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[telephone ringing]
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- Morning, Mr. Brackman.
- Miss Melman.
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Victor, how goes it?
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- Good.
- Good, very good.
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Brackman: How long have you
been with us now, Victor?
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Well, it's closing in on
eight or nine days now.
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- Getting acclimated?
- So far, so good.
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Brackman: Good.
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I was thinking it might be nice
if we got to know
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each other outside the office.
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Maybe come to the house
for dinner sometime.
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- That'd be nice.
- How about tonight?
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Tonight? I'd have to
check on my calendar.
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Try. 7:30, come alone.
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Be there or be square.
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[toilet flushes]
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- Hi there, kid.
- Hi, Rox.
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- How we doing?
- Oh, I'm surviving.
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You hang in there, honey.
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You may not realize it yet,
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but you're better off
without him.
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Thanks, Roxanne, really.
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Men, take away the sex part
and the security part,
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and they're the total pits.
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Brackman: In consideration of
which, we will be substantially
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reducing our purchases of
Perrier and other soft drinks,
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therefore I strongly urge you
to limit consumption
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to one refreshment per client.
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[sighs]
God, Douglas.
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This firm's monthly
beverage bill has leapfrogged
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into the low four figures.
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A dehydrated clientele is
an unhappy clientele, Douglas.
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Let them drink water.
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Now, if you don't mind,
status re Lewis tax audit.
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He's coming in at 11:30.
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I continue to advance
the notion of postponement.
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Oh, Stuart is ready.
Irving is adamant.
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No postponement.
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Brackman: So be it.
What about Rosen vs. Rosen?
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- Settling.
- Galloway vs. Galloway?
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Substantive issues resolved.
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They're still beefing over
the custody of Squeaker.
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- Squeaker?
- Their Yorkie.
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Mrs. Galloway refers to it
as Squeaker of the house.
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Brackman: Snyder vs. Snyder.
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Mr. Snyder claims
that Mrs. Snyder
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was unfaithful on
14 separate occasions,
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one weekend in Vegas.
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Mrs. Snyder essentially
agrees but alleges
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it was at the request
of Mr. Snyder
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who desperately needed
immediate cash to save
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his floundering go-go bar
in Long Beach.
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I know I shouldn't touch it.
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But it's a classic in its genre.
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Perkins vs. Perkins.
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Mr. Perkins is under a
TRO pending the court's ruling
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on custody and visitation
of their minor son Eric.
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We wish you
well, Miss Perkins,
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during your time
of emotional travail.
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Thank you.
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Moving on, Locklin vs.
Pier Amusement Park, Inc.,
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proceeding to trial, when?
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This afternoon.
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Oh, that's pretty short notice.
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Are you fully prepared?
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Does a chicken have lips?
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McKenzie: Oh, stepping in for
a deceased attorney,
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you're certainly
entitled to a continuance.
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This case has been
dragging on for four years.
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If we wait for a new court date,
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that's another year.
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Aren't the issues
rather clear cut anyway?
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Young boy suffers devastating
neurological damage
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due to negligent operation
of amusement park ride.
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Jury empathizes copiously,
comes back with large award.
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I know the lawyer was
a friend of yours, Leland.
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But his pretrial preparation
is inexcusably sloppy.
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Minimal discovery
and a low rent Dr. Feelgood
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is his expert witness.
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Frankly, I find
that surprising.
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In his day, Donald Erlinger was,
uh, he's the best there was.
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- May I ask a question?
- Ann.
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Does a chicken have lips?
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[imitating chicken clucking]
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[instrumental music]
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[music continues]
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[music continues]
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[instrumental music]
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No, no, no, no,
see, the point is,
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when a client is present
at an IRS appeal,
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it's another wildcard.
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Yeah, I, I agree with Leland.
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We give up a lot in
the way of leverage.
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Irving, if Leland or I
were to accompany
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Stuart down there, would that
make you more confident?
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What's the big
tsimmes here anyway?
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Three million dollars,
Mr. Lewis.
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If the IRS determines
that Mrs. Lewis'
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show business career
constituted a hobby
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rather than a
legitimate business,
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that's $2.8 million
plus penalties.
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Hobby, my tuchus.
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When they see her new video,
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they're gonna wind up
owing us money.
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This woman is a
white Whitney Houston.
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I'll go to Supreme Court
if I have to.
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It will, uh, hopefully,
that won't be necessary.
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You see, in the appeal
officer in this case
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is a gentleman named
Marv Fletcher,
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and, uh, Marv's got
a drinking problem.
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Oh, we'll, uh,
bury him in paper.
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Then around 4:00, 4:30, when his
mouth starts feeling dry,
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we'll... we'll come in
with a lowball offer.
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I postponed four times
till we got him.
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Good. I like that
kind of thinking.
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But, trust me,
this baby is the clincher.
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You fellas got a VCR machine
here anywhere?
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You're in for a treat.
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♪ I always related
to Red Riding Hood ♪
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♪ I picture myself skipping
through the Woods ♪
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♪ I wanna be chased
and scared real good ♪
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♪ I always thought that
wolves were misunderstood ♪
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- Look at those legs.
- Ah!
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♪ Had a basket of goodies
and a heart full of soul ♪
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Sorry, I left some notes.
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♪ Until I do what I'm told ♪
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♪ I'll keep on doing
it until I'm very old ♪
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♪ As long as there's a wolf
around that I can hold ♪
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This is the part I love where
Dinitra rubs up against the guy.
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♪ Ah hoo! ♪
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Is that sex appeal or what?
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♪ Ah hoo! ♪
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♪ Ah hoo! ♪♪
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[clears throat]
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Huh? I ask you,
is this woman a pistol?
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Good afternoon,
ladies, gentlemen.
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With your indulgence,
I'd like to tell you
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a once upon a time story.
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Once upon a time, there was a
little boy named Jamie Locklin.
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He was seven years old.
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He was happy and healthy
and normal in every way.
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His favorite things were
Rocky Road ice cream,
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his little dog Misty,
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the Dodgers baseball team,
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and the amusement park that was
less than a mile from his house.
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One day, as a reward
for sweeping up
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all the leaves in the backyard,
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Jamie's mother gave him
five dollars.
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He took the money,
ran to the amusement park,
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rode the merry-go-round twice,
played skee-ball
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in the penny arcade,
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but what Jamie really
wanted to do
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was ride the bumper cars.
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Only as long as he can remember,
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he'd been turned away
from the bumper car ride
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because there was a sign outside
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that said how tall
you had to be.
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And little Jamie's head
never reached anywhere
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near the top of the sign.
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Only on this day there was
a new guy working there,
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a teenager actually,
who was too busy
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trying to make a date with
a pretty blonde girl in shorts
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to pay much attention to Jamie.
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So Jamie paid his 50 cents.
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And happy as could be,
he climbed into a bumper car.
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Now I know that in a good
once upon a time story,
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this would be the happy ending.
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But, unfortunately,
in our story,
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this is where it gets
dark and ugly
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the way real life
sometimes does.
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You see,
on this particular day,
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there was a gang of
high school boys at the park.
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When they saw little Jamie
in the bumper car,
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they decided, the way bullies
often do, that it would be
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fun to gang up on someone
who couldn't fight back.
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The sport was to get Jamie,
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to hit him
and then hit him again,
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smashing into this undersized
boy in his inadequately
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cushioned bumper car over
and over again, head-on,
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blindside, from the rear,
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making him shriek and cry
and beg for them to stop.
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Only they didn't stop.
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So they just kept hitting Jamie.
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He remembers 20, 25 times,
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his little body and neck
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whipping back and forth
until finally
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he doesn't remember anything
at all... until the next day
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when he woke up
in a hospital room.
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Now, I know that we are asking
for a lot of money today
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to compensate Jamie
for the injuries he suffered
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in the bumper car.
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A million dollars, a fortune,
you might say.
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But is it?
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How do you measure compensation
for the kind
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of searing bone-gnashing,
blinding pain
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that this little boy suffers
every day of his life
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since the bumper car assault?
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The truth is there isn't
any amount of money
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adequate enough to
compensate for so much pain.
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But, unfortunately,
money is the best we can do
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toward addressing
Jamie's grievous injuries
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and toward punishing
the amusement park
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so that this sort of thing
never happens again.
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Unfortunately, not exactly a
fairy tale ending,
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but in real life
the best we can do.
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Thank you.
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It is nearing 4:00 p.m.
We will recess for the day.
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And we shall reconvene
at 9:00 a.m.
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[doorbell chimes]
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Oh, Mr. Sifuentes, I presume.
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- Miss Brackman.
- Sheila. Come in. Come in.
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Thank you.
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Uh, these are for you.
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Mmm, they're lovely.
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It's such a pleasure
to meet you.
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Douglas has spoken
so highly of you.
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- Oh, thank you.
- And you're so tall.
