1 ETHEREAL MUSIC MUSIC RISES TO CRESCENDO MAN: Go on, Barbara. We go back to our home room for dismissal. Unless you have a pass for sports or something. Is that what you did on the day in question? No, Mr Gettys asked me to stay after class. What happened next, Barbara? He told me to sit in the chair beside his desk. Barbara, if you will, in your own words, tell us exactly what happened in the next few minutes. I said I was afraid I'd miss my bus. He promised I'd make the bus if I'd help him do something. Then, before I could say anything, he put... ..he placed his hand inside my blouse. I was frightened. I didn't move. I thought if I was quiet, it'd be OK. Then his other hand went up under, inside my skirt. I was trying to think of something to say but I couldn't, and he just kept on... I asked him to stop but it was like he couldn't hear me. He just kept on...with his hands. And then I screamed. He got mad and said we'd try it again sometime. Did he try again? Not with me. But with your friends? Yes. And after you told them what he had done to you... ..they told you... (Shouts) ..what he had done to them?! Isn't that true? (Sobbing) Yes. (People murmur) I have nothing further. Your witness, Mr Lomax. Any chance, Your Honour, for a short recess? Of course. This court will be in recess for 15 minutes. (Bangs gavel) Honey, what...? Not now, Bernice. GETTYS: Hey, Lomax. What's wrong? As your attorney, I'm advising you to keep the fuck away from me. Why? What are you talking about? 'What'? The kid, the outrage. You definitely had me fooled. Hey! You're my lawyer. You're here to defend me. We'll put you on the stand. You can jerk off to the judge. She's lying! Get away from me! Well, hell, there you are. Rumour was you were out wandering in traffic. Not now, Larry. What's the game plan, Kevin? I've got a 4:30 deadline. I need a quote. Give me a quote. Fuck off. (Laughs) "Mr Lomax had no comment on today's events. "Speculation, however, was widespread "that the young lawyer's unblemished string of victories "would come to an end in this courtroom." TOILET FLUSHES LOUDLY It's a nice run, Kev. Had to close out some day. Nobody wins them all. EERIE WHOOSHING SOUND KEVIN: Have you had any discipline problems in math class this year? No. No? Hasn't Mr Gettys had to talk to you repeatedly about your behaviour? Isn't that why he made you stay after class? No. Have other teachers ever asked you to stay after class? Once or twice. To talk about your behaviour? Objection. Immaterial. Goes to motive. JUDGE: Overruled. You may answer the question. I don't know what the other teachers wanted. Talk to them. (People murmur) You ever pass notes in class, Barbara? Maybe a note that... made fun of Mr Gettys? No. No? Never called him a "disgusting pig monster"? LAUGHTER JUDGE: Order. No. You're Honour, I pre-mark this 'Defence Exhibit A'. Objection. Your Honour, we've had plenty of time for discovery here. I'm gonna let this in, Mr Lomax. I'm also gonna suggest that if you have any other exhibits, you present in a timely fashion or not at all. I'm sorry, Barbara, I was wrong. It's "huge hog beast". MURMURING This is your handwriting, isn't it? Yes. You wrote this in Mr Gettys's class. You wrote this in Mr Gettys's class. It's a joke. "He's a huge hog beast. He probably eats 1,000 pancakes for breakfast." (People murmur) You're writing about Mr Gettys, aren't you? You're writing about Mr Gettys, aren't you? It was meant to be a joke. Have you ever had a party at your house, Barbara? When your parents were away? Objection. This is outta line. Credibility and bias. Overruled. Answer the question. Yes. Have you ever heard of the game called 'Special Places'? You're under oath, Barbara. A man's career...his reputation... (Shouts) ..his life is on the line! This is not a joke! Have you ever played the game 'Special Places'? (Quietly) Yes. Is this game sexual in nature? (Shouts) Is this game sexual in nature?! We only played it once. This special party, Barbara - this was the first time you told the story about Mr Gettys, wasn't it? Yes. I've spoken to some of the other children there that day. Can you think of anything else they might've told me? Objection! Your Honour, if he has other witnesses let him call them. If I want to call them, I will! I will sustain that, Mr Lomax. Rephrase your question. You threatened those children, didn't you? That's not the way it happened. You told them to lie, to falsely claim Mr Gettys had hurt them. These things did happen! Because if they didn't go along, you were gonna tell everyone about this special party. They happened to me. So you made up a story. A 'special' story. A story about a math teacher who kept you after class - a "huge hog beast" you didn't like! That's what really happened, isn't it?! (Sobbing) No. I didn't want to be the only one. (People murmur) You goddamn... Lomax! Son of a bitch! (People murmur) (Bangs gavel) Order in the court! (Sobs) I have no further questions, Your Honour. I'm going to adjourn here for the day. We'll be back here at 9am in the morning and people will behave themselves here or find themselves in contempt! Good day. Pack it up, baby. You will need a drink. (Mary Ann whoops) Way to go, 'gator! Yeah! If we all get drunk and forget, I suggest we front-load the ceremonial bullshit. To the best damn trial lawyer in Alachua County. Damn straight! So, Kev, off the record... ..how does it feel to squeeze a man like Gettys through the door of reasonable doubt? Larry...why don't you quit being a party pooper and have a drink? We're not gonna discuss the damn case any more. Right. Am I right? I'll drink to that. (Whoops) No shop talk. (Growls) (Whoops) Pour me another. Hey, baby. Lomaxes are away! I feel one of them nights comin' on. FUNKY MUSIC PLAYS (Sings) # I've seen the Eiffel Tower # I've seen the Taj Mahal # I've even been to China and I've seen the great big wall # I've seen the Pacific Ocean Statue of Liberty... # I gotta go piss. What? # There's just one thing I'm yet to see... # I gotta go piss. # You got me on my knees... # Hey! # Baby, I'm beggin' you... # Hurry! # Would you grant me just one wish? # Show me your tattoo # Alright # Come on, girl... # Mr Lomax. Hell of a job today. Don't want to disturb your party. "Milton, Chadwick & Waters". Never heard of it. What are you gonna do? Sue me? Well, actually, we were hoping to RETAIN your services. We've been following your progress. From New York? You've never lost a case. I've had some sympathetic juries. That's exactly what we're looking for. We want you to come to New York. Help US pick a jury. (Laughs heartily) I tell you, man. Pretty damn good! Your card is great. The black thing - you being black. Whose idea was that? Paul's? 'Cause that's just brilliant. I'm just not drunk enough yet to fall for it. I'll buy you a drink when I... You'll start next week. All expenses, first-class - travel and lodgings. You AND your wife. A lump-sum payment, regardless of the verdict to the amount of... Well, hey. Take a look. # Pleee-ease, Baby-baby, pleee-ease # Pleee-ease show me your tattoo. # Hey-hey, babe! Hey! # BAND CONCLUDES SONG MINISTER: ..praise Jesus, cast Satan out of this place as we go forth with the zeal of the Lord. CONGREGATION: Amen. (All sing) # Romans 16:19:10 # The answer What do you do? # Be innocent of evil # And all of peace will soon partaketh # Yes, all will crush him underneath your feet # And all of peace will soon partaketh # Yes, all will crush him underneath your feet # Romans 16:19:10 # Romans 16:19:10. # All the way to New York just to pick a jury? Every dog gets his day. Why do I feel the hand of Mary Ann on this adventure? I gotta tell you, Ma, this routine's getting awful tired. Working on Sunday. Working? Ma, get over it! Ma, listen to me. I love my wife. OK? I love her all the way. Hmm. Just like you. Let me tell you about New York. Let me guess. "Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great. "It has become a dwelling place of demons." Revelation 18. Wouldn't hurt you to look it over. Couldn't forget it if I tried. Oh, really? And what happened to Babylon? "Thou mighty city, in one hour hast thy mighty judgment come." "The light of a single lamp shall shine on thee no more." Wish me luck. Good luck. Oh, I'll miss you. No! Jeannie, listen to me now. I've gone the extra mile with you on this. I'm trying to work with you. They'll be looking for that payment. If it's not there, they'll repo the car, OK? Yeah, uh-huh. OK, I gotta go. (Giggles) Look, Jeannie, I gotta make a plane, OK? Just get yourself on schedule. OK. Make the payment! Let me guess. It's all my idea, right? Yep. We better have some grandkids so I can get her off my back. What do you say? Let her sweat a little. (Laughs) . ETHEREAL MUSIC MAN: Mr Clintine, let me ask you this - do you think, as a juror, you'd be able to set aside prior opinions you might hold about the savings and loan industry? That was a question, sir. What? Do I like bankers? (Clears throat) Your Honour, may I have a minute, to confer with my colleagues? You may. Dump him. While you're at it, lose numbers four and six. I'd say lose number 12, except the prosecutor will do it for us. Number six? You're kidding, right? She's my first choice. She's my first pass. And four? With