And say what?
He's the senior partner at the...
You're really starting to piss me off.
Yes, I'm having one cigarette.
You want me to lie? One cigarette after seven months is not...
That's exactly what I'm saying!
Go to bed. I have no idea.
Stop. This guy pays our bills.
The food, the heat, the rent on that enormous apartment we live in.
I live there, too.
Give it back to me!
Babs Coleman.
Kevin Lomax.
Babs is from Georgia Tech. It's your neck of the woods.
There's Tiffany.
New additions. Where are you from?
Don't tell me!
Michigan!
How'd you know? Oh, my goodness.
How did he know?
That is so good.
Cheers.
Hello?
Who is there?
I got a knife.
Oh, Jesus.
Baby...
...how'd you get here?
Are you okay?
Oh, God.
Where's your mommy?
You ain't got no mommy? What do you got there?
What are you playing with?
Oh, God!
Baby, please.
Baby, there is no blood.
There is no blood. It was a dream.
It was a dream.
It's not a dream if it's true.
Look, let's get you undressed and in the tub, okay?
No!
I know you.
You'll leave me now for sure.
No! Get away from me!
I'm confused.
Why?
What is it now?
Did you like the green?
You did, didn't you?
We should go back to the green.
I'm calling the doctor. I'm going to get you some help.
They took my ovaries, Kevin.
They took my ovaries!
I told you! Right here!
Mary Ann, it was a nightmare. It didn't happen.
My sisters have seven children between them.
My mother had Derek when she was 45.
You could've set a clock by my periods.
Baby...
...what are you talking about?
Kevin, I can't have children.
What?
Says who?
The doctor.
I was there yesterday.
"Non-specific ovarian failure."
That's ridiculous.
Oh, God.
Did you just hear that?
Listen.
Can you hear that?
No.
You're going to leave me, aren't you?
I know you.
God...
No, Kevin.
It's these monsters.
I dreamt about this.
Baby, I gotta take this.
No, you've gotta listen to me.
I gotta take this.
It's going to be okay.
Fuck!
I knew the D.A. Was holding out on us.
Get the discovery package over here, right now.
I don't care. Find Cullen.
I get one supervised hour a week with my stepdaughter.
I am in there with two shrinks and three social workers.
You better have a good reason for calling me out.
Your wife, the day she was killed, had lunch with a friend.
She says, and I quote: "Alex is fucking around and I can prove it."
That's hearsay. That never gets in.
Wrong answer.
Your prenuptial agreement's on file at the firm.
The contract is void in the event of marital infidelity.
You fuck around, she gets rich.
That's a motive, Alex.
What do I need to know?
Melissa, my assistant.
She wasn't even that good a fuck.
And...
...on the night in question?
I was boning my assistant the night my wife got shot.
I've got to re-interview Melissa.
No, forget it. We're not telling that story.
Juries want honesty. Fuck with that at your peril.
Alessandra, wait!
Not now. Mrs. Skylar, please!
Time's up, Mr. Cullen.
Alex!
I can't!
This isn't fair. I had 15 more minutes.
You'll just have to wait until next week.
- I'll see you next week. - That's it, I'm sorry.
For sleep.
And she can take that during the day?
No, she won't be driving.
I'll have the pharmacy call you right back.
He's not sure. He thinks it could be some kind of hormonal imbalance.
I'm taking you off the case.
I want you to drop this case.
This case? Cullen?
- I've got a jury showing up. - Do you love this woman?
- Of course I do. - Then what are you doing?
She's sick.
Everyone will understand. I'll understand.
What about Cullen?
We find somebody new.
You consult.
You live to fight another day.
What are you talking about? I put together a great jury.
It's a disappointment. We have them.
All of us have them. You use it. You embrace it. And then you move on.
Hang on.
We've gotta talk about this.
Listen to yourself, Kevin. "We've gotta talk about this."
It's your wife!
She's sick, she needs you.
She's got to come first.
All right, wait a minute.
Do you mean the possibility of leaving this case has never entered your mind?
