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Ms. Lamb, the United States
Government is deeply saddened

by what happened
to your client's wife.

Oh, is that why you're
trying to shut us up?

Why you had us slapped with
a gag order the day we filed?

I thought we were
here to talk settlement.

Alright. What's your offer?

- A hundred thousand.
- That's insulting!

No admission of liability,
the case stays sealed.

And nobody will ever know what
happened to Catherine Phillips?

Forget it.

You're obligated to discuss

this with your client.

Oh, I will.

And he'll be as
disgusted as I am.

You put Louis Videro,
a dangerous criminal,

into your Witness
Protection Program.

C.J.: You locate him in a
residential neighborhood

where he brutally murders
an innocent woman.

And now you offer her husband
a hundred thousand dollars

to buy him off?

You people are really something!

Before you reject this,
I'd think about a few things.

Such as?

The national interest.

We're fighting a war
against drugs, Ms. Lamb.

The Witness Protection
Program is a vital weapon.

Reisman: We'd appreciate your
cooperation.

I don't believe
I'm hearing this.

We do not appreciate people
who work against our interest.

Reisman: One like you could
have immigration problems.

And then there's your...

unorthodox lifestyle.

Is that a threat?

Not at all.

I'm merely pointing
out the facts.

The system works best

when we all work together.

Let's get something clear.

My client is not
going to be bought off

and I am not
gonna be scared off.

Catherine Phillips is dead

because of the government's
negligence.

And you are going
to be held accountable.

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Where is Tommy Mullaney?

McKenzie: He's running late,

according to his assistant.

Brackman: For the second time,

this week. Next up.

The James Phillips
vs. United States of America.

Did I hear rumblings
of a settlement?

We turned them down.

Are you out of your mind?

Kelsey:
I agree with her, Douglas.

The Government
didn't supervise Videro.

This case is worth
at least ten times their offer.

But they're claiming immunity.

You know they're
gonna beat this.

Rollins: But if there's gross
negligence,

you can get around immunity.
Maybe.

Kelsey: Can you
get Videro to testify?

C.J.: No.

He pled guilty to the murder.

He's in prison now
and he won't cooperate.

The Government's
moved to dismiss against us,

but the judge
wants a full hearing.

It doesn't matter.
The case is a loser.

If we accept the
Government's offer, Douglas,

we'll be telling them it's
okay to conduct business

any damned way they choose,
regardless of the consequences.

I admire your principles.

It's your judgement I question.

Well, let's bear in mind that

there's a gag order
in place here.

Not a word of this is
to leave the room.

Underscored. We
can't afford the fines.

- Moving along--
Roxanne: Excuse me.

But you wanted
to know when Arnie was on.

Rollins: It's today?
Markowitz: Oh, yeah.

He's gonna keep on
debuting until he gets it right.

[all laughs]

Arnold, coast to coast.

It's a terrifying thought.

Rollins: I'll say.

male narrator:
Is the place to be!

We'll have a live
report in half an hour.

female reporter:
That's it for the news. Brooks?

Thanks, Kelly.

And now we're pleased to welcome

Attorney Arnold Becker,

Brooks: who'll be demystifying

the legal process for us.

Arnie, it's
good to have you here.

Good to be here, Brooks.

He's such a natural.

No offense,
but I think most of us

would rather go to the dentist

than a lawyer. Why is that?

Well, most people only think
that you go to a dentist

when you're in pain or to
a lawyer when you're in trouble.

Except really,
a lawyer can quite

often be a
preventative to trouble.

But it's not just that, is it?

It's also a question of ethics.

Well, there is a perception
that some attorneys

act more in their own best
interests than their clients'.

Dragging out a case with

endless depositions
to increase billable hours.

"Star" lawyers more interested
in promoting themselves

than their client's case.

Exactly.

Brooks: And, yet, you yourself

released a video casette,
didn't you?

"Arnold Becker's
Do-It-Yourself Divorce."

Uh, yeah. Yes, I did, uh...

Becker: Precisely, because
I wanted to reach out to people

who normally
don't go to lawyers.

Uh, legal service has
increasingly

become a privilege of the rich.

And I wanted
to provide a service

to the disenfranchised
middle class.

Maybe you should
just lower your fees instead.

[chuckles]

I'll keep that in mind, Brooks.

And we'll be back, after...

I haven't seen this kind
of rapport since Sonny and Cher.

[credits music on TV]

[door opens]

[indistinct chatter]

Scotch rocks.

