1 00:00:02,580 --> 00:00:03,940 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:06,040 I was dense yesterday. 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:07,760 There's a very obvious way for me to help. 4 00:00:08,460 --> 00:00:09,820 Let me represent you in the divorce. 5 00:00:11,340 --> 00:00:14,480 This is a no -frills marriage. It's going to be a minimalist divorce. 6 00:00:15,020 --> 00:00:16,900 If it gets at all sticky, you come get me. 7 00:00:17,460 --> 00:00:20,140 Okay. You do not betray your friends. 8 00:00:20,660 --> 00:00:23,360 Now, your wife wants out. It can either be amicable or it can be bloody. 9 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:27,340 Trust me on this. 10 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,880 You join forces with that faithless Herod, and it's going to be as bloody as 11 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:32,879 Battle of Bull Run. 12 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:36,040 We'd like you to come back. 13 00:00:36,420 --> 00:00:39,980 Excuse me? We've been interviewing would -be associates for three months, not 14 00:00:39,980 --> 00:00:41,700 one more qualified than you. 15 00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:44,880 I'm flattered, Leland, but I left here for a reason. 16 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:46,520 Who's Edward? 17 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,380 Edward drives the car. I go places with Edward. 18 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:51,240 I go places by myself. 19 00:00:52,020 --> 00:00:53,720 Sometimes Edward lets me drive. 20 00:00:54,300 --> 00:00:55,420 You can drive? 21 00:00:55,860 --> 00:00:57,550 See? I can do it. 22 00:00:59,490 --> 00:01:04,830 I always wanted to drive my mom's car, but she wouldn't let me. 23 00:01:08,290 --> 00:01:09,890 You can drive this one. 24 00:01:18,410 --> 00:01:19,470 That's a shredder. 25 00:01:19,890 --> 00:01:21,650 Don't ever put your hand in it. 26 00:01:22,150 --> 00:01:25,050 And this is a copy machine. 27 00:01:26,220 --> 00:01:30,460 Whenever you got something and you want more, it makes them. 28 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:31,680 It's so big. 29 00:01:33,140 --> 00:01:34,560 You want to see something funny? 30 00:01:35,740 --> 00:01:42,140 Put your hand right there. And when I tell you to push, but not right now. 31 00:01:42,140 --> 00:01:43,140 a second. 32 00:01:43,820 --> 00:01:45,340 I've got to close my eyes. 33 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:47,320 Okay, now, push. 34 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:52,880 Look. 35 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,000 It copied me. 36 00:03:50,310 --> 00:03:53,790 Moving forward, as you all know, we've tended an offer to Abby Perkins to 37 00:03:53,790 --> 00:03:54,790 as an associate. 38 00:03:55,070 --> 00:03:57,990 Leland and I are meeting with her tomorrow, and we hope to have her answer 39 00:03:57,990 --> 00:03:58,990 the end of the week. 40 00:03:59,250 --> 00:04:00,390 Meyer versus Meyer. 41 00:04:00,810 --> 00:04:03,390 Roxanne's deposition is today. I'm deposing Big Dave tomorrow. 42 00:04:03,730 --> 00:04:06,790 I thought the judge threw you out on this. Well, he said I can participate in 43 00:04:06,790 --> 00:04:10,210 the discovery, so I'm okay for now. I'm hoping we settle. Yes, well, I see 44 00:04:10,210 --> 00:04:13,530 you've booked the conference room at 10 .30 for tomorrow's deposition. And Mr. 45 00:04:13,570 --> 00:04:18,810 Rollins, who suddenly decided to represent Diana Moses in her divorce, 46 00:04:19,269 --> 00:04:23,390 without getting an authorization from a partner first, has also booked the 47 00:04:23,390 --> 00:04:26,630 conference room for tomorrow morning. Its 9 .30 settlement conference will be 48 00:04:26,630 --> 00:04:28,010 done before any deposition, Douglas. 49 00:04:28,290 --> 00:04:29,290 It's real simple. 50 00:04:29,430 --> 00:04:31,430 Yes, you told us how simple it was. 51 00:04:31,690 --> 00:04:34,050 So simple, she could represent herself. 52 00:04:34,330 --> 00:04:38,570 All right, Douglas. If Jonathan wants to give Diana Moses an hour or two, that's 53 00:04:38,570 --> 00:04:40,370 fine. Speaks well for the firm. 54 00:04:40,590 --> 00:04:41,590 Very well. 55 00:04:41,710 --> 00:04:45,470 Turning to a new matter, the sensations versus the sensations. 56 00:04:46,030 --> 00:04:48,150 Oh, yeah, that's mine. I'm representing the sensations. 57 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,280 You're kidding. I used to have all their albums. I wore out the grooves. 58 00:04:51,660 --> 00:04:53,720 Well, they're being sued by the new sensations. 59 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:55,160 What's the new sensations? 60 00:04:55,180 --> 00:04:58,700 Well, the original group retired three years ago, and they passed the baton on 61 00:04:58,700 --> 00:04:59,700 to younger singers. 62 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,320 Basically, they sold them the trade name and the performing rights, but the new 63 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:07,420 guys have revamped the music beyond recognition, and the old guys are mad. 64 00:05:07,420 --> 00:05:10,460 want to go out on the road, do the songs the way they're supposed to be done. 65 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:11,619 Oh, no. 66 00:05:11,620 --> 00:05:12,620 Dueling duos. 67 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,560 Exactly. So the new guys are trying to enjoin the old guys from performing, 68 00:05:16,580 --> 00:05:19,680 saying that if... If the original group goes back into business, no one's going 69 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:20,680 to want to see the subs. 70 00:05:20,700 --> 00:05:23,960 You're right. Well, I certainly can't wait to see how it works out. Moving on. 71 00:05:24,840 --> 00:05:28,280 Quintana Brewery, Inc. versus Gatling Distributors. No settlement. 72 00:05:28,540 --> 00:05:32,620 Trial starts today. I don't know, Victor. How do you prove trade liable 73 00:05:32,620 --> 00:05:35,900 they did was repeat a rumor? They started the rumor. Even still, they 74 00:05:35,900 --> 00:05:39,540 represented it as fact. When you say we hear that there's urine in the beer, 75 00:05:39,620 --> 00:05:41,440 people don't need proof to stop drinking this stuff. 76 00:05:41,930 --> 00:05:45,170 The Gatling distributors deliberately spread that rumor to put Quintana out of 77 00:05:45,170 --> 00:05:48,510 business, and it's just about work. I tasted your client's beer, Victor, and 78 00:05:48,510 --> 00:05:51,130 frankly, I believe the rumor. All right, Douglas. 79 00:05:51,430 --> 00:05:54,130 The stuff is more yellow than the other brands. 80 00:05:54,510 --> 00:05:56,030 Hey, this isn't some damn joke, Douglas. 81 00:05:56,290 --> 00:05:59,450 Quintana might have to shut down because of this, putting over 1 ,200 people out 82 00:05:59,450 --> 00:06:01,930 of work, almost every one of them Mexican or Hispanic. 83 00:06:02,610 --> 00:06:05,290 What's race got to do with it? It has everything to do with it. 84 00:06:05,770 --> 00:06:08,610 They didn't say this about an English or a German beer because nobody would 85 00:06:08,610 --> 00:06:10,490 believe it, but with Hispanics, they figure it'll play. 86 00:06:11,130 --> 00:06:14,110 Well, Mexicans would urinate in beer, wouldn't they? That's just like a 87 00:06:14,130 --> 00:06:16,530 I mean, if a guy speaks Spanish, he'd piss anywhere, right? 88 00:06:18,290 --> 00:06:21,650 Believe me, Douglas, race has something to do with it. And I'm going to nail him 89 00:06:21,650 --> 00:06:22,609 for it. 90 00:06:22,610 --> 00:06:23,610 Whatever it takes. 91 00:06:24,490 --> 00:06:25,490 I'm going to get him. 92 00:06:28,350 --> 00:06:32,850 Well, on that passionate note, we're adjourned. 93 00:06:38,550 --> 00:06:40,950 And how much in debt were you when you married my client? 94 00:06:41,210 --> 00:06:43,930 I owed the IRS about $14 ,000. 95 00:06:44,630 --> 00:06:46,410 David Meyer paid this off for you? Yes. 96 00:06:46,650 --> 00:06:50,150 And after you got married, he also bailed you out of Chapter 13 bankruptcy, 97 00:06:50,310 --> 00:06:51,310 didn't he? Yes, he did. 98 00:06:52,550 --> 00:06:55,690 And now that you're financially solvent, you want a divorce, right? 99 00:06:55,910 --> 00:06:59,570 I didn't marry him to make myself financially solvent. No, you married him 100 00:06:59,570 --> 00:07:00,570 because you loved him, right? 101 00:07:00,670 --> 00:07:02,850 Irrelevant. You can finish the answer. 102 00:07:03,790 --> 00:07:06,510 David and I had an understanding when we got married. 