1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:04,059 Previously on L .A. Law. So you like this couch, right? 2 00:00:04,700 --> 00:00:06,620 It's a caboutier, what's not to like? 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:08,120 Right. 4 00:00:08,380 --> 00:00:10,160 It's a lot more money than I was told to spend. 5 00:00:10,980 --> 00:00:14,200 You shouldn't be dictated to by the timid. You were hired to design a new 6 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,120 office, you should design a new office. And I don't have to get approval from 7 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,640 anyone else. They turned this over to me, and I want offices that have a 8 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,120 sophistication, a little refinement, you know. 9 00:00:24,460 --> 00:00:27,640 From my experience, attorneys are not usually inclined to spend money for 10 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:28,409 like that. 11 00:00:28,410 --> 00:00:31,090 You've obviously been dealing with a more vulgar class of attorney. 12 00:00:32,650 --> 00:00:36,190 This is my cousin, Eli Levinson. How do you do? There's a vacant office you can 13 00:00:36,190 --> 00:00:38,710 use, but we're a little short -handed in the secretarial department. 14 00:00:39,050 --> 00:00:40,050 You're being extremely gracious. 15 00:00:40,570 --> 00:00:42,770 I'll make my own arrangements as concerns a secretary. 16 00:00:43,210 --> 00:00:46,130 Eli! Hi, Denise. I can't believe it's you. Get in. 17 00:00:46,370 --> 00:00:47,610 I can't believe what you're driving. 18 00:00:47,810 --> 00:00:49,330 Hey, if you're going to have a car, have a car. 19 00:00:50,350 --> 00:00:54,750 Whether you're here for a week or a month or whatever, Ann and I are your 20 00:00:54,750 --> 00:00:56,710 family, and happily so. 21 00:00:57,420 --> 00:00:59,360 I just want you to think of us that way, okay? 22 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:06,200 You were the travel agent who booked Mr. 23 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,160 and Mrs. Moffat on their trip. Is that right? 24 00:01:08,420 --> 00:01:09,420 Right. 25 00:01:09,580 --> 00:01:12,480 Were you involved in the planning of the trip? 26 00:01:12,900 --> 00:01:17,340 I was there to assist the folks. I was not, per se, planning the trip. You did 27 00:01:17,340 --> 00:01:19,780 not plan the trip? I did not. 28 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,840 Sure, it was my idea to go to Sarajevo. Excuse me. 29 00:01:23,130 --> 00:01:26,570 Who responded enthusiastically when we talked about seeing former sites of the 30 00:01:26,570 --> 00:01:29,750 Olympics? Did you advise them as to the political climate? 31 00:01:30,030 --> 00:01:30,768 Not a word. 32 00:01:30,770 --> 00:01:34,690 This is something I need to tell you? The terror problems over there? 33 00:01:34,890 --> 00:01:38,950 Besides which, you weren't staying in Sarajevo. You were staying in Split. I 34 00:01:38,950 --> 00:01:43,310 them a villa on the Adriatic for the price of a Motel 6, and they sued me. 35 00:01:43,310 --> 00:01:44,350 we continue with the deposition? 36 00:01:44,650 --> 00:01:45,650 What was the thinking? 37 00:01:46,850 --> 00:01:47,850 Behind Azerbaijan. 38 00:01:48,070 --> 00:01:52,070 Well, they wanted to go to Astrakhan for the carpets, and then they wanted to 39 00:01:52,070 --> 00:01:53,530 come down the Caspian coast. 40 00:01:53,910 --> 00:01:57,370 Well, that takes you through Azerbaijan. There is no way to avoid it. Did you 41 00:01:57,370 --> 00:02:01,390 advise these people as to the incidence of tropical diseases in the regions they 42 00:02:01,390 --> 00:02:05,270 were traveling to? You know, what is indisputable in all this is that you 43 00:02:05,270 --> 00:02:08,009 seen places that very few people in the world ever get to see. 44 00:02:08,509 --> 00:02:12,730 Whether it's East Timor or the Orinoco Basin, you came to me looking for 45 00:02:12,730 --> 00:02:13,750 something out of the ordinary. 46 00:02:14,350 --> 00:02:16,270 Well, I gave you something out of the ordinary. 47 00:02:16,590 --> 00:02:18,730 You know what? I don't care how long it takes. 48 00:02:18,970 --> 00:02:22,190 I don't care if I have to go to trial, if I have to pay for appeals. 49 00:02:22,470 --> 00:02:26,150 Whatever I got to do, I'm going to do. Because in addition to the fact that 50 00:02:26,150 --> 00:02:29,510 you're a despicable human being, you're the worst travel agent on the face of 51 00:02:29,510 --> 00:02:33,390 the earth. A year from now, you'll only remember the good things. 52 00:05:00,650 --> 00:05:02,550 Moffat versus Schiff is mine. 53 00:05:03,030 --> 00:05:06,130 Mr. and Mrs. Moffat went on a world tour booked by Mr. Schiff. 54 00:05:06,470 --> 00:05:09,170 It turned out to be a nightmare. They're suing for damages. We're in 55 00:05:09,170 --> 00:05:11,410 depositions. Settlement appears unlikely. 56 00:05:11,770 --> 00:05:13,110 What happens if it goes to trial? 57 00:05:13,330 --> 00:05:16,950 If it goes to trial, I'll engage one of our crack litigators to try it. I've got 58 00:05:16,950 --> 00:05:19,850 back -to -back trials through the end of the month. I am booked for at least 59 00:05:19,850 --> 00:05:20,549 that long. 60 00:05:20,550 --> 00:05:21,550 Same here. 61 00:05:21,610 --> 00:05:22,890 I'll handle it if you want me to. 62 00:05:23,230 --> 00:05:25,230 Don't forget that you're going to be somewhat tied up by me. 63 00:05:25,530 --> 00:05:26,379 How so? 64 00:05:26,380 --> 00:05:28,200 I've got her working on the Irizarry divorce. 65 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:30,420 Should the need arise, I can make myself available. 66 00:05:30,740 --> 00:05:31,980 Thank you, Jane. I appreciate that. 67 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,380 I would like to turn our attention to the issue of Eli Levinson. 68 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:40,100 Am I an issue? You are, now that your trial is over. I told Leland you might 69 00:05:40,100 --> 00:05:41,960 open to the possibility of extending your stay. 70 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,040 I love it out here. I just don't know how realistic it is for me to think 71 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,060 staying. Well, let me speak to that question. 72 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:52,440 After a very brief deliberation, the partners here would like to express 73 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:56,960 unanimously their feeling that you would represent a significant asset to this 74 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:00,500 firm. We would like to extend to you an invitation to join our firm. 75 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:05,560 My God, I don't know what to say. Don't say anything. Nobody expects you to 76 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:06,439 answer in the spot. 77 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:07,440 Think about it, though. 78 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,960 I will think about it. It's a good life. 79 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:13,900 It appears that it is. Should there be any doubt, the offer is an offer of 80 00:06:13,900 --> 00:06:14,900 partnership. 81 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,060 And with that, we're adjourned. 82 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:28,040 Have lunch with me today at my club. 83 00:06:28,420 --> 00:06:30,420 Are you going to use the occasion to twist my arm? 84 00:06:31,180 --> 00:06:33,160 Absolutely. Good. We're on. 85 00:06:34,740 --> 00:06:37,700 Well, this is going to slow things up. Well, the paint specs have been in the 86 00:06:37,700 --> 00:06:40,980 drawing since day one. If correcting the finish is going to slow us up, that's 87 00:06:40,980 --> 00:06:41,980 unfortunate. 