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As soon as I heard the
shooting I turned around.

They were shooting' at
this house on the corner.

Which house?

Noreen: It was just
a big gray house.

I didn't know who lived there.

I just grabbed Christie
and I told Scott

my six-year old to get down.

Then as they drove by...

as they drove by I saw the gun
sticking' out the back window.

And I saw it go off.

And Ms. Carter,
what happened then?

Noreen: It sped away.

And when I looked
around for Scott...

he was just lying' there.

He wasn't moving.

Ms. Carter, do you see
in the courtroom today...

the man who killed your son.

Ma'am, please identify the
person you saw fire the gun.

I'm not sure.

What do you mean
you're not sure?

Just what I said, it could've
been him. But I'm not sure.

You were positive when you
picked him out of the line up.

- Your Honor, Ms. Clemmons--
- Well, I have my doubts now.

Zoey: Did the
defendant threaten you?

Klein: Move to strike.
- Counsel.

Withdrawn, have you had contact
with the defendant

in the last 24 hours?

No.

Your Honor, ten minute recess
to confer with the witness.

[clink] Ten minutes.

[rattling]

I want to know what
he threatened you with.

Nothing, I just
ain't sure, okay?

Dammit, Noreen,
he killed your son.

And I got three other
children to think about.

But if we put him
away he can't hurt you!

Oh, come on.
Do I look that stupid to you?

He's the gang's leader,
for God's sake!

If he's alive he can hurt
me, even if he's in jail--

You listen to me! Listen to me!

This whole case turns
on your positive I.D.

And if we don't win
this you can forget about

getting a conviction
on the driver in the next case.

- I said I don't know!
- He'll walk!

And they'll probably both walk.

And this one,
Waring, he'll kill again.

He's gonna kill again,
lady, no matter what you do!

Only thing I'm making' sure of

it won't be another
one of my kids.

You lied up there under oath,
I can prosecute you for perjury.

Do you think there's
anything you can do to me

that scares
me more than him?

Yeah, you can prosecute.

You just can't protect.

[clinks on door]

[suspenseful music]

[theme music]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[instrumental music]

[music continues]

Alright, first up, I note
that C.J., who is late again

has brought us another
significant client, again.

German Motor Works is
opening up an American Division

and she's evidently
snagged them.

- Alright, C.J.!
- How does she do this?

Douglas: Next up,
United States vs. Weeks.

Yeah! That's mine.
And we're ready for trial.

- You?
- Don't start with me, Douglas.

This is tax litigation, okay?

Stuart: It's my case,
I'm a litigator,

I'm trying it.
Get out of my face.

This is our old
friend Upton Weeks.

[crunches]
He was arrested for tax evasion.

Supreme Court recently held
you can't throw a man in prison

for failing to pay his
income tax if he had

a good faith belief
that he was exempt.

Next up, Recklaw
vs. Sinai Hospital?

Yeah, we represent
Kate Recklaw, suing for damages

because of an
unnecessary hysterectomy.

Victor: The depositions
will be this week.

Ann has been kind
enough to loan me her office--

Yes, well this time
I do have an excuse.

I've been stuck in a
bloody lift for 30 minutes!

[groans] Douglas: Which brings
up an administrative item.

Besides elevator mishaps,
the electrical difficulties

in the building have
caused some power surges

which have shut
down word-processing.

[groan] Douglas: I'm sorry.

C.J., you've got

the German car company,
this is a fact?

Yeah, I'm meeting with the CEO

and four vice presidents
on Friday, looks like a go.

Fantastic, and Leland, you're
meeting with Rosalind Shays

over Velnick's
lease with Tammon?

Tonight.

Let's keep the
negotiations at arm's length.

Lastly, a reminder, next week is
scheduled to be my last

as senior partner,
unless Leland,

you'd like me to continue.

No, I'm ready to return.

Oh! [rustling] Adjourned.

[rattling]

He took some tests and told me

I had a, a fibroid tumor
in my uterus.

William: This
was a benign tumor?

Yes, but he said that if
it grew rapidly there could be

problems, even
a remote chance of cancer.

And what course of
treatment did he advise?

A total hysterectomy.

Removing both the uterus and the
ovaries as well as the tumor.

And after the surgery...

this is when you
became symptomatic?

He put me on a hormone
therapy that made me sick.

I was tired all
the time and depressed.

