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Previously on L .A. Law.

Your little executive committee is you,
Rosalind, and Leland. That means pro

bono will be voted down two to one every
time. I don't think that's fair,

Michael. I take whatever case I want to
take, Rosalind.

I hope to God, young man, that you
realize that because of what you did, a

good man is dead.

I am releasing the defendant to his
parents' custody. He will be under house

arrest for two years, except for school.

I don't know Jimmy Hoffs, but I do know
Victor Cifuentes. He is not at all

deluded. If he says he has a case, I
believe him. I know all about Mr.

Cifuentes. He's very good.

I've even thought of turning our
business over to this firm.

Of course, I can't right now because of
the conflict.

I cleared this through the executive
committee, Rotherham.

Recommend the settlement to the client,
Victor. I don't agree with the

recommendation. Now, this is a
litigation matter, Rotherham, so I'll

to defer to my judgment.

Jimmy Hoffs built this case. You
understand? He did all the legwork on

case. Jimmy Hoffs was giving bad advice.

And as co -counsel, it was my obligation
to point that out to the client. Co

-counsel? You blindsided him. You
blindsided me. I came to you. You

listen. Crap.

Reynolds versus Mendez. Do it. You're
really doing this?

Yep. You're sending Stewart into federal
court, Michael? I'm ready, Rosalind.

For this case, I'm ready.

Stewart's been working his pants off on
this one.

Nervous? Oh, yeah.

If he loses, it won't be for lack of
preparation, I can tell you that much.

Not gonna lose.

All right, Rosalind, I noticed you
opened up an account for a Nolsted

Is this a potential new client?

Just some introductory talks. We don't
have to go into it here. Excuse me,

Nolsted the liquor company?

Let's move on. No, no, no.

Is Nolsted gonna become a client here?

I just opened some dialogue, that's all.
Like hell.

We had a client who was in litigation
with this firm last week. Then Rosalind

goes behind my back, and she convinces
the client to accept the settlement

offer, which was way too low. It wasn't
low. It was low!

And suddenly Nolstedt is now coming to
us for a presentation?

What are you saying, Victor?

What am I saying? I'm saying you were
bought, Rosalind. I'm saying you sold

our client.

How dare you? Victor. Oh, please, don't
give me this how dare you crap, okay?

Victor, that's enough.

No, it's not enough. You really think
you're going to get away with this? Sit

down, Victor.

There's no reason for you to be talking
like this. I'm going to recommend to the

client that you sue this firm for
malpractice. I'm going to recommend to

Hoff that he sue us for interference
with contracts. You do that and you're

fired.

No need for that.

What if that thing set my trial next
week?

I quit.

That's all we could really find.

Do you know for a fact she made a deal
with Nolsted to sell out your client?

Figure it out, Leland. Do you know for a
fact? You mean, can I prove it?

No.

You never can with her. She's too damn
good.

But you can't hide what she is, Leland.

I know what happened here.

So do you.

Let me look into it. Yeah, you go ahead
and check it out.

I'm sure there's going to be a really
big investigation.

How you doing?

I'm ready.

I know how much this case means to you,
Stuart, and I know how much you want to

win.

Yeah, but from the beginning, we all
know this has been more than just a case

for me.

Speaking from having been there, I can
say that sometimes that can hurt you.

Mike, I'm not going to let it hurt me.

Good luck.

Thanks.

Miss Melman, it's an untenable
situation.

Your father's been very disruptive
around here.

What are you telling her for?

She's your daughter.

It's just an accident of birth.

In what way has he been disruptive?

He goes through constant mood swings.

He's wild and boisterous one minute and
nearly catatonic the next. I think your

father's increasingly losing touch with
reality.

In what way? He takes on the persona of
a television character.

Your father goes in and out of thinking
he's Ralph Cramden. You haven't the

slightest idea what I'm thinking.

It sounds to me like my father's just
trying to get a rise out of you. He

does that sort of thing to amuse
himself.

Well, all I'll tell you is that whoever
he assigns the role of Ed Norton is not

amused. Why? What does he do? He throws
them out of whatever room they're in.

