1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,820 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:05,500 So don't you understand, you two still love each other. You need each other. 3 00:00:05,500 --> 00:00:07,320 That's not true! It is! It is! 4 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:09,040 You love her. 5 00:00:09,380 --> 00:00:10,440 She loves you. 6 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,200 Simple. Don't let go of her, Jonathan. 7 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,700 I could never take your place, man. Oh, you don't want my place. 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:21,800 Hi. 9 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:24,440 I'm sorry. 10 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,100 About a month ago, these, uh... 11 00:00:28,259 --> 00:00:30,040 Images started popping in my head. 12 00:00:32,100 --> 00:00:34,280 I decided to prosecute him. 13 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:37,760 Who? Who are you talking about? 14 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:39,040 My father. 15 00:00:40,260 --> 00:00:43,360 I watched my father murder my sister. 16 00:00:43,660 --> 00:00:46,020 Well, we can't prosecute. It's a conflict of interest. 17 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:50,660 She's asking the state to charge her father with a 30 -year -old murder that 18 00:00:50,660 --> 00:00:53,100 never have happened. Your sister wasn't murdered. 19 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,580 Then the death certificate's wrong because it wasn't an accident. Margaret. 20 00:00:57,759 --> 00:01:01,400 Colleen overdosed on alcohol and a tranquilizer called Miltown. 21 00:01:01,700 --> 00:01:02,740 It was suicide. 22 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,880 I don't have to tell you how hard it is to base a case on repressed memory. 23 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:12,180 They changed the law. A civil suit can be filed when the memory surfaces, no 24 00:01:12,180 --> 00:01:13,520 matter how long after the crime. 25 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:18,440 Still his word against yours about things that may or may not have happened 26 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,880 years ago. My father started raping me when I was eight years old. 27 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:24,740 He raped my sister and drove her to suicide. 28 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,240 I want him exposed for what he is. 29 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:36,560 Miss Flanagan, you can't imagine the damage you've already done to your 30 00:01:36,740 --> 00:01:37,740 You haven't seen anything. 31 00:01:38,380 --> 00:01:39,800 Wait till I talk to the press. 32 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:44,060 If you do, we won't settle. We'll sue you for... Don't threaten us, Miss 33 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,900 You want to file a claim, file... Both of you, please. 34 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,880 This is precisely the type of confrontation we have to avoid. 35 00:01:52,100 --> 00:01:54,400 Something far more serious is at stake here. 36 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:56,660 Our wonderful family. You're damn right. 37 00:01:56,940 --> 00:01:58,860 Chris, stop. No. I want to know. 38 00:01:59,380 --> 00:02:01,580 How can you do this to him? He raped me. 39 00:02:02,980 --> 00:02:04,260 He raped Colleen. 40 00:02:04,820 --> 00:02:06,740 Why do you think she killed herself? 41 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:11,820 He is not the man you think he is. Your child is living in that house. Get her 42 00:02:11,820 --> 00:02:14,800 out of there. Margaret, what's happened to you? 43 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,560 Don't you have any feelings left for me at all? 44 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:19,820 I despise you. 45 00:02:20,300 --> 00:02:22,820 You made me feel ugly and dirty. 46 00:02:23,020 --> 00:02:24,940 Margaret. Please let us help you. 47 00:02:25,260 --> 00:02:30,160 Your father is so hurt by this. All I want is for us to be a family again. 48 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:34,640 Miss Flanagan, your father is prepared to pick up the total cost of your 49 00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:37,360 psychiatric care, whatever the amount. It's not enough. 50 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:38,640 Is it money? 51 00:02:38,820 --> 00:02:40,340 Is that what you want? 52 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,720 I want you to say the words, I raped my daughters. 53 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,400 Oh, God. This meeting is over. 54 00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:50,620 I want you to have the nightmares. 55 00:02:52,140 --> 00:02:55,760 I want you to feel the humiliation and the shame. Margaret. 56 00:02:56,020 --> 00:02:57,800 I want you to feel the pain. 57 00:04:57,270 --> 00:04:58,990 Did everyone see the morning paper? 58 00:05:02,140 --> 00:05:05,660 Margaret Flanagan sued against her father. Frank's representing her. Trial 59 00:05:05,660 --> 00:05:06,459 starts today. 60 00:05:06,460 --> 00:05:09,640 I happen to know Charles Flanagan. I've served on several committees with him. 61 00:05:10,140 --> 00:05:16,120 I find it impossible to believe he committed the act she's accused him of. 62 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,820 one to prove. But here we're talking about three decades ago. 63 00:05:19,100 --> 00:05:22,600 I'll say one thing explains a lot about Margaret Flanagan. What did you say? Oh, 64 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:24,620 yeah. Assuming it really happened. 65 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:25,880 Next move along, Douglas. 66 00:05:26,300 --> 00:05:29,760 Gloria Lee versus Meredith Tudor. Arbitrator is Leland McKenzie. 67 00:05:30,110 --> 00:05:31,410 Gloria Lee? She's still alive? 68 00:05:31,710 --> 00:05:37,150 She's my age, C .J. Oh, sorry. My mother used to use her cookbook for authentic 69 00:05:37,150 --> 00:05:39,330 American cuisine. That was ages ago. 70 00:05:39,650 --> 00:05:45,250 Miss Lee is accusing Miss Tudor of stealing recipes for her new cookbook. 71 00:05:45,250 --> 00:05:49,890 cookbook is expected to sell millions of copies. Miss Lee's claim is trade 72 00:05:49,890 --> 00:05:50,890 secret theft. 73 00:05:51,050 --> 00:05:55,070 She says that Miss Tudor planted a spy in her test kitchen. 74 00:05:55,330 --> 00:05:57,610 What does she want? Credit in the book, part of the royalties. 75 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:02,100 They opted for arbitration because they need a quick decision. Miss Tudor can't 76 00:06:02,100 --> 00:06:03,720 go to press until this is resolved. 77 00:06:03,940 --> 00:06:07,580 And speaking of food, I think Leland deserves a big round of applause. Today 78 00:06:07,580 --> 00:06:13,000 day seven of his slim, quick diet, and he's lost five pounds. 79 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:17,660 And on that note, we're adjourned. 80 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:23,400 Dad? 81 00:06:24,220 --> 00:06:25,680 I hope you weren't waiting too long. 82 00:06:28,810 --> 00:06:29,810 You look great. 83 00:06:30,310 --> 00:06:31,310 Thank you. 84 00:06:31,330 --> 00:06:32,330 How's your flight? 85 00:06:32,890 --> 00:06:35,050 Bumpy. Your mother's lying down. 86 00:06:35,990 --> 00:06:37,950 She'll meet us for lunch. Good, good. 87 00:06:38,250 --> 00:06:41,790 I'm not interrupting your day, am I? No, no, no. I had a court date canceled 88 00:06:41,790 --> 00:06:42,790 this morning anyway. 89 00:06:42,870 --> 00:06:45,190 You have a legal problem, I'm at your service. 