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- The fact that he's in
today should tell you

most of what you need to know.

What does that tell you?

- Well, he was only
out three days.

That should tell you that
there was no invasive surgery,

and that should tell you there
was no metastasized tumor.

- How do you know
so much about this?

- Oh, I've been in
consultation all week.

A very good friend of
mine is one of the leading

urologists out here.

I've spoken with him.

I've spoken with Mel
Silverblatt, whom you know,

who's at Sloan-Kettering.

- You're convinced
it's prostate cancer.

Oh, it's absolutely prostate.

- Well, just so
I know, what does

this do to the surprise party?

Because I got a lot
of organizing to do.

- Let's see how he
is when he comes in.

It is his 65th birthday.

That merits a celebration of
some sort no matter how he is.

I'm sure he's fine.

Leland, welcome back.

Thank you.

Carry on.

Troneks versus McMillan?

- Motion for summary
judgment pending.

I'm expecting a decision
by the end of this week.

- Killian versus Burt
Robinson Enterprises?

- Action for the
return of goods.

It falls squarely under the UCC.

I'm expecting to settle.

Schoen versus Schoen Limited?

- We represent Isidore Schoen,
as we have for many lawsuits

over many years.

He's being sued this time
for wrongful termination

by his son.

Efforts toward settlement
having been unsuccessful,

we're proceeding to trial.

Eli will be litigating.

[tapping]

That about does it.

- In that case, I have
an announcement to make.

At the end of this month,
I will be retiring.

Now, I understand that this may
have some ramifications insofar

as the firm is concerned,
and while I will do my best

to minimize the impact,
the loss of certain clients

is probably unavoidable.

I will not be taking on
any additional business.

I will be disengaging
from whatever business

that I have been involved in.

- Leland, why are
you doing this?

- I'm retiring for
medical reasons,

and I'd just as soon
leave it at that.

[sighs]

He's dying.

He's not dying.

He has prostate cancer.

He's had a
transurethral resection,

and in all likelihood
he's going to be fine.

What you're hearing here
is the emotional spasm

of a man who's coming
to grips with the fact

that he has cancer.

That's all.

- Boy, all I can say
is, thank you, Leland.

Just gotten through being
arrested for murder,

I've been the victim of a
deranged prosecutor bent

on destroying me, I've just
set about restoring some sense

of normalcy to my
life, and now I have

to deal with his having cancer.

This couldn't have
happened at a worse time.

- I'm sure he didn't
plan this, Arnie.

- I'll tell you something
else, cold-blooded

though this may sound,
when he retires,

I've got dibs on his office.

[music playing]

- It's buyer beware in the
thoroughbred game, Ben,

especially with the cheapos.

But if I ever saw a horse
ripe for the plucking,

Sammy F is the one.

I like his name.

- Oh, granted, he's been
nothing special so far,

but he's only four.

He's sound, runs without front
wraps, and he's all heart.

And what did I tell you about
horses who are all heart, huh?

You said that they always win.

And?

- And you said they
make you a lot of money.

- And that's what Sammy
F is going to do for us.

It's going to be a
money making machine.

Because you know what else?

You know what I know that
no one else seems to know?

This horse will kick
ass on the grass,

which is what he's running on
tomorrow for the first time.

- Where's he been
running till now?

The dirt, Ben.

He's been running on the dirt.

Tomorrow he's running on
the turf, which is what

he's bred for, on the turf.

This is a $50,000 horse.

How much does he cost?

- The guy who trains the
horse owns the horse.

He's got some debts.

He'll let him go for $12,000.

$12,000.

We're stealing him, Ben.

We bet an extra $2,000 apiece,
make back what we paid,

have money in our pockets.

This is a great country
we're living in, huh?

You're not kidding.

- You know who's going
to be riding him for us

tomorrow, huh?

Who?

- Eddie Delahoussaye--
for my money,

the best grass jockey there is.

Tuck him in behind the pace,
sit tight against the rail,

wait till the speed comes
back to him, and then

down the lane-- ba-da bing!

- Ba-da bing.

- We go $12,000 for the
animal, $4000 for the bet.

We're 50/50 partners,
$8,000 apiece.

