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Rick B's in the morning, KISS FM.

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Hi, I'm the time ferret.

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Twelve minutes past seven, seven, seven,
is that that there?

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Get off of that.

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Ferret, ferret, ferret.

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Stop!

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Traffic update, commanding charge stream
in yellow thunder. Good morning,

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commanding. I'll tell you Rick, it's
really a mess down there on the North

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South on Harbor Freeway.

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East and westbound Santa Monica, also
the inbound Hollywood.

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It's your basic gridlock, very typical
for post -holiday traffic.

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And, Rachel, what do you know about the
Labor Day weekend?

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Well, you know, Ricky, how much I hate
to drive.

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So I spent all weekend, all three days,
lying by my pool, catching some rays.

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Get the news.

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Come on, keep it going. Let me get it.
Yeah, Rick B's here.

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Hello, Rick? Yes. This is Jennifer, the
boss of the secretary.

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Yes, Jennifer. How are you? I'm fine,
thank you. I just wanted to tell you

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something. Okay.

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Get off the air.

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She can't be there. The staff meeting
will probably go past 1, so I pushed

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deposition with Margulis to Thursday.

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Thanks. Oh, and don't forget your 2 o
'clock with Lydia Graham.

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Who? Friend of Julia Lippincott. Oh,
yeah. Go to look over her settlement.

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And remember, they're picking up your
car for detailing today.

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Great smell.

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God, I hate these buildings. Air
conditioning goes down. This smells like

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inside of a garbage disposal.

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Mackenzie Brackman, Cheney and Co. there.
I'm Mel Becker.

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Hey, that's great. Hello. One moment,
Mrs. Wake. Let me see if he's available.

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Available.

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Available. 7 .30, Tuesday morning.

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Available.

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Margaret, how was the long weekend?

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Well, I'd have to go back over the
agreement, but he's got them for holiday

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weekend. Maybe it was malicious,
Margaret, but getting an injunction?

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I know it's the first day of school.

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I don't blame you for worrying.

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Absolutely, absolutely you should have
had him home by 6 o 'clock.

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But, Margaret, to go to court...
Margaret, Margaret, look, if that's what

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want... Mackenzie Beckman -Cheney and...
Margaret, I'll tell you what. Good

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morning, Mrs. Cox. Let me talk to his
lawyer first. If that doesn't work...

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me see if he's available.

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Yes, we'll slap him with an injunction.

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Shirley Cox.

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Morning, Shirley.

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Shirley, come on, give me a break. It's
7 .30 a .m.

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Shirley, the reason I'm not in my house
is because I'm here.

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No, I am not trying to avoid you.

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Shirley, yes, I know he's a fat brown
loaf, but even a fat brown loaf deserves

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sex life. I agree. I'm in front of your
nine -year -old side.

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Shirley, I'm going to put you on hold a
minute, sweetheart.

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Dick, this is not smart.

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Oh, don't dick me.

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Not after that settlement you rammed
down my throat.

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This is a settlement that you agreed to.
Oh, a settlement I was blackmailed

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into. Oh, you took away everything I
hold dear, Becker.

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My house, my kids, my coin collection. I
had to sell my boat. What about the

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Ferrari? I specifically left it out of
the community property because I know

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much you love that car, Dick. We both
know that Luis doesn't know a dipstick

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from a garter belt. You excluded because
it's Luis told you.

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Dick.

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Don't do that.

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You're going to regret it. If I spend 20
years in jail with my pants down around

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my ankles, I will not regret it.

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Do you want to call the cops, huh?

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You know where to find me?

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I'm calling the police.

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No, don't.

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A starter gun.

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Not about him.

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About the smell.

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What smell?

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Mr. Chaney.

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I didn't actually touch him, but I'm
pretty sure he's dead.

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If he is, I'll get tips on his office.

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He's stuck on a plate like crazy.

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Nice place to spend the week. Just
button this up and get him out of here.

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Excuse me.

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How many senses have been dead over 48
hours?

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Could have been an embolism. Maybe it's
heart.

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It's tragic, isn't it?

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One minute you're hip deep in the tax
code, and the next... Wednesday.

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Who?

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Norm Chaney.

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One of the senior partners.

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I know you want to stop and sniff the
daisies.

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Are you all right?

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This is great.

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Have you got any idea how you want to
handle the Lewis audit?

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I haven't thought about that yet.

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Now, what time was it you got here in
the morning? I want to get him downtown.

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Seb. All yours.

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I could use a hand. He's stiff as a
board.

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I'm going to have to take him out here
on all. Do it.

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I'm going to have to get a written
statement.

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Mr. Janey's dead.

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Oh, my God.

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I found him.

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Are you Miss Buckner? Yes, sir.

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Your predecessor was fired for
tardiness.

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I'm sorry, the police kept him from the
lobby. In my office, I'll explain your

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duties.

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Strange bruise.

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Be still.

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John Fragerson.

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His son's been arrested again.

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Who's that again?

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I'm sorry, Mr.

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Chaney's secretary will have to get back
to you.

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Look at this.

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We're coming out right through here now.

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I don't know. Is the guy Jewish? Can we
have a little reverence? Sure.

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Turn him. Turn him. No, the other way.

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Come on, watch him. You're going to lose
him.

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Catch him.

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Get off.

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What are you doing?

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Mr. Chaney's office.

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Oh, no, I'm sorry. He's not available
right now.

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Sergeant, the little hand is on the 9
and the big hand is on the 12. I've got

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be down tight. 30 minutes. Soon as your
client's through with breakfast.

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Meantime, why don't you let the officer
pat you down? What's the matter? You

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guys don't get enough at home?

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I'm getting tired of your mouth, Jose.

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Whoa. Show me some respect. The name is
Fuentes.

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Victor Fuentes. I don't care if your
freaking name is Pancho freaking Villa.

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don't see your client without you get
searched. Now assume the freaking

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position. You lay a hand on me and I'm
going to kick your fat butt. That's it.

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You are out of here.

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Oh, my God.

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You're going to be hearing more about
this, McCloskey. I can't freaking wait.

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I'm Michael Cusack, attorney
representing Justin Ferguson. I'd like

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the investigator.

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Which that would be, Detective Tuggle.

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Yeah, give that right up to me.

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Lester to his friends.

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What's all the excitement?

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Mimmo out of division.

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We've got to search all attorneys before
they go in. The lawyer brought a gun in

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the South Central. His client tried to
shoot his way out.

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Speaking of which, your client is a real
citizen, counselor.

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This time we got him on rape, assault,
RO cops, sodomy. Not to mention that

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violated his probation in six different
ways.

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Presumption of innocence.

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The victim ID'd the kid's vehicle and
picked him into accomplices I don't

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Let's see his daddy buy him others.

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Totally bogus.

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It says here she was beaten, raped, and
when her wig fell off during the

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assault, she was tossed into a dumpster.
She ID'd you, she ID'd your running

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mates, she ID'd your car.

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Hey,

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I hook up with these guys in a bar.

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We have a couple of drinks, bar closes,
we go cruising.

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We stop at one of these all -night
places to get a couple of six -packs.

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She's in there.

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She follows me out. She says she'll do
the three of us for 50 bucks.

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We figure, what the hell?

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So we go around the corner in the alley.

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It wasn't exactly Romeo and Juliet, but
it wasn't rape either.

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The victim alleges she begged you to
stop. Said she was sick.

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Oh, yeah, she was begging, all right.

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It wasn't to stop.

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But it also says here that she was
admitted to Hollywood Presbyterian for

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cuts and bruises to her body. Hey, look.

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There's a lot of crazy people out there.

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Maybe the next guy uses her for a
punching bag, so she goes to the cops.

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She remembers my car.

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She figures she can work something out.

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Have you talked to my father yet?

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For a thousand bucks, she'll fold like a
deck chair.

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Doubtful.

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I'm told she's got acute leukemia.

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That's too bad.

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Look, what can I get out of here?

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Not till they sent bail. When's that?

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Arraignment. Tomorrow.

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Oh, no, no, no, no. Forget that.

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Find Judge Sorensen. He knows my father.
He'll sign a writ today.

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I'll see what I can do.

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Hey, listen.

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My father's worth a million bucks to
your firm.

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You do that.

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Is that true about the cancer?

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Yeah. Acute leukemia.

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Is that contagious?

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I hardly know what to say regarding the
untimely death of Norman Chaney, a good

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friend and respected colleague, except
we greatly miss him. Plus which, his

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passing leaves a serious void.

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in an extremely lucrative area in our
practice.

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We can discuss that aspect later,
Douglas.

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Fine. And what about the Lewis tax
audit?

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Do you think either George Lewis or the
IRS are going to say we can discuss that

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later? I said this is not the time.

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In any event, I've spent the last 45
minutes going through Norman's personal

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papers and his last instructions.

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Simple cremation, with the memorial
service preceding.

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At which those of you desiring may pay
your last respects.

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Now, if you all don't mind, I'll excuse
myself.

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Is this town, honey? Trying to tell me
something?

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The minutes will reflect Mr. Cusack
arrived late for the meeting.

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Yeah, well, Mr. Cusack was having such a
good time chatting up Justin Preggerson

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at the Hollywood jail about how he and
his running mates raped and beat up a

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defenseless leukemia victim that he
couldn't bear to pull himself away.

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He confessed?

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Oh, sure. Full of remorse.

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You promised me a body.

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I want it. Now, bring us a list of
possible candidates and we'll review it.

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Thanks.

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Excuse me, Mr. Breckman, but how will
that impact on the summer law clerks?

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to mention the current depreciation. Mr.
Pollack, you may rest assured that this

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firm has a commitment to hire at least
one full -time associate in addition to

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Mr. Cusack's criminal lawyer and any
possible replacement in our tax

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Mr. Taylor, associate review will
proceed at the appropriate time.

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Now, as the hour is growing late...

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Let us laser through our summary of
pending cases.

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Status unchanged on the divestiture.

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Discovery motion on Roaner versus
Gradinger. Pending trial, Merton versus

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Merton. A new matter.

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Leon Kroner, a medical corporation,
versus Celia Robinson.

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A doctor is suing our client for a $750
bill.

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A collection matter?

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It's a little more complicated than
that.

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For the last nine months, her insurance
company's been giving her the runaround,

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and that's why the bill's not paid.

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Miss Perkins, undoubtedly you've seen
those ads on television.

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Lawyers in polyester suits soliciting
for clients?

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Yes, sir.

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Those lawyers handle $750 collection
cases.

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Mackenzie Brackman Chaney et al.

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does not handle... $750 collection
cases.

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Douglas, will you come off it? This is a
referral from Morley Saperstein. I

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asked Abby to help me with it.

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As your time is usually billed at $135
an hour, Miss Kelsey, how much exactly

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did you intend to charge this client for
whatever heroics you might perform on

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this $750 matter?

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What I intend is to charge her nothing.

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Is it your belief, then, that we are
running a welfare state here?

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Absolutely not.

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It is my belief that this firm is an
example of the capitalist system at its

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very finest.

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Management getting fat off the sweat and
blood of the workers.

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Take me, for example.

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You bill my time at $135 an hour, 1 ,600
hours a year for a total of $216 ,000

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into the bulging coffers of this firm.

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Of that amount, I, who generated the
income, get $52 ,800.

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You're damn straight this is not a
welfare state, Douglas. And if I want to

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a couple of phone calls to an insurance
company to keep some poor working woman

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from getting screwed over by the system,
then I will do it.

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Well...

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Due to the tragedy we've all suffered
today, it would appear that everyone is

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unusually testy, fractious, and
argumentative.

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Accordingly, this meeting is hereby
adjourned.

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I'd like to remind everyone of the
annual firm dinner, which will be held a

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from Friday, that's the 20th, at Mr.

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McKenzie's home.

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Partners, associates, and some of the
law clerks invited, along with a

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wife, or suitable escort.

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Well, no secretaries?

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That's what we have for our picnics for,
Mr. Kayser.

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Oh.

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Arnie, Lydia Graham is here.

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Okay, give me a minute.

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My husband and I have already worked out
all the terms of our settlement.

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Thank you.

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But Julia wouldn't leave me alone until
I agreed to let you get it. Well, Julia

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can be very persuasive. I just don't
want it to get into an ugly pitched

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with name -calling and recriminations.

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I respect that feeling entirely.

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Now, Barry and I may not have wanted to
be married to each other, but we're

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still parents to our children.

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We're still civilized adults.

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I won't get down in the dirt and grub
over who kept the dishes.

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I wish all my clients were as reasonable
as you are.

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I'll tell you what, as long as you're
here, let me jot down a few notes.

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Okay.

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Now, when did you and your husband
actually separate? The exact date, if

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read it. He moved out of the house on
December 21st. And was this at your

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suggestion? No, not really.

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Oh, so it was his idea.

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Well, we discussed it, that we weren't
terribly happy.

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So, four days before Christmas, he
really picks his spots, doesn't he?

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He walks out on you.

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It wasn't like that.

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Is he living with her now?

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With whom?

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The other woman.

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Mary did not leave me for another woman.
That's not what this is all about.

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Men are creatures of habits and comfort,
Lydia.

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In nine years, I have never once seen a
man initiate a divorce, and certainly

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not four days before Christmas, unless
he had another woman to replace the one

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he was leaving.

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Well, my husband and I are not
statistics for individuals.

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Really, I am sorry. And maybe I'm a
little sensitive to this subject right

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because not more than six hours ago,
this woman comes in here and she's

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waving this gun at me.

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A nice woman. Totally so nice that she
refused to let me, as she put it, drag

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through the mud.

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So now she's found out that her husband
has another woman, and they're living up

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in Bel Air while my client's over in Van
Nuys, and she's making this gun at me

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because, and I quote, you should have
forced me to face the fact, she said.

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You're deliberately trying to turn this
into something ugly. No, what I'm

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deliberately trying to do is protect
your rights under the law.

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Let me be blunt.

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For your husband, divorce is a fiscal
inconvenience.

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But for you, this could be the most
important financial decision that you'll

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ever make in your life.

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And I personally, as well as
professionally, don't think that such a

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should be made casually.

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Do you? I suppose not.

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What I'm going to do, friendship to
Julia, admiration for your principles.

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Let me take a look at this agreement.

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No cost, of course, no obligation to
you. On Thursday, I'd like to take you

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lunch, give you my thoughts on the
matter.

