All language subtitles for L.A. Law S05E01 The Bitch Is Back

Last season on LA Law.

Rosalind Shays.

What? She wins.

You're the new senior partner.

I'm overwhelmed.

I think your father is losing touch with
reality.

In what way?

He takes on the persona of a television
character.

What are you saying, Victor?

I'm saying you sold out our client. I'm
saying you were bought, Rosalind. Do you

want to move in together?

I don't want to play house.

I want to get married.

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

I'm not stepping down.

Then I'll have to break you.

Is there anybody that wants to see me
remain a senior partner?

I resign.

What's your name? Ralph Crabden. Murray
Melvin. Ralph Crab... Ralph Cramden is a

TV character, Daddy. Don't be a
Weisenheimer, Alice.

Don't be a Weisenheimer!

If a man had come in here and played
hardball as successfully as you did, he

would have been hailed as a great
leader.

With a woman, the reviews come in a
little differently.

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

partner of Mackenzie Brackman Chase.

We have got to make this go away,
Leland. The publicity alone will hurt

She can't win this trial.

It doesn't matter. This will be ugly,
Leland. We don't want our dirty laundry

hung out for everyone to see. He's
right. I think we should get out now.

Excuse me.

They're here.

Well, bring them in.

Douglas and I will take this.

Everybody else outside.

125 ,000. Sealed. No admission of
liability.

This isn't a game, Leland. Oh, come on,
Jack.

There was no bad faith, no sex
discrimination. You've got no case. The

reason I'm offering anything is to avoid
the embarrassment of a public

spectacle. 500 ,000. Rock bottom. You've
got to be kidding.

Not a chance. You don't want to go
forward with this, my friend.

It'll put you and this entire firm on
trial, and by the time I get finished,

public will be laughing at everybody
here.

Everybody except you, Leland.

You they'll pity.

I'm not giving her half a million
dollars.

Shall we?

Leland, you just made your last mistake.

Okay, first up, as you all probably
know, Shays versus Mackenzie Brackman

today.

Abby and I got subpoenaed last night.

What? You? What could she want with you?
I don't know. It may have something to

do with what I said to her after she
lost the senior partnership.

Well, what did you say?

Something like, this wouldn't have
happened to her if she were a man.

I'm hearing this now. Oh, my God.

You said that?

You better not say that on the stand.

Am I supposed to lie? Of course. For
God's sakes, Anne, you'll make her hold

case. What are you suggesting, Leland?
That I commit perjury? I'm suggesting

that that conversation took place almost
six months ago.

You couldn't possibly be expected to
remember.

And, Abby, we know you like Rosalind,
but I would expect a little loyalty in

your testimony as well. Meaning what?

Meaning just that.

From you both.

This firm is risking serious exposure
here.

This is not a time to be overly
righteous.

I still don't think we should be
representing ourselves. There's a

interest. Peter and Grace are not named
in the suit. There is no conflict. Let's

move on. Michael, your murder case seems
to be getting a lot of press.

We pleaded out this afternoon. The media
will go away. Why shouldn't it?

Was it just a black kid who died? It was
an accident.

Yeah? An accident by a white cop?

You got a problem, Jonathan? All right,
that's enough. Now look, we're all under

a lot of pressure here. Let's not start
sniping at each other.

Why don't we adjourn, get ready, it's
going to be a big day. And I want as

partners as possible in that courtroom.
If Rosalind says anything, you can trip

her up on, I want to be able to do it.

Victor, Grace, you ready?

Ready. Yeah.

Good. Well, let's go. Best of luck to us
all.

Wow, great!

Rox, did you buy the popcorn strings?

We put it right by the sofa, you know.
Popcorn strings. I buy popcorn strings,

honey, and make them. Did you make them?

It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever
seen. Hey, you want portrait Christmas

cards by December, you've got to take
the pictures now.

Is it Christmas time already?

Because if it is, I've got just the
right gift for it.

Rocks, baby, this time I've done it.

I'll leave.

Daddy, it's a little hectic here today.

Rocks, what about hats? I asked for
hats.

Oh, too hectic to make a million bucks,
huh? The hats are here. Thanks.

Rocks, baby, this time I've done it.

This one's going to sell.

Watch my hands.

