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00:00sorry we should go in i don't think they want to do this nonsense here i can walk
00:11you're running late mr fallon was parking where are foster parents they're on their way
00:22miss salt do i need to postpone these adoption hearings again i certainly hope not your honor
00:27miss salt a moment
00:31i'm sorry judge danson
00:38we can't do this mr carlson i'm sorry we can't we talked about it all last night
00:49tracy we can't but surely you're going to go on being her foster parent it's just too much for
00:55our family you're not just going to leave her here with me we talked to her last night told
01:00her there was a chance we wouldn't do this last night i think she understands
01:04take us off the docket
01:12there won't be an adoption
01:25i am sentencing you to 1500 hours of community service using your skills as a corporate attorney
01:40to work as a child advocate
01:54it's okay
02:12don't cry miss salt i'm sorry this is totally inappropriate
02:21damn it please i'll be okay look i've had tons of foster parents we'll find someone else
02:31we've got to get you back to the shelter looks like your ride's on its way
02:37okay
02:44you okay no what's going on with the girl she has congenital heart disease she's waiting for a
02:52transplant now she won't get one how does a blown adoption kill her chance to get a heart
02:59they won't give her heart if she doesn't have a stable home life if there's not an adult around to make sure her needs are attended to she's going to die
03:07she's going to die
03:14if there's not an adult around to make sure her needs are attended to she's going to die
03:21i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry it's been so long i've i've been meaning to call how you doing
03:36Harry.
03:38Hey, Bert.
03:39How are you?
03:40All right.
03:41I'm all right.
03:42Good to see you.
03:43I'm sorry.
03:44I'm sorry it's been so long.
03:46I've been meaning to call.
03:47How are you doing?
03:48I'm all right.
03:49People our age, when one of us gets sick,
03:52we don't want to talk to one another about it.
03:55I still should have called, though.
03:57On to business, huh?
03:59Yeah, yeah.
04:00Stan and Abe sent you over here to do their dirty work.
04:03Right.
04:04I'm assuming that contract I signed 30 years ago
04:08is about to bite me on the ass.
04:10Yeah.
04:11Well, you've missed 89 days, Harry.
04:13Tomorrow's the last step.
04:15Yeah.
04:16I figured it was only a matter of time before Stan and Abe,
04:19but I wanted to free up some stock to hire my replacement.
04:24Right.
04:25Here it is.
04:26This may sound a little official, but...
04:28Yeah.
04:29Let me have it.
04:30We're so out to paragraph 4B of the stockholders' agreement.
04:34Hopes Incorporated would like to repurchase your stock.
04:37Yeah.
04:38Paragraph 4B?
04:39You know what that says, Harry.
04:41If a stockholder becomes permanently disabled,
04:44the company has the right to repurchase that individual stock.
04:47Uh-huh.
04:48How much, Burton?
04:51Just under $200,000.
04:54That's six cents on the dollar.
04:58Not according to their valuation.
05:00Oh, no.
05:01Last year, they got a firm offer for $30 million.
05:06I own 10% of the stock.
05:09Harry.
05:10I'm sorry, but it's $200,000.
05:13That's...
05:14That's their offer.
05:17Hey, what are you doing?
05:18Going back to work.
05:19Harry.
05:20How do you think I'm doing?
05:21Harry.
05:22Harry, open the door.
05:23Open the door, Harry.
05:33What's wrong?
05:35Hmm?
05:36You haven't even told me a joke.
05:39Hmm.
05:41Did I tell you the one about the third-legged pig?
05:43Yes, you did.
05:44Huh.
05:46So what's going on?
05:48Oh, it's, um...
05:52Work.
05:54An old client.
05:55Well, the company's an old client.
05:57He's the COO.
05:59Well, we drafted a very tough contract for the stockholders back in the 70s, and now it's screwing them.
06:09You're just doing your job, right?
06:11He's dying of cancer.
06:12And they're taking advantage of that fact.
06:15Why don't you come over to my house tomorrow night? I'll make you dinner.
06:26Where's your son?
06:28David went to college a month ago.
06:30Oh, yeah. I knew that.
