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TWO WEEKS AGO,
I HAD IT ALL--

GREAT JOB, GREAT CAR,
AMAZING FIANCACE,

AND THEN GEORGE MICHAEL
MADE A GUEST APPEARANCE

IN MY LIVING ROOM--WORST
HOUSEGUEST EVER, BY THE WAY.

TURNS OUT, IT WASN'T
GEORGE MICHAEL AT ALL.

ACCORDING TO MY BROTHER NATE,

IT'S BECAUSE I'VE GOT
AN INOPERABLE BRAIN ANEURYSM.

IT'S BAD NEWS, RIGHT?
WELL, MAYBE NOT. LIKE ANYTHING,

IT DEPENDS WHO YOU ASK.
YOU ASK AN ALLEGEDLY MYSTICAL,

ALLEGEDLY CHINESE
ACUPUNCTURIST, IT MEANS

THAT I COULD BE SOME KIND
OF MODERN DAY PROPHET,

BECAUSE, HEY, IF GOD WANTS
TO SEND A MESSAGE OUT,

WHO ELSE TO SEND
BUT GEORGE MICHAEL, RIGHT?

NOW MY ASSISTANT JUST THINKS
I'M CRAZY, BUT MY FRIEND THINKS

THESE VISIONS ARE A SIGN
THAT I NEED TO SOMEHOW, UH,

CHANGE MY LIFE AND START
USING MY LEGAL SKILLS

TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER
PLACE AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH...

AND THAT'S WHAT I PROMISED
MY DAD I'D DO 20 YEARS AGO,

AND EVEN THOUGH
HE'S BEEN DEAD FOR TEN OF THEM,

THERE ARE SOME PROMISES
YOU HAVE TO KEEP.

ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING
WITH THIS COFFEE CAN.

SEE, I PROMISED
MY DEAD FATHER,

WITH WHOM I SHARE
THE SAME BRAIN ANEURYSM

AND POTENTIALLY
PROPHETIC ABILITIES,

THAT I WOULD DISPOSE OF
HIS ASHES HERE IN THE HIMALAYAS,

WHICH I DID. NOW I JUST WANT
TO BRING THE CAN HOME.

MULES OFTEN USE COFFEE
TO DISGUISE

THE SCENT OF THE DRUGS
THEY TRANSPORT.

YEAH, BUT I'M NOT EVEN
TRANSPORTING COFFEE. SEE? SEE?

THIS DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE COFFEE TO ME.

NO. NO. THAT--
THAT WOULD BE MY DAD.

LOOK, THIS IS CRAZY.

THAT GUY--HE JUST GOT
TWO LIVE CHICKENS THROUGH.

SUSPECTED CONTRABAND
CAN'T LEAVE THE COUNTRY.

I'M SORRY. I'M NOT LETTING YOU
ON THE PLANE WITH THAT CAN.

WELL, "WHAT'S LEFT OF DAD,"

LOOKS LIKE THIS IS GOOD-BYE.

WILL YOU DO ME A FAVOR?

IF THERE REALLY IS
SOMEBODY UP THERE,

WOULD YOU ASK HIM
TO PLEASE

JUST LEAVE ME ALONE
FOR THIS WEEK?

BETTER YET,
JUST MAKE IT A MONTH.

AND PLEASE,
NO MORE VISIONS.

ELI STONE'S OFFICE.
PLEASE HOLD.

OH! OH, BABY, I'M S--
ARE YOU OKAY?

OH, STONE ELI'S OFFICE.

OH, LOOK,
JUST CALL ME BACK LATER.

ELI STONE'S OFFICE.

YES, I KNOW
HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE BACK TODAY.

NO, I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS,

BUT WHEN HE GETS HERE,
I'VE GOT DIBS ON KILLING HIM.

COULD YOU SIGN
FOR THIS DELIVERY?

JUST PUT IT ON THE DESK.

HERE, I DON'T THINK THESE
ARE GONNA FIT.

HE BETTER HAVE SHIPPED HIMSELF
BACK IN ONE OF THOSE.

HEY, MY CRATES ARRIVED.

WHAT DID YOU DO, BRING BACK
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA?

I WAS IN THE HIMALAYAS,
AND MY TRIP WAS GREAT.

THANK YOU.
DON'T I GET A HUG?
YOU GET ONE AT CHRISTMAS.

PATTI, THE GRUMPIER YOU ARE,
THE MORE I KNOW YOU MISSED ME.

HERE.
I BOUGHT YOU A GIFT.

MY BOSS HAS A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN,
AND ALL I GET IS THIS LOUSY--

WHAT IS THIS?
THAT IS A SARASWATI--
THE HINDU GODDESS OF WISDOM.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

DO I HIT YOU
IN THE HEAD WITH IT,

AND THEN YOU COME
BACK TO YOUR SENSES?

MY SENSES ARE FINE.
THEY'RE BETTER THAN FINE.

TWO BLISSFUL
SONG-FREE WEEKS, PATTI.

I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR MUZAK
IN AN ELEVATOR.

EVERYTHING'S BACK TO NORMAL,
AND IT'S GONNA STAY THAT WAY.

WELL, DOES THAT MEAN
WE'RE DONE

SUING THE FIRM
AND RISKING OUR JOBS?

YEAH,
AND EVEN IF WE WEREN'T,

I GOT A PIECE OF PAPER
SAYING THEY CAN'T FIRE ME.

WHAT DOES THE PAPER SAY
ABOUT NOT FIRING ME?

I THOUGHT SO.

ELI STONE'S OFFICE.
PLEASE HOLD.

ALSO PLEASED
TO ANNOUNCE WE'LL BE ACQUIRING

HUTCHINS, WHEELER & DITTMAR
AS OUR NEW LONDON BRANCH.

AND WELCOME BACK, MR. STONE,
NEWLY RETURNED FROM HIS--

NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.

SABBATICAL.
THANK YOU.
IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK,

AND, UH, WHEN I SAY "BACK,"
I MEAN, "BACK"--

IN THE FULLEST SENSE
OF THE, UM...

WELL, NO MORE SUING THE FIRM,
BASICALLY.

AND WE'RE ALL GRATEFUL
FOR THAT.

NEXT ITEM, UNITED STATES
vs. SOLINKSY, et al.

SIR, I FOUND SOME PRECEDENT
IN THE LIBRARY

THAT'S ON POINT
WITH THE UNITED STATES CASE--

IF YOU'RE REFERRING
TO ALLSTON v. BECKRIDGE,

THAT'S A SECOND CIRCUIT CASE,
NOT NINTH.

ANYWAY, I FOOTNOTED IT
IN MY PRETRIAL MEMO.

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ASSIGNED
THIS CASE YET, MR. DOWD.

THAT'S AN ENCOURAGING WORD,
THAT "YET."

YET MR. DOWD IS ALREADY
VERY BUSY WITH HANSON.

WHICH WILL BE FINISHED
BY THE TIME SOLINSKY STARTS.

WHEREAS ANOTHER ASSOCIATE
MIGHT BE BETTER RESTED

AND COMING OFF
A $5.2 MILLION WIN.

TRUE ENOUGH.
MR. STONE, THE CASE IS YOURS.

COME SEE ME IN MY OFFICE LATER
TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT.

NEXT ITEM, RAMIREZ, et al
vs. GRO PLUS FARMS?

