L.A. Law (1986) s01e21 Episode Script

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Previously on L.A.
Law.
Kevin Rollins obtained a gun,
loaded it with ammunition, stalked Ms.
Van Owen, and shot at her point blank.
Whether you care to admit it or not, that
punk's bullet wounded more than your arm.
He got to you, and he got to you deep.
Until further notice, you're on the desk.
Rollins didn't take me down, Bruce.
You're doing it.
I don't deserve this.
Barking dogs are a fact of life, Mr. Karras.
Accordingly, I find the facts to be
insufficient to support your nuisance claim.
And I'm entering judgment for the defendant.
Well, Brackman, I'll get justice in my own way.
Just you wait.
My dog's been killed.
What?
My neighbor poisoned him.
Go see him.
Talk to him.
Stand up, you murderer.
What?
Hey, what the hell?
Get back.
If you want a piece of me, you know where to find me.
Arnold Becker?
Do I know you?
Well, do you remember a client named Kim Bonner?
Sure.
That's my mother.
You're Lucinda.
God, last time I saw you, you were just a little kid.
Well, I just turned 21 a couple days ago.
Happy birthday.
Thanks.
You're still lawyering, I assume?
Yeah.
I guess you're not still in junior high school.
No.
Shopping for the family?
No.
You?
Oh, no, I just, uh, stopped by to pick up
some smear and a figs for breakfast.
This is all I have during the day.
It's water from the St. Augustine Springs.
Since I tried it, I simply can't drink any other.
Getting a divorce was really the best
thing my parents ever did.
Well, sometimes that's the case.
Still living with your mother?
Arnie, please.
I can afford my own place.
Well, forgive me.
I must be living in the past.
By the way, what last name are you using?
No last name.
No last name?
Well, I'm a model, so I'm known
professionally only as Lucinda.
You must be doing fairly well.
Cover of Glamour next month.
You know, those are nice cars.
I used to have one before I got the Mondial.
You know, I have to tell you something.
I used to have a really big crush on you.
Really?
Yeah.
I used to imagine you sweeping me off my feet.
Taking me away.
Would you still be willing to give me the chance?
Call me.
Eight years ago when I represented her, she
had a daughter then who was only 13 years old.
Cut to this morning.
I stop off at the store and there is her daughter.
She's 21.
Rox, this is beyond intrigue.
Don't ask me how I know.
Arnie, if I line up a good temp, do you think I could
use some of the time I have coming to take Friday?
Oh, Leon, Leon wants to take me to Hawaii.
Absolutely.
Really?
Rox, that sounds like a great weekend.
Where are you going to stay?
Pumana Kea.
Oh, that's the best beach in the world.
Oh, boy, if the possibility exists to live a
truly joyful existence, it's got to be I .A.
Leonard in the corner.
Go ahead, Leonard.
Hello, Doctor.
2-I-0-2-0-5.
So, what's on your mind today?
Uh, well, I'm, uh, I'm about to
Why the, um, the reject on the Ellis
complaint, uh, Van Owen?
Because it's trash, detective.
Uh-huh.
Uh, would you be willing to amplify that
for me just a little?
Ellis has a concussion and four cracked
ribs he said he received while in custody.
Brutality charges have been filed against the
department, and now you, you bring me this laundry list?
Oh, now, see, now you're losing me, Van Owen.
What's the problem?
The problem, Sergeant.
Is that despite the fact that you would
like to charge him with eight different
felonies, the only thing that you have on
him are three vehicular infractions.
Take it to traffic court.
What about the .25 caliber automatic you had with him?
No PC to search the trunk.
There is nothing here that's going to stick.
No matter how much you fling at the wall.
How about he's a wrong guy?
I can't charge him for being wrong.
What is it with you?
What is it with me?
Yeah.
Didn't you get a pretty first-hand view of
what it's like out there?
What if I did?
Nothing.
You're right.
Don't give it a second thought.
I'm sure there wasn't a reason in the
world for the cops to have laid a finger on him.
