All language subtitles for LA Law s02e11 Gorilla My Dreams

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Stuart and I want to announce that we
have finally set a date.

January 10th at Stuart's house.

Name's Benny Stolwich.

Match the victim's general description.

He took off running when we tried to
question him.

You know why you were arrested, Benny?

Sex.

Well, rape is just a little more serious
than just sex.

Now, hey, look, we are talking about
Benny, okay?

He could not have done this. I know this
man. He does not have an aggressive

bone in his body.

Man to man, Benny. Friend to friend.

Did you ever try to make a girl touch
you or have sex with you that night?

No, Arnie, no!

That's not him! The man who attacked me
didn't talk like that. This man's

retarded, for God's sake.

I've got to get away. I need a vacation
desperately.

From what?

I need a check for $10 ,000.

Here's $100.

Have a facial. Get your nails done.
You'll feel better.

You all right?

Oh, yeah, thanks.

Oh, my God, I'm sorry about your car.

Jimmy Markham, Levi's stroller. Kind of
an expensive way to get introduced.

How about dinner?

I'm sick of you, Douglas. I'm sick of
you.

I'm sick of your bald head and your
hairy back.

I'm sick of your humiliating me with
your sickening little affairs.

My affairs?

And who are you, the Virgin Mary? I
can't end another day of this.

My lawyer will call you a lawyer Monday.

I love you so much, Stuart.

Let's not screw it up, okay?

Deal.

Deal.

I now pronounce you man and wife.

Good morning.

I'm Douglas Brackman. I just moved into
apartment 209.

Andy Globus.

So, uh, who's your lawyer, Doug?

Excuse me?

Who's handling your divorce?

Arnold Becker.

Who said Arnold Becker?

You're familiar with him?

Familiar? Yeah.

Wow, the bastard tore me up into tiny
little pieces.

So if your lawyer's such a killer, what
are you doing here, Doug?

Who's he kidding?

Men can't get a fair shake in a
California court.

Arnie Becker or no Arnie Becker.

How long have you been here?

Oh, you know, a couple years, give or
take.

Four for George, and what?

Going on five, right, Leo?

Oh, God.

Forget God. He doesn't handle divorces.

What about the stewardesses?

I've heard this place was swarming.

Hey, Leo, where's all the stewardesses
today?

Sharing condos at the marina. Looking
for rich guys.

Oh, my God.

Check it out.

He's looking at me.

Be still my heart.

Hey, you just move in?

Aren't you Douglas Bracknell?

Yes. You're a judge and a partner in a
big law firm.

Andy Globus. Retail sales?

I'm sorry. Do I know you?

No. We have a lot of friends in common.

Really?

Like who?

Your wife.

Uh -oh.

Summons and complaints.

Nice chains.

Thank you.

Gay in New York.

Oh, whoopee.

You can say that again.

Are we having lunch?

Uh -uh.

I have something else in mind.

Where and when?

I'll be there.

I'll call you in the room.

I love you.

Me too, Jimmy.

My dear.

Don't we look pumped?

What can I say?

I've become a slut puppy.

Snazzy outfit, Rox. Thank you. Must have
cost about, what, two, three million

dollars?

Elizabeth, if you had taken Jimmy's
advice, you could have made yourself a

little money last week.

How does he do it? I mean, the stock
market's been so crazy.

I don't understand it either. But Jimmy
says if you know what you're doing, you

can make money whether the market goes
up or down. Roxanne, do you think we

could hold off on the investment seminar
until you get me squared away for

court?

What do you mean?

The receiver file. I can't find a copy
of the shrink's report.

If I put it on your credit, anything.

It's only a major custody trial and my
client's access to his only child, not

mention his reputation hanging in the
balance.

Otherwise, I wouldn't be bothering you
with such mundane details.

Here. And you are aware that even the
court -appointed shrink says your

a child molester?

Because that's what the little girl told
the shrink, because that's what her

demented mother coached her to say.

I don't know, Ernie. The old saying,
where there's smoke, there's fire.

Thank you, Roxy.

I appreciate the vote of confidence.

Arnold, I need to talk to you. Not now,
Douglas. Now.

Sheila had me served over the weekend.

Give me a couple of days, just till
after this trial is over. Of course.

Betty, you should service the needs of
this child molester.

You know, I'm getting real sick of this.

A hysterical ex -wife makes a faceless,
vicious accusation, and a devoted father

stands convicted until proven innocent.

