- yesterday
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:01Previously on The Guardian
00:02I have a boyfriend
00:03Brian doesn't look at me the way you look at me
00:06Brian asked me
00:07What?
00:08To marry him
00:09When I was sitting at the bar, bumped into this girl and we started talking
00:12You didn't know she was a hooker?
00:14Screw cautious, be recklessly optimistic just for once
00:20Listen, this federal bench thing, you still want to do it?
00:22Yeah
00:23You've made the shortlist
00:24Congratulations, Burton
00:25You're buying a strip club?
00:27A gentleman's club
00:28I've arranged all the physical inspections, checked out the permits
00:31I do more than just take off my clothes, Mr. Fallon
00:34She ripped you off with Lenny
00:36Give me my money back
00:37She put it up her nose
00:38You know what? I'll fix you good
00:53What were you doing in a strip club with your probation officer?
00:58He was trying to get money back from the owner and he wanted me to be there
01:04Drug money?
01:05No
01:06He was trying to buy the club and the deal sour to earnest money
01:09You're his lawyer?
01:11I'm his probationer
01:15Why were you doing legal work for your probation officer?
01:18My periodic review was coming up and he asked me to
01:27They promised you'd get a good report if you helped him
01:29Is there anyone who can confirm your account of the events?
01:36Mandy Gressler
01:38Mandy Gressler
01:39The one you say is a shooter?
01:40Yes
01:41Know where we can find her?
01:44No
01:45Sure she's alive?
01:48Yes
01:50Last I saw
01:51Is there anyone who isn't dead or missing that can confirm your account?
01:58No
02:05No
02:06No, uh
02:07No, there isn't
02:16Need that jacket
02:17I need that shirt
02:19No
02:21You don't mind
02:28Better throw in that tie too
02:33You absolutely did the right thing by going in voluntarily
02:36I mean they would have caught up to you soon enough
02:38And it would have looked like you were trying to hide something
02:40It could have been a lot worse
02:42How?
02:43How?
02:44I could have locked you up on a probation violation just for being in that bar
02:48Well what happens next?
02:50Get some sleep and forget about it
02:54Alright
03:03Lulu just told me she asked you to come
03:05Wanna see the papers?
03:06Anyway
03:07Thank you
03:08Hey
03:09Uh
03:11I didn't really understand a word she was saying
03:13Something about a neighbor's in a fight over a tree
03:18Okay
03:19In 1956 that lady conveyed right away of two and a half feet
03:22Toward your house, the house you're buying
03:24Protection and preservation of the walnut tree
03:28Where's the walnut tree?
03:29That's what I think she was saying, that it died
03:31Okay
03:32So whose land is it?
03:33Well technically it's hers but you get to use it
03:35No, I don't like it
03:37Well if she sues you and wins they could move the property in line 30 inches toward your house
03:42Somebody just went by
03:43Somebody's in there
03:45What?
03:46Somebody just went by the window
03:49Is someone in there?
03:50Come on out
03:51This is not your house, come on out
03:53I know
03:54Okay, hold this, do you have a key?
03:55Yeah
03:56Thank you
03:59Hello?
04:01Hello?
04:02Let's file them in there
04:03Follow them in there
04:04Follow them in there
04:05Follow them in there
04:07Hi, my name's Bonnie Olsen
04:08Yeah
04:09There's a light on and I didn't turn the power into my house
04:11Death
04:12You over
04:13Don't
04:14Nick, wait for this
04:15Please
04:16That'd be added
04:18My girlfriend's having a baby
04:19I am sentencing you to 1500 hours of community service
04:39Using your skills as a corporate attorney to work as a child advocate
04:44You
05:16I'm supposed to be back in Columbus in four hours.
05:21You should get going.
05:23I feel bad just leaving things like this.
05:25No, it's okay. You agree with those kids.
05:27Okay. I'll call you later.
05:29Okay.
05:33Hey, thanks for helping out, Nate.
05:36Bye.
05:37She's supposed to be with Nurse Linder. Call the page operator.
05:40Nurse Linder, call the page operator.
05:46The baby's a boy.
05:50Six pounds, nine ounces. He looks very healthy.
05:53Jeanette's resting.
05:54When do we get to take him home?
05:56You don't.
