1 00:00:07,649 --> 00:00:09,726 Previously, on "The Betty Broderick Story"... 2 00:00:09,875 --> 00:00:10,915 Are you sleeping with her? 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,610 If this is where your head goes 4 00:00:12,695 --> 00:00:15,210 when you don't get your way, that's the real problem. 5 00:00:15,295 --> 00:00:17,213 You should get some professional help for that. 6 00:00:17,328 --> 00:00:19,765 I can't prove that something's not true. 7 00:00:19,850 --> 00:00:21,118 That it doesn't exist. 8 00:00:21,203 --> 00:00:23,372 I am not sleeping with Linda Kolkena. 9 00:00:23,456 --> 00:00:24,606 What are you doing? 10 00:00:24,690 --> 00:00:25,774 If I don't take this time, 11 00:00:25,858 --> 00:00:27,507 I'm not going to be any good to anyone. 12 00:00:27,592 --> 00:00:29,478 - He told you he was leaving? - What did he say? 13 00:00:29,562 --> 00:00:31,539 That he needed space and time. 14 00:00:31,624 --> 00:00:32,649 I'm jealous. 15 00:00:32,734 --> 00:00:34,173 Who couldn't use a break from everything? 16 00:00:34,257 --> 00:00:35,580 What is this? How long have you been here? 17 00:00:35,664 --> 00:00:38,007 Since dark. Yeah, she said you'd be back eventually. 18 00:00:38,092 --> 00:00:40,984 Dan's been granted temporary physical custody. 19 00:00:41,069 --> 00:00:43,325 You need to be a good soldier here, Bets. 20 00:00:43,409 --> 00:00:45,894 Otherwise you risk not being able to see them at all. 21 00:00:45,978 --> 00:00:48,063 Court order signed by a judge. 22 00:00:48,147 --> 00:00:50,465 From now on, you come on the Coral Reef property 23 00:00:50,549 --> 00:00:52,501 with my permission, or you go to jail. 24 00:00:52,585 --> 00:00:53,735 How am I supposed to see my kids? 25 00:00:53,819 --> 00:00:54,903 With my permission! 26 00:00:54,987 --> 00:00:58,524 Everyone whose last name is Broderick is gonna lose. 27 00:01:01,127 --> 00:01:03,979 Christmas is always such a big production for her. 28 00:01:04,063 --> 00:01:06,481 The red velvet placemats, the candy apples, 29 00:01:06,565 --> 00:01:08,517 the goddamned sequined light bulbs. 30 00:01:10,436 --> 00:01:12,612 She feels most alive in December. 31 00:01:12,697 --> 00:01:13,769 I tried to be nice. 32 00:01:13,854 --> 00:01:16,558 Tried to give her the kids to share it all with. 33 00:01:16,713 --> 00:01:19,003 She slammed the door in my face. 34 00:01:19,088 --> 00:01:20,964 You know, what do you say to that? 35 00:01:21,267 --> 00:01:23,449 I feel sad for her. 36 00:01:23,534 --> 00:01:26,468 She tried to ruin our holiday, but nothing could ruin it. 37 00:01:26,552 --> 00:01:28,675 - That's right. - She just doesn't get that yet. 38 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:30,295 - Mm‐hmm. - But she will. 39 00:01:31,257 --> 00:01:32,331 Hmm. 40 00:01:32,820 --> 00:01:34,671 Burl Ives' "A Holly Jolly Christmas" playing... 41 00:01:34,756 --> 00:01:36,574 Oh, my God. Dan, that's amazing. 42 00:01:36,659 --> 00:01:37,845 - Yeah? - So good. 43 00:01:37,930 --> 00:01:40,749 - Mm, how good is it? - I can't tell you. 44 00:01:40,833 --> 00:01:42,384 I have to show you. 45 00:01:47,893 --> 00:01:49,550 ♪ Oh, by golly ♪ 46 00:01:49,836 --> 00:01:53,289 ♪ Have a holly jolly Christmas this year ♪ 47 00:01:53,374 --> 00:01:55,058 Yeah. 48 00:02:03,418 --> 00:02:05,134 You don't know that that's happening. 49 00:02:05,219 --> 00:02:06,503 Yeah, I do. 50 00:02:06,588 --> 00:02:07,876 Have you talked to the kids? 51 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:09,811 Did they... did they tell you they've seen Dan 52 00:02:09,895 --> 00:02:10,846 and Linda acting like... 53 00:02:10,930 --> 00:02:12,481 No, but you expect me to believe those two 54 00:02:12,565 --> 00:02:15,383 are controlling themselves? It's all out in the open now. 55 00:02:15,467 --> 00:02:16,551 They don't care who sees them now. 56 00:02:16,635 --> 00:02:19,554 I know, but it's a three‐bedroom chalet, isn't it? 57 00:02:19,638 --> 00:02:21,623 There has to be some privacy. 58 00:02:21,707 --> 00:02:23,959 Sure, this bimbo really respects privacy. 59 00:02:24,043 --> 00:02:26,394 Why didn't you just take the kids skiing yourself? 60 00:02:26,478 --> 00:02:27,562 Didn't Dan say he'd pay for it? 61 00:02:27,646 --> 00:02:31,032 Yes, he offered to pay for our children's holiday trip 62 00:02:31,116 --> 00:02:32,567 with our money. 63 00:02:32,651 --> 00:02:34,803 And he wanted to dictate the terms to me. 64 00:02:34,887 --> 00:02:37,239 I didn't want him to do that so he just took them 65 00:02:37,323 --> 00:02:39,975 to a condo where he's now sleeping in a bedroom 66 00:02:40,059 --> 00:02:42,277 with his girlfriend even though we're not even divorced. 67 00:02:42,361 --> 00:02:43,979 What am I supposed to say to my sons? 68 00:02:44,063 --> 00:02:47,115 I know, but just some continuity right now. 69 00:02:47,199 --> 00:02:50,051 Something familiar. For you, too, Betty. 70 00:02:50,135 --> 00:02:53,355 I mean, you all always go skiing at the holidays. 71 00:02:53,439 --> 00:02:54,746 Exactly. 72 00:02:55,949 --> 00:02:59,794 So if I had taken them on a ski trip like always, 73 00:02:59,878 --> 00:03:01,261 they'd never understand. 74 00:03:01,346 --> 00:03:04,465 - Understand what? - What he's done to us. 75 00:03:29,708 --> 00:03:31,348 Just go and pack, okay? 76 00:03:31,433 --> 00:03:34,152 Dad, what's going on? Why can't we go in there? 77 00:03:34,237 --> 00:03:36,208 Stay out of here till it's cleaned up. 78 00:03:36,293 --> 00:03:38,536 I don't want anyone to get cut. 79 00:03:39,557 --> 00:03:41,020 Hi. 80 00:03:44,056 --> 00:03:47,051 I guess you were right about the flowers. 81 00:03:47,767 --> 00:03:50,578 If I had to do it over, I still would have sent them. 82 00:03:50,663 --> 00:03:52,247 Just, it felt too heartless 83 00:03:52,331 --> 00:03:54,473 to completely not acknowledge her on Christmas. 84 00:03:54,558 --> 00:03:57,010 Even though acknowledging her feels like rubbing it in. 85 00:03:57,153 --> 00:03:59,604 She didn't do all this because of the flowers. 86 00:03:59,689 --> 00:04:02,348 She did it because she's childish and entitled. 87 00:04:02,433 --> 00:04:06,087 Entitled to my attention, definitely to this house. 88 00:04:06,172 --> 00:04:08,924 She probably won't stop acting out completely 89 00:04:09,009 --> 00:04:11,194 when I move to Balboa Park, but it won't be like this. 90 00:04:11,279 --> 00:04:12,729 - You don't know that. - But I do. 91 00:04:12,814 --> 00:04:14,458 She won't feel the same ownership. 92 00:04:14,543 --> 00:04:17,104 She won't feel comfortable just walking in. 93 00:04:17,189 --> 00:04:19,887 She and I saw the other place. She hated it. 94 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,926 Thought it was, uh, a bad house for children. 95 00:04:23,011 --> 00:04:25,730 Why wasn't it a house for children? 96 00:04:27,333 --> 00:04:28,917 Was there broken glass everywhere? 97 00:04:29,001 --> 00:04:31,753 Come on. No, no, no, no, no. 98 00:04:32,465 --> 00:04:34,067 It's gonna be okay. 99 00:04:36,030 --> 00:04:37,981 I'm not saying that this isn't awful. 100 00:04:38,066 --> 00:04:39,676 - You might be a little. - No. 101 00:04:39,793 --> 00:04:41,433 I'm saying that I'm gonna take care of it. 102 00:04:41,548 --> 00:04:42,715 Okay? 103 00:04:46,645 --> 00:04:48,213 - By the way... - Hmm? 104 00:04:50,783 --> 00:04:51,968 I really would have liked this. 105 00:04:52,052 --> 00:04:54,457 - Oh. - It's a good choice. 