All language subtitles for LA Law s04e22 The Last Gasp

Previously on L .A. Law.

I've decided to go back to New York. My
father has cancer, and the doctor's

given him a year or so to live.

I don't want to play house.

I want to get married.

Michael's leaving leaves me with a big
hole to fill, and I need a star

litigator. I don't know, Leland.

I need you, Grace.

But I'll do whatever I can to get you.

Is something happening here?

I don't know.

Do you want something to happen?

I'm not really sure what kind of husband
I'm going to make. I think you're going

to make a great husband.

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm proud to
present the Honorable Grace Van Owen,

partner of Mackenzie Brackman Chasen.

How long have you been a Bears fan,

sir? I grew up in Chicago. I've been a
Bears fan all my life.

I mean, it killed me when I got
transferred out here. And you continued

Bears fan even after you moved to Los
Angeles, did you not? Yeah. This year I

got the satellite dish so I could watch
them. I also got season tickets.

Season tickets. Now, why would you do
that if they're living in Los Angeles?

Because season ticket holders get first
crack at Super Bowl tickets, and that's

where they said they were headed.

The defendant said that?

Yeah. They compared them to the 85 team,
and that's why I spent four grand for

the dish. And what do I get?

Six and ten.

Preseason optimism is typical of every
team in pro sports, isn't it? If they

don't play up to potential, that's one
thing. It's part of the game. I can

accept this. This is a fact.

But when you lie, when you tell loyal
fans you're going to have team speed on

defense, when your own stopwatches tell
you different, when you puff up your

offense all the while you're getting
ready to trade your only quarterback

experience, then you're falsely
advertising your product.

That's what they did, and that's why I
want my money back.

I have nothing further.

You're not just suing for your money
back, are you, Mr. Lewis? You're also

claiming emotional distress.

They lost to Tampa Bay.

Twice. You're tying up the courts, a
judge, a clerk, because you don't like

way a team played football.

I spent money.

And then watching their games caused me
to have a blood pressure condition.

The Chicago Bears did this?

Yeah. Ask the doctors they did this.
When they lied, saying they were good,

set me up.

At the time those claims were made, they
thought they were good.

Baloney. They had lousy secondary. They
couldn't even shut down... The secondary

was fine until Dan Hampton tore his knee
apart. Isn't that correct, sir?

Dan Hampton is a lineman, lady, not a
cornerback.

But with him out, the line couldn't
mount a legitimate pass rush, which left

secondary overexposed.

You can't blame it all on the pass rush.

No, that's right. You can't blame it all
on the pass rush. What you can blame it

on is unforeseeable injuries.

They didn't lose anybody big.

They lost Donnell Wolford in the second
game. Armstrong sprained his ankle

against Tampa Bay.

Morrissey suffered a lacerated kidney
and had to miss the whole season. Come

They had all their big guys except for
Hampton. The truth is they considered it

a rebuilding year. They traded McMahon
for draft picks.

They totally wrote off this year, and
they didn't tell us.

You are not a shareholder, Mr. Lewis.
You are just a fan.

I'm a Chicago Bears fan.

You want to screw with people? Go ahead.

But you don't screw with a Chicago Bears
fan. Not today.

Not ever.

Okay, let's get started.

Where's Victor?

He's in his office. He had an unexpected
meeting.

All right.

First up, a very enthusiastic welcome to
our new partner, Grace Van Owen.

Thank you.

I'm very excited about being here.
Anything you need to get started, you

yell. Thanks, but I've already gotten
started. Michael gave me the Sutter

You're going to do it?

Well, it's a simple case. The facts
aren't disputed. And since Grace has

prosecuted a few mercy killers in her
day, I figured she'd have an inside

on how to defend one. Is there a
defense?

I mean, the guy did it. Euthanasia is
illegal.

I'm going to try diminished actuality.
Are you comfortable being on the other

side of one of these cases?

At first, I wasn't. But I met with Mr.
Sutter on Sunday.

I can represent him. Good.

Moving on, then. Lewis versus the
Chicago Bears.

It's almost over, thank God. Which means
that I can start forgetting everything

there is to know about football.

