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Anderson: Look,
it's all right here

in black and white, Your Honor.

We split the we split the cost

of the espresso maker, which she

took with her, here is the bill.

Anderson: Half of which
comes to $64.30.

Add to that what I
paid for the last case

of B.V. Private Reserve 1980

which was $248.40.

Her total indebtedness
to me $312.70.

Your Honor, my ex
significant other

conveniently fails
to take into account

that I regularly
pay the phone bills

including phone rental
and monthly surcharge.

I have here records of all
11 months, and the phone calls

I made are indicated
by initials.

Anderson: That was part
of our agreement!

Here is my bottom line,
Your Honor, he owes me

$374 inclusive
of finance charges.

Finance charges?!

Judge Brackman: Enough!
Both of you.

I must confess that I'm
thoroughly disheartened

by testimony from
both litigants.

People, you shared
a life together

and here you come
into this courtroom

bickering over phone taxes

and who paid the wine bill.

Where are your enduring values?

Trust, forgiveness,
mutual support..

What is happening to our society

when young people are so blasé

about commitment and marriage?

If the relationship works,
great, if it doesn't

no problem just
settle up the phone bill

and no one's poorer.

Well, let me tell you,
we're all the poorer.

Marriage and family life
is the bedrock

upon which our
civilization stands.

[inhales deeply]

Well, you didn't come
to hear a sermon.

I'm going to delay this
decision for 10 days

in the hopes that
you will work out

a more dignified and
honorable parting on your own.

[Gavel bangs]
We'll take a short recess.

[all murmuring]

[door shuts]

[humming]

[door shuts]

[knock on door]

Enter.

I just wanted
to tell you that I was

incredibly moved
by what you just said.

[cryingly]
Oh, Douglas, it's so sad.

What is?

The things that I love about you
are the same things

that make our relationship
so wrong.

What are you talking about?

The things you said
about commitment

and marriage being
the bedrock of civilization..

- For better or for worse.
- That's true.

But this,
is a different situation.

I couldn't live
with myself, if I thought

I was wrecking your marriage.

You're not. I swear.

You mean it?

The smell of your perfume

rockets me into orbit.

[breathes heavily]
Oh, God!

Lock the door.

[door lock clicks]

Take off your shirt.

Douglas?

I want to fondle your hooters.

[intro theme music]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[theme music]

Moving along, Claflin
versus Safari National. Michael?

- Michael: Trial starts tomorrow.
- What are our chances?

You know, I've been thinking
that maybe it would it be better

to have Leland try this case.

- Me?
- What?

Michael: What we have is an
age discrimination case

with a senior citizen
client, who was fired

because of his date of birth.

So what?

Michael: So what better way to
show a jury, the 60 year olds

don't have to be put out
to pastor then to have them see

Leland's trying his stuff.

That's great.

Michael: And plus the fact,
the client loves the idea.

- Hold on, just a minute.
- Hold it.

When's the last time
you actually

tried a case, no offense?

Well, it was back when you
had hair, and no offense.

[all chuckling]

[laughing]

[gavel banging]

Ah, it's a very simple trail.

We'll over the facts,
you'll be ready tomorrow.

- Do it, Leland.
- Go for it, Leland.

Now, now, Michael and I, will
discuss this later.

Move on, Douglas.

Turning to the
O'Halloran divorce.

I'm deposing our client's
husband this afternoon.

Why is this matter being handled
by our first year associate?

Arnie: It's just
a few questions

on the disposition
of property, Douglas...

Should take less than an hour.

Actually, I was thinking of
stringing this out a little.

The guy gets
frazzled pretty easily

and the long deposition
might wear him down.

Leland: Well, I wouldn't,
Johnathan.

We found that those types
of antics can alienate you

among the legal community,
probably

best to just stay
away from them.

- But I really think that--
- No!

Douglas: Rohner vs Gradinger.

Abby: Discovery is complete.

And I'm pushing for an
accelerated trail there

to try and steer up some action.

What are you
doing with this case?

I gave it to her
and she is doing great.

Douglas: People, why are all our
starters on the bench?

Abby: She can do it, Douglas.
Douglas: Fine.

And when she looses, you can let
Benny handle the appeal.

Douglas, really
that's uncalled for.

Ann: Douglas, I
can't believe you.

[gavel cracks/thuds]

Oooh, you broke it.

- I guess we're adjourned.
- Ah, may I?

Leland: Michael.
Michael: Can I talk to you?

Ann: It'll have to be later.

Arnie: Jonathan, come here, man.

Arnie: Ah, thanks. Jonathan...

