05x01 - The Bitch Is Back

[bunniefuu]

We have got to make this go away, Leland.

The publicity alone will hurt us.


- She can't win this trial. Michael: It doesn't matter.

This will be ugly, Leland. We don't want our

dirty laundry hung out for everyone to see.

He's right. I think we should get out now.

[door opens]

Excuse me. They're here.

Well, bring them in.

Douglas and I will take this.

Everybody else outside, hmm?

[door opens]

[door closes]

[door closes]

One hundred and twenty
-five thousand,

sealed, no admission of liability.


- This isn't a game, Leland. Leland: Oh, come on, Jack.

There was no bad faith, no sex discrimination.

You've got no case.

The only reason I'm offering anything

is to avoid the embarrassment of a public spectacle.

Five
-hundred thousand, rock bottom.


- You've got to be kidding.
- Not a chance.

You don't want to go forward with this, my friend.

It'll put you and this entire firm on trial,

and by the time I get finished, the public will be laughing

at everybody here.

Everybody except you, Leland.

You, they'll pity.

I'm not giving her half a million dollars.

Jack: Shall we?

Leland, you just made your last mistake.

[theme music]

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[instrumental music]

Douglas: Okay, first up, as you all probably know,

Shays versus McKenzie Brackman starts today.

Abby and I got subpoenaed last night.


- What?
- You?


- What could she want with you? Ann: I don't know. It may have

something to do with what I said to her

after she lost the senior partnership.

Well, what did you say?

Something like, this wouldn't have happened to her

if she were a man.

I'm hearing this now?


- Oh, my God.
- You said that?

You better not say that on the stand.


- Am I supposed to lie?
- Of course.

For God's sake, Ann, you'll make her whole case.

What are you suggesting, Leland? That I commit perjury?

Leland: I'm suggesting that that conversation took place

almost six months ago.

You couldn't possibly be expected to remember it.

And Abby, we know you liked Rosalind,

but I would expect a little loyalty

in your testimony as well.


- Meaning what?
- Meaning just that.

From you both.

This firm is risking serious exposure here.

This is not a time to be overly righteous.

I still don't think we should be representing ourselves.

There's a conflict of interest.

Victor and Grace are not named in the suit.

There is no conflict, let's move on.

Michael, your m*rder case seems to be getting a lot of press.

We plead it out this afternoon, the media will go away.

Why shouldn't it? It was just a black kid who died.

Michael: It was an accident. Jonathan: Yeah?


- An accident by a white cop.
- You got a problem, Jonathan?

Leland: Alright, that's enough.

Now, look, we're all under a lot of pressure here.

Let's not start sniping at each other.

Why don't we adjourn and get ready?

It's going to be a big day. And I want as many

partners as possible in that courtroom.

If Rosalind says anything we can trip her up on,

I want to be able to do it.

Victor, Grace, you ready?


- Ready.
- Yes.

Leland: Good. Well, let's go.

Best of luck to us all.

[indistinct chatter]

Arnold: Wow, great!

Rox, did you buy the popcorn strings?

Just put it right by the sofa. You don't buy

popcorn strings, Arnie, you make 'em.

Did you make 'em?

This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.

Hey, you want portrait Christmas cards by December,

you gotta take the pictures now.

Murray: Is it Christmas time already?

Because if it is, I got just the right gift for it.

Rox, baby, this time I done it.


- Hi, Lee.
- Hi.

Daddy, it's a little hectic here today.

Arnold: Rox, what about hats? I asked for hats.

Oh, too hectic. To make a million bucks, huh?


- The hats are here.
- Great. Thanks.

Rox, baby, this time I done it.

This one's gonna sell.

Watch my hands. Look, look, look, look.

Nothing here, nothing there, right?. See?

But when I go like this. Whoosh! Huh?


- Daddy!
- It's all done with strings.

And I pull 'em behind my back.

Daddy, you can not keep

charging in here with your little inventions.


- This is a law firm.
- It's as simple as... up.

Down. Up. Down.

Benny, baby, look here, watch this.

You want to make a few extra bucks?

Murray: It's a cinch I tell ya.
- Arnie Becker's office.

Roxanne: Daddy, please.
- Do this.

And I don't say anything here.

When they call the case, you step up to the defense table.

The whole thing should take maybe thirty seconds.

And the judge will definitely go along with this.

I mean, he's not gonna suddenly say he wants jail time.


- Brian.
- Michael, it's a felony.

Involuntary manslaughter is a felony

and I have seen judges reject joint recommendations.

Well, if the judge doesn't agree to the suspended sentence

we just reject the plea, that's all.


- Excuse me.
- Settle down.