Well, just make sure we win. Not that
the Chicago Bears will be staring much

business our way, but you never know.

That's it. One good thing about losing
all our clients, the staff meetings are

short. We're done. Just a minute.

I've got an announcement.

Oh, God.

Are you leaving now? Not quite.

I'm getting married.

To whom? To whom? Come on, to Corinne.
Who have I been with all this time?

Is she pregnant?

No, she's not pregnant, Douglas. This is
the woman I plan to spend the rest of

my life with. Well, have you set a date?
Friday evening.

When? This Friday?

It's going to be very small.

We want to keep it simple. We just want
to get it done. Corinne's house, Friday,

sunset. You're all invited.

Come right from work.

What's going on here, Arnie? I am
getting married. Thank you all very

I've got the whole issue briefed. New
studies on long -term methadrine use.

got it all documented.

All you'd have to do is argue that...
Norman, why suddenly switch to me?

You've been his lawyer the whole way. I
didn't grow up with him. You did.

What difference does that make?

It's an angle, Victor. That's all it is.

But with Hector three days away from the
gas chamber, we got to use whatever we

got. Norman, the fact that I grew up
with the guy has no relevance here

whatsoever. If the methadrine argument
doesn't work, it might.

Our only shot may be an emotional appeal
from an old friend.

Yeah, but see, that's just the point.

I'm not his friend.

I mean, I haven't seen him for 15 years.

How many times did you eat supper at my
kitchen table, Victor?

How many times did you sleep in one of
my beds?

Mrs. Rodriguez, that was a long time
ago.

So you forget.

No, I don't forget.

But I just don't have a relationship
with your son anymore. It's been eight

years since the killings.

He was on the drugs then.

But now, he's more like the Hector that
you used to know.

I don't think I could be of help here.

And I don't understand why you're asking
me to do this.

Norman... I'm not asking.

Hector is.

If you want to say no, then say no.

But do one thing for me, Victor. Please.

You tell him yourself.

When was your wife first diagnosed with
Alzheimer's disease, Mr. Sutter?

It was June of 83.

She kept forgetting things.

She'd go to the store to get something
and then forget what she'd gone for. Did

they prescribe a treatment?

They said she wouldn't get any better.

All we could hope for is that it didn't
get worse.

But it did get worse, didn't it?

Yes. Could you tell us what some of the
symptoms were that she experienced? She

kept forgetting things.

People's names first, even my name.

And then sometimes she'd mix words up,
like she'd go to say chair and come a

chain. And sometimes she'd realize
that... And she just started to cry.

She knew what was happening.

That was the worst part at the
beginning.

The fact that she knew that her brain
was just going away.

Could she take care of herself?

Not... The last year, no.

She could walk around, but it'd be
dangerous for her to get near a stove or

anything. I had to watch her all the
time.

Did you ever consider putting her in a
nursing home?

She didn't want that.

We made a promise to each other long ago
that if one of us could take care of

the other, we would.

We always thought it'd be the other way
around, that she'd have to take care of

me. Mr. Sutter, I'd like you to tell us
what happened on the day that you took

her life.

Well, I...

I went in to check on her after my
breakfast.

She... She was just sitting there.

Smearing her own feces on the wall.

I just started to cry.

And she looked at me and... She looked
at what she was doing.

Did she know what she was doing?

I don't think so.

She had this look like... She was so
pathetic.

This woman once so intelligent, so
dignified.

And now, on her hands was her...

Well, I couldn't let this go on anymore.

I guess I snapped or something.

And what did you do?

I went to my bedroom closet and I got
the gun.

And then what?

Then I went to her.

And I took her hand and I held it.

And I sang to her.

It always seemed to bring her comfort
when I sang to her.

And I kissed her on the forehead.

Told her I loved her.

And then I asked her to look away.

And then?

Then I shot her.

I have no further questions, Your Honor.

We'll adjourn until tomorrow.

Hi. I need you to sign the original
here.

Hmm? And the copy here. What? Oh.

Yeah. Great.

You want this overnight or regular mail?

Uh, regular mail will be fine. Good.

Oh, I, um, I hear you're getting
married.

