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- I hate exercising
on that machine.

Let's get rid of it.

Ha, you say that now.

Wait until my fanny
falls around my ankles.

You have an adorable Fanny.

- And you've already
sold the film

rights for your second novel.

At what--

- Seven central--

- 5, 4, and--

38 minutes, Stuart, level 4.

I beat your old record by 17%.

- How did you do
that so quickly?

I like numbers.

Making real progress.

I'm very proud of you.

I'm proud of you.

Level 4, 38 minutes, 17% proven.

Stuart.

Oh, Stuart, I've missed you.

[music on television]

Ugh.

[theme music]

- I just think pursuing
this one is a mistake.

- Carla Ortiz has
prior arrests--

- One conviction
three years ago.

Drug possession.

- After arraignment
this morning,

I met with Carla, and
her parole officer.

She's straight.

- If she's so straight, why
was she arrested looting?

- Thousands of people got
caught up in a frenzy.

Carla stole baby formula
to feed her child.

Let's give her a break.

- Tell that to store owners
who had their shelves cleared,

entire inventories pillaged.

I'm up for re-election.

And believe me, now more than
ever, the mandate of the people

is they want justice.

- What about
probation for Carla?

- Zoe, you work for
the district attorney

not the public defender.

If you can't handle it,
I'll ask for a continuance

and get someone else.

I can handle it.

You do that.

[telephone rings]

[door closes]

Shall we get started?

First up, People versus
Douglas Brackman.

- He fought the law,
and the law won.

90 days in jail?

- Arnold, I know this isn't
your primary area of expertise,

but Douglas insisted
on our representation.

- Yeah, of course, he
doesn't want to pay.

- Now just do your best
to get him released.

Yes please.

Billable hours,
accounts receivable,

subbing for Douglas, and
I'm drowning in red ink.

All right, next,
Weston versus Weston.

- Yeah, and still
working at home,

I've been assisting
summarizing depositions,

and we go to trial next
week unless a settlement

can be reached.

- If you have any questions
or Anne is unavailable,

you come to me.

This firm needs Alec
Weston's business.

Anything else, Leland?

- Yes, don't forget election
day is just around the corner.

And if the latest polls
are any indication,

Jonathan Rollins
could use whatever

support we could muster.

That's all.

- In and out, that's what a
staff meeting is all about.

- Ranks are getting
pretty thin here.

- Any thinner, we can get
together in the elevator.

Or the unemployment line.

All right, now listen up.

Douglas and I have made
no secret of the fact

that our situation here
at McKenzie, Brackman

is precarious at best.

However, you should be
equally clear of the fact

that I have poured my
lifeblood into this firm,

and I'll be damned if
I'm going to give up now.

I expect the same
commitment from all of you.

Becker, get a haircut.

You look ridiculous.

[telephone rings]

- 34821, People versus
Kevin Richards, one count

of sexual battery.

- Gretchen Oliver
for the defense.

- Assistant DA, Harold Chambers
for the people, your honor.

How does the defendant plead?

- My client pleads not
guilty, your honor.

At this time, given this is
my client's first offense,

I request bail to
drop to get house

- People have
voted, your honor--

- Not living together
is one thing.

I haven't seen you
in over a week.

- Ruby's got me waiting through
the backlog prosecutions

from the riots.

I got arsonists.

I got looters.

You're avoiding.

- Yeah, kind of, I
got a lot on my mind.

Can I help?

Thanks, my problem.

- Oh, listen, I want to get
a jump on the competition.

Tell me about this
Marlene Branson.

You haven't met?

- Case number 348--

Only talk by phone.

- --People versus Carla Ortiz.

All I can say is pray.

She's that tough, huh?

All right?

- Mr. Ballon, how does
your client plead?

Not guilty, your honor.

Request defendant
be released OR.

The people have no objection.

So ordered.

Preliminary hearing
day after tomorrow.

- Santana, stop blowing,
there go my sinuses.

Your dad here yet?

No.

Is dad taking me home after?

- No, no, you go
back to your aunt's

until social services
finishes their investigation.

- 34824, People
versus Joseph Russell.

Back in a flash.

- She's going to
be disappointed.

Tommy Mulaney for the people.

Sorry, I'm late your honor.

- Marlene Branson
for the defense.

Sidebar, your honor.

Approach.

Problem, Mr. Mulaney?