the dreadlocks? That's crazy. That's a defendant's juror if I ever saw one. Did you see his shoes? Ah, look, kid, maybe down in Florida, you are the next big thing. This is New York. Manhattan. We're not squeezing oranges here. He polishes those shoes every night. He makes his own clothes. He looks like a brother with attitude to you, but I see someone with a shotgun under his bed. Woe betide the creature who steps into his garden. And number six, your favourite - she's damaged goods. She's a Catholic schoolteacher. Hmm? Believes in human frailty. No, there's something missing from her. She's wrong. She wants on this jury. Somebody hurt her and she wants revenge. How the hell do you know that? I don't know. Look, either you put a stop to this happy horseshit or I walk. Walk. Here's the deal. I lose with your jury, you do the explaining. Your Honour, may I continue? We'd like to excuse jurors three, four and six. ETHEREAL MUSIC SOFT WHOOSHING SOUND PROLONGED, DISTORTED WHOOSHING SOUND Hi. You're home early for a change. TV PLAYS Your mother called. She had her BAD feeling. (Sighs heavily) Every now and then she gets one right. You OK? Something's up. They deliberated for 38 minutes. Kevin... Oh, honey, I'm sorry. Jeez, what the hell did they expect? The man's as guilty as can be. Weren't a jury anywhere gonna let him off. Yeah. Except one. What? Kev? (Shouts) Not fuckin' guilty! Oh, my God! You won, you sneaky shit! Ha-haaaaa! 38 minutes. MY jury! (Screams with delight) Yes! 38 minutes! (Screams) Baby, you did it! MY jury! I'm too good! Yes! UNSETTLING WHOOSHING SOUND HEATH: Glad you could stick around. KEVIN: It's your dough. Sorry to keep you waiting. Mr Milton was in Indonesia longer than expected. Good morning, Caprice. Good morning, Mr Heath. Your messages. Not bad, huh? Play it cool if you want, but when I first walked in, my jaw was on the floor. Thank you. This is our home office. We have many international arrangements so Mr Milton spends much of his time flying. 3pm we've got the Greeks. Good cop or bad cop? We mightn't need a good cop. Oh, I love you. In addition to our corporate clients, we're currently representing 25 foreign countries. Mid East, Balkans, Central America, West Africa. Interesting work, but travel-intensive. (Speaks Italian) ..18 of United States Code... (Continues in Italian) SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC (Speaks Italian) WORDS DISTORT EERILY (Resumes speaking Italian normally) MAN: Behind you. I'm sorry, I didn't mean... Please. Kevin Lomax. John Milton. Nice to meet you. So...have we been treating you well? Very well, thank you. Your wife - has she had a good time? She sure has. It's been great. The whole thing's been great. That's our secret - kill you with kindness. What's YOUR secret? I couldn't say. You were a prosecutor. Out of law school. Five years in the Jacksonville DA's office. 64 straight convictions. (Laughs) What a number! I like to be in court. I didn't plea out long. What's that like? You're putting them away, then you're setting them free. Takes a little getting used to. Pays better, though, doesn't it? Yes, it does. That math teacher. The Gettys case. Now, I hear you were brilliant. Prosecutor dropped the ball. Really? So you think your guy was guilty? I didn't say that. What did you say? How's this? I BEGAN the case with a clear conscience. I was sure you had a secret. The men's room. Upstairs men's room, the Duval County Courthouse. There's a hole in the wall through to the next room. I spent five years listening to jurors deliberate. I love it. Love it, just don't repeat it. I'm not sure the Florida Bar Association would appreciate it. My lips are sealed. You don't really want to go back to Florida? Walk with me. (Gasps) Well, what do you think? Some people can't handle it. It's peaceful. My sentiments exactly. (Chuckles) So fill in the resume for me. Your family - your father, what does he do? I never got to know my father. He died before I was born. My mother raised me. Just the two of us. She never remarried? Wasn't married the first time. Well, that can't be easy in a town like Gainesville, can it? I don't think it's easy anywhere. CAR HORN BLARES Holy shit! (Chuckles) Little different when you're looking down, isn't it? Yes, it is. Oh, my God! Your mother - what's she like? She's a preacher's daughter. She's tough. She's worked at the same poultry plant for a long time. She's got a church she likes, so she's either there or...they go out. They do lots of volunteer work. "Behold, I send you out, a sheep amidst the wolves." So they say. Didn't rub off? The Book, the church? No, I'm on parole. Early release for time served. DISTANT SIREN BLARES Lot of potential clients down there. Are we negotiating? Always. Yeah. Can I ask you a question, then? Why do YOU need a criminal department? Our clients break the law like anyone else. I'm just tired of sending their business across the street. Are you offering me a job? I'm thinking about it. I know you've got talent. I knew that before you got here. There's just the other thing... I wonder about. What thing is that? Pressure. It changes everything, pressure. Some people, you squeeze them, they focus. Others fold. Can you summon your talent at will? Can you deliver on a deadline? Can you sleep at night? When do we talk about money? Money? (Chuckles) Yeah. That's the easy part. LEAMAN: This part of Fifth Avenue is Carnegie Hill. The park's across the street, the reservoir. Best jogging in New York. Mount Sinai Hospital up the street. Some excellent schools. Probably wasn't heading Mr Milton's list when he bought this building but a great neighbourhood for children. Great building. Follow the money right to the top. The managing director of the firm, Eddie Barzoon, is on 16. And of course, Mr Milton has the tower. You must be Mary Ann. Yes, I am. Welcome. I'm Jackie Heath. It's nice of you to come by. We live across the hall. You're kidding. Right there. So it's just the two apartments per floor? You didn't tell them about the apartment? I thought I'd let it speak for itself. Voila! Oh, my God. It's what they call the 'Classic Eight'. Be careful. I don't want you getting lost. We had them paint everything white. See it naked before you pick your palette. What am I picking? Palette. Your colours. Oh, yes. I need to warn you about something. There are going to be some envious people at the firm. There aren't many of these apartments. They're a partner's perk. You must've made quite an impression. Oh, my God! Three bedrooms. You know what that means. Babies. Took us six years to get in here. Oh, wow! Unbelievable. Thank you very much. Jackie. Kevin! Enjoy it. Later. Are you really this good? I sure as hell hope so. (Whistles) They must want you pretty bad. Look, Mary, I'm only getting behind this if you're on board. If you want to go home, I'm with you. Sure. Hell, let's go back to Gainesville. We'll go back to the condo, you can keep scrounging for clients, I'll keep repossessing cars for Kamien and maybe, just maybe, if we kill ourselves, in about five years we can afford a baby and a weekend shack at Gulf Shores. Are you shittin' me? I love you. I love you too. Tadashi Osumi, Media. Walter Krasner, Maritime Law. Bashir Toabal, Energy Law. I run the Islamic Subgroup. Joyce Rensaleer, Mergers and Acquisitions. Eddie Barzoon, Managing Director. And Real Estate. Pradip Resh, Intellectual Properties. Christabella Andriolli, International Trade and Customs. CC and G7. There it is, Kevin. The whole team. Welcome to Milton, Chadwick & Waters. What do you think? You can change the furniture. I guess it'll do. Until something better comes along? Kevin Lomax, Pam Garrety. Nice to meet you. Hi. Pam was with the Brooklyn DA. She knows the local scene. She'll be your guide. You'll be expediting his bar application? It's in the pipeline. For now, work pro hoc vice. I've petitioned for a letter of good conduct. And Mr Milton requested an overview of the Moyez case. The Moyez case? Move! Move! Move! CONFUSED AND ANGRY YELLING COP: Fuck off! (Speaks in French) (Yells in French) What do you think? It's a Health Code case and it's a loser. So what's the point? He wants to see if I'll plea bargain. It's a test, right? Isn't everything? It's an 18th-century Italian silk damask with an embossed floriated pattern of undulating acanthus leaves. Lovely, isn't it? And, um, this is about what? Price? Oh, it's about $2,000 a panel. We'll take it. At $1,400. You made it. Hey, baby. I thought you said it was impossible. I thought you said it was important. . MAN: Go, kid. Yeah. Go get 'em, man. DOG BARKS AGGRESSIVELY Tell 'em, cut that shit down. I know what they doin' over there. That's right. Tell 'em, take all that noise back to Africa! (Yells unintelligibly) (Curses unintelligibly) (Dog barks aggressively) Good afternoon. I'm looking for a Philippe Moyez. (Dog barks) (Dog whimpers) I'm not sure I'm making myself clear here. Moyez. You need him? Speak with him? Show him your boots. You saying he's down here in the basement? In the dark? You see, me take you. (Giggles) MAN: (With French accent) Monsieur. I thought I would recognise you. But I do not. (Boy giggles) Mr Moyez? Why? We've never met. I'm Kevin Lomax. I'm a lawyer. I'm here about the animals. We have an investment in blood. Think of it as spiritual currency. Spiritual currency? Oui. Mr Moyez, I'm going to need your help with this. What is the name of the man who will prosecute us? Murtaugh. Assistant District Attorney Arnold Murtaugh. What are you doing, Mr Moyez? With this tongue we create silence. You can go now. You will have all the help I can give you. Against Monsieur Murtaugh. It's 'Arbor Green'. What do you think? Not with your complexion. New York City Health Codes. That's all of it? Not quite. Thanks. 