.

ALL RIGHT, I, UH, I DID
A GUY AT THE TRAVEL INN
ON SANTA MONICA.

THE GUY WHO PAID YOU
WITH COKE INSTEAD OF MONEY?

YEAH, AND HE HAD
A SHITLOAD OF COKE
IN THERE, I SAW.

DO YOU KNOW HIM?

NO NO, HE REACHED ME
THROUGH MY WEBSITE.

HE WAS, UH...

YOU KNOW, HE WAS
MEXICAN OR SOMETHING.

- DID YOU SCREEN HIM?
- DON'T I SCREEN 'EM ALL?

- OKAY, WITH WHAT?
HE HAD HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE?
- NO, HIS PASSPORT.

HIS, UH...

DAMN, WHAT WAS HIS NAME?

HIS NAME WAS HECTOR.

HECTOR WHAT?

- UM...
- WHAT'S HIS LAST NAME?
THINK, GLORIA, THINK.

HECTOR "ARRANDE" MOYA
IS WHAT YOU GET IF YOU
RUN A TRACE.

HE'S A FUGITIVE
FROM A GRAND JURY
DOWN IN FLORIDA.

THE D.A. WANTS HIM
FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING.

AND, LESLIE?
THEY WANT HIM A LOT.

AND YOUR GIRL'S
LOOKING TO TRADE?

SHE'LL GIVE YOU HIS HOTEL
AND ROOM NUMBER.

- SHE'LL ALSO HAVE
TO TESTIFY ON THE COKE.
- NO.

LOCATION ONLY.
YOUR GUYS TAKE IT
FROM THERE.

MY INVESTIGATOR
SAYS HECTOR HASN'T
CHECKED OUT YET.

- AND IN EXCHANGE?
- YOU DROP ALL CHARGES.

ALL SHE DOES IS
A PRETRIAL REHAB.

THE FACILITY AT U.S.C. MED
WOULD BE NICE.

OR I CAN TAKE IT
TO THE FEDS.

THEY'LL CUT THIS DEAL
IN A MINUTE.

(elevator dings)

ALL RIGHT,
YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE.

AFTER YOU.

- Man: YOU'D GO HEAD FIRST?
- Mick: I'D GIVE IT A SHOT,
IF I WAS GOING TO DO IT.

- WHY?
- STYLE POINTS.

YOU'RE SO VAIN.
NOBODY CARES IF YOU
KILL YOURSELF.

- IT'D LOOK COOL.
- HMM.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
THE LAST THING TO GO
THROUGH YOUR MIND WOULD BE?

YOUR ASSHOLE.

YEAH.

- MR. HALLER.
- LOUIS, GOOD MORNING.

- THANK YOU.
- IT'S JUST A START.

THIS IS FRANK LEVIN.
FRANK'S MY INVESTIGATOR.

- LOUIS ROULET.
- GOOD TO MEET YOU.

WE'RE IN HERE.

I'VE GOT A--

- A TRACER ANKLET.
- A PRESENT FROM YOUR FRIEND
MR. VALENZUELA,

BY ORDER OF THE COURT.

AS IF I'D GO ANYPLACE
BEFORE THIS THING'S OVER.

- GENTLEMEN, WELCOME.
- MR. DOBBS.

- MR. HALLER.
- GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THIS IS FRANK LEVIN.
MR. LEVIN IS MY
INVESTIGATOR.

HIS FEES ARE
IN ADDITION TO MINE.

OF COURSE.
GENTLEMEN, THIS IS
MARY WINDSOR.

SHE'S LOUIS'S MOTHER;
MR. HALLER.

- MRS. WINDSOR,
IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
- HOW DO YOU DO?

I'M FINE, THANK YOU.
THIS IS FRANK LEVIN,
MY INVESTIGATOR.

HOW DO YOU DO?

THE CHARGES AGAINST
MY SON ARE RIDICULOUS.

SO IS THAT WOMAN.

HERE'S A CHECK FOR YOU,
MR. HALLER.

THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME
FROM YOUR SON, MRS. WINDSOR.

YOU CAN GIVE HIM THE MONEY,
HE CAN WRITE THE CHECK,

BUT IT MUST COME FROM HIM.

HE'S MY CLIENT AND THAT HAS
TO BE CLEAR FROM THE START.

I CAN'T
THANK YOU ENOUGH
FOR BEING HERE.

SINCERELY,
IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT
YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE--

- WHEN WE NEED YOU.
- BUT NOT NOW, IS THAT IT?

NO, MA'AM.
THE D.A. COULD MAKE YOU
TESTIFY ABOUT WHAT YOU HEAR.

ATTORNEY PRIVILEGE
DOES NOT COVER YOU.

I'LL SEE YOU AT HOME.

MARY,
I'LL CALL YOU...

SHE'S NOT USED TO
BEING TOLD WHAT TO DO.

I CAN BELIEVE THAT.

SO HOW FAST
CAN I GO TO TRIAL?
I WANT THIS BEHIND ME.

ARE YOU SURE?
YOU CAN STRETCH IT OUT,
ENJOY YOUR FREEDOM.

- MOST CLIENTS CHOOSE TO--
- GUILTY CLIENTS, YOU MEAN.

OKAY.
THEN I INSIST ON GOING
TO TRIAL RIGHT AWAY.

OR PERHAPS IT NEVER
GOES TO TRIAL AT ALL.

MY FIRM CAN BRING

CONSIDERABLE INFLUENCE
TO BEAR.

OH, DON'T KID
YOURSELF, CECIL.

THERE'S NO WAY THE STATE'S
DROPPING THESE CHARGES.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,
THEY'VE ALREADY UPPED THEM

TO IMPROVE THEIR
NEGOTIATING POSITION.

THERE WON'T BE
ANY NEGOTIATING.

NO PLEA BARGAIN,
NO NOTHING.

I'M NOT GOING TO JAIL
FOR SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO.

I'M INNOCENT.
AND IF THERE IS A TRIAL,

I WANT TO TAKE
THE STAND AND TELL THE JURY
THAT I'M INNOCENT.

NOW IF THAT'S A PROBLEM,
WE CAN PART COMPANY
RIGHT NOW.

TIME TO TELL ME
WHAT HAPPENED.

I WAS HAVING A DRINK
AT THE ASSOCIATION.

THE ASSOCIATION?
THAT'S THE BAR
ON SIXTH STREET,

THE ONE WITH A LOT
OF YOUNG WOMEN?

RIGHT.
IT'S GOOD FOR PICK-UPS.

WHAT'S THE FILE SAY
ABOUT THE GIRL, FRANK?

UH, REGINA CAMPO,

KNOWN AS "REGGIE,"
26 YEARS OLD,

PART-TIME ACTRESS,
PART-TIME OFFICE TEMP.

AND HOPING TO RETIRE
AFTER SUING MY CLIENT.

- Mick: DID YOU KNOW HER
BEFORE LAST NIGHT, LOUIS?
- NO.

I'D SEEN HER AROUND,
BUT WE'D NEVER SPOKE.

SHE WAS ALWAYS
WITH ANOTHER GUY.

LAST NIGHT TOO.

I GOT IT THAT SHE WASN'T
TOO INTO HER DATE.

SHE BRUSHED BY ME
ON HER WAY TO THE BATHROOM.

I HOPE I SEE YOU TONIGHT.

AND SHE BASICALLY JUST
LAID HER ADDRESS ON ME.

ON A NAPKIN.
SHE SAID SHE COULD
GET RID OF HIM BY 10:00.

DO YOU STILL HAVE IT?
WHAT SHE WROTE DOWN?

NO, I DIDN'T KEEP
THE NAPKIN.

FRANK, CHECK THAT FILE.
SEE IF THE POLICE REPORT
HAS ANY OF THIS.

FRANK HERE HAS ALREADY
WORKED US A LITTLE MIRACLE.

HE HAPPENED TO SCORE US A COPY
OF THE DISCOVERY FILE--

EVERYTHING THE D.A. HAS.

THEY WOULD HAVE HAD
TO TURN IT OVER EVENTUALLY,
BUT IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN AWHILE.

NO, THEY DON'T
HAVE THE OTHER GUY.
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THE BAR.

SO WHAT, ALL THEY'VE GOT IS
LOUIS SHOWS UP AT HER APARTMENT

AND SHE GETS BEATEN?

THAT IS SUCH BULLSHIT.

JUST KEEP TELLING ME
YOUR STORY.

OKAY.

I GOT THERE EARLY

AND, UH, WAITED
UNTIL HE CAME OUT.

DID YOU SEE
WHAT HE WAS DRIVING?

A BLUE MUSTANG.

- Mick: ALL RIGHT, SO HE
COMES OUT, YOU GO IN.
- (knocks)

Louis:
SHE SAW IT WAS ME
AND OPENED THE DOOR.

UM... THE HALLWAY
WAS TIGHT,

SO I HAD TO WALK PAST HER,
YOU KNOW,

SO SHE COULD
CLOSE THE DOOR.

SO MY BACK WAS TO HER
AND, UM...

THAT WAS IT.

- WHAT WAS IT?
- SHE HIT ME WITH SOMETHING.

I WENT DOWN
AND EVERYTHING
GOT BLACK FAST.

SHOW ME
WHERE SHE HIT YOU.

LIKE, RIGHT HERE.

(gasps)
IT STILL HURTS.

AND THAT BLOW
KNOCKED YOU OUT.

Reggie:
JUST KEEP HIM DOWN!
JUST KEEP HIM DOWN!

CAN SOMEONE
GET THE POLICE?

Louis:
NEXT I KNOW, TWO FAGS ARE
SITTING ON ME, HOLDING ME DOWN.

POLICE REPORT HAS IT,
"HOMOSEXUAL COUPLE FROM
ACROSS THE HALL."

LIKE I SAID, FAGGOTS.

I STAND CORRECTED.
"FAGGOT COUPLE FROM
ACROSS THE HALL."

Mick:
GO ON, LOUIS.

I WAS STILL FOGGY
WHEN THE COPS CAME.

MA'AM, MY NAME IS
OFFICER MAXWELL. I JUST NEED
TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS.

- CAN YOU TELL ME
YOUR FULL NAME, PLEASE?
- REGGIE CAMPO.

- DO YOU KNOW THIS GENTLEMAN?
HAVE YOU MET HIM BEFORE?
- Reggie: NO.

Louis:
AND THAT'S WHEN I SAW
SHE'D SET ME UP.

- SET IT UP HOW?
- SHE PUT BLOOD ON MY HAND.

- M LEFT HAND.
- Reggie: HE SAID HE WAS
GONNA RAPE ME

AND KILL ME
AND THEN HE SAID HE WAS
GONNA COME BACK HERE

AND RAPE ME AGAIN.

YOU SAID SHE LEFT
THE DOOR OPEN A CRACK.
DID YOU HAPPEN TO SEE HER FACE?

NOT ALL OF IT.

MAINLY, HER EYE.

WAIT, HER-- HER LEFT EYE?

YES.

ALL RIGHT, SO SHE
ALREADY HAD THE INJURIES

TO THE RIGHT SIDE
OF HER FACE.

SHE OPENS THE DOOR,
CONCEALS THAT FROM HIM,

AND AS HE ENTERS,
SHE-- SHE CLOBBERS HIM.

SO OUR CASE IS WHAT?

SHE BEAT HERSELF UP?

IF SHE ALREADY HAD THE INJURIES,
SHE EITHER DID JUST THAT

OR SHE HAD
HER BOYFRIEND DO IT.

SHE MUST HAVE.
I MEAN, SHE SAW LOUIS'S
MASERATI, HIS WATCH.

IT'S KNOWN THE FAMILY HAS MONEY.

I'LL WAGER SHE'LL BE
FILING IN CIVIL COURT
THE MOMENT THIS IS OVER.

LET'S HEAR THE POLICE REPORT.
HOW'S REGGIE TELL IT?

Frank:
OKAY. UH, "ACCORDING
TO THE VICTIM,

SHE WAS AT HOME ALONE
WHEN THE SUSPECT

PRESENTED HIMSELF AT THE DOOR
AS SOMEONE SHE KNEW.

UPON LETTING HIM IN,
SHE WAS IMMEDIATELY STRUCK."

Mick:
DOES IT SAY
HE KNOCKED HER DOWN?

YES.
"THERE WAS A STRUGGLE
THAT CONTINUED

FROM THE HALLWAY
TO THE STAIRS."

- (sobbing)
- GET BACK HERE.

Frank:
"HE HELD THE VICTIM
BY THE NECK

AND FORCED HER DOWN.
THE SUSPECT MAINTAINED
A POSITION BEHIND HER,

HOLDING A KNIFE AGAINST
THE LEFT SIDE OF HER THROAT."

Louis:
THAT'S NOT MY KNIFE.

ARE HIS PRINTS
ON HERE, FRANK?

WELL, IT STANDS
TO REASON

IF SHE PUT BLOOD
ON HIS HAND, SHE PUT
HIS PRINTS ON THE KNIFE.

I JUST TOLD YOU THOUGH--
THAT ISN'T MY KNIFE.

KEEP TALKING, FRANK.

"AS MISS CAMPO RAN
FOR THE STAIRS,
THEY FOUGHT

AND SHE KICKED
THE INTRUDER BACKWARDS.

REALIZING HER ATTACKER
HAD HER CORNERED,

SHE FOUGHT FREE AND SEIZED
A NEARBY BOTTLE OF VODKA

- (glass shatters)
- Mick: AND THAT'S WHEN
SHE CLONKED HIM.

- Frank: THAT'S HER STORY.
- THOSE ARE ALL LIES.

LOOK, IF EVERYTHING
SHE'S SAYING IS A LIE,

THEN THIS IS GOING TO BE
THE EASIEST CASE EVER.

UH, BUT YOU SWEAR
IT'S ALL LIES?

ALL OF IT?

ARE YOU SURE
THERE'S NOT ANYTHING

THAT YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME?

NOTHING.

Frank:
WHY'D HE CHOOSE YOU, MICK?

RICH KID,
SPOILED AS SHIT,

NEVER HEARD
THE WORD "NO."

