All language subtitles for LA Law s05e13 Dances with Sharks

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The partnership agreement authorizes me
to make a pro tem designation

unilaterally, and that's what I'm doing.
Douglas, for the next six weeks, you're

in charge.

We've had these two great kisses.

They were great for me, too.

But, you know, if we started something
here, it would be very complicated.

Why is Roxanne here? She's here as my
assistant to safeguard against

administrative oversights during my
tenure as senior partner.

Moving on. Becker versus Becker. Where
are we, Arnold?

Why don't you tell me, Roxanne? You're
the one giving testimony against me.

During Mr.

Becker's engagement to Miss Hammond, do
you have knowledge of sexual

relationships with any other women?

One. Oh, God. Who was it?

Her name is Gwen Taylor. She's the
secretary here.

Um, maybe we could just separate for a
while? No, Arnie, I have to be done. I

can't. I can't live in the middle of
this. I can't survive where I am now.

just do it.

We really are over, aren't we?

Yeah, we're over.

How's Zoe doing?

Zoe? She's the DA.

She's also my ex -wife.

That woman is your ex -wife?

Yeah. She thinks it's funny you
represent a guy with multiple

you yourself don't even got one.

Is it going over the speed limit,
officers?

Let's see some ID.

I don't have my wallet with me. I don't
usually carry it with me when I run.

Will you please step towards the car,
slowly?

Wait a minute.

I'm an attorney.

I live two miles from here.

Yeah, sure.

Move.

What's your reasonable suspicion?

You don't belong here. You don't fit the
profile of the neighborhood. That's my

suspicion.

We asked you to step toward the car. Get
your hands off me. Shut your mouth!

You happy now, smart guy?

You happy now?

um

All right, let's get going, shall we?

Where's Roxanne?

Attending to other matters this morning.
She may join us later.

First up, revenues for Mackenzie
Brackman, you'll be pleased to know,

for the month of January.

Excellent work, people. Let's keep it
up.

Next, on a truly disastrous note, on the
object of libel in this week's

Inquisitor, I show you page one, Vanna
dumps bald boar.

Nice picture.

Yeah, what's the deal on that, Douglas?
She got married? Yeah, she told me she

was going skiing.

Oh, well.

Anyway, it's filled with malicious lies.
I want immediate action. Ann, you beat

these tabloids before. Call their
lawyers. Make some heads roll.

Moving on, the Barkley prenup? Yeah, I'm
meeting alone with them tomorrow. Her

lawyer isn't even coming.

But I have got to get a secretary,
Douglas.

We've sent you nine this past week.
You've fired every one of them. Yeah,

because you're sending bimbos.

I'm telling you, Douglas, Roxanne's got
a lot to learn about personnel

recruitment. I'm also telling you that
this Barclay prenup could be very

complex, and it is inconceivable for me
to take this meeting without a

qualified, able assistant.

I'm assigning Gwen Taylor.

She's excellent and... No way. She's
mine. Stuart, you no longer need two

secretaries. Yeah, well, fine. Give them
Mary Beth, but I need Gwen. You do not

need Gwen. I don't need her. I don't
want her. I don't like her. Well, you're

getting her, at least until the Barclay
deal is done. This is a million -dollar

client. My decision is final. When are
his six weeks?

Jonathan Rollins is calling in.

He's in jail. Why? In jail? He was
arrested. He left a message last night

Victor's answering machine.

I didn't get it. What happened?

He didn't say. He just said that he's
being arraigned this morning and he

you or Victor. I'll take it. No, you
both take it. Get down there right now.

what he needs. Move.

Grace, put in a call to Rogoff. Maybe he
can help. Sure. Let's adjourn. We'll

cover the other items later.

It's okay.

Settle down.

Just tell me what happened.

Okay, uh... Jim took Josh for the
weekend. You know, he gets him every

weekend. I know, and?

And he's not bringing him back.

What? His lawyer just showed up this
morning, and he says he's bringing a new

petition for custody in Indian court.

C .J., can they do this? Where is Josh
now?

He's still with Jim on the reservation
in Arizona.

