Changing Lanes Page #2

Mr. Banek?

I made a mistake.

What mistake?

This morning, after the accident

by the side of the road...

we were exchanging

insurance information...

and I used the file folder...

to, you know, to--

you know, to--

No, I don't know.

To write my name on,

and address.

And I gave it to him.

I just wasn't thinking clearly,

I guess. Must've been the accident.

Did you get his name?

Did I get his--

Yes, of course I got his name.

Let's call him.

As I-- If memory serves,

Your Honor...

- I believe he's not in.

- How do you know?

He made some reference

to the fact that he was...

feeling hurried because...

he had to be at an appointment

of some sort.

- Call him and leave a message.

- Yes, of course. I will.

Your Honor,

may I make a suggestion?

I'm in no hurry,

and I know how bad...

a person feels after a--

a car crash, right?

Yeah.

Thanks, Terry.

No. Don't mention it.

So, Gavin, when the man,

whose name you don't know...

gets out of the meeting

that you say he's in...

would you call him at the number

that you think is in your car...

so that we can have the document

you assure us gives us the proof...

that the senior partners

of your law firm...

do control the money Simon Dunne

left to the children of New York?

Doesn't matter. He'll have a copy.

He'll bring the copy in.

A piece of paper with

an original signature on it...

still has great magical power.

Without that piece of paper

with the signature...

Miss Dunne can sue

that law firm for fraud...

and possibly send you and the other

members of your law firm to jail.

Mr. Banek, find your man...

and bring me back that file

by the end of the day.

- Thank you, Your Honor.

- Thank you.

- Hold on, sir.

- Put your hands up, please.

Wait. Hold on a second.

- Okay.

- Thank you, sir.

- Dad!

- Hey, guys.

- You're late. Mom went in already.

- What's in the bag?

- What bag?

- Daddy!

Oh, this bag.

It's a present for the judge.

I want a present!

I want a present!

- You shouldn't lie to him, Dad.

- Okay, okay.

I would never give a judge

such a cool present.

Happy birthday yesterday.

Listen to me, guys.

Everything's gonna be better.

I bought a house.

- In Oregon?

- No, in Queens.

- Mommy says we're movin' to Oregon.

- Now you don't have to.

That's why I bought the house--

so you don't have to move to Oregon.

Are you gonna live there with us?

See what the judge says, okay?

The court denies the motion

for joint custody...

and awards sole custody of

the children to their mother.

Wait!

Miss Gipson is moving to Oregon

to start a new job.

- Weekly visitations are impossi ble.

- So noted.

- File with the court clerk.

- Hold it! Your Honor--

Your Honor, I know I'm late,

but someone hit my car.

Now-- See, look here.

This is evidence-- new evidence.

I have a new plan for joint custody.

It's all right here.

Mr. Gipson, you are late,

and the hearing has been conducted.

- But I had an accident.

- Your Honor, are we free to go?

- I'm not done yet!

- The court ruled, Mr. Gipson.

- But I wasn't here.

- The court ruled.

Valerie, I--

I bought you a house.

- It's too late, Your Honor.

- No, it's not too late!

It's 20 minutes.

It's just 20 minutes.

Twenty minutes can't be too late.

Valerie, please.

Don't let 20 minutes stand in

the way of what I'm trying to do.

- Please don't start.

- Don't talk to him.

Mr. Gipson, would you please

approach the bench?

- Your Honor, can we leave now?

- Yes.

- Mr. Gipson--

- Valerie, can't we talk?

- Valerie, can we--

- Mr. Gipson.

Mr. Gipson, come here for a moment.

Please?

Emotions run high in here.

If this weren't a divorce court...

the way you just yelled

in my courtroom--

- I'm sorry.

- Of course you are.

You have children, Mr. Gipson.

Keep them in front of you.

I just wanted to tell my wife

I got her a house for the children.

- When?

- Well, I have it all right here.

That's my plan. I found a house

for Valerie and for the boys...

and they don't have to move.

This is what I wanted to say.

""Boys need their fathers.

The streets of this world are lonely

for boys without their fathers.

I have made mistakes,

and I have grown...

and I have recognized

those mistakes.''

What kind of a house?

It's not a big house,

and it's not in great shape.

But I can fix it.

I can make it work.

And there's a space for--

Well, if she'll have me back,

there's a place for me too.

But I'm not asking for that

right now. I'm just asking that...

she not take the boys and move

halfway across the world.

You can arrange visitations. Oregon

is not the other side of the world.

It is to me!

I want my family. I want my boys.

I had an accident.

This guy hit me on the FDR.

He cut me off!

I wanted to be here!

If this was my marriage,

I would've been here on time.

Everyone was here on time,

except you. Next case.

Thank you.

- Docket 718.

- Thanks.

Counselor, step up, please.

- How is everybody today?

- Good morning, Your Honor.

Nice to see you again.

It's not gonna help me pay

my phone bill, my electric bill.

I'm not making any money sittin'

in court. I'm goin' to court.

I've been sittin' in court every

day. I'm not making any money.

If you and I had gotten caught

before we stopped...

and my wife found out,

and I Ieft the law...

and you died in

a horribIe accident at sea...

I would be better off

than I am right now.

What happened?

He wouldn't take a check.

He said he wanted to be clean

in all his actions.

- The judge wouldn't take a check?

- The guy.

What guy?

- What day is today?

- Friday.

- Actually, it's Good Friday.

- Good Friday.

- What's good about it?

- Gavin, what's going on?

I know what's good about it.

My file's walking down the street.

Hey! Excuse me.

Listen, man, you don't know me.

I know.

And you don't have to believe me,

but that was not like me today.

And I'm just so grateful,

you know, to God...

and right here in front

of the Lord's house.

Come on. Hop in. Get in the car.

Get out of the rain.

My name's Gavin Banek.

- Doyle Gipson.

- Hey, listen, Doyle.

That is not what I'm like--

this morning.

That's not who I am.

I mean it. I'm a lawyer.

I should have never left

the scene of an accident.

I should know better.

My file-- did you fllnd it?

I had an orange file.

It was in my briefcase.

I thought may be it fell out

and you picked it up.

Do you have it?

Did you get it?

You said,

""Better luck next time.''

I said, ""Give me a lift.''

You said...

""Better luck next time,''

and just--

""Better luck next time''?

I said that?

Listen, sir, please.

I have no excuse for my behavior,

and I am sorry.

I don't know what I can do

to make it up to you, except--

I will buy you a new car.

Money. You think I want money?

What I want is my morning back.

I need you to give

my time back to me.

Can you give me back my time?

Can you give my time back to me?

Huh? Can you?

Whoa! Wait a minute!

Whoa! All right!

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