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Simple assault.
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Six months detention,
three years probation.
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Two years probation, no jail time.
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You do know
it's called bargaining, right?
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Why am I the only one
making concessions?
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I just gave you an extra year
on probation.
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You're not giving anything
on detention.
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Because my client doesn't deserve it.
He's a 98-pound wallflower.
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Who clocked
a classmate with a textbook.
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He was bullied.
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Nineteen stitches,
a cracked eye socket.
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What's someone from Stern, Lockhart
doing in juvenile court anyway?
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God's work.
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One of our big clients,
it's his housekeeper's son.
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Let him plead no contest,
three years probation.
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Heh. Come on, I make that deal,
I'm looking for a job.
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No, you have the flexibility to go to zero
or you would have made a call.
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So your husband told you
all our secrets?
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Some.
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Look, my client
is a straight-A student.
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Never had a bad day before.
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Never have a bad day again,
unless you incarcerate him.
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One year probation,
200 hours community service.
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And he takes responsibility
in open court.
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No, "Bully did this, I did that."
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Thank you.
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Go and sin no more.
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We've been watching you.
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Now, that sounds sinister.
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I know how you hate praise, Diane.
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So, please, forgive us.
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What you have done for women
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through example, encouragement
and perseverance is truly unparalleled.
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Your work on EMILY's List,
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your mentoring of young lawyers,
your shattering of the glass ceiling...
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I have a feeling we're coming
to a very significant "but."
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No, a small one.
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- But you have a decision to make.
- And that is?
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Diane, we want you to be a judge.
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- No.
- Yes.
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We're here as representatives
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of the Democratic ward
and committee chairs.
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And we would like to slate you
for the upcoming election.
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L...
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I'm startled.
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We need more women judges.
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We need better judges.
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Right now we have two lifeguards
for every swimmer.
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Two judges who understand the law
for everyone who doesn't.
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And we need to maintain that ratio.
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Well, I hope I'm a lifeguard.
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That's the reason we're here.
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- And my firm?
Well...
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You'll have to divest, of course.
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We don't do
the smoke-filled rooms anymore,
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but we do manage
the primary ballot.
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So if you agree,
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you'll be the only woman slated
and thus, a shoo-in.
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That's how I became chief justice.
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But it means leaving all this behind.
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I, um...
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I don't know what to say.
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Say yes.
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Can I take a few days?
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You can take a week.
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You've done well, Diane.
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Claim your prize.
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You want Terrance to plead guilty?
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I want him to go home.
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The plea is just a formality, Thalia,
that's all.
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And it's just a minor misdemeanor.
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But he'll have a criminal record.
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That will be expunged
when his probation's finished.
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- He's not a criminal.
- I know.
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- What do you think, Terrance?
- I don't know.
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Do you think you could go
in front of a judge,
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tell him what you did
and apologize for it?
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I guess.
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- I am sorry.
- I know.
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Hey, Mom, pick up the phone.
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Hey, Mom, pick up the phone.
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It's my daughter.
I'll just be a minute.
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Hi, Grace, is everything okay?
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Yeah, everything's good.
So can Shannon come over today?
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- Who's Shannon?
She's a girl in my class.
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- How old are you?
- Thirteen.
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She's 13 too.
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My mom said I can go.
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Her mom says it's okay.
Is it all right with Jackie?
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Yeah, she said it's fine.
She just wanted me to ask you first.
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Okay, then, just help Grandma
with any clean-up.
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Yeah.
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- Oh, and guess what, Mom.
- What?
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Her dad's in prison too.
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I'll see you tonight.
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Six months probation.
A hundred hours community service.
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You're lucky it's Christmas time,
Mr. Thompson.
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Defecate again
in your neighbor's closet,
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I won't be so jolly.
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And who's our next contestant,
Danny?
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Terrance Ramsey, Your Honor.
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Young Master Terrance Ramsey.
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- Where are his glasses?
- He's fine without.
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No, I just... Can I have them?
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Where's your counsel?
Here.
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Good, should we gather
around the campfire here, counselor?
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You reached a plea agreement,
Mr. Richardson?
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Yes, Your Honor, Mr. Ramsey has
agreed to plead guilty to simple assault.
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Is that correct, Mr. Ramsey?
Ready to plead guilty?
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Yes, sir.
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Mr. Ramsey, you understand
that you have the right...
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- Is there a problem, counselor?
- No, Your Honor.
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Does Mr. Ramsey
need his glasses to see me?
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- Miss?
- Florrick, Your Honor.
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Florrick, wow.
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We're in for a treat, aren't we, Danny?
Some good old Florrick magic.
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Why don't you take off those glasses
and put them in your pocket, son?
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To the charge of simple assault,
how do you plead, Mr. Ramsey?
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Guilty, Your Honor.
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And in your own words,
why don't you tell us what happened?
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At lunch, Reggie said he was
gonna beat me up after school.
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He called me a little bitch.
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And he said he was gonna break
my glasses.
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He scared me,
and I threw my book at him.
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And the state's recommendation?
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One year probation
and 200 hours of community service.
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Mm-hm.
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You caused some serious injuries,
Mr. Ramsey.
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Broken eye socket, stitches.
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The other child is recovering
quite well, Your Honor.
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Break a nose and your punishment
is picking up trash?
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- What's the lesson there?
- Your Honor, I would just...
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The agreement you have, Mr. Ramsey,
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is between you and the government.
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And as such, I am not party
to that agreement
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and can impose a harsher sentence,
do you understand that?
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Mr. Ramsey,
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I am sentencing you
to nine months detention.
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You will receive guidance
to become a productive citizen
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and come to understand
that actions have consequences.
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- Uh, Your Honor...
- Best thing for you, I promise.
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I'm sorry but we had an agreement,
no jail time.
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- Next contestant.
- No, wait!
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- Mom.
- Terrance?
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What the hell is going on here?
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Master Marcus Townsend.
Mom!
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Terrance!
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Yeah.
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- We'll probably watch the game there.
Sounds good.
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This where you come to celebrate?
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Your boss wanted six months.
You got nine.
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Well, Florrick is not
the most popular name around...
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That is not what this is about.
That was bait and switch.
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Oh, come on.
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A judge has indigestion,
you get six months.
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He has a good meal,
someone goes free.
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- It balances itself out.
- Not for Terrance Ramsey.
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What do you wanna do? You act
like this isn't the water we're both in?
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Baxter is well-liked.
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But he's all over the map
with sentencing.
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Someone just complained last week.
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You think your kid got screwed?
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Talk to Howard Brightman
at Legal Aid.
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That's not the entrance.
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I think that's for the guards.
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- So how often do you go?
- To see my dad?
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Every month. It's far.
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- What's yours?
- Tamms Minimum.
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So, what'd your dad do?
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Nothing. I mean, he says he didn't.
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But they say he sold drugs.
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Crystal.
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Wow, that's not bad.
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So, what did he say happened?
