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00:00Previously on The Guardian.
00:02They headed something?
00:03No, I can't.
00:04Community service, probation.
00:05Anyone else in your position be looking at three to five.
00:07It's good to be Burton Fallon's son, ain't it?
00:09What is it, son?
00:10Today's mom's birthday.
00:11Should've been 59.
00:13We were divorced when he was 10.
00:15She got sick a few months after that,
00:17and she died when he was 12 years old.
00:20And until you devote yourself to this firm,
00:23you're just not ready.
00:24We will offer you a better future here at Kirk & McGee.
00:27I'm gonna take that position over at Kirk & McGee.
00:29Well, happy birthday, Alfred.
00:34Thank you, James.
00:35All right.
00:36No, no, no, no, no.
00:37You can't.
00:38You can't go yet.
00:39I gotta tell you something.
00:40I gotta tell you that I could not do the job I'd do
00:43if it wasn't for you.
00:44Thanks, man.
00:45I mean it.
00:46You're the real deal, man.
00:47Isn't he beautiful?
00:48He is absolutely beautiful.
00:50What a punim.
00:51I love you, man.
00:52I love you, man.
00:54I love you, man.
00:55I love you, man.
00:56I love you.
00:58I'm not gonna hug you if that's what you're after.
01:01Thank you, James.
01:03Good night.
01:04Thank you for the party, my friend.
01:05Good night.
01:06What a rock.
01:07It's funny, isn't it?
01:09Causality, how one thing can lead to another.
01:12Yeah.
01:13It's fate.
01:14No.
01:15I'm not a religious man.
01:16All right, then.
01:17Science.
01:18No.
01:19Logic.
01:20No, no.
01:21Just chance, you know?
01:22You walk through one door instead of another.
01:24You meet one person instead of another.
01:25What's that?
01:26Free will?
01:27No.
01:28Self-determination.
01:29No.
01:30Life is chaotic when you're walking into it, but it's all ordered when you look back at it.
01:34No, no.
01:35You're blathering.
01:36It's not chaotic.
01:37You're talking about causality and fate, and it's nonsense.
01:40It's a moment.
01:41You're in a moment now.
01:42You're in a moment, and you're in a moment before.
01:44You were there in that moment, and now you're here.
01:46It's just a moment.
01:47That's what it is.
01:48Oh, man.
01:49It's a moment.
01:50Oh, it's almost 2 o'clock.
01:51I've got a hearing in the morning.
01:52I've got to go home.
01:53Oh, no.
01:54How are you getting home?
01:55I, uh, I'm going to take a cab.
01:56What about you?
01:57I'm going to walk.
01:58I've got to sober up.
01:59Come on, buddy buddies.
02:00Happy birthday, Alvin.
02:01Thank you very much.
02:02Thank you for coming.
02:03Good night.
02:04You're drunk.
02:05Yeah.
02:06Yeah.
02:07Yeah.
02:08I thought you weren't supposed to drink.
02:09No, uh, drugs.
02:10I'm not allowed to do the drugs.
02:11No one is allowed to use drugs.
02:12That's right.
02:13You know, um...
02:14I'm not allowed to do the drugs.
02:15No one is allowed to use drugs.
02:16That's right.
02:18You know...
02:19Um...
02:20Most...
02:35Most women...
02:36No, no, no.
02:37Most women...
02:38Most women what?
02:39I don't know.
02:40Um...
02:41My mother...
02:42I was very close to my mother, and she was a very special person.
02:44She was pretty.
02:45You know, I was very close to my mother, and she was a very special person.
02:48very special person. She was pretty pretty. She used to say nice things about me. She
02:52said that I was charming and handsome and, uh, and, um, she said this one thing that
02:59I, that I always remember, it's always sort of stuck in my head, it's, is that, uh, I
03:03would, she thought that I would grow up and, and, uh, treat women better than my father
03:07did. She told me that and, and, anyway.
03:12So? Was she right?
03:13Mm-hmm. I don't know. You want to find out?
03:22I gotta go. You sure? Okay. Oh, yeah, yeah.
03:27All right. Don't, don't forget your jacket. I got everything. Um, so, I will, I'll see you
03:34tomorrow. Yeah, I'll see you. Okay. Good night.
03:38Well, come on, pretty lady. Don't leave yet. Take a seat.
03:41Yeah, that makes me want you really bad.
03:47Bitch!
03:48Back fire.
03:51What are you two ass clowns going home together?
03:54Excuse me?
03:56You hurt me.
03:58You got a problem?
03:59Yeah, your breath.
04:00Yo, yo, yo. Come on, come on.
04:02No, I don't want to mess up your suit.
04:04Suit? You think I, you think I care about my suit?
04:05Calm down, man. Come on.
04:06I ain't gonna give a damn about that.
