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[thunder crashing]

Just boot up online.

[indistinct chatter]

[man] As long
as we allow them...

Welcome to sunny
California, gentlemen.

I was starting to think
we wouldn't be seeing
you tonight.

We were having the same
thought, Sir,

along about Point Mugu.

And Pax River, and Oceana,
and North Island.

It's a mess
out there, Sir.

Least you won't have
to wait on your plane.

Upgrade was finished
three days ago.

[yawns]

You sure you don't want
to bunk down for the night?

No, thank you, Sir.

Got a little waitress
waiting for me

a the Barefoot Bar.

[chuckles] Wouldn't want to
ruin her evening.

Got your John Hancocks.

That's one fully
upgraded F-14,

officially released
to the U.S. Navy.

Say hi to China Lake
for me.

-You got it.
-Will do, Sir.

Wind sweep automatic.

Check. Flaps down.
Check.

Tower, this is Navy Jet 2-3-4-8
ready for takeoff.

[tower]
Roger that, Navy Jet 2-3-4-8.
You're clear for takeoff.

Cartwright!

What the hell is this?!

I found it in the cockpit.

Hey, I don't leave
my tools anywhere, Bob.

-Guess the screwdriver fairy
must've left it there, huh?
-Herskovitz borrowed that.

I had a buddy once-- some
idiot left a wrench in the
cockpit

flew up while he was
doing a loop

and hit him the face.

[loud boom]

Man, that thunder's
getting close.

[sirens blaring]

Bob, that was the plane
going to China Lake!

[theme song playing]

Oh, college catalog,
Tiner?

You cruising for coeds?

Taking some
courses, Gunny.

Looking for ways to make
myself more valuable

around the office.

Oh, they have a major
in alphabetical order?

Maybe improve
your filing skills?

I'm thinking about finishing up
my bachelor's degree,

then going to law school.

Wiggins file?

Has the meeting
started yet?

The Admiral went up
five minutes ago, ma'am.

Hmm, five minutes
and 12 seconds.

You owe me a buck.

Mick, what are
you doing here?

You're three hours early
for lunch.

Yeah, but who's
counting?

Okay. You want
to come back later?

Maybe wait downstairs?

[Chegwidden] All right,
now that we're all here,

we'll get started.

First up is the F-14 crash
at Frohl Technologies

which was in the midst

of a third-party aircraft
upgrade.

Rabb, you and Lieutenant Roberts
will handle the investigation

with the assistance
of the Frohl Tech
representative.

You'rethe Frohl Tech
representative?

My firm's on retainer.

Who would've thought we'd all be
working together again so soon?

Yeah, who'd have thought?

Well, good to see you, Sir.

"Mic's" fine, mate.

Admiral, do we have
the aircraft's

heads-up-display recorder?

No, it was burned up
with all the rest.

Preliminary reports are
inconclusive

but they're leaning toward
pilot error.

I see it had
been raining, Sir.

Now, Commander Urquizu was
a good stick--

second in his class at Top Gun,
40 missions over Kosovo.

It'd take more than a little
rain to trip him up.

Well, he had more than
a little rain, mate.

They'd been ferrying planes

back and forth
for three straight days...

Brumby, I'm sure your employers
would love to blame

two aviators rather than
a faulty hardware upgrade

but I think it's a little
premature to be...

[Chegwidden]
Well...

Looks like you two guys
are going to save the government

-a lot of time and money.
-How's that, Sir?

Have a debate instead
of an investigation.

I should've thought that
years ago.

Sarah, what's
the matter?

"What's the matter?"

Surprise!
I moved to America.

Surprise! You're
my new brunch date, babe.

Surprise! We're working
together.

You made me look stupid
in there.

I didn't feel like discussing
business last night.

-Or this morning.
-You should've warned me.

I didn't want to mix
business with pleasure.

Cut back on
the surprises, Mic

or there won't be
anymore pleasure.

No worries.
Won't happen again.

You're all invited
to a sneak preview

of my latest project--
the reelection

of Congresswoman Bobbi Latham.

[announcer] When Congresswoman
Bobbi Latham learned

that there wasn't
enough money to buy

Michigan students their
own textbooks, she said "no."

When she learned the Pentagon
wanted 40 billion dollars

for the flawed Spyglass
surveillance system,

she said "no." Now she's
leading the fight against

wasteful military spending.

Our current prosperity should
be an opportunity

to build our schools
and our cities,

not to throw money away
on unneeded

and overpriced weapons
and military hardware.

