1. This pestilent dust referred to
has appeared on three occasions.Copy !req
2. Each time it was tested. The results,
limestone. Messy, but innocuous.Copy !req
3. - Innocuous?
- Defined by Webster's as "harmless."Copy !req
4. I know what it means. May I?
Thank you.Copy !req
5. Your Honour?Copy !req
6. Lmagine how the children
in this neighbourhood feel.Copy !req
7. The constant pounding of construction
ringing in their ears...Copy !req
8. as this skyscraper, a tribute
to mankind's greed, grows daily.Copy !req
9. Casting an ominous shadow
over their lives...Copy !req
10. as they are surrounded
with toxic dust.Copy !req
11. Kendall Construction builds
neighbourhoods. It doesn't destroy them.Copy !req
12. A restraining order against this site
will throw 753 people out of work...Copy !req
13. and lend validation
to this groundless nuisance suit.Copy !req
14. An example of rapacious litigation that
tears at the fabric of our society.Copy !req
15. Let's not go off the deep end.Copy !req
16. You've made an articulate
and compelling presentation.Copy !req
17. - You haven't proven irreparable harm.
- Not yet.Copy !req
18. - Is that you?
- Yeah, that's me. Miller.Copy !req
19. A client of yours?Copy !req
20. Funny! Hold on.
Excuse me, sir. Sir? Yo!Copy !req
21. My sons and I went to a restaurant
the other day. We ordered coffee.Copy !req
22. The waiter asked, "Would you
like sugar or Sweet 'N Low?"Copy !req
23. I said, " Do I look like
I should be on a diet?"Copy !req
24. - Andy.
- Hi, doc.Copy !req
25. Your blood work came back. I'm gonna
come back and talk to you about it.Copy !req
26. - I'll be right here.
- Good.Copy !req
27. - Hi, how are you feeling?
- Pretty good.Copy !req
28. Make a fist for me.
Once more.Copy !req
29. We'll have to start looking
for veins in your feet.Copy !req
30. Patience, Tyrone.Copy !req
31. Once more.Copy !req
32. - Terrific job on the Kendall situation.
- Thanks, Kenneth.Copy !req
33. Hi, Rose. Anthea, just the paralegal
extraordinaire I was hoping to see.Copy !req
34. - I know what that means. No.
- Dinner at Felicia's...Copy !req
35. - I got a class.
- I got some briefs that need proofing.Copy !req
36. You can exploit somebody else.
Since you've asked...Copy !req
37. - Your exam!
- Thank you. Ninety-eight.Copy !req
38. Ninety-eight! Congratulations!Copy !req
39. I wanna talk to you about Hansen.Copy !req
40. Give me a call.
Tell Amy I loved her painting.Copy !req
41. Conference call's up.
This is the settlement agreement.Copy !req
42. The red- lined copy's on your desk.
You need me?Copy !req
43. No. It's 6:30. Go home.Copy !req
44. - Hello?
- Hey, Mom!Copy !req
45. Hi, darling.
What a surprise. How are you?Copy !req
46. - Good.
- What does Dr. Gillman say?Copy !req
47. She says I am fine. My blood work is
excellent. My T cells are steady.Copy !req
48. - How about your platelets?
- Even my p/ate/ets /ook good.Copy !req
49. Great.Copy !req
50. More importantly, how are you?Copy !req
51. Mom?Copy !req
52. - I'm fine. And Dad is fine.
- What are you doing?Copy !req
53. - Andy. Am I interrupting you?
- In a word, Bob.Copy !req
54. Charles wants to see you upstairs.Copy !req
55. I was just about to take a break.
You're sure I'm not underdressed?Copy !req
56. Andy has expressed a keen interest
in Highline versus Sander Systems.Copy !req
57. The fate of the participants
interests me. Yes, sir.Copy !req
58. It's an antitrust action.Copy !req
59. It is, and it isn't, Charles.Copy !req
60. Sander Systems copies
Highline's spreadsheet program.Copy !req
61. For me, the legal principle involved
is copyright infringement.Copy !req
62. Tell me this, Andy. Which side would
you wish to see emerge victorious?Copy !req
63. Don't allow my close relationship
with Bill Wright, Sander's CEO...Copy !req
64. to influence your answer
in any way.Copy !req
65. - I'd like to see Highline win.
- Why, Beckett?Copy !req
66. If Sander Systems wins, an energetic
young company is destroyed.Copy !req
67. Antitrust and copyright laws
were enacted to prevent exactly...Copy !req
68. the kind of bullshit
Sander tries to pull.Copy !req
69. - You know who reps Highline?
- Rodney Bailey.Copy !req
70. I object!Copy !req
71. Rodney Bailey couldn't find his way
around copyright law with a map.Copy !req
72. Apparently the fellows at Highline
agree with you.Copy !req
73. Which is why, as of 9:03 this evening,
right after the dessert course...Copy !req
74. Highline is represented by Wyant,
Wheeler, Hellerman, Tetlow & Brown.Copy !req
75. Outstanding!Copy !req
76. And more specifically,
senior associate Andrew Beckett.Copy !req
77. - Yes!
- Bravo!Copy !req
78. - Thank you, Robert.
- Get on Highline right away.Copy !req
79. - Statute of limitations. I'm on it.
- We've got 10 days to file.Copy !req
80. - Tokyo on line four, Bob.
- Walter, thank you.Copy !req
81. - Kenneth, thank you.
- Congratulations.Copy !req
82. - I'm overwhelmed.
- What's that on your forehead?Copy !req
83. What? Where?Copy !req
84. That, right there on your forehead.Copy !req
85. I got whacked in the head
with a racquetball.Copy !req
86. Excuse me.Copy !req
87. Charles, I...Copy !req
88. I sincerely appreciate
your faith in my abilities.Copy !req
89. Faith is a belief in something
for which we have no evidence.Copy !req
90. It does not apply to this situation.Copy !req
91. Go home.
Oh, no, go back to work!Copy !req
92. - Thank you, Charles.
- No sweat, buddy.Copy !req
93. Tommy, how are you?Copy !req
94. The High/ine comp/aint is on my desk,
a// set to go.Copy !req
95. Mak e sure Jamey is on top of it.Copy !req
96. Sure, anything else?Copy !req
97. No, I'll be working out of the house
for the rest of the afternoon.Copy !req
98. - Bye- bye!
- Bye.Copy !req
99. You're gonna want to apply
this foundation as evenly as you can.Copy !req
100. You don't want it to look like
you threw it on with a spoon. You try.Copy !req
101. - I got it.
- Right there.Copy !req
102. You don't think this is
a little too orange for me?Copy !req
103. It's Tahitian bronze.
That works best on these lesions.Copy !req
104. It's the " I just got back
from Aruba" look.Copy !req
105. I've called in sick for four days.
Now they'll think I was on a cruise.Copy !req
106. - Fax.
- Thank you, Bruno.Copy !req
107. Here, we could try this light Egypt...Copy !req
108. Andy?Copy !req
109. Excuse me.Copy !req
110. Just like my cousin Fredo.Copy !req
111. Does anybody want a bagel?Copy !req
112. You okay, Andy?Copy !req
113. I think I need to go
to the hospital.Copy !req
114. - It's all right.