By the way, that cop you've got sitting outside on detail
guarding you, how much slack you think you'd cut him?
You're out of line, Sergeant.
But since you asked, the very same amount
I would cut anybody else.
And spare me the Iwo Jima speech about how
you're the front line.
The only reason this file is on my desk is because your
people screwed up and now you're looking at a lawsuit.
Only you don't get caught.
You don't get combat pay around here.
And the district attorney's office is not
your department's private defense counsel.
So do me a favor and take a hike.
You bet.
And I hope there's something I can do for you sometime.
Are you positive they'll hold the Jeep for us?
Yeah, we're going to pick it up on the way
to the camping store.
God, Stuart, just think how long it's been
since you breathed real air.
Woody Allen says you should never trust air you can't see.
Look, Stuart, I know that camping was not
your first choice for a vacation,
and I just want you to know how much I appreciate
your being so open to try something new with me.
Yeah, well, that's the kind of guy I am.
You know, I talked to my travel agent.
We can still get in almost anywhere.
Hawaii, Mexico.
See, I think our lives have just gotten so out of balance.
You know, enclosed in this hermetically sealed
box, never seeing the sun or a tree or a bird.
Yeah, they have sun and trees and birds and
Acapulco, and you don't have to sleep in the dirt.
Aren't we the little prince?
Anyway, you get to choose the next vacation.
Assuming I live through this one.
Messer and the Jack of Hearts.
Yeah, um, Ron Messer's a commercial
fisherman who works out of San Pedro.
The Jack of Hearts is his boat.
He claims that the IRS took it away from him.
Was he asleep at the switch?
It doesn't seem like that can happen without warning.
I assume he had some warning.
With the service, you can't assume anything.
What are we doing?
Stuart and I are meeting with Messer this morning.
You crossing over into Sturridge-Bailiwick, Mike?
Well, from what little I heard on the
phone, this one looks like it might go
into court right away, in which case Mike's the one.
Feel like cutting your teeth with me in tax court, Victor?
Victor's not available.
You know, I could easily give up this trip
if you want me around, Mike.
Ah, not necessary.
Excuse me.
Is he all right?
Ann, you're not coming in tomorrow?
That's right, Douglas.
Stuart and I are going backpacking in the
Buelton Highlands.
Abby, there's one thing I'd like you to
cover for me, if you could.
Abby is not available, Ann.
Would Victor and Abby not being available have
anything to do with this ongoing Sparky litigation, Douglas?
Let's get something straight.
I've been hit with criminal assault charges,
as well as an enormous civil liability claim.
These represent a grotesque travesty of justice.
The only possible means I have of righting
the scales a bit lies in the lawsuit I
filed against Karras for killing Sparky
and for slashing my tires.
I would hope that I could
count on the forces of this firm to
be mobilized out of sheer
moral indignation, if nothing else.
I think we're adjourned.
Hi, I'm Mike Kuzak.
This is Stuart Markowitz.
He's our tax specialist.
Hello, Ron.
How are you?
So, where should I start?
Tell us about your boat.
She's 85 foot, steel hull.
I got her rigged for long lining.
Five days ago, I'd taken enough ice and
provisions for a two-week trip.
Next day, I go down to the pier.
The harbor master tells me internal
revenue agents have seized the boat.
He left me a notice I owed $540,000 in taxes.
My best year, I made $80,000.
Plus, the one thing I never not do is pay my taxes.
I don't ask them for extensions.
I don't tell them any stories.
I just give them the money so they don't
give me any trouble.
That doesn't always work, does it?
Tell me.
The guy does my returns.
He called.
He couldn't get any information.
I phone.
The lines are always busy.
Well, if what you're saying is accurate,
it sounds like somebody really goofed.
Let's hope that's all it is.
Remember, we are dealing with the IRS now.
You're telling me they can do anything the
hell they want to do?
Well, they can do things nobody else can do.
They have their own police force.
When they decide to move in, they move in.
