All language subtitles for LA Law s04e09 Noahs Bark

Previously on L .A. Law.

We both have got blue -chip matrimonial
practices.

I've got a burgeoning entertainment
practice as well.

And you're suggesting that we merge?

Right now.

Is leaving here what's best for me?

Breaking in on the ground floor of a new
venture?

Being an administrator instead of a
secretary? Being with me? All you have

is shake hands and walk off whistling.

I'm Kimberly Dugan.

Hi. Are you singing too?

No, I'm just a dance coach. Oh, dance
coach. Good.

Yeah. You want to dance?

Number three.

Are you sure?

I said number three.

Those people at the rape treatment
center, they all say the same thing. We

to confront this thing together. You got
to include me.

A man...

Threw me down on the floor and rammed
himself inside me.

What are you looking at, man?

I

feel

like a thief.

I'm only taking what belongs to me.

Then why do it before anyone gets here?

Why do it before anyone gets here?

Because it's cleaner. It's a done deal.

I'll have to sit through everybody you
want to talk me out of it.

Are you afraid that they will?

No, I'm not.

No, I'm not.

You can't believe I'm not going to be
working here anymore.

Look, I have certain conflicts, yes, but
I don't want to dwell on them. This is

business, Rox.

I want to act businesslike. I don't want
any emotional scenes.

Hey, Benno.

You want me to help you? No, that's
okay. We got it. Where are you going?

I went to bring some stuff down to the
car.

Should I help you? No, it's okay. We'll
be right back.

I got the bialis this time, Arnie.

Oh, good, Benny. Good.

Anyone see Arnold?

I don't think he's come in yet. Great.

All right, let's get started.

What's wrong with your mouth?

I got fitted for a small appliance. It's
nothing.

An appliance?

Where'd you get a toaster?

Dunklet?

You got braces!

Yes, I got braces.

Why? Something called overjet.

Also a stress -related malady known as
temporal mandibular joint dysfunction.

I grind my teeth.

My dentist felt it was time to take
steps.

Shall we proceed?

Cowan versus Casella, associate.

Yeah, that's the guy with Tourette
syndrome.

Trial starts today.

Are you okay to handle this, Jonathan?

I'm fine.

What's Tourette syndrome?

It's a physical condition that makes
people twitch in various ways or yell

inappropriate remarks at people. Tin
grin. Metal mouth. Like that. And so the

mockery begins.

Anyway, my guy was fired for it. I'm not
surprised.

You can't fire people for having
physical handicaps if they're doing

We're going for back pay with interest.

Oh, excuse me.

I'm going to need a little personal
time. Preliminary hearings this

Take as much time as you need.

How's Allison holding up?

I don't know.

Excuse me.

Please

be

advised that I'm here by tendering my
resignation from the partnership known

McKenzie, Brackman, Cheney, and Cusack.

Said resignation shall in no way
constitute a waiver of any monies owed,

shall it constitute a relinquishment of
any future monies owing. It is

anticipated and intended that this
settlement be arrived at following

negotiations to be held at a future
date. Yours, etc.

Arnold Becker.

That bastard.

How did he do this?

We need to find out what clients he's
spoken to.

Douglas, I want all the paralegals on
this.

I want phone records and I want bank
transactions.

Better check the file room, see what's
missing.

Why don't you oversee that? I should
have seen this coming.

I want a partner's meeting and I want it
tonight.

Rosalind, are you available? I'll make
myself available.

Is there any way Ann can make it in? Oh,
God.

I'm going to fall on Arnold Becker like
the wrath of God.

Did you know the defendant, Miss
Gottlieb?

No.

I really didn't know any of the crew
that much since I'd come in as a

replacement director.

And yet you let this man give you a ride
home? He was giving several of us a

ride home, including Marcy Poulin, who I
did know.

And I just assumed that she knew him
since she was the one who had hired him.

Okay.

So what happened next?

He drove us all home, and I was the last
stop.

He asked if he could use the phone. He
wanted to call his wife.

What happened after he entered your
house?

He made his call.

At least I thought he did.

And then he, uh... He made an advance at
me.

How did he make an advance, Miss
Gottlieb?

