1 00:00:00,779 --> 00:00:03,780 Previously on L .A. Law. They really put each other through a lot. 2 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:09,020 The infidelities, the counterinfidelities, the public 3 00:00:09,020 --> 00:00:10,020 something strange? 4 00:00:10,060 --> 00:00:12,540 Those fights in public always aroused me sexually. 5 00:00:13,180 --> 00:00:16,720 Really? Zoe, come on, don't make a big deal out of this. I already feel like 6 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:18,040 being pulled in six different directions. 7 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:22,540 And I'm just another thing pulling at you? No, of course not. Yes, I am. 8 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,040 This won't be the last dinner. 9 00:00:25,460 --> 00:00:28,180 It's not going to get any easier to bring me along. 10 00:00:28,580 --> 00:00:33,220 Your job is going to be pulling us apart, and I don't want to be the only 11 00:00:33,220 --> 00:00:34,680 trying to put us back together. 12 00:00:35,060 --> 00:00:41,140 Next up, Bob Steinloggy versus Florence Leach, a .k .a. Madam Eldemira, I'm 13 00:00:41,140 --> 00:00:43,680 afraid to ask. Madam Eldemira, psychic to the stars? 14 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:45,040 That's the one. 15 00:00:45,260 --> 00:00:49,060 It has something to do with a man. 16 00:00:50,260 --> 00:00:51,600 Tall, dark. 17 00:00:52,750 --> 00:00:53,750 Is he Latino? 18 00:00:54,930 --> 00:00:56,870 This is crazy. I'm sorry. 19 00:00:57,330 --> 00:00:58,330 Thanks anyway. 20 00:00:58,590 --> 00:00:59,590 He's coming back. 21 00:01:08,970 --> 00:01:12,470 Do you think Alex is really looking forward to coming home at the end of 22 00:01:12,470 --> 00:01:13,670 treatment? You heard him. 23 00:01:13,870 --> 00:01:15,010 He's counting the days. 24 00:01:15,670 --> 00:01:17,690 Fortunately, he has us to help him. 25 00:01:18,830 --> 00:01:20,390 You are something, Douglas. 26 00:01:20,890 --> 00:01:24,790 What? You should have seen yourself sitting there in group, holding hands 27 00:01:24,790 --> 00:01:27,030 strangers, caring, sharing. 28 00:01:28,110 --> 00:01:32,310 I mean, that stuff is not exactly up your alley, and yet you were doing it. 29 00:01:32,610 --> 00:01:36,710 Well, it's never too late for me to start being a father to my son. 30 00:01:36,970 --> 00:01:39,130 It meant a lot to Alex having you there. 31 00:01:40,330 --> 00:01:45,090 Speaking of caring and sharing, do you have any idea how great you look today? 32 00:01:54,530 --> 00:01:59,250 Sheila, have you noticed that after we visit Alex, we always end up in bed? 33 00:01:59,530 --> 00:02:00,530 Really? Really. 34 00:02:00,950 --> 00:02:02,650 Do we keep our record spotless? 35 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:04,630 It's not a good time. 36 00:02:04,990 --> 00:02:08,889 You know, it gets me crazy when you make me beg. 37 00:02:09,389 --> 00:02:12,450 This is not foreplay, Douglas. It really isn't a good time. 38 00:02:13,110 --> 00:02:14,370 I'm expecting someone. 39 00:02:15,170 --> 00:02:19,210 Well, then let's go in the house and just not answer the doorbell. 40 00:02:20,010 --> 00:02:21,090 He has the key. 41 00:02:21,930 --> 00:02:22,930 Whoa. 42 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,020 This someone sounds serious. 43 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:29,080 Serious enough so that when I'm with you, I feel like I'm cheating on him. 44 00:02:29,540 --> 00:02:33,920 I don't mean to make this your problem, Douglas, but we promised each other in 45 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:36,460 group that we'd be open and honest from now on. 46 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:39,520 And here he comes. 47 00:02:41,860 --> 00:02:43,200 The pool man? 48 00:02:43,940 --> 00:02:47,880 He said I needed a new pump. Next thing I knew, he was servicing me twice a 49 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:48,880 week. 50 00:04:46,380 --> 00:04:49,640 I want to thank you for meeting me. I know how much you hate early mornings. 51 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,300 It's okay. I haven't been sleeping much anyway. 52 00:04:53,020 --> 00:04:54,020 Me neither. 53 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,560 Flying dreams. Only I keep getting tangled up in the power lines. 54 00:04:59,140 --> 00:05:00,200 Probably the new job. 55 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:01,960 Performance anxiety. 56 00:05:02,580 --> 00:05:06,320 Well, I didn't make things any easier jamming you the other day about 57 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:08,420 commitment. No, no. Listen, you didn't do anything wrong. 58 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:10,280 You told me clearly what you needed. 59 00:05:12,620 --> 00:05:13,620 So... 60 00:05:15,470 --> 00:05:19,010 We've reached a point where we should be getting engaged or something. 61 00:05:21,510 --> 00:05:22,730 But I'm not there yet. 62 00:05:22,950 --> 00:05:23,950 Wait a minute. 63 00:05:24,810 --> 00:05:28,610 I want us to be together emotionally, but I never said anything about getting 64 00:05:28,610 --> 00:05:30,710 married. But that's where we're headed. 65 00:05:32,130 --> 00:05:37,750 I don't want to string you along, so... You're breaking up with me, aren't you? 66 00:05:38,050 --> 00:05:39,050 I'm saying... 67 00:05:39,979 --> 00:05:42,240 is that I don't want to be the one to make you unhappy. 68 00:05:42,540 --> 00:05:46,020 Why can't you just admit that you don't want a white woman on your arm because 69 00:05:46,020 --> 00:05:48,660 you're afraid it'll hurt your political career? Oh, girl, are we going to dance 70 00:05:48,660 --> 00:05:51,340 this oldie again? Look at me in the eye and tell me it's not true. 71 00:05:55,140 --> 00:05:58,360 I think that maybe we shouldn't see each other for a while. 72 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:00,560 Okay. 73 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:02,400 I better go. 74 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:03,500 Please don't. 75 00:06:16,380 --> 00:06:17,380 Thumbs up. 76 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:20,660 There are a lot of Q words. 77 00:06:21,500 --> 00:06:23,500 I always have trouble getting my pinky up to the Q. 78 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:26,520 I'm sure you did fine. 79 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:33,280 Mr. Becker will be making a decision about a new secretary by the end of the 80 00:06:33,280 --> 00:06:34,280 week. Great. 81 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,080 Thank you. You're welcome. 82 00:06:39,460 --> 00:06:40,760 Bye -bye. Bye -bye. 83 00:06:46,280 --> 00:06:48,880 Here's the schedule of assets for Bromberg versus Bromberg. 84 00:06:49,220 --> 00:06:53,560 The status conference for the Niedermann divorce is set for Thursday, and your 85 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:54,600 lunch is canceled. 86 00:06:55,700 --> 00:06:59,080 Roxanne, it is great having you back at the helm again. Are you sure I can't 87 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:00,420 entice you back on a more permanent basis? 88 00:07:00,740 --> 00:07:01,740 We're ex -lovers. 89 00:07:02,380 --> 00:07:04,860 I couldn't come in every day and be this close to you. 90 00:07:05,620 --> 00:07:08,840 Paige Dietrich called. She wants to know if you can squeeze her in this 91 00:07:08,840 --> 00:07:10,240 afternoon. Paige Dietrich? 