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- You were the travel agent
who booked Mr. And Mrs. Moffit

on their trip, is that right?

Right.

- Were you involved in
the planning of the trip?

- I was there to
assist the folks.

I was not per se
planning the trip.

You did not plan the trip?

I did not.

- Sure, it was my idea
to go to Sarajevo.

Excuse me.

Who responded enthusiastically
when we talked about seeing

former sites of the Olympics?

- Did you advise them as
to the political climate?

Not a word.

- This is something
I need to tell you,

that there are
problems over there?

Besides, you weren't
staying in Sarajevo.

You were staying in Split.

I got them a villa on the
Adriatic for the price

of a Motel 6, and they sue me.

- Can we continue
with the deposition?

- What was the thinking
behind Azerbaijan?

- Well, they wanted to go to
Astrakhan for the carpets,

and then they wanted to
come down the Caspian coast.

Well, that takes you
through Azerbaijan.

There is no way to avoid it.

- Did you advise these
people as to the incidence

of tropical diseases in the
regions they were traveling to?

- You know what is indisputable
in all this is that you

have seen places that very
few people in the world

ever get to see.

Whether it's East Timor
or the Orinoco Basin,

you came to me looking for
something out of the ordinary.

Well, I gave you something
out of the ordinary.

You know what?

I don't care how long it takes.

I don't care if I
have to go to trial,

if I have to pay for appeals.

Whatever I've got
to do, I'm gonna do.

Because in addition to
the fact that you're

a despicable human being,
you're the worst travel

agent on the face of the Earth.

- A year from now, you'll
only remember the good things.

[theme music]

[upbeat music]

Moffit versus Schiff is mine.

Mr. and Mrs. Moffit
went on a world

tour booked by Mr. Schiff.

It turned out to be a nightmare.

They're suing for damages.

We're in depositions.

Settlement appears unlikely.

- What happens if
it goes to trial?

- If it goes to trial, I'll
engage one of our crack

litigators to try it.

- I've got back-to-back trials
through the end of the month.

- I am booked for
at least that long.

Same here.

- I'll handle it
if you want me to.

- But don't forget
that you're going

to be somewhat tied up by me.

How so?

- I've got her working
on the Irizarry divorce.

- Should the need arise, I
can make myself available.

- Thank you, Jane.
I appreciate that.

- I would like to
turn our attention

to the issue of Eli Levinson.

Am I an issue?

- You are, now that
your trial is over.

- I told Leland you might
be open to the possibility

of extending your stay.

I love it out here.

I just don't know
how realistic it is

for me to think about staying.

- Well, let me speak
to that question.

After a very brief
deliberation, the partners here

would like to express
unanimously their feeling

that you would represent a
significant asset to this firm.

We would like to extend to you
an invitation to join our firm.

- My god, I don't
know what to say.

Don't say anything.

Nobody expects you to
answer on the spot.

Think about it, though.

I will think about it.

It's a good life.

It appears that it is.

- Should there be
any doubt, the offer

is an offer of partnership.

- And with that,
we're adjourned.

It will be bitching.

- Have lunch with
me today at my club.

- Are you gonna use the
occasion to twist my arm?

Absolutely.

Good, we're on.

- Well, this is going
to slow things up.

- Well, the paint specs
have been in the drawing

since day one.

If correcting the finish
is gonna slow us up,

that's unfortunate.

However, given that you lose
money for every day you're

over schedule, I think you'll
find a way to do it right

and to do it on time.

OK.

Hi.

- I finally figured out a way
to do the threshold detail

that will work with the slate.

Great.

- Yeah, I was up all
night working at it.

I couldn't get it.

I finally fall asleep.

I opened my eyes at 5:30 this
morning, and I've got it.

Now I need for you to see a rug.

You found one you like.

I found one I love.

Great.

When are you free?

Wednesday afternoon.

Fine.

- I really love what
you're doing here.

Thanks.

I'm pretty pleased myself.

- Before we go see
the rug on Wednesday,

could we have lunch together?

Sure.

Good.

- Thanks to your
obsession with detail,

it appears as though I won't
be going skiing this weekend.

- See, many of the new
associates coming in

have no sense of
what it means to be

a lawyer beyond scrambling up
some imaginary career ladder.

- I guess it's tough sometimes
not to think about that.