06:32I did. I did know that. I'm sorry.
06:36So my house is empty.
06:38I'd love it if you'd stay the night for once.
06:42All right.
06:44Tomorrow, I'll call you after work.
06:46I was forced a father to push them down the stairs.
06:51You couldn't have known.
06:52I had a feeling when I placed them last year.
06:57Hey, Richard.
06:59How's it going, kid?
07:00Hi.
07:01Who's that guy?
07:04Another lawyer I work with.
07:05Just you.
07:06Well, he's gonna help.
07:07No.
07:08I don't want him in here.
07:09Okay.
07:10Great.
07:11Nice to meet you, Richard.
07:12I'll wait in the hall.
07:16Hi.
07:23What are you doing here?
07:26I was just visiting a patient down the hall with James.
07:31I should go.
07:33I'll come by later.
07:35Okay.
07:39What happened?
07:40She was feeling weak.
07:41They brought her in last night for tests.
07:43And?
07:44Her heart's failing.
07:45How bad is it?
07:46Don't know.
07:48They keep upping her dose of amniodarone to make her heart function as normal as possible,
07:51but they can't keep doing that for her.
07:53Excuse me.
07:54Yeah.
07:55No.
07:56No.
07:57No.
07:58File the papers for the Riley deal with the county.
07:59Yes.
08:00Today.
08:01Do it today.
08:02What is the matter with you?
08:03Did I do something to offend you?
08:04Wake up!
08:05Just wake the hell up!
08:06Hey!
08:07Hi.
08:08Um.
08:09We didn't officially meet.
08:10Nick, right?
08:11The lawyer guy who Lori likes.
08:12Come on.
08:13I don't think she likes me.
08:14Well, she hired you at the last minute to represent me.
08:15Said you'd do the right thing.
08:16She did.
08:17I heard her yelling at you.
08:18Yeah.
08:19Yeah.
08:20You upset?
08:21No.
08:22Then why'd you come back here?
08:23Uh, because I, um, well, I, you know, I just wanted to...
08:26You wish me luck?
08:27No.
08:28I know I'm gonna die.
08:29I've known it for years.
08:30It hasn't happened yet, so...
08:31Maybe it won't.
08:32You think about dying?
08:33No.
08:34No.
08:35No.
08:36No.
08:37No.
08:38No.
08:39No.
08:40No.
08:41No.
08:42No.
08:43No.
08:44No.
08:45No.
08:46No.
08:47No.
08:48No.
08:49No.
08:50No.
08:51No.
08:52No.
08:53No.
08:54No.
08:55No.
08:56No.
08:57No.
08:58No.
08:59O' You think about dying?
09:00Sometimes.
09:02You afraid?
09:05No.
09:07It's okay.
09:08I am, too.
09:12You know, other times I think it's gonna be okay.
09:15Like, I was born and I'm alive now.
09:19It's all part of it.
09:22So I'll die, like everyone else..
09:26All day.
09:28How old are you?
09:30Twelve.
09:31How old are you?
09:34Three or two.
09:36You want to play a game?
09:38No, I have a meeting.
09:46Don't.
09:47What?
09:47Let me win.
09:49I'm not.
09:50Yes, you are.
09:50No, I'm not.
09:51Do you think I care if I beat you or not?
09:53Like later, I'll be lying in bed thinking,
09:56what a perfect day.
09:57I beat a really cute boy of checkers.
10:01You're really handsome.
10:07You are?
10:09You think I'm pretty?
10:11Yeah.
10:13No, you don't.
10:16I bet I could be.
10:17But I don't have any boobs.
10:20And I've had three open-heart surgeries,
10:22so I have terrible-looking scars.
10:26Boys probably don't want to kiss me or anything.
10:28Oh.
10:29I, uh, I wouldn't be so sure about that.
10:34Have you ever,
10:35you know, with a girl with scars like mine?
10:40No.
10:40I heard that some girls get sympathy sex.
10:46You have?
10:47I've heard that.
10:48And you know what?
10:49If someone was offering,
10:51I'd take one.
10:53When I'm older.
