All language subtitles for Eli.Stone.S02E11 [SubtitleTools.com]

IT'S A REASONABLE
SETTLEMENT OFFER--

$1.5 MILLION
PLUS $500,000 SEVERANCE.
PLUS YOU SIGN
A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT.

THAT MIGHT PUT
A LITTLE CRIMP IN MY PLANS.
TO PEN A TELL-ALL BOOK?

WITH AT LEAST FIVE CHAPTERS
ABOUT HOW MY ZYRE MOTORS EXPOSé

COST ME MY ANCHOR DESK.

WELL, THAT'S THE THING.

MY COMPANY DIDN'T FIRE HIM.

I KNOW BECAUSE I HAVE
THE E-MAIL HE WROTE RESIGNING.

HE QUIT. SO WHY DID I
JUST OFFER HIM $2 MILLION?

BECAUSE IT'S STILL
LESS THAN WHAT A TRIAL

WILL END UP COSTING YOU.

SAM RUSSELL WON'T SETTLE.
ELI WON'T LET HIM.
HOW DO YOU KNOW?

I KNOW ELI.

PERSONALLY, I THINK
YOU SHOULD REJECT THIS OFFER

AND GO TO TRIAL,
IF FOR NO OTHER REASON

THAN I DON'T WANT TO TAKE
ALL THIS STUFF DOWN.
HOPEFULLY
AMONG ALL THAT STUFF

THERE'S A WAY TO GET AROUND
THAT E-MAIL I SENT.
I'M NOT INTERESTED
IN GETTING AROUND IT.

YOU DIDN'T RESIGN, SAM.

YOU SIMPLY FORMALIZED
THEIR DE FACTO FIRING OF YOU.
IT'S CALLED
CONSTRUCTIVE TERMINATION.

BASICALLY, THEY'RE ARGUING
THAT DEMOTING SAM

WAS TANTAMOUNT TO FIRING HIM.
EXCEPT I DIDN'T DEMOTE HIM.

MY NEWS DIRECTOR MOVED HIM
TO ANOTHER TIME SLOT.

WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED
YOU TO SAY ON THE STAND.
I DON'T HAVE TIME
TO TAKE THE STAND.

I HAVE A COMPANY TO RUN.
FIND THE TIME, MR. BUCKLEY.

LOOK, NO JURY WILL FIND
BAY WEST MEDIA SYMPATHETIC

IF IT'S OWN C.E.O.
CAN'T BE... BOTHERED

TO TELL ITS STORY.
YOU HAVE A COMPELLING STORY.

YOU TRIED TO TELL THE TRUTH
TO CORPORATE POWER,

AND YOU ENDED UP
00 A.M.

WENT FROM COVERING
MAYORAL RACES

TO REPORTING ABOUT
FENDER BENDERS ON THE 101.

YOU'RE ANGRY, SAM, AND YOU
HAVE EVERY REASON TO BE.

BUT IF THE JURY
SEES THAT ANGER...
WE'RE DEAD.

DON'T WORRY.
I WON'T COME OFF ANGRY,

BECAUSE I'M NOT.
I'M CONCERNED.

THEY BANISHED ME BECAUSE
OF A STORY THEY THOUGHT

WAS CRITICAL
TO THEIR ADVERTISERS.

YOU THINK I'M THE ONLY ANCHOR IN
THE COUNTRY WITH THAT PROBLEM?

I'M NOT DOING THIS
BECAUSE I NEED THE MONEY.

I'M DOING IT BECAUSE
MY ENTIRE CAREER HAS BEEN ABOUT

BRINGING THE TRUTH TO LIGHT.

THEY WANT TO TAKE AWAY
MY ANCHOR DESK? FINE.

I'LL DO IT
FROM THE WITNESS BOX.
ALL RIGHT, BIG DAY TOMORROW.

GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING?

NO, I'LL BE WRITING
VOIR DIRE QUESTIONS

AND AN OPENING STATEMENT

WHILE... DRINKING
A LOT OF... COFFEE.

ELI?
WILL YOU EXCUSE ME
FOR A MOMENT?

I THINK I'M ABOUT TO CAMEO IN
MY OWN SWORDS AND SANDALS MOVIE.

I HEARD YOU HAD
YOUR ECCENTRICITIES,

BUT THIS ISN'T EXACTLY MAKING ME
SWELL WITH CONFIDENCE.

DON'T WORRY.
I WON'T BILL YOU FOR THE TIME.

THAT REPUTATION YOU GOT
FOR ECCENTRICITY

MIGHT BE
A LITTLE UNDERSTATED.

YEAH.

DON'T TELL ME.
YOU WANT ME TO START LOOKING

INTO CIRCUS-RELATED
WORKMAN COMPS CLAIMS.

NO, JUST FIND OUT WHAT
GLADIATORS OR ANCIENT ROME

OR LATIN, MAYBE, HAVE TO DO
WITH THE RUSSELL CASE.

OH, SURE, THAT'LL BE A CINCH.
E PLURIBUS, YOU NUMBSKULL.

DO YOU WANT ME
TO CALL DR. CHEN FOR YOU?
NO.

WHY NOT? YOU HAVE THE VISION,
HE INTERPRETS.

ISN'T THAT HOW IT WORKS?
WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING TO
EACH OTHER, WHICH WE'RE NOT.

J-JUST TELL ME WHAT THIS MEANS
TO YOU--ANCIENT ROME,

TWO GLADIATORS AND MORE GORE
THAN "AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH."
HERE'S AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH--
I DON'T DO VISION VOODOO.

CHEN IS THE ONE
YOU TAKE THAT STUFF TO.

IT'S BAD ENOUGH YOU MAKE ME
DO ALL THIS PAPERWORK.
FINE.

ANY LUCK GETTING
THOSE DOCUMENTS

MAGGIE HIGHTAILED
OUT OF SONOMA WITH?
AND A GOOD MORNING TO YOU, TOO.

IT WOULD BE A GOOD MORNING
IF WE HAD BAY WEST'S

INTERNAL MEMOS
ABOUT OUR CLIENT.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE
WE'RE GOING TO TRIAL TODAY.

NO, WAIT, WE ARE.
I HAVE A MOTION TO COMPEL
LOCKED AND LOADED.

IT SHOULD BE A SLAM DUNK.
THEN WHY ISN'T MAGGIE
PLAYING BY THE RULES HERE?

I HAVE NO IDEA. MAGGIE IS
USUALLY VERY BIG WITH THE RULES.
SO YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO HER?

OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD,
DO YOU FORESEE GLADIATORS

HAVING ANY SIGNIFICANCE
TO OUR CASE?
DON'T YOU HAVE
AN ACUPUNCTURIST ON RETAINER

FOR THIS SORT OF THING?
I'M NOT SPEAKING TO HIM.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR BROTHER?
HIM NEITHER.

WELL, YOU SHOULD.
YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK

TO YOUR ACUPUNCTURIST, FINE,

BUT YOU SHOULD
ALWAYS TALK TO FAMILY.
MORNING, ELI, TAYLOR.

GOOD MORNING.
I JUST, UM...
I JUST NEED A MUFFIN.

UH, THERE ARE NO MUFFINS, SIR.

AH. WELL THEN,
I'LL JUST, UH...

IT'S FINE.
I WAS JUST LEAVING ANYWAY.

EVERYTHING OKAY?

JUST A LITTLE FAMILY SPAT.
WE'LL BE FINE.

OKAY.

WELL, I'M HERE,
SHOULD YOU FEEL THE NEED TO...