- Well, I don't believe
that you think about it.

The way you handled the
Morrison case showed me that you

think about your client.

I was very impressed
with your commitment.

Thank you.

- I don't want to
pressure you, Eli,

but if it's at all conceivable
that you're ready for a change,

I hope you'll give our
offer serious consideration.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Well, this is some place.

- Oh, this is the oldest
men's club in Los Angeles.

- Really?
- Mm-hmm.

- I've never been inside
a men's club before.

- Maybe you'd like
to become a member.

- I hate to tell
you this, Leland,

but I don't think they'd
be all that welcoming

to someone such as me.

Why wouldn't they be?

I'm Jewish.

So what?

- I don't see too many
Jewish faces here.

- I'm sure we have members
who are Jewish, Eli.

Why, there's, uh, Martin Weiss.

- Weiss isn't necessarily
a Jewish name.

- Oh, well, Henry
Schiller, Tom Morgenthau.

- Those may not be
Jewish names, Leland.

- Well, I'd like to nominate
you for membership, unless you

have some objection to that.

- I guess I don't have
any objection to it.

Good.

- I'll speak to the board,
set up an interview.

[upbeat music]

- Can you tell us
the events that

took place on October 7, 1992?

- The Coast Guard was
notified by INS officials

that a freighter carrying
illegal Chinese immigrants

was on its way to Los Angeles.

We intercepted the
vessel about three miles

off the coast of Long Beach.

- And what did you find
when you boarded the ship?

- 265 immigrants crammed
into the cargo hold.

- Dr. Coburn, can you
describe for the court

the conditions in
that cargo hold?

- There was one makeshift toilet
overflowing with human waste.

The floors and walls were damp.

They reeked of
perspiration and urine.

- Can you describe the medical
condition of a passenger

by the name of Lin Chen-Zhou?

- Lin Chen-Zhou exhibited
symptoms of an advanced

progression of hepatitis
B. We transported him

immediately to San
Pedro Hospital,

but he went into renal failure.

He died 48 hours later.

- What, in your opinion, led
to the death of Lin Chen-Zhou?

- The lack of nutrition,
ventilation, and sleep

had so compromised
his immune system,

he couldn't fight off
the hepatic infection.

In my opinion, the hepatitis
itself in all likelihood

was caused by the
conditions on that ship.

- What, if any, documents were
found on the boat, Doctor?

- We seized receipts for
fuel, insurance documents,

and the title of the ship.

- Who was listed as
the title holder?

- Objection.
Hearsay.

- They've authenticated
business records, Your Honor.

Irrelevant, Your Honor.

- They established
knowledge on the defendant's

part of conditions on the boat.

Said knowledge is
a critical element

of prosecuting him for murder.

The objection is overruled.

Proceed.

- Once again, Doctor,
who was listed

as the owner of the vessel?

Ronald Chow.

- Did you find any
other documents?

- There was a log of high
seas phone calls indicating

Ronald Chow had
contacted the vessel 27

times during the
course of the voyage.

I have nothing further.

- Do you have any
evidence that Ronald

Chow knew about the
conditions in the cargo hold?

He owned the ship.

He financed the voyage.

He was in telephonic
communication with the captain.

- Do you have any
evidence that Ronald

Chow knew about the
conditions in the hold?

No, I do not.

I have no further questions.

- The people call Lu
Yu-Shen to the stand.

Until the time of your arrest,
what was your occupation?

[speaking chinese]

- I was captain
of the Jade Moon.

- And during the course
of your last voyage,

were you in communication with
the defendant by telephone?

[speaking chinese]

No.

- Mr. Lu, are you telling us you
had no contact with Mr. Chow?

[speaking chinese]

- After we left the dock,
I had no contact with him.

Ronald Chow knew nothing about
the condition of the boat.

- Has Ronald Chow
pressured you to change

your testimony, Mr. Lu?

[speaking chinese]

No.

- Is the witness aware
that lying under oath

constitutes a serious crime?

[speaking chinese]

Yes.

- I have nothing further
for this witness.

No questions, Your Honor.

The witness is dismissed.

[speaking chinese]

- Would you tell
us what was said

on the occasion when
you and your wife

first engaged Mr.
Schiff's services?

- We told him we were interested
in going around the world.

- Who decided what route
you would take, Mr. Moffit?

