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01:30Tort.
01:31A wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, which results in injury to another's
01:36person's property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled
01:41to conversation.
01:42From the Latin, tortum, wrong, injustice, and tortoise-twisted, crooked, dubious.
01:47Wow, that was good.
01:51That, the tort.
01:52Show off.
01:52I'm out.
01:53Ellen, you're in the ring!
02:04Please!
02:04Basker!
02:06Are you okay? Speak to me. Say something.
02:21Who are you?
02:23Oh, my God, he has amnesia.
02:25I couldn't remember your name before this happened.
02:27I'm Agnes Benedetto. I'm in labor.
02:29Shouldn't you be in the hospital?
02:31No, no, no. The labor law department.
02:33We both work at Canfield Carstairs and Manners.
02:37I don't get into labor much.
02:39You all right?
02:40Well, uh, you think feels like it's in the right place?
02:43We'd better get to the hospital just to make sure.
02:45Crazy driver. Probably some high school kid blasted on brew.
02:49That was no accident.
02:50How would you know?
02:52That daytime job? I'm a homicide cop.
02:55He looked at me like he deliberately tried to run you down.
02:58Oh, my God!
02:59I'm ready to go to the hospital.
03:03Now I have a possible concussion.
03:05Oh, my God!
03:09Whoo!
03:13Oh!
03:15Oh, my God!
03:19Oh!
03:20Oh, my God!
03:25Oh!
03:59Reflex is normal.
04:08Vital sign is normal.
04:10Blood pressure is normal.
04:11I'd say except for a few cuts and abrasions, no harm done, Mr. Baskin.
04:15Mr. Baskin, you have any idea who might have made the attempt on your life?
04:19Why would anybody want to kill me?
04:20I'm a Capricorn.
04:22What does that have to do with anything?
04:24Capricorn.
04:25The goat.
04:26Plotting.
04:26Cautious.
04:27We're too dull to make any enemies.
04:28Well, somebody tried to run you down.
04:30Lieutenant, I'm a tax attorney.
04:33My best friend is my calculator.
04:35The last time I was even in court was to pay a traffic ticket.
04:38Well, have it your way.
04:40Mr. Baskin, may I ask you a personal question?
04:42He's my father.
04:44Who?
04:45The guy who does the commercials for those big and tall shops, Murray Baskin.
04:48He owns them.
04:49When he's not filming, he's my father.
04:51Oh, I see.
04:52No, I mean, uh, my son was taking a night course from you.
04:55I wondered how I was doing.
04:56Dad, it's a parent-teacher conference.
05:02Well, I, I can honestly say...
05:04Your son could get through my class in his sleep.
05:15Well, take care of yourself, Mr. Baskin.
05:20And you thought you were failing, counselor.
05:23Oh, my God, are you okay?
05:53You? You were driving that car?
05:56Yes, I waited to see if you're okay.
05:58What, what is it?
05:59My knee.
05:59Here, let me help you.
06:00No, no, don't stay. Stay away from me.
06:02Oh, this is the thanks I get.
06:03You know, I could have been home by now, soaking in a hot tub, studying.
06:06Well, I don't want to come between you and your torts.
06:08Oh, okay, look, let me help you.
06:10No, no, no, no, wait. Soon I'll crawl. Thank you.
06:12Fine. Have it your way.
06:21But my landlord says no.
06:22He needs a place for a sleaze-backed son, and I'm out.
06:24So that's when I knew I had to follow my destiny.
06:27And then Frankie and I, we loaded up the car and honeymooned on the turnpike.
06:33Well, it wasn't really a honeymoon, because we weren't actually married, but it felt like a honeymoon, you know?
06:37And then Mike and I, we found this cute...
06:39Oh, who's Mike? Oh, Mike, what happened to Frankie?
06:42Oh, that lowlife he left me in Des Moines.
06:44Took the car and all the money I saved waitressing.
06:47So after Frankie left, I had to hitchhike the rest of the way.
06:50Mike picked me up in Albuquerque, and when we reached L.A., we decided to move in together.
06:55Only I threw him out, because I caught him fooling around with some topless dancer in Englewood.
07:00And me, a perfect 36C.
07:02That's when I got the job at Canfield Carstairs, worked my way up to a paralegal.
07:10Right here, right over. Pull over right here.
07:15You live here?
07:17That's what Delise says.
07:18How does an associate afford a place like this?
07:22I never traveled the turnpike with Frankie.
