All language subtitles for L.A. Law S05E02 Happy Trails

Previously on L .A. Law. There was no
bad faith, no sex discrimination.

You've got no case.

Leland, you just made your last mistake.

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

no?

Yes.

I think we should really think about
just settling this thing. Make it

disappear. Everybody shut up. Oh, that's
constructive.

Let's all shut up.

Stuart?

Is he having a heart attack?

I see nothing. Just follow me.

There he is. The heroic officer who shot
a black kid in the back.

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.

This is happening too fast.

Let it.

I think we should stop.

I don't want to stop.

I think you're going to make a great
husband.

My history with women would indicate
otherwise.

I hear you're getting married.

Yeah, I am.

Congratulations. Thank you.

Thank you.

A sex therapist renders their services
exclusively in the form of dialogue.

Surrogates are partners.

Are you sure you want to risk getting
involved with someone who does what I do

for a living?

You don't take your work home with you
at night, do you?

I came as fast as I could. Now what's...

I don't know what to do. This never
happened to me before.

I don't know what to do. Calm down,
Marilyn. Just calm down. Okay. And tell

what happened.

That happened. One of my clients. God, I
made him take a stress test before I

even took him on. I swear he was in good
health.

He's dead?

I don't know what to do. I would have
called the authorities, but that's

Miller. The state senator?

I'm scared of the publicity. Plus, I
don't think he had a permit for the gun.

I don't think... I'm getting out of
here. I really need help. Douglas! I

care. I'm not getting involved in this,
for God's sakes. Douglas! No! After I

leave, you call the police.

God. It's just my nine o 'clock. I'll
get rid of him. And then I'm leaving. I

was never here.

Douglas! No!

Hello, hello, hello.

Go home, Howard. The mission's scrubbed
for today. I'm sorry, sweetie.

Bye.

Let's make this fast. We've got a busy
day.

Stuart, welcome back. Glad you're
feeling better. Thank you. You'll be

in half days?

This week, then full time. We were
thinking that since Stuart has been

shouldering so much of the accounting
and administrative stuff here, he should

get a second secretary to ease the
burden, at least temporarily.

Michael, people versus Chisholm? Why,
dear, today. Trial starts tomorrow or

Wednesday. I'm not sure.

I thought you struck a deal. We did,
until Rogoff caved in.

I'll be needing Jonathan all week.

Rosalind Shays versus all of us.
Obviously, she's winning, thanks to Ann

Don't start with me, Douglas. You
totally buried us. All right. I asked

questions under oath, and I answered
them. There is no point dwelling on

gaffe. Gaffe?

She didn't gaffe.

The point is, how do we go from here?

Arnold, I'm a little nervous about
putting you up there.

Why? Why? Because you have a shaky
reputation for honesty. She knows you to

the sleaze factor here, and Salas will
pick at you like an open sore.

Stick it, Doug.

All right, Arnold.

Hey, I'm not talking to hear the sound
of my voice. Stop it. You're upsetting

Stuart. Our malpractice insurance does
not cover sex discrimination.

We're looking at real liability here,
and our own people are killing us with

stupid testimony.

Hey, come on now.

Now, this thing is far from being over.
Grace took a big chunk out of Rosalind

on the stand, and we haven't even begun
our defense yet. Arnie, are you ready?

Barry, there you go.

We start with him, and then from there
we just get better.

There is a plan here. This thing is not
over, okay?

Now, he is absolutely correct.

You just ask me the questions, Grace.
I'll pull this even.

This always won't lay a glove on me.
Well, let's not get too cocky, Arnold.

not being cocky. I'm just telling you.

He can't touch me.

Okay.

Let's go.

We're adjourned.

Second.

Leland, can I see you for a second?
Yeah, why not?

Arnold. Arnold.

I'm sorry. I'm just a little on edge
because of a situation I have this

Okay. A situation, actually, for which I
could use your advice.

What could I possibly have to offer?

I'm an open sore.

It was just a figure of speech.

You'll find me after lunch.

