Previously on l.a. Law.
Rohner versus gradinger.
Discovery is complete
And I'm pushing to an
accelerated trial there
To try and startup some action.
What are you
doing with this case?
I'll show you disruption.
Let the record reflect
that attorney kilbourne
Has risen manifesting
violent propensities.
Excuse me.
You know what this kid is doing?
I'm wearing him down,
Sir, he is about to
give up, I can... No.
What if other
firms did this to us?
Tying up michael
kuzak or arnie becke
For two full days,
do you have any idea
How much that would cost us?
Come in.
Mickey, it's been forever.
You look great.
I'm going to call you for lunch.
Who was that?
My ex-wife.
I think we ought to take
A little break, you and me.
I'm moving back to
my place, michael.
You're being just as controlling
And manipulative as
you accuse me being.
Stuart, that's just not true.
You won't accept one
single gift from me.
You don't want to make love.
You don't even let me hold you.
I call that punishment.
I'm not saying you're right,
But I'll take it on
your advice now.
Thank you very much counselor.
Go away.
You down there, did you find it?
My bailiff lost
her contact lens.
Got it.
Out of curiosity, is your wife,
Know you're carrying on
with the nearsighted tutsi?
Rhonda, please sit down.
Rhonda, I don't know
Any way to say this
except to be blunt.
We have to break it off.
I'm being blackmailed.
Oh, no. Your brother?
He is determined to
turn this into something
Cheap and tawdry.
Oh, douglas, I'm so sorry.
It's all my fault.
Rhonda, no.
You were wonderful.
You brought feeling back
To what has long been heartless.
Your passion, your kindness,
I'll never forget you.
How does it go, "they
know not I knew thee,
Who knew too well, long, long
Shall I rue thee,
too deeply to tell."
What?
It's a poem by byron.
I can't believe it.
No one ever quoted
poetry to me before.
"In secret we met,
in silence I grieve,
That thy heart could forget,
Thy spirit deceive.
If I should meet thee
after long years,
How should I greet thee
With silence and tears."
Michael, how's that
celebrity hoodlum?
I can't believe the da's office
Is actually making
me take this one trial.
He b*at up a fan
And they found
cocaine in his pocket.
What should they do?
Make a movie of the week?
This is simple as*ault than
less than a gram of cocaine.
They usually plead
these things out.
Only in this case, the deputy da
Likes to see her face
on the nightly news.
And on the subject
of entertainment,
How's that producer,
gordon bass doing?
Hey he's, he's still
unhappy, douglas.
We filed a complaint
against the studio
But he wants instant result.
He will be in tomorrow,
So you all might want
to close your doors.
Wonderful!
Rohner versus gradinger.
Well, the more I go over
this, the more convinced
And the parties really
want a reconciliation.
Are you nuts?
I'm going to bring them
into a little heart to heart.
I think they can work it out.
This isn't coffee
klatch miss perkins.
This is a complex
breach of contract
Case involving
millions of dollars.
The bottom line is
that we are talking
About two ex-best friends
Suing each other
over muffin recipes.
And from everything I've seen,
They're looking for an
excuse to get back together.
This is insanity.
I know what I'm doing.
Abby has the matter
in hand, douglas.
Next case.
There is no next case.
We're adjourned.
Do you want to
get a cup of coffee?
Sure. Let's go.
Stuart, you got a minute?
Yeah.
What's up?
I had some bad news.
What?
It's my mother.
Is she sick?
Worse.
She's in san francisco
with some tour group
And she wants to jump off
and fly down here tonight.
Well, it's not so unreasonable.
Is she going to stay with us?
No, she stays with some
Old college roommate
in hancock park.
What's the big deal?
What?
She's not sophisticated
on lot of ways, stuart.
I'm just afraid you're
not going to like her.
Ann, she's your mom.
I'm going to love her.
Don't underestimate me, okay.
I'm to be amazing around moms.
When I was in high school,
all 'em had crushes on me.
It was the, the daughters
had trouble with.
Trust me, okay.
Are you okay?
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...
Oh.
We're stuck at... Oh, dear.
Hello. Hello,
we're stuck in here.
Okay, we're on it.
How long do you
think that'll take?
