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("Trust in the Lord" playing)

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- (cheering)
- ♪ ♪

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Uh-huh. Yes, Lord.

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MAN:
Yes, sir.

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I'm Willie Gary.

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All right, now, you know
my brother's Albert, he preaches here,

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but he asked me to come down and-and, uh,
share a bit with y'all.

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- But I say like this, when God calls...
- (congregation agreeing)

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you have to answer.

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- That's right. -Mm-hmm.
- And that's what it is.

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God was on my heart
and on my spirit today, -(slaps pulpit)

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so that's why I came here to speak to you.

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I say to myself, what sustains us?

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What gives us a feeling of,
of a spirit that, where we,

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we feel safe?

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(congregation murmurs encouragement)

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I believe it's home.

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(congregation exclaiming)

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If I could just get home.

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(congregation agreeing)

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Even saying the word "home"
makes you feel a kind of way.

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- Where do I need to get?
- CONGREGATION: Home.

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- Where do we want to be?
- Home.

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- Home is where the heart is. Amen.
- Amen.

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- Hallelujah.
- Hallelujah.

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'Cause when you home, your family's there,

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everybody's there, you home.

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And where's home for us?

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Black church.

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- (congregation exclaiming)
- Huh?

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CONGREGATION:
Black church.

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I don't hear you. Where are we?

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CONGREGATION:
Black church!

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- Speak to it.
- (exclaiming)

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In Black church, they don't say
that I fit the description.

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In Black church, they don't judge me
because of the color of my skin.

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(congregation agreeing)

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In Black church,
they don't call me out my name.

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And if they do call me out my name,

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you know what they call me?

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- CONGREGATION: What do they call you?
- I said, do you know what they call me?

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- What do they call you?
- They call me a child of God.

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- (cheering)
- You are one. Yes, sir!

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♪ ♪

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- All right.
- Thank you.

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All right, now, doc.
Good to see you.

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Now, y'all take care, okay?

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- All right, now. All right.
- Have a good week.

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- All right, doc.
- All right.

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All right, you take care.

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That was a wonderful message,
you hear me? -Right.

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(chatter, laughter)

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- (dog barks)
- ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

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♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

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♪ Happy birthday, dear Grandpa ♪

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♪ Happy birthday to you. ♪

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Happy birthday, Grandpa.

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I made it just for you.

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Well, aren't I lucky?

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Let's have a look here.

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WOMAN:
13 children, 24 grandchildren.

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I'd say you done good, Mr. O'Keefe.

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And you have done well...

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Mrs. O'Keefe.

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Very well indeed.

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(chuckles)

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Not one felon in the whole damn bunch.

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(laughing)

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Are you... Hey.

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- Hmm?
- Hey, are you okay?

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- Yeah.
- Uh-huh. Yeah.

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I'm just checking in on you.

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I'm still allowed to do that.

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- Yes, you are. Yes, you are.
- That's good. Good to hear.

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I could not be happier with this day.

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♪ ♪

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WILLIE: The well-being
of this man's life depends on y'all.

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Can I just talk simple to y'all?

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Hmm? Plain, ordinary talk?

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'Cause I think they trying
to talk over y'all head.

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And we not gonna allow that.

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Now, I got some secrets about my client.

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And I'm gonna tell you right now,

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- my client ain't no good.
- (murmuring)

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He ain't.

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My no-good client, Clovis Tubbs,
on the day of the accident,

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was drunk.

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That's right. Drunk.

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Uh... tanked.

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Wasted. Toe up from the flo' up.

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Matter of fact,
you want to check the numbers?

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The numbers say, uh,
0.4 percent blood alcohol level.

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It's right here.

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Inebriated, if you want to say a big word.

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Not only that,

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he was going through mental things.

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He said he was suffering from depression.

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Some would say that he was suicidal,
and we have the proof of that,

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because when he was talking
to his therapist,

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he'd told his therapist, "I'm feeling
so bad I wish I could get in my car

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and ride straight into a tree."

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But he couldn't do that.

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My no-good client couldn't do that.
You know why?

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His license is revoked.

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(chuckles)

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Ain't even got a license.

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So what'd he say?
"I'm gonna get me a bicycle

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and I'm gonna do it that way."

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And that's exactly what he did.

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He got on his bicycle and rode over there
to Alberta and Vine.

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Y'all know the liquor store
over there, huh?

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And he got him a big old bottle of Scotch
and he downed it, and what'd he do?

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Get on that bicycle and he rode straight
towards the highway, towards traffic.

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Hmm?

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And then, here comes Mr. Eighteen-Wheeler,

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Finch and Company,
not paying no attention.

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To nothing. Coming down Elm.

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And what did he do? Bam!

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He hit Clovis.

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He hit him.

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He should be dead.

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He should be dead.

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Y'all know that song, um...

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♪ I'm looking for a miracle ♪?

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- WOMAN: Mm-hmm.
- Hmm?

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That's a miracle, right here.

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That's why we asking for you
to look in your hearts and your soul

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and award him that mere $75 million.

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You know why? They got it.

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They got it.

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They got the bank to do it.

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But they know they big,
trying to step on the small man.

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And then you say,
"Well, why $75 million, Willie Gary?"

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I'm-a tell you why.

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Because we have the evidence.

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The evidence will prove
that there was negligence.

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Because no-good Clovis

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had one thing going good for him,

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at that time.

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Even though he was drunk,

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tanked, toe up from the flo' up,

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depressed and suicidal,

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my no-good client, Clovis Tubbs...

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had him a green light.

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(gallery exclaiming)

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MAN:
Yes, he did.

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WILLIE:
I rest my case, Your Honor.

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(cheering)

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("Whatta Man (feat. En Vogue)"
by Salt-N-Pepa playing)

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♪ ♪

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♪ All right ♪

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♪ Ooh, what a man, what a man,
what a man, what a mighty good man ♪

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- ♪ Gonna say it again now ♪
- (elevator bell dings)

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♪ What a man, what a man, what a man ♪

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♪ What a mighty good man ♪

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♪ He's a mighty, mighty good man ♪

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♪ What a man, what a man, what a man ♪

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♪ What a mighty good man... ♪

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I'm Willie Gary. Y'all come on in.

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Listen, I apologize for keeping y'all
waiting out there so long.

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Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Gary.
I'm Jeremiah O'Keefe.

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"Jeremiah." I like that.

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That's biblical. Isaiah, Jeremiah,
Lamentations. That's biblical.

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- Now, who's this?
- Hey...

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JEREMIAH:
He's my junior counsel, Halbert Dockins.

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Well, H-Hal's fine.

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- Uh, it's an honor, Mr. Gary.
- You're too young

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to be a lawyer, Negro.

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I thought you was his foster child.

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Really? Come on,
no, I'm just kidding with you.

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Come on in here.

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This is, this is my, uh,
partner, Reggie Douglas.

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He runs my point.

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So, what y'all got?
What y'all got for Willie Gary?

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Hmm? P.I.?

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I beg your pardon?

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P.I. Personal injury.
Y'all got some personal injuries?

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Didn't y'all see the sign outside?

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That's the only kind of law
we practice round here.

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Uh, well, yes and no.

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Um, I guess...
I guess we sort of have a...

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a P.I. case, but with a bit of a twist.

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Bit of a twist?
Okay, what-what kind of twist?

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What kind of case is it?

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It's a contract law case.

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Contract law? Oh, come on, man.

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- We don't do no contract law here.
- REGGIE: Hell, nah.

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That sound like a nap waiting to happen.

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- Yeah. Yeah, we don't do no contract law.
- REGGIE: I mean, hell.

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R-Right, but look, we understand
it's not necessarily your field,

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but perhaps you could just hear him out.

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I think you'll find the case compelling.

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I am a, um, funeral director

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from Biloxi, Mississippi.

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I have a business there... Well, actually,
I have several businesses there.

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I have eight funeral homes
and one burial insurance company.

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<i>We are a family business,</i>

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<i>and have been for over a hundred years.</i>

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<i>And we are not about to lose that
without a fight.</i>

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<i>After I returned from the war,</i>

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<i>my father passed the business to me,</i>

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<i>which I considered a sacred trust.</i>

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<i>Annette and I were blessed
with 13 children,</i>

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<i>and we intend for them</i>

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<i>to carry the business into the future.</i>

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<i>But about a year ago,</i>

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<i>I ran into some financial trouble.</i>

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Good afternoon, gentlemen.
How can I help you?

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We're here on behalf
of the state insurance commission.

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Mr. O'Keefe, as a registered
burial insurance broker

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in the state of Mississippi,

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I'm sure you're aware
you're required to maintain

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a certain minimum funds
in your account at all times.

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Well, yes. Of course I'm aware.

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Insurance regulators?

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You gotta be kidding me.

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What'd they say they want, exactly?

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Truth is, I may have gotten myself
into a lot of trouble.

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Trouble?

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Jerry...

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I've been your lawyer, what,
coming up on 30 years?

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Was your friend even before that.

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You and I both know

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I've been in debt
up to my neck for years,

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trying to make this business strong,

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make it last,

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so I have something to leave my children.

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(sighs)

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Let's not panic just yet.

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I get how stressful this is,

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but I'm pretty sure we can
find a way out of it.

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Hold up a second.

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Excuse me, son.

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- Do you want another drink?
- No, no.

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Whenever you get a chance,
could I get another bourbon over here?

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- Yeah.
- Yes, sir.

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So, look,

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have you considered
selling off part of the business?

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No.

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Just part of it. Okay?

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Well, I'm not saying I want to,
but if I did,

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where would I find a buyer?

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Canada, actually.

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They made an inquiry.

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Loewen Group? Oh, yeah.

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They've been on a pretty significant
acquisition spree.

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Going all across the country,

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buying up every independently owned
funeral chain they can get their hands on.

249
00:10:26,416 --> 00:10:30,041
These guys, they're really big players.

250
00:10:30,125 --> 00:10:32,583
Now, you know how I feel
about these big corporations, now.

251
00:10:32,666 --> 00:10:36,166
Yes, I do. But all I'm saying is
it's an option.

252
00:10:36,250 --> 00:10:38,000
And it's out there.

253
00:10:39,958 --> 00:10:41,791
Might be a way out.

254
00:10:44,250 --> 00:10:46,041
You could think about it.

255
00:10:47,333 --> 00:10:49,333
- (plane flying overhead)
- (car horns honking)

256
00:10:49,416 --> 00:10:51,041
(indistinct announcement over P.A.)

257
00:10:51,125 --> 00:10:52,750
Jerry.

258
00:10:52,833 --> 00:10:54,416
Perfect timing.

259
00:10:54,500 --> 00:10:57,125
- Hey, you need a hand with that?
- Oh, no, I got it.

260
00:10:57,208 --> 00:10:58,625
Hey, so, listen.

261
00:10:58,708 --> 00:11:00,083
You're sure about this, right?

262
00:11:00,166 --> 00:11:02,000
No, I've given this a lot of thought,

263
00:11:02,083 --> 00:11:03,976
and I believe this is
the right thing to do for my family.

264
00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,166
All righty, then.

265
00:11:05,250 --> 00:11:06,892
Next stop, Vancouver.
You ready to go inside?

266
00:11:06,916 --> 00:11:08,416
No, we got to wait for Hal.

267
00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:10,333
- Who?
- I told you about Hal.

268
00:11:10,416 --> 00:11:11,767
He's a friend of my son's from college,

269
00:11:11,791 --> 00:11:13,208
very bright young man

270
00:11:13,291 --> 00:11:15,458
just getting started out
as a lawyer and, uh...

271
00:11:15,541 --> 00:11:17,041
Well, hell, here he comes now.

272
00:11:17,125 --> 00:11:19,458
Recently passed the bar exam.

273
00:11:19,541 --> 00:11:21,541
Hungry for experience.

274
00:11:21,625 --> 00:11:23,291
Who, which one?

275
00:11:23,375 --> 00:11:25,958
That tall kid?

276
00:11:26,041 --> 00:11:29,166
Hey, hey, sorry.
So sorry, Mr. O'Keefe. Um...

277
00:11:29,250 --> 00:11:31,392
My taxi just dropped me off
at the wrong terminal, so...

278
00:11:31,416 --> 00:11:34,625
Oh, don't worry about it. Halbert Dockins,
I want you to meet Mike Allred.

279
00:11:35,750 --> 00:11:37,666
Really great to meet you, Mr. Allred.

280
00:11:37,750 --> 00:11:39,351
I'm very excited
to be a member of the team.

281
00:11:39,375 --> 00:11:41,875
- Hi, there. Nice to meet you, too.
- Yeah.

282
00:11:41,958 --> 00:11:43,541
So you're a lawyer?

283
00:11:43,625 --> 00:11:45,541
(chuckles) Uh, yeah.

284
00:11:45,625 --> 00:11:48,458
Well, that's just great.
Good for you, son.

285
00:11:48,541 --> 00:11:50,375
I'll see you guys inside.

286
00:11:55,125 --> 00:11:57,583
Come on. We're going to Canada.

287
00:11:58,666 --> 00:12:00,166
BOB:
<i>I work for Ray Loewen.</i>

288
00:12:00,250 --> 00:12:01,930
<i>He's really looking forward
to meeting you.</i>

289
00:12:01,958 --> 00:12:03,500
As I'm sure you can gather,

290
00:12:03,583 --> 00:12:05,375
Ray's a very hands-on kind of guy.

291
00:12:05,458 --> 00:12:08,375
One of the only CEOs in the industry

292
00:12:08,458 --> 00:12:10,333
who likes to meet with
every seller personally.

293
00:12:11,416 --> 00:12:12,791
Hey, Ray!

294
00:12:12,875 --> 00:12:15,791
Allow me to introduce Mr. Jeremiah O'Keefe

295
00:12:15,875 --> 00:12:18,458
- and his colleagues.
- It is a pleasure to meet you, Jerry.

296
00:12:18,541 --> 00:12:23,041
So, boys, how do you like the way we do
business up here in Canada? (laughing)

297
00:12:23,125 --> 00:12:25,458
Come on on board. Get you a drink.

298
00:12:25,541 --> 00:12:27,458
(seabirds screeching)

299
00:12:27,541 --> 00:12:31,041
BOB:
At present, we own 1,115 funeral homes,

300
00:12:31,125 --> 00:12:32,583
427 cemeteries,

301
00:12:32,666 --> 00:12:36,166
354 insurance companies.

302
00:12:37,250 --> 00:12:38,791
RAY:
My strategy is simple.

303
00:12:38,875 --> 00:12:41,041
Buy as many funeral homes as I can

304
00:12:41,125 --> 00:12:43,416
and put myself in a position

305
00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:46,250
for what I like to call

306
00:12:46,333 --> 00:12:48,958
the Golden Era of Death.

307
00:12:50,791 --> 00:12:51,958
Sorry?

308
00:12:52,041 --> 00:12:54,125
It's when all the baby boomers
across the U.S.

309
00:12:54,208 --> 00:12:56,416
finally reach their age of demise.

310
00:12:56,500 --> 00:12:59,916
RAY:
Resulting in a minimum 60% increase

311
00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,458
in death rates nationwide.

312
00:13:02,541 --> 00:13:06,583
Do you have any idea how many people
are living in the U.S.,

313
00:13:06,666 --> 00:13:08,833
right now,

314
00:13:08,916 --> 00:13:10,791
over the age of 65?

315
00:13:12,875 --> 00:13:15,166
51 million.

316
00:13:15,250 --> 00:13:17,541
(Bob and Ray laugh)

317
00:13:17,625 --> 00:13:18,934
JEREMIAH:
That sounds kind of cynical to me.

318
00:13:18,958 --> 00:13:21,125
Aren't you worried
about losing sight of your customer?

319
00:13:21,208 --> 00:13:22,208
RAY:
My customer?

320
00:13:22,291 --> 00:13:24,291
What customer?
My customers are dead guys.

321
00:13:25,458 --> 00:13:26,791
(laughing)

322
00:13:28,500 --> 00:13:30,166
I'm just kidding.

323
00:13:30,250 --> 00:13:32,375
I'm just kidding, Jerry.

324
00:13:33,333 --> 00:13:36,916
Look, the more funeral homes I own,

325
00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,500
the more money I make,

326
00:13:38,583 --> 00:13:41,666
the more I am able to meet the demands
of my customer.

327
00:13:41,750 --> 00:13:44,375
And provide for his... growing needs.

328
00:13:48,541 --> 00:13:51,333
Maybe it's time that we drop
all this chit-chat

329
00:13:51,416 --> 00:13:53,267
and start talking about a deal.
What do you say, gentlemen?

330
00:13:53,291 --> 00:13:56,083
I'm interested to hear
what you have in mind, Ray.

331
00:13:56,166 --> 00:13:58,083
My understanding

332
00:13:58,166 --> 00:13:59,750
is that you're having a bit of trouble

333
00:13:59,833 --> 00:14:01,583
with the state regulators down there.

334
00:14:01,666 --> 00:14:04,041
How'd you come to that understanding?

335
00:14:04,125 --> 00:14:06,291
RAY:
You own... what?

336
00:14:06,375 --> 00:14:07,750
Nine homes across the state?

337
00:14:07,833 --> 00:14:08,875
JEREMIAH:
Eight.

338
00:14:08,958 --> 00:14:11,541
I own eight funeral homes
across the state.

339
00:14:11,625 --> 00:14:14,791
And my insurance business, of course.

340
00:14:14,875 --> 00:14:17,000
So what about this?

341
00:14:17,083 --> 00:14:19,833
You sell me three of your homes,

342
00:14:19,916 --> 00:14:22,250
at a fair market value
to be agreed upon later.

343
00:14:22,333 --> 00:14:25,708
Then, not only do you get to keep

344
00:14:25,791 --> 00:14:27,875
the bulk of your assets,

345
00:14:27,958 --> 00:14:30,416
but it would also provide you
with more than enough fresh cash

346
00:14:30,500 --> 00:14:32,416
to deal with the regulators.

347
00:14:32,500 --> 00:14:34,791
Now, there's something else
I want out of this deal.

348
00:14:36,208 --> 00:14:39,041
I make most of my profits
from selling burial insurance.

349
00:14:39,125 --> 00:14:42,125
There's no way I can survive
if you have a monopoly

350
00:14:42,208 --> 00:14:44,125
on that, too, so what I propose

351
00:14:44,208 --> 00:14:46,208
is that I sell you
three of my funeral homes,

352
00:14:46,291 --> 00:14:47,958
fair market value...

353
00:14:49,333 --> 00:14:51,142
but you're going to have to promise,
here and now,

354
00:14:51,166 --> 00:14:54,833
to no longer sell burial insurance
in southern Mississippi.

355
00:15:07,875 --> 00:15:09,375
Okay.

356
00:15:12,083 --> 00:15:14,375
So does this mean we have a deal?

357
00:15:14,458 --> 00:15:16,708
I'll get my lawyers
to draw up the contracts

358
00:15:16,791 --> 00:15:18,583
so we can get it done immediately.

359
00:15:24,041 --> 00:15:26,083
What the hell is taking so long?

360
00:15:26,166 --> 00:15:27,416
We closed on this deal, um...

361
00:15:27,500 --> 00:15:28,833
Coming up on four months now.

362
00:15:28,916 --> 00:15:30,875
They keep trying to re-trade the terms.

363
00:15:30,958 --> 00:15:34,541
When we left Vancouver,
they said it would take 30 days max.

364
00:15:34,625 --> 00:15:37,309
- It just doesn't make sense.
- I don't know, makes perfect sense to me.

365
00:15:37,333 --> 00:15:38,375
MIKE:
Why?

366
00:15:39,833 --> 00:15:41,375
Have you considered the possibility

367
00:15:41,458 --> 00:15:44,666
that Loewen has no intention
of closing this deal at all?

368
00:15:44,750 --> 00:15:47,958
Son, with all due respect,
you don't have the faintest idea

369
00:15:48,041 --> 00:15:49,291
what you're talking about.

370
00:15:49,375 --> 00:15:50,500
I think I do.

371
00:15:50,583 --> 00:15:52,333
Think about it.

372
00:15:52,416 --> 00:15:54,875
The longer he stalls,
the worse you're screwed.

373
00:15:54,958 --> 00:15:57,083
First, the insurance commission
takes your license,

374
00:15:57,166 --> 00:15:58,726
effectively destroying your livelihood,

375
00:15:58,791 --> 00:16:02,041
until, sooner or later, you have no choice
but to file for bankruptcy.

376
00:16:02,125 --> 00:16:04,583
Now not only does Loewen get
the three homes,

377
00:16:04,666 --> 00:16:06,851
he can actually buy your entire business
out from under you

378
00:16:06,875 --> 00:16:08,208
at yard-sale prices.

379
00:16:08,291 --> 00:16:10,041
You really think
he's trying to bankrupt me?

380
00:16:10,125 --> 00:16:12,375
Hell, he can't do that;
I got a signed contract.

381
00:16:12,458 --> 00:16:15,083
It was only signed on our end.

382
00:16:15,166 --> 00:16:16,791
With no closing date attached.

383
00:16:16,875 --> 00:16:18,275
And, by the way, I heard Mr. Loewen

384
00:16:18,333 --> 00:16:19,892
is actually still selling insurance
in the region.

385
00:16:19,916 --> 00:16:21,916
Oh, come on.
Stop with the conspiracy theories.

386
00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,083
Son, I'm sorry,
but you really are paranoid.

387
00:16:25,166 --> 00:16:26,166
Okay.

388
00:16:26,250 --> 00:16:27,250
Um...

389
00:16:27,333 --> 00:16:29,083
would you mind doing me a favor?

390
00:16:29,166 --> 00:16:31,875
Would you mind stop calling me son?

391
00:16:31,958 --> 00:16:35,541
I am not your son, Mike.

392
00:16:35,625 --> 00:16:36,708
Whoa.

393
00:16:36,791 --> 00:16:38,583
Just take it easy, okay?

394
00:16:38,666 --> 00:16:40,500
You really want to be taken seriously

395
00:16:40,583 --> 00:16:42,476
- as a lawyer in this town?
- Okay. Who says I'm not?

396
00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:44,375
Enough of that, y'all.

397
00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:51,541
Do you really think Mr. Loewen has the
intention of running me into the ground?

398
00:16:51,625 --> 00:16:53,000
I do.

399
00:16:53,083 --> 00:16:55,791
Why the hell should he be
on our clock anyway?

400
00:16:55,875 --> 00:16:58,416
Well, that's it. I'm gonna sue him.

401
00:16:58,500 --> 00:17:01,541
You've never sued anybody before
in your whole life.

402
00:17:01,625 --> 00:17:03,666
Well, I'm liable to,
just about any minute now.

403
00:17:03,750 --> 00:17:07,958
Yeah. Well, you think 75 years of age
is a good time to start suing people?

404
00:17:08,041 --> 00:17:10,750
Old men don't file lawsuits.

405
00:17:10,833 --> 00:17:13,750
The way I see it, if somebody tries
to take advantage of you,

406
00:17:13,833 --> 00:17:16,583
and you know it's wrong,
it don't matter how old you are.

407
00:17:16,666 --> 00:17:18,541
This fellow tried to bully me
out of business.

408
00:17:18,625 --> 00:17:21,125
And I don't think
I should be expected to stand for it.

409
00:17:24,208 --> 00:17:26,208
♪ ♪

410
00:17:30,875 --> 00:17:32,750
I'm here to file a lawsuit.

411
00:17:32,833 --> 00:17:34,416
That the complaint right there?

412
00:17:34,500 --> 00:17:36,583
May I see it, please?

413
00:17:39,291 --> 00:17:43,375
<i>"Jeremiah J. O'Keefe Sr.
V. The Loewen Group LLC."</i>

414
00:17:43,458 --> 00:17:45,083
Ooh.

415
00:17:45,166 --> 00:17:46,583
Sounds juicy.

416
00:17:46,666 --> 00:17:48,500
Who do you think's gonna win?

417
00:17:48,583 --> 00:17:50,125
- Excuse me?
<i>- (Doorbell rings)</i>

418
00:17:52,166 --> 00:17:53,958
Well, goodness, Hal,

419
00:17:54,041 --> 00:17:55,166
what are you doing here?

420
00:17:55,250 --> 00:17:56,791
- You know what time it is?
- Look, uh,

421
00:17:56,875 --> 00:17:58,267
I know it's late.
I'm really sorry about that.

422
00:17:58,291 --> 00:18:01,333
I-I found something I think will be
really useful for our case.

423
00:18:04,666 --> 00:18:07,666
ROBIN LEACH (over TV):
The thrills continue with another

424
00:18:07,750 --> 00:18:10,583
opulent episode on
<i>Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.</i>

425
00:18:10,666 --> 00:18:13,666
<i>You won't believe
the amazing journey of famed</i>

426
00:18:13,750 --> 00:18:16,791
<i>personal injury lawyer Willie E. Gary,</i>

427
00:18:16,875 --> 00:18:20,375
<i>a man who refused to accept
a life sentence of poverty</i>

428
00:18:20,458 --> 00:18:23,250
<i>because he believed in the American dream.</i>

429
00:18:23,333 --> 00:18:25,541
<i>Born to a family of migrant sharecroppers</i>

430
00:18:25,625 --> 00:18:28,125
<i>working the sugarcane fields of Florida,</i>

431
00:18:28,208 --> 00:18:31,625
<i>life wasn't always a bed of roses
for Willie Gary.</i>

432
00:18:31,708 --> 00:18:34,625
I just always had this burning desire
to be something, you know?

433
00:18:34,708 --> 00:18:36,726
And I-I knew I was going
to make something of myself.

434
00:18:36,750 --> 00:18:38,351
LEACH:
<i>And make something of himself he did,</i>

435
00:18:38,375 --> 00:18:41,708
<i>as now Willie regularly wins
multimillion-dollar cases...</i>

436
00:18:41,791 --> 00:18:45,166
Are you suggesting I hire this guy
as one of my lawyers?

437
00:18:45,250 --> 00:18:46,833
Seems like a crazy idea,

438
00:18:46,916 --> 00:18:49,916
but this guy wins cases. I mean...

439
00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,958
LEACH: <i>He not only owns
his own private 737 jet,</i>

440
00:18:52,041 --> 00:18:53,666
<i>called </i>Wings of Justice,

441
00:18:53,750 --> 00:18:57,125
<i>he also lives the high life
in a 50-room mansion</i>

442
00:18:57,208 --> 00:19:00,291
<i>along the luxurious Florida coast.</i>

443
00:19:00,375 --> 00:19:03,291
<i>But Willie can't take credit
for the decorating,</i>

444
00:19:03,375 --> 00:19:06,541
<i>as that job belongs
to Willie's childhood sweetheart,</i>

445
00:19:06,625 --> 00:19:09,458
<i>his gorgeous and alluring wife Gloria.</i>

446
00:19:09,541 --> 00:19:10,541
GLORIA:
<i>One thing</i>

447
00:19:10,625 --> 00:19:13,291
that I always try
to remind Willie of is to...

448
00:19:13,375 --> 00:19:15,375
- is to never forget where he came from.
- Mm.

449
00:19:15,458 --> 00:19:17,166
- Stay humble.
- LEACH: <i>Yes,</i>

450
00:19:17,250 --> 00:19:19,000
<i>"humble" is Willie Gary's middle name.</i>

451
00:19:19,083 --> 00:19:21,875
Don't never let nobody tell you
you can't do something, okay?

452
00:19:21,958 --> 00:19:23,583
Willie Gary told you that.

453
00:19:23,666 --> 00:19:25,041
Give me a pound.

454
00:19:25,125 --> 00:19:26,666
LEACH:
<i>Never forgetting his roots...</i>

455
00:19:26,750 --> 00:19:27,750
(tape stops)

456
00:19:28,833 --> 00:19:31,351
Believe it or not, he's got
an absolutely flawless trial record.

457
00:19:31,375 --> 00:19:34,333
He supposedly hasn't lost a case
in over 12 years.

458
00:19:34,416 --> 00:19:35,892
What does he know about contract law?

459
00:19:35,916 --> 00:19:37,500
This is a contract law case.

460
00:19:37,583 --> 00:19:39,583
The case was filed down in Hinds County.

