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Your honor, as stated in our papers
Mr. Becker abruptly severed his partnership with McKenzie Brackman
and breached his fiduciary responsibility owed to our firm.
Upon information and belief,
he knowingly solicited McKenzie Brackman clients
and caused certain corporations to discontinue business with us.
I'm restraining you from doing any work for Sol Rosen, Taft
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Your honor, that's crazy. Those are my clients
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Yell at me, Mr. Becker, and you will be in jail very quickly.
What do you want?
I want my name added to the firm's name.
You want more loyalty out of Arnold Becker,
then stencil in Arnold Becker on the glass door.
I appreciate the free discovery.
I do not appreciate the fact that
Allison comes off looking totally humiliated in there
like some cheap kind of slut.
This is not about preserving her reputation,
it's about getting a r*pist bound over for trial,
which I'll do.
Who?
A woman by the name of Rosanna Graham.
A woman who, until tonight,
never had the courage to tell anyone
that she had been r*ped by a man named Henrico Mores.
What?
We've got him now, Allison.
I mean, he is facing a r*pe conviction.
He seems to move
further and further away from me in bed every night.
What does that mean to you?
To me? Ask him what it means?
I don't see why that's something
that needs to be brought up here.
The truth is is that you'd really rather not be here at all.
She's right. I've never been to a shrink before.
I've never been to therapy. I mean...
the closest I've ever been to any of this stuff is, uh,
the confessional booth before mass,
and I haven't been to one of those in a while so
-
-
-Why are you here?
-I'm here because
Allison needs and, I think, wants me to be here for her,
but mostly because
I want to help her get through this.
We are here because
you can't bear to touch me anymore, Victor.
-Hey, I touch you.
-When you have to.
You turn away when you don't.
Did Allison getting r*ped
make it hard for you to touch her, Victor?
Look, Caroline, I think that we'll be able to
work all of that out between us, okay?
We're to help Allison because Allison was the one that was r*ped.
It's not that simple.
When a woman gets r*ped, the man who loves her is a victim, too.
Right.
Honey.
I feel like you blame me.
Come on, Allison. I roll over in my sleep at night,
and I'm blaming you for being r*ped?
That's the way it feels.
Lately, I feel like you've grown cold,
like it's a struggle for you to be with me.
It's not a struggle.
I think it is.
You were terrific when this happened.
You were terrific during the trial.
But now, I feel like you'd rather
I just worked it out by myself.
Oh, you're wrong. Okay?
She's wrong.
Look, honey, I want to get through this.
I want to do whatever we have to do
so that we can put all of this behind us,
and we can get back to the way things were before.
[sighs]
They will never be what they were before.
-VICTOR: Why not?
-CAROLINE: Because getting r*ped
changes people.
I loved her before she was r*ped,
and I love her now.
-Nothing's changed about me.
-ALLISON: Yes, it has.
I'm looking at you and I am telling you
that you have changed.
I'm different, and you're different, too.
♪♪ [theme]
♪♪
DOUGLAS: I trust Blakely will be satisfied with those results?
I also trust we will be receiving payment forthwith.
Martin vs. Sawyer.
We go today.
I thought we were gonna make every effort to settle this.
We did. Didn't work.
DOUGLAS: I don't like sex discrimination cases.
You can never win.
I don't like suing federal judges;
there's a political fallout for the firm.
The client wants the trial, Doug.
Mm
-hm.
Moving on.
I regret to report my little
mohel malpractice matter also failed to settle,
as I was so sure it would.
The trial starts today.
Oh, for God's sake.
Now, wait a minute, wait a minute.
What little mohel malpractice matter?
A negligent bris.
My father's dearest friend, an elderly rabbi,
was circumcising a young lad.
Seems he snipped too much.
-VICTOR: Ouch!
-Whoa.
Some things we're spared, Abby.
I'm glad this is one of them.
Hence, I'm in need of a litigator.
I'm willing to do it myself, but it would be better if
-
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I'll do it.
I thought you had your trial, Stuart.
Yeah, but, uh, I'm on a winning streak.
And, uh, I'm Jewish, I know the subject matter.
-Come on.
-Okay, you take it, Stuart.