And then he makes some elderly woman,
Alice Cramden, and he yells at her.

for not ironing his bowling shirt or not
having his dinner ready.

Why is it I get the feeling like I'm
sitting in the principal's office?

We are just a retirement community for
people on a fixed income.

What your father needs is professional
help.

No, no, no, no.

What I need is to be treated with some
respect.

Daddy, if you're not happy, then don't
stay here.

Pack your things and we'll find another
place.

I don't need a ride.

There's a bus stop on the corner.

Come on, will you?

Case number 897230.

People versus Franklin Leonard.

Sentencing. William Thunderland for the
defendant, Your Honor.

You'll recall that my client was
convicted of larceny by false pretenses.

You'll also recall that my client is a
medical doctor.

The district attorney and I have agreed
on a joint recommendation of six months

probation plus community service. Dr.

Leonard will provide free medical
service for four designated homeless

for the next 36 months at a minimum of
six hours per week.

This is acceptable to you? Yes, Your
Honor.

Well, it's not acceptable to me.

Two years state prison, one suspended,
one served. Your Honor. He stole Mr.

Sonderland. The fact that he's a doctor
makes him no less of a thief.

And you, Miss Harris, why'd you cut a
deal like that? Because he's rich?

Your Honor, I don't think that Dr.

Leonard poses a serious threat to
society.

You don't?

Let me tell you that when a licensed
physician starts falsifying Medicaid

claims, when he starts taking money out
of taxpayers' pockets, he is definitely

a threat to society.

I would ask the court to take into
consideration my client's distinguished

commitment to public service as well as
charities, and I think... I'll take it

under consideration.

I'll also take it under consideration
that the defendant is a fairly wealthy

man, which makes his decision to steal
even more reprehensible. And I will

further take it into consideration that
this larceny was accomplished

systematically over six separate
occasions, totaling more than $24 ,000.

Dr. Leonard's a criminal.

He's going to jail.

Next case.

Why were you in Argentina in 1979, sir?

I was one of a number of Americans there
with the agrarian reform movement.

We were trying to bring about a
redistribution of land.

I had been there about six months at the
time of my arrest.

What were you arrested for? No one ever
said.

They just came in the middle of the
night and took me to prison.

When did you first meet the defendant?

A few days later.

Three men there.

He was one of them.

What happened in that room?

They told me to take off my clothes.

They strapped me to the machine.

Mr. Mendez poured a pail of ice water
over my head and wired an electrode to

genitals. He pushed a switch.

And a jolt of electricity hit me.

My head snapped back.

My whole body shook.

And then he did it again.

And after each time, he would turn a
dial so that the next one would be just

that little bit worse.

Finally, the pain got so bad that I
passed out. Was this type of session

repeated?

Over the two years that I was held,
there were 34 such sessions.

And did Mr.

Mendez himself always administer the
torture?

Yes, it was always Mr. Mendez.

After you were released from prison,
when did you next see Mr. Mendez?

Three years ago.

His photograph was in the paper.

American dream come true.

Penniless immigrant makes good.

Opens eight new dry cleaning locations
in one year alone.

And what about you, Peter?

How do you support yourself?

I can't work.

My mother gives me enough for a
furnished room

and cigarettes.

And I do odd jobs when I can.

At night, I can't sleep.

During the day, I take medication that
keeps me

pretty even.

But mostly, I just walk around.

I have nothing further.

You said that Mr. Mendez wasn't the only
one present. He was the one at the

machine. Was he the one giving orders?

Nobody had to give orders.

Isn't it a fact, Mr. Reynolds, that the
other men present were the defendant's

commanding officers?

I don't know who they were. Isn't it a
fact that he emptied their ashtrays?

Isn't it a fact he saluted every time
they entered the room?

He was the one at the machine. Did he or
did he not salute every time they

entered the room? Yeah, he saluted. So
what? I have no further questions.

What, is that supposed to let him off
the hook? He was the one at the machine.

I said no further questions.

