- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Anybody know the whereabouts of our Mr. Morales?
- Gwen Taylor: He had a pro bono arraignment this morning.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Then let's begin. First, People vs. Emory Lewis and Gary Stubbs. I should hope those animals who beat you will finally get convicted.
- Stuart Markowitz: Unfortunately, the eyewitness backed out. She's afraid of reprisals from neighborhood kids if she testifies.
- Ann Kelsey: That shouldn't affect our case. Stuart was really convincing at the prelim. He'll do even better at trial tomorrow.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Next, Marciante vs. Bernheimer Memorial Hospital.
- Jonathan Rollins: That's mine. Anthony Marciante's girlfriend is brain dead after an automobile accident. She's also 18 weeks pregnant.
- Gwen Taylor: And being used as an incubator to bring the baby to term. I caught the story on the news. That's grotesque.
- Jonathan Rollins: We're seeking a court order to keep her body functioning long enough to deliver the baby. However, the girlfriend's mother wants to pull the plug and bury her daughter.
- Arnie Becker: I agree. The woman's dead, for God's sake.
- Jonathan Rollins: Arnie, we're talking about a potential human life. Mr. Marciante wants to be a father.
- Gwen Taylor: He should have thought about that before driving himself and his girlfriend off the road, drunk.
- Ann Kelsey: He killed her and now he wants to...
- Jonathan Rollins: It was an accident.
- Stuart Markowitz: He's still has rights.
- Arnie Becker: So had the girl's mother.
- Melina Paros: What about the baby?
- Leland McKenzie: All right, folks. We're all on the same team.
- [But Daniel Morales has arrived late in the meeting]
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Mr. Morales. Honored that you can join us. How was the arraignment?
- Daniel Morales: Um, People vs. Alejandro Cruz. He's charged with shooting a news vendor who refuse to pay protection money?
- Leland McKenzie: Any extenuating circumstances, Daniel?
- Daniel Morales: No, Leland, not really. I'm trying to have Cruz tried in Juvenile Court, but right now, that's looking doubtful.
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.: Well, if there's no other business, we're adjourned.
- [Douglas closed his gold hunter case from the pocket watch that the time is up]
- Daniel Morales: Melina, I need your advise.
- Melina Paros: What is it?
- [Daniel sighs]
- Daniel Morales: I can't talk here. And actually, I should speak first with my client.
- Melina Paros: Cruz?
- Daniel Morales: Yeah, I might be in trouble on this one. I'll catch you later.
- Melina Paros: All right.
- [Roxanne holding a baby Lucy, opened the door and see they have a guest at the McKenzie, Brackman Law Firm in Los Angeles. Tommy's alcoholic father Tommy Mullaney, Sr. sitting while smoking along with his luggage]
- Roxanne Melman: Mr. Mullaney?
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Yeah. I'm, uh, looking for my son, Tommy.
- Roxanne Melman: Nice to meet you. I'm Roxanne.
- [Tommy Sr. shakes hands to meet Roxanne]
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Yeah.
- Roxanne Melman: Roxanne Melman. Well, your son and I, we used to work together when he was here.
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: What, he get fired?
- Roxanne Melman: No, no. Tommy works at the District Attorney's office now.
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Oh. Truth, justice, and the American way, huh? I guess him and me sort of lost touch. I haven't been in the same room with him ever since wedding to blondie. If I had know the airlines didn't let you smoke anymore, I don't think I would have made the trip.
- Roxanne Melman: Well, I'd be glad to take you over to Tommy's office.
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Don't bother. I'll go down and get a cab.
- [Tommy Sr. lights another cigarette]
- Roxanne Melman: L.A.'s not like Boston. Here you have to call for a ride.
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: How did you know I'm from Boston?
- Roxanne Melman: Tommy talks about you.
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: [Mumbles] Hmph. He's a good kid. Like this one. Yours?
- Roxanne Melman: A friend's.
- [Baby Lucy coos]
- Roxanne Melman: Tommy...
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Aw, what's the matter?
- [Lucy don't like Tommy Sr]
- Roxanne Melman: I'll just go find somebody to watch Lucy, and, uh, we'll go.
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Thanks.
- [A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney looking at the window at the District Attorney's office, he turned that it's his long time alcoholic father Tommy Sr. escorted by Roxanne]
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: Pop. Long time.
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: It's February in New England. I was freezing my can.
- [Tommy Jr. greeting his father Tommy Sr. with shaking hands]
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: Welcome to California. Um, you met Roxie?
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Oh, she said blondie's gone. That's too bad. You never knew a good thing when you had it. You got a smoke?
- [Tommy Jr. changed his mind]
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: Actually, I quit.
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Quit?
- [Chuckles]
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Why, you let that nice office for this hell hole? Working with lowlifes? Coming from the airport, I was surprised to see about as many niggers and spics camping in the streets as we have in Boston.
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: Pop...
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Neighborhood grew so sour, I couldn't let his mother go for a walk alone.
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: Hey, don't start about Mom, huh?
- Roxanne Melman: Tommy. Tommy, I'm sure your father didn't mean anything...
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: Hey, you have no idea about this guy. Even he doesn't know what he means.
- Roxanne Melman: Tommy...
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Now, this is my son's way of making his dad feel welcome. You made your point. I am not staying with you. I'm gonna rent a room in a hotel.
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: No, I never said that you couldn't stay with me.
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Not in so many words.
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: Look, it's just I'm under a lot of pressure lately here with this...
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: It shouldn't matter! I raised you better!
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: As a matter of fact, you didn't!
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: I'll fly home tomorrow. Not a problem.
- Roxanne Melman: [Begging] Mr. Mullaney... Mr. Mullaney, please don't go.