Let me put it this way.

He led, we followed.

- Isn't it the case, sir, that
your wife indicated a desire

to see places that were,
and I believe I'm quoting

now, "off the beaten track"?

Assume that she did.

We were depending
on him to guide us.

- Well, if you had
said you wanted

Orlando, Florida,
do you think I would

have sent you to Azerbaijan?

- Prior to this
trip, Mr. Moffit,

when was the last
vacation you had taken?

What's the relevance of that?

- The relevance is
that Herb here hadn't

taken a vacation in 15 years.

He hated vacations.

And he made up his mind before
he ever left that he wasn't

going to have a good time.

- And amazingly enough,
getting kidnapped

by Armenian
separatists did nothing

to improve my disposition.

- Let's talk about
that for a minute.

Why don't you
describe the events

that took place in
Baku for which you now

hold Mr. Schiff responsible?

- I had gone to a
drugstore, looking

for something to relieve
my by now constant

gastrointestinal distress.

While on the street, I was
forced into a car at gunpoint.

They said I was an agent
for the Azerbaijanis.

I told them I had a
store in Woodland Hills.

They asked me what
my mission was.

I told them it was to
purchase Kaopectate.

- Is it possible that
you were kidnapped

because you were
seen videotaping

a political demonstration?

- We didn't know it was a
political demonstration.

We thought it was a parade.

- Didn't the tanks on the
sidewalk indicate to you

that it might have
been something other

than a purely festive event?

- Excuse us, we were looking
to bring back something

other than shrapnel wounds.

- You know, your wife
has a spirit of adventure

that you are sorely lacking.

- I don't pretend to be
Vasco da Gama, my friend.

And as far as I'm concerned,
if I'm gonna go someplace,

at least let it have a
little entertainment.

- Herb, let's not start
talking about Las Vegas.

What's wrong with Las Vegas?

You've seen everything
there is to see there?

- Herb, there's a whole, big,
beautiful world out there.

Yeah?

Well, let me tell you something.

That whole, big, beautiful
world is about to find out just

what kind of operation you run.

I think this is a
human interest story.

What do you know about that?

I think when the
newspapers pick this up,

your business is gonna
drop like a rock.

Go ahead ask me
another question.

- So copies of
these and this one.

Thanks.

Ann?

[knocks]

- Hi, Eli.
- Hi.

Do you have a minute?

Yeah, sure.

- I've got a little bit
of a dilemma on my hands.

What is it?

- Leland's put me up for
membership in his club.

His men's club?

Yeah.

He says that whether I decide
to join the firm or not,

he'd like me to be able
to use the facilities.

They've also got a
reciprocal arrangement

with some club in New York.

There's an interview with two
of the directors tomorrow.

So what's the dilemma?

- I don't know that they
let Jews into this club.

By the look of it, I'd
say it was all WASP.

What does Leland say?

He says it won't be a problem.

- Do you actually want to
be a member of this club?

Not particularly.

I knew he wanted me
to be impressed by it,

so I behaved as though I was.

It is a pretty nice place.

The problem is,
if they reject me,

Leland's gonna feel compelled
to make a big stink about it.

What's wrong with that?

If they have a
restrictive policy,

maybe he should make
a big stink about it.

I'd rather that didn't happen.

He obviously enjoys
belonging there.

I don't want to disrupt that.

- Just tell him
you're not interested.

- I just get the feeling that he
doesn't have a lot of friends.

He knows a lot of people.

I'm not sure how many
qualify as friends.

- I think he'd like it
if I joined his club.

- So what are you
gonna do, try to pass?

- No, I'm just gonna go in
there and meet with them,

and whatever happens happens.

Good luck, I guess.

You think I couldn't pass?

- As a white
Anglo-Saxon Protestant?

- Eli's not necessarily
a Jewish name.

Look at Eli Whitney, Eli Yale.

Levinson.

It could be German.

- I don't think you're
gonna fool 'em, Eli.

We're hemorrhaging, Daniel.

- What do you mean
we're hemorrhaging?

- It means the cost
of this renovation

is getting a little out of hand.

- I mean, that
we're hemorrhaging.

And that means that the
tourniquet is going on.

- At certain stages of the job,
it always feels like there's

a lot of money going out.

- This isn't a
perceptual problem.

It doesn't feel like there's
a lot of money going out.

