1 00:00:02,336 --> 00:00:04,538 BULL: That happy-go-lucky looking kid is me. 2 00:00:04,572 --> 00:00:07,708 I was the smartest person I had ever met, 3 00:00:07,741 --> 00:00:10,478 and I was convinced I would grow up to be an astronaut 4 00:00:10,511 --> 00:00:13,414 and the first man on Saturn. 5 00:00:13,447 --> 00:00:16,184 This is me the summer after my first year in college. 6 00:00:16,217 --> 00:00:18,519 I was on my first car, third girlfriend, 7 00:00:18,552 --> 00:00:21,322 and second fake ID. I had come to the conclusion 8 00:00:21,355 --> 00:00:23,691 that space travel probably wasn't in my future 9 00:00:23,724 --> 00:00:27,461 and that psychology was for losers and weaklings. 10 00:00:27,495 --> 00:00:29,697 You can figure out what this is. 11 00:00:29,730 --> 00:00:32,666 The point being we move through our lives shedding skins, 12 00:00:32,700 --> 00:00:35,803 kissing older versions of ourselves good-bye 13 00:00:35,836 --> 00:00:37,805 and new ones hello. 14 00:00:37,838 --> 00:00:40,208 (sighs) 15 00:00:41,575 --> 00:00:42,710 MARISSA: Oh. Uh, Bull? 16 00:00:42,743 --> 00:00:44,745 Mind if I join you for your 9:00? 17 00:00:44,778 --> 00:00:46,514 Huh? What 9:00? 18 00:00:46,547 --> 00:00:47,648 Wh... That big-deal attorney from upstate 19 00:00:47,681 --> 00:00:50,451 that you told me to fit into your schedule this morning. 20 00:00:50,484 --> 00:00:51,719 What are you talking about? 21 00:00:51,752 --> 00:00:52,786 Were you drinking last night? 22 00:00:52,820 --> 00:00:54,688 Was it a day that ends in "Y"? 23 00:00:54,722 --> 00:00:56,190 You don't remember me calling you. 24 00:00:56,224 --> 00:00:57,658 Calling me what? 25 00:00:57,691 --> 00:00:59,593 I smell a setup. 26 00:00:59,627 --> 00:01:02,730 Do you want me to walk in first? 27 00:01:02,763 --> 00:01:04,765 I'd love that. 28 00:01:07,135 --> 00:01:09,370 Mr. Burnam? 29 00:01:09,403 --> 00:01:11,105 So sorry to have kept you waiting. 30 00:01:11,139 --> 00:01:12,706 Dr. Bull just arrived. 31 00:01:15,643 --> 00:01:18,212 Mr. Burnam? 32 00:01:18,246 --> 00:01:20,748 Dr. Bull. Uh, thank you so much for seeing me. 33 00:01:20,781 --> 00:01:24,452 You're a big deal attorney? 34 00:01:25,553 --> 00:01:28,222 I-I... am an attorney. 35 00:01:29,390 --> 00:01:31,125 How old are you? 36 00:01:31,159 --> 00:01:33,661 24. 25 in March. 37 00:01:33,694 --> 00:01:35,429 I get this all the time. 38 00:01:35,463 --> 00:01:37,331 Okay. 39 00:01:37,365 --> 00:01:39,600 I'm gonna walk around my desk here 40 00:01:39,633 --> 00:01:41,269 and put myself in that chair and hope 41 00:01:41,302 --> 00:01:43,737 that in the time it takes me to walk from here to there, 42 00:01:43,771 --> 00:01:46,240 I start to remember who you are and why you're here. 43 00:01:56,484 --> 00:01:58,486 (clears throat) 44 00:02:00,888 --> 00:02:02,190 I got nothing. 45 00:02:02,223 --> 00:02:04,225 You know, now that I think about it, 46 00:02:04,258 --> 00:02:06,760 maybe I never did call you about this meeting. Okay. 47 00:02:06,794 --> 00:02:08,762 Somebody want to tell me what's going on here? 48 00:02:08,796 --> 00:02:10,431 Well, don't be angry with Zack. 49 00:02:10,464 --> 00:02:12,266 He really is a lawyer, and he really has been 50 00:02:12,300 --> 00:02:13,701 trying to reach you for several weeks. 51 00:02:13,734 --> 00:02:15,736 I just knew that when you heard his story 52 00:02:15,769 --> 00:02:16,870 you'd want to meet him. 53 00:02:16,904 --> 00:02:18,239 Because? 54 00:02:18,272 --> 00:02:20,508 Because I, uh, I have a case 55 00:02:20,541 --> 00:02:23,211 that could really benefit from your involvement. 56 00:02:24,412 --> 00:02:25,879 Is that the line that's supposed to hook me? 57 00:02:27,448 --> 00:02:28,616 Where are you from? 58 00:02:28,649 --> 00:02:30,784 Danville. It's-it's a little town 59 00:02:30,818 --> 00:02:32,586 about 40 miles north of here. 60 00:02:32,620 --> 00:02:34,222 40 whole miles. 61 00:02:34,255 --> 00:02:37,358 I am incredibly impressed and flattered. 62 00:02:37,391 --> 00:02:39,460 You have one more chance to say something, anything, 63 00:02:39,493 --> 00:02:41,362 that will make me want to talk to you 64 00:02:41,395 --> 00:02:43,197 more than to check my e-mails. 65 00:02:43,231 --> 00:02:45,433 It's a toxic tort case. 66 00:02:45,466 --> 00:02:47,901 Okay. That's pretty heady stuff 67 00:02:47,935 --> 00:02:49,703 for a young attorney. Somebody was exposed 68 00:02:49,737 --> 00:02:51,572 to chemicals that did them harm? 69 00:02:51,605 --> 00:02:52,873 Yeah. My mom. 70 00:02:52,906 --> 00:02:54,708 And five other people. 71 00:02:54,742 --> 00:02:57,245 Your mom? 72 00:02:57,278 --> 00:03:00,248 That's a lot of responsibility. 73 00:03:00,281 --> 00:03:01,915 You with a big firm? 74 00:03:01,949 --> 00:03:05,486 No, it's kind of just me, myself and I. 75 00:03:05,519 --> 00:03:08,222 A-Actually, it was-it was my mom's idea to reach out to you. 76 00:03:08,256 --> 00:03:11,292 I don't understand. Is your mom an attorney? 77 00:03:11,325 --> 00:03:12,960 My mom's Allison Burnam. 78 00:03:12,993 --> 00:03:14,828 But when you knew her 79 00:03:14,862 --> 00:03:16,864 she was Allison Campbell. 80 00:03:18,932 --> 00:03:20,734 Allison Campbell? 81 00:03:22,403 --> 00:03:23,804 (chuckles): Huh. 82 00:03:23,837 --> 00:03:26,374 Ally Campbell. 83 00:03:26,407 --> 00:03:29,477 Day in, day out, I do mostly DUIs, small claim cases, 84 00:03:29,510 --> 00:03:31,812 personal injury-- that sort of thing. 85 00:03:31,845 --> 00:03:34,315 But when my mom got sick... 86 00:03:34,348 --> 00:03:36,950 I-It took us a while to realize she wasn't the only one. 87 00:03:36,984 --> 00:03:39,887 And do you have a theory about why this is happening? 88 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,489 The biggest employer in our town is a company 89 00:03:41,522 --> 00:03:43,424 called Warwick Furniture Manufacturing. 90 00:03:43,457 --> 00:03:44,992 All my clients are near the factory, 91 00:03:45,025 --> 00:03:46,994 and they've all got something wrong. 92 00:03:47,027 --> 00:03:48,562 Thyroid disease, cancer, 93 00:03:48,596 --> 00:03:50,664 heart problems, bladder issues. 94 00:03:50,698 --> 00:03:52,300 Doesn't the fact that different have different maladies 95 00:03:52,333 --> 00:03:54,502 make it difficult to prove causation? 96 00:03:54,535 --> 00:03:56,470 Well, I have an expert who will explain it all stems from 97 00:03:56,504 --> 00:03:57,738 a chemical Warwick uses as a flame retardant 98 00:03:57,771 --> 00:04:00,007 on their furniture. Trichloroethylene. 99 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:01,675 CHUNK: The company's gonna have 100 00:04:01,709 --> 00:04:04,712 their own expert. And their job is gonna be to shoot down 101 00:04:04,745 --> 00:04:07,014 whatever theories your expert tries to float. 102 00:04:07,047 --> 00:04:09,883 I know this is gonna be an uphill battle. 103 00:04:09,917 --> 00:04:12,420 That's why I'm here. 104 00:04:12,453 --> 00:04:13,921 BULL: Ally Campbell. 105 00:04:13,954 --> 00:04:17,024 She was my first real girlfriend. 106 00:04:17,057 --> 00:04:18,526 We went out senior year. 107 00:04:18,559 --> 00:04:20,394 Took her to the prom. 108 00:04:20,428 --> 00:04:22,330 She could throw better than I could, 109 00:04:22,363 --> 00:04:23,931 but I could rap better than she could. 110 00:04:23,964 --> 00:04:25,766 Both highly important skill sets 111 00:04:25,799 --> 00:04:28,035 in the adult world we were about to enter. 112 00:04:28,068 --> 00:04:29,937 We were quite the couple. 113 00:04:31,539 --> 00:04:33,507 I feel terrible about your mother, 114 00:04:33,541 --> 00:04:36,944 and I wish there was something I could do to help, but, uh, 115 00:04:36,977 --> 00:04:38,679 you don't even have a settlement offer. 116 00:04:38,712 --> 00:04:39,680 Actually, I do. 117 00:04:39,713 --> 00:04:40,881 So then what's the problem? 118 00:04:40,914 --> 00:04:42,450 My clients won't accept. 119 00:04:42,483 --> 00:04:43,851 And it's not because they're greedy. 120 00:04:43,884 --> 00:04:45,986 It's just not a very good offer. 121 00:04:46,019 --> 00:04:48,689 They want to get enough at least to cover their medical expenses. 122 00:04:48,722 --> 00:04:51,024 They also want the company to install water extension lines 123 00:04:51,058 --> 00:04:52,793 to bypass the contaminated wells. 124 00:04:52,826 --> 00:04:54,628 Seems like a pretty reasonable ask. 125 00:04:54,662 --> 00:04:55,996 Who's representing the company? 126 00:04:56,029 --> 00:04:58,366 Bartlett & Dunn. It's a local firm, but they... 127 00:04:58,399 --> 00:04:59,633 BULL: Yeah, we've heard of 'em. 128 00:04:59,667 --> 00:05:01,369 They're good. And big. 129 00:05:01,402 --> 00:05:02,703 And if you go to trial... 