He, um, put his hand on my shoulder and
told me I was beautiful.

And what did you do when he did this?

I got, uh...

really nervous and I asked him to stop.
I asked him to leave.

Did he?

No.

What happened then?

He grabbed me and he said,

why can't pretty girls be nice?

He kept calling me a pretty girl.

And what did you do?

I tried to push him away, but he was too
big.

He knocked me on the floor and, um,
got... He

got on me, and he said that, uh,

he said that if I didn't do what he
wanted, he would kill me.

Allison, I want you to tell the court
what happened next, and I need for you

be specific.

He yanked my skirt up, and he ripped my
underwear off.

And then he started to pry my legs apart
with his knees.

I tried to fight back, but he was too
strong.

And then what?

All of a sudden, he was pushing himself
inside me.

And when you say he was inside you...

You're saying that his penis was
penetrating your vagina?

Yeah.

Allison, is the man who did this to you
sitting in the courtroom today?

Yeah.

Could you please point him out for the
court?

He's over there.

Allison, could you please look at him
and point him out exactly for us?

That's him.

There.

He's the one that did this to me.

Thank you, Allison.

I have nothing further.

How long had you worked for Gothel
Associates at the time of your

Cowan? Six years.

Oh, boy.

Why'd you just make that sound?

I have Tourette's Syndrome.

Would you tell the court what that is?

It's a neurological disorder. It causes
me to make sounds or say words or twitch

in different ways.

Sometimes I do it more, sometimes I do
it less.

Can you control it? No.

Not for any length of time.

What reason were you given for being
discharged, Noah?

They said I was disruptive.

Were you disruptive?

I do market research, and the office I
work in... Oh, boy!

...is in the back, and there are only a
few co -workers around to hear me. Did

they consider you disruptive?

I don't believe so, no.

Nigger, nigger!

Why'd you say that, sir?

It's all part of Tourette's.

Noah, would you tell the court what it's
like to have Tourette's? What it's

like? Yeah.

Uh, well...

The tics and grimaces start pretty soon
after you wake up in the morning.

Oh, boy.

And then you go about your business when
you're alone, you know, hollering and

spitting, barking.

Oh, boy, bitch.

It's pretty weird if you're not used to
it, I guess.

Oh, boy.

Anyway, Tourette's is part of me, and
there's nothing I can do about that.

that? What?

Nothing further.

Nothing you can do about that.

Tell me, Mr. Cowan, have you ever heard
of the drug haloperidol? Of course I've

heard of it.

How about the drug clonidine?

I prefer not to take either of them.

Why? They're both frequently used in the
treatment of Tourette's.

Haloperidol, it makes me forget things.
It makes me feel totally spaced out.

And clonidine, it doesn't work too well
with me. Or slut. Bitch!

Tell me, Mr. Cowan, did you ever call
any of your female co -workers bitch?

I wasn't calling them bitch. I was
saying bitch.

How do they know the difference, sir? If
they know me, they know the difference.

So the burden of your behavior should be
on them, not on you.

Objection. Burden? Bitch.

Let me tell you about burden.

A burden is not being able to go into a
restaurant or a movie.

A burden is...

is not being able to find a woman to
love you or an employer to hire you. Mr.

Cowboy, your attorney has made an
objection. A burden is being the kid in

who everyone pointed at, the nut, the
weirdo. I am a guy with a funny disease,

all right? That's all it is. So stop
pointing at me and stop treating me like

am crazy.

Cowboy, Cowboy, just stop it.

We played hardball with him?

He played hardball with us. This isn't
hardball, Ann. It's deceit. He stole

clients. He set up his own practice.

Yeah, but do we know this?

Yes. John Stanley wouldn't take my call.

Larry Gilson wouldn't take my call.
These are major corporate retainers, and

Beck has got them both.

I've also found out that Saul Rosen
called.

He's asked that we return his entire
file and two -thirds of his retainer.

Get a restraining order.

It'll put the brakes on his venture in a
hurry if he can't take clients. We have

to prove irreparable harm.

If they're big corporate clients, I'm
sure we can.

Let me ask another question.

Do we need him? Do we need him?

Or do we need a matrimonial practice?

Oh, we definitely need a matrimonial
practice. Right now it's responsible for

% of our income.