Look, look, look, look. Are they here?

Nothing there, right? See?

But when I go like this... Daddy!

It's all down the strings.

I'm going to pull it by my back. Daddy,
you cannot keep charging in here with

your little inventions. It's just as
simple as up, down, up, down.

Daddy, baby, look here. Watch this.

You want to make a few extra bucks?

It's a trick, I'm telling you.

Daddy, please. Do this.

And I don't say anything here?

When they call the case and step up to
the defense table, the whole thing

take maybe 30 seconds. And the judge
will definitely go along with this. I

he's not going to suddenly say he wants
jail time. Right.

Michael, it's a felony.

Involuntary manslaughter is a felony,
and I have seen judges reject joint

recommendations. Well, if the judge
doesn't agree to the suspended sentence,

just reject the plea. That's all.

Settle down.

This is a classic example of selective
prosecution.

A black teenager is dead.

And the district attorney is telling
justice because the murderer is a cop.

One hour, tops.

Oh, God.

What's going on? That's Daryl Holloway.
He represents the family of the kid you

shot. Oh, yeah, I know who it is. Just
stay with me. We'll move right through

it. Don't say nothing.

Just follow me.

There he is. Shot a black kid in the
back. He's going in to complete the

transaction.

Don't the cops... Give out special merit
for executing niggers, huh?

You are not excused. You are not
excused. People, be quiet now.

I wish to hell you'd warn me about that.

What, don't you watch the news?

Let's get this over with. Is the clerk
ready to call it? Oh, Mike.

Give me a second.

Things have changed.

The deal's off.

Who are you talking about?

It isn't me. It's coming from the top.

We're going with murder, too.

Look, we plead that we've got a race
riot, Mike. Wait a minute, wait a

We have a deal. We don't have a deal.
I'm really sorry.

What, are you afraid of the headlines or
something? Is that what's going on

here? It isn't me.

You understand?

Well, then who the hell is it? The
mayor? I don't know. All I know is it

to me from Rogoff.

Look, you didn't hear me say this, but
he is scared.

Mostly about all the noise Holloway's
making.

Might I show Rogoff you can make some
noise, too?

Give me a meeting with him. Done.

When Rosalind Shays joined Mackenzie
Brackman last January, she knew it was a

ship taking on water.

That's why she was brought in, after
all, to fix the leak.

But there was no way that even she could
anticipate the level of ineptitude that

so pervaded this stumbling, bumbling
group of lawyers.

The head litigator was so invested in
the murder trial, for which he wasn't

getting paid, by the way, that they had
to throw their tax attorney into

litigation. The matrimonial attorney,
when he wasn't making home videos for do

-it -yourself divorces, or when he
wasn't being sued over them for

was busy stealing files and planning
midnight defections. The senior partner

tired and old, while the administrative
partner went from wearing toupees to

braces, while bouncing through love
affairs involving women such as his own

father's mistress, as well as a sexual
surrogate. Now, ordinarily, I would tell

you to just take a look at this
collection of kooks and have a good

what they did to my client wasn't funny.

Facing bankruptcy, they brought her in
to rescue them. They made her a senior

partner to bring them credibility.

The evidence will show, ladies and
gentlemen, that Rosalind Shays not only

brought them credibility, she brought
them clients, she brought them money.

She brought them the profit and the
prestige they never had, and then, after

had done all this, this little boys'
club decided that they didn't want a

at the helm, and they got rid of her.

Just like that. After she had served
their purpose, they dumped her.

You know, as a rule, I don't take cases
where the defendant is another attorney.

Call it professional courtesy, I don't
know. But when I saw what they did...

When I saw this repulsive level of
deceit, this blatant sex discrimination,

I took the case.

As a fellow member of the bar, I'm
embarrassed. I'm even ashamed by what

did. They degrade the entire profession.

And we're going after them.

Appealing to the evidence, appealing to
the truth, appealing to your fundamental

notion of fairness, I'm going to teach
this unscrupulous bunch of thieving

sharks a lesson they will never forget.

Honey, things just got a little backed
up at the office. We have plenty of

Not too much, Scott.

Are you kidding?

You think I forgot a playoff game?

You think I would let the team down by
failing to deliver the second leading

scorer in the league?