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He was set up.
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Heh. Yeah, my dad too.
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I think your dad's prison
is nicer than mine.
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I thought I'd make some snacks
for you young ladies.
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- What are we looking at here?
Nothing.
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Thanks, Grandma.
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- We're comparing prisons.
I don't understand.
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Shannon's joking.
We're fine, thanks.
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So, Shannon,
is your mother picking you up?
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No, I have my bike.
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Your bike? Where do you live?
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Garfield Park, on Lake.
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- I should phone your mother.
- No, we're fine.
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Thanks, Grandma.
We have to do homework now.
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Bye.
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- So she's the one who took you there?
- Like she thinks he's at a country club.
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- Not a good one. Ha, ha.
- Ha, ha. Definitely not.
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Thanks for agreeing to meet,
Mr. Brightman.
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Howie.
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So do you always put out
a buffet like that?
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Oh, would you like a muffin
or something?
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No, no, I'm fine.
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So, yeah.
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Um, you're interested in my client,
Damian Harken?
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Mm-hm.
- Kid stole a chicken from Costco.
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Richardson agreed to a plea
of simple theft and supervised release.
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But Judge Baxter gave him
nine months.
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- And you filed a motion to reconsider?
- You bet I did.
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- Baxter denied it.
- On what grounds?
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Mm, sentence within guidelines.
Judicial discretion.
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So every day they just put out
all that food?
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Every day.
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- Why don't you...?
- No, no, I had lunch.
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Baxter is a bipolar sentencer.
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But nobody wants to confront him,
because we all gotta go back there.
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- You're looking to file a motion?
- I am.
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Last year, we started segregating
cases by judges.
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These are all Baxter cases.
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- Maybe I'll just grab one.
Please.
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Wow.
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Yes.
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Your Honor.
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It's not a given.
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Sure it is, Cook County Democrats
say you're a judge, you're a judge.
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Vote's a formality.
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- So you think I should?
- I think you'd be crazy not to.
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- These chances don't come every day.
- And the firm?
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We survived losing Stern.
We'll survive losing you.
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And my people?
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- Your people?
- The lawyers who came over with me.
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That's funny,
I thought they were our people.
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Isn't that what we said the first day,
no fiefdoms?
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Also said we wouldn't stab each other
in the back.
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Ahh. And we didn't.
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Stern left of his own free will.
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Just promise me
you won't clean house.
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Diane.
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If it were the reverse,
would you promise me?
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Congratulations, Diane.
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So aren't you lead attorney
at Sheffrin Marks?
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Why are we doing this?
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This is Sheffrin Marks.
Well, Sheffrin anyway.
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He asked us to take care
of his housekeeper's kid.
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And Alicia promptly went out
and got him locked up.
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Sorry.
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These are all from Legal Aid.
Baxter's cases.
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On this side,
everybody got probation.
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And that, jail time.
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So you're filing a motion
to reconsider based on what?
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He's a racist.
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I'd take this up to Will,
get his advice.
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No, you're barking up the wrong tree.
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Baxter's old-school liberal.
Million Man March, all that.
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And of course,
liberals can't be racists.
249
00:12:35,354 --> 00:12:36,753
Hey, I'm just...
250
00:12:36,922 --> 00:12:38,856
Twenty cases
doesn't mean anything.
251
00:12:39,024 --> 00:12:41,219
We need to know the race
of everyone Baxter sentenced
252
00:12:41,393 --> 00:12:43,588
and do a regression analysis
to look at variables
253
00:12:43,762 --> 00:12:45,889
that could explain the pattern.
254
00:12:47,366 --> 00:12:51,302
So, Kalinda, you help Alicia
with the hard data for her motion.
255
00:12:51,470 --> 00:12:54,701
And use Mr. Statistics here.
He has nothing better to do.
256
00:12:54,873 --> 00:12:56,898
Who says I got nothing better to do?
257
00:12:57,076 --> 00:12:59,772
Heh, heh. I do.
258
00:12:59,978 --> 00:13:01,878
Thanks, man. Hey, one thing.
259
00:13:02,047 --> 00:13:03,446
- I wouldn't go to Will.
- Why?
260
00:13:03,615 --> 00:13:06,243
- He's best buds with Baxter.
- How do you know?
261
00:13:06,418 --> 00:13:09,581
I researched all the partners.
Didn't you?
262
00:13:09,755 --> 00:13:11,450
Thanks.
263
00:13:22,968 --> 00:13:24,993
I could be wrong. It's a small sampling.
264
00:13:25,237 --> 00:13:26,465
Get a larger one.
265
00:13:26,672 --> 00:13:29,300
So you think I should pursue
the biased sentencing charge?
266
00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:31,500
- What else do you have?
- Mitigation.
267
00:13:31,677 --> 00:13:32,735
Or withdraw the plea.
268
00:13:32,911 --> 00:13:35,505
Argue that Baxter
didn't properly admonish Terrance.
269
00:13:35,681 --> 00:13:40,175
Maybe on an appeal, but you have
to get back to Baxter with this motion.
270
00:13:41,420 --> 00:13:43,320
When Illinois
still had the death penalty,
271
00:13:43,522 --> 00:13:45,114
juries were ten times more likely
272
00:13:45,290 --> 00:13:47,884
to sentence an African-American
than a white one.
273
00:13:48,093 --> 00:13:50,493
I challenged three death sentences
with that argument.
274
00:13:50,696 --> 00:13:52,596
- And did it work?
- Twice.
275
00:13:52,798 --> 00:13:56,962
Judges should know they can't
get away with bias in sentencing.
276
00:13:57,136 --> 00:14:00,264
But I don't wanna fight a cause
at the expense of a client.
277
00:14:00,472 --> 00:14:03,032
You won't. Get a larger sampling.
278
00:14:03,609 --> 00:14:05,509
Don't make your arguments
specific to Baxter.
279
00:14:05,677 --> 00:14:07,406
Throw in a few other judges too.
280
00:14:07,613 --> 00:14:11,105
If Baxter is smart, he'll read
between the lines and reconsider.
281
00:14:11,316 --> 00:14:13,341
You know Judge Baxter
is a friend of Will's?
282
00:14:14,353 --> 00:14:16,514
I don't see the relevance.
This isn't personal.
283
00:14:16,722 --> 00:14:19,350
A judge's job
is to be an impartial arbiter.
284
00:14:19,558 --> 00:14:21,617
Two lifeguards to every swimmer.
285
00:14:24,296 --> 00:14:27,788
If Baxter fails, it's in everybody's
interest to make that known.
286
00:14:28,333 --> 00:14:30,028
- Thank you.
- No problem.
287
00:14:30,235 --> 00:14:32,533
You should knock on my door
more often, Alicia.
288
00:14:32,738 --> 00:14:34,000
I will.
289
00:14:34,173 --> 00:14:36,232
You're doing a good job.
290
00:14:37,676 --> 00:14:40,839
My apologies
if I haven't told you that until now.