461
00:19:39,666 --> 00:19:42,416
That's a three-to-one Black/white ratio.

462
00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:45,041
That means there's a 70% chance
we'll get a Black judge,

463
00:19:45,125 --> 00:19:46,791
and if we do go to trial,

464
00:19:46,875 --> 00:19:48,708
likely a Black jury as well.

465
00:19:48,791 --> 00:19:51,125
- So what?
- With all due respect,

466
00:19:51,208 --> 00:19:54,791
you-you can't put a guy like Mike Allred
in front of a Black jury.

467
00:19:54,875 --> 00:19:56,875
Why the hell not?

468
00:19:56,958 --> 00:19:58,583
He has been my attorney for 30 years.

469
00:19:58,666 --> 00:20:01,041
He knows contract law better than anybody.

470
00:20:01,125 --> 00:20:02,833
You're really gonna
make me spell this out.

471
00:20:02,916 --> 00:20:04,083
Um...

472
00:20:06,708 --> 00:20:11,791
He literally reeks self-satisfied,
good ol' boy Southern bigotry.

473
00:20:13,041 --> 00:20:16,583
I mean, a Black jury sees
a guy like that coming...

474
00:20:16,666 --> 00:20:20,208
The idea of us pandering to a jury
like that, Hal, it's not...

475
00:20:20,291 --> 00:20:22,000
It... (sighs)

476
00:20:22,083 --> 00:20:25,083
This is not a discrimination suit.

477
00:20:25,166 --> 00:20:29,125
You and I both know
that race has nothing to do with this.

478
00:20:33,458 --> 00:20:36,208
I happen to know, for a fact,
that Mr. Gary is trying a case

479
00:20:36,291 --> 00:20:37,958
down in Florida this week.

480
00:20:39,708 --> 00:20:41,875
What if... what if...

481
00:20:41,958 --> 00:20:43,875
you and I went down there,
just for the day,

482
00:20:43,958 --> 00:20:45,750
and try to meet him in person?

483
00:20:47,375 --> 00:20:49,375
Essentially, we just want
to hold the Loewen Group

484
00:20:49,458 --> 00:20:51,000
responsible for their actions.

485
00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:52,476
WILLIE:
Nah, nah, nah. That ain't what you want.

486
00:20:52,500 --> 00:20:54,101
What you want to do
is you want to make 'em pay.

487
00:20:54,125 --> 00:20:55,601
REGGIE: Make 'em hurt, make 'em pay.
-Yeah, yeah.

488
00:20:55,625 --> 00:20:57,458
So, how much money y'all trying
to get, hmm?

489
00:20:57,541 --> 00:20:59,875
- JEREMIAH: Uh, $6 million.
- $6 million.

490
00:20:59,958 --> 00:21:03,541
That's full, fair market value
plus damages,

491
00:21:03,625 --> 00:21:08,708
and I've already filed a civil claim
in Hinds County, Mississippi.

492
00:21:08,791 --> 00:21:10,541
HAL:
Well?

493
00:21:10,625 --> 00:21:13,291
What-what do you think, Mr. Gary?
Do you like the case?

494
00:21:15,375 --> 00:21:17,041
I'm gonna give you my personal opinion.

495
00:21:17,125 --> 00:21:18,625
Honest.

496
00:21:18,708 --> 00:21:22,791
Look, Mr. O'Keefe, I'm sorry for
what this Loewen guy did to you...

497
00:21:22,875 --> 00:21:25,416
He sounds like he's a big asshole
and everything like that...

498
00:21:25,500 --> 00:21:28,375
But, um, this ain't no Willie Gary case.

499
00:21:28,458 --> 00:21:30,166
It just ain't. It ain't...

500
00:21:30,250 --> 00:21:31,500
It ain't a Willie Gary case.

501
00:21:31,583 --> 00:21:33,226
Uh, wait, what-what do you mean?
Why-why not?

502
00:21:33,250 --> 00:21:35,166
It ain't a Willie Gary case

503
00:21:35,250 --> 00:21:37,291
- 'cause it ain't for Willie Gary.
- No, but...

504
00:21:37,375 --> 00:21:39,500
I'm sorry,
what is a "Willie Gary case," then?

505
00:21:39,583 --> 00:21:40,976
- I don't...
- In other words, what he's saying is

506
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,750
a Willie Gary case is the type of case
where I have the upper hand.

507
00:21:43,833 --> 00:21:47,250
Where I feel that I can take
this case to trial. Understand?

508
00:21:47,333 --> 00:21:49,375
- All the way.
- And-and once I get 'em in that trial,

509
00:21:49,458 --> 00:21:50,666
I mean, y'all seen my tape.

510
00:21:50,750 --> 00:21:52,476
When I get 'em in front of...
Especially in front of people

511
00:21:52,500 --> 00:21:54,601
that-that look like me...
I'm-a play 'em like a symphony.

512
00:21:54,625 --> 00:21:56,000
Mm. Mozart.

513
00:21:56,083 --> 00:21:59,041
A Willie Gary case is
where I could take that judgement

514
00:21:59,125 --> 00:22:02,125
and push it all the way up,
to the heavens if I need to,

515
00:22:02,208 --> 00:22:04,500
and get as much money as I can
for my client.

516
00:22:04,583 --> 00:22:06,750
Uh, what he's saying is,
a Willie Gary case

517
00:22:06,833 --> 00:22:08,083
is a case we know we can win.

518
00:22:08,166 --> 00:22:09,750
This case... not so much.

519
00:22:09,833 --> 00:22:12,458
Matter of fact,
your case a little bit iffy.

520
00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,250
And, uh...

521
00:22:16,333 --> 00:22:17,875
the other thing is this.

522
00:22:17,958 --> 00:22:20,041
Don't take this the wrong way, but, uh...

523
00:22:21,541 --> 00:22:24,541
He, uh, he's... you're white... he's white.

524
00:22:24,625 --> 00:22:27,875
And I don't have white clients.

525
00:22:27,958 --> 00:22:30,708
I've never had any, so...

526
00:22:30,791 --> 00:22:35,541
No offense or anything like that,
but this is just unusual for me.

527
00:22:36,708 --> 00:22:39,583
No offense taken, Mr. Gary.

528
00:22:40,708 --> 00:22:43,041
That guy's too rich and famous
for us, Halbert.

529
00:22:43,125 --> 00:22:44,625
Uh-huh.

530
00:22:44,708 --> 00:22:47,041
Um, you know what, Mr. O'Keefe?
Just, um...

531
00:22:47,125 --> 00:22:48,434
- What?
- You know, just-just give me one second.

532
00:22:48,458 --> 00:22:49,583
- All right?
- Where you going?

533
00:22:49,666 --> 00:22:50,976
I'm-I'm gonna talk with him one more time.

534
00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,333
G-Give me five minutes, okay?

535
00:22:52,416 --> 00:22:54,125
The green light scenario,

536
00:22:54,208 --> 00:22:57,041
when I was talking to the,
the one juror, uh, uh...

537
00:22:57,125 --> 00:22:58,500
What'd she have on?

538
00:22:58,583 --> 00:23:00,503
I'd have maybe looked at her
a little bit longer.

539
00:23:00,541 --> 00:23:01,851
You know, gave her some eye contact.

540
00:23:01,875 --> 00:23:03,642
- Sometimes you got to romance them.
- Listen, I'm not...

541
00:23:03,666 --> 00:23:05,476
- That's the thing, I don't know that...
- Look, Mr. Gary,

542
00:23:05,500 --> 00:23:07,476
I'm so sorry to come back in here
like this, I really am,

543
00:23:07,500 --> 00:23:09,309
- but I just need a minute of your time.
- WILLIE: What's going on with you, man?

544
00:23:09,333 --> 00:23:10,958
- You lost? Huh?
- Yeah. Lost your mind...

545
00:23:11,041 --> 00:23:12,892
Or did he fire your ass
out there by the elevator?

546
00:23:12,916 --> 00:23:15,583
Okay, yeah, maybe so,
but listen, I... I...

547
00:23:15,666 --> 00:23:17,767
- I just need a minute of your time.
- You need a minute?

548
00:23:17,791 --> 00:23:19,767
- One minute. That's all I ask.
- Well, you know what, that's all you got.

549
00:23:19,791 --> 00:23:21,184
'Cause we busy. Then, come on, Hal.

550
00:23:21,208 --> 00:23:24,000
I mean, Jerry's a... a dream client.

551
00:23:24,083 --> 00:23:25,791
He's got a great narrative.

552
00:23:25,875 --> 00:23:27,083
He's a war hero.

553
00:23:27,166 --> 00:23:28,625
A decorated war hero.

554
00:23:28,708 --> 00:23:30,333
He served in World War II.

555
00:23:30,416 --> 00:23:32,392
He was, he was awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross... -Yeah.

556
00:23:32,416 --> 00:23:34,375
- for service for his country.
- Hmm.

557
00:23:35,166 --> 00:23:36,458
- Is that all you got?
- Man.

558
00:23:36,541 --> 00:23:37,625
That's it?

559
00:23:37,708 --> 00:23:40,958
- Wasn't World War II about 50 years ago?
- Yeah, man.

560
00:23:41,041 --> 00:23:43,392
Hal, don't nobody give a shit except them.
-That's old news, nigga.

561
00:23:43,416 --> 00:23:44,809
All right. All right. How about this?

562
00:23:44,833 --> 00:23:46,083
Okay, um...

563
00:23:46,166 --> 00:23:48,333
In 1976,

564
00:23:48,416 --> 00:23:52,958
Jerry was serving as a two-term mayor
in his hometown of Biloxi.

565
00:23:53,041 --> 00:23:54,958
The KKK tried to organize a march...

566
00:23:55,041 --> 00:23:57,791
And he stopped 'em
from buying white sheets.

567
00:23:57,875 --> 00:23:59,250
(Willie and Reggie laughing)

568
00:24:00,416 --> 00:24:02,458
- Shit, man.
- I guess, I guess he's supposed to be

569
00:24:02,541 --> 00:24:04,767
- our white savior now. (laughs)
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. KKK, man.

570
00:24:04,791 --> 00:24:06,309
REGGIE:
You sound like you in love with him, man.

571
00:24:06,333 --> 00:24:07,500
(laughing)

572
00:24:07,583 --> 00:24:11,000
No, that's not my point. I'm saying we're
hopefully trying the case in Hinds County.

573
00:24:11,083 --> 00:24:13,267
- There's a three-to-one...
- Hold-hold on. Let me stop you, Hal.

574
00:24:13,291 --> 00:24:16,625
Now, listen, Hal, I like you...
I-I think you come from good stock...

575
00:24:16,708 --> 00:24:18,267
But you got to understand
how we work here.

576
00:24:18,291 --> 00:24:21,250
One, we don't do contract law.

577
00:24:21,333 --> 00:24:24,208
- Two, we don't have no white clients.
- REGGIE: No.

578
00:24:24,291 --> 00:24:27,000
And three, that ain't enough money.

579
00:24:27,083 --> 00:24:28,833
My, not enough money.

580
00:24:28,916 --> 00:24:31,184
It ain't enough money, Hal.
You know, I-I-I love you, man,

581
00:24:31,208 --> 00:24:32,833
but it ain't enough money for us.

582
00:24:32,916 --> 00:24:34,791
Brother, look around.
You see where you are?

583
00:24:34,875 --> 00:24:37,041
You don't see this mahogany wood?

584
00:24:37,125 --> 00:24:38,541
- Gold finish?
- Got to see it.

585
00:24:38,625 --> 00:24:40,017
- Preach. Yeah.
- REGGIE: It's the big time, baby.

586
00:24:40,041 --> 00:24:42,166
We doing cases for $50 million,
$30 million,

587
00:24:42,250 --> 00:24:43,791
- $80 million cases monthly.
- Yeah.

588
00:24:43,875 --> 00:24:45,208
HAL:
Okay. Okay.

589
00:24:45,291 --> 00:24:48,083
But how do you know this case
can't be something bigger?

590
00:24:49,125 --> 00:24:50,416
Well...

591
00:24:50,500 --> 00:24:52,750
we don't know.

592
00:24:52,833 --> 00:24:54,625
You know something we don't?

593
00:24:56,125 --> 00:24:58,666
Ray Loewen happens to sit at the top

594
00:24:58,750 --> 00:25:01,833
of one of the biggest industries
in this country.

595
00:25:01,916 --> 00:25:03,000
Hmm.

596
00:25:03,083 --> 00:25:06,458
I'm talking about the $20 billion a year
death care industry.

597
00:25:07,541 --> 00:25:10,333
There are two huge corporations moving in
and taking over everything,

598
00:25:10,416 --> 00:25:12,291
and the Loewen Group is one of them.

599
00:25:12,375 --> 00:25:16,666
Now, what they did to Jerry
is truly terrible, but...

600
00:25:16,750 --> 00:25:18,791
I have a feeling it's just... it's-it...

601
00:25:18,875 --> 00:25:22,125
No. I know. It's the tip of the iceberg.

602
00:25:23,625 --> 00:25:25,416
- Hmm.
- HAL: Can I keep going?

603
00:25:25,500 --> 00:25:26,750
Sure. Shit.

604
00:25:26,833 --> 00:25:28,791
Well, that's where you should've started.

605
00:25:28,875 --> 00:25:31,541
You guys try all these
$80 million cases, and...

606
00:25:31,625 --> 00:25:33,726
and you have your private jet and
all that, I get it, that's fine, but...

607
00:25:33,750 --> 00:25:35,000
Yeah, I do. <i>Wings of Justice.</i>

608
00:25:35,083 --> 00:25:37,583
HAL:
Great. Look, you know as well as I do

609
00:25:37,666 --> 00:25:40,375
that as far as the more elite
legal community in this country goes,

610
00:25:40,458 --> 00:25:42,708
you're nothing more than
a glorified ambulance chaser.

611
00:25:42,791 --> 00:25:45,059
No offense. -Now, Hal, now don't make me
whoop your ass now.

612
00:25:45,083 --> 00:25:46,750
- Disrespectful, boy.
- What if...

613
00:25:46,833 --> 00:25:48,291
What if, what-what if...

614
00:25:48,375 --> 00:25:51,625
what if this case is the one
that puts you on the map?

615
00:25:51,708 --> 00:25:54,375
What if this case takes you
to a nationwide level?

616
00:25:54,458 --> 00:25:55,791
I'm talking, um...

617
00:25:55,875 --> 00:25:57,708
William Kuntsler,

618
00:25:57,791 --> 00:25:59,833
Clarence Darrow,

619
00:25:59,916 --> 00:26:01,541
Thurgood Marshall.

620
00:26:04,291 --> 00:26:06,708
Look, I'm talking...

621
00:26:06,791 --> 00:26:09,625
I'm talking Johnnie motherfucking Cochran.

622
00:26:10,791 --> 00:26:12,708
("Everybody Everybody"
by Black Box playing)

623
00:26:12,791 --> 00:26:15,125
♪ ♪

624
00:26:25,166 --> 00:26:26,916
Well, I've never heard of him.

625
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,208
Was this your idea,
by the way, Mr. Dockins?

626
00:26:29,291 --> 00:26:31,083
- Yes.
- No, it was not his idea,

627
00:26:31,166 --> 00:26:34,000
it was mine, and I realize, Mike,
it might piss you off,

628
00:26:34,083 --> 00:26:35,767
me bringing on additional counsel
like this, but...

629
00:26:35,791 --> 00:26:37,458
MIKE:
Piss me off? Not at all.

630
00:26:37,541 --> 00:26:39,375
Doesn't piss me... Do I seem pissed off?

631
00:26:39,458 --> 00:26:41,291
I'm not pissed off.

632
00:26:41,375 --> 00:26:43,226
Hell, it's your money,
you can do what you want to with it,

633
00:26:43,250 --> 00:26:45,291
I just think you're making a big mistake.

634
00:26:45,375 --> 00:26:47,875
I am trying to put us
in the best possible position

635
00:26:47,958 --> 00:26:49,666
in the event we end up going to trial.

636
00:26:49,750 --> 00:26:50,791
Got it.

637
00:26:50,875 --> 00:26:52,541
Except we're not going to trial.

638
00:26:52,625 --> 00:26:55,166
Seriously, what's so special
about this guy, anyway?

639
00:26:55,250 --> 00:26:58,958
Hal and I went over to Florida to
watch him try a case in front of a jury,

640
00:26:59,041 --> 00:27:01,375
and I want to tell you,
this man can absolutely,

641
00:27:01,458 --> 00:27:04,125
(laughing):
positively galvanize a jury.

642
00:27:04,208 --> 00:27:05,250
(laughing)

643
00:27:05,333 --> 00:27:06,750
Yes, sir.

644
00:27:09,500 --> 00:27:11,041
Well...

645
00:27:11,125 --> 00:27:13,291
if you believe in him that much,

646
00:27:13,375 --> 00:27:14,958
then sure, okay, I'll work with him.

647
00:27:15,041 --> 00:27:16,291
I've partnered up before.

648
00:27:16,375 --> 00:27:17,916
Just as long as it's clear

649
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,583
I'm still lead attorney.

650
00:27:21,625 --> 00:27:24,125
Appreciate you being a good sport
about this, Mike.

651
00:27:24,208 --> 00:27:26,000
No problem.

652
00:27:26,083 --> 00:27:27,934
So what time is he supposed
to get here, anyway?

653
00:27:27,958 --> 00:27:29,833
You know, actually,
I think this is them now.

654
00:27:29,916 --> 00:27:31,208
Now?

655
00:27:31,291 --> 00:27:33,351
("DWYCK" by Gang Starr
(feat. Nice & Smooth) playing)

656
00:27:33,375 --> 00:27:34,791
♪ Greg N-N-N, N-N-N ♪

657
00:27:34,875 --> 00:27:36,958
♪ Has gots to be the sure shot ♪

658
00:27:37,041 --> 00:27:39,458
♪ Gang Starr has gots to be
the sure shot ♪

659
00:27:39,541 --> 00:27:41,541
♪ Nice & Smooth has gots
to be the sure shot ♪

660
00:27:41,625 --> 00:27:44,375
♪ Greg Nice, Greg N-I-C-E ♪

661
00:27:44,458 --> 00:27:46,500
♪ Oka-yay, o-o... ♪

662
00:27:46,583 --> 00:27:48,625
Jeremiah Lamentations.
How you doing, Jerry?

663
00:27:48,708 --> 00:27:49,767
- Good to see you, Willie.
- Good to see you, doc.

664
00:27:49,791 --> 00:27:50,934
Good to see you. You looking good.

665
00:27:50,958 --> 00:27:52,892
- Thank you.
- Hey, Hal, what you doing over there, huh?

666
00:27:52,916 --> 00:27:54,059
- It's a pleasure.
- You gettin' younger on me, man?

667
00:27:54,083 --> 00:27:55,683
Huh? What, you on some Dorian Gray shit?

668
00:27:55,750 --> 00:27:57,958
Willie, let me introduce you
to Mike Allred, right here.

669
00:27:58,041 --> 00:27:59,291
Mike.

670
00:27:59,375 --> 00:28:01,166
Now, I understand
we working together, hmm?

671
00:28:01,250 --> 00:28:03,625
So I understand. How you doing, Mr. Gary?

672
00:28:03,708 --> 00:28:05,708
(chuckles) I look like a million, huh?

673
00:28:05,791 --> 00:28:07,916
You look like
ten million Yankee dollars, Willie.

674
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,642
(chuckles)
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

675
00:28:09,666 --> 00:28:10,916
I feel good.

676
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,208
This your war room here, huh?

677
00:28:12,291 --> 00:28:14,833
Uh, well, we got the conference room,
you know. -Mm-hmm.

678
00:28:14,916 --> 00:28:18,166
I like these over there.
I like these books. I like all those.

679
00:28:18,250 --> 00:28:19,583
This is nice, though.

680
00:28:19,666 --> 00:28:21,958
(clears throat)
Before we get to work, though...

681
00:28:22,041 --> 00:28:24,361
I hope this doesn't make you
feel uncomfortable, but, uh...

682
00:28:24,416 --> 00:28:25,958
I got some questions I got to ask you.

683
00:28:26,041 --> 00:28:28,375
Oh, sure. Feel free to ask me anything.
I'm all ears.

684
00:28:28,458 --> 00:28:29,583
Good.

685
00:28:29,666 --> 00:28:32,375
Um, question is, uh...

686
00:28:32,458 --> 00:28:34,541
how do you feel
about working with Black folk?

687
00:28:36,541 --> 00:28:38,041
Man-to-man?

688
00:28:39,041 --> 00:28:40,208
Is there any other way?

689
00:28:40,291 --> 00:28:42,166
No, sir. You want an honest answer?

690
00:28:42,250 --> 00:28:43,666
- I need that.
- All right.

691
00:28:43,750 --> 00:28:45,916
Well, if you want an honest answer,

692
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,208
truth be told,
I suppose I am a little prejudiced.

693
00:28:48,291 --> 00:28:49,333
Mm. Okay.

694
00:28:49,416 --> 00:28:50,601
I'm not saying I'm proud of it
or anything.

695
00:28:50,625 --> 00:28:53,017
- I appreciate your honesty.
- In fact, I've been working real hard

696
00:28:53,041 --> 00:28:54,083
on trying to overcome it.

697
00:28:54,166 --> 00:28:55,666
Mm. Well, then you should.

698
00:28:55,750 --> 00:28:57,350
- I'm glad you're working on it.
- But yes.

699
00:28:57,416 --> 00:28:59,791
Did you meet my team?

700
00:28:59,875 --> 00:29:02,291
Hi. I'm Chris.

701
00:29:02,375 --> 00:29:03,666
Hi, Chris.

702
00:29:03,750 --> 00:29:05,333
Yes. Dashaan.

703
00:29:05,416 --> 00:29:06,541
- Dashaan.
- Mm.

704
00:29:06,625 --> 00:29:08,291
Al.

705
00:29:09,333 --> 00:29:10,708
Reggie Douglas.

706
00:29:11,708 --> 00:29:12,958
Gentlemen.

707
00:29:14,416 --> 00:29:17,000
Okay. Uh...
now that that's all cleared up,

708
00:29:17,083 --> 00:29:18,601
why don't we all just head over
to the conference room,

709
00:29:18,625 --> 00:29:20,416
where the rest of the team
is waiting, yeah?

710
00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:23,041
Jerry. We're gonna work this out,
all right?

711
00:29:23,125 --> 00:29:24,541
- Yeah.
- He's gonna be okay.

712
00:29:24,625 --> 00:29:26,000
Okay, that's fine.

713
00:29:27,875 --> 00:29:29,750
WILLIE:
Afternoon, gentlemen. How you feeling?

714
00:29:29,833 --> 00:29:31,750
You good? Huh? Good, good, good.

715
00:29:31,833 --> 00:29:34,791
For all y'all that don't know who I am,
my name is Willie Gary.

716
00:29:34,875 --> 00:29:36,291
Tell 'em who you are.

717
00:29:36,375 --> 00:29:39,517
Now, I done brought a couple of partners
of mine from my firm up here from Florida

718
00:29:39,541 --> 00:29:41,208
to help y'all win this case.

719
00:29:41,291 --> 00:29:44,958
And for all of y'all who are unfamiliar
with the Willie Gary style of litigation,

720
00:29:45,041 --> 00:29:46,208
let me break it down to you.

721
00:29:46,291 --> 00:29:48,125
We 'bout to go to war.

722
00:29:48,208 --> 00:29:50,291
'Cause that's what I think litigation is.

723
00:29:50,375 --> 00:29:52,083
Litigation is war.

724
00:29:52,166 --> 00:29:54,333
It's a battle, a battle to the death.

725
00:29:54,416 --> 00:29:56,216
And I'm not talking about
no bullshit, either;

726
00:29:56,291 --> 00:29:59,583
I'm talking about some
Jean-Claude Van Damme ass-kicking shit.

727
00:30:00,583 --> 00:30:03,223
Now I know y'all looking at me crazy,
but that's how I like to get.

728
00:30:04,708 --> 00:30:06,708
And if we don't get crazy
with these motherfuckers,

729
00:30:06,791 --> 00:30:08,291
I'm telling you, this Loewen Group?

730
00:30:08,375 --> 00:30:09,666
They're powerful.

731
00:30:09,750 --> 00:30:11,791
Got a lot of money,
got a lot of influence.

732
00:30:11,875 --> 00:30:14,041
They have everything that we don't.

733
00:30:14,125 --> 00:30:16,708
But we not gonna let them intimidate us.

734
00:30:16,791 --> 00:30:18,625
'Cause I'm not intimidated.

735
00:30:19,708 --> 00:30:22,083
Now, it ain't no secret.

736
00:30:22,166 --> 00:30:24,500
For the past 12 years,
I have not lost a case.

737
00:30:24,583 --> 00:30:25,916
And why is that?

738
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:27,125
Can you tell me why?

739
00:30:27,208 --> 00:30:28,666
'Cause I hate to lose.

740
00:30:28,750 --> 00:30:31,875
I hate it, I hate it, I hate it!

741
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,250
I'd rather somebody pull a gun on me
and blow my head off

742
00:30:34,333 --> 00:30:36,208
than to lose a case.

743
00:30:38,333 --> 00:30:40,333
Now, that being said...

744
00:30:41,625 --> 00:30:43,851
there's one thing I'm-a tell you
I'm not gonna bend on.

745
00:30:43,875 --> 00:30:48,125
I do not plan on settling this case.

746
00:30:48,208 --> 00:30:50,125
- We don't do that, no.
- MIKE: Excuse me.

747
00:30:50,208 --> 00:30:52,625
Anyone mind if I say something here?

748
00:30:52,708 --> 00:30:54,541
- Go ahead, Mike.
- Mr. Gary,

749
00:30:54,625 --> 00:30:57,666
when it comes to the matter of settling,
I'm afraid that's not at all

750
00:30:57,750 --> 00:30:59,458
the strategy we've developed here.

751
00:30:59,541 --> 00:31:03,750
In fact, I've already drafted
a letter to Mr. Loewen

752
00:31:03,833 --> 00:31:06,708
offering to settle at $8 million.

753
00:31:06,791 --> 00:31:08,583
Though, just between us here in this room,

754
00:31:08,666 --> 00:31:11,166
we'd probably be willing to drop
to seven if need be.

755
00:31:11,250 --> 00:31:12,517
WILLIE:
Well, Mike, thank you for the update...

756
00:31:12,541 --> 00:31:15,666
Appreciate that...
But, unfortunately, things have changed.

757
00:31:15,750 --> 00:31:17,666
We're not settling.

758
00:31:17,750 --> 00:31:19,416
No matter what you said,

759
00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:21,541
the discussion is still on the table

760
00:31:21,625 --> 00:31:24,958
and will remain so until I've decided
what the best course is.

761
00:31:27,041 --> 00:31:28,083
Huh.

762
00:31:28,166 --> 00:31:29,958
Till you decided, huh?

763
00:31:32,416 --> 00:31:33,750
What's going on here, Mike?

764
00:31:33,833 --> 00:31:35,791
Hmm? Who's in charge?

765
00:31:36,791 --> 00:31:38,875
No, seriously, who's in charge?

766
00:31:38,958 --> 00:31:41,351
'Cause you done have Willie Gary
come down here to take over the case

767
00:31:41,375 --> 00:31:43,415
and now here you're telling me
what you're gonna do.

768
00:31:43,458 --> 00:31:46,458
I said we're not settling the case
and that comes from the lead attorney.

769
00:31:46,541 --> 00:31:47,684
- Come again?
- Come again what?

770
00:31:47,708 --> 00:31:50,208
What's the matter?
You need your ears checked or something?

771
00:31:50,291 --> 00:31:51,541
Excuse me, sir.

772
00:31:51,625 --> 00:31:52,851
- No, you're not.
- Mike, you raise a finger to me,

773
00:31:52,875 --> 00:31:54,267
- you'll get your ass whupped in here.
- Boss, calm down.

774
00:31:54,291 --> 00:31:56,809
- MIKE: Believe me, Mr. Gary, you are not lead attorney.
- AL: Come on, settle down.

