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- It never fails to amaze me
that people actually think they

can get away with these things.

- Mr. Pick, nobody's trying
to get away with anything.

If errors were
made in calculating

Ms. Bauman's tax return, we're
here to rectify those errors.

- Come on, Mr. Markowitz,
I wasn't born yesterday.

What does that mean?

- It means that this isn't
someone who makes errors.

This is someone who calculates
long and hard to conceal,

connive, and defraud.

This is someone who actually
thinks that she doesn't have

to pay her rightful
share of taxes

to the United States government.

And I find that
absolutely intolerable.

- Mr. Pick, this entire problem
can be attributed to Ms.

Bauman's former accountant.

I don't buy that.

It appears that in addition
to a significant amount

of unreported personal
income, your client

was using corporate employees to
perform a variety of distinctly

non-business-related functions.

Wait a minute.

I embody my company.

What affects me
affects my employees.

This is all business-related.

You're kidding me, right?

No, I'm not kidding you.

- I would appreciate it if
you would tell your client

to stop wasting my time.

- We have tax returns
for the last 10 years.

Where do you want to start?

- I didn't build my business
on vitamins and nutrient

supplements alone, Mr. Pick.

I built it on stamina,
I built it on guts,

and I built it by adhering
to a personal philosophy

that does not allow me to
become intimidated by anyone.

- Celeste, Mr. Pick is
just trying to do his job.

That's right.

And my job is to
enforce the tax code.

I enforce, you comply.

You're not a well man, Marvin.

You work in this miserable
office, you drink coffee,

and you smoke, and your
diet-- it's high in fat,

it's low in fiber,
it's not nearly

dense enough in nutrients.

And I wouldn't be the
least bit surprised

if your body wasn't ravaged
by intestinal parasites.

You know what?

You're right.

I drink coffee.

I smoke.

I only eat things
that are bad for me.

And with all that, I'm
still healthy enough

to bring you to your knees.

Me and my parasites.

- You want to know
what healthy is?

I'll tell you what healthy is.

How old do you think I am?

I have no idea.

I'm 75 years old.

You're 75?

- The reason that I don't
look my age is because I have

a healthy, life-affirming
attitude toward

everybody and everything.

It comes from being
at peace with myself

and from being at peace
with the whole world.

I'm 75, and I'll live to dance
on this little pissant's grave.

Stuart, Gwen, you know
where to reach me.

And I know that I shall be
hearing from you very soon.

[theme music]

Can we get started?

Just start.

I'm starting.

People versus Matz.

Yes, yes.

That's mine.

Matz is accused
of selling stolen

artwork to an undercutter cop.

I'm pleading entrapment.

It's a tough sell.

I know it is.

- He had the stolen
artwork in his possession?

- He did.
- And he sold it to the cop?

Yep.

So where's the entrapment?

Well, my client's gay.

He claims to have
fallen for the cop.

And he also claims
that it was mutual.

I say, for the purposes
of this trial at least,

that the cop seduced him.

- In other words,
it's your only shot.

- Yes.
Right.

Then it must be true.

- And the matter
of Celeste Bauman.

Yes, that's me.

Ms. Bauman has a company
that markets vitamins

and dietary supplements.

The IRS claims that she
has underpaid her taxes

by some $800,000,
and for some reason,

they're being nasty about it.

The IRS, nasty?

- Celeste is going to
need a little managing,

but I think we can resolve it.

- Gwen, you're observing
on this one, correct?

Yep.

Arnie, Jack Lawlor's here.

- I got to go.
- How are you feeling, Roxanne?

Pretty good.

- Everything going all right,
vis-a-vis the pregnancy?

So far.

Good.

How much paid leave are we on
the hook for with this one?

Six weeks.

- You wouldn't have a problem
with that by any chance,

would you, Douglas?

- Oh, no, I think it's
the least we can do.

Come on, the kid's only 16.

The victim was 16, too.

That doesn't make
him any less dead.

- Look, would you be
willing to consider lowering

the charge to manslaughter?

Maybe.

- You've also got a request
in for a fitness hearing.

Is it possible to
let that one go

and just try him as a juvenile?

I don't know, Michael.

He seems pretty grown up to me.

He carried the gun into school.

He shot this kid point blank.

You're asking a lot here.

He was scared.

