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that my client existed

while she was incarcerated.

Which fell within

their discretion,

as the child's legal guardians

the second your client

signed the consent form.

My client signed a form

when she was in a prison

hospital on suicide watch

under the influence of major

sedatives and mood stabilizers.

That's a really nice

image for the judge.

She signed it, Carl.

The legal guardians are not

willing to adjust custody.

Excuse us, please.

What're you doing, Bec?

I'm doing what my

clients asked me to do.

My client's looking

for a permanent job.

Yeah.

She's looking for

two bedroom apartments

that she can hardly afford so

that she can be with this boy.

Come on, Bec.

Advise your clients

not to do this.

This is family, here.

It's a family.

We don't wanna go before

a judge and argue this.

Your client doesn't

want to go before a judge.

Our side, we're fine with it.

It's not my clients who are

going to hear the words,

"manslaughter,"

"drug addiction,"

"maximum sentence"

attached to their names.

They don't don't wanna

walk into a court room

frightening Alec.

Not your way.

Rebecca.

Carl,

off the record,

you need to say yes to

what I'm about to propose

because the yare very

concrete about his

and if you don't agree

to this new offer,

I'm gonna leave this room,

I'm gonna go into court

and I'm gonna push

for no contact at all.

Really?

Yes.

She got out early on

good behavior, Rebecca.

Look at that woman,

she's completely

transformed herself.

Hey, Gab.

Beth!

Shut up!

I'm just...

Gab?

Okay.

Hey, I'm begging you.

I'm so sorry I came

by without calling.

I'm so sorry about the CD.

It won't happen again.

I was just trying to

be friendly, you know.

- We are willing to.

- I was hoping that

- offer your client.

- We could be friends.

- Shut up!

- Supervised.

Shut up!

- Beth.

- Visitation.

Once a month.

- No!

- Becca.

Supervised visitation.

No!

Once a month.

I'm begging you.

I'm begging you, Gabby.

Try to ask

your client to calm down.

Can you please?

I will do anything

to make this go away.

Beth, okay.

Gabriel?

I'll do anything.

Please.

Stay with me for a second.

Stay with me.

You gotta calm down.

I don't know what the f***...

You gotta calm down.

You gotta calm down.

We can agree to

this for right now.

We can agree for this.

It's the first step.

We agree to this

and then in a couple of months,

everybody's a little

bit more comfortable.

Yeah but they lie.

And then we renegotiate.

They lied.

Carl?

Do you see what

they're tying to do?

They lied.

They're trying to bait you.

They want you to lose your

sh*t in this room, Beth.

Don't do that.

Don't do that for your boy.

Carl?

Give us a second, Rebecca!

I'm so sorry, could you

please give us a second?

It's not over.

This is not over,

I promise you that.

Okay?

Come on.

Okay.

Okay, so for the

moment we agree.

All right.

You motherf***er.

Beth.

You're just gonna sit

over there and laugh?

You put her up to

this, didn't you?

That's enough.

It was your idea, wasn't it?

We're leaving.

Okay.

Because she'll never love you

as much as she loved

Jeremy, is that why?

Is that why you hate me?

Because I tried to get

them back together?

Come on, let's

go. Stand up, we're done.

Sam?

Pull yourself together.

Is that why you don't like me?

Carl?

Pull myself together.

Let's go.

We are done.

Beth.

I advise that you

get your client to calm down.

Hey Sam, I'm really sorry.

I didn't mean to get

angry, I'm so sorry.

Keep her away them!

Hey, Gabby, I'm really sorry.

All right, stop.

I'm sorry that I got upset!

It won't happen.

It's okay.

Beth.

Beth, you need to

sign some papers.

F*** you!

F*** you!

F*** you!

Another satisfied

customer, huh boss?

I hate to lose.

What happened?

They refused to share

custody with her son.

It's really messed up.

They had agreed on

terms, you know,

and then they sprang

it on us in the office,

hoping that she

would lose her sh*t.

Mission accomplished.

Damn.

I'm sorry.

I'll be surprised if she

ever sees that kid again.

La La, come here, La La.

There's my girl.

I wanna give you

my phone number.

Why?

Good point.

Well argued.

I didn't do as well on my

midterms as I woulda hoped.

You know, school can

be kinda hard on us.

And so I stupidly

had a few drinks.

A huge mistake that I'm

extremely sorry for.

And worse than anything,

when I got in that car,

I put a lot of people's

lives in danger

and that's unforgivable.

Yet,

I stand here today,

a changed man,

thanks to the help

of my councilors,

my family,

and my sober

brothers and sisters.

And I ask for that very thing.

Forgiveness.

And also, to become

a living amends

to help out other young men.

Face the truths of

their own demons.

And on that note, I wanna

thank Officer Ramirez

and I wanna thank

you, your honor,

for giving me that wake up

call that I sorely needed.

Well,

thank you, Mr. Beckett.

You've obviously done a

tremendous amount of work

in your outpatient program.

I see no reason why a young man

with such a bright,

promising future

should have his

whole life ruined

because of a momentary

laps in judgment.

A laps in judgment that you

are so clearly remorseful of.

Thank you, your honor.

That being said,

there's the issue

of Mr. Vaperelli

and how he's unable to work.

He's been in that

situation ever since you

hit him three months ago.

So...

How do you propose

to rectify that?

I don't know, your honor.

You see, I do.

That's why I get

to be the judge.

Here's my idea.

I think that you, now that

you've completed your program,

that you should work

with Mr. Vaperelli

at his bodega for three months.

For free, of course.

Till you pay him back for

all the time he's lost

and help pay for some

of the replacement staff

he's gonna need to keep

that place running.

What about my

school, your honor?

After school and

on the weekends.

Your honor,

man, I'm grateful, I really am.

Your honor, I got

finals coming up, man,

and I don't know how I'm

gonna be able to do both.

You're a smart guy.

You'll figure it out.

Good luck on finals

and with your new job.

Thank you, sir.

But just...

We're done. Come on.

Bruce.

Yes?

People versus Mendez.

How are you councilor?

Hi.

Hi, Maria.

Thank you.

Your honor, as you know,

being incarcerated is

traumatizing for anybody

but especially for somebody

as young as my client.

I'd like to request her

handcuffs be removed

while she's in the courtroom.

The state has no

objection, your honor.

Okay but I'm...

I'm reading the case history

right here, Miss McCabe,

and it seems that your

client found the fortitude,

while she was

incarcerated last week,

to attack two other inmates

and put one in the infirmary.

Your honor, with respect,

my client was the

one who was attacked.

Here's a hint if you're gonna

ask the judge for something,

try not to interrupt him.

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