106 00:04:55,311 --> 00:04:57,380 I'll get you ten more, okay? 107 00:04:59,747 --> 00:05:01,831 Would you put it back where it was? 108 00:05:02,165 --> 00:05:05,582 Before we clean up, I wanna get some pictures. 109 00:05:07,308 --> 00:05:09,301 What are you doing? 110 00:05:09,386 --> 00:05:10,737 I like to be warmed up. 111 00:05:10,922 --> 00:05:12,856 But we're getting the coffee first. 112 00:05:13,849 --> 00:05:15,437 I get the coffee before the beach 113 00:05:15,521 --> 00:05:18,029 because I take the coffee to the beach in the car. 114 00:05:18,114 --> 00:05:19,130 Right. 115 00:05:19,215 --> 00:05:21,610 So you drive to get the coffee, 116 00:05:21,957 --> 00:05:24,112 and then you drive from there to the beach? 117 00:05:24,628 --> 00:05:26,379 What are you having such a hard time with? 118 00:05:26,464 --> 00:05:27,904 - I get the coffee and then... - Okay. 119 00:05:27,988 --> 00:05:29,684 - I get it, I just... - I walk with it on the beach. 120 00:05:29,768 --> 00:05:32,253 Elisabeth Broderick? 121 00:05:40,308 --> 00:05:42,793 Who is that? What is that? 122 00:05:51,472 --> 00:05:52,836 What are those? What's going on? 123 00:05:52,921 --> 00:05:54,972 This is calendar number three, 124 00:05:55,056 --> 00:05:56,207 Broderick versus Broderick. 125 00:05:56,291 --> 00:05:58,575 Mr. Broderick and his attorney Douglas Layton are present. 126 00:05:58,660 --> 00:05:59,678 Mrs. Broderick is not. 127 00:05:59,763 --> 00:06:01,723 Was Mrs. Broderick informed of this court date? 128 00:06:01,808 --> 00:06:02,759 - She was. - All right, then. 129 00:06:02,844 --> 00:06:04,817 With Mrs. Broderick's disregard for the court, 130 00:06:04,902 --> 00:06:06,286 I'm ready to rule in her absence. 131 00:06:06,371 --> 00:06:07,973 Any objection? None, Your Honor. 132 00:06:08,058 --> 00:06:09,442 Then the divorce is hereby granted. 133 00:06:09,527 --> 00:06:11,212 I'm divorced. 134 00:06:11,981 --> 00:06:13,658 And he has everything. They gave him everything. 135 00:06:13,742 --> 00:06:14,759 - Who did? - I don't understand. 136 00:06:14,843 --> 00:06:15,457 Who does? Dan? 137 00:06:15,542 --> 00:06:18,228 I postponed the hearing. I wasn't even there. 138 00:06:18,313 --> 00:06:19,257 I didn't have a lawyer. 139 00:06:19,342 --> 00:06:21,629 Whatever happened to shit like due process? 140 00:06:23,848 --> 00:06:25,162 This says I can't see my children. 141 00:06:25,246 --> 00:06:26,063 What? Oh, come on. 142 00:06:26,148 --> 00:06:27,426 That can't be right. 143 00:06:27,511 --> 00:06:30,464 No visitation for the mother until she undertakes 144 00:06:30,549 --> 00:06:32,989 an appropriate program of psychiatric therapy. 145 00:06:33,074 --> 00:06:33,924 Betty... 146 00:06:34,009 --> 00:06:35,522 Women burn their children with cigarettes. 147 00:06:35,606 --> 00:06:37,536 They throw boiling water on their children. 148 00:06:37,621 --> 00:06:39,385 They let their boyfriends touch them, 149 00:06:39,470 --> 00:06:40,895 and they get visitation, but I don't? 150 00:06:40,979 --> 00:06:44,043 I think maybe we should, um, go inside and... and sit down 151 00:06:44,128 --> 00:06:45,223 and, um, I don't know. 152 00:06:45,308 --> 00:06:47,543 We should get you a glass of water. 153 00:06:47,729 --> 00:06:49,248 I think if we just take a break... 154 00:06:49,332 --> 00:06:50,716 Dear Elisabeth Anne, 155 00:06:51,005 --> 00:06:52,911 you and I are no longer married. 156 00:06:53,168 --> 00:06:56,221 As is usual in bifurcated divorces, 157 00:06:56,306 --> 00:06:59,004 we now move on to court‐ordered mediation. 158 00:06:59,248 --> 00:07:00,332 As we do, 159 00:07:00,556 --> 00:07:04,008 it's up to us to do our best to minimize the trauma 160 00:07:04,093 --> 00:07:06,293 our divorce will have on our kids. 161 00:07:06,476 --> 00:07:08,628 I suggest we begin by refraining 162 00:07:08,744 --> 00:07:10,228 from any derogatory comments 163 00:07:10,554 --> 00:07:14,200 as bad‐mouthing and blaming one another is destructive. 164 00:07:19,117 --> 00:07:21,102 Hi, you've reached the Brodericks. 165 00:07:21,187 --> 00:07:22,171 We're not home right now, 166 00:07:22,256 --> 00:07:24,403 but leave us a message and we'll call you back. 167 00:07:24,488 --> 00:07:26,848 Have a great day. 168 00:07:47,550 --> 00:07:49,817 - Good morning, Mr. Broderick. - Morning, Lois. 169 00:07:51,732 --> 00:07:53,668 Oh. 170 00:07:55,746 --> 00:07:57,731 I know. I'm sorry. 171 00:07:59,067 --> 00:08:00,067 Soon as you can. 172 00:08:01,402 --> 00:08:04,988 Even just transcribing these, I mean, 173 00:08:05,073 --> 00:08:08,726 the language is really... but all of it. 174 00:08:08,810 --> 00:08:10,428 I mean, the whole situation... 175 00:08:16,485 --> 00:08:18,837 Soon as you can. 176 00:08:18,921 --> 00:08:20,004 Every time you call me, 177 00:08:20,088 --> 00:08:22,373 you're violating a court order. 178 00:08:22,621 --> 00:08:24,406 This doesn't seem to matter to you. 179 00:08:24,959 --> 00:08:26,477 Maybe this will. 180 00:08:26,707 --> 00:08:28,713 For every time you leave a message or call 181 00:08:28,797 --> 00:08:30,982 using vulgar or obscene language, 182 00:08:31,066 --> 00:08:34,686 you'll be fined $100 per offensive word. 183 00:08:34,770 --> 00:08:37,755 Each time you set foot across the property line 184 00:08:37,839 --> 00:08:42,293 of 1053 Cypress Avenue, I will withhold $250. 185 00:08:42,377 --> 00:08:45,797 Each time you step across the threshold, $500. 186 00:08:45,881 --> 00:08:48,857 Each time you try to spend time with the boys 187 00:08:48,942 --> 00:08:51,935 without clearing it with me, $1,000. 188 00:08:52,020 --> 00:08:54,472 These fines will be withheld from the support checks 189 00:08:54,556 --> 00:08:56,840 I voluntarily send you every month. 190 00:09:04,583 --> 00:09:07,973 Believe me, I'm not doing this to bait you. 191 00:09:08,270 --> 00:09:10,555 I just want to deter you from using language 192 00:09:10,639 --> 00:09:14,544 and behavior in your dealings with me which any normal, 193 00:09:14,629 --> 00:09:17,662 civilized person would find extremely objectionable. 194 00:09:17,981 --> 00:09:19,898 He's calling the shots. 195 00:09:19,982 --> 00:09:21,426 Court said so. 196 00:09:22,270 --> 00:09:23,801 He's in charge and I've got nothing. 197 00:09:24,059 --> 00:09:26,466 He can continue to fine me and nobody's gonna do 198 00:09:26,551 --> 00:09:28,273 anything about it. 199 00:09:28,357 --> 00:09:29,739 But he still can't understand 200 00:09:29,824 --> 00:09:31,919 why I keep calling his answering machine. 201 00:09:32,004 --> 00:09:34,839 Why do you call it so much? 202 00:09:34,924 --> 00:09:37,104 What else am I gonna do? 203 00:09:38,574 --> 00:09:39,918 What else do I have? 204 00:09:40,003 --> 00:09:41,245 No kids, no money. 205 00:09:41,330 --> 00:09:43,918 He doesn't give me no life. 206 00:09:44,168 --> 00:09:47,215 Freedom of speech till he has a judge cut my tongue out. 207 00:09:47,300 --> 00:09:50,328 Oh, Betty, what... what happened to the, um... 208 00:09:50,412 --> 00:09:52,263 weren't you working at that gallery? 209 00:09:52,347 --> 00:09:54,199 Yeah, no, I can't. I can't do that right now. 210 00:09:54,283 --> 00:09:56,201 With everything that's going on I just... I couldn't keep up. 211 00:09:56,285 --> 00:09:59,337 Well, it can't be legal for him to fine you like that, 212 00:09:59,421 --> 00:10:02,540 but until you find a new lawyer to make him stop, 213 00:10:02,624 --> 00:10:04,976 what if you stop? Right, right. 