Thank you.

This firm has never forced lawyers to
take cases. I don't see how you... Right

now, this firm is all tied up.

We can't keep everybody happy. The only
reason you stuck me on this case is

because I'm black.

That's right.

That's right, just like I did the AIDS
discrimination case because I was old,

and Ann Kelsey did the OBGYN case last
year because she was pregnant.

Oh, and you have to use whatever gives
you an advantage, Jonathan. In this

it happens to be your skin color.

Leland.

Okay.

Brian Chisholm may very well be
innocent. I know this.

But personally, I'd like to think that
someday I might be an effective voice

the black community.

If I go up against Darren Holloway,
that'll never happen.

I'll always be the guy who took on
Darren Holloway. Well, I'm not

to that, Jonathan. Believe me, I'm not.
But Mr. Holloway is not a client.

The black community is not a client.

Brian Chisholm is.

Right now, he needs your help. Look,
I've got to get to court.

Give Michael whatever he needs.

Removing Roswell and Shays was not
something that we did casually. It was a

risky move for us. How so?

Well, any law firm to survive these days
must project unity and stability to the

outside business world. Now, playing
musical chairs with your senior

severely undermines that objective. The
consequences could be devastating.

Why, Mr. Becker? What did Miss Shays do
that was so terrible?

Well, many things. First, by the way,
let me say that, personally, I happen to

like Roz.

I think she's a very misunderstood
person. Not nearly the ogre she presents

herself to be.

Objection. Sustained. Mr. Becker, just
answer the question.

Of course.

Initially, it was the alienation of the
associates.

She took on a client who supported
apartheid in South Africa and then

our black associate when he justifiably
protested. She went behind the back of

Victor Cifuentes, our Hispanic
associate, and settled the case from

Now, I'm not saying that Roz is overtly
racist, but she demonstrated no regard

whatsoever.

for our minority employees.

What else did she do, Mr. Becker?

Well, it was this fundamental
incompatibility that ultimately began to

through the firm like a cancer, and her
underlying dishonesty simply became

prohibitive. And we felt sorry for her.
That's why we chose not to fire her.

But, senior partner, please.

Thank you, Mr. Becker.

Nothing further.

Fundamental incompatibility.

You yourself secretly defected from this
firm in the middle of the night last

year, didn't you? I temporarily left the
firm, yes, I did. You snuck out, you

stole clients, and they sued you. Is
that what you mean by stability and

Mr. Becker? Truth be told, one of the
reasons I left was because Rosalind

was brought in. Oh, really? A second
ago, you said you liked her. Personally.

But professionally, I couldn't endorse
her methods.

And putting her in a leadership
position, to me, represented a major

this firm's moral center.

Something that didn't sit well with my
conscience.

Your conscience.

You've had sexual relations with several
of your divorce clients, haven't you?

Objection, relevance.

Goes to explore this man's moral center,
Your Honor.

I'll allow it. He opened the door.

You slept with clients?

You slept with opposing counsel?

Yes, Mr. Sollers, I've had relationships
with people that I've represented. All

before I became a very happily married
man.

As a person who works extremely hard,
most of the people I meet are through

work. The fact that social friendships
have resulted from some of my

professional associations is neither an
indictment of my integrity nor my sense

of ethics.

And I'm personally offended at your
suggestion to the contrary.

I'm confused, Mr. Becker.

You say Rosalind Shays was ousted
because of incompatibility.

Ann Kelsey says it's because she was a
woman. Which one of you is lying?

Objection. No, that's okay. Let me
answer that.

Ann Kelsey wasn't lying.

She was mistaken.

Well, pretty big mistake to make under
oath with such a huge judgment on the

line. The simple fact is Ann Kelsey
tends to suffer from hypersensitivity on

-woman issues, stemming from the basic
insecurity that she only became partner

on the coattails of her husband. I'm
sorry, Ann, but sometimes this

would cloud her judgment. And while I
have no doubt that she was sincere when

she made this statement, I also have no
doubt whatsoever that her assumption

about Rosalind Shays...