[pouring alchohol]

[distant car honks]

Nice work, Arnie.

What was all
that stuff about my video?

That wasn't in the script.

No. I like to keep it
spontaneous.

A little conflict
gooses the ratings

and we brought you in
to be provocative, right?

You didn't think I was serious?

No, no, of course not.

Good! I knew we were
gonna have fun together.

It was about 11 o'clock
on a Sunday night.

Philips:
We had just been out to dinner.

Philips: And Cathy said--
- Your wife.

Philips: Yes. Cathy said that

she needed some money
for the week...

so we stopped in...

a drive-in cash machine, and...

I-- I didn't even
see the guy at first.

But when I reached
for the money, he was there.

He had a gun. And I-- I could
tell that he was...

loaded on something.

And I talked to him, I...

told him not to panic,

that he could have every cent.

And then what happened,
Mr. Phillips?

He shot me...

in the chest.

And the pain was unbelievable.

[Philips stammers]
I guess I blacked out.

And...

when I came to...

I heard Cathy screaming.

She was begging for him to stop.

I tried to get out of the car,

but I-- I couldn't move.

He was hurting her and...

I was totally helpless.

And then what happened?

And then I-- I pulled
myself up and...

I fell on the horn.

[scoffs]

That was all I could do.

I don't know how long it
was before the police got there.

I-- I just remember...

a paramedic telling me
that I was lucky.

I was gonna be okay.

And your wife?

Well, she was dead.

He beat her to death.

[gasps] He crushed her skull.

Phillips: Her face
was unrecognizable.

And he'd raped her.

Yeah.

The police apprehended
the man that night?

Philips: Yes. They caught him

trying to sell...

a gold bracelet that I'd
given Cathy for our anniversary.

Uh... I--- I identified him
the next day.

Were you notified
of a trial date?

Yeah. The D.A. told
me that they had everything

they needed to send
him to the gas chamber.

- Objection, hearsay!
- I'll allow it.

And-- and then all of
a sudden, they're telling me

there's not
going to be any trial.

Why was that?

Philips: Because of
the Federal government.

Videro had testified for them

in some big drug trial
back east and they...

owed him.

The next thing
I knew Videro was gone.

Thank you.

Mr. Phillips,

let me say how genuinely sorry

we all are for the
loss you've suffered.

Oh, that's great.

I can understand your anger.

When someone you love has been
the victim of random violence,

it helps to have
someone to blame.

No, you're not getting
off the hook that easy!

The man who committed the crime
is being punished, isn't he?

He pleaded guilty
and he's serving a life sentence

without the
possibility of parole.

In a private cell w-- with
a stereo and a V.C.R.!

Mr. Videro is in solitary
confinement

for his own protection.

And what about her?

She's the U.S. attorney,
for God's sake.

She put Videro in the program!

She was supposed to make
sure they were watching him!

Mr. Phillips, neither Miss
Copeland nor the United States

Government is responsible
for the death of your wife.

No. She knew what he was!

Philips: She did not do her job!
- Your Honor--

No, I'm sick of you
trying to shut me up!

Mr. Phillips, please--

That animal beat my
wife to death!

He killed her
with his bare hands.

How can you let that happen?

How can you do that
to innocent people?

[somber music]

Bless me Father for
I have sinned.

It's been two years since
my last confession.

And what are your sins, my son?

I, uh...

I shot somebody.

And I killed him.

How come you're movin' so fast?

[telephone ringing]
I got a "B" and "E" at nine.

Don't... answer it.

I've got two witnesses
I haven't even met yet

and one arresting officer out
sick with a kidney stone.

Could you do my zipper, please?

Zoe on answering machine:
Hey, it's Zoe.

I'm praying to plead this one,

I do not want to try this case.

Mullaney: Hey, Zoe.

When you've got a minute
give me a call, please. Thanks.

When was the last time
you talked to Tommy?

Ah, last week.

He's been a little
incommunicado lately.

Ah, it's more than that.

Something's wrong with him.

What do you mean?

Ah, he's been agitated at work.

Missing court deadlines.

Ever since... you know.

Damn, I don't see how you
can still sleep in this room--

Wait, wait, wait. Agitated, how?

Short temper...

erratic.

If you ask me I think he could
use a little professional help.

Becker: Jim, I'm only in
New York for half a week.

I have to have another
researcher for this interview.

I can't just-- oh, ah, hold on,
I got another call.

Hello?

Yeah, Gwen, I'm on... what?

