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There he is!

Mr. Levinson, I'd like to
ask you some questions.

- --an insanity premise?
- No chance.

- Even though your
client confessed?

Right.

- How are you planning
on getting him off?

- By introducing
evidence to suggest

someone else
committed the crime.

- Who?
- I'd rather not say right now.

- Was it someone who
knew the deceased?

- Yes.
- You won't say who?

- It was a member of
her immediate family.

I won't say more than that.
Thank you.

[clamoring]

Mr. Levinson.

Counselor.

I'd like to talk to
you for a moment.

By all means.

Catch up with you.

OK.

- Isn't it customary
to have the proof

before you make the charges?

- I'll take it in
whatever order it comes.

- In other words, you're turning
up the heat in the hope that I

might panic and make a mistake.

Something like that.

Why?

Wouldn't it work?

- What exactly is it
that you think happened?

- I think that you were
involved with Pamela Reisenfeld

and with every intention
of remaining involved.

I think that your
wife, had she known,

would have been deeply
wounded by your infidelity.

So much so that
remaining married to you

would have been out
of the question.

- And you're suggesting
that I choose

murder rather than divorce?

Yes, I am.

[chuckles]

Why would I do that?

Your wife was an heiress.

Maybe you wanted to get
your hands on her money.

Maybe you didn't
want to be mired

in a long melodramatic divorce.

Or maybe you felt as
though you were a genius,

and that gave you the right
to do whatever you wanted.

- And so, not only
did I kill my wife,

I manipulated events
and circumstances

so as to implicate your client.

- Yours is a prodigious
talent, Mr. Burgee.

I have no doubt but
that you're capable.

- What if I told you--

You were right?

What if you did?

I would have confessed to you.

What would you do with that?

- I would resign
as trial counsel.

I would take the witness
stand, and I would testify.

- Naturally, I have no
intention of confessing.

I was just curious.

[theme music]

[music playing]

- The Bentley Continental
R. You ever seen one?

No, I haven't.

Few people ever have.

Even fewer have
contemplated owning one.

- And how long is
this contemplation

going to go on for, Arnie?

- He's only been talking about
it for what, less than a month?

- Given that I can't afford it
and given that I do want it,

do you see any reason
that I shouldn't buy it?

- If you're not bothered
by the display of wealth

and you enjoy arousing the
feelings of envy in others

and if you have no better use
to put that kind of money,

I think you should.

- Have we concluded
our bi-weekly

discussion of Arnold's Bentley?

Yes, we have.

- In that case, Douglas, can we
get started with the meeting?

Wilton versus Wilton.

That's mine.

I'm representing the wife.

The husband is CEO of
Western and Telecom,

and a very rich man.

I'm seeking to set aside
a prenuptial agreement.

And if I succeed, the wife
will become a very rich woman.

Where does it stand?

We're in depositions.

People versus Sandy Morrison.

The trial's underway.

I think pretty much my only
shot is to make the kid

look as likable as possible.

And to point the
finger at someone else.

- That someone else
being the husband.

Right.

- Do you think the
husband actually did it,

or he's just looking
to stir the pot?

Yes to both.

Without the husband, there
is no reasonable doubt.

And I think he's guilty.

- May have been
a mistake getting

Tom Mullaney off this case.

Why?

- If there were
questions to be asked

of the husband or anyone
else, I suspect that Tom

would be willing to ask them.

Are we done with that?

I don't know.

- Are we done?
- I'm done.

- I just wanted to know if we
were done, because if we are,

I'd like to discuss this
renovation a little bit.

- I don't know when it's
going to be finished.

- I don't care when it's
going to be finished,

I care about why we're
doing it on the cheap.

As opposed to what?

As opposed to doing it right.

From the drawings,
this place is going

to look like we specialize
in hack licenses

- and drunk driving arrests.
- What are you saying?

I'm saying it's low rent.

- It's not supposed
to be that, Douglas.

It's not supposed
to be low rent.

- Daniel, I don't understand
how you can tell this

or anything else
for that matter just

from looking at the drawings.

- I got my undergraduate
degree in architecture.

Ah, then I have a suggestion.

Why don't you deal with it?

You meet with Lauren Chase.

You pick out fabric samples,
you pick out furniture.

I have never wanted to be the
one to be in charge of this.

Believe me, I've been
ducking this woman for days.

- I'm not angling
for the job, Douglas.

Excuse me.

I don't know the procedure
here, but there's

a Lauren Chase who's been
waiting about 45 minutes.

- Tell her Mr. Morales will
be out to see her momentarily.

In fact, take her
directly into his office.

All right.

Thank you.

Hi.

I'm Daniel Morales.

How do you do?

- Other than the fact
that I've been waiting

for nearly an hour, I'm fine.

