All language subtitles for LA Law s03e10 The Plane Mutiny

Previously on L .A. Law.

Ta -da!

The finished product.

What do you think?

Nice. Very, very nice.

I like the professor credit.

Arnold Becker's Guide to Divorce.
They're not going to be able to keep it

shelf. I'm trying to lose weight.

Why? I think I'd look better.

I think you're pretty now.

I'd be prettier if I weighed ten pounds
less.

My mother is going to be thrilled when I
tell her I went out with an attorney.

Nancy Fuentes.

Well, I don't think I'll tell her that
far.

Unless, um, I see you again.

Well, it's up to you.

Bye.

All right, thanks.

It's Walt Burnett's wife.

Ross is at the airport and he's got a
baby for us.

What? I'm three days old, coming in from
Arkansas, and Flickerton at 11 .20.

Mr.

Meyer, how goes it? Hello, Arnie.

What is this? Take a look.

There's a couple of Bon Mo's on the
understudy.

To Arnie Becker, with great
appreciation, Dave Meyer.

Dave? I'm a sentimental guy, Arnie.
People are important to me. They figure

prominently, not just as demographics or
zip code clusters, but as friends and

associates.

It's beautiful.

Thank you.

Anyway, having addressed that which
can't be financially defined, i .e.

in money, let us now turn to that which
can.

Yeah, how are we doing? It is scary.

Early projections give us sales of over
a million units within three years.

And what are you basing the projection
on? Market analysis.

We have identified our primary market as
what we call the sensitive satyrs and

Hausfrau hedonists.

centered around urban areas, new money,
voracious consumers with, of course, a

very high rate of divorce.

That's who's buying the tape. In droves.
What is surprising is who else is

buying the tape. And here I am talking
pulpwood cutting and strip mines, the

hinterlands, remote exurbia with near
zero cable saturation.

What are we talking about in real
dollars? You're asking me what are we

about in real dollars.

Okay, this is Belt...

And suspenders. I'm going to figure
things to go wrong that I know will not

wrong. All that. All that, Dave. All
that. Net -net.

Your end.

$2 ,400 ,000 this fiscal annum. A
cumulative net of $8 to $10 million

the first three.

That's most gratifying, I must say.

Only the beginning.

But you know something? It's not so much
the money.

It's just... One consequence of many.
The ability to reach millions of people,

to be at the leading edge of your
discipline.

The simple satisfaction of a job well
done.

That's it. That is ultimately what
really matters.

We'll sit down next week and start
talking about promotion.

Dave, it is always a pleasure.

And, uh, thank you.

Moots! Moots!

You'll be interested to know I'm off to
Chicago in the noon flight in quest of a

major new client, Maxwell Enterprises.
What's that?

Maxwell was hit with a hostile takeover
attempt last week, and they need to

engage outside counsel, ASAP.

That's sound major.

It is. Who are we up against?

Flaherty and Dunn, Householder and
Doyle, and Cone Simon -Gorwitz. But I've

lengthy conversations with their house
counsel, Kevin McNally, and I believe we

have the inside track.

Good work, Douglas.

Thank you.

Hurrying along, I've scheduled a
partner's meeting for 10 a .m. to

issue of some urgency.

Will Mother Markowitz be here, Stuart?

Well, she said she was going to be here.
Good, good.

Victor, where do we stand with the
Schaefer trial?

Oh, it started yesterday.

You know, I don't get it.

He gets drunk in a bar, says what a
billion other guys have said at some

or another.

I'd like to kill my wife.

What's the big deal?

The big deal is that this guy, unlike
the other billion guys, actually talked

turkey to a hitman.

Only to tell him that it was a
misunderstanding.

The harmless ravings of a guy who'd had
a few too many going through a lousy

divorce. Which reminds me, Arnie, could
you stay available? I might need to call

you as a witness.

Why? Well, he was your client. You could
testify as to his state of mind as well

as to the kind of things that people say
in the heat of a divorce. You know, I

don't think I'm violating your
confidence here when I tell you that

thinks she's gonna kick your butt on
this one.

Uh, well...

She did it before when I was at the PD's
office, and she might do it again if I

can't locate my key witness.

Well, who have you got on it? PI named
Stephanie Hall.

Oh, I hear she's good.

I hear she's gorgeous.

