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[chatter]

- I met your girlfriend
yesterday in the ladies room.

You did?

Yeah, she was sweet.

She said you're taking her
to an Italian restaurant.

Yeah.

You like Italian food?

Yeah.

Do you?

My last name is Ianello.

I grew up on it.

Ianello is an
Italian name, Benny.

Oh.

- By the way, was Douglas
Brackman serious about only

buying office supplies on sale?

- If he said it, I'm sure
he was serious about it.

Hmm, like I got time for that.

- I don't know, Denise, he's
pretty serious about that kind

of stuff.

- Well, Benny, he can forget
it 'cause I'm not going to 11

different stores looking for the
best price on office supplies.

[woman gasps]

- Go find out if
she's ever acted.

Go ahead, go ask.

Excuse me?

Do you have any
acting background?

What's it to you?

Oh, she's perfect.

Excuse me?

This is Rose Stepanoff.

Yeah, so?

I'm a casting director, dear.

I'd like you to come
in and read for me.

Benny, let's go.

She's not believing you, Rose.

- I know that, and I find
that absolutely adorable.

- Hey, look, if
you two are looking

to bring me home
and take pictures,

you could just forget about it.

Here's my card.

Ask around about me.

If you're interested in
auditioning for a major motion

picture with a major
director and major talent

already attached, call me.

- Whether you realize it or not,
you've just been discovered.

Hmm.

[theme music]

[music playing]

Morning.

- Hi.
- Hi.

I was just looking for you.

So I heard.

Oh, put it on ice, Arnold.

I just wanted to
ask you a question.

- Has anybody ever
told you that you

have a very suspicious mind?

- Has anyone ever
told you you have

a way of making
the most innocent

- comments sound like a come-on.
- It's a gift.

Mm.

So what's the question?

- Well, you have connections
in the entertainment business,

- right?
- Yeah, some.

- Well, have you ever
heard of a Rose Stepanoff?

Of course.

She's a big casting director.

How come?

- Well, she saw me
in a store yesterday,

and she asked me to
audition for a movie.

- Are you gonna do it?
- I don't know.

I mean, it's not like
I have this burning

desire to be a secretary for
the rest of my life, you know.

- [chuckles]
- Hi.

Hi.

Hey, big guy.

Did you ask him?

Yeah, he said she's for real.

So you really were discovered?

[chuckles]

- Well, it's not like they
gave me the part yet, Benny.

Oh, I bet they will, though.

I bet that as soon as they see
you, they give you the part.

- Well, with that
vote of confidence,

I'm gonna go for it.

All right, well, bye.

Bye.

- So, Benny, what's
with the wandering eyes?

I thought you were getting
your watch wound with Rosalie.

What do you mean?

- I mean you two are
still going out, right?

Yeah.

That's what I thought.

- Well, that doesn't mean I
can't be friends with Denise,

does it?

No.

- But it probably means I
can't be good friends with her,

though, right?

How good?

Like have supper with her.

- Well, that depends
what you have in mind.

It also depends on
whether you and Rosalie

are getting serious.

What do you mean serious?

- Well, there's a
variety of indicators.

Let's see, has she brought
her toothbrush over yet?

- No, but she calls
me almost every day.

And she always wants
to know what I'm doing.

She wouldn't like it if I had
supper with somebody else.

- Take it from me,
Benny, it's a lot

easier to get away with lunch.

Oh, yay.

Oh, yay.

Let's get started.

- Ah, before you get down
to business, Douglas,

I would like to start
this meeting by welcoming

Eli Levinson to this firm.

[applause]

Thank you, Leland.

It's a pleasure to
be welcomed here.

I look forward to
working with all of you.

And as soon as I pass
the California bar,

I'm sure I'll actually be
of some use around here.

- Don't worry, Eli,
we'll keep you busy.

Yes, we will.

And on that note, Gelleher
versus Walters, the Los

Angeles Police Department,
and Los Angeles

Unified School District.

What is this?

- A 10-year-old girl, as
part of the school's drug

awareness program,
brings in some pot

that her father was growing.

He gets arrested, serves time.

The kid's in therapy.

The parents are
suing for damages.

- How does the father
justify the fact

that he was using drugs?

He doesn't.

He doesn't have to.

If his child was encouraged
to inform on her own parents,

and as a result, the family's
privacy and civil rights were

violated and the
child was traumatized,

the fact that they smoked pot
seems a little insignificant,

- don't you think?
- No, I don't.

If the parents
were using drugs, I

think it indicates that they
were derelict in their duties

as parents.

It was pot.

It wasn't heroin.

It wasn't cocaine.

It was pot.

