1 00:00:34,470 --> 00:00:35,470 Clear. 2 00:01:37,350 --> 00:01:40,150 Well... Why? 3 00:01:43,030 --> 00:01:44,030 Why? 4 00:01:47,870 --> 00:01:48,870 Duncan. 5 00:01:49,430 --> 00:01:54,170 Oh, no, the disposal just tried to eat my broom. 6 00:01:55,830 --> 00:01:56,850 Yeah, yeah. 7 00:01:57,770 --> 00:02:02,910 Have you got a blind date over there or something for me? 8 00:02:05,930 --> 00:02:08,729 No, I liked her. 9 00:02:09,229 --> 00:02:10,270 What was her name? 10 00:02:11,910 --> 00:02:13,430 Alice? Yeah, yeah. 11 00:02:14,190 --> 00:02:18,550 Clara's Aunt Alice. Yeah, I liked her fine. I liked 14 of her 15 cats. 12 00:02:19,750 --> 00:02:24,430 But there was fur all over everything, including Alice. 13 00:02:25,030 --> 00:02:28,130 She kissed me goodnight, and I looked like the Wolfman. 14 00:02:30,770 --> 00:02:34,850 Well, all right, I'll be there at 6 o 'clock. Bye. 15 00:02:44,430 --> 00:02:47,490 Good afternoon, sir. How are you today? My name is Carl M. Fuqua. I'm here on 16 00:02:47,490 --> 00:02:49,170 behalf of the Willow Springs Boys Club. 17 00:02:49,430 --> 00:02:51,410 Oh, wonderful, Carl. 18 00:02:51,610 --> 00:02:52,850 I gave it the office. 19 00:02:53,790 --> 00:02:54,790 Isn't this your office? 20 00:02:55,030 --> 00:02:57,770 Oh, it's one of them. I'm a chain like Kmart. 21 00:03:00,130 --> 00:03:01,310 I'm late for an appointment. 22 00:03:07,530 --> 00:03:10,430 Are you all right? 23 00:03:10,950 --> 00:03:12,850 I think I'm all here. 24 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:14,120 I'm called off. 25 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,800 No, no. No, I'm fine, really. Are you sure? I think so. 26 00:03:19,260 --> 00:03:20,400 Nothing seems to be broken. 27 00:03:21,260 --> 00:03:22,260 Thanks. 28 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:04,560 Benjamin, 29 00:04:05,780 --> 00:04:08,660 it is so good to see you. Don't you look well? 30 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,160 Thank you. 31 00:04:12,670 --> 00:04:13,670 Why am I here? 32 00:04:14,030 --> 00:04:17,950 Still expecting your questions to be answered the minute you ask them, aren't 33 00:04:17,950 --> 00:04:18,489 you, Ben? 34 00:04:18,490 --> 00:04:19,670 Set in my ways. 35 00:04:20,310 --> 00:04:24,510 Before we get down to business, I have a young, impetuous Montrachet I have been 36 00:04:24,510 --> 00:04:26,490 waiting for a chance to craft. Benjamin, 37 00:04:26,490 --> 00:04:33,630 this 38 00:04:33,630 --> 00:04:37,230 isn't just wine. This is nectar of the gods. 39 00:04:37,610 --> 00:04:38,610 Oh. 40 00:04:39,820 --> 00:04:43,540 You collect the glasses and Duncan collects the wine. Aren't you the 41 00:04:43,540 --> 00:04:44,540 couple? 42 00:04:45,740 --> 00:04:51,240 Like all perfect couples, we have come to the same conclusion at precisely the 43 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:52,240 same moment. 44 00:04:52,260 --> 00:04:54,540 We want a divorce. And we'd like you to help us. 45 00:04:57,180 --> 00:04:58,079 How's that? 46 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:02,200 Well, you see, Ben, Duncan and I care about each other deeply. 47 00:05:02,540 --> 00:05:07,900 And we always will. But our marriage, well, it's... It's like a tree. Though 48 00:05:07,900 --> 00:05:10,900 roots go deep, the branches have been diverging for quite some time. 49 00:05:11,780 --> 00:05:12,780 A tree? 50 00:05:14,220 --> 00:05:19,540 What are you talking... No, never mind. Just settle your differences. 51 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,880 We're psychiatrists, Ben. We're relationship experts. 52 00:05:24,620 --> 00:05:29,040 Ours is in a state of transition from perfect to over. 53 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,140 Well, I'm not a divorce lawyer. 54 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:35,400 Oh, but we want this to be amiable. 55 00:05:35,900 --> 00:05:37,260 There are no children to consider. 56 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:38,940 Yeah, we just need help with the paperwork. 57 00:05:39,180 --> 00:05:46,160 You have to understand. The thing is, the last thing we want are legal sharks 58 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:51,120 blooding our tranquil divorce waters with greed and vindictiveness. 59 00:05:51,740 --> 00:05:52,860 Please help us, Ben. 60 00:05:53,700 --> 00:05:54,700 As friends. 61 00:06:01,900 --> 00:06:03,340 Why are they getting a divorce? 62 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,800 Well... The way they put it to me, their marriage is like a tree. 63 00:06:08,620 --> 00:06:14,440 The roots go deep, but the limbs are either rotten or growing every which 64 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:15,440 can't remember. 65 00:06:15,820 --> 00:06:17,340 Sounds like they used the wrong fertilizer. 66 00:06:17,700 --> 00:06:19,260 Yeah. Not yet. 67 00:06:26,460 --> 00:06:27,460 Hi. 68 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:31,180 Benjamin Matlock? Front and center. I have a registered letter for you, signed 69 00:06:31,180 --> 00:06:32,340 right there. Oh, okay. 70 00:06:38,090 --> 00:06:39,090 Have a good one. 71 00:06:39,730 --> 00:06:41,010 You have a better one. 72 00:06:48,790 --> 00:06:49,790 What's that from? 73 00:06:50,510 --> 00:06:54,170 That's from some lawyer here in Atlanta. 74 00:06:59,010 --> 00:07:00,210 He's got to be kidding. 75 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:05,800 Just to inform you that my client, Carl M. Fuqua, is bringing suit against you 76 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,820 for the dangerous condition of your property. 77 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:13,200 Dangerous? You see anything dangerous? You resulted in serious injury to my 78 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,220 client. There was no injury. 79 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:19,020 We suggest you turn this matter over to your insurance company. You want to tell 80 00:07:19,020 --> 00:07:20,020 me what this is all about? 81 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:26,440 This guy, Fuqua, comes here collecting for some boy's cloth. 82 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,040 And you showed him the door. 83 00:07:28,380 --> 00:07:29,380 Well, yeah. 84 00:07:29,770 --> 00:07:33,030 Yeah, and the next thing I know, he's in a heap at the bottom of the stairs. 85 00:07:33,990 --> 00:07:34,990 Did he seem hurt? 86 00:07:35,290 --> 00:07:36,290 No. 87 00:07:36,570 --> 00:07:39,950 No, he looked woozy when he first got up. I asked him if he wanted to see a 88 00:07:39,950 --> 00:07:43,430 doctor. He said he was fine, and he walked away under his own power. 