Did you tell
Dr. Kyle about this?

Oh, yes, he implied
that it was all in my head.

He put me on antidepressants.

William: Did it help?
- No. [sighs]

The lethargy just got worse.

I didn't go out.

Some days I wouldn't even get
dressed, wouldn't bother to eat.

I was this zombie who sat around

the house
and cried all the time.

So basically you
suffered from depression.

Kate: Not just that.

I...

I wasn't able to...

feel things the way I used to...

and not just emotions,
though that was part of it.

But sexual feelings.

What feelings did you lose?

I lost all sensitivity
in my nipples.

Kate: Nothing.

And I could no
longer achieve orgasm.

I was, I was just dead inside.

Kate: I wasn't me anymore.

I'm still not me.

And for all this, you blame
the doctor and the hospital.

Oh yeah, I blame them!

They didn't tell me
what it would be like.

What a hysterectomy could do
to a woman.

For God's sake,
why didn't they tell me?

[sobbing]

[instrumental music]

On April 15, 1990 we received
a letter from Mr. Weeks

mailed in the envelope provided
for his tax returns.

And what did
Mr. Weeks' letter say?

That he refused to
pay his Federal income taxes.

Well, did he say why
he was refusing to pay?

He wrote...

"I read his lips, his
lips lied and I won't pay."

Can you tell
the court the amount

of the defendant's
outstanding tax bill?

$14,957.

Thank you, Mr. Fletcher.

[footsteps]

You had heard from Upton Weeks
before, hadn't you Mr. Fletcher?

Many times.

And he made it very clear
why he wasn't

gonna pay his taxes, didn't he?

Oh, yes.

I refer to defense exhibits

one through seventeen,
your Honor.

[paper rustling]

Would you read the marked
paragraph in this letter please?

Your Honor, what does
this have to do with anything?

Either he paid
his taxes or he didn't.

The Supreme Court
of the United States

has made it clear that the
reasons why Mr. Weeks refused

to pay are
relevant, your Honor.

This is a test case,
the political ramifications

here are-- are monumental.

I'm going to allow it, for now.

"Enough is enough.

"I refuse to continue
funding rank stupidity.

Marv: "I won't keep paying
my hard-earned money

to politicians who flush
it down $6000 toilets.

"I won't! I won't! I won't!

Sincerely, Upton Weeks."

[applause]

[knocks on bench]

Thank you, Mr. Fletcher.

[paper rustling]
That's all I have.

[indistinct chattering]

[footsteps]

[rattling]

Lyman Hatcher for the defense.

- Ready for trial again.
- Who's the D.A.?

Zoey: Your Honor,
I am, Zoey Clemmons.

Your Honor, this case
was just reassigned

to me, I'll be seeking
a continuance.

Opposed.

This matter has been continued
seven times, Ms. Clemmons.

It's marked no
further continuance.

My apologies to the court,
your Honor, but I'm currently

in the middle
of a murder trail--

I don't care, it's something
different every time.

And meanwhile the defendant
is being denied

his constitutional right
to a speedy trial.

Zoey: Your Honor, if I--
Donald: It's a simple robbery.

Donald: For God's
sake, we can do it in a day.

My understanding is there
was also an aggravated assault.

Tomorrow, 2 O'clock.

I'm in with Judge Armand
on a murder case.

- I can't be here--
- Tell him...

to let you out at 2 O'clock.

I don't like my docket
backlogged any more than he does

and if he's got a problem,
have him call me, next case.

Bailiff: Case
number 6-9-8-6-6...

Mr. Johanson? Edward Johanson?

Edward: That's me.
- Oh.

Hi, I'm Zoey Clemmons,
I'm handling your case.

What happened to Mr. Cavelini?
[chuckles]

Well, he's
no longer with the department.

Look, I'm
gonna put you up first.

We have your statement in the
file and this is a copy for you.

I want you to go over it tonight
and if you have any additions

or if anything's not right
I want you to let me know.

Okay.

Uh, Zoey, the
car's waiting out front.

Alright, let's you
and I meet tomorrow

1 o'clock, right here
and we'll go over everything.

Okay, we'll see you then.

[thud]

[paper rustling]

Simple deal, testify
that Waring shot the boy

we plead you
out as an accessory.

- I'm not giving' you nothin'!
- Let me do the talking, Billy.