It was totally misplaced.

The fact that a trial is going forward
means nothing. This

could be nothing more than painting the
illusion of justice where none exists.

Why are they assisting on a trial? As
you say, they have no case. Because

District Attorney Rogoff is more
interested in politics than he is in

Oh, let's all turn to Mr. Cusack for his
interpretation of justice.

Ask Mr. Holloway if he even knows the
facts of this case. Ask Mr.

Cusack why Mr.

Rollins is here. Why all of a sudden has
he put a black attorney at his table?

Why don't you ask Mr. Holloway why he
has to look on Jonathan Rollins as a

attorney and not just an attorney?

Because black is why you picked him.

He has nothing to do in this trial. I
doubt he even believes in your client's

innocence. Is that true, Mr. Rollins? I
have no comment.

Neither Mr. Rollins nor I have any doubt
whatsoever as to Brian's innocent, and

neither will the jury.

Excuse me. Thank you.

Brian, would you excuse us for a minute,
please?

Sure. What the hell was that?

What? A reporter asks you whether you
think your client is guilty and you say

comment? Hey, I thought the object here
was to just get through it. Don't give

me that crap.

No comment to a question like that
borders on malpractice. The cameras were

pointed at you for God's sake and you
said no comment?

Fine, I'm sorry.

Don't give me your sorry. There's a
lynch mob mentality out there that's

to hang an innocent man and you just
helped to fuel it.

I said I was sorry.

I don't care what your problem is. You
get your head and your ass into this

trial.

Was the gun inside the holster?

That's really not important, Arnie.

You're probably right. Big fat cowboy
senator croaks on top of a Palomino

surrogate. Who's going to care about the
gun? Oh, please.

They're evidently hauling him out as we
speak.

Arnie, I can't take this relationship
anymore.

I can't come home to her, ask her how
was her day, and hear about bullwhips

gerbils. So tell her to quit her job.
She won't. She trained to be a sexual

surrogate. She says that's what she is.
No.

I have to end it between us. So end it.
Why do you need me?

Because you're the resident expert on
wiggling off hooks. That's why.

I'm afraid Marilyn's pretty involved.

I don't want to hurt her, and I... You
want to find the chicken's way out.

Exactly.

Well, I happen to think that you two
make a very good couple, but if you're

that's what you want, here's what you
do.

Yeah. Take her to a nice, elegant
restaurant. You know, someplace where

wouldn't dare make a scene.

Nicky Blair's. Great, Nicky Blair's.

A little wine, salad and soise, and then
you lean over with all the humility

that you can muster. And you say, now
trust me, this works. You say, Marilyn,

I am overwrought with ambivalence. Come
on. I swear to

God. And you just drop the bomb straight
out.

She's not going to make a squeak. The
place is too public. She might even

your honesty. God, I love it when that
happens.

You say goodbye.

You tell her that it hurts you more than
it hurts her.

You ask for the check.

And you don't look back.

Tip the valet on the way in and you'll
have the car waiting.

It's so cold.

I was hoping to come out of it as
friends.

Big mistake. Big mistake. Believe me.
You want a total severance, a clean

The last thing you need are old memories
coming back to haunt you.

Arnie? Douglas?

You know this young lady, don't you?

Uh, yes. Hello.

Hello. Hi, Arnie.

Gwen, what brings you?

I just hired you.

Oh, great.

Great. So, how's married life treating
you?

Good. Very, very good.

Good.

Good.

And how long have you lived in
Englewood, Mr. Lewis?

About 42 years.

Ever had any problem with the police?
None that I can recall.

Do you believe that white policemen
apply one set of rules to white people

different set to blacks?

Not in my experience.

Thank you.

Defense accepts this man.

Ever been the victim of a crime, Mr.
Lewis?

My house was robbed once.

Police catcher did it?

Yes. You recall his race?

He was a black kid.

The prosecution asks that Mr. Lewis be
excused for cause.

Objection. There's no showing for cause.