He was tired of being picked on.

It's not like this is a career
criminal we're dealing with.

Give him time.

Come on, Tommy.

All right.

You want to try the
kid as a juvenile?

We will try him as a juvenile.

- You're a beautiful
human being.

I love you, too.

I'm so nervous, Jonathan.

I know.

I won't make it.

If they send me to prison,
I tell you right now,

I will not survive.

- Simon, let's not get
ahead of ourselves, OK?

- You're still convinced that
entrapment is the way to go?

- Mm-hmm.

- In other words,
you think a jury

is going to believe me and not
some big, strong Irish cop?

- You want to go in there now
and change your plea to guilty?

- Come on.
- Jonathan, wait a minute.

- I'm telling you
right now, you do that,

and you're going away for sure.

They've got you dead to rights.

The only way you're
not going to prison

is to plead entrapment and
hope that jury buys it.

You're the lawyer.

OK.

- Mr. Matz told an
informer he had access

to a number of paintings,
including an untitled work

by Willem de Kooning.

What did you do?

- Acting in an
undercutter capacity,

I approached Mr. Matz.

I informed him that I
represented a Japanese investor

who was interested in making
some discreet purchases

for his private collection,
no questions asked.

Matz provided me
with a transparency,

and I arranged to
make the purchase.

Was a purchase made?

Yes.

Undercutter Officer
Osaki gave Mr. Matz

$300,000 in marked currency
in exchange for the painting.

We arrested him on the
spot, recovered the cash.

Thank you, Detective.

No further questions.

- Congratulations on a
major recovery, Detective.

Thank you.

- Tell us what you did in
your undercutter capacity

in order to gain my
client's confidence.

- I convinced him I
was an art dealer.

How did you do that?

I know a good deal about art.

That's how.

I mean, I could talk about
Jackson Pollock or Morandi

or Balla or Kokoschka.

And well, I sound like I
know what I'm talking about.

- And where was it
that these discussions

took place, Detective?

Places of Mr. Matz's choosing.

- The Rage, the Emerald
City, the Anvil?

- Like I said, places
of Mr. Matz's choosing.

Gay bars.

Detective, did you
sleep with my client?

Absolutely not.

- Did you ever indicate to him
that you would sleep with him?

No, I didn't.

- You were aware, were you not,
that the defendant was gay?

Yeah, I was aware of that.

- Did you ever say
or do anything,

Detective, that would
lead him to believe

that you were gay as well?

- No.
- No.

Is it common for a straight
man to frequent gay bars?

- I don't know whether
it's common or not.

I was a pointman in an
undercutter operation.

I went where the
subject wanted to go.

- Is it fair to say,
Detective, that you did nothing

to disabuse Mr.
Matz of the notion

that you were, in fact, gay?

- I let him believe what
he wanted to believe.

I was on a case.

Thank you, Detective.

I have nothing further.

Marvin, Marvin, Marvin.

What am I going to do with you?

- This woman is
delinquent in the payment

of her income tax, sir.

What I am doing is
simply that which my job

description calls for me to do.

I am enforcing the law.

- Is she delinquent in the
payment of her income tax?

Yes.

We are willing to
concede that she is.

But we can't address
the issue of repayment

before we resolve the problem
posed by this man's behavior.

- How have I
offended this woman's

delicate sensibilities, sir?

By holding her to the same
standards of accountability

as anyone else who earns
their living in the United

States of America?

You've been rude to her.

I've been rude to her?

- Yes, you have been
extremely rude to her.

Oh, well, there you have it.

You know what?

This sounds to me like a matter
of personal styles conflicting.

- Excuse me, I don't get
involved in matters of style,

personal or otherwise.

I adhere to a principle that
is both simple and fair.

Debts must be paid.

- She asks that
you be nice to her.

Is that too much to ask?

Yes.

[chuckles]

I have spent 2 and 1/2
years on this case.

I believe I'm entitled to
see it through to fruition.

- This is the man you want to
see representing the service?

- Marvin Pick is a good
agent, Mr. Markowitz.

- Well, I think
he'd be a lot more

effective if he could somehow
fool us into believing

that he was human.

- His personality should
not be the issue here.

But it is.

To Celeste Bauman,
it is the issue.

We can come to an agreement
as to the money owed.