775
00:31:56,833 --> 00:31:58,059
- Then what am I, then?
- May I remind you

776
00:31:58,083 --> 00:31:59,625
- you are in my town...
- Your town?

777
00:31:59,708 --> 00:32:01,601
- sitting at my conference table...
- Every town I go to, Mike, is my town.

778
00:32:01,625 --> 00:32:03,267
- across the table from my client.
- Evidently it ain't your town,

779
00:32:03,291 --> 00:32:05,059
- or they wouldn't have called me.
- JEREMIAH: Gentlemen. Gentlemen.

780
00:32:05,083 --> 00:32:08,708
Gentlemen, could y'all
let the temperature down a little bit?

781
00:32:11,125 --> 00:32:13,416
WILLIE:
I didn't come here to fight you, Mike.

782
00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:16,000
- MIKE: What?
- I said, I didn't come here to fight you.

783
00:32:16,083 --> 00:32:18,291
I came here to get a job done.

784
00:32:18,875 --> 00:32:20,875
Now, Mr. O'Keefe...

785
00:32:20,958 --> 00:32:23,541
Last I checked, he wants to win this case.

786
00:32:23,625 --> 00:32:27,750
Not toot his ass up in the air
for a funky little $8 million.

787
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,791
Like a bitch.

788
00:32:32,416 --> 00:32:35,416
MIKE:
<i>Jesus Christ, Jerry. What's going on?</i>

789
00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:37,416
I think we ought to give him a chance.

790
00:32:37,500 --> 00:32:38,892
Did you hear that speech he just gave?

791
00:32:38,916 --> 00:32:40,142
He has no idea what he's doing.

792
00:32:40,166 --> 00:32:42,375
He hasn't lost a case in 12 years.

793
00:32:42,458 --> 00:32:44,041
For personal injury cases.

794
00:32:44,125 --> 00:32:46,833
He clearly has no idea about real law,
about contract law.

795
00:32:49,083 --> 00:32:50,666
What about lead attorney?

796
00:32:50,750 --> 00:32:52,958
You're not considering
giving him lead attorney.

797
00:32:53,041 --> 00:32:54,375
Yeah.

798
00:32:55,333 --> 00:32:57,125
I am.

799
00:33:04,791 --> 00:33:06,583
We good?

800
00:33:06,666 --> 00:33:08,833
(sighs) Yeah.

801
00:33:08,916 --> 00:33:10,458
Mike, you good?

802
00:33:10,541 --> 00:33:12,500
All right, since we're all good,

803
00:33:12,583 --> 00:33:16,708
uh, does anybody here mind, uh,
taking some dictation?

804
00:33:16,791 --> 00:33:19,708
Cynthia, would you mind
taking dictation for Mr. Gary?

805
00:33:19,791 --> 00:33:22,750
WILLIE:
All right, Cynthia. I sure appreciate it.

806
00:33:22,833 --> 00:33:24,250
All right.

807
00:33:24,333 --> 00:33:25,833
Address to Mr. Ray Loewen,

808
00:33:25,916 --> 00:33:29,083
Chairman, Loewen Group.

809
00:33:29,166 --> 00:33:31,375
Dear Mr. Loewen,
my name is Willie E. Gary.

810
00:33:31,458 --> 00:33:34,250
I've just been appointed lead counsel

811
00:33:34,333 --> 00:33:38,625
in the suit brought against you
by Jeremiah O'Keefe.

812
00:33:38,708 --> 00:33:41,583
In regards to the prior settlement,

813
00:33:41,666 --> 00:33:46,083
the offer you received of $8 million,

814
00:33:46,166 --> 00:33:49,250
I hereby rescind that offer.

815
00:33:49,333 --> 00:33:52,208
As of the date of this new letter we have,

816
00:33:52,291 --> 00:33:57,791
the new offer is
in the amount of $100 million.

817
00:33:57,875 --> 00:33:59,934
- Whoo. That's what I'm talking about.
- (scattered laughter)

818
00:33:59,958 --> 00:34:01,583
Did he just say $100 million?

819
00:34:01,666 --> 00:34:03,416
- As in eight zeros?
- $100 million.

820
00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:05,420
Why don't y'all just relax?
Hear what I'm saying?

821
00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:08,166
It's literally $94 million more
than our original claim.

822
00:34:08,250 --> 00:34:11,125
Sounds to me like your original claim
was about $94 million short.

823
00:34:11,208 --> 00:34:12,517
Uh, yeah, Mr. Gary, perhaps you could

824
00:34:12,541 --> 00:34:14,017
- help us understand...
- MIKE: $100 million?

825
00:34:14,041 --> 00:34:15,291
It's absurd and you know it.

826
00:34:15,375 --> 00:34:17,250
What you trying to do, destroy this case?

827
00:34:17,333 --> 00:34:20,541
Mike, anybody ever tell you
you got balls the size of a garden slug?

828
00:34:20,625 --> 00:34:23,666
W-Willie, I'm afraid that I agree
with everybody's concerns.

829
00:34:23,750 --> 00:34:25,708
That's a hell of a lot of money.

830
00:34:25,791 --> 00:34:29,208
We throw out a number like that,
we're gonna humiliate ourselves.

831
00:34:29,291 --> 00:34:30,976
WILLIE:
Listen, I understand how you feel, Jerry.

832
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,583
But you got to trust me, okay?

833
00:34:32,666 --> 00:34:34,625
- Mm-hmm. Trust him.
- Okay?

834
00:34:34,708 --> 00:34:36,333
Everybody's got to trust me.

835
00:34:36,416 --> 00:34:38,000
- All right?
- REGGIE: Amen.

836
00:34:38,083 --> 00:34:39,875
Now, Cynthia, where were we?

837
00:34:41,041 --> 00:34:42,517
MAN:
<i>"Starting as of the date of this letter,</i>

838
00:34:42,541 --> 00:34:44,666
<i>"our new settlement demand is now</i>

839
00:34:44,750 --> 00:34:47,000
$100 million."

840
00:34:47,083 --> 00:34:48,476
- (men laughing) -(man whistles)
- MAN 2: Oh, what?

841
00:34:48,500 --> 00:34:50,291
MAN 3:
Oh, come on. You got to be kidding me.

842
00:34:50,375 --> 00:34:51,726
- $100 million?
- MAN 4: Who the hell does he think he is?

843
00:34:51,750 --> 00:34:52,809
- MAN 2: Is he crazy?
- MAN: Eight zeros, did you count that?

844
00:34:52,833 --> 00:34:55,291
- Eight zeros.
- There's no way that is not a joke.

845
00:34:55,375 --> 00:34:57,833
- That is a joke.
- It looks like a fucking dozen eggs.

846
00:34:57,916 --> 00:34:58,916
(laughter)

847
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:00,708
No joke.

848
00:35:01,250 --> 00:35:04,291
Jesus Christ, this O'Keefe guy,
he's a piece of work, no?

849
00:35:04,375 --> 00:35:06,125
Yeah.

850
00:35:06,208 --> 00:35:08,125
Who is this clown he's hired as a lawyer?

851
00:35:08,208 --> 00:35:11,208
Apparently, some guy
by the name of William Gary.

852
00:35:11,291 --> 00:35:14,125
Thank you, Bob, I also read the letter.

853
00:35:14,208 --> 00:35:16,291
But my question is,

854
00:35:16,375 --> 00:35:17,708
who is he?

855
00:35:17,791 --> 00:35:19,041
What's his story?

856
00:35:19,125 --> 00:35:20,750
Where did O'Keefe find him?

857
00:35:20,833 --> 00:35:23,250
From what we could dig up,

858
00:35:23,333 --> 00:35:26,416
he's this kind of flashy
personal injury lawyer,

859
00:35:26,500 --> 00:35:28,125
uh, out of Florida.

860
00:35:28,208 --> 00:35:29,726
- Ambulance-chaser type.
- Personal injury?

861
00:35:29,750 --> 00:35:31,291
This is a contract dispute.

862
00:35:31,375 --> 00:35:34,291
Why the hell would he hire
a personal injury lawyer

863
00:35:34,375 --> 00:35:36,291
for a contract dispute?

864
00:35:36,375 --> 00:35:38,333
Maybe they don't have any regular lawyers

865
00:35:38,416 --> 00:35:40,336
(Southern accent):
down in backwater Mississippi.

866
00:35:40,375 --> 00:35:42,375
You should talk like that more.

867
00:35:42,458 --> 00:35:44,666
Turns out, the case was filed
in some remote county

868
00:35:44,750 --> 00:35:47,166
in the lower region of the state,
called Hinds County.

869
00:35:47,250 --> 00:35:48,791
RAY:
Yeah? So?

870
00:35:48,875 --> 00:35:51,833
So, Hinds County also happens to be

871
00:35:51,916 --> 00:35:55,458
one of the poorest, and about 70%, uh...

872
00:35:56,541 --> 00:35:58,125
Black.

873
00:35:58,208 --> 00:36:00,125
Oh.

874
00:36:00,208 --> 00:36:02,666
So that's why he was hired.

875
00:36:04,708 --> 00:36:06,375
Because he's Black.

876
00:36:08,041 --> 00:36:09,666
Gary's Black.

877
00:36:12,125 --> 00:36:14,250
He's an African American man.

878
00:36:14,333 --> 00:36:18,208
("Hold On" by En Vogue playing)
♪ When... ♪

879
00:36:18,291 --> 00:36:19,916
♪ I... ♪

880
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,166
♪ <i>When I </i> ♪

881
00:36:22,250 --> 00:36:25,416
- ♪ Had you ♪
- ♪ <i>Had you </i> ♪

882
00:36:25,500 --> 00:36:31,625
- ♪ I treated you bad ♪
- ♪ <i>Bad</i> ♪

883
00:36:31,708 --> 00:36:33,833
Well, like I said,
like my grandfather said,

884
00:36:33,916 --> 00:36:35,791
- "Who in so ever it is..."
- (knocking at door)

885
00:36:35,875 --> 00:36:36,916
I ain't worried about it.

886
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,500
Reg, you're not understanding the whole...

887
00:36:40,583 --> 00:36:41,833
MAN:
Sorry to interrupt.

888
00:36:41,916 --> 00:36:43,625
We just got the info you requested

889
00:36:43,708 --> 00:36:45,308
on who Loewen appointed as lead counsel.

890
00:36:45,375 --> 00:36:46,476
- HAL: May I see that, please? Thank you.
- Well, who is he?

891
00:36:46,500 --> 00:36:47,708
Do we know him?

892
00:36:49,916 --> 00:36:52,541
- She.
- WILLIE: She?

893
00:36:52,625 --> 00:36:55,083
What you talking about, "she"?

894
00:36:55,166 --> 00:36:56,958
Yeah, what does that mean, "she"?

895
00:36:57,041 --> 00:36:59,666
- "She" as in, like, a... like a...
- A woman?

896
00:36:59,750 --> 00:37:02,541
Her name is Mame Downes.

897
00:37:02,625 --> 00:37:05,458
♪ Ooh... ♪

898
00:37:05,541 --> 00:37:07,875
She graduated with her BA
from Howard University.

899
00:37:07,958 --> 00:37:10,666
Oh. That means she just ain't a woman,

900
00:37:10,750 --> 00:37:11,976
- she's a Black woman.
- She's a sister.

901
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,416
Well, what do you know?

902
00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:17,000
We done got out-Blacked
and out-womaned, all in one go. (chuckles)

903
00:37:17,083 --> 00:37:19,083
("Hold On" continues)

904
00:37:23,916 --> 00:37:26,791
Graduated top of her class
from Harvard Law School.

905
00:37:26,875 --> 00:37:28,500
Jesus Christ.

906
00:37:31,958 --> 00:37:33,833
Then went on to clerk two years

907
00:37:33,916 --> 00:37:37,750
for Supreme Court Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor.

908
00:37:40,833 --> 00:37:42,958
Three years associate at Paul, Weiss

909
00:37:43,041 --> 00:37:46,375
and now currently
the youngest partner ever

910
00:37:46,458 --> 00:37:48,250
at Cranston, Brown and Atwell.

911
00:37:48,333 --> 00:37:49,708
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay, that's impressive.

912
00:37:49,791 --> 00:37:52,416
Friend of mine used to work with her,
over at C, B and A.

913
00:37:52,500 --> 00:37:53,875
And, um...

914
00:37:53,958 --> 00:37:55,833
well...

915
00:37:55,916 --> 00:37:58,916
he told me they had a nickname for her
around the office.

916
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:00,125
Mm. What was it?

917
00:38:00,208 --> 00:38:01,458
Ain't that right?

918
00:38:01,541 --> 00:38:04,041
"The Python." (chuckles)

919
00:38:04,125 --> 00:38:06,958
On account of her
particular style during cross?

920
00:38:07,041 --> 00:38:08,761
- Yes. Yes.
- You know, how she used to strike

921
00:38:08,833 --> 00:38:10,583
- when you least expect it.
- (murmuring)

922
00:38:10,666 --> 00:38:12,375
Mm-hmm. Okay, Ms. Python.

923
00:38:12,458 --> 00:38:14,101
- But you know what?
- REGGIE: Very descriptive.

924
00:38:14,125 --> 00:38:15,750
You know what?

925
00:38:15,833 --> 00:38:18,333
I'm the boa constrictor. (grunts)

926
00:38:18,416 --> 00:38:19,708
REGGIE:
Let's see what she got.

927
00:38:19,791 --> 00:38:22,875
ANNETTE: <i>I think we may need
to call the cable company.</i>

928
00:38:22,958 --> 00:38:25,000
Every time I try
and turn on Turner Broadcast,

929
00:38:25,083 --> 00:38:27,833
it's just some weird, empty screen.

930
00:38:27,916 --> 00:38:29,875
Think there's something wrong with it.

931
00:38:29,958 --> 00:38:32,291
There's nothing wrong with it.
I canceled the subscription.

932
00:38:32,375 --> 00:38:35,166
What do you mean, you canceled it?

933
00:38:35,250 --> 00:38:38,625
Annie, those insurance regulators
came by again the other day.

934
00:38:38,708 --> 00:38:41,541
They suspended my license this time.

935
00:38:41,625 --> 00:38:44,875
I'm gonna have to shut the business
down for a while.

936
00:38:44,958 --> 00:38:46,250
What?

937
00:38:47,458 --> 00:38:48,750
What are you talking about?

938
00:38:48,833 --> 00:38:50,750
It's only temporary.

939
00:38:50,833 --> 00:38:53,458
Soon as we get this trial over with,
Loewen makes his restitution,

940
00:38:53,541 --> 00:38:55,333
- we gonna be up and...
- Jerry. Jerry.

941
00:38:55,416 --> 00:38:56,916
You hear yourself?

942
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,083
As soon as Ray Loewen makes restitution?

943
00:39:02,416 --> 00:39:04,916
Do you really know for sure
that's even gonna happen?

944
00:39:08,958 --> 00:39:12,583
I mean, you still haven't told me
how we're paying for all this.

945
00:39:13,666 --> 00:39:17,000
That fancy new lawyer
you just brought in from Florida.

946
00:39:17,083 --> 00:39:19,666
You don't have to worry about him.

947
00:39:19,750 --> 00:39:21,875
(soft chuckle)

948
00:39:21,958 --> 00:39:27,125
Well, I just don't understand why you're
continuing with this ridiculous lawsuit.

949
00:39:27,208 --> 00:39:29,208
You can find another buyer

950
00:39:29,291 --> 00:39:30,958
for those three homes.

951
00:39:31,041 --> 00:39:32,500
You know that.

952
00:39:33,583 --> 00:39:35,583
Clearly, this is about
something else for you.

953
00:39:35,666 --> 00:39:36,916
Maybe it is.

954
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,166
Maybe I just don't want
to see him get away with it.

955
00:39:39,250 --> 00:39:41,708
Who? Ray Loewen?

956
00:39:42,833 --> 00:39:45,208
My God, Jerry.

957
00:39:45,291 --> 00:39:49,250
What is your obsession with this man?

958
00:39:49,333 --> 00:39:51,500
What do you expect me to do, Annie,

959
00:39:51,583 --> 00:39:54,041
just lay back
and let him walk all over me?

960
00:39:54,125 --> 00:39:57,500
Let him walk all over our family?

961
00:39:57,583 --> 00:40:00,833
What I expect you to do

962
00:40:00,916 --> 00:40:03,333
is to think of me,

963
00:40:03,416 --> 00:40:04,916
at some point.

964
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:06,333
Hmm.

965
00:40:06,416 --> 00:40:09,375
You don't think we can win.

966
00:40:14,375 --> 00:40:16,017
If you want to know how I'm paying for it,

967
00:40:16,041 --> 00:40:17,958
I took out a third mortgage on this house.

968
00:40:26,416 --> 00:40:28,416
(indistinct chatter)

969
00:40:29,708 --> 00:40:31,083
How you doing?

970
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,458
JEREMIAH: Tell me, Willie,
how'd you wind up being a lawyer?

971
00:40:35,750 --> 00:40:37,250
Mm. (chuckles)

972
00:40:38,416 --> 00:40:40,041
Well, that depends.

973
00:40:40,125 --> 00:40:43,541
You want the, um, long or the short story?

974
00:40:43,625 --> 00:40:45,000
That's up to you.

975
00:40:45,083 --> 00:40:46,708
- (chuckles)
- Well,

976
00:40:46,791 --> 00:40:49,291
when I was a young husband,

977
00:40:49,375 --> 00:40:51,708
young father,

978
00:40:51,791 --> 00:40:53,559
me and my wife, we had,
you know, we had a little money,

979
00:40:53,583 --> 00:40:55,666
so we had a little landscaping business.

980
00:40:55,750 --> 00:40:57,541
Real nice, too.

981
00:40:57,625 --> 00:41:00,166
You know, kept-kept all the yards...

982
00:41:00,250 --> 00:41:01,916
fantastic.

983
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:03,833
But then my wife was like,
"You know what?

984
00:41:03,916 --> 00:41:05,309
I want to move into a bigger place."

985
00:41:05,333 --> 00:41:06,976
I said, "Well, all right.
Let's do that, then."

986
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,833
And so... (inhales)

987
00:41:08,916 --> 00:41:10,958
got the paper, saw this ad.

988
00:41:11,041 --> 00:41:14,625
Three-bedroom apartment, man.
Real nice.

989
00:41:14,708 --> 00:41:16,916
Uh, nice new complex.

990
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:20,250
Over there in a white neighborhood
at, uh, Raintree.

991
00:41:20,333 --> 00:41:22,375
So I said, "Yeah, that's what,
that's what we need."

992
00:41:22,458 --> 00:41:24,125
So I called the owner, I said, "Hey, man.

993
00:41:24,208 --> 00:41:27,583
"Me and my family are looking
for a new place.

994
00:41:27,666 --> 00:41:29,291
We want to come to where you are."

995
00:41:29,375 --> 00:41:31,375
I said, "Do you have any vacancies?"

996
00:41:31,458 --> 00:41:34,166
And he says, "Uh, yeah.
Yeah, I got plenty of vacancies, you know?

997
00:41:34,250 --> 00:41:37,208
"Matter of fact, uh, at the end
of the month, you can move in.

998
00:41:37,291 --> 00:41:38,375
Get your lease."

999
00:41:38,458 --> 00:41:40,208
We all looking forward to that day, man.

1000
00:41:40,291 --> 00:41:41,541
I mean, we just excited.

1001
00:41:41,625 --> 00:41:43,625
You know, just brand-new beginnings,
if you would.

1002
00:41:43,708 --> 00:41:45,250
So when the day comes,

1003
00:41:45,333 --> 00:41:46,666
I pack everybody in the car.

1004
00:41:46,750 --> 00:41:49,125
I got the-the-the, the boys in there,

1005
00:41:49,208 --> 00:41:51,875
I got my-my wife,
I even got my dog in there, man.

1006
00:41:51,958 --> 00:41:54,375
And we just happy, man. We happy.

1007
00:41:54,458 --> 00:41:56,583
Uh, and we listening to gospel music.

1008
00:41:56,666 --> 00:41:58,541
You know, singing, rocking and rolling.

1009
00:41:58,625 --> 00:42:00,083
(sighs)

1010
00:42:00,166 --> 00:42:01,916
But, um...

1011
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:05,083
when we get there, guy comes out.

1012
00:42:05,166 --> 00:42:07,083
I said, "How you doing?" He barely speaks.

1013
00:42:07,166 --> 00:42:08,583
He says, "What do you need?"

1014
00:42:08,666 --> 00:42:10,267
I said, "I'm the one that, uh,
called you about the vacancies."

1015
00:42:10,291 --> 00:42:12,000
He said, "What vacancies?"

1016
00:42:12,083 --> 00:42:16,041
I said, "I'm Willie Gary.
I called you about the... the vacancies."

1017
00:42:16,125 --> 00:42:17,833
He says, "Oh.

1018
00:42:17,916 --> 00:42:19,750
We don't have no more vacancies."

1019
00:42:23,166 --> 00:42:24,666
What'd you do?

1020
00:42:25,916 --> 00:42:27,458
Tell you what I wanted to do.

1021
00:42:28,833 --> 00:42:30,500
Wanted to hurt him.

1022
00:42:31,500 --> 00:42:33,041
I mean...

1023
00:42:33,125 --> 00:42:35,791
disrespecting me like that
in front of my boys, man.

1024
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:38,875
My boys look up to me.

1025
00:42:38,958 --> 00:42:40,291
I'm their everything.

1026
00:42:40,375 --> 00:42:41,708
What-what do I tell 'em?

1027
00:42:41,791 --> 00:42:43,166
That...

1028
00:42:43,250 --> 00:42:45,666
they daddy ain't good enough
to be in an apartment?

1029
00:42:46,750 --> 00:42:48,875
What I tell my queen?

1030
00:42:49,916 --> 00:42:51,500
That we not good enough?

1031
00:42:56,666 --> 00:42:59,500
But I didn't act out.

1032
00:42:59,583 --> 00:43:01,541
What I did was,

1033
00:43:01,625 --> 00:43:03,375
I went back to that hotel,

1034
00:43:03,458 --> 00:43:05,583
and I opened up the phone book.

1035
00:43:05,666 --> 00:43:08,875
Now, I hadn't even thought about
being a lawyer until this happened.

1036
00:43:08,958 --> 00:43:10,458
I opened it up and I...

1037
00:43:10,541 --> 00:43:13,166
First law school I saw,
I said, "Mm. I'm going right there."

1038
00:43:14,250 --> 00:43:15,458
And I did it.

1039
00:43:15,541 --> 00:43:17,250
I enrolled, worked hard,

1040
00:43:17,333 --> 00:43:18,833
I graduated, I passed the bar.

1041
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:22,125
And I got my own practice.

1042
00:43:23,125 --> 00:43:25,333
And the first thing I did was

1043
00:43:25,416 --> 00:43:27,833
went down to Raintree Apartments

1044
00:43:27,916 --> 00:43:32,916
and bitch-slapped him with a five-count
discriminatory practices lawsuit.

1045
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,333
(chuckles)

1046
00:43:35,416 --> 00:43:38,125
Take that for your vacancies.

1047
00:43:38,208 --> 00:43:40,333
You a fighter.

1048
00:43:41,625 --> 00:43:43,041
Yeah.

1049
00:43:43,125 --> 00:43:44,583
Oh, I'm a fighter.

1050
00:43:44,666 --> 00:43:46,750
You are, too, Jerry.
You're a fighter, man.

1051
00:43:46,833 --> 00:43:48,416
You know why I say you're a fighter?

1052
00:43:48,500 --> 00:43:52,333
Going up against
this big Loewen Group, man...

1053
00:43:52,416 --> 00:43:54,708
Small business owner, man,
that's something, doc.

1054
00:43:54,791 --> 00:43:56,500
That's why we connect.

1055
00:43:56,583 --> 00:43:58,416
What made you want to do it?

1056
00:43:59,500 --> 00:44:04,041
'Cause he tried to mess with the one thing
that means the most to me in life:

1057
00:44:04,125 --> 00:44:05,809
being able to leave something behind
for my children

1058
00:44:05,833 --> 00:44:08,166
and my grandchildren when I go.

1059
00:44:10,458 --> 00:44:12,458
They have a legacy, Willie.

1060
00:44:13,625 --> 00:44:16,125
And I do mean to pass it on to 'em.

1061
00:44:20,750 --> 00:44:22,958
- Let's play some music.
- I like music, Willie.

1062
00:44:23,041 --> 00:44:24,333
(laughs) Good.

1063
00:44:24,416 --> 00:44:26,559
Steve, look, why don't you go up there
and turn on some music?

1064
00:44:26,583 --> 00:44:29,125
Sure thing, boss.
Anything particular you want to hear?

1065
00:44:29,208 --> 00:44:31,416
You know what my jam is, man.
Tony! Toni! Toné!

1066
00:44:31,500 --> 00:44:33,460
- Wise choice, my brother.
- I like that. Like that.

1067
00:44:33,500 --> 00:44:35,017
You know what's crazy about
Tony! Toni! Toné!?

1068
00:44:35,041 --> 00:44:37,083
Ain't none of 'em named Tony. (laughs)

1069
00:44:37,166 --> 00:44:38,976
- ("Feels Good" playing)
- WILLIE: Oh, there it is.

1070
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:40,500
- Hey.
- Hey. All right.

1071
00:44:40,583 --> 00:44:42,375
- ♪ It feels good ♪
- Hey.

1072
00:44:42,458 --> 00:44:43,958
- ♪ Yeah ♪
- WILLIE: Yeah. (laughs)

1073
00:44:44,041 --> 00:44:46,125
- Hey.
- ♪ It feels good ♪

1074
00:44:46,208 --> 00:44:47,833
I like that.

1075
00:44:47,916 --> 00:44:49,184
- You like that, Jerry?
- ♪ Oh, it feels good ♪

1076
00:44:49,208 --> 00:44:51,041
- Jerry, you like that?
- Yeah, it's good.

1077
00:44:51,125 --> 00:44:52,458
WILLIE:
It feels good?

1078
00:44:52,541 --> 00:44:53,642
(sings along):
♪ It feels good ♪

1079
00:44:53,666 --> 00:44:55,500
(laughs)

1080
00:44:55,583 --> 00:44:57,791
- (chuckling)
- ♪ Oh, it feels good ♪

1081
00:44:57,875 --> 00:44:59,500
Come on to our side!

1082
00:44:59,583 --> 00:45:01,500
Oh, you're-you're my man now, doc.

1083
00:45:01,583 --> 00:45:03,303
- You're my man now, baby.
- ♪ It feels good ♪

1084
00:45:04,291 --> 00:45:06,541
- ♪ It sure feels good to me. ♪
- (music ends)

1085
00:45:06,625 --> 00:45:08,041
- (bell dings)
- This is nice.

1086
00:45:08,125 --> 00:45:09,500
(soft music playing in background)

1087
00:45:09,583 --> 00:45:11,041
- Hey, hey.
- RECEPTIONIST: Hi.

1088
00:45:11,125 --> 00:45:12,476
Welcome to Hotel Intercontinental.

1089
00:45:12,500 --> 00:45:15,291
Well, thank you. I have a reservation
for Gary, Willie Gary.

1090
00:45:15,375 --> 00:45:16,875
Absolutely.

1091
00:45:16,958 --> 00:45:18,642
- And welcome to Jackson, Mr. Gary.
- Mm-hmm. Thank you.

1092
00:45:18,666 --> 00:45:20,434
If you have a credit card
you'd like me to run,

1093
00:45:20,458 --> 00:45:22,250
I can go ahead and get you all settled in.

1094
00:45:22,333 --> 00:45:23,583
- Mm-hmm.
- Thank you.

1095
00:45:23,666 --> 00:45:26,434
Hey, hey, so don't look now, but that's,
over there, that's Loewen's legal team.

1096
00:45:26,458 --> 00:45:28,625
Where-where's that? Hmm.

1097
00:45:28,708 --> 00:45:31,666
(indistinct conversation)

1098
00:45:31,750 --> 00:45:33,833
HAL:
Jesus Christ.

1099
00:45:33,916 --> 00:45:36,875
It's like a who's who of every prominent
Black lawyer in the country.

