All language subtitles for LA Law s02e05 The Brothers Grimm

Previously on L .A. Law.

Ever since I was first assigned to your
courtroom, I've had these dreams about

us.

I've got leukemia, Ms. Perkins. I'm
dying.

Oh, my God. I am so sorry. No, don't.

I'm not afraid for myself. It's Benny
I'm worried about. There may be a job

him here as a messenger.

I'd like you to meet Benny Stolz.

Benny's going to be our new messenger.

When? Mickey.

It's been forever.

You look great.

You know what?

I'm going to call you for lunch.

I'd really like to catch up.

Who was that?

My ex -wife.

Damn it, I'm going to go in there and
tell McKenzie that I want $20 ,000 more

I'm out of here.

Don't threaten to leave unless you mean
it. Oh, is that what you think? Or do

you really think that because I'm a
woman you can exploit me financially?

That is a crock and you know it.

Describe for us, if you will, what took
place in the four juices on the night of

January 11th.

My boyfriend and I were sitting across
from each other in the booth, and there

were only a couple of other people
there.

Two men came in. One went up to the
bartender, put a gun to his face, and

for money.

And the other one came over to Matty and
asked what he was looking at.

Matty is your boyfriend?

He was.

Then the guy looked down at me. He
shoved me over and sat down.

He reached into his jacket and pulled
out a knife. He put it to my neck.

What happened then, Connor?

The guy with the gun came over to Maddie
and put it to his

head.

While the one with the knife...

raped me.

Did anyone try to interfere?

No.

Carmen, were there any police officers
in the bar at the time?

I didn't know it at the time, but he is
a police officer, and he was there.

Let the record indicate that the
plaintiff has identified Officer Carl

of the Los Angeles Police Department.

You are now suing the city of Los
Angeles. Can you tell us why?

Because he could have...

and he didn't. Did he ever identify
himself as a police officer?

Not until they left.

Carmen, can you tell the court if you
perceive any differences in your day -to

-day life following what happened to you
on January 11th?

I can't stand to be alone.

I used to come home from work to my own
apartment, and I would go out at

night with my boyfriend.

Now I live back at my mother's.

My girlfriend...

Comes to pick me up in the morning.

Drives me to work.

I don't go out anymore.

But what happened to you is over.

Not over.

There are men with knives everywhere.

There are also police.

He's a police.

What difference did it make? A coward
can strap on a gun. The only one who

protects is himself.

He didn't care what happened to me as
long as he could walk away. Don't you

to me about police.

There's no such thing as police.

Rona versus Gratinger.

Now that Kleinberg's quit, I assume this
one's back in my lap.

Correct assumption.

Carrillo versus City of Los Angeles.

Trial is in progress.

Well, I must say, I would have thought
this is one that could be settled.

I wouldn't be trying it if that were the
case.

DePaul versus Boxer.

We're ready to pick a jury.

Good morning, Manny.

Good morning.

They were all out of pumpernickel.

Oh, that's all right. Whatever you got
is fine. I got one extra poppy seed and

one extra salt instead of two
pumpernickel. That's fine.

How's your mother?

She had to go back in the hospital
again.

Well, if you need to go over there or
feel you want to take the day off,

feel free.

No, I'll go over after work.

Thank you, though.

New business.

Semmelweis versus Morongo Valley Gas and
Electric Company. What's this, Leland?

Actually, that was originally a case of
your father's. My father? Mm -hmm. And

after he died, Gideon Semmelweis decided
to take the case to Morton and

Tressler, where it got lost in the
courts for 12 years.

Now he's decided to bring it back here.

That ought to be a candidate for the
Litigation Hall of Fame. Anyway, it's a

dense thicket, but maybe Mr. Rollins
could hack his way through it. If it's

the same, I think I'd like to handle it
myself, just for the sake of history.

And that's it.

We're adjourned.

Elizabeth, messages?

Yeah, Craig Adams called. And two from
Lynn Palmer and one from Grace.

Thank you.

Hey, is everything for now, Arnie?

Looks like you got it covered, Benny. I
kept the change for each one separate.

Good system.

I'll do your car this afternoon.

Terrific. Wait.

I'll find a piece of chamois in the
trunk when you're all done with the soap

water. And then, when you're finished,
I'll come down.

I'll take it around the block.

Great, Arlen.

Great.

He's here to be working for the firm.

What do you mean?