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: Roxie!
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: You're a real sweet, Maurine.
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: Her name is Roxanne!
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: No foolin'.
- [Tommy Sr. takes his belongings and leave. Tommy Jr. felt mad]
- Jonathan Rollins: Anthony, if you would, tell the court about the events leading up to your... your accident.
- Anthony Marciante: Karen and I had been up in the mountains above San Bernadino. We've been fighting a lot, so we... decided to spend the weekend together, alone, to see if we could work things out. Driving home. I had a few drinks. More than a few. I fell asleep at the wheel. I came away with a cuts and bruises. Karen was badly hurt. She went into a coma.
- Jonathan Rollins: When did you first learn that Karen was pregnant?
- Anthony Marciante: Just after the accident, in the emergency room. When I heard...
- [sighs]
- Anthony Marciante: It was a shock. I'm still trying to take it in. But, uh, Karen's gone. And now there is a new life. When the doctors told me that they might be able to save the baby, I told them to try.
- Jonathan Rollins: Do you want to be a father?
- Anthony Marciante: More than anything. I owe this to Karen... and my daughter. The OB did in ultrasound. I wanna name the baby Michelle.
- Jonathan Rollins: Are you ready to be a father, Anthony?
- Anthony Marciante: I think so. I stopped drinking. And, uh... I've been working very hard. I just received a promotion. I have a lot of support from friends and... the staff at the hospital.
- Jonathan Rollins: No further questions, Your Honor.
- [Mr. Rollins ready to return to his seat. The opposing counsel James Pavlik will give some question to Anthony Marciante]
- Judge Richard Fiorello: Mr. Pavlik.
- Lawyer James Pavlik: Mr. Marciante, at the time of the accident, you blood alcohol level was .15, is that correct? Nearly twice the legal limit.
- Anthony Marciante: I already pled guilty. I have no excuse. As I've said, I've stopped drinking.
- Lawyer James Pavlik: Your abstinence is admirable, right in time for sentencing, but too late for Karen.
- Anthony Marciante: I have to live with this forever.
- Lawyer James Pavlik: According to obstetricians at Bernheimer, the fetus is only 18 weeks old. Just midway through its second trimester. To your knowledge, can that fetus be brought to term before the mother's body begins deteriorating?
- Anthony Marciante: I was told there was no way of knowing.
- Lawyer James Pavlik: Were you also told that even if the fetus survives, there is a 50% chance it will be grossly premature with a real possibility of brain damage?
- Anthony Marciante: There's an equal chance that she will be born perfectly healthy.
- Lawyer James Pavlik: You were charged with DUI and vehicular manslaughter. Should you be set jail, who will care for your child?
- Anthony Marciante: I will face that when the time comes. Right now, what's important is rescuing my baby. Look, I've... The woman I love is dead. That doesn't mean that our baby should die, too.
- [Mrs. Coleman felt terrible about her daughter Karen]
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: Pop.
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: How'd you find me?
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: It wasn't too tough. I knew you'd be looking for a drink, and Roxie said your curiosity about this place was peaked.
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Not the only thing peaked. If that gal puts her bottle in my face once more, I screw...
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: Come on, let's get out of here, huh?
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Where are we going? Disneyland?
- Waitress: [Placing an order] Can I bring you something else?
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Why not? A pair of those and another Wild Turkey.
- Waitress: Anything for you?
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: He'll have the same.
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: Nothing, thanks.
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: You're not gonna join me?
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: No, I quit.
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Yeah, but who takes you seriously? You quit smoking, you quit drinking. What's next for you, the seminary?
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: Listen, if you're not leaving, I'll see you back in my office.
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: I came to California to spend some quality time together.
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: It's almost 30 years, and suddenly you're taking an interest?
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: I was always there for you, and don't forget it.
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: Yeah, Pop, whatever you say.
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Are you calling me a liar?
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: Ah! Here we go!
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Answer me!
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: You answer me!
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: Years go by, I'm pitching, no one's catching. Now all of a sudden, you show up, pretending we're related. What's this all about, Pop, huh?
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Nothing.
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: I wanna know.
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Never mind.
- A.D.A. Tommy Mullaney: No, you tell me!
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: I'm dying!
- [Tommy find out why is Tommy Sr. going to die]
- Tommy Mullaney, Sr.: Sit down! You're blocking the view!
- [Tommy Jr. takes a seat and watching his alcoholic father at the nightclub]
- Judge Harry Martin: Next case.
- Clerk: Case number 47652. People vs. Crawford.
- [Daniel Morales has arrived in court]
- Daniel Morales: How are you doing? I spoke with the arresting officer. Police said the shooter was driving your car wearing a jacket.
- Alejandro Cruz (as Jimmy Medina): Told him I didn't do it. Just give me back the jewelry.
- Daniel Morales: That's not happening. The D.A. is cracking down on gang killings. Wants you tried as an adult.
- Alejandro Cruz (as Jimmy Medina): Look, man, you just do your thing, and I'll do mine. Everything will be cool, eh?
- Clerk: Case number 47653. People vs. Alejandro Cruz.
- Judge Harry Martin: Next round, counselor.
- Daniel Morales: Ready, Your Honor. Stand up.
- Alejandro Cruz (as Jimmy Medina): He's not standing.
- Daniel Morales: Stand up.
- Judge Harry Martin: Your client has some sort of disability, Mr. Morales?
- Daniel Morales: One moment, Your Honor.
- [Talking with his client]
- Daniel Morales: This is my turf, these are my rules. Get your ass off that bench. Otherwise this judge will send you away for life.
- Judge Harry Martin: Mr. Morales, I'm waiting.
- [Mr. Cruz gets up]