'Caribbean Green'. Something cooler maybe. Cooler. A cooler green. Too institutional. I love green. You know I do. It's one thing to wear it, another having it on walls. I'm just trying to help. It's your walls. Do what you want. Remember, it's "only a Health Code case". Goodnight. (Shrieks in frustration) This is the first time since I was 13 I don't have a job. Or two. I feel like I'm floating around in that place. Drifting around or something. You'll settle in. You know, we had this little office in the condo. Thanks. You know - his side, my side. Real nice. At night I go to sleep, see that light on. If I want to see Leaman I make an appointment. (Both laugh) You're kidding, right? Uh-uh. God. How do you handle it? Take a look around, honey. Look, you got three choices. The Holy Trinity. You can work. You can play. Or you can breed. That's a veal roast, Your Honour. USDA-approved and stamped. Men kill animals and eat their flesh. Philippe Moyez killed a goat. He killed a goat. And he did it at home in a manner consistent with his religious beliefs. Now, Mr Murtaugh may find that bizarre. It's certainly not a religious practice performed by everyone. It's not as common as, say, circumcision. It's not as common as the belief that wine transforms into blood. Some people handle poisonous snakes to prove their faith. Some people walk on fire. Philippe Moyez killed a goat. And he did it while observing his constitutionally protected religious beliefs. (Gasps and coughs) Your Honour, this case is not about keeping goats, transporting goats or goat licensing. The City was clearly less concerned with the care and feeding of the animals than how they were slaughtered. Objection! JUDGE: OK. Enough. Enough, enough. I got it. Let's wrap it up. Your Honour... (Murtaugh gasps and coughs) ..the City timed this police action to catch my client exercising his constitutionally protected right to religious freedom. This is a law protecting kosher butchering. Exactly, Your Honour. I move for a verdict of dismissal. (Coughs) I know about kashrut law, Mr Lomax. I'm aware of that, Your Honour. That's why I feel confident in requesting a dismissal. Mr Murtaugh? (Coughs chronically) Your Honour... (Coughs) Mr Murtaugh. For God's sake, man! (Coughs violently) Congratulations. Great job. Thanks. Bravo, Kevin. Bravo! Pamela, you're looking lovely. So, Philippe, satisfied? Always, John. Kevin, what can I say? Outstanding. Go figure it. A guy like Moyez, living in some subterranean shithole - all the while he's walking around with $15 million in his bank account. You're kidding. You think he's paying us in goat's blood? Hey, Tarzan, we're billing you out at $400 an hour. There's not much pro bono work in your immediate future. I figured you came to ensure I didn't fuck up. Maybe I did. Don't get too cocky, boy. No matter how good you are. Don't ever let 'em see you coming - that's the gaff. You've got to keep yourself small, innocuous. You be the little guy. You know - the nerd, the leper. Shit-kickin' serf. Look at me. Underestimated from day one. You'd never think I was a Master of the Universe, would you? That's your only weakness as far as I can see. What's that? It's the look. That Florida stud thing. What is that? "Excuse me, ma'am, did I leave my boots under your bed?" Never worked a jury that didn't have a woman. You know what you're missing? You're missing what I have. There's this beautiful girl just fucked me 40 ways from Sunday. We're done, she's walking to the bathroom. She's TRYING to walk. She turns... (Laughs) She looks. It's me, not the Trojan army, just fucked her. Little old me. She gets this look on her face, like, "How the hell did that happen?" (Chuckles quietly) I'm the hand up Mona Lisa's skirt. I'm a surprise, Kevin. They don't see me coming. That's what you're missing. Where's the chicken? What? (Speaks in Mandarin) (Replies in Mandarin) He has a chicken, plays tick-tack-toe, never loses. He's famous. (Speaks Mandarin) Never loses, like you. (Laughs) Tick-tack-toe. C'mon, I'm going to show you the fastest way uptown. Learn the subways, Kevin. Use 'em. Stay in the trenches. Only way I travel. . Mary? Mary, what happened to the green? I loved the green. Honey, you're late. We're due up at the Barzoons' palace in 15 minutes. What's all this? All what? Jackie says the who's-who of New York power will be there. All THIS. Oh, that. That was going to be a nursery. Then I remembered, you haven't been home to knock me up. So now I'm thinking of building a law library. Oh, baby. Tell me I can handle this. You can handle this. Say something nice. Something nice. (Exhales deeply) Promise me you won't leave me alone in there. Promise. There you are. Hi. Diana Barzoon, Eddie's wife. Nice to meet you. Sorry we're late. Kevin Lomax, Health Code warrior! All hail. Mr Barzoon, this is Mary Ann. Hello. Nice to meet you. Well, Kevin, here they are. Top of the food chain and dinner is served. I throw these parties twice a year. Stock market, real estate, politics. They're all players and they're all prospects. Kevin, congratulations. Remember Bashir? Just in from Beirut. Of course. Congratulations. Thank you. Bright young light. Oh, oh. You're gonna like this. Come on. Senator, there's somebody I want you to meet. Kevin and Mary Ann Lomax, this is Senator Alfonse D'Amato. Nice meeting you. Ambassador Charles Gagano. If you didn't know, these are THE Republicans of New York. Barzoon always overstates things. Donald Trump was to be here. He had a business emergency. Probably Mort Zukerman. Pam, thought I'd find you here. Meet my wife, Mary Ann. Mary Ann, Pam Garrety. Nice meeting you. And you. We're partners in crime. There's someone you must meet. This is very important. You are so beautiful. Oh, thank you. I heard you met the Senator. Yes, I did. I was married to him. No? Really? Kidding. (All laugh) (Speaks in German) Lou, I'd like you to meet Kevin Lomax. Kevin's new to the firm. LOU: Nice to meet you. Senator, why am I always coming to throw... Who's that with the Senator? Oh, God, girl. You haven't met him yet? No. Who is he? I swear he can hear us. Hell, he can SMELL us. Mary Ann. John Milton. I hoped I'd see you and here you are. Already swimming with the sharks. Careful. Harry, if you keep thinking small we'll never make any money on you. These parties don't come cheap, you know. Call him. Talk to him. See what they have to say. Just get it on tape. (Man laughs) You know, it's a wonderful opportunity for Kevin. Mmm. Yes, Kevin. He's gonna do alright. If he buys a few new suits, learns a few new tricks... (Snaps fingers) ..he's there. It's you. What about you? Your family - you've got to miss them. No? I told Kevin, the only thing worse than not having a father was having mine. I can relate. I can, believe me. Thanks. Thank you, sir. The worst vice is advice. (Laughs) But may I make a suggestion? It's a sensitive... It's about your hair. That's why I ask. No. Go ahead. I mean, you don't like it? No. I like it fine. It's beautiful. It's just... ..it doesn't belong to you. You're too alive for the perm. Uh-huh. It's not you. You should pull your hair back. (Laughs) Do it. See what happens. Right now? Here? Pull my hair back? Is that so terrible? (Laughs) I'd love to do it but everyone in this room who's pretending not to be watching us would naturally assume we were fucking or something. Please. OK. It's fun to be right. (Chuckles) Excuse me. It's a vision. You've got to cut your hair. Are you serious? A woman's shoulders are the front lines of her mystique. And her neck... ..if she's alive... ..has all the mystery of a border town. A no-man's-land... ..in that battle between the mind and the body. You know, your natural colour would really bring out your eyes. Do you have this view? Sorry? From your terrace - do you have this view? Not exactly. No terrace and I'm about... ..12 floors down. What about you? No. I live downtown. This is a family building. Sounds like fun. Downtown, I mean. I'm just getting to know this city. And is it everything you expected? More. I say ride 'em as far as we can. Then eat 'em. (Giggles) Excuse me, Jackie. Mmm? You guys seen Kevin anywhere? No. I'm sure he's around. OK. Thanks. Are you alone? You mean tonight? Is your wife a jealous woman, Mr Lomax? Oh, dear. I'm going to scare you away. No. No, really. I'm fine. Yeah? I'm fine. Bet you like to be on top. Excuse me? Of the situation. Prefer to be on top? Right? Depends on the view. You know what I see? I see the future. Of this law firm. (Laughs) Christabella. (Speaks in Italian) (Replies in Italian) Ah, gracias. Ciao. We need to talk, Kevin. Something's come up. But first, I want you to go find Heath and Eddie Barzoon. Bring them up to my place. Do it