89 00:07:45,430 --> 00:07:47,030 It's just insurance fraud, that's all. 90 00:07:47,270 --> 00:07:48,710 Sounds like it to me. Oh, wait. 91 00:07:49,610 --> 00:07:52,390 Insurance fraud or not, you've got to respond. Let me handle this for you. 92 00:07:52,790 --> 00:07:54,670 Once I finish with him, he won't know what hit him. 93 00:07:56,170 --> 00:07:57,550 And you folks got a problem? 94 00:07:58,450 --> 00:07:59,990 Nothing we can't handle, Billy. 95 00:08:00,510 --> 00:08:04,130 I figured something must be going on, otherwise you'd have given my boy Cliff 96 00:08:04,130 --> 00:08:07,070 job by now, like you promised. I said I'd try, Billy. 97 00:08:07,670 --> 00:08:11,450 Leanne and I just started up a new practice here, and there's not enough 98 00:08:11,450 --> 00:08:12,449 for three people. 99 00:08:12,450 --> 00:08:16,530 You better not be backing out of our deal, Ben. You owe me. I don't owe you, 100 00:08:16,590 --> 00:08:20,050 Billy. He got your son out from under a murder rap. Isn't that worth something? 101 00:08:20,310 --> 00:08:22,050 You just don't understand, Leanne. 102 00:08:22,390 --> 00:08:25,730 Ben got out, got away from home, went to law school. 103 00:08:26,110 --> 00:08:27,590 He's a rich lawyer now. 104 00:08:28,349 --> 00:08:30,810 I'd stay home. I'm just a poor working man. 105 00:08:31,210 --> 00:08:36,630 My sister Lucy loved him in high school. He cast her aside like an old sock. 106 00:08:36,929 --> 00:08:38,690 She never got over it. Dad? 107 00:08:38,929 --> 00:08:43,650 I never cast her aside. I just started dating. Old man Ignite's girl said you 108 00:08:43,650 --> 00:08:44,990 liked the dimple on her chin. 109 00:08:46,190 --> 00:08:48,110 Lucy cried and cried. 110 00:08:48,570 --> 00:08:52,550 I wound up having to take care of Lucy all these years, and you got to law 111 00:08:52,550 --> 00:08:54,830 school. How work, Leanne. 112 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:59,200 I scraped and I sent my boy Cliff to law school, and he owes me. 113 00:08:59,460 --> 00:09:03,340 I don't owe you, Billy. You can't move here to Willow Springs and bring that 114 00:09:03,340 --> 00:09:07,740 of yours with you and hold your sister over my head like this. The least you 115 00:09:07,740 --> 00:09:09,440 do is give my boy a job, Ben. 116 00:09:13,500 --> 00:09:14,500 Ben? 117 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:16,520 Ben? 118 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:18,900 What about the place in Aspen? 119 00:09:19,180 --> 00:09:21,300 Oh, Duncan should have it. He's the one who skis. 120 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:24,640 Not since I broke my leg two years ago. 121 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:26,800 You take it, darling. 122 00:09:27,060 --> 00:09:29,100 Aspen's always been your place of psychic renewal. 123 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:31,600 You're right. 124 00:09:31,660 --> 00:09:34,100 But you must take the timeshare on Hilton Head. 125 00:09:36,060 --> 00:09:38,960 Looking forward to working on my golf game. You know, I found my father's old 126 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:40,040 golf clubs in the garage. 127 00:09:40,340 --> 00:09:41,340 Look at this, Ben. 128 00:09:43,740 --> 00:09:44,900 Solid persimmon. 129 00:09:45,140 --> 00:09:46,480 Oh, that's beautiful. 130 00:09:47,020 --> 00:09:52,220 Yeah, yeah. Well, I wish you could work things out, but... 131 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:56,620 If you'll give me your financial statements, I can wrap this up in a 132 00:09:56,620 --> 00:09:58,820 days. I'll have everything ready for you tomorrow morning. 133 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,560 Thanks again for helping, Ben. Oh, well. 134 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,380 If everybody's like you, divorce lawyers starve to death. 135 00:10:05,820 --> 00:10:09,640 I love you. 136 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:16,360 I know. 137 00:10:51,950 --> 00:10:52,950 Be right there, darling. 138 00:10:58,310 --> 00:11:00,150 You are really something. 139 00:11:00,710 --> 00:11:01,830 So are you, darling. 140 00:11:04,650 --> 00:11:08,030 Now, sit down before your coffee gets cold. 141 00:11:13,170 --> 00:11:16,590 You know, this is fascinating. Before we decided to get divorced, I doubt you 142 00:11:16,590 --> 00:11:18,070 would have done anything like this for me. 143 00:11:18,410 --> 00:11:20,290 And if you had, I probably wouldn't have noticed. 144 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:22,160 What's that, sweetheart? 145 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,300 I'm saying that now that we're getting divorced, we're finally able to 146 00:11:25,300 --> 00:11:31,040 appreciate each other. I mean, not as husband and wife, but as individuals, 147 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:34,000 unique and special people we really are. 148 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:36,860 I know my eyes have been opened. 149 00:11:43,860 --> 00:11:47,540 I'm real sorry about my dad. I know he can be a pain. 150 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:48,800 Yeah. 151 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:54,700 Well... Simple, uncontested divorce like this is good to cut your teeth on. Not 152 00:11:54,700 --> 00:11:56,700 much money. No. But good experience. 153 00:11:57,420 --> 00:11:58,420 That's what I'm here for. 154 00:11:58,980 --> 00:12:02,040 Now, who are the Farmingtons? Oh, they're the nicest people. 155 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:03,900 They've done real well for themselves. 156 00:12:04,660 --> 00:12:05,660 Psychiatrists. Oh. 157 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:07,120 Friendly, nice. 158 00:12:11,300 --> 00:12:14,400 Clara, my God! 159 00:12:14,940 --> 00:12:16,940 Snakes for a snake, you worm! 160 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:18,480 Clara! 161 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,920 You haven't been to Aspen in over two years, my foot! 162 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:24,900 It's not like you to overreact, Clara. 163 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:29,660 Overreact? If anything, I am underreacting, considering the fact that 164 00:12:29,660 --> 00:12:32,160 husband, who was supposed to be at a professional conference in Chicago, 165 00:12:32,380 --> 00:12:38,220 actually spent last February 1st through 10th in Aspen, charging champagne 166 00:12:38,220 --> 00:12:43,300 dinners and massages and ladies' ski clothes for some bimbo he was romancing 167 00:12:43,300 --> 00:12:44,300 my house! 