OH, THAT'S, UM, MINE, SIR.
MAGGIE DEKKER.

IT'S A WORKERS' COMP CLAIM
I BROUGHT IN.

COUNTRY'S THIRD LARGEST
FOOD MANUFACTURER--

HOW DID YOU MANAGE
TO RETAIN THEM?
I HAVEN'T.

ACTUALLY, WE'D BE REPRESENTING
THE WORKER SEEKING COMPENSATION.

WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, OR FROM
MY PERSPECTIVE, FORTUNATELY,

IT'S POLICY NOT TO ALLOW
FIRST YEAR ASSOCIATES

TO TAKE ON NEW MATTERS, SO--
I KNOW.

I THOUGHT
THAT THIS CASE MIGHT BE

IN MR. STONE'S
PARTICULAR WHEELHOUSE.

UNWINNABLE CASES
AREN'T A WHEELHOUSE.

ANYWAY, I'LL BE TOO BUSY
WITH SOLINKSY. PASS.
OH, BUT I THOUGHT--

I'LL PASS. THANKS.

VERY WELL. MOVING ON,

I UNDERSTAND WE'VE FILED
A 12-B-6 IN DOLAN.

FREEDOM

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO,
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO...

YOU GOT TO MAKE IT STOP.
THE MUSIC--IT'S BACK.
DR. CHEN WITH PATIENT NOW.

YOU GET MANNERS.
COME BACK LATER.
I NEED TO TALK TO YOU
RIGHT NOW.

SIGN OUTSIDE SAY "IN SESSION,"

NOT "ELI BOTHER DR. CHEN
ALL TIME."
IT'S IMPORTANT.

VERY SORRY.
THIS PATIENT IMPATIENT.

YOU SLEEP FIVE MINUTE.

DUDE, THAT IS SO NOT COOL.

NO, NOT COOL
IS HEARING A CHOIR

DURING YOUR MONDAY MORNING
STAFF MEETING.
MAKES SENSE.

CHORAL MUSIC ORIGINATED
WITH AMBROSIAN HYMNOGRAPHY

IN THE FOURTH CENTURY.
I DIDN'T COME HERE
FOR A THEOLOGY SEMINAR.

I CAME HERE SO YOU
COULD STICK ME WITH A NEEDLE

SO THAT MY LIFE CAN STOP
PROVIDING ITS OWN SOUNDTRACK.

WHAT WAS THE CHOIR SINGING?
I DON'T KNOW,
AND I DON'T CARE.

I WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE DONE WITH ALL THIS.

I TOOK THE CASE.
I WON THE CASE.

I TOOK MY DAD'S ASHES.
I WENT TO THE HIMALAYAS.

NOW IT'S SUPPOSED
TO BE OVER.

I NEED IT TO BE OVER.
IT DOESN'T WORK
THAT WAY, ELI.

HOW DOES IT WORK THEN?
WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

I NEVER HAD A PATIENT
WHO COULD BE A PROPHET BEFORE.

STOP SAYING I'M A PROPHET.
WELL, OKAY,
BUT FOR THE RECORD,

THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT A PROPHET MIGHT SAY.

I DON'T WANT TO BE
A PROPHET, OKAY?

I WANT TO BE A LAWYER--
A GOOD ONE,

THE ONE I USED TO BE.
NOW YOU GONNA HELP ME OR NOT?
JUST CHILL.

DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID
LAST TIME--FOLLOW THE SIGNS.

IF THINGS GET REALLY BAD,
COME SEE ME.

I'LL GIVE YOU
A LITTLE NEEDLE ACTION.

AND NEXT TIME YOU BARGE IN
LIKE THAT, BRO,

I'M BILLING YOU
FOR THE SESSION.

OKAY.

GOD.

WHAT IS THAT SMELL?

IT'S THE CANDLE.

IT'S, UH, IT'S MADE
FROM YAK HOOVES.

IT'S--IT'S SUPPOSED
TO BE AN APHRODISIAC.

MM.

OR NOT.

TAYLOR, IT--IT'S BEEN
TWO WEEKS SINCE WE--

IT'S BEEN
OVER TWO WEEKS.

LAST TIME WE TRIED, IT WAS
GEORGE MICHAEL INTERRUPTUS.

DON'T WORRY. HE'S DOING
A CONCERT IN THE MALDIVES.

CUTE, BUT WE BOTH KNOW
GEORGE MICHAEL WAS CAUSED

BY THE BRAIN ANEURYSM
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT.

YEAH, I'M NOT TALKING
ABOUT IT WITH ANYONE.

I'M TRYING TO KEEP
THIS THING QUIET.

HAVE YOU HAD
ANY MORE EPISODES?

WHAT,
LIKE HEARING A CHOIR?

ANYTHING.

NO. NO EPISODES.
I'M PERFECTLY FINE.

IF I ENGAGE IN STRENUOUS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WITH YOU

WITHOUT A DISCUSSION

ESTABLISHING INFORMED CONSENT,
I COULD BE HELD CIVILLY,

OR WORSE, CRIMINALLY LIABLE
FOR WHATEVER HAPPENS.

YOU KNOW HOW IT TURNS ME ON
WHEN YOU TALK ALL LAWYER-LIKE.
EVEN MORE THAN YAK HOOVES?

YEAH, A LOT MORE
THAN YAK HOOVES.

I KNOW YOU HIT
THE BOTTOM, A FUNERAL IS OFF

THE CEMETERY'S EMPTY

WHAT IS IT?

IT'S NOTHING.
IT'S NOTHING AT ALL.

I'M JUST--
I'M JUST SO EXCITED

TO MAKE LOVE TO MY FIANCéE

WITHOUT ANY
MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT.

FREEDOM

YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE
FOR WHAT YOU TAKE

FREEDOM

ELI, WHAT'S GOING ON?
FREEDOM

UH, IT'S NOTHING.

FIRST GEORGE MICHAEL
AND NOW A BOYS' CHOIR?

I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT
WHERE THIS MIGHT BE GOING.

YEAH, LESS JOKING,
MORE DOCTORING, NATE.
UH, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY,

WHAT SONG WERE THEY SINGING?
IF YOU MUST KNOW, "FREEDOM."
THEY WERE SINGING "FREEDOM."

SO YOU'RE NOT BEING CHASED
BY GEORGE MICHAEL ANYMORE,

JUST HIS CATALOG.
MM.

I GOT A TICKING TIME BOMB
IN MY BRAIN,

AND MY BROTHER'S MAKING JOKES.
NOT JUST MAKING JOKES.

I'M SENDING OUT
YOUR CASE FOR CONSULTS.

I'M TRADING E-MAILS
WITH THE MAYO CLINIC

AND THE WALTON CENTER
AND TIANTAN PUHUA, EVEN.

WHAT DO THEY SAY?
GIVEN THE LOCATION
OF THE ANEURYSM,

SURGERY IS A BAD IDEA.
WELL, DEFINE "BAD."

POSSIBLE LOSS OF MOTOR SKILLS.
YOU COULD END UP A VEGETABLE.

I'M ASSUMING MY ODDS GO UP

IF SOMEONE MORE COMPETENT
THAN YOU PERFORMS THE SURGERY.

NOT BY MUCH.