You know what scares me?
I quit the case, she gets better...
...and I hate her for it.
I don't want to resent her.
I've got a winner here.
I've got to nail this fucker down and put it behind me. Just get it done.
Then...
...then...
...put all my energy into her.
I stand corrected.
Fill me in. Did Cullen's assistant admit to the affair?
She did to me, but...
...she won't in court.
Convince her otherwise.
And when all that evidence is laid before you...
...when all these pieces weave together, you will conclude...
...you will know...
...that Alexander Cullen is guilty...
...of murdering three people...
...in cold blood...
...and with malice aforethought.
Thank you.
Your Honor.
We can break for lunch now or you can do a stop and start.
If it's a choice, I'll go now.
I won't be as long as Mr. Broygo.
Proceed.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury...
...I know you've spent all morning listening to Mr. Broygo.
I know you're hungry.
What I need to tell you won't take very long at all.
I don't like Alexander Cullen.
I don't think he's a nice person.
I don't expect you to like him.
He's been a terrible husband to all three of his wives.
He's been a destructive force in the lives of his stepchildren.
He's cheated the city, his partners...
...his employees.
He's paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties and fines.
I don't like him.
I'm going to tell you some things during the course of this trial...
...that are going to make you like him even less.
But this isn't a popularity contest.
It's a murder trial.
And the single most important provable fact of this proceeding...
...is that Alexander Cullen was somewhere else...
...when these...
...horrible crimes took place.
Now, the State...
The State is going all out here.
They've got this whole team here...
...throwing everything but the kitchen sink at this case.
I want one thing from you.
That's it.
One thing.
I want you to ask yourself:
"Is not liking this man...
"...reason enough...
"...to convict him of murder?"
Enjoy your lunch.
We'll talk again.
What the fuck was that about? They're going to hate me!
Listen to me like you've never to anyone before in your life.
I'm gonna bust my ass to make sure they hate you.
Because as long as you're boning Melissa, you're not home killing your wife!
Why didn't you say something before?
Then it doesn't look spontaneous.
You got it now.
Saw you go in.
What's up?
Congratulations.
- It's not over yet. - I'm not talking about the trial.
What are you talking about?
How the fuck does your name get on the firm's charter?
What?
It looks like it's been there for years.
So, now you're a partner. When did that happen?
You know, I still am the managing director of this firm.
You want my job, take me head on.
You backdoor me one more time...
...and I'll take your partnership papers and shove them down your throat!
I don't know what you're talking about. I sure don't like your tone of voice.
Bullshit.
You've got a problem with documents...
...I suggest you put together one of your late-night shredding sessions.
You think you're tough enough to run this firm?
Remember the Weaver Commission investigation?
Tell your mentor...
...the next time Weaver calls me, maybe I'll just...
...pick up the phone.
- Was he drunk? - I doubt it.
He was going running.
What the hell was he talking about?
Eddie's got himself in trouble again.
And he wants me to save him. Only this time, I can't.
Why does he think I'm after his job?
You ever have any experience with manic depression?
Not directly, no.
You do now.
346.
It's me. Get Eddie Barzoon.
He may be out running, so you might have to page him.
- It's an emergency. - Yes, sir.
You look like you could use a drink.
Yes, thanks.
Eddie Barzoon, Eddie Barzoon.
I nursed him through two divorces, a cocaine rehab...
...and a pregnant receptionist.
God's creature, right?
God's special creature?
I've warned him, Kevin.
I've warned him every step of the way.
Watching him bounce around like a fucking game.
Like a wind-up toy.
Like 250 pounds...
... of self-serving greed on wheels.
The next thousand years is right around the corner.
Eddie Barzoon...
... take a good look because...
... he's the poster child for the next millennium.
These people...
... it's no mystery where they come from.
You sharpen the human appetite...
...to the point where it can split atoms with its desire.
You build egos the size of cathedrals.
Fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
Grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green...
...gold-plated fantasies until every human becomes an aspiring emperor...