Hey, she's lost her witness,
man! She's got no case!

My case may be falling apart
against your buddy,

Mr. Michael, but my chances
of convicting you just went up.

How do you figure?

If I don't get Waring,

I simply stand up in front
of the jury

at your trial and
I say, "Hey, the bullets

that killed Scott Carter
came from your car.

Waring was acquitted,
so guess who must've done it.

That's crap!

A jury's gonna hold someone
accountable, we all know it.

If Waring goes free
it's gonna be you, come on!

All you did was drive the car

do you really want
to risk life imprisonment?

I'm gonna be looking
for total immunity

before I let him make a squeak.

Testify you saw
him shoot the boy

I'll give you a use immunity.

- I didn't see that!
- Billy--

I didn't! He was
in the back seat.

He was shooting', I didn't
see him hit the kid.

Testify to that, time
and place, you saw him

stick the gun out,
you saw him fire.

- Total immunity.
- Plus protection.

I don't want
him coming after me.

He's not coming
out of custody ever.

[buzzing]

So I go completely free?
Even though I was driving?

Yeah, you go free.

Deal.

We videotape your statement
under oath this afternoon.

You'll be in court
tomorrow morning.

Have him there in
a suit and tie.

Glad we can work it all out.

[scoffs]

[clinks on door]

I think it's a mistake
to just capitulate

on the tax abatement.

Well, what's the point?

Wasting the time
of six attorneys?

Fighting over a moot point?

It's not a moot point,
Leland, it's a contingency.

It's what every
good lawyer plans for.

Rosalind, I'm
sorry I can't marry you.

- This isn't about that.
- This is about that.

For the past week I've been
getting nothing but resentment.

You know that's true.

I don't resent you, Leland.

If anything maybe
I resent myself.

For staying with a man who
doesn't love you? [bell dings]

I really don't
want to talk about it.

[rustling]

[screams]

[loud thud] Oh! Rosalind!

Oh! Oh my God!

[rattling]

[rattling]

We didn't know if there
was anybody inside.

He was just shooting' at the
house to give 'em the message.

So this was basically
gang retaliation.

Basically.

And after you drove away
from the gray house did

the defendant, Richard Waring,
fire his gun again?

Michaels: Yeah.

Zoey: Did you drive
by a woman and her two children

about a block from the house?

Yes.

And did the defendant
stick his gun out

the window and fire
in their direction?

I dunno if it was in
their direction.

But he did stick his
gun out the window and fire.

Yes, ma'am.

And, sir, you yourself
were scheduled

to go on trial next,
after Mr. Waring.

And you've offered
up this testimony in exchange

for immunity, isn't that right?

Yeah, but I'm telling'
the truth.

Richard fired his gun.

Thank you, that's all.

[rustling]

[paper rustling]

[indistinct whispers]

[rustling]

Sir, do you know for
a fact that my client

shot and killed Scott Carter?

No, sir.

Klein: Do you know how
Scott Carter was killed?

Michaels: Yes, sir.
Klein: How?

- I shot him.
- What the hell is this!

[indistinct murmurs]
In my chambers! Now! Bailiff!

[indistinct murmurs]

[clinks on door]

Don't tell me
you didn't know about it!

I didn't!

You both participated
in a fraud on the court!

- I didn't participate in--
- He stuck to the proffer!

- His immunity is revoked!
- It is like hell!

Richard: Quiet!

Now, I want to know exactly what

you instructed
your client to do.

Nothing, I told him he had
immunity on the murder no matter

what he said as long as he stuck
to his proffer and he did.

It's too damn perfect!

He goes free on immunity
while clearing his buddy

he had to have
help from you two!

I never even spoke to him!

Their paths crossed briefly
in the holding cell, maybe they

figured it out then,
but I didn't orchestrate this.

I have no knowledge that Billy
Michaels didn't shoot the boy.

Oh, please! Your Honor,
I move for a mistrial on this.

I can't just call
a mistrial, Ms. Clemmons

we've got double
jeopardy problems.

As for your guy's immunity
I want to see the agreement.

I also videotaped his statement.

And I want to see that.

Jimmy: He said every--
- Shut up!

Richard: At a minimum
you've walked

the line here, Counsel.

His testimony was
a surprise to me too, Judge.

Get me a transcript.

If he breached his
promise even slightly

he loses immunity and he's
standing trial, you got it?