214 00:10:05,060 --> 00:10:07,325 What if I let him take everything 215 00:10:07,410 --> 00:10:08,913 and tell me what words I can use? 216 00:10:08,997 --> 00:10:11,683 Have you maybe thought about seeing a therapist? 217 00:10:11,767 --> 00:10:15,453 Just as a safer place to vent. 218 00:10:15,537 --> 00:10:18,790 You can curse as much as you want in front of a therapist. 219 00:10:18,874 --> 00:10:20,725 Dan will subpoena the records 220 00:10:20,809 --> 00:10:23,395 and use them against me. I can't go to therapy. 221 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,430 That answering machine is my therapy. 222 00:10:25,514 --> 00:10:26,598 My primal scream. 223 00:10:26,682 --> 00:10:28,900 What about a diary? 224 00:10:28,984 --> 00:10:31,402 That'd be private and free. 225 00:10:31,486 --> 00:10:34,072 My lawyer told me to keep a diary during my divorce. 226 00:10:34,156 --> 00:10:37,041 It was the best advice he ever gave. 227 00:10:37,125 --> 00:10:38,710 He said bad things grow in the dark. 228 00:10:38,794 --> 00:10:39,877 Oh, and while we're on the subject 229 00:10:39,961 --> 00:10:41,946 - of making life easier for Dan... - Oh, Betty, come on. 230 00:10:42,030 --> 00:10:42,880 You know that's not true. 231 00:10:42,964 --> 00:10:47,018 Remember when he put me in the loony bin? 232 00:10:47,102 --> 00:10:49,053 He just sent me the bill. 233 00:10:49,137 --> 00:10:51,022 We are not trying to make his life easier. 234 00:10:51,106 --> 00:10:52,957 - We wanna help you. - And I wanna smash things. 235 00:10:53,041 --> 00:10:55,760 If you've never smashed anything before, 236 00:10:55,844 --> 00:10:58,263 when you finally do, 237 00:10:58,347 --> 00:10:59,564 feels great. 238 00:10:59,648 --> 00:11:02,066 Hi, you've reached the Brodericks. 239 00:11:02,150 --> 00:11:03,134 We're not home right now, 240 00:11:03,218 --> 00:11:05,570 but leave us a message and we'll call you back. 241 00:11:05,654 --> 00:11:07,405 Have a great day. 242 00:11:07,489 --> 00:11:09,674 Asshole, who do you think you're kidding? 243 00:11:09,758 --> 00:11:11,109 Look in the mirror and tell me. 244 00:11:11,193 --> 00:11:13,311 You're like a slug with a fancy tie on. 245 00:11:13,395 --> 00:11:15,446 What am I supposed to do now? I just want what's mine. 246 00:11:15,530 --> 00:11:19,117 ♪ If I, I get to know your name ♪ 247 00:11:19,201 --> 00:11:20,255 Good morning, Mr. Broderick. 248 00:11:20,339 --> 00:11:21,730 Good morning, Lois. 249 00:11:22,332 --> 00:11:25,011 ♪ Well, if I ♪ 250 00:11:25,111 --> 00:11:27,796 ♪ Could trace your private number, baby ♪ 251 00:11:30,512 --> 00:11:32,130 ♪ All I know is that to me ♪ 252 00:11:32,214 --> 00:11:33,298 ♪ You look like you're lots of fun ♪ 253 00:11:33,382 --> 00:11:34,699 We're not home right now, 254 00:11:34,783 --> 00:11:36,801 but leave us a message and we'll call you back. 255 00:11:36,885 --> 00:11:39,037 Have a great day. 256 00:11:39,121 --> 00:11:41,739 Stop screwing the whore long enough to return my calls. 257 00:11:41,823 --> 00:11:42,940 I just wanna ask you something. 258 00:11:43,024 --> 00:11:44,016 I've left messages on the machine, 259 00:11:44,101 --> 00:11:45,343 with your maid, with your secretary. 260 00:11:45,427 --> 00:11:47,378 I just wanna ask you something. 261 00:11:47,462 --> 00:11:50,108 You're making me mad. I'll kill you. 262 00:11:50,193 --> 00:11:52,511 But leave us a message and we'll call you back. 263 00:11:52,801 --> 00:11:55,053 Have a great day. 264 00:11:55,137 --> 00:11:57,622 You're such a stupid shithead! 265 00:11:57,706 --> 00:11:59,457 You don't even turn the machine off! 266 00:11:59,541 --> 00:12:01,592 And whore, what is your voice doing on it? 267 00:12:01,676 --> 00:12:04,128 It's the Broderick residence. You're not a Broderick. 268 00:12:04,212 --> 00:12:07,465 You're nothing but a whore. 269 00:12:07,549 --> 00:12:10,001 Anyway, where are my darling children? 270 00:12:10,085 --> 00:12:11,536 Kids, call me back. 271 00:12:11,620 --> 00:12:13,171 Have a great day. 272 00:12:13,255 --> 00:12:15,840 Your mere existence is a filthy, 273 00:12:15,924 --> 00:12:18,539 shitty statement on human life. 274 00:12:18,624 --> 00:12:21,012 You're just... you're like the scum of the Earth. 275 00:12:21,096 --> 00:12:22,647 People like you aren't new, you know. 276 00:12:22,731 --> 00:12:25,350 They've been around since the beginning of time. 277 00:12:25,434 --> 00:12:28,686 It gives me the creeps. She sounds so evil. 278 00:12:28,770 --> 00:12:30,655 Especially her laugh. 279 00:12:30,739 --> 00:12:32,857 It's like "The Exorcist." 280 00:12:32,941 --> 00:12:36,394 ♪ You spin me right round, baby, right round ♪ 281 00:12:36,478 --> 00:12:39,964 ♪ Like a record, baby, right round, round, round ♪ 282 00:12:40,049 --> 00:12:43,401 ♪ You spin me right round, baby, right round ♪ 283 00:12:43,485 --> 00:12:47,038 ♪ Like a record, baby, right round, round, round ♪ 284 00:12:47,122 --> 00:12:53,344 ♪ I want your love ♪ 285 00:12:53,428 --> 00:12:55,580 ♪ I want your love ♪ 286 00:12:55,664 --> 00:12:57,382 I don't wanna see you 287 00:12:57,466 --> 00:12:59,984 or the whore or the slums where you live 288 00:13:00,068 --> 00:13:01,252 or any of your bullshit anymore. 289 00:13:01,336 --> 00:13:02,720 You made my life into a nightmare. 290 00:13:02,804 --> 00:13:05,456 I close my eyes and I see you and the whore 291 00:13:05,540 --> 00:13:07,558 doing all your wonderful things and... 292 00:13:10,111 --> 00:13:12,214 You're gonna be real sorry. 293 00:13:14,216 --> 00:13:16,267 Dear Elisabeth Anne, 294 00:13:16,351 --> 00:13:18,236 enclosed is an itemized statement 295 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,571 explaining my sanctions for this month. 296 00:13:20,655 --> 00:13:23,141 As you will see, the deductions for the month 297 00:13:23,225 --> 00:13:26,127 exceed your allowance of $9,000. 298 00:13:32,094 --> 00:13:34,751 Leaving a balance due from you to me 299 00:13:34,836 --> 00:13:37,951 of $1,315.32. 300 00:13:38,036 --> 00:13:41,893 Now, I know your first impulse upon reading this letter 301 00:13:41,977 --> 00:13:43,761 will be a violent one. 302 00:13:43,845 --> 00:13:45,430 I would think twice about that. 303 00:13:45,514 --> 00:13:48,833 If you make any attack on me or my property, 304 00:13:48,917 --> 00:13:51,502 you will never again get a red cent out of me 305 00:13:51,586 --> 00:13:54,405 without a court order. 306 00:13:54,489 --> 00:13:57,642 Sincerely, Daniel T. Broderick, III. 307 00:14:01,229 --> 00:14:03,198 How will she pay her bills? 308 00:14:21,283 --> 00:14:23,130 Guess I owe you another $250. 309 00:14:23,231 --> 00:14:24,248 Get out of here now. 310 00:14:24,333 --> 00:14:26,404 Or you'll be late for the black stone ball? 311 00:14:26,488 --> 00:14:28,072 Uh‐oh! 312 00:14:28,156 --> 00:14:30,408 Better hurry up and go get your shitty cape and top hat 313 00:14:30,492 --> 00:14:32,577 and take the whore to the party I should be going to. 314 00:14:32,661 --> 00:14:34,245 - Just leave. - No. 315 00:14:34,329 --> 00:14:36,414 - I'll call the cops. - Oh, I know you will. 316 00:14:36,498 --> 00:14:38,883 - They'll arrest you, Bets. - You'll have me arrested! 317 00:14:38,967 --> 00:14:42,286 - You'll go to jail this time! - You'll have me sent to jail! 318 00:14:42,557 --> 00:14:44,025 No! 319 00:14:52,881 --> 00:14:55,500 And they did a warrant check on me to see if I had 320 00:14:55,584 --> 00:14:58,503 a criminal history, which obviously I didn't. 321 00:14:58,587 --> 00:14:59,904 Betty... 