Don't ever change, Arnie.

What are you trying to say, Michael?

Well, it's just that if you were
representing the wife, you'd be calling

saint and him a pervert. That's crap.

Look, I believed in this man three years
ago when I handled his divorce, and I

believe in him now.

If I didn't, I never would have taken
this case.

Unless the retainer was big enough.

Oh, great, great. Now I'm on trial, too.
Thanks a hell of a lot, guys.

All right, that's more than enough.

How about we let the courts unravel that
problem?

Well, we deal with one of our own,
namely Benny Stolitz.

What problem? I thought he was totally
cleared on the rape charge.

Mm -hmm. That doesn't alter the fact
that he was picked up wandering on

Hollywood Boulevard late at night after
frequenting a porno house.

He is a grown man.

Exactly. With all the sexual feelings
and needs of a grown man coupled with

impulse control of a child.

We don't know that.

Well, actually, you're right. The truth
is, there's a lot we don't know about

Benny. Maybe because we've been afraid
to find out.

I didn't observe any problems when he
was staying with me.

Did you ever really talk to him?

Sure. Is that so?

Did you ask him what he does with his
time when he's not at work?

Not in so many words. What about his
sexual desires?

How does he channel them?

Does he know anything about birth
control?

You know, it's even possible his mother
might have had him vasectomized. Did you

ever ask him about that?

With all due respect, Leland, why is
this my responsibility?

It's our responsibility.

Because Benny works here. And more than
that, because we made a pact with his

mother that we'd look after him. Uh, it
was Abby who did that.

Let her deal with this.

Well, I personally feel Benny would be
too uncomfortable talking to a woman

about these matters.

So, gentlemen.

Cutting to the chase, do I have a
volunteer?

Well, I do it, Leland, but my feeling is
that Benny associates me with that

whole rape charge nightmare, and, well,
ever since it happened, he can barely

look me in the eye.

Me? Oh, I, uh... I don't think we have
that kind of rapport, Benny and I.

As much as I like the guy, I barely know
him.

Okay, before this gets around to me
again, I'd like to say that I've been

involved with Benny and his various life
crises than anyone.

And right now, I'm late for court.

What about you, Leland?

You're the real part of Familius around
here. I think it would be easier for

Benny if it came from someone closer to
his own age.

You're right. He should be a
contemporary.

So, where does that leave us?

Me. You'll do it?

Yeah, sure. I mean, what's the big deal
here?

I did the birds on the bees with my
little brother and my cousins.

I guess I could do it with Benny.

Benny.

Hi, Victor.

How was your weekend?

What do you mean?

Did you do anything this weekend?

No, I didn't do anything.

I stayed inside the whole time.

Except Saturday morning, I went to the
supermarket.

That doesn't sound too good.

It's all right.

You don't have to worry about me. I
won't hurt anybody.

Hey, hey, Benny.

Nobody says you will.

Say, where do you like to go?

I, uh, used to...

I'd like to go to the zoo, but I haven't
been there since I got into trouble.

What do you say you and I take a ride up
there at lunchtime?

Today?

Sure.

How come, Victor?

Look at animals?

Sounds good?

I guess so.

Okay.

Okay.

Let me ask you, Ken.

Have you read a copy of the court
-appointed psychiatrist's report?

Yes. Reading from the concluding
paragraph.

Based on successive interviews with the
child and her mother, there's the strong

impression that certain inappropriate
touching of a sexual nature took place.

That is a total lie.

When your daughter stayed at your house
over the weekend of January 15th through

17th, or any other time, did you ever
touch her in a sexual manner?

No, absolutely not. I am affectionate
with her, yes, but there is nothing

improper or sexual about it. Your
daughter told the court -appointed

psychiatrist, and I quote, Daddy touched
me and made me cry.

The only thing I can think is her mother
has been mad at me, so she told Katie

to say that.

Nothing further.

Didn't your ex -wife tell you repeatedly
that it was inappropriate to bring your

eight -year -old daughter into bed with
you?

Well, she complained about a lot of
things.

Yet on the Sunday in question, you
proceeded to do so. She crawled into my

to watch cartoons. Now, what is wrong
with that?

You don't think it's wrong to fondle
your daughter's private parts?

Objection. I'll rephrase.

Did you ever fondle your daughter's
private part?

No.