quietly. Quickly. Easy. Arnold has some reporters in his pocket. We'll plant a story, destroy his credibility. Pam, have you see Kevin? No, I haven't, sweetie. OK. If he doesn't come to us he'll regret it. (Speaks in Russian) (Man on telephone replies in Russian) Come in. (Man on phone speaks Japanese) (Milton speaks in Japanese) Is there more to it? Just this room. And a bedroom? Nope. No bedroom. Where does he sleep? Who says he sleeps? Where does he fuck? MILTON: EVERYWHERE! (Laughs) What's up, John? Leaman, how many hours we bill Alex Cullen for last year? 16,242. What the fuck did he do now? Alex Cullen has just been charged with murdering his wife, her stepson and a maid. When did this happen? Just now. Tonight. I've sent Pam downtown to make bail arrangements. They're gonna fucking crucify him. They're gonna... they're gonna line up. I gotta call Meisel. No, no, no. I want Kevin on this case. I hope you're kidding. Alexander Cullen in a Manhattan triple murder with - excuse me - Kevin? Ha! You're dreaming. You know, I've shaken hands with every marquee defence attorney in this town. I take Kevin and I don't look back. John, you've got a great eye for talent. You know, you're the master. But, you know, I...I just don't see this happening. I want you on board, Eddie. Look, I, um, I appreciate the vote of confidence. But maybe Eddie has a point. We can get this case. The man's our client. He's a BUSINESS client, John. We know him better than he knows himself, we got the inside track, we got the best damn trial lawyer in this city - it's ours to lose. Well... ..tell it to Cullen. I want Kevin to tell him. PHONE RINGS Whoa! There's Pam. You gonna fight for this thing? Pam? No. It's Kevin. Hi. No, it's OK. I'm on it. Yeah, I'm on it. Where are we at? . MARY ANN: You left me there. I had a fucking panic attack till Jackie said where you were. Three hours, you don't even call? Stop! Reset. I'm upstairs. I'm with Milton, Heath and Barzoon. There's a good possibility that I'm about to catch a triple-homicide defendant who also happens to be one of the largest property developers in the city. Mary, I had to bail on the party. You bailed on ME. Mary! Did you hear me? I was all by myself! For three whole hours. Next time you make a promise, keep it! You gotta be kidding me, right? Go to hell! DOOR SLAMS Sleep on the fucking couch! TYRES SCREECH Sure he's up there? Yes. CNN passed the word. Alright. CULLEN: Look - I'm not out 20 minutes and I'm being followed by the goddamn press. They're like insects down there! Just calm down and listen, OK? Christ. Maybe you're right. Maybe he is a whiz-kid. But I mean, Jesus Christ, this is my ass we're talking about. Eddie! Alex... ..you know how this town works. You got enemies here you haven't heard from. Now with this - now that you're down - I'd get ready for one of those Class A, New York-style pig fucks. Oh... You know what's coming. Now, you're going to have to ask yourself, who do you trust? Who do you trust, Alex? I dunno. I'll have to look around. (Man shouts down in street) You don't have time to shop. Jury selection started this morning at every breakfast table in the city. This is what people know - three dead bodies. You discover the crime. You call it in. You've got blood on your person and clothes. And Mr Cullen...your prints are on the murder weapon. How do you know that? There's a second print in blood - a partial of a hand on the wall next to the bodies. I have keys. I called the cops from the house. I touched the wall. I panicked. That was panic! We need 12 people who'll see past all that. I touched the goddamn wall! Get out in front of this fast. I panicked! Is that a crime? I didn't kill anybody. This is a nightmare. How am I gonna convince anybody? I'm innocent. He's right, Alex. People need to hear these things. Oh, Christ, Eddie. Jesus. You're not happy tomorrow, the next day - we'll move over. But right now, this moment, you need immediate representation. I have a 14-year-old stepdaughter who I care more about than anything in this world. They wouldn't let me talk to her from downtown. They won't let me talk to her now I'm out. We need to issue a statement. He's a winner, Alex. Just like you were. And they'll never see him coming. (Mutters) Jesus Christ. I got some...I got some tough phone calls I gotta... Alright. My place. Tomorrow. Alone. You better be every FUCKIN' inch as good as he says you are! SIREN WAILS (Sighs heavily) Not if they were giving it away. Come on, Mary Ann. Let's check out Yoshi's. Andrea. Yes? Another one of these. WOMAN: Right away, Mrs Heath. No, no, no, no, no, no. Yes, yes, yes. I want you loose and pliable. Another bottle of chardonnay for Mrs Barzoon and Mrs Heath. Oh, Lord, this is $3,000! You know what you should do? You should buy it, wear it once and then throw it away. That'll loosen you up. I say spend it all. If you're never gonna see your husband, you might as well have a relationship with his money. (Laughs) I swear, if Eddie wasn't afraid of me shouting my mouth off, he would've put a cellulite clause in the pre-nup. Dr Robert, I'm telling you. He's the miracle man. You've seen my new tits. Who does it better than that? It's not my tits I'm worried about. Not too big. Perfect. Real or not? They look real. They must be real. Feel 'em. Oh, no. It's OK, really. Go ahead. That's the ultimate test. Come on. (Whispers) Oh. Feel real? Yes, absolutely real. (Giggles) Dr Robert. When you're ready. (Roars) EERIE MUSIC DISTORTED WHISPERING VOICES (Whispers) Oh, God! So...what do you think? I don't care if they can hear me. I don't... (Shouts) ..CARE! I don't like it here, Kevin. These women - I mean, I'm seeing things, for Christ's sake. You just left them in the store? YES! Look, calm down! No! Listen to me. Mary! Mary! First...you do this radical thing to your hair. (Disappointedly) Oh...you hate it. Stop! I think it's fine. I think it's fine. But I also think it's traumatic. (Sighs in desperation) You've got the pressure of fitting in with new friends... ..a new place. Add to that two bottles of wine... No, no. It wasn't the wine, Kevin! It wasn't the wine or my hair or talking to Kathy or anything like that, because I know that's what you'll say. What about Kathy? What about your sister? What about her? She's pregnant again. Oh. That's got nothing to do with this? Kevin, I never see you any more. And now that you've got this big case, it'll only get worse. If you can believe it, I'm actually looking forward to your mother's visit. What about the apartment? (Screams) Goddamn you! Why do you always change things around? This is NOT about the apartment. I hate this stupid place! You know, you buy a couple of new suits and you're fine. It's a little more than that. I've got this whole place to fill! We've got all this money that's supposed to be fun. It's not! It's like a test. The whole thing is like one big test. And God... (Sobs) MELANCHOLY MUSIC I am so lonely. I miss you so much. Now, it's alright. (Sobs) I don't know what to do. (Sobs) Let's make a baby. Don't tease me. I wouldn't do that. Not unless you asked. ROMANTIC MUSIC Oh, baby. (Gasps lustfully) SOFT WHOOSHING SOUND Do you have this view? (Moans lustfully) Kevin! Make love to me. LIGHT, AIRY MUSIC ETHEREAL CHORAL SINGING (Laughs) (Giggles hysterically) Kevin, what are you doing? MUSIC RISES TOWARDS CRESCENDO No! Oh, stop! Stop. Stop! (Whispers) Oh, God! (Gasps) Where are you? Right here. Right here. No, you're not. (Gasps) . CULLEN: Why keep going? KEVIN: Because it needs to be clear, Mr Cullen. Because I need to know and understand exactly what happened. You're standing there, you look down. There's the gun. I don't know why I picked it up. It was before I saw Lucinda's body. You kneeled down to pick it up? You work late, you come home, you walk in - everybody's dead! It's not something you plan for! Stop. Back up. Two prints by the gun. "Right hand, right knee". Right knee? We have been over this. I'm trying to picture it. Your hand...your hand came from... ..inside and underneath? You wanna see it? I'll fuckin' show you. There. Did you see it? Is it clear? You got it? Whose gun is that? It's mine! Are you mad? You're charged with triple homicide, you're walking around with a gun?! You're charged with triple homicide, you're walking around with a gun?! I have had nine death threats. Give it over. Now. Give me the gun. I gotta protect myself. That's my job! When the case is over, you can have it back. This is a deal-breaker, Alex. (Sighs in frustration) OK...let's wrap it up. So what's next? I need to talk to your assistant. Mrs Black. OK, call her. Do you feel confident she'll back you on the time? Melissa? Yeah, yeah. She's...she's OK. She's a...straight arrow. OK. So we're gonna talk to her. And you're not gonna talk to anybody, alright? Alright? No comment. There they are! How's it going? How about a shot? How does it feel, getting the biggest murder trial in New York? Look over here. Will you really plead not guilty? What is happening? Since the case, Kevin's picture has been in the paper. He always did like to stick his nose in the camera. Sorry about that, Mr Lomax. No problem. How are you, Mrs Lomax? Have a nice dinner? I surely did. Are you hungry? No, thanks. Oh. (Giggles) Welcome to Babylon, Ma. Well, speak of the devil. I was just telling them the Moyez story. Really? This is your mother? Yes. Mom, this is John... John Milton. Alice Lomax. It's a pleasure to meet you. How do you do? Mary Ann, you're looking lovely. Thanks. This is, er... I believe you've met Christabella. Yes. I think we did. And Giselle. Hello. Fresh in from Paris. Great. (Clears throat) Nice to meet you. MILTON: 3 for you. And...my place. Thanks for the champagne, John. Oh, you're very welcome, Kevin. This isn't really your first visit to New York, is it...Mrs Lomax? Yes. (Chuckles) You've done one hell of a job bringing him up, Mrs Lomax. And I'm sure it wasn't easy. No. ELEVATOR BELL RINGS (Chuckles) Mom, we're here. Yes. Goodnight to you. Goodnight. Goodnight. Goodnight, Mary Ann. Kevin, hang on! How about Cullen? How's it going? Everything on beam? That's a long conversation. Want to come up and tell me? Now? SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC (Jangles keys) Let's talk tomorrow. You sure? Yeah. EERIE CHORAL SINGING BUILDS AND FADES That what you're doing when you're working late? What are you talking about? You know EXACTLY what I'm talking about. That's ridiculous. (Sarcastically) Yeah, right. I'm going to bed. 