... becomes his own god. Where can you go from there?
Wrong way!
Fuck you...
As we're scrambling...
...from one deal to the next...
...who's got his eye on the planet?
As the air thickens, the water sours...
... even bees' honey takes on the metallic taste of radioactivity...
... and it just keeps coming, faster and faster.
Help! Stop it!
There's no chance to think, to prepare.
It's buy futures, sell futures...
... when there is no future.
We got a runaway train, boy.
We got a billion Eddie Barzoons all jogging into the future.
Every one of them is getting ready to fistfuck God's ex-planet...
... lick their fingers clean...
... as they reach out toward their pristine...
... cybernetic keyboards...
...to tote up their fucking billable hours.
And then it hits home.
You got to pay your own way, Eddie.
It's a little late in the game to buy out now.
Give me your watch.
I like this watch! Do you think you're just going to take it?
Your belly's too full...
... your dick is sore...
... your eyes are bloodshot and you're screaming for someone to help.
But guess what?
There's no one there!
You're all alone, Eddie.
You're God's special little creature.
Maybe it's true.
Maybe God threw the dice once too often.
Maybe He let us all down.
You testified the defendant called you at 4:30...
...to ask you to come to his office gym for the purposes of sex.
Yes.
Mr. Cullen, though, he's not just your lover, is he?
He's the boss.
Yes.
So two hours go by before you act on his request?
Yes, I went up at 6:10.
It was 6:10 because I heard the weather coming on the news.
Okay, stop.
This prosecutor is no fool.
He's going to change tempo, attitude, tone of voice.
He's going to come out with questions you never thought of just to screw you up.
So what do we do?
Yes and no answers. Stay calm.
Exactly.
Is it your testimony, Mrs. Black, that between the hours of 6:10 and 9:40...
...you were engaged in sexual congress with the defendant?
Yes.
At any point during this three-hour marathon...
...did you lose sight of the defendant?
- No. - Did he use the bathroom?
- Yes. - Is he circumcised?
You understand the question?
Yeah.
So is he cut or not?
Yes.
Which is it?
You've polished his knob three times a week for six months.
You don't know if he has foreskin?
I've had enough of your fucking game!
Why don't you take your questions and shove them up your ass!
What's happening?
It's Eddie Barzoon.
What about him?
He's dead. He was killed.
- When? - Last night.
- In the park. - He was running, if you can believe it.
What is wrong with people?
At least they got the scumbags who did it.
Who?
Two old homeless crazies.
You're due in court in 30 minutes.
- Get your things together. - Are we finished in here or what?
I'll bring Melissa down to the car. You better get going.
I want you to put Eddie aside. Let me worry about it.
You've got to deal with Cullen.
You've got to marshal your strength. Prioritize. Conserve your energy.
I can't put her on the stand.
- What choice do you have? - I know she's Iying!
She's Iying because she didn't answer you fast enough? She lied to you? No.
She said nothing.
Fact is, you'll never know anyway.
He killed those people.
You really believe that?
He set me up.
Cullen fucking set me up. Melissa... the whole thing.
I know it.
Got to go with your gut.
That's your advice?
I'll back you either way.
Maybe it's your time to lose.
Think I haven't lost before?
We talked about this, remember?
Pressure.
Take a big whiff.
All rise!
The Honorable Armand Poe presiding.
Please be seated.
All right, Mr. Lomax...
...you may present your case.
Mr. Lomax...
I call Melissa Black.
Raise your right hand.
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth...
...nothing but the truth, so help you God?
I do.
Feeney, it's him.
She didn't look well. Felix tried to talk to her.
- Where is she? - Church of the Heavenly Hope.
Honey.
It's me.
What happened?
Are you okay?
He let himself in. You need to know that.
Who let himself in?
The bath...
...was running or something.
I didn't hear him. I swear to you.
And then we talked.
And we talked for hours.
And I haven't talked to anyone...
...really talked to anyone in so long.
Did somebody hurt you?
Yeah.
Who?