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At that point, the choice is completely
yours. You can take it or you can leave

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it. But at least you'll be making an
informed decision.

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Does that sound fair?

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Well, yeah, I guess.

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Thank you.

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Great.

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Well, Roxanne, I'll give you a call, and
we'll confirm lunch.

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for next Thursday.

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Oh, you like lingerie?

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Fine. Great.

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Well, it was a great pleasure meeting
you.

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I'll see you on Thursday.

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00:20:38,420 --> 00:20:40,180
Okay. Bye -bye. Hi.

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Come in.

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Set you on one, son.

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00:21:02,290 --> 00:21:03,340
No, no.

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I'm going to go home now, unless you
have something pressing.

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00:21:06,910 --> 00:21:07,960
No.

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00:21:08,510 --> 00:21:12,309
I didn't realize it was so late. Stop
being an attorney. Go home. Be a wife.

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a mother.

335
00:21:12,930 --> 00:21:14,190
You sound like my husband.

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00:21:14,890 --> 00:21:15,940
Sorry.

337
00:21:16,310 --> 00:21:18,170
You're right. It's none of my business.

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00:21:19,450 --> 00:21:21,620
Celia Robinson came in today with her
file.

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Very nice lady.

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Incredible guts.

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After her divorce, she had two kids to
support.

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She went to work as a maid until she
could save enough money to start a

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business.

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She did Morley Saperstein's son's bar
mitzvah.

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I know, he told me.

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Creole Cajun food.

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At a bar mitzvah?

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00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:40,980
Anyway, she's got copies of everything.

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Even a renewal statement.

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And a bill the insurance company sent
her two weeks ago.

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Sounds like a winner for us.

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00:21:46,181 --> 00:21:49,819
Let's hope so. I don't think it's
helping her migraines any. Having that

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bill hanging over her head.

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00:21:51,141 --> 00:21:54,199
Migraines? That's why she went to the
doctor in the first place.

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He wanted to run tests, and then when
the insurance company refused to pay,

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couldn't go back.

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She's got an appointment tomorrow with
Morley Saperstein's personal physician.

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00:22:01,220 --> 00:22:02,319
What did the company say?

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00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:03,940
It was like talking to that chair.

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00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:08,120
Our records indicate that our insured
Mr. Robinson had his ex -wife, Mrs.

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Robinson, removed from his policy at the
time of their divorce.

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I told him they got two separate
policies as part of the divorce

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I told him she had the copy of it.

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00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:20,699
And? He said they'll have to look into
it. Did you ask them, if she's not

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covered, why they sent her a renewal
statement?

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00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:24,540
He said they'll have to look into it.

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00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,160
Send him a threatening letter instead.

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00:22:27,420 --> 00:22:30,540
Copy his superiors. Use buzzwords like
bad faith.

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00:22:30,541 --> 00:22:32,539
That ought to get their attention.

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00:22:32,540 --> 00:22:33,590
I already did.

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Good.

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Look, Abigail.

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It really isn't any of my business.

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00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:46,060
But if you need to talk... I was married
once myself.

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About 50 years ago.

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00:22:52,110 --> 00:22:53,160
It'll be okay.

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00:22:53,850 --> 00:22:55,570
As soon as he gets a job.

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00:22:57,510 --> 00:22:59,470
And quits drinking.

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Game starts.

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00:23:07,090 --> 00:23:08,140
Never mind.

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00:23:11,610 --> 00:23:13,510
Tell me the truth.

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00:23:13,511 --> 00:23:18,389
Do you think there's any chance I'll be
asked to stay on here as an associate?

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00:23:18,390 --> 00:23:20,440
It's not up to me. I'm not a voting
partner.

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00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:21,970
If you were.

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00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,100
You're a good lawyer and a very hard
worker.

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00:23:25,540 --> 00:23:28,860
But I'm not a superstar like Pollock.

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00:23:30,060 --> 00:23:31,740
Or a sex bomb like Lisa.

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00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:35,770
I'm sorry.

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00:23:36,620 --> 00:23:37,670
I'm being a jerk.

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00:23:38,220 --> 00:23:40,160
Um, good night.

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00:23:40,500 --> 00:23:41,550
Thanks again.

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00:23:59,031 --> 00:24:00,859
People v.

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00:24:00,860 --> 00:24:02,940
Preggerson, Gothier, and Dollar.

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00:24:02,941 --> 00:24:06,019
Michael Kuzak, attorney representing
Justin Preggerson.

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00:24:06,020 --> 00:24:07,880
Wave reading of rights and complaint.

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00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:10,220
So, wave. How does your client plead?

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00:24:10,221 --> 00:24:11,379
Not guilty.

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00:24:11,380 --> 00:24:14,839
Nicholas Klein, representing defendants
Garcia and Dollar, Your Honor.

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00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:18,599
At this time, due to a possible conflict
of interest, the public defender's

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00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,539
office would ask to be relieved of
representation with respect to defendant

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00:24:21,540 --> 00:24:25,740
Dollar. Do you have funds to hire an
attorney, Mr. Dollar? I'm broke, Judge.

402
00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,740
An attorney will be appointed for Mr.
Dollar. Let me see the list.

403
00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:32,770
I see Mr.

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00:24:32,771 --> 00:24:33,899
Kavanaugh in the courtroom.

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00:24:33,900 --> 00:24:36,879
Would you be interested in a court
appointment on this matter?

406
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,920
Yes, Your Honor. I think I can squeeze
that in.

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00:24:40,220 --> 00:24:41,540
Any motions while Mr.

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00:24:41,541 --> 00:24:43,659
Kavanaugh acquaints himself with this
matter?

409
00:24:43,660 --> 00:24:47,219
Yes, Your Honor. At this time, I would
ask that defendant Garcia be released on

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his own recognizance. Your Honor, I'm
sorry, but Mr. Klein is once again

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00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,250
insulting the intelligence of this
court.

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00:24:52,350 --> 00:24:56,649
May I point out Mr. Garcia's five
previous arrests, two felony priors, and

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an extremely aggravated assault rape.

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00:24:59,230 --> 00:25:03,909
Let me point out that Mr. Garcia has
always faithfully appeared for all

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court appearances, in addition to which
he is sole support of an aged mother,

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00:25:07,690 --> 00:25:11,710
Your Honor, who relies on him for weekly
transportation to and from the clinic.

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00:25:11,890 --> 00:25:16,030
Usually in a stolen car, according to
his rap sheet. My office will agree to

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00:25:16,031 --> 00:25:19,729
Garcia's release from custody. On the
condition that he be released into the

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00:25:19,730 --> 00:25:20,780
care and custody.

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00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:22,250
Of Mr. Klein.

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00:25:22,251 --> 00:25:26,339
Your Honor. Take him home with you, Mr.
Public Defender. You think he's such a

422
00:25:26,340 --> 00:25:27,319
sweet guy.

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00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:28,370
Counsel.

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00:25:29,860 --> 00:25:30,910
Approach the bench.

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00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:41,619
Off the record, Miss Aaron, Mr. Klein, I
would not normally be so presumptuous

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00:25:41,620 --> 00:25:45,699
as to delve into the personal lives of
my court personnel. But as this

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00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:50,339
is beginning to resemble a daytime soap
opera, I feel I'm well within my rights

428
00:25:50,340 --> 00:25:51,390
in inquiring.

429
00:25:51,540 --> 00:25:53,560
You two hot for each other or what?

430
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:55,780
I took her out three times, Your Honor.

431
00:25:55,900 --> 00:25:59,939
Out? I made dinner twice. The third time
you brought in a pizza. You're mad

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00:25:59,940 --> 00:26:03,079
because I said I'd call. I'm mad because
I lowered my standards. Yeah, along

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00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:04,130
with your skirt.

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00:26:04,620 --> 00:26:09,299
On the record, at this time, I would ask
that Mr. Deller's bail in this matter

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00:26:09,300 --> 00:26:13,700
be reduced to $1 ,000, Your Honor. The
man has four priors. Two as a juvenile.

436
00:26:13,701 --> 00:26:17,439
The DA's office is unilaterally opposed
to any bail reduction with respect to

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00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:21,399
either defendant Garcia or defendant
Dollar. Bail to remain set in the amount

438
00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:26,679
$25 ,000 on both defendants. Bail to
stand on defendant Pregasin. Preliminary

439
00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:29,920
hearing set for September 6th in
Division 35.

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00:26:32,260 --> 00:26:33,320
Off the record.

441
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:35,700
I need a potty break.

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00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:40,659
We will have a 20 -minute recess, during
which time I suggest that the P .D. and

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00:26:40,660 --> 00:26:42,500
the D .A. clean up their acts.

444
00:26:43,020 --> 00:26:47,580
This afternoon's fine for me.

445
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,720
Yeah. How about Clooney at 4 o 'clock?

446
00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:52,360
Yeah. Hey, Matty.

447
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:54,860
Don't forget to wear a suit.

448
00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:56,930
Relentless.

449
00:26:58,440 --> 00:26:59,490
That's true.

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00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:01,330
Leslie.

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00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:03,140
Good, and the P .D.'s off.

452
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:04,880
Legally or sexually?

453
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,040
Legally. I'm looking to take on a body.

454
00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:09,170
How about mine?

455
00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,000
You're more body than I can handle.

456
00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:14,480
Besides, I think I need someone of the
defense persuasion.

457
00:27:14,481 --> 00:27:16,859
Someone who could love a guy like
Preggerson?

458
00:27:16,860 --> 00:27:18,480
Well, at least not lose his lunch.

459
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:19,940
You're right. Not me.

460
00:27:20,980 --> 00:27:26,759
Uh, number one fast charger in the PD's
office right now is a guy named Victor

461
00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:28,320
Sepuentes. Sepuentes?

462
00:27:28,321 --> 00:27:30,969
You mean the guy with the earring? Yeah,
a little smarter.

463
00:27:30,970 --> 00:27:34,520
I don't know. It's the same guy I saw
him strut his stuff at the Hollywood

464
00:27:35,090 --> 00:27:36,140
You asked my opinion.

465
00:27:36,770 --> 00:27:38,030
Check it out for yourself.

466
00:27:38,370 --> 00:27:39,450
He's in Division 50.

467
00:27:44,490 --> 00:27:45,540
Counselor?

468
00:27:45,541 --> 00:27:49,669
Your Honor, Victor C. Fuentes of the
Public Defender's Office representing

469
00:27:49,670 --> 00:27:51,390
Carlos Hermosillo. Wave reading?

470
00:27:51,870 --> 00:27:52,920
So waived.

471
00:27:53,050 --> 00:27:54,430
How does your client plead?

472
00:27:54,710 --> 00:27:57,300
Mr. Hermosillo is unable to enter a plea
at this time.

473
00:27:57,470 --> 00:27:58,970
And why is that, Mr. Cifuentes?

474
00:27:58,971 --> 00:28:02,349
Mr. El Mocillo has been denied his
constitutional right to an attorney. I

475
00:28:02,350 --> 00:28:04,589
thought that you were his attorney, Mr.
Cifuentes.

476
00:28:04,590 --> 00:28:07,869
This is true, Your Honor, but I was
denied access to my client by the police

477
00:28:07,870 --> 00:28:09,850
department. Under what circumstances?

478
00:28:10,030 --> 00:28:13,769
I went to the Hollywood station to
interview my client. At such time, a

479
00:28:13,770 --> 00:28:18,609
McCloskey of the LAPD made rude and
insulting remarks to me regarding my

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00:28:18,610 --> 00:28:19,660
ethnicity.

481
00:28:19,661 --> 00:28:23,429
When I took umbrage at said remark, the
Sergeant refused to let me speak to my

482
00:28:23,430 --> 00:28:26,740
client and then went so far as to bodily
remove me from the station.

483
00:28:26,741 --> 00:28:30,369
So you never conferred with Mr.
Aramosillo regarding his defense?

484
00:28:30,370 --> 00:28:31,420
No, Your Honor.

485
00:28:31,421 --> 00:28:35,689
I would say a continuance would be
appropriate at this time.

486
00:28:35,690 --> 00:28:36,740
No objection.

487
00:28:36,750 --> 00:28:40,889
Excuse me, Your Honor, but my client is
in custody. Any such continuance would

488
00:28:40,890 --> 00:28:44,740
deny him his constitutional right to a
timely arraignment and speedy trial.

489
00:28:44,741 --> 00:28:48,449
Accordingly, I would move that the case
against him be dismissed due to the

490
00:28:48,450 --> 00:28:51,889
state's outrageous conduct in denying
him his constitutional right to

491
00:28:51,890 --> 00:28:52,940
representation.

492
00:28:53,030 --> 00:28:55,990
Mr. Fuentes can talk to him now, Your
Honor, in the hall.

493
00:28:56,400 --> 00:29:00,250
Such a flip -shot representation would
be tantamount to no representation.

494
00:29:00,300 --> 00:29:02,290
I would have to agree with Mr.
Cifuentes.

495
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:06,499
If the relationship between attorney and
Clyde has been abrogated due to

496
00:29:06,500 --> 00:29:09,499
outrageous police conduct, then this
case should be dismissed.

497
00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:10,760
A big if, Your Honor.

498
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:12,360
Excuse me, Your Honor.

499
00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:14,130
Mr. Kozak.

500
00:29:14,420 --> 00:29:19,159
I happened to be present at the
Hollywood division at the time Mr.

501
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:20,210
being shown the door.

502
00:29:20,211 --> 00:29:23,759
Would you corroborate counsel's
description of the events in question?

503
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,870
So far as I was able to observe, Your
Honor.

504
00:29:26,110 --> 00:29:27,570
How far was that, Mr. Cusack?

505
00:29:28,250 --> 00:29:29,690
As far as the door, Your Honor.

506
00:29:33,570 --> 00:29:34,620
Case dismissed.

507
00:29:34,650 --> 00:29:39,029
But, Your Honor! If the DA's office sees
fit, they are, of course, free to

508
00:29:39,030 --> 00:29:41,680
refile charges, as double jeopardy is
not attached.

509
00:29:41,681 --> 00:29:43,029
We're in recess.

510
00:29:43,030 --> 00:29:44,110
Thank you, Your Honor.

511
00:29:44,111 --> 00:29:48,309
Court will be in recess till 2 p .m. You
got to be, and then you can go home.