04:08Screw you.
04:09Don't wait and wait and screw your buddy here.
04:10Boom!
04:11Oh, come on.
04:14It's okay.
04:14Come on, man.
04:16Oh!
04:16Oh!
04:18Oh!
04:19Oh!
04:21Oh, no.
04:22I am sentencing you to 1,500 hours of community service.
04:38Using your skills as a corporate attorney to work as a child advocate.
04:43Oh, no.
04:58There's a lot of connect with you.
04:59Oh, no.
04:59Oh, no.
05:00Oh, no.
05:00Oh, no.
05:01Oh, no.
05:02Oh, no.
05:03Oh, no.
05:05Oh, no.
05:06Oh, no.
05:06Oh, no.
05:07.
05:33Neckles.
05:37.
05:49Nineteen years.
05:53It's hard to believe.
05:57Yeah.
06:02Still regret.
06:04Oh, come on, Dad.
06:07Not being with you. I should have been with you that morning she went.
06:12Sometimes I think if she lived, we would have been together.
06:17You left her.
06:19We loved each other, son.
06:21You walked out on her.
06:26I'll see you later.
06:29Oh, um, Sheila wants you to call her this afternoon.
06:35Sheila?
06:36Yeah.
06:37Oh, Sheila.
06:38Oh, Sheila.
06:40Is this about the cell phone and the car lease?
06:43We don't have to talk about this now, okay?
06:44It is, isn't it? You brought it up.
06:46No.
06:47Here.
06:48You don't have to give it to me now.
06:49No, no, just take it.
06:50I'll deal with the car lease in the next couple of days. Just take it.
06:52Kirk and McGee.
06:57I'll transfer you.
06:59No, I gave him all the rope to hang them for.
07:01Kirk and McGee.
07:03Morning. I'm Nicholas Fallon.
07:05I know. Your files aren't here yet.
07:08Well, I'm supposed to meet with Bill McGee.
07:09He's not in.
07:10Where's my office?
07:13Down the hall, on the left.
07:16Kirk and McGee.
07:40Mr. Armitage, Nicholas Fallon.
07:46Yeah.
07:47No, I'm calling regarding the debt offering you wanted to get.
07:51No.
07:52No, I wasn't aware of that decision.
07:54No, I completely understand.
07:55My father's a very good lawyer.
07:56He'll take good care of you.
07:59Okay.
08:00Alright, bye.
08:04Hank, Nicholas Fallon.
08:06Yeah, you ready to get going on that leverage buyout?
08:08Really?
08:10Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
08:12Yeah.
08:13Okay.
08:15Bye.
08:16James.
08:17Alvin's birthday, Friday night, the incline.
08:18I don't want to party, James.
08:19You don't want to party.
08:20Sure you do.
08:21No, I don't.
08:22What are you doing here?
08:23Do you have something for me?
08:24Well, you told me you couldn't come back this week because of your new job.
08:26Ah, well, you know, it's a little slow over there at the moment.
08:29I've already signed today's cases.
08:30James, Alvin's birthday, Friday night, the incline.
08:38I don't want to party, James.
08:40You don't want to party.
08:42Sure you do.
08:43No, I don't.
08:45What are you doing here?
08:46Do you have something for me?
08:47Well, you told me you couldn't come back this week because of your new job.
08:49Ah, well, you know, it's a little slow over there at the moment.
08:51I've already signed today's cases.
09:00Yeah.
09:05So it's your birthday.
09:07Yeah.
09:11How old are you turning?
09:1351.
09:1451.
09:17Well, you look pretty good for a guy who's 51.
09:21I've got work to do, Mr. Fallon.
09:23Yeah.
09:23We've organized a party at a restaurant called The Incline on Friday.
09:30I don't want to party.
09:34I need some help here.
09:35I need some help.
09:36I just found, I found this baby.
09:38I just found the baby outside.
09:40I was dropping off my recycling and I found him.
09:41Louisa, you shouldn't have brought her here.
09:43You have to take it.
09:43Well, what am I supposed to do?
09:44I mean, who would tell my baby in the garbage like this?
09:47I'll drive you.
09:48Now, where'd you find him?
09:50The strip mall around the corner.
09:52I was dropping off my recycling and she was just playing her outside.
09:58Nick.
10:00Hey.
10:00How's it going, man?
10:02It's going great.
10:02Good to see you.
10:03All right.
10:03You remember Arnold and Elliot Levy from Renko Court?
10:06Yeah, I sure do.
10:07I, um...
10:08I...
10:08Well, I...
10:10Congratulations on that.
10:12Nick's at Kirk and McGee now, so...
10:14Um...
10:15Yeah.
10:15Listen, I'd have you join us, but we're just going through some stuff.
10:18Oh, no.