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Amigo, welcome.
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- Mr. Brackman.
- Come.
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Estella.
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Estella Escobar,
meet Victor Sifuentes.
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We're not just talking
your average housekeeper.
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I mean,
Maria is an absolute gem,
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a valued member
of their family almost.
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Tricia lets her drive the
Mercedes wagon, for God's sake.
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So here they are,
schlepping out of Gelson's
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with $200 worth of groceries,
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Maria and both Guttman children,
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when these INS goons
sweep down on them
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from literally nowhere
and kidnap this poor woman
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out of the parking lot.
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Thank God Tricia was home
taking a tennis lesson.
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She rushed out
and picked up the children.
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But can you imagine?
It was devastating.
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Her little ones are
still traumatized.
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Every time Tricia just
drives past Gelson's,
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the children start to shriek.
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Speaking of which,
Estella, darling,
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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- So what do you think?
- Oh, she's very nice.
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You can see why we're
so anxious to keep her.
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Keep her?
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Estella, of course,
our housekeeper.
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- She's your housekeeper?
- From El Salvador.
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And, frankly, Victor, we're
worried sick about losing her,
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particularly after
that nightmare
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the Guttman's have gone through.
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That's why we were hoping,
after you met her, of course,
250
00:14:42,590 --> 00:14:44,300
that you'd want to help her out.
251
00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:46,928
Well, I'm not expert
on immigration law, but I...
252
00:14:46,928 --> 00:14:49,722
I'd certainly be willing
to initiate the paperwork.
253
00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:51,390
I could do that myself, amigo.
254
00:14:51,390 --> 00:14:54,185
But with the INS cracking
down harder every day,
255
00:14:54,185 --> 00:14:57,105
and it takes years to get 'em
their green cards...
256
00:14:57,105 --> 00:15:01,442
Actually, I was wondering if
you'd be amenable to marriage,
257
00:15:01,442 --> 00:15:04,403
strictly for convenience sake,
of course.
258
00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:06,364
And I can assure you it wouldn't
hurt you career-wise.
259
00:15:06,364 --> 00:15:10,201
And after a year or so,
she files for divorce.
260
00:15:10,201 --> 00:15:13,329
You got a hell of a nerve
setting me up like this,
261
00:15:13,329 --> 00:15:15,790
pimping for your housekeeper,
humiliating her.
262
00:15:15,790 --> 00:15:17,041
No wonder she couldn't
look me in the eye.
263
00:15:17,041 --> 00:15:20,169
- Shh. Calm down.
- Calm down?
264
00:15:20,169 --> 00:15:21,879
What have you got in
between your ears anyway?
265
00:15:21,879 --> 00:15:23,131
It can't be brains.
You're sitting on them.
266
00:15:23,131 --> 00:15:25,216
So forget about it.
No big deal.
267
00:15:25,216 --> 00:15:27,260
- Oh...
- Tada.
268
00:15:27,260 --> 00:15:32,598
Victor, wait until you
taste this woman's flan.
269
00:15:38,521 --> 00:15:41,149
[indistinct chatter]
270
00:15:42,191 --> 00:15:43,776
I suppose I owe you
an apology.
271
00:15:43,776 --> 00:15:45,194
You got that right.
272
00:15:45,194 --> 00:15:47,405
On review,
it was insensitive of me
273
00:15:47,405 --> 00:15:49,532
not to tell you my plan
before springing it like that.
274
00:15:49,532 --> 00:15:52,451
Insensitivity aside, what you
are trying to do is illegal.
275
00:15:52,451 --> 00:15:57,415
Shh. I regard it as a great
favor, Victor, a great favor
276
00:15:57,415 --> 00:16:03,129
if you would take on her case
by the numbers, no hanky panky.
277
00:16:03,129 --> 00:16:05,756
Please, Victor.
I'm a desperate man.
278
00:16:05,756 --> 00:16:08,217
Sheila is virtually
paralyzed with fear
279
00:16:08,217 --> 00:16:11,012
that Estella is gonna be picked
up in one of those sweeps.
280
00:16:11,012 --> 00:16:13,764
It's all I hear about
night and day.
281
00:16:15,892 --> 00:16:20,563
If not for me,
then for Estella.
282
00:16:20,563 --> 00:16:23,024
Hmm.
283
00:16:23,024 --> 00:16:25,067
I've already started
the paperwork.
284
00:16:25,067 --> 00:16:27,361
It's not her fault
you're such a jerk.
285
00:16:27,361 --> 00:16:29,989
Mr. Locklin, finally,
would you describe,
286
00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:33,826
not as an expert,
but just as a father,
287
00:16:33,826 --> 00:16:35,620
the changes in Jamie
since the accident?
288
00:16:37,747 --> 00:16:40,458
He was always, uh..
289
00:16:40,458 --> 00:16:42,043
you know,
the happiest kind of kid...
290
00:16:44,128 --> 00:16:48,799
big smile on his face,
sunshine.
291
00:16:48,799 --> 00:16:50,885
His mother used to
call him that before...
292
00:16:52,803 --> 00:16:56,515
And now he's, uh, he's...
293
00:17:00,394 --> 00:17:02,605
See, the doctors say that
there's nothing they can do.
294
00:17:02,605 --> 00:17:05,274
But I know that that's not true.
295
00:17:05,274 --> 00:17:07,485
I read about this
clinic in Switzerland.
296
00:17:07,485 --> 00:17:09,403
And if we had the money, I...
We could take him there.
297
00:17:09,403 --> 00:17:10,821
Objection. Irrelevant.
298
00:17:10,821 --> 00:17:12,114
Maybe we could do
something for Jamie.
299
00:17:12,114 --> 00:17:15,201
- We could--
- Objection sustained.
300
00:17:15,201 --> 00:17:18,079
Mr. Locklin, you will please
confine yourself
301
00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:21,040
to answering
the question as posed.
302
00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:22,625
I'm sorry, Your Honor.
303
00:17:22,625 --> 00:17:26,629
It's just that...
It's just that he's my boy.
304
00:17:31,384 --> 00:17:33,636
[clears throat]
305
00:17:33,636 --> 00:17:37,515
The hour's approaching noon.
We will recess until 1:00 p.m.
306
00:17:37,515 --> 00:17:40,476
At that time, we will resume
Mr. Locklin's testimony.
307
00:17:40,476 --> 00:17:42,603
We'll be going over some
of the possible questions...
308
00:17:42,603 --> 00:17:47,733
Kuzak, if you could spare
a moment of your time.
309
00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:50,486
Excuse me,
I'll catch up with you.
310
00:17:50,486 --> 00:17:53,281
You're really very skillful,
Mr. Kuzak.
311
00:17:53,281 --> 00:17:57,243
If I was on that jury,
you'd have me in your pocket.
312
00:17:57,243 --> 00:18:00,121
Do I take this to be
your opening move
313
00:18:00,121 --> 00:18:02,248
in the settlement tango,
Mr. Resler?
314
00:18:02,248 --> 00:18:03,541
Not exactly.
315
00:18:03,541 --> 00:18:06,544
I believe you to be
an ethical man, Mr. Kuzak.
316
00:18:06,544 --> 00:18:09,088
Accordingly, I'm going to assume
you knew nothing about this.
317
00:18:09,088 --> 00:18:11,507
I didn't until yesterday.
318
00:18:11,507 --> 00:18:14,510
A revised list of the witnesses
I intend to call.
319
00:18:14,510 --> 00:18:16,846
Under the circumstances,
I wouldn't object
320
00:18:16,846 --> 00:18:19,265
if you ask for a continuance.
321
00:18:19,265 --> 00:18:23,019
- Who's Dr. Maxwell Rosen?
- Ask your clients.
322
00:18:23,019 --> 00:18:24,395
Somehow, during discovery,
323
00:18:24,395 --> 00:18:26,355
they managed to
forget all about it.
324
00:18:26,355 --> 00:18:28,774
You-- you might also
want to ask about, uh,
325
00:18:28,774 --> 00:18:31,569
Arnold Wexler, attorney.
326
00:18:31,569 --> 00:18:34,655
Locklin legally adopted
the boy shortly after
327
00:18:34,655 --> 00:18:36,490
the bumper car incident.
328
00:18:36,490 --> 00:18:39,410
Are there any other witnesses
I should ask my client about?
329
00:18:39,410 --> 00:18:41,746
Several, though I'm not
certain how Judge Nozaki
330
00:18:41,746 --> 00:18:44,332
would feel about their
presence in his courtroom...
331
00:18:44,332 --> 00:18:49,295
Foxy Lady, Rupert's Pride,
Dilly Dally,
332
00:18:49,295 --> 00:18:51,088
just a few of
Mr. Locklin's losers
333
00:18:51,088 --> 00:18:52,465
this weekend in Hollywood Park.
334
00:18:52,465 --> 00:18:55,509
It is not a crime to play
the ponies, Mr. Resler.