512
00:29:48,310 --> 00:29:51,569
Thank you, Your Honor. Te voy a decir
una cosa, hermano. You stay away from

513
00:29:51,570 --> 00:29:53,650
cura. It's up to kill you. Gracias.

514
00:29:55,740 --> 00:29:59,719
Hi, I'm Michael Kuzak. I'm with
McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney, et cetera,

515
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:01,779
cetera. Yeah, I know. I've seen you
around before.

516
00:30:01,780 --> 00:30:05,300
Thank you very much for the testimonial.
Very fancy footwork.

517
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,000
Yeah. Well, the guy is the hype.

518
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,680
He's got a wife, four kids to support.

519
00:30:10,420 --> 00:30:12,590
I mean, the police, they set him up on a
sale.

520
00:30:12,591 --> 00:30:15,699
What the hell good is it going to do
anyone to send him to the jail?

521
00:30:15,700 --> 00:30:17,660
They'll probably refile the case. Yeah.

522
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,620
And they probably won't find him.

523
00:30:19,900 --> 00:30:22,130
He's going away to a drug program in
Arizona.

524
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:23,900
Are you free for lunch sometime?

525
00:30:24,180 --> 00:30:25,230
What's the agenda?

526
00:30:25,420 --> 00:30:27,580
We'd like to talk to you about a job.

527
00:30:28,140 --> 00:30:29,190
Got a job.

528
00:30:29,540 --> 00:30:30,980
We'd still like to have lunch.

529
00:30:32,460 --> 00:30:33,510
You pay?

530
00:30:34,660 --> 00:30:35,740
I'll call your office.

531
00:30:37,011 --> 00:30:42,899
We're going to deal this thing. It's
going to have to be all three of them.

532
00:30:42,900 --> 00:30:43,950
Thank you.

533
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,770
Speaking for myself, I'm disinclined to
negotiate.

534
00:30:47,420 --> 00:30:48,520
I see no case here.

535
00:30:49,260 --> 00:30:53,199
D .A. sucking wind. An unshakable I .D.
by the world's most sympathetic victim

536
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:54,700
is not sucking wind.

537
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:56,730
Let's argue consent.

538
00:30:57,620 --> 00:31:00,990
Dying woman out for a good time before
they plant her in the ground?

539
00:31:00,991 --> 00:31:06,039
It's moments like these that make me
proud to be a member of such a noble

540
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:08,260
fraternity. Aren't we fastidious?

541
00:31:08,580 --> 00:31:11,950
Can we stop jerking ourselves around
here and go one step at a time?

542
00:31:11,951 --> 00:31:15,579
We know she's got cancer. What we don't
know is the prognosis, so let's find

543
00:31:15,580 --> 00:31:18,849
out. The way I figure, with a little bit
of luck and half a dozen continuances,

544
00:31:18,850 --> 00:31:22,220
she'll either quit or die before we even
have to worry about a trial.

545
00:31:25,350 --> 00:31:28,780
Hey, I know it sounds a little cold, but
this is not the Red Cross here.

546
00:31:31,930 --> 00:31:33,610
So unless you've got a better idea...

547
00:31:49,831 --> 00:31:53,069
You know the doctor she went to? Who?

548
00:31:53,070 --> 00:31:54,069
Celia Robinson.

549
00:31:54,070 --> 00:31:57,089
He wants to put her in the hospital
immediately for neurological testing,

550
00:31:57,090 --> 00:31:59,349
they won't let her in because when they
called her insurance company, they said

551
00:31:59,350 --> 00:32:01,369
she wasn't covered. What happened when
you called?

552
00:32:01,370 --> 00:32:02,420
They put me on hold.

553
00:32:03,050 --> 00:32:04,100
Let's go.

554
00:32:05,210 --> 00:32:06,260
Oh, sorry.

555
00:32:07,490 --> 00:32:10,770
Elizabeth, did you check with the clerk
on 123?

556
00:32:11,650 --> 00:32:13,850
Um, I'm sorry.

557
00:32:15,470 --> 00:32:16,520
Would you?

558
00:32:16,830 --> 00:32:17,880
Sure. Please.

559
00:32:18,770 --> 00:32:24,769
make sure the discovery motions were
filed, and tell Pollitt that I need

560
00:32:24,770 --> 00:32:26,230
and authorities on Womack.

561
00:32:26,550 --> 00:32:29,250
Michael, where do we stand with Justin
Ferguson?

562
00:32:29,710 --> 00:32:31,750
On my way to the prelim, even as we
speak.

563
00:32:32,090 --> 00:32:33,530
His father's all over my call.

564
00:32:34,390 --> 00:32:35,530
What should I tell him?

565
00:32:36,870 --> 00:32:41,130
You tell him that his punk son deserves
to go away for ten years.

566
00:32:50,890 --> 00:32:52,810
He's one of our more important clients.

567
00:32:53,570 --> 00:32:56,220
What would you have us do, refer him to
another firm?

568
00:32:56,370 --> 00:32:57,750
Don't patronize me, Leland.

569
00:32:57,751 --> 00:33:01,929
Just get me a body so I don't have to
deal personally with this kind of crap.

570
00:33:01,930 --> 00:33:03,370
Have you got someone in mind?

571
00:33:04,950 --> 00:33:06,430
As a matter of fact, yes.

572
00:33:07,290 --> 00:33:08,340
Set up lunch?

573
00:33:08,610 --> 00:33:09,660
I already did.

574
00:33:09,730 --> 00:33:11,900
It's on your calendar, day after
tomorrow.

575
00:33:17,470 --> 00:33:20,540
Attorney Dan Kelsey and Abigail Perkins,
50 Lester Methman.

576
00:33:20,541 --> 00:33:24,249
Wait a minute, you have an appointment?
Absolutely not. Right, Charlie.

577
00:33:24,250 --> 00:33:25,910
Let me get back to you.

578
00:33:25,911 --> 00:33:27,529
She barged in without an appointment.

579
00:33:27,530 --> 00:33:31,049
At this moment, my client, Celia
Robinson, is at St. Anthony's Hospital

580
00:33:31,050 --> 00:33:32,330
to check in for a CAT scan.

581
00:33:32,331 --> 00:33:35,789
Only they won't let her because your
insurance company has still refused to

582
00:33:35,790 --> 00:33:37,269
admit that she's got coverage.

583
00:33:37,270 --> 00:33:38,809
So don't talk to me about appointments.

584
00:33:38,810 --> 00:33:41,009
My dear miss... I am not your dear miss
anything.

585
00:33:41,010 --> 00:33:43,649
And you had better be praying that she
doesn't have a brain tumor.

586
00:33:43,650 --> 00:33:47,549
Because if she does, and if this tumor
was exacerbated by the systematic bad

587
00:33:47,550 --> 00:33:50,559
faith of your company, then you'd better
be prepared to write a... check with a

588
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:54,379
lot of zeros behind it. I'll have to
discuss this matter with my superiors.

589
00:33:54,380 --> 00:33:57,899
have had nine months to discuss this
with your superiors. If she does have a

590
00:33:57,900 --> 00:34:01,039
tumor, every minute you stall, it's
getting bigger and more dangerous.

591
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:03,060
And that means more zeros on the check.

592
00:34:03,380 --> 00:34:04,430
Am I coming through?

593
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:05,960
Pick up the phone, Mr. Messman.

594
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:08,540
St. Anthony's Hospital.

595
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:15,400
Are we ready to proceed, gentlemen?

596
00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:16,900
People are, Your Honor.

597
00:34:17,980 --> 00:34:19,060
Dependence Council?

598
00:34:20,620 --> 00:34:24,380
Um, it would appear, Your Honor, Mr.
Cusack has been unavoidably detained.

599
00:34:25,380 --> 00:34:30,059
Under the circumstances, move to
continuance until such time as...

600
00:34:30,060 --> 00:34:31,110
Cusack, Your Honor.

601
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:32,620
Tick -tock, Counselor.

602
00:34:33,100 --> 00:34:34,639
I apologize for the delay.

603
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,370
Any reason I shouldn't hold you in
contempt?

604
00:34:37,521 --> 00:34:40,339
Approach the bench, Your Honor.

605
00:34:40,340 --> 00:34:42,200
That better be a note from your mother.

606
00:34:46,580 --> 00:34:47,960
It's a citation, Your Honor.

607
00:34:48,330 --> 00:34:52,448
I was doing 35, tops 40, when this cop
who doesn't even shave yet pulls me over

608
00:34:52,449 --> 00:34:53,709
for an unsafe lane change.

609
00:34:53,710 --> 00:34:57,149
I explained to him that I'm late for
court, and I further explained that I...

610
00:34:57,150 --> 00:34:58,410
Let me tell you about that.

611
00:34:58,411 --> 00:35:01,209
Well, that's all right, Your Honor. I
wouldn't presume to ask this court for

612
00:35:01,210 --> 00:35:03,860
favors. And this court wouldn't presume
to offer any.

613
00:35:03,861 --> 00:35:06,969
Truthfully, Your Honor, I think that
we've already consumed enough of the

614
00:35:06,970 --> 00:35:08,950
court's time with my personal concerns.

615
00:35:15,790 --> 00:35:20,209
Mr. Cusack has just handed me a white
piece of paper which appears to be, in

616
00:35:20,210 --> 00:35:25,369
fact, neither a laundry list nor even
his pocket copy of the Code of Ethics,

617
00:35:25,370 --> 00:35:28,430
rather a legitimate LAPD traffic
citation.

618
00:35:29,970 --> 00:35:31,020
People may proceed.

619
00:35:32,390 --> 00:35:34,630
Call Miss Adrienne Moore, Your Honor.

620
00:35:53,390 --> 00:35:54,890
One last question, Miss Moore.

621
00:35:55,030 --> 00:35:58,810
Did Officer Feeblecorn take you to an
emergency hospital?

622
00:35:59,570 --> 00:36:03,590
Yes, Hollywood Presbyterian. Did she
wait for you while you were being

623
00:36:04,030 --> 00:36:07,210
Yes, and then she drove me home. Thank
you, Miss Moore.

624
00:36:07,550 --> 00:36:08,930
I have no further questions.

625
00:36:09,430 --> 00:36:10,690
Mr. Cavanaugh, Groves.

626
00:36:17,650 --> 00:36:18,700
Miss Moore?

627
00:36:21,710 --> 00:36:27,389
On direct examination, you testified
that on the date in question, you

628
00:36:27,390 --> 00:36:28,530
a soft drink. Yes.

629
00:36:29,230 --> 00:36:30,590
At a convenience store.

630
00:36:30,850 --> 00:36:32,470
And some eggs and milk.

631
00:36:32,750 --> 00:36:37,130
And it was approximately what time that
you went out to get the soft drink?

632
00:36:37,370 --> 00:36:38,420
Two.

633
00:36:38,690 --> 00:36:39,740
In the morning?

634
00:36:39,790 --> 00:36:43,810
Yes. Do you normally get a craving at
two in the morning for sugary soft

635
00:36:43,950 --> 00:36:48,100
Sometimes. Especially when you've been
drinking heavily? Mouth gets all woolly?

636
00:36:48,230 --> 00:36:49,750
Objection. I wasn't drinking.

637
00:36:50,070 --> 00:36:51,330
Whisk all the objections.

638
00:36:51,550 --> 00:36:52,690
Were you smoking dope?

639
00:36:53,190 --> 00:36:54,350
Objection. Irrelevant.

640
00:36:54,590 --> 00:36:58,140
Your Honor, this would be directly
relevant as to the issue of consent.

641
00:36:58,450 --> 00:37:02,909
Overruled. Had you been smoking a green,
leafy substance commonly referred to as

642
00:37:02,910 --> 00:37:04,170
marijuana that evening?

643
00:37:04,190 --> 00:37:05,240
Yes, a little.

644
00:37:05,470 --> 00:37:09,530
You see, the chemotherapy makes me
nauseated, and the marijuana...

645
00:37:09,531 --> 00:37:12,649
Nonresponsive. I would ask that
everything after the witness answered

646
00:37:12,650 --> 00:37:15,269
had been smoking marijuana be stricken
from the record.

647
00:37:15,270 --> 00:37:16,350
Objection sustained.

648
00:37:16,351 --> 00:37:18,969
Reporter will strike everything after
the word yes.

649
00:37:18,970 --> 00:37:20,950
I don't understand. Why can't I explain?

650
00:37:20,951 --> 00:37:24,489
Miss Moore, please, just answer the
questions as they're asked of you. Now,

651
00:37:24,490 --> 00:37:26,649
were alone when this alleged incident
occurred.

652
00:37:26,650 --> 00:37:29,170
Yes. And had you been alone all evening?

653
00:37:30,010 --> 00:37:31,570
Yes, I was home watching TV.

654
00:37:31,890 --> 00:37:35,350
Alone all night, smoking dope by
yourself and watching TV.

655
00:37:35,890 --> 00:37:37,390
Objection asked and answered.

656
00:37:37,850 --> 00:37:39,170
Sustained. Move on, please.

657
00:37:39,210 --> 00:37:41,870
Thank you. But just to set the scene,
there you are.

658
00:37:41,871 --> 00:37:45,589
Having a joint or two, you're watching
the two, and maybe feeling a little

659
00:37:45,590 --> 00:37:47,270
lonely. I'm used to being alone.

660
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:52,379
But sometimes it's nice to have a little
human contact. So you get the idea to

661
00:37:52,380 --> 00:37:56,820
go to the all -night market to see a
human face, maybe have someone to talk

662
00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:58,580
I didn't talk to anyone.

663
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:01,000
I bought my food and I left.

664
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:06,300
And then these animals... Objection! Non
-responsive motion to strike.

665
00:38:06,700 --> 00:38:10,780
Sustained. Miss Moore, how is your
health?

666
00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:13,520
I have leukemia.

667
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:19,139
Oh, I'm very sorry, Miss Moore, and I
hope you forgive my insensitivity when I

668
00:38:19,140 --> 00:38:21,720
ask what the prognosis for recovery is.

669
00:38:22,420 --> 00:38:23,470
Lousy.

670
00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:25,170
I'm going to die.

671
00:38:27,780 --> 00:38:29,340
Have the doctors told you when?

672
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:32,770
Objection. Mr. Cavanaugh seems to be on
a fishing expedition.