I'll work for you,
the people of Michigan.

[announcer]
Paid for by the Committee
for Reelection of Bobbi Latham.

On second thought,

maybe you're not
my target audience.

Renee.

Excuse me.

Thank God none of you live
in Michigan.

What?

Oh, lunch is off?

Oh, no, no.
Let me guess.

Zimbabwe in five hours?

Well, you're close.

San Diego in four.

Oh. Oh, that's good, Harm.

The sooner you tell
your mother, the better.

Oh...

Renee, Mom's in Europe.

A-A-And... Look,
I'm not even so sure

I'm going to tell her.

I mean, what am I'm going say?

"Hey, Mom, Russia was great.

I-I got to ride
in a helicopter.

Oh, by the way,
when Dad was a POW there

he lived with a woman
and they had a son.

I met him, real nice guy.

So how was your trip?"

Did I ever tell you the story

about my old actress
roommate in L.A.?

She had this fiancee.

And one day, he decides
he's had it.

He is moving back to Indiana.

Or, Idaho... well, it was
of those "I" states.

Anyway, he wants her
to marry him

and to come with.

So she asks me,
is she a good enough actress

that she should stay in L.A.

instead of going and being
with the man she loves?

Okay, well, she was
the worst actress
I had ever seen.

But I didn't want to hurt
her feelings.

And so, I lied.
And she stayed.

And he married somebody else.
And the last I heard,

she is still living
in that same apartment.

Look, your mom was tough enough
to raise you on her own.

She's not going to break.
And for all you know,

she might actually be
happy that your dad

found a little bit of joy
after all of his pain.

Let's have lunch.

You can drive me
to the airport afterwards.

Uh, yeah.

[man]
It's a big contract, Sir--

upgrading 130 F-14 Deltas
and F-14 Echoes on a deadline?

I've been the NAVPRO
in charge of quality assurance

-since the project started.
-What are they doing, exactly?

New turbine blades, automatic
flight control systems...

You name it, Lieutenant.

Tell me about the night
of the crash, Commander.

-I never should've let
those guys go.
-They were just plain beat.

Anything else make you question
their fitness to fly?

The younger one, Berke

he was pretty anxious
about getting home.

-What about the aircraft?
-The work was done.

Checked by Frohl Tech;
double-checked by me.

And by him. Wilson!

Test pilot.

They're investigating.

-Too bad about those boys.
-Yes, it is.

-You checked out
their plane, correct?
-Six to eight times.

A functional test flight after
each job was done and then, uh

prior to pickup,
a full-card test flight.

Two full hours.
That's the drill.

-What do you fly, Commander?
-Fourteens. Or, I used to.

Man, it's a shame to have you
on the ground, then.

You ever get the itch,
we'll take one up.

Well, if you can find the time.

You fly every aircraft
half a dozen times, huh?

[Brumby] Asked and answered,
Counselor.

My F.C.F. card's on file.

I'll be here,
you got anymore questions.

Thanks.

Yeah, I worked on that plane.

It's all in the report.

Well, I'd like to hear firsthand

exactly what you did on it.

Turbine shroud, blade upgrades,
like all the others.

That one also needed
a mainmount brake assembly.

And everything was fine?

Looked okay to me.

And to Holtsford,
and the test pilot.

Oh, Wilson. Yeah,
he doesn't seem the type

to let anything slide.

Wilson? Yeah,
that's an understatement.

You know what pilots use
for birth control?

Yeah, their personalities.

What's the difference between
a pilot and a jet engine?

Jet engine stops whining
when it lands.

Look, I feel real bad
about what happened.

So what are you doing
to this one?

Replacing the heads-up-display
computer.

Our HUD, it sometimes
jitters so bad

we shut it off
in mid-flight.

Yeah, we removed and replaced
a lot HUDs for that reason.

Oh, yeah?
Where's the C.S.D?

How's that?

You're missing a CSD

-What's a C.S.D?
-[Rabb] Constant Speed
Drive, Sir.

It supplies electrical power
to the aircraft.

A bad CSD could
account for the loss
of control

that caused
the crash, Sir.

An upgraded F-14 was due
for pickup, but it had

a faulty CSD, Sir.

Commander Holtsford pulled

a replacement
from the mishap 14.

Well, what did he replace
that one with?

A CSD from another
aircraft that had just come in

but without
cannibalization paperwork,

test procedures, or inspection.

He lied to us, Sir,
and he's probably responsible

for the death
of those two aviators.