MUCH AS I APPRECIATE YOUR OFFER
TO BE MY PERSONAL DR. PHIL,

ELI, RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU
SHOULD BE WORRYING ABOUT

IS YOUR CASE.
YES, OF COURSE.

WHAT HAPPENED TO "YOU HAVE
TO TALK TO FAMILY," HMM?
I MEANT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

MY CIRCUMSTANCES
ARE DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT, HOW?

HEY, SWEETIE.
READY FOR TRIAL?
READY FOR DOCUMENTS.

THEFT OF EVIDENCE
IS A FELONY.
AND REFUSAL TO PRODUCE IT
TO OPPOSING COUNSEL

IS AN ETHICS VIOLATION.
RIGHT, 'CAUSE YOU REALLY WANT
TO LECTURE ME ON ETHICS HERE.

WHAT DID STONE DO
TO PISS HER OFF?
NO IDEA, BUT SHE'S THE ONE WHO
ABSCONDED WITH OUR DOCUMENTS.

WELL, TECHNICALLY,
THEY'RE MY DOCUMENTS.

ACTUALLY, NOT EVEN TECHNICALLY.
THEY BELONG TO MY CLIENT.

WHICH YOUR CLIENT
IS REQUIRED TO LET ME SEE.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S NO SECRET
THAT YOU'RE SLEEPING

WITH THE ENEMY, HUH?

NO, THE SECRET IS
I MADE A BABY WITH HER.
MM. YOU THINK?

OH, RIGHT.
WHICH REMINDS ME TO REMIND YOU
THAT WE'VE GOT A 3-D ULTRASOUND

30 SHARP.
YOU KNOW, IN 3-D, I'M GONNA
BE ABLE TO TELL THE GENDER.

WE AGREED TO WAIT.
AND BESIDES, WHATEVER IT HAS,

IT'S GONNA BE
ABOUT A MILLIMETER BIG.

NOT IF IT TAKES AFTER
ITS DADDY.

LEAVING SONOMA WITHOUT SAYING
GOOD-BYE WAS ONE THING.

NOT RETURNING MY CALLS, THAT'S
ANOTHER, AND I GET ALL THAT.

I'M SO VERY GLAD.
THINGS ARE AWKWARD BETWEEN US.

IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE
BECAUSE OF...

IS THAT AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
FOR SLEEPING TOGETHER?

MY POINT IS, FREEZING ME OUT,
THAT'S ONE THING.

BUT WITHHOLDING EVIDENCE?
THAT'S TOTALLY SOMETHING ELSE.

THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE
INVOLVED HERE.
RIGHT, MY CLIENTS,
AND THEY HAVE AN ATTORNEY

WILLING TO FIGHT
TO PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS.

LOOK, BOTTOM LINE--I'LL SHOW YOU
THOSE FILES OVER MY DEAD BODY

OR WHEN A JUDGE ORDERS ME TO,
WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.
THEN LET'S GO SEE THE JUDGE,

AND WE'LL TABLE
THE DEAD THING FOR LATER.
LET'S.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
THE DOCUMENTS WE'VE REQUESTED

ARE TOTALLY RELEVANT,
BUT MISS DEKKER HAS REFUSED

TO COMPLY WITH THREE DOCUMENT
REQUESTS AND A MOTION TO COMPEL.
THAT'S TRUE, YOUR HONOR.

THEN WHY HAVEN'T YOU PRODUCED
THE DOCUMENTS AS REQUESTED,

MS. DEKKER?
OH, I'M SORRY. I MEANT
IT'S TRUE I HAVEN'T COMPLIED

WITH MR. STONE'S
DISCOVERY REQUESTS,

BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S
NOTHING IN THEM THAT REQUIRES ME

TO GIVE HIM THE DOCUMENTS.
YES, THERE IS. IT'S CALLED
THE RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE.

IF WE ACTUALLY HAD PRODUCED
THE DOCUMENTS, YOU'D HAVE SEEN

THAT JENNIFER CONTINO,
WEST MEDIA'S IN-HOUSE COUNSEL,

WAS COPIED ON
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
WHICH MEANS
THEY'RE PRIVILEGED,

WHICH MEANS WE HAVE
NO OBLIGATION TO LET MR. STONE

OR ANYONE ELSE SEE THEM.
YOU CAN'T RETROACTIVELY
MAKE SOMETHING PRIVILEGED

BY C.C.ing COUNSEL
AFTER THE FACT.
THERE'S NOTHING RETROACTIVE
ABOUT IT.

ALL THE DOCUMENTS WERE
DATED BEFORE SAM RUSSELL

00 A.M., WHICH
IS THE EVENT MR. STONE CLAIMS

WAS TANTAMOUNT
TO FIRING RUSSELL.
YOUR HONOR--

SHE'S GOT YOU, MR. STONE.
SHE DOESN'T HAVE ME...

NO KIDDING.
IN THAT THE ATTORNEY/CLIENT
PRIVILEGE DOES NOT AP--

SAVE IT, MR. STONE. UNLESS
YOU CAN PROVE MS. CONTINO'S

NOT AN ATTORNEY,
NOT WEST MEDIA'S ATTORNEY

OR THAT THE MEMOS
WERE WRITTEN TO HER

AFTER RUSSELL GOT FIRED
OR QUIT, SHE'S GOT YOU.

SO... ANY OTHER
PRETRIAL MOTIONS?

I HAVE ONE, YOUR HONOR.
I MOVE TO DISQUALIFY MR. STONE.

YOU WHAT?
ON WHAT GROUNDS?
WHAT?

HE THINKS HE'S A PROPHET.

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, MR. STONE
STOOD IN YOUR COURTROOM

AND TOLD YOU HE RECEIVED
MESSAGES FROM THE ALMIGHTY.
I BELIEVE MY EXACT WORDS WERE,
"HIGHER POWER, PERHAPS DIVINE."

AND LAST YEAR HE PREDICTED
THE SILVER TERRACE EARTHQUAKE

TO SOME PUBLIC NOTORIETY.
WHICH ACTUALLY SUPPORTS
THE IDEA THAT I COULD BE,

YOU KNOW... SPECIAL.
WHICH IS AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
IN A JURY TRIAL.

WHAT JUROR WOULDN'T BE
SWAYED BY THE FACT

THE PLAINTIFF'S COUNSEL COUNTS
GOD AS ONE OF HIS CLIENTS?
SHE'S RIGHT.

SHE IS?
SHE IS?

INSOFAR AS THE PERSONAL DETAILS
OF THE TRIAL ATTORNEYS

MAY PREJUDICE THE JURY.
YOUR HONOR--

SO WE SHOULD MAKE SURE
THAT THEY DON'T FIND OUT

THAT MISS DEKKER AND I
SLEPT TOGETHER LAST WEEK.
THAT IS TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE
AND PREJUDICIAL!

YOU DOG! I KNEW IT WAS
JUST A MATTER OF TIME.
COME TO THINK OF IT, SHE'S ALSO
SLEEPING WITH OPPOSING COUNSEL.

THAT'S IRRELEVANT!
AND NOW SHE'S CARRYING
HIS UNBORN CHILD.

AND DID I MENTION
THAT MISS WETHERSBY AND I

USED TO BE ENGAGED?
SO BASICALLY
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS,

I'M THE ONLY PERSON
IN THIS ROOM

WHO'S NOT HAVING SEX
WITH ONE OF YOU.
AND THAT MISS DEKKER'S MOTION
MIGHT BE MOTIVATED

MORE BY PERSONAL ISSUES
THAN LEGAL ONES.
YOU WISH.

