Eli Stone s01e08 Episode Script
Praying for Time
Previously on "Eli Stone" All-star catcher Jayson Turk hit a foul ball which struck his coach in the head fatally.
They got his own wife testifying against him.
I thought wives couldn't testify against their husbands.
Get down! You know, I've been seeing things lately.
I'm starting to think that they're 'cause of my aneurysm.
Maybe I did the wrong thing, breaking up with her.
Our client feels he needs a high-profile attorney.
Like it or not, Eli's profile-- keeps getting higher.
Taylor, you'll stay on as co-counsel.
What? It's like I see things now-- things that were always there, but that I just never noticed before.
Today will be a good day.
I can see the day being a good day very good day.
"See it.
Believe it.
Achieve it.
" There will be no George Michael songs.
There will be no World War II battlefields.
Fire-breathing dragons will not take up residence in my closet.
Oh, my God! Not the plasma! Earthquake! Earthquake! Nice Duck.
Not in the mood, Eli.
Come on,Patti.
An earthquake hits.
You only have time to save one thing.
What do you pick? A heavy, blunt object to hit you with.
Now I know better than to expect warm cuddlies from you, but for the past week you've been treating me worse than Jordan, and that's saying something.
Really? And what changed a week ago,I wonder.
Is this about Solinsky? It's about you representing that scum-sucking lizard.
Well,if it bothers you so much,why didn't you say something? Like what? That you're lower than Dick Cheney's bunion to be his lawyer? Come on.
He's just a developer.
He's developing my friends and family straight out of their homes.
Why? Well,so he can gentrify the neighborhood by building high-rise condos around a retail destination.
You mean shopping malls-- a mall where rich, white people ride little trolleys from Pottery Barn to Barnes & Noble so their rich,white feet don't get tired.
I made a deal with Jordan.
I take the case,I get you back as my assistant.
Oh, I mean that much to you? Yes, you do.
Then you shouldn't be helping somebody bulldoze my old neighborhood! What's going on? Um, let's see.
Another celebutante got photographed getting out of her car without her panties on, - and I think we're still in iraq-- - no, I mean with you.
You've been acting weird all week, and I mean, weird for you, which is weird.
I'm fine,but thanks for your show of gentle concern.
You've been avoiding me.
We're talking to each other right now, so I guess I'm not really doing a good job of it.
Maggie, you've been acting strange ever since the kiss.
Why don't you just put it on a billboard? Look, first of all, I'm not acting strange or weird since the thing.
"The thing"? Second of all,I'm not even thinking about the thing.
I have a boyfriend.
Okay, great, 'cause it seemed like you were upset.
- I'm fine.
I'm just-- - eli? Oh,I wanted to talk to you before we met with Solinsky, but it looks like I'm interrupting something.
- No, you're interrupting nothing.
- No, nothing.
Let's go has the jury reachea verdict? We have,your honor.
We,the jury in the above entitled action, on the charge of murder in the first degree, find the defendant Jayson Christopher Turk not guilty.
What happens next? In real life? In real life, you'd be found not guilty by temporary insanity.
Diminished capacity defense as a result of your steroid use, and you do probation for a year.
What about the league? Could go either way,but you're the best catcher in the game.
Hall of fame,though? I'm-- I'm sorry.
You're thinking about the hall of fame? Hell, yeah, I'm thinkin' about it.
I've dedicated my life to that, and you guys have got me saying I'm a juicer.
Because that's the most effective means of winning this case, mr.
Turk, as these mock trials have proved.
I'm going on trial for murder tomorrow.
Which is precisely why I'm stepping in now.
And your client's worried that the cure might be worse than the disease.
There's nothing worse than maximum security for 25 to life.
Nobody cares about your hall of fame status when is lights out on cellblock "B.
" You with them on this? Yeah.
Because you don't have any other options.
This doesn't have to be difficult.
of course not.
We're two adults who had a relationship which is now over by mutual agreement.
Noetrayal,no recrimination,no alienation of affection.
Just an acknowledgment that it would be best if we were apart.
except for the fact that Solinsky and your father are making us work together.
Did you review the city council transcripts? Yeah.
They approved the taking of Silver Terrace by eminent domain.
unanimous.
Taylor,do you feel that? 'I Feel The Earth Move' * I feel the earth move under my feet * * I feel the sky tumblin' down* No, you don't.
* I feel my heart start to tremblin' * * whenever you're around* * Ooh, darlin'* * When you're near me and you tenderly call my name* - I never did that.
- * I know that * * my emotions are something I just can't tame * * I just got to have you, baby * * I feel the earth move under my feet * * I feel the sky tumblin' down Tumblin' down * * I just lose control * Do I feel what, Eli? How great us working together is gonna be.
Literally.
As if I don't have enough problems, now I'm getting serenaded by my ex and Maggie.
Last time I checked, two seriously hot women singing to you? Not really a problem, dude.
It is if you work with both of them.
Though I must say, their singing was surprisingly good.
The love triangle portion of the vision you can figure out with your therapist.
Now let's talk about these recurring earthquakes.
It's easy.
For the past three months, my life's been falling apart.
Now everything else is falling apart, too.
Your visions aren't just a DVD commentary on your life.
In norse mythology, earthquakes are the result of loki's punishment.
Have you done anything lately you should be punished for? Well, I'm back on the side of evil this week.
I'm representing a real estate developer who's tearing down Silver Terrace.
Solinsky? That guy's a pig.
Well, if you don't mind, I'm already getting an earful from Patti.
Lie down.
Is it needle time? I love needle time.
You're never allowed to call it "needle time" again.
Now I should be able to help you relive your earthquake vision, like under hypnosis.
Maybe you could notice some additional details.
If not,I just clear your sinuses.
Maybe I could save the plasma.
god! Oh,my god! The plasma! Yeah! special report.
The bay area is experiencing a major earthquake measuring 6.
5 on the Richter scale.
The epicenter of the quake is located in Silver Terrace.
Of course we'll have There was a news report.
Silver Terrace gets destroyed by an earthquake.
Did it say when? No, just that it's the epicenter of a 6.
5 So if you lose this case those people could die.
Season 1 Episode 8 Praying for Time Call Solinsky.
Tell him I want to meet with him right away.
Then get Jeffrey Powell.
Tell him I want to negotiate a settlement on the Silver Terrace case.
I'm gonna make this right,Patti.
Are you still representing Arvin Solinsky? Yes.
Are you still helping him to take my friends and families' homes and tear down my church? So, by make this right, you mean you do the same exact thing you were doing before but with greater urgency? - Yes, but-- - No.
Make your own damn calls.
We need to talk.
- We've already talked.
- No.
We didn't talk talk.
We talk talked enough for me.
So can I please go back to avoiding you and pretending like I'm not? Look,either you're a closet Carole King fan or you have a thing for me.
Who's Carole King? So you don't you don't have a crush on me? Not before,but that kind of modesty is such a turn-on.
Fine.
I'm wrong.
Believe me, I'm--I'm glad to be wrong.
Maggie since my diagnosis, my life's gotten really complicated, and I can't deal with any more complications.
We work together.
Um,you report to me.
Nothing romantic could ever happen between us.
You know that, right? Yeah.
Of-- of course I do.