LISTEN, MOM TOLD ME
ABOUT THE REASON

FOR YOUR HIMALAYA TRIP,
ABOUT DAD'S ASHES.

THAT WAS PRETTY...

STUPID OF YOU, ELI.

YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING
THINGS LIKE THAT,

GIVEN
YOUR MEDICAL SITUATION.

NATE...

DO YOU THINK THERE COULD BE
SOME, UH, GREATER SIGNIFICANCE

TO ME AND DAD
HAVING THE SAME CONDITION?

UH, ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH, IT'S CALLED GENETICS,
DUMB-ASS.

YOU ALSO HAVE MOM'S ECZEMA

AND UNCLE GARY'S
TERMINAL LAMENESS.

PLEASE STAY
OFF OF MOUNTAINTOPS.

YEAH, STONE. ELI STONE.

NO, DR. CHEN SAID--

NO, NO,
I DON'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT.

I-I'M TRYING TO MAKE ONE.
NO, YOU--

I-I-I'LL CALL YOU BACK.

AAH!

WHAT THE HELL
HAPPENED TO YOU?

IT'S A LONG STORY.

UM, CHECK TO SEE
IF ANYONE SAW A BIPLANE

FLYING AROUND DOWNTOWN
TODAY,

AND, UH, GET ME A LIST

OF ALL THE BOYS' CHOIRS
IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

AND WHICH MATTER
SHOULD I BILL THIS TIME TO?
SPECIAL PROJECTS.

"SPECIAL PROJECTS." OH, LIKE
PLANNING YOUR ENGAGEMENT PARTY?

JUST LIKE THAT, YES.

WELL, AT LEAST I UNDERSTAND
WHAT I'M DOING WITH THE PARTY,

BUT CHOIRS AND BIPLANES--
WHY AM I DOING THIS?

NOT QUITE SURE YET.

EXCUSE ME, MR. STONE.

I'M ONLY FIVE YEARS
OLDER THAN YOU.

STOP CALLING ME
"MR. STONE."

I LEAN ON FORMALITY WHEN
SOMEONE DOESN'T KNOW WHO I AM.

I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
YOU'RE A FIRST YEAR ASSOCIATE.

YOU SAID YOUR NAME
IN THE STAFF MEETING YESTERDAY.

IT'S MARY.
IT'S MAGGIE, ACTUALLY.

I WAS KIDDING.

I RECOGNIZE YOUR NAME
FROM ALL THE E-MAILS YOU SENT ME

ABOUT THE GRO PLUS CASE. YEAH.
PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE THE REASON

THEY INVENTED SPAM BLOCKERS.
WELL, DID YOU READ THEM?

I SKIMMED THE FIRST ONE.
I DELETED THE 49 OTHERS.
WELL, HERE. TRY A HARD COPY.

OH, DOES THE CASE GET BETTER
WHEN IT'S ON PAPER?

THE CASE IS OPEN AND SHUT.
THE PESTICIDE GRO PLUS USES

ON ITS FARMS
MADE OUR CLIENTS STERILE.

FIRST OF ALL,
WE DON'T HAVE ANY CLIENTS,

SO THERE IS NO "OUR."

AND SECONDLY,
THE ONLY ILLEGAL ALIEN

THAT A JURY SYMPATHIZES WITH
IS E.T. AND MAYBE ALF.

BEING FARMHANDS
DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY

MAKE THEM ILLEGAL ALIENS.

OSCAR AND BLANCA RAMIREZ
CAME TO THIS COUNTRY

AND BOUGHT INTO THE AMERICAN
DREAM WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

WHICH EXPLAINS THE LAWSUIT.

BUT IT'S A LEGIT CLAIM.

THERE'S EVIDENCE LINKING
CHLOROPHOSPHATE

WITH FEMALE
REPRODUCTIVE PROBLEMS.

LOOK, THESE PEOPLE ARE THE TIP
OF A VERY LARGE ICEBERG.

HALF THE WORKERS
ON GRO PLUS' FARMS RIGHT NOW

ARE EXPERIENCING
HEALTH PROBLEMS,

IMPAIRED VISION,
SYSTEMIC BRONCHIAL INFECTIONS--

NONE OF WHICH IS RELEVANT
TO A CLAIM OF STERILITY.

LOOK,
YOU WANT MY ADVICE?

TELL OUR NON-CLIENTS
TO QUIT THEIR JOBS AND ADOPT.

YOU'RE A GIFTED
TRIAL LAWYER, ELI.

YOUR WORK ON THE BEUTEL TRIAL
ONLY CONFIRMED

THAT WHICH
I'VE LONG SUSPECTED.

THAT I HAVE
A PROFESSIONAL DEATH WISH?

THAT YOU'RE
A PHENOMENAL TALENT.

BUT, YES,
YOUR RECENT BEHAVIOR

HAS BEEN THE CAUSE
OF SOME CONCERN.

IT'S RECENT, SIR,
BUT TEMPORARY.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED
TO HEAR.

SOLINKSY IS ONE
OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TRIALS

THIS FIRM HAS HAD
THE GOOD FORTUNE

TO HANDLE IN SEVERAL YEARS.
WELL, YOU'RE GIVING IT
TO THE RIGHT ASSOCIATE, SIR.

GOOD.

SO... YOUR THOUGHTS...

UH, FIRSTLY, UH, I NOTICED
THAT YOU'RE PREPARING

A MOTION TO STRIKE
THE TIME-BARRED CLAIMS.

YES, MARTIN POSNER'S BEEN
DRAFTING THE BRIEF HIMSELF.

I THINK IT'S A LOSER
NO MATTER WHO DRAFTS IT.

YOU'RE SUGGESTING
A MOTION IN LIMINE.

IT'LL NOT ONLY BE
MORE EFFECTIVE,

IT'LL GET FILED CLOSER
TO THE START OF THE TRIAL,

SO IT'LL CATCH THE OTHER SIDE
OFF GUARD.

ELI.

SIR, YOU SHOULD GET DOWN.

GET WHAT?

GET DOWN!

ELI...

SIR, I CAN EXPLAIN.
I'D LIKE THAT VERY MUCH.

NO, UH, TH-THERE WAS A--
IT'S A GLARE ON THE BUILDING,

AND IT--IT--IT LOOKED
LIKE THERE WAS, UH,

SOMETHING FLYING
TOWARDS THE...

OSCAR RAMIREZ.

OH, MY GOD. HE'S A PILOT.

WHO'S A PILOT?

UM, DO YOU MIND
IF WE CONTINUE

THE SOLINSKY DISCUSSION
IN, SAY, A WEEK?

A WEEK?

YEAH, THERE'S ANOTHER CASE
THAT I HAVE TO LOSE FIRST.

ARE THOSE FOR TRIAL,
OR ARE YOU PLANNING A WEDDING?

OH, THEY'RE
MY TRIAL BINDERS--

PLEADINGS, PRECEDENT,
DEPOSITION TRANSCRIPTS,

AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES
COLOR-CODED AND CROSS-INDEXED.

YOU ONLY GOT PERMISSION
FROM THE FIRM

TO TAKE THE CASE
YESTERDAY.