They can take everything.
And if you happen to be standing there,
they can search you.
I know a case of a guy where they went to
his house, not only took his two cars,
but the truck that belonged to the gardener
who was cutting the grass at the time.
So I just roll over?
Oh, no.
No, no, no, no.
I know a few people down there.
I think we can get a meeting by this afternoon.
Don't worry.
We'll get this whole thing straightened out.
Well, I hope it's soon.
Because I got five crewmen going to leave
me flat if I'm not outbound in a week's time.
I'm three payments late on the boat.
I'm two payments late on the house.
My wife is a wreck because of this.
If they don't give that boat back to me
soon, they might as well keep it for good.
So some kid takes a pot shot at me.
And all of a sudden, I'm supposed to be
the department's hard ass.
Well, I don't think you're being singled out, Grace.
I think he was just doing what cops do.
Since when are you an apologist for the LAPD?
Since when are you having three drinks for lunch?
What about you mind your own business?
Look, I think I've been pretty good about what's
been going on with you the last couple of weeks.
What the hell is that supposed to mean?
You have been pushing me and everyone else
away with the booze and the tranquilizers.
It's not you, Grace.
Mickey.
Be a pal, huh?
Get off my back.
Hey, why don't we do dancing tonight, hmm?
I have a friend who can get us into Helena's.
No, I got too much to do with this IRS thing.
They are really putting the screws to this guy.
Yeah, well, someone's always putting the screws to someone.
It never ends.
Give it a break.
Just for tonight.
I can't, Gracie.
You know what?
Kuzak, the thing I like about you the best
is you're such a hell of a lot of fun.
Enjoy.
I have number 15 sunblock, zinc oxide,
snazzy new sunglasses.
I feel like we're going to paradise for the weekend.
Let me call you back later, Leon.
Rox, I know you're very busy making plans, but if
we could do a little office business for just a second?
I'd like you to have a case of St.
Augustine water sent to Lucinda at her house.
Thanks.
So that we may understand one another on
this point, my client is fully willing to
provide all pertinent corporate financial
records to the present shareholders.
I have advised him that he is under no
duty whatsoever to divulge any details of
his current financial condition beyond the
scope of the corporation.
Leland, what's wrong?
Call Dr. Weiner.
Tell him I have to see him right away.
Leland, what is it?
I don't know, Iris.
That's why I want to go to the doctor.
Now, would you call him, please?
Bye.
Oh, Mike.
I'm in a spot.
I've got the Regina Fennald murder trial to prepare for.
And now, assault charges against me.
Brackman have landed up on Marilyn Feldman's desk.
So?
I copped her grandmother's rocking chair.
There's no way I'm going to get her to
deal, and there's no way I can take this to trial.
I was wondering if there was any chance
that you could go down there for me.
Not if you want it done any time soon.
What about Abby?
Abby is handling Douglas' civil litigation.
Brackman wants me for the criminal charges.
But the way it looks now, I don't stand a chance.
Sure you do.
You can turn this whole thing around to
your advantage, Victor.
Offer up an act of contrition,
combined with a certain innocent charge.
Pretty soon you got her right where you are, even more so
than if you'd never had the
fight with her in the first place.
I don't think so.
I think the policy objective of the Secret Council of
Females is crush Sifuentes every chance you get.
Except the difference here is that between
you and Feldman there's no romance,
warped or straight, past, present, or future.
So all you have to do is deal with the case.
I don't know.
I'll tell you one thing, if Marilyn Feldman is not a dog
lover, Douglas could be looking at some serious pound time.
I had a collie named Daisy.
She used to roam around in this field
where the cows would graze.
Sometimes a cow would get loose and get out in the
road and Daisy would run after her and bark like hell.
One day a truck hit her and she had to be put to sleep.
All my mother would tell me was that Daisy
was going to live in a place where it was
safe for her to run, where there were no trucks.
I promised to keep her off the road and protect her.
But Daisy wasn't coming back.