ENOUGH. SAVE IT FOR YOUR
INEVITABLE REALITY SHOW.

IF MR. STONE DOES WORK
FOR GOD,

I'M NOT GONNA CHANCE DAMNATION
BY DISQUALIFYING HIM.

BUT IF I HEAR ANY OF YOU
UTTER ONE MORE WORD

ABOUT PROPHETS, PROPHECIES

OR ESPECIALLY
WHO'S SLEEPING WITH WHOM,

I WILL HOLD YOU IN CONTEMPT,
I SWEAR...

TO MR. STONE'S BOSS.

I'VE WORKED AT KNIB
FOR 12 YEARS.

UNTIL RECENTLY,

WE HAD THE NUMBER ONE NEWS SHOW
IN SAN FRANCISCO.

WE DID ABOUT AN 18 SHARE.
WHAT ABOUT AROUND THE TIME

YOU OFFERED MR. RUSSELL
THE MORNING SHOW?

DOWN TO AN 11.3.
WE WERE HEMORRHAGING VIEWERS

AND RANKED THIRD
AMONG THE AFFILIATES.
SO YOU FIRED HIM.

NO. I OFFERED HIM
THE MORNING NEWS.

IT'S A LESS COMPETITIVE
TIME SLOT.

FRANKLY, I THOUGHT SAM
WOULD BE GRATEFUL.

THANK YOU.

YOU, UH, "OFFERED" SAM
THE MORNING NEWS

THE DAY AFTER YOU KILLED
ONE OF HIS STORIES--

AN EXPOSé ON UNSAFE
WORKING CONDITIONS

AT A LOCAL ZYRE MOTORS PLANT.
I DIDN'T KILL ANYTHING.

WE'LL GET TO THAT.
WHAT RELATIONSHIP, IF ANY,

DOES KNIB HAVE
WITH ZYRE MOTORS?
ZYRE'S ONE OF OUR ADVERTISERS.

NEARLY EVERY MAJOR
AUTO MANUFACTURER IS.

BUT ZYRE IS YOUR STATION'S
THIRD LARGEST ADVERTISER.

HOW UPSET
WOULD YOU SAY ZYRE WAS

WITH MR. RUSSELL'S EXPOSé--
SCALE OF ONE TO TEN?
I WOULDN'T KNOW.

BUT YOU PULLED THE PIECE ANYWAY,
JUST IN CASE.
I DIDN'T PULL IT.

IT GOT BUMPED BY STORIES
I DEEMED MORE IMPORTANT.

WHAT WAS THE MORE IMPORTANT
PIECE YOU RAN THAT NIGHT?

I DON'T RECALL.
I HAD A FEELING YOU WOULDN'T,
SO I LOOKED IT UP.

UH, YOU REPLACED
THE ZYRE MOTORS REPORT

WITH A PUBLIC SAFETY STORY--

"BILINGUAL BANDIT
STRIKES THE BAY AREA."

WE FELT IT WAS
THE MORE COMPELLING STORY.

I'VE NEVER BEEN HELD UP
IN TWO LANGUAGES,

SO I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT.
WHY DIDN'T YOU AIR

THE ZYRE MOTORS REPORT
THE NEXT NIGHT?

DID THE BILINGUAL BANDIT
STRIKE AGAIN?
NO, BUT NEWS CYCLES ARE
GETTING SHORTER AND SHORTER.

WE CAN'T STAY COMPETITIVE
WITH CABLE AND INTERNET

BY AIRING YESTERDAY'S NEWS.
OH, I FORGOT. HAZARDOUS WORKING
CONDITIONS ARE SO LAST YEAR.

ALL RIGHT, FOR RUSSELL,

I THINK WOULD SHOULD
SEND IN THE MAGSTER.

AFTER WHAT SHE DID
TO STONE YESTERDAY,

WE CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO USE
THE LITTLE PIT BULL.

PLUS THE JURY EATS
HER INNOCENT ACT RIGHT UP.

YOU KNOW I'M--I'M SITTING
RIGHT HERE, DON'T YOU?

SORRY. I SHOULD TAKE THIS.

HI, SWEETIE.
YEAH, TAKE ALL
THE TIME YOU WANT.

UM, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE
IN TRIAL HERE OR ANYTHING.
Look, I can't find my keys.
I'm gonna be late, all right?

TELL THE NURSE
WHEN YOU GET THERE, THOUGH,

SO SHE CAN SIGN US IN.
LISTEN, WE, UH,
HAVE A STRATEGY MEETING.

WELL, SO DO I,
BUT I'M NOT GOING.

I mean, we only get to see
our fetus in 3-D once.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE
EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I AM, IT'S JUST A BAD TIME.
I DON'T THINK I SHOULD LEAVE.

LISTEN, I-I-I AM REALLY,
REALLY SORRY.

I JUST CAN'T MAKE IT TODAY.
I'M ONE OF TWO LAWYERS
ON OUR SIDE.

YOU HAVE ENOUGH
TO FIELD A BASEBALL TEAM,

BUT SOMEHOW I CAN MAKE IT,
YOU KNOW,

BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, TOO.
I HAVE TO TRIAGE.

I can't move this meeting,

but you can get the nurse
to burn me a DVD.

RIGHT. I FORGOT HOW BABIES
CAN BE TIME-SHIFTED.

THE MEDIA HAS CHANGED.
THE NEWS DIVISION

USED TO BE A PUBLIC SERVICE,
SOMETHING THE BROADCASTER DID

IN EXCHANGE FOR USING
THE PUBLIC AIRWAVES.

NOW IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY
TO MAKE A BUCK.
OBJECTION.

SHE'S ABOUT TO POINT OUT HOW
THAT DOESN'T SEEM RELATED

TO YOU LEAVING THE STATION.
IT'S RELATED, BECAUSE NEWS
HAS BECOME A PROFIT CENTER,

AND I THREATENED
THE STATION'S PROFITS.
WITH THE ZYRE MOTORS PIECE?

I WAS DEMOTED
00 A.M. DRIVE TIME

ONE DAY AFTER
THEY KILLED THAT STORY,

SO YOU TELL ME, MR. STONE.

WHAT'S A Q SCORE?
IT'S A WAY OF MEASURING
AN ON-AIR PERSONALITY'S

FAMILIARITY AND APPEAL.
WOULD IT SURPRISE YOU
TO LEARN THAT YOUR Q SCORE

HAS BEEN IN DECLINE
FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS?

I'M ASSUMING, SINCE YOU'RE
PROBABLY NOT LESS FAMILIAR

TO PEOPLE, IT WAS BECAUSE
YOU BECAME LESS APPEALING.
OBJECTION.

WELL, I'LL--
I'LL PUT IT ANOTHER WAY.

WHAT'S MORE LIKELY--
A CONSPIRACY TO KEEP SAM RUSSELL

AWAY FROM AN ANCHOR DESK
OR A DESIRE TO REPLACE HIM

WITH SOMEONE WHO CAN PULL IN
A LARGER AUDIENCE?
YOU MADE MY POINT FOR ME,
MS. DEKKER.

IN THE DAYS OF CRONKITE
AND MURROW,

DECISIONS WERE NOT MADE BASED
ON Q SCORES AND SHARE POINTS.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

MURROW'S SHOW WAS CANCELED
BECAUSE IT LOST ITS SPONSOR.

IT'S LIKE SHE WENT
BACK TO LAW SCHOOL

WHEN I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION.
DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE AMBITION
OF A WOMAN SCORNED.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
ARE YOU KIDDING?