130 00:05:02,736 --> 00:05:04,838 I'll get beaten badly. 131 00:05:04,872 --> 00:05:06,707 Which is another reason I'm here. 132 00:05:06,740 --> 00:05:08,075 A man with a plan. 133 00:05:09,443 --> 00:05:11,512 40 miles, huh? 134 00:05:11,545 --> 00:05:14,047 Well, maybe I'll run up to Danville with you, 135 00:05:14,081 --> 00:05:15,416 see what's what. 136 00:05:15,449 --> 00:05:16,917 Say hi to your mom. 137 00:05:16,950 --> 00:05:19,920 I'm not sure I can be of much help, but, uh... 138 00:05:19,953 --> 00:05:21,121 Can you rearrange my day? 139 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:22,523 Already did. 140 00:05:22,556 --> 00:05:25,426 And arrange for a car to bring me back 141 00:05:25,459 --> 00:05:27,461 into the city around 7:30 tonight? 142 00:05:27,495 --> 00:05:28,629 ALL: Already did. 143 00:05:32,165 --> 00:05:33,967 (quiet chuckle) 144 00:05:34,001 --> 00:05:36,003 * 145 00:05:44,478 --> 00:05:46,046 So your mom knows I'm coming? 146 00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:47,848 Not really. Uh... 147 00:05:47,881 --> 00:05:49,917 I couldn't be sure you'd say yes and I-and I didn't 148 00:05:49,950 --> 00:05:51,752 want to make a promise I couldn't keep. 149 00:05:51,785 --> 00:05:52,686 Aha. 150 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:54,988 What about your dad-- does he know about me? 151 00:05:55,022 --> 00:05:56,557 He know you're talking to me? 152 00:05:56,590 --> 00:05:58,091 Dad died when I was 12. 153 00:05:58,125 --> 00:05:59,627 He worked for Warwick. 154 00:05:59,660 --> 00:06:01,094 Regional Sales Manger. 155 00:06:01,128 --> 00:06:02,863 He was driving up to Buffalo one night, 156 00:06:02,896 --> 00:06:04,898 hit some ice, and... 157 00:06:06,634 --> 00:06:07,935 Well... 158 00:06:07,968 --> 00:06:09,570 I'm sorry. 159 00:06:09,603 --> 00:06:11,572 Long time ago. 160 00:06:12,973 --> 00:06:15,476 Full disclosure: what I'm hoping to do 161 00:06:15,509 --> 00:06:17,545 is maybe review the settlement with you and your mother 162 00:06:17,578 --> 00:06:19,813 and then try and broker a meeting with the other side, 163 00:06:19,847 --> 00:06:21,682 see if we can get 'em to sweeten it. 164 00:06:21,715 --> 00:06:23,517 Anything to avoid court. 165 00:06:23,551 --> 00:06:24,818 Yeah. 166 00:06:24,852 --> 00:06:26,587 That sounds good. 167 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:28,989 It ma-make... it makes makes sense. 168 00:06:30,758 --> 00:06:31,759 Although there was a part of me 169 00:06:31,792 --> 00:06:33,861 that was really looking forward to the trial. 170 00:06:33,894 --> 00:06:35,963 You like court? You spend a lot of time there? 171 00:06:35,996 --> 00:06:38,832 Um, this would actually be my first time. 172 00:06:38,866 --> 00:06:41,101 In court? 173 00:06:41,134 --> 00:06:42,803 Uh-huh. 174 00:06:42,836 --> 00:06:43,971 But that's okay. 175 00:06:44,004 --> 00:06:46,139 When it's meant to be, it's meant to be. 176 00:06:46,173 --> 00:06:47,975 Uh-huh. 177 00:06:48,008 --> 00:06:50,678 Hey, Mom? 178 00:06:50,711 --> 00:06:52,880 I'm home. 179 00:06:52,913 --> 00:06:54,882 Also, I found this nice stranger hitchhiking 180 00:06:54,915 --> 00:06:56,617 just before the Tappan Zee Bridge. 181 00:06:56,650 --> 00:06:58,519 Can I keep him? 182 00:07:00,554 --> 00:07:02,089 She, uh, may be resting. 183 00:07:02,122 --> 00:07:04,124 Let me go look. 184 00:07:11,999 --> 00:07:13,233 (chuckles quietly) 185 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:16,804 (chuckles) How weird is this? 186 00:07:18,005 --> 00:07:19,973 You hunt me down to tell me you've decided 187 00:07:20,007 --> 00:07:21,709 not to go away to college after all? 188 00:07:21,742 --> 00:07:24,044 Oh, boy. Okay. Time to go. Oh, no, no, no. 189 00:07:24,077 --> 00:07:26,980 Get over here and give me a serious hug. 190 00:07:29,016 --> 00:07:30,818 Hey. 191 00:07:30,851 --> 00:07:32,152 I won't break. 192 00:07:32,185 --> 00:07:35,188 (both grunt, chuckle) 193 00:07:36,223 --> 00:07:37,691 (sighs) 194 00:07:37,725 --> 00:07:39,727 Mmm. 195 00:07:40,894 --> 00:07:42,229 Hey. 196 00:07:42,262 --> 00:07:43,997 We're still a pretty good fit. 197 00:07:44,031 --> 00:07:47,267 Your son is standing right next to us. 198 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:49,036 Oh, please. I've peeked at his computer. 199 00:07:49,069 --> 00:07:50,638 He's seen lots worse 200 00:07:50,671 --> 00:07:53,006 than this. 201 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,509 Oh, figures I'd have to get deathly ill 202 00:07:55,543 --> 00:07:56,977 to see you again. 203 00:07:57,010 --> 00:08:00,548 I'm so, so, sorry. 204 00:08:00,581 --> 00:08:03,083 Well, the good news is you got a great kid there. 205 00:08:03,116 --> 00:08:04,184 I know. 206 00:08:06,119 --> 00:08:07,621 Tell me about you. 207 00:08:10,691 --> 00:08:12,960 Kidney cancer. 208 00:08:12,993 --> 00:08:15,963 Not a lot to tell. 209 00:08:15,996 --> 00:08:18,098 On the plus side, uh, 210 00:08:18,131 --> 00:08:20,534 haven't been this skinny since you last saw me. 211 00:08:20,568 --> 00:08:23,003 On the minus side... 212 00:08:23,036 --> 00:08:25,005 this is not the life 213 00:08:25,038 --> 00:08:26,874 I planned for myself. 214 00:08:28,709 --> 00:08:30,678 At 45, it's not the ending 215 00:08:30,711 --> 00:08:32,980 I imagined for myself. 216 00:08:33,013 --> 00:08:37,551 I'm taking targeted medication, and I'm doing immunotherapy. 217 00:08:37,585 --> 00:08:40,120 And for a couple of hours, I'll feel great. 218 00:08:40,153 --> 00:08:42,923 And then, all of a sudden, trying to get out of a chair, 219 00:08:42,956 --> 00:08:46,994 or walking across the room will require more energy 220 00:08:47,027 --> 00:08:50,330 than I can muster. 221 00:08:50,363 --> 00:08:52,265 But I'm-I'm alive, 222 00:08:52,299 --> 00:08:55,135 so, beats the alternative, right? 223 00:08:55,168 --> 00:08:57,738 How can I help? 224 00:08:57,771 --> 00:09:00,240 Honestly? 225 00:09:00,273 --> 00:09:02,943 I need you to talk to the others. 226 00:09:02,976 --> 00:09:08,115 This case, this-this disease... 227 00:09:08,148 --> 00:09:10,117 is bankrupting us. 228 00:09:10,150 --> 00:09:13,086 I lose the house next month. 229 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,356 Zack has emptied his savings. 230 00:09:16,389 --> 00:09:19,259 I need you to convince them. 231 00:09:19,292 --> 00:09:22,696 Just get them to accept an offer. 232 00:09:22,730 --> 00:09:25,799 Please. 233 00:09:25,833 --> 00:09:28,235 We already talked about this. It's absolutely not what we're gonna do. 234 00:09:28,268 --> 00:09:33,040 (indistinct, overlapping chatter) 235 00:09:33,073 --> 00:09:35,743 (loud, overlapping chatter) 236 00:09:35,776 --> 00:09:37,377 (whistles) 237 00:09:37,410 --> 00:09:38,879 Everyone 238 00:09:38,912 --> 00:09:40,981 just stop. Now, I know you're upset. 239 00:09:41,014 --> 00:09:42,049 Upset? 240 00:09:42,082 --> 00:09:44,051 I-I have cancer, Dr. Bull. 241 00:09:44,084 --> 00:09:45,953 At the very least, I'm owed an apology 242 00:09:45,986 --> 00:09:48,155 for what they've done to me. I hear you. 243 00:09:48,188 --> 00:09:50,123 And I agree. 244 00:09:50,157 --> 00:09:51,725 But that's never gonna happen. 245 00:09:51,759 --> 00:09:53,627 Let me be clear. 246 00:09:53,661 --> 00:09:58,098 In a civil case, the only good that can come is financial. 247 00:09:58,131 --> 00:10:00,033 No one is gonna say they're sorry. 248 00:10:00,067 --> 00:10:02,636 No one from Warwick Furniture Manufacturing 249 00:10:02,670 --> 00:10:04,404 is going to jail. 250 00:10:04,437 --> 00:10:06,940 And no one can take away your cancer. 251 00:10:06,974 --> 00:10:09,142 All you can hope to win is money. 252 00:10:09,176 --> 00:10:11,845 And that's what's on the table. 253 00:10:11,879 --> 00:10:13,781 It's just not right. 254 00:10:13,814 --> 00:10:15,983 You brought this guy from New York City to tell us that, 255 00:10:16,016 --> 00:10:17,417 huh? Doesn't it matter 256 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:19,052 that what they're offering us is ridiculous? 257 00:10:19,086 --> 00:10:21,154 (sighs) 258 00:10:23,123 --> 00:10:24,725 Ally? 259 00:10:26,727 --> 00:10:29,196 Oh. 260 00:10:29,229 --> 00:10:30,397 Ooh. 261 00:10:30,430 --> 00:10:31,765 Oh. 262 00:10:31,799 --> 00:10:35,869 Here. Here. 263 00:10:35,903 --> 00:10:37,204 There. 264 00:10:41,341 --> 00:10:44,177 (quiet, indistinct chatter) 265 00:10:47,815 --> 00:10:49,683 You okay? I'm okay. 266 00:10:49,717 --> 00:10:52,085 I'm okay. Zack, sweetie, I need my pills. 