No, no, I can't depose then,

I've got a settlement
conference.

O-- okay, okay. Hold on,
hold-- hold on.

Why don't you
switch the Markham to...

Friday at 11,

dump Dreiberg to
Thursday at nine

and see if you can't juggle
the Monday schedule

somehow to accommodate Lawton.

Great! Okay thank you.

Jim, yeah. Listen,
I'm going to have to move that

wardrobe meeting to Wednesday,
something just came up.

Right. Oh, thank you!

Okay. Bye-bye.

Great.

Which do you like better,
the jade or the teal?

Oh, I don't care.
Either one's fine.

You must have some preference!

Rox, I really don't have
time for this right now.

Right, like you didn't have time

to look at
wallpaper for the den,

so now you make gagging
noises every time you go in.

Arnie, we both live here,

we both have
to make these decisions.

Rox, in two days,
I have to do a major interview.

I'm not Phil Donahue, I can't
pull this stuff out of thin air.

And I can't afford to screw up.

Look at this.

"Arnold Becker, in
his debut, is so stiff

someone should be drawing
chalk lines around his body."

Roxanne: It's one bad review.
- One is all it takes.

Becker: My God, in this business
they don't even give you a week!

The sharks are circling,
there's blood in the water.

If I blow it again,
I'm bone meal.

Arnie, this is crazy.

I only see you four days a week

and-- and then for only an
hour or two, at most.

You're not a boyfriend,
you're a-- a rumor.

You think I like this?
You think I enjoy spending

three nights a week in a hotel

eating all that
great airline food,

careening down 5th Avenue

with a Kamikaze cab driver?

Yes, I do think you like it!

I think the crazier it gets,

the-- the more exciting,

the more glamorous you find it.

That is ridiculous.

That is so ridiculous.

I gotta go.
I'll see you tonight.

Arnie!

Copeland:
The war on drugs isn't just

some P.R. catchphrase.

It's very real.
If we're going to win it,

we need men like Louis Videro.

- There's no other way?
- Sometimes we get lucky.

A wire tap or...

an informant's tip
pays off, but...

in most cases,
if we want a conviction,

we need the testimony of someone
who's been on the inside.

Now, this is an organization
shrouded in secrecy.

Until Videro, our ability
to infiltrate was zero.

And with his testimony?

To date, we've secured

the convictions of
Raphael Ramirez,

Cesar Rivera and Felix Quintana.

Three individuals responsible
for importing and selling over

twenty million
dollars' worth of cocaine

a month in the United States.

Short of offering him
a new identity or relocation,

was there any other means of
securing Videro's cooperation?

In their own country,
Columbian drug bosses

think nothing of murdering
police, judges,

even a presidential candidate,

anyone who dares to oppose them.

Without protection, Videro would
never have agreed to testify

and... I can't blame him.

But in the end, Ms. Copeland,
you're-- you're...

turning out a hardened
criminal on the street.

Every participant in
the program knows...

that their protection
stops if they commit a crime.

Reisman:
But there's still the risk?

Copeland: It's
the lesser of two evils.

Drugs and organized crime are
out of control in this country.

The public wants action.

We're being forced
to take calculated risks.

Like Louis Videro?

- Yes.
Reisman: Thank you.

C.J.: Calculated risk?

Robbery. Drug possession.

Aggravated assault.

Armed robbery. Rape.

This is the record
of a violent criminal.

Wasn't Videro about to be

charged with manslaughter
when he cut this deal with you?

Hadn't he beaten a man to death?

A rival drug dealer.

A human being.

You let him out and he
murdered again in the same way,

only this time it was
an innocent woman, wasn't it?

Louis Videro
is not some serial killer.

He went through hours
of psychological testing

before he was
admitted into the program.

And he passed all of them.

What do these tests measure?

His ability to cope
with loneliness and isolation.

That's it?

These are critical problems
facing a new witness--

Did you measure the likelihood

that he'd commit
another violent crime?

Not directly.

You really didn't care

about his psychological profile!

- Objection!
- Or his record.

- Objection!
- Or his violent nature!

Sustained.

All that mattered to you

was Videro's
testimony in your cases.

You didn't even care
about his drug use.

Videro was clean when
he came into the program.

Videro was in custody

when he came into your program.

But six months later,
a report was made to you...

by William Hopson, the
U.S. Marshall supervising him.

He caught Videro using cocaine.

It was a small amount.
On one occasion.

On one occasion that
you knew of.