88 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,840 However, given that you lose money for every day you're over schedule, I think 89 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:47,900 you'll find a way to do it right and to do it on time. 90 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:49,320 Okay. 91 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:51,320 Hi. Hi. 92 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,940 I finally figured out a way to do the threshold detail that will work with the 93 00:06:54,940 --> 00:06:58,940 slate. Great. Yeah, I was up all night working at it. I couldn't get it. I 94 00:06:58,940 --> 00:06:59,899 couldn't get it. 95 00:06:59,900 --> 00:07:01,000 I finally fall asleep. 96 00:07:01,220 --> 00:07:03,820 I open my eyes at 5 .30 this morning, and I've got it. 97 00:07:04,340 --> 00:07:06,600 Now I need for you to see a rug. You found one you like? 98 00:07:06,820 --> 00:07:07,820 I found one I love. 99 00:07:07,980 --> 00:07:09,620 Great. When are you free? 100 00:07:09,860 --> 00:07:10,860 Wednesday afternoon. 101 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,080 Fine. I really love what you're doing here. 102 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,180 Thanks. I'm pretty pleased myself. 103 00:07:16,100 --> 00:07:18,180 Before we go see the rug on Wednesday, could we have lunch together? 104 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:20,120 Sure. 105 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,700 Good. Well, thanks to your obsession with detail, it appears as though I 106 00:07:24,700 --> 00:07:25,720 be going skiing this weekend. 107 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:35,040 See, many of the new associates coming in have no sense of what it means to be 108 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,500 lawyer, beyond scrambling up some imaginary career ladder. 109 00:07:38,740 --> 00:07:40,760 I guess it's tough sometimes not to think about that. 110 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:42,840 Well, I don't believe that you think about it. 111 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,200 The way you handled the Morrison case showed me that you think about your 112 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,900 client. I was very impressed with your commitment. Thank you. 113 00:07:49,849 --> 00:07:54,670 I don't want to pressure you, Eli, but if it's at all conceivable that you're 114 00:07:54,670 --> 00:07:57,790 ready for a change, I hope you'll give our offer serious consideration. 115 00:07:59,510 --> 00:08:00,510 Thank you. You're welcome. 116 00:08:01,970 --> 00:08:02,970 This is some place. 117 00:08:03,310 --> 00:08:05,210 Oh, this is the oldest men's club in Los Angeles. 118 00:08:05,710 --> 00:08:08,470 Really? I've never been inside a men's club before. 119 00:08:09,630 --> 00:08:10,930 Maybe you'd like to become a member. 120 00:08:12,330 --> 00:08:15,770 I hate to tell you this, Nealon, but I don't think they'd be all that welcoming 121 00:08:15,770 --> 00:08:16,770 to someone such as me. 122 00:08:16,910 --> 00:08:17,910 Why wouldn't they be? 123 00:08:18,860 --> 00:08:19,860 I'm Jewish. 124 00:08:20,180 --> 00:08:21,180 So what? 125 00:08:21,220 --> 00:08:25,160 I don't see too many Jewish faces here. I'm sure we have members who are Jewish, 126 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:30,460 Eli. Why, there's Martin Weiss. Weiss isn't necessarily a Jewish name. 127 00:08:30,700 --> 00:08:35,200 Oh, well, Henry Schiller, Tom Morgenthau. Those may not be Jewish 128 00:08:35,900 --> 00:08:40,760 Well, I'd like to nominate you for membership, unless you have some 129 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:41,760 that. 130 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:43,940 I guess I don't have any objection to it. 131 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,940 Good. I'll speak to the board, set up an interview. 132 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:02,020 Can you tell us the events that took place on October 7th, 1992? 133 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:07,380 The Coast Guard was notified by INS officials that a freighter carrying 134 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:09,660 Chinese immigrants was on its way to Los Angeles. 135 00:09:09,860 --> 00:09:13,320 We intercepted the vessel about three miles off the coast of Long Beach. 136 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:15,900 What did you find when you boarded the ship? 137 00:09:17,220 --> 00:09:19,620 265 immigrants crammed into the cargo hold. 138 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:24,520 Dr. Coburn, can you describe for the court the conditions in that cargo hold? 139 00:09:24,890 --> 00:09:28,830 There was one makeshift toilet overflowing with human waste. The floors 140 00:09:28,830 --> 00:09:31,370 walls were damp. They reeked of perspiration and urine. 141 00:09:31,650 --> 00:09:36,290 Can you describe the medical condition of the passenger by the name of Lin Chin 142 00:09:36,290 --> 00:09:41,210 Tso? Lin Chin Tso exhibited symptoms of an advanced progression of hepatitis B. 143 00:09:41,710 --> 00:09:45,450 We transported him immediately to San Pedro Hospital, but he went into renal 144 00:09:45,450 --> 00:09:47,270 failure. He died 48 hours later. 145 00:09:47,610 --> 00:09:51,950 What, in your opinion, led to the death of Lin Chin -so? The lack of nutrition, 146 00:09:52,130 --> 00:09:55,530 ventilation, and sleep had so compromised his immune system, he 147 00:09:55,530 --> 00:09:56,530 off the hepatic infection. 148 00:09:56,730 --> 00:10:01,250 In my opinion, the hepatitis itself, in all likelihood, was caused by the 149 00:10:01,250 --> 00:10:02,350 conditions on that ship. 150 00:10:03,470 --> 00:10:06,630 What if any documents were found on the boat, Doctor? 151 00:10:06,910 --> 00:10:09,250 We seized receipts for fuel, insurance documents. 152 00:10:09,770 --> 00:10:13,270 and the title of the ship. Who was listed as the title holder? Objection, 153 00:10:13,270 --> 00:10:16,810 hearsay. They've authenticated business records, Your Honor. They established 154 00:10:16,810 --> 00:10:20,910 knowledge on the defendant's part of conditions on the boat. Said knowledge 155 00:10:20,910 --> 00:10:22,970 critical element of prosecuting him for murder. 156 00:10:23,230 --> 00:10:24,630 The objection is overruled. 157 00:10:24,830 --> 00:10:30,350 Proceed. Once again, Doctor, who was listed as the owner of the vessel? 158 00:10:31,450 --> 00:10:34,290 Ronald Chow. Did you find any other documents? 159 00:10:34,630 --> 00:10:38,170 There was a log of high -seas phone calls indicating Ronald Chow had 160 00:10:38,170 --> 00:10:41,050 the vessel 27 times during the course of the voyage. 161 00:10:41,290 --> 00:10:42,350 I have nothing further. 162 00:10:43,970 --> 00:10:48,350 Do you have any evidence that Ronald Chow knew about the conditions in the 163 00:10:48,350 --> 00:10:50,750 hold? He owned the ship. He financed the voyage. 164 00:10:51,090 --> 00:10:55,330 He was in telephonic communication with the captain. Do you have any evidence 165 00:10:55,330 --> 00:10:58,130 that Ronald Chow knew about the conditions in the hold? 166 00:10:59,230 --> 00:11:00,230 No, I do not. 167 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:01,720 I have no further questions. 168 00:11:03,380 --> 00:11:05,980 The people call Liu Yushen to the stand. 169 00:11:07,460 --> 00:11:10,300 Until the time of your arrest, what was your occupation? 170 00:11:13,380 --> 00:11:19,560 I was captain of the Jade Moon. And during the course of your last voyage, 171 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:22,240 you in communication with the defendant by telephone? 172 00:11:27,660 --> 00:11:28,660 No. 173 00:11:33,619 --> 00:11:37,980 Mr. Liu, are you telling us you had no contact with Mr. 174 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:39,200 Chao? 175 00:11:42,300 --> 00:11:42,740 After 176 00:11:42,740 --> 00:11:49,920 we 177 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:54,140 left the dock, I had no contact with him. Ronald Chao knew nothing about the 178 00:11:54,140 --> 00:11:55,140 condition of the boat. 179 00:11:55,500 --> 00:11:58,960 Has Ronald Chao pressured you to change your testimony, Mr. Lu? 180 00:12:03,660 --> 00:12:04,660 No. 181 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:11,140 Is the witness aware that lying under oath constitutes a serious crime? 