92 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:13,040 Whoa, now there's a chapter. 93 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,000 She went to a nasty divorce. 94 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:17,760 I was her attorney, a shoulder to cry on. 95 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:21,540 It was the first time I ever broke the unwritten rule, but God rocks if you 96 00:07:21,540 --> 00:07:23,420 could have seen how beautiful this woman was. 97 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,120 I guess that means squeeze her in. Is she getting another divorce? 98 00:07:26,500 --> 00:07:29,600 No, she said it was a personal matter. Oh, let's duck her then. I don't like 99 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:33,100 revisiting the past. It's why I don't collect antiques. In other words, I 100 00:07:33,100 --> 00:07:36,840 there'll come a day when you won't take my calls either because I'm some ancient 101 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:38,180 artifact in your life. 102 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:39,840 Okay, okay, work her in. 103 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:43,120 Geez, if you're going to take everything so personally, maybe I don't want you 104 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:44,120 back. 105 00:07:45,610 --> 00:07:46,610 How are the interviews coming? 106 00:07:48,010 --> 00:07:54,930 Lulu, who just left, doesn't take dictation, isn't computer literate, 107 00:07:54,930 --> 00:07:57,710 words a minute and leaves out the letter Q. 108 00:07:58,450 --> 00:08:01,550 But seeing the way you drooled over the rest of her resume... You don't really 109 00:08:01,550 --> 00:08:05,110 think I've evolved at all, do you? You know, even I understand that using women 110 00:08:05,110 --> 00:08:08,690 to decorate the workplace objectifies them in the most demeaning way. 111 00:08:11,410 --> 00:08:12,470 I'll keep interviewing. 112 00:08:12,690 --> 00:08:13,690 Good. 113 00:08:14,180 --> 00:08:16,880 Why don't you let me have Lulu's number? The least I can do is give her a call 114 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:17,880 and let her down easy. 115 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,940 You're going to take a pro bono federal case. At least take one you have a shot 116 00:08:24,940 --> 00:08:29,140 at winning. I think I will win. You are suing on behalf of an ex -con who claims 117 00:08:29,140 --> 00:08:33,419 his constitutional rights were violated because he got AIDS in prison. Now, even 118 00:08:33,419 --> 00:08:37,020 if you could prove deliberate indifference on the part of the state, 119 00:08:37,020 --> 00:08:40,220 doubtful, the jury's sympathy is never going to be with your boy. 120 00:08:40,730 --> 00:08:42,730 not to the tune of two million in damages. 121 00:08:43,110 --> 00:08:46,270 Wait a minute. He can argue that his client was a rape victim. That ought to 122 00:08:46,270 --> 00:08:47,270 evoke plenty of sympathy. 123 00:08:47,330 --> 00:08:48,930 Any chance that the state will settle? 124 00:08:49,130 --> 00:08:52,230 No, they want to go all the way with this one. And why wouldn't they? They 125 00:08:52,230 --> 00:08:55,490 they're going to win. Well, I must admit, I don't see how the Department of 126 00:08:55,490 --> 00:08:59,130 Corrections can be held responsible for prisoners who contract AIDS. 127 00:08:59,410 --> 00:09:00,710 Who else are you going to hold accountable? 128 00:09:01,110 --> 00:09:05,010 Between the IV drug use and the high rate of homosexual activity, the 129 00:09:05,010 --> 00:09:06,550 of inmates are probably at risk. 130 00:09:06,770 --> 00:09:07,870 Now, those are flowers. 131 00:09:08,070 --> 00:09:09,070 Whoa. 132 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,780 Good God. She's one of the flow to escape the Roseberry. 133 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:14,019 It's there for grace. 134 00:09:14,020 --> 00:09:14,879 Who from? 135 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:16,280 Somebody rich and ostentatious. 136 00:09:21,940 --> 00:09:25,560 It's blank. Somebody rich and ostentatious who can't write. Who'd be 137 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:28,560 enough to spend all that money and not take credit? I guess we can assume it 138 00:09:28,560 --> 00:09:29,559 wasn't you. 139 00:09:29,560 --> 00:09:32,380 Yeah. Here come my allergies. 140 00:09:32,820 --> 00:09:34,140 Are we about finished, Douglas? 141 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:35,560 Adjourned. 142 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:37,080 Gesundheit. 143 00:09:41,870 --> 00:09:45,410 Mr. Meacham, will you tell the court why you were sentenced to Bolsa Verde State 144 00:09:45,410 --> 00:09:47,130 Penitentiary in May of 1987? 145 00:09:47,690 --> 00:09:49,510 I was convicted of armed robbery. 146 00:09:49,790 --> 00:09:53,270 Where were you housed in Bolsa? Cell Block C in a two -man cell. 147 00:09:53,790 --> 00:09:55,170 Is there another man in that cell? 148 00:09:55,950 --> 00:10:00,790 John Smithy. Mr. Meacham, can you describe for us what happened after you 149 00:10:00,790 --> 00:10:02,390 placed in the cell with Mr. Smithy? 150 00:10:03,590 --> 00:10:07,150 After the first night, I was raped. 151 00:10:07,910 --> 00:10:10,510 And pretty much every night for six months. 152 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:14,240 Did you tell anyone what was being done to you? I yelled for help once. 153 00:10:15,580 --> 00:10:16,580 God came. 154 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:17,680 He didn't do nothing. 155 00:10:17,900 --> 00:10:19,740 And why did these attacks eventually stop? 156 00:10:20,140 --> 00:10:21,140 Smithy got sick. 157 00:10:21,900 --> 00:10:23,260 They put him in the hospital. 158 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:25,020 What was the nature of his illness? 159 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,500 They found out that he had AIDS, and he died. 160 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,100 Subsequently, you learned you too had AIDS. Isn't that correct? 161 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:35,960 Yeah. Your Honor, I'd like to submit stipulated medical records from County 162 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,300 Hospital, where the plaintiff... 163 00:10:38,730 --> 00:10:43,830 was treated for wounds, suffered in his arrest, which show he was HIV negative 164 00:10:43,830 --> 00:10:44,930 before his incarceration. 165 00:10:45,430 --> 00:10:51,150 Mr. Meacham, after learning you had AIDS, did the prison doctors put you on 166 00:10:51,150 --> 00:10:52,610 medication such as AZT? 167 00:10:53,650 --> 00:10:56,650 No. After you were paroled, were you provided with any treatment? 168 00:10:57,730 --> 00:11:03,970 My parole officer told me about a county program for people with AIDS, but there 169 00:11:03,970 --> 00:11:04,970 was a wait list. 170 00:11:05,170 --> 00:11:06,170 So what'd you do? 171 00:11:06,210 --> 00:11:09,990 Well, um... After a while, I got pretty desperate. 172 00:11:10,710 --> 00:11:12,470 You know, I wasn't living too good. 173 00:11:13,230 --> 00:11:15,410 I wasn't eating. 174 00:11:15,730 --> 00:11:17,370 I was sleeping on the street. 