C.J.: But it's still a crime,
isn't it, Ms. Copeland?

According to your own rules,
Videro should have been

thrown out of the program--

We have discretion there,

it's a judgment call.

If we terminated an individual

every time there's a minor
infraction,

there'd be no one
left in the program--

If you'd terminated him,

Catherine Phillips would still

be alive, wouldn't she?

There's no way we could've

predicted he'd kill someone!

Really? Ms. Copeland...

you took a man with
a terrifying history

of drugs mixed with
violence and murder.

C.J.: You gave him his freedom.

You knew he was
using drugs again.

And you say you couldn't
have predicted this?

What did you think
was going to happen?

The man self-destructed.

Your man self-destructed,
Ms. Copeland!

He was your man.

[indistinct chattering]

This is a nightmare. I'm gonna
be playing catch-up all night.

Alright, let me
have the bad news.

Preston vs. Comparsi?

I took care of
the filing on Monday.

Well, good, good.
Spencer vs. Menken?

I made sure the
discovery deadlines

were being satisfied.
No problem.

Oh, God, Jack Terry
is gonna be livid,

I haven't checked in
with him in weeks.

He's fine. I make a
point of it to call him

once a week to
give him an update.

Go ahead, let's hear it.

Hear what?

I'm presumptuous.
I'm meddling, I'm impertinent,

I'm taking liberties,
I'm overstepping my bounds

except somebody has to, Arnie.
You sure as hell--

Gwen... thank you.

- Excuse me?
- You're right.

I've been so frantic lately.

I've been letting things slide.

You've been bailing me out.

Thank you.

Who are you and what have
you done with the real Arnie?

Have you got a minute?

Come in.

I hear you've done some damage.

Not enough.

Do you still have
friends at Justice?

There are one or two
people who don't hate my guts.

[both chuckle]

Frank, I need your help.

Sit down.

Kitteredge:
I was hoping you'd come by.

I'd take a long, hard
look at what you're doing.

It could have
serious consequences.

You're a little late.
I've already

been through this with Reisman.

You're pointing out
their imperfections.

They don't like that.

Well, they've already
threatened to deport me

as undesirable.
What more can they do?

[chuckles softly]

"They" won't do anything.

But you might suddenly
develop tax problems.

The State Bar may get complaints

about your competence
or your morals.

And custody
proceedings can be revisited.

Well, I'm surprised you
left the Justice Department.

You sound like a true believer.

I was.

Till I got in their way.

It was only a minor cover-up.

A small operation in Jersey
welched on a defense contract.

We had them dead bang for fraud.

But when I began to investigate
it became apparent

that bribes have been
paid to some people

rather high up in Defense.

Word came down for me to take my
time on this one.

Then the press
found out somehow...

and I was fired.

I'm not backing off.

But, hey, [sighs]
thanks for the warning.

I understand why you can't help.

I didn't say that.

When you worked for them,
would you have

gone to all this trouble
to get me to settle?

Probably not.

Then, why are they?

[scrapping]

So you feedin' me, huh?

This is big.

You never made dinner
when we were married.

How would you know?

You never came home for it.

- Toosh.
- Toosh.

I gotta tell ya, though,

this brings it all back.

You sure as hell can't cook.

[chuckles]

Mm-mm.

Okay.

So, what's the point?

Word is you've
been acting strange.

"Word is?"
Where did you hear this?

From Jonathan, you
know where I heard it from.

[sighs] You've been...

You've been agitated
at work, he says.

So, do you think you should
talk to somebody about this?

Who?
Who am I gonna go to but you?

- Well, then talk to me--
- No, no.

You don't wanna
have this conversation.

You dont' wanna be sayin' out
loud what happened that night.

It was self-defense.

Yeah, that's a good answer.

I keep tellin' myself
the same thing.

I can almost believe it.

The man pulled a gun on you.

I made him pull the gun!

I baited him,
I forced him to draw the gun

so I could put a bullet in him
and call it self defense.

You know it. I know it.

- What I saw--
- Don't, Zo.

Don't.

You lying's only gonna
make me feel worse.

A, I don't regret it.

The psycho woulda come back,
he'd a been here to kill you.

Same situation all over,
I'd do it again.

Then why are you
beating yourself up about this?

Because I killed somebody!

I-- I hid in there with
my gun and I planned.

I wasn't thinkin'
about just woundin' him

or just gettin' him arrested.

Only thing going through my mind

was "don't miss."

