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[male narrator]
Previously on "Harry's Law.."
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So this is what you do?
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I break up with you
and you commit..
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I don't even know what this is
you're committing.
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I switched jobs.
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Go get your real job back
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before it's too late.
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This is my real job.
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I'm Tommy Jefferson, kid,
I chew lawyers up
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and spit 'em out.
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He's gonna treat you
like you don't exist.
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Your best bet is just
interrupt him at every turn.
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He's got a temper and he's been
known to completely blow.
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- You little snot!
- Don't call me little!
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- You were rude to me.
- You ridiculed me.
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Nobody does that.
You're nothing, little bug.
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Will you represent me?
I'm facing prison.
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I got arrested on a drug charge.
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Third offense, and,
uh...I got a cocaine problem.
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Your old life
was that of a drug addict.
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'You have to turn your
back on that, all of it.'
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If you need to talk to us,
we're all here.
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She's really working
in that neighborhood?
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[Damien]
Police don't really respond
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to alarms
in this neighborhood.
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The merchants
tend to be burglarized
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and vandalized
at an alarming rate.
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You protect me and my place
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my law firm will defend you
for free.
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[Harry]
I think I became terminal
in my late 40s.
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Nothing the doctors could find
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you couldn't see it
on an X-ray.
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But I was dying.
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Being put to death quietly,
systemically, by routine.
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I finally died last year.
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You need to close up shop
for a couple days.
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What? Why?
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Couple of local gangs
are beefin' with each other
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know what I'm saying?
Might be some bullets flying..
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'And it'd be better
if y'all weren't around.'
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- Shooting? Like, at us?
- What gangs?
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Linkwood Crew's one,
and Boone Park's the other.
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Well, what is this beef about?
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What the hell is going on here?
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Told you all I know, sugar.
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Well, who told you?
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See, it's like this,
see, Dewayne
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he runs with Linkwood crew.
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Got this girl named Shonda,
they broke up.
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So Dewayne finds out that
Shonda's hanging with C.K.
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- C.K., he runs with my boys.
- That's Boone Park?
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Yeah, so Dewayne,
he goes and get his boys
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and they go and torch
C.K.'s ride.
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C.K. was, like, "Man, I'm gonna
need 12 grand for that."
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'Dewayne be, like, "No."'
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So now Linkwood is
beefing with us.
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It's gonna get bad.
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- Is Dewayne gonna hurt Shonda?
- Naw.
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He-he don't give a..
Naw, he got a new girl.
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Ain't even about the girl
no more.
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It's about respect.
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I gotta go.
Thanks for the ice cream.
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It's true,
you really got him into college?
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I did not.
He got into college himself.
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Uh-huh.
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So two gangs have a ridiculous
minor property dispute
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like this one,
they start shooting?
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Not always. They got this thing
here called street advocates.
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They try to fix situations
like this.
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There was a street advocate
assigned to this area
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but...he dead now.
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- Did they kill him?
- Allergy. Man ate a bad peanut.
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But dead is dead,
you know what I'm sayin'?
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So we, like, between mediators.
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Alright. As of right now,
they have a new mediator...me.
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I don't think
they gonna go for that.
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Well, you don't know
till you ask them.
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Naw, see, some things
you do know before you ask.
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Well, put it to them like this
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I'm gonna be sitting in front
of my store window
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with my .44 in my lap.
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If someone starts shooting
at anybody
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I'll consider it
directed at me.
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I'm gonna shoot back.
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So these beefing gangsters
are gonna get
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their asses shot up, or they're
gonna murder an old white lady
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with lots of friends
in the criminal justice system
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friends who will insist on the
death penalty for the shooter
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and his accomplices because
I am one adorable mother--
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Harry!
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[theme music]
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Wait. No. No!
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No, no, no, no, no, no. No!
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[music continues]
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You wanted a number,
I gave it to you.
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$626,000.
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That's my number.
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Saw that. Unacceptable.
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Do you mind telling me
how you got to that figure?
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I got it due to lost wages,
loss of future earnings
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pain and suffering, emotional
distress, loss of consortium.
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Many things go into
a Tommy Jefferson number.
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- Loss of consortium?
- He's depressed.
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- Affects his love life.
- Look..
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- No, you look.
- I asked you to look first.
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Your client wrongfully
terminated mine.
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That's a fact. That's a given.
That's a reality.
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One which you're not gonna
change by bringing in rude boy.
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Think I don't know
why you recruited him?
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I know why. You brought him in
to push my button.
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Nobody pushes my button.
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I don't even have a button.
$626,000. That's my number.
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Your client made $81,000 a year.
He's 72 years old.
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There's no way that lost wages
together with
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loss of future earnings
will ever, ever reach
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present-day value of that number
you're throwing out.
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Your client fired an old man
for being old.
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The jury will hate that.
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They will punish him,
you know it
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I know it, so does the bug.
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There's no wand to wave,
no button to push
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no card to play.
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You have a dog case.
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Your client's worst nightmare
would be for a jury
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to get its hands on this.
Ask the bug.
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- Tommy--
- Don't flirt with me.
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You want to flirt with me,
do it in a bar.
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Do it in a hotel lounge.
Do it on my boat.
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But not in a settlement
conference. $627,000.
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Oh, it's 27 now.
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Surcharge for bringing in
a bug.
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I tack on for bugs.
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I saw that. Unacceptable.
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$340,000.
That's our final offer.
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Hmm. Let the nightmare begin.
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I think you're gonna have
to eat this one, Adam.
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I'd cut your losses now and
get out. You done for the day?
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No, trial starts
this afternoon.
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[intense music]
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- You the Jew?
- What did you just say?
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Hey, "Jew" is a slang.
It just means "lawyer."
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Oh.
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Yes, I would be the Jew.
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I'm the Jew.
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Alright, cool.
8 o'clock, here.
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Fine.
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By the way, no guns.
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Everyone will be frisked
at the door.
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[music continues]
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Hey, man, I think I sold that
old lady some weed.
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What?
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See? They're getting along
better already.
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Harry, the people
that'll be here tonight
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a few of 'em,
maybe all of 'em
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have killed people.
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Then I better do a good job.
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8 o'clock.
Bangers in the house.
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I don't like
that she brought in that bug.
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It's not that he threatens me
it's that she would think
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I have a button that
he would know how to push it.
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I don't like that.
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Tommy Jefferson
has no Achilles' heel.
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Tommy, you're personalizing.
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You don't do well when
you personalize, do you?
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Look at me. What did we say
on the ride over?
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I would be Tommy Big-Boy today.
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The facts of this case
sit with us.
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So just keep your focus.
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Look, would you like me to try
to rattle him?
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I don't care about him,
he's a bug.
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Rattle her.
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- Tommy..
- I'm attracted to you.
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I just thought we should
put that on the table.
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It'll have no bearing
on the case, but in the spirit
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of full disclosure, certain
types leave me damp, you're it.
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My-my client's willing
to come up to $410,000.
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Wow. That's a little harder
to say no to.
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No.
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Well, he was honest about it,
I'll give him that.
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What exactly did he say?
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He said he was scaling down
the operation
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he needed to let
some people go.