Can you handle it?

Can you come up with $8,000?

- Let me talk to Rosalie,
but I think I can.

- Tell her we're in for
the time of our lives.

[sighs happily]

- It's why I go for a
checkup four times a year.

There's something
wrong with my prostate,

I want to know about it.

Leland didn't do that?

No, Leland did not.

If he had had a PSA on
a more regular basis,

he would have known about this
a lot earlier, believe me.

- They say if you
live long enough,

most men will develop some
form of prostate cancer.

- No, absolutely not, not if
you take care of yourself.

- It's one thing I don't
have to worry about.

I have other things
to worry about.

- It's funny, because
he doesn't seem sick.

- Well, that's how it
is with prostate cancer.

It can be completely
asymptomatic,

this according to Mel.

- My doctor wanted
to know if they were

going to start him on chemo.

I had no idea what to tell him.

- [laughs] Mine wanted to know
if he had had a bone scan.

He wanted to know about
distant metastasis.

I had virtually no
information for him,

which when you're consulting
with a doctor over the phone

is a pretty embarrassing
position to be placed in.

- Stuart, this is not about
you and your embarrassment.

This is about Leland.

- Excuse me, Ann, I
have been on the phone

with doctors all week-- not
for me, for him, for Leland.

This is not about
me because I am not

suffering from prostate cancer.

I happen to have a
very healthy prostate.

As do I.

- When's the last time
you had it looked at?

As recently as last month.

He had his checked on Monday.

- Yeah, that's
right, Miss Potshot.

[rustling papers]

Lunch, my husband!

Hi.

- I got some cheese and
bean and beef burritos.

They call them gut busters.

- Well, we can eat
outside if you want.

OK.

- Uh, Rosalie--

What?

- D-- Do--

Dominic wants me to go partners
with him on buying a horse.

- What do you want
to get a horse for?

Well, it's a race horse.

He-- he says that
it's a turf horse,

but it's been
ridden in the dirt.

And if we race it on the turf,
he can make a lot of money

for us-- ba-da bing!

[laughs] Great.

So I need $8,000.

What for?

- Well, $6,000 to buy
the horse and then--

and $2,000 to bet on him.

- But-- but we don't have
$8,000 to buy a horse.

Yeah, we do.

We got $14,000 in the bank.

That's our savings, Ben.

We can't use that
money to buy a horse.

OK.

- Mr. Schoen, what is your
relationship to the defendant?

I'm his son.

- Do you also have a
business relationship?

- Yeah, I worked for
him since I'm 15.

- Are you working
for him currently?

No, I'm not.

Some 3 and 1/2 months
ago, I was terminated.

- Would you describe
the circumstances

surrounding your termination?

- Circumstances
were that I signed

for a shipment of corduroy
late one afternoon,

and next morning, I
tried to go to work,

and all the locks were changed.

- What explanation
were you given?

- I ordered the fabric
without my father's approval.

- Is that the first
time you did that?

- No, I make 1,000 decisions
a day, and some of them I talk

to him about, and some I don't.

- Why, in your opinion,
did your father

see fit to fire you this time?

- Because it's the only way
he has got left to prove

that he is still in charge.

That's why he calls
me every morning--

6:00.

That's why he yells.

That's why he gets everybody to
answer to him about everything.

- Was there ever an
agreement between your father

and yourself under which
he would relinquish

control of the company?

There was a promise.

He told me, when he was 70 years
old, he was going to retire,

and at that point I
would run the company.

- How old is your
father now, Mr. Schoen?

He's 72.

And has he in fact retired?

No, he has not.

- Given the atmosphere that
existed between your father

and yourself, one is tempted
to ask why you didn't just

leave of your own free will.

This is a family business.

I never wanted to leave.

I have nothing further.

- Did you or did you not tell
a buyer for Bloomingdale's

that your father
tended to be one

to five years behind the times
where fashion is concerned?

- Well, I know this
woman for 20 years.

It was said in jest.

- Was it said in jest when you
told a vice president at Bank

Leumi that you intended to
manufacture the so-called

Ma Bay line on your own?

It was a conversation.

That is all that that was.

- Was it in jest and you
try to obtain financing?