07:25Here, let me help you.
07:26No, no, no, that's okay. You've helped enough. Believe me, I don't know if we'll ever recover from all of your help.
07:30Well, don't forget to, uh, ice that knee so it doesn't swell up.
07:35Thanks. I'll do that.
08:00Thanks for coming over, Lieutenant.
08:26Still think you're too dull to have enemies?
08:28Cage still on the dresser?
08:31TV in the bedroom?
08:33This isn't a routine B&E.
08:35Have any idea what they were after?
08:37I don't have anything valuable enough for this.
08:40Well, somebody thinks you do.
08:42This couldn't have anything to do with what happened in the parking lot, could it?
08:45Tell me about your life, Arnold.
08:47Oh.
08:47That's an easy one.
08:49I don't have one.
08:52Outside the law firm, that is.
08:53Let's see, uh, I don't really date.
08:56I don't have any friends to speak of.
08:59And I spend most of my time trying to establish some kind of relationship with my father.
09:04It's, uh, it's Murray, the guy at the big and tall shops, huh?
09:08How am I gonna explain this to him? He paid for most of this.
09:10Well, tell him you're redecorating.
09:14Arnold, if you want to talk, give me a call.
09:17That, that, that, that's it?
09:20Give me a call, like, let's do lunch?
09:22Look, officially, I'm not even supposed to be here.
09:25I'm robbery homicide.
09:26This is a burglary.
09:28And you're not dead.
09:29Yeah, well, somebody tried to run me down.
09:31It's tough to prove without a suspect and a motive.
09:34Look, Arnold, I'll turn this over to burglary.
09:37What are you getting in my class?
09:39You know what I'm getting in your class, a D.
09:41Try an F.
09:42An F?
09:43How'd you like an A?
09:43I'll think about it.
09:48And you put on your thinking cap.
09:50Somewhere out there is someone who really doesn't like you.
09:52Good morning, Mrs. Collins.
10:16Good morning.
10:17I'll be right back.
10:19I'll be right back.
10:21I'll be right back.
10:23I'll be right back.
10:25I'll be right back.
10:27I'll be right back.
10:33How's the Morton proposal coming?
10:36I'm working on it.
10:38Canfield expects it by four.
10:41You think you're gonna make it?
10:43You're all the incentive I need, Tyler.
10:46You look terrible.
10:48Late night.
10:50Big date?
10:52Hi.
10:53I hope you got some sleep after I left last night.
10:56Whoa.
10:57Still waters, eh, Baskin?
11:03You, on the other hand, are a raging torrent.
11:10And you are raw sewage.
11:13You're in earlier than usual this morning.
11:16Stay away from me.
11:18Oh, morning, Mr. V.
11:20Morning, Kenny.
11:21Where's that fire you requisitioned?
11:23United States versus Orlinsky-D'Angelo.
11:25I didn't order this!
11:27Uh, have some coffee.
11:29Have some coffee.
11:30It'll wake you.
11:31No, no, no, thank you.
11:32I don't drink.
11:33No, no, no, really.
11:34Here, have some coffee.
11:35I'm sorry.
11:36Here.
11:37No, no, no, no.
11:38Maintain assistance.
11:39You're worse than the bar exam.
11:42Oh.
11:43Oh.
11:44No good.
11:45All good.
11:46See ya.
12:07Excuse me, Doctor.
12:08Coming through, coming through.
12:09Keep pace, Mr. Romaldi.
12:10Keep pace.
12:11Is he in?
12:12He can't be disturbed now.
12:13He's prepared for surgery.
12:14Oh, skyhook.
12:15Oh.
12:16What a shot.
12:17What a shot.
12:18All right.
12:19What's that?
12:20Three, two.
12:21Three, two.
12:22Okay.
12:23Oh, hey.
12:24Oh, nice shot off the head.
12:25Three-pointer.
12:26I tried to stop him.
12:27That's all right, Dolores.
12:28What got to do for you, Norman?
12:29You treated a patient last night at...
12:3011-22.
12:31Yeah, what about him?
12:32Exactly.
12:33Nurse Grimaldi here neglected to get his hospital insurance information.
12:35Three people came in right behind him.
12:36A gunshot, a possible heart attack, and a severed finger.
12:39It was a madhouse.
12:40And the inmates are running the asylum.
12:41Oh, no.
12:42No, no.
12:43No, no.
12:44No, no.