Okay, uh, look, I'll go into court and
get an order.

When? This afternoon.

Lela McKenzie can get me in with Judge
Lobel.

We'll jump all over this. And then
they'll bring him back, right? They

just keep it, right?

I don't know.

I know the law, Janice, but I have to be
honest with you.

I don't know the first thing about
Indians.

Number 93571, people versus Jonathan
Rollins, disorderly conduct, resisting

arrest, aggravated assault on a police
officer, two counts.

Wave reading. Defendant, please, not
guilty.

Question of bail.

Your Honor, the accused is a respected
attorney. No criminal record. We'll be

looking for O .R.

There's a police officer in the hospital
with a broken jaw, Judge. Which police

officer attacked Mr. Rollins without
provocation? He was resisting arrest.

Your officers wouldn't be pressing this
to avoid brutality charges, would they,

Mr. Graffia? The defendant assaulted a
police officer, Your Honor. We asked for

a preliminary hearing at the earliest
possible date.

Your Honor. So that we can refute these
ridiculous charges and spare further

damage to Mr. Rollins' reputation.

Tomorrow morning, I'll do it myself.

The defendant is released, O .R.

Mr. Graffia.

Sit down with your officers.

If they made a mistake, I don't want
them compounding it in this courtroom.

Next case.

Case number 50972, state versus voucher.

I find that acrimony, if properly
channeled, can result in excellent

productivity. Now, since you two don't
get along, let's simply set some ground

rules so we can at least be clear on
needs and expectations.

Arnold, you first.

This won't work, Douglas. Tell her your
needs.

Now.

All right.

First and foremost, I need someone who
realizes that she is support staff.

Not somebody to second -guess me, not
somebody to burden me with problems or

questions, but a person who will help me
be a productive lawyer.

Now, if that means getting me coffee,
you get me coffee. If it means picking

my dry cleaning, you get my dry
cleaning. You don't bitch, you don't

a resentful look in my direction.

You'll come in early some days. You'll
stay late others.

You'll bring enthusiasm to your work.
You'll bring effort to your work. And

of all, you will offer up total
subordination.

Those are my ground rules.

Very simple.

Very good.

Gwen. I type 90 words per minute.

I take excellent shorthand and I write a
pretty good letter. I will get you

coffee on an occasional basis as a
function of courtesy, not employment.

I will not go near.

Your dry cleaning.

I come in at nine, I leave at six.

If I have a question, I'll ask it. If I
have problems, I'll address them. As far

as your notions of subordination go, I
will be treated with respect at all

times. You'll keep your sexist delusions
to yourself.

Your grabby paws will not even brush
against me. And if you mentally undress

I will feed your groin into the
shredder.

Those are my ground rules. Very simple.

Well, looks like we're all clear.

I think we have a team.

What Mr. Long did amounts to kidnapping.
We have already had a custody hearing.

Which custody was awarded to my client?
In your courts.

Now we go to ours. Counsel, the order of
this court stands.

Your Honor, the Indian Child Welfare Act
is federal law that gives the tribe

exclusive jurisdiction over the
placement of Indian children. It's not

exclusive. And that act exempts final
divorce decrees in our courts, including

custody... Yes, but the ruling here
prejudiced my client... I am ordering

right now to bring back that boy.

That's not going to happen. I will lock
you up for contempt.

I'm not the one disregarding your order.

Ms. Long, I would send the police if I
could, but I am afraid that I have no

enforcement power on the Navajo
Reservation.

What does that mean?

What I'm saying is I can't do anything.
If you want your son back any time soon,

it looks like you'll have to go to
tribal court. My client is white, Your

Mr. Long is an Indian.

How can we expect to get an impartial
hearing in a Navajo court?

I don't know, Counsel.

Mr. Wanika, you tell your client that if
this is the way he wants to play, he

better hope to hell he wins.

because if she does get her son back,
I'm cutting out all unsupervised

visitation.

I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help, ma
'am, but you'll have to take your case

to the Navajos.

The problem is, it's not just the best

interests of the child.

His people factor in the welfare of the
tribe as well.