Great. I'll talk
-
- Oh, wait a minute.
-Tomorrow.
-DOUGLAS: What about tomorrow?
STUART: I'm, uh
-
- I'm taking care of Matthew tomorrow.
Ann's in San Francisco with the Bennett deposition, so
-
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Nah, it's okay. I'll get a sitter.
No, it's good, it's good. It's good.
-Good.
-[door opens]
Morning, everyone.
LELAND: Now that Arnold has returned from his vacation,
I have an announcement to make.
After discussion with Michael and Douglas,
we've decided to add Arnold's name to the firm's name.
Beginning February , we will thereafter be known as
McKenzie Brackman Cheney Kuzak and Becker.
And on that celebratory note, we're adjourned.
ARNIE: Just a second.
I hope that we can put this behind us, folks.
Yeah.
And so your work had been satisfactory
up until this point.
Yes. My job performance was never in question,
he was totally up front about that.
Well, what were his reasons for f*ring you, then?
Basically, he said he was falling in love with me.
VICTOR: That's why he fired you?
Yes. He said that his feelings for me
were jeopardizing his marriage,
and that out of respect for his family,
he couldn't let me work for him anymore.
All right, but you did find other employment
after leaving Judge Sawyer, didn't you?
WOMAN: Yes, I got hired at a law firm,
but being a first year lawyer is very different than
clerking for a federal court judge.
How so?
WOMAN: A circuit court clerkship is extremely prestigious.
I had a sh*t at going on to clerk for the supreme court.
And when I got fired, I lost that opportunity.
I suddenly became just another law school graduate.
And do you think that this will continue to affect
your professional career?
WOMAN: He is a well know judge, I was his clerk.
This was a feather that would have helped me
for the rest of my professional life,
but instead, I've spent the last two years
explaining as to why I got fired.
And what about the people I don't get a chance to explain to?
I mean, to them, to the real world,
I had something great and I blew it.
Well, I didn't blow it, he blew it for me.
VICTOR: Thank you, Ms. Martin.
I have nothing further, your honor.
Did Judge Sawyer ever make any sexual advances toward you?
No, he didn't.
Did he ever manifest his romantic interests
or sexually harass you in any way?
No.
I didn't even know of his romantic interest
until the day he fired me.
ATTORNEY: And it was Judge Sawyer
who helped you get the new job at the law firm, wasn't it?
MARTIN: Yes, he helped me.
And now, two years later,
when you're suddenly dissatisfied
with the progress of your career,
you decide to sue him for the blame.
The more I thought about what he did,
the more I was convinced he was wrong.
I see. So whenever things don't work out for you,
my client's gonna be the bad guy.
I don't think of your client as a bad guy, Ms. Keris,
I never have.
But he fired me because of his failure,
and that is wrong.
-Move to strike.
-JUDGE: Overruled.
I earned that clerkship.
I finished at the top of my class.
I was the editor of the Law Review,
and I earned the right to clerk for this circuit court judge,
and I lost it.
Because he fell in love, I lost it.
-Motion to strike.
-Ms. Martin, that's enough.
And the ceremony didn't go as expected,
-did it, Mr. Gorosh?
-GOROSH: It was awful.
A bris, a religious, joyous thing.
I've got family there, everybody's happy.
Why shouldn't everybody be happy?
Then he performs the circumcision.
-Precise, he wasn't.
-Objection.
Witness has no foundation as to what precision entails.
-It was a nick.
-You call yourself a mohel, Glickman.
Mr. Gorosh, please, don't address the defendant.
Mr. Glickman, please don't address anybody.
I show you this photograph,
and I ask if you can identify it.
That's my son, Yehuda.
-Oy, it pains to look at it.
-Objection, move to strike.
-JUDGE: Sustained.
-ATTORNEY: Your honor,
we have an artist's drawing to scale here
depicting the probable extent of disfigurement
once the afflicted area has reached
full adult maturity.
Objection to the term disfigurement.
Objection to the drawing, it's speculation.
Your version of full maturity is a little optimistic, counsel.
Your honor, according to family heritage
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Forget it. The photo's okay,
the art work is out.
Now, can we all step back and
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Excuse me. You shouldn't be here.