12:45No, no.
12:46No, no.
12:47No, no.
12:48No, no.
12:49No, no.
12:50No, no.
12:51No, no.
12:52No, no.
12:53No, no.
12:54No, no.
12:55The inmates are running the asylum.
12:56Do you have any idea what it cost to treat this phantom patient?
12:59We have no one to bill for it.
13:01His name is Arnold Baskin.
13:02It might as well be Arnold Schwarzenegger for all the good it does us.
13:05We need a copy of his insurance card.
13:07Steve knows where to reach him.
13:08I'll call him right after surgery, all right?
13:10Look, Norman, don't worry, all right?
13:12We'll track this guy down.
13:13And if he has any children, then we'll, you know, we'll take the firstborn hostage until
13:18this guy gives us his card.
13:19How's that?
13:20You might find this amusing, Dr. Stewart.
13:23But this is just the kind of sloppy procedure that raises costs and lowers inventory.
13:27Try laughing when you reach for a bandage and it's not there.
13:31You know, Norman, you're very attractive when you're aroused, you know that?
13:36Well, so much for relaxation.
13:39Don't worry about it.
13:40I'll call Steve.
13:41I'll get this guy's card personally.
13:42Okay.
13:43Three, what is it?
13:44Three, two.
13:45Three, two.
13:46Okay.
13:47All right, come on.
13:48Ah!
13:49Ooh!
13:50Ooh!
13:51Ooh!
13:52I'm making my last run of the day, Mr. Baskin.
13:55Are you finished with the Jolinski-D'Angelo file?
13:57In the basket, Kenny.
14:01It's not in there.
14:03Well, I put it in there this morning.
14:05That's an active case.
14:07You know that.
14:08If you lose that, you're talking early retirement.
14:11I didn't lose it, Kenny.
14:14Right.
14:15Well, when you find what you haven't lost, give me a yell.
14:18I didn't lose it!
14:20Right.
14:25They're waiting for you in the conference room.
14:27I'm just putting the finishing touches on the Morton proposal, okay?
14:30Now, Mr. Baskin.
14:32All right, now, Mr. Baskin.
14:34Are you unhappy here at Canfield-Carstairs?
14:42No, Mr. Canfield, not at all.
14:45Do we ask too much of you, Mr. Baskin?
14:49No, sir, Mr. Carstairs.
14:51Then where is the Morton proposal?
14:54Surely this can't be the sum total of your efforts.
14:59Well, sir, sirs, I have all the raw data.
15:05I just haven't had a chance to put it into proposal form yet.
15:09I was gonna do that last night, but, um, I had a little trouble.
15:13The bombing of Pearl Harbor was a little trouble.
15:16This is a major disaster.
15:19You do realize that Harold Morton and his entire retinue
15:23flew in from Chicago to hear this proposal?
15:27I hope they had a nice flight.
15:33Damn it, Bask!
15:34No, now, Wallace, Wallace...
15:36I know.
15:37Jeff, I know.
15:39We don't want to ruffle any feathers here.
15:42But he might cost us Morton as a client.
15:46I think we should give Arnold a chance to redeem himself.
15:50Let me finish the Morton proposal. I'll work all night.
15:53And assist Winthrop and Baskin.
15:56Winthrop and Barrows.
15:59But one more screw-up. You are out.
16:01Wallace, Wallace, no need to belabor the point.
16:03I think Arnold is sufficiently contrite about his oversight.
16:11What's next on the agenda?
16:13Ah. United States versus Orlinsky D'Angelo.
16:17Anyone not directly involved in this matter is excused.
16:24We're having some difficulty locating one of the files in the case.
16:27I'll see if it turned up, sir.
16:29Right.
16:32Tough break, Ace.
16:34My heart really bled for you.
16:36Excuse me.
16:39Miss, uh...
16:40Benedetto.
16:41You remember when you were in my office this morning?
16:43Yeah.
16:44I don't know what made me so clumsy.
16:45No, no, no.
16:46Before you affected my ability to have children.
16:50Kenny brought in a file he said that I requisitioned.
16:53What file?
16:55The United States versus Orlinsky D'Angelo.
16:58The one they can't find.
17:00I don't remember any file.
17:06Are you going to nest here, Mr. Baskin?
17:11No.
17:12There's a man asking for you.
17:27What's he want?
17:28He said he hoped your health insurance was paid up.
17:31Look, tell him I'm not here.
