All language subtitles for L.A. Law S08E16 Whose San Andreas Fault Is it, Anyway

Previously on L .A. Law. So what do you
propose we do?

I propose we stay as far away from each
other as possible.

Well, that may be a problem if I come to
work here.

Well, we'll cross that bridge when we
come to it.

Tell me something.

Do your partners know how you feel?

Oh, yes, they do.

It's a little surprising I'm still being
considered.

Check his track record.

Plagiarism in law school, fabricating
evidence in one case, suborning perjury

another. He would argue that there are
legitimate explanations for these

Let's put it to a vote. Patrick
Flanagan. I vote yes.

Yes. Also yes.

Also yes.

You're going to have to stand this time
too, right, Eli?

Right. You're going to fall in line
behind Leland McKenzie.

He is owed a certain amount of
deference, Daniel. He's not owed this.

What does that mean?

That means I quit.

Daniel, we'll be meeting later today to
go over the disposition of your cases,

yes? Yes.

Very good.

Von Dell versus Stanley Huggins and
Castellano Construction?

We're representing Theo Von Dell against
her architect and contractor for

damages to her home sustained from the
earthquake.

I'm expecting settlement offers sometime
today.

I've been led to believe that there'll
be more than a million dollars on the

table. And we're on board for a third,
not bad for a month's work.

How are you getting settlement offers
this fast?

Well, it was a new house, so there was
clear -cut liability.

Isn't an earthquake considered an act of
God?

We're not holding them responsible for
the earthquake. We're holding them

responsible for misrepresenting the...

I know we're all lawyers and everything,
but it seems to me we were all in this

together. There isn't any one person who
was to blame for what happened.

Moving on. Andrew Cass versus Lynn
Barnett.

Sexual harassment, wrongful termination.

Trial starts today.

Andrew versus Lynn. He's suing her for
sexual harassment?

Yep. What'd we do, tie him up?

There are subtler forms of expressing
one's desire, Arnie. Like quoting

scripture.

Bullet versus vodka.

Okay, now who asked me for coffee? Me.

And me.

Water? Con gas.

Con gas.

After talk.

Bullet versus vodka.

We're in depositions all week. I need to
talk to you regarding the offshore

business. There came an island shelter
that I can fly.

All right, let's get together right
after this. Hazel versus Mahoney. We

pre -trial conference after 3 o 'clock
today.

Well, please do not be overly anxious to
try this one. And with that, I think

we're adjourned.

Day after day, more people come to L .A.

Don't you tell anybody the whole place
is shaking away.

Where can we go when there's no San
Francisco?

And I get ready to tie up the boat in
Idaho.

One thing this quake did was force me to
get organized.

Oh, yeah? Yeah, and I've gone about it
with a vengeance.

I've had a structural engineer out to
look at the house. I've made up a master

list of supplies.

I have worked out an evacuation route
and a telephone tree with the other

parents at Matthew's school. No one in
this office is prepared for a major

earthquake except me. Are you kidding?
I'm totally prepared.

I've got shoes under all the beds,
flashlights in every room, automatic

for the gas, water, canned goods,
portable radio with extra batteries. How

a generator?

You put in a generator?

That's right. How about a four -wheel
drive Dodge Power Wagon with front

-mounted winch? Milk?

Yeah, what's the point of that?

When the freeways collapse and the roads
are barricaded, how are you going to

get around?

What else?

How about $20 ,000 in gold bullion?

What's that for? For when the currency
collapses.

You're keeping this in your house?

No, I keep it in the yard.

Don't ask me to tell you where.

That's okay. I just hope you'll be able
to get home in order to get to it. In

the event that I can't get home?

In the trunk of my car?

I have a water purification kit, flares,
dehydrated food, flashlights, blankets,

camp stove, crowbar, first aid kit, and
work boots.

You got all that in the trunk of your
car?

I usually keep it in the trunk of my
car. It's not in there right now.

Why not? I needed the room. I went
shopping.

Why wouldn't the city be liable?

It's not clear that they wouldn't. It
would depend on whether or not they were

negligent. Negligence of the contractor
we got, negligence of the architect

we've got. That's why there is a
settlement offer on the table. Well, as

I'm concerned, we should still be going
after the city.