I'm not a serf, counselor.

I am allowed to conduct
business on my own.

- In your effort to obtain
financing, Mr. Schoen,

did you not say that two
of the principal designers

in your father's business
had committed to coming

with you when you left?

- I brought those designers
into this company.

- Were they not under contract--

Ma Bay line is my line.

I'm the one who set up
the factories in Hong Kong

and Indonesia to make the line.

- Mr. Schoen--

- I went to all the
stores to sell the line.

- Mr. Schoen--

He didn't do any of that.

I did all of that.

Now he wants to take
it all away from me

and kick me out on my ass.

I don't think so.

I don't think I'm going
to take this lying down.

43 years old, Dad.

Clock is running for me too.

[rustling papers]

So, like, what happens now?

It's too soon to tell.

- What do you anticipate the
actual consequences of his

retirement and/or death to be?

I really don't know, Patrick.

The fact is virtually all
of our biggest clients

are here because
of Leland McKenzie.

Would they leave?

They might.

Can they be replaced?

Maybe they can.

- The problem is, the one of us
who's most capable of replacing

them is Leland.

He's been the rainmaker around
here since my father died.

- I never would have
thought of Leland as someone

who drums up business.

Why not?

He seems too dignified.

- Let me tell you
something, Jan,

in addition to having a
first rate legal mind,

Leland McKenzie is the greatest
salesman you'll ever meet.

- Well, do you think the
firm can survive his leaving?

I don't know.

- Plus, we don't
know how sick he is.

Right.

It makes it a little tough
to plan for the future.

- I haven't thought
about the future.

[knocking]

- Hey Denise,
[non-english speech]..

- What's up, Dominic?
- Where's Mr. Stallworth?

He's in the file room.

Thank you very much.

- [whistles] (SINGING) There
is a smile on every face

and a winner with each
race, where the turf

meets the surf at Del Mar.

I hate thinking about death.

I hate thinking
about losing people.

- It's a terrible
thing to think about.

- Well, why would
you think about it?

- When your time's
up, your time's up.

- You know, for someone who
knew the guy his whole life,

you seem fairly unperturbed.

- Death is a proper
and inevitable end.

I try not to expend a
lot of emotion on it.

That's an admirable trait.

Thanks.

What do you mean, she said no?

Well, she said no.

She said we didn't
have enough money.

- Uh, you told me
you had enough money.

- Well, we have
enough in the bank,

but Rosalie says we
have to leave it there.

- Who's calling the
shots here, Ben?

What do you mean?

- Who's making
the decisions, you

know, who's wearing the pants?

- Well, when-- when it
comes to money, she is.

- At the risk of fanning
the flames of discontent,

let me just say that that
should not be the case.

Why not?

[machine whirring]

Who's working?

Whose feet hit the floor
first every morning?

Who comes in here religiously
to earn thy daily bread?

Her?
You.

And that, my friend, entitles
to you certain prerogatives.

Prerogative?

You make the decision.

- But-- but-- but she
takes care of the money.

She shops, and she makes sure
all the bills are paid, and--

- And you give her an allowance
with which to do all that,

all well and good,
but that's not this.

This is a decision.

You're the breadwinner.

You're the man of the house.

You're the decision maker.

You sit in the pilot's seat.

You fly the plane--

simple as that.

- What is your relationship
to Isidore Schoen?

I'm his daughter.

- Have you spent time at your
father's place of business?

I used to work there.

- Were you in a position to
observe your brother at work?

Yes, I was.

- To the best of
your knowledge, did

he ever act with the intention
of undermining your father's

control of the company?

Objection.

This witness is not in
a position to testify

to her brother's intention.

Overruled.

I'll allow it.

Laura?

- My brother was trying
to create something

within the company that was his.

One year, it was ties.

Another year, it was tank tops.

Another year, it was knocking
off Guatemalan peasant blouses

until he figured out
that it was cheaper

to just import the real thing.

I don't think that he was
trying to undermine anyone.

I think he was just
trying to be a success.

- Would you tell us,
Laura, why at the age of 35

you left the family business?

I couldn't take it.

My father yells.

He yells at the cutters.