10:18I completely understand.
10:19I have to run up to a meeting myself.
10:21Allison, it's good to see you.
10:22Yeah, you too.
10:23All right.
10:23You too.
10:24Nice to see you again.
10:31Hey, Nicholas.
10:33I, uh, I spoke to the car dealership.
10:34They're transferring the lease out of your firm's name, so we're all square.
10:37Ah, Miss Kurtz.
10:41Come on in.
10:43Ah, your mother called in social services for an emergency removal of your son Gregory because
10:47of neglect and abuse.
10:49Look...
10:49She says you hit your son.
10:50Look, my mama doesn't know what she's talking about.
10:53It says here that your boy, who's how old?
10:56Four.
10:57Four.
10:58Had bruises on his, uh, face and arms.
11:00He falls sometimes.
11:03The report says he was malnourished and wearing soil clothing.
11:06Look, look, I, I try to feed him sometimes, but sometimes he ain't hungry.
11:11Have you seen a doctor about this?
11:13There is nothing wrong with Gregory.
11:15No, I know that.
11:15It's you the court will be concerned about.
11:24Oh, Nick, welcome, welcome.
11:27So, uh, we had a meeting, Bill.
11:29I was in Florida golfing.
11:31A friend of mine has a jet.
11:34I didn't plan to stay over, but we had this crazy idea that we'd get up at four o'clock
11:38in the morning and play nine before we travel back.
11:41So, the meeting.
11:42Uh, do you like your office?
11:46Yeah.
11:46We have a terrific group of young attorneys here, and they're going to love working with you.
11:51Great, great.
11:52Uh, I did want to say, on the record, that it's important that you keep your past in your past.
12:01Of course, of course.
12:02I understand that.
12:03Good.
12:04Is that, that's what you wanted to talk to me about?
12:06Well, we've been thinking a lot, and we've decided that you should stick exclusively with
12:12mergers and acquisitions.
12:13Bill, I've, I've been doing mostly corporate finance.
12:15Oh, I know, I know.
12:17But we would like you to assign your finance clients to Randall Kirk.
12:21I don't think they'll like that.
12:24Well, you came in under me.
12:26I do mergers and acquisitions.
12:28Let's not step on Randall's toes.
12:30I didn't come here to do M&A exclusively.
12:33Nick, be a team player for a few months.
12:36Let Randall be comfortable with you.
12:38I, um, I'm not going to just hand over my clients to him.
12:42Our clients, Nick.
12:43Now, I don't know how it works in your dad's firm, but here, we share and share alike.
12:49Anything else?
12:53Kirk and McGee.
12:55Nick.
12:55You working here now?
13:00Seems like a fun place to work.
13:02Kirk and McGee.
13:04A lot of good people.
13:20It doesn't matter.
13:21I don't get it.
13:23Just let it go.
13:23How's the baby?
13:25She's fine.
13:25She, uh, just had a checkup.
13:27Where'd they send her?
13:28With Keys Rocks Hospital.
13:29Okay.
13:31How long till the petition hearing?
13:32It's scheduled for Friday morning.
13:35Let me take the case.
13:37You found her, Lulu.
13:38Yeah, that's why I want to do it.
13:40This is a real simple case.
13:42Social services will look after until she gets adopted.
13:44It won't take but a week to find her an adoptive home.
13:46Yeah, how can you be so sure about that?
13:48She's white.
13:50Alvin.
13:51Let me do it.
13:53You think you'd be neutral about it?
13:54I can do it.
13:57Okay.
13:58It's yours.
14:05You wanted to see me?
14:06Oh, Nick.
14:07You know Henry Sloan.
14:08Henry.
14:08Nicholas.
14:09Good to see you.
14:10I didn't realize you'd come over.
14:11I was glad to know you were here.
14:12Well, thank you.
14:13It'll be great to keep working with you.
14:14How's your dad doing with all of this?
14:16My dad, uh, he's, uh, well, you know, my father is a tough one to figure out.
14:20He's fine.
14:21I'm, I think he's fine.
14:22How's your son?
14:23Carter, Carter's great.
14:25Carter's what brings me here today.
14:26Really?
14:26Why?
14:27Henry is selling his auto parts company to Carter.
14:29Oh.
14:30Well, how can I help you?
14:31I've already drafted the purchase agreement.
14:34Maybe you could take it over, Nick.
14:35It'd be my pleasure.
14:37Give me the particulars.
14:38The purchase price is 30 million.
14:40Fair market is closer to 40.
14:42Penn Savings and Loan is loaning Carter 10 million, and Henry here has taken back the
14:46note for the other 20.
14:48Okay.
14:48So basically you're giving him the company.
14:50He's my son.
14:51There's not much to do here, Nick.
14:53Just make sure it's fine, okay?
