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Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, corporate lawyer Nick Fallin is sentenced to 1500 hours of community service at the local children's services department, due to drug possession.
Starring Simon Baker
Starring Simon Baker
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00:00Previously on The Guardian...
00:02Nicholas, I need your head in our business.
00:04This work you're doing outside the firm
00:06is getting the weight of your home.
00:08I'm sorry, I just can't do it today.
00:10Nicholas, just because you're my son
00:12doesn't mean you're gonna get special treatment around here.
00:14Do you understand that?
00:16Jake, Amanda, this is Barbara Lutzinski.
00:18Where did you two meet?
00:20I'm the secretary over at Children's Legal Services.
00:22Do you know what happened to him?
00:24I know he got arrested for drugs.
00:26I know he plea bargained down to a misdemeanor
00:28in exchange for community service and probation.
00:30Oh, Lee, you may remember me.
00:32No.
00:33Nicholas Fallon. You prosecuted me last year.
00:35Oh.
00:37Nick, I should be in jail right now. Fallon.
00:52May I help you?
00:53Um...
00:55Yeah.
00:56Ma'am, I'm Jake Straka.
00:58I'm an attorney for Allegheny Game & Toy.
01:00We got your letter asking us to paint it over.
01:02Good.
01:03Uh, because my client is pretty fanatical about Bunny Buddy.
01:06Forget about it.
01:08Excuse me?
01:09No.
01:10We're not gonna do it.
01:14This is a letter of demand.
01:16If you ignore it, we're gonna have to take you to court.
01:19It's, it's, it's a nice mural.
01:20It's, it's, it's a nice mural.
01:24Alvin, there's a family in my office.
01:34You were removed from their apartment this morning.
01:35You're representing them in an eviction hearing.
01:36What are these?
01:37Five new tenant cases. We're drowning in them.
01:40Eric Nilsen.
01:43Eric Nilsen.
01:44Yes.
01:48Are you my lawyer?
01:54Nick Fallon, uh, why are you being evicted?
01:56Eric Nielsen.
01:58Yes.
02:01Are you my lawyer?
02:02Nick Fallon. Why are you being evicted?
02:05The landlord claims I'm running a business out of the apartment.
02:08Are you?
02:09No. It's a hobby. A photocopied newsletter.
02:12You want to know the real reason I'm being evicted?
02:14Sure.
02:15Herschel Matlin thinks he can get an extra 50 a month on my unit.
02:18You know how those people are.
02:20Those people?
02:22Landlords.
02:26Morning.
02:37Barbara?
02:39What's the matter?
02:41My son Russell was arrested last night.
02:43What happened?
02:45He was out with a friend, driving my car.
02:48They were pulled over.
02:50His friend ran away from the cops and they searched the car.
02:53And they found drugs.
02:54Okay, listen to me, Barbara. You get yourself the best lawyer you can afford and do everything he says.
02:58I can't afford a lawyer, Nick.
02:59What you do now is going to make a huge difference for the rest of your son's life.
03:02Don't you think I know that?
03:05Nick?
03:07No, I've never done a drug case.
03:12But you've been there.
03:13I've been there. Yes, I've been there. I've been there as a defendant.
03:15So what, Nick? Because you're not the top expert in the western world, you're just going to blow me off?
03:19No, I'm not. I didn't say that, Barbara.
03:20So help me then.
03:22The best thing I can do is to give you a list of names of the top drug lawyers.
03:26Nick, I'm not rich. And the only connection I have is you.
03:33Okay, I'll do what I can.
03:35But the next 30 hours for me are brutal.
03:37I am in the middle of a huge closing at my father's firm.
03:39And on top of that, you just gave me five of these eviction cases.
03:42Give it to me.
03:44I'll credit the hours towards your community service.
03:47At least you can help the public defender.
03:57I'll do what I can.
03:58I am sentencing you to 1,500 hours of community service.
04:15Using your skills as a corporate attorney to work as a child advocate.
04:28James, how does your day look?
04:56We've got eight tenants scheduled for eviction hearings in one day.
04:59That's got to be some kind of record now.
05:01Fallon's tied up.
05:01They're left with five more tenant cases to assign.
05:04Don't look at me, though.