- With all due respect, your
honor, sister Marlene's attire

could compromise a fair trial.

A juror might infer that
God is somehow on her side.

- Ms. Branson has tried
cases in my court before.

- There's never been a Problem
- Yes, but this--

- I've instructed
the jury that Ms.

Branson's religious affiliation
is not germane in this case.

And you get your
shot at Voir Dire.

- But what I'm talking--

- You lost this one,
Mulaney, step back.

[sneezes]

Bless you.

Look, I understand.

- "They used to say
the streets of the city

were paved with gold."

- Yeah, right, but
it's getting too close.

I think--

- "Now they're paved
with the blues."

- I can't promise anything.
I know I told you.

- We'll have to omit the
entire first paragraph.

- No, no, no, keep the first.
- Right, right.

All I can do is ask him.

Delete the second.

OK, hold on.

KPM wants to do a live
on-air debate with Ellis.

I don't know, Terry.

It may be too close
to the election.

- Look, you're slumping.
You need the exposure.

You'll kill Ellis on the issues.

Let me set it up.

Yeah.

What is this crap?

Lies, half-truths.

Let me call you back.

Jeff, shut the door.

And make sure you're
on the other side.

- Let's save this for
the debate, Ellis.

No, you want a piece of me?

Here I am.

You got something to
say, say it to my face.

- You're running
for public office.

The voters have
the right to know

the quality of your character.

- Rollins, you wouldn't
know the meaning

of the word "character."

- And your lack of
emotional stability.

- I overdosed when
I was a teenager.

- Nobody's stopping you from
telling your side of the story.

- You know what it's like
trying to dig yourself out

from under garbage, Rollins?

You're going to find out.

Don't let him rattle you.

I'm not rattled.

It's still about
who's the best man.

- Judge Niemann is
considering the petition

to reduce your sentence.

I tried convincing her
you were a model prisoner.

She wasn't moved.

Niemann hates me.

- Well, from the
court transcripts,

your conduct was the
height of arrogance.

- I was the victim
of vicious lies.

Say what you want.

Just get me out
of this cesspool.

- Douglas, you haven't been--

Violated?

Don't be silly.

That was John Dean's
fear, not mine.

Arnie, help him.

I'll do my best.

Looking like that?

Who's gonna take you seriously?

- Don't bite the
hand that frees you.

Sweetheart, he's right.

- This only happened
because I was

desperate to exchange our vows.

- You're still desperate
for me, aren't you?

Douglas, I'll be in touch.

Sheila, I'll meet you outside.

You are hungry for me?

More than you know.

Every night, you
are in my dreams.

- While you're trapped
in here, dream of these.

Oh, yeah.

[whistles]

Wow.

Oh.

[knocking on door]

Yeah, what?

Oh, Sister Marlene.

I need just a moment.

And Ms. Branson is fine.

- Eight years of
Catholic school.

Tough to break.

What can I do for ya?

- Joseph is prepared to plead
guilty to misdemeanor child

endangerment with probation.

He's also willing to
enter family counseling.

- Reduce felony child
endangerment to a misdemeanor

just because he promises
to attend therapy?

I know guys like this.

Apologizing, swearing.

They don't know
what came over them.

Joseph loves Gilbert.

That boy's only
hope is his father.

- The boy's only
hope broke his jaw.

I'm sorry, no deal.

I'll tell my client.

- Sister, I don't
appreciate being blindsided.

You and I spoke half a
dozen times by phone.

You never mentioned
you were a nun.

- You still think
the way I'm dressed

will prejudice the proceeding?

- There isn't a jury
member who won't

give you the benefit of the
doubt during closing arguments.

And Judge Fiorella can
rationalize till the saints

come marching in.

I'm telling you, your
habit affects people.

Clearly.

Jeff.

- We're back on
KPM-AM on your dial.

All day, all night.

Ross Greenberg sitting
in all this week.

We're talking with city council
candidate Jonathan Rollins.

Why don't we go
straight to the phones?

Hello, you're on KPM.

- Mr. Rollins, what's your
stand on the year-round

school calendar?

- That issue is decided
on the state level, dummy.

KPM, go ahead.

- Hello?
Hello?

Turn your radio down.

Hello?

Hello?

You're tough.

- No patience for
the brain-dead.

KPM, you're on the air.

Ross?

Yes, ma'am, go ahead.

- I'd like you to ask Mr.
Rollins about his arrest

two years ago for rape.