335
00:18:55,509 --> 00:18:59,096
True, and if Jamie's case
doesn't pan out,
336
00:18:59,096 --> 00:19:01,557
he'll even has own
personal injury suit
337
00:19:01,557 --> 00:19:03,559
when both his legs get broken.
338
00:19:03,559 --> 00:19:07,897
Your loving, devoted,
selfless daddy, Mr. Kuzak,
339
00:19:07,897 --> 00:19:10,149
is in deep with the books.
340
00:19:10,149 --> 00:19:12,193
So big deal.
Rosen testifies for them.
341
00:19:12,193 --> 00:19:15,529
We got Dr. Phillips on our team.
342
00:19:15,529 --> 00:19:18,157
According to Dr. Rosen's
sworn statement,
343
00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:20,785
he treated Jamie after
the bumper car accident.
344
00:19:20,785 --> 00:19:25,539
Diagnosis, superficial abrasions
and cervical strains.
345
00:19:25,539 --> 00:19:28,793
In other words, scratches
and a mild whiplash.
346
00:19:28,793 --> 00:19:30,503
You're a smart lawyer,
Mr. Kuzak.
347
00:19:30,503 --> 00:19:32,129
You can trick 'em up
on the stand,
348
00:19:32,129 --> 00:19:34,215
make him look like
an incompetent.
349
00:19:34,215 --> 00:19:36,967
Dr. Rosen also treated Jamie
two years prior
350
00:19:36,967 --> 00:19:40,137
to the bumper car incident
when he fell out of a swing set
351
00:19:40,137 --> 00:19:43,724
in your backyard, says here,
Jamie was in a coma
352
00:19:43,724 --> 00:19:48,145
for seven days, hospitalized
for a total of three weeks.
353
00:19:48,145 --> 00:19:50,439
He needed an orthopedic brace
354
00:19:50,439 --> 00:19:52,817
and physical therapy
for 11 months.
355
00:19:52,817 --> 00:19:56,529
You have any idea how much
something like that costs, huh?
356
00:19:56,529 --> 00:19:58,239
Damn near broke my back.
357
00:19:58,239 --> 00:20:02,868
So when this other
thing happened,
358
00:20:02,868 --> 00:20:05,287
you figured you could get even.
359
00:20:05,287 --> 00:20:08,624
You adopted Jamie,
legally changed his name
360
00:20:08,624 --> 00:20:10,918
so that the medical records
on this earlier accident
361
00:20:10,918 --> 00:20:11,877
couldn't be traced.
362
00:20:11,877 --> 00:20:14,213
Look at him.
363
00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:16,465
He is never going to be
completely normal.
364
00:20:16,465 --> 00:20:21,262
You don't think he deserves
some time of help? What?
365
00:20:21,262 --> 00:20:23,222
You want my heart to bleed
for the insurance company?
366
00:20:23,222 --> 00:20:26,392
They've got more money than God.
367
00:20:26,392 --> 00:20:28,602
I mean, who's it
gonna hurt, huh?
368
00:20:28,602 --> 00:20:31,856
Just tell me that.
Who the hell is it gonna hurt?
369
00:20:38,612 --> 00:20:41,615
As we assess that the,
uh, taxpayer, uh, has deprived
370
00:20:41,615 --> 00:20:46,495
the government of $2,823,418
in uncollected revenues.
371
00:20:46,495 --> 00:20:50,124
- Over my dead body.
- Irving, please.
372
00:20:50,124 --> 00:20:53,377
Mr. Fletcher, I can certainly
see how it... at first blush,
373
00:20:53,377 --> 00:20:55,588
you might assess things
that way, which is why
374
00:20:55,588 --> 00:20:57,423
I prepared a few
additional table schedules
375
00:20:57,423 --> 00:21:00,885
and indices for you to peruse.
Excuse me.
376
00:21:00,885 --> 00:21:03,179
Ray, want to bring
them in there?
377
00:21:05,222 --> 00:21:06,849
Here.
Just put them right here.
378
00:21:10,352 --> 00:21:14,356
- Great. Thanks.
- Good Lord.
379
00:21:14,356 --> 00:21:16,358
A journey of a
thousand miles must begin
380
00:21:16,358 --> 00:21:17,985
with the first step,
Mr. Fletcher.
381
00:21:17,985 --> 00:21:20,029
So, uh, excuse me.
382
00:21:23,699 --> 00:21:25,451
Pardon me.
383
00:21:25,451 --> 00:21:30,289
So, uh, in no
particular order...
384
00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:31,499
uh, here's a, a schedule of
385
00:21:31,499 --> 00:21:33,250
deductions arising
from Mrs. Lewis'
386
00:21:33,250 --> 00:21:35,336
recent video cassette,
appended to which
387
00:21:35,336 --> 00:21:36,837
is a discussion
of the implications
388
00:21:36,837 --> 00:21:38,255
of the proposed tax revision
389
00:21:38,255 --> 00:21:39,590
on the investment
tax credit of same.
390
00:21:39,590 --> 00:21:41,050
And before we'd
need even consider
391
00:21:41,050 --> 00:21:42,551
the specific deductions,
392
00:21:42,551 --> 00:21:45,513
I must first be persuaded
that Mrs. Lewis
393
00:21:45,513 --> 00:21:48,474
had a bona fide intent
to make a profit.
394
00:21:48,474 --> 00:21:50,142
And, quite frankly,
in the absence
395
00:21:50,142 --> 00:21:52,019
of income-generating
activities...
396
00:21:52,019 --> 00:21:54,772
In Vegas,
they paid her $100,000.
397
00:21:54,772 --> 00:21:57,483
Yeah, uh, she sang two numbers
in the 1984 telethon.
398
00:21:57,483 --> 00:22:00,069
I'd be willing to bet the
$100,000 was paid pursuant
399
00:22:00,069 --> 00:22:03,822
to her agreement that she
donate it back to the charity.
400
00:22:03,822 --> 00:22:06,367
By me, she makes Streisand
look like amateur night.
401
00:22:06,367 --> 00:22:07,535
[clears throat]
402
00:22:07,535 --> 00:22:09,411
Frankly, Mr. Fletcher,
I anticipated
403
00:22:09,411 --> 00:22:10,996
you're having some problems
in this area.
404
00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:14,917
And that's why I prepared this
schedule for your convenience.
405
00:22:14,917 --> 00:22:19,421
1-18-83, Good Morning, Omaha,
she earned $137.50.
406
00:22:19,421 --> 00:22:22,424
3-25, Regis Philbin
Show, $137.50.
407
00:22:22,424 --> 00:22:24,760
4-30, In the Kitchen
with Dinah...
408
00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,096
I'm afraid not, gentlemen.
409
00:22:27,096 --> 00:22:28,556
Even if arguendo,
410
00:22:28,556 --> 00:22:32,268
I'm convinced there is
a bona fide intent,
411
00:22:32,268 --> 00:22:34,562
these so-called business
expenses are completely
412
00:22:34,562 --> 00:22:37,147
out of line and grossly
exceed any income.
413
00:22:37,147 --> 00:22:39,400
Which ones exactly?
414
00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:40,818
One hundred and twenty seven
thousand dollars
415
00:22:40,818 --> 00:22:42,319
for hairstyling.
416
00:22:42,319 --> 00:22:43,487
Well, I should point out,
Mr. Fletcher,
417
00:22:43,487 --> 00:22:45,364
that's hairstyling
and nail maintenance.
418
00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:48,826
But here it is,
right here, hairstyling.
419
00:22:48,826 --> 00:22:52,371
Here we go.
Let's start in, uh, 1983.
420
00:22:55,749 --> 00:22:58,377
1-1, shampoo, cut,
and blow dry, you with me?
421
00:22:58,377 --> 00:22:59,545
- Right.
- Two hundred and fifty dollars.
422
00:22:59,545 --> 00:23:02,590
And there's a,
a $50 gratuity as well.
423
00:23:02,590 --> 00:23:06,176
1-2, full set of
porcelain nails, $75...
424
00:23:06,176 --> 00:23:07,595
Oh, and, by the way,
my car's in the lot.
425
00:23:07,595 --> 00:23:09,513
It'll be okay there
after dark, won't it?
426
00:23:09,513 --> 00:23:14,310
Now, now, look at this,
$863,000 for wardrobe?
427
00:23:14,310 --> 00:23:16,020
It's over a three-year period.
428
00:23:16,020 --> 00:23:17,896
And I'm sure if you'll
just be a little patient,
429
00:23:17,896 --> 00:23:21,525
you'll see that every dollar
is accounted for.
430
00:23:21,525 --> 00:23:22,484
Here we go.
431
00:23:25,029 --> 00:23:26,238
Here's for you.
432
00:23:29,575 --> 00:23:31,952
Alright. 1-3-83,
Bugle Beads, you with me?