05:57Why?
05:59Danny, your girlfriend's 15 and you're...
06:0316.
06:05Baby's going to be in foster care for a while.
06:07Am I going to see him?
06:08You can visit and so can Jeanette.
06:10You just can't keep the baby for now.
06:12We'll find a place for you in a shelter until we can locate your parents.
06:15My parents are dead.
06:20You'll have to stay in a shelter for now.
06:23Jeanette?
06:24She'll be here for two days and then we'll find a place for her too.
06:27Why can't we be kept together?
06:29I'm sorry, Danny.
06:30You'll be assigned a lawyer to represent you in court.
06:32Hey.
06:50I only saw him for a second.
06:53They weighed him and did tests and they let me hold him.
06:58And they took him away.
07:00I know.
07:00I want our baby, Danny.
07:02I know.
07:04Some lady came and talked to me.
07:07She said we can't keep him because we're too young.
07:09I want our baby.
07:13I want our baby.
07:24Morning.
07:26Morning.
07:28So, Nicholas.
07:30If I get this thing, this judge ship, if I get it, I've decided I, uh, I want you to have the firm.
07:42But not because you're my son.
07:45Because you're an excellent lawyer.
07:47And I'd like to get some things into play right away.
07:51Okay.
07:52First of all, I want to give you some of my clients so you'll have the leverage over those other guys who would like to take control over this place.
07:59Okay.
07:59And that will be, I promise you, I promise you, I promise you one of the nastiest fights you'll ever be in.
08:05I'm ready.
08:08Good.
08:10I'd like to get started today.
08:14Good.
08:17Wade Myers.
08:18My board of directors think we need a food products division.
08:22Well, actually, that sounds like a pretty good fit.
08:25The, uh, beverages, pet food.
08:28I'm looking at five or six companies right now.
08:30The frontrunner's more park foods.
08:32If we can get a good price, I want to buy it before the end of the quarter.
08:35Yeah.
08:37So are you happy with the, uh, Spanish joint venture we set up, will you?
08:42Sure.
08:43Thing throws off lots of cash.
08:44Banco Gibraltar's still bitching that we put up no money and got all the control.
08:49Nick did about, uh, 99% of the work on that.
08:52Nice work.
08:54Just don't try to show your face in Spain.
08:57All right.
08:59So, Wade, what I was thinking is why don't we, uh, just let Nick, uh, take the lead on this one.
09:10I'm real easy to understand, Nick.
09:12Okay.
09:13You get me what I want, when I want, at my price.
09:16Then I won't be missing your father too much.
09:18Okay?
09:19Okay.
09:22Okay.
09:24Wade, always good to see you.
09:26Thank you, sir.
09:26Be sure to say hi to Betty Jean for me.
09:28Oh, I certainly will.
09:29I look forward to it.
09:30Take care.
09:33See you, Wade.
09:36So, you ready, uh, ready for this?
09:38Yeah.
09:40Where are you going?
09:40Clinic.
09:49What's the situation?
09:51Jeanette Monday.
09:52She's, uh, 15 years old from Greene County on the West Virginia line.
09:55The contact of the parents?
09:56I spoke to her mother this morning on the phone, and I'm going to ride out there later today to see her.
10:00Can she be placed there?
10:02We'll see.
10:02I'm hoping that she'll take both her daughter and the baby.
10:04I've contacted Greene County.
10:06The home visit's done.
10:07The criminal and child abuse checks should be completed pretty soon.
10:10Nick, what'd you find out about the boy?
10:11Uh, the kid's name's Denny Collins.
10:12He's 16.
10:13Uh, his father died three years ago.
10:15No mother.
10:15He ran away from his shelter in St. Louis.
10:18Best guess is he's been living on the streets ever since.
10:22Lori, what are you thinking?
10:24It's pretty simple.
10:26The baby's in foster care.
10:28He'll probably stay there unless the grandmother can prove that she can handle raising him,
10:31which is unlikely given the way she's handled her teenage daughter.
10:35The baby will probably end up in foster care.
10:38Okay.
10:39Sounds clean.
10:40Uh, Alvin, they, uh, they want the baby and they want to stay together.
10:45Are you kidding?
10:46No.
10:46I talked to both of them and that's what they want.