Alright.

It's like riding a bicycle.

I'm not so sure.

I haven't tried a case
in seven years.

Leland, I've never seen anyone
who could stand up

and inspire trust in jury
the way you can.

Ah, but it was a long time ago.

You know how hard it is to
win an aged discrimination case?

Which is exactly
why we need you.

And you can fire someone
for almost anything.

Performance, personality clash.

God, all the dependent
has to say

is that he doesn't like them.

[door shuts]

[sighs]

Leland, what is it?

Come here.

What's that?

Hearing aids.

[hearing aids rattle on table]

Which I'm supposed to be wearing
only I'm too vain.

[sighs]

Michael, it's a chance
I won't even hear everything

that happens in there.

Well, maybe you
should just wear them.

They make me feel old.

If I get beat up in court,
I'll know I'm old.

I don't think I can do it.

Oh, well, that's a
hell of a message,

the old guy can't cut it,

so they send in the young legs.

It's not the age.

It's just the symptoms.

[sighs]

Maybe you should
take the file back.

Leland...

Stick it in your ear.

[door opens]

[door shuts]

[groans]

And I note, sir, your financial
statement was prepared

by the accounting firm
of Colby & Bowdoin.

Could you tell us what
occasioned you to select them?

- Yeah, I was going to--
- Wait a minute!

You've spent an hour on
obsolete bank records,

and now you ask him why
he chose this accounting firm?

What possible--

I'm sure you'll see
the relevancy

in a second, Council.

Jonathan: Why did you pick
that firm, Mr. O'Halloran?

Well, they were
recommended to me.

I heard they did good work.

But having been audited
to the year prior

on McGlauflin & Gilmore,
wouldn't they have been

a more expedient choice?

I wanted Colby & Bowdoin.

Perhaps based on the fact that
McGlauflin & Gilmore

refused to discount the value
of the contents

contained in the residents at
927, North Palm,

the value of said contents
being directly

an issue
in this divorce proceeding?

No, that had
nothing to do with it.

Really, alright, then, directing
your attention to the items

labelled "household assets,"

I'd ask you to go
through them with me.

Page one, item one.

You're going to go
through that whole book?

We'll be here a week.

We seek the complete truth, sir,

the accomplishment of which can
only be ascertained

by conscientious
and exhaustive effort.

Page one, item one.
The brass bookends.

Valued according to this
at $75 the pair.

Oh! For God's sake.

[woman chuckles]

[knocking on door]

[door opens]

- Stuart: You got a minute?
- Sure.

I, uh, brought you a little
piece offering.

[door shuts]

Strasberg goose
pate with truffles.

[plastic wrap crackling]

Oh, it's beautiful, Stuart.

Though we might have a
little romantic tonight.

I can't. I have a women's bar
association meeting tonight.

No problem.

Just, uh, hold dinner
till you get home.

Oh, I don't know
how late I'll be.

And besides, it's got
so much cholesterol.

Ann: Why don't you
have it, Stuart?

Look, Ann, I was wrong, okay.

I was wrong.

Stuart: I was testing your love

because I was too insecure
to accept the fact

that you could
love me just for me.

Finally, I understand that

I just have to risk
everything, you know,

to fly without a net

and I'm prepared to do it, Ann.

- I love you.
- I love you too, Stuart.

Why don't we sleep together?

It's been like over a week.

I've been tired, Stuart,
that's all.

Oh! Tired. Yeah, I see.

Yeah, and I've got
a lot of work to do.

So I promise we'll talk
about it when we get home.

- Okay?
- Great.

[door opens]

[door slams]

[office telephone ringing]

Here. Try some of this instead.

This is beautiful. What is it?

Strasberg goose
pate with truffles.

No, keep it. Keep it.

Make sandwiches
for Eric with it.

Stick it in his lunch box
with his twinkies

and his chocolate milk.

Too high in cholesterol, but
five year olds basically

aren't conflicted about
stuff like that anyway.

[office telephone ringing]

woman in background: I've got
everything I need.

Grace: Forget it, Scott.

This is your third continuance

and if your client has
not paid your fee yet,

that is seriously
not my problem.

Bye.

Excuse me.

- Ms. Van Owen?
Grace: Yeah.

They said I should
see you about this.

Oh, great, the prelim's
not till tomorrow,

but that's okay, as long
as you're here, Mrs. Sweet,

I've been wanting to go
over your testimony anyway.

Yeah. But that's just it.

I'm not going to
be able to do it.

Mrs. Sweet, I'm not
sure you understand.