I came to see the pictures.
JUDGE: Well, you shouldn't be up here, sir,
this is a sidebar for counsel only.
Mr. Markowitz, take him back and let's get on with this.
Why can't I see the pictures?
Shh, shh, shh. Come on, come on.
Mr. Gorosh, what kind of an effect, in your lay opinion,
do you think this will have on your boy?
GOROSH: Good, it won't do him.
A woman will make a remark one day,
and that's it.
It haunts him for the rest of his life.
-It was a nick.
-JUDGE: Mr. Glickman,
if you make any more outbursts,
I'll cite you for contempt.
ATTORNEY: I have nothing further for this witness, your honor.
Mr. Gorosh,
this mishap caused no physical disabilities, did it?
He's a little boy. Who can know such a thing?
But as I understand it, the damage here,
aside from the scar,
is solely the psychological embarrassment
your son will have to suffer while growing up,
-is that correct?
-That's a lot.
Thank you, Mr. Gorosh.
I have nothing further.
-Is that it?
-Shh.
Brackman said you were good.
Shus h .
Anybody talking to you?
They've said hi.
But nobody's too chatty. How about you?
Nothing but cold stares. They all hate me.
They don't hate you, Arnie.
You should expect them to be cool for a while,
I mean, you snuck out clients.
Yeah, well, they're all children.
Every one of them a child.
-What's he upset about?
-I don't know,
but he wants a lunch meeting tomorrow.
And I've got a law school class
so you two will have to handle it.
Actually, it might be better if I do it alone.
Are you kidding?
Feldenkrantz is our biggest client.
If neither Leland or I show up
-
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They are also a disgruntled client
with a diminishing respect for our work.
Now, if Dan Siegfried finds himself sitting opposite
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I'm sorry, Douglas
-
- finds himself sitting opposite
a lawyer with braces on his teeth,
he is not going to be filled with confidence.
I don't think that's true, Rosalind.
Psychologically, a client wants to see strength.
Braces are an adolescent thing.
And we don't need that image running to the firm.
They're hardly noticeable.
ROSALIND: They are noticeable.
They're stainless steel and the sunlight bounces right off them.
Let me take it alone, Leland, it's what I do.
I'll lock in that client.
Douglas, I don't think your braces are a concern here.
But on the chance that
Dan Siegfried could find it silly,
let's let Rosalind go solo.
[slamming]
[door opens]
You going out?
Yeah, I'm having dinner with Melanie.
Like that?
Like what?
You just seem a little dressed up, that's all.
It just so happens that this is the first time in two weeks
that I'm going out on a non r*pe related activity,
and I would like to take off the sack cloth.
So what's your point, Victor?
-There's no point, honey.
-No?
-No.
-You bastard.
Ah, here we go again.
Everything I do or say
-
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You think I asked for it, don't you?
I do not think you asked for it,
I'm just concerned about your safety, Allison.
-My safety?
-Yes, your safety.
You get dressed up like that, you attract attention, that's not safe.
Oh, please. You think I asked for it.
I am sick and tired of you and everybody else
telling me what I think!
Then you say it, Victor!
-For once, you say what you think.
-I have said it.
I got r*ped because of something I said?
I got r*ped because of something I did?
I got r*ped because of something I wore?
This is what I had on, Victor.
-Is this what did it?
-Shut up, Allison.
-This is what did it?
-What the hell do you want from me?
If I could k*ll that son of a bitch, I would k*ll him, okay?
-That wouldn't change anything.
-But it would make me feel a whole lot better.
Then why don't you do it, Victor?
Why don't you wait 'til he gets out of jail,
hunt him down and k*ll him?
But just don't act like it's for my benefit.
Right. I got it.
[door opens, slams]
We were trying to turn out three opinions within a month.
All have produced substantial import.
And we were starting to put in a lot of late hours.
And at some point, you found yourself
romantically interested in Ms. Martin.
Yes, I did.
KERIS: And this was a problem?
SAWYER: After a while, yes.
It sounds ridiculous, I know,
but if you are lying in bed with your wife at night
thinking about another woman, that is a problem.
KERIS: And did you tell Ms. Martin about all of this?