14:55Sure.
14:56Great.
14:56It'd be a pleasure.
14:57Good to see you, Nick.
14:57You too.
14:58Thanks.
14:59Here you go.
15:01It's a simple transaction.
15:04My dad's going to loan me nearly 70% of the purchase price.
15:07P-A-S-N-L is picking up the rest.
15:09Have a seat.
15:11So what do you think?
15:13Well, I think your dad sounds like a very generous man.
15:18I should sign.
15:19Immediately.
15:20We have second thoughts.
15:22Great.
15:22So who's handling us for your dad?
15:24Bill McGee or Larry Hines?
15:27Didn't Bill McGee call you about this?
15:30About what?
15:31Nick's representing my dad on this one.
15:34Oh.
15:36Yeah.
15:37Not a problem.
15:38Hey.
15:53Cunningham, the guy down the hall, tells me that you split your old man's firm.
15:57That you're a partner now.
16:01Well, good for you, man.
16:02Big firm like this.
16:05High profile clientele.
16:07Impressive.
16:13Congratulations.
16:15Who would have thought, you know, a couple years ago?
16:17Well, anyway.
16:24Anyway.
16:32This is so exciting.
17:03Oh, my God.
17:14You scared me.
17:16I'm sorry.
17:17What are you doing?
17:18You always work in the dark?
17:21I just...
17:22I...
17:22The sun went down.
17:29What's wrong?
17:31You know, the most unbelievable thing.
17:33I found a baby.
17:35Someone actually left a baby in a dumpster.
17:37When?
17:38This morning.
17:39I was freezing cold, and I was too lazy to get out of bed and bring my recycling to the curb,
17:43so I just dropped it off in the bin behind the strip mall, and she was just there.
17:48Someone just left her there.
17:51People.
17:51And I don't get it, you know, because she's just perfect.
17:55She's just...
17:56She's a perfect little thing.
17:59Well, she'll be fine now.
18:02Come on.
18:02She's got nothing.
18:03Her whole life ahead of her, and this is the way it begins.
18:06It's great.
18:11Hey.
18:11How's that new job working out for you?
18:13Oh, uh...
18:14I hate it.
18:18You know Randall Kirk offered me a job.
18:21Why'd you turn it down?
18:24Because he has no soul.
18:29Okay, let's see what we've got here.
18:31Mr. Masterson?
18:33Your Honor, uh...
18:35My client wants her child back.
18:38Is that it, Mr. Masterson?
18:40Well, the only reason we're here is because my client's mother called in social services to settle a family problem.
18:47Your Honor, Miss Kurtz has been extremely negligent in the care of her son.
18:51We found an unclean house, little food, and insufficient clothing for the winter months.
18:55The child was found with bruises to his head and arms.
18:59Now, what do you suggest, Miss Soule?
19:00We consider Miss Kurtz unfit to continue caring for her child.
19:04We ask that the boy be temporarily placed with his grandmother.
19:07No, not her.
19:09Is the boy's grandmother here?
19:10No!
19:11I would never do anything to harm my child.
19:13Never!
19:14Quiet, please.
19:15Is the boy's grandmother in the courtroom?
19:17Yes.
19:18Yes, I am, Your Honor.
19:19Will you state your name for the court?
19:21Ella Kurtz.
19:24Your Honor, uh...
19:26I move for a continuance.
19:28On what grounds, Mr. Masterson?
19:29This is new information.
19:30I, uh, I need to confer with my client.
19:32How much time?
19:3372 hours.
19:35Granted.
19:37What was that all about?
19:38Didn't you check Ella Kurtz out?
19:39Of course I did.
19:40She had a petition to terminate her parental rights in March of 1982.
19:44The petition was denied.
19:45Four weeks after that hearing, Ella Kurtz had to go to the liquor store.
19:48She left her four-year-old daughter, Ilana, alone in her fifth-floor apartment.
19:52The window was open.
19:54Little girl crawled out, fell to her death.
19:56How old was Hillary?
19:57At the time, three.
19:58How do you know all this?
19:59Because I represented Ella Kurtz.
20:04I helped to get custody of those kids less than a month before the accident.
20:06If you're going to risk $20 million of your own money, you should retain some controls
20:22over the company until the money is paid back.
20:24No, he's a good kid.
20:26Oh, you're giving him $20 million.
20:28Mr. Sloan, nobody is that good.
20:33What do you recommend?
20:34Well, I would include some negative covenants on the purchase agreement.
20:37That way you have a leash on Carter until he's paid back every penny.
20:40He's my son.
20:41It's business, Mr. Sloan.
20:42I mean, you can't give away a $30 million company or market value $40 million company and not
20:48retain some of the controls.
20:51You can, but it would be foolish.
20:54Oh, um, excuse me, miss.