This is a classic example of selective prosecution.

A black teenager is dead, and a district attorney

is selling justice because the m*rder*r is a cop!

One hour, tops.


- Oh, God. Brian: What's going on?

Michael: That's Darryl Holloway. He represents

the family of the kid you shot.


- Oh, yeah, I know who it is.
- Just stay with me.


- We'll move right through it.
- What's he doing there?

Say nothing. Now just follow me.

Female reporter : Mr. Kuzak!
- There he is!

The heroic officer who shot a black kid in the back.

We have no comment. No comment.

Excuse me. Just get out of my way.

Don't the cops give out special merit

for executing #*##*, huh?


- Excuse me.
- You are not excused, sir!

You people be quiet now, or I'm movin' you out!

[indistinct chatter]

I wish to hell you'd warned me about that!

What, don't you watch the news?

Let's get this over with. Is the clerk ready to call it?


- Uh, Mike.
- Hold on a second.

Things have changed. The deal's off.


- What are you talking about?
- It isn't me.

It's coming from the top.


- We're going with m*rder two.
- What?!

Look, if we plead this out, we've got a race riot, Mike
-
-

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. We have a deal.

We don't have a deal. I'm really sorry. I am
-
-

What, are you afraid of the headlines

or something, is that what's going on?

It isn't me. Do you understand?

Michael: Well, then who the hell is it, mayor?

I don't know. All I know is, it comes to me from Rogoff.

Look, you didn't hear me say this, but he is scared.

Mostly about all the noise Holloway is making.

My advice...

show Rogoff you can make some noise, too.

[indistinct chatter]


- Get me a meeting with him.
- Done.

When Rosalind Shays joined McKenzie Brackman

last January, she knew it was a ship taking on water.

That's why she was brought in, after all,

to fix the leak.

But there was no way that even she could anticipate

the level of ineptitude that still pervaded this

stumbling, bumbling group of lawyers.

The head litigator was so invested in a m*rder trial,

for which he wasn't even getting paid by the way,

that they had to throw their tax attorney into litigation.

The matrimonial attorney, when he wasn't

making home videos for do
-it
-yourself divorces,

or when he wasn't being sued over them for malpractice,

was busy stealing files and planning midnight defections.

The senior partner was tired and old,

while the administrative partner went from wearing toupees

to braces, while bouncing through

love affairs involving women

such as his own father's mistress,

as well as a sexual surrogate.

Now, ordinarily, I would tell you to just take a look

at this collection of kooks and have a good chuckle.

But what they did to my client... wasn't funny.

Facing bankruptcy, they brought her in to rescue them

and made her a senior partner to bring them credibility.

The evidence will show, ladies and gentlemen,

that Rosalind Shays not only brought them credibility,

she brought them clients...

she brought them money.

She brought them the profit and the prestige they never had.

And then, after she had done all this, this little boys club

decided that they didn't want a woman at the helm.

And they got rid of her. Just like that.

After she had served their purpose,

[snaps] they dumped her.

You know, as a rule, I don't take cases

where the defendant is another attorney.

Call it professional courtesy. I don't know.

But when I saw what they did, when I saw this repulsive

level of deceit, this blatant sex discrimination,

yes, I took the case.

As a fellow member of the bar, I'm embarrassed.

I'm even ashamed by what they did.

They degrade the entire profession,

and we're going after them.

Appealing to the evidence, appealing to the truth.

Appealing to your fundamental notion of fairness.

I'm going to teach this unscrupulous bunch of

thieving sharks a lesson they will never forget.

[indistinct chatter]

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I'm sorry, honey, things just got a little

backed up at the office.

We have plenty of time.


- I thought you must've forget.
- Are you kidding?

You think I'd forget a playoff game?

You think I would let the team down by failing

to deliver the second leading scorer in the league?

It's gonna be hard to score today.

Riverside's got a pretty good defense.

County's was better and you scored twice.

Just stay aggressive. Seat belt.

It's gonna be a big game.

Okay, Mr. Sollers, let's go.

Jack: Yes, Your Honor.

Plaintiff calls as its first witness Mr. Stuart Markowitz.

Objection. Your Honor, this witness is not on his list.

Jack: He's on yours. Victor: Yes, he is.

And he's prepared to testify for us, not you.

He can testify for whomever he wants.

I'm simply asking to do so now.

Your Honor, if counsel intended to call this witness as part

of his case, then he should have included him in his list.

What is the big deal, Mr. Sifuentes?

You were planning on calling him anyway.

The big deal is that Mr. Markowitz is scheduled

to be our fourth or fifth witness,

which is considerably down the road, now, I haven't

prepared testimony with him as of yet
-
-

Jack: I don't want a prepared version.

