Previously on "L.A. Law"...
KUZAK: I've decided to go back to New York.
My father has cancer,
and the doctor's given him a year or so to live.
I don't want to play house. I want to get married.
Michael's leaving leaves me with a big hole to fill,
and I need a star litigator.
I don't know, Leland.
I need you, Grace.
But I'll do whatever I can to get you.
Is something happening here?
I don't know.
Do you want something to happen?
I'm not really sure what kind of husband I'm gonna make.
I think you're gonna make a great husband.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm proud to present
the honorable Grace Van Owen,
new partner at McKenzie Brackman Cheney Kuzak and Becker.
How long have you been a Bears fan, sir?
I grew up in Chicago, I've been a Bears fan all my life.
I mean, it k*lled me when I got transferred out here.
And you continued being a Bears fan
even after you moved to Los Angeles, did you not?
Yeah. This year I got the satellite dish
so I could watch 'em.
I also got season tickets.
Season tickets. Now, why would you do that, sir,
living in Los Angeles?
MAN: Because season ticket holders get
first cr*ck at Super Bowl tickets,
and that's where they said they were headed.
-The defendant said that.
-Yeah.
They compared them to the ' team,
and that's why I spent four grand for the dish.
And what do I get? Six and ten.
Pre
-season optimism is typical of every team in pro sports, isn't it?
MAN: If they don't play up to potential, that's one thing,
it's part of the game, I can accept this,
this is a fact.
But when you lie, when you tell loyal fans
you're gonna have team speed on defense
when your own stopwatches tells you different;
when you puff up your offense, all the while you're
getting ready to trade your only quarterback with experience,
then you're falsely advertising your product.
That's what they did, and that's why I want my money back.
I have nothing further.
You're not just suing for your money back, are you, Mr. Lewis?
You're also claiming emotional distress.
They lost to Tampa Bay. Twice.
You're tying up the courts, a judge, a clerk,
because you don't like the way a team played football.
I spent money. And then watching their games
caused me to have a blood pressure condition.
The Chicago Bears did this?
Yeah. Ask the doctors, they did this.
When they lied saying they were good,
it set me up.
At the time those claims were made,
they thought they were good.
Baloney. They had lousy secondary.
-They couldn't even
-
-
-The secondary was fine
until Dan Hampton tore his knee apart, isn't that correct, sir?
Dan Hampton is a lineman, lady, not a cornerback.
ANN: But with him out,
the line couldn't mount a legitimate pass rush,
which left the secondary overexposed.
LEWIS: You can't blame it all on the pass rush.
No, that's right. You can't blame it all on the pass rush.
What you can blame it on is unforeseeable injuries.
They didn't lose anybody big.
They lost Donnell Woolford in the second game.
Armstrong sprained his ankle against Tampa Bay.
Morrissey suffered a lacerated kidney
and had to miss the whole season.
Come on, they had all their big guys except for Hampton.
The truth is, they considered it a rebuilding year.
They traded McMahon for draft picks.
They totally wrote off this year,
and they didn't tell us.
You are not a shareholder, Mr. Lewis,
you are just a fan.
I'm a Chicago Bears fan.
You wanna screw with people, go ahead.
But you don't screw with a Chicago Bears fan,
not today, not ever.
♪♪ [theme]
♪♪
Okay, let's get started.
-Where's Victor?
-He's in his office.
He had an unexpected meeting.
All right. First up, a very enthusiastic welcome
to our new partner, Grace Van Owen.
[applause]
Thank you. Thank you.
I'm very excited about being here.
Anything you need to get started,
you just yell.
Thanks, but I've already gotten started.
Michael gave me the Sutter case.
-You're gonna do it?
-KUZAK: Well, it's a simple case,
the facts aren't disputed and since Grace has prosecuted
a few mercy K*llers in her day,
I figured she'd have an inside track on how to defend one.
JONATHAN: Is there a defense?
I mean, the guy did it. Euthanasia's illegal.
I'm going to try diminished actuality.
Are you comfortable being on the other side of one of these cases?
At first I wasn't, but I met with Mr. Sutter on Sunday.