YEAH, BUT THE DAMN THING
IS THE WAY HE TELLS
THE STORY, FRANK.

IT'S JUST QUIRKY ENOUGH
TO BE TRUE.

I DON'T KNOW, MICK.
THIS KID FEELS WRONG TO ME.

BUT I'LL CHECK OUT HIS STORY.

ALL OF IT.
YOU KNOW THE MOVES.

START WITH
THE ASSOCIATION BAR.

AND THEN
MISS REGINA CAMPO.

- MMM.
- THE WAY HE SAID
SHE CAME ON TO HIM,

- SOUNDS LIKE A PRO.
- YEAH, RUN IT DOWN.

ALSO, MR.--
MR. MUSTANG.

ALL RIGHT, NOW I STILL
DON'T GET HOW THAT WORKS.

WHAT, HE AND REGGIE
GOT INTO SOME ROUGH TRADE
AND THEN HE PUNCHED HER?

UNLESS HE WAS IN ON IT.

MEANING...

- HE HIT HER
AFTERWARDS?
- BINGO.

JESUS, MICK,
ARE YOU STARTING
TO THINK LOUIS IS INNOCENT?

I JUST MIGHT.

BESIDES, YOU KNOW WHAT
MY FATHER ALWAYS SAID
ABOUT AN INNOCENT CLIENT.

NO, I'VE NEVER HEARD THIS.
HI.

HE SAID THERE'S NO CLIENT
AS SCARY AS AN INNOCENT MAN.

THAT'S RIGHT,
BECAUSE IF YOU SCREW UP
AND HE GOES TO PRISON,

- YOU'RE NEVER GONNA BE ABLE
TO LIVE WITH YOURSELF.
- MM-HMM.

SO THERE'S ONLY
ONE VERDICT YOU CAN
PUT ON THE BOARD, BABY,

AND THAT'S AN N.G.

WHAT DO YOU SAY, MAGS?

FRANK, IF YOU LET A MAN
DRIVE HOME IN THIS CONDITION,

I THINK THAT I CAN
CHARGE YOU BOTH.

I'LL TAKE HIM
TO HIS HOUSE.

THEN HOW ARE YOU GONNA
GET HOME?

EARL CAN PICK UP THE CAR
FROM ME IN THE MORNING.

I CAME WITH FRIENDS.
OOH!

SHH SHH SHH.

- LATER.
- THANK YOU, BABY.

NO NO, I GOT THIS!
I INSIST.

(chuckles)
I'M HOME? EH!

HEY.

WHAT?

MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU.

YOU'RE NOT DOING ME
ANY GOOD, HALLER.

(Mick chuckling)

HEY, MICK!

JESUS, FRANK,
WHAT COULDN'T WAIT?

WANNA WATCH A MOVIE?

WE CAUGHT A BREAK.

THE OWNER HAD A CAMERA SYSTEM

SET UP LAST MONTH.

I HAD THE SECURITY TAPE
TRANSFERRED TO A DISK,

SO I COULD MANIPULATE.

I KNOW THIS PLACE.
ALL RIGHT, AND THERE'S
OUR BOY LOUIS.

AND I WOULD LIKE YOU
TO MEET MISS REGGIE CAMPO.

AND THERE'S MR. MUSTANG.

- ARE YOU SURE?
- I WOULDN'T HAVE POPPED A GRAND
FOR THE TAPE IF I WASN'T SURE.

NOW WATCH. REGGIE GETS UP,
GOES TO THE LADIES' ROOM.

MR. MUSTANG CHATS UP
THE BARTENDER,

SO THAT'S WHERE HE GOES.
THAT GIVES REGGIE
HER CHANCE.

- WATCH HER.
- WAIT, THAT'S NOT HOW
HE SAID IT WENT DOWN.

HE SAID SHE GAVE HIM
HER ADDRESS ON A NAPKIN.

OKAY, HOLD ON, HOSS,
HOLD ON.

LET HER GO PEE.
OKAY, HERE SHE COMES.

- THERE'S YOUR NAPKIN.
- UH-HUH UH-HUH UH-HUH.

NOW WATCH THIS.

SHE AND MR. MUSTANG DECIDE
IT'S TIME TO SPLIT.

LOOK-- LOOK AT HIS HAND.
LOOK AT HIS WATCH.

IT'S ON HIS LEFT HAND.
THAT'S NOT GOOD.

THE FACIAL BLOWS
ARE FROM THE LEFT.
THIS GUY'S RIGHT-HANDED.

BABE, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN
DRINKING ENOUGH.

YOU SAID YOU KNEW
THE ASSOCIATION.

YOU WOULD REALIZE THIS SHOT
IS INTO THE MIRROR
BEHIND THE BAR.

- OH.
- THAT'S WHERE THE OWNER
SET UP THE CAMERA

- SO HE COULD
WATCH HIS REGISTER.
- SO EVERYTHING'S BACKWARDS.

AND MR. MUSTANG PUNCHES
WITH HIS LEFT.

- ARE YOU PROUD
OF YOURSELF, FRANK?
- I REALLY REALLY AM.

BUT NOT JUST ABOUT THIS.
THAT FEELING I HAD
ABOUT REGGIE--

THAT SHE WAS SELLING IT?
I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH.

- SHE'S A HOOKER.
- YOU'RE TELLING ME
THE COPS DON'T HAVE THIS?

HOW CAN THEY?
THERE'S ONLY ONE
AND IT'S NOT A COPY.

- THEN MAKE A COPY.
- WHY, YOU GONNA GIVE IT
TO THE PROSECUTOR?

YEAH, A NEW GUY
NAMED TED MINTON.

HE'S GONNA HAND OVER
THE DISCOVERY FILE.

- OH, POOR BUNNY. HE'S NOT
GONNA KNOW WHAT HIT HIM.
- HUH-UH.

Mick:
YOUR MAN'S BACK?U THINK

MMM, PROBABLY JUST
A FEW MORE MINUTES.

- MR. HALLER.
- THERE HE IS.

- SORRY TO KEEP YOU WAITING.
- THE DISCOVERY FILE.

(sighs)
I HOPE THIS'LL BE
WORTH YOUR WHILE.

IT'S KINDA LIGHT.

YOU GOT SOMEWHERE
WE CAN PLAY THIS?

(groans)

WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE?

WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE?

COME ON, MINTON, LET'S CUT
THE BULLSHIT HERE,
ALL RIGHT?

LOOK, NOT ONLY IS
YOUR SO-CALLED VICTIM
A PROSTITUTE,

BUT I HAVE HER SOLICITING
MY GUY ON VIDEO.

YOU THINK A JURY'S GONNA
SEE THIS AND THINK HE HAD
TO RAPE HER AT KNIFEPOINT

JUST TO HAVE SEX WITH HER?
NO.

ARE YOU LISTENING
TO WHAT I'M SAYING?

YES, AND IT DOESN'T CHANGE
THE OFFER I'M PREPARED TO MAKE.

OFFER?

YOU'RE GOING FORWARD?

WE WILL DROP DOWN
TO ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY,

ATTEMPTED SEXUAL BATTERY.

GUIDELINES PUT THAT
AT, MM, SEVEN YEARS

AND MAYBE HE'LL DO FOUR.

WHAT AM I MISSING HERE?

(dog barking)

YOU WANT IT, YOU WANT IT.

- Girl: COME ON, AHAB, COME ON.
- Frank: HO HO!

HEY, FRANK?

- WHAT'S UP?
- ALL RIGHT, LOOK HERE.

THESE FILES LOOK IDENTICAL
TO ME, ALL RIGHT?

THERE'S SOMETHING
WE'RE MISSING AND WE'RE
NOT SEEING IT.

WELL...

HERE'S THE DISCOVERY FILE
I GOT FROM MY CLERK IN
THE D.A.'S OFFICE.

THIS IS THE ONE
I GOT FROM MINTON.

- PHOTO OF REGGIE CAMPO.
- REGGIE.

- THAT'S THE DOOR CHAIN.
- MM-HMM.

- NO, IT'S THE SAME.
- WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA.

HERE WE GO, HERE WE GO,
HERE WE GO.

SON OF A BITCH.

THEY SWITCHED OUT THE FILES.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT KNIFE.

- MM-HMM.
- I'VE BEEN TAKING CARE
OF THIS GUY FOR 10 YEARS

AND HE SET ME UP.
WELL, HE'S OFF
THE CHRISTMAS LIST.

MMMM, HE'S ON THE SHITLIST.

- Man: GOOD SHOT, E.
- THANK YOU.

- THAT'S GREAT.
- IT LOOKS A LITTLE SHORT TO ME.

YOU GUYS FINISH UP.
I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

- YOU'RE CLOSED OUT, ANYWAY.
- AHH!

- LOUIS.
- SO WHAT HAPPENED?
YOU SEE MINTON?

OH, I SAW HIM.

WE NEED TO TALK.

YOU LIED TO ME, LOUIS.

YOU DIDN'T TELL ME YOU WERE
PAYING REGGIE CAMPO FOR SEX.

NOW DON'T GO
LOOKING SURPRISED.

YOU COULD HAVE
EASILY TOLD ME THAT
IN CECIL'S OFFICE.

I DIDN'T WANT
MY MOTHER TO FIND OUT.

CECIL TELLS HER
EVERYTHING AND--

OH, SO YOU DECIDED TO KEEP
FROM ME THE ONE THING

THAT COULD HAVE MADE
THIS TRIAL GO AWAY?
HUH?

IS THAT WHAT MINTON SAID?
NO MORE TRIAL?

I SAID, "COULD HAVE."

IF THAT HAD BEEN
THE ONLY LIE YOU TOLD ME.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

RECOGNIZE THAT?

IT'S A PICTURE OF YOUR KNIFE,

THE ONE YOU HAD ON YOU
WHEN YOU WENT TO REGGIE'S.

THE ONE THE COPS HAVE.
THAT'S WHY TED MINTON
DIDN'T FOLD HIS TENTS.

AND, SHIT, WHY SHOULD HE,
WHEN HE'S GOT A KNIFE WITH
HER BLOOD AND YOUR INITIALS?

- THAT WASN'T THE KNIFE
THAT WAS IN THE FILE.
- THAT'S RIGHT, IT WASN'T.

THE FILE FRANK GOT US IS
WHAT WE CALL A LOADED DECK.

THE COPS USED IT TO SET US UP,

TO MAKE US THINK THEY DIDN'T
HAVE ANYTHING, WHEN IN FACT

THEY'VE GOT ENOUGH TO PUT
YOUR GOLF-PLAYING ASS AWAY
FOR 20 YEARS, BIG BOY.

WHY'D YOU LIE ABOUT THE KNIFE?

CHRIST, WHY WOULD YOU LIE
ABOUT ANYTHING?

EVERYTHING YOU TELL ME
IS CONFIDENTIAL,

- ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE.
- ALL RIGHT, I DIDN'T LIE.

I SAID THE KNIFE
IN THE PICTURE WASN'T MINE.

I SAID IT TWICE
AND NOBODY LISTENED TO ME.

WHAT ARE YOU NOW,
THE GODDAMN LAWYER?

YOU SAID IT WASN'T YOURS?
WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID WAS,

"I HAD A KNIFE, MICK,
BUT THIS ISN'T IT."

YOU BROUGHT A WEAPON
TO A MEETING WITH A PROSTITUTE.

NOW YOU TELL ME, HOW THE HELL
AM I SUPPOSED TO MAKE THAT

LOOK LIKE SHE SET YOU UP?

I DID NOT

DO THIS!

IT'S CUSTOM-MADE,

SERRATED TIP.

IT'S GOT YOUR INITIALS
ENGRAVED ON THE HANDLE.

- I ALWAYS CARRY IT.
- HMM.

WE SHOW HOMES TO PEOPLE
WE DON'T KNOW.

(sighs)
THIS ONE TIME...

MY MOTHER WAS
SHOWING A PLACE.

IT WAS IN BEL AIR,
SO SHE THOUGHT IT WAS
OKAY TO GO ALONE.

BUT HE WAS THERE.

WHO WAS THERE?

THE MAN
WHO RAPED HER.

WHEN SHE DIDN'T COME BACK,
I WENT TO THE HOUSE
AND FOUND HER.

THAT'S-- THAT'S WHEN SHE
STOPPED SHOWING PROPERTY

AND I STARTED CARRYING
A KNIFE.

ALWAYS.

- YOUR MOTHER WILL
HAVE TO TESTIFY.
- NO NO NO.

- I DON'T WANT THAT.
- I DON'T GIVE A DAMN
WHAT YOU WANT.

YOU WANT TO STAY OUT
OF THE SHITHOUSE,

YOU DO EXACTLY AS I TELL YOU
FROM NOW ON.

YOU GOT IT?

- (whispering) HEY.
- HEY.

SUCCESS.
WE HAD FUN.

- (grunts) GOT HER?
- OH YEAH.

AT LEAST WE DID
ONE THING RIGHT, HUH?

WE DID A COUPLE.

GOOD NIGHT.

WELL, LOOK WHO'S
COME CALLING.

DETECTIVE KURLEN.

HEY, YOU BEEN
TO SAN QUENTIN LATELY
TO SEE OUR BOY MARTINEZ?

I ASKED YOU SOMETHING.
HOW'S MARTINEZ DOING
UP THERE?

HE MAKE THE PUCKER-UP-
AND-KISS-ME TEAM?

- I HAVEN'T TALKED TO HIM.
- RIGHT.

I GUESS ONCE THEY
PLEAD GUILTY AND GO DOWN,

YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH
USE FOR 'EM, HUH?

BUT HE'S AWAY
FOREVER, RIGHT?

HE GOT LIFE, YEAH.

SO HE'LL BE OUT IN 15.
TOO BAD.

'CAUSE HIS VICTIM,
DONNA RENTERIA,

SHE'S DEAD FOREVER.

HOW DOES SOMEONE LIKE YOU
SLEEP AT NIGHT,

WITH ALL THE SCUM
YOU REPRESENT?

(dings)

HEY, KURLEN.
COME HERE A SECOND.