90 00:06:45,430 --> 00:06:47,150 Yes, ma 'am. That's what I do. 91 00:06:48,170 --> 00:06:49,170 So, 92 00:06:51,110 --> 00:06:53,590 Econodine Corporation approached you about the job. 93 00:06:53,790 --> 00:06:56,750 They do consulting work for former East Bloc countries. Right. 94 00:06:57,050 --> 00:07:00,230 I'd been thinking about leaving teaching, so the timing was perfect. 95 00:07:00,990 --> 00:07:04,010 Dad, do you have any proof that their failure to hire you was racially 96 00:07:04,010 --> 00:07:05,130 motivated? Not really. 97 00:07:05,810 --> 00:07:08,290 But they've got a bad record for hiring minorities. 98 00:07:08,750 --> 00:07:10,790 Didn't you tell me there was a vice president on your side? 99 00:07:11,050 --> 00:07:15,430 Dick Williamson. Right, right. The only black executive at Econodyne. 100 00:07:15,750 --> 00:07:16,950 He's on the personnel committee. 101 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:19,530 If anyone knows where the bodies are buried, it's him. 102 00:07:20,050 --> 00:07:21,450 Question is, will he tell us? 103 00:07:22,530 --> 00:07:25,050 I guess all that money spent for law school was worth it. 104 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,280 If I'm going to be your attorney, I also have a duty to tell you if I think you 105 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:33,280 have no case. 106 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:34,740 Agreed? Oh, absolutely. 107 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:41,380 But one way or another, send me a bill. It's not necessary. Jonathan, I taught 108 00:07:41,380 --> 00:07:42,900 economics for 25 years. 109 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,940 No son of mine is going to give away his talent. 110 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:53,080 Mike! Cookbooks were a Bible in every kitchen in America. Cooking isn't about 111 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:56,540 measuring cups and ingredients anymore. It's about the total dining experience. 112 00:07:56,540 --> 00:07:59,760 You were always one for a shortcut, but I never thought you'd stoop to stealing 113 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:01,960 my recipes. They're not your recipes. 114 00:08:02,300 --> 00:08:03,300 All right, that's enough. 115 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:07,260 And what is that? 116 00:08:08,180 --> 00:08:10,460 Origami. It relaxes me. 117 00:08:12,060 --> 00:08:13,060 Mr. 118 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:15,560 Penerelli, I'm finished. 119 00:08:15,860 --> 00:08:18,200 Well, we've obviously reached an impasse. 120 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:20,900 Miss Lee, you can't produce that spy. 121 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:25,580 Miss Tudor, you can't explain why your recipes are so strikingly similar to 122 00:08:25,580 --> 00:08:32,120 Lee's. I had hoped that we could reach some sort of compromise here, but I 123 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:36,760 know. How about a cook -off? A cook -off? Didn't those go out with quilting 124 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:41,400 bees? Now, what would that accomplish, Miss Lee? There are 16 recipes in 125 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:46,000 dispute. We each cook our own version and then see if there's any significant 126 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,860 difference. If there isn't... 127 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:49,840 That proves she's a thief. 128 00:08:50,100 --> 00:08:51,840 Who would do the tasting? 129 00:08:52,180 --> 00:08:53,119 You would. 130 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:54,160 Oh, no. 131 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:58,980 That would be highly irregular, and I'm really not qualified for that. You eat, 132 00:08:58,980 --> 00:08:59,679 don't you? 133 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:01,720 And you're the one who's arbitrating this case? 134 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:08,320 Would you agree to a cook -off, Miss Tudor? Why not? 135 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:10,600 My recipes are unique. 136 00:09:10,980 --> 00:09:15,540 All right. Bring the food in on Thursday, but only very small portions. 137 00:09:17,100 --> 00:09:19,380 It was the summer my sister Colleen died. 138 00:09:19,980 --> 00:09:25,600 We were all in shock, and my father decided it would be good for us if we 139 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:29,000 went away to Lake Arrowhead. We had been there about a week, and my father 140 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:30,580 announced that he was taking me fishing. 141 00:09:31,020 --> 00:09:32,400 I was terrified. 142 00:09:32,980 --> 00:09:37,440 Why? My earliest memories of my father are at night in the bedroom I shared 143 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:38,440 my sister. 144 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:41,420 He would tuck us in. 145 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,500 I'd fall asleep and wake up to hear Colleen crying. 146 00:09:47,980 --> 00:09:49,960 He was forcing her to have sex with him. 147 00:09:50,260 --> 00:09:51,720 Objection. No foundation. 148 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:56,320 Overruled. Margaret, what happened when your father took you fishing? 149 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,260 We went out on our boat to the far side of the lake. 150 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,320 And he asked me why I was so sad. 151 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:07,620 He wanted me to be happy. 152 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,020 He started to tickle me. 153 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:13,300 And for a moment I thought maybe I was wrong. 154 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:15,420 That nothing bad was going to happen. 155 00:10:15,780 --> 00:10:16,780 And then? 156 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:17,960 I was laughing. 157 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:21,700 And suddenly things changed. 158 00:10:22,620 --> 00:10:24,380 The way he was touching me was different. 159 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,720 I tried to get away, but he grabbed me. 160 00:10:30,620 --> 00:10:32,760 He was fumbling with the front of his pants. 161 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:35,520 What happened, Margaret? 162 00:10:36,560 --> 00:10:41,220 He pushed me down on my knees, put his hands on the back of my head and pulled 163 00:10:41,220 --> 00:10:42,220 me towards him. 164 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:47,480 I couldn't breathe. 165 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,480 I hit him, but he just pressed harder. 166 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,520 He forced you to perform oral sex on him? 167 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:00,420 Yes. Was that the only time your father sexually abused you? 168 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:06,440 No, that night he came into my room and kissed me goodnight. 169 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:12,160 He said if I told anyone about what we did, he'd kill me. 170 00:11:13,100 --> 00:11:14,740 Then he put a pillow over my face. 171 00:11:15,690 --> 00:11:18,550 He pried my legs apart and he raped me. 172 00:11:20,530 --> 00:11:22,010 How old were you, Margaret? 173 00:11:22,210 --> 00:11:23,870 I was eight years old. 174 00:11:26,290 --> 00:11:29,910 Despite his threats, did you ever say anything to anyone? 175 00:11:30,210 --> 00:11:31,790 I tried to tell my mother. 176 00:11:33,950 --> 00:11:36,050 But I was so young, I didn't know the words. 177 00:11:38,710 --> 00:11:42,890 I told her that he had been mean to me the way he'd been mean to Colleen. 178 00:11:44,170 --> 00:11:45,250 She said I was wrong. 