1 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:04,540 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:04,780 --> 00:00:08,420 Say, Orrin, this might be a good time to clear the air, so to speak. 3 00:00:08,700 --> 00:00:09,259 What about? 4 00:00:09,260 --> 00:00:13,680 About this whole kind of tripartite substratum that exists among the three 5 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,660 us. Rock fans' attraction to you, me and rocks, you and me. 6 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:19,840 Maybe another time, Dave. I've got to get to a meeting. 7 00:00:23,170 --> 00:00:26,670 Let the record show that Miss Kelsey has brought a newborn infant into this room 8 00:00:26,670 --> 00:00:30,350 to willfully and purposely disrupt this proceeding. This is the dumbest thing 9 00:00:30,350 --> 00:00:31,328 I've ever heard. 10 00:00:31,330 --> 00:00:33,850 This probably isn't even your baby. You probably rented it for the day just so 11 00:00:33,850 --> 00:00:37,030 you could screw up this deposition. I'll bet this is your idea. This is just 12 00:00:37,030 --> 00:00:39,450 like you. Fine, if that's what you want to do, you want to bring it in here, 13 00:00:39,490 --> 00:00:42,170 I'll subpoena the little bastard and I'll drag it into court. You woke her 14 00:00:42,170 --> 00:00:45,230 hope you're happy. I want the baby's intrusive crying on the record. And I 15 00:00:45,230 --> 00:00:49,050 want the record to reflect a piercing, shrill -like shriek emanating from said 16 00:00:49,050 --> 00:00:50,430 infant. Will you shut up? 17 00:00:53,340 --> 00:00:54,500 Bad day, huh? 18 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:57,560 Bad year. 19 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:04,099 I feel like the only reprieve I had was when I was suspended from practicing 20 00:01:04,099 --> 00:01:05,099 altogether. 21 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:11,340 And now as we're going up against a guy who'd never been to law school, who also 22 00:01:11,340 --> 00:01:12,480 ended up beating me. 23 00:01:13,660 --> 00:01:15,920 Well, it would appear as though you had a gas attack. 24 00:01:16,580 --> 00:01:19,340 What about the cold sweats and the pacing heart? 25 00:01:19,620 --> 00:01:22,080 Anxiety symptoms. You thought you were having a heart attack. 26 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:27,840 Gas? I don't know whether to be embarrassed or relieved. 27 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,900 My vote is for relief. Look, go home, get a good night's rest, and have your 28 00:01:31,900 --> 00:01:32,980 internist call me in the morning. 29 00:01:33,420 --> 00:01:34,420 Thank you, Doctor. 30 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:35,900 Thank you. 31 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:42,120 Mr. 32 00:01:42,260 --> 00:01:43,400 McKenzie, Miss Kepler's here. 33 00:01:49,180 --> 00:01:50,180 Hi. 34 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:51,520 Okay, come in. 35 00:01:52,180 --> 00:01:53,180 Come in. 36 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:54,680 Have a seat. 37 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:56,880 What? 38 00:01:57,260 --> 00:01:59,380 You're always so awkward with me in your office. 39 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,120 Like you think I'm going to take off all my clothes or something. 40 00:02:04,620 --> 00:02:10,860 Jennifer... It's no easy way to say this, except to just say it. 41 00:02:12,620 --> 00:02:14,380 We have to stop seeing each other. 42 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:20,440 Why? 43 00:02:21,260 --> 00:02:22,460 Because, simply... 44 00:02:23,470 --> 00:02:27,510 I'm not happy. This is all about the anxiety attack the other night, isn't 45 00:02:28,750 --> 00:02:30,330 That triggered it. Yeah. 46 00:02:31,730 --> 00:02:36,870 I had a frighteningly clear vision of myself 10, 15 years from now when my 47 00:02:36,870 --> 00:02:39,670 ailments might not be quite so psychosomatic. 48 00:02:40,030 --> 00:02:45,290 And if the 35 years between us seems troublesome now, believe me, 10 years 49 00:02:45,290 --> 00:02:49,710 now, you will hate me for it. Leland. From the very beginning, I told you how 50 00:02:49,710 --> 00:02:51,730 awkward this relationship was for me. 51 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,720 You didn't warn me about anything. All you did was hide behind our age 52 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:56,720 difference. 53 00:02:57,620 --> 00:02:59,780 You never really gave us a chance. 54 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,820 I'm sorry I can't give you the commitment you want, Jennifer. 55 00:03:06,740 --> 00:03:12,540 At my age... At my age, I've earned the right to be who I am. 56 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,020 Anything else would be dishonest. 57 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,720 You are old, Leland. 58 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,360 I thought I could prove to you you weren't. 59 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:26,480 Instead, you've proven to me that you are. 60 00:05:47,780 --> 00:05:48,780 Moving on. 61 00:05:48,940 --> 00:05:51,620 Hayes versus Skylight Entertainment, Inc. Arnold? 62 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:56,740 Yes, Melanie Hayes, be still my heart, has retained us to pry her out of her TV 63 00:05:56,740 --> 00:06:00,080 series. Why? It made her a star. For the last two years, she's asked them to 64 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,100 write her out so she could pursue a film career. Her producers promised they 65 00:06:03,100 --> 00:06:04,100 would. They never did. 66 00:06:04,420 --> 00:06:07,720 Now she's up for a co -starring role opposite Gene Hackman, and they won't 67 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:08,720 her out to do it. 68 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:10,299 If you're single? 69 00:06:10,300 --> 00:06:11,300 To my knowledge, yes. 70 00:06:11,740 --> 00:06:13,900 Can you fix me up? Take a number. All right. 71 00:06:14,669 --> 00:06:17,290 Dolgen versus the sports fitness clinic, Leland. 72 00:06:17,650 --> 00:06:21,470 John Dolgen was a somewhat overweight corporate attorney who wanted to get in 73 00:06:21,470 --> 00:06:25,750 shape. He went to the sports fitness clinic because they advertised 74 00:06:25,750 --> 00:06:28,410 designed programs by trained fitness experts. 75 00:06:29,070 --> 00:06:34,290 Midway through his first workout, he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, and for 76 00:06:34,290 --> 00:06:38,790 intents and purposes, he was vegetableized. This is potentially a 77 00:06:38,790 --> 00:06:39,729 dollar case. 78 00:06:39,730 --> 00:06:41,130 That'll buy a lot of Bernays, Josh. 79 00:06:41,390 --> 00:06:43,790 Indeed. Victor, you'll be handling it. 80 00:06:44,060 --> 00:06:47,440 I'll get you the file. Excuse me? Why is Victor being given this case? 81 00:06:47,660 --> 00:06:51,940 It simply makes sense, given Victor's experience with personal injury cases. 82 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:54,680 What are you talking about? I've done twice as many as he has. 83 00:06:54,900 --> 00:06:56,780 Yes, but he's been winning them. 84 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,460 It was felt that the firm's interest would be better served at this time if 85 00:07:02,460 --> 00:07:03,720 backed off Arnold's case. 86 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:05,800 That's a settlement negotiation. 