Eli? Um,you came by my office? She-- her keyboard jammed.
Jayson Turk committed a crime intentionally.
With malice afore thought, he killed another human being.
In front of 30,000 fans and hundreds of cameras? Does that sound reasonable? Or does it sound like a man who's in an altered state and out of his mind? He wasn't out of his mind when he used steroids to bulk up to 245 pounds of solid muscle.
Those same steroids altered his mental state, rendering him temporarily insane? Please,let's just call this what it is-- another excuse to let Jayson Turk get away with criminal behavior.
Celebrities celebrities are no more entitled to break the law are no less deserving of the presumption of innocence than you or me.
And while steroid use is against the law,Jayson Turk isn't being prosecuted for that.
He's on trial for murder,and on that charge,he is innocent.
mr.
Solinsky,$20 million will make this lawsuit disappear.
I'm still trying to wrap my brain around the idea that the neighbourhood can even sue me.
And now you want me to settle? Settling means avoiding a trial,which could delay the start of construction-- or in this case, destruction-- for a month.
The city is already paying them for their properties.
And I'm suggesting you pay them a little more so they drop their suit and move out immediately.
The truth is, Arvin, it's better to weigh the pros and cons of settlement before trial.
The con would be that I pay the denizens of Silver Terrace $20 million out of my own pocket.
I'm not really seeing the pro.
Well, doing the right thing.
The right thing? I'm turning an urban blight into a clean, safe place.
The citizens who live there now won't be able to afford to park there in a year.
Eli.
I'm really sorry, but this is how Silver Terrace's lawyer, Jeffrey Powell, is gonna paint you.
Right now people still think you're a good guy, which I'm sure is true, Arv, but this trial will be very bad for that perception.
you don't look that happy.
It's not exactly an overwhelming amount.
It's three times what the city already paid them, Jeff.
Which wasn't very much to begin with.
I don't know what Powell has promised you, but are you willing to bet $20 million that he's right? we'd get this money on top of what the city already paid us? Those checks can't compensate for the loss of the homes you raised your children in, that you raised your grandchildren in.
The city says it can take away your community because the neighborhood is lost.
Take this money, and you're agreeing with them.
I think you can tell your client his offer is rejected.
What were you doing back there? Just trying to undo Powell's "power to the people" brainwashing.
Arvin Solinsky, please.
And what are you doing now? Um,I think I can get them to take $25 million.
It's Eli Stone calling.
or it was.
That was me making a call to Arvin.
To our client to get him to put up another $5 million.
He can cover it out of petty cash.
Do you know it's malpractice to shove a settlement down his throat? What is going on with you? We can win this at trial.
A trial will take too long.
Solinsky can wait.
I can't.
They can't.
Eli, what is happening? Whatever it is,you can tell me.
My visions they guide me.
They tell me what kinds of cases I should take or what I should do.
- Eli - It's crazy, yeah, but it's the truth.
I saw myself take my dad's ashes to India.
I saw Jake Mccann die last month before it happened.
And two days ago, I saw Silver Terrace get destroyed by an earthquake.
- If we don't get these people out of here-- - Eli, these things you're seeing are symptoms of your aneurysm.
I wish they were.
You need to get help.
That's not the kind of help I need right now.
Jayson and I have been married for five years.
Obviously, though, it wasn't a perfect marriage.
No.
There have been infidelities on both sides.
Jayson had his baseball groupies in I don't know how many cities.
And for the past six months,I had been involved with John Quesada, his third base coach.
Why do you believe your husband murdered john quesada? Sidebar,judge? He's trying to elicit testimony from mrs.
Turk that the defendant threatened the victim's life.
I think mr.
Sweren needs to be reminded that what's said between a husband and wife is privileged.
No, I'm good, thanks.
Mrs.
Turk can speak to mr.
Turk's character and capacity for murder.
Agreed.
Objection overruled.
Step back.
mrs.
Turk, can you explain to the jury why you think he committed murder? Jayson is a jealous man.
He's possessive and insecure.
He won't even permit me to have male friends.
Was he this way before taking steroids? Yes.
It is who the man is.
- Did Jayson ever raise a hand to you? - No.
How about fist fights, barroom brawls, anything like that? No.
Jealousy is Jayson's hot button.
You also had affairs with Gerrit Wilson, Jim Wacker, where might those men be buried? They are still alive.
Maybe that's because you had those affairs before Jayson started using steroids.
For what it's worth, I'm sorry I sprung this on you right before trial.
Moving forward, I'm going to insist that any further changes in strategy be run through me first.
I'm not crazy, Taylor.
Patti, what are you doing here? My civic duty.
- Powell subpoenaed you? - Yep.
He thinks I'll make a very convincing witness, and I need to agree.
What was it like to grow up in Silver Terrace, ms.
Dellacroix? No one had a lot,but what we had, we shared.
If you were short on grocery money, the church helped out.
If your gas was gonna be cut off, neighbors chipped in to pay the bills.
that spirit is still there.
You just have to look past the peeling paint.
- Objection- - Relevance.
The city exercised eminent domain because it designated Silver Terrace a "blight.
" I'm exploring the veracity of that determination.
Objection overruled.
Back to the peeling paint-- what did you mean by that? I mean the neighborhood has its problems, but it's still a long way from being written off for dead.
thank you, ms.
Dellacroix.
Pat Miss Dellacroix, under the law, "blighted" has a specific legal meaning.
Do you know what it is? - Objection! Condescendant.
- It was not.
I've been a legal secretary ever since you were an itch in your daddy's pants.
I know an objectionable question when I hear one.
Ms.
Dellacroix, could we leave the objecting to mr.
Powell, please? Of course.
I'm sorry, your honor.
How would you compare the Silver Terrace-- Objection! Speculative.
I could not let that stand, judge.
Maybe it'd be better if I did the cross-examination.
If you think you'll have better luck, by all means.
If Silver Terrace is so alive with community spirit, why'd you move away? I wanted a shorter commute to work, but it is still my church home.
When was the last time you were in Silver Terrace? Time flies.
I I really don't remember.
Do you remember getting carjacked down the street from the church? I guess without a car, you really did need a shorter commute.
Judge, you wanted to see me? Ah, mr.
Stone.
Walk with me.
This isn't ex parte, because it's not about the case.
It's about you.
Obviously, I've heard about your recent trouble with the bar.
I guess that means you haven't been living under a rock.
Obviously,I'm concerned you might use your illness as an excuse for some of the unusual behavior I hear you're prone to.
- I would never do that, sir.
- Good.
I admire your client Solinsky.
He is a self-made man.
My son-in-law is a wannabe developer in san diego.
I imagine it'd mean the world to him to partner with an Arvin Solinsky.
Well, unfortunately, there's only one, and he happens to be my client, so in fact, there's a project he could probably get off the ground if he had Solinsky as a partner.
I can't tell you how appreciative I'd be if you'd introduce my son-in-law to mr.
Solinsky after the case is over, of course.
I'm sorry, judge Salese.
I don't enjoy that kind of relationship with mr.
Solinsky.
Are you sure about that? I am, sir.
And I'm also sure that your request is a serious breach of ethics.
Considering your recent trouble with the bar, who do you think they're gonna believe-- me or you? forget I said anything.