OH, YOU THINK SHE'S OUT
TO GET ME BECAUSE I, UH...

GOT HER, YEAH. YOU MOTIVATED
HER TO BEAT YOU IN WAYS THAT GO

WAY BEYOND THE NORMAL
COURTROOM ASS-WHUPPING.

SO ALL LAST YEAR
I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

HOW TO MAKE HER A BETTER LAWYER,
AND THE WHOLE TIME

I SHOULD HAVE
JUST SLEPT WITH HER.

MY LOYAL FOOT SOLDIERS.
HOW'D IT GO TODAY?

GREAT.
NOT GREAT.

SHE'S RIGHT. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
GREAT AND NOT SO MUCH.

SAM'S TESTIMONY

WASN'T EXACTLY THE GRAND SLAM
WE WERE COUNTING ON.
MM.

THAT'S, UH, UNFORTUNATE.

YOU MAKE "UNFORTUNATE"

SOUND SO MUCH WORSE
THAN "UNFORTUNATE."

IT'S NOTHING--SOMETHING WE CAN
DISCUSS AFTER THE TRIAL.

SIR, WE'RE PARTNERS.
I'M NOT SURE KEEPING SECRETS

IS GONNA DO EITHER ONE
OF US ANY GOOD.

I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING
TO EITHER OF YOU.

WE'RE ALREADY OPERATING
UNDER ENOUGH PRESSURE.

WHAT'S WRONG?
I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE
WITH OUR ACCOUNTANTS.

WE WERE TREADING WATER
BEFORE THE FINANCIAL CRISIS

MADE GETTING
A LINE OF CREDIT DIFFICULT.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

THAT IF WE DON'T WIN
THE RUSSELL CASE, AND WIN BIG,

WE'LL BE JOINING MR. RUSSELL
ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE.

MATT?

HI.

I MIGHT STILL BE SLEEPING,
BUT I'M PRETTY SURE

YOU DIDN'T STAY HERE
LAST NIGHT.
I LET MYSELF IN.
HOPE YOU DON'T MIND.

I WANTED TO SURPRISE YOU.
WITH BLUEBERRY PANCAKES?

YEAH.

MMM. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY
GOOD-SMELLING APOLOGY.

TASTES EVEN BETTER.

MMM.

I AM SORRY.
I WANTED TO BE THERE.

I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.

I JUST FELT WEIRD BAILING OUT
ON MY TEAM, YOU KNOW?

IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE WORLD SERIES. I GET IT.

THEY'RE THE YANKEES,
AND I'M PLAYING FOR THE RED SOX.

WELL, NOT EXACTLY, BECAUSE
THE YANKEES AND RED SOX

COULD NEVER PLAY EACH OTHER
IN THE WORLD SERIES.

BUT ANYWAY,
IT'S JUST A TRIAL.
YEAH.

YOU DO KNOW
YOUR CLIENT'S NOT FACING

THE DEATH PENALTY HERE,
RIGHT?
NOT MY CLIENT--MY FIRM.

YOU CAN'T USE THIS, OKAY?

THIS IS BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND
CONFIDENCE, OKAY?

TWO PEOPLE WHO MADE
A BABY TOGETHER PRIVILEGED.

I MUST HAVE MISSED
THAT CLASS IN LAW SCHOOL.

WHAT'S GOING ON?
THE NEW FIRM IS SINKING.

WE'RE IN MASSIVE DEBT.
WE CAN'T GET CREDIT.

WE NEED AN INFUSION OF CASH,
AND--AND THE ONLY WAY

WE CAN DO THAT IS A HUGE WIN
IN THE RUSSELL CASE,

A.K.A, A MIRACLE.

JEEZ. YOU OKAY?

YOU MEAN ASIDE
FROM BEING PREGNANT

AND ABOUT TO BE UNEMPLOYED?
YEAH. I'M SO SORRY.

LOOK, I WASN'T GONNA
MENTION THIS,

BUT SINCE YOU'RE KIND OF
OPENING THE DOOR HERE,

P&K's GOT AN OPENING
FOR A FAMILY LAWYER.

WHEN WETHERSBY, STONE
GOES DOWN...

IF IT GOES DOWN, THERE ARE
ABOUT A HUNDRED OTHER FIRMS

I COULD WORK AT THAT DON'T
EMPLOY THE FATHER OF MY BABY.

BUT THEY PROBABLY WON'T HIRE YOU
IN YOUR CURRENT CONDITION...

WHICH WOULD BE SEXIST
AND DETESTABLE.
WHEREAS POSNER-KLEIN
IS JUST DETESTABLE.

NO, I'D RATHER BE
A STAY-AT-HOME MOM.

HEY, I WORK FOR THAT
DETESTABLE FIRM, REMEMBER?

YEAH, I KNOW. I SPEND MOST DAYS
TRYING TO FORGET THAT.

IT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION.

WHAT THE INTERNET
AND 24/7 CABLE NEWS STARTED,

THE RECESSION AND CREDIT TSUNAMI
IS THREATENING TO FINISH.

HARD CHOICES HAVE TO BE MADE
IF EVENING NEWS

OF ANY STRIPE
IS GOING TO SURVIVE.

INCLUDING PANDERING
TO ADVERTISERS?

NEITHER BAY WEST
NOR ITS AFFILIATES

HAVE EVER PANDERED TO ANYONE,
INCLUDING ZYRE MOTORS.
WHICH PAID BAY WEST MEDIA

$3 MILLION LAST YEAR ALONE.
IN AD REVENUE,
WHICH BUYS THE RIGHT

TO ADVERTISE,
NOT EDITORIALIZE.

SO SAM RUSSELL'S CONTENTION
THAT THE EVENING NEWS

IS DRIVEN
BY CORPORATE INTERESTS--
IS OFFENSIVE

AND COMPLETELY UNFOUNDED.
WHAT ABOUT MOVING HIM
00 A.M.

TRAFFIC AND WEATHER SLOT?
ONE OF THE HARD CHOICES
I ALLUDED TO EARLIER.

BUT EVENING NEWS RATINGS
HAVE GONE UP 5 POINTS SINCE,

SO IT'S NOT ONE I REGRET.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT FOR
YOU TO FIND A WORTHY REPLACEMENT

FOR 3-TIME DuPONT,

2-TIME PEABODY AWARD-WINNING
JOURNALIST SAM RUSSELL?

IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE,

BUT WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF
CONFIDENCE IN KIMBERLY CHAVEZ.

I'VE SEEN A FEW OF HER SEGMENTS.
I CAN SEE WHY.

CARDIFF FAINTED
FROM TOXIC CHEMICALS

DURING A SUNLESS
SPRAY TAN SESSION

BECAUSE THE SPRAY GUN'S TUBES
WEREN'T PROPERLY CLEANED.

BUT ASHLEY DIDN'T LET THAT
STOP HER FROM ATTENDING

THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS
FOUNDATION BENEFIT

AT THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO.
WELL,
I KNOW I'M GONNA CANCEL

MY SPRAY TAN APPOINTMENT
THIS AFTERNOON.

ALL LOCAL AFFILIATES FILL THEIR
LINEUP WITH SOME FLUFF PIECES.

IT'S NOT THAT HARD
TO FIND THEM.
NO, BUT WHAT IS BECOMING
INCREASINGLY HARD TO FIND

AT YOUR NEWS STATION
IS ANY REAL NEWS.

WHAT'S CONSIDERED "REAL NEWS"
IS A MATTER OF OPINION.

YOU'RE RIGHT.
LET'S USE A CLEAR STANDARD.