175 00:11:17,690 --> 00:11:20,770 I figured my only chance was to go back to the joint. 176 00:11:21,270 --> 00:11:25,810 So next time I went to see my P .O., I hit him. 177 00:11:27,510 --> 00:11:29,510 Figured that'd get me thrown back in for sure. 178 00:11:30,410 --> 00:11:31,750 What'd your parole officer do? 179 00:11:32,010 --> 00:11:34,370 Well, he said he was going to file charges with the district attorney. 180 00:11:34,830 --> 00:11:36,470 Two days later, he dropped him. 181 00:11:36,810 --> 00:11:37,810 Did he tell you why? 182 00:11:37,950 --> 00:11:40,790 Yeah, he said I was a headache that the system didn't need. 183 00:11:41,130 --> 00:11:42,450 And what did you take that to mean? 184 00:11:42,670 --> 00:11:46,150 That the Department of Corrections didn't want me back inside because they 185 00:11:46,150 --> 00:11:47,410 didn't want to take care of me. 186 00:11:47,850 --> 00:11:49,370 Thank you. I have nothing further. 187 00:11:53,610 --> 00:11:57,890 The truth is, Mr. Meacham, you don't actually know you got AIDS from John 188 00:11:57,890 --> 00:11:58,890 Smithy, do you? 189 00:11:59,650 --> 00:12:00,650 I know. How? 190 00:12:00,910 --> 00:12:04,650 You have no way of proving that you didn't contract this disease from 191 00:12:04,650 --> 00:12:07,090 dope, do you? Objection. Assuming facts not in evidence. 192 00:12:07,530 --> 00:12:12,130 Sustained. Now, Mr. Meacham, you say you called an officer for help, but he did 193 00:12:12,130 --> 00:12:13,130 not intervene. 194 00:12:13,450 --> 00:12:18,050 When he came to your cell, did you tell him what was being done to you? I 195 00:12:18,050 --> 00:12:19,930 couldn't. Smithy had a knife. 196 00:12:20,939 --> 00:12:24,600 But it's not like the screw didn't know what was going on. And you never 197 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:28,400 reported it again after that. Smithy said he would have killed me if I did. 198 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:33,760 So you only complained once about these heinous acts that you supposedly had to 199 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:38,120 endure. Isn't it a fact, Mr. Meacham, that you're making these allegations as 200 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:39,940 way of concealing the embarrassing truth? 201 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:44,940 With no other sexual outlet, you, like many men in prison, consented to a 202 00:12:44,940 --> 00:12:49,360 physical relationship with another inmate. No. You voluntarily engaged in 203 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:53,020 -risk sexual activity, you got AIDS, and now you want to make that someone 204 00:12:53,020 --> 00:12:54,860 else's project? No. Objection argumentative. 205 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:56,120 Mr. Kick. 206 00:12:56,140 --> 00:12:59,200 I'll withdraw the question, Your Honor. I have nothing more at this time. 207 00:13:09,580 --> 00:13:10,600 Is Dietrich here to see you? 208 00:13:10,820 --> 00:13:11,820 You want to show her in? 209 00:13:17,940 --> 00:13:18,940 Paige. 210 00:13:20,420 --> 00:13:24,420 Thanks for seeing me on such short notice. Anything for an old friend. 211 00:13:24,420 --> 00:13:25,420 have a seat. 212 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:29,520 It's been a long time, huh? 213 00:13:30,700 --> 00:13:31,700 1984. 214 00:13:31,860 --> 00:13:35,460 Right. I took you to see Carl Lewis win all those gold medals at the Summer 215 00:13:35,460 --> 00:13:36,460 Olympics. 216 00:13:43,310 --> 00:13:44,310 What's wrong? 217 00:13:45,750 --> 00:13:46,850 I have AIDS. 218 00:13:48,610 --> 00:13:50,470 I need to draw up a living will. 219 00:13:51,770 --> 00:13:52,770 My God. 220 00:13:53,610 --> 00:13:56,430 I know what you're thinking, Arnie. You can relax. 221 00:13:57,490 --> 00:14:01,570 I'm pretty sure who I caught the virus from, and it was long after you and I 222 00:14:01,570 --> 00:14:02,570 our summer games. 223 00:14:05,830 --> 00:14:09,390 I've had shingles. I've had a blood disease nobody's ever heard of. 224 00:14:09,850 --> 00:14:10,910 I have tumors. 225 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:16,840 I've had pneumonia three times, last time on a respirator, 15 days with a 226 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:18,460 shoved down my throat, and for what? 227 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:20,820 I mean, it's not like I'm ever going to get well. 228 00:14:22,540 --> 00:14:24,380 I don't want any more heroic measures. 229 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:27,320 I want it to be over now. 230 00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:29,560 Can you take care of it for me? 231 00:14:30,700 --> 00:14:33,420 Paige, you know, a living will really isn't in my area of expertise. 232 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,340 Well, but from what I understand, it's not all that complicated. 233 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:40,040 Yeah, but still, you ought to have the best, and I'm kind of underwater right 234 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:41,120 now. Oh, I see. 235 00:14:41,699 --> 00:14:43,380 You're frightened because I have AIDS. 236 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:45,280 No. Forget it already. 237 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:46,560 No, wait. No, wait. 238 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,740 Paige, if you want me to take a run at this, I'll see what I can do. 239 00:14:52,540 --> 00:14:53,540 Really? 240 00:14:55,420 --> 00:14:57,780 Well, I've jotted down some instructions. 241 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:02,920 If you could make it legal, you know, render it dense, impenetrable. 242 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:06,060 Nobody does dance better than I do. 243 00:15:07,580 --> 00:15:09,220 I'll have a draft together in a day or two. 244 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:11,540 I think I can last that long. 245 00:15:12,540 --> 00:15:17,900 Listen, uh, Paige, if money's a problem... Thanks to the divorce 246 00:15:17,900 --> 00:15:19,140 got me, it's not necessary. 247 00:15:19,620 --> 00:15:20,900 But you're sweet to offer. 248 00:15:45,420 --> 00:15:48,320 Yeah, hi, this is Arnold Becker again. I called yesterday about making an 249 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:49,480 appointment for an HIV test. 250 00:15:50,460 --> 00:15:54,040 Arnie, you were supposed to be at Malamute and Pottinger five minutes ago. 251 00:15:54,300 --> 00:15:57,620 Cancel. Yeah, I can hold. I can't cancel. The client flew in from New York 252 00:15:57,620 --> 00:16:00,620 this conference. Roxanne, this is an emergency. Just handle it. 253 00:16:00,820 --> 00:16:01,820 Okay. 254 00:16:02,620 --> 00:16:03,620 What's wrong, Arnie? 255 00:16:04,660 --> 00:16:07,780 This woman sails in here yesterday, tells me she's got AIDS, and I'm not 256 00:16:07,780 --> 00:16:10,040 supposed to worry about it because she thinks she got it after we slept 257 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:11,120 together. That's what's wrong. 258 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:15,220 Ernie, you told me when we were first getting together that you had had an 259 00:16:15,220 --> 00:16:19,720 test and that it was negative. Did I? Do you think that I would have slept with 260 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:20,479 you otherwise? 