You have a good afternoon, mr.
Stone.
You too, sir.
I guess it's a question of what I'm willing to do to win.
This case isn't about winning or losing,eli.
No, it's about saving lives and being a prophet.
God's go-to guy.
For someone who's been touched by divinity, you whine an awful lot.
Possibly touched by a theoretical divinity and anyway, bribing a judge doesn't really sound like a plan god would come up with.
Moses was running from the law when he saw the burning bush.
Martin Luther broke the law by translating the bible, Martin Luther King broke a whole bunch of laws in civil disobedience.
For that matter, so did gandhi, who, by the way, was also a lawyer.
I'm sorry.
I'm not breaking any laws.
I'd never tell you to break the law, Eli.
Aren't you? Eli? We gotta get out of here! No, we don't! It's all in your Patti! Patti! dude,you've gotta calm down.
You okay? I've never seen you when you're having one of your visions.
It's intense, bro! Eli! Do you remember how I was hearing music? Do you think I could likely forget it? You might not believe this part-- Just "this part"? Sometimes I have visions of the future.
Am I being punk'd? Is that cute Ashton Kutcher gonna jump out here? I hear he appreciates the mature woman.
Patti, ever since my aneurysm, I've had certain gifts.
Is this some lame attempt to get me to stop being mad at you? No.
I swear! I saw an earthquake,and it destroys Silver Terrace.
That's why I'm helping Solinsky.
I have to get your former neighbors out.
Eli,if you are running a game on me, so help me, god-- No, actually, it's-- it's god I'm trying to help.
That's who I think these visions are from.
Even if you think I'm nuts, it doesn't change the fact that Solinsky's settlement deal is a good one.
Why would the association listen to me? You're part of the community.
They trust you.
You could get them to take the deal.
- Eli,I-I- - I know.
I could be crazy.
But what if I'm not? I wasn't in my right mind.
I don't even remember it happening.
Aiming to hit John Quesada? Any of it.
I remember looking down third base where john was, and and I snapped.
When you say you "snapped" I got angry.
It started in my gut,and it spread till I could taste the bile in my mouth, and the next thing, my head is spinning, and after that, I honestly couldn't tell you what happened next.
I can.
You hit a line drive straight at John Quesada's head.
I know.
I saw the tape.
That's gotta be hard to do when you're not in your right mind.
Is counsel asking us or telling us? Were you taking performance-enhancing drugs the time john quesada died? On the advice of counsel, I decline to answer.
I'll ask it another way.
Let me see if I got this straight.
The steroids,which you conveniently won't admit to taking, put you in a rage,which conveniently killed the man who was having an affair with your wife, which conveniently you can't recall now.
I'm sitting in this chair on trial for my life, mr.
Sweren.
There isn't anything "convenient" about this for me.
Redirect, your honor? Mr.
Turk, John Quesada was sleeping with your wife, and you knew about it.
Do you expect this jury to believe that what befell him was just an unfortunate accident? Obviously, some part of me wanted to end the man.
BuI swear to god, I never intended to do him any harm.
The defense rests,your honor.
The people intend to call a rebuttal witness, your honor.
Who? - Carly Turk.
- Sidebar, your honor.
I fail to see how ms.
Turk can elaborate any further on the testimony she's already given.
Unless the D.
A.
is trying to circumvent spousal privilege and get mr.
Turk's threat in through some kind of back door.
Suspicious much? - Suspicious a lot.
- Cut it out.
If mr.
Sweren wants to recall a witness, I can't stop him.
But if Carly Turk so much as repeats what the defendant mumbled in his sleep, I'm holding you in contempt.
What's going on? Powell called and said he wanted a meeting.
Which one of you got to my clients? What are you talkingbout,jeff? The residents of Silver Terrace had a sudden and inexplicable change of heart.
They'd like to accept mr.
Solinsky's offer and dismiss the case.
Could we have a moment with our client? I don't think we should settle.
What? This is the same offer we were willing to make three days ago.
You said the offer was a good idea.
When it would avoid going to trial,but we're here anyway, and now I think we can win.
Our chances of winning are 50/50 at best.
And I can't recommend a $20 million payout on top of attorney's fees you're already incurring with those odds.
You're right.
Mr.
Solinsky-- Eli, I know you want to settle,and I respect your point of view, but Taylor's right.
If they wanted me to write them a check, they should have taken the money while they had the chance.
Thanks, Taylor.
Taylor, what the hell? I know you're angry, but I am looking out for our client's best interests, not trying to evacuate Silver Terrace because I think I can see the future.
Eli.
Okay, now we have to win this in court.
I'm glad we're on the same page.
You can tell Arvin I'll be closing.
I'm not sure that's a good idea.
Even if you don't believe me that these people are in danger, believe that i believe it.
So between us, who do you think wants to win this thing more? All he ever wanted to do was win.
I think he felt like he had to compete with the other players who were juicing.
To your knowledge, was he taking steroids on the day John Quesada died? I saw him give himself two injections.
Immediately, his mood changed.
- But he still seemed in control of his actions? - He was very angry.
His temper was flaring.
Were you in fear for your safety? No.
But I was afraid for john.
- Jason said he was gonna kill him.
- Mrs.
Turk! Move for an immediate mistrial, your honor.
Clear the courtroom now! That was a privileged conversation, the contents of which are completely prejudicial.
I specifically told her not to break privilege.
Sure, you did.
Look, there's no reason for a mistrial.
The jury can be instructed to ignore mrs.
Turk's statement.
No instruction, no matter how forceful, could persuade a jury to ignore that statement! I hate granting mistrials, mr.
Wethersby almost as much as I hate unfair trials.
If you declare a mistrial,your honor, Jason can't be tried again.
It's double jeopardy.
It doesn't apply in the case of a mistrial.
It does when the mistrial arises out of prosecutorial misconduct.
He's been dead set on winning this any way he can.
Court may grant you qualified immunity against a slander suit, but that doesn't mean I won't file one.
You boys want to take a ruler to the men's room and measure yourself, fine, but keep it out of my courtroom.
I want to talk to Carly Turk.
Then I'll make my ruling.
"Arvin Solinsky, pillar of the community.
" Just not the community he's trying to bulldoze.
Talking to yourself? Not a good sign.
Neither is the fact that I'm gonna choke on the biggest closing in my entire life.
Don't you think that's a little overdramatic? It's real estate, not life and death.
You'd be surprised.
what is it, Eli? I can't tell you.
If I tell you, you're gonna think I'm insane, just like everyone else.
Maybe, but I can't help you if you don't talk to me.
If I don't win this case,the people of Silver Terrace-- or at least a lot of them-- are gonna die in an earthquake.
How do you know they'll die? Don't ask me how I know, Maggie.
I just do.
Okay.
"Okay"? You believe me? Why wouldn't I? Well, I don't know-- Because someone saying they can see the future is ludicrous? Well, good thing you didn't just tell you.
You really b-- you really believe me? I'm not saying you can see the future.
But since I've gotten to know you, you've been nothing but honest and sincere and, yeah, totally obnoxious.
But if you tell me something, I believe it's true.
I told my brother.
I told Patti Taylor.
None of them believe me.
You didn't even hesitate.
you know, you're pretty amazing.