322 00:14:59,988 --> 00:15:01,973 Though I guess now I do. 323 00:15:03,892 --> 00:15:07,178 So then I waited and they brought me 324 00:15:07,262 --> 00:15:10,748 a bologna sandwich that smelled like a foot, 325 00:15:10,832 --> 00:15:14,919 and then they let me go on my own recognizance. 326 00:15:15,153 --> 00:15:18,823 What is so wrong with asking how I'm supposed to live 327 00:15:18,907 --> 00:15:19,757 for a month with no money? 328 00:15:19,841 --> 00:15:22,811 So what does Dan say you owe him? 329 00:15:24,346 --> 00:15:26,063 $1,300. 330 00:15:26,147 --> 00:15:29,700 So he deducted your entire support check plus $1,300? 331 00:15:32,020 --> 00:15:34,105 - I'm writing you a check. - Oh, no. 332 00:15:34,189 --> 00:15:36,091 I can do $6,500. 333 00:15:37,759 --> 00:15:40,044 Yes, I am. 334 00:16:11,192 --> 00:16:13,377 Shaking in my bed. 335 00:16:13,461 --> 00:16:15,746 Feels like an earthquake. 336 00:16:15,830 --> 00:16:17,315 Miserable. Miserable. 337 00:16:17,399 --> 00:16:19,717 Miserable, miserable bastard. 338 00:16:20,626 --> 00:16:21,950 You want everything your way. 339 00:16:22,035 --> 00:16:24,161 You have no sense of right, wrong, 340 00:16:24,246 --> 00:16:27,363 true, false, indecent, immoral. 341 00:16:27,675 --> 00:16:29,726 God will pay you back for it. 342 00:16:35,617 --> 00:16:37,702 August 7th, 1986. 343 00:16:37,786 --> 00:16:40,247 Ronald P. Ollen appointed by the court 344 00:16:40,332 --> 00:16:43,973 to mediate the matter of Broderick versus Broderick. 345 00:16:44,410 --> 00:16:46,344 Also present, Elisabeth Broderick. 346 00:16:46,428 --> 00:16:48,746 Will you be represented by counsel? 347 00:16:48,830 --> 00:16:51,082 I'm not... 348 00:16:51,426 --> 00:16:53,348 I... I've had some trouble there. 349 00:16:53,910 --> 00:16:56,833 Shouldn't we wait for Dan? 350 00:16:56,918 --> 00:16:59,290 Uh, Mr. Broderick won't be joining us. 351 00:16:59,425 --> 00:17:02,071 It's customary to meet with both parties separately 352 00:17:02,156 --> 00:17:05,493 to determine whether there is a basis for conflict resolution. 353 00:17:07,415 --> 00:17:09,166 And what if there isn't? 354 00:17:09,512 --> 00:17:11,535 Mediation is only as successful 355 00:17:11,619 --> 00:17:13,537 as the parties want it to be. 356 00:17:13,699 --> 00:17:15,268 Did you prepare your statement? 357 00:17:22,335 --> 00:17:23,886 - Oh, I didn't... - Oh. 358 00:17:24,032 --> 00:17:25,783 I thought I was going to be reading it aloud 359 00:17:25,867 --> 00:17:28,719 to the room. 360 00:17:28,803 --> 00:17:31,840 Well, you're welcome to read it aloud into the record. 361 00:17:43,718 --> 00:17:45,253 Ready? 362 00:17:48,289 --> 00:17:51,567 Let me first say how nervous and overwhelmed I am. 363 00:17:52,494 --> 00:17:54,812 My entire life... past, present, and future... 364 00:17:54,896 --> 00:17:56,380 is on the table. 365 00:17:56,464 --> 00:17:59,650 Your past, present, and future are right on track. 366 00:17:59,734 --> 00:18:01,452 The children and I have been victimized 367 00:18:01,536 --> 00:18:03,654 by the one person who was supposed to protect us 368 00:18:03,738 --> 00:18:06,090 from harm, not cause it. 369 00:18:06,174 --> 00:18:08,092 When I am assured of financial security, 370 00:18:08,176 --> 00:18:10,094 I will begin to discuss custody. 371 00:18:10,178 --> 00:18:12,263 For now I am too enraged by your actions 372 00:18:12,347 --> 00:18:15,266 to accept any responsibility for our children 373 00:18:15,350 --> 00:18:17,911 because I don't know how to raise secure, 374 00:18:17,996 --> 00:18:20,938 happy, healthy children with a sense of right and wrong 375 00:18:21,022 --> 00:18:23,874 when you are living proof that none of my values 376 00:18:23,958 --> 00:18:25,543 are worth a damn. 377 00:18:35,270 --> 00:18:38,522 Did Mr. Broderick prepare a position statement? 378 00:18:38,606 --> 00:18:39,724 Can I hear it? 379 00:18:39,808 --> 00:18:42,960 Mr. Broderick has opted not to make a position statement 380 00:18:43,044 --> 00:18:45,814 as is his right under the law. 381 00:18:51,286 --> 00:18:52,636 Hey. 382 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,338 You see who's here? Lou Clapper. 383 00:18:54,422 --> 00:18:56,507 Oh, that hammer toe. 384 00:18:56,591 --> 00:18:58,809 Every time I hear his voice, my nose starts bleeding. 385 00:19:00,628 --> 00:19:02,513 - Can I talk to you a minute? - Mm, sure. 386 00:19:09,464 --> 00:19:11,148 Um... 387 00:19:11,372 --> 00:19:14,859 Betty told me about the fines and sanctions 388 00:19:14,943 --> 00:19:17,661 and the money she owes you now, 389 00:19:17,745 --> 00:19:22,032 and about jail. 390 00:19:22,754 --> 00:19:26,332 Dan, don't you think this is all... 391 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,145 Getting out of hand? 392 00:19:31,654 --> 00:19:34,840 I think you have a warped perception 393 00:19:34,932 --> 00:19:38,137 of the details of my life, which is understandable. 394 00:19:38,222 --> 00:19:41,851 It's not as understandable why you need to involve yourself 395 00:19:41,936 --> 00:19:44,088 and spread those perceptions as fact. 396 00:19:44,172 --> 00:19:46,423 Is this thing on? Can anyone hear me? 397 00:19:46,507 --> 00:19:48,959 Maybe focus more on your own life, Ev, 398 00:19:49,043 --> 00:19:51,428 instead of titillating yourself 399 00:19:51,512 --> 00:19:54,431 and other people with stories about mine. 400 00:19:54,515 --> 00:19:55,800 Excuse us. 401 00:19:55,884 --> 00:19:57,601 Anybody see him? 402 00:20:00,021 --> 00:20:02,573 - You're unbelievable. - I warned you. 403 00:20:02,657 --> 00:20:06,177 Of the San Diego County Bar Association, 404 00:20:06,261 --> 00:20:09,046 in the year of our Lord 1987, 405 00:20:09,130 --> 00:20:11,649 Daniel T. Broderick, III. 406 00:20:27,267 --> 00:20:29,018 You'll like Hilary. She's your style. 407 00:20:29,117 --> 00:20:30,277 Thanks, Evelyn. 408 00:20:30,362 --> 00:20:33,181 But don't say Richard referred you. 409 00:20:33,354 --> 00:20:35,072 You can tell her once she's your lawyer, 410 00:20:35,156 --> 00:20:36,240 but until then, 411 00:20:36,324 --> 00:20:40,144 just maybe don't bring Richard's name into it. 412 00:20:40,228 --> 00:20:42,146 Oh, yeah, of course. I won't. 413 00:20:42,230 --> 00:20:44,748 Thank you and Richard so much. 414 00:20:44,832 --> 00:20:46,750 Call her today. 415 00:20:54,142 --> 00:20:57,345 Betty, I'm Hilary Clark. 416 00:20:59,113 --> 00:21:00,865 That's a gorgeous color on you. 417 00:21:00,949 --> 00:21:03,667 Thank you. 418 00:21:03,751 --> 00:21:07,705 I wanna ask for maybe a quarter of what he makes per month. 419 00:21:07,789 --> 00:21:09,740 I say maybe because however much I'm guessing, 420 00:21:09,824 --> 00:21:11,742 I'm pretty sure he makes more. 421 00:21:11,826 --> 00:21:13,544 What do you think a quarter is? 422 00:21:13,628 --> 00:21:15,579 28.5. 423 00:21:15,663 --> 00:21:17,281 My expenses are high, 424 00:21:17,365 --> 00:21:19,116 but they're consistent with the living standard 425 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,552 I earned during my marriage to Dan. 426 00:21:21,636 --> 00:21:24,722 The point is fairness, percentages. 427 00:21:24,806 --> 00:21:27,024 Half of everything Dan Broderick has is mine. 428 00:21:27,108 --> 00:21:29,093 I'm not asking for half. 429 00:21:29,177 --> 00:21:31,128 But why should my lifestyle decline 430 00:21:31,212 --> 00:21:33,898 when he wouldn't have his lifestyle without me? 431 00:21:33,982 --> 00:21:35,866 And what about custody? 