103 00:07:06,790 --> 00:07:07,790 Yes, you did. 104 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:11,320 And part of that understanding included sex on a regular basis, didn't it? We 105 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:12,580 never actually discussed sex. 106 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:16,540 But at the time of your marriage, you were having sex on the average of two or 107 00:07:16,540 --> 00:07:17,540 three times a week, weren't you? 108 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:22,300 Yes. So it was likely that when David Meyer married you, he reasonably 109 00:07:22,300 --> 00:07:25,480 he'd be having sexual relations on a regular basis. Isn't that right? 110 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:28,720 Objection as to what David Meyer may have thought. A few months after your 111 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,240 marriage, you stopped having sex with them all together, didn't you? 112 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:36,360 What's the point of all this? The point is you never intended to sustain a 113 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:37,900 physical relationship with this man. 114 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:41,200 You went through the charade of sex long enough to solve your bank account 115 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:42,540 problems. That's crazy. 116 00:07:43,340 --> 00:07:45,740 Objection. This marriage should be annulled on grounds of fraud. 117 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,460 You tricked him into becoming your husband. That's it. We're done. I'm not 118 00:07:49,460 --> 00:07:50,460 finished with my deposit. 119 00:07:50,540 --> 00:07:53,140 Yes, you are, Sheldon. I'm not going to sit here and let you badger my client 120 00:07:53,140 --> 00:07:55,120 like this. I haven't even begun on your client. 121 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,240 And if you walk out of here, I'll haul your ass in the court. You'll be paying 122 00:07:58,240 --> 00:07:59,640 costs again, plus sanctions. 123 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:02,580 Who do you think you're threatening, Sheldon? I have the right to ask 124 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:04,600 You have the right to conduct appropriate discovery. 125 00:08:05,540 --> 00:08:07,000 Anything else, and we're out the door. 126 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:10,240 Fine. 127 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:18,200 Now, Mrs. Meyer, while we're on the subject of your honesty, you were 128 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:20,020 for insider trading last year, weren't you? 129 00:08:27,790 --> 00:08:31,830 My clients bought the sole rights to the name, Judge, together with a non 130 00:08:31,830 --> 00:08:32,829 -compete clause. 131 00:08:33,169 --> 00:08:35,150 Legally, they are the sensation. 132 00:08:35,510 --> 00:08:36,369 That's right. 133 00:08:36,370 --> 00:08:39,530 And the defendant simply cannot start performing again. 134 00:08:39,730 --> 00:08:42,909 They want to perform again, Your Honor, because the plaintiffs have completely 135 00:08:42,909 --> 00:08:44,870 bastardized their music. That's right. 136 00:08:45,150 --> 00:08:46,490 Now, that's a lie. 137 00:08:46,770 --> 00:08:50,730 Sit down, sir. There is nothing in the contract that prohibits my clients from 138 00:08:50,730 --> 00:08:51,990 stylizing their songs. 139 00:08:52,550 --> 00:08:56,650 Stylizing? They don't resemble us. We don't want to resemble you. 140 00:08:57,050 --> 00:09:01,090 Keep quiet, too. You've got a lawyer here. Judge, if they go out again 141 00:09:01,090 --> 00:09:04,530 themselves as the original sensations, they will put my clients out of 142 00:09:04,790 --> 00:09:09,230 Now, we paid $125 ,000 for the exclusive right to be the sensations. 143 00:09:09,670 --> 00:09:15,170 But they are supposed to do the act just like the originals. Judge, the changes 144 00:09:15,170 --> 00:09:16,590 were made for economic survival. 145 00:09:17,180 --> 00:09:20,400 If they do the act the old way, they won't get bookings, and the act will 146 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:25,820 Your Honor, may I respectfully submit that if they don't want to be the 147 00:09:25,820 --> 00:09:30,820 sensations, then at least let the sensations be the sensations. All 148 00:09:30,820 --> 00:09:37,500 right, all right. Look, with all due respect 149 00:09:37,500 --> 00:09:42,400 for the national significance of this issue, let's settle this. 150 00:09:42,660 --> 00:09:43,619 We tried, Judge. 151 00:09:43,620 --> 00:09:45,740 They won't budge, Your Honor. Well, let me try. 152 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:50,160 I'll see counsel in my chambers tomorrow at two, together with a member of each 153 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,620 group who's authorized to dispose of this thing. 154 00:09:52,820 --> 00:09:55,440 Until then, goodbye. 155 00:09:59,260 --> 00:10:03,820 All right, then, Mr. Montoya. Could you tell us how you got into the beer 156 00:10:03,820 --> 00:10:04,820 business? 157 00:10:05,700 --> 00:10:08,520 My wife's family runs a small brewery in Chetumal. 158 00:10:08,900 --> 00:10:12,260 Since they had no American distributor, they offered me the chance. 159 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:13,399 How did it go, sir? 160 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:14,740 Store's going to keep it in stock. 161 00:10:15,210 --> 00:10:17,330 Bars were ordering 30 cases at a time. 162 00:10:17,550 --> 00:10:23,010 I took out the loan, bought a dozen new trucks. Me, my wife, the children, we 163 00:10:23,010 --> 00:10:26,070 were all working 15 hours a day. It was unbelievable. 164 00:10:27,970 --> 00:10:31,710 Were you ever approached by Gatling Breweries, Mr. Montoya? Yes. 165 00:10:32,650 --> 00:10:37,150 Four men flew out from New York. I headed to dinner in my home. They said 166 00:10:37,150 --> 00:10:38,150 wanted to buy my company. 167 00:10:38,790 --> 00:10:42,270 I thanked them for their offer, but I told them I was not interested in 168 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:46,220 What happened then, sir? About a month later, a store manager told one of my 169 00:10:46,220 --> 00:10:50,820 drivers that he heard workers at my brewery were urinating in the beer. What 170 00:10:50,820 --> 00:10:54,060 your reaction to that? That same day, I went to see the store manager, and I 171 00:10:54,060 --> 00:10:55,920 asked him directly who told him that. 172 00:10:56,220 --> 00:10:58,360 He said it was the service rep for Gatlin. 173 00:10:58,660 --> 00:11:00,000 Objection. Hearsay. 174 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:02,540 Sustained. Did you ever hear this rumor again, sir? 175 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:07,160 Yes. I heard it almost every day. And in less than two months... 176 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:09,780 Our sales fell off so much, I couldn't make payroll. 177 00:11:09,980 --> 00:11:14,080 And every time we traced the rumor back, it led to someone who worked for this 178 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:15,940 man. Objection, Your Honor. Hearsay. 179 00:11:16,300 --> 00:11:19,600 Sit down. And stop being impressive to his employer. He is not my boss and you 180 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:21,780 neither. So don't be giving me orders. Mr. Rivera. 181 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:23,800 So she's not your boss. 182 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:25,720 Gentlemen. He is my client. 183 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,340 Or do you not understand? Both of you, approach the bench. 184 00:11:40,780 --> 00:11:44,100 If it's not the U.N., I do not have benefit of simultaneous translation. 185 00:11:44,380 --> 00:11:48,560 Now, you will conduct yourselves appropriately, and you will do it in 186 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:50,320 Step back. 187 00:11:54,420 --> 00:11:58,980 Mr. Montoya, did you ever hear this from a Gatling employee yourself? 188 00:11:59,500 --> 00:12:03,840 Yes. A friend of mine owns a bar, and I was there when the Gatling Red showed 189 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:07,540 up. I can still hear his voice. He said Mexican piss in Quintana. 190 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:12,800 The rent test in Washington, 6 .5 % urine. I grabbed him. If my friend 191 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:14,100 stopped me, I would have killed him. 192 00:12:14,380 --> 00:12:15,380 Thank you, sir. 193 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:16,520 I have nothing further. 