All language subtitles for 153 - Foreign Co-Respondent

Previously on L .A. Law. So you like
this couch, right?

It's a caboutier, what's not to like?

Right.

It's a lot more money than I was told to
spend.

You shouldn't be dictated to by the
timid. You were hired to design a new

office, you should design a new office.
And I don't have to get approval from

anyone else. They turned this over to
me, and I want offices that have a

sophistication, a little refinement, you
know.

From my experience, attorneys are not
usually inclined to spend money for

like that.

You've obviously been dealing with a
more vulgar class of attorney.

This is my cousin, Eli Levinson. How do
you do? There's a vacant office you can

use, but we're a little short -handed in
the secretarial department.

You're being extremely gracious.

I'll make my own arrangements as
concerns a secretary.

Eli! Hi, Denise. I can't believe it's
you. Get in.

I can't believe what you're driving.

Hey, if you're going to have a car, have
a car.

Whether you're here for a week or a
month or whatever, Ann and I are your

family, and happily so.

I just want you to think of us that way,
okay?

You were the travel agent who booked Mr.
and Mrs. Moffat on their trip. Is that

right? Right.

Were you involved in the planning of the
trip?

I was there to assist the folks. I was
not per se planning the trip. You did

plan the trip? I did not.

Sure, it was my idea to go to Sarajevo.
Excuse me.

Who responded enthusiastically when we
talked about seeing former sites of the

Olympics? Did you advise them as to the
political climate?

Not a word.

This is something I need to tell you?
That there are problems over there?

Besides which, you weren't staying in
Sarajevo. You were staying in Split. I

them a villa on the Adriatic for the
price of a Motel 6, and they sued me.

we continue with the deposition?

What was the thinking?

Behind Azerbaijan.

Well, they wanted to go to Astrakhan for
the carpets, and then they wanted to

come down the Caspian coast.

Well, that takes you through Azerbaijan.
There is no way to avoid it. Did you

advise these people as to the incidence
of tropical diseases in the regions they

were traveling to? You know, what is
indisputable in all this is that you

seen places that very few people in the
world ever get to see.

Whether it's East Timor or the Orinoco
Basin, you came to me looking for

something out of the ordinary.

Well, I gave you something out of the
ordinary.

You know what? I don't care how long it
takes.

I don't care if I have to go to trial,
if I have to pay for appeals.

Whatever I got to do, I'm going to do.
Because in addition to the fact that

you're a despicable human being, you're
the worst travel agent on the face of

the earth. A year from now, you'll only
remember the good things.

Moffat versus Schiff is mine.

Mr. and Mrs. Moffat went on a world tour
booked by Mr. Schiff.

It turned out to be a nightmare. They're
suing for damages. We're in

depositions. Settlement appears
unlikely.

What happens if it goes to trial? If it
goes to trial, I'll engage one of our

crack litigators to try it. I've got
back -to -back trials through the end of

the month. I am booked for at least that
long.

Same here.

I'll handle it if you want me to.

Don't forget that you're going to be
somewhat tied up by me.

How so?

I've got her working on the Irizarry
divorce.

Should the need arise, I can make myself
available.

Thank you, Jane. I appreciate that. I
would like to turn our attention to the

issue of Eli Levinson.

Am I an issue? You are, now that your
trial is over. I told Leland you might

open to the possibility of extending
your stay.

I love it out here. I just don't know
how realistic it is for me to think

staying. Well, let me speak to that
question.

After a very brief deliberation, the
partners here would like to express

unanimously their feeling that you would
represent a significant asset to this

firm. We would like to extend to you an
invitation to join our firm.

My God, I don't know what to say.

Don't say anything. Nobody expects you
to answer in the spot.

Think about it, though.

I will think about it. It's a good life.

It appears that it is. Should there be
any doubt, the offer is an offer of

partnership.

And with that, we're adjourned.

Have lunch with me today at my club.

Are you going to use the occasion to
twist my arm?

Absolutely. Good. We're on.