432 00:21:35,950 --> 00:21:37,735 - I want that, too. - Okay. 433 00:21:37,819 --> 00:21:40,304 - So... - But not without a settlement. 434 00:21:40,388 --> 00:21:42,506 Not without being able to take care of them 435 00:21:42,590 --> 00:21:43,874 in a way that I had planned. 436 00:21:43,958 --> 00:21:46,510 I hear what you're saying. 437 00:21:46,594 --> 00:21:49,613 But from a strategic standpoint, 438 00:21:49,697 --> 00:21:51,382 it'll be easier to convince a judge 439 00:21:51,466 --> 00:21:54,718 to grant a settlement if you have custody. 440 00:21:54,802 --> 00:21:57,588 You've got a court mandated psych eval pending anyway 441 00:21:57,672 --> 00:21:58,656 tied to visitation. 442 00:21:58,740 --> 00:22:01,625 Let's get that on our side while I start digging 443 00:22:01,709 --> 00:22:02,726 into Dan's financials. 444 00:22:02,810 --> 00:22:05,729 That sound fair? 445 00:22:05,813 --> 00:22:09,283 Can you stop calling and going to his house? 446 00:22:12,687 --> 00:22:14,772 Can you stay away from the kids? 447 00:22:14,856 --> 00:22:17,425 For the time being. 448 00:22:18,893 --> 00:22:20,678 Can you return my phone calls? 449 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,326 This is family court calendar number one, 450 00:22:35,410 --> 00:22:37,027 Broderick versus Broderick. 451 00:22:37,762 --> 00:22:38,996 Are we ready to proceed? 452 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,031 Uh, there is one thing we'd like to bring 453 00:22:41,115 --> 00:22:42,032 to the court's attention, Your Honor. 454 00:22:42,116 --> 00:22:43,263 As the court knows, 455 00:22:43,348 --> 00:22:45,153 there have been numerous orders to show cause 456 00:22:45,238 --> 00:22:46,370 filed on this matter, 457 00:22:46,454 --> 00:22:47,858 one of which prohibits Mrs. Broderick 458 00:22:47,942 --> 00:22:49,273 from harassing Mr. Broderick by phone. 459 00:22:49,357 --> 00:22:51,041 Yes, I read the file, Mr. Mills. 460 00:22:51,125 --> 00:22:52,966 At 9:30 p. m. On Tuesday the 5th, 461 00:22:53,051 --> 00:22:54,896 Mrs. Broderick phoned Mr. Broderick's home. 462 00:22:54,981 --> 00:22:56,714 When Mr. Broderick answered the phone, 463 00:22:57,067 --> 00:22:58,849 Mrs. Broderick said, "Oh, dickhead," 464 00:22:58,933 --> 00:23:00,005 and then hung up. 465 00:23:00,090 --> 00:23:01,852 Actually, I'm glad you brought this up, 466 00:23:02,043 --> 00:23:04,934 and I'm speaking to you as well, Mr. Broderick. 467 00:23:05,606 --> 00:23:07,207 Going forward, 468 00:23:07,542 --> 00:23:11,228 you will not use this court to litigate minor infractions. 469 00:23:11,312 --> 00:23:13,597 We will proceed in an efficient manner 470 00:23:13,681 --> 00:23:15,132 and I will not tolerate any attempt 471 00:23:15,216 --> 00:23:16,633 to waste my time with garbage. 472 00:23:16,717 --> 00:23:18,135 Are we clear, gentlemen? 473 00:23:18,219 --> 00:23:20,237 - Yes, sir. - Yes, Your Honor. 474 00:23:20,321 --> 00:23:21,939 Now, Ms. Clark. 475 00:23:22,023 --> 00:23:24,241 You're requesting to move forward immediately 476 00:23:24,325 --> 00:23:26,377 with your client's psych evaluation 477 00:23:26,461 --> 00:23:28,212 with respects to visitation? 478 00:23:28,296 --> 00:23:29,646 - Yes, Your Honor. - Very good. 479 00:23:29,730 --> 00:23:34,752 I'll appoint Dr. Margot Hayes and we can set this matter down 480 00:23:34,836 --> 00:23:37,588 for delivery of her report in, say, three weeks. 481 00:23:37,672 --> 00:23:40,057 Anything else? Thank you, Your Honor. 482 00:23:40,141 --> 00:23:40,991 No, sir. 483 00:23:41,075 --> 00:23:42,493 Get a date from my clerk 484 00:23:42,577 --> 00:23:45,896 and I'll see you all back here then. 485 00:23:47,949 --> 00:23:49,684 The front. 486 00:23:51,352 --> 00:23:53,771 Hi, hi! 487 00:23:53,855 --> 00:23:55,639 Sweetie, close the door. 488 00:23:57,325 --> 00:23:59,476 - What's he doing? - He's on a conference call. 489 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:00,444 Great. 490 00:24:00,528 --> 00:24:01,445 We'll be done before he even knows you're gone. 491 00:24:01,529 --> 00:24:04,748 Now, is the paper on Andrew Johnson as President 492 00:24:04,832 --> 00:24:07,284 specifically, or on reconstruction? 493 00:24:07,368 --> 00:24:09,119 Him as President. 494 00:24:09,203 --> 00:24:11,288 That is what I thought. 495 00:24:14,642 --> 00:24:15,959 Oh, and... 496 00:24:16,043 --> 00:24:18,395 Yes! 497 00:24:22,817 --> 00:24:25,302 Can you tell me how Mr. Broderick 498 00:24:25,386 --> 00:24:27,171 got custody of the children? 499 00:24:27,255 --> 00:24:31,608 Well, I was living without a support agreement 500 00:24:31,692 --> 00:24:33,644 in a big huge house that he had told me to buy, 501 00:24:33,728 --> 00:24:36,447 and all of a sudden, it was infested with rats. 502 00:24:36,531 --> 00:24:38,882 So I took my children and I dropped them off at Dan's 503 00:24:38,966 --> 00:24:41,952 and left them there, and... 504 00:24:42,036 --> 00:24:43,253 you know what that son of a bitch did? 505 00:24:43,337 --> 00:24:45,222 No. 506 00:24:45,306 --> 00:24:47,091 - He kept them. - Okay. 507 00:24:47,175 --> 00:24:49,293 I don't want you to take notes. 508 00:24:49,377 --> 00:24:51,445 Okay. 509 00:24:52,413 --> 00:24:54,665 Well... 510 00:24:54,749 --> 00:24:56,366 As an attorney, 511 00:24:56,450 --> 00:24:58,936 Mr. Broderick, uh, 512 00:24:59,020 --> 00:25:01,405 must work, you know, 513 00:25:01,489 --> 00:25:04,108 very difficult hours, so it seems to me 514 00:25:04,192 --> 00:25:06,477 that since you were the primary parent 515 00:25:06,561 --> 00:25:08,178 that we should be able 516 00:25:08,262 --> 00:25:10,914 to work out something reasonable. 517 00:25:10,998 --> 00:25:13,350 Depending on what the children tell me, 518 00:25:13,434 --> 00:25:17,688 I'm sure they can probably come back and live with you 519 00:25:17,772 --> 00:25:21,058 since Mr. Broderick, uh, wasn't awarded custody 520 00:25:21,142 --> 00:25:25,796 as part of an actual contested litigation in court. 521 00:25:29,917 --> 00:25:33,370 I'm not gonna be a single parent of four kids. 522 00:25:33,454 --> 00:25:35,456 He'll die first. 523 00:25:37,458 --> 00:25:40,477 Are you threatening him? 524 00:25:40,561 --> 00:25:43,497 I threaten him all the time. 525 00:25:50,271 --> 00:25:51,271 Can't sleep. Back pain. 526 00:25:51,672 --> 00:25:54,258 Grinding my teeth. Headaches. 527 00:25:54,342 --> 00:25:56,460 Depressed. Anxiety. 528 00:25:56,544 --> 00:25:58,896 Called Hilary at 1:00 a. m. 529 00:25:58,980 --> 00:26:01,188 Feeling out of control. Still no money. 530 00:26:01,273 --> 00:26:03,233 Do I have ulcers? 531 00:26:03,317 --> 00:26:05,736 Missed Caseys' party, Ireland Fund party, 532 00:26:05,820 --> 00:26:08,472 Milliken party, Armstrong family party. 533 00:26:08,556 --> 00:26:10,941 Girls don't come or call. 534 00:26:11,025 --> 00:26:13,377 Think house has termites. Roof leaking. 535 00:26:13,461 --> 00:26:15,279 Trapped by fear. 536 00:26:15,363 --> 00:26:16,980 Solitary confinement, 537 00:26:17,064 --> 00:26:19,583 the cruelest punishment short of the electric chair. 538 00:26:22,670 --> 00:26:25,088 The court order doesn't say he has to pay by the first 539 00:26:25,172 --> 00:26:27,124 so he just sends it whenever he feels like it. 540 00:26:27,208 --> 00:26:28,926 Sometimes not even by the end of the month, 541 00:26:29,010 --> 00:26:31,762 so then my bills are backed up 542 00:26:31,846 --> 00:26:34,865 and paying them late costs more. 543 00:26:34,949 --> 00:26:36,533 I tried looking for a job in child care 544 00:26:36,617 --> 00:26:39,603 like you suggested and found something. 