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'He said,
"Gerald, you've run your race.'
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You need to let the younger
employees run theirs."
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Did he fault
your job performance?
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No. Just the opposite.
He said I was exemplary.
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That's what you said, Allan.
Exemplary.
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[Tommy]
'So basically, he fired you
for no good reason.'
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Awful, must have been wrenching.
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You're damn right
it was wrenching.
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'46 years I was there.
It was my whole life.'
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And I get kicked to the curb
'cause I'm too old.
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- It's not right.
- No, it isn't.
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It's horribly wrong.
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First of all, I am sorry.
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I remember when my grandfather
lost his job.
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Perhaps you could write
about it in your book.
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I was..
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You're living on a fixed income.
What do you have?
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- Social Security?
- I get Social Security.
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- Yes.
- A pension?
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That doesn't mean he can fire me
for being too old.
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'I understand that, sir,
I'm just trying to get a'
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a sense of the hardship.
Do you have a pension?
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Yes.
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How much do you get
from your Social Security
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and your pension?
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I get about $2200 a month.
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Is that the extent
of your income?
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This is not just about income,
young lady.
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I understand.
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Do you have other income?
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I get some stock dividends.
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Worth about how much?
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Oh, it works out to
about $8000 a year.
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Okay, so that's about $35,000
all in.
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And forgive my intrusion, but
do you have a savings account?
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This isn't about money.
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You've sued for lost wages
and future earnings
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and yet you testify
this isn't about the money--
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Objection. Of course this is
partly about money, but..
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I'm talking to him now,
I'd be happy
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to get a drink with you later.
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- Good, can I come?
- Yes.
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Let's all have a party
after the trial
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but for now
let's just get through this.
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May I be heard, Your Honor?
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Sir, when you're sitting
in that witness chair
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it's all about you being heard.
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I have suffered economic loss.
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But more than the money, my life
was about waking up
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and going to work.
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A man needs a purpose.
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- And by purpose do you--
- I'm not finished.
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I gave my life to this company.
I worked hard for a fair wage.
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This job, it...it's all I had.
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I sit here now with nothing
but time on my hands.
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What am I supposed to do?
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Where am I supposed to go?
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[instrumental music]
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[upbeat music]
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♪ We gotta get it ready
keep it going ♪
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♪ They just say no one gotta
get it ready ♪
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♪ Keep it going
they just say no one gotta ♪
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♪ Get it ready keep it going
they just say no one gotta ♪
247
00:11:44,572 --> 00:11:46,357
♪ Get it ready keep it going ♪
248
00:11:46,444 --> 00:11:48,446
♪ We gotta get it ready
keep it going ♪
249
00:11:48,533 --> 00:11:51,144
♪ They just say no one gotta
get it ready keep it going ♪
250
00:11:51,231 --> 00:11:53,756
♪ They just say no one gotta
get it ready keep it going ♪
251
00:11:53,843 --> 00:11:56,497
♪ They just say no one gotta
get it ready keep it going ♪
252
00:11:56,584 --> 00:11:58,586
♪ Daddy daddy ♪♪ Ah ♪
253
00:11:58,673 --> 00:12:01,676
♪ Keep it going keep it moving
keep it going keep it moving ♪
254
00:12:01,764 --> 00:12:03,766
♪ Uh uh ♪
255
00:12:03,853 --> 00:12:06,420
♪ Keep it going keep it moving
keep it going keep it moving ♪
256
00:12:06,507 --> 00:12:08,814
♪ What? ♪♪ Daddy daddy ♪
257
00:12:08,901 --> 00:12:12,165
♪ Keep it going keep it moving
keep it going keep it moving ♪
258
00:12:12,252 --> 00:12:14,254
♪ Daddy daddy ♪
259
00:12:14,341 --> 00:12:16,691
♪ Keep it going keep it moving
keep it going keep it moving ♪
260
00:12:16,779 --> 00:12:18,781
♪ Daddy daddy.. ♪♪
261
00:12:18,868 --> 00:12:22,741
Are we good?
Everyone in here is clean? Good.
262
00:12:22,828 --> 00:12:24,221
[indistinct chatter]
263
00:12:24,308 --> 00:12:25,526
Harry.
264
00:12:25,613 --> 00:12:26,614
You didn't have to bring a gun.
265
00:12:26,701 --> 00:12:28,312
[clamoring]
266
00:12:28,399 --> 00:12:30,531
Come on, calm down.
267
00:12:30,618 --> 00:12:32,620
[foghorn blows]
268
00:12:32,707 --> 00:12:35,798
Thank you. Any more outbursts,
you'll hear more of that.
269
00:12:38,104 --> 00:12:41,455
Alright, so...who's who?
270
00:12:41,542 --> 00:12:44,415
Boone Park is on that side.
Li'l D will speak for them.
271
00:12:44,502 --> 00:12:47,200
Linkwood's on that side.
Keshawn will speak for them.
272
00:12:47,287 --> 00:12:49,028
And the two guys
who are having the dispute?
273
00:12:49,115 --> 00:12:51,074
It's Dewayne from Linkwood.
Dewayne.
274
00:12:53,641 --> 00:12:56,035
- And C.K. with Boone Park.
- 'Got it.'
275
00:12:56,122 --> 00:12:58,168
And it's C.K.'s car
that was damaged?
276
00:12:58,255 --> 00:13:00,735
Damaged? You tripping.
That ride was done.
277
00:13:00,823 --> 00:13:02,999
- Yo, watch your mouth, man.
- He lucky he wasn't in it.
278
00:13:03,086 --> 00:13:05,523
- You feel me?
- What you say, son?
279
00:13:05,610 --> 00:13:07,351
Guys, guys, come on,
we here to talk.
280
00:13:07,438 --> 00:13:10,484
We didn't come here to fight.
Calm down!
281
00:13:10,571 --> 00:13:12,312
[foghorn blows]
282
00:13:16,926 --> 00:13:18,841
[Allan]
'It broke my heart
to fire Gerald.'
283
00:13:18,928 --> 00:13:21,844
He's been a valued,
loyal employee.
284
00:13:21,931 --> 00:13:26,065
My father hired him. He began
mowing grass, landscaping.
285
00:13:26,152 --> 00:13:28,807
Worked his way into accounting
and sales.
286
00:13:28,894 --> 00:13:30,809
- 'And he was good.'
- But?
287
00:13:30,896 --> 00:13:34,508
But I had to trim my workforce.
I was hemorrhaging money.
288
00:13:34,595 --> 00:13:37,207
And the trimming you did
involved your older employees?
289
00:13:37,294 --> 00:13:40,427
Yes, but what it really came
down to was economic need.
290
00:13:40,514 --> 00:13:42,125
'The young guys
and women had families.'
291
00:13:42,212 --> 00:13:44,431
Tuition to swing,
mouths to feed.
292
00:13:44,518 --> 00:13:47,260
They were scraping just to avoid
getting foreclosed on.
293
00:13:47,347 --> 00:13:49,436
'Gerald owns his home outright,
he has a great pension'
294
00:13:49,523 --> 00:13:52,396
stock dividends, bottom line,
he was better able to absorb
295
00:13:52,483 --> 00:13:54,572
being laid off,
at least financially.