I can't sleep, Zo.

I'm like afraid to, uh...

be alone with myself, I'm...

I know I did
the best thing, Zoey.

I gotta be able
to live with what I did--

- Absolutely! Absolutely!
- Yeah, absolutely.

So, why can't I?

[sighs]

[instrumental music]

Hey, Zo?

You up yet?

Listen, I'mma off
drop some stuff

and I'll just
swing by after wor--

Jonathan? [gasps]

Jonathan!

Jonathan! Jonathan!

[breathing heavily]
Oh, God.

Oh God, this is great.

[gasping]

[sighs]

Brooks:
We're back with Arnold Becker,

legal affairs correspondent,
and his guest,

celebrated divorce
attorney John Caplan.

- Arnie?
- Thank you, Brooks.

And thank you for
being with us today, Mr. Caplan.

My pleasure.

I think it's safe to say

that all of us in family law

respect and admire your
work in the field.

At the same time you
are a controversial figure.

I should hope so.

- I've worked at it.
- He-he.

You represented Barbara
Geller in her palimony action

against financier
Robert McClure.

Some people were
dismayed at your tactics,

particularly your
public revelations of...

Mr. McClure's
sexual peccadilloes.

Ah, well, my tactics

may have been in
questionable taste, perhaps,

but there was nothing
unethical about them.

Caplan: If Mr. McClure was
so foolish as to be

careless about his
sexual indiscretions,

he can't complain when
it's used against him.

He deserves what he gets.

Arnie? May I?

Mr. Caplan do you
regard it as ethical

for an attorney to have a sexual
relationship with his client?

[scoffs] Well, I certainly
think it's ill-advised.

But not unethical?

A woman puts her
trust in her attorney,

and he violates that trust

for his own pleasure?

What do you think, Arnie?

I can see how it might occur,

but ultimately it does
present a conflict of interest.

Of course, in certain cases,

I can see where it might uh...

be a-- a violation of
trust, as you put it.

But didn't you, in fact, have

just such a sexual relationship

with Barbara Geller?

Not until after the trial.

Brooks: I have statements
from a desk clerk at a hotel

in Santa Barbara
attesting to the fact

that you and Ms. Geller
checked in there

on May 11th, 1989,
three weeks into the trial.

That was a strategy session-

You stayed overnight
in the same room.

What kind of strategy
were you discussing?

That is none of
anyone's business

but mine and Ms. Geller's--

And possibly the State Bar's.

If a man is foolish enough

to be careless
about his indiscretions

doesn't he deserve what he gets?

Becker: You ambushed me!

I ambushed him.

And you helped me.

Well, why didn't you tell me?

It made for better television.
We're a great team.

You lulled him into complacency,
and I moved in for the kill.

Except you come off
as the great journalist,

I look like an amateur!

If that's what's best
for the show, yes!

Don't get me wrong, Arnie,
I like you,

but if I decide it's in the best
interests of the show

to deliver your
lines standing on one foot

and whistling
Dixie, you'll do it!

Are we clear?

[scoffs]

[knocks on door]

I owe you an apology.

You owe me nothing.

Nothing happened, Jonathan.

I was there because I was a mess

over the shooting and I...

I turned to Zoey.

And she was there for you.

It all worked out.

But nothing happened!

I crashed there, I slept there,

maybe I held
onto her like a baby,

but nothin' physical happened.

And she called to tell you last
night, you weren't pickin' up.

Well, then, it was all just
a misunderstanding then.

'Cause if she had just told me,
"Hey, Jonathan,

I'm sleeping
with my ex-husband tonight,"

then everything would be great.

- Jonathan--
- Hey, don't! Man...

I wanna be mature about this.

I'm late, I gotta go.

[distant phone ringing]

[distant chattering]

Mr. Hopson, when did you
first meet Louis Videro?

In '89, just after he
came into the program.

I was the U.S. Marshall
assigned to supervise him.

And what did
that function entail?

Hopson:
I found him an apartment,

I helped him get furniture

and phone service

and I helped him look for a job.

In your estimation,

was he making the adjustment?

He had his ups and downs,
he couldn't find a job.

But, um, overall, he
was doing pretty well.

What about Ms. Lamb's contention

that the one drug incident

should have alerted you that

something more serious

was going to happen?

Like he was gonna go out

and commit a murder? No way.

Hopson: You've got to understand
the people in this program.

Most of them have had
lifestyles you wouldn't believe.

Cars. Money. Women.