545 00:26:39,687 --> 00:26:42,272 They were looking for a nanny with teaching experience... 546 00:26:42,356 --> 00:26:44,341 a six‐year old and four‐year‐old twins... 547 00:26:44,425 --> 00:26:46,009 and I almost applied, but then I thought, 548 00:26:46,093 --> 00:26:48,362 "How am I gonna explain why I don't have my own kids?" 549 00:26:51,032 --> 00:26:54,518 I didn't even get to see Ryan on his birthday. 550 00:26:54,602 --> 00:26:58,522 I'm sorry. This is so hard. 551 00:26:58,606 --> 00:26:59,489 Thank you. 552 00:26:59,573 --> 00:27:01,892 But can I give you some good news? 553 00:27:01,976 --> 00:27:04,461 Our request for you to have the boys Easter weekend 554 00:27:04,545 --> 00:27:06,897 - was approved. - Really? 555 00:27:06,981 --> 00:27:08,765 Whatever channels it went through, 556 00:27:08,849 --> 00:27:11,468 whoever had to sign off, they did. 557 00:27:11,552 --> 00:27:13,136 And I know it doesn't help with any 558 00:27:13,220 --> 00:27:15,289 - of what you were just saying... - No, it does. 559 00:27:19,126 --> 00:27:20,728 Really does. 560 00:27:29,070 --> 00:27:30,854 Hello? Mrs. Broderick? 561 00:27:30,938 --> 00:27:33,190 It's Mrs. Walsh, Anthony's homeroom teacher. 562 00:27:33,274 --> 00:27:34,358 What's the matter? Is everything okay? 563 00:27:34,442 --> 00:27:36,360 He's feeling pretty sick. He should be at home, 564 00:27:36,444 --> 00:27:40,697 but I haven't been able to track down Mr. Broderick. 565 00:27:40,781 --> 00:27:44,368 I had to bring him to the nurse right after morning assembly. 566 00:27:44,452 --> 00:27:48,171 Usually I can eventually at least reach the housekeeper. 567 00:27:48,255 --> 00:27:49,306 I don't know what's going on today. 568 00:27:49,390 --> 00:27:51,708 Uh, is it the housekeeper's job to give you a bath, 569 00:27:51,792 --> 00:27:54,044 usually? 570 00:27:54,128 --> 00:27:59,683 Anthony's just had a lot of colds this winter. 571 00:27:59,767 --> 00:28:01,685 Oh, and incidentally, 572 00:28:01,769 --> 00:28:04,855 we think we finally know who patient zero was. 573 00:28:04,939 --> 00:28:06,523 For his cold? 574 00:28:06,607 --> 00:28:09,092 No, the lice. Adair Keller. 575 00:28:09,176 --> 00:28:10,627 Her mother thinks she got it 576 00:28:10,711 --> 00:28:12,396 from the headrest in a movie theater. 577 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,048 My son had lice? 578 00:28:15,549 --> 00:28:18,101 I... I didn't know you didn't know. 579 00:28:18,185 --> 00:28:20,221 Or you didn't think I cared. 580 00:28:21,689 --> 00:28:23,573 Mrs. Broderick, 581 00:28:23,657 --> 00:28:25,776 I've seen you with your kids. 582 00:28:25,860 --> 00:28:27,395 I could never think you didn't care. 583 00:28:31,999 --> 00:28:34,685 Can you walk? 584 00:28:34,769 --> 00:28:36,687 Can you park first in line? 585 00:28:36,771 --> 00:28:39,423 Absolutely. I will be first in line. 586 00:28:39,507 --> 00:28:40,490 Can we plant jelly beans? 587 00:28:40,574 --> 00:28:43,226 And a carrot cake for the Easter bunny! 588 00:28:43,310 --> 00:28:45,829 Can you pick us up early? 589 00:28:45,913 --> 00:28:47,731 I will be there before they even bring out 590 00:28:47,815 --> 00:28:49,399 the orange cones, my baby. 591 00:28:49,483 --> 00:28:51,234 I'm already there. 592 00:28:51,318 --> 00:28:52,736 Hey, I love you. 593 00:28:52,820 --> 00:28:54,237 Love you, too. Bye, Mom. 594 00:28:54,321 --> 00:28:57,974 ♪ There's a river running soul deep ♪ 595 00:28:58,058 --> 00:29:00,944 ♪ Deep down inside it's running ♪ 596 00:29:01,028 --> 00:29:03,080 ♪ Soul deep ♪ 597 00:29:03,164 --> 00:29:07,250 ♪ Too big to hide and it can't be denied ♪ 598 00:29:07,334 --> 00:29:10,487 ♪ My love is a river running ♪ 599 00:29:10,571 --> 00:29:12,923 ♪ Soul deep ♪ 600 00:29:13,007 --> 00:29:15,176 ♪ Soul deep ♪ 601 00:29:59,687 --> 00:30:01,004 Betty, stop! 602 00:30:01,088 --> 00:30:02,773 Stop, Betty! 603 00:30:08,095 --> 00:30:09,913 - What are you trying to do? - Why? 604 00:30:09,997 --> 00:30:11,314 What are you trying to do? Kill us? 605 00:30:11,398 --> 00:30:13,417 Why? Why are you doing this? 606 00:30:13,501 --> 00:30:15,352 - I had them for Easter! - I changed my mind. 607 00:30:15,436 --> 00:30:16,987 I had them for Easter! 608 00:30:17,071 --> 00:30:17,721 Your lawyer should have told you. 609 00:30:17,805 --> 00:30:19,890 - I wanna go with her! - Betty! 610 00:30:19,974 --> 00:30:21,591 You can't right now. We're going home. 611 00:30:38,626 --> 00:30:40,911 Taking it in the chops time after time, 612 00:30:40,995 --> 00:30:43,180 doing nothing in self defense. 613 00:30:43,264 --> 00:30:44,681 You turn your hate inward. 614 00:30:44,765 --> 00:30:47,250 You hurt yourself even more. 615 00:30:47,334 --> 00:30:49,519 Nice girls slit their wrists over the kitchen sink 616 00:30:49,603 --> 00:30:52,222 so they don't make a mess. 617 00:30:52,306 --> 00:30:55,025 How can anyone survive under this kind of assault? 618 00:30:55,109 --> 00:30:57,227 Wouldn't anyone become violent 619 00:30:57,311 --> 00:31:00,030 after all his incessant bullshit? 620 00:31:00,114 --> 00:31:02,365 Leave us a message and we'll call you back. 621 00:31:02,449 --> 00:31:04,868 Have a great day. 622 00:31:04,952 --> 00:31:07,454 Ryan, Anthony. 623 00:31:08,622 --> 00:31:10,340 I'm just gonna call back and call back 624 00:31:10,424 --> 00:31:12,409 until someone turns the ringer on. 625 00:31:13,794 --> 00:31:16,880 Don't you even care about your family? 626 00:31:16,964 --> 00:31:19,099 Besides the stupid money? 627 00:31:20,034 --> 00:31:21,918 I care perfectly about my family. 628 00:31:22,002 --> 00:31:23,286 Then how come you don't shut your mouth 629 00:31:23,370 --> 00:31:24,821 so we can come over there? 630 00:31:26,807 --> 00:31:28,024 Who's on this phone? 631 00:31:28,108 --> 00:31:30,227 - Me. - No, I just heard something. 632 00:31:30,311 --> 00:31:31,962 Nobody's on the phone. 633 00:31:32,046 --> 00:31:33,930 What is that noise? 634 00:31:34,014 --> 00:31:35,465 What noise? 635 00:31:35,549 --> 00:31:37,367 People walking around. 636 00:31:37,451 --> 00:31:39,736 Like, Anthony and Dad and stuff. 637 00:31:39,820 --> 00:31:40,837 Stuff? You mean the whore's there? 638 00:31:40,921 --> 00:31:41,838 No! 639 00:31:41,922 --> 00:31:43,740 Why can't you just mind your own business 640 00:31:43,824 --> 00:31:45,909 and not care who he's seeing? 641 00:31:45,993 --> 00:31:47,644 He could be seeing a totally different girl 642 00:31:47,728 --> 00:31:49,479 - and it wouldn't matter. - Congratulations. 643 00:31:49,563 --> 00:31:51,081 You've been living with him too long. 644 00:31:51,165 --> 00:31:52,282 You don't have any values. 645 00:31:52,366 --> 00:31:53,984 Right, wrong, truth, lie. 646 00:31:54,068 --> 00:31:55,485 You stay there, 647 00:31:55,569 --> 00:31:57,420 your whole head's gonna go to scrambled eggs. 648 00:31:58,505 --> 00:32:00,790 Two years, I put up with this shit in my face. 649 00:32:00,874 --> 00:32:03,126 Look, it's not only Linda's fault. 650 00:32:03,234 --> 00:32:05,436 It's Dad's fault, too, and it's your fault. 651 00:32:05,521 --> 00:32:08,030 Listen, when he took you guys from me... 652 00:32:08,115 --> 00:32:10,233 He didn't take us away. You gave us to him. 653 00:32:10,317 --> 00:32:12,132 And you've been having a great time ever since, right? 