Just imagine, instead of it having been a
truck that had hit her by accident,
it was some guy who killed her on purpose.
They say a dog is the only animal who will
lick the hand of its killer.
Daisy would have been just as trusting as
Sparky was, nuzzling up to the stranger
who was offering her chopped meat,
chopped meat laced with strychnine.
Sparky was poisoned in an enclosed area.
Karras' backyard gave him direct access
without tripping off the alarm system.
I mean, he had every opportunity.
He had the inclination, he had Oh, wait a minute.
What exactly are you after here?
Ellen, I just want you to be able to use your
prosecutorial discretion and drop the case.
Douglas Brackman has absolutely no record for violence.
He was horribly provoked and he's
remorseful for what he's done.
I mean, if there's any victim here, it's him.
Why?
Why is it I get the feeling that you're going to
be laughing at me once you get outside my door?
Because you don't know me.
Well, I don't know Mr. Brackman either, do I?
He seems bent on vengeance.
He's suing Karis.
What's to say he doesn't come after him
again, this time with a baseball bat or a gun?
If that happens, I'm sure you know that I don't
want to be the prosecutor who dropped the charges.
Supposing you were convinced that Brackman
isn't about to do that, okay?
Supposing we get them together.
And they all agree that this is all best put to rest.
Your guy drops his civil suit?
Well, I would certainly suggest it.
Well, let's get them both in here and
maybe we can do business.
Hi.
Sorry I'm late.
I got hung up at the IRS.
It's okay.
Oh, stocking up for some long nights by the campfire.
Stuart, I think this is really gonna be
good for both of us.
Just to slow down a little.
You know, sleep out under the stars.
Nothing between us and nature.
I think we better get started.
You know, I was up reading catalogs last night.
I stayed up.
There's a lot of this stuff we're absolutely
going to need, like these bags here.
Oh, well, we've already got those bags
that I borrowed from my cousin.
Not like this.
You know, this is the exact same bag they
took to the North Pole.
We're not going to the North Pole, Stuart.
We're going two hours out of Los Angeles.
And this bag costs $400.
May I help you?
If you're going to do something,
you may as well do it right, Ann.
Yeah.
I'd like to take two of these, and I'd
like to see your half-domed tents, please.
Right over here.
Thanks.
This is a terrific model.
Aluminum alloy Poles with a lifetime warranty.
Stuart, we're going to be camping for three nights.
It's got a convertible rain shield slash dining canopy.
Yeah, we'll take it.
Stuart, are you kidding?
How about packs?
The wrong backpack can totally ruin a trip.
You got one you particularly recommend?
Mm-hmm.
This is the visionary, state of the art.
Here, why don't you try it on?
Yeah, great.
It's got 1,000 denier corduroy.
It's got 1,000 denier corduroy bottom.
It's too big.
No, it's actually very well balanced.
Conically cut waistband, coil zippers,
perforated lumbar pad.
$349, Stuart.
That is totally ridiculous money for a knapsack.
Ann, it's not a knapsack.
We have less expensive models,
naturally, with fewer features, of course.
No, no, no, I think I really like this one.
You'll be very happy with it.
Great.
I got a few more things.
You know those boots with the bilateral arch supports?
Yeah, we'll take two pairs of those.
Okay.
And then goose down jackets.
And you have that silk and polypropylene underwear.
What?
Right.
And then, you know, lanterns, signal
mirrors, bug spray, snake bite kit,
windproof matches, citronella candles,
bungee cords, a couple of those.
Bungee cords?
Yeah, you know, they hold on the Never mind.
Here, why don't you take the list, and I'll
browse around and see whatever else I might need.
Great.
Thanks.
Stuart.
These are nice.
Oh, this stuff is great.
Here.
You know, maybe you were right.
Maybe this getting close to nature isn't
really going to be so terrible after all.
I think you're going to need another basket.
Parrot Corridors of Success.
Your host is celebrity interviewer Robin Lee.
What time did you get home?