Milton.
What?
He fucked me.
And I think I wanted him to, but then I just...
I don't know, I just couldn't stop him.
He just wouldn't stop.
When?
- Baby, when? - Today.
The whole afternoon.
I'm so ashamed.
Today?
Today he was in court.
He was in court in my presence all afternoon!
- No! - Yes!
God, no, Kevin.
Kevin, I'm not crazy.
You have to believe me.
Oh, Jesus.
He did this to me!
He did this to me.
What did you do to yourself?
What are we going to do?
What am I going to do?
Sign there. And your relationship.
She's calm now. This might be a good time to say good night to her.
I know why this is happening.
They want you to sleep.
It's the money.
Blood money.
We just drank it down, both of us.
We knew it.
Winning those cases, taking the money. We knew they were guilty.
But you just kept on winning...
...every time.
And I can't look at myself in the mirror.
And then I see a monster.
Don't do this, Kevin.
Please take me home.
Please don't do this.
I'm not crazy.
Doesn't Diana look fabulous?
Alessandra, you look ravishing.
Mrs. Skylar.
We are here today...
... to remember Eddie Barzoon.
Isn't she lovely?
We have gathered to seek shelter in our common grief.
To draw strength toward our tested faith.
So what do they say?
How's Mary Ann?
They don't know.
She's falling apart.
Hallucinations.
Milton...
It's bad.
Do you have room for one more?
Beloved father.
Devoted husband.
Trusted friend.
Esteemed colleague. Benevolent citizen.
All of these things.
And yet one thing more:
Child of God.
And it is to that Father that he now returns.
Eddie Barzoon...
...such a vibrant member of our community...
... has moved beyond us now.
He has entered...
... a new communion.
And for that it is a time of rejoicing.
God, who is our refuge and our strength.
God, who is that very present help...
... in time of trouble.
"Therefore we will not fear...
"...though the Earth should change...
"...though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea...
"...though its waters roar and foam...
"...though the mountains tremble with its tumult. "
We cannot fear too long...
... for Eddie Barzoon...
... has gone home.
Mr. Lomax?
No comment. I'll have something for you later.
I'm a friend of Eddie Barzoon.
You don't know me, but Eddie mentioned your name.
Mitch Weaver, Justice Department?
Staking out the funeral?
Looking for you, actually.
I'm in a hurry. I need to talk to my wife.
Just wanted to ask you, off the record... I have a few questions about Eddie.
Milton-Chadwick-Waters is a little more than a law firm.
But I assumed you knew that.
Vagada Holdings? I'm sure you've heard of it.
London, Kinshasa, Karachi: Arms brokering, mostly.
Munzer-Dietch, in Berlin, Djakarta: Chemical weapons and toxic waste.
Ivanco Limited, Moscow: Money laundering for the eastern bloc.
It goes on and on and on. Milton is into everything.
Barzoon was coming in, Kevin. He was going to testify.
DeSoto and Dibalista, Panama.
That firm sets up bank accounts for judges in South America.
Huge drug cases, murder, everything.
What the fuck do you want? He's a lawyer!
Now stay off my back!
This is a first-time last-time offer.
I'm learning about you.
I talked to some old friends in Florida this morning.
The Gettys case?
Eighth grade teacher?
They found him yesterday!
He had the body of a 10-year-old girl in the trunk of his car!
Is he all right? Get help!
Marie, do you want to go to the party?
Come on.
Horace will be disappointed.
It's a birthday party. We can sing.
"...indeed, His divine power...
"...has granted us all things pertaining to life and piety...
"...through the knowledge of Him who has called us..."
What are you doing here?
I came this morning.
I kept calling the house and getting no answer.
I need to talk to you.
We got her on the first flight up this morning.
Are you all right, Kevin?
I don't know.
Would you excuse us for a moment, please?
How you doing, sweetie?
I know something that'll make you feel better.
There.
I shouldn't have left. I knew it.
I'll never forgive myself.
- There's nothing you could've done. - I could've told you the truth.