179 00:11:47,710 --> 00:11:49,790 And my father loved me. 180 00:11:50,130 --> 00:11:51,650 But the abuse continued. 181 00:11:52,110 --> 00:11:53,630 Yes, for years. 182 00:11:53,970 --> 00:11:58,450 But prior to December of last year, you had no memory whatsoever of any of this 183 00:11:58,450 --> 00:11:59,329 taking place. 184 00:11:59,330 --> 00:12:00,870 My father did terrible things. 185 00:12:01,490 --> 00:12:03,650 Blocking it out was the only way I survived. 186 00:12:04,410 --> 00:12:07,710 Until recently, my childhood was a complete blank. 187 00:12:08,090 --> 00:12:09,930 Thank you. No further questions. 188 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:17,500 I'm sorry, Miss Flanagan, but I find that very hard to believe, that for 30 189 00:12:17,500 --> 00:12:22,520 years you had no memory of any of this. I was eight years old. My father was 190 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:24,980 raping and sodomizing me on a regular basis. 191 00:12:25,260 --> 00:12:29,320 Then suddenly, two months ago, it all came back to you? No, Miss Hopper. I 192 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:33,860 struggled for nearly a year to understand why I kept hearing the sound 193 00:12:33,860 --> 00:12:34,860 sister crying. 194 00:12:35,100 --> 00:12:38,480 When the truth finally began to surface, it came in pieces. 195 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:40,840 Horrible images. 196 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,140 Are you still experiencing flashbacks about your father? 197 00:12:44,660 --> 00:12:49,160 Yes. Well, I'm a little uncomfortable, Miss Flanagan, and I'm sure the jury is, 198 00:12:49,180 --> 00:12:53,240 too. Objection! Condemning a man based on evidence that's constantly evolving. 199 00:12:53,500 --> 00:12:57,560 Save it for the closing, Counselor. I am the victim here, not my father. 200 00:12:58,020 --> 00:13:02,260 Your father is a respected member of this community and of the Bar of the 201 00:13:02,260 --> 00:13:02,719 of California. 202 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,540 Other prominent men have committed incest. 203 00:13:06,060 --> 00:13:08,400 Sustained. I am telling the truth. 204 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:12,400 Isn't it also true, Miss Flanagan, that you accused your ex -husbands of 205 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:16,060 threatening you physically and that you tried to obtain a restraining order 206 00:13:16,060 --> 00:13:19,460 against him? My marriage was ending. We were having terrible fights. 207 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:24,060 Did your husband ever, in fact, abuse you? I was afraid that he would. Yes or 208 00:13:24,060 --> 00:13:25,060 no, please. 209 00:13:25,140 --> 00:13:28,220 Did your husband ever physically abuse you? 210 00:13:29,180 --> 00:13:34,880 No. Miss Flanagan, two weeks after your divorce, weren't you hospitalized in the 211 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:36,600 psychiatric unit of Brentwood Hospital? 212 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:40,040 I was there for less than a week. I was emotionally exhausted. 213 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,720 Wasn't it more serious than that? Hadn't you locked yourself in your apartment 214 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:48,240 and refused to eat? You must understand I was under a lot of stress. I do 215 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:52,280 understand, Miss Flanagan. You were emotionally disturbed and made wild 216 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:55,640 accusations with no basis in truth. Objection. And you're doing the same 217 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,400 now, aren't you? Objection. Move to strike. Withdrawn. 218 00:13:58,660 --> 00:13:59,660 Nothing further. 219 00:14:12,270 --> 00:14:14,890 Mr. Williamson, how many other people did the personnel committee approach? 220 00:14:15,310 --> 00:14:18,950 Well, we narrowed it to a field of ten, of which, in my opinion, your father was 221 00:14:18,950 --> 00:14:19,929 the most qualified. 222 00:14:19,930 --> 00:14:20,930 Yeah, but he wasn't hired. 223 00:14:21,210 --> 00:14:25,030 Father's reputation, as distinguished as it is, was made in supply side, and 224 00:14:25,030 --> 00:14:28,910 upper management felt that we needed someone, quote, more in touch with 225 00:14:28,910 --> 00:14:30,310 world economies, unquote. 226 00:14:30,630 --> 00:14:34,470 That's absurd. And in the last three years, you're the only black hired in an 227 00:14:34,470 --> 00:14:35,470 executive position there? 228 00:14:35,790 --> 00:14:39,310 Look, attitudes are changing. Maybe not fast enough to suit you and me, but 229 00:14:39,310 --> 00:14:41,510 companies like this need time. 230 00:14:41,830 --> 00:14:42,830 That's an excuse. 231 00:14:43,010 --> 00:14:46,350 If we can show their reasons for rejecting black applicants are just 232 00:14:46,350 --> 00:14:47,349 hold... Impossible. 233 00:14:47,350 --> 00:14:48,390 Now, it's been tried. 234 00:14:49,430 --> 00:14:53,750 Econodyne's rejections are always plausible enough to deflect charges of 235 00:14:54,090 --> 00:14:58,090 They strung me along for six months, making it seem like I was a shoo -in. 236 00:14:58,090 --> 00:15:02,130 the university pressured me to decide whether I was staying on or not, I took 237 00:15:02,130 --> 00:15:04,250 the chance on Econodyne. Professor Rollins. 238 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:08,260 I know how you feel. I mean, I'm in the trenches over there. I fight this stuff 239 00:15:08,260 --> 00:15:09,260 every day. 240 00:15:09,340 --> 00:15:11,500 But a lawsuit isn't going to get you anywhere. 241 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:15,760 You can't win. We might, with your help. If I could, I would. 242 00:15:16,660 --> 00:15:17,920 But I'd lose my job. 243 00:15:18,620 --> 00:15:20,640 I mean, even this meeting was risky. 244 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:22,600 I'm sorry. 245 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:23,960 I took my advice. 246 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:25,760 Just get on with your life. 247 00:15:26,860 --> 00:15:28,080 It was nice meeting you both. 248 00:15:30,780 --> 00:15:32,060 Thank you. 249 00:15:37,610 --> 00:15:38,810 Well, can you go back to Minnesota? 250 00:15:39,150 --> 00:15:42,010 No, the department had a replacement lined up. 251 00:15:43,570 --> 00:15:45,050 That's why they put my feet to the fire. 252 00:15:45,670 --> 00:15:48,790 Besides, your mother says she could live the rest of her life without seeing 253 00:15:48,790 --> 00:15:49,790 another snow tire. 254 00:15:50,310 --> 00:15:52,490 She really wants to come home to California. 255 00:15:53,150 --> 00:15:55,570 You know, Dad, if you go ahead with this, they're sure to bring up your 256 00:15:55,570 --> 00:15:58,210 politics. You're on record against affirmative action. 257 00:15:59,090 --> 00:16:00,590 How do you think that's going to sound in court? 258 00:16:00,890 --> 00:16:05,330 Jonathan, I don't oppose real affirmative action. I do oppose 259 00:16:05,330 --> 00:16:09,450 hiring on the basis of race, which is exactly what this is. Okay. 260 00:16:10,490 --> 00:16:12,450 Let me see what else I can turn up on Econodine. 261 00:16:13,650 --> 00:16:16,670 In the meantime, Zoe and I will see you tonight for dinner. 262 00:16:16,910 --> 00:16:19,430 Absolutely. I'm looking forward to meeting her. 263 00:16:20,030 --> 00:16:21,030 What about Mom? 264 00:16:21,330 --> 00:16:22,850 I'm looking forward to that, too. 265 00:16:31,180 --> 00:16:33,260 I knew you were a man who lunched at his desk. 266 00:16:35,020 --> 00:16:39,000 Miss Tudor, I'm afraid I cannot meet with you unless Miss Lee and the 267 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,460 are present. Oh, but this has nothing to do with the case. 268 00:16:41,740 --> 00:16:43,600 None of these recipes are in dispute. 