182 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:16,320 Yes. 183 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,460 I have nothing further for this witness. 184 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:25,180 No questions, Your Honor. 185 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:26,980 The witness is dismissed. 186 00:12:27,420 --> 00:12:34,340 Would you tell us 187 00:12:34,340 --> 00:12:37,880 what was said on the occasion when you and your wife first engaged Mr. Schiff's 188 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,640 services? We told them we were interested in going around the world. 189 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:44,500 Who decided what route you would take, Mr. Moffat? Let me put it this way. He 190 00:12:44,500 --> 00:12:45,500 led, we followed. 191 00:12:45,560 --> 00:12:49,400 Isn't it the case, sir, that your wife indicated a desire to see places that 192 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,120 were, and I believe I'm quoting now, off the beaten track? 193 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:56,120 Assume that she did. We were depending on him to guide us. Well, if you had 194 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:59,540 you wanted Orlando, Florida, do you think I would have sent you to 195 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,580 Prior to this trip, Mr. Moffat, when was the last vacation you had taken? What's 196 00:13:03,580 --> 00:13:07,240 the relevance of that? The relevance is that Herb here hadn't taken a vacation 197 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:08,240 in 15 years. 198 00:13:08,420 --> 00:13:09,620 He hated vacations. 199 00:13:10,110 --> 00:13:12,770 And he made up his mind before he ever left that he wasn't going to have a good 200 00:13:12,770 --> 00:13:16,190 time. And amazingly enough, getting kidnapped by Armenian separatists did 201 00:13:16,190 --> 00:13:17,310 nothing to improve my disposition. 202 00:13:17,650 --> 00:13:21,030 Let's talk about that for a minute. Why don't you describe the events that took 203 00:13:21,030 --> 00:13:23,710 place in Baku, for which you now hold Mr. Schiff responsible? 204 00:13:24,130 --> 00:13:28,110 I had gone to a drugstore looking for something to relieve my by now constant 205 00:13:28,110 --> 00:13:29,550 gastrointestinal distress. 206 00:13:30,130 --> 00:13:33,530 While on the street, I was forced into a car at gunpoint. They said I was an 207 00:13:33,530 --> 00:13:35,210 agent for the Azerbaijanis. 208 00:13:35,610 --> 00:13:37,430 I told them I had a store in Woodland Hills. 209 00:13:37,730 --> 00:13:39,170 They asked me what my mission was. 210 00:13:39,560 --> 00:13:43,180 I told them it was to purchase kale pectate. Is it possible that you were 211 00:13:43,180 --> 00:13:46,400 kidnapped because you were seen videotaping a political demonstration? 212 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:50,460 We didn't know it was a political demonstration. We thought it was a 213 00:13:50,700 --> 00:13:53,800 Didn't the tanks on the sidewalk indicate to you that it might have been 214 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,640 something other than a purely festive event? 215 00:13:55,860 --> 00:13:58,900 Excuse us. We were looking to bring back something other than shrapnel wounds. 216 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:03,020 You know, your wife has a spirit of adventure that you are sorely lacking. 217 00:14:03,420 --> 00:14:06,060 I don't pretend to be Vasca de Gama, my friend. 218 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:10,260 And as far as I'm concerned, if I'm going to go someplace, at least let it 219 00:14:10,260 --> 00:14:11,260 a little entertainment. 220 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,000 Herb, let's not start talking about Las Vegas. 221 00:14:14,420 --> 00:14:15,520 What's wrong with Las Vegas? 222 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:17,380 You've seen everything there is to see there? 223 00:14:17,780 --> 00:14:21,640 Herb, there's a whole big, beautiful world out there. 224 00:14:21,860 --> 00:14:26,280 Yeah? Well, let me tell you something. That whole big, beautiful world is about 225 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:30,160 to find out just what kind of operation you run. I think this is a human 226 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:31,039 interest story. 227 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:34,690 What do you know about that? I think when the newspapers picked this up... 228 00:14:34,690 --> 00:14:36,290 business is going to drop like a rock. 229 00:14:38,230 --> 00:14:39,510 Go ahead, ask me another question. 230 00:14:40,690 --> 00:14:43,490 So copies of these and... 231 00:14:43,490 --> 00:14:47,830 Ed? 232 00:14:48,970 --> 00:14:49,970 Ed? 233 00:14:50,350 --> 00:14:51,109 Hi, Eli. 234 00:14:51,110 --> 00:14:52,170 Hi. Do you have a minute? 235 00:14:52,410 --> 00:14:53,410 Yeah, sure. 236 00:14:55,190 --> 00:14:57,090 I've got a little bit of a dilemma in my hands. 237 00:14:57,430 --> 00:14:58,430 What is it? 238 00:14:59,130 --> 00:15:00,890 Leland's put me up for membership in his club. 239 00:15:01,290 --> 00:15:02,289 His men's club? 240 00:15:02,290 --> 00:15:05,820 Yeah. He says that whether I decide to join the firm or not, he'd like me to be 241 00:15:05,820 --> 00:15:06,820 able to use the facilities. 242 00:15:07,540 --> 00:15:10,480 They've also got a reciprocal arrangement with some club in New York. 243 00:15:11,060 --> 00:15:13,320 There's an interview with two of the directors tomorrow. 244 00:15:13,740 --> 00:15:14,740 So what's the dilemma? 245 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,980 I don't know that they let Jews into this club. 246 00:15:17,260 --> 00:15:20,240 By the look of it, I'd say it was all wasp. What does Leland say? 247 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:23,680 He says it won't be a problem. 248 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:26,280 Do you actually want to be a member of this club? 249 00:15:26,500 --> 00:15:27,500 Not particularly. 250 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,280 I knew he wanted me to be impressed by it, so I behaved as though I was. 251 00:15:31,900 --> 00:15:33,120 It is a pretty nice place. 252 00:15:33,540 --> 00:15:36,860 The problem is, if they reject me, Leland's going to feel compelled to make 253 00:15:36,860 --> 00:15:39,960 big stink about it. What's wrong with that? If they have a restrictive policy, 254 00:15:40,140 --> 00:15:42,780 maybe he should make a big stink about it. I'd rather that didn't happen. 255 00:15:43,100 --> 00:15:46,180 He obviously enjoys belonging there. I don't want to disrupt that. 256 00:15:46,740 --> 00:15:47,980 Just tell him you're not interested. 257 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,480 I just get the feeling that he doesn't have a lot of friends. 258 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:52,000 He knows a lot of people. 259 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:54,260 I'm not sure how many qualify as friends. 260 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:56,480 I think he'd like it if I joined his club. 261 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:58,620 So what are you going to do, try to pass? 262 00:15:58,900 --> 00:16:01,840 No, I'm just going to go in there and meet with them, and whatever happens, 263 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:03,800 happens. Good luck, I guess. 264 00:16:07,820 --> 00:16:09,060 You think I couldn't pass? 265 00:16:09,300 --> 00:16:10,820 As a white Anglo -Saxon Protestant? 