168 00:12:44,420 --> 00:12:45,560 Not a bimbo! 169 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:50,580 It ended a long time ago, and it has nothing to do with our divorce. 170 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:53,380 That's what you think. 171 00:12:56,540 --> 00:12:58,460 Oh, okay. Now what are we doing? 172 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:01,960 Me! Clara! 173 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:03,660 What are you doing? 174 00:13:04,500 --> 00:13:06,100 Renegotiating our property settlement. 175 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:08,880 Clara! 176 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:12,480 Clara! Oh, you darling, me! 177 00:13:16,470 --> 00:13:22,110 See? That's overreacting. You aren't even giving me a chance to explain. And 178 00:13:22,110 --> 00:13:24,450 Clara, this is not very adult behavior. 179 00:13:26,350 --> 00:13:29,610 That's my jewelry. This is mine. 180 00:13:33,590 --> 00:13:35,710 That line. 181 00:13:36,050 --> 00:13:37,190 Give me that. 182 00:13:37,490 --> 00:13:38,490 Okay. 183 00:13:47,310 --> 00:13:48,310 Regressing, are we? 184 00:13:48,750 --> 00:13:49,750 Okay. 185 00:13:50,590 --> 00:13:51,890 One infantile. 186 00:13:53,190 --> 00:13:55,790 Duncan. You got it. Duncan, don't! 187 00:14:01,110 --> 00:14:07,530 This is a nice house. Oh, yeah. 188 00:14:17,790 --> 00:14:19,010 Probably television. 189 00:14:20,550 --> 00:14:22,330 What the hell do you want? 190 00:14:45,260 --> 00:14:46,139 Lander, and creep! 191 00:14:46,140 --> 00:14:47,140 That friggin' shrew! 192 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:48,280 Wait a minute! 193 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:55,180 Yesterday, you were acting like you were planning a wedding, not a divorce. 194 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:59,320 Now you're ready to kill one another. What happened? He had an affair. 195 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:01,760 She's overreacting! I'm going home. 196 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:02,959 Wait, you can't go. 197 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:03,960 You're a lawyer. 198 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:08,960 Was your lawyer. I agreed to sign on to do paperwork, not referee some 199 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:12,380 demolition derby. Get yourself another lawyer. Get two! 200 00:15:12,740 --> 00:15:13,740 Come on, Cliff! 201 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:20,940 You want infantile? 202 00:15:21,700 --> 00:15:26,660 You got it. This means I'm out of a job. We both are. 203 00:15:31,460 --> 00:15:34,480 Mr. Boswick, my name is Leanne McIntyre. 204 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:39,380 Dixieland Insurance authorized me to represent them in your client's personal 205 00:15:39,380 --> 00:15:41,860 injury suit against Mr. Benjamin Matlock. 206 00:15:42,140 --> 00:15:45,960 The same Benjamin Matlock who just happens to be your father. 207 00:15:49,070 --> 00:15:51,730 I, um... I checked you out. 208 00:15:52,290 --> 00:15:54,630 Good. And I can lay my cards on the table. 209 00:15:55,350 --> 00:16:00,190 Your client has no case. Now we could go to court, trade witnesses, waste a lot 210 00:16:00,190 --> 00:16:01,970 of time and money, or we could settle right now. 211 00:16:02,990 --> 00:16:03,990 I'm listening. 212 00:16:04,910 --> 00:16:08,750 Granting that your client sustained any injuries at all, which, from Mr. 213 00:16:08,890 --> 00:16:13,670 Matlock's description of the accident, seems highly unlikely, we feel that the 214 00:16:13,670 --> 00:16:16,910 sum of $25 ,000 is more than adequate compensation. 215 00:16:25,580 --> 00:16:26,780 Well, Mr. Bostwick. 216 00:16:29,820 --> 00:16:32,460 This must be a joke. I'm just waiting on the punchline. 217 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:35,120 I didn't come here to play games, Mr. Bostwick. 218 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:37,720 You're no fun at all, are you? 219 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:39,040 Okay. 220 00:16:40,020 --> 00:16:41,020 Let's get serious. 221 00:16:43,260 --> 00:16:45,700 Do you have a medical degree, Leanne? 222 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:47,760 May I call you Leanne? 223 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:50,600 No, Mr. Bostwick, you may not. 224 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:52,820 Cute. Real cute. 225 00:16:53,780 --> 00:16:54,780 All right. 226 00:16:54,990 --> 00:16:58,450 The insurance adjuster's already found loose boards on your father's porch. 227 00:16:59,430 --> 00:17:04,050 The doctors I talk to tell me that Carl Fuqua sustained serious, permanent 228 00:17:04,050 --> 00:17:06,109 damage to his neck and spine. 229 00:17:07,930 --> 00:17:13,010 Your 25 grand wouldn't even take care of the treatment he's had so far, much 230 00:17:13,010 --> 00:17:15,069 less what he's going to need for the rest of his life. 231 00:17:16,790 --> 00:17:18,869 I assume you have a figure in mind. 232 00:17:19,790 --> 00:17:20,790 Let's hear it. 233 00:17:21,390 --> 00:17:23,750 A million dollars? Is he kidding? 234 00:17:25,260 --> 00:17:28,180 Well, he said if we don't come up with something in the high six figures, he'll 235 00:17:28,180 --> 00:17:29,180 see us in court. 236 00:17:29,540 --> 00:17:30,700 I can't wait. 237 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:33,000 A million dollars. 238 00:17:33,820 --> 00:17:35,560 Shyster. You still want to take his case? 239 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:36,699 You betcha. 240 00:17:36,700 --> 00:17:37,700 Go get him. 241 00:17:38,140 --> 00:17:39,140 Excuse us. 242 00:17:39,460 --> 00:17:41,180 Ben, we are chagrined. 243 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,740 Mortified. Truly ashamed. 244 00:17:44,540 --> 00:17:46,060 Can we please come in? 245 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:53,680 And all our repressed pain, anger, and resentment came flooding forth in one 246 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,860 massive catharsis. Very liberating, actually. 247 00:17:57,060 --> 00:18:00,000 And now that we've worked through it, we can move on. 248 00:18:00,620 --> 00:18:02,600 And we really want you to help us. 249 00:18:03,300 --> 00:18:05,720 Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 250 00:18:06,100 --> 00:18:08,640 Each of you needs a separate lawyer. 251 00:18:10,660 --> 00:18:11,840 What a good idea. 252 00:18:12,900 --> 00:18:15,000 Miss McIntyre can represent me. 253 00:18:16,580 --> 00:18:21,480 Oh, well, I... Ben can represent me. Clara, my darling, that's brilliant. 