- [Exiting from the courtroom is Officer Sandra Davis]
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Officer Davis.
- Officer Sandra Davis: Mr. Brackman.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: A moment.
- Officer Sandra Davis: How did you know I was here?
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: I called your Desk Sergeant and he told me said you were in court testifying. Not another solicitation bust, I hope.
- Officer Sandra Davis: Speeding. A guy was doing 53 in a school zone.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Good for you.
- [Beeper beeps in Officer Davis' jacket]
- Officer Sandra Davis: Sorry.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: I want you to know I think your coming to see me this morning display the great deal and spirit and character.
- Officer Sandra Davis: Thank you.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Given that and that I've no desire to be punitive. I've decided to drop the lawsuit. I don't believe a promising career should be derailed because of a single incident of poor judgment.
- Officer Sandra Davis: Mr. Brackman, I'm very grateful. I don't... I don't know how to thank you.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: May I make a suggestion, let me buy you lunch.
- Officer Sandra Davis: Right now?
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Is now not a good time?
- Officer Sandra Davis: Well, it's not that. It's just - Well, I'm in my uniform and everything.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: So?
- Officer Sandra Davis: You don't mind?
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: On the contrary, I... I think the authority of blue serge makes for a most pleasing, and if I may say so, feminine appeal. Shall we?
- Arnie Becker: It's almost 10 o'clock, Roxanne!
- Roxanne Melman: Sorry.
- Arnie Becker: Did you bring your financial files?
- Roxanne Melman: No.
- Arnie Becker: No?
- [Kuzak closes the door]
- Roxanne Melman: Look, I appreciate both of you taking the time that you have. But I've changed my mind. I'm going to take the fifth.
- Michael Kuzak: Roxanne, once they've granted you full immunity, you have no right to take the fifth.
- Roxanne Melman: But they can't keep me in jail once I see that it won't make me change my mind.
- Arnie Becker: Did your boyfriend tell you that?
- Roxanne Melman: Isn't it true?
- Michael Kuzak: Oh, yes... but a judge can keep you in jail for up to a year before he decides that it won't change your mind. What's more, the U.S. Attorney's Office could withdraw the immunity agreement and prosecute you for insider trading and mail fraud. Now why go through all of that?
- Roxanne Melman: Because one day this is going to be over. One day I'm going to say goodbye to McKenzie/Brackman and make a life with Jimmy. So whatever else happens, I can't do anything to hurt him.
- Arnie Becker: Doesn't it bother you at all that those brokerage accounts were in your name?
- Roxanne Melman: No, it doesn't. Jimmy was in the middle of a divorce and he didn't want his wife to find out about them.
- Arnie Becker: Why didn't he tell you that?
- Roxanne Melman: He was going to tell me... as soon as the divorce became final.
- Arnie Becker: Well, that sounds real convincing coming from a straight arrow like him.
- Roxanne Melman: Michael, please, tell the federal prosecutor that the immunity deal you made is off.
- Michael Kuzak: Absolutely not. If you're intent on putting yourself through this kind of a ringer, I want you to march into open court tomorrow and tell him and the judge yourself. Maybe between now and then, you'll come to your senses.
- Arnie Becker: He's got her too twisted for that. She's set.
- Roxanne Melman: Arnie, you don't know the first thing about Jimmy. You've never even met him!
- Arnie Becker: Oh, Roxanne, I've met this guy. I've met him a thousand times. His wife hires me, I make him look bad. He hires me, I'll make him look good. Either way I know him for what he is the minute I see him. He comes on like a romantic but he's only in business for himself. I know this guy, Roxanne. Hell, I've been this guy!
- [Roxanne turns to Michael]
- Roxanne Melman: Thanks for the legal advice!
- [Roxanne heads out of the door and slams it shut]
- Roxanne Melman: [Here in jail, the Jail Guard bring Roxanne to the visitor room to meet someone and sits down] They told me my attorney was here to see me. Who are you?
- Gay Halloran: My name's Gay Halloran.
- Roxanne Melman: How did you get in here? They only allow lawyers.
- Gay Halloran: I'm a legal secretary at Tecowsky and Goldfarb. I presented our letterhead to the guard. And told them I was a lawyer.
- Roxanne Melman: Why?
- Gay Halloran: Because I want to tell you something about Jimmy Markham that you obviously don't know.
- Roxanne Melman: [scoffs] You're his wife.
- Gay Halloran: I'm his girlfriend.
- Roxanne Melman: [thrown off guard] Oh, my God.
- Gay Halloran: I'm who he wants to make a life just as soon as his divorce becomes final. I'm who he reaches for in the middle of the night. Or maybe you thought that was you.
- Roxanne Melman: Something like that.
- Gay Halloran: I read about you in the newspapers this morning, probably with the same dumb expression on my face that you have in yours right now.
- Roxanne Melman: [trembling] My God. I can't believe this is happening.
- Gay Halloran: Yeah, well, I didn't come here for us to cry on each other's shoulders. I was involved in Jimmy's stock deals, too. The same way the Feds come after you, they gonna come after me. Only I don't want to give back the money I made, I don't want to hire a lawyer, and I don't think you want to spend another night here in jail. So why don't you save us both the trouble and stop protecting him?
- Roxanne Melman: I trusted him. How could he lie to me when I trusted him?
- Gay Halloran: I guarantee you he never lost any sleep over it. So now you're here in jail, I'm expecting a subpoena any minute, and we've both had our hearts stomped on. You stand fast, they come after me, I'm gonna send that bastard up without a second thought. Nothing heals like vengeance.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Bruce?
- D.A. Bruce Rogoff: Want to see me, Grace?
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Yeah.
- [Grace closed the door]
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Hmm. Bruce... I - I've had an offer to join a law firm.
- D.A. Bruce Rogoff: Really? A lot of money?
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: It's not just the money. It... it... it would be a whole change for me, a whole new set of challenge...
- [Intercom Buzzes. Mr. Rogoff answer the call]
- D.A. Bruce Rogoff: Tell him I'll call him back in 5 minutes.