194 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:23,820 Mr. Montoya, have you ever spread a rumor? 195 00:12:24,140 --> 00:12:29,220 No, sir. If someone told you that the chief of police was a cocaine addict, 196 00:12:29,220 --> 00:12:30,700 wouldn't tell people what you heard? 197 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,720 I wouldn't say it was true unless I knew it was true. That's not what I asked 198 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:35,379 you, sir. 199 00:12:35,380 --> 00:12:37,000 What I asked you is... 200 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,980 would you repeat it? Well, then let me ask you a question. 201 00:12:41,380 --> 00:12:46,420 As a Mexican, should I have been any less insulted because he was just 202 00:12:46,420 --> 00:12:47,420 this? Wait a minute. 203 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:51,760 What he said wasn't about Mexicans. It was about beer. Only to someone like 204 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,700 I ask that the witness's response be stricken. You know, I feel sorry for 205 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:00,900 You work for Anglos, and you will do anything so they will accept you. 206 00:13:01,100 --> 00:13:05,560 Well, the trouble is, mi amigo, that to your client over there, You will never 207 00:13:05,560 --> 00:13:07,560 be anything but speak with a law degree. 208 00:13:16,860 --> 00:13:19,680 Now, Diana's student loans are all exclusively hers. 209 00:13:19,900 --> 00:13:22,880 Daryl is asking only token compensation for his interest in the car. 210 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:24,160 How token? 211 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:26,480 $400. Way high. 212 00:13:26,740 --> 00:13:27,740 Go on. 213 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:29,880 Continue. 214 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:33,940 All outstanding credit card bills will be shared equally. 215 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:35,199 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 216 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,860 It's a $1 ,200 charge made after the separation that Diana has nothing to do 217 00:13:38,860 --> 00:13:41,640 with. Well, I don't know the details about that, but... Well, your client 218 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:42,720 perfectly well the details. 219 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:44,040 What are you talking about? 220 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:48,040 Talking about a vacation in Mexico with your girl of the moment, charged on a 221 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,220 credit card for the purpose of rubbing your estranged wife's nose in it. Let's 222 00:13:51,220 --> 00:13:53,140 steer clear of ascribing motives. 223 00:13:53,680 --> 00:13:55,140 It's always a real bucket of bait. 224 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:56,940 I didn't do anything to hurt anybody. 225 00:13:58,060 --> 00:13:59,360 Who are you, Jack? 226 00:13:59,740 --> 00:14:00,880 What do you know about my marriage? 227 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,940 I know that by the way you behave, you shouldn't be planning on coming out of 228 00:14:03,940 --> 00:14:04,980 this with a neat little profit. 229 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,400 I relocated. I took a cut in pay so she could go to law school. 230 00:14:08,660 --> 00:14:11,540 Let's not rewrite history. You not only failed her financially, you left her at 231 00:14:11,540 --> 00:14:12,379 the first opportunity. 232 00:14:12,380 --> 00:14:16,420 I don't want to hurt Diana, buddy, but I sure wouldn't mind taking the piece out 233 00:14:16,420 --> 00:14:16,879 of you. 234 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:18,180 Business before pleasure, Mr. Tyler. 235 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,440 Let me dismantle you at the table before you step outside. 236 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,820 Hold it. I don't want anybody dismantled. If Mr. Tyler thinks he's 237 00:14:24,820 --> 00:14:25,718 get... Stop it! 238 00:14:25,719 --> 00:14:27,600 This is exactly what I didn't want to happen. 239 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:31,280 Jonathan, look, even if you negotiated everything over to my side of the table, 240 00:14:31,340 --> 00:14:33,000 I'm not going to leave this room happy. 241 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:34,400 This is about losing. 242 00:14:35,860 --> 00:14:37,040 Both of us losing. 243 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:43,160 Daryl, what if we let Jonathan get Mr. Agnew a cup of coffee and you and I went 244 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:44,019 for a walk? 245 00:14:44,020 --> 00:14:46,080 Let's see if we could get together on some of these things. 246 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:47,720 Yeah, okay. 247 00:14:49,980 --> 00:14:51,260 This could be a mistake, Diana. 248 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,020 Well, it'll be my mistake. 249 00:15:00,940 --> 00:15:04,720 Before we talk about salary, I need your commitment that I'll be up for 250 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:07,540 partnership consideration within four years. You've got it. 251 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:09,340 I also want to be trying cases. 252 00:15:09,780 --> 00:15:12,780 Maybe not all the time, but I don't want to be farmed out to corporate, second 253 00:15:12,780 --> 00:15:13,780 chairing Michael and Ann. 254 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,360 We have every intention of utilizing your trial skills, Abby. Okay. 255 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:19,780 Numbers. I want 87 .5. 256 00:15:20,060 --> 00:15:24,600 That's too high. Douglas, my practice stands to yield between 100 and 140 ,000 257 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:25,960 this fiscal year. That's gross. 258 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:29,800 But you're carrying overhead, malpractice insurance, health and life 259 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:31,560 plus employee salaries and benefits. 260 00:15:31,860 --> 00:15:35,120 Even so, I'll still be netting more than $87 ,500. I run a small shop. 261 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:39,240 Precisely my point. A firm this size can't possibly show you a profit margin. 262 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:43,580 This firm has a high overhead of $14 ,000 per lawyer per month. 263 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:48,720 Douglas, you bill me out at 160 an hour, 2 ,000 hours a year. Only 80 % of which 264 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:52,140 we'll actually be able to bill, what with write -offs, bad debts. Wrong. You 265 00:15:52,140 --> 00:15:53,140 don't write down my time. 266 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:56,840 I don't do pro bono work, and that overhead figure is padded because it's 267 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:01,520 completely unfair to load the partner's perks, club memberships, cars, onto 268 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:04,180 associates. Yeah, Abby's points are well taken, Douglas. 269 00:16:04,420 --> 00:16:07,540 If you want more money, raise my billing rate. You can easily get 180 an hour 270 00:16:07,540 --> 00:16:08,239 for my time. 271 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:10,160 Well, I think we can live with 87 .5. 272 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:11,480 Good. 273 00:16:11,780 --> 00:16:12,780 Can I accept? 274 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:18,980 Excellent. I trust we'll see you Monday? A week from Monday. I need some time to 275 00:16:18,980 --> 00:16:22,480 close down my practice and inform my client. Of course. You take all the time 276 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:23,179 you need. 277 00:16:23,180 --> 00:16:24,180 Thank you. 278 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:25,480 Thanks, Douglas. 279 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:32,080 Benny! 280 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:35,120 Hi, how are you? 281 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:37,500 Hi, Abby. How are you? I'm fine. 282 00:16:37,700 --> 00:16:39,760 Guess what? I'm going to come back to work at McKenzie Brackman. 