No. My feelings were totally inappropriate,
to burden her with them would have been more so.
So what did you do?
SAWYER: At first, I tried to dismiss it.
I couldn't.
The more time that I spent with her,
the more time I wanted to spend with her.
And I began to wonder whether subconsciously
I was inventing ways to work late
in order to be near her.
-And what happened?
-SAWYER: Well, I told my wife about it.
I have no idea why I did that,
except for the fact that
we had always been honest with each other...
and I guess I was trying to...
cleanse my conscience any way that I could.
KERIS: What was her reaction?
SAWYER: She was very hurt. Jealous.
Upset that I would be spending hours a day
with that person for the next year.
So you decided to terminate Ms. Martin's employment.
I had to. Deidre was starting to fight
anxiety, depression.
For her sake, I had to discharge Kerry.
It was threatening my marriage.
Why didn't you just say you weren't happy with her work?
Wouldn't that have been easier?
Well, it would have been a lie.
It would have damaged her career far more than the truth.
Her work was fantastic.
I wanted her future employers to know that.
KERIS: Thank you, Judge Sawyer.
Nothing further.
You fired this woman...
because you were smitten by her, right?
I fired her because I was no longer confident
in our working relationship,
which had been undermined by my attraction for her, yes.
And you don't see anything wrong with that?
SAWYER: I see a lot wrong with that.
But I still think it was the correct decision.
A judge and his clerk make law.
There has to be an intellectual
and professional candor between them,
and that candor cannot be compromised
by either personal or emotional feelings. Ours was.
And you're the one who compromised it.
I'm human, Mr. Sifuentes.
Wait a minute. Is that your defense,
-I'm human?
-Your honor
-
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You gouged this woman's career, and that's your defense,
-I'm human?
-Listen, I'm a public servant,
and if I'm distracted, as a judge,
it is my responsibility to remedy the situ
-
-
What happened, you get horny there, judge?
-Objection!
-Mr. Sifuentes, that's out of line.
Your libido goes tilt and she gets fired?
There was no easy solution here.
I could either fire her, quit the bench,
or disregard my wife's pain.
There was no easy solution here.
Oh, yes, there was.
You made Kerry Martin a victim
for something that wasn't her fault.
That was easy.
-[baby crying]
-Oh, boy. Oh, boy.
-Listen to this.
-[heart b*ating]
Ooh, you remember that? You remember that?
Yeah, that's good.
Come on, Matt, damnit! What?
[knocking]
-Stuart?
-Oh, hi.
Uh, everything okay in here?
Uh
-uh. I have to be in court in half an hour,
and the babysitter's late,
and Matthew barfed on my brief.
Aww, let me see Matthew.
-Huh? Let me see you, little guy.
-There's Uncle Mike.
Ooh, what's all the racket about, huh?
What's all the racket, huh? What do you have to say for yourself?
Uh
-huh. Well, now he's quiet.
Yeah, now he's quiet.
Uh, what's that noise, Stuart?
Oh, that's, uh, uh, uh, womb music.
Uh, Dave Meyer has a whole catalog of
intra
-uterine sound effects,
so it kind of makes them feel like they're back in the womb,
you know, where it's safe and they're secure and everything.
And, uh, what's that thing you're wearing, anyway?
It's a
-
- a nursing vest.
It's designed for child/father bonding.
It's a
-
- It's ridiculous.
Doesn't work, either.
Uh, she's supposed to be here at :, I don't know what
-
-
Well, why don't I take him, Stuart?
What?
Yeah, sure. You go to court,
don't worry about a thing, and, uh,
I'll hand him over to the sitter.
Maybe.
You, uh, know anything about babies?
Would you listen to him? Do I know anything about babies?
Say bye
-bye, Daddy.
Come on. Bye, Matty.
Bye
-bye, honey.
-Ooh, now we're alone here.
-Bye, Matty. Goodbye, honey,
Daddy's going to court. Bye
-bye.
KUZAK: What do you want to do, huh?
Hi, Benny.
I said hello, Benny.
Hello.
Do you want to tell me what's the matter?
No.
You're mad at me because I left the firm, aren't you?
I'm busy now.