My apologies.

- I need your approval on
fabrics and window treatments.

- Tell you what, I've got a
client coming in 10 minutes.

Why don't you leave
the samples here?

I'll look at them and
I'll get back to you.

- No.
- What do you mean no?

- I mean I've been chasing one
member of your firm or another

around for three months
trying to get answers.

Trying to get one of you to
focus on what it is you've

hired me to do.

I know that to busy
attorneys, architects' time

can't be all that valuable.

Let me assure you that
while my hourly rate

may pale next to yours, my time
is indeed quite valuable to me.

- Let's you and me go
to the Pacific Design

Center tomorrow afternoon.

- I'll meet you at
the entrance at 2:00.

2:00 it is.

- You've got a
10-minute grace period.

After that, I'm gone.

All right.

- Mrs. Wilton, when you
signed this agreement,

did you understand it to say
that in the event of a divorce,

that your husband would
relinquish to you your home

in Hancock Park and pay you
the sum of $20,000 a month

for the next five years?

Yes.

- Did you further understand
that anything either of you

owned prior to this marriage as
well as all income subsequently

derived from these
holdings would remain

each individual's
sole property should

this marriage be dissolved?

Yes.

- And did you have your
own lawyer representing you

when you signed this agreement?

Yes, I did.

Someone who frequently
did work for my husband.

- But you did have both the
time and the opportunity,

did you not, to make a
thorough investigation

of your husband's
record of assets

before signing this document?

- I would have signed anything
you'd asked me to, Matthew.

I loved you and trusted you.

- I was your mentor at
a point in your career

when you needed one.

You attached yourself to me
like a remora to a shark.

- Can we try not to have
this degenerate into a series

of recriminations?

- When you resigned from
your husband's company,

he provided you seed money
for you to start your own,

- didn't he?
- Yes, he did.

And six months ago, after I'd
poured seven years of sweat

and caring and
imagination into it,

he sold the company
out from under me.

- I owned 51% of
the voting stock.

I was well within my
rights to act as I did.

- You knew how much
it meant to me.

- Look, I have a few more
questions I'd like to ask--

- (FIRMLY) It was not
a well run business.

- I ran it the way
I wanted to run it.

I thought that was
my prerogative.

- Prerogatives
have their limits.

Especially when you're
dependent on other people

for your finances.

- For our anniversary
one year, I bought

him a painting he'd admired.

A Remington.

I thought he'd be thrilled.

- I'd like to get into
the area of assets

held separately by you at the--

He returned it.

He said it was a bad investment.

It was.

It was a gift.

We have more money than
we could ever spend.

What good is it if it
doesn't bring pleasure

to you or to other people?

- One thing you have
never been capable of,

Jessica, is calculating
the proper value of things.

- You don't have a clue what's
really valuable, Matthew.

And that's why
I'm divorcing you.

[knocks]

Yeah, come.

Hello, Mr. Levinson.

Mr. Mullaney.

- To what do I owe the
pleasure of this visit?

- I want to talk to you
about the Morrison case.

It's not my case anymore.

I know that.

So why are you here?

- Because Beverley Halleran's
not going to listen to me.

I was hoping you would.

I think you've
got the wrong man.

- In case you've forgotten,
your client confessed.

My client is mentally ill.

He was browbeaten
into confessing

by an overzealous cop, and
your office was happy to take

the path of least resistance.

Are you kidding?

No, I'm not kidding.

I think your office is
more interested in getting

a conviction than they are
in convicting the right man.

- I think it's safe to say
that this conversation is over.

- Want to hear who I think
murdered Gail Burgee?

Not particularly, no.

- Well, I'm going
to tell you anyway.

I think it was Jonah Burgee.

I think he murdered his wife
because he was cheating on her,

because he wanted her
money, because he thought

he could get away with it.

- And I think you're
doing what any defense

lawyer who doesn't have two
facts to rub together does.

You are flailing around and
you're looking for somebody

else to point the finger at.

- Leland McKenzie
has a pretty high

opinion of you, you know that?

He thinks you don't care
about office politics, about

conviction rates
or anything else

if it goes against
what you think is right

Nice try, counselor.

Thanks for your time.

[door slams]

- Detective Riley, would
you describe the events

of July 28, 1993, for us?

- I was on duty in the
homicide unit of the Los

Angeles Police Department.

I got a call.

I went to the social
services walk-in facility

located on Sixth near La Brea.

At that location, I found
the body of Gail Burgee.

- Would you describe
the condition

of Gail Burgee's body?

- She had been
stabbed numerous times

and was lying face down,
fully clothed, on the floor.

- Did you recover a murder
weapon at the scene?

Yes, I did.

Located in close proximity
to the decedent's body

was a hunting knife.

