Bull (2016–…): Season 2, Episode 6 - The Exception to the Rule - full transcript

BULL: That
happy-go-lucky-looking kid is me.

I was the smartest
person I had ever met,

and I was convinced I would
grow up to be an astronaut

and the first man on Saturn.

This is me the summer
after my first year in college.

I was on my first car, third
girlfriend and second fake ID.

I had come to the conclusion that
space travel probably wasn't in my future

and that psychology was
for losers and weaklings.

You can figure out what this is.

The point being, we move
through our lives shedding skins,

kissing older versions of ourselves
goodbye and new ones hello.



Oh. Bull, mind if I join
you for your nine o'clock?

Huh? What nine o'clock?

That big-deal
attorney from upstate

that you told me to fit into
your schedule this morning.

- What are you talking about?
- Were you drinking last night?

- Was it a day that ends in Y?
- You don't remember me calling you.

Calling me what?
I smell a setup.

- Do you want me to walk in first?
- I'd love that.

Mr. Burnam. So sorry
to have kept you waiting.

Dr. Bull just arrived.

Mr. Burnam?

Dr. Bull. Thank you
so much for seeing me.

You're a big-deal attorney?

I am an attorney.



- How old are you?
- 24.25 in March.

- I get this all the time.
- OK.

I'm gonna walk around my desk
here and put myself in that chair

and hope that in the time it takes
me to walk from here to there,

I start to remember who
you are and why you're here.

I got nothing.

You know, now
that I think about it,

maybe I never did call
you about this meeting.

OK. Somebody wanna tell
me what's going on here?

Don't be angry with Zack.

He really is a lawyer and he has been
trying to reach you for several weeks.

I just knew that when you heard
his story, you'd wanna meet him.

Because?

Because I... I have a case that could
really benefit from your involvement.

Is that the line that's supposed
to hook me? Where are you from?

Danville. It's a little town
about 40 miles north of here.

40 whole miles. I am incredibly
impressed and flattered.

You have one more chance
to say something, anything,

that will make me want to talk to
you more than to check my emails.

- It's a toxic tort case.
- OK.

That's pretty heady
stuff for a young attorney.

Somebody was exposed to
chemicals that did them harm?

Yeah. My mom.
And five other people.

Your mom?

That's a lot of responsibility.
You with a big firm?

No, it's kind of just
me, myself and I.

Actually, it was my mom's
idea to reach out to you.

I don't understand. Is
your mom an attorney?

My mom's Allison Burnam.

But when you knew her
she was Allison Campbell.

Allison Campbell?

Ally Campbell.

Day in, day out, I do mostly
DUIs, small claim cases,

personal injury,
that sort of thing.

When my mom got sick...

It took us a while to realize
she wasn't the only one.

And do you have a theory
about why this is happening?

The biggest employer in our town

is a company called Warwick
Furniture Manufacturing.

All my clients are near the factory
and they've all got something wrong.

Thyroid disease, cancer,
heart problems, bladder issues.

Doesn't the fact that different
people have different maladies

make it difficult to
prove causation?

I have an expert who will
explain it all stems from a chemical

Warwick uses as a flame retardant
on their furniture, trichloroethylene.

The company's gonna
have their own expert,

and their job is gonna
be to shoot down

whatever theories
your expert tries to float.

I know this is gonna
be an uphill battle.

That's why I'm here.

Ally Campbell. She was
my first real girlfriend.

We went out senior
year. Took her to the prom.

She could throw better than I could,
but I could rap better than she could,

both highly important skill sets in
the adult world we were about to enter.

We were quite the couple.

I feel terrible
about your mother

and I wish there was
something I could do to help,

but you don't even
have a settlement offer.

- Actually, I do.
- So, then, what's the problem?

My clients won't accept. And
it's not because they're greedy.

It's just not a very good offer.

They wanna get enough to
cover their medical expenses.

They also want water extension
lines to bypass the contaminated wells.

Seems like a pretty reasonable
ask. Who's representing the company?

Bartlett & Dunn. It's
a local firm, but they...

Yeah, we've heard of
'em. They're good, and big.

- And if you go to trial...
- I'll get beaten badly.

- Which is another reason I'm here.
- A man with a plan.

40 miles, huh?