266 00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:14,980 Eli's not necessarily a Jewish name. Look at Eli Whitney, Eli Yale. 267 00:16:15,460 --> 00:16:18,740 Levinson. It could be German. I don't think you're going to fool him, Eli. 268 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:26,080 We're hemorrhaging, Daniel. What do you mean we're hemorrhaging? 269 00:16:26,670 --> 00:16:29,710 It means the cost of this renovation is getting a little out of hand. 270 00:16:30,090 --> 00:16:33,830 I mean that we're hemorrhaging, and that means that the tourniquet is going on. 271 00:16:33,970 --> 00:16:37,210 At certain stages of the job, it always feels like there's a lot of money going 272 00:16:37,210 --> 00:16:39,310 out. This isn't a perceptual problem. 273 00:16:39,550 --> 00:16:43,690 It doesn't feel like there's a lot of money going out. I'm staring at 274 00:16:44,010 --> 00:16:45,570 What in there seems like it's out of hand? 275 00:16:46,070 --> 00:16:49,210 How about $30 ,000 for a slate floor? 276 00:16:49,570 --> 00:16:52,650 Yeah, that is a little high, Daniel. It's for the reception area, Leland. 277 00:16:52,650 --> 00:16:55,290 the first thing people see when they come here. For $30 ,000? 278 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:56,800 Let them see linoleum. 279 00:16:58,540 --> 00:16:59,540 What else? 280 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:04,280 $17 ,000 for a rug? That rug is an Eileen Gray. 281 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:05,520 What's Eileen Gray? 282 00:17:05,660 --> 00:17:08,119 She was an architect and a very important designer. 283 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:12,660 Really? Well, I'm not spending $17 ,000 to walk on one of her designs. 284 00:17:13,060 --> 00:17:17,359 As much as we want the offices to look good, we do have to exercise a little 285 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:20,140 restraint. Believe it or not, I have been exercising restraint. 286 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:24,050 Really? Well, between the Sikh contractor and this architect, we're 287 00:17:24,050 --> 00:17:27,250 killed. Hiring this architect was about the only right thing you guys did on 288 00:17:27,250 --> 00:17:28,129 this job. 289 00:17:28,130 --> 00:17:29,130 She's talented. 290 00:17:29,230 --> 00:17:32,890 She takes chances. She's tough. I've seen her deal with the contractor. I've 291 00:17:32,890 --> 00:17:35,630 seen her deal with the subs. Believe me, she's looking out for our interests. 292 00:17:35,930 --> 00:17:39,270 You should remind her that our interests are best served by avoiding bankruptcy. 293 00:17:41,330 --> 00:17:42,650 All right, what are you telling me? 294 00:17:43,130 --> 00:17:44,130 The rug is out. 295 00:17:44,230 --> 00:17:47,810 We need to know about any other purchases before they're made, and we 296 00:17:47,810 --> 00:17:49,130 put a cap on this thing. 297 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,180 Can you please state your name for the record? 298 00:17:58,020 --> 00:17:59,020 Lin Mei. 299 00:17:59,700 --> 00:18:01,900 How were you related to the man who died? 300 00:18:05,540 --> 00:18:06,800 He was my husband. 301 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:13,520 And could you tell us, please, how you and your husband came to leave China? 302 00:18:20,620 --> 00:18:24,080 We approached a snakehead, a smuggler in Fuzhou. 303 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:29,400 Can you describe for the court what happened on the journey? 304 00:18:40,930 --> 00:18:45,610 We had to stay and hold during the day. At night, only a few could sleep at a 305 00:18:45,610 --> 00:18:47,530 time. There was no room to lie down. 306 00:18:47,770 --> 00:18:49,290 Did the smugglers provide food? 307 00:18:51,750 --> 00:18:54,150 Did they 308 00:18:54,150 --> 00:19:00,390 provide water? 309 00:19:08,650 --> 00:19:13,830 If you had money, you could buy a bottle of water. If not, you get a mouthful a 310 00:19:13,830 --> 00:19:16,830 day. Would you describe what happened to your husband, ma 'am? 311 00:19:43,780 --> 00:19:47,480 I gave him my rice. The others gave him their rice. 312 00:19:47,740 --> 00:19:52,260 By the end, he was too weak to hold up his head to eat. 313 00:19:52,700 --> 00:19:58,220 Mrs. Lin, is there anyone present in this courtroom who was also present when 314 00:19:58,220 --> 00:19:59,700 you boarded the boat in Hong Kong? 315 00:20:03,500 --> 00:20:04,500 Him. 316 00:20:10,830 --> 00:20:13,250 The man they called the big boss, he was there. 317 00:20:13,470 --> 00:20:17,770 Let the record show the witnesses identified the defendant, Ronald Chow. I 318 00:20:17,770 --> 00:20:18,770 nothing further. 319 00:20:20,510 --> 00:20:25,770 Mrs. Lin, had you ever seen Ronald Chow before the day you boarded the 320 00:20:25,770 --> 00:20:26,770 freighter? 321 00:20:34,970 --> 00:20:35,990 I knew who he was. 322 00:20:36,190 --> 00:20:38,850 Everyone knew. And did you hear Mr. 323 00:20:39,090 --> 00:20:42,950 Chow give any orders pertaining to the accommodations on the journey? No. 324 00:20:49,170 --> 00:20:51,830 And isn't it true that you have no knowledge of what Mr. 325 00:20:52,030 --> 00:20:55,350 Chow did or did not know about the accommodations for the journey? 326 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:04,780 I know he's a murderer. 327 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:10,760 I said 328 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:13,860 that's enough. Enough! 329 00:21:40,870 --> 00:21:42,190 Levinson, Avery Phipps. 330 00:21:42,450 --> 00:21:43,450 Langston Albright. 331 00:21:43,690 --> 00:21:44,690 How do you do? 332 00:21:45,530 --> 00:21:47,070 So, uh, Mr. 333 00:21:47,550 --> 00:21:48,550 Levinson. 334 00:21:48,890 --> 00:21:50,870 Please, uh, call me Eli. 335 00:21:52,610 --> 00:21:54,530 Actually, most people call me by my nickname. 336 00:21:54,790 --> 00:21:55,790 And that would be? 337 00:21:56,670 --> 00:21:58,090 Topper. Topper? 338 00:21:58,810 --> 00:21:59,810 Right. 339 00:22:00,310 --> 00:22:04,510 So, Topper, uh, Leland tells us you're from New York. 340 00:22:04,750 --> 00:22:06,230 That's where I currently live, yes. 341 00:22:06,590 --> 00:22:07,810 Is that where you're from originally? 342 00:22:08,110 --> 00:22:09,250 Actually, I'm from Connecticut. 343 00:22:09,740 --> 00:22:11,120 Whereabouts? Darien. 344 00:22:11,820 --> 00:22:13,840 Really? Great sailing there. 345 00:22:14,180 --> 00:22:18,340 Great sailing. You like to sail? Love it. If I'm not at work or I'm not on the 346 00:22:18,340 --> 00:22:22,520 squash court, chances are I'm on the boat. Where do you generally sail? 347 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:23,800 All over. 348 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,000 Long Island, 349 00:22:25,660 --> 00:22:27,400 Block Island, Rhode Island. 350 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:28,640 All the islands. 351 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,940 You've probably been up to Newport, then. I make it a point to get up to 352 00:22:32,940 --> 00:22:36,940 Newport. In fact, come August, you'll generally find me, gin and tonic and 353 00:22:36,940 --> 00:22:39,230 handshakes. Sailing around the harbor there. 354 00:22:39,670 --> 00:22:41,050 Tell me, what do you sail? 355 00:22:41,290 --> 00:22:42,610 You mean what kind of sail? 356 00:22:43,310 --> 00:22:45,070 I mean what kind of boat. 357 00:22:46,590 --> 00:22:47,590 It's wood. 358 00:22:48,030 --> 00:22:49,950 The sail is canvas. 359 00:22:50,990 --> 00:22:51,990 White canvas. 360 00:22:53,550 --> 00:22:55,170 Triangular white canvas. 361 00:23:00,090 --> 00:23:01,090 Ready? 362 00:23:02,750 --> 00:23:06,490 Yeah. I found a color slate you're going to love. We have to hold off on the 363 00:23:06,490 --> 00:23:07,540 slate. Why? 364 00:23:07,780 --> 00:23:10,520 The senior partners have informed me that we can't spend that kind of money. 365 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:12,800 I thought you were given authority to make those decisions. 