I can represent him.
DOUGLAS: Good. Moving on, then.
Lewis vs. the Chicago Bears.
It's almost over, thank God,
which means that I can start forgetting
everything there is to know about football.
DOUGLAS: Well, just make sure we win,
not that the Chicago Bears will be steering
much business our way, but you never know.
That's it.
One good thing about losing all our clients,
the staff meetings are short.
-We're done.
-Just a minute.
I've got an announcement.
Oh, God. Are you leaving now?
Not quite.
I'm getting married.
-To whom?
-To whom?
Come on, to Corinne. Who've I been with all this time?
-Is she... pregnant?
-No, she's not pregnant, Douglas.
This is the woman I plan to spend the rest of my life with.
-Well, have you set a date?
-Friday evening.
-What?
-When?
-This Friday?
-It's gonna be very small.
We want to keep it simple. We just want to get it done.
Corinne's house, Friday, sunset.
You're all invited, come right from work.
-Something's up, you're right.
-What's going on here, Arnie?
I am getting married! Thank you all very much.
I've got the whole issue briefed.
New studies on long
-term methedrine use.
I've got it all documented. All you'd have to do is argue
-
-
Norman, no. Why suddenly switch to me?
You've been his lawyer the whole way.
-You
-
-
-I didn't grow up with him, you did.
What difference does that make?
It's an angle, Victor, that's all it is.
But with Hector three days away from the gas chamber,
we gotta use whatever we got.
Norman, the fact that I grew up with the guy
has no relevance here whatsoever.
If the methedrine argument doesn't work, it might.
Our only sh*t may be an emotional appeal
from an old friend.
Yeah, but see, that's just the point.
I'm not his friend.
I mean, I haven't seen him for years.
How many times did you eat supper
at my kitchen table, Victor?
How many times did you sleep in one of my beds?
Mrs. Rodriguez, that was a long time ago.
-So you forget?
-No, I don't forget.
But... I just don't have a relationship
with your son anymore.
It's been eight years since the killings.
He was on the dr*gs then.
But now, he's more like the Hector that you used to know.
Uh...
I
-
- I don't think I could be of help here.
And I don't understand why you're asking me to do this.
-Norman is
-
-
-I'm not asking.
Hector is.
If you want to say no, then say no.
But do one thing for me, Victor. Please?
You tell him yourself.
When was your wife first diagnosed
with Alzheimer's disease, Mr. Sutter?
It was June of '. She kept forgetting things,
like she'd go to the store to get something
and then forget what she'd gone for.
GRACE: Did they prescribe a treatment?
SUTTER: They said she wouldn't get any better.
All we could hope for is that it didn't get worse.
But it did get worse, didn't it?
Yes.
Could you tell us what some of the symptoms were
that she experienced.
She kept forgetting things,
people's names first, even my name.
And then sometimes she'd mix words up,
like she'd go to say chair and it'd come out chain.
And sometimes she'd realize that...
and she just started to cry.
She knew what was happening.
That was the worst part at the beginning;
the fact that she knew that her brain was just going away.
Could she take care of herself?
SUTTER: Not for the last year, no.
She could walk around but it'd be dangerous for her
to get near a stove or anything.
I had to watch her all the time.
Did you ever consider putting her in a nursing home?
SUTTER: She didn't want that.
We made a promise to each other long ago
that if one of us could take care of the other, we would.
We always thought it'd be the other way around,
that she'd have to take care of me.
Mr. Sutter,
I'd like you to tell us what happened
on the day that you took her life.
Well, I
-
- I went in to check on her after my breakfast.
She
-
- She was just sitting there...
smearing her own feces on the wall.
I just started to cry.
And she looked at me and...
she looked at what she was doing.
Did she know what she was doing?
I
-
- I don't think so.
She had this look like
-
-
She was so pathetic.
This woman, once so intelligent, so dignified.
And now, on her hands was her
-
-
Well, I couldn't let this go on any more.
I guess I snapped or something.
And what did you do?
I went to my bedroom closet and I got the g*n.
GRACE: And then what?