- Got it.
- Good.

This trial is stayed until
I read all the papers.

That's all.

[footsteps]

[clinks on door]

As most of you no doubt know
last night

a little after 10 o'clock
Rosalind Shays inadvertently

stepped into an
empty elevator shaft.

Leland: It wasn't known
exactly how far she fell

only that she didn't hit bottom.

And the police,
by lowering a camera

were able to determine
that she'd been ensnared in

some cable wires between
the 7th and 8th floors.

Uh, we saw no signs of life.

Leland: Since this
is the express elevator

there's limited access
on the lower floors

and they've not yet
retrieved the body.

They expect to do so by noon.

I will make the funeral
arrangements and let you know.

Um, Jack Sollers is
representing Rosalind's estate

he's already been in touch.

And Douglas, coordinate that.

As for everyone
else, the situation

with the elevators
is not resolved.

Obviously, your attention
before boarding is advised.

[rattling]

I told her recovery
would take about six weeks.

There'd be localized pain,
some loss of stamina

and that she would need
the estrogen therapy.

That's it? You
told her nothing else?

In my experience those
are the medical consequences

of a total hysterectomy. Yes.

Are you aware, doctor, of
the studies that show that fully

one-third of all hysterectomy
patients suffer a decreased

sexual response, as well
as an inability

to have uterine orgasms?

The uterus in my opinion

is a reproductive organ
not a sexual organ.

So this is a pretty
easy call, wasn't it?

You just chop out
her uterus and her ovaries.

When there is a potential cancer
risk, I think it is import--

There was a 1% chance of cancer, doctor.

And you recommended a radical
surgery on a 36 year old woman.

Now if a man had a
1% chance of testicular cancer

would you opt to castrate him
just to be on the safe side?

It's not the same thing!

These are your medical records
here for the past 12 years.

For all the thousands of women
who have come to you

with fibroids, with pelvic pain,
you have recommended

hysterectomies for 85%.

- There's no relevance to what--
- It's relevant.

Despite alternative treatments

you've been chopping out uteri
for nine out of ten women.

What the hell
are you accusing me of?

I'm accusing you of running
a hysterectomy farm.

These operations, they
take 30 to 40 minutes tops

the hospital bill's $15,000
a pop.

[snaps] Easier than
the alternative methods.

I'm not staying for this.

Sit down, Everett,

let's just get it over with.

Your hospital performs
1,500 hysterectomies annually.

Generating an income
of 22 million dollars.

You personally, perform close
to 200 of these procedures

a year, with the surgeon's
fee alone being 3000.

That means you,
yourself, make over

$600,000 a year cutting
out women's' uteri.

That doesn't mean anything!

It means something
to these women!

This deposition's over.

- I'll be going for costs.
- You do whatever you want.

This deposition is over.

[rattling]

[footsteps]

What made you so mad
that you refused

to pay your taxes, Mr. Weeks?

I can sum it up in two words,
George Bush.

- George Bush.
- Yes.

He said, "Read my lips, no
new taxes," so I voted for him.

He's a year into office
and what have we got?

New taxes, it's fraud!

- Fraud?
Weeks: Fraud!

Listen to what he spends our
money on, [paper rustling] here.

200...

$210,000 to find out if cow
belches affect global warming.

[chuckles] Weeks: He did that.

1.2 million to preserve a sewer
as a historical monument.

40,000 to find out why
hockey fans smile.

[chuckles] Weeks:
And 1,200 for a solar toilet.

Solar toilet?

Yeah, it's written
down here, right here.

[paper rustling] What
are your sources?

The government itself.

Oh, right here... [paper
rustling and mumbling]

the General Accounting
Office, The Office of Management

and Budget,
Department of Defense

Department of Agriculture,
Department of Housing

and Urban Development.

Oh, it's all
documented, your Honor.

$144,000 to test supply
and demand on pigeons.

Pigeons.

$46,000 to find out

how long it takes
to cook breakfast.

[chuckling] Breakfast.

And, 45 million dollars...

to allow Medicare
to pay for cutting our toenails.

Your Honor, this is ridiculous--

Of course, it's ridiculous!

We have a ridiculous government.

And I'll be damned if I'm gonna
pay for it any more, I won't!

And neither should any of you!

[applause]

Hold it! Hold it!
Calm down out there.