HOW DID YOU GET
ALL THAT DONE SINCE THEN?
I FIGURED I'D GET
PERMISSION EVENTUALLY,

SO I'VE BEEN
WORKING WEEKENDS.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO WORK
FOR THE FIRM ON THE WEEKENDS,

PREFERABLY ON CASES
THAT AREN'T DEAD-BANG LOSERS.

FOR A GUY WHO'S
COMING OFF A HUGE WIN,

YOU DON'T SOUND LIKE
YOU HAVE MUCH CONFIDENCE.
DON'T MISTAKE
A FIRM GRIP ON REALITY

FOR LACK OF CONFIDENCE.
THERE ARE CAUSATION PROBLEMS,

PROOF PROBLEMS, CONTRIBUTORY
NEGLIGENCE PROBLEMS...

YOU THINK GRO PLUS
IS GONNA SAY

THE RAMIREZES ARE TO BLAME
FOR BLANCA'S STERILITY?

NO, I KNOW THAT
FOR SURE.

SO YOU DIDN'T WEAR
THE SAFETY MASK

PROVIDED BY GRO PLUS.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO.

I FLEW THE PLANE
WHICH SPRAYED THE PESTICIDE.

AND I'M NOT THE ONE
WHO WAS HURT. MY WIFE--

OBJECT TO THE ANSWER
AS NON-RESPONSIVE.

OBJECT TO THE TERM "HURT."
OBJECT TO THE SPECULATION.

MOVE TO STRIKE AND ASK
TO INSTRUCT THE WITNESS.
OBJECT TO ALL THE OBJECTIONS,
YOUR HONOR.

JUST GET ON WITH IT, BOYS.

WHAT ABOUT THE SAFETY LECTURES
GRO PLUS HELD?

HOW MANY OF THOSE
DID YOU AND YOUR WIFE ATTEND?

NONE.

HAD YOU ATTENDED, IS IT POSSIBLE
YOU MIGHT HAVE PICKED UP

A TIP OR TWO
ABOUT THE SAFETY MASK?

PASS THE WITNESS.

WHAT IS THIS, MR. RAMIREZ?
IT'S A BANDANA.

AND WHAT DOES GRO PLUS CALL IT?

A SAFETY MASK.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MAKE
THE SAFETY LECTURES,

A COMPANY-WIDE KNITTING CIRCLE?
DO I EVEN HAVE TO OBJECT?

MOVE IT ALONG, COUNSEL.

GRO PLUS ONLY HAS THESE LECTURES
TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.

OBJECTION. SPECULATION.

SUSTAINED.
MR. RAMIREZ,
I THINK THE POINT IS

IF YOU AND YOUR WIFE KNEW

THAT THE PESTICIDE YOU WERE
WORKING WITH WAS DANGEROUS,

WHY WEREN'T YOU MORE CAREFUL?
OF COURSE WE TRIED
TO PROTECT OURSELVES

AGAINST THE PESTICIDE,
BUT WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN

PROTECTING OURSELVES AGAINST
WAS GRO PLUS.

PASS THE WITNESS.

ALL THESE OTHER
SUPPOSEDLY BARREN,

ALLEGEDLY HEARTBROKEN PEOPLE--

WHY DIDN'T THEY
JOIN IN YOUR LAWSUIT?

BECAUSE THEY DON'T
LIVE HERE LEGALLY.

THEY DIDN'T GO TO A NOTARIO
AND SIGN THE PAPERS.

THEY'RE AFRAID
OF DEPORTATION.

SO ALL THIS IS JUST YOU
BEING CHARITABLE, MR. RAMIREZ,

STANDING UP
FOR THE DISENFRANCHISED.

THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DO
IN AMERICA.

THEY STAND UP
FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ELI.
I'M HEARING SOME RUMORS

OF ERRATIC BEHAVIOR
ON HIS PART.

IS HE ALL RIGHT?

HE'S FINE.

HE TRIED
TO TACKLE ME YESTERDAY.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT HIM,
SWEETHEART.

BUT... DO YOU KNOW WHY?

SOMETHING ABOUT A GLARE.

SO... IS EVERYTHING OKAY
WITH ELI?

EVERYTHING'S
PERFECTLY FINE, DAD.

YES?

THIS IS REGARDING
THE BERKMAN ANTITRUST CASE.

CAN WE TAKE A RAIN CHECK
ON LUNCH?

ALWAYS.

BYE, DAD.

BYE, SWEETIE.

YEAH.

HEY, PATTI.

ELI'S NOT BACK
FROM COURT YET, IS HE?

NOT YET, NO.

HE'S PROBABLY OUT
LOOKING FOR CHOIRS

OR BIPLANES OR HUEY LEWIS.

WHAT?

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

PAR FOR THE COURSE
AROUND HERE.

WHAT HAPPENED?
CHIP A NAIL?

YOUR ROOTS STARTING
TO GROW OUT AGAIN?
LOOK, PATTI,

I DON'T KNOW WHY I'VE ALWAYS
RUBBED YOU THE WRONG WAY,

BUT I KNOW THAT I DO.
IT'S JUST, GIVEN EVERYTHING

THAT'S HAPPENED TO ELI,
I THINK WE SHOULD BE UNITING.

I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT,

ELI'S ACTING LIKE HE'S BEEN
FREEBASING COPIER TONER,

BUT MAYBE
YOU'RE OVERREACTING.

WELL, IF I CAN'T OVERREACT
TO A BRAIN ANEURYSM,

WHAT CAN I OVERREACT TO,
RIGHT?

WELL, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

THANKS, PATTI.

SURE.

NO PROBLEM.

THIS IS GOOD, RIGHT?

FIRST DAY OF TRIAL,

HE ALREADY WANTS TO SETTLE.

WE DON'T KNOW
THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS.

SO... POKER FACE, OKAY?
OKAY.

OKAY.
YEAH.

WHAT ARE YOU OFFERING?

I MEAN... WHATEVER IT IS,
IT BETTER BE GOOD.

OH, IT'S VERY GOOD.

YOU DISMISS THE CASE...
WITH PREJUDICE.

AND?

NO "AND."

ISN'T THERE USUALLY
AN "AND"?

WHAT MY ASSOCIATE MEANS
IS CUSTOMARILY,

THE DEFENSE WILL OFFER
A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE

FOR DISMISSAL.
WELL, IN THIS CASE,

THE INCENTIVE WOULD BE
UN-FINANCIAL.

MM... LIKE A LIFETIME SUPPLY
OF GRO PLUS CANNED GOODS?

LIKE THE POSSIBILITY
OF AVOIDING DEPORTATION.

EVEN UNDER
THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION,

I DOUBT HOMELAND SECURITY
CAN DEPORT AMERICAN CITIZENS.

SEE, NOW THAT'S
THE IRONIC THING.

THIS MORNING,

MR. RAMIREZ TESTIFIED
THAT HE AND HIS WIFE

HAD BOTH BEEN NATURALIZED
BY SOMEONE CALLED A NOTARIO.

NOW MOST OF THESE NOTARIOS
ARE NOTORIOUS

FOR NOT HAVING ACTUALLY
NATURALIZED ANYBODY.

THEY COLLECT THEIR FEE,

THEY HAVE THE UNWITTING CLIENTS
SIGN SOME BOGUS PAPERS,

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY,

SAID CLIENTS ARE STILL ABOUT
AS AMERICAN AS KIM JONG IL.

BOTTOM LINE,
YOUR CLIENTS WERE DUPED.