'Night, Alice. 'Night. SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC Shit! Ma...Ma, what are you doing? I'm going home, Kevin. What? What are you talking about? I don't...feel right. Look, you just got here. I just got my teeth kicked in on the front page, so I gotta run. We'll talk later, OK? OK? I have to go, Kevin. I miss my church. Ma, this is New York. There must be 20,000 churches. Take your pick. You need to do a better job with Mary Ann. She's not well. This place isn't good for her. So stay. Take care of her if you're so concerned. Help me out. I'll take her home if you let me. This is home! Understand? This is where we live. I'm not going back to Gainesville. Unbelievable! "Wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to temptation." It's a little early for Scripture. I'm going to work. Do whatever you want. DOOR SLAMS DARK, FOREBODING MUSIC Does my baby-sitter have to testify? We need her to establish the time you returned home. She doesn't have a green card is why I ask. I'd hate for her to get in trouble. Melissa, let's talk to her first. See where she stands and take it from there. PAM: I'll see Melissa to the car. Thanks. Mr Cullen didn't kill those people. I know him. He's a difficult man but he couldn't kill anyone. That's why we're all working so hard. Thank you. Can the car stop at my ex-husband's on the way uptown? My son left his jacket there. Sure. BARZOON: George, remember, no shredding in the building trash. Only in the private refuse. GEORGE: Yes, sir. Stalisso Securities. Who's handling that? I am. All this has got to go. Guatemala, Sudan, Cyprus. Martin. No, no, no! Begada Holdings. It'll take you all night. Just Begada Holdings. I thought I was the only one working late. Ah...ha! Well, so did we. Back to work. This is not a break. Good news. I just finished with Cullen's assistant. She looks like a great alibi. Oh, what a pleasant surprise! MAN: Got another one on Begada Limited here. Looks like you've got your hands full. Oh, it's just a little, um...housekeeping. If anyone should ask... you never saw this. Who would ask? Ah...Weaver. Who is that? Justice Department. Weaver Commission. You don't know about Weaver? So? Oh. How nice for you. Grab your coat, Mr Lomax. The night is young. We're going to the Garden. Ringside. Title fight. Roy Jones Jr. I'd have to call Mary Ann. Do it on the way. Did you get my message? I did, Eddie. You write beautifully. (Laughs loudly) . So, what's this Weaver Commission? I don't like to worry about it. You find the talent and delegate. (Man speaks Spanish) Who knows what Eddie's up to? I'm lookin' out for you. He's got many fingers in many pies. What's happening? Excuse me. What the fuck are you looking at? Yeah, you. You deaf or something? I hear you fine. Get the fuck out of my car. Why? I didn't know it was your car. I'm having a good time. I ain't askin', motherfucker. I'm tellin'. Get out. Shit! Time to go! Chill, man! I'll cut your fuckin' throat! (Speaks Spanish) Como? How the fuck do you know? Go ahead, son. You still got time. There's a train coming the other way. You'll just catch it. You'll thank me in the morning. You ain't right, man. Oh, I'm right. You'll see. Invigorating. (Laughs loudly) What did you say to him?! That if he didn't leave us alone, you'd kick his ass from here to De Kalb. A lady's getting up from her seat. Come on. Get some, yeah! You are wrong! No, no, no, no. Roy's going to get him. Now, now. Now! No! No! No! No! (Crowd roars) Fixed! John. Johnny Milton. Oh! Hey! What a beauty! I'm glad you could come, my man. I love you! Meet MY new heavyweight. Kevin Lomax. Kevin Lomax, how are you? (Sings in Spanish) Oh, yeah! (Audience cheers) FLAMENCO GUITAR And say what? He's the senior partner at the... Mary, you're really starting to piss me off. FLAMENCO GUITAR Yes, I'm having one cigarette. You want me to lie? One cigarette after seven months is not... That's exactly what I'm sayin'. Go to bed. I have no idea. (Man sings in Spanish) Ho! Ha! (Cackles maniacally) Mary, stop. This guy pays our bills. The food, the heat, the rent on that enormous apartment we live in! I live there too. Mary...! (Crowd whoops) Give it back to me! The trumpet too! Kevin. Babs Coleman. Kevin Lomax, Babs. How are you? Babs is from Georgia Tech. Your neck of the woods. There's Tiffany, new addition. Good evening. Where you from? Don't tell me... ..Michigan! How'd you know?! Oh, my goodness! How'd he know? (Man sings in Spanish) (Cackles maniacally) (Cackles) Cheers. MAN SINGS IN SPANISH SINGING ENDS ABRUPTLY EERIE MUSIC Kevin? Honey? SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC GLASS SMASHES Hello? Who is there? I got a knife. PHONE SIGNAL ECHOES Oh, God! DOOR HINGES CREAK (Gasps quietly) (Whispers) Oh, Jesus! (Drops knife) (Gently) Baby...how'd you get here? Are you OK? (Whispers) Oh, God. Where's your mommy? You got no mommy? What you got there? What are you playing with? Huh? What are you playing with? CREEPY MUSIC (Gasps) Oh, God! Help! God! God! UNEARTHLY DRONING NOISE KEVIN: Baby, please. Baby, there's...there's no blood. There is no blood. It was a dream. Mary, it was a dream. It's not a dream if it's true. Look, let's get you undressed and in the tub, OK? No. I know you. You'll leave me now for sure. No! Get away from me! OK. OK, I...I'm confused. Why? What is it now? Did you like the green? You did, didn't you? We should go back to the green. I'm calling the doctor. I'm getting you help. They took my ovaries, Kevin. What? (Yells) They took my ovaries! I told you. Right here. Mary Ann, it was a nightmare. It didn't happen. My sisters have seven children between them. My mother had Derek when she was 45. You could've set a clock by my periods. Baby, what are you talking about? Kevin, we can't have children. What? Says who? The doctor. I was there yesterday. 'Non-specific ovarian failure'. That's ridiculous. Shhhhh! Oh, God. Did you just hear that? Listen. You hear that? No. You're going to leave me, aren't you? Mary Ann... I know you. Oh, God. PHONE RINGS (Gasps) No, Kevin. It's his monsters. I dreamt about this. (Whispers) It's OK. Shh. Listen. I've gotta take this... No. You've got to listen to me. It's OK. N... Why don't...? I've got to take this. PHONE KEEPS RINGING It's going to be OK. Yeah? Fuck! Fuck, I knew the DA was holding out on us. Get the Discovery Package over here right now. Mm-hm. I don't care. Find Cullen. . I get one supervised hour a week with my stepdaughter. I'm in there with two shrinks and three social workers. You better have a good reason for calling me out. Your wife, the day she was killed, lunched with a friend. She says, "Alex is fuckin' around. I can prove it." That's hearsay. That never gets in. Wrong answer. Your pre-nuptial agreement's on file at the firm. The contract's null and void in the event of marital infidelity. You fuck around, she gets rich. THAT'S a motive, Alex. What do I need to know? Melissa, my assistant. She wasn't even that good a fuck. And? On the night in question? I was boning my assistant the night my wife got shot. I've got to re-interview Melissa. Well, forget it. We're not... we're not telling that story. Juries want honesty. Fuck with that at your peril. Allesandra. (Calls) Allesandra, wait. Alex. Allesandra. (Calls) Alex! Don't. Not now. Mrs Skeilar, please. Time's up, Mr Cullen. Alex! I can't! This isn't fair. I have 15 more minutes. You'll just have to wait until next week, Mr Cullen. See you next week. MAN: That's it. Sorry. KEVIN: Uh-huh, for sleep. And she can take that during the day? No, she won't be driving. I'm going to have the pharmacy call you right back. Thanks. He's not sure. He thinks it could be some kind of hormonal imbalance. I'm taking you off the case. What? I want you to drop this case. This case? Cullen? Yeah. I've got a jury showing up this morning... Do you love this woman? Yes. What are you doing? She's sick. Everyone will understand. I'll understand. What about Cullen? We find somebody new, you consult. You live to fight another day, son. What do you