- [Hangs up the phone]
- D.A. Bruce Rogoff: Sorry.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm leaving, and... and, Bruce, I want you to know how hard a decision this has been for me. And that I'm not leaving because of anything that's happen here.
- D.A. Bruce Rogoff: When would you have to start?
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: It's flexible. I... I made it clear that I could not leave you in the lurch.
- D.A. Bruce Rogoff: Can you finish the week?
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Sure.
- D.A. Bruce Rogoff: We'll be sorry to see you go, Grace, but it sounds like a fine opportunity.
- [Intercom Buzzes. The District Attorney Bruce Rogoff picked up and answer the phone]
- D.A. Bruce Rogoff: Okay. I got to take this call. We'll, uh, we'll talk later, okay?
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Okay.
- D.A. Bruce Rogoff: Yes. Uh-huh.
- [Grace will be back]
- U.S. Attorney Donald Kelly: [Arnie has arrived in the courtroom and take a seat and listening to Roxanne's testimony] Please state your name and address?
- Roxanne Melman: Roxanne Melman, 1509 Cheremoya.
- U.S. Attorney Donald Kelly: And do you acquainted with the defendant, James Markham?
- Roxanne Melman: Yes.
- U.S. Attorney Donald Kelly: Miss Melman, have you ever sold or bought stocks?
- Roxanne Melman: Yes.
- U.S. Attorney Donald Kelly: And has the defendant ever offered you any advice as to which stocks to buy and sell?
- [Roxanne pause and looking at Jimmy. Michael listen to Roxanne's testimony]
- U.S. Attorney Donald Kelly: Miss Melman?
- Roxanne Melman: I refuse to answer on the grounds that it may tend to incriminate me.
- Michael Kuzak: Your Honor, may I have a short recess to confer with my client?
- Roxanne Melman: Your Honor, I don't need to confer.
- Judge Cyril Hodges: Approach the bench.
- [Mr. Kuzak and Mr. Kelly approached the sidebar of Judge Cyril Hodges. Stanley Niles talk to his client Jimmy Markham]
- Judge Cyril Hodges: Miss Melman, as I would hope your attorney has advised you since the U.S. Attorney's Office has offered you full immunity from prosecution, you're in no danger of self-incrimination. As such I'm ordering you to answer.
- Roxanne Melman: With all due respect to the court, Your Honor, I refuse to answer anyway.
- U.S. Attorney Donald Kelly: The prosecution asks that the witness be held in contempt.
- Michael Kuzak: Your Honor, I insist on speaking to my client.
- Roxanne Melman: No, Michael, there's nothing to say.
- Judge Cyril Hodges: Do you understand that you'll be taken to the Sybil Brand Institute for Women and held there until you do decide to cooperate?
- Roxanne Melman: That day will never come.
- Judge Cyril Hodges: Tell me that again after you've been in jail. Take the witness into custody.
- [the Court Security Officer of the United States Marshals Service takes Roxanne Melman as a witness into custody for contempt of court and refuses to testify against the defendant Jimmy Markham. Arnie is seeing Roxanne off to jail. The Court Security Officer takes Roxanne Melman and escorted her out of the courtroom. Jimmy seeing Roxanne heading into custody. Michael Kuzak dealing with Jimmy Markham. Arnie Becker sits for a while]
- Stanley Niles: Your Honor, the prosecution having failed to make a prima facie case against the defendant. I would move that all charges be dismissed against him.
- Judge Cyril Hodges: Mr. Kelly?
- U.S. Attorney Donald Kelly: Your Honor, prior to the court's disposition of Defense Counsel's motion, I would ask to recall Roxanne Melman to the stand.
- Judge Cyril Hodges: Proceed.
- [Jimmy Markham as the defendant turned that the Court Security Officer of the U.S. Marshals Service opened the door and having Roxanne Melman entered the courtroom and return to the witness stand and testify, escorted by another Court Security Officer of the U.S. Marshals Service since her release from jail for contempt of court. Jimmy Markham sees Roxanne. Stanley Niles stands at the microphone at the rostrum. Roxanne take a seat]
- Judge Cyril Hodges: Miss Melman, does your presence here suggest that you're now ready to discharge the contempt citation against you and testify?
- [Roxanne will testify and be release]
- Roxanne Melman: Yes, I am.
- [Jimmy is hearing Roxanne's testimony. Mr. Kelly will now take a seat and Mr. Kuzak is now listening of Roxanne testifying in court]
- Leland McKenzie: While I'm sure we're all glad that Roxanne is out of her legal difficulties, by this time we're aware that hers were not the only indiscretions committed. While personal investments are, as a rule, personal business, anyone trading on stock tips even remotely questionable is compromising the integrity of this firm. I trust that those of you involved will take appropriate steps to rectify the situation.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Leland, if I may, the only thing I would add is that since Roxanne's matter with the U.S. Attorney's Office is concluded, I'd like to give her 2 weeks' notice before the close of business today and start interviewing for a replacement.
- Michael Kuzak: Now wait a minute, it hasn't been established that Roxanne knew that those tips were illegal.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: That maybe, but this isn't a criminal prosecution. It's a law firm depending upon the good judgment of its employees. Roxanne let us down. Get rid of her.
- Stuart Markowitz: Uh-uh. If she didn't know the tips were based on inside information, how can we punish her?
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: And what was her conduct when she did know? Did she immediately offer her cooperation to the federal prosecutor and seek to contain the damage or was her first priority to shield her paramour and further involved this firm's time and manpower in some tawdry little melodrama?
- Arnie Becker: Who the hell are you to vilify her? How many times have you had to call out for help for the simple reason that you couldn't keep your fly zipped?
- Leland McKenzie: All right, Arnold, let's not get into that now.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Whatever past scrapes, I've gotten into, I've never put this firm in jeopardy.
- Arnie Becker: For all your sanctimonious braying, Douglas, neither has she.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Well, I don't intend to let this drop.
- Arnie Becker: Fine, let me make things very clear then. You can express your outrage about this incident. We can have a series of discussions about moral consequences, situational ethics, or whatever you want. Just so you know, if you fire Roxanne, I walk out right behind her.