283 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:41,120 You are? 284 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:44,340 We'll see each other every day just like we used to. That's great. 285 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:49,080 Abby, I have a new friend. 286 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:51,040 She's a girl. 287 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:52,400 Really? 288 00:16:52,620 --> 00:16:53,740 Her name's Alice. 289 00:16:54,300 --> 00:16:58,400 She has a chauffeur, and last week she let me drive. 290 00:16:58,800 --> 00:16:59,960 You drove a car? 291 00:17:00,940 --> 00:17:03,240 Yeah, in a big parking lot. 292 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:05,819 Then I put it around my body. 293 00:17:07,380 --> 00:17:09,180 Here's a picture of her. 294 00:17:14,060 --> 00:17:15,880 She seems very pretty. She is. 295 00:17:16,420 --> 00:17:17,420 I like her. 296 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:21,240 So then, Arnie. 297 00:17:21,740 --> 00:17:22,740 Hi, David. 298 00:17:22,900 --> 00:17:23,900 Arnie. 299 00:17:25,900 --> 00:17:27,140 If you're ready, we can begin. 300 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:28,940 Raise your right hand, please. 301 00:17:29,300 --> 00:17:32,480 Do you swear the testimony you're about to give, it's the truth, the whole 302 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:33,740 truth, and nothing but the truth? 303 00:17:33,980 --> 00:17:36,140 I do. Could you please state your name and address? 304 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,380 You know my name, Arnie. You know where I live. 305 00:17:38,620 --> 00:17:41,600 State your name and address for the record, sir. You've been a guest at my 306 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:42,359 for dinner. 307 00:17:42,360 --> 00:17:43,360 David. 308 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:48,960 My name is David Meyer. I live at 1426 Brookside Drive in Encino, California. 309 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,100 Do you own the property or do you rent? 310 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:52,400 I own it. 311 00:17:52,620 --> 00:17:56,140 I bought it with my own money, which, as I understand the law, doesn't 312 00:17:56,140 --> 00:17:59,260 necessarily entitle me to enjoy the use of it. If you could just answer the 313 00:17:59,260 --> 00:18:01,540 question, David, and leave out your interpretations of the law. 314 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:05,740 Makes perfect sense, given the fact that my interpretations in general are so 315 00:18:05,740 --> 00:18:06,739 out of the mainstream. 316 00:18:06,740 --> 00:18:11,500 David. Evidenced by my obvious misinterpretation of the word commitment 317 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:13,040 it should accurately apply to marriage. 318 00:18:13,970 --> 00:18:18,030 further evidenced by my skewed notion of friendship, which would have precluded 319 00:18:18,030 --> 00:18:20,970 the possibility of you sitting across from me in an adversary proceeding, 320 00:18:20,970 --> 00:18:24,090 in wait to betray me. Off the record, just for a second. 321 00:18:24,730 --> 00:18:27,550 I'm sitting across from you at this table because you chose to make this an 322 00:18:27,550 --> 00:18:28,550 adversarial proposition. 323 00:18:28,850 --> 00:18:31,710 You're the one who hired this bloodhound to tear apart Roxanne. Pardon me, 324 00:18:31,730 --> 00:18:33,130 Sheldon, that was a professional compliment. 325 00:18:33,550 --> 00:18:36,390 At your instruction, he's trying to annul the marriage. At your instruction, 326 00:18:36,410 --> 00:18:37,890 he's trying to squash her like a roach. 327 00:18:38,990 --> 00:18:42,110 Roxanne is a very important person to me, David, and if she needs my help, 328 00:18:42,110 --> 00:18:43,019 no mistake. 329 00:18:43,020 --> 00:18:43,819 She gets it. 330 00:18:43,820 --> 00:18:47,160 If that means jeopardizing my relationship with you, I'll do it. If it 331 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,300 getting ugly and dredging you through the polluted sludge, I'll do it. 332 00:18:51,620 --> 00:18:54,540 You and I may be friends, but compared to my relationship with Roxanne, that 333 00:18:54,540 --> 00:18:55,680 friendship means almost nothing. 334 00:18:58,740 --> 00:19:03,220 That said, if you would just answer the questions so we can carry on with the 335 00:19:03,220 --> 00:19:04,220 deposition. 336 00:19:06,380 --> 00:19:07,660 Okay, fine, Arnie. 337 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:09,360 Ask your damn questions. 338 00:19:14,380 --> 00:19:20,400 The thing is, Judge, the sensations have always stood for smooth. 339 00:19:22,980 --> 00:19:27,540 You hear us sing, and you see us dance, and you'll say, smooth. 340 00:19:28,260 --> 00:19:34,860 These guys, they take our songs and put in this ka -tonk, ka -tonk, hop around 341 00:19:34,860 --> 00:19:36,760 all herky -jerky. Herky -jerky? 342 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:38,040 It's called rhythm. 343 00:19:38,420 --> 00:19:40,920 When I step on bugs, I got more rhythm. 344 00:19:41,140 --> 00:19:42,140 All right, gentlemen. 345 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,820 Mr. Wiltern, I take it you bought the rights to the sensations because you 346 00:19:45,820 --> 00:19:49,540 wanted to do their act. We do, Judge, but that's not enough for today's 347 00:19:49,540 --> 00:19:52,920 audience. I mean, you have to give your audience visuals, something to look at. 348 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:57,200 This the age of MTV and high tech, and a couple of shooby -doo -wops just ain't 349 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:58,139 gonna fill the halls. 350 00:19:58,140 --> 00:20:01,620 They've abandoned the very style that they agreed to perpetuate, Your Honor. 351 00:20:01,780 --> 00:20:02,780 What do you know? 352 00:20:02,900 --> 00:20:03,799 Mr. Wiltern. 353 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,060 Look at this guy, Judge. 354 00:20:05,420 --> 00:20:06,900 He's white bread and no crust. 355 00:20:07,220 --> 00:20:08,920 I mean, what do you listen to anyway, huh? 356 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,000 Objection. What, the Osmonds? 357 00:20:11,550 --> 00:20:15,630 The Letterman? Quiet, Mr. Wiltern. What is wrong with the Osmonds? 358 00:20:15,930 --> 00:20:20,470 I bet Wayne Newton rings the bell for you. Mr. Wiltern, I said that's enough. 359 00:20:20,810 --> 00:20:24,170 Your Honor, this is the same lack of respect his group has showed my client's 360 00:20:24,170 --> 00:20:26,430 music. If anything, we give them respect. 361 00:20:26,730 --> 00:20:30,890 It just so happens people like our version is better. You little puff, 362 00:20:31,010 --> 00:20:35,010 Mr. Redding. You think people want to hear that dribbly wahoo all day long? 363 00:20:35,010 --> 00:20:36,190 sugary puke. You're dead. 364 00:20:36,590 --> 00:20:39,610 Melvin, Melvin, sit down. Both of you be quiet or I'll hold you in contempt. 365 00:20:40,430 --> 00:20:45,670 Now, I don't know which version is what or who's compromising who, but there's 366 00:20:45,670 --> 00:20:46,670 one way I can find out. 367 00:20:47,530 --> 00:20:51,830 Tomorrow afternoon, I want both groups ready to sing in my courtroom. What? 368 00:20:52,130 --> 00:20:53,029 Excuse me? 369 00:20:53,030 --> 00:20:53,969 You heard me. 370 00:20:53,970 --> 00:20:55,650 You want them to sing in court? 371 00:20:55,950 --> 00:20:59,670 That's exactly what I want. You can do Walking in the Rain with my baby. That 372 00:20:59,670 --> 00:21:00,670 was always one of my favorites. 373 00:21:00,870 --> 00:21:01,870 But that's crazy. 374 00:21:01,910 --> 00:21:06,570 We need our band, and we have to bring electricians. We got a light show. We 375 00:21:06,570 --> 00:21:07,990 dry ice. Forget it. 376 00:21:08,270 --> 00:21:11,330 You bring your band and that's it. No dry ice, no pyrotechnics. 377 00:21:11,870 --> 00:21:13,250 Sensations don't sing in the daytime. 378 00:21:13,650 --> 00:21:19,730 Mr. Redding, if you ever want to be a sensation again, you will sing in my 379 00:21:19,730 --> 00:21:22,050 courtroom at 3 o 'clock tomorrow. 