Mr. Seaver, didn't you once tell your
former wife that you got a sexual turn

from giving your daughter a bath?

No. This is absurd.

Would it help your recollection if I
told you that your wife is prepared to

testify to it? Hey, why not? She's made
up everything else. Filthy liar, you did

it! Why don't you tell him why you're
making up these stories, Rita?

You bring your eight -year -old child
into bed with you? You buy her silence

with toys and candy?

Where do you think Katie picked up her
incestual ideation, Mr. Seaver? Sesame

Street? No, from her mother!

Your Honor, she's got Katie so messed
up, she probably believes it by now.

Mr. Seaver.

Please sit down.

Sorry.

So, it's your word against your
daughters, is that right?

It is my word against my wife's.

We'll see, Mr. Seaver.

Nothing further.

Are you hungry?

Are you going to fire me?

Benny, why do you think that?

Well, I know everybody's mad at me since
I had to come and get me out of jail.

No, Benny, we're concerned about you.

Nobody wants you to be hurt.

Okay, I don't go out anymore at all.

Nobody wants you to do that.

I won't do anything bad, Victor.

I won't go to those bad places.

Look, Benny, sex isn't bad.

Everybody, everybody has sexual desires.

I can make them go away.

I can keep my head down when I walk by
the store with the dirty magazines. I

wash my face and count to a hundred. My
mom told me I can grab my wrist like

this and then squeeze.

Hey, Benny?

Benny? You don't have to do that.

I don't know what else to do.

Hey, stranger.

I haven't seen you for a while.

Hi, Robert. Who's your friend?

Victor. Hi, Victor.

Boy, did you guys miss out on a
commotion around here.

A new gorilla named Little Willie.

First time they put him in the cage.

He took off after Momo and practically
broke his arm, and then he got real bad.

You see Mrs. Tubbs in there?

He grabbed her around the middle and got
real rough with her.

When you pick on the female of the
species, you really get people in an

What are they gonna do to him?

They got him in isolation, all doped up
like a zombie.

Day after tomorrow, they bring him back.
But you know what they got to do to him

first?

Strap him down and one by one take out
all his teeth.

And then they're going to take his mitts
and break every knuckle. No way. They

can't do that. That isn't true.

It is.

I talked to a guy who knows.

And if that don't calm him down, they
put him back in solitary.

Why do they do that?

You can't let him go around hurting the
women, Benny.

He didn't mean to.

He was new here.

He didn't know anybody.

Hey, if it was up to me, you know what
I'd do?

I'd do like they do with the dogs.

I'd nip the old sex drive right in the
butt, if you get my drift.

No, they can't do that. They won't do
that.

Hey, it's for his own good, Benny.

I mean, it's better than spending 30 or
40 years in a box by yourself.

Benny?

Benny?

Aside from the fact that we're seriously
in love, I've made more money in the

last two weeks than in three months
worth of paychecks.

Have you ever been wrong? Not so far.

I wouldn't have the nerve.

All I know is I've been working full
-time since I was 19 years old, and this

the first time I've ever had enough
money to buy a new car.

Just think what you've made in two
weeks.

Yep.

you even do you pick up the phone you
call a stockbroker and you tell him what

you want him to do and that's it want to
hear the tip du jour yeah put

options on cronstadt industries anytime
before friday what happens friday i'm

just telling you what jimmy told me put
option

Hello, Jack Fishback, please.

Jack? Hi, Ann Kelsey.

Fine.

Listen, um, I want to run something by
you.

What would you think if I said that I
wanted to take a flyer and go short on

some stock?

Kronstadt Industries.

Of, say, $10 ,000 worth?

It was really great.

I'm just getting him to open up a
little.

Telling him it's okay to have sexual
feelings when this old janitor comes

and scares the hell out of him with
horror stories about this rogue ape

up on females.

Then he went nuts.

Where is he now?

Hiding on the file room. He won't talk
at all.

Well, you're a trustee of the zoo, can't
you?

Pull rank and do something?

Oh, wait a second. When did we go from
sex education to animal conservation?

Look, I may be wrong, but I think that
if we can reunite Little Willie and his

girlfriend, we have a real chance to get
through to Benny.

That's the ape's girlfriend. Yeah, I did
some checking. It seems Little Willie

was at the Stockton Zoo. When they
closed down, they sent him here. At the

time, there was a female gorilla named
Annabelle. She happened to be his

companion since birth. They sent her to
Bakersfield.