SUTTER: Then I went to her,
and I took her hand and I held it,
and I sang to her.
It always seemed to bring her comfort
when I sang to her.
Then I kissed her on the forehead,
told her I loved her,
and then I asked her to look away.
And then?
Then I sh*t her.
[sobbing]
Thank you, Mr. Sutter.
I have no further questions, your honor.
JUDGE: We'll adjourn until tomorrow.
Hi.
I need you to sign the original here.
Mm
-hm.
And the copy here.
Where? Oh.
-Uh, yeah.
-Great.
You want this to overnight or regular mail?
Uh, regular mail will be fine.
Good.
Oh, I, um
-
- I hear you're getting married.
Yeah, I am.
-Congratulations.
-ARNIE: Thank you.
Thank you.
-STUART: Hi.
-GWEN: Hi.
-STUART: How you doin'?
-GWEN: Good.
-STUART: Hey, Arnie.
-[door closes]
Everything okay?
Corinne is meeting my mother today.
We're going to lunch.
Your mother. Oh, boy.
Oh, boy.
Oh, boy, is right.
God, I'd always figured I was gonna get married
when she's out of the country or something.
Well, it'll be fine.
Is, uh, Gwen a good secretary?
-Yeah.
-Yeah?
'Cause I'm looking for somebody full time
-and I thought maybe she'd be a good
-
-
-No!
No. No, I
-
- No, she's not
-
-
She's not that good, Stuart. I
-
- No, no.
Well, I mean, she's good,
but you don't want her for the long term thing.
She, uh
-
- Her secret passion is acting and
-
-
and she'd leave you the minute a good role came along,
and, uh, trust
-
- No.
Well, the thing is, I'm in a real jam.
Could I use her afternoons this week,
like after Roxanne gets in, would that be a problem?
No, no. Why should it be?
Do it. It's not a problem.
It's
-
- No, why would it be?
Okay. Thanks.
They'll plead down to manslaughter,
but only if we agree to jail time.
How much?
Two years.
I may not even live two years.
They really want to put me in prison?
Well, the DA has no choice, Mr. Sutter.
You did commit a m*rder, and he
-
-
he can't just let you walk.
Look, we can still go for the acquittal,
but you have to remember that on the merits,
there really is no defense here.
Everybody knows you weren't insane,
so then our only chance is to hope that the jury
can muster up enough sympathy
to ignore the law.
Does that happen?
Yes.
Then that's what I want to do, Miss Van Owen.
I don't want to die in prison,
I want to die in my own home.
Okay.
As head of the Chicago Bears public relations staff,
do you feel that you made false representations
-concerning your team's potential?
-MAN: No, of course not.
We thought we had a legitimate sh*t at the central division,
and without a few costly turnovers in key games,
we would have made it.
ANN: Thank you, sir. I have nothing further.
Six and ten.
You stank, didn't you?
It was a disappointing season.
I have statements made by you to the press in August.
"Man for man, this is a better team
than the ' club that won the Super Bowl."
I was a little optimistic.
ATTORNEY: Yes, but what's interesting is what you said to the press
after you lost to Cleveland on October rd.
"We always considered this a rebuilding year."
You said that, didn't you?
Yes, I did.
ATTORNEY: So you claimed to have a team
that you could send to the Super Bowl,
when in reality, you knew you had a team in need of rebuilding.
I'd call that a little wishful thinking, that's all.
I'd call that fraud.
I'm telling you we've got a problem.
You can't be serious.
They've got a sh*t at proving a false claim here.
What's more, if he gets a season ticket refund,
you could suddenly be faced with
, more claims from all your other fans.
Are you telling me that this kook can win?
I am telling you we can't just laugh this away.
I've got to put on a better defense here.
I'm gonna have to call another witness.
-Who?
-I don't know.
Somebody who can convince the judge
that this six and ten season wasn't foreseeable.
What about this Ditka guy, would he be able to do it?
-Mike Ditka?
-Well, he's the coach.
Couldn't he talk about what went wrong?
Oh, yeah, he can talk.
Fly him out here. I'm gonna put him on.