10:54Well, you know,
10:55sex isn't the most important thing.
10:58Yes, it is.
11:00Sex is the most important thing in the world.
11:03No, it's not.
11:04Then what is?
11:05You can answer it.
11:22I think it's your move.
11:23Harry, what the hell are you doing?
11:39I'm going to work.
11:42Harry.
11:44What the hell is in my office?
11:52Harry.
11:53Damn, you bulls.
11:57Harry.
11:58Harry.
12:01She was born with a problem.
12:03Her mother was a teenager and gave her up.
12:05She's lived in foster care all her life.
12:07Her heart function has deteriorated.
12:11She's retaining fluids.
12:13Her medication is about to push her into urgent status qualification.
12:17There's really nothing more they can do at this point to save her life but get her a new heart.
12:21Or they're going to have to let her go.
12:23And if her former foster parents were to agree to bring her back?
12:26She'd have a chance.
12:28And what are their names?
12:29You can't just barge into their house and demand they take her back because you say so.
12:33Are you going to give me the information or am I going to have to go into Alvin's office and get it myself?
12:37You don't have any idea who we are or why we made this decision.
12:49All I know is that there's a girl that's about to die because...
12:53Because she has a defective heart, Mr. Fallon.
12:55Not because of anything me or my wife have done.
12:57Without you, she doesn't have a chance.
12:59She didn't have a chance when we brought her into this home two years ago either.
13:02It's easy for you, isn't it?
13:04Standing there judging us.
13:05I'm looking for help.
13:07Do you have any children?
13:10No.
13:11Are you even married?
13:13No.
13:14So basically you're a child yourself.
13:18You should have the decency to leave us in peace.
13:24I didn't mean any offense.
13:27We truly love Leslie.
13:29We gave two years of our lives to her.
13:32We've been very fortunate.
13:37My business has done well.
13:39A couple of healthy kids.
13:41We felt we had a debt to pay.
13:43But once this started, what Leslie needs to live,
13:47we had to keep all the kids home from school.
13:49Teach them here.
13:50Medications three times a day.
13:52If you miss something, she could die.
13:54Check her heart rate four times a day.
13:57Miss a problem, she dies.
13:59Trips to the ER every month.
14:01Checkups, checkups, not to mention the expense.
14:03We just couldn't handle it anymore.
14:06We love Leslie.
14:07But we had to choose our own family first.
14:11I got it.
14:16How are you doing?
14:18Warren.
14:18How are you?
14:20Harry, what the hell are you thinking?
14:22I went to work, Burden.
14:24It's on the books.
14:25I went to work.
14:26My client is not permanently disabled.
14:32Now, according to the contract, he is.
14:36Paragraph seven defines permanent disability as the inability to perform one's duties and obligations for a period of 90 days.
14:44He showed up for work on day 90.
14:45He was driven away by an ambulance before he reached his desk.
14:49Doesn't matter.
14:50Made it to my office.
14:51Harry.
14:51Book value per share.
14:53This is ridiculous.
14:55The Hopesons rejected a $30 million offer to buy the company just 11 months ago.
15:00Based on that number, my client is due $3 million.
15:03Based on that number, you're right.
15:05But based on the contract, and that's all that matters here.
15:08He's due $200,000.
15:09That's ridiculous, Burden.
15:11Warren, I know 11 months ago we were all doing a lot better economically.
15:16She's saying that yesterday a $30 million company is suddenly worth two?
15:20No.
15:21I'm telling you what the contract provides and what my client is willing to pay.
15:28Harry, you know, if you fight this thing and lose, you're going to have to cover his fee and mine.
15:35And I know what Warren charges.
15:36When we first started this company, I told Stan and A to hire you because you were a ruthless son of a bitch.
15:47And brother, was I ever right?
15:54It's not as easy as you think.
15:55Leslie's in the system, but she's not classified 1A.
15:57So?
15:58So even if a heart came in today, she wouldn't qualify for it.
16:01Say I find suitable foster parents.
16:03They'd have to fill a lot of requirements.
16:05Like what?
16:06They'd have to be able to give medicine, transport people to the hospital, understand the disease, its rejection systems.