1100
00:45:36,958 --> 00:45:38,583
You actually recognize all of them?

1101
00:45:38,666 --> 00:45:41,250
HAL: Okay, so, that guy over there,
that's Howard Pfieffer.

1102
00:45:41,333 --> 00:45:43,500
- Mm.
- He's a former state representative

1103
00:45:43,583 --> 00:45:46,208
and current president
of the DC bar association. -Mm.

1104
00:45:46,291 --> 00:45:48,541
That gentleman there,
that's Richard Mayfield.

1105
00:45:48,625 --> 00:45:50,708
He's one of the leading experts
on antitrust

1106
00:45:50,791 --> 00:45:52,833
and complex business litigation.

1107
00:45:52,916 --> 00:45:55,833
And that gentleman, right over there,
that-that's Walter Bell.

1108
00:45:55,916 --> 00:45:58,125
He's a former
Supreme Court Justice of Mississippi.

1109
00:45:58,208 --> 00:45:59,500
Fuck.

1110
00:45:59,583 --> 00:46:01,666
Man, Loewen must have spent
a fortune on these dudes.

1111
00:46:01,750 --> 00:46:04,142
You know what? She don't actually look
as bad as I thought she was gonna look.

1112
00:46:04,166 --> 00:46:06,625
What's her name?
Uh, uh, Mammy, May, Mame?

1113
00:46:06,708 --> 00:46:07,916
Mammy, Mammy Downes?

1114
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:09,875
- Seriously? Is that all you have to say?
- Yeah.

1115
00:46:09,958 --> 00:46:12,500
That's all I got to say
'cause they all look like chumps to me.

1116
00:46:13,375 --> 00:46:15,083
Matter of fact, could you do me a favor?

1117
00:46:15,166 --> 00:46:18,750
Could you send your finest bottle of, uh,
champagne over there to that table?

1118
00:46:18,833 --> 00:46:20,541
Certainly. Do you have a preference?

1119
00:46:20,625 --> 00:46:22,875
- What you got?
- We have Dom, Moët,

1120
00:46:22,958 --> 00:46:24,125
- Cristal...
- Cristal.

1121
00:46:24,208 --> 00:46:25,309
- Cristal.
- That's what we need.

1122
00:46:25,333 --> 00:46:26,434
Send some Cristal over there.

1123
00:46:26,458 --> 00:46:29,291
Make sure that you say that it's, uh,
compliments of Mr. Willie Gary.

1124
00:46:29,375 --> 00:46:31,041
Hey. Seriously, man?

1125
00:46:31,125 --> 00:46:33,083
- Please don't do that.
- Oh, seriously, Hal.

1126
00:46:33,166 --> 00:46:34,583
- Shut up.
- Uh...

1127
00:46:34,666 --> 00:46:37,666
Listen, I always say this:

1128
00:46:37,750 --> 00:46:39,875
You see me fighting a bear?
Pour honey on me.

1129
00:46:39,958 --> 00:46:42,666
We're just gonna pour a little honey.

1130
00:46:42,750 --> 00:46:44,250
(horn honking in distance)

1131
00:46:44,333 --> 00:46:46,166
WENDELL:
<i>Well, we keep the strategy simple.</i>

1132
00:46:46,250 --> 00:46:48,458
<i>Firmly cementing
the validity of the document</i>

1133
00:46:48,541 --> 00:46:50,625
as a contract in the jury's mind.

1134
00:46:50,708 --> 00:46:52,833
That's definitely gonna be
the defense strategy, too.

1135
00:46:52,916 --> 00:46:55,333
Except they'll be focused on proving
how it's not a contract.

1136
00:46:55,416 --> 00:46:56,892
Okay, look,
we got to be honest about this.

1137
00:46:56,916 --> 00:46:59,101
They're likely gonna be
a lot better at this than we are,

1138
00:46:59,125 --> 00:47:01,583
considering this is
their area of expertise.

1139
00:47:01,666 --> 00:47:05,250
REGGIE: I-I say we just forget
about all that contract mumbo jumbo.

1140
00:47:05,333 --> 00:47:07,875
Bog the jury down
with a whole bunch of information

1141
00:47:07,958 --> 00:47:09,059
that we know they ain't interested in.

1142
00:47:09,083 --> 00:47:11,041
CHRIS:
Personally, what I think we gotta do...

1143
00:47:11,125 --> 00:47:12,791
What we gotta prove, rather...

1144
00:47:12,875 --> 00:47:14,208
Is motive.

1145
00:47:14,291 --> 00:47:16,250
We center our argument
squarely on the issue

1146
00:47:16,333 --> 00:47:18,750
of Loewen Group stalling on closing.

1147
00:47:18,833 --> 00:47:20,393
And show what they had to gain from it.

1148
00:47:20,458 --> 00:47:23,000
- Uh, I'm not so sure.
- What? What, Hal?

1149
00:47:23,083 --> 00:47:24,559
- What-what you ain't sure about?
- DASHAAN: What? Hal?

1150
00:47:24,583 --> 00:47:26,267
HAL: What I mean is,
I'm not so sure we can actually prove

1151
00:47:26,291 --> 00:47:28,416
that the Loewen Group had motive.

1152
00:47:28,500 --> 00:47:30,726
Right? Unless we have
some kind of internal company memo.

1153
00:47:30,750 --> 00:47:33,041
Or someone just openly admits it.

1154
00:47:33,125 --> 00:47:35,000
Like, how do you actually prove

1155
00:47:35,083 --> 00:47:36,833
that the stalling was intentional?

1156
00:47:36,916 --> 00:47:39,958
Well, we're obviously never
going to be able to prove that.

1157
00:47:42,458 --> 00:47:45,791
Truth is, we don't have a snowball's
chance in hell of winning this case.

1158
00:47:45,875 --> 00:47:47,601
("Let a Woman Be a Woman -
Let a Man Be a Man" playing)

1159
00:47:47,625 --> 00:47:49,750
♪ Some people call me ♪

1160
00:47:50,750 --> 00:47:53,333
♪ Broadway Tramp now ♪

1161
00:47:55,375 --> 00:47:58,750
- ♪ They even said, yes, they did ♪
- WILLIE: What's happening, doc?

1162
00:47:58,833 --> 00:48:00,892
- ♪ I had no place to stay... ♪
- BARTENDER: Yeah, how you doing, boss?

1163
00:48:00,916 --> 00:48:03,208
I'm good, Max.
Hey, how 'bout you give me your...

1164
00:48:03,291 --> 00:48:05,000
your strongest ginger ale?

1165
00:48:05,083 --> 00:48:06,333
Sure thing.

1166
00:48:06,416 --> 00:48:07,500
Coming right up.

1167
00:48:07,583 --> 00:48:08,750
How's your night been?

1168
00:48:08,833 --> 00:48:10,458
BARTENDER:
Not too bad. Livin'.

1169
00:48:10,541 --> 00:48:11,708
Good. Good, good.

1170
00:48:11,791 --> 00:48:15,583
- ♪ Gotta let a woman be a woman ♪
- Strongest ginger ale in Mississippi.

1171
00:48:15,666 --> 00:48:18,083
- Thank you.
- ♪ And let a man be a man ♪

1172
00:48:18,166 --> 00:48:20,750
Yeah, it's not too bad, so... I...

1173
00:48:20,833 --> 00:48:23,553
- ♪ Gotta let a woman be a woman ♪
- Yeah, she's been here for a while.

1174
00:48:24,333 --> 00:48:26,875
♪ And let a man be a man ♪

1175
00:48:26,958 --> 00:48:28,916
♪ Well, listen... ♪

1176
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:30,958
I believe it's Ms. Downes, isn't it?

1177
00:48:32,500 --> 00:48:33,916
I'm Willie Gary.

1178
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,125
(gentle piano music playing in background)

1179
00:48:36,208 --> 00:48:38,166
You look thinner on TV.

1180
00:48:38,250 --> 00:48:40,000
Mind if I sit down?

1181
00:48:43,125 --> 00:48:44,625
(Mame scoffs)

1182
00:48:46,416 --> 00:48:48,500
You know,
I've actually never did this before.

1183
00:48:48,583 --> 00:48:52,791
Where it's sitting down
with the opposing counsel, the...

1184
00:48:52,875 --> 00:48:54,916
drinks and things like that, you know.

1185
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:56,750
Music, candles.

1186
00:48:56,833 --> 00:48:58,875
It's like we almost, uh,

1187
00:48:58,958 --> 00:49:00,875
on a date.

1188
00:49:04,208 --> 00:49:05,875
Or maybe not.

1189
00:49:05,958 --> 00:49:08,500
- ♪ ♪
- (indistinct chatter)

1190
00:49:08,583 --> 00:49:11,250
You say you're from Compton,
but I'm trying to understand

1191
00:49:11,333 --> 00:49:14,458
why you taking all these
fancy white cases.

1192
00:49:14,541 --> 00:49:16,041
I could ask you the same question.

1193
00:49:16,125 --> 00:49:18,250
- Couldn't I?
- Yeah, well, I actually believe

1194
00:49:18,333 --> 00:49:19,791
in my case, Ms. Downes.

1195
00:49:19,875 --> 00:49:21,517
Oh, well, I actually believe in mine, too,
Mr. Gary.

1196
00:49:21,541 --> 00:49:23,000
Well, that puts us in a very

1197
00:49:23,083 --> 00:49:24,184
- precarious situation then, all right,
- Does it?

1198
00:49:24,208 --> 00:49:26,128
Because one of us gonna win
and one's gonna lose.

1199
00:49:26,208 --> 00:49:27,559
- I think that's how this goes, yes.
- Mm-hmm.

1200
00:49:27,583 --> 00:49:29,875
But it's different
in my situation, because

1201
00:49:29,958 --> 00:49:31,708
I'm actually Black employed.

1202
00:49:31,791 --> 00:49:33,583
See, I don't work for the man.

1203
00:49:33,666 --> 00:49:35,083
- Oh.
- See, I-I work for Willie Gary,

1204
00:49:35,166 --> 00:49:36,833
which is myself. I'm employed

1205
00:49:36,916 --> 00:49:38,416
- to myself...
- Tell me, tell me.

1206
00:49:38,500 --> 00:49:41,041
- for myself.
- Where should I be working, huh?

1207
00:49:41,125 --> 00:49:42,916
You tell me. Come on. School me.

1208
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:44,791
What-what tiny little piece of the pie

1209
00:49:44,875 --> 00:49:47,208
would you be comfortable
allotting to someone like me?

1210
00:49:47,291 --> 00:49:49,375
What, should I be working pro bono?

1211
00:49:49,458 --> 00:49:51,267
Or maybe I should be in
some shitty DA's office,

1212
00:49:51,291 --> 00:49:52,791
trying eviction cases.

1213
00:49:52,875 --> 00:49:54,166
Would that make you comfortable?

1214
00:49:54,250 --> 00:49:55,934
- Would you be more happy with that?
- Hold on a second.

1215
00:49:55,958 --> 00:49:58,625
Hold on, hold on.
We-we-we not at trial right now.

1216
00:49:58,708 --> 00:50:01,833
You said you were trying to school me,
so come on, now, school me.

1217
00:50:01,916 --> 00:50:05,458
I don't know how much you know about me,
but I'm the son of a sharecropper.

1218
00:50:05,541 --> 00:50:08,000
I was eight years old

1219
00:50:08,083 --> 00:50:10,750
out there in them sugarcane fields,
you know.

1220
00:50:10,833 --> 00:50:12,458
Working. Me.

1221
00:50:12,541 --> 00:50:14,875
But now, you know, I got...

1222
00:50:14,958 --> 00:50:17,666
you know, mansions and...

1223
00:50:17,750 --> 00:50:19,916
Rolls-Royce and Bentleys.

1224
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:21,916
- My own private plane.
- I mean,

1225
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:23,666
what it sounds like is

1226
00:50:23,750 --> 00:50:27,625
we're both living our own little version
of the American dream.

1227
00:50:27,708 --> 00:50:30,000
A little less red, white and blue

1228
00:50:30,083 --> 00:50:32,625
and a little more, uh, um...

1229
00:50:32,708 --> 00:50:35,083
caramel and stripes and...

1230
00:50:35,166 --> 00:50:37,750
(both laughing)

1231
00:50:40,166 --> 00:50:42,750
MAME:
Although, I do believe that the

1232
00:50:42,833 --> 00:50:45,594
Black American dream is quite different
than the white American dream.

1233
00:50:45,666 --> 00:50:46,750
Case in point.

1234
00:50:46,833 --> 00:50:48,416
(speaking indistinctly)

1235
00:50:48,500 --> 00:50:50,125
WILLIE:
O.J. trial, hmm?

1236
00:50:50,208 --> 00:50:51,601
Supposed to be the "trial of the century."

1237
00:50:51,625 --> 00:50:53,041
- (chuckles)
- It's a circus.

1238
00:50:53,125 --> 00:50:54,208
You want to go there?

1239
00:50:54,291 --> 00:50:56,125
Nah, that's murky territory.

1240
00:50:56,208 --> 00:50:57,625
Where you leaning?

1241
00:50:57,708 --> 00:51:00,375
Is... is he innocent? Or is he guilty?

1242
00:51:00,458 --> 00:51:02,291
Doesn't matter.

1243
00:51:02,375 --> 00:51:04,958
'Cause O.J.'s not the one
that's on trial right now.

1244
00:51:05,041 --> 00:51:07,125
White frontier justice,

1245
00:51:07,208 --> 00:51:09,000
- that's what's on trial.
- Mm.

1246
00:51:09,083 --> 00:51:11,250
I hear that.

1247
00:51:11,333 --> 00:51:12,958
Gun to your head, though.

1248
00:51:13,041 --> 00:51:14,401
- Gun to my head?
- Gun to your head.

1249
00:51:14,458 --> 00:51:15,684
- I don't know now.
- Gun to your head,

1250
00:51:15,708 --> 00:51:17,684
- Ms. Downes, gun to your head.
- Come on, trying to put a gun to my head.

1251
00:51:17,708 --> 00:51:19,059
- Does anyone hear this?
- Got a gun... gun to your head now.

1252
00:51:19,083 --> 00:51:20,750
Oh, hell nah.

1253
00:51:20,833 --> 00:51:22,726
Opportunity to be the lead counsel
on the defense

1254
00:51:22,750 --> 00:51:25,125
or a opportunity to be
the lead prosecutor,

1255
00:51:25,208 --> 00:51:27,166
which one do you choose?

1256
00:51:27,250 --> 00:51:29,166
Oh, that's... that's a tricky one.

1257
00:51:29,250 --> 00:51:31,130
- Yeah, I know. It's tough, it's tough.
- Defense.

1258
00:51:32,625 --> 00:51:34,125
His ass is guilty.

1259
00:51:34,208 --> 00:51:37,416
And I've never defended someone
who I knew was guilty before.

1260
00:51:37,500 --> 00:51:39,416
You know what they say:

1261
00:51:39,500 --> 00:51:41,500
Lawyer's got to try that at least once.

1262
00:51:41,583 --> 00:51:43,041
Remember these words:

1263
00:51:43,125 --> 00:51:44,916
- if it doesn't fit...
- WILLIE: Hmm.

1264
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:46,541
you must acquit.

1265
00:51:46,625 --> 00:51:48,750
(Cochran continues indistinctly)

1266
00:51:48,833 --> 00:51:49,958
Prosecution.

1267
00:51:50,041 --> 00:51:51,250
(laughs) Yeah?

1268
00:51:51,333 --> 00:51:53,375
I have this reoccurring dream

1269
00:51:53,458 --> 00:51:55,708
that I'm prosecuting a case

1270
00:51:55,791 --> 00:51:59,125
against that slick-ass Johnnie Cochran.

1271
00:51:59,208 --> 00:52:01,351
- (chuckles) Mm.
- Him in all them fancy suits and shit...

1272
00:52:01,375 --> 00:52:03,583
Okay. Well, how does this dream end?

1273
00:52:03,666 --> 00:52:05,625
I wipe the floor with him.

1274
00:52:06,625 --> 00:52:08,791
- (laughs)
- I wipe the floor with his ass.

1275
00:52:08,875 --> 00:52:10,833
(both laughing)

1276
00:52:11,833 --> 00:52:13,166
Oh.

1277
00:52:13,250 --> 00:52:14,625
Let me get that.

1278
00:52:14,708 --> 00:52:15,916
Oh, absolutely not.

1279
00:52:17,416 --> 00:52:19,541
You were so, uh,

1280
00:52:19,625 --> 00:52:22,541
you were so kind and generous to send me

1281
00:52:22,625 --> 00:52:23,833
a bottle of...

1282
00:52:23,916 --> 00:52:25,291
- What was that called?
- Cristal.

1283
00:52:26,416 --> 00:52:29,000
Allow me to return the favor,
just this once.

1284
00:52:29,083 --> 00:52:31,666
(chuckles)
Although, I wouldn't get too used

1285
00:52:31,750 --> 00:52:34,250
to me being kind to you, Mr. Gary.

1286
00:52:35,250 --> 00:52:38,208
Once we begin that... trial...

1287
00:52:38,291 --> 00:52:40,083
nigga, I will destroy you.

1288
00:52:42,791 --> 00:52:44,458
Have a good night.

1289
00:52:47,375 --> 00:52:49,000
♪ Hold tight... ♪

1290
00:52:49,083 --> 00:52:51,458
WEATHERMAN:
<i>Good morning, Jackson, Mississippi.</i>

1291
00:52:51,541 --> 00:52:53,916
<i>73 degrees, going up to a high of 78.</i>

1292
00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:57,041
<i>No rain in the forecast
for the next few days.</i>

1293
00:52:58,125 --> 00:52:59,416
(exhales)

1294
00:52:59,500 --> 00:53:01,625
(muttering)

1295
00:53:01,708 --> 00:53:04,708
Let me start off by saying that this case

1296
00:53:04,791 --> 00:53:06,416
that you're about to hear

1297
00:53:06,500 --> 00:53:08,500
is a case...

1298
00:53:08,583 --> 00:53:11,375
(muttering)

1299
00:53:11,458 --> 00:53:12,708
(babbling)

1300
00:53:12,791 --> 00:53:15,166
♪ If you want to make this feeling stay ♪

1301
00:53:15,250 --> 00:53:16,541
♪ Hold tight... ♪

1302
00:53:17,625 --> 00:53:19,833
(takes deep breath)

1303
00:53:19,916 --> 00:53:23,333
Jurors, this... this trial

1304
00:53:23,416 --> 00:53:27,250
deals with the oldest sin known to man.

1305
00:53:27,333 --> 00:53:28,476
You're pointing too much, Gary.

1306
00:53:28,500 --> 00:53:29,934
You're pointing...
You're pointing too much.

1307
00:53:29,958 --> 00:53:31,125
♪ Stay ♪

1308
00:53:31,208 --> 00:53:32,291
♪ Hold tight ♪

1309
00:53:32,375 --> 00:53:35,000
This just simply wasn't personal,
it was just business.

1310
00:53:35,083 --> 00:53:36,458
And they had...

1311
00:53:36,541 --> 00:53:38,375
- ♪ Stay, hold tight ♪
- Fuck.

1312
00:53:41,416 --> 00:53:42,875
♪ Hold tight ♪

1313
00:53:44,500 --> 00:53:47,416
- ♪ Don't let this moment fade away ♪
- (elevator bell dings)

1314
00:53:47,500 --> 00:53:49,041
♪ Hold tight. ♪

1315
00:53:49,125 --> 00:53:51,666
♪ ♪

1316
00:53:57,791 --> 00:53:59,291
Hey, hey, hey. Wait, wait.

1317
00:53:59,375 --> 00:54:01,416
- What's the matter?
- We can't split the pole.

1318
00:54:01,500 --> 00:54:02,559
Can't split the pole. Now come on.

1319
00:54:02,583 --> 00:54:04,833
- No, come on, we can't split the pole.
- This new to you?

1320
00:54:04,916 --> 00:54:05,958
WILLIE:
Huddle up.

1321
00:54:06,041 --> 00:54:07,375
Be unlucky. Let's go.

1322
00:54:07,458 --> 00:54:08,916
Come on.

1323
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:11,000
(bell tolling in distance)

1324
00:54:15,916 --> 00:54:18,625
BAILIFF:
<i>All rise, all rise.</i>

1325
00:54:18,708 --> 00:54:21,375
The court is now in session,
pursuant to the adjournment.

1326
00:54:21,458 --> 00:54:23,375
Hear ye, hear ye.

1327
00:54:23,458 --> 00:54:26,791
All persons having business
with this honorable court, draw near.

1328
00:54:26,875 --> 00:54:29,458
Give your attention
and you shall be heard.

1329
00:54:29,541 --> 00:54:32,250
The Honorable Judge James E. Graves,

1330
00:54:32,333 --> 00:54:34,458
circuit county judge
for the First Judicial District

1331
00:54:34,541 --> 00:54:36,791
of Hinds County, Mississippi, presiding.

1332
00:54:38,416 --> 00:54:40,875
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury...

1333
00:54:41,958 --> 00:54:43,291
How y'all doing?

1334
00:54:44,375 --> 00:54:45,750
Thank you for being here.

1335
00:54:45,833 --> 00:54:49,250
This case here is really about
the oldest sin known to man.

1336
00:54:49,333 --> 00:54:50,458
MAME:
<i>Contracts.</i>

1337
00:54:50,541 --> 00:54:52,000
Plain and simple.

1338
00:54:52,083 --> 00:54:54,500
Now, Mr. Gary would have you believe

1339
00:54:54,583 --> 00:54:56,333
that this case is about...

1340
00:54:56,416 --> 00:54:57,625
- Greed.
<i>- And while that sounds,</i>

1341
00:54:57,708 --> 00:55:01,708
uh, entertaining and a bit dramatic...

1342
00:55:01,791 --> 00:55:03,976
We know for a fact
that the deal had already been approved

1343
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:05,375
by Loewen and his board.

1344
00:55:05,458 --> 00:55:08,541
They crafted every single aspect,
outlined it,

1345
00:55:08,625 --> 00:55:10,083
and put it down in writing.

1346
00:55:10,333 --> 00:55:11,375
That's a contract.

1347
00:55:11,458 --> 00:55:13,583
How can it be a binding contract

1348
00:55:13,666 --> 00:55:14,916
between two parties

1349
00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:17,333
if one of the parties
didn't sign the contract?

1350
00:55:17,416 --> 00:55:19,416
Y'all, these people lie.

1351
00:55:21,916 --> 00:55:23,500
That's what it boils down to.

1352
00:55:23,583 --> 00:55:27,416
So why did Mr. O'Keefe
have such a-a-a panic,

1353
00:55:27,500 --> 00:55:29,583
such an urgency,

1354
00:55:29,666 --> 00:55:31,416
such a desperation

1355
00:55:31,500 --> 00:55:33,375
for this deal to close?

1356
00:55:33,458 --> 00:55:34,958
Why?

1357
00:55:35,041 --> 00:55:38,250
Well, because everything in his life

1358
00:55:38,333 --> 00:55:39,916
hinged on this deal.

1359
00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:41,458
Everything.

1360
00:55:41,541 --> 00:55:43,250
For the Loewen Group, not so much.

1361
00:55:43,333 --> 00:55:45,833
They had one goal in mind.

1362
00:55:47,041 --> 00:55:48,625
Stall him out.

1363
00:55:49,750 --> 00:55:51,250
Stall him out.

1364
00:55:52,750 --> 00:55:53,875
It wasn't personal.

1365
00:55:53,958 --> 00:55:55,625
He just got impatient.

1366
00:55:55,708 --> 00:55:57,416
(whispering)

1367
00:55:59,750 --> 00:56:02,208
<i>(bell tolling)</i>

1368
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:07,166
(bell continues tolling)

1369
00:56:07,250 --> 00:56:10,833
MAN:
<i>In fact, there is such a thing</i>

1370
00:56:10,916 --> 00:56:14,583
uh, as an anticipatory breach of contract.

1371
00:56:14,666 --> 00:56:16,333
And this is when,

1372
00:56:16,416 --> 00:56:20,041
though the actual breach
has not yet occurred,

1373
00:56:20,125 --> 00:56:22,333
one of the involved parties,

1374
00:56:22,416 --> 00:56:27,250
heretofore referred to
as the "soon to be breaching party,"

1375
00:56:27,333 --> 00:56:29,500
will not fulfill their obligations

1376
00:56:29,583 --> 00:56:32,958
set forth by the terms of the agreement.

1377
00:56:33,041 --> 00:56:37,041
When a situation like this arises,

1378
00:56:37,125 --> 00:56:40,458
- it is my opinion that...
- (sighs)

1379
00:56:40,541 --> 00:56:45,041
it is well within the means of dispute

1380
00:56:45,125 --> 00:56:46,875
for this contract.

1381
00:56:46,958 --> 00:56:47,958
- Wake your ass up!
- Whoa!

1382
00:56:48,041 --> 00:56:49,041
- Whoa.
- Jesus Christ.

1383
00:56:49,125 --> 00:56:50,333
Wake up!

1384
00:56:50,416 --> 00:56:51,934
What are we doing?
We sit up in these books,

1385
00:56:51,958 --> 00:56:53,958
talking about contracts every single day.

1386
00:56:54,041 --> 00:56:55,291
For what?

1387
00:56:55,375 --> 00:56:57,833
We putting 'em to sleep.

1388
00:56:57,916 --> 00:57:00,458
We done lost our connection,
lost our edge.

1389
00:57:00,541 --> 00:57:02,625
And what do I get from y'all? Nothing.

1390
00:57:05,083 --> 00:57:06,750
I gotta make the decision.

1391
00:57:07,541 --> 00:57:08,750
I'm-a put Jerry on.

1392
00:57:08,833 --> 00:57:10,541
(overlapping arguing)

1393
00:57:10,625 --> 00:57:12,500
- No, no, no.
- You can't do that.

1394
00:57:12,583 --> 00:57:14,184
- WILLIE: We put him on next week.
- (overlapping arguing)

1395
00:57:14,208 --> 00:57:15,934
WILLIE: You hard of hearing?
I'm putting him on.

1396
00:57:15,958 --> 00:57:17,976
We got to shake it up.
And plus, he's a great witness.

1397
00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:21,125
You said it yourself. He's a good witness,
he's honest, he's-he's-he's,

1398
00:57:21,208 --> 00:57:22,708
he's a family man,

1399
00:57:22,791 --> 00:57:24,208
he's-he's a war hero.

1400
00:57:24,291 --> 00:57:25,625
To civil-civil rights.

1401
00:57:25,708 --> 00:57:27,166
Everything he did for Black folk?

1402
00:57:27,250 --> 00:57:28,642
We put him in front of that jury,
he gonna play 'em.

1403
00:57:28,666 --> 00:57:30,684
MIKE: It is much too soon
to put Jerry on the stand.

1404
00:57:30,708 --> 00:57:32,976
It's much too early in the trial.
We don't have all the information yet.

1405
00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:34,434
It ain't never too soon with me, Mike.

1406
00:57:34,458 --> 00:57:35,934
- It's never too soon with me.
- HAL: Willie.

1407
00:57:35,958 --> 00:57:37,142
We know nothing about Mame yet.

1408
00:57:37,166 --> 00:57:39,791
We've only seen her interview,
what, technical witnesses?

1409
00:57:39,875 --> 00:57:42,125
We know nothing
about her real cross-examination style.

1410
00:57:42,208 --> 00:57:44,333
Nor know how actually dangerous she is.

1411
00:57:44,416 --> 00:57:46,517
WILLIE: Y'all don't know y'all ass
from a hole in the ground.

1412
00:57:46,541 --> 00:57:49,000
Now I made the decision.

1413
00:57:49,083 --> 00:57:51,583
You can either get on board
or you can get the fuck out.

1414
00:57:51,666 --> 00:57:53,666
♪ ♪

1415
00:57:54,833 --> 00:57:56,476
WILLIE:
<i>Let's talk about some of your values.</i>

1416
00:57:56,500 --> 00:57:59,875
<i>Because, if I'm not mistaken, Jerry,
you an eight-time decorated hero.</i>

1417
00:57:59,958 --> 00:58:01,916
<i>You got the Air Medal, the Navy Medal.</i>

1418
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:05,208
<i>You got the, you got the Flying Cross.</i>

1419
00:58:05,291 --> 00:58:08,875
<i>And you did all of that
in the sacrifice for your country.</i>

1420
00:58:08,958 --> 00:58:11,625
Well, I don't think war's anything
to be celebrated.