05:06Thirteen.
05:07Come on.
05:09Now that's a record.
05:24Mr. Pierce.
05:26We didn't expect to see you today.
05:27I want to know why this closing's been delayed again.
05:30Oh, that's a pretty complicated deal.
05:32Oh, yeah?
05:33What's so complicated?
05:34We're talking toys here.
05:36Well, it's a $2 billion corporation, and they're Japanese.
05:40And what are they buying, really?
05:41Trademarks.
05:42$700 million worth of trademarks.
05:45You knew that going in.
05:47Mr. Pierce, no disrespect, but your company's record-keeping stinks.
05:51Every single trademark has been an ordeal.
05:54What's that mean?
05:54Well, Freak Pile and Pink Pony Canyon never got the trademark in Europe.
05:59Jessica's bug-eaten maniac and son of a bug have no clear chain of title.
06:04And then there's, then there's Darthead.
06:05Wait, wait.
06:06Forget about Darthead.
06:07All the Japanese care about is Bunny Buddy.
06:10Well, Bunny Buddy has the biggest problems of all.
06:13What kind of problems?
06:15Your company bought Bunny Buddy from a local toy maker back in 1971.
06:18Fulton Trout.
06:20We paid $40,000 a year, which then was a heck of a lot of money for a toy.
06:23And it was the best money we ever spent.
06:26Mr. Trout's contract gives him approval over subsequent third-party sales.
06:30He's withholding his approval.
06:31This one guy has the power to spike the whole multimillion-dollar merger.
06:35Look, the Japanese say if we don't close within 48 hours, they're gonna walk.
06:41We, we have that covered.
06:43We have a meeting scheduled with Trout this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
06:46Our school has spent the better part of two months painting that mural.
06:58And then these lawyers hand us a letter demanding that we paint it over.
07:00Did you try asking for permission?
07:02I had my kids write to the creator.
07:05No, not the creator.
07:07Fulton Trout, the guy who invented Bunny Buddy.
07:09He said he can't help us.
07:11Do we really have to paint it over?
07:13These corporations have unlimited resources.
07:15Alvin, this isn't like you.
07:16I've seen you go to the Matten Children's Court.
07:18Those were custody hearings, sister.
07:20This, this is a painting of a rabbit.
07:23A dozen second graders worked all summer and fall on this.
07:30Okay.
07:31Okay, I'll talk to the lawyers.
07:32Who are they?
07:37You know them?
07:40Oh, yeah.
07:41I know them.
07:46Nick.
07:49Nick.
07:49Nick.
07:50Barbara, talk to me while I walk.
07:51This defender, Russ Drew, I have my doubts.
07:53Who is it?
07:54Matt Pushkin.
07:56What?
07:56What, what, what?
07:56He's not good?
07:57Pushover Pushkin.
07:58Wow, he's a nice guy.
08:00Do you have any family you can pitch in to get you a lawyer?
08:01I'm raising Russell by myself.
08:03That's the family.
08:03What about his father?
08:04He's broke.
08:05Mount Air Plastics.
08:06I laid him off in June.
08:07Who's prosecuting?
08:08Herb Conley.
08:09Nick, Nick, tell me the truth.
08:14Herb Conley.
08:16Conley has political ambitions.
08:19He approaches each drug prosecution from the point of view of how it looks on his campaign
08:23flyer.
08:23He had my case.
08:25Yeah, but you got off with community service, right?
08:26Political ambitions cut both ways.
08:29Barbara, I'm Burton Fallon's son.
08:31Nick, he's downstairs in lockup.
08:35Talk to Russell, tell him what to do.
08:37It'll take you ten minutes.
08:39Okay.
08:39Hey.
08:42They weren't my drugs.
08:45They're in your car.
08:46Somebody, I don't know who put them there.
08:49That's what happened.
08:51This lawyer says if I name names, I might get a shorter sentence.
08:54Maybe avoid jail time altogether.
08:56Pushkin's right.
08:57You turn over anyone you can.
08:59See, Russell?
09:01It's not worth going to jail over.
09:03Please.
09:07I have to go.
09:20Are they going to let me out, Mom?
09:24No matter what happens, I love you, Russ.
09:29Are they, Mom?
09:30I don't know.