Pot is a drug.

Pot most certainly is a drug.

- You've smoked a little
reefer in your time,

haven't you, Arnie?

Yes, I did.

There was a time in my
life when I smoked pot,

when I drank to excess, when
I fornicated, when I engaged

in debauchery of many forms.

I'm happy to say those
days are behind me.

Stuart, you have a call.

Who is it?

- He won't say who it is,
just that it's very important.

Would you like me
to get rid of him?

- Oh, no, no.
I'll take it over there.

Thanks.

- What do you attribute this
transformation to, Arnie?

- The arrogance of pride,
the pleasures of lust,

the poisons of vain
curiosity are the impulses

of a soul that is dead.

Saint Augustine.

- God, will these
quotations never cease?

- Oh, hi.
I was just thinking about you.

- Does anyone know how to
get ahold of Jack Michelin?

Well, I'll make time.

Did you try his office?

- Want to come over
this afternoon?

All right, where do you
want me to meet you?

You're kidding, right?

- Mr. Gelleher, will
you tell this court

what happened to
you and your family

on the evening of
February 8, 1993?

- When I came home from
work, most of my neighbors

were out in the street.

There were two police cars
parked in my driveway.

My wife had not come home yet.

My daughter Emily was
sitting in the back seat

of one of the police cars.

And when she saw me,
she started to cry.

What, if anything, did you do?

I tried to open the door.

But before I could
do that, three cops

came out of my house.

They slammed me against the car
and told me I was under arrest.

They handcuffed me in
front of my daughter.

They wouldn't let
me talk to her.

And she was hysterical by then.

And all the time, she's
trying to get out of the car,

but she can't because
there aren't any handles

on the inside of the doors.

What were you charged with?

- Cultivating marijuana,
10 plant's worth.

- And what was the
outcome of those charges?

- I was convicted, and I
served six months in jail.

My wife was given probation.

I lost my job.

She lost hers.

- What happened
to your daughter?

- The first thing that
happened was that she

was placed into a foster home.

It was felt that she would be
abused for having reported us.

- Would you describe the effect
all this had on your daughter?

- She used to be a real
front-of-the-line kind of kid.

She was always real
excited about everything.

She was always asking
a million questions.

But now she doesn't even
want to go to school or talk

to her friends.

She sees a police
car and she hides.

And she cannot bear
to be left alone.

Her whole world is different.

She is 10 years old and her
whole world is different.

Thank you, Mr. Gelleher.

I have no further questions.

- Do you take any
responsibility at all

for the trauma your child
and family have gone through?

- I take responsibility
for growing marijuana.

I do not take responsibility for
scaring my child into thinking

that anybody who uses
marijuana is either gonna

die or become a heroin addict.

And I do not take
responsibility for turning

my child against her parents.

- Where did you grow
the plants, sir?

- In a locked room
in the basement.

- Did you tell her
you kept pot in there?

I did not.

- Did you and your wife ever
smoke pot in front of her?

No, we did not.

Why not?

Because she's 10 years old.

My wife and I don't have sex
in front of our daughter,

and we don't discuss
our financial problems

in front of her either.

I was only trying to
protect her from something

that I don't think she's
old enough to understand.

- When is a child old enough
to understand her parents are

breaking the law, Mr. Gelleher?

- Parents break the law
all the time, Ms. Hauber.

Sometimes they may
drive too fast,

or they put an extension on the
garage without a proper permit,

or they throw a can of
motor oil into the garbage.

That doesn't give them the
right to send the police

into the classrooms to
manipulate the children

into turning in their parents.

- Have you ever considered the
possibility that your daughter

wasn't manipulated at all, that
she sought the intervention

of authorities because
she was concerned

about her parents' drug use?

Objection!

Compound and irrelevant.

Sustained.

- There were 2 and 1/2 ounces
of marijuana found in the house.

That's it.
Period!

Mr. Gelleher?

- I would just like
somebody to explain

to me how that justifies
what he did to my family.

I want someone to explain
to me how that justifies

what he did to my kid!

- Sir, you will control
yourself in my courtroom.

Ms. Hauber?

I have no further questions.

Should we get one?

I think so.

Hey, Barry.

Hey, Stuart.

So what's going on?

Anybody know you're here?

- No.
- You sure?

Yeah.

You told me not to tell anybody.

I didn't tell anybody.

Good.

Stuart, you've known me for a
long time as Barry Glassman,

but that's not who I am.

My name is Jay Ellison.

The reason I don't use that
name is because I'm a fugitive.

I've been a fugitive since 1968.

What do you mean?

- I was involved in a prison
escape of a Black Panther

named Horace Washington.