10:49They're two homeless teenagers.
10:50I'm just telling you, there's no way I'm recommending that for the baby.
10:53Well, that's the position I'm going to take in court.
11:08Lori, you got a moment?
11:12Sure.
11:16Can I do something to make you angry?
11:18No.
11:23I'm sorry I didn't answer your calls.
11:27Your messages were great.
11:32But I'm kind of set in my ways.
11:35I have my word.
11:36Two kids, a grandchild.
11:39Whatever spare time I have, I like to spend with them.
11:41Lori, I...
11:42I invited you to a play.
11:46You're eating way too much into this.
11:47I get a lot more out of this job than a paycheck, Alvin.
11:57And I love working with you.
12:02I'm afraid if we date, we'll put it all at risk, that we might ruin it.
12:10Okay.
12:11More Park Foods does about $300 million in revenue.
12:24They're growing at 7% a year.
12:26Balance sheet is clean, except for a fair amount of non-strategic assets.
12:29They have some art, a jet, corporate apartments.
12:32But it's a good company.
12:34Why do you think they're selling?
12:36When they're dressing.
12:37Consumer staples are out of favor on Wall Street.
12:39Maybe.
12:43What do you think?
12:45In 1998, the parent company floated a billion in high-yield bonds to expand their cable business.
12:51They have a payment due on the first of the month for $146 million.
12:55They're not going to make it.
12:57Really?
13:00So, you think you could talk them into taking, say, $150?
13:05They need the money.
13:07Well, if they take it, hit the bid before they come to their senses.
13:10I like you, Nick.
13:11Always willing to kick a man when he's down.
13:14Oh.
13:16While you're at it, I'm leasing an S-500.
13:19I think Kleiner Automotive is screwing me.
13:21Could you take a look at that lease for me, please?
13:22Yes.
13:22Is that Wade Myers?
13:31Yeah.
13:31So what happened?
13:32Your dad just gave me it?
13:34Look, if there's anything I can do for you, just let me know, okay?
13:38Oh.
13:39This is Carlis.
13:40You want to look over?
13:41Yeah.
13:42No problem.
13:45Carlis.
13:49Coming.
13:49Coming.
13:49Coming.
13:49Coming.
13:49Coming.
13:49Coming.
13:51Hi.
13:57I'm Louise Archer.
13:58We spoke earlier today.
14:00Yeah, you said something about Jeanette having a baby.
14:03Yes.
14:03She gave birth to a boy this morning.
14:06It's all about a grandmother.
14:09Congratulations.
14:11I'm, uh, 28.
14:12Did you know that your daughter was pregnant?
14:16I thought she might be.
14:18Did you know that, uh, she was living on the streets?
14:21Yeah.
14:23When was the last time you saw her?
14:24You know, I don't know.
14:25A couple months ago, maybe.
14:28Did you know where she was?
14:29She said she was in Pittsburgh.
14:32You know, I don't go up there.
14:33I got no reason to.
14:34But she says she liked it enough.
14:36Mrs. Munday, I came down here this afternoon to inform you that there's going to be a shelter hearing.
14:41Uh, basically a judge is going to be deciding where to place your daughter and her son.
14:45It's going to be in Pittsburgh tomorrow afternoon.
14:47And I'm supposed to come?
14:49Oh, and if you want a request to the court that your daughter be returned home, yes.
14:54Yeah, well, she won't stay.
14:58So then you won't be there?
14:59I don't need a judge telling me what a bad parent I was.
15:05Right.
15:11Your Honor, Jeanette Munday was living on the streets until yesterday when she was admitted to St. Sophia's Hospital
15:17after giving birth to a baby boy.
15:20Uh, we need to have a placement for her and the baby so they can be together.
15:24Ms. Shaw, you represent the newborn?
15:26Yes, Your Honor.
15:27Your recommendation?
15:28Adjudicate the baby dependent and place him in foster care.
15:31Do we know who the baby's father is?
15:33A 16-year-old orphan named Danny Collins.
15:35He's been living on the street with Jeanette.
15:37He has the next shelter hearing.
15:40And what is your recommendation?
15:42The infant care center has space for the baby.
15:44And as to Ms. Munday?
15:45Jeanette has indicated that she wants to be with her boyfriend, Denny, and keep the baby.