I believe that Mr. Lewis is conditioned
to believe that blacks are more likely

guilty when charged with a crime.

Where do you get that?

The juror is discharged for cause.

Would the fact that he's a police
officer make you more inclined to

he was innocent?

No.

All kinds of people commit crimes.

Policemen, too.

Thank you, Mr. Pryor. The people accept
this juror.

Have you ever been arrested, Mr. Pryor?

I resent that.

Well, I take it you've never been
arrested, then? That's right.

Thank you.

You ask white jurors that question?

Your Honor, the defense asks that Mr.
Pryor be excused for cause.

No showing of cause, Your Honor. I see
no reason this juror should be excused.

The defense exercises its last
peremptory challenge. Ask to be heard in

chambers, Your Honor.

Let's go.

Well, I move we skip the trial and
proceed immediately to sentencing. Don't

smart with me. That juror was not only
predisposed to see your race thing here,

he took a pot shot at me. Maybe you
provoked him.

Your Honor, I move that you recuse
yourself from this case.

Opposed. On what grounds? On the grounds
that you, like Rogoff, are too

politically scared to do the job here.

If I were scared, I would find a way to
get off this case. I would dodge this

thing like an oncoming train, which is
exactly what it is. But this judge

doesn't delay justice simply because the
victims are black.

And this judge doesn't dole out favors
and continuances to defendants simply

because they happen to be police
officers. And this judge, because the

boundaries of his district were changed,
suddenly can't be re -elected unless he

captures at least 50 % of the black
vote.

Your motion is denied.

I want this on the record.

It's on the record.

Now, let's get back in there.

This trial's going forward.

Abby!

Abby, there's a film crew in reception.

There's some reporter who would like a
comment on what's going on with all the

trials. I can't do it. I've got to get
to a motion session.

Matt Kramer is trying to get an
attachment on John McMahon's house.

The

plaintiff

was a witch, just like Rosalind.

What's going on here?

Everybody goes and comes like flies?

I'm sorry, but... Oh, excuse me. Is
there someone here who could give a

statement on the ongoing trial? I have
no comment on the Rosalind Shays trial,

other than to reiterate our continued
confidence.

As for the Chisholm case, we remain
gravely concerned to the extent that

politics and the media have invaded, if
not infected, the judicial process. Do

you think Holloway was... I'm sorry, I
can't hear you.

Your Honor, at this time, defense calls
to the stand. Mrs. Susan Rabb.

Objection. This witness is not on their
pretrial.

Your Honor, we just decided to call this
witness last night. I notified counsel

this morning.

Sidebar, Your Honor.

This witness has no relevance to this
case.

Our defense is that Miss Shays is a
difficult person to get along with. This

a cheap attempt.

But, Mr. Dollars, if you want to adjourn
after direct, you got it. But let's

keep this thing going.

I swear to her, Ann.

Raise your right hand.

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

help you God? I do.

Please state your full name for the
record.

Susan Rabb.

Ms. Rabb, you're here under subpoena
today, are you not?

Yes, I am. Could you please state your
relationship to the plaintiff, Rosalind

Chase? She's my mother.

I seek to treat the witness as hostile,
Your Honor.

Granted. Where do you live, Ms. Rabb?

I live in Glendale, California.

Do you know how far that is from Pacific
Palisades, where your mother resides?

It's probably about an hour car ride.

I'm not positive.

And before this moment, when was the
last time you saw your mother?

Objection. I'd like a little latitude,
Your Honor. Go ahead. When was the last

time you saw her, ma 'am?

I'm not sure. Was it more than a year
ago?

Yes. More than five years ago?

Probably. Could it be more than ten
years ago? Look, I'm not sure. I said I

don't know. Do you have children, Miss
Rapp?

Yes. What are their ages?

I have a seven -year -old son and a five
-year -old daughter.

Have they ever met their grandmother?

Have your children ever met their
grandmother?

No, they haven't. Why have your children
never met their grandmother?

Answer the question, ma 'am.

We just...