366 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,960 I thought I was, too. I may have overplayed my hand. 367 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:17,880 With whom? 368 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,320 With everybody, I guess. 369 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:22,640 So, no slate. 370 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:25,560 Okay. 371 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:27,380 What else aren't we getting? 372 00:23:28,060 --> 00:23:29,060 The rug. 373 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:30,999 No rug? 374 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,000 No rug. 375 00:23:33,020 --> 00:23:34,620 Okay. What else? 376 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,200 They put an absolute cap on the budget. We have to go through it and figure out 377 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:39,320 what we can and can't do. 378 00:23:40,420 --> 00:23:43,720 Then I guess there's not much point in us going out this afternoon and seeing 379 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,980 things. I'm answerable to people, all right? Nobody gave me a blank check. 380 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:48,560 It would have been good to have known that. 381 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,100 This can't be the first time that a client has changed their mind about 382 00:23:51,100 --> 00:23:53,860 something. You're right. It's not the first time. Then why are you so upset? 383 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,120 Because I got excited. 384 00:23:55,780 --> 00:23:59,200 For a few minutes there, I felt appreciated, stimulated, supported. 385 00:23:59,790 --> 00:24:03,850 And that doesn't happen very often. It felt great. Look. What it feels like now 386 00:24:03,850 --> 00:24:04,850 is a job. 387 00:24:05,030 --> 00:24:06,310 Can we talk about this over lunch? 388 00:24:07,390 --> 00:24:08,850 There's nothing to talk about. 389 00:24:15,550 --> 00:24:20,290 Mr. Chao, would you tell the court why you bring Chinese immigrants into the 390 00:24:20,290 --> 00:24:21,290 United States? 391 00:24:22,210 --> 00:24:24,590 Many people in my homeland are being persecuted. 392 00:24:25,670 --> 00:24:27,750 Pregnant women stop at checkpoints. 393 00:24:28,090 --> 00:24:30,330 and forced to have unwanted abortions. 394 00:24:30,810 --> 00:24:33,550 I know what it's like to want to escape oppression. 395 00:24:33,970 --> 00:24:36,130 26 years ago, I fled China myself. 396 00:24:36,590 --> 00:24:39,770 Mr. Chow, how involved were you in arranging the passage of the immigrants 397 00:24:39,770 --> 00:24:40,770 aboard the Jade Moon? 398 00:24:41,030 --> 00:24:45,030 I played the role of banker, but I entrusted the details to the ship's 399 00:24:45,210 --> 00:24:45,889 Mr. Liu. 400 00:24:45,890 --> 00:24:48,490 And what instructions did you give Mr. Liu regarding the passengers? 401 00:24:48,910 --> 00:24:52,190 I told him to make their journey as safe and comfortable as possible. 402 00:24:52,810 --> 00:24:56,750 I had no idea he would betray them and me by putting into his own pocket funds 403 00:24:56,750 --> 00:24:58,290 meant for food and medical supplies. 404 00:24:58,690 --> 00:25:02,770 Do you feel in any way responsible for the death of Mrs. Lin's husband? 405 00:25:03,690 --> 00:25:08,450 I had no knowledge of the inhumane conditions suffered by the passengers, 406 00:25:08,450 --> 00:25:13,210 hired the man who committed these atrocities. I feel guilt about that, and 407 00:25:13,210 --> 00:25:16,690 tried many times to contact Mrs. Lin to offer condolence and compensation 408 00:25:16,690 --> 00:25:18,410 without success. 409 00:25:18,970 --> 00:25:20,570 No further questions, Your Honor. 410 00:25:22,090 --> 00:25:25,970 You claim that you arranged these trips out of compassion for your countrymen. 411 00:25:25,970 --> 00:25:26,809 Tell us. 412 00:25:26,810 --> 00:25:29,690 If that's the case, why do you charge them $20 ,000 a head? 413 00:25:29,910 --> 00:25:31,610 This sort of operation is quite expensive. 414 00:25:31,870 --> 00:25:36,670 20 ,000 times 265 passengers comes out to over $5 million. 415 00:25:37,530 --> 00:25:39,410 Are you telling us you didn't make a profit? 416 00:25:39,710 --> 00:25:42,990 Any profits are channeled right back into the next journey. Isn't it a fact 417 00:25:42,990 --> 00:25:46,190 most of the illegals you bring over are put to work in restaurants you own to 418 00:25:46,190 --> 00:25:47,230 pay off their passage? 419 00:25:47,570 --> 00:25:49,870 I employ many of them, yes. How much do you pay them, Mr. Chow? 420 00:25:50,070 --> 00:25:53,250 I pay them a great deal more than they would ever receive in China. You pay 421 00:25:53,250 --> 00:25:55,130 70 cents an hour, don't you? 422 00:25:55,370 --> 00:25:56,860 Mr. Mullaney. These are peasants. 423 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:01,100 Seventy cents an hour is a good wage for them. Isn't it a fact that you don't 424 00:26:01,100 --> 00:26:05,240 care about the welfare of these people? What you care about is money. What you 425 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:09,280 care about is a steady flow of cheap labor. I care about my people. I told 426 00:26:09,420 --> 00:26:13,440 Liu to give Lin Xiaozhou fluid and food and to have medication on board. It 427 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:15,640 isn't my fault that he ignored my instructions. 428 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,280 I thought you didn't know Lin Xinzou was sick. 429 00:26:21,070 --> 00:26:25,030 What I mean to say is at the start of the voyage, I told the captain to 430 00:26:25,030 --> 00:26:28,790 medicine for all who became ill. Do you have any written proof in the form of 431 00:26:28,790 --> 00:26:33,270 receipts or canceled checks to prove you provided adequate food and medical 432 00:26:33,270 --> 00:26:35,610 supplies? All transactions were done in cash. 433 00:26:35,810 --> 00:26:37,150 So the answer is no. 434 00:26:39,610 --> 00:26:40,610 Correct. 435 00:26:41,030 --> 00:26:42,790 I have nothing further from Mr. 436 00:26:42,990 --> 00:26:43,990 Chow. 437 00:26:51,820 --> 00:26:55,860 What exactly is the purpose of this meeting, Mr. Schiff? Conflict 438 00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:58,920 Where's your attorney? 439 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:00,040 She's not here. 440 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,020 Why didn't you want my husband here? 441 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,400 Ah, for reasons that will become readily apparent. 442 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:08,440 What is this? 443 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:15,940 Gaydar! I told you it was my dream to come to America. 444 00:27:16,620 --> 00:27:17,620 Here I am. 445 00:27:18,140 --> 00:27:20,900 I am to be an American taxicab driver. 446 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:22,179 Who is this? 447 00:27:22,180 --> 00:27:23,740 This is Gaydar. 448 00:27:24,060 --> 00:27:25,400 Why is he here? 449 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:30,540 He is here to supply us with some details of your trip that were left out 450 00:27:30,540 --> 00:27:34,320 now. Oh, God. You have nothing to be ashamed of. Nothing. 451 00:27:34,540 --> 00:27:39,680 Will someone tell me what is going on? Well, Edie and Gaydar had something of 452 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:40,940 adventure together. 453 00:27:41,340 --> 00:27:43,700 I had never done anything like that before. 454 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:47,920 Blame it on those torrid Levantine nights, huh? There was a full moon. 455 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,220 And I wanted to take a walk along the shore of the Caspian Sea. 456 00:27:51,500 --> 00:27:55,240 Herb wouldn't go with me. All he wanted to do was sit in the room and watch CNN. 457 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:57,860 I decided to go by myself. 