A police lab report
revealed that there

were fragments of
tissue and blood

belonging to the
decedent on that knife.

Is this the knife, detective?

Yes, it is.

- Ask that said knife be
admitted into evidence

as people's exhibit one.

So ordered.

- Ask that
aforementioned lab report

be stipulated into evidence
as people's exhibit two.

So stipulated.

- Detective, were
there any fingerprints

found on this knife?

Yes.

The fingerprints of the
defendant, Sandy Morrison,

were found on it.

- And were you involved
in the apprehension

and arrest of Mr. Morrison?

Yes, I was.

- What statement, if any, did
Mr. Morrison make following

his apprehension and arrest?

- He admitted having committed
the murder of Gail Burgee.

[muttering]

- I have here a
copy of a confession

signed by Mr. Morrison
and ask that it

be admitted into evidence
as people's exhibit three.

So ordered.

I have no further questions.

- You're a pretty
good interrogator,

aren't you, detective?

I'm good at my job, counselor.

- And one of the primary
aspects of your job

is interrogating suspects
and exacting confessions,

is that not the case?

Yes, it is.

- Did you ever have occasion
to interview the husband

of the deceased detective?

Yes, I did.

- Did he say anything that led
you to suspect Sandy Morrison

of having committed this crime?

Yes, he did.

- So at the point you brought
the defendant into that room,

you had a murder weapon
with his fingerprints on it.

You knew he had a
history of mental illness

and you knew he had
been to see the deceased

on the day she was killed.

As far as you were concerned,
was there even a possibility

he didn't commit that crime?

No, there wasn't.

- So you didn't bother
investigating anyone else,

- did you?
- No, I didn't.

Tell us.

How long did you question
the defendant before you got

him to sign that confession?

Approximately 10 hours.

Did he ask to leave?

Yes, he did.

How did you respond?

I said that he couldn't.

What else did he ask for?

- He asked if he could
lie down and go to sleep.

How did you respond to that?

- I said he couldn't
do that, either.

What was his response?

He started to cry.

- And at that time, you
informed him, did you not,

that the only way he was
going to leave that room

or lie down and go to
sleep or get away from you

was by signing a confession?

- I may have used words
to that effect, yes.

Wasn't a casual
conversation at that point.

He was my prisoner.

He was the primary suspect
in a murder investigation.

And he wasn't leaving that
room until I was done with him.

I have no further questions.

- Put some three penny
finishings in there.

There you are.

Were you looking for me?

- I was just thinking
I never properly

welcomed you to the firm.

Never said how
glad I was that you

were going to be working here.

Thank you.

- I was hoping that I
could steal you to lend

me a hand on this Wilton case.

Sure.

Just let me know what
you need me to do.

- Well, the first
thing I want you to do

is accept my apology
for trying to initiate

a personal relationship
before you were even hired.

Apology accepted.

Good.

Now, given that you
are hired and given

that we are
colleagues, what would

you say to a collegial dinner?

I would say, well, thank you.

[sighs]

- You are a striking looking
woman, you know that?

- What am I, your
backup position?

- No, I was just noticing
you for the first time.

You're Eli's secretary, right?

Right.

Let me ask you something.

- Don't.
- Don't what?

- Look, don't embarrass yourself
twice in one day, all right?

- My net worth at the time
of the prenuptial agreement

was exactly what I said it was.

- Would that have been
inclusive or exclusive

of the venture in Palo Alto?

- That was a highly speculative
venture, Mr. Becker.

I doubt that it would have
impacted on my net worth

one way or another.

- What would you estimate
your net worth is today, sir?

I really don't know.

The market's still open.

- How does $300 million sound
with another $50 million

coming your way in
December when you

can exercise your Western
and telecom stock options?

You're in the ballpark.

- What's Western's connection
with Raleigh Microsystems?

- We acquired Raleigh
in 1986, shortly

after I became president.

- And who is responsible
for the Raleigh

acquisition, Mr. Wilton?

- I made the decision
to take over Raleigh.

Who brought it to Western?

- A great many
people were involved.

I did.

All right, Jessica.

You did.

- At this point, I'd like
to ask that we be provided

with all corporate
bank records going

back to the beginning of Mr.
Wilton's tenure at the company.

You're not entitled to that.

- I think the fact that
he was actively concealing

assets suggests that I am.

There's no reason for
us to quibble about it.

Tomorrow morning,
I'll be in court.

I'll make my request
to the judge.

You know what?

I'm not going to
give you anything.

You're going to disrupt not
only my life, but the operation

of a business.

Now, where do you get
off thinking that you are

entitled to do that, Jessica?

- Talk to me, Mr. Wilton.
I'm the lawyer.

I'm the one making the request.

- Could we possibly
take a little break?

- As far as I'm
concerned, we're done.