Guilty on both counts.

I hereby sentence her to six months hard
labor at the Becker Penal Colony in

Malibu. I'll fondle, I mean handle her
appeal.

Handle, handle.

Aha. There's the company.

Hi, honey.

Oh, a baby.

Hi. Hi, honey. Oh, she's so beautiful.

Oh, yes.

Can I see her?

Sure.

You want to hold her?

Sure.

She's so tiny.

She likes you, Benny.

I like her?

Well, who was it that called you, Mr.
Dunham? The contact was a man named

Kosar. The information was that he
wanted me to kill a Mrs. Joseph

What exactly did Mr. Kosar tell you,
sir?

He said the woman's husband wanted...
Objection.

Hearsay. Goes to show state of mind that
a deal was being made, Your Honor. It

doesn't matter. It's totem pole. She's
asking the witness to tell her what Mr.

Kosar told him about what my client told
Mr. Kosar.

I'm overruling the objection.

Exception.

Noted. I'll ask you again, Mr. Dunham.

What did Mr.

Kothar tell you?

He said Schaefer would pay $10 ,000 to
have his wife killed.

And you accepted?

I accepted.

Thank you, sir.

I have nothing further.

You never killed Mrs. Schaefer, did you?

No, I didn't. Because, in fact, Willie
Kothar called you back and told you to

cancel it.

Isn't that right?

That's not right.

I just decided to tell the police about
it. You just decided to tell the police.

And this sudden attack of candor
occurred after you were arrested on

racketeering charges, didn't it? I made
a deal. So what?

Yeah, you made a deal. You made a great
deal. You give them a murder conspiracy

in exchange for total immunity and all
racketeering charges against you

What's the point? The point is you were
looking at 12 years minimum.

And since you had to give the police
something to avoid growing old at

Vacaville, you decided to give them this
murder conspiracy, leaving out the part

of how Kosar canceled it.

That didn't happen.

Your client's guilty.

Because you say so, right?

Tell me, Mr. Dunham, you murder people
for a living?

I refuse to answer that on the grounds
that it might incriminate me.

Oh, I'm sorry. We wouldn't want anything
to incriminate you.

Nothing further.

You can step down, Mr. Dunham.

Your Honor, I'd like to request a
sidebar.

We're done for the morning.

I will see counsel in my chambers.

Your Honor, I'd like to move that Ms.
Van Ohm be disqualified from this trial.

What? On what grounds?

Conflict of interest, Judge. She is
personally involved with a member of my

firm, and I think that... Give me a
break.

I didn't think it would pose any
conflicts, Your Honor, but I have just

that Miss Van Owen has had
communications with Mr. Cusack regarding

And I think that in the interest of
justice here... I have had no

communications with Mr. Cusack
concerning this matter, Judge. And Mr.

has been fully aware of this
relationship long before he took this

He simply brought up this motion now so
that he could buy extra time while he

continues his manhunt for Willie Kosar.

The motion is denied, Mr.

Sapuentes. In the alternative, then,
Your Honor, I would like some time to

for Mr. Kosar. His testimony is
certainly vital. There is no reasonable

expectation that he will ever be found.

We've looked for him, too, Judge. He's
gone. Do you know where he is,

No, Your Honor, but I think with a
little bit of time... Motion denied.

See you at two.

Your Honor.

That's all.

Victor. Victor, you surprised me.

Hey, it was worth a shot.

If the situation was reversed, Arnold,
you'd be taking the same position we are

now, and you know it.

No, I wouldn't.

Absolutely not.

This firm is not entitled to one dime
off of my videotape. Time out.

I direct your attention to paragraph 11,
subsection J of the partnership

agreement. All revenues attributed to or
connected with the practice of law

shall inure to the benefit of the firm.

But this isn't the practice of law.

This is showbiz.

Gee, I distinctly remember hearing
something about how it was providing

services for those in need. I'm not
saying it isn't, but what's making this

fly off the shelves is this face.

This voice and this screen presence.

Period. Arnie, you fell into this.
Anything you make from is gravy.

My gravy.

No, sir. Putting the principle aside for
a minute, how much money do you really

need to make?

Please. Michael, don't start with the
warmed -over Woodstock rap. Do me a

You may look to avoid the trappings of
wealth. I don't. Well, you're just going

to have to make do with the trappings
that one -sixth of your royalties can

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a
flight to catch.