A guard was killed.

Horace was killed.

I supplied the getaway car.

What are you telling me?

I took off.

I hid out in Europe.

I hid out in Algeria.

About 1975, I came back.

Well, wait a minute, Barry.

You're a nice Jewish boy.

I know.

- You built a business,
you started a family,

and the whole time
you were a fugitive?

- Stuart, the reason
most criminals get caught

is because they
live like criminals.

I lived like a nice Jewish boy.

I grew up in the
garment business.

It's what I knew.

So when it was time for me
to start making a living,

it's what I went to.

Does Faith know?

She does.

The kids don't.

OK.

Um.

Why are you telling me this now?

- The FBI has been
sniffing around,

asking people questions.

I had to disappear.

I haven't been staying at home.

I haven't been going into work.

I haven't had
contact with anybody

I think that might be watching.

What do you want me to do?

- I want you to go
see the US Attorney,

find out what kind of
a deal we can make.

I'm a tax attorney, Barry.

I know that, Stuart.

- You want a criminal lawyer
representing you in this.

You deal with the IRS.

I think you can
handle these guys.

- Let me take
somebody in with me.

No, I'd rather you didn't.

- I'll take somebody
from the firm.

I'll take Ann.

- For now, I'd like
it to be just you.

OK?

Yeah.

- Was I dreaming or were you up
most of the night last night?

No, you weren't dreaming.

I was up almost all night.

Really?

Why?

I don't know.

Are you feeling all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

- Are you nervous
about something?

No, no.

Well, what is it?

I told you.

I don't know.

- Stuart-- what is it?

- I got a call from Barry
Glassman the other day.

He asked me to meet him in
the boardwalk in Venice Beach.

And he told me that his
real name is Jay Ellison.

He helped a Black Panther
escape from prison,

and he has been a fugitive
for the last 25 years.

What?

- And he wants me to
go to the US Attorney

and negotiate his surrender.

- Wait a minute, this
is Barry Glassman

with the Mercedes
and the Range Rover

and the house in Brentwood Park?

Yeah.

Our friend, Barry.

[sighs]

My God.

Yeah, I know.

- You can't go to the US
Attorney by yourself, Stuart.

- Well, he asked me
specifically to go by myself.

That's insane.

- Ann, when it comes time to
agree to terms, I'll get help.

Today, I'm just gonna listen.

I know how to do that.

[music playing]

Thanks.

See you tomorrow.

Hey.

How you doing?

Fine, thanks.

Do you have an appointment?

Uh, no.

Don't you remember me?

Oh, right.

Denise Ianello.

Right.

OK, Denise, they're
running a little late.

You can take a seat
right over there.

OK.

No, Angelo, I'll fight you.

I will.

Oh!

Ah.

No, Angelo.

I'll fight you.

I will.

Excuse me.

You can't do that Angelo.

I'll fight you.

[chatter]

- Didn't I see you at the open
call for Starlight Express?

No.

'Cause you look familiar.

- This is my first
audition ever.

You're kidding.

- Yeah, the casting
director saw me in a store

and asked me to come in.

Unbelievable.

Do you know that I had to
beg my agent for a month

to get me in on this call?

[chuckles]

- Well, it's not like
I'm gonna get the part.

So you can relax.

No, no, no, you will.

That's how it happens.

Harvey Keitel will be Angelo.

You'll be Camille.

And I'll still be doing
pool supply trade shows.

Well, you never know, right?

Great accent.

Thanks.

[knocking]

[chatter]

- Denise, this is Truman
Teas, our director, and Rachel

Neuborn, our producer.

Hello.

Hi, Denise.

How do you do?

- Do you have any questions
before we get started?

Um.

Is Harvey Keitel really
playing the part?

Yes, he is.

Oh, I love Harvey Keitel.

Harvey's great.

Yeah.

- Do you have any questions
about the character?

Um, not really.

I mean, she's like most of
my New York girlfriends, so.

I'll be reading with you.

Where'd you go last night?

What do you care?

Just tell me.

I went out with Theresa.

I'm gonna stop you.

I'd like you to try it again.

And I'd like you to
try it with less fear.

Also, I'd like you to
dial back the accent.

Dial back the accent?

OK.

[clears throat]

I heard you were at the club.

Yeah, so?

- I heard you were dancing
with Sal at the club.

- You and me ain't
going out no more.

So I don't got to
tell you nothing.

Get used to it, Angelo.

I'm not just leaving you.

I'm leaving this whole
stinking neighborhood.

I don't want to live
in a two-family house

with a husband who
thinks that I should

kiss his ring just because he
gives me a secondhand Camaro.