Well, number one, I don't think we have
a case against the city. And number two,

you are being well compensated by the
contractor and the architect.

Brand new house.

Brand new foundation.

And the assurances of both of them that
it would withstand earthquakes of this

magnitude.

Is there any question that I should be
compensated?

No. until Stanley will declare personal
bankruptcy.

That is my understanding.

I find myself just wishing there were
more people we could sue.

Look, Seal, you should be really happy
with this settlement.

To tell you the truth, it's more than
any of the attorneys in the office

you would get whether we went to trial
or not.

I probably should feel fortunate that
while thousands were left homeless by

earthquake, because I own four homes,
I'm left with three. That might be one

of looking at it. I don't care.

I feel...

aggrieved by what happened to me.

I feel abused by the forces of nature
and I feel abused by tradespeople and I

can't bear it when either of those
things happen.

I need you to sign all three of these
copies right here. I stay awake nights

compiling lists of grievances and not
just earthquake -related grievances.

There are things I blame my family for
and there are things I blame my dentist

for.

I'm happy with my accountant, and I am
unhappy with my housekeeper.

I am not, despite what you may think, a
happy person. I'm not sure I know what

to tell you.

You read that Bible?

Every day.

I haven't read one since I'm a kid.

Well, maybe you would feel better if you
read it again.

I don't think so.

Thank you.

Hi. Hi.

Thanks, Ava.

So, how do we do this?

I haven't had anybody pick out my
clothes since I was 12 years old.

Well, show me the clothes you're
thinking of wearing and I'll give you my

opinion. You want to start with what
I've got on?

Sure.

Maybe not.

Too predatory?

Yeah.

Okay.

You know what?

What? You probably don't need me to do
this.

You probably know what to wear to court
all on your own. I want your help.

You're my lawyer. I want the benefit of
your expertise.

I guess that what you wear is a rather
personal decision.

Eli, I'm in advertising.

You know what we do before we dress an
actor for a commercial? We put 12

executives in a room to decide what he's
going to wear.

There is nothing personal about this,
believe me.

This is about an image that I am going
to project to a jury.

And I want you to help me figure out
what that image will be.

Okay.

Okay.

These are the clothes I picked out.

Hmm.

Too upper class.

Okay.

Too sexual.

Really?

All right. Losing both.

These look fine.

You got any suggestions for shoes and
handbags?

Those are the real indicators, you know.
I think I'll leave them both up to you.

Do you ever get involved with anybody at
work?

Not really. I'm not officially.

Not formally.

If I were you, I would adhere to that
policy.

At all possible?

I wouldn't necessarily call it a policy.

You know, when I first knew that my
affair with Andrew would end badly...

We were walking out of a meeting one
day, and he put his arm around my waist.

What did that tell you? That told me
that he wanted everyone to know he was

sleeping with his boss.

We have a strong case, Lynn.

I don't think he's going to beat us.

Good.

Would you describe for the court your
relationship with the defendant?

I was a copywriter. She was a vice
president at the agency.

For a period of about three months, she
was also someone with whom I was

romantically involved.

I'm going to ask you to describe very
specifically how that happened.

Your Honor, the fact that these two
people had a romantic involvement is not

dispute. I object to this whole line of
questioning. The role each of them

played is very much in dispute, Your
Honor.

I ask to be permitted to pursue this
line of questioning.

The objection's overruled. The witness
can answer.

We had just landed a major account.

I'd gotten a raise. She was made a vice
president.

And it was St. Patrick's Day.

We drank Irish whiskey at Tom Bergen's
until closing time.

Then we went back to my apartment.

Who initiated going back to your
apartment?

Objection irrelevant.

Overruled. The witness can answer.

Who initiated it, Mr. Cass?

Lyndon.

Characterize for us, if you would, what
kind of relationship you had. I think we

had a fairly intense relationship.

We began spending three or four nights a
week together.

We were going away for the weekends
together.

For a while, it was great.

Did there come a point at which that
changed?

Well, there came a point at which the
relationship had run its course.

It wasn't her fault. It wasn't mine.

Just happened. And what effect, if any,
did the cessation of your romantic

involvement have on your professional
relationship?

It had a profound effect.