We just don't get along, that's all.

Do you have any more questions, Miss Van
Owen?

No, Your Honor.

Do you love your mother?

Of course I do.

Nothing further.

Cafeteria workers at Oak Ridge High
School who were on strike for better

only last week... Somebody call for room
service?

What's this?

This is a little bedtime champagne.

Do you know my morning head if I drink
this stuff right before going to sleep?

Well, maybe we shouldn't go right to
sleep.

That's sweet.

That's sweet.

Come here, you. I'm healthy, Ann. The
doctor said I'm fine.

It's the trial. No, it's the heart
attack.

If we're going to have a problem, let's
at least be honest about it.

The doctor said sex is okay. It's not
going to kill me.

I know.

Okay, let's have sex.

Mackenzie, Brackman, Cheney, and Cusack
were busy in their own defense against

the splashy sex discrimination suit
brought by powerhouse Rosalind Shays. We

sent IWN reporter Joyce Kulhawik to get
an inside look at this headline -making

law firm.

Litigation always tends to be consuming.

But when your own firm is a named party
and your own partners are subpoenaed as

witnesses, obviously things get hectic.

But in the end, we'll get branches
involved.

and grind up rosin shaves into a cheap
mulch. This just in. State Senator

Miller suffered a fatal heart attack
this morning, apparently stress -induced

during sexual intercourse.

The senator was best known for his
decision to fast in protest of the

Railways Act, only to be secretly
videotaped at a McDonald's drive -thru.

This is a last -minute stunt.

It's no stunt, Your Honor. My client
seeks to discharge me as counsel. That's

his prerogative.

What's wrong?

As long as I am still his lawyer, I
would like all dialogue to go through

please. Denied. You want a new lawyer?
You yourself will have to tell me why.

We have differences of opinion, which I
feel compromise Mr. Cusack's ability to

provide effective representation.

Such as?

Work product. Don't answer.

Fine. Mr. Rollins will be your lawyer.
We start tomorrow.

Your Honor, the conflicts are germane to
the entire firm, Mr. Rollins included.

Either you tell me what these conflicts
are or your motion is denied.

Defense strategy, personality
differences.

He's not satisfied with my competency.

Uh -huh.

Well, you're competent, all right.

So competent, in fact, that I have no
doubt that you instructed him to

you in order to buy more time.

hoping that by the time this thing
rolled around again to trial, I'd be

up in something else and you'd have to
get a different judge. Well, that's not

going to happen.

You're very adequate counsel.

No grounds for a switch.

This trial starts tomorrow. That's all.

Your Honor. I said that's all.

You can live with this? Oh, you think I
like it? I got everybody breathing down

my back for a conviction while I barely
have any evidence.

I was hoping a little trick would work.

Mr. Cusack.

Mr. Cusack, what the hell is going on?

God, I thought you said this would work
out. Well, I was wrong, Brian. And quite

honestly, right now, I don't know what
to tell you.

Aside from humiliating this firm, what
you did bordered on fraud.

I was just trying to help.

That doesn't help.

Passing yourself off as an attorney.

Lying to the media, that doesn't help. I
thought it sounded good.

Did you see it?

Murray, you can't do that.

So you don't want me to help? No.

You don't want me to pitch in? No.

Okay, okay.

Just so I understand it.

My help, you never want.

You ready?

Ready. The main thing is, show
authority.

I know, Grace.

We've been over it again and again.

Leland, I've prepared more than a
thousand witnesses, and nobody testifies

exactly the way it's rehearsed.

When you get up on the stand, you're
going to be nervous.

That's acceptable.

Nerves cause some people to be
tentative.

That is not acceptable, not in this
case.

They'll try and paint you as the weak,
aging senior partner who needed to be

rescued. Your demeanor has to suggest
otherwise. I know what I have to do.

Good.

The reason I asked for this lunch?

There's something we must discuss.

You're a little slipped out about
yesterday.

Actually, this concerns a bigger picture
than yesterday's event.

Marilyn.

I'm overwrought with ambivalence.

