Um...you have no actual medical training?
No. I have kids. Learned a lot right there.
I've seen nurses give my son throat cultures, and what is it?
You stick a giant Q-tip down their throat and wait.
Urinalysis: You take that dipstick to see if the white count's high.
-Yes, I understand. -Yeah.
I'm great with people.
You'd have to observe me to know for sure. Trust me on that.
I'm a fast learner. Show me in a lab once...
...and I've got it down.
I always wanted to go to medical school.
That was my first interest. Then I got married...
...and had a kid too young and blew that.
Out of high school, I got a job...
...with Fleuer Engineers in lrvine.
I fell madly in love with geology.
-Geology? -Yeah.
I learned how to read maps.
Yeah. But I lost my job because...
...my boy got chickenpox, 104 temperature.
My ex-husband was useless, so....
That didn't really work out.
You got a really nice office.
Thanks.
Look....
Oh, fuck!
Goddamn it!
Good morning, Mr. Masry.
-Morning, Rosalind. -How are you?
-I'm fine. And you? -Very well. Thank you for asking.
Good morning.
How you doing? Donald.
Did you see it last night?
I taped it. Don't tell me what happens.
It was so good.
Your nine o'clock's here already.
-Remind me. -Erin Brockovich.
Car accident. Not her fault, she says.
She was referred.
-Erin, hi. -Hi.
Ed Masry. Sorry you had to wait.
That's okay.
Here, sit. Sit down.
Thank you.
I never thought standing could take it out of you.
Ever since that shithead hit me...
...it's like my body's put together wrong.
You poor thing.
Did anyone ask if you wanted coffee?
-Yeah. I'm fine. -Good.
Listen, whoever did this to you made one hell of a mistake.
And you and me, we're gonna make him pay for it.
So, uh...
...why don't you tell me what happened?
I was pulling out real slow, and out of nowhere...
...his Jaguar comes racing around the corner like a bat out of hell.
They took some bone from my hip and put it in my neck.
I don't have insurance...
...so I'm about $17,000 in debt right now.
I couldn't take painkillers. They made me too groggy to take care of my kids.
Matthew's 8, and Katie's almost 6.
And Beth's just 9 months.
I just wanna be a good mom...
...a nice person, a decent citizen.
I just wanna take good care of my kids.
Yeah. Yeah, I know.
Seventeen thousand in debt?
Your ex-husband helping?
Which one?
There's more than one?
Yeah, there's two. Why?
You must have been feeling desperate that afternoon.
What's your point?
Broke, three kids, no job.
-Doctor in a Jaguar is a meal ticket-- -Objection.
-Sustained. -He hit me!
So you say.
He came tearing around the corner, out of control.
An ER doctor, who spends his days saving lives, was out of control?
That asshole smashed in my fucking neck!
Open and fucking shut?!
-Exactly the language-- -It was over before that!
I told you he might get personal.
-You said I was set. -I never said that.
You told me I had a good shot!
-Let's settle down. -Fuck "settle down" ! I've got $74.
-I can't afford to settle down! -I'm sorry, Erin.
Do they teach lawyers to apologize? Because you suck at it.
Hello?
-Hi. -Hi, Erin.
You're back so soon.
Were you a good girl?
You're my little baby. What is that? A little cough?
She's got a cough.
I sat in the steam with her to try to loosen it up.
-I think I've got cough medicine. -Bueno.
Listen.
I didn't wanna tell you before.
-With your worries. -What?
My daughter bought a big house with a room for me.
I'm moving in with her.
-When? -Next week.
-Next week? -I know. But it's good for me.
Now I can help take care of my grandkids.
It's good for you.
Now with money, you can hire a good babysitter.
Not the old lady next door.
Thanks.
Matthew?
-Katie, you back here? -Yeah.
Come on in, would ya?
-Hey, get in the house. No dripping. -Okay!
Sweetie. Please don't get sick on me, please.
Let's fix dinner.
Yes, look.
Look at the water.
Goddamn it!
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Matthew! Katie! We're going out!
You go ahead and order.
I'm gonna have a cheeseburger deluxe with a Coke.
Mommy, can I have a cheeseburger deluxe with no cheese and no bread?
Did you get that?