296
00:13:54,659 --> 00:13:56,182
Did you ever consider
the difficulty
297
00:13:56,269 --> 00:13:59,229
for a 72-year-old
to reenter the labor force?
298
00:13:59,316 --> 00:14:00,665
I did consider that.
299
00:14:00,752 --> 00:14:02,449
What about
our State budget mess?
300
00:14:02,536 --> 00:14:04,451
Think we should start brooming
the older judges?
301
00:14:04,538 --> 00:14:06,062
Oh, come on.
302
00:14:06,149 --> 00:14:07,628
Did you consider
the psychological damage
303
00:14:07,715 --> 00:14:09,674
it might cause Mr. Essex
to be put out of work?
304
00:14:09,761 --> 00:14:11,371
- I know it had to be tough.
- You know how?
305
00:14:11,458 --> 00:14:14,026
You read about it?
You consulted psychologists?
306
00:14:14,113 --> 00:14:15,680
I don't have to consult
with anybody to know
307
00:14:15,767 --> 00:14:16,855
this was gonna be difficult.
308
00:14:16,942 --> 00:14:18,901
'Gerald has financial security'
309
00:14:18,988 --> 00:14:20,554
which most
of my employees don't--
310
00:14:20,641 --> 00:14:22,469
Not my question, what,
if you don't like my question
311
00:14:22,556 --> 00:14:23,775
you're gonna answer
one of your own?
312
00:14:23,862 --> 00:14:25,472
- Objection.
- Mr. Jefferson.
313
00:14:25,559 --> 00:14:28,040
You say you considered need
in deciding who to fire.
314
00:14:28,127 --> 00:14:30,434
Did you consider fairness?
Basic fairness?
315
00:14:30,521 --> 00:14:33,132
Like if a man gives
46 years of his life
316
00:14:33,219 --> 00:14:36,701
if he's loyal,
if he works hard every damn day
317
00:14:36,788 --> 00:14:38,964
that doesn't count?
That doesn't count?
318
00:14:39,051 --> 00:14:40,748
Of course it counts.
319
00:14:40,835 --> 00:14:43,621
You had 11 employees who had
worked for you under a year.
320
00:14:43,708 --> 00:14:46,929
You kept them, but this man
you fired...because he's old.
321
00:14:47,016 --> 00:14:48,408
You think I want
to be losing money?
322
00:14:48,495 --> 00:14:51,020
Do you think I want
to be firing people? I had to.
323
00:14:51,107 --> 00:14:53,500
We all have to make sacrifices,
for God's sake.
324
00:14:53,587 --> 00:14:55,589
And you decided to sacrifice
the employee
325
00:14:55,676 --> 00:14:57,591
who had given you the most?
326
00:15:04,337 --> 00:15:06,557
Look, man, your boy's
out of line, and you know it.
327
00:15:06,644 --> 00:15:08,646
He wasn't out of nothing. You
don't even care about that girl.
328
00:15:08,733 --> 00:15:10,430
That don't matter
if I was done with her or not.
329
00:15:10,517 --> 00:15:11,823
- Hold on, nobody talks unless--
- What I'm saying is--
330
00:15:11,910 --> 00:15:13,564
- Quiet.
- I'm making a point!
331
00:15:13,651 --> 00:15:15,566
I said shut your mouth.
332
00:15:18,873 --> 00:15:22,965
- Harry, take it down a notch.
- This is the only notch I know.
333
00:15:23,052 --> 00:15:25,706
Let's continue,
one person at a time.
334
00:15:25,793 --> 00:15:29,362
My point be this...if anybody
be out of order it's this punk
335
00:15:29,449 --> 00:15:32,452
when he decided
to torch C.K.'s car.
336
00:15:32,539 --> 00:15:34,237
- My turn?
- Go.
337
00:15:34,324 --> 00:15:37,762
Here's what it is.
It's about respect, you feel me?
338
00:15:37,849 --> 00:15:39,851
He knew he should
have stuck to Shonda
339
00:15:39,938 --> 00:15:43,159
but he did it anyway. He hood
rich. Peeling off stacks.
340
00:15:43,246 --> 00:15:45,378
- Trying to front--
- Time out.
341
00:15:45,465 --> 00:15:47,424
I know you all have
your own jargon
342
00:15:47,511 --> 00:15:49,426
but I don't talk
legal-ese to you
343
00:15:49,513 --> 00:15:51,732
so please don't speak
gangster-ese to me.
344
00:15:51,819 --> 00:15:53,125
Harry, all he said was--
345
00:15:53,212 --> 00:15:54,953
What he said he can say
in plain English.
346
00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:56,389
That is plain English.
347
00:15:56,476 --> 00:15:58,000
You don't understand
what I'm saying..
348
00:15:58,087 --> 00:15:59,697
That was plain enough.
If you don't understand..
349
00:15:59,784 --> 00:16:01,525
[indistinct chatter]
350
00:16:01,612 --> 00:16:04,093
Hold up. You're going to bust
an eardrum with that thing.
351
00:16:04,180 --> 00:16:06,008
Put it down.
352
00:16:06,095 --> 00:16:07,531
Give us a minute.
353
00:16:07,618 --> 00:16:10,012
[intense music]
354
00:16:15,017 --> 00:16:16,148
You need to lighten up a little.
355
00:16:16,235 --> 00:16:17,410
No, I need to be
able to understand
356
00:16:17,497 --> 00:16:18,498
what they're saying.
357
00:16:18,585 --> 00:16:19,586
Ask me and I'll tell you.
358
00:16:19,673 --> 00:16:20,848
Check this out.
359
00:16:20,935 --> 00:16:22,589
We come to an agreement
on something.
360
00:16:24,287 --> 00:16:26,332
- This here's not gonna work.
- What?
361
00:16:26,419 --> 00:16:28,465
At least not with you.
You're out.
362
00:16:28,552 --> 00:16:29,770
What do you mean I'm out?
363
00:16:29,857 --> 00:16:31,381
You're a terrible mediator,
lady.
364
00:16:31,468 --> 00:16:33,905
You're out. He's in.
365
00:16:33,992 --> 00:16:35,646
- What?
- What?
366
00:16:35,733 --> 00:16:37,169
Look, you just don't
get it, lady.
367
00:16:37,256 --> 00:16:38,649
We think maybe he does.
368
00:16:38,736 --> 00:16:40,564
- I'm the mediator.
- No, you're not.
369
00:16:40,651 --> 00:16:43,045
We'll be back
tomorrow 8:00 a.m.
370
00:16:43,132 --> 00:16:44,481
Be ready.
371
00:16:44,568 --> 00:16:46,178
[music continues]
372
00:16:55,709 --> 00:16:56,884
[sighs]
373
00:17:12,944 --> 00:17:15,599
Do not scream. You hear me?
374
00:17:15,686 --> 00:17:18,036
I'm not going to hurt you.
I just need you to listen to me.
375
00:17:18,123 --> 00:17:21,735
Do not bite me. I don't like
when people bite me either.