- [Arnie leaves and heads out of the Conference room. Ann Kelsey is to blame for Roxanne's insider trading. Leland and Douglas need a moment of silence]
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Jonathan, McMurray vs. Brinkley.
- Jonathan Rollins: Uh, $185,000 award plus costs.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: That brings Mr. Rollins to 5 and 0. I'd like to see those kind of stats from some other people around here. Seidell tax audits?
- Stuart Markowitz: Yeah, I'm not going to have anything definitive on that until Friday.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Emile's vs. Southland Magazine.
- Victor Sifuentes: Opening arguments scheduled for today.
- Abby Perkins: Your case may be a editorial section of the L.A. Times today.
- Jonathan Rollins: I never would've thought a restaurant review could generate this kind of controversy.
- Stuart Markowitz: Are you kidding? Lorna Landsberg - Who by the way I'd love to meet sometime if you could.
- [Victor nodded]
- Stuart Markowitz: She's probably the most influential food critic around. She makes and breaks restaurant.
- Victor Sifuentes: More importantly this is potentially a landmark First Amendment case. The same elements that were in Westmoreland vs. CBS, Tavoulareas vs. the Washington Post, Sharon vs. Time Magazine. They're all there. It is the kind of case that makes laws.
- Michael Kuzak: Immortality, Victor. Nothing less.
- Leland McKenzie: It's a serious issue though, if you don't have a free press if they're cowered by fear of being sued.
- Arnie Becker: Yeah, but on the other hand, is the press entitled to be malicious if it means this guy with the restaurant suffers.
- [Leland shrugged]
- Michael Kuzak: Was H.L. Mencken malicious? Lincoln Steffens, was he malicious? If you don't like someone's opinion, it's easy to call him malicious.
- Stuart Markowitz: Yeah, and there's something else really important to consider here. We now have a client who knows Spago's private number. We'll never be shut out a table there again.
- [Ann laughs. Jonathan laughs, too]
- Arnie Becker: Could you find out for me, Victor, if she knows of a restaurant that's serving Chinese food from the Hakka region? I think that this might be the next big cuisine.
- [Abby and Stuart laughing]
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Folks, we have to discuss one other matter before we conclude. Michael, what's going on with the United States of America vs. Roxanne Melman's own true love?
- Michael Kuzak: She's under subpoena. If she agrees to testify against Markham, give up whatever profits she made, U.S. Attorney's willing to let it go at that.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Sounds a lot more lenient than I intend to be.
- Arnie Becker: Meaning what?
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Meaning she's history around here. I'll let her get through with her legal travails first out of compassion, but once they're done, it's good-bye, Charlie.
- Arnie Becker: That's not really your call.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: It most certainly is my call.
- Leland McKenzie: All right, all right. Uh... We'll take this issue up at the partners' meeting.
- Arnie Becker: You bet we will.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: That's it.
- [Douglas closed his gold pocket watch]
- Abby Perkins: I think this is gonna be around us.
- Ann Kelsey: Absolutely not. Prosecution goes upstream, not downstream.
- Abby Perkins: That's true. The U.S. Attorney's only interested in Roxanne in order to get to Jimmy.
- Ann Kelsey: This whole thing will blow over once they're done with him.
- Abby Perkins: I think you're right.
- Ann Kelsey: By the way, have you said anything to anybody?
- Abby Perkins: No.
- Ann Kelsey: Good.
- [Ann heading to Ladies' room]
- Jimmy Markham: Come on, baby, it's not the end of the world.
- Roxanne Melman: No, I heard this prosecutor wants to be governor. He's supposed to be tough as nails.
- Jimmy Markham: My attorney is no pussycat. I mean a lot of things can happen. We could make a deal. We could beat him cold.
- Roxanne Melman: I'm sure not helping you any by testifying.
- Jimmy Markham: Now listen to me, it's the only thing you can do. You don't have a choice, you have to testify.
- Roxanne Melman: You really think that?
- Jimmy Markham: Absolutely. I don't want you to go to jail for contempt.
- Roxanne Melman: But my sentence wouldn't be as long as your sentence if you got convicted.
- Jimmy Markham: Rox, I don't want you to go to jail for one single hour. This trial and divorce I'm going through, it's, it's all just a temporary thing. When they're all over, and the dust settles, you're gonna be my wife. Now, that's forever. You want to know something else? Who knows how much your testimony is gonna hurt me, huh?
- Roxanne Melman: They're not offering me immunity for nothing.
- Jimmy Markham: I don't want to see you go to jail, period.
- Roxanne Melman: Listen, there's no guarantee I won't see you go to jail, is there?
- Jimmy Markham: Rox, I'm not gonna lie to you. The sentencing guidelines for this kind of white-collar crime, they come down pretty hard on it. I think it makes me look even handed or something, if I do go, I don't think I'm looking at more than 18 months.
- Roxanne Melman: It's a year and a half.
- Jimmy Markham: It'll be a minimum-security prison, probably be a bunch of lawyers in there with me.
- Roxanne Melman: They'll disbar you.
- Jimmy Markham: Listen to me. The hardest thing that we may have to endure... you know what scares me the most?
- Roxanne Melman: What?
- Jimmy Markham: Waking up at night and not having you there.
- Roxanne Melman: Me, too.
- [Roxanne and Jimmy kissed together]
- Roxanne Melman: I'll be late for work.
- Jimmy Markham: Be late. We both may need the memories.
- City Attorney Larry Martin: I'm sorry to keep you waiting. Come in.
- Leland McKenzie: Thank you.
- City Attorney Larry Martin: Let me guess. This is on a 167B.
- Leland McKenzie: That's right.
- City Attorney Larry Martin: Client of yours, good marriage, modest standing in the community. It's gonna ruin his life if this thing goes on his record, so he sent you down for special pleading.
- Leland McKenzie: Actually I'm here to do you a favor.
- City Attorney Larry Martin: Everybody's looking to do me favors today.
- Leland McKenzie: Take a look at this arrest report.
- City Attorney Larry Martin: [Looking in the report] So?
- Leland McKenzie: What do you know about the undercover officer?
- City Attorney Larry Martin: Sandra Davis?