(sighs)

I HAD A CLIENT ONCE,
HE DECAPITATED
HIS EX-WIFE...

KEPT HER HEAD
IN THE REFRIGERATOR.

NICE.
SWEET.

THE D.A. GOT GREEDY,
TRIED TO PILE ON TWO
UNSOLVED MURDERS,

TRICK UP THE EVIDENCE
TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE
MY GUY DID IT.

BUT YOU GOT YOUR BOY OFF.
AND HE'S OUT WALKING
AROUND NOW, RIGHT?

WELL, FUCK YOU, HALLER.

NO, FUCK THE D.A.

AND THE COPS WHO HELPED HIM.

IT'S CALLED
THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, KURLEN.

THAT'S NOT THE WAY
IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK.

(club music playing)

ERNIE AND RICH, MM-HMM.

- HOW ARE YOU?
- MONICA.

- (laughter)
- WELL, LOOK WHO'S HERE.

- HELLO, KIDS.
WHAT'S UP, MAGGIE?
- HEY, HALLER.

- YOU WANT A BEER?
- I'D LOVE A COLD BEER.

- SCOTTY.
- YOU GOT IT, MAN.

- OH, WE CAN SHARE THIS.
- NO, I'M GOOD.

WHY WHY?
WE'VE SWAPPED SPIT BEFORE.

(chuckles)

MMM.

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR--
YOUR BUDDY MINTON.

UGH, WHO SAYS
HE'S MY BUDDY?

- OOH, HE SANDBAGGED ME,
BUT GOOD.
- MM-HMM.

WITH THAT GUY CORLISS,
RIGHT?

YEAH, HOW'D YOU KNOW?

YOU'LL TAKE THE GUY'S
HEAD OFF ON THE STAND.

I HOPE SO.
SO WHAT, UH,

TED TALKED TO YOU
ABOUT CORLISS?

NO-NO, I SENT HIM TO TED.

HE THOUGHT I WAS ON THE CASE
BECAUSE I MADE FIRST APPEARANCE.

BUT I SHOULD NOT BE
TELLING YOU ANY OF THIS.

NO, I KNEW.

LOOK, I KNEW A GUY
LIKE MINTON WASN'T ABOVE

PUTTING A JAILHOUSE
SNITCH ON THE STAND.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT
HE IS, RIGHT?

CAN WE JUST HAVE
A FRIENDLY BEER AND NOT
TALK ABOUT WORK, PLEASE?

LET'S GET A TABLE OUT BACK,
GRAB SOMETHING TO EAT.

MMMM.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT
OUR DAUGHTER.

(whispers)
OKAY.

YEAH.

- (Maggie laughing)
- Mick: JESUS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT A YANKY YANKY IS?

OH, I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW
3-D MOVIES COULD BE
SO MUCH FUN.

HUH-UH.
THE FUN IS WATCHING HER.

Both: MMM.

- JOIN THE CLUB.
- RIGHT?

YEAH.

HEY, YOU DIDN'T KNOW
MINTON HAD CORLISS TILL
I BLABBED, DID YOU?

- I KNEW HE WAS
HIDING SOMETHING.
- (claps, laughs)

SCREW IT.
I'M NOT GONNA DEFEND MINTON.

- HE FIGHTS TOO DIRTY.
- THIS FROM MAGGIE McFIERCE?

HEY, YOU KNOW THERE
ARE LINES I WON'T CROSS.

DON'T YOU?

CAN YOU--
CAN YOU GIVE ME A LIFT?

♪ WANTED BY THE MINISTER,
WANTED BY THE DEAN ♪

♪ YOU'RE WANTED
BY THE OLD FOLKS ♪

♪ WANTED BY THE TEENS ♪

♪ YOU'RE WANTED
BY THE DEALERS ♪

♪ AND YOU'RE WANTED
BY THE FIENDS ♪

♪ YEAH, YOU'RE WANTED
BY THAT GIRL IN THEM
CUT CUT JEANS ♪

♪ YOU'RE WANTED BY THE LAWYERS,
YOU'RE WANTED BY THE BALLERS ♪

♪ AND YOU'RE WANTED
BY THE GOVERNOR ♪

♪ WHO WATCHES
PEOPLE SUFFER ♪

♪ AND YOU'RE WANTED
BY THE PRINCES ♪

♪ YOU'RE WANTED
BY THE KINGS ♪

♪ AND YOU'RE WANTED BY
THAT DRIVER OF THAT LIMOUSINE ♪

♪ 'CAUSE YOUR LOVE,
YOUR LOVE IS ♪

♪ SEVEN FEET DEEP ♪

♪ IT'S 107°. ♪

(groans)

HMM?

SHE'S GOING TO WAKE UP
AND SHE'S GOING TO SEE US HERE.

IT'S NOT FAIR.

HOW'D SHE GET
IN HERE?

SHE COMES IN WHEN
SHE HAS NIGHTMARES.

HOW OFTEN DOES SHE HAVE
NIGHTMARES?

UGH, JUST DON'T START.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO RAISE A CHILD ALONE.

I'LL LEAVE, COME BACK
IN AN HOUR,

WE'LL GO TOGETHER
TO PICK UP YOUR CAR

THEN I CAN TAKE
HAYLEY TO SCHOOL.

JUST LIKE THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO START
TAKING HER TO SCHOOL?

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT
WE TALKED ABOUT LAST NIGHT?

YES, I REMEMBER WHAT WE
TALKED ABOUT LAST NIGHT,

BUT I THOUGHT YOU WERE
JUST TRYING TO GET

MY HEAD INTO YOUR CASE
OR GET ME IN BED.

- I CAN'T WIN
WITH YOU, CAN I?
- NO, YOU CAN'T.

NOT WHEN YOU'RE BEING
A DEFENSE LAWYER.

NOT WHEN I'M TRYING TO KEEP
DIRTBAGS OFF THE STREET

- AND YOU KEEP
PUTTING THEM THERE.
- I'VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE, MAG.

MM-HMM.

DONNA RENTERIA.

OH, MAN, THEY HAD MY PICTURE
EVERYWHERE, MAN.

THEY WERE GONNA
BRING ME IN ANYWAY,
SO I'M LIKE, "FUCK."

BUT YOU TOLD KURLEN YOU WERE
IN HER APARTMENT, RIGHT?

- HE DIDN'T HAVE THAT.
- NO--

HE DIDN'T HAVE IT.
HE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE
ANY PRINTS.

NO, BUT THAT SHIT
I SAID WAS TRUE.

I-I-I SAW HER
AT LA ZONA ROSA...

AND SHE SAID IF I PAID HER
MORE MONEY THAN THE OTHER GUY,

THEN WE CAN GO TO HER PLACE.

NOBODY SAW ANY OTHER GUY.

THERE WAS ANOTHER GUY!
IT WAS A-- IT WAS A-A-A--
A WHITE GUY!

- HE WAS RIGHT BY THE BAR.
- THE CORONER SAYS HER VAGINA
WAS BRUTALIZED.

- ARE YOU MY LAWYER, MAN?
- I'M TRYING TO BE.

LOOK, WHEN I LEFT,
THAT CHICK WAS FINE.
LOOK, I SLEPT WITH HER.

OKAY, I-I DID,
BUT I DIDN'T HURT HER,
I PROMISE.

THREE PEOPLE SAW YOU THROW
A KNIFE INTO THE L.A. RIVER.

- HUH? HELP ME.
- I HAD THAT KNIFE IN MY CAR.

I KNEW THEY WERE GONNA
FIND IT, MAN.

- THEY WERE GONNA
PIN IT ON ME, I KNOW!
- IF ALL YOU DID

WAS HAVE SEX WITH HER,
THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU LEAVE
ANY PRINTS, HUH?

I MEAN, THE PLACE WAS
WIPED DOWN CLEAN.

- I DIDN'T WIPE IT DOWN THOUGH.
- YOU LEFT SEMEN ON THE TOWEL.

YOU REMEMBER THAT?
DID-- DID-- DID YOU FORGET
THE TOWEL?

NO!
I DIDN'T FORGET
ANYTHING, MAN.

I JUST USED THAT TOWEL,
I PAID HER AND I LEFT.

- THAT DEFENSE ISN'T GONNA MAKE.
- DUDE, DON'T SAY THAT!

IT WON'T MAKE, MAN.
THERE'S NOT A CHANCE

IN HELL WITH THAT DEFENSE.

- YOU KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE ASKING FOR?
- WHAT?

THEY WANT
THE DEATH PENALTY, MAN.

THEY WANT
TO TAKE YOUR ASS DOWN.
THEY WANT TO BURN YOU, MAN.

- LISTEN, I CAN SEE TO IT
THAT THAT NEVER HAPPENS.
- (sniffles)

BUT NOT IF WE DON'T PLEAD.

OH, YOU WANT ME
TO SAY I DID IT?

THERE'S A DEAL
TO BE MADE HERE

AND I CAN DO IT.

I CAN GET YOU LIFE.

ALL RIGHT, LIFE MEANS
YOU'RE PAROLED IN 15.

IT KEEPS THE NEEDLE
OUT OF YOUR ARM, MAN.

IT'S OUR ONLY PLAY, MAN.

I'M INNOCENT, BRO.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?

THAT MEANS I DIDN'T DO IT!

IT'S THE BEST
I CAN GET FOR YOU, MAN.

I DON'T WANT TO GO
TO JAIL FOR SOMETHING
I DIDN'T DO, MAN!

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S
GONNA DO TO MY MOM, BRO?

(crying)

I AIN'T GOING
TO JAIL FOR SOMETHING
I DIDN'T DO, BRO!

DON'T-- COME ON, MAN.

PLEASE HELP ME, BRO.
PLEASE HELP ME.

(door slams)

I'M NOT GONNA ASK
HOW YOU ARE 'CAUSE I KNOW.

NO, BRO, YOU DON'T KNOW.

I NEED TO ASK YOU
SOME QUESTIONS, JESUS.

OH, QUESTIONS.

NOW?

YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU DIDN'T ASK ME A LOT
OF QUESTIONS BACK THEN.

YOU NEVER ASKED ME,
"DID YOU KILL HER?"
NO.

PLEASE.

I AM TRYING
TO MAKE THIS RIGHT.

I NEED YOU TO TELL ME
WHAT HAPPENED

AT THE LA ZONA ROSA BAR
THAT NIGHT

ONE MORE TIME.

PLEASE.

SHE WAS WORKING.

I LIKED HER.
YOU KNOW, RIGHT OFF THE BAT,
I LIKED HER.

I KNEW SHE WAS THE ONE,
YOU KNOW?

YOU KNOW,
SHE CAUGHT MY EYE.

THEY WERE GOING AROUND
IN A LITTLE CIRCLE,
YOU KNOW.

SHE WAS ACTING
ALL CUTE AND SHIT.

LISTEN, I DON'T KNOW
HOW THIS WORKS.

- UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT--
- IT'S FINE. YOU WANT TO DANCE?

- YEAH, I WANT A DANCE.
- I CAN GIVE YOU
A PRIVATE DANCE.

I PICKED HER.

I ASKED HER TO DANCE FOR ME.

(dance music playing)

THEN WE STARTED TALKING.
YOU KNOW WHAT SHE SAID?

I COULD TAKE HER HOME.

SO HOW MUCH FOR ME
TO COME OVER?

WELL, USUALLY
I CHARGE 1,000.

(chuckles)
BUT FOR YOU?
300 'CAUSE YOU'RE SEXY.

Jesus:
AND SHE WAS GOOD, MAN,
YEAH, SO I DID.

BUT I DIDN'T KILL HER.

OKAY OKAY, BUT YOU SAID
THERE WAS ANOTHER GUY, RIGHT?

YEAH, SHE WAS TALKING TO HIM.

♪ FEEL THE PAST MOVING IN ♪

♪ LETTING A NEW DAY BEGIN. ♪

AND THEN SHE
CAME BACK TO ME.

OKAY.

I GOT SOME
PICTURES, ALL RIGHT?
SOME MUG SHOTS.

I NEED YOU TO SEE
IF YOU CAN I.D.

THAT OTHER GUY
AT THE CLUB.

TELL ME
IF YOU RECOGNIZE HIM.

NO.

HOW ABOUT THIS GUY?
JESUS.

- YOU RECOGNIZE HIM?
- HUH-UH.

OKAY, TAKE YOUR TIME.

YEAH YEAH YEAH,
HOW ABOUT THIS GUY?

IS THIS THE OTHER GUY?

WAS THIS GUY IN THE CLUB
THAT NIGHT?

- GUARD!
- JESUS--

- YOU KNOW WHAT?
- IS THIS THE OTHER GUY?

YOU PLAYED ME, BRO.
WHY YOU BOTHERING ME
WITH THIS FOR?

- JESUS, IS THAT
THE GUY FROM THE CLUB?
- WHAT DOES IT MATTER, MAN?

- IS THAT THE GUY?
- I'M RIGHT HERE,
RIGHT WHERE YOU WANTED ME.

IS THIS THE GUY?
THIS IS THE GUY.

- I DON'T TRUST YOU, DOG.
- I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT RIGHT.

- I NEVER WILL!
- INTERVIEW'S OVER.

- (barking)
- OKAY, AHAB, THAT'S MY BOY.

- (knocking)
- THAT'S MY BOY.
GET OUT OF HERE.

YEAH.

HEY.

ARE YOU OKAY?
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN TODAY?
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO CALL YOU.

I'VE BEEN TO SAN QUENTIN.

TO SEE JESUS MARTINEZ.

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER

HE LEFT DONNA RENTERIA'S
APARTMENT.

- AFTER HE KILLED HER?
- HE DIDN'T KILL HER, FRANK.

HE WENT THERE, HAD SEX,

FLUSHED THE CONDOM DOWN
THE TOILET, WIPED HIS PRICK
ON A PINK TOWEL

AND THEN HE WENT HOME,
BUT HE DIDN'T KILL HER.

COME ON, MICK.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS
A HUNDRED TIMES.

Mick:
THE REAL KILLER,
SHE LETS HIM IN.