And she will have a cup of chicken broth and a few crackers, please.
-And for you? -Just a cup of coffee.
You're not eating?
My lawyer took me out to a fancy lunch to celebrate, and I'm still stuffed.
How about that?
Yes, I'm calling about the job ad in the paper.
I'm calling about the job ad.
The great personality, good voice.
I don't have any actual sales experience.
I don't really have a resume, but I can--
I don't have any computer skills.
Oh. Well, I thought it was the local store.
Okay. Thanks anyway.
Okay, bye.
Ed Masry, please.
Yes, I'm holding for Ed Masry.
Is he ever in the office?
No, but I've called about a dozen times.
I'd like to leave a message.
Brockovich, B-R-O-C-K-O-V-l-C-H.
I'm a client. I want him to call. It's that simple.
Okay.
Goddamn it!
-Brenda! Brenda! -Yeah?
Who put that there?
The files you asked for.
I didn't ask you to put it in the middle of the floor.
Get a towel, will you? Hey, hey--
-Hey, what's she doing here? -Who?
Donald.
What's she doing here?
She works here.
Erin.
How's it going?
You never called me back. I left messages.
You did? I didn't know that. Donald seems to think--
There's two things that aggravate me: being ignored and being lied to.
-I never lied. -You said things'd be fine.
They're not. I trusted you.
-I'm sorry. -I don't need pity.
I need a paycheck. And I've looked.
When you spend 6 years raising babies, it's hard to get a job that pays.
Are you getting this down, honey? Or am I talking too fast for you?
I'm sorry about that.
But we have a full staff now--
Bullshit. If you had a full staff, you'd return a client's damn call.
I'm smart and hard-working. I'm not leaving here without a job.
Don't make me beg.
If it doesn't work out, fire me.
Don't make me beg.
No benefits.
What we do in here is file all of the cases.
That way, at any time, we can tell the status of a file.
Where it is in the office and stuff.
Here's where we organize all the files alphabetically.
-Simple enough. -Okay.
-And here is your desk. -Okay.
I want to show you where the Xerox machine is.
Everybody has a code.
-Do I get to pick my own code? -We'll see.
Can you tell me who I talk to about getting an advance on my paycheck?
Just for the weekend.
Rosalind's the office manager.
She handles the payroll and petty cash.
She's gone already.
She leaves early on Fridays.
-Okay, thank you. -Oh, for Pete's sake, here.
I've only got hundreds.
I don't want your money, Mr. Masry.
Where do you think your paycheck comes from?
-Have a good weekend. -Thank you.
-See you. -All right, see you.
See you Monday.
Hi, my sweetie. Hello.
How are you?
Matthew, Katie.
-Hey, Mom. -Hi, sweetie.
How are you?
-Thanks a lot. -You're welcome.
Hey!
Hello.
What are you doing making all that goddamn noise?
Introducing ourselves to the neighbourhood, I guess.
Well, I am the neighbours. There.
We're introduced. So shut up.
Wait. Hold on there. Let's start over, okay?
My name's George. What's yours?
Just think of me as the person next door who likes it quiet.
Don't be like that.
Look, we live next door. I feel bad.
I'm sorry. Will you accept my apology?
We're living right next door. If you need a cup of a sugar--
-I don't need sugar. -You don't.
Why don't I take you out to dinner to apologize?
Give me your number. I got your address...
...so you can't get away.
I'll call you up proper and ask you out.
You want my number?
I do. I do want your number.
Which number do you want, George?
I like the way you say that.
How many numbers you got?
I got numbers coming out of my ears. For instance, 10.
-Ten. -Yeah.
That's how many months old my baby girl is.
-You got a little girl? -Yeah.
Sexy, huh? How about this? Six.
That's my other daughter. Eight is my son.
Two is the times I've been married and divorced.
$16 is what I have in my bank account.
850-3943, that's my phone number.
I'm guessing zero is the number of times you're gonna call it.
Hey, how do you remember your bank balance?
See, that impresses me.
You're dead wrong about that zero.
How long has she been crying?
She's got that tooth coming in.
Give her a cold washcloth to suck on. I'll check back later.
Where's Anna?
She's out to lunch with the girls.
I have to open a file.
Real-estate thing, pro bono.