You're gonna put Mike Ditka on the stand?
Have him in court by in the morning,
and tell him to wear a tie.
[indistinct dialog]
Hey, Victor.
Hector.
I always knew we'd be getting back together.
Look, Hector, Norm Patton's a good lawyer.
He's the one that should be doing this.
He's good, I know, but, um...
he doesn't know me.
He knows the law, but he doesn't know me.
Well, I'm not sure I know you, either.
I mean, it's been years, man.
Yeah. And I k*lled two people.
And I'm the same guy you used to hang with.
The same guy I stopped hanging with.
Well, I don't blame you for that, homes.
I was a dangerous person to be around for a while.
Yeah. I guess it was the speed that did it, huh?
No, no, it was me, I did it.
The speed messed up my head, but...
I took the speed.
The thing is I'm not the same person I was
when I was sent here.
I'm clean now. I'm straight.
I understand that what I did was wrong.
I understand that I deserve to spend
the rest of my life in prison.
-But
-
-
-But nothin'.
There are people in here who look up to me, man.
They listen when I talk.
And I know I could straighten some of them out.
That would do more to pay back for what I did than dying, right?
I mean it, man.
I never lied to you, Victor.
I'm not lying now.
What is it you think I can do for you, man?
Tell those judges, man.
Tell them exactly what I used to be like.
And how you wrote me off.
Then tell 'em you sat with me now,
you talked to me, and I'm different.
They k*ll me now,
the won't be k*lling the man they sentenced.
Victor, I'm begging you.
My only chance to stay alive is you.
You have no idea
what a pleasure this is to meet you.
And for me, too.
I tell you, from the second we shook hands,
I was swept up in such a sense of joy and relief.
-Mom
-
-
-Really?
Oh, my God, yes.
Well, when your son suddenly calls you up
and tells you that he's about to marry
a person that you have never even heard him mention before,
that can be quite a shock.
Mom, I've mentioned Corinne before.
Oh, I'm sure you have, honey, but let's face it,
with you, there have been so many,
you couldn't possibly expect me to keep track.
Well, there's just one to keep track of now.
And I want to tell you I, uh, couldn't be happier
that he's finally settling down.
I was sure a disease would get him.
Mom, I don't think Corinne is really familiar with
your sense of humor.
MRS. BECKER: Let us talk, would you please?
This is my future daughter
-in
-law.
Uh, Corinne, Corinne.
Yes, uh, have you thought about children?
Mom, I
-
- No, I think that's something
that's really between Corinne and me.
MRS. BECKER: Well, yes, of course,
I wouldn't ordinarily ask, but you're, what,
-
-
-.
-God.
Thirty
-two. There's still time.
-Silly me.
-I can't take this, Mom.
Am I being such a burden? If I am, just tell me,
I'll go and leave. Is that what you want, Arnold?
Tell me and I will go. Is that what you want?
-No, Mom.
-I didn't think so.
Eat a piece of bread and let us girls talk.
Now, uh, Corinne,
how did your marriage fail?
You said that you took your g*n out of the closet,
is that correct, Mr. Sutter?
-SUTTER: Yes.
-Was it loaded?
No, I had to load it.
Approximately how long did that take, sir?
I don't know, maybe seconds.
Okay.
Then, uh, you went to your wife,
you took her hand, sang her a song.
About how long did that take?
Maybe a minute or so.
So between the time that you, quote, snapped, unquote,
and the time that you sh*t her,
you engaged in about two minutes of quiet mannered,
even thoughtful behavior, didn't you?
Why did you tell her to look the other way?
Because I didn't want her to see it, for God sake.
Again, very reflective of you, sir.
-GRACE: Objection.
-Withdrawn.
I'm curious, Mr. Sutter.
You gave three different police officers
statements after the incident,
and you never used the word snapped.
When did you first decide that you must have snapped?
-Objection.
-JUDGE: Overruled.
-Did a lawyer tell you to use that word?
-Objection.
That one's sustained.
You spoke of a promise between you and your wife.
You said that as long as one of you could take care of the other,
he or she would.