Mr.

Reynolds.

You may step down, Mr. Reynolds. I can
still feel the metal against my skin,

Your Honor. Mr. Reynolds. I can still
see you reaching to turn up the voltage.

can still see you sitting back to watch
what it did to me. Peter. It doesn't go

away.

No matter what you do, it doesn't go
away.

Peter, Peter, Peter.

That's enough. That's enough.

Dr. Kravitz, how do you know Mr. Mendez?

He's been my patient for the last three
years.

Would you tell us what it was that
occasioned him to seek psychiatric care?

Initially, it appeared that he was
suffering from feelings of intense guilt

what he'd done in Argentina.

After a period of analysis, it became
clear to me that, in fact, what he felt

was powerlessness.

Objection to the introduction of self
-serving statements masquerading as

medical expertise.

This woman is a psychiatrist, Your
Honor.

She's in a position to discern what's
real and what's not.

Objection is overruled.

Based on your examination of him,
Doctor, do you consider the defendant to

cruel or violent person?

I do not.

Then how could he have done these
things?

He was 22 years old and absolutely
terrified of authority. It's my opinion

he simply lacked an ego formation strong
enough to do anything but obey.

I have nothing to say.

How's the defendant's ego formation
these days?

Very different from what it once was.

Doctor, are you familiar with the
definition of criminal insanity?

Yes, I am.

When he committed acts of torture, was
Carlos Mendes criminally insane?

No. When he committed acts of torture,
was Carlos Mendes able to differentiate

between right and wrong? He wasn't
necessarily able to act on that.

When he committed acts of torture, was
he able to differentiate between right

and wrong?

Yes. Is it fair to say that when he
wired electrodes to this man's

and sent thousands of volts of
electricity through his body, and sat

watch the convulsions. I object to this.
I'm asking a question.

Then ask it, Mr. Markowitz. Is it fair
to say that he knew inflicting torture

was wrong?

Yes. I have no further questions.

Why did you take a secret meeting with
Victor's client?

I went to Victor first, Leland.

It was only when he refused to recommend
the settlement offer to the client that

I went to her myself.

Convincing her to take a low offer.

Are you in a position to evaluate that
offer? I know Victor, and he evaluated

the case.

Incorrectly, in my opinion.

We have an obligation to our client.

Leland, and if I believe that one of my
lawyers is not fulfilling that

obligation, then I, senior partner, have
to act.

And then, after you act, Nolsted
suddenly wants to become our client.

Yes. I had a pre -existing relationship
with Nolsted, but I was totally upfront

about it with both Victor and the
client. I am shocked that Victor would

such an aspersion, but I'm mostly
disappointed that you would attach any

credence to it.

You're very good, Rosalind.

Once again, no tracks.

And exactly what does that mean?

It means I don't trust you.

It means when you tell me you did what
you did because of an obligation to your

client, I don't trust you for a second.

Take a look.

Thank you.

I'll be out of your hair by tonight.

Daddy, you can't live down on 3rd and
Main.

It's Skid Row.

What's the difference?

What, you planning on visiting?

I'd like to, yeah.

Look, don't worry about me.

I'll be fine.

I'm sure you will.

You seen anybody these days?

Nobody special.

Your mother seen anybody?

I don't know.

Oh, you don't want to say.

All right.

Are you doing this to punish me?

Doing what?

Taking a room in a flop house, refusing
to let me help you. I don't need your

help. All right, you don't need my help,
but why don't you just accept it

anyway? Do it because it makes me feel
good.

Boy, oh boy, oh boy.

You and your mother, two peas in a pod.

You don't let up?

You don't know how to give a guy some
room? You walked out on us, Daddy. How

much more room could you want?

Why couldn't your mother let me go on
that fishing trip without her?

Huh? What fishing trip? The Raccoon
Lodge annual fishing trip.

Your mother and Trixie, they put it in
their heads that they gotta come along.

Why? Two stinking days. I can't be alone
with the boys.

Daddy,

what's an episode of The Honeymoon?