- I'm getting out of here. One more.Copy !req
115. Thank you for driving
like a bat out of hell.Copy !req
116. I told Dr. Gillman to take a day off
and she took a day off.Copy !req
117. They took blood, a specimen?Copy !req
118. Blood, yes. Specimen, I'm empty.
You find a ride to class?Copy !req
119. Don't worry about it. Let me see.
You got a fever, baby.Copy !req
120. - This is my guy. Excuse me, doctor?
- Just one second.Copy !req
121. I came close to not
making it in the bathroom.Copy !req
122. I almost lost it
in front of everybody.Copy !req
123. - It's nothing to be ashamed of.
- I'm not ashamed. It's just...Copy !req
124. What about my blood work?Copy !req
125. We're waiting. Meanwhile, I wanna
prep you for a colonoscopy.Copy !req
126. - It sounds delightful.
- Wait. Why do you need to do this?Copy !req
127. - Who are you?
- Who are you, Doctor?Copy !req
128. This is my partner.Copy !req
129. - He records all of my hospital visits.
- I'm Dr. Klenstein.Copy !req
130. A colonoscopy is not
a pleasant procedure.Copy !req
131. If the KS is causing the diarrhoea,
we have to know now.Copy !req
132. - It could be parasites, an infection.
- A reaction to the AZT.Copy !req
133. All these are possibilities.
We have to...Copy !req
134. He won't have a painful procedure
until we cancel out everything else.Copy !req
135. I'm trying to help your partner.
You're not immediate family.Copy !req
136. - I could have you removed from the ER.
- He's upset. He's sorry.Copy !req
137. - No, don't apologize for me.
- Okay, he's not sorry.Copy !req
138. Let's find out
what the blood work tells us.Copy !req
139. I'll try to give you a specimen.
Hospital food may help.Copy !req
140. We might hear from Dr. Gillman. We
can start from there. Everybody happy?Copy !req
141. - I'll get on the blood work.
- Thank you, doctor.Copy !req
142. Sorry about...Copy !req
143. That's the third time
the office has beeped.Copy !req
144. - Klenstein?
- Yeah, Klenstein.Copy !req
145. I have to call the office.
I want you to sit and relax.Copy !req
146. - I'm relaxed.
- Good. Is there a phone around?Copy !req
147. - Down the hall.
- Thank you.Copy !req
148. If you have been injured
through the fau/t of others...Copy !req
149. you may be entit/ed
to a cash sett/ement for damages.Copy !req
150. Good Lord!Copy !req
151. - Mr. Beckett's office.
- Shelby, it's me.Copy !req
152. - Jamey's been beeping me.
- I'm g/ad you ca//ed.Copy !req
153. We have a minor catastrophe
in the making.Copy !req
154. It's about the Highline complaint.
Jamey is going ballistic!Copy !req
155. - Calm down. Put him on.
- One second.Copy !req
156. We can't find the revisions
on the Highline complaint.Copy !req
157. Wait! Slow down. Slow down.Copy !req
158. I said it was supposed
to be here this morning.Copy !req
159. I brought it in the office last night.Copy !req
160. I was there until 3.
I put the corrected copy on my desk.Copy !req
161. - I'm telling you, it's not here.
- The hard disk on my computer.Copy !req
162. You'// have to print it
and run it through word processing.Copy !req
163. - What did you file it under?
- HL-1.Copy !req
164. You know that there's
a statute of /imitations on this.Copy !req
165. It runs out...Copy !req
166. in 75 minutes.Copy !req
167. - It's not here, Andy.
- It's not there? I'm on my way!Copy !req
168. Every problem has a solution.
Every problem has a solution.Copy !req
169. Push, baby, push.Copy !req
170. It's coming!
Yeah, baby, it's coming! It's a girl!Copy !req
171. - Take a picture.
- I can't get the film in.Copy !req
172. Oh, my God! Baby, yeah.
Help me, baby.Copy !req
173. Look at her. Our sweet little...Copy !req
174. - Oh, my God!
- She's perfect.Copy !req
175. Go down to the deli.
Get a pound of Scotch salmon.Copy !req
176. Some onion rolls, bagels...
Give me a call.Copy !req
177. - And some champagne.
- You're that TV guy.Copy !req
178. I don't care how much it costs.
Get Dom Perignon. How much?Copy !req
179. $100? No, get a nice Californian.
Dom Perignon's too much.Copy !req
180. Get it over here, she's starving.
No, not the baby. Lisa's starving!Copy !req
181. - Iris, Iris. Anybody call?
- An Andrew Beck ett ca//ed.Copy !req
182. - Who's Andrew Beckett?
- There he is. Joseph!Copy !req
183. Explain it like I'm a 6-year-old.Copy !req
184. The entire street is clear except
for one small area under construction.Copy !req
185. - A hole that's marked and blocked off.
- Yes.Copy !req
186. You decide to cross the street
at this spot and fall into the hole.Copy !req
187. - You wanna sue the city for negligence.
- Yes. Do I have a case?Copy !req
188. - Yes, of course you got a case.
- Great.Copy !req
189. Go with my assistant.
You'll fill out forms.Copy !req
190. Hear about our fees. We take
no cash unless we get cash justice.Copy !req
191. - How's your back? Any pain?
- Funny you should mention that...Copy !req
192. Iris, you take good care
of Mr. Finley.Copy !req
193. - I will. Mr. Beckett's here.
- Thanks a lot.Copy !req
194. Take care. Mr. Beckett!Copy !req
195. Mr. Beckett, come in.Copy !req
196. Good to see you again, counsellor.
Judge Tate? Kendall Construction?Copy !req
197. "Innocuous!" How are you?
What happened to your face?Copy !req
198. I have AIDS.Copy !req
199. I'm sorry.Copy !req
200. - Can I sit down?
- Yeah.Copy !req
201. Thank you.Copy !req
202. Look at this,
you have a new baby.Copy !req
203. Yeah, a little baby girl.Copy !req
204. "It's a girl." Congratulations.Copy !req
205. Yeah, 1 week old.Copy !req
206. Kids are great.Copy !req
207. Thank you. I'm real excited
about it. Listen, I...Copy !req
208. What can I do for you?Copy !req
209. I've been fired by Wyant-Wheeler.Copy !req
210. I plan on bringing a wrongful
termination suit against them.Copy !req
211. Sue Wyant, Wheeler,
Hellerman, Tetlow & Brown?Copy !req
212. - Correct. I'm seeking representation.
- Continue.Copy !req
213. I misplaced an important complaint.
That's their story.Copy !req
214. Wanna hear mine?Copy !req
215. How many lawyers you go to
before you called me?Copy !req
216. Nine.Copy !req
217. Continue.Copy !req
218. The night before it was due,
I worked on it in my office.Copy !req
219. I left a copy of it on my desk.
The next day the complaint vanished.Copy !req
220. No hard copy.Copy !req
221. All traces of it mysteriously gone
from my computer.Copy !req
222. Miracu/ous/y, a copy of the comp/aint
was /ocated at the /ast minute...Copy !req
223. and we got it to court on time.Copy !req
224. The next day I was summoned
to a meeting with the partners.Copy !req
225. They were waiting for me.Copy !req
226. Hello, Andy. Come on in.
Would you mind hitting the windows?Copy !req
227. Thanks. Come on in.Copy !req
228. Robert, Charles, Walter.
Hey, Lydia.Copy !req
229. - Thanks for coming in.
