All language subtitles for L.A. Law S08E12 Cold Cuts

I'm sorry, everybody. I just got hung up
in traffic.

This is going to be a very short
meeting, Seth.

Why do you say that?

Because I don't think we have anything
to talk about. The fact is, we have a

great deal to talk about.

What remains an open question is whether
or not my husband is willing to do so.

What he's not willing to do is roll over
and play dead.

You're perfectly willing to talk, am I
right, Carl?

I'm sorry, I was visualizing a ten
-sided figure.

Let's just look at the issues, Arnie.
Now, Andrea wants the apartment.

It was Carl's place before they got
married. Who doesn't make it his in

perpetuity? She decorated that
apartment. She's developed an attachment

apartment. Well, then we have a real
problem here because he doesn't want to

relinquish the place.

The apartment is where I do my best
thinking. Which may sound as somewhat

than a ringing endorsement. Let's not
get started here.

I know that in your eyes, you could
never measure up to Ivan Goodpasture's

thinking. That's right, it doesn't.

You know, I don't think that we're going
to settle this case, Seth. Maybe we

should move on to depositions.

Okay.

This is so upsetting to me. I'm sitting
here, and I'm trying to think of the

first hundred digits of pi, and I'm
drawing a total blank.

Before you decide to drag this out, Mr.
Becker, just keep in mind, if we do go

to court, I will be forced to describe
in excruciating detail what it's like to

keep him from becoming even more
dysfunctional than he already is. I

to go to court, Andrea. Believe me.

I'm just following the advice of my
attorney.

What do you mean? Is he in charge or are
you in charge?

He is.

Well, I think we're done for today.

You're a sniveling little toad.

Do you know how many anagrams you can
find in the word sniveling? No, I don't,

Carl.

Would you believe that there are at
least 25?

We have a lot of ground to cover today.

Lunch is arriving shortly.

I suggest we get started.

Hicks versus Rossoff.

Mathematicians divorcing. We're
representing the husband. The wife is

the moon.

We're in the middle of depositions. I'm
expecting to go to trial.

Office warehouse versus Barbera.
Technically, it's a shareholder's

action. But in fact, the board of
directors is trying to force Jack

Do they have grounds?

Not as far as I'm concerned.

But more importantly, they don't have
the votes.

Jack and his son control 60 % of the
stuff.

Lunch is here.

Ah, glad to hear it. I'm starved.

Thank you, Dolores.

If any of these are wrong, let me know.

People versus Barkwell.

Sam Barkwell was hired by two men to
take the mountain climbing.

One of the two was injured, the three
got snowed in.

Sam and Richard Visser killed the
injured guy, but then was in a coma, and

cannibalized him.

Oh, God, that's horrible.

I can tell you that neither Barkwell nor
Visser will ever be the same.

How could they be?

One cannibal says to the other cannibal,
my wife made a great pot roast.

I'm going to miss her.

Arnold.

In that lunch has arrived, I think we
should probably change the topic of

conversation. I agree with that.

I just hope there are no ribs in there.
Oh, very cheeky, very cheeky. What's the

big deal? They're vegetarians and
they're humanitarian.

Donner, party of 12.

One cannibal says to another, I hate my
in -laws. The other says, so? Eat the

noodles. Gee.

This is going to be a tough fight, Jack.

The board of directors would like very
much to get rid of you. Can they beat us

in court?

Well, no, but... Is it possible that we
could avoid a war with the board?

How are we going to avoid a war? They
want me out. Dad, it's not a matter of

wanting you out. They just don't want
you to make any other acquisitions right

now. I didn't build the business by
listening to a board of directors.

I did it by keeping my eyes open and
knowing when to move. Now, if I can't

a decision and then act on it, tell them
I'm wasting my time for. Here you go.

Thank you, dear. You're welcome.

Would you like me to pursue settlement
discussions with their attorneys?

You'd just be wasting your time. Excuse
me.

I'll be right back.

I need four copies of each and have to
serve them at 5 o 'clock. Sorry.

Oh, it's okay.

At least the copier's better here than
it is in New York. Oh, what kind of

copier do you have?

I don't know what kind it is, to be
honest with you.

Hi. Hi.

The reason I ask is that I'm in office
supplies.

Oh, yeah?

Denise, thanks.

Sure. Yeah, office warehouse?

Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's me.