Look, if I had come to you with this
idea before I did it, you all would have

hooted me out of the office and don't
tell me it isn't so.

You would have sniffed and said it was
unbefitting an attorney, that it

a schlock merchant like Dave Meyer.

Crass Arnie, Hollywood Arnie, unrefined
Arnie, undignified Arnie. I am stunned

that you would turn on your partners
with this vehemence over money.

Put your hand in my pocket, Leland.

I will turn on you every time.

Going to Chicago?

I think that's where this flight is
headed.

Great town.

Yes, it is.

City of big shoulders, hog butcher to
the world.

Miss Joyner, I'm Astrid, your flight
attendant.

Would you care for a cocktail after
takeoff?

Club soda will be fine, thank you. Your
choices for lunch today are Navarone of

lamb, pomegranate chicken, or vegetarian
pate with assorted breadsticks.

I'll have the chicken.

Mr. Ragnar?

We've got some good news and some bad
news today.

Oh, no. The good news is we have perfect
flying weather both here and over the

Midwest. The bad news is that we've got
a red warning light on the instrument

panel of the no -go... He's kidding.

Please bear with us while we check it
out.

Hope to get you where you're going just
as soon as we can.

Thanks.

Excuse me one moment.

I've got a meeting in Chicago.

You're not the only one.

Excuse me, miss.

Hello. At what point will passages be
allowed to make other arrangements?

Excuse me? How long does this delay have
to run until the pilot lets us return

to the terminal?

Oh, right now we don't anticipate that
being necessary, sir.

When do you anticipate it being
necessary?

That's the pilot's decision, sir.

Excuse me.

Okay. Bye -bye.

This is unbelievable.

We might as well have been taken over by
the Hezbollah. I really do have to get

off this plane.

Mr. Brackman, I'm sorry, but we're all
out of the lamb and the chicken. I don't

care about that.

What I care about is that the entire
purpose of my trip is being frustrated

your pilot's indifference.

We're all in this together, sir. We're
not all in this together. You didn't pay

$1 ,500 to be here.

We've decided to proceed with the
showing of our movie this afternoon, The

Mother, starring Diane Keaton. That's
it. I've got a meeting in Chicago.

I'm leaving this airplane.

Mr. Brackman, please.

Captain, we're having a problem with one
of our passengers. Mr. Brackman, sit

back down.

I won't sit down.

Sir, Mr.

Brackman, please.

Get away from that door. Ah, the captain
emerges.

Get back in your seat, sir. No, this
isn't the army and you're not my

officer. I said return to your seat.

No, you will deal with me rationally. I
cannot deal with you rationally until

you return to your seat and stop
endangering the safety of the other

I want you to explain why we've been
held captive in this airplane for two

half hours. I want reasons or I want to
be allowed to leave. Once we pull away

from that terminal.

Your right as a citizen in. Now, I am in
sole charge of this plane and everyone

on it.

Now, you may be unhappy with my
decisions, but you may do nothing to

my authority.

Should you persist in doing so, I am
fully empowered by federal aviation law

the rules of the Warsaw Convention to
take any and all measures required to

restrain you, up to and including having
you shot dead.

Right now, we are waiting for a part.

I'm expecting it to be installed
shortly.

I hope that suffices as an explanation
for you, sir.

But even if it doesn't, I trust that
you'll sit in your seat and do what

told.

Let me know if he acts up again.

I admire your nerve, even if it didn't
work.

Let me borrow that phone of yours, and
I'll make a call that will.

I was sitting at a bar talking to a guy
that I'd never even seen before.

That would be Mr.

Kosar, right?

And I was going on about the divorce,
about how my wife makes my life hell.

And then he said that he could arrange
for her not to bother me anymore.

He could put her on ice.

How did you respond to that?

I thought he was puffing. I mean, you
know, two guys sitting at a bar talking

tough.

So we went on about...

Killing her. But it was talk.

Really, just talk.

I mean, I didn't take it seriously. I
sure as hell didn't think he took it

seriously.

Until he called me the next day. He said
he set up a meeting with a hitman.

Well, what was your reaction to that?

I told him, forget it.

I said, look, I may hate my wife, but
there's no way.