1421
00:58:11,708 --> 00:58:14,875
But I did serve my country
and quite proudly.

1422
00:58:14,958 --> 00:58:16,625
Hmm. Thank you for your service.

1423
00:58:18,083 --> 00:58:20,333
But you didn't stop there.
You came back to your county,

1424
00:58:20,416 --> 00:58:21,642
you took over the family business,

1425
00:58:21,666 --> 00:58:23,625
and then, uh, you did what I call

1426
00:58:23,708 --> 00:58:25,601
you jumped out of the frying pan
and into the fire, man.

1427
00:58:25,625 --> 00:58:27,625
You wanted to be in politics, didn't you?

1428
00:58:27,708 --> 00:58:29,583
You ran for mayor
in your home town in Biloxi.

1429
00:58:29,666 --> 00:58:31,625
I ran twice and served two terms as mayor,

1430
00:58:31,708 --> 00:58:35,625
from 1974 until 1982.

1431
00:58:35,708 --> 00:58:37,458
And I understand, in one of those terms,

1432
00:58:37,541 --> 00:58:41,000
that a very friendly group of people
came to visit you.

1433
00:58:42,291 --> 00:58:43,458
The Ku Klux Klan.

1434
00:58:43,541 --> 00:58:45,041
Objection, Your Honor.

1435
00:58:45,125 --> 00:58:47,375
What is the relevance
to this line of questioning?

1436
00:58:47,458 --> 00:58:49,017
- Overruled, Ms. Downes.
- MAME: We are in a case about contracts,

1437
00:58:49,041 --> 00:58:50,500
Your Honor.

1438
00:58:50,583 --> 00:58:52,583
You may answer that question.

1439
00:58:54,208 --> 00:58:57,416
I denied them a permit
to demonstrate in Biloxi.

1440
00:58:57,500 --> 00:59:01,583
You told the Ku Klux Klan

1441
00:59:01,666 --> 00:59:04,625
in Biloxi, Mississippi, "No."

1442
00:59:04,708 --> 00:59:07,333
Now, flying warplanes is one thing,

1443
00:59:07,416 --> 00:59:10,500
but to tell the Klan "no" at that time,
that's a different type of bravery.

1444
00:59:12,791 --> 00:59:15,333
Jerry, I've gotten
an opportunity to know you.

1445
00:59:15,416 --> 00:59:17,000
You and your family.

1446
00:59:17,083 --> 00:59:19,916
But these good folks here have not.

1447
00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:23,250
I just want to ask you,
what are your values?

1448
00:59:23,333 --> 00:59:26,416
What is important to you?

1449
00:59:26,500 --> 00:59:28,916
Mr. O'Keefe.

1450
00:59:29,000 --> 00:59:31,833
Good day. How are you?

1451
00:59:31,916 --> 00:59:33,666
JEREMIAH:
I'm doing well, thank you.

1452
00:59:33,750 --> 00:59:35,666
You are? Good.

1453
00:59:40,583 --> 00:59:43,375
(pages rustling)

1454
00:59:50,166 --> 00:59:51,166
Uh...

1455
00:59:51,250 --> 00:59:54,916
having just listened to the testimony
you gave,

1456
00:59:55,000 --> 00:59:58,458
I think it's fair to say
that the real, material substance

1457
00:59:58,541 --> 01:00:01,291
centered on character.
Would you agree?

1458
01:00:01,375 --> 01:00:03,375
Yes. I-I agree.

1459
01:00:04,750 --> 01:00:06,875
I couldn't hear that. Can you speak up?

1460
01:00:06,958 --> 01:00:09,000
I said yes, ma'am, I agree.

1461
01:00:09,083 --> 01:00:10,625
MAME:
Okay, character.

1462
01:00:10,708 --> 01:00:13,125
Let's talk about character.

1463
01:00:13,208 --> 01:00:15,666
The overall insinuation
being made is that,

1464
01:00:15,750 --> 01:00:17,958
while you are a man of honor,

1465
01:00:18,041 --> 01:00:20,666
of strong moral principles,

1466
01:00:20,750 --> 01:00:24,000
according to you, my client is not.

1467
01:00:25,208 --> 01:00:28,666
I think Mr. Loewen and I have
very different approaches to...

1468
01:00:28,750 --> 01:00:30,791
As to how to deal with people in business.

1469
01:00:30,875 --> 01:00:33,000
Ah. "In business."

1470
01:00:33,083 --> 01:00:35,375
Yes. Right, okay.

1471
01:00:35,458 --> 01:00:37,791
Something I'm curious about...

1472
01:00:37,875 --> 01:00:42,500
How did you end up needing to sell
those funeral homes to Mr. Loewen?

1473
01:00:42,583 --> 01:00:45,250
Well, I had run into a little bit
of financial trouble.

1474
01:00:45,333 --> 01:00:47,583
What kind of financial trouble?

1475
01:00:50,625 --> 01:00:52,416
Huh?

1476
01:00:52,500 --> 01:00:55,250
Because I'm, uh, pretty sure

1477
01:00:55,333 --> 01:00:59,750
the actual reason you so desperately
needed to sell at the time that you did

1478
01:00:59,833 --> 01:01:02,875
is because the Mississippi
state insurance commission

1479
01:01:02,958 --> 01:01:04,791
was about to revoke your license.

1480
01:01:04,875 --> 01:01:06,000
Is that correct?

1481
01:01:06,083 --> 01:01:08,208
As a matter of fact, your license

1482
01:01:08,291 --> 01:01:11,250
to sell insurance
in the state of Mississippi

1483
01:01:11,333 --> 01:01:13,750
is currently under suspension.

1484
01:01:13,833 --> 01:01:15,513
Can we agree that
that is a true statement,

1485
01:01:15,541 --> 01:01:17,125
- Mr. O'Keefe?
- JEREMIAH: No, we cannot.

1486
01:01:17,208 --> 01:01:19,916
Because it's a lot more
complicated than that.

1487
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:21,750
Enlighten me.
How is it more complicated?

1488
01:01:21,833 --> 01:01:23,708
Was your license suspended

1489
01:01:23,791 --> 01:01:25,309
- or was it not?
- Objection, Your Honor,

1490
01:01:25,333 --> 01:01:28,208
- on the simple fact that she's just angry.
- Overruled.

1491
01:01:28,291 --> 01:01:30,017
- MAME: It's a yes or no question.
- We already knew

1492
01:01:30,041 --> 01:01:31,642
- that he was in financial trouble.
- MAME: He said "overruled."

1493
01:01:31,666 --> 01:01:32,875
Overruled.

1494
01:01:32,958 --> 01:01:35,041
MAME:
Well, the real truth here is that

1495
01:01:35,125 --> 01:01:37,833
you lost your license

1496
01:01:37,916 --> 01:01:42,458
because you got involved in some
shady savings and loans business deal

1497
01:01:42,541 --> 01:01:45,541
with a man that, if I'm-I'm not mistaken,

1498
01:01:45,625 --> 01:01:48,583
is currently in jail right now.

1499
01:01:48,666 --> 01:01:50,101
- WILLIE: Your Honor, objection.
- MAME: Can I ask you something?

1500
01:01:50,125 --> 01:01:51,267
WILLIE:
This is not on trial here today.

1501
01:01:51,291 --> 01:01:52,559
- GRAVES: Overruled.
- MAME: Was the money that you used

1502
01:01:52,583 --> 01:01:54,875
to finance this deal,
was that money yours?

1503
01:01:54,958 --> 01:01:56,750
I was responsible for that money.

1504
01:01:56,833 --> 01:01:58,583
You used other people's money.

1505
01:01:58,666 --> 01:02:01,458
Actually, you used your clients' money

1506
01:02:01,541 --> 01:02:05,333
to finance your involvement
in said "business deal"

1507
01:02:05,416 --> 01:02:07,791
with a now-convicted felon.

1508
01:02:07,875 --> 01:02:09,059
- Am I correct?
- WILLIE: Objection, Your Honor.

1509
01:02:09,083 --> 01:02:10,458
Am I correct, Mr. O'Keefe?

1510
01:02:10,541 --> 01:02:11,809
WILLIE: This has nothing to do
with this case. -Overruled.

1511
01:02:11,833 --> 01:02:14,142
- Am I correct, Mr. O'Keefe?
- That's not how I would characterize

1512
01:02:14,166 --> 01:02:15,351
- this at all.
- MAME: I mean, is it possible

1513
01:02:15,375 --> 01:02:16,875
that this entire case

1514
01:02:16,958 --> 01:02:18,208
stems from jealousy?

1515
01:02:18,291 --> 01:02:19,892
WILLIE: Objection, Your Honor.
We're talking about emotions?

1516
01:02:19,916 --> 01:02:20,916
- Jealousy?
- MAME: I mean,

1517
01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:22,351
- Mr. O'Keefe...
- GRAVES: Overruled.

1518
01:02:22,375 --> 01:02:24,666
you said yourself that
you and Mr. Loewen have

1519
01:02:24,750 --> 01:02:26,184
very different ways of doing business,

1520
01:02:26,208 --> 01:02:28,726
and that might be the truest statement
you've said all day long,

1521
01:02:28,750 --> 01:02:30,375
because, like you,

1522
01:02:30,458 --> 01:02:33,541
Mr. Loewen inherited a business
from his father.

1523
01:02:33,625 --> 01:02:35,708
However, unlike you, he was able to build

1524
01:02:35,791 --> 01:02:38,916
that business into
a multimillion-dollar empire.

1525
01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:42,333
Meanwhile, what has become
of your father's legacy?

1526
01:02:42,416 --> 01:02:43,833
(door closes)

1527
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:46,000
♪ ♪

1528
01:02:56,166 --> 01:02:57,583
Jerry! Hold up, now!

1529
01:02:57,666 --> 01:02:59,125
Jerry! Wait up, will you?

1530
01:02:59,208 --> 01:03:00,333
Jerry.

1531
01:03:00,416 --> 01:03:02,000
What in the hell was that?

1532
01:03:02,083 --> 01:03:03,291
What you talking about?

1533
01:03:03,375 --> 01:03:05,708
I-I don't understand. You angry with me?

1534
01:03:05,791 --> 01:03:06,958
Am I angry with you?

1535
01:03:07,041 --> 01:03:08,309
You were supposed to protect me up there.

1536
01:03:08,333 --> 01:03:09,958
Supposed to make sure I was safe

1537
01:03:10,041 --> 01:03:11,517
under cross-examination and all that shit.

1538
01:03:11,541 --> 01:03:13,892
That ain't my fault. I didn't know
she was gonna ask you all that.

1539
01:03:13,916 --> 01:03:15,267
It's your job to know
what she's gonna ask me.

1540
01:03:15,291 --> 01:03:16,434
You didn't tell me all this shit.

1541
01:03:16,458 --> 01:03:18,976
You told me about the-the savings
and loan, you told me about the money,

1542
01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:20,642
but you didn't tell me nothing
about him going to jail.

1543
01:03:20,666 --> 01:03:21,916
When I made the deal with him,

1544
01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:23,500
he was not a felon.

1545
01:03:23,583 --> 01:03:24,767
I had every reason to believe that

1546
01:03:24,791 --> 01:03:25,851
- that was a good, solid deal.
- I understand.

1547
01:03:25,875 --> 01:03:28,166
But I can't read your mind.
That's not my fault.

1548
01:03:28,250 --> 01:03:31,083
Of course it is.
Since the first day I hired you,

1549
01:03:31,166 --> 01:03:32,750
you have been trying to turn this case

1550
01:03:32,833 --> 01:03:34,958
into your own, personal one-ring circus.

1551
01:03:35,041 --> 01:03:37,166
I've done everything I can
to try to save your ass.

1552
01:03:37,250 --> 01:03:39,125
I put every dime I have into this deal,

1553
01:03:39,208 --> 01:03:40,726
- and you're still fucking around.
- I understand. I'm not fucking around.

1554
01:03:40,750 --> 01:03:41,976
Listen, that ain't fair.
That's not fair, Jerry.

1555
01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:43,309
You don't have anything
on the line here, Willie.

1556
01:03:43,333 --> 01:03:45,416
When this case is over, win, lose or draw,

1557
01:03:45,500 --> 01:03:47,583
you're gonna get in your airplane
and fly away.

1558
01:03:47,666 --> 01:03:49,583
I'm gonna be here.
I got plenty on the line.

1559
01:03:49,666 --> 01:03:50,851
I got my damn life on the line,

1560
01:03:50,875 --> 01:03:52,267
and I don't know how much of that's left.

1561
01:03:52,291 --> 01:03:53,708
I know that, Jerry.

1562
01:03:55,958 --> 01:03:57,375
I'm making a decision.

1563
01:03:57,458 --> 01:03:59,750
A decision for what, Jerry?

1564
01:03:59,833 --> 01:04:02,333
I'm gonna replace you as lead attorney.

1565
01:04:06,291 --> 01:04:08,000
For Mike?

1566
01:04:08,083 --> 01:04:09,833
That's what you're doing? Huh?

1567
01:04:09,916 --> 01:04:11,291
I'm telling you right now, Jerry,

1568
01:04:11,375 --> 01:04:13,333
that's a huge mistake!

1569
01:04:13,416 --> 01:04:15,458
(cart wheels rattling)

1570
01:04:15,541 --> 01:04:17,458
♪ ♪

1571
01:04:34,041 --> 01:04:36,458
Shit.

1572
01:04:37,541 --> 01:04:39,041
Hey.

1573
01:04:39,125 --> 01:04:40,541
Hey, baby.

1574
01:04:41,791 --> 01:04:43,875
What you doing?

1575
01:04:43,958 --> 01:04:46,500
GLORIA:
Just doing a little bit of reading.

1576
01:04:46,583 --> 01:04:48,333
You-you sound a little down, baby.

1577
01:04:48,416 --> 01:04:50,166
Is everything okay?

1578
01:04:50,250 --> 01:04:52,541
No, I'm, uh, I'm, uh, I'm good.
I'm good. Uh...

1579
01:04:52,625 --> 01:04:53,916
- Okay.
- No, no.

1580
01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:55,791
- Well...
- No, I, uh...

1581
01:04:59,500 --> 01:05:01,083
- I got replaced.
- What?

1582
01:05:01,166 --> 01:05:02,333
I said, I got replaced.

1583
01:05:02,416 --> 01:05:04,375
- They replaced me.
- No.

1584
01:05:04,458 --> 01:05:05,791
What?

1585
01:05:05,875 --> 01:05:08,666
- Yeah, Jerry...
- Replaced you?

1586
01:05:08,750 --> 01:05:11,500
Baby, what does that mean?

1587
01:05:11,583 --> 01:05:14,583
It means that, uh, they want...

1588
01:05:14,666 --> 01:05:17,583
they want somebody else
to be lead counsel and so, uh...

1589
01:05:19,166 --> 01:05:20,875
so they replaced me.

1590
01:05:23,458 --> 01:05:25,125
- Uh...
- Honey, really?

1591
01:05:26,208 --> 01:05:27,583
But wait. I don't understand.

1592
01:05:27,666 --> 01:05:29,625
Why would he do that?

1593
01:05:29,708 --> 01:05:31,833
Why?

1594
01:05:31,916 --> 01:05:33,291
I, uh...

1595
01:05:33,375 --> 01:05:35,833
I screwed up. Screwed up.

1596
01:05:35,916 --> 01:05:37,333
I screwed up.

1597
01:05:38,500 --> 01:05:40,291
I screwed up by, uh...

1598
01:05:41,875 --> 01:05:45,000
I put Jerry on the stand
and I-I didn't have him prepared enough,

1599
01:05:45,083 --> 01:05:47,541
and when they, uh,
did the cross-examination, they, uh...

1600
01:05:49,208 --> 01:05:50,625
they annihilated him.

1601
01:05:50,708 --> 01:05:53,375
They, uh... It was bad.

1602
01:05:55,250 --> 01:05:57,791
It's got me upset. I'm upset.

1603
01:05:57,875 --> 01:06:00,958
The-the reason that I'm upset
is because I...

1604
01:06:01,041 --> 01:06:03,583
Seeing... seeing Jerry so upset,

1605
01:06:03,666 --> 01:06:06,166
it-it's got me upset, so I'm just...

1606
01:06:07,375 --> 01:06:09,250
- I see.
- I'm upset about it.

1607
01:06:10,333 --> 01:06:13,041
You sound like you really care
about this man.

1608
01:06:15,125 --> 01:06:16,708
Jerry?

1609
01:06:16,791 --> 01:06:18,500
- Yeah.
- Yeah.

1610
01:06:18,583 --> 01:06:21,041
Yeah, I care. Jerry's a cool guy.

1611
01:06:23,791 --> 01:06:25,375
(sighs)

1612
01:06:51,458 --> 01:06:53,875
(entry bell jingles)

1613
01:06:56,916 --> 01:06:59,208
Hi. Pardon me.

1614
01:06:59,291 --> 01:07:03,250
Are you, by any chance,
Mrs. Lorraine McGrath?

1615
01:07:03,333 --> 01:07:05,041
Well...

1616
01:07:05,125 --> 01:07:06,500
well, yes, but I...

1617
01:07:06,583 --> 01:07:09,333
I'm sorry, I don't mean to be rude, I...

1618
01:07:09,416 --> 01:07:12,166
It's just I was kind of expecting
a lawyer.

1619
01:07:13,791 --> 01:07:15,208
Yeah, I am a lawyer.

1620
01:07:15,291 --> 01:07:18,375
I'm the guy you spoke with on the phone,
Hal Dockins?

1621
01:07:18,458 --> 01:07:19,500
Oh.

1622
01:07:19,583 --> 01:07:21,458
I'm so sorry. Uh...

1623
01:07:21,541 --> 01:07:23,125
I hope I didn't offend you.

1624
01:07:23,208 --> 01:07:26,375
It just... uh, well, to be honest,
you look very young.

1625
01:07:29,291 --> 01:07:31,131
- WAITRESS: Here y'all go.
- LORRAINE: Thank you.

1626
01:07:35,208 --> 01:07:39,125
I worked at a Loewen-owned funeral home
for 13 years.

1627
01:07:42,375 --> 01:07:44,125
(quietly):
Just... in all that time,

1628
01:07:44,208 --> 01:07:47,708
I saw a lot, you know,

1629
01:07:47,791 --> 01:07:52,083
about how that company operates.

1630
01:07:52,166 --> 01:07:53,541
Before we go any further,

1631
01:07:53,625 --> 01:07:55,208
I just have to ask you:

1632
01:07:55,291 --> 01:07:57,750
would you be willing to testify?

1633
01:08:06,083 --> 01:08:07,875
MIKE:
Mrs. McGrath, hi.

1634
01:08:07,958 --> 01:08:10,291
How you doing this afternoon?

1635
01:08:10,375 --> 01:08:12,833
Um, very well, thank you.

1636
01:08:12,916 --> 01:08:14,583
MIKE:
That's fine. That's just fine.

1637
01:08:15,875 --> 01:08:17,750
Mrs. McGrath, would you mind telling us

1638
01:08:17,833 --> 01:08:19,458
how long you worked as an employee

1639
01:08:19,541 --> 01:08:22,583
for the Durbin and Sons Funeral Home
in Southaven, Mississippi?

1640
01:08:22,666 --> 01:08:24,625
LORRAINE:
Um, I worked at that funeral home

1641
01:08:24,708 --> 01:08:27,000
for about 13 years before I quit.

1642
01:08:27,083 --> 01:08:28,416
MIKE:
Mm-hmm.

1643
01:08:28,500 --> 01:08:32,500
And did you witness any transfer
of ownership during this time period?

1644
01:08:32,583 --> 01:08:33,875
LORRAINE:
Um...

1645
01:08:33,958 --> 01:08:35,541
(clears throat)

1646
01:08:35,625 --> 01:08:39,375
Uh, uh, Durbin and Sons was bought
by the Loewen Group

1647
01:08:39,458 --> 01:08:42,083
sometime around 1990.

1648
01:08:42,166 --> 01:08:44,250
And I was there during that time.

1649
01:08:45,375 --> 01:08:47,791
And did you notice any changes

1650
01:08:47,875 --> 01:08:49,708
in the way the company was run

1651
01:08:49,791 --> 01:08:52,458
after the Loewen Group took over?

1652
01:08:52,541 --> 01:08:55,083
Uh, the most significant was, uh,

1653
01:08:55,166 --> 01:08:56,708
how they implemented this,

1654
01:08:56,791 --> 01:09:00,958
this policy of-of raising prices
on certain items

1655
01:09:01,041 --> 01:09:04,583
in areas where they, uh,
didn't have any, any competition.

1656
01:09:06,041 --> 01:09:09,041
Mostly, this turned out to be, um,

1657
01:09:09,125 --> 01:09:14,166
poor areas,
where there was a lot of-of poverty.

1658
01:09:14,250 --> 01:09:18,041
Could you give us an example
of this type of selective pricing?

1659
01:09:19,083 --> 01:09:23,375
There was this one, uh,
casket in particular I remember.

1660
01:09:23,458 --> 01:09:26,416
The, um, the Wilbert Copper Trubune.

1661
01:09:26,500 --> 01:09:31,875
It, uh, was supposed to retail for $750.

1662
01:09:31,958 --> 01:09:35,125
Uh, which it did in-in some places,

1663
01:09:35,208 --> 01:09:37,041
like, say, Madison.

1664
01:09:37,125 --> 01:09:40,791
Uh, but then in other places,
like Corinth,

1665
01:09:40,875 --> 01:09:43,541
which, as you know, is-is very poor...

1666
01:09:43,625 --> 01:09:44,833
Yes, of course.

1667
01:09:44,916 --> 01:09:48,416
Over there, they hiked the price up
to something crazy.

1668
01:09:48,500 --> 01:09:51,541
Like three times
what it was supposed to cost.

1669
01:09:52,666 --> 01:09:53,750
Just because they could.

1670
01:09:54,958 --> 01:09:57,500
They knew customers didn't have
anywhere else to go.

1671
01:09:57,583 --> 01:09:59,500
So, basically,

1672
01:09:59,583 --> 01:10:02,500
if I understand you,

1673
01:10:02,583 --> 01:10:07,125
the Loewen Group was involved in
a form of selective price gouging.

1674
01:10:07,208 --> 01:10:08,583
Of what?

1675
01:10:08,666 --> 01:10:11,541
Objection. Your Honor,
how could the witness possibly know

1676
01:10:11,625 --> 01:10:13,833
the intentions of people
she's never even met before?

1677
01:10:13,916 --> 01:10:15,291
Sustained.

1678
01:10:15,375 --> 01:10:16,625
All right, then.

1679
01:10:16,708 --> 01:10:18,291
Let me ask you this.

1680
01:10:18,375 --> 01:10:21,500
In your time at Durbin and Sons,
were you ever left

1681
01:10:21,583 --> 01:10:24,041
with the impression that the Loewen Group

1682
01:10:24,125 --> 01:10:26,750
might have been specifically targeting

1683
01:10:26,833 --> 01:10:28,226
- minority communities...
- MAME: Objection.

1684
01:10:28,250 --> 01:10:29,791
- Your Honor.
- Wow! Really?

1685
01:10:29,875 --> 01:10:31,958
- My God.
- MAME: Speculation.

1686
01:10:32,041 --> 01:10:35,500
Mr. Allred, what is the basis
for this line of questioning?

1687
01:10:35,583 --> 01:10:37,541
Mr. Allred?

1688
01:10:37,625 --> 01:10:39,541
You know what?

1689
01:10:39,625 --> 01:10:41,041
I apologize.

1690
01:10:41,125 --> 01:10:44,750
No basis. It was just speculation, is all.

1691
01:10:44,833 --> 01:10:47,416
Please, consider it stricken.

1692
01:10:48,791 --> 01:10:51,833
But Your Honor, I do take exception
to Ms. Downes' tone.

1693
01:10:51,916 --> 01:10:54,000
- You've got to be kidding.
- My tone?

1694
01:10:54,083 --> 01:10:55,916
- GRAVES: Noted.
- Her tone.

1695
01:10:56,000 --> 01:10:57,601
- MAME: Oh, yeah.
- MIKE: Thank you, Mrs. McGrath.

1696
01:10:57,625 --> 01:10:59,125
No further questions.

1697
01:10:59,208 --> 01:11:01,416
MAME:
It was noted, all right.

1698
01:11:01,500 --> 01:11:03,500
♪ ♪

1699
01:11:17,250 --> 01:11:18,750
Morning, Jerry.

1700
01:11:18,833 --> 01:11:20,708
Willie, how are you?

1701
01:11:20,791 --> 01:11:22,500
(sucks teeth)

1702
01:11:23,375 --> 01:11:25,208
I guess you're still mad at me, huh?

1703
01:11:25,291 --> 01:11:28,291
It was a very bad day.
Why don't we just leave it at that?

1704
01:11:31,541 --> 01:11:32,833
All right, here we go.

1705
01:11:32,916 --> 01:11:34,625
Look, I-I messed up in there.

1706
01:11:34,708 --> 01:11:37,375
Okay? I-I did the wrong thing
and I, and I blew it

1707
01:11:37,458 --> 01:11:40,416
and, uh, I just want to say I'm sorry,
and I...

1708
01:11:40,500 --> 01:11:42,208
I apologize.

1709
01:11:42,291 --> 01:11:44,000
Very well.

1710
01:11:44,083 --> 01:11:46,083
Apology accepted.

1711
01:11:49,958 --> 01:11:51,666
Good. We got that over.

1712
01:11:53,666 --> 01:11:56,666
Is this the first time
you ever apologized to somebody like that?

1713
01:11:57,250 --> 01:11:58,625
Mm.

1714
01:11:58,708 --> 01:12:01,083
Huh. Be honest with you, my wife, uh,

1715
01:12:01,166 --> 01:12:03,208
- she helped me with the phrasing.
- Mm-hmm.

1716
01:12:05,458 --> 01:12:08,541
Well, she did a very nice job.
I want you to thank her for me.

1717
01:12:08,625 --> 01:12:10,166
All right.

1718
01:12:15,750 --> 01:12:17,750
(siren wails in distance)

1719
01:12:19,875 --> 01:12:22,500
And you know what I can't stand
about that man?

1720
01:12:22,583 --> 01:12:23,583
What?

1721
01:12:23,666 --> 01:12:27,083
(overlapping chatter)

1722
01:12:27,166 --> 01:12:29,041
- His face.
- (laughter)

1723
01:12:31,125 --> 01:12:33,333
(laughter)

1724
01:12:33,416 --> 01:12:35,375
I know what you mean. It's, uh...

1725
01:12:35,458 --> 01:12:36,684
You know what I'm talking about.

1726
01:12:36,708 --> 01:12:38,041
in the expression.

1727
01:12:38,125 --> 01:12:39,375
- Mm-hmm.
- RICHARD: No,

1728
01:12:39,458 --> 01:12:42,208
it's generation upon generation
of white entitlement

1729
01:12:42,291 --> 01:12:45,958
<i>and privilege all encapsulated
in one, single,</i>

1730
01:12:46,041 --> 01:12:47,583
simpering grin.

1731
01:12:47,666 --> 01:12:48,833
(laughter)

1732
01:12:48,916 --> 01:12:51,000
But him with that woman on stand today,

1733
01:12:51,083 --> 01:12:53,125
posturing and pretending like

1734
01:12:53,208 --> 01:12:56,000
he's some sort of
savior for our people... Ooh!

1735
01:12:56,083 --> 01:12:58,166
- (laughs)
- RICHARD<i>: Unfortunately,</i>

1736
01:12:58,250 --> 01:13:00,333
the jury did seem to eat it up.

1737
01:13:02,541 --> 01:13:05,583
(sighs)
Yeah. That is a problem, isn't it?

1738
01:13:12,916 --> 01:13:15,208
Didn't I see his name

1739
01:13:15,291 --> 01:13:17,708
on the witness list at some point?