261 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,220 Don't you hate it when they stick you on hold and they forget about you? Did you 262 00:16:23,220 --> 00:16:27,140 or did you not have an AIDS test? I think what happened was I had an 263 00:16:27,140 --> 00:16:30,720 appointment, but I couldn't make it for some reason. So basically you lied to 264 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,840 me. I didn't lie. I just didn't get around to actually having the test 265 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:35,320 didn't think there was any reason to be concerned. 266 00:16:35,540 --> 00:16:38,520 And there's probably no reason to worry about this either. Look. 267 00:16:38,990 --> 00:16:41,650 Why don't I make an appointment for both of us, put both of our minds at ease? 268 00:16:42,050 --> 00:16:43,050 Yeah, hi. 269 00:16:43,210 --> 00:16:44,950 Yeah, look, can you test another person, too? 270 00:16:50,630 --> 00:16:54,310 Warden Keogh, what are the circumstances under which you would segregate a 271 00:16:54,310 --> 00:16:55,710 prisoner from the general population? 272 00:16:56,110 --> 00:16:58,870 Medical or behavioral problems which pose a risk to other inmates. 273 00:16:59,190 --> 00:17:02,930 Did the plaintiff's cellmate, John Smithy, fall into either of those 274 00:17:03,350 --> 00:17:06,470 Based on his prison record and his inmate profile, I would have to say no. 275 00:17:06,839 --> 00:17:11,160 Now, sir, when Mr. Meacham was diagnosed with AIDS, would it be your opinion 276 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:14,020 that he received adequate treatment from the prison medical staff? 277 00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:18,660 Absolutely. When he had meningitis, we even brought in a specialist to evaluate 278 00:17:18,660 --> 00:17:21,920 him. After that, he was paroled, and we were no longer responsible for him. 279 00:17:22,180 --> 00:17:23,079 Thank you. 280 00:17:23,079 --> 00:17:24,099 No further questions. 281 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:30,240 Warden, you want us to believe John Smithy didn't pose any kind of medical 282 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,940 But you were aware that this man had been arrested twice for possession of 283 00:17:33,940 --> 00:17:34,940 heroin, weren't you, sir? 284 00:17:35,060 --> 00:17:39,120 Yes. And didn't a history of intravenous drug use put Mr. Smithy in a high -risk 285 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:40,200 category for AIDS? 286 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:41,840 He was never convicted of either charge. 287 00:17:42,060 --> 00:17:45,180 So you didn't even bother to perform a simple HIV test? 288 00:17:45,420 --> 00:17:47,940 We were precluded by law from mandatory random testing. 289 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:49,640 So you ignored the medical threat? 290 00:17:49,940 --> 00:17:50,940 Objection sustained. 291 00:17:51,260 --> 00:17:55,300 It's your testimony, warden, that John Smithy wasn't a behavioral problem, 292 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:56,519 right? Yes. 293 00:17:56,520 --> 00:18:00,040 His prison file contained several reports of sexual assault against 294 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:01,580 inmates. Those were accusations. 295 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:04,760 We could never substantiate them. So you chose to ignore that threat, too? 296 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:09,560 Prisons are overcrowded. I deal with 1 ,700 men, many of whom make John Smitty 297 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:10,720 look like Captain Kangaroo. 298 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:14,140 That might be a plea for prison reform, Warden, but the fact is your deliberate 299 00:18:14,140 --> 00:18:16,940 indifference is why Mr. Meacham is going to die from AIDS. 300 00:18:17,340 --> 00:18:18,340 Objection. Withdrawn. 301 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:19,720 I have nothing further. 302 00:18:24,380 --> 00:18:25,540 Thanks for stopping by. 303 00:18:26,170 --> 00:18:30,870 The judge in Alexander's case is asking us to file a declaration with the court 304 00:18:30,870 --> 00:18:35,250 certifying that Alex is in a substance abuse program. I need your signature. 305 00:18:35,370 --> 00:18:36,370 Here. 306 00:18:36,990 --> 00:18:40,670 I'm sorry about Rex coming by yesterday. 307 00:18:41,110 --> 00:18:42,490 It was bad timing. 308 00:18:42,850 --> 00:18:43,850 Not a problem. 309 00:18:43,930 --> 00:18:47,850 I don't want you to think that I'm falling back into my old pattern of 310 00:18:47,850 --> 00:18:52,630 lovers in your face just to torture you. I don't think that, because that's not 311 00:18:52,630 --> 00:18:53,630 what you were doing. 312 00:18:53,890 --> 00:18:57,750 In any case... Rex and I have decided not to see each other anymore. 313 00:18:58,010 --> 00:19:00,610 Just when you were getting your algae problem under control. 314 00:19:00,850 --> 00:19:05,890 Every time Rex and I made love, I found myself fantasizing about you. 315 00:19:06,590 --> 00:19:10,950 Really? And when you make love with someone like that under false pretenses, 316 00:19:11,130 --> 00:19:17,510 well, it didn't seem fair to Rex, or to me, or to you. 317 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:37,260 Are there plans that can be broken? 318 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:41,580 I've been seeing someone, too, and we had a date for tomorrow night. 319 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:43,880 Too bad, though. 320 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:46,340 We could have had some fun. 321 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:52,960 Oh, of course. I could always see Sandra another time. 322 00:19:54,220 --> 00:19:55,960 Why should we get together, your place? 323 00:19:56,740 --> 00:19:58,840 My building's being tented for termites. 324 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:00,320 What about the house? 325 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:01,740 Not with Jeffrey there. 326 00:20:02,420 --> 00:20:03,980 Why don't I make some arrangements? 327 00:20:05,020 --> 00:20:06,020 You do that. 328 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:15,800 I am writing in response to your letter dated April 16, people versus Wahlberg 329 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:17,100 security, period. 330 00:20:17,500 --> 00:20:21,240 Mr. Wahlberg will be available for deposition, comma. 331 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:23,960 Hello, Grace. 332 00:20:25,740 --> 00:20:26,880 Thanks for the flowers. 333 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:29,000 Hmm. 334 00:20:31,420 --> 00:20:33,460 How did you know they were for me? 335 00:20:33,950 --> 00:20:35,230 A fortune teller told me. 336 00:20:36,770 --> 00:20:37,770 What's the occasion? 337 00:20:38,050 --> 00:20:39,370 Last Tuesday of May. 338 00:20:40,910 --> 00:20:41,910 What's that? 339 00:20:42,210 --> 00:20:43,810 That's the first time we made love, Grace. 340 00:20:44,690 --> 00:20:48,690 I was hoping that maybe we could have dinner tomorrow to mark the anniversary. 