What effect do you think it has on
Benny's self -esteem to finally get a

job, only to have it wind up being as
your manservant?

Roxanne, I really think it's good for
Benny's self -esteem just to be trusted

with responsibilities.

Not to mention taking his mind off his
mother, and I'll tell you something.

I like the big guy.

How about that?

I like him too, Arnie. Well, how do you
suppose he'd feel if we marched him in

here and we told him he couldn't run
errands for me anymore? We'll just tell

that it's too demeaning.

How do you think you'd like that?

You're too good, Arnie.

Not to mention that by allowing me to
function at my best, Benny is working

the firm.

Thank you.

Coffee? Please.

Can I talk to you?

Last week, I wanted you to tell me that
my making less than Rollins and Victor

was everyone's fault but mine.

and you didn't do that, I'd like to
thank you.

I'm on your side, kiddo.

I know you are.

And it's easy just to tell someone what
they want to hear.

Not if you really care about them.

Anyway, I want to apologize.

And I think I can do better.

So how about a shot at Rony versus
Gratinger?

You got it.

But I'll tell you, it's a mess.

I'll straighten it out. You have my
blessings.

Can you take a break to discuss
something altogether outside the

law? Gladly.

I've gotten a jump on some of the
wedding items you need doing.

Such as?

Such as caterer, engraver for the
wedding invitations, guest list.

Well, I thought I'd narrow things down
and save you from the horrible details.

Do fill me in sometime.

As a matter of fact, I have an
appointment with a piano player, a guy

Lenny Paul.

Supposed to be fantastic.

What are you going to tell him we went
for our first dance?

The shadows fall and spread their
restless charms.

In the midst of night, when you're in my
arms, I

feel your lips so warm and tender.

My one and only love.

And one other thing.

What's that? We have to take care of
getting an agreement down on paper.

Agreement? As in prenuptial.

You think we need a prenuptial
agreement?

Yeah. No, I'm just being prudent. You
know, there are certain fiduciary

relationships with my family's trust
account people, and I'd be totally

if I didn't get express agreements in
places to ask it.

Besides, let's not forget that you
yourself had a marriage that was

less than a forever deal.

If we need to have one, we'll have one.

Good, and we'll try to grab some time
from Arnie tomorrow.

Can't we just do it ourselves?

Well, he does these things all the time.

It's standard operating procedure more
than anything else. Okay?

Okay.

Happily rooting through the past, eh?

It's really something how vivid he
becomes when you read his papers.

I find myself going back in time, being
a teenager, and listening to him talk

about his cases.

I can see his brown leather briefcase
where he would leave it, just inside the

front hallway.

I can smell the quinine he used in his
hair.

God, I was in awe of him.

By the way, would you by any chance know
someone named Rusty? No.

What? It's a familiar name for some
reason, and my father apparently wrote a

little note to himself in the margin of
a legal pad.

It says Rusty's birthday present and a
phone number.

Probably a client, a business associate.

My father never remembered birthdays.

That's a very old set of papers you have
in front of you, Douglas.

I doubt there's much present -day
meaning in what you find scribbled in

margins.

Hello.

Would there by any chance be someone
named Rusty there?

This is Rusty.

What did you have to drink on the night
of January the 11th, officer?

Maybe three curry farts.

Did you feel your judgment and your
reflexes to be impaired?

Yes, I did.

Would you tell the court in your own
words why you decided not to draw your

Because I thought innocent people would
be killed.

If you had had a clear shot, would you
have been willing to discharge your

weapon to prevent the commission of a
rape?

Yes, I would have.

No further questions, Your Honor.

Officer McSackett, now you've just
testified that you were impaired.

How'd you get home that night?

I drove.

Did you ask any of the officers who were
present taking statements to give you a

lift? No. Did any of them offer to drive
you home due to the impairment of your

reflexes? I don't remember whether they
did or not.

Now then, officer, are you familiar with
the manual of the Los Angeles Police

Department? I doubt if I spend as much
time reading it as you do, Counselor.

Quote.

Off -duty officers have peace officer
authority as to any public offense

committed in his presence with respect
to which there is an immediate danger to

person or the escape of the perpetrator.
Unquote.

Are you familiar with this section,
officer? I think the manual also calls

tactical evaluation of each situation
before acting.

Do you identify yourself as a police
officer before making an arrest?