Then suddenly they're alone.
Stuck in a suburb.

Bored out of their minds.

Some guys'll take a drink.

Videro did a little coke.

That's not to say we ignored it.

What action did you take?

We stepped up supervision.

I had a talk with Videro.

I told him,
one more episode like that

and Ms. Copeland would
throw him out of the program.

Thank you. Your witness.

No random testing?

- No drug counseling?
- No.

So you really thought a warning

and increased supervision
would be sufficient?

Without our protection, Videro
was a dead man and he knew it.

That's strong
incentive to stay clean.

Yeah, but it wasn't
enough, was it?

He was high the night
he murdered Catherine Phillips.

Do you know
where he got the drugs?

No. Not for sure.

C.J.: Do you know
where he got the gun?

No.

Mr. Hopson, you said

you increased supervision.

C.J.: Just how closely were
you watching him?

Look, I've been doing
this work for 15 years.

I've supervised 60,
70 guys. I'm not a rookie.

Mr. Hopson...

what does the name
Cindy Black mean to you?

Objection, irrelevant!

I will show
relevance, Your Honor.

Reisman:
Your Honor, this is extremely

sensitive information that
threatens

the security of
the Witness Protection Program!

Overruled.

You've got your gag
order, Mr. Reisman.

This courtroom is sealed.

The witness will answer.

Cindy Black was a prostitute.

Hopson:
It's my understanding that

Videro was one of her clients.

And you knew this because

an informant told you, correct?

I didn't ask Ms. Copeland,

I asked you.

Why did your informant
tell you about Louis Videro

and Cindy Black?

Because Cindy Black was
murdered.

In fact, she was beaten
to death, wasn't she?

Your Honor!

The plaintiff would like to

recall Lisa Copeland.

Isn't it possible,
even probable,

Louis Videro
murdered Cindy Black?

She was a prostitute,
she knew hundreds of men.

Any one of them
could've done it.

Ms. Black was beaten to death

the same way
Videro murdered before.

So? Prostitutes die
that way all the time.

Did Louis Videro
kill all of them?

Did you at least notify
local law enforcement

that Videro might be
a possible suspect?

No. We conducted our own

thorough investigation and
concluded Videro was innocent.

You conducted an
investigation...

without access to the body,
the coroner's report

or any other evidence?

There was absolutely
no hard evidence

tying Videro to this murder.

There was plenty of
circumstantial evidence.

C.J.:
You knew Black was probably

turning tricks with Videro.

That doesn't mean he killed her.

That she was probably

selling him drugs

and that he had a history

of violence. But you kept it

all to yourselves to protect
the credibility of your witness.

- Objection! This is a speech.
- Sustained.

Another murder might've
tainted his testimony

and that could've
jeopardized your drug cases--

Reisman: Your Honor!
- Move on, Ms. Lamb.

So... in spite
of Cindy Black's murder,

you never considered removing
Videro from the program?

As I said...

we'd cleared
him of any wrong-doing.

It was all part of the
bargain, wasn't it?

Two weeks after
Cindy Black's murder,

Videro kept his end.

He testified for you
in the Ramirez trial.

Yes.

C.J.: And two months after that,

he beat Catherine Phillips
to death.

How does it feel, Ms. Copeland,

knowing you could
have prevented her murder?

- Objection!
- Ms. Lamb, that's enough!

I have no more questions.

This is how
you deal with things?

You just don't
return phone calls?

Hey, after what I saw
there was nothing to say.

Clemmons: He was hurting,
Jonathan. He needed--

And his pain justifies
you sleeping with him?

I was not sleeping with him!

You were in the same bed,
he spent the night--

You know his state of mind,
for God's sake--

I don't care how much
he hurts, you understand?

I'm not-- I'm not gonna be
with anybody

whose relationship
with somebody else,

whatever the
hell it's supposed to be,

has them winding
up in bed together!

You selfish son of a bitch!

You got that right, baby.

When it comes to me
being involved with somebody,

I'm the most self-protecting

self-centered
bastard you'll ever meet!

- I'm leaving!
Rollins: You hurt me!

And I'm not going to
get in any deeper with you

and end up being hurt worse.

What happened last night
is not going to happen again.

Yes it will!
Zo, don't you understand?

You two still love each other.
You need each other.

- That's not true!
- It is! It is!

Rollins: It's true
and I can't handle it.

I can't be in this anymore.

I'm sorry.

Are you saying...
we're finished?

Yeah. We're finished.

