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Got an attempted homicide.

Guy shot his wife, she's in a coma.

Arraignment's at 3:00

with Judge Moran.

You do still actually

work here, Willy. Right?

Norman, would you just find

somebody else to do it?

Everybody's booked.

Look, it's not going to trial.

There's a weapon with prints...

and a signed confession.

Just take the arraignment,

wait for the plea.

It's a real confession?

Spontaneous and signed.

Come on, Willy.

All right, but, uh...

here's the problem.

OK, that'll do!

I've given my ruling.

If they want to squabble,

they can take it outside.

I apologize, Your Honor.

Your Honor, please.

Your Honor.

Mr. Beachum.

Nice to see a man

who dresses for court.

I'm very sorry, Your Honor.

Very sorry.

It's a long story.

The people of the

state of California...

versus Theodore Crawford.

Your Honor, the public

defender is representing...

Mr. Crawford

for his arraignment...

with the understanding

that he will secure...

private counsel

for all further proceedings.

Mr. Crawford,

you have been charged...

with section 664 slash 187...

of the California penal

code:
Attempted murder.

Do you waive further

reading of the complaint...

and complete statement

of rights?

You do.

I do. But, I... I want...

And do you wish to enter

a plea at this time?

Yes, not guilty.

But I also want to waive my right...

to a counsel and represent myself.

Surely you won't have trouble finding...

an attorney, Mr. Crawford?

No, but I want to do it myself.

Your Honor, if I can have

a moment with my client.

I'm not your client.

Try and keep up, will you?

Uh, Mr. Crawford, uh...

you're facing some

very serious charges here.

I strongly urge you to retain counsel.

That's very kind...

but I believe I'm within my rights.

Be aware that lack of counsel...

will not be grounds for an appeal.

Oh, I understand. I understand.

People have an objection,

Mr. Beachum?

Well, Your Honor...

we have a...

a verbal and signed confession.

So, I would strongly advise...

Mr. Crawford to, uh...

to get a competent attorney

to try and negotiate a plea.

That's pretty damning

evidence, Mr. Crawford.

You wanna reconsider?

Absolutely not.

Huh. It's gonna turn into a circus.

I appreciate your concern...

for the dignity of the court, 007.

Unfortunately, the man

is a tax-paying citizen...

and entitled

by our constitution...

to try and manipulate

the legal system...

like everybody else.

Mr. Crawford wants to go pro per...

that's gonna take a while, and sadly...

I won't be here for it.

But the people have no objection.

Your Honor, I'd, uh, like to, um...

waive my right to preliminary hearing...

and go direct to trial

as soon as possible.

Uh, does that help you,

Mr., uh, Beachum?

Y... You don't have to worry...

about Mr. Beachum, Mr. Crawford.

The district attorney's office...

will assign another prosecutor.

No, I like Mr. Beachum.

Mr. Beachum.

He likes you.

Yes.

That's terrific.

Appears Mr. Crawford

has an understanding...

of his rights and responsibilities, so...

it's your call, Mr. Beachum.

Why not?

All right, then.

Case will move to trial

at the first available date.

Beachum.

You're supposed to be good.

Is that right?

Who the hell are you?

I'm, uh, Lieutenant Nunally.

I took Crawford's confession.

Oh.

Shoo. OK.

So, what can I do for ya?

Are you gonna be on this, or what?

'Cause it looks to me like...

you got one foot out

the door already.

Oh.

Huh.

You should be taking this seriously.

You know, be careful

with this guy. He's... he's...

There's something not right about him.

Y... Y... You took

the confession, right?

You took the gun out of his hand.

Yeah.

Great. So it's done.

Don't worry about it.

Can I have a bourbon?

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Are you a shark?

Excuse me?

You've been circling this lobby...

for half an hour now...

like if you'd stopped, you'd die.

Oh. Yeah...

I'm a shark.

What about you?

Are you a shark, too?

You say hi to Burt?

Oh.

Burt's talking to the mayor.

Do I know you?

Nikki Gardner. Your new boss.

Oh.

Ha.

You're the one who

sent me the invitation?

Well, I thought I ought

to get to know...

the mystery man that Burt

plucked outta nowhere.

Well, I don't really know Burt.

So, every partner has a team

of senior associates.

Every senior associate has

a team of junior associates.

And you're on my team,

which means I'll supervise...

your casework

and I'll steer you...

through the office politics.

Kinda like a mentor.

Kinda like a probation officer.

Oh, you trying...

you're trying to scare me?

Let me ask you a question.

OK.

Shoot.

We have a senior associate...

at the firm named Calvin Tyler.

Kind of a rising star.

He goes into court against you.

Some client's kid is D.U. I...

And the next thing we know,

Calvin is fired and...

Burt Wooton, who has

never even interviewed...

a junior associate before,

let alone hired one...

says you're starting in two weeks.

Calvin came to me for a deal.

So I told him if he

can get me a meeting...

with Mr. Wooton, that I'd...

throw the case.

He set it up, but he came

to court unprepared...

and I mopped the floor with him.

Your client got

the maximum, and then...

next day, I was meeting

with Mr. Wooton.

Bo... Burt.

That's...

You didn't actually do

anything all that wrong.

I wasn't exactly honest with Calvin.

Ha.

Are you gonna get that?

Everybody I wanna talk

to is right here.

Welcome to Wooton Sims.

Get your phone.

Yeah.

Hey, Willy, it's Flores.

I got bad news.

The gun. It's no good.

What do you mean

the gun's no good?

Well, it's a fine gun.

It's just no good as evidence.

Never been fired.

Never been fired?

Well, it's the gun

from the house, isn't it?

Yeah. It's, uh...

property of the defendant...

bought about... one month ago.

Well, the gun never left the house.

He was locked inside

from the time of the crime...

to the time of the arrest.

So the gun is in there.

So don't tell me that

the gun isn't in there.

Go find it.

Get a team out there tomorrow

and find it.

No, I haven't.

I have not.

Well, everything's been

so expedited, you know.

And I guess I just thought that, uh...

Well, I don't know.

I guess I thought...

however it was decorated

was how it was decorated.

Huh?

Right away, sir.

Well, what do most...

of the other junior associates have?

Oh.

Well, what...

What is the difference between, uh...

Italian and English?

Yeah, I kno...

I know that they are

two different countries.

I was talking about in

terms of interior design.

You hold on one second?

Huh.

What, uh, kind of style

would you say that this is?

Homicidal modern?

I don't know.

I guess I'll just know it when I see it.

Uh-huh.

Ooh, 2:
00? I don't...

Yeah, all right. I can do it.

Bye-bye, now.

Alright, good to see you.

What the hell is this?

It's a... thing.

It does stuff.

What, did he make it or something?

- The guy? Yeah.

- Uh-huh.

Here, take a look at this.

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