I'm staring at invoices.

- What in there seems
like it's out of hand?

- How about $30,000
for a slate floor?

- Yeah, that is a
little high, Daniel.

- It's for the
reception area, Leland.

It's the first thing people
see when they come here.

For $30,000?

Let them see linoleum.

What else?

$17,000 for a rug.

That rug is an Eileen Gray.

What's Eileen Gray?

- She was an architect and
a very important designer.

Really?

Well, I'm not spending $17,000
to walk on one of her designs.

- As much as we want the
offices to look good,

we do have to exercise
a little restraint.

- Believe it or not, I have
been exercising restraint.

Really?

Well, between the Sikh
contractor and this architect,

we're getting killed.

- Hiring this architect was
about the only right thing

you guys did on this job.

She's talented.

She takes chances.

She's tough.

I've seen her deal
with the contractor.

I've seen her deal
with the subs.

Believe me, she's looking
out for our interests.

- You should remind her
that our interests are best

served by avoiding bankruptcy.

- All right, what
are you telling me?

The rug is out.

We need to know about any other
purchases before they're made,

and we need to put
a cap on this thing.

- Can you please state
your name for the record?

[speaking chinese]

Lin Mei.

Mei Lin.

- How will you relate
it to the man who died?

[speaking chinese]

He was my husband.

- And could you tell us please
how you and your husband

came to leave China?

[speaking chinese]

- We approached the snakehead,
a smuggler, in Fuzhou.

- Can you describe for the court
what happened on the journey?

[speaking chinese]

- We had to stay in a
hole during the day.

At night, only a few
could sleep at a time.

There was no room to lie down.

- Did the smugglers
provide food?

[speaking chinese]

Some days, there was rice.

Some days, there was nothing.

Did they provide water?

[speaking chinese]

- If you had money, you
could buy a bottle of water.

If not, you get
a mouthful a day.

- Would you describe
what happened

to your husband, ma'am?

[speaking chinese]

I gave him my rice.

The others gave him their rice.

By the end, he was too weak
to hold up his head to eat.

- Mrs. Lin, is
there anyone present

in this courtroom who
was also present when you

boarded the boat in Hong Kong?

[speaking chinese]

- Him, the man they
call the Big Boss.

He was there.

- Let the record show the
witness has identified

the defendant, Ronald Chow.

I have nothing further.

- Mrs. Lin, had you
ever seen Ronald Chow

before the day you
boarded the freighter?

[speaking chinese]

I knew who he was.

Everyone knew.

- And did you hear Mr.
Chow give any orders

pertaining to the
accommodations on the journey?

[speaking chinese]

No.

- And isn't it true that you
have no knowledge of what

Mr. Chow did or did not know
about the accommodations

for the journey?

[speaking chinese]

I know he is a murderer.

Move to strike, Your Honor.

[speaking chinese]

- Mr. Chow, you are not
to address the witness.

- [speaking chinese]
- Mr. Chow.

[speaking chinese]

Mrs. Lin, that's enough.

I said that's enough!

[speaking chinese]

Enough!

[crying]

[speaking chinese]

[upbeat music]

Mr. Levinson, Avery Phipps.

Langston Albright.

How do you do?

[laughs]

So, Mr. Levinson.

Please call me Eli.

Actually, most people
call me by my nickname.

And that would be?

Topper.

Right.

- So, Topper, Leland tells
us you're from New York.

- That's where I
currently live, yes.

- Is that where you're
from originally?

- Actually, I'm
from Connecticut.

Whereabouts?

Darien.

Really.

- Great sailing
there, great sailing.

You like to sail?

Love it.

If I'm not at work or I'm
not on the squash court,

chances are I'm on the boat.

Where do you generally sail?

- All over, Long
Island, Block Island,

Rhode Island, all the islands.

- You've probably been
up to Newport then?

- I make it a point
to get up to Newport.

In fact, come August,
you'll generally

find me, gin and tonic
in hand, just sailing

around the harbor there.

Tell me, what do you sail?

You mean, what kind of sail?

I mean, what kind of boat?

Oh.

It's wood.

The sail is canvas,
white canvas,

triangular white canvas.

Ready?

Yeah.

- I found a color slate
you're gonna love.

- We have to hold
off on the slate.

Why?

- The senior partners
have informed me that we

can't spend that kind of money.