MAYBE HE-- HE FAKES LIKE
HE'S MARTINEZ

AND HE FORGOT SOMETHING.
MAYBE HE HAD AN APPOINTMENT.

- Frank: LIKE THE GUY
IN THE BAR?
- RIGHT.

HE COMES IN.
HE PUNCHES HER A FEW TIMES
TO SOFTEN HER UP.

BUT SHE'S NOT GONNA BE LUCKY
LIKE REGGIE CAMPO IS,

'CAUSE THIS SON OF A BITCH
PULLS A KNIFE,

TAKES HER AND BENDS HER
OVER THE TABLE,

PUTS ON A CONDOM
AND RAPES HER.

AND WHEN HE'S DONE,
HE STABS HER OVER AND OVER,

52 TIMES,
WHILE HE WORKS SOMETHING OUT
IN HIS SICK GODDAMN MIND.

DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU
WHAT KIND OF KNIFE IT WAS?

A SHORT-BLADE
FOLDING KNIFE?

JUST LIKE ROULET'S.

OKAY OKAY, LET'S TAKE IT
A LITTLE BIT EASIER
ON THAT, OKAY?

WHY, FRANK?
WHY DIDN'T I LISTEN?

LISTEN, I GOT A BASEBALL BAT
IF YOU REALLY

- WANT TO BEAT YOURSELF UP.
- NO, I'M NOT BEATING MYSELF UP.

THE SON OF A BITCH TOLD ME
HE DIDN'T DO IT.

ALL RIGHT?
THERE WAS THE DNA AND THERE WAS
THE KNIFE THAT HE DITCHED,

BUT THERE WAS NO WAY
I WAS GONNA LISTEN TO HIM.
THERE WAS NO WAY I WOULD BELIEVE

THAT HE DIDN'T DO IT.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE HIM!

I COULDN'T BELIEVE
THAT I ACTUALLY

WAS REPRESENTING
AN INNOCENT MAN,

JUST LIKE MY FATHER
WARNED ME ABOUT.

MICK, COME ON.
THEY ALL SAY THEY DIDN'T DO IT.

- YOU KNOW THAT.
- SO WHAT DO I DO?

I GET HIM TO PLEAD.

I GET HIS SISTER
TO BEG HIM TO PLEAD.

'CAUSE HE'S GOT NO CASE.

SO I GET HIM THE BEST DEAL
I CAN AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

I FEEL PRETTY GODDAMN GOOD
ABOUT IT 'CAUSE HEY, I GOT THE
SON OF A BITCH OFF DEATH ROW.

I GOT HIM 15 YEARS
INSTEAD OF THE NEEDLE.

YEAH.
(pants)

I SHOWED HIM
ROULET'S PICTURE.

OKAY.

ROULET IS USING MARTINEZ
AS THE OTHER GUY
IN THE BAR?

LIKE MR. MUSTANG
IN THIS CASE?

SO HE'S NOT JUST GETTING OFF
ON KILLING WOMEN.

IT'S SEEING SOMEBODY
ELSE DO THE TIME.
THAT'S HIS M.O.

WHAT DID MARTINEZ SAY?

ENOUGH.

ENOUGH FOR ME
TO KNOW I GOT TO--
I GOT TO FIND ANOTHER WAY.

WHAT YOU GOT TO DO IS
FIND A WAY TO PUT ROULET

IN RENTERIA'S APARTMENT
THE NIGHT SHE WAS MURDERED.
THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT--

I GOT TO FIND A WAY
TO MAKE IT RIGHT, FRANK.
I GOT TO MAKE IT RIGHT.

WELL, YOU CAN'T BRING IT
TO THE COPS 'CAUSE
HE'S YOUR CLIENT.

AND YOU CAN'T TAKE IT
TO THE D.A. 'CAUSE YOU'D
LOSE YOUR LICENSE.

(sighs)
WORSE-- ANY EVIDENCE WE FOUND
WOULD BE INADMISSIBLE--

ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE.

IT WOULD RUIN ANY CASE
THEY COULD EVER HAVE
AGAINST HIM.

(sighs)

THAT'S WHY THAT
SON OF A BITCH HIRED ME.

HE'S GOT ME IN HIS TRICK BAG.

YOU GOT ONE CLIENT IN JAIL

FOR WHAT YOUR
OTHER CLIENT DID.

(sighs)
WHAT YOU GONNA DO, MICK?

(tires squeal)

(beeps, ringing)

- Hey, Mick,
you okay, buddy?
- FRANK, FRANK, LISTEN TO ME.

- I GOT IT.
- What?

YOU KNOW HOW ROULET SAID
ALL WE'D FIND ON HIM

- WAS PARKING TICKETS, RIGHT?
- Right.

I DON'T BUY THAT ANYMORE.
NO, THERE WERE OTHERS.

OTHER GIRLS HE DID.
ALL RIGHT, RENTERIA AND CAMPO--

THEY LOOK TOO MUCH ALIKE.
IT'S LIKE THEY'RE SISTERS.

AND THE INJURIES
TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THEIR FACE
IS TOO SIMILAR, MAN.

THIS GUY'S GOT A TYPE, FRANK.

THERE'S OTHER CASES
OUT THERE AND YOU CAN
FIND THEM, ALL RIGHT?

- YOU GOT TO DO THIS.
I CAN'T. I'M HIS LAWYER.
- (phone beeps)

- Okay, I'm on it.
- OH, I GOT TO TAKE THIS.

MAGGIE, HEY.

Hey, did you get
my voicemail?

I'VE BEEN UP TO SAN QUENTIN
TO SEE AN OLD CLIENT.
HOW'S HAYLEY?

She's good.
You know, she has soccer
this weekend.

- SATURDAY, RIGHT?
- Mm-hmm.

- I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
- Great. We'll talk later.

IF YOU'RE WONDERING
HOW I GOT IN,

I'M IN REAL ESTATE,
SO IF I WANT TO GET
INTO A FRIEND'S HOUSE--

NO, WE'RE NOT FRIENDS.

YOU'RE MY CLIENT

AND I'M YOUR LAWYER.

MY LAWYER.

SEE, THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT I WANTED TO REMIND YOU OF.

I'M ABOUT TO GO ON TRIAL

AND YET I COULDN'T
REACH YOU.

NOW I FIND OUT
WHERE YOU WERE ALL DAY--

- I HEARD YOU TELL MAGGIE.
- YOU SHIT.

YOU WENT TO SEE
JESUS MARTINEZ.

AND I KNOW WHAT
YOU TALKED ABOUT.

DONNA RENTERIA.

YOU'RE RIGHT, MICK.

I KILLED HER.

THERE.
NO REASON I SHOULDN'T
TELL MY OWN LAWYER,

SINCE IT'S ALL CONFIDENTIAL.

ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE,

ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU TOLD ME?

IT'S TIME
FOR YOU TO GO, LOUIS.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S A CUTE PICTURE
OF YOUR DAUGHTER HAYLEY.

SHE'S VERY PRETTY.
SO SHE'S GOT

SOCCER PRACTICE
TOMORROW, RIGHT?

DON'T.

DON'T WHAT?

YOU THINK YOU'RE
THE FIRST CLIENT TO EVER
THREATEN ME OR MY FAMILY, HUH?

ALL I SAID WAS
SHE'S PRETTY.

ARE YOU SCARED, LOUIS?

BECAUSE WHERE YOU ARE
RIGHT NOW...

YOU'RE IN A VERY
DANGEROUS PLACE.

Minton:
AND SO IN CONCLUSION,

WHAT THIS CASE IS ABOUT,
WHAT THIS CASE IS ALL ABOUT

IS A PREDATOR.

ON THAT NIGHT OF MARCH 6th,
LOUIS ROULET

WAS OUT STALKING HIS PREY.

NOW YOU ARE GONNA HEAR FROM
THE VICTIM HERSELF ABOUT
HER LIFESTYLE,

ONE THAT
WE WOULD NOT CONDONE.

BUT REMEMBER, ANYONE--

ANYONE CAN BE THE VICTIM
OF A VIOLENT CRIME.

THIS CASE IS CLEAR.
IT'S STRAIGHTFORWARD.

A MAN ATTACKED A WOMAN
IN HER HOME

IN ORDER
TO RAPE AND KILL HER.

AND IT IS ONLY
BY THE GRACE OF GOD

THAT SHE'S HERE
TO TELL HER STORY.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
MY NAME IS MICHAEL HALLER

AND I'M REPRESENTING
LOUIS ROULET.

NOW MR. MINTON

DOESN'T WANT TO USE
THE WORD "PROSTITUTE"

FOR THE WOMAN WHO IS SUPPOSED
TO BE LOUIS'S VICTIM.

HE NEEDN'T WORRY.

BECAUSE THIS CASE ISN'T ABOUT
HOW SHE MAKES HER MONEY.

THIS CASE IS ABOUT
HER ACTIONS--

HOW SHE SAW A YOUNG MAN
WITH SIGNS OF WEALTH

AS A TICKET OUT
OF THE LIFE SHE WAS IN

AND CHOSE TO TARGET HIM.

NOW WHAT SHE DIDN'T
COUNT ON WAS YOU,

HOW YOU'D PUT
TWO AND TWO TOGETHER

AND LET YOUR COMMON SENSE
TELL YOU

WHO THE REAL PREDATOR IS
IN THIS CASE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THE COURT WILL ADJOURN
UNTIL MONDAY,

WHEN THE STATE WILL CALL
ITS FIRST WITNESS.

Mick:
GO, HAYLEY, GO.
TURN IT, TURN IT, TURN IT.

- Man: NICE, BABY, NICE JOB!
- LEFT FOOT, LEFT FOOT!

Man:
YEAH, KICK IT AWAY,
KICK IT AWAY!

Mick:
GO, HAYLEY!
STAY ON IT!

GET ON IT.

HEY, MICK.

HEY, MAGGIE.

- WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
- I'M GOING TO TAKE HAYLEY HOME.

YOU'VE GOT SOMEPLACE TO BE.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
WHAT HAPPENED?

HEY HEY, SIR,
STOP PLEASE.

- MA'AM, I'M FAMILY.
FAMILY.
- SIR!

- THIS IS A CLOSED CRIME SCENE.
- THE NAME'S MICK HALLER.
I'M-- SOBEL.

- SOBEL!
- YEAH YEAH YEAH.

LISTEN, SLOW DOWN A SECOND.
SLOW DOWN.

- WHAT HAPPENED?
- SOMEBODY SHOT HIM IN
THE CHEST AND THE HEAD.

AND THEN THEY
SHOT THE DOG TOO.

HIS BODY'S RIGHT
IN FRONT OF THE DOOR.

(sighs)
GREAT, THIS IS JUST
WHAT WE NEED.

Sobel:
OKAY, SO YOU'VE
BEEN HERE BEFORE.

YOU CAN TELL US
IF ANYTHING IS UNUSUAL.

ANYTHING WEIRD?

LIKE, THROUGHOUT
THIS WHOLE HOUSE

WHY IS IT THAT
ALL I SEE ARE PICTURES

OF THIS GUY?

MY PARTNER IS ASKING
IF FRANK LEVIN WAS GAY.

- IS THAT RELEVANT?
- YEAH, IT'S ALL RELEVANT.

HE WAS AN EX-COP.
CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS
IN CHICAGO.

IS THAT BUTCH ENOUGH
FOR YOU, LANKFORD?

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING
THAT CAN HELP YOU HERE.

ALL RIGHT.
HEY, HALLER.

I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU
TO STICK AROUND TOWN

WHERE I CAN FIND YOU,
DO I?

- AM I A SUSPECT?
- YEAH.

WHEN DO YOU RETIRE,
LANKFORD?

- WHEN DO I RETIRE?
- YEAH.

18 MONTHS.
WHY?

I WANT TO MAKE SURE
I SHOW UP THE NEXT MORNING

SO I CAN KICK YOUR ASS.

(honks)

(buzzer rings)

- Val!
- (door buzzes)

HEY, MICK, WHAT THE HELL
YOU BANGING ON THE DOOR
LIKE THAT FOR, MAN?

ARE YOU NUTS?
DUDE, DUDE,
YOU LOOK TERRIBLE.

FRANK LEVIN WAS MURDERED.

OH MAN, I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

ROULET DID IT.

ROULET?
I THOUGHT YOU AND FRANK
WERE DEFENDING HIM.

WHY WOULD
HE TAKE FRANK OUT?
THAT MAKES NO SENSE.

YOU KNOW, VAL, I-I--

I FIGURE YOU KNOW EXACTLY
HOW IT WENT DOWN.

HOW DO I KNOW ABOUT IT?
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

'CAUSE YOU LIED TO ME.

YOU DIDN'T SEND ME
THE ROULET CASE.
HE ASKED FOR ME.

OKAY OKAY, THAT'S TRUE, MAN.
THAT'S TRUE.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I SAID, "HALLER'S YOUR MAN.
GO FOR HALLER."

- I DID THAT FOR YOU.
- YOU LIED TO ME ONCE.

SO WHAT, DO YOU THINK
I'M GONNA LIE ABOUT THIS?

GIVE ME A LITTLE RESPECT.
GIVE ME A LITTLE CREDIT.

I'M NOT GONNA LIE
ABOUT THIS KIND OF SHIT.

THE POLICE TRACKED
THE TRACER THAT YOU
PUT ON ROULET,

- SAID HE WAS
NOWHERE NEAR FRANK'S HOUSE.
- SO MAYBE IT WASN'T HIM, MICK.

- NO.
- SO MAYBE IT WASN'T HIM.
NOBODY CAN BEAT THE TRACER.

IT WAS HIM.
ROULET KILLED FRANK, VAL.

- IT WAS ROULET.
- I DON'T LIKE THE WAY
YOU'RE FOLLOWING ME.

I DON'T LIKE THE WAY
YOU'RE CORNERING ME, MAN,
THE WAY YOU'RE TALKING TO ME.

- ROULET KILLED FRANK, VAL.
- YOU THINK I CUT THE KID LOOSE
SO HE COULD MURDER FRANK?