I know that I should have visited you
more often than I did.

People drift apart.

Forget it. We're not people.

I'm your daughter, and you're my father.

Doesn't mean we have to have a
relationship.

We have a relationship, and if I could,
I would like to make it better.

Okay.

What do you got in mind?

You could come and stay with me until
you find a decent place to live.

Look, I appreciate the offer, but I just
don't want to do that.

I got my own reasons.

How about if I help you fix up the room?

Sure.

If you want to. I want to.

Oh, thanks for coming in.

How are you?

Pretty good.

A little curious as to why I've been
summoned.

Well, I am the presiding judge,
remember?

I'm supposed to summon colleagues two or
three times a month. It's in my job

description.

Oh.

Okay. Well, actually, Grace, you've been
doing great. You've got a great command

of the courtroom.

Lawyers seem to be afraid of you. That's
always good.

But... But you've been getting
challenged on appeal more than any other

court judge, especially on sentencing.

My sentencing has been within my
judicial discretion.

Maybe. But when you give a life sentence
to a 16 -year -old, you guarantee an

appeal. When you order a bank chairman
to take out a full -page ad in the L .A.

Times telling everyone that he's an
embezzler, when you lock up a pregnant

on a misdemeanor... She was on cocaine.

Locking her up kept her off the drug,
and that gave her baby a chance. Sure it

did.

But you've got to realize that creative
sentencing invites challenge.

Yes. And you told me not to be afraid of
that.

Yes, I did.

But I expect you to use common sense.

The court dockets are jammed to the
point where the system can barely

Michael. As a judge, you have an
obligation to make some of these matters

away. And when your cases regularly get
kicked to appellate court because you

want to play hardliner, you're not doing
any of us any good.

So I should play ball and I should agree
to plea bargains that make me sick?

The courts are clogged with crap, Grace.

You're going to get sick every single
time trying to deal with it. But we have

to deal with it.

And you're not.

What was your rank, Carlos?

I was a private.

During the interrogation that we've
heard Mr. Reynolds describe, who else

there? Colonel Pizarro was usually
there.

Captain Diaz was always there. Who gave
the order to use electric shocks?

Colonel Pizarro.

Did you ever question that order?

No, sir. Why not? There were two other
soldiers that I know who did. One day

they disappeared.

Everyone assumed that they had been
shot.

Did you fear the same fate for yourself
had you resisted?

Yes, I did.

Thank you, Carlos.

I have nothing for him.

So you were drafted into the army.

No. You joined of your own free will.

I joined in order to eat.

How did you come to be assigned to the
prison?

I volunteered.

What made you do that?

I was a coward.

I did not want to be sent to the jungle.
The Argentine army didn't assign the

cowards to its prisons, Mr. Mendez. They
assigned the satyrs.

Objection. I want that remark stricken
from the record.

Objection is sustained.

Remark is stricken.

Soldiers received a variety of
assignments in the prison, didn't they,

Mendez?

Yes, they did.

Some guarded the cells, others guarded
the perimeters.

Some worked in the office, some cooked.

Does plaintiff counsel have a question?

Yes.

Plain of Council wants to know why you
were always assigned to administer

torture.

Because I begged not to be. You begged
not to be.

Yes, I begged.

And I wept.

Colonel Pizarro, he saw this as a sign
of weakness.

He punished me for it.

Inside of that room, I was being
tortured, too.

Why didn't you leave?

I wish I had. But you didn't.

You didn't leave until the army was
overthrown. You only left so you

have to look into the faces of the
people of Argentina.

Look into his face, Mr. Mendez. Your
Honor. Look into his face.

I see their faces. I see his face every
time I close my eyes. Mr. Mendez.

That's right.

I still see your face the same way that
you still see mine.

Come in.

Got a minute? Yeah, sure, sure.

I know the timing for this stinks,
but... I've been offered a

job in New York, Leland.

A Wall Street firm.

And I'm thinking very seriously of
paying yes.

I'm from the East.

I've been thinking a long time... about
going home.