mean, 'consult'? I put together a great jury. It's a disappointment, I know. We have them, all of us. You use it, you embrace it. And then you move on. Hang on. We've got to talk about this. Listen to yourself, Kevin. "We've got to talk about this." It's your wife, man. She's sick. She needs you. She's got to come first. Wait a minute, wait a minute. You mean the possibility of leaving this case has never even entered your mind? You know what scares me? I quit the case, she gets better and I hate her for it. I don't want to resent her. I've got a winner here. I've gotta nail this fucker. Do it fast, put it behind me, finish it. Then...then put all my energy into her. I stand corrected. Fill me in. Did Cullen's assistant admit to having the affair? She did to me but... she won't in court. Well, convince her otherwise. And when all that evidence is laid before you, when all these pieces weave together, you will conclude, you will KNOW, that Alexander Cullen is guilty of murdering three people in cold blood and with malice a forethought. Thank you. Your Honour. Mr Lomax, we can break for lunch now or you can do a stop-and-start. If it's a choice, I'll go now. I won't be as long as Mr Broygo. Proceed. PEOPLE MURMUR Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I know you've spent all morning listening to Mr Broygo talk. I know you're hungry. What I need to tell you won't take long at all. I don't like Alexander Cullen. PEOPLE MURMUR I don't think he's a nice person. I don't expect YOU to like him. He's been a terrible husband to all three of his wives. He's been a destructive force in the lives of his stepchildren. He's cheated the city, his partners, his employees. He's spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties and fines over the years. I don't like him. I'm going to tell you some things during this trial that are going to make you like him even less. But this isn't a popularity contest. It's a murder trial. And the single most important provable fact of this proceeding is that Alexander Cullen was somewhere else when these horrible crimes took place. Now, the state, the state's going all out here. They've got this whole team here. They're throwing everything but the kitchen sink at this case. I want one thing from you. That's it. One thing. I want you to ask yourself... ..is not liking this man... ..reason enough to convict him of murder? Enjoy your lunch. We'll talk again. What the fuck was that about? They're going to hate me! Listen to me like you've never listened before. I'll bust my ass to make sure they hate you. As long as you're boning Melissa, you're not killing your wife! Why didn't you say something before? FOOTSTEPS APPROACH Then it doesn't look spontaneous. Oh, you got it now? EDDIE: Hey! Kevin. Eddie. Saw you go in. What's up? Well, congratulations. It's not over yet. Well, I'm not talking about the trial. What ARE you talking about? How the FUCK does your name get on the firm's charter? What? Looks like it's been there for years. You're a partner. When did that happen? You know, I still am the managing director of this firm. You want my job, take me head-on. Back-door me one more time, I'll shove your partnership papers down your throat! I dunno what you're talking about. I don't like your tone. Bullshit. You got a problem with documents, put together one of your late-night shredding sessions. Ah! You think you're tough enough to run this firm? Ha! Remember the Weaver Commission investigation? Tell your mentor, the next time Weaver calls me, maybe I'll just...pick up the phone. Was he drunk? I doubt it. He was going running. What the hell was he talking about? Eddie's got himself in trouble again. He wants me to save him, only this time I can't. Why does he think I'm after his job? You ever have any experience with manic depression? Not directly, no. Well, you do now. WOMAN ON INTERCOM: 346. It's me. Get Eddie Barzoon. He may be out running. You might have to page him. It's an emergency. Yes, sir. You look like you could use a drink. Yes. Yes, thanks. Eddie Barzoon, Eddie Barzoon. Ha! I nursed him through two divorces, a cocaine rehab and a pregnant receptionist. SOUND OF HEART BEATING God's creature, right? God's special creature. Ha! And I've warned him, Kevin. I've warned him every step of the way, watching him bounce around like a game, like a wind-up toy. Like 250 pounds of self-serving greed on wheels. The next 1,000 years is around the corner. Eddie Barzoon, take a good look. Excuse me! He's the poster child for the next millennium. These people, it's no mystery where they come from. SOUND OF HEAVY BREATHING You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire. You build egos the size of cathedrals, fibre-optically connect the world to every eager impulse, grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own god. Where can you go from there? Hey, wrong way. Yeah, yeah! Fuck you! As we're scrambling from one deal to the next, who's got his eye on the planet, as the air thickens, the water sours, even the bees' honey takes on the metallic taste of radioactivity? It just keeps coming, faster and faster. Oh, fuck! Help! Help! Stop them! There's no chance to think, to prepare. It's "Buy futures!", "Sell futures!", when there IS no future. We got a runaway train, boy. We got a billion Eddie Barzoons, all jogging into the future, every one of them getting ready to fist-fuck God's ex-planet, lick their fingers clean, as they reach out toward their pristine cybernetic keyboards to tote up their fuckin' billable hours. And then it hits home. Uhhh! You gotta pay your OWN way, Eddie. It's too late to buy out now. You fuck! Give me your watch. What?! I like this watch! You try and take it! Arrhhh! Your belly is too full, your dick is sore, your eyes are bloodshot and you're screaming for someone to help. But guess what? There's no-one there. You're all alone, Eddie. You're God's special little creature. Oh, no! Maybe it's true. Maybe God threw the dice once too often. Maybe he let us all down. DISTORTED WHOOSHING SOUND KEVIN: You testified the defendant called you at 4:30 to ask you to his office gym for the purposes of sex. Yes. Mr Cullen, though, he's not just your lover, is he? He's the boss. Yes. Two hours go by before you act on his request? Yes. I went up at 6:10. I know it was 6:10. Weather came on the news. I remember... OK, stop. This prosecutor is no fool. He's going to change tempo, attitude, tone of voice. He'll ask questions you never thought of, just to screw you up. So what do we do? 'Yes' and 'no' answers. Stay calm. Exactly. Is it your testimony, Ms Black, that between the hours of 6:10 and 9:40 you were engaged in sexual congress with the defendant? Yes. During this three-hour marathon, did you lose sight of the defendant? During this three-hour marathon, did you lose sight of the defendant? No. Did he use the bathroom? Yes. Is he circumcised? You understand the question? Yeah. So, is he cut or not? Yes. Which is it? You've been polishing his nob for six months and you don't know whether he's got foreskin? I've had enough of your game! Shove your questions up your ass. WOMEN WEEP CHRISTABELLA: Kevin. What's happened? It's Eddie Barzoon. What about him? He's dead. He was killed. When? Last night. In the park. He was running, believe it or not. What's wrong with people? They got the scumbags responsible. Who? Two old homeless crazies. Kevin, sorry, you're due in court in 30 minutes. Get your things together. Are we finished in here? I'll bring Melissa to the car. Go. SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC I want you to put Eddie aside. Let me worry about him. You got a deal with Cullen. You've got to marshal your strength, prioritise, conserve your energy. I can't put her on the stand. What choice do you have? I know she's lying. She's lying? She's lying? Because she didn't answer you fast enough, she lied? No. She said nothing. Fact is you'll never know anyway. He killed those people. You really believe that? He set me up. Cullen fuckin' set me up. Melissa, the whole thing. I...I know it. Gotta go with your gut. That's your advice? I'll back you, either way. Maybe it's your time to lose. Think I haven't lost before? Kevin? (Louder) Kevin. We talked about this, remember? Pressure. Take a big whiff. . (Bangs on door) All rise. The Honourable Armand Poe presiding. Please be seated. Alright, Mr Lomax. You may present your case. SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC Mr Lomax. I call Melissa Black. Raise your right hand. Do you swear to tell the truth, so help you God? I do. DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS SURGING ORCHESTRAL MUSIC (Reporters shout questions) (Calls) Kevin! Kevin, wait. Here. Hey, Feeney. It's him. She looked bad. Felix tried talking to her but she kept going. Where is she? Church of the Heavenly Hope. SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC Honey. Mary, it's me. What happened? You OK? He let himself in. You need to know that. Who let himself in? The bath was running or something... I didn't hear him, I swear to you. And then we talked. And we talked for hours. And I hadn't talked to anyone, really talked to anyone, in so long. Did somebody hurt you? Yeah. Who? Milton. What? He, um... He...he fucked