267 00:10:52,119 --> 00:10:54,354 You know the ones I mean, in... in my bathroom? 268 00:10:57,224 --> 00:10:59,793 Well, I don't think we changed any minds down there. 269 00:10:59,827 --> 00:11:03,230 Not even with the encore from An Officer and a Gentleman. 270 00:11:03,263 --> 00:11:05,098 Actually, you changed mine. 271 00:11:05,132 --> 00:11:07,200 I think we should go to trial, 272 00:11:07,234 --> 00:11:09,202 and I think we should squeeze those bastards 273 00:11:09,236 --> 00:11:10,838 because of what they did to you, 274 00:11:10,871 --> 00:11:12,272 squeeze 'em for everything they've got. 275 00:11:12,305 --> 00:11:13,941 We? 276 00:11:13,974 --> 00:11:16,109 If you'll have me, Counselor. 277 00:11:16,143 --> 00:11:19,179 I'm gonna send that car downstairs back into the city, 278 00:11:19,212 --> 00:11:21,782 get my clothes and my laptop. 279 00:11:21,815 --> 00:11:24,117 Maybe you can point me to a hotel that's near by? 280 00:11:24,151 --> 00:11:26,286 There's a room for you right down the hall. 281 00:11:26,319 --> 00:11:27,955 But Jason... 282 00:11:27,988 --> 00:11:29,256 Zack, why don't you go downstairs 283 00:11:29,289 --> 00:11:32,125 and tell your clients we're going to court? 284 00:11:35,195 --> 00:11:36,964 (sighs) Jason? 285 00:11:36,997 --> 00:11:39,800 You haven't seen me in 25 years. 286 00:11:39,833 --> 00:11:43,203 I really never expected you to drop everything 287 00:11:43,236 --> 00:11:46,006 and make my problems your problems. 288 00:11:46,039 --> 00:11:48,075 Problems? You have problems? 289 00:11:48,108 --> 00:11:49,476 You think spontaneously bleeding 290 00:11:49,509 --> 00:11:51,945 from a facial orifice is a problem? 291 00:11:51,979 --> 00:11:55,382 Where I come from, that's the ultimate party trick, lady. 292 00:11:55,415 --> 00:11:57,250 (laughing) It is lady, isn't it? 293 00:11:57,284 --> 00:11:58,485 Now, 294 00:11:58,518 --> 00:12:01,755 I am gonna go downstairs and try and talk a little more sense 295 00:12:01,789 --> 00:12:03,924 into your happy band of co-plaintiffs, 296 00:12:03,957 --> 00:12:06,326 make some phone calls, and then I'm gonna hit the bed 297 00:12:06,359 --> 00:12:09,296 in that room you offered me, and I mean hit it hard. 298 00:12:09,329 --> 00:12:11,164 And I want to be really clear. 299 00:12:11,198 --> 00:12:13,801 If you try and sneak in in the middle of the night 300 00:12:13,834 --> 00:12:17,838 and pull any funny stuff, all bets are off, okay? 301 00:12:17,871 --> 00:12:19,840 I'm just not that kind of boy. 302 00:12:22,575 --> 00:12:24,377 Now, see, that's what I'm talking about. 303 00:12:24,411 --> 00:12:26,413 You got to work on your impulse control. 304 00:12:36,589 --> 00:12:38,959 So what now? So, today I'm hoping 305 00:12:38,992 --> 00:12:41,094 Zack and I get to meet with opposing council. 306 00:12:41,128 --> 00:12:42,996 But before I sit at the table, 307 00:12:43,030 --> 00:12:45,165 I'd like to know what kind of cards I'm holding. 308 00:12:45,198 --> 00:12:47,167 Well, it turns out 309 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:50,170 the flame retardant Warwick uses is technically legal 310 00:12:50,203 --> 00:12:51,438 in the United States, 311 00:12:51,471 --> 00:12:54,241 but it's banned in most of the rest of the world 312 00:12:54,274 --> 00:12:55,843 because of concerns that it's bioaccummulative 313 00:12:55,876 --> 00:12:58,111 and carcinogenic. 314 00:12:58,145 --> 00:12:59,279 Be careful with that, though, okay? 315 00:12:59,312 --> 00:13:02,282 Those findings are derived from experiments with rats. 316 00:13:02,315 --> 00:13:03,817 Benny's right. 317 00:13:03,851 --> 00:13:07,187 Rat models are far from perfect 318 00:13:07,220 --> 00:13:08,956 when predicting toxicity in humans. 319 00:13:08,989 --> 00:13:11,558 They're only accurate about 43% of the time. 320 00:13:11,591 --> 00:13:14,094 Okay, but the science isn't junk, right? 321 00:13:14,127 --> 00:13:16,463 No, it's not junk. In fact, it's terrifying. 322 00:13:16,496 --> 00:13:18,431 And if I were on the jury, 323 00:13:18,465 --> 00:13:22,302 I'd go full Erin Brockovich on their ass. 324 00:13:22,335 --> 00:13:25,038 Mm, that's quite an image, Cable. (tea kettle whistling) 325 00:13:25,072 --> 00:13:26,840 Wait a second. 326 00:13:26,874 --> 00:13:29,509 Mm. I smell food. 327 00:13:29,542 --> 00:13:32,545 Nothing personal. Later. 328 00:13:35,015 --> 00:13:36,583 (laughing): Wow. 329 00:13:36,616 --> 00:13:38,418 What is all this? 330 00:13:38,451 --> 00:13:40,520 Are there lumberjacks coming for breakfast? 331 00:13:40,553 --> 00:13:42,489 Yeah, I know. I kind of overdid it. 332 00:13:42,522 --> 00:13:43,991 No. It's great. 333 00:13:44,024 --> 00:13:47,594 Just maybe we should offload some of this onto Zack. 334 00:13:47,627 --> 00:13:49,629 No, he's already gone. He left for work an hour ago. 335 00:13:49,662 --> 00:13:51,965 He's trying to set up that meeting with the other side. 336 00:13:51,999 --> 00:13:55,135 Well... his loss. 337 00:13:56,636 --> 00:13:58,238 Mmm. 338 00:14:00,407 --> 00:14:02,575 So... 339 00:14:02,609 --> 00:14:04,511 just you and me here. 340 00:14:08,048 --> 00:14:10,117 Listen, I know it's been a long time, 341 00:14:10,150 --> 00:14:12,519 but I've actually been thinking about this 342 00:14:12,552 --> 00:14:15,222 a lot, so, 343 00:14:15,255 --> 00:14:17,958 if I asked you to.... 344 00:14:17,991 --> 00:14:20,160 do something... with me, 345 00:14:20,193 --> 00:14:22,629 would you at least 346 00:14:22,662 --> 00:14:24,864 think about it? 347 00:14:26,066 --> 00:14:28,235 Give it some thought? 348 00:14:28,268 --> 00:14:31,071 * For relationship there's just room * 349 00:14:31,104 --> 00:14:32,605 * To hit it, how many brothers out there * 350 00:14:32,639 --> 00:14:34,074 * Know just what I'm getting at? * 351 00:14:34,107 --> 00:14:35,442 * Who think it's wrong 352 00:14:35,475 --> 00:14:36,576 * 'Cause I was splitting and co-hitting that? * 353 00:14:36,609 --> 00:14:37,911 * Well, if you do, it's O.P.P. 354 00:14:37,945 --> 00:14:39,279 * And you're not down with it 355 00:14:39,312 --> 00:14:40,948 * But if you don't, here's your membership * 356 00:14:40,981 --> 00:14:42,315 * You down with O.P.P.? 357 00:14:42,349 --> 00:14:43,583 * Yeah, you know me * 358 00:14:43,616 --> 00:14:44,851 * You down with O.P.P.? * Yeah, you know me * 359 00:14:44,884 --> 00:14:48,355 * You down with O.P.P.? * Yeah, you know me * 360 00:14:48,388 --> 00:14:49,589 * Who's down with O.P.P.? 361 00:14:49,622 --> 00:14:50,623 * Every last homey * 362 00:14:50,657 --> 00:14:52,025 * You down with O.P.P.? 363 00:14:52,059 --> 00:14:53,326 * Yeah, you know me * 364 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:54,461 * You down with O.P.P.? 365 00:14:54,494 --> 00:14:56,263 * Yeah, you know me * 366 00:14:56,296 --> 00:14:58,465 * You down with O.P.P.? * Yeah, you know me * 367 00:14:58,498 --> 00:15:00,167 * You down with O.P.P.? 368 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,002 * Well, for the ladies, O.P.P... * 369 00:15:02,035 --> 00:15:03,703 Hello. Zack, good to see you again. 370 00:15:03,736 --> 00:15:05,272 Mr. Dunn. 371 00:15:05,305 --> 00:15:07,407 And you must be Dr. Bull. 372 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,209 I am indeed. Preston Dunn 373 00:15:09,242 --> 00:15:11,178 of Bartlett & Dunn. 374 00:15:11,211 --> 00:15:13,580 Have a seat, please. 375 00:15:15,215 --> 00:15:20,387 So... what can we do for you gentlemen? 376 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:22,189 Well, Mr. Burnam and I wanted to see 377 00:15:22,222 --> 00:15:23,556 if we could have a conversation 378 00:15:23,590 --> 00:15:25,525 with you about our pending court action. 379 00:15:25,558 --> 00:15:27,627 What about it? 380 00:15:27,660 --> 00:15:29,229 Well, the proposal on the table, 381 00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:33,133 is, in our opinion, exceedingly modest. 382 00:15:33,166 --> 00:15:34,634 It doesn't even speak to the request 383 00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:36,536 for extending water lines 384 00:15:36,569 --> 00:15:38,438 that would bypass the polluted wells 385 00:15:38,471 --> 00:15:41,574 so that our clients could use clean water 386 00:15:41,608 --> 00:15:43,510 in their homes. 387 00:15:43,543 --> 00:15:45,612 We were hoping we might be able to convince you 388 00:15:45,645 --> 00:15:49,549 to sweeten the offer and maybe avoid court altogether. 389 00:15:49,582 --> 00:15:51,618 And why would we do that? 390 00:15:51,651 --> 00:15:53,586 Yeah. Sense of fair play? 391 00:15:53,620 --> 00:15:55,288 Your client's sense of remorse? 