Funny.

- I have access
to police records.

Ghost in the machine?

- It was a sting, part
of a blackmail attempt

by former DA Rogoff.

- Bruce Rogoff has been
a guest on this show.

Hard to believe
he's watching you.

- Rogoff wanted me to keep quiet
about my firsthand experience

with police brutality
in Los Angeles.

Let's not confuse the issue.

- I want to know who
paid off Rollins.

Nobody was paid anything.

I was a suspect for
probably 10 minutes.

- Let's discuss
those 10 minutes.

- Let's discuss
police brutality.

- We'll talk more about
Councilman Rollins'

rape arrest right after this.

- No formal charges were filed.
My name was cleared.

- Have to shout louder
than that, Councilman.

We just went to commercial.

[phone ringing]

Stuart, the phone.

Hello?

Of course Weston is angry, Gwen.

I told him we'd send
him the settlement

proposal this morning.

Fax me a copy and call me back.

Stuart, what are you doing?

I want to hear some albums.

Well, the turntable is broken.

That's why we bought
the disc player.

Yeah, but I want to hear this.

- Shouldn't you be
doing your leg flexes?

You know, your physical
therapy is very important.

Not now.

I can make this work.

- You have no mechanical
ability, Stuart.

That's why you went to Wharton's
and became an accountant.

I can fix this.

- Gwen, you forgot
the pension funds.

[sighs] Gwen Taylor, please.

Hi, it's me.

Look, first off--

Stuart, turn that down.

What?

- Gwen, you forgot
the pension fund.

Second, you didn't-- hold on.

Turn the damn thing down!

I fixed it!

See, I told you.

I'll call you back.

Stuart!

How am I supposed to work
with all this racket?

I fixed the record player.

And I appreciate that.

It's just-- it's hard to
concentrate with so much noise.

You know how I did it?

No.

[sighs] Me, either.

[upbeat music]

Gilbert, how old are you?

15 next month.

Any brothers or sisters?

Just me and my father.

Are you and your dad close?

Get along?

Not really.

He's always on my case.

About the way I dress,
who I hang with.

- Tell me about the night
your jaw was broken.

I was hanging in Brad Park.

We wasn't doing anything.

We were just talking.

Next thing you know, my father's
on me, yelling and screaming,

telling me to get my ass home.

- Watch your
language, young man.

When did he hit you?

- We got inside the house,
and he just torqued out.

He started hammering me
about my boys, going out.

Then he grabbed the wood.

This?

- Yeah, I use that
to hold up my window.

- Your Honor, I
request this board be

entered as people's exhibit 3.

So ordered.

Go on, Gilbert.

What happened next?

- Then he grabbed that, and
the window slammed shut.

Glass flew.

Then he started beating me.

- Your Honor, these photos
taken at County General

are offered as
people's exhibit 4.

So ordered.

- Let the record reflect
injuries sustained when Mr.

Russell repeatedly hit his son.

Welts and open cuts on Gilbert's
thighs and buttocks, as well

as compound facial fractures.

One last question, Gilbert.

Are you scared of your father?

I am now.

Nothing further.

- Gilbert, the
night this happened,

before your father
left for work,

didn't he tell you
not to go to the park?

- That's because he's always--

Please answer yes or no.

Yes.

- So it's easy to understand
why he was angry with you.

Objection.

What Ms. Branson
understands is irrelevant.

Sustained.

- Was there alcohol
at the barbecue?

Objection, irrelevant.

A little leeway, Your Honor.

All right, you may answer.

There was some brew there.

Did you drink?

Yeah.

So?

- Your friends at the barbecue
are members of the DP Deuces,

isn't that right?

Objection, irrelevant.

- Goes to defendant's
intent, Your Honor.

I'll allow it.

- There were some
Deuces there, yeah.

- And isn't it true that
you have been trying to join

the Deuces for over a year?

Yes.

- Gilbert, hasn't your
father forbidden you

in no uncertain terms
to join any gang?

Yes.

- And in all that
time, has he ever done

anything remotely like this?

No.

Thank you.

Nothing further.

Hey, check out Tuxedo.

Yo!

Hey, Tuxedo.

Well, well, well.

Look who's doing
the fluff and fold.

Tennessee Tuxedo.

- Hey, Tennessee, bet you never
saw stains like this

before, huh?

I'm just doing my job, fellas.