We're sending a man right now.
Okay, thank you.
And it shouldn't be real long.
Oh, dear, I'm sorry.
Got to feel like such a fool.
Here!
Thank you.
It's okay.
I was with my divorce
lawyer all morning.
That is doing all right.
You divorced?
No, actually I've
never been married.
I just could imagine
How difficult it must be
seeing your marriage die.
Not this marriage.
Even in front of these
two lawyers out there,
My husband was still
so abusive towards me.
I mean, finally I just
had to run out of that.
And then you get
stuck in an elevator.
I guess, this just
isn't your day.
Yeah, maybe.
I'm sorry maybe not.
Anyway, I'm lauren sevilla.
Victor sifuentes.
How do you do? Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Do you work in this building?
Hmm.
A lawyer then?
Oh, no. You mean, I'm going
to start look like one?
Yeah, well.
Great.
We're moving.
Oh, good. Great.
You know, I can guarantee
you, if I were trapped in here
With a dozen screaming kids
They would have taken at
least an hour to get me out.
Look, what would you say,
to continuing this over lunch?
Well...
Oh, thank you very much
anyway, but I better not.
Thank you. Bye-bye.
Bye.
Mr. Cevenko, can you
describe the events
On the night of
june 21st for us?
My girlfriend and I were
walking around on sunset
In a limo pulled up
in front of spagos.
And we saw patrick boyd
and his date get on go inside.
When my girlfriend
wanted to get some pictures
Or maybe an autograph
or something,
So we hung around
waiting for him to come out,
When we did, she goes
to take his picture,
He starts cursing at her.
What happened next?
Right, he was acting like
he was going to knock
The camera out of her hand.
So, I step in front of her
And I don't know
where the guy slugs me.
Now I tried to cool
him out, but I couldn't.
So, the cops came,
they broke it up
And I told them I wanted
to press charges.
Can you tell the court
What you observed at this point?
The police had him
up against the car
And they were patting him down.
And when they came up
With that little dark
brown glass vial,
I saw him just kind of slump.
I have no further questions.
Patrick, you are so gorgeous.
Officer, remove
that young woman.
Sorry, your honor.
I'm sorry, don't make me leave.
I love you patrick.
Another such outburst
And I will clear this courtroom.
Mr. Kuzak?
Mr. Cevenko, I've
a sworn testimony
From one of the parking
attendants at spago
That you and your girlfriend,
were having a heated argument
Just prior to your
altercation with patrick boyd.
Couples fight.
At the moment sir,
you and your girlfriend
Are the only couple
I'm interested in
And the question is, what
were you fighting about?
She could not stop
talking about him.
She wouldn't leave
without seeing him.
I'm standing on a sidewalk
waiting for this guy
Like an idiot he comes
plowing through
Like we're not even there.
And when he pushed
you, you pushed him back.
Yeah, in self-defense.
And that's when the
punching started.
He threw the first punch.
And you punched him back.
He was threatening me.
Mr. Cevenko, do you
workout with weights?
Gold's gym five times a week.
And you are currently employed
as a bouncer at a disco bar
Called the golden
cadillac. Is there right?
Yeah.
And yet in your testimony
you say that you think
My client poses a
physical thr*at to you?
I suppose to be so
tough in his movies.
He ain't nothing.
I then knocked his
teeth down his throat
If the cops didn't showed up.
Thank you, mr. Cevenko.
No further questions.
Oh, I want to have
your baby, patrick.
It's a charming
place, surprises.
Hey we're celebrating.
Besides, nothing is too good
For the mother of my wife to be.
Well, isn't that nice.
So, stuart. Tell
me about yourself.
Now I understand that
You're a brilliant tax attorney.
Well, tax attorney
parse that anyway.
You're just being
modest, I'm sure.
You people are always so
good at that sort of thing.
But me, I can't even
balance my checkbook.
Oh, really?
That must be where
ann gets her head
For figures, uh?
Stuart tried to do
my taxes last year.
Well, aren't you lucky?
Your father used
to say if only he had
A jewish bookkeeper,
we'd all be millionaires.
I don't think you should
generalize like that, mom.
Oh, god, I meant
that as a compliment.