376
00:17:21,822 --> 00:17:24,564
I ain't gonna rob you
or nothing, I promise.
377
00:17:24,651 --> 00:17:26,436
I just need to talk to you.
378
00:17:30,179 --> 00:17:31,876
[exhales]
379
00:17:31,963 --> 00:17:35,488
That is not the way
to initiate a conversation.
380
00:17:35,575 --> 00:17:38,448
Sorry. I heard you pack.
381
00:17:38,535 --> 00:17:40,667
I want to get out
of Boone Park.
382
00:17:40,754 --> 00:17:42,713
I want to go to college
like that Malcolm kid.
383
00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:44,106
I told you,
I didn't get him..
384
00:17:44,193 --> 00:17:46,456
It's not about that.
385
00:17:46,543 --> 00:17:48,545
I just need you
to help me get out.
386
00:17:48,632 --> 00:17:50,982
Well, what's the big deal?
Just say you're out.
387
00:17:51,069 --> 00:17:52,636
In which case,
they'll kill me.
388
00:17:52,723 --> 00:17:55,465
- Oh, come on.
- You're the mediator.
389
00:17:55,552 --> 00:17:57,206
I just need you
to help me get out.
390
00:17:57,293 --> 00:18:01,340
Actually, I'm no longer..
They'd really kill you?
391
00:18:01,427 --> 00:18:05,257
Lady, read my lips.
They...will...kill...me.
392
00:18:05,344 --> 00:18:07,738
[intense music]
393
00:18:14,310 --> 00:18:16,355
[upbeat music]
394
00:18:22,492 --> 00:18:25,277
- No, no, no, no, no! No!
- Calm down.
395
00:18:25,364 --> 00:18:27,366
Harry, you cannot do this.
396
00:18:27,453 --> 00:18:30,587
Getting someone out of a gang?
That is way, way over your head.
397
00:18:30,674 --> 00:18:34,330
You cannot. First of all, they
probably would kill him.
398
00:18:34,417 --> 00:18:36,462
- It's definitely a possibility.
- I cannot believe--
399
00:18:36,549 --> 00:18:38,377
Believe it.
My brother was in a gang.
400
00:18:38,464 --> 00:18:40,336
He wanted to get out. He..
401
00:18:48,518 --> 00:18:51,521
If you try to do this,
then you can forget about us
402
00:18:51,608 --> 00:18:54,567
mediating the other thing 'cause
our trust, our credibility--
403
00:18:54,654 --> 00:18:57,396
Helping kids leave gangs
is something mediators do.
404
00:18:57,483 --> 00:18:59,616
The ones with experience, maybe.
405
00:18:59,703 --> 00:19:02,358
And most of them,
ex-gang members themselves.
406
00:19:02,445 --> 00:19:05,143
This is way beyond the expertise
of a patent lawyer.
407
00:19:08,277 --> 00:19:11,671
Just handle the dispute
we got on the table, please?
408
00:19:17,111 --> 00:19:19,592
Hello. Welcome, welcome.
409
00:19:19,679 --> 00:19:21,420
I took the liberty of
making little name tags
410
00:19:21,507 --> 00:19:23,205
to make things
a little easier.
411
00:19:23,292 --> 00:19:25,816
Little D.
That's for you.
412
00:19:25,903 --> 00:19:27,992
You're not little. Funny.
413
00:19:28,079 --> 00:19:31,952
C.K. That's for you.
414
00:19:32,039 --> 00:19:35,434
Dewayne, here you..
No? Okay.
415
00:19:35,521 --> 00:19:37,436
Keshawn.
416
00:19:37,523 --> 00:19:39,917
[upbeat music]
417
00:19:46,706 --> 00:19:48,230
Maybe we should
bump up the offer.
418
00:19:48,317 --> 00:19:49,796
The client refuses.
419
00:19:49,883 --> 00:19:51,755
Rachel, we're getting
a little thrashed here.
420
00:19:51,842 --> 00:19:55,062
Not to criticize, but you didn't
exactly rattle Tommy much.
421
00:19:55,149 --> 00:19:58,544
- You're blaming me?
- No. I just..
422
00:19:58,631 --> 00:20:00,633
Look, it's not over.
Our client is sympathetic.
423
00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:02,722
- It's just the plaintiff is--
- Is way more so.
424
00:20:02,809 --> 00:20:04,768
If we close well,
we are still in it.
425
00:20:08,293 --> 00:20:10,513
How's Chunhua doing?
426
00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:12,471
Better. A lot better actually.
427
00:20:12,558 --> 00:20:14,038
Thanks for loaning
out Thomas.
428
00:20:14,125 --> 00:20:16,040
Oh, it's the least I can do
429
00:20:16,127 --> 00:20:18,695
after you've helped
so much with this case.
430
00:20:18,782 --> 00:20:20,958
I'm kidding.
431
00:20:21,045 --> 00:20:23,439
Seriously, do you have
any ideas?
432
00:20:23,526 --> 00:20:26,659
Well, Tommy's done a good job
of framing the question
433
00:20:26,746 --> 00:20:29,358
why him just because he's old.
434
00:20:29,445 --> 00:20:32,535
We need the question to be,
why does he get tenure
435
00:20:32,622 --> 00:20:34,580
just because he's old.
436
00:20:34,667 --> 00:20:37,061
[instrumental music]
437
00:20:42,284 --> 00:20:45,635
Okay, so I think I've got
the basics of the situation.
438
00:20:45,722 --> 00:20:49,247
Dewayne, how long you
and Shonda going out?
439
00:20:49,334 --> 00:20:52,468
I don't know, man...a few
months, something like that.
440
00:20:52,555 --> 00:20:53,991
- When'd you break up?
- Little, bro.
441
00:20:54,078 --> 00:20:56,123
I don't really know
all these damn dates.
442
00:20:56,210 --> 00:20:59,953
It was a while ago. Besides,
bottom line, he don't get her.
443
00:21:01,694 --> 00:21:03,653
No matter what, bro.
444
00:21:07,091 --> 00:21:09,441
So you set fire to his car.
445
00:21:09,528 --> 00:21:12,531
- Whatever.
- Okay. C.K..
446
00:21:12,618 --> 00:21:14,881
There's sort of an unwritten
rule about dating ex-girlfriends
447
00:21:14,968 --> 00:21:18,320
from another gang, right?
448
00:21:18,407 --> 00:21:20,757
- Yeah.
- $12,000 for your car?
449
00:21:20,844 --> 00:21:22,846
- How you get that number?
- It's what I paid.
450
00:21:22,933 --> 00:21:24,935
That's because
you were suckered.
451
00:21:25,022 --> 00:21:26,806
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
452
00:21:29,853 --> 00:21:31,550
- Put it down.
- Not now, bro.
453
00:21:31,637 --> 00:21:33,422
- Harry, put yours down.
- Not until--
454
00:21:33,509 --> 00:21:35,380
Put it down now.
455
00:21:43,170 --> 00:21:46,043
Now you. Give it to me.
456
00:21:46,130 --> 00:21:47,871
Give it to me!