- I thought you
were given authority

to make those decisions.

I thought I was too.

I may have overplayed my hand.

With whom?

With everybody, I guess.

So no slate?

OK.

What else aren't we getting?

The rug.

No rug?

No rug.

OK, what else?

- They put an absolute
cap on the budget.

We have to go
through it and figure

out what we can and can't do.

- Then I guess there's
not much point in us

going out this afternoon
and seeing things.

- I'm answerable to
people, all right?

Nobody gave me a blank check.

- It would have been
good to have known that.

- This can't be the first
time that a client has changed

- their mind about something.
- You're right.

It's not the first time.

Then why are you so upset?

Because I got excited.

For a few minutes there,
I felt appreciated,

stimulated, supported.

And that doesn't
happen very often.

It felt great.

- Look--

- What it feels
like now is a job.

- Can we talk about
this over lunch?

There's nothing to talk about.

- Mr. Chow, would
you tell the court

why you bring Chinese immigrants
into the United States?

- Many people in my homeland
are being persecuted,

pregnant women
stopped at checkpoints

and forced to have
unwanted abortions.

And I know what it's like to
want to escape oppression.

26 years ago, I
fled China myself.

- Mr. Chow, how
involved were you

in arranging the passage
of the immigrants

aboard the Jade Moon?

- I played the role of banker,
but I entrusted the details

to the ship's captain, Mr. Lu.

- And what instructions
did you give Mr.

Lu regarding the passengers?

- I told him to make their
journey as safe and comfortable

as possible.

I had no idea he
would betray them

and me by putting into
his own pocket funds meant

for food and medical supplies.

- Do you feel in any way
responsible for the death

of Mrs. Lin's husband?

- I had no knowledge of the
inhumane conditions suffered

by the passengers,
but I hired the man

who committed these atrocities.

I feel guilt about that.

And I've tried many
times to contact

Mrs. Lin to offer condolence and
compensation without success.

- No further
questions, Your Honor.

- You claim that you arrange
these trips out of compassion

for your countrymen.

Tell us, if that's
the case, why do

you charge them $20,000 a head?

- This sort of operation
is quite expensive.

- 20,000 times 265 passengers
comes out to over $5 million.

Are you telling us you
didn't make a profit?

- Any profits are
channeled right back

into the next journey.

- Isn't it a fact that most
of the illegals you bring over

are put to work
in restaurants you

own to pay off their passage?

I employ many of them, yes.

- How much do you
pay them, Mr. Chow?

- I pay them a great
deal more than they

would ever receive in China.

- You pay them $0.70
an hour, don't you?

- Mr. Mullaney,
these are peasants.

$0.70 an hour is a
good wage for them.

- Isn't it a fact
that you don't care

about the welfare
of these people?s

- What you care about is money.
- Objection.

- What you care about is a
steady flow of cheap labor.

- Mr. Mullaney,
that's quite enough.

I care about my people.

I told Mr. Lu to give Lin
Chen-Zhou fluid and food

and to have medication on board.

It isn't my fault that he
ignored my instructions.

- I thought you didn't know
Lin Chen-Zhou was sick?

- What I mean to say is,
at the start of the voyage,

I told the captain
to provide medicine

for all who became ill.

- Do you have any written
proof in the form of receipts

or cancelled checks to
prove you provided adequate

food and medical supplies?

- All transactions
were done in cash.

So the answer is no?

Correct.

- I have nothing
further for Mr. Chow.

- What exactly is the purpose
of this meeting, Mr. Schiff?

Conflict resolution.

Where's your attorney?

She's not here.

- Why didn't you
want my husband here?

- Ah, for reasons that will
become readily apparent.

What is this?

Gaidar.

- I told you it was my
dream to come to America.

Here I am.

I am to be an American
taxicab driver.

Who is this?

This is Gaidar.

Why is he here?

- He is here to supply us
with some details of your trip

that were left out until now.

Oh, god.

- You have nothing to
be ashamed of, nothing.

- Will someone tell
me what is going on?

- Well, Edie and Gaidar had
something of an

adventure together.

- I had never done
anything like that before.

- Blame it on those torrid
Levantine nights, huh?

- There was a full
moon, and I wanted

to take a walk along the
shore of the Caspian Sea.

Herb wouldn't go with me.