17:33Tell him I'm out.
17:34Tell him I went to Sri Lanka.
17:36Arnold Baskin?
17:40Hey, come back here.
17:41Hey!
17:42Listen, one way or another, you're gonna have to pay, pal.
17:45Hey!
17:50Oh, my God!
17:51I'm so sorry.
17:52Are you okay?
17:56Jack, I hate to say it, but you are longing more time here as a patient than as a doctor.
18:00That girl tripped me deliberately.
18:02All this for someone's medical insurance?
18:04That's the last time I do them a favor.
18:06Why would Arnold Baskin run like that?
18:08Surely he has medical coverage.
18:10Doctors?
18:11I just came to say goodbye.
18:14Through for the day, Janet?
18:15Through, period.
18:16Mr. Briggs put me on indefinite leave without pay.
18:19Said my work was sloppy and inefficient.
18:22The affair Baskin, as he calls it, was the final straw.
18:26This thing is snowballing all out of proportion.
18:29An injured doctor and now a suspended nurse.
18:31I'm sorry, Dr. Sloan.
18:32I didn't mean to cause all this trouble.
18:34Don't worry about it, Janet.
18:35I'll take care of it.
18:36Look, why don't we all chip in, pay this jerkweed's bill, and get back to normal around here?
18:41Steve should have his home address.
18:43Look, I've got a gallbladder in 20 minutes.
18:45I'll call him after that.
18:46Come on, Janet.
18:47Let's go.
18:48Let's go.
18:49Let's go.
18:50Let's go.
18:51Let's go.
18:52Let's go.
18:56Let's go.
18:58Let's go.
20:29And here it is again.
21:55Ellie, please tell me what the hell's going on.
21:57Okay.
21:58The two guys who just walked in.
21:59What two guys?
22:00Don't look.
22:01How am I supposed to see if I don't look?
22:02Just take my word for it.
22:03You've recognized them from the parking lot.
22:05They were the guys who tried to run you down.
22:08My God.
22:12We gotta get out of here.
22:13I'm gonna go.
22:14You go buy a drink.
22:15I'll go to the ladies room.
22:17You follow.
22:18And then we'll sneak out the back.
22:19Fine.
22:20Okay.
22:25Let's go.
22:26You're welcome.
22:27You're welcome.
22:28You're welcome.
22:29Look at that.
22:30Yeah.
22:31Whoo!
22:32Whoo!
22:39Oh my God.
22:50Give me the keys.
22:51I'll drive.
22:52Why?
22:53You look too polite.
22:54Give me the keys!
22:55Don't forget to buckle up!
23:03Hey!
23:04Get down!
23:08My ring shield!
23:11Oh, no, they never died.
23:24At the very least, this better have something to do with the overthrow of the government.
23:31Bigger.
23:40You're getting to be quite a regular around here, Mr. Baskin.
23:43I have to get you your own ambulance.
23:46So you used Arnold's authorization code to requisition certain files?
23:51That's why people were trying to kill me.
23:53Why his code and not yours?
23:55No, I'm only a paralegal.
23:56I don't have the authority to access high-priority cases.
23:59What exactly was in those files, Miss Benedetto?
24:02Well, my boss, Mr. Allridge, he...
24:04He was killed a few weeks ago, hit and run.
24:06Only I didn't believe it was an accident.
24:08Why not?
24:09Well, before he died, he was...
24:11He was nervous. He was, like, frightened.
24:13He worked late every night, and when I offered to help him with whatever he was working on,
24:18he said it was best if I didn't know.
24:20He was, uh...
24:23He was trying to protect me, you know?
24:25Wait, take your time. Take your time.
24:27Okay.
24:29Well, when I cleaned out his desk, I found a stack of newspaper clippings hidden in the bottom drawer.
24:35Most of them went back three years, but they were all about people who died accidentally.
24:41One was a hit and run, another, uh, burned to death in an apartment fire,
24:46and, uh, some poor guy fell off his roof putting up Christmas decorations.
24:50And on each clipping was a case file number.
24:53Now, these were the files you inquisitioned.
24:55Most of the people who died were scheduled to be witnesses in cases being defended by Canfield Carstairs,
25:01but they died before they could testify.
25:04Are you suggesting someone at the law firm had them murdered?
25:07Well, they were all prosecution witnesses, and with each death, the state's case was either weakened or went out the window completely.
25:15You said most of the people who died.