392 00:15:55,322 --> 00:15:56,656 You don't want 393 00:15:56,689 --> 00:15:58,558 to be publicly humiliated in a court of law? 394 00:15:58,591 --> 00:16:01,661 Tell me when to stop. I got a million of 'em. Dr. Bull, 395 00:16:01,694 --> 00:16:04,998 we have no reason to fear court. 396 00:16:05,032 --> 00:16:07,534 Our clients firmly believe they've done nothing illegal. 397 00:16:07,567 --> 00:16:09,669 The fact that there is an offer 398 00:16:09,702 --> 00:16:11,604 on the table is solely a function 399 00:16:11,638 --> 00:16:13,773 of their commitment to being a good neighbor 400 00:16:13,806 --> 00:16:17,710 and trying to help friends who have fallen on hard times. 401 00:16:17,744 --> 00:16:19,612 Wow. 402 00:16:19,646 --> 00:16:22,015 You said that like you almost meant it. 403 00:16:22,049 --> 00:16:24,017 Preston, 404 00:16:24,051 --> 00:16:26,353 let me explain something to you. 405 00:16:26,386 --> 00:16:29,789 Yes, you have money on your side, 406 00:16:29,822 --> 00:16:32,559 and a small gaggle of attorneys, 407 00:16:32,592 --> 00:16:35,795 but your gaggle all specialize in one thing. 408 00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:39,532 Keeping your clients out of court. 409 00:16:39,566 --> 00:16:43,336 And court is where I live every single day. 410 00:16:43,370 --> 00:16:45,205 I have more experience in court 411 00:16:45,238 --> 00:16:47,640 than all of Bartlett & Dunn put together. 412 00:16:47,674 --> 00:16:50,343 So if that's where you want to work this out, 413 00:16:50,377 --> 00:16:52,579 so be it, but if you wake up in the middle 414 00:16:52,612 --> 00:16:55,048 of the night and change your mind... 415 00:16:55,082 --> 00:16:57,350 that's my cell number. 416 00:16:58,785 --> 00:17:01,054 I need ten times what's on the table, 417 00:17:01,088 --> 00:17:03,290 and those extended pipelines. 418 00:17:03,323 --> 00:17:05,125 That should get it done. 419 00:17:05,158 --> 00:17:08,328 Though, if I were to get this case in front of a jury, 420 00:17:08,361 --> 00:17:12,099 I think it'd be a lot more expensive than that. 421 00:17:14,134 --> 00:17:15,768 Ladies. 422 00:17:15,802 --> 00:17:17,670 Gentlemen. 423 00:17:17,704 --> 00:17:19,672 Don't get up. I wouldn't for you. 424 00:17:22,342 --> 00:17:24,444 Was that how it was supposed to go? 425 00:17:24,477 --> 00:17:27,247 Fear's a weapon. We just weaponized you. 426 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:31,151 And yes, that's how it was supposed to go. 427 00:17:31,184 --> 00:17:33,820 A trial is a piece of theater. 428 00:17:33,853 --> 00:17:35,722 It's not just the events that shape the outcome, 429 00:17:35,755 --> 00:17:37,724 but often the order of events. 430 00:17:37,757 --> 00:17:40,493 My suggestion is we put the scientific experts on first, 431 00:17:40,527 --> 00:17:42,795 then our whistleblower, and then finish with the plaintiffs. 432 00:17:42,829 --> 00:17:45,465 That makes sense. Save the most emotional testimony for last. 433 00:17:45,498 --> 00:17:47,567 Mm. The problem is, if the science doesn't land, 434 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,736 the opposition is gonna argue that there's no reason 435 00:17:49,769 --> 00:17:51,338 to hear from the plaintiffs 436 00:17:51,371 --> 00:17:53,606 because their argument is immaterial. 437 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:55,475 Well... 438 00:17:56,509 --> 00:17:58,511 Look, okay, we can't do that. 439 00:17:58,545 --> 00:18:00,780 That's the whole reason I'm in this thing. 440 00:18:00,813 --> 00:18:02,615 I mean, I... I want my mother 441 00:18:02,649 --> 00:18:04,617 to have a chance to talk to these guys. 442 00:18:04,651 --> 00:18:06,553 What guys? The company. 443 00:18:06,586 --> 00:18:07,587 Warwick Furniture Manufacturing. 444 00:18:07,620 --> 00:18:09,656 I want them to hear what they've done to her, 445 00:18:09,689 --> 00:18:11,491 what they've taken from her. 446 00:18:11,524 --> 00:18:13,760 First her husband, now her life? 447 00:18:13,793 --> 00:18:16,829 Even if we get nothing, she has to have that moment. 448 00:18:16,863 --> 00:18:18,165 She's entitled to that moment. 449 00:18:18,198 --> 00:18:19,399 Zack, 450 00:18:19,432 --> 00:18:21,801 she's entitled to do whatever helps us win. 451 00:18:21,834 --> 00:18:24,404 I mean, there are five other plaintiffs. 452 00:18:24,437 --> 00:18:25,772 I don't foresee any reason why 453 00:18:25,805 --> 00:18:27,340 she wouldn't be able to testify, but 454 00:18:27,374 --> 00:18:30,177 let's keep our eyes on the prize. You understand? 455 00:18:32,545 --> 00:18:34,514 Great. 456 00:18:34,547 --> 00:18:36,416 ZACK: Now tell me about voir dire. 457 00:18:36,449 --> 00:18:38,385 (rolling thunder) 458 00:18:38,418 --> 00:18:40,820 Well, the judge will automatically eliminate anybody 459 00:18:40,853 --> 00:18:43,790 from the jury pool who works for Warwick, 460 00:18:43,823 --> 00:18:46,493 or is related to anybody who works for Warwick, 461 00:18:46,526 --> 00:18:49,362 or is related to anybody who used to wo for Warwick. 462 00:18:49,396 --> 00:18:51,164 But that is not the problem. 463 00:18:51,198 --> 00:18:53,933 The problem is, in a town like this, 464 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:56,603 that even if you don't work for Warwick, 465 00:18:56,636 --> 00:18:59,506 you come to believe your prosperity is tied to theirs. 466 00:18:59,539 --> 00:19:01,541 Mm. Yeah. I hadn't thought of that. 467 00:19:01,574 --> 00:19:04,311 So we find the outliers, the anomalies, 468 00:19:04,344 --> 00:19:07,814 people who live in Danville who are suspicious of big business. 469 00:19:07,847 --> 00:19:11,884 And maybe people who feel cheated in their lives. 470 00:19:11,918 --> 00:19:14,754 That's interesting. What do you mean? 471 00:19:14,787 --> 00:19:16,889 Well, folks who have been lied to in the same way 472 00:19:16,923 --> 00:19:18,858 that Warwick lied to the plaintiffs. 473 00:19:18,891 --> 00:19:19,992 (rolling thunder) 474 00:19:20,026 --> 00:19:24,631 BULL: You sure you've never been in a courtroom before? 475 00:19:24,664 --> 00:19:27,400 (murmuring) 476 00:19:27,434 --> 00:19:29,436 BULL: Big team, huh? 477 00:19:29,469 --> 00:19:31,604 Kind of intimidating. 478 00:19:31,638 --> 00:19:32,905 Little bit. 479 00:19:32,939 --> 00:19:35,742 You've got a big team, too. 480 00:19:35,775 --> 00:19:37,777 You just can't see 'em. 481 00:19:44,684 --> 00:19:46,653 MARISSA: We're right there with you, Zack. 482 00:19:46,686 --> 00:19:48,788 From lawyer to lawyer, you're gonna kill it, kid. 483 00:19:48,821 --> 00:19:50,823 We're here for you, Zack! 484 00:19:53,693 --> 00:19:56,263 Go get 'em. 485 00:19:56,296 --> 00:19:57,597 The town you live in is on fire. 486 00:19:57,630 --> 00:19:59,332 No water lines, no hydrants. 487 00:19:59,366 --> 00:20:01,868 Only way to stop the fire is for everyone in town 488 00:20:01,901 --> 00:20:02,935 to form a human train 489 00:20:02,969 --> 00:20:05,838 and pass buckets of water from person to person. 490 00:20:05,872 --> 00:20:07,774 Finally, the fire's put out, 491 00:20:07,807 --> 00:20:09,842 but three of your neighbors complain that, 492 00:20:09,876 --> 00:20:11,911 while they were part of the human train, 493 00:20:11,944 --> 00:20:13,780 people dropped buckets of water on their feet, 494 00:20:13,813 --> 00:20:15,915 and now they have broken toes. 495 00:20:15,948 --> 00:20:18,251 They're suing the town. 496 00:20:18,285 --> 00:20:19,619 What do you think? 497 00:20:19,652 --> 00:20:20,620 About...? 498 00:20:20,653 --> 00:20:21,921 About the three people. 499 00:20:21,954 --> 00:20:24,857 (chuckles) I know where you're going, and... 500 00:20:24,891 --> 00:20:26,726 And...? 501 00:20:26,759 --> 00:20:28,961 I think it's a ridiculous story. 502 00:20:28,995 --> 00:20:31,298 We move to strike this juror, Your Honor. 503 00:20:31,331 --> 00:20:33,666 Who would you say are some of your favorite sports teams? 504 00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:34,534 Favorite? 505 00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:36,869 Well, for baseball, I like the Yankees. 506 00:20:36,903 --> 00:20:38,371 Football, Cowboys. And for basketball, 507 00:20:38,405 --> 00:20:40,340 I'm a Golden State guy. 508 00:20:40,373 --> 00:20:41,741 Good God. 509 00:20:41,774 --> 00:20:43,810 This guy's never met a Goliath he didn't like. 510 00:20:43,843 --> 00:20:47,980 He won't be happy until the underdog is spayed and neutered. 511 00:20:48,014 --> 00:20:49,816 We move to strike, Your Honor. 512 00:20:49,849 --> 00:20:50,950 So, who's next? 513 00:20:50,983 --> 00:20:52,619 Uh, juror 43. 