Dereliction of duty,
at least, Sir.

Maybe negligent homicide.

All right.

Inform the Convening Authority
that a court-martial's in order.

-Aye, Sir.
-Aye, Sir.

Bud, see if Holtsford's
records

have come in from BUPERS.

On it, Sir.

[Latham]
Commander Rabb.

Congresswoman Latham,
I didn't realize

I was on your
whistle-stop tour, ma'am.

You are.

I've come for any report
you picked up

in the Frohl Tech
investigation.

Now, what makes you think
I would give you files

from an active case?

We're investigating a naval
officer assigned to Frohl Tech.

Lieutenant Commander
Bob Holtsford.

His attorney's been
in contact with me.

I'm holding a congressional
hearing on waste and fraud
at Frohl Tech.

Lieutenant Commander Holtsford
has agreed to testify.

In exchange, I'm giving him full
immunity from prosecution.

[Rabb]
Immunity?!

You can't do that, Bobbi.
I'm going to nail this guy.

-Is that an order, Commander?
-Holtsford is probably
responsible

for the death of two good men,
and he needs to pay for it.

No, no, no.
What he needs to do
is help me expose

the waste and incompetence
at Frohltech.

Ah, ha-ha.

This isn't about this case
at all, is it?

Frohltech has a contract
to the Spyglass project--

your big campaign issue.

For good reason.
It's a $40 billion waste.

Don't make speeches to me.

If there wasn't an election,
there wouldn't be a hearing.

I didn't want
your subordinates

hearing me
call you an ass.

Holtsford didn't
set up the system

that caused that plane
to crash, Frohltech did.

Let us convict him, then you
can have him as a witness.

A witness of what,
conditions at Leavenworth?

Come on, you know he's not going
to talk without immunity!

-It's the best way.
-This is the quickest way.

The best way is to nail
Frohltech and Holtsford.

Oh, come on. Listen--
You've done this
a thousand times.

This is the battle we lose
to win the war.

This is not my war.

How many Frohltech planes

are supposed to fall out
of the sky before it is?

Holtsford
has his immunity.

The papers are signed.

Fine.

But I'm going
to be there.

-[knocking]
-Enter!

You wanted to see me, sir?

Oh, yeah.
Come on in.

Have a seat.

Um...

Dr. Walden's
son, Danny

mentioned that her
birthday was coming up.

So I thought that...

I'd love to see
what you got her, sir.

Well, if you insist.

That's...
a really big book, sir.

The Complete Works
of Shakespeare.

She said she wanted
to make it her mission

to read all the classics
she missed out on

as a premed
student.

Um...

permission to speak freely, sir?

Sure.

While this gift
is very thoughtful, um...

it might be a little
too thoughtful.

Maybe something...
more romantic, like, um...

cooking her
a candlelight dinner...

More romantic?

"If I could write
the beauty of your eyes

and in fresh numbers,
number all your graces...

the age to come would say,
'This poet lies.

Such heavenly touches
ne'er touched earthly faces.'"

Sir, please disregard
everything I just said.

-Bobbi, Commander Rabb,
great to see you again.
-Congressman Porter.

Afraid you're up here
on a fool's errand, though.

Which would make me
the fool?

Oh, she's
fantastic.

[laughing] Wish our party
had ten like her.

But this time
she's taken off

after a good and valuable
corporate citizen, I'm afraid.

Mmm. Valuable
to Congressman Porter.

You see, Frohltech's
in his district

and its people are major
campaign contributors.

Legal contributions
from a company that helps
keep American strong and free.

Do you know what Spyglass
will do, Commander,

unless Congressman
Latham manages

to use this hearing
to kill it?

I'm aware of it,
Congressman.

It's gonna change air
warfare forever.

Satellites that can read
the label on Castro's cigar

deployable
to any target area

all sending real-time data

to our bomber pilots so those
pilots can tell the difference

between a school
bus and a tank

-without exposing themselves.
-If it worked, which it doesn't.

You know, she even opposed
spending the money
to build a prototype?

Because once you've spent
the first few billion,

it just never stops.

Why don't we go hear
what the gentleman
has to say, shall we?

Hmm?

My client agreed to testify
at a public hearing only.

We're entitled to
interview him first,

so we know what
to expect.

There's got to be
some limit.

There is--
when we've heard enough.

I've got my immunity
in here, too, right?

[Latham]
As long as you tell
the truth.

-That's why I'm here.
-I thought you were here

to avoid a court martial
and a jail sentence.