Well, maybe I'll run up to
Danville with you, see what's what,

say hi to your mom.

I'm not sure I can be
of much help, but, uh...

- Can you rearrange my day?
- Already did.

And arrange for a car to bring me
back into the city around 7:30 tonight?

ALL: Already did.

- So your mom knows I'm coming?
- Not really.

I couldn't be sure you'd say yes

and I didn't wanna make
a promise I couldn't keep.

What about your dad?
Does he know about me?

- He know you're talking to me?
- Dad died when I was 12.

He worked for Warwick.
Regional sales manager.

He was driving up to Buffalo
one night, hit some ice and... well...

- I'm sorry.
- Long time ago.

Full disclosure,
what I'm hoping to do

is maybe review the settlement
with you and your mother

and broker a meeting
with the other side,

see if we can get
'em to sweeten it.

- Anything to avoid court.
- Yeah. That sounds good.

It makes sense.

Although there was a part of me that
was really looking forward to the trial.

You like court? You
spend a lot of time there?

This would actually
be my first time.

- In court?
- Uh-huh.

But that's OK. When it's
meant to be, it's meant to be.

Uh-huh.

Hey, Mom? I'm home.

Also I found this nice stranger hitchhiking
just before the Tappan Zee Bridge.

Can I keep him?

She may be resting.
Let me go look.

How weird is this?

You hunt me down to tell me you've
decided not to go away to college?

- Oh, boy. OK. Time to go.
- No, no, no.

Get over here and
give me a serious hug.

- Hey.
- I won't break.

Hey, we're still
a pretty good fit.

Your son is standing
right next to us.

Oh, please. I've peeked at his
computer. He's seen lots worse than this.

[SIGHS]

Figures I'd have to get
deathly ill to see you again.

I'm so, so sorry.

Well, the good news is
you got a great kid there.

I know.

Tell me about you.

Kidney cancer.
Not a lot to tell.

On the plus side, haven't been
this skinny since you last saw me.

On the minus side... this is
not the life I planned for myself.

At 45, it's not the ending
I imagined for myself.

I'm taking targeted medication
and I'm doing immunotherapy,

and for a couple of
hours I'll feel great.

And then all of a sudden

trying to get out of a chair
or walking across the room

will require more
energy than I can muster.

But I'm alive, so beats
the alternative, right?

- How can I help?
- Honestly?

I need you to
talk to the others.

This case, this... this
disease... is bankrupting us.

I lose the house next month.

Zack has emptied his savings.

I need you to convince them.

Just get them to
accept an offer.

Please.

We already talked about this.
We already talked about this.

[ALL TALK AT ONCE]

[WHISTLES]

Everyone just stop.
Now, I know you're upset.

Upset? I have cancer, Dr. Bull.

At the very least I'm owed an
apology for what they've done to me.

I hear you, and I agree. But
that's never gonna happen.

Let me be clear. In a civil case, the
only good that can come is financial.

No one is gonna
say they're sorry.

No one from Warwick Furniture
Manufacturing is going to jail.

And no one can take
away your cancer.

All you can hope to win is money,
and that's what's on the table.

It's just not right.

You brought this guy from
New York City to tell us that, huh?

Doesn't it matter that what
they're offering us is ridiculous?

Ally.

Oh.

Mom.

Here.

- You OK?
- I'm OK. I'm OK.

Zack, sweetie, I need my pills.

You know the ones I
mean, in... in my bathroom?

Well, I don't think we
changed any minds down there.

Not even with the encore
from an officer and a gentleman.

Actually, you changed mine.

I think we should go to trial, and I
think we should squeeze those bastards

because of what they did to you,
squeeze 'em for everything they've got.

- We?
- If you'll have me, Counselor.

I'm gonna send that car
downstairs back into the city,

get my clothes and my laptop.

Maybe you can point me
to a hotel that's nearby?

There's a room for you right
down the hall. But, Jason...

Zack, why don't you go downstairs
and tell your clients we're going to court?

Jason, you haven't
seen me in 25 years.

I really never expected
you to drop everything

and make my
problems your problems.

Problems? You have problems?

You think spontaneously bleeding
from a facial orifice is a problem?

Where I come from, that's
the ultimate party trick, lady.

It is lady, isn't it?