09:36Mom, I love you.
09:38I love you.
09:57Russell's protecting one of his friends.
09:58He has no friends now.
10:00Russell was driving.
10:01The drugs were found in his car.
10:03Unless he has a convincing story as to how they got there, he's guilty.
10:06Barbara, my God, I was in Altoon interviewing for a refinery job when I got your message.
10:11Uh, Webb Hall.
10:12This is Nicholas Fallon.
10:13Hey.
10:14Hey.
10:14Hey.
10:15I really do have to go someplace.
10:16Oh.
10:17Webb is Russell's father.
10:23I'll call you later, huh?
10:25Okay?
10:25Okay.
10:26Nice meeting you.
10:27Yeah.
10:27All right.
10:28And how's Russell?
10:29He's, uh, okay, but, uh, he won't tell the police anything.
10:33He did?
10:34Well, they'd lighten up on him, I'm sure.
10:36But for now, he won't tell them who was in the car with him or where he got the drugs.
10:43Barry Cook.
10:44What?
10:45Barry Cook was at the house before, before I went for the interview.
10:49That football kid?
10:50Yeah.
10:50Where are you going?
10:55Go see your son.
10:57I'm going to talk with Barry's mother.
11:01Webb?
11:02Uh, yeah.
11:03Did you get the job?
11:05No.
11:06Uh, 240 applicants for nine positions.
11:09Sorry.
11:10Amanda, I need you to do three things.
11:13Call Allegheny Toy and Game.
11:15Tell them that I...
11:17Amanda?
11:19Amanda?
11:21Amanda?
11:21Can you hear me?
11:23What are you doing?
11:25I won't get my car back from impound until Thursday.
11:29I'm only going half a mile.
11:30We used to be best friends.
11:42Then, uh, Barry kind of blew Russ off after he became this big football star.
11:47I could cream him.
11:48Um, I'll try to be quick.
11:49Can you?
11:50Can you wait?
11:51No, I'm going to come with you.
11:52I've got to make a phone call.
11:52Okay.
12:00Hello?
12:14My God, Nick!
12:21He's not breathing.
12:22Call 911.
12:30Officer Bacharach, this is Nick Fallon.
12:47Uh, probation number 40385.
12:50I'm leaving this message because...
12:52Today I was with an associate and we found a boy who had overdosed on drugs.
12:58I, um, I just wanted you to hear it from me first.
13:06They want me to stick around and answer some questions.
13:09Oh, God.
13:11Do you know that if you had been crosstown sweet-talking that bunny-buddy man like you were supposed to,
13:17none of this would happen?
13:18Yes, I know that.
13:18Nicholas, I've got to have somebody I can depend on.
13:21If Fulton Trout walks, we are dead in the water.
13:24Now I've got to make Jay Keyman on bunny-buddy.
13:34Oh, well.
13:36When you're done here, drop by the office and help Amanda with those closing documents.
13:42Okay?
13:43Yeah.
13:43Barry Cook was admitted at 10.51 a.m., suffering respiratory difficulties due to the ingestion of an unknown substance.
14:05Unknown.
14:06It looks like badly made methamphetamine.
14:08How is he now?
14:09Comatose and breathing with assistance.
14:11What's this going to mean for Russell?
14:19Well, you know, it can't be good.
14:21Barbara, I think it's time you got yourself a good lawyer.
14:23I told you there's no money.
14:24Well, Webb seems to be doing okay.
14:26He's been out of work since June.
14:27He'd pay if he could.
14:29And when he's working, he sends me a check every month.
14:31Alamo.
14:32No, no, we've never married.
14:34It's for Russ.
14:35You think he could borrow money?
14:37He's tapped Nick.
14:38And there's no trust fund either.
14:41Nielsen v. Matlin?
14:48This complaint alleges that Mr. Nielsen is running a business out of his apartment.
14:53Who represents the tenant?
14:55I do, Your Honor.
14:56You?
14:56You represent Nielsen?
14:58Why?
14:59Nicholas Fallon is my lawyer.
15:02Mr. Fallon is unavailable.
15:03Nobody asked me to stand in.
15:04No.
15:06No.
15:07I want Fallon.
15:08And I want to be 17 years old again.