673
00:38:32,940 --> 00:38:37,159
Your Honor, I ask the court's indulgence
and latitude as this is an issue of

674
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:38,210
some delicacy.

675
00:38:38,620 --> 00:38:43,379
Miss Moore, no one regrets more than I
any pain this line of questioning may

676
00:38:43,380 --> 00:38:44,430
cause you.

677
00:38:44,431 --> 00:38:50,259
I'll allow you a little more room,
Counselor, but get on with it, please.

678
00:38:50,260 --> 00:38:51,310
Thank you.

679
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:53,710
How much longer have you got, Miss
Moore?

680
00:38:54,260 --> 00:38:55,560
Less than six months.

681
00:38:56,680 --> 00:39:00,559
Well, I would imagine that there must be
a great many things you've always

682
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:03,540
wanted to do, but might not get a chance
to do now.

683
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:04,930
I suppose.

684
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:09,859
And I know that if it were me, I would
try to cram all of these things into the

685
00:39:09,860 --> 00:39:13,659
short time I had left, even if these
things weren't the kind of things I

686
00:39:13,660 --> 00:39:14,710
have done before.

687
00:39:15,330 --> 00:39:19,549
Well, like recreational drugs,
marijuana. I told you that was for the

688
00:39:19,550 --> 00:39:20,990
effects of the chemotherapy.

689
00:39:21,010 --> 00:39:24,629
Right. You pull up to a convenience
store a little high on weed, you see

690
00:39:24,630 --> 00:39:26,370
good -looking young men in a hot car.

691
00:39:26,371 --> 00:39:29,629
You got to be kidding. Gather ye
rosebuds while ye may, Miss Moore.

692
00:39:29,630 --> 00:39:33,149
What does that mean? A literary illusion
that suggests that if you only had six

693
00:39:33,150 --> 00:39:36,280
months to live, you might as well have a
good time before you go.

694
00:39:36,281 --> 00:39:37,509
This is sick.

695
00:39:37,510 --> 00:39:41,229
Isn't it true that you solicited my
client to have sex with you? No! Isn't

696
00:39:41,230 --> 00:39:44,829
true that when my client expressed some
initial reluctance, you went up to him

697
00:39:44,830 --> 00:39:48,469
and pressed against him and fondled him?
No! Your Honor, please! Isn't it true

698
00:39:48,470 --> 00:39:52,849
that you said, and I quote, I've never
taken on three guys, I want you to do it

699
00:39:52,850 --> 00:39:55,860
to me, and I want you to do it rough?
You despicable bastard!

700
00:39:56,130 --> 00:39:59,020
Miss Moore. Your Honor, I ask the
witness to be admonished.

701
00:39:59,050 --> 00:40:03,329
This is perversion! Your Honor, please!
I want to know who is on trial here. Any

702
00:40:03,330 --> 00:40:06,460
further outbursts, Miss Moore, and I'll
hold you in contempt.

703
00:40:06,461 --> 00:40:10,559
mutual down or under the circumstances i
ask we move the continuance until such

704
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:15,039
time until such time as what i die
warning you miss moore is that a tactic

705
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:21,699
accuse me wear me down move continuances
until until i quit

706
00:40:21,700 --> 00:40:28,139
or die i warn you i warn you this door
swings both ways if i can't get justice

707
00:40:28,140 --> 00:40:32,879
here i will get a gun and i'll do it
myself that's enough your honor you

708
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:33,930
won't

709
00:40:35,261 --> 00:40:42,429
Escort Miss Moore to the basement
holding facility until such time as she

710
00:40:42,430 --> 00:40:43,970
to apologize to this court.

711
00:40:46,910 --> 00:40:52,030
The court is adjourned.

712
00:40:53,770 --> 00:40:56,050
Mr. Cusack, moment of your time in
chamber.

713
00:40:56,310 --> 00:40:57,950
The court is adjourned.

714
00:41:19,991 --> 00:41:27,239
Mr. Cusack, are you aware of the fact
that you have a substantial number of

715
00:41:27,240 --> 00:41:28,440
outstanding warrants?

716
00:41:28,460 --> 00:41:32,679
Well, my recollection, Your Honor, is
we're talking a couple of parking

717
00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:36,620
at most. We're talking $4 ,200 worth of
citations over a two -year period.

718
00:41:36,900 --> 00:41:37,950
$4 ,200?

719
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:39,540
That's got to be a mistake.

720
00:41:41,060 --> 00:41:43,950
Didn't Officer Maranello run you through
the computer?

721
00:41:44,240 --> 00:41:49,219
Well, as I was already late, and having
identified myself as a former deputy D

722
00:41:49,220 --> 00:41:53,240
.A., he was kind enough to write me up
without the usual formalities.

723
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:57,820
Mr. Cusack, you bring fresh meaning to
the word scofflaw.

724
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:00,820
Bailiff, take Mr. Cusack into custody.

725
00:42:00,860 --> 00:42:02,480
Your Honor, hold on a minute.

726
00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:05,400
$4 ,200, Counselor. Put up or shut up.

727
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:08,340
Who's got $4 ,200?

728
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:12,480
Well, you've got a phone call. I suggest
you use it to find out.

729
00:42:12,780 --> 00:42:17,559
Your Honor, with all due respect, don't
you think you're overreacting just a

730
00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:18,599
little bit?

731
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:20,160
Take him into custody, Bailiff.

732
00:42:28,650 --> 00:42:29,890
Couple of lousy parking.

733
00:42:30,290 --> 00:42:31,340
That's a bitch, pal.

734
00:43:06,670 --> 00:43:07,720
Miss Moore?

735
00:43:09,910 --> 00:43:11,610
I'm Michael Cusack.

736
00:43:12,490 --> 00:43:14,230
I'm Justin Preggerson's attorney.

737
00:43:17,650 --> 00:43:24,349
Look, I don't suppose you care, but...
I'm deeply

738
00:43:24,350 --> 00:43:27,010
sorry about what happened in court.

739
00:43:28,270 --> 00:43:29,890
That's very big of you.

740
00:43:30,570 --> 00:43:33,250
I could tell you were morally outraged.

741
00:43:34,290 --> 00:43:35,750
Well, that I may have been.

742
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:40,719
It doesn't change the fact that my
client's still got a right to the best

743
00:43:40,720 --> 00:43:42,220
representation he can obtain.

744
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:44,340
What about my rights?

745
00:43:46,240 --> 00:43:53,100
I was raped and beaten and thrown into a
dumpster.

746
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:57,800
But for all that, I was the one accused
up there.

747
00:43:59,420 --> 00:44:05,039
Now that piece of garbage you're
representing... I represent the system

748
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:06,300
as the client, Miss Moore.

749
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:12,020
I may not always believe in the client,
but I have to believe in the system.

750
00:44:14,580 --> 00:44:15,630
What about me?

751
00:44:18,240 --> 00:44:19,940
What am I supposed to believe in?

752
00:44:22,980 --> 00:44:24,600
The judge will see you now, ma 'am.

753
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:29,880
Wait, Mr. Cusack.

754
00:44:31,660 --> 00:44:33,940
I'm going back up there and I'm
apologizing.

755
00:44:36,130 --> 00:44:37,850
I'm withdrawing my complaint.

756
00:44:39,290 --> 00:44:40,910
I'm afraid it's not all that easy.

757
00:44:44,150 --> 00:44:47,220
I'm not spending the last six months of
my life in a courtroom.

758
00:44:48,110 --> 00:44:49,530
I've been raped once.

759
00:44:50,010 --> 00:44:51,750
I'm not going to let it happen again.

760
00:44:51,790 --> 00:44:57,530
For whatever it's worth, and as a purely
personal observation,

761
00:44:57,810 --> 00:45:02,850
if you were to go out and get a gun and
blow them away,

762
00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:06,960
I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

763
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:12,580
That's the difference between us, Mr.
Couser.

764
00:45:13,420 --> 00:45:14,470
I would.

765
00:45:29,020 --> 00:45:33,320
As office will be closed for business at
3 p .m.,

766
00:45:34,710 --> 00:45:41,170
Anyone not in attendance at said
memorial service will be docked

767
00:45:41,850 --> 00:45:44,740
See that that's distributed to all
personnel right away.

768
00:45:44,850 --> 00:45:47,650
Ah, Miss Kelsey.

769
00:45:48,430 --> 00:45:51,810
How kind of you to grace us with your
presence this morning.

770
00:45:52,050 --> 00:45:53,670
Do you want something, Douglas?

771
00:45:53,790 --> 00:45:57,310
The Petramco interrogatories. I'll have
them for you tomorrow.

772
00:45:57,790 --> 00:45:59,030
I'm afraid that won't do.

773
00:45:59,350 --> 00:46:01,340
You want to tell me what the big rush
is?

774
00:46:01,470 --> 00:46:02,520
Just be aware.

775
00:46:02,970 --> 00:46:07,069
that if you have even the slightest
thought of ever being a partner in this

776
00:46:07,070 --> 00:46:11,670
firm, those interrogatories had better
be on my desk by 5 p .m. today.

777
00:46:11,671 --> 00:46:16,749
Hi, Ann. Morning, Michael. Do you want
to tell Arnie I don't like cold in my

778
00:46:16,750 --> 00:46:20,060
heels? Slide a piece of cheese under his
door to get his attention.

779
00:46:21,650 --> 00:46:25,510
Barry Graham, residing at 11275 the
Mayor Road.

780
00:46:26,030 --> 00:46:29,909
Shares dwelling with Miss Valerie
Renault, actress model, member in good

781
00:46:29,910 --> 00:46:31,930
standing, screen, extras guild.

782
00:46:32,970 --> 00:46:37,289
The rental agreement listing Miss
Valerie as principal occupant was signed

783
00:46:37,290 --> 00:46:39,520
Barry four months prior to leaving his
wife.

784
00:46:39,690 --> 00:46:40,740
There's a copy.

785
00:46:41,030 --> 00:46:45,370
Mr. Graham owns Exotic Body Parts and
Auto Repair, Inc. and Van Nuys.

786
00:46:45,970 --> 00:46:50,170
Lots of insurance work. Lots of cash
transactions.

787
00:46:50,490 --> 00:46:54,210
Here's his tax returns for the last
three years. Lots of creative

788
00:46:58,990 --> 00:47:00,040
Nice house.

789
00:47:00,230 --> 00:47:02,460
Shelter Ventura Boulevard on a cul -de
-sac.

790
00:47:02,461 --> 00:47:05,829
Now watch it. I just got them back from
the lab. They still may be a little

791
00:47:05,830 --> 00:47:09,310
tacky. Here's one. They're both in the
nude, smoking a joint.

792
00:47:13,030 --> 00:47:14,080
Tacky indeed.

793
00:47:14,081 --> 00:47:17,869
Here's another. They're doing some
serious necking in the hot tub. And the

794
00:47:17,870 --> 00:47:18,920
de resistance.

795
00:47:19,490 --> 00:47:23,749
Barry in the tiny poolside on the chaise
lounge, engaged in a sex act usually

796
00:47:23,750 --> 00:47:25,550
described by a two -digit number.

797
00:47:26,930 --> 00:47:28,810
Barry, you total degenerate.

798
00:47:34,439 --> 00:47:38,140
Well, this is going to be a lunch that
Mrs. Graham will not soon forget.

799
00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:41,860
I swear I don't understand you, Arnie.

800
00:47:42,300 --> 00:47:44,890
You take this poor woman to some sniffy
restaurant.

801
00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:46,540
You slap these on the table.

802
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:50,559
She goes into the ladies' room and
Ralph's up 50 bucks worth of lunch all

803
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:51,640
the velvet wallpaper.

804
00:47:51,940 --> 00:47:52,990
What's the point?

805
00:47:52,991 --> 00:47:56,219
Well, if I take the meeting here in the
office, she goes berserk, she makes a

806
00:47:56,220 --> 00:47:57,840
scene, she may even go for my eyes.

807
00:47:57,841 --> 00:48:00,639
The best is it's going to take a couple
hours to get rid of her because I can't

808
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:02,329
throw a crying woman out on the street.

809
00:48:02,330 --> 00:48:04,410
So instead, I take her out.

810
00:48:04,411 --> 00:48:08,649
She sees a half a dozen of her best
friends. They see her, a couple glasses

811
00:48:08,650 --> 00:48:11,330
Chardonnay, a little salad and a soise.

812
00:48:12,250 --> 00:48:13,750
Then I hit her with a slideshow.

813
00:48:13,751 --> 00:48:16,969
She's not going to say a word. She'd
rather die than be embarrassed in front

814
00:48:16,970 --> 00:48:18,020
all of her friends.

815
00:48:18,670 --> 00:48:21,310
Plus, later, I bill her for the lunch.

816
00:48:24,410 --> 00:48:25,460
Lawyers.

817
00:48:25,870 --> 00:48:28,250
Hey, it's a jungle out there.

818
00:48:29,670 --> 00:48:30,720
Have a nice lunch.

819
00:48:39,620 --> 00:48:40,880
Future. Such as it is?

820
00:48:41,300 --> 00:48:42,860
You don't sound too optimistic.

821
00:48:44,080 --> 00:48:48,739
Why should I be? I'm nearly 40. I have
two children, a failed marriage, and I

822
00:48:48,740 --> 00:48:49,790
can't wear a bikini.

823
00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:52,500
I think you'd look great in or out of a
bikini.

824
00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:55,820
Buttering up the client?

825
00:48:56,180 --> 00:48:57,860
Voice is a growth industry, Lydia.

826
00:48:58,740 --> 00:49:00,000
I don't need the business.

827
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:04,979
Good. Because I've thought seriously
about it. I've decided to accept the

828
00:49:04,980 --> 00:49:06,030
settlement as is.

829
00:49:06,340 --> 00:49:07,390
Shall I be?

830
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:09,200
Do you mind telling me why?

831
00:49:09,201 --> 00:49:12,579
In the long run, they're more important
things than money.

832
00:49:12,580 --> 00:49:14,690
I've just seen too many divorces get
ugly.

833
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:18,600
You really are quite a rare woman.

834
00:49:20,240 --> 00:49:21,290
Okay.

835
00:49:21,660 --> 00:49:25,200
Okay, what I'll do then is I'll put the
investigation on hold.