Well, this is going to slow things up.
Well, the paint specs have been in the

drawing since day one. If correcting the
finish is going to slow us up, that's

unfortunate.

However, given that you lose money for
every day you're over schedule, I think

you'll find a way to do it right and to
do it on time.

Okay.

Hi. Hi.

I finally figured out a way to do the
threshold detail that will work with the

slate. Great.

Yeah, I was up all night working at it.
I couldn't get it. I couldn't get it.

I finally fall asleep.

I open my eyes at 5 .30 this morning,
and I've got it.

Now I need for you to see a rug. You
found one you like? I found one I love.

Great. When are you free?

Wednesday afternoon.

Fine. I really love what you're doing
here.

Thanks. I'm pretty pleased myself.

Before we go see the rug on Wednesday,
could we have lunch together?

Sure. Good.

Well, thanks to your obsession with
detail, it appears as though I won't be

going skiing this weekend.

See, many of the new associates coming
in have no sense of what it means to be

lawyer, beyond scrambling up some
imaginary career ladder. I guess it's

sometimes not to think about that.

Well, I don't believe that you think
about it.

The way you handled the Morrison case
showed me that you think about your

client. I was very impressed with your
commitment. Thank you.

I don't want to pressure you, Eli, but
if it's at all conceivable that you're

ready for a change, I hope you'll give
our offer serious consideration.

Thank you. You're welcome.

This is some place.

Oh, this is the oldest men's club in Los
Angeles.

Really? I've never been inside a men's
club before.

Maybe you'd like to become a member.

I hate to tell you this, Leland, but I
don't think they'd be all that welcoming

to someone such as me.

Why wouldn't they be?

I'm Jewish.

So what?

I don't see too many Jewish faces here.
I'm sure we have members who are Jewish,

Eli. Why, there's Martin Weiss. Weiss
isn't necessarily a Jewish name.

Oh, well, Henry Schiller, Tom
Morgenthau. Those may not be Jewish

Well, I'd like to nominate you for
membership, unless you have some

that.

I guess I don't have any objection to
it.

Good. I'll speak to the board, set up an
interview.

Can you tell us the events that took
place on October 7th, 1992?

The Coast Guard was notified by INS
officials that a freighter carrying

Chinese immigrants was on its way to Los
Angeles.

We intercepted the vessel about three
miles off the coast of Long Beach.

What did you find when you boarded the
ship?

265 immigrants crammed into the cargo
hold.

Dr. Coburn, can you describe for the
court the conditions in that cargo hold?

There was one makeshift toilet
overflowing with human waste.

The floors and walls were damp. They
reeked of perspiration and urine.

Can you describe the medical condition
of the passenger by the name of Lin

Chinzo? Lin Chinzo exhibited symptoms of
an advanced progression of hepatitis B.

We transported him immediately to San
Pedro Hospital, but he went into renal

failure. He died 48 hours later.

What, in your opinion, led to the death
of Lin Chin -so? The lack of nutrition,

ventilation, and sleep had so
compromised his immune system he

off the hepatic infection.

In my opinion, the hepatitis itself, in
all likelihood, was caused by the

conditions on that ship.

What if any documents were found on the
boat, Doctor?

We seized receipts for fuel, insurance
documents, and the title of the ship.

was listed as the title holder?
Objection, hearsay. They've

business records, Your Honor.

They established knowledge on the
defendant's part of conditions on the

Said knowledge is a critical element of
prosecuting him for murder.

The objection is overruled. Proceed.

Once again, Doctor, who was listed as
the owner of the vessel?

Ronald Chow. Did you find any other
documents?

There was a log of high -feast phone
calls indicating Ronald Chow had

the vessel 27 times during the course of
the voyage.

I have nothing further.

Do you have any evidence that Ronald
Chow knew about the conditions in the

hold? He owned the ship. He financed the
voyage.

He was in telephonic communication with
the captain. Do you have any evidence

that Ronald Chow knew about the
conditions in the hold?

No, I do not.

I have no further questions.

The people call Liu Yushen to the stand.