I did exactly
what Frohltech expected.

Go on.

They never had enough manpower

to upgrade 130 F-14s
in 18 months,

so they had to cut corners,

and they made that clear
to everybody.

Oh, they sent out a memo--
"Don't fix the planes"?

No, but they hired
inexperienced mechanics.

I've seen personnel that didn't
know which panels to remove

for pre-flight.

If this is
so widespread,

why don't we have planes
crashing left and right?

Why can the only crash
that's occurred up till now

be traced directly to you?

'Cause up until now,
they're been lucky.

Frohltech has onemessage
for its employees:

"Those aircraft go
out the door, or you do."

They have too few personnel.
Too many aircraft.

There's only one way
to meet those quotas--

cannibalize parts,
falsify reports

gun deck inspection,
so that Frohltech

can fulfill this job
and get the next one.

Why didn't you say something,
Commander?

That's why you were there--

to look out
for the Navy's interest.

I've been passed over
twice for Commander, sir.

I'm out of the Navy
next year.

Frohltech offered me
a good-paying job.

All I had to do
was make sure

those aircraft got out
the door... on time.

The next time
we go out to lunch,

we have to go someplace
that has vertebrates
on the menu.

[laughing] A.J., where is your
sense of adventure?

Well, my dear Dr. Walden,
I was a Navy Seal.

I've eaten bugs
and bark

but at least I could tell
which was which.

[laughing] Oh, by the way,
don't make any plans

-for your birthday.
-My birthday?

Are we doing something?

Um...

Rooms have been reserved,
maitre d's have been bribed,

and opera glasses
have been purcha--

Oop! Did I say
opera glasses?

I'm afraid you did.

It sounds wonderful, A.J.

[elevator doors opening]

-Hello, Harm.
-Ma'am.

Sir.

-I'll call you.
-Okay.

Commander Rabb, your
Moscow Herald,sir.

Oh, thanks, Tony.

Any good news,
Commander?

Caviar stocks are up,
ruble is down.

So are casualties
in Chechnya.

Any word from Sergei?

No, not for two weeks.

He's still flying
air recon.

[laughing] They reopen
the Lindbergh case?

Worse. Three Navy divers
stole 80 lobsters
from underwater traps.

One of Singer's cases.
She's out sick.

Sounds tough.
Hope you crack it.

Have you tried buttering up
the judge, ma'am?

One more word from
either of you,

and I'm bringing you
both up on charges.

Uh-oh, she's reaching
her boiling point.

Sir, it's going to be
justifiable homicide.

Gentlemen, we maintain
a harassment-free workplace.

Colonel, I expect a Marine
to have a tougher shell.

Commander, you just
came from debriefing

Lieutenant Commander
Holtsford?

Yes, sir.
The man's despicable.

But if half of what he says
is true, sir...

So is Frohltech.

Yes, sir.

My office.

Aye, aye, sir.

So what's the problem?

-You got stock in Frohltech?
-No, sir.

Admiral, if Frohltech
is responsible
for the crash

of that F-14, sir, they should
be held responsible...

Well, it's... it's...

It's just that...

my investigation
started this ball rolling.

Did a good job.

Sir, if Spyglass works,

it could save
a lot of lives.

If this hearing
makes Frohltech look bad,

they could lose their funding.

Have a seat.

Uh, we don't make
procurement policy
here, Commander.

That's at the Pentagon.

Well, I...

Well, sir, I just feel
that we need to consider

the consequences
of our action.

Well, it's hard to know the
consequence of any action.

[sighs]

You know, if they'd have had
Spyglass 30 years ago...

It might've saved your father.

It could've saved
a lot of lives.

Hmm.

Or maybe not.

So what do you want to do?

[Latham] Lieutenant
Commander Holtsford,

would you please describe

the working atmosphere
at Frohltech?

It was very high pressure,
ma'am.

Finish the contract
on time.

Avoid the late-completion
penalty at all costs.

Even at the cost of safety?

I heard a lot of talk
about time and money, ma'am.

Not too much about safety.

But you went along
with this...

depraved attitude because
you wanted a job, hmm?

Yes, sir, that's right.

Who did you speak to
about this job?

Was it the head of Frohltech's
aeronautics division?

Jim Hepperly?

No, sir.

He didn't like
to get his suit messy.

Nobody ever saw him,
including me.

Mr. Porter,
you will get your turn.

I believe I should take my turn
now, Madame Chairwoman.

I think not,
Mr. Congressman.

