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If you hold anything back on me

I'm going to bust your ass wide open.

You talk to corporate clients this way?

I mean it, Tom.

"It's unprofessional conduct

for a prosecutor to fail to disclose...

- "...to the defence at the -- "

- I know the words.

I'm not going to let it happen again.

You prosecuted the Styles case with me,

and you did a good job.

The jury found him guilty.

He had a rap sheet as long as my dick.

I'm going to nail you to the wall.

I'll see you in court, Counsellor.

Consuela's door was open.

What did you see?

Blood.

I ran to our room.

Was the door closed?

No.

Open it.

- I can't --

- What did you see?

That word on the wall...

...and the rope.

Her hands and her feet were tied.

There was blood all around her breasts

and all over the bed.

She didn't have any clothes on.

All between her legs, the blood! Oh, God!

How did you meet her?

We met at Stanford.

We met at this party.

I didn't even know her name.

I'm glad I didn't. I never would've

had the nerve to talk to her.

A couple of years later,

we ran into each other at the country club.

I wasn't a member, but I used to...

...go in and use their pool

every once in a while.

Then we got married.

I started working for the paper.

I used to...

...bring coffee around to everybody.

I hated that sh*t.

I worked in Advertising Circulation.

Got to know everything

about the company.

Her father liked me.

Why didn't you ever have any children?

That was the biggest mistake

we ever made.

Were you faithful to her?

You know how many times

Krasny asked me that?

Yes, I was faithful to her.

Except for a short period a long time ago.

It wasn't even an affair.

It was like a series of one-night stands.

The girl went back to France.

It didn't even last a month.

You'll have to tell me all about her.

I'll send you all the details,

times, dates, restaurants.

Do you want the motel room numbers?

I may have forgotten those.

You're divorced, aren't you?

Yeah.

Were you faithful to him?

Really?

Really.

- Was she faithful to you?

- Yeah, as far as I know.

What does that mean?

It means, as far as I know.

I didn't kill her.

I know you didn't.

No, you don't.

You just want to get closer

to have a better look.

- What are you doing, Mum?

- Homework, nothing much.

I could sure use a hug, though.

- You're such a good hugger!

- Really?

Really.

Mum?

What?

Do you ever...

Do you ever think about boys

and all that stuff?

Sometimes.

Do you ever think about it with Dad?

Sometimes.

- Mum?

- What?

I liked it when Dad was here

the other night.

I miss him, Mum.

- Give me the bottom line, Dan.

- The bottom line?

A straight, solid graph.

The machine loves him.

He's telling the truth.

Or he's the kind of ice cube

even the machine can't melt.

Is he psychopathic?

No, but he's manipulative.

He didn't get where he is

without being manipulative.

Neither did l, neither did you.

But did he do that bloodbath?

I don't know.

But if you're asking me whether

I think he's capable of doing that...

I saw nothing that would lead me

to that conclusion.

Sam, come on in.

Thank you, doctor. I'll call you later.

All right. I've got 832 pages,

signed, sealed and delivered...

...by Thomas Krasny, Esq.

The People versus John C. Forrester.

It really took Krasny two months

to put this together?

Christ's sake,

he's got him tied to that f***ing knife.

No, he doesn't. He has a janitor who

claims to have seen a knife in a locker.

- The next best thing, isn't it?

- Nope. lt's not good enough.

It's circumstantial. Krasny doesn't have

the knife that killed Forrester's wife.

The janitor isn't identifying it.

What about this friend of his wife's?

This Virginia Howell?

It's hearsay coming from one witness.

Kathy, would you get Mr. Forrester

on the phone for me, please?

Thank you.

Krasny's too smart.

He's holding something back,

that son of a b*tch. He's got to have more.

Teddy, I gotta tell you.

I've been watching this guy

for months now.

Do you wanna know what I think?

- What I really think?

- What do you think?

He killed her.

Hi.

He's got a witness

who saw a hunting knife...

...in your locker at the country club.

I figured something like that.

It's complete bullshit.

May I use your phone?

He described it.

Said it was 6 inches long and --

I never had any kind of knife in my locker.

Why would he be lying?

All I can tell you is, it never happened.

Did you always want to be a lawyer?

I always wanted to be a prosecutor.

My dad was a cop.

What'd I get myself into?

You want some more of this?

No.

You're a very pretty lady.

Now she thinks, maybe he did do it.

It sounds like he's coming on to me.

You like to play games, don't you?

Racquetball. I play every day.

I used to play, years ago.

We should play. You still look in shape.

I don't play games with my clients.

Yeah, you do.

Tell me about Virginia Howell.

She's a real b*tch.

She says your wife told her

she was going to divorce you.

- We can blow her out of the water.

- How?

- Coffee?

- Yeah.

When you come back,

I want to know exactly how.

When I come back, I'll tell you exactly how.

Hello, Mr. Fabrizi? Teddy Barnes.

How do you know it was this locker?

'Cause right after I saw it, I put it together

that it was Mr. Forrester's...

...and it stuck in my head that he had it.

Is there any possibility

that it wasn't this locker?

Lady, listen. I like Mr. Forrester.

I wish I'd never seen the damned thing.

Now, you ask me if I think

Mr. Forrester killed his wife.

I say, "No way Mr. Forrester

would ever do a thing like that."

But, you ask me if the knife I saw

was in the locker here, I say:

"Hell, yes.

The son of a b*tch was right up there!"

I'm telling you now.

I see this trial degenerating...

...and I'll hit you like a freight train

roaring down the High Sierra.

We've got a man's life at stake here.

Not headlines, not careers.

Do you have anything

you want to share with me?

- No, your Honour.

- Yes, your Honour.

I'm not satisfied that the prosecution is

complying with its discovery obligations.

I have complied, your Honour.

Do you have any evidence

Mr. Krasny has not complied?

No, your Honour.

Then, what do you base your allegation on?

On my past association with Mr. Krasny,

your Honour.

Cite the case.

I held something back?

Cite the case, Teddy.

I hope I don't have to say this to you again,

Mrs. Barnes...

...but you don't question ethics

in my chamber...

...unless you have the evidence

to support you.

Thank you, your Honour.

Yes, your Honour.

Why didn't you cite the case, Teddy?

You could've gotten disbarred

before the trial.

- Do you realise how much I admired you?

- It never got me anywhere with you.

What about Forrester?

Do you like him any better?

Yes.

I like him a lot better.

Why don't you cite the case?

Put it all on the line.

The People versus Henry Styles.

Case Number 26022.

You got me! Come on.

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