341 00:20:49,410 --> 00:20:54,830 No. Why not? Because you're playing with my head. I'm not playing with your 342 00:20:54,830 --> 00:20:55,830 head. 343 00:20:57,030 --> 00:21:01,990 I need to talk. Then talk, but don't expect me to relive a romance that we 344 00:21:01,990 --> 00:21:02,990 have anymore. 345 00:21:04,660 --> 00:21:08,680 Well, the things I have to say can't be said here. 346 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:13,820 Grace, please have dinner with me. 347 00:21:19,820 --> 00:21:20,779 All right. 348 00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:24,180 7 .30 at Metro. I can come over and pick you up. I'll take my own car. 349 00:21:25,540 --> 00:21:26,540 Okay. 350 00:21:30,460 --> 00:21:31,460 See you there. 351 00:21:35,980 --> 00:21:41,340 Mr. Cruz, after the plaintiff hit you, why did you decide not to press charges? 352 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:42,800 I made a judgment call. 353 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:47,640 I felt that by lashing out at me, Ray was just testing out the strength of my 354 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,180 commitment to him, so I decided not to turn my back. 355 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:51,299 When Mr. 356 00:21:51,300 --> 00:21:55,280 Meacham was waitlisted at the AIDS treatment center you referred him to, 357 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,720 didn't you take steps to see to it he went to another agency? 358 00:21:58,100 --> 00:22:00,440 Ray never told me that there was a problem. 359 00:22:00,860 --> 00:22:05,160 Mr. Cruz, do you know of any reason why the plaintiff would make up these 360 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:09,500 allegations of deliberate indifference? Or why he would be asking for damages in 361 00:22:09,500 --> 00:22:10,640 excess of $2 million? 362 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,820 Objection. Your Honor, the witness is Mr. Meacham's parole officer, someone 363 00:22:14,820 --> 00:22:16,380 intimate with his patterns of behavior. 364 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:18,460 Overruled. The witness may answer. 365 00:22:18,820 --> 00:22:21,900 Ray could have finished school while he was doing his time, and he didn't. 366 00:22:22,360 --> 00:22:24,920 He could have learned a skill. He didn't do that either. 367 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:28,680 I think it's just easier for him to be mad at the system than to have to go out 368 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,760 there and try to make something of himself and risk failing. 369 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:35,860 Frankly, I think he's lazy. 370 00:22:36,060 --> 00:22:37,120 No further questions. 371 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:43,140 Isn't it possible, Mr. Cruz, that my client's not lazy, but rather sick from 372 00:22:43,140 --> 00:22:44,700 debilitating and fatal disease? 373 00:22:45,210 --> 00:22:45,929 I suppose. 374 00:22:45,930 --> 00:22:50,250 Now, you say that after Mr. Meacham smacked you in the face, like the good 375 00:22:50,250 --> 00:22:53,470 tells us you decided to turn the other cheek. Is that right? That's exactly 376 00:22:53,470 --> 00:22:56,710 I said. I realized that Ray needed my help. Oh, come on, Mr. Cruz. 377 00:22:57,770 --> 00:23:01,550 Didn't you drop the charges because you were under orders to do so? Because your 378 00:23:01,550 --> 00:23:05,330 supervisors in the Department of Correction didn't want to put an AIDS 379 00:23:05,330 --> 00:23:07,850 back into prison due to the high cost of his treatment? 380 00:23:08,090 --> 00:23:10,690 Objection compound and assuming facts not in evidence. 381 00:23:11,030 --> 00:23:14,270 Sustained. Mr. Cruz, you said you didn't know. 382 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:18,440 That Mr. Meacham was wait -listed at the county center. Why didn't you ask? 383 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:19,760 I would have, eventually. 384 00:23:19,940 --> 00:23:20,940 Eventually? 385 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:26,620 Early treatment is this man's only hope. I've got to worry about 209 parolees. 386 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:30,340 Oh, admit it. You let Ray Meacham fall through the cracks. And he'd be better 387 00:23:30,340 --> 00:23:34,160 off back in prison? He doesn't want to go back to prison, Mr. Cruz. He just 388 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:35,460 wants the care he deserves. 389 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:37,400 No further questions. 390 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:48,760 I know lawyers don't make house calls, but the trip to your office yesterday 391 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,180 really took it out of me. 392 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:52,460 Thanks for coming. No big deal. 393 00:23:53,700 --> 00:23:55,420 Would you mind if we sat in the other room? 394 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:56,839 No problem. 395 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:58,880 It's easier for me to breathe in a vaporizer. 396 00:24:02,380 --> 00:24:03,380 Pull up a chair. 397 00:24:05,420 --> 00:24:06,960 Can I have Gina get you something? 398 00:24:07,580 --> 00:24:09,680 No, thanks. I've got lunch. 399 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:12,580 Oh, let me get that out of your way. 400 00:24:12,860 --> 00:24:13,860 Now. 401 00:24:14,460 --> 00:24:17,940 Based on our conversation yesterday, I put together what's called a durable 402 00:24:17,940 --> 00:24:22,000 power of attorney for health care. It allows you to designate someone to issue 403 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:25,380 instructions to the doctor if you're no longer able to make informed consent. 404 00:24:25,740 --> 00:24:27,800 So they can pull the plug when the time comes. 405 00:24:28,140 --> 00:24:29,140 Basically. 406 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:38,720 What about withholding food if I'm unable to feed myself? 407 00:24:39,180 --> 00:24:42,580 We can request that nourishment be withheld if that's what you want, but we 408 00:24:42,580 --> 00:24:43,960 would have to... Spell it out in there. 409 00:24:46,500 --> 00:24:47,500 Then do it. 410 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:55,200 Oh. Almost. 411 00:24:58,040 --> 00:24:59,220 It's a favor to mine. 412 00:25:00,140 --> 00:25:02,540 I'm thinking about having my ashes put in it. 413 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,300 Well, uh, okay. 414 00:25:08,820 --> 00:25:10,820 I will, um... 415 00:25:11,370 --> 00:25:14,910 I will start to work on those changes, and if everything else is okay, I can 416 00:25:14,910 --> 00:25:16,190 have this ready for your signature tomorrow. 417 00:25:16,910 --> 00:25:21,590 Listen, we didn't get a chance to chat yesterday. What's going on with you? 418 00:25:21,810 --> 00:25:22,810 You happy? 419 00:25:23,070 --> 00:25:26,530 Yeah, everything's okay. In love? No, nobody special right now. 420 00:25:26,810 --> 00:25:31,510 Look, I would love to visit, but I'm running a little late, so... Well, 421 00:25:31,510 --> 00:25:32,329 for everything. 422 00:25:32,330 --> 00:25:34,350 Hey, no problem. Look, don't get up. 423 00:25:34,930 --> 00:25:36,610 I can show myself out. 424 00:26:07,010 --> 00:26:08,370 Hey. How you doing? 