- Of course.Copy !req
230. Now, before we begin...Copy !req
231. I'd just like to say that
everyone in this room is your friend.Copy !req
232. - I know that, Charles.
- More than your friend. Family.Copy !req
233. Charles, I must apologize again
for the Highline mishap yesterday.Copy !req
234. That was some scary
moment around here.Copy !req
235. Wow, thank God the complaint was found
and no damage was done.Copy !req
236. This time.
What about next time?Copy !req
237. There won't be a next time.
I guarantee it.Copy !req
238. It's just that something's come
over you lately. I don't know...Copy !req
239. Some kind of stupor or fogginess.Copy !req
240. Some people think you
have an attitude problem.Copy !req
241. Really?Copy !req
242. - Who thinks that?
- I do.Copy !req
243. Excuse me...Copy !req
244. am I being fired?Copy !req
245. Let me put it this way, your place in
this firm's future is no longer secure.Copy !req
246. We feel it isn't fair to keep you here
when your prospects are limited.Copy !req
247. - Now, I don't want to rush you...
- We've got a committee meeting.Copy !req
248. Excuse me, Charles.Copy !req
249. With all due respect, this is
preposterous. It doesn't make sense.Copy !req
250. - You don't have an attitude problem.
- Take it easy.Copy !req
251. If you'd lost confidence,
why give me Highline?Copy !req
252. You nearly blew the entire case.
That alone is inexcusable.Copy !req
253. It would have been
catastrophic for us.Copy !req
254. So you were
concealing your illness?Copy !req
255. That's correct.Copy !req
256. Explain it like I'm a 2-year-old.Copy !req
257. There's an element to this thing
I cannot get through my thick head.Copy !req
258. Didn't you have an obligation
to tell your employer...Copy !req
259. you had an infectious disease?Copy !req
260. That's not the point. From the day
they hired me to the day I was fired...Copy !req
261. I served my clients
with absolute excellence.Copy !req
262. If they hadn't fired me,
I'd be doing it today.Copy !req
263. And they don't wanna fire you
for having AIDS...Copy !req
264. so they tried to make
you look incompetent.Copy !req
265. Correct. I was sabotaged.Copy !req
266. I don't buy it, counsellor.Copy !req
267. - That's very disappointing.
- I don't see a case.Copy !req
268. I have a case. If you don't want it
for personal reasons...Copy !req
269. Thank you. That's correct, I don't.Copy !req
270. Thank you for your time, counsellor.Copy !req
271. Mr. Beckett.Copy !req
272. I'm sorry about what happened
to you. It's a bitch.Copy !req
273. - Have a nice day, Mr. Beckett.
- What's the matter with him?Copy !req
274. Find out if Armbruster
can see me.Copy !req
275. Find out if Armbruster can see me
sometime this afternoon.Copy !req
276. No, right away, Iris.
Right away.Copy !req
277. The HIV virus can only be transmitted
by the exchange of bodily fluids.Copy !req
278. Namely blood, semen
and vaginal secretions.Copy !req
279. Yeah, but they're finding out new
things about this disease every day.Copy !req
280. You say today there's no danger?
I go home, pick up my baby.Copy !req
281. I find out six months from now
on the news, " Made a mistake.Copy !req
282. Yeah, you can carry it
on your shirt or your clothes."Copy !req
283. What are you doing?Copy !req
284. - We're gonna draw blood.
- Why are we gonna do that?Copy !req
285. Joe, little Joe. I've known you
since you were a kid.Copy !req
286. And I don't care a whit
about your private life.Copy !req
287. Thanks, doc.
I don't need an AIDS test.Copy !req
288. Listen, just send the bill
to my office for me, okay?Copy !req
289. Thanks for the information, really.Copy !req
290. - You have a problem with gays.
- Not especially.Copy !req
291. Yes, you do.
How many gays do you know?Copy !req
292. - How many you know?
- Lots.Copy !req
293. - Like who?
- Karen Berman. My Aunt Teresa.Copy !req
294. Cousin Tommy in Rochester.
Eddie Meyers from the office.Copy !req
295. - Stanley, who put in our cabinets.
- Aunt Teresa is gay?Copy !req
296. That beautiful, sensuous,
voluptuous woman is a lesbian?Copy !req
297. - Since when?
- Probably since she was born.Copy !req
298. I admit it, okay? I'm prejudiced.
I don't like homosexuals.Copy !req
299. The way these guys do that thing,
don't they get confused?Copy !req
300. "I don't know, is that yours
or is that mine?"Copy !req
301. I don't wanna be
in bed with anybody...Copy !req
302. who is stronger
or has more chest hair.Copy !req
303. You can call me old-fashioned
or conservative. Just call me a man.Copy !req
304. Besides, I think you
have to be a man...Copy !req
305. to understand how really
disgusting that whole idea is.Copy !req
306. Little caveman of the house.Copy !req
307. You damn skippy. Here you go.
Stay away from your Aunt Teresa.Copy !req
308. Joe, don't say that to her.Copy !req
309. Guys trying to be macho
and faggot at the same time.Copy !req
310. I can't stand that shit.
I'm being totally honest with you.Copy !req
311. - Oh, yeah, you are.
- I got a question for you.Copy !req
312. Would you accept a client
if you were constantly thinking:Copy !req
313. "I don't want this person to touch me
or even breathe on me"?Copy !req
314. - Not if I was you, honey.
- That's what I'm talking about. What?Copy !req
315. - Merry Christmas.
- Thank you.Copy !req
316. Hey, Merry Christmas.Copy !req
317. - Thank you.
- Happy New Year.Copy !req
318. - You're the TV guy.
- TV guy.Copy !req
319. Sir?Copy !req
320. This is the supplement.Copy !req
321. You're right. There is a section
on HIV-related discrimination.Copy !req
322. Thank you.
Thank you very much.Copy !req
323. We do have a private
research room available.Copy !req
324. I'm fine right here.Copy !req
325. Do you know where I can find
the State vs. Murdoch case?Copy !req
326. I'll be right with you.Copy !req
327. Wouldn't you be more comfortable
in a research room?Copy !req
328. No. Would it make
you more comfortable?Copy !req
329. Beckett, how you doing?Copy !req
330. Counsellor.Copy !req
331. Whatever, sir.Copy !req
332. Excuse me.Copy !req
333. - Who'd you get?
- What?Copy !req
334. Did you find a lawyer?Copy !req
335. I'm a lawyer.Copy !req
336. - Hey, how's your baby?
- Oh, yeah. She's wonderful. Great.Copy !req
337. - What's her name?
- Larice.Copy !req
338. That's a beautiful name.Copy !req
339. Named her after my sister.Copy !req
340. Look, I'm...Copy !req
341. How'd they find out you have AIDS?Copy !req
342. One of the partners noticed
a lesion on my forehead.Copy !req
343. But how do you go from?Copy !req
344. How do you go from that,
which could have been anything...Copy !req
345. to deducing that you have AIDS
and terminating you on that basis?Copy !req
346. That's a good point.Copy !req
347. The partner who spotted the lesion,
Walter Kenton...Copy !req
348. worked for Walsh,
Ulmer & Brahm in D.C.Copy !req
349. A paralegal there, Melissa Benedict,
showed lesions on and off for 2 years.Copy !req
350. It was common knowledge that
her lesions were caused by AIDS.Copy !req
351. - But they didn't fire her.