It's a family business, but it's my
family.

Uh, if you'll excuse me, I have to make
copies.

The

good

news is that Mulaney's dropping the
second -degree murder charges.

The bad news is he's not dropping
voluntary manslaughter.

Not exactly a surprise.

I guess we'd better gather our things
and head for court.

I'm going to ask the question one more
time.

Are you sure you want a joint trial?

Yes. I was the leader. You're more
sympathetic than I am. A joint trial

more than it does you. I don't care. I
think we should stand together.

If it hadn't been for you, I'd have also
died on that mountain. Now let's just

do it this way.

Let's go.

Did you have occasion to examine the
body of one... Von Alner. Yes, I did. I

retrieved the remains of Mr. Alner from
right below the summit of Mount Goddard.

Would you describe the condition of the
body for us? A leg had been dismembered

from it, and the tissue had been removed
from the leg. In addition, the

abdominal cavity had been opened, and
the liver had been removed.

What did you determine was the cause of
death, Doctor?

Patechial hemorrhages in both eyes
indicated that the cause of death was

suffocation. Would said cause of death
be consonant with the deceased having

been smothered? Objection.

Overruled? Yes, it would.

Several bruises around the mouth
indicate that the deceased was in fact

smothered. No further questions.

Did you find evidence the deceased had
any head trauma prior to his death?

I found evidence of a subdural hematoma.

That's the blood clot.

I estimated it occurred some two weeks
prior to his death.

Two weeks.

How long do you estimate it would have
been before that led to Mr. Allner's

death? I have no way of knowing that.
Was the deceased suffering from

hypothermia at the time of his death?

Yes, he was. Severe hypothermia.

Would you describe the nature of
hypothermia?

Uncontrollable shivering, circulation is
cut off to the extremities,

dehydration, loss of blood to the brain.

How long before that would have killed
him? I have no way of knowing that

either. Would you have any way of
knowing whether or not it would have

possible for Vaughn Elner to have gotten
off that mountain alive?

I assume there's always that
possibility, Mr. Levinson.

Have you seen the medical reports
regarding a defendant's doctor?

Yes, I have.

Is it not the case that they were both
suffering from hypothermia?

frostbite and malnutrition at the time
they were found.

Yes, that is the case. Would you have
any way of knowing if they would have

survived had they not killed Mr. Alner?

No, I would not.

I have no further questions.

You're a mathematician, is that right,
Miss Rosoff?

Yes, I am.

And your husband is also a
mathematician?

Yes, he is. He's a brilliant
mathematician.

I didn't know that I'd characterize
myself as brilliant.

Oh, don't be modest with me, Carl. I've
heard your exegesis on Yulenbeck.

That was when we first met.

Yes, it was.

Arnie, can we keep going here? We were
talking about how a coffee cup and a

donut were topologically identical when
you reached over and touched my hand.

We really have to do this now, Carl.

Okay.

In the period of time during which you
were married, did you and your husband

ever work together?

We worked together while we were
married. We also worked together before

married. Would it be fair to say that
his work on simplex algorithms and

polyhedral shades... Poly...

Hedral shapes. Would it be fair to say
that his precedes yours? What's the

relevance of that? Well, my client
doesn't want your client publishing

based on work that was his before they
were married. What are you saying? His

work on curved ellipsoids, quadratic
forms, on the deformation of spherical

objects, and on K derivatives remains
his.

You can't be serious. Are you familiar
with an individual by the name of Ivan

Goodpaster? Objection. Irrelevant.

I don't mind talking about Ivan, Seth.
What is the nature of your relationship

with Mr. Goodpaster?

Ivan and I have a sexual relationship.

Is this ongoing at the present time?

Yes, it is. Have you and Mr. Goodpaster
engaged in any joint research project?

All right. Now, I'm instructing her not
to answer, Arnie. What she and a third

party of her choosing elect to engage in
is irrelevant to these proceedings. If

she is using her husband's work to help
Ivan with his dissertation, it is highly

relevant, Seth.

What makes you think the work we're
using isn't work I've done when I've

with Ivan? Why are you doing this to me,
Andrea?

Why am I doing this to you? Let me see.

Could it be that your obsession with
Goldbach's conjecture forced me to live

an environment that, intellectually at
least, can only be described as

stultifying? I'd really like to get on
with the deposition, if I might. You

really haven't been a very good husband
to me, Carl.