Yeah, I am.

Congratulations. Thank you.

Thank you.

Hi. Hi. How you doing? Good. Hey, I...
Everything okay?

Corinna's meeting my mother today.

We're going to lunch.

Your mother.

Oh, boy.

Oh, boy.

Oh, boy is right. God, I always figured
I was going to get married when she was

out of the country or something.

Well, it'll be fine.

Is Gwen a good secretary?

Yeah.

Yeah? Because I'm looking for somebody
full -time, and I thought maybe she'd be

good. No.

No. No, she's not that good. No, no.

Well, I mean, she's good, but you don't
want her for the long -term thing. Her

secret passion is acting, and she'd
leave you the minute a good role came

and trust now.

Well, the thing is, I'm in a real jam.
Could I use her afternoons this week,

like after Roxanne gets in? Would that
be a problem? No, no.

Why should it be?

Do it. It's not a problem.

No, why would it be?

Okay.

Thanks.

They'll lead down to manslaughter, but
only if we agree to jail time. How much?

Two years.

I may not even live two years.

They really want to put me in prison?

The D .A. has no choice, Mr. Sutter. You
did commit a murder, and he can't just

let you walk.

Look, we can still go for the acquittal,
but you have to remember that on the

merits, there really is no defense here.

Everybody knows.

You weren't insane.

So that our only chance is to hope that
the jury can muster up enough sympathy

to ignore the law.

Did that happen?

Yes.

Then that's what I want to do, Miss Van
Horn.

I don't want to die in prison. I want to
die in my own home.

Okay.

As head of the Chicago Bears public
relations staff, do you feel that you

false representations concerning your
team's potential?

No, of course not. We thought we had a
legitimate shot at the Central Division.

And without a few costly turnovers and
key games, we would have made it. Thank

you, sir. I have nothing further.

Six and ten.

You stank, didn't you?

It was a disappointing season.

I have statements made by you to the
press in August.

Man for man, this is a better team than
the 85 club that won the Super Bowl.

I was a little optimistic.

Yes, well, what's interesting is what
you said to the press after you lost to

Cleveland on October 23rd. We always
considered this a rebuilding year. You

that, didn't you?

Yes, I did. So you claimed to have a
team that you could send to the Super

when in reality you knew you had a team
in need of rebuilding.

I'd call that a little wishful thinking,
that's all.

I'd call that fraud.

I'm telling you we've got a problem.

You can't be serious.

We've got a shot at proving a false
claim.

What's more, if he gets a season ticket
refund, you could suddenly be faced with

35 ,000 more claims from all your other
fans. Are you telling me that this coup

can win? I am telling you we can't just
laugh this away.

I've got to put on a better defense
here.

I'm going to have to call another
witness.

Who? I don't know.

Somebody who can convince the judge that
this 6 -10 season wasn't foreseeable.

What about this Ditka guy? Would he be
able to do it?

Mike Ditka? Well, he's the coach.
Couldn't he talk about what went wrong?

Oh, yeah. He can talk.

Fly him out here. I'm going to put him
on.

You're going to put Mike Ditka on the
stand?

Have him in court by 10 in the morning
and tell him to wear a tie.

Hey, Victor.

Hector.

I always knew we'd be getting back
together.

Look, Hector, Norm Patton's a good
lawyer.

He's the one that should be doing this.
He's good, I know, but he doesn't know

me. He knows the law, but he doesn't
know me.

Well, I'm not sure I'd know you either.

I mean, it's been 15 years, man.

Yeah, and I killed two people.

And I'm the same guy you used to hang
with. The same guy I stopped hanging

Well, I don't blame you for that,
Holmes.

I was a dangerous person to be around
for a while.

Yeah.

I guess it was the speed that did it,
huh? No, no, it was me. I did it.

The speed messed up my head, but I took
the speed.

The thing is, I'm not the same person I
was when I was in here. I'm clean now.

I'm straight.

I understand that what I did was wrong.

I understand that I deserve to spend the
rest of my life in prison.

But? But nothing.

There are people in here who look up to
me, man. They listen when I talk.

And I know I could straighten some of
them out.