Benny, if you're mad, I think you owe me
the courtesy of talking to me about it.
You lied.
I didn't really lie to you, Benno,
-I just tried to put
-
-
-Yes, you did.
You said you and Roxanne were going to the car,
and you said you were coming back.
That's a lie.
Well, I did that for your own protection,
believe it or not.
You see, it was important that nobody at the firm
know about my leaving and
-
-
[sighs]
It
-
- It's kind of hard to explain why,
can you just trust me on that?
-No.
-Well, I think you can trust
the fact that you and I are friends, Benny,
and I would never do anything to hurt you
-
-
You went away!
And you didn't even say goodbye.
What
-
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♪♪
The fact that Leland McKenzie is not here
is indicative of my problem.
I'm not getting the service I need.
And just how has our service been inadequate?
To begin with, our last three distribution contracts
have left us considerably exposed.
And for that, I blame you.
That's very interesting because I blame you.
Excuse me?
Those contracts were all drafted by
outside counsel for your subsidiaries,
and you didn't let us supervise.
So you're gonna blame the other lawyers?
That's not very professional.
You misunderstood. I'm blaming you.
You're the one that has hired all those different attorneys.
I don't want the same lawyers for everybody,
it's not good business practice.
Well, that's wrong. There is no reason
to arm everybody with different attorneys
so they can generate fees,
and make separate deals with distributors.
It's not only counter productive,
but it potentially exposes you to anti
-trust problems.
Now, that makes you look stupid, Mr. Siegfried.
Let one firm draft all of your contracts,
let one firm represent both you and your subsidiaries.
And I suppose this one firm should be McKenzie Brackman?
I'm not going to lie to you.
We've had our problems.
Maybe Leland McKenzie isn't what he used to be,
but I will promise you this:
if you leave your business here,
I will personally take responsibility.
And I can be sure you're this good?
They brought me in here because I'm that good.
I make money, Mr. Siegfried.
Money for my firm, money for the clients I serve,
money for you.
Give me three months.
If you don't like what you get,
you walk away.
I had just given him the wine on the cotton ball,
and he didn't like it.
He began to squirm.
Is that when your hand slipped, sir?
I wouldn't even call it a slip,
he's making a whole tzimmesof it.
The baby didn't even cry.
-STUART: Well, at this time
-
-
-Just made this little squeak.
Eeh! Eeh.
Rabbi, have you ever had a problem
with any circumcision before?
Never. In years, I never had a pr
-
-
And if it hadn't been for the squirming,
it wouldn't have happened now.
This I know for truth.
Thank you, sir.
I have nothing further.
Didn't even cry.
Just a squeak, I know.
-Yeah.
-Sir,
do you have any medical training?
[muttering]
I've performed over , circumcisions.
ATTORNEY: Do you have any medical license of any kind?
Objection, mohels don't need to be licensed.
The question has no relevance.
JUDGE: Sustained.
What did you say while you performed the service?
I said the prayer.
After the prayers.
While you were doing the circumcision,
what exactly did you say?
I'm might have said oops.
ATTORNEY: Thank you, Mr. Glickman.
Nothing further.
[keys jangling]
[sighs]
Won't start?
Too tired to turn the key.
You okay?
Yeah, uh, had a tough case, you know.
Honorable judge on trial, hard to show damages.
Tough case.
Uh
-huh.
You okay?
I don't know how to help her, Mike.
Last
-
- Last night, she tells me that
when she closes her eyes, she can still smell this guy.
I mean, how am I supposed to help her get by it?
I don't know what to do.
I mean, I can't seem to get to her, I can't
-
-
It's gonna take time, Victor.
Yeah.
Time.
♪♪
And as an expert economist, sir,
did you have opportunity to determine whether
Ms. Martin suffered damages as a result of this discharge?
Yes, it was my conclusion that she did not.
KERIS: And your conclusion was based on what, doctor?
The law job she took immediately after
paid more than the clerkship.
And her greatest opportunity for financial security
lies in a law firm such as this one,
not in being a judge or a law professor down the road.
Assuming she performs well in her firm,
Ms. Martin will have suffered
no economic loss as a result of the discharge.
Thank you, Dr. Claflin.
Nothing further.