You've refused to publish any papers
that might have listed me as co -author.

Those papers weren't ready to be
published.

The findings are trivial. And you've
completely ignored me sexually. Well,

your little fling with Ivan Goodpastor
had something to do with that. Well, if

you think I'm going to wear a scarlet
letter, think again. I'm ashamed of

nothing. Go ahead, Mr. Becker. Ask me
another question.

Uh, here you go. Thank you.

Do you know you're a beautiful girl?

Anybody ever tell you that? Of course
they do.

Thank you.

Can I ask you a crazy question?

Sure. What are you doing for lunch?

Nothing. Can I take you?

Yeah, why not?

So? Want to go out and grab a quick
bite?

You too?

Yeah, you want to come?

No, thanks.

Well, can we bring you back something?

No, thanks.

Okay.

Mr. Goodpaster, could you please tell us
when you and Miss Rossoff became

romantically involved?

It was March 2nd, 1991.

What day of the week, Carl?

I'm not thinking about what day of the
week it was, Ivan.

What day of the week was it?

It was a Saturday.

Could we move on? Would you please stop
doing that?

I wasn't aware it was bothering anyone.

Did you and Miss Rossoff ever go away
together?

Yes, we did. As a matter of fact,
starting in March of 1991, you went away

regularly, did you not? As regularly as
was possible.

You attended a symposium together at the
Institute for Advanced Studies in

Princeton, New Jersey. Who paid for that
trip, Mr. Goodpaster?

In that I'm a graduate student, I make
very little money.

Andrea paid for it. And you spent two
weeks at a Holiday Inn in Rochester, New

York. Who paid for that, Mr. Goodpaster?

Andrea did. Arnie, are we going to
dissect her entire American Express

Yes, we are.

She was spending marital assets on these
trysts. Are you getting sexually

stimulated by the details, Carl?

Mr. Goodpaster, did you attend a Tetris
convention in Ann Arbor, Michigan with

Miss Rossoff? Yes.

And would you tell us who paid for that?
Stop.

I can't. This is too sick. I don't want
to go any further with this.

All right, let's take a break.

We're fighting over sums of money.

That is exactly what we're doing, Carl.

All right, given what time it is, I
think we should take a break for lunch,

that's all right with everybody.

Yeah, we can see you back here in an
hour.

So where do you want to go eat?

Andrea, can I talk to you for a minute?

I'll be in the waiting area immediately
adjacent to the elevator corridor.

I think we should make some serious
attempt at reconciliation.

It's not going to happen, Carl.

I've been inattentive. I can correct
that.

Let's try. Let's make an attempt.

I think your relationship with Ivan is
just a passing infatuation.

It has nothing to do with Ivan, Carl.

You and I are fundamentally
incompatible. We should just recognize

on. The truth is, there have been Ivans
in my life since the second or third

year of our marriage.

There have?

You were guest lecturing in Toronto. I
had an affair with Morton Kovno.

A short time after that, I had a brief
affair with Paul Kritzelis.

After that, I had an affair with Michael
Kostikian that ended just last year.

Barney, drop the papers.

You can give her whatever she's asking
for.

Carl, I can't do this anymore.

What was your husband's relationship
with Samuel Barkwell, ma 'am? He and

Richard hired him. What did they hire
him for? To take them into the

The three of them would sit in our
living room and plan out expeditions.

Was your husband an experienced mountain
climber? No, but my husband liked to

imagine that he could master anything
that he set his mind to.

What was the nature of the trip your
husband was killed on, Ms. Ulmer?

to the term killed.

Miss Guise, let's not quibble over
semantics. The witness may answer the

question. They were to climb Mount
Goddard.

It was supposed to be the more difficult
approach.

It was also supposed to be a two -day
trip.

Did you have a conversation with Mr.
Barkwell prior to the trip?

Yes, I did. I told him that I was
worried about my husband.

And how did he respond?

He said that he would get him back safe
and sound.

Nothing further.

Your husband, along with Richard
Visser...

had been out rock climbing with Samuel
Barkwell prior to this trip, had they

not? Yes, they had.

Did they not have a training regimen
designed for them by Samuel Barkwell?

Yes, they did.

Did your husband follow that regimen?

Not as closely as he should have, I'm
sure.

My husband worked 60 hours a week.