But that would do more to pay back for
what I did than dying, right?

I mean it, man.

I never lied to you, Victor.

I'm not lying now.

What is it you think I can do for you,
man?

Tell those judges, man. Tell them
exactly what I used to be like and how

wrote me off.

Then tell them you sat with me now, you
talked to me, and I'm different.

They kill me now, they won't be killing
the man they sentenced.

Victor, I'm begging you.

My only chance to stay alive is you.

You have no idea what a pleasure this is
to meet you.

And for me, too.

I tell you, from the second we shook
hands, I was swept up in such a sense of

joy and relief.

Mom? Really? Oh, my God, yes. Well, when
your son suddenly calls you up and

tells you that he's about to marry a
person that you had never even heard him

mention before, that can be quite a
shock.

Mom, I mentioned Corinne before.

Oh, I'm sure you have, honey, but let's
face it.

With you, there have been so many, you
couldn't possibly expect me to keep

track. Well, there's just one to keep
track of now.

Well, I want to tell you, I couldn't be
happier that he's finally settling down.

I was sure a disease would get him. Mom,
I don't think Corinne is really

familiar with your sense of humor.

Let us talk, would you please? This is
my future daughter -in -law.

Uh, Corinne, Corinne.

Yes, um...

Have you thought about children?

Mom, I think that's something that's
really between Corinne and me.

Well, yes, of course it is. I wouldn't
ordinarily ask, but you're what, 37?

32. God.

32. There's still time.

Silly me. I can't take this, Mom.

Am I being such a burden? If I am, just
tell me. I'll go and leave.

Is that what you want, Arnold? Tell me,
and I will go. Is that what you want?

No, Mom.

I didn't think so.

Eat a piece of bread and let us girls
talk.

Now, Corinne.

How did your marriage fail?

You said that you took your gun out of
the closet. Is that correct, Mr. Sutter?

Yes. Was it loaded?

No, I had to load it.

Approximately how long did that take?

I don't know. Maybe 30 seconds.

Okay.

Then you went to your wife. You took her
hand.

sang her a song.

About how long did that take? Maybe a
minute or so. So between the time that

you, quote, snapped, unquote, and the
time that you shot her, you engaged in

about two minutes of quiet -mannered,
even thoughtful behavior, didn't you?

Why did you tell her to look the other
way?

Because I didn't want her to see it, for
God's sake.

Again, very reflective of you, sir.

Objection. Withdrawn.

I'm curious, Mr. Sutter. You gave three
different police officers statements

after the incident, and you never used
the word snapped.

When did you first decide that you must
have snapped?

Objection. Overruled. Did a lawyer tell
you to use that word?

Objection. That one's sustained.

You spoke of a promise between you and
your wife. You said that as long as one

of you could take care of the other, he
or she would.

Is that correct?

Yes. And you broke that promise.

Objection. Overruled. Instead of taking
care of her as you promised, you took a

gun and shot her to death.

Objection. Is that what you meant by
taking care of her? We never knew she'd

up like that.

Did you discuss it? Did either of you
ever talk about a quality of life that

would call upon one of you to murder the
other one? Your Honor. Mine was gone.

It was not gone, sir.

It was ill.

Ill. She didn't even recognize me. We
lived in the same house for 53 years.

was capable of cognitive thought, wasn't
she? She could respond if you spoke to

her. Really respond.

Tell me this.

Just before you shot her, when you told
her to look the other way, what did

she do?

What did she do, sir?

She looked the other way.

Thank you.

I'm nothing further.

And during the trial, evidence was
introduced that my client had been a

user of methadrine for a period of more
than ten years. I hope you're not going

to ask us to consider that a mitigating
factor.

A recent doctoral thesis.

Completed only last month on the long
-term effects of amphetamines. Makes it

mitigating factor, Your Honor. Five
different psychiatrists were called to

stand. Every one of them testified about
the effects of long -term addiction to

amphetamines. Yes, but none of them knew
about the results of this research.

With all due respect, Counselor, this
attempt seems a little desperate.

Your Honor, my client is scheduled to
die tomorrow.

I think an evaluation of this new
evidence is warranted before you comment

its legitimacy.