I got bigger hopes
and bigger dreams,

and I'm not gonna see any of
them come true if I stay here.

I'm gonna make something
of myself, Angelo.

I'm gonna be happy.

I'm gonna live on Long Island.

That was incredible.

It really was.

Yeah?

Oh, thank you.

Thanks.

Thank you.

- Dr. Walsh, will
you tell the court

what Emily's condition
was when her mother

first brought her to see you?

- She was suffering from
a rather severe trauma.

Her father was in
jail, and her mother

was confused and
frightened, and Emily

felt responsible for all of it.

How is she today?

- Well, she's less
anxious than she was,

but her sense of security
is still extremely fragile.

She's afraid to depend
on or trust anyone,

especially authority figures.

The world is full
of danger for her.

- Do you have anything
against the idea

of drug education for children?

No, I don't.

But I think that a curriculum
that depicts every drug user

as being in mortal danger
and that manipulates children

into a state of
heightened anxiety

does a lot more harm than good.

What kind of harm does it do?

- It forces a child
like Emily into having

to choose between her
parents and her teacher

at a time in her life
when she desperately

wants approval from both.

- And, Doctor, what
in your opinion

was responsible for
the psychological harm

done to this family?

- The fact that their unity
as a family was destroyed.

Emily was encouraged to
believe that her parents

were going to leave her either
by going to prison or by dying.

She wanted to protect them.

- Is that in and of itself
an abnormal impulse?

No, it is not.

And had she been encouraged
to talk to her parents,

then her fears could,
in all likelihood,

have been quieted without
the resulting trauma.

Instead, she was encouraged
to confide in Officer Walters.

She did so, and her
father was sent to prison.

Thank you.

I have nothing further.

- Dr. Walsh, in your practice,
you see a number of children

from abusive home situations.

Is that correct?

Objection, irrelevant.

The Gelleher's home was never
in any way found to be abusive.

- Your Honor, one of the
things we're here to determine

is whether or not it was
reasonable for Officer Walters

to believe it was abusive.

I'll allow it.

Witness will answer
the question.

- Yes, many of my patients
are from abusive homes.

- And isn't it true
that drugs or alcohol

are almost always part of
those abusive situations?

- Alcohol and drugs
are frequently

present in abusive situations,
but it is not a cause

and effect relationship.

Alcohol and drugs do not
automatically lead to abuse.

- But with the
correlation so high,

is it unreasonable
for a teacher,

even a part-time teacher
like Officer Walters,

to fear an abusive
situation when

a student reveals
his or her parents

are using illegal drugs?

- It's a lot more
complicated than that.

- Please answer my
question, Doctor.

Is it reasonable for someone
who works with children

to suspect abuse
when a child reveals

illegal drug use in her home?

- It's not necessarily
unreasonable,

but I would say one has to
look to other outward signs

of behavior before--

Thank you, Doctor.

I have no further questions.

Mmm.

Well, maybe I should 've
taken the lettuce out before I

put it in the microwave.

- I thought you were
gonna call before you come

to see me at work, Rosalie.

I forgot.

Ew, gross!

Rosalie!

What?

Don't bump me.

What's the matter, bae?

You didn't call me back
for two days this time.

You don't want me to come
to the office anymore.

You don't want me to bump you.

Do you-- do you have
another girlfriend?

No.

Just that I've been really busy.

Do you still like me?

- Uh-huh.

Good.

Oh, what do you
want to do tonight?

I don't know.

- Well, maybe we could
stop by your house 'cause I

want to drop something off.

What?

La la!

Now I don't have to
use yours anymore.

No.

You can't bring
that to my house.

Why not?

- Because-- because I
don't want to get serious.

- Wha-- what do you mean?

- Well, I don't want
your stuff at my house.

And then I don't want
my stuff at your house.

And I don't want us
to always be together.

Oh.

I thought that you did.

I have to get back to work.

[somber music]

- Officer Walters, would
you please describe for this

court your role
in the 17th Avenue

School anti-drug abuse program?

- Specially trained
officers like myself

go into 4th grade classrooms
one day a week for 15 weeks.

We talk to the students about
the dangers of drug abuse.

- And you performed
this role in Emily

Gelleher's 4th grade class?

Yes, I did.

- Are you also in the classroom
to ferret out information

from the children
about drug abuse

among their friends and family?

No, we're not.

We're there to educate
these children.

We specifically tell them
not to mention the names

of parents or friends.

- What happened on
February 6, 1993?

- Emily Gelleher came
to me after class

and pulled a leaf
out of her pocket.

She asked me if
it was marijuana.

What did you tell her?

I told her that it was.

What did you do next?