[distant chattering]

I'll be right with you, honey.

Right. Morning.

Feldman: What do you want?
Just tell me. What you want?

Uh-huh. Oh, yeah.
Look, he is the attorney...

Tapman: He's a lightweight.

If I hadn't stepped in,

he would've let
Caplan off the hook...

Feldman: You haven't given
the poor guy a chance!

Tapman: I gave the lifestyle
corespondent a chance.

I gave the media critic
a chance.

I gave very one of your

club footed mutants a chance,

and what did they do?
Embarrass me!

Network suit: Okay, c'mon,
calm down!

Tapman: I will not

stand by and watch him

flush this show down the toilet!

I've put too many years
into it for that!

[exhales]

- Tough night?
- Bad morning.

I think I just
lost my innocence.

Oh, leave it to me, honey.

You'll be a virgin again

in no time.

Life in the war zone, huh?

Is it always this
bad around here?

Oh, Tapman and Ken have been

gunning for
each other all season.

See, Tapman wants Ken out,

so naturally everybody
Ken brings to the show

has to be wrong.

That explains a lot.

Yeah. So don't take it personal.

Well, I guess it happens.

The wrong guy in the
wrong place at the wrong time.

Arnie, baby, you are innocent!

Don't you know,
there are no accidents?

What do you mean?

You were God's gift to Tapman.

Everything he needed
to force a face-off with Ken.

Trust me on this, you
did not just drop into his lap.

Somebody planned this.

You watch. If Tapman
leaves first, he lost.

Now if Ken leaves
first, he's gone.

But if network leaves,

it's status quo, they'll
live to fight another day.

And if Ken goes, I go.

At the speed of light.

Everybody around here know about
this except me?

Everybody feels for you because

we all know you're a nice
guy and you don't deserve it.

Man: ...okay?

[sighs]

Sorry, honey.

You're toast.

How can the Government
claim they are not

responsible for the
murder of Catherine Phillips?

Because they didn't strike
the blows that killed her?

C.J.: Because they didn't
brutally

rape her before she died?

No, the Government did not

commit those horrible crimes.

But they made it possible

for Louis Videro to commit them.

They took a vicious criminal,

they gave him his freedom

and they protected him better

than they protected the innocent
people around him.

The Government had
two chances to prevent

the death of Catherine Phillips

but they chose not to.

They knew Videro
was back on drugs.

According to their own rules,

he should've been thrown
out of the program then...

but he wasn't.

Even when the U.S. Attorney

knew Videro might
have murdered a woman

still they did nothing.

They kept Louis Videro in
the Witness Protection Program

and it cost
Catherine Phillips her life.

Why does the Government
want the circumstances

of her murder kept secret?

Because the Government was
grossly negligent, Your Honor.

It acted with callous disregard
for the lives of its citizens.

But for that negligence...

Catherine Phillips
would still be alive.

Your Honor, if
you have any doubt

what the drug trade
is doing to this country

you've only to look
at our inner cities,

or any suburb, or small town.

Reisman: It's everywhere.

It's a national disaster.

It touches every
part of our society.

It drains our criminal justice
system, fills our prisons,

robs families of loved ones.

Delivers babies in
agony and addicted.

It destroys thousands, maybe
millions of peoples lives.

Without witnesses
like Louis Videro,

we have no hope of ever
stopping this drug trade.

It's a risk that must be taken.

This is a battle,

whose sole purpose

is to protect the
people of this nation.

People like Catherine Phillips.

The last thing we ever wanted
was for this war to claim her.

But, the sad fact is,

in any war...

there will be casualties.

I know you don't wanna talk
about this.

So I will just do
all the yappin'

and you could,
y'know, maybe just listen.

I do love and need Zoey...

more than I admit to
her or even myself,

a hell of a lot more than
I feel like admittin' to you.

Maybe you love her more,
I doubt it, but could be.

I know I know
her more than you do.

In and out of marriage
I know her pretty good,

and knowin' her...

I ain't ever seen her so happy

as since she started

hangin' around with you.

That's part of the reason
why I feel so threatened

is cause you and her feel right.

It's not that simple, Tommy.

Oh, yeah, it's definitely
that simple. You love her.

She loves you. Simple.

Mullaney:
Don't let go of her, Jonathan.

I could never
take your place, man.

Oh, you don't want my place.

You want yours.

Tom, don't you see,
part of the reason

you're even here right now

is that you still love her.