514 00:20:52,652 --> 00:20:53,920 Her name is Madeline Fox. 515 00:20:53,953 --> 00:20:55,622 She's 29. 516 00:20:55,655 --> 00:20:57,457 She's a project manager, 517 00:20:57,490 --> 00:20:59,292 and she works in software development. 518 00:20:59,326 --> 00:21:00,960 A management position, huh? 519 00:21:00,993 --> 00:21:03,296 In a typically male-dominated field. 520 00:21:03,330 --> 00:21:05,732 She might be someone who can potentially lead a room. 521 00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:07,867 Jury forewoman material. We like that. 522 00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:09,869 And she just filed for divorce. 523 00:21:09,902 --> 00:21:11,871 Infidelity? 524 00:21:11,904 --> 00:21:14,374 Uh, Cable says yes. 525 00:21:14,407 --> 00:21:15,542 Him or her? 526 00:21:16,343 --> 00:21:18,044 I just got a nonverbal "him." 527 00:21:18,077 --> 00:21:19,446 Excellent. 528 00:21:19,479 --> 00:21:20,847 Woman's already of a mind that the world 529 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:22,649 and its institutions are corrupt, 530 00:21:22,682 --> 00:21:24,851 that vows and promises are worthless. 531 00:21:24,884 --> 00:21:26,986 Shouldn't be hard to convince her that Warwick is 532 00:21:27,019 --> 00:21:29,856 just one more in a line of big institutions 533 00:21:29,889 --> 00:21:31,724 built to let people down. 534 00:21:31,758 --> 00:21:33,660 Do you have any questions for this juror? 535 00:21:34,894 --> 00:21:36,729 No, Your Honor. 536 00:21:36,763 --> 00:21:38,565 We find this juror acceptable. 537 00:21:38,598 --> 00:21:39,832 Mr. Dunn? 538 00:21:39,866 --> 00:21:40,967 We, too, 539 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,502 accept this juror, Your Honor. 540 00:21:42,535 --> 00:21:44,337 FRANKLIN: Good. We'll begin 541 00:21:44,371 --> 00:21:45,972 tomorrow morning, 9:00 a.m. 542 00:21:46,005 --> 00:21:47,974 (gavel bangs) 543 00:21:48,007 --> 00:21:50,009 (indistinct chatter) 544 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,114 That was weird. 545 00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:57,350 They seemed almost as happy to have that last juror as we did. 546 00:21:57,384 --> 00:21:59,486 I know. (chuckles softly) 547 00:21:59,519 --> 00:22:01,788 Something's wrong. 548 00:22:08,094 --> 00:22:09,396 I need to know why the other side's okay with that juror. 549 00:22:09,429 --> 00:22:10,797 Just doesn't make any sense. 550 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:12,432 I don't know what to tell you, Bull. 551 00:22:12,465 --> 00:22:14,367 She's an introvert. She's anti-big business. 552 00:22:14,401 --> 00:22:16,035 There's nothing in her motivational matrix 553 00:22:16,068 --> 00:22:18,004 that would seem to make her attractive to the defense. 554 00:22:18,037 --> 00:22:20,940 Which means we don't fully understand their strategy. 555 00:22:20,973 --> 00:22:24,143 Maybe I put too much weight on the juror's divorce. 556 00:22:24,176 --> 00:22:26,145 I thought for sure we could use her anger 557 00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:30,149 at her ex-husband's cheating and channel it towards Warwick. 558 00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:32,619 What am I missing? BENNY: Just a thought, 559 00:22:32,652 --> 00:22:34,954 but maybe they like her for the same reasons we do. 560 00:22:34,987 --> 00:22:36,989 I don't follow that at all. 561 00:22:37,023 --> 00:22:39,158 Well, maybe they think that someone on our side is cheating, 562 00:22:39,191 --> 00:22:40,860 being less than truthful. 563 00:22:41,894 --> 00:22:44,130 No, that's crazy. Who's cheating? 564 00:22:44,163 --> 00:22:45,798 Who's being less than truthful? 565 00:22:45,832 --> 00:22:48,034 I swear, I can vouch for every plaintiff. I can vouch 566 00:22:48,067 --> 00:22:49,001 for every witness. I can, too. 567 00:22:49,035 --> 00:22:50,870 Be that as it may, 568 00:22:50,903 --> 00:22:52,805 here's what we need to do. 569 00:22:52,839 --> 00:22:53,940 I want everyone at TAC 570 00:22:53,973 --> 00:22:56,008 to double-check everyone on our side. 571 00:22:56,042 --> 00:22:59,178 The whistleblower, the expert witnesses-- everyone. 572 00:22:59,211 --> 00:23:01,047 (quietly): Look, I'm not sure Benny's right, 573 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,550 but it's the most plausible explanation I've heard. 574 00:23:03,583 --> 00:23:05,785 Look for any inconsistencies, 575 00:23:05,818 --> 00:23:07,720 anything that can be painted as a lie. 576 00:23:07,754 --> 00:23:09,522 And I need it done tonight. 577 00:23:09,556 --> 00:23:11,491 Okay. 578 00:23:11,524 --> 00:23:14,093 I think we should shake things up, 579 00:23:14,126 --> 00:23:17,029 do anything we can to throw the other side off-balance. 580 00:23:17,063 --> 00:23:19,131 Tomorrow, in court, let's lead 581 00:23:19,165 --> 00:23:20,266 with the victims. 582 00:23:20,299 --> 00:23:24,571 Save our whistleblowers and expert witnesses for last. 583 00:23:24,604 --> 00:23:26,606 (soft clanging, scraping) 584 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,443 (sizzling) 585 00:23:32,679 --> 00:23:34,647 Oh. 586 00:23:34,681 --> 00:23:35,982 If I had known 587 00:23:36,015 --> 00:23:38,050 that making breakfast was part of the package, 588 00:23:38,084 --> 00:23:40,587 I might have followed you to that college. 589 00:23:46,793 --> 00:23:48,628 Okay. 590 00:23:48,661 --> 00:23:50,630 Here's something you don't know. 591 00:23:50,663 --> 00:23:53,866 Those 16 times I came by your house that summer 592 00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:56,736 to say good-bye, 593 00:23:56,769 --> 00:24:00,139 what I really wanted to do was get you to run away with me, 594 00:24:00,172 --> 00:24:02,509 make a baby with me, 595 00:24:02,542 --> 00:24:07,113 live over a store with me in some town where nobody knew us. 596 00:24:07,146 --> 00:24:09,816 I was completely prepared to get a job at a gas station 597 00:24:09,849 --> 00:24:11,884 or a pizza parlor-- whatever it took. 598 00:24:11,918 --> 00:24:15,888 But college... 599 00:24:15,922 --> 00:24:19,626 was this thing I was supposed to do. 600 00:24:21,761 --> 00:24:24,697 You were this thing I had to do. 601 00:24:24,731 --> 00:24:27,233 Every Bruce Springsteen song I ever heard 602 00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:29,736 told me that was true. 603 00:24:32,138 --> 00:24:36,142 I just couldn't get the words to come out of my mouth. 604 00:24:37,176 --> 00:24:39,746 You're forgiven. 605 00:24:39,779 --> 00:24:42,248 That was a long time ago. 606 00:24:45,785 --> 00:24:47,820 God. 607 00:24:47,854 --> 00:24:50,523 Ugh. What are you doing up so early? 608 00:24:50,557 --> 00:24:52,759 Well, I'm glad you asked. 609 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:55,862 I got a call. 610 00:24:55,895 --> 00:24:58,798 From someone who works for me. 611 00:24:58,831 --> 00:25:02,669 They think they know what the defense has up their sleeves, 612 00:25:02,702 --> 00:25:03,970 who the cheater is. 613 00:25:04,003 --> 00:25:06,005 Well, fantastic. Who? 614 00:25:06,038 --> 00:25:07,607 They think it's you. 615 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,842 I got an e-mail with a copy 616 00:25:09,876 --> 00:25:12,679 of your great-grandfather's death certificate. 617 00:25:12,712 --> 00:25:15,247 (chuckles) Okay... 618 00:25:15,281 --> 00:25:17,750 You aware that he died of lung cancer? 619 00:25:17,784 --> 00:25:20,553 1939. Houston Plaza Hospital. 620 00:25:20,587 --> 00:25:22,722 I don't think I even remember 621 00:25:22,755 --> 00:25:25,024 the guy's first name. The man 622 00:25:25,057 --> 00:25:28,327 had died over 30 years before I was even born. 623 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:29,395 The problem is, on your insurance application, 624 00:25:29,428 --> 00:25:33,800 you indicate no history of cancer in your family. 625 00:25:33,833 --> 00:25:35,802 And that matters why? 626 00:25:35,835 --> 00:25:38,638 I-I mean, I wasn't lying. 627 00:25:38,671 --> 00:25:39,806 I-I forgot. 628 00:25:39,839 --> 00:25:41,207 If I even ever knew. 629 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:42,575 It's not like I have lung cancer. 630 00:25:42,609 --> 00:25:43,910 I have kidney cancer. 631 00:25:43,943 --> 00:25:46,178 Allison, I believe you. 632 00:25:46,212 --> 00:25:49,315 But the defense, if they get you on the stand, 633 00:25:49,348 --> 00:25:52,184 they will use that and they will tear you apart. 634 00:25:54,787 --> 00:25:57,023 You're not gonna let me testify. 635 00:25:57,056 --> 00:25:59,191 No. That's not what I'm saying. 