Stuart, I want you to
know I do not judge a man
By his race or creed.
That's what's in the
heart that really matters.
Good for you, ma'am.
So, how's aunt fiddle, mom?
Fiddle's fine just to
take it easy for a while.
She is so happy that annie
is marrying a jewish man.
She says, jewish
men don't drink,
Jewish men don't run
around with women
And jewish men put
their wives on a pedestal.
Yeah.
You want to know
why we put our wives
In the pedestal, mrs. Kelsey.
Why?
Because that way it's much
easier to kiss them on their...
Stuart!
I know we can't prove it.
These things are jacking
me up and down like this
And you're doing nothing.
Well, we recently
filed a complaint.
The movie has
grossed 90 million,
And those lying pictures
say they're not in profits yet?
And that's why we're
suing them, mr. Bass.
A litigation takes time.
I want an immediate injunction.
Oh, you can't have one.
I want it, damn it.
You're seeking money
damages, mr. Bass.
You're not entitled
to equitable relief.
Crap! Legal technical crap.
Nevertheless, the law.
That stinking studio is
getting rich of my movie
And you're letting
them get away with it.
Read my lips mr. Bass,
They're not
getting away with it.
We're suing them. Your
rights will be vindicated.
It's going to
take a little time.
You know what
the problem is here?
What?
There's not enough
froth in your mouth.
You're not mad enough.
I'm an attorney, not a pit bull.
Well, you're not my
attorney anymore.
Have the files sent over
to my house this afternoon.
Did you ever heard a word about
the attorney, the movie mogul?
You know, you're the
fourth lawyer in four years.
I wish someone
would explain to me
What the hell is going on here.
Well, mr. Rohner, I've
been paring over the claims
And the counter claims
and deposition transcripts.
And the thing that
sort of jumps out here,
Is the two men are paying
lawyers a lot of money
Because their feelings are hurt.
Why shouldn't my
feelings be hurt?
Just because my best
boyhood friend took my recipes,
Went national, international
And now isn't all the
supermarkets too?
I read your
deposition, mr. Rohner.
Page 27.
He's the only
partner, have ever had,
The only one who understood me.
His deposition, page 47,
Those early days in our
first mini-muffin store,
I always thought we'd
stay together forever.
And those statements have
nothing to do with business
Or money or breach
of contact, mr. Rohner.
But those statements say to me
Is that you two miss each other.
I hired this firm
for legal advice.
I already have a therapist.
I'm sure you do.
And I'm willing to bet
the name gradinger
Comes up at every session.
Look, you came to this
office four years ago
Because someone had wronged you
And you wanted
lawyers to fix everything.
And no matter what
the legal ruling
Is in this case mr. Rohner,
I don't think that everything
will feel totally fixed
Until you sit down
with your friend
And you work out
your differences.
Even if I agreed
he'd never do it.
If I can get him to talk, you
promise you'll talk back?
Good, good.
Benny, my man, you got
The gordon bass file handy?
Right here.
Mr. Markowitz
wants me to bring it
To mr. Bass in a taxicab.
Well I'm going on that
way I'll take it to him.
Save you some time.
He's supposed to get it today.
No problem, buddy.
It's as good as there.
Mr. Sifuentes?
Hello.
Hello.
I hope I'm not disturbing you.
No, no, not at all.
Come in please.
Thank you.
I wanted to return this to you.
Oh, you didn't have to do that.
Sit down.
I'd also like to explain
That I did want to have
lunch with you yesterday.
So, why did you say no?
My husband, armand sevilla...
The land developer?
He is a man where he used
to getting his own way.
And this divorce,
He never wanted it.
He's made certain threats.
And you're frightened of him?
Yes.
I'm very frightened of him.
Well, I'm not.
So, why don't you have
dinner with me to night, lauren?
Yes.
Okay, I like that very much.
Mike, I just found out
I got to testify
in federal court,
So, let's get this held
over till tomorrow, okay?
Oh, you got a co-counselor,
who can try the case, don't you?
Oh, come on.
You're going to make
me get this continuing
With some judge.
You know, there's nothing
That says that we
have to finish this trial.
You're not going to
start this again. Are you?