- We'll be objecting
to that request.

- Did you ever talk to
your wife about Sandy

Morrison, Mr. Burgee?

Yes, I did.

Why was that?

- Because after her
sessions with him,

she came home a complete wreck.

Objection.

Overruled.

- And what, if anything,
did you suggest she do?

- I suggested that
she stop seeing him.

How did she respond?

- You have to understand
something about Gail.

She felt that no one
was beyond redemption.

And she took the responsibility
of redeeming them personally.

At first, she insisted that
she could get through to Sandy.

His condition continued
to deteriorate.

And she finally agreed that
he needed to be in some sort

of controlled environment.

The day that she was killed was
the day that she told him that.

Objection, hearsay.

Sustained.

- The day that she was killed
was the day she told me

that she planned to tell him.

Objection, hearsay.

Sustained.

The jury will disregard.

- Would you describe your
wife's condition when

she left for work that day?

She was utterly terrified.

I have no further questions.

- What do you do for
a living, Mr. Burgee?

- It's a little difficult to
encapsulate in a few words.

Use as many words as you like.

I do a variety of things.

I design what I call
epigrammatic signage.

What is that?

Words and phrases.

Painted, projected, or
digitally superimposed.

Designed to alter people's
view of art and of the world.

I also compose electronic
greeting cards,

interactive computer games,
theatrical holograms.

I'm trained in a number
of different disciplines

and I draw on all of them.

- How much did you make last
year drawing on all of them?

Objection.

Overruled.

I made about $30,000.

- Are you familiar with
an individual by the name

of Pamela Reisenfeld?

Yes, I am.

- Would you characterize for
us the kind of relationship

you have with Ms. Reisenfeld?

- Counselor, although
I know that you're

barely able to control
yourself from springing forth

with some damning
piece of evidence,

let me move us
beyond that point.

The kind of relationship
that Ms. Reisenfeld and I had

was that we were lovers.

- Was your wife aware of
that fact, Mr. Burgee?

- To the best of my
knowledge, she was not.

- You've testified that your
wife discussed Sandy Morrison

with you, is that right?

Yes, I did.

- Did you ever have occasion
to read your wife's journals

regarding Sandy Morrison?

No, I never have.

- Ask to receive into
evidence said journals.

Defense exhibit one.

So ordered.

- Would it surprise
you to learn, sir,

that nowhere in
your wife's journal

is a single entry that
indicates that she

was afraid of Sandy Morrison?

- Oh, it wouldn't
surprise me at all.

She was ashamed to admit it.

- Are you aware of the fact that
what is recorded in her journal

are numerous entries expressing
her affection for Sandy?

And one which states that he
had turned his knife over to her

for safekeeping.

No.

I was not aware of any of that.

- If, for the sake of argument,
you had been aware of the fact

that Sandy's knife
was in her office,

it would have been
possible, would it not,

for you to have gained
entry to your wife's office,

put on gloves, and
use that weapon

to stab your wife to death?

- Objection!
- Mr. Levinson.

- You waited till
Sandy left the office.

You would have known
that his fingerprints

- were on the murder weapon.
- Objection!

Mr. Levinson.

- Because after all, you
knew that it was his knife.

Mr. Levinson.

In the state of California
when an objection is made,

the attorney asking the question
stops until a ruling is made.

Do you understand?

Yes, Your Honor.

The objection is sustained.

Move on.

- The house you live in
is valued at $4.5 million.

Who paid for it?

- It was purchased
with money that my wife

inherited from her grandmother.

- Are you aware of the
fact that an inheritance

is not considered
community property

in the state of California?

No, I wasn't aware of that.

- So you weren't aware of
the fact that it had you

and your wife
divorced, you wouldn't

received any of the money
that she had inherited?

- Neither my wife
nor myself ever

considered getting divorced.

- How much did you
inherit when your wife

was killed, Mr. Burgee?

Objection, irrelevant.

Overruled.

I inherited about $11 million.

I have no further questions.

Oh, sure.

That sounds great.

So you like this couch, right?

It's a Corbusier.

What's not to like?

Right.

- It's a lot more money
than I was told to spend.

- You shouldn't be
dictated, too, by the timid.

You were hired to
design a new office.

You should design a new office.

- And I don't have to get
approval from anyone else?

- They turn this
over to me, and I

want offices that have
a little sophistication,

a little refinement, you know.

- From my experience,
attorneys are

not usually inclined to spend
money for things like that.

- You've obviously been
dealing with a more

vulgar class of attorney.

- I take it, then, that
you have an appreciation

for architecture and design.

Yes, I do.

- Did you come by
that naturally?

To some extent.

My father was an engineer.

And I studied architecture
when I was in college.

What stopped you?

Talent.

Or lack thereof.