He yells at the 65-year-old
woman in the office

who answers the phone.

He yells at the
designers all the time,

and since I was a designer of
sorts, my father yelled at me.

My brother is strong.

He could take it.

I'm not strong.

I left.

I have no further questions.

Do you work?

Yes, I do.

What do you do?

I'm a freelance designer.

- How much did you make last
year as a freelance designer?

- Last year was a
difficult year for me.

I made very little.

What did you live on?

I receive a monthly
check from my father.

- Did not your father inform
you that it was time for you

to start making a living?

Don't you think I want that?

- Isn't the reason you're
up here today testifying

on behalf of your brother the
fact that the checks

finally stopped?

- Believe it or not,
Daddy, I have tried

to make my way in the world.

- I ask that the
witness be direct--

- I have tried to have a
skill and a life and maybe

even a family of my own.

So far, I haven't
been too successful.

- Mr. Rossignol--

- Have you ever
thought that maybe

you had something to do with
how hard all of this is for me?

- The witness will confine
her remarks to answering

the question she's been--

- I am not here because
the checks stopped.

I'm here because I know what it
did to me being your daughter,

and I know what it did to
my brother being your son.

And of the two of you, he
needs my help more than you do.

I have no further questions.

- Here's the memorandum
in the Glassman.

The citations are at the end.

Jane, how's your health?

My health?

My health is fine.

- I-- I just find myself
thinking, what if it were me?

What if what's happening to
McKinsey were happening to me?

But it's not.

It could be.

It could be happening to me.

How horrible, you know?

Sickness is horrible.

I don't know.

Maybe it's mortality
itself that has me blue.

- I-- I just keep
thinking, is this it?

Is this all there is?

In another 23 years, I'm
going to be McKinsey's age.

That's no time at all.

Your entire life happens
in a wink of an eye.

On the other hand, when
you're dead, that's it.

You're dead.

- There are those of us
who believe otherwise.

Do you believe otherwise?

Yes.

You actually believe it?

You-- you don't get up in
the middle of the night

with cold sweats thinking
that you might be sick

or that you might be dying?

Sure I do.

I have moments of fear and
panic just like anyone else.

So what do you do?

I go to church.

- Do you think that
I might tag along

with you sometime so
that I might receive

some of that same comfort?

I'm going tomorrow night.

You're more than welcome.

[rustling]

- You, know, Rosalie,
I was thinking

about what you had to say about
the money for the horse, and--

and I was thinking that maybe
we could afford it anyway.

Benny, I pay the bills.

You don't pay the bills.

We can't afford it.

Well, I wear the pants.

I wear pants too sometimes.

I'm calling the shots.

I'm flying the plane.

- Benny, what are
you talking about?

- I'm talking about--

about whose feet hit the
floor first in the morning.

- Well, mine do because
I make you breakfast.

- But I'm the one who
goes to work, Rosalie.

- Well, I used to work, but--

and you told me to quit.

- I'm the one going
to work now, Rosalie.

That means that-- that I make--

I make the decisions.

[cabinet bangs]

Here's the bank book.

Make the decision!

- Mr. Schoen, did you in
fact terminate your son's

employment from Schoen Limited?

Yes, I did.

- Would you please
tell us why you did so?

- I did so for a
variety of reasons.

There were financial
irregularities,

to put it politely, and
he was passing himself

off as the head of the company.

- To whom did he represent
himself as the head

of the company, Mr. Schoen?

- Oh, Tobias from Bloomingdale's
and Filene's and Carson Pirie

Scott, to a factory
owner in Hong Kong,

to the district manager
from the International

Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.

Is that enough?

And how did you find out that
he had so represented himself?

People told me.

Objection.

Hearsay.

Oh, people didn't tell me?

- Mr. Schoen, permit me
to rule on the objection

before you respond.

My apologies.

- I'm going to allow it for
the fact of the utterance only.

Proceed.

- It's been testified
to by your son

that you assured
him you would step

down and turn the
company over to him

when you reached the age of 70.

Is that true?

- Well, that was never
meant to be unconditional.

It was understood to be
if circumstances permit.

Circumstances don't permit.