Excuse me?

I adore you, but I want to terminate our
relationship.

Because of one dead client in the
holster?

It goes beyond that, but yes, the
shocking confrontation with what you do,

sorry, but I just can't handle it.

And the honest thing is just to end
things between us. The honest thing?

Douglas, I told you from the very
beginning you didn't want to get

the sexual surrogate. Shh!

Keep your voice down.

Why did you specifically tell me that my
job was not a barrier if it was?

I didn't really know myself very well
back then. You knew yourself.

You were a bald, impotent workaholic.

Who couldn't even think about having sex
without breaking wind.

Can I have a check, please? And I
changed all that, Douglas.

I made you happy.

We made each other happy.

Overwrought. I told you I'm overwrought.

I was the one who brought her in. I
certainly wanted to see her succeed.

But she didn't succeed in your mind, did
she?

A senior partner has to be trusted by
her partners.

She wasn't.

A senior partner has to deal honestly
with clients, co -workers. She didn't.

she was voted out.

It never came to that.

Once it became clear she couldn't win,
she resigned.

She wasn't pushed or shoved out or even
asked to leave.

She just quit.

But you've heard her claim that she was
forced out because she was a woman.

Well, that's ridiculous.

If we were against women, why would she
have been an elected senior partner in

the first place? If we were against
women, why have three of the last four

partners we've made been women? This
dispute has nothing to do with gender,

Rosalind Shays knows that. Thank you,
Mr. McKenzie.

I have nothing further, Your Honor.

You were old.

You couldn't hack it.

So you brought in a woman. You gave her
the title, you let her build the firm

back up, and then you just took the job
back.

It didn't happen that way. That's
exactly how it happened.

You were smart, Leland.

Objection to the informality. I'm sorry,
Mr. McKenzie.

That's right.

That's right. It's okay for Mr.

Becker to sit up here calling the
plaintiff Roz, but dare we use a man's

name? Stick to the case, Mr. Sollers.
I'm very much sticking to the case, Your

Honor. This man specifically wanted a
woman taking his place because he knew,

with the makeup of his firm, he knew.

he could more easily get rid of a woman.
That's crazy.

She lost the job because she manipulated
people. She lost the job because she

couldn't be trusted.

Well, if you breed the trust that she
can't, tell us why Arnold Becker

from you, not her. She could not run the
firm. Then tell us why revenues went

down under your rule, not hers.

Tell us why when Rosalind Shays left,
she took 11 of your long -standing

with her. I'll tell you this. Everything
I ever did was in the best interest of

my fellow partners. Oh, is that right?

Well, could you tell us then why you
exalted your own vanity at the expense

your partners?

What? Isn't it true, sir?

Even though you are hard of hearing, you
refused to wear your hearing aids

because they embarrassed you.

Isn't it also true, sir, that Rosalind
Shays, because she was worried about the

firm being sued for malpractice, had to
ask you to wear your hearing aids? This

is totally irrelevant.

It is not irrelevant.

It goes to this man's ego, which is
completely at issue. An ego that

the interests of his firm. Your Honor,
Mr.

Sollers... An ego that victimized this
woman. She victimized herself.

You were the executioner, Leland.

Objection. You were the one. Mr.
Sollers, that is enough. I founded that

and I was not going to let her ruin it.
You're a tired and scared old man.

Scared of... becoming obsolete.

I'm not obsolete. I am not obsolete. I
founded that firm. Mr. McKenzie, settle

down.

I founded that firm.

I am not obsolete.

No further questions.

Day.

It's a lot easier when you close your
eyes.

Thanks.

Diana?

Thanks

for

not beating me up on this.

Maybe I don't think you're wrong.

I'm sitting at the defense table.

Looking black.

Letting myself be exploited.

You don't think Holloway is exploiting
things a little? Yeah, to make a point.

What's my point?

He's a blatant rejectionist, Jonathan.

He offers up nothing but rage.

Gets him a lot of cheers.

But what has he accomplished?

Sometimes rage is a start.