I do. Is it a fair statement to make
that an individual is less likely to

continue in the commission of a crime in
the presence of a police officer than

he is outside the presence of a police
officer? Is that a fair statement?

Sure. And you've had to make decisions
as to the use of force before, is that

right? Yes.

That's right. And you use your judgment?

Yes, I do. You wouldn't shoot out the
tires of a car that was driving with a

broken taillight. Right, I wouldn't. You
wouldn't draw your gun on an individual

who you were arresting because he had
failed to respond to a summons for

his dog without a leash.

Right. How about forcible rape?

You know something? You're an idiot.

Order. Guys like you go after cops for
sport.

Men you shouldn't even be in the same
room with. You want for them to walk

through hell in a gasoline suit when
you're in a jam, but turn it around and

you'll nail them every time.

Tell me.

Tell me if I'd have used my gun that you
wouldn't be going after me for that.

You're out of order. Huh?

Why did you fire on that man, officer?

He only had a small machete in his hand.

Did it really require two rounds to
bring him down? Wouldn't one have done

Sir. Why didn't you use your mace,
officer?

Why didn't you radio for supervisory
personnel?

You ever go to a cop's funeral, Mr.

Cifuentes?

Are you just there for the trials?

He tried to help with my career.

I did some dinner theater, and for a
while I was in the chorus on the Jackie

Gleason show.

Then things weren't really happening, so
I did a couple of pictures that were,

you know, a little blue.

Of course, by today's standards, they
were nothing.

Oh, my God.

Your father said he hated them.

Of course, I'm not so sure.

He saw them?

One night he came over and I put them on
the projector.

I got them around here somewhere if you
want to take a look.

That's okay.

I guess seeing them would be a little
rough, huh?

This is the side of my father I never
knew existed.

To me, he was a father, an attorney, a
founding partner in a downtown firm.

To you, he was Porfirio Rubirosa.

Not exactly.

Not exactly?

My father kept a mistress who made porno
movies?

You were his mistress.

I was also the mother of his child.

You're my mother?

Not you're. You're brother.

My brother?

Since when do I have a brother?

Since 35 years ago, last Saturday.

I have a brother?

My God.

Who is he?

His name is Errol Farrell.

And I am very happy to say he's a lawyer
right here in Los Angeles, like you and

like your father.

And he's doing very well.

Errol Farrell?

I fell in love with him in Captain
Blood.

Who? Errol Flynn.

Does my mother know about all of this?

No, not so far as I know.

Your father set up a trust with the
condition that Errol be cut off if he

touch with either you or your mother.

Who did my father elect as trustee?

Leland McKenzie.

This is all too much for me.

I know it is, honey.

Can I get you a drink?

Captain Reynoso, you are Officer
Sackett's commanding officer, is that

Yes. Sir, do you recall the airdrome
street shooting of Sergeant Thomas D

'Onofrio? Objection irrelevant.

Goes to the defendant's pattern of
behavior and state of mind, Your Honor.

allow it.

Captain? I recall it. Would you be so
kind as to tell the court what the

records of that shooting reflect?

Well, D 'Onofrio and Sackett pulled over
a vehicle. When D 'Onofrio approached

the driver's side door, he was shot at
close range and critically injured.

As I recall, Officer Sackett requested
backup.

Do you recall, Captain, as to how many
rounds were fired by Officer Sackett

after his partner was hit?

No, I don't recall.

Well, then let me refresh your
recollection in that case, sir.

The police report for the shooting of
Sergeant Thomas D 'Onofrio reflect that

rounds were fired from the service
revolver issued Officer Carl Sackett.

What was the reaction of the department
to the fact that while his partner was

being shot, Carl Sackett's gun never
cleared leather?

Objection! Overruled. The internal
investigation of the shooting resulted

charges being brought against anyone.

What procedure would you have followed,
Captain?

In Officer Sackett's place, had you been
Thomas D 'Onofrio's partner? Now

listen, different cops react
differently.

No two situations are the same.

When an officer's partner is being fired
upon, is that officer permitted to

return fire?

Of course. Would you say that he's
expected to return fire?

That, again, would depend on the
circumstance. Is it fair to say,

an officer is not expected to be
cowering in the safety of his squad car

his partner's being gunned down outside?

Objection! Sustained. I don't know that
that's what happened, Counselor, and

neither do you.

Are you saying, Captain, that Sackett
might have had a reason for not

fire that night with Sernofrio? Yeah.
Did he also have a reason for not

involved as Carmen Carrillo was being
raped?