- No, they did not fire her.Copy !req
352. I see. So you got
a relevant precedent?Copy !req
353. - The Arline decision.
- Arline?Copy !req
354. Supreme Court.Copy !req
355. "The Federal Vocational
Rehabilitation Act of 1973...Copy !req
356. prohibits discrimination
against handicapped persons...Copy !req
357. who are able to perform the duties
required by their employment.Copy !req
358. Although the ruling did not specify
AIDS discrimination..."Copy !req
359. "... subsequent decisions have held
that AIDS is protected as a handicap...Copy !req
360. because of the physical
limitations it imposes...Copy !req
361. and the prejudice surrounding AIDS,
exacts a social death...Copy !req
362. which precedes
the actual physical one."Copy !req
363. "This is the essence
of discrimination.Copy !req
364. Formulating opinions about others
not based on their merits...Copy !req
365. but on their membership in a group
with the same characteristics."Copy !req
366. - Charles Wheeler!
- Julius Erving! Glad to see you.Copy !req
367. - Ken Starr.
- Ken, how are you?Copy !req
368. - Charles Wheeler.
- How are you?Copy !req
369. Very good, very good.
Summons for you.Copy !req
370. Take a look at it. Hey, Dr. J.
I love you. You're the best.Copy !req
371. If you ever need a lawyer for anything,
give me a call. Accidents, anything.Copy !req
372. See you in court.Copy !req
373. - The TV guy.
- Yeah, the TV guy.Copy !req
374. What's up?Copy !req
375. I want to know everything
about Andy's personal life.Copy !req
376. Does he frequent those pathetic bars?Copy !req
377. What other homosexual facilities
does he go to?Copy !req
378. What deviant groups
does he secretly belong to?Copy !req
379. Wait a minute, Bob. What is it?Copy !req
380. Let's make a fair settlement offer.
Put this business behind us.Copy !req
381. Andy brought AIDS into our offices,
into our men's room.Copy !req
382. He brought AIDS
to our annual goddamn family picnic!Copy !req
383. - We ought to be suing him.
- Where is your compassion?Copy !req
384. We gave him Highline.
Did Beckett say:Copy !req
385. "I might not be able to serve
our client to the best of my ability"?Copy !req
386. He said nothing!Copy !req
387. Now, discarding the trust
I conferred upon him...Copy !req
388. Andrew Beckett proposes
to haul me into court.Copy !req
389. To sling accusations at me.
To call me a bigot...Copy !req
390. in full view of the entire
Philadelphia judicial establishment.Copy !req
391. Excuse me.Copy !req
392. He doesn't wanna go to court.
He wants a settlement.Copy !req
393. - A jury might decide he has a case.
- Wait a minute.Copy !req
394. He was fired for incompetence,
not because he has AIDS.Copy !req
395. - You didn't know he was sick, did you?
- Holy shit! Did you, Bob?Copy !req
396. No, not really.Copy !req
397. Okay, everybody. Everybody,
this is the house that I grew up in.Copy !req
398. Here in the hometown
of Lower Merion, Pennsylvania.Copy !req
399. Oh, wait. Here's proof.Copy !req
400. There. My handprints from
when I was a cute little boy.Copy !req
401. Today is the 40th wedding
anniversary of my mom and dad.Copy !req
402. Isn't that something?Copy !req
403. Pretty tough life around
this poverty so many years.Copy !req
404. Those can be mean streets.
Appearances can fool you.Copy !req
405. Here's the front door. I once
broke this finger in this door.Copy !req
406. - Where's my brother?
- Hey! There's my sister Jill.Copy !req
407. - Say hello, Alexis.
- Mommy's pregnant again!Copy !req
408. - What? Are you really?
- Yes.Copy !req
409. - Hi, Meghan.
- Uncle Andy!Copy !req
410. - Where's Dad?
- Trying to fix the snow blower.Copy !req
411. It snows once in seven years,
Dad buys a new snow blower.Copy !req
412. - How are you?
- Oh, Mom, today's a good day.Copy !req
413. Meghan, you're doing a great job.Copy !req
414. I gotta say hello to the Bronte
sisters. Hello, everybody.Copy !req
415. How are you?Copy !req
416. Put me down!Copy !req
417. Things will be said at the trial that
will be hard for you to hear about me.Copy !req
418. And there will be publicity.
Is that okay with everybody?Copy !req
419. Andy, you want me to take her?Copy !req
420. No, no, she's fine.Copy !req
421. I think it's great that you're asking,
but this is really your call.Copy !req
422. All right. Thank you, brother.
Thank you.Copy !req
423. Hey, you're my kid brother.
That's all that matters, okay?Copy !req
424. To be honest, I'm worried
about Mommy and Daddy.Copy !req
425. They've been through so much already.Copy !req
426. It's possible that there will be
some tough times ahead.Copy !req
427. Andy, the way that you've
handled this whole thing...Copy !req
428. you and Miguel,
with so much courage...Copy !req
429. I don't believe there's anything
that anyone could say...Copy !req
430. that would make us feel anything
but incredibly proud of you.Copy !req
431. I didn't raise my kids
to sit in the back of the bus.Copy !req
432. You get in there
and you fight for your rights.Copy !req
433. I love you guys.Copy !req
434. Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury...Copy !req
435. forget everything you've seen
on TV and in the movies.Copy !req
436. There will be no surprise witnesses
or tearful confessions.Copy !req
437. You're going to be presented
with a simple fact.Copy !req
438. Andrew Beckett was fired.Copy !req
439. You'll hear two explanations for
why he was fired, ours and theirs.Copy !req
440. It is up to you to sift through
layer upon layer of truth...Copy !req
441. until you determine which
version sounds the most true.Copy !req
442. Certain points I must prove to you.
Point one: Andrew Beckett was...Copy !req
443. Is a brilliant lawyer.
A great lawyer.Copy !req
444. Andrew Beckett, afflicted
with a debilitating disease...Copy !req
445. made the understandable,
the personal, the legal choice...Copy !req
446. to keep the fact
of his illness to himself.Copy !req
447. His employers
discovered his illness.Copy !req
448. The illness I'm referring to is AIDS.
Point four: They panicked.Copy !req
449. In their panic, they did what
most would like to do with AIDS.Copy !req
450. Get it and everybody who has it
as far away from us as possible.Copy !req
451. His employers' behaviour may seem
reasonable to you. It does to me.Copy !req
452. AIDS is a deadly,
incurable disease.Copy !req
453. No matter how you
come to judge...Copy !req
454. Wheeler and his partners,
in ethical and moral terms...Copy !req
455. the fact of the matter is, when they
fired Beckett because he had AIDS...Copy !req
456. they broke the law!Copy !req
457. Andrew Beckett's performance
on the job varied...Copy !req
458. from competent, good,
to oftentimes mediocre...Copy !req
459. to sometimes
flagrantly incompetent.Copy !req
460. He claims he's the victim
of lies and deceit.Copy !req
461. It was Andrew Beckett who lied...Copy !req
462. going to great lengths to conceal
his disease from his employers.Copy !req
463. He was successful in his duplicity.Copy !req
464. The partners at Wyant-Wheeler
did not know...Copy !req
465. that Andrew Beckett had AIDS
when they fired him.Copy !req
466. Andrew Beckett is dying.Copy !req
467. Fact.Copy !req
468. Andrew Beckett is angry...Copy !req
469. because his lifestyle,
his reckless behaviour...Copy !req
470. has cut short his life.Copy !req
471. And in his anger, his rage,
he is lashing out.Copy !req
472. And he wants someone to pay.Copy !req
473. Thank you.Copy !req
474. Andrew Beckett represented
your company in 1990, is that correct?Copy !req
475. - That's correct.