This is a subpoena, an
order from the court

that you have to
come and testify.

Oh, I changed my mind.

Well, you can't really do that.

I've got your
statement to the police

that you saw Maurice Crimmins

gun down Tonya Drummonds and...

And if you were to try and go
back on that statement now,

I would have to do my job and
ask the judge

to hold you in contempt
of court.

So what are you
telling me? Jail?

Try and understand
my position, Mrs. Sweet.

An innocent six-year-old
has been murdered.

And if you don't testify,
I can't prove my case.

Yes, but if I do testify,

I'd be just as dead
as that little girl.

Has someone in Crimmin's gang
threatened you?

They don't have to. You live
in Watt's, you just know!

Things you have no idea about.

Can I buy you a cup
of coffee, Mrs. Sweet?

[cop car siren blaring
in distance]

man on call: Well, anything
we can do, let us know.

What you said before, Mrs.
Sweet, that there are things

that I don't know or
understand. Actually I do.

I was shot by a gang member

and I remember what
my first reaction was.

I was going to get as far
away from here as I could,

get a job and a
house on the West side

and just pretend
another world didn't exist.

But I didn't.

I couldn't.

Because I care about the
Tonya Drummonds of this world.

And so do you.

You tried to save that little
girl's life after the shooting.

You, you helped the police
arrest her killer.

You're not the kind of woman
who can just walk away.

I have a son, Ms. Van Owen.

And thank God he is not
like those other boys.

So far, he stayed away

from the drugs and the gangs.

Last year, he brought
home four A's and a B.

His counselor said that
he can get him a scholarship.

But if I take that
witness stand,

that gang is going
to come after me

and worse yet my boy.

We have a witness protection
program, Mrs. Sweet.

We can move you and
your son to a new place,

a safer place,
away from the gangs

and the drugs and the violence.

Where is that? Disneyland?

I've seen too much to believe
in fairy tales, Ms. Van Owen.

Okay. No fairy tales.

This is a hard thing
I'm asking you to do,

but you are a very brave woman.

That is why you did
the right thing before

and that is why you
are going to do it

tomorrow in that courtroom.

And in the meantime,

you are going to
have to trust me

that I can protect
you and your son.

And if I don't, you're
going to put me in jail.

I wouldn't have
any other choice.

Really, Mrs. Sweet,
it's going to be okay.

[indistinct chatters
in the background]

I promise.

[pleasant music]

And the active wear line
was your concept, was it not?

It was and then they decided
my division should be run

by a younger person,
more commensurate

with the image of the clothing.

Your Honor, please.
Council is leading the witness.

The responses are conclusory,

self-serving, this
is very upsetting.

I'm sorry, Your Honor.

I'll try to evoke more
enjoyable answers.

[all chuckling]

- Side bar, Your Honor.
- Yes.

[woman in audience coughs]

I know it's been years
since he has been in court,

but that doesn't excuse him

from the evidentiary
rules currently in effect

which were adopted
I believe in the 1950s.

[hearing aid beeps]

You are out of line.

Lewis: We all know why
he is here, Judge.

To show the jury
that senior citizens

can still dress up and lead

productive lives,
but that's not--

If Mr. McKenzie deviates

from any proper
court room procedures,

I'll rule on it, councilor.

Judge McManama: So far
he's not done so.

Now step back.

Continue.

Leland: And could you
state for the record,

your salary at the time
of your termination?

William: I was making
$152,500 year.

And did you attempt
to find other employment

after the discharge?

I still try, every single day.

Nobody is breaking
down the door to hire

a 64 year old
who just got fired.

Thank you, Mr. Claflin.

Your witness.

Mr. Claflin, when
Safari National

made the decision to
franchise two years ago,

this meant more
work for you, didn't it?

William: I made the decision
to franchise.

It was my idea to open up
the outlets and--

But, the point is,
they gave you more

job responsibilities,
didn't they?

They didn't give me anything.

I created the position
and revised its functions.

Move to strike, non-responsive.

It's directly responsive.

You are implying I couldn't live
up to the job requirements

when it was province to
define those requirements.

Your Honor, please
instruct the witness

he has a lawyer to help argue
the evidentiary matters.

Your Honor, please
instruct council,

I'd never offer help to
those who don't need it.

Lewis: I object, I object.

I absolutely object.

Grace: This damn bureaucracy
drives crazy!

I promised this
woman, detective.

Don't detective me, Grace.

What am I supposed to do?

I've been on the phone
all morning long.

I keep running
into the same damned wall.

Without proof of a direct threat

we cannot get her
immediate relocation.