She'd exclude me from meetings that I
once would have been a part of. She

stopped sending me good assignments.

She'd berate me.

Ultimately, she fired me.

Are you currently employed, Mr. Cass?

Yes, I am.

And how much are you earning relative to
what you had been earning before?

Half. Why would you take a job that paid
you half of what you were making? I had

no alternative.

Miss Barnett got the word out to too
many people a little too fast.

Objection. Sustained.

No further questions.

Do you feel coerced into having a
relationship with Miss Barnett?

Coerced? No.

Did she give you an ultimatum? Go to bed
with me or else?

No. How did you react to having a woman
you were sleeping with being your boss?

I think I reacted fine.

How did you react to your work being
rejected?

When I felt my work was being rejected
out of spite.

I probably got angry.

Yet you often felt like your work was
being rejected out of spite, didn't you?

did where Lynn was concerned.

Isn't what happened, Mr. Cass, is that
you weren't moving up the ladder quite

fast as you would have liked? No, that's
not what happened.

You were hoping, were you not, that
sleeping with Lynn Barnett would result

little career advancement.

You wanted it to do you some good.

Objection. Mr. Levinson is browbeating
this man.

Sustained. She fired me because I broke
up with her. Isn't it possible, Mr.

Cassis, she fired you because your work
was unsatisfactory and you wouldn't take

direction? My work was never
unsatisfactory while we were going out.

your work was never unsatisfactory or
that Ms. Barnett covered for you when it

was? That never happened.

I have nothing further.

I assume...

You've got a whole argument worked out
as to why the Herman case should be

to take with you.

No.

You don't want to take it with you? I
think it rightfully belongs to the firm.

Okay.

What about the Reitz brothers?

Well, it seems like the big fees from
the Reitz brothers have all been had, so

whatever's left, I'm happy to leave
behind.

Just out of curiosity, are you setting
us up for something?

Douglas. Like what? Like what cases are
you hoping to take with you?

I'd like to take the Edelman, and I'd
like to take the Snow.

That's it? I would also ask that
Jonathan take over for me in the

I think our client would be most
comfortable with him.

It's okay with me.

What about the Reinhold?

It's yours.

What about Hutton?

Hutton's also yours.

What are you doing, Daniel?

I'm leaving, Douglas, and it doesn't
much matter to me what I take with me.

I'll call the client and let them know,
and I'll be out of my office by the end

of the week.

Excuse me.

Daniel.

You adamant about this?

I don't know about adamant, but I have
made up my mind.

I miss you, man.

Likewise, brother.

I'm gonna be in trial most of the week.
I might not see you again. I wanted to

say goodbye.

Okay.

I'm sorry this happened.

I'm sorry about it, too.

It's like watching a train wreck for me.

I knew it was gonna end badly, and all I
could do was watch.

Is that all you did?

I had to remain neutral, Daniel.

I haven't been here long enough to take
positions on these things, I don't

think. Except you did take a position.

I abstained. That's a position, Eli.

It caused something to happen.

If you had voted the other way, it would
have resulted in a tie.

Had that happened, Patrick Flanagan
would not have been hired, and I would

be leaving.

And I'm genuinely sorry that that's what
happened.

Fine.

And you're right.

I did take a position.

Cashier's checks are on their way over.
We closed at a million five?

We closed at a million eight.

Fabulous. I thought you'd be pleased.

I'm extremely pleased.

You handled this case very well. Thank
you.

I thought this was worth nothing. To
find that it's dumped $600 ,000 into our

lap. This is like found money.

Oh, here you are. Hi, Steve.

I just had the most remarkable night of
my entire life. Let me leave you two

ladies. No, stay.

Please.

Jane, you told me to read the Bible.

And I read the Bible.

You know, instead of falling asleep in
front of the television, I made myself a

pot of coffee, bought a fresh pack of
cigarettes, got out that Bible, and I

read. And let me just say, I was blind,
and now I see.

That's great.

I have such a feeling of serenity and
calm. I don't believe I've ever had.

And that's before you get your hands on
the money.

Forgive, and you will be forgiven, Luke
6.

Absolutely. I'm not taking the money.

What do you mean? What I mean is that I
need to forgive my architect. I need to

forgive my contractor.