433
00:23:31,952 --> 00:23:37,082
So it's red, $312,
blue, $289, gold, $371...
434
00:23:37,082 --> 00:23:42,254
Uh, no. U.S. vs. Van Allen,
U.S. vs. Jameson.
435
00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:47,009
This is not a business,
and that's it.
436
00:23:49,345 --> 00:23:51,263
Well, I, with all due respect,
Mr. Fletcher,
437
00:23:51,263 --> 00:23:54,266
I. I truthfully don't think
you've taken into consideration
438
00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:55,851
the full implications
of the recent case,
439
00:23:55,851 --> 00:23:58,938
U.S. vs. Miller,
which is directly on point.
440
00:23:58,938 --> 00:24:00,773
- Miller?
- Miller.
441
00:24:00,773 --> 00:24:02,483
Yeah, in an appeal
from a judgment from
442
00:24:02,483 --> 00:24:03,901
the United States District Court
443
00:24:03,901 --> 00:24:05,527
from the Central District of
California,
444
00:24:05,527 --> 00:24:06,695
reviewing a district
court's ruling
445
00:24:06,695 --> 00:24:08,447
for finding of summary
judgment, Miller...
446
00:24:08,447 --> 00:24:13,494
Uh, Mr. Markowitz,
it's so late.
447
00:24:13,494 --> 00:24:16,497
The IRS, uh, originally
disallowed deductions
448
00:24:16,497 --> 00:24:18,749
arising from
the taxpayer's activities
449
00:24:18,749 --> 00:24:22,002
as an organizer and baritone
of a barbershop group quartet,
450
00:24:22,002 --> 00:24:25,297
stating his expenditures
for, uh, uh, wardrobe,
451
00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:28,050
including dry-cleaning
of the striped shirts,
452
00:24:28,050 --> 00:24:30,803
uh, hair tonic, as well as
singing lessons, washboard,
453
00:24:30,803 --> 00:24:32,471
and fiddle, drum accompaniment,
and transportation
454
00:24:32,471 --> 00:24:33,889
to and from his
friend's apartment
455
00:24:33,889 --> 00:24:35,849
where the group rehearsed
two times weekly
456
00:24:35,849 --> 00:24:38,894
as grossly exceeding any income
generated by the quartet,
457
00:24:38,894 --> 00:24:41,355
the IRS disallowed
the taxpayer's assertion
458
00:24:41,355 --> 00:24:43,065
of bona fide intention
to earn a profit.
459
00:24:43,065 --> 00:24:46,777
Is there much more?
460
00:24:46,777 --> 00:24:49,154
Well, in summary,
the court of appeals found
461
00:24:49,154 --> 00:24:52,950
in favor of defendant Miller,
stating the IRS had no business
462
00:24:52,950 --> 00:24:54,910
of judging professional
or amateur status
463
00:24:54,910 --> 00:24:56,745
in professions of individuals
if they earned
464
00:24:56,745 --> 00:24:59,915
any income whatsoever,
no matter how much
465
00:24:59,915 --> 00:25:02,000
their expenses
exceeded such income.
466
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,293
And I have a table.
467
00:25:03,293 --> 00:25:06,422
Uh, no, no, no, please.
468
00:25:06,422 --> 00:25:08,048
I'll tell you what.
469
00:25:08,048 --> 00:25:12,845
Give me the evening to refresh
my memory, uh,
470
00:25:12,845 --> 00:25:14,680
about the precedence
that you've already cited.
471
00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,891
And-- and we'll meet
again tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.
472
00:25:17,891 --> 00:25:20,185
at-- at which time
I'll give you my ruling.
473
00:25:21,729 --> 00:25:25,733
- You killer, you son of a gun.
- I made it up.
474
00:25:25,733 --> 00:25:27,568
- You made up what?
- U.S. vs. Miller.
475
00:25:27,568 --> 00:25:28,694
I made up every word of it.
476
00:25:28,694 --> 00:25:30,529
So what?
He bought it, didn't he?
477
00:25:30,529 --> 00:25:32,614
It's fraud, for God's sakes.
I could go to jail.
478
00:25:32,614 --> 00:25:36,201
- Only if he checks.
- Irving, I, I'm sorry.
479
00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:38,579
But I, I gotta
go back in there.
480
00:25:38,579 --> 00:25:40,748
Hey, listen to me, kid,
5:15, right?
481
00:25:40,748 --> 00:25:43,709
Ten-to-one he's in the bathroom
right now having a swig.
482
00:25:43,709 --> 00:25:46,378
By 7:00, he's blato.
He drifts home by 11:00.
483
00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:48,672
He passes out on the sofa.
He oversleeps.
484
00:25:48,672 --> 00:25:50,716
He chugs a couple of beers
for breakfast just to get even.
485
00:25:50,716 --> 00:25:52,551
And then he shows up
at tomorrow's meeting
486
00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:54,595
pretending that he knew
what you were talking about
487
00:25:54,595 --> 00:25:55,679
because he's embarrassed to
admit
488
00:25:55,679 --> 00:25:57,389
that he was too bombed
to look it up.
489
00:25:57,389 --> 00:25:59,016
If I don't go back
in there right now,
490
00:25:59,016 --> 00:26:01,185
I may as well bend over
and kiss my career good-bye.
491
00:26:01,185 --> 00:26:03,562
If you do that, kid,
you might as well bend over
492
00:26:03,562 --> 00:26:05,606
and kiss my business good-bye.
493
00:26:09,735 --> 00:26:11,111
[sighs]
494
00:26:12,821 --> 00:26:15,074
Stuart: I, I, I don't know
what came over me.
495
00:26:15,074 --> 00:26:18,494
I mean, I've never done anything
like that before in my life.
496
00:26:18,494 --> 00:26:20,120
What are you gonna do?
497
00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:22,581
Well, I, I'm damned if I do,
damned if I don't.
498
00:26:22,581 --> 00:26:24,291
If Fletcher researches it,
discovers the lie,
499
00:26:24,291 --> 00:26:26,126
he nails me for fraud.
500
00:26:26,126 --> 00:26:28,128
But if I go in there and tell
him I was just kidding,
501
00:26:28,128 --> 00:26:29,588
he nails Irving Lewis,
502
00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:31,006
and Lewis pulls his business
from the firm.
503
00:26:31,006 --> 00:26:32,966
And either way, if the Ethics
Committee finds out,
504
00:26:32,966 --> 00:26:34,426
I'll be disbarred.
505
00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:36,011
I don't think
they'd really disbar you.
506
00:26:36,011 --> 00:26:37,554
They wouldn't?
507
00:26:37,554 --> 00:26:39,890
Probably just an interim
suspension, probation.
508
00:26:39,890 --> 00:26:42,017
Great.
509
00:26:42,017 --> 00:26:43,185
There's a third alternative.
510
00:26:43,185 --> 00:26:44,686
What? Tell me.
511
00:26:46,772 --> 00:26:48,774
Do nothing.
512
00:26:48,774 --> 00:26:50,651
Chances are you were so
convincing, he'll sit down,
513
00:26:50,651 --> 00:26:52,236
negotiate a favorable
settlement.
514
00:26:53,445 --> 00:26:55,864
Nah, it's, uh, it's dishonest.
515
00:26:55,864 --> 00:26:58,450
I-- I could never
live with myself.
516
00:26:58,450 --> 00:27:00,994
Diogenes would love you.
517
00:27:00,994 --> 00:27:02,746
Probably wanna deduct
the cost of the lantern
518
00:27:02,746 --> 00:27:05,791
as a business expense.
[chuckles]
519
00:27:05,791 --> 00:27:09,545
Anyway, look, I, I've made
my bed. I'll sleep in it.
520
00:27:11,922 --> 00:27:17,052
Speaking of which, um...
how would you like to grant
521
00:27:17,052 --> 00:27:18,554
a condemned man his last wish?
522
00:27:20,806 --> 00:27:23,684
- If I can.
- Spend the night with me?
523
00:27:27,938 --> 00:27:30,023
[sighs]
524
00:27:30,023 --> 00:27:32,651
I like you, Stuart, a lot.
525
00:27:34,111 --> 00:27:35,404
I just don't wanna rush it.
526
00:27:38,073 --> 00:27:39,700
Was it...
527
00:27:42,202 --> 00:27:44,788
Was I that bad the first time?
528
00:27:44,788 --> 00:27:45,831
I don't know.
529
00:27:48,250 --> 00:27:50,669
Truth is, I don't remember.
530
00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:56,049
So not terrible,
just... not memorable?
531
00:27:56,049 --> 00:27:58,510
Stuart, I'm not much of
a drinker. I got drunk.
532
00:27:58,510 --> 00:27:59,761
I don't remember anything
that happened
533
00:27:59,761 --> 00:28:01,889
after we left Leland's party.