- YOU'RE CRAZY.
- ROULET KILLED FRANK.

MICK,
I'M SORRY ABOUT FRANK,
BUT I DIDN'T DO IT, MAN.

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT
COULD'VE TAKEN IT OFF HIM.

WHOO!
WELL,

BEING MARRIED TO YOU SUCKED,

BUT IT BEAT BEING
YOUR CAR SERVICE.

- MAGGIE.
- YEAH?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT
I USED TO BE AFRAID OF, MAGGIE?

YEAH, ME.

THAT I WOULDN'T
RECOGNIZE INNOCENCE.

THAT IT WOULD BE RIGHT THERE
IN FRONT OF ME

AND I JUST WOULDN'T SEE IT.

YEAH.

I'M NOT-- I'M NOT--
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT

GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY,

JUST INNOCENCE, YOU KNOW?

YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M AFRAID OF NOW?

EVIL.

PURE EVIL.

MAGGIE,

DID I GET
FRANK LEVIN KILLED?

MICKEY, NO.

HUH-UH.

NO.

GO TO SLEEP, HONEY.

New message.
Yesterday 11:07 A.M.

Frank:
Mick, it's me.
I tried you on your cell.

Sorry to interrupt
your day with Hayley,

but you asked me to do
some digging on Roulet.

Well, I might have found
Martinez's ticket, Mick,

- his ticket out of Quentin.
- (Ahab barking)

Uh uh, ho-ho--
someone's at the door.

Look, you go and you have
a good time with Hayley.

And I'll fill you in
when I know it's for sure.
I got to go.

(clicks)

- (rings)
- DETECTIVE SOBEL.

Sobel, Mick Haller here.

LISTEN, I JUST CHECKED
MY MESSAGES.

IT TURNS OUT FRANK CALLED ME
JUST BEFORE HE WAS KILLED.

THE MESSAGE CAME IN AT 11:07.
HE SAID HE FOUND SOMETHING,

SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP
AN OLD CLIENT OF OURS
GET OUT OF PRISON.

- Okay, who is the client?
- Jesus Martinez.

- He's in San Quentin.
- OKAY, DID HE SAY
ANYTHING ELSE?

Yeah, he made a joke.
Said-said something about

FINDING MARTINEZ'S TICKET
OUT OF THE Q, ALL RIGHT?

AND THEN SOMEONE CAME
TO THE DOOR AND THAT'S
WHEN HE HUNG UP.

ALL RIGHT, LISTEN,
SO WHOEVER CAME TO THE DOOR,
THAT'S WHO KILLED HIM.

- YOU GET ME A COPY OF THE TAPE.
- I'll get it to you right away.

HOW'S IT GOING ON THE CASE?
YOU GETTING SOMEWHERE?

Yeah.
Um, we did catch a break.

WE FOUND A BULLET CASING
IN THE ROOM FROM A .22.

THAT'S GOOD.
FRANK LEVIN OWNED A .22.

YOU'LL FIND IT
REGISTERED TO HIM.

Yeah, we did.
Yeah, but it wasn't a Woodsman.

- A WHAT?
- A COLT WOODSMAN.

IT'S AN OLD ANTIQUE JOB.

That's the gun
that killed him.

(phone beeps)

(shouts)
FUCK!

MORNING, MICK.

IT'S TOO BAD ABOUT
FRANK LEVIN.

- GOT ANY IDEA WHO DID IT?
- YEAH, I'M PRETTY CERTAIN I DO.

HMM.

Minton:
MR. TALBOT,

YOU WERE WITH MISS CAMPO
ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 6th.

YEP. WE WENT ON A DATE
TO THE ASSOCIATION.

THEN I TOOK HER
BACK TO HER PLACE

- FOR ANOTHER DATE.
- AND DID YOU HAVE
SEXUAL RELATIONS?

ABOUT 400 BUCKS' WORTH.

AND SHE EARNED
EVERY SINGLE CENT.

WHAT TIME DID YOU
LEAVE HER APARTMENT?

OH, I DON'T KNOW.
ABOUT FIVE MINUTES
BEFORE 10:00.

DID SHE SAY WHETHER
SHE HAD ANOTHER APPOINTMENT?

OH, NO NO, SHE ACTED LIKE
SHE WAS DONE FOR THE NIGHT.

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.
I DON'T THINK

MR. TALBOT'S QUALIFIED
TO INTERPRET MISS CAMPO'S
THINKING OR PLANS.

I MEAN SHE ACTED SATISFIED.

SUSTAINED.
GO ON, MR. MINTON.

WHEN YOU LEFT, MR. TALBOT,

WHAT CONDITION WAS SHE IN?
WAS SHE HURT?

NO.
SHE WAS FINE.

SHE DID NOT
LOOK LIKE THIS?

MAN.

WHAT KIND OF SICK BASTARD
DOES SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

ANSWER THE QUESTION.

NO.

NO, WE MADE PLEASURABLE
AND CONSENSUAL LOVE.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT LIFE
IS ALL ABOUT, RIGHT?

THEN I PAID HER.

MR. TALBOT, ARE YOU
RIGHT-HANDED OR LEFT-HANDED?

- LEFT.
- LEFT?

- YES.
- ISN'T IT TRUE

THAT BEFORE YOU LEFT
MISS CAMPO'S APARTMENT,

SHE ASKED YOU TO REPEATEDLY
STRIKE HER IN THE FACE

- WITH YOUR LEFT FIST?
- YOUR HONOR,

MR. HALLER IS
JUST MUDDYING THE WATERS
WITH OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENTS.

IT'S PART OF THE DEFENSE
THEORY, YOUR HONOR.

THE WITNESS CAN ANSWER.

I'M SORRY,

CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION?

THIS IS BY YOUR HAND,
ISN'T IT, MR. TALBOT?

ADMIT IT.
THIS WHOLE THING IS A SETUP

BY YOU AND MISS CAMPO,

FRAMING MY CLIENT
LOUIS ROULET, ISN'T IT?

I NEVER HIT HER
OR ANY OTHER WOMAN.
YOU UNDERSTAND?

DO YOU KNOW A PROSTITUTE
NAMED SHAQUILLE BARTON?

(chuckles)

WORK NAME IS
"SHAQUILLA SHACKLES."

YEAH YEAH,
I SEEN HER ONCE.

AND IF I BROUGHT HER
IN HERE AND SHE SAID,

"YES, MR. TALBOT--
HE DID STRIKE ME

WITH HIS LEFT FIST
IN MY FACE--"

SHE'D BE LYING.
I TRIED SHAQUILLA ONCE,

BUT I'M NOT INTO
THAT ROUGH STUFF.

I'M A MISSIONARY MAN.

WITH A STRONG LEFT.

AM I ON TRIAL HERE?

NOT YET.

GOOD AFTERNOON, DETECTIVES.
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

THIS WARRANT'S BULLSHIT.

IT'S GOOD ENOUGH
TO SEARCH YOUR HOUSE.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
SMART IF YOU HAD TOLD ME
THAT YOU HAD A WOODSMAN.

THERE'S ONE
REGISTERED TO YOU.

LET'S GO FOR A DRIVE.

ALL RIGHT.
LET'S BAG THE BOX.

CAN'T DO BALLISTICS
ON A BOX, CAN YOU?

MODERN TECHNOLOGY.

SO, UH, WHY DIDN'T YOU
REPORT THIS STOLEN?

I DON'T KNOW.
BUT MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE.

YOU THINK?

STILL AND ALL,
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOOK
AROUND THE PLACE, HUH?

GO CRAZY.
YOU GOT THE WARRANT.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S START
WITH THE COUCH.

SIR, STAND UP.

Lankford:
HEY, YOU KNOW, WE GOT
A HISTORY ON THE PIECE.

TURNS OUT IT ONCE BELONGED
TO MICKEY COHEN, THE GANGSTER
FROM THE '40s.

I KNOW. MY FATHER,
HE REPRESENTED HIM.

GOT HIM OFF FOR USING IT
IN SELF-DEFENSE,

SO MICKEY MADE HIM
A PRESENT OF IT.

IT'S A NICE PRESENT.

PEARL HANDLE,
COLLECTOR'S PIECE.

HOW SWEET.

YOU KNOW, THAT--
THAT MICKEY COHEN SHOOTING IS--

IT'S PRETTY FAMOUS.
TURNS OUT THAT THE COUNTY

STILL HAS THE EVIDENCE
IN STORAGE-- THE BULLET.

YOU CAN MATCH THE CASINGS
FROM A SLUG THAT'S 50 YEARS OLD?

WELL, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE
EASIER WITH THE GUN,
BUT YEAH.

HOW LONG WILL
BALLISTICS TAKE?

HEY, MICK, I GOT
SOMETHING FOR YOU.

YOU ASKED ME TO RUN
THAT WITNESS'S NAME.

- WHO'S THAT, CORLISS?
- DWAYNE JEFFREY CORLISS, RIGHT.

HE'S THIS LOWLIFE TYPE,
NOT MUCH CAME UP.

BUT SOMETIMES HE GOES
BY DJ,

NO PUNCTUATION.

- AND WHEN YOU RUN IT
THAT WAY...
- TELL ME.

HE'S PLAYED
THE COURTROOM SNITCH A LOT,

HERE AND IN ARIZONA.
BOTH TIMES IT GOT HIM
EARLY RELEASE.

ALL RIGHT,
THIS COULD BE GOOD.

ALL I GOTTA DO IS FIND HIM.

THEY PUT HIM
IN PRETRIAL REHAB AT U.S.C.

I JUST GOT LUCKY.

THERE SHE IS.
HOW ARE YOU, SWEETIE?

- I'M OKAY.
- YOU ALL RIGHT?

- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT, LISTEN.

I'M ACTUALLY NOT EVEN HERE
ABOUT YOU TODAY.

I NEED YOU TO DO
SOMETHING FOR ME.

Guard:
GET MOVING!
LET'S GO, LET'S GO!

STAY ON THE WALL
ALL THE WAY DOWN.

NUTS TO BUTTS, BOYS.
LET'S GO.

SHUT UP.

THAT'S IT.
STAY ON THE LINE.

YOU'RE CORLISS, RIGHT?

Guard:
KEEP BRINGING 'EM DOWN!

NOW LOOK, I'M GONNA
SAY THIS REAL QUIET.

TRUSTEE,
AWAY FROM THE LINE!

YOU DON'T KNOW ME,
BUT I TALKED TO THE D.A.

AND HE GAVE ME A WAY
TO GET US BOTH OUT.

STEP THROUGH!

SO, HALLER, I HEAR YOU
HAD INTERESTING VISITORS
LAST NIGHT.

WORRY ABOUT
YOURSELF, TED.

YOU'RE DYING THE DEATH
OF A THOUSAND RAZORS

UP THERE AND YOU
DON'T EVEN KNOW IT.

ONE LAST WITNESS,
YOUR HONOR.

THE PROSECUTION
CALLS REGINA CAMPO.

IT'S TRUE THAT I LIED
TO THE POLICE.

I KNEW THE DEFENDANT
WHEN HE CAME TO THE DOOR.

MISS CAMPO,
WHY DID YOU LIE?

BECAUSE I WAS SCARED.

I DIDN'T THINK THE POLICE
WOULD BELIEVE ME

AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THEY ARRESTED HIM.

'CAUSE HE'S AN ANIMAL.

Minton:
DO YOU REGRET
YOUR DECISION NOW?

YES.
IF IT HELPS HIM GET FREE

- AND DO THIS
TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
- OBJECTION.

IT'S PREJUDICIAL,
YOUR HONOR.

SUSTAINED.

I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS
FOR MISS CAMPO.

YOUR WITNESS, MR. HALLER.

MISS CAMPO, HAVE YOU
ENGAGED AN ATTORNEY

TO SUE LOUIS ROULET
FOR THE EVENTS

THAT HAPPENED ON THE EVE
OF MARCH THE 6th?

- NO, I HAVEN'T.
- HAVE YOU TALKED
TO AN ATTORNEY?

- I HAVEN'T HIRED ANYONE OR--
- NO, HAVE YOU TALKED TO ONE?

ABOUT A POSSIBLE LAWSUIT?

IT WAS NOTHING MORE
THAN TALK.

DID YOU ASK IF YOU COULD
SUE HIM FOR DAMAGES?

I THOUGHT WHAT YOU SAY
TO A LAWYER IS PRIVATE.

IF YOU WISH,
YOU CAN TELL THE JURORS.

I THINK I'D LIKE
TO KEEP IT PRIVATE.

OKAY.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NIGHT
AT THE ASSOCIATION BAR.

HAD YOU EVER SEEN LOUIS ROULET
BEFORE THAT NIGHT?

YES.
THERE AND OTHER PLACES.

EVER NOTICE THAT HE WORE
A ROLEX WATCH?

- (scoffs) NO.
- OR THAT HE DROVE
ONE OF TWO VEHICLES--

A MASERATI
AND A RANGE ROVER?

I NEVER SAW HIM DRIVING.

Mick:
WHAT MADE YOU APPROACH HIM?

I SAW HIM LEAVE WITH GIRLS,
UM, WHO DO WHAT I DO.

WITH PROSTITUTES?

THEY GO TO A HOTEL OR ONE
OF THEIR APARTMENTS, RIGHT?

- I DON'T KNOW WHERE.
- WELL, HOW DO YOU KNOW
THEY LEFT?

MAYBE THEY JUST
WENT OUT FOR A SMOKE.

BECAUSE I SAW THEM GET
IN HIS CAR AND DRIVE AWAY.

NO, WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU JUST TESTIFIED

THAT YOU HAD NEVER
SEEN MR. ROULET DRIVE.

NOW YOU ARE SAYING THAT YES,
YOU DID SEE MR. ROULET

GET IN HIS CAR AND LEAVE
WITH A PROSTITUTE LIKE YOURSELF.

- WHICH ONE IS IT?
- I SAW HIM GET IN HIS CAR

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT KIND OF CAR IT WAS.

DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A MASERATI
AND A RANGE ROVER?

ONE IS SMALL
AND ONE IS BIG, I GUESS.