Four.
At this point, the job's so stupid,
I might as well stay home.
You feel like talking?
No.
I feel like zoning out in front of the tube.
That sounds uplifting.
If you want me to go home, I can go home.
How are you going to get there?
Crawl?
Drive.
You're not driving anywhere.
You are drunk.
Take your hands off me, Michael.
Grace, if you try to leave this house,
I'm going to knock you down.
Watch out, man.
Sit down.
Get me your drink.
Now lie down.
Lie down.
Lie down.
You stay under the covers, all right?
Go to sleep.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
All right.
Here.
All right.
Stuart, my back is killing me.
Are your hips stabilized?
You secure?
I don't know whether they're secure or not.
I do know that I told you it was
ridiculous to bring in all this junk.
Don't start with me, Ann.
Don't start with me.
This entire trip was your idea.
Remember that?
And believe me, my feet hurt worse than your back.
Not with your Austrian boots with the
bilateral arch support.
They're the best food on the market.
It's just not broken in yet.
Stuart, could we make camp here for the night?
Oh, we haven't hiked very well.
Well, let's we'll go farther tomorrow.
Whatever you say.
Okay.
Whatever you say is fine.
How's this?
Fine.
Sit down.
God.
Ann.
Ann.
Ron, what's up?
What time did you get here?
About an hour ago.
Here, take a look at this.
Notice of auction?
Two weeks they're selling the boat.
I worked long enough on other people's
boats to get to where I can run my own,
and now people I've never laid eyes on are
going to sell it out from under me?
Well, we're not there yet.
Then where the hell are we?
Ron, there's something I have to get straight.
The IRS is saying you're using your boat to run drugs.
I have to know if that's true.
Drugs?
That's why your assessment is so high.
They're saying that fishing is just a front.
That's crazy.
Where'd they get that?
Well, at the moment, they don't have to say.
Then how the hell am I supposed to defend myself?
Why don't you let me worry about that?
Right now, I just have to hear it from you.
Yes or no?
No.
No, I don't run drugs.
I never run drugs.
All I've ever done is fish.
All right.
Tomorrow morning, we'll go into federal court, and
we'll see if we can get a judge to move on this right away.
You know, the impound dock, they don't
even have chafing gear on the lines.
They haven't kicked on the auxiliary generator.
The ice is melting.
The bilge pump is running on the battery.
The bait hole is full of stinking mackerel,
and she's sitting too low in the water.
Ron, we are moving on this as fast as we can.
Everybody's got their idea of what hell is
like, and this is mine.
People in offices with no windows, sending
each other pieces of paper with my name on them.
I can't get them on the phone because the
line is always busy.
I can't find their offices because I don't
know who they are.
Mr. Kuzak.
Mr. Kuzak, guys like me end up in the
street from this kind of thing.
Would you come in, please?
Leland, what did the doctor say?
I'll have to cancel a number of appointments.
I tried to call all yesterday and this morning.
I have to go into the hospital next Thursday.
What for?
I'd rather not go into it.
Leland.
It's nothing serious.
I would just rather not go into it.
Tell Saul, Saul Tartoff, I'll call him on the weekend.
Also, I'm scheduled to appear for Gordon
Hollingsworth in an administrative hearing.
Call Kite and Craig and arrange for an adjournment.
Talk to Seth, Craig.
You won't have any problem.
Leland, you are someone who never goes to a doctor.
Let alone takes a day off from work.
It's obvious to me it's something serious,
which makes me very afraid.
I'm asking as a friend that you talk to me.
And I'm asking as a friend that you respect my privacy.
That's the kindest thing that you could do
for me right now.
Gentlemen, what we're here for is to see whether
or not it's possible to avoid criminal trials altogether.
For whom?
For either of you.
Either of us?
You murdered an innocent animal.
You had motive and opportunity.
All I did was respond to the monstrousness
of this man's crime.
Mr. Brackman, your sense of moral outrage,
regardless of how genuine or pronounced,
does not entitle you to commit mayhem however you see fit.