Until the time of your arrest, what was
your occupation?

I was captain of the Jade Moon. And
during the course of your last voyage,

you in communication with the defendant
by telephone?

No.

Mr. Liu, are you telling us you had no
contact with Mr. Chao?

After we left the dock, I had no contact
with him.

Ronald Chao knew nothing about the
condition of the boat.

Has Ronald Chao pressured you to change
your testimony, Mr. Lu?

No.

Is the witness aware that lying under
oath constitutes a serious crime?

Yes.

I have nothing further for this witness.

No questions, Your Honor.

The witness is dismissed.

Would you tell us

what was said on the occasion when you
and your wife first engaged Mr. Schiff's

services? We told them we were
interested in going around the world.

what route you would take, Mr. Moffat?
Let me put it this way. He led, we

followed. Isn't it the case, sir, that
your wife indicated a desire to see

places that were, and I believe I'm
quoting now, off the beaten track?

Assume that she did. We were depending
on him to guide us. Well, if you had

you wanted Orlando, Florida, do you
think I would have sent you to

Prior to this trip, Mr. Moffat, when was
the last vacation you were taking?

What's the relevance of that? The
relevance is that Herb here hadn't taken

vacation in 15 years.

He hated vacations.

And he made up his mind before he ever
left that he wasn't going to have a good

time. And amazingly enough, getting
kidnapped by Armenian separatists did

nothing to improve my disposition.

Let's talk about that for a minute. Why
don't you describe the events that took

place in Baku, for which you now hold
Mr. Schiff responsible?

I had gone to a drugstore looking for
something to relieve my, by now,

gastrointestinal distress.

While on the street, I was forced into a
car at gunpoint.

They said I was an agent for the
Azerbaijanis.

I told them I had a store in Woodland
Hills.

They asked me what my mission was.

I told them it was to purchase
kaopectate.

Is it possible that you were kidnapped
because you were seen videotaping a

political demonstration?

We didn't know it was a political
demonstration. We thought it was a

Didn't the tanks on the sidewalk
indicate to you that it might have been

something other than a purely festive
event?

Excuse us. We were looking to bring back
something other than shrapnel wounds.

You know, your wife has a spirit of
adventure that you are sorely lacking.

I don't pretend to be Vasca de Gama, my
friend.

And as far as I'm concerned, if I'm
going to go someplace, at least let it

a little entertainment.

Herb, let's not start talking about Las
Vegas.

What's wrong with Las Vegas?

You've seen everything there is to see
there?

Herb, there's a whole big, beautiful
world out there.

Yeah? Well, let me tell you something.
That whole big, beautiful world is about

to find out just what kind of operation
you run. I think this is a human

interest story.

What do you know about that? I think
when the newspapers picked this up...

business is going to drop like a rock.

Go ahead, ask me another question.

So copies of these and this.

Ed?

Hi, Eli.

Hi. Do you have a minute?

Yeah, sure.

I've got a little bit of a dilemma in my
hands.

What is it?

Leland's put me up for membership in his
club.

His men's club?

Yeah. He says that whether I decide to
join the firm or not, he'd like me to be

able to use the facilities.

They've also got a reciprocal
arrangement with some club in New York.

There's an interview with two of the
directors tomorrow.

So what's the dilemma?

I don't know that they let Jews into
this club.

By the look of it, I'd say it was all
wasp. What did Leland say?

He says it won't be a problem.

Do you actually want to be a member of
this club?

Not particularly.

I knew he wanted me to be impressed by
it, so I behaved as though I was.

It is a pretty nice place.

The problem is, if they reject me,
Leland's going to feel compelled to make

big stink about it. What's wrong with
that? If they have a restrictive policy,

maybe he should make a big stink about
it. I'd rather that didn't happen.

He obviously enjoys belonging there. I
don't want to disrupt that.

Just tell him you're not interested.

I just get the feeling that he doesn't
have a lot of friends.

He knows a lot of people. I'm not sure
how many qualify as friends.