Uh.

Word is that-- that
you're a lawyer

and that your old lady's got
a decent pair of bazooms.

You mind your business.

I'll mind mine.

- Hey, we just want
to know if it's true.

- Yes, my wife is well-endowed.

- No, no, no, about
you being a lawyer.

I mean, well, lawyers suck.

You suck?

You must if you're a lawyer.

You think he's a lawyer?

I don't think he's a lawyer.

- No, I believe he's a lawyer
because nothing matters

to lawyers besides
getting the job done.

And you think he's cute?

I don't think he's cute.

- You guys are
talking in circles.

- And the only person who's
gonna be talking in circles

is you.

- Hey, come on, Tennessee,
let's take a free ride, huh?

Hey.

Hey.

Ow.

[laughs]

Have a nice trip.

Guard!

Guard!

Guard!

Stuart Markowitz?

Detective Fowler.

I'd like to ask you
about your assault.

My report says you were pulled
from your car and beaten.

Stuart?

- Mrs. Markowitz?
- Yes.

Is something wrong?

I'm Detective Fowler.

I've been assigned to
your husband's case.

We'd like him to try
identifying potential suspects

in his assault.

- Oh, this is not
the right time.

- No, I'll look at
the photographs.

Photographs are good.

- Five months and you still
haven't caught these criminals.

We're doing everything we can.

- Ann, I don't
know these people.

Do you?

[tense music]

Hey.

Hey, yourself.

- Looks like that
leafy green is making

a full recovery after all.

- You know, what some of these
people hauled away looting,

I don't know if it's
funny or pathetic.

A 55-year-old man
hits a dry cleaner.

Comes away with
nine busboy uniforms

from a Chinese restaurant.

Which brings us to dinner.

Kung Pao chicken?

- This lady I'm prosecuting,
Carlo Ortiz, a mother who

stole diapers and baby formula.

Technically, she broke the
law, but she's not a criminal.

So?

- I became a lawyer
to help people.

And you do that.

- Last week, it was
asset forfeiture,

forcing me to take away a
woman's home because her son

was caught dealing drugs.

The judicial process is
a big practical joke,

and my diploma is
the whoopee cushion.

Come on.

Let me pull you out
of this for an hour.

Thanks.

I'm gonna see you later?

I don't think so, Tommy.

OK.

Try not to stay too late.

- Mm-hmm.

- I'm gonna give my
speech, shake a few hands,

and then I'm heading home.

- Ah, remember, everybody,
tomorrow's election day.

Vote early, vote often.

- Councilman Rollins, how do
you feel about Stuart Markowitz?

- He's a long-time associate.
I like him.

Then you're on his side?

What?

- Word on the street
is the men who beat

Mr. Markowitz were provoked.

What do you say?

- We should refrain from
judging anyone until the police

completes the investigation.

- Community leaders claim
Markowitz called them niggers.

Doesn't that qualify as racist?

Well, of course.

- Was this a random
act of violence?

No.

- Shouldn't you
support your district?

Absolutely.

Jonathan, we're late.

- Would you prosecute this case?
- That's up to the DA's office.

Who's telling the truth?

We'll find out.

- Then it's possible Markowitz
provoked his attackers?

Anything's possible.

Mr. Rollins.

Hey, Councilman.

Hey.

Come on.

[theme music]

- Have you tried less severe
ways of disciplining your son?

Everything.

I even tried taking
Gilbert to work with me,

but he couldn't get his homework
done with all the noise.

- What upsets you
about those boys

your son was with that night?

They gang bangers.

They put Gilbert's
life in danger.

Objection.

What Mr. Russell
believes is irrelevant.

Overruled.

- Look, these gangs go
looking for trouble.

I'm afraid my son
will get killed.

I don't want to lose my son.

He's all I got.

No more questions.

- Mr. Russell, for
the past month,

Gilbert's been
living with his aunt.

She's testified he
hasn't been a problem.

Why is that?

- He's a good boy,
just strong will.

And where we live, it
doesn't take long for a boy's

world to be turned upside down.

Or to have his jaw broken.

Argumentative, Your Honor.

Sustained.

- According to
the police report,

you grabbed this
piece of lumber,

and you kept swinging
until you raised

welts on your son's backside.

- Then you hit him in the--
- Objection.

- That was an accident.
He turned around.

I didn't mean to do that.

- Mr. Russell,
have you ever been

convicted of criminal assault?

