The Judge
You're not getting away with this!
Palmer! / what?
You're an a**hole!
- Hey! Stop!
- Did that Just happen?
- You meant to do that!
- Well, you startled me.
I don't think I did.
Listen, this wasn't some
West Anglewood Drug sweep.
The search was good, there's
Would you Just calm down, that's why
it's called an evidential hearing.
What? So you can smear me
and imply that I invented
a phantom witness?
Did you?
The jaded lawyer, with no
uh, no respect for the law.
- That's original.
- That's me?
I respect the law Just fine, I'm Just not
in awe... I'm not even encumbered by it.
If the great state of Illinois
can't meet its burden of proof.
If I walked with a guilty
client, it's on you!
So I suggest you do
your job, Kattan.
now if you'd like to finish that clich.
You followed me
to piss or unload...
Better not involve my reflection. I'm
sleeping at night? How do I do it?
I do it on a tempur-pedic bed,
in a highland park home,
with a Ferrari in the driveway.
Next to a loving wife, with the ass
of a high school volleyballie.
And, and, and how
does that feel, Hank?
represent is guilty?
It's fine.
Innocent people can't afford me.
Burden of proof...Kattan.
Wait, wait, wait... you said
this won't go to trial.
- I'm sorry, did I say that?
- I hired you to make this go away.
Wrong! You hired me
because we both know you
won't last two days in a
federal penitentiary.
don't tell me how to do my job.
Do I tell you how
to commit fraud?
Deny coverage to terminally ill
policy holder, embezzled $140
million while you're at it?
I won't do that because
that's your gig.
That's your forte.
- I'm hearing you.
- I'm glad.
New voicemail
all rise.
The court is in session. The honorable
judge Stanley Carter presiding.
Be seated.
Before I ruled on the
pit's motion, is there
anything either
counsels care to add?
Yes, your honor. We'd like to
remove any doubt as to the validity
of our search.
Your...Your honor, could I...Approach?
Your honor?
Yeah, I need a continuance
Absolutely not.
My mom passed away this morning.
My ass.
Let me replay it.
Is this the first time your mom
passed away or is this something...
You do on all your cases
you're about to lose?
I'm sorry for your loss.
Thank you, first time.
What a schmuck you are.
You know? He...He peed on me,
Just now, in the restroom down the hall.
I don't...
Kattan, step away!
Daddy, are you sad
about your mom?
Yeah, baby, I wish
you'd met her.
Why can't I go with you?
'Cause it's depressing.
You don't want to go.
So, grandpa Palmer's
is dead too?
No, grandpa is dead to me,
it's like a figure of speech.
You might have mis-heard
something that I've said.
Sounds complicated, I
should go with you.
go to Carlinville, Indiana.
Everybody wants to leave.
You looking for something?
You got my beetle
honey, old man?
Check it out.
I love you, baby. don't
eat it before breakfast!
- Got you.
- Um...Hmm.
They are my in-laws, I
feel like we should...
Bob Schacner...
Is that your divorce attorney?
He's good.
Should be living
with me, by the way.
Hank!
Hank!
What time the school starts in the
morning, Hank? What's her teacher's name?
Brownie's night is which night?
Soccer?
What's her favorite color?
Who's her best friend?
What does she have
for breakfast?
Do you know her pediatrician's name?
Do you've her phone number?
What does she wear?
don't let this bother her.
come home before bedtime...
Because he is always on
his phone on weekends.
mom to be...Sad all the time.
- Sad? you're sad?
- Yes!
I'm sorry you felt so sad. You got on
Facebook, befriended your old college buddy
George and f***ed him!
He is so rugged.
He is so wise.
I don't know why you haven't already hang
off in the mountain with that redneck.
You want to do something for me?
Water the f***ing
hydrangea or something!
oh god...Here we go.
Nothing changes.
Mary Palmer - beloved wife, mother
and grandmother. 3- 6 pm rose room
hey Hank...
Hey Derrick.
I missed you.
Her heart Just kind
of turned off.
I found her by the hydrangeas.
Good job.
oh, this is Saint Francis. I picked it.
It used to be her favorite.
Friend of the birds like mom.
food out for Them,
especially in the winter.
He, he's gentle,
like mom used to be.
Ran all the snakes
out of Indiana
and don't ask me how.
Ireland...Out of Ireland?
Snakes here are constant but it's in St.
Patrick, not San Francisco.
And in Ireland, not Indiana.
Trust me, nobody is dispersing
reptiles in Indiana.
- Were you there?
- I was not there.
- Maybe you're right.
- Hank Palmer in carlinville.
- Here he is.
- That's Carlinville's state bird and...
- Hey Glen.
- I Just saw you a few minutes ago.
Where did you park?
- On the street.
- I parked at...
Tried to get a...Space
in the big lot...
I'd to go around...
But eventually I found one.
Here you go.
- Where's the family?
- Couldn't make it, school.
oh, I didn't know that kids in Chicago
go to school in the summer...
No, it isn't. They Just think that...
They...Can't come along.
- What's the story?
- There is no story.
Do you have anything else
to say for yourself?
Anything that would enlighten
us concerning this?
What do you want to hear?
Nobody's hiring.
You can't get spinach
out of a Petunia.
I can't afford to
pay child support.
You can't, huh? But your
new truck, out front...
Which one?
Yeah...
'Yeah', is not an affirmation
a man uses in court.
'Yeah', is not an affirmation
a man uses in court.
- Yes sir, judge...Sorry.
- Keys...Go on...
And uh...
- Augustus...Sir...
- Of course...Gus...
Would you give those to Mr.
William's ex-wife, please.
Then escort Mr. William
to his ex-truck.
you're Gonna sign that
vehicle over to her.
And you ma'am, are going down to
Devany Motors, ask for Mike devany
the father of 'not
that nitwit son'
and sell your new
truck back to him
for whatever that 'turnip'
there put down on it.
- This ain't fair, how I...
- Hey! One more word, go on!
Look around you, you're standing on one of
the last great cathedrals in this country,
built on the premise that you and
you alone are responsible for
the consequences
of your actions.
now you still want fair?
Alright, head north!
Stop when you get to Indianapolis,
tractor pulls, cotton candy, cattle corn
and the world's largest deer...
First week in August.
You'll love it. Hey wait, I
forgot, wait, wait, wait...
You don't have a truck!
Thank you very much, judge.
Want me to tell you what the...
causes that, ma'am?
Thank you fellows, I
appreciate you all being here.
Who is out there
guarding the donut shop?
- She was a good woman, Joseph.
- Grace and I are here...
- ...if you need anything.
- Thank you.
Thank you. It means a lot to me.
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