EVEN SO,
IT--IT WILL TAKE MONTHS

BEFORE IMMIGRATION
MOVES ON THIS.

WELL, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH,
HOMELAND SECURITY

SEEMS TO FIND A REASON
TO SPEED THESE THINGS ALONG

WHEN THE IMMIGRANT
IN QUESTION'S

A PILOT
WITH ACCESS TO A PLANE.

YOUR BLACKMAIL--
EXCUSE ME, OFFER--

IS REJECTED.
WE'LL SEE YOU IN COURT.

BUT WE ARE AMERICANS.

WE PASSED THE TEST.
WE ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS.

WE WERE SO PROUD.
WE SALUTED THE FLAG.

THE NOTARIO EVEN HAD US
SWEAR ON A BIBLE.

YEAH, HE SHOULD'VE BEEN THE ONE
TO DO THAT, ACTUALLY.

I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD BE
ARRESTING THIS MAN,

NOT DEPORTING US.
OH, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA
BE DOING BOTH.

BUT I'M GONNA
FIGHT THE DEPORTATION, OKAY?

PROBLEM IS,
I HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW.
BUT THEN WHO'S GONNA
REPRESENT US IN THE TRIAL?

WAIT, ELI.
I'M NOT READY FOR THIS.

WELL, I CAN'T BE IN
TWO COURTROOMS AT THE SAME TIME.

AT LEAST THIS CASE YOU KNOW.
JUST GO IN THERE,

MAKE A STUPID MOTION
AND RUN OUT THE CLOCK.
STUPID MOTION?

YES, YOU SHOULD
BE GOOD AT THAT.

NOW JUST WAIT A MINUTE.

I-I ALMOST GOT IT.

NOW...

THEY MAKE IT SO DARN DIFFICULT
FOR THESE THINGS TO OPERATE.

MM, J--CAN I?

HMM.

LET THE RECORD SHOW

THAT THE COUNSELOR
IS GOOD AT ELECTRONICS.

YOUR HONOR,
OSCAR AND BLANCA RAMIREZ--
OH, W-WAIT, WAIT.

WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM
IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS YET.
YOUR HONOR, THE RESPONDENTS
ARE NOT THE WRONGDOERS HERE.

THEY ACTED IN WHAT THEY THOUGHT
WAS COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.

THIS MORNING,
I PRESIDED OVER A CASE

IN WHICH THE DEFENDANT
THOUGHT HE WAS BATMAN.

DIDN'T MAKE IT SO.
YOUR HONOR, YOU CAN'T DEPORT
TWO LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS

BECAUSE OF
SOMEONE ELSE'S FRAUD.

"A," THEY'RE NOT CITIZENS.
"B," THEY'RE NOT LAW-ABIDING,

OR THEY WOULDN'T BE
IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.

SO UNLESS YOU CAN SHOW CAUSE
WHY THE DEFENDANTS

SHOULDN'T BE DEPORTED--
I CAN SHOW CAUSE, YOUR HONOR.

GREAT! NOW WOULD BE THE TIME.
I JUST--I CAN'T DO IT
THIS PARTICULAR MINUTE.

MY CAUSE I-ISN'T HERE.
I-I NEED A CONTINUANCE.

WE JUST STARTED.
48 HOURS, JUDGE,

THEN I'LL BE RIGHT BACK HERE
WITH MY CAUSE.

48 HOURS.

MRS. RAMIREZ,

TELL US HOW YOU FIRST LEARNED
THAT YOU WERE INFERTILE.

OBJECTION.

IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION,
COUNSELOR.

RIGHT, LIKE "JEOPARDY!"

YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND

VISITED A FERTILITY DOCTOR.

D-DID YOU NOT?

YES. THE DOCTOR--
HE DID SOME TESTS,

AND--AND H-HE SAID
THAT IT WAS MY FAULT.

AND YOU BLAMED THE PESTICIDE
USED ON GRO PLUS' FARM.

IS-ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
YES.

OTHER WOMEN I WORK WITH--

THEY CAN'T HAVE CHILDREN,
AND WE ALL WORK IN THE FIELDS.

AND WHEN WE GO HOME,
WE CAN SMELL THE CHEMICALS.

THEY'RE ON OUR CLOTHES, AND WE
CAN TASTE IT IN OUR MOUTHS.

WHERE DID YOU MEET
YOUR HUSBAND, MRS. RAMIREZ?

UH, GRO PLUS, ON THE FARM.

SO IT STANDS TO REASON
THAT THERE WAS NEVER A TIME

WHEN YOU AND HUSBAND
WERE TRYING TO GET PREGNANT

BEFORE YOU WENT TO WORK
FOR GRO PLUS.

MM.

I THOUGHT I HAD ALL OF IT.

WELL, MRS. RAMIREZ...

OKAY?

ISN'T IT POSSIBLE

YOU WERE INFERTILE
BEFORE YOU WERE

EXPOSED TO THE PESTICIDE
ON THE GRO PLUS FARM?

NO, I'M SURE THAT IT'S NOT.

THEN YOU'VE TRIED
TO GET PREGNANT BEFORE?
NO, I HAVEN'T TRIED.

SO HOW DO YOU KNOW?

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR!

TO... HIS TONE.
I DON'T LIKE HIS TONE.

OVERRULED, MS. DEKKER.
CONTINUE.

MRS. RAMIREZ...

I DOUBT YOU'D BEEN
TO A FERTILITY CLINIC

BEFORE YOU MET YOUR HUSBAND.
THIS IS YOUR FIRST MARRIAGE.

HOW CAN YOU BE SURE THAT
YOU WEREN'T INFERTILE BEFORE?

UH... I KNOW THAT
I COULD HAVE BABIES BEFORE.

HE DOESN'T KNOW, DOES HE?

WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT?!
I-I MEAN... OBJECTION!

WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT?

I...

I HAD A BABY
BEFORE I MET OSCAR,

AND...

I GAVE HIM UP FOR ADOPTION.

OSCAR, I'M SO SORRY.

I'M SO SORRY
I NEVER TOLD YOU BEFORE.

IF YOU COULD DECEIVE
YOUR OWN HUSBAND, MRS. RAMIREZ,

THEN HOW IS THIS JURY TO KNOW
YOU'RE NOT DECEIVING THEM?

WHAT'D I MISS?

CAN I TALK YET?

NO.

NOW?

NOT YET.

WHEN I LEFT YOU
ALONE THIS MORNING

TO DEAL WITH THE FALLOUT
FROM MAGGIE SCREWUP NUMBER ONE,

I TOLD YOU TO STALL,

AND IF THE JUDGE TOLD YOU
TO STOP STALLING,

I TOLD YOU
TO START OBJECTING.
I-I DID! I'M SORRY.

OH, YOU'RE SORRY?

BEFORE THE RAMIREZES
MET YOU,

THEY WERE TWO HAPPILY MARRIED
AMERICAN CITIZENS.

NOW THEY'RE NEITHER.
OKAY, DEPORTATION ASIDE,
THIS IS GOOD FOR US, ISN'T IT?

I MEAN, IT'S EVIDENCE

THAT BLANCA
HAD NO PROBLEM CONCEIVING

BEFORE WORKING FOR GRO PLUS.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN GOOD FOR US
IF WE KNEW AHEAD OF TIME

THAT OUR ALLEGEDLY
INFERTILE CLIENT WAS A MOMMY!

