The Practice (TV Series)
Race Ipsa Loquitor (2000)
Michael Badalucco: Jimmy Berluti
Quotes
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Bobby Donnell : Richard Bay's the DA on... Clyde Miller.
[So it's true]
Ellenor Frutt : Oh, my God.
Lucy Hatcher : Tell me.
Bobby Donnell : In my office.
Jimmy Berluti : I can't. They're transferring Henry back to the courthouse. I have to go...
Bobby Donnell : [Bobby doesn't care] In my office.
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Lucy Hatcher : [Ellenor got back to the law offices and slams the door closed. Lucy raised her hands] I didn't do anything.
Ellenor Frutt : Where's Jimmy?
Jimmy Berluti : Right here. What's...
Ellenor Frutt : You signed off on Murder Two with Clyde Miller? Just like that?
Jimmy Berluti : We had to take it or leave it - one-time offer.
Ellenor Frutt : So, why did you take it?
Jimmy Berluti : Because he was looking at first degree.
Ellenor Frutt : Well, we still could have tried the thing.
Jimmy Berluti : And lost.
Ellenor Frutt : But maybe won. Their evidence...
Jimmy Berluti : Oh, please.
Ellenor Frutt : Jimmy, there were no witnesses. I just beat a much tougher case than this one a month ago with Darryl Hutchins.
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Bobby Donnell : [Bobby finds out what's with the noise] What's going on?
Ellenor Frutt : Clyde Miller - He just copped a second degree.
Jimmy Berluti : There were no rabbits to pull on this one, Ellenor. They had him dead to center.
Ellenor Frutt : Even so, Jimmy, this seems a little rushed, and since I am second chair...
[Telephone rings]
Ellenor Frutt : I think you could have run this by me before...
Jimmy Berluti : I didn't think you really wanted to be bothered.
Lucy Hatcher : [Lucy got a telephone call and she has some good news in the results] Okay. Good news. Henry passed the polygraph.
Jimmy Berluti : He did?
Lucy Hatcher : Yes. They're transferring him to the courthouse.
Bobby Donnell : What's he taking the polygraph for?
Jimmy Berluti : Richard Bay - I worked with him up last night. He said if Henry passed a lie detector, he'd endorse his release.
Bobby Donnell : Bay's going to recommend release now?
Jimmy Berluti : He said a polygraph would sell him.
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[Jimmy went into Bobby's office, find out, and he knew there was something what wrong with Jimmy]
Bobby Donnell : You served up Miller to get Henry out?
Jimmy Berluti : I made independent deals.
Bobby Donnell : Don't screw with me, Jimmy.
Jimmy Berluti : I made separate deals for two...
Bobby Donnell : You don't just cop to Murder Two.
Jimmy Berluti : Judgment call, and don't tell me you've never done it.
Bobby Donnell : You could get disbarred!
Jimmy Berluti : I know you've done it.
Bobby Donnell : I'm talking here!
Jimmy Berluti : And I'm not listening! Shut up! Don't you - Don't you dare put yourself in my position. A man isn't in jail 'cause of you. A kid didn't put a noose around his neck 'cause of you.
Bobby Donnell : You're falling apart.
Jimmy Berluti : Of course I'm falling apart! I've been falling apart for 3 months. I -
[breathing heavily]
Jimmy Berluti : Look at me. I put a 50 lbs. What do you think?
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Jimmy Berluti : I gotta fix this, Bobby.
Bobby Donnell : I won't let you.
Jimmy Berluti : You just stay the hell out of it!
Bobby Donnell : I can't! Clyde Miller is a client of this firm.
Jimmy Berluti : I explained the deal to him. He took it.
Bobby Donnell : He's stupid. He'll do whatever you say.
Jimmy Berluti : You keep out of it! You want to fire me, fire me, but I got to fix this!
[Jimmy regain his composure]
Jimmy Berluti : He's a killer. He killed a rabbi. He should be in jail. Henry Olson shouldn't be. This is a just result.
Bobby Donnell : [Shaking his head disapprovingly and calmed] It doesn't work like that, Jimmy.
Jimmy Berluti : Please. Two separate deals, two different cases. He'd go down on Murder One if we tried it. Just let this be.
[Bobby felt silent]
Jimmy Berluti : Just let this be.
[Jimmy drains his head. Oh, God, help them]
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[the man is leading two attorneys here in jail and invited to meet again is his client. Dr. Henry Olson at the hospital bed]
Jimmy Berluti : Henry?
[Henry Olson turned, that he had bruises in his face and was swelling]
Jimmy Berluti : Hey.
Dr. Henry Olson : Hey.
Jimmy Berluti : What happened?
Dr. Henry Olson : They tried to rape me.
[Jimmy give this to Bobby and answer]
Bobby Donnell : Inmates?
Dr. Henry Olson : Two of them. I covered my ass, but my face didn't fare so well.
Jimmy Berluti : Doctors say you're gonna be okay.
Dr. Henry Olson : I want solitary, Jimmy. I don't want to be in the general population anymore. Can you get me solitary, Jimmy?
Jimmy Berluti : Forever? You got a life sentence.
Dr. Henry Olson : I don't care. Please. You gotta get me solitary. Get me solitary.
[Jimmy will think about it]