-Okay. -Know how to do that?
Yeah, I got it. No problem.
You're a girl.
Excuse me?
Why aren't you out to lunch with the girls? You're a girl.
I guess I'm not the right kind.
Look, you may want to-- Now that you're working here--
You may want to rethink your wardrobe a little.
Why is that?
Well, I think some of the girls are a little uncomfortable...
...because of what you wear.
Is that so?
Well, it just so happens, I think I look nice.
As long as I have one ass instead of two, I'll wear what I like...
...if that's all right with you?
You might wanna rethink those ties.
With real-estate stuff, could you remind me? I'm a little confused.
Why are there medical records and blood samples in real-estate files?
You've been here long enough.
If you don't know how to do your job by now, I'm not gonna do it for you.
Hello?
Matthew? Katie?
Matthew!
What happened?
-Hi, Mom. -Hey. Hungry?
Am l--?
They're here? I went to pick them up.
She came by an hour ago. Something came up, she dropped them off.
Something came up?
Why didn't she call?
I don't know. She, I was, she-- I don't know why.
-That stupid bitch. -Mom!
I just can't believe she dumps my kids off when nobody's home.
I was home.
We're fine. We cooked burgers, had some milk.
You want a hot dog? There's one.
-Or a cheeseburger? -But this mustard is slippery.
Mom, what do you think about me getting a tattoo?
One, two, three.
I got all these kings. You win, you got a joker.
King.
Joker.
You stole a joker!
You cheat.
What do you mean?
You cheat! Get another one.
Time to go to bed.
Get ready for bed. Brush your teeth.
-Play tomorrow? -Yeah.
Good night, buddy.
What's that?
This is a Harley-Davidson, the best motorcycle ever.
And if I ever catch either one of you near one, knock you silly.
Brush. And keep it down, the baby's asleep.
You got great kids.
Well, I'm sure I'll fuck 'em up eventually.
Why?
I'm not a good judge of character, or I wouldn't have left them...
...with that idiot, who cost a lot and smelled like chicken fat.
And after I find her and kill her...
...l don't know what I'm gonna do.
If you need help with them, I could do that.
-I'm not leaving my kids with you. -Why?
-I don't even know you. -What do you wanna know?
-Thanks for today-- -You're welcome.
It was my pleasure.
How many decks did you have?
We had more than enough.
Got so many friends you can't use one more?
If you need someone to look after your kids after school, or whatever...
...l don't have a job now.
Oh, that's a great recommendation: " I'm unemployed."
By choice.
I work when I need to.
What do you do? Live off your trust fund?
I do construction, which pays good, and I make it last by living cheap.
Is that supposed to impress me?
Hey. Bed.
Your little ghosts.
You always this hard on people who try to help you?
I'm out of practice.
Well, let me remind you then.
The polite thing is to say thank you. I'd start it off with that.
Then, " Hey, that's a really nice offer.
I don't mind taking you up on that."
Why do you want to watch my kids?
-I like kids. -Right.
I like hanging out with them. They keep it simple.
You're home every afternoon?
I'm usually working on my bike.
If it doesn't work out, you can always send them back to the chicken-fat lady.
This isn't gonna get you laid.
Get in bed.
Good, because I don't find you attractive either.
Then we're even.
I'm so glad we got that out of the way.
I feel much better.
I do too. Because now I can just look after the kids...
...and I don't have to worry about you coming on to me.
Bring the phone into the changing room. Of course they won't.
Mrs. Masry, don't be such a tease. Hold on, just hold on. Yeah?
Sorry, would you mind if I investigate this?
Investigate what?
This real-estate thing with the Jensens. The pro bono.
I wanna make sure I understand what I'm reading.
-Yeah, yeah, sure. -You don't mind?
Okay, great. Thanks.
Donna Jensen?
I'm Erin Brockovich, with Masry and Vititoe.
Oh! You're a lawyer?
Hell, no. I hate lawyers. I just work for 'em.
Do you have a minute?
I don't mean to be a pain to PG&E after all they've done for Hinkley...
...but if they want this place, they're gonna have to pay for it.
You didn't put the house up for sale. They just wanted to buy it?
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Oh, I don't wanna move. Uproot the kids?