Michael, if you walk out on us now,
we'll fall down like a deck of

cards. This firm isn't Mackenzie
Brackman anymore.

You know that. Bottom line politics,
executive committees. It's just not the

same place, Leland.

Suppose I take it back.

What if I'm senior partner again?

I'm not sure that's even possible.

I also don't know if it would definitely
make a difference at this point.

Don't walk out on me, Michael.

Don't.

It wouldn't be walking out on you,
Leland.

It'd be walking out on Rosalind.

Yeah, sorry.

Sorry I ever let this place get away.

If there's any blame, it should be on us
for not bringing in our own clients and

for letting you carry us for so long.

I can still carry us.

I don't think so.

I hate to be pessimistic.

I hate to be blunt.

In 1934, more than 300 ,000 Germans
attended a Nazi rally in a town called

Nuremberg. And then in 1945, the Nazis
were put on trial there.

And one by one, the world listened to
men who had carried out countless acts

brutality. Men who had systematically
set out to wipe off the face of the

an entire race of people. And their
defense was that they were only

orders.

It didn't excuse them.

And it doesn't excuse him.

You see, if we are to believe that even
in war there are certain acts that so

offend us, that so violate basic
standards of human conduct as to be

crimes, then we must stand ready to
punish those who have committed them.

We have to believe that even a private
bears responsibility for his actions.

Even a private has to answer for what he
has done.

Carlos Mendez repeatedly sent thousands
of volts of electricity into Peter

Reynolds' body. He did it with his own
hands.

Look at these two men.

Peter Reynolds sits before you, broken
and impoverished.

A highly articulate, intelligent man, he
is now barely able to function in the

world. Carlos Mendez sits before you,
hale and affluent.

He's living the American dream.

Look at these two men side by side and
tell me that the past doesn't matter.

Carlos Mendez was drawn to our standard
of living.

Let him answer to our standard of
justice as well.

If all he can do is pay Peter Reynolds
the sum of money, the least we can do,

ladies and gentlemen, is to make him pay
it.

It's a powerful analogy, Nuremberg.

If only it were appropriate. You see, at
Nuremberg, it wasn't the privates on

trial. It was the generals.

Goering, Hess, von Ribbentrop, Yodel.

These were men who gave orders.

These were men with power.

What power did Carlos Mendez have?

Yes, he strapped prisoners to that
machine.

What you have to realize is that he was
strapped to it himself. They were on one

side. He was on the other.

Neither of them had a choice.

Generals didn't do the dirty work in
Argentina.

They ordered someone to do it for them.

Carlos was one of those someones.

Now, you've heard character witnesses
paint a portrait of a compassionate,

decent man.

A man who could never inflict pain on
another human being willingly.

A man who could only have done it in
order to survive.

There are no villains in this courtroom,
ladies and gentlemen.

There are only victims.

I ask that your compassion extend to
them both. I ask that you not lay

blame.

Where it doesn't belong.

Thank you.

It's been a long time since you and I
had lunch, Leland.

Well, you're my biggest cash cow,
Scotty. I gotta pay you a little lip

now and again.

What's up? There's gonna be a little
friction at the firm. Could get

I'm listening.

Rosalind Shays.

She's not working out as senior partner.
I'm thinking of forcing her out.

Listen, Leland, I'm not sure how to put
this, but the quality of the work we've

been getting has never been better than
since Rosalind Shays took over the

account.

She put together our public offering.

The value of our subsidiary is
quadrupled because of decisions she

made. She can't help you without a firm
to back her up.

Pretty soon, she's not going to have
one.

Don't put me in this position.

I need you, Scott.

I hate to call it a friendship, but I
need you.

For my personal matters, I'll stay with
you, Leland.

But I'm a CEO who has to consider the
interests of the shareholders and over 7

,000 employees.

And I think the interests of Petramco
Industries are better served by Rosalind

Shays.

Alice!

Honey! I'm home!

Hi. I wanted to see where you was
waiting.

What are you wearing?

Same thing I always wear.

Norton Palavai! Daddy?