Now, I am gonna go downstairs

and try and talk a little more sense
into your happy band of co-plaintiffs,

make some phone calls,

and then I'm gonna hit the
bed in that room you offered me,

and I mean hit it hard.

And I wanna be really clear.

If you try and sneak in
in the middle of the night

and pull any funny
stuff, all bets are off, OK?

I'm just not that kind of boy.

Now, see, that's what I'm talking about.
You gotta work on your impulse control.

So what now?

So, today I'm hoping Zack and I
get to meet with opposing council.

But before I sit at the table, I'd like to
know what kind of cards I'm holding.

Well, it turns out the flame
retardant Warwick uses

is technically legal
in the United States,

but it's banned in most
of the rest of the world

because of concerns that it's
bioaccummulative and carcinogenic.

Be careful with
that, though, OK?

Those findings are derived
from experiments with rats.

Benny's right.

Rat models are far from perfect
when predicting toxicity in humans.

They're only accurate
about 43% of the time.

OK, but the science
isn't junk, right?

No, it's not junk.
In fact, it's terrifying.

And if I were on the jury, I'd go
full Erin Brockovich on their ass.

- That's quite an image, Cable.
- [KETTLE WHISTLES]

Wait a second.

Mmm. I smell food.

Nothing personal. Later.

Wow. What is all this? Are there
lumberjacks coming for breakfast?

- Yeah, I know. I kind of overdid it.
- No, it's great.

Just maybe we should
offload some of this onto Zack.

He's already gone. He
left for work an hour ago.

He's trying to set up that
meeting with the other side.

Well... his loss.

Mmm.

So... just you and me here.

Listen, I know it's
been a long time,

but I've actually been
thinking about this a lot,

so if I asked you to
do something with me,

would you at least
think about it...

give it some thought?

♪ For relationship
There's just room to hit it

♪ How many brothers out
there know just what I'm getting at?

♪ Who think it's wrong 'cause I
was splitting and co-hitting that?

♪ Well, if you do, it's OPP
and you're not down with it

♪ But if you don't,
here's your membership

- ♪ You down with OPP?
- ♪ Yeah, you know me

- ♪ You down with OPP?
- ♪ Yeah, you know me

- ♪ You down with OPP?
- ♪ Yeah, you know me

- ♪ Who's down with OPP?
- ♪ Every last homey

- ♪ You down with OPP?
- ♪ Yeah, you know me

- ♪ You down with OPP?
- ♪ Yeah, you know me

- ♪ You down with OPP?
- ♪ Yeah, you know me

♪ You down with OPP?

Hello. Zack, good
to see you again.

- Mr. Dunn.
- And you must be Dr. Bull.

- I am indeed.
- Preston Dunn of Bartlett & Dunn.

Have a seat, please.

So, what can we do
for you gentlemen?

Well, Mr. Burnam and I wanted to see
if we could have a conversation with you

about our pending court action.

What about it?

Well, the proposal on the table is,
in our opinion, exceedingly modest.

It doesn't even speak to the
request for extending water lines

that would bypass
the polluted wells

so that our clients could use
clean water in their homes.

We were hoping we might
be able to convince you

to sweeten the offer and
maybe avoid court altogether.

- And why would we do that?
- Yeah, sense of fair play?

Your client's sense of remorse?

You don't wanna be publicly
humiliated in a court of law?

Tell me when to stop.
I got a million of 'em.

Dr. Bull, we have no
reason to fear court.

Our clients firmly believe
they've done nothing illegal.

The fact that there
is an offer on the table

is solely a function of their
commitment to being a good neighbor

and trying to help friends
who have fallen on hard times.

Wow. You said that
like you almost meant it.

Preston, let me explain
something to you.

Yes, you have money on your
side and a small gaggle of attorneys,

but your gaggle all
specialize in one thing.

Keeping your
clients out of court.

And court is where I
live every single day.

I have more experience in court
than all of Bartlett & Dunn put together.

So if that's where you
wanna work this out, so be it,

but if you wake up in the middle
of the night and change your mind,

that's my cell number.

I need ten times what's on the
table, and those extended pipelines.

That should get it done.

Though if I were to get
this case in front of a jury,

I think it'd be a lot more
expensive than that.

Ladies. Gentlemen.

Don't get up. I
wouldn't for you.