I wasn't there, sir. I don't know.

Is it true, Captain?

that since the rape of Carmen Carrillo,
Sackett's partner has requested a

transfer because he felt imperiled by
working with him.

I don't know that for a fact. Is it true
he requested a transfer?

Yes, it is.

Thank you, Captain.

I have nothing further.

Hi. Hi.

What exactly are you hoping to
accomplish by having lunch with my ex

Well, she got the news to you pretty
quick. Did she call or come over?

If you're jealous, just talk to me,
Grace.

I have talked to you.

Now I want to talk to Lynn.

I don't want you meeting with her.

Michael, I don't want you to see her
anymore.

But I can't tell you not to, can I?

I don't like mysteries, Michael. I don't
want to play detective.

I think it'll be a lot better all the
way around if I go see her rather than

start picking stray hairs off your
jacket wondering who they are.

Are those the only alternatives?

Huh.

Those are my only alternatives.

this whistle.

Thanks, Arnie. You having fun?

It's great.

Yeah, this car drives like a dream.

Hello?

Arnie, it's Roxanne.

Manny got a call from the hospital.

He should get over there.

Right now?

Right now.

All right, look, why don't you meet us
in front of the building and drive him

over there? We're just a few minutes
away.

Arnie, he has to go right now.

Roxanne, I don't do hospitals. I hate
hospitals.

people too.

They frighten me.

Look, Roxanne, I got people coming in
this afternoon. Can't you take them over

there?

All right, all right.

We're on our way.

Dr. Thacker to OR staff.

Dr. Thacker to OR staff.

Denny.

Your mother was just too weak to keep
going.

Is she dead?

Yes, I'm sorry, she is.

Could I see her?

If you want to.

Does she look different?

No, I don't think so.

I'd like to see her.

Dr. Newton to O .R. staff.

Dr. Newton.

Would you come with me, Arnie?

Yes, sir.

I've never seen a person who was dead
before.

She looks like she's just sleeping.

I know she's not, though.

Whenever she was sleeping and I'd come
in the room, she'd wake up right away.

I wouldn't mean to wake her, just sit by
her bed.

But as soon as I'd look at her...

She'd open her eyes.

She's not even really in the room now,
is she?

Not really.

Is she in heaven?

Yeah, Benny.

Can I help you?

My name is Douglas Brackman.

I'm here to see Mr. Farrell.

You got an appointment?

I don't have an appointment.

Well, what do you want to see him about?

It's a personal matter.

Then you can just take a seat and wait,
because he's on the phone right now, and

you've got all these people ahead of
you.

I'd appreciate it if you'd tell him I'm
here.

Just as soon as I get an opportunity.

Watch yourself

in the stairs now.

All right, who's next?

Bandage it, Rick Ram!

Errol Farrell, I'm Douglas Brockman.

Douglas?

Yes.

In a half a minute, I'm going to bust
out crying.

She's some dame there, Rusty.

You ought to take pictures of her when
she was younger. They would knock your

eyes out. How well did you know our
father, Errol?

He saw me like once every two months.

My mother was...

Making stag movies.

This wasn't exactly Father Knows Best.

Do you hate him?

Yes, I do.

But it's probably not for what you
think.

It's not that you got the big chair
while I'm giving Christmas presents to

paramedics so they carry my business
cards.

I mean, this is my life. I accept that.

He did give you an education.

Dougie, I'm not saying no.

What hurt was I couldn't have a big
brother.

I would have liked a brother, too.

Tinkering with the Chevy out in the
garage.

Touch football on the lawn at
Thanksgiving, like Jack and Bobby.

The smell of Old Spice on a Friday night
when the older brother gets ready to go

out.

This is the stuff I'm talking about.

I missed it, too, kid.

God, I missed it.

You don't know how much I wondered about
you.

Lynn, this is not the most comfortable
thing in the world for either of us.

Believe me.

It's just that if you're so concerned
about Michael and me, I think the person

you should be talking to is Michael.

I guess I want to know what it is you
have in mind.

I don't have anything particularly in
mind.

You're not interested in a second go
-around?

I don't know.

Can I get either of you something from
the bar?

Yes, a vodka tonic, please.

Nothing, thank you.

Look, the fact is Michael and I have a
lot of history together.

History doesn't interest me.

Well, then I'm not sure what you want me
to tell you.