That is the lamest.
Most moronic...

That whole community is
so intimidated by the gangs,

their mere presence constitutes
a direct threat.

God, Milton, how am I supposed

to force this woman to testify,

if I have no way
of protecting her?

Okay.

I'll get her to the courthouse.

I'll take her home.

I'll sit with her
in the courthouse

and I will protect
and patrol her home

as best as I can.

I thought you said you
were going away vacation.

Looks like I lied.

[sighs]

I owe you.

Hi.

[office telephone ringing]

Where were you last night?
I didn't hear you come in.

After the meeting a
bunch us went out.

Carol Folgate split
up with her husband.

- You kidding!
- Mmm-hmm.

So we commiserated
over a couple bowls of peanuts

and too much cheap wine.

I didn't get in
until after 2 a.m.,

so I didn't want to wake you.
I slept in the guest room.

Uh-huh.

Well, here is four ounces
of Beluga triple "O"

and a bottle of
pink Dom Perignon.

I thought we'd jump into bed,
have a little snacks,

and see what develops.

Oh, Stuart, that is so sweet.

And normally I'd love it.

But I'm a little hung over,
and I'm holding water

from all the salt
in the peanuts.

There is so much
sodium in the caviar.

I think I better just
stick with celery

and mineral water today.

[office telephone ringing]

[door shuts]

Victor!

- Hi, Stuart.
- Hi. You like caviar?

Oh! I love it.

How about expensive champagne?

Well, if you twist my arm.

Now you wouldn't by any chance

have a hot date
tonight, would you?

As a matter of fact, Stuart,
yes I do.

Yeah, well, watch this.

[plastic wrap crackling]

[light laugh]

Have yourself a party.
Maybe you'll get lucky.

[office telephone ringing]

Grace: Mrs. Sweet,
what is your occupation?

I'm a licensed vocational nurse

at Martin Luther King Hospital .

Drawing your attention
to September 18th, 1987,

did anything unusual
occur as you were

returning home from work?

Nonnie: I just got off the bus

and I was on my way home

when I saw this blue car
turn the corner

and it stopped near
the grammar school.

How many people
were in that car?

Nonnie: Three or four.

Grace: Do you recognize any of

them in this court room today?

Him. He had the gun.

Let the record reflect
that the witness has indicated

the defendant Maurice Crimmins.

Lying bitch.

Bailiff, remove that individual.

Judge Collins: Now the next
person who speaks out of line

in this court room
will be held in contempt.

Do you all understand
that back there?

[woman in audience coughs]

[chair creaks]

Proceed.

What happened after
the car slowed down?

He stuck the shotgun
through the window.

Nonnie: He yelled
the name of his gang,

then he started
shooting at these boys

who were standing
in front of this fence.

And the boys started running.

I don't think he
hit any of them.

He drove off, so I just
wanted to go home.

[man in audience clears throat]

But then I heard a crying.

- Who was that?
Nonnie: A little girl!

Tonya Drummonds.

She was on the playground
behind the fence.

The bullets must of have
gone through the chain link...

And hit her instead of them.

Grace: So what did you do?

I yelled to somebody
to call an ambulance.

Then I tried to help her.

Nonnie: I tried
to stop the bleeding.

I tried to get her breathing.

[crying]

When the police
came she was gone.

What did you tell the
police when they arrived?

[crying]

I told them Maurice Crimmins
shot her!

Grace: Now you knew him by name.

He was the only one I did know.

His mother and his sisters used
to live next door to me.

Thank you, Mrs. Sweet.

I have nothing
further at this time.

As the, uh, the hour is late,

we will recess until 10 A.M.
tomorrow morning

at which time,
Mr. Muhlenberg , you may begin

your cross examination.

[gavel bangs]

Bailiff: This court is in recess

until 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning.

[chains clanking]

[indistinct chattering]

You were great. Thank you.

My home phone number
is written on the back.

If you need anything,
I want you to call.

I'll take you home now and pick
you up in the morning, okay?

And for the time being,
you shouldn't have to leave

your apartment for anything
except to come to court.

I'll make arrangements
to have your shopping

and whatever else
you need done for you.

I don't like having people
to do things for me.

I am used to doing for myself.

We're still working
on relocating you.

It's taking a lot of
kicking and screaming,

and it may not even happen
before the prelim is over.

But by the time
of trial, I promise.

The soon, the better.

[lift opens]

The sooner, the better.

Thanks, Nonnie.

Hey, man, hold the door.

Page 37, item 206.