We can come to an agreement
as to the repayment schedule.

But we can't come to an
agreement as to Marvin Pick!

- I can't break faith with
my people, Mr. Markowitz.

I have the morale of an
entire office to consider.

- Well, then we have
come to an impasse.

- Well, may I make a suggestion
as how to get through that?

Sure.

- Tell her what happens
if she doesn't pay.

[door closes]

Tommy?

Hi.

Do I smell dinner?

Wow.

I hope that stove
can take the shock

of being used for something
besides boiling water.

- I finally got
my appetite back.

Terrific.

So I guess I should cancel my
standing order with Chang's

takeout for tonight.

It's OK, I let myself in.

Of course.

Oh, yeah, I mean, it'd be
kind of silly if you could

only enter when I was here.

How's work?

Everything OK?

Yeah.

- So Tommy, you had
any ideas about where

we're going to live?

- What do you mean, where
we're going to live?

- I mean, where
we're going to live.

- Well--

- I know we haven't talked
about it for the last few weeks,

but at some point, we have to
consolidate our lives a little.

- Yeah, you're
right, you're right.

So you want to
fix up your place?

- I think it'd be a little
tight for the three of us.

- Ah, you want to look
for a new place, huh?

- Well, if you want, I'd
be content to move in here.

- Uh-huh.

Um, I really think--

I don't know, with
all the pressure

we're going to be under, I
think maybe I'd like to keep

this place, you know, for me.

For right now.

Keep this place for you?

- Just as a safety
valve, you know.

No.

Actually, I don't know.

I thought that's what you
wanted-- us moving in together.

- Well, does that
necessarily mean

I have to give up my place?

Well, yeah, actually, it does.

I want stability, you know?

I think if this child is
going to have two parents,

it should have two
parents it can count on.

- I can't make this
decision yet, Rox.

I just can't.

OK.

- You want to talk
about it some more?

We can talk about it later.

I'm willing to talk about it.

Right now, let's have supper.

[knocking]

Hey, Tommy.

Arnie.

- How's the world of impending
fatherhood treating you?

All right.

Is Roxanne around?

- She had a checkup
during lunch.

Oh, right.

What time did she leave?

About five minutes ago.

You can probably
still catch her.

- Nah, it's probably
just as well.

Is everything all right?

I don't know.

Did you ever consider
becoming a father?

- I was a stepfather
for about six months.

It was great.

Then, I screwed up.

Remember?

You feel guilty about that?

Sometimes.

To tell you the
truth, I don't think

I'm cut out for family life.

See, I'm not sure I am either.

I've been married.

That didn't work out.

Things with Zoe and I
were always better when

we weren't living together.

Roxanne isn't Zoe.

But I am still me.

I really thought I was
ready to do it again,

but now that Roxanne
really is ready,

I feel like my shoes
are nailed to the floor.

- In my opinion, men don't
have nesting instincts.

It's the missing chromosome.

- There's one big
problem, Arnie.

I got a kid on the way.

If I cut and run,
that's who suffers.

That's true.

- I mean, they'll get
over it, right, though?

They're kids.

Well, I tried.

I couldn't get him
reassigned, Celeste.

Marvin Pick is the
agent on our case.

- In that case,
they have a problem.

- What kind of
problem do they have?

I refuse to deal with him.

- You can't refuse to
deal with him, Celeste.

He represents the United
States government.

For our purposes, Marvin Pick
is the United States government.

- Well, let's just see
what they're going to do.

No.

You see, there's nothing to see.

There's no mystery here.

Here's the way
it's going to work.

You refuse to pay
your taxes, they

are going to seize your
assets and put you in jail.

- You're under a great
deal of stress, aren't you?

- I'm not under a
great deal of stress.

- You are under a
great deal of stress.

Listen, I have something
we just came out with.

It's made from valerian,
lavender, and balm.

And it's wonderful.

- Ms. Bauman, the IRS is capable
of doing what Stuart says.

Oh, I know that.

So?

- I know this is going to
sound hopelessly egotistical,

but I don't think they're
going to do it to me.

Why not?

Because of who I am.

- Who you are means nothing to
the Internal Revenue Service.

- Stuart, what do you
think accounts for the fact

that my company's gross sales
are over 5 and 1/2 million

a year?