It was just before 8:00 and I
was closing up the newsstand...

and suddenly I felt this thump
on the back of my head

and everything went kinda brown.

- Did you black out?
- No, no, but I went down.

And the next thing
I knew I was getting' kicked.

Did you look up to
see who was kicking you?

Yes, I did. It was
that man right there.

Zoey: You're sure?
Edward: Very sure.

Edward: I picked him out at the
line up and I recognize him now.

What happened after
he kicked you, Mr. Johanson?

He took off my cash belt.

Zoey: How much cash
were you carrying?

Edward: Oh, about $200, maybe.

And he took
my wedding' ring, too.

And he kicked me
in the head and he run off.

Thank you, sir,
I have nothing further.

Mr. Johanson, before you first
looked

at the assailant that night...

We got the transcripts
printed, Judge is going over it.

Lyman: You'd been struck
on the back of the head, right?

Yes.

And it made everything
seem brown.

Edward: Yes.

Lyman: And when
the police arrived you were...

Keep pressing murder on Michaels
hard unless Armand kicks it.

As for Waring,
let's try to plead it out.

And the only description
you gave to police at the time

was "Young,
black, over six feet."

Lyman: Is that right?
- Yes.

Mr. Pinkett's only five nine.

Well, I was on the ground
so he probably looked bigger.

See if we have grounds to
make perjury against Michaels.

- Yes.
Lyman: And at the line up...

you said you were
pretty sure it was my client.

Lyman: But you weren't
positive, were you?

I was under a little shock
then, but I'm positive today.

Thank you, sir, that's all.

Donald: Ms. Clemmons.

Your Honor, we have
one more eyewitness

who we've been unable to locate.

Can you assure the court
you will locate this witness?

- No, but--
Donald: Then forget it.

Donald: No other witnesses?

- No.
Donald: Mr. Hatcher.

Defense calls
no witnesses, your Honor.

We're ready
for closing arguments.

Same time, same place tomorrow.

Witness may step down,
we're adjourned.

[rustling] See if there's
anything to muscle Michaels with

we have to break
the immunity agreement.

I don't know how.

These guys are killers,
John, they're gonna walk.

We have to do whatever we can.

The man broke my jaw, three of
my ribs, knocked out two teeth.

How come you didn't
ask me about that part?

We got our case in,
Mr. Johanson, it went very well.

Did you know about that part?

[mellow music]

[instrumental music]

Stuart: The birth of
this nation was a tax protest.

Americans tossed
their tea into Boston Harbor

to protest an unfair
tax on it and pretty soon,

there was a shot
heard round the world.

From the Revolution
to the Pentagon Papers...

true patriots
have never hesitated

to tell this country what
was wrong with it.

When he refused to
pay his taxes...

when he balked at shelling
out for more solar toilets

and toenails Upton Weeks
was living up to his heritage.

When he stood up and said,
no, I won't be soaked any more

for anymore useless
Hubble telescopes and rockets

that explode in our faces, Upton
Weeks was being a true patriot.

He was saying that
a government of the people

by the people,
and for the people

should not be allowed
to rob the people.

Stuart: And so when he saw
his taxes so unfairly raised...

Upton Weeks stood up...

as an American.

As a lover of democracy.

And he said...

"I won't."

"I won't!"

"Read my lips."

"I won't."

Upton Weeks is a criminal.

Brenda: In direct
violation of federal law

he refused to pay his taxes.

Now, ladies and gentlemen,
we all hate paying taxes.

Brenda: We all hate that some
of our money goes to waste.

But if we were all
to be like Mr. Weeks

and refuse to pay
we'd have no government.

We'd have no army. No navy.

Brenda: No Social
Security, no Medicare.

Now, if you think it's
patriotic to refuse to pay

for your fair share
of these things then

by all means acquit Upton Weeks.

But, if you believe...

like our founding fathers...

that government is a
responsibility of the governed.

And that includes paying for it.

Then you'll find
Upton Weeks guilty.

Brenda: Thank you.

We've got some serious
problems here, people.

And most of them are yours.

On Waring we
are prepared to deal.

[clinks on door] Funny thing.

Richard: Don't give me an excuse
to jump on you, Mr. Klein.

As it is, I'm just this close
to locking you up.

On what grounds?

On the grounds
that I don't like you.