I'm more interested in the truth.

Victor: Objection
-
- Judge Marilyn: Alright, counsel.

Mr. Sifuentes, I am overruling your objection.

I move then for a continuance to allow discovery
-
-

No! Call the witness.

Clerk: Mr. Stuart Markowitz.

Jack: What was the reason that Ms. Shays

was brought in as a partner, sir?

The firm was becoming less profitable, and we felt we

wanted to bring someone in who could expand our client base.

Jack: And Ms. Shays accomplished that.

Jack: Didn't she?
- Yes, she did.

In fact, in her short tenure, my client

increased your revenues by percent, is that right?

Stuart: That would be right, yes.

Jack: It would also be right, wouldn't it, to say that at the

time that she arrived, your firm was in

considerable disarray, even to the point
-
-

No! No, no. The firm was functioning just fine.

Jack: Was it now?
- Yes, it was.

Well, I would be interested in knowing

how a tax attorney such as yourself,

with no litigation experience whatsoever in over years

of practice, was suddenly trying cases?

I was totally prepared to litigate.

Jack: Really? What prepared you for that, Mr. Markowitz?


- Watch a lot of Matlock? Victor: Objection.

Judge Travelini: Sustained.

I'm looking over your trial record.

Your first case concerned a woman suing over a bad date.

Your next case involved an old rabbi

whose hand had slipped during a bris.

That's right. And I did a good job with those cases.

No doubt. But you think that these big trials

really prepared you for your next case, Mr. Markowitz?

I'm referring to a major personal injury trial

where you represented a man who had been tortured

by electrocution.

I was ready.

This was a potential multi
-million dollar lawsuit.

It was a huge case. And they gave it to you?!

Rosalyn Shayes was senior partner at the time.


- She okayed it. Jack: Yes.

Jack: On the recommendation of your head litigator.

Objection, this has no relevance
-
-

It goes to show what a mess this firm was.

Rosalind Shays was calling the sh*ts, sir!

This man had no business trying cases,

he's an accountant with a law degree.


- Objection! Arnold: Ann!

Judge Travelini: You can't make objections. ma'am.

You are not an attorney of record in this matter.

Jack: What happened at this t*rture trial, Mr. Markowitz?


- We lost. Jack: You lost.

And yet the trial transcripts

indicate that the defendant himself took the stand.

He stood right up there, and in front of the jury

he admitted to doing it.

He admitted to wiring up your client's genitals

and sending electric currents through his body.


- He admitted it! Didn't he?
- That's right.

Jack: And still you lost? Stuart: Yes, we lost.

What a gifted attorney you must be.

Victor: Objection. Jack: Withdrawn.

It's a pity they didn't put you in charge of this trial.


- Objection
-
- Judge Travelini: Mr. Sollers.

Withdrawn again.

I'm sorry.

[breathes deeply]

You certainly didn't have to be so passive, Stuart.

[indistinct chatter]


- Shut up, just shut up.
- Oh, now he fights back.

[indistinct chatter]


- He's trying to bail you out...
- Somebody had to save you.

Shut up, Douglas! I mean it, just shut up!

I'm really getting a lot of support from you.


- I'd like to see you up there.
- I said it from the beginning.

Letting him try cases would come to haunt us,

and he wanted to be senior partner?!

I'm telling you, I think we should really think about

just settling this thing, make it disappear.

Everybody, shut up.

Douglas: Oh, that's constructive. Let's all shut up.

Ann: Stuart?

Leland: What's wrong? What is it?

Victor: Is he
-
- is he having a heart attack?

Leland: Hey, Stuart.
- It's a trick. Get up, Stuart!


- Douglas, call an ambulance. Ann: What's wrong with him?

Shouldn't we get him on his back?

Arnold: Oh, my God.
- Go, Douglas!


- I'll get oxygen. Ann: Oh no.

Arnold: Is he breathing? Victor: Yes.

Arnold: Is he... Are you sure?
- Yes. Yes, he's breathing.

Excuse us.

[indistinct chatter]

Did you call the office?

[indistinct chatter]

Alright, Rox, hon, is Arnie in?

I need a lawyer.

No, daddy, Arnie's in court.

You know that, I told you this morning.


- Almost everyone's in court.
- Okay.

Truth of the matter is, I came to see you, too.


- What'd the doctors say?
- I beg your pardon?

Murray: What did the doctor say?

I know you went to see 'em this morning.

I saw it on your pocket calendar thing.

You went into my purse and looked at my calendar?


- Okay, okay, I know.
- Daddy! That's my business.