I have important new information
that bears directly

on this witness's
testimony.

Well, if you would only
let this witness testi--

This witness doesn't
deserve to testify.

You, sir, are
out of order!

Madame Chairwoman,
he is!

Lieutenant Commander
Holtsford...

did you know that
Jim Hepperly

kept a tape machine
in his office?

[tape machine clicks on]

[Holtsford] You heard I'm
testifying in that hearing?

Gonna put me through
the ringer, I guess.

-[man] I imagine so.
-Could be tough for you, too.

-What are you talking about?
-I figured my testimony's

going to have a big effect
on Frohltech,

one way
or the other.

Just say what you
came to say.

I came to say
that what I say...

is up to you.

You've got $40 billion
riding on my testimony.

What's it worth
for me to deliver...

the right testimony?

Get the hell out
of my office.

We'll take a recess.

[gavel bangs]

Well, how bad is it?

"Extremely bad"
tells me nothing.

Oh. That is extremely bad.

All right, cancel
the Shriners

and get me on Larry King.

My opponent already has
his press release out.

I was either the
accomplice or the dupe
for a lying extortionist,

and he doesn't know
if the voters should
be more concerned

about having an unethical
congresswoman or a stupid one.

You just canceled the hearing
half an hour ago.

Welcome to the Beltway.

Harm, look, I'm sorry about
the way things turned out.

It was all for nothing.

You're backing off
Frohltech?

-Backing off?
-Try wind-sprinting away.

You know that Holtsford's
accusations are true.

Frohltech is responsible
for the crash of the F-14.

It doesn't matter.
If Holtsford said it,
it doesn't count

but his immunity still does,
so I don't get Frohltech,

and you don't get him.

I don't know
about that, Bobbi.

When Porter asked Holtsford

if he'd ever spoke
to Jim Hepperly about a job,

he said nobody ever saw
Hepperly, including him.

Well, he obviously saw him
when he went to his office
to shake him down.

After extortion and
negligent double homicide,

what's a little hyperbole?

He was under oath.

It's perjury.

Making his immunity
null and void.

Congratulations, Commander.

You got your little fish.

Nice job, Commander.

Looks like we got
a court-martial
on our hands, after all.

-Thank you, Sir.
-Now, the first thing
we got to do

is get you back to Frohltech

so you can pick up
where you left off

before Congresswoman Latham
ambushed us.

If Colonel Mackenzie's
through with her

lobster poachers, she can defend
Commander Holtsford.

Actually, Sir, I'd like to
defend Commander Holtsford.

I've spoken to the Commander.

He's accepted my offer, Sir.

I'm sure
Colonel Mackenzie

would be more than happy
to prosecute.

They say hearing's
the first thing to go.

Sir, I don't like him, and I
certainly don't respect him,

but as you're very fond
of saying, Admiral,

"Everybody deserves
a vigorous defense."

I see.

Well...

Am I correct in assuming that
the name Frohl Technologies

might come up at some point
in your... vigorous defense?

Oh, there's
a strong possibility, Sir.

Commander, this court-
martial is being convened

for the purpose of
establishing guilt
or innocence

of Lieutenant Commander
Holtsford, period.

There are other venues to
expose corporate misdeeds--

Congressional hearings,
60 Minutes...

-Understood, Sir.
-Commander,

a defense attorney

must have his
client's interest

and onlyhis
client's interest...

in mind.

Am I clear?

Absolutely, Admiral.

Good.

[intercom buzzing]

Yes?

[Tiner] Danny Walden
to see you, Sir.

Send him in.
That'll be all, Commander.

Thank you.

-Hello.
-Hey, there.

What are you doing
in the neighborhood?

Well, I'm here to enlist.

No, not really.
I'm just kidding.

Um, no, actually,
it's about, uh, your plans

for my mom's birthday.

Oh. Uh, well,
here, have a seat.

Um, she didn't want
to say anything, but, uh

we have this thing
where we go to have dinner

at the Willard Hotel
every year.

It's, uh, something
we used to do with my dad.

Oh. Oh, no problem.
I'll, uh, just make our
date for another night.

Well, no, I have a better idea.

Why don't, uh, you join us
at the Willard?

That'd be my pleasure.

Great.

[Rabb] Last time I was here,
Mr. Cartwright,

you were working
on an aircraft
with a missing CSD.

Temporarily.
It was replaced.

You said then that, uh

used parts were
often swapped around.

Well, yeah.
Sometimes, Bob Holtsford

would tell people
to do stuff like that.