We'll dismiss on murder
if he cops to assault

with deadly plus
reckless endangerment.

Rejected.

Zoey: I've got a laundry list
of felonies, including arson.

Klein: Which you can't make.
Zoey: Yeah, but I can file.

And since your boy
won't make bail,

that's a two year sentence.

Assuming he doesn't get kicked
right now.

Safe assumption.

We'll agree to two,
out in one on parole.

That's a year for a murder,
Mr. Klein.

Okay, done.

Now for Michaels,
the people would ask

for a revocation of
the immunity...

- No way, uh-uh.
- Clearly contravened...

with his agreement with
that surprise confession.

I'd like to agree with you,
Ms. Clemmons, but he's testified

exactly as he said
he would when you made the deal.

But I obviously didn't know he
would claim to be the shooter.

That's because you didn't
ask him all the right questions.

Your Honor, he lied, for
God's sake, he got up on that--

I understand that perfectly but
use immunity is use immunity

anything he said can't
be used against him

now even if I tried to stick him
I'd only get spanked on appeal.

And with the dockets so jammed--

He murdered
a six year old child!

I am not gonna throw away
hundreds of thousands

of tax payer dollars on a case

where we already know
the result.

Richard: Billy Michaels
has use immunity.

Now that's all
the business for today.

Everybody is free to go.

[sighs and clinks on door]

[bell dings]

Ms. Clemmons! [camera clicks]

Do you have
any further information?

I have no comment.

Did you simply
made a mistake when--

Hey! I said I have no
comment, you keep bothering me

I'll bring you up on
harassment. Get lost!

[camera clicks
and indistinct chatter]

Uh, Ms. Clemmons!

[murmurs]

I found somebody
that knows Maxine Raleigh.

Who?

She's the eyewitness
who saw me get mugged.

This guy says she lives
someplace over in Torrance.

Do you have an address?

No, but if we could
send out a few men over there--

Mr. Johanson, the evidence
on your case is closed.

The judge won't reopen without a
guarantee that she can be found.

But if you could send
a few policemen over there--

I don't have the
manpower to do that.

Now we've got closing
arguments in about 12 minutes.

I have to go figure
out what I'm--

I have to go work
on my summation.

I'll meet you
in the courtroom, okay?

Yeah.

[murmurs] Okay.

[paper rustling]

Noreen, what are you doing here?

I've been thinking maybe...

maybe if you got us
into a witness protection

or something', I'd identify him.

[scoffs]

It's too late for that.
I just cut a deal.

[rustling] He gets
a one year sentence.

- You can't undo it?
- It wouldn't matter.

The driver took the stand
and said he shot your son.

It was Waring, not the driver!
I saw who it was!

It doesn't matter. We could
never get a conviction now.

Zoey: Don't you see,
with Michaels' testimony--

[sighs]

Noreen, it's over.

There is nothing either you
or I can do now.

It's done.

I made a big mistake, didn't I?

I'm sorry.

So am I.

350, full settlement.

Payable over the next year,
a schedule of 12 payments.

With one other condition,
all terms are confidential.

[scoffs]

Uh, I'll have to consult
with my clients about that.

William: What's the
problem here, Counselor?

There's a statutory
cap of $250,000.

We're offering you a $100,000
above what you could get

in court as a matter
of law, if you win.

We just need
to think it over, that's all.

I'll give you a call
as soon as we've had

a chance to talk about it.

[rustling]

[clinks]

[soft thud] My God! 350!

You said the most
we could ever get was 250.

- It's a bribe.
- What?

They want a gag order to stop
us from talking about the case.

Or reveal any
information that might

have been brought
up during discovery.

Well, what does that mean?

That we can't ever tell about
what they're doing over there?

That's right, you see, they're
afraid a trial will expose

their 20 million dollar
hysterectomy factory.

So what are you saying,
we should turn down the offer?

That hospital
is guilty of mutilation.

And if we don't speak
out, what happened to Kate

is going to keep happening
to thousands of other women.

Mr. Sifuentes,
we've got two kids.

Kate's been too tired, too
depressed to take care of them.

I make 35,000 a year,
we've gone thousands of dollars

into debt for daycare, and
you're asking us to turn down

a hundred thousand dollars more

than we could ever get
at a trial?

Kate: Honey, maybe he's right.

I can't put any other women
through what I went through.

And what about you?