And look at what it started.

A public desperation for a conviction,
no matter what.

Innocent or guilty, the damn well has to
be a conviction to keep the peace.

That's what Holloway has started.

Baby, I don't know if Brian Chisholm is
innocent.

The point is, whether he is or not seems
to be totally irrelevant.

There's so much hate in that courtroom.

In the halls.

In everybody's eyes.

They're all afraid of it.

The judge, the DA.

Even Michael.

They're all afraid of the hate.

Okay, I'm listening. Simple deal. You
stop talking to the press, inflaming the

media, we stipulate to negligence at the
civil trial.

Nice sense of humor.

Hey, you represent the kid's family.
Your obligation is to them. Now, we've

offered to make your whole civil claim.
My clients aren't in this for money.

They're in this because their child was
murdered. And they want the person

responsible for that to be held
accountable.

And what are you in this for?

With all your grandstanding and pulpit
thumping, what are you in this for?

one thing about me, Mr. Kuthak, I never
bother trying to justify myself to

people like you.

Well, you're making it impossible for us
to get a fair trial here. You're

poisoning the process, and you want to
bother justifying that? You assume that

the process is poison -free to begin
with. I don't.

Oh, by the way, Mr. Rollins, you're
doing a great job.

I can see why he brought you in.

The toughest thing here, I suppose, is
to put a price tag on a dream.

Because that's what they took from her,
ladies and gentlemen, her dream to be a

senior partner.

She finally had her chance.

And when they forced her out, they
crushed that dream. And the news went

whipping through the legal grapevine.
Did you hear?

They threw her out.

Can you believe it? They dumped Rosalind
Chase, put her out on her ass. She only

lasted two months. Wow.

By their actions...

They put out a declaration to the entire
legal world that Rosalind Shays is

unfit for senior partnership status.

Oh, they had their reasons, a bunch of
them. She was incompatible. She was

She was that. Well, it's funny how they
waited until after she'd rescued him

from potential bankruptcy before
deciding that she was incompatible.

You heard Ann Kelsey.

She admitted, had Rosalind Shays been a
man, this might never have happened.

That's bad faith, ladies and gentlemen.

Bad faith.

Now, you can't give Rosalind Shays back
her senior partnership.

You cannot return to her her dream
that's probably gone forever.

The only thing that you good people can
do is give her money.

See to it that you give her a lot.

Your Honor?

My clients knew that Rosalind Shays
would likely pack up and leave if she

the senior partnership, and they also
knew the likelihood that clients would

with her, and that that could
financially cripple the firm.

So why would they want to vote her out?

Because she's a woman?

Give us a little credit for
intelligence, ladies and gentlemen.

They want you to believe that this firm
risked its entire solvency because they

didn't like women.

Would Ann Kelsey be working there if she
thought that?

Would I?

Now, sitting here is one of the most
gifted attorneys you could ever meet. It

was no fluke that Mackenzie Brackman
began to flourish with her. She brought

clients. She made deals.

It is indisputable that Rosalind Shays
is an extraordinary legal talent.

What is also indisputable, however, is
that she can't get along with people.

She's severed every relationship that
she has ever had.

That's why she sits here today.

She's a woman without friendships.

A woman without family. A woman who has
never, ever even met her own

grandchildren. I feel sorry for Rosalind
Chase.

Definitely do that. Because I think her
dream, her real dream, is to be liked.

And she's not.

Thank you.

I didn't like the judge's charge to the
jury. If we lose, let's order an

expedited transcript.

There are grounds for appeal here.

Okay.

Hi.

Hello.

I'm sorry about the scene.

But you hurt me.

I know.

Listen, I think you're being very
reactive to something that shocked you.

And I totally understand.

But, Douglas, I love you.

Somehow I fell in love with your stupid
bald head and your little

pessimistic idiosyncrasies.

I'm absolutely crazy about you.

Marilyn, all my life, I viewed myself
through my father's eyes.

I know that's unhealthy and probably
stupid.