87 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,100 It's not even a court case, and you know it. We'll discuss this later, Michael. 88 00:07:09,260 --> 00:07:10,380 No, we'll discuss it now. 89 00:07:10,620 --> 00:07:11,620 I said later. 90 00:07:11,780 --> 00:07:12,780 Move along, Douglas. 91 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,460 Jonathan, people versus Wanda Havens. Trial starts tomorrow. 92 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:35,320 I am this firm's chief litigator. Not only am I owed the decency of being 93 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:38,840 informed, but it is my function to make this decision. I'm sorry, but I had to 94 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:42,580 act in the best interest of this firm. This is not a dictatorship, Leland. 95 00:07:43,340 --> 00:07:45,920 You want to act in the best interest of the firm, you call a partners meeting, 96 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:49,260 and you put the damn thing to a vote. A vote would embarrass you, Michael, 97 00:07:49,380 --> 00:07:51,340 because everybody would vote Victor. 98 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,820 You're a fine attorney, we all know that. But you've hit a bad patch, and I 99 00:07:55,820 --> 00:07:57,640 not have this firm victimized by it. 100 00:08:15,050 --> 00:08:17,770 Your Honor, at this time, I'd like to show the tape, if I may. 101 00:08:18,010 --> 00:08:19,010 Very good. 102 00:08:19,390 --> 00:08:22,990 Members of the jury, you're about to see a videotape that was recorded by the 103 00:08:22,990 --> 00:08:25,550 bank security cameras the day of the robbery. 104 00:08:25,830 --> 00:08:26,830 What? Television? 105 00:08:27,730 --> 00:08:29,010 We're going to watch TV? 106 00:08:29,730 --> 00:08:31,350 Objection. Why? What did you say? 107 00:08:31,610 --> 00:08:33,110 What did you say? 108 00:08:33,789 --> 00:08:35,530 Motion to strike. 109 00:08:36,010 --> 00:08:39,090 Mr. Henderson, what are you moving to strike? 110 00:08:39,350 --> 00:08:40,909 That would be correct, Your Honor. 111 00:08:41,510 --> 00:08:42,510 Run the tape. 112 00:08:46,339 --> 00:08:48,820 Okay, this is me to the left of the screen. 113 00:08:49,140 --> 00:08:51,820 The guy, Harold, is holding his gun in my stomach. 114 00:08:52,540 --> 00:08:56,400 The other guy with the gun, Sam, is terrorizing the rest of the room. He's 115 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,860 everybody lying face down, spread -eagled. 116 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:03,520 This is Walter on the right with the other guy, Pike, up at the teller. 117 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:08,160 They've just got the money, and they're about to make their getaway. It's a very 118 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:09,160 clear picture. 119 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:10,520 I think it's a Sony. 120 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:12,700 Quiet! Run the tape. 121 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:48,040 That's it. 122 00:09:48,620 --> 00:09:50,340 I have nothing further, Your Honor. 123 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:53,480 Move to run the tape again, Judge. 124 00:09:53,820 --> 00:09:54,820 Oh, yeah. 125 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:56,080 Yeah. 126 00:10:08,260 --> 00:10:10,700 Mike, got a couple of minutes? 127 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:11,960 What for? 128 00:10:12,660 --> 00:10:14,520 I could use some help with my opening argument. 129 00:10:15,220 --> 00:10:16,700 What's the matter? Isn't Victor available? 130 00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:19,060 I was hoping you could help me. 131 00:10:20,420 --> 00:10:22,660 Look, Jonathan, don't get into the middle of it. 132 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:24,260 In the middle of what? 133 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,360 I'm in the doghouse around here, and they're sending you in to throw me a 134 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:29,400 and I don't like it. 135 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,700 Everyone tells me I should accept a little more supervision. 136 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,800 And when I finally come in looking for it, you bounce me out on my ass. 137 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:40,000 I'm going into a courtroom tomorrow to defend my first murder case, a murder I 138 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,580 might add to which the client has confessed. 139 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,480 I'm fighting for this woman's life, and you're pouting over a bruised ego? 140 00:10:47,340 --> 00:10:48,340 Jonathan. What? 141 00:10:49,670 --> 00:10:50,670 I'm sorry. 142 00:10:51,750 --> 00:10:52,750 Let's see what you got. 143 00:10:56,190 --> 00:10:57,190 I said I'm sorry. 144 00:11:01,670 --> 00:11:05,730 She had been repeatedly beaten and raped by her husband, ladies and gentlemen. 145 00:11:06,730 --> 00:11:08,350 He terrorized her children. 146 00:11:09,170 --> 00:11:12,410 This woman could not even go to sleep at night because she was too afraid he 147 00:11:12,410 --> 00:11:14,350 would come charging through her front door with an axe. 148 00:11:14,570 --> 00:11:15,570 Okay, okay, hold it. 149 00:11:15,830 --> 00:11:18,550 Don't go into details about how she was terrorized by him. 150 00:11:19,100 --> 00:11:20,560 Don't go into it. It's my whole defense. 151 00:11:20,820 --> 00:11:25,040 Your defense is to get the jury to feel shocked and horrified by her story. If 152 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:28,020 you stand out there and tell it first, you're just going to soften the impact 153 00:11:28,020 --> 00:11:28,819 her testimony. 154 00:11:28,820 --> 00:11:32,340 I have to set up my case, don't I? All you have to do in your opening is to 155 00:11:32,340 --> 00:11:34,180 establish your own credibility with the jury. 156 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:35,800 Act fair. 157 00:11:36,060 --> 00:11:37,060 Sound reasonable. 158 00:11:38,180 --> 00:11:43,520 Also, concede parts of the prosecution's case, the parts that don't really hurt 159 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:47,460 you. You come off believable, the jury's going to be more inclined to believe 160 00:11:47,460 --> 00:11:48,460 your witness. 161 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:52,200 They see you accepting Wanda's story. They might be more apt to accept it, 162 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:53,780 because they trust your judgment. 163 00:11:54,340 --> 00:11:59,500 Okay. One other thing. You have a tendency to walk around and pace a lot 164 00:11:59,500 --> 00:12:00,500 you're questioning witnesses. 165 00:12:00,700 --> 00:12:04,260 Yeah? When she's up there testifying, stand still. 166 00:12:05,220 --> 00:12:09,260 You want the jury's focus to be completely on her. Don't distract them 167 00:12:09,260 --> 00:12:10,260 around a lot. 168 00:12:10,500 --> 00:12:14,180 But to the extent that you have to move at all, go to the witness. 169 00:12:15,060 --> 00:12:17,240 drawing their eyes and attention to her. 170 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:21,440 If her testimony goes the way it should, nobody should even be aware that you're 171 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:22,440 in the room. 172 00:12:24,260 --> 00:12:25,260 What? 173 00:12:25,900 --> 00:12:28,820 I just keep thinking, here I am in a first -degree murder case. 174 00:12:30,060 --> 00:12:33,280 There's still so much I don't know, and this woman's trusting her entire life to 175 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:34,860 me. You can do this, Jonathan. 