836
00:49:25,201 --> 00:49:29,419
Investigation? Well, I had one of our
private investigators look into a few of

837
00:49:29,420 --> 00:49:31,890
your husband's affairs, financial,
otherwise.

838
00:49:32,280 --> 00:49:33,760
No cost to you, of course.

839
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:37,480
I'll just keep this on.

840
00:49:37,770 --> 00:49:41,530
file and never change your mind.

841
00:49:43,030 --> 00:49:44,750
Does it obligate me to look at it?

842
00:49:45,610 --> 00:49:46,660
No way.

843
00:49:57,290 --> 00:49:59,630
It may be painful.

844
00:50:28,300 --> 00:50:30,860
Excuse me, I have a good pat on my nose.

845
00:50:36,420 --> 00:50:37,920
What have you got for dessert?

846
00:50:40,240 --> 00:50:44,899
I'll always remember Norman Chaney as a
gifted lawyer, of course, but more

847
00:50:44,900 --> 00:50:48,060
importantly, as a good and loyal friend.

848
00:50:48,580 --> 00:50:54,019
Norman Chaney left more than his name on
the letterhead of this firm. He left a

849
00:50:54,020 --> 00:51:00,279
standard of quality and character
that... we can only hope to emulate as

850
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:01,330
mourn his loss.

851
00:51:04,060 --> 00:51:05,180
I miss you, Norman.

852
00:51:07,520 --> 00:51:11,340
Our colleague, Stuart Markowitz, has
asked to say a few words.

853
00:51:11,820 --> 00:51:16,799
And after he has spoken, anyone who
wishes to contribute their own

854
00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:18,340
is most welcome to.

855
00:51:35,370 --> 00:51:37,210
What can I say about Norman Cheney?

856
00:51:38,670 --> 00:51:43,550
Norman Cheney knew everything there was
to know about tax law.

857
00:51:44,870 --> 00:51:45,920
Shelters?

858
00:51:46,410 --> 00:51:47,460
Call Norman.

859
00:51:48,590 --> 00:51:49,870
Foreign tax treaties?

860
00:51:50,290 --> 00:51:51,340
Call Norman.

861
00:51:52,450 --> 00:51:53,510
Ad valorem?

862
00:51:53,990 --> 00:51:55,040
Call Norman.

863
00:51:55,230 --> 00:52:02,189
During the sweeping 1982 revisions, one
man stood as a beacon in the deep

864
00:52:02,190 --> 00:52:04,150
fog of tax code confusion.

865
00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:13,379
That man was my friend and mentor, a
giant in the minefield of tax law and

866
00:52:13,380 --> 00:52:16,300
its ever -changing fiscal implications.

867
00:52:17,020 --> 00:52:23,799
A man for whom no tax complexity was too
complex, if

868
00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:24,850
you will.

869
00:52:25,940 --> 00:52:30,399
I've got a first draft of that memo you
asked me for. Knowledge of tax law. The

870
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:33,980
implications of Chapter 11 in the
divisions of community assets.

871
00:52:34,280 --> 00:52:35,330
Oh, good.

872
00:52:36,700 --> 00:52:40,080
I can give it to you tomorrow, or we
could go over it tonight.

873
00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:42,730
It's up to you.

874
00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:44,730
Well,

875
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:47,600
I'm sort of anxious for your opinion.

876
00:52:50,660 --> 00:52:54,020
I've got to warn you, it's kind of
rough.

877
00:52:54,300 --> 00:52:56,290
You may not be able to read my
scribbles.

878
00:52:58,180 --> 00:52:59,230
I,

879
00:52:59,580 --> 00:53:02,440
for one, will miss this man.

880
00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:10,599
I would like to say in conclusion that
if I had but one word with which to

881
00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:16,980
characterize Norman Chaney, that word
would be fiduciary.

882
00:53:17,400 --> 00:53:18,450
Goodbye,

883
00:53:19,940 --> 00:53:20,990
Norman.

884
00:53:21,580 --> 00:53:22,700
My good friend.

885
00:53:23,880 --> 00:53:27,780
And my... my fiduciary.

886
00:54:06,220 --> 00:54:08,840
Her and me alone, completely nude.

887
00:54:18,520 --> 00:54:24,220
Norman Chaney was the best friend I ever
had.

888
00:54:26,240 --> 00:54:28,280
I loved him dearly.

889
00:54:30,660 --> 00:54:33,880
I met Norman in a gay bar.

890
00:54:37,130 --> 00:54:38,710
My name is not Georgia Buckner.

891
00:54:39,590 --> 00:54:40,640
It's George.

892
00:54:43,470 --> 00:54:45,070
He took me home.

893
00:54:46,230 --> 00:54:50,010
He was the gentlest man I'd ever met.
Completely alone.

894
00:54:50,650 --> 00:54:52,050
I poured out my heart to him.

895
00:54:52,390 --> 00:54:56,370
Nude. I told him I wasn't gay, but
transsexual.

896
00:54:57,090 --> 00:55:01,590
A woman trapped in man's body.

897
00:55:07,530 --> 00:55:09,450
encouraged me to face myself.

898
00:55:09,910 --> 00:55:15,430
He supported me morally and financially
through several years of deep analysis.

899
00:55:16,310 --> 00:55:18,660
Finally, he even offered to pay for my
surgery.

900
00:55:19,610 --> 00:55:23,489
And when the hospital said that I had to
live and work as a woman for 18 months

901
00:55:23,490 --> 00:55:27,490
before they performed the operation, he
got me a job.

902
00:55:30,330 --> 00:55:36,110
Most of you probably couldn't guess that
Norman was gay.

903
00:55:38,830 --> 00:55:40,670
Most of you didn't know him at all.

904
00:55:43,030 --> 00:55:49,429
He was a deeply complicated man, never
really comfortable with his sexual

905
00:55:49,430 --> 00:55:50,480
orientation.

906
00:55:52,110 --> 00:55:58,809
I think that his support of me in my
struggle was his way of

907
00:55:58,810 --> 00:56:00,610
reckoning with his own ambivalence.

908
00:56:04,070 --> 00:56:05,310
I'll miss you, Norman.

909
00:56:09,040 --> 00:56:10,090
Your wisdom.

910
00:56:10,720 --> 00:56:12,000
Your guidance.

911
00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:16,720
Your love and support.

912
00:56:20,980 --> 00:56:25,940
You gave me the courage to heal myself.

913
00:56:28,360 --> 00:56:32,880
I miss you.

914
00:56:35,500 --> 00:56:37,200
I love you always.

915
00:56:51,080 --> 00:56:54,979
And I want to thank you all for
participating in Norman Cheney's

916
00:56:54,980 --> 00:57:01,399
service. It was, to say the least, an
unusual service, but Norman was an

917
00:57:01,400 --> 00:57:05,540
man, with a wry sense of humor
concerning the human condition.

918
00:57:06,320 --> 00:57:08,850
I think it would have tickled him. Sorry
we're late.

919
00:57:08,851 --> 00:57:09,939
That's all right.

920
00:57:09,940 --> 00:57:11,000
How long do we have?

921
00:57:11,680 --> 00:57:16,039
Mr. Kuthak has a courtroom appearance at
11 in the Pragerson case, and your

922
00:57:16,040 --> 00:57:17,819
lunch with the potential associate.

923
00:57:17,820 --> 00:57:19,780
If I may ask, who is it?

924
00:57:20,040 --> 00:57:21,540
He's with the PD's office.

925
00:57:22,500 --> 00:57:23,580
Victor Cifuentes.

926
00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:25,920
At Chicano. I believe so.

927
00:57:26,700 --> 00:57:27,750
Okay.

928
00:57:27,860 --> 00:57:29,180
Cusack's getting his body.

929
00:57:29,400 --> 00:57:30,620
I want Cheney's office.

930
00:57:30,840 --> 00:57:34,899
Ah, not until we make a decision about
hiring a tax specialist. If we bring in

931
00:57:34,900 --> 00:57:38,619
some big rainmaker at a senior partner
level, he'll demand the office in his

932
00:57:38,620 --> 00:57:40,739
perk package. Don't take me for granted,
Douglas.

933
00:57:40,740 --> 00:57:43,420
Who makes more rain here than I do? I,
for one.

934
00:57:43,660 --> 00:57:44,710
Sure.

935
00:57:44,711 --> 00:57:48,099
Clients come in thinking they're getting
the original, genuine Brackman, not

936
00:57:48,100 --> 00:57:51,560
some... Cheap second -generation
knockoff. How dare you?

937
00:57:51,800 --> 00:57:56,600
Gentlemen, settle your differences
outside of this room and on your own

938
00:57:56,960 --> 00:57:58,010
All right.

939
00:57:59,080 --> 00:58:03,159
But my list is not as current as it
should be due to my secretary's sudden

940
00:58:03,160 --> 00:58:05,080
departure from the firm.

941
00:58:05,320 --> 00:58:06,400
What happened to her?

942
00:58:06,720 --> 00:58:07,780
I fired him.

943
00:58:08,240 --> 00:58:09,290
How come?

944
00:58:09,820 --> 00:58:13,359
Because I do not want that freak of
nature sitting outside my office

945
00:58:13,360 --> 00:58:14,410
representing me.

946
00:58:14,411 --> 00:58:16,379
Homophobic, Douglas?

947
00:58:16,380 --> 00:58:17,430
Knock it off, Arnold.

948
00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:18,810
I mean it.

949
00:58:19,060 --> 00:58:21,170
Now, let's start with the Lewis tax
audit.

950
00:58:22,060 --> 00:58:23,110
Stuart?

951
00:58:23,320 --> 00:58:25,340
Yes, I'm fully prepared.

952
00:58:26,860 --> 00:58:27,910
Good.

953
00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:31,250
Douglas, will you continue down your
list, please?

954
00:58:31,840 --> 00:58:32,890
New business.

955
00:58:34,300 --> 00:58:39,499
I'm pleased to say I've brought in
Nathan Electronics on retainer and RT andO

956
00:58:39,500 --> 00:58:42,630
Industries on a corporate acquisition
and antitrust matter.

957
00:58:42,740 --> 00:58:43,790
Old business.

958
00:58:43,980 --> 00:58:46,400
The divestiture, I assume, is status
quo.

959
00:58:47,310 --> 00:58:52,209
Now, Petramco, Miss Kelsey, I'm still
waiting for those interrogatories on

960
00:58:52,210 --> 00:58:55,310
Petramco. They've been on your desk
since yesterday evening.

961
00:58:57,210 --> 00:58:59,310
And how is your little pro bono case?

962
00:59:00,110 --> 00:59:05,309
Is the crusading lady lawyer going to
get the big, bad insurance company to

963
00:59:05,310 --> 00:59:08,110
the $750 or not?

964
00:59:08,330 --> 00:59:12,110
They're going to pay, all right, but
it'll be a hell of a lot more than $750.

965
00:59:12,810 --> 00:59:13,970
She's got a brain tumor.

966
00:59:13,971 --> 00:59:19,419
Can you prove a causal connection with
the insurance company's bad faith?

967
00:59:19,420 --> 00:59:20,219
I believe so.

968
00:59:20,220 --> 00:59:23,600
Is there a possibility that she could
die?

969
00:59:25,660 --> 00:59:31,200
Just in case, why don't you and
Markowitz start working on the

970
00:59:31,520 --> 00:59:34,420
Cover all the contingencies.

971
00:59:36,440 --> 00:59:40,500
Even if she doesn't die, we could still
be looking at a six -figure fee.

972
00:59:40,501 --> 00:59:45,319
In deference to the fact that you are a
partner in this firm, I'm going to leave

973
00:59:45,320 --> 00:59:47,790
before I say something that I might
regret later.

974
00:59:52,380 --> 00:59:53,430
Ann.

975
00:59:58,000 --> 00:59:59,050
He's a pig.

976
00:59:59,051 --> 01:00:02,059
We were talking about a woman who could
die, and all we can see are dollar

977
01:00:02,060 --> 01:00:04,779
signs. So if you're going to ask me to
apologize, forget it.

978
01:00:04,780 --> 01:00:08,439
Annie, without legal representation, all
the same terrible things would have

979
01:00:08,440 --> 01:00:09,490
happened to her.

980
01:00:09,491 --> 01:00:13,089
accepting the very real possibility that
she might never have received medical

981
01:00:13,090 --> 01:00:14,089
treatment at all.

982
01:00:14,090 --> 01:00:15,290
I understand that.

983
01:00:15,530 --> 01:00:20,529
And while, yes, it's possible our firm
may profit from her problems, so will

984
01:00:20,530 --> 01:00:24,689
children. And perhaps just as important,
the insurance company will think twice

985
01:00:24,690 --> 01:00:28,629
before they do it to anyone else. I am
not against earning a buck, Leland, as

986
01:00:28,630 --> 01:00:31,169
long as we don't sell off our humanity
in the process.

987
01:00:31,170 --> 01:00:36,069
I grant you, in the hands of a Douglas
Brackman, the law may not be pretty, but

988
01:00:36,070 --> 01:00:37,610
in the hands of Ann Kelsey...

989
01:00:38,860 --> 01:00:45,180
It can be uplifting and life -affirming,
and we can all be proud of that.

990
01:00:46,520 --> 01:00:47,660
You're handling me.

991
01:00:49,540 --> 01:00:50,590
True.

992
01:00:51,580 --> 01:00:53,160
But I'll also handle Douglas.

993
01:00:54,580 --> 01:00:57,020
That's your case. You run with it as you
see fit.

994
01:00:57,380 --> 01:00:58,430
Thank you.

995
01:01:06,380 --> 01:01:07,660
Let the record reflect.

996
01:01:08,170 --> 01:01:12,389
that the alleged victim in this matter,
Adrian Moore, has formally apologized to

997
01:01:12,390 --> 01:01:15,280
the court, and accordingly, the contempt
is discharged.

998
01:01:15,281 --> 01:01:19,309
Mr. Cavanaugh, you may pick up your
cross -examination from where you left

999
01:01:19,310 --> 01:01:20,390
Thank you, Your Honor.

1000
01:01:23,210 --> 01:01:29,729
Now, Moore, drawing your attention once
again to the evening in question, as you

1001
01:01:29,730 --> 01:01:35,069
came out of the convenience store
carrying your purchases, did you take

1002
01:01:35,070 --> 01:01:39,599
package and put it in the car first, or
did you take it with you as you

1003
01:01:39,600 --> 01:01:40,740
approached my client?