And the one real way to do that is not
to take the money. There may be other

ways. No, there are no other ways.

Now, I want to thank your office for
representing me.

But I want to thank you for pointing me
back toward Jesus.

And I wish for the two of you a very
pleasant day.

Are you kidding?

What's your position at the agency, Mr.
Justin?

President. Do you deal with Lynn Barnett
directly on a day -to -day basis?

Yes, I do. How would you characterize
her performance supervising the creative

teams that report to her?

I would characterize it as outstanding.

Have you ever observed her being
vindictive with anyone?

No, I have not.

Are you familiar with Mr. Cass?

I was aware that he worked for us, but I
never dealt with him on a day -to -day

basis. Were you aware of the fact that
he and Ms. Barnett...

Had anything other than a purely
professional relationship?

I became aware of it, yes.

How did you become aware of it?

Well, Miss Barnett came to me and
explained the situation.

She told me that they had had an affair,
that the affair was over, that his work

was deteriorating, and that his attitude
was bad, and she wanted to let him go.

How did you respond?

I told her that if he wasn't making a
contribution, that it was up to her to

rid of him.

Did you trust Lynn Barnett to make that
determination?

Yes, I did.

Thank you. I have nothing further.

You stated that you didn't deal with Mr.
Cass on a day -to -day basis.

Is that true, Mr. Justin?

Yes. That would mean, would it not, that
you had no direct knowledge of the

quality of his work?

That's correct.

So, in other words, you just took Lynn
Barnett's word for it? I take Miss

Barnett's word for a great many things,
Miss Gershon Wu.

Would your confidence in her in this
instance?

Be it all influenced by the fact that
your agency bears principal liability

her actions.

My confidence is based solely on her
work performance.

I think the fact that she's a vice
president of my company would attest to

fact. Just for the record, would you say
that Miss Barnett exercised

particularly good judgment in having an
affair with a subordinate?

It happens.

Yes, we all know it happens, but I'm
asking whether or not you endorse it.

I treat the people that I work with as
adults.

I don't make a habit of second -guessing
how they conduct their personal lives.

Except this wasn't Lynn Barnett's
personal life. This was her professional

And I am asking you once again whether
or not you endorse the practice of

becoming involved sexually with people
who work for you.

No, I don't. Why not?

Because it introduces a new set of
variables into the work environment.

It carries with it the potential of
problems in terms of job performance and

lawsuits, such as the present case.

So it's safe to say, is it not, that you
would have preferred Miss Burnett not

to have had this affair?

All things being equal, yes.

Thank you. I have no further questions.

Correct me if I'm wrong here, Jane, but
it seems as though you convinced this

woman to not take the money? All I did
was suggest she read the Bible. Why

you do that?

There is a Bible on my desk. She made
mention of it. She said that she hadn't

read it since she was a little girl, so
I suggested she read it again. All of

this after she was telling me how
unhappy she was.

And we end up taking a half -million
-dollar hit. How are you taking a half

-million -dollar hit? Before Steele came
in, Douglas said that this was not

money he anticipated getting, that it
was found money.

Do you think that makes me any more
willing to part with it? It is found

Jane. We found it, and we want to keep
it. Have you contacted the other

No, I've been ducking their calls.

This fax just came in. They've upped the
offer by $100 ,000.

They think you're holding out, and
they're willing to pay more. I'm going

kill myself.

Don't overlook the malpractice exposure
here. What malpractice? She changes her

mind about Christian forgiveness.

Realizes she signed a release and comes
after us to make it up to her. She

agreed to sign a waiver against us.

She'll come after us anyway.

She'll claim that she was delusional
when she signed the waiver. Any way you

look at it, we come out on the losing
end.

What do you want me to do?

I want you to convince her to do that
which is reasonable under the

circumstances. I .e., take the money.
You and I could spend an hour this

afternoon and find all the biblical
citations you need to support that

I am perfectly capable of finding
biblical citations on my own, assuming

wanted to use them. The woman's
hysterical, Jane. Use whatever you have

Nice to have you here, Doctor.

Let me ask you, people are having a lot
of trouble.

You can't find people by the slice over
here.

Actually, you can.

You can't find people. Forget about the
slice.

I mean, there's no place like John's or
Stromboli.