- I think you make a product
that people want to buy.

- Well, that accounts for
about 10% of the equation.

But what accounts for the
other 90% of my success

is that I simply will
not accept failure.

Listen, I'm going to
share something with you.

In 1969, my husband
walked out on me.

He left me with
three small children

to raise and no
source of income.

Well, I cried myself to sleep
every night for about a year,

and it took me just
about that long

to realize that
sorrow and self-pity

would not feed my kids.

So I made a decision.

I walked through the
door, sat myself down,

and I forced the world to
deal with me on my terms.

I make it work with
my competitors.

I make it work with
my distributors.

And I'm going to make it
work with the Internal

Revenue Service.

You owe these people $800,000.

You're going to have
to deal with them.

- Not until they treat
me with some respect.

- Oh, excuse me!
- I'm sorry.

- I beg your pardon.
- Good morning.

Good morning.

- You must be Leland McKenzie.
- Yeah.

Yes, I am.

- Stuart Markowitz told me you
are the senior partner here.

- So you would say
that I look senior?

No.

Actually, I would
say that look old.

Nice to have met you.

- Which isn't to say that you
don't look virile as well.

But I can tell just by
looking at you that you

are in need of detoxification.

Detoxification?

I don't believe anyone's
ever said that to me before.

Well, most people can't tell.

But I have been blessed
with eyes that see

and hands that heal.

And I look at you, and
I know that your body

is littered with impure matter,
and your manliness dissipated.

You need to detoxify
yourself, Leland McKenzie.

You have no idea the things
that you are still capable of.

What are we doing here?

I thought you'd called
this hearing off.

I changed my mind.

- What do you mean
you changed your mind?

- I mean, I want this little
bastard prosecuted as an adult

after all.

I think that's wholly indicated
by the facts of the case.

- Can we talk about this?
- There's nothing to talk about.

Kids shouldn't have to
worry about getting shot

when they go to school.

End of discussion.

- Ms. Walker, would you
describe for the court

what you saw happen on the
afternoon of February 9?

- I was outside the school,
supervising the students'

departure when I became
aware of commotion

and shouting near
the parking lot.

I went over to investigate,
and I saw about 20

students standing in a circle.

Inside the circle were
Rafael and Ronald.

Rafael had a gun,
pointing it at Ronald.

What happened next?

- Ronald started
calling Rafael names.

When Rafael didn't respond,
Ronald walked closer to him,

taunting him, calling
him coward, sissy,

and even hitting at the gun.

And then?

Rafael dropped to one knee.

He took aim and shot
Ronald in the chest.

Thank you.

I have no further questions.

- Ms. Walker, did
Rafael Montalvo

ever tell you he intended
to shoot Ronald Ortega?

Not in so many words.

Yes or no, Ms. Walker?

No.

- And with the
exception of February 9,

did you ever hear him threaten
Ronald Ortega in any way?

Objection, not relevant.

Overruled.

I'll allow that.

The answer is no.

- Ms. Walker, could you
tell the court what happened

to you on August 10, 1991?

Objection, not relevant.

Goes to bias, Your Honor.

I'll allow it.

Ms. Walker.

- That was the day
one of my students

held me at gunpoint for
seven hours in my classroom,

because I flunked
him in English.

- And was he tried as
an adult or a juvenile?

- He got one year
in a youth camp.

- And how did you
feel about that?

Not very good.

- Is it possible, Ms. Walker,
that that turn of events

makes it difficult
for you to give

this court an objective
account of your experiences

with my client?

- Mr. Owen, I believe that
there's something very wrong

when a 16-year-old
child chooses to settle

his differences by murdering
a classmate on the playground.

- Move to strike.
Non-responsive, Your Honor.

We are terrified, Mr. Owen!

Students want to learn.

Teachers want to teach.

But we can't do that,
because we live in fear.

- I have no further questions
for this witness, Your Honor.

Ms. Walker, you may step down.

- We met at a gallery
opening in Santa Monica.

I was attracted to
him immediately.

I got the impression
he felt the same way.

- What, if anything, did he say
to give you that impression?

- I knew it from
the moment we met.

It was everything.

We'd have dinners,
we'd go out for drinks.

Greg would call them
business meetings,

but we both knew
they were dates.

- Objection as to
what they both knew.

Sustained.