534
00:28:01,889 --> 00:28:04,349
For all I know,
it never happened at all.
535
00:28:04,349 --> 00:28:05,642
It happened.
536
00:28:08,770 --> 00:28:10,689
It was the sexiest
night of my life.
537
00:28:17,571 --> 00:28:19,615
You were probably wonderful.
538
00:28:19,615 --> 00:28:20,699
I just can't remember.
539
00:28:25,954 --> 00:28:29,207
- Are you sober now?
- Totally.
540
00:28:29,207 --> 00:28:30,709
Mm.
541
00:28:33,587 --> 00:28:36,048
Maybe I need a
refresher course.
542
00:28:36,048 --> 00:28:37,424
Check, please.
543
00:28:44,848 --> 00:28:48,518
- Mr. Fletcher?
- Already?
544
00:28:48,518 --> 00:28:50,646
Yeah, I, uh, I wanna
speak to you
545
00:28:50,646 --> 00:28:52,856
about that precedent
I cited yesterday.
546
00:28:52,856 --> 00:28:54,608
Yeah, of course.
547
00:28:54,608 --> 00:28:56,944
I spent some time
on it myself last night.
548
00:28:56,944 --> 00:29:00,906
Interesting, if I could
only find my notes...
549
00:29:00,906 --> 00:29:03,033
What was it you
were going to say?
550
00:29:03,033 --> 00:29:04,618
Well, just that I reviewed it,
so I'm sure
551
00:29:04,618 --> 00:29:06,787
we came to
the same conclusion.
552
00:29:06,787 --> 00:29:09,164
And what conclusion was that?
553
00:29:09,164 --> 00:29:11,375
That Miller isn't
really on point at all.
554
00:29:11,375 --> 00:29:13,627
- No.
- Mm-hmm.
555
00:29:15,253 --> 00:29:18,590
No, not at all.
556
00:29:18,590 --> 00:29:21,718
And I'm sorry
I misspoke myself yesterday.
557
00:29:21,718 --> 00:29:25,472
Well, as long as we
caught it in time, hmm?
558
00:29:25,472 --> 00:29:27,975
So where does that
leave us exactly?
559
00:29:27,975 --> 00:29:29,977
I guess I can't convince you
it's a business.
560
00:29:29,977 --> 00:29:33,188
Look, I wanna be reasonable,
Mr. Markowitz.
561
00:29:33,188 --> 00:29:36,066
You can tell your client
that he may take as much time
562
00:29:36,066 --> 00:29:39,778
as he needs to pay off
the, uh, what was it?
563
00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:44,616
- $2.8 million.
- 2.8.
564
00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:47,285
I could probably
waive the penalties.
565
00:29:47,285 --> 00:29:49,454
I hate to dump my personal
problems on you, Mr. Fletcher,
566
00:29:49,454 --> 00:29:53,583
but 2.8... I could lose my job.
567
00:29:55,544 --> 00:29:59,423
What if I sneaked 2.5
past my people?
568
00:29:59,423 --> 00:30:00,924
Wouldn't help.
569
00:30:00,924 --> 00:30:03,593
What do you think
you could live with?
570
00:30:05,387 --> 00:30:06,930
How about 1.4?
571
00:30:09,182 --> 00:30:11,309
Round numbers like that.
572
00:30:11,309 --> 00:30:13,603
Mm.
573
00:30:13,603 --> 00:30:19,901
What about... $1,766,000?
574
00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:25,407
My boss will buy that.
What about yours?
575
00:30:25,407 --> 00:30:29,619
One million seven hundred
thousand dollars?
576
00:30:29,619 --> 00:30:30,954
Plus change.
577
00:30:34,207 --> 00:30:37,836
Irving Lewis told me
that you were a genius,
578
00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:41,673
that you had them bamboozled.
Some genius.
579
00:30:41,673 --> 00:30:43,258
Yeah, well,
I, I committed a fraud.
580
00:30:43,258 --> 00:30:44,634
I could have been disbarred.
581
00:30:44,634 --> 00:30:47,179
Oh, and this way,
all that happens is
582
00:30:47,179 --> 00:30:50,891
we lose a major client,
major dollars,
583
00:30:50,891 --> 00:30:54,436
dollars that come
directly out of my pocket
584
00:30:54,436 --> 00:30:56,229
as a partner in this firm.
585
00:30:56,229 --> 00:30:59,691
I don't think Irving will
really pull out his business.
586
00:30:59,691 --> 00:31:01,526
You haven't told him yet.
587
00:31:01,526 --> 00:31:03,361
I-- I can't get
a hold of him.
588
00:31:03,361 --> 00:31:06,406
Oh, well, you be sure
and let me know when you do.
589
00:31:13,038 --> 00:31:17,125
- And in the meantime, Stuart?
- Yes, sir?
590
00:31:17,125 --> 00:31:19,669
In the ecology of
this firm's food chain...
591
00:31:25,258 --> 00:31:26,635
Yes, sir.
592
00:31:28,428 --> 00:31:29,846
[indistinct chatter]
593
00:31:32,224 --> 00:31:33,475
Here are the points
and authorities you needed.
594
00:31:33,475 --> 00:31:35,227
Thanks.
595
00:31:35,227 --> 00:31:36,394
I have to pick Eric up
at school and take him
596
00:31:36,394 --> 00:31:39,314
to the dentist,
but I will be back by 2:30.
597
00:31:39,314 --> 00:31:42,984
You don't have to
clock in and out with me.
598
00:31:42,984 --> 00:31:45,737
- Just take care of yourself.
- Okay.
599
00:31:45,737 --> 00:31:49,783
And... I'm here
if you need to talk.
600
00:31:49,783 --> 00:31:53,495
Thank you, really. Thanks.
601
00:31:57,749 --> 00:31:59,459
[indistinct chatter]
602
00:32:07,134 --> 00:32:08,760
- Hi.
- Hi.
603
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:10,303
Is, um, Stacy around?
604
00:32:10,303 --> 00:32:12,973
- Stacy's on her honeymoon.
- You're kidding.
605
00:32:12,973 --> 00:32:14,349
I was here on Friday.
She didn't even tell me.
606
00:32:14,349 --> 00:32:18,145
- You are?
- Eric's mom, Abigail Perkins.
607
00:32:18,145 --> 00:32:20,856
Eric went home already.
608
00:32:20,856 --> 00:32:22,941
What do you mean he went home?
609
00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:24,943
His father picked him up.
610
00:32:24,943 --> 00:32:27,529
He can't. There's,
there's a restraining order.
611
00:32:27,529 --> 00:32:29,114
I told Stacy that.
612
00:32:29,114 --> 00:32:30,574
Sorry.
Nobody said anything to me.
613
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,829
- What time was he here?
- About 11:30.
614
00:32:35,829 --> 00:32:39,291
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
615
00:32:39,291 --> 00:32:40,584
Oh, my God.
616
00:32:44,129 --> 00:32:48,925
Resler: Mr. Locklin,
who is Dr. Maxwell Rosen?
617
00:32:48,925 --> 00:32:50,802
He was a doctor who
treated Jamie years ago
618
00:32:50,802 --> 00:32:52,888
after he fell off a swing set.
619
00:32:52,888 --> 00:32:55,515
And his injuries
were quite serious.
620
00:32:55,515 --> 00:32:57,893
Is that right?
621
00:32:57,893 --> 00:32:59,895
Well, at the time,
they sure seemed that way,
622
00:32:59,895 --> 00:33:02,147
to me and my wife at least.
623
00:33:02,147 --> 00:33:04,774
But I guess that's
the way all parents are.
624
00:33:04,774 --> 00:33:05,817
Anything that happens
to your boy
625
00:33:05,817 --> 00:33:07,360
always hurts you the worst.
626
00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,404
And, yet, Mr. Locklin,
when you were asked
627
00:33:09,404 --> 00:33:12,532
in connection with this case
to provide a list of
628
00:33:12,532 --> 00:33:15,619
all the doctors who had
treated Jamie during any time
629
00:33:15,619 --> 00:33:19,623
in his life, you deliberately
omitted Dr. Rosen's name.
630
00:33:19,623 --> 00:33:22,459
No, it was nothing deliberate.
I just forgot to write it down.
631
00:33:22,459 --> 00:33:24,336
You forgot.
632
00:33:24,336 --> 00:33:26,171
Tom: Well, after the bumper
car accident
633
00:33:26,171 --> 00:33:29,174
and worrying about Jamie
I, I couldn't remember everyone
634
00:33:29,174 --> 00:33:32,010
whoever filled a cavity
or put on a Band-Aid.
635
00:33:32,010 --> 00:33:33,762
But this was more
than a Band-Aid,
636
00:33:33,762 --> 00:33:35,889
a lot more, wasn't it?
637
00:33:35,889 --> 00:33:38,433
Yes. Yes, you're right.