OKAY.

THE OTHER WOMEN

THAT LEFT WITH LOUIS,

WHEN YOU SAW THEM AGAIN,

DID ANY OF THEM HAVE INJURIES
OR WERE ANY OF THEM BEATEN?

I DON'T KNOW.
I DIDN'T ASK.

BUT GIRLS IN YOUR PROFESSION,
YOU DO TALK TO EACH OTHER

ABOUT CUSTOMERS, RIGHT?

YOU WARN EACH OTHER
IF SOMEONE'S A FREAK
OR SOMETHING?

YEAH, USUALLY.

AND DID ANY OF THEM
EVER WARN YOU

OR HAVE ONE BAD THING TO SAY
ABOUT LOUIS ROULET?

NO.

NO ONE.

SO YOU BELIEVED
YOU'D BE SAFE?

I THOUGHT HE WAS
A KNOWN QUANTITY
AND I NEEDED THE MONEY, SO--

SO YOU THOUGHT HE COULD
SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS
WITH MONEY.

- NO!
- NO?

ISN'T THAT WHY
YOU'RE SITTING HERE?
BECAUSE YOU ZEROED IN ON HIM?

NO!
I MEAN, YES,
BUT IT WASN'T LIKE THAT.

HE ATTACKED ME, I SWEAR!

Mick:
AND... ALL RIGHT,
LET'S PAUSE THAT RIGHT THERE.

JUST TO CONFIRM,

THIS IS YOU, RIGHT,
MISS CAMPO?

YES.

WHAT WAS ON THE NAPKIN?

MY NAME AND ADDRESS.

AND YOUR PRICE?

YES, $400.

IT'S A HARD LINE OF WORK.

YES, AND DANGEROUS.

Mick:
IN FACT, HAVEN'T YOU TOLD
YOUR FRIENDS MANY TIMES

THAT YOU WERE LOOKING
FOR A WAY OUT?

- I'M NOT PROUD OF WHAT I DO.
- I KNOW.

AND ISN'T IT TRUE--
AND NOTHING WOULD BE
EASIER TO UNDERSTAND--

THAT YOU SAW LOUIS ROULET
AND HIS MONEY AS THAT WAY OUT?

NO, THAT'S NOT
WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. I--

ARE YOU
NOT LISTENING TO ME?

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS,
YOUR HONOR.

Judge:
MR. MINTON, DO YOU HAVE
ANOTHER WITNESS FOR US?

HE REALLY
LOOKS WORRIED.

NOT WORRIED ENOUGH.

NO, THE STATE RESTS,
YOUR HONOR.

THEN THE DEFENSE WILL CALL
ITS FIRST WITNESS AFTER LUNCH.

(gavel bangs)

Mary:
YES, I RECOGNIZE THIS KNIFE.

IT'S THE ONE THAT MY SON
HAS CARRIED WITH HIM

FOR PROTECTION
FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS,
ALMOST EXACTLY.

Mick:
WHY WOULD
HE NEED PROTECTION?

REALTORS ALONE IN A HOUSE

ARE SOMETIMES ROBBED
OR HURT,

EVEN RAPED OR MURDERED.

BUT HAS LOUIS EVER BEEN
THE SUBJECT OF SUCH A CRIME?

NO.

BUT HE KNEW SOMEONE

WHO WAS RAPED
AND ROBBED BY A MAN.

LOUIS FOUND HER.

IT WAS TERRIBLE.

SO THE FIRST THING
HE DID AFTERWARDS

WAS GET HIMSELF A KNIFE

TO CARRY WITH HIM
AT ALL TIMES.

Mick:
THANK YOU, MRS. WINDSOR.

I HAVE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOR.

YOUR WITNESS,
MR. MINTON.

MISS WINDSOR,

YOU SEEM PRETTY EXACT
ABOUT WHEN IT WAS

YOUR SON STARTED
CARRYING AROUND THIS...

THIS WEAPON--

A FIVE-INCH FOLDING KNIFE.

YES, I AM.

THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE
ON JUNE THE 9th, 2007.

WAS IT IN THE NEWSPAPERS?

NO.

DO YOU SOMEHOW REMEMBER IT

BECAUSE THE POLICE
CAME TO TALK TO LOUIS?

NO, THERE WAS NO
POLICE INVESTIGATION.

THEN HOW DO YOU REMEMBER
THE EXACT DATE?

WERE YOU GIVEN IT BEFORE
YOUR TESTIMONY HERE TODAY?

I REMEMBER THE DATE BECAUSE

I'LL NEVER FORGET
THE DAY I WAS ATTACKED.

AND LOUIS WON'T
FORGET IT EITHER.

HE FOUND ME IN THE HOUSE,
TIED UP.

MY CLOTHES WERE RIPPED.

IT WAS TRAUMATIC FOR HIM.

MR. MINTON,

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE
YOU WISH TO ASK?

NO, YOUR HONOR.

SO I'VE BEEN THINKING
ABOUT THOSE THOUSAND RAZORS.

WE'VE HAD AN OFFER.

YOU CAN SPEND SIX MONTHS
IN A COUNTY JAIL.

LIKE I TOLD YOU
FROM THE BEGINNING,
NO DEALS,

NO BARGAINING--
I'M INNOCENT.

SAVE IT.
YOU MAKE THE CALL.
I DON'T GIVE A SHIT.

- YOU GOT MY ANSWER.
- YES, I DO.

- I'LL PASS IT ALONG.
- YOU DO THAT.

OH, LOUIS!

TOMORROW

I'M PUTTING YOU
ON THE STAND.

- I'M READY.
- OH, YOU BETTER BE.

- (sighs)
- (engine starts)

HEY, EARL?

THERE'S SOMETHING
I NEED YOU TO GET FOR ME.

YOUR HONOR, THE DEFENSE
CALLS LOUIS ROSS ROULET.

Louis:
I KNOCKED.

SHE LOOKED THROUGH A SIDE
WINDOW AND SAW THAT IT WAS ME

AND OPENED THE DOOR.

THEN I WALKED PAST HER
TOWARD THE LIVING ROOM.

- WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
- SOMETHING HIT ME FROM BEHIND.

I BLACKED OUT.

I DON'T-- I HAVE NO IDEA
FOR HOW LONG.

IS THAT ALL?

WHEN I WOKE UP, UH...
TWO GUYS WERE SITTING ON ME,

TELLING ME NOT TO MOVE.

I COULDN'T ANYWAY.
I WAS-- I WAS SCARED.

BUT YOU HAD BLOOD
ON YOUR SWEATER.

AND ON YOUR LEFT HAND.

SOMEONE PUT IT THERE
BECAUSE I DIDN'T.

- YOU DIDN'T STRIKE MISS CAMPO
WITH YOUR LEFT FIST?
- NO.

- THREATEN TO RAPE HER?
THREATEN TO KILL HER?
- N-- NO!

I AM NOT THAT GUY! I--

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ACCUSED

OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
TO SIT THERE

AND LISTEN TO PEOPLE
TELL LIES ABOUT YOU,

ABOUT YOUR HAVING DONE
SOMETHING THIS SICK
AND DEPRAVED,

CALL YOU AN ANIMAL,

TALK ABOUT YOUR SEX LIFE,
HUMILIATE YOU?

LISTEN, I UNDERSTAND
THE PROCESS.

I KNOW I HAD TO SIT THERE
AND BE QUIET

AND WAIT MY CHANCE.
BUT IF GUILTY PEOPLE
HAVE RIGHTS,

THEN WHAT ABOUT
INNOCENT PEOPLE?

I AM INNOCENT!

I'M INNOCENT AND I WANT
THIS BEHIND ME!

I HAVE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOR.

ACCORDING TO YOU,
MISS CAMPO...

PUNCHED HERSELF.

OR SHE HAD SOMEONE
SHE HAD NEVER MET

VIOLENTLY AND VICIOUSLY

BEAT HER
AS A PART OF A SETUP?

ALL I KNOW
IS THAT I DIDN'T.

AND THIS KNIFE
THAT YOU ALWAYS CARRY--

HOW DID SHE KNOW SHE'D FIND IT
ON YOU AS PART OF THE SETUP?

I GUESS SHE COULDN'T,
COULD SHE?

I NEVER TAKE IT OUT.
I NEVER SHOW IT TO ANYONE.

SO SHE MUST HAVE
JUST FOUND IT IN MY POCKET

AFTER SHE, OR WHOEVER,
KNOCKED ME OUT.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

I WOULD PREFER
IF I ASKED THE QUESTIONS.

OKAY.

MR. ROULET, I'D LIKE YOU
TO TAKE A...

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PHOTO.

TELL ME AGAIN, DO YOU THINK

REGINA CAMPO WOULD OR COULD

HAVE DONE THIS TO HERSELF?

I DON'T KNOW WHO DID IT.

BUT IT WASN'T ME.

NOBODY DESERVES THAT
TO HAPPEN.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN
BY "DESERVES"?

DO YOU MEAN
CRIMES OF VIOLENCE

ONLY COME DOWN TO A WOMAN
GETTING WHAT SHE DESERVES?

I MEAN,
NO MATTER WHAT SHE DOES,

OR WHO SHE IS,

NO WOMAN DESERVES THAT.

I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER,
YOUR HONOR.

MR. ROULET,
YOU ARE EXCUSED.

THANK YOU.

THE DEFENSE RESTS,
YOUR HONOR.

BEFORE DECIDING
TO REST ITS CASE,

THE STATE
WOULD LIKE TO TAKE
THE NIGHT, YOUR HONOR.

FOR WHAT PURPOSE?

TO CONSIDER
A REBUTTAL WITNESS.

- WHAT WITNESS
IS HE TALKING ABOUT?
- I HAVE NO IDEA.

THE COURT WILL ADJOURN
UNTIL 10:00 TOMORROW.

(gavel bangs)

- Mick: MORNING, BILL.
- MORNING.

I'M GONNA GO
GRAB SOME COFFEE.
YOU WANT SOME?

- NO, MAN, I'M OFF CAFFEINE.
- ALL RIGHT.

- SAY, IS THAT
THE CUSTODY LIST?
- YEAH.

LET ME SEE IF ANY
OF MY NO-GOOD CLIENTS
ARE ON THERE.

SURE.

LORNA.

OKAY, MINTON'S
PUTTING CORLISS ON.
HE'S ALREADY IN LOCKUP.

- THAT'S GREAT!
- YEAH, IT'S GOOD.

HOW'D IT GO WITH YOU?
YOU SERVE KURLEN?

- YES, I DID.
- OKAY.

I'M GOING BACK
TO THE COURTROOM.
STAND BY.

OKAY.

HEY, HALLER,
WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT?

I HAVE NOTHING
TO DO WITH THIS CASE.

"SUBPOENA TO APPEAR
AS A WITNESS."

YOU'LL JUST HAVE
TO WAIT AND SEE.

IT'S A LEGAL DOCUMENT,
DETECTIVE.

(whistles)

HEY, I'M GLAD
YOU MADE IT.

- WORKING YOUR MAGIC?
- I GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING
UP MY SLEEVE.

- SEE YOU LATER.
- OKAY.

MR. MINTON, DOES THE STATE
HAVE ANY REBUTTAL?

THE STATE INTENDS TO CALL
DWAYNE JEFFREY CORLISS

AS A REBUTTAL WITNESS,
YOUR HONOR.

JUDGE, WHO IS THIS WITNESS?

AND WHY WASN'T I TOLD
ABOUT HIM UNTIL NOW?

BAILIFF, REMOVE THE JURY.

A FAIR QUESTION.
MR. MINTON.

DWAYNE CORLISS IS
A COOPERATING WITNESS

WHO SPOKE WITH MR. ROULET
IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING
HIS ARREST.

- THAT'S A LIE!
I DIDN'T SPEAK TO ANYONE--
- QUIET, MR. ROULET!

- MR. HALLER,
CONTROL YOUR CLIENT.
- GOOD.

LET ME TAKE IT FROM HERE.

JUDGE, I SHARE
MY CLIENT'S OUTRAGE.

AND HOW LONG HAS THE STATE
BEEN SITTING ON THIS TESTIMONY?

MR. CORLISS JUST CAME FORWARD
YESTERDAY, YOUR HONOR.

YESTERDAY?!

THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK
AND TALK TO HIM?

GIVEN THE TIMING,
I'D ALLOW IT.

NO.
YOU KNOW, THANK YOU
THOUGH, JUDGE.

I THINK WE ALL KNOW
WHAT THIS IS.

MR. MINTON'S PUTTING
A JAILHOUSE SNITCH
ON THE STAND.

EVERYTHING HE SAYS
WILL BE A LIE.

- THAT'S GROUNDLESS, YOUR HONOR.
- I WANT MY OBJECTION NOTED.

THEN I'M GOING TO RULE.
HE CAN TESTIFY.

CALL THE JURY IN.

MAY I ASK ONE INDULGENCE,
YOUR HONOR?

MAY I STEP INTO THE HALLWAY
AND MAKE A CALL TO
AN INVESTIGATOR,

FOR WHATEVER GOOD
IT MAY DO AT THIS LATE DATE?

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

YEP, I'M HERE.

COME TO THE COURTHOUSE
AT EXACTLY 10:15

WITH THE PRINTOUTS.

Minton:
MR. CORLISS,

ARE YOU INCARCERATED
AT THIS TIME?

UM... NO.
NOW I'M JUST
IN A COURTROOM.

(chuckles)

BUT YOU ARE CURRENTLY BEING
HELD IN THE JAIL WARD

AT U.S.C. HOSPITAL,
CORRECT?

YEAH, SINCE I GOT ARRESTED.

FOR BURGLARY
AND DRUG POSSESSION?

THAT'S RIGHT.

NOW...

DO YOU KNOW
THE DEFENDANT?

YEAH.
I MET HIM IN LOCKUP.

WE WAS BUSED OVER FROM JAIL.

THEN WE WERE TOGETHER
IN THE TANK WHEN WE CAME
FOR FIRST APPEARANCES.

DID YOU TALK
AT THAT TIME?