It's going to be hard to score today.

Riverside's got a pretty good defense.

Counties was better and you scored
twice.

Just stay aggressive.

Keep up.

It's going to be a big game.

Okay, Mr. Sollers, let's go. Yes, Your
Honor.

Plaintiff calls his first witness, Mr.

Stuart Markowitz.

Objection. Your Honor, this witness is
not on his list.

He's on yours. Yes, he is, and he's
prepared to testify for us, not you. He

testify for whomever he wants. I'm
simply asking him to do so now.

Your Honor, if counsel intended to call
this witness as part of his case, then

he should have included him on his list.
What is the big deal, Mr. Fuentes? You

were planning on calling him anyway.

The big deal is that Mr. Markowitz is
scheduled to be our fourth or fifth

witness, which is considerably down the
road. Now, I haven't prepared testimony

with him as of yet. I don't want the
prepared version.

I'm more interested in the truth.
Objection to that. All right, counsel.

Fuentes, I am overruling your objection.

I move then for a continuance to allow
discovery to... No.

Call the witness.

Mr. Stuart Markowitz.

What was the reason that Miss Shays was
brought in as a partner, sir? The firm

was becoming less profitable, and we
felt we wanted to bring someone in who

could expand our client base. And Miss
Shays accomplished that, didn't she?

she did. In fact, in her short tenure,
my client increased your revenues by

Is that right?

That would be right, yes.

It would also be right, wouldn't it, to
say that at the time that she arrived,

your firm was in considerable disarray,
even to the point that... No, no, no.

The firm was functioning just fine. Was
it now? Yes, it was. Well, I would be

interested in knowing how a tax attorney
such as yourself, with no litigation

experience whatsoever in over 18 years
of practice, was suddenly trying cases.

I was totally prepared to litigate.
Really?

What prepared you for that, Mr.
Markowitz? Watch a lot of Matlock?

Objection. Sustained.

I'm looking over your trial record. Your
first case concerned a woman suing over

a bad date.

Your next case involved an old rabbi
whose hand had slipped during a bris.

That's right.

And I did a good job with those cases.

No doubt.

But do you think that these big trials
really prepared you for your next case,

Mr. Markowitz?

I'm referring to a major personal injury
trial where you represented a man who

had been tortured by electrocution.

I was ready. This was a potential multi
-million dollar lawsuit. It was a huge

case, and they gave it to you.

Rosalind Shays was senior partner at the
time. She okayed it.

Yes. On the recommendation of your head
litigator.

Objection. This has no relevance at all.
It goes to show what a mess this firm

was. Rosalind Shays was calling the
shots. This man had no business trying

cases. He's an accountant with a law
degree.

Objection. Ann. You can't make
objections, ma 'am. You are not an

record in this matter.

What happened at this torture trial, Mr.
Markowitz?

We lost. You lost.

And yet the trial transcripts indicate
that the defendant himself took the

stand. He stood right up there, and in
front of the jury, he admitted to doing

it. He admitted to wiring up your
client's genitals and sending electric

currents through his body. He admitted
it, didn't he? That's right. And still,

you lost. Yes, we lost.

What a gifted attorney you must be.

Objection! Withdrawn! It's a pity they
didn't put you in charge of this trial.

Objection, Your Honor!

Withdrawn again.

I'm sorry.

You certainly didn't have to be so
passive, Stuart.

Shut up.

Oh, now he fights back.

Somebody had to save you. Shut up,
Douglas. I mean it. Just shut up.

I'm really getting a lot of support from
you. I'd like to see you up. I said it

from the beginning. Letting him try
cases would come to haunt us. And he

to be senior partner. I'm telling you, I
think we should really think about

unsettling this thing. Make it
disappear.

Everybody shut up. Oh, that's
constructive.

Let's all shut up.

Stuart?

What's wrong? What is it? Is he having a
heart attack?

He's Stuart.

It's a trick. Get up, Stuart.

What's wrong with him?

Can you get him on his back?

Oh, my God. Go, Douglas!

I'll get oxygen. Oh, no.

Is he breathing?

Yes. Is he breathing? Are you sure? Yes.
Yes, he's breathing.

Hiya, Rockson.

Is Arnie in?

I need a lawyer.

No, Daddy.