I failed to make the connection.

It's simple. I think Benny identifies
with what happened to little Willie.

And he's feeling so ashamed and isolated
and scared of his own feelings because

he's made himself a prisoner in his own
house.

If we can show him that people care and
that there's a chance for little Willie

to have a good life, then maybe Benny
will start to believe that there's a

chance for him, too.

Thank you.

Dr. Freud?

Come on, Leland, make the call.

Who knows? They might name the firstborn
after you.

Hi.

Katie, this is Judge Phillips.

Hello, Katie.

This is Mr. Becker. Hi.

And you know Mrs. Levine.

Okay, come on, sit down here next to me.

Katie,

do you know why you're here?

I know you're scared, but there's
nothing to be afraid of.

You haven't done anything wrong.

You're just here to answer some
questions.

Is that okay with you?

Good. Miss Levine and Mr. Becker are
going to question you.

And I want you to tell the truth, just
as you know it.

Okay?

Katie, sometimes you stay with Mommy and
sometimes you stay with Daddy, right?

When you stay with Daddy, does he...

do things to you that make you feel
uncomfortable?

I don't think she understands what
you're asking.

When you stay with Daddy, does he touch
you at bad places?

Katie, can you answer?

I don't know.

I know it's hard, honey, but you've got
to tell us what happened.

Katie.

And when you talked to Dr.

Breach, do you remember you told her
that Daddy touched you where he

Objection. She's putting words in the
child's mouth.

Katie?

No.

Don't make me say bad things about my
Daddy.

Katie, would it be easier for you to
talk to me alone?

No, I just want to go home.

This isn't going to work, Your Honor.
I'm going to take her outside.

Obviously, she's terrified by these
proceedings. The girl can't testify to

never happened in the first place.

I have to tell you, I'm very troubled.

Not only by what I've been hearing, but
also by what I haven't heard.

Which is why I see no alternative but to
modify the existing order and grant

custody to the mother. Your Honor, no.

What would you do in my position?

These are horrendous allegations.

Which is all they are.

There is not one scintilla of medical
evidence that says she's been harmed in

any way. It's true that the evidence is
not unequivocal, but this is not a

criminal proceeding. I have to make my
judgment based on what's best for the

child, and I'm sorry. I cannot take the
risk. What risk?

You've heard two psychiatrists testify
to his fitness as a parent. And I've

heard another psychiatrist testify that
the child said she'd been molested. The

child adores her father.

Loss of contact would be devastating.

Which is why I'm going to grant him
weekly visitation, supervised by an

who's agreeable to both parties.

At least grant me a stay of the order
pending appeal.

I'm sorry, I can't do that.

You're free to re -petition the court at
some later date if there's a change in

circumstances. This is outrageous.

The ruling stands.

Douglas, I'm sorry things have been so
hectic. How's the new apartment?

A nightmare.

Oh, she's got Ivan McCary.

Good. Good. Things will get hot very
fast.

I've heard he's a bomber.

Yeah, Ivan and I have gone a few rounds.

But you think you can beat him?

Douglas, I am going to eat this guy for
breakfast.

He took a nick out of me in a case six
months ago. I owe him. When we get

through with Sheila, she will be laid
out so flat she will not know what hit

her. Speak.

Two -pronged assault.

First.

You defer your bonus until next year.
Second front, let me ask you. Did Sheila

ever execute a power of attorney?

Uh, when she went in the hospital to
have Alexander.

Great. You use it to take out a second
mortgage on the house, wipe out every

last penny of equity.

Let them come looking for the cash.

I love it. I just love it!

But Carrie is going to scream like a
stuck pig. It'll be fun.

How's it going today?

Great. I owe you a dinner.

Did you cash out? I made $1 ,100.

I can't believe it. Is this the best?

Did someone else make a phone call she
wasn't planning to make? Two phone

one to buy and one to sell.

Roxanne, you are a wise and generous
person. How much did you win?

You know, I mean, make.

$9 ,000.

Oh, my God.

Roxanne, where's the rest of the Siever
file?

I put them back in the file room.

Did it ever occur to you I might need to
get started on an appeal?

I'll get the file. No, I'll get it
myself.

How can you pull yourself away from your
stock ticker?

To replace General Hospital as required
afternoon viewing?

Well, you're all the rage around here, a
real financial guru.

How about that? Yeah, so where's it
coming from?