Was that how it
was supposed to go?

Fear's a weapon. We
just weaponized you.

And, yes, that's how
it was supposed to go.

A trial is a piece of theater.

It's not just the events
that shape the outcome

but often the order of events.

My suggestion is we put
the scientific experts on first,

then our whistleblower
and finish with the plaintiffs.

That makes sense. Save the
most emotional testimony for last.

The problem is, if the
science doesn't land,

the opposition is gonna argue there's
no reason to hear from the plaintiffs

because their
argument is immaterial.

Well...

OK, we can't do that. That's
the whole reason I'm in this thing.

I mean, I want my mother to
have a chance to talk to these guys.

- What guys?
- The company.

Warwick Furniture Manufacturing.

I want them to hear what they've
done to her, what they've taken from her.

First her husband, now her life?

Even if we get nothing,
she has to have that moment.

She's entitled to that moment.

Zack, she's entitled to
do whatever helps us win.

I mean, there are
five other plaintiffs.

I don't foresee any reason why
she wouldn't be able to testify,

but let's keep our eyes on
the prize, you understand?

Great.

Now tell me about voir dire.

Well, the judge will automatically
eliminate anybody from the jury pool

who works for Warwick or is related
to anybody who works for Warwick,

or is related to anybody
who used to work for Warwick.

But that is not the problem.

The problem is, in a town like this,
that even if you don't work for Warwick,

you come to believe your
prosperity is tied to theirs.

Mm, yeah, I hadn't
thought of that.

So we find the
outliers, the anomalies,

people who live in Danville who
are suspicious of big business.

And maybe people who
feel cheated in their lives.

That's interesting.
What do you mean?

Well, folks who
have been lied to

in the same way that
Warwick lied to the plaintiffs.

BULL: You sure you've never
been in a courtroom before?

Big team, huh?
Kind of intimidating.

Little bit.

You've got a big team
too. You just can't see 'em.

MARISSA: We're right
there with you, Zack.

From lawyer to lawyer,
you're gonna kill it, kid.

We're here for you, Zack.

Go get 'em.

The town you live in is on
fire. No water lines, no hydrants.

Only way to stop the fire is for
everyone in town to form a human train

and pass buckets of water
from person to person.

Finally the fire's put out, but
three of your neighbors complain

that while they were
part of the human train,

people dropped buckets
of water on their feet

and now they have broken toes.

They're suing the
town. What do you think?

- About...?
- About the three people.

- I know where you're going, and...
- And...?

I think it's a ridiculous story.

We move to strike
this juror, Your Honor.

Who are some of your
favorite sports teams?

Favorite? Well, for
baseball, I like the Yankees.

Football, Cowboys. And for
basketball, I'm a Golden State guy.

Good God. This guy's never
met a Goliath he didn't like.

He won't be happy until the
underdog is spayed and neutered.

We move to strike, Your Honor.

- So, who's next?
- Juror 43.

Her name is Madeline
Fox. She's 29.

She's a project manager and
she works in software development.

A management position, huh? In
a typically male-dominated field.

She might be someone who
can potentially lead a room.

Jury forewoman
material. We like that.

- And she just filed for divorce.
- BULL: Infidelity?

- Cable says yes.
- Him or her?

- I just got a nonverbal "him."
- Excellent.

Woman's already of a mind that the
world and its institutions are corrupt,

that vows and
promises are worthless.

Shouldn't be hard to convince
her that Warwick is just one more

in a line of big institutions
built to let people down.

Do you have any
questions for this juror?

No, Your Honor. We
find this juror acceptable.

Mr. Dunn?

We too accept this
juror, Your Honor.

Good. We'll begin
tomorrow morning, 9am.

[BANGS GAVEL]

That was weird.

They seemed almost as happy
to have that last juror as we did.

I know. Something's wrong.

I need to know why the
other side's OK with that juror.

- Just doesn't make any sense.
- I don't know what to tell you, Bull.

She's an introvert.
She's anti-big business.

There's nothing that would seem to
make her attractive to the defense.

Which means we don't fully
understand their strategy.

Maybe I put too much
weight on the juror's divorce.

I thought for sure we could use her
anger at her ex-husband's cheating

and channel it towards Warwick.

What am I missing?

Just a thought, but maybe they
like her for the same reasons we do.