16:13They'd have to be solid citizens with plenty of time and resources.
16:16But if I find them, you'll let me talk to the patient selection committee?
16:18I sit on that committee, Mr. Powell, and believe me, nothing would make me happier than to find somebody in time.
16:23Cancel that.
16:24What else can we do?
16:26The usual.
16:28Agencies.
16:29We have to interview potential foster parents.
16:31But it's not simple.
16:32This is a very powerful story.
16:34Not to be crude, but you put the picture of a dog that got hit by a car on the evening news and you get thousands of letters in response.
16:40Everybody wants to be part of the drama.
16:43But you get the dog home, deal with the fact that it needs pills, a trip to the vet, it hasn't been housebroken, and before you know it, it's back out on the street again.
16:50We're not talking about a dog.
16:51No, we're talking about human nature.
16:53What if I did go to the press?
16:54You get thousands of responses from well-meaning people from all over the country.
16:58Isn't that the point?
16:59We don't have time for that.
17:01We need people from the city who have been checked out, who meet the criteria.
17:07Pittsburgh Examiner.
17:09I want a quarter-page ad.
17:10It reads, Allegheny County Social Services needs immediate, now in bold print, foster parents.
17:17For a 12-year-old girl with congenital heart disease.
17:21Then double space, please contact Nick Fallon at Fallon & Associates 412.
17:26He was pathetic.
17:29It doesn't count as a day of work, walking into the office and collapsing.
17:34No, it doesn't.
17:35The contract is solid, permanently disabled.
17:38He hasn't worked in more than three months straight.
17:40He's dying of cancer, Stan.
17:42We're not being heartless.
17:44This is just business.
17:46Well, you think $200,000 is fair?
17:49A deal's a deal.
17:50We've already made Harry a rich man.
17:52He helped make you rich, too.
17:54Who's side are you on, Burton?
17:56He's hired an attorney.
17:57He wants to fight.
17:59Well, there's a provision for that, isn't there?
18:01Of course.
18:01In the event of a dispute, the prevailing party is entitled to recover all costs and fees incurred.
18:08How much will it cost to defend this?
18:11The fees for both attorneys could run into six figures, easily.
18:16I tell him to take the money, instead of flushing what he has left down the crapper in a dispute.
18:24All right.
18:26I'll tell him.
18:28Thank you very much.
18:30It's good to see you, and we'll, uh...
18:32Oh, we won't be in touch.
18:34Yeah.
18:35Nicholas?
18:35Mr. Hopson.
18:37Nicholas.
18:38I need you to take a case for me.
18:45Which one?
18:46The Hopson's.
18:48Harry Joseph's.
18:48Yeah.
18:49I'm too close to this one.
18:51Harry's my friend.
18:53Uh, I can't.
18:56Nicholas, I need your head in our business.
18:59This work you're doing outside the firm is getting in the way of your obligations.
19:02I'm sorry.
19:03I just can't do it today.
19:04And it's not appropriate for you to use our offices as a placements that are for little girls.
19:12Can you measure medications?
19:14Do you have a car?
19:15Do you live near the hospital?
19:17Do you have CPR training?
19:18Yes.
19:19Good.
19:19That's a start.
19:20Can you draw blood?
19:24Do you have any experience as caregivers?
19:26My wife knows CPR.
19:28Her father had heart problems, and she took care of him for three years before he died.
19:32What do we do next?
19:34Come down to social services.
19:36We'll verify your financial information, and you can fill out the forms.
19:39Good.
19:43Well, the offer is still $200,000.
19:46It's growing me.
19:48I couldn't do this to either one of them.
19:50The contract can't be modified, Harry.
19:52It's the way you wanted it to be.
19:54Burton, as a friend, tell me the truth.
19:58What would you do?
19:59I'd file a lawsuit tomorrow morning.
20:06I have spent the last 21 years being accountable to my children.
20:12When I got divorced, every date I had had to be over by their curfew.
20:20What is it?
20:22My son.
20:23I'd like to meet him.
20:30We don't exactly share each other's personal lives.