There's definitely no place like Ellen
B. Simone Garden.

I know. Something's been bothering you
lately.

Yeah, a lot of things have been
bothering me lately. I know.

You know, I used to buy my clothes at
Caesars Bay Bazaar. There's no place

that out here.

We'll have to talk about it eventually,
Denise.

And there's no A &F.

We had a moment back at the wedding. You
know, I used to go dancing at L

'Amour's, Pastel's, Elephant's. You
know, they don't have places like that

here. I kissed you, you kissed me back.
We didn't plan for it, we didn't expect

it, but there it was.

I used to get my shrimp earrings from
the Chinese guy on 34th Street. And do

think I could do that here in L .A.?
Look at this.

I'm not going to make this life.

Look at this.

Maybe part of my problem is that I tend
to overanalyze things.

This is my worst nightmare.

What happened again? I have no idea.

Am I crazy or is that a crack up speech?

The main thing is I don't want there to
be any awkwardness between us. I don't

want to lose intimacy. I don't want to
be left closed all as a result of this.

Come on, come on.

You talking to me?

This is absolutely insane.

I know it is.

Denise, what are you doing?

E -line.

Look where you are. Look what you're
sitting under.

Where are you going?

I have to be in court.

To me?

I just have a learner permit.

It's been alleged, Ms. Barnett, that you
initiated the affair with Andrew Cass.

Is that true?

I always thought that it was more or
less mutual.

Technically, you could say I made the
first move, yes.

It's also been alleged that it was
Andrew Cass who ended the affair. Is

true? Yes.

Would you concede that having an affair
in the office is a bad idea?

Yes. Why did you do it?

I work 12 -hour days.

If I'm going to meet a man, the
likelihood is I will meet him in the

You also meet men who occupy equal
status with you. This man was a

Would you concede that that carries
additional problems?

Yes, I would.

This just happens to be who I fell in
love with.

How did you react when Mr. Cass told you
he wanted to end the affair?

I was relieved.

It had become increasingly difficult to
balance our respective roles.

Would you describe what you mean by
that?

Before and after work, I was his lover.

At work... I was his boss.

He couldn't handle that.

In what way couldn't he handle it? He
would question decisions that I made. He

would question deadlines that I set.

I felt that he was trying to undermine
me.

It's been alleged that you rejected work
that Andrew Cass had done out of spite.

Was that the case?

I would look at work that he had done.

I would ask other people's opinions
about it.

And I tried very hard to think about it
fairly.

And I believe that in the end, I used my
best professional judgment.

Did you ever communicate to Andrew Cass
that his career would suffer if he

refused to continue having a sexual
relationship?

No, I did not.

Why was it necessary to fire him?

Because his work was bad.

Because it had been bad for too long.

And mostly because he showed no
willingness to improve it.

And I believe in his heart he knows
that's true.

Objection. Sustained.

The witness's speculation as to what is
in the plaintiff's heart is stricken. I

have nothing further.

How long had it been since you'd had a
significant relationship with a man

before Andrew Cass?

Objection. Overruled. The witness will
answer.

About five years. Do you like being in a
significant relationship with a man?

Yes, I do, if it's the right man.

Was there ever a time when you thought
Andrew Cass was the right man?

Yes, there was.

Didn't you, in fact, discuss marriage
and children with him?

Yes. And yet you tell us that you had an
overwhelming feeling of relief when he

left you.

I was also hurt and lonely and tired.
Isn't it possible

that those feelings of being lonely and
hurt and tired intruded into your

business relationship as well? No, it is
not.

Is it possible that it's your behavior
that's changed?

It's not Andrew Cass's work that's
changed, but rather your perception of

No, it is not possible.

Miss Barnett, after you fired Andrew
Cass, why did you feel it was necessary

blackball him in the business?
Objection. Assuming facts... I never did

of the kind.

Miss Barnett, please.

The objection sustained.

Subsequent to his being fired, did you
ever speak to any individual from any

other agency about Andrew Cass? No, I
did not.

And if my opinion was solicited, I
declined to give it. I declined to get

any conversation of any kind about
Andrew.

His opinion to the contrary
notwithstanding.

From the day he came to work with me, he
was talented and charming and

undisciplined and totally ill -equipped
to work with clients and colleagues.