- It's private!
- It's my health.

It's my business.

What did the doctors say?

He said you were fine.

You looked at your shoes.


- Excuse me?
- Roxanne.

All your life, whenever you lied

you looked down at your shoes.

Ten years old, you swiped your mother's lipstick.

I asked you about it, you looked at your sneakers.

Nineteen years old, you stayed out late,

I say, "Are you a virgin?" You go right for your sandals.

Now you got some doctors givin' me a million tests,

I ask you what's cookin' and you look down at...

I don't even know what those are.

Pumps.

Pumps.

He said he's pretty sure that you have Alzheimer's.

It's probably just a very mild stage.

It may not affect you very much.

You probably will just, you know, forget things a little.


- Like my name?
- Oh, no.

You're not going to forget your name, daddy.

They got a cure for this thing?

No.

You know what I think?

I think all those doctors are nuts.

They dream up this crazy disease.

It sounds good because it's hard to pronounce.

And then they tell ya they don't even have a fix for it,

but they keep scheduling more appointments

and they take more money.

Just like the lawyers.

Except they wear white coats.


- Yeah. Murray: Well.

You tell 'em your old man was nuts

before this Alzheimer thing.


- You tell 'em that, sweetheart!
- Okay.

I gotta go now.

Oh, ah... Tell Arnie to give me a call, by the way.

It's very important. Please, tell him to call me.

Roxanne: What for?

Oh, didn't I tell ya?

I got an offer for my pants gag.

Yeah, an adult toy and game company,

they're gonna give me grand for my patent.


- Really? Murray: Yeah, really. Huh?!

Pretty good for a guy who was losing his mind, huh?

Quacks! You tell 'em, my father's in his prime.

Quacks!

Quacks.

Brian: I don't believe this.

You told me, it would be over and done with.


- Well, it was supposed to be.
- But it's not.

You see the news? Every channel, for God's sake,

they're calling me a
-
- a
-
- a r*cist m*rder*r.

Now take it easy, Brian.

Brian: How am I supposed to take it easy?

I got groups protesting in my driveway.

My wife and kids were afraid to even leave the house.

Listen to me, they have a lousy case on m*rder two.

A terrible case, in fact.

The only reason they're going ahead with this

is because of all the racial tension.

If their case is so terrible,

how come you're pushing the plea?


- Because you can never be sure.
- Oh.


- Right. You can never be sure.
- Look, Brian.

I just got off the phone with the commissioner.

He's issuing a public statement this afternoon fully backing you

and saying that under the circumstances,

the sh**ting was justified.

Tomorrow, I'm meeting with Bruce Rogoff, the District Attorney.

This whole thing is political.

I'm sure I can get the guy to back off.

What if you can't?

Then I go in front of the judge Friday.

At the very least, we get a continuance

and we delay this thing until the political climate

has cooled down a little bit.

But in the meantime, you can't panic.

You understand me? You cannot panic.

You are innocent, Brian. It was an accident.

You have to carry that knowledge

and that confidence with you wherever you go.

You have to walk around with the outward calm

that comes from knowing you're going to win this.

Because believe me, if the press smells your fear,

if Holloway smells your fear, the media will hang you

before we ever swear in the first witness.

Do you understand that?

I'm definitely beginning to.

[sighs]

Hi, sweetie.

I'm sorry.

What are you talking about?

You're fine. The doctor says you're just fine.


- I had a heart attack.
- I know.

But you're okay, Stuart. You're okay.

I thought I was going to die.

Kept thinking about Matthew.

[shushing]

I don't wanna tell him about it.

So we won't ever tell him, okay?

Come on.

I love you.

I love you too.

[sighs]

Why did you join McKenzie Brackman?

Rosalind: I guess it was ego, mostly.

They said they were looking for a savior,

and that presented a very romantic challenge.

Jack: You think you lived up to that challenge, Ms. Shays?

I know it's self
-serving to say I did, but I did.

I brought in new clients.

I generated over $ million in revenues,

and I kept existing clients from walking out the door.

Everyone was so happy, they made me senior partner.

And then...

one day it all changed.

Rosalind: Yes.

Leland...

Leland McKenzie, came to me and said...

he said that it wasn't working out.

He asked me to quietly resign.

And when I told him that I couldn't do that,

in good conscience, he said he'd break me.

And that's what he did.

Jack: Could you tell us what transpired?

A partners' meeting was quickly arranged, and I was told

it would be best if I were to leave.

It was obvious the whole thing had been orchestrated

secretly behind my back.

Objection. That's conclusory.

Overruled.

Jack: Keep going, ma'am.


- I left.
- Quietly?