I've got a couple of girls.
Honest to God, I don't know if I have the energy.
You know, I've been sick. Me and Pete both have.
The idea of selling, if they're not gonna pay us properly...
...l don't see the point.
Yeah, yeah, I can see that.
I guess the only thing that confused me--
Not that your medical problems aren't important.
How come those files are in with all the real-estate stuff?
There's just so much correspondence, I just keep it all in one place.
I'm sorry, I just don't see why you're corresponding with PG&E...
...about your medical problems in the first place.
Well, they paid for the doctor's visit.
They did?
You bet. Paid for a checkup for the whole family.
Not like with insurance, where you pay and maybe you see some money in a year.
They just took care of it. Just like that.
We never saw a bill.
Wow. Why'd they do that?
The chromium.
-The what? -The chromium.
Well, that's what kicked this whole thing off.
-What kind of chromium? -There's more than one?
There's straight-up chromium, it does good things for the body.
There's chrom three, which is fairly benign.
There's chrom six, hexavalent chromium...
...which, depending on the amounts, can be harmful.
Harmful how? What would you get?
With repeated exposure to toxic levels, anything...
...from chronic headaches to respiratory disease, liver failure...
...heart failure, reproductive failure, bone or organ deterioration.
Plus, of course, any type of cancer.
So that stuff, it kills people.
Yeah, definitely.
Highly toxic. Highly carcinogenic.
It gets into your DNA, so you pass the trouble to your kids. Very bad.
Well, what's it used for?
A rust inhibitor.
The utility plants use piston engines that get hot, they run water through.
Chromium's in the water to prevent corrosion.
How do I find out what kind of chromium they use in Hinkley?
-Been to their water board? -What's that?
Every county has one.
They keep records of anything in their jurisdiction.
-You should find something there. -County water board.
-Alrighty. Well, thanks. -Good luck.
I wouldn't advertise what you're looking for.
Incriminating records have a way of disappearing when people smell trouble.
I'll remember that. Thanks.
This guy's too smart.
/t's only a matter of time until he makes his move.
He positions women employees in such a way...
... that they have no choice but to respond or lose theirjobs--
-That's a heavy door. -Let me give you a hand.
Thank you very much. Aren't you a gentleman, Mr...?
-Scott. -Mr. Scott.
Pleased to meet you. I'm Erin.
Erin. Erin. Cool.
What can I do for you, Erin?
Believe it or not, I'm on the prowl for some water records.
You come to the right place.
I guess I did.
Just tell me what you wanna look at, and I'd be glad to dig 'em out.
I wish I knew. It's for my boss. He's in this water dispute...
...and he wants me to find all kinds of papers, from all kinds of places.
You know, it would probably be easiest...
...if I squeezed back there and poked around myself.
-Would that be all right with you? -Come on back.
-I'm gonna need you to sign in here. -Oh, sure.
-" Pattee," is that your middle name? -No, maiden.
Oh, you're married?
Not anymore.
-Can I just...? -Yeah.
I love your pants.
Oh, well, yeah, thanks.
Well, this is it.
It's impressive.
I'll call you if I need anything.
-All right. -Okay.
-Thank you. -Okay.
Where's my stuff?
Where have you been?
Where the fuck is my stuff?
Don't you use language like that with--
Someone took my stuff.
-Nice to see you. -I had photos of my kids--
Toothbrush, toothpaste, mousse and deodorant.
What's going on?
This isn't a job where you can disappear for days at a time.
You don't do the work, you don't get to stay.
All I've been doing is working. Ask Mr. Masry.
You ask Mr. Masry. He fired you.
You said to fire me?
I'll call you back. You've been gone for a week.
I left a message. I was gonna write a whole damn report.
That's not how we work. You don't leave a message and take off.
-Want me to check in every second? -It's called accountability.
I'm not talking to you, bitch!
That's enough!
Look, Erin, this incident aside, I don't think this is the right...
...place for you.
So I'm gonna make a few calls, find you something else.
Don't bother.
I'm trying to help.
You're trying not to feel guilty about firing someone with 3 kids.
Fuck if I'm gonna help you do that.
Get back to work!
What the hell are you doing here?
I'm fixing the leak.
Damn it, I don't ask you to do things like that.