15:11Looks like it's Mr. Mooney or you get no lawyer at all.
15:14Okay.
15:15I guess, Your Honor.
15:18Let us continue.
15:19Is he running a business out of his apartment?
15:22Mr. Nielsen publishes the photocopied magazine.
15:25Is that right?
15:27Does he have any employees?
15:29No.
15:29Does he make a profit?
15:31No, it's done for pleasure.
15:32A hobby.
15:33Like sharing recipes.
15:35And he's been current on his rent since 1994.
15:37Your Honor, he's not telling you the whole story.
15:39Do you have an attorney, Mr. Matlin?
15:41No, Your Honor.
15:42I'm representing myself.
15:43Then I'll tell you, this is your chance to rebut.
15:47Have you seen any employees in his apartment?
15:49No, no employees.
15:51And why do you say it's a business?
15:53Well, he's got the magazine.
15:54It's not for profit.
15:56Have you seen it?
16:01This.
16:03This is his magazine.
16:08Is that what you're publishing, Mr. Nielsen?
16:10Um, yeah, uh, that would be it.
16:14The content is immaterial.
16:16The landlord alleged he ran a business.
16:17We've disproved that allegation.
16:19So kick him out anyway.
16:20He's not printing recipes in that.
16:22But it's not a business.
16:24Order to vacate is denied.
16:26Next case.
16:27Oh, jeez, I'm sorry.
16:47I startled you, Fallon?
16:48Or was that just one of those drug flashbacks?
16:51You know, I have been racking my brain
16:52trying to imagine how on earth it was you
16:54that found Barry Cook.
16:55I was giving a friend a ring.
16:57Barbara Ludzinski, whose son
16:59was arrested for drugs yesterday.
17:01We work together at Legal Services of Pittsburgh.
17:04No, she works there.
17:06You go there to dodge prison time.
17:09Would you talk to my probation officer?
17:11Calm down.
17:12What is your problem?
17:13Excuse me?
17:13I'm here with a clear conscience helping out a friend
17:18and you're making insinuations against my character.
17:21If you'd like to take a shot at me, Mr. Connolly,
17:23then step up and take your shot.
17:26You seem awfully cranked up to do that, Fallon.
17:28You don't have anything on me because I haven't done anything.
17:33Mr. Connolly?
17:34Right over here, sir.
17:35I don't think I'm your best asset at this point, Barbara.
17:46Why?
17:47Who was that?
17:49That was your son's prosecutor.
17:50That was Herb Connolly.
17:51Your defendant, Nilsson, called.
18:03They're trying to evict him again.
18:04This time on an emergency basis,
18:06citing health and safety violations.
18:10Morning.
18:12Uh, James.
18:19You think this is the first chucklehead
18:20that I've represented?
18:22No, of course not.
18:24At least once a week,
18:26I get a client who walks in and says,
18:28you know, I was wondering
18:29if it might be possible
18:31to maybe speak to one of the other lawyers.
18:35This is nothing new.
18:36That's your decision.
18:38Keep him or hand him off.
18:42I started the case.
18:43I'll finish the case.
18:44You'd think because I created Bunny Buddy,
18:54children would like me.
18:56But they don't.
18:58Even in my hometown.
19:01Last summer,
19:02some second graders learned
19:04that Bunny Buddy was born
19:05right here in Pittsburgh.
19:08Well, this excited them so much
19:10that they gave up their Saturdays
19:11to paint a Bunny Buddy mural
19:13right next to their playground.
19:15You see, these aren't rich kids
19:16who spend their vacations
19:18at Seven Springs.
19:18These are inner-city kids.
19:22Yeah.
19:22And you,
19:24your company,
19:25threatened them with a lawsuit
19:26unless they destroyed their mural.
19:28Gentlemen,
19:31this is not
19:32the spirit
19:32of Bunny Buddy.
19:34We just want
19:36every Bunny Buddy
19:37to have the
19:38Allegheny stamp
19:39of quality.
19:40No.
19:41No.
19:42You are greedy
19:43control freaks.
19:44And every time
19:45you do something ugly,
19:47children blame me.
19:48They write me letters.
19:51Here.
19:55Like this one here.