What? Stock tips. I know you're not
thinking them up yourself.

Jimmy. Jimmy?

A man I've been seeing. Since when?
Since about two weeks.

Why is this Jimmy person such an
authority on the stock market, or

for that matter?

He happens to be an attorney, right here
in the building.

Levi Stroller and Hinkle.

Levi and Stroller is an arbitrage firm,
Rox.

So? So it's illegal to buy and sell
stocks based on insider information.

Oh, come on, Arnie.

Come on, Arnie. This guy's an operator,
and he's going to take all the shares

I'm standing here. And when he does,
you're going with him. You don't even

him. I don't want to.

You can't stand it that I have a
boyfriend who loves me, can you?

Let's see how much he loves you if your
butt lands in jail. In other words, it's

all right for Arnie Becker to be
financially independent, but God forbid

Melman should get a little of the pie.

Did it ever occur to you that I might be
genuinely concerned about you? Not for

a split second.

Where's Katie? What have they done with
her?

What? Your client snatched the child
from the school playground at 10 .30

morning.

Oh, God.

Let me be blunt here. What do you know
about it?

You think I'd actually counsel my client
to commit a felony?

I probably shouldn't answer that.

Come on, I told you this was a waste of
time. My only regret is that we didn't

make it a police matter in the first
place. Wait.

Wait. Hold on.

Putting a felony warrant out on Ken
isn't going to get your child back.

Let me put an investigator on it.

And when I do locate him, if I could
give him some sort of incentive to

surrender, Katie, like telling him that
you'd agreed on supervised visitation.

How dare you try to manipulate my
client? Your client is a kidnapper and a

molester. He should be in prison, and
we're going to see that he gets there.

Come on, Rita.

He isn't.

He isn't what?

He hasn't done molester.

What?

I made it up.

I knew it.

Damn it, I knew it. You orchestrated the
entire thing.

No.

It was you.

You did it.

Me? That agreement you forced me to sign
three years ago, that wasn't a divorce.

It was a rape.

And you and Ken just loved ramming it to
me, didn't you?

Give me a break, lady.

If you didn't think it was fair, you
should have gone to the court for a

modification. Not brand your husband as
the worst kind of sex pervert. You know,

I always said that the divorce
settlement didn't bother me.

That it was just money.

And then one Sunday, I went to pick
Katie up at her father's house in

And she started to cry because she
didn't want to leave.

It wasn't that she loved her daddy more,
she told me. It was just that she

really liked having her own bedroom with
a big canopy bed.

and running to the ocean with her
sheepdog and playing tennis and swimming

the pool.

Hell, Ken even promised her that if she
came to live with him full time, he'd

buy her a pony.

A pony.

He was using the money that he was
cheating me out of to get between me and

daughter, and I hated him for it.

And I hated you.

Just so you understand, I knew nothing
about this.

Under the circumstances, if you can get
the child back, we won't be seeking

criminal sanctions for kidnapping.

What about the joint custody?

Anything.

Anything. Just please.

Get her back.

Hi.

Everything all right?

I brought you a present.

You're kidding.

Yeah.

Aren't you going to open it?

Yeah.

My God.

You like it?

I love it.

It's absolutely beautiful.

It's a little extravagant, isn't it?

That's kind of what I like about it.

Yeah, but can we afford it?

I don't know about we, but I was
cleaning out my desk the other day and I

this old savings account that I had
completely forgotten about.

Well, you know how I am about money.

And I guess you didn't feel any
overwhelming desire to apply it to our

quarterly taxes, did you?

That isn't very romantic.

Ann. Stuart, I love you.

I wanted to give you something. Can't
you just accept that?

I guess I'm better at giving than
receiving.

Well, you better get used to getting,
Stu Ball.

Because who knows, there may be more
where that came from.

You know, no one has ever given me
anything like this before.

That's because you never had an
extravagant wife before.

Well, I love it.

I love having an extravagant wife.

This is something I could definitely
use.

I'm going to love this watch forever.

You better.

Pull out his teeth.

Break his hands. Where on earth did you
get that idea?

Some old guy who works at the zoo.
That's totally false, Mr. Cifuentes. We

not do that.

We have never done that. We would never
consider it. I don't know of a single

zoo that would.

So, what are you going to do with little
Willie?

Well, if he doesn't settle down on his
own, we'll have to keep him sedated.

Or find another zoo for him.

What about Annabelle?