But the bottom line is, he'd never
approve of you and me.

But he's dead.

For God's sake, Douglas. It doesn't
matter.

It doesn't matter.

Please go.

I love you.

Officer Chisholm claims that he was
fired upon first by two

unknown drug dealers.

There's no evidence to suggest that
these two drug dealers even exist.

No stray bullets were ever found. And
though Mr. Chisholm never took a lie

detector test... Objection! Miss Fusco,
you know better than that.

Members of the jury, whether or not the
accused took a polygraph test is of no

relevance, and you're to give that no
consideration.

Move for a mistrial.

Approach.

You're not getting a mistrial.

For God's sake, Your Honor. She didn't
say he failed it. She implied that he

refused to take it. She did no such
thing. She just said he didn't take it.

I see no prejudice.

But this is outrageous.

Keep your voice down. You let Holloway
grant, then. You let in biased jurors,

and now with an obvious prejudicial
statement by the district attorney, you

let... Your motion is denied.

It's all on the record ticket, up on
appeal, but I am not stopping this

Now step back, both of you.

This is a bad job.

Step back.

Members of the jury, I apologize for the
disruption.

I'm not going to take up any more of
your time.

I think that justice will best be served
if we get right to the evidence.

Evidence that will clearly demonstrate
that the defendant, Officer Brian

Chisholm, gunned down a black teenager
in cold blood.

Evidence that will demonstrate beyond a
reasonable doubt that Brian Chisholm is

a murderer.

Thank you.

Cusack? Mr. Cusack?

I'm sorry.

Serving justice.

That's what she said we were here for,
right?

Well, the only problem with that is it's
premised on the assumption that we have

impartial jurors and a fair judge.

Now, I have my doubts about you jurors.
I'll be honest with you.

But I have no doubts at all about that
big chicken bastard sitting up there

wearing the robe. Mr. Kuzak, you are...
This man cares nothing about justice.

All he cares about is getting re
-elected. All he cares about is staying

Holloway's good side so he doesn't get
scathed in the press.

You've got to call a mistrial now. Take
him away.

You've got no choice now.

Hey, I haven't finished my opening
statement.

Members of the jury, you are not to
consider counsel's breakdown or in any

hold it against the defendant.

Mr. Cusack was simply attempting to get
this trial called off for reasons which

have nothing to do with the issue before
you.

Mr. Rollins, please take over.

Excuse me? Your Honor, under the
circumstances, I... I will not reward

Cusack's outburst by letting him attain
his objective.

This trial will go forward.

Mr. Rollins, please take over where Mr.
Cusack left off.

You can't be... I said take up where he
left off.

Okay.

Um... Um, I

believe he left off calling you a big
chicken bastard worried about re

-election. He left out the two things...
Bailiff!

He forgot to call you stupid. He forgot
to ask who you bribed to get that rose.

Get him out. Objection. Get your hands
off me. I want my objection on the

record. Members of the jury, I'm sorry.
I have no other choice but to

suspend these proceedings and to declare
a mistrial.

You're giving them what they want.

Shut up, Mr. Holloway.

I have no choice.

The jury is dismissed.

We're done.

Look at me.

Look at me.

Mr. Foreman, have you reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

What say you?

On the claim of bad faith termination,
we find in favor of the plaintiff and

order the defendant to pay compensatory
damages in the amount of $1.

We further order the defendant to pay
punitive damages in the amount of $2 .1

million.

What happens now?

Well, we just sit here.

No, I mean with a trial. What happens?

Well, they'll impanel a new jury and we
start all over again.

With Jet Stone still sitting?

I'll make another motion for recusal,
but the way things are going...

Jonathan...

I want you to try this case.

You sure?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'll try the case.

We're obviously saddened at the
incarceration of our two attorneys. We

a terrible abuse of judicial discretion.

As for the Rothenshays' verdict, that's
an aberration. The finding is wholly

unsupported by the evidence and the
award outrageously excessive.

Another atrocity of an overly litigious
society.

Naturally... We will appeal.