20:35Why not?
20:35His mother.
20:36We were divorced when he was 10.
20:38She got sick a few months after that, and she died when he was 12 years old.
20:43You think he blames you for that?
20:45Now, what she would say to me during the divorce, she would say to me, you're killing me.
20:52You're killing me.
20:54In front of the boy.
20:56In front of Nick.
20:57Yeah.
20:58You're killing me.
21:00She said that.
21:02He heard that.
21:03And she died.
21:04But he's older now.
21:09I mean, he must understand.
21:12No, I don't think kids ever get over things like that.
21:15Well, I'd like to meet him.
21:17You should introduce us.
21:19I think it's time he knew about me anyway, don't you?
21:21Yeah.
21:22Yeah.
21:22You ever think about having another child?
21:32God, no.
21:34I mean, adopting.
21:35I've thought about it.
21:38A little girl like this could use people like us.
21:41I'm a little bit too old for that, okay?
21:44No, you're not.
21:46We could do it together.
21:48You know what I think?
21:49I think you're just lonely because your kids are off to college.
21:53Well, aren't you?
21:55A little.
21:56Honey, this talk makes me...
21:58It's good.
21:59No.
21:59It's good.
22:01I don't want to be a father again, okay?
22:03That's part of my life that's over.
22:05Well, what do you want?
22:07This is fine by me.
22:09Just like this.
22:10Okay?
22:14Okay.
22:19I'll tell you what.
22:21You pick the night.
22:22Come over to the office.
22:23We'll take Nick to dinner.
22:25You can meet Nick.
22:26He meets you.
22:27Okay?
22:31Mm-hmm.
22:31Mm-hmm.
22:33Mm-hmm.
22:36What the hell happened?
22:38I told you not to come.
22:39I heard there was a heart available.
22:40We have a couple that want to be Leslie's foster pet.
22:42They had pets.
22:43Birds.
22:43They wouldn't give them up.
22:44What are you talking about?
22:45Birds carry disease.
22:46Leslie would be susceptible.
22:47If they won't give up two birds, they're not going to give up everything else they have
22:50to do to be her guardian.
22:51I'm sorry, Nick.
22:52Dr. Rydstrom.
22:53Yes?
22:54I'm Nick Fallon.
22:55I work with Laurie Sult.
22:56I'm trying to find foster parents for Leslie Walker.
22:58Good luck.
22:59If we can find someone by the end of the day, is there any chance that Leslie could have
23:02that heart?
23:03Mr. Fallon, I appreciate your interest, but that heart will be transplanted within the
23:07next six hours.
23:09She's dying.
23:11Can't just let that happen.
23:13I know you mean well.
23:14But you must understand that at any given time, there are over 4,000 people waiting for
23:18a chance like this.
23:19If I waste one heart, then two people die.
23:23Miss Sult.
23:24It rained last night.
23:34Yeah.
23:36Around here, rain, snow, people get excited.
23:41Why is that?
23:44Car crashes.
23:45It's sick, I know.
23:49But we watched the news with a totally different angle.
23:52It's all about potential organ donors.
23:55Pile up on the freeway.
23:57Well, did a girl about my age die?
24:04I heard about the heart.
24:07I'm sorry.
24:08It's okay.
24:09The 18-year-old girl down the hall is going to get it.
24:12Yeah.
24:13She's sweet.
24:14She deserves it.
24:16Leslie, um...
24:18I'm doing everything that I can.
24:21Of course you are.
24:23I'm sorry.
24:24When you talked to the Carlsons, they told you, didn't they?
24:28How hard it was.
24:30Do you have any idea how it feels to be a burden?
24:34It's disgusting.
24:37Either way, I'm fine.
24:39If I'm out of this body, I'm free.
24:42The only way I want to live is if I'm strong enough to take care of myself.
24:47Otherwise, what's the point?
24:50I mean, really?
24:51Waiting around for a cute boy like you to come and apologize to me?
25:02I'm sorry about the Riley case.
25:04Jake covered for you.
25:05He wanted you to look over these files.
25:07Any luck on that ad?
25:09Didn't work.