Well, you've already told me.

I'm not walking away from here with any
kind of assurances.

Assurances? Is that what you wanted?

Well, not really. I probably wouldn't
have believed you even if you gave them

me. So why did you ask me to lunch?

To take a measure of you.

To talk to you face to face.

Having done it, I can't say I dislike
you.

Nor are you.

What's worse, I can't dismiss you.

I'll tell you what else you can't do,
Grace.

You can't win me over as a friend in
order to remove me as a threat.

Oh, that's okay, Lynn.

I'm not here to make friends.

But, Katonic, are you ladies ready to
order yet?

Guys, a lawyer can only serve one
client.

As amicable as everything may be right
now, there's no guarantee that at some

point the two of you aren't going to go
to war.

And having an agreement drawn by one
attorney, especially one as close to

of you as I am, it's an invitation to
charges of overreaching, of a sellout,

confidence as being abused.

It's bound to create resentment.

Arnie, there is no resentment. All we
want to do is make things as neat as

possible.

I've read the agreement.

Is everything in order?

There's nothing manifestly wrong with
it, if that's what you mean.

Fine, let me have it.

I don't want you to think that I'm
passing on the fairness epidemic. I know

you've really made your position very
clear on this. Stuart, I've seen this

of thing blow up all too often.

Well, believe me, this one won't.

Stuart? You know, I honestly don't think
I've ever loved you as much as I do

right at this very moment.

No, I do. Your willingness to sign this
agreement.

It's all anyone could ever ask for, and
I certainly couldn't ask for more than

that.

Thank you.

There you go.

I think I'll let you two have a moment
to yourselves.

You manipulative little bastard.

Ann, come on. This had nothing to do
with your relatives or your family trust

funds. This was a test.

You can't trust what I say or rely on my
character, so you set up a situation.

See if Ann will put herself at a legal
disadvantage for any future lawsuits she

might bring.

Aren't you clever, Stuart?

Aren't you just the grandmaster of
subtle gamesmanship?

Look, I'm not a grandmaster of anything.

I'm a 42 -year -old guy whose whole life
is about to change.

Well, maybe you should save yourself the
trouble and leave it the way it is.

Can you understand that I just had to
know whether someone would want me for

Not someone, Stuart.

Me.

Now, you just have Arnie notarize that,
and you'll be all set.

I want the agreement, Ann. You might
wish you didn't want it, but you

it, you drew it, you got me to sign it,
and now you are going to live with it.

I want fully executed copies of that
agreement in a file marked Kelsey

so this little gesture of yours never
gets forgotten.

And one more thing, Stuart.

Don't you ever trot out your hoops for
me to jump through again.

Leland, you wanted to see me.

Where do we stand on Carrillo?

We are summing up for the jury tomorrow.

Victor, I got a call from the city
attorney.

You turned down another settlement
offer.

Carmen Carrillo turned down their
settlement offer. On your

assume.

On my recommendation.

I'd like to get your thinking on the
matter. My thinking is that it's a lousy

offer. And why the hell are they calling
you?

Well, it's strictly your decision, which
is what I told the city attorney.

But I do want to know what's driving
you.

I want to know that personal animus is
not getting in the way of a member of

this firm practicing good law.

Animus? Toward whom? Oh, let's stop
waltzing around.

You've got no love for police officers.
Going back to your days in the public

defender's office. Well, actually, I
dated farther back than that. There's no

question cops can't step out of line.

Leland, don't tell me about cops.

Not until they've shined their spotlight
into your eyes and told you to grab

some wall.

Not until you've been spread -eagled and
cuffed because they thought you looked

like someone else.

You recall that happening to you much
when you were 15?

That's never happened to me. They make
much of a point of checking to see if

whatever vehicle you happen to be
driving is stolen to this day? Victor,

not doing your client any good if the
merits of the case are taking second

to your wanting to tee off on the LAPD.
Our client has the benefit of my best

legal judgment.

The fact that I don't mind nailing a cop
for not doing his job doesn't change

that.

DeMarco, believe me, it's really best to
work these things out in advance.

Yeah, look, I'm going to have to let you
know.

Let me tell you about a wedding I once
did, okay?

Start off, I do a little Arlen, a little
Carmichael, a little Gershwin, nice

stuff. Now somebody says, ooh, ooh, do
you know Sending the Clowns?

Hey, I'm an agreeable guy, huh?