Now, why does she call you doctor?
I'm a doctor of economics.
As a doctor of economics, you're saying that
my client wasn't damaged by being fired, correct?
That's what I'm saying, yes.
She's employed in a top law firm
with opportunity for a future partnership
-where her projected income
-
-
-Sir, if you had an employee,
and you knew that she was fired from her last job,
would that cause you to think more or less of her?
I don't think it would factor into my opinion.
VICTOR: Somebody gets fired from their job,
and you're saying that it has no bearing on their competency?
-KERIS: Objection.
-That's either incredibly stupid, doctor,
-or you're a liar.
-Your honor, I made an objection.
Sustained. Cool it, Mr. Sifuentes.
The thing is, counselor,
Ms. Martin has obviously landed on her feet here.
Did your analysis take into account
the emotional scarring that could be incurred
-when someone gets fired?
-No.
VICTOR: Did it take into account the possibility of
the loss of her self esteem?
-CLAFLIN: No.
-Did it take into account
what it must be like to get dressed up every morning,
being very careful not to be too attractive
for fear of turning on the boss?
-No.
-Did it take into account
that when sexual discrimination like this is tolerated,
that it festers...
until the point of malignancy...
Mr. Sifuentes.
Withdrawn.
[indistinct chatter]
Douglas.
You'll be happy to hear that
not only are we keeping Feldenkrantz as a client,
but we picked up their three subsidiaries as well.
-Including Braden?
-Including Braden.
My God, that's fantastic.
I figured that would make you smile.
Listen, there may be a kind of delicate problem
for which I need your help.
What is it?
[sighs] Well, it seems that Dan Siegfried
wants me to be the responsible attorney.
Not just for the subs,
but for Feldenkrantz itself.
Now, that's Leland's client, and the last thing I want to do
is step on his toes.
Why doesn't he want Leland?
God knows, you know how these clients are.
My gut reaction's to say no,
McKenzie's your lawyer.
But I don't want to risk losing the business.
Don't do that.
Let me take it up with Leland.
-Are you sure?
-It's not a problem.
Thanks a lot.
Uh, about your braces.
I hope you didn't take that personally.
Don't be silly.
You know, I'll tell you a little secret.
The best kiss of my life came from a boy with braces.
-Is that right?
-Clint Fernold.
We were steadies for six months,
and he never once tried to kiss me
because he was so self conscious about the
-
-
-You know.
-Mm
-hm.
Well, one night, he decided he'd try,
and I guess he thought he was gonna hurt me or something,
because it was the softest, gentlest kiss
you can ever imagine.
Our lips barely touched.
There was something...
almost fragile about it.
And then he became ever so slightly more urgent with it.
It was the most incredible sensation I've ever felt.
That's...
very interesting.
That's our secret, Douglas.
Okay.
I'll take it up with Leland.
Good.
Bye
-bye.
[door opens, closes]
What?
Oh, hi, Benny, uh, come on in,
I'd like to talk to you.
I'm busy.
Benny, I'm a partner here.
When a partner asks you to do something, you do it.
Now, come in and close the door.
Listen, I know that my leaving,
that my not telling you the truth,
I know that that upset you,
and you have every right to be upset.
But all this is because of
a difference I had with the other partners here,
it has nothing to do with you.
Can you understand that?
Okay.
My friendship with you
is very important to me, Benny.
I like to think that we still have that.
Can I go back to work now?
Benny, I want to talk about this.
I have to sort the mail now.
Okay, fine, Benny, just
-
- Go.
No, no, no, no! Just hold it, Benny!
I
-
- You think because you're Ret*rded
you don't ever have to forgive people?
Le
-
- Leave me alone.
How many times have I helped you?
How many times have you come crying to me
because you were upset?
Have I ever told you to go away, I'm busy?
Now when I'm going through something,
when I need your support, you shut me down cold.
Damnit!
[sighs]
I don't understand this, you make me get up here again.
You've been recalled, sir.
I'm allowed to do that.
Now, you testified that this injury
would undermine your son's social life, did you not?
What's the matter, you weren't here?
You also testified that you're an Orthodox Jew,
and you intend to bring your son up
strictly in that faith,
-is that correct?