380 00:21:24,690 --> 00:21:25,690 That's all. 381 00:21:26,990 --> 00:21:30,730 How many stores do you own, Mr. Pettis? I have eight in L .A. and three in San 382 00:21:30,730 --> 00:21:33,150 Francisco. And do you carry Quintana beer? 383 00:21:33,470 --> 00:21:34,289 Yes, I do. 384 00:21:34,290 --> 00:21:35,410 How's it doing these days? 385 00:21:35,690 --> 00:21:38,030 Ever since the rumor, I can't give it away. 386 00:21:38,290 --> 00:21:40,070 Why do you think it was the rumor that did it? 387 00:21:40,330 --> 00:21:42,430 I asked the customers point blank, that's how. 388 00:21:42,850 --> 00:21:46,590 The same fraternity boys that were buying it ten cases at a time wouldn't 389 00:21:46,590 --> 00:21:50,490 it. They told me they liked their beer without the Mexican mixer. 390 00:21:50,830 --> 00:21:55,290 Now, did you ever hear an employee of Gatling Brewery say that Quintana beer 391 00:21:55,290 --> 00:21:56,630 urine in it? Yes, I did. 392 00:21:56,990 --> 00:22:00,430 The regional sales rep asked me why I was giving any shelf space at all to 393 00:22:00,430 --> 00:22:04,540 Quintana. He said that the brewery workers hated Americans, that they 394 00:22:04,540 --> 00:22:07,780 urinate in the beer that got sold in Mexico, only what was shipped up here. 395 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,020 Thank you, Mr. Pettis. 396 00:22:09,380 --> 00:22:10,380 Nothing further. 397 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:17,520 Mr. Pettis, you've called for a boycott by Hispanics of all Gatlin products. 398 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,900 The Gatlings have aligned themselves against every one of us, Mr. Rivera. 399 00:22:22,120 --> 00:22:23,740 They need to know that has its cost. 400 00:22:23,940 --> 00:22:28,720 Gatling has sponsored a series of Hispanic music festivals and street 401 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:30,740 you yourself helped to organize. Is that not correct? 402 00:22:31,250 --> 00:22:34,330 Hispanics constitute a big market for them. It was good for business. 403 00:22:34,590 --> 00:22:37,970 Then tell me, sir, why would they go out of their way to, in your own words, 404 00:22:38,150 --> 00:22:41,590 align themselves against us? They counted on us being complacent. 405 00:22:41,870 --> 00:22:44,550 They counted on each of us looking out only for ourselves. 406 00:22:45,030 --> 00:22:48,610 That doesn't answer my question, sir. But tell me, other than free publicity 407 00:22:48,610 --> 00:22:50,810 your convenience stores, what are you out for? 408 00:22:51,070 --> 00:22:52,990 Assuming facts, not in evidence, Mr. Rivera. 409 00:22:53,190 --> 00:22:55,690 Talk to me, Mrs. Fuentes. I'm the judge. 410 00:22:56,530 --> 00:22:59,730 The objection is overruled. Mr. Pettis? 411 00:23:00,380 --> 00:23:06,680 My friend, whatever it is I'm out for, unlike you, I'd never sell my people out 412 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:07,680 to get it. 413 00:23:28,270 --> 00:23:31,370 I just thought before this thing gets any more exacerbated, we should just sit 414 00:23:31,370 --> 00:23:32,610 down and see if we're at all close. 415 00:23:32,870 --> 00:23:36,770 I said we'd listen to your proposal, and we will. Okay, first up, automobiles. 416 00:23:37,130 --> 00:23:41,050 The Mercedes goes to Roxanne. All the remaining cars will stay with David. 417 00:23:41,550 --> 00:23:45,990 In lieu of any and all spousal support, she'll receive 50 % of all revenues in 418 00:23:45,990 --> 00:23:47,750 yearning to David as a result of the video. 419 00:23:47,950 --> 00:23:49,710 Why don't you give her 50 % of your take, Arnie? 420 00:23:50,090 --> 00:23:52,690 She has no entitlement to my earnings, David. She's not my wife. 421 00:23:52,890 --> 00:23:53,890 Well, that's an easy fix. 422 00:23:54,010 --> 00:23:56,890 Just ask her. I mean, you would be glad to marry him, wouldn't you, hon? 423 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,160 David. Is this not the man that you would like to be wedded to? I would 424 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,760 appreciate an instruction to your client to behave constructively, as well as a 425 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:07,480 reminder to him that my relationship with his wife has nothing to do with the 426 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:08,500 relevance of this proceeding. 427 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,040 The hell it doesn't. All right, David. 428 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,040 You represent the image that I cannot live up to, my friend. 429 00:24:14,260 --> 00:24:18,120 You are the yardstick by which we all measure my failures. Don't tell me you 430 00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:19,360 not relevant to this proceeding. 431 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:23,100 You heard Dave. It's understandable, but let's keep in mind this is a settlement 432 00:24:23,100 --> 00:24:24,100 conference. 433 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:26,640 Emotion has no place here. This is just about money. 434 00:24:27,290 --> 00:24:29,250 What a coincidence. So was our marriage. 435 00:24:29,490 --> 00:24:30,610 That's not fair. David. 436 00:24:30,830 --> 00:24:33,490 Fair? Fairness is supposed to factor into this someplace? 437 00:24:33,870 --> 00:24:38,370 No, Dave. If it did, she would be taking a lot more than she is. Legally, she's 438 00:24:38,370 --> 00:24:40,790 entitled to half of everything you made during the marriage, which would include 439 00:24:40,790 --> 00:24:42,910 over a million bucks derived from your direct mail business. 440 00:24:43,470 --> 00:24:46,210 Money which she's voluntarily forgoing in the interest of an amicable 441 00:24:46,210 --> 00:24:50,610 settlement. What a wonderfully charitable person you are. Dave, what is 442 00:24:50,610 --> 00:24:54,070 on? Are you trying to drag this thing out, perpetuate whatever you got left 443 00:24:54,070 --> 00:24:56,190 here? Why don't you just shut your mouth, Arnie? 444 00:24:56,909 --> 00:24:58,450 David. You shut up, too! 445 00:25:00,590 --> 00:25:02,750 This is my marriage being ripped apart here. 446 00:25:03,010 --> 00:25:04,010 Mine! 447 00:25:04,710 --> 00:25:09,190 If I want to be difficult, if I want to fight, if I want to make them rubble, 448 00:25:09,290 --> 00:25:11,310 then that is something I'm entitled to. 449 00:25:12,770 --> 00:25:16,330 I sign these papers, and it is over. 450 00:25:18,290 --> 00:25:20,370 Maybe I don't want it to be over so fast. 451 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:27,380 It is over, David. 452 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:29,360 I'm sorry. 453 00:25:31,820 --> 00:25:37,620 If I could talk myself into this marriage, or talk myself into loving 454 00:25:37,620 --> 00:25:38,660 would, believe me. 455 00:25:39,060 --> 00:25:44,980 But I can't do that. No matter how painful this is, no matter how much hurt 456 00:25:44,980 --> 00:25:50,740 there is for both of us, nothing can change the fact that this marriage is 457 00:25:50,740 --> 00:25:51,740 finished. 458 00:25:53,870 --> 00:25:57,230 When the settlement conference is over, I walk out that door. 459 00:25:58,370 --> 00:26:00,310 And out of your life forever. 460 00:26:02,930 --> 00:26:06,470 Have you never believed anything I ever told you? 461 00:26:07,170 --> 00:26:08,290 Believe that. 462 00:26:20,430 --> 00:26:22,170 Drop the papers and... 463 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,460 I'll sign anything you want. 464 00:26:37,580 --> 00:26:40,120 I owe you an apology for going after your husband the way I did. 465 00:26:40,420 --> 00:26:42,680 No apology necessary. No, but there is. 466 00:26:43,540 --> 00:26:45,720 I don't usually think like that. 467 00:26:46,430 --> 00:26:47,750 You didn't think, Jonathan. 468 00:26:48,170 --> 00:26:51,710 And we settled everything, so a good result came out of it. Look, here's 469 00:26:51,710 --> 00:26:55,170 going on. I just... I feel very protective of you. 470 00:26:56,010 --> 00:26:59,530 You got the... You affect me. 471 00:27:04,650 --> 00:27:06,350 You affect me, too. 472 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:26,000 Excuse me. 473 00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:30,220 You've been fighting that impulse for eight weeks. 474 00:27:30,820 --> 00:27:32,200 It's not that I'm not interested. 475 00:27:32,660 --> 00:27:33,660 Okay, look. 476 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:35,200 You set the pace. 477 00:27:36,060 --> 00:27:37,700 I am the original slow dame. 478 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:08,640 Walking in the rain with my baby Holding her soft hand in mine 479 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:15,500 The raindrops were falling for my baby I never knew love 480 00:28:15,500 --> 00:28:21,940 was so fine Walking in the rain with my 481 00:28:21,940 --> 00:28:28,820 baby I take her in my sweet embrace I look in her 482 00:28:28,820 --> 00:28:30,460 eyes, she's my baby 483 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,480 I kiss the side of her face. 484 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:41,980 And notice the soothing nature of the performance, Your Honor. The harmony 485 00:28:41,980 --> 00:28:43,580 blending in with the movement. 