Then how can I possibly win, really?

Well, I'm told that Navajo tradition
does favor the mother.

Not white mothers, they don't. Trust me.

Hey, listen.

Whatever your attitudes are, you have to
show respect in there.

If you alienate that court, we will lose
before we begin.

And the only thing I want them to see in
you is a loving mother, eh?

Oh, no.

I know I've missed you so much.

How have you been, sweetheart?

I just wanted to let you say hi.

How can you do this to me?

Can you take him back to his
grandparents, please?

You're not going to do this. He's all I
have.

I didn't want to do it this way.

Officer Janston, why did you detain Mr.
Rollins on February 10th?

We had a serial rapist work in the area.
An hour earlier, he beat and raped a 60

-year -old woman half to death.

The defendant matched that description.

And what happened when you stopped, Mr.
Rollins? After identifying ourselves as

police officers, we asked for some
identification.

The suspect refused and then became
abusive and belligerent. Verbally or

physically? He called my partner a
bastard and then attempted to flee the

When Sergeant Cobb moved to detain him,
the suspect assaulted him in the face,

at which point I then subdued the
suspect and placed him under arrest.

Thank you, officer.

So you thought my client was the rapist?
He matched the general description.

I'll show you a printout copy of the APB
report giving a general description of

the suspect.

Could you read it?

Black male, height 6 '3", weight 225.
Mr. Rollins is 5 '11", and he weighs

He is 4 inches shorter and 50 pounds
lighter than your rapist.

It was dark. And he was black in an all
-white neighborhood.

Objection. Withdrawn.

Did you direct racial slurs to my
client? Nobody made any racial slurs.

tell him that he didn't fit the profile
of the neighborhood?

He didn't.

This was a white neighborhood. Your
client is black.

We've questioned white people in black
neighborhoods, too. Do you put them in

chokeholds and punch them in the
kidneys?

Objection! I didn't punch him. When he
broke my partner's jaw, I tried to

restrain him, and he fell against the
car.

That's your testimony. Mr. Rollins fell
against the car.

Yeah, that's what happened. Were you
there?

I'm done here, Your Honor.

You may step down.

Anything further, Mr. Graffia? No, Your
Honor.

Defense requests immediate ruling, so
I'm going to give it.

Unfortunately, it's not what you want to
hear.

Given Officer Jansen's testimony, the
signed statement of Sergeant Cobb, and

their exemplary records as police
officers, I find sufficient evidence to

Mr. Rollins over for trial.

I'll hear scheduling motions tomorrow.

We're adjourned.

Good. Why don't we all just sit?

Now, before we start drafting, we just
want to get a general idea as to what

would want this prenuptial to
accomplish.

Well, basically, this is coming from my
family. They just want to protect my

inheritance. Anything I already have or
anything I make, Sarah can have.

Is this okay with you, Sarah?

Fine. Whatever makes the uncles and
aunts happy.

I just want John.

That's sweet.

But if I may, though, I'd like to ask
you, and I don't mean to sound

contentious, I'd like to ask you both
before I start drafting to give some

serious thought as to what this
agreement represents.

Meaning what? Meaning that there is the
possibility, in fact, the probability,

that in the state of California, this
marriage will fail.

Mr. Becker, this marriage is not going
to fail.

I certainly hope it doesn't. And you
both outwardly seem very committed, but

let's at least recognize the seed of
doubt that's giving rise to this very

meeting. We don't have any doubts,
Arnie. I wouldn't be doing my job as a

lawyer, John, if I didn't play a little
devil's advocate.

Now, we're here planning for a
contingency. Should that contingency

reality, neither of you are going to be
feeling as charitable as you do at this

moment. Sarah, suppose he sleeps around.

Arnie.

What is this?

I'm not saying you would do it
willingly, John, but God forbid you

ill. Recent studies show a rising
occurrence of satiriasis as well as sex

addiction. Arnie, I think that's a
little remote.

Excuse me, are you an attorney?

What happens if you have children,
Sarah?

Are you going to want to snatch the kids
from the fruits of their inheritance as

well as the love of their father?