25:18Yes, the, uh, the last clipping, two days before Mr. Aldrich got run down, someone named, uh, Harriet Lake drowned in her bathtub.
25:30But there was no Harriet Lake in any of his files. In his cases, I checked the last file tonight.
25:34Or Linsky D'Angelo.
25:36But the union guys who were charged with looting their pension fund?
25:39Mr. Aldrich was an expert in labor laws. He was advising the firm on their defense.
25:43Uh, see?
25:45Well, if you're a conspiracy buff, this, uh, Harriet Lake should have been a witness in some case.
25:51Otherwise, all it sounds like you've got is an overworked attorney with a morbid interest in, uh, fatal accidents who got careless crossing the street.
25:59What about me? I mean, was I, was I careless in the parking lot?
26:02I'm not saying it's not connected. I just don't have enough string to tie it together.
26:07These files you copied, where are they?
26:09Uh, my car under the spare tire.
26:12Uh, only I left my purse at the bar. The keys are in it.
26:15I'll send someone to pick them up.
26:17Insurance card, please.
26:20I, uh, must have dropped my wallet in the parking lot.
26:23Remove that bandage.
26:24What, nurse, this man was almost killed.
26:26Be that as it may, doctor, Norman Briggs has mandated me to put this emergency room on a pay-as-you-go basis.
26:31So, if you don't pay, you go.
26:34Uh, nurse Brackett, this is called an emergency room, because when people come in here, it is an emergency.
26:41I'm chief of internal medicine here, and as long as I am, no one gets turned away.
26:45And if I catch you walking in this room without my permission ever again, you'll be the one needing medical coverage.
26:50And you can tell the management that what they charge in here for aspirin and bandages is criminal.
26:56Uh, thanks for the lift.
27:03Well, this is the least I can do, after everything you've done for me.
27:07Do I detect a note of sarcasm?
27:09Oh, it's not a note. It's a whole symphony.
27:12They shot at me, too, you know.
27:18Boy, they trashed your place worse than mine.
27:21I-I was in a rush this morning.
27:24Besides, my old man's a carpenter.
27:27Really?
27:28And what'd he do?
27:29Saw your broom in half?
27:31He can't afford to lease me a fancy apartment with closets and maid service.
27:36That was a graduation gift.
27:38Woo-hoo!
27:39Imagine what you would have gotten if you hadn't finished bottom third of your class.
27:46How'd you know where I finished?
27:47Oh, you lead a charmed life at Canfield Carstairs.
27:50Any other lowly associate who screwed up in the Morton proposal the way you did
27:53would've been thrown out on his ear, but you got a slap on the wrist.
27:56I wanted to know why, so I did some checking.
27:59Surprise, surprise! Your father's a major client.
28:02They bill him over a million dollars a year.
28:04Well, it's a thankless job, but someone has to take his money.
28:07And some of us don't get everything handed to us on a silver platter.
28:10Some of us actually have to earn what we get.
28:12Ah, damn.
28:13What?
28:14I left my violin in the other suit.
28:16You know, I wanted to be a lawyer, too.
28:20I got accepted at three law schools out here.
28:22Only when Frankie walked off with my money, I had to put law school on hold!
28:25Whoa, cease fire, will ya?
28:27Look, I'm sorry you hooked up with that bum, but I did not introduce you to him.
28:33Sorry.
28:34I just get, I don't know, frustrated sometimes, you know?
28:38Like, I'm stuck in neutral. Like, I'm never gonna get where I wanna go.
28:41Well, if it's any consolation, you're my best student.
28:45I am?
28:47Absolutely.
28:49Hell, I don't even know what a tort was.
28:56Look, uh...
28:58I'm gonna go find a hotel room.
29:00How are you gonna pay for it?
29:01See, I knew we should've gone back to that bar and found my wallet.
29:05Well, you could stay here if you want.
29:09Well, how do you know they won't come after you?
29:11I didn't requisition those files.
29:13Good point.
29:14Yeah, give me him.
29:15Sure.
29:16Let me ask you something.
29:18Why'd you pick my authorization code?
29:20You figured I was too dumb to catch on to what you were doing?
29:24Something like that.
29:27But...
29:29I never thought anyone would try to kill you.
29:31So, um...
29:32About this sleeping thing.
29:41Yeah.
29:42How do you want to handle it?
29:44Well, you see that pile of junk over there?
29:46Yeah.
29:47Somewhere underneath all that is a chair.