Always Lieutenant
Commander Holtsford.

-Never anybody else?
-Not that I know of.

You're the mechanic
Lieutenant Commander Holtsford

had remove the CSD
from the mishap aircraft.

It was my second
day on the job.

Navy guy tells me to
do something, I do it.

You been asked to do
anything like that again?

-Nope.
-Seen anybody else do
anything like that?

-Nope.
-What about sign off on work
that hasn't been done?

Nope. Except, of course,

for Lieutenant Commander
Holtsford, right?

Oh, yeah. Him.

You did a good job
cleaning this place up.

Did I?

Yeah, it's almost
a total whitewash.

Though you may have
missed one spot.

That crater out there.

You fill that in yet?

Hey, Commander,
you still turning over rocks?

Ah, the worms
have a lawyer.

I'm calling it a day.

Unless you've seen
anything sloppy

in the upgrade program.

Rabb, everything looks beautiful
from 20,000 feet.

Yeah, right. So, is your offer
still good from the last time?

You want to go up?

It's either that

or watch Shamu
eat fish guts for lunch.

Got one they just
finished working on.

Their air crew won't
be here till tomorrow.

[chuckles]

Oh, man, it's good
to get out of the office.

This ismy office.

Oh, damn, son, you fly like you
never been out of the cockpit.

-[Rabb] What do you say we take
her out over the water?
-No time.

-Got to be back by 4:00.
-You got to be somewhere?

No. Frohltech
closes down the airstrip

at 1600 sharp.

You can't take it back
a few minutes late?

Do that, and they
fine me 500 bucks.

[Rabb]
Ouch!

[Wilson]
Never have, and never will.

What are you doing?!

Nothing.
That was an un-commanded pitch.

We have CSD contamination.

CSD? Pitch stab system!

[Rabb]
Cutting it!

No good!

Cutting all stab systems!

Switching...

to emergency hydraulic control!

Too late to eject!

Two and a half negative "Gs!"

Master reset!

No good!

[Wilson] Those damn idiots
keep doing this.

Phew!

Holy cow.

You faked it.

You son of a...

When we land, you run.

And you better be fast.

Now you know how they felt.

-You could have killed us.
-So, how'd it feel

knowing you were going to die

because those idiots
keep doing this?

I can't help you.

You know what's going on
down there, Wilson.

I won't testify.

They'd never let me fly again.

Flying is my life, boy.

All right.

But you tell me where to look
for what I need.

It's a fishing expedition,
Your Honor

intended to harass
and embarrass my client.

On behalf of
Frohl Technologies,

I move to quash
the defense subpoena.

Producing maintenance planning
and budget documents

would harass and
embarrass your client?

Well, first of all,
it'll take a boxcar

to haul them all to Washington.

And that's embarrassing?

It's harassing.

Second, those documents
contain trade secrets,

classified data, and insight

into Frohltech's
competitive bidding

for government contracts,
the disclosure of which

will be an unfair
boon to its competitors.

Certainly
the interest of justice

would override any commercial
considerations, ma'am.

[MacKenzie]
What interest of justice?

There's no indication
how any of this is relevant

to the guilt or innocence

of Lieutenant Commander
Holtsford

which reinforces
the company's claim

that the subpoena
is solely intended

to harass
and embarrass Frohltech.

I grant it would be embarrassing
to be found complicit

in the crash of the F-14

that killed Commander Urquizu
and Lieutenant Burke.

A budget document's
going to tell you that?

It indicates
that Frohltech

wouldn't or couldn't
run the upgrade program

with an acceptable standard
of care and safety-- yes.

Your Honor, nothing contained
in any kind of document

would absolve
Lieutenant Commander Holtsford

of responsibility
for his own actions.

There's been no allegation that
anyone from Frohltech management

was even present
when the defendant

ordered the installation
of untested, used parts

in the aircraft
that crashed.

I believe it's customary
in a tag team situation

to slap your teammate's hand
before switching.

Exactly
what are you

looking for at Frohltech,
Commander Rabb?

Ma'am,
I intend to show

that the company
created an atmosphere

where negligence
was the norm,

and that it coerced
its employees--

includingLieutenant
Commander Holtsford--

into placing productivity
before safety.

Your Honor...

It doesn't fly, Commander.

Short of a gun being
pointed at his head,

the defendant is
still responsible
for his own actions.

The motion to quash
the subpoena is granted.

We will continue
with the trial

of Lieutenant Commander
Holtsford alone.