486 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:45,800 Objection to that characterization. 487 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:49,460 Sustained. She's the love of my life. 488 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:52,880 She's my whole wide world. 489 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,460 We've got trilogy here, Your Honor. This is important. 490 00:29:04,420 --> 00:29:05,420 Objection. It's redundant. 491 00:29:05,820 --> 00:29:08,680 Exactly the cause of disinterest with today's audience. 492 00:29:08,900 --> 00:29:10,900 Move to strike. All right, that's enough. 493 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:12,400 Stop the music. 494 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:14,680 Okay, I've seen them. 495 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:16,240 Very nice. 496 00:29:16,740 --> 00:29:18,600 Uh, Mr. Rice, where are your clients? 497 00:29:18,860 --> 00:29:19,860 Right outside, Your Honor. 498 00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:21,660 They like to make an entrance. 499 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,160 Never mind. Get them in here. 500 00:29:42,890 --> 00:29:47,690 Let's do it. 501 00:30:35,030 --> 00:30:36,150 Everybody quiet. 502 00:30:36,510 --> 00:30:37,790 We want to start again, Judge. 503 00:30:38,050 --> 00:30:41,510 He interrupted us. I said everybody keep quiet. 504 00:30:42,860 --> 00:30:45,180 Okay, now I've heard both sides. 505 00:30:45,540 --> 00:30:46,920 But we didn't even get to the bridge. 506 00:30:47,220 --> 00:30:50,380 Enough. Mr. Wiltern, I got the thrust of your version. 507 00:30:50,980 --> 00:30:54,300 I'll take this matter under advisement and give you my ruling tomorrow. 508 00:30:54,740 --> 00:30:56,300 But we didn't even get to the bridge. 509 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:57,700 That ain't cool. 510 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:03,920 Mr. Gatling, was this rumor originated by anyone working for or on behalf of 511 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:04,920 your organization? 512 00:31:05,060 --> 00:31:06,440 Not to my knowledge, it wasn't. 513 00:31:06,700 --> 00:31:09,820 If I found out it was someone who worked for me, I'd fire them so fast their 514 00:31:09,820 --> 00:31:10,820 head would spin. 515 00:31:11,180 --> 00:31:14,660 Did your company ever deliberately seek to spread the rumor? 516 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,960 Absolutely not. Anyone who knows me knows I don't play that way. 517 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,000 This is a memorandum you circulated? 518 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:24,680 Yes. Will you read it for us, please? 519 00:31:25,060 --> 00:31:28,540 Some of you may be aware of the rumors currently circulating that Quintana beer 520 00:31:28,540 --> 00:31:30,460 contains significant quantities of urine. 521 00:31:30,860 --> 00:31:34,560 Please be advised that at present this appears to be wholly unsubstantiated. 522 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:35,720 Thank you, sir. 523 00:31:36,420 --> 00:31:37,720 I have no further questions. 524 00:31:46,670 --> 00:31:48,630 What made you circulate that memo, Mr. Gatling? 525 00:31:49,410 --> 00:31:53,110 I think it's pretty self -explanatory. We didn't want our people spreading 526 00:31:53,110 --> 00:31:59,790 rumors. Last year, sales for Quintana beer increased nearly 230%, while 527 00:31:59,790 --> 00:32:04,090 sales dropped 10%. I'm well aware of that. At the annual sales meeting, you 528 00:32:04,090 --> 00:32:09,670 said, and I quote, We are going to swarm on Quintana. We are going to send them 529 00:32:09,670 --> 00:32:10,790 back to old Mexico. 530 00:32:12,219 --> 00:32:13,720 with their tails between their legs. 531 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:17,900 Just a little inspirational rhetoric, Mr. Cifuente. That's what sales meetings 532 00:32:17,900 --> 00:32:18,679 are for. 533 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:21,960 After that kind of inspiration, how did you think your employees would interpret 534 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:22,679 that memo? 535 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:23,680 Didn't need interpreting. 536 00:32:23,820 --> 00:32:27,020 It meant just what it said. Oh, come on, Mr. Gatling. You knew your people would 537 00:32:27,020 --> 00:32:30,900 do exactly what they did, go after Quintana by maligning the dirty Mexicans 538 00:32:30,900 --> 00:32:31,439 make it. 539 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:35,400 Objection. Mr. Cifuente doesn't like the witness's answer, so he makes up one of 540 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:36,319 his own. 541 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:38,820 Sustained. You're not going to hang that on me, Counselor. 542 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:42,680 We employ thousands of Hispanics all over the country. I'm sure you do, sir. 543 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:43,900 even got yourself one for a lawyer. 544 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:47,240 Tell us, though, who's this gentleman sitting on his left? 545 00:32:47,540 --> 00:32:50,880 Objection. Actually, Rob, I'd like to answer that. 546 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,680 His name's Jeffrey Norman, and he's assisting Mr. 547 00:32:54,900 --> 00:32:56,600 Rivera. Only he is not with Mr. 548 00:32:57,060 --> 00:33:00,500 Rivera's firm, is he? He is with Hardwick and Spencer in New York, and 549 00:33:00,500 --> 00:33:02,740 exactly assisting him. He's actually out here to supervise him. 550 00:33:03,100 --> 00:33:04,440 That's irrelevant to this trial. 551 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:05,640 Yes, it is irrelevant. 552 00:33:06,030 --> 00:33:11,530 Mr. Bronte, get off it. I just want to say, we engage Robbie Rivera because 553 00:33:11,530 --> 00:33:13,430 a hell of a good lawyer, period. 554 00:33:14,150 --> 00:33:15,830 You ever engage Robbie before now? 555 00:33:16,090 --> 00:33:19,230 No. And the fact that he is representing you in this case has nothing at all to 556 00:33:19,230 --> 00:33:20,230 do with his being Hispanic? 557 00:33:20,410 --> 00:33:21,229 That's right. 558 00:33:21,230 --> 00:33:22,230 Uh -huh. 559 00:33:23,070 --> 00:33:24,210 Thank you, Mr. Gatling. 560 00:33:26,410 --> 00:33:27,410 Nothing further. 561 00:33:32,410 --> 00:33:35,250 What's the matter, Victor? 562 00:33:35,820 --> 00:33:38,780 You decide that you can't win on the fact? I think I can win on the fact. 563 00:33:38,780 --> 00:33:40,820 why the attitude? Why the insults? The disrespect? 564 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,840 Is that trial strategy or something? No, man. I wish it was. 565 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:47,060 You're wearing $800 suits. 566 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:48,900 You're wearing $300 shoes. 567 00:33:49,340 --> 00:33:51,360 Who's your patron? What do you do for a living? 568 00:33:52,620 --> 00:33:56,660 When someone sticks a knife into Chicano ribs, I don't sign on to be the one who 569 00:33:56,660 --> 00:34:00,700 twists it. Forget that Chicano stuff, man, would you? This is personal between 570 00:34:00,700 --> 00:34:04,800 you and me. Who you are is personal. The Chicano stuff, that's personal. 571 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:09,620 Victor, back at the PD's office, we used to get each other through. You left, I 572 00:34:09,620 --> 00:34:13,159 left. You moved out of East L .A., I moved out of East L .A. 573 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:16,340 With the stuff that happened to me, you were right there. 574 00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:21,219 How can you turn on me like this? Well, what do you want me to say, Roberto? You 575 00:34:21,219 --> 00:34:24,440 want me to say it's all right? It's not all right. I say it's all right. 576 00:34:25,500 --> 00:34:28,639 I say that I can do whatever any white Anglo Wall Street lawyer can do. 577 00:34:28,860 --> 00:34:31,219 You're going to tell me I can't? Yes, and listen, sis, I'm going to tell you 578 00:34:31,219 --> 00:34:32,219 can't. 579 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:35,280 We're not cholos anymore, Victor. You get it? 580 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:36,760 Cut that loose. 