457
00:21:47,958 --> 00:21:50,352
[intense music]
458
00:21:54,834 --> 00:21:56,445
Give it to me.
459
00:22:00,492 --> 00:22:02,842
- Come on, let's go!
- What's up?
460
00:22:02,929 --> 00:22:04,888
- 'Anybody else got a gun?'
- Do something!
461
00:22:04,975 --> 00:22:07,499
Has anybody else got a gun?
462
00:22:07,586 --> 00:22:09,632
Ten seconds immunity.
463
00:22:09,719 --> 00:22:13,113
'Cause if I find otherwise,
you won't like my ruling.
464
00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:14,811
Ten seconds.
465
00:22:22,384 --> 00:22:25,038
Alright. A one hour cooldown,
then we continue.
466
00:22:25,125 --> 00:22:27,998
- We don't need an hour.
- Maybe I do.
467
00:22:28,085 --> 00:22:30,217
Kid, you better make this work.
468
00:22:30,304 --> 00:22:31,958
'Cause if not,
there's gonna be blood.
469
00:22:32,045 --> 00:22:34,439
And it's gonna be on your hands.
You understand?
470
00:22:39,575 --> 00:22:41,577
I just came from
the CIRV offices.
471
00:22:41,664 --> 00:22:43,448
You know CIRV, right?
472
00:22:43,535 --> 00:22:46,059
Yeah, yeah, Cincinnati
Initiative to Reduce
473
00:22:46,146 --> 00:22:47,713
whatever. I heard of it.
474
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,323
Well, they pretty much
echoed what Malcolm told me
475
00:22:49,411 --> 00:22:52,109
that this is way
over my head.
476
00:22:52,196 --> 00:22:54,111
Lewis, they can
provide protection.
477
00:22:54,198 --> 00:22:55,895
They have experienced people
who can mentor..
478
00:22:55,982 --> 00:22:57,810
I came to you.
479
00:22:57,897 --> 00:23:00,030
Got a feeling about you.
480
00:23:00,117 --> 00:23:03,033
Why does everybody
get feelings about me?
481
00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:06,253
Look, Lewis, they have a lot of
reformed gang members
482
00:23:06,340 --> 00:23:10,083
who can help the transition.
They're good at this, I'm not.
483
00:23:10,170 --> 00:23:12,564
- I'm not going to CIRV.
- Well, I can't help you.
484
00:23:12,651 --> 00:23:14,348
Do you want me to end up dead?
485
00:23:14,436 --> 00:23:16,786
Lewis, I cannot help you.
486
00:23:28,101 --> 00:23:29,842
[instrumental music]
487
00:23:36,109 --> 00:23:39,852
C.K., how did you start
going out with Shonda?
488
00:23:39,939 --> 00:23:43,943
- Why that matter to you?
- 'Cause it does.
489
00:23:44,030 --> 00:23:46,250
From the beginning.
490
00:23:46,337 --> 00:23:48,208
Look, man, I don't
really remember, I just..
491
00:23:48,295 --> 00:23:50,515
Refresh your recollection, then.
492
00:23:55,738 --> 00:23:58,828
Well, I saw her one day
coming out this store.
493
00:23:58,915 --> 00:24:02,484
And I thought, you know,
she'd be cool to hang out with.
494
00:24:08,925 --> 00:24:11,318
So that's it, we started
kicking it, no big deal.
495
00:24:13,712 --> 00:24:15,279
I mean, I ain't want no drama,
so I told her
496
00:24:15,366 --> 00:24:16,846
how it is, you know.
497
00:24:16,933 --> 00:24:18,456
I told her
where I was coming from.
498
00:24:22,373 --> 00:24:25,289
I told that girl exactly
where she fit in, in my life.
499
00:24:28,379 --> 00:24:30,512
She was cool with it.
500
00:24:40,870 --> 00:24:43,960
That's it.
I ain't mean no disrespect.
501
00:24:44,047 --> 00:24:46,702
So there was no call
to go and torch that man's ride.
502
00:24:46,789 --> 00:24:48,355
Not your turn.
503
00:24:53,839 --> 00:24:55,406
Is that it?
504
00:24:56,668 --> 00:24:58,278
C.K.?
505
00:24:59,628 --> 00:25:02,021
[instrumental music]
506
00:25:11,422 --> 00:25:13,337
We all know the story.
507
00:25:13,424 --> 00:25:16,645
Lifeboat starts
to take on water.
508
00:25:16,732 --> 00:25:19,169
Someone has the idea,
"Hey, let's throw out
509
00:25:19,256 --> 00:25:22,825
all the old people." That's
exactly what happened here.
510
00:25:22,912 --> 00:25:25,088
'Never mind the years
of service, loyalty.'
511
00:25:25,175 --> 00:25:26,916
"We want youth, you're out."
512
00:25:27,003 --> 00:25:30,354
It's disgusting
how we treat our elderly.
513
00:25:30,441 --> 00:25:32,399
As far as
the television networks go
514
00:25:32,486 --> 00:25:36,012
if you're over 49 years of age,
you're dead.
515
00:25:36,099 --> 00:25:41,278
You don't exist.
It's unfair, it's...indecent.
516
00:25:41,365 --> 00:25:46,239
And what's worse, ageism
in this country is tolerated.
517
00:25:46,326 --> 00:25:49,634
Giggled at, even.
Make fun of the old.
518
00:25:49,721 --> 00:25:53,420
Why not? Discriminate, go ahead.
Who cares?
519
00:25:53,507 --> 00:25:55,901
'Imagine if we did that
with racism'
520
00:25:55,988 --> 00:26:00,689
or sexism,
or all the other "isms."
521
00:26:00,776 --> 00:26:03,517
'But ageism,
knock yourself out.'
522
00:26:03,605 --> 00:26:06,433
Gerald Essex gave
Meade Landscaping and Design
523
00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:08,610
46 years of his life.
524
00:26:08,697 --> 00:26:11,613
He deserved better than to be
fired because of his age.
525
00:26:11,700 --> 00:26:13,353
There was no suggestion here
that he could no longer
526
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,705
do the job. Just the opposite.
He was exemplary.
527
00:26:16,792 --> 00:26:20,317
But old.
And we don't like old, do we?
528
00:26:20,404 --> 00:26:23,755
I asked the defendant,
and he was stuck for an answer
529
00:26:23,842 --> 00:26:26,279
where does that fall
on the fairness graph?
530
00:26:26,366 --> 00:26:30,109
I'll ask the same question
of you.
531
00:26:30,196 --> 00:26:33,635
Might also throw in
the two questions Gerald asked.
532
00:26:33,722 --> 00:26:35,637
What is he supposed to do?
533
00:26:37,551 --> 00:26:40,163
Where is he supposed to go?
534
00:26:53,219 --> 00:26:54,917
I actually like old.
535
00:26:55,004 --> 00:26:56,353
I'd tell you about
my grandfather, but I've been
536
00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:59,661
instructed by the court
to put that in my book.
537
00:26:59,748 --> 00:27:02,054
That lifeboat analogy,
if you remember the story
538
00:27:02,141 --> 00:27:04,187
the elderly were
tossed overboard
539
00:27:04,274 --> 00:27:05,623
in order to save people.