Ed: This money can never replace

what those bastards took
from you.

But we sued them.

We're in this for the money.

How can we not take it?

Accepting their
offer, in my opinion...

is morally wrong, I'm sorry.

We'll think about it
and let you know.

Leland: $600,000?

Death by elevator
shaft, pays big.

C'mon, Jack!

Tough way to go, Leland.

Plunging downward into darkness

suddenly clothes lined
by a cable wire.

I don't appreciate that!

We're not responsible
for the elevators.

But you knew
about the malfunction.

She was invited to the property

and you didn't warn her.

Jack: C'mon boys,
there's a monster case here.

It figures, when
Rosalind goes down

she'd find a way
to take you down with her.

For God's sakes, the body
is not even cold yet.

Please, if anything
death probably

warmed her up a few degrees.

One more crack like that

and I'll bounce
you right outta here!

Now, Jack, Leland and Roz

had a social relationship, lately.

Well, I'm sorry, Leland,
I had no idea, I just...

really?

[sighs]

Let's just address this case.

Okay, here's the deal.

I'll be chasing the landlord
mainly, plus the elevator people

but let's face it you guys
are liable too.

Make me an offer,
I'll be as reasonable as I can.

We'll think it over, Jack.

Great. [rustling]

Oh, if you can
think it over fast.

I'm gonna settle it.

We have very
little exposure here.

- Even if--
- Leland!

If I can bring it in
under five

it's within our coverage.

And I don't want the firm
dragged through this.

I don't want you put through it.

Oh, don't worry about me.

- Just get the--
- Hey!

Let me take care of it.

Will you please?

[sighs] Yeah.

You know...

the last thing I said
to her before she...

I reminded her
that I didn't love her.

She knew you cared
about her, Leland.

Yeah.

That's all she knew.

That I cared.

No witnesses.

Except the victim himself,
who admitted

he was knocked woozy before
seeing the assailant's face.

He identified
the suspect as being

over six feet,
my client is only five nine.

Lyman: He admitted he
wasn't positive at the line-up.

There's no evidence
except the tentative I.D.

of a dizzy victim in the
middle of a mental brown-out

ladies and gentlemen,
there can be no suggestion...

that the prosecution
has cleared reasonable doubt.

This has already taken
up too much of your time.

Lyman: Let's go home, hmm?

[soft thud]

Under the Constitution Kyle
Pinkett gets represented here.

Edward Johanson does not.

[chuckles]

I would love to tell
you about this man's family.

Get you to see him
for the human being

that he is and feel his pain.

But I don't even
know if he has a family.

And I don't have time to care.

I have murder cases, kidnapping

rape, he just got beat up
and robbed.

I have a capital case,
for God's sake

two killers,
they killed a child.

One gets a year in
prison, the other goes free--

Ms. Clemmons, I direct you to
stick to the facts of this case.

The facts.

He gave you
a positive I.D. on the stand.

He told you under
oath, "That's the guy."

Zoey: That's the guy.

Picked him out of a line-up,
identified him

in this room and his testimony,

ladies and gentlemen,
is uncontroverted.

Unopposed.

Nobody put up here to dispute
the fact that that's the guy.

Nothing to dispute the facts
that he put in evidence

so the only way for
you to not convict here...

is to just look at
Edward Johanson and dismiss him.

Dismiss him.

The thing is...

the only hope for Edward
Johanson and victims like him

is that people living outside
the oppression of the system...

people like you, can
find it in your hearts to care.

Because the people living
inside it, people like me...

we haven't got the time.

And I'm sorry for that.

I am.

[instrumental music]

[paper rustling]

Mr. Foreman, you have a verdict?

- Yes, your Honor.
Donald: How do you find?

"In the matter of the
people versus Kyle Pinkett

count one, first-degree assault
we find the defendant guilty."

Foreman: "On count two, robbery,
we find the defendant guilty."

Donald: Thank you, we're done.

Sentencing is on
the 29th at 9:00 a.m.

Same bail, [soft
thud] we're adjourned.

[rustling]

[coughs]

[rattling]

[footsteps]

Noreen Carter just shot
and killed Richard Waring.

What?

They were transferring
him to county

she was standing outside
the courthouse.

She just shot him dead.

[indistinct chatter]

[in foreign language]

Splat!

[in foreign language]

Splat!