The last part of the witness's
response is stricken.

- Who initiated the
first discussion

about the stolen artwork?

He did.

- Would you tell the
court what he said?

- He said he had this
Japanese collector,

desperate for a De Kooning
that had recently been stolen.

He said there'd be
no questions asked

and that we'd make enough
money to go to Ibiza

and live together without
worrying about a thing.

- Did you have sex with
Detective Riley, Mr. Matz?

Yes, I did.

How many times?

Only once.

After I got the
painting for him,

I never heard from him again.

Nothing further.

- You say you never would
have committed this crime were

it not for the
fact that you were

in love with Detective Riley.

That's right.

- How did you know
where to go to procure

a stolen painting, Mr. Matz?

- I know my way
around the art world.

It's a rather small,
insular environment.

I made some inquiries, found
out what I needed to know.

It's not that difficult.

- Particularly since you've
done it before, hadn't you?

Objection.

- Goes to credibility,
Your Honor.

Overruled.

- You were involved
with the transportation

and sale of a group of stolen
drawings by Arshile Gorky,

weren't you?

Not knowingly.

- What does that
mean-- "not knowingly"?

- It means that I didn't
know they were stolen.

I see.

And when you were convicted
of selling a forged canvas

of the German painter
Max Pechstein,

is it your testimony that you
didn't know it was forged?

Yes, that is my testimony.

- This night of passion
you claim to have

had with Detective Riley--

where did it take place?

In my apartment.

- Anyone there beside
the two of you?

No.

- Anyone see you
enter the apartment?

No.

Anyone see you leave?

No.

- In other words, it's
just your word against his.

Yes.

- I have nothing
further, Your Honor.

Wait, one second.

Greg?

What do you want?

I want to talk to you.

- Well, I don't
want to talk to you.

- It's important.
- Hey.

I said, I don't
want to talk to you.

Simon, come on.

- Greg, I'm HIV-positive.

I just found out.

I think you should get tested.

- Simon, you're HIV-positive?

[sighs] No.

Point of fact, I'm not.

I think you should put a
private investigator on him.

I think you should do it fast.

[music playing]

- Mr. Colasurdo, how long
have you been a probation

officer in the juvenile system?

Almost 20 years.

- And in that time,
how many investigations

have you conducted to
help the court determine

whether or not a
minor is fit to be

dealt with through
the juvenile court?

Hundreds.

- What is your recommendation
with regard to Rafael Montalvo?

- The boy acted
without premeditation.

He has no affiliation to gangs.

He has no prior record
of violent behavior,

no history of drug use.

- He does have a
previous arrest record.

- The offenses were
petty theft, and

the probation department
found him very

responsive to rehabilitation.

What about his family life?

- It seems relatively
stable, and his mother

is willing to do
anything she can to get

him back on the right track.

Thank you, Mr. Colasurdo.

I have no further questions.

- Mr. Colasurdo,
it is your belief

that Rafael Montalvo acted
without premeditation,

is that correct?

Yes.

- You don't think bringing
a gun to school and bragging

about how Mr. Ortega
wouldn't be able to mess

with him shows premeditation?

- I don't think it shows
premeditation to murder.

- What does it show
premeditation to do?

To protect himself.

- Do you know how many weapons
were recovered from schools

in Los Angeles last year?

Objection!

765.

- Mr. Mulaney, there's
been an objection,

and the objection is sustained.

Move on, please.

- Does it bother you,
even a little bit,

that all of the other
predators who are roaming

the halls of our
schools will have

their faith in the leniency
of our courts confirmed?

Objection!

- Does it bother
you that he opened

fire in a crowded schoolyard?

And does it bother you that
we will have failed, once

again, to protect our young?

Counselor!

- I think there may be
some critical issues here,

Your Honor, that are
being overlooked.

- If there are,
you should address

them in the appropriate manner.

This is my courtroom,
and you're going

to conduct yourself as an
attorney, not as a demagogue.

Can you do that?

Yes, Your Honor.

Good.

Now, do you have any further
questions for this witness?

No, Your Honor.

I do not.

- Well, she remains convinced
that the IRS will somehow

bend to her will, and no
matter what I say to her,

she can't be
dissuaded from that.

- Would it accomplish
anything to have

her meet with the supervisor?