HOW MANY INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS
HAS KIMBERLY CHAVEZ DONE

ON YOUR CORPORATE SPONSORS
SINCE REPLACING SAM RUSSELL?

OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD,
I-I DON'T REMEMBER.
THAT'S SURPRISING,

SINCE ZERO IS A PRETTY EASY
NUMBER TO REMEMBER.

YOU ALSO PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER
WHAT THE TOP STORY WAS

ON YOUR COMPETITORS' PROGRAMS
THE NIGHT KIMBERLY AIRED

HER HARD-HITTING
SPRAY TAN EXPOSé.

IT WAS A STORY ABOUT HOW
YOUR PARENT COMPANY'S C.E.O.

WAS INDICTED FOR STOCK FRAUD.
YOU WERE BRILLIANT.

THANK YOU.

YOU TOTALLY SUPPORTED
THE EMERGING THEORY

THAT IF I SLEEP WITH SOMEONE,

IT ENDOWS THEM WITH
SUPERIOR COURTROOM SKILLS.

THINK I'M BEGINNING
TO UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM

YOU HAVE WITH WOMEN.

CIAO, BELLA...

EXCUSE ME.

IS THIS, UH...

AM I IN ROME?

S , ROMA, ROMA!

BUT LA BELLA RAGAZZA
FOR ME, EH?

MAGGIE?

HEY! UHH!

ELI, WHAT ARE YOU...

SO WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT?
ANOTHER VISION?
IT WAS ROME AGAIN,

MODERN DAY THIS TIME,
AND MAGGIE WAS THERE,

AND I COULDN'T GET TO HER.
MAYBE BECAUSE YOU ALREADY DID
BACK IN SONOMA.

OKAY, I SHOULDN'T
HAVE SLEPT WITH HER,

BUT THERE WAS WINE,
AND, UH,

I'VE BEEN DEALING
WITH SOME STUFF, AND--
AND YOU LOVE HER.

OKAY, MAYBE IT'S NOT LOVE YET,
BUT IT'S SOMETHING.

YEAH, IT'S CALLED
PLATONIC AFFECTION.

WHAT?
ELI, WHY ARE YOU THE ONLY PERSON
WHO DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AWARE

THAT YOU FEEL SOMETHING
FOR MAGGIE?

OKAY, MAYBE IT'S NOT LOVE,

BUT IT'S DEFINITELY
NOT PLATONIC AFFECTION.

YOU TWO BELONG TOGETHER.

IT'S OBVIOUS TO EVERYBODY ELSE
EXCEPT YOU.

OKAY.

MAYBE.

BUT WHAT IF...

WHAT IF MAGGIE
WAS JUST AVAILABLE?

I'VE BEEN FEELING
VERY ALONE LATELY, YOU KNOW?

LIKE THERE'S--
THERE'S NO ONE

FOR "THE GUY
WITH THE DIVINE CALLING."

I THINK THERE IS, ELI.

I THINK SHE'S BEEN RIGHT IN
FRONT OF YOU THE ENTIRE TIME.

YOU JUST HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

IT'S LIKE THE ANEURYSM WOKE UP
EVERY PART OF YOU

EXCEPT YOUR HEART.

SO WHAT DO I DO?

TALK TO HER.

CAN WE TALK?
ALL RISE.

APPARENTLY NOT.

BE SEATED.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT WITNESS?

THE DEFENSE CALLS
JESSE BATES.

UH, YOUR HONOR, JESSE BATES
IS NOT ON THEIR WITNESS LIST.

I LISTED THREE FORMER KNIB
EMPLOYEES AS JOHN DOE WITNESSES.

MS. BATES WAS A PRODUCER
AT N-I-B FOR 13 YEARS.

YOUR HONOR--
OVERRULED, COUNSEL.

I'LL GIVE YOU MORE TIME
TO PREPARE, IF YOU WANT.

YOU'RE HERE UNDER SUBPOENA,
AREN'T YOU, MS. BATES?

YES, I ENJOYED THE SHERIFF'S
VISIT TO MY HOME VERY MUCH,

THANK YOU.
SEEK TO TREAT AS HOSTILE?

GRANTED.

DID YOU PRODUCE SAM RUSSELL'S
PIECE ON ZYRE MOTORS?

YES.
SO YOU WOULD BE IN A POSITION
TO KNOW WHETHER THAT PIECE

HAD ANY RELATIONSHIP
TO THE DECISION

TO MOVE MR. RUSSELL
TO THE MORNING SHOW?
I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

BEST GUESS THEN.

THE NEWS DIRECTOR MR. CHURCH
MOVED SAM THE NEXT DAY.

BUT DIDN'T MR. CHURCH
PROPOSE TO SAM

A MOVE TO THE MORNING SHOW
A FULL SIX MONTHS EARLIER--

BEFORE THE ZYRE PIECE
WAS EVEN INVESTIGATED?

IS THERE A POINT HERE?

WELL, ONLY THAT IF
SAM RUSSELL REALLY BELIEVED

00 A.M.
WAS THE SAME AS GETTING FIRED,

HE WOULD HAVE STOPPED SHOWING UP
FOR WORK SIX MONTHS EARLIER.

BUT HE DIDN'T, DID HE?

YOU'RE NOT AN ATTORNEY,
SO YOU PROBABLY

DON'T KNOW WHY THIS
WOULD BE IMPORTANT,

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN HELPFUL?

KNOWING THAT THE THING THAT
WE RESTED YOUR ENTIRE CASE ON--

THE IDEA THAT MOVING YOU
00 A.M.

WAS AS GOOD AS FIRING YOU--
WAS DISCUSSED A GOOD SIX MONTHS

BEFORE YOU QUIT!
BEING DISCUSSED IS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT THAN IT BEING DONE.

SEMANTICS. LAWYERS AND JUDGES
AND APPARENTLY NEWS ANCHORS

CARE ABOUT THEM,
BUT JURORS DON'T.

TO THEM, IT JUST
LOOKS LIKE YOU QUIT,

WHICH IS A LITTLE DETRIMENTAL
TO OUR CLAIM THAT YOU GOT FIRED.

RIGHT, I FORGOT. A JURY'S
JUST 12 PEOPLE TOO STUPID

TO GET OUT OF JURY DUTY,

INCAPABLE OF
PARSING DISTINCTIONS,

INCAPABLE OF THINKING
FOR THEMSELVES.

YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU SOUND LIKE, ELI?
A TRIAL ATTORNEY
TRYING TO WIN.

BAY WEST MEDIA. "SORRY, SAM.
THAT STORY'S JUST GONNA GO

"RIGHT OVER
THE PUBLIC'S HEAD.

"SORRY, SAM, BUT THEY'RE JUST
NOT GONNA UNDERSTAND THAT.

SORRY, SAM. IT'S JUST
TOO DARN CONFUSING, SAM."

I HAVE A THEORY. YOU CAN SAY
I'VE BET MY WHOLE CAREER ON IT.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE ONLY
AS DUMB AS WE TREAT THEM.

I THINK PEOPLE
ONLY ACT LIKE MORONS

IF THEY'RE TREATED LIKE MORONS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I THINK TAYLOR AND I HAVE
A LONG NIGHT AHEAD OF US.

I'LL LET YOU GET TO IT,
THEN.

THEY COULD HEAR YOU
ON THE FIRST FLOOR.

I WOULD TELL YOU THAT BERATING
CLIENTS IS BAD FOR BUSINESS,

BUT THAT WOULD IMPLY
WE HAVE ANY BUSINESS.