This is ridiculous.

It's not ridiculous.

You two have to see marriage as the
plank walk that it is.

Statistically speaking, you two could
end up hating each other. And it is with

an eye for this hatred that you should
drop this agreement.

We'd only been back on a reservation
eight months when she left.

She filed for divorce in L .A.

Where she was afforded full custody and
you got visitation rights.

Yes. But this last time you took him for
a visit, you decided to keep him. My

son's a Navajo, Mr. Monica.

In the white world, he'll be raised to
be ashamed of that. You don't think he

could be raised to appreciate his
culture in Los Angeles?

I live there.

Do you think all white men hate the
Indian?

There are two kinds.

The ones who dismiss us just because
their skin is red, and the others who

welcome us and encourage us to be white.

Do you have any reason to believe that
your ex -wife would be guilty of this

kind of discrimination?

She will make him forget his Navajo
culture.

Objection. This man does not know my
client's intent.

I know her.

I know she'll raise him with white man's
dreams, chasing white man's success,

and he'll end up with white man's
contempt for the Indian.

I have nothing further.

You yourself were brought up on an
Indian reservation, yet ten years ago

left to pursue white man's success. Is
that right, Mr. Long?

I made a mistake.

Yes, but the truth is, growing up on a
reservation doesn't prevent one from

chasing Western dreams, does it?

Maybe not. And the only reason you came
back to the reservation was because your

painting business in Los Angeles went
bankrupt.

Is that right?

So? So, you came back to a place where
you could feel safe.

And you are sitting here today looking
to get custody not so you can pass on

your hopes to Joshua, but rather your
fears, your fear and hatred of the white

world. You don't know the first thing
about me.

I know that you're lying to this court.

Objection!

Why do you call this man a liar?

Is it true when you married my client,
you told her you wanted opportunities

your son?

Chances you never had growing up on a
reservation.

I said I was mistaken.

I'll show you a picture.

A picture you yourself drew for my
client.

This is a drawing of your reservation.

Do you remember this?

Yes. Did you draw these coyotes and owls
around it? Let me see that.

Did you draw this?

Sorry, Your Honor. This ain't love.

Oh.

For the record, could you tell us the
symbolism of the coyotes and the owls?

They're messengers of illness and bad
luck.

And death.

This picture, in your opinion, means
that the Navajo reservation is dying. Is

that right, Mr. Long?

I have nothing further.

All right,

look. This is the situation.

Upon a closer look at the events, we
agree that it's possible.

Possible. that the officers were a
little reactive.

Reactive? I don't think you... And?
Well, nevertheless, she did resist and a

policeman got hurt.

We can't dismiss.

But we'll plea it out to misdemeanor
battery.

You're just looking for a conviction to
insulate the department from a civil

suit. That's not going to happen.

Then we got another problem.

See, the grandmother that was raped, we
showed her your picture. With others, of

course. And while she couldn't
conclusively ID you as the rapist, she

rule you out either. Come on.

What the hell is this, Robert? Hey, I
don't suspect him, at least not with

I've seen so far.

But you were in the area of the rape at
the time of the rape.

The victims fingered you as a
possible... Bastards, you won't get away

this. We're not accusing you, Mr.
Rollins. We're just trying to apprise

all the circumstances.

Look, let's get to the bottom line here.
What the hell is your message?

Let's get rid of this.

The fact that she said it could be you.

Well, those officers will be screaming
that as loud as they can if they're

forced to defend themselves.

Take the plea. The book on this gets
closed.

Refuse the plea. Everything stays open
-ended.

There's your message.

What do you mean I have no case? They
said I slept with my stepmother.

Well, you had that affair with Rusty
Douglas, and she did give birth to your

half -brother. While she may not
technically be your stepmother, you

libel here. What about the part saying I
like sex with senior citizens and

prostitutes? Well, Rusty was in her 60s,
and Marilyn, even though she's a

legitimate surrogate, basically engages
in sex for money. What about this one?

This was in Stargazer.

His shiny head hurts my eyes.

I'll look it over.

You're right. Oh, sorry.