All he wanted to do was sit
in the room and watch CNN.

I decided to go by myself.

Gaidar worked at the hotel.

He offered to accompany me.

- It was one of
the most beautiful

experiences of my life.

- We went for a boat
ride and had a very brief

and very passionate affair.

- And now you're
gonna blackmail her?

Moi?

- I don't know what
means blackmail.

He sent me the ticket
to come, and I came.

- Gaidar what happened between
us must never happen again.

I love my husband, and I
want to stay married to him.

I understand.

- Well, I know I'll never
tell, assuming, of course,

that we're able to
reach an agreement.

If we're unable to, I will
have to defend myself in court.

I will have to demonstrate that
there were a few bright spots

on your trip around the world.

- You are a despicable
human being.

Come, Gaidar.

It's turning ugly.

- Remember, Edie, we'll
always have Azerbaijan.

[romantic music]

Excuse me.

[speaking quietly]

- Tommy, you talking
to yourself now?

Hey, man.

What are you doing here?

- Trying to pry a continuance
out of Judge Sawburn.

I didn't mean to interrupt you.

No, I got to take off.

I'm just practicing my closing.

- This is the Ronald
Chow case, huh?

Yep.

How's that going?

- Chow scared off
my key witness.

It's not going too good.

- From what I read in the
papers, he's a slippery guy.

Oh, he is slippery.

Is he gonna walk?

I don't know.

I mean, I could fan
the flames against

the encroaching yellow hordes.

- That doesn't exactly go to
the issue of guilt, does it?

No, it does not.

- On the other hand, a little
demagoguery can work wonders.

I've used it myself.

Did you win?

As a matter of fact, I did.

[whispering]

- We all watch those tanks
roll into Tiananmen Square,

didn't we?

And we all shivered
when we saw that one

man stand in the path of one
and refuse get out of the way.

I don't know about you, but
when I saw that, I found myself

thinking, if I lived
in a society like that,

I would do anything to get out.

Now, what Mr. Chow did
was to provide a way,

to provide a means of escape.

And if it was John Brown
or Raoul Wallenberg, well,

we salute those men as heroes.

Why have we chosen to
put this man on trial?

There isn't a shred
of evidence to prove

that Mr. Chow knew about the
conditions on board that ship.

There is not a shred
of evidence to prove

that Mr. Chow knew the status
of Lin Chen-Zhou's health.

The ship's captain testified
that Mr. Chow in point of fact

did not know that these
were circumstances

beyond his control.

As a matter of fact, I
think of this man as a hero.

He came to this
country impoverished.

He became successful,
and he-- he cared enough

about the plight of
his people to actually

try to do something about it.

He shouldn't have been
indicted, and this trial

should never have taken place.

Ronald Chow, a hero?

Oh, I don't think so.

What I think is that he
is a modern-day slave

trader, a shameless
exploiter of human beings.

And ultimately,
he is a murderer.

He smuggles thousands
of undocumented Chinese

into our country every year.

The fact that he
represents himself

as a savior of the oppressed
only makes his crimes

all the more repulsive.

A savior would not
demand a fee equaling

a lifetime of earnings
in rural China

for the privilege
of being rescued.

Ronald Chow knew full
well what the conditions

were like on the Jade Moon.

He was on the dock
when it set sail.

He was on the phone
with the captain.

This was a big
investment after all.

I'd venture to say that
nothing happened on this ship

that he didn't know about.

And so Lin Chen-Zhou is dead.

How many more are dying?

How much pestilence and disease
has been released into our city

- by the other passengers--
- Objection.

- --on this boat?

Over 2 million--

Your Honor, I object.

- --illegal immigrants enter
our country every year.

- Your Honor.
- Mr. Mullaney?

- Your Honor.
- How many boatloads--

Mr. Mullaney?

- --of them will
Ronald Chow bring her?

- Mr. Mullaney, you
will stop doing what you

are doing right this second.

- Your Honor, I move for
an immediate mistrial.

I'm going to deny that motion.

I'm also going to warn Mr.
Mullaney that if he tries

to bring the issue
of immigration

into this trial one more time,
I'm gonna hold him in contempt.

The jury will disregard
in their entirety

all references made thereto.

Proceed, Mr. Mullaney.

- I ask that you find Ronald
Chow guilty of murder.