15:51Has social services talked to her about the possibility of putting her child up for adoption?
15:54He's my baby.
15:55I'm not giving him away.
15:57We haven't.
15:59But we will.
16:03Until a more permanent option becomes available,
16:05Ms. Munday will be placed at the Allegheny Shelter for Girls.
16:08The child will be placed at the infant care facility until a foster family is located.
16:12I'm okay.
16:15It's okay.
16:20Denny!
16:22Denny!
16:23Denny!
16:24Jeanette!
16:24Listen, they said...
16:25Listen, Jeanette!
16:28Will you marry me?
16:29Yeah.
16:30Yeah, I mean, can we?
16:33I don't know, but if we could...
16:34Yeah.
16:36Cool.
16:37Okay, sorry.
16:40Judge Stamson doesn't like to wait.
16:45What are the child's wishes?
16:48Mr. Collins wants to marry his girlfriend, Jeanette Munday, and raise their child.
16:53Okay.
16:55Mr. Collins,
16:56your intentions, while honorable, would be taken more seriously by the court
17:00if you could demonstrate that there would be some reasonable chance of success.
17:04What do I got to do?
17:09Emancipate yourself.
17:12Emancipate?
17:13Pate.
17:15Get a job.
17:16Find a suitable place to live for yourself and the child.
17:19Enroll in school.
17:20Complete a parenting class.
17:22Wait, I want to write this down.
17:24Mr. Fallon can explain the requirements.
17:27And until that comes to pass, I'm placing you in the Cumberland School for Boys.
17:30Seven times forward-looking earnings puts us at $210 million.
17:42What's your client's real number?
17:48$180.
17:50What's yours?
17:53He was hoping to get to $150.
17:55We were thinking about the bond payment you have due.
17:57Well, they can renegotiate.
17:59It'll cost them some, but not $30 million.
18:02$150.
18:05You got any ideas?
18:07A client willing to sell the company in pieces.
18:09What are you thinking about?
18:11Knock out some of the dead wood, bring the price down.
18:16You care about the art?
18:17Nope.
18:18Knock off $2 million.
18:20How about the corporate apartments?
18:22Another $8 million or so?
18:24Mm-hmm.
18:24We're getting there.
18:25We're down to, uh...
18:27$170.
18:27$170.
18:30Uh...
18:31The jet.
18:32You want the jet?
18:35How much will it save us?
18:37Another $15.
18:38Can you take $155 to your client?
18:41$155.
18:47$152.5?
18:52Done.
18:52Done.
18:54We'll get the paperwork started.
18:56Good.
18:59Talk this afternoon.
19:04Hey.
19:06Jake Stratka.
19:07We worked the phones together at the QED fundraiser.
19:10Right, right, right.
19:11How are we carrying John?
19:12They're fine, thanks.
19:13They're what, uh, five and eight?
19:15That's right.
19:15That's right.
19:16It's good to see you, Jake.
19:16Good to see you.
19:17Good to see you.
19:17You got a minute?
19:32I'm, uh, I'm here on all kinds of things, Nick.
19:35Uh, that we might merge, that, uh...
19:37Can you shut the door?
19:38That Barry Lansberg might become the new managing partner, that Bill Gordon's taking his crew
19:47over to Kirk McGee.
19:48Let's just talk.
19:49Look, Nick, everyone knows if Burton handed Meyers off to you, and people get a little
19:52nervous about the rest of your father's clients.
19:54People?
19:54All your father has to do is set up a few dinners, slap a few backs, and say, you remember
19:58my son Nicholas, don't you?
20:04If you were to take over the firm, I would back that idea.
20:10Why are you telling me this, Jake?
20:12As soon as Burton names you partner, all the heavy haters are going to run for the door,
20:15and they're going to take every associate and every client that they possibly can, and
20:18you're going to need to be ready.
20:20You're going to need a strong number, too.
20:22And that would be you.
20:24Nick, I don't mean to be personal, but your people skills kind of suck, and you're going
20:31to need someone who can make their clients just feel good about themselves.
20:38So I'm going to do the ass kissing.
20:48All I want is to be partner.
20:51That's it.
20:52I don't care if I put my name on the door.
20:54Think about it.
21:01Oh, yes, yes.