Four bars into it, the bride screams,
runs over, slams the lid down.

Busted two fingers.

She probably had a bad association with
that song.

I guess.

Anyway, the deal I usually work out is I
do three sets of an hour each, plus the

pre -ceremony.

I can let you have a little classical
there if you want, for 500.

Yeah, well, like I said, I'm just going
to have to let you know.

Not to push here, but you better give me
the date in advance as soon as

possible. Fall, I've got bar mitzvahs.
Christmas is cocktail parties. And

spring, oh, forget about it, we're
into... Weddings.

Right.

Well, you'll know as soon as I do.

So, what's your favorite song anyway?

My one and only love.

You know that one?

Hey.

Gracie? What's all this?

I think we ought to take a little break,
you and me.

What kind of break?

I'm moving back to my place, Michael.

It isn't a punishment.

It's a way of regaining my balance a
little. I need to take a deep breath and

think about what I want.

Well, I know what I want. Well, maybe
you do, and maybe you don't.

But if you need to think about Lynn, if
you need to see her or to talk to her,

you should do it.

And I don't want to feel like I'm in the
way.

Well, what if I need to see you?

Well, then you will call me and you will
see me.

Just like I'll call you.

This isn't the end of anything.

It's just a temporary retreat.

I always get a little nervous when
anyone tells me something's just

Yeah, well...

I'm a little nervous myself.

Your Honor.

Did you in fact promise this woman that
you would correct her accent? I am not a

carnival barker. I am a professional
person.

I told her we could, with diligence on
her part, correct her accent.

Don't forget, an Eastern European accent
is one of the most difficult to

correct. He tell me nothing. Just fast,
fast sign here.

Half the time they cancel the classes.

And meanwhile, every audition I go to, I
open my mouth, and all anybody can say

is, another Albanian. All right, all
right.

The defendant will return the amount of
the plaintiff's tuition without interest

or penalty.

Oh, yeah. As this is the last case on
today's calendar, we stand in recess.

Thank you, Your Honor.

I see you've been decorated.

You've got quite an eye, Judge.

You're the first person to notice.

I make it a point of noticing you, Miss
Vasek.

What's the award for?

Large bore sharpshooting from a prone
position.

Is that right?

Hey, Your Honor!

I got something for you. Stand back,
sir.

Whoa, no mas, baby, no mas.

It's all right, Rhonda.

Your Honor.

What brings you down here? What brings
me? I follow your career from a distance

for years.

You parachute into my life, awaken deep
feelings of fraternal love, and you ask

what brings me down here?

I'm just surprised you knew where to
find me, that's all.

This ain't bad.

Harold, I'm a little pressed for time.
Hey, look.

I got a mutually beneficial business
proposition to make from which I feel

assured we both can prosper. You ready?

Wacky Wally, the appliance giant.

They're looking for a firm to take care
of their collections.

Flat retainer against billable hours.
All you do is go after delinquent

accounts. You throw me a piece and the
rest is yours.

Harold, Mackenzie Brockman isn't a
collection firm.

What is that, written in stone
someplace?

As long as the money's green, what's the
diff? Maybe there's no diff.

We're just not inclined to get into that
field.

Do I detect a certain reluctance in you
to get involved in any business dealings

with me? Is that an accurate perception
on my part or what?

Because if it is, the least I would
expect is some recognition of the degree

which I took it in the neck family
-wise.

Well, that really wasn't my doing, was
it, Errol?

It too, Dougie.

Well, was it? What do I have to do to
get a little caring in this world?

I was cut adrift in a dark, dark ocean,
Douglas.

Do I have to go to your mother for a
safe harbor?

That sounds like blackmail, Errol.
That's somewhat of a harsh

I happen to be a very family -oriented
individual.

And maybe I can get from her what you
seem unwilling to give.

Well, you do what you have to do.

But I'll tell you right now, I'm not
running the firm into the ground or

my own disbarment in order to spare my
mother's feelings.

She'll have to take her knocks just like
everyone else. Are we clear on that

point?

Being a cop is one tough job. There is
no question about it.

Our lives, however, depend on someone
doing it and doing it right.

Now, we have heard witnesses who were
present testify that there was an

opportunity for this officer to have
acted, that there were moments when the

gunman's back was turned, when his gun
was pointing towards the floor.

But this officer wasn't looking for an
opportunity.

He turned his back.

And he waited for it to be over.