458 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:00,400 Guidard worked at the hotel. 459 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:05,320 He offered to accompany me. It was one of the most beautiful experiences of my 460 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:11,240 life. We went for a boat ride and had a very brief and very passionate affair. 461 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,160 And now you're going to blackmail her. Moi? 462 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,440 I don't know what means blackmail. 463 00:28:17,070 --> 00:28:19,290 He sent me the ticket to come, and I came. 464 00:28:19,690 --> 00:28:23,550 Kedar, what happened between us must never happen again. 465 00:28:24,150 --> 00:28:27,790 I love my husband, and I want to stay married to him. 466 00:28:29,570 --> 00:28:30,570 I understand. 467 00:28:30,870 --> 00:28:32,510 Well, I know I'll never tell. 468 00:28:33,630 --> 00:28:37,690 Assuming, of course, that we're able to reach an agreement. 469 00:28:38,130 --> 00:28:43,050 If we're unable to, I will have to defend myself in court. I will have to 470 00:28:43,050 --> 00:28:45,310 demonstrate that there were a few bright spots. 471 00:28:46,190 --> 00:28:49,910 On your trip around the world? You are a despicable human being. 472 00:28:50,430 --> 00:28:51,590 Come, Gaydar. 473 00:28:51,930 --> 00:28:53,110 It's turning ugly. 474 00:28:53,750 --> 00:28:56,890 Remember, Edie, we'll always have Azerbaijan. 475 00:29:10,010 --> 00:29:11,490 Excuse me. 476 00:29:13,130 --> 00:29:14,130 Tom, 477 00:29:14,750 --> 00:29:15,369 are you... 478 00:29:15,370 --> 00:29:17,090 You talking to yourself now? Hey, man. 479 00:29:17,350 --> 00:29:18,289 What are you doing? 480 00:29:18,290 --> 00:29:20,350 Trying to pry a continuance out of Jed Salvin. 481 00:29:21,270 --> 00:29:23,470 I didn't mean to interrupt you. No, I got to take off. 482 00:29:23,710 --> 00:29:25,270 I'm just practicing my closing. 483 00:29:25,850 --> 00:29:28,870 This is the Ronald Chow case, huh? Yep. How's that going? 484 00:29:29,370 --> 00:29:32,030 Chow scared off my key witness. It's not going through good. 485 00:29:32,270 --> 00:29:34,230 From what I read in the papers, he's a slippery guy. 486 00:29:34,590 --> 00:29:35,590 Oh, he is slippery. 487 00:29:36,170 --> 00:29:37,170 Is he going to walk? 488 00:29:37,930 --> 00:29:38,930 I don't know. 489 00:29:39,210 --> 00:29:40,210 I mean... 490 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:44,500 I could fan the flames against the encroaching yellow hordes. That doesn't 491 00:29:44,500 --> 00:29:46,760 exactly go to the issue of guilt, does it? No, it does not. 492 00:29:47,020 --> 00:29:50,440 On the other hand, a little demagoguery can work wonders. 493 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:51,960 I used it myself. 494 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:54,400 Did you win? 495 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:55,620 As a matter of fact, I did. 496 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:11,780 We all watched those tanks roll into Tiananmen Square, didn't we? And we all 497 00:30:11,780 --> 00:30:17,360 shivered when we saw that one man stand in the path of one and refuse to get out 498 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:17,979 of the way. 499 00:30:17,980 --> 00:30:23,580 I don't know about you, but when I saw that, I found myself thinking, if I 500 00:30:23,580 --> 00:30:26,880 in a society like that, I would do anything to get out. 501 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:30,540 Now, what Mr. Chow did was to provide. 502 00:30:31,050 --> 00:30:33,630 A way to provide a means of escape. 503 00:30:33,870 --> 00:30:39,490 And if it was John Brown or Raoul Wallenberg, well, we salute those men as 504 00:30:39,490 --> 00:30:45,830 heroes. Why have we chosen to put this man on trial? There isn't a shred of 505 00:30:45,830 --> 00:30:47,410 evidence to prove that Mr. 506 00:30:47,630 --> 00:30:52,650 Chow knew about the conditions on board that ship. There is not a shred of 507 00:30:52,650 --> 00:30:54,210 evidence to prove that Mr. 508 00:30:54,430 --> 00:30:56,910 Chow knew the status of Lin Chansou's health. 509 00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:00,240 The ship's captain testified that Mr. 510 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:05,900 Chow, in point of fact, did not know that these were circumstances beyond his 511 00:31:05,900 --> 00:31:06,900 control. 512 00:31:09,020 --> 00:31:13,180 As a matter of fact, I think of this man as a hero. 513 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:18,120 He came to this country impoverished. He became successful. 514 00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:23,360 And he cared enough about the plight of his people to actually try to do 515 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:24,500 something about it. 516 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:26,900 He shouldn't have been indicted. 517 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,460 And this trial should never have taken place. 518 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:37,280 Ronald Chow a hero? 519 00:31:38,060 --> 00:31:39,800 Oh, I don't think so. 520 00:31:40,060 --> 00:31:46,580 What I think is that he is a modern -day slave trader, a shameless 521 00:31:46,580 --> 00:31:50,980 exploiter of human beings, and ultimately he is a murderer. 522 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:55,900 He smuggles thousands of undocumented Chinese into our country every year. 523 00:31:56,440 --> 00:32:01,160 The fact that he represents himself as the savior of the oppressed only makes 524 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:07,200 his crimes all the more repulsive. A savior would not demand a fee equaling a 525 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:11,560 lifetime of earnings in rural China for the privilege of being rescued. 526 00:32:12,900 --> 00:32:17,780 Ronald Chao knew full well what the conditions were like on the Jade Moon. 527 00:32:17,780 --> 00:32:22,000 was on the dock when it set sail. He was on the phone with the captain. 528 00:32:22,490 --> 00:32:28,210 This was a big investment after all. I'd venture to say that nothing happened on 529 00:32:28,210 --> 00:32:29,810 this ship that he didn't know about. 530 00:32:30,530 --> 00:32:36,150 And so, Lin Shenzhou is dead. 531 00:32:36,410 --> 00:32:38,270 How many more are dying? 532 00:32:38,910 --> 00:32:43,330 How much pestilence and disease has been released into our city by the other 533 00:32:43,330 --> 00:32:48,450 passengers on this boat? Over two million illegal immigrants enter our 534 00:32:48,450 --> 00:32:52,210 every year. How many bolos of them will Ronald Chao bring in? Mr. Mulaney, you 535 00:32:52,210 --> 00:32:55,410 will stop doing what you are doing right this second. Your Honor, I move for an 536 00:32:55,410 --> 00:32:56,410 immediate mistrial. 537 00:32:56,550 --> 00:32:57,730 I'm going to deny that motion. 538 00:32:58,370 --> 00:33:01,710 I'm also going to warn Mr. Mulaney that if he tries to bring the issue of 539 00:33:01,710 --> 00:33:04,890 immigration into this trial one more time, I'm going to hold him in contempt. 540 00:33:05,310 --> 00:33:08,850 The jury will disregard in their entirety all references made thereto. 541 00:33:09,470 --> 00:33:10,510 Proceed, Mr. Mulaney. 542 00:33:11,290 --> 00:33:14,910 I ask that you find Ronald Chow guilty of murder. 543 00:33:32,750 --> 00:33:33,750 You're in. 544 00:33:34,410 --> 00:33:37,830 What do you mean, I'm in? I mean that Albright and Phipps were duly impressed 545 00:33:37,830 --> 00:33:39,470 with you. You're now a member of the club. 546 00:33:39,830 --> 00:33:41,810 You apparently carry a little weight down there. 547 00:33:42,070 --> 00:33:44,330 No more than any other member in good standing. 