What you did to this man constitutes
aggravated assault, for which you may be
tried and if found guilty, sentenced to prison.
How do you like them apples?
I wouldn't be getting too cocky if I were you, Mr. Karras.
Now, I'm willing to drop this entire
matter, but I need some fairly solid
assurances from both of you that this pattern of
violence and feuding is not going to continue or escalate.
So be it.
Mr. Karras?
Well, I'm not looking to make any trouble.
Good.
In my family, we always resolved a crisis over a meal.
So before we start formalizing this, how about it?
Well, I've got corned beef, roast beef.
I'll have a roast beef.
Corned beef, please.
Nothing.
If you're smart, you'll both drop the civil suits as well.
All that's going to happen is that you'll
burn up a lot of time and effort,
and one's just going to cancel out the other.
You all right?
John, are you okay?
Would you like some water?
I think he's really choking.
Oh, my God.
All right.
Do something!
Oh, no, no, no, don't do that.
There's that procedure.
What's it called?
The Heimlich maneuver.
That's it?
Yes.
Do you know how to do it?
I do.
Well, then do it!
The man's choking to death here!
I find there to be something of
a There's a special irony in that.
What?
It was at his hand that Sparky choked to death.
Douglas!
Mr. Brackman, you can't let the man die.
To lose compassion for the dying is to lose all humanity.
Isn't that right, Karras?
Come on.
Tell me, did you watch Sparky as he gasped his last breath?
Oh, come on!
Was there a part of you that would have
reached over and saved him if you could, like this?
John, are you all right?
Oh, you bastard.
I think you broke my rib.
I saved your life, you undeserved.
And Viper?
When he gets finished with you,
I'll have the shirt off your back.
This is who you want me to settle with,
Ms. Feldman, this miscreant?
This man's life calls out to be extinguished
and his bodily parts sold for scrap.
Mr. Stokes, I'm leaving.
I don't make deals with terrorists.
You were both witnesses.
Expect a subpoena.
The man saved your life, mister.
I wouldn't push your luck.
Lawyers.
Johan, calm down.
I guess this wasn't such a good idea.
At least we tried.
So, where does that leave us?
I'm not going to prosecute.
Each of them is enough of a punishment for the other
without getting the whole criminal justice system involved.
Thanks, Marilyn.
That's really very decent of you.
Thanks.
It's a shame to waste perfectly good food.
Are you hungry?
I could eat.
It's very beautiful.
Come on, love me.
You love me.
Look at me.
Very good.
Now, I want you to jump, honey.
I want you to jump for me.
Now, look in the camera.
Jump, baby.
Good.
Very good.
All right.
You love me, honey.
You love me.
Come on, honey.
Hi, Arnie.
Abbott, Arnie Becker.
Hi, Abbott.
Yeah.
All right.
We're just going to finish up a couple
more, then we can take a break, okay?
Good.
I love you.
Good.
I want you to pout.
Come on, pout for me.
He was mean to you last night.
Pout for me.
Beautiful.
You are beautiful.
Beautiful okay gorgeous now go and change.
You're gonna hate me not in this lifetime
we got started really late the truck
needed detailing this morning they sent
over a testarossa instead of a lagonda
it's been one thing after another could I
take a rain check until tomorrow I could
change the dinner reservations make them a
little later wait for you watch your work
for a for a while wouldn't be the hardest
thing I ever did Arnie I couldn't work
with you here I would be totally
distracted what if I promised to be very
quiet it's not your voice that's
distracting Arnie it's wanting to get away
and be with you you know the camera picks
all of that up I can look at a photograph
from time when a model's just broken up
with her boyfriend gotten a drug habit
fallen in love you have no idea how naked I
really am just so long as I can dream come here.
The middle's all raw.
I knew we should have bought that butane stove.
Eat some more trail mix.
I'm sick of trail mix.
Well, you know, if you hadn't broken all the eggs when
you fell over Yeah, like that was really my fault, right?