-Correct.
STUART: But isn't it true, sir,
that any social life your son may have as he grows up
would not involve his penis?
What is this? What are you saying?
STUART: I'm saying that as an Orthodox Jew,
your son will have no occasion for sex
prior to marriage.
And as an Orthodox Jew,
he will necessarily marry another Orthodox Jew
who will also be a virgin,
and will, therefore, have nothing to compare your son to,
and will, therefore, have no basis to discern any abnormality.
-You're kidding?
-No, it goes to damages, your honor.
I'm trying to establish that any prospects this boy has for
physical intimacy with women as he grows up
have already been severely restricted by his religion.
And what about after he's married, mister
-
-
mister attorney, huh?
What about then, mister self
-hating Jew?
You honestly believe
a man gets embarrassed in front of his own wife?
-You're married?
-Yes, I am.
And the only woman who sees me naked
is my wife.
Don't you think it'll be the same with Yehuda?
Answer the question, sir.
All right, he's got a point.
Much, much better.
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VICTOR: For the thousandth time,
look, I do not blame you.
Maybe you blame yourself.
Allison?
Yesterday, Victor told me that
he thought the skirt I was wearing was too short.
Are we back to that again?
Do you think that what you wore
had something to do with your being r*ped?
Intellectually, I don't,
but there's this voice that keeps saying that
maybe I could have stopped it,
maybe I could have avoided being alone with him.
Maybe I put out something sexual or
some kind of signal or something, I don't know.
People don't commit r*pe for sex, Allison,
they do it to degrade, they do it to destroy.
Maybe I could have fought more
-or screamed more
-
-
-Honey, honey, let that go, okay?
No, don't let go of it, this is exactly what
-
-
-You're not helping her!
-ALLISON: Stop it!
You keep telling me not to think things,
not to feel things.
You can't make these feelings go away
by telling me not to have them. You can't!
I'm trying to help you so
-
- so that you don't b*at yourself up here.
No! You don't want me to talk.
-You don't want to talk
-
-
-I have been talking here!
I love you!
I
-
- I'm here for you. What else
-
-
What the hell else do you need me to say for you?
I want you to tell me what's going on.
For God sakes, I need you to tell me that.
Victor?
I keep seeing...
this image.
What image?
Of him and her together.
When I look at you,
I see him doing it.
I'm sorry.
And I can't make it
-
- I can't make it go away.
I'm sorry, baby, but I've tried.
I keep trying and I can't
-
-
I can't shake it, you know?
Look at how beautiful this woman is.
How could he not fall for her?
That's the human thing to do.
It's human for men to be intoxicated by attractive women.
And it is not realistic for us to be expected to
function professionally
when there are pretty girls walking around.
You dressed nice, you smiled.
You deserved this.
That is the mind set that's at work here,
ladies and gentlemen.
That is the mind set that victimizes women.
It is the mind set...
There was an agreement here.
She was to be his law clerk, he was to be her boss.
She kept her end, he didn't keep his.
Instead, he used his power to cheat her out of a job,
and punish her for something that he could not control.
Use your power, ladies and gentlemen,
to hold him accountable.
Tell her she's not to blame.
Tell her he's to blame.
[knocking]
I've been paged.
Rosalind. Daniel Siegfried can't stop raving about you.
You did it.
It felt like it went well.
[chuckles] Douglas also suggested that
because the client is so impressed with you,
that we let you take control of the account.
I'd be happy to.
Feldenkrantz is a...
big chunk of security for us, Rosalind.
Thank you.
I'm just happy to be a contributor.
Speaking of which, I have a client
-
-
a former client, actually
-
-
Industrial Plating.
It's a $ million a year steel manufacturer,
and they're ready to come aboard.
Well, that sounds great.
But there's a possible glitch.
Douglas has a client, Howser Metals, Inc.,
who just happens to be competing for
the same government contract as Industrial.
We can't represent them both,
it would be a conflict of interest.
Leland, Industrial could generate
over $ million a year in fees.
But Howser Metal is a long standing client.
It was Douglas's father's client.
A client worth maybe $, a year to us tops.
I'm sure Douglas would agree to drop them.