There's no way I'm going to hire
somebody to kill her.

Did you ever give this Mr. Kosar any
money?

Of course not. I never even saw him
again.

Thank you, Mr. Schaefer. Nothing
further.

You did tell Mr.

Kosar you wanted your wife dead, didn't
you?

Look, I was just rambling. I had too
much to drink. I was very upset, and

I blurted out a few things that I
shouldn't have said, but... Well,

the bartender who overheard your
discussion, you spoke in a clear, hushed

You asked specific...

deliberate questions as to where the
body should be disposed.

You asked whether the entire $10 ,000
would have to be given in advance.

I mean, that's very reflective for a
blurt, Mr. Schaefer.

Objection, Your Honor.

Sustained. Your phone number, your
address, the information as to how you

be reached, that all just popped out of
you? Look, look, Ms. Van Horn.

I'm not denying that I said any of those
things.

But I never, never meant to go through
with it.

You meant to go through with it up until
the time the police arrested you.

That's not true.

Now, I called it off with Cotra long
before the police even showed up, I

You called it off, so at some point in
your mind, it was on then. No.

Well, why bother to call off something
that's never on?

I just misspoke just now, all right? It
just blurted out, right?

Objection, Your Honor.

Withdrawn.

Mr. Schaefer, what is the net worth of
your community property?

Including the house, $1 ,200 ,000. And
pursuant to your divorce, you're to

this with your wife, correct?

Yes. But if she, for some reason, should
die before the divorce were final,

you'd get it all, wouldn't you? I don't
know.

I guess so.

You guess?

I have nothing further.

You mail it to me. Bye -bye.

Hey, Jonathan.

Hey, Ab.

You look busy.

Yeah, Douglas is stuck on a plane.
They've been on the runway since noon,

I'm trying to get a court order to get
him off.

Why?

Pamela, I've got to get to the judge
with this.

Douglas Brackman versus Omni Airways and
Captain Charles Laughlin emergency ex

parte application.

Approach, counsel.

Your Honor, Douglas Brackman boarded
flight 725 at noon. I'm here now because

that flight is still sitting marooned on
the tarmac at LAX.

Unless he's permitted to make alternate
travel arrangements, the firm he

represents will suffer permanent
irreversible damage.

Cut through it. You're asking for what?
A court order requiring the pilot to

return to the terminal and permit those
passengers that wish to to get off that

plane. It's been on the runway how long?

Four hours.

I believe that such relief is not
terribly extreme relative to the

harm threatened.

Right. Furthermore, there is judicial
precedent for the court intervening.

mind, counsel.

With all due respect, Your Honor, in the
case of Banta v. Sacramento Air, the

Court of Appeals affirmed an award of
damages based on excessive delay and

specifically stated... You made your
point.

I'm more than happy to grant your
motion.

Furthermore, I'm going to keep it on my
next time I get stuck out there.

Enter the order. Call the next case.

He's a ghost, Victor.

The whole car is nowhere to be found.
Jesus, he's got it, because this guy's

only chance that we have at proving that
this hit was canceled.

I've got my mole in the FBI
moonlighting. I've called in every favor

to me by the police, and I've got trunk
lines on his family's telephone.

Trunk lines? How'd you manage that?

You know, this lech at the phone
company's been chasing me, so I let him

knee the other night while I whispered
sweet telephone digits in his ear.

And he's tapping them for you? What can
I say? He likes high cheekbones.

So, if Mama Cozar gives Little Willie a
ring, we might know something.

That sounds promising.

I'm gonna find this slug, Victor. You
just gotta do whatever you can to buy me

some time.

Okay, okay.

I got Arnie Becker on the stand
tomorrow.

That'll string it out for another day,
top.

Other than that, there's not much more
that I can do.

Let me just throw something out for your
consideration.

I've got the names and the dresses.

And incomes of every juror.

Sometimes these jurors can be a little
susceptible to some anonymous influence.

I don't work that way. Neither do I.

But sometimes it is an option some
attorneys do explore. I don't, okay?

Just buy and call the doctor.

I'm trying, Victor.

Believe me.

Stay here much longer. All I'm going to
do when we get to Chicago is turn around

and come home.

I know. We'll probably sit on the runway
there, too.