Look at this mess that you've made.
-I'm not done with that yet. -Well, get it out.
-Relax. -Shit! Where did it go?
Where is it?
Back there.
Behind your foot.
-Going up your leg now. -Jesus!
Who fucking lives like this, George?
Who lets their kids run around in a place with bugs the size of house cats?
All you have to do is call an exterminator.
I can't call an exterminator.
I can't afford one. I can't even afford my phone.
I got fired.
What?
What do you mean, you got fired? You're working so hard.
Doesn't matter.
Doesn't make one fucking bit of difference.
I don't know what happened to me.
I mean....
God, I was Miss Wichita, for chrissake.
Did I tell you that?
You are living next door to a real, live fucking beauty queen.
I still have my tiara.
And I thought it meant I was gonna do something important with my life.
That it meant I was someone.
You're someone to me.
Are you gonna be something else that I have to survive?
Because I'll tell you the truth...
...l'm not up to it.
I get up in the centre of the stage...
...and I have the big bouquet of flowers.
I had my foot out like this, and I said:
" I will devote my entire reign as Miss Wichita...
...to bringing an end to world hunger.
And to the creation of a peaceful earth...
...for every man, woman and child."
-How long were you Miss Wichita? -One year.
By the time I got through opening new supermarkets...
...l only had a few weeks left to work on hunger...
-...and world peace. -World peace.
I don't know what I was thinking.
What about you, huh?
What about me?
Let me tell you something.
Let me get that out of your hair.
-Thank you. -Nice.
You're a very special lady.
Don't be too nice to me, okay?
Why?
Makes me nervous.
It's some slim pickings here, baby.
Maybe that's Ed McMahon. Let's go see.
Wrong Ed.
What are you doing here?
I had an interesting call this afternoon from Dr. Frankel...
-...from UCLA. -Oh, yeah?
He wanted you to know that the " legal limit for hexavalent chromium...
...is .05 parts per million...
...and at the rate you mentioned, .58, it could be...
...responsible for the cancers" in that family you asked about...
...the Jensens.
Well. Wasn't that nice of him?
Funny how some people help people, and others just fire them.
I'm sorry. You were gone. I assumed you were off having fun.
Why the hell would you assume that?
Maybe you look like someone who has a lot of fun.
By that standard, I assume you never get laid.
I'm married.
Look, what is this-- What's the story on this cancer stuff?
You wanna know, you have to hire me back. I got a ton of bills to pay.
Fine.
Donna just put in these new cabinets, stained the wood and all...
...when she gets a call from PG&E, saying a freeway's gonna be built...
...and they wanna buy her house for an off-ramp.
The husband's sick with Hodgkin's.
She keeps getting tumours...
...believing one has nothing to do with the other.
Because PG&E told her about the chromium?
They had a seminar.
They invited 200 people from the area...
...had it at the plant...
...about chromium three and how good it is...
...when they're using chromium six.
That document you found at the water board...
...the one that says about the bad chromium....
You didn't happen to make a copy, did you?
Of course I did.
Could I have a look?
I want a raise.
And benefits, including dental.
It's not how I do business.
-What way is that? -Extortion.
A 5% raise, we'll talk about benefits later.
Ten. There are lots of other places I could get work.
10% raise and benefits, but that's it. I'm drawing the line.
He's drawing the line.
This the only thing you got?
Well, the place is a pigsty. There's probably more.
I know how those things are run.
What makes you think you can just walk in there...
...and find what we need?
They're called boobs, Ed.
Yes, I'm sure it is.
I understand.
I agree. I agree. I'm going to.
Right now.
I'm almost done. Look.
How are we doing?
We're doing great.
Good.
Well, you've got quite a lot done already. So....
Sorry, we need to have those records back now.
No.
These papers are public record. I'm not leaving...
...until they're copied.
Fax these to this number, okay?
-All of them? -All of them.
An on-site monitoring well?
-That means it was-- -It's on the PG&E property.
And you say that this stuff, this hexavalent chromium....
-Well, it's poisonous. -Yeah.
It's gotta be different than what's in our water, because ours is okay.
The guys from PG&E told me.
They sat right in the kitchen and told me that it was fine.
I know. But the toxicologist that I've been talking to...