548 00:33:44,610 --> 00:33:48,930 Oh, come on, Leland. Those guys read me like a book. It was painfully obvious I 549 00:33:48,930 --> 00:33:49,769 didn't fit in. 550 00:33:49,770 --> 00:33:53,750 I think you may have an overly narrow view of what it means to fit in. 551 00:33:55,150 --> 00:33:56,330 You're saying they want me? 552 00:33:56,730 --> 00:33:58,670 Yeah. I don't believe it. 553 00:33:59,210 --> 00:34:02,550 Eli, I sponsored you for membership because... 554 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,280 Well, you're someone with whom I'd like to spend some time. 555 00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:07,260 I hope you accept it. 556 00:34:07,780 --> 00:34:09,320 It's a gesture of friendship. 557 00:34:14,139 --> 00:34:15,139 I do. 558 00:34:16,179 --> 00:34:17,179 Good, good. 559 00:34:17,900 --> 00:34:19,820 I look forward to seeing you at the club. 560 00:34:21,199 --> 00:34:22,199 Our club. 561 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:24,159 Whether you join this firm or not. 562 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:25,118 Thank you. 563 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:26,120 You're quite welcome. 564 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:28,000 Topper? 565 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,300 I don't understand. Why would I settle? 566 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:37,400 Herb, I'm up nights because of this case. I want it to be over. When that 567 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,440 a bitch comes across with the money, it'll be over. Until then, take a 568 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,560 tranquilizer. Hello, everybody. 569 00:34:42,780 --> 00:34:45,480 Are we about to beat our swords into plowshares? 570 00:34:45,699 --> 00:34:46,699 Look at this guy. 571 00:34:47,020 --> 00:34:48,020 He's unbelievable. 572 00:34:48,139 --> 00:34:50,679 I'm hoping that we can walk out of here with a deal. 573 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:55,679 Yeah, I think we can put this whole affair to rest, in a manner of speaking. 574 00:34:55,679 --> 00:34:58,240 think we can persuade the lion to lie down with the lamb. 575 00:34:58,860 --> 00:35:02,890 Speaking of which... Travel opportunities may be opening up on the 576 00:35:02,970 --> 00:35:03,970 The West Bank? 577 00:35:04,150 --> 00:35:05,150 Christmas in Gaza? 578 00:35:05,550 --> 00:35:07,290 Trekking through occupied territories? 579 00:35:07,650 --> 00:35:09,790 Oh, I know it appeals to the vagabond spirit in me. 580 00:35:10,250 --> 00:35:11,630 Give us your best offer, Nina. 581 00:35:11,890 --> 00:35:16,330 $15 ,000, payable over five installments over one year. I think we should take 582 00:35:16,330 --> 00:35:17,330 it. 583 00:35:17,690 --> 00:35:21,190 Would you mind telling my wife that $15 ,000 is not a serious offer? 584 00:35:22,950 --> 00:35:26,610 Excuse me. Oh, good. I ordered a little snack. I hope you don't mind. 585 00:35:27,550 --> 00:35:30,250 Get frightfully cranky when my blood sugar's low. 586 00:35:32,170 --> 00:35:33,170 Keep it. 587 00:35:37,570 --> 00:35:40,850 I think you should take it, Herb. I think you should take it and have done 588 00:35:40,850 --> 00:35:41,850 this. 589 00:35:44,830 --> 00:35:46,710 So it won't come out that my wife had an affair? 590 00:35:47,030 --> 00:35:48,450 What are you talking about? 591 00:35:48,710 --> 00:35:53,670 And you flew him here just for this? May I suggest that we adjourn this meeting 592 00:35:53,670 --> 00:35:54,638 for today? 593 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:56,780 I think both sides need to confer among themselves. 594 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,120 How could you know about it? I couldn't sleep one night. 595 00:36:00,340 --> 00:36:04,400 I went to the window, and I saw him walking you back. When you came to the 596 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:05,560 I pretended that I was asleep. 597 00:36:06,500 --> 00:36:07,680 Then you took a shower. 598 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:12,820 That told me all I needed to know. Why didn't you say something, Herb? 599 00:36:13,060 --> 00:36:14,060 Didn't you care? 600 00:36:14,300 --> 00:36:15,300 I cared plenty. 601 00:36:15,540 --> 00:36:16,540 What could I do? 602 00:36:17,020 --> 00:36:18,300 Ask you why you did it? 603 00:36:18,980 --> 00:36:20,460 I know why you did it. 604 00:36:21,260 --> 00:36:23,160 You wanted a little romance. 605 00:36:23,980 --> 00:36:25,920 You wanted a little happiness in your life. 606 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:27,700 I didn't give you these things. 607 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:29,080 He did. 608 00:36:29,340 --> 00:36:30,340 You went with him. 609 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:36,040 It broke my heart for me to realize that I was capable of going with him, Herb. 610 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:39,180 It broke my heart because I never stopped loving you. 611 00:36:41,220 --> 00:36:46,260 Forgive me for interjecting, but could I just kind of wonder out loud whether a 612 00:36:46,260 --> 00:36:50,340 lawsuit is what you two should really be involved with right now? What would you 613 00:36:50,340 --> 00:36:52,720 suggest? How about a weekend at Esalen? 614 00:36:53,500 --> 00:36:58,220 Scenic drive up the coast, visit some little galleries in Carmel, and then two 615 00:36:58,220 --> 00:37:01,680 solid days of intensive group therapy at the Institute. 616 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,040 I have a better idea. Two tickets on the Concord for Paris. 617 00:37:05,380 --> 00:37:10,800 Three weeks in a suite at the Ritz, and $50 ,000 in spending money. 618 00:37:11,820 --> 00:37:14,400 Shall we take that to be a counteroffer, Mr. Brackman? 619 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:15,680 How about it, folks? 620 00:37:15,780 --> 00:37:16,780 Would that do it? 621 00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,880 It would do it for me, Herb. Then it would do it for me, too. 622 00:37:20,430 --> 00:37:22,350 Could I persuade you to settle for a junior suite? 623 00:37:22,670 --> 00:37:23,670 Absolutely not. 624 00:37:24,350 --> 00:37:26,870 Nina, drop the papers. I'm going to go home and get in bed. 625 00:37:29,890 --> 00:37:30,890 Hey! 626 00:37:35,810 --> 00:37:36,810 Hi. 627 00:37:37,710 --> 00:37:39,490 I think I need to explain myself. 628 00:37:40,850 --> 00:37:41,850 Come in. 629 00:37:46,850 --> 00:37:49,310 Yesterday's diatribe was not directed or... 630 00:37:50,140 --> 00:37:51,900 should not have been directed towards you. 631 00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:55,360 It's all right if it was directed at me. There are things we can do that are 632 00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:57,680 less expensive that'll still be good. It'll be okay. 633 00:37:58,260 --> 00:37:59,260 No doubt. 634 00:37:59,740 --> 00:38:01,000 I'm sorry to put you through it. 635 00:38:04,100 --> 00:38:05,100 Are you free at all? 636 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:06,720 Yeah, let me see when. 637 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:08,580 No, I mean now. 638 00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:12,120 Now? Yeah, I don't want you to write it in your book. 639 00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:15,720 If you can get away for like an hour, there's some place I want to take you. 640 00:38:17,340 --> 00:38:18,340 Come on. 641 00:38:37,230 --> 00:38:38,370 You said you liked Neutra. 642 00:38:39,670 --> 00:38:40,870 Oh, yeah, that's great. 643 00:38:41,210 --> 00:38:43,610 They're such an elegance to his lines. They're so simple. 644 00:38:43,990 --> 00:38:45,010 I love the pillars. 645 00:38:46,330 --> 00:38:47,330 The pillars? 646 00:38:47,510 --> 00:38:51,090 He had such a distinctive vision, you know? You see it in all his work. 647 00:38:52,790 --> 00:38:54,170 You're looking at the wrong house. 