19:56Dear Mr. Trout,
19:58it's just
19:59a Bunny picture.
20:01Why do you hate us?
20:02Love, Erica H.
20:04There.
20:05There.
20:06There.
20:07There.
20:09This
20:10is what children
20:11think of me.
20:13Sir,
20:14I understand
20:15that you don't like
20:16Allegheny Game
20:17and Toy Company.
20:19Tell you the truth,
20:20I don't like them much either.
20:22But this is your chance
20:23to wash your hands
20:24of them forever.
20:25Just give them
20:26permission to sell
20:27Bunny Buddy.
20:34Who wants to buy them?
20:36Golden Funcorp.
20:38Japanese toy company.
20:40Which toys?
20:40Kitten Katie.
20:44Noble Robot.
20:46Cha-cha-choo-choo,
20:47among many others.
20:50Kitten Katie
20:51is an insipid affront
20:55to anyone who loves toys.
20:57A Noble Robot?
21:00That isn't even a toy.
21:02It's a weapon with a face.
21:03No.
21:07They will kick in
21:08a handsome bonus.
21:09No.
21:10No, no, no.
21:14Mr. Masterson.
21:15Jake Strocka.
21:16How you doing?
21:16Thanks for coming.
21:17Mr. Ant.
21:18Come on this way.
21:22Fight the power, Alvin.
21:25Can I get you anything?
21:26No, thank you.
21:27As you know,
21:34St. Angelica's
21:35is one of Pittsburgh's
21:35oldest parochial institutions.
21:37It's a building block
21:38of the community.
21:39Sure, but my client
21:41takes misappropriation
21:43of the Bunny Buddy
21:44trademark very seriously.
21:46They're not commercially
21:47exploiting him.
21:48Really, this is a testament
21:50to the children's love
21:51for Bunny Buddy.
21:52Intellectual property
21:53is the same
21:53as any other
21:54kind of property.
21:54They see it like
21:56you build a house
21:57on their land
21:58and they'll sue you
21:59unless you tear it down.
22:00I dare you.
22:02What?
22:03If you people
22:03sue my school,
22:05I will drag your name
22:06through a public relations
22:07nightmare like you
22:07have never seen.
22:09I have friends
22:10on Channel 9.
22:14Let me, um,
22:16let me show you something.
22:19This is, uh,
22:20Allegheny's playbook.
22:22It's called
22:22Bunny Buddy
22:23in the law.
22:32They actually give this
22:33to all our lawyers?
22:34They spend millions a year
22:36protecting Bunny Buddy's honor.
22:38Fighting little parochial schools?
22:42Appendix B
22:42is a list of all the schools
22:44and, uh, uh,
22:46hospitals that have lost
22:47to them in court.
22:47All right, uh,
22:53we'll let you know
22:54how we plan to fight this.
22:56We await your response.
23:01Fallon,
23:02so this was a big closing,
23:04huh?
23:04Toys.
23:04Yes.
23:05Can you help Sister Ann?
23:07She wants to keep
23:07her Bunny Buddy mural.
23:08Yeah.
23:09Bunny Buddy's bigger
23:10than the both of us.
23:11Thanks.
23:34We'll see you next time.
23:35Mrs. Cook, I'm sorry.
23:56I'm so sorry about Barry.
24:01How did you raise your son?
24:05Why did you let him?
24:09Why did you let him take my boy?
24:14He took my boy away.
24:21I'm sorry.
24:22Bulton Trout is blowing a billion-dollar deal just so he can give Allegheny a black eye.
24:37Offer him more money.
24:38Tried that.
24:40Manon gets a cross-eyed rabbit.
24:41Now he wants the world to think he's some kind of Mother Teresa.
24:45Where are we at with the figures?
24:46Without Bunny Buddy, we are in hell, Nicholas.
24:49What do you want, Counselor?
25:03I heard your landlord try to evict you.
25:06He tried, but I'm not moving.
25:08Herschel's scared of me.
25:09He asked the courts to evict you immediately for health and safety violations.
25:12Why?
25:13Because I'm cooking bacon.
25:14The wire's not our concern.
25:15We just want to disprove the charge.
25:16Okay.
25:17Come on in, I guess.
25:22How do you like my place, Counselor?