291
00:14:43,182 --> 00:14:44,945
Thank you.
292
00:14:46,818 --> 00:14:49,651
Beautiful weather
is gonna stick around for another...
293
00:14:49,821 --> 00:14:52,016
Her name is Shannon.
She rode her bike here.
294
00:14:52,191 --> 00:14:53,920
She wouldn't let me phone
her mother.
295
00:14:54,092 --> 00:14:55,354
Mm-hm.
296
00:14:55,527 --> 00:14:59,930
Well, I just think
she's a little mature for Grace.
297
00:15:00,098 --> 00:15:02,191
Her father's in prison, you know.
298
00:15:02,367 --> 00:15:03,891
Jackie, your son's in prison.
299
00:15:04,102 --> 00:15:06,161
Well, yes, but he's not in Statesville.
300
00:15:08,707 --> 00:15:10,231
What?
301
00:15:11,210 --> 00:15:12,438
I wish I could laugh about it.
302
00:15:12,611 --> 00:15:14,909
I'm not laughing about it.
I'm laughing about you.
303
00:15:15,113 --> 00:15:18,514
Oh, yes, that would be me.
A figure of fun.
304
00:15:19,051 --> 00:15:22,509
Look, I'm just glad
that Grace has a friend.
305
00:15:22,688 --> 00:15:25,680
She's been slow
to make friends at school.
306
00:15:27,292 --> 00:15:31,126
Then let me introduce her
to some friends at the DLC.
307
00:15:31,296 --> 00:15:32,957
Oh, no, Jackie,
not the debutante stuff.
308
00:15:33,131 --> 00:15:34,723
Well, it's not the way it used to be.
309
00:15:35,300 --> 00:15:38,531
You know, there are black cotillions.
Mexican cotillions.
310
00:15:38,704 --> 00:15:40,035
The girls work in soup kitchens.
311
00:15:41,740 --> 00:15:45,767
Jackie, why don't we just let Gracie
pick her own friends, okay?
312
00:15:47,813 --> 00:15:49,781
Have you even asked Grace
313
00:15:49,948 --> 00:15:52,007
what her friend's father
is in prison for?
314
00:15:52,217 --> 00:15:54,208
Don't you think we should
at least find that out?
315
00:15:54,386 --> 00:15:57,253
- What if it's something bad?
- What if it is?
316
00:15:57,422 --> 00:15:58,446
She's not her father.
317
00:16:02,094 --> 00:16:03,118
Hello?
318
00:16:03,295 --> 00:16:06,321
Much as I hate to admit it,
Stat Boy may have something.
319
00:16:06,565 --> 00:16:09,557
We looked
at all the kids Baxter sent to detention.
320
00:16:09,735 --> 00:16:11,100
The racial pattern didn't exist...
321
00:16:11,270 --> 00:16:15,297
The racial pattern didn't exist
before June 2008.
322
00:16:15,540 --> 00:16:18,737
- Why?
- I still don't know if it's racism or if...
323
00:16:18,910 --> 00:16:21,344
- Do you wanna talk to her?
- Nah.
324
00:16:21,580 --> 00:16:22,740
Look, we don't know,
325
00:16:22,914 --> 00:16:25,576
but something in June changed
for Baxter.
326
00:16:25,751 --> 00:16:28,481
- What?
I don't know.
327
00:16:29,588 --> 00:16:32,989
- Can you find out?
- Oh, yeah.
328
00:16:38,330 --> 00:16:40,264
Went for it, huh?
329
00:16:40,432 --> 00:16:41,626
I had to.
330
00:16:48,473 --> 00:16:49,963
Beautiful day today, isn't it, Danny?
331
00:16:51,610 --> 00:16:55,102
So let's take a short break, shall we?
Everybody get some sunshine.
332
00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:56,577
Counselor, in chambers.
333
00:16:58,583 --> 00:16:59,982
Not you, Mr. Richardson.
334
00:17:13,465 --> 00:17:15,626
Have some birthday cake?
335
00:17:16,335 --> 00:17:18,701
No, thank you, Your Honor.
Happy birthday.
336
00:17:18,870 --> 00:17:21,703
It's not mine. Court reporter.
337
00:17:32,918 --> 00:17:34,510
So...
338
00:17:35,987 --> 00:17:38,478
I'm biased
against African-Americans, huh?
339
00:17:38,690 --> 00:17:40,817
- Your Honor, we looked at five...
- Who's that?
340
00:17:42,194 --> 00:17:44,992
President Obama, Senator Burris.
341
00:17:45,197 --> 00:17:48,394
- I don't think I need to take lessons from you Maam.
- I didn't think I was trying to teach any.
342
00:17:48,567 --> 00:17:51,866
What was your husband's record on
racial issues before he went to prison?
343
00:17:52,070 --> 00:17:53,731
Your Honor,
this isn't about my husband.
344
00:17:53,905 --> 00:17:55,873
You're damn right it's not.
It's about me.
345
00:17:56,041 --> 00:17:59,169
- You sentenced Terrance Ramsey...
- Do not interrupt me.
346
00:18:00,712 --> 00:18:03,180
- Who the hell are you?
- I'm a lawyer in your court, sir.
347
00:18:03,382 --> 00:18:04,940
I'm a lawyer who filed a motion to...
348
00:18:05,150 --> 00:18:08,176
Did you consider the education
of the defendant
349
00:18:08,353 --> 00:18:10,253
in your little statistical jeremiad?
350
00:18:10,455 --> 00:18:11,888
Did you consider family structure,
351
00:18:12,057 --> 00:18:14,423
community services,
quality of representation?
352
00:18:14,659 --> 00:18:18,151
No, you went right to race,
didn't you?
353
00:18:19,931 --> 00:18:21,523
My motion didn't single you out, sir.
354
00:18:21,700 --> 00:18:23,099
And how clever was that?
355
00:18:23,301 --> 00:18:25,462
Nice one. Warning shot.
356
00:18:25,670 --> 00:18:28,764
- "Send Mr. Ramsey home or else."
- That's not what I was trying to do.
357
00:18:28,974 --> 00:18:31,636
I was trying to point out a pattern
you might not be aware of.
358
00:18:31,810 --> 00:18:32,902
Look, here's the thing.
359
00:18:33,412 --> 00:18:37,473
I don't respond well
to being threatened, Mrs. Florrick.
360
00:18:37,682 --> 00:18:42,244
So why don't you withdraw this motion
before it becomes part of the record?
361
00:18:43,688 --> 00:18:44,746
Withdraw it.
362
00:18:46,892 --> 00:18:48,484
Are we understood?
363
00:18:51,563 --> 00:18:52,962
We're understood.
364
00:18:57,969 --> 00:18:59,459
All your cell phones, come on.
365
00:18:59,704 --> 00:19:00,728
Let's go.
366
00:19:00,939 --> 00:19:03,134
I didn't even know Alicia had a case
before you.