425 00:26:09,850 --> 00:26:13,350 Whenever my life is in the toilet, you show up to brighten my day. 426 00:26:14,350 --> 00:26:19,770 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just call me Mr. Sunshine. Mr. Sunshine, look, let's not 427 00:26:19,770 --> 00:26:24,130 this. Not that I'm not grateful, but for once, let's do something different. 428 00:26:24,990 --> 00:26:28,270 Like what? Anything but talk about my screwed -up life. 429 00:26:29,070 --> 00:26:31,810 Okay. Want to talk about my screwed -up life? 430 00:26:32,370 --> 00:26:35,910 Yeah. I'm thinking about quitting Mackenzie Bradford. Why? 431 00:26:36,470 --> 00:26:37,470 Why not? 432 00:26:37,950 --> 00:26:42,190 Fact is, this corporate kiss -ass law bit is starting to wear thin. 433 00:26:42,970 --> 00:26:46,290 See, I'm not a team player. I speak my mind. That ruffles feathers. 434 00:26:46,570 --> 00:26:47,549 Good. Whose? 435 00:26:47,550 --> 00:26:49,010 This time, the palmist. 436 00:26:49,450 --> 00:26:54,370 He's all pumped up about some constitutional case. He can't win, but 437 00:26:54,370 --> 00:26:55,370 want to hear that. 438 00:26:55,500 --> 00:26:57,480 Well, you should listen. You're usually right. 439 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:01,560 How many juries are going to listen to an ex -con with AIDS who's nuts enough 440 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:03,820 punch his parole officer to get back into the pen? 441 00:27:04,060 --> 00:27:06,120 I know that one. That landed on my desk. 442 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,560 The P .O. was ordered to drop those charges because the Department of 443 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:11,920 Corrections didn't want the guy dying on their nickel. 444 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:13,179 Are you sure? 445 00:27:13,180 --> 00:27:14,180 That's what he told me. 446 00:27:14,780 --> 00:27:16,800 Would you be willing to testify to that? 447 00:27:17,740 --> 00:27:22,060 Tommy. Well, you could help the Palmer in a big way. I thought you weren't a 448 00:27:22,060 --> 00:27:23,320 team player, and no. 449 00:27:24,110 --> 00:27:27,730 No, don't get me involved. I have enough on my mind already. 450 00:27:45,890 --> 00:27:46,890 It's okay. 451 00:27:48,610 --> 00:27:49,930 I'm not dead yet. 452 00:27:51,630 --> 00:27:53,390 I'm just too weak to get out of bed. 453 00:27:55,070 --> 00:27:58,890 Let me get you signed these and be out of your hair. 454 00:28:00,810 --> 00:28:02,070 You can get back to sleep. 455 00:28:04,070 --> 00:28:05,350 Sorry I was a little late. 456 00:28:05,590 --> 00:28:06,590 Traffic was murder. 457 00:28:08,710 --> 00:28:09,710 Oh, Arnie. 458 00:28:11,030 --> 00:28:14,110 It's so hard for you to be in the same room with me. 459 00:28:15,570 --> 00:28:16,890 My neighbor called. 460 00:28:18,510 --> 00:28:22,510 Said there was a guy in a Porsche parked in front of the house for the last 461 00:28:22,510 --> 00:28:23,510 hour. 462 00:28:24,750 --> 00:28:28,310 I told him not to call the cops because I knew it was you. 463 00:28:29,790 --> 00:28:33,570 I was on the phone. I had to return phone calls. 464 00:28:34,190 --> 00:28:38,170 I can remember a time when you'd do anything to get into this bedroom. 465 00:28:39,150 --> 00:28:40,230 Come on, Paige. 466 00:28:40,770 --> 00:28:43,970 I also remember what you told me when we broke up. 467 00:28:46,190 --> 00:28:52,040 You said the... First love after a divorce isn't meant to last, but to 468 00:28:52,620 --> 00:28:54,900 But that you'd always be there for me. 469 00:28:55,840 --> 00:29:00,580 Guess I made the mistake of believing that wasn't just an exit line from a 470 00:29:00,580 --> 00:29:03,080 lawyer. I am here for you. 471 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:04,560 Well, don't be. 472 00:29:07,340 --> 00:29:11,900 It just makes me feel more alone, more afraid. 473 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,880 Show me where to sign so you can get out of here. 474 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,300 I just heard you're going to be subpoenaed to testify in federal court. 475 00:29:36,660 --> 00:29:39,520 Oh, man, I asked Melanie not to get me involved. 476 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:44,340 Well, according to the assistant attorney general handling the defense, 477 00:29:44,340 --> 00:29:48,080 have to say would impeach the testimony of the parole officer, and that might 478 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,160 give credence to the plaintiff's overall claim. 479 00:29:50,580 --> 00:29:54,580 Are we just chatting, or are you going somewhere with this? I just wanted to 480 00:29:54,580 --> 00:29:58,840 that from where I sit, there's no reason for you to extend yourself to help the 481 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:00,040 plaintiff. You want me to lie? 482 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:05,110 No. I'm just suggesting you don't embellish your testimony in such a way 483 00:30:05,110 --> 00:30:06,110 the defense suffers. 484 00:30:06,170 --> 00:30:07,210 I'm going to tell the truth. 485 00:30:07,490 --> 00:30:10,150 You take the stand and tell your truth. 486 00:30:10,410 --> 00:30:13,590 It's going to sound like this guy was smart to hit his parole officer. 487 00:30:13,790 --> 00:30:17,370 Send out a message like that, and we'll be inviting every indigent in California 488 00:30:17,370 --> 00:30:20,550 to commit a crime so they can go to the joint and get free health care and 489 00:30:20,550 --> 00:30:23,450 housing. That's a lot of crap, Ruby, and you know it. 490 00:30:24,730 --> 00:30:27,310 I know what's going on in your private life, Zoe. 491 00:30:29,230 --> 00:30:32,590 Do you want to jeopardize your work life, too? That sounds like a threat. 492 00:30:34,110 --> 00:30:39,530 I've always respected you for being tough and fair, but you also have to be 493 00:30:39,530 --> 00:30:42,650 smart. This is the Attorney General's office calling. 494 00:30:43,410 --> 00:30:46,530 People with a lot of influence who can help your career. 495 00:30:46,770 --> 00:30:49,450 You're in line for Assistant Head, Deputy D .A. 496 00:30:50,450 --> 00:30:54,290 This is not the time for you to get a reputation as someone who doesn't know 497 00:30:54,290 --> 00:30:55,290 to play. 498 00:31:12,659 --> 00:31:13,940 Douglas? Hello? 499 00:31:20,140 --> 00:31:23,000 What a wicked idea to meet in a hotel. 500 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,200 Flowers were on my mind, too. 501 00:31:29,860 --> 00:31:33,060 Remember our trip to Maui? We never left the hotel. 502 00:31:33,460 --> 00:31:37,460 All I wore for three days was a Pumeria lei. 503 00:31:40,610 --> 00:31:42,090 Holy holly hock -a -lah. 504 00:31:42,330 --> 00:31:43,770 Mind if I take this off? 505 00:31:44,290 --> 00:31:45,290 I'm hot. 506 00:31:48,290 --> 00:31:50,230 You always were my biggest fan. 507 00:31:53,550 --> 00:31:54,550 Nice catch. 508 00:32:12,719 --> 00:32:13,719 Hi. Hi. 509 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:16,100 Would you like something to drink? 510 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,420 Yeah, a glass of water, plenty of ice. 511 00:32:19,580 --> 00:32:20,580 Thanks. 512 00:32:22,180 --> 00:32:23,220 You look very pretty. 513 00:32:24,380 --> 00:32:25,380 Thank you. 514 00:32:27,580 --> 00:32:28,760 What do you want to talk about? 