Does it have to be Arnold Becker that
brings that 20 % in? Right now it is

Arnold Becker. We lose him, we lose
those clients.

When Saul Rosen comes by to pick up his
things...

I'm going to try to find out just what
Arnold Becker said to him. We should

talk to Roxanne.

And?

She's not going to tell us anything.

She will, if you approach her right.

Chances are, you're the only one here
she really trusts.

Why don't you work some angle and pump
her for what she knows?

I'm not working any angles, Douglas.
I've dealt with her straight in the

I'll deal with her straight now.

Just do it fast.

And make sure you get something we can
use.

If we wait too long, those clients she
took will be his for good.

That would represent a major financial
loss to us and a major coup for Arnold

Becker. I don't want that to happen.

Ms. Gottlieb, I'm Susan Jenkins, the
attorney for Mr. Morris.

I'd like to ask you a few questions
about yesterday's testimony, and I'll

not to keep you up here too long.

Prior to your leaving the bar with my
client, what did you have to drink? I

the bar with three people, one of whom
was your client.

I apologize if I suggested otherwise.

What did you have to drink?

I had a margarita.

That would be tequila?

Yes. And as you left this drinking
establishment, did you communicate to my

client that you regarded him as
physically attractive?

I did not. You did not comment that Mr.
Mores and Mr. Mayer were better looking

than the male models used in your
commercial?

I said something like, these two guys
are better than the models, yeah.

It was light banter. Was it flirtatious
banter? No.

Okay.

Now, after you brought Mr.

Morris into your home and he first put
his hand on your shoulder, you say you

told him to stop.

Isn't it true what you really said was,
I don't think so?

Maybe. What's the difference?

Well, there's nothing ambiguous about
stop, Ms. Gottlieb, but...

Soft giggle coupled with an, I don't
think so.

There was nothing ambiguous about my
response.

I told him flat out no.

That I was involved in a monogamous,
exclusive relationship and that I wasn't

interested. This monogamous relationship
is with who?

Objection. She opened the door, Your
Honor.

I'll allow it. She can answer.

Who is this exclusive relationship with,
Ms. Gottlieb?

His name is Victor Cifuentes.

I see.

Ms. Gottlieb, is it possible my client
thought you wanted to have sex with him?

This was not sex, Ms. Jenkins. This was
violence.

Move to strike. And no, it is not
possible that he thought I wanted it.

Overruled. Ms. Gottlieb, have you ever
had sex with a member of your crew? What

is this?

Objection. Past sexual history is not
admissible. It is when she raises the

issue. The objection is overruled.

What about it, Ms. Gottlieb?

Have you ever had sex with a member or
plural members of your film crew? In the

past, I have had two relationships with
men who have been in my crew.

Two. When you say relationships, do you
mean exclusive, spend the holidays

together, celebrate birthdays and so
forth, that sort of thing?

Or do you mean extremely short -lived
physical encounters?

They were two short affairs.

Do you make room for the possibility,
Ms. Gottlieb, that my client, knowing

propensity to be sexually promiscuous...
I object.

Get to it, Ms. Jenkins.

Isn't it possible he thought you wanted
it? He threw me down on the floor and

ripped my clothes off.

Moved to strike. He pinned my legs back,
stuck his thumb into my throat, and he

raped me. Ms. Gottlieb... There is no
way in hell that any person could think

that any woman would want done to her
what he did to me!

Ms. Gottlieb, that's enough.

I have nothing further.

We're done for the morning.

Have you anything more, Ms. Van Owen?

No, Your Honor. Ms. Jenkins, will you be
putting on any witnesses?

Yes, Your Honor.

I'll be calling Victor Sepuente to the
stand.

Saul, come in, please.

I appreciate you taking the time to sit
down with me, Saul.

Why wouldn't I sit down with you?

I'm sure you know.

that we were all unhappy to hear that
you were leaving us.

I'm leaving.

Someone else is coming. Life goes on.

Am I wrong?

You're not wrong.

I'm curious, though.

When did you first hear that Arnie was
leaving?

To tell the truth, I don't remember.

Did he ask you to come with him, Saul?

He didn't have to ask.