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You're in.

What do you mean, I'm in?

- I mean, that
Albright and Phipps

were duly impressed with you.

You're now a member of the club.

- You apparently carry a
little weight down there.

- No more than any other
member in good standing.

Oh, come on, Leland.

Those guys read me like a book.

It was painfully
obvious I didn't fit in.

- I think you may have
an overly narrow view

of what it means to fit in.

You're saying they want me?

Yeah.

I don't believe it.

- Eli, I sponsored
you for membership

because you're someone with whom
I'd like to spend some time.

I hope you accept it as
a gesture of friendship.

I do.

Good, good.

I look forward to seeing
you at the club, our club,

whether you join
this firm or not.

Thank you.

You're quite welcome, Topper.

Just get another one.

I don't understand.

Why would I settle?

- Herb, I'm up nights
because of this case.

I want it to be over.

- When that son of a bitch
comes across with the money,

it'll be over.

Until then, take a tranquilizer.

Hello, everybody.

Are we about to beat our
swords into plowshares?

Look at this guy.

He's unbelievable.

- I'm hoping that we can
walk out of here with a deal.

- Yeah, I think we can put
this whole affair to rest.

In a manner of speaking, I
think we can persuade the lion

to lie down with the lamb.

Speaking of which,
travel opportunities may

be opening up on the West Bank.

The West Bank?

- Christmas in Gaza, trekking
through occupied territories,

well, I know it appeals to
the vagabond spirit in me.

Give us your best offer, Nina.

- 15,000, payable over five
installments over one year.

I think we should take it.

- Would you mind telling
my wife that $15,000

is not a serious offer?

Excuse me.

Oh, good.

Um, I ordered a little snack.

I hope you don't mind.

I get frightfully cranky
when my blood sugar's low.

Keep it.

- I think you should
take it, Herb.

I think you should take it
and have done with this.

- So it won't come out
that my wife had an affair?

What are you talking about?

- And you flew him
here just for this?

- May I suggest that we
adjourn this meeting for today?

I think both sides need to
confer among themselves.

How could you know about it?

I couldn't sleep one night.

I went to the window, and
I saw him walking you back.

When you came to the room, I
pretended that I was asleep.

Then you took a shower.

That told me all
I needed to know.

- Why didn't you
say something, Herb?

Didn't you care?

I cared plenty.

What could I do?

Ask you why you did it?

I know why you did it.

You wanted a little romance.

You wanted a little
happiness in your life.

I didn't give you these things.

He did.

You went with him.

- It broke my heart
for me to realize

that I was capable of
going with him, Herb.

It broke my heart because
I never stopped loving you.

- Um, forgive me
for interjecting,

but could I just kind
of wonder out loud

whether a lawsuit is what
you two should really

be involved with right now?

What would you suggest?

- How about a weekend
at Esalen, hmm?

Scenic drive up the coast,
visit some little galleries

in Carmel, and then two
solid days of intensive group

therapy at the institute.

- I have a better idea,
two tickets on the Concorde

for Paris, three weeks
in a suite at the Ritz,

and $50,000 in spending money.

- Shall we take that to be a
counteroffer, Mr. Brackman?

- How could you?
- How about it, folks?

Would that do it?

It would do it for me, Herb.

- Then it would
do it for me too.

- Could I persuade you to
settle for a junior suite?

Absolutely not.

Nina, draw up the papers.

I'm gonna go home
and get in bed.

Hey.

[knocking]

Hi.

- I think I need
to explain myself.

Come in.

- Yesterday's diatribe was
not directed or should not

have been directed towards you.

- Oh, it's all right if
it was directed at me.

- There are things we can
do that are less expensive

that will still be good.

It'll be OK.

No doubt.

I'm sorry to put you through it.

Are you free at all?

Yeah, let me see when.

No, I mean now.

Now?

- Yeah, I don't want you
to write it in your book.

If you can get away
for like an hour,

there's someplace
I want to take you.

Come on.

You said you like Neutra.

Oh, yeah.

That's great.

- There's such an
elegance to his lines.

They're so simple.

I love the pillars.

The pillars?

- He had such a distinctive
vision, you know?

You see it in all his work.

- You're looking
at the wrong house.

I am?

That's the Neutra.

Oh, of course.

I was actually thinking that the
other one was not particularly

representative of his work.