YEAH.
TALKED ABOUT HOW BAD
WE NEEDED CIGARETTES.

- ANYTHING ELSE?
- EH, YOU KNOW.

"WHAT ARE YOU IN FOR?"
LIKE THAT.

AND DID HE SAY
WHAT HE WAS IN FOR?

HE SAID, "FOR GIVING A BITCH
EXACTLY WHAT SHE DESERVED."

THOSE WERE HIS WORDS.

"FOR GIVING A BITCH

EXACTLY WHAT
SHE DESERVED."

NOW HAVE I OR ANYONE ELSE
PROMISED YOU ANYTHING

- IN EXCHANGE
FOR YOUR TESTIMONY TODAY?
- NOPE.

IT'S JUST THE RIGHT THING
TO DO.

THANK YOU,
YOUR HONOR.

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU
BEEN ARRESTED, MR. CORLISS?

ABOUT SEVEN TIMES IN L.A.

A COUPLE MORE IN PHOENIX,
NEW YORK, IF YOU WANT
TO COUNT THOSE.

YEAH, SO YOU KNOW HOW
THE SYSTEM WORKS, RIGHT?

I TRY TO SURVIVE.

RIGHT.
DOES THAT SOMETIMES MEAN
RATTING OUT FELLOW INMATES?

YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT.

TAKE A SEAT, MR. MINTON.
I GAVE YOU LEEWAY BRINGING
THIS WITNESS IN.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR,
BUT I'LL REPHRASE.

WHAT I'M ASKING YOU IS
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE
YOU SNITCHED

- ON A FELLOW INMATE?
- THIS MAKES MY FOURTH.

THIS MAKES YOUR FOURTH TIME--
FOUR TIMES

YOU'VE TESTIFIED
FOR THE PROSECUTION

AGAINST A FELLOW INMATE.

IT MAKES YOU A POPULAR MAN,
MR. CORLISS.

IT SOUNDS LIKE PEOPLE
JUST COME UP TO YOU,

TELL YOU THE CRIMES
THAT THEY'VE COMMITTED,

SO YOU CAN COME IN HERE
AND TESTIFY AGAINST THEM.

PEOPLE TALK TO ME.
I'M A FRIENDLY GUY.

YOU'RE A FRIENDLY GUY?
AND YOU'RE SAYING YOU
AND MY CLIENT WERE FRIENDS?

WE WAS FRIENDLY.

SO HE JUST SAID TO YOU

WHAT YOU JUST TOLD US
AND TOLD THE JURY--

THAT HE GAVE A WOMAN
WHAT SHE DESERVED?

AND THEN THE TWO OF YOU
WENT BACK TO TALKING
ABOUT CIGARETTES?

NOT EXACTLY.
IT'S LIKE HE WAS BRAGGING.

TOLD ME HE DID IT BEFORE.

SAID THE OTHER TIME
HE KILLED THE BITCH.

GOT AWAY WITH IT THEN,
HE'D GET AWAY WITH IT NOW.

Judge:
MR. HALLER?

I HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS,
YOUR HONOR.

REDIRECT, YOUR HONOR.

- WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?
- YOU TELL ME.

- WHAT THE HELL DID YOU
SAY TO THIS GUY, HUH?
- NOTHING.

THIS IS A SETUP.
YOU'RE DOING THIS.

HOW?

HOW AM I DOING THIS?

HUH?

Minton:
YOU SAY HE WAS BRAGGING.

- HOW?
- LIKE HE TOLD ME
THE DETAILS.

OF THE OTHER ONE--
THAT HE KILLED.

SHE WAS A DANCER
AT SOME CLUB

AND SHE HAD A SEXY SNAKE TATTOO
WRAPPED AROUND HER BODY.

DID HE SAY
ANYTHING ELSE?

MMM, NO.

NOPE.

THE SNAKE GIRL STUFF
WAS IT.

(whispers)

HOW DOES HE KNOW THIS, LOUIS?

- DO YOU THINK I KNOW?
- NO.

IF YOU DIDN'T TELL HIM
THIS SHIT, SOMEBODY DID.

I'D START THINKING
ABOUT WHO THAT COULD BE.

Minton:
THEN I HAVE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOR.

Judge:
ANY RECROSS FROM THE DEFENSE?

- A MOMENT WITH MY STAFF,
YOUR HONOR?
- BE QUICK.

- HEY.
- IS IT ALL HERE?

- YEAH.
- OKAY, GOOD.

NOW LISTEN, YOU GO NOW.
LEAVE THE BUILDING.

- I DON'T WANT ANYONE ASKING
YOU QUESTIONS, YOU GOT IT?
- OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

Mick:
DWAYNE-- YOU MIND
IF I CALL YOU THAT?

SURE, MAN.
"WOW" ON THE ASSISTANT.

(chuckles)

YOU'RE A FUNNY GUY, DJ.

DJ...

ISN'T THAT WHAT THEY CALL YOU,
FOR EXAMPLE, DOWN IN PHOENIX?

MAYBE.

WELL, MY ASSISTANT,
THE ONE WHOSE NUMBER YOU WANT,

SHE WAS READING ON THE--
ON THE INTERNET ABOUT
A DJ CORLISS,

ARRESTED IN 1989
ON DRUG CHARGES, HOME TOWN
OF MESA, ARIZONA.

- OH YEAH, THAT'D BE ME, BUT--
- YOU REMEMBER FRED BENTLEY,
RIGHT?

UH UH UH UH UH,
Y-YOUR HONOR--

WHERE IS THE DEFENSE
GOING WITH THIS?

MAKE A CONNECTION SOON,
MR. HALLER.

BUT THE WITNESS
WILL ANSWER.

I DON'T REMEMBER
ANY BENTLEY.

SURE YOU DO.
YOU TESTIFIED

THAT HE CONFESSED TO YOU
THE CRIME THAT HE WAS
CHARGED WITH--

RAPING A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

BUT HE DENIED IT IN COURT.

AM I RINGING ANY BELLS, DJ?

MMM, 1989 I WAS HIGH A LOT.
I DON'T-- NOT MUCH I RECALL.

THEN I'D LIKE YOU
TO READ THIS FOR US.

YOUR HONOR,
THIS IS A NEWS REPORT
FROM "THE ARIZONA STAR,"

1997, EIGHT YEARS AFTER
MR. BENTLEY WAS CONVICTED.

I ASK THAT IT BE ADMITTED
INTO EVIDENCE.

YOUR HONOR--

A NEWS REPORT?

Judge:
LET'S SEE
WHERE IT TAKES US.

THE STATE
CAN OBJECT LATER.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

IF YOU COULD READ THIS
FOR US, MR. CORLISS.

I'VE HIGHLIGHTED
THE PART I'D LIKE
FOR YOU TO READ, PLEASE.

- I'M NOT GOOD AT READING.
- THAT'S OKAY.

YOU CAN TAKE YOUR TIME.
WE'LL MAKE IT THROUGH IT.

"A MAN...
FREDERICK BENTLEY...

WRONGLY CONVICTED OF RAPE,

WAS RELEASED SATURDAY
AFTER CONCLUSIVE DNA RESULTS

CLEARED HIM OF THE CRIME.
THE CASE WAS BOLSTERED AT TRIAL

BY TESTIMONY
FROM AN INFORMANT--

DJ CORLISS OF MESA,
WHO HAD C-CLAIMED

BENTLEY BRAGGED TO HIM
ABOUT THE RAPE WHILE TOGETHER
IN THE HOLDING CELL."

THAT'S ENOUGH.
THANK YOU, MR. CORLISS.

WERE YOU CHARGED WITH PERJURY
IN THIS INCIDENT, DJ?

NO, I WAS NOT.

IS THAT BECAUSE
THE PROSECUTION WAS COMPLICIT
IN YOUR CONFESSION?

- JUDGE!
- WERE YOU PROMISED THE SAME
THING HERE, MR. CORLISS,

TO SAY THAT
LOUIS ROULET BRAGGED TO YOU
IN THE HOLDING CELL?

I MEAN, ISN'T THAT
WHAT HAPPENED? YOU LIED THEN
AND YOU'RE LYING NOW.

- OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR!
- ALL RIGHT, MR. HALLER,
THAT WILL DO!

SORRY, YOUR HONOR.
I HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS.

I'M EXCUSING THE JURY
FOR AN EARLY LUNCH.

BAILIFF, SEE THEM OUT.

MR. MINTON, DO KNOW YOU
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE?

YOU'VE PUT A DOCUMENTED LIAR
ON THE STAND,

A MAN WITH A RECORD OF PUTTING
INNOCENT PEOPLE IN PRISON.

- YOUR HONOR--
- SHUT THE HELL UP WHEN
I'M TALKING TO YOU.

I CAN THINK OF NOTHING
MORE PREJUDICIAL

OR CORRUPT THAN WHAT
I JUST SAW OUT THERE.

DO YOU REALIZE WHAT
YOU'VE DONE TO MY TRIAL?

HE'S GOING TO TALK
TO HIS BOSS TO DECIDE

WHAT THEY WANT TO DO
BEFORE THE JUDGE COMES DOWN
WITH A DIRECTED VERDICT.

WHAT'S A DIRECTED
VERDICT?

IT'S WHERE
THE JUDGE TAKES THE CASE
FROM THE JURY'S HANDS,

- DECLARES AN ACQUITTAL.
- OH MY GOD.

WE'LL KNOW MORE
IN A FEW MINUTES.

I WANT TO KNOW HOW CORLISS
GOT THAT SHIT HE'S SAYING!

MAYBE FRANK LEVIN
TOLD HIM.

MAYBE HE FOUND SOMETHING
AND GAVE IT TO CORLISS

AND THAT'S WHY
YOU KILLED HIM.

(flushes)

(door opens)

(grunts)

Judge:
COURT'S BACK IN SESSION.

YOUR HONOR, I SPOKE
WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

THE STATE WISHES
TO DISMISS ALL CHARGES.

YOU HAVE THE MOTION
IN FRONT OF YOU.

Judge:
THIS IS A MOTION
TO DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE.

- CASE CLOSED.
- YES, YOUR HONOR.

MR. ROULET,
YOU'RE FREE TO GO.

COURT'S ADJOURNED.

MR. HALLER, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR MY SON.

- YOU'RE WELCOME.
- YOU WERE SPLENDID.

THANK YOU.

I'VE MADE
RESERVATIONS...

I WANT THE GUN.

OF COURSE YOU DO.

I WANT TO TALK.

- MR. HALLER?
- MM-HMM.

I INSIST YOU JOIN US
FOR DINNER TONIGHT
FOR A CELEBRATION.

I DON'T THINK SO.

- WHAT?
- LOUIS ROULET?

- YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE DOING?

- BE QUIET, MOTHER.
- HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK!

- WHAT'S THE CHARGE?
- HE'S UNDER ARREST

FOR THE MURDER
OF DONNA RENTERIA.

EVERYTHING THAT MAN SAID
WAS A LIE.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE
AN ATTORNEY PRESENT
DURING QUESTIONING.

IF YOU GIVE UP THAT RIGHT,
ANYTHING YOU SAY

CAN AND WILL BE USED
AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF LAW.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR RIGHTS
AS I HAVE READ THEM TO YOU?

HEY!
LOOK AT ME.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND
YOUR RIGHTS?

DETECTIVE, CAN I HAVE
A WORD WITH HIM?

WELL, THAT'S IT, LOUIS.

I GOT YOU OFF.

TIME TO FIND YOURSELF
A NEW LAWYER.

- I'VE STILL GOT YOUR GUN.
- MM-HMM.

AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
TO EXPLAIN HOW YOU GOT IT.

THANK YOU, DETECTIVE.

COME ON, LOUIS.

(chuckles)

- MARY--
- NOT A WORD.
YOU GET MY KID OUT OF JAIL.

HALLER,
YOU ARE ONE MESSED-UP
SON OF A BITCH.

FIRST YOU GET YOUR CLIENT
OFF FOR ASSAULT,

ONLY TO BURN HIM
FOR MURDER.

YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
TO CHARGE HIM

WITH THE RENTERIA MURDER,
DO YOU?

EH, THEY'VE GOT ENOUGH
TO SCREW WITH HIM.

THERE'S NO WAY THE D.A.
WAS LETTING ROULET
WALK OUT OF HERE,

NOT AFTER
WHAT JUST HAPPENED.

I DON'T GET YOU, HALLER.

WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU
ON ANYWAY?

HUH?

GOD DAMN IT!

EARL!

- DUDE.
- HEY, I'M SORRY, BOSS.

LOOK, I STEPPED AWAY
FOR HALF A MINUTE, ALL RIGHT?

- ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
- YOU CAN TAKE THE TICKET
OUT OF MY PAY, ALL RIGHT?

YOU DON'T MAKE ENOUGH.
THIS ONE'S ON ME.

- LET'S ROLL.
- ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO
TO THE HOUSE, EARL.

- HEY, BOSS?
- MM-HMM?

YOU KNOW THAT FAVOR
YOU ASKED ME?

A GUY I KNOW, HE PICKED
IT UP ON THE STREET.

REAL CLEAN.

(engine starts)

♪ THEY SAY IT'S LONELY
AT THE TOP IN WHATEVER YOU DO ♪

♪ YOU ALWAYS GOTTA WATCH,
MOTHERF--S AROUND YOU ♪

♪ NOBODY'S INVINCIBLE,
NO PLAN IS FOOLPROOF ♪

♪ WE ALL MUST MEET
OUR MOMENT OF TRUTH ♪

♪ SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA DIG DEEP
WHEN PROBLEMS COME NEAR ♪

♪ DON'T FEAR, THINGS GET
SEVERE FOR EVERYBODY
EVERYWHERE ♪

♪ WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN
TO GOOD PEOPLE? ♪

♪ SEEMS THAT LIFE
IS JUST A CONSTANT WAR
BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL ♪

♪ SO I PRAY, REMEMBERING
THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH ♪

♪ AS I PREPARE TO MEET
MY MOMENT OF TRUTH. ♪

(keys jingle)

HEY, BOSS, BE CAREFUL,
ALL RIGHT?