636 00:25:59,225 --> 00:26:00,860 I'm just not gonna put you on the stand 637 00:26:00,893 --> 00:26:02,795 and give them that opportunity. 638 00:26:02,829 --> 00:26:05,732 Now, if they want to question you, they can call you. 639 00:26:05,765 --> 00:26:07,099 But that'll take a couple of days, 640 00:26:07,133 --> 00:26:08,968 and... we can figure out 641 00:26:09,001 --> 00:26:10,703 what they're doing, where they're going. 642 00:26:10,737 --> 00:26:11,871 Mm. 643 00:26:11,904 --> 00:26:14,040 And what if they don't call me? 644 00:26:19,378 --> 00:26:22,148 Allison, 645 00:26:22,181 --> 00:26:24,150 whatever you're gonna say... 646 00:26:24,183 --> 00:26:26,653 Don't say it doesn't matter. 647 00:26:26,686 --> 00:26:29,856 You got to make your little "Born to Run" speech to me. 648 00:26:29,889 --> 00:26:31,858 I don't get to give one to them? 649 00:26:31,891 --> 00:26:35,327 To the jackals who took my husband? 650 00:26:35,361 --> 00:26:37,263 Telling him he had to make his numbers, 651 00:26:37,296 --> 00:26:38,931 even during a blizzard. 652 00:26:38,965 --> 00:26:43,135 To the greedy pigs who dumped poison in my water. 653 00:26:44,837 --> 00:26:46,939 I don't get my turn? 654 00:26:46,973 --> 00:26:48,808 (sighs) 655 00:26:48,841 --> 00:26:52,845 You're not gonna be dead in 12 to 16 months. 656 00:26:54,881 --> 00:26:56,048 (door opens, shuts) 657 00:26:56,082 --> 00:26:57,850 ZACK: What'd you say to my mom? 658 00:26:57,884 --> 00:27:01,788 I told her that life-- 659 00:27:01,821 --> 00:27:04,857 court-- isn't fair. 660 00:27:04,891 --> 00:27:07,694 You don't think she knows that? 661 00:27:07,727 --> 00:27:10,997 I told her we weren't gonna put her on the stand. 662 00:27:11,030 --> 00:27:12,899 I wish you hadn't done that. 663 00:27:12,932 --> 00:27:16,002 Why? Were you gonna tell her? 664 00:27:17,937 --> 00:27:21,440 People are entrusting you with their futures, 665 00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:23,710 their family's futures. 666 00:27:23,743 --> 00:27:25,111 They've got to count on the fact 667 00:27:25,144 --> 00:27:27,814 that you will do the hard things, the tough things. 668 00:27:27,847 --> 00:27:29,015 Even though it's 669 00:27:29,048 --> 00:27:31,350 no fun. 670 00:27:32,384 --> 00:27:35,021 Aren't you glad you asked? 671 00:27:36,022 --> 00:27:37,189 Mr. Burnam. 672 00:27:37,223 --> 00:27:40,693 Your first witness. Yes, Your Honor. 673 00:27:40,727 --> 00:27:42,895 The plaintiffs would like to call Brian McCannon. 674 00:27:44,931 --> 00:27:46,933 Morning, Brian. 675 00:27:46,966 --> 00:27:48,067 How you feeling? 676 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:49,936 Today's a good day. 677 00:27:49,969 --> 00:27:52,805 I get both kinds, but today's a good one. 678 00:27:52,839 --> 00:27:54,106 That's great to hear. 679 00:27:54,140 --> 00:27:55,374 Now, you live on land 680 00:27:55,407 --> 00:27:57,109 that has its own well, do you not? 681 00:27:57,143 --> 00:27:58,444 I sure do. 682 00:27:58,477 --> 00:28:00,179 Quarter mile from the factory. 683 00:28:00,212 --> 00:28:02,181 And speaking of bad days, 684 00:28:02,214 --> 00:28:04,450 you've been sick a lot lately, haven't you? Yes. 685 00:28:04,483 --> 00:28:06,986 Just over the past year. 686 00:28:07,019 --> 00:28:08,420 And what were your initial symptoms? 687 00:28:08,454 --> 00:28:11,390 Well, truth be told, I hadn't felt well for a while, 688 00:28:11,423 --> 00:28:13,392 but it wasn't until my first seizure 689 00:28:13,425 --> 00:28:15,327 that I realized something was very wrong. 690 00:28:15,361 --> 00:28:17,129 You want to tell us what happened? 691 00:28:17,163 --> 00:28:20,099 I was grocery shopping. 692 00:28:20,132 --> 00:28:22,468 Standing in the bread aisle, and I just picked up 693 00:28:22,501 --> 00:28:24,036 a loaf of white bread, 694 00:28:24,070 --> 00:28:26,839 and I was gonna put it in my cart 695 00:28:26,873 --> 00:28:29,175 when I felt this thing. BULL: I know you can't see it, 696 00:28:29,208 --> 00:28:31,143 but our lady's leaning in. 697 00:28:31,177 --> 00:28:33,179 I thought there was maybe an earthquake. 698 00:28:33,212 --> 00:28:34,513 Series of explosions, 699 00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:37,917 vibrations or something. 700 00:28:37,950 --> 00:28:39,018 And then I realized 701 00:28:39,051 --> 00:28:41,153 it was me. 702 00:28:41,187 --> 00:28:43,222 I was vibrating. I was shaking. 703 00:28:43,255 --> 00:28:46,959 My hand. The bread. 704 00:28:46,993 --> 00:28:50,763 And I remember just kind of deciding, 705 00:28:50,797 --> 00:28:52,965 I'm gonna sit right down here 706 00:28:52,999 --> 00:28:54,133 on the floor of this grocery store 707 00:28:54,166 --> 00:28:56,002 until whatever this is passes. 708 00:28:56,035 --> 00:28:58,037 And I started to bend down to do that, 709 00:28:58,070 --> 00:28:59,972 and I somehow must have hit my head on the floor. 710 00:29:00,006 --> 00:29:02,074 And they called 911. 711 00:29:02,108 --> 00:29:03,810 DANNY: Bull, can you hear me? 712 00:29:03,843 --> 00:29:05,845 Danny, what is it? I'm kind of busy. 713 00:29:05,878 --> 00:29:07,246 Bull, you need to call for a recess. 714 00:29:07,279 --> 00:29:09,181 Whatever you do, do not let the other side 715 00:29:09,215 --> 00:29:11,784 cross-examine. And that's when Dr. Cartwright started 716 00:29:11,818 --> 00:29:12,919 the battery of tests. 717 00:29:12,952 --> 00:29:14,120 What kind of tests? 718 00:29:14,153 --> 00:29:16,088 A bunch on me, and a bunch on my water. 719 00:29:16,122 --> 00:29:17,089 And what did they reveal? 720 00:29:17,123 --> 00:29:20,126 That my water was sick and that I was sicker. 721 00:29:21,293 --> 00:29:23,162 You can read it all for yourself. 722 00:29:23,195 --> 00:29:24,931 It's all there in black and white. 723 00:29:24,964 --> 00:29:27,033 Your witness. 724 00:29:27,066 --> 00:29:28,835 Your Honor, we'd like to call for a recess. 725 00:29:28,868 --> 00:29:29,936 What? 726 00:29:29,969 --> 00:29:31,170 JUDGE: I'm confused. 727 00:29:31,203 --> 00:29:33,139 Are you the attorney of record? 728 00:29:33,172 --> 00:29:34,140 No, Mr. Burnam is. 729 00:29:34,173 --> 00:29:36,175 And can't you speak for yourself? 730 00:29:36,208 --> 00:29:39,311 Yeah, of course I can. 731 00:29:39,345 --> 00:29:41,080 (clears throat) 732 00:29:41,113 --> 00:29:42,548 The plaintiffs would like to request 733 00:29:42,581 --> 00:29:43,883 a short recess. 734 00:29:43,916 --> 00:29:45,051 Request denied. 735 00:29:45,084 --> 00:29:47,053 We've barely gotten started here. 736 00:29:47,086 --> 00:29:48,888 Mr. Dunn, would you like 737 00:29:48,921 --> 00:29:50,156 to cross-examine this witness? 738 00:29:50,189 --> 00:29:51,991 I certainly would. 739 00:29:59,465 --> 00:30:01,868 Mr. McCannon... 740 00:30:01,901 --> 00:30:03,335 Just... 741 00:30:03,369 --> 00:30:06,238 I'd like to ask a few questions 742 00:30:06,272 --> 00:30:07,539 about your physician, 743 00:30:07,573 --> 00:30:11,210 Dr. Wallace Cartwright. 744 00:30:11,243 --> 00:30:13,312 Okay, sure. 745 00:30:13,345 --> 00:30:16,182 How long has Dr. Cartwright been your primary care physician? 746 00:30:16,215 --> 00:30:18,484 Oh, at least a couple years. 747 00:30:18,517 --> 00:30:22,188 Our records say 22 months. 748 00:30:22,221 --> 00:30:24,190 Whatever. 749 00:30:24,223 --> 00:30:26,058 But you wouldn't take issue 750 00:30:26,092 --> 00:30:29,195 with the fact that he became your doctor after news 751 00:30:29,228 --> 00:30:31,197 of the lawsuit was on TV? 752 00:30:31,230 --> 00:30:33,099 The Internet? In the papers? 753 00:30:33,132 --> 00:30:34,867 Objection. Relevance. 754 00:30:34,901 --> 00:30:36,168 Seriously? 755 00:30:41,273 --> 00:30:43,542 No, I wouldn't take issue with that. 756 00:30:45,577 --> 00:30:48,147 Now, isn't Dr. Cartwright also a... 757 00:30:48,180 --> 00:30:50,416 personal friend of yours? 758 00:30:50,449 --> 00:30:52,384 Someone you grew up with? 759 00:30:52,418 --> 00:30:54,286 Again, Your Honor. Relevance. 760 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,588 PRESTON: Oh, I guarantee you, 761 00:30:56,622 --> 00:30:59,191 there's abundant relevance, Your Honor. 762 00:30:59,225 --> 00:31:00,026 JUDGE: Overruled. 763 00:31:00,059 --> 00:31:02,228 The defense believes this witness, 764 00:31:02,261 --> 00:31:04,163 with the help of his friend, 765 00:31:04,196 --> 00:31:05,932 has falsified his medical record 766 00:31:05,965 --> 00:31:08,234 in order to profit from this lawsuit. 767 00:31:08,267 --> 00:31:11,003 And to prove it, we would happily pay 768 00:31:11,037 --> 00:31:12,471 for an independent exam 769 00:31:12,504 --> 00:31:15,174 from a mutually agreed upon physician. 