Let's do this without the attitude,
Counsel.

I mean no disrespect to the court, but I
grew up with Hector Rodriguez.

I know him personally, which causes me
to take this case personally.

Well, don't. Your relationship with him
has no relevance here. My relationship

with him puts me in a position to
recognize his capacity for change and

rehabilitation, which is directly
relevant to death penalty cases, Your

This is not an evidentiary hearing. I
knew Hector Rodriguez on drugs. I know

off drugs.

He's off of them now, Your Honor. You're
not a character witness, Mr. Cifuentes.

That's right, Your Honor. I am a lawyer.
The three of you are judges.

And we are all here to administer
justice.

Killing Hector Rodriguez doesn't
accomplish that. In your objective

I know him. None of you do.

And I respectfully request that until
you can be as sure as I am about all of

this, please don't let this man be
killed.

Please.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Mr. Keene?

Your Honors, there is absolutely no
indication that this new evidence would

made any difference.

The jury heard ad nauseum that Mr.
Rodriguez was a user of methadrine. Uh,

Keene, excuse me.

Mr. Cifuentes, as compelling as your
argument may have been, this study does

constitute substantial new evidence.

And, as we previously stated, your
personal relationship with Hector

is simply not relevant.

Your application for an emergency stay
is denied.

You can try your luck with the Supreme
Court, but we're not interfering with

execution. You haven't even seen the
evidence yet, Your Honor. You don't

Mr. Sequentes, that's enough. No, it's
not enough. Look, I don't care how damn

busy your schedules are here. One more
word, Counselor, and you're in contempt.

He is off the drugs.

Eight years now, he has been a model
prisoner. The court is adjourned.

Do you swear to tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth

help you God? I do.

Please state your name for the record,
sir. Mike Ditka. And your occupation?

Head coach of the Chicago Bears.

Sir, Mr. Lewis claims that members of
your franchise publicly predicted a

successful season when you knew it would
be a failure.

Well, that's wrong.

Because I said it. I really believed we
were going to have a good season.

Well, what went wrong? Well, injuries,
mostly. We had a lot of people hurt on

defense. We had 23 different starters.
Only two of our regulars started all 16

games. And that was totally
unpredictable at the beginning of the

the time you forecasted success, you
really believed you'd be a good team.

we were a good team. We opened with four
victories against Cincinnati,

Minnesota, Philadelphia, and Detroit.

And you can't beat teams of that caliber
unless you're a pretty darn good

football team. Thank you, sir. I believe
I have nothing further.

So, you were full of promise at the
start, full of genuine confidence. Is

right? Yes, I was.

And yet, as early as the sixth week of
play, while you still had a winning

record, you went on record as saying
that this fine team of yours was

incapable of winning another football
game, didn't you?

I said that. You knew.

If you could make a statement like that
when the team was above 500, then you

had to know in your bones that this was
one lousy football team.

Objection. Overruled.

And after the Washington game, you said
it again. What I said was... We're an

atrocious football team. I remember
that. Finish a quarter also said I

myself. Well, why weren't you honest
from the start? Hey, buddy, you have a

coach. Mr. Ditkin, coach. Let me go. How
do you trade McMahon?

Oh, come on. I mean, it's the best
quarterback in the league. He unloads

San Diego.

That's enough.

I do nothing in San Diego. Move to
strike.

Hey, buddy, you think you know football?

Mr. Ditkin.

Excuse me, but I'm getting sick and
tired of getting letters and complaints

armchair quarterbacks who know nothing
about winning. I move that this witness

be held in contempt.

Hey, I'm talking, Mr. Campbell, and
winning is having a conviction. You have

what it takes to go all the way.

Unresponsive mistrial. If you're going
to sue us for that, if that's the kind

fan you are, then maybe you ought to
move to New England and cheer for the

Patriots.

Catering is set. The guest list is
confirmed. Have you gotten a hold of

Andelman yet?

Not yet. I'll put it on the list for
this afternoon.

Roxanne, I've got a very busy day. I've
got a lot of things to do. I need to...