-See you tonight?
-Yeah, 8:30.

-You got it.
-Discussing strategy?

-Yeah, he wants Italian,
I want Chinese.
-Oh, do what he wants.

Why should outside the courtroom
be any different?

Excuse me?

You're walking the Frohltech
party line, Mac.

Making a scapegoat
out of Holtsford.

I'm supposed to make him
a scapegoat.

I'm prosecuting him, remember?

You should work
on your good loser skills.

Little premature, Counselor.

Gunny.

Sir.

Gunny, I've been thinking more
about this law school stuff.

Whatever you put
your mind to, Tiner.

It's not that, Gunny.

It's... when I first
joined the Navy,

I thought I'd be
seeing action.

Being a lawyer,
it's too calm

-too peaceful.
-Calm and peaceful?

Just look at this office.

No conflict, no confrontation.

Everybody's so... pleasant.

Tiner, it would be a crime
to deprive the legal world

of your uncanny powers
of observation.

Thank you, Gunny.

I finished the final upgrade
on that aircraft on the 24th.

But it still
didn't have a CSD.

Lieutenant Commander
Holtsford told me

to pull one out of a plane
that had just come in.

I refused.

I said we should
order a new one.

What did Lieutenant Commander
Holtsford say?

That that would take too long.

And we couldn't
afford to wait.

What happened next?

I don't know, exactly.

I was working the night shift.

When I left at midnight,

there still wasn't a CSD
in that aircraft.

But when I got in
the next afternoon at 3,:00

there must've been one,
because Wilson

was just taking off
for a test flight.

-3:00?
-[Pike] And to your knowledge,

there were no new CSDs in stock
anywhere in the facility?

Do we still have a card
for Wilson's test flight?

[Pike] So the only place
it could have come from

-would be another plane?
-Yes, ma'am.

It's in here, Sir.

Reports taking off at 1505 and
doing a full card test flight.

The whole checklist.

You know how long that takes?

I don't, Sir.

Two hours.

-[phone ringing]
-Jack Wilson here.

Wilson, it's Commander Rabb.

I've been expecting to hear
from you, Commander.

I need you here.

I already bought
my plane ticket.
I'll testify.

But it means I'll
never fly again.

I signed off on
the full card test flight.

But I did not do the full
post-maintenance checklist.

-Did you check the CSD?
-No.

Seemed to be working.
Plane was flying.

What about the
emergency generator?

No. I only checked the major
primary systems.

The emergency generator
should have kicked in

when the CSD failed, correct?

That's right.

Why didn't you
check everything

you were supposed
to check, Mr. Wilson?

'Cause I didn't take off
till after 3:00.

Frohltech closes the airstrip
at 4:00 sharp.

Even when an aircraft

was due for pick up
and needed to be tested?

That's right.

They don't care about
aircraft at Frohltech.

They care about money.

How do you know that?

They overscheduled me
that day, Ma'am.

They overschedule me
a lot of days.

+I had three test
flights to complete

starting at noon.

No way I could finish by 4:00.
Everybody knew that.

But still they shut
down the damn strip.

The aircraft that crashed
took off at night.

After 4:00 p.m.

They always open up the strip
to meet a delivery deadline

to avoid paying a penalty.

I don't care about money.

I just wanted to keep on flying.

The defense renews
its request

for the production of
maintenance, planning

and budget records
from Frohl Technologies, ma'am.

No objections, Your Honor.

So ordered.

Maybe he got stuck
in traffic.

He has a cell phone
which he's not answering.

Could be out of range.

Forty-five minutes.
It isn't like him.

You know, you're right.

He's a big boy.

Let's just enjoy
ourselves.

He gets here
when he gets here.

I'll drink to that.

You know, Henry Clay brought
this recipe for mint juleps

from Kentucky in 1850.

I've never tried it.

You know, until last year,

Danny would only order
the burger and fries.

You know, I think that's
the special on the menu tonight.

Yes, I have you right here.

Let's go find him.

Did you have to subpoena
everything?

I should have just demanded

the "criminally negligent
policies" files.

I think I found something, Sir.

The employees
are complaining...

"...because they disbanded

the commissary
softball team"?

Never mind.

Orders for drill bits.

Employee's dental records.

Division managers'
expense accounts.

They swamped us.

The old lawyers' trick.

So we go back to the Judge
with a Motion to Compel

a more specific
production of records.

-Who ordered the pizza?
-What are you doing here?

I should ask you
the same.