me. And I think I wanted him to but then I just... I don't know, I just couldn't stop him. I begged. He just wouldn't stop. When? Baby, when? Today. The whole afternoon. The whole afternoon. I'm so ashamed. Today? Yeah. Today? Today he was in court! He was in court in my presence all afternoon! No! Yes! YES! YES! No. Oh, God, no, Kevin. Kevin, I'm not crazy. You have to believe me! Oh, God... NOOOOO! Oh, Jesus! He did this to me! Shhh! No! He did this to me... What did you do to yourself? What are we gonna do, baby? What am I gonna do? Sign there, and your relationship. She's calm now. This is a good time to say goodnight. I know why this is happening. Shhh. I want you to go to sleep. It's the money. Blood money, Kevin. We just drank it down, both of us. We knew it. Winning those cases, taking the money - we knew they were guilty. But you just kept on winning. Win every time. Now I can't look at myself in the mirror. Now I see a monster. Don't do this, Kevin. Please take me home! Please! Don't do this! I'm not crazy! SOLEMN ORGAN MUSIC Doesn't Diana look fabulous? Allesandra, you look ravishing. Thank you. Mrs Skeilar. PRIEST: We are here today to remember Edward Barzoon. Isn't she lovely? We have gathered here to seek shelter in our common grief, to draw strength toward our test of faith... So, what do they say? How's Mary Ann? They don't know. She's...she's fallen apart. Hallucinations...Milton. It's bad. FOOTSTEPS APPROACH Do you have room for one more? ..beloved father, devoted husband, trusted friend, esteemed colleague, benevolent citizen - all of these things. And yet one thing more. Child of God. And it is to that Father that he now returns. Eddie Barzoon, such a vibrant member of our community, has moved beyond us now. He has entered a new communion. And for that, it is a time of rejoicing. God, who is our refuge and our strength. God, who is that very present help in time of trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth should change. Though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble amidst trouble, we cannot fear too long, for Eddie Barzoon has gone home. INTENSE MUSIC Mr Lomax? No comment. I'll have something for you later. I'm a friend of Eddie Barzoon. You don't know me, but Eddie mentioned you. Mitch Weaver, Justice Department. Staking out the funeral? Looking for you, actually. I'm in a hurry. I need to talk to my wife. I have some questions off the record about Eddie! SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC BUILDS Milton, Chadwick & Waters isn't just a law firm, but you knew that... CAR HORN SOUNDS Begada Holdings. I'm sure you've heard of it - London, Kinshasa, Karachi, arms brokering mostly. Then there's Munsadiche - they're in Berlin, Jakarta. Chemical weapons and toxic waste. Ivanico Limited, Moscow - money laundering for the Eastern Bloc. It goes on and on and on. Milton is into everything. DRAMATIC MUSIC SURGES Barzoon was coming in, Kevin. He was going to testify. De Soto and De Balista, Panama. That firm sets up bank accounts for judges all over South America. Huge drug cases, murder - everything. What the fuck do you want? He's a lawyer! Now stay off my back! This is a first time/last time offer, Kevin. I'm learning about you. I talked to some old friends in Florida this morning. The Gettys case. Eighth-grade teacher. They found him yesterday. He had a 10-year-old girl's body in the trunk of his car. HISSING SOUND HORN BLARES BRAKES SQUEAL Oh, my God! Is he alright? UNEARTHLY CHORAL SINGING . Hey, Marie, you wanna go to the party? No. Come on. Horace will be disappointed. It's a big birthday party. We can sing. "..for indeed his divine power has granted us all things "pertaining to life and piety through the knowledge of Him "who has called us..." Kevin... Mom, what are you doing here? I came this morning. I kept calling the house and getting no answer. I need to talk to you. We got her on the first flight this morning. Are you alright, Kevin? I just...um... I dunno. Would you excuse us a moment? Sure. Come on, Kevin. How you doing, sweetie? I know something that'll make you feel better. There. I shouldn't have left. I knew it. I'll never forgive myself. There's nothing you could've done. Oh, I could've told you the truth. About what? Baptist Endeavour Youth Crusade, 1966. I WAS here, in New York. That night in the elevator, you never let me answer. What are you talking about? We stayed here a week in the Tremont Hotel. They had a restaurant downstairs where we ate almost every meal. Wait. Stop. Your father was a waiter in that restaurant. My father? Oh, this is great, Mom. Honey, please listen. Now? You do this now? Because, I mean, your timing is superb. You wait 30 years, you fly up here, you pick today! Kevin, honey, just wait... Obviously, I'm not under enough pressure! Not enough on my mind! Listen to me! Kevin! Kevin! KEVIN! "Behold, I send you out as sheep amidst the wolves." Don't you look beautiful now! Take a look and see. It's alright, dear. Look. No. Go on. Take a look. See how beautiful you are? See? Owww! Get outttt! What's up? She attacked me! Huh? Mary Ann! Mary Ann! Mary Ann, open the door. Open the door, Mary. UNEARTHLY VOICES CHANT Mary? Open the door, Mary. Mary! Come on, Mary! Mary, it's OK. Open the door! NO! Mary! Mary, come on! Mary, open the door! Mary! Open the door, Mary! Oh, my God! Get somebody! GO! GO! Mary, look at me! Mary, look at me! Somebody! Help! NOOOO! Mary! Pam, get help! GO! Mary! Look at me! I love you. Oh, NO! NO! NO! Help! Oh, God, what have you done? What have you done? We need a doctor in here! We need a doctor! Oh, Mary! Mary, Mary! Please stay with me, Mary! Mary! Stay with me, Mary! Get Dr Jalby in here now. Sir, get away so I can help her. Now, sir. Off! Go! Come on. Come on! Aaah! Help her! You're in the way! Get Dr Jal... PLEASE! I'm losing her! Finish the story. 1966. You're in New York. There's a waiter in a restaurant. No. Finish the story! He talked to me. Nobody had ever really talked to me before. 16 years old, 1,000 miles away from home... Someone takes an interest. Knew the Bible, every word. Just knew it by heart. Every meal, there he was at my ear, and I was... The last night he came to say goodbye and... ..I started crying, and he told me... .."Behold! I send you out as sheep amidst the wolves." I wanna hear you say it. His face that night... I knew it was him. Say it. You were so proud that you'd done this all on your own... Say it! ..I hadn't the heart to tell you. I mean, you wondered yourself... Say it! ..the apartment, all the attention and everything out of nowhere... Say it! Milton! He's your...father. He's your father. Somehow he found us. He tracked you down. No. He did. He's always been there. I know that now. Watching. Waiting. Playing us like a game. What do you mean? I gotta go. You won't make it alone. Stay here with me! Just forget about him. We can leave here. We can go home. We don't have to see him. No, I can't do it! LIFT ARRIVES You go home. Kevin! I have to go. I have to go! WAIT! I love you. INTENSE MUSIC There you are. Pam. Look at you. You look terrified. Not to worry. He'll take away that fear. You don't ever have to be frightened again. Go on. He's waiting for you. Go. EERIE CHORAL MUSIC MUSIC SURGES DRAMATIC CRESCENDO . You were right about one thing. I HAVE been watching. Couldn't help myself. Watching! Waiting! Holding my breath! But I'm no puppeteer, Kevin. I don't make things happen. It doesn't work like that. What did you do to Mary Ann? Free will! It's like butterfly wings. Once touched, they never get off the ground. No, I only set the stage. You pull your own strings. What did you do to Mary Ann? A gun? In here? Goddamn it! What did you do to my wife? Well... ..on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the most depraved act of sexual theatre known to man, 1 being your average Friday night run-through at the Lomaxes' household, I'd say, not to be immodest, Mary Ann and I got it on at about...7. Fuck you! Ow! Ow! Oh! Got me! Got me! Yes! Wow! Oh, yeah! YES! Step on up, son! Come on! That's good! Hold on to that fury! That's the last thing to go! That's the final hiding place. It's the final fig leaf. Who are you? Who am I? Who are you? Never lost a case. Why? Why do you think? 