- Yeah, I do!
- You're not over--

And part of really
lovin' somebody

is wanting what
is best for that person.

I'm here now

'cause I know what's
best for Zoey is you.

I know you're hurt,

but let that woman get away...

then you'll know hurt.

[distant phone ringing]

Judge Hansen:
There's no question that

the government
was negligent here.

Any parent would treat
their child's drug use

with more concern
than that shown by

those supervising Louis Videro.

But in establishing
the Witness Protection Program,

Congress failed to
issue any guidelines

restricting the Justice
Department's operation.

From that, I must conclude

that they intended
to allow full discretion

in both the selection

and supervision
of these witnesses.

Under the law as it exists,

negligence, even
this gross negligence

isn't enough to sustain a claim.

And the plaintiff has
not shown that the government

intended to cause
Mrs. Phillips' death.

Therefore, I'm granting the

defendant's motion to dismiss.

As for this gag order,
I see nothing in this record

that jeopardizes the
Witness Protection Program

or threatens the lives of
its participants.

So I'm denying the
government's request

for a permanent injunction.

The order is hereby lifted

and this transcript
made part of the public record.

The parties are free
to talk to the press.

Your Honor, we move
for a stay pending appeal.

Opposed. Your Honor, we've
argued this over and over again.

I have no choice, Ms. Lamb.

The stay is granted.
Until a further ruling,

the gag order will
remain in place.

Judge Hansen:
This case is adjourned.

Arnie!

Welcome back.

I heard what happened.

I think they were
idiots to let you go.

No. More like I was the idiot.

I don't follow you, babe.

I didn't do my homework.

I let you stroke me,
pump me full of smoke.

I don't know what you're talkin'
about but it sounds sexy.

Listen, can we continue this--

Brooks Tapman
is a client of yours!

I didn't mention that?

You maneuvered Ken
Feldman into hiring me,

so Tapman could
use me against him.

Use me as a weapon
to get Ken Feldman fired.

You set me up.

- So?
- S-- "so?"

You used me!

You manipulated me!

That's right.

I manipulated you into taking
$600,000 a year job.

They'll cash you
out at 50 cents on the dollar

for the first option, period.

You'll walk with a 150 grand

for two weeks work.
Where are your damages, Arnie?

I was humiliated on
network television!

Damage to the ego
heals fast, take it from me.

Damage to your reputation?
Don't flatter yourself.

Two weeks from now people
won't even remember you were on.

That is not the point!

By the way, KCYB
called yesterday.

I told them you might possibly
be interested in coming back.

I got 'em to bump your
salary 15% plus perks.

Deal memo's in the mail.

I gotta fly. Ciao, babe.

[instrumental music]

[knock on door]

Hi.

[sighs]
I'm sorry.

Don't tell me you're sorry,
tell me you're back.

- I have conditions.
- I know.

No ex-husbands in the bed.

And I don't want him hiding in
the bathroom with a gun, either.

He is a part of my life.

You have to remember that,
Jonathan.

Yeah. And what you
need to keep in mind...

is, so am I. Alright?

[distant shouting]

[indistinct shouting]

Bad news.

We lost the appeal.

- The gag order's permanent.
- Ah...

[indistinct shouting]

They're getting pretty restless.

Uh, give us a minute, please.

[distant shouting continues]

I'm not backing down.

I want people to know
what those bastards did.

You would be defying a
court order, Mr. Phillips.

If you speak to those reporters,

you'll be held in contempt.

I don't care.

Let'em put me in jail.

I miss my wife, Mr. McKenzie.

I want her death
to mean something.

And I'm tired
of playing by the rules.

But I understand
why you have to.

If you say so, I'll talk
to them somewhere else.

I can't answer for the firm.

Douglas and I feel that our...

risk here is minimal, as long
as Ms. Lamb doesn't participate.

Well...

Thank you.

Thank you.

reporter #1: There he is.
Mr. Philips...

You've done
everything you can...

within the law.

If he wants to go beyond that,
that's up to him.

But you have no choice.

Ladies and gentlemen, I want
to tell you how my wife died.

[reporters shushing]

She was raped
and beaten to death...

by a criminal that the
United States Government

put back on the street.

His name is Louis Videro.

Phillips: He was a murderer...

You made the right decision.

Then tell me, Leland.

Why do I feel
like such a coward?

Phillips: They were
aware of his drug abuse.

And yet they
chose to do nothing.

reporter #2: Did
you get an apology?

reporter #3: Did they
give you any kinda context?

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