We have offered Mr.

Malvesi here the first baby that's born
and a choice of lesser apes in exchange

for Annabelle. I don't know what else we
can do. The first baby that's born.

Have you ever heard the expression, a
bird in hand?

How about an ape in the newspaper?

What's that mean?

Romeo and Juliet among the primates. The
big plaintive eyes of two gorillas

separated by the callous indifference of
man.

This is a breeding pair of a highly
endangered species being kept apart.

We already have a mate for Annabelle.
She rejected him during her last cycle.

Well, why not send Willie to
Bakersfield?

I don't want two males.

I cannot accept this impasse. I'm afraid
I don't see a way out of it.

Well, damn it, you're not looking hard
enough.

We watch species become extinct at the
rate of one a year.

If you, as the appointed guardians of
their existence, can tell us that

is more important than their procreation
and survival, then I think we must

seriously consider just what it is about
us that's evolved.

Look, I don't relish being the heavy
here.

You find a way to send that gorilla down
here.

And I will personally pledge my
considerable fundraising efforts on your

I'll make it worth your while.

Believe me.

Arnie?

Not now, Rox.

It's Ken Seaver on the phone.

I was afraid you weren't going to show
up.

Where's Katie? Don't worry about it.
Where the hell is she, Ken?

She is being taken care of. She's
perfectly safe.

You know, this is getting crazy.

You're in a lot of trouble.

If you're not prepared to come in right
now, I can't be responsible for what

happens. Too late, Arnie.

You've won.

She signed an affidavit, Ken.

I don't care what she signed.

There's no way I'm going to get a fair
deal in front of that judge.

So this is how it's going to be? You're
going to be on the run for the rest of

your life?

If I come in, what happens?

There'll be another hearing. The judge
will look at the new evidence. He has

your wife's warrant statement.

What about me?

It's only been 24 hours. I can make a
case for extreme emotional disturbance.

Given the circumstances, I can't imagine
that he'd go that hard on you.

And if you're wrong?

I'm telling you, Kenny, you don't have a
choice.

My client feels genuine remorse about
her prior lack of veracity, Your Honor,

and has expressed renewed determination
to put the past behind her and to

cooperate fully with her ex -husband,
and joins him in asking that the

order be vacated and the original joint
custody provisions be reinstated.

You'd like things back the way they
were, is that right, Mrs. Seaver?

Yes, Your Honor.

And you, sir?

Your Honor, I was desperately afraid of
losing all contact with my daughter. I

saw no way out of the situation, so I
panicked.

I see.

Your Honor, you can at least understand
and empathize with the terrible wrongs

my client has endured.

Yes, I can understand and perhaps even
empathize.

But I cannot and I will not condone what
he did.

I will not send a message to every
disgruntled parent who comes into this

that the answer to his or her problem
lies in kidnapping a child.

Now, I have reviewed both counsel's
declarations and the law on this matter,

I must tell you, I have serious
reservations about the emotional

either the father or the mother to act
in the best interests of this child.

Now, I'm going to take this under
submission.

But my present inclination is to
transfer this case to the dependency

to place the child in a foster home
pending their evaluation. You're going

give my baby to strangers? You can't
give her to strangers.

Truthfully, from what I've heard, she
would be better off.

And I advise both you and your husband
to get into therapy if you have any

expectation of having your daughter back
with you again.

Lastly, a word for the attorneys.

Mr. Levine, Mr. Becker, I am dismayed by
the constant parade of attorneys whose

agenda is simply to win, and to win at
all costs, regardless of the lives

that are destroyed in the process. You
pour gasoline on an already incendiary

situation, and then you seem genuinely
surprised when the fire has consumed

everything in its path, at the very
least.

you too have contributed to the
adversarial climate which has fostered

exacerbated this family's misery.

And I strongly urge both of you to go
back and think long and hard about your

conduct in this case.

We're adjourned.

Arnold.

Violet. Arnold.

Listen, I've had a thought.

I've got $100 ,000 in a CD account.

I'm thinking, supposing I cash it, wash
it through a couple of dummy

corporations, then reconvert into
jewelry, which we could stash, say, in a

safety deposit box on the Cayman
Islands. We can cover our tracks by

went into a failed business. I don't
want to do it, Douglas.

Any of it.

What? Look, Sheila's been a good wife to
you for a lot of years. If you're

reasonable, I'm sure she'd be willing to
meet you halfway.