Do you ever witness a conversation in
which Samuel Barkwell cautioned your

husband against overestimating his
abilities?

I witnessed conversations between the
two of them all the time.

I listened as Samuel Barkwell convinced
my husband to live out on the edge.

To take chances, to venture out into
that godforsaken wilderness in the

of the winter. Mrs. Ulmer.

How could you slaughter him like that,
Richard?

You're the godfather to our son.

How could you kill him?

Susan,

please, just for one minute, can we talk
to each other? No.

Can I just look you in the eye and tell
you that I'm sorry? No, you can't. This

wasn't planned, Susan. What happened to
Vaughn could have easily happened to me.

You need for me to say that I know that?

Yes. You need me to say that neither one
of you is to blame for what happened?

Yes, I need to hear you say that.

And I need for you to forgive me.

Richard, I don't care what you need.

Neither you nor he have the right to ask
me anything.

You want forgiveness?

You get it somewhere else.

We were going up the mountain, and
Vaughn lost his footing and he fell.

What did you do?

Sam climbed down to where he was, rigged
up a harness, and we pulled him

back up to a place where we could all
spend the night.

What was his condition?

I would say that he was semi -conscious
at that point. He had sustained a

serious head wound.

What decision was made as to what to do
with Mr. Allner?

Sam was going to go for help the next
day, but a storm hit that we hadn't

counted on, and it made it impossible
for him to get out.

So we built a snow cave, and we waited.
How long did you wait in that cave?

22 days.

And every time Sam would try to get out,
he would either run into an avalanche

or more bad weather, and he'd have to
turn back.

What did you have to eat?

During that time, Mr. Visser? Some trail
mix and some freeze -dried food.

You see, this was only supposed to be a
two -day trip, so what we had, we made

last for eight days.

After that, we had nothing.

What happened to Mr. Aldner's condition
during that time?

It got worse.

We fed him and we tried to keep him
warm, but by the end, he was in a coma.

At some point, was a decision made to
kill...

Vaughn Allner.

Yes. Who made that decision?

Sam did. Did you go along with it?

Yes, I did. Why did you go along with
it, Mr. Visser?

Because I truly believed that there was
no hope that Vaughn would be rescued,

and I believed that if I didn't eat,
that I would surely

die as well.

I have nothing further.

Vaughn Ulner was smothered to death. Is
that right? Yes, sir.

How'd you do that?

We took a sleeping bag and we held it
over his face. Both you and Mr. Barkwell

held it there?

Yes. Did your friend struggle at all
while you were doing this?

No. He didn't kick?

He didn't try to push your way? The
witness has stated the deceased...

struggle. Your Honor, struggle is a
rather imprecise term. I'm trying to get

the specifics of what was going on at
the moment this killing took place.

The objection is overruled. The witness
may answer.

He didn't kick, and he didn't push.

Do you know for a fact whether his eyes
were open or closed?

The witness has stated that there was a
sleeping bag over the deceased's face.

Your Honor, I would ask that the
witness, rather than his attorney,

question. The objection is overruled.
The witness will answer.

I don't remember if his eyes were open
or closed.

Were they open or closed when you put
the sleeping bag over his face?

They were closed.

Well, if they were closed then, why do
you have any doubt as to whether or not

they were closed while he was
suffocating?

Mr. Visser?

Why is there any doubt?

Because I heard him speak.

Your Honor, may I have a moment to
confer with my client? No, Miss Goss,

not. Proceed, Mr. Mullaney. What did you
hear Mr.

Ulmer say, sir?

I heard him speak his wife's name.

I heard him say Susan.

Did you think to take the sleeping bag
off his face at that point?

Yes, I did.

I did, Sam.

I begged you to stop.

I could not stop. Stop it from
happening.

But I am sorry.

I don't see why we have to fight this
fight. I really don't. Your father wants

to exercise certain managerial
prerogatives, Alan.

He's not taking an unreasonable
position.

Every indication is that this is a bad
time to get into the software business.

The big boys are hanging back waiting to
see how the market shakes out. They'll

make a move and do the same thing to
software that Blockbuster did to video.

Hey, youngster, I took a single store
and I built it up into a corporation

grossed $130 million last year. So
please, don't give me any lessons on how

run a business. Dad, I am not trying to
give you... Gentlemen, for the purposes

of dealing with the board of directors,
let's remember that you're both on the

same side of this issue.