I thought we were supposed to meet for
lunch today.

I dropped by the sewer and you weren't
there.

Daddy, this is Benny Stolwick.

What, are you crazy?

No, I'll tell her how far back we go.

Daddy, stop it.

What happened?

Manhole cover hit you on the head again?

You live at 328 Chaucer Street, don't
you?

Daddy, would you come with me for a
second? You work in a sewer. You're

to Trixie.

I'm marrying Alice.

What are you, an idiot?

I'm married to Alice.

No, you're not. Daddy.

This guy's got a screw missing
someplace.

Get in there.

Now, that man's name is Benny Stulwich.
He's mentally retarded, and he works in

this office.

Oh, yeah?

So what?

So why would you make him the butt of
one of your jokes?

I don't know what you're talking about.

You don't know what I'm talking about?

No.

Yesterday you said you wanted to mend
fences.

Today I figured I'd drop by to see you.
Dressed like that?

What the hell's the difference how I'm
dressed?

Boy, oh boy, oh boy.

Nothing has changed, has it?

You still wish you could trade me in for
another model. No, I don't. Oh, yes,

you do.

You always wanted a father who made more
money, who dressed better, talked

better.

All I want.

It's for you not to go out of your way
to embarrass me. Hey, do me a favor,

Stay a stranger, so I'll never embarrass
you again.

Come here.

Where are your paywalls? Grace, look.

You've only been on the bench for a
couple months, right?

You can't expect it. Michael, last
week... Last week, I

sat there in juvenile court helpless.

Helpless because I was unable to make a
difference.

But then when I do try to make an
impact, I'm called in on the carpet for

unorthodox and for inviting appeals.

And the lawyers don't even get me
started on the lawyers.

I mean, where are these people? come
from? How did they ever pass the bar?

They either come to me... Why don't you
have another beer?

Michael, I can't have another beer.

Why not?

Because I'm a judge.

And I can't have two stupid beers in a
place frequented by lawyers. You know

what happens? It gets around.

Judge Van Owen was drinking. Judge Van
Owen had two beers. Judge Van Owen was

having a good time.

You had a bad day, Gracie.

You have a bad day, you hate your job.
And that could happen to anybody, even

judges.

I don't think it's just a bad day,
Michael.

I don't like sitting up there, high and
mighty.

I don't like having to be objective and
detached.

So what do you think?

I'm saying that my days on the bench are
numbered.

Has the jury reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor. I'll say you.

On the issue of pain and suffering
stemming from the torture of the

we find the defendant not liable for
damages.

And that concludes this matter.

The jury is discharged with the thanks
of the court.

Mr. Reynolds.

Carlos, hang on.

I want to say something. What do you
want to say?

I don't want for you to come away from
this with nothing, Peter.

If you need a hand, I can give you a
hand.

I can give you a job.

Maybe we should discuss this another
time.

I'm trying to imagine what it would be
like to work for you.

Mr. Reynolds, nobody's forcing you.

That's true.

I think that it would be good for you.

You never even looked away, Carlos.

I'd piss all over myself. I'd cry.

You'd drink coffee and look right at me.

Stuart, maybe you should tell your
client the trial's over.

We have to put it behind us, Peter.

We? Yes, we.

We were both victims.

You were not a victim.

But since it's so important to you to
think of yourself as one, you can be a

victim now.

Come on, Carlos. Let's go. Sit down.

Sit!

Peter, what are you doing?

I'm illustrating something.

Do it without the gun. Without the gun,
Mr. Mendez would leave.

He would get a very distorted view of
what it means to be a victim. Mr.

Reynolds, please.

Don't do this, Peter.

Do you see?

A soldier can leave. He can desert. But
a prisoner always has a gun pointed at

him. I'm sorry I didn't desert.

You're sorry.

You're just not guilty.

Oh, my God, don't. I think it is very
important that Mr. Mendez uses

language in characterizing our
respective roles.

He poured ice water over me so that the
electric current would travel better, so

that it would hurt more.

Peter. Peter!

I was wet.

He was dry.