254 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:22,480 would keep it all in the family. 255 00:18:22,700 --> 00:18:26,260 Oh, the last thing we want are strangers coming in and making problems where 256 00:18:26,260 --> 00:18:27,260 none exist. 257 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:28,780 Sharks bludgeoning in the water. 258 00:18:29,060 --> 00:18:33,640 Oh, no, we acknowledge those negative feelings, Ben, but believe me, this time 259 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:38,440 we really mean it. Oh, with you on board, this divorce can be the positive, 260 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:40,460 -affirming process we know it can be. 261 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,080 I'm not sure this is the right way to go about this. 262 00:18:44,100 --> 00:18:45,100 Oh, but... 263 00:18:45,150 --> 00:18:48,650 You've already done most of the work. Are you sure you won't see it through? 264 00:18:53,250 --> 00:18:54,370 What do you think, Dad? 265 00:18:56,710 --> 00:18:58,130 I don't know. What do you think? 266 00:19:00,170 --> 00:19:01,370 No, you fired my boy. 267 00:19:01,730 --> 00:19:06,170 I didn't fire him. The case changed. He's not right for it. Said you'd give 268 00:19:06,170 --> 00:19:08,250 a job and then you fired him. I didn't fire him. 269 00:19:08,590 --> 00:19:09,990 He's not right for the case. 270 00:19:10,190 --> 00:19:11,370 Not smart enough for you? 271 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:13,440 I'll have you know he graduated from law school. 272 00:19:13,660 --> 00:19:16,080 This has nothing to do with his law school. 273 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:20,940 Maybe to you it don't. But I paid a lot of money for that degree. And with your 274 00:19:20,940 --> 00:19:23,480 help, Clifford's going to pay me back. 275 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:24,880 And then some. 276 00:19:27,380 --> 00:19:28,460 We have a deal, Ben. 277 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:30,940 Why do you keep saying we have a deal? 278 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:34,060 I'm doing the best I can. What more do you want? 279 00:19:36,540 --> 00:19:37,540 Dinner would be nice. 280 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,120 I am so glad you and Ben are doing this. 281 00:19:46,860 --> 00:19:49,620 Duncan is a dear, but can I tell you something? 282 00:19:50,500 --> 00:19:53,300 I am looking forward to not doing someone else's laundry. 283 00:19:53,820 --> 00:19:54,820 There is that. 284 00:19:55,340 --> 00:19:57,080 I understand you're divorced? 285 00:19:58,580 --> 00:19:59,580 Separated. 286 00:19:59,940 --> 00:20:01,780 Any chance of reconciling? 287 00:20:01,980 --> 00:20:02,980 Oh, no. 288 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:10,160 You know, to be honest, I hate to admit that I failed at marriage. 289 00:20:10,700 --> 00:20:11,700 Exactly. 290 00:20:11,950 --> 00:20:15,410 You expect the perfect relationship, then you're disappointed. 291 00:20:16,310 --> 00:20:18,090 I don't know if I was expecting that. 292 00:20:18,710 --> 00:20:22,690 Of course, I wasn't expecting him to run off with a 25 -year -old aerobics 293 00:20:22,690 --> 00:20:23,690 instructor either. 294 00:20:24,410 --> 00:20:25,410 Oh. 295 00:20:26,010 --> 00:20:31,190 Well, if your husband acted out his negative feelings instead of working 296 00:20:31,190 --> 00:20:34,030 through with you, perhaps you're better off without him. 297 00:20:39,630 --> 00:20:40,730 Will you look at this? 298 00:20:47,990 --> 00:20:48,990 Glow in the dark pink. 299 00:20:50,310 --> 00:20:51,310 He lied to me. 300 00:20:52,010 --> 00:20:53,250 He's still having an affair. 301 00:20:53,710 --> 00:20:58,630 Well, Clara, maybe he got it at work. Maybe one of his patients was crying on 302 00:20:58,630 --> 00:20:59,630 his shoulder. 303 00:20:59,710 --> 00:21:00,710 Bull. 304 00:21:02,170 --> 00:21:03,830 The SOB is having an affair. 305 00:21:06,990 --> 00:21:11,260 Duncan and I... have come up with a document that we think reflects both the 306 00:21:11,260 --> 00:21:13,780 spirit and the letter of what was discussed earlier. 307 00:21:14,060 --> 00:21:18,140 That spirit has changed, Dad. Now, all we have to do now... How's that? 308 00:21:18,420 --> 00:21:23,780 A certain behavior has come to light which substantially has changed my 309 00:21:23,780 --> 00:21:27,680 predisposition. From now on, you can have your girlfriends do your laundry. 310 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:29,480 Now what? 311 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,240 Clara thinks that Duncan is still having an affair. 312 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:36,280 Oh, you are delusional. Don't try to gaslight me, Duncan. That is not my 313 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:40,120 lipstick. Oh, so now you're going to stick it to me. Oh, in spades. 314 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,740 Just what is it, Clara, exactly that you think you're going to get? What is the 315 00:21:43,740 --> 00:21:47,900 matter with you? One little piece of lipstick. One little piece of lipstick. 316 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:52,140 We've got the papers right here, Leanne. Let's just get them to sign in a few 317 00:21:52,140 --> 00:21:55,920 places. Oh, Clara feels that Duncan can't be trusted. I don't care if she 318 00:21:55,920 --> 00:22:00,120 him or not. Let's just sign and get them out of here. She thinks that if he lied 319 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:02,840 about this woman, he might be lying about their joint assets, too. You're 320 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,280 overreacting. She smells a rat, Dad. 321 00:22:05,870 --> 00:22:09,090 I don't care if she smells the skunk. Maybe that's why her nose sticks up the 322 00:22:09,090 --> 00:22:12,690 way it does. They wanted a simple divorce, and now everything's gone to 323 00:22:12,690 --> 00:22:14,950 because she found a little lipstick on his shirt. 324 00:22:15,250 --> 00:22:19,610 She feels he's not the trusted man she thought he was. Who cares? Let's just 325 00:22:19,610 --> 00:22:20,610 him to sign. 326 00:22:20,730 --> 00:22:23,390 Dad, I'm her lawyer, and you're Duncan's lawyer. 327 00:22:23,750 --> 00:22:24,790 Yeah, what happened to that? 328 00:22:25,010 --> 00:22:25,909 Shut up, Duncan. 329 00:22:25,910 --> 00:22:29,990 That's very hostile of you, Beth. Dad, your blood pressure. Who damned my blood 330 00:22:29,990 --> 00:22:33,670 pressure? I never wanted anything to do with this divorce. 