367
00:19:03,308 --> 00:19:05,208
Pretty sure she doesn't anymore.
368
00:19:05,410 --> 00:19:09,904
Ah. Guess he's back already
for another lesson, huh?
369
00:19:10,081 --> 00:19:11,343
How's His Honor today?
370
00:19:11,583 --> 00:19:13,517
His Honor's getting ready
to sky-walk your ass.
371
00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,753
- How they treating you in kiddie court?
- They love me.
372
00:19:17,923 --> 00:19:19,823
Here you go, judge.
373
00:19:20,959 --> 00:19:22,620
So how long has she been
at the firm?
374
00:19:22,794 --> 00:19:23,852
A few months.
375
00:19:24,029 --> 00:19:26,657
- What's the case?
- Run of the mill.
376
00:19:26,832 --> 00:19:29,596
Of course, she treated it
like a matter for the Supreme Court.
377
00:19:29,801 --> 00:19:31,200
Precedents from death-row appeals.
378
00:19:31,369 --> 00:19:33,633
Constitutional references
on every page.
379
00:19:33,839 --> 00:19:35,602
You know, rookie mistakes.
380
00:19:35,774 --> 00:19:37,765
Her heart's in the right place.
She'll get there.
381
00:19:37,943 --> 00:19:39,740
Her heart's in the right place?
382
00:19:39,945 --> 00:19:43,039
That used to be the quickest way
to get fired from your firm.
383
00:19:44,549 --> 00:19:46,517
You sleeping with her?
384
00:19:49,354 --> 00:19:51,618
Fingers crossed
that Florrick loses his appeal?
385
00:19:51,823 --> 00:19:53,882
Nope.
386
00:19:54,125 --> 00:19:57,060
- Wow, you look serious.
- Just not sleeping with her.
387
00:19:58,029 --> 00:20:00,020
Not even a little bit?
388
00:20:01,533 --> 00:20:03,524
Not even in your head?
389
00:20:04,469 --> 00:20:06,334
Hey, about this case.
390
00:20:06,538 --> 00:20:09,803
Do your girlfriend a favor,
tell her to move on.
391
00:20:13,812 --> 00:20:17,077
Put your hands
in your pocket. Head down.
392
00:20:17,282 --> 00:20:18,306
What happened?
393
00:20:18,483 --> 00:20:20,144
They called.
They said Terrance got hurt.
394
00:20:20,318 --> 00:20:22,309
Now they won't let me see him.
395
00:20:22,521 --> 00:20:25,354
- Visiting hours are over, ma'am.
- Her son got hurt.
396
00:20:25,557 --> 00:20:28,526
- She can come back tomorrow.
She works, it's an hour's drive.
397
00:20:28,727 --> 00:20:31,924
- Could you make an exception?
- No visitors except between 11 and 2.
398
00:20:32,564 --> 00:20:34,361
- Can I speak to your supervisor?
- Sure.
399
00:20:34,566 --> 00:20:36,397
He'll be in at 9 tomorrow.
400
00:20:38,703 --> 00:20:40,933
Who's talking, cork it.
401
00:20:44,943 --> 00:20:47,207
I let him keep the lights on at home.
402
00:20:47,712 --> 00:20:49,942
He's scared of the dark.
403
00:20:50,715 --> 00:20:52,842
You think they let him keep
a light on in there?
404
00:20:54,719 --> 00:20:56,016
I don't know.
405
00:20:58,390 --> 00:21:01,450
I baby him too much.
406
00:21:01,626 --> 00:21:04,686
No matter how old,
they're always our babies.
407
00:21:04,863 --> 00:21:07,263
I hoped he wouldn't have
to face things like this.
408
00:21:08,233 --> 00:21:11,361
I just thought
if I watched him real close...
409
00:21:19,477 --> 00:21:21,707
So, what's this?
Baxter's old house.
410
00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,440
I'm meeting a friend.
So don't talk, all right?
411
00:21:24,616 --> 00:21:26,584
I used to work with this guy.
412
00:21:26,751 --> 00:21:28,582
What's that supposed to mean?
413
00:21:32,123 --> 00:21:34,921
Don't move an inch.
414
00:21:35,093 --> 00:21:37,084
- Hey, Frank.
Okay.
415
00:21:37,929 --> 00:21:40,898
- You bring a friend?
- I come in peace.
416
00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:44,797
Colleague, not my decision.
417
00:21:45,270 --> 00:21:46,897
What's your beef
with Judge Baxter?
418
00:21:47,105 --> 00:21:49,164
- I don't have one.
- Then why did you wanna meet?
419
00:21:49,407 --> 00:21:52,399
I came across a crime report
with your name on it.
420
00:21:52,577 --> 00:21:54,067
Mind walking me through it, Frank?
421
00:21:56,648 --> 00:21:59,776
Burglar broke in here, back window.
Flipped the lock.
422
00:21:59,951 --> 00:22:02,419
The judge wasn't home,
only his wife.
423
00:22:02,988 --> 00:22:04,819
No warning
from the security system?
424
00:22:05,023 --> 00:22:06,081
Mm.
425
00:22:06,257 --> 00:22:07,383
And what did the guy want?
426
00:22:07,592 --> 00:22:09,583
Mrs. Baxter said it was robbery.
427
00:22:10,095 --> 00:22:11,187
Said?
428
00:22:11,396 --> 00:22:12,454
She was pretty shaken up.
429
00:22:12,664 --> 00:22:14,256
She had a cut on her cheek,
430
00:22:14,432 --> 00:22:16,423
wrists looked like somebody
had been handling her.
431
00:22:17,035 --> 00:22:18,434
Rape?
432
00:22:18,637 --> 00:22:19,934
Why lie about being raped?
433
00:22:20,105 --> 00:22:22,596
Cary, you wanna go sit in the car?
434
00:22:25,143 --> 00:22:27,668
I couldn't find a case file
in the SA's office.
435
00:22:27,846 --> 00:22:28,972
You never caught the guy.
436
00:22:29,180 --> 00:22:31,614
- Bad description?
- No, good description.
437
00:22:32,651 --> 00:22:36,018
His Honor phoned later,
said his wife just wanted to drop it.
438
00:22:36,221 --> 00:22:38,621
Did she happen to mention
the race of the perp?
439
00:22:40,225 --> 00:22:42,489
Yeah, African-American. Why?
440
00:22:44,462 --> 00:22:46,726
And this happened
in the summer of 2008?
441
00:22:49,300 --> 00:22:51,461
Yeah, June.
442
00:22:54,172 --> 00:22:56,367
I don't believe it.
People aren't that simple.
443
00:22:56,541 --> 00:22:58,566
People are exactly that simple.
444
00:22:58,743 --> 00:23:01,143
Before the assault,
Baxter's sentencing is race mutual.
445
00:23:01,312 --> 00:23:03,542
- After, it's not.
- Yeah, but that could be anything.