176 00:12:35,580 --> 00:12:36,580 You're a good lawyer. 177 00:12:37,380 --> 00:12:38,380 You can do this. 178 00:12:59,780 --> 00:13:04,140 Skylight is taking a very hard line with you, Melanie, which, quite frankly, is 179 00:13:04,140 --> 00:13:05,140 fine with me. 180 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:06,440 I love your show. 181 00:13:07,860 --> 00:13:09,560 You think this will end up in court? 182 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:16,120 Well, with your popularity and both of our connections with the press, I would 183 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:17,580 love to have this go to trial. 184 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:19,440 Play it out in public. 185 00:13:20,100 --> 00:13:21,100 What do you think, Mike? 186 00:13:21,820 --> 00:13:26,220 You know, there's a question I am always dying to ask when I hear about 187 00:13:26,220 --> 00:13:27,440 situations like this. 188 00:13:30,500 --> 00:13:33,700 Why is it that you don't think contracts apply to you? 189 00:13:36,060 --> 00:13:40,160 Mike, well... No, I mean, if your company decided to dump you four weeks 190 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:43,480 picking up your option, you would be crying breach, am I right? Mike, maybe I 191 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:45,980 didn't properly characterize Melanie's circumstance. 192 00:13:46,700 --> 00:13:50,980 Maybe it's that you think of it as a kind of artistic license. 193 00:13:51,420 --> 00:13:54,400 No, Mr. Cusack, I've never been mistaken for an artist. 194 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:58,760 But I have worked for the masters of Montecito for the past six seasons 195 00:13:58,760 --> 00:13:59,760 missing a call. 196 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,540 I've never been stricken with a convenient case of laryngitis. 197 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,680 And not even last year, when a different movie offer came up, they agreed to let 198 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:07,279 me go. 199 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:08,280 And then reneged. 200 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,580 I have repeatedly demonstrated my good faith. 201 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,020 They have repeatedly demonstrated bad faith. 202 00:14:14,560 --> 00:14:17,860 For the record, I don't know why you've hung in there as long as you have. 203 00:14:18,740 --> 00:14:20,620 I'm going to fight for this, Mr. Cusack. 204 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:25,480 If that means I have to sit still for some harsh opinions from a good attorney 205 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:28,980 who's got more important things to do, that's a small price to pay. 206 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:36,340 What happened then, sir? 207 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:43,020 I had just served the guy another beer when she came in. It was around 11 .30. 208 00:14:43,260 --> 00:14:44,760 She, you mean the defendant? 209 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:49,690 Yes. She walked up to the bar right where he was sitting. Then all of a 210 00:14:49,690 --> 00:14:51,230 she's got a gun in her hand. Then what? 211 00:14:51,490 --> 00:14:54,730 She says, you're not going to hurt my babies. You're not going to hurt us 212 00:14:54,730 --> 00:14:55,730 anymore. 213 00:14:56,630 --> 00:15:01,670 Then she raises the gun. And before he could move or say anything, before any 214 00:15:01,670 --> 00:15:04,070 us could do anything, she pulls the trigger. 215 00:15:05,430 --> 00:15:10,290 His head just fell to the floor. 216 00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:12,110 There was blood everywhere. 217 00:15:13,210 --> 00:15:14,230 What did you do, sir? 218 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:20,340 I think I stood there frozen for a minute or so, like I was in shock or 219 00:15:20,340 --> 00:15:21,340 something. 220 00:15:21,740 --> 00:15:24,980 The next thing I really remember was her crying. 221 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,060 She just started to cry, real uncontrollable. 222 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:29,640 I felt sorry for her. 223 00:15:30,660 --> 00:15:33,560 Then the cops showed up and took her away. 224 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:35,560 Thank you, Mr. Gaston. 225 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:36,760 That's all. 226 00:15:38,900 --> 00:15:42,400 Had you ever heard Mr. Havens make threats toward my clients, sir? 227 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,200 After he'd had a few, he'd make very serious threats, yes. 228 00:15:46,140 --> 00:15:47,140 Specifically, sir? 229 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:52,580 Sometimes he'd say he was going to kill her. In fact, on December 18th, 1988, 230 00:15:52,980 --> 00:15:55,480 you reported one of these threats to the police, didn't you? 231 00:15:55,900 --> 00:15:59,840 The way he stormed out of the bar, I thought he was going to hurt her. What 232 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:00,940 the police say when you reported this? 233 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,400 They called it a domestic situation. 234 00:16:03,860 --> 00:16:05,420 Did they indicate as to what they were going to do? 235 00:16:05,700 --> 00:16:07,740 They indicated that they were going to do nothing. 236 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,540 Thank you, sir. And were you personally in fear for your life that night in the 237 00:16:11,540 --> 00:16:12,540 bar? No. 238 00:16:13,850 --> 00:16:18,470 This woman is holding a gun less than ten feet away from you. She just killed 239 00:16:18,470 --> 00:16:20,090 man, and yet you weren't afraid? 240 00:16:20,350 --> 00:16:21,350 I knew the man. 241 00:16:23,030 --> 00:16:26,790 I figured she was just doing what she thought she had to do. 242 00:16:27,190 --> 00:16:29,590 I didn't think she was any dangerous criminal or anything. 243 00:16:30,690 --> 00:16:32,650 Thank you for your honesty, sir. Nothing further. 244 00:16:46,490 --> 00:16:47,490 Mr. Henderson. 245 00:16:49,230 --> 00:16:50,370 Mr. Henderson? 246 00:16:51,290 --> 00:16:54,290 Oh, Miss Van Olin. Van Owen. 247 00:16:54,550 --> 00:16:56,150 Van Owen? 248 00:16:57,350 --> 00:17:01,210 Any relation to Ezekiel Van Owen? 249 00:17:02,830 --> 00:17:04,950 No, sir, not to my knowledge. 250 00:17:05,410 --> 00:17:06,569 That's just as well. 251 00:17:07,589 --> 00:17:12,470 He was put to death by lethal gas in 1937 for murdering his third wife. 252 00:17:13,250 --> 00:17:14,490 I defended him. 253 00:17:15,970 --> 00:17:18,810 Mr. Henderson, may I speak with you in private? 254 00:17:19,270 --> 00:17:20,349 Oh, absolutely. 255 00:17:24,950 --> 00:17:31,630 I was hoping that we might be able to make the 256 00:17:31,630 --> 00:17:33,490 case of ours go away. 257 00:17:34,510 --> 00:17:38,030 Sure. Just withdraw all charges against my client. 258 00:17:38,770 --> 00:17:40,750 I can't do that, Mr. Henderson. 