You haven't done a thing all day, Arnie.
All you've been doing is pacing around

and talking. When I ask for your help, I
expect you to give it. Don't snap at

me. Don't you snap at me. You snap at
me, I snap back.

I am terrified.

One person.

Forever, forever, one person.

Till I die.

The same person ever and ever.

The thought of being without her, that
scares me even more.

Rox, do you think that I'm going to be
any good at this?

Believe it or not, Ernie, I do.

I really think you're going to be great
at it.

You happy for me?

Meaning what?

Am I still secretly in love with you and
devastated by the fact that you're

getting married?

Only a little.

Not that long ago, as a DA, I was
prosecuting mercy killers.

And I still remember the dialogue.

We cannot let people take the law into
their own hands.

We cannot let individuals ignore the
law.

We'll become a state of anarchy. The law
must be upheld.

No exceptions.

Now, Henry Sutter is...

A law -abiding citizen.

He is not insane.

But that morning, he wasn't in his right
mind either.

For seven years, Alzheimer's disease had
been eating away at Maura Sutter's

brain. It had gotten to the point where
she didn't even know who she was. And

she would only suffer more.

And that fact made the person who loved
her more than anybody.

It made him crazy.

He wasn't thinking about societal
policy.

He wasn't thinking about legislative
intent or criminal statutes. He was

at his wife.

The person he had spent his entire adult
life with.

The person he cherished. He saw her pain
and he acted to

end it. He saw... her dignity, and he
acted to preserve it.

Now, if you feel that Henry Sutter is a
criminal who should be punished, then

find him guilty.

But if you know otherwise, then please
find

otherwise.

Thank you.

I didn't want to prosecute this one.

He's a good man... who tried to spare
his wife, Payne.

And he did what he did... because he
loved her.

Just like Miss Van Owen said.

But he committed a murder.

He knowingly, reflectively...

put a gun to her temple and blew her
head off.

Now, they've offered up a defense of
diminished actuality, but all of the

psychiatric evidence, as well as his own
testimony, make clear that his mental

faculties were in complete working
order.

However much you may feel for him, we
have a job to do here.

A person cannot act unilaterally to end
another person's life, and that's what

Mr. Sutter did.

She didn't ask to die.

She didn't ask to be killed. There's no
evidence whatsoever that she wanted to

stop living. He made that decision all
by himself.

He decided that another person was
unworthy of life, so he killed her.

Now, we have two choices.

Either we permit that or we don't. And
our society has chosen not to permit

that. Our laws say that people cannot go
around deciding who shall live

and who shall die.

And that means that this man committed a
crime.

And no matter how much compassion we all
may feel for him, you

cannot ignore that simple fact.

Supreme Court denied the writ.

Norman says he's going to try to get a
meeting with the governor.

Doesn't look good.

Hector?

Yeah, Bob?

Listen, if there's anything special you
want to eat tonight, just name it.

We'll go out to a restaurant and bring
it in.

Just, uh, just bring me some tea.

You know, if they're going to kill me,
why don't they just do it? Shoot me in

the head.

Stick me with a knife. I'd be just as
dead.

You don't even see the gas, you know.

They drop the cyanide pellets into some
acid.

It's right under your chair. You don't
even see it.

People pay me a whole lot of money to go
in there and get them off the hook, you

know?

I wish I would have been there for you
sooner.

I'm sorry.

You didn't owe me anything, man.

Yeah, I did.

I always figured we'd catch up, you
know?

The years will go by, but we'd catch up.

I never thought we'd run out of time.

I know.

I know, man. I know.

Is there anything that I can do?

You could be there just in case the
governor doesn't call.

You could be where I could see you if
you think you could

handle it.

I'll be there, all right?

I'll be wherever you want me to be.

Let's have the lawyers and the parties
approach.

You too, Mr. Ditka.

Now, as much as I've thoroughly enjoyed
this trial, given the backlog on my

docket, I don't think we should take up
any more time with it. I think we have a

bona fide cause of action, Judge.

Mr. Kumpel, I don't think there was
anything willful or negligent in the

defendant's conduct.

Although I believe it was a mistake to
trade McMahon, given the relative

insecurity of that situation.

Mr. Lewis.