269 00:16:44,300 --> 00:16:47,700 I just had this overwhelming urge to feed you. 270 00:16:48,300 --> 00:16:53,340 I appreciate that, but you see, I have to be concerned about how this appears. 271 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:57,400 Oh, you poor man. You look like you're starving to death. 272 00:16:57,760 --> 00:16:59,040 No, no, I'm fine. 273 00:17:00,010 --> 00:17:05,130 I'm not hungry, no. I'm not hungry at all. I think presentation is everything, 274 00:17:05,349 --> 00:17:06,349 don't you? 275 00:17:06,430 --> 00:17:13,329 Oh. The true artistry in cooking is creating an experience for all the 276 00:17:16,310 --> 00:17:19,369 Miss Tudor, this is entirely improper. 277 00:17:20,770 --> 00:17:22,369 I'm going to take a short walk. 278 00:17:23,069 --> 00:17:26,190 When I come back, I want you out of my office. 279 00:17:29,830 --> 00:17:32,850 Unable to prevent the abuse, Margaret found another way to escape. 280 00:17:33,070 --> 00:17:36,010 She separated her mind from what was happening to her body. 281 00:17:36,230 --> 00:17:38,210 She disassociated. Yes. 282 00:17:38,710 --> 00:17:41,910 The memories continued to exist, but they were deeply buried. 283 00:17:42,130 --> 00:17:45,090 And this led to the form of amnesia that Margaret experienced. 284 00:17:45,550 --> 00:17:49,930 Incest survivors often lose years of their lives. Doctor, what causes these 285 00:17:49,930 --> 00:17:50,930 memories to return? 286 00:17:51,170 --> 00:17:54,530 Oh, a dream, sound of a laugh, a certain smell. 287 00:17:54,970 --> 00:17:55,970 Every patient's different. 288 00:17:56,050 --> 00:17:57,530 And in Miss Flanagan's case? 289 00:17:57,810 --> 00:17:59,830 Well, the occasion was her father's 70th birthday. 290 00:18:00,310 --> 00:18:03,510 The family was going up to their home on Lake Arrowhead. 291 00:18:03,930 --> 00:18:07,450 When Margaret was asked to join them, she began to experience an overwhelming 292 00:18:07,450 --> 00:18:08,990 terror she couldn't explain. 293 00:18:09,330 --> 00:18:12,070 And it was at this point that she became your patient? 294 00:18:12,430 --> 00:18:16,710 Yes, and as the memories began to surface, the reason for Margaret's panic 295 00:18:16,710 --> 00:18:17,710 became evident. 296 00:18:18,670 --> 00:18:22,970 She had been sexually abused by her father throughout her childhood. And you 297 00:18:22,970 --> 00:18:25,970 concluded this based solely on Margaret's repressed memories? 298 00:18:26,270 --> 00:18:29,290 Her recollections were very specific and highly detailed. 299 00:18:29,590 --> 00:18:33,650 Her teachers noted a distinct personality change between the second 300 00:18:33,650 --> 00:18:37,590 grade. A previously happy child became depressed and withdrawn. 301 00:18:37,850 --> 00:18:42,170 Dr. Naaman, is it unusual for a child to have this sort of experience and tell 302 00:18:42,170 --> 00:18:46,790 no one? A child in an abusive situation sees herself as completely trapped. 303 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:51,800 She's convinced the abusive parent will be believed, not her. So there is no 304 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:56,400 doubt in your mind that Margaret Flanagan was the victim of sexual abuse 305 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:01,440 father? I'm certain Margaret Flanagan was a victim and is a survivor of 306 00:19:02,180 --> 00:19:03,180 Thank you, Doctor. 307 00:19:06,540 --> 00:19:10,980 Doctor, when Miss Flanagan came to you, was she claiming she'd been abused by 308 00:19:10,980 --> 00:19:14,720 her father? No. Who first mentioned incest? Look. 309 00:19:15,590 --> 00:19:17,150 Margaret Flanagan was depressed. 310 00:19:18,010 --> 00:19:22,290 She had difficulty with intimate relationships. She had an aversion to 311 00:19:22,290 --> 00:19:25,870 touched. These are all symptoms that are common to incest victims. 312 00:19:26,190 --> 00:19:30,550 Symptoms that could have been caused by a lot of things. The question is, who 313 00:19:30,550 --> 00:19:35,130 first raised the subject of incest? I guide my patients, Miss Halber. I don't 314 00:19:35,130 --> 00:19:38,990 force them into... People do fantasize about incest, don't they? Don't belittle 315 00:19:38,990 --> 00:19:39,649 the problem. 316 00:19:39,650 --> 00:19:44,110 We believe one in three women in this country has been abused as a child. 317 00:19:45,350 --> 00:19:46,870 It's one in six boys. 318 00:19:47,070 --> 00:19:48,590 Unproven statistics, doctor. 319 00:19:48,910 --> 00:19:53,750 But they create a climate of hysteria in which innocent parents like my client 320 00:19:53,750 --> 00:19:58,670 are victimized. Objection argumentative. Sustained. How many patients have you 321 00:19:58,670 --> 00:20:01,350 treated where you diagnosed incest? About 60. 322 00:20:01,630 --> 00:20:06,710 And in how many of those cases did someone else confirm that the incest 323 00:20:06,710 --> 00:20:07,890 happened? About five. 324 00:20:08,700 --> 00:20:09,639 Or six. 325 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:14,040 But in this case, you don't have any independent evidence showing incest, do 326 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:18,220 you? It's likely that incest occurred... But you don't know for sure, do you? 327 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:21,660 No. But in this situation... Thank you, Doctor. 328 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:23,460 No further questions. 329 00:20:30,820 --> 00:20:32,660 Slim quick, a little rich for you, Leland? 330 00:20:33,340 --> 00:20:36,860 I wish it were that simple. Something wrong? 331 00:20:37,210 --> 00:20:42,630 Meredith Tudor came to my office today, trying to sway my decision with food. 332 00:20:42,950 --> 00:20:49,290 That's terrible. Well, I threw her out, but she left a meal that was delicious. 333 00:20:49,830 --> 00:20:52,670 I ate it. Oh. I gave in to temptation. 334 00:20:53,050 --> 00:20:59,350 I compromised my diet, my integrity, for the momentary comfort of some herb 335 00:20:59,350 --> 00:21:01,230 bread and Bearnaise sauce. 336 00:21:01,490 --> 00:21:06,370 I won't say it isn't serious, Leland, but it's not the end of the world. 337 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,860 No, no, but it's not just the food, Douglas. 338 00:21:10,900 --> 00:21:15,840 First, I'm sharing memories of Ruth with a chimp. Then I'm kissing Grace by the 339 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:17,500 elevators. And now this. 340 00:21:17,780 --> 00:21:20,420 I mean, I just don't recognize myself. 341 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:22,300 It hasn't been an easy year for you. 342 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:24,760 Losing Rosalind. 343 00:21:25,140 --> 00:21:26,140 Then Michael. 344 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:27,440 And Victor. 345 00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:28,800 And dieting. 346 00:21:29,260 --> 00:21:31,060 Dieting can make anyone a little crazy. 347 00:21:31,340 --> 00:21:32,340 Yeah. Williams. 348 00:21:32,580 --> 00:21:34,200 I love Brene sauce. 349 00:21:36,300 --> 00:21:37,300 It was good. 350 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,220 Do you like creme brulee? 351 00:21:42,940 --> 00:21:43,940 My favorite. 352 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,000 Ah, I shouldn't. 353 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:56,280 There's no conflict of interest for you, Douglas. 354 00:21:56,620 --> 00:22:00,840 Well, maybe just one bite. 355 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:25,040 So you believe in the death penalty? 356 00:22:25,860 --> 00:22:27,520 In certain circumstances, yes. 357 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,280 But David Lee was insane. 358 00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:32,420 David Lee knew what he did. 359 00:22:33,300 --> 00:22:36,640 I can't tell you I felt good about it, but I would rather live with David Lee's 360 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,940 ghost than the ghost of those two little girls he killed. 