SORRY. WE HAD A SETBACK.

OH. MAYBE I CAN HELP
BRAINSTORM A SOLUTION,

PERHAPS BRING
A FRESH PERSPECTIVE.

WE'RE FINE.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

RIGHT. OF COURSE.

DON'T WORRY.

WE'LL FIND A RABBIT
TO PULL HERE.

MM. A LITTLE MORE
OF THAT ARCTIC WIND,

AND THE POLAR BEARS
MIGHT HAVE A HOME AGAIN.

I DON'T WANT TO TALK
ABOUT IT, OKAY?

WHAT COULD BE SO BAD FOR YOU
TO TREAT HIM LIKE THAT

WHEN HIS FIRM IS ABOUT
3 INCHES FROM BELLY-UP?
HOW ABOUT CHASING
MY MOTHER OUT OF TOWN

AND LYING TO ME
ABOUT IT FOR 20 YEARS?
OKAY, THAT'S BAD ENOUGH.

I'M SO SORRY.
ARE YOU OKAY?

I FLUCTUATE. LUCKILY, I'VE GOT
MATT TO TAKE IT OUT ON.

WELL, I-I GUESS
YOU'RE RIGHT TO BE ANGRY.

I RECENTLY FOUND OUT
THAT SOMEONE WAS RESPONSIBLE

FOR MY DAD'S DEATH.

IT'S BEEN A LITTLE HARD
TO GET OVER.

WHY DO I SENSE
A "BUT" COMING ON?

BUT...
MORE THAN ANYONE I KNOW,

JORDAN'S BEEN TRYING
TO CHANGE WHO HE WAS.

WELL, THE PHRASE "TOO LITTLE,
TOO LATE" COMES TO MIND.

YOU KNOW, IF HE HAD JUST
TOLD ME ALL THIS YEARS AGO,

WHEN I STILL NEEDED A MOTHER,
I WOULD HAVE BEEN FURIOUS,

BUT AT LEAST THERE
WOULD HAVE BEEN TIME

TO FIX THINGS, YOU KNOW?
AND NOW?

MY MOTHER LIVES
1,000 MILES AWAY.

IT'S BEEN DECADES.

I THINK THE WINDOW
OF OPPORTUNITY HAS CLOSED.

THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY.

CARE TO RUN THAT BY ME AGAIN?
HAPPILY, YOUR HONOR.

THE OTHER DAY YOU RULED
THAT WE COULDN'T REVIEW

THE BAY WEST DOCUMENTS
THAT WE REQUESTED

BECAUSE THEY WERE PROTECTED
BY ATTORNEY/CLIENT PRIVILEGE.
BECAUSE THEY ARE.

BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT
ALL THE DOCUMENTS WERE DATED

BEFORE SAM RUSSELL
00 A.M.

BUT YESTERDAY, MS. BATES
ALTERED THAT TIME LINE.

NOW IT'S OBVIOUS THAT
THE DOCUMENTS WERE WRITTEN

00 A.M. MOVE
WAS PROPOSED.
WE REALLY SHOULD BE
THANKING YOU, ACTUALLY.

THE DOCUMENTS WERE STILL
COPIED TO IN-HOUSE COUNSEL.
AFTER, APPARENTLY, THE WHEELS
WERE PUT IN MOTION.

MISS WETHERSBY WAS RIGHT
WHEN SHE SAID

YOU CAN'T RETROACTIVELY
MAKE SOMETHING PRIVILEGED.

MAKE SURE THOSE DOCUMENTS

ARE DELIVERED
TO WETHERSBY, STONE & ASSOCIATES

BY END OF BUSINESS TODAY.
NOW GET OUTTA HERE.

THIS IS HUGE.

EASY, KILLER. WE DON'T KNOW
IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THERE

THAT'S GONNA HELP US.
IF THERE WASN'T, MAGGIE WOULD
HAVE JUST PRODUCED 'EM

IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN TO
WASTE OUR TIME REVIEWING THEM.
POSNER & CRIME JUST DELIVERED
YOUR DOCUMENTS.

THAT WAS FAST.
I KNOW. I THOUGHT
IT WOULD TAKE 'EM FOREVER

JUST TO UNLOAD THE TRUCK.
UNLOAD THE TRUCK? HOW MANY
DOCUMENTS COULD THERE BE?

WHAT WAS THAT YOU SAID
ABOUT WASTING OUR TIME?
I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU WOULD DO THIS.

LET ME GUESS--
YOU GOT THE BOXES.

THE JUDGE ORDERED YOU
TO PRODUCE THOSE DOCUMENTS.

Which we did.
NO, YOU HID THEM
IN A TON OF CRAP.

WELL, THAT'S ONE INTERPRETATION.
And that's just more crap,
you know?

Is this how your new firm
does business, Matt?

IS THIS HOW YOU DO BUSINESS?

WE'RE IN TRIAL, TAYLOR.
IT'S JUST TACTICS.
Circumventing a court order
to hide evidence

ISN'T A TACTIC. IT'S ILLEGAL,
AND AS MORALLY AMBIGUOUS

AS YOU PRETEND TO BE, THERE WAS
A TIME YOU KNEW THE DIFFERENCE.
OKAY, THAT'S FAIR.
I'LL OWN THAT.

But?
BUT--AND I WOULDN'T
BE FLOATING THIS

IF I WEREN'T SAFELY
EIGHT CITY BLOCKS AWAY--

THIS ANGER'S A BIT
OF AN OVERREACTION.

IS IT POSSIBLE
SOME OF IT'S DAD-RELATED?

YES, IT IS DAD-RELATED.
YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT'S RELATED TO THE KIND OF DAD
YOU'RE GOING TO BE,

which is related to the kind
of person you are.
THAT'S NOT FAIR.

I DON'T THINK YOU'VE GOT
MUCH CREDIBILITY RIGHT NOW

WHEN IT COMES TO FAIRNESS,
MATT.

WHAT ARE WE EVEN
LOOKING FOR, ELI,

THE BOX THAT SAYS "SECRET
SMOKING GUN DOCUMENT IN HERE"?

IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY
WERE THAT OBVIOUS ABOUT IT.

WE NEED SOME KIND OF SYSTEM
AND SOME MORE MANPOWER--

PERHAPS HIRE SOME TEMPS.

I DON'T THINK
THAT'S GONNA BE NECESSARY.

THIS IS THE ONE.

DO YOU RECALL

WRITING AN E-MAIL
TO RYAN CHURCH?

HE'S THE NEWS DIRECTOR
OF ONE OF MY AFFILIATES.

I RECALL WRITING HUNDREDS
OF E-MAILS TO HIM.

HOW ABOUT THIS ONE?

IF YOU COULD
READ IT ALOUD, PLEASE?

"CHURCH--HEARD ABOUT
RUSSELL'S AUTO PLANT STORY.

"NEEDLESS TO SAY, ZYRE'S NOT
THROWING HIM A PARADE.

AHEM. TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.
D.B."

I GUESS SINCE ZYRE MOTORS
ONLY PURCHASED

THE RIGHT TO
"ADVERTISE, NOT EDITORIALIZE,"

YOU JUST THREW IN
THE PROBLEM SOLVING FOR FREE.

MR. BUCKLEY,

CAN YOU READ THE PORTION
OF THIS E-MAIL

WHERE YOU SPECIFICALLY ASK
MR. CHURCH TO FIRE MR. RUSSELL?

NO, BECAUSE I NEVER DID.

SO WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM
WITH ZYRE MOTORS

THAT YOU WANTED
MR. CHURCH TO FIX?