- Were you pleased with his work?Copy !req
476. We were satisfied with
the outcome of the litigation.Copy !req
477. Satisfied.Copy !req
478. Mr. Laird, when I approached you
about being a witness at this trial...Copy !req
479. you gave sworn testimony
in a deposition, correct?Copy !req
480. That's correct.Copy !req
481. In that deposition you said that
you were impressed and delighted...Copy !req
482. with the quality of Andrew Beckett's
work. Do you recall saying that?Copy !req
483. In all honesty, I was delighted with
certain aspects of Andy's efforts.Copy !req
484. But in general, I found the work
to be merely satisfactory.Copy !req
485. Do you agree...Copy !req
486. that a bologna sandwich is
a satisfactory meal...Copy !req
487. whereas caviar and champagne,
roast duck...Copy !req
488. and baked Alaska
are considered delightful?Copy !req
489. We object.Copy !req
490. These gastronomical comments
are irrelevant to the proceedings.Copy !req
491. They are not irrelevant.
Five months ago...Copy !req
492. this witness characterised Beckett
as caviar. Now he's a bologna sandwich.Copy !req
493. I think the jury is entitled
to know...Copy !req
494. what powerful force has caused
him to change his mind.Copy !req
495. He hasn't changed his mind.
He's amplified his answer.Copy !req
496. Objection sustained.Copy !req
497. All right.Copy !req
498. Mr. Laird, explain this to me
like I'm a 4-year-old.Copy !req
499. Did Andrew Beckett
win your lawsuit for you?Copy !req
500. Yes, we won.Copy !req
501. Congratulations.
That must have been a very...Copy !req
502. satisfactory experience.Copy !req
503. - Ready, Mr. Beckett?
- Get ready, here they come!Copy !req
504. Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve!Copy !req
505. Do you see this
as a gay rights issue?Copy !req
506. I am not political.
I just want what is fair and right.Copy !req
507. But you are gay, aren't you?Copy !req
508. I don't see how that's any
of your business, but yes, I am.Copy !req
509. Totally relevant.Copy !req
510. Do homosexua/s deserve
specia/ treatment?Copy !req
511. Hell, no!Copy !req
512. Standing in Phi/ade/phia, the city of
brother/y /ove, home of freedom...Copy !req
513. where the founding fathers authored
the Dec/aration of Independence.Copy !req
514. I don't reca// it saying,
"A// straight men are created equa/."Copy !req
515. It says, "A// men are created equa/."Copy !req
516. Give me a goddamn break.Copy !req
517. - If we found that
their action was discriminatory...Copy !req
518. they cou/d not do business
with the city.Copy !req
519. Thank you, mayor.Copy !req
520. Listen, you're not getting a little
light in the sneakers, are you, pal?Copy !req
521. Yeah, I am, Filko. I'm changing.Copy !req
522. I'm on the prowl.Copy !req
523. I'm looking for a hunk. Not any hunk.
A man, a real man, like you.Copy !req
524. You can tell them what we do.
Want to play sailor?Copy !req
525. - I'm Columbus, you're the first mate.
- That's not funny!Copy !req
526. These people make me sick,
but a law's been broken.Copy !req
527. You remember the law, don't you?Copy !req
528. - At least we agree on one thing.
- What's that?Copy !req
529. Tutti-fruttis make me sick too.Copy !req
530. Ms. Benedict, you worked for Walsh,
Ulmer & Brahm, three years ago...Copy !req
531. at the same time as Walter Kenton?Copy !req
532. That's correct.Copy !req
533. Did Kenton know the lesions on your
face and arms were caused by AIDS?Copy !req
534. Definitely. I told all the partners.Copy !req
535. How did Walter Kenton treat you
after you told him?Copy !req
536. Every time we came in contact,
he'd get this look on his face.Copy !req
537. It was the "Oh, God" expression.
As in, "Oh, God, that woman has AIDS."Copy !req
538. Thank you.
No more questions, Your Honour.Copy !req
539. Ms. Benedict, how did you
contract the AIDS virus?Copy !req
540. A transfusion. I lost
a lot of blood giving birth.Copy !req
541. So there was no behaviour on your
part which caused you to be infected.Copy !req
542. It was something you were unable
to avoid. Isn't that correct?Copy !req
543. I guess.Copy !req
544. Thank you.Copy !req
545. But I don't consider myself different
from anyone else with this disease.Copy !req
546. I'm not guilty. I'm not innocent.
I'm just trying to survive.Copy !req
547. Thank you, Ms. Benedict.
No further questions at this time.Copy !req
548. You may step down, Ms. Benedict.Copy !req
549. Beyond the marks on his face, were
there things about his appearance...Copy !req
550. Ms. Burton, that made you suspect
that Andrew had AIDS?Copy !req
551. He was getting thinner and he seemed
tired, but he was working so hard.Copy !req
552. Still, I felt something was wrong.Copy !req
553. I can't believe they're pretending
they didn't notice anything.Copy !req
554. Objection.Copy !req
555. Just answer the question, please.Copy !req
556. Have you ever felt discriminated
against at Wyant-Wheeler?Copy !req
557. - Well, yes.
- In what way?Copy !req
558. Well, Mr. Wheeler's secretary
Lydia said...Copy !req
559. that Mr. Wheeler had a problem
with my earrings.Copy !req
560. Really?Copy !req
561. Apparently Mr. Wheeler felt they were
too ethnic, is the word she used.Copy !req
562. She told me he said he would like
it if I wore something less garish...Copy !req
563. a little smaller
and more "American."Copy !req
564. What'd you say?Copy !req
565. I said, " My earrings are American.
They're African-American."Copy !req
566. - Let's have order, please.
- Thank you. No more questions.Copy !req
567. Ms. Burton...Copy !req
568. weren't you recently promoted?Copy !req
569. Yes, I'm in charge
of the paralegal department.Copy !req
570. Congratulations on your unfettered
ascendancy at Wyant-Wheeler.Copy !req
571. I wouldn't go so far as
to call it unfettered.Copy !req
572. I don't understand.
How do you explain...Copy !req
573. the promotion of an obviously
intelligent, articulate...Copy !req
574. qualified African-American woman
in a firm...Copy !req
575. which practices discrimination
as wantonly and consistently...Copy !req
576. as you and Mr. Beckett claim?Copy !req
577. I can't explain it.Copy !req
578. Could it be, that these...Copy !req
579. instances of discrimination are
in fact misunderstandings...Copy !req
580. that have been blown
completely out of proportion?Copy !req
581. I think counsel tends
to oversimplify the issue somewhat.Copy !req
582. Well, thank you, Ms. Burton...Copy !req
583. I'll take that note
under consideration.Copy !req
584. - How's the trial?
- Excuse me?Copy !req
585. It's a great case. I saw you on
television. I'm a law student at Penn.Copy !req
586. You saw me? It's a good school, Penn.
What year are you?Copy !req
587. - Second.