581 00:34:37,679 --> 00:34:39,600 You're the one who seems to be ashamed of that, Roberto. 582 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:43,239 You cut it loose. 583 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:46,600 You cut it loose. 584 00:34:57,260 --> 00:35:01,580 I didn't get your message until just now. A matter of unprofessional behavior 585 00:35:01,580 --> 00:35:03,200 has caused us some concern, Jonathan. 586 00:35:03,500 --> 00:35:04,479 Whose behavior? 587 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:05,480 Yours. 588 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:10,320 What? As you know, this firm has a long -standing policy against fraternization 589 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:13,000 between clients and co -workers. 590 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:18,580 Fraternization? We have reason to believe your relationship with Ms. Moses 591 00:35:18,580 --> 00:35:20,280 taken an amorous turn. 592 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,040 And you object to that? It's good reason for objection, Jonathan. 593 00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:24,480 Yes, Ms. Moses. 594 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,400 As an entry -level employee, you are an associate. 595 00:35:27,740 --> 00:35:30,940 The potential for exploitation should be apparent. 596 00:35:31,260 --> 00:35:32,820 Do you think I'm exploiting Diana Moses? 597 00:35:33,100 --> 00:35:37,720 Well, I'm sure it's not your intention, but any subordinate is vulnerable. 598 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:39,380 It's for your own good as well. 599 00:35:39,820 --> 00:35:42,060 Sometimes the underling takes advantage. 600 00:35:42,660 --> 00:35:43,660 No, no, I understand. 601 00:35:45,380 --> 00:35:48,580 And in terms of the big picture, you need a policy like this. 602 00:35:49,190 --> 00:35:51,970 Somebody looking at this firm from the outside, not knowing the personalities 603 00:35:51,970 --> 00:35:54,870 involved, might not understand, say, a Stuart and Anne. 604 00:35:55,250 --> 00:36:00,430 As a matter of fact, we had just such a cautionary chat with the two of them 605 00:36:00,430 --> 00:36:02,170 when they got together. Sure. 606 00:36:02,410 --> 00:36:04,990 And there are people who are always going to object to Arnold Beckert's 607 00:36:04,990 --> 00:36:08,490 fraternizing with clients, or maybe another partner's liaison with the 608 00:36:08,490 --> 00:36:09,490 granddaughter of a client. 609 00:36:10,190 --> 00:36:15,210 But when I look at the individuals who make up this firm, I'm proud to say I 610 00:36:15,210 --> 00:36:16,510 people whose judgment I trust. 611 00:36:18,060 --> 00:36:20,140 I'd like to think these people also trust my judgment. 612 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:21,800 Look, it's obvious. 613 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:25,720 You take your relationship with Miss Moses seriously. I wouldn't assume that. 614 00:36:25,740 --> 00:36:28,820 Right now, the only thing you can assume about my relationship with Miss Moses 615 00:36:28,820 --> 00:36:31,260 is that it will never be any of your business. 616 00:36:35,420 --> 00:36:36,560 If you'll excuse me. 617 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:46,260 Redding and fellow members of the original group. 618 00:36:46,700 --> 00:36:50,720 As I see it, you sold your trade name to the plaintiffs so that the sensations 619 00:36:50,720 --> 00:36:52,780 could live on through time. 620 00:36:53,060 --> 00:36:53,919 That's right. 621 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:55,380 But times change, gentlemen. 622 00:36:55,940 --> 00:37:00,700 The people, as well as singing groups, who want to keep up with the times, have 623 00:37:00,700 --> 00:37:05,560 to be willing to change, too. Yet while you want the act to go on in perpetuity, 624 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:09,520 you forbid the plaintiffs from making changes to accommodate contemporary 625 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,560 audiences. That's totally unreasonable. 626 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:14,420 They have to be able to make adjustments. 627 00:37:15,180 --> 00:37:16,920 to keep the act fresh and viable. 628 00:37:17,420 --> 00:37:22,940 But, gentlemen, the adjustments you made, you may be good, but you're not 629 00:37:22,940 --> 00:37:24,120 sensation. That's right. 630 00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:28,780 Your version of walking in the rain with my baby is any indication I can only 631 00:37:28,780 --> 00:37:32,780 shudder to think of what you've done to bopping all night with Betty. Now, you 632 00:37:32,780 --> 00:37:37,360 have a huge following, I know, and I don't want to kill your show, but I also 633 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:42,040 know that the defendants had something different in mind when they sold you 634 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:42,799 their name. 635 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:44,420 That's right. And since... 636 00:37:44,780 --> 00:37:50,520 I find the act so distinct, I don't see that their performing would cause you 637 00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:51,520 irreparable harm. 638 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:57,420 Therefore, I am going to deny the plaintiff's motion for injunctive 639 00:37:58,740 --> 00:37:59,740 Congratulations. 640 00:38:00,100 --> 00:38:04,720 Your Honor, with two groups using the same name, people are going to get 641 00:38:04,720 --> 00:38:09,560 confused. Believe me, Mr. Rice, nobody is going to confuse these two acts. 642 00:38:09,780 --> 00:38:12,260 You can argue your claim for money damages in trial. 643 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:15,840 The injunction is denied and this matter is adjourned. 644 00:38:16,780 --> 00:38:22,840 I look forward to seeing you fellows in a lounge near me. All right. And I'll 645 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:24,680 send my kids to see you. 646 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:32,160 My client believed in the American dream. 647 00:38:34,460 --> 00:38:37,080 Until a year ago, he actually thought he was living it. 648 00:38:38,060 --> 00:38:40,000 He ripped everything. 649 00:38:40,740 --> 00:38:41,880 He worked hard. 650 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:48,060 He made an unknown beer named Quintana, the fastest -growing beer on the market. 651 00:38:49,900 --> 00:38:54,000 Now, a huge corporation like Gatling wasn't about to make way for an Oscar 652 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:58,440 Montoya, though. When they couldn't buy him, they decided to break him. All they 653 00:38:58,440 --> 00:38:59,480 would have to do was tell a lie. 654 00:38:59,980 --> 00:39:04,240 You can sometimes, if you tell a lie often enough, it really doesn't matter 655 00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:08,760 whether or not it's true. And Gatling went about it with all the mass 656 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,460 skill they used to sell their beer. They knew... 657 00:39:11,740 --> 00:39:14,540 That people in this country always suspected Mexicans were different. 658 00:39:15,740 --> 00:39:18,500 That we are capable of all kinds of things. 659 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:26,300 I mean, what kind of people can squat down in a field all day and pick 660 00:39:28,020 --> 00:39:33,320 What kind of people would stuff themselves into the back of a truck just 661 00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:34,279 the border? 662 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,060 It's got nothing to do with this case. 663 00:39:36,340 --> 00:39:37,340 Sit down, Mr. Rivera. 664 00:39:38,540 --> 00:39:40,220 Seventeen Mexicans dead from the heat. 665 00:39:41,790 --> 00:39:43,650 Just so they could be busboys in America. 666 00:39:44,590 --> 00:39:46,450 What kind of people would do that? 667 00:39:49,150 --> 00:39:53,290 Now, you may ask yourselves, why would a giant corporation like Gatling 668 00:39:53,290 --> 00:39:55,150 deliberately pander to prejudice and bigotry? 669 00:39:55,610 --> 00:39:57,610 There is one simple answer for that, ladies and gentlemen. 670 00:39:58,070 --> 00:39:59,170 Sell more beer. 671 00:40:01,230 --> 00:40:03,210 You see, that is all the reason they ever need. 672 00:40:13,670 --> 00:40:14,670 Mr. Rivera? 