515 00:32:30,220 --> 00:32:32,180 Look, I understand you have every right to be leery. 516 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:36,720 A few months ago, I needed to go my own way, right? 517 00:32:37,300 --> 00:32:38,300 And you let me. 518 00:32:38,700 --> 00:32:40,240 And how do I pay back that understanding? 519 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:41,440 I disappear. 520 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,500 No phone calls, no letters, and then here I am, right? 521 00:32:47,820 --> 00:32:53,400 All that I can say, Grace, is that I was really confused. 522 00:32:54,860 --> 00:32:55,860 I was scared. 523 00:32:56,980 --> 00:32:58,300 It was a tough time for me. 524 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:01,020 And I just kind of dropped out. 525 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:06,320 But I started seeing a therapist. 526 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:08,920 You? 527 00:33:09,540 --> 00:33:10,540 In therapy? 528 00:33:10,980 --> 00:33:11,980 Mm -hmm. 529 00:33:12,230 --> 00:33:13,750 Mr. Paddle, your own canoe. 530 00:33:13,970 --> 00:33:14,970 Mr. 531 00:33:15,830 --> 00:33:18,590 Shrinks are a rip -off. Yeah, well, good evening. 532 00:33:19,610 --> 00:33:23,430 Tonight's special. We have a grilled John Dory served in a coulis. Could you 533 00:33:23,430 --> 00:33:26,230 just give us a couple of minutes? Okay. 534 00:33:26,690 --> 00:33:27,690 No problem. 535 00:33:31,090 --> 00:33:36,710 Somehow, I don't see you lying on a couch dissecting your dreams. 536 00:33:37,390 --> 00:33:38,830 Stuffing up a whole new world for me. 537 00:33:40,330 --> 00:33:42,510 And I'm dealing with emotions that I never knew I had. 538 00:33:42,850 --> 00:33:47,750 And I'm finally letting myself go after the things in life that make me happy. 539 00:33:50,850 --> 00:33:52,930 We've been talking about you a whole lot, Grace. 540 00:33:53,610 --> 00:33:58,550 And I see how much you mean to me and how much I want us to be together. 541 00:33:59,450 --> 00:34:04,130 So I've been offered this job in New York City, which I'm going to take 542 00:34:04,130 --> 00:34:05,130 it's a great opportunity. 543 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:10,679 And I really would like you to come with me. 544 00:34:12,199 --> 00:34:15,800 Yeah, I know this is a whole lot to throw at you all at once, but, I mean, 545 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,739 take your time. I don't need an answer. You really are something. You know that? 546 00:34:18,820 --> 00:34:24,420 You go into therapy and you work out your feelings, and then you expect me to 547 00:34:24,420 --> 00:34:27,060 follow you across the country like a trained dog. Come on, Grace. 548 00:34:27,260 --> 00:34:28,280 No, no, you come on. 549 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:32,100 How do I know six months down the road you won't decide that you need your 550 00:34:32,100 --> 00:34:35,860 and leave me hanging again? Because I'm telling you, I won't. 551 00:34:36,139 --> 00:34:38,980 The point is, Grace, we both love each other. You love me. 552 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:40,380 I know it. You know it, too. 553 00:34:40,980 --> 00:34:42,080 Yeah, I love you, Victor. 554 00:34:43,940 --> 00:34:48,080 But if it takes me 50 years to get over you, I'll get over you. 555 00:34:48,420 --> 00:34:50,100 I don't think it'd be easy as all that. 556 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:57,060 You are the most self -absorbed preening macho man I have ever met. 557 00:34:57,780 --> 00:35:01,520 And you can go fornicate yourself and the caballo you rode in on. 558 00:35:11,050 --> 00:35:14,530 Your Honor, new evidence has come to light which we believe materially 559 00:35:14,530 --> 00:35:18,150 the plaintiff's case. We'd like to call another witness. Go ahead, Mr. De Palma. 560 00:35:18,370 --> 00:35:20,090 Call to the stand Zoe Clemens. 561 00:35:27,550 --> 00:35:30,970 Ms. Clemens, you were the deputy district attorney assigned to handle the 562 00:35:30,970 --> 00:35:34,690 assault charges brought by parole officer Richard Cruz against Ray 563 00:35:34,750 --> 00:35:35,509 isn't that right? 564 00:35:35,510 --> 00:35:39,550 Yes. When Mr. Cruz subsequently told you he wanted to drop the charges, did you 565 00:35:39,550 --> 00:35:40,488 ask why? 566 00:35:40,490 --> 00:35:41,269 Yes, I did. 567 00:35:41,270 --> 00:35:42,570 And how did Mr. Cruz answer? 568 00:35:43,870 --> 00:35:47,010 He said that he decided to give Mr. Meacham another chance. 569 00:35:48,810 --> 00:35:49,950 Is that all he said? 570 00:35:50,370 --> 00:35:51,850 To the best of my recollection. 571 00:35:52,050 --> 00:35:55,990 Are you sure he didn't say anything about pressure brought to bear upon him 572 00:35:55,990 --> 00:35:58,490 others who might have wanted to keep Mr. Meacham out of prison? 573 00:35:59,530 --> 00:36:00,530 Yes. 574 00:36:01,150 --> 00:36:03,210 Do you know a Tommy Mullaney, Ms. Clemens? 575 00:36:03,610 --> 00:36:07,610 Yes. Didn't you describe to him events entirely different from those you've 576 00:36:07,610 --> 00:36:09,830 testified to? I don't recall that I did. 577 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:14,080 May I remind you what the penalty for perjury is? Objection. Ms. Clemens is a 578 00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:17,880 deputy district attorney. She knows perfectly well what the penalty for 579 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:21,020 is. Your Honor, earlier this woman... Objection sustained, Mr. De Palma. 580 00:36:22,900 --> 00:36:24,100 I have nothing further. 581 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,800 I have nothing to ask this witness, Your Honor. 582 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:31,520 You're dismissed, Ms. Clemens. 583 00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:46,760 Yeah, hi, I'm calling for the results of my HIV test. 584 00:36:47,860 --> 00:36:48,860 Becker Arnold. 585 00:36:53,100 --> 00:36:56,240 Oh, thank you, thank you. Look, can I put you on hold a sec? 586 00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,320 I'm going to put Roxanne Melman on for her results. 587 00:36:59,620 --> 00:37:01,660 Roxanne, it's Dr. Fitzgibbon's office on line one. 588 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:13,140 Thank you, doctor. 589 00:37:18,980 --> 00:37:20,080 Bye. Everything okay? 590 00:37:21,060 --> 00:37:22,480 Clean as a whistle. Great. 591 00:37:23,020 --> 00:37:24,020 Ditto for me. 592 00:37:24,380 --> 00:37:31,100 Look, Rox, I behaved badly. I was thoughtless and selfish, and there's no 593 00:37:31,100 --> 00:37:34,980 for what I did. By not being completely honest with you about my blood test, I 594 00:37:34,980 --> 00:37:36,560 put you through a lot of needless worry. 595 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:38,960 I'm sorry. 596 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:42,760 I hope you can accept my apology. 597 00:37:43,580 --> 00:37:48,120 I don't know if I can do that, Arnie. The fact is, you value your own pleasure 598 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:50,260 more than anything or anyone. 