21:05Yeah, that's good.
21:07Thanks for your help.
21:07You're welcome.
21:13Hey, Mom.
21:14Hey.
21:32Legal Services of Pittsburgh.
21:34Jeanette?
21:37Where are you?
21:39Where are you?
21:42You want to meet there?
21:45Okay, okay.
21:47I'll meet you.
21:51What's wrong?
21:52Jeanette Munday.
21:53She just said they're in trouble.
21:54They ran away?
21:55They're going over to my house.
22:06Will you check the rooms?
22:08Sure.
22:14This is the room.
22:16He gets the roomä½ .
22:16Sure.
22:23He is waiting.
22:25But it's the room.
22:27We're ready for dinner.
22:28Anything?
22:48No.
22:55This is a great house.
22:56Yeah, that's what I thought at first.
23:00No, it is.
23:01All the details are original.
23:03They must be a hundred years old.
23:06They don't build houses like this anymore.
23:09It's a great house.
23:11Well, Brian wants to completely renovate it.
23:13Just tear everything out.
23:15No, you can't do that.
23:18You ruin the scale.
23:19I mean, there's nothing that you can build new
23:23that it's anywhere near as beautiful as what's here already.
23:32I don't know.
23:35I mean, the price was right,
23:37and I've always wanted to live in the city,
23:39but it's been nothing but trouble ever since we went into escrow.
23:43I mean, really, the furnace doesn't work,
23:45and we get that easement thing,
23:48and the inspector told us that the pipes could burst.
23:54You know, when I bought my house,
23:55I, um...
23:57It's overwhelming.
24:00You just do what you need to do,
24:02and you just keep going.
24:05I guess.
24:08You'll get your pipes fixed,
24:09and bit by bit,
24:12you'll put more of yourself into the place,
24:14and eventually it'll become your home.
24:25They're here.
24:25Okay, Jeanette, slow down.
24:34Jeanette, Jeanette, calm down.
24:35Talk to me.
24:36Tell me what happened.
24:37Come here.
24:37Shh.
24:38Shh.
24:39Just give me the baby.
24:40We were at the hospital visiting the baby,
24:42and we realized that at the end of that hour,
24:45they were just going to take him away from us,
24:46and he's ours, you know?
24:48I know.
24:48He's ours, so we picked him up,
24:50and we went out the back door.
24:51It was easy, but he slept the first hour,
24:55and when he woke up, he pooped,
24:57and he was really hungry.
24:59We didn't even have a diaper,
25:00and no one ever taught me how to breastfeed
25:02because they just thought I wasn't a mother.
25:04We can't have a baby on the street like that.
25:06It's not that we don't want him.
25:07He just deserves better.
25:08All right, you understand that
25:09we have to take him back to the hospital now, right?
25:12So we're just...
25:13You're going to have to answer in court tomorrow.
25:14We have to go now.
25:15Yeah.
25:16We blew it, didn't we?
25:20We blew it.
25:21Come on, Jeanette.
25:2552.5 is a good price, Nick.
25:31Nice work.
25:34Yeah.
25:35How'd you get there?
25:36Carved out the non-strategic assets.
25:39What?
25:40They have about 30 million
25:41in non-essential assets on their books.
25:43Mr. Cowan's agreed to our price if...
25:45Are you kidding me?
25:47No, it's very simple.
25:48Very simple.
25:48Mr. Myers?
25:56Mr. Myers?
25:57I've got to speak to your father.
25:57I've got to speak to your father.
25:58I've got to speak to him.
26:03I'll talk.
26:04We have a little man back
26:06between your...
26:08...
26:09...
26:10...
26:10...
26:11Sean and Sophie.
26:18Oh.
26:19Good morning.
26:20Oh.
26:21I don't know what his problem is. I got him the deal that he wanted.
26:37Son, you carved out exactly what he wanted to buy.
26:40It's a food company. The non-strategic assets are dead wood.
26:43What do you think he wanted to buy?
26:45More parked food.
26:46Try again.
26:46Well, clearly the assets that go along with the company.
26:48What he wanted was a bland food unit.
26:51Something makes a little profit.
26:53Something to complement the rest of his company's holdings.
26:56Now, I can think of a half a dozen companies exactly like that.
26:59Right.