259 00:17:41,090 --> 00:17:44,570 But I am prepared to offer you a very favorable deal. 260 00:17:45,050 --> 00:17:46,050 Such as? 261 00:17:46,650 --> 00:17:50,390 Probation, contingent on community service, and no jail time. 262 00:17:50,830 --> 00:17:51,830 No, thank you. 263 00:17:51,930 --> 00:17:55,410 But they're guilty, Mr. Henderson. There is no question about it. 264 00:17:55,650 --> 00:17:58,470 Nevertheless, my clients intend to... 265 00:17:58,860 --> 00:18:05,500 exercise their constitutional rights to a fair trial by a jury of their peers. 266 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:11,900 Well, then I'm afraid I'm going to have to make a motion to have you removed as 267 00:18:11,900 --> 00:18:18,400 attorney of record on the grounds of incompetence. Miss Van Overland, I have 268 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:22,080 never been incontinent in my life. 269 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,020 Incompetent, Mr. 270 00:18:24,220 --> 00:18:25,220 Henderson. 271 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:26,560 You... 272 00:18:27,310 --> 00:18:29,710 You misdated the facts in your opening. 273 00:18:29,930 --> 00:18:34,850 You don't have the full command of the rules of evidence, and on top of that, 274 00:18:34,990 --> 00:18:36,450 you're hard of hearing. 275 00:18:36,770 --> 00:18:42,710 Hmm? Why don't we go into court tomorrow and get ourselves a continuance? Then 276 00:18:42,710 --> 00:18:46,810 your clients can retain the services of another attorney, and you can still stay 277 00:18:46,810 --> 00:18:51,870 on as co -counsel. But then I wouldn't get to give my closing. 278 00:18:53,130 --> 00:18:55,190 Oh, I've already written it. 279 00:18:56,490 --> 00:18:57,630 I think it's pretty good. 280 00:19:04,150 --> 00:19:06,250 Oh, would you like to hear a little of it? 281 00:19:07,050 --> 00:19:08,130 No, Mr. Henderson. 282 00:19:11,870 --> 00:19:12,870 I'm sorry. 283 00:19:13,570 --> 00:19:17,810 This is not a nice thing to do to a fellow member of the legal fraternity. 284 00:19:18,710 --> 00:19:19,710 I know. 285 00:19:20,310 --> 00:19:22,570 I shall see you in court, Miss Anne Olin. 286 00:19:29,020 --> 00:19:33,440 About a month after the divorce, he just started showing up. 287 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:40,440 He'd try to force me to have sex, and when I wouldn't, he'd rape me. Did you 288 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:43,520 report this to the police, Mrs. Havens? No, not at first. 289 00:19:44,220 --> 00:19:48,520 He was the father of my children. I didn't want to see him locked up in 290 00:19:48,780 --> 00:19:49,840 So you didn't do anything? 291 00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:52,800 I told my lawyer, the one that did the divorce. 292 00:19:53,370 --> 00:19:58,650 And we went down and got a court order that said he had to stay away. 293 00:19:59,810 --> 00:20:03,070 Only he didn't. A week later, he was back. 294 00:20:03,390 --> 00:20:04,730 And what happened this time? 295 00:20:04,990 --> 00:20:08,050 He tried to drag me out of the apartment. 296 00:20:09,150 --> 00:20:15,530 He threw me down a flight of stairs and broke my arm. My oldest, Jimmy, yelled 297 00:20:15,530 --> 00:20:17,350 at his father to stop. 298 00:20:18,330 --> 00:20:22,350 And Billy knocked him down and started to kick him. 299 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:26,000 He was kicking his own five -year -old son in the head. 300 00:20:26,220 --> 00:20:28,580 And was it after this you decided to go to the police? 301 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:32,880 I had to. I was afraid he was going to end up killing us. 302 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:34,260 And what did the police do? 303 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:41,520 They arrested him for assault, and I had to testify against him, and they 304 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:43,660 give him 45 days in jail. 305 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:50,340 And in court, he told me when he gets out... 306 00:20:51,340 --> 00:20:52,720 He's coming to kill me. 307 00:20:53,140 --> 00:20:54,620 Did you tell this to the police? 308 00:20:56,140 --> 00:21:00,540 They said that there was nothing they could do till he did. 309 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:08,820 They said, if you really want to be safe, buy a gun. The police told you to 310 00:21:08,820 --> 00:21:09,579 buy a gun? 311 00:21:09,580 --> 00:21:10,580 And I did, too. 312 00:21:10,820 --> 00:21:14,760 I bought a pistol, and I kept it right in my bedroom. 313 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,300 When did you next see your husband, Mrs. Havens? 314 00:21:18,020 --> 00:21:20,620 Two days after he got out of jail. 315 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:26,400 He showed up in the day, and he had this 316 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:30,460 real crazy look. 317 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:38,460 And he told me that this was the last day me 318 00:21:38,460 --> 00:21:42,000 and the kids was going to be alive. 319 00:21:42,540 --> 00:21:44,820 And he meant it. 320 00:21:45,100 --> 00:21:46,100 What'd you do? 321 00:21:46,580 --> 00:21:48,240 I called the police. 322 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:54,100 And they said I could swear out a complaint or they could bring him in for 323 00:21:54,100 --> 00:21:58,440 questioning, but they didn't think that they could lock him up. So what did you 324 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:04,760 do? I put the kids in my bedroom for the night so they'd be safe. 325 00:22:06,940 --> 00:22:11,100 And then about 11 o 'clock, the phone rang. 326 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:12,920 It was him. 327 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,600 He said he was coming to get me. 328 00:22:17,740 --> 00:22:19,420 He was coming to kill me. 329 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:25,080 That's when I knew I had to do it. 330 00:22:25,660 --> 00:22:27,300 What did you have to do, ma 'am? 331 00:22:28,060 --> 00:22:33,080 I had to save myself and my baby. 332 00:22:34,900 --> 00:22:37,800 So I stopped him. 333 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:39,740 You shot your husband? 334 00:22:41,580 --> 00:22:42,940 I had to. 335 00:22:43,220 --> 00:22:45,260 The police couldn't do nothing. 336 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,560 And the court order couldn't do nothing. 337 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,060 I couldn't just sit and wait for him to kill me. 338 00:22:52,420 --> 00:22:54,500 I couldn't let him kill my children. 339 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:58,380 Thank you, Mrs. Havens. 340 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:01,320 Nothing further. 341 00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:08,320 The reason that you claim you killed your husband was self -defense, right? 342 00:23:08,940 --> 00:23:13,360 Yes. When you walked up to your husband at that bar, Mrs. Havens... 343 00:23:13,820 --> 00:23:16,480 Did you think he was about to kill you at that very moment? 344 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,660 No, not at the moment, but I... Thank you. 345 00:23:20,820 --> 00:23:25,200 And was your husband armed with any weapon at the time you shot him? 346 00:23:25,460 --> 00:23:26,800 Not that I knew about. 347 00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:28,500 Thank you, ma 'am. 348 00:23:30,940 --> 00:23:31,940 Nothing further. 