I've put so much time into preparing for
this. I cannot believe that I'm stuck

here on the ground watching it all go to
waste.

Ladies and gentlemen, you'll notice
we've started our engines.

I wish I could say we were preparing for
takeoff. Unfortunately, I have to

inform you that the passenger in seat
3A, Mr. Douglas Brackman...

from Los Angeles, has obtained a court
order requiring me to return to the

terminal.

Thank you.

It's okay.

I'm not ready to fly. I know that now.
It's too confining.

Mr. Crackman?

Yeah? Place your hands against that
pillow, please. What's going on? I'm

you under arrest for reckless
endangerment, interfering with a flight

the execution of their duties.

We'll tell you the phone while I'm
boarding the aircraft.

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

cannot appoint an attorney, one will be
appointed to you by the court. Anything

you say from this point forward can and
will be used against you in a court of

law.

Any revenue that derives either from
your practice of law or from your

gained in the practice of law while a
partner, McKenzie Brackman, shall be

deemed money subject to all returnable
conditions of the partnership.

In other words, what's mine is theirs.

Unless you sign it under the rest, you
don't have a leg to stand on.

That partnership agreement clearly never
anticipated a situation like this.

Well, no agreement between parties ever
anticipates every situation that could

arise.

That's why we have lawyers.

Well, you're mine.

What if they sue?

You'd lose.

And I think you'd lose a lot more than
money.

Mackenzie Brackman is a great firm.

Much of your reputation derives from
your relationship with them.

Are you prepared to lose that?

But it's my money.

Giving up five -sixths of it with
absolutely no input from them, it isn't

No. Stuart Markowitz and Ann Kelsey are
married.

Is it fair that they should make more
money from my guy to divorce than me?

Arnie, you're a masterful negotiator.
This is a unique situation.

I suggest you reconvene the partners,
throw yourself on the mercy of the

and negotiate a settlement you can all
live with.

What if they refuse to negotiate?

You're a valued member of the firm, and
your partners, by and large, are fair

-minded men and women.

I'm sure there's a way out of the
thicket.

Lawyers. A greedy bunch of bastards.

Who better than a lawyer knows?

A difficult divorce can be emotionally
crippling for all parties involved.

And it isn't at all uncommon for a
spouse to be given to volatile threats

outbursts. Now, in the course of your
representation of Mr. Schaefer, did he

ever manifest any kind of criminal
intentions towards his wife?

He never had any criminal intentions.

That business at the bar was very simply
Joseph exfoliating his frustration

at... Objection. This man has no
foundation to render psychiatric

He has represented the defendant in his
divorce for the past three years, and he

can certainly speak to his state of
mind.

I'll give you a little latitude,
Counselor, but that's it.

Joseph Schaefer is a law -abiding and
extremely moral person. He would never

hire somebody to commit a murder.

You're sure? If a client of mine had
criminal propensities of that nature,

know it.

Believe me.

Okay, thank you very much, Mr. Becker.

Let's go.

Two years ago, Mr. Becker, a client of
yours by the name of Carolyn Glasspan

walked into a settlement conference with
you at her side and blasted her husband

with a pistol, didn't she?

Yes. Did you know of her plan, sir, when
you scheduled that meeting?

Of course I didn't. Then I guess it
would be possible for one of your

harbor criminal propensities without you
having a clue, wouldn't it?

That was a one -time thing.

A one -time thing.

And last year, a client of yours
kidnapped his child from his estranged

who'd been awarded custody, right?

Yes, but... Did you see that one coming,
sir? No, I didn't, but again... Joseph

Schaefer himself once threatened to
strangle his wife in a settlement

conference, didn't he? All he was doing
was venting.

He certainly didn't mean it. Because you
would have known if he did, right?

I think I would, yes.

That's fine.

Joseph Schaefer is a client of yours,
isn't he, Mr. Becker?

He is.

And as such, you have a duty, an
obligation to protect his interests,

That would be correct.

And in fact, if you were privileged with
any incriminating information about Mr.

Schaefer, you wouldn't share it with us,
would you?

No, I wouldn't.

Attorney -client privilege would prevent
me from doing so.

Thank you, sir. I'm sure the jury will
have no trouble in evaluating your

totally objective opinion then.

Objection! Withdrawn.

I have nothing further.