Excuse me, Leland. I need a signature on
these. Ah, yes, I'll take it.

How was lunch yesterday?

Fine. He moves fast, my father, doesn't
he?

What does that mean, he moves fast?

Just what I said, Dad.

You see something you want, you waste no
time going after it. You make your

move, as you're so fond of saying.

Did he offer you a job yet? That's none
of your business.

We had lunch.

Denise, would you excuse us?

Okay.

Here's what I think I'm going to do.

I'm going to do what you do. Meaning
what?

Meaning I'm voting with the board of
directors.

You're doing what?

I'm voting with the board of directors.
Now, Alan, slow down a moment. I'm just

doing what he does.

I'm making a move. You're stabbing me in
the back. That's what you're doing. You

side with the board of directors, your
father's out on his ear. And he's out on

his ear. You want to be the boss. Is
that it, Alan? I want to protect my

interests. No, you want to be the boss.
All right, I want to be the boss.

I'm 38 years old, Dad.

I want to stop being told all the things
I don't know. I want to be listened to.

I want to be respected.

I want to start making decisions the way
you do.

Fast and ruthless and without any regard
for what anybody else thinks. Alan. And

I'm going to start by kicking your ass
out of this company.

You went out with Jack Barbera.

I had lunch with him.

Was it a business lunch?

No. Did you think there was any reason
for this lunch other than his romantic

interest in you?

Leland, he asked me to go to lunch and I
went. I didn't think it was going to be

such a big deal. Well, let me tell you
just how big a deal it apparently was.

Alan Barbera has announced his intention
to switch his allegiance from his

father to the board of directors.

That will result in his father being
ousted from the company he built.

And this is my fault.

It could be said that you had something
to do with it.

Excuse me, but I refuse to accept that.
You don't believe that you could have

exercised just slightly better judgment
in this matter?

Well, nobody told me that there was a
rule against secretaries dating clients.

I'm telling you.

So you're firing me?

What I'm doing now is putting you on
notice.

When I fire you, you'll know it.

Scottish grading system for snow and ice
climbs goes from grade one to grade

six. Grade two is characterized by
rudimentary technical climbing over

distances. Unfortunately, that changed.

How did it change?

Well, the first thing that happened was
it got warmer.

What had been good, hard, blue -green
ice, which was perfect for climbing,

turned soft.

Climbing became more difficult.

resulting in Mr. Allner's fall.

What, if anything, did you do in an
attempt to get Mr. Allner off that

First thing we did was get him to a flat
protected area, get him covered up.

I tried several times to go for help,
but each time I was turned back by

avalanches or storms.

Who decided to take Vaughn Allner's
life, Mr. Barkwell?

I'll take responsibility for it. You
tell us why you felt it had come to

Mr. Allner had been in a coma for five
days.

His pulse was barely discernible.

His body temperature was extremely low.

I felt there was no chance to get him
out alive.

Well, in that case, why not just leave
him and get out yourselves?

It had been more than two weeks since
we'd eaten anything.

We were suffering from frostbite,
hypothermia.

I felt as though if we didn't ingest
some form of calories, the temperature

our internal organs would be such that
we'd freeze to death.

In order to have the strength...

To get off that mountain, we had to eat.
Do you regret what you did?

I regret the circumstances made it
necessary.

Thank you.

I have nothing further.

Were you aware, Mr. Barkwell, that
search and rescue operations were

the time you took this man's life?

No, I was not. Most search and rescue
operations are scaled back after about

days. Also, given the weather, I was not
optimistic that the searchers would

find us, even if they were still
looking.

Are you aware of the fact that people
have survived without food for as long

five weeks?

I wasn't out to set any records.

I'd reached my limit.

Richard Visser had reached his.

I made the decision I felt was necessary
in order to survive.

Did you hear Von Allmer speak his wife's
name, sir?

Yes. So, you were aware that he was, in
fact, coming out of the coma.

I was aware that he had spoken.

And having heard him, you opted to go
right on doing what you were doing?

Yes.

In other words, once you had decided to
sacrifice this man, nothing was going to

stop you. Your Honor, I object to
prosecutors badgering this man.

Objection sustained. Mr. Mullaney, you
will cease badgering the witness.

I understand the legal position that you
are taking, Mr.