- Good.Copy !req
588. Listen, I just wanted to tell you,
this case is tremendously important.Copy !req
589. I just wanted to let you know,
you're doing a fantastic job.Copy !req
590. Thank you.Copy !req
591. - When you graduate, give me a call.
- All right. Thank you very much.Copy !req
592. - Listen, Joe.
- Yeah?Copy !req
593. Would you like to have a drink?
I could use a beer.Copy !req
594. No, I can't. My wife is...Copy !req
595. I don't pick up people
in drugstores every day.Copy !req
596. - You think I'm gay?
- Aren't you?Copy !req
597. What's the matter with you?
I look gay to you?Copy !req
598. Do I look gay to you?Copy !req
599. - Relax.
- I ought to kick your faggoty ass.Copy !req
600. Take it as a compliment, jeez.Copy !req
601. That's exactly the kind of bullshit
that makes people hate your little...Copy !req
602. faggoty asses.Copy !req
603. You want to try and kick my ass, Joe?
Asshole.Copy !req
604. No, you're the asshole, buddy!Copy !req
605. Please continue, Ms. O'Hara.Copy !req
606. We were going crazy
looking for this complaint.Copy !req
607. I felt I was in the Twilight Zone.Copy !req
608. Mr. Beckett was screaming
at everybody. He looked so freaky.Copy !req
609. Mr. Kenton kept saying,
"You lost the Highline complaint?"Copy !req
610. He called Mr. Wheeler. All of a sudden
Jamey comes in with the complaint.Copy !req
611. - He says, "It was in central files!"
- Central files?Copy !req
612. Central files is where paperwork
is sent when cases are closed.Copy !req
613. Jamey ran it to the court in time.Copy !req
614. And everybody just stood there
completely wasted.Copy !req
615. And Mr. Beckett just kept saying:Copy !req
616. "I'm sorry.
Sorry, I don't understand this."Copy !req
617. Thank you, Ms. O'Hara.Copy !req
618. - No further questions at this time.
- All right.Copy !req
619. Mr. Miller.Copy !req
620. - May I?
- Certainly.Copy !req
621. Thank you.Copy !req
622. - Are you okay?
- Yes.Copy !req
623. - You want a glass of water?
- No.Copy !req
624. - Was Andy a good boss?
- Yes.Copy !req
625. He was very sweet.Copy !req
626. How would you characterize
his work as an attorney?Copy !req
627. How would I know?
I just worked for him.Copy !req
628. Excuse me, Your Honour,
but is this for the record?Copy !req
629. Mr. Miller, perhaps you should
return to counsel's table.Copy !req
630. - Ms. O'Hara.
- Yes.Copy !req
631. Were you aware at any time of any
problems that the partners had...Copy !req
632. with Andrew's work prior
to this missing file episode?Copy !req
633. No, no, I wasn't.Copy !req
634. Thank you.
No more questions, Your Honour.Copy !req
635. Is Andrew Beckett the kind of lawyer
who misplaces crucial documents?Copy !req
636. Not to my knowledge. No.Copy !req
637. If you wanted to make a lawyer look
incompetent, would this be a good way?Copy !req
638. Hiding an important document
for a few hours...Copy !req
639. then making it look like
the responsible one misplaced it?Copy !req
640. Why would they behave
so outrageously?Copy !req
641. Because they found out Andy
was sick?Copy !req
642. - He's not answering.
- Perhaps.Copy !req
643. We have lawyers who have had
heart attacks, cancer, leukemia...Copy !req
644. no one's sandbagged them.Copy !req
645. Did you have something to do with it
being lost accidentally on purpose?Copy !req
646. Objection.Copy !req
647. Did you have anything
to do with misplacing this file?Copy !req
648. - Absolutely not.
- Are you a homosexual?Copy !req
649. What?Copy !req
650. Are you a homosexual?
Are you a homo? A faggot?Copy !req
651. You know, a punk, a queen,
pillow-biter, a fairy?Copy !req
652. Booty-snatcher, rump-roaster?
Are you gay?Copy !req
653. - Objection!
- Order!Copy !req
654. Where did this come from?
Counsel's attacking his witness.Copy !req
655. Mr. Collins' sexual orientation
has nothing to do with this case.Copy !req
656. Please have a seat, Ms. Conine.Copy !req
657. Would you approach
the bench, Mr. Miller?Copy !req
658. Would you kindly share with me exactly
what's going on inside your head?Copy !req
659. Because at this moment
I don't have a clue.Copy !req
660. Your Honour...Copy !req
661. everybody in this courtroom is
thinking about sexual orientation...Copy !req
662. sexual preference,
whatever you want to call it.Copy !req
663. Who does what to whom,
and how they do it.Copy !req
664. They're looking at Andrew Beckett
and thinking about it.Copy !req
665. At Mr. Wheeler, Ms. Conine.
Even you, Your Honour.Copy !req
666. They're wondering about it.Copy !req
667. I know they're looking at me
and thinking about it.Copy !req
668. Let's get it out in the open,
let's get it out of the closet.Copy !req
669. Because this case is not
just about AIDS, is it?Copy !req
670. Let's talk about
what this case is really about:Copy !req
671. The general public's hatred,
our loathing, our fear of homosexuals.Copy !req
672. And how that climate of hatred
and fear translated...Copy !req
673. into the firing of this particular
homosexual, my client, Andrew Beckett.Copy !req
674. Please have a seat, Mr. Miller.Copy !req
675. Very good.Copy !req
676. In this courtroom,
justice is blind to matters...Copy !req
677. of race, creed, colour, religion
and sexual orientation.Copy !req
678. With all due respect,
Your Honour...Copy !req
679. we don't live in
this courtroom though, do we?Copy !req
680. No, we don't.Copy !req
681. However, as regards to this witness,
I'll sustain the defence's objection.Copy !req
682. However, as regards to this witness,
I'll sustain the defence's objection.Copy !req
683. How many weeks at a time would you be
out to sea without stopping at port?Copy !req
684. Anywhere from two weeks
to several months.Copy !req
685. Any women on board?Copy !req
686. Not when I was in the Navy.Copy !req
687. So, during these long voyages,
months at a time out to sea...Copy !req
688. no women in sight, hundreds
of hardworking, robust young men...Copy !req
689. in the prime of their lives,
the peak of their natural desires...Copy !req
690. their God-given hormonal instincts,
anything going on?Copy !req
691. Going on? Like what?Copy !req
692. Like two sailors down below
making flippy-flop?Copy !req
693. - Objection.
- Mr. Miller.Copy !req
694. We had one guy like that.Copy !req
695. - You haven't ruled on my objection.
- Go on, Mr. Miller.Copy !req
696. You had one guy like that?
You mean a homosexual?Copy !req
697. He strutted around naked,
trying to get everyone to notice.Copy !req
698. It made everyone sick.
It was destroying our morale.Copy !req
699. So we let him know this kind
of behaviour was not acceptable.Copy !req
700. How? Wrote him a letter?Copy !req
701. We stuck his head in a latrine
after 10 of us used it.Copy !req
702. - You taught him a lesson.
- Yes.Copy !req
703. And firing Beckett was a lesson.Copy !req
704. - Objection.
- I withdraw.Copy !req
705. You were aware when you worked with
Ms. Benedict she had AIDS, right?Copy !req
706. - She didn't conceal it.