If I thought he was capable,
if I thought he was honorable,

I would have done it, and I
would have done it happily.

But I did not
build this business

so that he could destroy it.

I have nothing further.

- Is it your contention, sir,
that your son is incompetent?

- He is competent
to be a salesman.

He is competent to
work in a showroom.

He is not competent
to run a company.

- Do you dispute the
fact that all decisions

pertaining to the
so-called Ma Bay line

were made by Harold Schoen?

That's one line.

Yes or no, Mr. Schoen?

Yes, he ran that line.

- Would you characterize
that line as successful?

- He was in the right
place at the right time.

Once.

You measure success in
this business over decades.

- Would it be fair
to say, sir, that you

have some difficulty when it
comes to relinquishing control?

- I have difficulty when
it comes to betrayal.

That's with customers.

That's with partners.

And that's with children.

I have no further questions.

- You're going to put a
knife in my back, Harold?

Not while I'm still breathing.

[music playing]

[knocking]

Come.

- Leland, I need to
talk to you as both

your partner and your friend.

- Douglas, let me
stop you right there.

I'm not interested in
discussing my condition.

Why not?

- Because I don't
choose to do so.

- People are concerned.
- Well, I can't help that.

- Well, I don't understand
why you can't be a little more

forthcoming with information.

I know that if it were me, I'd
be offering up some details.

Is this something
that's likely to require

extended hospitalization.

Is surgery indicated?

A surgery contraindicated?

Is the condition susceptible
to treatment with medication?

Don't keep the
shrouded in mystery.

Tell me what's going on.

- What's going on
is that I'm dying.

Now, how much more
do you need to know?

[horses neighing]

They're at the far turn.

The exercise boy
is going to start

the workout at the 3/8 pole.

How does he look?

- I can see the
freeway from here.

Give me those.

Yeah!

Right there.

Come on!

Look at the run.

Come on!

Look at that animal run.

Here he comes.

[rapid hoof-beats]

Oh, wow.

- It takes your breath
away, doesn't it?

- That animal is 100%
sound, Mr. Nuzzi.

Let's see.

That's what the veterinarian's
going to tell us, Mr. Pelt.

Believe me, he is sound.

- What we're doing is we're
getting the horse examined

before we decide to buy him.

We want to see if he's healthy.

Too bad he can't talk.

What do you think, Doc?

- His legs are clean,
and his joints are cold.

And he jogs sound.

Think he can run on the turf?

- Guess you'll find
that out tomorrow.

You passing him, Doc?

Yeah, I'm passing him.

- So you won't mind just
training them from now on, huh?

Not at all.

For that $12,000, you and
your, uh, partner there,

you get to be the masterminds.

- And in the paddock
tomorrow before the race,

we get to give the
jockey the instructions.

- No reason that
Eddie D. can't ignore

you as good as he ignores me.

We got a deal?

What do you say, Ben?

You're in or you're out.

[sighs]

[chicken coos]

I'm in.

[music playing]

What did he say?

It's not good.

He said that he's dying.

Is that all?

That's all he would say.

- Douglas, of what possible
use to us is this information?

What do you mean?

- I mean, we're trying to
piece together a diagnosis.

To say that he's
dying is meaningless.

We're-- we're all dying.

- Stuart, Leland doesn't
want to talk about this.

- Well, I hate to say this,
Ann, but maybe Leland is

being a little overly dramatic.

[gasps] How can you say that?

- I can say it because I have
a little perspective, Ann.

He has prostate cancer.

Now, based on everything we
know about prostate cancer,

his condition is
quite manageable.

Given his age, statistically,
he'll probably die of something

other than prostate cancer.

There's no metastasis, Ann--

I don't think.

You don't think.

- What we need,
Douglas, are details.

- Well, why don't you
just march in there

and tell that to Leland?

Well, maybe I will.

I think you should.

I think you should go in there
and tell him you need details.

- Believe me, I'm
going to go to him,

and I'm going to get details.

Let us know.

Juan Rosario, por favor.

[chatter]

Mrs. Ethel Britt?

- Leland-- McKenzie?

Yes.

[chatter]

I'll be 65 this Thursday.

That's why I'm here.