Barkwell. What I'm wondering is whether
or not it doesn't seem, even to you,

that maybe it wasn't necessary to kill
this man, hack off his leg, and

cannibalize him. We were dying. All
three of us were dying.

Von Allner was closer than Richard
Visser or myself, but we weren't far

I didn't enjoy what I did. I didn't
derive some ghoulish pleasure from

human flesh.

It was a gruesome...

Sickening ordeal. But had we not done
it, there is absolutely no doubt in my

mind but that we would have died.

I am sorry that it happened the way it
happened. But I don't apologize for

surviving.

No further questions.

Thanks for coming.

Not at all.

I wanted to talk to you about what
happened.

Okay. What did Leland and my father tell
you to say?

They didn't tell me to say anything. I
mean, they don't even know that I'm

Leland blames everything on you, though,
doesn't he?

Yeah, he holds me partially responsible.

Well, I'm sure you can get another job
if need be.

Did I do something wrong?

No.

I'm sorry.

And I'm sorry you got dragged into this.

Here you go. Thank you.

You know, you don't have to murder your
father.

I'm not sure you're right about that.

You're not?

Look, I'm finished being a professional
son, Denise.

I don't want to pad around after him
anymore.

Well, then don't.

Don't work for him. Don't work for his
company.

Start your own company.

You're a smart boy, Alan. I mean, I'm
sure there's a lot of things you could

on your own.

I couldn't get you to go out with me,
though.

Well, I'm sure there's a lot of other
things, you know, that you could do on

your own.

You're getting a major league shafting
here, Carl, I have to tell you that.

I don't care.

You don't care now because you're
despondent. You're going to care a year

now when you're in the supermarket
buying dented cans of tuna fish.

I can't subject myself to any more
humiliation, Arnie. It's too painful.

It was bad enough when it was just her
and Ivan.

Now to be faced with the fact that there
have been repeated infidelities... Why

is that an occasion to give her
everything that she's asking for?

Because I don't want to go through a
long, drawn -out divorce.

You know, if this does go to court,
we're going to beat them cold.

Doesn't matter.

A little vengeance goes a long way,
Carl.

I'm sure vengeance is one in a range of
approaches to this self -same set of

circumstances. I just don't know if it's
appropriate in my case.

Why isn't it? Because I brought her
infidelities on myself.

You're right.

Well, not that I don't feel aggrieved.

I understand. I'll, uh...

I'll finish up the paperwork on it, you
go back to your office, and I'll call

you when it's ready for signature.

Well, I appreciate the effort you've
been making.

Right.

I know you don't agree with me.

Doesn't matter.

You're the boss.

I do not in any way, shape, or form feel
like the boss.

I'm in too much pain to sit across a
table from this woman.

Carl, do me a favor.

Don't ask me to feel sorry for you,
because in my opinion, you should be

sit across the table from this woman.
You say it's too painful. Well,

the world is a painful place, but you
still have to take care of business.

I don't live in the world the way you
do, Arnie.

I live in my mind.

I don't build anything.

I don't sell anything.

I don't talk to people outside my field.

I don't talk to very many people inside
my field.

For the past eight years, the one link
I've had to the world outside my mind

been Andrea. There are a lot of other
women in the world, Carl. The only women

I've ever been with is Andrea Rossoff.

What do you mean?

She's the only woman I've ever had
sexual intercourse with or seen

naked.

Oh.

Put on your coat, Carl. I'm going to
make a phone call.

And you and I are going to head over to
the monkey bar. Wait a minute.

Who are you going to call?

What is the monkey bar?

Monkey bar is a restaurant.

I'm going to call a young woman I know.

I don't want a prostitute, Arnie.

She's not a prostitute.

She's a friend of mine.

So tell me, what is this gold box
conjecture?

What's gold box conjecture?

Okay, um...

It's an open problem in mathematics,
which remains open to this day. Simply

stated, every even number can be
expressed as the sum of two primes. Carl

something of an authority on the
subject.

It was first proposed in 1742 in a
letter by Christian Goldbach to the

Leonard Euler.

It has remained open ever since.

This is math.

This is math.

This is number theory.

Holly.

This is an actual genius, not just one
of those guys who thinks of himself that

way. His IQ is 190.