Yes, I thought I could live with it, but I couldn't.


- I just couldn't.
- So you initiated this lawsuit?

Yes. They brought me in because they were falling apart.

And after I saved them,

after they didn't need me anymore, they threw me out.

That isn't right.

Well, with all due respect, ma'am,

you seem to have landed on your feet.

Rosalind: In the legal community, I will always

be known as the dame who couldn't

cut it as a senior partner.

Because of that, I will probably never be

given another chance.

Was being a senior partner so important?

Rosalind: Yes, I suppose.

Since my husband died, nine years ago...

all I've had is my career and that dream.

And that's why I was so, so proud

when it came true at McKenzie Brackman.

I don't think I've ever felt a greater

sense of contribution anywhere.

And when they made me senior partner, I had earned it.

That's what made it so special, I had earned it.

And that's why when they...

took it away...

They just took it away.

I'm sorry.

Jack: I have nothing further.

[instrumental music]

[music continues]

Hi. What's up?

What've you got planned for Rosalind's cross?

Well, I'm going to get in and out as fast as I can.

Basically try to get her to admit

that she wasn't liked or trusted.

Now, that's not enough...

Leland, I think it's a mistake to try to

go in there and attack her.

I mean, the jury really likes her.

I know what you think, and I disagree.

You haven't been nearly aggressive enough.

First, you let Sollers beat up on Stuart
-
-


- That is ridiculous.
- His opening was malicious.

You should have objected to that, you should've

objected to the adjournment yesterday

after Rosalind's direct.

Come on, Leland
-
-

You let her testimony sink in overnight

when you could have immediately discredited her.

Victor: Now, wait a minute. That's wrong. The judge would've

just overrule the objection, we would have come off

looking like bullies, and that plays right into her case.

Starting now, you're second chair.


- Grace, you're taking over.
- What?


- Leland? Leland: You heard me.

Leland, I happen to agree with Victor.

Attacking Rosalind now could play right

into the discrimination claim.

Not when the attack comes from another woman.

Our feeling is, we can't win this

trial without destroying her.

You mean you're panicking?

We're doing what we feel we have to do to win.

And I am telling you both right now

that you're dead wrong here.

Leland, it's risky, Rosalind is good

and if we go after her and don't get her, we'll lose for sure.

Then you've got to get her, Grace.

You damn well have got to get her!

[indistinct chatter]

Hey.

Hey.

You okay?

Uhh, it's...

it's a little weird.

I'm wishing for a car accident or a...

heart attack.

Arnold: Roxanne...

Both of those things are better than Alzheimer's, Arnie.

Come on. Nobody knows how fast it will accelerate.

He may not even end up dying from that.

But if it does accelerate, he'll...

he'll lose all his dignity.

No, I keep, I keep thinking about Grace's client,

his wife had it and, uh...

he said that she would smear her own feces all over the wall.


- That's not going to happen.
- Hm.

What
-
- what if he gets that way?

I
-
- I just...

I just couldn't let him be like that, Arnie.

I just...

I just couldn't...

[crying]

I just couldn't.

[melancholic music]

[shushing]

He shot and k*lled an innocent boy, we can't ignore that.

The IAD cleared him. They said that
-
-

That's an internal investigation,

cops clearing another cop.

You think that'll satisfy the public?

You've got no case, Bruce. You're prosecuting
-
-

Then you'll have no trouble getting him off.

With all the hysteria that Holloway's

whipping up out there, I'll have lots of trouble!

If we don't prosecute, it'll be another Bensonhurst.

Oh, we can't have that, can we?

Not with you up for re election next month.

Your two minutes are up. Get out.

You worried about headlines, Bruce? I got plenty.

Don't forget, I used to sleep with one of your foot
-soldiers,

so I know the kind of politics you play.

You prosecuted Lyle Torrey with illegal evidence,

and don't think I won't put that dirt in print.

You'll just look like a desperate defense attorney.

And anything that sticks will smear your old girlfriend

in the process, which is all that she

and your firm need at the moment.

So don't make me laugh with your stupid threats.


- But my client is innocent
-
-
- Then get him acquitted.

Hey, with a trial, you even get a bigger fee.

Nice talking to you.

You son of a bitch.

Hey, here he is. All ready to go?

Yep. Ready to go.

I was just telling Ann you should stay quiet

for the next few days.

Take aspirin, get plenty of rest.

Next week you can start in with half days.

Oh, well, that's great.

I also want you on a cardiac rehab program.

Ah
-huh, terrific. Okay. Let's go.

Ann: Um, what about, uh, you know, sex.


- Ann.
- Stuart, we have to ask.

Will it k*ll him?