The architects I
admired were geniuses,

and the best I could
hope to be was ordinary.

- Who are the
architects who admired?

Neutra.

Aalto, Saarinen.

Louis Kahn.

You're right.

Those guys are geniuses.

- So you're a little
impressed now, right?

When's the last time
you talked to a lawyer

who knew about Neutra?

I am a little impressed.

Good.

I'd like to think
I got something

out of four years of college.

So what do we think of this
building we were just in?

I think it's great.

Cesar Pelli, right?

Right.

You're impressed, right?

I am impressed.

All right, now I can stop.

[laughs]

[siren]

- Up until he was 14,
Sandy was a normal kid.

- In what way at
the age of 14 did

he cease to be a normal kid?

- He stopped having
a normal life.

He stopped going out
with his friends.

He stopped going to school.

He'd leave our
apartment in the morning

and just go drifting
around New York.

Riding the subway, walking,
drinking coffee at McDonald's.

He'd be expelled from
one school and we'd

enroll him into another.

- What kind of
schools did he go to?

Every kind.

Public schools, private schools.

We tried every approach,
from Trinity to Montessori.

Sandy just didn't
want to be in school.

- What kind of behavior
did your son manifest when

he was around the apartment?

He stayed in his room.

There were periods
he wouldn't sleep,

then there were periods
he'd sleep all the time.

I'd wake him up in the morning
and make a point of having

bowls of cereal and
eggs, toast, coffee,

orange juice all laid out.

I prod him to have
a good breakfast,

get his day started right.

His mother would, too.

We both would.

He'd sit there and
pick at the food,

and sooner or later make
it back to his room.

- Did you see professional
help for your son?

- Sandy saw one psychiatrist
or another since he was 15.

He also was treated
at Austen Riggs

on and off for about four years.

- And what mental
condition was your son

diagnosed to be suffering with?

Chronic recurrent dysthymia.

Depression.

My son is a young man
who finds a great deal

of difficulty coping with
the world around him.

His response to it is retreat.

Objection.

The witness is not qualified to
render a psychiatric opinion.

Sustained.

My son was never violent.

He was never cruel, and I
would stake my life on the fact

that my son never killed anyone.

I have no further questions.

- I don't have very many
questions for you, sir.

I would like to know how long
prior to the arrest of your son

for the murder of
Gail Burgee had

it been since you'd seen him?

Six years.

- So if, in fact, during
that six-year period,

your son had become violent,
you wouldn't know, would you?

I didn't stop knowing my son.

No matter how long it had been.

I'd never stopped knowing him.

Would you, sir?

- Do you know what a sweet,
happy little boy he was?

Do you know how hard it
was to watch him change?

Mr. Morrison.

- To see him desperately
try to stay sweet and happy

and not to be able to?

Mr. Morrison.

- Not to be able to
get out of the way

of this dense black
cloud that he carried

around inside of his skull?

- Mr. Morrison, I
have to admonish

you to stop this outburst.

I'll ask you once again, sir.

Would you have known it
if in the last six years

your son had become violent?

No.

I have no further questions.

- Your Honor, the attorney
who advised my client to sign

this prenuptial was an associate
of her then soon-to-be husband.

- Be that as it may, Your
Honor, there's absolutely

no evidence of collusion here.

- Do you have any evidence of
undisclosed assets, Mr. Becker?

- We know that Mr. Wilton
had proprietary interest

in at least one computer venture
that was never disclosed.

How do we know that?

- As an addendum to our
motion is a copy of a letter

memorializing said interest.

- When the prenuptial
was signed,

his interest in that
venture was worth nothing.

It's not worth nothing now.

Moreover, I can't
determine the full extent

of non-disclosure or
negligent representation

without access to Mr.
Wilton's corporate records.

- Your Honor, Mrs. Wilton blames
her husband for her bad choices

and professional failure.

She's pursuing this simply
because she knows what

kind of a burden
fulfilling this motion

will create for him right
now a scant two days

before his
shareholder's meeting.

- I really don't care about
your client's meeting, Mr. Fein.

We're talking about a
great deal of money here.

Mr. Becker and Mrs. Wilton
have a right to take

a look at these documents.

I'm going to uphold
Mr. Becker's request.

- It's an invasion of
privacy, Your Honor.

It's done, Mr. Fein.

Jessica.

I'm really very tired of dealing
with this whole business.

Now whatever vendetta you're
trying to satisfy by upsetting

my life with this
scavenger hunt,

will it be satisfied
with $2 million in cash?

Arnie?

Would you excuse us?

- Don't let this guy
push you around, Jesse.

I think I ought to take it.

No.

- Matthew bought a lot of
that money to the marriage.

[sighs]

Maybe he was right
about my company.

I'm not a gold digger, Arnie.