-Is that correct?
-Yes.
-And you broke that promise.
-GRACE: Objection.
JUDGE: Overruled.
Instead of taking care of her as you promised,
-you took a g*n and sh*t her to death.
-GRACE: Objection!
-Is that what you meant by taking care of her?
-JUDGE: Mr. Gold.
We never knew she'd end up like that.
GOLD: Did you discuss it? Did either of you
ever talk about a quality of life
that would call upon one of you to m*rder the other one?
-GRACE: Your honor
-
-
-Her mind was gone.
GOLD: It was not gone, sir.
-It was ill.
-Ill?
She didn't even recognize me.
We lived in the same house for years.
She was capable of cognitive thought, wasn't she?
She could respond if you spoke to her.
She couldn't really respond.
Well...
tell me this.
Just before you sh*t her,
when you told her to look the other way,
what did she do?
What did she do, sir?
She looked the other way.
GOLD: Thank you. I have nothing further.
VICTOR: And during the trial, evidence was introduced
that my client had been a heavy user of methedrine
for a period of more than years.
I hope you're not going to ask us to consider that
a mitigating factor.
A recent doctoral thesis completed only last month
on the long term effects of amphetamines
makes it a mitigating factor, your honor.
JUDGE: Five different psychiatrists were called to the stand.
Every one of them testified about
the effects of long term addiction to amphetamines.
Yes, but none of them knew about the results of this research.
With all due respect, counselor,
this attempt seems a little desperate.
Your honor, my client is scheduled to die tomorrow.
I think an evaluation of this new evidence is warranted
before you comment on its legitimacy.
Let's do this without the attitude, counsel.
I mean no disrespect to the court,
but I grew up with Hector Rodriguez.
I know him personally, which causes me to take this case personally.
Well, don't. Your relationship with him has no relevance here.
VICTOR: My relationship with him
puts me in a position to recognize his capacity
for change and rehabilitation,
which is directly relevant to death penalty cases, your honor.
This is not an evidentiary hearing.
I knew Hector Rodriguez on dr*gs,
I know him off dr*gs.
He's off of them now, your honor.
You're not a character witness, Mr. Sifuentes.
That's right, your honor, I am a lawyer.
The three of you are judges.
And we are all here to administer justice.
k*lling Hector Rodriguez doesn't accomplish that.
-In your objective opinion.
-VICTOR: I know him.
None of you do.
And I respectfully request that until you can be
as sure as I am about all of this,
please don't let this man be k*lled.
Please.
Thank you, your honors.
JUDGE: Mr. Keene.
-KEENE: Your honors
-
-
-[indistinct dialog]
There is absolutely no indication
that this new evidence would have made any difference.
The jury heard, ad nauseam,
that Mr. Rodriguez was a user of methedrine.
Uh, Mr. Keene, excuse me.
Mr. Sifuentes,
as compelling as your argument may have been,
this study does not constitute substantial new evidence,
and as we previously stated,
your personal relationship with Hector Rodriguez
is simply not relevant.
You application for an emergency stay is denied.
You can try your luck with the Supreme Court,
but we are not interfering with the execution.
You haven't even seen the evidence yet, your honor,
-you don't know
-
-
-Mr. Sifuentes, that's enough.
No, it's not enough. Look, I don't care how damn busy your schedules are
-
-
One more word, counselor, and you're in contempt.
He is off the dr*gs!
Eight years now he has been a model prisoner.
This court is adjourned.
[crowd murmuring]
MAN: Mr. Sifuentes, do you go to the Supreme Court now?
WOMAN: Do you expect any intervention by the governor?
[overlapping dialog]
[traffic noise]
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
I do.
ANN: Please state your name for the record, sir.
-Mike Ditka.
-And your occupation?
DITKA: Head coach of the Chicago Bears.
Sir, Mr. Lewis claims that members of your franchise
publicly predicted a successful season
when you knew it would be a failure.
Well, that's wrong, 'cause I
-
- I said it,
I really believed we were gonna have a good season.
-ANN: Well, what went wrong?
-DITKA: Well, injuries, mostly.