John Barkley wants to leave the firm.
What happened?

I don't know. The guy's an HL. I just
pointed out... He stands to inherit his

father's company. This could potentially
be one of our biggest clients.

I'll get him back, Douglas. A simple
prenup, and you end up costing the

I said I will get him back, so just lay
off.

Do you hear me, senior partner?

Lay off.

In addition to being a doctor of
psychology, I am also a professor of

anthropology. And you're a half -breed.
Yes, I am.

So I feel I can tell you both personally
as well as professionally, raising

Indian children in white families does
not work.

Why, doctor?

Because they are raised white with
absolutely no sense of their Indian

What's so wrong with that?

When they hit adolescence, they run
headfirst into a society that will be

telling them they are not white.

And since they have no Indian heritage
to fall back on, they virtually become

non -persons. This type of situation is
extremely destructive.

But, Doctor, what if Mrs. Long were
careful to make Joshua aware of his

Well, that is a very nice idea. But the
reality is, if you simulate this child

into a totally white environment, he's
still going to grow up.

with a white social identity.

This identity will eventually be
stripped away no matter what Mrs. Long

It is in any child's best interest to
see their race preserved.

The American Indian is facing
extinction.

So whenever you take an American Indian
child off the reservation and assimilate

them into a white society, you're
fostering cultural genocide.

It's certainly not in Joshua Long's best
interest to see his people wiped out.

Thank you, Dr. Landale. That's all.

You never made an examination of this
particular child to determine which

he'd be better off with, did you? No, I
did not. And, Doctor, what would happen

to a boy's ability to bond and trust?

Should he be taken away from his mother?

It could be compromised.

Compromised? The damage could be
irreparable, couldn't it? A separation

child more than six months old rarely
causes long -term harm. But it could.

Severing the boy's ties to the American
Indian tribe could be just as

devastating. What is the leading cause
of death on the Navajo reservation?

Alcoholism. And what is the life
expectancy of an Indian male on the

reservation?

It is approximately 45 years of age. Did
any of this factor into the

consideration of Joshua's best
interests?

Medically, maybe the Indian is not that
advanced, yes. What about education?

What about unemployment?

What about the fact that half the Indian
population lives below the poverty

line? You're raising the subjective
standard of the white man. I am talking

about the threat of hunger, the threat
of poverty, illiteracy, and death being

greater in the Indian world than it is
in Western society.

Are those subjective standards to you?
It is the white man's obliteration of

American Indian that has caused this. I
am not asking you what did the damage,

Doctor. I am just asking you to admit
the damage.

It is my professional opinion that this
child is better off in the Indian

community.

Yes, your opinion is very clear.

And where do you live, Dr. Landau?

Objection. No.

Where do you live?

Phoenix. Thank you.

I have nothing further.

Come on. You've got to be able to do
something.

You sure they didn't say anything that
we could go public with? No, it was all

scripted. They were careful to paint the
threat without crossing the line of

extortion. But the message was there. If
Jonathan fights, they put it out as a

rape suspect. I don't like to give in to
this kind of crap, but I don't know

what else to do. I'm not pleading out,
Michael.

I can't.

I make that deal, and those two cops
walk away, heads high, totally

Jonathan, if you don't plea, the sting
of that woman IDing you... She didn't ID

me. As a possible, she did.

I don't care how inconclusive or tainted
the make was.

Do you realize that all they have to do
is say that there is evidence against

you, but insufficient to prosecute? Your
career, it'll be dead forever, not to

mention your reputation. I can't take a
plea here.

I would never be able to live with
myself.

Victor, man, come on. You have to know
what I'm saying.

I know exactly what you're saying,
Jonathan.

But if we fight here, you get hurt
worse.

Oh, for God's sake, people. We're all
smart lawyers here. We gotta be able to

come up with something. We can't just
let them die in the vine.

John, can we please just talk a little?
Forget the talk. Just give me the check.

You tried to sabotage the whole wedding,
for God's sake. I don't... Would you

just hear me out? No.

One thing I will not do is hear you out.

The things you said, my God.