Eli, no.
I'm sorry.
Look, you can't have it both ways, Eli.
You said nothing could happen.
I know.
I did.
I'm sorry.
So we agreed there's a line.
Please just stop crossing it! the rule of double jeopardy, that a defendant cannot be tried twice, does not apply in the case of a mistrial, except when the mistrial is the result of prosecutorial misconduct, as alleged by the defense here.
I've spoken privately with mrs.
Turk, and she confessed to me that her spontaneous outburst of privileged information was, in fact, a planned statement coached by the assistant district attorney.
Your honor, she's lying! She's your witness, counsel, and you don't want to be ticking me off any more than I already am.
I'm finding there was prosecutorial misconduct in this case.
Jeopardy attaches, and the defendant cannot be tried again.
Accordingly, this matter is dismissed with prejudice.
Mr.
Turk, see probation.
Then you're free to go.
Mr.
Turk? Bigger than the world series, mr.
Wethersby.
Bigger.
Congratulations, man.
Ready for cameras? The term "born ready" comes to mind.
- Mr.
Turk! - Jayson, Jayson! How does it feel now that you're acquitted? Going back to baseball.
I feel wonderfull Now that the evidence is closed, if there's no objection, I'm ready to render my decision.
You don't want to hear final arguments, your honor? I don't believe they'll materially affect my ruling, mr.
Powell.
The supreme court has ruled that expanding tax revenue is in the public interest.
And city officials here have decided that's what mr.
Solinsky's project will do.
If this is not what the residents of the city want, they can vote their elected representatives out.
But I am bound to uphold their decision.
Judgement for the defendant.
T.
R.
O.
Is hereby lifted, and I am issuing a minute order instructing the residents of Silver Terrace to vacate What? With all deliberate speed! All right, sign here and initial here.
That's it.
Your major league suspension's officially lifted.
Batter up.
Thanks, bro.
Before we're done, uh I brought you a little somethin'.
Thought I'd get a head start on the divorce pleading before Carly had time to hide any assets.
It's just another signature.
Look, guys I think we're gonna try to work it out.
There's still a lot of love there, you know? No, I don't.
She cheated on you and tried to stick you in prison.
I mean, how much love could we be talking about here? The D.
A.
D.
didn't conspire with Carly to blurt out the threat on the stand, did he? She conspired with you.
You're worth more to her as a catcher on the outside than a catcher on the inside.
It was smart.
I mean, all she had to do was have a "spontaneous outburst" on the stand and say Sweren coached her, and you get a mistrial.
Jeopardy attaches.
You walk clean.
You know why you loved that steroid rage defense so much? Because it fit your picture of who I was.
You thought I was stupid.
You were wrong.
I should have seen it.
Sweren may be a bottom-feeder, but he's not a cheater.
You are.
Rules are for other people.
Right? I was about to lose everything.
Great players perform underpressure.
I did what I had to do.
Are we done? Oh, yeah.
We're done.
Thanks, brah.
I couldn't have done it without you.
Now would not be a good time to say, "I told you so".
Actually, it is.
You fought me this whole time, like I was the bad guy for not getting on the Jayson Turk bandwagon.
If it had been any other guy, same set of facts, we'd have been on the same page from jump.
I get it.
I'm a jerk because I believed him.
No, you're a jerk because you didn't believe me.
Makes you feel any better, you know, people will figure it out when they see him with Carly.
I'm not the only person who can add two plus two.
No.
No, he'll get away with it.
That's what he does.
Congratulations.
To you, too.
I'm not sure I had anything to do with it.
Do you have any idea why Arvin asked me for the phone number of judge Salese's son-in-law? No idea.
That's funny, 'cause Arvin said you would.
Something about a meeting you arranged? He was under the assumption I knew about it.
Eli, tell me you didn't do anything crazy to win this case.
You know, now's really not a good time.
I promised Maggie I would proof her summary judgement motion.
So I suppose you'll be catching a flight to Ohio? She sent out an office-wide e-mail.
She went home to Ohio for a week.
But I guess you don't know anything about that either.
Patti.
I just want you to know I'm not coming back into the office today.
Where are you? My church.
You know,the one you're getting torn down.
No, Patti, not the church.
There--there's gonna be an earthquake, and you Patti.
Patti! What are you doin' here? - You've gotta get out of here.
- Why? This place isn't getting demolished until next week, and it's not like anything else is bringing it down.
No earthquake.
Where is it, Eli? I-I I don't know.
It may come tomorrow or in a few days.
Or a few months or a few years, maybe? The last time I came here, I prayed for my father.
He was in the hospital.
He didn't make it.
And I have not been able to walk through those doors since.
I just-- I couldn't believe anymore.
But you said god was talkin' to you, and I thought maybe-- i did see you in here.
You don't see anything, Eli.
God doesn't talk to you.
You're sick, and you need to get better.
you're the one I was praying for this time.
Are you certain? He stopped short of admitting it, but yeah, I'm sure.
I see.
You understand,however, that there's nothing we can do? Yes, there is.
- We can kick him to the curb.
- Excuse me? Drop him as a client right now.
We don't take another penny.
You're talking about hundreds of millions of pennies in commissions and fees.
His agent just sent over his latest endorsement contract.
I know.
You've never demonstrated a particularly active conscience, mr.
Dowd.
This isn't finding a tax loophole so some billionaire can save $5,000, sir.
I-it's a human being killing another human being and making this firm an accomplice after the fact-- your firm.
My firm.
I really don't think that's what you want this place to be.
I know I don't.
You really feel that strongly about it? I do.
For some time, I've made no secret of the fact that I saw Eli as my heir apparent at this firm.
It is also no secret that his status has changed.
And where he has fallen short, you've risen to the occasion.
But I never saw the leadership qualities in you that I saw in him until now.
We'll drop mr.
Turk as our client effective immediately.
Thank you, sir.
I was just closing up.
Patti's at the Silver Terrace church.
You know, just like in my vision.
While I was there, I just-- I I couldn't help but notice a distinct lack of earthquake.
Maybe the earthquake was metaphorical.
Maybe because you got the people out, - you prevented the whole thing from happening.
- Maybe, maybe, maybe.
"God works in mysterious ways.
Ours is not to reason why".
For a god who seems to want people to believe in him, you'd think he'd offer up some evidence, some proof of his almighty existence.
That's what faith is, Eli-- belief in the absence of proof.
I keep waiting for some small confirmation that there is a god, that I haven't just destroyed my life for nothing.
Are you gonna stand here and tell me there was more meaning in your paycheck than in the people you've helped lately? Could you have done any of that without faith? I did it all without faith! I did it with-- with my law license the one I pissed on yesterday! What about all the things you've learned about yourself, your-- your father, me? Was that all some coincidence? If that is proof that god is behind everything that's happening to me, then it also means that he wanted me to hurt the people who love me the most that he wanted me to break their hearts, break the law! He wanted me to force people out of their homes! I'm sorry, man.
That is not any kind of god I want to believe in.
I know how hard this is for you-- you can't even begin to know! None of this is real.
None of this is because of god.
It's been my aneurysm the whole damn time, and it's gonna stop! I'm gonna find a surgeon,and I'm gonna get this thing out of my head as soon as possible! Eli, that surgery could kill you.