Uh, we had a lot of people hurt on defense,
we had different starters,
only two of our regulars started all games,
and that was totally unpredictable at the beginning of the season.
So at the time you forecasted success,
you really believed you'd be a good team?
DITKA: Well, we were a good team.
We opened with four victories against Cincinnati,
Minnesota, Philadelphia, and Detroit,
and you can't b*at teams of that caliber
unless you're a pretty darn good football team.
ANN: Thank you, sir.
I believe I have nothing further.
So...
you were full of promise at the start,
full of genuine confidence,
-is that right?
-Yes, I was.
And yet, as early as the sixth week of play,
while you still had a winning record,
you went on record as saying that this fine team of yours
was probably incapable of winning another football game,
-didn't you?
-I said that.
You knew. If you could make a statement like that
when the team was above ,
then you had to know in your bones
-that this was one lousy football team.
-ANN: Objection.
-Overruled.
-And after the Washington game,
-you said it again.
-What I said was
-
-
-We're an atrocious football team.
-I remember that.
Finish the quote. I also said I'd fooled myself.
Well, why weren't you honest from the start?
-ANN: Move to strike.
-Hey, buddy, you ever called
-
-
-JUDGE: Mr. Ditka
-
-
-I can coach. Let me coach.
-JUDGE: Mr. Lewis.
-How do you trade McMahon?
-ANN: Objection.
-Oh, come on, for God's sake.
I mean, he's the best quarterback in the league,
-he unloads him to San Diego.
-It was a good trade
-
-
He was not the best quarterback, he did nothing in San Diego.
-Move to strike.
-Hey, buddy, you think you know football
-
-
-Mr. Ditka.
-Excuse me,
but I'm gettin' sick and tired of gettin' letters and complaints
from armchair quarterbacks who know nothing about winning.
I move that this witness be held in contempt.
Hey, I'm talking, Mr. Kumpel.
And winning is having a conviction,
you have what it takes to go all the way.
Unresponsive. Mistrial.
If you're gonna sue us for that,
if that's the kind of fan you are,
then maybe you ought to move to New England
and cheer for the Patriots.
The catering is set, the guest list is confirmed
-
-
Have you gotten a hold of Eddie Andelman yet?
Oh, not yet. I'll put it on the list for this afternoon.
Roxanne, I've got a very busy day,
I've got a lot of things to do,
-I need you
-
-
-You haven't done a thing all day, Arnie.
All you've been doing is pacing around and talking to me.
When I ask for your help, I expect you to give it.
-Don't snap at me.
-Don't you snap at me.
Hey, you snap at me, I snap back.
[sighs]
I am terrified.
One person.
Forever.
Forever one person.
'Til I die.
The same person ever and ever.
God.
The though of being without her, that
-
-
that scares me even more.
Rox... do you think that
I'm gonna be any good at this?
Believe it or not, Arnie, I do.
I really think you're gonna be great at it.
Are you happy for me?
Meaning what?
Am I still secretly in love with you,
and devastated by the fact that you're getting married?
Only a little.
Not that long ago, as a DA,
I was prosecuting mercy K*llers.
And I still remember the dialog.
We cannot let people take the law
into their own hands.
We cannot let individuals ignore the law.
We'll become a state of anarchy.
The law must be upheld.
No exceptions.
Now, Henry Sutter is a law abiding citizen.
He is not insane.
But that morning,
he wasn't in his right mind, either.
For seven years, Alzheimer's disease
had been eating away at Moira Sutter's brain.
It had gotten to the point where she didn't even know who she was,
and she would only suffer more.
And that fact made the person
who loved her more than anybody,
it made him crazy.
He wasn't thinking about societal policy.
He wasn't thinking about legislative intent,
or criminal statutes.
He was looking at his wife.
The person he had spent his entire adult life with.
The person he cherished.
He saw her pain, and he acted to end it.
He saw her dignity, and he acted to preserve it.
Now, if you feel that Henry Sutter is a criminal
who should be punished,
then find him guilty.
But if you know otherwise,
then please find otherwise.
Thank you.
I didn't want to prosecute this one.