361 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,340 Well, I can't fault you for that. 362 00:22:42,060 --> 00:22:45,640 So, Zoe, you think I have a case against Econodine? 363 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:51,200 Isn't it amazing how the first time a black conservative is denied something, 364 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,140 suddenly decides that discrimination does exist after all? 365 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:58,140 Mom. Sweetheart, I already know what you think of my case. 366 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:00,040 I was asking Zoe. 367 00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:02,180 Right. 368 00:23:02,820 --> 00:23:03,940 Go ahead, Zoe. 369 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,780 Well, the law says de facto discrimination isn't usually enough. 370 00:23:11,020 --> 00:23:14,220 You have to prove intent, which will be hard. 371 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:15,440 I'll say. 372 00:23:16,620 --> 00:23:17,620 But not impossible. 373 00:23:18,300 --> 00:23:22,500 So how would you call it? Hey, uh, mom, is this dinner or a moot court? 374 00:23:24,100 --> 00:23:25,100 Sorry, babe. 375 00:23:25,220 --> 00:23:27,540 You're not required to give closing arguments with dessert. 376 00:23:27,940 --> 00:23:30,320 True. And there isn't a good one anyway. 377 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:32,620 Damn it, Jessica, I'm doing this for you. 378 00:23:33,220 --> 00:23:37,020 You've got that standing offer from McKay Carter. We both could have had 379 00:23:37,020 --> 00:23:38,780 back here. And we still can. 380 00:23:39,180 --> 00:23:41,360 UC Irvine has always wanted you. 381 00:23:41,710 --> 00:23:45,450 Why do you have to work for some faceless corporation, especially one 382 00:23:45,450 --> 00:23:50,850 racist hiring record like Econodyne? I'm 55 years old. What's wrong with a man 383 00:23:50,850 --> 00:23:51,850 wanting a little success? 384 00:23:52,030 --> 00:23:54,610 It's your definition of success that's wrong. 385 00:23:54,970 --> 00:23:59,730 You're already successful, but you won't believe it. My God, why does everybody 386 00:23:59,730 --> 00:24:01,250 in this family want to be white? 387 00:24:01,610 --> 00:24:02,610 Very good, Jessica. 388 00:24:03,270 --> 00:24:05,530 Did you ever consider a career in diplomacy? 389 00:24:06,550 --> 00:24:08,190 I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that. 390 00:24:28,490 --> 00:24:29,490 Come in. 391 00:24:33,610 --> 00:24:35,610 You look like you're lying in state, man. 392 00:24:35,890 --> 00:24:41,550 Parents. I mean, I love them, but sometimes, man, they just make me crazy. 393 00:24:41,790 --> 00:24:42,890 Whose parents don't? 394 00:24:43,130 --> 00:24:47,070 I don't know. My mother's a civil rights attorney. She's worked with the ACLU. 395 00:24:47,070 --> 00:24:49,710 She lobbied against Clarence Thomas and Robert Bork. 396 00:24:50,510 --> 00:24:52,950 My dad's a Republican who voted for Reagan. 397 00:24:53,730 --> 00:24:54,730 What's up? 398 00:24:55,010 --> 00:24:56,750 Yeah, I was wondering if you could give me a hand. 399 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:58,680 I know you've done a lot of labor law. 400 00:24:59,100 --> 00:25:02,560 I need someone who knows the political landscape at Econodyne. 401 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:04,680 Econodyne. 402 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:07,460 I might know someone who knows someone. 403 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:10,040 Let me see what I can turn up. 404 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:11,520 That'd be great. 405 00:25:16,260 --> 00:25:17,540 I'm from South Boston. 406 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:22,120 When I came here, my father used to call me late at night, bitching about 407 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:23,740 everything going on in the old neighborhood. 408 00:25:24,340 --> 00:25:25,340 Drove me crazy. 409 00:25:25,870 --> 00:25:29,430 Mr. Delancey and his damn dog that barked all night. Mrs. 410 00:25:29,650 --> 00:25:34,070 Benedetti's bratty grandsons. Ernie Barger cheated him blind at penny poker. 411 00:25:36,370 --> 00:25:37,850 He died two years ago. 412 00:25:38,430 --> 00:25:43,670 But every time the phone rings late at night, part of me hopes it's my old man. 413 00:25:44,950 --> 00:25:46,590 Just calling to drive me crazy. 414 00:25:53,430 --> 00:25:55,390 Margaret was never a happy child. 415 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:59,640 She had few friends. She suffered what I now understand were bouts of 416 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,940 depression. Objection. This witness lacks the qualifications to make that 417 00:26:02,940 --> 00:26:06,760 diagnosis. Your Honor, one hardly needs a Ph .D. to identify depression. 418 00:26:07,220 --> 00:26:08,700 I agree with Ms. Halbert. 419 00:26:08,900 --> 00:26:09,739 Go on. 420 00:26:09,740 --> 00:26:11,040 Was she treated for this? 421 00:26:11,380 --> 00:26:13,580 I'm sorry to say no, she was not. 422 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:18,400 Back then, taking a child to a psychiatrist was unthinkable. We 423 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:22,380 Margaret's problems were caused by the death of her sister and that in time, 424 00:26:22,420 --> 00:26:25,080 she'd outgrow them. Margaret and Colleen were close? 425 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:30,680 Oh, they were inseparable. To truly know Margaret, you'd have to have seen them 426 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:34,940 together. We should have realized how devastating Colleen's suicide was for 427 00:26:34,940 --> 00:26:38,340 Margaret. I made that mistake, among others. 428 00:26:38,660 --> 00:26:39,639 Could you elaborate? 429 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,640 I wasn't there enough for my children, Miss Huber. 430 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,220 And when I was, I was too demanding, especially of Margaret. 431 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:47,480 And why was that? 432 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,500 Oh, even at an early age, it was apparent how bright she was. 433 00:26:51,700 --> 00:26:55,000 I was determined that she should maximize that potential. 434 00:26:55,470 --> 00:26:58,490 And today your daughter is a highly respected attorney? 435 00:26:58,770 --> 00:27:02,350 Yes, but I'm afraid our relationship paid the price. 436 00:27:02,710 --> 00:27:07,070 I realize now that the last thing she needed was me pushing her. 437 00:27:07,290 --> 00:27:12,630 Mr. Flanagan, four years ago, Margaret cut off all contact with her family. Do 438 00:27:12,630 --> 00:27:13,589 you recall the reason? 439 00:27:13,590 --> 00:27:15,850 Well, her marriage had recently ended. 440 00:27:16,110 --> 00:27:18,970 Margaret took it very badly. She became hysterical. 441 00:27:19,330 --> 00:27:24,150 She would call her mother at all hours, day and night, and just... 442 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:26,200 Well, just cry. 443 00:27:26,380 --> 00:27:28,180 We urged her to get help. 444 00:27:28,420 --> 00:27:29,420 And her response? 445 00:27:29,540 --> 00:27:31,120 She stopped calling us. 446 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:38,780 We have neither seen nor talked to Margaret until... well, until all this. 447 00:27:38,780 --> 00:27:42,800 contrary to Margaret's testimony, you never touched your daughters? 448 00:27:43,020 --> 00:27:46,740 No. If anything, I was not affectionate enough. 449 00:27:47,780 --> 00:27:50,560 I can remember the girls used to ask me for... 450 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:52,260 back rubs. That's a lie. 451 00:27:52,580 --> 00:27:56,260 Miss Flanagan. You can't let him get away with this. Miss Flanagan, I'm 452 00:27:56,260 --> 00:27:58,060 you. That is not how it happened. Your Honor. 