Listen to me.

You made a significant
contribution to his wealth

with your work at
Western and Telecom.

You spent 10 years trying to
make a marriage work with him.

The law says you're entitled
to share in the marital assets.

He's an equal partner.

Given that, $2
million is nothing.

OK.

The suit looks good on you.

Yes, it does.

It's big on me.

- Eli thought it
should be a little big.

- Your clothes are
too big, you generally

look a little smaller.

A little less
threatening to the jury.

- Well, not that you looked all
that threatening to begin with.

- It's just
something lawyers do.

But it's a trick?

Right.

- That's why we need
a lawyer, Sandy.

They know these things.

- I'm going to need to put
you on the stand today, Sandy.

- You said maybe you
wouldn't have to.

- I think we need
to let the jury

hear you speak for yourself.

Why?

- I think we should help
ourselves where we can.

I think this will help us.

- Yeah, well, you think I
could be alone in this room

for a minute by myself?

Sure.

[buzzes]

- Two guys, I think they
said they were looking for--

Excuse me.

Yeah?

- Are you going to be
in court when I testify?

- I'll be there if
you want me there.

- Well, every day I go
to court, I look to see

if you're going to be there.

I mean, it's like I
don't even know you.

But every day, there I look
to see if you're there.

That's a nice thing to say.

- Well, I wish it didn't
have to be in court.

I know.

- I wish I could be getting
a hamburger and coffee shop

or going for a drive.

Taking a walk.

Something-- something good.

Sandy, listen to me.

You can get through this.

- Yeah, well you don't
know that, because I can't

do a lot of the things that--

that everybody else can do.

Well, I think you can do this.

Really, I do.

- Well, you're going
to be there, right?

Yeah, I'll be there.

OK.

Bye.

[buzzes]

- Sandy, could you tell the
court how you met Gail Burgee?

- Well, she came
up to me in a park

and she offered me a sandwich.

She said it was part of
that outreach program,

she called it.

And I started talking to her
and she seemed all right.

What happened next?

- She told me she was a
psychiatric social worker.

She gave me her card.

She said if I ever wanted to
come see her, then I could.

Did you?

Yeah, eventually I did.

How often would you go?

- Well, sometimes it
was like once a week,

and sometimes it was every day.

- What, if anything, changed as
a result of your seeing Gail?

I got a place to live.

And I got in touch with my mom.

And Gail, Gail
helped me work out

a way so my mom can
send me enough money

so I could get a place.

She got me to wash
and she got me

to change my clothes a little
more often than I had been.

- How did your knife come to be
found in Gail's office, Sandy?

- She asked me to give it
to her, so I gave it to her.

She said since I wasn't
staying in the park

anymore, that I didn't need it.

Did you kill Gail, Sandy?

No.

I have no further questions.

- That is your signature on the
confession, isn't it, Sandy?

- Yeah.
Yes.

- And yet, you're in here
claiming to be innocent.

I guess my question is,
why would you confess

to a crime you didn't commit?

Because I was tired.

You were tired?

Yeah, sometimes I get tired.

- Are you telling us that
you confessed to murder

because you were tired?

- I couldn't keep
my head up anymore.

I couldn't keep hearing the
detective ask me the questions.

I couldn't keep
listening to him talk.

He kept saying he
knew what happened,

so I thought maybe he did.

- If I were as good at asking
questions as the detective,

would you confess to me?

Objection.

Sustained.

I'll not answer that question.

- Do you understand the
concept of truth, Mr. Morrison?

Yeah.

- Your father sat up here
yesterday and testified

that in all the time
he was around you,

you had never gotten violent.

Was he telling the truth, Sandy?

Your father knew he
wasn't telling the truth,

didn't he, Sandy?

Your father knew
he wasn't telling

the truth because
you had, in fact,

become violent in his presence.

Wasn't what happened
Sandy that you attacked

your father with a screwdriver?

He had all these ideas.

He kept wanting to make
lists and he kept wanting

to make plans, you know?

Kept wanting me to be happy.

- Isn't the reason
you left New York

that your parents were ready
to put you in an institution?

And it wouldn't have
been Austin Riggs,

and you wouldn't have been
able to check yourself out.

It would have been a
secured mental hospital,

and you would have
been locked up.

- I'm different now than
I was then, all right?

Are you, Sandy?

Yep.

I have no further questions.

- The background noise
level is rather high.

I think there are things
we can do to reduce it.

- Not surprisingly,
they cost money.

- What kind of things and how
much money will they cost?

- We can use a better
grade of ceiling tile.

We can use fabric on the
walls, and we can consider

an electronic masking system.

How important is all that?

I don't know.

How important is it
that the secretaries

out here be comfortable?

Not very.

But think about this, Douglas.