Five years ago.

Someone picked a fight.
I didn't start it.

- You lost your temper, and
you clobbered some poor--

- Objection!
- Mr. Mulaney.

- You don't what
you're talking about.

- I'm talking about felony
assault, Mr. Russell.

- Look, that guy
was way out of line.

Just like your son?

Objection.

Withdrawn.

Nothing further.

Mrs. Ortiz?

My name is--

Ms. Clemmons.

Anything you have to tell my
client, you say in front of me.

Excuse me.

Actually, you and I
should talk in private.

Sure.

- Listen, I want you
to know that I tried,

but the DA's office
won't go for probation.

How about a lesser charge?

I'm sorry.

Ah.

So what?

Excuse me?

Oh, Ms. Clemmons.

I'm being bombarded with dozens
of cases like Carla Ortiz.

You know.

It's the same on your end,
rubber stamping justice.

It's all part of the
job, percentages.

But thanks for trying.

[scoffs]

Excuse me.

You're really digging in here.

- Well, I want us to be
prepared for next week.

Alec Weston is an
important client.

Have a seat.

How's Stuart?

What?

Oh, doing great.

He's taking a nap.

He's making real progress.

He-- he fixed the
stereo yesterday.

So it shouldn't be long before
he's his old self again.

Ann, I woke up thirsty.

Stuart, you remember Gwen.

Hi, Gwen.

Hi.

- I'm gonna go into
the kitchen and get

myself some orange juice.

- Well, why don't we get to
work on these depositions?

- Ann, if there's
anything I can do--

Thanks.

Really, there isn't.

[glass breaking]

Whoops.

Guess what I broke?

- Mandatory sentence,
one year in county jail.

Credit four months time served.

Next case.

- Case number 34823,
People Versus Carla Ortiz.

- Mr. Fallon, the
meter is running.

- Your Honor, at this time, the
People request that all charges

against Carla Ortiz be dropped.

On what grounds, Ms. Clemmons?

Insufficient evidence.

- Then why is this
case on the docket?

- I'm sorry, Your Honor,
I've only recently

been made aware of new
facts in this case.

Mr. Fallon, case dismissed.

Your client is free to go.

Ms. Clemmons, a little
notice next time.

Court is adjourned.

I'm Jonathan Rollins.

How you doing?

Leland!

You came down to
support the cause, huh?

- Your campaign headquarters
told me where you were.

Can you spare a minute?

This is really lousy timing.

How you doing?

Jonathan Rollins, city council.

How are you?

- According to the newspaper,
you believe Stuart Markowitz

provoked his own attack.

- Don't believe
everything you read.

Jonathan Rollins, city council.
How you doing, brother?

Hey, what's up?

All right.

- Whether you like it or not,
your colleagues are confused.

Frankly, so am I.

Jonathan Rollins.

- I hope I can rectify this
thing before it snowballs

completely out of control.

- I always had a broad base of
support at McKenzie-Brackman.

Jonathan Rollins.

- Do you honestly believe Stuart
Markowitz provoked his beating?

Of course not.

- Then I suggest you clear
this up as soon as you can.

- Leland, I really
resent you coming down

here questioning my integrity.

What about Stuart's integrity?

- This is a no-win situation.

- If you believe
that, be prepared.

Because if you lose this
election and your remaining

option is returning
to the firm, it

will be a cold place, indeed.

- Jonathan Rollins,
city council.

How are you?

- Feels like I'm beginning
to lose track of time.

Minutes turn into hours, hours
into days, days into weeks.

Don't you know any other tunes?

[farts]

Ah.

I'm not a big
Stephen Foster fan.

You really should
see an internist.

You could see mine.

When you're released, I mean.

It would be my way of thanking
you for pulling me out

of the dryer, watching over me.

Don't you know
any Frank Sinatra?

[farts]

Oh.

[sighs] Nobody is above the
law, but no principle can

justify this kind of treatment.

We have prisons, but
clearly it doesn't

matter who occupies the cells.

I may have been a
babe in the woods

when I was thrown in here.

But when I'm
released, watch out.

I will not go quietly.

[farts]

And obviously, neither will you.

- In order to find
my client not guilty,

you must believe
that his behavior

was reasonable under
the circumstances.

To do so, you must consider the
world in which Gilbert lives--

a dangerous place of gangs
and guns and poverty.