1740
01:13:17,791 --> 01:13:20,750
WALTER:
Supposedly, Gary was planning on

1741
01:13:20,833 --> 01:13:22,708
calling him a...

1742
01:13:25,750 --> 01:13:30,125
Calling him as a material witness to
the agreement between O'Keefe and Loewen.

1743
01:13:30,208 --> 01:13:34,666
Which means I will have him on cross.

1744
01:13:34,750 --> 01:13:37,875
Which means
you're gonna have him on cross.

1745
01:13:41,458 --> 01:13:43,458
(printer whirring)

1746
01:13:56,416 --> 01:13:59,125
PETER: Hey, have any of you guys
read about this deal

1747
01:13:59,208 --> 01:14:01,541
that the Loewen Group made
with something called

1748
01:14:01,625 --> 01:14:03,625
the "National Baptist Convention"?

1749
01:14:03,708 --> 01:14:05,708
The National Baptist Convention?

1750
01:14:05,791 --> 01:14:07,750
What... What is that?

1751
01:14:07,833 --> 01:14:10,375
It's like, um, you know, like...

1752
01:14:10,458 --> 01:14:11,958
an arm of the Black church.

1753
01:14:12,041 --> 01:14:13,791
But a really big one.

1754
01:14:13,875 --> 01:14:16,000
Probably the biggest, actually.

1755
01:14:16,083 --> 01:14:17,666
Sorry, did you... did you just say

1756
01:14:17,750 --> 01:14:20,416
that the Loewen Group has a deal
with the Black church?

1757
01:14:20,500 --> 01:14:24,166
The, uh, National Baptist Convention.
But yeah.

1758
01:14:24,250 --> 01:14:27,166
Yeah, how? How does that make any sense?

1759
01:14:27,250 --> 01:14:28,791
I don't know.

1760
01:14:28,875 --> 01:14:30,750
But it's all right here.

1761
01:14:32,500 --> 01:14:34,916
Apparently, they created
some sort of partnership

1762
01:14:35,000 --> 01:14:36,708
about a year ago.

1763
01:14:36,791 --> 01:14:38,625
Hard to say why, though.

1764
01:14:42,458 --> 01:14:44,833
Okay, can you get me
some more information about this?

1765
01:14:45,833 --> 01:14:47,125
PETER:
Yes, sir.

1766
01:14:47,208 --> 01:14:49,875
GRAVES: Are the plaintiffs ready
to call their next witness?

1767
01:14:49,958 --> 01:14:53,041
REGGIE: Yes.
Actually, Your Honor, we'd like to call

1768
01:14:53,125 --> 01:14:56,625
Mr. O'Keefe's longtime attorney,
Michael Allred, to the stand.

1769
01:14:56,708 --> 01:14:58,041
MAME:
Your Honor.

1770
01:14:58,125 --> 01:15:00,458
Seriously?

1771
01:15:00,541 --> 01:15:02,666
Where are you going with this,
Mr. Douglas?

1772
01:15:02,750 --> 01:15:05,541
Your Honor, we-we recognize
how this might seem a little unusual.

1773
01:15:05,625 --> 01:15:09,041
However, Mr. Allred was with Mr. O'Keefe,

1774
01:15:09,125 --> 01:15:12,083
as his attorney, the entire time
he was dealing with Loewen.

1775
01:15:12,166 --> 01:15:14,500
And, uh, we feel like his-his testimony
will be essential.

1776
01:15:19,583 --> 01:15:21,833
REGGIE:
Michael Allred.

1777
01:15:21,916 --> 01:15:24,041
Oh, hell, we friends. I'm-a call you Mike.

1778
01:15:24,125 --> 01:15:26,166
- You bet, Reggie.
- (chuckles)

1779
01:15:26,250 --> 01:15:28,208
So, Mike,

1780
01:15:28,291 --> 01:15:31,291
in your 30 years of practicing law,

1781
01:15:31,375 --> 01:15:34,041
specializing in contract law,

1782
01:15:34,125 --> 01:15:37,375
did it ever occur to you,
when you were drawing up the contract

1783
01:15:37,458 --> 01:15:40,583
between Mr. O'Keefe and Mr. Loewen,
that there could be

1784
01:15:40,666 --> 01:15:44,250
any kind of misunderstanding as to what
that document actually was?

1785
01:15:44,333 --> 01:15:45,708
MIKE:
No, sir.

1786
01:15:45,791 --> 01:15:48,375
It was extremely clear to everyone
exactly what it was.

1787
01:15:48,458 --> 01:15:49,916
It was a contract.

1788
01:15:50,000 --> 01:15:52,125
Contract. It's a contract.

1789
01:15:52,208 --> 01:15:54,708
Now, was there anything that suggested,
in the language,

1790
01:15:54,791 --> 01:15:57,416
that the, uh,
agreed-upon time for the deal to close

1791
01:15:57,500 --> 01:15:59,916
would be... open-ended?

1792
01:16:00,000 --> 01:16:02,875
How's it feel to be sitting in that chair?

1793
01:16:04,666 --> 01:16:07,083
- It's a little uncomfortable, yeah.
- MAME: Mm.

1794
01:16:08,125 --> 01:16:11,916
Imagine, we haven't even
gotten started yet.

1795
01:16:14,916 --> 01:16:18,750
You've been Mr. O'Keefe's attorney
quite some time now, yes?

1796
01:16:18,833 --> 01:16:20,333
MIKE:
I have.

1797
01:16:20,416 --> 01:16:22,041
For 30 years... nearly 30 years.

1798
01:16:22,125 --> 01:16:23,250
MAME:
Mm.

1799
01:16:23,333 --> 01:16:25,493
And would you say you
and Mr. O'Keefe are good friends?

1800
01:16:26,458 --> 01:16:28,142
- Sure. He's one of my closest friends.
- Hmm.

1801
01:16:28,166 --> 01:16:30,291
Yeah, we share a lot in common.

1802
01:16:30,375 --> 01:16:32,083
I admire him.

1803
01:16:38,000 --> 01:16:40,017
Mr. Allred, would you say
this is a case about race?

1804
01:16:40,041 --> 01:16:42,125
- (quietly): Objection. Objection.
- Objection.

1805
01:16:42,208 --> 01:16:43,333
Overruled.

1806
01:16:44,416 --> 01:16:46,166
Would I say this is a case about race?

1807
01:16:46,250 --> 01:16:49,791
No, I would not say
this is a case about race.

1808
01:16:49,875 --> 01:16:51,250
(exhales)

1809
01:16:51,333 --> 01:16:52,958
Really?

1810
01:16:53,958 --> 01:16:58,791
Okay, well, the subject of race does seem
to keep coming up, doesn't it?

1811
01:16:58,875 --> 01:17:00,833
Almost exclusively from your side.

1812
01:17:00,916 --> 01:17:04,500
Uh, for instance,
this whole heroic narrative

1813
01:17:04,583 --> 01:17:08,833
about, uh, Mr. O'Keefe supposedly
having some sort of civil rights record

1814
01:17:08,916 --> 01:17:11,958
and denying the KKK a permit...

1815
01:17:12,041 --> 01:17:15,083
Uh, explain to me what relevance that has
to a case about contracts.

1816
01:17:15,166 --> 01:17:17,625
Uh, about Jerry's character.

1817
01:17:17,708 --> 01:17:19,125
It's more about his integrity

1818
01:17:19,208 --> 01:17:20,642
- and his decency.
- MAME: 'Cause he does

1819
01:17:20,666 --> 01:17:21,726
such great things for Black people, huh?

1820
01:17:21,750 --> 01:17:23,684
- Object-Objection.
- REGGIE: Objection, Your Honor.

1821
01:17:23,708 --> 01:17:24,934
- WILLIE: Stand up.
- Objection. I'm not standing up.

1822
01:17:24,958 --> 01:17:26,059
- I said "objection."
- GRAVES: I will not allow

1823
01:17:26,083 --> 01:17:27,351
this line of questioning, Ms. Downes.

1824
01:17:27,375 --> 01:17:28,434
- Sustained.
- REGGIE: I'm-I'm objecting.

1825
01:17:28,458 --> 01:17:31,458
MAME: Another thing that has been
made quite clear in this case is

1826
01:17:31,541 --> 01:17:34,458
how important family, family legacy,

1827
01:17:34,541 --> 01:17:36,291
is to Mr. O'Keefe.

1828
01:17:36,375 --> 01:17:38,083
Is that something you share?

1829
01:17:38,166 --> 01:17:39,875
Family important to you as well?

1830
01:17:39,958 --> 01:17:42,625
Well, it's not just important to me,
it's everything to me.

1831
01:17:42,708 --> 01:17:45,392
It's everything. Well, that's something
you and Mr. O'Keefe have in common.

1832
01:17:45,416 --> 01:17:46,517
- Objection.
- Objection, Your Honor.

1833
01:17:46,541 --> 01:17:48,142
- (arguing over each other)
- MAME: Because you're best friends, yeah?

1834
01:17:48,166 --> 01:17:50,142
GRAVES: Overruled.
The witness can answer the question,

1835
01:17:50,166 --> 01:17:51,476
but let's try and get to the point.

1836
01:17:51,500 --> 01:17:53,708
Absolutely, it's something
that we share in common.

1837
01:17:53,791 --> 01:17:55,934
I-Is this really what you want
to be asking me, Ms. Downes?

1838
01:17:55,958 --> 01:17:57,583
It is.

1839
01:17:57,666 --> 01:17:58,791
Actually.

1840
01:17:58,875 --> 01:18:00,125
But thank you.

1841
01:18:01,208 --> 01:18:02,583
You love your family.

1842
01:18:02,666 --> 01:18:03,708
Yeah?

1843
01:18:03,791 --> 01:18:06,416
Your extended family,
your immediate family...

1844
01:18:06,500 --> 01:18:08,166
You love all of your family, yes?

1845
01:18:08,250 --> 01:18:09,458
Every member of my family.

1846
01:18:09,541 --> 01:18:10,541
MAME:
Yeah?

1847
01:18:11,583 --> 01:18:16,083
So, there-there's no one
that you secretly wish you could disown?

1848
01:18:16,166 --> 01:18:17,434
- MAME: Someone that you're maybe
- Objection, Your Honor.

1849
01:18:17,458 --> 01:18:18,851
- A little ashamed...
- It doesn't matter what he feels.

1850
01:18:18,875 --> 01:18:20,101
- MIKE: Disown?
- She doesn't know what...

1851
01:18:20,125 --> 01:18:22,059
'Cause I know I have some family members
I would love to disown.

1852
01:18:22,083 --> 01:18:23,601
- But you don't.
- REGGIE: I'm-a take care of this.

1853
01:18:23,625 --> 01:18:24,625
- MIKE: No.
- No? You don't.

1854
01:18:24,708 --> 01:18:25,833
No.

1855
01:18:25,916 --> 01:18:27,833
Say, for instance, your grandfather.

1856
01:18:27,916 --> 01:18:29,875
- My grandfather.
- MAME: Yes.

1857
01:18:29,958 --> 01:18:31,625
Your grandfather.

1858
01:18:37,833 --> 01:18:41,083
He was my grandfather.
What does that have to do with this case?

1859
01:18:45,666 --> 01:18:47,291
Remind me:

1860
01:18:47,375 --> 01:18:50,208
how long was your grandfather
a member of the Ku Klux Klan?

1861
01:18:53,666 --> 01:18:54,666
(gallery murmuring)

1862
01:18:54,750 --> 01:18:56,101
- Objection. Objection.
- Objection. Objection.

1863
01:18:56,125 --> 01:18:57,226
- Objection.
- (gavel pounding)

1864
01:18:57,250 --> 01:18:58,726
- We gonna stop this right now.
- WILLIE: Your Honor, I am gonna continue

1865
01:18:58,750 --> 01:18:59,934
- to say "objection."
- This is wrong.

1866
01:18:59,958 --> 01:19:01,017
- Objection.
- (gavel pounding)

1867
01:19:01,041 --> 01:19:02,500
Objection. Objection.

1868
01:19:02,583 --> 01:19:04,642
- Did you bond with your grandfather
- (Willie continues)

1869
01:19:04,666 --> 01:19:06,416
about the KKK?

1870
01:19:06,500 --> 01:19:07,559
- Did you share some bond?
- What is the question?

1871
01:19:07,583 --> 01:19:09,423
- What is the question?
- Did you share some love

1872
01:19:09,458 --> 01:19:11,166
about the burning cross?

1873
01:19:11,250 --> 01:19:14,458
You go to any, uh, KKK rallies
with your grandfather,

1874
01:19:14,541 --> 01:19:15,809
- Mr. Allred?
- WILLIE: Now, you know

1875
01:19:15,833 --> 01:19:17,934
this is out of line,
it has nothing to do with this case.

1876
01:19:17,958 --> 01:19:19,083
Objection.

1877
01:19:19,166 --> 01:19:20,309
- Overruled, Mr. Gary.
- How can you overrule that?

1878
01:19:20,333 --> 01:19:21,434
Answer the question, Mr. Allred.

1879
01:19:21,458 --> 01:19:23,392
With all due respect, Your Honor,
this has nothing to do with the case.

1880
01:19:23,416 --> 01:19:25,250
- Answer the question.
- What's the question?

1881
01:19:25,333 --> 01:19:28,750
Are you asking me was I aware that my
grandfather was once a member of the KKK?

1882
01:19:28,833 --> 01:19:31,041
Mike, you don't have
to answer that question.

1883
01:19:31,125 --> 01:19:32,416
Objection.

1884
01:19:32,500 --> 01:19:34,458
I heard you the first time, Mr. Gary.

1885
01:19:34,541 --> 01:19:36,000
Yes, I was asking that question.

1886
01:19:36,083 --> 01:19:37,351
I am no longer asking that question.

1887
01:19:37,375 --> 01:19:38,958
- No further questions.
- (gavel pounds)

1888
01:19:39,041 --> 01:19:41,559
- WILLIE: What his grandfather has done...
- MIKE: You know, lawyer to lawyer,

1889
01:19:41,583 --> 01:19:43,303
that was completely out of line,
Ms. Downes.

1890
01:19:43,375 --> 01:19:44,958
Oh, the hypocrisy.

1891
01:19:45,041 --> 01:19:46,458
The hypocrisy.

1892
01:19:46,541 --> 01:19:49,291
- It's quite outrageous, Your Honor.
- (whispering)

1893
01:19:49,375 --> 01:19:52,291
REGGIE:
Room full of brothers right now.

1894
01:19:52,375 --> 01:19:53,809
- Denounce your granddaddy.
- CHRIS: Yeah.

1895
01:19:53,833 --> 01:19:56,208
Say it, Mike. Say it.

1896
01:19:56,291 --> 01:19:58,166
Go on. It's easy.

1897
01:19:58,250 --> 01:19:59,666
- Come on, Mike. Denounce him.
- Yeah.

1898
01:19:59,750 --> 01:20:01,083
You know what?

1899
01:20:01,166 --> 01:20:02,375
I'm sorry.

1900
01:20:02,458 --> 01:20:03,750
All right?

1901
01:20:03,833 --> 01:20:05,125
I'm sorry.

1902
01:20:05,208 --> 01:20:06,583
Her behavior was unconscionable.

1903
01:20:06,666 --> 01:20:08,291
You cannot hold someone responsible

1904
01:20:08,375 --> 01:20:10,375
for the mistakes of their ancestors.

1905
01:20:10,458 --> 01:20:14,083
Mike, your granddaddy is a racist,

1906
01:20:14,166 --> 01:20:16,666
land-stealing, slave-raping

1907
01:20:16,750 --> 01:20:19,351
piece of shit. -Oh, come on now,
Reggie Douglas, that's not right!

1908
01:20:19,375 --> 01:20:20,851
That's not right.
He's still my granddaddy.

1909
01:20:20,875 --> 01:20:21,934
- I wouldn't say that about...
- Don't you bring...

1910
01:20:21,958 --> 01:20:23,309
- Hey, hey, hey, hey!
- Don't you bring up on me!

1911
01:20:23,333 --> 01:20:24,750
- Hey, hey, hey, hey.
- Stop all this.

1912
01:20:24,833 --> 01:20:26,666
Stop it right now. Stop it.

1913
01:20:28,083 --> 01:20:30,583
Reg, you stop. All of y'all.

1914
01:20:30,666 --> 01:20:33,666
Mike, we not fixin' to crucify you...

1915
01:20:33,750 --> 01:20:35,625
about what happened in the past.

1916
01:20:35,708 --> 01:20:37,958
He can't fix his grandfather
or anything else.

1917
01:20:38,041 --> 01:20:39,916
But you know what we can fix?

1918
01:20:40,000 --> 01:20:41,208
This case.

1919
01:20:41,291 --> 01:20:42,625
REGGIE:
Hold on.

1920
01:20:42,708 --> 01:20:43,791
Hold on, man.

1921
01:20:43,875 --> 01:20:46,041
So you-you fixin' to give him a pass?

1922
01:20:46,125 --> 01:20:47,476
- That was this is?
- I'm-a give him a pass

1923
01:20:47,500 --> 01:20:49,101
because you didn't know enough
about his past

1924
01:20:49,125 --> 01:20:50,708
and that's why you got your ass kicked.

1925
01:20:52,708 --> 01:20:54,348
- Fuck this case, man.
- I think we can win.

1926
01:20:54,375 --> 01:20:56,791
No, man, I'm going back to Florida. Nah.

1927
01:20:56,875 --> 01:20:58,267
Doing exactly what we should've did
in the beginning. -Come on, man.

1928
01:20:58,291 --> 01:21:00,375
WILLIE:
I got a question for you, Reggie:

1929
01:21:00,458 --> 01:21:02,458
What's taking you so long
to get out the door?

1930
01:21:02,541 --> 01:21:03,791
REGGIE:
Wow.

1931
01:21:03,875 --> 01:21:05,309
- Willie...
- You don't have to tell me twice.

1932
01:21:05,333 --> 01:21:06,833
Have fun with these white folks.

1933
01:21:08,041 --> 01:21:09,041
- Reg.
- Hey, Reggie.

1934
01:21:09,125 --> 01:21:10,291
Reg!

1935
01:21:11,958 --> 01:21:13,791
You want to go, too?

1936
01:21:13,875 --> 01:21:15,166
You know what?

1937
01:21:15,250 --> 01:21:17,291
I'm out.

1938
01:21:17,375 --> 01:21:18,500
I'm tired of this shit.

1939
01:21:18,583 --> 01:21:19,791
AL:
I'm out, too.

1940
01:21:19,875 --> 01:21:21,541
I miss home, anyway.

1941
01:21:21,625 --> 01:21:24,041
Willie, I'm gettin' too old
for this shit, man.

1942
01:21:25,458 --> 01:21:27,250
Mike, I'm sorry.

1943
01:21:27,333 --> 01:21:29,625
I'm truly, truly sorry.

1944
01:21:29,708 --> 01:21:30,791
Me, too.

1945
01:21:34,208 --> 01:21:35,791
MIKE:
Can't have this.

1946
01:21:35,875 --> 01:21:37,291
Have what?

1947
01:21:37,375 --> 01:21:38,750
We got a case.

1948
01:21:39,750 --> 01:21:41,041
To win.

1949
01:21:48,166 --> 01:21:50,166
I should probably...

1950
01:21:52,000 --> 01:21:54,142
- I should probably recuse myself.
- Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

1951
01:21:54,166 --> 01:21:55,642
- Mike, no, you can't do that.
- Yeah, I probably should.

1952
01:21:55,666 --> 01:21:57,101
- No, Mike, you can't do that.
- I should, shouldn't I?

1953
01:21:57,125 --> 01:21:58,476
Now, we got a long way to go,
but we can win this case.

1954
01:21:58,500 --> 01:22:00,833
MIKE: If I even dare to step foot
in that courtroom again,

1955
01:22:00,916 --> 01:22:02,458
the jury's never gonna see me,

1956
01:22:02,541 --> 01:22:04,142
they're just gonna see
a guy with a sheet on his head.

1957
01:22:04,166 --> 01:22:05,366
Listen, listen. We dug a hole.

1958
01:22:05,416 --> 01:22:07,583
We dug a hole, but we can dig out of it.

1959
01:22:07,666 --> 01:22:10,666
I'm sorry, Willie, I can't do it,
'cause we both know if I stay on,

1960
01:22:10,750 --> 01:22:12,750
my presence is just gonna
hurt the case more,

1961
01:22:12,833 --> 01:22:15,250
and I can't do that to you
and I sure can't do that to Jerry.

1962
01:22:15,333 --> 01:22:17,083
Mm-hmm.

1963
01:22:22,541 --> 01:22:23,750
MIKE:
All right.

1964
01:22:24,750 --> 01:22:26,500
We'll have to win it without you.

1965
01:22:26,583 --> 01:22:27,875
You're gonna.

1966
01:22:29,208 --> 01:22:31,000
Halbert. Be good.

1967
01:22:32,000 --> 01:22:33,916
(siren wails in distance)

1968
01:22:34,000 --> 01:22:36,000
♪ ♪

1969
01:22:51,375 --> 01:22:54,208
Well, there you are.
I've been looking for you.

1970
01:22:58,333 --> 01:22:59,958
(sighs)

1971
01:23:00,958 --> 01:23:03,791
This trial's not going
the way I wanted it to.

1972
01:23:05,208 --> 01:23:07,416
I feel like I made a bad mistake.

1973
01:23:10,083 --> 01:23:11,708
And I ought to be cutting my losses.

1974
01:23:13,291 --> 01:23:16,333
I thought justice was blind.

1975
01:23:16,416 --> 01:23:21,000
That I could hold Ray Loewen to his word
in a court of law.

1976
01:23:22,666 --> 01:23:26,458
Make him pay.
But hell, I was the one turned out blind.

1977
01:23:26,541 --> 01:23:29,708
I am sorry for putting you
through all this.

1978
01:23:32,000 --> 01:23:35,166
You don't need to say sorry, Jeremiah.

1979
01:23:36,583 --> 01:23:38,291
Not to me, anyway.

1980
01:23:40,166 --> 01:23:42,375
I know who you are.

1981
01:23:45,708 --> 01:23:48,541
- Have you told Willie yet?
- No.

1982
01:23:48,625 --> 01:23:51,708
I think he goes home to Florida
on the weekends.

1983
01:23:53,041 --> 01:23:55,625
Feel like I ought to tell him in person.

1984
01:23:55,708 --> 01:23:57,958
I think that would be
the right thing to do.

1985
01:24:10,125 --> 01:24:11,958
Hey, sorry. Um...

1986
01:24:12,041 --> 01:24:14,625
- Wait, what's-what's in this one again?
- Um...

1987
01:24:15,625 --> 01:24:19,708
It's that info you requested on Loewen's
deal with the National Baptist Convention.

1988
01:24:19,791 --> 01:24:23,125
Actually, would you mind leaving
that one here with me?

1989
01:24:25,375 --> 01:24:26,916
PETER:
Really think it's over, boss?

1990
01:24:29,500 --> 01:24:31,750
I don't think there's any way
we can win this case,

1991
01:24:31,833 --> 01:24:35,375
and my guess is, Jerry's starting
to see it that way as well, so...

1992
01:24:56,958 --> 01:24:58,958
(seabirds screeching)

1993
01:25:04,958 --> 01:25:07,166
<i>(doorbell rings)</i>

1994
01:25:08,666 --> 01:25:10,916
You-you must be Mrs. Gary.

1995
01:25:11,000 --> 01:25:12,916
- Yes.
- I hope you'll forgive me

1996
01:25:13,000 --> 01:25:14,833
for just showing up like this, but, uh,

1997
01:25:14,916 --> 01:25:16,625
I'm Jeremiah O'Keefe.

1998
01:25:17,750 --> 01:25:18,875
Oh!

1999
01:25:18,958 --> 01:25:21,125
- You mean Jerry.
- Yes, ma'am.

2000
01:25:21,208 --> 01:25:24,750
The Jerry that my husband keeps
going on about!

2001
01:25:24,833 --> 01:25:26,750
(chuckles)
Uh, is Willie home, by the way?

2002
01:25:26,833 --> 01:25:28,833
Oh, no, I'm afraid he's not.

2003
01:25:28,916 --> 01:25:32,166
He's over at his mother's in Indiantown,
where he usually goes on Saturdays.

2004
01:25:32,250 --> 01:25:33,416
(quietly):
Okay.

2005
01:25:33,500 --> 01:25:35,333
Hey, I tell you what.
You give me a minute

2006
01:25:35,416 --> 01:25:37,208
to grab my car keys.

2007
01:25:37,291 --> 01:25:39,583
- I'll drive you there myself.
- Oh, no, please, no.

2008
01:25:39,666 --> 01:25:41,458
I-I don't want to impose.

2009
01:25:43,625 --> 01:25:46,541
Jerry, absolutely not.

2010
01:25:46,625 --> 01:25:48,291
You family now.

2011
01:25:48,375 --> 01:25:49,708
- (laughs)
- Come on, now.

2012
01:25:49,791 --> 01:25:52,083
("Just for a Thrill" by Peggy Lee playing)

2013
01:25:55,833 --> 01:25:58,750
Just entering Indiantown now.

2014
01:25:58,833 --> 01:26:00,416
This where Willie's from?

2015
01:26:00,500 --> 01:26:02,500
Where we're both from.

2016
01:26:11,375 --> 01:26:13,666
Willie and I have had our differences.

2017
01:26:16,041 --> 01:26:18,625
I want you to know
I think he's a remarkable man.

2018
01:26:21,125 --> 01:26:24,000
(children shouting, laughing)

2019
01:26:24,083 --> 01:26:26,041
- upside-down on a ledge.
- Right. Exactly.

2020
01:26:26,125 --> 01:26:27,416
(laughter)

2021
01:26:27,500 --> 01:26:29,291
- No.
- (laughter)

2022
01:26:29,375 --> 01:26:30,916
I'm a mess.

2023
01:26:31,000 --> 01:26:33,958
(laughing) -WILLIE: Know what I'm saying?
Everybody's going to Dallas.

2024
01:26:34,041 --> 01:26:36,041
Ah... (laughing)

2025
01:26:37,125 --> 01:26:39,541
- Oh, my.
- MAMMA GARY: Oh, my goodness.

2026
01:26:39,625 --> 01:26:40,708
Hmm.

2027
01:26:41,833 --> 01:26:45,333
Willie ever tell you
he's one of 11 siblings?

2028
01:26:47,625 --> 01:26:49,083
- (smacks lips)
- Mm-hmm.

2029
01:26:49,166 --> 01:26:50,541
- Surely.
- Number six out of 11.

2030
01:26:50,625 --> 01:26:54,833
Well, believe it or not,
I have 13 children of my own.

2031
01:26:54,916 --> 01:26:56,375
- GLORIA: Oh, my God.
- Do you now?

2032
01:26:56,458 --> 01:26:58,541
I do.

2033
01:26:58,625 --> 01:27:00,000
I say.

2034
01:27:00,083 --> 01:27:01,958
- Ooh.
- (laughing)

2035
01:27:02,041 --> 01:27:03,833
Y'all have 26 kids between you.

2036
01:27:03,916 --> 01:27:05,708
Well, then you know,

2037
01:27:05,791 --> 01:27:07,791
there's always that one baby

2038
01:27:07,875 --> 01:27:10,458
that, no matter what you do,

2039
01:27:10,541 --> 01:27:12,916
is always clinging to you for dear life.

2040
01:27:13,000 --> 01:27:15,666
Wrapped around the bottom of your leg,

2041
01:27:15,750 --> 01:27:17,333
and can't let go.

2042
01:27:17,416 --> 01:27:19,000
- Oh, man.
- (laughing)

2043
01:27:20,583 --> 01:27:22,375
MAMMA GARY:
That's my Willie.

2044
01:27:22,458 --> 01:27:26,083
And look at where all that longing

2045
01:27:26,166 --> 01:27:28,333
and desperation for love

2046
01:27:28,416 --> 01:27:30,583
has gotten him now.

2047
01:27:40,500 --> 01:27:43,083
JEREMIAH:
My grandfather was a sharecropper.