349 00:23:44,360 --> 00:23:45,360 Come in. 350 00:23:49,500 --> 00:23:52,700 Miss Van Owen, can we talk to you? 351 00:23:53,780 --> 00:23:55,880 Actually, we shouldn't speak. 352 00:23:56,220 --> 00:23:58,220 You are represented by counsel. 353 00:23:58,580 --> 00:23:59,580 That's why we're here. 354 00:23:59,980 --> 00:24:04,940 He tells us you want to have him declared incompetent. That's correct. 355 00:24:05,220 --> 00:24:06,900 We don't want another lawyer. 356 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:08,540 Laura Henderson's our man. 357 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,160 Did he tell you the deal I offered him? 358 00:24:11,380 --> 00:24:12,400 We don't want a deal. 359 00:24:13,050 --> 00:24:14,050 We want a trial. 360 00:24:14,950 --> 00:24:20,670 Look, Miss Van Orden, we're four old geezers with nothing to do and no place 361 00:24:20,670 --> 00:24:27,450 go. This trial's the most fun we've had since old Pike here stole a van last 362 00:24:27,450 --> 00:24:30,810 year and drove a bunch of us to DuPars in reverse. 363 00:24:31,410 --> 00:24:33,850 But the truth of it is, at least I did it. 364 00:24:34,770 --> 00:24:41,150 Uh, gentlemen, holding up a bank, using a criminal trial as a 365 00:24:41,150 --> 00:24:44,570 playground... To fight boredom isn't fun. 366 00:24:44,810 --> 00:24:48,690 Neither is walking into a bank and being told you can't withdraw any of your own 367 00:24:48,690 --> 00:24:51,230 money. You made that deal when you joined the home. 368 00:24:51,430 --> 00:24:56,610 We signed over our social security checks, and we signed over our pensions. 369 00:24:56,890 --> 00:25:03,230 And then when the food and the care stinks, and we want to supplement the 370 00:25:03,230 --> 00:25:06,970 quality of our life with a little of our own money, we can't do it. 371 00:25:07,230 --> 00:25:09,050 We never made that deal. 372 00:25:09,410 --> 00:25:10,410 You broke the law. 373 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:14,300 And now we want our trial with our own lawyer. 374 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:18,760 Okay. 375 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:20,240 What'd she say? 376 00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:21,880 She said, okay. 377 00:25:22,100 --> 00:25:24,860 Well, let's get out of here before she changes her mind. 378 00:25:29,940 --> 00:25:30,940 Miss Van Owen? 379 00:25:31,180 --> 00:25:32,180 Mr. Haber? 380 00:25:32,580 --> 00:25:38,340 I couldn't help noticing in court, you have a cute little tuchus there. 381 00:25:39,820 --> 00:25:42,900 Thank you Just thought I'd mention it 382 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:14,960 Jimmy, it's very important that you tell the truth. 383 00:26:15,380 --> 00:26:16,580 Do you understand that? 384 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:18,440 Yes. 385 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:19,760 Good. 386 00:26:21,460 --> 00:26:23,080 Could you please tell everybody your name? 387 00:26:23,780 --> 00:26:24,900 Jimmy Havens. 388 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:26,180 How old are you, Jimmy? 389 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:27,800 Six. 390 00:26:28,020 --> 00:26:30,140 Can you tell us who that person is sitting right over there? 391 00:26:32,140 --> 00:26:33,160 This one, brother. 392 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:36,920 Jimmy, do you know what this trial is all about? 393 00:26:41,740 --> 00:26:44,220 I know how scary this seems, but there's nothing to be afraid of. 394 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,040 So I want you to be real brave and speak up for us, okay? 395 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:50,720 Okay. 396 00:26:51,620 --> 00:26:53,480 Can you tell us why we're in court today? 397 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:02,920 Because Mommy killed Daddy. 398 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:07,380 Jimmy, your mother claims your father used to beat her up, and that sometimes 399 00:27:07,380 --> 00:27:08,380 used to beat you up, too. 400 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,620 She also said... Objection to form, Your Honor. 401 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,180 He's six years old. I think it's appropriate to leave. 402 00:27:14,380 --> 00:27:15,740 The objection's overruled. 403 00:27:16,780 --> 00:27:18,680 Did your father used to hurt you and your mother? 404 00:27:19,660 --> 00:27:21,540 Yes. Did he make you afraid? 405 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:23,960 Yes. 406 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,380 Can you tell us some of the things he did to hurt you or make you afraid? 407 00:27:28,140 --> 00:27:29,660 He told me not to tell. 408 00:27:30,500 --> 00:27:32,120 I'm really not supposed to tell. 409 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:34,720 Please, Jimmy, your mother needs your help now. 410 00:27:38,090 --> 00:27:39,790 He knocked it down and kicked it. 411 00:27:42,310 --> 00:27:44,390 Sometimes he cut me with a knife. 412 00:27:44,930 --> 00:27:48,010 One time he poured hot water from the stove on us. 413 00:27:48,250 --> 00:27:49,250 Okay. 414 00:27:50,370 --> 00:27:51,370 It's going to be okay. 415 00:27:54,070 --> 00:27:56,190 Are they going to put my mother in jail? 416 00:27:57,530 --> 00:27:59,070 Are they going to put her in jail? 417 00:27:59,650 --> 00:28:00,650 I hope not. 418 00:28:03,150 --> 00:28:04,150 I hope not. 419 00:28:06,390 --> 00:28:07,430 I have nothing further. 420 00:28:14,700 --> 00:28:15,920 I have nothing, Your Honor. 421 00:28:21,420 --> 00:28:26,880 When the bank told us we couldn't withdraw our own money, we resorted to 422 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:28,200 -help. That's all we did. 423 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:35,320 So, Mr. Graff, when you discovered that the senior citizen's home had frozen 424 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:36,320 your account... 425 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:50,760 Well, answer the question, sir. You didn't ask me the question. 426 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,800 My God, you're as bad as Sam. 427 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:54,680 Objection. Mr. Henderson. 428 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,500 Your Honor, may I approach the witness? 429 00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:59,200 Certainly. 430 00:29:07,460 --> 00:29:09,400 Where do you figure he's headed? 431 00:29:09,700 --> 00:29:12,260 I think he's going to see Walter. 432 00:29:12,700 --> 00:29:14,000 What's the big rush? 433 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:16,440 Gentlemen. 434 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,220 Stop making whys. 435 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,360 Just tell me how much money you took. 436 00:29:25,660 --> 00:29:26,820 You didn't ask. 437 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:28,640 I'm going to ask you right now. 438 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:36,760 Mr. Graff, whose car did you drive to the bank? 439 00:29:37,340 --> 00:29:39,880 We took $16 ,000. 440 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:44,480 That was what our four accounts totaled all pooled together. 441 00:29:44,900 --> 00:29:46,900 We only took what was coming to us. 442 00:29:50,220 --> 00:29:51,480 I have nothing for her. 443 00:29:53,900 --> 00:29:54,900 You're a witness. 