446
00:23:03,715 --> 00:23:05,342
People do things
for a hundred reasons.
447
00:23:05,517 --> 00:23:08,008
No, people like to think they do things
for a hundred reasons.
448
00:23:08,186 --> 00:23:10,347
- They do things for one reason.
- What reason?
449
00:23:10,522 --> 00:23:13,355
Come on, Yoda, what reason?
450
00:23:13,858 --> 00:23:16,554
Sex, money, hatred, love.
451
00:23:16,728 --> 00:23:19,561
You wanna make people mysterious.
People aren't mysterious.
452
00:23:19,764 --> 00:23:22,824
Okay, the same thing goes for you.
You're not mysterious.
453
00:23:23,001 --> 00:23:24,969
By the same logic,
you're completely knowable.
454
00:23:25,170 --> 00:23:27,900
- Sure.
- Okay, so then hit me.
455
00:23:28,106 --> 00:23:30,233
I wanna know.
456
00:23:30,875 --> 00:23:32,536
Go ahead.
457
00:23:33,111 --> 00:23:34,908
Cary,
458
00:23:35,714 --> 00:23:38,842
you and I have nothing in common,
459
00:23:39,384 --> 00:23:41,181
because you and I are
from different worlds.
460
00:23:41,352 --> 00:23:47,348
And it's not just Mars and Venus,
it's spaghetti and hydrogen.
461
00:23:47,859 --> 00:23:48,951
We're different categories.
462
00:23:49,127 --> 00:23:52,119
I'm knowable but just not to you.
463
00:23:57,035 --> 00:23:59,003
I just want things to be normal.
464
00:23:59,204 --> 00:24:00,933
Everybody else's dads are normal.
465
00:24:01,906 --> 00:24:03,373
Maybe nothing's normal.
466
00:24:03,875 --> 00:24:06,901
I mean, maybe we decide
what's normal.
467
00:24:08,313 --> 00:24:09,940
- You and me?
- Yeah.
468
00:24:10,115 --> 00:24:12,948
Okay,
what do you want to be normal?
469
00:24:13,151 --> 00:24:14,948
I don't know.
Eating dessert for breakfast?
470
00:24:15,153 --> 00:24:17,986
- Okay, that's normal now.
- Ha-ha-ha.
471
00:24:18,156 --> 00:24:20,386
Uh, no school on Thursdays.
472
00:24:20,592 --> 00:24:22,753
No, Mondays, those are really bad.
473
00:24:22,961 --> 00:24:24,223
Living in Chicago is abnormal.
474
00:24:25,597 --> 00:24:27,929
- Ha, ha. Yeah, really abnormal.
- Ha, ha.
475
00:24:29,667 --> 00:24:31,430
Hi, I'm Shannon's mother.
476
00:24:31,936 --> 00:24:34,302
Oh, hello, nice to meet you.
477
00:24:34,539 --> 00:24:35,563
I just...
478
00:24:35,740 --> 00:24:39,073
Um, I'm sorry,
I need to take Shannon home now.
479
00:24:39,277 --> 00:24:41,108
Oh, I'm glad you came, l...
480
00:24:41,279 --> 00:24:44,339
I was worried about Shannon
riding her bike home.
481
00:24:44,549 --> 00:24:47,780
- Please, come in.
- Actually, no, I can't, I'm sorry.
482
00:24:47,952 --> 00:24:49,419
Uh, we have to...
483
00:24:49,587 --> 00:24:52,750
We're in a bit of a rush.
484
00:24:53,091 --> 00:24:56,356
Grace,
Shannon, your mother's here.
485
00:24:56,594 --> 00:25:00,086
- So you live in Garfield Park?
- Yes.
486
00:25:00,665 --> 00:25:03,498
Yeah, what?
- Yes, what?
487
00:25:04,102 --> 00:25:05,467
Shannon's mother is here.
488
00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:08,468
Hey, Mom, uh, this is Grace.
489
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,005
Hi.
490
00:25:10,175 --> 00:25:12,302
I'm sorry, we have to go.
Do you have your homework?
491
00:25:15,013 --> 00:25:16,947
- See you tomorrow.
- Bye.
492
00:25:21,586 --> 00:25:22,712
What did you say to her?
493
00:25:23,855 --> 00:25:25,152
Nothing.
494
00:25:31,529 --> 00:25:32,962
Baxter should have disclosed this.
495
00:25:33,131 --> 00:25:35,964
They arrested a guy who fit
the description Mrs. Baxter gave them,
496
00:25:36,167 --> 00:25:39,227
but she wouldn't come in to ID,
wasn't up to it.
497
00:25:39,470 --> 00:25:41,131
Baxter asked them to let it go.
498
00:25:41,410 --> 00:25:43,469
- How's your kid doing?
- My kid?
499
00:25:44,645 --> 00:25:47,580
Oh, Terrance.
Fractured arm, some bruises.
500
00:25:47,782 --> 00:25:49,773
- He's recovering.
- He's still in the infirmary?
501
00:25:50,651 --> 00:25:52,744
He goes back into general population
in two days.
502
00:25:52,954 --> 00:25:54,114
Not a lot of time.
503
00:25:54,322 --> 00:25:57,917
The way I see it, doesn't make sense
to go back to Baxter with the motion.
504
00:25:58,126 --> 00:26:00,026
We should try to take the cases away
from him,
505
00:26:00,228 --> 00:26:02,890
file a motion to substitute for cause.
506
00:26:04,265 --> 00:26:06,665
Let me try a more direct route.
507
00:26:07,935 --> 00:26:11,837
And Sheffrin Marks?
That's your client or Will's?
508
00:26:12,039 --> 00:26:14,564
- Both of ours.
- But he brought it in.
509
00:26:14,742 --> 00:26:16,232
Uh, yes, why?
510
00:26:16,410 --> 00:26:18,105
We would rather it not be you.
511
00:26:18,312 --> 00:26:20,644
It doesn't look good representing
a pharmaceutical company
512
00:26:20,815 --> 00:26:23,010
against 300 working-class plaintiffs.
513
00:26:23,184 --> 00:26:25,652
And your name, Lockhart?
That's an English name?
514
00:26:25,820 --> 00:26:28,288
- Don't need to bring that up.
- What's wrong with my name?
515
00:26:28,489 --> 00:26:32,323
Well, the electorate is 19 percent Irish.
They go for an Irish name.
516
00:26:33,761 --> 00:26:37,094
Ahh. I know, the things we have
to think about.
517
00:26:37,265 --> 00:26:40,200
I think a speech
to the Irish American Heritage Center
518
00:26:40,368 --> 00:26:42,302
handles the problem.
519
00:26:46,674 --> 00:26:47,868
Could you give us a minute?
520
00:26:53,781 --> 00:26:55,476
What's wrong?
521
00:26:56,083 --> 00:26:58,677
- Do you know a Henry Baxter?
- Yes.