1004
01:01:40,860 --> 01:01:43,630
Objection, Your Honor, to that sleazy
trick question.

1005
01:01:43,631 --> 01:01:44,999
I object to your inference.

1006
01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:46,560
Sit down, both of you.

1007
01:01:46,780 --> 01:01:50,750
Miss Moore, what did you do immediately
after leaving the convenience store?

1008
01:01:51,140 --> 01:01:52,740
I'm sorry, I don't remember.

1009
01:01:53,080 --> 01:01:54,840
Did you go to your car?

1010
01:01:54,841 --> 01:01:58,459
Did you go to the defendant's car? Did
they come to you? What happened?

1011
01:01:58,460 --> 01:01:59,499
I don't remember.

1012
01:01:59,500 --> 01:02:00,840
I just don't remember.

1013
01:02:00,841 --> 01:02:05,479
Two days ago in this courtroom, I don't
recall your having any such memory

1014
01:02:05,480 --> 01:02:07,220
problems. Your Honor.

1015
01:02:07,710 --> 01:02:11,070
Due to my situation, I'm on extensive
medication.

1016
01:02:12,030 --> 01:02:15,770
Vincristine, prednisone, codeine,
dalmaine, clonidine.

1017
01:02:15,771 --> 01:02:19,589
With the court's permission, would you
explain to us what some of these drugs

1018
01:02:19,590 --> 01:02:20,640
are?

1019
01:02:20,750 --> 01:02:23,460
Vincristine and prednisone are
chemotherapy drugs.

1020
01:02:24,270 --> 01:02:28,050
Codeine is for pain, and dalmaine is a
tranquilizer.

1021
01:02:28,350 --> 01:02:33,030
Well, forgive my ignorance, but might
some of these drugs cause drowsiness,

1022
01:02:33,130 --> 01:02:36,010
impaired memory, perhaps occasional
confusion?

1023
01:02:36,590 --> 01:02:37,640
Yes, they would.

1024
01:02:37,641 --> 01:02:38,689
They do.

1025
01:02:38,690 --> 01:02:43,789
Well, then is it possible that some of
your prior testimony might render

1026
01:02:43,790 --> 01:02:45,830
unreliable under these circumstances?

1027
01:02:46,170 --> 01:02:47,220
Yes.

1028
01:02:48,350 --> 01:02:52,450
I'm just not as clear on the events of
that evening as I thought I was.

1029
01:02:53,290 --> 01:02:58,189
If this sudden loss of memory is your
way of refusing to supply testimony, I

1030
01:02:58,190 --> 01:03:01,409
must warn you, Miss Moore, you are once
again in contempt of this court.

1031
01:03:01,410 --> 01:03:02,460
I'm sorry.

1032
01:03:02,790 --> 01:03:06,220
Your Honor, move for a continuance. I
want to confer with the witness.

1033
01:03:06,400 --> 01:03:07,450
It won't help.

1034
01:03:07,451 --> 01:03:09,019
Approach, Spencer, Your Honor.

1035
01:03:09,020 --> 01:03:10,070
Approach.

1036
01:03:17,400 --> 01:03:22,099
Motion. Motion for dismissal, Your
Honor, due to the unreliability of the

1037
01:03:22,100 --> 01:03:23,179
complaining witness.

1038
01:03:23,180 --> 01:03:28,380
Objection, Your Honor. She's clearly
feigning memory loss to avoid

1039
01:03:28,680 --> 01:03:30,790
There's that possibility, Mr. Gould,
but...

1040
01:03:30,791 --> 01:03:34,859
Whichever the case, you're not going to
be able to make this case stick with an

1041
01:03:34,860 --> 01:03:36,060
uncooperative witness.

1042
01:03:36,440 --> 01:03:40,339
I see no choice but to dismiss. If the
DA can talk to the witness and urge her

1043
01:03:40,340 --> 01:03:43,839
cooperation, the people are then, of
course, free to refile charges at that

1044
01:03:43,840 --> 01:03:45,400
time. Thank you, Your Honor.

1045
01:03:45,700 --> 01:03:47,880
There is no cause for smiling,
Counselor.

1046
01:03:48,160 --> 01:03:49,210
Step back.

1047
01:03:52,480 --> 01:03:56,090
Defendants will not be held to answer
due to insufficiency of evidence.

1048
01:03:57,200 --> 01:04:01,060
This court is adjourned until 9 a .m.
tomorrow morning. What's happening?

1049
01:04:01,720 --> 01:04:02,770
It's over.

1050
01:04:02,780 --> 01:04:03,830
There's no case.

1051
01:04:04,280 --> 01:04:05,330
Go home.

1052
01:04:05,480 --> 01:04:06,680
What about her threats?

1053
01:04:06,880 --> 01:04:08,200
She said she'd blow us away.

1054
01:04:08,360 --> 01:04:09,660
You deserve to die.

1055
01:04:10,620 --> 01:04:11,880
Did you hear that?

1056
01:04:12,360 --> 01:04:14,500
That's a threat. What's going on here?

1057
01:04:14,760 --> 01:04:16,380
She ought to be arrested for that.

1058
01:04:30,350 --> 01:04:33,180
I'll have the turbo, sauce on the side,
nothing to start.

1059
01:04:33,810 --> 01:04:34,860
Monsieur?

1060
01:04:34,861 --> 01:04:36,749
Cold chicken plate, nothing to start.

1061
01:04:36,750 --> 01:04:39,010
Monsieur? How much is the warm lobster?

1062
01:04:40,510 --> 01:04:42,390
$16. And the pasta?

1063
01:04:43,350 --> 01:04:44,890
$11. Okay.

1064
01:04:46,450 --> 01:04:50,790
That's $27. That's okay? You seem
concerned about the cost of lunch, Mr.

1065
01:04:50,791 --> 01:04:54,389
Cifuentes. Well, Doug, the way I figure
it, with the wine and all, this lunch

1066
01:04:54,390 --> 01:04:58,429
has got to go $250, $300, which ain't a
lot compared to what you probably paid

1067
01:04:58,430 --> 01:04:59,480
for your suit.

1068
01:04:59,481 --> 01:05:03,069
Until you figure that that suit's going
to last you a couple of years, maybe

1069
01:05:03,070 --> 01:05:05,690
more. But by tomorrow, lunch is sewage.

1070
01:05:06,650 --> 01:05:11,149
You get my point, Doug? I'm afraid it
escapes me. I think Victor's curious

1071
01:05:11,150 --> 01:05:15,809
the value that we place on his services
relative to food and clothing. Assuming

1072
01:05:15,810 --> 01:05:17,450
he's invited to join us. Right.

1073
01:05:18,050 --> 01:05:19,100
Confuming that.

1074
01:05:19,101 --> 01:05:20,709
Tell us your background, Victor.

1075
01:05:20,710 --> 01:05:21,760
Well, I'm a local boy.

1076
01:05:22,270 --> 01:05:23,320
East L .A.

1077
01:05:23,490 --> 01:05:25,540
High school. A couple of years in the
Army.

1078
01:05:25,730 --> 01:05:26,890
Cal State Northridge.

1079
01:05:27,130 --> 01:05:28,930
Glendale College of Law in Glendale.

1080
01:05:29,180 --> 01:05:30,740
Four years with the PD's office.

1081
01:05:31,400 --> 01:05:32,460
And why the law?

1082
01:05:33,580 --> 01:05:34,630
Lots of reasons.

1083
01:05:34,880 --> 01:05:35,930
Make a living.

1084
01:05:36,780 --> 01:05:38,280
Give something back, you know.

1085
01:05:38,380 --> 01:05:39,880
Do a little good for the people.

1086
01:05:39,881 --> 01:05:43,099
That's what you were doing the other day
in court with all that mambo about

1087
01:05:43,100 --> 01:05:44,839
being denied access to your client.

1088
01:05:44,840 --> 01:05:46,460
Hey, man, you do what you gotta do.

1089
01:05:46,461 --> 01:05:50,119
The bottom line is the dude's not gonna
do time. He's going into a program. The

1090
01:05:50,120 --> 01:05:53,559
dude is a hype. And 20 bucks says you're
gonna wind up dead in an alley

1091
01:05:53,560 --> 01:05:56,579
somewhere with a needle sticking out of
his arm. You don't know that.

1092
01:05:56,580 --> 01:05:58,360
If you could do any kind of law,

1093
01:05:59,400 --> 01:06:00,480
What kind would it be?

1094
01:06:00,560 --> 01:06:01,610
Pro bono stuff.

1095
01:06:01,611 --> 01:06:04,419
Class actions, immigration stuff, Indian
affairs.

1096
01:06:04,420 --> 01:06:09,579
Like that. If you come with us, assuming
that Mike wants you, we'll do

1097
01:06:09,580 --> 01:06:11,619
everything we can to accommodate your
needs.

1098
01:06:11,620 --> 01:06:14,090
You've been in the PD's office for a
long time now.

1099
01:06:14,300 --> 01:06:16,060
Maybe you want to stretch a little.

1100
01:06:16,360 --> 01:06:18,590
You mean like you did with the Ferguson
kid?

1101
01:06:18,900 --> 01:06:19,950
Cheap shot.

1102
01:06:20,020 --> 01:06:21,070
Yeah?

1103
01:06:21,569 --> 01:06:25,189
Well, the fact is, you don't want me to
do no pro bono. And you sure ain't

1104
01:06:25,190 --> 01:06:28,709
looking for a little third world color
to brighten up your office decor. What I

1105
01:06:28,710 --> 01:06:31,829
do think is that you're tired of picking
up the snails yourself.

1106
01:06:31,830 --> 01:06:34,780
So you're bringing in the Mexican
gardener to do it for you.

1107
01:06:34,830 --> 01:06:37,590
Well, I think you've made your position
quite clear.

1108
01:06:37,970 --> 01:06:39,020
Yeah.

1109
01:06:39,670 --> 01:06:40,720
I guess I have.

1110
01:06:41,790 --> 01:06:42,840
Gentlemen.

1111
01:06:47,310 --> 01:06:51,920
Nice. Very nice offices you ladies have
here. Very nice indeed.

1112
01:06:52,400 --> 01:06:56,260
Thank you, Mr. Messman. Nice. Nice
touch, this. Very, very feminine.

1113
01:06:57,780 --> 01:07:01,459
I don't mean to be rude, but you said on
the phone that you had an offer to

1114
01:07:01,460 --> 01:07:04,559
propose? Yes, I've discussed the matter
with my superiors. Now, of course,

1115
01:07:04,560 --> 01:07:08,299
without admitting or implying any
liability on our part, but merely in

1116
01:07:08,300 --> 01:07:11,879
recognition of the potential
litigiousness of this matter, we feel a

1117
01:07:11,880 --> 01:07:13,560
might be appropriate at this time.

1118
01:07:13,561 --> 01:07:17,739
I frankly think any settlement would be
premature until after Mrs. Robinson

1119
01:07:17,740 --> 01:07:20,570
undergoes surgery tomorrow, but I'm
willing to listen.

1120
01:07:20,700 --> 01:07:25,719
Let me add that this offer in no way
admits or infers any causal connection

1121
01:07:25,720 --> 01:07:29,179
between Mrs. Robinson's failing to seek
treatment nine months ago and her

1122
01:07:29,180 --> 01:07:33,199
condition today. Your reservations are
duly noted, Mr. Messman. Now, what was

1123
01:07:33,200 --> 01:07:34,520
the number you had in mind?

1124
01:07:34,760 --> 01:07:35,900
Twenty -five thousand.

1125
01:07:36,820 --> 01:07:40,250
Plus reasonable hospital, medical, and
surgical bills, of course.

1126
01:07:40,860 --> 01:07:43,540
We might be willing to go to 50 if she
dies.

1127
01:07:46,160 --> 01:07:47,210
Well?

1128
01:07:47,780 --> 01:07:50,800
My law clerk has made a notation of your
offer in the file.

1129
01:07:50,801 --> 01:07:54,819
Thank you, and good day. Wait a minute.
What kind of number did you have in

1130
01:07:54,820 --> 01:07:57,720
mind? One with at least two more zeros
at the end.

1131
01:07:58,880 --> 01:08:00,740
This is a black woman, a domestic.

1132
01:08:01,400 --> 01:08:02,450
She's a caterer.

1133
01:08:02,640 --> 01:08:06,379
and I don't know what her color has to
do with it. I'm offering her more money

1134
01:08:06,380 --> 01:08:09,699
than she probably earns in an entire
year. Before you turn your nose up at

1135
01:08:09,700 --> 01:08:10,959
I'd advise you to think twice.

1136
01:08:10,960 --> 01:08:12,460
Once was more than sufficient.

1137
01:08:12,900 --> 01:08:13,950
Good day.

1138
01:08:13,951 --> 01:08:17,799
You think you're pretty smart with your
fancy law degree. Well, we'll see just

1139
01:08:17,800 --> 01:08:20,390
how smart you are when you have to take
this to a jury.

1140
01:08:20,779 --> 01:08:25,739
Trust me, juries don't like bulldozing,
chop -busting, butch lady lawyers any

1141
01:08:25,740 --> 01:08:26,790
better than I do.

1142
01:08:27,700 --> 01:08:30,560
Thank you for sharing that insight with
me, Mr. Mestman.

1143
01:08:31,050 --> 01:08:34,770
Once again, I must decline your offer,
but I do appreciate your coming in.

1144
01:08:35,189 --> 01:08:36,239
Have a nice day.

1145
01:08:40,220 --> 01:08:48,068
Less than honest, if I didn't tell you
for the record, how deeply disappointed

1146
01:08:48,069 --> 01:08:53,449
my client is that after hammering out
this settlement in good faith, we find

1147
01:08:53,450 --> 01:08:56,310
ourselves in such a clearly adversarial
proceeding.

1148
01:08:56,311 --> 01:09:00,839
Oh, it was hammered out all right. We're
just not so sure about the good faith

1149
01:09:00,840 --> 01:09:06,520
part. We offered alimony for six years
at $1 ,500 per month.

1150
01:09:06,840 --> 01:09:08,580
And child support will like a month.

1151
01:09:08,581 --> 01:09:12,139
Further, after the sale of their jointly
owned home, one half of the net

1152
01:09:12,140 --> 01:09:15,599
proceeds, plus all the furniture,
silver, and art. I've read the menu,

1153
01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:16,860
Please don't kid a kidder.