IF IT WOULD HELP, I COULD
HAVE THE JUDGE REMIND YOU

WHAT THE PENALTIES ARE
FOR PERJURY.

THE PROBLEM WAS SAM.

WHAT ABOUT HIM,
SPECIFICALLY?

ZYRE WANTED ASSURANCE SAM
WOULDN'T KEEP PUSHING HIS STORY.

AND I GUESS SAM WOULDN'T
HAVE MUCH OF A REASON TO

00 A.M.
TRAFFIC REPORT, HUH?

ELI, DON'T LET
YOUR WINDOW CLOSE.

WHAT?

YOU THINK IT'S OPEN NOW?

SHE CAN'T BE TOO HAPPY WITH ME
AFTER WHAT I DID BACK IN THERE.

WHICH IS WHY YOU NEED
TO DO THIS NOW,

BEFORE SHE'S GROWN TOO MUCH
SCAR TISSUE OVER HER WOUNDS.
YOU KNOW I SLEPT WITH HER,
RIGHT?

I DIDN'T HIT HER
WITH A BASEBALL BAT.
GO.

COME ON.
HEY!

COME HERE.
WHAT?

OW!
MY WRIST IS FINE, THANKS.

SORRY, BUT, UH,
W-WE HAVE TO TALK.

NO, YOU WANT TO TALK.
SLIGHT DISTINCTION.

YEAH, RIGHT. I WANT TO TALK.
SO ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS LISTEN.

OKAY?

FIRSTLY, I AM...

LOOK,
I'M SORRY ABOUT SONOMA.

I JUST...

WHAT WE DID, IT WAS...

IT WAS WONDERFUL.
IT WAS GREAT.

AND I'M GLAD WE DID IT.

AND THE NEXT MORNING, I JUST...

I HAD TO THINK
ABOUT MY FEELINGS,

ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT
OF YOUR FEELINGS,

WHICH YOU TOLD ME...

ARE SUBSTANTIAL.

WERE SUBSTANTIAL.

WHAT?

I TRIED EVERY CONCEIVABLE WAY
TO GET OVER YOU.

I GOT ENGAGED.
I LEFT THE FIRM.

NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS
WOULD I THINK

THAT SLEEPING TOGETHER WOULD
ACTUALLY HELP ME GET OVER YOU.

SO THANK YOU.

YOU GAVE ME CLOSURE.

S--

SO WHY HAVE
YOU BEEN SO, UM...

WHY HAVE THINGS BEEN
SO PERSONAL WITH THE CASE?

NO, IT'S NOT PERSONAL.
I'M TRYING TO WIN, ELI.

I CAN'T BEAT YOU AND BE FRIENDS
WITH YOU AT THE SAME TIME.

I-I CAN'T MULTITASK
LIKE THAT.

BUT AFTER I BEAT YOU,
WE--WE CAN GO FOR COFFEE,

CATCH UP.

YEAH. AS FRIENDS.

YEAH.

EXACTLY.

IN A MINUTE,

BAY WEST'S LAWYER
IS GONNA STAND HERE,

AND SHE'S GOING TO REMIND YOU

HOW SAM RUSSELL QUIT HIS JOB.

BUT THE REALITY IS,

YOU CANNOT QUIT A JOB
THAT'S ALREADY BEEN

TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU.

SAM RUSSELL WAS REMOVED
FROM HIS JOB

ANCHORING
THE "BAY AREA EVENING NEWS."

THAT'S INDISPUTABLE.

IT'S UNCONTESTED.

BUT THE FACT IS

THAT SAM LOST HIS JOB
MUCH EARLIER THAN THAT.

HE'S BEEN LOSING IT
BIT BY LITTLE BIT FOR YEARS--

WHEN THE NEWS DIVISION
AT BAY WEST MEDIA

BECAME PART OF
THE ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION,

WHEN THE WALL BETWEEN
THE BOARDROOM AND THE NEWSROOM

GREW SO THIN
AS TO BECOME NONEXISTENT,

AND WHEN TELEVISION JOURNALISM

BECAME JUST SOMETHING ELSE

TO FILL TIME
BETWEEN COMMERCIALS,

AND YES,
WHEN HIS CORPORATE BOSSES

DECIDED THAT IF
THEY COULDN'T SHUT HIM UP,

THEN THEY WOULD FORCE HIM OUT.

AND THEY DID.

SAM RUSSELL HAS BEEN SILENCED.

AND NOW THE ONLY ONE

WHO CAN TELL BAY WEST MEDIA
THAT THE MEDIA NEEDS TO START

LIVING UP
TO ITS RESPONSIBILITIES...

IS YOU.

YOU KNOW,
HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

THE NEWS MEDIA HAS LOST
ITS MORAL CENTER.

IT'S BECOME DOMINATED
BY CORPORATE INTERESTS.

KATIE COURIC WENT ON RECORD
SAYING THAT SHE FELT

CORPORATE PRESSURE
TO CAST THE IRAQ WAR

IN A POSITIVE LIGHT.

EVEN PRESIDENT BUSH'S
FORMER PRESS SECRETARY

IRONICALLY REFERS
TO THE "LIBERAL MEDIA,"

BECAUSE IT'S BECOME SO FOCUSED
ON ADVANCING REPUBLICAN POLICIES

WHICH BENEFIT... GUESS WHO.

CORPORATIONS.

THE JOURNALISTIC SPIRIT
THAT ENDED McCARTHYISM

AND EXPOSED WATERGATE
HAS BEEN CO-OPTED

INTO MAKING THE CASE
FOR W.M.D.s IN IRAQ

AND IGNORING CALAMITY
IN NEW ORLEANS.

AND THAT'S WHEN
IT'S NOT PREOCCUPIED

BY LINDSAY LOHAN
AND BRITNEY SPEARS.

AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER
HOW CRITICAL A FREE PRESS IS

IN A DEMOCRACY LIKE OURS, IT'S--
IT'S PARTICULARLY LOATHSOME.

BUT YOU WANT TO KNOW
WHAT'S REALLY LOATHSOME?

TRYING TO CONVERT
YOUR JUSTIFIABLE OUTRAGE

INTO A PERSONAL
FINANCIAL WINDFALL.

IF SAM RUSSELL WERE REALLY
THAT CONCERNED

ABOUT THE STATE OF THE MEDIA,
HE WOULDN'T HAVE QUIT.

HE WOULD HAVE STAYED ON

AND WORKED TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM
FROM THE INSIDE

RATHER THAN RUNNING TO YOU
FOR A HANDOUT.

IT COULD GO EITHER WAY.
THEN IT WON'T INCONVENIENCE
THEM TO GO OUR WAY.

EVEN IF THEY RULE FOR US--
FOR SAM--

THERE'S LITTLE GUARANTEE
OF A MONEY JUDGMENT

SUFFICIENT TO KEEP
OUR LIGHTS ON.
THANK YOU, MR. OPTIMIST.

I'M JUST BEING TRUTHFUL.

BUT ALONG THOSE LINES...
YOU TWO MADE ME VERY PROUD.

I COULDN'T FATHOM TWO ATTORNEYS
I'D RATHER PRACTICE WITH.

SO YOU'LL BE RETIRING,
THEN?

HELLO?

YOU WANT ME TO... WHY?

OKAY.

UM, I'LL BE BACK
IN A MOMENT.

GET IN HERE.
WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU...

OKAY, I'M NOT GONNA BOTHER
TELLING YOU HOW WEIRD THIS IS.

I HAVE A SETTLEMENT OFFER.