I think he'd like it if I joined his
club.

So what are you going to do, try to
pass?

No, I'm just going to go in there and
meet with them, and whatever happens,

happens. Good luck, I guess.

You think I couldn't pass?

As a white Anglo -Saxon Protestant?

Eli's not necessarily a Jewish name.

Look at Eli Whitney, Eli Yale.

Levinson. It could be German.

I don't think you're going to fool him,
Eli.

We're hemorrhaging, Daniel. What do you
mean we're hemorrhaging?

It means the cost of this renovation is
getting a little out of hand.

I mean that we're hemorrhaging, and that
means that the tourniquet is going on.

At certain stages of the job, it always
feels like there's a lot of money going

out. This isn't a perceptual problem.

It doesn't feel like there's a lot of
money going out. I'm staring at

What in there seems like it's out of
hand?

How about $30 ,000 for a slate floor?

Yeah, that is a little high, Daniel.
It's for the reception area, Leland.

the first thing people see when they
come here. For $30 ,000?

Let them see linoleum.

What else?

$17 ,000 for a rug? That rug is an
Eileen Gray.

What's Eileen Gray? She was an architect
and a very important designer.

Really? Well, I'm not spending $17 ,000
to walk on one of her designs.

As much as we want the offices to look
good, we do have to exercise a little

restraint. Believe it or not, I have
been exercising restraint.

Really? Well, between the Sikh
contractor and this architect, we're

killed. Hiring this architect was about
the only right thing you guys did on

this job.

She's talented.

She takes chances. She's tough. I've
seen her deal with the contractor. I've

seen her deal with the subs. Believe me,
she's looking out for our interests.

You should remind her that our interests
are best served by avoiding bankruptcy.

All right, what are you telling me?

The rug is out. We need to know about
any other purchases before they're made,

and we need to put a cap on this thing.

Can you please state your name for the
record?

How were you related to the man who
died?

He was my husband.

And could you tell us, please, How you
and your husband came to leave China.

We approached a snakehead, a smuggler in
Fuzhou.

Can you describe for the court what
happened on the journey?

We had to stay and hold during the day.
At night, only a few could sleep at a

time. There was no room to lie down.

Did the smugglers provide food?

Some days, there was rice.

Some days, there was nothing.

Did they provide water?

If you had money, you could buy a bottle
of water. If not, you get a mouthful a

day. Would you describe what happened to
your husband, ma 'am?

I gave him my rice. The others gave him
their rice.

By the end, he was too weak to hold up
his head to eat.

Mrs. Lin, is there anyone present in
this courtroom who was also present when

you boarded the boat in Hong Kong?

Him.

The man they called the big boss, he was
there.

Let the record show the witnesses
identified the defendant, Ronald Chow. I

nothing further.

Mrs. Lin, had you ever seen Ronald Chow
before the day you boarded the

freighter?

I knew who he was. Everyone knew. And
did you hear Mr.

Chow give any orders pertaining to the
accommodations on the journey? No.

And isn't it true that you have no
knowledge of what Mr. Chow did or did

know about the accommodations for the
journey?

I know he's a murderer.

Enough!

Levinson, Avery Phipps.

Langston Albright.

How do you do?

So, uh, Mr.

Levinson.

Please, uh, call me Eli.

Actually, most people call me by my
nickname.

And that would be?

Topper. Topper?

Right.

So, Topper, uh, Leland tells us you're
from New York.

That's where I currently live, yes.

Is that where you're from originally?

Actually, I'm from Connecticut.

Whereabouts? Darien.

Really? Great sailing there.

Great sailing. You like to sail? Love
it. If I'm not at work or I'm not on the

squash court, chances are I'm on the
boat. Where do you generally sail?

All over.

Long Island,

Block Island, Rhode Island.

All the islands.

You've probably been up to Newport,
then. I make it a point to get up to

Newport. In fact, come August, you'll
generally find me, gin and tonic and

handshakes. Sailing around the harbor
there.

Tell me, what do you sail?

You mean what kind of sail?