Arnie's in court.

You know that. I told you this morning.
Almost everyone's in court.

Okay.

Truth of the matter is, I came to see
you, too.

What did the doctor say?

I beg your pardon?

What did the doctor say?

I know you went to see him this morning.

It's all in your pocket calendar thing.
You went into my purse and looked at my

calendar? Okay, okay, I know. Daddy,
that's my business. It's private.

It's my health.

It's my business.

What did the doctor say?

He said you were fine.

He looked at your shoes.

Excuse me?

Roxanne, all your life, whenever you
lied, you looked down at your shoes.

Ten years old, you swapped your mother's
lipstick.

I asked you about it.

You look at your sneakers.

19 years old, you start late.

I say, are you a virgin? You go right
for the sandals. Now you got some

giving me a million tests.

I ask you what's cooking and you looked
at it.

I don't even know what those are.

Pumps.

He said he's pretty sure that you have
Alzheimer's.

It's probably just a very mild stage.

It may not affect you very much.

You probably will just, you know, forget
things a little.

Like my name?

Oh, no, you're not going to forget your
name, Daddy.

They got a cure for this thing?

No.

You know what I think?

I think all those doctors are nuts.

They dream up this crazy disease.

It sounds good because it's hard to
pronounce.

And then they tell you they don't really
have a fix for it. But they keep

scheduling more appointments and they
take more money. Just like the lawyers.

Except they wear white coats.

Yeah. Well, you tell them your old man
was nuts before this Alzheimer thing.

You tell them that, sweetheart.

Okay.

Here we go now.

Oh, uh...

Tell Harry to give me a call right away.
It's very important. Please, something

to call me. What for?

Oh, didn't I tell you?

I got an offer for my pants gag.

Yeah, an adult toy and game company.
They're going to give me 18 grand for my

patent. Really?

Yeah, really.

Pretty good for a guy who's losing his
mind, huh?

Quacks. You tell him my father's in his
prime.

Quacks.

Quacks.

I don't believe this.

You told me it'd be over and done with.

Well, it was supposed to be.

But it's not.

You see the news?

Every channel, for God's sake, they're
calling me a racist murderer.

Now, take it easy, Brian. How am I
supposed to take it easy?

I got groups protesting in my driveway.
My wife and kids are afraid to even

leave the house.

Listen to me. They have a lousy case on
murder, too. A terrible case, in fact.

The only reason they're going ahead with
this is because of all the racial

tensions. If their case is so terrible,
how come you're pushing the plea?

Because you can never be sure.

Right. You can never be sure.

Look, Brian, I just got off the phone
with the commissioner.

He's issuing a public statement this
afternoon fully backing you and saying

under the circumstances, the shooting
was justified.

Tomorrow, I'm meeting with Bruce Rogoff,
the district attorney. This whole thing

is political.

I'm sure I can get the guy to back off.
What if you can't?

Then I go in front of the judge Friday.
At the very least, we get a continuance

and we delay the thing until the
political climate has cooled down a

But in the meantime, you can't panic.

Do you understand me? You cannot panic.

You are innocent, Brian. It was an
accident.

You have to carry that knowledge and
that confidence with you wherever you

You have to walk around with the outward
calm that comes from knowing you're

going to win this.

Because believe me, If the press smells
your fear, if Holloway smells your fear,

the media will hang you before we ever
swear in the first witness. Do you

understand that?

I'm definitely beginning to.

Hi, sweetie.

What are you talking about?

You're fine. The doctor says you're just
fine.

I had a heart attack.

I know.

But you're okay, Stuart.

You're okay.

I thought I was going to die.

I kept thinking about Matthew.

I don't want to tell him about it.

So we won't ever tell him, okay?

Why did you join Mackenzie Brackman? I
guess it was ego, mostly. They said they

were looking for a savior, and that
presented a very romantic challenge.

You think you lived up to that
challenge, Miss Chase?

I know it's self -serving to say I did,
but I did.

I brought in new clients.

I generated over $3 million in revenues,
and I kept existing clients from

walking out the door.

Everyone was so happy, they made me
senior partner.

And then, one day, it all changed.

Yes.

Leland. Leland McKenzie came to me and
said... He said that it wasn't working

out. He asked me to quietly resign.