NOW ALL THE JURY SEES
IS A LIAR.

AND JURIES--THEY DON'T LIKE
TO GIVE MONEY TO LIARS!
SHE--SHE DIDN'T EVEN
TELL HER HUSBAND!

HOW WAS I EXPECTED TO KNOW?
YOU'RE EXPECTED TO FIND OUT.
NOW I'M GONNA LOSE TWO CASES.

I JUST PROMISED
THE IMMIGRATION JUDGE

PROOF
OUR CLIENTS ARE LEGAL,

WHICH IS GONNA BE A LITTLE HARD
TO PRODUCE SINCE THEY'RE NOT.

WAIT, YOU'RE YELLING AT ME
ABOUT MALPRACTICE

AFTER YOU LIED TO A JUDGE?
WH--I WOULDN'T HAVE LIED TO HIM

IF YOU HADN'T HAVE GOT ME
IN THIS MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THERE'S TWO KINDS OF LAWYERS,
MAGGIE.

THERE'S GOOD LAWYERS
AND THERE'S BAD LAWYERS,

AND A BAD LAWYER
WITH GOOD INTENTIONS

IS STILL A BAD LAWYER.
I MAY BE A BAD LAWYER,
BUT I'LL GET BETTER.

YOU'LL ALWAYS BE A JERK.

THERE'S 53 BOYS CHOIRS
IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA?

IT'S GONNA TAKE FOREVER.

DO ME A FAVOR. FIND OUT WHICH
ONES WEAR RED AND WHITE ROBES.

SURE THING, BOSS.

WAIT A SECOND.
I GOT A MOM AND A FIANCéE.

I KNOW THAT TONE.
WHAT DID I DO?

YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, EITHER.

PATTI, I'M HAVING
A VERY BAD DAY HERE,

AND THAT'S UNDER
THE NEW DEFINITION OF "BAD"

THAT I'VE BEEN
WORKING WITH LATELY.

EIGHT YEARS
WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER, ELI.

MY DAUGHTERS
CALL YOU "UNCLE."

WHEN MY HUSBAND LEFT ME,
WHEN MY FATHER PASSED AWAY,

YOU WERE
THE FIRST CALL I MADE.

YOU HAVE A BRAIN ANEURYSM,

AND I HAVE TO FIND OUT ABOUT IT
FROM MALIBU BARBIE?!

SHE TOLD YOU?
SHE THOUGHT I KNEW.

AND FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CAN'T
FIGURE OUT WHY I DIDN'T.

ELI...

I THOUGHT YOU TRUSTED ME.

I DO. I DO TRUST YOU.

I JUST--

THE MORE PEOPLE I TELL,

THE MORE REAL IT BECOMES,
SO I'M...

ELI, I'M NOT PEOPLE.

ARE YOU GOING TO DIE?

EVENTUALLY.

JUST NOT ANYTIME SOON,
I HOPE.

WELL, YOU KEEP ANYTHING ELSE
FROM ME,

AND THAT'S GONNA CHANGE.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO TELL HER.
I THOUGHT SHE ALREADY KNEW.

NO ONE ELSE CAN FIND OUT,
OKAY?

NO ONE.
IF YOU MEAN MY FATHER,
DON'T WORRY.

I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
I WOULD NEVER DO THAT TO YOU.

GOOD, 'CAUSE I CAN'T LOSE MY JOB
ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE.

THEY CAN'T FIRE YOU
FOR HAVING AN ANEURYSM.
YOU THINK I COULD

KEEP MY MALPRACTICE INSURANCE
WITH THIS?

'CAUSE NO INSURANCE
MEANS NO LICENSE,

AND NO LICENSE
MEANS NO JOB.

AND EXCEPT FOR THE LAST
48 HOURS, I LIKE MY JOB.
WHAT'S HAPPENED
IN THE LAST 48 HOURS?

WHAT DIFFERENCE
DOES IT MAKE?

YOU WON'T TALK
ABOUT YOUR CONDITION.

YOU WON'T TALK ABOUT WORK,
YOU'RE ACTING ERRATICALLY,

AND EVERY TIME I TRY TO REACH
OUT TO YOU TO SEE WHAT'S WRONG,

TO SEE IF I CAN HELP,
YOU--YOU PUSH ME AWAY.

I JUST WANT THINGS
TO BE NORMAL AGAIN.
HAVE THEY BEEN NORMAL?

OR HAVE YOU... I DON'T KNOW--
TRIED TO TACKLE ANYONE LATELY?

THAT WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING,
THAT'S ALL.

REALLY? YOU HAVEN'T HAD
ANY MORE EPISODES? ANY?

LOOK...

I ADMIT THAT WHEN WE FOUND OUT
ABOUT THE ANEURYSM,

I REACTED HORRIBLY.

BUT I WANNA BE THERE
FOR YOU NOW.

I'M READY TO BE.
WHY WON'T YOU LET ME?

I KNOW YOU NEED
TO TALK ABOUT THIS,

BUT RIGHT NOW I REALLY NEED
TO NOT TALK ABOUT IT.

AND SINCE I'M THE GUY
WITH THE ANEURYSM--

YOU MIGHT HAVE
THE ANEURYSM, ELI,

BUT YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE
WHO HAS TO LIVE WITH IT.

HAS THE JURY
REACHED A VERDICT?

WE HAVE, YOUR HONOR.

IN THE MATTER OF RAMIREZ vs.
GRO PLUS FOODS INCORPORATED,

WE FIND IN FAVOR
OF THE DEFENDANT,

GRO PLUS FOODS.

HOW YOU DOING, OSCAR?

MY WIFE
HAD ANOTHER MAN'S BABY.

I'VE HAD BETTER DAYS.

SHE GOT PREGNANT
BEFORE SHE EVEN MET YOU,

RIGHT AFTER SHE CAME
TO AMERICA, I THOUGHT.

SHE LEFT THE BABY IN A CHURCH.
SHE DIDN'T EVEN NAME HIM.

ARE YOU JUDGING HER
FOR THAT?

NO, SHE--SHE WAS YOUNG
AND SCARED.

BUT SHE WASN'T YOUNG
AND SHE WASN'T SCARED

WHEN SHE DECIDED NOT TO TELL ME
SHE'D BEEN A MOTHER.

I'LL GIVE YOU
THE YOUNG PART,

BUT I-I THINK
SHE WAS VERY SCARED.

I RECENTLY FOUND OUT
SOME THINGS ABOUT MYSELF,

AND, UM... I HAD A HARD TIME
TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT,

PARTICULARLY
THE PEOPLE I'M CLOSEST TO.

SOMETIMES THE--THE CLOSER
YOU ARE TO SOMEONE,

THE HARDER IT IS
TO TELL 'EM YOUR SECRETS.

THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT.

NO, IT DOESN'T. IT JUST--
IT JUST MAKES IT HUMAN.

YOU SHOULD GET SOME SLEEP
TONIGHT, MR. STONE.

TOMORROW'S THE BIG ONE, HUH?

I LIKE THIS COUNTRY.
I'D HATE TO HAVE TO LEAVE.

NO PRESSURE THERE, OSCAR.