There are eight
secretaries and four

paralegals working out here.

In the aggregate, that comes
to, what, almost half $1 million

in salary, right?

- It comes to $640,000
a year in salary.

- Well, if noise
accounts for them

being distracted 5% of the
time, we're losing over $30,000

a year.

- Did you two work out
this formula together?

- Actually, this is the
first I'm hearing of it.

- You're overseeing
this job, Daniel.

If you feel the money is
well spent, let's spend it.

By all means.

We don't want to
have bad acoustics

and distracted secretaries.

OK.

That was pretty good.

Douglas?

What's all this?

- Matthew Wilton's
corporate records.

Yikes.

Douglas.

I'm going to need all
hands on deck tonight.

Why?

- I've got to get
through all these files

before the Western and
Telecom stockholders

- meeting convenes on Friday.
- I'll stay if you need me.

Great.

Jane said that she
would stay, too.

- She's going to be working
with you here at night, Arnold?

Yeah.

- Stuart, try to prevent
this from resulting

in a sexual harassment suit.

"Beyond a reasonable doubt."

You've heard the phrase
thousands of times.

But what exactly does it mean?

The court in US versus Pfizer
said reasonable doubt is such

as would cause prudent men
to hesitate before acting

in matters of importance.

Let's consider why you
might want to hesitate now.

Jonah Burgee had access
to his wife's office.

He had access to
his wife's journals.

He knew she had
a knife belonging

to the defendant in her desk.

He had the opportunity
to kill her

and the information necessary
to implicate the defendant.

He also had a motive.

He was involved
with another woman.

And he wanted out
of his marriage.

The only problem was
he had gotten used

to living on his wife's money.

Of course, that problem
could be overcome.

The terms of Gail's will
left $11 million to him.

All he had to do to
get it was to kill her.

On the other hand, Sandy
Morrison confessed.

You may well ask yourself,
why would anybody

do that if they weren't guilty?

That's a good question.

And I'm going to
try to answer it.

The young man who signed
it is mentally ill.

He lives enshrouded in
a depression so deep,

that the simplest
human interactions

are altogether unbearable.

A skilled interrogator locks
him in a room for 10 hours.

He grinds down whatever
resistance Sandy is capable of.

And by the end, unsure himself
of what he did or didn't do,

Sandy confesses.

What you now have to do,
ladies and gentlemen,

is look beyond the four
corners of that document.

You have to look.

Please look at the
young man who signed it.

You've listened to his father,
you have listened to him.

I submit to you that
he's not a killer.

I submit to you that he
mourns this woman's death

more than anybody in this room.

And I ask that you
find him not guilty.

Thank you.

- What I am going to ask
is that you distinguish

between fact and fancy.

Now my adversary has invented
an elaborate scenario

whereby Gail Burgee's
husband is guilty

and his client is innocent.

Now, the problem
with this scenario

is there are no
facts to support it.

The problem is my adversary
made the whole thing up.

Jonah was having an
affair, Gail was rich.

Jonah must have killed his wife.

Well, ladies and gentlemen,
Jonah didn't kill his wife.

The man who's charged
with killing her did.

The defendant has a long
history of mental problems.

And contrary to the sworn
testimony of his father,

he does have a
history of violence.

He came to trust and depend
on the young woman who

was attempting to treat him.

And when she determined that
she couldn't treat him anymore,

when he felt betrayed
and abandoned by her,

he reacted in the same way
he had reacted before--

with violence, with rage.

And so he raised up his knife
and he stabbed her to death.

That, ladies and gentlemen,
is the only scenario

supported by fact.

There's no reasonable
doubt here.

There's no doubt at all.

I ask that you find the
defendant guilty as charged.

Stuart?

Oh, Stuart?

Wake up.

What?

What time is it?

It's about 7:30.

I thought you left when I did.

- Yeah, I--

I had a few questions,
so I came back.

Ooh.

Wow.

I can't believe you
slept here all night.

May I?

Did you bring any donuts?

Just as well.

So.

- Well, your guy walks a
very thin line, doesn't he?

He's definitely feathered his
own nest using his Western

and Telecom connections, and
he had several ultimately

profitable deals pending at
the time of the prenup that he

didn't mention to anybody.

But there's no slam dunk there.

Anything?

I don't know.

Take a look at this.

No.

[typing]

You see there's a whole series
of unexplained one and two

night trips to Saint Louis?

Yeah, well couple
that with some small

but what I would call
very odd stock purchases.

What makes them odd?

- Well, he's buying
up World Electronics.

That's his company's
main competition.

- And they're located in--

You got it.

Saint Louis.

Now, this could mean nothing.

I don't know.

What are you going to do?

Improvise.

[music playing]

Good morning, gentlemen.

We need to talk.