My client's an actor, you
know what that means?
When he gets on that stand,
the jury is going to want
To reach out and touch
the hem of his garment.
The last thing they're
going to want to do
Is send him to jail.
So what's your problem
with finishing the trial
If that's the way you feel?
You know, it occurs to
me that there is something
More important going on here
Than either you or me
getting our name in the papers.
But maybe my
client could benefit
From being in a drug program.
Now if that jury comes
back with an acquittal,
He's going to
think he's invincible.
That's only going to
make that problem worse.
So, what's your suggestion?
Same as before,
dismiss the as*ault.
It's trash anyway.
Suspend the criminal proceedings
On the felony possession
And let him enroll
in a drug program.
And I'm supposed
to want to do this
Because he is a big star, right.
Damn it, yvonne, maybe you're
supposed to want to do it
Because it's the
right thing to do.
You know, this,
this guy kills me.
What's the matter?
He's never heard the word no?
Things have all been
put on this earth
Just to make him happy.
Patrick boyd is
entitled to the chance
To get himself straight,
That's no more than
anyone else would get.
All right. All right, all right.
Tell mr. Boyd
If he enters an
approved drug program,
I'll ask the court to
let the prosecution ride.
Entry into a drug program,
by itself, won't do it.
Either he cleans up
his act permanently
Or the charges get reinstated.
The d.a. Has been subpoenaed
to testify in federal court.
So, what is this
have to do with me?
One day continuance.
You're telling me I sat
in there all morning
For nothing?
It happens sometimes.
Just do me a favor,
Don't tell me it
happens, all right.
It doesn't mean anything.
It doesn't excuse
anything it's nothing.
There's nothing for you
to excuse here, patrick.
This is official court business.
Do the studio lawyers
know about this?
I'm not consulting
with the studio lawyers.
Well maybe you should be.
I mean if they're rearranging
their sh**ting schedules
Run this trial they'd like to
know that some civil service
Bimbo is trying
to stick it to me.
Well, what can I say,
sometimes being a defendant
In a criminal trial
has its inconveniences.
And your job is to insulate me
From as many of
those as possible
And the more that I have to deal
With those on my
own, means that more
That you are not doing your job.
Now, you don't pay
for that I pay for that.
Patrick, the d.a. Is
willing to suspend
The criminal proceedings
Provided that you check into
a drug treatment program.
Well, you tell her
to jam it, all right.
Now look, drug programs
for people with drug problems.
I don't have a drug problem.
Now what are you, my mother?
Your job is to try my case,
Not enroll a drug program.
You want to take a
poke at me too, patrick?
Great.
Michael.
I got sprung unexpectedly.
I thought I drop by and
see what you're up to.
Going over motions
and eating the yogurt.
Well, I have a better idea.
What?
No.
Why not?
Come on, mickey.
I miss you, grace.
I miss touching you.
How is your ex-wife?
The operative word there is, ex.
I haven't seen her and
I don't think about her.
But I do think about you.
Can I at least
have a kiss please?
There's about a million
people outside my door.
So what?
Come on just, just
one little kiss, okay?
One kiss.
Mickey.
Oh, god.
Mickey.
Mickey.
Mickey, stop.
Stop.
I locked the door.
No, no, no.
If we're gonna do it
Might as well do it right.
You like the biltmore
or the bonaventure?
Before we embark down the
list of accounts receivable,
There is something
else on the table
Which is the situation
with miss perkins.
I thought we settled this.
We settled nothing.
I think we should give
serious consideration
To yanking rohner versus
gradinger from her before
We risk losing a major client.
Your mind is so made up
that she can do the job.
You won't even give her a
chance to prove you wrong.
She has no experience
with complex
Commercial litigation,
particularly not in a matter
In as delicate a phase
of negotiation as this one.
My apologies.
Something came up.
Douglas, rohner versus
gradinger has been
On the books for
four and a half years.
I've had it.
Michael's had it and it is no
closer to a resolution now
Than it was when it came in.
If abby has the initiative
And wants to put in the hours,
I don't see the downside.
I'm with ann on this.
Fine.
You want to give her
enough rope to hang herself,
Be my guest.
She just better be prepared
to take the consequences.