21:01Can I help you?
21:02I'm Susan Muter.
21:03I think someone here found my baby.
21:06That'd be me.
21:07Can I, um, can I...
21:08Come with me.
21:10You want to come?
21:10Jake, it's Nick.
21:14Uh, yeah.
21:17Uh, you busy?
21:19Well, I have, uh, tickets to the Penguins game, and, uh, I was just wondering if you wanted
21:24to, uh, join me this evening.
21:28No, I, no, uh, yeah, I understand.
21:31Okay, another time.
21:37Can you prove that you're her mother?
21:39I had her at County Hospital.
21:41Maybe they got records or something.
21:42Can you explain what happened to her?
21:44Uh, I had to go to the store, and no one was there to watch her, so I left her in the
21:49apartment, and when I got back, she was gone.
21:52Someone stole her?
21:53Her father.
21:54He didn't want to pay support.
21:56It's our obligation to notify you that your daughter's shelter hearing is going to take
21:59place on Friday morning at 10 o'clock at the juvenile court section of the Allegheny
22:03County Courthouse.
22:04You should be there to tell your side of the story.
22:06Thanks for, uh, for helping my baby.
22:26Hey, Nick.
22:29What do you want, man?
22:30I want you to stop coming by the office.
22:35Oh, come on, Nick.
22:36Do you ever think about what you're doing to that guy?
22:40Tell me something.
22:41Do you blame me for your problems?
22:43No.
22:44Take responsibility for yourself.
22:46Yes.
22:47Yeah.
22:48So Cunningham can take care of himself.
22:49Don't come by the office.
22:59You didn't come here to threaten me, did you?
23:00No.
23:00No.
23:01No.
23:01No.
23:02No.
23:03No.
23:04No.
23:05No.
23:06No.
23:07No.
23:08No.
23:09No.
23:10No.
23:11No.
23:12No.
23:13No.
23:14No.
23:15No.
23:16No.
23:17No.
23:18No.
23:19There's something you should know about me.
23:34What?
23:3520 years ago, I represented your mother.
23:37So?
23:38When the court wanted to take you and your sister away from her, I fought for her and won.
23:42So?
23:43The courts wanted to place you and your sister into a shelter because of your mother's drinking
23:48and neglect.
23:49I stopped them from doing that.
23:51And your sister, Alana.
23:53You do remember her, don't you?
23:54A little.
23:56Do you remember how she died?
23:58I remember a window, a policeman, and my mom going away.
24:05And you ended up in foster care, right?
24:07And I lived a lot of places.
24:09And none of them were any different.
24:10The people got angry and took it out on me.
24:13Took it out on you how?
24:15I don't know what you do to bad kids.
24:17Hit you?
24:19That's what you do.
24:21That what you do to your son?
24:26Hillary.
24:29I can't represent you properly.
24:30Truth be told, I don't think you or your mother should be given custody of your son.
24:37Tell the court to find you a different attorney.
24:39I won't do you much good.
24:43Hey, you helped my mama to keep me when I was a baby, right?
24:46Right.
24:48Then I need you to help me get my baby, too.
24:51We have some amendments.
25:03We had an offer.
25:05You didn't accept the offer.
25:06We can amend.
25:16This is just a lot of negative covenants.
25:18Until you pay back the entirety of the $20 million loan, you can't sell the company,
25:23change or alter the nature of the business, enter into new businesses, incur debt or make
25:27investments of over a million dollars or increase salaries more than 10%.
25:31So my hands are completely tied.
25:34Well, it's the price of a sweetheart deal.
25:35This impedes my client's ability to run his company effectively.
25:39These controls only exist until the loan is fully repaid.
25:42After that, Carter can do whatever he likes with the company.
25:44No.
25:44The time period is indefinite.
25:46No, it isn't indefinite.
25:48It is only until the loan is fully repaid.
25:50Dad, do you think I should sign this deal?
25:55Nick feels it's the prudent thing to do.
25:57Yeah, but is it the way you want things?
26:04Wait, wait, wait, Carter.
26:06Don't do that.
26:07Look, if this thing falls apart, you're the one that's on the hook.
26:11It's okay.
26:12Now, son, this is going to be your company.
26:15You're running all the risks, regardless of where the money comes from.
26:19I would not accept those terms.
26:21You don't want the covenants?
26:22You can always pay us cash.
26:23Oh, Judas Priest, Nicholas.
26:25I think that's it, folks.
26:40What the hell was that all about?
26:41It was a bad deal.
26:42A bad deal that our client wants to give to its son?
26:45What right do you have to interfere with it?
26:46It is my job to make sure our clients don't have any regrets down the road.
26:50A bad deal that falls apart isn't good for our reputation.
26:53Nick, your job is to service the client, not yourself.