The Royal Copenhagen
Christmas dishes.

I have no idea.

- Jonathan: More than $20?
- Yeah, I suppose.

- More than $50?
- No way, $30 tops.

So when you stated on the record
just now

that you had no idea that was
a lie, wasn't it?

Mr. Rollins, I really must
object to this protracted--

Well, whoopee.

This little snort grills me
for two straight days

and you finally get around
to objecting. Thank you.

Kilburn: Can we go off
the record?

No, on the record.
Item 207, The Easter plates.

Oh, damn it.

Jonathan: I note for the record
that attorney Kilburn

is trying to disrupt
the orderly flow of this--

Kilburn: You wanna see
disruption?

I'll show you disruption.

Let the record reflect that
attorney Kilburn

has risen, manifesting
violent propensities--

Excuse me, Mr. Rollins,

could I see you a minute?

You know what this kid's doing?

Pardon us for a second.

[office telephone ringing]

It was my understanding
that this deposition

should have taken
an hour at most.

I'm wearing them down, sir.

- He is about to give up. I--
- No!

What if other
firms did this to us?

Tying up Michael Kuzak
or Arnold Becker

for two full days?
Do you have any idea

how much that would
cost us or the client?

I'm mindful of your job
to look at the big picture

of running a law firm, sir,
but my job is to take each case

one at a time and try to win,

which is what I'm going
to do with this case.

What you are going
to do is compromise

the integrity of this firm.

It violates every norm
of professional courtesy.

Our client is not paying
for professional courtesy.

She wants a satisfactory
settlement which is--

Don't push us, young man.

The partners are very upset,

including Leland McKenzie.

Now wrap this
thing up immediately.

[office telephone ringing]

Yes, sir.

[indistinct chatters
in the background]

[Kilburn clears throat]
Sorry for the disturbance.

Ah. Now, Mr. O'Halloran, we're
turning out attention

to the Danish seasonal dishes,
specifically the Easter series,

that's page 37, item 207.

And this is the news.

Jim: So then, we get a
message from the foreman,

one of the jurors
refusing to deliberate

until he knows the defendant's
astrological side.

Grace: Oh, you're kidding.

Judge already
dismissed the alternates.

I say, "Judge, it's
open and shut,

a drug sale
to an undercover cop.

Can't we just excuse
this guy and proceed with 11?"

No sale. Miss trial.

We have to start all over again.

Mickey!

Mickey, you know Jim Alling?

- Hi.
- How you doing?

Sit in. I got to
head home anyway.

See you tomorrow, Jim.

[news running in the background]

You know, I called
you a couple of times.

I've been so underwater
with this murder prelim.

I'm sorry.

You know, I can hardly
hear myself think in here.

You want to go someplace quiet?

Mickey. I'm so beat.

Besides, I just
ordered a hamburger.

- Cancel it.
- Cancel it?

Grace, you were right.

Look, we have a
lot to talk about.

I know and it's not that
I don't want to,

it's just that now
is not a good time.

Well, what do I have to do?
Make an appointment?

Newscaster on TV:
The trial of Maurice Crimmins

accused in the drive-by shooting

that claimed the
life of six-year-old

Tonya Drummonds took a
dramatic turn tonight...

Billy, turn that up.

Jean Kasabian is live with
more on this tragic story.

Jerry, the friend and
neighbors of Nonnie Sweet

are grieving tonight
over her brutal murder.

Newscaster Jean: Investigators
told me she was gunned down

a short time ago in the
entrance way of her home

here in Watt's.

Police are now looking for any

possible witnesses
to that shooting.

Earlier today,
Sweet had testified

at the preliminary
hearing of Maurice Crimmins.

The gang member
charged with the murder

of little Tonya Drummonds,
a crime that shocked

and saddened this neighborhood.

Newscaster on TV:
Thank you, Jean.

I got to go. I'll call you.

[dramatic music]

[indistinct chattering]

[siren wailing]

[helicopter whirring]

Excuse me, ma'am, we'd
like to talk to Julius Sweet.

That's me.

Julius, I'm Grace Van Owen

from the District
Attorney's office

and this is Detective Labine.

Julius.

We want you to know how deeply
we regret your mother's death.

I hear Maurice Crimmins is going
to get out of jail tomorrow.

Julius: How can that be?

[helicopter whirring continues]

Because your mother...

Because your mother was
killed before his lawyer

could cross-examine her,
the judge is going to have

to dismiss the case.

Labine: We're going to get your

mother's killer,
son, count on us.

Someone is going to
get her killer, son,

but it ain't going to be you.