You should have been objecting up and
down. Never let your witness get savaged

when they're there to help. Savaged?

I think Grace has a grudge against me.

Come on, Arnie.

She was just doing her job anyway.

Oh, that's beautiful. Defend her.

I'll tell you, the support I'm getting
from my coworkers these days is really

overwhelming.

Victor.

Guess what?

I found him.

Kosar? Good deal.

Arizona Probation had a new alias, which
I plugged into our local computer.

And then I tracked down a job that he
had. And then a friend of a friend who

worked with him at that job. And he
pointed me to a loan shark in Glendale.

Where's he at right now?

Hold up in a downtown rooming house.

Landlady says he's out days, in, night.

I'll grab him tonight. I'm going with
you. No, that won't be necessary. I can

handle it. I'm going, Steph. I need to
talk to him first anyway.

Okay. I'll pick you up at your apartment
at 8 o 'clock.

Address casual.

So my thinking is, rather than make a
big deal about it, an equitable split

say, 5 % per partner would be a fair
division of profits.

In other words, the five of us split
25%.

And you get 75 %?

This isn't in the nature of legal fees,
Douglas, and you know it. Arnie, what

about the firm's 30 % allocation to
overhead?

That come out of our cut, too?

All right. We each throw in 5 % to the
pot.

Leaving you with 73 % and the rest of us
with 3%. Not but greed laid bare.

Douglas is right, Arnie. It hardly seems
equitable.

Equitable?

You want to talk about equitable?

I put my ass out there in front of the
camera. Not you. If the thing stinks up

the joint, I'm the laughingstock of the
industry.

Not you.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. What if you
represented Mackenzie Brackman in a

But this... You'd be claiming the
profits from that video were community

property. But this isn't a divorce,
Stuart.

Because, you know, if it was, you'd
lose.

All right, all right, people. That's
enough now. I listen to both sides, and

there's merit to both arguments.

But in the interest of peace, Arnold,
and given that there is a binding

agreement, may I suggest the following?

You get 50 % of your net profits.

50. The rest of us split the other 50%.
But the 30 % overhead charge being borne

equally amongst the six partners. Is
that acceptable?

Sounds fine to me.

Fine.

Fine. I bow to the will of the majority.

I don't like it.

But I guess I can live with it.

Thank you, people.

Douglas, a moment.

It appears we've lost Maxwell
Enterprises. Kevin McNally hasn't

single call of mine.

Nor mine.

You indulged a childish temper tantrum.

A considerable expense to this firm.

It wasn't my fault. No?

Whose was it? The pilot's. That nasty
bastard. Not the pilot. Yours.

I can be in a plane tomorrow, right
after my preliminary hearing.

Tomorrow is the deadline, and I doubt if
they push it to accommodate your

schedule. Maybe you could go?

Or Cusack? You're the only one
conversant in the case, Douglas.

Face it.

You behave like an ass.

Now we're all paying the price for it.

I'm sorry. Sorry?

Sorry doesn't begin to cover our losses
here.

Not to mention what could happen to you
if the court decides to make an example

of you.

I'll get on a plan tomorrow anyhow, just
on the chance.

Well, if you do, I suggest you book your
ticket under an alias.

What'd you expect?

Okay, here it is, 2 .32.

It's showtime.

Who's there?

Private investigator, Willie. Could you
please open up?

Ah, get the hell lost.

Oh, rude, rude.

You got no egress, Willie. Well, I got a
bodyguard and a gun.

Now open up real fast, sweetie, before I
call the cops and tell them where to

find you.

Okay, what?

Mr. Kosar, my name is Victor Fuentes.
I'm an attorney. If we could just come

and talk to you for a second. Of course
we can.

We're guests.

Hey, nice digs, Willie.

What do you want?

Mr. Kosar, look, I represent Justice
Schaefer.

The man on whose behalf you hired Edward
Benham.

Come on, to kill his wife?

I don't know what you're talking about.
Look, we need you to testify. We need

you to tell the jury that you called the
hit off. Oh, yeah, right.

I'm going to go into court and tell them
I ordered a hit.

I think that there's a way that you
could do it without really incriminating

yourself. Why don't you get the hell out
of here, counsel?

Hey, drugs, gambling chits, what lovely
evidentiary trinkets. Hey, you can't be

doing that. I'm not police, Willie. I
don't need a warrant.