648 00:38:55,070 --> 00:38:56,070 I am? 649 00:38:56,750 --> 00:38:57,750 That's the Neutra. 650 00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:00,170 Oh, of course. 651 00:39:00,770 --> 00:39:04,050 I was actually thinking that the other one was not particularly representative 652 00:39:04,050 --> 00:39:05,050 of his work. 653 00:39:05,390 --> 00:39:07,130 How much do you know about Neutra, Daniel? 654 00:39:08,790 --> 00:39:10,750 How much do you know about architecture altogether? 655 00:39:11,810 --> 00:39:14,830 I did study it in school. I just forgot a lot of what I knew. 656 00:39:15,610 --> 00:39:18,510 In other words, you've been slinging it around a bit, haven't you? 657 00:39:18,890 --> 00:39:19,890 A bit, yeah. 658 00:39:21,270 --> 00:39:22,270 How come? 659 00:39:22,590 --> 00:39:24,110 I guess I wanted to make a good impression. 660 00:39:24,770 --> 00:39:25,810 Why would you want to do that? 661 00:39:37,210 --> 00:39:40,250 People going through construction can be quite vulnerable, you know. 662 00:39:40,710 --> 00:39:42,170 Why are you telling me that now? 663 00:39:42,730 --> 00:39:44,930 In case you were planning on taking advantage of me. 664 00:39:46,450 --> 00:39:47,450 What if I was? 665 00:39:48,210 --> 00:39:49,430 I'd tell you to go right ahead. 666 00:39:53,450 --> 00:39:55,550 Mr. Foreman, has the jury reached its verdict? 667 00:39:55,830 --> 00:39:56,830 Yes, we have, Your Honor. 668 00:39:57,030 --> 00:39:57,848 What say you? 669 00:39:57,850 --> 00:40:02,190 In the matter of the people versus Ronald Chow on the charge of murder in 670 00:40:02,190 --> 00:40:05,190 second degree, we find the defendant guilty. 671 00:40:06,860 --> 00:40:10,060 The jury is dismissed with the thanks of the court. This court is adjourned. 672 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:14,200 Mr. 673 00:40:19,140 --> 00:40:20,140 Mullaney. 674 00:40:22,420 --> 00:40:23,700 I want to tell you something. 675 00:40:24,740 --> 00:40:27,880 You couldn't win this case on facts, so you won it on racism. 676 00:40:28,140 --> 00:40:31,240 Mr. Klein, I won because the jury believed your client was guilty. 677 00:40:31,460 --> 00:40:35,400 Out and out racism. Hey, spare me the righteous indignation, Counselor. 678 00:40:35,660 --> 00:40:38,540 If he'd gotten your client off, he'd gone right back to packing those scouts 679 00:40:38,540 --> 00:40:40,760 full of poor people desperate enough to get on board. 680 00:40:41,020 --> 00:40:43,300 He's the scum of the earth. He belongs in prison. 681 00:40:43,660 --> 00:40:47,000 I feel no remorse whatsoever about what it took to put him there. 682 00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:48,600 Excuse me? 683 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:50,600 Mr. 684 00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:54,660 Mullaney, Mrs. Ling asked me to translate. 685 00:40:54,940 --> 00:40:57,080 She'd like to say something to you. Sure. 686 00:41:01,140 --> 00:41:03,740 She wants to know... 687 00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:09,420 If you hate the Chinese people. Well, tell her no. Tell her I just wanted to 688 00:41:09,420 --> 00:41:12,020 punish the man responsible for her husband's death. 689 00:41:18,300 --> 00:41:19,300 She said, 690 00:41:26,340 --> 00:41:31,400 I'm glad Chao is in prison, but I'm also glad there are many to take his place. 691 00:41:40,070 --> 00:41:43,250 I'm being sent back to China because I'm illegal. 692 00:41:43,790 --> 00:41:45,830 I will work and I will wait. 693 00:41:56,770 --> 00:42:00,430 Someday, I will contact another snakehead, the same as Chao. 694 00:42:00,860 --> 00:42:04,080 And I will pay him to let me lie in the same kind of boat. 695 00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:12,420 Because for me, there is no other way. 696 00:42:23,980 --> 00:42:27,160 I was on the phone with my shrink for an hour and a half last night. How come? 697 00:42:28,149 --> 00:42:30,690 Because I'm actually thinking about taking the firm up in a sophomore and 698 00:42:30,690 --> 00:42:32,370 moving. What did your shrink say? 699 00:42:32,910 --> 00:42:34,750 He said it sounded like I was asking his permission. 700 00:42:35,370 --> 00:42:36,530 Well, did he give you his permission? 701 00:42:37,250 --> 00:42:38,430 No, he said I didn't need it. 702 00:42:39,990 --> 00:42:40,990 So? 703 00:42:42,050 --> 00:42:45,210 Well, the truth is, I could do it. 704 00:42:46,070 --> 00:42:47,630 Sidney and Charlie would get along without me. 705 00:42:48,070 --> 00:42:50,850 I'd go back there and wrap up whatever I need to wrap up in a matter of days. 706 00:42:51,330 --> 00:42:52,330 Yeah, so? 707 00:42:52,510 --> 00:42:55,250 Audrey and I are in an on -again, off -again kind of thing. That wouldn't 708 00:42:55,250 --> 00:42:56,250 prevent me from moving. 709 00:42:56,970 --> 00:42:58,490 Well, it sounds like nothing's stopping you. 710 00:42:58,690 --> 00:43:00,690 Well, there is what I'd be leaving. 711 00:43:01,470 --> 00:43:02,470 Central Park, 712 00:43:03,130 --> 00:43:06,510 day bars, fairways. I love fairways. 713 00:43:07,050 --> 00:43:09,230 Buying the next day's newspaper the night before. 714 00:43:10,350 --> 00:43:11,350 Decent rye bread. 715 00:43:12,250 --> 00:43:15,330 Those soft, sooty pretzels they sell near the courthouse. 716 00:43:15,990 --> 00:43:17,910 Eli, I know exactly what you're talking about. 717 00:43:18,310 --> 00:43:21,530 I mean, I thought, how could I leave my family, my friends? 718 00:43:21,890 --> 00:43:24,290 And I finally got my own apartment. I had to leave that, too. 719 00:43:24,510 --> 00:43:25,510 You don't hate it here. 720 00:43:25,710 --> 00:43:26,710 What's there to hate? 721 00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:30,140 I mean, there's different people, different opportunities, whole different 722 00:43:30,140 --> 00:43:32,880 ocean. I mean, come on. The weather's not bad either. 723 00:43:33,240 --> 00:43:35,780 Not bad either. We're on the beach. It's almost November. 724 00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:37,080 It's gorgeous here. 725 00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:42,220 Excuse me? 726 00:43:44,380 --> 00:43:46,380 Man plans and God laughs. 727 00:43:46,940 --> 00:43:47,940 Ain't that the truth? 728 00:43:49,420 --> 00:43:52,300 Take all along tethered to this idea of what your life is going to be. 729 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:54,000 Things happen. 730 00:43:54,300 --> 00:43:55,620 Your life isn't like that. 731 00:43:56,430 --> 00:43:59,590 You realize this is something you could do. 732 00:44:00,170 --> 00:44:01,610 But is it something I will do? 733 00:44:07,130 --> 00:44:08,570 You know what? What? 734 00:44:09,890 --> 00:44:11,170 I'm not going to woo you. 735 00:44:12,050 --> 00:44:13,050 What about that? 736 00:44:13,990 --> 00:44:16,730 I'm not going to spend a lot of time in contemplation. 737 00:44:17,130 --> 00:44:21,070 I'm not going to weigh the pluses and minuses. And I'm not going to call 27 738 00:44:21,070 --> 00:44:23,730 different people and ask them what they think I should do. 739 00:44:24,370 --> 00:44:27,150 This one time in my life, I am going to act. 740 00:44:27,510 --> 00:44:31,210 I am going to act. I am going to choose a course of action I am going to set out 741 00:44:31,210 --> 00:44:32,210 on. 742 00:44:32,250 --> 00:44:37,510 Denise, I am moving to Los Angeles. Yeah? I am joining his firm and I am 743 00:44:37,510 --> 00:44:38,510 to Los Angeles. 744 00:44:40,370 --> 00:44:41,370 I'm so happy. 745 00:44:41,750 --> 00:44:43,490 Oh, me too. I'm so glad. 746 00:44:46,770 --> 00:44:48,430 Now, you know, can I make one suggestion? 747 00:44:48,930 --> 00:44:49,930 Yes. 748 00:44:50,050 --> 00:44:51,190 We're on the beach, right? 749 00:44:51,430 --> 00:44:54,450 Yeah. Why don't you loosen your tie and lose the shoes? 750 00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:57,960 Let's not push it. 751 00:45:03,260 --> 00:45:04,740 A whole different notion. 752 00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:07,380 A whole different notion.