I asked her where she got it.

And what did she say?

- She said that she got it
from a plant in her basement.

Then she started to cry.

She said she was
worried that her parents

were breaking the law.

I reported the
situation to her teacher

and to my commanding officer.

Two days later, we
arrested Mr. Gelleher.

I have no further questions.

- Is it your testimony,
Officer, that you didn't use

your position of authority as
both a teacher and a police

officer to manipulate
this 10-year-old girl

into informing on her parents?

- Yes, Counselor,
it's my testimony

that I did no such thing.

- Did you tell her
that she didn't

have to answer any questions?

She came to me.

She needed someone
to talk to, and she

couldn't talk to her parents.

I'll take that as a no.

Did you tell her that
answering your questions

could result in her
father being arrested?

- She understood that her
father was breaking the law.

- Just yes or no,
Officer Walters.

- I don't remember if we
specifically discussed arrest.

- Did you at least let her know
when she had crossed the line,

if there is a line to cross,
from talking to her friend

and teacher to talking
to a member of the Los

Angeles Police Department?

- When drugs are
used in the home,

the possibility of
the child using drugs

increases significantly.

I thought Emily Gelleher was
in a very dangerous situation,

so I acted as an
advocate for her.

- And my question to
you, Officer Walters is,

who appointed you
to be her advocate?

- They did, the minute
they broke the law.

- Would that be you the teacher
talking or you the cop talking?

Or are you having
as much trouble

distinguishing between those
two as Emily Gelleher did?

Objection.

Sustained.

No further questions.

[music playing]

- I assume, Mr.
Markowitz, that you

want to talk about
arranging for a surrender.

Is that right?

- Mostly, I'd like to hear what
kind of terms you're offering.

- [chuckles] What
kind of terms do

you think you're in a
position to ask for?

- Ones that reflect the
context that these events

took place in, number one.

And number two, they
take into consideration

the fact that Mr. Ellison has
been living as an upstanding

citizen for over 25 years.

- The last time I looked,
Counselor, the act of remaining

a fugitive from
justice didn't quite

qualify one for the status
of upstanding citizen.

- What are you looking
for, Mr. Shale?

- I'm looking to
balance the books.

Which means what?

Depends.

Mr. Ellison turns
himself in, we're

probably looking at aiding
and abetting an escape.

My guess is he'll draw a
three-year suspended, six

months served in one of
those sleep-away camps

for inside traders.

Is that a guarantee?

- You're not in
a position to ask

for a guarantee, Mr. Markowitz.

What I'm willing to
do with your client

simply reflects what we've
done for other individuals

in similar circumstances.

OK.

- What I can guarantee is
that he'll do a damn sight

better if he
surrenders than he will

if we have to apprehend him.

It's been 25 years, Mr. Shale.

You haven't been able
to apprehend him.

[sirens wailing]

[chatter]

- Stuart wasn't supposed
to tell me, was he?

It's OK.

I don't mind that Stuart
did that-- too much.

- Why didn't you
tell us before this?

I didn't tell anybody.

The only person I was in
contact with who knew was Faith.

- It's not just
that we're friends

and you should have trusted
us, although we are friends

and you should have
trusted us, we're lawyers.

There might have been times
over the past 15 years

when you could have used us.

I'm sure there were.

And now, at long last, I am.

- Well, my recommendation
is that we move

forward with setting terms.

- Although it doesn't
sound like you're

gonna get any guarantees.

What does that mean?

- It means that you're gonna
have to take a leap of faith.

- Well, I was hoping not to
spend the rest of my life

in prison, Stuart.

Not gonna happen.

The political climate is
very different now from when

you first went underground.

And people in
similar circumstances

have turned themselves
in and received

pretty lenient sentences.

There's absolutely no
reason to believe that it

won't be the same with you.

Well, my parents are old.

I'd like to see them
again before they die.

Also, like my kids to meet them.

Well, let us set this up.

Let us bring you in.

[tires screeching]

Clear the walkway!

[sirens wailing]

FBI!

Freeze!

Hold it right there!

FBI.

Please put your hands
behind your back.

- I'm placing you under arrest.
- What is this?

- This man is our client.
- We understand.

- We insist on remaining
with our client.

- Sir, right now, this
man is our prisoner.

Now, after he's processed,
you can meet with him.

Until then, any attempt to
interfere with our operations

constitutes a federal offense
and subjects you to arrest.

Do you understand?

Yeah.

Stay back.

[chatter]

[engine revving]

Don't get too close, man.

[tires screeching]

[chatter]

- No, this is not
open for debate.

We all agreed that Emily would
testify when we filed the suit.