540
00:27:05,710 --> 00:27:07,625
Mr. Jefferson
left that part out.
541
00:27:07,712 --> 00:27:10,497
My client had a bunch
of drowning employees
542
00:27:10,584 --> 00:27:13,762
who would have lost their homes
if they were put out of work.
543
00:27:13,849 --> 00:27:16,329
Some wouldn't even be able
to feed their families.
544
00:27:16,416 --> 00:27:19,376
So he chose to spare
those workers and let go of
545
00:27:19,463 --> 00:27:21,944
the employees who were
financially secure
546
00:27:22,031 --> 00:27:24,729
employees like Mr. Essex
who had savings
547
00:27:24,816 --> 00:27:27,427
'who had Social Security,
who had pensions'
548
00:27:27,514 --> 00:27:30,430
employees who owned
their homes outright.
549
00:27:30,517 --> 00:27:33,607
Employees who, yes,
happened to be older.
550
00:27:35,479 --> 00:27:38,525
Mr. Essex deserved better,
of course he did.
551
00:27:38,612 --> 00:27:40,832
So do a lot of people
in this economy.
552
00:27:42,747 --> 00:27:46,316
Let's not get carried away
with this ageism nonsense.
553
00:27:46,403 --> 00:27:48,884
The over-50 demographic, they
might be dead to the networks
554
00:27:48,971 --> 00:27:51,147
but otherwise
they're not doing so bad.
555
00:27:51,234 --> 00:27:53,453
'They control over
eight trillion in assets'
556
00:27:53,540 --> 00:27:55,847
more than 70%
of discretionary income.
557
00:27:55,934 --> 00:28:00,634
They make up 82% of Congress,
100% of Supreme Court
558
00:28:00,722 --> 00:28:02,854
80% of CEOs.
559
00:28:02,941 --> 00:28:07,380
They basically control
government, the economy.
560
00:28:07,467 --> 00:28:09,295
In short, old people rule.
561
00:28:09,382 --> 00:28:11,515
'If one group is getting
especially slammed'
562
00:28:11,602 --> 00:28:13,212
'it is the young.'
563
00:28:13,299 --> 00:28:14,736
For kids coming
out of college today
564
00:28:14,823 --> 00:28:17,434
it is a labor market depression.
565
00:28:17,521 --> 00:28:19,088
They have to go back
to living with their parents
566
00:28:19,175 --> 00:28:21,568
because there are
simply no jobs.
567
00:28:21,655 --> 00:28:24,615
So let's put Mr. Jefferson's
outrage in perspective here.
568
00:28:28,967 --> 00:28:31,448
As for this fairness graph
569
00:28:31,535 --> 00:28:33,929
let's say you had to let go of
one of two employees
570
00:28:34,016 --> 00:28:36,192
one wouldn't face
any real financial hardship
571
00:28:36,279 --> 00:28:38,237
for the other,
it would be catastrophic.
572
00:28:38,324 --> 00:28:40,196
'What would you do?'
573
00:28:40,283 --> 00:28:42,894
That was the choice
facing Allan Meade.
574
00:28:42,981 --> 00:28:45,897
He chose to inflict
less hardship.
575
00:28:45,984 --> 00:28:48,770
We should punish him for that?
Really?
576
00:28:50,293 --> 00:28:52,686
[instrumental music]
577
00:29:09,616 --> 00:29:11,270
[instrumental music]
578
00:29:24,414 --> 00:29:26,764
Any idea what you're gonna do?
579
00:29:26,851 --> 00:29:30,072
I got an idea, but..
580
00:29:30,159 --> 00:29:33,205
- My advice?
- Nope.
581
00:29:33,292 --> 00:29:35,251
I can't believe you
got me into this.
582
00:29:35,338 --> 00:29:36,948
You're gonna get me killed,
I hope you're happy.
583
00:29:37,035 --> 00:29:38,689
I'm never happy.
584
00:29:44,695 --> 00:29:46,915
Was your brother killed
trying to get out of a gang?
585
00:29:47,002 --> 00:29:49,874
No. He was shot three times.
586
00:29:49,961 --> 00:29:51,789
So he was meant to be killed.
587
00:29:51,876 --> 00:29:53,486
No, if they wanted to kill him,
they would've killed him.
588
00:29:58,622 --> 00:30:00,842
Malcolm, look at me.
589
00:30:03,105 --> 00:30:06,325
My father, it should be said
he was drunk at the time
590
00:30:06,412 --> 00:30:09,241
but still...
he once said to me
591
00:30:09,328 --> 00:30:12,462
"there comes a time in
every man's life when he stops
592
00:30:12,549 --> 00:30:16,466
letting life just happen to him,
and he starts happening to it."
593
00:30:16,553 --> 00:30:18,424
I have no idea what that means.
594
00:30:18,511 --> 00:30:20,774
You just look them in the eye,
every last single one of them
595
00:30:20,862 --> 00:30:22,864
and you tell them
what your ruling is.
596
00:30:22,951 --> 00:30:25,257
Not everybody can be
as brave as you, okay?
597
00:30:25,344 --> 00:30:26,955
You think I'm brave?
598
00:30:28,565 --> 00:30:32,656
Malcolm, I got thrown out
on my ass by my law firm
599
00:30:32,743 --> 00:30:35,137
at the age of 61.
600
00:30:35,224 --> 00:30:39,402
I suddenly find myself
old, fat
601
00:30:39,489 --> 00:30:42,448
alone, unemployed
602
00:30:42,535 --> 00:30:45,843
now practicing law
in a shoe store.
603
00:30:45,930 --> 00:30:48,411
That isn't brave,
it's desperate.
604
00:30:48,498 --> 00:30:50,630
Most people my age,
they resign themselves
605
00:30:50,717 --> 00:30:54,721
to just projecting their hopes
and dreams onto their kids.
606
00:30:54,808 --> 00:30:58,508
Well, I don't have any kids,
so I can't even do that.
607
00:30:58,595 --> 00:31:01,772
No grandchildren to bounce on.
608
00:31:01,859 --> 00:31:03,905
I got a friggin' shoe store
in a ghetto.
609
00:31:06,864 --> 00:31:10,085
But I'll tell you this.
610
00:31:10,172 --> 00:31:13,827
I do get to project
a little hope and a few dreams.
611
00:31:13,915 --> 00:31:15,264
I do it with you.
612
00:31:17,005 --> 00:31:18,702
You'd be surprised
at how much hope
613
00:31:18,789 --> 00:31:22,227
I project your way, Malcolm.
614
00:31:22,314 --> 00:31:24,926
You're an awesome kid.
615
00:31:25,013 --> 00:31:27,276
Now, I'm not your mother.
616
00:31:27,363 --> 00:31:29,104
But I'm nevertheless
going to say something to you
617
00:31:29,191 --> 00:31:32,020
that every parent says to
his or her child at some point.
618
00:31:34,587 --> 00:31:36,763
Don't let me down.
619
00:31:36,850 --> 00:31:38,896
Or else.
620
00:31:38,983 --> 00:31:41,246
'Cause they may kill me, too.