331 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:39,280 And now my blood pressure's gone sky high and my very own daughter's turning 332 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:40,280 against me. 333 00:22:40,380 --> 00:22:44,740 Dad, I am just trying to do my job. I am not turning against you. Turning 334 00:22:44,740 --> 00:22:47,420 against me, turning against me, turning against me. 335 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:51,500 I think we'd better bring this meeting to a close. 336 00:22:52,140 --> 00:22:53,880 But the papers. 337 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:56,080 Yeah, we have to reevaluate things. 338 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:02,640 I'll see you later. 339 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,320 Well, now you're mad. 340 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:08,640 Oh, I'm not mad. 341 00:23:08,820 --> 00:23:10,000 Yes, you are. You're mad. 342 00:23:10,220 --> 00:23:11,820 All right, I'm mad. I'll see you later. 343 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:15,580 Well, aren't you going to stay and have something to eat? 344 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,580 I'll fix something good. 345 00:23:18,140 --> 00:23:20,760 Maybe some eggs and grits. 346 00:23:21,140 --> 00:23:22,520 Maybe some sardines. 347 00:23:38,570 --> 00:23:39,329 Oh, my God. 348 00:23:39,330 --> 00:23:40,530 That's my book! 349 00:23:41,350 --> 00:23:43,030 Runs like a bandit, doesn't it? 350 00:23:43,570 --> 00:23:44,570 It's back. 351 00:23:45,590 --> 00:23:48,650 On my side, and I am prepared to defend it. 352 00:23:56,190 --> 00:23:58,390 Chateau Pouillac, 1976. 353 00:23:59,450 --> 00:24:01,470 Chateau Lasserre, 1958. 354 00:24:01,830 --> 00:24:03,030 Cute name. 355 00:24:03,430 --> 00:24:06,090 Cute? Those wines are priceless. 356 00:24:06,510 --> 00:24:07,510 God! 357 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:14,560 That design would make a lovely wallpaper. 358 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,180 We're going to have to get going here, Mr. Matlock. 359 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:26,960 Yes, sir. 360 00:24:27,300 --> 00:24:30,240 She should be here any minute, Your Honor. I'm sorry. 361 00:24:34,020 --> 00:24:35,020 I'm dead. 362 00:24:41,550 --> 00:24:42,550 Sorry to bother you, Ben. 363 00:24:45,050 --> 00:24:46,050 What are you doing here? 364 00:24:47,210 --> 00:24:48,210 I'm here to see Leanne. 365 00:24:50,170 --> 00:24:52,150 Oh, there she is. 366 00:24:53,070 --> 00:24:54,250 Nice of you to join us, Ms. 367 00:24:54,490 --> 00:24:58,370 McIntyre. I hope this isn't a preview of how you plan to conduct this case. 368 00:24:58,710 --> 00:25:00,370 My sincere apologies, Your Honor. 369 00:25:00,750 --> 00:25:02,790 If you could just grant me a minute's more grace. 370 00:25:03,170 --> 00:25:03,969 One minute. 371 00:25:03,970 --> 00:25:04,970 No more. 372 00:25:09,740 --> 00:25:13,080 We're not even up to bat and there's two strikes against us. My car wouldn't 373 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:14,800 start. Dad, I need to speak to Cliff alone. 374 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:17,760 Alone? Please. 375 00:25:18,980 --> 00:25:19,980 Dad. 376 00:25:20,100 --> 00:25:21,420 Dad, please. 377 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:27,160 She said you had a job for me. 378 00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:30,020 Yeah, um, all the details are in here. 379 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:31,520 Don't open it until you get outside. 380 00:25:32,340 --> 00:25:33,920 And don't tell my father about it either. 381 00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:35,880 You're working for me on this one, okay? 382 00:25:36,340 --> 00:25:37,800 Are you sure this is all right with Ben? 383 00:25:38,350 --> 00:25:39,730 Time's up, Ms. McIntyre. 384 00:25:40,010 --> 00:25:41,010 Ready, Your Honor. 385 00:25:42,250 --> 00:25:43,250 I'm sure. 386 00:25:49,650 --> 00:25:51,950 You should have settled while you had a chance. 387 00:25:52,530 --> 00:25:53,990 Court is now in session. 388 00:25:56,150 --> 00:25:58,610 You're recently married, aren't you, Mr. Fuqua? 389 00:25:59,090 --> 00:26:00,090 Yes, sir. 390 00:26:00,650 --> 00:26:02,070 About six months ago. 391 00:26:02,950 --> 00:26:07,090 And how would you characterize your relationship with your wife? 392 00:26:08,460 --> 00:26:09,520 since the accident? 393 00:26:12,180 --> 00:26:13,180 I'm not so good. 394 00:26:13,700 --> 00:26:15,460 Could you be a little more specific? 395 00:26:18,460 --> 00:26:23,180 I can't make love to Suzanne like I used to. 396 00:26:23,860 --> 00:26:24,860 What else? 397 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:30,500 She's got to do a lot of stuff for me that a man wants to do for himself. 398 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,760 At this point, I'd like to show the court... 399 00:26:37,310 --> 00:26:43,510 A videotape shot by an independent filmmaker who is prepared to testify 400 00:26:43,510 --> 00:26:44,510 its veracity. 401 00:26:44,550 --> 00:26:47,110 This is a typical day in the life of Carl Fuqua. 402 00:26:49,650 --> 00:26:52,330 Will you tell us about your life, Mr. Fuqua? 403 00:26:53,530 --> 00:26:54,530 Sure. 404 00:26:56,830 --> 00:26:59,410 Ah, here I am, in bed. 405 00:26:59,630 --> 00:27:03,770 I used to be a real early riser, but now with all the pain pills I gotta take, 406 00:27:03,870 --> 00:27:05,390 Suzanne has to take care of me. 407 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,680 It's like I'm her kid, not her husband. 408 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:13,780 She's even got to help me. 409 00:27:15,540 --> 00:27:16,720 Got to the bathroom. 410 00:27:17,380 --> 00:27:21,700 Objection, Your Honor. How can we be sure that this whole tape wasn't staged 411 00:27:21,700 --> 00:27:22,700 the benefit of camera? 412 00:27:22,980 --> 00:27:27,600 Future witnesses will testify as to the serious nature of my client's injury. 413 00:27:27,820 --> 00:27:33,900 His wife and a filmmaker will corroborate as to this being a typical 414 00:27:33,900 --> 00:27:34,900 life of Carl Fuqua. 415 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:41,980 This is nothing but a... A shameful display to influence the jury, and you 416 00:27:41,980 --> 00:27:43,480 it. Mr. Matlock. 417 00:27:43,740 --> 00:27:47,780 But, Your Honor, this whole tape business is just made up of lies. 418 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:52,100 You have an attorney, Mr. Matlock. Please speak through her. But, Your 419 00:27:52,820 --> 00:27:54,540 Speak through her. 420 00:27:56,900 --> 00:27:58,100 Objection overruled. 