Police can't be everywhere.

How many times have we all heard that
said?

The real point of this trial is that
Carl Sackett was there with his badge

his gun, and it didn't mean a blessed
thing.

Now, he has told us in his judgment it
was safer to do nothing.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's always safer
to do nothing.

Carmen Carrillo deserved...

Better than that, then.

She deserves that someone be held
accountable now.

Imagine, if you will, a different
scenario than the one presented here.

Imagine that Officer Sackett produced
his badge and his gun, and the

assailants refuse to peacefully
surrender.

He fires, they fire back.

Carmen Carrillo is wounded.

Well, we all know what happens now.

Same plaintiff, same defendant, only
this time the complaint charges

use of force, reckless endangerment,
etc., etc.

Now, we all know that being a cop is a
tough job.

But what the plaintiff and her able
attorney have done for all their claims

about public safety is to make it an
impossible one.

Now, this cop made a decision.

based on 17 years of experience, on the
conditions of the moment, on everything

he had to base it on, and he decided not
to make a move.

Now, the plaintiff insists that the
result of this decision is that she was

raped.

I ask you to consider that the result of
this decision is that she is

alive.

Now, no one wishes to minimize the
trauma that Carmen Carrillo has gone

And perhaps this trial will have some
cathartic benefit for her. But what she

asking for is not justice.

The men responsible have thus far
escaped having to answer for their

Don't make an innocent man guilty in
their place.

Did you plan on taking it to your grave,
Leland?

What's that?

The whole netherworld of my father's
life, which you, my partner and

have been concealing from me.

What are you talking about, Douglas? I'm
talking about Rusty.

I'm talking about Errol Farrell.

I would have been in here sooner, but I
feel like I've been locked in the

funhouse for the past two days.

Didn't you think I had a right to my own
past, Leland?

It's not your past.

It's your father's. And my loyalties to
him, my legal duties as trustee, were

more compelling than your right to know.
And if that hurts you, well, I'm sorry.

Your father, he chose a difficult
existence for himself, Ellis.

But I think he dealt with it in the best
way that he could.

I guess I'm a little more like him than
I thought.

I always wanted to be the lawyer he was,
the personality he was.

As it turns out, we both just like to
cheat on our wives.

Well, it's a chapter in a biography,
Douglas.

It's not a whole life.

How long does it usually take?

Well, it depends.

Can I talk to you for a minute?

Go ahead.

Can I talk to you without your lawyer
here?

No.

He's Dave.

I just want you to hear it one time from
me.

I'm sorry.

What happened to you in there?

Who isn't?

What happened wasn't because I didn't
care.

It happened.

I couldn't have stopped it.

How do you know you didn't try?

I'll never know, okay?

I'll never know.

Maybe I could have dropped him.

But maybe I would have put around in
you, trying.

The fact is, at least...

You're alive and well.

And I may be alive, but, mister, don't
you go telling me that I am well. I

remember what it was like to be well.

And I am not well anymore.

We used to have a saying.

Iron men with wooden sticks have been
replaced by wooden men with iron sticks.

There's nothing I can say.

Back then was when it all happened.

I'm finished in the department.

Nothing's going to change that.

But do you think there's any way you
could find it in your heart to forgive

No.

No.

Of course not.

When all is said and done, I sat there.

You and I both know that.

The rest is for the lawyers.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Joey's been out a long time, huh?

Um, no, not that long.

You getting hungry? No, no.

That's a nice picture of her.

That was at a 4th of July picnic.

Benny, would you know if your mother had
a cake comb or a big knife to cut the

cake?

I'm not sure where she kept it.

Oh, that's all right. I'll find
something.

Arnie said he'd try to come by this
weekend.

Oh, did he? Yeah.

He'd have been at the memorial service,
but he had to be in court.

This is...

Me and my mom at the Olympics.

It's real hard to lose someone who's
close to you, Benny.

It's the hardest thing in the world.

It is hard.

Sometimes it makes it easier to be able
to go to work and see that there are

other people who care about you.

It's never going to be like it was with
me and my mom again, though.

No.

No, it's not.

She used to make a big plate of ginger
snacks.

She called them Zuzu crackers.

We'd sit in the den together.

Sometimes we'd watch TV. Sometimes we'd
play cards.

Benny, do you know where your mother
kept the dish soap?

She told me, but I forget.

I forget where she kept anything.

Ha ha ha!