453 00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:01,860 Miss Flanagan. I begged you not to touch me. Can't you see? I pleaded with you. 454 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:06,160 Didn't you hear me? Miss Flanagan, sit down. Your Honor. Mr. Kittredge gets her 455 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,260 client under control. Please don't touch me. Or I'm declaring a miscarriage. 456 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:10,840 Please, someone help her. 457 00:28:21,460 --> 00:28:22,460 Jessica, hi. 458 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:25,700 Jonathan's gone to lunch. 459 00:28:26,580 --> 00:28:28,140 I just stopped by to say hello. 460 00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:29,540 Oh. 461 00:28:33,340 --> 00:28:34,820 This isn't easy, is it? 462 00:28:35,580 --> 00:28:36,640 Tell me about it. 463 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:39,720 Zoe, I like you. 464 00:28:40,740 --> 00:28:42,480 You're a bright, strong woman. 465 00:28:42,980 --> 00:28:44,820 And you obviously care about Jonathan. 466 00:28:45,380 --> 00:28:46,920 But you'd rather I were black. 467 00:28:49,140 --> 00:28:50,300 The black family. 468 00:28:50,860 --> 00:28:53,760 is almost an endangered species in this country. 469 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,920 Aren't we getting a little ahead of ourselves here? I mean, Jonathan and I 470 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:58,260 haven't even discussed marriage. 471 00:28:58,620 --> 00:29:00,140 I've met some of his other girlfriends. 472 00:29:00,620 --> 00:29:03,020 I haven't seen him look at one the way he looks at you. 473 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:07,000 So doesn't that count for something, that we love each other? If that were 474 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,680 it took, this would be a much nicer world to live in. 475 00:29:11,660 --> 00:29:12,660 But it's not. 476 00:29:13,070 --> 00:29:17,830 If my parents said to me, though Jonathan is a great guy, he's kind and 477 00:29:17,830 --> 00:29:22,210 and smart, and we'd be happy to have him as your boyfriend if he were white, 478 00:29:22,350 --> 00:29:24,630 what would you call that? This is not racism. 479 00:29:25,790 --> 00:29:27,490 Racism is about oppression. 480 00:29:28,570 --> 00:29:33,470 This would only be racism if blacks could oppress or exclude whites. You're 481 00:29:33,470 --> 00:29:37,810 trying to exclude me from Jonathan's life on the basis of my race. What's the 482 00:29:37,810 --> 00:29:38,810 difference? 483 00:29:39,270 --> 00:29:41,670 I probably should be having this talk with Jonathan. 484 00:29:42,250 --> 00:29:43,250 You probably should. 485 00:30:03,450 --> 00:30:04,890 Ladies and gentlemen. 486 00:30:05,370 --> 00:30:08,790 I hope we can get through this quickly. My breeze about to liquefy. 487 00:30:09,030 --> 00:30:13,530 Mr. Ventorelli, as you may or may not be aware, your client visited me 488 00:30:13,530 --> 00:30:18,490 yesterday, ex parte, offering me bribes in the form of food. 489 00:30:18,830 --> 00:30:21,770 I got carried away. I'm sorry. 490 00:30:22,010 --> 00:30:24,990 I am embarrassed to say that I could not resist the temptation. 491 00:30:25,310 --> 00:30:29,410 Since the food was, well, technically it was evidence in this case. 492 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:35,020 and I feel that I have no choice other than to recuse myself from these 493 00:30:35,020 --> 00:30:37,000 proceedings. What about my book? 494 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,780 If it doesn't go to press by the end of the week, I'll have to reschedule Oprah. 495 00:30:41,180 --> 00:30:45,280 See, I have a list of other arbitrators in this district, and I'm sure a speedy 496 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,800 hearing would be... Look, I said I was sorry. 497 00:30:48,140 --> 00:30:51,720 Why should I have to suffer just because you couldn't resist stuffing your face? 498 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:54,800 What kind of an arbitrator are you anyway? Shut up, Meredith. 499 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:56,239 Oh, and you. 500 00:30:56,240 --> 00:31:01,400 You've always resented my success. I resent your making cooking into a 501 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:02,840 competitive sport. 502 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:05,320 Well, if you can't take the heat, Gloria. 503 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:07,580 Ms. Lee. Gloria. 504 00:31:24,970 --> 00:31:25,970 This is outrageous! 505 00:31:26,450 --> 00:31:27,970 Ladies, stop that! 506 00:31:28,170 --> 00:31:29,310 Stop that, ladies! 507 00:31:29,530 --> 00:31:30,530 Stop it! 508 00:31:30,610 --> 00:31:32,530 This is a legal procedure! 509 00:31:32,910 --> 00:31:34,690 Now put that down! Put that down! 510 00:31:35,110 --> 00:31:36,550 No, you don't! 511 00:31:37,790 --> 00:31:38,330 In 512 00:31:38,330 --> 00:31:50,170 college, 513 00:31:50,290 --> 00:31:51,310 I dated an Asian girl. 514 00:31:51,550 --> 00:31:53,090 Didn't seem so horrified then. 515 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,080 You didn't seem so serious then. 516 00:31:56,180 --> 00:32:00,420 Jonathan, I don't think you've given enough thought to how difficult this is 517 00:32:00,420 --> 00:32:00,999 going to be. 518 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,280 For you, for her, for your children. 519 00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:05,640 Jessica, for God's sake, they're in love. 520 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,120 What else matters? We're not even living together. 521 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:12,680 They don't have the slightest idea of the kind of anger and bigotry they'll 522 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:16,080 face. No? Try going into a restaurant where the maitre d' tries to escort you 523 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,020 a table for one, because you couldn't possibly be with a white woman. 524 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,420 Try just holding hands on the street. 525 00:32:22,220 --> 00:32:26,380 The dirty looks you get from white folks and blacks, especially black women. Can 526 00:32:26,380 --> 00:32:29,840 you blame them? They're tired of black men as soon as they become successful 527 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,800 marrying a white woman as another token of their success. 528 00:32:33,220 --> 00:32:34,320 Are you saying that's what I'm doing? 529 00:32:34,820 --> 00:32:37,700 You think Zoe's some kind of status symbol to me? Is that what you think? 530 00:32:37,860 --> 00:32:39,180 Jonathan, look at your choices. 531 00:32:39,820 --> 00:32:41,640 You went to an Ivy League college. 532 00:32:42,060 --> 00:32:44,500 You've joined a lily -white downtown firm. 533 00:32:44,820 --> 00:32:47,360 You bought a condo in Brentwood and a Mercedes. 534 00:32:48,220 --> 00:32:52,040 The only thing missing was the right kind of woman. You know, some mothers 535 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,200 actually be proud their sons accomplished all that. 536 00:32:54,420 --> 00:32:56,180 I'm not belittling your achievement. 537 00:32:56,460 --> 00:32:59,300 It's just... This isn't about Jonathan dating a white woman. 538 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:01,820 It's about just what you said. 539 00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:03,500 Choices. 540 00:33:04,020 --> 00:33:05,660 His were too much like mine. 541 00:33:06,500 --> 00:33:08,180 That's what you're really angry about. 542 00:33:08,420 --> 00:33:09,420 Maybe I am. 543 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:11,220 So? So. 544 00:33:11,900 --> 00:33:12,900 I'm not dad. 545 00:33:13,140 --> 00:33:14,140 He's right. 