522
00:26:58,853 --> 00:27:02,186
- Juvenile court.
- Yes, I know.
523
00:27:02,356 --> 00:27:05,018
You have a junior associate
accusing him of racism.
524
00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,355
No, biased sentencing.
525
00:27:09,497 --> 00:27:11,829
I'm glad you brought this up, Diane.
526
00:27:11,999 --> 00:27:15,696
That's what I like about you,
very direct.
527
00:27:15,870 --> 00:27:17,201
I was gonna talk to you about it.
528
00:27:17,672 --> 00:27:19,572
- You need to talk to her.
- Who?
529
00:27:19,740 --> 00:27:23,107
Your junior associate.
Ask her to apologize to Baxter.
530
00:27:23,311 --> 00:27:25,711
- You're kidding?
- No.
531
00:27:27,982 --> 00:27:30,917
You said you wanted to get rid
of the swimmers, more lifeguards.
532
00:27:31,152 --> 00:27:32,710
Yes.
533
00:27:33,354 --> 00:27:35,549
Baxter is a lifeguard.
534
00:27:38,326 --> 00:27:39,816
L...
535
00:27:39,994 --> 00:27:42,622
But he acts in contravention
to the law.
536
00:27:42,830 --> 00:27:44,695
- That's a matter of opinion.
- No, it's not.
537
00:27:44,899 --> 00:27:46,560
It's a fact.
538
00:27:49,136 --> 00:27:51,366
Judges don't go up
against each other, Diane.
539
00:27:51,939 --> 00:27:54,271
You can't question a sitting judge.
540
00:27:54,442 --> 00:27:55,773
Yes, but you can.
541
00:27:56,677 --> 00:27:58,406
You're the chief justice.
542
00:27:58,579 --> 00:28:01,377
I wanna know that you're serious
about running, Diane.
543
00:28:01,582 --> 00:28:03,174
I've told you I am.
544
00:28:03,351 --> 00:28:07,583
Yes, now you have to act
like you are.
545
00:28:11,092 --> 00:28:13,026
Talk to your junior associate.
546
00:28:13,928 --> 00:28:16,761
It's one kid sentenced, that's all.
547
00:28:16,964 --> 00:28:20,456
Don't turn over the apple cart
because of one kid.
548
00:28:36,116 --> 00:28:37,276
No continuance.
549
00:28:40,787 --> 00:28:42,652
- Excuse me, Your Honor?
- No continuance.
550
00:28:42,822 --> 00:28:43,880
We're going to trial.
551
00:28:44,090 --> 00:28:45,887
Your Honor, I...
552
00:28:46,926 --> 00:28:49,417
The plaintiff has acquiesced
our request.
553
00:28:49,596 --> 00:28:52,087
Yes, and the bench has not.
554
00:28:52,298 --> 00:28:54,289
What is so hard to understand here,
Mr. Gardner?
555
00:28:54,467 --> 00:28:56,196
You asked for a continuance,
I said no.
556
00:28:56,970 --> 00:28:58,835
Next motion.
557
00:29:03,643 --> 00:29:07,135
And that, young sir, is called a tax.
558
00:29:08,515 --> 00:29:09,641
You complained about Baxter
559
00:29:09,816 --> 00:29:12,216
- to the chief justice?
- Yes.
560
00:29:12,418 --> 00:29:14,784
What is this,
some last parting gift to the firm?
561
00:29:14,954 --> 00:29:16,615
Baxter's wife was assaulted.
562
00:29:16,823 --> 00:29:18,620
He's been sentencing
from his bias since.
563
00:29:18,791 --> 00:29:21,487
You don't know that. You don't know
why anybody decides anything.
564
00:29:21,694 --> 00:29:24,322
I have eyes, and you'd have them too
if you weren't a friend.
565
00:29:24,497 --> 00:29:26,465
And what? Seriously, what?
566
00:29:26,666 --> 00:29:27,826
You're gonna recall a judge?
567
00:29:28,001 --> 00:29:30,526
Figure out how that works.
I'd love to see that plan.
568
00:29:30,703 --> 00:29:33,297
Anybody can fight city hall.
What they can't fight are judges.
569
00:29:33,506 --> 00:29:36,066
- There's a kid in prison right now.
- Come on, Diane.
570
00:29:36,242 --> 00:29:37,869
You don't even know his name.
571
00:29:38,044 --> 00:29:40,012
This stopped being about a kid
a while ago.
572
00:29:49,389 --> 00:29:51,380
Grace?
573
00:29:52,392 --> 00:29:55,225
- Where's Shannon?
- I don't know.
574
00:29:55,395 --> 00:29:57,260
Well, I thought she was coming home
with you.
575
00:29:57,463 --> 00:30:01,229
Yeah, I thought so too, but I guess
whatever you told her mom worked.
576
00:30:01,401 --> 00:30:03,562
I never said anything to her mom. L...
577
00:30:26,759 --> 00:30:28,226
- Hello?
- Hello.
578
00:30:28,428 --> 00:30:31,454
We met yesterday.
I'm Jackie, Grace's grandmother.
579
00:30:31,631 --> 00:30:33,189
I'm here to pick up Grace.
580
00:30:33,399 --> 00:30:35,560
- She's not here.
Really?
581
00:30:36,369 --> 00:30:38,599
She said she'd be coming here
right after school.
582
00:30:38,771 --> 00:30:41,296
Her best friend's house.
583
00:30:42,709 --> 00:30:43,733
Mom?
584
00:30:44,310 --> 00:30:45,743
It's okay, Shannon.
585
00:30:50,116 --> 00:30:52,949
- What do you want?
- I wanna know why you're doing this.
586
00:30:53,119 --> 00:30:54,381
I don't need to talk to you.
587
00:30:54,554 --> 00:30:56,613
You're wasting water.
You should turn that off.
588
00:30:56,789 --> 00:30:58,450
Get off my property.
589
00:30:59,792 --> 00:31:02,625
Your husband is in a much
worse prison than my son.
590
00:31:02,795 --> 00:31:05,320
We should be worried about you,
not you us.
591
00:31:05,832 --> 00:31:08,062
Okay, you wanna know why?
592
00:31:08,601 --> 00:31:10,660
Because your son
put my husband in prison.
593
00:31:10,837 --> 00:31:12,930
- He did not.
- He was the state's attorney.
594
00:31:13,139 --> 00:31:15,164
My husband never sold a drug
a day in his life.
595
00:31:15,341 --> 00:31:17,809
Your son put him in prison
for ten years
596
00:31:18,044 --> 00:31:19,136
for something he didn't do.
597
00:31:19,312 --> 00:31:21,974
- You're a very gullible woman.
- And you're a bitch.
598
00:31:23,850 --> 00:31:26,478
My son is an honorable man.
599
00:31:26,653 --> 00:31:29,053
If he put your husband in prison,
he deserved it.
600
00:31:29,255 --> 00:31:31,052
Go to hell.