25:10Being a parent.
25:14Yes.
25:16Well, I certainly wasn't a natural at it, that's for sure.
25:19You were fine.
25:21Don't lie to me, son.
25:22You know when you got arrested, the first thing I did?
25:27Picked up the damn phone and called your mother.
25:29She'd been dead for 19 years.
25:32I still had that number in my head.
25:35I just thought she could handle it better.
25:37That's the way I did it.
25:41Just left it up to her.
25:42When she died, I left it up to babysitters, prep schools.
25:46You know, we don't have to talk about this.
25:50No.
25:53Nick, you're a man now.
25:56Whatever chance I had with you when you were a kid.
26:02You're a man now.
26:03What is this?
26:26I want to become Leslie Walker's foster parent.
26:28You're not suitable.
26:39Why not?
26:40How could it hurt?
26:41You're on probation for a drug position.
26:43If I could just take her in for now, she would get a heart.
26:45You work 80-hour weeks.
26:47Well, if it doesn't work with me, then she's easier to place.
26:49You're immature.
26:50You're not married.
26:51She's a healthier girl who has a heart already.
26:53It's not such a daunting task for an adoptive parent.
26:56I have no experience.
26:57You can't just take her in as a legal ruse to get around the system.
27:00Why not?
27:01Because it's not done, is why not.
27:03It flies in the face of all the rules we've set up out of fairness.
27:06And it's fair to let her die?
27:07Of course not.
27:10You think I'm suitable, Larry?
27:13I'm not going to ask you to say it right now.
27:15I'm going to walk back to legal service.
27:17I'm going to let you think about it.
27:18But I'm going to do this.
27:24Absolutely not.
27:26Come on, Alvin.
27:26I have seen some of the parents that come through here.
27:28You have to ask yourself why you're doing this.
27:30Because someone has to.
27:32Yes, but why you?
27:33Well, why not me?
27:35There's a reason you're a single man on probation who works two full-time jobs.
27:39There's a reason you are like you are.
27:42Like I am?
27:44You don't strike me as someone who knows how to be around other people full-time.
27:47And how would you know?
27:49Because I can't do it either.
27:50Well, I'm withdrawing myself as Leslie Walker's lawyer.
27:55She's going to need you to represent her from now on.
27:57I have a present for you.
28:11You're blowing me off, aren't you?
28:20No.
28:21You probably thought about it all night about how to break it to me.
28:25And then when you woke up, you found you were so guilty that you went to the store like all the other rich people
28:30and brought me a present to make yourself feel better.
28:36Do you want it?
28:38Well, hell yes, I want it.
28:39But only if it makes you feel better.
28:43Yes, it does.
28:48So, now's the time you say goodbye and wish me well, right?
28:52Leslie, I, uh, I want to be your foster parent.
29:05You?
29:07Yeah.
29:08No.
29:10Why not?
29:13I've impure thoughts about you.
29:17I'm trying to be serious.
29:22Tell me something.
29:23What about me makes you want to do this?
29:26Well, firstly, you need a heart.
29:28It's not a good enough answer.
29:30Because after I get one, you've still got me.
29:39My parents, um...
29:43Yeah?
29:44My mom died when I was young, and, and, uh, my, my father sent me away, and, uh...
29:52I, uh, I'm, I'm still angry.
29:57And I, uh, I met you, and, and, and everyone's abandoned you, and, and you're...
30:03You're, um...
30:06You're the strongest person I've ever met, and...
30:10I don't like the idea of you dying.
30:13Well, Rebecca.
30:19Yeah?
30:19I've got a problem.
30:20What is it?
30:21That guy I got working in my clinic, doing his community service.
30:23Nicholas Fallon?
30:24He wants to be considered as a potential foster parent for a young girl named Leslie Walker.
30:28She needs a heart.
30:29Well, right, I remember.
30:30Are you recommending him?
30:32I'm not the arbiter.
30:34Well, what do you think of him?
30:35Well, I've only known him for a couple of months.
30:36I don't particularly like him.
30:38But?
30:39He impresses me.
30:40Well, that doesn't speak to his being a foster parent, Alvin.