My God. I must say that I don't find the
IQ so -called to be a

particularly reliable indicator of most
higher -order thinking. It's an

interesting diversion, but in practical
terms, it's meaningless.

January 5th, 1965, what day of the week?

These are parlor tricks. January 5th,
1965.

Tuesday.

November 17th, 1931.

It's silly. It's meaningless.

Also Tuesday.

Oh, wow.

April 24th, 1966.

Sunday. It was a Sunday. That was the
day I was born.

You were born in 1966?

Yes. Wow. That happens to be a fairly
interesting number.

Why? 1 ,966 can be expressed as the sum
of 953 plus...

One thousand and thirteen.

Both of those numbers happen to be
prime.

Which means what?

Not evenly divisible by any other
number.

That sounds simple, doesn't it? I'll try
to determine whether an odd seven

-digit number not ending in five is
prime.

You'll soon find that has to be rather
arduous. What'd I tell you?

So I guess Arnie told you.

I got a thing for a really smart guy.

When Sam Barkwell and Richard Visser
took the life of Vaughn Allner, they had

malice in their hearts.

They committed this horrible act because
they felt they had no choice.

By all accounts, Vaughn Allner was
gravely ill. There was no reason to

his life could have been saved.

Barkwell and Visser had no expectation
of being rescued.

They were also starving to death.

Their choices were.

starve where they were, leave Von Aulner
to die and try to make it back to

civilization while they were starving,
or do what they did.

Had they done anything other than what
they did, they too would have died.

Let us not attempt to superimpose a code
of conduct that in a snowstorm at 13

,000 feet would have resulted in three
men dying instead of one.

Don't punish Samuel Barkwell.

For saving the lives he was capable of
saving.

Thank you.

Richard Visser is not a great mountain
climber.

I think he'd be the first to admit that.

He found himself under circumstances so
extraordinary, I don't think

any of us can imagine the horror.

I don't think there is any question that
Richard Visser was indeed horrified at

the prospect of taking another man's
life. The fact is that when it came time

do it, he couldn't.

Did he go along with it?

Yes, he went along.

Ask yourselves what choice he had.

Samuel Barkwell was in charge of this
undertaking.

He was in charge at the beginning, and
he certainly was in charge at the end.

Whether or not you see fit to punish
Samuel Barkwell, there is no

of any kind in punishing Richard Visser.

Thank you.

Samuel Barkwell says he had a good
reason for killing, so he's not guilty.

Richard Visser says he backed out at the
last minute, so he's not guilty either.

Under the law, anyone who plans or
participates in the deliberate killing

another human being is, by definition,
guilty.

And that law applies here in this
building, on the streets of Los Angeles,

in a snow cave at 13 ,000 feet.

The most basic tenets of civilization
extend even there.

There was, despite what Mr. Levinson has
claimed, a real chance that all three

of these men would have been rescued.
Had one of them gone for help, the other

two might well be alive when help
arrived.

Can I guarantee it?

No, I can't. What I can guarantee is
that Samuel Barkwell and Richard Visser

had neither the legal nor the moral
right to kill a helpless human being out

the belief that it would keep them
alive.

The law as defined by Samuel Barkwell
does not obtain in this courtroom.

What he and his co -defendant did was to
commit manslaughter.

I ask that they be convicted and
punished.

Hey, Jack, thanks for coming in.

Talk fast. I have a busy day.

You know, yesterday was the first time
in my life I felt like you were really

listening to me.

You've got a tough life, kid. What could
I tell you? You think it's easy being

your kid?

Probably had its pluses and minuses,
just like everything else.

I think that's probably true.

What is it that you want to say, Alan?

Just that I'm not going to do what I
said I was going to do yesterday.

For the duration of this fight, I'm
going to stand with you, Dad.

Why the change of heart?

Denise called me. We got together. She
had a few things to say on the subject.

I spent a sleepless night. I decided
that whatever else I want, I don't want

turn against you.

So, uh, we're still in business. No,
we're not still in business.

I'm going to wrap up my responsibilities
for your company.

Then I'm going to move on. What do you
mean, move on?

I've got some ideas.

I'm going to start a business of my own.
We'll do it together.

I don't want to do it together.

I want to do it myself.

So I'll just be an investor, a silent
partner. Maybe next time.

Oh, that makes no sense. The first one's
the one you need me for. Who are you

going to go to? Investment bankers? Wall
Street? They'll eat you alive.