638
00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:41,436
And I'm sorry if it caused
a problem, my forgetting it.
639
00:33:41,436 --> 00:33:43,438
Isn't it true that you
deliberately omitted
640
00:33:43,438 --> 00:33:45,523
Dr. Rosen's name
because you didn't want anyone
641
00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:47,359
to know that it was
the accident on the swing set
642
00:33:47,359 --> 00:33:49,694
that caused Jamie's
neurological problems
643
00:33:49,694 --> 00:33:51,404
and not the bumper car ride?
644
00:33:51,404 --> 00:33:53,240
No.
645
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:56,117
If you had seen Jamie
after the bumper car accident,
646
00:33:56,117 --> 00:33:59,913
that's all I could think about,
how badly he'd been hurt.
647
00:33:59,913 --> 00:34:01,998
It-- it didn't even
cross my mind to think
648
00:34:01,998 --> 00:34:04,417
about a-- a little fall
he had when he was a baby.
649
00:34:04,417 --> 00:34:06,962
Isn't it true, Mr. Locklin,
that you went so far
650
00:34:06,962 --> 00:34:09,005
as to change Jamie's last name
651
00:34:09,005 --> 00:34:10,382
to prevent us from discovering
652
00:34:10,382 --> 00:34:12,842
his previous treatment
by Dr. Rosen?
653
00:34:12,842 --> 00:34:14,678
What are you talking about?
654
00:34:14,678 --> 00:34:19,015
Mr. Locklin,
you testified yesterday
655
00:34:19,015 --> 00:34:22,269
about your son
Jamie's condition?
656
00:34:22,269 --> 00:34:23,270
Yes.
657
00:34:23,270 --> 00:34:24,688
Isn't it true that
Jamie Locklin
658
00:34:24,688 --> 00:34:26,439
is actually our adopted son?
659
00:34:26,439 --> 00:34:28,108
He's my son.
660
00:34:28,108 --> 00:34:30,902
And, yes, I adopted him,
but I don't see
661
00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:32,070
what this has to do with it.
662
00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:33,321
Isn't it true you adopted him
663
00:34:33,321 --> 00:34:35,448
right after
the bumper car incident?
664
00:34:35,448 --> 00:34:39,661
- A few months afterward.
- Interesting timing.
665
00:34:39,661 --> 00:34:41,288
What are you saying?
666
00:34:41,288 --> 00:34:42,706
Isn't it true that you adopted
him because you saw
667
00:34:42,706 --> 00:34:45,292
the chance to make money
off of his insurance claim?
668
00:34:45,292 --> 00:34:47,877
As his father, you would
get some of it, right?
669
00:34:47,877 --> 00:34:49,087
You could pay off your bookies.
670
00:34:49,087 --> 00:34:51,506
- Objection.
- Withdraw the question.
671
00:34:51,506 --> 00:34:54,092
Isn't it true, Mr. Locklin,
that the reason
672
00:34:54,092 --> 00:34:56,803
you adopted Jamie
and gave him a new last name
673
00:34:56,803 --> 00:34:58,430
is so that we would
never discover
674
00:34:58,430 --> 00:35:01,057
any of his previous
medical records at all?
675
00:35:01,057 --> 00:35:02,851
Do you really believe
what you're saying?
676
00:35:02,851 --> 00:35:05,270
Or are you just going after me
because this is your job?
677
00:35:05,270 --> 00:35:07,188
Just answer the question,
Mr. Locklin.
678
00:35:10,150 --> 00:35:11,109
Alright.
679
00:35:14,988 --> 00:35:19,951
I adopted him
because his biological father,
680
00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:22,579
my wife's ex-husband,
wouldn't have
681
00:35:22,579 --> 00:35:24,914
anything to do with him
after the bumper car accident.
682
00:35:26,583 --> 00:35:30,128
He said it made him too
depressed to be around him.
683
00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:37,135
Poor little boy,
he was in so much physical pain,
684
00:35:37,135 --> 00:35:39,012
he didn't need that
kind of rejection, too.
685
00:35:41,348 --> 00:35:45,060
So I adopted Jamie
because I wanted him to know
686
00:35:45,060 --> 00:35:47,646
that he had a father
who loved him.
687
00:35:52,567 --> 00:35:54,152
[sniffling]
688
00:35:57,530 --> 00:35:59,366
[indistinct chatter]
689
00:35:59,366 --> 00:36:02,202
- Full name.
- Eric Michael Perkins.
690
00:36:02,202 --> 00:36:05,413
- Age?
- Three and a half.
691
00:36:05,413 --> 00:36:09,167
- Exact date of birth.
- March 2nd, 1983.
692
00:36:09,167 --> 00:36:12,879
- Okay. Height.
- About 3'2".
693
00:36:12,879 --> 00:36:14,506
- Hair?
- Um, blond.
694
00:36:14,506 --> 00:36:17,467
It's kind of a bowl cut.
695
00:36:17,467 --> 00:36:20,178
- Weight?
- Thirty five pounds.
696
00:36:20,178 --> 00:36:22,806
- What was he wearing?
- Sneakers.
697
00:36:22,806 --> 00:36:24,808
They're red high tops.
698
00:36:24,808 --> 00:36:28,978
Blue jeans, um,
a red and white T-shirt.
699
00:36:28,978 --> 00:36:31,231
I have a picture of him.
700
00:36:31,231 --> 00:36:33,400
Here's a copy of
the restraining order.
701
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:34,734
I've already spoken
with Judge Robins.
702
00:36:34,734 --> 00:36:36,736
She'll issue a bench warrant
as soon as you call.
703
00:36:36,736 --> 00:36:39,239
Okay. Uh, what kind of car
does your husband drive?
704
00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:42,492
Ah, a '75 Volvo wagon.
It's white.
705
00:36:42,492 --> 00:36:44,077
Man 1: You know the license
number offhand?
706
00:36:44,077 --> 00:36:46,496
- No.
- That's okay.
707
00:36:46,496 --> 00:36:49,708
When we get it,
we'll put it on the wire.
708
00:36:49,708 --> 00:36:51,167
That, that's it?
709
00:36:52,502 --> 00:36:54,963
I mean, you just
put it on the wire?
710
00:36:54,963 --> 00:36:56,256
He's cleaned out
both bank accounts.
711
00:36:56,256 --> 00:36:57,090
He has maxed out
the credit cards.
712
00:36:57,090 --> 00:36:58,758
He has taken the boy's clothes.
713
00:36:58,758 --> 00:37:00,927
This is not a weekend trip
to Disneyland, detective.
714
00:37:00,927 --> 00:37:02,929
Counselor, do you know
how many missing kid reports
715
00:37:02,929 --> 00:37:04,347
we get annually?
716
00:37:04,347 --> 00:37:06,808
This is volume one
of a three-volume set.
717
00:37:06,808 --> 00:37:08,476
You want my advice?
718
00:37:08,476 --> 00:37:10,937
You get a good P.I.,
and you track him down yourself.
719
00:37:10,937 --> 00:37:12,480
Damn it, detective.
720
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,816
My husband violates a TRO,
kidnapping my son,
721
00:37:14,816 --> 00:37:17,444
and the best thing you can
tell me is to get my own P.I.?
722
00:37:17,444 --> 00:37:19,112
Well, I'm sorry,
we don't have the time,
723
00:37:19,112 --> 00:37:20,822
manpower, or money
to do the job for you.
724
00:37:20,822 --> 00:37:22,282
[screaming]
725
00:37:22,282 --> 00:37:24,367
I can't hold him.
I can't hold him.
726
00:37:25,994 --> 00:37:27,454
[indistinct chatter]
727
00:37:31,458 --> 00:37:32,959
[shouting]
728
00:37:38,882 --> 00:37:41,342
[indistinct chatter]
729
00:37:47,098 --> 00:37:50,602
Okay, now, with all due respect,
730
00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:52,770
you see the kind of stuff
we have around here.
731
00:37:52,770 --> 00:37:54,939
You get a line on him,
you give me a call,
732
00:37:54,939 --> 00:37:55,940
and we'll take it from there.
733
00:37:55,940 --> 00:37:57,108
Thank you, detective.
734
00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:59,068
You'll call Judge Robins?
735
00:37:59,068 --> 00:38:00,278
Even as we speak.
736
00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:05,283
Come on, Abby.
737
00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:15,960
[knock on door]
738
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:19,172
- Yes?
- Excuse me.
739
00:38:19,172 --> 00:38:20,924
I hope I'm not disturbing you.
740
00:38:20,924 --> 00:38:22,509
Not at all. Come in.
741
00:38:22,509 --> 00:38:24,802
I heard what happened.
I'm terribly sorry.
742
00:38:24,802 --> 00:38:26,346
Thank you.
743
00:38:26,346 --> 00:38:28,973
- Has there been any word or...
- No.