I mean what kind of boat.

It's wood.

The sail is canvas.

White canvas.

Triangular white canvas.

Ready?

Yeah. I found a color slate you're going
to love. We have to hold off on the

slate. Why?

The senior partners have informed me
that we can't spend that kind of money.

I thought you were given authority to
make those decisions.

I thought I was, too. I may have
overplayed my hand.

With whom?

With everybody, I guess.

So, no slate.

Okay.

What else aren't we getting?

The rug.

No rug? No rug.

Okay. What else?

They put an absolute cap on the budget.
We have to go through it and figure out

what we can and can't do.

Then I guess there's not much point in
us going out this afternoon and seeing

things. I'm answerable to people, all
right? Nobody gave me a blank check.

It would have been good to have known
that. This can't be the first time that

client has changed their mind about
something.

You're right. It's not the first time.
Then why are you so upset? Because I got

excited. For a few minutes there, I felt
appreciated, stimulated, supported.

And that doesn't happen very often. It
felt great.

Look. What it feels like now is a job.

Can we talk about this over lunch?

There's nothing to talk about.

Mr. Chao, would you tell the court why
you bring Chinese immigrants into the

United States?

Many people in my homeland are being
persecuted.

Pregnant women stopped at checkpoints
and forced to have unwanted abortions.

I know what it's like to want to escape
oppression.

26 years ago, I fled China myself.

Mr. Chow, how involved were you in
arranging the passage of the immigrants

aboard the Jade Moon?

I played the role of banker, but I
entrusted the details to the ship's

Mr. Liu.

And what instructions did you give Mr.
Liu regarding the passengers?

I told him to make their journey as safe
and comfortable as possible.

I had no idea he would betray them and
me by putting into his own pocket funds

meant for food and medical supplies.

Do you feel in any way responsible for
the death of Mrs. Lin's husband?

I had no knowledge of the inhumane
conditions suffered by the passengers,

hired the man who committed these
atrocities. I feel guilt about that, and

tried many times to contact Mrs. Lin to
offer condolence and compensation

without success.

No further questions, Your Honor.

You claim that you arranged these trips
out of compassion for your countrymen.

Tell us.

If that's the case, why do you charge
them $20 ,000 a head? This sort of

operation is quite expensive.

20 ,000 times 265 passengers comes out
to over $5 million.

Are you telling us you didn't make a
profit?

Any profits are channeled right back
into the next journey. Isn't it a fact

most of the illegals you bring over are
put to work in restaurants you own to

pay off their passage?

I employ many of them, yes. How much you
pay them, Mr. Chow?

I pay them a great deal more than they
would ever receive in China. You pay

70 cents an hour, don't you?

Mr. Mulaney. These are peasants.

Seventy cents an hour is a good wage for
them. Isn't it a fact that you don't

care about the welfare of these people?
What you care about is money. Objection.

What you care about is a steady flow of
cheap labor. I care about my people. I

told Mr. Liu to give Lin Xiaoxiao fluid
and food and to have medication on

board. It isn't my fault that he ignored
my instructions.

I thought you didn't know Lin Xiaoxiao
was sick.

What I mean to say is at the start of
the voyage, I told the captain to

medicine for all who became ill. Do you
have any written proof in the form of

receipts or canceled checks to prove you
provided adequate food and medical

supplies? All transactions were done in
cash.

So the answer is no.

Correct.

I have nothing further from Mr.

Chow.

What exactly is the purpose of this
meeting, Mr. Schiff? Conflict

Where's your attorney?

She's not here.

Why didn't you want my husband here?

Ah, for reasons that will become readily
apparent.

What is this?

Kedar! I told you it was my dream to
come to America.

Here I am.

I am to be an American taxicab driver.

Who is this?

This is Gaydar.

Why is he here?

He is here to supply us with some
details of your trip that were left out

now. Oh, God.

You have nothing to be ashamed of.
Nothing.

Will someone tell me what is going on?
Well, Edie and Gaydar had something of

adventure together.

I had never done anything like that
before.