What would that accomplish?

- Well, maybe she could work
out a settlement or a payment

schedule directly with him and
bypass Marvin Pick altogether.

- It doesn't work
that way, Gwen.

They have their way
of doing things,

and they're not
about to abandon that

in order to accommodate us.

- I think we have
to send her packing.

- You mean, refuse to
represent her anymore?

- She's ignoring
our advice, Gwen.

- Well, maybe we could try a
little harder to convince her.

- Not yet being a
lawyer, it may be hard

for you to accept the degree
to which a client will become

fixated on doing that, which,
to an objective observer,

is utterly inimical to
their own interests.

It happens.

- I don't think you
have to be a lawyer

to understand this woman.

I just think you have
to listen to her.

- You're not making this
a woman's thing, are you?

- I'm not making this
any kind of thing.

I just don't think we've
exhausted our approaches

to her, and I don't
think we should

send her packing until we do.

- Well, then there's
the other problem.

That's right.

It's called malpractice,
and the risk of getting

sued for it makes even me be
willing to forego the fees

this client would generate.

You think she'd sue us.

- Let the IRS take her
house away, and see

whose fault all this becomes.

And it's something that we,
as partners in this firm,

have to worry about,
while you, who are neither

a partner nor a lawyer, don't.

- This may come as a
shock to you, Douglas.

But once in a great
while, even those

who are neither partners nor
lawyers have something to say.

- Gwen--

- And when they do, they like to
be able to pretend that they're

being taken seriously.

[door slams]

- Rafael, how long did
you know Ronald Ortega?

About two years.

- And what was the nature
of your relationship?

- We-- we hated each other.

Why?

I don't know why he hated me.

I hated him because he
picked on me all the time,

accused me of doing
things I never did.

Such as?

- Dissing him to his girlfriend,
breaking his car window.

Did you do those things?

No.

When you say he picked
on you, what do you mean?

- He'd follow me
home from school

with some of his friends,
beat me up, take my money.

One time, he, uh, took
my pants and my shoes.

I had to walk four
blocks like that.

He said fat boys like
me made him sick.

- How did you respond
to this treatment?

I tried to ignore him.

- What were you planning
to do with the gun, Rafael?

Nothing.

Nothing.

It just made me feel safer
to have it, you know.

I thought he would stop
bothering me if I had a gun.

What happened on February 9?

- My friend Richard was
going to give me a ride home.

When we got out to the
parking lot, Ortega was there.

He said he had
heard I had a gun.

He started grabbing at
me, trying to find it.

So I broke free, I took it
out, and I pointed it at him.

He kept on coming at me, though.

You know?

He kept on taunting me.

Finally, the gun went off.

- How do you feel about
what happened, Rafael?

I'm sorry.

I have no further questions.

The gun went off.

Yeah.

- Rafael, we've got at least 10
witnesses who say you dropped

to one knee, you
steadied the gun,

and aimed it before it went off.

Are they telling the truth?

Look, I was shaking all over.

If I didn't kneel down,
I would have fallen down.

I didn't mean to shoot him.

I just-- I just wanted
him to know that I

could take care of myself.

- And the only way you could
do that was with a gun.

- Hey, I don't know
how to fight, OK?

I was afraid of this guy.

What was I supposed to do?

- Did you ever go to a teacher
and say you were afraid of him?

That would have made it worse.

You took a human life, Rafael.

Objection!

- 16-year-old boy
like you is dead!

Mr. Mulaney!

You don't think I know that?

I wish he wasn't dead.

I wish none of this
had ever happened.

I didn't know what else to do!

I just wanted to go to school.

I didn't know what else to do!

- The defense calls
Detective Gregory Riley.

- Your Honor, I can't
imagine what Mr.

Rollins omitted in his
lengthy cross-examination

of this witness.

- This is new
information, Your Honor.

- Proceed with your
questioning, Mr. Rollins.

- Detective Riley,
after court yesterday,

did you visit the
Kaiser Permanente Clinic

for the purpose of HIV testing?

Yes, I did.

My girlfriend and I are
discussing marriage.

- Yesterday afternoon, in the
hallway outside this courtroom,

Mr. Matz told you
he was HIV-positive.

Isn't that so?

He may have.

Well, did he or didn't he?

Yes, he did.