444 00:29:59,540 --> 00:30:05,900 So you decided that since you couldn't take out your money with a 445 00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:09,080 withdrawal slip, you'd do it with guns? 446 00:30:09,340 --> 00:30:10,179 That's right. 447 00:30:10,180 --> 00:30:12,020 And I'm not ashamed of it. 448 00:30:12,340 --> 00:30:15,900 Well, if you're not ashamed of it, then why were you wearing the masks? 449 00:30:16,380 --> 00:30:18,800 Well, we knew it was illegal, technically. 450 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:21,380 We thought we'd get away with it. 451 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,200 And we would have, if Pike hadn't gone down. 452 00:30:24,420 --> 00:30:25,420 I see. 453 00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:30,380 Was the intent to rob the bank held mutually between all four of you? 454 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:31,600 Objection, Your Honor. 455 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:36,080 It seems that one of my clients has expired. 456 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,600 What? Pike Johnson's dead. 457 00:30:42,340 --> 00:30:44,140 My God, Pike. 458 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:45,680 Dead, you say? 459 00:30:46,030 --> 00:30:48,110 Bailiff. No, no, Pike, no. 460 00:30:48,350 --> 00:30:49,410 No, wake up. 461 00:30:49,850 --> 00:30:52,710 Clerk, call an ambulance and see if there's a doctor around. 462 00:30:53,530 --> 00:30:54,530 Move it. 463 00:30:56,410 --> 00:30:57,410 Uh, 464 00:30:58,450 --> 00:31:01,870 I need some time, Judge. This affects my strategy. 465 00:31:04,010 --> 00:31:05,010 It's a contract. 466 00:31:05,610 --> 00:31:06,610 Pure and simple. 467 00:31:07,970 --> 00:31:08,970 We own her. 468 00:31:09,190 --> 00:31:13,930 I'm not a thing to be owned, sir. Every contract has an implied covenant of good 469 00:31:13,930 --> 00:31:18,840 faith. The studio has not once shown... The deal is, we give her dialogue, she 470 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:21,760 reads it, we pay her. The hell with good faith. 471 00:31:22,180 --> 00:31:27,480 This is the very type of blatant contempt that caused this mess. Melanie, 472 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:28,480 on. 473 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:34,120 What caused this mess is the bloated ego of an actress who's suddenly too 474 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,840 important to service the very vehicle which made her famous. 475 00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:38,100 That's it. 476 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:40,440 Meeting is over. 477 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:41,679 Suit yourself. 478 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,980 See you in court, Counselor. Hold it. Hold it. 479 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:46,680 If this thing goes to trial, you both lose. 480 00:31:47,020 --> 00:31:51,220 The courts don't order specific performance on personal service 481 00:31:51,220 --> 00:31:52,900 you can never force her to be in your show. 482 00:31:53,540 --> 00:31:57,260 But they will enjoin you from working for anyone else. Michael. Which means 483 00:31:57,260 --> 00:31:59,320 there goes your movie deal and your income. 484 00:31:59,660 --> 00:32:00,680 Michael, please. 485 00:32:01,020 --> 00:32:05,000 So look, instead of winding up here with nothing but a stack of bills from your 486 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,300 lawyers, why not offer them... 487 00:32:08,149 --> 00:32:12,450 six or seven episodes in exchange for time off to do your movie. It's not that 488 00:32:12,450 --> 00:32:15,830 simple. It's exactly that simple, only you can't see it because you're too 489 00:32:15,830 --> 00:32:19,470 intent on teaching her a lesson for the sake of some studio precedent. 490 00:32:19,910 --> 00:32:24,290 And you can't see it because you're too blinded by anger over the way they 491 00:32:24,290 --> 00:32:25,229 treated you. 492 00:32:25,230 --> 00:32:26,230 Michael. 493 00:32:28,390 --> 00:32:30,230 Can I speak with you privately for a moment? 494 00:32:30,490 --> 00:32:31,490 Excuse us. 495 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,960 If you could do this movie, Melanie, would you be willing to explore the 496 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:52,960 possibility of a settlement? 497 00:32:55,220 --> 00:32:56,220 Maybe. 498 00:32:56,940 --> 00:33:00,560 If you could have, say, half a dozen or so episodes so you could truly map out 499 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,300 the departure of her character, would you be willing to consider a settlement? 500 00:33:04,420 --> 00:33:08,120 Possibly. So, I got one possibly and one maybe. That's very nice. 501 00:33:08,460 --> 00:33:11,760 Why don't you put together a proposal, so will we, and we'll see if we can 502 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:12,780 hammer something out here. 503 00:33:14,020 --> 00:33:15,040 Okay. Good. 504 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:17,960 Good. 505 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:25,720 We'll hear first from the defense. 506 00:33:25,980 --> 00:33:27,080 Thank you, Your Honor. 507 00:33:28,820 --> 00:33:35,760 They robbed that bank because they were not allowed 508 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:37,780 to withdraw their own money. 509 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,840 The senior citizen's home had it all tied up. 510 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:46,900 Now, when my clients joined that home, ladies and gentlemen, they probably did 511 00:33:46,900 --> 00:33:49,520 consent to be treated like old men. 512 00:33:50,220 --> 00:33:53,300 They did not consent to be treated like children. 513 00:33:54,350 --> 00:33:55,850 We're old, yes. 514 00:33:56,810 --> 00:34:02,190 But dignity is not something that atrophies when our bones grow brittle. 515 00:34:02,390 --> 00:34:06,530 We still have every right to be proud and to be independent. 516 00:34:07,450 --> 00:34:14,090 And when Walter Graff, Harold Cooley, Sam Haber, and Dead Pike Johnson walked 517 00:34:14,090 --> 00:34:17,230 into the bank that day, they went in as messengers. 518 00:34:18,409 --> 00:34:22,750 This is not just another stick -up, ladies and gentlemen. It was political 519 00:34:22,750 --> 00:34:23,750 activism. 520 00:34:24,290 --> 00:34:26,070 It was freedom of speech. 521 00:34:26,690 --> 00:34:30,170 These men are not criminals. They are patriots. 522 00:34:30,889 --> 00:34:37,409 Public servants of the greatest nation on earth, the United States of America. 523 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:50,340 Oh, my mistake, my mistake. 524 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:53,000 Not guilty. 525 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:55,480 Yeah. 526 00:34:56,139 --> 00:34:57,139 Thank you. 527 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:00,880 You can do yours now. 528 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:07,360 Thank you. 529 00:35:10,340 --> 00:35:12,260 They robbed a bank, ladies and gentlemen. 530 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:16,480 They went in with loaded guns, stole money. 531 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:18,740 And could have ended up hurting people. 532 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,980 They are very sweet men. 533 00:35:22,940 --> 00:35:25,920 But they committed a very serious crime. 