Did he give you any indication that a
meeting would be held with other members

of Mackenzie Brackman and you? What for?
So that we might persuade you to stay

here.

Who's your orthodontist?

What difference does it make?

I've got a grandson who needs braces.

What's the matter? Arnold Becker never
suggested that you meet with us, did he?

Arnold Becker was in the trenches with
me. You understand that? Did he ever

suggest a meeting with us prior to his
leaving the firm? I'm getting a little P

.O.'d here.

We've never had so much as a cup of
coffee together in all these years.

And you come in from your guyish country
club with your steel -rimmed glasses,

and suddenly I'm supposed to answer to
you. You want me to get a subpoena? I

do that. You think you can muscle me, my
friend? You should live so long.

Dr. Towle, would you state your
qualifications for the court?

Court, court, court, court.

I've been a practicing neurologist for
12 years.

I have extensive clinical and child
development experience.

In addition, I myself have been
diagnosed as having had Tourette's since

of 14.

Your Honor, I object to this witness
testifying as an expert, regardless of

credentials. The fact that he himself
has this affliction creates an inherent

bias. The jury can take all that into
consideration, Ms. Stritch. The witness

can testify.

Doctor, would you characterize
Tourette's syndrome as a mental or

condition? Oh, boy.

Tourette's is a neurological motor
disorder.

That's all it is.

It might look like a mental condition,
but it isn't.

Tourette's doesn't respond to
psychotherapy any more than a limp

Based on your examination of him, would
you attribute all of Noah Cowan's

abnormal behavior to anything other than
Tourette's?

Tourette's? Tourette's?

Tourette's? Tourette's? No.

Multiform phonic and motor tics such as
displayed by Mr. Cowan are wholly

symptomatic. Coprolalia, or compulsive
swearing.

Pallolalia, or repeating oneself.

And copropoxia, or compulsive obscene
gesturing, are also typical.

Echolalia, or the imitation of the last
thing heard, is the symptomology

manifested in my case. Yet you're a
practicing neurologist. I was fortunate

enough to find myself in a nurturing
environment, Mr. Rollins.

Tourette's didn't stand in my way.

Other people didn't stand in my way
either.

I have no further questions.

You have shown us a great deal of
determination, Doctor. Tell me, how do

patients respond to you?

You, you,

you, you.

I believe my patients respond to me as
they would any other physician.

What if they didn't? What do you mean?

Oh, boy.

Oh, boy. What if...

Your patients weren't comfortable with a
doctor who repeated everything they

just said.

What if they were just a little bit put
off by a doctor spitting and cursing

and... Objection, Your Honor. What's the
point? The point is, Your Honor, that

to this man, all that's important is
that he and the plaintiff get to do

what they want, oblivious to those
around them. He's not testifying as a

expert. He's testifying as another
individual who suffers from Tourette's.

don't suffer from Tourette's.

I suffer from intolerance.

I suffer from small -minded aversion to
anything strange, anything out of the

norm. That's what I suffer from.

I suffer from the likes of you.

You swear to tell the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth to help

your guy? I do. Be seated.

Please state your name for the record,
sir.

Victor C. Fuente.

And do you presently have an exclusive
romantic relationship with the

complainant, Alison Gottlieb, as she so
testified in this courtroom this

morning? I do.

Do you love this woman?

Yes, I do.

Seek to treat the witness as hostile,
Your Honor. Granted. Continue.

What was the date when you first met
this woman, sir?

It was January of 1989. I don't know the
exact date.

And when was the first time you went out
with her on a romantic basis?

Objection, Your Honor.

Overruled.

Ms. Gottlieb put this in issue. I'm
going to allow it, but speed it up, Ms.

Jenkins. Your first date, sir, when was
it?

I don't know the exact date.

I think it was the day after we met.

And how many days after you met did you
first have sexual intercourse?

Objection. I'm sorry, Your Honor, but
the complainant has characterized

as a chaste, monogamous woman, and I'm
entitled to explore this. You're not

scoring any points with me, Ms. Jenkins.

I respectfully request the right to
examine my witness.

Your Honor.

The objection is overruled.

How long did this woman wait before
going to bed with you? Your Honor, this

ridiculous. Sit down, Ms. Van Owen.