WHICH YOU FELT THE NEED
TO MAKE IN A CLOSET?

DOES THE OFFER INVOLVE US
MAKING OUT? 'CAUSE NO OFFENSE,

BUT I JUST--
ITS QUITE
POSSIBLE THE REST OF MY TEAM

DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS OFFER,
BUT MY CLIENT DOES,

AND HE'S WILLING
TO PAY SAM $5 MILLION.

DOES SAM HAVE
TO MAKE OUT WITH YOU?

THIS IS SERIOUS.

IT'S A PUBLIC PERCEPTION THING.
SAM'S STILL GOT A FEW FANS.

$5 MILLION BUYS AN END
TO THE SETTLEMENT

AND A PUBLIC STATEMENT
SAYING HE RESIGNED.

SAM'S GONNA HAVE
A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

NOT AS BIG A PROBLEM
AS YOU'VE GOT.

ONE-THIRD CONTINGENCY
ON $5 MILLION.

IT'S WETHERSBY, STONE'S
LIFE RAFT,

OKAY?

DON'T GO UNTIL, LIKE, A MINUTE
AFTER I'M OUT THE DOOR.
OF COURSE.

OKAY.

SHOULD I
EVEN CONSIDER THIS?

IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
ENOUGH TO START OVER,
PUT ALL THIS BEHIND YOU.

BUT I WANT THEM TO ADMIT
THAT WHAT THEY DID WAS WRONG--

NOT JUST WRONG

BUT DISRESPECTFUL,
MERCENARY TURPITUDE.

SORRY, SAM,
BUT THAT KIND OF ADMISSION

JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN
IN THE REAL WORLD--

CERTAINLY NOT IN THE WORLD
OF CORPORATE AMERICA.

YES, THEY MIGHT TAKE
A HIT FROM THE JURY,

BUT THEY ALSO MIGHT NOT.

AT LEAST THIS WAY,
YOU'RE GUARANTEED SOMETHING,

AND AFTER THEY PAY YOU
$5 MILLION,

BAY WEST IS GONNA THINK TWICE

ABOUT TRYING TO SILENCE
ANOTHER REPORTER.
I SEE YOUR POINT.

SO YOU'LL TAKE IT?

DO I HAVE A CHOICE?

OF COURSE YOU HAVE A CHOICE.

SAM, YOU WERE WRONGED.

THE STATION FORCED YOU OUT.
WE ALL KNOW THAT.

AND BY ALLOWING THEM
TO GET AWAY WITH IT,

WE ARE ALLOWING
CORPORATE GREED

TO ROLL OVER
JOURNALISTIC ETHICS,

TO NEUTER
THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

YOU NEED TO STAND UP
FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.

BUT THERE IS A COST TO THAT.

YES, TO YOUR CONSCIENCE.

SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
AND ANXIOUS MORNINGS

WHEN THE REALITY
OF YOUR MISTAKES

PLAGUE YOU THE MOST,
WHEN YOU REALIZE

THAT YOU'VE COMPROMISED
YOUR PRINCIPLES,

THAT YOU'VE DONE
THE WRONG THING.

BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU--
LIVING WITH REGRET

IS MUCH HARDER
THAN LIVING WITH DEFEAT.

YOU'VE COME THIS FAR.

IF YOU SETTLE NOW,
I'M AFRAID YOU LOSE SOMETHING

FAR WORSE THAN A TRIAL.

HE'S RIGHT.

I KNOW IT.

NO DEAL.

I'LL GO TELL MATT.

MAGGIE!

CIAO, MIA BELLA RAGAZZA.

CIAO.

WE, THE JURY, IN THE MATTER

OF SAMUEL RUSSELL vs.
BAY WEST MEDIA INCORPORATED

FIND IN FAVOR OF...

THE DEFENDANT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB.
THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

NOT ONLY IS THERE
A NICE PAYCHECK IN IT FOR US,

BUT WE GOT TO NAIL
WETHERSBY, STONE & ASSOCIATES

WHERE IT REALLY HURTS--
THE WALLET.

ALL RIGHT!

AND I WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE
TO THANK MAGGIE DEKKER...

ALL RIGHT!
GOOD JOB!

MAGGIE!

WHOSE SWEET VOICE
AND PLACID DEMEANOR

BELIE HER INNER ANIMAL.

SHE WAS A PANTHER OUT THERE,
PEOPLE.

MAGGIE!
RIGHT ON, MAGGIE.

ALL RIGHT, UNLESS YOU CAN
FIGURE OUT A CLIENT TO BILL

FOR EATING CUPCAKES,
GET BACK TO WORK.

DOWD, A WORD?

ACTUALLY, IT'S,
UH, TWO WORDS--

NEVER AGAIN.

YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M REFERRING TO?

I'M PRETTY SURE
I'VE GOT AN IDEA.

YOU'RE LUCKY THEY
TURNED DOWN THAT OFFER,

AND YOU'RE LUCKY
OUR CLIENT WON.

NOW I DON'T SEE YOU GETTING
LUCKY THREE TIMES IN A ROW.

DO YOU?

YOU'RE A BIT OVER
YOUR WORD LIMIT THERE.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?

WELL, THERE ARE STILL
SOME PAINTINGS I CAN SELL,

SOME BILLS
WE CAN DEFER PAYMENT ON.

MAYBE BUY US SIX MONTHS...
MAYBE A LITTLE LESS.

YOU'RE NOT ALONE
IN THIS, DAD.

WHY ARE YOU SMILING?

JUST NICE TO HEAR YOU
CALL ME "DAD."

HEY.
MATT?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

I HEARD KEITH GOT
MY OLD OFFICE.

THAT'S JUST
AN UNACCEPTABLE SITUATION...

AND SO IS POSNER-KLEIN.

AT LEAST, THAT'S WHAT
IT'S TURNED OUT TO BE.

SO YOU'RE...

WELL, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING ON
ABOUT HOW YOUR DAD SAYS

IS ABOUT, UM... MAKING UP
FOR PAST MISTAKES.

I THOUGHT I'D GIVE THAT
A TRY.

NOT TO RAIN ON YOUR PARADE,
BUT...

HAS ANYONE ACTUALLY
OFFERED YOU A JOB HERE?

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE
TO HAVE A JOB HERE?

NOT TO SOUND UNGRATEFUL,

BUT WE CAN'T EVEN AFFORD
TO PAY YOU MINIMUM WAGE.

AH, NO. TAKE STONE'S NAME OFF
THE DOOR, WE'LL CALL IT EVEN.

NICE TRY.

UM... YOU WERE RIGHT.

I WANT TO SHOW
THE LITTLE DOWD

OR DOWDETTE

WHAT IT MEANS TO STAND UP
FOR THE THINGS YOU CARE ABOUT.

SHE'S GONNA BE VERY LUCKY
TO HAVE YOU AS A DAD.

SHE?
I COULDN'T HELP IT.
WHEN I WENT TO THE DOCTOR

THE OTHER DAY, I JUST--
I HAD TO KNOW.

I HOPE YOU'RE NOT MAD.

NO, I'M NOT MAD. I'M HAVING
A GIRL. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

UH, YEAH, IF YOU JUST
CALL UP TO THE OFFICE,

SHE'LL LET ME IN.
IT'S MAGGIE DEKKER, TWO K's.

YOU LOOKING FOR MAGGIE?
YOU JUST MISSED HER.

SHE'S PROBABLY OUTSIDE.

THANK YOU.

MAGGIE! MAG--

HERE.

I THINK, UH...

I THINK MY WINDOW CLOSED.