- No, Mitch, we all
agreed to consider it.

Emily's been a nervous
wreck about this.

I don't want to put her
through anything more.

- And I don't think
we need to do it.

- Dr. Walsh said it could
be helpful because she

feels like it's all her fault.

So tell her that it's not.

I have told her that it's not.

Tell her again.

Tell her so that she
thinks you mean it.

- Emily needs to take an active
role in healing the family.

It's not that simple, Mitch.

Testifying in court can
be grueling for a child.

- I don't want to
put her through it.

- Emily needs to
feel like we are

all aligned on the same side.

- Isn't there any other
way of accomplishing that?

No.

Look, I don't care if
we win this case or not.

I just want to set things right.

And the only way that I know
of to make her feel like she's

part of this family again is
to let her participate in this,

and that means testify.

OK.

4 o'clock?

Let me check my schedule.

Yeah, 4 o'clock is doable.

Mm-hmm.

You have it.

OK.

I'll see you then.

[knocking on door]

Eli, you got a minute?

Sure.

What's up?

I got a callback.

You did?

4 o'clock today!

[chuckling]

Congratulations.

I'm so excited.

- Oh, that's just like
one of those movies,

A Star is Born, 42nd Street.

God, I was so nervous.

Can you practice
with me before I go?

- Please.
- Sure.

- Now, the scene's
between my character

and her no-good boyfriend.

Right.

All right?

Um.

Uh, you have the first line.

[blows raspberry]

Mmma.

Mmma!

Eli!

I'm the one who's
auditioning, all right?

Why don't you sit down?
You're making me nervous.

- Right.
Sorry.

OK.

Where'd you go last night?

I went out with Theresa.

I heard you were at the club.

Yeah, so what?

- I heard you were dancing
with Sal at the club.

- Hey, Angelo, get
something straight.

You and me ain't
going out no more.

I don't got to tell you nothing.

- You're gonna open
your mouth to me?

- Hey, if I want to
open my mouth to you,

I'll open up my mouth to you.

I ain't scared of you no
more, you guinea bastard!

[smack]

[denise yelps]

Did that make you
feel like a man?

- You're not gonna make a fool
out of me, you little tramp.

I'm gonna give you a beating
you're never gonna forget.

- Not the bell, Angelo,
please not the bell!

Leave her alone!

Benny?

What were you doing to her?

Nothing, we were just acting.

I heard you hit her.

I just did this.

[clap]

- I got a callback
on the audition.

We were just practicing
for the part.

- You're sure?
- Yeah.

I'm fine, Benny.

Thank you.

OK.

- That's right, Stuart, you
do need someone with trial

experience to represent him.

There can be no
question about that.

Yeah, I'm thinking about Eli.

Me?

- You did a great
job representing

Sandy Morrison, Eli.

People down at the courthouse
are still talking about it.

- That was a pro
hac vice appearance.

Until I pass the bar, I
can't practice in California.

- Well, as long as you haven't
given up your New York office,

this could be a pro hac
vice appearance as well.

What about me?

- Well, you just
finished one trial,

and you're about
to start another.

I'm hoping to settle it.

And if I can't, I can
get a continuance.

- Well, I don't know if I want
to put you in that position,

particularly when
Eli is available.

- I've been a litigator at
this firm for seven years.

I've got as good a track
record as anyone here, anyone.

And this particular
case involves

the Black Panther Party.

It will in all likelihood
entail winning the trust

of ex-Black Panthers to
induce them to testify

on our client's behalf.

Quite frankly, I think
I'm in a better position

to do that than Eli is.

And I also think that if
I want a case bad enough,

you should give it to me.

I think I've earned that.

- I don't think it's
even a question.

- You want it that
bad, Jon, huh?

Yes, I do.

You got it.

The arraignment's tomorrow.

Come on.

Hi, Emily.

Hi.

- We're going to ask
you a few questions.

If you get tired or confused,
you just sing out, OK?

OK.

Would you tell us please, how
did you find the marijuana

plants in your basement?

- I took the keys out
of my mother's dresser

and I opened the door.

Why'd you do that?

It was right before Christmas.

I thought maybe my parents
had hidden one of my

presents there.

- Did you say anything
to your parents?

No.

I was afraid they'd
be mad at me.

- But you felt OK
telling Officer Walters?

- He told us he'd
been in trouble a lot

when he was a kid.

I thought he'd understand.

He also told us
about what happens

to people who use drugs.

Objection.

- I'm going to allow
a little leeway

with this witness, Ms. Hauber.

Objection overruled.

- What did Officer
Walters do, Emily?

- He told me I was
brave for coming to him.

Did he ask you any questions?