Well, I can just turn all this over to
the cops and it's all admissible in

court.

You listen to me, bitch. No, you listen
to me, plughead.

Now, we tried polite, but since that
didn't work, you now get plan B.

Now, these are the facts of life.

My little search for you turned up all
kinds of interesting things, including

the connection to a murder of one Stevie
Benison in Torrance last April. I got

names and dates that the police would
kill for, not to mention this little bag

of illegal substances.

So, in short, I can deliver you.

You're crazy.

Yeah, well, that's the first thing
you've gotten right, big boy. Now, you

testify in court or I haul your ass down
to the police right now.

After I blow your stones off.

You got three seconds to decide.

Okay, for God's sake, okay, okay, okay.

Oh, that's really good.

So now we're a team, you and me.

And this.

is what we're going to do.

We're going to go over your evidence
real careful to make sure we get it

It's going to be so much fun.

And cheer up now, Willie.

Hey, you're the luckiest guy in town,
you know, because after we finish

reviewing, you get to spend the night
with me.

And I knew he'd been drinking a lot, but
I still thought he was serious.

Till the next day.

And what happened the next day, Mr.
Kosar?

I called Mr.

Schaefer back to tell him about the
meeting with Mr. Dunham I'd set up. And

tells me that he doesn't want to really
go through with it, that he was just

talking in the bar to hear himself talk.

How did you respond to that?

I said, you sure? He says, yeah.

And then he says, I don't want to have a
meeting with Mr. Dunham and for me to

forget the whole thing.

Okay.

So what happened then, sir? I called
Dunham back and I told him the deal was

off.

Thank you, Mr. Kosar.

Your witness.

Would you tell us, Mr. Kosar, why it is
that you suddenly decided to appear here

today and incriminate yourself in a
murder conspiracy?

It wasn't any conspiracy.

Like I said, it was just a
misunderstanding.

Not in your mind, sir. I wasn't
conspiring anything.

I was just passing out a message, and I
got the message wrong.

Your Honor, I request a 15 -minute
recess so that I may confer with defense

counsel. Any objections, Mr.

Cipuentes?

Uh, no, Your Honor, no.

15 minutes.

Jury will stay.

I know Stephanie Hall, Victor.

And I know Kosar doesn't come prancing
in here like this unless you've got him

jacked up pretty good. He is telling the
truth, Grace. We sometimes use the

lovely Miss Hall ourselves, okay? I
mean, we're talking about a woman who

bounty hunting on her vacations.

Now, I am willing to bet that she
threatened Kosar physically as well as

whatever dirt she dug up on him.

So, cross -examine him.

I can do better than that.

I mean, I just might offer him immunity
on whatever it is you got him on. What

good is that going to do? In exchange
for that, he'll gladly tell the jury

exactly how you motivated him to come
forward. Who knows? If I removed arrest,

his testimony might even change.

Grace, look.

I am not going to deny that we pushed
this guy's hand a little, just like you

did with Dunham, but there is no way
that I would put false testimony up on

stand. Now, you know me.

You know what we both know, Victor, is
that even if your guy did call it off,

initially agreed to commission the hit.
At a time when he was drunk and he

lacked the mental capacity to form an
opinion?

Uh -uh, no go.

Grace, you're never going to get a
conviction here.

Now, you can go, you can push Kosar all
you want, but he just established

reasonable doubt, and we both know that,
too. I'll get whatever I can get.

But I'm not kicking him, Victor.

Grace.

Off the record, okay?

We both know what went down in there.

Schaefer agreed to the hit, and the next
day he changed his mind. Now, the guy's

not a saint, but he's no murderer
either, and we should... We should be

work this thing out.

I can give you conspiracy to commit
assault. That's the best I can do. I

recommend probation.

No, one year suspended.

Come on, Victor, no jail time. It is a
bargain.

I think you'll go for that.

I think you will.

Deal.

And did you ever threaten anybody, Mr.
Brackman?

Absolutely not.

Put up any physical struggle against the
captain and his co -pilot?

Not I. How about the flight attendants?
I'm not a bully, sir.

I just asked for permission to leave.

Your witness.

You don't like to be kept waiting, do
you?

I'm not the most patient of men, no. But
what would it have taken to permit

passengers to leave?