- And you got tested, because
you're concerned that you may

have gotten the virus from him.

It's not true.

- You say you're discussing
marriage, Detective.

HIV tests aren't
required for marriage

in the state of California.

Testing for syphilis is, though.

Did you test for
syphilis yesterday?

No, I didn't.

Why didn't you?

Because I didn't think of it.

- You didn't think of it
because all you could think of

was HIV, and the only
reason you thought

about that was because Simon
Matz told you he had it.

- Objection, counsel's
badgering this man.

- You're not getting
married, Detective.

You're a gay man
living an outright lie.

- Your Honor, I've
made an objection.

- How long can you keep
this up, Detective?

How long are you going to let
your police work be compromised

by your sexual identity?

Hey!

I never let that happen.

I never, ever let it get
in the way of my work!

Listen to me.

This man is a criminal.

OK?

This was a good bust.

- You never let what get
in the way, Detective?

- I'm so--

I am so tired of hiding.

[inaudible] So the whole
world is going to know

I had sex with this guy.

OK, I did.

OK?

So the whole world is
going to know I'm a faggot.

I'm a faggot.

I just-- I mean, I can't--

I can't keep doing
what I've been doing.

I just-- I can't
keep it in anymore.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

- Would you please just
put the files on the table?

And then, you can
go on your way.

I'd like to talk to you.

- Your boss has
already talked to me.

He told me to get
myself another lawyer,

and that's exactly
what I'm going to do.

- Finding another lawyer isn't
going to change anything.

- Are you trying to talk me
into staying with McKenzie

Brackman, Ms. Taylor?

Yes.

- I had the distinct
impression that Mr. Markowitz

wanted to get rid of me.

- I think he feels at
a loss for what to do.

And you don't?

Right.

I don't.

I want to talk you into
paying what you owe.

- Why is this issue of
such importance to you?

- Because I think
I understand you.

You do?

And could you favor me
with your understanding?

OK.

I think you're tired.

I think you're tired
of being strong.

You're tired of being cheerful,
tired of being healthy.

I think you're tired, and
the only way for you to rest

is to self-destruct.

- Don't you think that you're
being a little patronizing,

Ms. Taylor?

I think it's true.

You do?

You think that it's true.

You think I'm tired, and
that all I need is to rest?

- I also think you need
to be acknowledged.

For a woman to have done
what you did when you did

it is a remarkable thing.

Someone needs to
say that to you.

Now, the IRS won't.

Maybe your lawyer didn't.

But I will.

I think you are a
remarkable woman.

You dear sweet girl.

- The job of the police
is to apprehend criminals,

not to entice
law-abiding citizens

into committing crimes.

The purpose of the
entrapment defense

is to prevent them
from doing that.

Simon Matz tried to
sell a stolen painting.

Yes, he did.

Nonetheless, before
you find him guilty,

you must ask yourselves
if he would have tried

to sell it, had he not
been manipulated into doing

so by Detective Riley.

Now, with the exception
of a few saints, all of us

have a price, a point at
which breaking the law

becomes an acceptable
alternative.

For some, it might be the
promise of wealth or power.

For others, it
might be the threat

to one's home or job or family.

For Simon Matz, it was
the promise of love.

Detective Riley took advantage
of this man's vulnerability

for his own personal and
professional gratification.

He stopped at nothing
up to and including

having sexual relations
with Simon Matz in order

to make an arrest.

Mr. Matz was indeed entrapped.

He was victimized by
an unscrupulous cop

and induced into
committing a crime.

Ladies and gentlemen,
if you find him guilty,

you will be rewarding
conduct that threatens

the members of this
community infinitely more

than the theft of a painting.

I implore you not to do so.

I implore you to
find him not guilty.

Thank you.

- No one is defending
Detective Riley's behavior.

Contrary to what Mr.
Rollins would have you

believe, however, that behavior
does not constitute entrapment.

In Mr. Rollins' scenario,
Detective Riley simply

found Simon Matz's
area of vulnerability

and used it to coerce
a completely innocent

victim into committing a crime.

But if Mr. Matz was indeed
a law-abiding citizen

prior to his encounter
with Detective Riley,

how do you account for his
two prior convictions--

one for trafficking
in stolen art, one

for trafficking in forged art?