And when I told him that I couldn't do
that in good conscience, he said he'd

break me.

And that's what he did.

Could you tell us what transpired? A
partner's meeting was quickly arranged,

I was told it would be best if I were to
leave.

It was obvious the whole thing had been
orchestrated secretly behind my back.

Objection. That's conclusive.

Overruled. Keep going, ma 'am.

I left.

Quietly? Yes. I thought I could live
with it.

But I couldn't. I just couldn't. So, you
initiated this lawsuit?

Yes. They brought me in because they
were falling apart.

And after I saved them, after they
didn't need me anymore, they threw me

That isn't right.

Well, with all due respect, ma 'am, you
seem to have landed on your feet.

In the legal community, I will always be
known as the dame who couldn't cut it

as a senior partner. Because of that, I
will probably never be given another

chance. Was being a senior partner so
important? Yes, I suppose.

Since my husband died nine years ago,
all I've had is my career and that

dream.

And that's why I was so, so proud when
it came true at Mackenzie Brackman.

I don't think I've ever felt a greater
sense of contribution anywhere.

And when they made me senior partner, I
had earned it.

That's what made it so special. I had
earned it.

And that's why when they...

took it away...

I have nothing further.

Hey, what's up?

What have you got planned for Rosalind's
crime?

Well, I'm going to get in and out as
fast as I can, basically try to get her

admit that she wasn't liked or trusted.

No, that's not enough.

Leland, I think it's a mistake to try to
go in there and attack her. I mean, the

jury really likes her. I know what you
think, and I disagree.

You haven't been nearly aggressive
enough.

First, you let Sollers beat up on
Stewart. That is ridiculous. His opening

malicious. You should have objected to
that. You should have objected to the

adjournment yesterday after Rosalind's
direct. Come on, Leland. You let her

testimony sink in overnight when you
could have immediately discredited her.

Now, wait a minute. That's wrong. The
judge would have just overruled the

objection. We would have come off
looking like bullies, and that plays

into her case.

Starting now, your second chair.

Grace, you're taking over. What?

Leland. You heard me.

Leland, I happen to agree with Victor.
Attacking Rosalind now could play right

into the discrimination claim.

Not when the attack comes from another
woman.

Our feeling is we can't win this trial
without destroying her.

You mean you're panicking? We're doing
what we feel we have to do to win.

And I am telling you both right now that
you're dead wrong here.

Leland, it's risky. Rosalind is good.
And if we go after her and don't get

we'll lose for sure.

Then you've got to get her, Grace.

You damn well have got to get her.

You okay?

It's a little weird.

I'm wishing for a car accident or a
heart attack.

Roxanne.

Both of those things are better than
Alzheimer's, aren't they?

Come on, nobody knows how fast it'll
accelerate.

You may not even end up dying from that.

But if it does accelerate, he'll lose
all his dignity.

You know, I keep thinking about Grace's
client. His wife had it.

And he said that she would smear her own
VCs

all over the wall.

That's not going to happen.

What if he gets that way?

I just couldn't let him be like that,
Arnie.

I just... I just couldn't... I just
couldn't...

He

shot and killed an innocent boy. We
can't ignore that.

The IAD cleared him. They said that
there was... That's an internal

investigation. Cops clearing another
cop.

You think that'll satisfy the public?

You've got no case, Bruce. You're
prosecuting me. Then you'll have no

getting them all. With all the hysteria
that Holloway's whipping up out there,

I'll have lots of trouble. If we don't
prosecute, it'll mean another

Bensonhurst. Oh, we can't have that, can
we? Not with you up for re -election

next month.

Your two minutes are up. Get out. You
worried about headlines, Bruce?

I got plenty.

Don't forget I used to sleep with one of
your foot soldiers, so I know the kind

of politics you play.

You prosecuted Lyle Torrey with illegal
evidence, and don't think I won't put

that dirt in print.

You'll just look like a desperate
defense attorney.

And anything that sticks will smear your
old girlfriend in the process.

Which is all that she and your firm need
at the moment.

So don't make me laugh with your stupid
threats.

But my client is innocent. So get him
acquitted. Hey, with a trial you even

a bigger fee.

Nice talking to you.

You son of a bitch.

Hey, here he is.