621
00:31:41,333 --> 00:31:43,727
[instrumental music]
622
00:31:47,426 --> 00:31:48,950
I was bad.
623
00:31:49,037 --> 00:31:50,908
Tommy, you weren't bad.
624
00:31:50,995 --> 00:31:54,216
Yes, I was.
I was bad, bad, bad.
625
00:31:54,303 --> 00:31:57,610
- You weren't.
- But she was better.
626
00:31:57,697 --> 00:31:59,525
I don't like it
when people are better.
627
00:31:59,612 --> 00:32:01,353
Nobody gets to be better
than Tommy Jefferson.
628
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,312
You're not acting like
Tommy Big-Boy now, are you?
629
00:32:03,399 --> 00:32:05,488
- You're pouting.
- Because she was better.
630
00:32:05,575 --> 00:32:08,317
- You both were good.
- That's not what I wanna hear.
631
00:32:08,404 --> 00:32:11,842
Everything was going so well.
I don't understand.
632
00:32:11,929 --> 00:32:13,887
Look, she's a good lawyer.
We knew that.
633
00:32:13,975 --> 00:32:16,281
- She must be a lesbian.
- Excuse me?
634
00:32:16,368 --> 00:32:17,848
You bolstered her
by flirting with her.
635
00:32:17,935 --> 00:32:20,285
That's what you did.
Made her much better.
636
00:32:22,157 --> 00:32:24,115
I saw that.
637
00:32:24,202 --> 00:32:26,074
I don't do well
against lesbians.
638
00:32:27,858 --> 00:32:29,164
You made her better.
639
00:32:31,427 --> 00:32:33,037
Okay.
640
00:32:33,124 --> 00:32:37,302
C.K. claims Dewayne owes him
$12,000 for destroying his car.
641
00:32:37,389 --> 00:32:39,391
Dewayne says his actions
were justified
642
00:32:39,478 --> 00:32:41,350
because C.K. broke the code
by dating
643
00:32:41,437 --> 00:32:43,134
his ex-girlfriend Shonda.
644
00:32:44,831 --> 00:32:49,053
C.K., Blue Book value
puts your car at 8000.
645
00:32:49,140 --> 00:32:51,186
- I tricked it out.
- 'It don't matter.'
646
00:32:51,273 --> 00:32:52,839
The mediator finds
in favor of Dewayne.
647
00:32:52,926 --> 00:32:55,625
[laughs]
648
00:32:55,712 --> 00:32:57,061
Yeah, that's what
I'm talking about!
649
00:32:57,148 --> 00:32:59,542
I ain't done,
the mediator also finds
650
00:32:59,629 --> 00:33:03,415
that Dewayne has no claim
whatsoever on Shonda.
651
00:33:03,502 --> 00:33:05,809
Dewayne,
you and Shonda are done.
652
00:33:05,896 --> 00:33:09,247
She want to be with C.K., she
gonna be with C.K., that's it.
653
00:33:09,334 --> 00:33:11,989
No, that's not it.
Some codes don't get broken.
654
00:33:12,076 --> 00:33:14,209
Not by him and not by you,
you understand?
655
00:33:14,296 --> 00:33:17,255
I think you need to understand,
that's my ruling.
656
00:33:17,342 --> 00:33:20,171
It's either this
or no ruling, and I'm done.
657
00:33:20,258 --> 00:33:21,825
There's any blood,
it's on your hands.
658
00:33:21,912 --> 00:33:24,697
You got that? All you want
is not to pay the money.
659
00:33:24,784 --> 00:33:27,831
You don't care about the girl,
he does. This works.
660
00:33:29,093 --> 00:33:31,008
[intense music]
661
00:33:33,924 --> 00:33:36,622
The mediator
has made his ruling.
662
00:33:36,709 --> 00:33:37,971
We all cool?
663
00:33:42,237 --> 00:33:44,630
[music continues]
664
00:33:52,638 --> 00:33:54,162
We cool.
665
00:33:57,687 --> 00:34:01,865
- Whatever, man.
- Yeah. Cool.
666
00:34:01,952 --> 00:34:03,606
Then we're adjourned.
667
00:34:05,521 --> 00:34:06,870
One second.
668
00:34:09,351 --> 00:34:11,266
As you all made it so clear,
I'm just
669
00:34:11,353 --> 00:34:12,789
the little old white lady
who doesn't get it.
670
00:34:12,876 --> 00:34:15,400
Harry..
671
00:34:15,487 --> 00:34:18,403
And I don't.
I'll admit that.
672
00:34:18,490 --> 00:34:21,798
Why you choose
the life of gangs.
673
00:34:21,885 --> 00:34:24,105
Perhaps it chooses you.
674
00:34:24,192 --> 00:34:26,063
Maybe there's no choice
involved at all
675
00:34:26,150 --> 00:34:27,978
it's just a reality that..
676
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:31,982
But here's another reality.
677
00:34:32,069 --> 00:34:35,725
Five, ten years down the road,
you people
678
00:34:35,812 --> 00:34:40,295
every single one of you, will
either be dead or in prison.
679
00:34:40,382 --> 00:34:42,732
Dead or in prison.
680
00:34:42,819 --> 00:34:47,215
You all cool with that?
You can't be that stupid.
681
00:34:47,302 --> 00:34:49,826
I know getting out of a gang
is difficult.
682
00:34:49,913 --> 00:34:51,654
'But if any of you
should choose to do so'
683
00:34:51,741 --> 00:34:55,310
'I would hope the rest of you,
as betrayed as you may feel'
684
00:34:55,397 --> 00:34:57,225
'would respect that decision.'
685
00:34:57,312 --> 00:35:00,141
'And if any of you want out,
my door is open to help you.'
686
00:35:00,228 --> 00:35:02,926
That's a promise
I'll make right now.
687
00:35:03,013 --> 00:35:05,102
And here's another one.
688
00:35:05,189 --> 00:35:10,412
If I hear that anybody tries
to get out and ends up dead..
689
00:35:10,499 --> 00:35:14,720
I will hunt the responsible
person or persons down
690
00:35:14,807 --> 00:35:16,809
like a mad dog.
691
00:35:19,899 --> 00:35:21,945
Now we're adjourned.
692
00:35:25,078 --> 00:35:27,472
[intense music]
693
00:35:49,929 --> 00:35:52,280
[instrumental music]
694
00:35:57,720 --> 00:36:00,026
You made an offer, I'm
accepting. What's the big deal?
695
00:36:00,113 --> 00:36:04,117
- You rejected that offer.
- I'm talking to her, bug.
696
00:36:04,205 --> 00:36:06,250
You never took it
off the table. Bug.
697
00:36:06,337 --> 00:36:07,817
I'm officially
accepting now.
698
00:36:07,904 --> 00:36:09,471
It's officially
off the table.
699
00:36:09,558 --> 00:36:11,951
Now, if you want
a hundred..
700
00:36:12,038 --> 00:36:15,128
What? Bug.
That's insulting, a hundred.
701
00:36:15,216 --> 00:36:17,392
Mr. Jefferson, you want
to take your seat now?