He's a good man...
who tried to spare his wife pain.
And he did what he did
because he loved her,
just like Miss Van Owen said.
But he committed a m*rder.
He knowingly, reflectively, put a g*n to her temple,
and blew her head off.
Now, they've offered up
a defense of diminished actuality,
but all of the psychiatric evidence
as well as his own testimony make clear
that his mental faculties were in complete working order.
However much you may feel for him,
we have a job to do here.
A person cannot act unilaterally
to end another person's life,
and that's what Mr. Sutter did.
She didn't ask to die.
She didn't ask to be k*lled. There's no evidence whatsoever
that she wanted to stop living.
He made that decision.
All by himself...
he decided that another person
was unworthy of life,
so he k*lled her.
Now, we have two choices.
Either we permit that, or we don't.
And our society has chosen not to permit that.
Our laws say that people cannot go around
deciding who shall live...
and who shall die.
And that means that this man committed a crime.
And no matter how much compassion
we all may feel for him,
you cannot ignore that simple fact.
The Supreme Court denied the writ.
Norman says he's gonna try to get
a meeting with the governor.
Doesn't look good, though.
-Hector.
-Yeah, Bob.
Listen, if there's, uh, anything special
you want to eat tonight, just name it.
We'll go out to a restaurant and bring it in.
Just, uh
-
-
Just bring me some tea.
Okay.
You know, if they're gonna k*ll me,
why don't they just do it?
sh**t me... in the head.
Stick me with a Kn*fe, I'd be just as dead.
You don't even see the gas, you know?
They drop the cyanide pellets...
into some acid.
It's right under your chair.
You don't even see it.
People pay me a whole lot of money
to go in there and get 'em off the hook, you know?
I wish I would have been there for you sooner.
I'm sorry.
You didn't owe me anything, man.
Yeah, I did.
I always figured we'd catch up, you know.
Years would go by but...
we'd catch up.
I never thought we'd run out of time.
I know.
I know, man, I know.
Is
-
- Is there anything that I can do? Hm?
You could be there.
Just in case the governor doesn't call.
You could be where I could see you.
If you think you could handle it.
I'll be there. All right?
I'll be wherever you want me to be.
♪♪
All right, let's have the lawyers and the parties approach.
You too, Mr. Ditka.
Now, as much as I've thoroughly enjoyed this trial,
given the back log on my docket,
I don't think we should take up any more time with it.
I think we have a bona fide cause of action, judge.
Mr. Kumpel, I don't think there was
anything willful or negligent in the defendant's conduct.
Although, I, uh, believe it was a mistake
to trade McMahon, given the relative insecurity
-
-
-Object to that.
-Shh.
JUDGE: ...of that situation. Mr. Lewis,
would you be willing to drop your claims
in exchange for an opportunity
to fully air your grievances with Mr. Ditka?
-What?
-Yeah.
-He has to listen, right?
-JUDGE: He has to listen,
and you get him for three hours.
-You gotta be kiddin'.
-JUDGE: No, I'm not kidding.
The only alternative to settling
is to play this thing to a verdict,
and you might not like what I have to say, sir,
given the fact that I'm from New England originally,
and I'm a very big Patriots fan.
We accept the settlement, your honor.
-We're adjourned.
-Hey, Mike.
-Can I call you Mike?
-No.
Let's start with special teams.
Will the defendant please rise?
Ms. Foreman, have you reached your verdict?
-We have, your honor.
-JUDGE: What say you?
In the matter of People vs. Henry Sutter
on the charge of second degree m*rder,
we find the defendant...
guilty.
JUDGE: Members of the jury, you're dismissed.
Bailiff, take the defendant into custody.
Your honor
-
-
It's m*rder two, Miss Van Owen.
Bailiff.
I am so sorry.
I'll be okay, Miss Van Owen.
I'll be okay.
[heavy breathing]
Will you escort Mr. Rodriguez
out of the holding cell, please.
[door opens]
[door creaking]
Yeah, okay.
[panting]
I can't
-
- I can't do this.
[panting]
Victor!
Where are you, man?