1154
01:09:17,460 --> 01:09:21,310
This woman, the mother of Mr. Graham's
two young children, has been deceived.

1155
01:09:22,439 --> 01:09:26,740
This woman did you no harm, sir. She was
true to her vows. As was Mr. Graham.

1156
01:09:27,149 --> 01:09:28,199
Oh, please.

1157
01:09:28,689 --> 01:09:30,810
You might want to browse these.

1158
01:09:38,850 --> 01:09:39,930
How did you get these?

1159
01:09:40,229 --> 01:09:42,490
You miserable, you lying scum.

1160
01:09:42,750 --> 01:09:44,229
You said there was no one else.

1161
01:09:44,990 --> 01:09:47,590
Counselor, now who's kidding whom?

1162
01:09:47,950 --> 01:09:49,000
This is California.

1163
01:09:49,410 --> 01:09:54,069
The fact that Mr. Graham has a lady
friend is of no relevance whatsoever.

1164
01:09:54,610 --> 01:09:56,470
This is what it's all about, isn't it?

1165
01:09:56,860 --> 01:09:59,510
The fact that I have a loving and close
relationship.

1166
01:09:59,900 --> 01:10:03,450
Close? You ought to be sued for
practicing medicine without a license.

1167
01:10:03,451 --> 01:10:05,539
And you won't be happy until you've made
me pay.

1168
01:10:05,540 --> 01:10:09,940
I'm the one being made to pay here, you
lowlife degenerate! Lydia, Lydia, Lydia,

1169
01:10:10,220 --> 01:10:13,950
Lydia. Lydia, calm, calm down. Come on,
come on, come on. Come on, sweetheart.

1170
01:10:15,240 --> 01:10:16,720
You punishing bitch!

1171
01:10:17,780 --> 01:10:21,090
You can't stand that I could be happy
with another woman, can you?

1172
01:10:21,160 --> 01:10:22,720
Forgetting momentarily this...

1173
01:10:22,960 --> 01:10:26,160
Invasion of privacy issue. What is the
point of this ugliness?

1174
01:10:27,000 --> 01:10:32,600
Other than to unnecessarily inflame an
already overheated situation.

1175
01:10:33,840 --> 01:10:38,319
Mr. Graham has lied to his wife. We have
reason to believe he's lied about other

1176
01:10:38,320 --> 01:10:40,460
matters of a financial nature as well.

1177
01:10:40,700 --> 01:10:41,750
You're spraying.

1178
01:10:41,840 --> 01:10:44,970
We're prepared to subpoena your records
if we have to. Go ahead.

1179
01:10:44,971 --> 01:10:49,019
But while we bury each other in
paperwork, how's she going to support

1180
01:10:49,020 --> 01:10:50,070
Get a job?

1181
01:10:50,071 --> 01:10:53,659
She couldn't get paid for the only thing
she's qualified to do. She's not good

1182
01:10:53,660 --> 01:10:54,710
enough. You!

1183
01:10:54,860 --> 01:10:55,939
Mr. Graham,

1184
01:10:55,940 --> 01:11:02,719
we have reason

1185
01:11:02,720 --> 01:11:07,919
to believe that you are daily in
violation of the criminal code. You deal

1186
01:11:07,920 --> 01:11:08,970
stolen auto parts.

1187
01:11:09,280 --> 01:11:12,839
You regularly engage in insurance fraud
that you do not declare cash

1188
01:11:12,840 --> 01:11:16,819
transaction. You'd better be prepared to
defend yourself in a slander suit, sir.

1189
01:11:16,820 --> 01:11:18,960
As I recall, truth is a complete
defense.

1190
01:11:19,760 --> 01:11:24,179
I have here, signed and notarized after
David, from one of our private

1191
01:11:24,180 --> 01:11:27,679
investigators, Ms. Angela Cipriano,
stating that on such and such a day,

1192
01:11:27,680 --> 01:11:31,619
blah, blah, blah, blah, she'd move on to
your premises to discuss repairs of her

1193
01:11:31,620 --> 01:11:32,940
badly damaged automobile.

1194
01:11:33,160 --> 01:11:37,859
At which time, after carefully
inspecting said damages, Mr. Barry

1195
01:11:37,860 --> 01:11:43,019
personally proposed an exchange for a
cash payment that he would... Let's see

1196
01:11:43,020 --> 01:11:44,070
that.

1197
01:11:52,520 --> 01:11:55,470
If you can prove any of this, why don't
you go to the police?

1198
01:11:56,220 --> 01:11:57,900
Hold it just a minute.

1199
01:11:57,901 --> 01:12:00,919
What are we talking about here?

1200
01:12:00,920 --> 01:12:02,480
Talking about grief, Mr. Graham.

1201
01:12:04,560 --> 01:12:09,740
Yours, your wife's, your children's.

1202
01:12:11,860 --> 01:12:14,240
We're talking about fairness.

1203
01:12:17,100 --> 01:12:20,720
But mainly, Mr. Graham, we're talking
about money.

1204
01:12:34,030 --> 01:12:36,930
Chew on those numbers, you impotent
piece of snot.

1205
01:12:43,650 --> 01:12:47,330
Brock, I want to type this up. Let's
messenger it up to Glazer for his and

1206
01:12:47,470 --> 01:12:49,390
Graham's signature, okay? Right away.

1207
01:12:49,450 --> 01:12:51,190
Can I get you anything, Mrs. Graham?

1208
01:12:51,770 --> 01:12:52,820
Glass of wine?

1209
01:12:53,330 --> 01:12:54,380
Coffee?

1210
01:12:54,570 --> 01:12:55,620
A new tissue?

1211
01:12:56,390 --> 01:12:57,470
I'm fine, thank you.

1212
01:13:09,480 --> 01:13:12,010
Well, I guess we socked it to him pretty
good, huh?

1213
01:13:13,800 --> 01:13:15,540
I think what you did was despicable.

1214
01:13:16,240 --> 01:13:20,030
I'll never be able to look at him again
with any kind of respect or affection.

1215
01:13:20,031 --> 01:13:25,059
Lydia, you came in here looking for
somebody to do your dirty laundry. What

1216
01:13:25,060 --> 01:13:25,939
you expect?

1217
01:13:25,940 --> 01:13:26,899
Well, it stinks.

1218
01:13:26,900 --> 01:13:32,239
Well, dirty laundry usually does. It's
messy and it's nasty and it churns up a

1219
01:13:32,240 --> 01:13:33,290
whole lot of goo, but...

1220
01:13:33,291 --> 01:13:36,949
It's a hell of a lot more civilized and
a hell of a lot more lucrative than

1221
01:13:36,950 --> 01:13:39,780
putting a bullet between his ears. It's
also easy for you.

1222
01:13:39,850 --> 01:13:42,230
Just knock it to him and get the money.

1223
01:13:44,630 --> 01:13:45,870
Well, I lost my life.

1224
01:13:46,970 --> 01:13:49,210
My children lost a family.

1225
01:13:49,770 --> 01:13:52,900
And there's no amount of money that
would compensate for that.

1226
01:13:53,370 --> 01:13:54,510
You gonna give it back?

1227
01:13:56,870 --> 01:13:58,410
Lydia, maybe you hate me today.

1228
01:13:59,490 --> 01:14:00,690
That's understandable.

1229
01:14:00,691 --> 01:14:06,129
But... Two weeks from now, you're going
to be recommending me to a friend.

1230
01:14:06,130 --> 01:14:09,080
Two months from now, you'll be inviting
me over for dinner.

1231
01:14:18,910 --> 01:14:25,730
I think I'd rather face four hours of
root canal.

1232
01:14:26,830 --> 01:14:31,029
What are you supposed to wear to this
party? I have a very simple little blue

1233
01:14:31,030 --> 01:14:32,080
silk. Fine.

1234
01:14:32,470 --> 01:14:36,020
Suit and tie for Jim. Yeah. Just think
of it as a funeral. You can't go wrong.

1235
01:14:36,021 --> 01:14:37,069
See you tonight.

1236
01:14:37,070 --> 01:14:38,120
Yeah.

1237
01:14:40,970 --> 01:14:42,020
I need money.

1238
01:14:43,710 --> 01:14:45,890
Go talk to your father. You talk to him.

1239
01:14:46,230 --> 01:14:48,520
He canceled my credit cards, my bank
account.

1240
01:14:49,590 --> 01:14:52,330
Fat slob. What the hell does he think he
is?

1241
01:14:53,050 --> 01:14:55,030
I can't help you. I'm sorry. I need
money.

1242
01:14:55,370 --> 01:14:56,630
I gotta get out of L .A.

1243
01:14:57,330 --> 01:14:58,380
You can leave.

1244
01:14:58,381 --> 01:15:01,949
They're going to violate your probation.
Well, then you fix it with my probation

1245
01:15:01,950 --> 01:15:03,000
officer.

1246
01:15:03,730 --> 01:15:05,090
Take your hands off.

1247
01:15:06,770 --> 01:15:07,820
All right, look.

1248
01:15:08,050 --> 01:15:09,550
I'm a little strung out, okay?

1249
01:15:11,150 --> 01:15:12,450
I'm a lot strung out.

1250
01:15:13,730 --> 01:15:17,040
But you better fix this thing for me or
someone's going to get hurt.

1251
01:15:17,710 --> 01:15:18,790
That's not too smart.

1252
01:15:19,050 --> 01:15:20,100
Not smart?

1253
01:15:20,570 --> 01:15:21,730
You deserve to die.

1254
01:15:22,590 --> 01:15:23,640
You heard it.

1255
01:15:24,050 --> 01:15:25,210
You deserve to die.

1256
01:15:26,090 --> 01:15:28,260
That crazy broad's looking to kill me,
man.

1257
01:15:28,520 --> 01:15:30,630
And the gun also violates your
probation.

1258
01:15:30,840 --> 01:15:32,040
Oh, at least being dead.

1259
01:15:32,920 --> 01:15:34,060
How much money you got?

1260
01:15:34,900 --> 01:15:35,980
Not the kind you need.

1261
01:15:36,640 --> 01:15:37,690
Give me what you got.

1262
01:15:38,160 --> 01:15:39,210
I'll pay you back.

1263
01:15:39,700 --> 01:15:40,750
All right.

1264
01:15:43,300 --> 01:15:44,740
Why don't you give me the gun?

1265
01:15:45,800 --> 01:15:48,690
How about you fix things with my
probation officer, huh?

1266
01:16:20,259 --> 01:16:27,179
I did my job. You did yours. That's the
way the

1267
01:16:27,180 --> 01:16:28,230
system works.

1268
01:16:28,340 --> 01:16:29,880
The system's down.

1269
01:16:31,320 --> 01:16:33,640
We have citizens behind locked doors.

1270
01:16:34,730 --> 01:16:36,470
The last guys on the streets.

1271
01:16:37,730 --> 01:16:40,550
What went on in that courtroom was a
joke.

1272
01:16:41,450 --> 01:16:43,370
Those animals did it and they walked.

1273
01:16:44,010 --> 01:16:46,470
I wish he'd blown away.

1274
01:16:48,010 --> 01:16:49,790
I'd buy a gun.

1275
01:16:50,850 --> 01:16:52,370
You're a real drag, Lester.

1276
01:16:56,530 --> 01:16:57,580
I'm going.

1277
01:16:57,710 --> 01:17:01,250
Good. I don't want to be seen hanging
out with you.

1278
01:17:02,710 --> 01:17:03,760
By the way,

1279
01:17:07,600 --> 01:17:12,879
Justin Preggerson's got a carry permit
for a pearl -handled .38 revolver, will

1280
01:17:12,880 --> 01:17:13,930
you?

1281
01:17:15,560 --> 01:17:16,610
Well,

1282
01:17:17,580 --> 01:17:18,630
it's curious.

1283
01:17:19,920 --> 01:17:21,100
Good night, Lester.

1284
01:17:39,470 --> 01:17:40,910
Morality has to be

1285
01:18:27,180 --> 01:18:29,830
I didn't think you high -paid types
worked this late.

1286
01:18:29,980 --> 01:18:33,590
Well, I'm expecting a phone call from a
client who's about to be erected.

1287
01:18:34,320 --> 01:18:35,460
Is this a circle visit?

1288
01:18:36,240 --> 01:18:37,290
No.

1289
01:18:37,860 --> 01:18:40,320
I, uh, always fail, I bet.

1290
01:18:43,111 --> 01:18:45,119
What's this for?

1291
01:18:45,120 --> 01:18:46,170
My hype.

1292
01:18:47,160 --> 01:18:50,830
They found him a couple hours ago in an
alley with a needle stuck in his arm.

1293
01:18:51,700 --> 01:18:54,410
Plus, I owe you an apology. I was way
out of line at lunch.

1294
01:18:55,060 --> 01:18:56,110
Forget it.

1295
01:19:05,230 --> 01:19:08,110
Where I come from, guys like you were
always the enemy.

1296
01:19:09,030 --> 01:19:12,520
I don't know, somehow just even having
the lunch was like selling out.

1297
01:19:12,670 --> 01:19:14,780
Well, the job's still there if you want
it.

1298
01:19:15,090 --> 01:19:16,140
Yeah.

1299
01:19:17,550 --> 01:19:20,080
I can't see me running around here in no
great suit.

1300
01:19:21,050 --> 01:19:22,100
You can hide.

1301
01:19:22,101 --> 01:19:27,449
You guys weren't just blowing smoke
about doing some pro bono, were you?

1302
01:19:27,450 --> 01:19:28,790
Lawyers? Blow smoke?

1303
01:19:29,290 --> 01:19:30,340
I'm serious, man.

1304
01:19:33,170 --> 01:19:34,370
I'll make a deal with you.

1305
01:19:36,530 --> 01:19:39,330
You work for six weeks, full associate
status.

1306
01:19:39,770 --> 01:19:43,350
You don't like it for any reason, take a
bus. No questions asked.

1307
01:19:43,351 --> 01:19:47,449
It would have to be a two -way street.
Six weeks and I ain't cutting it. You

1308
01:19:47,450 --> 01:19:49,389
have the right to throw my butt right
out the door.

1309
01:19:49,390 --> 01:19:50,590
Well, that sounds fair.