And you must also consider
what was at stake--

a young boy's future filled
with dreams and possibilities,

which are easily destroyed.

If any of you saw
your child walk

in the path of a speeding
train, wouldn't you

yank him out of the
way, even if it meant

breaking a bone in the process?

This was Joseph
Russell's dilemma.

- Joseph Russell's fear for his
son's life is understandable.

But is beating a child ever a
reasonable form of discipline?

The defense says Joseph battered
his son in order to save him.

But before you
make your decision,

you ask yourself this.

If you condone
this man's actions

as an acceptable
form of salvation,

how will he save
his son tomorrow?

Fathers owe their sons
more than discipline.

Tough love is hypocrisy.

Strength is a hug, a
compassionate smile,

not a clenched fist
or uncontrolled rage.

The body may heal.

The emotional wounds
will never disappear.

- If you think dismissing this
woman's charges is some kind

of defiance, some misdirected
act of conscience,

you're mistaken.
I'll refine.

- And I'll go to Judge Hansen
and tell him I perjured myself

in the Meacham trial and that
you were the one who advised

me to frame my testimony.

You can't prove a thing.

Try me, Ruby.

All right.

You can have Carla Ortiz.

Thank you.

- I will not be
threatened by you again.

Because if I am, I will do
everything in my power to make

sure your career is over.

It is over.

- Matty decided
to wear his lunch.

Stuart?

Are you OK?

I know that I'm 41 years old.

But I-- I don't have
memories that fill that time.

- You have those memories,
Stuart, but the doctor said--

The doctor said.

But the doctor said.

The doctor doesn't
know anything.

And neither do I. I can't--

why can't I remember?

I-- I-- I don't know the
people in those pictures.

I-- I don't know the
guy who cuts the lawn.

I can't remember
the name of our son.

Why can't I?

Stop it, Stuart, stop it.

Daddy.

It's OK.

[tense music]

So the rumor is true?

I quit.

Why am I the last to know?

- You were in court.
I tried.

No, I have tried.

I have tried for weeks to
find out what's going on.

Tommy, listen.

- I've never stopped
listening, Zo.

- I'm not only quitting
the DA's office.

What's that supposed to mean?

I'm leaving.

- I thought that--

My plane's tonight.

Where to?

I don't know.

[chuckles] I'm going to Portland
first to stay with my mother

a while.

- So you're tossing me out
of your life just like that?

- Tommy, after I got
shot, you took care of me

and you got me back on
my feet, but now I'm

not standing in the same place.

The law, this job, LA, I--

I can't stay here.

I can't go back to
being the person

I used to be because I'd turn
into someone I wouldn't like.

Someone you'd hate.

Damn you.

Leland?

Leland?

Hmm?

Oh.

- Philip Darcy is
on the top line.

Oh, thank you, Roxanne.

Would you close my door, please?

I'm worried about the old man.

He spends his days just
staring out the window.

- He's had a rough
couple of weeks.

Leland should travel.

Clear his calendar,
clear his head.

- With everything that's
going on at McKenzie-Brackman?

I mean, haven't you taken
a look around yourself

since you've got back?
I thought you'd changed.

- Well, actually, I've
mostly been looking inward,

but Leland was right
about one thing.

I could use a trim.

Oh, come on, Rox, I
really appreciated

the last one you gave me.

It was great.

All right.

Rox?

Rox, we're just talking
trim here, right?

- It's been a long time since
we've had a spare office.

- Turning it into a nursery
for your little girl?

- Yeah, to have Lucy just down
the hall is gonna be terrific.

Leland was completely
open to the idea.

Me, too.

Children are our future.

Maybe you have changed.

Hello?

All clear.

- Hey, who am I to fault Morales
for striking a sweetheart deal

and wanting his
little kid nearby?

Anyway, with all the crying and
whining going on around here,

nice to know now it'll be coming
from a loaded diaper and not

another three-piece suit.

Maybe you haven't changed.

Rox, I'm like water.

Nothing under heaven
is more yielding,

but when it attacks
something hard and resistant,

nothing can prevail.

Sit, grasshopper.

- Go ahead, make all
the jokes you want.

You wait and see.

- In the matter of the
People Versus Joseph Russell

on the charge of felony
child endangerment,

we find the
defendant not guilty.

- Mr. Russell,
you're free to go.

Gilbert Russell, I will
recommend to social services

that you be released into
the custody of your father.