[panting]
Our Father, who art in Heaven,
hallowed be thy name...
[air blowing]
Wait a minute!
[squeaking]
[liquid pouring]
Wait a
-
- I'm not ready!
Proceed with the execution.
HECTOR: Wait, I'm not ready!
[Hector gasping]
[knocking]
Hey, Michael.
How about a lift to the wedding, huh?
What's the matter?
KUZAK: Nothing.
Grace, I just spoke with my father.
I've asked him hundreds of times
if he wanted to come out here to live,
and he always said no.
So suddenly now, he calls me
and he tells me he's changed his mind.
What?
He said that he's tired of the cold,
and that he thinks that moving to Los Angeles
would be a great idea.
You mean you're not leaving?
-[laughs]
-I suppose I
-
- I have to leave the firm.
You and I shouldn't be working here under the same roof.
Oh, no, no, no, Michael, Michael,
for God sakes, this is your firm.
Yeah, but Grace, I mean, you threw away a judgeship
to be here specifically.
It would be stupid for you to leave.
It would be more stupid for you to leave
if you're staying in L.A.
Look, a week ago, we slept together.
Now, under the circumstances, Grace,
it wouldn't be fair to you for me to stay.
I mean, you
-
- you couldn't work with me.
Oh, no, no, no, I could.
Don't worry about me.
But I don't think you could.
Well, I could.
Oh, it would be... a little weird,
but it wouldn't be a problem.
I don't think.
N
-Nor for me.
I don't think.
So, uh
-
- So, uh
-
- So
-
-
Uh, socially, we would still be apart.
We would just be working together here.
Would that be it?
Yeah.
That would be it.
♪♪ [wedding march]
Can you believe this? She got him.
-He's nailed.
-Shh.
You heard it here first: Pregnant.
Shh!
MARILYN: Why are they coming in together?
They're not supposed to enter together.
DOUGLAS: She won't let go of his hand, that's why.
-She's afraid he'll scoot.
-Quiet, Douglas.
Look at his face. He wants to scoot.
-Shh.
-Shh!
♪♪
MAN: The contract of marriage is most solemn.
It's not to be taken lightly,
but thoughtfully, and seriously,
with a deep sense of its obligations,
and responsibilities.
-Do you, Arnold, take this woman
-
-
-You must be so thrilled.
-I can hardly speak.
-MAN: To be your lawfully wedded wife?
I do.
MAN: Do you promise to love her,
honor and cherish her,
forsaking all others
for as long as you both shall live?
Forsaking all others, absolutely.
MAN: Do you, Corinne, take this man, Arnold,
to be your lawfully wedded husband?
I do.
MAN: Do you promise to love, honor and cherish him,
forsaking all others, for as long as you both shall live?
-I do.
-[whispering] Unbelievable.
-BOTH: Shh!
-MAN: Repeat after me
-
-
Shh.
-MAN: I, Arnold...
-I, Arnold...
-MAN: Take thee Corinne...
-Take thee Corinne...
MAN: To be my lawfully wedded wife.
To be my lawfully wedded wife.
-MAN: I, Corinne...
-CORINNE: I, Corinne...
-MAN: Take thee Arnold...
-Take thee Arnold...
MAN: To be my lawfully wedded husband.
To be my lawfully wedded husband.
MAN: Well, that does it. I herefore declare you to be husband and wife.
-Nailed.
-[chuckling]
MAN: Whom God has joined together,
let no man put asunder.
You may kiss your wife.
MAN: Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Becker.
[applause]
[indistinct chatter]
Hi, Victor.
Hi, Marie.
Does it all look the same way you remember it?
Yeah. Pretty much.
I'm glad you came.
Victor, come. I want to show you something.
-Look at this.
-[chuckles] Oh, God.
Do you have any pictures of him?
No. No.
Take this one.
You're all together. You're all happy.
Keep it.
Thank you.
I never made excuses for what he did.
I also never loved him any less for it.
You were his mother.
That's right.
I was his mother.
Gracias,Victor.
♪♪
♪♪
04x22 - The Last Gasp
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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.