If I don't get it out now, I-I won't have anything left to live for anyway.
They got his own wife testifying against him.
I thought wives couldn't testify against their husbands.
Get down! You know, I've been seeing things lately.
I'm starting to think that they're 'cause of my aneurysm.
Maybe I did the wrong thing, breaking up with her.
Our client feels he needs a high-profile attorney.
Like it or not, Eli's profile-- keeps getting higher.
Taylor, you'll stay on as co-counsel.
What? It's like I see things now-- things that were always there, but that I just never noticed before.
Today will be a good day.
I can see the day being a good day very good day.
"See it.
Believe it.
Achieve it.
" There will be no George Michael songs.
There will be no World War II battlefields.
Fire-breathing dragons will not take up residence in my closet.
Oh, my God! Not the plasma! Earthquake! Earthquake! Nice Duck.
Not in the mood, Eli.
Come on,Patti.
An earthquake hits.
You only have time to save one thing.
What do you pick? A heavy, blunt object to hit you with.
Now I know better than to expect warm cuddlies from you, but for the past week you've been treating me worse than Jordan, and that's saying something.
Really? And what changed a week ago,I wonder.
Is this about Solinsky? It's about you representing that scum-sucking lizard.
Well,if it bothers you so much,why didn't you say something? Like what? That you're lower than Dick Cheney's bunion to be his lawyer? Come on.
He's just a developer.
He's developing my friends and family straight out of their homes.
Why? Well,so he can gentrify the neighborhood by building high-rise condos around a retail destination.
You mean shopping malls-- a mall where rich, white people ride little trolleys from Pottery Barn to Barnes & Noble so their rich,white feet don't get tired.
I made a deal with Jordan.
I take the case,I get you back as my assistant.
Oh, I mean that much to you? Yes, you do.
Then you shouldn't be helping somebody bulldoze my old neighborhood! What's going on? Um, let's see.
Another celebutante got photographed getting out of her car without her panties on, - and I think we're still in iraq-- - no, I mean with you.
You've been acting weird all week, and I mean, weird for you, which is weird.
I'm fine,but thanks for your show of gentle concern.
You've been avoiding me.
We're talking to each other right now, so I guess I'm not really doing a good job of it.
Maggie, you've been acting strange ever since the kiss.
Why don't you just put it on a billboard? Look, first of all, I'm not acting strange or weird since the thing.
"The thing"? Second of all,I'm not even thinking about the thing.
I have a boyfriend.
Okay, great, 'cause it seemed like you were upset.
- I'm fine.
I'm just-- - eli? Oh,I wanted to talk to you before we met with Solinsky, but it looks like I'm interrupting something.
- No, you're interrupting nothing.
- No, nothing.
Let's go has the jury reachea verdict? We have,your honor.
We,the jury in the above entitled action, on the charge of murder in the first degree, find the defendant Jayson Christopher Turk not guilty.
What happens next? In real life? In real life, you'd be found not guilty by temporary insanity.
Diminished capacity defense as a result of your steroid use, and you do probation for a year.
What about the league? Could go either way,but you're the best catcher in the game.
Hall of fame,though? I'm-- I'm sorry.
You're thinking about the hall of fame? Hell, yeah, I'm thinkin' about it.
I've dedicated my life to that, and you guys have got me saying I'm a juicer.
Because that's the most effective means of winning this case, mr.
Turk, as these mock trials have proved.
I'm going on trial for murder tomorrow.
Which is precisely why I'm stepping in now.
And your client's worried that the cure might be worse than the disease.
There's nothing worse than maximum security for 25 to life.
Nobody cares about your hall of fame status when is lights out on cellblock "B.
" You with them on this? Yeah.
Because you don't have any other options.
This doesn't have to be difficult.
of course not.
We're two adults who had a relationship which is now over by mutual agreement.
Noetrayal,no recrimination,no alienation of affection.
Just an acknowledgment that it would be best if we were apart.
except for the fact that Solinsky and your father are making us work together.
Did you review the city council transcripts? Yeah.
They approved the taking of Silver Terrace by eminent domain.
unanimous.
Taylor,do you feel that? 'I Feel The Earth Move' * I feel the earth move under my feet * * I feel the sky tumblin' down* No, you don't.
* I feel my heart start to tremblin' * * whenever you're around* * Ooh, darlin'* * When you're near me and you tenderly call my name* - I never did that.
- * I know that * * my emotions are something I just can't tame * * I just got to have you, baby * * I feel the earth move under my feet * * I feel the sky tumblin' down Tumblin' down * * I just lose control * Do I feel what, Eli? How great us working together is gonna be.
Literally.
As if I don't have enough problems, now I'm getting serenaded by my ex and Maggie.
Last time I checked, two seriously hot women singing to you? Not really a problem, dude.
It is if you work with both of them.
Though I must say, their singing was surprisingly good.
The love triangle portion of the vision you can figure out with your therapist.
Now let's talk about these recurring earthquakes.
It's easy.
For the past three months, my life's been falling apart.
Now everything else is falling apart, too.
Your visions aren't just a DVD commentary on your life.
In norse mythology, earthquakes are the result of loki's punishment.
Have you done anything lately you should be punished for? Well, I'm back on the side of evil this week.
I'm representing a real estate developer who's tearing down Silver Terrace.
Solinsky? That guy's a pig.
Well, if you don't mind, I'm already getting an earful from Patti.
Lie down.
Is it needle time? I love needle time.
You're never allowed to call it "needle time" again.
Now I should be able to help you relive your earthquake vision, like under hypnosis.
Maybe you could notice some additional details.
If not,I just clear your sinuses.
Maybe I could save the plasma.
god! Oh,my god! The plasma! Yeah! special report.
The bay area is experiencing a major earthquake measuring 6.
5 on the Richter scale.
The epicenter of the quake is located in Silver Terrace.
Of course we'll have There was a news report.
Silver Terrace gets destroyed by an earthquake.
Did it say when? No, just that it's the epicenter of a 6.
5 So if you lose this case those people could die.
Season 1 Episode 8 Praying for Time Call Solinsky.
Tell him I want to meet with him right away.
Then get Jeffrey Powell.
Tell him I want to negotiate a settlement on the Silver Terrace case.
I'm gonna make this right,Patti.
Are you still representing Arvin Solinsky? Yes.
Are you still helping him to take my friends and families' homes and tear down my church? So, by make this right, you mean you do the same exact thing you were doing before but with greater urgency? - Yes, but-- - No.
Make your own damn calls.
We need to talk.
- We've already talked.
- No.
We didn't talk talk.
We talk talked enough for me.
So can I please go back to avoiding you and pretending like I'm not? Look,either you're a closet Carole King fan or you have a thing for me.
Who's Carole King? So you don't you don't have a crush on me? Not before,but that kind of modesty is such a turn-on.
Fine.
I'm wrong.
Believe me, I'm--I'm glad to be wrong.
Maggie since my diagnosis, my life's gotten really complicated, and I can't deal with any more complications.
We work together.
Um,you report to me.
Nothing romantic could ever happen between us.
You know that, right? Yeah.
Of-- of course I do.
Eli? Um,you came by my office? She-- her keyboard jammed.
Jayson Turk committed a crime intentionally.