- Leland McKenzie: Mm-hmm. Are you aware that she graduated police academy in October of last year? And she was transfered out of parking center into vice all of 2 1/2 weeks ago.
- City Attorney Larry Martin: Whoa. Before you start screaming entrapments...
- Leland McKenzie: Not entrapment. Sushi.
- City Attorney Larry Martin: Excuse me?
- Leland McKenzie: Mr. Martin, I'm not about to argue the legal issues here. This isn't about questionable police tactics. Would you take a look at this menu? It's from the restaurant where my cilent allegedly approached the officer. And could you read aloud from the circled items, please?
- City Attorney Larry Martin: [Reading] "Red Snapper, Giant Clam, Tekka Maki Hand Roll."
- Leland McKenzie: Now, if you check that against the wire transcript.
- City Attorney Larry Martin: [Looking at the transcript] Uh-oh. Uh... I'm, I'm sorry. I'm not laughing at you. He was ordering sushi.
- Leland McKenzie: Yes. I assure you we see nothing humorous about it.
- City Attorney Larry Martin: No. Of course not.
- Leland McKenzie: Let me be more precise. I've advised my client that he has the potential for a major lawsuit. Now he may or he may not pursue that option.
- City Attorney Larry Martin: What would he want?
- Leland McKenzie: Dropping of all charges and a letter of apology from every individual associated with this disgraceful arrest.
- City Attorney Larry Martin: I will tell my boss. Uh... okay if I hang on to this? The guys would get a kick out of it.
- [Leland leaving]
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: [Offering chopsticks] Thank you.
- Officer Sandra Davis: You come here often?
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: My first visit. I enjoy sushi, but my wife never have stomach for it.
- Officer Sandra Davis: Is she out of town?
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Excuse me?
- Officer Sandra Davis: I asked where your wife is tonight?
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: We're getting divorced.
- Officer Sandra Davis: Oh, that's too bad.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: It is and isn't.
- Officer Sandra Davis: What?
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: I said it is and isn't. This way, I can indudge myself any way I like. I'm Douglas.
- Officer Sandra Davis: Hi, Douglas. I'm Sandra.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Are you very experienced at this?
- Officer Sandra Davis: What do you think?
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: I don't know, I'm so confused. Everybody's speaking Japanese.
- Officer Sandra Davis: Well, you and I speak the same language.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Then maybe you can help. I haven't had any in a long time.
- Officer Sandra Davis: What is it you want?
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Uh... How's the Giant Clam or perhaps the Red Snapper?
- Officer Sandra Davis: Why don't you go for half and half?
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Would that be enough for each?
- Officer Sandra Davis: Greedy.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: How much is it?
- Officer Sandra Davis: 40.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Is it like a Hand Roll?
- Officer Sandra Davis: A Hand Roll is 20.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Maybe I should start with the Hand Roll, then.
- Officer Sandra Davis: That's it. You're busted. Take him.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: What? Let go of me.
- Cop #1: You're under arrest. Assume the position.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: What? I didn't do anything.
- Cop #1: Soliciting an act of prostitution.
- Officer Sandra Davis: You have the right to remain silent...
- [Douglas is taken into custody by the cops at the Japanese Restaurant]
- Sushi Chef #2: Arigatou gozaimashita. Sayanora.
- Sushi Chef #1: Arigatou gozaimashita. Sayanora.
- Sushi Chef #2: Sayanora.
- Sushi Chef #1: Bye-bye.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Leland, could I have a word with you?
- Leland McKenzie: Oh, certainly.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Shut the door.
- [Leland closed the door]
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: I'm in trouble. I was arrested last night. They're saying I solicited a prostitute.
- Leland McKenzie: Oh, Douglas.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: They must be working Sushi bars to crack down a Japanese businessman. I started talking to this woman...
- Leland McKenzie: And she was a vice cop.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Yes.
- Leland McKenzie: What are you gonna do?
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: That's just it. If I take it to trial, the whole thing could go public. The press could get wind of it.
- Leland McKenzie: I hardly think that's likely.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Sheila could find out! Her attorney will crucify me. I could lose my children.
- Leland McKenzie: All right! Calm down!
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Calm down? These people are Fascists! You don't know what I'm dealing with!
- Leland McKenzie: Would you be willing to plead to a lesser charge?
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Absolutely not! I'm innocent. On my father's grave, I was not pursuing her. Given my recent spate of misadventures, I don't care if I never see another woman again. Leland, I am many things a wholemonger is not one of them. I didn't even find her very attractive.
- Leland McKenzie: Whether you found her attractive or not isn't going to sound very convincing if they produce a transcript.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: What?
- Leland McKenzie: A transcript. She had to be wearing a wire.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Of course! Leland, you've got to get hold of it. You'll see it was all some grotesque misunderstanding. I swear, all we were doing was talking about the menu.
- Leland McKenzie: Let me see what I can do.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Thank you!
- [Douglas hugged Leland]
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Thank you.
- Leland McKenzie: That's - That's all right.
- Eli Goldman: The defense will likely say that the issue here is freedom of the press. But the evidence will demonstrate, it's not. Now we don't mean to suggest that food critics should not be allowed to review restaurants or to print their honest impressions. First Amendment guarantees that right. What it does not guarantee is the right to publish a malicious series of lies. That woman right over there, Lorna Landsberg, attacked this restaurant, vilified it's chef, with no regard for the truth whatsoever. This isn't Freedom of Speech. It's libel. It's slander. And they might want you to get up and wave the flag and sing a few bars of God Blessed America. That's fine, but what she did was not patriotic. It was reprehensible, and people got hurt... seriously hurt.
- [Followed by Victor Sifuentes who will make an opening statement]
- Victor Sifuentes: You can believe him when he says that the food critic said some nasty things. You can believe him when he tells you that the restaurant has been losing money lately, but when he stands here and tells you that this case is not about Freedom of the Press, don't you dare swallow that. The facts will show that she published her opinion, and they're suing 'cause the words were too harsh. Now I don't care what kind of label they hang on it, they're chasing her because they don't like what she says. And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, goes to the very essence of the First Amendment. Believe me, people, you may think that a magazine restaurant review isn't all that important in the scheme of things. And if this case we're solely about the relative merits of their salad dressing and their beignet sauce, then I would be in complete agreeing with you. But it is not. It is about a right that is fundamental to the Constitution, to democracy, and to every single of you. They're actually asking you to punish the magazine for the expression of an opinion. My God, what a dangerous, dangerous request. Please don't even consider granting it.