- How much do you know
about Neutra, Daniel?

How much do you know about
architecture altogether?

I did study it in school.

I just forgot a
lot of what I knew.

- In other words, you've been
slinging it around a bit,

haven't you?

A bit, yeah.

How come?

- I guess I wanted to
make a good impression.

Why would you want to do that?

- People going
through construction

can be quite
vulnerable, you know?

- Why are you
telling me that now?

- In case you were planning
on taking advantage of me.

What if I was?

- I'd tell you to
go right ahead.

- Mr. Foreman, has the
jury reached its verdict?

Yes, we have, Your Honor.

What say you?

- In the matter of the
People versus Ronald

Chow on the charge of
murder in the second degree,

we find the defendant guilty.

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

This court is adjourned.

Mr. Mullaney.

I wanna tell you something.

You couldn't win this case on
facts, so you won it on racism.

- Mr. Klein, I won
because the jury believed

your client was guilty.

- Out-and-out racism.

- Hey, spare me the righteous
indignation, counselor.

If you'd gotten your
client off, he'd

gone right back to
packing those scows

full of poor people desperate
enough to get on board.

He's the scum of the Earth.

He belongs in prison.

I feel no remorse
whatsoever about what

it took to put him there.

Excuse me.

[speaking chinese]

Mr. Mullaney, Mrs. Lin
asked me to translate.

She'd like to say
something to you.

Sure.

[speaking chinese]

- She wants to know if you
hate the Chinese people.

Well, tell her no.

Tell her I just wanted
to punish the man

responsible for her
husband's death.

[speaking chinese]

- She says I'm glad
Chow is in prison,

but I'm also glad there
are many to take his place.

[speaking chinese]

- I'm being sent back to
China because I'm illegal.

I will work, and I will wait.

[speaking chinese]

- Someday I will contact another
snakehead the same as Chow,

and I will pay him to let me
lie in the same kind of boat.

[speaking chinese]

- Because for me,
there is no other way.

[somber music]

- I was on the phone with my
shrink for an hour and a half

last night.

How come?

- Because I'm actually thinking
about taking the firm up

on its offer and moving here.

What'd your shrink say?

- He said, it sounded like
I was asking his permission.

- Well, did he give
you his permission?

No, he said I didn't need it.

So?

- Well, the truth
is, I could do it.

Sidney and Charlie
get along without me.

- Mm-hmm.

- I go back there and
wrap up whatever I need

to wrap up in a matter of days.

Yeah, so?

- Audrey and I are
in an on-again,

off-again kind of thing.

That would prevent
me from moving.

- Well, it sounds like
nothing's stopping you.

- Well, there is
what I'd be leaving--

Central Park, Zabar's, Fairway.

I love Fairway.

- Buying the next day's
newspaper the night before,

decent rye bread,
those soft, sooty

pretzels they sell
near the courthouse.

- [laughs] Eli, I know exactly
what you're talking about.

I mean, I thought, how could
I leave my family, my friends?

I mean, I finally
got my own apartment.

I had to leave that too.

You don't hate it here.

What's there to hate?

I mean, there's
different people,

different opportunities,
whole different ocean.

I mean, come on.

The weather's not bad either.

Not bad?

Eli, we're on the beach.

It's almost November.

It's gorgeous here.

- [non-english speech]

Excuse me?

Man plans, and God laughs.

Ain't that the truth?

- I mean, all along,
tethered to this idea of what

your life is going to be.

Things happen.

Your life isn't like that.

You realize, this is
something you could do.

But is it something I will do?

You know what?

What?

I'm not gonna worry.

What about that?

I'm not gonna spend a lot
of time in contemplation.

I'm not gonna weigh
the pluses and minuses.

And I am not gonna call
27 different people

and ask them what they
think I should do.

This one time in my
life, I am gonna act.

I am gonna to act.

I am gonna choose
a course of action.

I'm going to set out on it.

Denise, I am moving
to Los Angeles.

Yeah?

- I am joining this firm, and
I am moving to Los Angeles.

[cheers] I'm so happy.

Oh, me too.

I'm so glad.

Now, you know, can I
make one suggestion?

Yes.

We're on the beach, right?

Yeah.

- Why don't you loosen your
tie and lose the shoes?

Let's not push it.

[moody music]

A whole different ocean.

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