Yeah, well, give me a chance
to prove you wrong. Okay?

Julius: How're you
going to do that?

I mean who's going to testify?

Everybody in this neighborhood
knows who killed Nonnie Sweet!

Everybody in this
neighborhood knows what

happens when you
open your mouth!

And everybody knows you
got no power to change it.

Julius, if I believe that,
then I believe there is

no chance here. None at all.

But I don't believe that
and neither did your mother.

- That's why she was willing--
Julius: She was not willing!

You made her and then you didn't
do a damn thing to protect her.

Now her death is
on your hands, lady.

You killed her! Both of you!
Now just get off my property!

Labine: Julius.

Now what matter to your
mother more than anything else

was that you stay out of
the gangs and stay in school

and make something
out of yourself.

Now don't dishonor her life
by trying to avenge her death.

That'll be very,
very stupid, Julius.

Do you hear me? Very stupid.

[helicopter approaching]

[car honking]

Ackerson: It was a, a
difficult conclusion,

and, uh, I would never have made
the decision to discharge him

if I hadn't been 100%
certain it wasn't

in the best interest
of the company.

The man simply
couldn't do the job.

Lewis: Thank you, Mr. Ackerson.

Nothing further.

Mr. Ackerson, when it came time

to replace my client,
you told your head hunter

to look for someone preferably

in his 40s or younger,
didn't you?

Yes.

So it's fair to assume if
two candidates come in

equally qualified,
one 60 years old

and the other 40,

you'd choose
the younger man, correct?

But you see that
isn't really fair

because regardless
of their present abilities,

one is going to have
many more years of productivity.

So certainly one of the factors

that I had have
to look at is, ah...

Which person is going to develop

and grow and
contribute to the company

for the longest period of time.

I see.
And which person would that be?

The forty year old.

And did that presumption
in favor of youth

impact on your decision
to discharge William Claflin?

No, he was fired because
sales in his division

weren't up to expectations.

There was potential
that he wasn't realizing

and we felt we could do better.

Your Honor, may I
approach the witness?

[man in audience coughs]

Do you recognize
these annual reviews

regarding the performance of my
client for the last four years?

Yes. I wrote them.

"1983, increase sales of 28%,
flowing accolades

with recommendation for a raise.

Leland: 1984, sales up 27%,

more praise and another raise.

1985, sales up 31%, more kudos

and still another raise.

1986, sales up 37%, that's
the biggest jump yet..."

And he gets fired.

Well, tell me, Mr. Ackerson...

What did Mr. Claflin
do or not do in 1986

to cause this sudden
change of opinion?

We felt there with
more aggressiveness,

more zealous leadership
we should have been

generating even higher revenues.

Did you ever tell my client, be

more aggressive,
be more zealous?

No.

Did you ever make
one single suggestion

that he do anything differently?

No.

Isn't it true, sir,
every candidate

that you interviewed to replace
my client

was under the age of 45?

Yes, but it doesn't mean--

And isn't true, sir, of
the seven executives

you fired in the last two years,

six were over the age of sixty?

But that doesn't
mean anything. I--

And isn't it true, sir, with
all the annual reviews

you wrote only one
made mention of his age

and that's the one that
says he should be fired?

That's just a coincidence.

1986 review, Mr. Ackerson,

read the second to
the last sentence.

- Your Honor!
- Overruled.

Judge McManama:
Read the sentence.

"Mr. Claflin is now
63 years old."

Now read the line immediately
following that sentence.

This is all taken
out of context.

Ah, read it, read it.

[sighs]

"It's my suggestion
that Mr. Claflin

be terminated at this time."

Don't you just love
a good coincidence.

- Objection.
Leland: Withdrawn.

Nothing further.

Want one?

What is it?

Open it.

Oh, Stuart, my favorite.

White lickerish drops.

Oh.

[office telephone ringing]

- Take one.
- Kind of early.

Besides, you know me, once
I have one, I'll have them all.

I can't stop once I get started.

Good morning, Benny.

This one is for you, Ms. Kelsey.

Thanks. Benny,
do you like these?

What are they?

Lickerish.

How come they are not black?

Taste one.

[office telephone ringing]

[chuckles]
Good.

[laughs]
Here take them all.

Save me from myself.

Geez, thanks, Ms. Kelsey.

[office telephone ringing]

No, thanks.

- Ann.
- Yeah?

Are you trying
to punish me?

[scoffs]
Of course not.

Well, with all due
respect, I think

that's exactly
what you're doing.

Stuart: You know, you're being
just as controlling

and manipulative as
you accused me of being.