770 00:31:15,207 --> 00:31:17,676 Mr. McCannon... 771 00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:20,279 would you be open to such an exam? 772 00:31:22,281 --> 00:31:23,615 W-What do I do? Do I object? 773 00:31:23,649 --> 00:31:25,217 What's the point? 774 00:31:25,251 --> 00:31:27,419 Look at her. She's already made up her mind. 775 00:31:27,453 --> 00:31:29,588 She knows a liar 776 00:31:29,621 --> 00:31:31,523 and a cheat when she sees one. 777 00:31:39,065 --> 00:31:41,667 Dr. Bull, maybe it's not as bad as you think. 778 00:31:41,700 --> 00:31:44,270 Zack, I appreciate you've never done this before, 779 00:31:44,303 --> 00:31:46,005 but believe me when I tell you, 780 00:31:46,038 --> 00:31:49,041 it's absolutely as bad as I think. 781 00:31:49,075 --> 00:31:50,943 Really? Really. 782 00:31:50,977 --> 00:31:54,947 This case revolves around one juror. 783 00:31:54,981 --> 00:31:56,215 One. 784 00:31:56,248 --> 00:31:59,085 And right now she thinks that Brian 785 00:31:59,118 --> 00:32:01,053 and, by association, your clients-- 786 00:32:01,087 --> 00:32:04,656 all of them-- are liars and cheats, 787 00:32:04,690 --> 00:32:07,593 just like the man she used to call her husband. 788 00:32:07,626 --> 00:32:10,162 But the defense can't prove that Brian or his doctor 789 00:32:10,196 --> 00:32:12,031 actually falsified those records. 790 00:32:12,064 --> 00:32:14,133 Only that he won't agree to take another exam. 791 00:32:14,166 --> 00:32:16,235 And you don't find that damning? 792 00:32:18,270 --> 00:32:19,738 So what do we do now? 793 00:32:19,771 --> 00:32:21,107 You know the answer to that. 794 00:32:21,140 --> 00:32:23,609 We have to cut him loose. 795 00:32:23,642 --> 00:32:25,244 We're okay here... 796 00:32:25,277 --> 00:32:27,113 And we have to let that jury-- 797 00:32:27,146 --> 00:32:29,148 and particularly that juror-- 798 00:32:29,181 --> 00:32:32,084 know that we find that kind of dishonesty 799 00:32:32,118 --> 00:32:33,986 even more repugnant than she does. 800 00:32:34,020 --> 00:32:36,755 And what do we say to Brian? I don't know. 801 00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:39,325 How about, "Thanks for screwing up our case." 802 00:32:39,358 --> 00:32:42,294 Or "I really liked the supermarket story, 803 00:32:42,328 --> 00:32:46,032 but how about if you're sick the next time you use it?" 804 00:32:46,065 --> 00:32:47,199 Oh, I've got one. 805 00:32:47,233 --> 00:32:49,001 "You still have to pay us." 806 00:32:49,035 --> 00:32:50,169 We'll pick and choose, mix and match, 807 00:32:50,202 --> 00:32:52,038 but it'll be one of those. 808 00:32:52,071 --> 00:32:53,539 I can do this. 809 00:32:53,572 --> 00:32:56,975 The hard stuff, the tough stuff. 810 00:32:57,609 --> 00:32:59,611 I'll do it. 811 00:33:03,649 --> 00:33:07,019 Hey, um... 812 00:33:10,789 --> 00:33:12,991 (pebbles clatter on glass) 813 00:33:25,437 --> 00:33:27,673 Can Ally come out and play? 814 00:33:27,706 --> 00:33:29,641 I don't think that's wise. 815 00:33:29,675 --> 00:33:31,077 I'll be your best friend. 816 00:33:31,110 --> 00:33:32,744 Jason... Allison... 817 00:33:32,778 --> 00:33:33,812 No. Okay. 818 00:33:33,845 --> 00:33:35,081 I'm coming up. 819 00:33:35,114 --> 00:33:36,615 What? 820 00:33:36,648 --> 00:33:38,117 No, stop it. 821 00:33:38,150 --> 00:33:39,318 Okay. 822 00:33:39,351 --> 00:33:40,452 I'm coming down, damn it. 823 00:33:40,486 --> 00:33:41,653 Just give me a minute. 824 00:33:41,687 --> 00:33:44,756 (window closes) (chuckles) 825 00:33:44,790 --> 00:33:46,758 I know I was the one 826 00:33:46,792 --> 00:33:48,460 who said you shouldn't, 827 00:33:48,494 --> 00:33:49,828 but I'd like you to testify. 828 00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:52,164 Tomorrow. 829 00:33:52,198 --> 00:33:54,766 First thing. 830 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:56,768 Something really bad must have happened today. 831 00:33:57,803 --> 00:34:01,540 I was wrong about who they thought cheated. 832 00:34:01,573 --> 00:34:03,775 Your son handled it masterfully, by the way. 833 00:34:03,809 --> 00:34:07,346 We're gonna lose, aren't we? 834 00:34:07,379 --> 00:34:09,715 There's no way you would let me anywhere near that stand 835 00:34:09,748 --> 00:34:11,383 if you thought we had a shot at winning. 836 00:34:14,420 --> 00:34:15,754 I don't know what's gonna happen. 837 00:34:15,787 --> 00:34:18,190 I know we have our experts, they have their experts, 838 00:34:18,224 --> 00:34:20,759 but the bottom line is we can't prove what they did 839 00:34:20,792 --> 00:34:24,330 caused what happened to you and your neighbors. 840 00:34:24,363 --> 00:34:26,498 And they can't prove it didn't. 841 00:34:26,532 --> 00:34:28,300 The chemicals they used aren't illegal, 842 00:34:28,334 --> 00:34:30,502 although the way they disposed of them was reckless, 843 00:34:30,536 --> 00:34:33,172 which means it all comes down to what a jury thinks. 844 00:34:33,205 --> 00:34:34,740 And right now that jury thinks 845 00:34:34,773 --> 00:34:37,743 that we are not shooting straight with them. 846 00:34:37,776 --> 00:34:40,279 And I would like to know 847 00:34:40,312 --> 00:34:42,281 that somebody got something that they wanted 848 00:34:42,314 --> 00:34:44,850 out of this. 849 00:34:44,883 --> 00:34:46,352 So, as a favor to me... 850 00:34:46,385 --> 00:34:48,554 if you're not doing anything... 851 00:34:48,587 --> 00:34:50,456 happen to be in the neighborhood... 852 00:34:50,489 --> 00:34:53,125 don't have an issue putting your hand on a Bible... 853 00:34:53,159 --> 00:34:54,826 would you mind speaking your piece (chuckles) 854 00:34:54,860 --> 00:34:56,795 in court? 855 00:34:58,930 --> 00:35:01,767 Call your witness, Mr. Burnam. 856 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:05,137 The plaintiffs would like to call Allison Burnam. 857 00:35:11,243 --> 00:35:14,346 Hey, Mom. 858 00:35:14,380 --> 00:35:15,847 Hey, kiddo. 859 00:35:18,850 --> 00:35:22,488 How long have you lived in Danville? 860 00:35:22,521 --> 00:35:24,856 Over a quarter-century. 861 00:35:24,890 --> 00:35:28,194 Virtually my entire adult life. 862 00:35:28,227 --> 00:35:29,528 And what brought you here? 863 00:35:29,561 --> 00:35:31,663 Warwick Furniture Manufacturing. 864 00:35:31,697 --> 00:35:34,366 My husband-- we were newlyweds-- 865 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:37,436 got a job with Warwick as a salesman. 866 00:35:37,469 --> 00:35:38,804 And your husband-- 867 00:35:38,837 --> 00:35:40,772 my father-- 868 00:35:40,806 --> 00:35:43,275 is no longer with us, correct? 869 00:35:43,309 --> 00:35:45,777 He died in 2004. 870 00:35:45,811 --> 00:35:48,280 He was driving up to Buffalo on a sales call. 871 00:35:48,314 --> 00:35:49,715 There was a blizzard 872 00:35:49,748 --> 00:35:52,918 and a bad traffic accident on the thruway. 873 00:35:52,951 --> 00:35:55,354 11 cars... 874 00:35:55,387 --> 00:35:58,690 So given all that time, and all that you've been through... 875 00:35:58,724 --> 00:36:01,393 all that you're going through now, 876 00:36:01,427 --> 00:36:03,295 you must have some strong feelings 877 00:36:03,329 --> 00:36:05,231 about Danville and Warwick. 878 00:36:05,264 --> 00:36:06,932 I do. 879 00:36:06,965 --> 00:36:08,934 Objection. Relevance. 880 00:36:08,967 --> 00:36:11,270 Objection overruled. 881 00:36:11,303 --> 00:36:13,339 Please continue. 882 00:36:13,372 --> 00:36:14,806 ZACK: You were saying... 883 00:36:17,543 --> 00:36:19,545 I love Danville. 884 00:36:21,947 --> 00:36:23,515 You were born here. 885 00:36:23,549 --> 00:36:26,318 Our house is here. 886 00:36:27,986 --> 00:36:31,957 We had all those Halloweens, 887 00:36:31,990 --> 00:36:33,992 all those... everythings. 888 00:36:34,025 --> 00:36:37,996 Magical things happen in this town. 889 00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:40,466 I even had an old boyfriend 890 00:36:40,499 --> 00:36:44,736 show up out of the blue to try and help me today. 891 00:36:47,339 --> 00:36:49,275 And how do you feel about Warwick? 892 00:36:49,308 --> 00:36:50,909 PRESTON: Objection, Your Honor. 893 00:36:50,942 --> 00:36:54,380 What possible relevance could the plaintiff's feelings 894 00:36:54,413 --> 00:36:56,515 for the defendant have? JUDGE FRANKLIN: Counselor. 895 00:36:56,548 --> 00:36:58,484 Sit down and be quiet. 896 00:36:59,785 --> 00:37:01,687 ZACK: You were saying. 897 00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:02,821 Warwick... 898 00:37:02,854 --> 00:37:06,792 I am... 899 00:37:06,825 --> 00:37:08,494 so grateful to them, 900 00:37:08,527 --> 00:37:11,263 for so many things. 