421 00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:01,720 You may proceed, Mr. Fuqua. 422 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:10,600 Every morning, Suzanne helps me get dressed. 423 00:28:11,340 --> 00:28:16,520 I mean, not that I go anywhere, but, well, man does what he can to keep his 424 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:17,520 dignity, you know? 425 00:28:18,980 --> 00:28:23,580 I mean, she's my wife, and I know she loves me, but I'd ask somebody to 426 00:28:23,580 --> 00:28:24,820 sacrifice like that. 427 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,560 I look into her eyes, and I see the pain. 428 00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:29,640 It hurts so much. 429 00:28:30,020 --> 00:28:31,020 Speak. 430 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:32,440 Say something. 431 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,500 Object. I did. Object again. 432 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,240 Dad, believe it or not, I know what I'm doing. 433 00:28:38,500 --> 00:28:42,100 You're letting this tearjerker bury me, Mr. 434 00:28:42,300 --> 00:28:46,460 Matlock. My sincere apologies, Your Honor. It won't happen again. 435 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:51,000 I know a daughter is not supposed to speak to her father this way, but you 436 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,000 me no choice. 437 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:53,480 Shut up! 438 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:09,240 What have we done? 439 00:29:10,500 --> 00:29:16,840 We have acted out all the hostility we repressed for years. 440 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:20,560 I feel so free. 441 00:29:22,740 --> 00:29:28,980 You know, come to think of it, I feel like a great weight has been lifted off 442 00:29:28,980 --> 00:29:29,980 shoulders. 443 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:32,400 I think. 444 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,380 We are going to be better people, better therapists. 445 00:29:37,130 --> 00:29:38,350 I may take a younger lover. 446 00:29:42,830 --> 00:29:45,710 Start cleaning up this mess. 447 00:29:46,250 --> 00:29:47,390 Oh, Duncan. 448 00:29:48,730 --> 00:29:52,130 Look, the crystal vase we bought in London on our honeymoon. 449 00:29:52,570 --> 00:29:58,810 That was the first time I thought rain was romantic. You look so great in that 450 00:29:58,810 --> 00:30:02,470 oil skin and galoshes. My Dinsmore mobile? 451 00:30:02,890 --> 00:30:04,090 You bent it. 452 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:07,539 that way. 453 00:30:07,540 --> 00:30:09,980 Before you bent it, it was worth $28 ,000. 454 00:30:10,380 --> 00:30:11,480 Now it's not worth a zip. 455 00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:13,160 Well, bend it back. 456 00:30:13,540 --> 00:30:16,580 That is ridiculous, Clara. I can't begin to bend it. 457 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:19,880 Oh. 458 00:30:22,140 --> 00:30:26,640 We have done hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage here. Our 459 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:30,740 homeowner's policy isn't going to cover this. Oh, don't panic, Duncan. We'll 460 00:30:30,740 --> 00:30:32,540 tell them that... 461 00:30:33,150 --> 00:30:36,710 We had burglars. Burglars don't break things. They steal them. 462 00:30:37,830 --> 00:30:40,010 No, well, tell them you did it. What? 463 00:30:40,210 --> 00:30:44,330 Listen to me, darling. Everyone knows that women your age often suffer from 464 00:30:44,330 --> 00:30:45,330 hormonal imbalance. 465 00:30:45,470 --> 00:30:50,390 I'm going to tell them that your hormones suddenly went crazy and you 466 00:30:50,390 --> 00:30:54,590 berserk. Women my age? I'm a doctor. They'll believe me. You're a rotten 467 00:30:54,990 --> 00:30:56,030 You're a rotten husband. 468 00:30:56,700 --> 00:31:02,100 And as a matter of fact, I have never seen anything so stupid or ugly as you 469 00:31:02,100 --> 00:31:04,360 London in your oil skin and glasses! 470 00:31:52,740 --> 00:31:53,740 Yes, it's me 471 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:32,800 Hey, hey, hey, have we got some kind of a problem here? I am, I... Why are you 472 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:34,100 some kind of a pervert? 473 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:35,820 I'm a lawyer. 474 00:32:36,180 --> 00:32:37,920 Oh, yeah. 475 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:42,240 Don't allow none of that around here. 476 00:32:48,740 --> 00:32:49,740 Oh, yeah. 477 00:32:59,900 --> 00:33:00,900 Dad, can I help you? 478 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,580 I'm looking for a book. 479 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:05,120 No, 480 00:33:06,340 --> 00:33:07,400 that's not the one. 481 00:33:08,020 --> 00:33:10,520 But it's... Oh. 482 00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:13,740 Oh, I'm disturbing you. 483 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,520 That's all right. You know what? I'm going to take a break. No, no, no. You 484 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:19,400 here first. I really want to leave, Dad. 485 00:33:20,820 --> 00:33:21,820 Am I interrupting something? 486 00:33:21,980 --> 00:33:24,520 No. Would you mind, Dad? I need to speak to Cliff alone. 487 00:33:24,860 --> 00:33:27,240 Well, now you're asking me to leave. You said you wanted to leave. 488 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:29,460 Well, that's when you wanted to leave. 489 00:33:29,660 --> 00:33:31,080 Now that I want to stay, you want to stay? 490 00:33:31,940 --> 00:33:34,960 Well, it's my house. 491 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:37,320 Please, Dad, just for a minute. 492 00:33:38,260 --> 00:33:39,260 Please. 493 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:41,760 Thank you. 494 00:33:44,980 --> 00:33:45,980 Did you get anything? 495 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:47,040 Well, yes and no. 496 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:48,560 Well, let's start with a yes. Okay. 497 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:51,120 Dad, are you listening? 498 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:02,500 Dr. Harrison, you've testified, and I quote, Mr. 499 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:06,900 Fuqua will be severely physically challenged for the rest of his life. He 500 00:34:06,900 --> 00:34:10,639 almost certainly never be free from pain and most certainly confined to a 501 00:34:10,639 --> 00:34:11,639 wheelchair. 