FREEDOM

YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE
FOR WHAT YOU TAKE

FREEDOM

YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE
FOR WHAT YOU TAKE

HEAVEN KNOWS
WE SURE HAD SOME FUN, BOY

WHAT A KICK,
JUST BUDDY AND ME

WHAT A KICK,
JUST BUDDY AND ME, OH, YEAH
AND ME

WE HAVE EVERY BIG SHOT,
GOOD TIME BAND ON THE RUN, BOY

WE WERE LIVING IN A FANTASY

FANTASY, FANTASY
WE WERE
LIVING IN A FANTASY

WHOA, WHOA

BUT TODAY,
THE WAY I PLAY THE GAME

HAS GOT TO CHANGE,
OH, YEAH

NOW I'M GONNA GET MYSELF
HAPPY
HAPPY

HAPPY

OH, OH

FREEDOM
I WON'T LET YOU DOWN

FREEDOM
I WILL NOT GIVE YOU UP

FREEDOM
GOTTA HAVE SOME FAITH
IN YOURSELF

YOU'VE GOTTA GIVE
FOR WHAT YOU TAKE
IT'S THE ONE GOOD THING
THAT I'VE GOT

FREEDOM
I WON'T LET YOU DOWN

FREEDOM
SO PLEASE DON'T GIVE ME UP

FREEDOM
BECAUSE I WOULD
REALLY, REALLY LOVE

TO STICK AROUND

YEAH, YEAH

MR. STONE...

GIVEN YOUR PROXIMITY,

I'M ASSUMING THERE'S SOMETHING
YOU WANTED TO SAY TO ME.

TH--I LOVE THE TIE, SIR.
I WAS JUST WONDERING THE MAKE.

ARMANI.

OH.

IS THAT IT, OR HAVE YOU
GIVEN MORE THOUGHT

TO OUR CONVERSATION
THE OTHER DAY?
I DID GIVE IT
SOME THOUGHT, SIR,

AND I THINK IT NEEDS
ANOTHER DAY OF THOUGHT.

(M. Ward's "Here Comes the Sun
Again" playing"

KINGDOMS AND QUEENS

I FOLLOWED THE SIGNS,
AND ALL IT'S GOTTEN ME

IS TWO CLIENTS WHO ARE GONNA
GET DEPORTED AND A CASE I LOST.

WELL, YOU LOST ONE OF THEM,
NOT THE BIG ONE.

EVERYBODY NEEDS TO STOP
CALLING TOMORROW "THE BIG ONE."

I'M JUST SAYING, MAYBE YOU
TOOK THE PESTICIDE CASE

SO YOU'D BE THEIR ATTORNEY
FOR THE IMMIGRATION ONE.

BUT IF THIS CHOIR
IS SUPPOSED TO GIVE ME A CLUE

AS TO HOW TO HELP 'EM,

THEN GOD NEEDS TO BE
A LITTLE LESS OBLIQUE.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA WIN
EVERY CASE, ELI.

YOU PROBABLY
WON'T WIN MOST OF THEM.

I SENSE ANOTHER USE
OF THE "P" WORD COMING.

MOST PROPHETS
WORK FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

BUT DIDN'T ACHIEVE IT
IN THEIR LIFETIMES.

OH, THAT'S GREAT.

SO WHEN I DIE,
THEY'RE GONNA WIN ON APPEAL?

I'M GETTING THE ASS END
OF THIS ARRANGEMENT, MAN.

IT COULD BE WORSE.

YOU COULD'VE SPENT
TEN HOURS

HIDDEN IN THE BACK
OF A FLATBED TRUCK

TO COME OVER HERE
AND GET A JOB FOR $3 AN HOUR

PICKING STRAWBERRIES

IN THE 90-DEGREE SUN
12 HOURS A DAY.

TURNS OUT THE PESTICIDE THE FARM
USED MADE YOU INFERTILE,

BUT THAT'S THE LEAST
OF YOUR WORRIES

'CAUSE THAT CITIZENSHIP TEST
YOU TOOK WAS A FRAUD,

SO THEY'RE GONNA DEPORT YOU
BACK TO THE COUNTRY

YOU RISKED EVERYTHING TO LEAVE
IN THE FIRST PLACE.

YOU KNOW, YOU MAY JUST HAVE
WRITTEN MY CLOSING FOR ME.

HERE COMES THE SUN AGAIN

AS SOON AS I CAN
GET THIS DAMN THING WORKING,

THE RECORD WILL REFLECT...

THE RECORD--AH. UH, THE, UH,

THE RECORD WILL REFLECT THAT,
UM, THE RESPONDENTS ARE PRESENT.

I HOPE YOUR EVIDENCE
OF CITIZENSHIP

IS PRESENT AS WELL,
COUNSELOR.
THEY'RE ONE AND THE SAME,
YOUR HONOR.

AND IF YOU'LL PERMIT ME TO CALL
OSCAR RAMIREZ TO THE STAND,

I CAN PRODUCE THAT REASON.

YOU TOLD ME
YOU COULD SHOW CAUSE

WHY THE RESPONDENT
SHOULDN'T BE DEPORTED.

AND I CAN, YOUR HONOR.

MR. RAMIREZ,

HOW MANY AMENDMENTS
TO THE CONSTITUTION ARE THERE?

27.

AND HOW MANY CONGRESSMEN
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES?
435.

OBJECTION.
YOU SEE HOW EASY THAT WAS?

YOUR HONOR, THESE QUESTIONS
ARE TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM

THE U.S.C.I.S.'s
NATURALIZATION EXAM.

BUT I'M NOT ADMINISTERING
THIS TEST JUST NOW, MR. STONE.
BUT COULD YOU TAKE IT?

WHAT ARE
THE VOTING RIGHTS AMENDMENTS?

15, 19, 24 AND 26.

THE 26th AMENDMENT SAYS
THAT NO STATE OR GOVERNMENT

CAN DENY A PERSON
OF 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER

THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

SOME STATES COULD ALLOW
YOUNGER PEOPLE TO VOTE--

YOU BETTER START TELLING ME
HOW THIS IS RELEVANT,

OR YOU'RE IN CONTEMPT.
THESE QUESTIONS ARE

OUR COUNTRY'S ONLY STANDARD
OF NATURALIZATION.
AFTER A CANDIDATE HAS BEEN
FINGERPRINTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED,

AFTER THEY'VE COMPLETED

A NATURALIZATION APPLICATION
AND INTERVIEW,

AND AFTER
THEY'VE BEEN SWORN UNDER OATH.

YEAH, THAT DEFINITELY
WOULD'VE BEEN EASIER.

INSTEAD, THEY DOUSED
THEMSELVES WITH WATER

SO THEY WOULDN'T DEHYDRATE
WHEN THEY WERE CRAMMED INTO

A HIDDEN COMPARTMENT OF A PICKUP
TRUCK, AND THEY DIDN'T DO IT

SO THEY COULD COME
AND PICK STRAWBERRIES.

THEY DID IT BECAUSE
THEY BELIEVED IN AMERICA.

IN RUSSIA, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN,
WE'RE SEEING FIRSTHAND

THE SEEDS OF DEMOCRACY.

THEY DON'T GROW
ON EVERY PATCH OF EARTH.

THE FREEDOM WE HAVE HERE
IS UNIQUE. IT'S SPECIAL.