546 00:33:14,780 --> 00:33:18,040 I wouldn't have risked my career taking on the LAPD like he did. 547 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:19,800 I wouldn't have had the nerve. 548 00:33:20,060 --> 00:33:21,360 I don't think that's true. 549 00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:22,560 Yes, it is. 550 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:25,680 I've taken the safe road a lot of the time. 551 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:28,360 Not all the time, but a lot. 552 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:34,940 Jessica, just because he's with Mackenzie Brackman and not the ACLU 553 00:33:34,940 --> 00:33:36,020 him any less a fighter. 554 00:33:36,740 --> 00:33:39,660 And just because he's dating a white woman doesn't make him any less black. 555 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:41,780 I don't think that. 556 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,980 I just want him to think about what he wants and why he wants it. 557 00:33:46,340 --> 00:33:47,340 That's all. 558 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:54,660 Andrew Parks copped a plea. 559 00:33:55,060 --> 00:33:56,320 They've agreed to eight years. 560 00:33:56,700 --> 00:33:57,700 What about Scripps? 561 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:02,220 The judge denied our request for bail. He's O .R. Listen, we don't have to 562 00:34:02,220 --> 00:34:03,220 finish this now. 563 00:34:03,860 --> 00:34:04,860 I want to. 564 00:34:09,420 --> 00:34:11,679 They said it was all right if I waited for you. 565 00:34:12,190 --> 00:34:13,330 I'll call you tomorrow. 566 00:34:13,730 --> 00:34:14,790 No, stay. 567 00:34:16,449 --> 00:34:17,570 This won't take long. 568 00:34:18,370 --> 00:34:19,909 I already know what she's going to say. 569 00:34:21,150 --> 00:34:24,810 What a wonderful man my father is and how I'm destroying him. 570 00:34:25,070 --> 00:34:26,150 I didn't come here for that. 571 00:34:27,210 --> 00:34:30,310 There was so much talk about Colleen in the courtroom. 572 00:34:31,310 --> 00:34:33,730 I almost felt like she was there. These were hers. 573 00:34:34,330 --> 00:34:37,630 I packed them away the day we buried her, and I want you to have them. 574 00:34:41,230 --> 00:34:42,230 Just a few things. 575 00:34:44,250 --> 00:34:47,610 Girl Scout pins and books she loved. Why didn't you tell me you had this? 576 00:34:47,850 --> 00:34:49,030 You and Chris were so young. 577 00:34:49,949 --> 00:34:52,949 I thought we were doing the right thing. I'm sure it was easier for you that 578 00:34:52,949 --> 00:34:53,949 way. 579 00:34:58,350 --> 00:35:00,610 There hasn't been a day I haven't thought of her. 580 00:35:01,690 --> 00:35:02,690 Or you. 581 00:35:05,130 --> 00:35:06,450 I love you, Margaret. 582 00:35:13,610 --> 00:35:17,550 Do you know where I'd go in my mind when it would happen? 583 00:35:19,510 --> 00:35:20,530 I was with you. 584 00:35:23,110 --> 00:35:27,250 You would stroke my hair and tell me it would be all right. 585 00:35:28,570 --> 00:35:30,590 I need you to believe me. 586 00:35:34,990 --> 00:35:38,110 In June, I will have been married to your father for 50 years. 587 00:35:39,410 --> 00:35:40,690 That's most of my life. 588 00:35:41,770 --> 00:35:43,490 I'm doing the best I can. 589 00:36:04,650 --> 00:36:05,650 Mr. 590 00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:09,110 Rollins, I don't know what's to be gained by this. I told you, I don't 591 00:36:09,110 --> 00:36:11,050 can win this case. Hon, I feel we don't have to win. 592 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:12,560 Have a seat. 593 00:36:14,260 --> 00:36:17,780 We're negotiating a settlement with Econodyne, and once they heard what we 594 00:36:17,780 --> 00:36:20,060 to say, they were anxious to avoid a lawsuit. 595 00:36:20,300 --> 00:36:22,300 I don't understand. I wasn't informed of this. 596 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:23,519 You will be. 597 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:27,280 We did a little research on Econodyne, Mr. Williamson, and when our source took 598 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:30,860 a straw poll of the personnel committee, it came out that a majority of them at 599 00:36:30,860 --> 00:36:32,700 first wanted to hire my father. 600 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,820 I was never approached by anyone taking a poll. That's right. 601 00:36:36,100 --> 00:36:40,100 Because we assumed you'd also favored his hiring, except you didn't. 602 00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:41,308 Did you? 603 00:36:41,310 --> 00:36:44,450 That's not so. Okay, at first you supported him, but as time went on, you 604 00:36:44,450 --> 00:36:48,250 more and more reasons not to hire him until you eventually tilted the 605 00:36:48,250 --> 00:36:52,310 against him. And the funny thing is, that seems to have happened to all the 606 00:36:52,310 --> 00:36:56,210 black applicants during the three years you've been on the committee, my 607 00:36:56,210 --> 00:36:59,890 brother. I don't have to listen to this. You kept your job secure by shooting 608 00:36:59,890 --> 00:37:03,910 down every other minority applicant at Econodyne and the last two companies 609 00:37:03,910 --> 00:37:06,330 you've worked for. You told this load of garbage to upper management? 610 00:37:06,550 --> 00:37:07,129 Oh, yeah. 611 00:37:07,130 --> 00:37:10,970 And to the California Department of Fair Employment. Well, you wasted your time. 612 00:37:11,390 --> 00:37:14,530 The conodine will fight any claim that you make. No, they won't. 613 00:37:14,830 --> 00:37:18,470 Once they heard our case, they decided to make a generous lump sum payment to 614 00:37:18,470 --> 00:37:22,370 father to compensate him for his loss of his teaching position and any expenses 615 00:37:22,370 --> 00:37:25,990 he may have incurred. That should tide me over until I can find something else. 616 00:37:26,350 --> 00:37:30,050 It's a pretty grim job market out there, which I have a feeling you're about to 617 00:37:30,050 --> 00:37:31,070 discover firsthand. 618 00:37:35,110 --> 00:37:36,110 Come in. 619 00:37:37,660 --> 00:37:38,660 Miss Lee. 620 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:40,580 I came by to apologize. 621 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:44,700 I've done a lot of things with food in the last 40 years, but this is the first 622 00:37:44,700 --> 00:37:48,300 time I ever used it as a weapon. I honestly don't know what came over me. 623 00:37:48,460 --> 00:37:50,680 Whatever it was, it must have been contagious. 624 00:37:50,980 --> 00:37:52,400 I'd like to pay the cleaning bill. 625 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:54,340 I did start it, after all. 626 00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:58,340 Well, that's very generous, but it's as much my fault as anyone. I should have 627 00:37:58,340 --> 00:38:02,460 exhibited more willpower when Miss Tudor brought me lunch. Oh, it all worked out 628 00:38:02,460 --> 00:38:03,460 as far as I'm concerned. 629 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:05,140 Oh, I know Meredith. 630 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,660 She gets a little carried away, but she never forgets her own best interests. 631 00:38:09,300 --> 00:38:13,380 It didn't take much to convince her that missing her publication date would be 632 00:38:13,380 --> 00:38:15,960 far worse than being associated with a has -been. 633 00:38:16,380 --> 00:38:18,440 You don't really think of yourself that way. 634 00:38:18,700 --> 00:38:20,140 Not usually, no. 635 00:38:21,580 --> 00:38:24,120 But I do feel the time speeding by. 636 00:38:27,340 --> 00:38:31,860 You know, the first time that I voted in a presidential election... 637 00:38:32,230 --> 00:38:37,990 It was for Adlai Stevenson. And most of the people in this office only know 638 00:38:37,990 --> 00:38:40,770 Stevenson through the history books, like George Washington. 