Blame it on those torrid 11 teen nights,
huh? There was a full moon.

And I wanted to take a walk along the
shore of the Caspian Sea.

Herb wouldn't go with me. All he wanted
to do was sit in the room and watch CNN.

I decided to go by myself.

Guédard worked at the hotel.

He offered to accompany me.

It was one of the most beautiful
experiences of my life. We went for a

and had a very brief and very passionate
affair.

And now you're going to blackmail her.

Moi? I don't know what means blackmail.

He sent me the ticket to come, and I
came.

Kedar, what happened between us must
never happen again.

I love my husband, and I want to stay
married to him.

I understand.

Well, I know I'll never tell.

Assuming, of course, that we're able to
reach an agreement.

If we're unable to, I will have to
defend myself in court. I will have to

demonstrate that there were a few bright
spots.

On your trip around the world? You are a
despicable human being.

Come, Gaydar.

It's turning ugly.

Remember, Edie, we'll always have Azhar
Bejan.

Excuse me.

Sorry.

Tommy, you...

You talking to yourself now? Hey, man.

What are you doing?

Trying to pry continuance out of Judge
Salvin.

I didn't mean to interrupt you. No, I
got to take off.

I'm just practicing my closing.

This is the Ronald Chow case, huh?

Yep. How's that going?

Chow scared off my key witness. It's not
going too good.

From what I read in the papers, he's a
slippery guy.

Oh, he is slippery.

Is he going to walk?

I don't know.

I mean...

I could fan the flames against the
encroaching yellow horde. That doesn't

exactly go to the issue of guilt, does
it? No, it does not.

On the other hand, a little demagoguery
can work wonders.

I used it myself.

Did you win?

As a matter of fact, I did.

We all watched those tanks roll into
Tiananmen Square, didn't we? And we all

shivered when we saw that one man stand
in the path of one and refuse to get out

of the way. I don't know about you, but
when I saw that, I found myself

thinking, if I lived in a society like
that, I would do anything to get out.

Now, what Mr. Chow did was to provide.

A way to provide a means of escape.

And if it was John Brown or Raoul
Wallenberg, well, we salute those men as

heroes. Why have we chosen to put this
man on trial? There isn't a shred of

evidence to prove that Mr. Chow knew
about the conditions on board that ship.

There is not a shred of evidence to
prove that Mr.

Chow knew the status of Lin Chansou's
health.

The ship's captain testified that Mr.

Chow, in point of fact, did not know
that these were circumstances beyond his

control.

As a matter of fact, I think of this man
as a hero.

He came to this country impoverished. He
became successful.

And he cared enough about the plight of
his people to actually try to do

something about it.

He shouldn't have been indicted.

And this trial should never have taken
place.

Ronald Chow a hero?

Oh, I don't think so.

What I think is that he is a modern -day
slave trader, a shameless

exploiter of human beings, and
ultimately he is a murderer.

He smuggles thousands of undocumented
Chinese into our country every year.

The fact that he represents himself as a
savior of the oppressed only makes his

crimes all the more repulsive. A savior
would not demand a fee equaling a

lifetime of earnings in rural China for
the privilege of being rescued.

Ronald Chao knew full well what the
conditions were like on the Jade Moon.

was on the dock when it set sail. He was
on the phone with the captain. This was

a big investment after all.

I'd venture to say that nothing happened
on this ship that he didn't know about.

And so, Lin Shenzhou is dead.

How many more are dying?

How much pestilence and disease has been
released into our city by the other

passengers on this boat? Over two
million illegal immigrants enter our

every year. Your Honor, Mr.

Mulaney, you will stop doing what you
are doing right this second. Your Honor,

move for an immediate mistrial.

I'm going to deny that motion.

I'm also going to warn Mr. Mulaney that
if he tries to bring the issue of

immigration into this trial one more
time, I'm going to hold him in contempt.

The jury will disregard in their
entirety all references made thereto.

Proceed, Mr. Mulaney.

I ask that you find Ronald Chow guilty
of murder.