673 00:40:31,150 --> 00:40:33,550 You ever show anybody your tattoo, Victor? 674 00:40:36,830 --> 00:40:38,850 I never show anybody mine. 675 00:40:39,050 --> 00:40:41,450 I moved into a nice neighborhood, man. 676 00:40:41,830 --> 00:40:42,830 Really. 677 00:40:44,170 --> 00:40:45,610 It's hard to believe sometimes. 678 00:40:48,110 --> 00:40:52,130 Everybody always figured guys like us would either wind up in prison or dead 679 00:40:52,130 --> 00:40:53,130 the time we hit 30. 680 00:40:53,190 --> 00:40:54,190 And look at us now. 681 00:40:54,470 --> 00:40:55,470 What a country. 682 00:40:57,810 --> 00:41:01,370 I have a guy who cuts my grass. 683 00:41:02,910 --> 00:41:04,290 He's the same age as my father. 684 00:41:05,070 --> 00:41:06,170 I call him Jose. 685 00:41:07,190 --> 00:41:09,250 He calls me Señor Rivera. 686 00:41:13,130 --> 00:41:14,520 What a... country this is. 687 00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:19,200 One thing you've got to know about Hispanic people who live here, though, 688 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:20,420 each other up. 689 00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:22,720 Your Honor, may I have a moment to confer with counsel? 690 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:25,380 Why don't you just take over? 691 00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:28,280 I was never supposed to be the lawyer anyway, right? 692 00:41:29,500 --> 00:41:30,500 Right? 693 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:31,800 Amigos? 694 00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:34,580 Mis compadres? 695 00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:38,260 I was supposed to be a busboy. 696 00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:42,260 Those wetbacks who died in that truck. 697 00:41:45,190 --> 00:41:48,390 One of them was my cousin, Jesus. 698 00:41:49,590 --> 00:41:52,370 I went to Calexico to identify the body. 699 00:41:55,170 --> 00:42:00,190 Remember, Victor, when I got back, I cried in your arms. 700 00:42:00,430 --> 00:42:01,670 Your Honor, may I approach the bench? 701 00:42:02,450 --> 00:42:03,610 Yes, Mr. Norman. 702 00:42:06,110 --> 00:42:07,470 He's your lawyer, Mr. Gatlin. 703 00:42:08,010 --> 00:42:11,210 Like the man said, I'm just a spig with a law degree. 704 00:42:13,170 --> 00:42:14,170 Mr. Rivera. 705 00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:26,580 Gentlemen, clearly I can't now send this case to jury. If you're unable to 706 00:42:26,580 --> 00:42:28,520 settle it, I will have to declare a mistrial. 707 00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:30,220 That's fine, Your Honor. 708 00:42:30,720 --> 00:42:33,400 The second trial will generate more publicity than the first. 709 00:42:33,700 --> 00:42:37,340 What are you looking for, Mr. Montoya? I need two million just to hold off my 710 00:42:37,340 --> 00:42:38,340 creditors. 711 00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:39,760 What else? 712 00:42:40,300 --> 00:42:42,940 An apology and a public stemming from you, sir. 713 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:48,340 You got it. Plus, whatever it costs to stay in business for one year. That's a 714 00:42:48,340 --> 00:42:49,098 blank check. 715 00:42:49,100 --> 00:42:50,560 No, it's not. They're all fixed costs. 716 00:42:51,439 --> 00:42:54,900 Until Quintana is back in the black, Gatling covers all operating expenses. 717 00:42:55,900 --> 00:42:59,120 That way, Oscar at least has a chance to turn it around. With all due respect, 718 00:42:59,240 --> 00:43:00,240 that sounds like welfare. 719 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:02,720 Really? Is that what it sounds like to you, Mr. Norman? 720 00:43:02,940 --> 00:43:03,940 You're damn right. 721 00:43:04,020 --> 00:43:07,460 No offense, but under those terms, Oscar could stay in bed all day. 722 00:43:07,820 --> 00:43:11,060 He could send his company to hell in a handcart, plunder it for any liquid 723 00:43:11,060 --> 00:43:13,020 assets, and Gatling would have to pick up the tab. 724 00:43:13,260 --> 00:43:16,020 Have I done anything to indicate this is something I would do? 725 00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:19,100 It's something you could do. Mr. Gatling? 726 00:43:19,690 --> 00:43:21,890 You heard the terms on which I will settle. 727 00:43:25,390 --> 00:43:26,850 There will be no negotiation. 728 00:43:27,970 --> 00:43:30,430 No negotiations necessary, Mr. Montoya. 729 00:43:31,470 --> 00:43:33,210 Have your attorney draw up the papers. 730 00:43:42,250 --> 00:43:45,990 We'll hold a formal press conference tomorrow, but right now I just want to 731 00:43:45,990 --> 00:43:48,090 that my friend Mr. Montoya here sells beer. 732 00:43:48,810 --> 00:43:49,810 100%. 733 00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:52,920 unadulterated beer from our neighbor to the south. If somebody tells you any 734 00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:54,080 difference, they're a liar. 735 00:43:54,380 --> 00:43:58,880 My company has always viewed the Hispanic community as a tremendous asset 736 00:43:58,880 --> 00:43:59,880 great nation. 737 00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:04,180 We've enjoyed a fruitful partnership with them in the past, and I want to see 738 00:44:04,180 --> 00:44:05,620 continue into the future. 739 00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:10,240 Gatling Brewery stands committed to all minorities in this country. 740 00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:16,380 We view this settlement as a means of reaffirming that commitment, as well as 741 00:44:16,380 --> 00:44:17,380 our proud tradition. 742 00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:30,700 David, what are you doing here? 743 00:44:31,720 --> 00:44:33,440 I just wanted to talk to you for a minute. 744 00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:37,340 I think we covered everything yesterday, David. 745 00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:38,600 I know. 746 00:44:39,020 --> 00:44:43,780 I just wanted to say I'm sorry about yesterday, about everything. 747 00:44:45,580 --> 00:44:46,960 You don't have to apologize. 748 00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:50,020 Things just didn't work out. 749 00:44:54,980 --> 00:44:57,040 I'll be out of the house by the end of the week. 750 00:44:57,340 --> 00:44:58,340 Well, that's okay. 751 00:44:58,670 --> 00:45:00,030 Take as much time as you need. 752 00:45:04,870 --> 00:45:06,570 We're both better off this way. 753 00:45:06,990 --> 00:45:07,990 Oh, you're probably right. 754 00:45:09,250 --> 00:45:11,530 We'll enjoy being single for a while. 755 00:45:11,850 --> 00:45:13,830 Right. We'll meet people. 756 00:45:16,350 --> 00:45:18,110 Maybe we'll even fall in love. 757 00:45:19,390 --> 00:45:20,390 It's all true. 758 00:45:21,110 --> 00:45:22,110 What you say? 759 00:45:22,710 --> 00:45:26,870 In the long run, splitting up is probably the healthiest thing we could 760 00:45:28,270 --> 00:45:29,270 It's so sad. 761 00:45:30,890 --> 00:45:37,190 Well, it's just that I have all these snapshots in my head. 762 00:45:38,610 --> 00:45:43,390 And there's one of you standing by a window in the hotel room. 763 00:45:44,330 --> 00:45:48,410 There's one of you laughing at a comedian on TV. 764 00:45:51,750 --> 00:45:56,530 There's one of you opening a letter the first time it hit me that... 765 00:45:57,279 --> 00:45:59,100 Both our mail came to the same address. 766 00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:05,740 I just have this feeling that I'm stuck with these snapshots for the rest of my 767 00:46:05,740 --> 00:46:06,740 life. 768 00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:10,460 You have snapshots too, David. 769 00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:12,800 Yeah. 770 00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:21,280 Look, chances are that we're never going to be friends, you and me. 771 00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:24,700 Years from now, you might barely remember being married at all. 772 00:46:26,259 --> 00:46:32,560 Every once in a while, though, you will remember something about whatever it is 773 00:46:32,560 --> 00:46:33,560 we had. 774 00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:39,120 I would just like to think it's possible that you might remember something good. 775 00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:45,240 I would like the same for you. 776 00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:52,220 Goodbye, Roxanne. 777 00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:55,040 Goodbye, David.