With malice afore thought, he killed another human being.
In front of 30,000 fans and hundreds of cameras? Does that sound reasonable? Or does it sound like a man who's in an altered state and out of his mind? He wasn't out of his mind when he used steroids to bulk up to 245 pounds of solid muscle.
Those same steroids altered his mental state, rendering him temporarily insane? Please,let's just call this what it is-- another excuse to let Jayson Turk get away with criminal behavior.
Celebrities celebrities are no more entitled to break the law are no less deserving of the presumption of innocence than you or me.
And while steroid use is against the law,Jayson Turk isn't being prosecuted for that.
He's on trial for murder,and on that charge,he is innocent.
mr.
Solinsky,$20 million will make this lawsuit disappear.
I'm still trying to wrap my brain around the idea that the neighbourhood can even sue me.
And now you want me to settle? Settling means avoiding a trial,which could delay the start of construction-- or in this case, destruction-- for a month.
The city is already paying them for their properties.
And I'm suggesting you pay them a little more so they drop their suit and move out immediately.
The truth is, Arvin, it's better to weigh the pros and cons of settlement before trial.
The con would be that I pay the denizens of Silver Terrace $20 million out of my own pocket.
I'm not really seeing the pro.
Well, doing the right thing.
The right thing? I'm turning an urban blight into a clean, safe place.
The citizens who live there now won't be able to afford to park there in a year.
Eli.
I'm really sorry, but this is how Silver Terrace's lawyer, Jeffrey Powell, is gonna paint you.
Right now people still think you're a good guy, which I'm sure is true, Arv, but this trial will be very bad for that perception.
you don't look that happy.
It's not exactly an overwhelming amount.
It's three times what the city already paid them, Jeff.
Which wasn't very much to begin with.
I don't know what Powell has promised you, but are you willing to bet $20 million that he's right? we'd get this money on top of what the city already paid us? Those checks can't compensate for the loss of the homes you raised your children in, that you raised your grandchildren in.
The city says it can take away your community because the neighborhood is lost.
Take this money, and you're agreeing with them.
I think you can tell your client his offer is rejected.
What were you doing back there? Just trying to undo Powell's "power to the people" brainwashing.
Arvin Solinsky, please.
And what are you doing now? Um,I think I can get them to take $25 million.
It's Eli Stone calling.
or it was.
That was me making a call to Arvin.
To our client to get him to put up another $5 million.
He can cover it out of petty cash.
Do you know it's malpractice to shove a settlement down his throat? What is going on with you? We can win this at trial.
A trial will take too long.
Solinsky can wait.
I can't.
They can't.
Eli, what is happening? Whatever it is,you can tell me.
My visions they guide me.
They tell me what kinds of cases I should take or what I should do.
- Eli - It's crazy, yeah, but it's the truth.
I saw myself take my dad's ashes to India.
I saw Jake Mccann die last month before it happened.
And two days ago, I saw Silver Terrace get destroyed by an earthquake.
- If we don't get these people out of here-- - Eli, these things you're seeing are symptoms of your aneurysm.
I wish they were.
You need to get help.
That's not the kind of help I need right now.
Jayson and I have been married for five years.
Obviously, though, it wasn't a perfect marriage.
No.
There have been infidelities on both sides.
Jayson had his baseball groupies in I don't know how many cities.
And for the past six months,I had been involved with John Quesada, his third base coach.
Why do you believe your husband murdered john quesada? Sidebar,judge? He's trying to elicit testimony from mrs.
Turk that the defendant threatened the victim's life.
I think mr.
Sweren needs to be reminded that what's said between a husband and wife is privileged.
No, I'm good, thanks.
Mrs.
Turk can speak to mr.
Turk's character and capacity for murder.
Agreed.
Objection overruled.
Step back.
mrs.
Turk, can you explain to the jury why you think he committed murder? Jayson is a jealous man.
He's possessive and insecure.
He won't even permit me to have male friends.
Was he this way before taking steroids? Yes.
It is who the man is.
- Did Jayson ever raise a hand to you? - No.
How about fist fights, barroom brawls, anything like that? No.
Jealousy is Jayson's hot button.
You also had affairs with Gerrit Wilson, Jim Wacker, where might those men be buried? They are still alive.
Maybe that's because you had those affairs before Jayson started using steroids.
For what it's worth, I'm sorry I sprung this on you right before trial.
Moving forward, I'm going to insist that any further changes in strategy be run through me first.
I'm not crazy, Taylor.
Patti, what are you doing here? My civic duty.
- Powell subpoenaed you? - Yep.
He thinks I'll make a very convincing witness, and I need to agree.
What was it like to grow up in Silver Terrace, ms.
Dellacroix? No one had a lot,but what we had, we shared.
If you were short on grocery money, the church helped out.
If your gas was gonna be cut off, neighbors chipped in to pay the bills.
that spirit is still there.
You just have to look past the peeling paint.
- Objection- - Relevance.
The city exercised eminent domain because it designated Silver Terrace a "blight.
" I'm exploring the veracity of that determination.
Objection overruled.
Back to the peeling paint-- what did you mean by that? I mean the neighborhood has its problems, but it's still a long way from being written off for dead.
thank you, ms.
Dellacroix.
Pat Miss Dellacroix, under the law, "blighted" has a specific legal meaning.
Do you know what it is? - Objection! Condescendant.
- It was not.
I've been a legal secretary ever since you were an itch in your daddy's pants.
I know an objectionable question when I hear one.
Ms.
Dellacroix, could we leave the objecting to mr.
Powell, please? Of course.
I'm sorry, your honor.
How would you compare the Silver Terrace-- Objection! Speculative.
I could not let that stand, judge.
Maybe it'd be better if I did the cross-examination.
If you think you'll have better luck, by all means.
If Silver Terrace is so alive with community spirit, why'd you move away? I wanted a shorter commute to work, but it is still my church home.
When was the last time you were in Silver Terrace? Time flies.
I I really don't remember.
Do you remember getting carjacked down the street from the church? I guess without a car, you really did need a shorter commute.
Judge, you wanted to see me? Ah, mr.
Stone.
Walk with me.
This isn't ex parte, because it's not about the case.
It's about you.
Obviously, I've heard about your recent trouble with the bar.
I guess that means you haven't been living under a rock.
Obviously,I'm concerned you might use your illness as an excuse for some of the unusual behavior I hear you're prone to.
- I would never do that, sir.
- Good.
I admire your client Solinsky.
He is a self-made man.
My son-in-law is a wannabe developer in san diego.
I imagine it'd mean the world to him to partner with an Arvin Solinsky.
Well, unfortunately, there's only one, and he happens to be my client, so in fact, there's a project he could probably get off the ground if he had Solinsky as a partner.
I can't tell you how appreciative I'd be if you'd introduce my son-in-law to mr.
Solinsky after the case is over, of course.
I'm sorry, judge Salese.
I don't enjoy that kind of relationship with mr.
Solinsky.
Are you sure about that? I am, sir.
And I'm also sure that your request is a serious breach of ethics.
Considering your recent trouble with the bar, who do you think they're gonna believe-- me or you? forget I said anything.
You have a good afternoon, mr.
Stone.
You too, sir.