I don't follow that at all.

Maybe they think someone on our
side is cheating, being less than truthful.

No, that's crazy. Who's cheating?
Who's being less than truthful?

I can vouch for every
plaintiff, every witness.

I can too.

Be that as it may, here's
what we need to do.

I want everyone at TAC to
double-check everyone on our side.

The whistleblower, the
expert witnesses, everyone.

Look, I'm not
sure Benny's right,

but it's the most plausible
explanation I've heard.

Look for any inconsistencies,
anything that can be painted as a lie.

And I need it done tonight.

OK.

I think we should
shake things up,

do anything we can to throw
the other side off balance.

Tomorrow in court let's
lead with the victims,

save our whistleblowers
and expert witnesses for last.

Oh.

If I had known that making
breakfast was part of the package,

I might have followed
you to that college.

BULL: OK. Here's
something you don't know.

Those 16 times I came by your
house that summer to say goodbye,

what I really wanted to do was
get you to run away with me,

make a baby with me,

live over a store with me in
some town where nobody knew us.

I was completely prepared to get a
job at a gas station or a pizza parlor,

whatever it took.

But college...

was this thing I
was supposed to do.

You were this thing I had to do.

Every Bruce Springsteen song I
ever heard told me that was true.

I just couldn't get the words
to come out of my mouth.

You're forgiven.

It was a long time ago.

God.

Ugh. What are you
doing up so early?

Well, I'm glad you asked.

I got a call from someone
who works for me.

They think they know what
the defense has up their sleeves,

who the cheater is.

- Well, fantastic. Who?
- They think it's you.

I got an email with a copy of your
great-grandfather's death certificate.

- OK...
- You aware that he died of lung cancer?

1939? Houston Plaza Hospital?

I don't think I even
remember the guy's first name.

The man had died over 30
years before I was even born.

The problem is, on your
insurance application,

you indicate no history
of cancer in your family.

And that matters why?

I mean, I wasn't lying. I
forgot. If I even ever knew.

It's not like I have lung
cancer. I have kidney cancer.

Allison, I believe you.

But the defense, if they
get you on the stand,

they will use that and
they will tear you apart.

- You're not gonna let me testify.
- No, that's not what I'm saying.

I'm just not gonna put you on the
stand and give them that opportunity.

Now, if they wanna question
you, they can call you.

But that'll take
a couple of days

and we can figure out what
they're doing, where they're going.

Mm.

And what if they don't call me?

Allison, whatever
you're gonna say...

Don't say it doesn't matter.

You got to make your little
Born to Run speech to me.

I don't get to give one to them? To
the jackals who took my husband?

Telling him he had to make his
numbers even during a blizzard.

To the greedy pigs who
dumped poison in my water.

I don't get my turn?

You're not gonna be
dead in 12 to 16 months.

ZACK: What'd you say to my mom?

I told her that life...
court... isn't fair.

You don't think she knows that?

I told her we weren't
gonna put her on the stand.

- I wish you hadn't have done that.
- Why? Were you gonna tell her?

People are entrusting you with
their futures, their family's futures.

They've gotta count on the fact
that you will do the hard things,

the tough things,
even though it's no fun.

Aren't you glad you asked?

Mr. Burnam. Your first witness.

Yes, Your Honor. The plaintiffs
would like to call Brian McCannon.

Morning, Brian. How you feeling?

Today's a good day.

I get both kinds, but
today's a good one.

That's great to hear. Now, you live on
land that has its own well, do you not?

I sure do. Quarter
mile from the factory.

And speaking of bad days, you've
been sick a lot lately, haven't you?

- Yes. Just over the past year.
- What were your initial symptoms?

Well, truth be told, I
hadn't felt well for a while,

but it wasn't until
my first seizure

that I realized something
was very wrong.

You wanna tell us what happened?

I was grocery shopping,
standing in the bread aisle,

and I just picked up
a loaf of white bread

and I was gonna put it in
my cart when I felt this thing.

I know you can't see it,
but our lady's leaning in.

BRIAN: I thought there
was maybe an earthquake,

a series of explosions,
vibrations or something.

And then I realized it was me.

I was vibrating. I was
shaking. My hand, the bread.

And I remember
just kind of deciding,

"I'm gonna sit right down here
on the floor of this grocery store

until whatever this is passes."