How can anybody spew out that kind of
crap to two people about to get married?

Thank you. I was just being honest. If I
offended... You did.

Goodbye. Um, if I could be so blunt, Mr.
Barkley, I think you're being a little

silly. Gwen. That's okay.

Why am I being silly?

Well, a lawyer is supposed to protect
the client from disaster.

Not play emotional cheerleader in praise
of marital bliss. That's the minister's

job.

Now, as for Arnie, specifically, come
on.

He doesn't know the first thing about
what it takes to build a relationship of

any kind. Excuse me? No offense, Arnie.

He just came out of a failed marriage
that he himself wrecked. He has no

of fidelity.

He's devoid of any ability to trust. And
he wouldn't share a stick of gum, much

less his feelings.

But...

When it comes to the breakdown of
relationships and all the legal

that are involved, that he knows.

That Arnold Becker knows better than
anybody.

So I guess the question here is, are you
looking for a guidance counselor or a

divorce lawyer?

Well, I'm looking for someone a little
less destructive to the welfare of the

marriage. Did he say anything that even
remotely threatened your relationship to

Sarah?

No. No. No, but he tried. It's his job
to try, to look for the seams and to

build a prenup that will protect you if
those seams should ever split.

Give me back the check, Mr. Barkley.
Let's put that money to good use.

Sweetheart.

Baby.

How much?

No, I don't need money this time, I
promise.

Oh, God.

The last time you showed up unexpected,
not wanting any money, you proposed.

Please, let me write you a check.

I need a favor, kiddo.

It's a big one.

Uh -oh, the tone.

Yeah, name Jonathan Rollins mean
anything.

Come on, Tommy, the whole department's
talking about that one. He works in my

firm. And he's a friend, so... You know
what's going down?

Yeah, I hear something.

He's innocent.

And you know that, too, don't you?

Look, honey, I don't mean to get you in
trouble.

But your people here are making him take
a fall for something he didn't do.

Now, that kind of stuff don't sit too
good with you. We both know this. What

you want from me, Tommy? I want you to
get involved. If you can make it go

I want you to make it go away.

I can't help you on this.

This isn't just the police protecting a
couple of reckless cops. This is bigger.

How much bigger?

Well, the word around the office is that
Rogoff owes the police some serious

political payback.

They've come collecting on this. Dig it
up for me, Zoe. You've got to get me

something I can use so I can walk. I
don't have anything you can use.

You can't win this, Tommy.

Don't try to be a hero. The kid needs a
hero. Tommy.

Look, Zoe, I'm sorry.

I know I got no right putting you in the
middle. Yeah.

But this thing, it's just a little hard
to walk away from.

I wish I could help you.

I do.

Yeah.

Me too.

Cindy, never mind. Cindy, wait.

Get me the Brian Chisholm file, all of
it, right now.

I don't doubt Jim's ability to be a good
father, and I know he loves his son

very much.

But I've taken care of Joshua all his
life. I've been with him every day. I

can't... He should be with me. I think
the fear is, if Joshua...

lives with you, he will lose out on his
Indian culture.

I don't intend to make him forget he's
an Indian. And maybe I can't give him

some of the things you talk about, some
of the Indian ways.

But I'm his mother, and I'm the only one
that can give him that.

Whatever any little boy may need growing
up in any society or culture.

My God, he has to have his mother.

Thank you, Mrs. Long.

I have nothing further.

You yourself rejected the Indian way of
life, didn't you? I rejected living on a

reservation. Yes, I did. What's a
healing way, Mrs. Long?

I'm not sure.

It's Navajo. It's an Indian ceremony.

What's a flint way?

Objection. Your Honor, the witness
suggests that she won't cause the child

abandon his heritage when it's clear
that she herself doesn't know anything

about how we live.

Let me tell you how I lived on your
reservation, Mr. Wanika.

I had to chop wood and lug water every
day. And move to strike.

No. I want to hear her answer.

I was ostracized because I couldn't herd
sheep or speak Navajo. I had to live in

a hogan without electricity, without
running water. And as a white person, I

the enemy.