744
00:38:28,973 --> 00:38:30,266
[intercom buzzes]
745
00:38:30,266 --> 00:38:33,686
Oh, I'm sorry.
Please sit down.
746
00:38:33,686 --> 00:38:35,271
Yes?
747
00:38:35,271 --> 00:38:37,398
Woman on intercom: Mr. McKenzie,
Mr. Lewis is here.
748
00:38:37,398 --> 00:38:38,650
Put him in the
conference room.
749
00:38:38,650 --> 00:38:41,402
Tell him I'll be with him
in a few minutes.
750
00:38:41,402 --> 00:38:45,323
Now, then, just tell me
what we can do to help.
751
00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:48,368
Actually,
what I've been thinking,
752
00:38:48,368 --> 00:38:50,620
under the circumstances,
I think that it might be
753
00:38:50,620 --> 00:38:53,206
in the firm's best interest
if I resigned.
754
00:38:53,206 --> 00:38:55,792
I'll hear of no such thing.
755
00:38:55,792 --> 00:38:57,377
I won't be capable of doing
the work that I was hired--
756
00:38:57,377 --> 00:38:59,963
Miss Perkins,
getting your son back
757
00:38:59,963 --> 00:39:03,675
is all that matters
toward which end you will have
758
00:39:03,675 --> 00:39:06,928
the full resources of
this firm at your disposal.
759
00:39:06,928 --> 00:39:08,680
Is that clear?
760
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,265
Yes.
761
00:39:11,933 --> 00:39:13,810
Thank you, sir.
762
00:39:18,815 --> 00:39:24,946
I, I'm just so afraid
that I won't ever see him again.
763
00:39:26,573 --> 00:39:28,408
[sobbing]
764
00:39:30,201 --> 00:39:32,870
[instrumental music]
765
00:39:38,084 --> 00:39:40,795
She's gone.
Leland, she left me.
766
00:39:40,795 --> 00:39:43,840
After everything I gave her,
huh, the money, the clothes,
767
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,593
the lessons, she leaves me
for that dancer in the video,
768
00:39:46,593 --> 00:39:48,177
the blondie.
769
00:39:48,177 --> 00:39:49,804
I thought he was a faygala.
770
00:39:49,804 --> 00:39:51,639
The agent called me,
practically gets on his knees,
771
00:39:51,639 --> 00:39:53,141
begging me to use him,
and this is the kind of--
772
00:39:53,141 --> 00:39:55,184
Irving, are you
absolutely certain?
773
00:39:55,184 --> 00:39:57,812
She didn't come home last night.
774
00:39:57,812 --> 00:40:00,064
This morning, I get a
phone call, collect, no less.
775
00:40:00,064 --> 00:40:02,275
She's in Hawaii with this yutz.
776
00:40:02,275 --> 00:40:05,278
Look, she is a very
young woman, Irving.
777
00:40:05,278 --> 00:40:07,363
Now, these things happen.
778
00:40:07,363 --> 00:40:09,407
A week or two,
it'll run its course.
779
00:40:09,407 --> 00:40:10,575
Don't you think I said that?
780
00:40:12,619 --> 00:40:17,248
Sixty six,
I'm not the boy I used to be.
781
00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:19,834
Don't get me wrong. I mean,
I function. I function plenty.
782
00:40:19,834 --> 00:40:22,211
Look, I can understand
the fling, I tell her.
783
00:40:22,211 --> 00:40:24,589
She says it's not a fling.
784
00:40:24,589 --> 00:40:27,425
It's deep, spiritual love,
she says.
785
00:40:27,425 --> 00:40:31,512
The first time she's ever...
Oh, God.
786
00:40:31,512 --> 00:40:32,597
Oh.
787
00:40:32,597 --> 00:40:34,057
Oh, Leland,
788
00:40:34,057 --> 00:40:36,392
there's no fool
like an old fool.
789
00:40:36,392 --> 00:40:39,604
I love her. And she left me.
790
00:40:39,604 --> 00:40:41,773
Oh, I know.
I know how you must feel.
791
00:40:41,773 --> 00:40:44,525
But I've got to believe
that she'll come back.
792
00:40:44,525 --> 00:40:48,738
Oh, no, it's over.
My life has turned to crap.
793
00:40:48,738 --> 00:40:50,281
And she says she's happy
for the first time in her life.
794
00:40:50,281 --> 00:40:52,659
She says I made her sick.
795
00:40:52,659 --> 00:40:54,202
She says she wants
a divorce right away.
796
00:40:54,202 --> 00:40:57,330
She's earned her freedom.
Now, what the hell is that?
797
00:40:57,330 --> 00:40:59,123
I think we'd better get
Becker and Markowitz
798
00:40:59,123 --> 00:41:00,208
on to this right away.
799
00:41:00,208 --> 00:41:02,794
Well, do what you want.
800
00:41:02,794 --> 00:41:04,087
Let's go.
801
00:41:04,087 --> 00:41:05,338
- The old man wants us.
- What for?
802
00:41:05,338 --> 00:41:06,756
He's got Irving Lewis with him.
803
00:41:06,756 --> 00:41:10,635
Oh, God. Well, that's it.
I'm finished.
804
00:41:10,635 --> 00:41:13,304
The only one who's finished
is Irving Lewis.
805
00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:16,849
Bimbo wife left him
for the arms of another.
806
00:41:16,849 --> 00:41:19,268
She left him?
807
00:41:19,268 --> 00:41:21,646
She left him as in divorce?
808
00:41:21,646 --> 00:41:22,605
As in.
809
00:41:25,650 --> 00:41:27,110
Whoo.
810
00:41:27,110 --> 00:41:28,111
[chuckles]
811
00:41:28,111 --> 00:41:30,029
Man 2: Hey, easy.
812
00:41:30,029 --> 00:41:31,572
Mrs. Lewis will try to say
813
00:41:31,572 --> 00:41:33,533
it's a community business
expense, of course.
814
00:41:33,533 --> 00:41:35,660
But the IRS already
said it's no business.
815
00:41:35,660 --> 00:41:39,372
And is the IRS ever wrong?
Never. It's a hobby.
816
00:41:39,372 --> 00:41:41,582
And all the money Irving
poured into Mrs. Lewis'
817
00:41:41,582 --> 00:41:43,126
little hobby
was of a personal nature
818
00:41:43,126 --> 00:41:45,420
on top of which they're on
the books as loans anyway
819
00:41:45,420 --> 00:41:46,295
for accounting purposes...
820
00:41:46,295 --> 00:41:48,339
Loans, due and payable
821
00:41:48,339 --> 00:41:50,633
upon dissolution
of the corporation.
822
00:41:50,633 --> 00:41:53,553
We dissolve the corporation,
call the loans,
823
00:41:53,553 --> 00:41:55,471
subtract that from
the community assets,
824
00:41:55,471 --> 00:41:56,931
as well as Mrs. Lewis' liability
825
00:41:56,931 --> 00:41:59,892
for half the $1.7 million
in back taxes,
826
00:41:59,892 --> 00:42:02,353
and the way I figure it,
Mrs. Lewis is gonna end up
827
00:42:02,353 --> 00:42:04,188
owing money to Mr. Lewis.
828
00:42:04,188 --> 00:42:08,776
Stuart Markowitz,
you total schnauzer, I love it.
829
00:42:08,776 --> 00:42:11,154
And this is kosher,
what we're doing?
830
00:42:11,154 --> 00:42:12,280
Absolutely.
831
00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:14,490
Leland, I hate this whole thing.
832
00:42:14,490 --> 00:42:16,534
I wish it wasn't happening.
833
00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:18,870
But I feel like
these boys are my own sons.
834
00:42:18,870 --> 00:42:21,205
They're so smart.
835
00:42:21,205 --> 00:42:23,624
That's what
we're here for, Irv.
836
00:42:23,624 --> 00:42:27,170
And you, I thought
I was gonna have to give you
837
00:42:27,170 --> 00:42:29,964
a smack after that tax fiasco.
838
00:42:29,964 --> 00:42:33,926
But you turned a cow's ear
into a sheepskin purse.
839
00:42:33,926 --> 00:42:35,261
Counselor.
840
00:42:36,888 --> 00:42:38,389
Mr. Resler.
841
00:42:38,389 --> 00:42:40,975
- Got your dancing shoes on?
- Heh heh.
842
00:42:40,975 --> 00:42:45,146
One hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. Right now, today.
843
00:42:48,107 --> 00:42:50,860
Why?
You got me on the ropes.
844
00:42:50,860 --> 00:42:53,696
Off the record,
your clients are scum.
845
00:42:53,696 --> 00:42:54,947
We both know it.
846
00:42:54,947 --> 00:42:56,616
But the jury doesn't,
or they don't care.
847
00:42:56,616 --> 00:42:59,202
Besides, look at me
and look at you.