654 00:32:12,216 --> 00:32:13,670 No, we haven't! 655 00:32:13,754 --> 00:32:15,138 We've been having a horrible time! 656 00:32:15,222 --> 00:32:16,106 Why don't you just stay there? 657 00:32:16,190 --> 00:32:18,108 You don't want us to, though, Mom. 658 00:32:18,192 --> 00:32:19,643 And we wanna be with you. 659 00:32:19,727 --> 00:32:21,978 If you just stop saying bad words, 660 00:32:22,062 --> 00:32:24,114 then everyone would be happier. 661 00:32:24,198 --> 00:32:26,683 I know I will and Anthony will. 662 00:32:26,767 --> 00:32:28,852 Meanwhile the whore's allowed to be around you. 663 00:32:28,936 --> 00:32:31,054 You guys are divorced! 664 00:32:31,138 --> 00:32:33,390 Dad can be with anyone he wants to! 665 00:32:33,474 --> 00:32:36,126 Daddy's divorced. I'm still married. 666 00:32:36,210 --> 00:32:38,061 Well, he likes somebody else now. 667 00:32:38,145 --> 00:32:40,130 You're just gonna get madder and madder 668 00:32:40,214 --> 00:32:41,731 and you're the only one who can fix it. 669 00:32:41,815 --> 00:32:44,200 If Dan Broderick wants to settle, 670 00:32:44,284 --> 00:32:46,002 - he can do it in an hour. - How? 671 00:32:46,086 --> 00:32:48,038 You want all the kids and all the money 672 00:32:48,122 --> 00:32:49,306 and Linda to go away, 673 00:32:49,390 --> 00:32:50,941 and that leaves Dad with nothing. 674 00:32:51,025 --> 00:32:53,343 Excuse me? He walked away! 675 00:32:53,427 --> 00:32:55,211 What do I care if he ends up with nothing? 676 00:32:55,295 --> 00:32:57,414 Oh, okay. What does he care if you do? 677 00:32:57,498 --> 00:32:59,983 All I care about is I wanna come live there 678 00:33:00,067 --> 00:33:02,052 and Anthony wants to, too. 679 00:33:03,070 --> 00:33:05,055 - Somebody's on this phone. - No! 680 00:33:05,139 --> 00:33:07,657 Ryan, you don't understand things. 681 00:33:07,741 --> 00:33:09,297 You don't either, Mom! 682 00:33:09,382 --> 00:33:13,096 Why can't you just grow up and start acting like a woman? 683 00:33:13,180 --> 00:33:14,831 You want everything your way. 684 00:33:14,915 --> 00:33:16,833 I haven't had anything my way. 685 00:33:16,917 --> 00:33:19,302 Daddy robbed me of everything I had on Earth. 686 00:33:19,386 --> 00:33:22,005 He ...‐- your whole life and my whole life. 687 00:33:22,089 --> 00:33:24,608 You're doing the same thing, Mom! 688 00:33:24,692 --> 00:33:25,942 You've been mad long enough! 689 00:33:26,026 --> 00:33:28,078 Oh, no, I haven't. 690 00:33:49,450 --> 00:33:51,267 Wanna go watch some TV? 691 00:33:51,351 --> 00:33:53,136 - Yeah. - Yeah? 692 00:33:53,220 --> 00:33:55,138 You tell Tracy I said it's okay. 693 00:34:44,905 --> 00:34:45,905 Okay, okay. 694 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:47,223 You can have that day off but you have to be ready 695 00:34:47,307 --> 00:34:49,592 to go out by seven. Ready for what? 696 00:34:49,676 --> 00:34:50,960 - Where are we going? - Out. 697 00:34:51,044 --> 00:34:52,796 Out? Where? Just tell me. 698 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:54,431 How is it a surprise if I tell you? 699 00:34:54,515 --> 00:34:55,765 But you're gonna like it. 700 00:34:55,849 --> 00:34:58,034 Hey. 701 00:34:58,118 --> 00:34:59,602 It's a long one, so take your time. 702 00:34:59,686 --> 00:35:02,072 It's important. 703 00:35:02,156 --> 00:35:03,440 And then on top of the clothes 704 00:35:03,524 --> 00:35:06,009 and the nails and the colds and the lice, 705 00:35:06,093 --> 00:35:09,946 his ears were just filled with wax. 706 00:35:10,030 --> 00:35:11,281 The Count Du Money is so perfect 707 00:35:11,365 --> 00:35:13,349 about his own appearance but he doesn't care 708 00:35:13,433 --> 00:35:15,885 if his own kids walk around filthy and sick 709 00:35:15,969 --> 00:35:17,987 probably because he thinks if anyone sees them that way, 710 00:35:18,071 --> 00:35:20,007 they'll blame me. Okay. 711 00:35:24,378 --> 00:35:26,296 You said you only see a parent once, 712 00:35:26,380 --> 00:35:28,231 yet here I am again. 713 00:35:28,315 --> 00:35:31,568 I did feel that we should have another session. 714 00:35:31,652 --> 00:35:34,404 One that was a little more structured, 715 00:35:34,488 --> 00:35:38,108 and our previous meeting became a chance for you to vent. 716 00:35:38,192 --> 00:35:41,010 - I have a lot to vent. - Which I appreciate. 717 00:35:41,094 --> 00:35:44,214 But I also have certain things that I am supposed 718 00:35:44,298 --> 00:35:46,716 - to accomplish in here. - Like what? 719 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,986 Like if you were to get the children back. 720 00:35:50,070 --> 00:35:53,389 I mean, if that could be worked out for that to happen, 721 00:35:53,473 --> 00:35:57,260 what kind of visitation would you want Mr. Broderick to have? 722 00:35:57,344 --> 00:35:59,729 No visitation. 723 00:35:59,813 --> 00:36:02,198 And no notes. 724 00:36:02,282 --> 00:36:03,383 Okay. 725 00:36:10,557 --> 00:36:13,543 I was a good mother always. 726 00:36:13,627 --> 00:36:14,911 I was always there. 727 00:36:14,995 --> 00:36:17,247 I did everything I was supposed to do. 728 00:36:19,433 --> 00:36:21,718 For years, my parenting abilities 729 00:36:21,802 --> 00:36:23,720 were fine by Dan Broderick. 730 00:36:23,804 --> 00:36:25,622 Now we're in litigation, suddenly, they're not. 731 00:36:25,706 --> 00:36:26,589 That's why we're here. 732 00:36:26,673 --> 00:36:29,893 He didn't care if they were eaten by rats. 733 00:36:29,977 --> 00:36:32,929 He didn't care if they saw his whore 734 00:36:33,013 --> 00:36:34,731 with her legs spread in the hallway... 735 00:36:34,815 --> 00:36:36,466 - We... - Or how many times... 736 00:36:36,550 --> 00:36:38,001 What's her name? 737 00:36:38,085 --> 00:36:39,702 Wait, what? Who? 738 00:36:41,855 --> 00:36:43,740 I don't care. I don't care. 739 00:36:43,824 --> 00:36:46,142 I mean, does she care about me? Does she care about my kids? 740 00:36:46,226 --> 00:36:48,678 Did you discuss any of this with her? 741 00:36:48,762 --> 00:36:51,548 I mean, try telling her anything? 742 00:36:51,632 --> 00:36:54,918 - Even... even in anger. - Oh, that's on me to do too? 743 00:37:04,845 --> 00:37:06,162 Linda. 744 00:37:06,246 --> 00:37:07,981 Ah. 745 00:37:09,483 --> 00:37:10,934 Linda. 746 00:37:17,925 --> 00:37:19,526 All right? Mm‐hmm. 747 00:37:23,196 --> 00:37:25,348 Are you all right? 748 00:37:25,432 --> 00:37:27,116 I'm done. 749 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:29,452 I'm not coming back here again. You're too good at this. 750 00:37:29,536 --> 00:37:31,421 You're too good at what you do. You're too good of a therapist. 751 00:37:31,505 --> 00:37:33,356 I don't want those kids by myself. 752 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:34,991 I won't let you talk me into it. 753 00:37:35,075 --> 00:37:36,860 You make me forget that I'm angry at the asshole 754 00:37:36,944 --> 00:37:38,828 and his whore, and if I'm not angry, 755 00:37:38,912 --> 00:37:40,547 I'm not gonna make it. 756 00:37:47,254 --> 00:37:50,373 The hearing's tomorrow and I need background, Betty, 757 00:37:50,457 --> 00:37:52,809 on all these contempt motions they sent over. 758 00:37:52,893 --> 00:37:54,210 I thought you told me 759 00:37:54,294 --> 00:37:55,445 you wouldn't call Dan or harass him anymore. 760 00:37:55,529 --> 00:37:58,592 Yeah, right, I'm the only one expected to keep my promises. 761 00:37:58,677 --> 00:37:59,710 I forgot. 