25:26May I see your refrigerator?
25:28What?
25:29Your landlord alleged unsanitary food storage.
25:32I need a photograph.
25:33You're my guest.
25:37Right over here.
25:42He also claims you're storing flammable liquid on premises.
25:47I know.
25:48That's bogus.
25:49You know what that is?
25:51I need the fluid for my letter.
25:55Where do you store it?
26:06This is obviously not a health and safety violation, so no judge will accept this.
26:09Wait a minute.
26:10What about my posters?
26:12Don't you want photos of these?
26:16No.
26:17Don't need them.
26:21What's going on?
26:25Barbara?
26:27Barry Cook died.
26:29Oh, I'm sorry.
26:32The prosecutor is saying all kinds of things, but it wasn't my boy.
26:36I need you to talk to the public defender.
26:39I don't trust this Pushkin guy.
26:44How does this change your legal strategy, Mr. Pushkin?
26:47If they prosecute Russell for homicide, it's gonna be as an adult.
26:50They can't link him to the death.
26:52Herb just called.
26:55They have some new evidence.
26:56I'm going down to talk to him now.
26:57I'm coming with you.
26:59Don't let him out of your sight.
27:02This is the mass spectrometer reading from the drugs found in Barry Cook's apartment.
27:11And this is from your client's glove compartment.
27:17It's the same drugs.
27:18Same poison.
27:19As for an independent analysis?
27:20Can we get our own analysis?
27:22Be my guest, if you can afford it.
27:25But if we go to court, and I'm kind of hoping that we do, we're not going to need to use all this confusing chemistry stuff, because your client's drugs were wrapped in the same comics page as Barry Cook's.
27:38And your client's fingerprint was found on Barry Cook's packet.
27:46Juries love this kind of thing.
27:48What do you want?
27:50I need to put someone in prison for killing Barry Cook.
27:54Does anyone else have those drugs?
27:57They're trying to pin Barry Cook's death on you.
28:00And you're not naming names.
28:01You're stupid.
28:05Okay.
28:06I brought a cell phone.
28:08I'm not supposed to, but I'm going to leave this phone here with you, and I want you to make whatever calls it takes to take that crap off the streets.
28:14You can at least do that.
28:18Mr. Matlin's claim is specious.
28:36The flammable liquid was only lighter fluid.
28:39The rotten food was a day old salad.
28:41Do you really think these are emergency health and safety problems?
28:46Maybe not.
28:47But can you tell me how to get this man out of my apartment?
28:51Lawfully.
28:52This court will not endorse a fraudulent claim, Mr. Matlin.
28:56Next case.
28:58You win.
28:59Hey, Jake.
29:00Hey.
29:01I just sued her nun.
29:02It's only business.
29:03Well, it's as bad as it gets.
29:04I just prevented a nice Jewish man from evicting his neo-Nazi tenant.
29:05All right.
29:06I stand corrected.
29:07Jake, James.
29:08Hey.
29:09James, Jake.
29:10Hey.
29:11Hey.
29:12Hey.
29:13Hey.
29:14Hey.
29:15A nun.
29:16What'd she do?
29:17She, um, she painted a mural of Bunny Buddy.
29:19Remind me again why we became lawyers.
29:21It's nice to meet you, Jake.
29:22Yeah.
29:23All right.
29:24I'll see you later.
29:25Was he serious about the Nazi thing?
29:26Oh, yeah.
29:27Oh, man.
29:28Now I feel stupid about feeling bad about my nun.
29:31Yeah.
29:32I'll see you later.
29:33Hey.
29:34Hey.
29:35Hey.
29:36Hey.
29:37Hey.
29:38Hey.
29:39Hey.
29:40Hey.
29:41Hey.
29:42Nick.
29:45Uh, your phone.
29:48Russell said you forgot it.
29:49No.
29:50I didn't forget it.
29:51I left it there.
29:52I thought he might call his dealer.
29:53Did he make any calls?
29:54Yeah.
29:55One.
29:56One.
29:57Do you know the number?
29:58Yeah.
29:59He just called his father.
30:02They're close.
30:04Pretty close.
30:07Do you want to tell me about it?