...he gave me a list of problems that come from hexavalent chromium exposure.
Everything you all have is on that list.
No, no, no.
That's not what-- That's not what our doctor said.
He said that....
Well, that one's got absolutely nothing to do with the other.
But PG&E paid for that doctor.
Ashley!
Shanna! Get out of the pool!
-How come? -I said so, that's why.
The minute Brenda sent that fax...
...l'm saying, the second she pressed the "send" button...
...PG&E's claim department was on the phone to me...
...scheduling a meeting.
So you think that-- Let me do it.
You're driving me nuts.
You think we scared them?
Taking the trouble to send someone...
...sounds like they're sitting up and taking notice.
Mr. Foil?
In the interest of putting this to rest...
...PG&E is willing to offer the Jensens $250,000 for their home.
$250,000?
In terms of land value in Hinkley...
...we feel that's a more than fair price.
How about in terms of medical expenses?
$250,000 isn't gonna come close to what this family's gonna spend on doctors.
I understand they've had bad luck, health-wise.
They have my sympathies.
But that's not PG&E's fault.
You're kidding, right?
Look at these readings.
PG&E's own technicians documented...
...toxic levels of hexavalent chromium in those wells...
...on numerous occasions.
Everything the Jensens have had...
...is proven reaction to exposure to hexavalent chromium. They have had....
They have had....
Breast cysts, uterine cancer, Hodgkin's, immune deficiencies...
...asthma, nosebleeds--
A million things could cause those problems.
Poor diet, bad genes, irresponsible lifestyle.
Our offer is final and more than fair.
Wait a minute. I thought we were negotiating here.
$250,000 is all I'm authorized to offer.
I'll present your offer to my clients.
I doubt they'll accept.
Before you go off on a crusade...
...remember who you're dealing with.
PG&E's a 28 billion dollar corporation.
28 billion dollars?
I didn't know it was that much!
Wow! Twenty-eight billion!
Holy cow!
They made an offer.
No, a million would have been an offer. They send that...
...mail clerk down to jerk me off, waste my time.
Why?
You heard what that kid said.
They have 28 billion dollars. They can afford to waste time.
-You can't? -Am I made of money?
-Why are you yelling? -I'm pissed.
-Fuck you! -Fuck you back!
I really hate you sometimes.
No. You love me.
You've been reading for hours.
I'm a slow reader.
Excuse me.
-Are you Erin Brockovich? -Yeah.
I'm Tom Robinson.
This is my wife, Mandy.
We used to live across the street from the Jensens.
I think you know Donna.
PG&E bought our house last year.
Well, the vet said they had a bunch of tumours and stuff.
Well, you can see they couldn't really walk.
How many were born like this?
Twelve or 13 or so.
When Donna told us what you told her about the chromium...
...we figured it might have something to do with this.
Yeah, it might.
Really, may I keep these?
-Yeah. -Okay, great.
Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.
There's something else too.
What?
Mandy, here, has had...
...five miscarriages.
I'm so sorry.
I figured it was something I did.
Like, when I smoked marijuana, maybe...
...or took birth control pills...
...but then Donna said that you thought...
...this chromium might be to blame for her problems.
So I figured maybe...
...it wasn't just me.
I have to take a bath.
You should go in.
They're not asleep?
Beth and Katie are.
-How was school? -Fine.
-Did you do your homework? -Yeah.
Any problems?
I know you're upset, but the way this job is...
...things come up at the last minute. Things that I gotta deal with.
Fine!
Please don't be mad at me.
I'm doing this for us. I know it's hard for you to understand...
...but don't you want Mommy to be good at her job?
I don't miss dinner all the time. We all ate together last night.
You were reading the whole time.
There's something about this thing I don't understand, Mr. Masry.
If PG&E messed with our water...
...why would they say anything about it to us at all?
Why not just keep quiet about it?
To establish a statute of limitations.
In a case like this, you only have one year...
...from the time you learn about the problem to file suit.
So PG&E figures...
..."We'll let the cat out of the bag. Tell them the water isn't perfect.
If we can ride out the year with no one suing...
...we'll be in the clear forever."
But they told us more than a year ago.
-That's okay. We're not suing. -Not yet.
All we're doing is using this information...