30:43No, no, it doesn't.
30:44I just don't think it's fair for me to make the decision.
30:47You're passing the buck.
30:50Yeah.
30:52Have him in my court in two hours.
30:57Hello?
30:59Hi, Sarah.
31:01Hi.
31:01Come, come on in.
31:02Come on in.
31:02My appointment was canceled, so I'm a little early.
31:06Oh.
31:07Oh, Sarah.
31:08This is my son, Nick.
31:09This is my very good friend, Sarah Smalley.
31:12Great to meet you.
31:13I heard so much about you.
31:15Yeah.
31:17I have a lot of work to do, so I'll just take it into the conference room.
31:23Nice to meet you.
31:24Oh, yeah.
31:26Aren't the three of us supposed to have lunch together?
31:29Honey, I am so sorry.
31:30I completely forgot.
31:33You forgot?
31:33We were working on these contracts, and it went right out of my head.
31:37I'm really sorry.
31:39You finally set up lunch so I can meet your son, and you forgot?
31:42I told you.
31:43I told you I'm not good at this.
31:45I mean, I try, but ultimately I'm not easy to be with.
31:50You look great.
31:53You like to blame yourself, don't you?
31:55Excuse me?
31:57Well, you tell yourself it's your fault, and you think that'll make me feel better.
32:01What?
32:02But you know what?
32:02It doesn't.
32:04It makes you feel better.
32:06Sarah, wait a minute.
32:07Whoa, whoa, whoa.
32:08Wait a minute.
32:08I, you know, I don't think this is going to work.
32:11I mean, the truth is, you're self-absorbed.
32:14You know, you sit around wondering why you're not closer to your son, but you actually like
32:19the distance that you've created because it lets you sit back, do nothing, and spend more
32:23time with yourself.
32:25Whoa.
32:26Hey, hey, hey.
32:27Sarah, Sarah, Sarah.
32:28Hey, wait a minute.
32:29Hey, hey, here's the question.
32:30Hey, your girlfriend?
32:33What?
32:36Yeah.
32:39Yeah, I'll be right there.
32:40Your Honor, Nicholas Fallon pled guilty to misdemeanor charges of drug possession, and that was a plea bargain down for much more serious charges.
32:49He's currently on probation, he is single, and has shown no apparent aptitude to take care of himself, let alone a special needs child such as Leslie.
32:58Mr. Fallon?
33:00I'm fulfilling the requirements of my probation. It won't be a problem.
33:04Let's say it becomes one. He slips, does something foolish, ends up in jail. We'll take care of Leslie.
33:09I'm not going to slip.
33:11Your Honor, Mr. Fallon can't guarantee that.
33:18Ms. Solt, do you agree with your agency's position?
33:22I don't know what to think. Officially, of course, I concur in our position.
33:28Personally?
33:29I don't know. A few minutes ago I overheard someone in the hall talking about Nick Fallon.
33:35They called him a son of a bitch.
33:37He is that.
33:41He can be rude, standoffish.
33:43When I first met him, I truly disliked him.
33:47But of all the imperfect people I've met in this world, and that would be everybody,
33:52Nick is one of the few who lives by a set of standards.
33:56I do think his mind is set on this.
33:58I do think he has the right things in his mind.
34:04And he's the kind of person who will follow through.
34:07Might be just to prove other people wrong.
34:10But he follows through.
34:16Have you ever been in a long-term relationship, Mr. Fallon?
34:20No.
34:20Why do you think you're prepared to have one now?
34:28You don't know?
34:30You know, I know I meant to say something extraordinary here.
34:34Uh, but, all I can say is that, that I won't let Leslie down.
34:45And I know that I fail myself, that's true.
34:47I admit that.
34:49But, I will not fail that girl.
34:52I will not fail Leslie.
34:54Leslie Walker will be placed in the care of Nicholas Fallon,
35:07who is also immediately appointed as her medical guardian.
35:19Let's say that Leslie Walker receives a new heart.
35:21The chances of her survival are decent, but her needs will be extraordinary.
35:24I understand that.