Birth certificate?

- I don't have a
birth certificate.

I do have a copy of my
discharge certificate

from the United
States Air Force.

Will that suffice?

Married?

- Yes-- oh, widower.

Wife's death certificate?

Yeah.

Copy of that.

Children?

No.

- Do you make in excess
of $11,160 a year.

Yes.

- $1 will be deducted from your
benefits for every $3 in income

until you reach age 70.

- I was primarily interested
in Medicare benefits.

This lists medical.

This lists hospital.

All right.

- You'll be contacted
within 60 days.

Is that it?

That's it.

Thank you.

Have a nice day.

I beg your pardon?

Have a nice day.

Thank you.

[car horn]

- Have you ever
been present when

your son willfully disobeyed
instructions given to him

by his father.

- You have to
understand something.

These are both
headstrong individuals,

and sometimes Harold was
a little too headstrong.

He'd do things he
shouldn't have done.

Like what?

- Well, he'd-- he hired people.

He-- he-- he signed work orders.

He promised delivery
dates for buyers.

Well, these were things
that-- that his father needed

to-- to-- to approve
of, and Harold would

do them without his approval.

- Did you ever know your son
to malign his father while

in the presence of others?

- He said things I thought
he shouldn't have said, yes.

- Did you ever
confront him about it?

Yes.

- And what, if anything,
did he say in response?

- He said that it was time
that he should be in charge

of the business, and
it was time that his--

for his father to retire.

I have nothing further.

Thank you.

- What did you do
when your son told you

it was time he was in charge?

- I said that we had a
family business, that one

day he would be in charge.

- And did you inform your
husband of this discussion?

- My role was to
keep things calm.

I didn't see the
need to say anything.

- Your son has enjoyed a
considerable amount of success

this past year, hasn't he?

Yes, he has.

Were you pleased about that?

Of course.

Was your husband pleased?

- Yes.
- Was he really?

Objection.

Asked and answered.

Sustained.

- Isn't it a fact that when the
Ma Bay line proved successful,

your husband did everything he
could to sabotage that success?

No.

Isidore wants his
children to succeed.

He wants for them to be happy.

- How much did he want
it for his daughter?

- Objection-- irrelevant.

Overruled.

Mrs. Schoen?

- He wants Laura to be
happy the same way I do.

- Did your daughter really
leave because she was lazy,

Mrs. Schoen?

- You know, you have no
right to ask me to do this.

Isn't what happened that she
left because your husband so

denigrated both her and
her work that she was

hospitalized with
what was described as,

quote, "nervous exhaustion"?

Objection.

The witness is in
absolutely no position

to offer up expert
psychiatric testimony.

- But the witness can
testify as to whether or not

her daughter was hospitalized.

The objection is overruled.

The witness can answer.

Yes, she was hospitalized.

I have no further questions.

- Look what you've
done to us, Isidore.

The witness can step down.

- This court is in recess
till 2:00 this afternoon.

[coughing]

You'll excuse us for a minute.

We will have to put
her back on the stand.

What for?

- I came up like a
Nazi to listen to her.

You have to undo that.

How?

I have to tell my lawyer how?

- Isidore--

- I will speak to my
wife this evening.

Tomorrow morning, you will tell
her what you wanted to say.

She will take the
witness stand and say it.

- I'm not going to
do that, Isidore.

- What do you mean,
you're not going to do it?

Just what I said.

I don't think she did
you that much harm.

But even if I thought she
did, I'm not about to suborn

perjury to overcome it.

- Well, you're going to
do what I tell you to do.

- Mr. Schoen, I am
not your son, and I'm

not going to do what
my best legal judgment

tells me not to do.

Then you're fired.

Then I'm fired.

- (SINGING) The wicked
oppressing the seed from its--

sing praises to his name.

He forgets not his own.

He tries to guide us--

You all right?

I'm scared.

What are you scared of?

I'm scared to die.

- And I guess going to
church didn't help, huh?

- Jane, for the first
time since I've known you,

I want to be perfectly truthful.

My interest in coming
to church, just

like my interest in
reading the Bible,

it's just a means to an end.

My real interest has always
been getting in the sack.

Gee, really?