About what?
Baptist Endeavor Youth Crusade, 1966.
I was here in New York.
That night in the elevator, you never let me answer.
What are you talking about?
I stayed here a week in the Tremont Hotel.
They had a restaurant downstairs where we ate almost every meal.
Wait. Stop.
Your father was a waiter in that restaurant.
My father?
This is great, Ma.
Honey, please listen.
Now?
You do this now?
Your timing, it's superb.
You wait 30 years, you fly up here, you pick today?
Obviously I'm not under enough pressure. I don't have enough on my mind!
Listen to me!
"Behold, I send you out as sheep amidst the wolves!"
Don't you look beautiful now.
Take a look and see.
It's all right, dear. Look.
No.
Go on, take a look.
See how beautiful you are?
See?
What happened?
She attacked me.
Open the door.
Open the door, Mar.
Open the door!
It's okay.
Open the door!
Come on!
Open the door!
Open the door, Mar!
Oh, my God! Get somebody! Go! Go! Mar, look at me!
Somebody! Help!
Get help!
Go!
Sweetheart!
Look at me!
I love you.
What have you done?
We need a doctor in here!
We need a doctor!
Please stay with me, Mar!
Stay with me, Mar!
Get Dr. Job in here now!
Sir, get away so that I can help her. Now!
Sir, off! Go!
Come on. Come on.
- Help her. - Out of the way.
Get Dr. Job, please! I'm losing her!
Finish the story.
1966. You were in New York.
There's a waiter in a restaurant.
Finish the story.
He talked to me.
Nobody'd ever really talked to me before.
Sixteen years old, a thousand miles away from home, someone takes an interest...
Knew the Bible, every word. Just knew it by heart.
Every meal, there he was at my ear and I was...
That last night he came to say good-bye and...
...I started crying.
And he told me:
"Behold, I send you out as sheep amidst the wolves."
I want to hear you say it.
His face that night, I knew it was him.
Say it.
You were so proud you'd just come to New York and done this all on your own.
I didn't have the heart to tell you. You wondered yourself. The money...
...that apartment, the attention, everything out of nowhere!
Say it!
Milton, he's your...
...father.
He's your father.
Somehow he found us.
- He tracked you down. - No.
He did.
He's always been there.
I know that now.
Watching.
Waiting.
Playing us like a game.
What do you mean?
I gotta go.
No, leave it alone. Stay here with me.
Forget about him. We can leave here.
We can go home. We don't ever have to see him again.
I can't do it.
You go home. You go home.
I have to go.
- I have to go. - Wait!
I love you.
There you are.
Look at you. You're terrified.
Not to worry.
He'll take away that fear.
You don't ever have to be frightened again.
Go on.
He's waiting for you.
Go.
You were right about one thing.
I have been watching. Couldn't help myself.
Watching.
Waiting.
Holding my breath.
But I'm no puppeteer, Kevin.
I don't make things happen.
Doesn't work like that.
What'd you do to Mary Ann?
Free will.
It's like butterfly wings.
Once touched, they never get off the ground.
I only set the stage.
You pull your own strings.
What did you do to Mary Ann?
A gun?
In here?
Goddamn it, what did you do to my wife?
Well...
...on a scale of one to ten...
Ten being the most depraved act of sexual theater known to man.
One being your average Friday night run-through at the Lomaxes'.
I'd say, not to be immodest...
...Mary Ann and I got it on at about seven.
Fuck you!
Got me!
Got me! Yes!
Step it up, Son! Come on! That's good!
You got to hold on to that fury!
That's the last thing to go!
That's the final hiding place. It's the final fig leaf.
- Who are you? - Who am I?
Who are you?
Never lost a case.
Why?
Why do you think?
Because you're so fucking good.
Yes.
But why?
Because you're my father?
I'm a little more than that, Kevin.
Awfully hot in that courtroom, wasn't it?
"What's the game plan, Kevin?"
"It was a nice run, Kev.
"Had to close out some day.
"Nobody wins them all."