But if he didn't,
at the very least,
we would have to take it to a partnership vote,
which could be very humiliating for him.
And given how embarrassed he already is
over this braces thing,
I think it would be much simpler
if you spoke to him privately.
All right, Rosalind. I'll talk to Douglas.
Thank you.
Arnie.
Yeah?
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, too, Benny.
I did lie to you and I shouldn't have.
Well, I can keep a secret.
I know you can.
And I should have trusted you.
Oh... we're still friends?
Yeah.
We're still friends.
Okay.
I, uh... guess I should get back to work now.
What?
Go to work, do something.
JUDGE: Members of the jury, have you reached a verdict?
MAN: We have, your honor.
In the matter of Gorosh vs. Glickman,
we the jury find in favor of the plaintiff,
and award damages in the amount of $,.
$,?
JUDGE: Members of the jury, I thank you.
Where do they get this from?
JUDGE: The case is over, and we all go home.
-Tell me.
-Mr. Glickman, Mr. Markowitz,
would you please approach?
JUDGE: It's not typical for me to issue
equitable orders on the heels of a jury trial,
but I feel compelled to do so here.
Mr. Glickman, I'm hereby restraining you
from doing any more circumcisions.
What?
JUDGE: Based on the evidence in this trial,
I don't think you're competent.
Your honor, you have no jurisdiction for this.
Watch me. Ten day restraining order,
we'll schedule the prelims.
Because I'm not a doctor, right?
Rabbis are better at this than doctors.
How do you like that?
On average, they probably are.
But I'm talking about one year old rabbi
who has no business going near anybody's genitalia
with sharp instruments.
I'm a mohel. It's my livelihood.
I've made my ruling.
We're adjourned.
It was a nick.
Yeah, come on. Come on.
Uh, excuse me just one second.
Hi.
We came down to spy on Daddy.
Hey. Hey, come here to Daddy.
Come to Daddy. Hi. Daddy lost.
,, you got off light.
Yeah.
Uh, Isadore Glickman,
this is my wife Ann Kelsey, and my son Matthew.
How do you do.
Look, he can't stop me from doing circumcision,
-this is not a legal
-
-
-Isadore.
You have to stop.
You hurt that little boy.
This time it was just a scar, but what about next time?
Try to understand me.
Nothing gives me greater pleasure than the bris.
It's the only thing I do that makes me feel alive.
You see this?
This is my greatest joy.
And to think that his safety or the safety of another child
might be threatened, even slightly, because your hand shakes.
You can't do it anymore, Isadore.
So what am I?
If I can't even hold a child...
what am I?
[sighs] Here.
Come on.
Yes, yes.
-[baby cooing]
-Shh, shh, shh.
Oh, gonna raise a good boy.
I can tell just by the feel of him
he's a good boy.
Yeah.
[humming]
He's sleeping.
Mr. Foreman, has the jury reached its verdict?
We have, your honor.
What say you, sir?
In the matter of Martin vs. Sawyer,
we find in favor of the plaintiff Kerry Martin,
and we hereby order the defendant
to pay compensatory damages to the plaintiff
in the amount of $,.
We further order the defendant
to pay punitive damages in the amount of $,.
JUDGE: Members of the jury, thank you for your time,
and your service.
This matter is concluded. We're adjourned.
You did it.
No, you did it. Congratulations.
Thank you.
Look, uh, can I take you out to celebrate or something,
maybe dinner?
Rain check, okay? I
-
- Gotta get home.
Okay.
Hi.
Hi.
Why?
Because I have to, honey.
I am never gonna get over this if we're together.
Hey, I know I can do better, I
-
- I can do a whole lot better.
You're doin' great.
It's just that when I'm with you,
I feel like something less than what I was.
Well, you know it's only been a month,
and I don't think that you've given yourself enough time.
I am looking at myself through your eyes
and I can't do that anymore.
I'm not saying that this is forever, I
-
-
Maybe one day I'll be able to
look at you and not
-
-
[sighs]
I just know that I have got to get away from certain things,
and one of them is you.
Do you know that I love you?
I know.
[sighs]
[sniffles]
♪♪
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04x10 - Pay's Lousy, But The Tips Are Great
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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.