Dr. Wolin: Oh, of course not.
- Ann!

Heart attack victims can lead normal sex lives.

Uh... sounds great.

So normal is okay, but anything more than that
-
-

Stuart: Ann.
- Stuart, this is our doctor.

We have to be candid. He tends to be a little rigorous.


- Oh, for God sake! Dr. Wolin: How rigorous?

He usually perspires.

Well, try and avoid positions

where you're on your arms for a long time.

Right, no positions on my arms.

No hot or cold showers before or after.

About how long does it usually take

between arousal and resolution?


- Oh, uh, fifteen minutes.
- Yeah.

But it's a good fifteen minutes.


- Okay, that's it. Ann: Stuart.

Ann: Stuart, don't wheel yourself out like that.

I was only being concerned. Thank you, doctor.

Stuart, I was only being concerned.

Okay, Ms. Shays, just a couple of questions

about yesterday's testimony.

Do you feel strong enough to continue?


- Yes. Grace: Good.

First, you kept talking about

getting "forced out" of McKenzie Brackman.


- Were you fired?
- It was made clear to me
-
-


- Were you fired, ma'am?
- Technically, no.

Grace: Technically, you resigned

without anyone directly or indirectly asking

for your resignation, correct?

Rosalind: I knew I wasn't wanted.

Yes, but quitting because

you felt unwanted is different than being fired.

You also suggested that your departure cost you

your share of the profits, but you took clients

with you when you left, didn't you?


- A few, yes, I did. Grace: A few?

In fact, you took every client that you had brought in,

plus several pre
-existing clients

who had been at McKenzie Brackman

years before you arrived.

I didn't force anybody to come with me.

Grace: But the point is, you led this jury to believe

you built this firm up only to be discarded

after you were no longer needed, when, in fact,

you left this firm much weaker than when you found it,

when, in fact, you weren't discarded at all.

You left voluntarily. True or false, Ms. Shays?

It may be true
-
-

And isn't it also true that

you make more money than any partner

at McKenzie Brackman right now?

Yes.

Do you think anybody on this jury got that impression

from yesterday's performance?


- Objection. Judge Travelini: Sustained.

How many firms had you been with prior to McKenzie Brackman?

I had been with seven law firms previously.

Well, it seems like you have a tough time

getting along with anybody.

Were they all sex discriminators?

Jack: Objection! Judge Travelini: Sustained.

Isn't it true, Ms. Shays, that you have alienated

almost everybody you have ever worked with?


- No, that isn't true. Grace: Okay.

Those seven firms totaled lawyers.

How many of those colleagues are friends of yours today?

Objection.

Her propensity to sever relationships

is directly at issue.

Her inability to get along with the people she works with

is directly at issue.

I get along with people I work with.

Name a friend, Rosalind.

There are names on this list,

pick one, pick one person who is a friend.


- This is badgering.
- Go ahead, choose one.

But I'll subpoena whoever it is.

Judge Travelini: Ms. Van Owen. Grace: Sorry, Your Honor.

Ms. Shays, given the fact that you have never established

a close friendship with any of your colleagues,

given the fact that you have left eight law firms,

four of them on very unfriendly terms,

given the fact that nobody at McKenzie Brackman

even remotely liked you at the end, despite once

having liked you enough to elect you senior partner.

Is it possible that you are not a nice person to be around?

Jack: Your Honor, this is total badgering.

I'm done here.

[indistinct murmuring]

[festive music]

Alders: Great. Great. Keep it just like that.

Okay, now, give me that smile.

[camera clicks] Got it. Got it.

Great. Just gonna check the lighting,

a couple of more sh*ts and then we're finished.

Roxanne, I'm going to give you

a mailing list, to put in your computer.


- And then we can work off that.
- Okay.

And then when you have the chance, maybe you could go

through Arnie's Rolodex and add the appropriate clients.

I... You know, I don't know who they are

and I really hate to bother Arnie with it.

Yeah, that'd be fine.

Rox, darling, could you please put this over the light there?

Just shade this a little bit there, just like that.

Very nice. And Benny, you're tall,

you could block that light with this.

Go on. Very nice.

Okay?

Great. Okay, g*ng.

Let's keep those smiles up, smiles up.

Assistants, block that light. Ready?

Perfect. Get another smile like that. Great, great.

Get Jonathan for me. I need to see him right away.


- Okay.
- Mickey, you got a second?

Sure.

You want to explain the little stunt with Rogoff?

What stunt?

Grace: Threatening him with information you learned

through your involvement with me.

Grace, we both know Rogoff can be intimidated
-
-

My relationship with the DA's office

is extremely valuable to me,

it's valuable to the whole firm.