All ready to go?

Yep, ready to go. I was just telling Ann
you should stay quiet for the next few

days. Take an aspirin, get plenty of
rest.

Next week you can start in with half
days.

Oh, well, that's great.

I also want you on a cardiac rehab
program.

Uh -huh, terrific.

Okay, let's go. Um, what about, uh, you
know, sex?

Ann? Stuart, we have to ask.

Will it kill him? Of course not.

Heart attack victims can lead normal sex
lives.

Sounds great. So normal is okay, but
anything more than that... And?

Stuart, this is our doctor. We have to
be candid.

He tends to be a little rigorous.

How rigorous?

He usually perspires.

Well, try and avoid positions where
you're on your arms for a long time.

no positions on my arms. No hot or cold
showers before or after.

About how long does it usually take
between arousal and resolution?

Um, 15 minutes.

Yeah. But it's a good 15 minutes.

Okay, that's it. Stewart, Stewart, don't
wheel yourself out like that. I was

only being concerned. Thank you, Doctor.

Stewart, I was only being concerned.

Okay, Miss Shays.

Just a couple of questions about
yesterday's testimony.

Do you feel strong enough to continue?

Yes. Good.

First, you kept talking about getting
forced out of Mackenzie Brackman. Were

fired? It was made clear to me. Were you
fired, ma 'am?

Technically, no. Technically, you
resigned without anyone directly or

asking for your resignation, correct? I
knew I wasn't wanted.

Yes, but quitting because you felt
unwanted is different than being fired.

You also suggested that your departure
cost you your share of the profits, but

you took clients with you when you left,
didn't you? A few, yes, I did. A few.

In fact, you took every client that you
had brought in, plus several pre

-existing clients who had been at
Mackenzie Brackman years before you

I didn't force anybody to come with me.
The point is, you led this jury to

believe you built this firm up only to
be discarded after you were no longer

needed, when, in fact, you left this
firm much weaker than when you found it,

when, in fact, you weren't discarded at
all. You left voluntarily.

True or false, Miss Shays? It may be
true. And isn't it also true that you

more money than any partner at McKenzie
Brackman right now?

Yes. Do you think anybody on this jury
got that impression from yesterday's

performance? Objection. Sustained.

How many firms had you been with prior
to McKenzie Brackman? I had been with...

Seven law firms previously.

Well, it seems like you have a tough
time getting along with anybody.

Objection. Were they all sex
discriminators?

Objection. Disdained. Isn't it true,
Miss Shays, that you have alienated

everybody you have ever worked with?

No, that isn't true.

Okay. Those seven firms totaled 452
lawyers.

How many of those colleagues are friends
of yours today?

Objection. Her propensity to sever
relationships is directly at issue. Move

strike. Her inability to get along with
the people she works with. is directly

at issue. Your Honor, I get along with
people I work with.

Name a friend, Rosalind. There are 452
names on this list. Pick one. Pick one

person who is a friend.

This is badgering. Go ahead. Choose one,
but I will subpoena whoever it is. Your

Honor. Sorry, Your Honor. Miss Shays.

Given the fact that you have never
established a close friendship with any

your colleagues, given the fact that you
have left eight law firms, four of them

on very unfriendly terms, given the fact
that nobody at McKenzie Brackman even

remotely liked you at the end, despite
once having liked you enough to elect

senior partner, is it possible that you
are not a nice person to be around? Your

Honor, this is total badgering.

I'm done here.

Great. Give it just like that.

Okay, now give me that smile.

Got it. Got it. Great.

Just going to check the lighting, a
couple more shots, and then we're

Roxanne, I'm going to give you a mailing
list to put in your computer, and then

we can work off that.

Okay. And then when you have the chance,
maybe you could go through Arnie's

Rolodex and add the appropriate clients.

I don't know who they are, and I really
would hate to bother Arnie with it.

Yeah, that'd be fine.

Rox, darling, could you please put this
over the light there? Just shade this a

little bit there.

Just like that.

Very nice. And, Benny, you're tall. You
could block that light with this. Go on.

Very nice.

Okay? Great.

Okay, Gay.

Keep those smiles up. Smiles up.
Assistant, block that light.

Ready? Perfect.

Gay, you've got to smile like that.
Great.