27:00But they don't have a Gulfstream jet.
27:03Well, then, the guy's an idiot. He's an idiot.
27:08If he wanted the plane, then why didn't he tell me he wanted the plane?
27:11If he wants a plane, then why doesn't he just buy a plane?
27:14But, hey, he's a CEO, Nicholas.
27:16He's not an owner. Can't afford to buy a jet plane.
27:18So I take the fall because he can't afford his own plane?
27:21You know what? Whatever. Okay?
27:22You got a problem, all right? Now fix it.
27:29Social services has filed a petition to terminate your parental rights.
27:33They're asking the courts to take your baby away from you.
27:36Why do they want to do that?
27:38Because you're 15 and you're homeless and because you ran away with your baby and, in their opinion, you endangered his life.
27:45I did not.
27:46Jeanette, you gave birth in an empty house that you had broken into.
27:51Don't you understand? They're looking at you and they're thinking there's no way they can trust you with the life of a baby.
27:57Is that what you think?
27:58It doesn't matter what I think. Social services sees you as a problem.
28:03Now, unless you can prove to them that you can commit and be responsible to a child, they will not hesitate to take your baby away from you.
28:10The judge said we could do things, though, right?
28:14There are things, yeah.
28:15If I got a job, found a place for us to live, and took some parenting classes.
28:19That would be a start.
28:20I could do that and marry Jeanette. Wouldn't that fix it?
28:26I can't guarantee that.
28:32We're going to do it anyway.
28:33No one's going to hire me.
28:56I mean, I don't even have a high school diploma.
28:58Who ran the electricity and the gas to that house?
29:07Me.
29:08You did?
29:09You know that's illegal?
29:11How?
29:13I got these alligator clamps from a car, and then I tied into the main upstream of the meter, and then I figured out a way to set it up to 110 with this old transformer I found.
29:24I might be able to get you a job.
29:29I'll make some calls.
29:31Thanks.
29:32Marrying Denny is a huge decision.
29:34You know, I mean, this could be for the rest of your life.
29:36And at 15, you can't possibly see who you are or what you want to do.
29:41How old do I have to be, then?
29:43I don't mean it like that.
29:44I think that age is...
29:46I love him.
29:48I love him a lot.
29:49I know you do, but the problem is Denny can't provide for you.
29:53He can't help you get an education.
29:55He can't even really help provide for your child.
29:57Yeah, but neither can I.
30:00Okay, let's say you go and you do this.
30:03Then what happens?
30:04What's next?
30:05Do I have to know that?
30:06I mean, I don't know what's going to happen next to you.
30:10Look at me.
30:12My mom had me when she was 14, and she kicked me out when I was 12.
30:18And every guy I've ever met took advantage of me.
30:24All of them, except Denny.
30:28I mean, he just loves me.
30:31And I feel safe with him.
30:34I'm sure you have strong feelings for me.
30:36It's way more than that.
30:38I can't live without him, and he can't live without me.
30:48I need to put the non-strategic assets back into the deal.
30:51We can give you the art in the apartments for, say, five million.
30:55I'm at the plane.
30:56The plane's gone.
30:56It's gone.
30:57Yeah, we made the deal.
30:58I immediately sold the Gulfstream to Harold Franklin.
31:01Can you get it back?
31:02I don't think so.
31:03Guy's been looking for a plane like this for years.
31:05Okay.
31:07What if we cut him a check for 100 grand just to walk away?
31:10Nick, the guy makes that in a day.
31:13And he really wanted this plane.
31:19300.
31:26Done.
31:27Good.
31:29You think you salvaged this deal?
31:31We can get the plane back from Franklin for 300,000.
31:35It's okay.
31:35I spoke to Cowens.
31:36He's going to knock it off the price of the company.
31:38So he's still closed at 150,25.
31:41So we're good, right?
31:43Wrong.
31:44I don't understand what...
31:46The plane is in the deal.
31:48Son, I can't write a company check to a real estate developer for $300,000
31:54so that I can get back a private jet.
31:56My board would crucify me.
31:58I'm the same way.
32:15It's a pleasure.
32:16It's a pleasure.
32:17Anytime.
32:17Okay.
32:18What was that about?
32:24I saved him 80 bucks a month in his lease.