- Charles Craft: So... Not bad, eh?
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Oh, not bad.
- Charles Craft: [proposed a toast] To you.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: To you. You're the one making the big move.
- Charles Craft: To the quality of life, then.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: I'll toast to that.
- [Toast to drink champagne]
- Charles Craft: You remember we were in law school, we always said we'd open a practice together and change the world?
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: And instead you married Terry, moved to New York, had 2.6 kids, and made a fortune in business law.
- Charles Craft: Yes, hated every minute of it. We're Californians, Grace. The quality of life in New York, money notwithstanding, it's not what I wanted for my family.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Well, I toast your courage, Charlie. It takes a lot of guys to start over.
- Charles Craft: I didn't see as if I had any choice. 14-hour days, 7 days a week, no time for my kids, fighting with Terry what little time I spent at home. I was running myself right out of a marriage and right into a nervous breakdown. They don't teach us how to handle that in law school.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: No, they sure don't.
- Charles Craft: Anyway, I got to tell you... You look terrific.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: I feel like I'm about 80 years old. You think the jungles of New York are a bitch, you should tried a couple years in the D.A.'s office.
- Charles Craft: Follow me.
- Charles Craft: [Grace sees what's new] You like?
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: It's beautiful.
- Charles Craft: It's got your name on the door.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: What?
- Charles Craft: I'm dead serious. You've always had integrity, you work harder than anyone I've ever met. You're a terrific litgator. Which is exactly what I need to complement my strengths.Well... What do you say?
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Um... I don't know.
- Charles Craft: No more downtown traffic jams. No more crowded elevators. You keep your own hours. Starting salary... 1 1/4.
- [Grace laughs]
- Charles Craft: Exclusive of benefits and bonuses.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Charlie, Charlie, it - it is incredibly attractive and flattering. I'm just don't think it's realistic.
- Charles Craft: Why not?
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: I don't know. It just isn't.
- Charles Craft: You mean you can't see yourself in ground-floor office suite with a patio, making some real money for a change, being a full partner... having a little quality of life?
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: I just - I don't know what to say.
- Charles Craft: Say you'll think very seriously about it.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Okay. Uh... yes, I will.
- Charles Craft: Here's to the future.
- [Toast to the future]
- Lorna Landsberg: Brilliant. You were absolutely brilliant.
- Victor Sifuentes: Thanks. Just doing my job.
- Lorna Landsberg: Maybe you think of it as only doing your job, but that opening? Well, it reminded me that journalistic integrity is at stake here. Hmm... Here, try my pulpo.
- Victor Sifuentes: Oh, no. No, thanks. You know, the fact is the stakes are much higher than journalistic integrity. We're talking about Freedom of Expression here, and that affects everyone.
- Lorna Landsberg: In that vein, Victor, I hope that I can feel free in expressing my personal attraction toward you.
- Victor Sifuentes: Excuse me?
- Lorna Landsberg: I don't mean to embarrass you. It's just that I'm a sucker for a man who's big on principle. Do you mind?
- [Lorna will take a taste of Victor's food]
- Lorna Landsberg: There is nothing like a good oil drizzled over warm chevre.
- Victor Sifuentes: Lorna, I'm flattered, but you do understand that the point of this dinner is to go over your testimony.
- Lorna Landsberg: I understand the substance of my testimony completely. They can't win unless they prove malice.
- Victor Sifuentes: Right.
- Lorna Landsberg: I'm therefore to appear passive and sympathetic without the slightest hint of hostility. Any further objections?
- Victor Sifuentes: Look, Lorna, this is probably the biggest trial I've ever had, at least in terms of overall significance. I don't want to be distracted.
- Lorna Landsberg: I've never known a man to become distracted with me, counselor...
- [Lorna eating the piece of celery]
- Lorna Landsberg: ever.
- Victor Sifuentes: All right. Well, let's just say that my luck with women hasn't been all that great... lately.
- Lorna Landsberg: Why not give me a chance? I guarantee you can get very lucky with me.
- Victor Sifuentes: No, no. You are a client, Lorna. House rules.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: So on the one hand, more money, more autonomy...
- Michael Kuzak: Mm-hmm.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: More time with you. But on the other hand, Bruce Rogoff.
- Michael Kuzak: He'll be thrilled for you.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Huh, are you kidding? He'll chew my head off. He hates it when people leave. He'll make me feel guilty for selling out. Besides which what if in 2 months, I can't cut it?
- Michael Kuzak: Well, you'll go crawling back to the D.A.'s office with your incredibly sexy tail between your legs.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: I don't know.
- Michael Kuzak: Well, whatever you decide, you know I'll support you.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Don't be so damn neutral.
- Michael Kuzak: Well, why don't you go setting me up to make all your decisions for you.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Michael, I don't know what to do.
- Michael Kuzak: Look, Grace, there are two kinds of mistakes you can make. Ones of commission and ones of omission. You learn from what you do, not from what you love.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Easy for you to say.
- Michael Kuzak: I guarantee you when the moment comes, you'll know what decision to make.
- Eli Goldman: Mr. Bowers, would you tell the court your occupation?
- Geoffrey Bowers: I've been a professional food critic for 14 years.
- Eli Goldman: And in your capacity as such, have you had the opportunity to dine at Emile's?
- Geoffrey Bowers: Several times, and on each such occasion, I found both the food and the service beyond approach.
- Eli Goldman: Mm-hmm. You're familiar with Me. Landsberg's negative review of this restaurant?
- Geoffrey Bowers: I found it to be totally malicious and unprofessional.
- Eli Goldman: Do you see any basis at all for the aspersions cast in her article?
- Geoffrey Bowers: None whatsoever. The whole review was completely lacking in foundation. And as a fellow food critic, I was embarrassed.