You're in.

What do you mean I'm in? I mean that
Albright and Phipps were duly impressed

with you. You're now a member of the
club.

You apparently carry a little weight
down there.

No more than any other member in good
standing.

Oh, come on, Leland. Those guys read me
like a book. It was painfully obvious

that I didn't fit in.

I think you may have an overly narrow
view of what it means to fit in.

You're saying they want me?

Yeah.

I don't believe it.

Eli, I sponsored you for membership
because...

Well, you're someone with whom I'd like
to spend some time.

I hope you accept it.

As a gesture of friendship.

I do.

Good, good.

I look forward to seeing you at the
club.

Our club.

Whether you join this firm or not.

Thank you.

You're quite welcome.

Topper?

I don't understand. Why would I settle?

Herb, I'm up nights because of this
case. I want it to be over. When that

a bitch comes across with the money,
it'll be over. Until then, take a

tranquilizer. Hello, everybody.

Are we about to beat our swords into
plowshares? Look at this guy.

He's unbelievable.

I'm hoping that we can walk out of here
with a deal.

Yeah, I think we can put this whole
affair to rest, in a manner of speaking.

think we can persuade the lion to lie
down with the lamb.

Speaking of which, travel opportunities
may be opening up on the West Bank. The

West Bank?

Christmas in Gaza?

Trekking through occupied territories?

Well, I know it appeals to the vagabond
spirit in me.

Give us your best offer, Nina.

$15 ,000, payable over five installments
over one year. I think we should take

it.

Would you mind telling my wife that $15
,000 is not a serious offer?

Excuse me. Oh, good. I ordered a little
snack. I hope you don't mind.

Get frightfully cranky when my blood
sugar's low.

Keep it.

I think you should take it, Herb. I
think you should take it and have done

this.

So it won't come out that my wife had an
affair?

What are you talking about?

And you flew him here just for this?

May I suggest that we adjourn this
meeting for today? I think both sides

confer among themselves.

How could you know about it? I couldn't
sleep one night. I went to the window,

and I saw him walking you back.

When you came to the room, I pretended
that I was asleep.

Then you took a shower.

That told me all I needed to know.

Why didn't you say something, Herb?

Didn't you care?

I cared plenty.

What could I do?

Ask you why you did it?

I know why you did it.

You wanted a little romance.

You wanted a little happiness in your
life.

I didn't give you these things.

He did.

You went with him.

It broke my heart for me to realize that
I was capable of going with him, Herb.

It broke my heart because I never
stopped loving you.

Forgive me for interjecting, but could I
just kind of wonder out loud whether a

lawsuit is what you two should really be
involved with right now? What would you

suggest? How about a weekend at Esalen?

Scenic drive up the coast, visit some
little galleries in Carmel, and then two

solid days of intensive group therapy at
the Institute.

I have a better idea. Two tickets on the
Concorde for Paris.

Three weeks in a suite at the Ritz, and
$50 ,000 in spending money.

Shall we take that to be a counteroffer,
Mr. Brackman?

How about it, folks?

Would that do it?

It would do it for me, Herb. Then it
would do it for me, too.

Could I persuade you to settle for a
junior suite?

Absolutely not.

Nina, drop the papers. I'm going to go
home and get in bed.

Hey.

Hi.

I think I need to explain myself.

Come in.

Yesterday's diatribe was not directed
or...

should not have been directed towards
you.

It's all right if it was directed at me.

There are things we can do that are less
expensive that'll still be good. It'll

be okay.

No doubt.

I'm sorry to put you through it.

Are you free at all?

Yeah, let me see when.

No, I mean now.

Now? Yeah, I don't want you to write it
in your book.

If you can get away for like an hour,
there's some place I want to take you.

Come on.

You said you liked Neutra.

Oh, yeah, that's great.

They're such an elegance to his lines.
They're so simple.

I love the pillars.

The pillars?

He had such a distinctive vision, you
know? You see it in all his work.

You're looking at the wrong house.

I am?