Now he's wet.

And I'm dry.

What do you want from me? I want you to
understand the distinction.

I'm begging you. We were not both
victims.

You have to understand.

No, he doesn't. You understand, Peter.

You understand that you're alive and
that you're free.

You were strong enough to survive all
that.

Now just be strong enough to walk away.

Oh, my God. Peter, don't.

If I were strong, it'd be loaded.

The other day, you told me...

That the people here don't go behind
each other's back having secret meetings

with clients.

Nice lunch with Scott Perot? There was
nothing inappropriate about that

No?

Well, whatever you told him, he's under
the impression that you and I will not

be working together in the future.

Are you planning on leaving this firm,
Leland?

Are you planning on leaving this firm?
No, I'm not.

Are you under the impression that I'm
leaving?

I want you to step down, Rosalind.

Have I done anything wrong?

It's not that you've done anything
specifically wrong, but you don't breed

loyalty among the people here.

The other day, Michael Cusack was
telling me he was thinking of leaving.

and replace him in a minute. I know
several litigators... But you see, I

couldn't do that.

He's very close to me.

I couldn't replace him in a second.

See, that's where you come up short.

Leland, I didn't want this job.

But if you suddenly take over again
after just a month, I'll be humiliated

front of the entire legal community.

I may never get another chance like
this.

I think in time, the people here will be
much more comfortable with me. We don't

have that time.

If I don't take over now, this place
will fall apart.

I'm not stepping down.

You're only in power by my consent.

If you and I do battle, you couldn't
possibly win.

I'm not stepping down.

Then I'll have to break you.

You want a war, Leland?

Fine. You've got one.

Quite a scene in here today, Markowitz.

You all right?

My dad had an uncle, Uncle Heshy.

He was a Shakespearean actor.

He used to play King Lear in Yiddish.

I have pictures of him at home.

He's this imposing character, wore these
great clothes.

People would come from all over the
countryside to watch him perform.

He died in Buchenwald.

How about if you and I go home?

All those Jews, Anne.

They were tortured in places like Dachau
and Bergen -Belsen.

Medneck, Auschwitz.

They disappeared into night and fog.

Nacht und Nebel.

And I was brought up to believe that
every last German was to blame.

You were also brought up to condemn
violence, Stuart.

Yeah.

I think the worst thing I've ever done
to anybody is sue them.

Well, that can be pretty bad.

It's not revenge.

It's not violent revenge.

And it's not revenge.

So what do you do?

You hold on to the hatred.

That's what you do.

You hold on to it?

And the people who died in those camps.

They're people like me.

So, you can't ever get beyond the
hatred?

Never.

Hey, Ralphie boy.

Somebody's here to see you.

What's going on, Dad?

Wow! It's about time you showed up.

I got a large meeting tonight.

Then you shouldn't have stolen the
button.

17 years I've been working for that
company.

17 years!

In the summertime, dying from the heat.
In the wintertime, freezing from the

cold. The rain, the sleet, the snow.

You know that sign?

The mail goes through no matter what.

You know why?

Do you know why?

Because the mailman rides with me.

What's your name?

Ralph Cramden. Murray Meldon. Ralph
Cramden. Ralph Cramden is a TV

Daddy. He was played by an actor named
Jackie Gleason.

Don't be a Weisenheimer, Alice.

Don't be a Weisenheimer.

You're not going to talk me out of this.
It's just like you to try, but you are

not going to talk me, Alice.

I'm not going to post bail, Daddy,
unless you promise to get help.

A man's home is like a ship.

Oh, God.

And on that ship, I am the captain.

And you are nothing but a lowly, third
-class seaman.

My job is just to swab the deck, get the
meth, and see that the captain is

happy. Alice, where are you going?

Seaman Cramden reporting to the poop
deck until this big wind blows over.

remember that one?

I watched it with you.

It was a long time ago.

Daddy, why are you doing this?

I don't know.

Please, let me take care of you.

You can't be on your own anymore.

I'm not gonna leave you alone.

Do whatever you have to do, kid.