Court is adjourned.

Son.

It'll take time, Joseph.

You'll get your son back.

Congratulations, Sister.

Maybe next time his old
man will love him to death.

- Who was it you saw when
you looked at Joseph Russell?

- If this is one of those
religious mysteries like how

many angels can dance
on the head of a pin,

I don't have the time.

Was it your father?

Was he the one?

As a matter of fact, yeah.

Sorry.

Don't be.

It was a long time ago.

And some things
can't be forgiven.

- Why not start with
the things that can?

Good luck, Mr. Mulaney.

Ellis is leading by 16%.

The fat lady is singing.

It's not just us.

Rudy Thomas is getting
hammered as well.

- Well, speechwriting
is not for me, anyway.

I'm gonna try punching
out some short stories.

But it was nice working
with you, Jonathan.

- I appreciate
all you did, Jeff.

I know, I know.

Don't let the door
hit me in the ass.

- I'd like to say it's
been nice working with you.

I'd be lying.

- I burned a lot of bridges
during this campaign.

Said things I didn't mean.

And for what?

- I got a valuable piece
of information for you.

You make a lousy politician.

[laughs]

- You take things
too personally.

And you're not comfortable
with compromises or trade-offs.

That's a compliment?

You're damn right.

Jonathan, you take
care of yourself.

Hey.

You're not sticking around
for my concession speech?

I know who wrote it.

[laughs]

- The water drainage
initiative proposition

also looks likely to pass.

Oh.

Keep it.

It'll be a collector's
item someday.

- We go now live to the
Thomas campaign headquarters.

Oh, take a deep breath.

Fill your lungs.

You know what that is?

Carbon monoxide.

- To me, that's the
smell of freedom.

How can I ever thank you, Arnie?

- Let me practice
entertainment law.

- Did I mention your shave
and haircut look great?

I'm going home.

Let's go home, too.

- Not until I make
this pledge, Sheila.

I have seen the underbelly.

I've tasted some of the
worst food imaginable,

but I survived.

- As soon as we get home,
you'll get your reward.

Sheila, I'm being sincere.

I used to scoff at
McKenzie-Brackman's

pro-bono work as a waste
of time and lost income.

I hereby swear to
pull at least one

drowning man from the River Styx
and change his life forever.

- But first, a hot shower,
and I've got the loofah.

[theme music]

We're wasting our energy.

Our focus should be on
rebuilding, repairing

neighborhoods and
relationships that have been

damaged by neglect and anger.

Let us-- let us all create
something from the ground

up-- sturdy, fresh, and
full of possibilities.

[applause]

[knocking on door]

[sighs]

I come to say goodbye.

It's not forever.

- You know, for the
last couple of days,

I have been thinking
a lot about love.

Why, after all these years,
it's still so difficult for me.

But I-- Zo.

Anyway, this is for you.

Straight from the mini mart.

Bread, so that you
will never know hunger.

Salt, so that your life
will always have flavor.

Wine, so that you will
know joy and prosperity.

Grape juice?

So it's a young wine?

[laughs]

[horn honking]

That's my cab.

Thank you, Tommy.

I will always love you.

Be good to yourself.

[emotional music]

Go.

Ann, I brushed my teeth.

Good.

- Are you gonna
sleep with me again?

- You ask me that
every night, Stuart.

Oh, sorry.

It's just when I
was in the hospital,

I used to sleep by myself.

Are you glad to be home?

Sort of.

[crying]

Oh, I'll get him.

Neat.

Something wrong, Stuart?

No.

What's he doing here?

- Matty is still
running a little fever,

so he's gonna sleep with us.

Is that OK?

Yeah, because I'm very tired.

So as soon as he
falls back to sleep,

I'll take back to his bed.

[sighs]

Hey, Matty.

Ann?

Ann, I remember.

What, Stuart?

- I remember the night
our son was born.

It was raining, right?

You were in a lot of pain.

I told you to focus
on your breathing.

And Matty came out.

Had that umbilical cord
around his neck, and I was--

I was so scared.

And you looked me
in the eye, and I--

I didn't want you to see that I
was scared, so I smiled at you.

You smiled back.

And then Dr. Parker just
slipped away the cord.

Then he put Matty on your
chest, and he was healthy.

And he was safe.

And it was the most
beautiful sight I ever saw.

I remember.

[emotional music]

[theme music]