I'm an officer of the court
out for the truth.

My compliments on your
client's filing system.

It looks like it's
somewhere between

Dewey decimal
and chaos theory.

Well, things are
much less orderly

in the private sector.

I was at corporate
headquarters

when they were pulling
this material.

Yeah, you help them
mix it and stir it?

As a matter
of fact, yeah.

The whole top corporate echelon
was there helping out.

But even with
all that help,

one file still accidentally
fell behind a desk.

Luckily, I found it.

"Report Costs and Benefits
F-14 Upgrade Program

Risk-Reward Analysis."

Thanks, pal.

Just doing my job.

As an officer of the court.

What is it?

"Due to the necessity
of underbidding

the original
F-14 manufacturer,

this program must be
considered a 'loss leader'--

one we lose money on
as we expand into a new area

of Pentagon procurement."

Just some dry
accounting stuff.

"Nevertheless, we can
limit our downside exposure

by limiting the parameters
of our infrastructure support.

By tightly controlling
man-hours and parts expended,

we can hold our losses
to a tolerable level.

While this would
increase the risk

of catastrophic
aircraft incident,

it would be less expensive
to compensate the government

for one or two such losses

than to raise
our standards of service."

Two pilots lives
are worth less

than doing
the job right?

They calculated that?

I love Washington.

You don't get this
with a pizza in Detroit.

Danny?

Danny...

What are you guys
doing here?

What are we?

What are you doing here?

Dinner at the Willard,
remember?

Well, I thought maybe you guys
wanted to be alone.

And that's why you didn't
answer the phone?

I turn off the ringer
when I do my homework.

Next time you decide
to be thoughtful,

be a little more thoughtful
and pick up a phone.

I'm, I'm sorry, you guys.

I didn't ruin your night
or anything, did I?

[indistinct chatter]

[women laughing]

[woman] Just you wait till
you have a son.

Then you'll know.

Boys are always running off.

I couldn't keep track
of him then,

you can't keep track
of him now.

I'm lucky if I see him
one night a month.

Mom?

-Hi.
-Hi.

Hey.

Well, I hope
I'm not too late

for the showing of
the bathtub photos.

I wouldn't show those pictures
to your mother.

I thought you
were in Europe.

I was.

Can't I stop by
on my way home

and say hello
to my favorite son?

Your only son.

Frank gave me
a diamond in Venice,

and we
renewed our wedding vows.

It was really quite romantic.

Maybe you should ask Frank
where he got the ring.

[both chuckle]

Trish, it was wonderful
meeting you.

Oh, you don't
have to go, do you?

Yes, I do.

I'm sorry.

You don't have to go.

Yes, I do.

You hang tough,
Sailor. Okay?

She keeping you
on your toes?

Oh, she's doing her best.

You know, Harm,
I haven't talked to you

since you came back
from Cuba or Russia.

I've been meaning to talk to you
about the trip.

Yeah, I can't wait to hear about
your meeting with Castro.

Oh, yeah, yeah, well,
that was interesting.

I meant Russia.

Ah, Russia.

You know, Harm, after you came
back that last time,

when you told me you
had proof your father was dead,

I grieved again
after all those years.

I'm so sorry, Mom.

No, something
good happened.

It helped me move on.

You see, I've always
held myself back a little.

One last sliver
waiting for your father.

But now, that's all in the past.

I've accepted it.

So, my life is better.

Thank you.

Whoops!

Well, you can tell me
all about Russia over dinner.

Hmm. Yeah.

It was uneventful, really.

Nothing important happened.

[indistinct chatter]

It's all over
the front page, Harm.

Congresswoman Latham,
the smoking gun Frohltech memo.

-Good.
-That doesn't change
-anything about

Lieutenant Commander
Holtsford.

He's still guilty.

A little less than
he used to be.

Willful dereliction,
six months' hard labor.

Negligent homicide.
Two years.

Eighteen months.

Deal.

[ZNN Announcer on TV]
...stemming from an F-14 crash

at their ocean side
facility in July.

While admitting no guilt,

Frohltech accepted
additional supervision

of its F-14 upgrade program

and received a $10 million fine
and a public reprimand.

Meanwhile, it and the Pentagon
both pledged continued support

for the proposed
Spyglass project...

$10 million dollars.

It's a traffic ticket.

You did what you could, Harm.
Life goes on.

Well, for some, it does.

I'm on my way
to a memorial service

for Commander Urquizu
and Lieutenant Berke.

-You busy?
-No.

[theme song plays]