YES SIR.

Frank:
Mick, it's me.
I tried you on your cell.

I'm sorry to interrupt
your day with Hayley, but you
asked me to dig on Roulet?

Remember you said you didn't
buy it that all he had was
parking tickets?

- (phone ringing)
- Well, I might have
found Martin--

- MAGGIE, I GOT IT.
- Uh-huh?

- I THINK I KNOW WHY
FRANK LEVIN GOT KILLED.
- Yeah?

ALL RIGHT, CALL LANKFORD.
HAVE HIM PULL UP ROULET'S
DRIVING RECORD,

EVERY TICKET HE EVER GOT.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT
FRANK DID.

HE SAID HE FOUND MARTINEZ'S
TICKET OUT OF THE Q.

- I JUST NEVER KNEW
WHAT HE MEANT.
- Okay, done.

BUT I HAVE
TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.
THEY LET ROULET GO.

MM-HM.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH
TO HOLD HIM, YOU WERE RIGHT.

I guess the family
got involved.

- MAGGIE, IS HAYLEY WITH YOU?
- SHE'S AT MY SISTER'S. WHY?

Go to your sister's.
Stay with Haley

AND WAIT FOR MY CALL.
YOU GOT IT?

Okay.

- VAL, IT'S MICK HALLER.
- Oh hey, Mick.

I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOU
SINCE YOU BUSTED INTO MY
OFFICE AND ACCUSED ME

OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT
MURDER, HUH?

YOU KNOW, IF I HAD ANY
SELF-RESPECT, I'D HANG UP
ON YOU RIGHT NOW.

IT WAS FRANK DYING, ALL RIGHT?
I WAS OUT OF MY HEAD.

- I need you to do me a favor.
- OH, YOU NEED A FAVOR, OKAY?

YOU KNOW, YOU GOT MORE BALLS
THAN A CHINESE PING-PONG
TOURNAMENT, OKAY?

- I'LL GIVE YOU THAT.
- VAL, LISTEN, MAN, YOU CAN
KICK MY ASS LATER, ALL RIGHT?

IT'S IMPORTANT.
IS ROULET STILL WEARING
THE TRACER?

YEAH YEAH YEAH, HE IS.
HEY, I GOT A CALL.

HE'S COMING IN THE MORNING
TO GET IT OFF.

- I GUESS THEY KICKED HIM, HUH?
- YEAH. I NEED YOU TO TRACK
HIM FOR ME.

AW, MAN, I CAN'T.
I CAN'T.

I GOT A LITTLE BIDDY COMING
IN A FEW MINUTES.
COME ON.

VAL, VAL,
STOP WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING.
I NEED IT, MAN.

I NEED YOU TO DO IT NOW.
IT'S ABOUT MY FAMILY.

(tires squeal)

- (rings)
- YEAH?

IT'S ME.
HE'S HEADED UP NORTH
ON SAN FERNANDO.

MICK, MICK, I THINK HE'S HEADED
FOR YOUR HOUSE. YOU WANT ME
TO CALL THE COPS FOR YOU?

- BULLSHIT.
- I'M TELLING YOU, HE JUST
PASSED DODGER STADIUM.

NO NO NO NO, HE'S NOT GOING
TO MY HOUSE, VAL.

Oh, hey hey hey hey.

YOU'RE RIGHT, MAN.
HE JUST SHOT PAST YOUR STREET.

- HE'S NOT HEADED
FOR YOUR HOUSE.
- I KNOW WHERE HE'S GOING.

(honks)

HELLO?
OH, YOU'RE WELCOME.

NO, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

(crossing bell ringing)

HELLO, LOUIS.

MY FAMILY'S HERE.

- I KNOW.
- YOU BRING YOUR KNIFE?

MY GUN?

MAYBE.

GOOD.

'CAUSE I BROUGHT THIS.

NOW YOU GOT ONE CHANCE
TO TURN AROUND AND LEAVE.

AND THEN WHAT?

ARE YOU GONNA KEEP
COMING BACK EVERY NIGHT?

EVERY DAY?

OR JUST TRY TO GET ME
SENT UP TO SAN QUENTIN
LIKE JESUS MARTINEZ?

NO.

I'M NOT QUITTING
UNTIL MARTINEZ IS FREE

AND YOU'RE CONVICTED
OF MURDER.

AND WHEN THAT NEEDLE
GOES INTO YOUR ARM...

THAT WILL BE ME.

(train passing)

WHY DON'T YOU JUST
SHOOT ME RIGHT NOW?

- I DON'T THINK I'LL HAVE TO.
- (motor revving)

- (glass shatters)
- HEY!

- THAT'S MY CAR!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- (laughs)

- OW!
- IT WAS YOUR CAR, MAN.

- (smashing)
- YEAH!

COME ON NOW, GET HIM UP.
GET UP!

- (grunts, moans)
- HOSPITAL, NOT THE MORGUE.

GOOD JOB,
PRETTY BOY.

GIVE HIM A BOOT!

(grunts, thuds continue)

- WHOO!
- (laughter)

(rings)

- HEY, MAGS.
- You were right, Mick.

ROULET GOT A TICKET OUTSIDE
OF RENTERIA'S APARTMENT

ON THE NIGHT
THAT SHE WAS MURDERED.

IT'S ALL GONNA BE
ON THE D.A.'S DESK
IN THE MORNING.

- Where are you?
- JUST ABOUT HOME.

LISTEN, WHAT DO YOU SAY
I COME PICK UP YOU AND HAYLEY

AT YOUR SISTER'S PLACE
IN AN HOUR

- And we go out
for a nice dinner, huh?
- GREAT.

YEAH.
SEE YOU IN AN HOUR.

(humming)

BREAKING AND ENTERING, HUH?

JUST LIKE YOUR SON.

YOU KNEW, MR. HALLER.

YOU NEED TO GET THE HELL
OUT OF MY HOUSE,
MRS. WINDSOR.

- YOU KNEW. YOU SET HIM UP.
- THE ONLY PERSON WHO WAS
SET UP HERE

WAS ME.

AND HOW'D THAT
TURN OUT FOR YOU?

YOU HAVE NO IDEA
WHO WE ARE.

I KNOW THAT YOUR SON LOUIS
IS GOING DOWN FOR THE MURDER
OF DONNA RENTERIA.

I ALSO KNOW THAT I'M GONNA
BURN HIS ASS FOR KILLING
MY FRIEND FRANK LEVIN.

- HE DIDN'T KILL HIM.
- YES, HE DID.

HE BEAT THE TRACER
AND HE KILLED HIM.

LOOK, I'M NOT GONNA
TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOU.

NOW FOR THE LAST TIME,
GET THE HELL OUT OF MY HOUSE.

YOU'RE NOT
LISTENING TO ME.

NO, YOU'RE NOT
LISTENING TO ME.

MRS. WINDSOR, GET
THE HELL OUT OF MY HOUSE.
(grunts)

I TOLD YOU MY SON
DIDN'T KILL FRANK LEVIN.

I DID.

(dials phone)

(hisses, panting)

Operator:
9-1-1, what's your emergency?

HERE YOU GO.

(groans)

(sighs)

I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU
TO BE CAREFUL, MAN.

- (chuckles)
- MM-HMM.

YEAH, IT'S NOTHING.

NOBODY TILL
SOMEBODY SHOOTS YOU.

HEY, BOSS,
FEELING ALL RIGHT?

YEAH, EARL.
SOLID.

HEY, I HEARD DOWN
AT THE COURTHOUSE

MARTINEZ IS OUT.
IS THAT RIGHT?

YEAH, IT IS.

AND ROULET, THEY GOING
FOR THE DEATH PENALTY ON HIM?

MARTINEZ IS FREE.

(motor revving)

- BOSS, WE GOT COMPANY.
- YEAH, I SEE THAT.

PULL OVER UP HERE TO THE LEFT.

WE'LL SAY HELLO.

WHAT DO YOU SAY, EDDIE?

- TOOK ONE FOR THE TEAM, HUH?
- YEAH.

DID YOU REALLY SHOOT
YOUR CLIENT'S MOTHER?

DAMN RIGHT, I DID.
SHE SHOT ME FIRST.

(chuckles)

WELL, I'M GLAD YOU'RE BETTER.

'CAUSE MY BOY HAROLD--
OLD HARDCASE--

DON'T TELL ME.

YEAH, HE GOT
CAUGHT WITH 50 KILOS
IN HIS GIRLFRIEND'S MINIVAN.

GIRLFRIEND
IS SOME COP'S WIFE.

- THAT DOESN'T HELP.
- NOPE.

YOU'RE THE ONLY
HELP HE'S GOT...

COUNSELOR.

ALL RIGHT.
CALL ME WITH THE DETAILS.

I GOT TO SAY THOUGH,
THE WAY THINGS WENT DOWN,

I THINK WE EARNED
A LITTLE DISCOUNT.

SAY, HALF YOUR FEE.

I TELL YOU WHAT, EDDIE,

HOW ABOUT I DO THIS ONE
FOR FREE?

ARE YOU SURE
YOU'RE FEELING ALL RIGHT?

REPEAT CUSTOMERS, EARL.

WE'LL STICK IT TO 'EM
NEXT TIME.

(pop music playing)

♪ LIKE A SOUND YOU HEAR
THAT LINGERS IN YOUR EAR ♪

♪ BUT YOU CAN'T FORGET
FROM SUNDOWN TO SUNSET ♪

♪ NO NO ♪

♪ IT'S ALL IN THE AIR,
YOU HEAR IT EVERYWHERE ♪

♪ NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO
IT'S GONNA GRAB AHOLD ON YOU ♪

♪ YOU YOU ♪

♪ CALIFORNIA SOUL ♪

♪ CALIFORNIA SOUL ♪

♪ THEY SAY THE SUN COMES UP
EVERY MORNING ♪

♪ AND IF YOU LISTEN
OH, SO CAREFULLY ♪

♪ CALIFORNIA SOUL ♪

♪ CALIFORNIA SOUL ♪

♪ CALIFORNIA HUSTLER ♪

♪ WHOO, FEELS GOOD! ♪

♪ LIKE A SOUND YOU HEAR
THAT LINGERS IN YOUR EAR ♪

♪ BUT YOU CAN'T FORGET
FROM SUNDOWN TO SUNSET ♪

♪ THAT'S THE CODE-OF-THE-STREET
MENTALITY ♪

♪ ONE MINUTE YOU ON TOP
AND THE NEXT YOU A CASUALTY ♪

♪ IT'S ALL IN THE AIR,
YOU HEAR IT EVERYWHERE ♪

♪ NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO
IT'S GONNA GRAB AHOLD ON YOU ♪

♪ IT'S GONNA GRAB AHOLD
ON YOU IF YOU LET IT ♪

- ♪ CALIFORNIA SOUL ♪
- ♪ CALIFORNIA HUSTLER ♪

- ♪ CALIFORNIA HUSTLER ♪
- ♪ WHOO, FEELS GOOD ♪

♪ SEE, I LIVED THROUGH
THE FEAR, SHED A LOT OF TEARS ♪

♪ THERE'S A REASON WHY
FOR THE HUSTLE ♪ERE

♪ FOR THE CALIFORNIA HUSTLE ♪

♪ SO GET YOUR HUSTLE
ON THE CALI-- ♪

♪ PUTS A BRAND-NEW KIND
OF THINKING IN YOUR MIND ♪

♪ AND YOU CAN'T GO WRONG ♪

♪ 'CAUSE YOU'RE GROOVIN'
ALL DAY LONG ♪

- ♪ I FEEL YOU, BABY,
- ♪ CALIFORNIA SOUL ♪

♪ I GOT THE SOUL OF A SAINT,
HEART OF A LION ♪

♪ I GO HARD IN THE PAINT
FOR SOME PAIN WHERE IT AIN'T ♪

♪ PUT A WIG ON THE PIG,
I WON'T STOP ♪

♪ TILL MY DOUGH STRETCHED
LONG AS A BRIDGE ♪

♪ MOVING THROUGH THE STREETS
IN MY LINCOLN ♪

♪ GET IT ALL NIGHT WHILE
THE WHOLE WORLD'S SLEEPING ♪

♪ IN THE FAST LANE
WITH THIS THING FOR A REASON ♪

♪ 'CAUSE THEY HANDSHAKE DON'T
MATCH THE WAY THEY SPEAKING ♪

♪ TOP GETTING CLOSER
AND I'M STILL REACHING ♪

♪ IF YOU LOOKING FOR ME,
I'LL BE HUSTLING IN MY REGION ♪

♪ CALIFORNIA HUSTLER ♪

♪ YEAH, SEE, LIFE HAS
ITS LESSONS, Y'ALL ♪

♪ WHEN YOU
A CALIFORNIA HUSTLER ♪

♪ HA! ♪

♪ SO HAPPY THEY WERE
ROCKING AND REELING ♪

♪ TAKE 'EM TO CHURCH ♪

♪ BECAUSE THEY ADDED
THAT LOVING FEELING ♪

♪ PUT YOUR BEST FOOT
FORWARD ♪

♪ TO CALIFORNIA SOUL ♪
OF THESE STREETS ♪CTIM

- ♪ HUSTLE HUSTLE ♪
- ♪ I STILL GET WITH IT ♪

♪ LIKE A SOUND YOU HEAR
THAT LINGERS IN YOUR EAR ♪

♪ OH, YOU JUST CANNOT
FORGET IT ♪

- ♪ FROM EARLY IN THE MORNING ♪
- ♪ GIT IT ♪

♪ TILL THE SUN GOES DOWN ♪

♪ MONEY MAKE
THE WORLD GO ROUND ♪

♪ GIMME IT, GIMME IT ♪

♪ MONEY MAKE
THE WORLD GO ROUND ♪

♪ UHHH ♪

♪ LISTEN TO IT,
LISTEN TO IT ♪

♪ GIVE A BEAT,
OH, FEELS GOOD ♪

♪ OH-HHH ♪

♪ IT'S GONNA
PUT YOU IN... ♪

( instrumental music
playing )