599 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,840 That's how little other people really matter to you. 600 00:37:55,060 --> 00:37:57,740 Maybe someday I'll be able to forgive you. 601 00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:00,820 Right now, I can't. 602 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:18,840 In the matter of Meacham v. 603 00:38:19,060 --> 00:38:23,500 The State of California, on the claim of deprivation of constitutional rights, 604 00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:26,820 we find that the defendant is not liable. 605 00:38:27,620 --> 00:38:30,080 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, thank you for your time. 606 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:32,420 We're adjourned. You heckers, huh? 607 00:38:32,900 --> 00:38:35,580 Found a way to save the state a few bucks, huh? Easy. 608 00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:39,960 What the hell am I supposed to do, huh? Go find a palm tree to tie him? 609 00:38:40,660 --> 00:38:42,040 Ray, take it easy. 610 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:42,979 I'm all right. 611 00:38:42,980 --> 00:38:44,260 Easy. I got him. 612 00:38:45,340 --> 00:38:46,340 I got him. 613 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:50,640 Yeah. 614 00:38:51,780 --> 00:38:53,700 You did the right thing. No, I didn't. 615 00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:56,160 I did the absolute wrong thing. 616 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,080 And I'm going to recant. What? 617 00:38:58,320 --> 00:38:59,320 I lied. 618 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,980 Because my life is a mess right now, I let you convince me to lie. 619 00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:07,120 Tell the court you perjured yourself. You could be disbarred. 620 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:12,200 You know, since I took this job, I've been asked to compromise a little on the 621 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:15,620 law here, shade a little there, until pretty soon the line between right and 622 00:39:15,620 --> 00:39:16,620 wrong doesn't mean anything. 623 00:39:17,730 --> 00:39:21,830 If it's going to cost me my ethics and my dignity, maybe I don't want this 624 00:39:21,830 --> 00:39:22,830 career. 625 00:39:23,790 --> 00:39:24,850 I'm going to the judge. 626 00:40:29,190 --> 00:40:30,109 Anything we should do? 627 00:40:30,110 --> 00:40:31,110 Like what? 628 00:40:31,410 --> 00:40:32,850 Give blood? I don't know. 629 00:40:33,050 --> 00:40:34,230 Jonathan just phoned in. 630 00:40:34,590 --> 00:40:35,590 She's at county. 631 00:40:35,910 --> 00:40:37,410 And they're operating on her now. 632 00:40:37,710 --> 00:40:39,910 Well, county's good. They have the best trauma unit in the city. 633 00:40:40,150 --> 00:40:41,150 I just heard. 634 00:40:42,350 --> 00:40:43,350 Poor Zoe. 635 00:40:43,650 --> 00:40:44,850 I just keep thinking. 636 00:40:46,130 --> 00:40:48,750 I saw her for lunch the other day. 637 00:40:48,970 --> 00:40:50,030 None of it makes any sense. 638 00:40:50,330 --> 00:40:51,330 No, it doesn't. 639 00:40:51,530 --> 00:40:53,310 One minute you're thinking about breakfast. 640 00:40:53,810 --> 00:40:55,930 All of a sudden you're fighting for your next breath. 641 00:40:56,130 --> 00:40:57,130 Carpe diem. 642 00:40:57,360 --> 00:40:59,200 Which is why I've decided to get married. 643 00:40:59,460 --> 00:41:00,259 To who? 644 00:41:00,260 --> 00:41:01,720 The former Mrs. 645 00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:07,420 Brackman. Sheila? We've recently rekindled our passion and discovered 646 00:41:07,420 --> 00:41:08,420 still a lot there. 647 00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:15,420 Well, don't everybody congratulate me at once. 648 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:22,300 Is it possible that Douglas is having a nervous breakdown? 649 00:41:23,020 --> 00:41:24,020 Oh, yeah. 650 00:41:29,730 --> 00:41:34,730 Dougal, I'm sorry if no one seemed jubilant about your very good news. 651 00:41:35,510 --> 00:41:38,050 Given today's tragic event, it's understandable. 652 00:41:38,450 --> 00:41:39,450 Yeah. 653 00:41:39,530 --> 00:41:40,530 Congratulations. 654 00:41:40,810 --> 00:41:41,810 Thanks. 655 00:41:42,490 --> 00:41:44,230 I wish you and Sheila the best. 656 00:41:44,670 --> 00:41:48,650 I couldn't reconnect with someone after so much pain, no matter how much I love 657 00:41:48,650 --> 00:41:52,910 them. Life is short, Grace. If you love someone, that's all that matters. The 658 00:41:52,910 --> 00:41:57,610 rest of it, the doubts, the jealousies, the anger and backbiting, you gotta let 659 00:41:57,610 --> 00:41:58,299 go of that. 660 00:41:58,300 --> 00:42:02,480 Once Sheila and I realized we were both still in love, we shut up and forgave 661 00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:03,480 each other. 662 00:42:13,700 --> 00:42:14,700 Yeah, yeah. 663 00:42:15,780 --> 00:42:19,300 What are you doing here? 664 00:42:19,860 --> 00:42:22,100 I had to see you. I'd like to come in. 665 00:42:23,150 --> 00:42:27,350 What, was there some remark you forgot from last night? Some name you forgot to 666 00:42:27,350 --> 00:42:28,350 call me, maybe? 667 00:42:28,830 --> 00:42:29,830 No. 668 00:42:30,410 --> 00:42:34,150 That's not why I came. Okay, we'll make it quick, because I'm watching the news. 669 00:42:35,270 --> 00:42:36,270 Okay. 670 00:42:41,930 --> 00:42:42,930 Whoa, whoa. 671 00:42:43,730 --> 00:42:45,650 Am I skipping a beat here or something? 672 00:42:46,030 --> 00:42:47,030 Shh. 673 00:42:47,550 --> 00:42:48,550 Don't say anything. 674 00:43:09,550 --> 00:43:11,630 We'll talk about everything when we get to New York. 675 00:43:30,350 --> 00:43:31,350 Ernie? 676 00:43:33,510 --> 00:43:34,510 Hey. 677 00:43:35,890 --> 00:43:36,890 How you doing? 678 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:39,280 What are you doing here? 679 00:43:40,340 --> 00:43:42,720 Came by to keep you company. 680 00:43:43,540 --> 00:43:44,540 Uh -oh. 681 00:43:45,240 --> 00:43:48,100 Now I got you feeling sorry for me. 682 00:43:48,700 --> 00:43:49,700 Not possible. 683 00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:52,260 I'm way too self -absorbed. 684 00:43:53,140 --> 00:43:54,640 Well, I'm warning you. 685 00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:58,800 Not much of a conversationalist these days. 686 00:44:01,980 --> 00:44:03,740 And sex is out. 687 00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:07,080 That's okay. 688 00:44:08,470 --> 00:44:10,530 I brought a book. 689 00:44:10,970 --> 00:44:12,970 I thought you might like me to read to you. 690 00:44:14,090 --> 00:44:15,350 What's in it for you? 691 00:44:16,310 --> 00:44:18,550 I get to listen to the sound of my own voice. 692 00:44:20,070 --> 00:44:21,070 Fair enough. 693 00:44:23,710 --> 00:44:25,090 What are we going to read? 694 00:44:26,390 --> 00:44:28,470 Tales of a Thousand and One Nights. 695 00:44:29,950 --> 00:44:31,910 I'm not sure I have that much time. 696 00:44:36,780 --> 00:44:38,140 Let's see how far we can get. 697 00:44:45,300 --> 00:44:50,960 Chapter One The Merchant and the Genie 698 00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:57,620 There was a certain merchant who had great wealth and traded 699 00:44:57,620 --> 00:44:59,520 extensively with surrounding countries. 700 00:45:00,700 --> 00:45:05,020 One day he mounted his horse and journeyed into a neighboring country to 701 00:45:05,020 --> 00:45:06,020 what was due to him.