30:10Well, uh, in high school, uh, Webb and I were both hell raisers, and we'd drive 200 miles to the middle of nowhere just to feel like something was happening.
30:23Uh, and then, uh, he straightened out, and he went off to college, and I had just three things in my life. Uh, Russell, work, and White Zinfandel.
30:38And then, uh, when he came back from college, Webb helped me get it together.
30:51Do you think that Russell might have told his father who his dealer was?
30:55He might.
30:57Well, I'd like to talk to her.
30:59Okay.
31:00Okay.
31:01Here we go.
31:30Let me help you.
31:31I'm okay.
31:32I don't mind.
31:33I'm fine.
31:35Now you know how I feel.
31:49I defended you because I believe in the righteousness of the law, and I believe that all people deserve a good lawyer.
32:02But I do not know how you feel, Mr. Nelson.
32:07And you and I have nothing in common.
32:10If you fell off the face of the earth, I'd then throw a party every year to mark the anniversary.
32:19Now get your hand off my car.
32:37So how does it look for Russell?
32:47It's not good.
32:48How bad could it be?
32:50I mean, 16 years old.
32:51It's a possession charge, right?
32:53He's gonna be bound over.
32:54They'll try him as an adult for homicide.
32:56You're exaggerating.
32:57These kids, I see it all the time.
32:59They send them to the work camps or the Schumann Center.
33:01Mr. Hall, the public defender told me he'd be lucky to get a deal for 10 years for your son.
33:06What can I do?
33:13Well, he has to give up the dealer.
33:16Maybe you can help.
33:17You can tell him that he's defending someone that hasn't lifted a finger to help him.
33:28I know who his dealer is.
33:36Boy's gonna do some time.
33:4112 months adult prison.
33:42No, juvenile court and probation.
33:44A kid died.
33:45He has to do some time.
33:46Six months.
33:47You listen to me.
33:48I will give you the top guy who will cop to making the bad batch and distributing it in exchange for three months at the Schumann Center.
33:55Then it looks like we have a deal.
34:02Who is it?
34:03It's his father, Webster Hall.
34:05Just say the words, Web. Tell her.
34:23Say the words, Web. Tell her.
34:38Hey.
34:39Hey.
34:40Russell was always closer to you than he was to me.
34:46No.
34:47He's close to you in different ways.
34:51Yeah.
34:53What are we gonna do?
34:55Barbara.
34:56He's all I've got.
34:57I know.
34:58Barbara.
34:59When I went to Altoona for that job interview, there was no job interview.
35:17I haven't had an interview for two months.
35:20What were you doing there?
35:22They have these parties.
35:25The kids.
35:26They have parties called raves.
35:29They're having one in Altoona that night.
35:32Web, I...
35:33This guy I used to work with at Mount Air Chemical.
35:39His name's Gil.
35:41He asked me if I have any experience with P2P reactions.
35:45I said, sure, of course.
35:46It's a standard thing we use to make mothballs, deodorants, all this stuff that we used to make.
35:50Well, he wants me to make him up a batch of MDMA.
35:57Ecstasy.
35:58He says a smart guy with $500 worth of ingredients can make $5,000.
36:03No.
36:04No.
36:05Sometimes it comes out wrong.
36:07Sometimes a batch is too hot or too cold and you've gotta test it before you sell it.
36:11So I...
36:12I had this run that I had to test.
36:14I didn't have time.
36:15So I wrapped it in the funny pages and I shoved it in the wall behind the water heater.
36:20It was really an hiding space.
36:24I never...
36:25I never thought Russ knew what I was doing.
36:28What were you thinking?
36:30Honey, I was.
36:31I was.
36:32I was.
36:33I was poor.
36:34For the first time in my adult life, I was poor.
36:35You weren't worried about Russ?
36:36No.
36:37He's everything to me.
36:38I was doing this for him.
36:39No.
36:40No.
36:41Don't blame him.
36:42Don't you even dare put this on Russell.
36:43This you did.
36:44You were right.
36:45I...
36:46I'm gonna pay for it.
36:47You were protecting your father.
36:50He did the right thing.
36:53Nick talked to the district attorney.
36:56I was.
36:57I was.
36:58I was.
36:59I was.
37:00I was.
37:01I was.
37:02I was.
37:03I was.