That's the Neutra.

Oh, of course.

I was actually thinking that the other
one was not particularly representative

of his work.

How much do you know about Neutra,
Daniel?

How much do you know about architecture
altogether?

I did study it in school. I just forgot
a lot of what I knew.

In other words, you've been slinging it
around a bit, haven't you?

A bit, yeah.

How come?

I guess I wanted to make a good
impression.

Why would you want to do that?

People going through construction can be
quite vulnerable, you know.

Why are you telling me that now?

In case you were planning on taking
advantage of me.

What if I was?

I'd tell you to go right ahead.

Mr. Foreman, has the jury reached its
verdict?

Yes, we have, Your Honor.

What say you?

In the matter of the people versus
Ronald Chow on the charge of murder in

second degree, we find the defendant
guilty.

The jury is dismissed with the thanks of
the court. This court is adjourned.

Mr.

Mullaney.

I want to tell you something.

You couldn't win this case on fact, so
you won it on racism.

Mr. Klein, I won because the jury
believed your client was guilty.

Out without racism. Hey, spare me the
righteous indignation, Counselor.

If he'd gotten your client off, he'd
gone right back to packing those scouts

full of poor people desperate enough to
get on board.

He's a scum of the earth. He belongs in
prison.

I feel no remorse whatsoever about what
it took to put him there.

Excuse me?

Mr.

Mullaney, Mrs. Ling asked me to
translate.

She'd like to say something to you.
Sure.

She wants to know... If you hate the
Chinese people. Well, tell her no. Tell

I just wanted to punish the man
responsible for her husband's death.

She says,

I'm glad Chao is in prison, but I'm also
glad there are many to take his place.

I'm being sent back to China because I'm
illegal.

I will work and I will wait.

Someday, I will contact another
snakehead, the same as Chao.

And I will pay him to let me lie in the
same kind of boat.

Because for me, this is my only way out.
Because for me, there is no other

way.

I was on the phone with my shrink for an
hour and a half last night. How come?

Because I'm actually thinking about
taking the firm up in a sophomore

What'd you shrink say?

He said it sounded like I was asking his
permission.

Well, did he give you his permission?

No, he said I didn't need it.

So?

Well, the truth is, I could do it.

Sidney and Charlie would get along
without me.

I'd go back there and wrap up whatever I
need to wrap up in a matter of days.

Yeah, so?

Audrey and I are an on -again, off
-again kind of thing. That wouldn't

me from moving.

Well, it sounds like nothing's stopping
you. Well, there is what I'd be leaving.

Central Park,

day bars, fairways. I love fairways.

Buying the next day's newspaper on the
night before.

Decent rye bread.

Those soft, sooty pretzels they sell
near the courthouse.

Eli, I know exactly what you're talking
about.

I mean, I thought, how could I leave my
family, my friends?

And I finally got my own apartment. I
had to leave that, too.

You don't hate it here.

What's there to hate?

I mean, there's different people,
different opportunities, whole different

ocean. I mean, come on. The weather's
not bad either.

Not bad? Eli, we're on the beach. It's
almost November.

Gorgeous here.

Excuse me?

Man plans and God lacks.

Ain't that the truth.

It all along tethers this idea of what
your life is going to be.

Things happen.

Your life isn't like that.

You realize this is something you could
do, but is it something I will do?

You know what? What?

I'm not going to worry.

What about that?

I'm not going to spend a lot of time in
contemplation.

I'm not going to weigh the pluses and
minuses, and I'm not going to call 27

different people and ask them what they
think I should do.

This one time in my life, I am going to
act.

I am going to act. I am going to choose
a course of action I am going to set out

on.

Denise, I am moving to Los Angeles.

Yeah? I am joining his firm and I am
moving to Los Angeles.

I'm so happy.

Oh, me too. I'm so glad.

Now,

you know, can I make one suggestion?

Yeah.

We're on the beach, right?

Yeah. Why don't you loosen your tie and
lose the shoe?

Let's not push it.

A whole different notion?

A whole different notion.