1310
01:19:51,670 --> 01:19:53,310
Deal? Oh, Mama.

1311
01:19:55,830 --> 01:19:56,880
Deal.

1312
01:19:58,430 --> 01:20:00,350
Ten to one, the aforementioned client.

1313
01:20:03,230 --> 01:20:04,280
Who's that?

1314
01:20:05,040 --> 01:20:06,090
Yeah, I'm listening.

1315
01:20:15,280 --> 01:20:16,660
What are we looking at here?

1316
01:20:16,920 --> 01:20:18,080
A lot of junk charges.

1317
01:20:19,020 --> 01:20:23,660
In your serious category, we got
resisting, assaulting a police officer,

1318
01:20:24,020 --> 01:20:28,940
possession of narcotics to wit, a white
powdery substance resembling cocaine,

1319
01:20:29,200 --> 01:20:32,600
and possession of a concealed weapon.

1320
01:20:32,840 --> 01:20:33,920
Just the whole setup?

1321
01:20:33,921 --> 01:20:36,829
And we'll be sure to point that out to
the district attorney.

1322
01:20:36,830 --> 01:20:38,430
Most of these charges are bogus.

1323
01:20:38,431 --> 01:20:41,169
They're just used for bargaining
purposes.

1324
01:20:41,170 --> 01:20:43,869
You're automatically violated on the
code for this, and you'll go away on

1325
01:20:43,870 --> 01:20:44,529
one alone.

1326
01:20:44,530 --> 01:20:47,169
Hey, either we're rolling the same
order, or you just get the hell out of

1327
01:20:47,170 --> 01:20:48,220
boat!

1328
01:20:56,010 --> 01:21:00,270
If I hold on... What am I looking at
here?

1329
01:21:03,850 --> 01:21:04,900
Six to eight minimum.

1330
01:21:07,810 --> 01:21:09,050
Maybe we offer him a deal.

1331
01:21:09,290 --> 01:21:10,970
You don't have anything to offer?

1332
01:21:11,050 --> 01:21:12,550
What about Dollar and Garcia?

1333
01:21:14,270 --> 01:21:15,320
What about them?

1334
01:21:17,570 --> 01:21:18,620
They did the rape.

1335
01:21:19,390 --> 01:21:20,690
I testified to it.

1336
01:21:20,970 --> 01:21:22,710
We just dropped all the other stuff.

1337
01:21:23,970 --> 01:21:25,090
You did the rape too?

1338
01:21:25,530 --> 01:21:26,580
Sure.

1339
01:21:26,650 --> 01:21:27,700
Yeah.

1340
01:21:28,590 --> 01:21:29,650
It was three of us.

1341
01:21:31,550 --> 01:21:32,600
It was their idea.

1342
01:21:33,080 --> 01:21:35,250
Are you prepared to do time on that
charge?

1343
01:21:36,320 --> 01:21:37,370
Depends.

1344
01:21:39,180 --> 01:21:41,350
See what kind of deal you're willing to
cut.

1345
01:21:41,480 --> 01:21:42,740
I'll be back to you on that.

1346
01:21:55,901 --> 01:22:03,089
As soon as everyone has seen my face, we
can get out of here and maybe go get a

1347
01:22:03,090 --> 01:22:04,140
little pasta.

1348
01:22:04,310 --> 01:22:05,360
This is okay.

1349
01:22:05,710 --> 01:22:07,270
Is anyone here in the business?

1350
01:22:08,350 --> 01:22:11,550
George Lucas.

1351
01:22:12,410 --> 01:22:13,460
Come on.

1352
01:22:17,770 --> 01:22:19,050
Francis Ford Coppola.

1353
01:22:20,790 --> 01:22:21,840
Shh.

1354
01:22:21,930 --> 01:22:22,980
Steven Spielberg.

1355
01:22:23,770 --> 01:22:24,820
Get out of here.

1356
01:22:32,190 --> 01:22:35,740
April, honey, why don't you go get
yourself a drink and work the party?

1357
01:22:35,990 --> 01:22:37,170
And I'll catch up to you.

1358
01:22:42,190 --> 01:22:43,240
Excuse us?

1359
01:22:48,590 --> 01:22:49,670
What's your problem?

1360
01:22:49,830 --> 01:22:52,780
Very classy. I hope you asked her for a
medical certificate.

1361
01:22:52,781 --> 01:22:56,149
Lisa, if you're going to be an associate
at this firm, you and I can't be seen

1362
01:22:56,150 --> 01:22:57,200
on dates together.

1363
01:23:04,200 --> 01:23:05,340
I'll come by your place.

1364
01:23:07,540 --> 01:23:08,590
What time?

1365
01:23:08,860 --> 01:23:10,060
As early as I can.

1366
01:23:10,640 --> 01:23:11,900
I need the door open.

1367
01:23:12,780 --> 01:23:14,740
I promised to wake you.

1368
01:23:15,220 --> 01:23:18,520
You've got great leverage over there
with that Lewis tax audit.

1369
01:23:18,521 --> 01:23:20,399
What, to hold him up in a partnership?

1370
01:23:20,400 --> 01:23:21,450
You're damn right.

1371
01:23:21,451 --> 01:23:25,279
They'll keep you back from a mole until
you're 80 if you let them get away with

1372
01:23:25,280 --> 01:23:28,759
it. I don't know, Ann. You know, I'm not
unhappy with things the way they are.

1373
01:23:28,760 --> 01:23:29,810
Hi. Hi.

1374
01:23:30,180 --> 01:23:33,790
I'm sorry to interrupt. Don't worry. I
just want to talk to Celia Robinson.

1375
01:23:33,791 --> 01:23:37,229
I'm going to be pulling for her, and
I'll be there tomorrow when she comes

1376
01:23:37,230 --> 01:23:37,769
of surgery.

1377
01:23:37,770 --> 01:23:40,590
Right at her bedside. Isn't that just
awe -inspiring?

1378
01:23:40,591 --> 01:23:44,369
You know, I'll bet if she spent half as
much time in bed with me as she does

1379
01:23:44,370 --> 01:23:47,230
with this damn client, we might even
have a marriage.

1380
01:23:48,870 --> 01:23:51,650
Do it, Marco. Act healthy.

1381
01:23:51,890 --> 01:23:53,090
This is my husband, Jim.

1382
01:23:53,430 --> 01:23:59,190
Racist. I beg your pardon? I thought
that's how you lawyer types talk.

1383
01:23:59,690 --> 01:24:02,460
But I would know being a mere unemployed
househusband.

1384
01:24:02,770 --> 01:24:03,820
Jim.

1385
01:24:06,920 --> 01:24:08,180
That's not embarrassing.

1386
01:24:10,420 --> 01:24:11,500
That's embarrassing.

1387
01:24:16,360 --> 01:24:17,410
I'm sorry.

1388
01:24:18,960 --> 01:24:21,400
He's just had a little too much to
drink.

1389
01:24:26,680 --> 01:24:33,679
Can we

1390
01:24:33,680 --> 01:24:35,920
please not talk business?

1391
01:24:38,210 --> 01:24:40,550
Sorry. Celia Robbins is 35 years old.

1392
01:24:40,551 --> 01:24:43,909
She's going into surgery tomorrow and
she may not come out of it.

1393
01:24:43,910 --> 01:24:47,010
And I'm 35 years old and maybe I'll live
past tomorrow.

1394
01:24:47,730 --> 01:24:50,430
Let's face it, none of us gets out of
here alive.

1395
01:24:50,431 --> 01:24:54,129
You don't think you're being a little
morbid, right? Yes, I am being a little

1396
01:24:54,130 --> 01:24:57,260
morbid. You know how many of these
damned annuals I've been to?

1397
01:24:57,950 --> 01:24:59,410
Five. Six.

1398
01:24:59,910 --> 01:25:05,269
Exactly. You and I, we spend our lives
every day of every week of every year

1399
01:25:05,270 --> 01:25:06,320
doing this crap.

1400
01:25:08,390 --> 01:25:09,990
my real life is going to start.

1401
01:25:10,550 --> 01:25:11,990
Only this is it.

1402
01:25:13,110 --> 01:25:16,090
And damn it, bottom line, I'm not happy.

1403
01:25:17,730 --> 01:25:19,490
Are you happy, Stuart?

1404
01:25:20,450 --> 01:25:21,550
I'm not unhappy.

1405
01:25:22,010 --> 01:25:23,150
That's not good enough.

1406
01:25:23,151 --> 01:25:26,929
When's the last time you made love to a
woman?

1407
01:25:26,930 --> 01:25:29,510
Honey, come on. I think it's kind of
personal.

1408
01:25:29,950 --> 01:25:31,030
Yes, when?

1409
01:25:32,250 --> 01:25:35,680
You had to go to the supermarket and buy
with your TV dinner, you know.

1410
01:25:35,790 --> 01:25:36,840
When?

1411
01:25:40,330 --> 01:25:44,190
I am. Look at me. I am what I am.

1412
01:25:45,910 --> 01:25:46,960
I'm short.

1413
01:25:46,990 --> 01:25:50,480
No, believe me, I'm short. You can't
tell from where you stand, but I'm

1414
01:25:50,610 --> 01:25:52,510
And I don't do nautilus or anything.

1415
01:25:53,470 --> 01:25:55,730
I'm not sexy.

1416
01:25:56,570 --> 01:25:57,620
And I bruise easily.

1417
01:26:02,490 --> 01:26:03,810
I'm like being turned down.

1418
01:26:04,030 --> 01:26:05,850
Good. So you're safe.

1419
01:26:07,350 --> 01:26:08,950
We're all so safe here.

1420
01:26:21,070 --> 01:26:22,120
What?

1421
01:26:22,350 --> 01:26:23,400
You heard me.

1422
01:26:24,270 --> 01:26:25,320
Are you bombed?

1423
01:26:25,990 --> 01:26:27,350
Don't sell yourself short.

1424
01:26:27,570 --> 01:26:29,710
I've had a few, but I'm not bombed.

1425
01:26:31,670 --> 01:26:32,720
Will you?

1426
01:26:33,390 --> 01:26:37,469
If you think about it, it's not
really... Thinking is the last thing I

1427
01:26:37,470 --> 01:26:39,410
do. Come home with me.

1428
01:26:55,831 --> 01:27:03,999
Conference was held in chambers earlier
this afternoon, amongst and between the

1429
01:27:04,000 --> 01:27:07,850
defendants, their attorneys, and the
representative from the DA's office.

1430
01:27:07,980 --> 01:27:12,279
Based on my understanding of the facts
in this matter and the apparent problems

1431
01:27:12,280 --> 01:27:15,440
of proof, it is appropriate to reach a
pretrial disposition.

1432
01:27:16,100 --> 01:27:20,939
Mr. Ferguson, do you wish to waive your
constitutional right and enter a plea of

1433
01:27:20,940 --> 01:27:24,160
guilty at this time to Penal Code
Section 245?

1434
01:27:25,580 --> 01:27:26,630
Yeah.

1435
01:27:27,620 --> 01:27:29,510
Guilty. Mr. Dollar?

1436
01:27:30,550 --> 01:27:32,570
Guilty. Mr. Garcia?

1437
01:27:33,050 --> 01:27:34,100
Guilty.

1438
01:27:34,390 --> 01:27:36,830
Does counsel join in these pleas and
waivers?

1439
01:27:37,170 --> 01:27:38,730
Yes, Your Honor. Yes, Your Honor.

1440
01:27:38,850 --> 01:27:43,949
Very well. Defendant's plea of guilty is
accepted with an indicated sentence of

1441
01:27:43,950 --> 01:27:48,309
18 months in the state prison facility
at Vacaville. Formal sentencing set in

1442
01:27:48,310 --> 01:27:53,290
Department 145, September 19th, 9 a .m.
This court is adjourned.

1443
01:28:14,570 --> 01:28:20,290
I know that as things go, 18 months is
not a very long time.

1444
01:28:21,790 --> 01:28:24,930
As things go, it's a lot better than
nothing.

1445
01:28:26,470 --> 01:28:27,520
Look.

1446
01:28:31,470 --> 01:28:32,520
Here's my card.

1447
01:28:34,530 --> 01:28:35,950
If you ever need a lawyer.

1448
01:28:38,010 --> 01:28:41,630
If you need a friend, please don't
hesitate to call.

1449
01:29:07,879 --> 01:29:10,840
Thank you. Good night.

1450
01:29:11,940 --> 01:29:12,990
Good night, honey.

1451
01:29:28,309 --> 01:29:29,670
How'd it go?

1452
01:29:30,970 --> 01:29:33,680
Well, three of them copped a single
counts of assault.

1453
01:29:34,370 --> 01:29:35,990
How much time did they pull?

1454
01:29:36,850 --> 01:29:37,900
Not much.

1455
01:29:38,070 --> 01:29:39,120
Eighteen months.

1456
01:29:40,730 --> 01:29:45,649
I suspect young Ferguson is going to
find out more about the crime of rape in

1457
01:29:45,650 --> 01:29:47,950
those eighteen months than he bargained
for.

1458
01:29:48,390 --> 01:29:49,810
I suspect him right.

1459
01:29:52,250 --> 01:29:56,090
Word is, you were doing the
prosecution's job.

1460
01:29:57,520 --> 01:30:00,650
Well, I let the cops know he was a
ticking bomb. They did the rest.

1461
01:30:02,400 --> 01:30:04,540
That's a pretty thin line, ethics -wise.

1462
01:30:05,620 --> 01:30:12,060
If I stepped over it, which, by the way,
I don't think I did, I'll live with it.

1463
01:30:14,440 --> 01:30:16,300
I'm having dinner with Martin Garber.

1464
01:30:16,780 --> 01:30:17,830
Care to join?

1465
01:30:18,080 --> 01:30:20,780
Ah, a path. I've got a mountain of work
I've got to do.

1466
01:30:21,860 --> 01:30:22,910
But what it's worth.

1467
01:30:25,290 --> 01:30:29,870
I might argue your ethics in this case,
but I admire your conscience.

1468
01:31:45,710 --> 01:31:46,760
There's more?

1469
01:31:47,410 --> 01:31:52,550
He said if I needed a friend... Come on
in.

1470
01:31:59,770 --> 01:32:04,510
Hey, um... I'm...

1471
01:32:04,560 --> 01:32:09,110
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