2048
01:27:43,166 --> 01:27:44,500
WILLIE:
Uh-huh.

2049
01:27:44,583 --> 01:27:46,166
JEREMIAH:
My paternal grandfather.

2050
01:27:46,250 --> 01:27:48,250
- Mm-hmm.
- My namesake.

2051
01:27:50,333 --> 01:27:52,916
I was eight years old,

2052
01:27:53,000 --> 01:27:55,458
out there in them sugarcane fields,
you know?

2053
01:27:56,916 --> 01:27:58,458
Working.

2054
01:27:58,541 --> 01:27:59,833
Me.

2055
01:27:59,916 --> 01:28:01,416
(train horn blowing)

2056
01:28:02,416 --> 01:28:04,392
4:30 in the morning, she'd wake me up,
man, get me out here.

2057
01:28:04,416 --> 01:28:05,601
I wasn't no taller than this grass, man.

2058
01:28:05,625 --> 01:28:07,851
That's how it all got started,
out there in the sugarcane.

2059
01:28:07,875 --> 01:28:10,476
JEREMIAH: Reason I came all the way
out here, Willie, is 'cause I...

2060
01:28:10,500 --> 01:28:12,416
Look, listen, listen, listen, listen.

2061
01:28:12,500 --> 01:28:14,125
'Fore you even get there. I know.

2062
01:28:15,875 --> 01:28:17,458
You want to drop the case.

2063
01:28:18,666 --> 01:28:20,541
I know it's got to be a disappointment.

2064
01:28:20,625 --> 01:28:22,625
But if there was any way that I thought...

2065
01:28:22,708 --> 01:28:24,208
Look, look, listen, listen, Jerry.

2066
01:28:24,291 --> 01:28:26,458
You-you... you don't understand, doc.

2067
01:28:26,541 --> 01:28:28,541
Look...

2068
01:28:28,625 --> 01:28:30,833
Now, I know you got to do
what you got to do.

2069
01:28:30,916 --> 01:28:32,916
But at the same time,

2070
01:28:33,000 --> 01:28:34,625
you just got to know that I know,

2071
01:28:34,708 --> 01:28:38,083
down deep in my heart, that me and you
together, we could've did it.

2072
01:28:38,166 --> 01:28:40,666
We could've took that company down, man.

2073
01:28:41,875 --> 01:28:44,875
I just hope you know
how much I've enjoyed getting to know you.

2074
01:28:44,958 --> 01:28:46,875
This one didn't roll our way.

2075
01:28:49,000 --> 01:28:52,500
But getting to know you...

2076
01:28:52,583 --> 01:28:54,625
was a... highlight.

2077
01:28:54,708 --> 01:28:56,083
(phone ringing)

2078
01:28:56,166 --> 01:28:57,291
What-What's that noise?

2079
01:28:59,083 --> 01:29:01,125
- Listen...
- (ringing continues)

2080
01:29:01,208 --> 01:29:02,708
Man...

2081
01:29:02,791 --> 01:29:04,375
Hold on a second.

2082
01:29:05,500 --> 01:29:06,500
Hey.

2083
01:29:06,583 --> 01:29:07,726
HAL (breaking up):
Hello? Hey.

2084
01:29:07,750 --> 01:29:08,833
Hal?

2085
01:29:08,916 --> 01:29:11,416
- HAL: Hello? Can you hear...
- Hal, I can barely hear you.

2086
01:29:11,500 --> 01:29:13,291
Hey, are-are you with Jerry right now?

2087
01:29:13,375 --> 01:29:14,541
WILLIE:
Yeah. Yeah.

2088
01:29:14,625 --> 01:29:15,684
- Good. Yes. Okay.
- Yes, I am.

2089
01:29:15,708 --> 01:29:16,851
Do not let him drop the case.

2090
01:29:16,875 --> 01:29:18,791
Hello?

2091
01:29:18,875 --> 01:29:20,041
Hal, can you hear me?

2092
01:29:20,125 --> 01:29:23,916
- It's a bad connection.
- I said, do not let him drop the case.

2093
01:29:24,000 --> 01:29:25,583
Just-just trust me, okay?

2094
01:29:25,666 --> 01:29:27,750
I... I may have found something.

2095
01:29:27,833 --> 01:29:30,041
WILLIE:
Okay. Good, I'll call you.

2096
01:29:30,125 --> 01:29:31,791
(chuckles)

2097
01:29:34,958 --> 01:29:36,583
(chuckles)

2098
01:29:36,666 --> 01:29:38,583
♪ ♪

2099
01:29:43,208 --> 01:29:45,875
HAL:
<i>Thank you all for taking the time</i>

2100
01:29:45,958 --> 01:29:48,041
to speak with us, Mr. Soames.

2101
01:29:48,125 --> 01:29:49,708
Everyone.

2102
01:29:49,791 --> 01:29:51,666
What can you tell us about the deal

2103
01:29:51,750 --> 01:29:55,208
that the Loewen Group made with
the National Baptist Convention?

2104
01:29:55,291 --> 01:29:57,833
Well, nothing good ever come out of it.

2105
01:29:57,916 --> 01:30:00,541
At least not for Black folks.
That's the truth.

2106
01:30:00,625 --> 01:30:02,666
'Bout a year back,

2107
01:30:02,750 --> 01:30:06,583
the Loewen Group connected with
some of the top leadership

2108
01:30:06,666 --> 01:30:08,083
of the NBC.

2109
01:30:08,166 --> 01:30:10,583
- National Baptist Convention?
- RUBEN: Yes, sir.

2110
01:30:10,666 --> 01:30:15,250
One of the largest single branches
of the Black church.

2111
01:30:15,333 --> 01:30:18,458
They represent over 33,000 churches

2112
01:30:18,541 --> 01:30:20,750
and more than eight million members.

2113
01:30:20,833 --> 01:30:25,125
Anyway, they made a proposal to the NBC,

2114
01:30:25,208 --> 01:30:28,625
told 'em that
if they could convince the Black church

2115
01:30:28,708 --> 01:30:34,000
to endorse the Loewen Group
as their death care provider of choice,

2116
01:30:34,083 --> 01:30:37,166
then they'd turn some of its members
into salesmen.

2117
01:30:37,250 --> 01:30:39,791
Like, uh, teach 'em how to sell everything

2118
01:30:39,875 --> 01:30:42,958
from graves to crypts to headstones

2119
01:30:43,041 --> 01:30:46,833
and, uh, burial insurance
straight to their own people.

2120
01:30:46,916 --> 01:30:48,666
And for every product they sold,

2121
01:30:48,750 --> 01:30:51,250
- they could keep the commission.
- WILLIE: Hmm.

2122
01:30:51,333 --> 01:30:53,958
Wait a minute now, so the Loewen Group

2123
01:30:54,041 --> 01:30:57,125
was taking poor Black people,
having them sell their funeral products

2124
01:30:57,208 --> 01:30:59,875
to other poor Black people
for a commission.

2125
01:30:59,958 --> 01:31:03,083
Course, they said it was all win-win.

2126
01:31:03,166 --> 01:31:05,625
Help people out of poverty,

2127
01:31:05,708 --> 01:31:07,875
boost economic empowerment.

2128
01:31:07,958 --> 01:31:10,250
But it never did much for anybody.

2129
01:31:10,333 --> 01:31:12,208
Except the Loewen Group, of course.

2130
01:31:12,291 --> 01:31:13,375
Yeah.

2131
01:31:13,458 --> 01:31:14,892
MATTIE:
They was just trying to find another way

2132
01:31:14,916 --> 01:31:16,583
to exploit Black folks

2133
01:31:16,666 --> 01:31:18,958
in their most vulnerable moments.

2134
01:31:19,041 --> 01:31:20,958
♪ ♪

2135
01:31:41,875 --> 01:31:44,041
You know what this right here is?

2136
01:31:45,541 --> 01:31:47,166
Not sure.

2137
01:31:47,250 --> 01:31:49,916
What it is, is a cemetery.

2138
01:31:50,000 --> 01:31:52,708
Now, you can't tell from looking at it

2139
01:31:52,791 --> 01:31:55,833
on account of the fact that
there's no headstones.

2140
01:31:55,916 --> 01:31:57,750
Why's that?

2141
01:31:57,833 --> 01:32:01,041
RUBEN: That's 'cause
it's a different kind of cemetery.

2142
01:32:01,125 --> 01:32:04,500
It's an old slave burial ground.

2143
01:32:04,583 --> 01:32:07,750
Everybody knows slaves didn't have
no money of their own

2144
01:32:07,833 --> 01:32:11,041
to ever bury their loved ones
with a headstone.

2145
01:32:12,083 --> 01:32:14,541
Though you can't really tell
by looking at it...

2146
01:32:15,791 --> 01:32:18,625
our entire history,

2147
01:32:18,708 --> 01:32:22,083
history of Black people in the South,

2148
01:32:22,166 --> 01:32:24,708
history of Black people in America...

2149
01:32:24,791 --> 01:32:27,916
(sighs)
of our slave ancestors, it's,

2150
01:32:28,000 --> 01:32:31,208
it's all buried everywhere out here.

2151
01:32:31,291 --> 01:32:33,375
Deep underground.

2152
01:32:33,458 --> 01:32:37,166
Pretty much everywhere you look,
that's where our history is.

2153
01:32:37,250 --> 01:32:40,458
In these vast, empty fields.

2154
01:32:41,541 --> 01:32:46,250
In some places,
they put up all these statues.

2155
01:32:46,333 --> 01:32:49,416
You know,
like all these Confederate monuments

2156
01:32:49,500 --> 01:32:51,500
and statues you see everywhere.

2157
01:32:53,291 --> 01:32:58,333
All the lot of 'em is put up right on top
of a slave burial field.

2158
01:32:58,416 --> 01:32:59,458
Mm-hmm.

2159
01:33:00,916 --> 01:33:04,125
It's like taking one history

2160
01:33:04,208 --> 01:33:06,583
and putting it right on top of another.

2161
01:33:07,833 --> 01:33:10,833
It's like taking one man's legacy,

2162
01:33:10,916 --> 01:33:13,333
putting it on top of another.

2163
01:33:13,416 --> 01:33:18,625
Till, one day, it gets pushed down so deep

2164
01:33:18,708 --> 01:33:21,541
buried so deep...

2165
01:33:23,291 --> 01:33:25,666
can't no one ever find it no more.

2166
01:33:36,166 --> 01:33:37,791
WOMAN:
<i>Some of the members came to me</i>

2167
01:33:37,875 --> 01:33:39,583
<i>and told me that</i>

2168
01:33:39,666 --> 01:33:41,708
the actual cost of burying my father

2169
01:33:41,791 --> 01:33:45,458
was gonna be much more than
what they said when I bought the policy.

2170
01:33:45,541 --> 01:33:50,166
When I told them
that I didn't have the extra money,

2171
01:33:50,250 --> 01:33:54,500
and I didn't know how long
it would take me to get it,

2172
01:33:54,583 --> 01:33:59,041
they happily said
they'd keep the body on ice.

2173
01:33:59,125 --> 01:34:00,958
Rather than give me any comfort,

2174
01:34:01,041 --> 01:34:02,750
the deacon assigned to be counselor

2175
01:34:02,833 --> 01:34:06,791
used it as an opportunity to shove
a bunch of brochures in my face

2176
01:34:06,875 --> 01:34:09,500
and try and recruit me
as a Loewen sales rep.

2177
01:34:09,583 --> 01:34:11,666
Then, suddenly,
this man from the NBC shows up,

2178
01:34:11,750 --> 01:34:14,750
asking if I've made
funeral arrangements and...

2179
01:34:14,833 --> 01:34:17,500
if I'd be interested
in a Loewen burial package.

2180
01:34:18,875 --> 01:34:22,708
He said I'd get a much better deal
if I paid upfront.

2181
01:34:22,791 --> 01:34:24,666
Before my son died.

2182
01:34:24,750 --> 01:34:27,500
Once my husband finally passed,

2183
01:34:27,583 --> 01:34:30,583
that's when they said
that the package that I bought

2184
01:34:30,666 --> 01:34:34,708
didn't cover the cost of embalming
or moving the body.

2185
01:34:34,791 --> 01:34:36,416
The coffin I bought for my mom

2186
01:34:36,500 --> 01:34:38,583
was the least expensive one.

2187
01:34:39,833 --> 01:34:42,125
Come to find out

2188
01:34:42,208 --> 01:34:45,083
the one they sold me was
three times more than average.

2189
01:34:47,250 --> 01:34:50,541
Your own preacher come to you,
telling you you need something,

2190
01:34:50,625 --> 01:34:53,125
and you religious, you believe it.

2191
01:34:55,916 --> 01:34:57,500
WILLIE:
Now, I understand that you are

2192
01:34:57,583 --> 01:34:59,916
one of the analysts for the Loewen Group.

2193
01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:02,000
You deal with
some of the high-level deals.

2194
01:35:02,083 --> 01:35:03,708
Is that correct?

2195
01:35:03,791 --> 01:35:05,267
- Yes, that's correct.
- WILLIE: Mm-hmm.

2196
01:35:05,291 --> 01:35:07,666
Also that you were, uh,

2197
01:35:07,750 --> 01:35:09,390
one of the architects of this latest deal

2198
01:35:09,458 --> 01:35:11,333
that you had between the Loewen Group

2199
01:35:11,416 --> 01:35:13,250
and the National Baptist Convention.

2200
01:35:13,333 --> 01:35:15,250
- Is that right?
- Yes, I was.

2201
01:35:15,333 --> 01:35:17,166
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You Baptist?

2202
01:35:17,250 --> 01:35:18,958
- No, not Baptist.
- No.

2203
01:35:19,041 --> 01:35:20,281
- Christian, though, right?
- Yes.

2204
01:35:20,333 --> 01:35:21,791
Yeah, yeah. We all Christian, right?

2205
01:35:21,875 --> 01:35:23,250
We all believe in God. Amen?

2206
01:35:23,333 --> 01:35:24,625
Amen.

2207
01:35:24,708 --> 01:35:26,250
(Willie exhales)

2208
01:35:26,333 --> 01:35:28,208
Here's the question, though.

2209
01:35:28,291 --> 01:35:32,166
How much money did the Loewen Group

2210
01:35:32,250 --> 01:35:36,041
project to make from this deal

2211
01:35:36,125 --> 01:35:38,708
of them and the NBC?

2212
01:35:38,791 --> 01:35:41,291
And remember...

2213
01:35:41,375 --> 01:35:43,083
you're under oath.

2214
01:35:44,791 --> 01:35:49,541
Uh, our original long-term projections
for that deal were somewhere around

2215
01:35:49,625 --> 01:35:52,166
1... maybe $1.2 billion.

2216
01:35:52,250 --> 01:35:54,666
$1.2 million?

2217
01:35:54,750 --> 01:35:56,333
- $1.2 billion.
- $1.2...

2218
01:35:56,416 --> 01:35:58,166
$1.2 billion?

2219
01:35:59,833 --> 01:36:01,500
$1.2 billion, that's-that's good money.

2220
01:36:01,583 --> 01:36:03,708
That's good money
for the Loewen Group, correct?

2221
01:36:03,791 --> 01:36:05,041
- Yes.
- That's good money.

2222
01:36:05,125 --> 01:36:07,875
That's good money. $1.2 billion.

2223
01:36:07,958 --> 01:36:11,166
I thought you said "million,"
but you said "billion dollars."

2224
01:36:11,250 --> 01:36:13,250
Uh...

2225
01:36:13,333 --> 01:36:15,166
How much did you pay 'em?

2226
01:36:16,250 --> 01:36:17,958
I'm sorry?

2227
01:36:19,000 --> 01:36:20,541
I said, how much did you pay 'em?

2228
01:36:20,625 --> 01:36:23,375
How much did the Loewen Group

2229
01:36:23,458 --> 01:36:25,666
pay the National Baptist Convention

2230
01:36:25,750 --> 01:36:28,333
as compensation as a result of the deal?

2231
01:36:31,875 --> 01:36:36,208
I believe we made
about a $200,000 donation.

2232
01:36:40,375 --> 01:36:41,916
The jury heard it.

2233
01:36:42,000 --> 01:36:44,208
We didn't have a defense for it.

2234
01:36:44,291 --> 01:36:46,875
Oh, what a fucking mess.

2235
01:36:49,000 --> 01:36:51,541
I'm gonna have to call Loewen.

2236
01:36:53,125 --> 01:36:55,125
♪ ♪

2237
01:37:20,791 --> 01:37:22,500
RAY:
<i>Dealing with people honestly</i>

2238
01:37:22,583 --> 01:37:25,541
is something that's always been
important to us.

2239
01:37:25,625 --> 01:37:29,000
Do we seek to be tough competitors

2240
01:37:29,083 --> 01:37:30,583
in an increasingly volatile market?

2241
01:37:30,666 --> 01:37:31,875
Yes.

2242
01:37:31,958 --> 01:37:33,791
But we don't cheat people.

2243
01:37:35,083 --> 01:37:37,083
- That's not how we operate.
- MAME: Mm.

2244
01:37:37,166 --> 01:37:38,750
No further questions, Your Honor.

2245
01:37:38,833 --> 01:37:41,708
- Your witness, Mr. Gary.
- WILLIE: All right.

2246
01:37:44,375 --> 01:37:45,541
Mr. Loewen, how you doing?

2247
01:37:45,625 --> 01:37:47,851
- I'm very well, thank you, Mr. Gary.
- You look good in that suit, doc.

2248
01:37:47,875 --> 01:37:49,184
That's that Armani, I can tell that

2249
01:37:49,208 --> 01:37:50,208
- a mile away.
- (chuckles)

2250
01:37:50,291 --> 01:37:53,083
Listen, I just want to thank you
for coming down here.

2251
01:37:53,166 --> 01:37:55,041
I know you're really busy,

2252
01:37:55,125 --> 01:37:57,017
and we appreciate it,
but it's good to have the big man here.

2253
01:37:57,041 --> 01:38:01,416
Because, um, you know, we want to shine
some light on some of these dark places.

2254
01:38:01,500 --> 01:38:03,180
And, uh,
I'll just start right off with it.

2255
01:38:03,250 --> 01:38:05,958
I want to know, from your perspective...

2256
01:38:06,041 --> 01:38:07,375
(clears throat)

2257
01:38:07,458 --> 01:38:10,500
what was the deal that you had
between you and Mr. O'Keefe?

2258
01:38:10,583 --> 01:38:15,416
I believe it was roughly a year ago

2259
01:38:15,500 --> 01:38:17,958
when we received an enquiry

2260
01:38:18,041 --> 01:38:21,375
from a representative of Mr. O'Keefe's.

2261
01:38:21,458 --> 01:38:23,875
In fact,

2262
01:38:23,958 --> 01:38:28,250
I'm pretty sure it was his lawyer,
Mr. Allred, who contacted us.

2263
01:38:28,333 --> 01:38:30,666
My understanding is

2264
01:38:30,750 --> 01:38:33,166
they were very anxious to sell.

2265
01:38:33,250 --> 01:38:36,291
So we started looking into the deal.

2266
01:38:36,375 --> 01:38:38,000
Sussing it out.

2267
01:38:38,083 --> 01:38:41,916
Trying to determine if it was something

2268
01:38:42,000 --> 01:38:44,875
that would be a good fit for our business.

2269
01:38:44,958 --> 01:38:49,166
Sometime after that,
I invited Mr. O'Keefe and his associates

2270
01:38:49,250 --> 01:38:50,875
up to Vancouver.

2271
01:38:50,958 --> 01:38:54,166
If I recall, they came for dinner,

2272
01:38:54,250 --> 01:38:57,041
at my boat, and we discussed things.

2273
01:38:58,125 --> 01:39:01,791
After that, uh, hard to say.

2274
01:39:01,875 --> 01:39:05,708
Normally, at that stage, I turn things
over to my acquisitions team.

2275
01:39:07,291 --> 01:39:09,125
Well, that's pleasant.

2276
01:39:09,208 --> 01:39:10,958
I mean, that really is.

2277
01:39:11,041 --> 01:39:12,375
And... (clears throat)

2278
01:39:12,458 --> 01:39:13,708
lucky for you,

2279
01:39:13,791 --> 01:39:17,250
uh, Mr. Loewen, I don't have
a lot of follow-up questions.

2280
01:39:17,333 --> 01:39:20,833
I just have, uh, one thing
I want to ask you. Uh...

2281
01:39:22,416 --> 01:39:23,791
What kind of boat?

2282
01:39:23,875 --> 01:39:25,791
Come again?

2283
01:39:25,875 --> 01:39:27,666
Oh, I said: "What kind of boat?"

2284
01:39:28,666 --> 01:39:31,250
You-you said earlier that you guys
were all on the boat together,

2285
01:39:31,333 --> 01:39:32,809
and y'all was eating
and having a good time,

2286
01:39:32,833 --> 01:39:34,500
having the best fish,

2287
01:39:34,583 --> 01:39:36,434
and I just wanted to know,
what kind of boat is it?

2288
01:39:36,458 --> 01:39:37,875
I don't understand.

2289
01:39:37,958 --> 01:39:40,500
Are you asking
about the particular make, or...

2290
01:39:42,125 --> 01:39:44,083
Matter of fact, I was asking...

2291
01:39:44,166 --> 01:39:48,416
Can I read from this?
It says, "Nine sunning decks."

2292
01:39:48,500 --> 01:39:50,750
Mm. "Six elegant staterooms."

2293
01:39:50,833 --> 01:39:52,166
- Uh...
- Objection, Your Honor.

2294
01:39:52,250 --> 01:39:53,309
- What is the relevance...
- "Five luxury guest cabins."

2295
01:39:53,333 --> 01:39:54,559
- of the witnesses' boat?
- Overruled.

2296
01:39:54,583 --> 01:39:55,642
Your Honor,
can I just read what the boat is?

2297
01:39:55,666 --> 01:39:57,101
- Overruled, Ms. Downes.
- It's a nice boat.

2298
01:39:57,125 --> 01:39:58,875
- Overruled.
- I just want to recognize

2299
01:39:58,958 --> 01:40:01,625
and let everybody see
that it's a very nice boat.

2300
01:40:01,708 --> 01:40:04,458
You got, uh, helicopter, helicopter pad.

2301
01:40:04,541 --> 01:40:05,625
You can land a helicopter

2302
01:40:05,708 --> 01:40:06,916
- on that thing, huh?
- Mm-hmm.

2303
01:40:07,000 --> 01:40:08,101
That's something else right there.

2304
01:40:08,125 --> 01:40:09,375
That's high grass.

2305
01:40:09,458 --> 01:40:12,541
How much did, uh,
how much did this boat of yours cost?

2306
01:40:14,833 --> 01:40:16,458
I really don't know.

2307
01:40:16,541 --> 01:40:18,208
I think we're...

2308
01:40:18,291 --> 01:40:19,767
You're not understanding the question.

2309
01:40:19,791 --> 01:40:22,500
I'm... Let me frame it again
so you can understand it better.

2310
01:40:22,583 --> 01:40:24,333
I'm asking you

2311
01:40:24,416 --> 01:40:26,458
how much did you pay

2312
01:40:26,541 --> 01:40:28,583
for your boat?

2313
01:40:29,666 --> 01:40:30,958
I don't know.

2314
01:40:31,041 --> 01:40:32,101
- MAME: Objection. -RAY: I don't know.
- Can I ask...

2315
01:40:32,125 --> 01:40:33,976
- MAME: Asked and answered.
- You know what? Forget about that.

2316
01:40:34,000 --> 01:40:35,083
Let me ask you this:

2317
01:40:35,166 --> 01:40:37,375
How much you pay for your plane? Huh?

2318
01:40:37,458 --> 01:40:39,476
Since you can remember some things
and you forget other things,

2319
01:40:39,500 --> 01:40:40,726
how much you pay for your plane?

2320
01:40:40,750 --> 01:40:43,166
How much did you pay
for your plane, Mr. Gary?

2321
01:40:43,250 --> 01:40:44,458
I saw it on the runway.

2322
01:40:44,541 --> 01:40:45,583
Oh. You know what?

2323
01:40:45,666 --> 01:40:47,309
We could talk about how much
I paid for my plane,

2324
01:40:47,333 --> 01:40:48,875
'cause I know exactly how much it was,

2325
01:40:48,958 --> 01:40:50,434
but we not talking
about my plane right now.

2326
01:40:50,458 --> 01:40:52,041
We talking about your boat.

2327
01:40:52,125 --> 01:40:54,250
So, let me ask one more time,

2328
01:40:54,333 --> 01:40:56,373
so everybody can hear
and understand what I'm saying

2329
01:40:56,416 --> 01:40:58,500
to Mr. Loewen, the billionaire

2330
01:40:58,583 --> 01:41:00,916
who doesn't know the price of his own boat

2331
01:41:01,000 --> 01:41:03,083
that he had dinner on with his colleagues.

2332
01:41:03,166 --> 01:41:06,541
I want to ask you again:
how much did you pay

2333
01:41:06,625 --> 01:41:08,000
for your boat?

2334
01:41:09,416 --> 01:41:11,083
I don't know.

2335
01:41:13,083 --> 01:41:14,833
I think he's not hearing what I'm saying.

2336
01:41:14,916 --> 01:41:16,392
I'm gonna ask you one more time,
Mr. Loewen.

2337
01:41:16,416 --> 01:41:18,000
How much did your boat cost?

2338
01:41:20,166 --> 01:41:21,250
What is your point?

2339
01:41:21,333 --> 01:41:22,500
What's my point?

2340
01:41:22,583 --> 01:41:23,625
What is my point?

2341
01:41:23,708 --> 01:41:27,541
While you were sitting there sunning
on that $25 million boat,

2342
01:41:27,625 --> 01:41:31,208
eating your $30 a head lobster,

2343
01:41:31,291 --> 01:41:33,500
did it ever bother you
that it was all being paid for

2344
01:41:33,583 --> 01:41:35,750
by all the poor people
and destitute people

2345
01:41:35,833 --> 01:41:39,208
that your company was
systematically taking advantage of

2346
01:41:39,291 --> 01:41:41,041
and profiting from every single day?

2347
01:41:41,125 --> 01:41:42,851
- MAME: Objection! Counsel is testifying.
- Huh? Not only that,

2348
01:41:42,875 --> 01:41:45,666
they were taking advantage of 'em
at their worst time,

2349
01:41:45,750 --> 01:41:48,291
when they're downtrodden,
when they lost somebody,

2350
01:41:48,375 --> 01:41:49,958
when they're mourning somebody.

2351
01:41:50,041 --> 01:41:51,708
And now, who has to pay for it?

2352
01:41:51,791 --> 01:41:54,458
The small businessman
like Jeremiah O'Keefe.

2353
01:41:54,541 --> 01:41:56,333
The small businessman in this country,

2354
01:41:56,416 --> 01:41:58,625
who worked so hard to pay for everything

2355
01:41:58,708 --> 01:42:00,250
and stay on top and keep afloat

2356
01:42:00,333 --> 01:42:03,041
while these greedy corporations

2357
01:42:03,125 --> 01:42:05,000
do everything they can and...

2358
01:42:05,083 --> 01:42:06,291
Objection, Your Honor!

2359
01:42:06,375 --> 01:42:08,500
I think I've had quite enough of this.

2360
01:42:08,583 --> 01:42:09,583
Sit your ass down!

2361
01:42:09,666 --> 01:42:11,291
- (gavel pounding)
- You sit your ass down

2362
01:42:11,375 --> 01:42:13,583
until I finish what I'm saying,
because I'm not done.

2363
01:42:14,625 --> 01:42:16,517
I'm not done with my question
by a long shot. -Mr. Gary!

2364
01:42:16,541 --> 01:42:20,416
Language of that nature
will not be tolerated in my court.

2365
01:42:22,208 --> 01:42:25,125
Mr. Loewen, you may not leave
the witness stand

2366
01:42:25,208 --> 01:42:27,333
unless you're excused by me.

2367
01:42:27,416 --> 01:42:29,208
Do you understand?

2368
01:42:41,291 --> 01:42:42,875
You may continue, Mr. Gary,

2369
01:42:42,958 --> 01:42:45,083
but I warn you to tread lightly.