534 00:35:28,100 --> 00:35:29,100 Thank you. 535 00:35:30,940 --> 00:35:31,940 Is that it? 536 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:33,880 Mr. Henderson. 537 00:35:34,340 --> 00:35:35,720 I didn't hear her closing. 538 00:35:36,420 --> 00:35:37,920 Did you hear her closing? 539 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:39,160 What closing? 540 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:41,900 What'd she say? Something about a closing. 541 00:35:43,940 --> 00:35:45,620 My client killed a man. 542 00:35:48,010 --> 00:35:49,850 I certainly don't expect you to ignore that. 543 00:35:51,170 --> 00:35:56,970 Nor do I expect you to ignore her agony or the terror which caused her to act 544 00:35:56,970 --> 00:35:57,970 that night. 545 00:35:58,270 --> 00:36:03,970 She was protecting her life against a man who had raped her, against a man who 546 00:36:03,970 --> 00:36:05,130 had threatened to murder her. 547 00:36:05,850 --> 00:36:07,770 Go to the police, she did that. 548 00:36:08,150 --> 00:36:09,730 They told her to buy a gun. 549 00:36:11,610 --> 00:36:16,130 There's a scared little boy sitting over there, praying to God you don't take 550 00:36:16,130 --> 00:36:17,130 his mother away from him. 551 00:36:17,740 --> 00:36:21,340 I know in the big picture we don't want people arming themselves and having 552 00:36:21,340 --> 00:36:24,780 shootouts in bars like the Wild West, but before you go back into that jury 553 00:36:24,780 --> 00:36:29,620 room, take a look at the little picture. 554 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:32,760 She's no murderer, ladies and gentlemen. 555 00:36:33,540 --> 00:36:39,340 What happened that night happened because, as the police put it, the 556 00:36:39,340 --> 00:36:41,920 her family was in her own hands. 557 00:36:45,420 --> 00:36:46,420 Now it's in yours. 558 00:36:58,860 --> 00:37:03,080 What happened that night was she walked into a bar and shot an unarmed man in 559 00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:03,979 the head. 560 00:37:03,980 --> 00:37:08,700 A man who, by her own testimony, was not about to harm her at the moment she 561 00:37:08,700 --> 00:37:09,700 pulled the trigger. 562 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:15,360 As a matter of law, ladies and gentlemen, that does not fall within the 563 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:16,840 definition of self -defense. 564 00:37:18,340 --> 00:37:21,780 You want to feel sorry for her, please do. 565 00:37:22,540 --> 00:37:26,680 You want to hate the victim and feel he's a horrible human being, please do. 566 00:37:27,790 --> 00:37:34,470 That does not change the fact that she stalked him and shot him without any 567 00:37:34,470 --> 00:37:35,770 legal justification. 568 00:37:37,110 --> 00:37:43,990 However much you empathize with her or agonize for her, she committed first 569 00:37:43,990 --> 00:37:46,110 -degree murder. 570 00:37:46,750 --> 00:37:50,890 That's the only conclusion you could possibly reach. 571 00:38:04,590 --> 00:38:05,930 Will the defendants rise? 572 00:38:12,450 --> 00:38:14,810 Members of the jury, have you reached your verdict? 573 00:38:15,010 --> 00:38:16,850 We have, Your Honor. What say you? 574 00:38:17,310 --> 00:38:21,710 In the matter of people versus Samuel Haber, Walter Graff, Harold Cooley, and 575 00:38:21,710 --> 00:38:27,110 Pike Johnson, we find each and every one of the defendants guilty as charged. 576 00:38:27,390 --> 00:38:28,069 What'd you say? 577 00:38:28,070 --> 00:38:29,070 She said guilty. 578 00:38:29,710 --> 00:38:34,070 I appeal, Your Honor. Go directly to jail. Jail? I thought you said we were 579 00:38:34,070 --> 00:38:35,069 going to get sympathy. 580 00:38:35,070 --> 00:38:36,450 We have to go to jail? 581 00:38:36,730 --> 00:38:37,730 Gentlemen, please. 582 00:38:37,890 --> 00:38:42,650 Your Honor, I would like to formally charge the district attorney with 583 00:38:42,850 --> 00:38:43,850 Quiet. 584 00:38:46,330 --> 00:38:48,510 Members of the jury, thank you. 585 00:38:49,010 --> 00:38:50,530 Your service is completed. 586 00:38:51,030 --> 00:38:54,950 Mr. Henderson, have your clients back in this room next Tuesday. 587 00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:57,500 Ten o 'clock for sentencing. Mistrial. 588 00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:00,560 Appeal. Trickery. We are adjourned. 589 00:39:03,340 --> 00:39:04,340 Mr. Henderson. 590 00:39:04,700 --> 00:39:05,700 Oh, hi. 591 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:07,260 Look, don't take this personally. 592 00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:09,500 I'm just saying this stuff for the record. 593 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:12,080 Off the record, I like you. 594 00:39:12,820 --> 00:39:17,600 I like you, too. And I'm willing to recommend suspended sentences so your 595 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:19,760 clients won't have to go to prison. Prison? 596 00:39:19,980 --> 00:39:21,580 Oh, shut up, Sam. 597 00:39:22,020 --> 00:39:23,320 You really would do that? 598 00:39:23,740 --> 00:39:24,740 I would. 599 00:39:25,210 --> 00:39:30,990 And I'd also like you to know that I thought your closing argument was 600 00:39:30,990 --> 00:39:31,990 brilliant. 601 00:39:32,770 --> 00:39:34,030 Honestly. Honestly. 602 00:39:34,290 --> 00:39:36,370 Mr. Henderson, you are a fine attorney. 603 00:39:36,810 --> 00:39:38,830 And I wish you the very best of luck. 604 00:39:39,470 --> 00:39:43,730 Well, thank you very much, Miss Van Olden. 605 00:39:50,730 --> 00:39:51,730 Michael. 606 00:39:52,510 --> 00:39:54,030 You did a good thing there. 607 00:39:54,710 --> 00:39:57,890 Well, what else could I do? I want to be able to sleep at night. 608 00:39:58,530 --> 00:40:02,230 Speaking of which, I'd like to join you one of these nights. 609 00:40:02,530 --> 00:40:03,530 I know, me too. 610 00:40:03,730 --> 00:40:05,990 It has just been so crazy. 611 00:40:06,410 --> 00:40:09,430 Well, how about this? We've been invited out to dinner tonight by this client of 612 00:40:09,430 --> 00:40:12,250 mine who I negotiated out of a TV series. I can't. 613 00:40:13,570 --> 00:40:17,270 Grace. Michael, Heiser and Monzio are both out with the flu. 614 00:40:17,900 --> 00:40:21,960 I've got to get continuances on about a million cases. Plus, I've got to be 615 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:23,940 ready early tomorrow morning on People vs. 616 00:40:24,180 --> 00:40:25,880 Alvarez, which I haven't even started. 617 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:30,960 Dinner's out. Sleep is out. And as far as sex is concerned, I vaguely recall it 618 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:34,520 is something very nice that normal people indulge in. 619 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:35,960 Which we're not. 620 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:37,160 Michael, I'm sorry. 621 00:40:38,020 --> 00:40:39,560 I miss you. I love you. 622 00:40:39,940 --> 00:40:41,680 But I'm going to have to make it up to you. 623 00:40:56,700 --> 00:40:59,800 Counselor. Hey, it was a very nice closing yesterday. 624 00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:01,040 Thanks, you too. 625 00:41:01,140 --> 00:41:04,160 Look, I'm prepared to offer a deal. 626 00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:07,720 Now, manslaughter two years. 627 00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:12,000 He stands there looking stunned. 628 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:15,840 I'm not stunned, I'm just thinking about it. Come on, what's to think about? 