- Eli Goldman: Thank you, sir. Nothing further.
- Victor Sifuentes: The function of a food critic into sample the food and say what he thinks, isn't that right?
- Geoffrey Bowers: There's a big difference between saying what you think and an unmitigated attack.
- Victor Sifuentes: Uh, I see. Well, perhaps when I can quote one of your review s to illustrate exactly where that line lies. Regarding Pitman's Restaurant, "The sewage they call clam broth will induce you to vomit. But don't, management will scoop it up and proffer it to the next patron as pea soup."
- Geoffrey Bowers: Pitman's was an unsanitary restaurant. Every critic said the same thing.
- Victor Sifuentes: Are you saying that if every other critic loved Putnam's, you wouldn't have printed your opinion?
- Geoffrey Bowers: Certainly not. I expressed my opinion regardless of what others think.
- Victor Sifuentes: And why shouldn't Ms. Landsberg do he same thing?
- Geoffrey Bowers: She should, but... Her opinion stinks.
- Victor Sifuentes: So as I understand it, sir, while you disagree with the content of Miss Landsberg's opinion, you fully support her decision to publish it?
- Geoffrey Bowers: Yes. That's right.
- Victor Sifuentes: Thank you, sir. I've nothing further.
- [Knocking on door]
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Come in.
- Officer Sandra Davis: Mr. Brackman. I'm Officer Davis.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: I didn't recognize you in your uniform.
- Officer Sandra Davis: May I come in?
- [Douglas don't mind]
- Officer Sandra Davis: I realized I'm supposed to write you a letter of apology, but I wanted to tell you in person how sorry I'm about what happened. And I know that as a lawyer you'll take whatever action you think is appropriate. And that if get suspended, I only have myself to blame.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Has the suspension been threatened?
- Officer Sandra Davis: Not yet, but it's a pretty safe bet if you go through the lawsuit.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: I see.
- Officer Sandra Davis: I don't have a right to ask you for anything... But I know I'm gonna be a good cop, Mr. Brackman. All I've ever wanted is a career in law enforcement.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Yes, I believe I'm taking the full measure of that commitment even as we speak.
- Officer Sandra Davis: If you go through with this suit, sir, I understand, but if there's any way we can rectify the situation... Perhaps we could work out some kind of settlement. I could pay you out of my salary.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Money is not the issue.
- Officer Sandra Davis: No. Well, I just wanted you to know that whatever you decide to do, I'm prepared to take the consequences. I'm sorry.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Well, wait.
- [Douglas sees Officer Sandra Davis leaving]
- Sarah Kerwin: [the District Attorney's office] Go on, he's not gonna kill you.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Yeah.
- [Roxanne Melman and Jimmy Markham are outside the courtroom. Arnie Becker is in the telephone booth]
- Arnie Becker: She's here.
- [Hangs up the phone]
- Arnie Becker: Roxanne! Roxanne, where have you been? You're supposed to be here at 9 o'clock!
- Roxanne Melman: Jimmy's lawyer called and said the trial was put till 11:00.
- Arnie Becker: [scoffs] Ask your boyfriend if it's all right if you consult with your lawyer.
- Jimmy Markham: I got a name, Ace.
- Arnie Becker: I wasn't talking to you.
- Roxanne Melman: Come on, Jimmy, let's go.
- Jimmy Markham: You do pretty good job of talking about me. Why don't you say something to my face?
- Arnie Becker: I'm interested in her.
- Jimmy Markham: Well, I'm in love with her. What's between us doesn't concerned you.
- Arnie Becker: [Yelling] You're gonna tell me what's concerns me?
- Michael Kuzak: [enters] Whoa, whoa, we're gonna have a fistfight right here in the corridor?
- Jimmy Markham: Roxanne, everything's gonna be fine.
- [Roxanne kisses Jimmy]
- Jimmy Markham: I love you.
- Roxanne Melman: Where will you be?
- Jimmy Markham: Attorneys' lounge.
- Michael Kuzak: So have you thought anymore about what you're gonna do in there?
- Roxanne Melman: Yeah. I've thought a lot about it, and there's no way I'm going to testify against him.
- Arnie Becker: This guy got himself a slave girl.
- Michael Kuzak: Arnie, maybe you ought to get a cup of coffee or...
- Arnie Becker: You know something I don't give a damn about the insider trading. But for him to let you take this kind of rap, we've got to be talking about a world-class slug.
- Roxanne Melman: For your information, he doesn't know anything about and he wants me to testify.
- Arnie Becker: What a guy. Did he tell you that?
- Roxanne Melman: Why is it you need to poison my love for him, Arnie? He never did anything to you.
- Arnie Becker: Yeah, but he sure as hell is doing something to you.
- Michael Kuzak: Arnie.
- Roxanne Melman: Forget it, Michael! There's nothing I want to discuss with either of you.
- [Roxanne walks away]
- Michael Kuzak: Well, that was helpful.
- [Arnie sighs]
- Michael Kuzak: Come on.
- Victor Sifuentes: Now, you have reviewed Emile's several times in the past. Isn't that true, Miss Landsberg?
- Lorna Landsberg: Yes.
- Victor Sifuentes: Why do you review a restaurant more than once?
- Lorna Landsberg: Well, they change. Improvements need to be recognized... as does decline.
- Victor Sifuentes: And could you summarize your most recent impressions for the court?
- Lorna Landsberg: [sees the Chef sitting nearby is Andrew Emanuel] The food was disgustingly file. It wasn't an affront.
- Victor Sifuentes: Hold on. I would like you to calmly tell us your specific criticisms of the food and service.
- Lorna Landsberg: I actually found the service to be quite acceptable. The problem was the incompetence of the chef.
- Andrew Emanuel: [stands up] I object to that!
- Judge Hillary Miller Johnson: Order.
- Andrew Emanuel: I happened to be the chef at the meals.
- Judge Hillary Miller Johnson: I don't care who...
- Lorna Landsberg: You're the one who should be on trial!
- Judge Hillary Miller Johnson: Quiet, please!
- Andrew Emanuel: I was sous chef under Stefan de Sueza. I have worked in three-star restaurants throughout Europe!