AND OSCAR
AND BLANCA RAMIREZ--

THEY WERE WILLING
TO RISK THEIR LIVES FOR IT.

NOW I'M NOT SAYING
THAT CITIZENSHIP

SHOULD BE A PRIZE
FOR MAKING IT OVER THE BORDER,

AND I'M NOT SAYING
THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

ISN'T A MAJOR ISSUE
FACING THIS COUNTRY,

BUT OSCAR AND BLANCA RAMIREZ
ARE NOT A POLICY.

THEY'RE PEOPLE.

AND IF THIS TRULY IS
THE HOME OF THE BRAVE,

THEN THEY'RE JUST AS AMERICAN
AS ANYONE IN THIS ROOM.

TWO YEARS?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
IT MEANS YOU HAVE TWO YEARS

TO COMPLETE
THE NATURALIZATION PROCESS.

NO DEPORTATION?

NO DEPORTATION.
WELCOME TO AMERICA.

CONGRATULATIONS.

OH, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
SO DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY PLANS?

I'M GONNA FIND MY SON.

NO. WE'RE GOING TO FIND
OUR SON,

AND WE'LL START WITH THE CHURCH
WHERE BLANCA LEFT HIM.

WE'RE HOPING THEY CAN TELL US
IF HE'S BEEN ADOPTED.
THANK YOU, MR. STONE.

THANK YOU, MAGGIE.
YOU'RE WELCOME.

CHURCH. THAT'S IT.

BLANCA! WAIT!

UM, THIS IS
A LIST OF CHURCHES, UH,

IN ROSEVILLE,
A TOWN OUTSIDE SACRAMENTO.

THERE'S ONE CALLED
ST. ANTHONY'S.

THERE'S A BOYS' CHOIR THERE.
THERE'S ABOUT 30 KIDS.

THEIR VESTMENTS
ARE RED AND WHITE.

YOU MIGHT WANT
TO START THERE.

WH-WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?

IT'S A VERY LONG STORY,

BUT JUST TRUST ME
ON THIS ONE, OKAY?

GRACIAS.

DID YOU LOSE
YOUR OTHER CASE YET?
LOST PART, WON PART,
ACTUALLY.

BUT IT DID MAKE ME REALIZE
THAT, UM,

I CAN'T TAKE ON SOLINSKY
RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE BACK TO TILTING
AT WINDMILLS AGAIN, IS THAT IT?

I JUST THINK THE, UH...

THE WAY I-I PLAY THE GAME--
THE LEGAL GAME--

HAS GOT TO CHANGE.

CHANGE.

HOW?

WELL, FOR ONE THING,

I CAN'T SPEND ALL MY TIME
TRYING CASES LIKE SOLINSKY.

SUPREME COURT-BOUND CASES
OF NATIONAL NOTORIETY.

I CAN'T SPEND 70 HOURS A WEEK
MAKING RICH PEOPLE RICHER.

I JUST--I-I NEED TO STAY FREE
AND--AND OPEN AND, UH...

LIKE A--LIKE A TREE
IN THE WIND

AND ALL THAT EASTERN STUFF,
YOU KNOW?
LIKE A TREE IN THE WIND.

I'M SURE YOU THINK ME
A COLD BUSINESSMAN, ELI--

A SENIOR PARTNER
WHO'S ONLY INTERESTED IN

THE BILLABLE HOURS OF ONE
OF HIS SENIOR ASSOCIATES,

BUT MY INVESTMENT IN YOU
HASN'T JUST BEEN FINANCIAL.

AND I'M NOT TALKING
ABOUT MY DAUGHTER.

I HIRED YOU. I MENTORED YOU
BEFORE YOU EVEN MET TAYLOR.

I DIDN'T ASSIGN YOU SOLINSKY

BECAUSE YOU GOT THE BETTER
OF MATT DOWD IN A STAFF MEETING.

I ASSIGNED YOU THAT CASE
BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT

YOU WERE THE FUTURE
OF THIS FIRM--

MY FIRM THAT I'VE SPENT
OVER 30 YEARS BUILDING,

AND I THOUGHT
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED, TOO.

I DID, BUT...

OKAY, THEN. I RESPECT THAT.

PERSONALLY,
I'M GONNA BE CURIOUS

TO SEE HOW YOU ADJUST
TO YOUR NEW LIFESTYLE.

I'M NOT SURE I FOLLOW,
SIR.

WELL, DON QUIXOTE
GAVE UP NEARLY ALL HIS LAND

SO HE COULD AFFORD
HIS BOOKS ON CHIVALRY.

I'M WONDERING, ELI,

WHAT WILL YOU GIVE UP?

GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT, PATTI.

NIGHT.

WE'RE OKAY, RIGHT?

I'M OKAY.
YOU HAVE A HOLE IN YOUR HEAD.

YEAH, LET'S KEEP THAT
BETWEEN OURSELVES, OKAY?

MM. IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS.

DO I HAVE YOU
TO THANK FOR THIS?

THIS IS KALI, THE HINDU GODDESS
OF ANNIHILATION.

THE HINDUS DON'T HAVE A GODDESS
OF MALPRACTICE. BUT DON'T WORRY.

NEXT TIME WE GET YOU INTO COURT,
YOU'LL DO BETTER.
THERE'S GONNA BE A NEXT TIME?

ONLY IF YOU DON'T MIND
WORKING WITH A JERK.

WONDERING HOW

I FIGURED IT OUT

I HAD TO LEAVE MY COFFEE CAN
IN INDIA.

THE CAN
HAD SENTIMENTAL VALUE,

BUT, UH, I COULDN'T GET IT
THROUGH CUSTOMS.

WHY ARE YOU
TELLING ME THIS?

I'M TRYING
TO TELL YOU THINGS...

START TELLING YOU THINGS.

STUCK INSIDE YOUR STARE

THE OTHER NIGHT,
I SAW A CHOIR BY THE COUCH.

MM-HMM, BOYS CHOIR, BUT I
DON'T THINK THAT'S RELEVANT.

AND, UH...

I TACKLED YOUR DAD

BECAUSE I WAS GETTING CHASED
BY A BIPLANE.

SAY, LOVE SHOULD FLOW

THIS IS...

ONLY I CAN SAY SO

IT'S A LOT LIKE YOUR DAD.

OH

ALL RIGHT, OKAY,
LAY ME DOWN

IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN EASY
TO TELL ME THAT.

IF SHE'S GOOD, ALL TIME

ALL AROUND

ALL RIGHT, OKAY

WHAT?
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

JUST A CERTAIN
YAK HOOVES CANDLE.

APPARENTLY, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
AN APHRODISIAC.

ALL RIGHT, OKAY,
LAY ME DOWN

IF SHE'S GOOD, ALL TIME

ALL AROUND

WHAT IS IT?

UM, THERE'S GUNFIRE.

BUT NO SINGING?

UH... UM, NOPE.

SO THIS IS PROGRESS.

UH-HUH.

ALL RIGHT, OKAY,
LAY ME DOWN

ALL RIGHT, OKAY,
LAY ME DOWN

YOU KNOW, IF SHE'S GOOD,
THEN I LIKE HOW IT SOUNDS

YEAH

ALL RIGHT, OKAY,
LAY ME DOWN

NO, NO, NO