2370
01:43:08,500 --> 01:43:10,541
I just want to know one thing.

2371
01:43:13,166 --> 01:43:15,541
Did it ever bother you at all?

2372
01:43:18,500 --> 01:43:20,000
No.

2373
01:43:23,916 --> 01:43:25,916
(gallery murmuring quietly)

2374
01:43:27,875 --> 01:43:30,500
- (lightly slaps stand)
- That's all I need.

2375
01:43:30,583 --> 01:43:32,833
(murmuring increases)

2376
01:43:35,208 --> 01:43:37,166
You're dismissed.

2377
01:43:46,958 --> 01:43:48,500
RAY:
Motherfucker!

2378
01:43:48,583 --> 01:43:50,333
Motherfucker!

2379
01:43:50,416 --> 01:43:53,083
What was that? What was that?!

2380
01:43:53,166 --> 01:43:55,166
I was skewered out there!

2381
01:44:03,708 --> 01:44:06,083
Well, Sister Souljah, what you got for me?

2382
01:44:06,166 --> 01:44:08,750
Well, came to let you know
we've come to a decision.

2383
01:44:08,833 --> 01:44:11,208
Mm. We have? And what have we decided?

2384
01:44:11,291 --> 01:44:13,500
Well, in light of recent events,

2385
01:44:13,583 --> 01:44:16,083
it does feel that it would be best
for all parties involved...

2386
01:44:16,166 --> 01:44:18,375
- Oh.
- to reopen a settlement discussion.

2387
01:44:19,916 --> 01:44:23,375
In other words, we are...

2388
01:44:23,458 --> 01:44:25,625
we are prepared to make your client

2389
01:44:25,708 --> 01:44:28,250
- a very generous offer.
- (chuckling)

2390
01:44:28,333 --> 01:44:32,125
I know that's hard for you to, uh,
get out, but how generous are we talking?

2391
01:44:32,208 --> 01:44:34,559
I mean, work with me, Willie.
It's not gonna be $100 million.

2392
01:44:34,583 --> 01:44:35,976
Work with you? What are you talking about?

2393
01:44:36,000 --> 01:44:37,458
I mean, needless to say,

2394
01:44:37,541 --> 01:44:39,934
it's gonna be in the range
in which neither Jerry... -Uh-huh.

2395
01:44:39,958 --> 01:44:41,434
nor his kids
nor his grandkids would ever

2396
01:44:41,458 --> 01:44:42,809
- have to worry about anything again.
- Okay.

2397
01:44:42,833 --> 01:44:45,041
- That sound good. That sound good.
- Yes.

2398
01:44:45,125 --> 01:44:47,041
I'll tell you what.

2399
01:44:47,125 --> 01:44:49,208
Why don't we meet in your room
in a couple hours?

2400
01:44:50,375 --> 01:44:53,375
And make sure you get
your best negotiator. You know why?

2401
01:44:55,250 --> 01:44:57,125
Your ass gonna need it.

2402
01:44:59,125 --> 01:45:02,458
NEGOTIATOR:
Generally, damages in tort are awarded

2403
01:45:02,541 --> 01:45:04,666
simply to restore the plaintiff
back to the position

2404
01:45:04,750 --> 01:45:06,666
he or she was in before tort occurred.

2405
01:45:06,750 --> 01:45:11,333
However, given how protracted
this whole matter has become,

2406
01:45:11,416 --> 01:45:13,625
we believe that it is
in all our best interests

2407
01:45:13,708 --> 01:45:15,625
just to resolve this once and for all.

2408
01:45:15,708 --> 01:45:18,083
We'd like to make you what we consider

2409
01:45:18,166 --> 01:45:19,958
a very generous offer.

2410
01:45:20,041 --> 01:45:22,083
Obviously,
should you decide not to take it,

2411
01:45:22,166 --> 01:45:24,250
we can all go back into court tomorrow.

2412
01:45:24,333 --> 01:45:26,166
You can roll the dice with the jury.

2413
01:45:26,250 --> 01:45:29,333
But, frankly, uh,
the chances that you will win

2414
01:45:29,416 --> 01:45:31,750
or come anywhere close to this number,

2415
01:45:31,833 --> 01:45:34,000
is a risk I doubt you want to take.

2416
01:45:44,875 --> 01:45:46,375
Okay.

2417
01:45:46,458 --> 01:45:47,916
Here's our offer.

2418
01:46:08,458 --> 01:46:10,375
The answer's no.

2419
01:46:11,416 --> 01:46:13,541
MAME:
Are you serious?

2420
01:46:13,625 --> 01:46:14,833
He's serious?

2421
01:46:14,916 --> 01:46:16,416
JEREMIAH:
I said the answer's no.

2422
01:46:16,500 --> 01:46:19,791
RAY: You mean to tell me you are
really going to turn that down?

2423
01:46:19,875 --> 01:46:22,916
You sure you don't maybe want
a little more time to think it over?

2424
01:46:23,000 --> 01:46:25,666
- JEREMIAH: I've thought it over enough.
- RAY: Have you?

2425
01:46:25,750 --> 01:46:29,041
I think we both know that's more money
than you'll ever see in your lifetime.

2426
01:46:29,125 --> 01:46:31,559
We gonna get down to business
or y'all gonna keep wasting our time?

2427
01:46:31,583 --> 01:46:33,750
- (Ray sighs)
- The man said no.

2428
01:46:33,833 --> 01:46:34,833
Hmm?

2429
01:46:34,916 --> 01:46:36,666
(Ray clears throat)

2430
01:46:36,750 --> 01:46:38,541
- (whispering)
- Mm. Okay.

2431
01:46:40,791 --> 01:46:42,625
- You sure?
- Yes.

2432
01:46:44,375 --> 01:46:45,916
(pen scratching)

2433
01:46:54,458 --> 01:46:56,625
- MAME: Best and final.
- WILLIE: Mm-hmm.

2434
01:47:05,166 --> 01:47:06,791
(soft grunt)

2435
01:47:30,291 --> 01:47:32,291
Answer's still no.

2436
01:47:32,375 --> 01:47:33,583
(coughs)

2437
01:47:33,666 --> 01:47:36,250
Well, this is just fucking unbelievable.

2438
01:47:36,333 --> 01:47:38,375
What the hell's your problem, O'Keefe?

2439
01:47:38,458 --> 01:47:41,041
You can't honestly tell me
that is not enough.

2440
01:47:41,125 --> 01:47:42,583
It's more than enough for me.

2441
01:47:42,666 --> 01:47:44,125
It's just not enough for you.

2442
01:47:44,208 --> 01:47:45,708
For me?

2443
01:47:45,791 --> 01:47:47,500
As in enough to put you out of business.

2444
01:47:47,583 --> 01:47:49,000
Ah. (scoffs)

2445
01:47:49,083 --> 01:47:50,625
Come on.

2446
01:47:50,708 --> 01:47:52,458
Let me tell you something, pal.

2447
01:47:52,541 --> 01:47:55,875
The amount of money it would take
to put me out of business...

2448
01:47:55,958 --> 01:47:58,708
The real, actual amount...

2449
01:47:58,791 --> 01:48:00,875
Is a number you can't even calculate.

2450
01:48:00,958 --> 01:48:02,625
Take the money, Jerry.

2451
01:48:02,708 --> 01:48:04,333
You're 80 years old.

2452
01:48:04,416 --> 01:48:06,666
- Seventy-five.
- Can you please talk to your client?

2453
01:48:06,750 --> 01:48:08,000
WILLIE:
Talk to him about what?

2454
01:48:08,083 --> 01:48:09,726
- About the fact he just turned down...
- Oh, he said no.

2455
01:48:09,750 --> 01:48:11,375
Last I checked, "no" means "no," right?

2456
01:48:11,458 --> 01:48:13,208
RAY:
What does it feel like

2457
01:48:13,291 --> 01:48:16,916
to be some small-time, nobody
funeral director

2458
01:48:17,000 --> 01:48:18,916
on the verge of bankruptcy

2459
01:48:19,000 --> 01:48:22,541
who just passed on
his one and only chance

2460
01:48:22,625 --> 01:48:25,500
at $75 million?

2461
01:48:25,583 --> 01:48:27,541
- What's it feel like?
- RAY: Mm.

2462
01:48:27,625 --> 01:48:29,416
(rhythmic tapping)

2463
01:48:35,583 --> 01:48:37,833
♪ It feels good ♪

2464
01:48:37,916 --> 01:48:39,916
- (laughing)
- ♪ Feels good ♪

2465
01:48:41,916 --> 01:48:43,750
BOTH:
♪ Feels good ♪

2466
01:48:43,833 --> 01:48:45,416
WILLIE:
Yeah. (grunting in rhythm)

2467
01:48:45,500 --> 01:48:46,958
♪ Feels good ♪

2468
01:48:47,041 --> 01:48:48,625
("Feels Good" playing)
♪ It feels good ♪

2469
01:48:48,708 --> 01:48:50,083
- Yeah. That's it.
- ♪ Yeah ♪

2470
01:48:50,166 --> 01:48:51,476
He said no.
We see you all in court tomorrow.

2471
01:48:51,500 --> 01:48:52,809
Okay, you can leave now. Thank you.

2472
01:48:52,833 --> 01:48:54,233
MAME:
I mean, it's... it's a circus.

2473
01:48:54,291 --> 01:48:56,541
- ♪ Oh, it feels good ♪
- JEREMIAH: ♪ Feels good ♪

2474
01:48:56,625 --> 01:48:59,291
- (Willie laughing)
- ♪ Feels good, feels good ♪

2475
01:48:59,375 --> 01:49:00,684
- ♪ Feels good ♪
- WILLIE: ♪ It feels good, hey ♪

2476
01:49:00,708 --> 01:49:02,166
(doorbell rings)

2477
01:49:03,041 --> 01:49:05,208
(fading):
♪ It sure feels good to me. ♪

2478
01:49:07,208 --> 01:49:08,541
(laughing)

2479
01:49:08,625 --> 01:49:09,791
Surprise.

2480
01:49:09,875 --> 01:49:12,000
Guess who it is?

2481
01:49:12,083 --> 01:49:15,041
- What you doing?
- I thought you could use some company.

2482
01:49:16,166 --> 01:49:18,291
- Oh, baby.
- Missed you so much.

2483
01:49:18,375 --> 01:49:19,934
("I Like" by Guy playing)
♪ You do to me, you know I like it ♪

2484
01:49:19,958 --> 01:49:22,038
- Go on over there. Now, go on over there.
- ♪ <i>I like </i> ♪

2485
01:49:23,208 --> 01:49:24,851
- ♪ Don't stop now ♪
- Yeah, that's right. -That's how we do it.

2486
01:49:24,875 --> 01:49:26,333
- That's right.
- ♪ <i>I like </i> ♪

2487
01:49:26,416 --> 01:49:27,750
- Ah. Mm.
- ♪ Ooh ♪

2488
01:49:27,833 --> 01:49:29,333
I'm gonna come on past you now.

2489
01:49:29,416 --> 01:49:30,517
- Come on past you now.
- ♪ Hey ♪

2490
01:49:30,541 --> 01:49:32,559
- That's right now.
- Oil the engine up. Oil the engine up.

2491
01:49:32,583 --> 01:49:33,916
- Hey.
- ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

2492
01:49:34,000 --> 01:49:35,041
- Ah.
- ♪ I like ♪

2493
01:49:35,125 --> 01:49:37,208
Ah. Ooh! That's all mine.

2494
01:49:37,291 --> 01:49:38,833
WILLIE:
<i>Closing arguments tomorrow.</i>

2495
01:49:38,916 --> 01:49:40,916
GLORIA:
<i>You think I don't know that?</i>

2496
01:49:41,000 --> 01:49:44,041
Done a lot of big cases, but...

2497
01:49:45,583 --> 01:49:47,666
this particular one is...

2498
01:49:50,833 --> 01:49:54,000
Lot of people's lives in my hand. And...

2499
01:49:55,708 --> 01:49:58,125
I think I kind of feel that
a little bit, you know.

2500
01:50:00,583 --> 01:50:02,416
Especially...

2501
01:50:02,500 --> 01:50:04,208
especially when it comes to Jerry.

2502
01:50:05,708 --> 01:50:07,166
(sighs)

2503
01:50:08,833 --> 01:50:10,333
So...

2504
01:50:12,416 --> 01:50:14,000
I don't want to lose.

2505
01:50:14,083 --> 01:50:16,083
I mean, I don't...

2506
01:50:16,166 --> 01:50:17,916
I-I think...

2507
01:50:18,958 --> 01:50:21,291
what if I don't win

2508
01:50:21,375 --> 01:50:23,041
and...

2509
01:50:24,458 --> 01:50:26,541
I let all these people down?

2510
01:50:29,083 --> 01:50:31,708
Well...

2511
01:50:31,791 --> 01:50:33,750
you're not going to let them down.

2512
01:50:34,750 --> 01:50:36,833
So you don't need to worry.

2513
01:50:40,541 --> 01:50:41,916
(sighs)

2514
01:50:42,000 --> 01:50:45,375
You know that for a fact, Miss Gloria?

2515
01:50:45,458 --> 01:50:47,375
I don't know it for a fact.

2516
01:50:47,458 --> 01:50:49,333
- I know you for a fact.
- Mm.

2517
01:50:55,416 --> 01:50:57,416
I know the man I married.

2518
01:50:58,916 --> 01:51:00,291
Yeah, baby.

2519
01:51:02,708 --> 01:51:05,041
(gasps) Oh, but...

2520
01:51:06,208 --> 01:51:08,166
One suggestion, though, baby?

2521
01:51:08,250 --> 01:51:10,375
Yeah? What's that?

2522
01:51:12,625 --> 01:51:14,916
When you're up there in court tomorrow,

2523
01:51:15,000 --> 01:51:16,750
- doing your thing...
- Doing my thing.

2524
01:51:19,625 --> 01:51:22,000
just...

2525
01:51:22,083 --> 01:51:25,333
try not to refer to yourself
in the third person.

2526
01:51:27,791 --> 01:51:29,333
Okay.

2527
01:51:31,375 --> 01:51:34,291
- (laughs)
- What, um... (clears throat)

2528
01:51:34,375 --> 01:51:35,601
What you, what you talking about, Gloria?

2529
01:51:35,625 --> 01:51:37,583
(smacks lips) I don't, I don't do that.

2530
01:51:37,666 --> 01:51:39,458
- Yeah, you do.
- Go on.

2531
01:51:39,541 --> 01:51:41,041
- Nah, I...
- Just a little.

2532
01:51:41,125 --> 01:51:44,166
I don't think I do that.

2533
01:51:45,166 --> 01:51:46,291
I don't.

2534
01:51:46,375 --> 01:51:49,291
"Girl, get ready.
Willie Gary coming upstairs now!"

2535
01:51:49,375 --> 01:51:52,125
- (laughing)
- Trust me.

2536
01:51:52,208 --> 01:51:53,666
You do.

2537
01:51:53,750 --> 01:51:58,458
I... I guess Willie Gary does do that
every once in a while.

2538
01:51:58,541 --> 01:52:00,666
(bell tolling)

2539
01:52:03,625 --> 01:52:05,541
(shoes scuff on floor)

2540
01:52:05,625 --> 01:52:07,625
(pacing footsteps)

2541
01:52:30,583 --> 01:52:32,833
WILLIE:
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury...

2542
01:52:35,208 --> 01:52:37,625
I just have one small question to ask.

2543
01:52:39,583 --> 01:52:43,666
Do y'all mind if I keep things simple?
Hmm?

2544
01:52:44,375 --> 01:52:46,375
Just plain and ordinary talk.

2545
01:52:53,000 --> 01:52:55,083
(clock ticking quietly)

2546
01:53:12,125 --> 01:53:14,000
GRAVES:
<i>Has the jury reached a verdict?</i>

2547
01:53:18,291 --> 01:53:20,833
After careful consideration,

2548
01:53:20,916 --> 01:53:25,166
we the jury in case number 9661,

2549
01:53:25,250 --> 01:53:28,041
of the Hinds County District Court,

2550
01:53:28,125 --> 01:53:32,500
<i>Mr. Jeremiah J. O'Keefe
v. the Loewen Group, LLC,</i>

2551
01:53:32,583 --> 01:53:34,916
have decided to side in favor of

2552
01:53:35,000 --> 01:53:38,083
- the plaintiff, Jeremiah O'Keefe.
- (gallery murmuring)

2553
01:53:41,541 --> 01:53:45,000
We have further decided
to award a verdict of

2554
01:53:45,083 --> 01:53:48,458
- $100 million in compensatory damages...
- WOMAN: All right! Oh!

2555
01:53:48,541 --> 01:53:52,833
to be paid to Mr. O'Keefe
by defendant Loewen Group, LLC.

2556
01:53:54,750 --> 01:53:56,250
And...

2557
01:53:59,375 --> 01:54:03,541
a verdict of $400 million
in punitive damages

2558
01:54:03,625 --> 01:54:07,458
to be paid to Mr. O'Keefe
by defendant Loewen Group.

2559
01:54:07,541 --> 01:54:08,666
WILLIE:
You deserve it.

2560
01:54:08,750 --> 01:54:09,750
Come on!

2561
01:54:09,833 --> 01:54:11,500
(cheering, excited chattering)

2562
01:54:11,583 --> 01:54:13,583
♪ ♪

2563
01:54:23,708 --> 01:54:25,708
(excited chatter continues)

2564
01:54:38,250 --> 01:54:40,250
♪ ♪

2565
01:55:07,083 --> 01:55:09,250
$500 million, Jerry.

2566
01:55:11,250 --> 01:55:13,458
(sighs) I know it, Willie.

2567
01:55:15,791 --> 01:55:17,541
I know it.

2568
01:55:24,666 --> 01:55:26,000
(sighs)

2569
01:55:27,083 --> 01:55:29,083
(footsteps passing overhead)

2570
01:55:45,875 --> 01:55:47,833
(indistinct chatter)

2571
01:55:49,041 --> 01:55:50,916
Hey, Willie.

2572
01:55:52,291 --> 01:55:53,833
Hey, Mame.

2573
01:55:53,916 --> 01:55:55,958
What you do, you, uh...

2574
01:55:56,041 --> 01:55:57,476
come down here for your last licking?

2575
01:55:57,500 --> 01:55:59,083
- Oh, my last licking?
- (chuckles)

2576
01:55:59,166 --> 01:56:00,583
(chuckling):
No.

2577
01:56:00,666 --> 01:56:02,346
I actually just wanted
to congratulate you.

2578
01:56:02,375 --> 01:56:03,458
Really?

2579
01:56:03,541 --> 01:56:04,958
- Yeah.
- Congratulate me?

2580
01:56:05,041 --> 01:56:06,208
Mm-hmm.

2581
01:56:06,291 --> 01:56:08,166
Now come on. You mean that?

2582
01:56:08,250 --> 01:56:10,250
(scoffs) Listen, I hate losing.

2583
01:56:10,333 --> 01:56:13,166
But it was a well-earned victory.
I can be honest about that.

2584
01:56:13,250 --> 01:56:16,125
Well, I venture, but that's $500 million.

2585
01:56:16,208 --> 01:56:20,000
Now, somewhere inside,
I know you think that's way too much.

2586
01:56:21,750 --> 01:56:24,625
Yeah, maybe there's a part of me
that thinks it's not enough.

2587
01:56:24,708 --> 01:56:27,083
- Well, I can take more.
- (chuckles)

2588
01:56:27,166 --> 01:56:29,250
Good luck to you, Willie Gary.

2589
01:56:29,333 --> 01:56:30,958
Ah. Keep in touch.

2590
01:56:31,041 --> 01:56:32,500
Hope to see you on the trail.

2591
01:56:32,583 --> 01:56:33,750
Well...

2592
01:56:33,833 --> 01:56:35,083
Hey, Mame?

2593
01:56:36,708 --> 01:56:38,000
I gotta tell you something.

2594
01:56:38,083 --> 01:56:41,416
You one of the toughest lawyers
I've ever had to go against.

2595
01:56:43,500 --> 01:56:45,541
You, too.

2596
01:56:47,208 --> 01:56:49,250
No doubt Johnnie would be impressed.

2597
01:56:49,333 --> 01:56:51,101
("Better Days" by Le'Andria Johnson plays)
♪ Sometimes it feels cold ♪

2598
01:56:51,125 --> 01:56:53,666
- ♪ And you feel all alone ♪
- Johnnie.

2599
01:56:55,416 --> 01:56:57,041
♪ But hold on ♪

2600
01:56:57,125 --> 01:56:59,875
♪ Better days are coming ♪

2601
01:57:02,500 --> 01:57:05,041
♪ It can be rough ♪

2602
01:57:05,125 --> 01:57:09,958
♪ In this world ♪

2603
01:57:10,041 --> 01:57:12,041
♪ I know ♪

2604
01:57:12,125 --> 01:57:13,541
♪ It ain't easy ♪

2605
01:57:13,625 --> 01:57:16,250
♪ But hang on in there ♪

2606
01:57:16,333 --> 01:57:21,583
♪ I know better days are coming ♪

2607
01:57:24,125 --> 01:57:27,375
♪ You seen good, you seen bad ♪

2608
01:57:27,458 --> 01:57:31,833
♪ You've been hurt beyond sin ♪

2609
01:57:31,916 --> 01:57:35,541
♪ But just remember ♪

2610
01:57:35,625 --> 01:57:38,125
♪ That better days ♪

2611
01:57:38,208 --> 01:57:40,008
- There's always the one.
- ♪ That better days ♪

2612
01:57:40,083 --> 01:57:42,166
- There's always one. Just...
- ♪ Are coming ♪

2613
01:57:46,291 --> 01:57:50,833
♪ Friends... ♪

2614
01:57:53,208 --> 01:57:55,708
♪ Will leave you ♪

2615
01:57:55,791 --> 01:57:58,083
♪ All by yourself ♪

2616
01:57:58,166 --> 01:58:00,458
♪ But don't cry ♪

2617
01:58:00,541 --> 01:58:02,208
♪ 'Cause better days ♪

2618
01:58:02,291 --> 01:58:05,541
♪ Are coming ♪

2619
01:58:06,958 --> 01:58:08,416
♪ Oh ♪

2620
01:58:08,500 --> 01:58:12,166
♪ <i>Better days </i> ♪

2621
01:58:12,250 --> 01:58:14,083
♪ Better days ♪

2622
01:58:14,166 --> 01:58:17,208
♪ <i>Better days </i> ♪

2623
01:58:17,291 --> 01:58:19,250
♪ I'll see, yeah ♪

2624
01:58:19,333 --> 01:58:22,750
♪ <i>Better days </i> ♪

2625
01:58:22,833 --> 01:58:26,166
♪ <i>Are coming. </i> ♪

2626
01:58:26,250 --> 01:58:28,250
(song ends)

2627
01:58:29,833 --> 01:58:31,750
<i>(laughter, chatter in song)</i>

2628
01:58:31,833 --> 01:58:34,033
("Stand By Me"
by Jimmy Ruffin and David Ruffin playing)

2629
01:58:38,666 --> 01:58:41,500
- ♪ When the night ♪
- ♪ When the night ♪

2630
01:58:41,583 --> 01:58:45,541
♪ Has come ♪

2631
01:58:45,625 --> 01:58:46,708
♪ Mm ♪

2632
01:58:46,791 --> 01:58:50,666
♪ And the land is so dark ♪

2633
01:58:50,750 --> 01:58:53,250
♪ And the moon ♪

2634
01:58:53,333 --> 01:58:57,291
♪ Is the only light we'll see,
my brother ♪

2635
01:58:59,000 --> 01:59:01,583
♪ No, I won't ♪

2636
01:59:01,666 --> 01:59:05,125
♪ Be afraid ♪

2637
01:59:05,208 --> 01:59:09,125
- ♪ No, I won't be afraid ♪
- ♪ Mm ♪

2638
01:59:09,208 --> 01:59:12,208
- ♪ Just as long ♪
<i>- ♪ Just as long as you ♪</i>

2639
01:59:12,291 --> 01:59:13,916
♪ As you ♪

2640
01:59:14,000 --> 01:59:16,125
- ♪ Stand by me ♪
- ♪ <i>Stand by me </i> ♪

2641
01:59:18,625 --> 01:59:23,541
♪ Oh, stand by me ♪

2642
01:59:23,625 --> 01:59:28,666
- ♪ Oh, stand by me ♪
- ♪ Oh, stand by me ♪

2643
01:59:28,750 --> 01:59:31,583
♪ Hmm, mm ♪

2644
01:59:31,666 --> 01:59:33,583
♪ Ah ♪

2645
01:59:33,666 --> 01:59:36,291
♪ Stand by me ♪

2646
01:59:36,375 --> 01:59:37,750
♪ <i>Stand by me </i> ♪

2647
01:59:37,833 --> 01:59:41,583
♪ Oh, if the sky ♪

2648
01:59:41,666 --> 01:59:45,666
♪ That we look upon ♪

2649
01:59:45,750 --> 01:59:49,416
♪ Should crumble and fall ♪

2650
01:59:49,500 --> 01:59:52,125
♪ Or the mountain ♪

2651
01:59:52,208 --> 01:59:57,583
♪ Should crumble down to the sea,
oh, yeah ♪

2652
01:59:58,458 --> 02:00:00,166
♪ I won't cry ♪

2653
02:00:00,250 --> 02:00:03,791
♪ I won't cry, I won't cry, no ♪

2654
02:00:03,875 --> 02:00:07,958
- ♪ Oh, no, I won't cry ♪
- ♪ I won't, I won't shed a tear ♪

2655
02:00:09,041 --> 02:00:11,000
♪ Just as long ♪

2656
02:00:11,083 --> 02:00:13,125
♪ As you ♪

2657
02:00:13,208 --> 02:00:15,458
♪ Stand by me ♪

2658
02:00:17,000 --> 02:00:18,666
♪ Don't you worry ♪

2659
02:00:18,750 --> 02:00:23,083
♪ Oh, stand by me ♪

2660
02:00:23,166 --> 02:00:25,666
♪ Oh, stand ♪

2661
02:00:25,750 --> 02:00:27,750
♪ By me... ♪

2662
02:00:29,750 --> 02:00:31,726
- Hey, what's happening there, doc?
- Hey, what's up?

2663
02:00:31,750 --> 02:00:33,142
- Willie Gary. I can't believe it.
- Yeah.

2664
02:00:33,166 --> 02:00:34,726
- How you doing, man?
- Nice to see you, Dr. G. How you feeling?

2665
02:00:34,750 --> 02:00:36,101
I want to be just like you when I grow up.

2666
02:00:36,125 --> 02:00:37,226
You know what?
You're gonna be better than me.

2667
02:00:37,250 --> 02:00:39,142
- Get out of here. Take care now.
- All right. Good seeing you now.

2668
02:00:39,166 --> 02:00:41,458
♪ Stand by me ♪

2669
02:00:42,416 --> 02:00:43,875
- ♪<i> Ooh </i> ♪
- ♪ Come on and ♪

2670
02:00:43,958 --> 02:00:46,416
- ♪ Stand ♪
- ♪ <i>Stand by me </i> ♪

2671
02:00:47,875 --> 02:00:49,625
♪ Oh, stand... ♪

2672
02:00:52,000 --> 02:00:54,000
(song fades)

2673
02:00:54,083 --> 02:00:56,083
("Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
by Bach playing)

2674
02:01:27,083 --> 02:01:29,083
♪ ♪

2675
02:01:59,041 --> 02:02:01,041
♪ ♪

2676
02:02:31,083 --> 02:02:33,083
♪ ♪

2677
02:03:03,083 --> 02:03:05,083
♪ ♪

2678
02:03:35,083 --> 02:03:37,083
♪ ♪

2679
02:04:07,083 --> 02:04:09,083
♪ ♪

2680
02:04:35,541 --> 02:04:37,541
(music ends)

2681
02:04:37,625 --> 02:04:39,625
♪ ♪

2682
02:05:09,458 --> 02:05:11,458
♪ ♪

2683
02:05:37,208 --> 02:05:39,208
(music ends)