Excuse me.
Excuse me. If you
have a summons I can...
You bastard.
You went to my captain and
got me transferred, didn't you?
Excuse me?
You got me put on
disciplinary probation.
I'm being reassigned
to county jail.
My court, bailiff.
Miss vasek, I will
be happy to discuss
Your employment problem.
Employment?
But this is not the
appropriate forum.
What a jerk I was?
I really thought
you cared about me.
I do care about you.
I care about everybody
in my courtroom.
And what about everyone
in your chambers?
The disgusting things
I let you do to me.
I assure you, I
know nothing about
What she's talking about.
Waiting for you like
a fool, after session
So you could jump on me
and do your dirty business.
And then five minutes later,
You were back on
your way to your wife.
Rhonda, please.
You know the craziest thing?
I thought all this time
you were so decent.
So, above me, but you're
not above me at all.
You're a swine douglas brackman,
And I will hate you forever.
If you all excuse me.
Oh, jonathan.
Gordon bass called,
looking for his file.
Benny said you took it.
I thought I take it him myself.
I think I can convince
him to stay with us.
Oh, we don't solicit
clients, jonathan,
That's not our style.
Well, it's not the stationary
just a little salesmanship.
Just to say, I
might appreciate it
If you just deliver the
file without the pitch.
Stuart's handling
of the case was fine
And if bass doesn't
like it that's his right.
But we don't stroke
clients business.
Okay.
I'll get file to him right away.
Yes. Mm-hmm.
Mr. Mckenzie.
Oh, yes.
God, she's great.
And I think she's
smart, beautiful, funny.
You're rolling your eyes.
You're rolling your eyes!
Well, forgive me if
it sounds like, maybe,
I've heard this story
from you before.
Look, look, I know that I haven't
had the best track record
That when it comes
to picking women,
But she seems totally
normal, down to earth.
Oh, armand sevilla's
wife down to earth.
Kind of hard I think when
you're worth $50 million.
No, she signed the prenup.
Forget it.
I never say a
prenup I couldn't buy.
Thanks arnie,
She is really not
into the money,
She's already got
herself a lawyer.
Michael, victor.
Doug.
Steven, do you have a minute?
Michael, victor, a moment?
I just want you to
know I had no idea
That woman would pursue me
Into the workplace
to recur vendetta.
It's not as if I pursued her,
She practically
threw herself at me.
Well, who can resist
a woman in uniform?
Don't start.
Hell hath no fury. I just
hope you used protection.
If you mean you think
you might have messed me
Into a paternity situation,
I can assure you I made certain
She was on the pill.
Not her, you.
Condom?
Aids, douglas, the second
coming in the black plague.
Aids?
Look, if you're going
to practice surgery,
Take it from someone who knows.
Never operate
without your gloves on.
What are you talking about?
Heterosexuals aren't at risk.
I read an article in playboy.
Do you believe
everything you read?
Arnold, it's not as
if I'm promiscuous.
Well, okay what about her?
She's what 30, 35 years old,
15 years of sexual activity
Average above a
dozen guys a year
Each with the dance
card of his own
That's 12 times 15, 180?
180 To what?
20Th power?
Face it, douglas.
Each time you hit the
sheets with someone new
You link yourself
up virally with about
Half the world population.
Victor, have you met my mom?
Charlotte kelsey.
Victor sifuentes.
Victor is one of my colleagues.
Hello.
Nice to meet you.
Mom is here all the way
from waterville, maine.
Maine?
Well, that's in new england.
Really?
Who's from maine?
Annie's mother.
Charlotte kelsey. John rollins.
John's just joined us.
Isn't that nice?
Maine is only about my
favorite place in the world.
You've been there?
Couple of us from
school used to run a house
For the summer on deer isle.
Listen, I love to talk about
it, but I have a file to deliver.
I got to get back too.
Pleasure meeting.
I don't understand,
The spaniard was
wearing an earring
And that n*gro man,
Is he a lawyer or
the delivery body?
A lawyer, mom.
Can you tell us what
happened as you were leaving
Spago's on the
night of june 21st?
I'll tell you it's a
little hard to say.
It seems though we just
stepped out the door
When this flash
went off in my face.