I sure as hell don't need you to poison it.


- I didn't do that. Grace: Of course you did.

Rogoff is pissed at me.

Which means, instead of having an advantage

when I deal with the DA's office,

which I should have after putting in nine years there,

I am disadvantaged.

You hurt me, you hurt every lawyer in this firm.


- I disagree. Grace: Really?

Well, the next time you want to commit political su1c1de

like that, I'd appreciate you leaving me out of it.


- Grace.
- Yeah.

You wanted to see me, Mike? Michael: Yeah.

You're second chairing the Chisum case as of now.


- Why? Michael: Because you're black.

Because the media and everyone else is making this

into a race thing, because I need some window dressing.


- I'm not comfortable with that.
- It's not a request, Jonathan.

I've got a motion for continuance this afternoon

at two, we leave here at :.

A ground ball to Matthew Markowitz.

He scoops it up and he throws it in his mouth,

and then he throws it to daddy back at first.

[indistinct] Here. Oh! I'll get it, I'll get it.

I'll get it. Don't worry.

Ann: Stuart? [screams]
- What?!


- Oh, God! What are you doing?
- What are you doing?

I thought you had another heart attack for God's sake!

Ann, you're gonna give me a heart attack, screaming like
-
-

What are you doing lying down on the floor
-
-

I'm getting the baby's ball, it's under...

Oh, come here, honey. Come here.

Don't you ever do that to me again.

No, don't you ever do it to me again.

[indistinct chatter on TV]

I'm sorry.

I'm fine, honey. Right?

You don't have to be so skittish.


- Heart att*cks are very common.
- I'm totally fine.


- The doctor said I'm fine.
- I know you're fine.

Go to court, go testify.

Bye, Matthew.

Do I look sympathetic enough?

Yeah, you look fine. What are you gonna say?

If I repeat that story, Stuart,

we're gonna be out a lot of money.

It would be hard to remember what I said

back then, don't you think?


- It's hard.
- Anybody could forget.

Woman on TV: ...weren't able to find out was that...

was any additional strength.

They
-
- they're able to live longer, be younger

but they don't necessarily have greater strength.

Jack: You had any conversations with him?

Not since I left the firm, no.


- Hi, Abby. Abby: Hi.

Ms. Perkins, thanks for meeting us.

Listen, this is a terrible thing.

We really hate putting you in the middle

like this, we really do.

I don't know why you subpoenaed me.

Well, I won't be asking you to say anything

negative about McKenzie Brackman.


- You can rest easy about that.
- Ah
-huh.

But, it is my understanding that you considered your work

experiences with Rosalind to be quite positive.

I'd simply be asking you to comment on those

positive experiences.

But before you put me out there, you want to be sure

that I'll say the right thing.

Well, naturally, I'd like to know that I have an

accurate understanding of your feelings for Rosalind.

You don't want my testimony.

If you're in that witness chair,

Ms. Perkins, you have to tell the truth.

I know which side of my bread is buttered, Mr. Sollers.

You're telling me that you're prepared to commit perjury?

I'm telling you that if you put me up there, you'll get hurt.

Excuse me.

You know her better than I do. Is she bluffing?

Skip her. Let's just put up Ann Kelsey.

Your Honor, the defense would move for a six
-week

continuance, so that we may have time

to fully prepare for trial.

Opposed.

Michael: Your Honor, the district attorney had agreed

to a plea bargain, which agreement was

suddenly revoked two days ago.

We didn't anticipate a trial, therefore we're not ready.

An innocent boy gets m*rder*d,

and they don't anticipate a trial?

Judge Stone: Mr. Holloway, I'll ask you

not to disrupt this court.

Mr. Kuzak, I understand that the district

attorney has afforded you complete discovery.

That's right, Your Honor, but I would

like to conduct my own investigations.

Well, you've had five months for that.

Well, as I explained, we expected to plead this out
-
-

Well, that's just lawyering,

it's no grounds for a continuance.

I'm not delaying this trial.


- You can't be serious. Stone: I'll give you one week.


- Next Tuesday, we impanel.
- That's ridiculous.

Derron: Why is it ridiculous, Mr. Kuzak?

Is it ridiculous to expect a life of a black
-
-

Judge Stone: Mr. Holloway, I don't want to warn you again.

Your Honor, I also move for an order, restraining this man

in saying anything publicly about this case.

Mr. Holloway is representing the family of the victims

in a civil litigation, and it is my belief

that he is publicly promoting a criminal conviction here

in order to bolster his own civil cause of action.

Is counsel seeking to squash my first amendment rights?

Counsel seeks to stop your hysterical grandstanding.