32:26960 bucks a year.
32:28You'd think he'd won the lottery.
32:30Good for you.
32:32You know, we could work together on this thing.
32:34See, his father was a pilot.
32:36His brother's got a corporate jet.
32:39You know.
32:39Hey, you ever hear of Cicely Foods?
32:46Yeah.
32:47Yeah, they're similar to Moorpark.
32:48It's a bit more expensive, but they're in play.
32:51They've got this beauty of a non-strategic asset.
32:54A liter 35.
33:18Counselors, you filed three petitions simultaneously, which should be considered individually.
33:23Uh, Your Honor, they're all working toward the same goal.
33:26The, uh, the two emancipation petitions free this couple to marry,
33:29and the third requests permission from the court to grant their marriage since Miss Munday is under 16.
33:35And the baby's custody hearing?
33:37It's scheduled for tomorrow, Your Honor.
33:40Very well.
33:42We will consider them concurrently.
33:44Let's begin with Mr. Collins.
33:45Uh, Your Honor, we ask that the court emancipate him and Closie's case.
33:49Mr. Collins took a position as handyman at Riverbrook Country Club.
33:53The job pays $7 an hour, includes housing, and two meals a day.
33:56You have documentation?
33:58Commission to approach.
34:06Miss Archer, what about Miss Munday?
34:08Jeanette has not lived at home since mid-2000,
34:11and she's now enrolled in a special charter school that provides daycare and parenting classes to young mothers.
34:16And what grade will she be in?
34:17Seventh.
34:22And where will she live?
34:23If you grant the emancipation, she will live with Denny.
34:28Miss Sult, what's your recommendation?
34:30They should stay in foster care.
34:31They won't stay there.
34:32They should.
34:33Well, even if they should, they won't stay there.
34:34They're a couple.
34:35They want to stay together.
34:36Mr. Fallon.
34:39Mr. Collins, do you believe you can keep your job and be a responsible partner to Miss Munday?
34:44Yeah, I can.
34:46I will.
34:46Then I will emancipate Jeanette Munday and Denny Collins.
34:57Your Honor, Your Honor, the marriage petition.
34:59Do your clients realize that this will not impact my decision regarding the custody of the baby?
35:10Yes.
35:11This is about me and Jeanette.
35:12Then I will grant permission for this marriage to occur.
35:26So, Jake, uh, negotiated the Sicily Foods deal.
35:45And Myers is pleased.
35:47What'd they pay for it?
35:48One, seven, five.
35:53You know, that's expensive, but, uh, the client's happy.
35:57That's all that matters.
35:58Nicholas, you know, there's the work of work and there's the, uh, the pleasure of it.
36:10I always, uh, I always tried to get involved with my clients so I could, uh, get a better understanding of what it is they, they really wanted.
36:19That's what this place is built on.
36:20Now then, if I'm selected for the bench, I have got to know that whoever takes over for me feels exactly the same way.
36:33Otherwise, this place that, uh, that I built will just, uh, disappear.
36:51Huh.
36:53How about some lunch?
36:57They're gonna be somewhere.
37:03Your Honor, as it stands, this infant faces uncertain prospects, either a life in the foster care system, or worse, living with parents who are themselves children,
37:15who in the first day of the infant's life demonstrated contempt for its welfare by kidnapping him from the hospital.
37:21I have 44 suitable families in the Pittsburgh area waiting for the chance to adopt.
37:25But if this case drags on for years, and we've all seen that happen, it will become progressively more difficult to find an adoptive home for this baby.
37:34Social services filed for this parental rights termination out of compassion for the child.
37:39I agree and urge the court to act expeditiously.
37:43Miss Archer.
37:44The infant's mother opposes the termination of her rights, and she plans to become a suitable mother for her child.
37:50She's taking parenting classes, she wants to establish a household with Mr. Collins, and as you know, they plan to marry.
37:56In hopes of getting her baby back.
37:59Well, yes, the baby's very important to her.
38:03Mr. Fallon, what about the father?
38:05Well, you know his situation. He has a job. He has housing.
38:09Just wants to be a father to his child.
38:21I'm not prepared to terminate the parental rights of this couple at this time.
38:25Time is of the essence, Your Honor.
38:27Miss Solt, I'm aware of your opinion.