I asked both mr. Cevenko
and the young lady
He was with to please
respect my privacy
And especially that
of the young lady
That I was with.
He kept pushing into me though.
His girlfriend kept
snapping pictures,
And I put up my hand and said,
Hold it and that's when
he took a swing at me
And I just did the best I
could to defend myself.
I'm not much of a fighter
to tell you the truth.
Mr. Cevenko testified
That you cursed
at his girlfriend
When she asked to
take your picture.
When I said no to any
more photographs
And she did it anyway,
I said, damn it, I
asked you not to.
And we've heard the testimony
of officer richard bartke
Of the l.a. County
sheriff's department
That you had a vial of cocaine
In your jacket pocket.
Well, that's just it.
It wasn't my jacket.
You see, it was karen's birthday
And we were going out.
I knew she was going
to be all dressed up
And I felt kind of
bad that I wasn't.
We were running late on the set
And I wasn't going to have a
chance to go home and change.
So I grabbed a sports
jacket off the wardrobe rack.
I sure never expected
anything like that
To be in the pocket.
So, you're saying
the vial of cocaine
In your jacket pocket
didn't belong to you?
No, sir, it did not.
I wasn't knowingly
carrying dr*gs of any kind
Nor do I use dr*gs of any kind.
Thank you.
I have no further questions.
Take me with you, patrick.
If they send you to
jail take me with you.
Order.
If you bend your knees
And really get out
in front of the ball
You could cream those
for crosscourt winners.
Who are you?
Jonathan rollins, from
mckenzie chaney, brackman.
I got the file.
About time, may be now I
could do something with it.
Excuse my candor sir,
But it's silly to recruit
an entire new team
When all you really have to do
Is change quarterbacks.
What are you talking about?
Talking about someone
who bust these guys
And crush a few
stones in the process.
And I suppose that's you.
You mind?
Go ahead.
Attorney auden thompson
Please, jonathan
rollins calling.
Excuse me?
Yes, tell them he can talk
to me now or see me in court
After I move for
sanctions against him
For frivolous motions.
Thank you.
Try keeping your body
at a 90 degree angle
When you make contact.
Keep your racquet up and
don't turn your wrist over.
This isn't squash.
Yeah, yes, mr. Thompson,
jonathan rollins,
New mckenzie, brackman
attorney for gordon bass
And I claim against
capitol studios.
Great.
Now, how about we dispense
with the pleasantries
And cut right to the chase?
You continue the stalling
tactics at my expense
Not haul you at the
motion for sanctions.
Yeah, I know who I'm talking to.
A heel dragging defense lawyer
who likes to make life miserable
For legitimate plaintiffs
with legitimate claims
But before you pull
that crap this time
I suggest you learn
who you're talking to.
Good day, counselor.
And that was just warming up.
Now, give me 20 minutes
with your backhand
And I'll have your next
opponent eating the ball.
Mr. Gradinger, in your
interview last year
With fortune magazine,
You said that the
one thing missing
In all your success
Was the opportunity to share
With a person that
it all began with.
Do you still believe that?
Little.
Funny way of showing it.
You're the one who said
You never wanted
to see me again.
I never said that.
You always make...
Now hold on, both of you.
Mr. Rohner, I'd like
to ask you a question
And I would like
an honest answer.
Do you miss working
with mr. Gradinger?
A little.
And if there was some
way to work all of this out
And to get you two
back together again.
Would you be interested
in exploring that?
Maybe.
Mr. Gradinger.
Maybe.
Now before I get
all choked up here,
May I point out none
of this is relevant
To mr. Rohner's blatant attempt
To rip off royalties
from my client.
Rip off?
Yeah, rip off.
You let my client
take all the risks.
Now you want to cash in
on the payoff, don't you?
You had to go big time
at the expense of quality,
Preservatives and the
muffins are radiated blueberry.
There we go.
You are the
purist, I'm the hawk.
Look, let's just get us back...
You're just as blind and
petty as the day we split up.
And you're as greedy.
Hey!
A negative little
small-minded rip off artist.
Mr. Burnett you
are provoking this.
You like to keep
milking your cash cow.
Please.