How long? I don't know. A week? A month?

Asked and answered. I said I don't know.
Maybe less than a week?

Asked and answered.

That's enough, Ms. Jenkins.

Sorry, Your Honor.

Grace?

Yeah? Can I talk to you for a second?

Sure. Honey, do you mind waiting?

You don't think that you could have cut
off a couple of those questions in

there?

I tried, Victor. Not hard enough, you
didn't. For a prelim?

Come on.

I appreciate the free discovery.

I do not appreciate the fact that
Allison comes off looking totally

Anil, like some cheap kind of slut.

This is not about preserving her
reputation.

It's about getting a rapist bound over
for trial, which I'll do. I'm not so

about that.

You know what they're doing. They're
going to be as rough as possible to

discourage her from sticking this out.
You've used the same strategy yourself a

zillion times. Yeah, well, look, I'd
like to see a witness list, plus the

and the medical reports. I mean, did you
run a cross -state probation check on

this guy? Hey!

You asked me to take this case. I took
it. Now let me do my job. Don't you tell

me how to prosecute. I'm not doing that.
You are doing it and I'm telling you

right now. Stop it, Victor.

I've got a 95 % conviction rate. I'm
good. And what I don't need is a

getting in my way. Are we clear?

I just don't want this guy walking,
Grace.

He won't walk.

Trust me.

This guy is not going to walk.

How the hell could this have happened?

I got a piece of brittle caught in the
damn braces, and I couldn't get it out.

So you stuck a clinky in your mouth?

I was using the flat edge. Sort of like
a toothpick, and I got stuck.

Ow!

You got stuck, all right. Here.

I don't want to push down too hard
because I don't want to tear the gum.

Come over into the room.

Michael? Kimberly.

Come on in.

Michael.

I'm looking for Roxanne. I have a
videotape of her performance.

Roxanne doesn't work here anymore.

You're kidding.

Michael.

Oh, excuse me. Kimberly Dugan, Douglas
Brackman.

Kimberly was Roxanne's dance coach.

Hello? Hi.

You have a slinky in your mouth.

Excuse me.

Long story.

What about Roxanne?

Well, that's a long story, too. You see,
her boss formed his own practice and

she went with him. But I think I can get
the tape to her.

Oh, great. She's going to love it.

Well, it was good to see you again.

Yeah, you too.

Michael, would you like to have lunch
with me tomorrow?

Tomorrow?

Yeah, that'd be fine.

Great. One o 'clock, I'll make
reservations.

Actually, I hate lunches.

It's just less forward than if I'd asked
you to dinner. But since we're on for

lunch, and dinner isn't such a big leap
from lunch, let's make it dinner.

Okay.

Eight o 'clock, I'll make the
reservation.

Your Honor, I would submit there is not
enough evidence to hold my client over

for trial.

Yes, they had sexual intercourse.

But Enrico Morris had reason to believe
she consented. They knew each other.

They had drinks. He took her home. She
invited him into her house.

She let him know she found him
attractive.

And this is a woman who'd slept with
members of her crew before.

A woman who was known by her crew to be
sexually aggressive. She was known to

have affairs.

She customarily dresses very
provocatively.

She says she resisted and that this was
violent, but there were no bruises, no

property damage.

They will never get a conviction on this
one, Your Honor, and I would

respectfully request that we not waste
the taxpayers' money by chasing a

conclusion that'll never happen.

If she wasn't raped, what possible
motivation could she have to say

she was so she could experience the fun
of an ER room?

getting probed by speculum so he could
furnish vaginal fluid to crime labs and

enjoy the thrill of a police lineup, not
to mention what a good time it is to

come into these courtrooms and be
portrayed as a whore by the defense

I won't be wasting the taxpayers' money,
Your Honor.

The taxpayers pay me to get people like
Enrico Moraes off the streets, and

that's exactly what I'm going to do.

Thank you, Bob.

I find probable cause, and I will hold
the defendant over for trial.

Same bail.

Let's set a scheduling conference for
the week of February 12th.

That's all. We're adjourned.

I'm ready to talk to Lee Grace when I
get lunch.

Lunch it is.