And none of you can deny that. I was
treated as an outsider.

If I rejected you, Mr. Wanika, it's
because you rejected me first.

My son is Indian, and I want him to know
that, and I want him to be proud of

that. And more than anything else, I
want to try to teach him that people are

people are people.

Race doesn't matter, at least not to me.

Are you telling us that his Indian race
doesn't matter?

Oh, it matters.

It matters.

But what matters more is that I'm...

That boy's mother. I gave birth to that
little boy.

And he shouldn't lose me just because
I'm white.

I don't think there's much doubt that
both parents love Joshua very much.

But under the Indian Child Welfare Act,
the federal law, as passed by the United

States Congress...

You also have to take into account
what's best for the tribe.

The Indian culture is faced with
genocide.

30 % of our children are taken away.

90 % of those going to white families
who cause these children to abandon

heritage.

You heard Janice Long.

She rejects us.

How can any child raised under her
influence grow to love or even respect

we are?

The only means of saving our world is
the child.

And with everyone that slips away, our
race is one step closer to extinction.

It's a desperate thing, I suppose, to
cling to children as a means of

propagating a race.

But genocide is a desperate thing.

I understand your pain, ma 'am. I hope
that one day you will come to understand

ours.

They call America a melting pot, a place
where all cultures come together as

one. The trouble with the American
Indian is we're trying to melt the

race.

We took your land.

We assimilated your people.

As Mr. Wanika says, your tribe is being
eroded away, and that should stop.

But this isn't the way.

You cannot attempt to serve your
heritage at the expense of a two -year

boy. And that is what they are asking
you to do.

He has lived all his life with her.

When he cries, she's the one he runs to.

When he's happy, she is the one he wants
to share his joy with.

This woman is that boy's life.

There is no one he trusts more, and
there is no one he loves more.

He lives in Los Angeles.

Let him go home.

Let him go home with his mother.

Last chance, Jonathan. You sure you want
to go through with this? I have no

choice. Case number 93571, People v.

Jonathan Rollins. Your Honor, the
parties are prepared to offer a plea.

All assault counts dropped.

Mr. Rollins agrees to plead guilty to
misdemeanor battery on the resist.

Joint recommendation for 60 days
probation.

Your Honor, Zoe Clemens, Assistant
District Attorney. If I may be heard.

Approach.

Your Honor, I have information which
calls into question the legality of this

prosecution. What are you doing? Shut
up, Billy. What's going on?

Your Honor, several months ago, this
office prosecuted a police officer by

name of Brian Chisholm, who was charged
with the fatal shooting of a black

teenager.

Ironically, it was Mr. Rollins himself
who defended this officer.

I remember. So what?

Your Honor, because of the racial
tension surrounding this event, Mr.

faced with a tremendous backlash at a
time when he needed the black vote to

his re -election. It is widely believed
within the department that Mr. Rogoff

prosecuted Brian Chisholm for the sole
purpose of appeasing his black

constituency in turn to secure that re
-election. That's a bald -faced lie! Mr.

Rogoff, be quiet.

Further. Upon information and belief,
police chief Kevin Vance was prepared to

publicly condemn Mr. Rogoff for what he
believed to be the political sacrifice

of one of his officers.

Chief Vance and Bruce Rogoff then struck
a deal, whereby the chief agreed to

stay silent on the Chisholm issue. Bruce
Rogoff, in exchange, agreed to back the

police department at every turn after he
was re -elected.

Vance is sticking Rogoff for the payback
in this case. Your Honor, this isn't

about politics. The fact is, Mr. Rollins
committed a crime. Nobody believes that

Mr. Rollins is a criminal. This is about
ass -covering.

Your Honor, it is also widely believed
within the department that Mr.

Rollins is being blackmailed into
accepting today's plea.

If he does not capitulate, the
department is prepared to cite him as a

rape suspect, despite a total absence of
good faith belief that he committed any

such crime.

Did they hang and rape over your guy?

Yes, Your Honor, they did. You can't
prove any of this. I am in that office,

Billy. I know what's going on. Everybody
knows what's going on.