Great.

Get Jonathan for me. I need to see him
right away.

Mickey, you got a second? Sure.

You want to explain the little stunt
with Rogoff?

What stunt?

Threatening him with information you
learned through your involvement with

Grace, we both know Rogoff can be
intimidating. My relationship with the

office is extremely valuable to me. It's
valuable to the whole firm.

I sure as hell don't need you to poison
it. I didn't do that. Of course you did.

Rogoff is pissed at me.

Which means instead of having an
advantage when I deal with the DA's

which I should have, after putting in
nine years there, I am disadvantaged.

You hurt me. You hurt every lawyer in
this firm.

I disagree.

Really?

Well, the next time you want to commit
political suicide like that, I'd

appreciate you leaving me out of it.

Yeah.

You want to see me, Mike? Yeah.

You're second sharing the Chisholm case,
as of now.

Why? Because you're black.

Because the media and everyone else is
making this into a race thing, and

because I need some window dressing. I'm
not comfortable with that. It's not a

request, Jonathan.

I've got a motion for continuance this
afternoon at 2. We leave here at 1 .15.

A ground ball to Matthew Marowitz.

He scoops it up, and he throws it in his
mouth, and then he throws it to Daddy

back at first. That's enough.

I get it. I get it. I get it. Don't
worry.

Let's do it.

What?

Oh, God.

What are you doing?

I thought you had another heart attack,
for God's sake. Anne, you're going to

give me a heart attack screaming like
that? What are you doing lying down on

floor like that? I'm getting the baby's
bowl. It's under... Oh, come here,

honey. Come here. Don't you ever do that
to me again.

No, don't you ever do it to me again.

I'm fine, honey.

You don't have to be so skittish. Heart
attacks are very common.

I'm totally fine. The doctor said I'm
fine. I know, you're fine.

Go to court. Go testify.

Do I look sympathetic enough?

Yeah, you look fine. What are you going
to say?

If I repeat that story, Stuart, we're
going to be out a lot of money.

It would be hard to remember what I said
back then. Don't you think?

Sorry. Anybody could forget.

You had any conversations with her? Not
since I left the

firm, no.

Hi, Abby. Hi.

Perkins, thanks for meeting us.

Listen, this is a terrible thing. We
really hate putting you in the middle

this. We really do.

I don't know why you subpoenaed me.

Well, I won't be asking you to say
anything negative about Mackenzie

You can rest easy about that.

But it is my understanding that you
considered your work experiences with

Rosalind to be quite positive.

I'd simply be asking you to comment on
those positive experiences.

But before you put me up there, you want
to be sure that I'll say the right

thing.

Well, naturally, I'd like to know that I
have an accurate understanding of your

feelings for Rosalind.

You don't want my testimony.

If you're in that witness chair, Miss
Perkins, you have to tell the truth.

I know which side of my bread is
buttered, Mr. Thallers. You're telling

you're prepared to commit perjury? I'm
telling you that if you put me up there,

you'll get hurt.

Excuse me.

You know her better than I do. Is she
bluffing?

Skipper, let Jeff put up Ann Kelsey.

Your Honor, the defense would move for a
six -week continuance so that we may

have time to fully prepare for trial.

Opposed? Your Honor, the district
attorney had agreed to a plea bargain,

agreement was suddenly revoked two days
ago.

We didn't anticipate a trial, therefore
we're not ready.

An innocent boy gets murdered, and they
don't anticipate a trial? Mr. Holloway,

I'll ask you not to disrupt this
courtroom.

Mr. Cusack, I understand that the
district attorney has afforded you

discovery. That's right, Your Honor, but
I would like to conduct my own

investigations. We've had five months
for that. Well, as I explained, we

expected to plead this out. That's just
lawyering. That's no grounds for a

continuance. I'm not delaying this
trial. You can't be serious.

I'll give you one week.

Next Tuesday, we impound him.

That's ridiculous.

Why is it ridiculous, Mr. Cousin? Is it
ridiculous to expect the life of a black

child to finally count for something?

Your Honor, I would also move for an
order restraining this man to say

publicly about this case.