Quite frankly, I
don't understand

how it is the defense
counsel can stand before you

with a straight face
and say, Mr. Matz

would not have committed a
crime but for Detective Riley.

The fact of the matter
is, he already had.

It's claimed that he
was motivated by love.

I think it was greed.

I think it was avarice.

Simon Matz is a thief.

Don't let him go free because
of another man's indiscretion.

[knocking on door]

Yeah, it's open.

Hi.

Oh, hi.

Come in.

Sorry to bother you.

Don't be silly.

We have to talk.

I know.

It's not going to work, is it?

I know that not everyone
who has kids gets married.

Some people don't even live
together, but I can't do that.

I'm a nice Jewish girl
from the Fairfax District.

I'm not that sophisticated.

If I'm going to
do this on my own,

then I have to do it on my own.

- You know, I've been trying to
convince myself I can do this.

But the truth is, I can't.

I have no faith in my
ability to be a good husband.

I have no faith in my
ability to be a good father.

I have no faith in my
ability just to stay sober.

- Wouldn't having a
kid help you do that?

- Well, it didn't
help my old man.

And if there is one
thing I am sure of,

it's that I don't want this kid
to have a drunk as a father.

If I can't protect him
from anything else,

let me protect him from this.

OK.

I'm sorry.

Yeah.

- Has the jury
reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

How find you?

- In the matter of the
People versus Simon Matz,

we find the
defendant not guilty.

- Thank you very much, ladies
and gentlemen of the jury.

Mr. Matz, you are free to leave.

- Told you to trust me.
- Thank you.

Give me a minute.

Hey, Simon.

You aren't really
HIV-positive, are you?

You'd actually lie about
something like that.

- You lied to protect yourself,
I lied to protect myself.

There's one difference.

You're a criminal.

Forget everybody else, Simon.

I mean, you and me
both know I didn't

have to twist your arm to get
you to fence that painting.

You did it because
that's what you do.

I mean, you're a lowlife, Simon.

I mean, whatever else I am, I'm
a cop, and I nailed you for it.

That's right, Greg.

You nailed me, but
the jury let me

go, which means I'm a free man.

I can walk out of here, which
is exactly what I'm going to do.

Jonathan, I'll meet
you at the elevator.

All right.

Ah.

So this is what it feels
like to watch your career go

down the toilet, huh?

There are gay cops.

Yeah.

Yeah, there are.

Most of them keep
their mouths shut.

- The department is
entitled to discipline you

for having sex with a suspect.

They are not entitled to do
anything to you for being gay.

Right.

- A 16-year-old boy
has been shot dead.

My client may be found
responsible for that death.

But contrary to what Mr. Mulaney
would like you to believe,

Rafael Montalvo is
a perfect candidate

for the juvenile court system.

Bringing the gun to school
was a tragic mistake,

not a premeditation to murder.

If he is found
guilty as a juvenile,

he will be held accountable
for his actions.

But in an atmosphere
of hope, one young man

is already lost to us.

Let's not throw away another.

- We try to keep
the children safe.

We have laws.

We have cops.

We have metal
detectors in schools.

We do anything and everything
we can so they get to grow up

healthy and strong and secure,
so that they get to grow

up, period.

But sometimes we fail.

I withdraw my motion
that Rafael Montalvo be

tried as an adult, Your Honor.

If he's found
guilty, it is my hope

that he can be reached
by the treatment

and training available through
the juvenile court system.

- Oh, I've been looking for you.
- Found me.

Yeah.

We worked out a payment schedule
between Celeste and the IRS.

Good.

- And we wouldn't have been
able to do it without you.

- There were just some
things she needed to hear.

And you knew what they were.

Yeah.

You're about ready to
take the bar, aren't you?

- Mm-hmm.

- I think you're going to
make a very good lawyer.

Oh, we'll see.

- Oh, no, there's absolutely
no doubt in my mind.

Thanks.

You're very welcome.

Celeste wanted me
to give you these.

- What are they?
- They're iron supplements.

She thinks you're
looking a little anemic.

[laughs]

Oh.

- Rox, what are you
still doing here?

- Oh, I just had a few
things to finish up.

- You and Tommy get
everything straightened out?

Yeah.

Yeah, we're straight.

Don't stay too late.

Remember, you got a
family to think about now.

Right.

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