- Judge Hillary Miller Johnson: I don't care who you are! You're disrupting this court. And if you don't return to your seat, I'll hold you in contempt.
- Andrew Emanuel: Unbelievable!
- Judge Hillary Miller Johnson: Proceed, counselor.
- Victor Sifuentes: Thank you, Your Honor. It was your opinion then, ma'am, that the work of the chef was substandard?
- Lorna Landsberg: As a food critic, one of the things that I look for is how the style or the personality of the chef is reflected in the culinary product. What I tasted here was a total lack of commitment. I tasted fraud. I tasted impotence.
- Andrew Emanuel: [Protesting] How can you do this to me?
- Judge Hillary Miller Johnson: Have that man removed!
- Andrew Emanuel: She's lying!
- Lorna Landsberg: You're completely a disgrace. It's my Constitution right to say so.
- Judge Hillary Miller Johnson: Order!
- Victor Sifuentes: Miss Landsberg...
- Lorna Landsberg: You're a little toad!
- Victor Sifuentes: Miss Landsberg!
- Andrew Emanuel: [Caught by the bailiff] How can you do this?
- Lorna Landsberg: A puny man!
- Victor Sifuentes: Miss Landsberg!
- Judge Hillary Miller Johnson: Sit down, Miss Landsberg!
- Andrew Emanuel: [Removed out of the courtroom] It's not true!
- Judge Hillary Miller Johnson: [to Victor] I'll ask you to control your witness.
- Victor Sifuentes: Your Honor, can I have a short recess to, uh, confer with the witness?
- Judge Hillary Miller Johnson: Yes, you may.
- [Stormed out of the courtroom]
- Victor Sifuentes: What do you think you're doing?
- Lorna Landsberg: Just stating my opinion you asked.
- Victor Sifuentes: I told you not to sound vindictive or mean-spirited and you deliberately just did that.
- Lorna Landsberg: Whatever happened to free speech, Mr. First Amendment?
- Victor Sifuentes: Look, I am trying to win a lawsuit here, which I'll not do if you're up there showing malice.
- [Turning behind the window. Is Andrew Emanuel]
- Victor Sifuentes: Can I help you?
- Andrew Emanuel: Hasn't this gone far enough?
- Lorna Landsberg: Please, get that man out of here.
- Andrew Emanuel: I'm leaving her, Lorna. I'm getting divorce just like I promised.
- Victor Sifuentes: What the hell is this?
- Andrew Emanuel: I know how much I must have hurt you. Forgive me, I beg you.
- Victor Sifuentes: Oh, my God.
- Andrew Emanuel: I still love you. I miss your passion, Lorna, your fire. You devour my tete de veau like no woman in the world.
- Victor Sifuentes: That's what this is about?
- [the chef turned to Sifuentes]
- Victor Sifuentes: A jilted lover punishing her boyfriend with a bad review?
- Lorna Landsberg: You're really gonna tell your wife?
- Andrew Emanuel: Everything, including the fact that I want to spend the rest of my life with you.
- Lorna Landsberg: Let's get out of here, right now.
- [Lorna changed her mind]
- Lorna Landsberg: Oh, Victor, I'm quitting this thing. You tell...
- Victor Sifuentes: Oh, no. This is a test case, for God's sakes. You don't quit a trial on the Bill of Rights!
- Lorna Landsberg: I do.
- Victor Sifuentes: You quit and the magazine will lose and they will get full indemnity from you.
- Lorna Landsberg: Won't happen. You tell them that I'll retract the review and write a new one. And I will also publish a four-part series on the food critic who fell in love and ran off with the chef.
- [the Chef kissed Lorna's hand]
- Lorna Landsberg: That restaurant will be more popular, more trendy, and more lucrative than anybody's wildest dreams.
- Victor Sifuentes: That won't work. It just won't work.
- Lorna Landsberg: You'll make it work. Victor, this is the kind of stuff that makes a Hollywood Restaurant. I'm offering them more positive exposure than they could with a thousand reviews. You just ask them. They'll jump.
- [to the Chef]
- Lorna Landsberg: Let's go.
- Andrew Emanuel: My darling.
- [Lorna Landsberg takes the Chef Andrew Emanuel and leave. Victor Sifuentes is staying alone in the witness room]
- [Arnie find out what does Roxanne doing in the morning]
- Arnie Becker: What are you doing in today?
- Roxanne Melman: I just came in to pick up my check.
- Arnie Becker: Why don't you stay home tomorrow?
- Roxanne Melman: Home will feel just as bad as any place else.
- Arnie Becker: I know that you loved him, Roxanne.
- Roxanne Melman: But you know he was a bad guy anyway, right?
- Arnie Becker: That's not what I was going to say.
- Roxanne Melman: But it's great to be right, isn't it, Arnie?
- Arnie Becker: Do you think that I like seeing you hurting?
- Roxanne Melman: [Sobbing] When did you ever notice?
- [Roxanne got upset and walk away from Arnie. Ann Kelsey and Stuart Markowitz are in the way]
- Roxanne Melman: Excuse me.
- [Roxanne heads to the ladies room to be alone. But Ann Kelsey wants to see Roxanne. Arnie and Stuart find out what's going]
- Ann Kelsey: Come here.
- [Roxanne sobbing in pain and was comforted by Ann Kelsey]
- Roxanne Melman: Thank you. I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm sorry.
- [Roxanne is looking at herself in the mirror. So does Ann]
- Ann Kelsey: Just so you know, when the suggestion was made to fire you, Arnie said, "If she goes, I go."
- Roxanne Melman: Oh, yeah. He just wants to keep me around so he can rub my nose in it.
- Ann Kelsey: I think he wants to keep you around because he needs you and values you. Look, Roxanne, tell me to shut up if it's none of my business, but the fact is you brought this on yourself. It doesn't mean you're a bad person, it doesn't mean you're a criminal. But I think all of us are gonna have to accept the consequences for what we did.
- Roxanne Melman: I lost my boyfriend. I'm broke. I used my old car as a down payment on my new car. So now I don't have any car at all. Why am I the only one taking the consequences? Why not you or Abby? Or... or Elizabeth? You all profited from Jimmy's tips as much as I did. So what's your consequences?