502 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:12,780 Just like that. 503 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:14,080 No hope. 504 00:34:14,380 --> 00:34:16,900 Despite all the advances in medical knowledge. 505 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:19,400 That is your expert opinion? 506 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:20,538 It is. 507 00:34:20,540 --> 00:34:21,600 You couldn't be mistaken. 508 00:34:22,020 --> 00:34:25,100 Ms. McIntyre, I've been a practicing physician for 40 years. 509 00:34:25,580 --> 00:34:28,780 and have probably published more articles on spinal and neck injuries 510 00:34:28,780 --> 00:34:31,520 anyone in this state, I don't think I'm mistaken. 511 00:34:32,780 --> 00:34:37,940 Dr. Harrison, how many times have you testified as an expert witness in 512 00:34:37,940 --> 00:34:40,260 injury cases tried by Mr. Bostwick? 513 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:42,580 Several. I don't recall the exact figure. 514 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:46,659 Isn't it true that in the last year alone you testified about 23 times? 515 00:34:47,199 --> 00:34:48,540 That sounds about right. 516 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,480 How much money has Mr. Bostwick paid you this year? 517 00:34:52,969 --> 00:34:56,630 I'd have to check my records. I don't recall the exact figure. We don't need a 518 00:34:56,630 --> 00:34:58,690 home run, Doctor. Just get us into the ballpark. 519 00:35:00,050 --> 00:35:01,950 Approximately $150 ,000. 520 00:35:02,910 --> 00:35:06,170 You've retired from your regular practice. Isn't that true, Doctor? With 521 00:35:06,170 --> 00:35:08,570 exception of some occasional consulting, yes. 522 00:35:10,050 --> 00:35:14,670 Aside from the fees paid to you by Mr. Bostwick, how much additional money have 523 00:35:14,670 --> 00:35:16,150 you made from consulting fees? 524 00:35:18,930 --> 00:35:19,930 Approximately? 525 00:35:20,510 --> 00:35:21,870 About $20 ,000. 526 00:35:22,700 --> 00:35:29,400 I see. So out of approximately $170 ,000, all but 527 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,420 $20 ,000 came from your work as an expert witness for Mr. Bostwick. 528 00:35:33,100 --> 00:35:34,100 That's correct. 529 00:35:34,140 --> 00:35:36,620 I guess keeping Mr. Bostwick happy keeps you employed. 530 00:35:36,900 --> 00:35:37,900 Objection! 531 00:35:38,220 --> 00:35:39,220 Withdraw the question. 532 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:41,580 Nothing further, Your Honor. 533 00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:45,260 This court stands in recess until 10 a .m. Monday morning. 534 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:53,040 Nice work. 535 00:35:53,540 --> 00:35:54,540 Don't surprise. 536 00:35:54,940 --> 00:35:56,780 Well, no, it's... Just doing my job, Dad. 537 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:58,000 Same as I would for anyone. 538 00:37:19,310 --> 00:37:20,770 Where'd you get these pictures? 539 00:37:21,310 --> 00:37:22,350 I took them. 540 00:37:24,170 --> 00:37:28,230 You sent Cliff to take pictures of Duncan fooling around with some woman? 541 00:37:28,450 --> 00:37:31,150 I told her to. I knew the louts were seeing someone. 542 00:37:31,370 --> 00:37:36,050 Clara! Coming home at midnight with that stupid, guilty grin on his face. You 543 00:37:36,050 --> 00:37:38,630 hired someone who works for me to follow Duncan. 544 00:37:38,930 --> 00:37:40,370 Dad, he works for us. 545 00:37:40,710 --> 00:37:43,070 I never wanted any part of this divorce. 546 00:37:43,370 --> 00:37:47,960 You talked me into it. Now my blood pressure's high, my daughter and I are 547 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,020 one another's throats, and I'm gonna kill Cliff. 548 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:55,000 Will you excuse Clara and me for a moment? 549 00:37:56,440 --> 00:38:03,360 You sent him 550 00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:04,660 to the file and dump. 551 00:38:05,100 --> 00:38:06,960 I didn't do anything wrong. Shut up, Cliff. 552 00:38:07,450 --> 00:38:11,470 Dad, I didn't want a divorce case either, but I took it. Now I am trying 553 00:38:11,470 --> 00:38:14,910 protect my client the same way you are trying to protect yours. You're 554 00:38:14,910 --> 00:38:18,370 protecting her. Now with this stuff, how are we going to settle this thing? 555 00:38:26,990 --> 00:38:29,110 We've decided to go back to the original agreement. 556 00:38:29,870 --> 00:38:30,910 What are you talking about? 557 00:38:33,770 --> 00:38:37,990 No, they deserve to know the truth about this, Clara. The woman I'm seeing now 558 00:38:37,990 --> 00:38:39,070 isn't a lover. 559 00:38:39,830 --> 00:38:41,230 She's a sex therapist. 560 00:38:43,470 --> 00:38:44,470 Sex therapist? 561 00:38:48,770 --> 00:38:49,930 Sex therapist? 562 00:38:50,230 --> 00:38:51,230 Mm -hmm. 563 00:38:52,310 --> 00:38:56,290 Oh, and she helped you with... 564 00:38:56,290 --> 00:39:02,810 Is it all right with Clara? 565 00:39:03,950 --> 00:39:06,590 Oh, we were definitely having sexual problems. 566 00:39:07,410 --> 00:39:12,690 At least Duncan was. I think he's very courageous to do something about it. 567 00:39:13,150 --> 00:39:15,630 Why didn't you just tell her to start with? 568 00:39:15,910 --> 00:39:17,170 At first I was embarrassed. 569 00:39:18,090 --> 00:39:21,970 And then before I knew it, things got completely out of hand. 570 00:39:22,470 --> 00:39:23,550 Come, Duncan. 571 00:39:23,870 --> 00:39:25,070 I'll take you to lunch. 572 00:39:27,770 --> 00:39:30,670 Thank you. Thank you for being so understanding. 573 00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:34,720 This has been a catharsis for me. 574 00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:36,940 Oh, a personal breakthrough for me. 575 00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:41,380 You've all been wonderful. 576 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:43,640 Goodbye. 577 00:40:12,910 --> 00:40:17,190 Did you get something to eat? Dad, I'm trying to work. 578 00:40:18,350 --> 00:40:19,350 Oh. 579 00:40:22,650 --> 00:40:29,350 Where we went wrong with the 580 00:40:29,350 --> 00:40:30,350 Farmington case? 581 00:40:31,210 --> 00:40:32,890 What could we have done differently, Dad? 582 00:40:33,730 --> 00:40:40,710 Well, I wasn't talking about the case. I was talking about you and me. 583 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,680 You've come to a conclusion, Counselor? 