'Cause you're so fucking good. Yeah? But why? Because you're my father. I'm a little more than that, Kevin. Awfully hot in that courtroom, wasn't it? What's the game plan, Kevin? It was a nice run, Kev. Had to close out some day. Nobody wins them all. What are you? Oh, I have so many names. Satan. Call me Dad. Mary Ann, she knew it. She knew it. She knew it so you destroyed her. You blaming me for Mary Ann? Oh, I hope you're kidding. Mary Ann? You could have saved her any time. All she wanted was love. Hey! You were too busy! That's a lie. Mary Ann in New York? You started looking to better-deal her the minute you got here. That's not true! You don't know anything about her! Hey! I'm on your side! You're a liar! Hey! Kevin! There's nothing out there for you! Don't be such a fucking chump! Stop deluding yourself! I told you to take care of your wife. What did I say? The world would understand. Didn't I say that? What did you do? (Speaks with Kevin's voice) "Know what scares me, John? "I leave the case, she gets better, and I hate her for it." Remember? I know what you did. You set me up. Who made you pull out all the stops on Mr Gettys? It's entrapment. You set me up! And Moyez, the direction you took. Popes, swamis, snake-handlers, feeding at the same trough. Whose ideas were those? You played me! It was a test, your test! And Cullen! Knowing he was guilty! Seeing those pictures! What did you do? You put that lying bitch on the stand. You brought me in! You put me there! You made her lie! I don't do that! That day on the subway. What did I say to you? What were my words? Maybe it was your time to lose. You didn't think so. Lose! I don't lose! I win! I win! I'm a lawyer. That's my job, that's what I do! I rest my case. Vanity is definitely my favourite sin. Kevin, so basic. Self-love, the all-natural opiate. It's not that you didn't care for Mary Ann, Kevin. It's just that you were a little bit more involved with someone else. Yourself. (Sniffs) You're right. I did it all. I let her go. Don't be too hard on yourself, Kevin. You wanted something more, believe me. I left her behind and just kept going. You cannot keep punishing yourself, Kevin. It's awesome how far you've come. I didn't make it easy. Couldn't. Not for you. DRAUGHT BLOWS, GENTLE RATTLING Or your sister. Well, half-sister, to be exact. Surprise. Some scene, huh, Kevin? Don't let him scare you, eh? Kevin, I've had so many children. I've had so many disappointments. Mistake after mistake. And then there's you. The two of you. What do you want from me? I want you to be yourself. You know, I'll tell you, guilt is like a bag of fucking bricks. All you gotta do - set it down. Hey...I know what you're going through. I've been there. Just come here. Come here, yeah, let it go. Yeah... I can't do that. Who are you carrying all those bricks for, anyway? God? Is that it? God? Well, I tell you. Let me give you a little inside information about God. God likes to watch. He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives Man instincts. He gives you this extraordinary gift, and then what does he do? I swear, for his own amusement, his own private cosmic gag reel, he sets the rules in opposition. It's the goof of all time. Look, but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste! Don't swallow. (Laughs) And while you're jumping from one foot to the next, what is he doing? He's laughing his sick, fucking ass off! He's a tight-ass! He's a sadist! He's an absentee landlord! Worship that? Never! Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven - that it? Why not? I'm here on the ground with my nose in it since the whole thing began. I've nurtured every sensation Man has been inspired to have. I cared about what he wanted and I never judged him. Why? Because I never rejected him. In spite of all his imperfections, I'm a fan of Man! I'm a humanist. Maybe the last humanist. Who in their right mind, Kevin, could possibly deny the 20th century was entirely mine? All of it, Kevin! All of it. Mine. I'm peaking, Kevin. It's my time now. It's our time. Anybody want a drink? I'm having a drink. This is some pitch, all this. (Christabella pours drink) You need me pretty bad. What do you want? (Christabella clinks glass) Well, Eddie was right. I want you to take over the firm. You... ..and your sister. Is that it? No. She's ovulating. Right now. What? Your vanity is justified, Kevin. Your seed is the key to a new future. Your son will sit at the head of all tables, my boy. He's gonna set this whole thing free. You want a child? I want a family. The Antichrist. (Laughs) Whatever. But I have to volunteer. Free will - it is a bitch. Kevin, I need a family. I need help - I'm busy. Millennium's coming, son. Title fight! Round 20. (Laughs) Oh, I'm ready to work. What do you say, kid? What are you offering? We negotiating? Always. Yes! What are you offering? Everything. Anything. What do you want? How about bliss, for starters? Instant bliss. Bliss on tap. (Laughs) Bliss any way you want it. How about that first line of cocaine? That walk into a strange girl's bedroom. Familiar? You'll have to do a little better than that. I know. I'm just getting warmed up. You want more, don't you? You deserve more. How about the thing you love the most? Smile from a jury. Whoo! That cold courtroom just giving itself over! Bending to your strength. I get that by myself. Not like this. I take the bricks out of the briefcase. I give you pleasure. No strings! Freedom, baby, is never having to say you're sorry. This is revolution, Kevin. UPBEAT MUSIC Viva la causa! (Frank Sinatra sings) # It happened in Monterey # A long time ago... # Forget him. # I met her in Monterey... # This is about us. # In old Mexico # Stars and steel guitars # And luscious lips as red as wine... # It's been so hard waiting for you. # Broke somebody's heart... # Why the law? # And I'm afraid that it... # Cut the shit, Dad! Why lawyers? Why the law? SILENCE Because the law, my boy, puts us into everything. It's the ultimate backstage pass. It's the new priesthood, baby. Did you know there are more students in law school than there are lawyers walking the earth? We're coming out! Guns blazing! The two of you. All of us. Acquittal after acquittal after acquittal until the stench of it reaches so high and far into heaven it chokes the whole fucking lot of them! In the Bible you lose. We're destined to lose, Dad. Well, consider the source, son. Besides, we're gonna write our own book. Chapter 1...right here. This altar. This moment. Will you stop talking? You talk too much. Both of you. Kevin. Look at me. Just look at me. EERILY SENSUAL MUSIC Oh! She is really stunning. Who am I? Ha! I've wanted you from the moment we met. Diaboli virtus in lumbis est. Diaboli virtus in lumbis est. "Virtue of the Devil is in his loins." What above love? Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate. (Whispers) Hey! In two minutes you'll never think about Mary Ann again. Come here. She's right, my son. It's time to step up and take what's yours. You're right. It's time. Free will, right? BANG! NO! DRAMATIC CHORAL MUSIC No! NO! NO! (Screams in anguish) Damn you! (Screams in anguish) NOOOOOOOO! (Yelps) WATER TRICKLES TOILET FLUSHES It's a nice run, Kev. Had to close out someday. Nobody wins them all. SENTIMENTAL ORCHESTRAL MUSIC What are you doing, baby? Are you OK? I am now. COURT USHER: All rise! The Honourable Judge Galston Dee presiding. Please be seated. You're still under oath, young lady. Your witness, Mr Lomax. Mr Lomax. Your Honour... ..I'm terribly sorry... ..but I can no longer represent my client. UPROAR I need to be replaced as counsel. Order. Order! (Bangs gavel) I adjourn this court. Mr Lomax, this is outrageous. Are you aware of the consequences? I am, sir. I want to see both attorneys in my chambers immediately. I'm gonna adjourn this trial until 9am tomorrow morning. I trusted you to defend me! You'll burn for this! You just made the biggest mistake of your life. Baby, what are you doing? The right thing. I think the right thing. Here they are! Will you be disbarred? Don't know. How does losing feel? No comment. (Reporters fire questions) Come on! He ain't here to talk. 8am tomorrow morning. Press conference. He ain't gonna talk to you now. Neil! That's it! This story will pay. It's one you'd dream about. There is no story. Bullshit! A lawyer with a crisis of conscience? You're kidding - it's huge! They're gonna disbar me. Write about that. Wait a second. Can they do that? Not when I get the story. We gotta talk. I want an exclusive. This is wire service. This is 'Sixty Minutes'. This is a story that needs to be told. It's YOU. You're a star. (Whispers) Baby... Call me in the morning. You got it. First thing. 'Bye, Larry. Vanity. Definitely my favourite sin. (Rolling Stones play 'Paint It Black') Heh, heh! # I see a red door and I want it painted black # No colours any more, I want them to turn black # I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes # I have to turn my head until my darkness goes # I see a line of cars and they're all painted black # With flowers and my love both never to come back # I see people turn their heads and quickly look away # Like a newborn baby it just happens every day # I look inside myself and see my heart is black # I see my red door I must have it painted black # Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the fact # It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black # No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue # I could not foresee this thing happening to you # If I look hard enough into the setting sun # My love will laugh with me before the morning comes # I see a red door and I want it painted black # No colours any more I want them to turn black # I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes # I have to turn my head until my darkness goes (Band hums melody) # I want to see it painted Painted black # Black as night, black as coal # I want to see the sun blotted out from the sky # I want to see it painted, painted, painted, painted black # Yeah... # OMINOUS RELIGIOUS MUSIC Supertext Captions by the Australian Caption Centre Copyright 1998 www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. 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