I guess it's a question of what I'm willing to do to win.
This case isn't about winning or losing,eli.
No, it's about saving lives and being a prophet.
God's go-to guy.
For someone who's been touched by divinity, you whine an awful lot.
Possibly touched by a theoretical divinity and anyway, bribing a judge doesn't really sound like a plan god would come up with.
Moses was running from the law when he saw the burning bush.
Martin Luther broke the law by translating the bible, Martin Luther King broke a whole bunch of laws in civil disobedience.
For that matter, so did gandhi, who, by the way, was also a lawyer.
I'm sorry.
I'm not breaking any laws.
I'd never tell you to break the law, Eli.
Aren't you? Eli? We gotta get out of here! No, we don't! It's all in your Patti! Patti! dude,you've gotta calm down.
You okay? I've never seen you when you're having one of your visions.
It's intense, bro! Eli! Do you remember how I was hearing music? Do you think I could likely forget it? You might not believe this part-- Just "this part"? Sometimes I have visions of the future.
Am I being punk'd? Is that cute Ashton Kutcher gonna jump out here? I hear he appreciates the mature woman.
Patti, ever since my aneurysm, I've had certain gifts.
Is this some lame attempt to get me to stop being mad at you? No.
I swear! I saw an earthquake,and it destroys Silver Terrace.
That's why I'm helping Solinsky.
I have to get your former neighbors out.
Eli,if you are running a game on me, so help me, god-- No, actually, it's-- it's god I'm trying to help.
That's who I think these visions are from.
Even if you think I'm nuts, it doesn't change the fact that Solinsky's settlement deal is a good one.
Why would the association listen to me? You're part of the community.
They trust you.
You could get them to take the deal.
- Eli,I-I- - I know.
I could be crazy.
But what if I'm not? I wasn't in my right mind.
I don't even remember it happening.
Aiming to hit John Quesada? Any of it.
I remember looking down third base where john was, and and I snapped.
When you say you "snapped" I got angry.
It started in my gut,and it spread till I could taste the bile in my mouth, and the next thing, my head is spinning, and after that, I honestly couldn't tell you what happened next.
I can.
You hit a line drive straight at John Quesada's head.
I know.
I saw the tape.
That's gotta be hard to do when you're not in your right mind.
Is counsel asking us or telling us? Were you taking performance-enhancing drugs the time john quesada died? On the advice of counsel, I decline to answer.
I'll ask it another way.
Let me see if I got this straight.
The steroids,which you conveniently won't admit to taking, put you in a rage,which conveniently killed the man who was having an affair with your wife, which conveniently you can't recall now.
I'm sitting in this chair on trial for my life, mr.
Sweren.
There isn't anything "convenient" about this for me.
Redirect, your honor? Mr.
Turk, John Quesada was sleeping with your wife, and you knew about it.
Do you expect this jury to believe that what befell him was just an unfortunate accident? Obviously, some part of me wanted to end the man.
BuI swear to god, I never intended to do him any harm.
The defense rests,your honor.
The people intend to call a rebuttal witness, your honor.
Who? - Carly Turk.
- Sidebar, your honor.
I fail to see how ms.
Turk can elaborate any further on the testimony she's already given.
Unless the D.
A.
is trying to circumvent spousal privilege and get mr.
Turk's threat in through some kind of back door.
Suspicious much? - Suspicious a lot.
- Cut it out.
If mr.
Sweren wants to recall a witness, I can't stop him.
But if Carly Turk so much as repeats what the defendant mumbled in his sleep, I'm holding you in contempt.
What's going on? Powell called and said he wanted a meeting.
Which one of you got to my clients? What are you talkingbout,jeff? The residents of Silver Terrace had a sudden and inexplicable change of heart.
They'd like to accept mr.
Solinsky's offer and dismiss the case.
Could we have a moment with our client? I don't think we should settle.
What? This is the same offer we were willing to make three days ago.
You said the offer was a good idea.
When it would avoid going to trial,but we're here anyway, and now I think we can win.
Our chances of winning are 50/50 at best.
And I can't recommend a $20 million payout on top of attorney's fees you're already incurring with those odds.
You're right.
Mr.
Solinsky-- Eli, I know you want to settle,and I respect your point of view, but Taylor's right.
If they wanted me to write them a check, they should have taken the money while they had the chance.
Thanks, Taylor.
Taylor, what the hell? I know you're angry, but I am looking out for our client's best interests, not trying to evacuate Silver Terrace because I think I can see the future.
Eli.
Okay, now we have to win this in court.
I'm glad we're on the same page.
You can tell Arvin I'll be closing.
I'm not sure that's a good idea.
Even if you don't believe me that these people are in danger, believe that i believe it.
So between us, who do you think wants to win this thing more? All he ever wanted to do was win.
I think he felt like he had to compete with the other players who were juicing.
To your knowledge, was he taking steroids on the day John Quesada died? I saw him give himself two injections.
Immediately, his mood changed.
- But he still seemed in control of his actions? - He was very angry.
His temper was flaring.
Were you in fear for your safety? No.
But I was afraid for john.
- Jason said he was gonna kill him.
- Mrs.
Turk! Move for an immediate mistrial, your honor.
Clear the courtroom now! That was a privileged conversation, the contents of which are completely prejudicial.
I specifically told her not to break privilege.
Sure, you did.
Look, there's no reason for a mistrial.
The jury can be instructed to ignore mrs.
Turk's statement.
No instruction, no matter how forceful, could persuade a jury to ignore that statement! I hate granting mistrials, mr.
Wethersby almost as much as I hate unfair trials.
If you declare a mistrial,your honor, Jason can't be tried again.
It's double jeopardy.
It doesn't apply in the case of a mistrial.
It does when the mistrial arises out of prosecutorial misconduct.
He's been dead set on winning this any way he can.
Court may grant you qualified immunity against a slander suit, but that doesn't mean I won't file one.
You boys want to take a ruler to the men's room and measure yourself, fine, but keep it out of my courtroom.
I want to talk to Carly Turk.
Then I'll make my ruling.
"Arvin Solinsky, pillar of the community.
" Just not the community he's trying to bulldoze.
Talking to yourself? Not a good sign.
Neither is the fact that I'm gonna choke on the biggest closing in my entire life.
Don't you think that's a little overdramatic? It's real estate, not life and death.
You'd be surprised.
what is it, Eli? I can't tell you.
If I tell you, you're gonna think I'm insane, just like everyone else.
Maybe, but I can't help you if you don't talk to me.
If I don't win this case,the people of Silver Terrace-- or at least a lot of them-- are gonna die in an earthquake.
How do you know they'll die? Don't ask me how I know, Maggie.
I just do.
Okay.
"Okay"? You believe me? Why wouldn't I? Well, I don't know-- Because someone saying they can see the future is ludicrous? Well, good thing you didn't just tell you.
You really b-- you really believe me? I'm not saying you can see the future.
But since I've gotten to know you, you've been nothing but honest and sincere and, yeah, totally obnoxious.
But if you tell me something, I believe it's true.
I told my brother.
I told Patti Taylor.
None of them believe me.
You didn't even hesitate.
you know, you're pretty amazing.
Eli, no.
I'm sorry.
Look, you can't have it both ways, Eli.