Not now, we don't.

I have to finish preparing
to address tomorrow's

stockholder's meeting.

- $35 made me a Western
and Telecom stockholder.

Address me.

What's this about, Arnold?

- I want him to
give his wife what

she's entitled to
under California

community property laws.

That said, we'll
settle for $50 million.

- Most people don't think I have
a sense of humor, Mr. Becker.

You've obviously seen past that.

Now, if you'll excuse us.

- What do you suppose my
fellow stockholders would think

about their revered leader
dumping Western and Telecom

and joining the competition?

Now why would they think that?

- Because that's what I'm going
to tell them at tomorrow's

stockholder's meeting.

Unless you give your
wife a fair settlement.

- Are you threatening
me, Mr. Becker?

Just thinking out loud.

Wondering if the other
stockholders will be as curious

as I am about all
those trips you've

been making to Saint Louis.

I mean, I guess you could
just be trying to get

a closer look at the arch.

But I don't think so.

What do you think?

- I think you're planning
to jump ship as soon as you

can cash in your stock options.

I think your
relationship with World

violates your fiduciary
relationship with Western.

I think once news of
that hits the street,

you'll be the named defendant
in a great many lawsuits,

and your stellar career will go
into something of an eclipse.

I'm late, Mr. Becker.

And you're delusional.

Am I?

See you at the meeting!

That's exactly right.

[dings]

- Can I speak to you
for a moment, counselor?

Sure.

- So I've interviewed witnesses,
I've gone over police reports.

I've done everything
I know how to do.

- And?
- And nothing.

If Jonah Burgee killed his
wife, he's done a good job

of covering his tracks.

OK.

- So you know, I tried
very hard not to send

innocent people to prison.

The prospect of doing that
disturbs me at least as much

as it does you.

Counselor.

The jury's back.

Good luck.

Thank you.

- Has the jury
reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

What say you?

- In the case of the State
of California versus Sandy

Morrison on the charge of
murder in the second degree,

we find the defendant--

Not guilty.

[shocked muttering]

- The jury is dismissed with
the thanks of the court.

The defendant is free to go.

This court's adjourned.

- I told you that there's
a reasonable doubt.

- How about if we go
out for a celebration?

Would that be all right, Sandy?

Yeah, Mom.

Ring!

Did you talk to
the receptionist?

Yes.

Mr. Wilton hasn't left
a message there, either.

Damn!

Arnie?

Jessica.

What have you done?

Thanks.

Matthew called this afternoon.

He gave me a cashier's check--

(SHOCKED) of $50 million.

Yeah?

How did you do it?

- A magician never
tells his trick.

[laughs]

- I would have been
here sooner, but I

wanted to get you something.

You shouldn't have.

What's this?

No.

- I noticed the
brochures in your office.

I asked a couple
of your partners.

They said this is
the car you want.

Oh, it is.

But I can't possibly
accept this.

It's way too much money.

- Arnie, I don't ever
want to hear another man

tell me how to spend my money.

- Jessica, it's not that I
don't appreciate the gesture.

I do.

It's outrageous.

I know.

[giggles]

Oh.

It's too extravagant.

It's yours.

I love this car.

[engine starts]

[beeps]

[honks]

Butthead.

- Walking after a meal
is something people

don't do in LA.

One of life's great pleasures.

Isn't it?

- Sandy, your father
and I were planning

on heading back to New York.

All right.

I'd like you to come with us.

- It wouldn't have
to be permanent, son.

We thought it would be an
opportunity for us to spend

some time together so
we could figure out what

your next step ought to be.

- Would also give you a
chance to decompress a little.

There's nothing like
clean sheets and hot meals

to help put this whole
thing behind you.

- Yeah, well I
can't just do that.

Why not?

- Because I can't keep up
my end of the conversation.

You don't have to, Sandy.

- Well, I can't--

can't pass you in the hall.

I can't be there when you get
up in the morning and go to work

and still be there at
night when you come home.

It's--

- Maybe you'll start
going out yourself.

Maybe you won't still be there.

Look, I will, all right?

I know I will.

Maybe you won't, Sandy.

I went nuts not too long ago.

I couldn't get out of my room.

I was in a mental hospital.

I wasn't able to work.

I wasn't able to be with anyone
else, talk to anyone else.

I finally trusted other people
enough to let them help me.

And I got so I could
get out of my room.

I'm not like you.

I'm sorry.

I have to go.

Where will you go?

- Sandy, we can't
just let you go.

We have to know where you're
going, what you're going to do.

- I don't know those things,
see, so I can't tell you.

What I know is
that I got to walk

away from you here and from all
of you and just be by myself.

Will you call?

You bet.

You call me, Sandy?

Yeah.

Dad.

Please, don't follow me.

OK.

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