26:57I don't think our client's upset with this, Bill.
26:59I think he's probably pleased that someone's actually being straight with him
27:02instead of taking the path of least resistance.
27:05What are you implying?
27:09Nothing, Bill.
27:10Not a thing.
27:11Henry, not to work.
27:14Alvin, this is Gregory Kurtz, Hillary's son.
27:17I'm taking him to the doctor for a checkup.
27:19Hello, Gregory.
27:21Go ahead, sweetie.
27:22You can go play with the other kids over there, okay?
27:28I've talked to Ella Kurtz.
27:29She's turned her life around.
27:30She's become devoutly religious.
27:32We think she's the better alternative.
27:34If you could convince your client to agree to her mother having even temporary custody...
27:38No, I won't.
27:39Because you won't give the grandmother a chance.
27:41I haven't given her a chance.
27:43I gave her plenty chances.
27:44What happened 20 years ago...
27:45Is enough.
27:46Enough to condemn that woman for the rest of her life.
27:48Yes!
27:58This is the case.
28:00What?
28:02This was the case that started you representing children.
28:06Yes.
28:08Alvin, we've been in this business for a long time.
28:11We've learned that things aren't always...
28:13We can't have a petition hearing for your baby until we find the baby's father.
28:32Baby's dad won't ever be there.
28:34Baby's dad won't ever be there.
28:36Why is that?
28:38Because he's dad, all right?
28:40You happy?
28:41Because he's dad.
28:43How am I supposed to raise it on my own?
28:48We can help you.
28:49I know what you can do.
28:55I grew up in and out of here.
28:58You people, you...
28:59You put me into group homes for three years.
29:04You have no idea what that's like.
29:07Three years, three years away from home.
29:10I think we have a compromise.
29:16Let's hear it.
29:17We will include the negative covenants, but they won't kick in unless Carter defaults on the loan.
29:24In other words, if he makes his payments on time, then Henry has no say in the company.
29:28No.
29:29If and when Carter defaults, it's too late to fix things.
29:32But my client has his name on this deal.
29:35If it craps out, believe me, it'll be much more devastating to him than it will be to his father.
29:39His father created this business.
29:42His father wants to give this business to his son.
29:44Don't you think if there's a demise, he would be more devastated?
29:52Nicholas, you're screwing up this entire deal.
29:54You know, this...
29:55And for the wrong reason.
29:56This has nothing to do with you and me.
29:58This is just a contract, so don't take it personally.
30:01I'm not.
30:02Oh, come on.
30:04If you were in my position, you would do exactly the same thing.
30:06I would do what my client wanted me to do.
30:09Now, you told me...
30:12You told me that our clients hire us to inform them, to tell them the truth.
30:17You told me that.
30:18So I told Mr. Sloan here that the deal that he thought he wanted to make was a bad deal.
30:23So he listened to me, and now here we are.
30:25We're negotiating the best possible solution.
30:27Now, if you can't get your mind around that,
30:30if you can't get your mind on this deal, then fine, fine.
30:33We will let this deal die.
30:39I think Carter and I need to talk.
30:47Privately.
30:53Cute baby.
30:55Thanks.
30:56Hey, Tony.
30:57Here we go.
31:00Is Mommy's little boy hungry?
31:01All righty, Tony, here we go.
31:03Who's hungry?
31:04Hey, my baby.
31:07Mwah.
31:08Boo.
31:08Mwah!
31:11Come in, gentlemen.
31:16Carter and I have been discussing this.
31:19Great.
31:20Have you reached a conclusion?
31:22Yes.
31:24You're all fired.
31:28Let's go, son.
31:29Nicholas, my office.
31:38No, I don't work for you anymore.
31:41I'm not asking you as a boss.
31:43I'm asking you as a father.
31:56What the hell is wrong with you?
31:58Nothing.
31:58No.
31:59You're not yourself.
32:00What are you talking about?
32:01I know you're angry at me for some reason.
32:03I was trying to do a deal in there, that's all.
32:05A little deal.
32:05Yeah.
32:06That's all.
32:06A little business.
32:07Uh-huh.
32:07Business.
32:17Okay.
32:18Okay.
32:19We done?
32:19Sure.
32:21Nicholas.
32:24Are you...
32:25What?
32:26Are you using that?
32:28That...
32:29What?
32:31You think...
32:32You think because I leave the firm I'm using because I have a legal disagreement with you think
32:36I'm using?
32:37Do you understand I might be a little bit concerned when I see you this way?
32:40Which way?
32:41Let it look in your eyes.
32:43The way you speak.
32:44Yeah, you have no idea what you're talking about.
32:51Okay.
32:51You know, you know what?
32:55Never mind.
32:57You know...
32:58Never mind!
33:01Go ahead.