Okay, Allison.

We got our file.

Hi. Thanks for coming.

How's Matthew?

Oh, he's great.

Growing bigger every day.

I'm going to have to see him pretty
soon.

We'd love for you to.

Roxanne, no one here is blaming you.

Why did you want to see me, Ann?

We have reason to think that Arnie might
have been luring clients away.

I don't know what went on between Arnie
and his client.

They're not his clients.

Whosever clients they are.

Did he have you photocopying files for
him? No.

But he was having it done?

Why are you putting me in this position?

Roxanne, you left here to go with Arnie.

Arnie turned on each and every one of us
by doing what he did.

So now you're asking me to turn on him?

I'm asking you to tell the truth.

I told you the truth.

You asked me to come here, so I came.
I've told you the truth.

Now I want you to honor our relationship
and not ask me anything more.

No promises.

All the years of working here don't
matter.

All the attachments I have here don't
matter.

The only thing that matters here is
money.

It's the one thing that counts, isn't
it, Ann?

The one thing that really counts.

She wasn't in the room when he talked to
the clients.

What about the files?

I don't think she knows anything about
the files.

What do you mean you don't think?

Does she or doesn't she? What are you
going to do, Leland? Would you really

force Roxanne to testify against Arnie?
In a second.

I don't think that'll be necessary.

How much do we need for an injunction?

We'll find out this afternoon.

Judge Lobel is going to hear our motion
in chambers.

If you want to spare Roxanne, you better
hope that we don't come out of there

empty -handed.

Mr. Casella, why did you discharge Noah
Cowan? Because I just couldn't put up

with it anymore.

Look, I like Noah. He's a good guy. He's
a good worker.

I know there's a problem he can't help,
but it's tough walking clients through

my office with him calling me a
douchebag.

Oh, boy.

The cursing is disruptive.

It upsets the co -workers and the
clients.

I think he scares them. Oh, boy.

There you go. Whop!

You see, people just don't understand
that kind of thing.

It's been hurting my business. I... I
had to fire him. I just had to, Noah.

Thank you, Mr. Casella.

I have nothing further, Your Honor.

My client's market research was always
satisfactory, was it not?

It was better than satisfactory.

It was great.

And social skills are never a function
of his employment. Isn't that right, Mr.

Casella? Look, I'm not talking about a
good personality here. I'm talking about

him yelling kike all day at my
assistant.

But his co -workers understood his
affliction, didn't they?

Some did, some, you know, didn't.

You didn't?

Did you ever take time to really get to
know Noah Cowan? I don't know him that

well, but I do know him. Mr. Casella,
the only problem you have with Noah

and the only reason you fired him, was
because of his handicap, right?

Look, I've been dealing with this for
six years, and it's hurt my

I fired Noah because of his handicap,
but the way I see it, I didn't really

a choice.

Thank you, sir.

Nothing further.

You can't be serious.

I'm not saying we have to take it.

Felony assault?

The man raped me. How can you plead down
to assault?

Because by doing so, we make sure he's
put away.

Grace, are you telling me this guy could
actually be acquitted?

No. I'm telling you...

That he is a first offender with no
record. No oral cop, no weapons. Even

conviction, this is what we call a
straight low -term rape.

The best that we'll get is three years.

So with parole, he's back on the streets
in a year and a half.

God.

Now, they're willing to go for four
years, out in two, if we cop to his

Basically, he's willing to do an extra
six months to avoid a rape conviction.

And, Allison, you also have to consider
that there is a chance of a not guilty.

Now, I'm not saying that'll happen, but
it is your word against his, and all he

needs is a reasonable doubt.

You're telling me to take this.

As a district attorney, there's nothing
more that I want than to nail this

bastard for rape.

But as your friend, I can't ignore the
fact that a trial could take up to a

year.

Hey, you want a trial, you got it.

People look at me differently.

Ever since this happened to me, people
look at me differently.

What does that say about me, Grace?

It says nothing about you.

Allison, I can get this guy. I can.

But this plea, it allows us to put him
away for a little longer, and it allows

you to put this behind you a lot sooner.

Okay. Okay.

First of all, I object to this private
motion session.