762 00:37:59,795 --> 00:38:02,185 All right, well, speaking of that, 763 00:38:02,269 --> 00:38:05,688 I've been trying not to bring this up, 764 00:38:05,772 --> 00:38:08,291 but I still haven't been paid. 765 00:38:08,375 --> 00:38:10,526 So I have a proposition for you. 766 00:38:10,610 --> 00:38:14,130 I found out that Dan's selling one of the Colorado properties. 767 00:38:14,214 --> 00:38:16,466 - What? - And long story short, 768 00:38:16,550 --> 00:38:19,836 Dan's agreed to send me a check for the full amount of sale. 769 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:21,638 Let me act as broker, 770 00:38:21,722 --> 00:38:24,140 divide the proceeds between the two of you, 771 00:38:24,224 --> 00:38:27,243 and take my fee from your half. 772 00:38:27,327 --> 00:38:29,429 - What do you think? - Dan has agreed? 773 00:38:30,797 --> 00:38:33,016 What does that mean? 774 00:38:33,100 --> 00:38:34,350 Did you talk to Dan? 775 00:38:34,434 --> 00:38:35,518 I called him first to ask him... 776 00:38:35,602 --> 00:38:38,321 Why is my lawyer 777 00:38:38,405 --> 00:38:40,823 talking to Dan Broderick without even telling me? 778 00:38:40,907 --> 00:38:43,092 I did try to explain this to you... 779 00:38:43,176 --> 00:38:45,561 Oh, God, you're just like all the others, I guess... 780 00:38:45,645 --> 00:38:47,931 wanna get in good with him at my expense! 781 00:38:48,015 --> 00:38:49,832 You don't have to listen to me, Betty. 782 00:38:49,916 --> 00:38:51,334 That's your right, 783 00:38:51,418 --> 00:38:53,937 but I am not going to work for free. 784 00:38:54,021 --> 00:38:56,806 So you tell me, then. What do we do? 785 00:38:59,526 --> 00:39:01,878 I understand you will no longer be serving 786 00:39:01,962 --> 00:39:03,680 as council for Mrs. Broderick, Ms. Clark. 787 00:39:03,764 --> 00:39:06,182 That's correct, Your Honor, at Mrs. Broderick's request. 788 00:39:06,266 --> 00:39:08,051 The court is grateful for your appearance today. 789 00:39:08,135 --> 00:39:10,320 Sir, if I could go on the record, 790 00:39:10,404 --> 00:39:13,122 these contempt filings and postponements 791 00:39:13,206 --> 00:39:15,358 by Mr. Mills and Mr. Broderick 792 00:39:15,442 --> 00:39:18,628 serve to deliberately delay trial proceedings, 793 00:39:18,712 --> 00:39:20,630 which will of course dilute Mrs. Broderick's share 794 00:39:20,714 --> 00:39:24,734 of community property either by accruing undue debts 795 00:39:24,818 --> 00:39:26,269 or even hiding assets. 796 00:39:26,353 --> 00:39:28,771 - Excuse me. - Which I find surprising, 797 00:39:28,855 --> 00:39:30,707 after Mr. Mills and Mr. Broderick 798 00:39:30,791 --> 00:39:32,909 have assured me countless times 799 00:39:32,993 --> 00:39:35,311 that Mr. Broderick wishes only 800 00:39:35,395 --> 00:39:38,081 to equally divide the property and get on with his life. 801 00:39:38,165 --> 00:39:40,783 These are unfounded accusations, Your Honor. 802 00:39:40,867 --> 00:39:43,820 I want to talk about how, 803 00:39:43,904 --> 00:39:45,555 after I made myself very clear, 804 00:39:45,639 --> 00:39:50,259 I somehow again have a calendar of backed up contempt motions 805 00:39:50,343 --> 00:39:51,394 against your client, Ms. Clark. 806 00:39:51,478 --> 00:39:54,397 Nine different new ones in the system. 807 00:39:54,481 --> 00:39:55,999 Five that Mrs. Broderick needs to answer 808 00:39:56,083 --> 00:39:57,767 in this hearing today, 809 00:39:57,851 --> 00:40:01,537 and that's on top of 24 days worth of suspended sentences 810 00:40:01,621 --> 00:40:03,306 from previous contempt convictions. 811 00:40:03,390 --> 00:40:06,275 I would argue it is blatantly inflammatory 812 00:40:06,359 --> 00:40:08,978 for Miss Kolkena to record the outgoing message 813 00:40:09,062 --> 00:40:10,079 for the Broderick household, 814 00:40:10,163 --> 00:40:14,150 that it causes Mrs. Broderick to become emotional 815 00:40:14,234 --> 00:40:16,185 - and express herself badly. - Oh, stop. 816 00:40:16,269 --> 00:40:18,688 Stop. I am done with this. 817 00:40:19,806 --> 00:40:22,592 Get the girlfriend off the machine. 818 00:40:22,676 --> 00:40:24,694 Now, 819 00:40:24,778 --> 00:40:26,229 moving on to the children. 820 00:40:26,313 --> 00:40:28,398 Having reviewed and considered 821 00:40:28,482 --> 00:40:30,433 the detailed therapeutic assessment 822 00:40:30,517 --> 00:40:32,068 of Mrs. Broderick's mental health, 823 00:40:32,152 --> 00:40:34,103 I am officially sanctioning matters 824 00:40:34,187 --> 00:40:36,806 to remain as they are. 825 00:40:36,890 --> 00:40:39,776 Mr. Broderick shall retain sole custody 826 00:40:39,860 --> 00:40:42,712 with visitation to Mrs. Broderick at his discretion. 827 00:40:42,796 --> 00:40:44,447 And Mrs. Broderick? 828 00:40:44,531 --> 00:40:46,649 I'm imposing a 25‐day jail sentence. 829 00:40:46,733 --> 00:40:49,485 Your Honor, I understand your frustration and... 830 00:40:49,569 --> 00:40:51,854 and desire to hold Mrs. Broderick accountable. 831 00:40:51,938 --> 00:40:53,089 I do. 832 00:40:53,173 --> 00:40:56,826 But a sentence of such length will not be rehabilitative. 833 00:40:56,910 --> 00:40:59,662 If... if Mrs. Broderick... if... 834 00:40:59,746 --> 00:41:02,532 if she perhaps apologized to the court... 835 00:41:16,363 --> 00:41:20,016 Judge Russell, I promise to change my ways. 836 00:41:20,100 --> 00:41:22,085 I do know what you don't want me to do. 837 00:41:27,140 --> 00:41:30,393 I've just been trying to escape this madness. 838 00:41:30,477 --> 00:41:33,429 19 days suspended. Six days in jail. 839 00:41:33,513 --> 00:41:35,832 Your Honor, I respectfully request a stay 840 00:41:35,916 --> 00:41:38,568 for Mrs. Broderick to go home and get her affairs in order. 841 00:41:38,652 --> 00:41:41,104 Denied. 842 00:42:00,941 --> 00:42:03,359 Hey, bud. 843 00:42:03,443 --> 00:42:05,528 Jen told me I should come talk to you. 844 00:42:05,612 --> 00:42:07,797 Said you were crying earlier. 845 00:42:07,881 --> 00:42:09,932 Wouldn't tell anybody why. 846 00:42:10,016 --> 00:42:12,802 Mom. 847 00:42:12,886 --> 00:42:15,571 I mean, if we're never gonna get to be with her, 848 00:42:15,655 --> 00:42:17,106 live with her... 849 00:42:17,190 --> 00:42:18,741 - Ryan... - We need her. 850 00:42:18,825 --> 00:42:20,243 And she needs us. 851 00:42:20,327 --> 00:42:23,146 I know. I know it's hard. 852 00:42:27,901 --> 00:42:30,319 You're a kid, 853 00:42:30,403 --> 00:42:32,622 and your mom is like a kid, too. 854 00:42:34,541 --> 00:42:36,259 She doesn't get her way, 855 00:42:36,343 --> 00:42:39,095 she kicks and screams, breaks things. 856 00:42:39,179 --> 00:42:41,430 Okay, okay. Just a little more. 857 00:42:41,514 --> 00:42:43,166 A little... little further. Little further. 858 00:42:43,250 --> 00:42:44,433 Don't move. 859 00:42:44,517 --> 00:42:46,702 Stay right there. 860 00:42:50,290 --> 00:42:52,475 Okay, take the blindfold off. 861 00:42:56,329 --> 00:42:59,382 Will you marry me? 862 00:42:59,466 --> 00:43:01,984 Yes. 863 00:43:02,068 --> 00:43:03,186 She said yes! 864 00:43:13,113 --> 00:43:16,132 She just can't control herself. 865 00:43:16,499 --> 00:43:19,635 She's never been able to. She's always been this way. 866 00:43:21,288 --> 00:43:22,772 She just can't stop. 867 00:43:25,345 --> 00:43:27,547 Or she won't. 868 00:43:28,704 --> 00:43:30,188 Let's go. 869 00:43:30,273 --> 00:43:31,897 It's not your fault. 870 00:43:36,105 --> 00:43:38,819 It's nobody's fault except hers.