Stuart, that's just not true.

You won't accept one
single gift from me.

You don't want to make love,

you won't even let me hold you.

I call that punishment.

I plead no lo contendre.

- What?
- I'm not saying you're right.

But I'll take it
under advisement.

Oh, great!

Thank you very much, Kelsey.

[door opens]

Thank you.

[office telephone ringing]

[door shuts]

You wanted to see me, Arnie?

Yeah, Jonathan.

Two things. First
of all, Mr. O'Halloran

caved in under the
divorce settlement.

That's great.

He said he couldn't
take it anymore

and signed a
fantastic agreement.

- Our client is ecstatic.
- Ah, I knew it.

Second, McKenzie and
Brackman aren't ecstatic.

They didn't like your attitude.

They didn't like your tactics.

They want me to reprimand
for your behavior.

So...

[office telephone ringing]

Bad boy, Jonathan.

- Bad, bad boy.
- Sorry.

Don't let us ever catch you
doing anything like this again.

Are we clear?

- Absolutely.
- Alright, my man.

[knock on door]

Go away. I said go--

Douglas: Ah, you down there,
did you find it?

My bailiff lost
her contact lens.

Got it.

[clears throat]

I'll be out of your way now.

State your business.

Dougie, am I sensing a
less than cordial reception

for your only brother?

Yes, I have a very
full calendar.

What's on your mind?

I've got a live one,
Dougie, get this.

I'm at a newsstand on Wilshire,
when all of a sudden,

[claps]
ba-boom!

An old lady in a Jaguar
plows into a crosswalk,

lays this poor guy out flat.

Plus which, now I discover

she has a bit
of a drinking history.

Erroll, I have no
interest in hearing about

your low rent ambulance chasing.

Erroll: Correction, high rent.

The guy in question
happens to be part owner

in the nest of video stores,

all over the South coast
which is where you come in.

Hey look, the minute
a Tony guy like this

walks into a dump like
mine, I'm finished, right?

So I'm thinking
how about I tell him

I'm a partner at
McKenzie Brackman.

Are you crazy? No!

All I'm asking is
a little favor,

which is, let me partake in
some of your primo office space,

when no one's using it,
where's the harm?

The answer is unequivocally no.

Now if you'll excuse me,
I have work to do.

Out of curiosity,
does your wife know

you're carrying on with
that nearsighted tootsie

you had under
your desk just now?

That is a slanderous

and completely false assumption.

Not to worry.
We're brothers, remember?

Brothers help each other,

like you're going to help me,

with office space
nights and weekends.

I need some letterhead
stationary too

while you're at it.

Erroll: Nice seeing you, Dougie.

Your lovely bride,
what's her name? Sheila?

What about the
three of us putting

a night together some time, huh?

[all chattering]

Hi.

Did you find out
how it happened?

About 7 o'clock last night,

she sent a neighborhood
kid to the store.

Damn it.

I told her we'd do her shopping.

Well, may be she
figured she could

get a quarter milk without us.

Anyway they must have
been watching her house.

They beat the kid up,
send a trigger man back,

when she opened the
door, he killed her.

Will the kid
testify to anything?

He says he doesn't
know who they were.

That's great.

Crimmins and his gang
walk away from both killings

scar free.

Crimmins is dead.

Oh, God. Julius?

[sighs]
He is in custody.

Detention hearing's
tomorrow morning 10 A.M.

Any witnesses?

Crimmins was shot on a

crowded street
in broad day light.

Of course, there is
no witness. Except us.

The D.A. expects us to
testify to the fact

that Julius expressed
his intent.

Well, I guess it wasn't
enough for me just to get

his mother killed, might as
well ruin his life too, huh?

Come on, Grace.

It just happened to
land on your desk.

That's right.

But when it landed,
one person was dead.

Now there are three.

There is a, a common belief

that the elderly are people
without promise,

without capacity
to develop or improve,

without the ability to perform
as ably as our youth.

Leland: So entrenched is that
mindset that I won't even bother

to take issue with
it because I know

if my case comes down
to having to prove

that old folks can still
cut it as well as young..

I might as well quit
and go home right now.

Fortunately, I don't
have to do that.

You see there is a law that says

you can't fire someone
because of his age,

and the only thing
I have to convince

you people of, is that
he broke it. That's easy.

Not only is the statistical
evidence overwhelming

but he has testified
right here in court

that a 40-year-old is per se
better than a 60-year-old.

Now his case is so bad,
ladies and gentlemen,

one has to wonder, "how did

he think he could
get away with it?"