33:02All right, Miss Muter.
33:18Now explain to me how this happened.
33:20My baby needed formula, and my friend who was going to babysit never showed up.
33:26The store is down the hill in the Crafton Mall, and when I go down there, I forget my food stamps.
33:32When I get back, my baby's gone.
33:34And you didn't contact the police?
33:35No, because my boyfriend told me that the baby was fine over at his aunt's house, that she had some formula.
33:41So we go out.
33:42And the next morning, I find out that he's lying to me.
33:45I hear that he gave the baby to some guy to sell for money.
33:50That's when I see the article in the newspaper, and that's when I go over and tell that girl over there that I want my baby back.
33:57Oh, Your Honor, she's lying.
33:59Susan Muter initially claimed that the father stole the baby.
34:02So I confronted her with that, and she made up yet another story, and now she's saying something completely different.
34:07I ain't. That's what I found out.
34:08I thought that's what happened, then I found out that something else did.
34:12You can't blame me for that.
34:14She left her baby in a dumpster to die.
34:16I didn't.
34:17Regardless, she let it happen.
34:24I'm going to place the baby with social services for the next 30 days.
34:28Miss Muter, you'll be required to visit your child 20 hours a week, get a part-time job, and take parenting classes.
34:34Your Honor, 30 days?
34:36Miss Archer.
34:37I mean, this is a woman who left her baby in a garbage can.
34:39Miss Archer.
34:40If I had gone to another dumpster, that baby would be dead.
34:42Miss Archer, you made your case.
34:44I've made my decision.
34:49That's great.
34:50Ooh.
34:51Ooh.
34:52Ooh.
34:52Ooh.
34:52Ooh.
34:52Ooh.
34:53Ooh.
34:53Ooh.
34:54Ooh.
34:54Ooh.
34:55Ooh.
34:56Ooh.
34:56Ooh.
34:57Ooh.
34:58I know what you're thinking.
35:02No, you don't.
35:03You're thinking that child should never be returned to that girl?
35:06I don't disagree with the judge's rule.
35:08So you don't always disagree with second chances, even when the baby was clearly abandoned and left to die.
35:14You couldn't disprove that woman's story.
35:16And you couldn't have disproved what Ella Kurt said all those years ago, either.
35:20It was your job to make sure she was treated fairly by the courts.
35:24I didn't have a good feeling about her, Laurie.
35:25I didn't have a good feeling about her, Laurie.
35:29You're just part of the system, Alvin.
35:31You're not the judge.
35:32You don't make the rules.
35:34Hell, you could have stayed in private practice.
35:36You'd have been a millionaire by now.
35:38You think that would have made you happier?
35:40Probably.
35:42Probably.
35:44Probably.
35:52That was a disaster.
35:54Henry Sloan is a very big client.
35:56The partners are upset.
35:57What?
35:58We hired you because you're a hell of a lawyer.
36:00Because we thought you could keep clients for us.
36:02I am a hell of a lawyer.
36:03Well, you've got to work on your personality.
36:08Mr. McGee, uh, Bill, this is my personality.
36:12Well, then you've got to change it.
36:20You okay?
36:23No.
36:23She lied.
36:25He challenges every step of the way.
36:27If she wants to take advantage of that, that's her problem.
36:29Well, I didn't do it right.
36:30I could have won.
36:31Won?
36:32There is no winning.
36:34You did your job.
36:36Believe me.
36:37Just move on to the next case.
36:39Move on and don't look back.
36:41But what's going to happen to the little girl, James?
36:46What the hell's going to happen to her?
36:58Miss Kurtz, why don't we go to my office?
37:02Hillary Knight, as your lawyer, I should tell you, I, uh, I don't think the court's going to grant you custody.
37:14My mama is going to get my baby?
37:16Or you could go into foster care.
37:18I lived in foster care, and I live with my mama.
37:21Both were bad.
37:22I don't want my baby in either.
37:23I want my baby with me.
37:25Sheila, Sheila, hey, it's, it's Nick.
37:46Is, is my dad there?
37:47No, you, you tell him it's urgent.
37:53It's urgent.
37:54I, I know that client that he's with.
37:55It's not that important.
37:59Okay.
38:00Okay.
38:00No.
38:00Forget it.
38:01Forget it.
38:01Miss Solt, has social services changed their previous recommendation?
38:25No, your honor.
38:26We still feel Gregory Kurtz should be placed with his grandmother, Ella Kurtz.
38:30Mr. Masterson?
38:31My client wants to retain custody of her son.
38:34But nothing's changed?
38:36Uh, no, your honor.
38:38Then why did you ask for the continuance, Mr. Masterson?
38:41I want her to make Ella Kurtz's history known to the court and to social services.
38:45Your honor, Miss Kurtz has no criminal record.