- I know, but I was
sitting in there just now,

and I realized, I shouldn't
be pretending when

it comes to things like this.

No, you probably shouldn't be.

On the other hand,
Jesus doesn't need

for your heart to be
pure in order for you

to take comfort from.

- You're not allowed
to do that, Jane,

not allowed to lead
this miserable life

and then start
asking for comfort

just because you're terrified.

Yes, you are.

- (SINGING) The wicked
oppressing the seed from its--

sing praises to his name.

He forgets not his own.

Amen.

[water flowing]

Hey, Stuart.

- Leland-- uh, Leland?

What gives?

What are you referring to?

- I'm referring to
your medical problem.

- Well, I think I've
said all I intend

to about my medical problem.

- Well, forgive
me, Leland, but is

it possible you're being a
little obsessively closed

mouthed about this?

- There's nothing
obsessive about it.

I don't care to
discuss my condition.

- Leland, most people
would be willing to provide

a little more information for
their loved ones, you know?

Besides, what's the
big mystery, Leland?

You have prostate cancer.

But you were out of
the office one week.

That means you had a
transurethral resection.

If you had had a higher
degree of metastasis,

that means they would have
required a suprapubic.

And if they had
required a suprapubic,

you would have been out of
the office two weeks minimum.

From where I'm standing,
this is pretty good news.

All I want is a
little more specifics.

- Stuart, what the hell
are you talking about?

- I'm talking about the
most commonly recommended

alternative surgical
procedures for prostate cancer

and what each one implies.

I don't have prostate cancer.

What are you talking about?

I don't have prostate cancer.

Now, what part of that
don't you understand?

- Douglas told me you
went in for an examination

of the prostate and
they found something.

That's right.

That's what I told him.

And what they found, since
you're intent on specifics,

was a level III melanoma located
in the region of my groin.

While there is
presently no indication

of distant metastasis,
the likelihood

is that within five
years I'll be dead.

- Now, does that
satisfy your curiosity?

I had no idea.

That was by design.

What's your problem?

They're here.

[door slams]

- I got to be there
in 20 minutes.

Harold.

Hi.

Counselor, Leland McKenzie.

Sharon Cummings.

I guess the first
question I want to ask

is, if you're fired as
counsel, why are we here?

- We're here to explore the
possibility of a settlement.

Is my father here?

He's not here yet.

He'll be here.

What are you offering?

What are you looking for?

- Reinstatement, back pay
with interest, money damages.

- I can get you reinstatement,
no back pay, no money damages.

That's not going to do it.

- Harold, I suspect that
in some hidden corner,

you are profoundly
grateful to have hit 40

with your father still alive.

Yeah, so?

- So maybe you ought
to do what you can

to preserve the relationship.

- Leland, he's the
one who terminated me.

Why don't you go talk to him?

I will talk to him.

But right now, I'm
talking to you.

See, I've known you
both a long time.

I know all about how
difficult and unreasonable

your father can be.

I also know that you
are exactly like him.

- Given I feel that the trial
is going extremely well for us,

I'm compelled to ask why
my client would take a deal

like the one you're offering.

- Because the day is fast
approaching when his father

will no longer be here.

- That's a factor the legal
process isn't meant to take

into account, Mr. McKenzie.

- No, but it's a factor he
should take into account.

You should.

Come on.

He's going to live forever.

Is he?

Isidore.

I'm listening.

I want to broker a deal.

- Is that because Mr. Levinson
doesn't have the stomach

to do what is needed in court?

- No, no, it's
because Mr. Levinson

is smart enough to know
what can't be done in court.

- We feel as though it's
possible for this dispute

to be resolved
between the parties.

- What exactly do
you think is going

to happen to make it possible?

- We think you might
come to your senses.

I should come to my senses.

You and your son both.

- What do you propose
I do reinstate your son

and increase his pay by 20%.

Why would I want to do that?

- To not reinstate him
makes absolutely no sense.

He can make $200,000 a year
more working for anyone else,

and your business can't
afford to lose him.

As to the pay
raise, your children

are getting everything anyway.

What difference does it make?

- Lest you've forgotten,
I drew your will.