Jack. What?

Listen to what he's telling you.

All right, kid.

Whatever you say.

New Arnie? Where is he?

I don't know, Seth.

He should be here. I know he should be
here. If you have two nine -sided dice,

what are the odds of drawing 16 or more?

13 .5.

Carl, that was supposed to be
challenging for my attorney.

Take a look at that, baby.

This is an indirect proof for Goldbach's
conjecture. That's right.

No partition with exactly two primes
exists.

There's a corollary to Wildenberg.

There's no central involution.

That's incredible.

If it's true.

We should probably get down to business.

Okay. I assume you're ready to sign some
papers, huh?

Actually, we're not.

We're not?

Ask Carl. He's the boss.

Yesterday, I wasn't prepared to go
through with the divorce.

Today, that's no longer the case. You've
contradicted the fight -Suzuki

-Thompson theorem. Do you know that?

Ray Duccio ought absurdum.

Quaderat demonstrandum. Sir!

We should schedule the rest of the
depositions and get ready to proceed to

trial. I want you to take me through
this, Carl. Look, have we really gone

all of the avenues that could lead us to
a settlement here? I want to be there

when you polish your proofs. Andrea,
please, let's first deal with the

at hand, shall we? Answer to your
question, Seth. Unless your client is

to drop the demands for the apartment
and agree to one -third of the monthly

support she's asking for, we're going to
trial.

Andrea. Please, Carl.

I'll take you through the proofs when
we're done with the divorce.

Okay.

Freely conceding that this is impulsive,
erratic, and completely unstable, what

do you say we stay married?

I'd say no thanks.

Carl, you knew about Ivan at the point
which you suggested reconciliation.

I told you about multiple affairs.

You thought there were X units of
adultery. It turned out there were Y

adultery. Fundamentally, there's no
difference.

You're right, Andrea.

Then why are you unwilling to reconcile
now?

Why are you willing to?

I've never seen you in this light.

In other words, now I can do you some
good. No.

There's going to be hoopla and frenzy,
and you want to be part of the hoopla

frenzy. I've never seen you more
brilliant than you are right now, Carl.

Don't turn me away.

Sorry, Andrea.

Why are you doing this to me?

Excuse me.

Arnie, do you validate?

Sure, Holly. The receptionist will take
care of it for you.

We're ready to go.

Great.

Bye all.

Has the jury reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

What say you?

In the matter of the people versus
Richard Visser on the charge of

manslaughter, we the jury find the
defendant... not guilty.

In the matter of Samuel Barkwell on the
charge of voluntary manslaughter, we

find the defendant guilty.

Mr. Barkwell may spend a brief moment
with counsel and thereafter be remanded

into custody.

Mr. Visser is free to go.

The jury is discharged with the thanks
of the court.

Sam.

Sam.

You need to know something.

You need to know that I did a bad job.

No, you didn't.

Listen to me. I'm not saying this for
absolution.

I'm saying this because you need to hire
another attorney to handle your appeal.

One of the grounds you need to include
is my incompetent representation.

You weren't incompetent.

Allowing a joint trial was incompetent.
Eli, you're not going to get me to say

it because I don't think it's true.

Also, I don't want to hire another
lawyer.

You handled the case. I want you to
handle the appeal.

I'm sorry, Sam.

stepped in a hole, Eli.

Happens.

You, uh... You left before I had a
chance to say anything, Sam.

I am desperately sorry for what
happened.

I did not go into this thinking that I
would go free and you wouldn't. I...

That's not what I planned.

That's not what I wanted.

I must say, though, in all fairness, I
don't feel equally responsible for

what happened up there. I was
hysterical.

I didn't know what I was doing.

I'm sorry, Sam.

You're not even going to talk to me?

Why would you?

I told the truth up there. What I said
on the witness stand is what I

remembered. And the fact that it hung
your code defendant out to dry, that was

strictly inadvertent. All right, now,
what would you have me do?

I would have had you be a man.

I would have had you take responsibility
for your actions.

But then cowards seldom do that.

You think I'm a coward?

Yes, I do.

And much as I would be utterly terrified
at the prospect of going to prison

right now, I'd rather be where Sam
Barkwell is than where you are.

If his appeals are unsuccessful, he'll
do his time and he'll be done.

I suspect you'll be a coward for the
rest of your life.