You said nothing could happen.
I know.
I did.
I'm sorry.
So we agreed there's a line.
Please just stop crossing it! the rule of double jeopardy, that a defendant cannot be tried twice, does not apply in the case of a mistrial, except when the mistrial is the result of prosecutorial misconduct, as alleged by the defense here.
I've spoken privately with mrs.
Turk, and she confessed to me that her spontaneous outburst of privileged information was, in fact, a planned statement coached by the assistant district attorney.
Your honor, she's lying! She's your witness, counsel, and you don't want to be ticking me off any more than I already am.
I'm finding there was prosecutorial misconduct in this case.
Jeopardy attaches, and the defendant cannot be tried again.
Accordingly, this matter is dismissed with prejudice.
Mr.
Turk, see probation.
Then you're free to go.
Mr.
Turk? Bigger than the world series, mr.
Wethersby.
Bigger.
Congratulations, man.
Ready for cameras? The term "born ready" comes to mind.
- Mr.
Turk! - Jayson, Jayson! How does it feel now that you're acquitted? Going back to baseball.
I feel wonderfull Now that the evidence is closed, if there's no objection, I'm ready to render my decision.
You don't want to hear final arguments, your honor? I don't believe they'll materially affect my ruling, mr.
Powell.
The supreme court has ruled that expanding tax revenue is in the public interest.
And city officials here have decided that's what mr.
Solinsky's project will do.
If this is not what the residents of the city want, they can vote their elected representatives out.
But I am bound to uphold their decision.
Judgement for the defendant.
T.
R.
O.
Is hereby lifted, and I am issuing a minute order instructing the residents of Silver Terrace to vacate What? With all deliberate speed! All right, sign here and initial here.
That's it.
Your major league suspension's officially lifted.
Batter up.
Thanks, bro.
Before we're done, uh I brought you a little somethin'.
Thought I'd get a head start on the divorce pleading before Carly had time to hide any assets.
It's just another signature.
Look, guys I think we're gonna try to work it out.
There's still a lot of love there, you know? No, I don't.
She cheated on you and tried to stick you in prison.
I mean, how much love could we be talking about here? The D.
A.
D.
didn't conspire with Carly to blurt out the threat on the stand, did he? She conspired with you.
You're worth more to her as a catcher on the outside than a catcher on the inside.
It was smart.
I mean, all she had to do was have a "spontaneous outburst" on the stand and say Sweren coached her, and you get a mistrial.
Jeopardy attaches.
You walk clean.
You know why you loved that steroid rage defense so much? Because it fit your picture of who I was.
You thought I was stupid.
You were wrong.
I should have seen it.
Sweren may be a bottom-feeder, but he's not a cheater.
You are.
Rules are for other people.
Right? I was about to lose everything.
Great players perform underpressure.
I did what I had to do.
Are we done? Oh, yeah.
We're done.
Thanks, brah.
I couldn't have done it without you.
Now would not be a good time to say, "I told you so".
Actually, it is.
You fought me this whole time, like I was the bad guy for not getting on the Jayson Turk bandwagon.
If it had been any other guy, same set of facts, we'd have been on the same page from jump.
I get it.
I'm a jerk because I believed him.
No, you're a jerk because you didn't believe me.
Makes you feel any better, you know, people will figure it out when they see him with Carly.
I'm not the only person who can add two plus two.
No.
No, he'll get away with it.
That's what he does.
Congratulations.
To you, too.
I'm not sure I had anything to do with it.
Do you have any idea why Arvin asked me for the phone number of judge Salese's son-in-law? No idea.
That's funny, 'cause Arvin said you would.
Something about a meeting you arranged? He was under the assumption I knew about it.
Eli, tell me you didn't do anything crazy to win this case.
You know, now's really not a good time.
I promised Maggie I would proof her summary judgement motion.
So I suppose you'll be catching a flight to Ohio? She sent out an office-wide e-mail.
She went home to Ohio for a week.
But I guess you don't know anything about that either.
Patti.
I just want you to know I'm not coming back into the office today.
Where are you? My church.
You know,the one you're getting torn down.
No, Patti, not the church.
There--there's gonna be an earthquake, and you Patti.
Patti! What are you doin' here? - You've gotta get out of here.
- Why? This place isn't getting demolished until next week, and it's not like anything else is bringing it down.
No earthquake.
Where is it, Eli? I-I I don't know.
It may come tomorrow or in a few days.
Or a few months or a few years, maybe? The last time I came here, I prayed for my father.
He was in the hospital.
He didn't make it.
And I have not been able to walk through those doors since.
I just-- I couldn't believe anymore.
But you said god was talkin' to you, and I thought maybe-- i did see you in here.
You don't see anything, Eli.
God doesn't talk to you.
You're sick, and you need to get better.
you're the one I was praying for this time.
Are you certain? He stopped short of admitting it, but yeah, I'm sure.
I see.
You understand,however, that there's nothing we can do? Yes, there is.
- We can kick him to the curb.
- Excuse me? Drop him as a client right now.
We don't take another penny.
You're talking about hundreds of millions of pennies in commissions and fees.
His agent just sent over his latest endorsement contract.
I know.
You've never demonstrated a particularly active conscience, mr.
Dowd.
This isn't finding a tax loophole so some billionaire can save $5,000, sir.
I-it's a human being killing another human being and making this firm an accomplice after the fact-- your firm.
My firm.
I really don't think that's what you want this place to be.
I know I don't.
You really feel that strongly about it? I do.
For some time, I've made no secret of the fact that I saw Eli as my heir apparent at this firm.
It is also no secret that his status has changed.
And where he has fallen short, you've risen to the occasion.
But I never saw the leadership qualities in you that I saw in him until now.
We'll drop mr.
Turk as our client effective immediately.
Thank you, sir.
I was just closing up.
Patti's at the Silver Terrace church.
You know, just like in my vision.
While I was there, I just-- I I couldn't help but notice a distinct lack of earthquake.
Maybe the earthquake was metaphorical.
Maybe because you got the people out, - you prevented the whole thing from happening.
- Maybe, maybe, maybe.
"God works in mysterious ways.
Ours is not to reason why".
For a god who seems to want people to believe in him, you'd think he'd offer up some evidence, some proof of his almighty existence.
That's what faith is, Eli-- belief in the absence of proof.
I keep waiting for some small confirmation that there is a god, that I haven't just destroyed my life for nothing.
Are you gonna stand here and tell me there was more meaning in your paycheck than in the people you've helped lately? Could you have done any of that without faith? I did it all without faith! I did it with-- with my law license the one I pissed on yesterday! What about all the things you've learned about yourself, your-- your father, me? Was that all some coincidence? If that is proof that god is behind everything that's happening to me, then it also means that he wanted me to hurt the people who love me the most that he wanted me to break their hearts, break the law! He wanted me to force people out of their homes! I'm sorry, man.
That is not any kind of god I want to believe in.
I know how hard this is for you-- you can't even begin to know! None of this is real.
None of this is because of god.
It's been my aneurysm the whole damn time, and it's gonna stop! I'm gonna find a surgeon,and I'm gonna get this thing out of my head as soon as possible! Eli, that surgery could kill you.
If I don't get it out now, I-I won't have anything left to live for anyway.