The truest indication of your
feelings toward your children

is the fact that you have
not changed that will.

- I bring him back,
I become the old man.

I'll come in every morning,
I'll sit, I'll have a coffee,

I'll read the
obituaries, and I'll

talk to anyone who will listen.

It'll happen,
Leland, I've seen it

happen to men who were giants.

Then it happens.

There are worse fates.

Where is he?

Please send them in.

- The people who indulge
you are the people

you need to have around you.

You drive them away,
you have nothing.

Well, gentlemen, where are we?

You want to come back to work?

I don't know.

What are the arrangements?

- Same arrangements-- only you
run your own line by yourself.

What about back pay?

- He and I will
work out the money.

- I thought that's what
the lawyers were for.

- If they can work
it out themselves,

I'm in favor of the lawyers
staying out of the way.

- Come on, let's
go back to work.

[thud]

[door closes]

[phones ringing]

They came with you?

Oh, we came on our own.

So?

We're fine.

Come on.

[music playing]

Come on, I'll buy you dinner.

OK.

[humming]

[vacuum buzzes]

What's that?

This is what we won.

Well, we have to get ready.

How much?

- We won $24,000
on the bet, and--

and we have another $9,000
coming when we get the purse.

[gasps] He won, Rosalie!

It went just like
Dominic said it would.

He came out of that last turn,
and he went out ahead in front

of all the horses, and he won.

- Well, I guess whatever
Dominic says goes, then.

I don't think that.

- Is that your money,
or is it our money?

Well, it's our money.

Well, then give me a kiss!

Ba-da bing!

[giggles]

What time is it?

- It's three minutes to 8:00.
[drink pouring]

They should be here.

You know what?

- There's one part we
neglected to mention.

Oh, what's that?

- Well, in the drafting of the
settlement, we need to consider

how we want Harold's--

Shh.

I got it you covered.

- Leland, I just want to
say, you did a hell of a job

today with those two people.

Well, thank you.

I just thought I'd mention it.

Surprise!

(SINGING) Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday, dear Leland,
happy birthday to you.

Make a wish.

- Get them all.
- Hey!

Hey!

[applause]

Woo!

Speech.

- Well I--

I appreciate the effort.

I'm not sure that
it was necessary.

It is your birthday.

- Oh, yes, and I thank
you for remembering it.

Here's some champagne for you.

Here's to you, Leland.

I'm sorry to seem ungracious.

I know you're all
concerned about me,

and I know you were all
thrown by my bit of news.

When you ambushed me in the
men's room, Mr. Markowitz,

to interrogate me
about my condition,

you chided me for not
providing my loved

ones with more information.

Now, that's a term
that is generally

used to describe members
of one's immediate family.

It was used deliberately.

I know.

I know it was.

And in that you
are my loved ones,

I would ask you to
understand my leaving.

The truth is that I've found
a new understanding of why

my old dog, my setter,
went off by himself

when it was time to die.

Facts of my life are
that I too am alone,

and I believe that the time
has come for me to accept that.

But you have us.

I know that, Rosalie.

And I'm grateful for it.

Then how come you're leaving?

Because I think it's time.

Forgive me, I disagree.

It's not time.

You have a place here.

You have work here.

You have a group of people
here who, however much time you

have left, however
much time we have left,

who want you around
for every single day

that we are lucky
enough to have you.

- It's not time
you left, Leland.

It's time when it's time.

If you have to, think about it.

It's not time.

You're also not alone.

Yeah, that's right, Leland.

Your setter was alone.

Right.

[laughter]

- You know, the truth
is that, as much

as we want you to stay with
us, you might want to leave.

You want to go around the world.

You might want to
attend to something

other than the practice of law.

Should that be the
case, I wish you well.

I will have gone through this
life having had two fathers,

and for that, I am
profoundly grateful.

- Well, I want you to stay
here, stay here with us.

- I'm sure that you
undoubtedly have dibs, Arnold,

but the fact is I may
not be vacating my office

at the end of the month.

That's fine.

Can we get a toast?

Absolutely.

[spoons hitting glass]

Here's to you, Leland.

Here's to us all.

[sentimental music]

[music playing]

[fanfare]