629 00:41:16,460 --> 00:41:20,000 Your client walks in premeditated, blasting on our men. I'm offering 630 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:21,600 manslaughter? It's a dream. 631 00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:24,300 A dream served up maybe by your nightmares of an acquittal? 632 00:41:25,100 --> 00:41:28,820 Very true. Look, I admit, I didn't give you a chance in hell when this case 633 00:41:28,820 --> 00:41:32,360 began. But you've even got me feeling sorry for her, and Lord knows what the 634 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:36,360 jury's doing. But she did murder the guy, and the best I can offer is 635 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:37,360 manslaughter. 636 00:41:37,940 --> 00:41:39,580 Okay, I need a little time to think about it. 637 00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:40,759 Think away. 638 00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:41,780 The clock is ticking. 639 00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:45,840 The jury could be out five more hours or five more minutes. 640 00:41:54,190 --> 00:41:55,190 What to do? 641 00:41:55,810 --> 00:41:57,910 Take the deal. It's two years and you're out. 642 00:41:58,830 --> 00:42:00,590 The other way could be pretty fatal. 643 00:42:00,850 --> 00:42:02,190 What about my kids? 644 00:42:02,970 --> 00:42:04,370 Are they going to take my kids away? 645 00:42:04,930 --> 00:42:05,930 Yes. 646 00:42:06,150 --> 00:42:08,530 But there's a chance we can get them back after you're released. 647 00:42:09,070 --> 00:42:12,470 Chance? That means there's a chance I could lose them forever. 648 00:42:12,750 --> 00:42:15,550 If they come back with first degree, you'll definitely lose them forever. 649 00:42:15,850 --> 00:42:18,870 I can't lose my kids. I can't. 650 00:42:19,570 --> 00:42:21,350 Jerry's coming in, Counselor. What? 651 00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:24,320 Is it too late? 652 00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:26,360 Did we wait too long? 653 00:42:26,620 --> 00:42:28,100 No, but we gotta decide now. 654 00:42:28,900 --> 00:42:31,660 I don't know. All right, let's take the deal. 655 00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:35,460 I can't let you risk 30 years in jail. And I promise I'll be all over social 656 00:42:35,460 --> 00:42:36,900 services to help you get your kids back. 657 00:42:37,380 --> 00:42:39,140 But, Wanda, we gotta decide. 658 00:42:42,460 --> 00:42:43,460 Okay. 659 00:42:49,100 --> 00:42:50,100 Okay. 660 00:43:01,450 --> 00:43:02,470 The offer's still good? 661 00:43:02,730 --> 00:43:04,490 Yeah. You want it? We want it. 662 00:43:05,330 --> 00:43:06,330 Come on. 663 00:43:07,830 --> 00:43:09,750 Nothing like waiting till the last minute. 664 00:43:12,170 --> 00:43:14,710 Judge, believe it or not, we have a plea bargain. 665 00:43:15,110 --> 00:43:16,590 Now? Right before the verdict? 666 00:43:16,950 --> 00:43:20,590 Sorry about the timing, Judge, but we've reached an agreement which we both 667 00:43:20,590 --> 00:43:22,430 believe serves the interest of justice. 668 00:43:23,150 --> 00:43:26,350 The defendant will plead guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter with a 669 00:43:26,350 --> 00:43:28,010 recommended sentence of two years. 670 00:43:28,390 --> 00:43:30,330 Is that acceptable to you, Counselor? 671 00:43:31,109 --> 00:43:32,109 Mr. Rollins. 672 00:43:34,310 --> 00:43:35,310 Excuse me? 673 00:43:35,830 --> 00:43:36,830 Mr. Rollins. 674 00:43:38,750 --> 00:43:40,570 No, Your Honor, it's not acceptable. 675 00:43:40,810 --> 00:43:43,110 What? I'd like a minute to confer with my client. Go ahead. 676 00:43:43,610 --> 00:43:44,610 What the hell? 677 00:43:45,590 --> 00:43:46,910 I want to call off the deal. 678 00:43:47,170 --> 00:43:51,210 Why? They were looking at you. The jury members were looking right at you. What 679 00:43:51,210 --> 00:43:52,149 does that mean? 680 00:43:52,150 --> 00:43:55,450 Maybe nothing, but if they're about to hammer you with a guilty verdict, I 681 00:43:55,450 --> 00:43:56,990 think they'd be so willing to make eye contact. 682 00:43:57,310 --> 00:43:58,310 Are you sure? 683 00:43:58,380 --> 00:44:01,680 No, it's just a feeling. You can still take the deal if you want, but my gut 684 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:03,080 says let's take the chance. 685 00:44:06,860 --> 00:44:08,720 Okay, if that's what you think. 686 00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:15,660 No plea bargain, Your Honor. Now, we had a deal. Malcolm, I'm sorry. I can't 687 00:44:15,660 --> 00:44:18,000 force the defendant to accept a plea bargain, Mr. Gold. 688 00:44:18,820 --> 00:44:21,080 Mr. Foreman, has the jury reached a verdict? 689 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:24,000 We have, Your Honor. 690 00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:25,960 The defendant will rise. 691 00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:30,020 In the matter of People v. 692 00:44:30,260 --> 00:44:36,360 Wanda Havens, criminal complaint number 89243, we, the jury, find the defendant 693 00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:37,720 not guilty. 694 00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:42,600 Nice 695 00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:49,380 work, 696 00:44:49,620 --> 00:44:50,620 Counselor. 697 00:44:50,820 --> 00:44:51,820 Thanks, Mike. 698 00:44:52,020 --> 00:44:53,020 Thanks for everything. 699 00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,100 Does this mean you're coming home, Mom? Yes. 700 00:44:57,500 --> 00:44:59,060 Baby, I'm coming home. 701 00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:08,960 I hope you won't mind if I say that, um, I'm glad your significant other 702 00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:09,960 couldn't make it tonight. 703 00:45:12,100 --> 00:45:15,300 Well, not if you don't mind the fact that I've bored you to death with the 704 00:45:15,300 --> 00:45:18,720 endless recitation of all the cases I've lost in the last six months. 705 00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:20,440 On the contrary. 706 00:45:20,720 --> 00:45:21,720 It's been fascinating. 707 00:45:23,060 --> 00:45:24,480 Well, you're very kind to say so. 708 00:45:24,700 --> 00:45:25,618 Oh, really? 709 00:45:25,620 --> 00:45:26,479 I mean... 710 00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:28,980 What you do, the stakes are so high. 711 00:45:30,220 --> 00:45:34,560 I know my case was just over a contract, but the settlement you hammered out is 712 00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:37,380 going to make a profound difference in the quality of my life. 713 00:45:38,220 --> 00:45:39,600 Well, I hope so. 714 00:45:47,460 --> 00:45:53,020 You may be on a losing streak as far as Mackenzie Brackman is concerned, but as 715 00:45:53,020 --> 00:45:54,880 far as Melanie Hayes is concerned... 716 00:45:55,620 --> 00:45:56,620 You're a winner. 717 00:45:57,900 --> 00:45:59,160 This was no big deal. 718 00:46:00,300 --> 00:46:01,760 Just take the car. 719 00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:30,340 Would you like to come inside? 720 00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:35,440 I... I better not. 721 00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:42,340 Well, it's been wonderful. 722 00:46:43,240 --> 00:46:45,500 Thank you for a lovely, lovely evening. 723 00:46:47,900 --> 00:46:48,900 Thank you.