29:49Of course there is.
30:03Here, look at this.
30:04What?
30:07Well...
30:08It looks innocent on the surface.
30:10Unless you know what Agnes found in the pile.
30:12This was a case that Aldrich was working on when he died.
30:15United States versus Arlinsky D'Angelo et al.
30:18They were business agents for the construction workers local.
30:21Until they got their hands caught in the cookie jar.
30:24Well, maybe Harriet Lake is hiding in this file.
30:26I'll, uh, let you know if I find her.
30:28Oh, thanks, Steve.
30:30See ya.
30:32See ya.
30:33You know something?
30:34From your description of the two men who attacked you,
30:36they could be construction workers.
30:38You know, maybe Arnold and I should wander down to the union hall
30:41and see if we can ID anybody.
30:42Okay, but listen, be careful this time.
30:44I don't want either one of you back in here as patients again.
30:47What about me?
30:49You need a lawyer.
30:51Dr. Sloan, what did you do to Nurse Brack and she quit?
30:56Good! Good!
30:58She was going to whip that emergency room into fiscal shape.
31:01Norman, I understand that there is a business side to medicine,
31:04but when it starts to interfere with the medical side of medicine,
31:07you gotta draw the line somewhere.
31:09Look, I promise I'll be more diligent in the future...
31:12...right after you reinstate Nurse Grimaldi.
31:14What?
31:15I'm telling you something.
31:16She was very, very moved...
31:17No.
31:18...at your eloquence when you let her go.
31:20No, no, no.
31:21Really, she can't wait to get back here and prove that she has seen the financial light, so to speak.
31:25She can't?
31:26It's a great gift you've got, Norman.
31:27Somehow you inspire the people under you.
31:30Why don't you give her the good news, tell her she's back.
31:33Go on.
31:34I will. Thank you.
31:35Good boy.
31:37Miss Bentley, Mr. Toliver, how can we help you?
31:40Miss Bentley recently relocated from Baltimore,
31:43and as her investment counselor, I thought it might be prudent to retain a West Coast firm to handle her affairs here.
31:49Let's get down to business. How did you hear about us?
31:52An old family friend. Harriet Lake.
32:00I'm not really familiar with that name, Wallace.
32:05Name doesn't ring a bell.
32:07The poor dear is no longer with us.
32:09She drowned in her own bathtub.
32:12We're having a memorial service for her on Thursday.
32:15You care to drop by and say a few words?
32:17How can you talk about somebody you didn't even know?
32:21Well, obviously there's been some miscommunication here.
32:24As far as I know, Harriet Lake has never had any dealings with this firm.
32:29Pity we can't ask her, isn't it?
32:35You know, Kenny is waiting at reception if you'd like to take a tour of our offices.
32:39What a splendid idea!
32:40And we can meet here in a half an hour and have lunch.
32:48Have you heard this one?
32:50You know why a vampire will never suck a lawyer's blood?
32:52No, why?
32:53Professional courtesy.
32:54Hey, guys.
32:55You know what the definition of a waste is?
32:58What?
32:59A busload of lawyers that goes over a cliff with two empty seats.
33:03I take it you don't want a seat on that bus.
33:05Are you kidding?
33:06After watching lawyers for the past five years, the last thing I want to do is become one.
33:10Oh, you want to grab that file, sir?
33:12Sure.
33:13No, sir.
33:14I'm going to start my own skydiving school.
33:16Yeah.
33:17Combine business with pleasure.
33:18Work when I have to.
33:20Jump when I want to.
33:21You want to drop these in that box, Mr. Toliver.
33:24You're very good at delegating, Kenny.
33:26Yeah.
33:27Isn't that what a boss does?
33:28Hey, Kenny.
33:29Oh, here you go, Mr. Tyler.
33:30Seen basking around?
33:31He hasn't been in all morning, Mr. Tyler.
33:34Carstairs is screaming for the Morton proposal.
33:37His days are numbered.
33:39Can't hide in his daddy's deep pockets anymore.
33:43Who's the happy messenger?
33:45Stuart Tyler.
33:47Hot shot litigator.
33:48Climbed over a lot of bodies to sit at Canfield's right hand.
33:51When Mr. Baskin joined the firm, I think he was scared he was going to get shoved aside.
34:04This shirt is scratching the hell out of me.
34:16It's called blending in, a way for us to look around and not have anybody hassle us.
34:21Oh, by the way, I borrowed these union cards from my cousin just in case.