You are always small
time I carried you for years.
This is it. I'm out of here.
Manny! That's it.
Runaway
For what's have the guts
to face up to something.
I'll face up to you.
Ah, you're still the
scared little man.
Manny? Stop this.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
We just have to...
Oh, no.
Oh, my god.
Are you all right?
47 And 5 inch.
It's a miracle no one was hurt.
Tell me the truth.
Should I offer to
pay for the new glass?
Insurance will cover
besides you didn't break it.
Tell that to brackman.
Why, did he say something?
No, that's what
has me terrified.
He's been in his office all
morning with the door shut
And I know they're
going to fire me.
They're not going to fire you.
You miscalculated that's all.
Says you.
Come on I'll buy
you a cup of coffee.
You think you got problems.
My mother is driving me nuts.
The woman drops
in out of the blue
And expects everyone
to run around
And dance attendance on her.
Is it really that bad?
It's that bad.
Besides that,
stuart is convinced
That she is anti-semitic.
Oh, now why would he think that?
Because she is.
Oh!
Oh!
At least, she want to be
here a couple more days,
But tonight is the worst.
Tonight the people
she is staying with
Are throwing a party,
Complete with cut
glass punch bowls
And a guest list out
of the descendants
At the mayflower.
Ugh.
Stuart will have a
chip on his shoulder
And I can feel my neck
getting as tight as piano wire.
They're both adults, right?
I'm sure that they're
going to behave themselves.
Of course that's what I said
about rohner versus gradinger.
With the january
start that portugal
But this time no one
Is going to jack me
around on net profits.
You wanted to see me?
Here's my k*ller.
It seems you persuaded
mr. Bass to stay with the firm.
As long as you're my lawyer,
And I've told about a thousand
of my closest friends about you.
Great.
I better go. I know
your hourly rates.
Go get them man,
and keep me informed.
We well.
Bye. All right.
Well, whatever you play was,
It must have been
pretty effective.
What can I say?
How about nothing?
Last week, you were instructed
To make short
shrift of a deposition.
You've turned it
into a marathon.
Yesterday, I directly told you
Not to solicit for his
business and you did just that.
And the execution
of this grandstanding,
I'm told, consisted
of your berating
Of respected attorney
In this community
over the telephone.
I'm not that crazy, sir.
The only thing I berated was
my own answering machine.
I'm the one who
brought you in here.
I thought then and still do
That you have the potential
to be a colossal talent.
But my name comes
first on the letterhead
Defy me, disobey
me, or embarrass me
And you'll be
doing a little dance
At somebody else's
prom, understood?
I hear you.
Has the jury reached a verdict?
Yes, your honor, we have.
On a charge of as*ault,
we find the defendant,
Patrick boyd, not guilty.
On a charge of possession
of a controlled substance,
We find the defendant
also not guilty.
Yeah.
The jury is discharged
the defense of the court.
This court is recess.
There's a little celebration
planned at jardino tonight.
Really?
How'd you know there's
going to be some celebration?
I think positive is
the key to success.
Anyway, look, I
hope you can make it
Because I intend
to tell everybody
That when I'm in a
jam you are my man.
Patrick, to tell you the truth,
I really don't
need the business.
Not to worry my days
of defendant are over.
Patrick. Patrick.
Congratulations,
patrick. Thank you.
Have any statement
for the press?
Ah, maybe later, right now
I want to thank the jury,
I think they'd like that.
Grace?
What?
I want you to move
back in with me.
I don't think so.
Not yet.
Well, what about
the other afternoon?
Maybe I'm crazy, but I was
on the distinct impression
That you still kind of like me.
Making love to you has
never been problem kiddo.
Well, realistically then,
you work 12 hours a day,
I work 12 hours a day.
So, how are we going
to work things out
If we don't live together?
You sound like an
efficiency expert.
Oh, grace, these last
few weeks without you,
Well, what I'm trying to say is,
That you are the most
important thing in the world to me.
And if I thought to being a
part would make things right,
I'd have no problem.
But I believe that the only way
We're going to heal
this relationship
Is by being together
And fighting for it
as hard as we can.
Damn it.
Kuzak you're not playing fair.