601
00:31:33,926 --> 00:31:35,985
Leave it alone.
602
00:31:45,338 --> 00:31:48,671
- Okay, we got a problem.
Really?
603
00:31:48,875 --> 00:31:50,672
Stat Boy says we have a problem.
604
00:31:51,377 --> 00:31:54,175
Blacks go to detention.
Whites go home, right?
605
00:31:54,347 --> 00:31:56,212
- The question is why.
- We know why.
606
00:31:56,382 --> 00:31:58,714
An African-American man
assaults Baxter's wife.
607
00:31:58,885 --> 00:32:01,479
He starts meting out
harsher sentences to blacks.
608
00:32:01,654 --> 00:32:05,886
But, look. I analyzed his sentences
using two non-racial factors.
609
00:32:06,092 --> 00:32:07,491
First is family structure.
610
00:32:12,865 --> 00:32:15,333
Single-parent homes.
Two-parent homes.
611
00:32:15,535 --> 00:32:17,230
The racial makeup stays the same.
612
00:32:17,470 --> 00:32:18,960
Now age.
613
00:32:23,676 --> 00:32:25,667
Under 14, over 14.
614
00:32:26,145 --> 00:32:28,136
The racial makeup, it's the same.
615
00:32:28,314 --> 00:32:30,646
There was no change in sentencing
in June of 2008?
616
00:32:30,850 --> 00:32:34,149
No, there was a drastic change,
but it wasn't because of race.
617
00:32:34,354 --> 00:32:37,221
If it wasn't race, what was it?
- I don't know.
618
00:32:37,423 --> 00:32:40,483
I'm telling you what it's not.
I can't tell you what it is.
619
00:32:40,660 --> 00:32:42,525
So the assault of Baxter's wife
620
00:32:42,695 --> 00:32:45,027
is irrelevant to his change
in sentencing?
621
00:32:45,231 --> 00:32:46,926
No, we know it's relevant
622
00:32:47,133 --> 00:32:50,694
because in June of 2008, he started
handing out harsher sentences.
623
00:32:50,903 --> 00:32:52,632
But we just don't know why.
624
00:33:01,214 --> 00:33:03,944
- We need to talk.
- Tomorrow, I'm late for lunch.
625
00:33:04,150 --> 00:33:07,017
- Henry Baxter.
- No.
626
00:33:07,186 --> 00:33:10,246
Everyone out there is pussyfooting
around you because you're his friend.
627
00:33:10,456 --> 00:33:11,548
I said no.
628
00:33:11,724 --> 00:33:14,887
Look, I know you're my boss and you
can tell me to get lost when you want,
629
00:33:15,061 --> 00:33:16,187
but something happened.
630
00:33:16,362 --> 00:33:17,727
Henry's not a racist.
631
00:33:18,264 --> 00:33:21,256
You have any idea what a charge like
that does to somebody in Chicago?
632
00:33:21,467 --> 00:33:23,526
I know he's not a racist.
633
00:33:23,703 --> 00:33:25,193
But something did happen, Will.
634
00:33:27,673 --> 00:33:30,870
He started sentencing more harshly
last June.
635
00:33:32,211 --> 00:33:35,044
You're his best friend, so help me.
636
00:33:35,248 --> 00:33:36,681
What happened?
637
00:33:39,218 --> 00:33:40,242
I don't know.
638
00:33:40,453 --> 00:33:42,114
- But you suspect.
- No.
639
00:33:42,989 --> 00:33:44,479
He borrowed some money, that's all.
640
00:33:45,258 --> 00:33:47,624
- How much?
- About 120,000.
641
00:33:48,628 --> 00:33:50,823
He said he was in a tight spot.
642
00:33:51,063 --> 00:33:53,759
Gambling, but he was gonna
make it right.
643
00:33:53,966 --> 00:33:55,263
Did he pay it back?
644
00:33:56,068 --> 00:33:57,626
Some.
645
00:33:58,838 --> 00:34:02,239
Did he say anything about an enforcer
visiting his house?
646
00:34:02,408 --> 00:34:03,932
A bookie's enforcer?
647
00:34:04,143 --> 00:34:05,303
No, why?
648
00:34:06,612 --> 00:34:09,479
That's why he dropped the charges.
It wasn't rape.
649
00:34:09,649 --> 00:34:11,116
He knew the attacker.
650
00:34:14,253 --> 00:34:15,811
What?
651
00:34:19,158 --> 00:34:20,318
Damn.
652
00:34:21,093 --> 00:34:22,651
What?
653
00:34:24,130 --> 00:34:26,792
So you have a client
who might be sent here?
654
00:34:26,999 --> 00:34:31,026
Yeah, he's in juvenile court right now,
but his family's really worried.
655
00:34:31,237 --> 00:34:35,003
Well, first of all, I'm sorry.
And second, we're a private facility.
656
00:34:35,174 --> 00:34:39,201
All we do is handle the overflow
of juveniles sentenced to Cook County.
657
00:34:39,378 --> 00:34:44,611
So we are very safe here.
One guard to every 20 inmates.
658
00:34:44,784 --> 00:34:46,274
Oh, thank goodness.
659
00:34:46,452 --> 00:34:50,513
Then they pay you, the county does?
660
00:34:50,690 --> 00:34:53,853
Yes, for every juvenile,
we get a stipend.
661
00:34:54,060 --> 00:34:55,493
That's how it works.
662
00:34:55,661 --> 00:34:58,129
And how do you know
Henry Baxter?
663
00:34:59,198 --> 00:35:01,393
- Judge Baxter?
Yes, he's a friend.
664
00:35:01,634 --> 00:35:04,797
You guys met, right?
Sorry, he told me, but I forgot.
665
00:35:06,405 --> 00:35:07,963
Through our wives. You know Ellen?
666
00:35:08,140 --> 00:35:09,869
Yes, wonderful tennis player.
667
00:35:10,510 --> 00:35:11,568
Yes, we went sailing.
668
00:35:11,777 --> 00:35:12,801
Last June?
669
00:35:14,180 --> 00:35:15,340
Around there.
670
00:35:15,515 --> 00:35:17,847
Oh. Will you excuse me?
This way to the exit.
671
00:35:20,019 --> 00:35:22,886
So is that when you arranged
the kickbacks?
672
00:35:25,191 --> 00:35:26,215
The?
673
00:35:26,392 --> 00:35:28,917
The money you gave Henry
for sending kids to you.
674
00:35:30,162 --> 00:35:33,154
Whose idea was it, yours or his?
675
00:35:33,332 --> 00:35:36,096
Officer Michael,
would you show these two out?
676
00:35:36,335 --> 00:35:38,428
Come on, was it yours or his? Unh.
677
00:35:38,604 --> 00:35:42,040
You better start looking
for a good defense attorney, pal.
678
00:35:46,546 --> 00:35:47,570
You look good in action.
679
00:35:51,517 --> 00:35:54,611
- How does this happen?