[in foreign language]

Splat!

[in foreign language]

[clinks on door]

- You want to see me?
- I certainly do.

Ed Recklaw called me
this morning.

Both he and his wife wanted
to accept the hospital's offer

but Kate Recklaw was upset about
the prospect of facing you.

I accepted
the defendant's offer.

You did what?

It was a 100,000 above
what you could get at trial

how could you even consider
advising them against it?

Because it contained
a gag order, Douglas!

Which means that that hospital
can continue to perform these

unnecessary hysterectomies
on these unsuspecting women!

We don't represent those women!

We represent the Recklaws
and counseling them

to reject that offer
was not only

grossly irresponsible,
it was malpractice.

Well, I'm sorry but I--

No excuses,
Victor, what you did

was unethical
and you damn well know it!

Well, you know
something, I don't care!

I'm sick and tired of following
the lawyers' ethical guidelines.

From now on, I'm gonna follow my
own ethics not the damn A.B.A's!

And I just might go out there
and make a public statement

about that hospital.

If you do that you'll vitiate
the settlement.

And make no mistake I'll fire
you before you finish--

You don't have the authority
to fire me!

I do! I do!

If a lawyer willfully disregards
the professional rules

of responsibility, the
Senior Partner can discharge

that lawyer without a vote,
and I'll do it, Victor!

If it's the last thing I do
as Senior Partner, I'll do it.

Douglas: You indulged
your conscience at the expense

of this firm, and at
the expense of your clients.

You better hope the
State Bar doesn't find out.

[clinks on door]

[thud]

[indistinct murmurs
and paper rustling]

In the matter
of United States versus Weeks,

have you reached a verdict?

Yes, your Honor.

Though we all feel a bond with
Mr. Weeks, we find him guilty.

Woman: Heroic but guilty.

Thank you, thank you very much.

Ladies and gentlemen,
you're dismissed.

Saul: I'll pronounce sentence
on this matter Monday morning.

Until then, court is adjourned.

I've lost again.

I want you to appeal,
Supreme Court.

You need a procedural error--

There was a procedural error!

Weeks: Deceit,
hearsay, George Bush.

Oh, God.

[thud]

[metal clink]

[metal rattling]

[footsteps]

[keys rattling]

[metal rattling]

[alarm buzzing]

[metal rattling]

[metal clink]

I couldn't...

just couldn't walk away.

I wish I could
get the other one too.

You say you cared
about your children.

What now for them, Noreen?

What kind of mother could
I have been, living with me?

They'd have just grown
up with all my hate.

This way I, I live with myself.

You'll be prosecuted.
You know that.

But the other one, Michaels, he
don't get prosecuted, does he?

No. [scoffs]

Can you tell me how that can be?

He goes free and I go to jail.

Noreen: You
got an answer for that?

No.

Did you know that the risk of
breast cancer and heart disease

is triple that in hysterectomy
patients than of other women?

I know.

I also know you're
obsessing just a little.

Grace, this is not just
this particular hospital.

This is going on everywhere.

Hysterectomies are the most
over-performed

operation in the country.

Now how can
I just let that go? Uh?

Victor, you've been a lawyer,
for what? For nine years.

I mean you know all this.

You've been down this
road before, it's nothing new.

[paper rustling] I'm sorry.

Rub me right there.

I don't know, I'm just like...

I don't know,
I guess I just uh...

I'm letting' this one get under
my skin a little too much sorry.

[smacking lips]

[groans]

Because I'm pregnant?

Yeah, because you're pregnant.

[mellow music]

Excuse me, visiting hours
are over at 10:00.

- Oh!
- Five minutes?

- Alright.
- Hmm.

Hi.

Oh, Ann, [chuckles]
oh, thanks for coming'.

I though I'd be here
sooner but I had the closing.

- In Sacramento
- I know, I know.

It's good of you to come.

Everybody in the firm made it.

[chuckles]

Yeah, I appreciate that.

Ann: Were there many
other people here?

Leland: No, her
daughter, a few friends.

She made me alive again.

A year ago, I was a tired
old man, and she came in and...

[deep breath]

challenged me.

[deep breath]

She empowered me.

She did a little
of that to all of us.

But you, she loved.

I miss her.

I miss you.

[rustling]

Goodbye.

[somber music]

Now come on, they're
gonna throw us outta here.

[theme music]