You know I love you,
you know I lust after you.
You're seducing me.
Thank god, I still can.
Mr. Kuzak?
Yeah.
You have a telephone call.
You get the most
wonderful parties.
There are so many
people I want to meet you.
You don't have
to stay that long.
I'm okay.
Are you sure?
Will you stop worrying, ann.
I'm fine, I'm fine.
No thank you.
Nice, nice, slice
of south africa.
I need a drink.
Can I get you some?
Would you, white wine.
White wine.
Excuse me.
Can I have a vodka martini
and a white wine, please.
Yes.
And what about the children?
They'll be jews you know.
He'll never let her take them
To church or be baptized.
Well, I'm just so afraid
of the alienating her.
Charlotte, it's a mother's duty
To let her child
know how she feels.
She's such a lovely girl.
I can't believe she
couldn't do better
That some awful
little money man.
But she said, she's happy.
Listen to me.
Jews are not like us.
They look different,
they think differently.
Let them keep to their own kind.
Excuse me.
I couldn't help that
hear your conversations.
Stuart?
You've expressed so
much hostility to me,
The jews in general.
Let me ask you a question.
Has a jew ever done
anything to you personally
To fill you with such hatred?
I?
No.
Well, excuse me.
Step aside please.
Thank you.
Now one has.
Well, didn't take you
long, did it patrick?
You wipe out your car, send
your date to the hospital.
Get nailed with two and a half
grams in the glove compartment.
Oh, just do what you have
to do to get me out here, okay.
Nope.
Not this time.
I'm finished mopping
up after you.
Hey counselor,
Lawyers are a dime
a dozen in this town.
Oh, yeah?
I'm not releasing you, okay.
Don't bother.
I'm releasing myself.
Wait.
Come on, you're going to tell me
That you don't reach
for a little nose candy
Every once in a while
jumping on occasion.
Huh?
This conversation
isn't about me.
You're the one whose
names on the arrest report.
You're the
self-destructive little jerk
Who has a drug problem
That you can even come
close to controlling.
Yeah, well it's
my right isn't it?
Live fast, die young.
Leave a good looking corpse.
Yeah, you want to be james dean,
Why don't you do it right?
Why all the meaningless
fistfights and drug busts?
Just get off my back, all right?
Oh, put the pedal to the metal.
Check out clean, no skid
marks, no mop up, no nothing.
Look, I don't want
to die, all right.
Really?
Well, you sure as hell
Give the impression
of someone who does.
Wait a minute.
Please, you don't
know what's its like
To lie in bed at night,
scared to death,
That they're going to find you
out and take everything away.
I do a couple of
rails of cocaine
And the whole world is mine.
The truth is, I can't imagine
What it would be
like not to do cocaine.
Well, maybe the first step is
to get some help imagining it.
I don't know how
to explain them.
Just, I heard them
And this rage
started building up
Till it reached the flash point.
I'm not like that.
I've never done
anything like that.
I know.
I'm not a very good jew.
I don't go to temple, I
don't observe the holidays.
It's who I am.
I don't know it's like the way
to 5000 years or whatever.
Stuart, you don't have
to justify anything to me.
What happened, what they said,
I'm just so sorry
you had to hear it.
I hate that I'm the
cause of this rift
Between you and your mother.
That's old business.
And anyway she had it coming.
Yeah, well, given what happened.
Are you sure you
want to get married?
How can you ask that?
Well, she and I are never going
to be able to repair this thing.
Stuart, if there's really
any doubt in your mind
Let me make it simple.
I love you unconditionally
and unequivocally.
And if she's gonna
to make me choose
Between you, it's no contest.
She either accepts you
and me for who we are
Or if that's too much
for her, it's ever simpler.
She's out of our lives.
I'm nuts about you.
And I want to marry you.
And right now, I'm freezing cold
And I want to take you home
and make you something to eat.
I'm very hungry.
Some nice chicken
soup, what could it hurt?
02x07 - Rohner vs. Gradinger
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High-powered law firm of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak handles both criminal and civil cases, but the office politics and romance often distract them from the courtroom.
High-powered law firm of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak handles both criminal and civil cases, but the office politics and romance often distract them from the courtroom.