- You know the difference...Copy !req
707. from a bruise and a lesion?Copy !req
708. Beckett said he'd been
hit by a racquetball.Copy !req
709. Didn't you avoid Ms. Benedict
after you found out she had AIDS?Copy !req
710. She says, and I quote, that...Copy !req
711. you were repulsed by her,
you avoided her, correct?Copy !req
712. I felt and I still feel nothing...Copy !req
713. but the deepest sympathy
for people like Melissa...Copy !req
714. who contracted this terrible
disease through no fault of their own.Copy !req
715. Andy, don't move now.Copy !req
716. Oh, boy.Copy !req
717. It's not going through.Copy !req
718. We may have to flush it out again.Copy !req
719. The vein's closed.Copy !req
720. We've got to call Barbara.Copy !req
721. - Nurse Ratched?
- Wait a minute.Copy !req
722. Yeah, tell her to come over.Copy !req
723. Look, there's so much stuff
that I need to get done.Copy !req
724. Can we just skip
the treatment for tonight?Copy !req
725. No. We are not skipping
this treatment.Copy !req
726. It's my arm and it's my treatment,
and I say skip it.Copy !req
727. You know something?Copy !req
728. - That stuff is saving your life.
- What's the matter with you?Copy !req
729. - Close the law book.
- Let me just...Copy !req
730. The least you can do is look at me...Copy !req
731. and give me a little
of your time. Got it?Copy !req
732. You are worried...Copy !req
733. we don't have very much time left,
now, aren't you?Copy !req
734. No, no.Copy !req
735. I'll tell you what I'm going to do.Copy !req
736. I'm going to start planning
my memorial service.Copy !req
737. I'm going to start preparing
for the inevitable.Copy !req
738. Maybe you should think about it.Copy !req
739. No.Copy !req
740. No, no, no.Copy !req
741. Nope, nope, nope, nope.
I've got a better idea.Copy !req
742. Hi, Andrew. Hi, Miguel.Copy !req
743. - Joe Miller.
- Are you Lisa? Nice to meet you!Copy !req
744. - Very nice, you look wonderful.
- Maria, Lisa.Copy !req
745. This is Miguel's sister, Maria.Copy !req
746. - Do you care for something to drink?
- I'll take care of Joe. Thanks.Copy !req
747. You're looking alive tonight.Copy !req
748. Oh, I had a blood transfusion
and I feel great.Copy !req
749. So you like it? I'm a lawsuit.
You get it? I'm a lawsuit.Copy !req
750. It's not bad. It's not bad.
What are you drinking?Copy !req
751. - Wine.
- Could I have some of the red, please?Copy !req
752. We gotta get to this q & a
sometime tonight, you know?Copy !req
753. Sure. Just one problem.
I'm at a party right now.Copy !req
754. - That's fine. Whatever.
- We'll get to it later.Copy !req
755. Hi, Joe Miller.Copy !req
756. - Do I know you?
- Mona Lisa.Copy !req
757. - Lawsuit.
- Nice. Have fun.Copy !req
758. Thank you.Copy !req
759. - Thank you.
- Sure.Copy !req
760. - Congratulations, counsellor.
- Congratulations?Copy !req
761. You survived what I assume to be
your first gay party intact.Copy !req
762. When you're brought up
the way I and most people are...Copy !req
763. there's not a lot of discussion
about "homosexuality."Copy !req
764. What do you call it?
Alternate lifestyles?Copy !req
765. As a kid, you're taught
queers are weird.Copy !req
766. Queers dress like their mother.
They're afraid to fight.Copy !req
767. That they're a danger to kids.Copy !req
768. And all they want to do
is get into your pants.Copy !req
769. That sums up the general thinking out
there, if you want to know the truth.Copy !req
770. Thank you for sharing.Copy !req
771. Let's go over this testimony.
We got a big day on Monday.Copy !req
772. Okay. First I'll ask you, " Can you
describe the circumstances...Copy !req
773. in which you joined
the firm Wyant-Wheeler?"Copy !req
774. Miller?Copy !req
775. Do you ever pray?Copy !req
776. Andrew, that is not
the answer to the question.Copy !req
777. But, yes, I pray.Copy !req
778. What do you pray for?Copy !req
779. What do you mean? I pray.
I pray that...Copy !req
780. I pray my baby's healthy. I prayed
my wife made it through the delivery.Copy !req
781. I pray that
the Phillies win the pennant.Copy !req
782. Now, can we go through the questions?Copy !req
783. Can you describe the circumstances
in which you joined Wyant-Wheeler?Copy !req
784. Can you do that?Copy !req
785. There's a possibility I won't be
around to see the end of this trial.Copy !req
786. Yes, I've considered that.Copy !req
787. I've made some provisions
in my will for some charities.Copy !req
788. Miguel will need a lawyer.
It's not your area.Copy !req
789. I know a good probate.Copy !req
790. - Thank you.
- You're welcome.Copy !req
791. Now, can you describe
the circumstances in which...Copy !req
792. you joined the firm Wyant-Wheeler?Copy !req
793. Do you mind this music?
Do you like opera?Copy !req
794. I am not that familiar
with opera, Andrew.Copy !req
795. Oh, this is my favourite aria.Copy !req
796. It's Maria Callas.Copy !req
797. It's Andrea Chénier.Copy !req
798. Umberto Giordano.Copy !req
799. This is Madeleine.Copy !req
800. She's saying how,
during the French Revolution...Copy !req
801. - No.
- For absolute clarity...Copy !req
802. did you fire Andrew Beckett
because he had AIDS?Copy !req
803. No, I did not fire Andrew Beckett
because he had AIDS.Copy !req
804. Mr. Wheeler, can you explain in a way
that leaves no doubt...Copy !req
805. why you promoted
Andrew Beckett through your firm?Copy !req
806. And then, most importantly,
why you eventually asked him to leave?Copy !req
807. If you're the owner of a major-league
ball club, you recruit the hot rookie.Copy !req
808. And Andy was tremendously promising
as a young attorney.Copy !req
809. Fresh out of Penn. Crackerjack.Copy !req
810. That's why we went after him
and hired him.Copy !req
811. That's why we stuck with him,
year after year.Copy !req
812. Why did you give him
opportunity after opportunity?Copy !req
813. When you've groomed someone
the way we groomed Andy...Copy !req
814. nurturing him, lavishing all kinds
of special treatment on him...Copy !req
815. you make quite an investment.Copy !req
816. We were waiting for the promise
to kick in and deliver.Copy !req
817. But ultimately we could
no longer ignore the gap...Copy !req
818. between the reality
and the promise.Copy !req
819. Thank you, Mr. Wheeler.Copy !req
820. No more questions at this time.Copy !req
821. Mr. Miller?Copy !req
822. Objection. Your Honour, objection!Copy !req
823. All right. That will be sufficient.Copy !req
824. Mr. Wheeler, you are magnificent.Copy !req
825. You are my hero. Andrew was right.
You are the greatest.Copy !req
826. Are you gay?Copy !req
827. Objection.Copy !req
828. - How dare you!