We're on the record, Counselor. There's
nothing private about it. With all due

respect, Your Honor, it's a little
unusual to be hauled down here for an

hour hearing after the close of business
day. You got your notice?

Let's get on with it. Your Honor, as
stated in our papers, Mr. Becker

severed his partnership with McKenzie
Brackman and breached his fiduciary

responsibility owed to our firm. Upon
information and belief, he knowingly

solicited McKenzie Brackman clients and
caused certain corporations to

discontinue business with us.

Untrue. We have affidavits from three
clients that were approached by Mr.

Becker. Which clients... chose not to go
with him.

Nevertheless, they do confirm that said
solicitation did take place while Mr.

Becker was still a member of our
partnership.

I can also confirm that three corporate
clients, Saul Rosen and Associates, Taft

Industries and Berkshire Petrovic, have
all suddenly left our firm and are

believed to be with Mr. Becker's new
firm. Did they go with you? Yes, on

own volition.

I'm restraining you from doing any work
for Saul Rosen, Taft. Your Honor, that's

crazy. Those are my clients. Yell at me,
Mr. Becker, and you will be in jail

very quickly.

There is no proof of inappropriate
solicitation. There is no proof of any

of fiduciary responsibility.

He snuck files out in the middle of the
night.

You can't force clients to go back to
them. I'm not forcing the clients to do

anything. They can go anywhere they want
except to Arnold Becker. This is

depriving me of my livelihood.

Look up the definition of partner, Mr.
Becker. It means you don't plan late

-night coups to stab your co -workers in
the back. I object to that

characterization. The restraining order
is granted.

Those are my clients.

Well, if you want to keep your clients,
and if you want to keep them, then you

people will have to get back together.

Hearing in ten days, that's all. We're
done.

I can't believe you're doing this. You
steal from me, you answer to me. I said

we're done.

I suppose we can all laugh at Tourette
syndrome.

The way my client swears or spits or
makes funny sounds.

And Noah Cowan certainly understands
that people can be shocked by his

He grew up being stared at in
restaurants, being laughed at on buses,

ridiculed by strangers because the
things he does strikes people as funny.

you know what's not funny?

A society that's unwilling to tolerate
someone's handicap.

This man became a highly qualified
professional whose work was beyond

and he still got fired.

Because he made people uncomfortable.

There's nothing so damn amusing about
that, ladies and gentlemen.

Because that kind of intolerance, that
kind of prejudice, that's our handicap,

not his.

Sal Casella says people look at this man
and see a weirdo.

I see a man.

A man who's battled a nervous disorder
every day of his life and has beaten

everything, everything except public
perception.

He deserves to beat that today.

Oh, boy.

Sal Casella liked Noah

Cowan. He hired him.

trained him, promoted him, and he didn't
want to lose him.

But Noah cost him co -workers.

He cost him clients.

A racial slur, a couple of whoops, a
spit.

And Sal Casella's business takes it on
the chin.

Oh, boy.

The law says it's all right to fire
someone because of their handicap if it

affects their performance.

I'm telling you, Noah's did.

It put people off.

Now, maybe that is society's problem, as
Mr. Rollins has said.

But Sal Casella shouldn't have to pay
for it.

Oh, boy.

Boop!

Boop!

Case number 89723.

People versus Enrico Morris.

Your Honor, the parties are prepared to
enter into a plea bargain. After

consulting with both defense counsel and
the victim, we feel that the interests

of justice will be best served by a
reduced plea to felony assault coupled

a joint recommendation of four years in
state prison.

Defense counsel so recommends?

I do.

Mr. Morris, you've discussed this plea
with your lawyer and you understand the

consequences? Yes.

You understand that you are pleading
guilty to a felony crime and that you

spend four years in a state prison as a
result of this conviction?

This is your own free decision?

Yes.

Very well.

It is therefore the decision of this
court... No!

Excuse me.

I can't let this happen. I'm sorry, Your
Honor. I can't do this.

Your Honor.

The parties have already agreed to the
plea.

No, Your Honor, I expressly stated that
my recommendation was based on the

consent of the victim.

If the victim withdraws her consent, I
withdraw my recommendation.

Miss Gottlieb, are you fully aware of
the consequences of your decision?

