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Denied.

Your honor, a special

program called Better Options

has offered to take Maria into

their high school

equivalent course.

She could continue

learning English

and she would get individual

treatment for both whore...

Her...

Excuse me.

Individual treatment for

both her mood disorder

and her learning disability.

It's all right here

in a scholarship

and they could

take her right away

and even offer daycare

for Maria's baby.

Judge?

I really...

Not yet, Maria.

Please, I really want to go.

Maria, not yet.

No, yes, I promise.

I promise you that

I will listen.

Start by listening to this.

Don't talk unless somebody

asks you a question.

Okay?

Just make sure she understands.

Okay, okay.

Mr. Fischer?

One second, your honor, please.

I have no objection.

I'm not convinced of this

unless your client's

behavior improves radically.

So, we're gonna revisit

this in two weeks.

Your honor, with respect,

they may not hold the

scholarship for two weeks.

Maria could lose

this opportunity.

Seor.

Please.

No, Maria.

Tell her to be quiet, please.

Maria.

I'm not prepared to

send her out into society

after such a recent

act of violence.

So we will revisit this

in two weeks, on the 29th,

and then I will decide...

Your honor?

This is the point where

you say, "Yes, your honor."

Yes, your honor.

Maria, Maria.

Maria, look at me.

Just wait two weeks.

Sonya, tell her, explain to

her that everything's okay.

Bruce! Bruce!

Get her out.

Tell her to calm down.

Young lady!

Young lady!

You will not come in to

disturb my courtroom.

Okay, calm down.

Calm down.

Thank you, your honor.

I don't wanna be arrogant.

You have my permission.

Sound as arrogant

as you like, Beth.

Okay.

I'm strong-willed.

If I commit to something,

I'm not gonna quit, I'm gonna

see it through to the end.

What else?

I'm a people person.

What does that mean to you?

I was hoping you

weren't gonna ask me that.

I mean that I think I

have a pretty good sense

of what people want

and I think I can

give it to them

without them feeling

weak for needing it.

Very clever.

That's one of the secret

keys of the service industry.

And the third?

I'm good on my feet.

I could only think of

that strong-willed thing

and then I pulled that people

person thing out of my ass.

So, I mean...

Excuse me, out of the air.

Yeah, sorry, I

don't usually curse.

I don't usually curse.

Oh no, don't worry about it.

Okay,

well, look, I'm not

gonna lie to you.

I need somebody for

this position yesterday.

My last waitress just

walked out on me.

Oh.

Went to live with her

boyfriend in San Francisco.

B*tch.

Sorry.

Now you can excuse my curse.

What's with the the ten year gap

in employment history, though?

Did you have a child?

I did, actually,

but that's not why.

I went to prison.

Right.

But I was released on

good behavior a year ago.

Okay.

That's fine, you don't

have to get into the details.

You want to ask me

anything about it?

I really want this job

and I feel like

I've fully benefited

from the rehabilitation

that I received

while I was serving my time

and I wanna be totally upfront

with any potential employers.

May I ask what the charge was?

Manslaughter.

Okay.

Do you want me to

tell you what happened?

No.

No.

That's...

Okay.

We'll call you in a few days.

We'll let you know.

I thought you needed

someone yesterday.

That b*tch in San Francisco.

Yeah, no.

I am available immediately

if you do need someone.

I know.

Sure.

We do.

I just...

My supervisor needs

to look things over

and he may have some other

people that he wants me to see.

You know how it is.

Yes.

Yeah.

Well,

thank you for your time, Beth,

and good luck.

Please, please.

I just...

I really need this job.

I'm trying to get my son back

and I need this job so I

can pay a decent lawyer

and have a chance against them

and I just need someone

to take a chance on me

because every time anybody

hears about my record,

then they just...

They...

I just need...

I just need one person

to stand up and take a chance

and I will...

I'll do anything.

F***.

You all right?

Yeah, no.

That was...

Yeah.

You're...

Um...

Sorry, I have to...

- It's okay.

- I gotta get back.

Yeah.

Um...

We probably shouldn't

tell anybody.

It's okay. We're good.

I just don't wanna...

I'm not telling anyone.

Okay, cool.

So?

Will you call with the schedule?

Just give me a day or two.

Okay.

All right, cool.

Thank you.

Yeah.

There's a side door in the hall.

I'll find it.

I'll find it.

Just, I don't want...

I'll see you.

- Okay.

- Yeah.

Were you from?

I'm from Fort Green.

Oh.

How long you been working here?

A few months.

Kim's my normal girl.

I know.

She told me to be nice to you.

Yeah, she's a sweetie.

She's got real future

ex-wife potential,

if it hadn't been for the

whole language barrier thing.

Oh, surprise, surprise.

F***ing dick just

gave me three dollars

for a 75 dollar treatment

massage and pedicure.

Three dollars.

F***ing dick.

At least you get your

share at the end of the day.

Oh, Mina, I don't

wanna hear it, okay?

Look at you.

Maybe if you worked a little

harder you'd get your share.

What is up with you?

Go f*** yourself, Beth.

Kim.

What the f*** did

you just say to me?

You deaf?

Why don't you say it again?

Hey!

Why don't you come over

here and say that to me again?

Beth!

You shouldn't have said that.

You provoke her.

Okay, come on.

Sh*t.

I'm sorry, Kim,

that wasn't fair.

If I were you, I'd say "that's

fine" pretty quickly, Kim.

"That's fine,

pretty quickly, Kim."

Did I scare you?

No.

You looked scared.

No.

So what're you gonna do?

I don't know.

All I can think about

is going to their f***ing

hous and taking him

after I beat the sh*t

out of my brother-in-law.

And then what?

Listen, I didn't say

it was a good idea.

I'm not gonna do it.

I'm just saying I

can't think about it

without feeling like I'm

gonna f***ing kill someone.

Okay.

Maybe you gotta think of this

like a test or something.

Of your spirit.

Oh my god.

Mina, my spirit has

had too many tests.

I don't think I

can take any more.

It can.

No, I think it can.

But you have to decide the

next part of the story.

Right?

We decide in life the

results we deserve.

What is that, some

Chinese proverb?

Dr. Phil.

You're a mess, you know that?

Are these all gels?

I don't know.

I think gels ruin your nails.

What about red?

No.

Judge Alonzo does not like that.

He likes modest girls.

Oh does he think

someone's intellect

hinges on their nail color?

Yes, he does.

Hi.

Who's getting the manicure?

Uh, me.

Great, I'm your girl.

Come this way.

You don't really take

care of these, do you?

You sound like my mom.

Somebody has to say something.

You're a pretty young woman.

You've got the nails

of a ten year old boy.

Yeah.

She's always getting on

me about stuff like that.

By the way,

you're much, much

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