Yes.

- What kind of
questions did he ask?

- He asked how many
plants there were.

He asked where in the
house they were kept.

He told me I would be helping
my parents by telling him.

- He told you you would
be helping your parents.

And would you tell
us please what

happened the very next day?

- Policemen came to my house
before my parents got home

and they asked me to
show them the plants.

Did you?

Yes.

- And what did they
do after you did that?

- They took the plants
out in garbage bags.

Then they put me
in a police car.

When my dad got home,
they arrested him

and took him away to jail.

- How do you feel
now about having

talked to Officer Walters?

I wish I'd never done it.

Thanks.

- Did Officer Walters tell you
to bring that leaf in, Emily?

No.

So you did it on your own.

And when you showed it
to him, did he force you

to tell him where you got it?

No.

- So you did that on your
own as well, didn't you?

I guess so.

OK.

I'm going to say
something and you

tell me if I'm right or wrong.

I think you didn't
like it that your mom

and dad had drugs in the house.

Objection, Your Honor.

Sustained.

- I think you told Officer
Walters because you wanted

Officer Walters to make
your mom and dad get

those drugs out of the house.

Your Honor?

- Ms. Hauber, the
objection is sustained.

- Emily, I'd like you to
tell me in your own words

why you brought the
leaf to Officer Walters.

- I didn't want anything bad
to happen to my mom and dad.

- I'll bet that's because
you love them both very much,

isn't it?

Objection!

- I would ask to be given the
same leeway as my adversary was

given, Your Honor.

Objection overruled.

- Emily-- do you love
your mom and dad?

Yes.

- And I'm sure that
they both love you.

You don't think your
dad's mad at you

because of what
happened, do you, Emily?

I don't know!

- Do you think he blames
you for sending him to jail?

[sobbing]

- Emily, honey, I'm
going to have to ask

you to answer the question.

I'm sorry, daddy.

I'm sorry.

Enough!

- Mrs. Gelleher,
please sit down.

- My daughter is upset, Judge,
and I'm taking her home.

- Due to the
lateness of the hour,

we'll adjourn for the day.

We'll resume tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock.

[somber music]

[sighs]

[chatter]

Through here.

You're in number two.

[chatter]

- So you got me covered?
- Yes.

- I'll call you when he's done.
- I'll go get him now.

Hi.

How are you?

I'm OK.

I checked in at your business.

Everything seems pretty normal.

I know.

I-- I spoke to
them this morning.

Thanks.

- I'm going to say
something, Barry.

I don't know what's
running through your mind,

and I don't know if anything I
can say can make a difference,

but what I've got to say,
whether it makes a difference

or not, is that
I didn't do this.

Do what?

I didn't set you up.

But maybe, inadvertently, I did.

I'm new to this.

I told you I had no experience
as a criminal lawyer.

Obviously, these people
were following me,

and I didn't know it.

- Well, it takes a certain
act to be a fugitive, Stuart.

And obviously, you
haven't acquired it yet.

- I didn't willingly
lead them to you, Barry.

- It never occurred
to me that you did.

Are you sure?

- Stuart, I want you to
put this out of your mind

and never think of it again.

I trust you with my life.

[sighs]

OK.

[sighs] Where do we stand?

Arraignment's this afternoon.

And you'll be representing me?

No, I will not.

I'm not a criminal
lawyer, Barry.

I'm not a trial lawyer.

I would not be
competent to represent

you if this case goes to trial.

Now, there's an
attorney from my firm.

His name is Jonathan Rollins.

And he is extremely competent.

And he's gonna be
there this afternoon.

And you'll also be there?

Good.

- Good morning.
- Your Honor.

What's going on, Mr. Morales?

What are we doing?

- My clients want to
withdraw their suit.

Why?

- We've decided that to
continue with the case

would not be in the best
interests of our child.

- At the risk of sounding less
than impartial, Mr. Gelleher,

I'd say your concern is coming
a little late in the game.

Yes, Your Honor.

- Mr. Morales, your clients will
be responsible for court costs.

- They understand
that, Your Honor.

All right then.

This case is dismissed.

Now this one.

OK.

Did we win?

Nobody won, honey.

Nobody won and nobody lost.

- We just agreed
to stop fighting.

Because of what I did?

No, Emily, not because of you.

- It's because of what I
did in court yesterday.

No, it isn't.

It's my fault, mommy.

I know it is.

Emily, listen to me.

It's not your fault.
What has happened

to us happened because of me.

- It's my fault
you got arrested.

- No, no, it's my fault. What
I did was against the law.

And that's my fault. That's
all my fault. Nothing that has

happened is your fault.