38:48What Mr. Masterson wants you to know, your honor, is that Hillary's sister, my firstborn,
38:55she died under my care.
38:58He's had this on his conscience for 20 years, and so have I.
39:03He wants you to know that he thinks that I'm an unfit mother because I was an alcoholic
39:07who put her drinking ahead of her own daughter's safety.
39:12Mr. Masterson, this is the reason for the continuance?
39:1720 years ago, she sat on the witness stand and lied about how she could take care of her children.
39:21I was in an abusive relationship, and I was trying desperately to make things better.
39:25She hid her drinking problem.
39:27Am I the first person ever to have done that?
39:29She failed the very children she vowed to protect, Your Honor.
39:32I failed everyone, Mr. Masterson.
39:36I wanted to die for so long.
39:39You think there isn't one day that I don't relive and regret what happened?
39:48But God kept me.
39:51God found me, and God saw me through.
39:56I managed to stop drinking.
40:00I started working for the church, and eventually, over time, things got a lot better.
40:06I know I did a terrible thing, and if it's too late for my daughter, maybe it isn't for my grandson.
40:19I'll grant temporary custody to Ella Kurtz.
40:30Now, if Hillary takes parenting classes and consistently makes her supervised visits with the child,
40:35then I'll reconsider her status in three months' time.
40:37Mr. Masterson, I know you don't want to talk to me.
40:52I know you think I'm a horrible person, but you have to trust me.
40:57I will take good care of him.
40:59You said that before.
41:00We don't get too many chances in this life.
41:03I know that.
41:04You'll see, though.
41:06I won't let you down.
41:08You put your faith in God.
41:12I guess I'm going to have to put my faith in you.
41:14I'll get a tequila.
41:33I think we'll have another.
41:34Nick, thanks for coming.
41:44Yeah.
41:46Oh, yeah, Nick, there's your birthday party, Ella.
41:48Oh, yeah, happy birthday.
41:49Well, let's grab some tables over here.
41:51All right.
41:52Let's put these tables together.
41:55Nick, chill in.
41:57Yeah.
41:57Well, uh, happy birthday, Alvin.
42:05Thank you, James.
42:06Thank you for the party, my friend.
42:08Good night.
42:08Good night, James.
42:09What a rock.
42:11It's funny, isn't it?
42:13Causality, how one thing can lead to another.
42:15Yeah, it's fate.
42:17No, I'm not a religious man.
42:19All right, then.
42:21Science.
42:21No.
42:21Logic.
42:22No, no, no, just chance, you know?
42:24You walk down one road instead of another.
42:26You meet one person instead of another.
42:28Free will, self-determination.
42:31You walk into life, it's all chaotic.
42:33But it's all ordered when you look back at it.
42:35No, no, it's, uh, you're blathering.
42:37It's not chaotic.
42:38It's a moment.
42:39You're a moment before.
42:41That moment's gone, so whatever.
42:54Oh, yeah.
42:54Hello, Burton.
42:56How are you?
42:57What, happy birthday?
42:58Thank you very much.
43:00Late night?
43:01No, I had a dinner date and went home.
43:03I couldn't sleep.
43:04Oh, glad to see you inside.
43:06Well, I wasn't there for a second, and I, uh, I just didn't want to intrude, so.
43:12Hi.
43:13Hi.
43:14Louise Archer, Burton Fallon.
43:15Yeah, we met.
43:16How are you?
43:16Yeah, we have been.
43:17Matter of fact, I offered this young lady a job last month.
43:20You did.
43:20Uh, so, you sure either of you don't need a ride?
43:24No, I'll just stick around and make sure Nick's okay.
43:28Excuse me?
43:29You hurt me.
43:33You got a problem?
43:35Oh, whoa.
43:36Come on, man.
43:36Yeah, your breath.
43:37Come on.
43:37Good night.
43:38Good night.
43:38Thanks.
43:39Good to see you.
43:39Good to see you.
43:58How much is going on here?
43:59Get away from me.
44:00Get away from me.
44:01Get away from me.
44:01You want some of this old man?
44:05Some of this?
44:06Get out of here, both of you.
44:07Go.
44:07Go on.
44:07Get out.
44:08Get out.
44:09Oh, my God.
44:13Nick, is you okay?
44:14But, Dad, no.
44:15Dad, I just screwed up.
44:17I know.
44:17I know.
44:18I'm screwed.
44:19Get up here.
44:19Come on.
44:20Let me help you.
44:21Get up.
44:22Better get out of here for the rest.
44:23Come on.
44:24Come on.
44:25That's it.
44:26Right.
44:27Let's go.
44:29Let's go, son.
44:30Come on.
44:31Come on.
44:31Come on.
44:32Come on.
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44:40Come on.
44:40Come on.
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