35:25I don't know if you do.
35:26Keeping Leslie alive requires putting her through a lot of pain.
35:29As a caregiver, you have to be prepared to hurt, to help.
35:32Okay.
35:32Her discomfort will be extreme at times.
35:35Her survival after the surgery is still tenuous and painful.
35:38I understand that.
35:39Three previous open-heart surgeries makes her chances of even surviving the transplant 50-50.
35:45Stress from the surgery can do neurological damage.
35:48She simply will not stand up from surgery and be a normal child.
35:51She will never be a normal child.
35:52And you will never have a moment's peace.
35:56And all the time, work, money, and love you give may end in a profound sense of loss.
36:01Do you understand that, Mr. Fallon?
36:03Yes.
36:03So do you still want to do this?
36:09Yes.
36:13All right, then.
36:14We'll get back to you.
36:16If you don't mind, the meeting's in here.
36:17Well, he's hired a crackerjack attorney.
36:31What are you saying?
36:34He's making the argument that your recent investments to modernize the plant occurred after Harry got sick.
36:42Is this argument valid?
36:45It's not ridiculous.
36:46If it gets in front of a jury, it could be problematic.
36:49Harry will be dead by then.
36:51Yeah.
36:51And his widow will claim that you two rich guys screwed a cancer patient.
36:56But does he have a valid legal argument burden?
36:59I wish he did.
37:02Excuse me?
37:04Look, 30 years ago, we were all young men.
37:08No one was going to get sick or die.
37:11It was all about protecting ourselves from an older generation of future stockholders.
37:16Not from each other.
37:19He served you pretty well.
37:20Why do you want to do this to him now?
37:22Burton, close the deal to $200,000.
37:25If I don't?
37:27Close the deal, Burton.
37:28Then we won't ask you again.
37:37Heart's available.
37:38Is it a match?
37:39It'll be here in two hours.
37:40Let's go.
37:43Um, keys, keys, keys.
37:48This is cyclosporine.
37:49It makes it so your body won't attack your new heart.
37:54Hi, Leslie.
37:55Hi.
37:56I need to inform you that...
37:59I know that I might need blood, and if you feel that the organ is not suitable for my body, you might call off the operation.
38:06That's right.
38:08And I wonder if you're aware...
38:09And I understand that I might die in this operation, and I give you my consent to do it anyway.
38:14You give your consent, Mr. Fallon?
38:22You are Leslie's medical guardian.
38:34All right, Leslie, we're going to take you down to the operating room now.
38:37I love you.
38:50Yeah.
38:51Come on.
38:55I can come back.
39:11No, no, no. Come on in.
39:13You sure?
39:14Yeah, come on. Come on.
39:22Well...
39:23Stan and Abe, they'll never budge.
39:27Not a niche. Bastards.
39:31A hell of a deal.
39:34Buying back 10% of the company for a fraction of its value.
39:42Business, Harry. Pure and simple.
39:45Business.
39:47And if you lose, you know what happens, so...
39:49And if I win?
39:53Truth be told, I hope you do.
39:55I hope you kick her ass.
39:59But you're not going to roll over.
40:01I have heard...
40:03It's not my nature, Harry.
40:05It's...
40:05It's not my nature.
40:07I've still got a lot of fight left in me.
40:20I'm not going to die.
40:22Well, I'll, uh...
40:24I'll tell them you'll reject the offer, okay?
40:27Uh-uh.
40:53I'll see you later, pal.
40:54See ya.
40:56She didn't make it, did she?
41:26They never got the heart in.
41:29They were able to save it, though.
41:32They gave it to a nine-year-old boy.
41:44Nick?
41:48You all right?
41:49Yeah, yeah.
41:50I'm fine.
41:56I'm fine.
42:03I'm fine.
42:06I'm fine.
42:13I'm fine.
42:20I'm fine.
42:27I'm fine.
42:34Take it.
42:54Just take it.
42:59Thanks.
43:01I know you just wanted her to live.
43:08If she had, you'd have walked up to me, shrugged, and said, go find her home, Lori.
43:15Isn't that right?
43:22Isn't that right?
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