37:04I was.
37:05I was.
37:06I was.
37:07I was.
37:08I was.
37:09I was.
37:10I was.
37:11I was.
37:12I was.
37:13I was.
37:14You just served three months at the Schumann Center.
37:17You'll be on probation until you're twenty one.
37:20At the end of that time, if you behave, you wreck her to be expunged.
37:24Then what about that?
37:26They're still negotiating, but he's gonna serve time.
37:29I'll be outside.
37:31Tell me outside.
37:47Tell me what really happened, Russ.
37:53I found dad's hiding place back in August
37:55when I was looking for the circuit breaker.
37:58Why didn't you just leave it there?
38:01Because I'm not a football player.
38:08And I'm not at all popular.
38:12But when people thought I had E,
38:17everybody wanted to be my friend.
38:20Everybody.
38:23You gave the drugs to Mary Cook.
38:25Yeah.
38:33But, Mom, I'm sorry.
38:35I'm sorry.
38:36Well, I don't think he's going to sign.
38:52This bunny freak is jerking us around just because he can.
38:56If we don't close today, we don't close.
38:58What did you offer him?
38:59Fifteen million.
39:00But he claims it's not the money.
39:01What is it, then?
39:02He wants to be loved.
39:06Like some kind of Walt Disney Junior.
39:09So what's wrong with that?
39:18Nick Fallon.
39:19Well, Mr. Trout, what is it that you want?
39:28I want people to know that Bunny Buddy was never about the money.
39:33Well, if it's not about the money, then what is it about?
39:35I want him to stop making crap out of my Bunny Buddy.
39:37Every Bunny Buddy that is made can have your stamp of approval.
39:41I'm a toy maker, not a bureaucrat.
39:43Well, someone that you trust, they can make a hefty wage just to say no.
39:47It's not enough.
39:48You want credit?
39:51Yeah.
39:54Every Bunny Buddy product can have a tag on it that says Fulton Trout invented Bunny Buddy.
39:59Ah, see, it's created.
40:01Invented sounds like a mad scientist.
40:05Yeah, you're right.
40:06Great.
40:07Done.
40:09Can we close?
40:11I want a museum.
40:12A what?
40:13A museum.
40:16Honoring you.
40:18A toy museum.
40:19With your toys in it and family history.
40:23A recreation of my house.
40:26That would be very interesting.
40:32What about the mural?
40:33Well, you know, the mural, the mural is a problem.
40:40Oh.
40:41It's a problem because the Japanese, they're, they're, they're paying for the trademark.
40:45They're buying the trademark and they're well within their rights to protect it.
40:48I'm tired of children hating me.
40:51Well, maybe we could just let this one mural stand.
41:04All right.
41:06Okay.
41:08Great.
41:09This morning, I put two bowls on the table and started making oatmeal with grape jelly.
41:23That's how Russell likes it.
41:24And, uh, I just stopped.
41:27He's not there.
41:29He's gonna be all right, Barbara.
41:31The first couple of nights are scary.
41:33He's gonna be fine.
41:34He'll be fine.
41:35He'll be fine.
41:35Alvin.
41:45I'm ready.
41:46Good.
41:50Legal services of Pittsburgh.
41:52Can you hold, please?
42:05Good to see you.
42:20Hello, Mr. Trout.
42:21I'm Sister Anne.
42:22Yes, we spoke on the phone.
42:24Yes, I'd like you to meet the children.
42:25Oh, God.
42:25Children, I want you all to come and meet Mr. Fulton Trout.
42:30He was the man who created Funny Buddy.
42:33He'll tell you anything you want to know.
42:35Hi, how are you?
42:36Hi, everybody.
42:36How are you?
42:37Hi, everybody.
42:37How are you?
42:38Good.
42:39Thank you so much for doing this.
42:41This is so beautiful.
42:42How long did it take you to do this?
42:44This is so long.
42:44Oh, my gosh.
42:47That's a long time.
42:49You know, he didn't always used to look like this.
42:51Right at the beginning, he used to have some ovals.
42:53And he had some funny shoes.
42:54And I had a hat on him in his ear.
42:56So, he's going to have fun.
42:57He's going to have fun.
43:27He's going to have fun.
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