38:29But neither am I ready to give the baby to Mr. Collins or Miss Munday.
38:34The child will stay in foster care, and the parents will be allowed supervised visitation.
38:39We will revisit this issue 60 days from today.
38:41I mean, we'll get to see him, but how much time does that mean?
38:45Can I sometimes sleep over there holding the baby?
38:47That's going to be between you and the foster home.
38:49But you don't think so?
38:51We're going to contact you sometime between now and your next court date, okay?
38:55And if you have any questions, in the meantime, you can call us at the office.
38:59Hey, we need one more thing.
39:01The guy that does the weddings is up on the ninth floor.
39:03You're doing that today?
39:05We want you to be our witnesses.
39:09All right, all right, let's go, let's go.
39:12Here's your receipt.
39:13Would you like to exchange your vows now?
39:16Okay.
39:17Will you, Denton Collins, take Jeanette Munday to be your lawfully wedded wife?
39:20Say, I will.
39:22I will.
39:23And will you, Jeanette Munday, take Denton Collins to be your lawfully wedded husband?
39:27Say, I will.
39:28I will.
39:30You the witnesses?
39:30By the powers vested in me by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, I pronounce you husband and wife.
40:00Congratulations.
40:06Thank you so much.
40:07Congratulations.
40:08We took our stuff out of your house and we left you a little thank you.
40:11There's something for you too, Mr. Fallon.
40:13Oh, you didn't have to.
40:14I wanted to, man.
40:15You should change the locks on your door.
40:18Think it'll work?
40:20No, I don't.
40:22Well, if you didn't believe in him, then why'd you help him get married?
40:25That's what they wanted.
40:27And that's it?
40:28Nothing more than that?
40:28No, nothing more than that.
40:32You know, I really don't get you.
40:39What'd they do?
40:45Oh.
40:48Wow, they did all this?
40:49Well, it's going to be some work, but you can see the potential this place has.
40:57You think so?
40:59Oh, yeah.
41:10There's this guy on Carson Street.
41:12He has all these original details, lamps and knobs and stuff.
41:21This seems like so much work.
41:24It is.
41:24It is.
41:25When you pay for your plumbing and lamps or anything like that, it's not such a bad feeling because you own it.
41:32It's your place.
41:34Nick.
41:34Yeah.
41:37I don't think I want this place.
41:41Okay.
41:45This all seems like so much, you know?
41:48This house and weddings and decisions.
41:51I don't think I want to do what I'm about to do.
41:57I don't think I want to do what I'm about to do.
41:59I don't think I want to do what I'm about to do.
42:00I don't think I want to do what I'm about to do.
42:01I don't think I want to do what I'm about to do.
42:02I don't think I want to do what I'm about to do.
42:03I don't think I want to do what I'm about to do.
42:04I don't think I want to do what I'm about to do.
42:05I don't think I want to do what I'm about to do.
42:06I don't think I want to do what I'm about to do.
42:07I don't think I want to do what I'm about to do.
42:08I don't think I want to do what I'm about to do.
42:09I don't think I want to do what I'm about to do.
42:10I don't think I want to do what I'm about to do.
42:11I don't think I want to do what I'm about to do.
42:12Sweetheart.
42:39It's Brian.
42:40Hello.
42:41Were you in there?
42:42Hey.
42:50Hey, I called the clinic.
42:51They said you're here.
42:53Hey, Nick.
42:59Did you do all this?
43:02Kind of a long story, hon.
43:04We just ended up working with those kids, you know, and it ended up to be a real love story.
43:10You know, I'm going to have to get back to work.
43:12Okay, I'll see you.
43:15I'll see you later.
43:21Yeah, I'll see you later.
43:29Anyway, they got married.
43:30The boy did all this.
43:32The boy did all this.
44:00And so, I'll see you later.
44:03Who was the boy?
44:03So, hey, I'll be here.
44:04I'll see you later.
44:09I'll see you later.
44:18Bye, John.
Recommended
45:34
|
Up next
45:23
43:47
20:25
25:16
20:21
20:25
20:25
20:25
20:25
20:25
20:19
20:19
20:25
20:25
20:25
19:46
20:19
20:25
20:25
20:06
45:32
20:19
20:25
41:33