Okay, I don't want to fight anymore.
Could you throw some toilet paper over here?
Yeah, where'd you pack it?
I didn't pack it, you did.
Uh-uh, you did.
Oh, great.
You brought every damn thing in the world
except the toilet paper.
What am I supposed to do?
How about a leaf?
A leaf?
Yeah.
Well, you did say you didn't want anything
to come between you and nature, did you?
You're really enjoying yourself, aren't you, Stuart?
Oh, I am having a ball.
I really am.
Well, okay.
That's exactly what I'll do.
No big deal.
I'll use a leaf.
All right, come on, honey.
Ah!
Look, I'll get him.
I'll get him.
Oh, come on.
God, I hate lizards.
Oh.
God.
God, this pack is unbelievable.
I feel like a llama.
How are you doing, honey?
How do you think I'm doing?
All right, is the, uh, is the itching getting any better?
The itching is worse.
The burning is worse.
I'm in agony, Stuart.
Total agony.
Just come here a little bit further.
You'll be okay.
How are we ever going to find a
dermatologist in this godforsaken place?
Well, you know, any kind of doctor can
treat the poison sumac, or whatever it was.
Did you, uh, did you remember to bring the leaf specimen?
I thought you were going to bring it.
Well, you know, he probably didn't need it anyway.
Come on.
Oh, Stuart!
Could you please run and warm it up?
It won't start!
Oh, God, Stuart!
Stuart!
You've got to get me out of here!
Please!
I don't care how!
This ranger's station or something!
Because you've got to get me out of this miserable place!
Before I start to cry!
Ann!
Ann, come on, honey!
I'm going to get you out of here!
Just hang in there, honey!
I'm going to get us out of here real soon, I promise!
I'll be right back!
Now, just don't move!
I'll be right back!
And don't scratch!
Your Honor, in order to justify the
snatching of this man's boat and his
livelihood, the service has to show that the
assessment was reasonable and appropriate.
Right now, they're not even close.
Your Honor, I would point out to Mr. Kuzak
that if the service is in compliance with
the rules of procedure in executing the
termination, assessment, and Levy,
and there is no showing that it isn't,
then the review taken here goes to the
assessment only, not to the taking of Mr. Messer's boat.
Mr. Messer only owes the taxes claimed if it can
be shown that he was involved in smuggling drugs.
Now, where is the proof of that?
According to section 6851, the burden
isn't on the service to provide that proof.
Ms. Zappoli, I think you'll agree the
evidence of drug smuggling is rather thin,
and there's a good likelihood that Mr.
Messer will wind up with an abatement.
In the meantime, could he at least have
his boat restored to him?
Unfortunately, Mr. Kuzak, there's been no
showing that the Levy was anything but proper.
As such, I'm not at Liberty to disturb it.
Your Honor, Ron Messer is being forced
into personal and financial ruin.
And all anyone can say about that is that
the service is in compliance with its own rules.
Now, what is this man supposed to do while
we labor to discover that a mistake was made?
Counselor, I sympathize with your client's
dilemma, but this is not a criminal proceeding.
The safeguards afforded a criminal
defendant are not in place here.
Now, we can rail about the unfairness of
it, but that's the law.
The best I can do is to set an early trial date.
I cannot Grant the relief you're seeking
in a summary fashion.
The IRS sure as hell moved in a summary
fashion, didn't they?
That'll do, counselor.
That's about all I'm gonna tolerate.
This court's adjourned.
Judge, can anybody here help me?
Can anybody explain this beyond saying
there's a section in a book someplace?
I'm not a criminal.
I just want my boat back so I can get back to work.
This is the United States of America.
I want my boat back.
I want to get back to work.
Lady, could you at least tell them to take
care of the boat while they got it?
Or you could just give it to the Navy and
I'll use it for targeting.
Mr. Kuzak, we've got a message here from
Officer Crane of the Santa Monica Police.
Thank you.
Run.