What are you?
I have so many names.
Satan.
Call me Dad.
Mary Ann, she knew it.
She knew it. She knew it, so you destroyed her.
You're blaming me for Mary Ann?
I hope you're kidding.
Mary Ann, you could have saved her anytime you liked.
All she wanted was love.
Hey, you were too busy.
That's a lie.
Face it, you started looking to better-deal her the minute you got here.
That's not true. You don't know what we had!
I'm on your side!
You're a liar!
There's nothing out there for you!
Don't be such a fucking chump!
Stop deluding yourself!
I told you to take care of your wife!
What did I say?
"The world would understand." Didn't I say that?
What did you do?
"You know what scares me, John?
"I leave the case, she gets better and then I hate her for it."
Remember?
I know what you did.
You set me up.
Who told you to pull out all the stops on Mr. Gettys?
- Who made that choice? - It's entrapment. You set me up.
And Moyez! The direction you took!
Popes, swamis, snake handlers, all feeding at the same trough.
- Whose ideas were those? - You played me!
It was a test! Your test!
And Cullen! Knowing he was guilty!
Seeing those pictures!
What did you do? You put that Iying bitch on the stand!
You brought me in. You put me there! You made her lie!
I don't do that, Kevin!
That day on the subway, what did I say to you?
What were my words to you?
Maybe it was your time to lose. You didn't think so.
Lose? I don't lose!
I win!
I'm a lawyer! That's my job! That's what I do!
I rest my case.
Vanity...
...is definitely my favorite sin.
Kevin, it's so basic.
Self-love.
The all-natural opiate.
It's not that you didn't care for Mary Ann, Kevin...
...it's just that you were a little more involved with someone else.
Yourself.
You're right.
I did it all.
I let her go.
Don't be too hard on yourself, Kevin. You wanted something more.
Believe me.
I left her behind and just kept going.
You can't keep punishing yourself.
It's awesome how far you've come.
I didn't make it easy.
Couldn't.
Not for you...
...or your sister.
Half-sister, to be exact.
Surprise.
Some scene, huh?
Don't let him scare you.
I've had so many children.
I've had so many disappointments.
Mistake after mistake.
And then there's you.
The two of you.
What do you want from me?
I want you to be yourself.
You know, I'll tell you, boy...
...guilt...
...it's like a bag of fucking bricks.
All you got to do...
...is set it down.
I know what you're going through.
I've been there.
Just come here. Come here.
Let it go.
I can't do that.
Who are you carrying all those bricks for?
God?
Is that it?
God?
I'll tell you...
...let me give you a little inside information about God.
God likes to watch.
He's a prankster.
Think about it.
He gives man...
...instincts.
He gives you this extraordinary gift, and then what does He do?
I swear, for his own amusement...
...his own private, cosmic...
...gag reel...
...He sets the rules in opposition.
It's the goof of all time.
Look, but don't touch.
Touch, but don't taste.
Taste, but don't swallow.
And while you're jumping from one foot to the next, what is He doing?
He's laughing his sick, fucking ass off!
He's a tightass!
He's a sadist!
He's an absentee landlord!
Worship that? Never!
"Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven," is that it?
Why not?
I'm here on the ground with my nose in it since the whole thing began!
I've nurtured every sensation man has been inspired to have!
I cared about what he wanted and I never judged him!
Why? Because I never rejected him, in spite of all his imperfections!
I'm a fan of man!
I'm a humanist.
Maybe the last humanist.
Who, in their right mind...
...Kevin, could possibly deny...
...the 20th century was entirely mine?
All of it, Kevin!
All of it.
Mine.
I'm peaking, Kevin.
It's my time now.
It's our time.
Anybody want a drink?
I'm having a drink.
This is some pitch, all this.
You must need me pretty bad.
What do you want?
Eddie was right.
I want you to take over the firm.
You...
...and your sister.
- Is that it? - No.
She's ovulating...
...right now.
Your vanity...
...is justified, Kevin.
Your seed...