I was infatuated with him, so I
protected him.

I didn't punish him because of how he
made me feel when he left.

I protected him because of how he made
me feel when he was there.

And when I stopped protecting him, he
turned on me. And that really made you

furious, didn't it? That made you want
to just do anything to get even with

Objection. Counsel is making speeches.

Sustained. What it made me do was attend
to business.

I have nothing further.

Oh, Jane!

Your housekeeper said that I would find
you here.

What brings you?

I wanted to talk to you about your
decision to drop the suit.

Oh, I'll see you later.

Do you mind if we keep walking while we
talk?

Not at all. It's my daily regimen.

You know, I wanted to tell you that I
don't think you're taking the money from

these people is necessarily an
unchristian thing to do.

Oh, well, wouldn't that depend on what's
in the heart of the taker?

Yes, but I don't think there's anything
unchristian about your heart.

Oh, well, you're charitable and you're
kind, and I appreciate it, but you also

may not know me very well.

There is a great deal that's unchristian
in my heart.

Well, I think the same could be said
about most of us, but I also think that

matter how much you want to affect a
change in your life, not taking the

is an extreme gesture.

Oh, but I think this calls for extremes.

What is it that they say?

If you want something you've never had,
you have to do something that you've

never done. And I have never forgiven
anyone for anything.

Yes, but legitimately, you're owed
something here.

The contractor and the architect were
negligent in the way that they

your house. Love your enemies.

Bless them that curse you. Do good to
them that hate you.

and pray for them that despitefully use
you and persecute you. That's from the

book of Matthew. Yes, you could still do
that. Blessed are the merciful, for

they shall obtain mercy. That's also the
book of Matthew.

Yes, you could still be merciful.

If you hold anything against anyone, you
must forgive him so that the Lord in

heaven will forgive you. That's the book
of Mark.

A man's gifts make it room for him. The
book of Proverbs.

Cool. Would that then support my taking
of the money? It might.

People have justified all kinds of
actions by using scriptural passage.

Being able to do that doesn't
necessarily mean they did the right

I think it's great that you're so
enthusiastic about the Bible but I don't

that it requires you not taking the
money. I really think that could be

something that you would come to regret.

You don't believe I'm sincere, do you?

I don't doubt that you're sincere.

Oh, yes, you do.

You think of me as some sort of
Christian wannabe who's grasping to make

dramatic but basically empty gesture. I
don't think anything of the kind.

Well, see you. See you. Wait a second. I
don't know what to do.

Jane, excuse me. I just think I'd better
go off and be by myself right now.

I think I'd like to go home.

How do you just leave the man there?

I had an anxiety attack. What, that
never happens?

No, no, no. Hey, it happens.

Oh, Eli managed to drive himself to
court. You know, everything worked out.

Denise, nobody wants to be under a
freeway overpass in an earthquake.

You're right about that.

You probably also don't want to be in
that underground garage we got to park

You probably don't want to be in this
office.

Believe me, though, when the aftershocks
die down, you'll forget all about it.

We're having one.

This is a big one.

Oh, God.

That wasn't a big one.

That wasn't a big one.

4 .5. Yeah, that.

Oh, 4 .5. No, no, no, 4 .5. No, I'd say
4 on top. I'd say you're all out of your

mind. In what way? We're going along
like this was nothing.

Why? What should we do? Something. We
should do something.

Like what?

Like move someplace where there's not
earthquakes every day.

Denise, these are aftershocks.

Aftershocks are earthquakes, Jonathan.

We just call them aftershocks. And you
guys are standing around trying to

out what number they are. What
difference does it make? Who cares if we

6 .2 or a 7 .3?

And we don't have the slightest idea
what's going to happen next. I mean, no

does. We don't know how big they are. We
don't know when they're going to stop.

We don't know if they're going to stop.
All we know is that we've got to go back

to work.

I think it shows the strength of the
human spirit.

I think it shows that we're completely
nuts.

And right now, I'm going home.

We know the following.

Andrew Cass worked at the ad agency for
eight months prior to becoming involved

with Miss Barnett.

During that time, his work was, by all
outward appearances, satisfactory.

But the truth is, it was better than
that.