I told on you.

- But, honey, you did what we
always told you you should do.

You saw something that was
wrong and you went and you

told a grown up about it.

I love you, daddy.

Oh, I love you too, honey.

Come on, let's go home.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Good luck to you.

[music playing]

Bye.

Bye, Emily.

[music playing]

- Ah, Benny, when you
get done with this,

I want you to leave
one copy on my desk.

I want you to messenger
the other copy

to Hugh Nolan at this address.

- OK.
- All right?

Yes.

Hey.

What's the word on the movie?

Don't quit your day job.

You didn't get the part?

No.

- Well, you know what they say
about the lights on Broadway.

No, I don't.

What do they say?

- There's a broken heart
for every one of them.

[scoffs]

- Benny, make sure you
get that messengered.

Yeah.

I can't believe they
didn't want you.

- You know, it sounded like
Arnold needed to get those out.

Maybe you ought to
start copying them.

Benny, can I tell you something
just between me and you?

- Uh-huh.

- I couldn't believe they
didn't want me either.

When I was there, they
acted like they loved me.

I mean, the director,
he couldn't get over it.

And then nothing.

I mean, I had to call them
to find out I didn't get it.

They didn't even call me.

I had to call them.

I couldn't believe it.

You know, it's weird,
I never considered

being an actress until that
day at the stationery store.

You know, even the auditions
seemed like a big goof.

And then when they told
me I didn't get it,

I was like crushed.

You know, it was like something
I wanted my whole life.

[scoffs]

Stupid, huh?

No.

I don't think that's stupid.

No?

No.

Thanks, Benny.

All rise.

United States of America
versus Jay Ellison.

Please be seated.

- John Shale, Your
Honor, representing

the United States government.

- Jonathan Rollins
representing the defendant.

- What are the
charges, Mr. Shale?

- Unlawful flight to
avoid prosecution,

aiding and abetting the
escape of a prisoner,

and conspiracy to murder
a correctional officer.

- What?
- Stuart.

Your Honor, I was lied to.

I sat with Mr. Shale
not two days ago

and was told by him the
only charge contemplated

was aiding and abetting.

- Would you identify
yourself, sir?

- Yes, my name is
Stuart Markowitz.

I'm a member of
Mr. Rollins' firm.

- Your Honor, no
guarantees of any kind

were made during my
conversation with Mr. Markowitz.

- But representations
were made, Your Honor.

The opportunity was
going to be provided

for me to arrange a surrender.

And no one said anything about
conspiracy to commit murder.

And no one said
anything about the FBI

following me in order
to rob my client

of his chance to surrender.

- Mr. Markowitz, I don't know
how much experience you have

as a criminal
attorney, but the fact

is no one had to say anything.

Is the defendant
ready to enter a plea?

I am, Your Honor.

How do you plead?

Not guilty.

- Application for
bail, Your Honor.

Application for bail?

- This man has substantial
roots in the community.

He has a family.

The man has been a fugitive.

- He was ready to turn
himself in, Your Honor.

He was denied that opportunity.

- He has had 25 years in
order to turn himself in.

He has proven himself
to be a flight risk.

Your Honor, the
government strenuously

opposes his release on bail
regardless of any amount set.

- The issue of bail will
be taken under advisement.

In the meantime, I suggest
that you, Mr. Rollins,

and you, Mr.
Markowitz, determine

who it is that's going to be
trying this case because it's

not going to be both of you.

- What was that?
- I'm sorry.

- You think I'm
gonna miss something?

Jonathan, I said I was sorry.

I thought there were things
that needed to be said,

so I said them.

- In the future, I'd appreciate
it if you said them to me.

Write me a note,
whisper in my ear,

and if necessary, I
will ask for a recess.

But don't you ever do that
to me in front of a judge.

- Jonathan, I wasn't
trying to show you up.

I was trying to help our client.

- Well, that's what I'm
trying to do too, Stuart.

And I think maybe our client
would be better served if you

just didn't come to court.

- That I didn't come altogether?
- That's right.

You're emotionally involved
in the case, Stuart.

You're not a trial
lawyer, and I don't need

anybody backing me up in there.

- Understand something, I
got enlisted in this case

because this man was my client
and because he is my friend.

And then unfortunately,
because of something I did,

I made matters worse for him.

I intend to see this through.

I will be in court.

I will be involved in everything
that happens outside of court.

Nothing will happen
pertaining to this case

- that I don't know about.
- I don't--

- And this is not
Markowitz the tax attorney.

This is Markowitz the
partner in your firm.

Am I emotionally involved?

Like it was me sitting
in that jail cell.

[chatter]

[theme music]