I'm sorry, I gotta go.
I'll call you later.
Excuse me, I'm looking.
Never mind.
You all right?
Is she all right?
She's fine.
Excuse me.
Are you with the young lady?
Yeah.
Can we talk to her a minute?
We'll be right back.
Candy's driving in the wheelchair to the reception.
What happened?
She lost it on San Vicente.
Anybody hurt?
No, but she wound up on the center divider.
We ran a breathalyzer on her.
It's below the legal line.
Just.
She's also had a few of these,
and she's got a valid prescription,
but she shouldn't be behind the wheel.
We, uh, also know she's with the DA's office.
Office, make sure you get her home, all right?
Thanks.
Dr. Langell, 3rd floor nursing station.
Dr. Langell, 4th and 3rd floor nursing station.
OK, let's go.
Stuart?
Stuart, is that it?
Stuart, is that really it?
Yeah.
Easy, easy, easy, come on.
Come on.
There.
Mr. Markowitz.
Ciao, Franco.
It's Kelsey.
Hi.
There's wine and beer and fresh orange juice in the
mini fridge, unless you prefer champagne, of course.
Mr. Markowitz told me that you might be
hungry, so I brought along some oyster,
lobster, fresh caviar.
The controls for the television and the
stereo are in that front panel.
Now, everything else OK?
Yes, finally.
Great.
You just lean back, relax.
We'll have you back in LA in less than two hours.
Great.
If you've got something to say, just say it.
I am not going to stand by and wait for you to bottom out.
Then don't.
If you don't care about yourself,
why don't you stop and think about what
this might be doing to the people around you.
Now I'm supposed to feel guilty, too?
Do me a favor, just get off my case.
Give me some slack.
Slack almost got you killed today.
Just like after you got shot, you're ready
with a thousand answers.
You got your speech about how that was
nothing, how this is nothing.
Well, it's not nothing, it's something,
and you're gonna deal with it.
The question is whether you're gonna deal
with it with your eyes open or closed,
and what the cost is gonna be when you're through.
Now I'm gonna go out, and when I come
back, The pills better be gone.
The booze better be gone.
Or you better be gone.
Ashinda, couldn't we go inside?
Isn't this the most fabulous car you've ever done this in?
Yeah, but still, it's a car.
We could
We could go inside and we could be in a bed.
Why would you want to be in a bed when you can be in a car?
Besides, this night always saw us anyway.
What the hell are you doing?
Great.
Now you want to come around and see me again.
You left a message that you'd be here.
What did you expect?
You're the one that didn't want a commitment, remember?
You had all the reasons why not.
Fine.
This is what you get.
You had to make sure I found out about it, too, didn't you?
I didn't leave anything to chance.
You leave word that you have to see me.
You park in front of the house.
I mean, are you trying to tell me something here or what?
Yes, Erin, I am.
I'm trying to tell you I feel neglected,
and this is the only way I have of doing it.
I'm not as articulate as you, okay?
I just can't say what I'm feeling.
All right, look, why don't, uh, why don't you come
out of the car, and we'll go inside and talk, okay?
Who's the guy?
Arnold Becker, Erin Fine.
How you doing, man?
Listen, I know this is a little bit weird, but, uh, I
think Luce and I needed a little time together right now.
Really, Arnie?
I think it's the best thing.
You know something?
We're all going to be having dinner
together in six months laughing about this.
Is it perfect?
I mean, it's L.A., right?
Hi, you've reached Roxanne.
I'm not home right now.
This is Arnold Becker.
I'm calling from Pico Boulevard,
where I've just pulled over to the curb to
wait out the impulse to head due west
until I crash through the guardrail of the.
Pacific Coast Highway to plunge to my
death in the ocean below.
I hope you're having a hell of a good time in Hawaii.
So, Mickey, uh, I wish I had the courage
to say this to your face, but a.
Lot of stuff that I haven't won,
as soon as I, under promise,
you'll be the first one to know,
because I love you so much, I do.