34:27Santo Ruggiero?
34:29Right, it was the best I could do on short notice.
34:32All right, where do we find these guys?
34:34Call the cops, they'll arrest them, and maybe they'll roll over and give us their contact at the law firm.
34:38Assuming they don't kill us first.
34:39Hey.
34:42What do you two want?
34:43Uh, looking for work?
34:46Sorry, it's a day of organized labor when they made us take women into the union.
34:57Santo Ruggiero?
34:58Uh, he's new in the country, he doesn't speak any English.
35:03Que cosa?
35:10There's one of them.
35:11I thought he couldn't speak English.
35:13No, it's a few words.
35:17You know what we're gonna do?
35:18We're gonna go grab a bite to eat, and then we'll check back with you later.
35:20Okay, bye-bye.
35:21Bye-bye.
35:23What's your hurry?
35:24First, they're looking for work, now they don't want any.
35:26Well, stick around, we'll dig some work up for ya.
35:30You don't mind working underground, do ya?
35:33Hey fellas, look what I found.
35:36Couple of scabs with phony union cards.
35:39Okay, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute.
35:40Okay, I'm a lawyer.
35:41I'm a lawyer, and she's, and she's practically a lawyer.
35:43And you want to work construction?
35:44You're not helping us, Arnold.
35:50Santa Monica or Van Nuys?
35:52Excuse me?
35:53I think he's asking if I want to be part of the mall in Santa Monica or the new courthouse in Van Nuys.
35:56I don't believe this.
35:57I'm a tax attorney, for God's sake.
35:58Tax attorneys do not end up under Bloomingdale.
36:03You mean you guys are parked illegally?
36:05We're just gonna move it.
36:06Well, I'm afraid it's too late, I'm gonna have to write you up.
36:12Agnes, look out!
36:13Ow, ow, ow!
36:18Get him, Agnes!
36:23Come on.
36:25Hey, just get his gun!
36:26Get him, get him off of me!
36:29Arnold, give me a hand.
36:33Captain.
36:36You weren't the only ones that connected us up in the construction trade.
36:39I smashed up the description of the guys that attacked you with everybody that was indicted with Erlinsky and D'Angelo.
36:49Came up with these two beauties.
36:51Oh, yeah.
36:52I also found Harriet Lake.
36:54Well, what does Harriet Lake have to do with the construction workers' union?
36:59Clearly, in the obituary, it says that she was a grade school teacher in Pittsburgh.
37:03I'll get to her in a minute.
37:04Now, none of this is in the indictment.
37:06I got it from a friend of mine at Justice.
37:09A fellow named Pete Sotos was a vice president of the International until he got convicted for taking kickbacks.
37:16Now, Pete didn't want to spend his declining years doing hard times, so he rolled over and went into the witness protection program.
37:21The government was going to trot him out to testify against his old cronies in Local 604 until he got instant amnesia.
37:30The day after, Harriet Lake drowned in her bathtub.
37:34She was his sister.
37:36Lake was just her married name.
37:38Well, that kind of information can be worth a lot.
37:41I was right.
37:42Someone is selling the names of potential witnesses.
37:45Well, that's a very gruesome way to make money.
37:47Or win cases.
37:49You know, Stuart Tyler was on a couple of those cases.
37:51He won both of them. That's how he made his name at the firm.
37:55We ran a check on all the calls made from the union hall while Arnold and Agnes were there.
37:59One of them was to a beeper leased by Canfield and Carstairs.
38:02Every lawyer in the firm has one.
38:04I've got one, too.
38:06Steve, these two guys who attacked Arnold and Agnes, can you keep that arrest quiet?
38:10For how long?
38:11Till tonight.
38:12I guess we could lose them in the system.
38:14Good. Agnes, see if you can get in those files and find out who was assigned that particular beeper number.
38:19Sure.
38:20Use, uh, Arnold's access code.
38:22If it's okay with Arnold.
38:23Oh, it won't matter to him. He'll be dead.
38:44So what do you got for me?
38:45He's dead.
38:46I can't tell you how delighted we are that you've chosen us to represent you.
38:59Well, it was Mr. Tolliver's decision.
39:00You have a young man with a firm I've heard quite good things about.
39:01Oh, and who might that be?
39:02Arnold Baskin.
39:03Baskin?
39:04Yes, his father Murray is an old, dear friend.
39:05We'd like him on the team.