Well, the answer is, employers
get away with it all the time.

The worst thing about
age discrimination

is that it's so damn forgivable.

You fire someone because
of the color of his skin,

and everyone
thinks it's repugnant.

You fire someone
because he is 60 years old,

because you think he won't grow

or that he has little future

or that he has past his prime

and everyone nods and
says, "hmm, make sense."

Ugh!

Now I'm not asking you
to look at the defendant

and be morally outraged
at what he did.

I'd like you to be,
but I'm not asking for that.

I just want you to
recognize what he did,

and recognize its illegality
and I want you to remember

that the defendant's
illegal conduct

served to deny my client over
a million dollars in salary.

Not to mention his self-worth

and his very identity.

[woman clears throat]

Now all you have to do is
go back to that jury room

and follow the law.

If you do that,
you can give back

to my client his pride,

you can give him his self-esteem

but most of all
members of the jury,

you can give him the money.

[chuckling]

[William laughs]

Oh! Thank you, Your Honor.

[car rumbling]

[indistinct chattering]

Judge Green: Do you have
anything further, Miss Farrow,

to tie the defendant
to the crime?

Not at this time, Your Honor.

Well, then based on the
insufficiency

of the state's case

the court will grant
the defendant's motion

to dismiss charges
against Julius Sweet.

Defendant is hereby
released from custody.

[indistinct chattering]

If any witnesses come forward,
we can always re-file.

- Thanks.
- You're right.

[all indistinctly chattering]

So you had to join
the gang, huh?

The one thing your
mother was afraid of.

- My mother is dead.
- And you're killer.

That make you feel good?
You're proud of yourself?

- Just get out of my face.
- I'm in you're face!

- Detective.
- Step off my man.

Just shut, man!
Just shut up.

See man, you had something
that these dudes don't have.

You had a future.
Now you've got nothing.

Now, you're just a punk!

You're just another
punk who'll probably

wind up face down
in a pool of blood.

Way to be, Julius. Way to be.

Let's go.

We are losing, Van Owen .
Our side is losing.

[sighs]

"We, the jury, find in
favor of the plaintiff

"and order the defendant
to pay damages

in the
amount of $1.8 million."

[all chattering]

[laughing]

Judge McManama:
The jury is dismissed

with the appreciation
of the court.

Congratulations, Leland.

- I don't know how to thank you.
- Well, thank you.

Let me make a suggestion.

Let's settle this for $900,000.

But they just gave
me almost $2 million,

why the hell should
I settle for that?

Because they'll appeal,

tie up the judgment for
two years, maybe longer.

You told me you want to
start your own business.

if you're really
serious about that,

you're going to need the money.

You're not getting
any younger, you know.

Yeah, but 900,000?

Well, beats waiting
two years for a verdict

that could possibly be trimmed
down or maybe overturned.

No.

My advice is take the 900 today

and get on with your life.

Uh, may I see you, Mr. Lewis?

Excuse me.

Tell your client we will
cut the judgment in half

if he inks the check today.

I'll think it over. Maybe.

Tell him now, the offer
is good for five minutes.

Look, I can appeal
this thing, you know.

Well, do yourself
a favor, Mr. Lewis.

Exercise a little of that
personal growth

you young people are so good at.

Ditch your ego and do
what's best for your client.

And do it now.

I'll recommend the
offer to my client.

Tell him he's got
four minutes left.

[office telephone ringing]

Put it over there.

- Miss Kelsey.
- Yeah?

What is it?

Sign here, please.

Ew. Smells like fish.

Thank you.

Ah, Benny, would you
help me open this box, please?

Sure, Miss Kelsey.

[all grasping]

Look, lobsters.
They're alive.

Yeah, they're delivered
specially from a place called

"Lobster Shack," in
Waterville, Maine.

Oh! Stuart.

My favorite thing from my

favorite place in
the whole world.

Ann: How did you know?

Remember you told me a
story about this little girl

who loved the lobsters
in Waterville, Maine.

Stuart: They're exactly
two pounds apiece.

Four of them.

Oh, Stuart, I can't believe you,
you remembered.

Sure I remembered, Ann.
I love you.

Stuart, you were right.

I was just as controlling
and manipulative

because you were, only
I wouldn't admit it.

[cryingly]
You are the sweetest,

the most generous,

the sexiest man I've ever known.

And I want desperately to
take these lobsters home

and eat them and make mad,
passionate love to you.

In which order?

[romantic jazz music]

[knocking on glass door]

Don't do that.

[knocking on glass door]

[outro theme music]