584 00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:46,080 Yeah. 585 00:40:47,100 --> 00:40:52,480 I have a problem recognizing 586 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:58,660 that you're a grown woman with your own way of doing things. 587 00:40:59,980 --> 00:41:01,040 I know that, Dad. 588 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:08,700 So if you want to drop my case... You want me to drop the case? No, I need 589 00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:10,520 Good, I'm glad. 590 00:41:11,530 --> 00:41:14,170 Because one piece of advice I did listen to. 591 00:41:15,310 --> 00:41:16,870 Always finish what you start. 592 00:41:23,930 --> 00:41:24,970 Wait a second. 593 00:41:27,130 --> 00:41:28,130 See that? 594 00:41:28,410 --> 00:41:29,410 What? 595 00:41:40,010 --> 00:41:42,570 How has the pain been since last we spoke, Mr. Fuqua? 596 00:41:45,270 --> 00:41:46,270 Not so good. 597 00:41:46,850 --> 00:41:48,210 I'm sorry to hear that. 598 00:41:48,710 --> 00:41:50,770 Have you ever been in pain like this before? 599 00:41:51,130 --> 00:41:52,130 Never. 600 00:41:52,350 --> 00:41:53,430 Not even close. 601 00:41:54,330 --> 00:41:58,090 And until you've felt it, there's no way of imagining how bad it is. 602 00:41:58,530 --> 00:42:00,690 How it controls your life. 603 00:42:01,330 --> 00:42:05,190 So you've never had any other accidents before you tripped and fell off my 604 00:42:05,190 --> 00:42:06,190 client's porch? 605 00:42:07,130 --> 00:42:08,130 No, ma 'am. 606 00:42:08,780 --> 00:42:09,780 You're sure? 607 00:42:11,180 --> 00:42:12,840 Uh, not that I know of. 608 00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:20,620 I'd like to show you something that may refresh your memory. 609 00:42:21,700 --> 00:42:24,800 I call it a day in the life, the early years. 610 00:42:38,410 --> 00:42:41,290 I am amazed at how little you've changed, Mr. Fuqua. 611 00:42:41,750 --> 00:42:43,170 There's no doubt that is you. 612 00:42:44,490 --> 00:42:49,050 But I thought you said you'd never been in an accident before. 613 00:42:49,690 --> 00:42:52,550 Was this done as some sort of joke, Mr. Fuqua? 614 00:42:53,210 --> 00:42:54,830 A costume party, perhaps? 615 00:42:55,430 --> 00:42:57,490 I don't remember. 616 00:42:57,850 --> 00:43:00,410 Well, it was a few years ago in Boston. 617 00:43:00,950 --> 00:43:02,870 And, of course, you had a different name then. 618 00:43:03,370 --> 00:43:04,370 Fred Logan. 619 00:43:04,490 --> 00:43:06,190 Does any of this ring a bell? 620 00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:09,740 Come on now. 621 00:43:10,340 --> 00:43:14,660 I was watching your tape the other night, and I saw an old cane in the 622 00:43:14,660 --> 00:43:17,820 It got me to thinking, maybe you have been in an accident before. 623 00:43:19,940 --> 00:43:22,620 Uh, I don't recall. 624 00:43:23,020 --> 00:43:27,500 Seeing that cane prompted me to do a little detective work, so I called a lot 625 00:43:27,500 --> 00:43:30,260 insurance companies, and that's how I found your tape. 626 00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:35,680 Your fall on my client's property wasn't your first accident, was it, Mr. Fuqua? 627 00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:38,140 Or do you prefer Logan? 628 00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:44,580 As a matter of fact, you staged so many accidents in Boston, you were known as 629 00:43:44,580 --> 00:43:45,580 Fall Down Freddy. 630 00:43:46,020 --> 00:43:46,799 Hold on. 631 00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:48,060 They never proved nothing. 632 00:43:49,220 --> 00:43:53,260 No. But after a while, they stopped paying, and that's why you came down 633 00:43:53,260 --> 00:43:56,620 and changed your name. And for a year or two, you even tried to make it 634 00:43:56,620 --> 00:44:02,340 legitimately. But after a while, you got the urge to try for another big score. 635 00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:08,160 Maybe your lovely new wife encouraged you. 636 00:44:09,940 --> 00:44:13,020 Uh... Oh, no. 637 00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:16,820 Oh, I'm not saying your wife had anything to do with it. I mean, a woman 638 00:44:16,820 --> 00:44:21,320 have to be crazy to let her husband go out and deliberately disable himself for 639 00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:22,320 money. 640 00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:26,860 But that's what you did, isn't it, Mr. Fuqua? 641 00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:32,240 You deliberately fell down my client's stairs, hoping you would at least appear 642 00:44:32,240 --> 00:44:34,720 to be injured badly enough to be set for life. 643 00:44:36,300 --> 00:44:37,920 At my client's expense. 644 00:44:42,820 --> 00:44:44,040 Well, then, if you will. 645 00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:54,460 We, the jury, in the above entitled action, return the following special 646 00:44:54,460 --> 00:44:56,360 on the questions presented to us. 647 00:44:56,900 --> 00:45:01,840 One, was the defendant, Benjamin Matlock, negligent in the maintenance of 648 00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:02,840 front porch? 649 00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:04,000 Yes. 650 00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:05,640 Two, 651 00:45:05,930 --> 00:45:10,770 Was the defendant's negligence a proximate cause of the injury to Mr. 652 00:45:11,410 --> 00:45:12,410 No. 653 00:45:12,850 --> 00:45:17,430 That being the case, Mr. Matlock is not liable for any damages. 654 00:45:17,730 --> 00:45:22,170 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. You are excused. This court is adjourned. 655 00:45:33,650 --> 00:45:35,430 That was some work, Leanne. 656 00:45:35,930 --> 00:45:38,590 That poor guy came up against the wrong family, that's for sure. 657 00:45:38,810 --> 00:45:39,649 Thanks, Cliff. 658 00:45:39,650 --> 00:45:40,650 Okay. 659 00:45:40,950 --> 00:45:42,910 And congratulations to you, too, Ben. 660 00:45:45,250 --> 00:45:49,210 I'm sorry. I hope that there's no hard feelings about my taking those pictures. 661 00:45:49,250 --> 00:45:52,890 Oh, no, no, no, no. As a matter of fact, they helped clear the air that 662 00:45:52,890 --> 00:45:54,770 Farmington's had never been happier. 663 00:45:55,010 --> 00:45:56,070 They got back together. 664 00:45:56,290 --> 00:45:57,290 No, they're divorced. 665 00:45:57,850 --> 00:45:59,650 They went to Hawaii to celebrate. 666 00:46:02,510 --> 00:46:03,510 Psychiatrist. Yeah. 667 00:46:05,589 --> 00:46:09,270 You're a... You're a fine lawyer. 668 00:46:10,490 --> 00:46:11,490 I know. 669 00:46:12,450 --> 00:46:14,110 I guess I had a pretty good role model.