This is one of our top ADAs, Judge. Why
would he be assigned a simple felony?

Why is Bruce Rogoff monitoring this
case? Why is he in this room for a plea

bargain? Guess I could ask, why are you
here?

I am coming forward as an officer of the
court to prevent what I believe to be a

gross violation of the judicial process.

Bruce Rogoff abused his power. Jonathan
Rollins is an innocent man. I am here in

what could be my last act as an ADA.

asking the court to remedy an extremely
unjust situation.

Thank you.

Well, I don't know where that came from,
but... Shut up.

Don't worry, Mr. Rogoff. I only believe
every word.

A warrant is hereby issued for your
arrest for obstruction of justice. You

have the authority to do that. Watch me.
Court officer will place Mr. Rogoff

into custody.

And be thankful, Mr. Graffia, I don't
lock you up as well.

The complaint against Jonathan Rollins
is hereby dismissed on all counts. This

is a complete farce. Put that man in
lockup now.

And don't forget to read him his rights.

What?

Listen, uh, Rox, I, uh...

I'm kind of messed up. I acted out all
my hostilities the other day over this

Corinne thing, and I nearly lost a
client. I've been dumping secretaries.

I fired you.

I want you to come back, Rox.

I'm working for Douglas now. I know, and
I hear you're doing great.

I'll match whatever he's paying.

I think I'll just stick where I am for a
while.

I can't take Gwen. I can't. According to
John Barkley, Gwen's the reason he

stayed with the firm. I don't care. Do
you know what she's been saying? She

that I have no concept of fidelity, that
I'm not to be trusted.

I'm not even capable of having a
relationship.

You should hear some of the stuff that's
coming out of her mouth.

I need you, Rox.

No.

For 12 years, I've done nothing but
nurture your esteem, Arnie.

I loved you. I was in love with you,
admired you.

It must have been so great for you to
come into work every day and look at

yourself through my eyes.

I'm sure Corinne gave you the same
thing.

What you need, Arnie, is to see yourself
for who and what you really are.

Gwen may be the...

Best thing that could happen to you.

I'll just fire her.

You can't stop me.

You're right.

I can't.

Hi. I brought you some coffee.

As a function of courtesy.

Party's approach.

Lawyer 2, please.

As a Navajo, I bring to the bench my
subjective beliefs that the white man is

nemesis who destroys the land and it
will eventually bring ruin to himself.

I also believe that since Congress has
trusted me to protect the tribe, I am

authorized to fight the white man's
dominance.

The genocide that Mr. Juanica speaks of,
we have all seen it happen and we all

desperately want to stop it.

But steeped even more in our traditions
is the protection of the child's

relationship to his mother.

And without any evidence that this
mother is unfit to raise her son, I am

going to strip her of that custody.

Your Honor, please.

Bring in the boy, please.

Mrs. Long, just as you pray that I would
not overlook the truth that this child

is your son, I pray that you will not
overlook the other truth, that he is a

Navajo. Order of the California Superior
Court is upheld.

Give the boy to Mrs. Long.

Please, let me hold him first.

District Attorney Bruce Rogoff,
meanwhile, is steadfastly denying all

allegations.

Assistant District Attorney Mark Scheer
will become acting DA for the duration

of the investigation.

Hi. Hi.

I got somebody here wants to meet you.

I'm sorry that you had to go through
such an ordeal.

I don't know how I can ever repay you,
Miss Clemens.

Zoe.

Zoe.

Nobody's ever gone out on a limb for me
as much as you did today.

Ever. And you don't even know me.

It's him.

He makes me do crazy things.

That's why I had to leave him.

Yeah, well, I owe him, too.

Thank you.

Yeah, give me a minute, would you,
Jonathan? We'll be right out. Yeah,

You gonna be okay here?

That's a little scary.

If Rogoff's out, I'm okay.

If he comes back into power, I go into
private practice.

It's about 50 -50 right now.

You know, sometimes it's hard to believe
that you were such a god -awful wife.

Because you are still the greatest
person that I ever met.

Can I quote you on my resume?

Absolutely.

You are such a bad influence.