And I started to
bend down to do that

and I somehow must have
hit my head on the floor,

and they called 911.

- DANNY: Bull, can you hear me?
- Danny, what is it? I'm kind of busy.

You need to call for a recess.

Whatever you do, do not let
the other side cross-examine.

BRIAN: That's when Dr. Cartwright
started the battery of tests.

What kind of tests?

A bunch on me and
a bunch on my water.

And what did they reveal?

That my water was
sick and that I was sicker.

You can read it all for yourself.
It's all there in black and white.

- Your witness.
- We'd like to call for a recess.

What?

JUDGE: I'm confused. Are
you the attorney of record?

- No, Mr. Burnam is.
- And can't you speak for yourself?

Of course I can.

[CLEARS THROAT]

The plaintiffs would like
to request a short recess.

Request denied. We've
barely gotten started here.

Mr. Dunn, would you like to
cross-examine this witness?

I certainly would.

- Mr. McCannon...
- Just...

I'd like to ask a few questions about
your physician, Dr. Wallace Cartwright.

OK, sure.

How long has Dr. Cartwright
been your primary care physician?

At least a couple of years.

Our records say 22 months.

Whatever.

But you wouldn't take issue with
the fact that he became your doctor

after news of the lawsuit was
on TV, the internet, in the papers?

- Objection. Relevance.
- Seriously?

No, I wouldn't
take issue with that.

Now, isn't Dr. Cartwright
also a personal friend of yours?

- Someone you grew up with?
- Again, Your Honor. Relevance.

Oh, I guarantee you, there's
abundant relevance, Your Honor.

Overruled.

The defense believes this
witness, with the help of his friend,

has falsified his medical record
in order to profit from this lawsuit.

And to prove it we would happily
pay for an independent exam

from a mutually
agreed upon physician.

Mr. McCannon, would you
be open to such an exam?

- What do I do? Do I object?
- What's the point?

Look at her. She's
already made up her mind.

She knows a liar and a
cheat when she sees one.

Dr. Bull, maybe it's
not as bad as you think.

Zack, I appreciate you've
never done this before,

but believe me when I tell you,
it's absolutely as bad as I think.

- Really?
- Really.

This case revolves
around one juror. One.

And right now she thinks that
Brian and by association your clients,

all of them, are
liars and cheats,

just like the man she
used to call her husband.

But the defense can't
prove that Brian or his doctor

actually falsified
those records,

only that he won't agree
to take another exam.

And you don't find that damning?

- So what do we do now?
- You know the answer to that.

We have to cut him loose.

And we have to let that jury
and particularly that juror know

that we find that kind of dishonesty
even more repugnant than she does.

- And what do we say to Brian?
- I don't know.

How about, "Thanks for
screwing up our case"?

Or "I really liked the
supermarket story,

but how about if you're
sick the next time you use it?"

Oh, I've got one. "You
still have to pay us."

We'll pick and choose, mix and
match, but it'll be one of those.

I can do this.

The hard stuff,
the... tough stuff.

I'll do it.

[STONES HIT WINDOW]

[STONES HIT WINDOW]

Can Ally come out and play?

- I don't think that's wise.
- I'll be your best friend.

- Jason...
- Allison...

- No.
- OK, I'm coming up.

What? No, stop it.

OK. I'm coming down, damn
it. Just give me a minute.

I know I was the one who said you
shouldn't, but I'd like you to testify.

Tomorrow, first thing.

Something really bad
must have happened today.

I was wrong about who
they thought cheated.

Your son handled it
masterfully, by the way.

We're gonna lose, aren't we?

There's no way you would let
me anywhere near that stand

if you thought we
had a shot at winning.

I don't know what's
gonna happen.

I know we have our experts,
they have their experts,

but the bottom line is we
can't prove what they did

caused what happened
to you and your neighbors.

And they can't prove it didn't.

The chemicals they
used aren't illegal,

although the way they
disposed of them was reckless,

which means it all comes
down to what a jury thinks.

And right now that jury thinks that
we are not shooting straight with them.

And I would like to know

that somebody got something
that they wanted out of this.

So, as a favor to me, if
you're not doing anything,

happen to be in
the neighborhood,

don't have an issue
putting your hand on a Bible,

would you mind speaking
your piece in court?