702
00:36:17,479 --> 00:36:19,698
No, Your Honor.
300, as low as I'll go.
703
00:36:19,785 --> 00:36:21,918
Let me rephrase.
Take your seat.
704
00:36:22,005 --> 00:36:24,007
- Final chance.
- Pass.
705
00:36:27,445 --> 00:36:31,057
Mr. Foreman, has the jury
reached a verdict?
706
00:36:31,144 --> 00:36:33,538
- We have, Your Honor.
- What say you?
707
00:36:33,625 --> 00:36:36,585
"In the matter of Essex vs.
Meade Landscaping and Design
708
00:36:36,672 --> 00:36:38,848
"on the question of liability
709
00:36:38,935 --> 00:36:40,719
we find in favor
of the plaintiff."
710
00:36:40,806 --> 00:36:44,245
Of course you do. Tommy Jay,
Tommy Jay. Nobody like me.
711
00:36:44,332 --> 00:36:47,291
And on the question of damages,
we order the defendant
712
00:36:47,378 --> 00:36:49,467
to pay the plaintiff $75.
713
00:36:51,208 --> 00:36:52,905
What?
714
00:36:52,992 --> 00:36:56,039
- Did he say $75?
- Tommy Big-Boy.
715
00:36:56,126 --> 00:36:57,954
Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury, thank..
716
00:36:58,041 --> 00:36:59,608
- 75 bucks? That's it?
- It's a victory.
717
00:36:59,695 --> 00:37:03,481
You're still undefeated.
Big-Boy. Big-Big-Boy now.
718
00:37:03,568 --> 00:37:05,614
75 bucks?
719
00:37:05,701 --> 00:37:07,355
Essentially, the jury said
it was wrong of you
720
00:37:07,442 --> 00:37:08,921
to fire him
because of his age
721
00:37:09,008 --> 00:37:10,575
but they understood
why you did it.
722
00:37:10,662 --> 00:37:12,795
Shall I pay him now?
'Cause I have $75 on me.
723
00:37:12,882 --> 00:37:14,710
- I'd wait on that.
- Okay.
724
00:37:14,797 --> 00:37:16,581
- Listen, hey, thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
725
00:37:16,668 --> 00:37:18,583
- Thank you both.
- Our pleasure.
726
00:37:22,065 --> 00:37:23,893
- Thanks.
- Oh, you won it, Rachel.
727
00:37:23,980 --> 00:37:25,851
Oh, I know, but still,
you wanted to be useful
728
00:37:25,938 --> 00:37:28,376
it's the thought that counts.
729
00:37:28,463 --> 00:37:30,639
I called, you came. Thanks.
730
00:37:36,253 --> 00:37:38,037
- Not happy.
- No.
731
00:37:38,124 --> 00:37:39,604
Seventy-five dollars?
732
00:37:39,691 --> 00:37:41,737
According to Adam,
Tommy is furious.
733
00:37:41,824 --> 00:37:43,652
Adam is back to being
a rude little bug.
734
00:37:43,739 --> 00:37:45,393
Of course he is.
735
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,177
This one was
a paying client though, Harry.
736
00:37:47,264 --> 00:37:50,267
We actually get money for this.
737
00:37:50,354 --> 00:37:52,182
- Harry.
- What?
738
00:37:52,269 --> 00:37:54,053
[intense music]
739
00:37:55,838 --> 00:37:57,405
What?
740
00:38:10,896 --> 00:38:13,290
[music continues]
741
00:38:31,526 --> 00:38:33,832
Lewis?
742
00:38:33,919 --> 00:38:35,573
Who is it?
743
00:38:35,660 --> 00:38:37,880
It's me.
744
00:38:37,967 --> 00:38:40,535
Harry Korn.
745
00:38:40,622 --> 00:38:42,493
Oh, thank you.
746
00:38:45,844 --> 00:38:50,109
I-I don't know how to...
thank you.
747
00:38:50,196 --> 00:38:53,025
Are you being sarcastic?
748
00:38:53,112 --> 00:38:55,071
No.
749
00:38:55,158 --> 00:38:56,464
They just beat me.
750
00:38:58,466 --> 00:39:02,034
I got off light. They just beat
me out, that's all.
751
00:39:04,036 --> 00:39:06,778
I'll be fine.
752
00:39:06,865 --> 00:39:08,476
Had to be 'cause of
what you said.
753
00:39:10,826 --> 00:39:12,523
Lewis..
754
00:39:14,743 --> 00:39:17,441
Because of me opening my mouth
they..
755
00:39:17,528 --> 00:39:19,008
...they must have
figured out.
756
00:39:19,095 --> 00:39:21,314
Yeah, I know.
757
00:39:21,402 --> 00:39:24,579
But they also heard you.
758
00:39:24,666 --> 00:39:27,103
'I'm alive, right?'
759
00:39:27,190 --> 00:39:28,844
I'm..
760
00:39:31,063 --> 00:39:33,152
I'm gonna go to college,
just like Malcolm.
761
00:39:36,721 --> 00:39:38,114
I don't know what else to say.
762
00:39:42,988 --> 00:39:44,860
Neither do I.
763
00:39:46,731 --> 00:39:49,734
Lewis, I am so very sorry.
764
00:39:49,821 --> 00:39:52,694
You really don't get it, do you?
765
00:39:52,781 --> 00:39:54,565
I probably owe you my life.
766
00:39:58,003 --> 00:40:00,919
No.
767
00:40:01,006 --> 00:40:03,531
I don't get it at all.
768
00:40:03,618 --> 00:40:06,142
♪ You're the light ♪
769
00:40:06,229 --> 00:40:09,232
♪ That shines ♪
770
00:40:09,319 --> 00:40:11,887
♪ On me ♪
771
00:40:15,586 --> 00:40:18,154
♪ It's alright ♪
772
00:40:18,241 --> 00:40:21,723
♪ I hope you ♪
773
00:40:21,810 --> 00:40:24,160
♪ Can see ♪
774
00:40:27,729 --> 00:40:30,166
♪ That you're the reason ♪
775
00:40:30,253 --> 00:40:34,387
♪ I believe ♪
776
00:40:34,475 --> 00:40:37,129
[Harry]
The thing about routine
777
00:40:37,216 --> 00:40:40,437
when it kills you,
it doesn't have to be forever.
778
00:40:42,178 --> 00:40:44,136
If you can just get rid of it
779
00:40:44,223 --> 00:40:48,010
and the hazy blur
that goes with it
780
00:40:48,097 --> 00:40:50,578
life can come back.
781
00:40:50,665 --> 00:40:53,494
With all its glory, its pain.
782
00:40:55,104 --> 00:40:57,715
♪ I hope you.. ♪
783
00:40:57,802 --> 00:40:59,195
Oh, how it can come back.
784
00:40:59,282 --> 00:41:00,675
♪ See ♪
785
00:41:04,113 --> 00:41:06,550
♪ That you're the reason ♪
786
00:41:06,637 --> 00:41:11,599
♪ I believe ♪
787
00:41:13,339 --> 00:41:14,558
[theme music]
788
00:41:41,977 --> 00:41:43,544
[cheering]