- It happens.
680
00:35:55,054 --> 00:35:57,579
So, what's the solution,
don't trust anybody?
681
00:35:57,757 --> 00:35:59,691
Works for me.
682
00:36:08,834 --> 00:36:10,131
Hey.
683
00:36:12,204 --> 00:36:14,536
Okay, what did I do now?
684
00:36:14,707 --> 00:36:16,334
Just give me an explanation, Henry.
685
00:36:16,842 --> 00:36:18,969
Even a half-assed one will do.
686
00:36:19,145 --> 00:36:21,238
Okay.
687
00:36:21,414 --> 00:36:24,110
I thought we were working
the zone defense.
688
00:36:24,550 --> 00:36:27,110
I spent the morning with your ex.
689
00:36:28,788 --> 00:36:30,415
Ellen.
690
00:36:31,490 --> 00:36:32,855
Really?
691
00:36:33,392 --> 00:36:35,292
So how's she doing?
692
00:36:35,461 --> 00:36:37,895
I asked her about your gambling.
693
00:36:38,097 --> 00:36:40,224
- So, what is this, an intervention?
No.
694
00:36:40,433 --> 00:36:42,128
I wish we had done that a year ago.
695
00:36:43,402 --> 00:36:45,563
People are filling your head
with nonsense, Will.
696
00:36:45,738 --> 00:36:47,501
What nonsense?
Like you being in debt?
697
00:36:47,673 --> 00:36:50,005
Your sudden interest in sending kids
to Palgrave Academy?
698
00:36:50,176 --> 00:36:53,441
You, my friend, are enthralled
to your junior associate.
699
00:36:53,646 --> 00:36:57,275
She wandered on some wild tangent,
and now you're following her there?
700
00:36:57,450 --> 00:37:00,476
How much does Palgrave pay you
per kid? How much?
701
00:37:00,686 --> 00:37:02,847
Ellen doesn't know
what she's talking about, okay?
702
00:37:03,022 --> 00:37:04,455
She's ill, you know that, Will.
703
00:37:04,624 --> 00:37:07,957
Did you even just say the words
to yourself to see how they sounded?
704
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,958
"I'm sending kids to prison
to make money."
705
00:37:11,163 --> 00:37:14,155
It's not even about doing good.
Nobody here is helping orphans.
706
00:37:14,333 --> 00:37:17,393
But this.
How can you even live a day with this?
707
00:37:19,538 --> 00:37:22,473
Palgrave is a good place
for rehabilitation.
708
00:37:22,642 --> 00:37:25,167
These kids are better off there.
709
00:37:25,411 --> 00:37:26,503
Come on.
710
00:37:26,679 --> 00:37:29,512
How bad do you have to behave
before you start acknowledging it?
711
00:37:29,715 --> 00:37:31,876
Don't you dare judge me.
712
00:37:32,051 --> 00:37:36,545
You, the litigator who whored himself
out to the lowest scum.
713
00:37:36,789 --> 00:37:38,689
Don't you dare judge me.
714
00:37:39,825 --> 00:37:41,417
You're going to jail.
715
00:37:43,162 --> 00:37:44,720
What?
716
00:37:46,032 --> 00:37:47,431
Hey!
717
00:38:07,086 --> 00:38:09,680
Your grandmother's crazy.
718
00:38:10,990 --> 00:38:13,015
I told you.
719
00:38:13,192 --> 00:38:14,523
My mother was gonna sue.
720
00:38:14,727 --> 00:38:16,820
I thought you weren't supposed
to be talking to me.
721
00:38:17,029 --> 00:38:19,088
So let's not talk.
722
00:38:19,331 --> 00:38:20,992
I won't if you won't. Ha, ha.
723
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,532
So does your mom know
your grandma's crazy?
724
00:38:23,736 --> 00:38:26,227
She suspects it but...
725
00:38:26,405 --> 00:38:28,236
Wait, so, what did your mom do?
726
00:38:28,774 --> 00:38:32,107
Uh, she freaked out,
like, off the wall.
727
00:38:32,278 --> 00:38:35,679
She, like, came into the house
head to toe, soaking wet,
728
00:38:35,848 --> 00:38:38,339
like, as if she, like, took a bath
or, like, went for a swim.
729
00:38:39,852 --> 00:38:41,376
I'm so sorry.
730
00:38:49,595 --> 00:38:52,223
- How you doing, Terrance?
- I'm okay.
731
00:38:53,866 --> 00:38:56,801
Hello, I'm Chief Justice Adler.
732
00:38:57,036 --> 00:38:58,901
Yes, I'm Thalia Ramsey.
733
00:39:02,742 --> 00:39:05,404
And this must be Terrance.
- Yes, ma'am.
734
00:39:05,611 --> 00:39:06,635
Hmm.
735
00:39:06,812 --> 00:39:09,781
That judge worked for me, Terrance.
736
00:39:09,949 --> 00:39:12,247
I share responsibility for what he did.
737
00:39:12,718 --> 00:39:15,278
- I'm very sorry.
- It's okay.
738
00:39:22,061 --> 00:39:23,653
Thank you.
739
00:39:24,230 --> 00:39:26,790
You don't know how much this...
740
00:39:33,172 --> 00:39:35,800
It's proving more difficult to overcome
than we'd like.
741
00:39:38,477 --> 00:39:41,537
- My English surname?
- Well, that never helps.
742
00:39:41,747 --> 00:39:45,046
But your client roster. I'm sorry.
743
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,445
- I could still run.
- Yes, you could.
744
00:39:50,656 --> 00:39:54,023
We'd send in a ringer
to undercut your support.
745
00:39:54,193 --> 00:39:55,285
It wouldn't be pretty.
746
00:39:55,494 --> 00:39:56,859
Might still be fun.
747
00:39:58,063 --> 00:39:59,257
Better to wait.
748
00:39:59,465 --> 00:40:03,094
Let us see how you do here
the next few years.
749
00:40:03,769 --> 00:40:05,794
Try not to cause any more ripples.
750
00:40:08,374 --> 00:40:10,968
You're filled with water metaphors,
aren't you?
751
00:40:14,513 --> 00:40:17,676
Again, I'm sorry this didn't work out.
752
00:40:27,359 --> 00:40:30,192
- Was that the kiss-off?
- Yep.
753
00:40:31,030 --> 00:40:32,895
How'd you handle it?
754
00:40:33,599 --> 00:40:36,227
With grace and a hint of anger.
755
00:40:36,468 --> 00:40:38,333
I always liked that about you.
756
00:40:38,504 --> 00:40:40,529
His name was Terrance.
757
00:40:40,706 --> 00:40:43,174
- Who?
- The kid.
758
00:40:43,342 --> 00:40:44,969
Terrance Ramsey.
759
00:40:45,411 --> 00:40:47,811
He's home with his mother now.
760
00:40:49,148 --> 00:40:51,378
And happiness rules.