Mr. Holloway is representing the family
of the victims in a civil litigation,

and it is my belief that he is publicly
promoting a criminal conviction here in

order to bolster his own civil cause of
action. Is counsel seeking to squash my

First Amendment rights? Counsel seeks to
stop your hysterical grand theft. All

right, that's enough.

Your Honor, he is inflaming the public
and the media and undermining my

right to a fair trial. What about the
fairness to blacks that are being

by white Americans? Sit down, Mr.

Holloway. This man is a sideshow. Quiet!

I've made my ruling. And I object to
that ruling. Well, that's too bad. We go

trial next week. We're adjourned.

Well,

would you consider yourself a friend to
Rosalind Shays, Miss Kelsey?

I don't harbor any ill will towards her.

But would you consider yourself to be
her friend?

No. In fact, you were totally opposed to
her ever joining the firm.

You repeatedly clashed with her after
she came to the firm, and you loathed

idea of her becoming senior partner.
Now, would that assessment be fair or

unfair, Miss Kelsey?

Fair. You, uh...

You also had a pet nickname for her,
didn't you?

Objection. This has no relevance.

I'm trying to show, Your Honor, that
this witness has any bias or

that goes against my client.

I think we've established that.

Your Honor, I'd like the jury to see the
level of hostility at work here.

I'll allow it.

So what was the nickname you used to
call my client?

I'm not sure what you mean.

Come on, I've subpoenaed Miss Perkins
and several secretaries that heard you

it. I can also recall your husband,
after he's feeling better, of course.

Now, what was the name you used to call
her?

The Queen Bitch.

Now, given how unwilling you must be to
help her, having dubbed her what you

dubbed her, I'm going to ask you to call
now a certain conversation that you had

with Rosalind Shays after she was forced
out of being senior partner.

Objection. Calls for hearsay. It's an
admission as well as declaration against

interest, Your Honor.

Objection is overruled.

Do you remember that conversation, Miss
Kelsey? I had many conversations with

her. I certainly can't remember all of
them. I'm talking about a very specific

conversation you had in the ladies' room
shortly after she was forced out. Now,

do you remember that one?

I can recall talking with her in the
ladies' room a few different times. Did

say to her that if a man had done the
things that she'd done, he would have

hailed as a hero and a great leader, but
because Rosalind Shays was a woman, she

was punished and forced out?

I don't think I used those words, no.
Well, did you use words to that effect?

I never used any words like punished or
forced out.

Did you represent to her that things
might have been different if she had

man, yes or no?

In sympathy, I might have... Yes or no,
Miss Kelsey?

Did you tell her that things might have
been different if she were a man, yes or

no?

Oh, and Miss Kelsey, when you said that
to her, when you said that she had

basically been discriminated against
because she was a woman, were you lying

did you really mean it?

I really meant it.

Thank you, ma 'am.

Nothing further.

What you doing?

Nothing.

Watching a little television.

It's not turned on.

Details.

You know what I want to like about being
cuckoo?

I don't have to think up all the logical
reasons to do all the stuff I want to

do.

I'm going to have cod blush.

You're not going to be cuckoo.

Oh, yes, I am.

I read an article on it.

It just degenerates the brain.

You wind up a child.

You know what scares me most of all?

That I won't even know what I don't know
anymore.

I mean, how will I know if I don't know
something, or if I used to know it?

But I just forgot.

How will I know the difference?

You'll know.

You'll know because I'll be right there
beside you, nagging you.

You know, I used to say when I grow old,
I'll probably end up with nothing but

my memories.

Yeah.

Wishful thinking.

I don't want to forget.

I don't want to forget the first time I
kissed your mother.

I fell in love with her the first time I
kissed her.

I don't want to forget the first time
you and I went fishing together.

You were six years old.

Just you and me.

All alone.

I remember.

You remember you were afraid of the
worms?

Huh? You wouldn't touch them?

Huh? You remember what you used to say
they did to you?

They squiggled me. They squiggled you?

They did?

They squiggled you.

You remember?

I'll tell you this.

I won't forget our song.

You remember when I used to tuck you in?

You always asked me to sing it for you?

Mm -hmm.

You remember?

Let me call you sweetheart.

I'm in love with you.

Let me hear you whisper that you love me

too.

Keep your love like glowing with your
eyes so

true.

Let me call you. you sweetheart I'm in
love

with you