This is a talented, hard -working young
man whose career has been derailed by

the actions of a spiteful and bittered
woman.

Did she force him to have an affair with
her?

Depends on your definition of the word
force.

She was several tiers above him in the
hierarchy at the agency.

She made it very clear what it is she
wanted.

Make no mistake about it.

This woman wielded the same authority in
their personal relationship that she

wielded in their professional
relationship.

And she did not like to see that
authority questioned one bit.

And when it was, and her will was not
complied with, she sought to punish

whoever defied her.

Now, whatever Andrew Cass'
responsibility may have been in the

continuation of this love affair, he
does not deserve to be both

and financially savaged as a consequence
of it.

Dare I say, were he a woman, we would
not hesitate to award him due

compensation.

Let us not hesitate because he is a man.

These two people had an affair.

Not a single shred of evidence has been
adduced to support the contention that

this affair was coerced by the
defendant, that it was anything other

volitional on the part of both of them.
That this affair took place does not

entitle the plaintiff to compensation of
any kind. The only basis for

compensation would be that the plaintiff
was harassed or humiliated or

wrongfully terminated as a result of
ending the affair.

And much as the plaintiff and his
attorney would like you to believe

there's no proof of that either.

You may think that Lynn Barnett
exercised less than impeccable judgment

having this affair.

Maybe she threw caution to the winds.

What she also did was to continue
carrying out the responsibilities of her

position. I submit to you that her
treatment of the plaintiff while he

at the agency...

and her subsequent termination of his
employment there represent precisely and

exclusively that.

The fact is, Lynn Barnett had wholly
legitimate reasons to fire the

She had them because he gave them to
her.

By the quality of his work and the
nature of his conduct, he brought it on

himself.

Lynn Barnett proved not to be the
girlfriend Andrew Cass wanted her to be.

In the end, she wasn't the boss he
wanted her to be either.

That should not entitle him to exact
from her anything more than the pain and

the humiliation that this trial has
already yielded.

Thank you.

Jane, any news?

I talked to her.

She's confused.

They just upped their offer by another
$75 ,000.

Unconfusing.

I don't suppose there's any way to talk
you out of this.

Uh, no.

It's done.

I'd like to explain to you why I voted
the way I did.

You don't have to do that, Stuart.

Yeah, I do.

I feel bad about it, Daniel.

I had no idea that voting for Patrick
Flanagan was going to result in your

leaving, and in that it did, I want to
explain why I did it.

Okay.

It's not that I thought Leland was
right, Daniel.

It's that I think that Leland doesn't
have to be right.

Sometimes it's enough that he's Leland.

Well, I don't see it that way.

Yeah, you haven't been with him as long
as I have.

Length of service has nothing to do with
it. The man showed me a complete lack

of respect for no other discernible
reason than to throw his weight around.

Did it ever occur to you that sometimes
it's important for him to throw his

weight around?

Why is that?

Because he's old.

Because he's looking for a sign that
he's got any weight left.

And I think when I'm his age, that's
what I'll be thinking about.

And 50 years later, when you're his age,
that's what you're going to be thinking

about.

Have you spoken to him?

No.

Do you intend to?

I wasn't planning on it.

You know, I mean, what is there to say?

I think you know that better than I do.

Jane.

Hi. May I come in? Just a moment. Talk
to you. Of course.

This won't take long.

I want you to know that I've done what
you asked me to do.

I thought about it, I read the Bible,
and I prayed.

And I did find scriptural authority that
would support my taking the money.

And I found scriptural authority for not
taking the money.

Well, the truth is, the only solace I
found last night came from a five

canister of barbecue -flavored potato
chips.

Look... Theo, you can take some time to
think about this.

Oh, I don't want to take any time.

My heart tells me I should give back the
money.

But my head says that that would be
foolhardy.

So I want you to decide what I should
do.

I can't do that, Theo.

Well, I listened to you when you
suggested I read the Bible. That gave me

great deal of serenity. So I am fully
prepared to listen to you again.

Oh, please don't do this to me, Theo.

Jane, you're in a better position to
judge than I am.

I'm asking you as my attorney, as my
spiritual seeing -eye dog, so to speak,

take this burden from me.

Now, I'm going to go drop my car at the
dealership. I'll be home late this

afternoon. Call me and let me know.