...to get you a nice purchase price on your house.
And you two, a comparable retroactive bonus on your sale price.
PG&E still looks good to their shareholders.
They're not in a lawsuit.
All they're doing is buying property.
Doesn't say how much this thing's gonna cost us.
My fee is 40% of whatever you get awarded.
Boy, do I know how you feel.
The first time I heard that number, I said, "You're kidding me."
Forty goddamned percent?
I'm the one that's injured, and this joker sits at a desk all day...
...and he wants almost half of my reward?
-Erin, can l--? -But then...
...l asked him...
...what he makes if I don't get anything.
Then I don't get anything either.
Plus, he's out all the costs.
So I realized...
...he's taking a chance too.
You got a pen, honey?
All right, then.
Oh, I made a bundt cake.
Who would like coffee and cake?
-I do. -Thanks, but we have to get back.
Have a fucking cup of coffee, Ed.
Coffee will be great. Thank you.
-All right. -I'll help you.
My wife makes really good bundt cake.
I love bundt cake.
Well, it seems like everybody in the family ended up with a rash somehow.
It seemed like no matter what we did, it always came back.
Over what kind of period of time?
Oh, long time, you know, years. I never did keep track of it.
Kids are sick. Animals need to be fed.
Just couldn't get rid of it.
Well, Mrs. De Soto said...
...that she wasn't exactly sure what you had.
We know what it is.
-It's gastrointestinal-- -Gastrointestinal cancer.
-She got sick about nine months ago-- -Nine months ago.
And they operated on her about six months ago.
-The intestine. -Right.
-Hi. I'm Erin Brock-- -I know who you are.
Donna called me.
Can I come in?
We're not interested in getting involved.
Can I ask why?
What's the point?
Donna told me that you've been sick and that your kids were sick--
You people don't give a shit.
Anything to get what you want.
Thanks for having me--
It's a good day to come by. She's feeling good.
Well, Mike Ambrosino had remembered...
...that he had seen you folks at the hospital.
That's what brought me out here.
Yeah, we've been there from time to time.
And you! Wooftie!
Ain't you a beauty?
You drive all the boys crazy, don't you?
I can see it in your eyes. You drive them wild.
You do, don't you?
Torture them.
It's good for them.
Don't teach her anything too early.
Yeah, she can't wait to get on her new dress.
She wants to go to school.
We're trying to do that, in a few months.
Yeah, get her out of her nightgown here.
She's gonna do it.
Absolutely not.
-Why not? -Because I said no.
The reason PG&E even talks to us...
...is because this is a quiet real-estate dispute.
We add plaintiffs, we're in the middle of a toxic-trot...
...with a statute problem, against a massive utility.
No, thank you.
Okay, so here's what I'll do.
I'll go to the Daniels', the nicest people you'll ever meet...
...who watch their girl fight like a dog against cancer.
I'll tell them...
...we can't help them, because you just don't wanna work that hard.
Work hard?
Let me tell you something.
I've worked all my life.
I've built a firm and kept it alive through lawsuits and injunctions.
I've survived a quadruple bypass, cancer...
...being born with one kidney and diabetes.
I personally managed to save a million dollars...
...over 30 years, getting clients 10 times that.
Don't tell me I don't work hard!
Don't tell me I can't stop, take a breath and enjoy life.
What the hell do you know about any of this?
Something like this, Erin, it could take forever.
They're a huge corporation!
They'll bury us in paperwork for years.
I'm just a guy with a small, private firm!
Who knows they poisoned people and lied about it.
We can get these people.
With a little effort, I think we can nail their asses to the wall.
With your legal expertise, you believe that?
-Don't you ever just know? -Do you know about money?
They settle due to lack of money.
You know what toxicologists and geology experts cost?
We're looking at $100,000 a month.
-I've already spent some of my savings. -We'll figure it out.
I don't know shit, but I know the difference between right and wrong!
-Lovers' quarrel? -Bite my ass, Krispy Kreme.
I feel you looking at me.
I'm sorry.
How many families are we talking about?
Four more. Eleven people so far.
There's more?
I found a document at the water board, a toxic test well reading from 1 967.
More people have lived there since then.
This is a whole different ball game. A much bigger deal.