...is the key to a new future.
Your son is going to sit at the head of all tables, my boy.
He's gonna set this whole thing free.
You want a child.
I want a family.
The Antichrist.
Whatever.
But I have to volunteer.
Free will...
...it is a bitch.
I need a family.
I need help. I'm busy.
Millennium's coming, Son.
Title fight. Round 20.
I'm ready to work.
What do you say?
What're you offering?
Are we negotiating?
Always.
Yes!
What are you offering?
Everything.
Anything.
What do you want? How about bliss, for starters?
Instant bliss.
Bliss on tap.
Bliss any way you want it.
That first line of cocaine.
That walk into a strange girl's bedroom.
Familiar?
You're gonna have to do a little better than that.
I know.
I'm just getting warmed up.
You want more, don't you? You deserve more.
How about the thing you love the most?
A smile from a jury.
That cold courtroom just giving itself over...
...bending to your strength.
I get that on my own.
Not like this.
I take the bricks out of the briefcase.
I give you pleasure.
No strings!
Freedom, baby...
...is never having to say you're sorry.
This is revolution, Kevin.
"It happened
"In Monterrey
"A long time ago"
Forget about him.
This is about us.
"In old Mexico
"Stars and steel guitars and luscious lips
"As red as wine"
It's been so hard for me to wait for you.
Why the law?
Cut the shit, Dad! Why lawyers? Why the law?
Because the law, my boy, puts us into everything.
It's the ultimate backstage pass. It's the new priesthood, baby.
Did you know there are more students in law school...
...than lawyers walking the Earth?
We're coming out...
...guns blazing!
The two of you...
...all of us, acquittal after acquittal after acquittal...
...until the stench of it reaches so high and far into Heaven...
...it chokes the whole fucking lot of them!
In the Bible, you lose.
We're destined to lose, Dad.
Consider the source, Son!
Besides...
...we'll write our own book.
Chapter one.
Right here. This altar.
This moment.
Will you stop talking?
You talk too much.
Both of you.
Look at me.
Just look at me.
She is really stunning.
Who am I?
I've wanted you from the moment we met.
The virtue of the Devil is in his loins.
What about love?
Overrated.
Biochemically...
...no different than eating large quantities of chocolate.
In two minutes you won't be thinking about Mary Ann ever again.
Come here.
She's right, my son.
It's time to step up and take what's yours.
You're right.
It's time.
Free will, right?
No!
Damn you!
Enough!
Haven't I given enough?
It was a nice run.
Had to close out someday.
Nobody wins them all.
What are you doing, baby?
Are you okay?
I am now.
All rise.
The Honorable Judge Garson Deeds presiding.
Please be seated.
You're still under oath, young lady.
Your witness.
Mr. Lomax?
Your Honor...
...I'm terribly sorry.
But I can no longer represent my client.
I need to be replaced as counsel.
Order. Order! Order!
I adjourn this court.
This is outrageous. Are you aware of the consequences of this action?
I am, sir.
I want to see both attorneys in my chambers immediately.
I'm going to adjourn this trial until 9 a.m. Tomorrow morning.
I trusted you to defend me.
You swore you would! You'll burn for this!
You just made the biggest mistake of your life!
Baby, what are you doing?
The right thing.
I think the right thing.
Here they are.
- Are you gonna be disbarred? - I don't know.
- How's it feel to lose your first case? - No comment.
Ain't it better to talk to them all at once? Press conference tomorrow?
He ain't going to talk to you now. Eight o'clock tomorrow morning.
That's it.
This is the story you dreamed about.
- There is no story. - Bullshit.
A lawyer with a crisis of conscience? You gotta be kidding. It's huge!
They're going to disbar me. Write about that.
Wait a second. Can they do that?
Not when I get through with the story.
You got to give me an exclusive.
This is wire service. This is "60 Minutes."
This is a story that needs to be told. It's you.
You're a star.
Baby.
Call me in the morning.
You got it. First thing.
Vanity...
...definitely my favorite sin.
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