Alright, that's enough.

Your Honor, he is inflaming the public and the media

and undermining my client's right to a fair trial.

What about the fairness to blacks

who are being m*rder*d by white Americans?

Judge Stone: Sit down, Mr. Holloway.

Your Honor, this man is a sideshow!


- Quiet! I've made my ruling.
- And I object to that ruling.

Judge Stone: Well, that's too bad.

We go to trial next week. We're adjourned.

[people clapping]

[cheering]

Well, would you consider yourself a friend

to Rosalind Shays, Ms. Kelsey?

I don't harbor any ill will towards her.

Hm. But would you consider yourself to be her friend?

No.

Jack: In fact, you were totally opposed to her

ever joining the firm.

You repeatedly clashed with her after she came to the firm,

and you loathed the idea of her becoming a senior partner.

Now, would that assessment be fair or unfair, Ms. Kelsey?

Fair.

You, ah...

you also had a pet nickname for her, didn't you?

Objection. This has no relevance.

I'm trying to show, Your Honor, that if this witness has

any bias or predisposition, it goes against my client.

I think we've established that.

Your Honor, I'd like the jury to see

the level of hostility at work here.

Judge Travelini: I'll allow it.

Jack: So what was the nickname you used to call my client?

I'm not sure what you mean.

Come on, I've subpoenaed Ms. Perkins

and several secretaries that heard you say it.

I can also recall your husband,

after he's feeling better, of course.

Now, what was the name you used to call her?

The Queen Bitch.

[indistinct murmuring]

Now, given how unwilling you must be to help her,

having dubbed her what you dubbed her,

I'm going to ask you to recall now a certain conversation

that you had with Rosalind Shays

after she was forced out of being senior partner.

Objection. Calls for hearsay.

It's an admission as well as

a declaration against interest, Your Honor.

Objection is overruled.

Do you remember that conversation, Mr. Kelsey?

I had many conversations with her.

I certainly can't remember all of them.

I'm talking about a very specific conversation

you had in the ladies room

shortly after she was forced out.

Now, do you remember that one?

I can recall talking with her in the

ladies room a few different times.

Jack: Did you say to her that, uh, "If a man had done

the things that she'd done,

he would have been hailed as a hero and a great leader."

"But because Roslyn Shayes was a woman,

she was punished and forced out?"

I don't think I used those words, no.

Well, did you use words to that effect?

I never used any words, like punished or forced out.

Did you represent to her that things

might have been different if she had been a man?


- Yes or no?
- In sympathy, I might have.

Yes or no, Ms. Kelsey.

Did you tell her that things might have been different

if she were a man?

Yes or no?

Yes.

[indistinct murmuring]

Oh, and Ms. Kelsey,

when you said that to her, when you said that

she had basically been discriminated

against because she was a woman,

were you lying or did you really mean it?


- I really meant it. Jack: Thank you, ma'am.

Jack: Nothing further.

[indistinct murmuring]

[dog barking]

[door opens]

What you doin'?

Nothin'.

Watching a little television.

It's not turned on.

Details.

You know what I'm gonna like about bein' cuckoo?

I won't have to think up all the logical reasons

to do all the stuff I want to do.

I'm gonna have carte blanche.

You're not gonna be cuckoo.

Oh, yes, I am.

I read an article on it.

It just degenerates the brain.

You wind up a child.

You know what scares me most of all?

That I won't even know what I don't know any more.

I mean, how will I know if I don't know something...

or if I used to know it...

but I just forgot?

H
-
- how will I know the difference?

You'll know.

You'll know because I'll be right there beside you,

nagging you.

You know...

I used to say when I grow old,

I'll probably end up with nothing but my memories.

[laughs]

Yeah.

Wishful thinking.

I don't want to forget.

I don't want to forget the first time I kissed your mother.

I fell in love with her the first time I kissed her.

I don't want to forget the first time

you and I went fishing together.

You were six years old.

Just you and me, all alone.

I remember.

You remember you were afraid of the worms, huh?

You wouldn't touch them? Huh?

You remember what you used to say they did to you?


- They squiggled me. [laughing]
- They squiggled you.

[both laughing]


- They did. [laughs]
- They squiggled you.

You remember?

Well, I'll tell you this...

I won't forget our song.

You remember when I used to tuck you in?

You always asked me to sing it for you?


- Mm
-hm.
- You remember?

♪ Let me call you sweetheart

♪ I'm in love with you

♪ Let me hear you whisper

♪ That you love me too

♪ Keep your love light glowing

♪ With your eyes so true

♪ Let me call you sweetheart

♪ I'm in love

♪ With you ♪

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