Halfway?

You're supposed to be my tactician, not
my shrink.

You asked for my advice. If you don't
want to take it, get yourself another

lawyer.

What has gotten into you?

Maybe if the two of you didn't have any
kids and you just wanted to wail on each

other, but like this, Douglas, there's
just too much at stake.

I certainly hope this isn't how you're
handling your other clients. With legal

advice like this, you'll be out of
business in six months. Maybe everybody

be better off.

Get another lawyer, Douglas.

I'm not going to be able to do this
right now.

I guess I was wrong about Ken Seaver.

It's really kind of a hard break for
him, huh?

It's pretty hard.

Maybe it's easy to get the wrong idea
about somebody if you don't know the

situation.

What's that supposed to mean?

I misjudged Ken Sievers.

Isn't it possible you misjudged Jimmy?
For God's sakes, Roxanne, no.

You are so close -minded.

Self -centered, self -involved. That's
it. I've had as much as I can take.

I'm going for a massage.

Thanks, man.

Oh, Benny.

Four o 'clock today. Come get me in my
office.

Why, Victor?

Surprise.

What kind of surprise?

A good one.

I got

a choice for you.

We can spend the weekend at Laguna
Niguel in a suite overlooking the ocean

live off room service and sunshine.

Or? Or we can go to the City of Industry
and take a room in the Motel 6 and lift

in the trucks outside of our window and
test the depth of our love for one

another. I'll take Laguna Niguel.

Easier to get.

Arnold Becker.

He's here.

It's for you.

Yeah, hello.

What?

You didn't.

Well, why didn't you just tell him I was
gone?

Mr.

Markham? You are James Markham?

Yeah. Federal Bureau of Investigation?

Please stand with your feet apart and
put your hands on the edge of that desk.

Mr. Markham, I'm now placing you under
arrest for violation of Section 10B of

the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.

You have the right to remain silent. You
have the right to an attorney. If you

cannot afford an attorney, one will be
appointed by the court. Anything you say

can and will be used against you in a
court of law.

Okay, fellas, let's go.

Wait a second. Why are you taking him?

What's your name? She doesn't have a
name. Just sit tight. My firm will have

out of there in a couple hours.

Don't count on it.

Michael, what's section 10B?

Security's fraud.

Most likely insider information.

Where do they take him?

Lockup. Federal court building.

I've got to go down there. I wouldn't
recommend that.

Someone's got to bail him out.

Yeah, but you don't have that kind of
money.

I've got $15 ,000.

Roxanne, I'm not going to ask you where
you got that kind of money.

But if you post his bail, the feds will.

Poor Roxanne.

What a trauma.

I feel terrible for her. I can't believe
this guy was trading on inside

information.

Gee, I don't know.

Just hope they didn't drag her into it.

What do you mean?

Well, you gotta notice. She got a new
car, clothes.

The feds take this stuff pretty
seriously. Believe me, if she profited

information, they're gonna get her.

Really? Yeah.

What if she gave a tip to a secretary or
something?

They're finished, too.

Jail? Well, at the very least, they got
civil liability, and they'll be forced

to disgorge any profits that they make.

Any way you look at it, it's not a
pretty picture.

Oh, my God.

Well, look, there's nothing more we can
do.

And according to my new watch, we'd
better get home and change. We're going

be late for dinner.

He looks happy.

Yeah.

I guess Annabelle makes all the
difference.

Are you happy?

I don't know.

Sometimes I will wish that there was
somebody for me.

How do you know there isn't?

My mom told me.

She said not to wish for things I
couldn't have, like driving a car or

with children or going to the movies
with a girl.

Maybe your mom was wrong, huh?

No.

You know, my mom told me I couldn't be a
lawyer.

She didn't say to be mean. She loves me
a lot.

She just didn't want me to be
disappointed.

Guess what?

I'm a lawyer.

Is your mom mad at you?

Oh, no.

She just wanted me to be happy.

I think that's what your mom wanted for
you.

You know, Benny, I've done some
checking, and there's a center here in

Angeles. I've got bus directions on how
to get there.

They do all kinds of things. They have
dancers and mixers.

Not the nice girl.

They wouldn't like me.

I think they'd like you a lot.

Are they retarded?

Yeah, they are.

worth a try.

Maybe if one of them liked me, maybe we
could keep each other company sometimes.

Yeah.

That's what people do for each other.