901 00:37:11,297 --> 00:37:12,298 You listening to this? 902 00:37:12,331 --> 00:37:13,432 Did you prep her? 903 00:37:13,465 --> 00:37:14,500 Tell her what to say? 904 00:37:14,533 --> 00:37:16,902 No. 905 00:37:16,935 --> 00:37:17,936 It's all her. 906 00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:19,505 ZACK: So explain this to me. 907 00:37:19,538 --> 00:37:21,640 You have kidney cancer. 908 00:37:21,673 --> 00:37:24,610 You lost your husband. This trial today 909 00:37:24,643 --> 00:37:27,012 has wiped you out financially. 910 00:37:27,045 --> 00:37:28,914 And yet you're saying you're grateful? 911 00:37:28,947 --> 00:37:32,951 I'm not grateful for the cancer, of course. 912 00:37:32,984 --> 00:37:37,756 And I would trade... anything 913 00:37:37,789 --> 00:37:41,827 to have my husband back. 914 00:37:41,860 --> 00:37:44,430 And there are days when I'm really bitter. 915 00:37:46,732 --> 00:37:49,968 But... I know, in my heart, 916 00:37:50,001 --> 00:37:53,939 that Warwick didn't put the ice on the highway 917 00:37:53,972 --> 00:37:57,509 that made my husband's car hit the car in front of him. 918 00:37:57,543 --> 00:37:59,811 They pushed him to sell, sure. 919 00:37:59,845 --> 00:38:02,714 But he was a big boy and he would have pushed back 920 00:38:02,748 --> 00:38:05,617 if he wanted to. 921 00:38:05,651 --> 00:38:07,753 He loved his job. 922 00:38:07,786 --> 00:38:11,022 And that's the reason he was on the road that day. 923 00:38:11,056 --> 00:38:13,325 That's the reason we lived here. 924 00:38:13,359 --> 00:38:15,794 It's the reason we're all here today. 925 00:38:20,966 --> 00:38:24,903 As far as the cancer... 926 00:38:24,936 --> 00:38:28,974 I know that no one put poison in the ground 927 00:38:29,007 --> 00:38:30,542 knowing that it would do this. 928 00:38:30,576 --> 00:38:32,744 They couldn't have. 929 00:38:32,778 --> 00:38:35,080 They're my friends, they're my neighbors. 930 00:38:35,113 --> 00:38:37,015 And I know that the company stopped doing it 931 00:38:37,048 --> 00:38:40,386 as soon as they realized that it was seeping into the wells. 932 00:38:40,419 --> 00:38:43,655 So if you're okay with everything, 933 00:38:43,689 --> 00:38:45,391 why are we here? 934 00:38:48,126 --> 00:38:50,862 I guess we're here because 935 00:38:50,896 --> 00:38:52,998 when bad things started happening 936 00:38:53,031 --> 00:38:54,966 to the people who depended on that water, 937 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,003 and we went to Warwick for help, 938 00:38:58,036 --> 00:39:02,474 instead of saying, "How can we help you?" 939 00:39:02,508 --> 00:39:05,076 they said, "Prove it." 940 00:39:05,110 --> 00:39:06,978 And I think 941 00:39:07,012 --> 00:39:10,682 we were all just... stunned. 942 00:39:10,716 --> 00:39:13,018 It was as if our friends, 943 00:39:13,051 --> 00:39:16,755 our neighbors... 944 00:39:16,788 --> 00:39:19,491 our town no longer cared for us. 945 00:39:19,525 --> 00:39:22,027 This town is Warwick. 946 00:39:24,095 --> 00:39:26,164 I mean, if my dog got out of my backyard 947 00:39:26,197 --> 00:39:29,868 and bit the little boy who lives next door to me, 948 00:39:29,901 --> 00:39:31,503 I would run over there and I would say, 949 00:39:31,537 --> 00:39:32,871 "What can I do to help? 950 00:39:32,904 --> 00:39:34,105 "Can I drive you to the hospital? 951 00:39:34,139 --> 00:39:34,906 Can I pay for the doctor?" 952 00:39:34,940 --> 00:39:36,942 I wouldn't say, "Those don't look 953 00:39:36,975 --> 00:39:38,510 like my dog's teeth marks." 954 00:39:38,544 --> 00:39:41,012 ZACK: And how much did you and the others ask for? 955 00:39:41,046 --> 00:39:45,417 Enough to cover our medical bills and time lost from work. 956 00:39:45,451 --> 00:39:47,519 And also that they re-pipe our wells 957 00:39:47,553 --> 00:39:49,187 to a safe water source. 958 00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:50,956 ZACK: And how much did they offer? 959 00:39:50,989 --> 00:39:53,559 Nothing, as far as the wells go. 960 00:39:53,592 --> 00:39:58,396 And about a tenth of the money we needed to be made whole. 961 00:40:00,231 --> 00:40:03,702 And still... you're not mad? 962 00:40:06,204 --> 00:40:08,039 I have my moments, 963 00:40:08,073 --> 00:40:11,109 but... no. 964 00:40:11,142 --> 00:40:15,647 It would be like being mad at myself. 965 00:40:15,681 --> 00:40:17,082 If that makes any sense. 966 00:40:17,115 --> 00:40:20,919 It does to me. 967 00:40:24,656 --> 00:40:25,957 No further questions. 968 00:40:25,991 --> 00:40:29,094 Is the defense prepared to cross? 969 00:40:29,127 --> 00:40:32,598 Absolutely, Your Honor, if I could just beg 970 00:40:32,631 --> 00:40:36,602 the court's indulgence for a brief recess. 971 00:40:36,635 --> 00:40:38,770 We'll take a 15-minute recess. 972 00:40:38,804 --> 00:40:40,806 (gavel pounds) 973 00:40:46,512 --> 00:40:48,113 (quietly): That was amazing. 974 00:40:48,146 --> 00:40:49,147 Thank you. 975 00:40:51,149 --> 00:40:53,885 Did I just just make a total fool out of myself up there? 976 00:40:53,919 --> 00:40:57,155 Not even close, Mom. 977 00:40:57,188 --> 00:40:58,790 How you feeling? 978 00:40:58,824 --> 00:41:00,125 Pretty good. 979 00:41:00,158 --> 00:41:02,027 Thanks for making it happen. 980 00:41:02,060 --> 00:41:04,462 (phone buzzes) 981 00:41:08,299 --> 00:41:12,571 Hmm. If you folks will excuse me for a moment... 982 00:41:14,039 --> 00:41:16,041 Thank you, sweetie. Yeah, of course. 983 00:41:23,882 --> 00:41:26,184 20 times our original offer. 984 00:41:26,217 --> 00:41:28,720 And we'll take care of the piping. 985 00:41:28,754 --> 00:41:31,523 Let's just end this now. 986 00:41:31,557 --> 00:41:34,993 That's very generous. 987 00:41:35,026 --> 00:41:37,696 You have to get her her house back from the bank. 988 00:41:37,729 --> 00:41:39,998 In fact, for all her pain and suffering, 989 00:41:40,031 --> 00:41:42,100 you have to pay it off. 990 00:41:46,004 --> 00:41:48,974 Come on. I'm doing your work here. 991 00:41:49,007 --> 00:41:51,209 Trying to keep you out of court. 992 00:41:52,578 --> 00:41:54,713 Done. 993 00:42:05,256 --> 00:42:06,592 (car doors closing) 994 00:42:06,625 --> 00:42:07,859 Hey, you guys wait out here. 995 00:42:07,893 --> 00:42:09,895 I'll go and get my mom and Dr. Bull. 996 00:42:09,928 --> 00:42:11,563 Um, but give me a minute. 997 00:42:11,597 --> 00:42:13,531 She might be resting. 998 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:16,267 * 999 00:42:16,301 --> 00:42:18,103 * There's no room for relationships * 1000 00:42:18,136 --> 00:42:19,971 * There's just room to hit it 1001 00:42:20,005 --> 00:42:21,306 * How many brothers out there know just what I'm gettin' at? * 1002 00:42:21,339 --> 00:42:23,008 * Who think it's wrong 1003 00:42:23,041 --> 00:42:24,876 * 'Cause I was splittin' and co-hittin' that? * 1004 00:42:24,910 --> 00:42:27,145 * Well, if you do, that's O.P.P. and you're not down with it * 1005 00:42:27,178 --> 00:42:28,313 * But if you don't, here's your membership * 1006 00:42:28,346 --> 00:42:30,115 (Ally laughing nearby) 1007 00:42:30,148 --> 00:42:31,282 * You down with O.P.P.? * Yeah, you know me * 1008 00:42:31,316 --> 00:42:32,884 * You down with O.P.P? 1009 00:42:32,918 --> 00:42:34,085 * Yeah, you know me * 1010 00:42:34,119 --> 00:42:35,220 * You down with O.P.P? 1011 00:42:35,253 --> 00:42:36,788 * Yeah, you know me * 1012 00:42:36,822 --> 00:42:37,856 * Who's down with O.P.P? 1013 00:42:37,889 --> 00:42:39,090 (sighs) 1014 00:42:39,124 --> 00:42:41,326 She coming out? 1015 00:42:41,359 --> 00:42:43,729 No. I don't, I don't think so. 1016 00:42:43,762 --> 00:42:46,364 Um, she's kind of down for the count. 1017 00:42:46,397 --> 00:42:47,866 And Dr. Bull? 1018 00:42:47,899 --> 00:42:49,267 Him, too. 1019 00:42:50,368 --> 00:42:51,469 But I'm thinking picnic in the park! 1020 00:42:51,502 --> 00:42:53,639 * You down with O.P.P? * Yeah, you know me * 1021 00:42:53,672 --> 00:42:55,206 * You down with O.P.P? 1022 00:42:55,240 --> 00:42:56,207 * Yeah, you know me * 1023 00:42:56,241 --> 00:42:57,275 * You down with O.P.P.? 1024 00:42:57,308 --> 00:42:58,276 * Yeah, you know me * 1025 00:42:58,309 --> 00:43:00,311 * Who's down with O.P.P? 1026 00:43:00,345 --> 00:43:02,313 * You down with O.P.P? * Yeah, you know me * 1027 00:43:02,347 --> 00:43:03,982 * You down with O.P.P? 1028 00:43:04,015 --> 00:43:05,984 * Yeah, you know me * * You down with O.P.P? 1029 00:43:06,017 --> 00:43:07,719 Captioning sponsored by CBS 1030 00:43:16,862 --> 00:43:18,363 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org