Yes, I am. You are aware that the final
disposition of this matter could take up

to two years?

I don't care if it takes ten years, Your
Honor. They can do whatever they want.

They can't scare me off.

This guy has definitely picked the wrong
girl to rape.

Your Honor, the people stand ready for
trial.

So, if you can't have him, I can't have
him. Is that the way it's going to be?

Got any suggestions as to how it could
be otherwise?

Yeah.

Let me take the clients and I'll cut you
in for a piece.

You got any other suggestions?

No, that was it.

What about you? You're the paterfamilias
around here. What suggestion have you

got?

Douglas, would you mind excusing us?

No. Not at all.

You've got something to say to me. What
makes you think I've got anything to say

to you? I can only assume a man needs a
reason to betray people who trust him.

Oh. So I betrayed you.

Yes. Me and every other person who works
here.

You think maybe you played a part at all
in this, Leland?

I got in the way of your all -consuming
greed.

That's what I did.

What you did was hang me out to dry with
the videotape. I was totally reasonable

there. Shaft me with Rosalind Shays. I
had no choice. And you get behind

Cusack each and every time. Never once
do you get behind me.

Is that what this is about?

Hey, it's there. It's always there.
Cusack's the principled one. I'm the

Cusack's the one you're proud of. I'm
the one you tolerate just to keep the

money coming in. You're the one chasing
the money, Arnold.

The people here, including you, will
always matter more to me than money. And

that's the difference between us.

Yeah?

Well, I don't get that.

I built this firm. I spent my life
building it. And I will not allow you to

reduce my investment here to dollars.

This firm is part of me.

Fine. But don't expect it to be a part
of me.

Unless you're prepared to give something
back.

What do you want?

I want my name added to the firm's name.

You want more loyalty out of Arnold
Becker? Then stencil in Arnold Becker on

glass door.

Is that it?

Yeah.

That's it.

Has the jury reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

What say you?

We fine for the plaintiff and award the
sum of $150 ,000 in back pay.

We award front pay in the amount of $100
,000.

I'd like to dismiss the jury with the
thanks of the court. We're adjourned.

Great. Great.

Oh, boy.

Oh, boy. Oh, boy is right, Noah.

Oh, boy is right. You happy?

Happy, happy, happy, happy. Yes.

Oh, boy.

Oh. Oh.

Really? Yeah.

Jonathan,

can we talk to you guys for a minute?

No hard feelings, I hope.

Bastard. What?

Not at all, Noah.

Why don't we find a room?

Sure.

I was wondering if there might be a more
constructive resolution to this

dispute.

Like what?

Like Noah gets his job back.

Really? I've yet to find a market
research analyst as good.

And has this job offered in lieu of the
judgment?

Here's the package. $50 ,000 up front, a
new car, and Noah gets promoted to

research director.

How come you think now it's okay for me
to work there? There?

A modem and a fax machine.

That's how it comes.

What do you mean? A modem lets us hook
up his home computer to our office

computer, and a fax machine lets us
shoot documents back and forth.

We'll provide everything.

Well, that sounds pretty good, Mr.
Casella. Oh, boy. Noah, I think this is

something we need to talk about a
little.

Please do.

You know what, Noah?

I know we're going to work this out.

You want to be out in the world, Noah. I
thought that's what this trial was all

about.

Look, in all this time, I haven't been
able to find another job.

A quarter of a million dollars will let
you look some more. It won't matter.

I should just stay home and work.

Damn it, Noah. I hate that you're saying
that. It's okay.

I mean, this way, nobody will have to
hear me.

Oh, boy.

Nobody will have to hear me.

Hi, Grace.

Victor.

Sorry for the intrusion.

Your phone's off the hook.

I knew you'd be here.

Hi.

Hi.

It made the news. Did you see it?

Yeah, I know.

Someone else who saw it came to my
office tonight.

Who?

A woman by the name of Rosanna Graham.

A woman who, until tonight, never had
the courage to tell anyone that she had

been raped by a man named Enrico Mores.

We've got him now, Allison.

I mean, he is facing a rape conviction
for sure.

Oh, God.

He's looking at at least eight years.

I just wanted you to know.

Good night, guys.