[BANGS GAVEL] Call
your witness, Mr. Burnam.

The plaintiffs would like
to call Allison Burnam.

Hey, Mom.

Hey, kiddo.

How long have you
lived in Danville?

Over a quarter century.
Virtually my entire adult life.

- And what brought you here?
- Warwick Furniture Manufacturing.

My husband, we were newlyweds,
got a job with Warwick as a salesman.

And your husband, my father,
is no longer with us, correct?

He died in 2004.

He was driving up to
Buffalo on a sales call.

There was a blizzard and a bad
traffic accident on the thruway. 11 cars.

So, given all that time, all
that you've been through,

all that you're
going through now,

you must have some strong
feelings about Danville and Warwick.

- I do.
- Objection. Relevance.

Objection overruled.
Please continue.

ZACK: You were saying...?

I love Danville.

You were born here.

Our house is here.

We had all those Halloweens,
all those everythings.

Magical things
happen in this town.

I even had an old boyfriend
show up out of the blue

to try and help me today.

- And how do you feel about Warwick?
- Objection, Your Honor.

What possible relevance

could the plaintiff's feelings
for the defendant have?

Counselor, sit
down and be quiet.

You were saying, Warwick...?

I am so grateful to
them for so many things.

You listening to this?

Did you prep her,
tell her what to say?

No. It's all her.

ZACK: So explain this to
me. You have kidney cancer.

You lost your husband. This trial
today has wiped you out financially.

And yet you're
saying you're grateful?

I'm not grateful for
the cancer, of course.

And I would trade anything
to have my husband back.

And there are days
when I'm really bitter.

But I know, in my heart,

that Warwick didn't put
the ice on the highway

that made my husband's
car hit the car in front of him.

They pushed him to sell, sure.

But he was a big boy and he would
have pushed back if he wanted to.

He loved his job.

And that's the reason he
was on the road that day.

That's the reason we lived here.
It's the reason we're all here today.

As far as the cancer, I know that
no one put poison in the ground

knowing that it would do this.

They couldn't have. They're
my friends. They're my neighbors.

And I know that the
company stopped doing it

as soon as they realized that
it was seeping into the wells.

So if you're OK with
everything, why are we here?

I guess we're here because
when bad things started happening

to the people who
depended on that water

and we went to Warwick for help,

instead of saying,
"How can we help you?"

they said, "Prove it."

And I think we
were all just stunned.

It was as if our
friends, our neighbors...

our town no longer cared for us.

This town is Warwick.

I mean, if my dog
got out of my backyard

and bit the little boy
who lives next door to me,

I would run over there and I
would say, "What can I do to help?"

"Can I drive you to the hospital?
Can I pay for the doctor?"

I wouldn't say, "Those don't
look like my dog's teeth marks."

ZACK: And how much did
you and the others ask for?

Enough to cover our medical
bills and time lost from work.

And also that they repipe our
wells to a safe water source.

- And how much did they offer?
- Nothing as far as the wells go.

And about a tenth of the money
we needed to be made whole.

And still... you're not mad?

I have my moments, but no.

It would be like being mad at
myself, if that makes any sense.

It does to me.

No further questions.

- Is the defense prepared to cross?
- Absolutely, Your Honor.

If I could just beg the court's
indulgence for a brief recess.

We'll take a 15-minute recess.

[BANGS GAVEL]

That was amazing.

Did I just make a total
fool out of myself up there?

Not even close, Mom.

- How you feeling?
- Pretty good.

Thanks for making it happen.

[PHONE BUZZES]

Hmm. If you folks will
excuse me for a moment...

- Thank you, sweetie.
- Yeah.

20 times our original offer.
And we'll take care of the piping.

Let's just end this now.

That's very generous.

You have to get her her
house back from the bank.

In fact, for all her pain and
suffering, you have to pay it off.

Come on. I'm doing your work
here, trying to keep you out of court.

Done.

You guys wait out here. I'll go
and get my mom and Dr. Bull.

Um, but give me a minute.
She might be resting.

[RAP MUSIC]

[LAUGHTER]

She coming out?

No. I don't think so. Um...
She's kind of down for the count.

- And Dr. Bull?
- Him too.

But I'm thinking
picnic in the park.

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