848
00:42:59,202 --> 00:43:02,038
Juries generally don't find me
particularly attractive
849
00:43:02,038 --> 00:43:04,248
or sympathetic, whereas
you're a persuasive lawyer,
850
00:43:04,248 --> 00:43:07,543
Mr. Kuzak, a good-looking
and personable man.
851
00:43:07,543 --> 00:43:09,378
And, of course,
there's the pitiful little boy
852
00:43:09,378 --> 00:43:11,798
sitting there in the courtroom.
853
00:43:11,798 --> 00:43:13,883
We've run this
through our computers.
854
00:43:13,883 --> 00:43:15,676
In cases with
injuries similar to this,
855
00:43:15,676 --> 00:43:17,595
the awards range from a low of
856
00:43:17,595 --> 00:43:20,807
$400,000 to millions of dollars.
857
00:43:20,807 --> 00:43:25,436
So $150,000 seems like
a bargain.
858
00:43:25,436 --> 00:43:27,605
Like I said before, Mr. Kuzak,
859
00:43:27,605 --> 00:43:29,232
I think you're an
ethical attorney.
860
00:43:29,232 --> 00:43:31,317
I want to believe you
don't like rewarding thieves
861
00:43:31,317 --> 00:43:32,860
any more than I do.
862
00:43:32,860 --> 00:43:35,488
But as far as I can see,
this is the only way
863
00:43:35,488 --> 00:43:37,365
to make this damn case go away.
864
00:43:37,365 --> 00:43:39,700
[indistinct chatter]
865
00:43:41,452 --> 00:43:43,788
Let me talk to my clients.
866
00:43:43,788 --> 00:43:46,541
A hundred and fifty K?
Is he kidding?
867
00:43:46,541 --> 00:43:48,751
Tell him to jam it.
868
00:43:48,751 --> 00:43:50,378
Under the circumstances,
it sounds like
869
00:43:50,378 --> 00:43:52,255
a pretty decent offer to me.
870
00:43:52,255 --> 00:43:53,756
Circumstances?
871
00:43:53,756 --> 00:43:55,383
That guy's gonna get
his head handed to him
872
00:43:55,383 --> 00:43:56,717
by that jury, and he knows it.
873
00:43:56,717 --> 00:43:58,803
There's your circumstances.
874
00:43:58,803 --> 00:44:00,221
That may be.
875
00:44:00,221 --> 00:44:01,764
Then two things
are gonna happen.
876
00:44:01,764 --> 00:44:04,475
One, they're gonna
appeal the judgment.
877
00:44:04,475 --> 00:44:06,769
It'll be years before
you ever see a dime.
878
00:44:06,769 --> 00:44:08,813
And, two, they're
gonna go to the DA
879
00:44:08,813 --> 00:44:11,983
to bring charges
against you for fraud.
880
00:44:11,983 --> 00:44:14,110
Oh, they can't prove
a damn thing.
881
00:44:14,110 --> 00:44:16,445
Kuzak: You're a good actor,
Mr. Locklin.
882
00:44:16,445 --> 00:44:18,364
You really had that jury going.
883
00:44:18,364 --> 00:44:19,866
But don't kid yourself.
884
00:44:19,866 --> 00:44:23,202
There's a strong case
here for fraud.
885
00:44:23,202 --> 00:44:24,537
And if you're found guilty,
886
00:44:24,537 --> 00:44:26,247
it could vitiate
the original judgment.
887
00:44:26,247 --> 00:44:28,499
What's that mean, vitiate?
888
00:44:28,499 --> 00:44:31,002
Weaken, invalidate.
889
00:44:31,002 --> 00:44:32,378
In short, Mr. Locklin,
890
00:44:32,378 --> 00:44:34,463
you could wind up with nothing
but a jail sentence
891
00:44:34,463 --> 00:44:36,465
and a pile of legal fees.
892
00:44:36,465 --> 00:44:39,051
Lawyers, you all stick together,
don't you?
893
00:44:39,051 --> 00:44:41,804
What'd that guy Resler
offer you to jack us up, huh?
894
00:44:43,514 --> 00:44:46,517
Mr. Locklin,
my firm has no interest
895
00:44:46,517 --> 00:44:48,936
in benefiting from fraud.
896
00:44:48,936 --> 00:44:51,022
If you decide to take
Mr. Resler's offer,
897
00:44:51,022 --> 00:44:52,899
we intend to waive
our percentage.
898
00:44:52,899 --> 00:44:57,778
If we accept...
what happens to the money?
899
00:44:57,778 --> 00:45:01,115
The entire $150,000
will go into a trust
900
00:45:01,115 --> 00:45:03,868
for Jamie's special education
and medical needs.
901
00:45:03,868 --> 00:45:06,495
- We'll take it.
- Hey, come on.
902
00:45:06,495 --> 00:45:09,624
- He's my son.
- Well, what about us?
903
00:45:09,624 --> 00:45:11,751
What about our needs?
904
00:45:11,751 --> 00:45:13,878
Try getting a job,
Mr. Locklin.
905
00:45:21,260 --> 00:45:23,971
And did you state that on
the Sunday morning in question,
906
00:45:23,971 --> 00:45:26,098
you accidentally hit
Mr. Jackson on the head
907
00:45:26,098 --> 00:45:29,518
with a Steve Garvey model
K55 Louisville Slugger?
908
00:45:29,518 --> 00:45:32,188
That's right, accidentally.
909
00:45:32,188 --> 00:45:34,982
Mr. LaFollette, if in fact
you were not intending
910
00:45:34,982 --> 00:45:37,818
to rob Mr. Jackson,
what were you doing
911
00:45:37,818 --> 00:45:39,654
with a baseball bat
concealed on your person
912
00:45:39,654 --> 00:45:40,863
in the first place?
913
00:45:40,863 --> 00:45:43,407
I play in a softball league.
914
00:45:43,407 --> 00:45:44,784
I was on my way to the game.
915
00:45:44,784 --> 00:45:47,578
At 6:30 a.m. in a dashiki?
916
00:45:47,578 --> 00:45:49,872
My uniform was
in the dry cleaner.
917
00:45:49,872 --> 00:45:51,624
[laughs]
918
00:45:51,624 --> 00:45:55,378
I see.
Thank you, Mr. LaFollette.
919
00:45:55,378 --> 00:45:56,879
No more questions, Your Honor.
920
00:45:56,879 --> 00:45:59,173
You may step down,
Mr. LaFollette.
921
00:45:59,173 --> 00:46:01,550
And as the hour is growing late,
922
00:46:01,550 --> 00:46:03,761
let us adjourn until 9:00 a.m.
923
00:46:05,179 --> 00:46:07,390
[indistinct chatter]
924
00:46:07,390 --> 00:46:09,600
Well, you got that case won.
925
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:11,811
It's not exactly
"Inherit the Wind."
926
00:46:11,811 --> 00:46:15,356
Careful, that's my
favorite movie ever.
927
00:46:15,356 --> 00:46:18,609
Actually, I became a lawyer
because of Spencer Tracy.
928
00:46:18,609 --> 00:46:20,194
For me, it was Gregory Peck.
929
00:46:20,194 --> 00:46:23,197
- Oh, get out of here.
- "To Kill a Mockingbird."
930
00:46:23,197 --> 00:46:25,324
Well, Gregory Peck was good,
but Spencer Tracy--
931
00:46:25,324 --> 00:46:26,826
- Yeah.
- He was...
932
00:46:26,826 --> 00:46:28,327
Well, you'd get along
great with my dad.
933
00:46:28,327 --> 00:46:30,246
He loves Spencer Tracy, too.
934
00:46:30,246 --> 00:46:34,875
- Your dad a lawyer?
- Uh-hmm. He's a milkman.
935
00:46:34,875 --> 00:46:36,752
So has he met old
what's-his-name yet?
936
00:46:38,212 --> 00:46:41,632
He meets old what's-his-name
this weekend.
937
00:46:41,632 --> 00:46:43,009
I'm pretty nervous about it.
938
00:46:43,009 --> 00:46:43,926
Well, I got a good idea.
939
00:46:43,926 --> 00:46:45,386
Why don't you take me instead?
940
00:46:47,054 --> 00:46:50,808
- You're getting pushy again.
- That's not pushy.
941
00:46:50,808 --> 00:46:54,770
If I was to kiss you..
now that would be pushy.
942
00:46:56,897 --> 00:46:58,190
There's a two-word
description for what
943
00:46:58,190 --> 00:47:00,693
I'd be if I let you kiss me,
Mr. Kuzak.
944
00:47:00,693 --> 00:47:02,945
And the second word
rhymes with freezer.
945
00:47:05,197 --> 00:47:06,532
Goodnight, counselor.
946
00:47:06,532 --> 00:47:08,951
[instrumental music]
947
00:47:13,372 --> 00:47:14,999
Freezer?
948
00:47:20,254 --> 00:47:22,631
[instrumental music]
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