- The witness will kindly answer.Copy !req
829. No, I am not a homosexual.Copy !req
830. Is it true that
when you realized Andrew...Copy !req
831. your future senior partner was gay
and had AIDS...Copy !req
832. it drove a stake of fear right
through your heterosexual heart?Copy !req
833. Remembering the hugs and the
handshakes, moments in the sauna?Copy !req
834. The pats on the backside
that guys exchange sometimes.Copy !req
835. It made you say, " My God!
What does this say about me?"Copy !req
836. Objection, Your Honour.Copy !req
837. The witness will please
respond to the question.Copy !req
838. You may tap dance
around me all you wish...Copy !req
839. with your innuendos
and locker- room fantasies.Copy !req
840. But the truth still remains...Copy !req
841. that your client worked
when he wanted to...Copy !req
842. telling us what he thought
we needed to know about who he was.Copy !req
843. He insisted on bending the rules.Copy !req
844. And his work suffered tremendously
in the long run as a result.Copy !req
845. Explain it like I'm a 6-year-old
because I don't get it.Copy !req
846. Who makes these rules
that you're talking about? You?Copy !req
847. Read your Bible, Mr. Miller.
Old and the New Testament.Copy !req
848. Pretty valuable rules in there.Copy !req
849. Excuse me.Copy !req
850. Andrew?Copy !req
851. Excuse... I can't s...Copy !req
852. Excuse me. Andy!Copy !req
853. Chrissakes, somebody get a doctor!Copy !req
854. Turn him over now.Copy !req
855. - Call an ambulance, please.
- Right away!Copy !req
856. Let him breathe!
Please, make room for him!Copy !req
857. It's not working! It's not working!
It's not working!Copy !req
858. No! It is making him worse!Copy !req
859. Did you notice any changes
in Andrew's appearance...Copy !req
860. over the course of the year
leading up to his termination?Copy !req
861. Yes, I did.Copy !req
862. Were these changes
for the better or worse?Copy !req
863. Sometimes for the better,
but generally for the worse.Copy !req
864. Mr. Seidman, what did you think
caused these changes in appearance?Copy !req
865. I was afraid.Copy !req
866. I suspected Andy had AIDS.Copy !req
867. Order!Copy !req
868. - Thank you. Your witness.
- Ms. Conine?Copy !req
869. Mr. Seidman, did you
share your suspicions...Copy !req
870. with Mr. Wheeler or any of the
other managing partners at any time...Copy !req
871. before the decision
to fire Mr. Beckett was made?Copy !req
872. No, I didn't.Copy !req
873. I didn't mention it to anyone.
Not even Andy.Copy !req
874. I didn't even give him a chance
to talk about it.Copy !req
875. And I think I'm going to regret that
for as long as I live.Copy !req
876. - Any more questions?
- That's all.Copy !req
877. They are saying
that he wasn't a good lawyer.Copy !req
878. And the fact that they gave him...Copy !req
879. the most important lawsuit
for an important client...Copy !req
880. they say that doesn't prove
anything because that was just a test.Copy !req
881. What'd they call it? A carrot?Copy !req
882. To see if he'd rise to the occasion.Copy !req
883. Say I gotta send a pilot
into enemy territory.Copy !req
884. He's gonna be flying a plane
that cost $350 million.Copy !req
885. Who am I gonna put in that plane?Copy !req
886. Some rookie who can't cut the grade
to see if he'll rise to the challenge?Copy !req
887. Or am I gonna give that assignment
to my best pilot?Copy !req
888. My sharpest, my most experienced,
my top gun, the very best I got.Copy !req
889. And I just don't get that. Would
somebody please explain it to me?Copy !req
890. Like I'm a 6-year-old?Copy !req
891. - Juror number 6?
- I agree.Copy !req
892. - Juror number 7?
- I agree.Copy !req
893. - Juror number 9?
- I agree.Copy !req
894. - Juror number 10?
- I disagree.Copy !req
895. - Juror number 11?
- I agree.Copy !req
896. - Juror number 12?
- Agree.Copy !req
897. Have you awarded any damages?Copy !req
898. Yes, Your Honour, we have.Copy !req
899. For back pay and loss of benefits,
we award $143,000.Copy !req
900. For mental anguish and humiliation,
we award $100,000.Copy !req
901. And for punitive damages,
we award $4,782,000.Copy !req
902. You may record the verdict.Copy !req
903. Everyone remain seated
until the jury is removed.Copy !req
904. How could they do that?Copy !req
905. This trial is now concluded.Copy !req
906. Congratulations.Copy !req
907. We'll get a reversal on this one.Copy !req
908. We'll get started in the morning.Copy !req
909. Congratulations, Mr. Miller.
I'll see you at the appeal.Copy !req
910. Congratulations. Well done.Copy !req
911. - Oh, man. Thanks a lot.
- I'll see you at the hospital.Copy !req
912. - Mr. Miller, hi. How are you doing?
- He's just down the hall.Copy !req
913. Thanks.Copy !req
914. If he leaves the hospital,
which is unlikely...Copy !req
915. don't expect him to be remotely
like he was before this crisis.Copy !req
916. He's lost the vision in his right eye.Copy !req
917. And because of the CMV
he will not regain his vision.Copy !req
918. - Next door, to the right.
- The CMV has ravaged his body.Copy !req
919. Congratulations.Copy !req
920. - Way to go.
- The man of the hour.Copy !req
921. Hey, Joe.Copy !req
922. We are so grateful to you.
Thank you so much. Can I take that?Copy !req
923. I brought some cheese...Copy !req
924. and stuff.Copy !req
925. How are you doing?Copy !req
926. What do you call a thousand lawyers...Copy !req
927. chained together
at the bottom of the ocean?Copy !req
928. I don't know.Copy !req
929. A good start.Copy !req
930. Excellent work, counsellor.Copy !req
931. I thank you.Copy !req
932. It was great working
with you, counsellor.Copy !req
933. I'd better go.Copy !req
934. Sure thing.Copy !req
935. See you later?Copy !req
936. Thanks for stopping by.Copy !req
937. I'll see you again.Copy !req
938. I'll keep it on ice for you.Copy !req
939. He's a fighter.Copy !req
940. I just want to get him home.Copy !req
941. Thank you, Joe.Copy !req
942. What do you call a thousand lawyers
chained at the bottom of the ocean?Copy !req
943. - A good start?
- Very amusing.Copy !req
944. I'll see you tomorrow, buddy.Copy !req
945. God bless you, Andy.Copy !req
946. Good night, son.
Try to get some rest.Copy !req
947. I love you, Andy.Copy !req
948. I love you too, Dad.Copy !req
949. See you first thing tomorrow.Copy !req
950. - Hey. It's okay.
- Don't worry.Copy !req
951. I'll see you tomorrow.Copy !req
952. - See you tomorrow.
- Come on, sweetheart.Copy !req
953. Good night, my angel.Copy !req
954. My sweet boy.Copy !req
955. Let me help you.Copy !req
956. Miguel.Copy !req
957. I'm ready.Copy !req
958. Hello.Copy !req
959. Joe, it's Miguel.Copy !req
960. Hello?Copy !req
961. Oh, Jimmy!Copy !req
962. - How are you?
- Great.Copy !req
963. Look at my boy!Copy !req
964. Say hi, Auntie.Copy !req
965. Oh, hi.Copy !req
966. Can I get you something to drink?Copy !req
967. Hey, it's my turn.Copy !req
968. Subtitles by
SDI Media GroupCopy !req