Would you be willing to drop your claims
in exchange for an opportunity to fully

air your grievances with Mr. Ditka?
Yeah.

He has to listen, right?

He has to listen, and you get him for
three hours. You gotta be kidding.

No, I'm not kidding. The only
alternative to settling is to play this

verdict. And you might not like what I
have to say, sir, given the fact that

from New England originally, and I'm a
very big Patriots fan.

We accept a settlement, Your Honor.

We're adjourned.

Hey, Mike.

Can I call you Mike? No. Let's start
with special teams.

Will the defendant please rise?

Ms. Foreman, have you reached your
verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

What say you?

In the matter of people versus Henry
Sutter on the charge of second -degree

murder, we find the defendant guilty.

Members of the jury, you're dismissed.

Bailiff, take the defendant into
custody.

Your Honor.

It's murder, too, Miss Van Owen.

Bailiff.

I am so sorry.

I'll be okay, Miss Van Owen.

I'll be okay.

Will you escort Mr. Rodriguez out of the
holding cell, please?

Yeah, okay.

Hi, Penn.

Proceed with the execution.

Hey, Michael.

How about a lift to the wedding, huh?

What's the matter?

Nothing.

Grace, I just spoke with my father.

I've asked him hundreds of times if he
wanted to come out here to live, and he

always said no.

So suddenly now he calls me, and he
tells me he's changed his mind.

What? He said he's tired of the cold and
that he thinks that moving to Los

Angeles would be a great idea.

You mean you're not leaving?

I suppose I have to leave the firm. You
and I shouldn't be working here under

the same roof. Oh, no, no, no. Michael,
Michael, for God's sakes, this is your

firm. Yeah, great.

You threw away a judgeship to be here
specifically. It would be stupid for you

to leave. It would be more stupid for
you to leave if you're staying in L .A.

Look, a week ago, we slept together.

Now, under the circumstances, Grace, it
wouldn't be fair to you for me to stay.

I mean, you couldn't work there. Oh, no,
no, no, I could. Don't worry about me.

But I don't think you could.

Well, I could.

It would be a little weird, but... It
wouldn't be a problem, I don't

think.

Nor for me.

I don't think.

So, uh, so, uh, so, uh, socially we
would still be apart.

We would just be working together here.

Would that be it?

Yeah.

That would be it.

You believe this? She got him.

He's nailed.

You heard it here first.

Pregnant.

Why are they coming in together?

They're not supposed to enter together.

She won't let go of his hand, that's
why. She's afraid he'll scoot.

Quiet, Douglas.

Look at his face.

He wants to scoot.

The contract of marriage is most solemn.

It's not to be taken lightly, but
thoughtfully and seriously, with a deep

of its obligations and responsibilities.

You must be so thrilled.

I can hardly speak.

I do.

You promise to love her, honor and
cherish her, forsaking all others for as

as you both shall live.

Forsaking all others.

Absolutely.

Do you, Corinne, take this man, Arnold,
to be your lawfully wedded husband?

I do.

You promise to love, honor, and cherish
him, forsaking all others, for as long

as you both shall live?

I do.

Unbelievable. Repeat after me.

Shh. I, Arnold.

I, Arnold.

Take thee, Corinne.

Take thee, Corinne. To be my lawfully
wedded wife.

To be my lawfully wedded wife.

I, Corinne. I, Corinne. Take thee,
Arnold.

Take thee, Arnold.

To be my lawfully wedded husband.

To be my lawfully wedded husband.

Well, that does it. I herefore declare
you to be husband and wife.

Nailed.

Whom God hath joined together, that no
man put asunder.

You may kiss your wife.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you
Mr. and Mrs.

Arnold Becker.

Hi, Victor.

Hi, Marie.

Does it all look the same way you
remember it?

Yeah.

I'm glad you came.

Come,

I want to show you something.

Look at this.

Oh, God.

Do you have any pictures of him?

No.

Take this one.

You're all together.

You're all happy.

Keep it.

Thank you.

I never made excuses for what he did.

I also never loved him any less for it.

You were his mother.

That's right.

I was his mother.

Thank you, Victor.