39:06Well, unfortunately, Mr. Baskin is no longer with us.
39:07He's no longer with us.
39:08He's no longer with us.
39:09Well, I can't tell you how delighted we are that you've chosen us to represent you.
39:13Well, it was Mr. Tolliver's decision.
39:14You have a young man with a firm I've heard quite good things about.
39:18Oh, and who might that be?
39:19Arnold Baskin.
39:21Baskin?
39:22Yes, his father Murray is an old, dear friend.
39:27We'd like him on the team.
39:29Well, unfortunately, Mr. Baskin is no longer with us.
39:34Since when?
39:36Since this morning.
39:39We had to terminate him.
39:42He wasn't pulling his weight.
39:45But Mr. Tyler here is an excellent replacement.
39:48Yes, as a matter of fact, Mr. Tyler is working on one of our most important cases.
39:52A trial of two certain union officials charged with malfeasance in office.
39:57Oh, yes, yes, I've read about that.
39:59Should be quite feather in your cap, Mr. Tyler, if you win.
40:02I intend to.
40:03No doubts.
40:05Not anymore.
40:08Well, gentlemen, if we can't have Arnold Baskin, you can't have us.
40:12Miss Bentley, shall we?
40:14Uh-huh.
40:18Poor Arnold.
40:23So young to be terminated.
40:25Sounds like they're all in on it.
40:27Well, the train will tell.
40:28Let's just hope Agnes can get those beeper assignments tonight.
40:31Right.
40:32I had a feeling that'll tell us who's behind the murders.
40:48From the point of view of the murders.
40:49You don't even know who's behind the murders it.
40:50Maybe they, or?
40:51Maybe they'll tell us who's behind the murders.
40:52Cool.
40:53Locating to the murders.
40:54Good.
40:55No.
40:57To the murders.
40:59No.
41:00Better to do it like those collaborations.
41:01For the murders.
41:03I couldn't trust them.
41:04Not no.
41:05I'm sorry.
41:06To the murders.
41:07My friends.
41:08I'm sorry.
41:09Nobody took them from town.
41:10You need to inform them.
41:11I think that's great and I got to do this.
41:12I don't know who's behind the murders
41:13I've been in here for this.
41:15i put it on hold i should have known arnold was too stupid to figure out what was going on
41:34mr baskin's a lot smarter than he looks or acts he's dead but someone used his access code to
41:41requisition of beeper assignment you're gonna have a little accident you're gonna trip on those high
41:56heels and break your neck you just a little ruse we cooked up to smoke you out now who's the stupid
42:08one kenny what the hell i was like to bargain two for the price of one what'll it be murder suicide
42:16armed robbery that went wrong look let her live okay i mean she's nothing but a ditzy paralegal
42:22i'm the brains behind this right bright as a new penny just as worthless everybody knows you got
42:30this job because you're a old man freeze kitty mr tolliver not anymore
42:39uh this uh skydiving school you want to start expensive proposition what a messenger makes
42:49by the time you had enough money it'd be too old to climb on the plane much less jump out of one
42:53so you came up with your own alternative way of financing your dream didn't you selling the name
42:59of potential witnesses every file every memo every piece of mail came to you first even before the
43:06attorneys knew who was going to be called you had that information say goodbye kenny for about 20 years
43:13hey kenny you were right my father did get me this job but i'm gonna keep it on my own you wait and see
43:23he may not be the best lawyer in the firm or the the brightest he may not know much about the law
43:30he may never have tried a case in court oh okay that's not offending me you're gonna get me disbarred
43:35we all thank goodness this horrible business is over and an acknowledgement of his splendid work
43:42of uncovering the viper in our midst we welcome our newest partner arnie baskin
43:49great mr baskin can we get one right here
43:53indeed he brought the first breath of scandal to this firm and it's 94 years
44:00right i'd like to say thank you mr carstairs and i'd like to especially thank mr canfield for
44:06believing in me oh he's more than my mentor he's my friend i'm going to destroy that
44:16little length of that you just made him partner oh merely a higher perch from which to fall dear
44:23boy i'm very honored i'm going to see that he gets every potentially career destroying case that
44:29comes down the pike until he either fails miserably giving us cause to give him the boot
44:35or until he becomes so whipped and beaten he resigns
44:40congratulations on thanks dr sloan i owe a lot of this to you
44:49and you and to show my gratitude how would you like to work for the newest partner in canfield car
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