A flight of stairs pushed up to the
plane? Excuse me.

I don't believe you've been qualified as
an expert witness in airport ground

operations, have you? I'm just trying to
use a little common sense.

That's all I was trying to do on the
plane.

I could have walked back to the terminal
when you get right down to it. Ask that

the witness confine his comments to
answering the question.

Come on, Counselor, there's no jury
here. What are you worried about?

All I wanted on that plane was to be
dealt with reasonably. We get on a

and we entrust our lives to a company.

We trust that the pilot's competent,
that the plane has been properly

maintained. We trust that we'll get
where we're going somewhere around the

designated. The company spends millions
of dollars to encourage that very trust.

Tell me what happens when they're not
trustworthy.

What do I do? Watch the movie? Wait it
out?

I'm not a violent person, and I'm not
particularly reckless, but things have

make sense to me. And sitting on a
runway at LAX for four and a half hours

Wednesday, things didn't.

Your Honor,

I have to ask that the witness be
instructed to stop making speeches.

All right. Step back, Mr. Appel.

Without specifically endorsing the
actions taken by the defendant, I'm

there was sufficient provocation. All
kinds of things have happened.

Insofar as the court finds probable
cause lacking as to criminal intent, I'm

dismissing the charges.

Your Honor.

That's it.

Gentlemen.

Any airline that tangles with Mackenzie
Brackman will know they've been in a

fight. Is your firm going to make a
specialty of taking them on? We don't

away from anyone. Mr. Brackman. Mr.
Brackman, one more question.

I didn't get a chance to thank you. You
came here just to do that? No, as a

matter of fact, I came here to testify
for you, but you were doing such a good

job that it wasn't even necessary. I
certainly appreciate the gesture. You're

getting that court order. That allowed
me to charter a plane and make my

in Chicago.

Is that right?

By God, you're one resourceful woman.

I'm also an attorney for Householder and
Doyle.

Householder and Doyle. That's right.

I was going to Chicago for the very same
reason as you.

Well, any word?

Still waiting. It's probably a lost
cause, but I'm flying out this

Well, if it isn't us, I hope it's you.

Likewise.

Mr. Brackman, win or lose?

Will you let me take you to dinner when
you get back from Chicago?

I'd like that a lot.

Brock.

Brock Dan.

Brock Dan, where... Where the hell is
the Rosen file?

Here. What's the matter with you?

What's the matter with you?

Nothing. I'm just having one of those
days.

Well, I have a lot of those days, and I
don't take it out on you. I'm sorry,

okay? Very heartfelt, Arnie.

Okay, you want to know what's bugging
me?

I make this videotape, right?

It's tearing up the marketplace. They're
projecting sales in the $10 million

range. People are starting to actually
recognize me in restaurants.

So I should be ecstatic, right?

Wrong. Because suddenly everyone wants a
piece of me.

Your husband gets 40%, the partnership
gets 50 % of my 60%, which leaves me

30%. 5 % of that has to go to overhead,
which leaves me with a lousy 25%. That's

what's bugging me.

25 % of 10 million is still a fortune,
Arnie.

Roxanne, do you realize that you and
Dave are going to make more money off my

videotape than I am?

That if you divorced him tomorrow, you'd
come out with two million bucks cash in

community property.

Is that fair?

Rox?

Roxanne?

Talked to McNally an hour ago. You can
unpack your briefcase.

Who'd they pick?

You.

Yeah.

They read about your ruckus in the
Chicago papers.

McNally said something about any lawyer
aggressive enough to find a legal way to

get off an airplane caught in a holding
pattern should be smart enough to fight

off a hostile takeover.

Congratulations, Douglas.

preview of hell, huh? I know, it's
terrible.

I refuse to put an alarm in my car.

Anyway, I didn't have a chance to see
you after we closed.

And I just wanted to tell you what a
first -rate lawyer you are, Victor.

Your client was really lucky to have
you.

Thanks, Grace, thanks. That means a
whole lot coming from you.

I just hope you and I get to go up
against each other again one of these

Me too.

See you.

Grace. Mike and I are friends.

I know.

I'm sorry.

I've just always wanted to do that.

From the first time I ever saw you in
the PD's office.

It'll never happen again.

I promise.

You okay?

Yeah, okay.