- Ann Kelsey: I'm not sure, but like it or not I think I'm gonna have to find out. Roxanne, I'm sorry for your pain. Maybe self-interest blinded me from the risks you were taking.
- [Ann blames Roxanne for what she's done for insider trading]
- Roxanne Melman: No. It's not your fault. Or anybody else's.
- [Ann should forget an apology. Ann Kelsey should leave Roxanne alone in the Ladies' room]
- [Opening the door is Grace Van Owen at the District Attorney's office]
- D.A. Bruce Rogoff: Come in, Grace.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Jim.
- D.A. Jim Aoli: Grace.
- D.A. Bruce Rogoff: Jim is going to take your office.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Fine. I thought I'd come in over the weekend and... And get everything ready for you.
- D.A. Jim Aoli: No rush.
- D.A. Bruce Rogoff: Also I'm gonna have to take your badge.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Right.
- D.A. Jim Aoli: You gonna have to pay your traffic tickets now, Gracie.
- [Grace handover her badge to Mr. Rogoff]
- D.A. Bruce Rogoff: Well, I guess that's it.
- D.A. Jim Aoli: Gracie, seriously, it's good working with you.
- [Shaking hands]
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: You, too.
- D.A. Bruce Rogoff: Good luck, Grace.
- [Shaking hands]
- D.A. Bruce Rogoff: Come back and visit us anytime.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Thank you.
- D.A. Bruce Rogoff: Uh, one more thing.
- [Before Grace leaves, the crowds make a surprise. D.A. Bruce Rogoff got a present for Grace Van Owen]
- D.A. Bruce Rogoff: For you.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: What is it?
- D.A. Jim Aoli: Open it!
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Help me.
- [Grace open the gift is the drawing artwork of Deputy D.A. Grace Van Owen making statement in the court]
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Oh, my God.
- D.A. Bruce Rogoff: One of the court artists threw it together.
- D.A. Jim Aoli: It was Bruce's idea. He's trying to get on your good side, so if you get too much business, you'll bring him into the firm.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: I, um... I can't believe it. It - It's really great.
- D.A. Jim Aoli: Look. She really is a girl. She's crying.
- D.D.A. Grace Van Owen: Stop it. Thank you.
- [Grace was giving hug with the District Attorney Bruce Rogoff]
- Stuart Markowitz: When he realizes that it totally skews the market.
- [to the waiter]
- Stuart Markowitz: Yeah, just a little bit on the salad. People are invited to invest their money and publicly held corporation as though they had a fair shot. What they're getting here is a rigged deck.
- Ann Kelsey: That seems to me the deck was rigged long before insider trading.
- Stuart Markowitz: What?
- Ann Kelsey: Big investment bankers aren't business to give Johnny small-time a fair shot.
- Stuart Markowitz: There's a big difference between having an edge because you're smarter and having an edge because you're a criminal.
- Ann Kelsey: Stuart, I have a confession to make. The watch I gave you, I bought it with money I made from one of Roxanne's stock tips.
- Stuart Markowitz: This watch? My watch?
- Ann Kelsey: Yeah.
- Stuart Markowitz: [Stuart looking weird at the restaurant] Ann, how could - Oh!
- Ann Kelsey: Stuart, it doesn't change the fact that it was an expression of my love for you.
- Stuart Markowitz: [Putting down his fork] I don't understand, how could you do something like this? Maybe you can say that Roxanne didn't know that the tips were illegal, but you're a lawyer. She's getting them from an arbitrageur. They're always right. At some point, don't you put two and two together?
- Ann Kelsey: I just didn't stop to analyze it quite that thoroughly, Stuart.
- Stuart Markowitz: Well, maybe you should have.
- Ann Kelsey: Maybe I should have. But since I didn't, can't you accept the watch in the spirit in which it was given?
- Stuart Markowitz: I don't know.
- [Stuart looking up time]
- Stuart Markowitz: I love this watch. But I hate the idea that every time I look at the time, I'm going to think of it is - I don't know, ill-gotten gains or something.
- Ann Kelsey: Stuart, the watch is bought and paid for. What do you want me to do? Hock it and give money to charity? Would that make you feel better?
- Stuart Markowitz: I don't know.
- Ann Kelsey: Stuart, don't you think you're overreacting just a little bit?
- Stuart Markowitz: How would you feel if I told you your diamond engagement ring was bought with stolen money?
- Ann Kelsey: It's not the same thing.
- Stuart Markowitz: How is it different, Ann?
- Ann Kelsey: I don't know.
- Stuart Markowitz: I just wish we could purge ourselves of this something.
- Robert Alden: [the Yuppie Bandit approaches] Excuse me. Have you got the time?
- Stuart Markowitz: Yeah. It's 10:30.
- Robert Alden: Oh, nice watch.
- Stuart Markowitz: Thanks.
- Robert Alden: Can I have it?
- Stuart Markowitz: What?
- Robert Alden: [Pointing the gun] It's stick-up time.
- Ann Kelsey: Stuart.
- [last lines]
- Robert Alden: Hand it over. Watch, rings, money, come on.
- [Stuart hand over his Rolex Watch and his ring]
- Robert Alden: You, too, Miss.
- Stuart Markowitz: Do as he says, Ann.
- [Ann handing in her purse, her diamond ring, but keep her wedding ring]
- Ann Kelsey: Can I keep my wedding ring?
- Robert Alden: Well, in consideration of the watch and the diamond ring, what the hell. Okay.
- [Ann put her wedding ring back in her finger]
- Robert Alden: Hey, aren't you going to say thank you?
- Ann Kelsey: Thank you.
- Robert Alden: Okay. Attorneys, right? Well, you folks have a nice evening.
- [a car approaches with tires screeching and the yuppie bandit heads to the getaway car and gets away. Ann Kelsey and Stuart Markowitz are beside themselves having been mugged. Two of them having been robbed in the evening]
- Ann Kelsey: You wanted a purge? You got a purge.
- Stuart Markowitz: Purge? I just purged my shorts.