639 00:38:41,190 --> 00:38:42,190 I like Dyke. 640 00:38:42,370 --> 00:38:43,370 Ah. 641 00:38:44,530 --> 00:38:50,630 Mr. McKenzie, I hope you won't think me too forward, but would you let me fix 642 00:38:50,630 --> 00:38:51,630 dinner for you sometime? 643 00:38:51,990 --> 00:38:54,730 Well, right now I'm on this diet. 644 00:38:55,250 --> 00:38:58,750 I make a mean baked halibut with yogurt dill sauce. 645 00:38:59,710 --> 00:39:00,790 Guaranteed low fat. 646 00:39:02,350 --> 00:39:04,110 It would be my pleasure, Miss Lee. 647 00:39:04,670 --> 00:39:05,670 Gloria. 648 00:39:06,370 --> 00:39:07,370 Gloria? 649 00:39:07,710 --> 00:39:09,010 I'll bring the mineral water. 650 00:39:11,390 --> 00:39:15,550 So you would characterize yourself as a loving but flawed father. 651 00:39:15,930 --> 00:39:19,450 As I said, I've made my share of mistakes with my children. 652 00:39:19,670 --> 00:39:22,910 And that's why your daughter says you raped her? My daughter's disturbed. 653 00:39:23,250 --> 00:39:28,370 Her delusions focus on me. I think she'd say anything at all to hurt me. What 654 00:39:28,370 --> 00:39:29,490 about your daughter, Colleen? 655 00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,920 Do you in any way see yourself as responsible for her suicide? 656 00:39:33,180 --> 00:39:37,300 Any parent would feel responsible after a tragedy like that. 657 00:39:38,380 --> 00:39:42,880 But if you're suggesting that some aberrant behavior on my part drove her 658 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:44,620 death... I'm not suggesting it. 659 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:49,620 Your other daughter is saying it. Your Honor, we have traveled down this road 660 00:39:49,620 --> 00:39:54,780 numerous times and always to the same place. The word of his client against 661 00:39:54,780 --> 00:39:58,580 word of my client. And the only person who can shed light on the truth is dead. 662 00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,140 Mr. Kittredge, I agree with Ms. Halber. 663 00:40:01,580 --> 00:40:06,080 Unless you have something new to offer, please move on. Your Honor, I wish to 664 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:10,480 enter into evidence these documents authenticating this book as the diary of 665 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:12,960 late Colleen Flanagan written in her hand. 666 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:16,440 With the court's permission, I would like Mr. Flanagan to read it. Where did 667 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:17,178 get that? 668 00:40:17,180 --> 00:40:18,180 Sidebar, Your Honor. 669 00:40:20,860 --> 00:40:23,060 This document was not on their list. 670 00:40:23,420 --> 00:40:27,400 I demand adequate opportunity to verify the authenticity of this so -called 671 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:31,580 diary. Those are declarations of experts attesting to that. I want to cross 672 00:40:31,580 --> 00:40:36,340 -examine them. I will hear the diary, Ms. Halbert, but the jury will be 673 00:40:36,340 --> 00:40:37,360 pending my ruling. 674 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:47,920 Would you read the first paragraph of the entry dated May 26, 1961? 675 00:40:55,370 --> 00:40:57,490 Is it going to be you or me? 676 00:40:59,750 --> 00:41:01,170 My daughter was troubled. 677 00:41:02,050 --> 00:41:03,770 For God's sake, she killed herself. 678 00:41:04,270 --> 00:41:06,070 Then I'm sure you'll read it with compassion. 679 00:41:07,050 --> 00:41:09,170 Starting with, he drove me to school this morning. 680 00:41:10,750 --> 00:41:12,970 He drove me to school this morning. 681 00:41:13,390 --> 00:41:17,010 He made me stay in the car till the bell rang. 682 00:41:19,670 --> 00:41:21,010 I don't have to do this. 683 00:41:24,799 --> 00:41:29,360 I'm sure the other kids could see what he was doing, where he was touching me. 684 00:41:30,860 --> 00:41:31,860 I want to die. 685 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:36,400 I think about dying all the time. I'll be safe in heaven. I swear I didn't 686 00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:39,860 her. She tells me it's my fault that I make him do those things. 687 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:44,960 Maybe if I cut my face, if I had scars, maybe he wouldn't want me. 688 00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:48,340 What if he's right, diary? What if it is my fault? 689 00:41:49,180 --> 00:41:50,820 Would God even let me into heaven? 690 00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,360 A week after she wrote this, Colleen Flanagan committed suicide. 691 00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:58,840 She was 14 years old. 692 00:41:59,960 --> 00:42:01,020 I have nothing further. 693 00:42:04,860 --> 00:42:06,920 Your father's returning the rental car. 694 00:42:07,500 --> 00:42:11,060 But we could take a cab to the airport if you're too busy. No, Mom, it's okay. 695 00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:12,118 It's no problem. 696 00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:16,040 We would have been here sooner, but we got into sort of a heated debate at the 697 00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:17,040 hotel. 698 00:42:19,220 --> 00:42:20,580 Mom, I got to ask you something. 699 00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:24,980 How have you two kept from killing each other over the last 30 years? 700 00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:27,320 No sharp objects in the house. 701 00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,620 In spite of our differences, your father and I fit. 702 00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:34,080 We make a hole out of two halves. 703 00:42:34,540 --> 00:42:35,940 Like me and Zoe. 704 00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:40,000 That's what the heated debate was about. 705 00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:43,920 Mom, I do love her. 706 00:42:45,500 --> 00:42:48,420 She's not a status symbol. She's someone I really care for. 707 00:42:49,500 --> 00:42:50,500 I know. 708 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:57,320 But it hurts seeing you with someone so 709 00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:02,740 different. Well, maybe on the outside. 710 00:43:03,380 --> 00:43:05,380 But inside, she's a lot like you. 711 00:43:05,980 --> 00:43:07,000 Believe me. 712 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:10,980 So you didn't pick her out of some deep -seated resentment of me? 713 00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:19,940 $500 ,000, no admission of liability. We have two conditions. 714 00:43:20,690 --> 00:43:23,770 One, your client enters a program for sexual offenders. 715 00:43:24,030 --> 00:43:28,270 Like hell I will. I refuse to be treated like a common criminal. If you prefer, 716 00:43:28,450 --> 00:43:30,330 Mr. Flanagan, we can go back to court. 717 00:43:30,590 --> 00:43:32,030 What's the second condition? 718 00:43:32,430 --> 00:43:36,090 All unsupervised contact with the grandchild, Emma Flanagan, is forbidden. 719 00:43:36,510 --> 00:43:39,930 And if there's any evidence you laid a hand on her, I promise you, you'll face 720 00:43:39,930 --> 00:43:40,930 criminal charges. 721 00:43:41,570 --> 00:43:43,250 Are you going to agree to this? 722 00:43:44,010 --> 00:43:45,530 Dad, I can't risk it. 723 00:43:46,470 --> 00:43:47,990 I love that child. 724 00:43:48,810 --> 00:43:50,330 I would never hurt her. 725 00:43:50,550 --> 00:43:51,950 You won't have a chance to. 726 00:43:52,930 --> 00:43:54,190 These are my terms. 727 00:43:55,090 --> 00:43:56,350 Then to hell with you. 728 00:43:57,590 --> 00:43:59,750 Charles, I don't think you have a choice. 729 00:44:02,630 --> 00:44:06,290 After all the sacrifices we made for you. For what? 730 00:44:07,430 --> 00:44:08,430 For this? 731 00:44:10,250 --> 00:44:11,810 Come on, Vivian, let's go.