Has the jury reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor. What say you?

In the matter of Cass v.

Barnett... We fine for the defendants.

The jury is dismissed with the thanks of
the court.

We're adjourned.

Good work, Eli.

Thank you. From all of us. Really, good
job.

No matter what kind of job I did, it all
came down to the jury believing Lynn.

Absolutely. It goes without saying.

Hey, why don't I call my office? We can
go have a celebratory drink. I can't do

that. Just a cap off the trial.

I'd love to, but I'm already running.

Maybe another time.

Maybe you guys would like to go. Well,
I've got to jump on the freeway, and if

I'm not mistaken, these gentlemen are
heading back to the office.

Some other time.

Bye. Bye.

Thank you.

Was it something I said?

It's just not something they would do.

What is it? Go out, have a drink
together. That's not something that we

They were on the hook for half a million
dollars. I would think they'd be

thrilled. They hate this.

They hate learning about my personal
life. They don't want to know.

Why is that?

Because I'm a girl.

And they're the boys.

And we may work together, but that
doesn't mean we're friends.

Well?

We can go have a drink.

Yeah, that would be nice.

Well?

Thea left it up to me.

Fantastic.

I advised her to drop the suit.

Now tell us what really happened.

I am telling you what really happened.

She told me that in her heart she didn't
want the money, but she would do

whatever I advised. I advised her to
follow her heart.

Has this been communicated to the other
side as yet?

Steele told it to them herself.

Does that allow us to bring an action de
novo claiming it had to come from

counsel? Let it go, Douglas.

I hate letting it go. I hate letting it
go.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, you're sorry. You did the same
thing all over again.

If that means that I would refuse to ask
someone to act against their religious

beliefs, then you're right. If that
means that I would profane the word of

by using it to manipulate someone, then
you're wrong.

I did that this time. I won't do it
again.

If that's grounds for dismissal, I
assume you'll let me know.

Letting your religious beliefs interfere
with your fiduciary responsibility to

the other members of this firm most
certainly is grounds for dismissal.

Are you firing me?

Absolutely not.

As far as I'm concerned, you did the
only thing you could.

Thank you.

Hey. Hi.

So I'll see you.

You're leaving?

In a little while, yeah.

Well, I may not be too far behind you.
You're thinking about leaving?

I'm thinking about moving.

How come?

How come?

Because the city feels completely unsafe
to me. That's how come. Because of the

earthquake? Yeah.

So where would you move?

Where would I move? I live in New York.
Where else am I going to move?

There are other places, you know. No,
not for me. For me, it's either here or

there. New York's not exactly safe
either. No, you're right.

It just depends what risk you choose to
live with. I mean, hey, there's misery

in both places.

You know, I'm on the subway. I'm on the
bus.

I walk late at night on the street.
There's maniacs on every street corner.

Believe me, I die from the cold.

I die from the heat.

Man, until all this happened, I was very
happy here. You know, I was riding

around in my car. I was loving it.

Maybe you should wait a month and see
how you feel about it then.

Yeah, I suppose.

So, uh, what about you? What are you
going to do?

It might take a little time to think
about it.

I might end up at another firm, or I
might start my own.

Think you'll do it here?

Maybe. Maybe in Santa Barbara.

Like an earthquake in Santa Barbara?

I don't know. I'm out of here. Oh, good
luck.

Good luck to you. You're the best.

I'll miss you.

I'll miss you.

Maybe I'll see you around town sometime.

I hope.

Unless I move.

Leland.

I'm leaving.

I thought I'd say goodbye.

Come here.

I assume this is not the last time we'll
be seeing one another.

I'm sure it isn't.

Should any of the clients you're leaving
behind choose to follow you, naturally

we'll forward their files.

Thanks. You'll let us know when you're
situated.

Yeah. Yeah.

And I'm sure there'll be referrals going
back and forth as time goes on.

I'm sure.

Do you think there'll ever come a time
when we'll actually talk about what

happened? My door is always open,
Daniel.

That's not why I asked.

What exactly is there to talk about?

We opposed one another.

I enjoyed the support of the majority.
You opted to quit.

Do you think you were right?

Yes, I do.

Good luck, Daniel.

Thank you.